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THE EVENING

LONDON.

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TUESDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1818. •
THE FUNDS.
TRICE or STOCK* THIS .RAT AT rotittvA,Ot.p.xs
3 per Mit. Reduced 771iL1 per Cent. Ctini: 'ant
eons. for Account, 78i79*—:)2,pqr,Cent. 86ft
, . ..„
4 f,er Cent. 941 93-5 per Cent. Navy :Rut '
India Bonds 78 pre,—Omnium par.
Exchequer Bills 11 16 pre.

An universal alarm was excited in the City this
morning by the Bank doors in Bartholomew-lane
not being open for business at the regular hour, nine
o'clock, arid the appearance of a number of Soldiers
parading the inner Courts, and Sentinels at the front
entrance, Bank Buildings. It was afterwards ascer-
tained that some fears were excited of an unpleasant
nature. owing to the execution of the unfortunate
men this morning, for Forgery ; but, we are happy
to state, that at half-past ten the doors were opened,
and business commenced without the slightest at-
tempt having been made to disturb, in any shape, the
security of this great National Establishment.

The Paris Papers of Saturday at rived this forenoon.
The Funds continue to decline in a manner which
ill accords with the confident tone inwhich the KING
expressed himself in his opening Speech to the Cham-
bers, respecting the financial prospects of the country.
On the Ist of this month, the Five per Cents. were at
69 fr. on Friday last, they opened at 64 fr. and
closed at 63 fi. making a total fall, in the course of
eleven days, of 6 fr.
The KING has added to his endeavours •for conci-
liating the favour of the army by a new Ordinance,
which appears in the Moniteur now received, ordain-
ing \that in future no Sub-officer, who is decorated
with the Legion of Honour, shall be cashiered, unless
by the special authority of his MAJESTY.
M. FORBIN or JANSON, one of the persons exiled
by the Ordinance of the 24th of July, is, it is said,
among the number of those who have obtained per-
mission to return to France. The admission of such
an on-dit as this into the Journals, may be consi-
dered; we presume, as equiva!ent to an official noti-
fication of the fact.

The Duke of ANcouLaNtx was expected in Paris
on Saturday, and the Duke of WELLINGTON to leave
it for London on Sunday.

Recent accounts, which we have received from Lis-
bon, present a most desponding picture of the state
of decay into which that capital, and indeed the whole
kingdom of Portugal, has sunk, since the removal of
the Royal Family to the Brazils. The following is
an extract from a letter, dated

•t LISBON,- NOVEMBER 14.

4, We have for a long time flattered ourselves with
hopes of the return to this capital of the King and
Court, but all these hopes have now vanished—the
.mother country appeals abandoned, and it is to Bra-
zil that the seat of Government is now transferred,
at least for the present reign. It is said, however,
that the son of the King, who has espoused an Arch-
duchess of Atistria, will arrive in Lisbon at the com-
mencement of the ensuing Spring—that he will es-
tablish his residence hero—and that he will have very
extensive powers of administration. However, every
thing as to this is still very uncertain, and the situa-
tion of our country is, under all circumstances, at

least, very singular.
" The Court of Madrid continues extremely irri-
tated against us, on account of the occupation of
Monte Video and subsequent events. If her situation
prevents her from taking► vigorous measures op this
occasion her resentment is not the less keen, and we
may expect ere long to see it burst forth if the
Allied Powers do nct succeed in removing those
obstacles which stand in the wdy of an arrangement
so desirable. . .

_
" While our present situation offers singularities,
unexampled in the history of Portugal, our trade at
the same time experiences every day considerable
losses. The Independent corsairs cover the seas, pil-
lage our merchant ships, make prize of such as they
please, maltreat the crews, and thus spread so gene-
ral an alarm, that merchants are afraid to venture
their fortunes in commercial speculations, now be-
come so dangerous. We have seen these pirates in-
sult our ships at the very mouth of the Tagus, and
make captures in view of the Portuguese coast. It
has been often said that-our Kingdom may be re-
gardid as an English Colony ; if this assertion had
any degree of probability in it, it may be added, that
it is a Colony very ill protected by a mother-country
whose immense navy ensures her the supremacy of
the seas."

• A report, it is added, prevails, that some additional,
Portuguese regiments are destined for Rio Janeiro—
every thing thus tending to shew that the Portuguese
Court has now turned all its views of aggrandize-
ment to the American Continent.
Wo learn, by the same arrivals, that for some time
past several slight shocks of earthquakes have been
felt in the environs of Lisbon, which at first occa-
sioned a good deal of alarm ; but as nothing serious
has resulted front them, the public mind has become
again at ease on the subject.
The produee of all kinds, especially of vines and
oranges, has this year been most abundant through-
out the whole of Portugal, and of the richest quality.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
FALMOUTH, DECEMBER le.
Wind N. E.—Arrirrd his Majasty's ship MEnszir,
from a cruize, and remain with the Litz and HERON.
Sailed the Duke of Kent packet; ror Lisbon ; and
Lady Wellineon packet, for Jamaica, both with
Mils, and a tew outward-bound vessele.

