The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-01-26 00:00:00

• TiE STATW4AN;

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7,11 E MONEY 70itidiN.
thcratification of the Treaty with Sited°, to which
ricalloded ou Saturday, was followed by a Decree
Oa the part of
.his Catholic Majesty. pretenttiog to.
regulate the abolition of the Stare Trade. W no.

this Decree some time ago. These documents, I
and the mercenary stipulations on. which they are
founded, prove that Spain has not agreed to abolish
the Slave Trade from any conviction of its injustice.
The King of Spain says, this traffic was cornmencedi
and hitherto cariied.on,because the Indians " vverel
in complete ignorance of the conveniences of life,
and had made a small progress in the arts of social
existence." lie and his ancestors had then, it would

seem, discovered that the Africans were more polish.
ad that' the Indians of South America t . Because the
Negroes " were necessary for the working of the
mines ; and yet it is a known fact, that this 14boet
is exclusively perfnemed by the natives, who, in,
Peru,_ are compelled to it by.a coteictiption called
the Nita.
Another reason given by King Ferdinand as •a
sanction for the Slave Trade, is, that " the Negroes
were taugbt the true religion, the only one in *bids
man can be saved !"—This advice, upheld by the In-
quisition, would be a powerful stimulus for Spaelerds
still to carry on this nefarious practice, as Ilse King
here tells them, that its contilmarice is the moat gam.
riturious of 'Recta. The Kings of Spain baveoftee
attempted to obtain a Bull from the Pope in Amiss..
of the Slave Trade, as they did from Alexander VI:
to sanction the usurpation of America ; and if One.
could.now be obtained, we wonder whether it 'meld
not still have more weight than a BrAisti Treaty
Such ore the main reasons the Sphirish King
exhibits as the former plea for dealingie tuition fiesta,
those for discontiouirig the trade at the present ma..
ment, are not less curious.—" America has now
advanced in prosperity, the natives are civilized, Hie
blacks and whites have increased considerably, the
country is now uncovered and more healthy ; and
finally, because the Allied Powers have interfered."
Such are the • reasons which induce Spain to abolish
the Slave Trat!e henceforward to the north of the
Line, but they are nut powerful enough for its ex.
tioction to the south. The strong pleas first alleged
can no I.,eger operate ou the north, but they hold'
good on the south I.—lot consequence of the kind
resent of 400,0r,0). sterling, the poor Africans of
the north section will no longer enjoy the silvan/el
(ages of the true religion, whilst those of the swath
will continue to be favoured, till generous Brae*
Ministers shall purchase their condemnation ! They
are to be left in ignorance of Seanisli civilization, the
true riligion for a time, if 400,0001. more are net
pale ow their behalf.
Never did a more hypocritical document appear
before the word, never nee route iusulting to the
views under which the extinction of the Slave Trade
was promoted. The inse.lit Buenos Ay tes, Chili,
Venezuela, and Nets Granada, became independent,
they totally abolished this nefarious traffic, not at
the req lest of the 13ri:isli Government, or under any
hope of a bonus, but because they considered it cruel
and unjust. Further, in Buenos Ayres and Chili,
a plait to extinguish alaveu altogether was formed,
by decreeing that alt 'nuke horn of slaves should
hereafter be free. Del this cost the British patine
400,00X)1.? No. Yet by the Ministerial prints are
these People daily called tehtls and banditti! The
Treaty allotted to, on the part of Spain, has been a
job, and certainly well planned. The Spaniards have
received 400,0001. to give up a pule they cannot
now carry on to any other place than Cuba, the free-
dom and independence of South America prevent its
prosecution elsewhere. In the Spanish dominions,
the extinction of the Slave Trade is therefore due to
the South americans, anal not to the slegociation of
the Prince Regent's Ministers, who have granted a
sum that is about to he enipineed to restore it in
those sections in which it has already been abolished,
if King Ferdinand could have his will.
Another subject, well deserving attention, is the
money squandered on pretence of military aids to
Spain.—lt is not generally understood, that of the
millions expended by our improvident Ministers in
.the cause of Spain and Ferdinand, ;ewers' huudred
thousand pounds vivre placed in the hands of certain
Officers, who, at the breaking out of the " Holy
insurrection" against French tyranny and oppres•
slots in Spain, volunteered their services to discipline,
arm, clothe, and lead to bottle, the irregular forces
of the Spanish nation. We do 110 t meats to insi-
nuate that the cuefidelice placed ny our Treasury has
beets abused by any of the individuals its whom it
was thus reposed, hut we trust we do but speak
the wishes of the parties themselves, when we pre-
sume to suggest that an investigition into the entree.
diture of such vast sums as were thus entrusted to
individual honour, should be regularly entered upon,
and the accounts supp.)rted by such 'euchre"; as the
nature of the service admitted. There is a mystery
in the thing which ought to he cleared up, and no-
thing, in our opinion, could tend more effectually to
remove unfavourable, and, no doubt, unjust, suspi-
cions, than a rigid enquiry into tbreexpenditure of
the funds thus drawn from our Treasury, and to
have it ascertained by whet rule or authority such
disbursements as re 'regulated. We hate heard (pee-
sibly erroneously), that these enormous expenditures
have been all lumped together in one item, under the
head of " "lids to "Spain;" but the Public has a
tight to enquire into the sutjec and the individuiels
who were known to have bevolbe principal actors 'II
this military drama (or fanfarronade, as the Spani-
ards term ii) ought, we huMbly conceive, be the hut
o.clear up the polo.
The Gazette of Saturday night contains five Ad
dresses of Condolence to the PRINCE REGENT, and
ten to PRINCE LEOPOLD, on the death of the late
Princess CHAALOTTE. It also contains an offer of a
reward of 5001. for the discovery of the poachers who,
on the '9th just. fired at end wounded two. of Mr.
Veneoe's, of Wherstead's, gamekeepers, and inhu-
manly beat several of their issistants. Also a re ward
of 501. for discovering the person who oti the bib ult.
wrote an anonymous letter to Lady NcitLASI, threat-
euing to murder her,..aed to burn her house.
The causes entered in the LOROCILINCELLOIeitsdetI
for the Tern already amount to 390, a Isien'are se.
elusive of those to be heard at the hells, and of all
petitions and motions. The Reg'ster's and the Mas-
ters' offices acre never known to be,lo crowded with
important business.

