Star.
London, England, 1824-10-21 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1824.
THE FUNDS.
STOCK EXeIIANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Comas opened at 9611 for the Account, and for Money 964
with very little doing.
. FOREIGN FUNDS.
In the Foreign Market there Is very little doing, except in Mexi-
can and Colombian Securities.
Current Prices; New Spanish 151 16, Old 201 21, Russian 961 j 11,
Mexican 604 to 1, Colombian New 78 to 1, Old 791 1, Chilian
731 74, French Scrip 151 1, Austrian 98i 1, Portuguese 9211,
Alliance Shartslol4, Greek S to 1 sellers, Peruvian 85.
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
Vaiuses, Ocr.7.—Metalliques 961. Bank Stock 11591. -
['NICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stuck 233% 234%
3 per (ent. Red. ex. die. 95% %
11 per Cent. Cons. 961/8 %,
3i per Cent. Red. 1017 162
4 per Cent. New 10814 -
Ling Ann. ex. die. 23 1-16 23
India Stock 290%14 —lndia Bonds ICOIO2
£l.OOO lisci•eq. llilL. (2d.) 54 (11/4d.) 54 5.
1:500 ditto (2.1.) 54 (1.14 d.) 34 6.
£lOO and IWO ditto (11/2d.) 54. 6
Commercial (2d.) 52
Cons. tor Acct. 963/8

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New York Papers to the 23d alt. have been received
at Liverpool, but they contain no intelligence of import-
ance. Letters have also been received from Carthagena
df the 9th of August, bat they are equally barren of
intelligence of interest.

the 19th of A

were received

. Jamaica Papers to , .ugust
this morning, at the Jamaica Cuffee-hou,e, but they
contain no news from South America. The following
is from the Courant of the 18th of August :

We shall briefly notice the contents of the Wind-
ward Islands Papers.

" MT. CH ARLES C. HODGSON has been dismissed from
the Magistracy of Dominica, for having been privy to
the publication of the agent's letter, announcing the re-
mo•al of the Ea;l of HUNTINGDON."

Private letters from Paris state, that it has been de-
termined to withdraw a great portion of the French troops
from *lain, at the expiration of the existing treaty in
Salivary next. The mode by which the diminution will
be effected; according to the most authentic accounts, is
by placing in the ptincipal fortresses about one-fourth
of the troops at 'present in Spaion by leaving another
fourth on the frontier, as an army of observation ; and
by withdrawing the remainder. This measure is to
take place at the recommendation of the Allied Powers ;
and the reduction of the army will be carried into effect.
A declaration will, it is added, be made by the Spanish
Government upon the retirement of the troops—that,
in the event of any fresh acts of insurrection, the parties
concerned will be punished with the utmost severity,
the, ptinishmeni extending to confiscation of Pro Petty
and loss of rank to the guilty individual and his heirs.
Whether such a threat will be of any avail is iii.ubt-
Tut : a people groaning under the yoke of unmitigated
tyranny, are not apt to calculate very nicely on the con-
tingencies of shaking it off when once resolved on the
measure; and as to property and rank, both ate held by
a tenure so precarious in Spain, that the ri,k of losing
thefts CERPOt be mucb increased.,
Tlie question is, however, what w ill become of Spain
when the Fiench troops are withdrawn? If their pre-
sence is barely sufficient to repress the spit it of disaffec-
tion which is perpetually manifesting itself, is it likely
that it CAR be kept down. by Spanish troops alone?
We fear not; and an:l6a* we are to see Spain fried
• .
.of the French Army of Occupation, yet we cannot but
think that the war will have proved entirely abortive"
unless FERDINAND establishes a Government whits
will reconcile the parties
.ip• Spain, and afford soma(
guarantee to Europe that' ite tranquillity wall not ;be
disturbed by factions in the Peninsula. We are aware
• that the Vag of SPAIN is not the most tractable of Mo.
narchs, butliis tears have sometimes operated benefi-
cially upon him, and we-think it would not require
much thetoi is to convince him that his situation will be-
come extremely critical the moment be cleft to hiiuself•