The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-05 00:00:00

FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1851.

difference of the American Consul to their sad fate.
This gentleman, as you arc aware, is Mr. A. F.
Owen, late representative from Georgia in Congress,
and nominated by Mr. Filmore to replace General
Campbell, the late Consul here. Mr. Owen was called
upon by an American residing here, to eee it he had
made any effort to see those of his countrymen who
were thus inhumanly to be shot; the Consul took the
ground that they had been declared outlaws by Mr.
Filmore, and he should not interfere in the matter.
After some conversation, he concluded that he would
write to the Captain-General, which he did, request-
ing only an interview. At two o'clock he had re-
ceived no answer."
The following are the names of the leading men
engaged in the expedition which landed at Ca-
banas :
Ge ner al Narciso Lopez, the leader of the expe-
dition.

Colonel J. Pragay, late of the Hungarian army,
formerly Adjutant-General to General Klapka, and
second in command at Comorn, when that place ca-
pitulated. He goes second in command to General

Lopez.
Colonel Crittenden, late of the United States'
army, and nephew of the Attorney- General of the
United States. He had the immediate command of
the Artillery.
Colonel Dollman, of Georgia, who served through
the Mexican war.
Colonel Chase.
Major J. A. Kelly, who served in the Florida and
Mexican wars, and was once a leading Whig editor in
Louisiana.
Captain W. Scott Haynes.
Captain A. J. Dailey.
Captain Ellis, late of the Hungarian army.
Captain Victor Kerr, late of the Hungarian army.
The Pampero is commanded by Captain Lewis,
who directed the Creole so successfully in the Carde-
nas expedition, and who was arrested in this city a
short time ago, while in command of the Cleopatra,
and held to bail in the sum of 5,000 dolls.
The account of the executions at Havannah is thus
given by a correspondent of the New York Herald :
" I ain too much affected to write to you more than
to say that I have this day been witness to one of the
most brutal acts of wanton inhumanity ever perpe-
trated in the annals of history. Not content, this
Government, in avenging themselves in the death of
these unfortunate, and perhaps misguided, men, and
which it may even be said was brought upon them-
selves, these Spanish authorities deserve to be most
severely chastised for their exceedingly reprehensible
conduct in permitting the desecration, as they have
done, of the senseless clay of our brave countrymen.
This morning
" Forty Americans, One Italian,
" Four Irish, One Phillippine Islander,
" One Scotch, Two Hbaaneroa, and
" Two Germans, or Hungarians,
were shot at eleven o'clock, after which the troops
were ordered to retire, and some hundreds of the
very vilest rabble and negroes, hired for the purpose,
commenced stripping the dead bodies and mutilating
their limbs.
" I never saw men—and could scarcely have sup-
posed it possible—conduct themselves at such an
awful moment with the fortitude these men displayed
under such trying circumstances. They were shot
six at a time—i e., twelve were brought to the place
of execution, six made to kneel down and receive the
fire of the soldiers, after which the remaining six
were made to walk round their dead comrades and
kneel opposite to them, when they also were shot.
After being stripped and their bodies mutilated in
the barbarous manner I have described, they were
shoved six or seven together, bound as they were,
into hearses, which were used last year for cholera
cases. No coffins were allowed them; and I think
the manner they were put into the hearses was
equally as disgusting as their other acts ; the heads
of some were almost dragging on the ground, and it
had more the appearance of a slaughter-cart on its
way to market from the slaughter-house than that
of a hearse containing the dead bodies of human
beings.
" A finer looking set of young men I never saw ;
they made not a single complaint, not a murmur
against their sentence, and decency should have been
shown to their dead bodies, in admiration for the he-
roism they displayed when brought out for execution.
Not a muscle was seen to move, and they proved to
the miserable rabble congregated to witness the hor-
rid spectacle that, it being the fortune of war that
they fell into the power of this Government, they
were not afraid to die. It would have been a great
consolation to these poor fellows, as they repeatedly
asked, to see their consul, and through him to have
sent their last adieus, and such little mementos as
they bad, to their beloved relations in the States.
One handsome young fellow desired that his watch
should be sent to his sweetheart, but Mr. Owen, the
American Consul, did not even make application to
the Captain-General to see these unfortunate coun-
trymen in their distress, and their sacred wishes in
their last moments have been unattended to."
Notwithstanding the reverses sustained by General
Lopez, we learn that another expedition was on the
point of departing for Cuba. The steam-ship Pam-
per, having landed the Lopez detachment, departed
for Jacksonville (several hundred miles north of the
Key West), there to embark a second expedition
under General Gonzales. The Pamper° was expected
to reach Cuba by the 19th or 20th of August.
The American steam-ship Falcon, while on her
way from the coast of Cuba for Chagres, was fired
at three times by the Spanish war steamer Habanero,
and was obliged to heave-to, and was boarded by the
officers of the frigate.
The most contradictory accounts relative to the
position of Lopez were in circulation. The latest
American version is the following, dated Havannah,
August 16 :
" The greatest anxiety is felt here by the Govern-
ment, as no news has been received from General
Enna of later date than the night before last. The
steamer lor, one of the ferry boats, has been sent
down to see what the matter is ; and one hour since
an engine was sent express to Guanajay, the western
terminus of our railroad, to bring news, either good
or bad. Nothing had been heard from the troops that
left Pinar del Rio to attack Lopez, and it is feared
they have gone over to him. His forces are momen-
tarily increasing, while the fact of nothing being re-
ceived here by land leads to the supposition that the
country has all turned in his favour. Should Lopez
soon receive reinforcements, with arms to distribute
to the crowds that go to him, General Enna must
either surrender or retreat by sea. In either case
Lopez's march to Havannah will he uninterrupted.
You can imagine the hopes and fears that agitate the
city."
On the other hand parties favourable to the Spanish
cause write from Havannah as follows, dated Aug. 17:
" I have just received further intelligence from the
operating forces against General Lopez that he had
taken the direction of Artemisa, which is ten leagues
from Havannah, closely pursued by the Spanish
troops and the country people. I learn that last night
a corps was sent by railroad by the Captain •General
to that very place, Artemisa, so that Lopez's men
must have all been captured, and by this night the
scene will be closed on them. The Spanish troops
have unquestionably shown extraordinary enthusiasm
and bravery, and, what is still moremiportant, the
country people manifested the same spirit, and put to
death on the spot all the men of Lopez that fell into
their hands."
The Spanish account of the execution is thus
given :
" The troops formed a square. They had on their
war uniform—the blusa and straw hat. On the ar-
rival of the troops (the cavalry and the civic guard)
the multitude on foot and on horseback, placed on the
heights, on the plain, on the sea, and a great distance
upon the edifices of Jesus del Monte and el Cerro, in-
cessantly cheering the Queen and Spain—eternal
idols of that army and of this people so much calum-
niated by the United States.
" Senor Mayor de Plazo read the usual edict, and
the criminals appeared by ten at a time, and after
being shot were taken away from the place of exe-
cution to make room for their companions. The first
chief was shot alone, the two second chiefs were shot
together—all in the midst of incessant cries in favour
of the Queen and Spain.
" Justice being done, the Lieutenant Ray, in a
speech to the soldiers and the people, expressed him-
self in strong and worthy terms, saying that the
punishment inflicted was merited by these men, who,
without a God, without a law, without a flag, came
in order to attack oar nationality, our religion, our
Queen, and all other objects dear to our hearts.
" The vivats to the Queen and to the country Were
repeated with more energy ; the ,troops defiled, and
the people went to the place of execution, where they
looked for what the criminals bad left.
" Ten funeral cars were waiting to convey to the
cemetery the mortal remains of the 50 pirates. Those
cars had been furnished by the funeral agencies, and
were ornamented according to the circumstances of
the tragedy.
" The justice of man is complete. God has per.
doned the young culprits, who have lost their lives by
having trusted their faith to the infamous falsehoods
of the New Orleans papers."
Great excitement prevailed at New Orleans in re-
ference to Cuban affairs. There were nightly meet-
ings held, organizations going forward, drilling, &c.,
and a strong confidence was expressed in the success
of the movement. Two or three steamers were
spoken of as a The
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Orleans Commve with troops t
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al assist the
insurgents.
13th inst. says—
"Orders, we understand, have been received by the
Federal authorities here, from Washington, to en•
force strictly the neutrality laws against the Cuban
expeditionists. The cutter Duane, it is said,
has been ordered from the mouth of the South-
west Pass up to Fort Jackson, where she will com-
mand every vessel going out, gudl.s instructed not to