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* " NAVAL INTELLIGEfiI(t
tIEAL, JAN. • 5.--resterdiy the 'kind got ter
to the northward; and the *hate ot the otkiiiir4=4
bound have 'sailed, eicept thesQiellti; Fintt,liti)ek
ship remains to repair het fo'reguird.:—Carite ilotires
from the River the Joliette; ----,*foi• Bitiaria atiti
to-day arrived the Louise, Pearson, from Messing
and Wylain, Robinson, trait Miltat.—Salted the
Queen, Fiott, for Jamaica.
PORTSSIOU'iIf, JAN. 25.—Arritell thi Ship!ey,'
Moncrief, from Batavia, for orders ; sailed 12th Oci-
tober, in company with tae Morley of Lclndon, end
an American ship land brig bound to Hullandthe
Ocean, Captain Johnson, sailed two days previous
for the Isle of France, with a caVio. Left at Ba-
tavia the following ships, vit. Eaperimeut, Dacre,,
Wellington, Totham, Broahorueherry, and
The Tothase was chartered for Esiope at 71. per
ton ; the Brolborneberry int! Ellegil were also
chartered to go and load at Samaritan. The Ship-
ley spoke on the '24th November, of the Cape, the
Friendship, from London, bautid to New South
Wales, with convicts; also the St. Ann, Crosby,
from London to Jamaica, all well.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 24.—Arrived the Gauges, Clai
• .ham
-.I at Calcutta, from this port its 104 days.
1146acomsz,-JAN. 24.—The Lord Nelson, May,
(rein Cork to Penzance and Falmouth, with a gene-
eel Cargo; was last night towed into this harbour by
a pilot.,skiff, with the loss of her mainsail, foresail,
and other damage.
eltmoutit, JAN. 23.—ye Duke of Kent packet,
ffir Lisbon, and the Si,eetty packet for the Brazil),
have gone into the Roads.
PORT GLASGOW, JAN. 23.—Arrived the Aurora,
M'liinley, from Honduras, having been fired at NM
detained five boors on the 29th November, in Is;
2D. N. Long. 7S. 30. W. by the 'Patriot privateer,
Mexican Congress, Ciansindnre Parker, who put nn
'hoard the Supercargo, Master, and Mate, of Ito
Spanish brig Madona Meteors, from Santa Martha
for Barcelona, which they had captured two day;
previous, and sent for Amelia Island.
PLirmotrn, JAS. 24.—Came iu the Dutch ship
Java, bound to the East !tones.
II AItWICII, JAN. 25.—Sailed the Prince of Oraug
packet, with a Mail for Hothead.