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terrace alosg the side of the water, which would at ReCJie the prime) , of the King's garden, and afford e ntinity of showing himself to his people, and of enjoy _ - 6 s . zire o f seeing the crow.la of hi s happy subjects w h o 5 Quest the Park and walks in Kensington-gardens. The should be placed on the north or Baymetter side of the rimed afford net only ample accommodation the every ity fer this department, but would give a space of not hundred feet diameter for the exereire and occasional he mud r and this part of the establishment, often an A nalsanate, may be made an object of great interest entrance on the east may be of vast extent, embrac th,,usaa,l one hundred by one thousand feat of what is Doekbern-hill ; and the public drive recently made, and rog close to the wall or Kensington-a-indent', might , of this court, through two handsome gates, north -ach of which, L. well as at the great eastern gate of should be guard-rooms for horse and foot guards. .uld be surrounded with a splendid iron railing, Ili bronze and gold, and thy road Retell!' it should sways 'e public hi the same way, and under the name fel/u -rea of Hyde Park. By this arrangement the public full possession of all the enjoyments of air and exec_ have, with the ailiii.ion.d gratification of passing c a splendid palace. - to pass between what is called the Ring and 'he approach atlas this valley may be made a beautiful feature. A broad road should be con arches, which will lead from near the Ring to the 'the grand court of entrance, and the entrance to the , be narked by . the erection of the grand national . is such a peartinn near the Ring a. shall make it agfet Of stertpahwo who enters the Park, and more 46010141/11Niallialla it is approached in every direction. ii i, germ dot wadi • 'Palace in such a position would not i n ceerg with that enjoyment of the Park which is said to be - to the lungs and to the hearts of die citisens of London, and teed in a very few words to show that the plan I p increase instead of diminish the enjoyment O'Toole 4 ,,guesade in Kensington•groderts. The great Great-walk, Koisioron.gardens should remain precisely as it is row in c, till it passes over Mr. Rennie's new-bridge. And then, In 'continuing straight forward to the Bayswater-wall, I pro 's shealii tarn to the left, and be carried along a stone • formed between the garden, along the west front of 1 that part of the Serpentine River within Keraing __ walk abng this terrace should show to great ad dashlare-garden, with its fountains, statues, and decora• a handsome pallisade, which should be rich in ad ill, and in a character suited to the situation. Th e i ld trontinue to the end of the garden, and the walk round the Stable-court. and Tram again into the does, at the gate Dear the Bayswater-wall. And was his Majesty's pleasure, by placing on the ,e Stable-court an iron railing of a character similar aeon the terrace and the garden, the people at large seasionall, ind ulged with the beantitl i l an d grat ifyi ng /aids Majesty 's superb stud of hinges at exercise. scriagements as I have now described would extinguish -- of every class of caviller, and render the whole of tai Establishment an object of popular interest, and pkasumble //ratification to all Maass of his 3lajesty's -e circumstance of peculiar grindeur and magnificence positi.in retelling still to be explained. The prin ce pstace will command views of the Surrey hills, of Abbey, and of St. Paul's ; and it may be hereafter ' '-- but practicable and profitable, to lay out a grand , show St. Paul's at the termination of a vista of two and broad In proper proportion. Such street would te measure the long walk at IVinditor, as seen from intended to he terminated by a coloasal statue of Third. and it would tar surpass in magnificence the 'd by Bonaparte to he terminated by the great Parisian would improve in beauty and In value a part of the - occupied generally by mean streets, lanes, mews, , splentlid idea has also been under consideration of individuals, whose skill' and talent have arranged the s proposed palace, and I do sincerely hope that some de of public feeling will justify this subject being brought - before the public. I have the honour to he, A FRIEND TO IMPROVEMENT. 'ON OF COMMON COUNCILMEN. being St. Thomas's Day, Wardmotes were held • city for the election of Common Councilmen and • the year HIES. ARr n . took place in the following Wards :—ln Furring ' Within. Mr. Dunsby was elected in the room of Mr. Scotch. so resigned. In Finny Ward, Mr. G. Martin was elected , wn of Mr. F. Dickens, resigned. In Cnmhill, :llr IT. room of Mr Bond, resigned. There was no alters- Wards, exccp.ing rhos: of which se subjoin me ID OF FARRINGDON WITHOUT. of this ward was held yest erdWitiiree;ble to annual at election of Common Councilmen and otter ()theirs ensuing. e:oon after twelve o'clock, 3lr. Alderman the Alderman of the Ward, entered the church (St. havleg *en the chair, the usual proclamation Read) c. r WAITHNIAX Said that it was his duty to say a the hntxsrtant business on which they had met, of Ward Officers and Common Councilmen for the Ile would beg to point out to those who might be hie former, the conarant vigilance that was required in I had In it two of the greatest avenmn of the City of :hey had also that most important duty, the laying of e ward, and also to see that those rates were properly ap , eml accounted for. The duty of the Con - mon Council was important nature : they were to guard the estate and the f the City of London. It was due to the Corporation of ) say, that they had ever stood before the country at large t deennined supporters of the rights and privileges of the il that the present Royal Family of England were mainly the Corporation of London for their assistance in plac n the throne. The worthy Alderman said that the Cor- London had looked with considerable anxiety and alarm rat commercial scheme' which had of late been promul j, ne (Mr. Alderman lVaithman) was sorry to say, demoralization of the people. In conclusion, it was • direct the a:tentinn of the ward to the number of the office of Common Councilmen at the present r hope that the business would proceed with ottani temeer between all parties. It was with regret that I to the painful and acrimonious feelings which dim. :es against many individuals, but more particularly . at the election last year. Such conduct brought ipon those at whom it was directed, but upon those the prontraters of it. and Common Councilmen then returned thanks vast. and hopes for their future success (they all le-nontinatcd, except Mr. Patten, who resigned), and the ' , Ades generally made e confession of their political prin. exception of alums. Roustield and Charles,who they were of no party, and one of them, Mr. owl that political tieing was at all necessary or essential lanai! non. • proposed Mr. Harmer as one of the new Candi the usual tribute of praise generally bestowed by occasion*, observed that he could bear witness to Mr. Harmer's conduct on many trying occasions. aw said that the various cardidates having now ad ueting, he would take leave to offer a few ob ions. should not hare offered himself on this occasion, but been said that he had no idea of offering himself as a which he begged most uneettivocally to deny. Ile ler) certainly agreed that the present period was one nexampled prosperity ; to be sure there had been a slight in the motel , .urisood of Lombard-sneer, but that he t pest, and he had no doubt that his almjesty's Minisurs enabled to give as flattering an account at the meeting of as they had done last year of the prosperity of the -tense the world that paper was of equal value with Mr. Woolen would recommend to the meeting the rturnleg efficient and talented men to the Common liocrity of talent might do very well at the present tprtity, but it was necessary to be remembered that •t come when least expected. Every man was a good water, but it was their duty to be prepared against a see that the ship was well manned. Ile (Mr. not say any thing of the late candidates; they had thee nitro, not quite so favourable as the present. . occasion there were twenty candidates, and only reeled ; therefore. perhaps, a dead heat would be run, tech personal jostling would take place during the the new candidate he wondered very much that the one who had declared hinted( a Ministerial candi observe that party was essential to the welfare of . 