Cadiz, 28 April. According to the received tidings with the corvette la Vitesse which left Havana 16 March was don Solano intending to depart with 5 warships and the convoy towards Europe when the tiding arrived that off the Bay of Campeche a British squadron was cruising. He ordered to unload the treasures with a value of 3.000,000 piasters belonging to the merchant trade. The warships were loaded with 400 furons cochineal and 22,000 furons indigo and the ships of the convoy with 30,000 boxes sugar, a large amount tobacco belonging to the crown, a large amount of skins etc. with a total value of 3.000,000 piasters. Some days after the departure of the corvette received don Solano the tiding of the peace treaty so it was believed that he would depart 9 April without problems underway. At [of from?] Havana were also expected the ship el St. Carlos and a frigate from Vera Cruz loaded with 4,000 furons cochineal, 3,000 furons indigo and around 5.000,000 belonging to the merchants all to arrived in the month June.
