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1 c nre here, before you, gentlemen, that I re main faithful to all the sentiments of my lather.and that I will persevere in the line of political principles which served as a rule to tny uncle, the Emperor Alexander, ftnd to my father. These principles are those ot the Holy AHianre, But, if that Al liance no longer exists, it is certainly not the fault of my father. His intentions were always upright and loyal; and if tecently they were misunderstood t.y some persons, I do not ‘doubt that God and history will’do him justice. lam ready to contribute'to a good understanding nu the condnions’which he accepted. Like him,-1 desire peace, and wish to see the evil* of war terminated ; but l if the conferences Which are Rbout to open at V ienna do not lead to a result honorable for us, then, gentlemen, at the head of my faithful Russia,-I will combat with the whole nation, ands will perish sooner than ’yield. As 1 to my personal sentiments for your sovereign, (here the Emperor address "ed Baron de VVorther, Minister of Prussia.) ” they have not varied. I have never douht •ed the fraternal nfiection and friendship which his Majesty the King always had for my father, and l told yon yesterday how grateful 1 am to him for it. ’1 am deeply, sensible of the kind words whitfh the Empe *ror has caused to be tnausmitted to me on this occasion. (This was addressed to Count Esterlnzy, Minister of Austria ) His Majesty cannot doubt the sincere affection which my father entertained'fur him at an > epoch which he himself has recalled by the order of the day addressed to the army.— Be kind enough, gentlemen, to communi cate my words to your respective courts. MIIITARY MANIFESTOS OF THE CZAR. The Emperor of Russia ‘has addressed iho following rescript to the Cossadk'troops -of the Don : To our IVell Beloved and Faithful Army Cossacks of the Don:— The cruel loss ’which has fallen on Russia, in such an un looked for manner, will be painfully fell by the greatful hearts of the Cossacks of the Don. fn bis constant kindness to them, my ‘well beloved father had granted them an or* ganic regulation which completely secured their welfare. Only a short time ago the Emperor Nicholas 1. declared that he loved his’valiunt children of the’Don, and that he ( was proud of them. In proof of these sen timents, his majesty frequently appeared before the ranks of his faithful army in the uniform of a Cossack of the Don Wish ing to manifest to these troops our gratitude for their faithful and glorious services, we make them a present of ‘the uniform w’hifch was worn by the Emperor. Let it be pre served among the insignia of the army of the Cossacks of the Don, and remain in its treasury as a sacred relic and an imperisha ble souvenir for generations to come. ALEXANDER. FH'is Majesty has likewise addressed the; fallowing to General KhemnutdlT, Hetman, ocum tennis of ihe’Gossncks o( the ! Don : Gitnera-l—By an order of the day. I nave named my Well beloved son, the Ce snrevitcli. Nicholas Alexattdrovitch. Het man of all the Cossack troops, and Chief of the regiment of the Hetman of the Don, which takes the name of Cossacks of the Corps f the Hetman of the desare vitCh, hereditary Grand Duke. May in’y brave Cossacks of the Don see in this'how dear they are to my heart. I love them, 39 my father of itnperi hable memory d'id, aud they will bo equally beloved by my atm.— Personally, it will be always pleasing to me to rockon myself in lire ranks df the regi ment nf Cossacks of the Corps df ‘hrs Im perial Highness the Hetrran, a regiment with which 1 hail identified myself. I remain invariably affectionate towards the brave troops of the Don. ALEXANDER. I UNF.RAL OF THE CZAR. .[From a St. Petersburg letter ot March 12] Tne funeral f the Emperr took place yesterday. At day break, an ry movement was observable in the capital —people hastening to secure places to wit. nes< the procession. In some houses which were well situated, windows were lot for ns much as 100 roubles (ttio rouble is some thing oveT four fr-ancs, or about 78 cents At nine o’clock in the morning, the first sal vo of artillery, fired from the citadel of Hi. Petersburg, intimated to the public that the ceremony was about to vommenco. At 10 o’clock, a second salv was fired to an nounce that the cortege was to form itself in lie order fixed by Count Gurjew, Presi 4et of the commission for the funeraU and *t eleven o'clock a third salvo announced that the funeral cortege had commenced its marcti. I cannot describe to you the anxiety of the people to render the last ho mage to him whnta they were accustomod to consider a demi god, and as, at a biter period, charged by the Divinity to combat for the holy orthodox religion aud holy Russia. Everywhere* 89 the body passed the snectalors made tb6 sign of the cross* and most of them, when they knelt down, touched the earth with their forehead wee ping bitterly. At the different churches the procession halted, and the various ranks of the clergy paid homage to the ashes of the chiel of the orthodox Russian Church.