Star.
London, England, 1823-10-13 00:00:00

FRONT TILE MORMS3 HERALD.

" In summing up these statements it is only right to point out to
our readers the mite that was wanted this last Quarter for the King,
the rest of the Royal Fatni:y, the Judges. Ambassadors, F c. —not si
much as a quarter of a million out of the eight millions, and the
Pensioners not one.eighth of a million out of the eight; and the
Debt wares us in the face as six millions out of the eight. This
ought to be particularly borne in mind by all who read the speeches
of the Whigs, who are eternally railing against the extravagance of
the Crown and the borthen of the: Pension List, tho:.gh for this In;,
Quarter it wily appears to be tkree-eighths of a million out of dan
eight, and those Whigs never utter a word about the Debt of six
millions, though it forms so great It propeetion out of tiki All
their eloquence is displayed about the vartier of a Million, nd the
half of a quarter of a million; the great tieing of six millions they
say nothing about. Such as cannot comprehend how this should
be, ought to know that the larger expense. or the Debt, the Whigs,
in common with the Tories, are more or less interested hi, and
therefore they say nothing about it ; but the other item of three.
eighths of a million out of the eight they are not interested in, inas-
much as they are not in power, and therefore cannot be in the re-
ceipt of any part of that which belongs to power. This we attain
those to bear in Mind who go to hear speeches made at the Crown
and Anchor, at Inns In Glasgow, ISTottingham, or anywhere else."

The Public will learn, wi:hout surprise, that Cadiz
has surrendered to the French. This event, for which
the recent events had fully prepared us, is announced
officially in the Monikur of Saturday, which we have.
received by Express. Cadiz, which by its natural po-
sition, is almost impregnable, and which with a
brave and united garri)on might be maintained against
any force, until its provisicms or its ammunition was
exhausted, has surrendered to an army of about twenty
thousand men, and that too before they had been able
'to possess themselves of the outworks sufficiently near
to fire a shot into the " heroic city."

The fact, however, is, that the parties in Spain are
pretty equally balanced ; and that the Government has
been deficient in talent and energy. SAN Mut= and
his colleagues were lulled into a fancied belief that
France would never go to war, and took no essential
measures to defend the country. Indeed, until the
French army had crossed the Bidassoa, they scarcely
thought it necessary. The Ministry that succeeded
did not display more vigour, and the Sum was hurried
from Madrid to Seville, and from Seville to Cadiz, as
the enemy advanced, without any attempt to make a
decisive stand, or to avert the evil of uncoulitiocal
subjugation by negociations.

Previous to the commencement of hostilities, we be-
lieve the Spanish Ministry relied much on a defogials
in the French army, and on the diversion which' the
French and Italian refugees, under Colonel FA3VIIII,
I might create. The Bidassoa was passed without any
resistance but an attempt to seduce the French soldiers;
and the first blood that was spilt was that of some of
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the alien sons of France.

That the defection of the Spanish leaders paved the
way for French conquest cannot be denied ; but it most
be confessed, that had they remained faithful to their
oaths and their:honour, it is doubtful that they could Ws,
done more than retard the result, unless the slug
population could have been roused to rally round the
Constitution, and of this there did not ippear the
slightest prospect. With the exception of Catalonia,
the Spaniards have seemed quite ir,different wheiher
their towns were occupied by the Royalists, the Coned.
tutionalists, or the French; or if a preference was give
it was in favour of the latter, because they paid the bed.
In another part of our paper we have given an late'
resting account of the events at Cadiz, previous to they
liberation of the KING ; and the French papers, frolli
Which we subjoin extracts, merely announce thl
surrender of this city, which would seem to bail
been unconditional. As the Cortes and the Govers•
Ipent do not seem to have been able to obtain any puP
.i tee, it is probable that the Duc d'Azaontzles cow
'. ved at their escape, aad that Gibraltar has litenllll
ved to them a rock of safety.
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How far Spain may be the gainer or the loser by L.
overturning the Constitutional system, we do not ra
tend to determine ; but it would seem that she ifs
scarcely ptcpared for a Government so liberal. Sheem
now, however, no doubt, forgive from Fsantuese
those institutions which say s hisßrother ofirrance can oaf
estimate from him. We however are far from thinkisS
that trat.quality will be permanently restored tv4491