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London, England, 1813-08-12 00:00:00

SP4NISN PAPERS.

CApIZ, JULY 7.
h the Sittings of the Cortes yesterday, Senir Foa-
m," in the name of the Ettraordinary Committee of
Finance, read the plan of a law on the subject of tax.l
ation. The old Government, he observed, on its dis•

solution in March, 1808, left us a public debt* of
7500 millions of reals, an annual dfisti4-Of 600. mil-
lions, 100,000 enemies within the Peninsula, a desti-
tute army, a swarm of pensioners, a state of diplo-
matic relations more calculated to procure enemies
than allies, and the seeds of disturbance in the trans-

marine provinces. He then gave a sketch of what
Spain had suffered since that period, and of the sacri-
fices which she had made, in order to shake off a fo-
reign yoke, having. at the same time, framed a wise
Constitution. even amidst such difficult circumstances.

The Report next took a rapid view of the four
kinds of revenue which went to constitute the old

system ; namely, the Ectlesiartkal, General, and Pro-
vincial rents, and the profits of Monotafia, such as
those of tobacco, &c. It then proceeded to lay down
the three following bases s-Ist, that there ought to
be no interior custom-houses, from which it was de-

dueed, that the provincial rents should be abolished _
2dlys that the proportion of the contribution of every
province ought to correspand to its opulence s
that the contributions ought to be apportioned' among
all the citizens, according to their respective means.
From these principles it was deduced, that the
Corms ought to adopt a direct system of contribution,
proportioned to the territorial and manufacturing
opulence of each district. The Cortes should, in the
first instance, vote annually the amount of the contri-1
bution, and assign to each province its proportion ;
the provincial deputations will assign their proportions
to the townships; and the constitutional arnttasehtties
the proportion of each citizen. The revenues derived
from monopolies ought to be totally abolished, in order
to prevent a thousand crimes and vexations, and direct
duties on the different articles ought to be substituted.
In the transmarine provinces the existing contributions
may be continued; but the Regency should be required
to procure every necessary information with regard to
them, for the purpose of assimilating them tooze of
the Peninsula. The substance of the Report of the
Committee was comprised in eighteen propositions,
and the whole was ordered to be printed.
Yestercloy a report was current,-that today a pro-
position would be made in the Cortes,,for their speedy
removal to Seville. We did not give credit to it, be-
cause it appeared improbable; but as to-day the same
report is strongly asserted, with this addition, that the
proposition has not only been made in a secret sitting,
but has also been admitted to discussion by it majo-
rity of votes, we think it our duty to state the incon-
veniencies which would result from its adoption.
It is obvious that at the period when Europe shall
no longer be agitated by the Tyrant, who aspires at
universal domination, any town of the Spanish ma
narchy might, without impropriety, become the seat
of the deliberations of its Representatives. But, at
the present time, notwithstanding the triumphs of the
Allied arms in the Peninsula, should unfortunately
a peace be the result of the Armistice in the North,
there is every reason to suppose that the Tyrant
would greatly reinforce his arrntek Sgainst Spain r—
and, in that case, should we expbse our existing Go-
vernment, much mere numerous than the Central
Junta, to the fate which betel the latter, in January,
1810 ? It is our fixed opinion, that the seat of Go-
vernment should not be changed, while Pamplona is
not in our possession, and while the affairs of the
North do not afford us complete security in that
quarter. Besides, the period of the dissolution of the
present Cones is approaching ; the business pending
before it is most weighty and urgent ; and, by a
translation of this sort, much valuable time would be
consumed, which should be devoted to other offsets.
The Congress is prudent, and supposing the proposi•
tion has been made, we trust that such observations
as we have now suggested, and others which might
be made, will be sufficient to prevent it from adopt-
ing so indiscreet a resolution.
CADIZ, JULY IS.
CONSIDIRATIONS ON SOME RIJMOOES Of IMAM