— Prayers for Divine mercy to the soul of the deceased weie offered up in every place of worship, and Nicholas himself was called oil as chief of the Church to address pray ers to God to give force to Russia to com bat with success for her rights and for her Territory. Cannon continued to fire Until the coffin reached the Cathedral of Paul ami I’etar. The service for the dead of the Greco-Russian Church was theu celebrated, and salvos, fired by the troops, announced the end o’ the ceremony. The evening was far advanced before the crowds of people who assembled to witness the ceremouy had ceased to fill the streets, In addition to the thunder of artillery, the roll of the muffled drums, aud the sound of military music playing funeral marches, was to be rf |° ath of 1,10 Czar has produ ’ * c rfain degree of agitati-n. which onr government, autocratic as it is, has not been able to prevent. The cetemony displayed a character of magnificence and grandeur worthy of the deceased Czar. Everything passed off in good order. The Emperor Alexander afterwards ad dressed this letter to the Military Governor Ofihe capita!: ‘Profoundly moved at the circumstances-of all classes of our capital of St. Petersburg having taken such sinc-re part in our com mon soriow, in the funeral cortege of the remains of our father and benefacror, forev er memorable, from the Winter Palace to the Cathedral of Peter and Paul. I charge you to testify to the inhabitants of the cap ital the lively gratitude both Os ourselves and of our beloved wife. May the remem brance of the father of rill of ns, the Empe ror Nicholas 1., be forever preserved’in our henrt * ALEXANDER M. A grave event has just occurred at Mos #3 he large bell of the tower of Ivan Velik, in the Kremlin, fell to the ground at the moment when the ’■eeremony of swear ing allegiance and fidelity - to'tire <oew Fm* peror was going on and by its fall ’Crushed nearly'loo persons. For a people sU super stitious as the Russians, this disaster has appeared a most sinister omen, and the let ter which gives an account of the event states thru the effect on the public mind been that df.great consternation. THE LAST WORDS OF NICHOLAS in Relation To France. England and the United States. A Russian Noble residing in St. ’Peters burg has addressed the following Idfter to an •• eminent foreigner” now in New-Or leans. It is published, as literally trans lated from the German, in which it was written, in the i?ce of that city. The Bee assures us that ; it * may he regarded a*en tirely authentic .” 3 o the attention of those of our readers< who think our sympathies have been too de cidedly expressed on the side of Russia, in her contest with France aud England, we desire to commend in the strongest term, the dying words of the late Czar—a sover eign whom our country, at least, never knew but in the character of a friend. It ‘is long since we published a document of more’iriterest than that which follows : St. ‘Petersburg. Feb. 1855. Before my letter reaches you, you will probably have received intelligence of a lossf that Will spread a gloomy veil over all*Rus.; sia; foi the death df Sutfh a man is h blow that not only strikes his own country, but resounds from the shores of the whole world, In my last letter I did not dare openly to declare what we were expecting from day to day, for we were unw’illing to accustom our hearts to an idea which our minds were-incapable of conceiving. The last days df ourdEfare a whole century : in the history of Russia, and will never forgotten by those who witnessed them.— Do not imagine that he was exasperated with his sues. Quite the contrary J Im partial y, like a prophet, he gazed upon the present situation of the different European powers and predicted the future W it’ll the accuracy of one who looks far beyond the present. “England,'’ said he, “has reached her culminating point either for life or death.