The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-15 00:00:00

MORNING

UN

L A VERlrin 4,he---ITSIAND of CUBA.
1"E ADDRESSED BY THE 'BRITISH AMBASSADOR AT
MADRID TO THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT, RELATIVE
TO.
THE SLATES IN THE ISLAND OF CUBA.
British Legation in Spain, Madrid, Dec. 17, 1840.
t SlR—Notwithstanding -that the traffic in slaves, under
,13-ilag of Spain, -has considerably diminished, in virtue
of-the:Treaty of June 1-5,_ 1835 between Great Britain
and Spain,. nevertheless the 'dealers in slaves have
bisted•nther colours for the protection of their ships, by
‘thith means new importations of blacks from Africa
14.4 e continued to supply the island of Cuba.
``lt IIAS- been thought, in spite of this; that these abuses
.14lght he, put astop to by conferring on the mixed Cora-
14ission, :sitting at the Havannah, the power to investi-
cPte into the, cases.of . the negroes existing at Havannah
Attadtvery, anddeelare whether they have been imported
'14.'1)4 into., the island subsequent to the 30th of October,
sill2Q,,audto decide whether the said negroes should be
emancipated.
. . .
*o4ll,this object, her Majesty's .Government has pre-
,draft of a convention, which I have been or-
topropose to the Spanish government.
WiJ2soute monthS since submitted a copy °fate said Con
Ntttion Ao M. Perez de CaStro, and his Excellency pro=
94; ised.fne that the matter should be immediately taken
.-'uto consideration.
-tzthave, therefore, the honour of now submitting to your
4A(!elieecy another copy of the draft of the above-men-
. timed Convention, the object of -which I some time since
oxplained to your Excellency.
klr Most Catholic Majesty's Government has invari-
lbly professed the same lively wishes as those which in-
' -11411ce Great Britain, in co-operating in all the measures
-alieady proposed for the abolition of this 'abominable
`that
e, and, notwithstanding, it is an unquestionable fact,
instead of being lessened or somewhat modified, in
„consequence of the restrictive measures heretofore
adopted, the evil increases in the Spanish colonies, which
Position is unanswerably confirmed by the- progressive in-
crease of the slave population.
In order to remedy this great abuse and violation of
the existing treaties, it is proposed to confer on the
mixed commission the power of enforcing the national
laW established to that effect,-elevating it to a degree of
sufficiency and -vigour that shall place it in a condition
to effectually- destroy the evil ; because, by preventing •
,the demand for victims their shipment from Africa will
• checked. It is only necessary to convince the put--
Chasers, as wellas the owners of African slaves, that they;
• esllnot reckon on possessing their illegal•acquisitiens
with impunity, in -order -to prevent their continuing to
pnploy.their capitals in this traffic, because they are no
30egrer a commodity which can be offered for sale in the
market. This is the only way of compelling people to
llnuAlon a..truffiewinch: can no longer yield advantages.
,i'''ll these objects will be attained by means of the stipu-
'"Airgia :in the proposed-Convention.
-be ohjeeted that this convention
:Nmight produce discontent, and even promote insurrection.
ntong tbose-sla•ves who, in consequence of the place of
=tile birth, or the date of their importation, would have
A34-claim to be emancipated; -but in respect of said objec-
:-.4.,''4i4u, -should it be made, I must observe to your Excel-
that, in the plan proposed, it is not intended to in-
re with with the Creole population, or with such -of the
`ssinveS:aswere.introduced into the island previous to the
October;.' 1820. -J3esides, the proceedings for de-.
dying
_the emancipation of negroes are to be carried
into effect individual by individual, and not by whole
,cygoes ; brivhiCh MeanUth4 execution- of the conven-
-n will in realit•y be much less alarming in its totality,
°r in its individual impbrtance, than the proceedings
.ganetioned.hy -the- alretulr existing treaties.
It is more. than 20 years since the mixed tbmmission
:.411t ta'the Havannah, .during.which 'period frequent- dis-
• eossions lave arisen that have affi.tcted the liberty of
thole cargon of .negroes, without there being a solitary
„.Istance wherein the. Captain-General of . Cuba found
!atilt with the proCeedings, which circumstance leads to
he supposition. that the 'proposal for the ext-nsion of
et'wers to the mixed commission may be acceded to
without risk or inconvenience. •
Whilst submitting all which to your Excellency, I
:lust add that her Catholic Maesty will acquire great
41:1 tin glory by consenting to the proposed Conven-
, un, putting a term, by its means, to a practice that is
„LeP,ll.gtatit as well as contrary to humanity.--I avail my-
of"11- this opportunity for renewing, &c.
(Signed) ARTHUR ASTON.
Excellency Don Joaquin Maria de Ferrer, &a.

