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confidence of the continuation of
the peace of Europe, notwithstand
ing the death of Alexander It looks
too, as will he seen, to a very otlec
tive measure for the restoration ot
the old regime in France, the entail
ing of estates—a necessary conse
quence from forhiding their division
The conclusion of a Navigation Con
vention between EnglandjinrJFrarce,
which it announces, may be a mat
ter of some interest to us. We shall
look with some curiosity tor the
provisions of that Convention.
The tliorne of Nicholas appears to
be established. The letter of Con
stantine to him is remarkable for its
high legitimate doctrine, and com
plete personal subrnissiveness.
Os the Greeks we find nothing hut
reports. On the one hand it is said
that commissions to treat with them
for peace, had been despatched by
the Porte. On the other hand, a
letter from Zant says, this is a mere
pretence to blind the European di
plomatists at Peru ; hut that 'lie real
object of the Porte is to induce the
Pacha of Egypt to new armameuts
and efforts against Greece.
[.V*. Y. American.
THE KING’S SPEECH
Deliz ereil at the opining vs the Cham
ber, January 31.
Gentlemen, — It is with genuini
satisfaction that I find myself again
among you. Watchful of (he pub
lic sentiment and of the course o:
things, I have concluded that no se
rious considerations rc«u:rod that the
period at which your inerting wa*-
to take place, should be hastened
My foresight has been justified, and
I am happy in not having abridged
the repose on which you had a right
to calculate.
Death has just stricken in the midst
of his career one of our most mag
nanimous allies—this loss has pro
foundly afflicted my heart I re
ceive from his successor, and from
all other powers the most positive
assurances of the continuation 01
their friendly dispositions, and 1 have
the conviction that nothing will al
ter the good understanding existing
between my allies and myself, tor the
repose ot the nations.
I have concluded with his Britan
nic Majesty a Convention which will
render less burdensome the condi
tions now attached to the reciprocal
navigation of the two kingdoms and
tie ir colonies. I anticipate from Iho
arrangement advantageous results
for our maritime commerce.
I have resolved at last to settle
(_fij.tr) the fate of St. Domingo. The
time had arrived for closing so dan
gerous a sore, and to put an end to a
state of things which compromitted
so many interests. The final separ
ation of that colony, lost to us for
thirty years, will not disturb the se
curity of those we retain.
A law for the apportionment of the
idemnity which I have stipulated for
the ancient inhabitants becomes ne
cessary. It w ill be i reposed to
yon.
I shall cause to be submitted to
you immediately the accounts for
1824 —a sketch of the receipts and
expences tor 1825, and the budget
of 1827
The developoincnt of our com
merce and our industry, which from
day to day is adding to the product
of the taxes on consumption, and op
erations, will permit an amelioration
of the condition of the ministers ot
our Holy Religion, to increase the
funds for other services, u::d in addi
tion to the decrease which has alrea
dy been made this year in (he direct
taxes, will allow a further diminution
of nineteen millions.—(About $3,-
800,000.)
You will rejoice with me, gentle
men to find thus in the progress ot
our internal prosperity, the: means ol
reducing those charges which weigh
most heavily on the tax payers.
Legislation should provide for the
successive improvement of all the
wants of society. The progressive
cutting up ( morceUemcnt ) ot landed
estates, essentially contrary to the
spirit of a monarchical government,
would enfeeble the guarantees v hich
the charter gives to my throne and
to my subjects.
Measures will be proposed to you.
Gentlemen, lo re-establish the uni
formity which ought to exist in the
political and in the civil ia\v, and to
preserve-the patrimony of families,
without restricting, however, the lib
erty of disposing of one's goods.
The preservation of families brings
about and secures political stability,
which is the first want of states, and
which particularly is that of France,
•tow so many vicissitudes.
You will second me, Gentlemen,
in the accomplishment of the plans 1
have meditated, and in assuring more
and more the happiness of the peo
ple whom Divine Providence lias
committed to riiv care. You will
not be more disturbed than mysell
by that thought less restlessness which
still agitates some bosoms in spite ol
the security we enjoy. This securi
ty shall not be impaired, Gentleman ;
relv upon my watching with equal
solicitude over all the interests ot
the State, and that 1 shall know how
to conciliate the exercise of all legal
liberty, with the maintaioance of or
der and the suppression of licentious
ness.
