Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-03-23
FOREIGN NEWS.
CADIL, Dec. IA, 1910.

&c A new and ! trust more fortunate epoch
fol- this unhappy country has commenced--
Gen Blake, the new regent, has III consc-
quchce OF his election by and his order from
the National Cortes, arrived here. There
Was at first some doubt as to his acceptance
OF the trust. Indeed he has been hitherto so
Ill treated thai lie was very unwilling to do
it. am joiced to say that 4 negotiation
took place, in which an explanation was OBJ
tanned OH the sub ject of the support he was to
expect in Carrying through some measures
that must prove obnoxious to many of the old
school, ana it terminated by his acceptance of
the regency. As l told you, ! considered the
past two or three months, but Little more than
an iY1errcgnua.. 1t has how ceased. Gen.
Blake's reign has began with a declaration,
that all the males, unmarried, between 6 and
As, must come forward, AID in default will
DC considered as deserters s: traitors. Cadiz
and the isle are 10 furnish ten thousand men.
They will DC levied, and should difficulties
occur, 20 force Will the government have re-
course. One OF the next measures will be the
selection OF those officers upon whose intcgri-
ty, activity, and bravery, dependence is TO be
placed. These are, 1t is to be regretted few
IN number. For it IS impossible to speak in
adequate terms, of the manner in which the
individuals Of the nation have, almost univer-
sally beer treated, both by its government and
officers. The charge Of cowardice brought a.
gainst the Spariards IS uEfoundcd. Their
misconduct has arisen wholly from the fault
of their officers. AS 4 proof shall quote the
circumstance Of Cen Witingsham having
formed corps Of FIVE or six thousand cavalry,
here ON the English plan. They have hither-
to and will continue 70 answer his expecta-
tons. Such is the distrust of their officers
that the English are to be put in possession of
the most important posts, at least those which
may be attacked. This is however but the
beginning of a system that will, l trust, bring
this affair to glorious conclusion
But the most important step, which is to be
taken, is yet but in enbrio. There is great
want of cash. To supply this want and to
give spring to the energies of their Amcri-
can as we'll as their European subjects, it is
proposed to throw open all their ports to the
British flag, with small duties. The conditi-
tons on the part of the British is loan of fif-
~ million of dollars, or twelve millions ster-
ling, to be secured ON the revenues III Ameri-
Ca For Spain this will be advantageous, as it
will, in all probability, do away all the baleful,
and impolitic monopoles and customs, by
which the growth of her colonial importance,
has, hitherto, been checked.
"For England it will at this moment be We
ny desirable, as it wifi carry off that glut of
manufactures, that has Of late occasioned such
distress. 1t will compensate any loss she may
sustain in her European trade and paralize the
efforts of the modern Atilla, to destroy the
consumption of her manufactures. Not that
l allow he has succeeded in any thing like
an effectual manner. The Cortcs will next,
it is thought, proceed to roofing out supernu-
mary and useless officers in the civil depart
ments of the governments, Of their number
YOU will form an idea, when you hear, that
the customs at Cadiz requires seventeen hun
dred, and reduce the expence in proportion to
the wants of the country. Its military affairs
are advancing. The warfare of the people of
Spain, for here Bonaparte has not to fight
an army commanded BY bribed or periured
officers, but people,) gives infinite trouble
and occasions incessant loss. Her friends will
tell YOU, that France has possession Of Spain.
What is the possession of the country 1t
NAV be judged from the following fact Their
escorts of couriers from Seville to Madrid are
not less than one or two hundred cavaIry.-----
Lower down in Andalusia, in the neighbor-