Star.
London, England, 1822-12-24 00:00:00

CITY S.LEC77ONS. .
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Yesterday the polling for the two contested Wards
VAS reomed with much activity; and at the close
the mallet's stood as follow ;
BASSISHAW WARD.
• Mr.Wiguelin - - 32 Mr. Frisby - - 241
I
Ph. Hashes • - 1 .Si Mr. Britten (Deputy) - 22
C*I3,PLIIIO ATE-WITH IN.
114 11.114°.415t->ir• Ktrl
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`. r: rainy* - .. 34 -•m r: Tboro-good -- - 33
Ilt. Jotters- - - 35 Mr. Heron - - - 33
Mr. PIM - - • - .35 Mr. Cain' ' - , - - 8
Ile. Valkort .4 o - - 34 'Mr. Rieke ' - '. ' e . 5
° New Candidates..
The poll will fin sl' t ally clohis evenie.g. • ''...;.'
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THE EV 14. N Spl, STA R

I ,0N DON.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24.. 1822.

THE FUNDS. $ '
STUCK EXCHANGE, HALF-PAST TWELVE.

Consols opened this morning at So; 11, with some business
doing ; got up to 80; },lowered again to 00b, andiemain steady.

YOREIGN MARKET.
This morning the market has been rather brisk, particularly
in New• Spanish Bonds, which opened at 55, were done at 553,
but afterwards went down to 55. AU other foreign securities
remain stationary.

Current Prices :—Chilian 721, New Spanish 55, Old 61 to 6s,
Russian 621, New Prussian 86, Old 861 to 86, Danish 91, Nea-
politan 771, Colombian 68/, Peruvian 771, New Spanish Scrip
91 dis.
PRICES OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 2451/2 215
3 per Cent. Red. 791 %'/s 1/2 •
31/2 per Ct.911/2. 3/4 —4 per Ct. Old, 97 34 Y 4 3/8 lAt
Bank Long Annuities 201/8 346
India Bonds 335. 365.—01 d Annuities 79y4 79
Exchequer Bills (C1,(X)0) 4s. 6s.
Consols for Account 80% 5/8 3/s.

We give this as the rumour on'Change:
Various :ire the opinions in the City on the return
of the Duke of WELLINGTON : by some it is ima-
gined that the King of FRANCE has given him a carte
blanche, to settle the disputes between the two Govern-
ments, upon which he has returned for further in-
structions from our Government; after which he will
proceed in person to Spain, to consult with the Cortes,
to adopt such measures as may prove agreeable to
the French Government.

Madrid Papers and private letters to the 15th inst.
have been received. Everything was then tranquil
in the city, and the most favourable accounts con-
tinued to be received from the provinces. The only
new occurrence mentioned in the private letters, as
having taken plaee in Madrid, was the banishment
of M. PIZARRO, who held the appointment of Mi-
nister previous to the Revolution, and of M. JONA MA,
who is known as having written a work on the sub-
ject of Juries. The former had been sent to Iviza,
and the latter to the Canary Islands. The recruiting
of the Spanish armies was proceeding with the
greatest vigour, and levies of conscripts, neatly
complete in numbers, were hastening to join their
respective regiments. It is asserted, that an im-
portant command is about to be conferred on General
Mottat.o, whose talents, at this critical moment,
may be essential to the security of Spain.
The Madrid Papers state, on what may almost be
considered as official authority, that an alliance,
offensive and defensive, has been actually concluded
between Spain and Portugal.
" The bases of this alliance are very judiciously
drawn up. Its execution is particularly easy, and its
conditions are equally honourable to both parties, and
are founded on the principle of rigorous reciprocity.
" A select corps of 8000 Portuguese, of all arms,
will immediately enter Spain, to remain at the dis-
posal of the Spanish Government ; and if circum-
stances should further require it, this corps will be
iocreased, according to the necessity of the case, and
to the interest which both nations feel in defending
the common cause at every expense."

It is added, that the Portuguese Ministry, observing
the progressive increase of the French Army of the
Pyreonees, had considered the conduct of that Go-
vernment as an example toot:Ay of imitation in an in-
verse sense, -and that though they did not think that',
those forces were destined to effect an invasion into
the Peninsula, they had, notwithstanding, hastened to
enter into the generous and patriotic views of Senhor
FRERIE DE ANDRADE, Portuguese Ambassador at Ma-
drid, at the same time disregarding every difficulty
which might have obstructed the progress of so im-
portant a negociation.