Among the persons whom the
Ministry arc sending to the new Re
publics of America, arc to be added
M. Buchet Martigni, who goes to
Santo t'e, and M Laforet to Chili.
A letter from Rome of the 12th
January announces the arrival in that
capital of the Plenipotentiaries oi
M xico. The two envoys met with
the 1 best reception, and it is hoped
their negotiation will not be crossed
by the court of Spain. The object
in view is the establishment of a
patriarch in Mexico, the nomination
of an apostalic vicar and the defini
tive organization of the bishoprics.
Ir is thought that the Envoy ol
Colombia will likewise soon obtain
permission to go to Rome, and that
he w ill be followed by envoys from all
the ot It r States.
London, Jem. 21.—The French
Ambassador and the Minister of the
United States, had interviews yester
day with Mr. Canning. Onthcsamc
day the honorable Secretary addres
sed a communication to the Russian
Ambassador.
French .Vary. —By information, on
which perfec t reliance may he plac
ed, it appears that the Government
of France is paying great attention
to her .Navy, and assiduously culti
vating all her maritime resources.
During the last year, for tl.e pro
tection of their curnmerc , and the
improvement of their officers and
seamen, they kept in commission 2
Ships of the line, 11 Frigates, 10
Corvettes, 17 Brigs, 22 Schooners,
and 8 Cutters and small vessels, with
9 Corvettes enfiute, 17 store Ships,
5 transports, and 1 gun boat, making
a total of 105 vessels, employing
13,148 officers and tnen, exclusive
of Marines and military force ; ami
it is thought they will increase, rath
er than diminish, this force during
the present year.
The ships they are now building
are larger than our corresponding
classes; their two deckers arc to
mount 100 30 French pounders ; are
205 feet, between the perpendicu
lars; moulded breadth 53 feet 2
inches ; through the wales 55 feet G
inches; depth of hold 24 feet 6 inch
es. Tlleir frames arc strong—beams
large, well kneed with made knees—
bottom plank G inches—wales large
12 inches
Their new Frigates are 177 feet 2
inches between the perpendiculars—
-46 feet 3 1-3 moulded beam—4B
feet extreme —depth of hold to gun
deck 22 1 1-2—carry 30 30 French
pounders—3o 30 French pound car
ronades; 2 French 18s.
They arc increasing the number
of their building slips and docks, and
extending convicnencics for building
and repairing in all their yards, aiuJ
have very large supplies of timber
collected, and are collecting more.
They arc earnestly onsraecd in de
vising means to increase the number
of seamen, for which purpose they
have called the gc ncral conscription
in aid of their maritime conscription,
and propose substituting sailors, for
the force merely military, at present
employed in their ports and ships,
amounting to about 10,000 men.
A commission has been charged
with the revision of their naval or
dinances—very material changes
have been proposed and are now un
der discussion, and every thing evin
ces a disposition on the one part ol
government to prepare, if possible,
during the present period of peace,
a very respectable and efficient na
val force.
Copy of a Utter from ctn officer ci>
board of the Constitution.
“ Off the Bar of Pensacola, f
February 13, 1826.
“ Our ship is now in line order
and looks as well as any ship over
did in the service. We are all in
good health. I fear this never can
be made a large Naval depot. We
have been oft' the Bar for the last
four days endeavouring to get in ;
hut it will be useless. We have not
been able to find more than twenty
feet six inches on the bar and our
ship draws twenty-one foot five inch
es ; we shall in all probably leave
this to-morrow or the next day on a
cruize, and return here again in the
summer The pilot says wc may
then get in.”
A letter from Havana states that
a 74 and a corvette, had sailed from
Cadiz ibr Havana and that two 74’s
were shortly to follow. Another
cargo ot slaves had been captured
on one of the Keys by the British
schooner Speedwell—this is the
third cargo captured this year by the
British cruizers.— Georgian.
Wc copy the following from the Richmond
Enquirer.
[From the Providence Journal, of
20th Inst. J
CoNG rf.ss at Panama. —Passen-I
gers in the ship Fame, from South
America, arrived at New York, who
reached here last evening in the
steam boat, distinctly state, that the
project for a Congress at Panama,
had been entirely abandoned, so
much so, that it was not the subject
of conversation in political circles
at Chili or Lima, nor was it known
to a publick functionary from Colom
bia, recently met with there. Our
informant had seen the official bulle
tins containg the invitation from Co
lombia to Chili to join in such a Con
gress, and the answer of the latter
government declining it altogether.
