The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-17 00:00:00

EMANCIPATION IN CUBA.

We find in the New Orleans De!Man announcement
which will be read with rarefaction by all who feelan interest
in the extinction of African slavery on the American conti-
nent. The Delta says, upon the authority of a letter which
it publishes, that a large number of the planters and pro-
prietors of Cuba waited upon General Serrano just previous
to his retiring from the head of affairs, and solicited
him to lay before the Queen some suggestions emanating
from them looking to a project for the gradual eman-
cipation of the slaves in Cuba. This the late
captain-general refused to do, not because he was opposed
to the morgue, but for the simple reason that it
is contrary to the custom In that ancient mons-chy for
subjects to petition or lay their grievances or opinions on
matters of state policy before the monarch. All act, done
ars, by a fiction of Spanish law, supposed to be favours
spontaneously granted by the crown to the subject. The
views of the petitioners, however, are laid before the
Spanish government indirectly, and it is hoped they may
be acted upon by the Cortea. The letter in the Delta,
dated Havana, January 7, relates :
" In regard to the representation of a number of plmtera
arid proprietors of slaves in this Wand, I have ascertained
that no such representation was made to the [government of
her catholic Majesty, because it was opposed by General
Serrano, the late Captain-General of Cuba.
" It is true, a committee from the planters and proprie-
tors presented themselves to Serrano, and made a manifes-
tation to the effect that, in consequence of occurrences in
the neighbouring republic of the United States, a sudden
change in the institution of slavery would take place in this
island, resulting from suggestions on the part of England
and France, and from which the government of her catho-
lic Majesty could not exempt it ; and, therefore, they
thought it proper to make a manifestation to the govern.
moot, and bring the queetion before her Majesty by means
of a representation, in order that her government might
adopt some anticipatory measures of salvation, and issue a
decree of emancipation, which, while it would silence the
demands of England, would protect or wire slave property
in this island for the longest time poesible.

"Serrano opposed the representation to her Majesty's
government; but reports from individuals have gone prL
vately to Madrid, and it k believed that we shall soon
have some disposition made of the question on the plan
proposed, emanating directly from the government of her
Majesty. It is said that the Bret step will be to give free.
doer to the source of slavery, by declaring the mothers or
females free—(in Spanish, (Mr fibre d rientre—literally
giving freedom to the womb)—freeing the mother but ex-
chitlins the father. Following this, greater changes will
probably be made, having in view a heavier pressure for the
extinction of the institution."

WEATHER REPORT.-CTHI3 DAY.)

TUMIDLY. /IMBRIUM 17. • AJL

WWWWDAY. THURSDAY.
LW. to N. and E., Eno- RODYLAND. Varying with places,
Berate to light. Eno. moderate to light,
tine.
Varying with plaore, IRWAND. Similar.
moderate to light,
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Varying. light, tine. W.CHIIIIAL.
N. N. W. to E.N.Z., mo- N.W.Famicit. N. N.W. to E.N.E. and
donde, tine. to &Z., light, One.
N. tor- mid S.&, mode- S.W.lmairiv. N.N.I. NE.S.K end
rate to tght, ghe.
to to 8.8. W., moderate
fresh.
As next shove. &IL tRoLAND. As neat above.
Varying, offabore, light, L 04at. Varying off shore, light
Ana. beeolo6, Sac

The Meteorological Journal of Vienna states that
since 1775 there have been only two winters, 1796 and 1834,
wilder than the presoak The temperature in that city it
this year 4 deg. above the winter average, but In 17913 it
was 5'3 deg., and in 1834 413 deg.
" PFAVIZSION" or ANOTHER WILDERVOILLII. —A
letter from Landon, in the Pali' Moult says :—'• I
have the happiases to announce to you the 000 ~MO to
the true faith of the eldest son of the celebrated Wilber-
force, whose celestite' effort+ in the English Parliament led to
the emancipation of the Degrees i• the British colonies.
This is the third of hie sons who has been thee rewarded
for the father's humane efforts. One of them, who had
been an archdeacon in the Auglican church, died
five years since at Rome, while studying theology pre-
paratory to taking holy orders. Another, who has
a numerous family, gave up • rich benefice in the
English church to embrace the catholic faith, and is
new somPsister and PrillaiPel editor of the Weekly Regieter,
a catholic joarnaL His eldest son is already in holy orders.
Of the four ones of the emancipator of the negroes only one
wall adheres to heresy, Dr. Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of
Oxford, ha., who is accused of Puseyisai."
The palace of the Bishop a Lincoln, situated at
Biseholme, about three miles from Lincoln, took lire on
Sunday morning, and considerable damage was dam before
the Ire was extioguished.

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