The Express.
London, England, 1861-07-04 00:00:00

THB AFRICAN SLAYS TRADE

Yesterday morning a deputation on the subject
of the African slave trade had an interview with Lord John
Bum& at the Foreign-tem The following patient=
were peewit s—Mr. C. Buxton, Y.P., Mr. Briscoe, ][.P.,
Mr. Z. Kershaw, M.P., Mr. C. Gilpin, Y.P., Mr. J.
Gurney, ILP., Kr. H. Pease, M.P., Hoe. A. Hinnaird,
ILP., Sir F. Buxton, Beth, Dr. Notion Shaw, Mr. Chaise-
roveow, he.
Lard itsocoeux haring introduced the deputation,

Mr. CnAntaorsow handed to his lordship a Mamma in
reference to the nos-fullilment by Spun of her treaty obli-
gations for the supplession of the slave trade, to the re-
estaliatunent of coneelatee et /Ineembique and other places
on the East Coast of Aides, end to the present position of
the slam leak genesany.
After sow oneveentlee.
Lord ). ZOOM& laid thajciof the statement seemed
to imply that these woman 'Um as the pan of the
piromenent to amine eseenia far from that, he (Lord
J. Ihneell) held itte be the duty of the Foreign-office to ap-
point them wherever they were likely to be most useful.
(Rear, hites) H. did sot think the trade between tire
country and Lards was of sufficient importance to justify
the gomenesent sendstaining a consul then, but it
might be denisable to do so at Crape Palmas. (Hear,
hoar.) The inverement were inquiring into that matter.
The Manse et legitimate commerce in driving away the
shire WAD wee well worthy of attention. 'rime was at
see time a disposition io the HOWN of Commons sad in
She comma of the press to put down the slave squadron,
but Lad Palmerston and himself had always held the con-
traltepiaiss. Every attempt bad been mode to iaduce
the of Dahomey to ester into as eggs...mot to map-
pens dams trade, and to put a stv to the annual
resomme in hie deneisiene. het hitherto thine effects had
been In vela. The appointment of a consul at Mosenthique
was under osenidemlies. The Portuguese govesameett

Lisboa wen ea" nab eat the eeppirimillen et the
slave trade. but their la the data* selliesnents
were so mixed up with the Mille that all thel. to
do so bad hitherto bees defeated, ow li be ihiok
that the establishmest of eousubi at these settlements
would do much, if anything, toward' ing the
object. The cause would probably be ultimately
by the influence of the Portuguese government itself.
Nothing could be mid in extenaales of the goodect of
Spain in ref IMMO@ to her treaties with this emir, for the
suppression of the trailc. The Brazilian geouneeent ger-
tainly had acted in a praiseworthy manner, bat amid
every Spanish racial in Cuba bad grown wealthy by the
bribes he had received for the admission of slaves to that
island. By our treaties with Spain, Spanish vessels earry-
lag alarm were liable to capture ; but the American go-
vernment always maintained that we could not interfere
wish her leg, and the efforts of this emistri to
gene to as arrangement for preventing the traffic
in /mai= vessels had hitherto been in vain. With regard
to the anaesat;on of the Republic of Snu Doniago to
Spit, although ao doubt a great amount of m had
bone used to hrg about the recognition of SpesM 'ova
ty, it would hardly be cosaisteet with the well-known
of England for her to say that the peopled Sas
were not entitled to have what form of were.
meet y pleased. He understood, however, that the people
of Ha ti had no dispomition to give up their republic, sad
ir that any interference in that quarter should be very
jealously watched. He did not think the government would
be justified in going further and in breaking off diplomatic
relations with Spain. (Hear, hear.)
The deputation then withdrew, and shortly afterwards
bad an interview with the Duke of Newcastle at the
Colonial-ofiSce.

His GRACI, in reply to the statements made to him, said
that be had given every instruction to the Governors of
British settlements in Africa to do their utmost to enmu•
rage native commerce. The growth of cotton was a most
important branch of the question, and he hoped that capi-
talist, would be induoed to enter more warmly into that
enterprise.
Mr. Bevis, en African merchant, said that merchant, were
reluctant to do so ankle their interests were protected by
cowls on the spot.
The deputation then withdrew.