The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-28

as can recolect. not having the royal financial
schedule before me:-The ant. 70 the proprissr q
have the greatea number Of legitimate or
legtimatized children born upon his proper.
ty, in pro rata proportion 10 his stock:
the second, to the proprietor who has . greater
number of negroes than the first named. and In
proportion as before, shall show the smallest per
centage of loss by death; and third. equal portion
Is to be assigned TO such proprietor with st snpe
rior number OF male negroes who has larger quaint
all competitors. The difficulties in execution Of this
ordinance are apparent at glance. In the Dirt
place, the aggregate of funds In royal chest IL
honestly counted out, that will be obtained from
this source will be too enormous so TO divide
1t would be a dishonest application Of funds
drawn from other industry for the advantage
OF the planter for which there would be no eqaiva
lent return-t will force holders Of negro property
occupied in the ordinary trades and business OF
cities and towns to sell their negroes 10 the planters
law can never be defined or calculated with certainty
to enable distribution to he made by the judges APP
pointed, presided over by the richest intelligence OF
the age, the Marquis de Pezuela The principal OBJ
lection which will first attract the discriminating
intelligence of the Queen and her royal Ma will be
the quantity which some sudden State necessity viii
require them to borrow, leaving the dividend to
wait future accumulation, as has been the case
with some halfdozen other benefcent projects.
believe the royal wants have not drawn upon
the funds raised by voluntary subscription under the
admonition of Canedo's orders for a statue OF the
Queen; but the has been too insignificant to
look after. The statue will be finished by and bye;
and it is said by competent judges to be very
excellent work, and when the head is finished Il
will find very appropriate pedestal, which Is
also in process of execution. The arrival Of our
allies we acknowledge in the papers, with "unani-
nous satisfaction of the whole community" and
We no longer fear Black Warriors or Yankee.
TROUBLE.
HAVANA, May %, 1864.
More Details respecting the Bull Fight-"Ow French A.
lies'-Fre Yankee Bulls shoD tie White Fsather-De
hight Of The Spectators-Feminine Nsrue-Ners from
Merico By the Spiritual 7eegrapA-Arripal Of Too
fresh Cdiyoes Of Negroes-7he Ayuntdmiento Veto on
the Apprentice Schemo-Ne,rs from Madrid respecting
the Difficulties uith the United States.
Immediately after my last by the Empire City,
via New Orleans, was compelled to go to Matanzas
and Cardenas, and as | could not telegraph myself
down, took the tardier rails, SO that / only re-
turned yesterday, but just in to be in for all
the display which we have been making with our
French naval friends.
The temple Of "Apis' had been decorated with
the INTERVENING banners of the "three nations"
and the officers of the French vessels of war in our
port invited to be present at the feast of soul"
prepared for them by their host and most charming
hostess. The Captain General and the Viscount Ad-
miral Duquesne, the Marquesa, and an aidde-camp
filed the State carriage followed by the palace hack
with articles OF less degree, and troop of dem.
royal +" lanceros' as escort to the temple, where
they bound to worship-not precisely after the
manner of the Egyptians, but, with far less refine
ment after the vitiated customs of the PhGnicians
or in conformity with Spani taste and Spanish re-
finement in these days. The entertainment was de-
too, opened to the rank and file of the
squadron. A delegation of about hundred warrant
and petty, officers were met by party Of the
Queens soldiers and escorted to the bull pens from
the Admiralty wharf The assemblage in the vast
might have embraced five or six thousand per-
sons, and, aside from the disgusting performance
that we there Witnessed the spectacle imposing
and full of interest.
The dIess even Of the most retired aud elegant
gentlemen is in consonance with the amusement
and may be fairly classed vulgar. If black
coat hat, or other evidence Of being well dressed,
is perceived by the crowd the person so conspicu-
GUS is singled out for remark and in every way pos
sibe, by calls Kisses of the serpent, &c, from the
throng, from which he can get no release He is
annoyed until he throws away hat, and determines
that hereafter he will conform TO the divine will
of the butchers. The dress of the arena of "Apis"
for gentlemen is the checked or white linen coat
vest and pants to correspond, Panama straw hat,
cravat Of yellow, red plaid or other fancy, blue
which is at present an interdicted and contraband
color. On examination Of the festoons and barber
pole twists round the columns, did not perceive the
flag OF the United States nor was there much taste
displayed in the ornamental arrangements generally
Five Yankee bulls, that would not be reused from
their phlegmatic state for the Qualification Of the
tr'1G'te congregation of dignity, led from the
field inglorously, and saved the privilege of DEATH
Eight bulls were slain, after the usual trial OF their
temper with fire, steel and dogs. The company, in
The delirium of their enjoyment encored the dog
scene so that two beasts catered for their APP
petites in the second act of the bul-pen tragedy.
The music, by black band, was good to fill the
space between the acts-peyfectly harmonious with
the occasion-and, should suppose, was extracted
from the "Bull OPERA" IL there is such compo-
siton in existence. have observed very partial
ly bearded face that is always peering over the
chair of the marquesa, having the most interesting
points of attraction in his view, while discoursing
with amateur int elligence Of the things below. He
seems favored man, and is the son of one, it is
said, who has been familiar with the favors of royal
ty; so he is in opportune practice for the parasite
vocation of his life
! saw one Of your country women in box pre-
pared for her, that she might not leave Cuba with
out seeing this spectacle; which shows more
graphically than any other given amusement, GER
ter than any other that | have been familiar
with. She was evidently disguised, and was COM
PEELED to draw upon all her nerve for the endur.
ance Of the scene, which she did very becom.
ingly and without attracting observation but of the
one who was there to scrutinize the Observers She
will Mirror the picture, and make an evening
less dull for some Of your New York readers, pos.
siby. She leaves US this morning in the steamer
Isabel, to rest two weeks in Charleston, then to
improved health.
The result Of the evenings amusement, T am in.
formed by the picadores Of the company are eight
bulls, five horns, one dog, and last and least, one
man not quite killed; but there are some hopes
that he will not live SO that the fever of public ex
pectation may be justified in this, the most remark
able batting of the season. and all but regal in minis
try for the occasion.
We have news from Mexico, by our independent
spiritual telegraph, that Santa Anna has been cut
of from his capital by Alvarez but as our conduc-
tor is new beginner in the transmission, we think
there must be some mistake, especially as we read
few days since in the Didsio that the whole coun-
try was quiet, and oil the factious had been dis
persed, captured, or hung.
We have had two more large cargoes of negroes
landed in safety, and distributed on the south
and one on the north side, notwithstanding the
sincerity ard the vigilance of tihe Captan-Gene.
raj. The "Ayuntamiento" have vetoed the pro-
position OF the CaptainGenera to introduce appren-
tees from Africa have refused unanimously to give
their consent to the propositions assigning as reason
Tor declining to do So that it will serve to in
crease too rapidly the coloFed populations besides,
a. these laborers are freed expiration Of service