- -
_ _ORANGE CANDIDATE- FOR
DUBLIN: ..
a The following is. the peroration of a long article in
4,kciting Mail of Monday, on " The Represents,tion
• • -.our)
At three o'eloek this afternoon, a very numerous and;
Influential meeting of the most respectable class of eiee-,
,t9T,.,s Was held at the Rooms of the.Registrati.ma SFicketyl
"1
.:,*Cdilege-street. T. B. C. Smith, Esq., Q.CAW,
11.
An intimation was made to the eteet; .
411.1 Gregory was ready to obey the calf or 1. Vtigiktip,
.1‘ of Dublin, and, at their instance, to". stand f6t-iii9afire-r
;...sentation.
This announcement was received with the most en-

thusiastie cheering—the greatest joy pervaded the meet-
,
!' lag ; and the gratifying intelligence was quickly con-
veyed throughout the city, where all the .energy and
Apirit of former times were instantly created and existed.
.The same committees were appointed, and the same
gentlemen have undertaken to act, as those through
whose instrumentality and exertions the late contest
1`1.44 brought to so glorious and successful an issue ; and
itetery is now certain.
• The •
There 1. nothing new in this intimation—Mr. Gre-
PrY was ready to obey the call of the ,electors of
half
rblin alyeek
ago on certain conditions, and we are
•th inclined to think that these conditions—to wit,
he reimbursement,- in the event of -defeat, of the sum
dvances and the defence of the return against a peti-
P ao,.
tio:. in the event of success—are. still under considera-•
I„,'L Be that, however, as it may, the Liberals are
• Ted and for the encounter.—Pilot.
ready

ry OOLWICH--THCRSDAY.
linv
SAPPERS. 4 L
AND MINERS.—Majcr Vicar's COM-
/1111
OYO the Royal Sappers and Miners are expected to
ark f at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, in the early
kirtt of next week for Corfu. First Lieutenant Ford will
e charge of the company, as it is the intention of Major
brtel'iltrs to proceed in a short time overland to the station
(ii," corps at Corfu.
14,,:nlii_ALTArt.—By a private letter, dated Gibraltar,
at \y!ll°or 30, 1841, information has been received
colwich of the arrival of the Java,_ transport-
th:'
46t at the former station on the previous day ; and
ex h regiment, at present doing duty there, was
tl,,ll:eted to embark in about ten days from the above
f,car Barbadoes. Lieutenant-General John Ross,
A 6; '8 Colonel of the regiment ; and Lieutenant-Col.
pl:nn'arke, K.H., the commanding officer. The regiment
`,•aeded to Gibraltar in October, 1837, and the depot
17 Present stationed at Clonmel, in Ireland.
Atin!lttlADOES.—The 47th Regiment, stationed at St.
consequently,
has enjoyed excellent health for some time, and,
Tilquently, will remain in their present quarters.
' toltise 33d Regiment has been very unfortunate, and lost
kii--I,lnen that the remander were marched to Gun
tati°wirraelts, on the 3d of December, in the expec-
fN 11 that a change of quarters would relieve them
4f rilth the sickness which prevailed. On the day
the
.4eir march to Gun Hill, three privates died ; on
Otl thaY Previous, Sergeant Page and three privates
privates
Whi
tend e',and on the following day, only one private died,
L 1 affords hope that their removal will be at-
ed
114470eks previous to the 6th of December, the regiment
14..zybst upwards of fifty from the ranks, owing, in a great
eki7llre, to the effects of the climate.. When some re-
:silts in the same latitude escape the prevalent dis-
Spot it.would be advisable to examine particularly the
all heir barracks or quarters are located' upon, andf in
1442, as nearly as possible, select. similar situations,
en th attord ti same advantages to the other regiments
`4*' same station.

