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Foreign.' private corre9fiondcnce, communicated for the A'ational Intelligencer . ClUtt ALTAR, JAN. ?5. " A dispatch boat arrived here last night from Cadiz, stating that the force of the Revolutionists at the Isla, or San Fernando, about 8 miles' from Cadiz, liad increased their numbers materially, and that an attack u|K>n that city was hourly contemplated, The Revolutionists have taken |H>ssession of the arsenal, containing all the stores for the ex-. ])editiou to South America, and fbey , have also part of the fleet in their power. There appears now but one opinion here as to the result of the undertaking, and that in a few days they will have proceeded so far as to render further exertions on the part of Ferdinand useless. Accounts now from all parts of Spain, speak ing of revolts and open declarations against the present government con firm the belief that was first enter tained, that the attempt wras to be general ; but, owing to some move ment of troops (unexpected) it broke out near Cadiz rather prematurely. " fejir John Douney, commandant at Seville, writes here that he does not believeTthe discontented trbops near Cadiz \xceed 8000, but chat they are effecti\e.,JSome say 15,000; / at any rate, thus far all- the troops that have been marched against them ? have joined in t*euterprize. There aeem but little doubt now but that there is an understanding between the commander at Cadiz and the Re volutionists, and that when the at tack is made the city will immediate ly open iU gates and receive them.? The man who has thus far signed the proclamations, &c. on the part of the Revolutionist^. is a Colonel Antonio Quirqga ? bul it is said that a Count O'Riley is at the head of the whole. He was implicated in the last revolt, and is said to be a man possessing a proper capacity to cond uct tt$whole. - , ' ? I have ooly time to add that the vessel by which I write sails imme- ! diate!yr which must account for n?y. haste." PHILADELPHIA, MARCH, 27. Latent froth Gibraltar . To the politeness of a passenger in the fine ?Mp Hope, arrived last evening, in 88 days from Qibraltar, the editors of the Freeman'a Journal are indebted for the following news JV6m Spain, being several day later 1 than by the ?hip Henry, at Ncw ? York. ' \ Jaeut Weaver had gone to Ma* drid, and expected to join the Frank lin, with Mr. Forsyth's dispatches for governmeut. The affairs of 8pain werein a ve ^ry unsettled state. From the gene ral accounts received at Gibraltar^ much disctinteut prevailed through* out llie kingdom. ' The main body of the Patriot, or Constitutional Army, consisting of from 18 to 10^000 men. still held their position before Cadiz, and are well appointed and fupptied with ?very thing necessary? in good dis cipline, and moderate in Iheir jwe teusions. No force had marched to oppose them j and k was thought they would finally get possession of Cadiz with little opposition, as the city was supposed friendljr to their views. f , JL detachment of 8000 men . had marched (without any opposition from Cadiz) and taken possession of Algesiras, opposite Gibraltar, about the beaming of February. Bom* of the King's money, and the military stores fell into their hands. No ex cesses of any kind were committed. r The Constitution was read, and af ter remaining in quiet possession a few days, they moved off, and it was supposed they had returned to wards Cadiz ; Uu the next aocowita ? laced them on their way to Str toque, a few miles distant from and in sight of Algesiras. During ihe occupation of Algesiras, a fri gate and a brig from Cadiz, ? contin ued to cruize off, it being declared i* 9 state of blockade. General O'Donnell, the governor and coromaiuler of the King's force* of Algesiras, #n the approach of the other partr, retired from that place to St. lldtyue, which be held during their stay at Algesiras; aiui wheu the Constitutional Army drew near St. Koque, they found that Geueral O' Donnell had left the way porfect ]y dear for theni. Having retained possession of St. Roque -a day or two, they took up their line of march for Malaga ; and accounts had reach red Gibraltar the day the Hope sailed, of their hav ing entered that city with out opposition. BALTIMORE, MAUCH 30. LATEST 1 ROM SOUTH AMERICA. Extract of a tetter dated . Buenos jfyre8 , Jan . 4, 1820. -J A OSili mail is just arrived, which brings the pleasing news of Lord C OCHIIAjN E'S having destroyed the three Spanish ships of war , which ^proceeded from Cadiz in May for Lima . J?uclosed you have the Gazette account of the first essay, which proved so unfortunate ? and I am sorry to inform you, that in au action, between *he vessels -of this Government and those of the Mon teneros and Artigas. your friend Don Angel llubac had both his limbs shot away, and lias since died. ' ^ttre action was severe on both sides, ' it took place off San Nicholas, The British Admiral, Sir mas Hardy , is now hero with a a squadron of ten ships-^- viz. 2 of the line, 6 frigates aud 2 sloops. What it all means, God knows. The 74's are at Montevideo. .