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DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
R. Peach, Thorney, Isle of Ely, butcher and cattle
salesman, Oct. 20, at eleven—D. Burberry, Newdigate,
Surrey, wood dealer, Oct. 20, at twelve—E. Edwards,
Sudbury, Suffolk, linen draper, Oct. 18, at twelve—J.
H. Hunt, Silver-street, City, warehouseman, Oct. 20, at
one—J. Stephenson, Osborn-terrace, Commercial-road,
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and Boyle-street, Burlington-gardens, printer, Oct. 17,
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day, Nov. 4, or any subsequent Tuesday, between
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street.
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Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
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houseman, Oct. 20, at one—Elizabeth Thompson, Read-
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C. Downend, Mangotsfield, Gloucestershire, butcher, cer-
tificate of the first class—W. Herbert, Bristol, grocer,
certificate of the first class—T. Mills, Painswick,
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bone turners—T. Staples and A. Meyers, Chatham,
auctioneers—E. Aspinwall and J. L. Aspinwall, Lower
Grosvenor-street, upholsterers—D. Wemyss and W. Ca-
meron, Birkenhead, Cheshire, builders—T. Crump and
IL Crump, Woodmansey, Yorkshire, timber merchants
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Tyne, brewers—E. Ledger and 11. Waterfield, Liver-
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Mark-lane and Manor-lane, Bermondsey, azolic manure
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Michael, Castle-street, Holborn, printers (so far as re-
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tualler.
Samuel Ward, St. Margaret, Leicestershire, grocer.
Evan Edwards, Glamorgan, miner.
Jenkin Richards, Dowlais, Glamorganshire, beer home

keeper.
George Head, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire, lieenEed

victualler.
Lewis Lewis, Crielthowell, Breconshire, gardener.
Azariah ilughes, Dowlais, Glamorganshire, grocer.
Benjamin Buwen, Dowlais, Glamorganshire, pattern

Maker.
Henry Rigby, Debenham, Suffolk, licensed hawker.
Danit.l Corl;, Harwich, Eilex. journeyman shipwright.
Mark Whitmil!, Byfield, Northamptonshire, plush
weaver.

SCOTCII SEQUESTRATIONS.
W. F. Black, Perth, merchant, to meet within the Sa-
lutation Hotel, Perth, on Oct. 6 and Oct. 30, at one.
J. Wilson and J. Philp, Dundee, corn merchants, to
meet within the British Hotel, Dundee, on Oct. 1 and
Oct. 22, at twelve.
D. Croall, Arbroath, Forfarshire, miller, to meet
within the British Hotel, Dundee, on Oct. 2 and Oct.
23, at twelve.

Miles
opened,
1851.

£1,373

189
1,115

707
4,965
8,413
3,427

451
1,001
918
428
586

866
3,842
13,889
2,50'2
4,186
2,735

£1,547

278
1,509

7SO
5,642
9,426
4,445

671
1,100
926
4.4
678

573
4,539
16,413
2,497
4,007
2,532

366
3,233
6,602
4,760
13,105

439
4,178
;2,463
5,208
25,628

4,50 G
16;064
1,303

224
47,279

899
13,887
12,231
135

.166
5,801
18,330
1,502

501
61,048
1,257
15,078
17,469

212
6,820
683
622
25,539
1,211

190
7,847

710
2,501
3,724
5,003

THE CUBAN EXPEDITION.

The steam-ship Winfield Scott arrived at New
York on the 12th. Among her passengers was a
person named Van Vechten, formerly a lieutenant
in the Cuban expedition under Lopez. lie was
released from prison and pardoned through the
intercession of Captain Plat, of the United States'

navy.
The following account of the expedition, written
by Van Vechten, appears in the New York jour-
nals :