The government of Peru had also
GEORGIA STATESMAN.
declined the invitation, and in con
sequence ol this the project which
originated, (through the Colombia
government) in Bolivar had been
abandoned. No Congress had been
in session, nor was it in contempla
tion to hold any. The l ship
Peacock, spoken by the Fame, left
Lima on the 7th December, and
knew nothing of the supposed Con
gress. A letter of the 4th of No
vember, lroni an official source at
Santiago sustains the above by its
total silence on this subject so inter
esting here, hut which was not
thought oi there, then, nor at any
time as having any reference to this
Government.
Ot the correctness of our infor
mant we are well assured, and that
Chili and Peru have declined taking
part in the proposed Congress there
can be no doub. It will he recol
lected the President’s Message sug
gests that all ot he South American
Governments were to be represented
at this Congress, to deliberate upon
objects important to the welfare ol
all, and the Republics of Colombia,
Mexico and Central America have
already deputed Plenipotentiaries to
to such a m eting, and that they, the
above governments, had invited the
l . States to be represented at the
proposed deliberations.
So tar as those Republics are con
cerned, there can be no doubt of the
authenticity ot their proceedings in
this respect, hut the project, does
not seem to have met the views ol
the other states, and whether this
has defeated the measures we are
Iclt at present to conjecture.
PANAMA.
We learn from good authority,
(says th Philadelphia Aurora) that
the statement made in the Providence
Journal, w hich intimates that minis
ters will not he sent from Peru and
Chili, to the Congress of Panama,
is so lar as respects Peru wholly in
correct. Sor. Manuel Vidaurre and
another envoy from that republic
have been at Panama ever since
Dec mber last They correspond
regularly with their friends in this
country. In relation to Chili, no
positive intelligence ot' ministers be
ing deputed to the proposed Con
gress from that republic has yet
been received.
To the above wc add the follow
ing from the New York American ol
Friday last
Congress of Panama. —lt has been
stated on the authority of a Provi
dence paper, that this assembly ot
nations would probably not be as
numerously attended as at first anti
cipated, tor that Colombia and Mex
ico alone had as yet sent ministers
to it. Ties is an error. We have
now lying before us Guatemala pa
pers w : nicn announce that Don Man
uel Vidaurre and Don Jose Maria
de Pardo, were on their wav burn
Peru; and wc know that Ministers
from Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala,
and as we believe, from Buenos
Ayres also, have been appointed.—
The Government Gazette of Guate
mala says, that the isthmus was the
point designated lor assembling, but
that once assembled, trie Congress
could choose its own place for delib
eration. For that purpose,” adds
this paper, “we will offer them our
beautiful country, our benign climate,
our comforts of life united to the
pure, simple, & unostentatious habts
of our p ople, and finally our posi
tion in the midst of the two Ameri
cas and the oceans.” It is to be
hoped that the Congress may accept
the invitation.
Vienna, Dec. 11.
“ The news of the sending of Tur
kish Plenipotentiaries to the Morea,
has caused great sensation here. A
letter from Constantinople, which we
received by the last mail from Buch
rest, affirms, that the representations
of some Foreign Ambassadors have
induced the Porte to send negocia
torstothe headquarters of Ibrahim
Pacha, to treat with the Greek chiefs
for a suspension, or rather, a cessa
tion of hostilities. But other ac
counts from more authentic sources,
affirm, that the Foreign Ministers
alone could never have induced the
Porte to take such a step; it must be
attributed to the representations ot
Ibrahim Pacha, and of his father
“ The Prince of Anhalt Cothen,
has published a Proclamation to his
subjects, informing them that he and
his wife have embraced the Roman
Catholic religion, but that the rights
of his Protestant subjects shall be
protected as heretofore.”
Vienna, Jan. 9.—After mentioning
the mission of Turkish Negotiators
to the head quarters of Ibrahim Pa
cha, to endeavor to make some ar
rangement with the Greeks, it is ad
ded.
“It is affirmed however, that Eng
land and its Agents endeavor to par
alyse these negotiations, and that
the British Government wishes to
arrogate to itself a kind ofsupremacy
over Greece. This disposition of
England has not a little contributed
to the measure which the Porte has
just adopted, for notwithstanding
all the friendly declarations of the
English Charge d’Affairs. it still
fears the British Protectorate of the
Greeks and is persuaded that the ei
torts of the Cabinet of London tend
to this objett. It believes also, that
the mission of Mr Stradtford Can
ning has the same oh : fct ”
MEXICO.
