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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1859.

SPAIN AND MOROCCO-OFFICIAL
CORRESPONDENCE.

occupation by Spain of such a position on that coast as
would enable her to impede the passage of the straits to
ships frequenting the Mediterranean for commercial or aey
other purposes.
You will read this despatch to Senor Collantes, and fur-
nish his Excellency with a copy of it.—l am, &c.
(signed) J. lirsstLL.

(From the London Gazette of last Evening.)
FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 8.
It is hereby notified, that Mr. Buchanan, her Majesty's
Envoy Extraordinsry and Minister Plenipotentiary at Ma-
drid, received from Senor Calderon Collantes, the Secretary
for Foreign Affairs of her Catholic Majesty the Queen of
Spain, on the 30th ult., a Note, of which the following is a
translation : •

Palace, Oct. 30, 1859.
Sir,—l have the honour to forward to you herewith a
copy of this day's Gazette, which contains the official No-
tification of the Blockade of the Ports of Tangier, Tetuan,
and Larache, on the coast of Morocco.
I request you to have the goodness to acqiinint your Go-
vernment with this Notification, for the information of the
subjects of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain.---I
avail, &c.
(Signed) §ATIIIININO CALDERON COLLANTES.

,
To lier-Britanmd Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary.
The following is a Translation of the Official Notification
contained in the number of the Madrid Gazette, forwarded
by Senor Collantes to Mr. Buchanan, with the above trans-
lated Note :

-
(Translation.)
Department of the Ministry of State.
NOTIFICATION OF BLOCKADE OF THE PORTS OF TAN

(TIERS, TETUAN, AND LARACHE.
Notice is hereby given, that according to communications
addressed to the Minister of State by the Minister of Marine,
with reference to the Commander-in-Chief of the Spanish
Naval Forces destined to operate on the coast of Africa, on
the 28th of the present month of October, the ports and
anchorages of Tangier, Tetuan, and Larache, -on the coasts
of Morocco, were in a state of effective blockade by the
competent number of vessels of the royal navy.

FOREIGN OFFICE, Nov. 7.

CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO SPANISR OCCUPATION
AT TANGIER, OR ON COAST OF MOROCCO.
No. L
Lord J. Russell to Mr. Buchanan.
Foreign Office, Sept. 22.
reference to the preparations making in Spain
with r view to hostilities in Morocco, I wish you to observe
to. the President of the Council and to the Minister of Fa-
reio'm Affairs that the differences between the Governments
of Spain and Morocco appear to have arisen from outrages
committed by Moors in the vicinity of Ceuta, but that those
outrages appear to have been provoked by the excitements
and defiances of the Governor of Ceuta ; that a wild and
untamed race seem to have become ungovernable, and to
have made hostile attacks against the Spanish garrison of
Ceuta.
That if the Spanish Government only seek redress for
wrongs, and vindication of their honour, her Majesty's
Government will not interpose any obstacle to their obtain-
ing such reparation. But if the outrages of the wild
Moorish tribes are to be made a ground for conquest, and
especially on the coast, her Majesty's Government are
bound to look to the security of the fortress of Gibraltar.
You are therefore instructed to ask for a declaration in
writing, that if the Spanish troops should in the course of
hostilities occupy Tangier, that occupation will be tem-
porary, and will' not extend beyond the ratification of a
Treaty of Peace between Spain and Morocco. For an
occupation till an indemnity is paid might become a perma-
nent occupation, and such permanent occupation her
Majesty's Government consider inconsistent with the safety
of Gibraltar.
Her Majesty's Government are sincerely desirous of
maintaining with Spain the most amicable relations, but
they are bound to provide for the safety of her Majesty's
possessions.-1 am, &c.,
(Signed) • J RUSSELL.

No. 2..
Mr. Buchanan to Lord J. Russell.—(Received October 12.)
Madrid, Oct, 7, 1859.

My Lord,—Having made M. Calderon Collantes ac-
quainted with the contents of your Lordship's despatch
of the the 22d ult instructing me to ask the Spanish Go-
vernment for a declaration in writing, that if, in the event
of war between Spain and Nforocco, Tangier should be oc-
cupied by Spanish troops, they will be withdrawn imme-
diately after the ratification of a treaty of -peace it was
agreed between us that I should address to his Excellency
the note of which I enclose a copy herewith for your lord-
ship's information ; and I received this day from him an
answer, of which a copy and translation are enclosed, and
which I trust may prove satisfactory to her Majesty's Go
vernment.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) ANDREW BUCHANAN.