portion of our ammunition, and rendered our guns
entirely useless. We encamped, on the evening of
that day, at a rancho at the foot of the mountains,
about two leagues from Bahia Honda. We remained
undisturbed that night; and were attacked, at break-
fast time on the morning of the 20th, being taken by
surprise, the sentry on the outpost having left his post
to wash himself in a creek, where he was killed.
Owing to the unserviceable condition of their arms,
the force under Lopez was completely routed, flying
to the mountains in all directions, Lopez himself
barely escaping on horseback, with the loss of his
saddle, pistols, and eyeglass —of everything, in fact,
but what he wore. That night he encamped on the
top of one of the highest mountains on the island of
Cuba, exposed to all the violence of a terrific norther,
without shelter, fire, or food. It is impossible for me
to describe the sufferings of that night. Heaven
forbid that I ever pass such another. The rain
fell in torrents, while ever and anon a terrific crash
would announce that some massive tree had fallen,
either before the force of the wind, or the still mightier
lightning. That night equalled an ordinary
lifetime. Oa the evening of the 21st, having
been forty. eight hours without eating, we killed a
horse, which was divided among 125 men, who were
all that now remained with Lopez. We wandered
through mountains, unable to extricate ourselves, sub.
sisting on such leaves and roots as we could find, until
midday of Sunday, the 24th, when we succeeded in
reaching a road running from Bahia Honda to San
Cristoval, along which we advanced until nearly night,
when two Spanish Lancers were discovered advancing,
but fled on perceiving us. A halt was immediately-

