Star.
London, England, 1823-04-08 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR.
LONDON.
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-11VESDAY;APRIL 8. 1823.
• THE FUNDS; -
STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Consols opened—this morning at 74 to I, at which price they
have remained stitaiduring the mortihii, with a heavy market,
and little doing.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Spanish Bonds opened at 27i. a, were done at ;.
Current Prices: Chili= 681, New Spanish 27k, Old 53, New
Prussian 781, Old 79, Russian 711, Colombian GO.

STOCK EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK. •

It is said that an express has arrived from Paris within an
hour, bringing Sanday Papers, which contain the Manifesto of
the French Government on the army invading Spain.
PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock, ex. div. 2011/4 %.
8 per Cent. Reduced, ex. div. 731/4 1/2.
5 per Cent. Consols 741/s 74 1/8
lAt per Cents. ex. div. 85/3.
4 per Cents. Old, ex. div. 921/8.
4 per Cents. New, 911/4 1/8 1/4.
Bank Long Annuities, ex. div. 18% 13-16.
India Bonds SOs. 295.

South Sea Stock 83%8
(;'.chequer Bills of £l,OOO, 12i. 141.
Bank for Payment '208:Y1.
Conols for Account 711/4 n 741/o

We have been a good deal amused by the disco-
veries of some of our contemporaries on the subject
of the Revenue. It seems that when a Tax is di-
minishEd in amount, it will not produce as much as
it did before ; and that when it is repealed entirely,
it will produce nothing. Hence it is that the Revenue
of the country is, on the whole, now less than it was
before. One thing, however, these wiseacres refuse
to see, although it is as plain as the best of their dis-
coveries, namely, that expenses may be diminished as
well as taxes, and that though the Revenue may be
less, it is still possiblir havc a Enger surplus than
ever. Such, in fact, is the simple truth.

The Morning Chronicle, which has. been recently
deprecating so strongly an interference with the in-
ternal concerns of other countries, is now, with its
usual consistency, endeavouring to instigate the
French to rebellion against their present Government.
It gives an article under the signature of G. which
calls in the most open and explicit terms on the
Bench people to dethrone their present ICI:co, and
elect in his place the Duan or ORLEANS, son of the
infamous Euitara, who voted for the death of his
Sovereign and relative, Loris XVlth. We call this
an abominable abuse of the liberty of the press ; and
shall not regret to see that it meets with the punish-
ment which it merits. The present relations of England
to France are those of perfect amity; and it is no
more competent to aay individual amongst us, than
it would be to the nation at large, to act in such
utter contempt of these relations as to stir up a
civil war in the country of our ally. lie is, in fact,
a traitor to .the interests of his own country, who is
the advocate of treason against its friends. It would
lie beneath us to enter into a refuta.:on of the con-
siderations by which this base attempt is supported;
public feeling must already have done justice on the
article and its author. But as the Duke of ORLEANS.—
Lotus the Liberal—as this partizan is pleased to
style him, is held up as a Prince of such transcen-
dent talents and virtue, as almost to sanctify a Revo-
lution for his sake, we are tempted to add a few
traits to finish the portrait of the Chronicle.
The Duke's taste for Theatricals induced him to
claim the Theatre Francais as his property, on the
ground that it belonged to his father, Emittra,
though afterwards sold as national property. M.
JULLIEN, [h. proprietor, liming he would be crushed
by the Dukes influence, offered to mite 100,000
francs and cede the property to the Duke, though he
would then have lost five times that sum by it. The
Duke refused, anti they went to law.. His Highness
was defeated its every: COutt, but resolved du having
the Theatre at any price, be paid 1,100,000 francs
for what he might have bid atlirst for 100,000.
At this present moment Paris is deprived of a supply
of water from the Canal de l'Ourc, after an immense
sum has been expended on the works, because the
Duke of ORLEANS claims a stream that feeds it, and
will not consent to give it up, but on terms impossible
to.bes complied with. So much for the Duke's love for
the good city of Paris!

The Barb°lda Duriense explains the nature of the
deception by which the Portuguese bands of the
Faith obtained their temporary success on the 13th
of March. It appears that on the night of the 12th, a
cavalry Officer came to the head-quarters of Brigadier
PAMPLONA MONIZi at Radial, %%here General Reno
then was. He pretended to be an emissary from his.
comrades, who wished to escape from the rebels and
join the Constitutionalists, but he was really a spy.—
He saw that the troops, instead of being bivouacked,
were in quarters, and he retained to Chaves to report
his observations. The account then says—g, At day-
' break, a force of three squadrons of cavalry appeared
in front of the principal position, and a cordon on the
.Lank extending as far as our cantonments." The
troops on the spot, particularly, the 21st Regiment,
fought gallantly, but they were completely taken by
surprise. General Raoo himself narrowly escaped
Ifrom being made a prisoner. The loss of the Conti.