Star.
London, England, 1816-04-05 00:00:00

CONSPIRACY IN SPAIN.

A letter from Spain, transmitted by a private damsel,
(for at this Moment all letters comicg through the'
dire] du:ousels for France or England are intercepted,'
to prevent the intelligence reaching any free Prue,)
announces the detection of a conspiracy lariat 44 the,
beloved FLRDINAND." The city of Madrid bad been
for some time past more than usually resorted to by
discharged Guerilla Officers 'without pay, who were
known not to be well affected to the King and Govern-
ment. From this circumstance algae Government sus-
pected. that 'some plan was in agitation dangerous eb
the peace of the city, and set about an inquiry for the
Means of its detection, when it was found that a con,
spiracy had been formed for the effecting of some
great object, but which at the time did not appear.
The Government, by pursuing their inquiries further,
ascertained the names of the conspirators, and imme-
diately had them arrested. But the matter did not
stop there ; for many of the persons arrested had the
torture inflicted upon them, according to the former
, custom of Spain, in ,order to extort from them the
object of the conspiracy. From the declaration of
some of the sufferers, it was ascertained that the con-
spiracy had in view the extinction of the prisent King
of Spain, and their Royal Highnesses his Brothers, etc.
—Mr- RICHART was the' first whO underwent the tor-
ture. He confessed the object of the conspiracy,
implicated many persons of. distinction hitherto not
suspected. The torture was neat given to YANDIOLA,
who confessed nothing. General .02::lonoomue Wei
wlso distioed to bear the torments; bet from him the
tormentors extorted no information beyond what they
already knew. General Resovat,sl,.• who was
tm-
plieated, beard of the discovery of the conspiracy
in
time to ; and. the brother of CAULTRAVA was
equally fortunate. Many Officers of rank, and Sobel.
terns, are impliested.and have been arrested. A few
,bouts Mani and the pasßitacz woßldbave susseeded.

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• LONDON.

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FRIDAY,' APRIL 8, 1816.
PRICE OP $ lIICK4 THIS DA X A WEISE O'CLO;T
• Reduced (Owl—Cans. mo. 6I fl—tor ace. fi IF}
4 per Cent. (shit:)-3 per Clew.. 00,13—Eond4 21. 2:;. pr.
Oisso. pay. 17.1-.-Itzeki. Bab is. its. Is. pr.

The question every where is, When is the grand
system of Economy and Retrenchmeet to he broeght
forward by Ministers, and what ate to bt its leading
features ?" Some persons are so weak as to le•lieve
that Ministers mean to hold the reduction of a small
part of the Military Establishment, and of a few
comparatively trifling Sahiries, as a complete re-
demption of the pledge given in the PIILVCE Racewr's
Speech. Even these are important, for our large
expenditure is composed of many items, none of which
should be considered as too trifling for examination.
We have pleasure in stating, that by the Returns
to an Order of the House of Commons, relative to
the Salaries, &c. of the Offices of the Secretarias of
State, it appears that in the War Department; the,
Office of Under Secretary of State, with w salary of
£2OOO per annum, ceases on the sth inst. (this day);
and that three extra Clerks, at salaries of £136. 17s.
64. per annum each, are also suppressed ; in the
Colonial Department, the reductions are—one Clerk.
at a salary of 4150 * year ; one at WI 30 ; one at '
20 ; one at £80; one at 51136. 17s. 6d.; and one
at MM. 15s. The Office of Precis Writer, with a
salery of 11100 a-year, is also suppressed. • Two
troops more are to be forthwith reduced in all the re-
giments of Cavalry : the Waggon Train, it is hoped,
will be reduced altogether, as being of great expense,
unnecessary in time of Peace, and easily re-establish-
ed in the event of War. According to the Accounts
laid before the lisause of Commons, the charge of
the Waggon Train, in 1818, amounted to £157,507.
17s. 90. •
Wbatlas been effected we consider as merely pre-
liminary to more substantial retrenchment. It may
441 hoped the web of economy will not, like the
spider's, catch only the little Hies while the large ones,
from the weakness of its texture, tumble through by
their mere weight; but rather, on the contrary, like
the fisher's net, of such dimlmsions, texture, and.
strength, as to catch the Leviathan and the.porroise
though some of the small fry may get through the
meshes. When oiLis a scarce article a useful, though
small supply, may be expressed even from sprats, but
the more prudent plan has always been deemed that
of catching a few whales.
The Public expect this—the Nation wills it. Their
hopes may be deferred, but soon or late they must
be substantially realised, for the plainest of all rea-
sons, the absolute impossibility of extorting moikey
from those who hare at net. There are limits. to
every thing. With all the omnipotence of Parlia-
ment, though by the operation of their acts they
may render one guinea worth two pounds, they
can never convert one guinea into two guineas.
But the effect of all such laws ever has been and ever
will be,t,hat the difference between the gold mut the
papet wlfl be absorbed by one class to the prejudice
of others. When this has cperated, till the fools have
au more to lose, then the two come to par, because
no more can be gained by keel:Ai-1g up a diTerence—
then the former wonder at their own poverty; and;
call upon Parliament to make them rich !—to per-
form miracles I.... Parliament cannot create money !
Parliament, by injudicidus interference, may derange
•
the relative value of property—may enrich one class
at the expense' of the ruin of others ; lnit, we repeat
it, Parliament cannot create property. Have you•
not suffered enough by legislative interference in
matters that ought to have been left to themselves ?
Things will find their level, and the water will rise to
a proper height to keep all the national machinery in
operation, it you will only confine yourselves to the
one labour of shutting up all the rat-holes and am.
proper openings which divert the supply into improper
channels.

Estimates and Accounts of the expence of the
Departments of the Loan CHAMBERLAIN and LORD
STRWARD of the HOUSEHOLD have been priated. They
are curious. It appears that for the quarter elided
the sth January last, in the LORD CHAMBERLAIN's
Department, the Estimate was £14,292 31.. Id. ;
the actual sum paid was £16,557 7s. l ld.; besides
the amount of extra service, £5,008 Os. 7d. ; and it
is to be remarked, that in 'this the charge for works
at Carlton House, and the other residences of the
Panics REGENT, is £7,009 I Is. 4.1.; and for the
Pil.tces of Kew and Kensington, 15s. 6d. The ac-
count of the expence of the PRINCE REAMIIT's living
(as given in the LORD STEWARD'S Department) may
amuse oar Readers • the following are the items of
the quarter ended the sth of .Janoary last :
Bred, Emits; Bacon, Cheese and Vegetables £1,121 19 10/
Butcher, Poulterer and Fishmonger - 3,411 IS
Beet sod Cider - Grip 9 0
Wu sud Tallow Lights - • • . - 1,400 19 7
Grocery, Oilay, Lemons, &c. Tea, Milk and
Cream
Wise

3,43515 74
2,120 3 10
818 6 7;

Lamps .
;Nubia, .
Peel .
stationa -
Turner and Brazier
China and Glass
Linen -

Kew Palace .

Windage cottage
Disbersaments and

HerltootHichnsis the Princess Ctiiiiotte