" On board the steam-ship Winfield Scott,
September 11.
" Having been connected with the late unfortunate
expedition egainst Cube, under the command of Ge-
neral Narciso Lopez, and allowed to return in safety
to my home and friends, I feel it to be a duty which
I owe to the friends of my unfortunate comrades, and
to the public at large, to publish, through the co-
lumns of your valuable and widely-circulating paper,
a true account of the proceedings of that expedition,
correcting, as far as possible, the false reports which
for the last mouth have been in circulation through-
out the United States, and endeavouring to do justice
to all. I became connected with the expedition at
New Orleans, receiving on the 30th day of July last,
an appointment as first lieutenant of Company B, of
Colonel W. L Crittenden's regiment (Ist Artillery),
commanded by Captain James Sanders. The expe-
dition, as you are already aware, left New Orleans
at daybreak on the morning of Sunday, the 3d of
August, in the steamer Pampero. We were
towed to the mouth of the river, our engine
being out of order. We remained in the river until
Wednesday, the 6th, and left through the north-east
pass at five o'clock P.M. of that day for Key West.
The intention at that time was to go to Key West,
and there take on board a pilot for the river St. John,
at which place we were to embark a light battery of
artillery, with caissons, ammunition, and harness
complete, together with a number of cavalry saddles,
and thence were to run to the south of Cuba, and land
as near as poisible to Puerto Principe. We reached
Key \Vest, and anchored some distance from the city
at about three o'clock P.M. on Sunday, the 10th inst.
While at Key West a quantity of brandy and cham-
pagne was received on board, which was imbibed
tolerably freely by Lopez and his staff. About dusk
of that day, no pilot appearing, Lopez called a coun-
cil, composed entirely of the Cubans and Hungarian's
attached to his staff (no Americans being called),
who decided to give up going to St. John's River,
and run immediately for the coast of Cuba, which
was done at about ten o'clock P.M. The next morn-
ing, owing to the variation of the compass from mus-
kets being stacked near it, we found ourselves in plain
sight of the Moro Castle, and about twelve miles
distant. The vessel was immediately headed to the
northward and westward, and run out of sight of land.
About three o'clock P.M. of that day Lopez took the
captain and mate out of a Spanish schooner to act as
pilots, giving them to understand that they would
be shot if they showed any disposition to escape or
deceive. At one o'clock P.M. we again stood in for
the land, and soon after dusk sent a boat to recon-
noitre, which was hailed by a sentry on the walls
of the fort, situated near Bahia Honda, the ship not
being more than a mile from it. As soon as
the boat reported, lights were extinguished and a
press of steam put on, the ship running to the west-
ward along the land. About ten o'clock, while run-
ning under the charge of a pilot, under a press of
steam, the ship suddenly struck, and before the en-
gines could be stopped bad run more than her length
upon coral reef. After examining her situation it was
found that she was lying in about eight feet of water,
while her draught was over nine feet; and that it was
necessary the force should be immediately landed,
which was done ; and about two o'clock on the morn-
ing of the 12th of August the last of us disembarked
upon the shore of what we had been taught to consider
would soon be the free island of Cuba. The first boats
which landed were fired upon by a party of 20 men,
who fled on their fire being returned from the boat,
which contained Captain Gouti (a Cuban commanding
an American company), Lieutenant Laningham, and
about 30 privates of his company. One of Gouti's men
was wounded in the arm, and returned in the ship, and
the cap of the lieutenant was cut into halves on his
head. At daylight Lopez sent a pronunciamento to
Las Poses, a small village ten miles distant, in which
he informed the inhabitants that he was about to
march to that place, and would give tso tor to
any whom he found there who did not join him. There
being no means of transporting baggage at Cahanos,
where we landed, Lopez ordered Colonel Crittenden
to remain there and protect our stores, consisting of
100,000 musket cartridges, 3,000 muskets, and 7001 b.
of powder in kegs, together with the personal baggage
of all the officers, saying that he would march on
to Las Poses, with the regiment of infantry com-
manded by Colonel Downman, and send thence means
of transportation, and that he would remain there
until joined by Crittenden. Accordingly Lopez
marched at right o'clock, with 323 men, leaving Crit-
tenden at Cabanos with 130 men. At 11 o'clock that
night Crittenden received two casts, and started im-
mediately after to join Lopez at Los Posas. The
carts being heavily laden and the roads bad, our pro-
gress was of necessity slow, not advancing more than
a mile an hour. About two hours after daylight, on
the morning of the 13th, we reached a house contain-
ing a store and grogshop, about four miles from Las
Posas. The advanced guard and main body only bad
reached the house (the rear guard with the carts
being still some quarter of a mile behind), and were
engaged in eating breakfast, their arms being laid
aside, when they were surprised by the report of
muiketry and the whistling of bullets, which pro-
ceeded from the advance guard of a body of the
enemy, 500 strong. We immediately seized our guns
and killed nine of the enemy, and made one prisoner,
none of our party having been injured. Not seeing
any more of the enemy, the Colonel concluded it
was but a foraging party that had attacked us,
and, our rear guard having come up with the
carts, ordered us to resume our breakfaste, which
we did. About ten minutes after we were again
attacked by the whole force of the enemy, they
having the advantage of position, being posted on
the brow of a hill overlooking our position, with a
belt of chapparal some 300 yards wide, intervening,
over which we could not fire. Crittenden imme-
diately gave the orders to charge, leading himself,
and forced the enemy to retreat to a large body of
chapparal, some seventy five or eighty yards in the
rear of their first position, from which they opened a
heavy fire upon our force as soon as it appeared iu
sight on the brow of the hill. Finding he could not
maintain that position, Crittenden gave an order to
retreat to the house, which was done, while the
enemy resumed his position on the hill, and again
opened his fire, upon which Crittenden ordered a
second charge, at the same time saying that he
wished a small party to attain a position on the right
flank of the enemy, to charge from that side at the
same moment he charged from the front. Second-
Lieutenant W. 11. Crafts (also of Company B) and
myself volunteered, and succeeded in attainiug the
position with twenty men. After remaining in it for
about half-an-hour, and hearing nothing of Critten-
den, we returned to the house, where we found
Captain Kelly, of Company A, with ten men, guard-
ing the carts, but could see or hear nothing of Crit-
tenden. The enemy soon after advancing towards
the house we were compelled to retreat, leaving our
baggage and stores; and that night, or rather the
next morning, we succeeded in forming a junction
with Lopez at Las Posas, half-an-hour before his
march from that place. At the same hour that
Crittenden was attacked at the hacienda a body of the
enemy, 800 strong, under General Enna, attacked
Lopez at Las Posas. After a hard fight of over two
hours, the enemy retreated, leaving the Americans
masters of the field, and over 200 of their number
(among whom were several of their highest officers)
dead and wounded ; the American loss being, in
killed, wounded, and missing, only about 30 men,
among whom Colonel Downman and Lieutenant
Labizan were killed, and General Pragay, and
Cap-
tains Brigham and Gout were mortally wounded.
After the action the Spanish wounded were
brought in, and as well taken care of as circum-
stances would admit. Lopez rode entirely un-
armed over the field, through the hottest of the fire,
occasionally applying a red raw hide, with a great
deal of vigour, to the shoulders of such men as he
thought could be hurried into firing a little faster.
On the morning of the 14th, at two o'clock, Lopez
marched from Las Posas into the mountains, leaving
there 17 wounded Spaniards and 13 of our side, all
of whom were bayoneted by the Spaniards, and their
bodies piled in a heap, cross-ways, at the foot of a
hill. Two days after (on the 16th) Lopez was again
attacked by 300 Lancers and GOO infantry, while en-
camped at a hacienda which formerly belonged to
himself, but was confiscated some three years since.
Here the action lasted from 11 to 2 o'clock, on one of
the hottest days I ever experienced. The enemy were
again compelled to retreat, with a loss of 320 men;
and at the same moment that the !retreat of the
Spaniards in one direction was reported to Lopez, he
issued an order to his own force to retreat in the op-
posite, and actually that day made a forced march of
18 miles in five hours, over a mountain road. On the
19th, being still on the mountains, we were overtaken
by severe rain storm, which destroyed the greater