-- There is no middle path for her to pursue. One thing alone may Rave her, and that is a free’cnnfession, not only by ihe govern ment, hut by the whole aristocracy, made to the people, that they have been absurd from first to last, that the Crown is unable any longer to maintain fts power, and that the people most rise and unite together as one man, to sYve the honor and preserve the independence of the country. A candid acknowledgment of the truth may even now save England, if her corrupt aristocra cy can he brought to the stool of confession. France, on the contrary, can maintain her self only by falsehood and deception.” “ The Emperor may proclaim to his sub jects that he governs and influences the af fairs of all Europe, that not a shot can he fired without his permission, aud that France is the power of F.urope ; hut a siu-i gle shock, one speech of a demagogue may ovet throw him, and darken the star of Na. poleon forever. I have offered dim ray hand, the hand of reconciliation, but he has refus ed if. He wishes to avenge Moscow upon me* sand St Helena upon England. Short sighted man* Who seeks to aVcoge the sins’ of the fathers upon the children? As for Germany, Austria ail'd Prussia-, they Would out now exist* if I had not saved them, when they crouched at ‘my feet six years ago, they think to strengthen themselves in the mighty struggle between the other na tions of Europe. But they never have been and never will be more than seconda ry powers, satraps holding authority by the clemency of my House or,by permission of the Western Powers. Yet one consolation is left to me in the midst of all this ingrati tude and villany, and that is the silent sym pathy of that high-hearted people tin the other side of the Alautic, the only hearts iu which I hear au echo of my struggles a gainst umied Europe. Never have I for gotten the smallest kindness shown to me by the least of my subjects, let my children never forget what we owe to America, and if ever au hour of danger darkens around the Union, let her find a faithful ally in my family.” These words may he ofiiltcMest to you, my friend, became you are notV living amongst the Americans ; and I mention them know ing that your sympathies have bound you to a foreign laud nearly half a century;— One learns to recognize his true friends in (he hour of danger, aud you may icly upon it, that as long as a Romanoff sits on Rus sia’s throne, the American 6tales will nev er need a frieud. The above, says the Bee, is a faithful and almost litteral translation from tho let ter which is written in German, by one of the uoble® of Courland, residing iu St. P tersliurg From she source whe ore We're ceived ii toe have 1 no hesitation in guarantee ing its authenticity■ ; Ds published 1 by authority of Ihe Convention. Term*—sl,so Per An mini* (C?“No paper wr ll be bent unless ihe cash accompanies the order. Hamilton, April 35, 1 £55. TcT MrTSfICES? ~ 1 ’ Qoes. Ist. When the’perfect sth is taken up, or founded promiscuously ‘upon any number or sound in the octave, does it con ’vey as smooth and pleasant -■a sound as when founded on Ihe Tonic’*? An*. They a re - nut altogether ; as perfect in any other position as the Tonic and Do minant, from the fact, that the voice does not act on them with the sstrte ease and solidity, hence-tbe'coucordance not so full andUm Id. ! Q.2d. Why does not'the tortic and a sth below,’when Bounded together, convey as smooth and. pleasant r sound, as when fouuded on the Tonic? A. Because the voice comes in contact with a sound'whicb is not so susceptible of pressure on the sth below the Tonic; and also. it appeal* *to more'fully - recognise a Key below. an|d hears Its relation to said key, to which jt becomes a ‘4th. Q. 3d. Does the ’tonic and 4th a'hove, whensounded together, sound as Smooth es the tonic and 4ih beloW ? If not, ‘why so, wlien the interval is thename? A. It does net. because the voice par ticipktes in some proportion on the 4th he low. in the Character df n dominant sound. Q~-4. la ihq seventh sound ib the octave the sub,tonic or leading note'? sth. What is the next sound after the key called, in minor music ? A. In the major mode, the 7th sound is the leading note. The 7th sound in minor music is the sub-tonic, The 2d sound in minor music is the leading note. The 2d sound inTnajor ‘music the super-tonic. Q. 6th. Whrit reaTlo£ical right have we to call the Bih soUnd ’in ‘lhe Scale ihe sub mediant 5 ? , A. Because of its being a -desedhding 3 from the -octave, and midway between rhe sub-dominant ; and Ihe Octave. Ills a sub because it hns ho position in fbe'scale ‘with out relying cin foutkHttlon. Miss