The Editor of the National Ga
zette has received the Mexican pa
per Aguilu JWcxicana down to the
17th ult. The principle topic in the
Mexican capital, was the invasion of
the Island of Cuba, by the joint forces
of Mexico and Colombia. A com
mittee of the Mexican Senate, to
whom the subject had been referred,
had ascertained that the Executive
branch deemed it expedient, or even
indispensable, and the means of the
Union adequate to it; and they ac
cordingly reported to the Senate two
resolutions; one, that the Executive
should he authorized to form, in con
junction with the Republic of Colom
bia, a military expedition to assist
thejnhabitants of Cuba, to achieve
their independence; the other, in
case of success, care should be tak
en to establish in the island, “a na
tional representation upon the basis
of the public law of the new Repub
lics of America.”
INTERESTING—AUTHENTIC.
Extract of a letter from the Havana,
dated the 22 d of February.
“On the 19th inst. a Spanish squa
dron, consisting of five frigates and
a schooner, under Commodore La
Brode, sailed for St. Jago de Cuba,
transporting 1200 troops, and will
proceed thence on a cruise to the
Coast oi Columbia. No pains and
expense have in cquip
sng it, so that it is many' years since
the Spanish Navy has had so bril
liant & efficient a division of vessels
in operation. They are^ provisioned
for a five months cruise, and from
the Commodore down to the cabin
hoy, have all received their pay in
advance to that time. Instead of
apprehending the preparations mak
ing by the enemy to invade this Isl
and, that tleet has gone to meet him
on his own shores. A ship of the
line called the Guerrero, is expected
here shortly, and will soon be follow
ed by two others of that class, the
San Pablo and Algesiras.
“Every thing is extremely quiet
and tranquil under the present
firm and energetic government :
we are particularly fortunate in the
heads ol the respective departments
thereof. Gen. Vives’ character
needs no comment—Mr. Pinillos, the
Intondnnt General, is a man of ex
traordinary talents as a financier, of
indefatigable industry and strict in
integrity, w hich circumstances added
to that of his being a native of this
city, have secured him the confi
dence of all classes, so that the re
sources and means at bis command
are very great. Commodore La
Rode, chief of the navy, is a brave,
active, and experienced" seaman, and
of established reputation
[-V. Y. Gaz.
Extract of a letter, dated Pernambuco,
February 15, 1826
The sloop ol war Cyane, arrived
here on Sunday after a passage of
18 days from New-York, all well.
She saluted with 1 7 guns, the Fort
returned the same number. I as-
Mire you that it is pleasing to all the
Americans here to see her: it is the
only man of war from our country
that ever was in our port. Captain
Elliott dines with the American
Consul to day—there is no late news
trom the South, we are anxious to
hear from there— [Phil, Gaz.
La Vf.ra Cruz. —The latest advi
ces from this place represent the peo
ple as dissatisfied with so much mon
ey being sent to England ; and attri
bute the assassination of several
Englishmen to this circumstance.
From Peru. —We learn by the brig
Polly and Eliza, from Carthagena,
arrived at New-York, that the Castle
of Callao Remained in possession of
Rodil, on the 27th Dec.
Gen. Valera, of the Colombian
army in Peru, arrived at Panama 24th
January, with 1500 troops, princi
pally Peruvians. There were about
5,000 troops at Panama, and more
expected.
Constantinople, Dec. 10.—Hussein
Bey, formerly Inspector of the Arse
nal, and Rcdieb Effendi, Agent to
the Viceroy of Egypt, w r ere unex
pectedly called to the Divan, and
charged with an important mission
to Greece, having for its object a
treaty of peace with the Greeks.
This measure has lead all experi
enced politicians into a firm belief,
that the Porte entertains fears of a
disastrous termination of the pre
sent campaign. The European Am
bassadors at this court have also been
requested to forward the negotiation
by their intermediation; and in case
of rejection on the part ofthe Greeks
to enforce their acquiescence by se
vere language. The insurrection of
Candia has caused the Porte little
anxiety, and it has taken but few
steps to pacify that island.
[Augsburg Universal Gaxette.
