The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-11-11 00:00:00

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TUESDAY EVENIND. NOVEMBER 11, 1823.

STOCK EKCAANOR, 12 o'CLocu.—Consols opened this morn-
ing at 831 to 1, but soon after bnante heavy at tin, with little
doing in the market.

There appears in the City much speculation in regard to the
French assisting the Spaniards, in recovering their South Ame-
rican possessions. This has rather damped the funds this
morning. Private letters from Paris state that two great con-
tinental Powers are greatly in favour of the object, and will
lend their assistance to the expedition.

The failure of a great man was spoken of yesterday, who
formerly belonged to the Bank. Upon enquiry we find the
amount is not of great magnitude. We do not hear of any
Express from Paris this morning.
FORBIGN Ft:NOS.—There Is very little doing in this market
Spanish opened at 271 t,l—Colombian opened at b9l to 00.—
We understand that the Mexican Loan is put aside for the pre
sent; and as to the Jerusalem Loan 'tis all a hum strum.
New Spanish, 20—Old ditto, 2711—Colombian, 691 to 60—
Poysis old, 71—New, bj.

Our Bourbon Journal has summoned sufficient impu-
dence to give us the plain and direct advice to suffer France
and the Continental Powers to do just what they please.—

It says, " Let the Portognese, if they please, send another
" expedition to Bahia ; or the Spaniards send one to Peru.

" Let the Continental Powers hold a Congress, if they
" please, to settle any abstract question on the obedience
" due from a distant Colony to a Power which is utterly
" unable to afford it any protection. Our business is to
" attend to our men concern:, to husband our resonrces,and
"to maintain an itnmoveahle neutrality until British inte-
" reits are attacke I —then woe -to the assailant.!" Those
who have been accustomed to think that British interests
are as extensively mingled up with the general business of
the world, as those of a great nation must be, will be some-
what astonished to read this declaration, that we have no-
thing to do with the reduction of the Continent of
South America into a state of subjection, nominally
perhaps to Spain and Portugal, but in reality to France and
Russia. Our merchants, even the most determinate Tories
amongst them, will be startled to hear it stated as a matter
of no moment to them, that the South American market
should be closed against their enterprise. But the interests
of France, or. 'other of the Bourbons, require the New
Times to state this; and it is accordingly set down with

unblushing impudence. It attempts, very clumsily, to
reconcile us to this neutral view, by. stating that the Con.
tinental Powers, if they were to combine their forces, would
be unable to accomplish the conquest of South America.
Perhaps they might ultimately fail ; but that they could
occupy the greater proportion of the towns on the
coast, and put an end for as many years to all
profitable commerce in that quarter, is a matter of absolute
certainty ; and British interest would be annihilated for the