ALBtA~-Your questions aYe before us and one a very difficult’ character to answer, from the fact, that several of the questions have a bearing on she same an swer ; in answering one we might respond to several*in,the same words, (or nearly the’ same,’) Rut We offer you something in the. shape of fc’n tfns'wer-: Ques. Is . What Is the Yule for’com’men cing a pieerfof music ? Ans. Station your key. jour artifice, and your relatives. Q. 2d. What is rule for controlling through the progress of a piece? A. The strength of the key is consulted ‘in coiirfoUlng together with the ‘mediant and dbminrnt sounds, and especially guided by the s’ti'sngrh and measurement of the Foe t ry. Q. 3d. Vtfhatls the rule In drawing, and that of closing a rune, or ending one? A. Enrr drawing a tune, first arrange five parallel lines about one-sigteentli of an inch apart, the length of your tune, and when yo’u get to the last eftd Os your tune, insert tw'o strong btifs, —and It is usual to let the last note on the Bass rest on the key sound, preceded by the dominant. Q. 4th. What governs ifi selecting time or mode foi a piece ? The spirit of the ’Air and the accent g‘ov erhs time. The structure of the air. in obe dience to the poetry, governs the mode. Q. sth. What is the object fn view in composing mU'sict A. That God may be praised in the strength of ihe union of sounds,—the heart of man enchanted, and his attention to the subject induced by the powers of harmohy. Fort Gaines Academt LotterV.—By au adVerlis'emeut in to-day’s paper, it will he schn that Samhel Swan, Manager of the Southern Military Academy Lottery; has accepted from the Crtmmissioners the agen cy of the Fprt Haines Acadehiy Lottery, and established the principal office ill Atlab ta ; he intends conducting the Lottefy On the same plan as that of the Montgomery Lottery. The first drawing will take place on the 24th of May, Vrheti prizes to the a raount of sixty thousand dollars will be dis tributed. The Empire Statls. We learn from the Anie lcati Uomn that there is to be a new paper started in that plaice, on the first of May neit, under-the above title. It will be Dethocratlfe fiitts principles ; A. A. Galjld ing, Editor aud Proprietor. Success attetid him. The Weather dry, wells auil springs failing. general Intelligence • i£From the New'York‘Herald.] NEWS‘FROM CUBA. By the arrival of the steamship United States, we have dates fiom Havana to the 3d of April. The f United States left’Mobile bay on the 30tb of March, with a full cargo of cotton, and after a Short and rough pas sage of tWo days, anchored on Sunday, Agrtl’l. in she ; harbor of Havana,’whereshe remained until 5 45 # P. M.. Tuesday. On leaving she passed between two Spanish ships Yf'war, ihe ! Francisco ; Deacis and The ‘General Ldzo, ■vfhii'h were anchored close together. The box of the'United States struck the end of the spanker hn<-m of the Francisco, and broke it-off. She ar rived Ass Sandy Hook owSaturday evening after a passage of three days and twenty three hours from Havana, the’quickest on record. She was detained twelve hears at Sandy Book so of a pilot. Tb e’tnost tnipoi'tatit news from Havana is the execution of ’Estrampes, as'before given in the Herald ‘He was*garrdte<l on Saturday morning, the ; 3lsr of March. *He died bravely “while sCated'upon the gai rote stool, and before the fatal screw wasapplied he exclaitued—“ ; Deaih to rhe tyrants— Long life to liberty ! ’—when the dedfeniug noise of she drams nihere'd him into etern ity. Several other prisoners are in the Moro, aud it is feared they ‘will suffer the same fate. We are indebted fdr lat&’papers. to ‘Mr. Perkins, the purser’df the Uniti and Stales. Ooeof the passengers writes as folidWs, on the state of affairs in'Havana : During my slay in Havana, I Tdund gloom, and terror and despair depicted on th'e'Cduutenam es of all l met. ‘On inquir ing I learned that one of Ihe chief’eauses of so much evident de.