ordered, and an examination made of the state of our
forces, which showed a total of 125 men, eighty
muskets, about twenty of which were serviceable,
and about forty dry cartridges. Under this state of
affairs it was deemed advisable to retreat, which was
ordered, and a pursuit commenced by the enemy, who
lay in ambush some few hundred yards in advance,
with a force of 900 men. On the approach of the
enemy, the whole force of Lopez separated into small
bodies, and dispersed through the mountains, throw-
ing away their guns and everything which could
encumber them in their flight, seven men only re-
maining with the General. A large number were
overtaken and immediately killed. Myself was one
of a party of eight who had previously determined on
leaving Lopez and attempting to escape from the
island. We remained in the mountains until the
morning of Tuesday, the 26th, when, having had but
one meal in six days, and feeling that we could bear
it no longer, we determined to go into the plains,
considering that it would be better to be killed out-
right than to die a lingering death from starvation,
which we certainly should do in the mountains.
We accordingly advanced to a house, where we were
treated with a great deal of kindness, and received a
most excellent breakfast. An arrangement was made
to procure a guide to the south shore, with provi-
sions, &c., and we were about to leave and conceal
ourselves until night, when, in the twinkling of an
eye, we were surrounded by 200 armed countrymen,
who immediately bound us securely and inverted our
pockets, considering the contents lawful plunder.
That day we reached San Cristoval. Until we reached
San Cristoval we were under the impression that we
were to be immediately shot—our only consolation
being that we were to die with full stomachs. On
our arrival there we were informed that a proclama-
tion had been issued ten hours before our arrest,
sparing the lives of all fillebusteros who were made
prisoners or who gave themselves up within four days,
except the traitor Lopez ; after which an order, dated
I think, the 24th of April, 1850 (by which all fo-
reigners found in the island were ordered to be put
to death), was to continue in full force. On the 28th,
there being then 47 prisoners, we left San Cristoval
for Havannah ; and on Friday night reached Guaya-
mas, the terminus of a railroad from Havannah.
There an order was received from the Captain-Gene-
ral to proceed to Mariel and embark, he being fearful
that the prisoners would be torn to pieces by the
rabble of Havannah. We reached Mariel on the
evening of the 30th, and were embarked upon the
steamer Almendares, to proceed to Havannah, when
an express arrived, bringing information of the cap-
ture of Lopez, and the steamer was delayed to await
his arrival, which took place at two o'clock P.M. on
Sunday, the 31st, when we immediately left for Ha-
vaunah. Lopez was entirely at liberty, and smoked
his cigarito with apparently as much unconcern as
he ever did in his life. Outside the harbour of
Muriel Lopez was transferred -to the-steam-frigate
Pizarro, which conveyed him to Havannah, and which
he did not leave until he left next morning for the
place of execution. The remainder of us were con-
fined that night in the city prison, in the rear of the
fort called the Ponta. The prisoners passed through
a regular process, their hair being first cut close to
their heads. They then passed into the hands of
another barber, who deprived them of their whiskers,
then another provided them with a prison uniform, and
the exercises were terminated by a big negro, who
securely fastened them in pairs by a chain, similar in
size and weight to a log chain, firmly secured to the
ancle. At the time of my release from prison, which
was at ten o'clock on the night of the 4th inst., there
were 160 of our force prisoners. They were all
chained and confined in one large room, hardly large
enough, however, for all to lie down at once. They
were treated very kindly, and allowed all the privi-
leges that could be expected. As a matter of course,
where so many men are confined in a limited space,
and not allowed to leave it under any circumstances,
it naturally follows that it must be very unpleasant.
Their sentence is ten years' hard labour in Spain ;
probably in the construction of a canal. They all ap-
peared to be in good spirits at the time I left, being
under the impression that they would soon be released
after their arrival in Spain. Lopez was brought
from the Pizarro, and publicly garroted in the square
adjoining the prison at seven o'clock in the morning
of Monday, the Ist of September. With him ended
not only this expedition, but, I sincerely trust, all
expeditions to Cuba. Up to the time I left, the
Spaniards could account for 271 Americans, including
Crittenden's command—whom they had killed, that
is, in action ; wounded men who were left on the field,
and sick and fatigued men, who gave out on the
march and were left behind, and men whom they
hunted down in the mountains with dogs. Those,
with the 160 taken prisoners, make a total of 431 men
accounted for, leaving a balance of 22 men whose fate
is yet unknown, the total force landed being 453
men. Of these 22 probably the greater portion are
yet alive and in the mountains ; and, as the troops
have have all been recalled to Havannah, it is pro-
bable some of them may yet succeed in getting home.
Out of the whole number made prisoners, but two
others beside myself have been pardoned. Those are
Colonel Haynes and Captain Kelly, whom the Cap-
tain-General pardoned and sent home unsolicited.
They were to leave Havannah for this port in the
packet-ship Norma on Friday. My own release was
granted as a special favour to Captain Charles T.
Platt, of the United States ship Albany, on board of
which I was conveyed by an aide of the Captain-
General at eleven o'clock on Wednesday night, the
ship proceeding to sea immediately. His Excellency
sent a Government tow-boat and pilot to take her