Lisbon Papers to the Bth inst. have reached us;
their contents are of considerable interest.
In the sitting of the Cortes of the Ith, a Report was
made on a dispatch from the Minister for the Home
Department, in which the Congress was informed that
the Queen, having refused to take the oath to the
Constitution of the Monarchy, the King had resolved
ott carrying into execution the Decree of the Cortes,
ordaining that whoever shall refuse to swear to the
Constitution shall quit the kingdom, and renounce
the rights of a Portuguese citizen. But that the
Queen having represented that her delicate health
would not permit her to travel without endangering
her life, and the physicians of her household having
consulted together, and unanimously declared that
her life would actually be endangered if she were
compelled in her present stateto undertake a journey
either by sea or by laad—liis Majesty issued a Decree

commanding the Queen to-lettrw.ip, the Quidla de
Ramalhao with the necessary snowiest% but refusing
jter request to be allowed.icrtafe ulotig with her the
infaßtas, her daughtlys ; adding, that/his retirement
in the Quinta de Ramalhao sliOuld continue until the
stateof her health might permit her to.travel beyond
the kingdom.
This dispatch was accompanied with -ati eitict ac-
count of all that had been done in this business, toge-
ther with the orders' which had been given, the opi-
nions of the Council of State, the votes.of the Minis-
ters, the propositions made by his Majesty to the
Queen, her objections, and the declaration of the
Faculty, &c. _ _

The PRESIDENT proposed that the Cones should
consider of the manner in which these Papers should
be disposed of.
Senor JAVIIR MONTEIRO moved, that they be

)rinted for the information of the whole nation, and
that the originals be referred to a Special Committee.
This motion was carried.

In the Sitting of the following day (the 5t11), Senor
PATo Moatz read the following motion :—" It being
indispensable that the law should be carried into,
effect, as well with respect to the ex-Queen of Por-
tugal,, as any other • person, who may refuse to,
swear to the Political Constitution of the Monarchy ;
and its execution having been delayed bi Wt. rePon
of ten Physicians, staring that her life would beak
dangered by the severity of the weather, 11. be fihrsnld
travel in the present state of her health, I propose
that the Government be required to orders that the
same ten Physicians do continue to attend the ex-
Portuguese citizen, during.her residence in the Quinta
de Ramalhao, and accompany her np to the period
of her quitting the Portuguese territories."
This proposition remained over fora second read-.
ing : when, should her Majesty, who is a sister of the
King of• Spain, refuse to.take the oath to the Consti-
tution, she will be obliged to quit Portugal.
The Ordinary Cones had assembled on the Ist
instant. The KING had resolved to be present, and
had given the necessary orders for the officers being
in attendance; but an indisposition by which he had
been for some days oppressed, became so severe as to
compel his MAJESTY to absent himself, and to com-
mit the delivery of his Speech to a Minister. The,
Speech contains no distinct allusion whatever to the
state of foreign affairs, but principally dwells on the
necessity of consolidating the Constitution in all its
branches. 44 It is necessaryP says his MAJESTY,
" that the great work which has been begun should
be completed, in order that the Government may make
known the effects of the salutary reform which the
country de,ires. The adjustment of the revenue, and
the establishment of public credit, claim your especial
attention. The most mild and adequate means for
this purpose would be the establishing of an equili-
brium between the public income and expenditure,
by reducing the latter according to the rule£ of a
rigid economy. This reduction, and the reform •in
the mode of collection and managament, must de.
pend on the wisdom of your deliberations.
" The well-directed liberty of the press, and the
distinctions which the ConstitOtion confers on virtue
and talents, doubtless augment the hope of the moral
and political regeneration of the Portuguese people,
with the progress of civilization. But :the efforts of
the Government for the encouragement of arts and
sciences will be insufficient, without the support of
legislative authority—a support which your know-
ledge and patriotism assure me will not be wanting,
as you must be convinced that a people cannot be
free without being virtuous and civilized.
" The regulating laws of the municipal and ad-
ministrative bodies, on which, in a great measure,
depend the execution of the Constitution, and the
vivifying principles of regeneration, are more than
all others necessary for preventing those doubts which
frequently arise in consequence of the powers which
belong to each of the constituted authorities net being
precisely fixed. It was certainly necessary to de-
stroy the ancient institutions, but the necessity for
those which are to be advantageously substituted for
them is still urgent."
Ti. PntsiDLlT, in his answer, dwells principally
on internal regulations: the only allusion he makes
to foreign affairs is in the following paragraph :
" We have nothing," he says, " to fear for external
security; for the nations of Europe, already wearied
by destructive discords, and emancipated from the
delusion of false ideas of grandeur, appear to be sen-
sible of the necessity of union, and of meeting each
other with a fraternal embrace."
Not the slightest allusion is made to the Treaty,
with Spain, either in the KlNcs's Speech or in that of
the Minister; but it is so confidently asserted in the
Madrid Papers, which are of a much later date, that
we presume it to be authentic.

It appears by the French Journals of Saturday
that the Syndics of the Exchange Brokers, tired of
the contradictory rumours that agitated the money
market, very sagaciously waited on the Minister of
Finance, to solicit same information on the state of
affairs; when M. de VILLRLE replied, that the pre-
sent situation of Europe required great circumspec-
tion on the part of speculators—a piece of informa-
tion which the Brokers from experience could have
told his Excellency. The Quotidienar adds, that M.
de VILLIM2 disavowed all participation whatever in
the articles of the Journal des Dacus which had heed

attributed to hit
scending of his El
The courier
tory.artixlei in
titans of peace

