{"newspaper_name": "The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register.", "edition": "01", "page": "p2", "byline": ""}
os c,ha and Porto Rico are to be occupied,
like Cadiz, with the troops Of the former ma
lion Of IL. 900 French soldiers now in the
W.. Ind;es 5000 are to be drafted for Cuba,
and Aooo for Porto II leo; and the garrisons
now now occupying these. places are to be dis. dis
handed and sent to Spain, or to some other
station, A French,nan has been appointed
n succeed General Wives in the government
of Cuba. which, with Porto Rico, IS to be
held by the French, until the alarm arising
from revolutionary principles, and from the
fear of invasion, has completely subsidized.
Whether Great Britain will permit this ar
ranrement to be carried into effect, remains
to be- seen. She has from l7,000 to $1,000
troops in her West India Islands and pow.
erful naval force. equal at least to that OF
France and Spain. 1t is scarcely possible
that so great European force can continue
long OH this station, without coming N con
tact with each other; and if the views OF the
different cabinets are not in union, we may
expect soon to hear of some decided event
arising out of the present uncertain state of
affairs in this quarter fthe world.