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AMERICA.

ABSTRACT CP DOCUMENTS ON SPANISH AFFAIRS,
THANSMITI ED TO CONGRESS WITH THE PRES'.

DENT'S MESSACE.
1. From Mr. Erving, our Minister in Spain, is
Mr. Adams, Secretary of State, dated Mad; id, Fe-
bruary 10, 1818 ; informing that the King of Spain
had made several grants of Florida lands, and among
others a sweeping grant.
2. Same to same, February 26, 1818—Enclosing
papers A. and B.
Parer A. being an extract from a deed from
the King to the Duke of Alagon, conveying all the
uncultivated land between the rivers St. Luisa and
St. John.
4. Paper B.—An extract from the grant to Count
Punon Rosa., of all the uncultivated lands in Flo-
rida, between the river Perdido and the river St.
John, with islands, &c.
5. Mr. Erving to Mr. Adams, April ,5, 1818—
Enclosin.g a copy of the giant in favour of Don Pe-
dro de', ar"a'.
6. Translation of the grant to Don Pedro de Var-
gas, apparently covering a great extent of Florida,
with an order to the Governor of Cuba, to assist in
giving effect to the grants.
7. Mr. Erving to Mr. Adams, April 26.—He had
conversed with Mr. Pizarro about the grants, and
endeavoured to convince him that the United States
could not pay the claims of our Merchants on Spain
for the sovereignty of Florida only ; and brought
him to consent that those grants might be cancelled,
and indemnity given to the grantees in New Spain
and elsewhere.
8. The same to the same, May 14.—Mr. Erving
had again conversed with Mr. Pizarro, on the grants,
in consequence of which the Council had sent orders
,to the Duke of Alagon, and Count Punon Rostro,
directing them not to make sales of the lands granted
to them.
9. The same to the same, June 12.—Mr. Pizarro
• had said, that the value of the ceded territory was
• ir.finitely beyond what the United States could de-
mand on the head of indemnities ; hence it was
reasonable to expect that the difference should be
made up to Spain by cessions.
10. Same to same, July 22.—Enclosing Mr.
Erving's letter to Mr. Pizarro, With the answer of
the latter. •
11. Mr. Erving to Mr. Pizarro (private), July 18.
Reminding him of the prohibitions under which the
grantees had been laid, which he had considered as
annulling the grants, and expressing his fears, as
these persons had been appointed to new offices, that
they are removed from the power of the prohibition.
The claims of the United States on Spain are here
stated at twenty-five millions of piastres.
12. The reply of Mr. Pizarro, assuring Mr. Erving
• that he may be tranquil ! as he believes nothing will
interrupt the negociation—and that-the Government
of the United States ought to have been persuaded,
long since, of the sincerity which directs the march
and policy of the Spanish Government, and of its
earnest desire of a happy termination of all the points
in discassiou, by means of a friendly arrangement!
13." From Mr. Erving to Mr. Adams, September
20, ISIS, enclosing a copy of the King of Spain's
grant to the Count Punon Rostro, signed " I, the
King"—which grant embraces ALL the land in Flo-
rida, not before granted by Spain ! It is dated Fe-
bruary 6, ISIS.
14. Extract from the propositions of Don Onis to
the Secretary of State, October '2O, 1818, offering to
cede the Floridas to the United States, but that all the
grants from Spain to that flute, are to be good and
valid
15. Mr. Adams to Don Onis, October 31, 1818.
The United States will not recognize the grants of
land till this time, unless Spain will provide other
means to satisfy the claims of our citizens.
16. Don Onis to Mr. Adams.—Cannot consent to
annul Spanish grants as far back as 1802, as it would
be " otilmsive to the dignity of Spain ;" but is abler
to ray, that grants since the I.lth of January last,
may be annulled.
17. Don Onis to Mr. Adams, January 11, 1819—
That he had at length received instructions from his,
Government, which would enable him to settle the
• question of western boundaries. His Majesty had
doge this " with a view to give eminent proof of his
sincere and generous friendship for this Republic !"
Don Onis flatters himself the President and whole

