Star. — London, England, 1830-05-17 00:00:00

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S 1 F.AK i Mr. Bt: Hot sT k LAND, Earl B: and th e Baro Alioiste 1, Saturda Their I itexc E volition The tally p e Pranc e he hunt vondes t to the, Yeti Wore Fle tt „,, a 1 0404 at Cliri Philoh, Llatid a i dit c h s Mr. .4 3 l a , tooate this in tioune m Sir Ch Il an w IL Very (Oe ven i he Mato fro m i t , that tb THE KING. The following Bulletin of his MAJEsTv's health was led yesterday : " Windsor Castle, May 16, 1830. The ICrwa has not had a •ery good night; but still his 111.4- 'y feels himself better. " HENRY HALFORD, " MATTHEW JOHN TIERNEY." 'he above Bulletin was shown at St. James's Pa : yesterday by Viscount LAKE (Lord in Waiting), Sir WILLIAM HOUSTON (Groom in Waiting).— MATTHEW TIERNEY left the Castle about 11 o'clock Inlay morning for London, and was expected to re , about 9 o'clock. This is the first time for three reeks that either of the physicians have left the Castle •so long a period of time. The Duchess of GLOU TER arrived at the Castle about half-past 12 on Sa ty, and had an interview with his MAJESTY for two hours. The Royal Duchess left the Castle at inner before 3 o'clock for London. The Duke of -,Lustrrox arrived at the Castle about 10 o'clock on irday morning, and had an interview with the KING. Grace left the Castle between 11 and 12 o'clock. THE WINDSOR EXPRESS. operation of puncturing the legs has been performed several _ _ _ by Mr. BROD/E, and it is gratifying to find that be neficial effects have resulted from that operation. The " em- Inurement of breathing" is not so great, nor are the spasms either as It or frequent as heretofore. From all we see and hear we think discover a gleam of hope ; and if we cannot at present speak absolute amelioration, as referring to the commencement of disease, we think there is every prospect of our being speedily enabled to communicate that gratifying intelligence... \ mong the various rumours that have been promulgated on t painful subject, the report that the King has been for some time ived of the power of speech, has almost generally obtained eno. l l , but so far is this from being the case, that hi s blajestylll powerful voice has not at any time failed him. Her Royal High.. the Duchess of Gloucester paid his Majesty another visit on Saturday morning, and remained with him from one o'clock till half-past three. It was generally remarked, on her Royal .lighness taking leave, that any one might read in her cheerful coun t, ance that the King was better. The Duke of Wellington ar 'at the Castle at eleven o'clock, and left at half-past twelve, having received an audience. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER paid a visit to the Prin . SOPH IA and the Duchess of KENT, at Kensington 'alace, on her return from Windsor on Saturday after- The Duke of SUSSEX and the Princess AUGUSTA ited the Duchess of GLOUCESTER in the evening at lucester-house, Park-lane. The Duke of WELLING row and the CHANCELLOR ofl CII EQUER went over the King's new Palace, in St. tes's Park, yesterday afternoon. 'le throng of company was very numerous to see the 'tin at St. James's Palace on Saturday. They num near 7,000, and yesterday there were about 12,000. ong the company were the SPEAKER of the House of mums, the PRESIDENT of the Royal Academy, the ..., CHIEF BARON, and Mr. Justice BOSANQUET. The Duke of WELLINGTON, soon after his return to on Saturday afternoon from the King's Palace at idsor, proceeded to the Foreign-office, where a Ca- Council was held. The Council was attended by LOBERT PEEL (who arrived in town on Friday night Drayton-park, Staffordshire), and also by the LORD 'CELLOR, Earls BATHURST, ROISLYN, and .DEEM; Viscount MELVILLE, Lord ELLENIIO - Sir GEORGE MURRAY, the CHANCELLOR of EXCHEQUER, and Mr. HERMES. • Council, which was summoned by the CHAN .OR of the EXCHEQUER, sat near two hours in de ttion. deputation from persons interested in the growth of ibacco in Ireland, headed by Lord KILMAINE, attended Treasury on Saturday, and had a conference with !HANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER. Mr. MOORE, for the city of Dublin, and Mr. ALEX. DA wsozr, were among the members. Chairman of the Committee of Licensed Victualler. City of London had an interview with the CRAW .oa of the EXCHEQUER, at the Treasury, on Sa v. dne service was performed yesterday in the Private Tel at the King's Palace, at Kensington, by the Chap to the Duchess of KENT, before the Duchess of 'T, the Princess VICTORIA, and their Royal High .s household. 