out. Lopez was caught with bloodhounds in the
mountains on the morning of Friday, the 29th inst.
The dogs being some distance in advance of the men,
bit him badly in the left leg. There were seventeen
countrymen in the party who captured him, each of
whom was publicly presented with 1,000 dolls. and a
cross of honour immediately after his execution. Let
us now review the causes and results of this expedi-
tion. At the time I received my appointment from
Mr. Sigur, one of the editors of the New Orleans
Delta, I was told by him that a revolt was regularly
organised among the Creoles throughout the island
of Cuba ' • that they had elected General Lopez as
their leader, and their object was to free Cuba from
the tyranny of Spain, and either form a republic of
their own, or annex the island to the United States.
He told me that Lopez was about to leave New Or•
leans for Cuba with about 500 Americans, and that
his landing was a signal for a general rising, and that
within forty days alter landing he would be at the
head of an army of 10,000 men ; that there were also
two whole regiments of Spanish troops to come over
to him with their equipments. The same story was
told to all. Was lit so ? As I have already stated,
our first salutation was a volley of musketry, instead
of, as the Delta asserts, a large body of friends, with
horses, stores, &c., for our use. Instead of nding
the Creoles our friends, we found them our most
bitter enemies, far more so than the troops
—keeping the troops constantly informed of ;our
movements, and hanging on onr skirts, put-
ting to death without mercy all those who straggled
on the march. Of the troops I cannot but speak
in praise, without a single exception. They treated
the prisoners with the utmost kindness, giving them
wine, cigars, bread, tobacco, and aguadente freely,
and from their own small means. I imagine no one will
say that we had any right to expect such treatment.
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certainly we had no claim either on their sympathy or
generosity. Much has been said relative to the ex-
ecution of Crittenden and his men. Among all the
prisoners now in Hsvannah, much as they admired
Crittenden, there is but one opinion, and that is, that
that execution was justifiable—was merited. That
they were deceived all know ; but that was no busi-
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cation received was sufficient to justify not only the
execution of those men, but of every man connected
with the expedition. Why, look at this affair in its
proper light ! Where, even in history, in the annals
of the world, do you find a similar occurrence ? Here
450 men, without having received the least provoca-
tion, leave their homes, and invade the shores of a
perfectly peaceable island, expressing a determination
to take that island from its lawful owners by force.
Self-preservation is one of the first laws of nature ;
and, if the law will uphold and protect that Ame-
rican citizen who, without hesitation, shoots down
the midnight robber in defence of his property, cer-
tainly that law will uphold the officers of the Crown
of Spain in exterminating a band of men who attempt
to wrest its brightest jewel from that crown. I con-
sider that every man connected with that expedition
deserved death. At the time I was made prisoner I
fully expected it; and although the reflection was
anything but pleasant, my own conscience told me
that it was just. Crittenden with his force not only
committed a crime in landing on the island, but ac-
tually committed an act of open piracy in taking
those vessels in which he was caught, the punishment
for which is, by the laws of all nations, death.
" Much has been said relative to the mutilation of
their bodies. Certainly I was not present at the time
and cannot speak positively, but I cannot learn from
a reliable source that such was the case. I have con-
versed with the officers of the United States' ship
Albany on the subject. They are men of high stand-
ing in society, and they assure me that such was not
the case ; that they were shot in accordance with
Military usages on such occasions; and theit'the only
thing that occurred that could be condemned was the
way in which they were dragged to and thrown into
carts by the negroes ordered to bury them.
" It has been reported that Crittenden wrote home
that he had been abandoned by Lopez, without arms
or ammunition. I do not believe hat Crittenden
ever wrote anything of the kind. Attached to his
command—in hourly contact with him—l knew him,
and do not hesitate in saying that a braver, nobler,
more honourable man than William L. Crittenden
never lived. Instead of having no ammunition he had
all, and was particularly selected to guard it—that
being a most difficult and yet most honourable ser-
vice. Lopez did not desert him, but in leaving him,
in dividing his command, committed one of those
errors which eventually cost him his life ; but had
Crittenden, on the morning of the 13th, gone
on and joined Lopez at Las Posas, instead of
retreating to the sea, all would have been
well—then he would have lost only the stores; as it
was, he lost all. Why he did so is inexplicable, and
must ever remain involved in mystery. Had Lopez
carried out his original intention of landing near
Puerto Principe the result might, perhaps, have
been different—he might there, perhaps, have found
friends, and raised a force sufficient to sustain itself
until reinforcements were sent out from the States.
In landing where be did Lopez, without doubt,
acted, as he thought, for the best, but there, as in
many other instances, he erred. Of his personal cou-
rage there is no doubt; but when we speak of mili-
tary knowledge, of judgment, of his ability to lead an
expedition, I say at once that he had neither. Lopez
Nas probably as much or more deceived than any
man in the expedition. His ambition led him to be
the tool and victim of heartless speculators; avarice,
not philanthropy, was the mainspring of this expedi-
tion.

