Star.
London, England, 1829-11-26 00:00:00

CITY. Twstva o'CLoca.

This being Settling-day, the great struggle of this Account be-
tween the Bulls and Bears, for these two or three years put, will
be decided. The extreme fluctuation during any one Account has
not been so great as on the present occasion, which may be quoted
at 5# per cent. We understand that several millions of Stock has
been carried over to the January Account, and the great City
capitalist is expected to take Stock this day to the amount of one
million. The chief cause of the receding of Consols yesterday was
owing to the important notice sent by the Royal Exchange Assur-
ance Company to the Stock Exchange, that they mean, in January,
to give every proprietor of £lOO capital after the opening of Con-
sols. £lOO in the 5 per Cent. Consols, and reduce their dividend
from sto 5 per cent. by which it appears probable that the pro-
prietors of the above Stock may throw it on the market at the above
period, which will produce a fall in Consols.
Consols which left off yesterday at 92 # for the present Account.
weed firmer this morning at 921 #. and 93i j for January.
"'There are no failures op to the present time, and none of any
Oellsequence are expected—there may be a few of a minor de-
scription. In the Foreign Market nothing doing at present.
CITY. HALF-PAST ONE.
Up to the present hour the Account appears to go off well ; and
we do not hear of any defaulters. It is a Bear Account ; and we
understand that Itolusemui Baum, and LLors, are taking a great
deal of Stock, which has caused a great scarcity of that article in
the Market.
Cowls, which were in the early part of the morning at 921 I for
the present Account, may be quoted at 994 I, and for January Ac-
count 9g;.
This improvement was at first attributed to a great Bear having
bought in his Account, in the tarty part of the morning ; but the
true cause is the scarcity of Stock.
In the Foreign Market little doing. as the chief attention of the
speculators Is drawn to the British Market.

Posted at the North and South American Coffee
house:—LIVEnPOOL, Nov. 24.—The sales of cotto
this day amount to 2,800 bags, at full prices ; and there
is every appearance of an increased demand.
Accounts from Lisbon, via France, of the Bth No-
vember, state that the persons employed there in the
Criminal Commission at Oporto, have received parti-
cular favours of Don Miguel. He has rewarded them
with several pensions. M. Mathias, who was endea-
vouring to procure a loan for Don Miguel, has failed in
the attempt. The Princesses still continue in a dan-
gerous state.
From Barcelona, of the 13th November: we hear, that
on the 15th November, the new Queen of Spain was
expected there. She received, with great affability, the
Spanish emigres. For some time past a rheumatism has
prevailed in that town ; of which, it is said, twenty
thousand of the inhabitants suffer.
We have accounts from Gibraltar of the sth of Nov.
they only relate to a smuggling transaction of no im-
portance.
A dispatch has been sent from the Minister of Foreign
Affairs at Paris, to the Chamber of Commerce at Havre,
stating that he received the letter addressed to him from
the Chamber of Commerce, and has taken notice of its
information, in regard 'to the appeal of several merchants
at Valparaiso, complaining of the inconvenience they,
experienced by the interruption from the French Navi-
gation in these seas ; and solicit that the French
Consul-General be removed to Valparaiso.
A private letter appears in the French papers, from
Vela Cruz, dated the 7th Sept. stating that Santa Anna
was preparing to attack the Spaniards at all points at
Tampico, on or about the 20th Sept. and great hopes
were entertained that feet of them wou'd make their es-
cape from the above town:
Letters from Salonique of the 15th Oct. bring in-
formation that the plague was extending its ravages in
the ultra provinces to Odessa ; and has also manifested
itself in Thrace, and in several towns of Anatolia, and in
. the neighbourhood of Constantinople.
The Russian fleet is arrived at Poros, and appears to be
disposed to support Capo d'lstrias, whom the Greeki wish
to continue as President.
The private letters from Vera Cruz state, that La-
game was advancing at the head of five or six thousand
men, and a strong division of cavalry. The roads from
Mexico to Tampico were crowded with troops, and Gen.
Maulina was at Puente, to cover Vera Cruz, in case the
Spaniards attempted to take it by a coup de main.
Gen. Teran has returned from Texas. He had an inter-
view with Lagarza, and found him to possess great
talents. United with those of Santa Anna; the Spaniards
will, beyond a doubt, in a general engagement, be totally
defeated.
Accounts from Cuba, via Bordeaux, to the 27th Sep-
tember, state that no hopes are entertained at the Ha-
vanna, of a reinforcement from Spain.

Extract of a letter from Lisbon, dated 7th Nov.—"
have this moment learned that yesterday, Nov. 6, there
were 120 serjeants dismissed from different regiments, in
consequence of their belonging to families known to be
Constitutional. The whole army are disaffected, and
ready for any change. Their pay is several months in
arrear, and, I believe, so long as May last. Government
are distressed beyond imagination for want of money.
They have accepted subscriptions as low as one penny for
the service of the State. It is impossible they can go on
much longei."
E. B. PORTMAN, Esq. M.P. has given an order for
550 yards of woollen goods, for charitable purposes, to
be made entirely of British wool. In the present de-
pressed state of trade, it is highly gratifying to record
such a benevolent and patriotic act.
Sir THOS. DALRTMPLE HESK ETII, Baronet, who, on
the occasion of the last general election, announced, or
rather, we believe, repeated the declaration of, his inten-
tion to become a candidate for the representation of
Lancashire on the first vacancy, has now notified his
abandonment of that intention.

It is said that several servants in the service of the late
Lord HARRIS are about proceeding to India, to join the
suite of his Excellency the Governor of Fort St. George.
His Excellency's family are preparing to join him ; it
would therefore seem that he does not contemplate re-
turning to this country at present.
Owing to the heavy fall of snow on Tuesday night,
both in the metropolis and in the country, there was a
delay in the Arrival of some of the mails yesterday morn-
ing. The Ipswich mail-bag was sent to town by a post-
chaise and four, owing to the snow being so deep ; it did
not arrive at the Post-office till a quarter after eight, and
the Dover mail at twenty minutes before nine The cold
was so severe during the night, that several of the coach-
men and guards were quite benumbed. The snow was
falling very heavily at Dover when the mail left ; and the
passengers by the Calais steam-boat stated that the snow
and cold bad set in very severely there, and in all the
north of France.

On the 9th ult. Mr. Trotter, Editor of the Kentucky'
Gazette, and Charles Wickliffe, fought a duel at Lexing-
ton, at eight passe. On the second fire W. fell and died in
three hours. It will be recollected that Mr. Trotter is the
successor of Mr. Bening, formerly Editoi of the Ken-
tucky Gazette, who was killed by Mr. Wickliffe, the
person who has fallen in the duel above mentioned.