'rincess SOPMIA Of GLOUCESTER is now at Hastings, her Royal Highness purposes continuing about six new church for the parish of St. George, Blooms , is about to be erected at the back of the north extremity of Russell-square. consequence of the precarious state of the Kixa's di, and out of the affectionate respect to his MA 1, the anniversary dinner of the Pitt Club will not place this year. inners were given on Saturday by Earl BATHURST, DUDLEY, Earl Of RADNOR, Earl of WESTMOR- D, Marquis Of CLEVELAND, Viscount MILTON, .ount GALWAY, Duke of SOMERSET, Mr. PHILIPS, Sir CHARLES MONCK, Sir JOHN RAMSDEW, the AXLIt, Hon. Mrs. LEIGH, Mr. DICKINSON, M.P. BCCSNALL ESTCOURT, M.P. and Sir WILLIAM :STox ; and yesterday by the Earl Of WESTMOR- D, Sir ROBERT HARLAND, Mr. RODARTS, M.P. BATHURST, Mr. ORD, M.P. Mr. PHILIPS, M.P. the Earl of DARLINGTON. laroll BULOW entertained most of his Majesty's misters and the Foreign Ambassadors to dinner, ow .turday, at his residence in Great Cumberland-place. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of CLe 7cr were p reven t e d b e i ng p resen t by th e K ING ' S Anued illness. The Hon. MARTIN HAWKE is now, we believe, the person keeping an English hunting establishment in 'lnee. Mr. H.'s head-quarters are at Tours, of which dunts a large surrounding district,—seldom, however, :o nde , cending to draw for foxes, but confining himself to nobler game of wolves and wild boars. !esterday morning, the Bishop of London preached mor e the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, &c. at St. Bride's, , Fl ett.street ; for th e benefit of the charity-schools be -I°,4gluc to that pa r i s h ; the Bishop of Chester preached ()Hist-church, Lisson-grove, St. Marylebone, for the 'logical school, Gloucester-place; and the Bishop of "alaff preached at St. John's, Hoxton, for the Shore -11 Sunday and National School. Ir. Gurney's patent for propelling carriages by steam • last week sold by Mr. George Robins. An unfor uunte misunderstanding with his co-proprietor caused ,„ unexpected event. The portion which was an -U4CIA ja one-sixth part, which produced 1,000/. Charles Dance was the purchaser. The Auction • visa crowded, and the auctioneer kept his audience - v ery good humo ur by, his remarks on the public (o , nr enience resulting from this ingenious invention; Instanced, as one of its advantages, that it travelled Bath up the steep bill at Marlborough more quickly ' the mail. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. BRUIAT 10. It is now my turn to address `•ou, and I will do so until lam also suable to advocate the good cause any longer. I have still three weeks or a month at my disposal, and something may be done in that time. CLans has confessed himself the author of the article inserted In the Courtier des Pays .Bas of the 2d inst. Instantly, arrest, imprisonment in the Petits Cannes, a dungeon, seizure of papers, and a new accusation of conspiracy: but as he could not conspire alone, it was necessary to find an accomplice, and it is poor NEERVOO&T whom they have caught. He is treated like CL4ES, as De POTTER and his friends were treated before, and as I shall perhaps be treated myself in a very short time. From the activity of our rulers equalling their susceptibility, it is impossible to defend myself before my turn arrives. I am not a conspirator, but I have taken my measures to ensure you a correspondent. Have you seen our new law on the press? It is a sort of anodine. There are no longer eight years of banishment, but this will not prevent people from being banished, for it does not exclude the supposition of conspiracy ; and this is the grand resource of the organs of justice and injustice. Let us, however, confess the truth : there is a conspiracy, and the most terrible of all, for it is not a conspiracy! It is an unanimous sen timent of evil, its causes and remedies: together with a united determination to adopt these remedies. There arc no plans, no secre: meetings, neither mystery nor association, oaths or leaders.