-pair was ’fa ‘conse quence of the cruel mariner in'Which Pinto was put to death. His’crime’was solely of a political nature, for “w hich this Hunch es teemed naau, affectionate husband and kiiid father was sent property levied upon, and his wife and’nine helpless children left and dependa-nt'iipOn the cold Charity of strangers—arndng whom, 1 am informed, she. with her little ones, in tend taking up their future abode, Previ ous to the niiirder of Pinto, Concha was considered, even by his enemies, chivalrous, brave, noble and generous-; hut now,■•■-poor soul,’ he has belied truth, betrayed'eodfi dence, silenced conscience, and is cOhsider ed, even by the Catalans, destitute of dve'ry generous attribute that ennoblcs nian. This last atrocious act adds thunder to the dark cloud that is apparently gathering over the destinies of Cuba, which must, on some'fu ture day. burst forth and wreak its ven ge;Wce rin those who now have ihe power to destro’y. /\ Passenger. sTaVe r y Not to be kdiaLisi ied •IN CUBA. Corrdcl Text nf Hen or LiteuriagaV Speech in she ‘Corrcs ‘in He'plv to General Serrano. Translated fro'fn she -Gazette de Madrid, for the New YdVk fterald. Her Mwjestj’s government ! has rt’ceivrii official news that a conspiracy ha's been dis covered in the Island ol Cuba, w hich, if it Hiadffroken out.’might have been attended’ wish serious consequences, but hich has fortunately been detected iu time. The government has the safitffacii'on of being aide to-jgive the t epufies Rod she country the aWr dee of the great ‘confute tide which it feels that this conspiracy kvHl Ife Suppress ed a'nd rhat'public tranquility'will'conffnu’e to be completely? secured. The government entertains tins Hvell founded confidence because, in addition'to the’fidelity, tlte eiiefrgy and the intelligence of rhe authorities Who represent it in that Country, it counts on an army iitraieYous. faithful, brave and decided, to % aft) tain she integrity of oor territory. It depends, nioreoVe'r, On the sentiment of of the population in general, and on the energy of a great part of that population w hich is de cided to sacrificeieVen life itself, if necessa ry, to maintain our territorial integrity. Gentlemen, for this reason the goVertri. ment thinks it its duty to make an appeal so your patriotism. The Deputies ghOuld neV’er lotfe sight of the fact that in all ques tions “having reference to the island Os Cu ba, there is a secret Spring of action, Which we all pretend to ignore, of which We Vnay be eventually the iUnocent instruments, Uud •which necessitates good ‘d’eal of circum spection an'd reserve when questions con nected w ith the island are under discussioU. This cause, which may give rise to sOme ankiety, is the idea which has fermented in some restlesshimcfSof a combination leS ding to annex Cuba to a Neighboring Estate. This tendency woUld not he daOgerous if it were not associated with ahother idea With Ih'e Potion of annexing Cuba to the Uutted States isO’onuecied that of acquiring by this means the certainty of preserving slavery in the Island or Cuba. We must nttt lose sight of ihese considerations, nor of the fafct that territorial property and agri cultural property, which form the sole anti great wealth of this island, depend ob the preservation of slavery ; and that conse quently as soon as this principle is in dan ger, property becomes alarmed and all pro perty holders feel impelled to go where they find this principle guaranteed. Gentlemen, when we Speak of slaVery our feelings of philanthropy are naturally aroused, as well as other considerations in separable from that idea. But We must keep one thing present to obr mind&. and that is that the Island bf Cuba Cannot cease to beau integral part of the Spanish terri tory. but by one of tWo means: emancipa tion which would be the cbmplete extermi nation of the white rabe, that is to say, of all Spaniards and natives of the island Who oWe their origin to Europe, or the combina tion which would annex Cuba to the United States, and by this means the enemies of slavery would not obtain its extinction, Gentlemen, the government is firmly de cided to maintain the treaties which forbid the .slave trade, to execute them faithfulfr and with sitleerity: and I can give the as", surartce that they are'vigoroiisly executed, and'will continue to be so. ‘But. at the same time, the government of lidr lllajesty entertattislhe profound Yonviction lhai 1. very is a necessity aiid an indispensable coo dition to the ‘maintenance of the territorial property of the island of Cuba, and it f h{?s deemed it right to anifeipate the opinions'of the Deputies by giving to the Creoles dtid to the proprietors df /he island of Culia iH assurance that no one has an idea of tdudb (iog that principle. I thit/k, gentlemen, tho I have replied to the jtr'it solidiiude of t | lfc Deputj who fas addressed to’me this inier pellation. as well as that of Wu a f|. 