London, Saturday, March 2...
The Times, 1824-03-20T00:00:00

AVe have received the Freoch journals of W1 ednesday, together wvith letters from Paris of the same date. W\re are infonnedl in the latter, that the principal topic of in- terest among the political circles of the French capital, (witlh the exception of What immeliately concerns their own places and parties), is the state of Spain as described by WI. DE NIARCEI.LVS, who hias just returned from his ex- traordinary mission to Madrid. Of late it has been our task to allude to numerous decrees of FERDISAND, for the re-establislhment of' his finances, an,l the consolidation of his Grovernment. One day the Minister of the Treasuiry fills the Madrid Gazette wv:th his lucubrations ; another, the Minister of the Interior; and a third, the Ministcr of War. In short, each mnember of the Cabinet is lord of the as- cendant by turns; and if we were to judge of the inter. nal order of Spain by the activitv wvith which the manufacture of lavs proceeds, we sfiould concludle that no eounltry in the wvorld was better regulated, or enjoyed a. more profound tranquillity: but it may seemi superftuous to mention that the fact is quite the reverse-that the royal decrees have 11o force beyond the royal printing-office, where theiriimpression takesplace ; and thattheirmultiplieity is only one cause and symptom more of public conltsion. M. DE AIARChLLUS is knowvn to state, that no anarchy could be more complete than that of Spain at the present moment. Corruption, venality, fanaticism, poverty, and all theik attendant evils and enormities, physiei ati. moral, abou'nd to such a degree, that the Rrenbch J to!ps can scarcedy maintain the appearance of order beyond their garrisons, and heartily wiih themselves out of a country which thev denominate the " Hell of Legitimacy." To ad(d to the confusion of the scene, th^ rrench Ambassador, TALARu, is bt!th at variance with his own Government and at war with BoomrOXT, the Cott.rnandant of the French troops. He has never forgiven the slight put on his liplomatic talents, or the distrust evincedof hiszeal by theappointmcntoffMARcELLL'S; and still the Ministers are aftaidl tn recal him, from an appre- hension of the influence which he might possess in the Ultra saloons of Paris on his return. He and BoultIONT, however, cannot remain in the saxne capital, antl at the same Court. while in opposition to eaci other in the exercise of their important functions. It is therefore proposed, either that General CURIAL, who commanlded under MON- C2Y in Catalonia, shall be sent to Mtadrid in place of BOUTIMONT, or that iALARnI shall be re-called to Paris on condition of hisimmediately acceptinrr the honourable exile at the Court of Vienna, whici the French Cabinet seem now to consiAter the Siberia of Diplomacy. 'I'he want of money is so great, antl the demanAs for it so pressing, at Madrid, that it is supposed FERDINAND will be driven at last to resort to a loan from other parties than GUEVHARD and the Priests; and as he cannot borrow without acknow- ledging his former debts, it is concludledi that motives of Interest will induce hiim to a qualified recognition of the loans contracted by the Constitutional Government. There is no reason, hobwever, to suppose that he will sanction the bonds at a higher value than -25 per cent., or somewlhat less than half their original price. FREN-CH Fl NDS.-PARIS, Alarch 17.-Five per cents. opened at 100. 40.; closed at loo. 2a.; Bank Stock, 1,775.; Neapolitan 5 per cents, in ducats, 89i, in francs, 95. 25.; Rentes d'Spagne, opened at 21 lowest. 20,: highest, 22 closed at 21i; Royal Spa- nish Loan, 1823. 60i. Ixcaange on London, one iionth, 25. 55.; three months, 25. 40.-Coeri Autlhntique.' At 5 o'cleck p.m., 5 i er cents. were at lOt. 50. t.(NDOAT. SATURDIAY, AfARCH! 20. 1824.