Volumes might be filled with the atrocities of 1844; but the foregoing is enough of the sickening subject.

When I call to mind the many amiable and high-minded Spaniards I have met, the national conduct of Spain becomes indeed a mystery.

But to return to present times.
H.M.S.

"Vestal," commanded by that active young officer, Captain C.B.
Hamilton, was stationed at Cuba for the suppression of slavery, &c.

She had been watching some suspicious vessels in the harbour for a long time; but as they showed no symptoms of moving, she unbent sails and commenced painting, &c.