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partizans of sc..
It might be said that all-thisis -alcornedy, in which
each plays the part assigned• to him. Since the Mi-
nistry appear to be amused_ by it, the Public have
only to forget what it costs them, and also-to be
amused. The Etoile seems to reproach the Journal,
des Debats of favouring speculation in the Stocks.—
The Journal des Debats is enabled significantly to
answer the Etoile; and tospoint out to it certain official
editors, to whom are imputed the warlike articles, and'
.who profit by the decline of the Funds which resultsl
from them. How little soever these Gentlemen pride i
themselves in this game, there•will, perhaps, result for
the public, explanations more cmious than edifying."
In the absence of political news, there appears in
the Consiitutionnel a curious paragraph respecting
the behaviour of M. MARCHANGY, the Ultra Attor-
ney-General, at a dinner party at Lille. We infer
from it, either- that this hot-brained Gentleman had
been somewhat liberal in his potations, or that his
head has been turned by the complimentary letter
lately seni him by the Emperor ALEXANDER. After
talking a great deal of nonsease, he embraced the
Marquis de JUMILUAC,.on his right, and the Prefect
on his left, saying, ig I kiss you all." The guests in
fact accepted the kiss, which was called the• Mar-
changirm'sante. We hope it was not the kiss of Judas.
FUNDS 0,91 SAMISAT.—Five per Cents. opened at 881. 60c.
feltto deC 12c. doted at saf. 20c. For ibe end'of the month,

the same Stock viaiStiE 55e.

The destruction of the Turkish fleet id the port of
Tenedos, which we stated yesterday, is confirmed
frpm various sources. It appears that the Greeks on
board the fire-ship saved themselves on board the
other ships ; only one of them had his right hand
burnt. He observed that the inflatnnfthle matter did
not catch fire, on which lie seized hold-of some live
coals and threw them on it, by which his hand was
burnt.—But this brilliant action is not the only suc-
cess of the Greeks. A letter from Trieste gives the
follo*ing additional details:
Eight thousand Albanians, nnder Ave command
of Omer Vrioni, entered Acarnania, and advanced as
far as Missolongo, where Maurocordato, Normann,
and other Greek Chiefs, were posted in considerable
farce. Three Turkish ships bombarded the city from
the sea. Marcos Bozzaris, with 3000 Greeks, occu-
pied the pass of Tygos, and he was surrounded by
2000 Turks. for three days the Greeks disputed the
pass, and during that time they were without food.
Matters were in a state of despair, when twelve Greek
ships arrived at Missolongo. on the sa of November,
having on board 3000 soldiers. The three Turlish
vessels were immediately attacked and burnt, and
.the Greeks disembarked.

" United with the forces in the town, they imme-
diately attacked -the Turks, who, unable to resist,
*took to;pabt; "kiwi being pursued, several of them
Were drowned in the Acheloos ; many others were
`"bl
killed, and a consider* e number made prisoners,
only the cavalry saving themselves. This brilliant
victory saved Western Greece, and its enemies will
not hazard a second attack this winter.,
" Fifteen thousand Greeks are said to be under arms
in Candia ; but I will not answer for the authenticity
of this news. On the Bth of November there was a
very bloody and obstinate battle, in which the Greeks
were victorious ; and, in consequence of the victory,
became masters of the fortress of Canee."

The Meeting at the Exchange in Dublin, on Fri-
day, to congratulate the LORD LIEUTENANT on his
escape from the Orange outtage, was one of the
'most numerous and respectable ever known. gc It
exhibited," says the Dublin Morning Post, " a grand
rally of all ranks, persuasions, and parties, but'
one, rolind the person of the LORD LIEUTENANT.
The occasion congregated in the Royal Exchange
5,000 citizens of Dublin, while the avenues leading
to the edifice were crowded by an anxious and in-
dignant population."
Of the movers of Resolutions, in just and pointed,
rebuke of an offence arising out of the frenzy of
Orangeism, it may not be unsatisfactory to observe,
that-Mr. O'CONNELL was the only individual who
was not of the Protestant church. All the speeches
breathed the same spirit of confidence in the prin.
ciples of the existing Govrnment of Ireland, and
of solicitude for the composure of party feuds and
animosities.

The Address was presented on Tuesday, at two
o'clock, to his Excellency the LORD LlitTrat4l4T, who
returned thanks in a neat answer, in which he en-
treatul the Deputation that they'would assist him " in
the auspicious task of assuaging the irritations which
disturb the harmony of that city, and terminate the,
horrors of the present crisis by a cordial co-operation
in the noble woe k of peace."
FROM TIM, CORK MERCANTILE CHRONICLE, DEC. 20.
In our last we stated that a Requisition was preparing to soli-
' cit the Mayor of this City to call a Public Meeting, expressive
of their abhorrence of the late madh upon his Excellency. A
highly respectable body, in the afternoon of yesterday, waited
on the Mayor, with the Requisition above alluded to, which
was signed by nearly two hundred persons,when the Mayor soli-
cited a little time for replying• to the document, and, in the
evening sent an answer, declining to call a Public Meeting, on
receipt of which,, a Public Notice was immediltely posted, viz.
The Gentlemen who signed the itequisitint td the Mayor
are requested to .ntert on Saturday, the !Ist, at the Coutizll
, Chautber,,wheu thellayoee iittiwta wilt be sulqtaitted to tiaLas."

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