1 might as well have a general without an army, as party. What would have been thesituation of Napo. ty? or of the greater man whorl:lt:Tiered him,if from re to suppose him tkegreater man, without party? to see sonic of the Ministerial Candidates pre , containing the Duke of York's celebrated speech. to have heard some of them praise the Lord Ida determined reelstarce to Catholic Emancipa te. for his bullion bill, but none of these events As rewarded the new candidates, he would say. r. )tams iaw to have long given proofs of his deco. •of liberty. ale. Harmer was known to them as s shown himself on all occasions a friend to the inject. Ile would take the liberty of calling their on to Mr. Manner's conduct at the Oldham In -119, when he manfully restated the arbitrary coo ler, who clai•ned the right of doing that which wan •c of a Jury. and winch was afterwards known ,f Lancashire law. Sir James Macintosh also had to the conduct a:al ability of Mr. Harmer in the iyMy useful evidence that gentleman had given itteeof the !loupe of Commons on iiirJ.3/acintoslt's "mem of the ('riminal Code. In conclusion, he ( Mr. to remind the meeting that the Emperor of Rus t Hely Alliance broken--and the French Ministry ore were robjeets that should make them on their at whom they returned, in order that they might be as -re eligible, in the event of a storm breaking out. The t London was the corporaticn of a city four times '• end prosperity any other city In the world. ,atilt Mons terrace „, wire to seeJte nocannwnits of ~ t h e p e •••i' ll T-Issare o f neei ,Lid trequent the p; rt „lie.c shoe 1 se _,,, at an d world a I * ---. . r . e cran.ty for OM 'i ' ~ 0 4 3 nil hundred I 61 '' ; i onic of the stud ; . 0 49.013 t and a noise , i f posutv. 1 - "b r own or entrant. oda thousand nit • ial sll3•kbernAill SO was MO ells il the esettre of thi "ii e ealli, at ••ach of i o we, there should import should be 1 Wok of bronze Sr i he rest of the public L e h gliallit er tl• . ak iii, in full paw the day wow hare, • thelbest of a ripl r , le a taller to I • ' .hill. The ✓ . d ogidhing and beat I "ii ii g s poo archen, n s ogg gate of the prat moray might be no rh ff i t opltal arch in sui 4 • w og object to el graialeoillmilltisop t Ia Ma id diplig is e d n it efi doe 1 wh th 3 r iff Pe the lunge an w lON plined be a set Amok Museu c a in K: a. illi =ologarden ii F! a , gsasa,, unit panics on and if omatinuing am ij polo it should tot lo g% op be formed sad dm ow, and that p prepordenw A walk woe oho Palace-gar Vet a ban i g in i ?ldiog, ac WWI oontniu , war thin tern noun , hid, as it sew does, be. again, if it wan oath side of the Stabl Px s y dor between the 1 t eight be oemsionall, rack of hie 31sjeet i a deoh arrangements ru gg ions of ere 1 C ph Royal Eatab l a d ma Owen b Os, circa m h proposed omit i, nit =the ps:ao cu Abbey, , m i Ai oar ponible, but u nosh whlth nal *bow ni glob boob and by d, asiorlio Is Nom mew the Cade. end intend D. now the Third. an , Ai am muted by Bon asollatne4ad would it . , est:odb OW clamPi it. ac. This spisedi i t aa same itediwidsale, n. pan for the Formed y :.• emcntian of public I a two distinctly before at • e ELECTION ( La n Ywierday being Si I • heagheut the City (4 oberelleers for the ye •• A fee change. took V Within, Mr. Dur I ad, who resigned. a it the room of Mr. Y ✓ bah, in the room of sa in the ot!ier War 'tsar's. WARD 01 A trodmote of this 3 MOWN. for the elect ia • fir tint year ensuing. 1 With-win, the Alder Ilmstan's), and brief • . va, teed by the Bead r Me. Alderman IVA I 11 for wards upon the i Y nr. the election of We i yew visaing. He we * reined for the forme' ed e said which had In ii 0 • London. They had a di ton on the ward, and its yrristed amt account I e es more important no henies of the City of f t bedon to say, that th ✓ the mot determiner' ✓ rople, sod that the pi hi iolebted to the eorpor u mg them on the throne do piston of London ha i i ci de different routine rim pied, tending, ne (1 is the general demoral r i stir for him to direct 1 ih ondidates for the of f t thrice, and to hope 1 at any and good temper t • hoe. referred to the I ' ' I played thernwirea aga Zz te bimarlf, at th 1r b not upon thr dwe who were the pp ?be Deputies and br the past. and 1 hag ro.ntaminated, r her Caralidates genre Oder, with the cam i Arland that they we st d' lid. denied that poll Os Common Coin, it it • In. EMMETT prop dot, who, after the i a s seiner on noel oec.roi t the integrity of Mr. H P 'Rada la , igh ter. 1 ill Mr. Woot.wet said dewed be billeting, h, I . H: all he should nu Ow It had been said ' ' caidste, which he I lye. Woolen) certain artalh unaxampled r tc.c.cernion In the nee levil was pant, and I 'tali be enabled to g %meet as they 1 a 1 owtry,_ , and convince oww. He (Mr. Si Otosity of returnlro (6,0 ei1. Aledioaity ' , N.' of peosperity, Iderniry might come • neintio smooth water r ' 00 ern mid to see r Undo) would not sir , 1 ,'", hied in other 1 . I M the present ores ' 1 :tell to be elected ; n cr it leant much pet T•••( . . Aom-g the nee 7, ozg had ooone . , • Ile most oboe - ' , tat!. They migl t - - es wi• bout party. ) • • without party i• or i t ''' , i - nts they wire tn 1 li• h A 1 • ''.. 'Vetted to at ~ '••1 b banners mint i• 'it 'niectid to I r ° ' l,o •ll , ir Its his 'd .., 7 '', 51r , reel, f o p t i• i - ,••:•••• place. As . • - ki••w Alt. Itai J intro. mune of lit h " erio had shoot -i , of the subject, i ~ r attention to a ••• : % Ju; y , 1919, w • ••,: lir t.,:roner, w .: th. nominee of •• in. mime of I,nr t •'. 'e•miiiiiiy to th , .. •' " rmii 117bly i ••• l'immiireeco It •'ic $ III'ATTIVII `1 hteged to rei ' I els ltki--111e Hel . "W. These wee "' ... !A to whom ti ‘• a -re eligibl i of Londo ; • ..:.1 1 :', rll said the lion. Gentleman, any person had gone into the city a Port. night since, and had proclaimed the failures that had taken place, would not he hare been pronounced a madman P It is your duty therefore to be prepared against the wor s t, by return i ng suc h men, and such men only, as are able to encounter difficulty, should it lake. The names of the different candidates were put to a Show of hands, and a poll being demand it on behalf of some of the unsuc. ce.sful ones, it was directed to commet.ce at half-past three. Mr. Fretost, in a speech of some length, combated what he considered the absurd avowal of Mr. Bousfield, that politics were not c.sential to the character of a Common Councilman. The lion. Gentleman said that it might as well be argued, that because a sfemher of Parliament had to legislate upon canals, rail roads, &c., that tberefi.re it was not necossary for him to be a pr litician. A Common Councilman had certainly to legislate on localities of an inferior nature, but he had also the proud privilege of carrying the prayers anti petitions of the people to the font of the throne itself. In conclu.ibn, he moved a resolution of approbation as to the conduct of the member who had retired from the contest, Mr. Patten, which was carried by acclamation. Mr. PATTKX returned thanks in • very feeling and animated speech. iAt the dose of the poll at half. ant four the numbers stood thus : Vale . . - 76 •Raroshaw - - 63 Tickner . . - 87 Crook - . . 