Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-02-11
FROM cURRAcoA.

Couracao Courant to the 9Th Jan. The Cou-
ant of the I4th December announces the
Death of his excellency Vice Admiral Kir-
ke,t. Governor General Of Curacao and Its
dependencies. He died on Saturday, the
goth Dec. after short illness, in the '57th
wear of his age. His body lay in state on tine
following day; and in the evening it was
inferred with military honors. His honor
DR.. Pelrus Bernardus Van Sturkeborg,
knight of the Order OF the Netherlands Lion,
Counsellor Fiscal, and Senior officer OF rank
in the Colony, was Immediately sworn in as
Governor: and the Office of Counsellor Fiscal
having thus become vacant, DR.. }. }. Else
vier. President Of the Court of Civil and
Criminal Justice, was nominated to I'LL the
vacancy, ad interim DR.. Serrurier, Mem
Der of the said Court to be President, ad
interim Of the same and DR.. II K. Hayun-
ga, Assistant Fiscal, to the situation vacated
by Dr.. SerrurIer.
The same paper mentions also the death
of His Excellency Lieut.. Gen. George Will
liam Ramsay, Governor OF Antigua. He died
after long and distressing illness in the 58th
year of his age.
The Dutch armed ship Dolphin arrived at
Curacao on the Sd of Dec. in less than
two days from Marg rita, and Informed that
about 1900 men had ar. there from Ireland,
and encamped at Paupatar. 1t was expect
ed that they would soon proceed on an ex-
petition to the Maine, as preparations were
making for that purpose. There were tour
privateers lying at Juan Grego. Admit
raj Bron was in the Island, and the report
lately received from St. Thomas of his hav-
ing been degraded in rank by Arismendi,
and ordered 10 Angostura turns out to have
been unfoun led. The state OF affairs in Mar
garlta seemed to be very Mise able, the is-
Iand enjoyed scarcely any trade, and at the
time the Dolphin sailed an embargo existed
in all the ports, which was Stnctly enforced.
The whole OF the BingGUn. OF ST Fe, with
the exception OF Carlhagena. Aompex, and
St. Martha, was IN the possession OF the
troops OF Bolivar. II is SAID, that Calzada
had been defeated IN Popayan, by The nha
bilanls, and the governor taken prisoner,
together with about 400 men. AntIoqula
anu Choco nave acceded to the indepen-
dence, :" The governor OF the latter province
having been the hrsl TO call Out Qua 10 pa
trio % ". Y. Com, .ddp'
From the No folk Kerata, te6. z.
SPANISH AFFAIRS.
Reference has more than once been
had in this paper to a treaty concluded
at Madrid, in 1914, between the go
,ornmcats of Spain and Great Britain,
said TO include certain conditions OF
dubious if not mysterious nature, but
of the precise import of which we were
not informed. Chance has just thrown
this document in our way, and we pub
,ish it more with view OF affordinS
matter for aiding political speculation
than from any Importance Which Can
be attached to it as it relates to The Y.
States. II may be proper to stale, that
this treaty was duEy ratified, though we
believe never publlSheo in England
certainl, the additional articles were
not---.t}f course never published in
Spain, nor in the L. States.
We may now sec the authority for
the "Forcign Enlistment Bill" OF the
British Parliament, although in the de-
bate on that subject there vas not a
word said in reference to this conven-
ton by any of its advocates. 1t was
affected to be passed on the broad prin
ciple of Sir William Scott, that it was
"a solecism in politics for nation to
be at peace, and the people at war;" and
utterly Inconsistent with the friendly
relations existing with Spain, to per-
NIT the aid which had been afforded to
the S. American colonies longer to be
supplied.
|, il curious circumstance that the
sd additional article Of this treaty, the
most important to Spain of any, should
have remained for nearly five years
dead letter---and that, as it were in de-
hance Of it, Great Britain should have