It is some time since the Porte
gave strong injunctions to Ibrahim
Pacha, to negociate a favorable trea
ty with the Creeks, in order to save
the Ottoman Empire from a catas
trophe, such as the loss of Greece
would inevitably cause.
London, January 27.
Commercial Distress —Lists are
handed about the city, of sever,
houses who suspended payment yes
trrdav. The amounts are not ex
tensive. Among the reports of fail
ures today, is that of a member oi
the Corporation. We believe, how
ever. no stoppages have taken place,
and perhaps the rumors are only the
consequence of the unhappy everts
of yesterday, The letters from Li
verpool this morning, state that the
alarm in that town had considerably
subsided.—One American house on
ly had suspended payment, and the
amount was inconsiderable. The
consequences of the failure of the
hanks, however, were chiefly felt a
mongst the shopkeepers and persons
of lesser consequence in that great
trading port.
Groat, and in many instances, la
mentable distress exists among tlie
silk manufacturers, and their busi
ncs is said to be in many places al
most entirely stagnant.
London, January, 26—The stock
market was visibly affected to-day
by the state of things out of doors,
and the general gloom diffused by
the commercial failures. Consols
for the accout closed at 80 3-4, be
ing a decline of one half per cent, on
the transactions of the day. Most
of the foreign securities were also
much depressed.
It was stated to-day on Change,
that the firm of Messers. Campbell,
Bowden & Cos. had stopped payment;
an event which, on account of the
very estimable character of the lead
ingpartner, was heard with universal
regret. Some other failures were
also announced, but not of sufficient
importance to justify our mention ol
the names of the parties. The ex
isting distress does, in fact, spread
into every class of the mercantile
community', and we cannot inure
clearly show its extent than by stat
ing, which we do on unquestionable
authority, that on ■ banking house in
Lombard-street, had more than 150
hills returned unpaid yesterday at
the first clearance.
The house of Finlay, Bannatyne
& Cos. West-lndia merchants, had
tailed.
Letters from Augsburg, received
to-day, mention the failure of the
eminent hanking house of Carli /k
Cos. of that city.
The letters from Hamburg,through
Holland, received this morning are
of the 20th inst. They fully confirm J
the report in a morning paper, oi the
assistance given by the Senate oi
Hamburg to an old and worthy sena
tor. The amount given in one let
ter is stated at nearly 120,000/. ster
ling ; in another, at fifty thousand
pounds. We believe there is only
one instance on record of a Senator
in Hamburg failing, and his affairs
were in a desperate state, and so ex
tensive, that all common aid could
be of no avail. The circumstance of
his proceeding in state to the Senate
House, and his resignation of his dig
nity, forms still a favorite theme w ith
the citizens of Hamburg.
The accounts from St Petersburg
by this conveyance, state that per
fect tranquility continued to prevail
in the Russian empire.
When the brave Gen. Milerado
witscht felt his death approaching,
during the night of the 2Gth and
27th, he ordered his sword to be
brought to him, which having kissed,
he exclaimed, “ This is my last ho
mage to the Emperor.” and expired.
A Colombian Squadron, consist
ing of five frigates, two brigs & three
tenders, was spoken on the 13th
ultimo in the Gulf Passage. The
12,000 Colombian troops, intended
for the reduction ofCuba, are said to
be commanded by gen ral Bermudez
a brave and experienced officer.
It will be seen by our foreign ex
tracts, that the British Government
has appointed a Commissioner to
Panama, lie was to sail in the ves
sel that took out their Minister to
Colombia.— Nat. Journal.
OFFICIAL DOCUMENT.
The Secretary of State, to whom
the President has referred that part
of the resolution of the House of
Representatives, of the 3d inst
which requests that he would cause
to be laid before that House. “ so
much of ihe correspondence between
the Government ofthe United States,
and the new States of America, or
their Ministers, respecting the pro
posed Congress, or meeting of
Diplomatic Agents at Panama, and
ot such information respecting the
general character of that expected
Congress, as may be in his posses
sion,” has the honor now to report :
That, during the last Spring, he
held, at the Department of Stat ,
separate conferences, on the same
day, with the respective Ministers of
Colombia and Mexico, in the course
ot which, each of them verbally
stated, that his Government was
desirous that the United States
should be represented at the pro
posed Congress, and that he was in
structed to communicate an invita
tion to their Government to send re
presentatives to it ; but that, as his
Government did not know whether
it would be agreeable or not to the
Lnitcd States to receive such an in
vitation, amias it was not wished to
occasion embarrassment to them, he
was charged formally to inquire,
previous to the delivefy ofthe invi
tation, whether it would be accept
ed, if given by both ofthe Republics
of Mexico and Colombia. It was
[April 11,
also stated, by each of those Minis
ters, that this Government did not
expect that the United States would
change their present neutral policy,
cor was it desired that they should
..ike pait in such of the deliberations
of the proposed Congress as might
relate to the prosecution of the ex
iting war with Spain.