63 Butterworth - . 85 Blacket . . - 60 Roberts . . . 62 Figgins . - . 46 Bousfield . - 62 Beckwith . - 45 Reeves . - - 61 Griffiths . . - 44 Savage . . . 61 Galloway Chard . . . 58 t °Harmer - . 33 Taylor . . . 58 I 'Charles - - 32 Southgate . - 55 'Jones . - . 22 Those marked thus • are new Candidates. COLEMAN-STREET WARD. From the circumstance of there not having been a contested elec tion In this Ward since the year 181fi, the inhabitants were UMW what surprised on hearing that three new candidates intended offer ing themselves on the present occasion, and consequently a consi derable number of them were in attendance at the N'estry-room yesterday. Mr. Alderman HEYGAT E presided, and, after briefly address. ing the meeting on the importan •e of the privilege they were about to exercise. stated, that he had received a letter front Mr. Charles W'alke'r, one of their late Representatives, stating that the ill state of his healili compelled him to reside out of town ; and that under standing that while In office it was necessary he should sleep in town, he respectfully tendered his resi:rnation. The Alderman then said, that as the question as to whether a Common Councilman was bound to sleep in the Ward, would shortly be argued in the Court of Ring's Bench, he should not take upon himself the responsibi lity of giving an opinion upon the subject. He then stated that the following Gentlemen had been returned at their several Pre dna Meetings, as fit persons to represent the Ward in the Court of Common Council, viz :—Mr. John West, Mr. Jeremiah Car ter, Mr. John Blestlen, Mr. David Allan, Mr. Joseph tiriffiths, and Mr. William Hale. Ile then inquired if any other Gentlemen were to be put in nomination 1 Upon which, Mr. Gne EN proposed Mr. William Hunter; and Mr. La By proposed Mr. Frederick Jones. A show of hands was then taken ; when The A I.D en st AN declared the choice to have fallen on the fol lowing gentlemen:—Mr. West, Mr. Carter, Mr. Bleaden, Mr. Allan, Mr. Hunter, and Mr. Hale. , . A poll was demanded !Or Mr. Griffiths and Mr. Jones, which commenced at five o'clock, and continued until eight in the even kg, at which time the numbers were declared to be u follows : • lir. Hunter - 41; Mr. Allan - 27 Mr. Carter - - 41 Mr. Menden . - 26 Mr. West . . 39 Mr. Griffiths . . 20 •31r. Elate . 36 •Mr. Jones . - 19 This Ward returns six Members. BTSHOPSGATE WARD—Returns 14. - ... .__ . . In this Ward there is a smart contest. Mr. Baynam came for ward u an independent candidate, declaring that be hail neither personal nor political hostility against any individual amongst their old Members; but he had been an inhabitant of the Ward for a considerable period, and he ventured to ask their votes, upon the strength of his general character. A poll was then taken, when the numbers were—fur Mr. Peacock - 17 Mr. irindas • 17 Glover - 16 Hoare 14 Dowler . - 14 Phen6 14 Sturtevant - 14 Stevens Greenaway a Day - Dudtlel . W extern . Rawlins *Bay narn Bennett II - - 11 - iii BREAD-STREET WARD. In this Ward Mr. Crocker and Mr. Blakesley resigned. Mr. Gibson had left the Ward. The following were the new Csncli. dates for their places :—Mr. Frith, Mr. Shoobridge, Mr. Hooper, Mr. Scott, and Mr. Lawrence. The poll was opened for half an hour yesterday, when the numbers were—for Mr. 111a.hie . 2 •Mr. Frith Coleman 2 *Lawrence - Bridge 2 Ileum Burrs . . 2 Cope De Grave . - 2 *Scott Legkc . 2 °Hooper - 2 •Shoobridge WA LBROOK - i Mr. T. M. Gibbs 38 T. Watkins . W liichardsest - 37 T. Hale . 36 ALGERSG.kTIi ' Mr. Mathews . JJ P+•::on ri.ber Pitmen' Forrest . i Sir:J. 6: - 33 w. Woodward - 34 J. Deans - . 26 W. Hyde 19 P Skipper S. Dixon S. Wright W. Cawthorn C. Stuart J. Drinkald G. Gant 49 I 3". teU i t i n - - • 47 1 Walton 45 • Mattrem - - 12 *Hume - • 7 RD—Rcums 12. R. Smith - J. Hunt . 60 1:. Hammet Noy 61 W. Robinson . - 61 89 : 1 .1 . Howe l lartslno Io r - - - 61/1 - i 3 - TOWER WA 61 60 69 RIOT OF THE STUDENTS OF BARTHOLO MEW'S AND GUY'S HOSPITALS. On Tuesday evening application was made at Union-Hall, by Mr. Brownieil, Steward of Guy's Hospital, for the assistance of the Pollee, to quell a disturbance that was likely to take place be tween the studs its of Bartholomew's and Guy's Hospitals, in the vicini yof the latter institution. It appears there has been recently erected a theatre of anatomy at the rear of Guy's Hospital in Sut ton-street, at which lectures are delivered by eminent professors. The rooms were originally intended for the reception of the students belonging to Guy's and St. Thomaa'a Hospitals, but subsequently, as a matter of courtesy, those of Bartholomew's were admitted to the lectures, without the payment of the usual fees for the course. Latterly, however, the theatre has been so completely crammed of an evening by the inttrlopers from over the water, that those for whom it was erected found it excessively difficult to wedge in amongst them, and it was resolved in consequence to exclude all persons from the lectures that did not pay the usual fees. Fol.ll, evenings ago the pupils of St. Bartholomew's were made acquainted with the new regulations, at the conclusion of an anatomical lecture delivered by Sir Aatley Cooper; murmurs of disapprobation ran thrlugh the room on the announcement, as those for whom the hint was intended mustered strongly on the occasion. Notwithstanding, however, the young gentlemen from the City Hospital came in great numbers the following evening, and presented themselves at the doors in Sutton-street; crud meeting with some opposition, they rushed into the rooms, and maltreated the persons who were placed for the purpose of preventing the entrance of those who were not entitled to be present. The lecture having been concluded, after many interruptions, the students withdrew, those of Bartho lomew's expressing their determination to attend the lectures on the same terms they were in the habit of doing. But preparations were made for foiling them on their next visit by placing extra servants at the door. The Ilartholomites came down to Sutton-street in numbers on this monition as well as on the former, but they were prepared for them at the Theatre of Anatomy, and ejected several who managed to holt In past the door keepers. One young man insinuated himself into the lecture room; acrd on his entrance, in the name of St. Bartholomew, challenged to single combat any man present, either belorging to Guy's or St. Thomas's. The challenge was instantly accepted (none of the profelsors being present) by a student of Guy's, when both the combatants doffed their coats, and would have fought over the benches ; but it was unanimously rewired that the " let-to" should take place in the fore court of the theatre, to which all parties ad journed forthwith. Preparaticns wen immediately set on foot tor the battle. 