let any pass that have not clearance papers. There
are several young men here now from the Western
States, who have come down the river to embark for
Cuba, at:3 rumour has it that negotiations are going
on fur a steam-ship to carry then), or that she has been
actually engaged, and is being fitted up."
A great mass meeting had been held at New York,
at which 18,000 persons were present, to sympathise
with the Cuban invaders. Placards were posted
about the streets bearing the inscription, "The blood
of 50 Americans cries for vengeance." At the meeting
the appended resolutions were passed amid tremen-
dous enthusiasm : _ _ _

" That in the opinion of this meeting it is consistent
with the peace, neutrality, and honour of our Govern-
ment for the people to assemble together and express
their sentiments upon the subject of Cubanindepen-
dence; that such an expression, not only comports
with the magnanimity and feelings of a free people,
but is more particularly honourable to the character
of a nation who were the first to declare and establish
the principles of freedom.
" That our Cuban brethren, in their late daring
detached risings at various points, notwithstanding all
the difficulties in their way, their want of arms, the
impossibility of concert or effective preparation, and
the perpetual presence of the troops of their tyrants to
the number of about a bayonet to every five unarmed
citizens, have proved themselves not unworthy of the
liberty which our example has taught them to long
for; and that they have our warmest sympathies and
hopes fur a triumphant issue to the revolution they
have so nobly begun.
" That the appeals so frequently made by the down-
trodden inhabitants of Cuba for aid and assistance in
the holy cause in which they are engaged are worthy
of being responded to by the American people, whose
appeal under similar circumstances was responded to
by a Lafayette, a Pulaski, a Kosciusko, a Mont-
gomery, and other distinguished foreigners, whose
assistance in the time of need materially contributed
towards making the old 13 colonies what they of
right ought to be—free and independent States.'
"That while the sovereign despots of the earth
claim and exercise the right of sending their artillery
and their bayonets to put down Liberty wherever she
ventures to show her head, the sovereign people of
America have at least the equal right of going to her
support, succour, and comfort; and when thus going
by individual action, without public organization or
national responsibility, they violate no law, human or
divine, but, on the contrary, in resisting tyrants obey
God.