•,••i_. _
I‘llE LIVERPOOL SCHOOLS.
4,l'riday last there .was a meeting,. of the Catholic
tess_ilibtYv;t: take this subject into consideration, and thelv
the following resolution and address, which
qiead at all the Catholic Chapels on Sunday, and
tVeil placarded on the walls :-.-
el ec.l, "That in consequence. of the late alterations
6km_bilstitittion of th&COrtiot:tition 'schools, the Ca-
litimajOgE6rgy of Liverpool "can no longer conscientiously
41§71101.:-Ihe attendance of Catholic children in those
.iii, 15.„,1 ' • .
th , Latt-tew arrangement, the Catholic translation of
all Scripture,k has been excluded from the schools, so that
Aii7e children will be required to use the Protestant
4
ailliwijicll, for different reasons, , the Catholic Clergy
liPnetion. Another objection is, that should any
ii the
children attend, they will, be required to join
-1i„,,."1e rest in a form of worship, from which., both in
4 'e and belief, they must conscientiously differ.
p,iiil There is too much reason to fear that these new ar-
lypirtilents have been entered into with a view of prose-
reign g, and of seducing Catholic children from their
these
alter 1 ; but whatever the intentions the authors of
it tiL;ulterations may have had, the Catholic clergy feel
thes 4.21,4tY, under present circumstances, to denounce
conse:. "'"ols, and to tell Catholic parents they cannot
. 4(,.-.entiously send their children to them."
q tcer quoting from the Liverpool Times the account
"ioii e number of children who have left the schools,
Aterefi appeared in The Sun on Thursday, the Liverpool
-• „ZrY adds :
tieho;_v e were yeiterday informed that the number of
that wr in attendance has still further diminished, and
70 0011 Wednesday, at the South School, there were only
and . Ys, of whom about three were Roman Catholics, (ini
.100 fr; 1
d2oeor. and hilst at the North School there were
boys7o girls ; and, as we are informed, not
11.1,7 c arnonist them. Nay, we are told,
.that the
a ,r'er of Protestant children has actually diminished ;
apt" (1(1, perhaps,' that amongst Protestant parents there
ILL, those who see theiliperiority of the system now abo-
t7ttd, to that which has been adopted in. its stead. As
f.„,:_ie dismissal of the masters that was a matter to be ,ILoecte, d, as it evidently was by Mr. David Hodgson,
dp., IN a!_prepared with two candidates ready
,cut and
J on Vriday ,before a word was said to him. '

ZileA HE PORT OF COLCIIRSTER.—The Hon.
Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs have been
pleased to Lone their warrant approving of this port as
4:warehousing port for tea, coffee, sugar, tobacco, but-
ter, cheese, and a variety of other dry goods ; and
t6ltable warehouses are about immediately to be taken
,:),r the reception of these articles. This will be attended
„%th great advantage to the merchants and others
.9.lRaged in the sale of these goods, as great allowances
11 made fur 4 deficiencies arising from natural waste
gca
rr in the warehouse, besides allowing the merchant
yon his business with a much smaller capital.
taiqe warehousing system has justly been considered one
--*the greatest boons ever
conferred
ti .standard. upon this country.
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