4% ring was formed, seconds and bottle-holders ap pointed ; in fact, every endeavour was made by those present to get up the tight as well as they could, considering the very short notice they had of its commencement. Both the combatants stripped, and to (work they went. After having fought twenty-six rounds, victory was at length declared in favour of the pupil belonging to Guy's Hospital, who was taken off the ground in triumph ; the op posing party declaring that they would meet on the following even ing with Increased numbers, Ind tight their way to the Anatomy rooms. _ _ _ Some of the novernore of the Hospital bulldog had a hint of the in. tendons of the pupil'. of Bartholomew's, directed the Steward of the Institution to apply fur ;he interference of the police, in the event of any disturbance. In compliance with the eoplintion, Mr. Chamb^r% the Magi. grate, de'patchcd Clarke, Harris. and two or three more active offi cer% ro the Theatre of Anatomy, at the door of which they sta tioned themselves.. . _ . In the course of the evening a number of the young men from Bartholomew's came in a body to the neighbourhood of Sutton street, but upon hearing that the otfic,ra were near the spot, they silently withdrew, making no attempt to carry their threatened in tentions into effect. Yesterday a Court of Dhsistess was held st the East India House, when Captain Thomas William Barrow was sworn into the command of the ship George the Fourth, evmsigni.d to Bengal and China. THE BRITISH PRESS. ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. Yesterday a very numerous and respectable meeting of the members and friends of the Society for the mitigation and gradual abolition of slavery throughout the British dominions was held at Freemasons' Hall. At a few minutes past twelve the chair was taken by Mr. WJLSE R FOR CE. A inong the distinguished persons present we noticed Sir James Mackintosh, Zechariah Macauley. Esq. ; Fowell Buxton. Esq. ALP. ; the Common. Sergeant : Henry Brougham, Esq. ALP. ftlacaule. Eim. jun. F.R.S. : Wm. S m i t h, E sq . ; the Rev. Rowlan d flill ; Dr. Lushington, The CIIAIRM•W-1 can assure the meeting I am not making use of mere words of course when I speak of the difficulty I have experienced in acceding to the wisheemf my friends and this ASSO ciation, so warmly expressed, that I would consent to occupy the chair on the present occasion. It was with considerable diffidence, arid after some consideration, I accepted the proposal. Induced. and indeed enamelled, by severe bodily indisposition to retire from the discharge of my public duties in Parliament, and to relinquish a field which till then constituted the more immediate anti proper scene of my labours, as far as they regarded the accomplishment of negro emancipation, I at first felt as if it would hardly become me to assume a more prominent situation at present ; but on farther and snore mature reflection I did not feel myself at fiber'', Its a cause and on an occasion like this, to decline complying with the wishes of my friends, or to confine myeelt to the consideration of motives of a merely personal nature when I had so great and im portant a duty to perform both to God and man. Under those circumstances, I repeat, it was not in my power to weigh private and particular feelings against considerations of such paramount importance, and therefore, as my friends thought nay appearance here would be for the interest of the cause we harcall at heart, and likely to promote our common object, I yielded to their solicitations and consented to occupy my present seat. The object of our meet ing this day is well known—we have assembled in order to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament for that gradual reform and amelioration in the state of our West Indian slaves, which we have the expressed opinan of Parliament itself to prove necessary. Both houses of Parliament coincided long since in the vital necessity of this change taking place, and it is now our wi s h th a t it s h ou ld be as speedy and effectual as possible. That our application may be attended with success, I ardently hope and pray. I trust it will, and that, as ill the struggle formerly made for the abolition of slavery, we shall be supported by the warm and unbiassed opinion of the English people. As in the former inseance, so in this we have to look for the consummation of our wishes, and I hope it will be found in the circumstance of the people of this country taking up the cause. I am aware we are opposed by a most powerful hotly in this country and the eolonim—the West Indian proprietors and planters ; but front them I would appeal to the liberality, justice, and humanity of the best claws—the middle classes—among ourselves; and from their en-operation and sup. port I am led to hope fur ultimate success. I will not any longer detain you from the gratification you must experience in hearing !mesons so much better calculated to advocate this cause than my self. I doubt not but they wail successfully urge upon your consi deration those motives and circumstances which, at the present moment, render the adoption of the measures now in contempla tion peculiarly incumbent upon all.—The respected and venerable Gentleman concluded amid general and continued cheers. The Report was then read by Mr. MACAU LW y. It contained ' many facts interesting to the friends of negro emancipation, to which we would willingly give a place in our columns, did not its extreme length render it impossible. Sir J. MACKINTOSH moved the first Resolution in nearly the following terms:—" Mr. Wilberforce, Ladles, and Gentlemen—l am fully aware it would be unbecoming in me, after the ex ample which has been set by the respected and venerable indivi dual now in the chair, to say one word on the subject of consi derations of private convenience, which, however they might by possibility have excused nay absence from other public meetings, could not be pleaded as reasons for declining an attendance upon this. Already, upon two previous occasions, I have been pre vented from attending the meeting* of this Society, but I felt that if on the present occasion I absented myself, I should not have been acting consistently with the claims which the merits of this Association and my own sense of honour, conscience, and in tegrity tell me you have, upon the exertions of every friend of humanity and freedom in the British dominions. Influenced by such feelings, It affords me particular gratification to be called on to move the first Reaolutinn : sod it is with pleasure I come forward for that purpose. It affords me no less 'mere delight to see in your chair, on this occasion, a respectable and distinguished individual, such as he who now occupies it ; s man who has always been found foremost in the van of our great cause ; a venerable and illustrious person, who delivered Africa, as far as the British Em. pire could deliver it. from the scourge of slavery (applause) ; and I trust I may add an ardent hope, that your venerable Chairman may live to see not only that country, but every spot over which the British Empire has control, wholly, fully, and entirely freed from the scourge of slavery, and every inhabitant rejoicing in an unlimited emancipation and equality of rights. On a subject which must have exhausted the feelings and sympathies of every individual present long before, it would be equally unpardonable and unnecessary to add a superfluous word. I therefore rise shortly to state the reasons which have contributed to excite my zeal in this cause. When I say shortly, I mean as shortly as I can, and so far. as a man has it in his power to foresee the course and continuance of his thoughts and words. First, I am induced to wish success to this undertaking, because the ameli oration of the condition of the slaves in our colonies is Indispensable to clearing the honour of the British na lion. Secondly, I desire to clear my own conscience on this subject ; and, thirdly. I feel a most anxious wish for your success, because this measure, beyond all other measures, is, in my opinion, most likely to contribute, not only to the safety of the mother country, but the support of the coloniee, and in theme two ways to the general welfare and advantage of the empire at large. Lastly, Sir, I pray success to your effort& principally and particularly becanse they are calculated to raise a million of human beings