" That we agree in doctrine with Vattel, the chief
authority on the law of nations, that When a people,
for good reasons, take up arms against an oppressor,
justice and generosity require that brave men should
be assisted in defence of their liberty.'
" That we agree with Daniel Webster, that au-
thorities of the highest eminence, living and dead,
have maintained that the general law of nations does
not forbid the citizens or subjects of one nation from
taking part in the civil commotions of another,' with
his emphatic protest, in his correspondence with a
British Minister, against the application of the basely
slanderous term ' pirates ' to such persons ; and fur-
ther, with the doctrine laid down in his letter of in-
struction to the United States' Minister in Mexico,
in reference to the sending of arms and the departure
of armed emigrants to Texas, that neither the con-
stitution nor the laws of the land, nor principles
known to the usage of modern states, authorise the
President of the United States to interdict lawful

trade between the United States and Texas, or to
prevent, or attempt to prevent, individuals from
leaving the United States for Texas or any other
foreign country.'
" That the firing of the United States steam-ship
Falcon, by the steam-ship Habanero, and the un-
courteous and undignified demeanour of the officers
of that vessel towards a United States Government
ship, her officers, crew, and passengers, are an insult,
fur which an apology should immediately be de-
manded by our Government, and in case of satisfac-
tion not being promptly rendered by the dismissal and
disgrace of the parties who committed those deeds, a
sense of self-respect dictates that, if necessary, all the
naval powers of the country should be directed to-
wards obtaining atonement for such a wanton attack
on a defenceless steamer, and such an unprovoked in-
sult to the American flag and the American people.
"That the massacre of 50 American prisoners, by
the Spanish authorities in Cuba, in cold blood, at a
single stroke of slaughter, without the sparing of one,
or the permission of a last word or memento to their
homes, followed up as it was, after their gallant and
unflinching death, with the most brutal barbarities
practised upon their lifeless remains, was a cruel and
cowardly atrocity which awakens from the depths of
our hearts a profound sentiment of horror, detestation,
and disgust.
" That such conduct was possible only to that pirate
Government which, while fattening en the infamous
profits of the African slave trade, in violation of its
most solemn treaties, at the same time threatens to
arm the savage hordes, imported by itself, against the
Cubans, and to convert Cuba into a St. Domingo
rather than see a revolution by its oppressed people
consecrate its matchless soil to liberty, independence,
and progress.
" That the conduct of Mr. A. F. Owen, the Ame-
rican Consul at Havannah, was dastardly and heart-
less in the extreme and unworthy of the American
character, and that it meets the just indignation of the
whole country and that of the civilised world.
"That it is the duty of the American Government
to recal Mr. Owen from the office which he has
proved himself so unworthy of holding, and which he
has so shamefully disgraced, and that his place be at
once filled by a more suitable representative of the
American character and the American people.
" That contributions in money are hereby solicited
to advance Cuban independence, and that a suitable
committee be appointed by the president of this
meeting to act as treasurers to receive and distribute
the same, in such manner as to them shall seem best,
for the promotion of the cause in which we have this
day heartily enlisted."

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWES, SEPT. 4.-IVe mentioned, on Saturday
last, that the celebrated clipper yacht America had
been purchased by the Hon. Mr. De Blaquire, for
5,000/. She was delivered up to him on Tuesday,
the American colours hauled down, and the English
ensign hoisted. She has since been measured by Mr.
Cuthbertson, tidewaiter at this port ; her tonnage
proves to be 204 tons. She was, therefore, double
the siz4 of the Titania. This is no small credit to the

little Iron Pot, as they called her. She ran the
Yankee well; and if the clipper had not been fortu-
nate and caught a slant of wind, there would not
have been half the difference between them on their
coming in.
Lord Fitzhardinge intends having his yacht length-
ened eight feet by the bows, by Itatsey.

ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.
Sept. I.—Lotus schooner, Viscount Clifton, from
eastward.

SPORTING NOTES.
No. CXX.
NOTES AND No rioNs ON THE GREAT

ST. LEGER.

" Now, if you look but closely, you will find
I have the seeds ofjudginent in my mind:
The running gives at least a glimmering light;
The lines, though traced but roughtly, are drawn right."
POPE (slightly altered).