Alexandria Gazette & Advertiser

HAVANA POLITICS.

The following letter from a highly respectable and intelligent friend, will inform our readers, in summary, of the political sentiments now disseminated in this most wealthy and important Spanish Province.

"Havana, Nov. 23, 1822.—We assure you, it will always afford us a great pleasure to be able to furnish the City Gazette with information worthy to find a place in it; particularly upon subjects, which, although our journals treat, they often discolour the truth through party feelings. Nevertheless, the several papers published here, (forwarded by this opportunity,) may give some idea of the state of our politics.

A denunciation was lodged with the governor a few days ago, of a conspiracy being formed by some natives to proclaim the Independence of the Island of Cuba! But Col. Kinderland treated it with contempt, because it appeared to be without foundation. The rumor of this conspiracy, however, caused at first some alarm, but that has disappeared.

Our elections for deputies to the Cortes of Spain, will begin on the 1st of next month, and a spirit of rivalry between the natives and the Europeans already manifests itself: nevertheless, the better class of either party, linked by the strong ties of interest, of self preservation, of old habit, and I may add of mutual respect, form a compact mass, not easily to be shaken.

The news of the conspiracy which has just been discovered and stifled at Porto Rico, has awakened the attention of all the whites of both parties, and taught them what course they must adopt, to preserve their lives and property. We are confident, that as long as the Constitution sways in Spain, we run no risk of losing our tranquility, or of disturbing the existing order of things.

The only circumstance that annoys us, is the swarm of pirates that infest our coasts, which, if not checked, will cut up all our trade. Ere this, you will have received the news of the loss of capt. Allen, of the Alligator. We hope sincerely, his fate will cause an increased activity in the measures of your government, for destroying effectually these freebooters. The government of Cuba is undoubtedly to be blamed, for its lachesse and apathy in this respect. But circumstances have given the United States the power to benefit the commercial world in a more ample degree. The contemplation of the disorders that spring from these continued piracies, bewilders every thinking mind, and we anxiously expect a bold and decisive stroke from the American Navy."