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The extent and progress of the fresh Insurrection
which has broken out in the Spanish Expeditionary
Army, in Andalusia, as noticed in our quotations
from the French Papers, on Saturday, are still in-
volved in a good deal of obscurity. Extraordinary
Couriers have, during the last week, been daily ar-
riving at Paris from Madrid ; and one of these,
wh• arrived on Thursday, charged with Dispatches
to Sir CHARLES STEWART, after waiting only an
hour, was dispatched forwards, in great haste, to
London, where he must, by this time, have arrived.
Nothing official or certain hat, however, been yet
suffered to transpire on the subject to which these
arrivals undoubtedly refer ; and the only information
we are able to add, consists of unauthenticated ru-
mours which are afloat in our own Metropolis, and
the equally • unauthenticated ones with which the
l'aris Papers, received since Saturday, abound.
Yne private information received in London goes
so far as to say, that the insurrection was perfectly
connected and general among all the troops can-
toned in Lower Andalusia, indeed the best part of
the Spanish Army, and amounting to 20,000 men ;
and that these divided, half marching on Madrid and
the other on the Trocadero of Cadiz, the chief depot.
of the armament intended against South America,
but which they could not take for the want of Ar-
tillery.—The information received -at Paris on the
subject, will be found in the subjoined extracts :
" 'The first news of the insurrection which has
broken out in Andalusia, among the troops, refusing
to embark for America, was communicated through
a privet.. channel. An extraordinary Courier has
just brought it to the Spanish Ambassador, but
the details are not yet known. Nothing positive was
known even in Madrid, at the time the Courier left

on the Btls. We ourselves possess nothing bet sur-
mises, and do not intend to publish any thing till 1
more ample particulars reach us ; but in anticipation
we remark, that the affair may bt considered very
serious. All that was visible in Madrid, was the
agitation of the Court, the frequency of Couriers and
Expresses coming from the Andalusia road. The
Prime Minister, the Duke de SAN FERNANDO, had
not closed his eyes for three nights. A thousand
vague reports were in circulation respecting General
CA LLEJA, Count de CALDERON, on whose person the
soldiers had seized ; they even go so far as to say,
that the city of Cadiz had taken part in the insur-
rection, and that the Constitution of the Cortes had
been proclaimed there. We must wait for ulterior
details. Those which have been circulated by the
Ministerial Journals? issue, no doubt, from sources
worthy of confidence, as far as regards the authenti-
city of the facts. But it is not from those sources
that all the truth can be known."—Constitutionnei,
of the 20th.
" The rebels surprised the Count de CALDERON,
and conducted him as a prisoner, into the mountains
of Ronda. They seized all his papers, and imme-
diately printed his correspondence with the Court,
and distributed it with profusion. They have taken
possession of the forts of Cadiz, wite the exception
of the Trocadero, which they have blockaded. It is
said the Constitution of the Cortes has been pro-
claimed in Cadiz."—Gazette de France, same date.
" A rumour has been in circulation, that in conse-
quence of some extraordinary event, the KING of
SearN has been obliged to quit Madrid. We believe
that this report is nothing but an invention of those
who desire troubles everywhere. The Journals and
letters of Madrid, of the 11th January, which we
have before us, do not present any sign of agitation.
The KING and QUEEN continue to receive the Depu-
tations, which arrive from the Provinces, to felicitate
them on their marriage."—JourEal des Debats, of2l st.

" We have received the Madrid Gazettes to the

11th instant, inclusive. They make no mention of
the revolt of a part of the troops at Cadiz, the news
of which was brought to Paris by an Extraordinary
Courier, who left Madrid on the Bth. From the
silence of the Spanish Journals, we ought not, how-
ever, to infer, that no such troubles have taken place.
They were equally silent on the attempts of POR L I ER,
LACY, and others, though all the world knows that
there was nothing fictitious in these. Three extraor-1
dinary Couriers have arrived at Paris, from Madrid,
within these two days ; and, if the reports which are
in circulation may be accredited; an engagement has
taken place between the revolted troops and the sol-
diers of Marine, who continue faithful to the KING,
in which the former have been repulsed."—Gazette
de France of the 21st.
" Yesterday, a Cabinet Courier, from Madrid,
arrived at the Hotel of the English Ambassador, and
within an hour afterwards set off for London."—lbid.