I I from a brutal degradation to the condition of men and rational creatures. (Loud applause.) To the deliverer of Africa I need not say that I, in common with all friends of humanity, content plate a partial and imperfect abolition of the slave trade with sorrow and deep indignation ; with %mow, on account of the in ' jury which the colonies are thereby inflicting upon themselves, and whit deep indignation, because of the shameful Conduct of their otiri legislature towards the unhappy negro, and the violation of the best riglys of humanity. In my opinion it is now that we are en. tering upon the only course which can certainly tend to the entire and complete abolition of the slave trade. As long as slavery Is allowed to continue in any of the European colonies in America, its unavoidable tendency will be to check the natural and ordinary increase of mankind, and in that manner create a constantly in- I creasing demand for fresh supplies of slaves, a demand which will I be found equally to increase the contraband traffic in negroes; so 1 that all measures, short of what we propose, will be found wholly inefficient. and inadequate to put a final stop and conclusion to that detestable trade. (Hear.) To stop short of this—to do less than we now purpose to do—would he only to change the seat of tnieery without effectually mitigating slavery itself. Nothing short of what this Association is pledged to perform can deal a death-blow to the present system ; all other expedients may be a shifting of some casual circumstances, or a cheating of our own consciences, but cannot be effectual for the attainment of the end in view. I am no advocate of a sudden and ill-considered reform ; but our only possible course at present, and the only prospective mod e w hi c h hold out a chance of ultimate success, consists in the adoption of measures such as we contemplate, and which may finally terminate in the production of a general and complete emancipation of our negro slaves ; wlun they shall by tine and circumstances hare been placed in a situation which qualifies them to accept it with advantage lo themselves and the community at large. When this is once begun, and the good effects resulting horn the amelioration become conspicuous in the British colonies is America, it will be utterly impossible fur the Southern States, for the Anglo-American Republics, for the Island of Cuba, and Brazil, to persist in the same system of domestic management, and continue the pri vate discipline as heretofore adopted towards their own slimes. If the better example of the surrounding colonies should fail to in• duce an improved management, shame itself would be all-powerful to produce that effect, and lead to the adoption of a similar system. (Hear.) This will finally terminate In a universal emancipation, slowly and gradually brought about, and the slave trad e w ill cease (cheers) ; because there can be no trade in slaves where there is no market or demand for them; but till this crisis arrives the slave trade must always, In a greater or less degree, continue to exist. I am astonished beyond measure at the unparalleled Infatuation of persons, colonists and others, in supposing it possible to maintain an unmitigated slavery,and the present horrible condition of things, in the face of the emancipated colonies, in the face of the growing and daily rising republics of South America, where such an active desire of freedom has been developed, and, above all, in the very face of the republic of Hayti, which is so much a ease in point, and where the independence of the negroes has been recognised by those very individuals lately their masters and sovereigns. That any body can suppose such a state of things capable of being conti nued for any length of time, and in spiteof all these opposing cir cumstances and examples. I must pronounce a delusion of no com mon kind—a delusion little short of absolute frenzy. True, indeed, the West Indian colonists consider these changes as arg uments of the dangers of emancipation. I consider them proofs of the dangers of slavery. (Applause.) They are changes no less calculated to promote the happiness of the master than to further the interests of the slave. Any one who considers the present state of our West Indian colonies, and follows the light of reason in reflecting upon the subject, mum admit that the necessary consequence of the adoption of an improved system in the British West Indies must be to force all the other colonies of European Powers throughout the world to adopt measure,of justice and humanity toy-mile their negroes. This the very principle of self-preservation will compel them to do. Looking at the respectable individual now in the chair, I consider him engaged in a work great and noble, and which forme an apt continuation of his previous labours in the same cause, which have entitled him to the gratitude of the latest generation of mankind. In my further remark& and in consider. ing the , remaining part of this subject. I wish to be extremely short : but a few observations it is absolutely necessary to nsike. A great deal has been said in the document read by nay friend, Mr. Macaulley, of the very able and ingenious tiepin of He. Dwarrls upon the juditial eetateiehmente—• The civil and criminal justice of the West Indite.' In my mind this Report has been drawn up in a somewhat apologetical strain, and contains a pane gyric upon the colonists something more than consistent with im partiality. This gentleman himself, a large slave proprietor, scarcely appears to have been the person best fitted Arr the task of inquiry. anal his object throughout his Investigation and subse quent report appears to have been to disarm the prejudices of the colonists by praise, anti lead them to those humane refomm, which htslatipas will be pressed upon them best by such a lipe of proceed ing. In making these remarks I wish to give Mr. Dwarris all the credit in my power for sincerity and good intention, but ft_would be strange, indeed if early prepossessions and long habits did not in some respect influence his opinion. Nothing can be more sulk ing and illustrative of this position than the contrast afforded by two passages in the course of his Report. With this view I shall tyke the liberty to read and call the attention of the meeting to two shone:tit:tett from Mr. baarris's Report, which are well cal. culated to show the opition and contain the testimony of a most competent witness on the subject of the state of thinAes in those very parts of the West Indies latterly principally the subject of com mendation, and where reform is said to have done the most, and the spirit of slave diselpfme to be the mildest end mitigated by dr elllnatinCeS. At Barbadoes, according to the report of Mr. Dwar ris, every sort of cruelty, if privately inflicted, short of mutilation or ' death. may be visited on the slave, and is unpunishable by the law of the island. There is no limit to the degree of cruelty that may be inflicted upon a slave short of these extremities lust mentioned, provided it is not committed in puhlic, or in a manner offensive to modesty and decorum. Such is the purport of the first extract to which I have alluded. The second pasitsge contains a description of these very slaves who are unprotected by law against any species of cruelty or severe punishment not ending in positive mutilation or death. Notwithstanding this, the condition of these unhappy slaves has been thus described b' the elegant and fanciful pen of Mr. Dwarris The poor slave, ' he says, if left to himself, is generally contented and - happy. Possessing a spot to which he is commonly attached, looking to his master for support in health, are in sickness, and advice and help