British Claims On Spain.
'I' THE BD)ITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,-My attention having been drawn to the observa- tions wvlich appeared in your paper a few days ago-on the subject of the Mixed Commission now sitting in London for the settlement of clains on the Spanich Government, under the convenitioni of the 12tlh of Marchl, 1823,. I think it right (having ha(l considelerable business-to transact with the Commission) to statc, that grievous as lhave been the delays, ard greatly as the injuries of the numerous claim- ants has been aggravated thereby, they are in no degree to he attributed either to the want of ability, industry, o_ at- temition of the gentlernen composing the-British part of the Commnission, whlo have co:istantly evinced the mnost?lnxions zeal in the discharge of their important duties; and such, I am satisfied, is the sentiment of every claimnant wvho has transacteLl business with them. In thus justifying these gentlemen, I wish td be nnder. stood as not throwing blame on the Spanish Commissioners, who, no doubt, have acted in conformity with the instrucm tions they have received. Tlhat twelve months have elapsed without (I believe) a single claim having been adnmitted, and( that, at the rate thc Commi sion has hitherto lproceedeti, it will require many years to finish the business of examininlg the claims (amouulmtin to some hundreds), are, however, indispuraMle trutlhs; and 'were it not that the claimaints indulge tlme hope, from the character of Mr. Zea Bermudez, w o has recently been selected as Primne AMinister to His Catho. iic Majesty, that the Spanish C(ommissioners will be authorized and instructed to puriue a very diffrent sys- tem, the British claimants wvould feel that tJheir bcst course would be to submit to ilieir losses without further effort. I am. &c2. AN. AGENT FOR BRITISll CLAD13S. Oct. G. BRITISH CLAIMS ON SPA77.