The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-21 00:00:00

SLAVE TRADE.

PROCTiA MATION.
In the name of his Majesty George IV, of the United King
done of Great Britain :Ind Ireland, •
KiTtg—llis Excellency Sir
Barimet, Governor and OnritT TOwNsEND l'aitoart;An,
Commander-in-Chief of the island of Mauritius and Depen-
dencies t •
Whereas by a treaty hearing date the 10th Septernber,
1822, made and executed-by and between his Highness the
Inutum of Muscat, at. Muscat, of tho one part, anti Captain
Fairfax Moresby, of hialllajeaty's ship )lenni,C.B. vested, for
this purpose, with • full powers by his Fxcellency Sir R. T.
Farquhar, Baronet, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the
island of Mauritius and Dependencies, 'Captain-General, Vice-
Admiral, &c., of the other part,---a Was agreed, among ether
things, that all traffic in slaves to foreign countries simuhi cease
and be abolished fe; ever, from the dominions and dependencies
of his said Highness. •
This is to declare, that in conformity to the said treaty, so-
lemnly made by his said Highness lie has issued Orders at.
Zanzibar, and throughout all the dominions and dependen-
cies of the !mum of:MuScat, on the coasts of Arabia, Africa,
. laves
&c., to all his officers, to prohibit the sales of slaves to all fo-
reign nations, and
to seize upon any Arab vessels laden
with slaves,
purpose of sale in any foreign countries,
together with their owners, captain,.officers, anti crew—or that
may be found transprtin,,,, slaves to or front Madagascar,
or on the Seas adjacent. And it is further declared by the
said treaty, that British cruisers have authority to seize all
Arab vessels that may be found laden -with slaves to the east-
ward of a line drawn from the Cape Delgado, passing sixty
miles to the eastward, of the island of Socotra, and on to
Diu Head-.-..being *be western extremity of -the Gulf of Cam.
bay—or .that may be found carrying slaves to: or froni
dagascar, or in the. seas adjacent. Anti further, finally, it is
by the said treaty agreed, that all vessels from the. ports or
harbours of his Highness's dominions, or dependencies, sh:4l.
in future, be furnished with a certificate from the local
authorities, stating the port they belong to, anti the object of
their voyage, and declaring, that all vessels UnproVided with
such eertilicates shall be liable to seizure and confiscation after
the lthlt of jannary next, in order the More effectually to ex-
tirpate the slaVe traffic, of whiih all persons will take due notice.
Goverment House, Port Louis, 3.lauritius., Oct. 30, 1822.
. R.. T. FARQUHAR.

The workmen employed in laying down the
iron pipes for the purpoce of drawing off the wa-
ter out of the canal in St. James's-park, for the
purpose of cleansing out the dirt that has so long
choked it up, found, iu digging up the ground in
the passage leading to Whitehall.stairs, several
human bones, -which must have been buried for a
great number of years. The water is to run into
the Thames at the above stairs, and, report states
that a handsome bridge is to .he erected over the
canal in the Park, on the same spot that the old
wooden structure stood.

A shocking occurrence took place on Monday
afternoon in Greenwich Park.—A number of
young men were amusing themselves in running
down one of the hills, when one of them, on
coming to the bottom, hn with such force that
he hit his head against the enclosure of a young
tree, w hich caused his death.

We have received the Paris Papers of Sunday,
and the Moniteur of Monday, containing a Te-
legraphic Dispatch from the Army under the
Duke d'AiwouLENtE, by which it appears that
the head-quarters were on the 16th at Aranda,
and that Marshal OUDINOT was on the I 1 th at
Valladolid.—We venture to predict, that, when
the Spaiiish accounts are received, it will be
ound that the advance of the French upon Madrid
has been impeded in a manner that the French
Government is unwilling to acknowledge. It is
nearly a month (see THE SUN of the sth inst.)
since it was announced that the Duke of REGGIO
was advancing on Aranda. The Moniteur of
May 1 unnotinced that " the Marshal Duke of
REGGIO arrived on the 21st April at Burgos, and
his Excellency immediately pushed his advanced
guard on the three roads of St. Ancient), Pa.
lencia, and Arandn." And yet it is nearly
fotir weeks before the Duke of ANGOLMEME
is enabled to move his head-quarters to the
same place! On their first entrance into
Spain, the French showed a disposition to
" push forward" steadily, if not very rapid-
ly, for the Capital ; but the original tardi-
ness of their march was soon changed to a halt,
if they have not, in fact, as has been asserted in
one of the accounts, been compelled to retro-
grade. The movement of the head-quarters to
Aranda,however, proves that they are now again
in,full march upon Madrid, in pursuance of their.