" The news which we receive from Spain is of a
very serious complexion. A number of Couriers
have arrived from Madrid at the Hotel of the Spa-
nish Ambassador. According to information we
have received, it appears certain that a new revolt
has buist out among the Spanish troops, still deter-
mined to refuse embarking for the colonial war. The
revolters have surprised Count CALDERON, General
in Chief of the Army, aad have carried him a pri-
soner into the Mountains of Ronda; they have seized
all his papers, printed his correspondence with the
Court, and circulated copies of it with great pro-
fusion. They have seized upon the forts of Cadiz,
with the exception of that of Trocadero, which
they hold in a state of blockade. We are assured
that the Constitution of the Cortes has been pro-
claimed at Cadiz. Lieutenant-General FREYRE has
placed himself at the heat of a body of troops in
Andalusia, in order to march against the Insurgents.
The strangest reports are circulated at Madrid ; it is
said that the revolters, to the number of ten thousand
men, are preparing to march upon the Capital. To
these news it is added, that the revolters have got
possession of the fort of Trocadero, and the Isle de
Saint Leon. Such is the fruit of extreme measures."
—The Constitutionnel, of the 21st.

Since writing the preceding, a Mail from Lisbon
has brought us the accounts which had been received
there on the subject. They are more particular and
apparently more authentic than those which have
come to us through France, but they do not come
down to a later date than the 4th instant. The fol-
lowing are extracts:

IXTRACT OF A PRIVATt LITTER FROM LISI3OIg,
_ .

DATED JANUARY 15.

if As every thing that passes in Spain cannot but
!Ant this moment interesting, I hasten to commu-
nicate the following :

EXTRACT OF A LETTER DATED CADIZ, JANUARY 4.

' I avail myself of the Courier which the Portuguese Consul
sends to Villa Real de Spn Antonio, to announce to you, that
the army of the expedition, composed of 15,000 men, revolted
on the lst,and on the same day seised on the Gemara' in Chief,
Count de Calderon, and immediately detached a body of 5000
men on Seville, to seize on the brigade of Carabineros Reales.
On the Scl a division arrived at Medina, and yesterday, the 3d,
they took military possession of La Isla de Leon, Port St. Mary's,
and the arsenal of Cairaca. General Ciceros, Commandant of
the Marine Department, was arrested in the first City, and the
Admiral of t►s Squadron, Neural, has also been seized, at Port
St. Mary's. It was yesterday, at four o'clock P.M. that we were
informed of the whole of these events. At five, the General,
Governor ad interim,. sallied forth for the Trocadero with 00
men belonging to the regiment of Soria, and a party of the Mili-

tia. He there joined a corps formed out of the crews of sixteen
Iships of the line and seven frigates, lying in thP harbour, which
made his force amount to Ma men. With this he repelled
WOO men wh2 endeavoured to enter here last nizlit. The latter
lost seven men kill 4, and halted on the Arab.. The land and
sea gates are closed, and the most fatal consequences are dreaded.
We are Ignorant which side the spadron will t;tice, w!lich is
composed of the vessels abov;_! stated, and seven brigs and.3o
gun-boats.

The instant this news reached us, the Counsel:or of State,
Asmarez, who was here carrying on the proceeditgs, rerating to
the Officers arrested in consequmce of the affair of the 8:h of
Jury (the one in which 0. Darnell was implicated), imraNii-
ately embarked with his whole family, in an American vessel,
which, it is believed, is bound :a Lkbon. As we are now com-
pletely besieged on the land side, I shall be unable to inform you
of the results, unless by extraordinary opportuniti6 lib. the

present one.'

" The letters from Badajoz of the 12th, nearly con-
firm the whole of the preceding, and say, that the
5000 men entered Seville, and proclaimed the Con-
stitution of the Cortes, adding, that a Central Junta
had been established there. Two extraordinary
Couriers_from Cadiz had been taken, and one of
them, who made some resistance, was killed on the
spot. The Junta has ordered that the soldiers should
be paid at the rate of a peceta per day, and receive each
one pound of meat.

" Here (in Lisbon) every thing is in perfect tranquil-
lity, and will remain so. The Government, we un-
derstand, will confine itself to the establishing a cor-
don of troops on the frontiers, in order "to maintain
perfect neutrality. We expect, with the utmcst impa-
tience, the day after to-morrow, the post from Spain."
EXTRACT OF ANOTHER LETTER, DATED LISBON,