in distress and difficulty, the improvident negro, far from pining in misery, dances and sleeps, trifles and dreams away life—thoughtlcem, careless, and happily Ig. norant of his own unprotected condition, and of the impotent fury of the laws. A little more time and a little less work ferns the narrow boundary of the wants and wishes of the negro.' Thus it is, and in such glowing colours, that this ingenious persoi de. scribes the condition of slaves, who are subject to every cruelty short of mutilation anti death. with impunity to the perpetratcir. (Hear.) Rut even if the picture were true, however flittering it may at first sight appear, a closer examinatisn would convince the most thoughtless that it is illusive and unsatisfactory. If what Mr. Dwarris says be correct, then is there nothing wanting to prove the negro in the most degraded and miserable state which it is possible to imagine. What ! are men on degraded, and deprived of all civil rights—who have no property, or possibility of enjoying it—who cannot give trust-worthy evidence in a Court. of Justice—and arc deprived of all the rights of humanity_ are they, notaftfistaneffog all these disadvantages, so utterly insensible as to be able to frisk about in a scene of uninterrupted enjoyment ? How could such a thing happen, except by supposing the negro destitute of all human sensibility, and reduced to the level of the beasts of the field ? My friend, Mr. Macauley, in reading the extract to which I have re ferred, from the report in question, observed, and justly, that sup. posing such a picture to be realized on the estates of a few of the few resident planters, the same description might be given by any English country gentleman of his hones or hounds. (Hear.) It strikes me that when writing his report, Mr. Dwarris must have been looking into some of the most elevated and beautiful of our English poets, and had those passages in his eye in which igno rance is represented as a mitigation of suffering. Perhaps it is Pope's lines which may have suggested the description : ' The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he frisk and play ? Pleated to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.' Here is a description, written by the poet for the purpose, and with the view to ' Justify the ways of Clod to man,' and show that some mitigation WAS provided for the sufferings o even the lowest animal, and that the Deity had wisely appointed in the ignorance and want of foreknowledge of the brute creation, a remedy for many of the ills to which they arc unavoidably and ne cessarily et/potted. But it is rather revolting to the dignity of the nature of man, that in effect the same description should be applied to a million of human beings, by this elegant, ingenious, and elo quent writer. If a state of slavery has made such a condition a state of comparative happiness, it can only have done so by extin guishing every elevated sentiment of humanity, by depriving the slaves of the power of reason and reflection, and brutalising them —.or doing worse than brutalising—because to lower a reasonable being to the level of a brute is a still greater and grosser degrada tion. \s hat is another part of the condition of these unhappy in dividuals, who, like the brute, were ' Pleased to the last,' and, in fact, ready to • Lick the hand jest raised to shed their blood ?' Their situation is such, that no cruelty exercised towards them is capable of punishment except it hats been inflicted in the presence of three persona; Mr. Pigott, the Chief Justice of the island of Tobago, who, from official situation and other local advantages, must be considered a competent and experienced witness, states that " A manager sent all free per sons ou t o f t h e wa y, and then gave a negro ISO lashes. The negro was brought, in a state of which he might have died. to us, the sitting magistrates. We had no means of proving it. I proposed a bill to admit slave evidence, or to make the accused purge himself on oath. The bill was not approved.' In this case, as no white man had been present, it was found imposalble, under the exulting law, to inflict any punish ment on the offender. Does not a state of things like this justify Mr. Dwarris in the declaration that the negro's wounds must be the only tongue permitted to relate his wrongs ;' and you are to determine by your proceedings whether these • tongued wounds' have made themselves beard by the hearts of the British nation. (Applause.) It appears Mr. Pigott ventured to propose a bill for the admission of negro evidence, but notwithstanding the occurrence of that late and most outrageous act of violence recorded by him, the ears of the legislature of the island were deaf to the negro's tongue —his wounds, and the bill was rejected. They would not admit the accused part; to a disproof of the allegations brought against him, if he were a negro, or require any evidence of innocence if he were a white man. Thus the unhappy slaves were left to themselves;' not, indeed, in the sense in which Mr. Dwarris used that ex pression—and net, I thank God, left wholly without protectont and advocates in this country—at least I cannot think so while looking round on this assembly—but left to the barbarity of those who might exercise the most cruel practices in private—left with out the protection to be afforded by the shield of the law—left alone, with nothing but their wrongs and oppraosors ; the latter deriving a new license fur barbarity by the refusal to pass a law admitting the credibility of negro testimony. The refusal to pass such a law was, in fact. an encouragement to all to imitate this atrocious I conduct (Hear, hear.) In saying this. I ant not so much the ad vocate of the negro population as of the British inhabitants of the West Indies: for I am thus beat providing for their present welfare and future preservation. Without the adoption of an im proved slave system, I do not see how they can expect to escape the most tremendous and rapid ruin (Hear, hear.)God forbid that I should not deprecate events of the cha racter I have alluded to, and I repeat, I am no advocate for sud den emancipation. I have no desire to see a servile revolution, but I must confess, great as the calamity would undoubtedly be, the success of a slave revolution is, in my mind, the second—only the second—calamity that can befall us. I conaider—l shall always consider—perpetual slavery as the first ! (Loud applause.) think, and au. persuaded, that the interests of master and slave, where they most appear to differ, do in fact and reality, coincide and agree; and I am firmly persuaded, that as it is the interest of the slave that emancipation should be gra:lual, so it is the interest of the master that its commence ment should be immediate. Ido not oppose the principles broached by the West Indians, because I am an enemy to a gradual reformation in the condition of the slaves, but because they are enemies to any reformation at all (hear); and I now call upon my countrymen to force them to adopt a vitally important measure, which they chew a fatal and perverse repugnance to entertain. (Hear ) The resolutions passed by the two Houses of Parliament furnish a clear and sufficient ground for this invitation which I now make to the British people. In 11123 both Houses of Parliament adopted resolutions declaratory of the positive and urgent neceslity for mitigating and improving the state of our West Indian slaves, with an ultimate view to their admis sion to all the civil rights and privileges enjoyed by the rent of his alajesty's subjects. (Loud cheers.) Permit me to congratulate this meeting and the country on the adoption of language such as this in the Resolutions of the two Muses of