Spanish West Indies

A negotinüon issaid to bc pending at Mudrid bclwee theBritish and bnanish governments.in which the former lias deinanded that the whole of the eJaves introducid nto the Spanish West Indiea fstonds, since iho treaty of 1817, shall be recorf)i7.ecJ ns free. If Ihis ahould be scceeded to, it woulú emancípate fróm 60 to 60 per cent of the slaves in Cuba, and n stil] Jnrgef portion ofthose in Porco Rico. The annual ?rñpor. tatioi) of slaves into Cuba alone, is estimated