PENZANCE, DECEMBER 12.
Arrived the Thomas and William, tlitowN from
Plymouth, for Glasgow, very leaky, and several other
coasters. , The boat of the Morning Star, KERWIN,
took out the crew of the Emily, TitomAs,• which
struck on the Rundlestone on Thursday, and landed
them at St. Levan, it then blowing a strong gale.

PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER 14.
Wind N. E.—Arrived the Sarah, WutcuEnA, from
Sunderland ; Le Felicite, LE CHARD, from lionileur.
.'ailed the Speedwell, HARRINGTON, for Waterford.

DEAL, DECEMBER 14.
Wind N. E.—Arrived the Royal Charlotte, HAR-
PER, from Hull, for Cadiz, and sailed; and Active,
CHISEL, from Petersburgh, for Bristol. Came down
from the River last night and sailed, the Roxana,
SNow, for Boston; and Charlotte, KAVANA, for San-
tander.

HARWICH, DECEMBER 14.
Reported to Messrs. BILLINGS -and Co. as Vice-
Admiralty Agents, one anchor, about seven cwt.
about six and a half fathoms of ten-inch chain, and
piece of buoy-rope, no buoy, swept into Hollesley-
bay, marked—co Industry, Newcastle, 13edlIngton ;"
one ditto, about seven cwt. no buoy, but about one
and a half fathoms rope, about thirty-seven fathoms
of ten-inch cable, supposed to be lost on Fi iday morn-
ing, swept into Hollesley-bay, about one and a half
miles above S.W. buoy of the Whiting, the lights
open to Westward about a sail's breadth, new stock.

MONTROSE, DECEMBER It.
The Harbour Lights pf this Port are to be lighted
on the 21st, and continue to be lighted, from sun-set
to sun-rise, until the Ist of May.

LERWICK, NOVEMBER 26.
A large ship (about 400 tons) from the Baltic,
with timber, brought up on the 18th inst. off the
West side of these Islands, in 60 fathoms water, with
loss of bowsprit, fore-top-mast, and mizen-mast, and
all the deck lumber. The Pilot wished to get her
into Hillswich, but it came on to blow so hard, that
they found it impossible; they, therefore, were oblig-
led to let her drift to sea. She had plenty of provi-
Isions and water on board, and it is hoped will be
able to get into some port in these islands very soon.
The Pilot said she belonged to Stockholm.

CLENLUCE, DECEMBER S.

A Brig came into this Bay last night, and was
wrecked upon the sand. The crew appears-to have
perished, as there is no person on board, and the
waves ate dashing pieces of her to the shore. It is
not known here to what-plate she belongs, or what
she is loaded with.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, LONDON, DECEMBER 14.

Swim ENTERPID brwasse.—Vessy and Ann, Haigh; Lord
Nelson, Anderson; Joseph an Jane, Bells Andalusia, Eab-
baze ; Pomona, mats ; Rover, Smith; Harmony, Creswell ;
Selina, Wildgoose • Garthland, Knight ; Old Maid, Young,
from Petersburg; Olive Branch, Patterion, from Gottenburz ;
Adriatic, Patrie; Landstrum, Iledtke ; Lotte, Ahlkis • Lovina,
Hope, from Fillets; Vrow Cleans, Vanderween; Gc'sede Ver.
vragting, Loots; Jefferow Ens, Zefters, from Groningen ;
Friends, Bowie; Fair Hibernian' Bootiman ; Isabella Watt,
Ferprsein, from Ahlberg ; Lustre Spencer; Eaglet, Holt, from
Memel ; Carl Edward, Gaits ; Neptunus, Bentor, from Stettin ;
John Bulkeley, Gulagen • ,Middlesex, Adams, from Virginia;
Charlotta Frederica, Wallis, from Griefswaid ; Henrieh and
Theodore, Kiawitten, from Dantrig ; Unity, Williamson, from
Alicant ; Nancy, Robson, from Stockholm; Medea, Calmeyer,
from Uleaborg ; Ilaabet,Sunde, from Frederickstadt ; Europa,
Nieman, from Wiimar.
EXIIMSD OtrTW A ILDS.—Catalill2, Andrew, for Rio Janeiro;
Ann, Sauley, and Hope, Craigie, for Hayannah ; Stakesley,
Henderson, for Bombay ; Maria, Tait, for St. Lucia ; Shannon,
Falconer, for Dominica • Telus, Chalton, for Pernambuco.
Catalan Ouivraans.LOrpheus, Christall, and Marianna,
North, for Smyrna; Royal Rank Gibbs, for Lisbon ; James
Harris, Cullen, and John and Robert, Swinton, for Jamaica ;
Mary and Eliza, Phillips, for llavannals.
CASE OF THE SHIP PROVIDENCIA, PRIZE TO
AN INDEPENDENT PRIVATEER.