Inclosure 1 to No. 3.
Mr. Buchanan to Senor Col'antes.
. Madrid, September 27, 1859.
Sir,—During the discussions which took place last
winter between Spain and Morocco respecting the claims of
Spanish subjects upon the Sultan's Government and the
zone round Melilla, I did not fail to report to my Govern-
ment the frequent assurances which I received from your
Excellency that the only object at that time of her Ca-
tholic Majesty's Government was to secure due protection
to her Majesty's fortress and to her Majesty's subjects re-
siding in or trading with Morocco, and that they had no
intention whatever of making the questions at issue a pre-
text for territorial aggrandisement in Africa.
These assurances were entirely confirmed by the
event, and I have been happy to learn from the declaration
contained in your Excellency's note of the 26th instant,
and from the verbal explanations which you have afforded
me, on repeated occasions since the new difficulty which
has orison with Governmentof Morocco, that,no change
has taken place in the policy of the Spanish Government,
and that they seek for no conquests in Africa, but only pro-
pose to obtain reparation for offences which have been of-
fered to them by the Moors of Ceuta, and securities from
the Government of the Sultan for that fortress, and her
Catholic Majesty's other possessions in Africa, hich will
effectually prevent a repetition of the conflicts which have
taken place, and maintain hereafter the relations of Spain
with the Moroccan empire on a satisfactory and honourable
footing.
The reports of my conversations with your Excellency
will thus have already acquainted the Government of the
Queen my Sovereign with the sentirrients of moderation and
justice which animate her Catholic Majesty's. Govern-
ment; but it would, notwithstanding, be a satisfaction to
them, considering the interest which-they take in the empire
of Morocco, and the importance which they attach to the com-
merce of Tangier with her Majesty's possessions in the Me-
diterranean, to leant from your Excellency that the great
preparations at present making, with a view to military
operations in Africa, have not arisen from any change in the
views of her Catholic Majesty's Government, and do not
indicate any intentions on their part to make conquests in
Morocco, os to occipy permanently any portion of the Sul-
tan's territory.
Feeling assured that your Excellency will readily com-
ply with the wish which I have the honour to express to
you on this subject, I avail, &c.
(Signed)

ANDREW BUCHANAN•

Palace, October 6, 1859,
Sir,—l have received the note which you had the good-
ness to address to me on the 27th of the month last year.
The Government of the Queen my Sovereign, while
adopting the measures necessary to obtain, if requisite by
force of arms, the just reparation which they have de-
manded from the Moroccan Government, continue in their
invariable intentions with regard to that country—inten-
tions of which you are cognizant by means of the verbal
statements which I spontaneously made to you last year
with reference to the question of Melilla, and which have
been confirmed by my subsequent notes to you, and by the
circular which I addressed on the 24th of September to her
Majesty's representatives at the Courts of Europe, with the
contents of which Don XaVier de Isturiz will have ac-
quainted her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs.
The Cabinet of Madrid, as you aro aware, do not yield
in this \question to the impulse of a pre-existing desire for
territoriaLe.ggrandisement, but are influenced alone by the
sacred duty of defending their dignity and the honour of

the nation:
They still preserve hopes that the conflict which has
arisen from the unprovoked aggressions of which the for-
tress of Melilla has been the object, may terminate peace-
fully ; but if their conciliatory desires should not be realised,
they will endeavour to obtain, by other means, the punish-
ment of the aggressors, the satisfaction which is due, and
the conclusion of agreements which may tend to give effica-
cious material guarantees for preventing the repetition of
similar outrages.
It is to these objects that military operations, should they
commence, would be directed. In this point of view it is
easy to understand, knowing the intentions of the Govern-
ment of the Queen my Sovereign, that whatever diminu-
tion the active commerce which Great Britain maintains
with Tangier might suffer in consequence of war, would
be of a transitory character ; since, when once the Treaty
of Peace which should put an end to the hostilities between
Spain and Morocco should be ratified, and the questions
now existing should be settled favourably, and therefore
definitively, the Spanish Government, in the fulfilment of
their intentions, would not continue in the occupation of
that fortress, on the supposition that they should have
found themselves obliged to establish themselves there, in
order to secure the favourable issue of their operations.--I
avail, &c.,
(Signed) SATURNINO CALDERON COLLANTES

No. 3.
Lord J. Russell to Mr. Buchanan.
Foreign-office, Oct. 15, 1859.
Sir,—Her Majesty's Government have had under their
consideration the note addressed to you by Senor Collantes
on the 6th of October, of which a copy was inclosed in
your despatch of the following day, in reply to the demand
for explanations which you were instructed by my despatch
of the 22d of September to require of him respecting the
intentions of the Spanish Government in the event of
.the
occupation of Tangier by the Spanish forces.
You were instructed to apply to the Spanish Govern-
ment for a declaration, in writing, that if the Spanish
troops should, in the course of hostilities, occupy Tangier,
that occupation would be temporary, and would not extend
beyond the ratification of a Treaty of Peace between Spain
and Morocco; and in your note to Senor Collantes of the
27th of September you said that it would be a ;satisfaction
to her Majesty's Government to learn that the military
preparations of the Spanish Government did not indicate
any intention on their part to make conquests in Morocco,
or to occupy permanently any part of the Sultan's territory.
Senor Collantes, in his reply of the 6th of October, states
that when once the treaty of peace which should put an
end to the hostilities between Spain and Morocco should be
ratified, the questions now .existing being settled favour-
ably, and therefore definitively, the Spanish Government,
in fulfilment of their intentions, would not continue in the
occupation of that fortress (Tangier), in the supposition
that they should have found themselves obliged to esta-
blish themselves there in order to secure the favourable
issue of their operations.
You w.ll state to M. Collantes that her Majesty's Go-
vernment accept with pleasure this assurance, as conveying
the declaration which, by my despatch of the 22d Septem-
ber, you were instructed to ask for.
You will further state to his Excellency that her Majesty's
Government earnestly desire that there may be no change
of possession on the Moorish coast of the straits. The im-
portance they attach to this object cannot be overrated ; and
it would be impossible for them, or indeed for any other
Maritime Power, to see with indifference the permanent