There have been reports for these three or four days
past, that peace has been concluded between the Rus-
sians, Prussians, and French. For our parts, such
an event would by no means surprise us. We have
observed, that amidst the swarm of proclamations,
manifestos,„kc. which have issued from the northern
allies, there is no mention made ot the English or
Spaniards, and this silence excites suspicions that
those Powers reckon upon the successes of their ulte-
rior plans, without paying much regard to the three
nations—English, Spanish, and Portuguese, who have
been their main stay, their pattern, the chief cause of
their triumphs, and of their deliverance from the
' yoke of the Gallo-Corsican tyrant.
We have already observed, that on the conclusion
of the armistice, the contracting parties forgot to send
official information of that unexpected event to Eng-
land; hence we presume, that Alexander, Frederick,
and the Corsican Munster, to whom they have lent an
ear, will pay little regard in their treaties to whatever
may be said or alleged by the British Government.
Bonaparte, in his Bulletins, kc. has not said a
syllable of the Continental Systern, which used to be
the constant burden of his declamations : hence,
also, we may suspect that to attain a shdrt-lived
peace with Alexander, he will readily yield on that
point.
These considerations might lead us to presume a'
separation of interest; to a certain extent between the
powers of the North, and England and the Peninsula,
notwithstanding the so much vaunted treaties and
engagements, which are generally observed by Cabi-
nets only while it suits their convenience. At the
same time we cannot give credit to the rumours 01
peace, becalm we believe that Alexander and Frede-
rick are anAlous far the happiness of their penple ;
and that is incompatible with the present predomi-
11411ce of flonoparte. It surely cannot be, that these
' monarchs and their subjects should prefer ignominy
and servitude to honour and independence.
We conjecture that Oise rumours of peace hare
m coe.by'thissuir of the Pyrennees ; and 48 it is as
easy to invent 43e terms as the rumour iisel4 so we
have heard also of the conditions. Hence some place
the Archduke eonstantine on the tnroae ot poLind,
as a boon for the consent of Alexander. —maks Fer-
dinand Vit, icing of the 44!ertfass tots satisfying

compacts and treaties,—appoint the Archduke Charles
King of Spain, and give him the ioturgrats, either to
conciliate or subdue. Thus, with the map and cons.
passes in their hands, they settle the affairs of both
hemispheres with the greatest facility, and without
asking permission of any one. In a word, they make
a sort of mercantile contract in the article of human
Sok and dispose of men as they would do a flock of
oho?. Should such arrangements be in contempla•
tioa; we must suppose that the Cabinets and Monarchs
of the present day are as stupid, ignorant, and wicked,
as in the most barbarous and despotic ages.
Others, again, restore the Empire of Germany to
Austria—indemnify Pepe (Joseph Bonaparte) in
Italy—plant Eugene in Poland—give Prussian Po-
nserania to Sweden—Austrian Poland to Russia—
Silesia to Austria—the Mark of Brandenburgh to
Saxony, &c. &c.; thus, by a sort of legerdemain.
changing the destination of States; just as if the people
were nothing. and what is called is every thing.
They also talk of a meeting at Dresden of the
three kmperorss and the Kings of Saxony and Prus-
sia. We need not fear now, however, that Bona.
even were it in his power, would seize those
pane, even
and send them to France. The example of
Ferdinand has opened the eyes of the wily Corsican;
and he will not again expose himself to the danger of
national wars, when he succeeds sQ well in those of
the Cabinet. The people—the innisieett—these are
the greatest enemies of the tyrant : he knows full well
how much easier it is to flatter the self-love of Mo.
maths, than to bargain with the people, or to subju-
gate them when they are resolved to be free.
Let us Suspend, however, our opinion with regard
tc; the result of the war in the North ; but let ns not
suspend for a moment the duty of preparing against
every event, whether arising from the weakness of
Princes or the apathy of dokroipb.

THE EVENING STAR

LONPON.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1813.
PILINCR RZOLINT% BiILTIMIMP"'HOVAST *t all the Nina
Oa
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We are still without any dispatches from the North
of Spain, but since the arrival of the SPARROW, a
few additional particulars have transpired on the
subject of the late events in that quarter.
The loss of the Allies in the cook of St. Sebes*
den's, on the 28th uk. is reported to have been 1200.
The Royals appear to have been the greatest sufferers;
nineteen out of tweet three of their Officers have
fallen. The failure of the attack upon St. Saheb
tian's brought Sfartreis Was.tanOron to the spec, to
enquire into the cense, and to diner some further
operations; and the repokts received at Plymouth ad 4
that it was daring his Lordship's Alum that flout'',
made his main attack on the 28th on the allied troops.
The French *rosy is said to have amounted to
thirty or 35,000 men, and the Allied force opposed,
to them (in consequence of the sites of St. Sebastian
and Pamplona continuing), did not much tamed
15,000. The Allies were, nevertheless, eery where
suceessfel ; and not only repelled all the amoeba of
the'enemy upon their line with the bayonet, but even
pursued them a consisletable slisthnee. Some aecounts
state, that General Sir ROWLAND Hsu. having come
up on the 29th with his division of die army, the
pursuit of the enemy fas continued on that day..
The Allies are said so; have list about 4UUO men s
the prisoners taken fpm the enemy admitted a loss
of 3000 on their prt.
In the absence of Lord Wsu.tuovoo's dispatches,
we have, however, received French Papers to the 9th
inst. which bring accounts from St. Sebastian to the
27th of last month—ethe day before the battle be-
tween the two armies.

