Star.
London, England, 1829-09-02 00:00:00

Front the Journal du Commerce.

MADRID, Auo. 90.—(Pawara Coaturaeoxnucx).
Our Government has received dispatches, which announce otf•
daily that the expedition left the Havannah sth July ; that it wa.
composed of .1,600 men, a company of artillery without cannot,,
100 cavalry, but no officers or engineers, as the chief of the e:; t.
dition had declared that he did not want one. The fitting
out of this expedition has cost halt a million of dollars (two.
millions and a half of francs), and the Treasury of the Ha.
vannah is in such a state, that if any extraordinary expenses
were necessary, the Intendant General would find himself in
the greatest possible embarrassment ; and it appears that during
the season of the dog-days he will have great difficulty in meetin
the ordinary expenditure of the island, as during that season the
arrival of foreign merchant ships in the island diminishes very much,
from the dread of the yellow fever, and in consequence the receipts
of the Custom-house fall off. The Government has received pre-
tended copies of the proclamation that the Chief of the expedition
is to circulate in the country as soon as he shall have landed. The
place of landing is not known, as in the copies printed there is a
blank for Its insertion.

Letters from the Havanna do not augur well of the result of the
expedition, in consequence of the smallness of the force, and the
incapacity of the General. The commanding Officer is really
General Bamdas, and not General Miranda, as has been asserted,
the latter having declined.
The principal reliance of the Spaniards is upon the partizans
they have in the interior. It is expected that they will declare
themselves as soon as they see the Spanish lag displayed. The
packet boat which brought the dispatches for the Government, did
not quit the port of the Havanna until the expedition was in the
open sea, and up to that moment the place of landing was not
known.

CITY. TWELVE O'CLOCK.

We have no arrivals this morning of the least import—not even
a single ship letter—consequently there is a very great dearth of
information. Console, which left off yesterday at 89 for the Ac-
count, opened at the same price, since which they have been done
at 89/ and 881 for money. This day being the Anniversary of the
Fire of London, the Royal Exchange will be closed till twelve
o'clock : it is also a holiday at the Bank. The Stock Exchange
and Foreign Market are open, but no great speculations are going
forward as yet. The next accounts from Constantinople are ex-
pected to be of great importance. In the Foreign Market scarcely
a bargain doing at present.
CITY, HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.

Owing to the absence of intellistnce, the Consol Market bat re-
mained stationary daring the whole of the morning at /191, alter-
nately buyers and sellers, with Utile or nothing doing ; and far
Money MR, buyers. The City capitalist, who is the chief spring
of the Market, being now absent on a tour to Paris, It is not
expected that any speculations of importance will take place until
his return.

The Foreign Market is as dull as that of the Bri.6h.

Accounts from Hamburgh state, that the Russian Go-
vernment have freighted 20 Danish ships, 30 English,
and 8 French, to carry provisions and ammunition to the
Russian fleet in the Mediterranean.
Extract of a letter from the frontiers of Hungary,
dated August .5.—" It was reported here that the Rus-
sian army was only twenty-four miles from Adrianople,
where the greatest consternation prevailed ; but we have
received letters from the above town which do not con-
firm this report, and state that every thing was in motion
to defend the defiles of Strandja, a branch of the Baikan,
which the Russian army must pass, to arrive in the
Sandjac ; and it was not believed at Adrianople that the
enemy would hazard the passage of these defiles, where
a few hundred men could prevent the passage of an army ;
and it is known that, in these mountains, corps of SI ahis
are stationed to defend them, and their cavalry are
mounted on horses accustomed to climb the ravines, where
the most expert horses of the Cossacks must use the
greatest precaution in advancing. It is reported that
twenty thousand Greeks and Armenians have received
orders to work at the fortifications before Constantinople."
Yesterday morning the Company's quarterly sale of
teas commenced at the India House, and was very fully
attended.—The present declaration consists of 7,800,000
lbs : viz., of Bohea, 1,200,000 lbs ; of Congou, Cam-
poi, Pekoe, and Soncliong, 5,200,0001bs; of Twankay
and Hyson skin, 1.100,0001bs ; and of Hyson, 300,000
lbs. The present sale is not so large by 200,0001bs as
the last declaration. The sale this morning was very
fully attended, and much competition was evinced.
Bohcas are now on sale at from is. 6d. to Is. bid. per
pound.
A notice was stuck up at the Bank of England yester-
day, that the interest on Exchequer Bills. after the 30th
September, will be lid. per day per 1001. in place of 2d.
per day. The amount of these Bills is about 28 millions,
besides those issued for churches and fisheries. The Bills
must be applied for on or before the 19th SeptemOer,
and will be issued on the Ist October.