(FROM THE NEW YORK ADVERTIZER OF THE 13TH

or NOVEMBER.)
This vessel, it will be recollected, was seized by
the Revenue Officer's of this Port, in the month of
June, 1817, while she was attempting to pass up to
Baltimore. The Providencia was the property of
certain subjects of the Ring of Spain, from whom she
was forcibly taken, while going from St. Aftdero to
the Havannah with a cargo of cordage, cutlery, &c.
by an armed vessel, called the Nangore, fitted out
at Baltimore, commanded by Captain Barnes, and
cruizing under the flag of one of the Independent'
Provinces of South America.—The captors, after
putting a prize crew on board of her, ordered her to
Buenos Ayres, but, owing to stress of weather, and',
other causes, the Prize-master thought proper to
shape his course for Baltimore. On being brought
in here, she was immediately libelled by the Consul
of his Catholic Majesty, in behalf of her Spanish
owners, and a Decree was subsequently issued out of
the District Court of the United States, directing
both the vessel and the cargo to be sold, and the
proceeds dztosited in the Bank, subject to the future
order of the Court.—The following, we understand,
is the final Decree of the Judge (Tome's), during the
pending Term of the Court :—" Five•sixths of the
whole amount to be paid over to his Catholic Ma-
jesty's Consul for the State of Virginia, for the be-
nefit of the Spanish owners ; the remaining sixth to
be retained and held at the disposal of the Court, as
salvage, should any legal claim of that sort be put
in within twelve months—but should no such claim
be preferred during that period, or being preferred,
and the Court should deem it insufficient, then the
sum so retained, to be paid over to the Spanish Con •
suls in the first case."

Captain the Hon. HENRY DuNcEsr, of the LIMY,
fitted for the Mediterranean station, has been ap-
pointed to the REVOLUTIONAIRE, which ship is to be
fitted for the East Indies. Captain the Hon. FLEET-
WOOD PELLEw has been appointed to the LIFFEY. It
is said the REVOLUTIONAIRE is intended to take.out
a new Governor-General to the East Indies.

Thursday the SAPPHIRE, 44, Captain HART, for
the Jamaica station ; LEVEN, 24, Captain Murillo-
',maw, C. B. for the East Indies; and the REDwixo,
18, Captain HUNN, for St. Helena and the Cape, are
rived at Portsmouth from the River. They willpro-
ceed to their destinations in a few days.

THE ARMY. •
•
•' Tht,Flatxtrz REGENT has appointed Major-General
TOWN to the offiri, of Master of St. Katharine's
Hospital, near the Tema, vacant by the death of the
late Mr. DISBROW& •
We stated a few days ago, on what we then consi-
dered to be good authority, that the Roth Regiment
was about to proceed to the West Indies. We have,
however, reason to believe, from farther inquiry,
our information was incorrect. This regiment has
only lately returned from the East Indies, where it
had been stationed for 20 years, and it is not usual
so soon to order the same regiment on foreign service.
We now know that at the head-quarters of the
Regi-
ment (Kingston-upon-Hull) no orders have been re-
ceived even to prepare for foreign service.
DUBLIN, DECEMBER 9.—The 96th regiment, quar-
tered in Limerick, are to be disembodied to-morrow.
All the detachments of the 96th, cantoned in the
county of Limerick and the county of Tipperary, are
ordered forthwith to join head-quarters. They are
severally to be replaced by the 23d Fusileers ; the
first division is to arrive in Limerick Garri-
son on this day.
One hundred and thirty of the 95th have volun-
teered their service for several Regiments ; many
turned out for the 7th Fusileers, and 12th Foot.

Two troops of the 20th Light Dragoons, under the
command of Lieutenant-Colonel Blake, arrived in
Limerick on Saturday from Gort, to join head-quar-
ters at Caher, where the entire regiment is to be dis-
banded ; all the Officers of Corps to be reduced this
month will receive full pay to the 24th of February.
The 20th Dragoons, at Gort, are to be replaced
by the Queen's Bays, daily expected from Bristol.
For some days Kilkenny has been the scene of con-
siderable military bustle. A division of the :id Buffs
marched into that town on Wednesday from Cork,
on their route to Dublin, and were followed by the

remainder of the Regiment on the succeeding days.—
A detachment of the 7th or Royal Fusileers arrived at
Kilkenny on Friday, and will proceed to the same
destination. These Regiments, which formed part of
our imm:n,e military establishment in France, are in
t!iz most efficient state. Their presence, as denoting
the triumphant termination of that military union
which was so well designed to protect the peace of
Europe, could not fail to excite most cheering re-
collections.

Friday the first division of the 43d Light Infantry
marched into Clonmel from Cork, on their way to
Belfast.