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Although. the US. might proclaim a free pardon to all, but those who have fled for debt (who form no inconsiderable part of the whole) yet the whole except a few americans who are not subjects would not Hazzrd any Thing for a change, these are at least my Ideas on the subject. On the Death of Governor White, the then Commandant assumed the reigns of Government. Pro term, his name I cannot recollect-- some time previous to Whites Death (perhaps before Bonaparte Kidnapped Charles 4th) he bequeathed to the King of Spain 60.000 dollars which he had accumulated in his Service, he however Just before his Death, by way of Codicil willed his Cash to his relations after directing some Legacies to be paid, alledging, that there was no King of Spain; The present authority have declared white in a State of insanity when he denied the existence of a King, and have disregared the the codicil, Seized upon the money, and appropriated it to Government uses (not forgetting themselves I dare say.) and have given the Legatees an order on the Cortes of Spain for their dividend The Captain General of Cuba has recently sent to the province as a quietous 20.000 $ in Doubloons, which he orders shall pass for $17 each. --Situation of the fort at St Augustine, and the Effective strength of the province from the best information, The Fort has received no repairs for a Considerable length of time, Its Guns have not been fired