1 conclude by repeating that vou have reason to be tranquil. Government has :,! ihe'moral and material force nccessan to preserve the island: for greater srcurjtv it is About'to send reinforcements there. Ti e ‘firit detachment will depart by ’the next mail-steamer and the others will follow ought to say in addition, that the danger-'of this fconspiracy Would he found aggravated by the coincidence of a piratical expedition which had been prepared in ci njunct o, *w.lh it. -Every thing leads to the conch, sion that that-dxpedit'ion has been defeawe ‘•Butsupposing'this not to be the case ihe authorities of Cuba have collected all'ti e means necessaryto annihilate it if it Pll „ foot on the island. J think I haves,',, in the ndme'Uf the government to re-assure the Chan her on this subject The Chamber adopted on the moment a proposition of M. Olezaga conceived i„ ,|, e ‘following terms: I call upon the Cortes to declare th„t ihe s midst of the grdve dvenls taking P | ap ,. id Iheisland'ofCuba, it has heard with h Wo4rcdmplate satisfactidn the explanatio, s that have jitet’been given by her majesiv’s grfveritment. Signed , SALUSTIANOtoE OLdGAfcA Palace of the Cortes, March fB, J 855. *^A"***w A’FTAfR s tfF TfIfE®LAOK WkRR UM [From the-Taris Sieele, March fg'l The news is fully Yon'fi, mcd'that fht ‘af fair of the‘Black *Wafrlor has bedn rirr,dg. ed in a'ftianner satisfactory to the ! UnVc< States. Mr. A-UgustUs Dodge, son. CrU a Senator, has been chosen b\ the goVdVir medt'of the Uuidn, to represent it at YKt Court We are assured that VY Dodge'has aYcYpied'these ‘important ‘fu,', lions. ‘Orders have been despatched ! |,\ the‘Amcricftn Secretary of the Navy to -N. York, Boston, and New ‘Orleans, to ge'dd immediately to erntneut Stedmers in those ‘ports. Tftete vessels have ofdCFsio arrest the Amerfc;'n expedition whi.ii i v s abriut'fo attempt laml'ii.t on the Island df ? Cuba. The steHinsfifo > ('onde de Regia, will leave Cadiz tin tVe IBth. for ‘tff Ma rine artillery; leg.V destination 1 1 ap tm>re ■ the heßrdecis fate , f a j| loiv it inbNck pretty well aserTtain<d. 3'he audit'or of Scar, whose assent to the sentence of a c'af - ital punishment ’is demanded by the law's and rhe island positively refused to sign the \va. rut, on the grotnid that no sufficient oat‘e bad bVen Mnade o’ut against Pinto. Ti i chief,,if not the sole witness, was a vii'i wretch who h’ad been previously cobdib.n'- ed for fefoilies and pardoned, a. and beca, e now the tool o's the Captain General, in hfoody purpose against his former friend and Sectetary. The refusal of the Auditor ot W ar seemed'only to have excited UoYr ch'a the more, Ru’d contrary to all laW,pr*e edent or hu'manity, he instituted an arbitrarS court ol four, which should revise and ovei - rule this decision. But, so flagrant was the wrotsg. that even this court was equalh rii viefed. when Coucha, bent on the life lit ‘ i victiYn, aud Incensed at the protection which law and irercy threw aroUnd hib ; decided the question himself, and ordered Ffituo’s ex'ei utic'n in m enty hours. He me his fate caimly and bravely, protestiujg his innocence with his dying breath. Such are briefly the facts of tl L foul murder. It is asserted, and not witholit plausible -justification, that Pinto, in his relations as secretary o! Concha, Was possessed of eVi deuce going to show that Concha himself had meditated frea&on against Ih'e Spanish govommeut, and the establishment bf a dic tatorship over Giiba. To Concha’s guilty soul,lie jvfls therefore a conlinlral. dread.— Hence the resort to such proceedings against him, auo’ fiendish malignity with which he pursued him to bis death. He was determ ined to rid himself of the w itnesses to his crime at all hazards, and without regard td lab? or light. It is not for us to meddle With thb deafr jngs of other governments ivith their sub jects, Still less do w© advertise ourselves as the champions of the oppressed iu all quarters of the globe. It is enough if we protect our own soil from tyranny and cru elty. But there are acts which strike a chord bfcotrthou sympathy—acts so lumin ous in their enormity and their outrages up on humabity, that we would indeed be un worthy of the barae of men, if we passed them by unnoticed. Such was the murder of Mauuel Pinto, Aud a people among fahom such things cau be done. Openly and With impunity, are entitled to the sympathy cl - every brave apd generous heart. It is unfortunate for Spain, that hef’officinl dares so to act, at this time, when all over the country the fate of Cuba is f-eg arded with still deepening interest—when the Govern-t ment is compelled to practice the sternest vigilance to prevent the attempts of cold ad venturers—iv hen our relations with Spain iu regard to this very I&laut’ have become