The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-02-18 00:00:00

TIM STA'

indisposed to desist from their object. We are told
by the liforniftg Chronicle, and, indeed, by the French
papers, that the medigiopa offered by our govern-
ment to the French, has been rejected decidedly; and
we are only surprised that Mr. Canning should have
offered it, seeing that no mediation in such a state of
things ever was before offered until a fleet of at least
twenty sale of the line had'been prepared. Lord
Althorp's motion about the Foreig'n Enlistment Bill,
will bring forth the views of the Ministers as to peace
ur war. We think that Lord Althorp's motion will
he rejected ; for we should vote against it ourselves,
unless we were prepared to vote against the taking
off of one shilling of tax. The Spanish Ambassador
that was at Paris has arrived in London, and the
chronicle assures us that both " he and his wife arc
in high health and spirits." We are very glad to
hear this; for nothing is more pleasant than to see a
lady in high health and spirits ; but we humbly con-
ceive, under correction of the chronicle, that this has
very little to do as to the prospects of the Spaniards.

STOCK EXCHANGE, HALV-PAST or no business
is doing this morning is the market. Consols opened at
745, and, are now 74g. There isa great dullnesi in all spe-
culations in the funds.
FOREIGN MARKET.—The above market is.very siaek this
morning. . Spanish Bonds opened at 34 and went down to
Chill, 71—New Spanish, 335j—01d, SEla to 80—NewPros-
ala, 744-Old, 7SI to 79—Russia, 70s to 71—Danish, 78—
Colombian, Me—Spanish Scrip, 391.

Paris Papers have arrived to the 16th inst. It is of
firmed by one of these Journals that the Brest squadron
bad received orders to sail ; that the admiral was not to
open his instructions until he bad reached a certain dis-
tance, and that he would. have already been at sea had
net contrary winds prevented him. It appears, however,
that this is not the only squadron which is to sail from
Brest, and that another " division of ships," now fit-
ting out, was to proceed from the same port to the Me-
diterranean, under the flag of Rear-Admiral Dessotours.
Accounts from Bordeaux give the routes of numerous
regiments for Bayonne, and on Sunday the tieneral Offi-
cers who have received appointments in one of the four
first corps of the army of Spain. were to wait on the
Duke de Angouleme, to receive their instructions. There
i appears to be a good deal of intrigue carrying on among
I the politicians of Paris. The Ministers have held fre-
qUent councils at "M. de and as he is supposed
[to retain some of that disposition for peace which he
was known to have possessed, the Ultras regard him
with in d jealousy. On the other hand a confer-
-vice of a different nature has taken place which has
(inn rise to various speculations. This conference took
place on Friday last, at M. de CUATZUBIIAND'B, with the
Austrian and ltussian ambassadors, Baron VINCINT and
daunt Pozzo di Bows°, and Count LAGARDS, lately re-
tdrned from Madrid. Some politicians imagined that it
Mated to the declaration said to have been made by 114
do Vmsts in the secret sitting on the Address, "that
France was compelled to attack the South in order to
escape from the North."
FUNDS ON Ssruarosv.—Five per rents opened at
7V: 70c.; closed at 78,L 89c.—Liat price Jur -Acad.:
count 78): 60 c.—Neapolitan Rentes 671 i, Exchalgeitt
London, one mon+, 25/ 40c.

Bayonne papers, to the 10th inst., which have corns to
hand this morning state, that an order has been sent by
the political chief of Bilbao, to *all the ports in the Gulf
of Biscay, where the defentjere of the Faith began to exer-
cise their piracies.. to remove all vessels and boats fit for
,the service, o the port of Bilbao, or to burn them, and
this order had already began to be carried into effect.
By this precaution the: -factious will be deprived
of the means of embarking, if driven to the
coast: An insurrection had broken lout in fiallicia,
at the instigation of ..some Cures, but on the 25th
the Insurgents were..completely routed, and the communi-
cation ivithconitilire-estaidished. The Portuguese Ge-
neral, netts; who remains in his position on the banks of
the MinliO, offered his ass:stance to the Spanish Authori-
die, bet Ilia offer was declined, the circumstance not
teiptintet as to render it necessary.

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mairfrom Holland,which has arrived to day, brings
an article from St. Petersburgh, of the 24th ult. which
contains nothing bu• alist of the present Members of
the Ministry, and an account of the state of the weather
and of the commercial intercourse with the East. This
trade, it appears, grows every year more important.—
' Between the 15th ofloly, and the 15th December, there
had proceeded front the frontier Customhouse, two c.tr-
ravans of 160 camels, and three others of BS7.

An,article ftom Berlin of the Sth instant states, that
the Royal Government at Cologne has gixen notice, that
Prussian subjects who go as soldiers to Greece are not to
expect any kind of assistance on their return, and " the
kss se, u the distress which there awaiti them will bays
hewn wholly drawn on them by transgressing their duty
as subjects, in attaching themselves to a canoe foreignw
those duties and in its own nature criminal."

New York papers have arrived this morning to the
25th January, from which we extract the hallowing
FROM rue New YORK GleeTTe or Jace. 23.—We
have seen a letter from Cameos, dated the 17th, which
says that Morales continued in possession of Maracaibo-
Paws PIIRNAMBUCO.—We leant by the Sea Horse.
that two Portuguese sloops of war had been enticing off
the harbour of Pernambucolten days prior to her sailing.
Their object was not known, but it was supposed that
they intended to intercept a body of troops which had
been collected from the adjoining provinces, to go against,
St. Salvador. The Franklin Gaze:le states,—Wo learn
from good authority from lVashington, that the Secre-
tary of the Treasury is decidedly opposed to any increase
of the '1 stiff of Duties on foreign werehendize, for the
purpose of affording encouragement to American mane-
factures.

e% private letter from Paris; da'ed Saturday evening,
says : —lt is rumoured that the Bank of France furnishes
the loau of 100,000,000 francs to the Minister of France,
lon *a deposit of Beams at flint.per cent., and that it al4o
undertakes the reimbursement of the &canna...antes de
Liquidation, which are due the •Rd March; the payment'
of which is to be made from the 10th to the 22d tlllarch..'