— There is unity of principles and impulsion. Orders are neither given nor received : nobody acts except from his own feelings, and yet the most perfect harmony prevails. In the late trials, great attempts were made to divide us. With all the stoicism of his character, de POTTER sometimes formed a most Severe judgment of his political friends. Some sarcasms be printed, not to excite resent ment, were extracted from his Correspondence, and exposed to the malignity of the public. But theme who were the objects of these sarcasms, were the first to laugh at them. The hopes of the King's counsel were thus frustrated: The appeal thrown in by de POTTER, in renewing the debates, will contribute to keep up the irritation of parties. It is from the 24th to the 28th instant that the cause is to come on, and a mitigation of sentence is already spoken of. The courageous article of CLAEs, in exciting the anger of the Judges, by the firmness of its language, and its approba tion of de POTTER'. views, also proved that the affair was much more serious than people imagined. The certainty now ac quired by the agents of Government, of an unattackable alliance between all enlightened men, and that each had determined to brave the terrors of the law in his turn, has given rise to salutary reflec tions; but hatred and vengeance will carry the day. The news from the Hague is not such as we expected. It would appear that Ministers have succeeded in persuading the King that the popular agitation here is merely the work of a few demagogues. It is, however, announced, that the royal family will not pass the next winter at Brussels. This is truly an admirable mode of punishing the Belgians Easerum—ln the Path letter of Saturday, for " Oriental Courts," read " Prerotal Courts.• FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Viscountess Andover, the leCnlowan!, and Miss Howard Molyneux, in Wimpole-street ; Lady Elizabeth Loftus at the Mar. quis of Ely's, in Park-lame; the lady Ashburton in Hertford-street, May-fair; Viscountess Bridport and Miss Wood in Wimpole. street; Lady Elizabeth Belgrave in Grosvenor-square ; Lady Eli. zabeth Inge and Miss Inge, in Brook -street; Lady Elizabeth Dut ton in Lower Gronenor-street ; Count Henrlade de Bombelles, at Chandos-bouse, from Vienna; Sir George Balfour, Bart. at Carl. ton-house terrace; Dowager Lady Bromley and Miss Curzon in Berkeley-square ; Sir Robert and Lady Gore Booth at their house in Norfolk-street, Park-lane; Sir Oswald, Lady Mosley, and fa mily, in Portland-place, from their seat, Rolleston.house, Stafford shire ; Colonel and the hon. Mn. W arne f or d, at Ner ot's hotel, Cork-street, from their seat in Wiltshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Tanfield, in Lower Seymour-street, from Maldon, Essex ; Mr. and Mrs. Brummell and family, at Gordon's hotel, Albemulc-street. CHANGES. Sir Robert and Mr. Wigram, M. P. from Harley-street to We:. ; Lady Wigram, from Connaught-place to Brighton. co: On Saturday night Mrs. WATLiTT, who has been performing at the Cobourg for the last fortnight, again appeared in the cha. racters of Yorke and Don Gionanni. The established excellence of this favourite actress in both these parts,renders a formal criticism unnecessary ; suffice it to say, the songs were sung by her with her accustomed taste and sweetness, and were loudly applauded. The popular drama of Peter Bell followed the opera, in which DATIDOZ sustained the part of the waggoner with great talent. In several of the scenes he was eminently successful. Many of the audience were affected by the strong feeling and pathos which he infused into the part. SMILE and CONQUIST also acquitted themselves very respectably. The former gentleman deserves great praise for the chaste style of his acting—a merit which can seldom be awarded to tragedians of the minor theatres. Miss WATSON was also applauded in the little she had to do. To.night Mrs. WATLETT takes her benefit, when we trust she will receive that support from the patrons of the Cobourg to which her talents entitle hcr. DRURY LET AT LAST. Saturday a meeting took place in the Committee.. room, for the purpose of deciding " the fate of Cato and of Rome," alias, of letting the theatre, not, as is generally reported, to the highest bidder, but to the person whose offer should, in all respects, appear the most unexception able. Lord Glengall, Mr. Calcraft, Mr. Lamb, Mr. Ro bins, Mr. Linley, and several other members of the Com mittee, assembled shortly after two o'clock. The business was managed with the utmost secrecy, and no one had the