The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-03-12 00:00:00

BOURBON WAR.

It seems decided now on ■ll hands that there is no-
thing to prevent the French marching. The rumpus in the
Chamber dues not appear to have been attended with
any consequences. And if consequences t!o not inunt-
diately follow, in France, they seldom follow at all.—
The Morning Chronicle is certainly become imbecile, as
far as relates to the subject of this war. It has an arti-
cle this morning that would have driven Joh mad, if it
had been written and published in the time of Job.—Af
ter sdl its talk about the English feeling of Mr. Canning;
after all its bragging about Mr. Canning having thrown
his shield over the Peninsula; after all its boasting of
Oh; mighty power of Britain. After all its arguments to
prove that if the French went to war, we must ; after
all its sarcasms on us for contending that the French
would despise our remonstrances : it now has the coned-
ence to turn round upon us and say, that if the French
Government beltent upon the invasion of the Peninsula,
the policy of this country presents neutrality to us! it
poured forth whole columns of satire on the Courier and
New Times for bolding forth the doctrine of strict neu-
trality. What, then, does it now blame the Ministers
for? Why, for nut having held "a bold and manly lan-
guage to the French." How many scores of times did
we tell this paper, that the French would be stop;•ed by
nothing but war on our part; and how often did we say
' that we could not go to war wit Lout blcwing up the debt!
Twenty times did we put it distinctly to the Chronicle,
"do you wish the debt to be blown up ?" And then
we said, if you do not wish this, cea'e to clamour for
war. It has found out, at last, that there can Le uo war
without blowing up the debt; it is not for the blowing
up of the debt ; and therefore it is now for peace and mu
trality.

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Paris papers to the 10th instant have reached us, but
without bringing an acru Int, as was expected, of the
opening of the Spanish Cortes, or indeed any news that
can be depended on from Spain. The only intelligence
they rived that country relates to the insurgents, which
is coloured according to the medium through which it
ha; passed. The Ultra Journals place Bessieres near the
' gates of Madrid, with a force they imagine of 10,000
men ; while the Literal papers represent him as fleeing
with little more than 1000 followers, and with little
chance of ultimate escape. The ferment caused in Paris
by the expulsion of M. Manuel, has not entirely subsided.
The Colonels of the 4th and 7th Legions of the National
&suds, have each issued an " order of the day" on the
subject. The former is the Legion to Which the disobe-
dient serjeant and men belong. The serjeant only is made
responsible in these documents. It was stated, however,
by all the journals, at the time, that both the sub-officers
and the men jointly refused. In the order of the day
addressed to the 4th Legion the offence is merely de-
plored, but the Colonel states that the report made to bite
by the officers who gave the order to the serje tat, had
been forwarded by him to the Marshal, who commands
the National (hind as ChM What the ulterior mea-
sures may be, is not pointed wit; but it is probably, in-
tended to ground an inquiry, upon this report. In the
mean tirne,thedtlinqueat is a rival, in the popular favour,
of M. lklatuel himself, The Pilote and the Cuaseitti-
eionnel state that "a great number of.Nstionsl Guards
II "and respectable individuals, wishing to display to Ser-
" geant MIIRCIIIII, In the most decisive rummer, their op-
" probation of his noble coedurt in the Chamber of De-
" potieft, on the 4th inst. have had a meeting, and
oby a spaniairous iutpuise, • have resolved to
" present him with a .tobre of hoopoe." In the
Chamber of Peers on Saturday. the project of law
respecting the 100,000 millions of Francwwas referred
to 1 Comilittee. In the Chamber of Deputies an ad:
journment took pianist Fri.'s); next:. The (Isotidiesse
sow asserts that. the. Opposition had determined "-not
to repair to theChambyr until the time whets the Budget
;bead be discussed, and even then not to take part 'le
the general discussion, bat only to present some olkserva.
tions in the interest of the . Departments which they re-
presestrd; and to. retire, as they did is the course of
thelast Session without voting en the wbole 'of thi
law." • • ,

STOCP INCIIANGit, "11 OVLocir,-4•At the- opening, of
the above Mirket *Ma. morning; s greet bustle ILA
place, in conSt-ivencrof iepOrt that the Expresses from
Paris had brought the French Fund; as high as 84,80,
with the dividend. Upon this Consols opened at 7412 i
and went ep to ; but a short time after great sales
took place, and it was ascertained. that the above price
of the French 'Funds was incorrect. Consols then IoW,
eyed to 74 sellers, and the Market became heavy.
HALF PAST TWELVE O'CLOCR.-•••It is DOW ascertained
that it was a trick played off at the opening 0ft.14 Funds
this morning to raise Consols by giving a wrong price of
the Funds. They are now quoted at SO, 5 Fer per cents.
ex. dividend at three o'clock 1 and at four, 79, 60, ex.
dividend ; one per cent. worse. Consols are et pre-
sent 74, with a steady market. The accounts from France
continue to be of a warlike description.
Fontiox MARKET.—The manoeuvre played off in the
earlier part of the morning, hid the same effect on the
above market as it had in the Stock Exchange. Spanish
Bonds opened at 31/f, but afterwards, loitered to 3011 f..
Chi% 721—hiew Spanish, SU ti—Old, 311:-New 'Prior
sian,lSl--Olci P2—Russia, 73-13anisti.791—Neapolitan, 67
' —Columbian, sU—New Spanish Scrip, sq.

Bayoone papers to the sth instant, received this morn-
ing. announce tbe arrival of troops in regular sneer e.itsti
rthicla go into cantonments in the village.' on the iron-
tisrs of Spain. Two regiblatts ante to go iota tLe cawy