" I now distinctly, openly assert, that all those let-
ters purporting to be from Cuba, which were pub-
lished during the month of July last, and copied
throughout the Union, were base forgeries, for the
express purpose of deceiving the citizens of the
United States, and advancing the sale of Cuban bonds.
Knowing the ambition of Lopez, and that strong dis-
position to extend the glorious boon of freedom which
fills the breast of every American citizen, these spe-
culators in human blood took advantage of their
knowledge to further their own end. They well
knew how little effort was required to start and keep
alive this excitement. They thought, or at least they
fondly hoped, that more men would go out to join this
little band, and that eventually the island would be free.
Cuban bonds were worth, or were selling at, fromlo to
20 cents on a dollar, when this expedition left. Natu-
rally they would increase in value as the prospect of
liberating Cuba became more certain ; and if this ex-
pedition succeeded, as they pretended to think it
would, Cuba, when liberated from what they denomi-
nated the tyranny of Spain, would have been burdened
with a debt of from 15fcy to a hundred millions of
dollars, at least 50 per cent. of which would have been
infbe pockets of these would-be philanthopists, who,
active as they wished to be thought in the holy cause
of liberty, took the best of good care to peril neither
life nor their own precious liberty in its behalf. At
the expiration of the war, and after Cuba should have
become free, then it was to be annexed to the United
States, and, as a matter of course, the payment of
these Cuban bonds was to be assumed by that Go-
vernment. What do they care for the mothers,
wives, and sisters of the gallant men who formed this
ill-fated expedition, who have been rendered utterly
wretched and miserable for ever ? They do not feel
the chains, the anguish, borne by those 160 noble
fellows, doomed to spend the best 10 years of their
lives in a Spanish prison. No; they feel the blood-
money in their pockets, and laugh over the result of
their speculation. They are the men to be punished.
It is on them the shades of our murdered countrymen
call for vengeance. Heavy, indeed, must be their
punishment when, at the last day, an offended and
just Judge shall demand of them retribution for their
deeds.