slightest idea of the probable result till after four o'clock. Conjecture was busy of course. Some confi dently aFserted that all had been made right for Wallack; others were quite as sure t hat the coalition (Harley, Cooper, and Dunn), would carry the day, while a third party knew from an authentic source that the committee meant to keep it in their own hands, retaining Wallack as stage manager. Alas for the Prophets ! The name of the real lessee was not hinted at, and when Alexander Lee was mentioned as the elect, incredulous astonishment was pic tured on the countenances of all who were entrusted with the secret. Hu was in attendance during part of the time, in company with Vestris and Captain B. Specula tion will now be busy regarding his intended mode of con ducting the concern. From his known musical ability we are convinced that that department will be admirably con ducted ; and, if he secures the aid either •of Wallack or of Cooper as stage-manager,we do not wish to see the esta blishment in better hands. We care not which of the two he selects, for we are as fond of the mild, steady, and gentlemanlike demeanour of the latter, as the more showy and attractive qualities of the former. We dedi cate a bumper to the prosperity of the new manager— Alexander Lee, Esq. We have not heard the nature of the tenders made by the other candidates for the mana gerial throne; but we believe Lee gives 9,0001. per ann. He has gone very quietly about the business, and those who talked more loudly have been distanced. We believe there are not above nine or ten performers whose articles do not expire at the termination of the present season. We shall see whether a " new broom sweeps clean." MEDICAL PIitECEPTS.-" The foundation of a flou rishing maturity and healthful old age, may be easily laid ; and it does appear to us that this basis is decidedly the province of the Guardians and Tutors of Young Persons. Proper explanations of the causes which create disease and shorten life, enforced by the judicious blending of such examples as are best calculated to im press the memory, awaken the fears, or excite the disgust of the pupil, could not be otherwise than productive of a benc&lal change In the habits of the rising generation."—Goss's Werke. These publications contain much valuable information, and, as the above extract will ohm, deserve the serious attention of every one into. rested in the particular subjects that are so amply discussed.. COAL-EXCHANGE, Mar 17 There was an abundant supply both of Sunderland and Newcastle Coal at 'umbel today; 71 dupe having arrived singe Friday last. The Coal Exchange was well attended by merchants, and Coals were in good dennindo—Ships arrived daring the month, 213. Best Wallsend Coals 33a &I 34s Sd thin: sorts.. Ships at Masher, en NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Agent to Lloyd's at Gibraltar, under date the .26th April, writes as follows : •• Accounts received from Algiers, by way of O. an, state that the Dry, far from being intimidated by the formidable preparatiotis of the French, is fully prepared to receive them. The Regencies of Tunis and Tripoli, it is said, have formed an alliance offensive and defensive against all aggressors. The Dry has promised a bounty of 20 dollars for every Frenchman slain or taken, and 200 for every gun taken." The Warrior, Simon, has arrived from Rio Janeiro at Jersey. The Ilankinsos, from Rio Janeiro, has arrived off Newport. DLit, MAT 13, Wind S.E. moderate ; and 16, N. to E. and S. —The Helene and Marie, Russian frigates, from the Mediterra nean, passed the back of the Goodwin Sand yesterday. POILTSMOUTH, MAT 15, Wind S. W. and 16, B.—Arrived off the port, the Thames, Robertson, from Philadelphia ; Brighton. —, from New York; and Atlantic, Waldron, from Sicily. Sailed his, Majesty's ship Galatea, for Plymouth. Paywoorn, Mar 15.—Wind variable. FALMOUTH, MAT 14, Wind S. to S.W. light ; and 15, S.W. to N. W.—Arrived the Marmion, Carnie, from Pernambuco. Off the port, the Tasmania, Mennell, from Palermo. Sailed the Duke of Marlborough packet, for Lisbon. HOLTZIAD. MAT 15.—Arrived off the port, the Monongaisd2,l from Philadelphia ; and George, Goodwin, from Smyrna. LIVERPOOL, MAY 15.