Star.
London, England, 1813-10-06 00:00:00

SPAIN.

On the 22d of August the Spanish ships of war,
the S. Pedro de Alcantara, and the Diana, arrived
at Cadii from Vera Cruz and the Havannah ; the
former wits 2,200,000 dollars on board, and the
latter with r 50,000. General VeNzows, who, we
believe, was ViEeroy of Mexico, came passenger in
the former.

We learn from Catlin, that the long-ccntinued Ses-
sion of the Extraordinary Cortes was at last about to
expire, and that a certain number of the Members
had been selected to form a permanent deputation,
till the ordinary Cnrtes assembled. It was uncertain
whether they would meet at Madrid or Cadiz ; but
the renewal of the war in Germany, and the fall of
St. Sebastian's, would probably give a decided weight
to that portion of the leading men who were anxious
to return to the cvital. _

[FROM THE CONCISE) OF AUGUST SO
• Will Great Britain treat with Bonaparte, without eon-
salting Spain ?
We, Spaniards, have become of great importance I
Yes ! we ate of great importance, sluice we are the
most formidable support of England, and of all
Europe, against the execrable Bonaparte. Spain, in
the power of Bonaparte, would draw along with it the
mike of England, and the European Powers : Spain,
assisted by England, will eventually cause the ruin
of Bonaparte. But we can only prove an effectual
support to England, while our Spanish character and
that national pride are preserved, from whence hat
flowed whatever we have hitherto effected; and, were
they destroyed, Bonaparte would ultimately triumph.
To the preservation, then, of that national pride,
the whole policy of the nations friendly to Spain ought
to be directed ; and every step which they take to
weaken it, must counteract their own objects.
Rumours have been spread that there are serious
designs of a congress at Prague, .nod that the people
of the Peninsula are to have a voice there ; .but it is
added (doubtless gratuitously), that should the con-
gress actually meet,"they will be represented in it by
the English ; and some even go so far as to assert,
that the Armistice will be extended to the Peninsula.

But we cannot for a moment listen without indigna-
tion to the idea of suspending those hostilities which
endanger Bonaparte the most, and the cessation of
which would enable the Tyrant to extricate himself
from his present difficulties, and place himself in a
situation to give laws to Europe. Neither can we
think it possible that the British Government should
consent to such a measure, precisely at the period
when the triumphant arms of the Allies in the Penin-
sula are in a situation to co-operate most effectually
' towards the rupture of the Armistice in the North.
Let us not cease to repeat it :—by the very act of
listening to Bonaparte, the tyrant already triumphs.
His promises are treacherous, his offeri deceitful.—
But even supposing that Bonaparte is really desirous
that the insurgents, as he calls them, should take a
share in the Congress, and that England is satisfied
on this point, can it be belieVed (as some Malignant
persons would wish to insinuate) that England would
wish to represent us in the Congress ? No : it would
be doing an atrocious injury to the British Govern-
ment, to suppose it capable of inclining to such fatal
impolicy. Would it not give a fatal blow' to our
national character—the main instrument of our deli-
verance and of that of Europe—were the English
Government to pretend to such a representation ?
We repeat its and it has been often repeated both in
Parliament and by various English journalists, every
thing that tends to weaken • our feelings of national .
honour, must injure England herself; and those Ca-
binets are greatly deceived, which, looking only to