Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-03-15
FOaEIGN NEWS.
Fron, the Baltimore American.

olish papers To rhe 2lth of January, re-
ceived on sunday night, by the beiVi-
dera. at this port, from Liverpool.
TREATY BETWEEN ENGLAND AND
STAIN.
The Spanish Cortes have acceded to
the demands Of the British Cabinet. re-
Iatiys to the restoration OF the vessels
and property improperly captured in
the West Indies. The decree commen-
ces thus:
{. fac extraordinary Cortes having
examined the proposition made by his
Majesty in consequence Of various rep
tations of the English govern.
me mt. havo decreed -
s.Article |. The decree of the Cor.
tes of che eth of January, 1922. res
pec,ing the commerce Of the island OF
Cu6a, is ex ended to all the ultra-ma-
rine PROVINCES, in tho mode which is
declared with respect to the said Is.
land, for the term of ten months, rec
koping IN each point respectively from
It's publication, with regard 20 all those
nations for which government may
think the extension proper, for which
purpose it is fully authorized" The
THIRD clause says, The nation from
henceforth recognises in the Great
Book, the sun, greater or less, OF forty
millions of reals for tae indennitIes
which may result from the before men,
toned adjustment, giving hereby a
proof of the sincerity and justice OF rs
principles, which always incline to the
preservation Of the relations Of friend
ship with G. Britain, and to the repars.
ton of any. injury which may be done
to the subjects of that country" An
other clause runs thus: "6. The go.
vernmsnt will propose to the Cores,
with as short delay as possible, the
system proper to be adopted ior the
ultra marine provinces, as we'll with
respect to those which are dissident as
60 nose which remain united; and the
alterations which are ipdispensibly re
au,rei in the laws of commerce and ma
yigation with the Indies. whether by
modelling those laws on national pow
or, or by combining them with the
power of other msratime states by
means of treaties"
CUBA.
Upon the suojssl Of this island, the
ss Packet" newspaper remarks
''Both Spanish aud French jou rnais
refer to the occupation of Cuba b.,
England, as matter 90 longer 20 be
douotsd of; AMI the French royalist
writer's evince considerable d,ssatisfac.
tioa at the arrangement. We are wiz
ling to hope that our Ministers nave
not neglected the duty of securing this
important settlement and we can en-
dure, without much regret. tho dis
pleasure of the Gazette de France, and
OF the Drapeau Blanc, In truth, the
French government itself is alone to
bia he for the alienation of Cuba from
the y rowu of Spain, il it is to be alien-
a,ed. In tae present distracted state
OF the peninsuls, VIGOROUSLY excited
aud continued by the intrigues OF
Fraace, it Is Impossible for Spain 10
maintain her colonies IN that stale OF
peace aud order necessary 20 the tram
guilty of the neishbor,ng countries,
and to the general security oi com
mere Of Snis tact, the efuge afforo-
ed to pirates 0y the island in question
is s6undantiy sufficient proof, But
this Is not all. In the event OF an IN.
vas,on of the psninsula, what possible
hope can there De that this is!aDd Wi
remain a dependency cf Spain? The
question tnen comes To this. shall Eng
land occupy Cnba. or by permitting It's
acquisition by the United Staees (Which
they have long des!red,) sacrifice her
whole West India tradeP There can
be no hesitation as to the answer. To
che Fren.,h writer's who charge an IN
terssted and aggcandizing temper as
part OF the character OF England, we
may reply by referring to the opinions
OF their late emperor, with whom las
Mr. O'hleara tells us,) the disinterest
ed folly OF our government was stand
ing jest"
The Indicator, of bordeaux. sup
plies ths following letter. dated Vito
r,a, Jan A." The drawing by lot for
tue army, goes on very actively IN all
the provinces; the Cortes have placed
at the disposition Of government, all
the active militia, SO that, in the month
of March, we snail have on foot an ar.
my of 1000 men, without compre-
heuding the national militia, which a.
mount at least to 100000 men, and
who are distinguished in nothing from
she troops Of the line Some bat:al ons
coming from the interior are on their
route for Navarro; others are march.