Star.
London, England, 1828-08-04 00:00:00

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in the complete possession of its tights with respect to
tbsi intercourse, in conformity with the terms of the 1
colintnetcfal'Consention between the two conotries.
• Tie Undersigned pray, Lord Dedley to accept, &e.
(Signed) ALEigla GALLATIN.
Lord Viscount Dudley, /cc. &e. &e.

THE 10/ENING STAR.

LONDON.

MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1828.

STOCK EXCHANGI‘, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Consols opened this morning at 861 to 87 for the Account, and
at present may be quoted at 87 to I.
CITY, HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.

- - -
The Consol market is not quite so gond, and this may be owing
to the continuance of the state of the weather, and the rise this
morning of Wheat. Consols have been fluctuating between 86i
and 87 to. f for the Account, and at present may be quoted at 87,
alternately buyers and sellers, with little doing.
PRICE OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock India Bonds 112
3 per Cent. °Red. 88 7/ South Sea Stock
3 per Ct. Cons. 874 61 Old Annuities
34 per Cent. New Ditto
3/ per Cent. Red. 95/ 1 £lOOO Esclieq. Bills 73 1 3
4 per Ct. New,loll I £5OO Ditto 73 1 3
4 per Cent. 1826, 105 41 £lOO and £2OO Ditto 73 1 3
Long Atm. 19 15-16 20 Bank for Acct.
India Stock 244 3/ Consols for Acct. 874 6/
FORKIIIN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK.
fiessillanikis. 5 pet. 63 Slex Bds. 5 p Ct. 281
DuAcct63 2/ 3 Peru,. lids. 6 p C. 23/
BOCIIO% Ayr: s lids. 6p C. Portug.Bds.spC. 53/ 4/
Do. Acct. 43 Do Acct. 53/ 4/ / /
....whim' i.oud., 6 per Ct. Russ.Bds.iBV., 5 per Ct.
D0.80nd5,1624, 254 Do. Ace. 944
Do Acct. 24 Spanish Bds 5p Ct. 10/ 1
D•ssish Ikk. 3 pCt. 611 I Span. Ms. 1823, 5p.C. 7/
Do Acct. 611 Do. Acct.
BRITISH AND' FOREIGN SOARES, TWO O'CLOCK.
iHA R I. PA II).
100 95 274
35 20 69 70
40 28 21/ 22 21
20 2 rel 3s

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Protector Fire

" Honest men," says Pierre, ,4 are the soft, easy
cu,hions, on which knaves repose and fatten." For
•' !e'en" read " Governments," and we cannot help

thioicing (At least our fears amount almost to opinions),
that the sentiment of the Venetian traitor expresses the
ondition of England IA ith regard to her allies.
Let us not be misunderstood, nor our language
strained, to " larger meaning* than we irtenj. But
timely suspicion, which is only, in other words, sagacity
stretching with an inquisitive eye beyond events, in-
stead of confidence merely looking at them, is often the

saving wisdom to which nations as well as individuals
are indebted for their security from evils of the greatest

magnitude.
The British Gnvernmect is proverbial (and may it
ever continue so!) for its integrity and perfect good
faith. That we have, more than once, paid the penalty
of this unstained honour, it were as vain to deny, as it
would be idle to expect the contrary. While, however,
we willingly admit, that it is fir better to be the cajoled
than the cajoling party. " our patience is not so predo-
minant," nor are we " so gospelled," as to court the
distinction of being one of Pierre's soft easy cushions
for continental statesmen to repose upon.

The political state of Europe; lathe present moment.
is one which contains the elements of general disunion,
This we tearlessly assert, for who can cdntradict it?
The moral influence Cr 01:ei4 Britain alone can restrain
those elements from working out their natural conse-
qeences. We are no alarmists. Our confidence in the
wisdom and firmness of the British Government is :WE:*
cient to preserve us from irrational apprehension; but, on
the other hand, our knowledge of what the experience
of all ages teaches, forbids us to discard all apprehen-
sion. It is very true, as we learn from his MAJZSTY's•
Speech, on the prorogation of Parliament, we have the
mo-t pacific assurances firms, and there exists the most
cordial understanding with, all foreignTuwers, Turkey
and Portugal excepted. Far be it from us to dispute
or question the grounds upon which this official de-
claration has been made. We are sure the Ministei s
were sincere in their own conviction, when, in the
etercise of a responsible di-cretion, they advised their
Royal,Master so to address Parliament; and we be-
lievevas devoutly as may be, that Russia, and Amnia,
and France, mean to act up to their respective profes-
sions. But here arises. a little difficulty. Events are
more frequently our masters than we are theirs. The
Emperor NICHOLAS, for eiample, might honestly in
tend at St. Petersburgh what all his honesty of
intention may not enable him to do at Constan-
tinople. Again—Austria, while , the Russian army
was on the north bank of. the Danube, might have
ban content to shape her policy in a manner which she
may find no difficulty in demonstrating would be wholly
ftwompatifile with her interests, now that that same
army is in full march upon the capital of Turkey ;
while France, in her turn, has only to put it civilly to
us, whether she can be expected to do nothing amid all
this turmoil?

It is, we say, with all possible diplomatic decorum
—the course of events themselves, and not what we
are willing to consider the falsely imputed projects, of
any one or more GovernMents, that creates in ui un-
easiness as to the future. There is commonly p great
a dispat ity between the beginning and the end of a course
of action—between what we set out to do, and what,
some how -or other, we actually do—our reholutions
are so acted upon by the varying circumstances which
occur, and we find ourselves, at last, so entangled with
complicated results—that, like a man who goes out
with the intention of only robbing an orchard, and
&kites by perpetrating morder—we find ourselves
committed to issues far beyond what was originally
contemplated. But we shall reserve, for another article,
the application of this reasoning to the present state of
political affairs in Europe.

Last night we received the Paris Papers of Saturday's
date; they ate chiefly occupied with his Majesty's
Speech at the close of our Sebion, aid with she expel-
did= to the Mores. The Journal des Debuts takes the
kad in severe animadversions on the passages in the