We have received papers f...
The Times, 1824-08-11T00:00:00

We have receivedl papers from New York to the 16th, and fromn Philadelphia to the 14th ult. The following are extracts "NEW YORK, JULY 16. (From the Plhldelphia Aurora.) COLO'mml,._We have been favoured with a flle of Bogota pa- pers to the 6th of June inclusive. The C(overnment was wide awake to the intention of the Holy Alliance, and ha.1 adopted the most energetic measures to oppose any invasion that might be attempted. The following bill passed both Hlouses of Congress, and received the Vice-President's sanction on the 6th of AMay:- " The Senate and House of Representatives of Colombia, con- hidering- 1 Ist, That peace has not yet crowned the efforts of our arms, notwithstanding they have drivcn the enemy from the whole territory of the Republic; *' 2d, That the re-establishment of an absolute Government in Spain leaves us no hope to expect its acknaowlcdgment of the inde. pendence of these countries and her colonies,-have decreed- " Art. 1. The Executive Power shall raise 50,000 men, exclusive of the troops in actual service, diminishing the said number as eir- cumstances may require. "The troops to be famished by each department are as follows Oronoco- 3,5D Venezuela . 8,-)00 Zalia 3,242 Boyaca 8,880 Condinamarco - --7 4 7,420 Cauca 3,860 Mllagdalena. 4,786 Panama -1,600 Quito 9,200 Guayaquil . .. 1,800 " This number of troops makes about two per cent. on the whole population of Colombia." " A passenger in the schooner Mary Ann, arrived just as our paper was going to press, from Alvarado, informs us that a French brig was captured by the pirates off Alvaraulo bar, and was re-cap- tured by the Mexican schooner Analtac. The captain and crew of the French brig were landed on the coast, and were on their wvay to Alvarado. The public mind was greatly agitated at Alvarado, on hearing that Iturbide was on his way to that place from England. "$ BALTIAIORE, Jur.Y 10. By the schooner Noel, Captain Snow, arriyed at this port yester- day in 28 days from Tampico, we learn at the time of her sailing no intelligence of political movement had been received from the in- terior. The United States' ship Johit Adana was there, to sail for Vera Cruz in four or five days, and the United States' schooner Fox, to sail for Newv Orleans in eight days. The -Noel brought home the mate, two men, and a boy, belonging to the late schooner Racer, of Philadeiphia, cast away on Tampico bar on the 21st of May. "JULY 9. " Importasnt intelligence, representing the designs of Spain on her late colonies, has to-day reached us by the arrival of the Colombian armed brig Aguila, Captain Cottrell, in 14 days from La Guayra. We shall state what has been politely communicated to us by Cap- tain Cottrell. "' lle had been cruising off Cadiz for a considerable tine, and sailed from thence on the 4thi of May, at which period there were In that harbour, of Spanish, one 64, one fiigate, and one brig of war; of French, one 74, two frigates, and one or two brigs of war. The three Spanish vessels were exercised daily, frequently running down with a fair wind to the bar and warping up. Captain Cottrell under- stood from prisoners he made from time to time, and from neutrals, with whom he spoke, that the object of this kind of naval exercise was to make sailors and prepare them foran expedition against South America. It 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 neutrals agreed in this statement. There were few if anySpanish troops in Cadiz, theplace wasgarrisoned by the French; and aUl reports from the shore agreed in stating, that 40,000 addidonal troops from France were expected to enter Spain. There was a con- siderable number of merchantmen in the harbour capable of being easily converted into transports, to carry a large amount of troops; but. so far as could be ascertained, there were no troops, except French. The expedition spoken of was said to be destined for the Pacific. " Information of mach importance was obtained by Captain Cot- trell the day subsequent to leaving his station off Cadiz, the whole of whicis we are not permitted to publish; but the following are a few of the paxticulars:- " Oil the 5th of May he came up witlh the Sardinian brig Tlhenzis- toclee, bound from Havannah to Gibraltar and Genoa; on nearing her, he observed a paper package floating a-stern, whershe'sent out a boat and secured it. On exatnination, he discovered whbat was suffl- cieat to awaken his suspicions. He immediately boarded the brig, and after a diligent search foind himselfin posse3sion of despatches from the Havannah to the Spanish Governmnent, with offical letters from General..lorale3, and one from the General to his sister in Spain. This was a prize more valuable than gold or silver. The letters contained a detailed plan of a combined expedition from Ha. vannah and Cadiz, proposed to bc against one of the South Ameri. can States, enumerating such points as the General conceived to be vitlnernble, and designating such persons on the piroposed theatre of war as the Spanish fovernnient could confide in and correspond with.- We have not periLssion to go further in the statement, but the importance of the fact we havo communicated is obvious."