Star.
London, England, 1810-09-01 00:00:00

THE EVENING' STAR.

LONDON.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
3 per Ct. Cons. money, 681—for sec. 68f.
3 per Ct. Reduced 68i-4 per Cent. 851.
Navy 5 per Cent. 993—Ex. Bills, par to 4s. pre.
Bonds 225. prem.—Ossinlum ti dis.
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
Bank Stock 158 257 k Long Ann. 18 9.l6ths
3 per C. Red. 69 68ff Exc. Bills, is. dis. Ss. prem.
3 per C. Con. 68-11 f Omnlum 2f3f dis.
4 per Cent. 8511 Lottery Tickets p 22. ISs.
5 per C. Navy 991 ff Cons. for uc. 649

In another part of our Paper will be found some
interesting extracts from American Journals, received
this morning. They chiefly relate to maritime ag-
gressions said to have been committed by British
crui zers.

It appears by German papers to the 21st ult. from
which we gave some extracts_yesterday, and from
which some farther extracts are given in a preceding
column, that between 60 and 60 persons perished in
the fire at the Austrian Ambassador's at Paris.

Letters were received yesterday from Pernambuco
to the date of the 10th of July. Cottons had ad-
vanced 20 per cent, at that Settlement, but nothing
of a political character had occurred deserving notice.
A frigate has been for some time secretly preparing
to take out dispatches to India. It is generally sup-
posed that this frigate will also take out a new Goon.-
nor-General, and a new Governor for Madras.
The Duke of MANCHESTER has not arrived in this
country from Jamaica,as stated in several of thepublic
prints. The Secretary of his Excellency is returned
home with dispatches to Government, which has pro.
bably occasioned the mistake.

No further accounts have been received from Cadiz
or from Lisbon, but a Gentleman who has arrived
from Alicant by a merchant vessel, whick left that
port the end of July, gives a satisfactory account of
the state of affairs in that neighbourhood, and men-
tions that General Szaasmon, after the losses he had
sustained, was in no condition to make any impres-
sion there. The fortifications were daily improving
under the direction of skilful engineers, and General
BLAKE was expected to resume the command of the
troops at the North-eastern extremity of the Peninsula.
Never, since the commencement of the present con-
test, has Spain exhibited a more interesting spectacle
than at the present moment. The reverses experienced
by the patriots in the course of the struggle have de-
veloped circumstances which rather serve to increase
than to diminish the hope of ultimate success. Spain
is the only extensive country on the continent which
since the comencement of the revolutionary war, has
opposed the French armies by the undisciplined ener-
gies of her population. When the disciplined troops
of the most powerful nations had sunk with unpa-
ralleled rapidity before the overwhelming strength
of France, anti the instrument most relied upon had
so entirely failed, even the novelty of the other engine
was calculated to inspire hope. Spain had consider-
able advantages for this kind of warfare; the country
was extensive, well adapted for defence, and if any
serious resistance should be made, not to be at once
overpowered. But even those who were disposed to
place the largest share of confidence in popular ener-
gy, where it had been cherished and prepared for exer-
tion, reasonably doubted whether, under the circum-
stances ofSpain, it could be very general or permanent.
The influence of the Government had been felt not
in creating and encouraging, but in repressing and
destroying ; while, on the other hand, the means of
aggression in the hands of the invader, were of unex-
ampled force, and wielded with unprecedented skill
and vigour. It was impossible for any reflecting
mind to indulge very sanguine hopes of the result
against such immense odds; and many among the
best informed, an:icipated only this favourable effect,
that the general odium against the tyrant which must
spring from success in such a cause, would lay the
foundation for future more promising opposition. It
was apprehended with reason, that the first disper-
' sion of her raw levies would be the signal for univer-
sal submission. But her protracted resistance has
surprised both her friends and her enemies. Spain
has been over-run, her undisciplined multitudes have
been dispersed, and her Government has been con-
fined to a corner of her territory : hut though re-
peatedly defeated, she is far from being subdued.
There can be no deception here, as the French ac-
' counts furnish the evidence.

In the abstracts of the letters of the French Gene-
rals, which have taken place of bulletins, we find de-
tails of successes in quarters which had been long ado
stated as perfectly subjected—a proof that Spanish in-
surrection has kept pace with French victory, and
that the enemy no sooner thought his work finished,
than he found it was all to do over again. The con-
test has been protracted till the deep-rooted hatred of
the French has been confirmed-till the habit of re-
sistance has been formed—till the provocation has
been increased, and the despondency arising from
partial defeat diminished. However averse we may
be to the encouragement of vain or unreasonable ex-
pectations—however much the chances may'still be
against the ultimate success of the Spaniards, their
perseverance under all the difficulties which their
cause had to encounter, justifies, in the actual state of
the Peninsula, a higher degree of hope than could
have been reasonably entertained at the beginning of
tile contest.

The more we consider the language, and contem-
plate the spirit of the intercepted correspondence, pub-
lished by the Spanish Regency (of the authenticity of
which we can entertain no doubt), the more are we
induced to hope that the exertions of the patriots may
ultimately prove successful. The greatest of their
sufferings are past ; those of the enemy are just com-
mencing. The Spaniards have felt and survived the
first tremendous inflictions of French licentiousness

and rapine. We shall see whether their oppressors will
be able to bear up against the vengeance they have
provoked, and the famine they will have created.
—lf the French, according to these letter, are to
receive no supplies_but such as they extort at the point
of the bayonet, their competency to support many
more campaigns in Spain becomes very doubtful.