French Occupation Of Spai...
ve have frequently had occasion to notiec the imnpediments to English colllmlerce resulting from the occupation of Cadiz by the French, wilo, it seems, not only ht1l1 milit-arv possession, but con. duct the whole civil administration of that city. The letters received yesterday from Cadiz, which are dated the 2f,th ult., furnish the particulars of another case, execssively injurious and vexatious to those concerned, and, if meant to be adopted as a general rule et contuct, likely to interpose a serious obstacle to the commercial in. tereanirse with the bost port of trade in Spain. The Wiliam, an English vessel, wMas chartered a few weeks back, by a nmrcantile establishment in Glocester, to preceetI to Oporto for a Part cargo of the wine of that cisttrict, with instructions to complete the freitht by taking in Spanish wioes at Cadiz. At Opsrto the order was fultilled: but on entering the bay of Cadiz to obtairn the remiainder of the cargo, the vessel was visited by an officer from the Board of Health. and the macter iniformed that he would not be perrritted to et ter either to take in or to unload freighlt, inasntuch as it had been re- ported that an infectious fever had broken out in d1ifferent pLrts ot' Portugal. It was in vain the Captain protested that this was not the case, the orders of' the of0icer were per- emptory, and hle refused to refer any statement on the sub- ject to his superiors. It is well-known that Portu?al is a remsark. ably healthy country, and no intelligence has been receivedi in Enr- land of the brealting out of an infectious disorder in any part of it. The Captain of the MiMaet, fin2ding his personal representations unattended to, appealed to the British Consal, to whom he statedl his case, and a correspondencA! took place betwye"n the Consul and the Boarti of Health on the subject, (which the owners will probably lay before thc English Secretazy lbr Foreign, Aff:irs), bht without arn" cffect. Tbe Board of Healtlh, whicls is understood to be completely under irench influence, not only distuissed tihe cordnlaint, btut re- fusedl to allow th. W illium to perform quarnLtine, iandi sent a per. etrptory order for the vesiel to quit the bay, whichi she accor;d. ingly did, andl is now on hier voyage home. deficient of thie required 2rcighit. FR}NCH OCtCUPATION OF SPAIN.