" This is, I believe, a correct account of the causes,
proceedings, and results of the unfortunate expedi-
tion. I have endeavoured to give an impartial ac-
count, and if any man, either north or south, consi-
ders himself aggrieved by any remark contained
herein, I will endeavour to afford him sueh satisfac-
tion as the nature of the case may demand. There
have also been, I understand, some reflections made
on the conduct of our Consul at Havannah, Mr.
Owens, and also on the officers of the Albany, at the

time of that execution. At that time Mr. Owens not
only was unable to do anything to assist them, but,
as 1 am informed and believe, was actually in danger
himself from the rabble of Havannah, a guard of
Spanish soldiers having been placed over his property
and person by order of the Captain-General. As for
the Albany, she was powerless on that occasion. Her
officers and crew to a man sympathised with, and
deeply regretted, the melancholy fate of their unfor-
tunate countrymen, but they could do no more. My
word for it, if ever an opportunity should occur, the
officers and crew of that ship will not only uphold the
honour of the American flag, but add new laurels to
its wreath.

" And now, in conclusion, let me, through the me-
dium of your columns, return my sincere thanks to
his honour the Mayor, to Colonel O'Hara, Captain
Cary, and other citizens of Key West, for the many
kindnesses and attentions shown to me, assuring them
that I shall ever remember thenaiwith gratitude.
4; I annex, for the benefit of their friends, a list of
the officers who left New Orleans in Crittenden's re-
giment. _

" I remain, very respectfully,
" Your obedient servant,
" PHILIP S. VAN VECHTEN,
Late First Lieutenant, Cuba Expedition."

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'LIAMENTARY REPOR
,SOCIATION.
inifesto, by the National Reform
reached us. It is addressed to
the friends of popular progress, and comes out under
the auspices of the president of the society .
Fellow-countrymen,—We are at an important
period of our political history. The time has arrived
when our electoral system must be reformed. There
no longer exists any party who rely upon the Act of
1832 as a final settlement. All Reformers agree
that there must be a change in the construction of
the House of Commons.
This is the crisis for the people to resume their
legitimate power, and to shape their own political
future.

To understand the present, let us, shortly, review
he past.

Years of argument, months of agitation, and ulti-
mately days of intimidation, were ended by the Re-
form Act of 1832. The people of England received
their new constitution in confidence; they watched
it with patience, and then submitted to it with
anxiety. It failed to satisfy their just expectations.
After the failure of the Act of 1832 became mani-
fest, the class whose hope of political emancipation
had been excited by the discussion of that measure,
end who had received it as a promise of progress, were
the first to speak out their dissatisfaction at the re-
sult. Their political discontent gradually shaped it-
self into a definite claim. By discussion they formed
an unanimous opinion.—Ultimately by organisation
they made, with one voice, a distinct demand—it was
for the People's Charter.
Whilst this movement was progressing amongst the
unrepresented, a large portion of the represented
classes also became impressed with the necessity for
further political reform. They had, however, no
point of unity. Each district—indeed almost every
individual, attached importance to that particular
measure of reform which local circumstances or per-
sonal observation presented as a desirable political im-
provement. There existed no organization through
which the aggregate will of the middle class could ex•
press itself.
The circumstance, however, which, more than any
other, prevented the middle class from joining in a
general demand for political change, was the convic-
tion that the emancipation of trade was an immediate
social necessity. Their energies were devoted to the
attainment of free trade, to the exclusion, for the
time, of all other national objects.
We have now to speak of another section of the
great party—the aristocratic Reformers. The Whigs
adopted the Reform Act : they worked it for the
people—and for themselves. They carried some mea-
sures of political and social amelioration by it. It
enabled them in their turn to carry on the Govern- •
ment : but until a very recent period they regarded
the Reform Act as a final measure.
So much for the past.
What is our present position ?
The unenfranchised still maintain their demand for
the People's Charter is just.
The enfranchised see around them a population
ripened in intelligence since the time when a larger
share of the popular element was admitted within the
pale of the constitution. A people taught not only in
schools, but educated in the lecture-hall and from the
platform—a people well acquainted with their politi-
cal rights, but waiting in a spirit of confidence and
with conservative patience, for the time when they
shall receive their rights of citizenship. Those who
have secured the freedom of trade now bring the in-
fluence of their realised wealth and eminent practical
ability to assist the producing class in obtaining the
largest practical measure of Parliamentary reform
compatible with the peaceful development of the na-
tional will.
The Whigs—the third section of the party—now
admit they can no longer govern under the Reform
Act. The game of party has been played out. " There
must," say they, "be a broader basis of popular re-
presentation."

What are we now to do ? It is not for the Exe-
cutive Government of a constitutional monarch to
dictate fundamental changes in political institutions.
As individuals they may consult—they may advise—
but as Ministers of the Crown their duty at such a
crisis is to ascertain—to adopt—and then to carry
into law the will of the people.
It is for the people to declare their will. It must
be done unanimously, deliberately, resolutely.
After mature deliberation—after mutual exchang.a
of confidence and mutual concessions—the middle and
working classes agree upon the basis of a representa-
tive system. Both parties accept the principles of the
National Reform Association. They are—
I. The extension of the suffrage to every occupier
of a tenement or portion of a tenement.
11. Vote by ballot.
111. Triennial Parliaments.
IV. A. more equal apportionment of Members to
population.
V. The abolition of the property qualification.
Such a reform, curried in its integrity, would make
the House of Commons the embodiment and expres-
sion of the mind and will of the people, and with
this—and with nothing less—should the people be
content.