—Arrived the Higginson, Gillespie, from Barbadoes ; Chandler, Price ; Balfour, Bee ; Motion, ; and Agenoria, Brown, from New Orleans; Wm. Penn, Faulk, from Savannah; Sarah and Caroline, Prince, from Charleston ; Plato, Dominick, from Virginia; St. George, Taubman ; Britannia, Mar shall; and Hamilton, Bank, from New York ; Betsey Blake, Ber ryman; Brothers, Sewell; and William and Henry. Betts, from Gallipoly ; Iris, —, from Malaga ; Hero, Crosby, from Africa ; and Nymph, Chalmers, from St. Petersburgh. DAATUOUTII, MAT 15.—Arrived the James Daly, Cullen, from Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH—SAT us DAY. A letter from Malta of the 28th of April states that the Russian fleet is gone to Cagliari, from whence it is suspected they will pro ceed to co-operate with the French expedition against Algiers, while Admiral de Rigny. with a French squadron, remains in the Archi pelago to keep in check any attempt the Turks nay make to send relief to that and the other Barbary States. From Marseilles on the 4th May we find that Count Bourmont has issued his first bulletin of the African expedition ; this document asserts that from the 20th to the 25th instant 50,000 Frenchmen (35,000 soldiers and 15,000 seamen) will have landed on the African shore. The army was to commence embarking on the 10th, and was to get un. der weigh on the 15th, expecting to reach Algiers and disembark in five days. Among the defence of the Algcrines is that the Be douins had brought down to the emu(' a host of camels, which were to form a rampart to cover the Algerine soldiers, and receive the' ' first fire of the French soldiery. A tolerably strict blockade is kept up on the coast ; but not so strict but that several vessels dol push in and out with and for supplies. The Bey of Tunis has re fused to render any assistance to the bey of Algiers, under a fear of French displeasure ; and under fear also of punishment from the Paella of Egypt, who recently modestly desired the Tunisian Go. vernor to vacate his seat, and throw his country into an Egyptian province. This was refused ; but it is strongly suspected that the Egyptian chief will, ere long, march an army to Tunis, to make a conquest of that territory. The French corvette Fleche sailed from Toulon on the Gth May, with 25,000 t. on board, for Navarino, for the service of Prince Leo pold's Government. lib Majesty's ship St. Vincent, 120, Captain Hyde Parker, and Galatea, 42, Capt. C. Napier, C.B. arrived on Thursday, from Ply. mouth ; the former to receive the flag of Admiral Sir T. Foley, G.C.B. the Commander-in-Chief at this port. To render this meg nificent ship of as easy draught as possible, all her heavy ordnance has been taken out, and she will come into harbour on Thursday, to take up her moorings. The Commander-in-Chief shifted his flag from the Ganges to the St. Vincent on the day of the lances arrival. CALEDONIAN CHURCH.—Yestorday, long before the hour at which the public service usually commences, the doors of this chapel were besieged by an anxious crowd, eager to obtain a place where they might listen to the doctrines of the celebrated Dr. CHALMERS, the greatest ornament of the Scottish Church, who officiated for his friend and countryman the Rev. EDWARD IRVING, whilom of great celebrity—as the fashionable world well knows—in Hatton-Garden. At eleven o'clock the learned Professor mounted the pulpit, and commenced the service according to the order prescribed by the Presbyterian establishment ; suffering, however, some interruption from the crowd pressing for seats ; but long before the sermon commenced, the most profound attention and silence per vaded the assembled multitude. Want of space prevents our giving even a feeble outline of the splendid discourse, delivered in the peculiar style and manner of the Reve rend Professor. With great fervour and eloquence, and with a power of reasoning calculated to awaken a train of sentiment fraught with storied and scriptural beauty, the preacher enforced the duties of filial and parental affection in an earnestness of style seldom listened to within our metropolitan places of worship. Our readers are probably aware that the Scottish Church prescribes no specified formula of prayer..