< w Domestic . ^ ! / i- H Iffy NEW-YOllK, MARCH $7. I I attempt to rob the JfaiL T^For a few days past, a man who j evils pis name Smith, has bean : at- I tempting to seduce tho driver -of the | eastern mail, stage into a conspiracy I to irob the mail. The driver having I acted with great discretion on the oc- 1 casion, W been t^e means of arrest- I itig the man, and frustrated Ids wick- I ed indentions. He pretended Ui\ Smifh that he would aid m the rob- J bery and share with him the plunder, 1 in the mean time, he informed jBen. I lJailejr of the circumstanc^ who I took measures accordingly., Yegter- 1 day (Sunday) morning, beini the I time agreed upon, the robber took I his station on- the front seat of the I coach, with the driver, as they start- 1 ed frcrni East Chester; He, *pon I opened the mail^vwth a false Jtey,| and took out several packages; when, } on a signal from the driver the gen- 1 ilempn inside tlie coach. Mr. Cur- 1 lis, a police officer* and Mr. Wiley I of the post office, immediately secu- I red htm. The villain is safe in I Bridewell. It was his intention to have opened the . mail occasioi?i))y I with his false key, and take otic a I few packages, then to close H? so I that no clue could hfrve Keen had to I the mahuer of the robberies; and sua- 1 picion would have fixed upon the! post masters. * - BALTIMORE, If ARCH 18. MAIL HOBBKRY. ' I Tlie Eastern Mail due on 8fttur<> 1 day morning, not arriving in doe I seasoo, excited considerable anxiety, I and ajl 9 o'clock was generally ap-.| prehended it had beeii robbed ? this I apprehension was confirmed by half I past nine, and in twenty minutes af- I ter, wo ilsued an ?xtr?, announ- 1 ckig^tlifi occurrence, and suggesting 4 reaoktfolly to all our fellow citizens, I wm had horses* to repair to moan* 1 ment square, and iorm themselves I into detainments to scour tho coun- I try in pursuit ?if tho robbers. A number of gentlemen immedi- I ately mounted their horses proceed* I ed through the adjacent country. I At an earlier hour Mr. Stokes, thol partner of Mr. Stockton, the mail I contractor, proceeded with two others I cui the Philadelphia road? the hor sea of the mail carriage were found ) about three allies from town, tied in I the woods. Mr. Stokes prafetoded I on in search of tho mail ami carriage, I and endeavored to ascertain its track; | i len^li Mr. Si? kfs. nbou(\B miles from this cit^ *bM rvcd some pushes anil other obstructions in thejroad. and said to his compauiuQpj^' here tilts caiiiage lias hern stopped" ? ihc party upon examining the road, tra ced tlie impression of t) e wheel, w4iich led them a!>out one hundred yards from tlie road, wheie, they found the mail, cut opjn, letters on (lie ground, and the carriage ? bul dreadful to relate? the Driver, a most worthy roan, who has always, during the short time Jie has been' in our country, sustained a good character, most inhumanly mnrder ed. ? li appeared to Mr. 8lokes thai he had "been first tied to trees with the .reins of tlie horse#? the one which is supposed to have tied his lift arm to 4 tree appeared U> have been cut ? his right arm was found tied to a tree about two feet from him, & his head reclined between two sap 1> lings- -his body ou the ground? on examining his body there appeared a wound from a small pistol, fired close to' the centre of. his breast, as the wadding burnt his clothes, and two stabs from a dirk in the left breast, ill tlie region of the heart, * : %>e have the satisfaction to State to our readers that through the uu ceasing vigilance, of Mr. Thomas Ross at this city, the robbers w en delected last evening and committer to gaol. One of them is named Perry JIutlon , formerly employed and well known in this city as driver ? of the mail and public stages. He had lately broke gaol at .Richmond, where lie had been convicted of kid napping. This circumstance being know it to;Mr*.Ros8, he arrested him and his companion, a Dr. Hull, and on examining their persons at the gaol nearly six thousand dollars ' were found 00 Hull and about two hundred dollars on Hudson, all in bank' and post notes. The latter, on bein** accused with ilie murder of the driver, betrayed evkleut signs of guilt. Mr. Ross found on (hem two keys similar to each other, with whif.ii he jwoceeded to their hoarding house, and in a trunk used by both he fouud about ten thousand five hundred dol ls rain rvioat bunk and |)ost notes. The Whole amount of mjincyre. - ewe red is about sixteen liioutavd ! five hundrtd dollar e, a considerable part of wImcA is half-notes. Hutton and Hull werp examined yesterday morning, at the gaol before the Judges of Ihe District and City Courts, the Post .Master, and a number of respectable citizens. No|liiug however, has fallen from them as to