We augur favourably from the hour at which the
French accounts have stopped the detail of their
operations t for we cannot doubt that the result of
the battle of tae 28th was known in Paris when these
documents were published, and would have appeared
in the Moniteur, had it been at all of a compkiion
suited to the picture wished to be exhibited to the
French people.
It appears, however, that we were certainly unsue.
cessful in a most sanguinary attempt to carry St.
Sebastian, on the 2.5 th. AU that talent could sur
gest or industry aceomplidt, for the.capture and dw
fence of the place, appears to have been exhausted on
both sides. Three breaches had bees made—two
of them practicable, the third less so,
On the morning of the assault, the Besiegers,
bad availed themselves el a watercourse, where they
formed a mine, by which they blew up the plaa
?ems ; but by the accounts brought by the Fauxa
sow, it would appea that the Preach troops
opened a reservuor into the wench, whereby se.
venal of our men were drowned ; and it would sp.
pear also that behind the breaches trenches hid been
dug, which stopped the assailants alter the breaches
were carried. In one word, equal skill and valour
has been eahibited en both sides ; but our loss, if we
may credit the French Ititernent, has been onions
Re e says that he removed into the town Mil of out
wounded, while we carried of ourselves the more die.
cant ; and that be took 237 prisoners.
We regret to mark one coincidence between the

French accounts and those brought by the Spannow,
in stating our Lou t Officers at fifty; but in the nuns-
bt r of meta Om iri a difference of two4birds— Gene.
ral !UT 'mum our lola at 1$01), and the SPARSOWeS
account nulling it ealy Sup and we doubt not but
it!c Fre* %tamale* is an ozaggelatioo.
Trio dispatthea from floo+T •relato sanely to the
operations tliat preceded the beta. of the 28th, and
the *casual re54t0111,14144? beinc 11144n4 becalf

comparatively unimportant. Making allowance for(
Frei kch colouring, they are such as might be expected;
for in attempting to advance in force to the relief of
St. Sebastian's, the first effect of which would be to
compel the out-posts of the British to be called in to
the main body ; and it appears even from the French
accounts, that whenever they came in sight of any
of the principal divisions, there was an instant pause
in their operations. Bad roads and fogs are men-
tioned as causes of interruption to the advance of
the enemy, but the true cause comes out ; I did not
judge it proper to attack the enemy's 'position this
evening, where they have nearly 15,000 men, of whom
nine or ten thousand are Aeglish"—and again " Count
D'EhLoar ordered the English to be pursued ; but be
afterwards thought fit to countermand that move-
ment and join the centre at Col de Maya. The enemy
still maintained himself upon the Atchiala mountain.
I regret this unforeseen accident," Stc,—ln short he
saw hfs prospect blasted by the skill and determina-
tion of his enemy, and hence his regret.
To conclude :—From the account published by the
enemy, did we not know already the general result of
the battle that followed, we would infer that he anti-
cipated a defeat. Nay more—►we believe his defeat
to have been known in Paris when these accounts
were published ; but it would be too much to expect
those who have never yet mentioned the battle of
Vittoria in their public accounts, to publish, at the
present crisis, the details of a subsequent discomfiture.

We have no accounts from Pampeluna so late as
those from St. Sebastian's. The following letter
from an Officer of the 42d regiment was written on
the Bth ult. :

" Camp before Yampeluoa.

,s We came here a few days ago, and have closely
blockaded. it since. It is the strongest fortress' in
Spain, and is considered very like Portsmouth. We
are to be relieved in a few days by O'DoNmes
army, 20,000 strong. They will continue the
blockade, while we pursue the retreating enemy.—
Navarre is the finest part of Spain I have yet been
in. Every necessary of live.is both cheap and plen-
tiful. We drink Champaigne and Bourdeaux wines
at sizpnce•per bottle ! Our rapid advance has com-
pletely fagged xis. At this monsept lam called out
on a working-party to erect some batteries, to pre-
vent the issue of the enemy's foraging parties."

Yesterday dispatches were received at the Admi-
ralty, from Sir J: B. WARREN, detailing the proceed-
ings of the squadron under his command at tbe late
attatkon Grapey Island, &c.; the whole of which will
appear in the. Gazette of Saturday.
Dispatches were received from Admiral TYLER, at
the Cape of G( od Hope. Captain BEAVER, of the
nsus frigate, died at the Cape, after a short illness.

Yesterday., several of the PRINCE REGENT'S princi-
pal attendantsiett town to meet his Royal Highness
at Windsor.

The Estimate delivered in for the alterations and
improvements at the PaviMott at Brighton, amounts,
we hear, to upwards of R 400,000.
Mr. CANNING left Gloucester Lodge for Seaford
on Monday noop. His stay on the coast will extend
to about two months.

CM**. COLCLOUGH, Esq. late Chief Justice of
Prince Edward's Island, is promoted to the Chief
Justiceship of Newfoundland.