—leaving the preacher to the exercise of his discretion in the subjects which form the entreaties to the Throne of Heaven. On this occa sion our feelings of loyalty were highly excited as the Reverend Doctor offered up a prayer for our beloved So v E FIG N, with a depth of devotion which, engrafted, on his Scottish dialect, thrilled on the heart-strings with a feeling of feudal attachment towards the MONARCH to whom have descended, along with the throne, many of the chivalrous accomplishments which won for the &Iv A RTS such an ardour of attachment from the people of the North. A great many persons of distinction attended, among whom we observed the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Stafford, Sir Robert Peel, Lord L Gower, Lord Beresford, Mr. Wilberforce, Mr. Fowel Buxton, and other members of both Houses of Parliament. Cr IRN.EXCHANGF., 31ARK.LANE, MAY 17. The supplies of English Wheat in the last week has not been particularly great; but owing to the very great importation of Foreign, and the comparative low duty thereon, we have to quote Wheat generally 24. per quarter lowa than on this day week.— Barley still remains rather scarce in the market, and for the best bright samples 2s. more has been ohtaintd than on 3londay last. We have experienced but little difference in the price of Oats. Beans of good quality are not plenty, and sell at 2s. advance. There have been considerable arrivals of Flour coastwise, but the warmth of the weather makes buyers shy. Up to the time of our going to Press, there Lino alteration in price. Wheat, Kent tit. Bases . 44. 74. Suffolk, 62$ 705 Norfolk (Red), . 60s 64a Rye . . 304 34. Barley,23s 281—Malting 331 3111 Malt Peas, White . 36s 40. Boilers . 40s 441 IMPORTATION Wheat, English, quatters 2,940 Do. Foreign . . 43,410 Irish Ditto . Barley, British Do. Foreign . Irish . Malt, English . Emilia Oats Foreign Ditto . Peas, Grey . 358 37s Beans, SrnaU . 38. 441 Tick 341 381 Oats, Point.* 27s 31s Poland . 25s 28s Feed . 22s 24. Flour, per sack, 110. 655 Rapeseed 264. 284. put. last. LAST NU[. Irish Oats . 7,570 Rye, English . . Beans, English . 1,151 Ditto, Foreign . Do. Irish . . Peas, English . . 135 Ditto Foreign . Eng:ish Flour, sacks . 6,641 American ditto, brls. . 150 1 5,715 2,170 • 7,497 • 3,658 . 2,320 SMIMPIEJ CATILI ♦7 Beasts.. 2,372 Sheep gni Lambs 19,3110 Beer ..........3a 6d to 4s 44 Mutton ......31 104 41 44 Lantb Hay (per load). 42 101. to 4 Straw, 42 is. to XI 141. 0, MAT 11. MARILBT Calves 174 Pip V;sl ..... ... 4s 841 to iis id Pork 5. 6d Sr Cd Os. Mover, ,C 3 10s. so £5 Os. AA' 71-SLAVERY SOCI E 7' Y. A Meetini of the friends of this Society was 1204 OR Saturday, at the Freemasons' Tavern, on which occasion the Great 114 1 1 was crowded to excess in every part. Among the Noblemen ace i men present, we observed L C thorpe. Lord Milton, the Bishop of Bath and Wells, 3I:. Brougham, Mr. Denman, Mr. Macauley, Mr. T. Blacauley, Mr. F. Buxton, Mr. Rice, Mr. 0. Cave, Mr. O'Connell, Alr. 8r0w.,. low, Mr. D. Wilson, Mr. R. Owen, Mr. Hunt, &c. &c. On the tnotion of Mr. Ceenesom, Mr. Wilbetforce teas caPed upon to preside. Toe CHAIRMAN said that it was satisfactory to him to know that it was not necessary to detain them loeg. because the purpose fur which they had assembled had sunk deep into the hearts of all oho were present. It was impossible for him to met his friend, Mr. Clarkson, after the long interval of absence which had elapsed. without finding his mind occupied with looking back to the early days of their labours, and without thinking of those who had first engaged in that honourable duty. When the proposition for the abolition of the Slave Trade was first made to the House of Conurens, he well re membered that it was, with almost ore concurreet voice. declared that that trade must be abolished. But since then they had learned how dangerous it was to trifle with tonscienee and the nonnst convictions of the mind. At first every one said let it be abolisned ; Litt, by de grees, their ardour had abated ; until, as it were, it nlmost evape. rated. Under 111 r. Dundas the principle of gradual abolition was adopted. When that proposal was made, he (31r. Wailed/nee) saw all the danger of such a step ; and he believed that every principle called on them to oppose such a partial attempt to eradicate the evil. The cry, however, was, that this was the only way —not to neg. lect the West India interest, and that cry prevailed. In 1792, Mr. Dundas proposed his prospective measures; and it was then agreed that every child born after the year 1800 should be free. This ones. was, perphaps, good to a certain extent; but it had never been executed the fault, however, rested with the friends of the Slaves, in a great