Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-08-24

TO trial tor his mutlnous conduct"
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
The regular trading ship Hercules, Cobb
arrived last evening from Liverpool, which
port she left on the Cd ultimo. Captain
Cobb has favored the editors of the Mer.
camille Advertiser with papers to the Isl
of that month, and London papers TO the
e9th June inclusive.
Previous to sailing capt. Cobb received
the following note from capt. Colin.
Friend Cobb.-Please to report the arri.
val OF the Telegraph, at the N. E. Buoy, on
the Goth June, in "a days, without reefng
since leaving port. Jacob Perkins Esq.
made during the calm weather, many expe.
rimenls with his instruments TO prove the
compressibility OF water Ivy the same ele-
ment, which fact was established by im.
mersirn Of the machine from 500 to $500
feet below the surface OF the sea His
Baythomefer is a perfect sounding ,nst,u-
ment, and is as true in ~ knot breeze as
Communicating an fa'kom the machine
is under the surface of the sea.
Yours, very truly. f. COFFIN
PRICES AT LIVERPOOL JULYI.
Upland Cot on, 100 10 I2Id; New. Or
leans, do. loa /, Id Rice elsa 23s Baik
les a I6s; Pot Ashes, 3as dis; Pearls,
ASS 46s Tar, lbs lbs; Turpentine.
lis is Cd; sweet Flour, in bond, 3Us. !;
sour do 28s 3Os.
British Stocks, June 99-67-67 I-8.
London, June %.
The Florida treaty passed the y. States
senate about the Esd February, and the
ratification was to take place in six months.
Mr. Forsyth arrived in Madrid about he
4th May, and Up to the 10th inst. no pro-
gresS had been made, but fresh obstacles
had arisen. Nothing. however, authentic
rs known on the subject OF the difficulty,
but on all sides it is rumored that Spain will
not be allowed to make single bargain,
and a variety of circumstances have led
the public mind towards Cuba.
The cabinet of Madrid has long been a.
ware that the people Of Cuba are DESTROYS
of separation from the government of
Spain, and that nothing but the fear Of an
Instruction among the negroes has pre-
vented the attempt.
On cursory view il may appear great
object for the British government 10 obtain
Cuba, a colony that by good administration
would soon outslrip what st. Domingo once
was under the French. 1t ought also moi 10
be forgotten. that the entire subsistence OF
the island depends on external supplies.
consequently maritime war must produce
ruin, more particularly between the United
States and the holder of Cuba. Our go
vernment is certainly devising means to
check the rapid growth of the U. States,
but the possession of Cuba by us would
have contrary effect.
The vast commerce that already flows
down the Mississippi, the immense tract
of country rapidly settling on the Missouri,
&c. point out very distinctly to the United
States the necessity of making Pensacola
a great maritime port, but such necessity
would be increased in tentold degree If
Great Britain possessed Ha,anna. There
is besides the bay of Tampa, in the Flori-
das. The British cabinet moreover must
be aware that any premature circumstan-
ces, more particularly when accompanied
by any avowed spirit of competition, which
NAV rouse into action the resources OF the
American government, and the enterprise
of its citizens, must certainly accelerate
the progress of that country in natural
strength.
Great Britain ought therefore to ponder
before she sacrifices her honor and other
more paramount Interests. We must not
look TO the moment. Spain is clustering
wherever she can be heard, but the idea
of her holding sway over Cuba, or OF her
long retaining in state OF susJectIon the
vast country stretching on the Atlantic from
Cane Horn to the Fluridas, aud from the
former to California, on the Pacific, with
out navy, is preposterous. Her moral
influence in those regions is lost or fast sub
siding, and her physical influence is nearly
broken. She may, by cessions of terrific
~, purchase suspense, but this can only
be temporary, as long as she cannot obtain
active auy;liaries, and this she cannot do.
The powers with whom she treats, may
mt high price on their fayOrs, but as far