Parliamept. By it the principle is recognised, that one million of persBns, whom chance has ordained to be horned' a complexion darker than our own, are nevertheless equally his Majesty's subjects with ourselves, and are therefore entitled to share the privileges of the law, and to claim the protection of that sceptre which, in the hands of their oppress sums, has been hitherto converted into a rod. (Hear.) The indi vidual who first used this language Is now, unhappily for his country and the cause of humanity, no more. Yet 1 canna men. tion his name at this distance of time without the most profound and poignant regret. It is unnecessary for me to eulogise the name of a man, who, like the lamented individual in question, lent the powerful aid of his great eloquence, unbounded genius, and tin. suspected virtue, to a cause such as this. In repeating the name of Sir Samuel Romilly, 1 utter his best eulogium ; and I think I atn justified in declaring, that he never used an expression every way more characteristic and worthy of his own great reputation, than the declaration in question—that the negro was entitled to the rights of a fellow•subject. Str, it contained a principle, the truth of which is sure one day to be generally acknowledged. I now repeat, after the lamented deceased, that I consider these injured individuals British subjects, who have been cruelly, wickedly, and unconstitutionally deprived of their just rights and privilege.. The Resolution I have mentioned recogniaea this principle, and it was followed by another, unanimously adopted, like the first, by both !louses, which proved that its framers looked forward to the time when the negroes should be admitted to their rights and pri vileges as British subjects. These resolutions were followed by an order of the King in Council, introducing important improvements and mitigations in the state or our colonial slaves, in such cases as the mother country had the power of legislating. This again was succeeded by a recommendation to such of the colonies whose As semblies possessed the power to legislate, to ameliorate the state of the negroes. In an eloquent speech, made by one of his Ma. jesty's Ministers, it was openly said, that in the event of resistance to this order and recommendati,n, Government would have to con sider the nature of the resistance. If it was a reasonable resistance, well ; but if growing out of contumacy, then it would be a sub ject for the opinion of Parliament. TM, question is, has Portia. most in drat relinqui4wil the resolution unanimously agreed to by Itself. It has been resisted by the colonists, and it should now be inquired upon what grounds,for the purpose of ascertaining whether the resistance is founded in reason,of only in absolute contumacy and defiance. If it has proceeded from the latter, then is it our busi. ness to call Parliament to a sense of its duty, and by the petitions of a great proportion of the population of this country, awake it to a sensibility of its own honour, calling on it to redeem the pledge given in its own Resolutions. This is s subject of vital importance, and it becomes the people of tins country «1 press for ward and assure the Hovemnient that it will million it in the per. formance of its duty, and render all necessary assistance town- '- the preservation of the honour of the empire inviolate. Thsre is another subject, on which I shall merely content myself with s single ohservation. The law for the admissibility of negro evldriir was evidently ore of the most moderate that could well he propm-A. The reform was neither violent nor extensive. and vet it wets met. with a determined and hostile opposition, as if it had been one of the most violent character. It was not propond to mare neggrro testimony in all cases conclusive, hut to leave it to the consideration lsf the ju dicial authorities of the island. It was only sought to permit the tes timony to be taken before a white Judge abd a white Jury, who afterwards might believe or disbelieve it as they thought The latter need n o t b e li eve t h e ev id ence I f they liked ; th were only called on to exercise an opinion on its credibility or otherwise. The question was, Shall the black matt be an admissible witness in a Court of Justice? What was the answer given by the Assemble of Jamaica? They negatived the proposition by a majority of 34 to I, which, as it appeared, was, in fact, the whole house against the single mover and proposer of the measure. This measure, I repeat, was one of the most moderate of nil those recom mended by the order of the King in Council. It *as also most necessary, because, without it, all the laws in the world could afford no security to the lives of the slaves, yet it was rejected by the Assembly of Jamaica, without, in fact, a division of opinion, none voting In its support but the solitary member who introduced it. It would be the highest folly to propose any further measures to an Assembly which had in this manner rejected on e so moderate and reasonable in its nature. Is this, I demand, a re sistance and opposition, arising out of reason or contumacy ? and could such a proceeding be adopted, unless the Legislative As. sembly of Jamaica had set the opinion of the mother country at defiance? What do the colonists say by such an act but this ? "fhe slaves are our property, and none shall interfere be, between us and our possessions. We will be the sole judges, and will not alter our laws in the least respect. We will, on the con trary, show ourselves to be independent of the authority or advice of the mother country, and utterly regardless of her opinion, Which, were she only a friendly nation, we might feel called upon to take. But no—we will have none of her advice, and we wilt do that to England which we would hardly venture to do to any neighbouring nation which 'should proffer her Mein. We will treat her without respect—we will defy the Parliament of the empire —we will de spise its authority, and do that to Britain which we would not yen tore to do to a foreign country offering to mediate between us and our slaves.' This is in fact the language of the Colonial Assembly of - Jamaica and to this effect do their actions speak. I pr o t est , Sir, I think the time of contumacious resistance has arrived. It Is vain to expect any thing from the spontaneous exertions of duo colonists; and Parliament must, therefore, take measures to clear the national chancier, vindicate its own honour, and, perform its duty to itself and the country. It is worthy of remark, thgz at the time of prissing the resolutions of 1823, there were in both Houses of Parliament West Indian Proprietors, none of whom expressed dis approbation, or divided against the measures then pfoposed and passed. Ido not wish Minnow the sincerity of any of these pro prietors; some of them ha-:e shown, by their vain efforts years ago made, their sincerity and 160 d faith, and proved thmaelves its earnest when they expressed their desire that ,he colonists should themselves interfere, take uft the subject, and adopt the necessary measures. I repeat, I know Some of these individuals Wen sincere, and I should hope none would silently acquiesce in the v o te f or the purpose of warding off and preSenting the adoption of mere active and positiv'e measures. It would ill become nte to impute an such - sinister policy to eny portion of the West India proprietors, and I do not. Look then to the great weight of opinioh by which this re.; form was recommended to the colonists. It ha 4 the unanimous approbati o n of t h e two Houses of Parliament--of his Majesty's Go.' vemment ; under their authority it had been introduced into 'eve. ray great and considerable colonies (there could be no renter proof of their confid ence in i ts sa f ety) ; i t came OM fecorn mended by the unanimous concurrence of all the colonial proprietors in both Houses of Parliftment--by the manna' opi nion of all enli g h tene d men— b y t h e op i n i on of the nation.