measure; for, ought they ever to have consented to a principle which postponed the rights of the Negroes for eight years ? What right had they to consent that a system so bane ful as slavery should exist for that length of time ? Those days, however, had pasted away, and no permanent good had been effected It was now, therefore, no longer time for delay, or for attempt Ing half measures. It was the duty of all to be in earnest, and to show that they were in earnest. Let them only for a InullhVt consider what was the state in which they at present were. Alr. Dundas could not have been charged with being a wild rt. former, or one led astray by visionary and theoretical schemes. Fle was no such man ; on the contrary, he was the enemy (though generous and liberal in his heart) of every thit , g that looked that way, or that the most prudent could ie:ni trava• gant. According to his system, the death blow was to have been given to slavery in 1000; and yet now that 30 years lad elapsed since that period, there was still nothing done, and they could only look for the accomplishment of their object through a long vista of possible disappointments and certain objections. In the year 11323 another step was taken for the purpose of carrying into effl ct this desirable object : in that year Mr. Canning entered into neogocia. Lions with all the principal planters, or their agents, that were resident in this country, for the purpose of effecting a material altenit ion in 11., state of things in the VI eat Indies • and the result was,that all th e l ea :'s ing and influential men of th a t body not only assented to the me e sures which he proposed, but recommended them to the adoption of their fellow-planters in the different islands of the West Indies.-- Yet, in spite of this, which appeared to be entitled to command no small portion of respect, scarcely a single Colonial Assembly adopted any one part of the measures proposed. But this was not all : after the consent that had been given to Mr. Canning's measures by the planters in this country, how painful was it ier have lived to see those very planters, after their declaration in favour of the wisdom and moderation of the measures, turn round, retract, and declare the conduct of the Assemblies in the West In. dies, in resisting them, not only wise and prudent, but actually lul -1 mane. It appeared, therefore, after all, that the only endeavour of tl:e Colonial Assemblies, and of those whom they represented, was to get into the management of the affair, for the purpose of mocking the hopes, and frustrating the designs of England. After these renewed specimens of what their intentions were, it would be a want of com mon sense not to see that there could be no hope of good by putting the management of the affkir into their hands. Reason was but a weak advocate, and of little avail, when it was put in competition with self interest. Reason, when brought to bear on matters re moved to such a distance, ran great danger of evaporating. It was to prevent this that they were called upon to use their every ' exertion in favour of a system that ap pe aled to every heart for sup port and sympathy. The enemies of the negroes would tell them to look at home, for that the slaves in the West indite were much more happy than the peasantry of this country. This was a disgusting as sertion, for how could that man be happier than a freeman, who was in want of all those blessings which liberty afforded ? Or if the 'lave was indeed happy in his situation, why was he so ready to give all that be could scrape together, all his little earnings, for the purpose of purchasing his own freedom, as that of his family ? This was not the only light in which he looked at this case. H e th oug h t i t wu deserving of their most serious attention as a matter of religion ; and he believed that if we so long went on making free with the rights and privileges of others, Gots would not long leave us in pos. session of our own rights and privileges. It was therefore.theirbounden duty to set themselves to work in earnest, by bringing to the contest all their bCst energies, for the purpose of putting an end to so flagrant and afflicting an eviL Mr. FOWELL BUXTON said that he had to congratulate the friends of the Anti-Slavery Society on still seeing at their head his honourable friend the Chairman, who had so long been theit chieftain, their