Star.
London, England, 1820-02-29 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

A few minutes after three o'clock the House was
summoned to the House of Lords, when the SPEA x eft,
and the few Members who were present, immediately
left the House.

The SPEAKER returned in about twenty minutes,
attended by Lord CASTLEREAGH, and three or four
Members, and taking .his station at the table of the
House, and calling the Members round him, informed
them that he had been to the House of Lords, where
he had heard a most gracious Speech from his MA-
JESTY, delivered by Commission, of which, for the
greater satisfaction of the House, he had procured a
copy.—( See Lords.)
He then read the Speech, signifying his MAJESTY'S
pleasure that Parliament be prorogued till the 13th
of March next. The House then separated.

The trial of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, on the prose-1
cution of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, for writing and
publishing the Letter to the Electors of West:master,
on the affair of the 16th of August, at Manchester,
is fixed for Thursday, the 16th of March, at Leicester;
and the trial of Mr. HUNT and the other persons
taken at Manchester, on a charge of conspiracy, is
fixed for the Tuesday following, at York.

LONDON.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1820.
THE FUNDS. •
PUKE OF STOCKS THIS DAT AT ONI O'CLOCK :
Bank Stock 2221 223
3 Per Cent. Reduced 68% 69
3 per Cent. Consols 683/ 3/e 'A
3i.per Cent. 773/4 lh
4 per Cent. 87% 881/s 87%
5 per Cent. Navy 1053/g 3/4
Bank Long Annuities 1814
India Stock 213 214
India Bonds 13s: 14s. pr.
South-Sea-Stock 753/4 76
Old Annuities 68%
New Annuities 68
Exchequer Bills (2d.) 2s. pre. par, Is. pre.
Endorsed 1 dis.
Consols for Account 68% 3/4.

Very little business has been done this morning.
Consols for the Account opened at 63% 34, at which
price they have remained steady. The abundance
of money still continues ; and, from the little demand
for discounts, the Stocks are expected to have a fur-
ther advance.

Parliament was yesterday Prorogued by Commis-
sion, and the Dissolution is expected to appear in ,
this nights Gazette. The Writs for the new Parlia-
ment will not, however, we are informed, be sent off
from the Post-Office till to-morrow night. The
SPEAKER was afraid that they could not be all sealed
in one day, and therefore it was properly resolved
that they should go together by Wednesday's post.
The new Parliament is expected to be summoned for
the 21st of April.

Letters from Gibraltar, dated the sth of February,
state, that since the occupation of Algeiras by the
Constitutional army, the port has been declared
under blockade by the Spanish Government, and
several men of war were then cruizing near it.—
The Con titutionaliss continued to receive strong
reinforcements by the junction of different divisions
of the Royal army ; and their force in the Isle of
Leon, and the neighbourhood of Gibraltar, was esti-
mated at 14,000 well-disciplined men. The Con-
stitutionalists declare that it is not their intention to
make any attack, or commit violence against their
countrymen ; but they are determined to defend
themselves if necessary, and stand by each ether to
the last.

It appears that, although the forms of absolute re •
bellion against the Government may be confined to
the districts in the neighbourhood of Cadiz, the spi-
rit in which the insurrection of the troops originated
has displayed itself in the very streets of Madrid.—
The first time King FERDINAND was seen in public,
since the commencement of the disturbances, he was
received by the populace with hisses and groans.—
Each succeeding account adds something to the
force of the insurgent troops, and indicates the in-
creasing confidence and magnitude of their opera-
tions. The bridge on the San Pedro was said
at first to have been broken down by the insur-
gents, to prevent a surprize from the Royal
troops; but it is now•alleged to have been destroyed
by the latter, on taking possession of Port St. Mary,
to secure their own weakness against the " Constitu-
tional Army." It is further asserted, that the Insur_
gents have got upon the sank and rear of the enemy,
and that the Royalists have declined a battle. It is
announced, that the army of Qtrtßoca, instead of
being obliged to surrender from a short supply of
provisions or ammunition, have provisions for a year,
and ammunition for " half a century." It is stated,
that the force in the Isla de Leon, and in other places
occupied by the Insurgents, is between fifteen and
sixteen thousand men ; that they have four ships of
war and fourteen gun-boats; and it is added, that
another insurrection has broken-out in Almeria, on
the coast of Grenada,- and, we believe, at least 100
miles horn Cadiz.

The Insurgents, besides Proclamations and Ad-
dresses, have published, at San Fernando, a News-
paper, w'aicli is entitled the Patriotic Gazette at Me
National Army. The first number appeared on the
25th of January. The editors are Don EVANIS?O
SAN MIGUEL, and Don ANTONIO ALCALA GALIANO
the latter is the nephew of the Admiral of the Royal
fleet. It is to be continued periodically. The first
number consists of eight pages ; 'it is filled with two
long articles, the first of which is a series of observa-
tions "On the Legitimacy of the Insurrection." The
second is called, " A Relation of the Occurrences in
the glorious Insurrection of the National Army
against Tyranny." This narrative does not differ in
any important particulars from the accounts which
we have given from private sources.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ALGESIRAS, DATED
FEBRUARY Jr.

Two thousand five hundred of the National
troops entered here on the 31st ult.—they were well
clothed, fed, and in the highest spirits, full of confi-
dence ; when they fell in with an inferior body of
King's troopsohey did not make them prisoners, hut
proposed they should join them ;—if they refused,
they immediately gave them a passport and money
,to go home. RAPJIARL. DZ RIZGOI General Cow

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