Star.
London, England, 1823-08-06 00:00:00

. Since the

of hostilities in Spain,

there has not been a moment in which negociations
could be more favourably opened than at present.

At an earlier period, confidence in their own strength
might have made each party haughty in its terms :
but unless the experience of the last three months
has been wholly thrown away, both the French and
the Cortes must see that the only chance of a satis-
factory termination of the contest is, by an arrange-
ment which, to use a .well-known expression, shall
not give a triumph to either party.

France declared, at the commencement of the war,
that her object was not to aggrandize herself, but to
give happiness to Spain. It was supposed that the
great body of Spaniards were weary of the yoke
of the Cortes, and longed for the restoration of the
King to his authority. Had such really been the
case, the first French army would have accomplished
the object. It has, however, been discovered that par-
ties are more equally balanced, and that at all events,
the preponderance is not in favour of the old order of
things. It has also been found that the Royalist Re-
gency,having,learned nothing and forgotten nothing,
is following a system which is not only a serious bar to
' all negociation, but, that if this pasty prevailed, they
would be likely to involve the country in a new con-
test the moment the French army was withdrawn.
The individuals of which the Regency consists pos-
sess no moral influence-over the people of Spain; as
a Government, without the assistance of the French,
'they would be more feeble even than that of the Cortes.

It is true that the Authorities in several Provinces
have submitted to the Regency, and that some Gene-
rals have deserteclthe Constitutional ranks to acknow-
ledge it ; but the Political Chiefs of the Provinces
have neither added moral nor physical force to the
cause, because the inhabitants have remained listless;
and the addition of such Generals as Montra.o,
EAL, or SAMIELD, to the Royalist cause, can assist
it little, since they have not been able to carry over with
them-any considerable portion of their troops. In-
deed, it is much to be doubted whether the Army of
the Faith has collectively increased a single man since
it had the support and co-operation of the French.
On the other hand, the Government-of the Cortes
has displayed the utmost weakness, and if• a few
brave Generals have been enabled to save their
country from utter subjugation, there is no merit to
the Government. We much doubt that MINA has
received a man, a musket, or a day's ration for a
single soldier, from the Government, since the French
entered Catalonia ; and as to sending dispatches of
his movements, that he appears to have considered
onecessary.

He .sent once for a reinforcement, and although
1,000 men, under a General like MINA, is a host, yet
the Government could not supply them. In short,,
the Cortes and the Government must feel that they
do not pirszess the confidence of the nation, and that
as union of more interests than they possess must be
combined before tranquillity can be given to Spain.
—But notwithstanding their imbecility, and although
the French have penetrated to the walls of Cadiz,
Bpain is not so reduced but that she may treat on
honourable terms. Whatever attachment the Cortes,
may have to the Constitution of Spain, and however
convinced they may be of its excellence, they mast
feel that, in its operation, it does not give that
power to the Executive which is necessary. If,
however, they still determine to adhere to it when
a slight, and even a beneficial modification of -it
would stop the calamities of war, and heal the di:•
sensions of a distracted country, they will exhibit a
lamentable picture of men sactifieing the good of their
country at the shrine of personal feeling or personal in-
terests. But we hope better of them, and that
when the Duke d'A :roomers', freed from theltegency,
who embarrass him, arrives at Cadiz, an overture
will be made from one of the parties to open a nego-
ciation ; and that it wilt be conducted in a manner
that shall prove to the world that the happiness of
Spain is not a mere pretext, but the object desired by
both the French Government and the Cones.

A letter from Paris, of Saturday last, mentions a re-
port current there, that Count. Amster. has been
killed in a duel, at Limoges, With a lawyer (avocet),
who had reproac,bed him with his treacherous aban-
donment of the Constitutional cause.
The Oracle of Brussels says the news which
reaches us from the frontiers of Spain tgree unani-
mously in. annosacing, that the war has assumed a
sanguinary character, which proves that the termina-
tion of* war is not so near as it is expected in France.
Guerillas are forming. and shriving themselves in
several places in the interior, and every foot of ground
in Catalonia is bravely coatettded.for. If the French
Generati decide on forming the siege of Barcelona,.
90,000 men Will. at least, be necessary, without in-
' chiding the corps of observation."
Madame Quistona,- wife of the Spanish General,
has been captured by the French on her voyage from
Coruna to this coantrY,' artd carried-into L Orient.
A letter was received yesterday from this Lady.,•bom
which it appears that -she has beta refusedpermission
to proceed on her -voltage,. and-that! the is-detained a
'dole prisoner in the boost Of tbe•Prefect. Madame
QUtkOOA has addreised a Memorial td the French Go.'
terns:tent, demanding- exemption from isersonelre-
straint, , and to be allowed to go where, she. pleases.
She has fonvardedlonas tkowgh this country to her
hiskinnyl. At fttp' posed ;hit thcallinerue,
the vessel in ihicb,llo,dasnaQ;nlion*,yrais -captured,
contained the letters .and . from' Sir &Mi.-
" sox-to his friends in • • Paper. • •
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