support, and their guide. The time hed indeed come when they must speak out. Hitherto they had been re strained from doing so by a hope (however feeble or forlorn that hope might be) that the planters of the West Indies would at length be awakened to a sense of the iniquity which they practised, and be roused, if not to a sense of justice, at least to a sense of what their own interests demanded in respect to this question. The hots. gentleman concluded by moving a resolution, declaring the unalte rable determination of * the society to leave no proper means mutt. tempted for effecting, at the earliest period, the entire abolition of slavery throughout the British dominions. Lord MILTON and 11r. T. AIACAULEY supported the resolution. Mr. HUNT rose amidst the most deafening clamour, and con. tended, that although he had been always a friend to Emancipation, he could not shut his eyes to the fact, that the poor of this country were suffering , more than the negroes in the West Indi es . The Rev. DANIEL WILSON and Mr. BENRTT supported the Resolution ; which was agreed to. ,Mr. BROUGHAM repeated the professions of his zeal in the great cause of abolition—complained with much bitterness of the disap probation which the friends of suffering humanity experienced at the hands of Government and the Legislature—enlarged, with his usual power, upon the degrading and d emora li s i ng ten d ency i f slavery, both as respected master and slave, and chiefly with respect to the former—and urged the meeting to approach the Legislature • with such remonstrances es must awaken it to a sense of the duty it owed to the black population of the West Mr. BROWNLOW observed that they had tried the Colonial legit. latures long enough, and now the Parliament of the mother country was bound to take the matter into their own hands. Mr. PowIrALL found fault with the speeches of some of those who preceded him, as being nothing to the purpose. He conceived that they (the meeting) were in duty bound to petition Parliament to this effect, that though the complete abolition might not, at the pre. sent moment, be perfectly convenient, yet that, in the meanwhile, a bill might be passed, declaring that children born of negro peretes, after the Ist of July, 1101, be deemed free; and praying the Lr g i... lature that such bill be passed immediately. Mr. H. DRUMMOND seconded the motion; and Mr. BUTT was understood to speak in its support. Mr. F. BUXTON observed that not much difference subsisted be tween the Amendment of Mr. Pelmet and the original motion. Mt. Buoy...meet cpposed the Amendment, on the ground of the impossibility of the bill's, supposing it to pass, arriving in the %Vest ladies, and being made knew there, any considerable time before the day proposed for its coming into operetion. Mr. Pau la 310 ND explained, as did Mr. POWN.tL. He was not bigottcd to a particular date; he merely wished for the vitiation of principle—the principle of fixing some early date. Mr. S. RICE recommended the Meeting to negative the Amend ment. Mr. O'Coitirenn saw no difficulty in adopting the amendment ; they could not expect to aceonipit:.4 their object all at once ; let them make a beginning ; and if they (riled in the struule, they at least would have the consolation ct knowing that they had failed in attempting the spread of feedem and religion. Mr. 1.. BUXTON read the Resolution in an altered form so the Meeting, pledging to: petition Parliament to proceed forthwith with such measures as might be necessary for abolishing slavery, and praying that an early day might be fixed, the children be rn after which to be deemed free. After a few words from Mr. BrCLINGHADI and 31r. DENMAN. Dr. LUINIXOTON said that Mr. Brougham was the man above all others to whom they must look for the advocacy of their cause t for in the House of Commons he alone possessed the influence which could obtain a patient hearing, even upon that great question. Mr. Rice moved the thanks of the Meeting to the Chairman, seconded .by Mr. Sykes, M.P. Thanks wen also voted to the Dake of Gloucester, the Presiaast. The Meeting broke up at a quarter past six o'slocln The March of Morality mate keep pate with the oft-named " March of Intellect." We perceive the fol lowing announcement in a Canterbury paper:—" Wanted, in the office of this paper, two devils of moral character.' I ! i ii i~' _ _ I~ 1 . I 1 {~' ~ i i