Having laid before the President
what transpired at those conferen
ces, his direction w as received about
a week after they had been held, to
inform the Ministers of Mexico and
Colombia, and they were according
ly informed, that their communica
tion w as received with due sensibili
ty to the friendly consideration of
the United States by which it had
been dictated : that, of course, they
could not make themselves a party
to the war between the new States
and Spain, nor to councils for delib
erating on the means of further pros
ecution : that the President believ
ed that such a Congress as was con
templated, might be highly useful in
settling several important disputed
questions of public law, in arraning
ing other matters of deep interest to
the American Continent, and in
strengthening the friendship and am
icable intercourse between the Ame
rican Powers: that before such a
Congress, however, assembled, it
appeared to the President to be ex
pedient to adjust, between the dif
l rent powers to be represented, se
veral preliminary points, such as the
subjects to which the attention of
the Congress was to be directed, the
nature and the form of the powers to
be given to the Diplomatic Agents
who were to compose it, and the
mode of its organization and its ac
tion. If these preliminary point*
could be arranged in a manner satis
factory to the United States, the
Ministers from Colombia and Mexi
co were informed that the President
thought that the United States ought
to be represented at Panama. Each
ot those Ministers undertook to
transmit to his Government the ans
wer which was thus given to both.
In this posture the overture re
mained until the letters were receiv
ed, which accompany this report,
from the Ministers of the Republics
ot Mexico and Colombia, under date
ot the 2d and 3d November, 1825.
A similar answer was returned to
each of those letters, in official notes:
a copy of one of w hich is with this re
port.
The first and only communication
trom the Minister of the Republic of
Central America to this Department,
in regard to the Congress at Pana
ma, is contained in his official note,
a copy ot' which, together with a
copy of the answer which was re
turned, will be found along with this
report.
Copies of Conventions, containing
stipulations respecting (he intended
Congress, arc herewith reported, be
tween—
Ihe Republic of Colombia and
that of Chili.
The Republic of Colombia and
Peril.
The Republic of Colombia and
the Federation of the Centre of A
mericn; and
The Republic of Colombia and
the United Mexican States.
The Secretary of State has also
the honor to report to the President,
extracts from the instructions which
were given by the Department of
State to Mr. Anderson, on the twen
ty-seventh day of May, 1823, and
copies of certain parts ofthe corres
pondence which, since the last Con
gress, has taken place between the
Executive ol the United States, and
the Governments of Russia, France,
Spain and Mexico, of which a des
criptive list accompanies this report.
In respect to the negotiation which
Mr. Middleton was authoriz and by
the despatch of the 10th of May last,
(one of the papers now' reported) to
institute at St. consid
ering the lapse of time, and the great
and lamented event which has lately
occuired n Europe, perhaps there is
no adquate reason for refraining from
a communication of it to the House,
which is recommended by its inti
mate connection with the interests of
the new Republics. About the same
period with the date of (bis desptch,
instructions were given to Mr. Eve
rett, to inculcate on Spain the neces
sity of peace, and to our Ministers in
France and England to invite the
Cabinets ot Paris and London to co
operate in the same work. The
hope, not yet abandoned, was indulg
ed, that, by an united exertion of ail
the great Powers, and especially ot
Russia, Spain might be brought to
see her true interests in terminating
the existing war. Other negotia
tions growing out of, and subordinate
to, that w hich was authorized in the
before mentioned despatch ofthe 10th
May, to Mr. Middleton, have been
more recently commenced. They
have for their object the prevention
of disorder in the Spanish Islands ot
Cuba and Porto Rico, and also to
guard the United State s against the
danger of bad examples and exces
ses, of which, in the course of events,
those islands might become the thea
tre, as well as the conservation ot
our commercial and navigating in
terest.
All which is respectfully submit
ted.
11. CLAY.
Department of State,
11th March, 1026.