the murder, each preserv ,ng a determined silence when any 'question of consequence was asked. ^Several other |>ersoos have been taton Up on suspicion, but the crime Ana for, appears to. be cot^fined to Ut? two aliove mentioned. MARCH 80. Tlie Mail ttobbers, HUTTON & HULL, confined in out jail, have made a confession. Tiiey state that no other person was connected With them. Hull shst the driver, and Udion slabbed him. All the mo ney taken from the mail has been re covered as they had not Spent one dollar of it. \ tt'AfeHING'JON, MAHCH 88. ',ttr. with Spain. ? I he following important Message was yesterday transmitted to- both houses of Congress, by the President of the United States : To the i&u?e qf Representatives of ths United States. 1 transmit to Congtess an extract ol a letter flfem the Minister Pleni potentiary of the United States at St* Petersburgh, of tlie 1st of Nov. last, .on tlie subject of our relations with Spain, indicating the sentiments of tlie Km per or of Russia respect ing ihe nou- ratification, by hi* Catho lic Majesty, of the treaty lately con cluded between tlie United States anil tSpaoi, sod tlie strong interest which his Imperial Majesty takes hi promoting yi? ratification of that treaty* Of this friendly disposition, the most satisfactory assurance has been *inp gi?en dirrctly to I his gov ^rument, I'V the Minister uf ilus^iu residing here. . 1 transmit also to ('oni^e** an ex tract of a letter from the Minister Plenipotentiary (if the United Slates at Madrid, of a later date than those heretofore communicated, by* which it appears, that, at the instance of the Charge des Affairs of the Em peror of Russia, a new pledge had been given hy the Spanish gov ernment, that the Minister who had, heen lately appointed to the United States should set out on his mission, without delay, with full power to settle all differences in a manner sat isfactory to the parties. ? I have further to state, that the governments of F ranee and Cieat Britain continue to manifesto he senti ments heretofore commuuicaled, res pecting the uou- ratification of the treaty hy Spain, and to interpose their good offices to promote its ra tification. It is proper to add, that the gov. ernmentsof France and Russia have exjiresscd an earnest desire that the United States would take no step, for the present, on the principle of reprisal, which might possibly tend to disturb the peace between the Uniled States and Spain. ..There good cause to presume, from tfoftle licate manner in which this senti ment has been con ve veil, that it is founded in a belief, nl well as a de sire^thHCour just objects may be ac. complished without tins hazard of such an extremity. On foil consideration of all these circumstances, 1 have thought jt my, duty to submit to Congress, whetl.er it- will not be desirable to postpone a . decision, on the questions now de pending with Spain, until the next session. The diotrefb of that nation at this juncture affords a. motive for this forbearance, which cannot fail k> be duly appreciated. Under such circumstances; the attention of the Spanish government may be diverted from its foreign concerns, and the arrival of**a minister here be longer delayed, i am the more imluceirto suggest this course of proceeding, from a knowledge that, while we shall thereby make a just return to if# powerj whose good offices have been acknowledged, and increase, % a new and signal proof of moder ation^ our claims on Spain, our atti- ' tnde in regard to her will not be less favorable at the next session than it is ai present. * ,1. JAMES M<$*UO& W ashington, March 27, 1820. RA LEIGH f MARCH 81. new Mail Route. ? We lean* that Mr. Farrish of Fredericksburg and Mr. John Moring, of Chatham# in this State, have conlracteil%with the Postmaster 43eneral to run a weekly Mail- Stags from Fredericks* burg to Salisbury, thnKigh Milton; The contract is expected to be shorty \y in opcratioo. W FAVETTEVIbi^ .IUOICH 80. Tftie Bridge across the Cape Fear at this placc# we understand, will lie in a condition to admit the passage of carriages on Thursday next tht> 5th ofApri); an era of ne small note iu the historjr of North?Carolina. . CHARLESTON, .MARCH 28. ?Accident ? A small v Canoe, on board of which were utte Negro Man and woman, with three children, was upset hy a flaw of wiod?4u Wando liiver, on Sunday night week ; when all, except one of tho ft iris, were drowned ? She clung io ; the bottom of the canoe, tntil it drifted to the shore. ? The fellow, a very valuable slave, was4he pro|>eiv ty of Mr. J*mes Grkgorv; the others belonged to Mr. AL.KXAfcDrfl England. fir *gJ fix plosion. ? An accident, which had nearly terminated fatally to the party immediately concerned, occur red in this city yesterday morning, between 7 andjl o'clock. A French man named John, by trade a shoe tffeker, residing ^ln C^ueen- Street, iear the cotner of (church- Street, nad a quantity off damaged gnnpo%