Mr. KEMBLE is re-engaged at Covent-Garden
Theatre, to perform thirty nights in the course of the
season, but does not take any part in the management.
WINDSOR, AUGUST 11.—Yesterday some of the
PRINCE REGENT'S road or travelling horses arrived
here from London, to convey him here to-day, in his
last stage from Brighton, and to take his Royal High-
ness to the Military College to-morrow, to be pre.
sent at the presentation of the colours, where he, the
QUEEN, and the rest of the Royal Family who will
attend the ceremony, u ill dine, and this is expected to
he all the celebration of his Royal Highness's birth-
day that will take place by the Royal Family. The
Petscr is expected at the Castle to-day to dinner.
—The private apartments for his Royal Highness to
sleep in, &c. during his stay atWindsor, are to be on
The groun.! floor of the Lower Lodge, which have
been fitted up with much elegance, neatness, and
convenience, by the PRINCE REGENT'S commands,
and to be in readiness for his Royal Highness's re-
ception yesterday. The apartments over these were
'fitted up for the PRINCE, previous to the affliction.of
the KING, his- Royal Father, by his Majesty's corn.
mends, and his Royal Highness resided in them
when he made any stay. at Windsor then ; but he has
• been pleased very condescendingly to give them up
his Royal Daughter, Princess CHARLOTTE, and her
principal attendant, the Dowager Duchess of LEEDS,
although they are very far inferior, in point of ele-
gance and splendour, to those he will now inhabit.-
THE LATE GEORGE FREDERICK COOKE.•••••The Me-
moirs of this eccentric man and distinguished actor,
we understand, are just published. They have been
composed from the manuscript Journals left by Mr.
' Cot NE) and the intimate personal knowledge of the
Author, and comprise original Anecdotes of his
Thentiieal Cflutemporaries, his Opinions on various
Dramatic Writings, &c. In point of entertainment,
=his work will, no doubt, rank among the highest ;
but we consider it extremely. valuable ,in a moral
point of view. A faithful narrative of the various
events in the life of this extraordinary man, must
-prove an impressive lesson to every reader.
Monday a shipwright of Plymouth Dock had his
arm dreadfully broken by a shore falling on it.
Yesterday afternoon, as some soldiers were con.
ducting a deserter along the road towards London,
little to the southward of Finchley, one of the party
incautiously discharged his musket across the fields,
and the ball entering the breast of a youth employed
• in husbandry (though at the distance of more than
200 yards), killed him on the spot. The soldier was
taken into itustody until the result of a Coroner's in-
- quest shall be known.

Namesof Comman- I Calibres of Bri- I Names of Commandants
dant, of Brigades. gade. of Brigades.

Lt.-Col. A. Dickson,
Lt.-Col. A. 'rulloh,

I
Ist of Calibre, 9 Major G. S.l. Arriaga.
3d of Calibre, 6 Maj.G.J da Cunha Preto
4th of Calibre, 9 Capt. J. E. P. Amado.
Ist of Calibre, 6 Capt. F. P. Barretn.
2d of Calibre, 3 Ist Lieut. J. A. Gilmore.
,Mountain Guns. 2d Lt. F. M. C. Corjace.

Major A. J.CanhaoI -'

This morning, soon after three o'clock, a fire broke
out in Providence-court, North Audley-street, Grosve-
nor-square, in the work-shop of Mr. GILLows, ca binet-
maker and upholsterer, in Oxford-street. By the
prompt assistance of the neighbours, and a copious
supply of water, the fire was extinguished with far
less damage than might have been expected.

This morning, at two o'clock, a fire broke out in
an apartment at the top of Vauxhall Chapel, near the
Turnpike, by which the whole of the interior of the
Chapel was entirely consumed, together with the
dwellings underneath of Mr. Morgan, fishmonger, and
Mr.Earl,cheesemonger. Fortunately no lives were lost..
In the garret of one of the houses, a bird fancier and
canary breeder was thrown into great consternation,
several of the feathered tribe having taken wing from
the window, and the fancier was seen running about
on the tops of the houses, seeking his callow brood
with great anxiety.

The following melancholy accident happened yes-
terday morning on the Point, Portsmouth lad
about 16 years of age, of the name of Barker, was
employed hoisting a bundle of swords to the top
floor of a store, when, from inability or accident cf
the person who was to receive them, the whole were
precipitated intothe street, and, lamentable to rel Are,
one fell on Barker, which pierced his heart, and
consequently caused his immediate death.
At the late General Quarter Sessions of the Peace
for the Eastern Counties, the additional sum of one
shilling per mile, was fixed and ordered by the Jus-
tices, shilling
the conveyance of army baggage, by a wag-
gon with four horses.