We know no reason—save our own apathy—why
we should wear the badge ,of political prescription,
and we are resolved no longer to remain in so unjust
and so degrading a position.
There must be no mistake, either as to the extent
of our demands or of our determination to achieve
them. The Minister must understand this, and our
representatives must feel it.

Take, then, fellow-countrymen, legal, energetic,
prompt means of proclaiming the opinion of all
classes of her Majesty's subjects in each and all of
these great principles of Parliamentary Reform.
With work, not words, we must devote the next few
months to the advancement of our political rights,
and to the means of alleviating the burdens of our
fellow men.
We would suggest to you—
I. ORGANISATION.—Let every city, borough, town,
and hamlet form its Parliamentary Reform Commit-
tee. Apart from local organisation, let every Re-
former enrol himself as a member of the NATIONAL
REFORM ASSOCIATION.

11. PUBLIC MEETINGS.—The healthy political
sympathies of the people should be aroused by fre-
quent public meetings.
111. PETITIONS.—Let petitions be presented, not
only from every city and town, but from every work-
shop, hamlet, and homestead.

THE PRESS.—The press will do its duty if it
see the people are in earnest. The tracts and publi-
cations of the National Reform Association must be
distributed—they must be read. Educate and sustain
each other in this great work.
V. CONSTITIIENCIES.—Let constituencies be faith-
ful to themselves. Personal considerations, and per-
sonal attachments must be disregarded. There is no
intermediate course. Every man who is not for the
people is against them. Let constituencies be prepared
to replace with better men those who prove unable or
unworthy to lead the people in this great struggle.
Fellow Countrymen—Every step in the progress
of this movement will be watched—every act will
leave its impression. Every public meeting will have
its influence—every petition its weight. Act then as
men who are not merely arguing an abstract proposi-
tion, but as men who are prompting actual—practical
_legislatior, and influencing the political destiny of
future generations. We especially appeal to those
who, in their day of struggle, sought and received
the aid of the masses—our triumph will be their great
and permanent advantage. Then, and not till then,
may they look for good, cheap and peaceful govern-
ment, the blessings of unshackled industry, and for
religious and political liberty in their broadest and
most comprehensive signification.
" The political education of half a century has pre-
pared our way. As a nation, we are ready for the
advance. The confiding, but watchful quiet of the
English people during the late years of Kingly and
Lordly fear, has proved them to be conservative, and
defensive, of all that is good in our political and so-
cial institutions. The next few months will gather
to a focus all the political teaching, and all the vir-
tuous political sympathy of years, The people
already feel the prestige of triumph. They pp
the crisis with confidence. Free from excitement,
but with deep earnestness of purpose, they arise to
grasp—rather than to straggle for—their long-with-
held liberties.
"JOSHUA WALMESLET, President of the Association.
" 11, Poultry, London, Sept. 22, 1851."

—A. special general
NEW ZEALAND COMPANY.
court of proprietors and directors was held yesterday at New
Zealand-house, Mr. Aglionby presiding. The chairman an-
nounced that since their last meeting no communication had
been received from her Majesty's Government, and their
position was therefore unaltered. A plan had been set on
foot by which it was hoped to avoid the harsh and unjust
operation of a call, which would entirely fall upon the new
shareholders, and this plan was so far pretty successful. It
consisted of a scheme for obtaining voluntary advances of
money from certain of the shareholders, the sums so lent to
be applied to the reduction of the more immediate and press-
ing claims upon the company, and to be afterwards repaid
with a certain rate of interest. He could not positively
state the certain success of this scheme, but it was progress-
ing favourably. Ile did not think that it would be necessary
to call any further meeting of the shareholders on this sub-
ject , as the matter, whether it were a loan or a call, could
be easily and readily arranged without any prolonged discus-
sion. It was not expected that any communication would
be immediately received from the Government. After a
short conversation on some general matters the meeting
ftnhre
separated.
A society
of has
the law. At
organized
amendment the
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so-
ciety was formed, a variety of observations were made as to
some of the most striking anomalies in our laws, and in-
stances quoted of the grievous delays and expenses to which
suitors in the Scotch courts, but still more in the Court of
Chancery in England, are exposed. The society is formed
for the purpose of co-operating with the London society for
promoting the amendment of the law, and with similar EQ.
cieties in other cities in s.cothiud.