Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-07-13
Won, he Baltimore Federal Gazette.
SPAIN AND SOUTH AMERICA. !,

Imnortant intelligence respecting tne
do signs of Spain on her late Colonies "ss
n dav reached us from two quartersIoy
tho arrival of the Colombian armed orle
AguiIa. Captain Cottrell. in fourteen Gays
from La Guayra, and the packet ship 90
inmhia arrived at New-York from Liver
pool. We shall in the first place s.a.e
what has been politely communicated 70
as by Captain Cottrell.
He had been cruizing of Cadiz for con-
siderable time. and sailed from thence on
the Alb of May, at which period there were
in that barbor. of Spanish, one ia, one
fripate. and one brig of war-ot French
one "a, two friga!es, and one or two piigS
NJ war The three Spanish vessels were
exercised daily, frequently running down
with fair wind to the bar and warplDg
no. Captain Cottrell understood from
prisoners he made from time to tlme' ana
from neutrals with whom be spoke, thai
the object in this kind OF naval exercise
was to make sailors and prepare them ior
an expedition against South America. IL
was reported TO him from various quarters
that the men on board the Spanish shiPs
served with great reluctance, that they
had been forced into the service, and were
severely treated-Prisoners and neulrais
agreed in ibis statement There were
few if any Spanish troops in Cadiz, the
place was garrisoned by the French, and
Al reports from the shore agreed in stating
that forty thousand additional troops from
France were expected to enter Spain =
There was considerable number OF mer-
chantmen in the harbor capable of being
easily converled into transports, to carry
large amount Of troops, but so Tar as
could be ascertsined, there were no troops
ererpt French! The expedition spoken OF
was said 10 be destined for the Pacific.
information of much importance was ob.
tanned by Captain Cottrell the day suisse
uuent TO leaving his station off Cadlz, the
whole of which we are not permitted to
publish, but the following are few OF the
particulars:
On the ] 9Th of May be came up with the
: Sandman brig Themistocies, bound from
Havana to Gibraltar and Genoa-on near
ing her he observed paper package boat.
ing a stern-on examination be discovered
what was sufficient to awaken his suspI-
cions, ne Immediately boarded the brig,
and after diligent search found him.
self in possession Of dispatches from the
Havana 10 The Spanish Government, with
official letters from General Morales, and
! one from the Genera to his sister IN Spain.
| This was pr.ze more valuable than gold
| or silver. The letters contained detail
ed plan OF combined expedition from Hs'
| vana and CadH. proposed to be against
one OF The South American States, enume-
rating such points as the General coDceiv.
| ed 10 be vulnerable, and designating such
persons on the proposed theatre OF war as
| the Spanish Government could Conhde in
and correspond with. We have not per-
| mission to 20 further in the statement but
| the Importance Of the facts We have com
| muncated is obvious
We shall now turn TO the news received
at New York from Liverpool
Brussels accounts OF The 22d OF May
confirm former report, that Ferdinand
had finally rejected the mediation OF Eng
land as 10 South America, and the London
Courier of May 25 announces, on the au-
thorlty of letters from Madrid, that the
expedition fitting out at Cadiz is in state
of torwardness and will consist OF $4,000
men, to be ready by the beginning OF Ju>
ly' Some of The London papers having
doubted the :. ,rrectness OF this intelligence,
be statement is repeated by the editor OF
the Courier, who maintains its accuracy.
Now although Captain Cotlrell admits
that there were number Of merchant yes
sells in CadIz capable OF being converted
into transports to carry large body OF
troops-stili SO 900 men is, we conceive,
an amount of force much beyond the pow
er of Spain 10 send across the Atlantic.
without the assistance OF France she could
not send any thing like the number, but as
there has been renewal of the Treaty be-
tween Spain and France, by which the
troops OF The latter power are not TO leave
the peninsula till 1895, il is not only pos
sibe but prob able, from the news before
US, that Spain may make what, for her in
her weakened condition, may be consider
ed great effort, - one that may send from
her shores ten or fifteen thousand men, and
it would not be wise on the part OF the
new governments 10 shut their eyes even
upon the possibility.
New YORK, July lO.-An arrival at
Boston in 81 days from Liverpool, brings
intelligence as late as June LIST from Lon
don, snd from Liverpool 10 the Sd. We
see very little interesting news in the de-
tails in the Boston papers, or in the COM
munications from our correspondents
there. The report that Mr. Canning bad
threatened to resign bis place in the mi
nistry. in consequence OF dissatisfaction
with his colleagues, is in our view eX
tremely improbable. We know of no i'm
portant political measure about which the
members of the British Cabinet have dit