The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-12 00:00:00

2.HE TREATY WITE 117o.ROCCO:

Yesterday the papers relating to the loan raised
by the Emperor of Morocco in London, and the con-
vention relating thereto, between her Britannic
Majesty and the Emperor, were issued from the
parliamentaoy printing-office. The convention,
which was signed in the English and Arabic lan-
guages at Tangier on Oct. 24 last, and the ratifica-
tions of which were exchanged in the same city on
lec ,is as follows :

''''esty the Emperor of Morocco being
^g• a loan of £426,000 sterling in
-,im to meet his engagements

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with he 'Pa f, and having requested
the good offices -; 'v the Queen of the
United Kingdom of •in and Ireland,
with a view to facilitate 'per Bri-

annic Majesty having Agreed

his

mperial Majesty, their Majesties e.

conclude a convention on the subj.,
named as their plenipotentiaries, that is to
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, John Drummond Hay,
Esq., Companion of the Most Honourable Order of
the Bath, her minister resident at the Court of his
Majesty the Sultan of Morocco; and his Majesty
the Sultan of Morocco, his officer, the learned Fa-
kee Seed Hadj Abderrahman el Ajee ; who, after
having communicated to each other their respective
full powers, have agreed upon and concluded the
following articles :

" Art. 1. His Majesty the Emperor of Morocco
engages that from and after the ratification of the
present convention there shall be paid over to a.
commissioner named by her Britannic Majesty,
50 per cent. of the custom duties at all the ports of
the empire of Morocco. Her Britannic Majesty, on,
her part, engages that six weeks before the period.
at which the half-yearly charges on the loan of
£426,000 sterling, which the Emperor of Morocco
is about to raise, shall become due, she will transfer
to the agent or agents of the contractors for that
loan the sums so to be received by the conymis-
sioner of her Majesty,or so much thereof v,s may be
sufficient to pay the interest and sinking fund on
the said loan, the amount of such sums not exceed-
ing in the aggregate 16 per cent. on the above-
mentioned sum of £426,000 sterling. But her Bri-
tannic Majesty shall not be liable for the payment
of more than she receives. In case the
sums received should be more than sufficient
for such half - yearly payments, the sur-
plus shall be repaid by the British com-
missioner to the offiaersof the Emperor of Morocco,
duly authorised to receive the same.

" Art. 2. When, by means of the payments pro-
vided for in the preceding article, the whole of the
loan of £426,000 sterling shall have been repaid,
together with the interest due thereon, the commis-
sioner of her Britannic Majesty shall cease to re-
ceive the 50 per cent. of the custom duties at st,ho
ports above-mentioned, and shall repay to the said
officers of the Emperor of Morocco any balance that
may be remaining in his hands.

" ' Art. 3. The present con.verAion shall be rati-
fied by her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and
Ireland, and by his Majesty the Emperor of Morocco
and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Tangier
as soon as possible within 40 days of the date hereof.
" ' In witness whereof the respective plenipoten-
tiaries have signed the present convention, and have
affixed thereto their respective seals.

Done at Tangier, the 24th day of October, in
the year 1861, corresponding to the Moorish date
of the 18th day of the month of Itabea the Second,
in the year 1278
" H. DRUMMOND HAY.
(Arabic signature of)
HADJ ABDERRAIIMAN EL AJEE.' "
The following is a translation of the document,
bearing the royal signet of the Sultan of Morocco,
by which the Moorish plenipotentiary received full
powers :

" In the name of God, the merciful and clement !
There is no strength or power but in God, the most
high and mighty ! Be it known by this our letter,
elevated and protected by God, and luminous as the
sun and moon, that we have, by the help of God,
granted to our employed, the Honourable Hadj Ab-
derrahman-el-Ajee, full power and authority to con-
clude with the minister, Mr. S. H. Drummond Hay
the convention, and to treat with the merchant,
Lewis Forde, regarding the arrangements relative
to the loan of 2,000,000 dollars, to be advanced by
the British capitalists, and that we shall in no way
disprove of any one of the arrangements (which he'
the said Hadj Abderrhman-el-Ajee, may have come
to in the negotiation), for we have ceded to him all
the authority (requisite) Eto act in the matter, ac-
cording to his own free judgment, and without
hiving to refer again to us for instructions. He
has our full powers, and whatsoever he may do
will be well done. Peace.

Done on the 14th day of the present month (of
Rabea the Second) of this year (1278) October 20,
(1861)."

THE NE TV .EDUCATIONAL MINUTE.

A deputation, consisting of the members of com-
mittees, or office-bearers of the National Society,
the Church of England Education Society, the Bri-
tish and Foreign School Society, the Home and
Colonial School Society, the Wesleyan Education
Committee, and the Councils of Training Colleges,
waited by appointment upon Lord Palmerston, at
Cambridge-house, Piccadilly, to present a memorial
on the subject of the recent minutes of the Commit-
tee of Council of Education. The deputation was
introduced by Sir James Kay Shuttleworth, who
said those present did not belong to any political
party, and were not moved by any political feeling
adverse to her Majesty's present Ministry. Nothing
was further from their desire than to create even
partial or temporary embarrassment to the Go-
vernment. On the other hand, those among them
who were warm supporters of the Ministry
were not deterred from acting in concert with all
who are agreed in regarding the minute of the 29th
July, 1861, as inconsistent, both with the principles
and the forms of administration which have guided
the committee of council since 1846. He then
went on to urge at some length that the minute
cannot be reconciled with the previous administra-
tion of the committee of council, that it is based upon
principles inconsistent with the previous minutes,
and is subversive of them, that it is incapable of any
modification which would not leave within it the
elements of the destruction of the existing system.
In conclusion, he read a memorial praying that the
minute may be entirely withdrawn, and that any
modifications, which may be found to be desirable
in the existing system, with a view to prevent an
undue growth of the public grant, to secure simpli-
city in its administration, and greater efficiency in
its results, may be made in conformity with the
principles of the preceding minutes of the Commit-
tee of Council on Education.

The Bishop of Bath and Wells, Mr Rsbt. Foster,
the Rev. John Scott, principal of the Wesleyan
Training College, Mr. Reynolds, of the Home and
Colonial School Society, and Mr. Colquhoun, chair-
man of the Church of England Education Society,
also enforced by arguments the prayer of the me-
mo' ial.

Lord PALMERSTON, in reply, said the deputation
would not expect him to say on that occasion any-
thing more than that he was much obliged to them
for coming there to explain at large the views which
they entertained upon the subject which had brought
them together. He was quite aware that there was
nothing of a political character in the feeling which
had arisen upon the question. They had good reason
to know that that feeling had been wide spread
throughout the country, and it was therefore de-
serving of serious attention. They were aware that
Mr. Lowe hod given notice in the House of Cpm-
mons that on Thursday next he would make a state-
ment on this subject, and they would not therefore
expect him (Lord Palmerston) to anticipate what
he (Mr. Lowe) was going to say; but they were quite
sensible of the importance of the matter, and of the
feelings of those gentlemen whom he saw there,
which had compelled them to come and state their
objections to the new code. They knew that it arose
entirely from the strong interest which they took in
the progress of education, and not from any politi-
cal motive of any sort or kind.

The deputation, having thanked his lordship for
his courteous reception, withdrew.