--:by the spirit of the age—by .. . . the feelings of all Europe, which had been . . . mainly and princip --sots of berforce and his at good work of errant world had been in and with all these lion was proposed t. have to add, it was ginlative Assembly ( Hear, hear, hear.) aineasute recommended all persons, - parties, sure ? Are the King', experiments, *a to put all the colonial dependencii position and jealousies —could the West sicked, if they thought Most of all. would •' opinions hostile to in silence, if they of their colonial something contrary t credit • miracle wrom. that regulate the social cause, reason, or motive. on this part of the trust their judgment the authority of those than themselves. could produce this to British interests' reason ? If it is one •eroment to subdue such measures as (Loud applause.) [The Learned Gentleman proceeded to move the firetialsolution, for which see Advertimement.l Alt. BaOV6HAM-1 am sure, In rising to Second the resolution moved by my Hon. and Learned Friend, it is hardly necessary for me to detain the meeting except for a few moments, anti the less so after the remarkable force and eloquence with which my respected friend has addressed his observations to the facts most material to the subject in hand. I shall therefore not trouble the assembly at any considerable length, as the Report already read, added to the address of the preceding speaker, appear to have impressed the meeting with the importance of the object for which it is as sembled in a manner that must render any addltiokal exhor tation almost wholly superfluous. Ilevetheless, there ate one or two things of which I would remind the Meeting, be cause, in my opinion, we are assembled under eitmarnstancee different from any ever before experienced, and these because they furnish an answer to objections that have ban urged, which answer, in my mind, is so conclusive as never to admit of reply. We have been accused of violent enthusinto 'and hot headed zeal in this cause, because we feel, and I admit pet strong ly, for 830,000 of our fellow-creatures. Because we sympathis e i n their unutterable injuries, aggravated ten-fold, and daily rendered worse and worse by ?epoxied Ids of opnression and cruelty—be. cause our feelings are aroused when we contemplate the immense mass of increased and increasing negro wrongs, we are said to he intemperate, and to be acting with tastiness and 'precipitancy in forcing on the prevent measure, and in our attempts towards their relief. The rashness which our enemies, and the enemies of negro emancipation impute to us, consists in having waited a quarter of a century • for when the state of the West Indie s , an d the abolition of the ;lave trade was first started, thiasobject was brought in view, and the colonists who resisted the abolition at first have since made no attempt towards improvement, except in one or two isolated cases, which it would be a mockery, and doing a violence to words, •o call by the name of improvement (Hein., But we are next charged with intemperance and misrepresentation. My answer to that will be fount) in the proceedings of this day,. where I doubt if one word has been said or will be uttered con.. crying any imputation on the colonists, except what is registeied by the hands and seals of themselves, and confirmed and botne oot by their own acts. I intended shortly to have called the attention of the meethig to sonte remarks, in which I ftnd myst/f.anticipmed by my Hun. Friend. With respect to Mr. Dwartnt. I am content to give his statement great praise for candour—indeed all the can. dour end sincerity to be expected, when it is remembered that Mr. Dwants it himself a planter, and the owner of an estate containing two hundred and twenty negroes. He was chosen, it appears, with another gentleman, who had no such West Indian connexions, to inspect and report on the state of judicial proceedings in the colonies. The other gentleman is since a c more, and we are therefore deprived of the advantage ofbis labours, his share of the report not being before us. However, we have Mr. IL's, and, under all the circumstances of the ewe, tam pre pared to admit his statements reflect great credit on his candour and sincerity, and contain enough, quite enough, for our pen:poss. In looking to the report made by thrs gentleman, it was of sortie importance to know whether it was made after the passing of a law in Barbadoes which professed to afford same sort of protection to the slave, or whether it was written before the slave had received any protection at all against the lad treatment of his master or him muster's agent. I now understand the report was made after Ow passing of the Barbadian law of amelioration. I had thought it atam before. [lt was here intimated it was before the passing of the Act in question.) It matters not whichever way it mar be—lf this. Gentleman had seen the Act, and read that part of it bearing a re ference to the subject, he could not have been thereby induced tw change his opinion, but in all likelihood hi might hare caromed fresh disapprobation, which all candid people must feel at the pars of it to which I more particularly allude : it is to the effect that, whereas it is expedient to restrain ownent of stares, and other. their agents, front excessive cruelty towards their negroes ; and inasmods a+ the nature of the punishment of flogging depends more upon the manner in which it is inflicted than upon the precise number of stripes, it is conducive—to do what ?—to trnst to the humanity and mnd feeling of the Justices who shall hear the complaint. %Fell then it proceeds to enact that if any one shall commh wanton, malicious. and unprovoked act of cruelty, by illegally anti unduly whipping. beating, or bruising—mark bruiaing—a a srfs , slave, be shall be—What ?—fined in a sum not exceeding 20t. currency, or IV. sterling. So that for mane/nasty. wantonly, and criodly whipping. beating, or bruising—it includes bruising_s, sl•tve ; in a word, for inflicting any or evil personal jury short of death or mutilation on a negro—for alias mart is m tined nt most 171. sterling, and as much less as the 'arldie Magi+. trate shall think fit—ftmay be seventeen pence. (Heat)' .This :a the humane and ameliorated law in Barbadnes— the Intlieitirn the inhabitants of that colony have given of their reatlinesi,edll.,ianl inclination, to follow the ad vicenf the mother (-nanny and Pas/lament. This Is all the Barbadians have done on tMa head—passed. an Act which in the words of their 'maker " is one that will endear their remembrance to posterity." Seventeen pounds sterling ir the a lg a_ imum by this Act for cutting or bruising a slave :3 almost ary• b ut, as I have said, the minimum tray be 17d. • This lanes :ipally excited through the means of Mr. 'Wil- active and humane colleagues in the gnat and naneipation. The feelings of the entire civilised in this manner aroused against the slave trade ; recommendations to their esteem tall reforms- . to the greatest island of the West Itulties; and I roe rejected at first sight by the wlrithl of the Le. 31y !—by the entire House to a Allele man ! ar.) Does any one—can any ono-4*litre that 'ended by so general, as universal tr elitcuntenceoe 14, and interests, could have been dosdnsafe mes- ing's SDnistentauch visionaries, are the so bent out o put to hoard by a hest) , or Imprudent measure lependencies of Great Britain ? Would the op. , ousies of political parties have bag so silenced e i tit Indian proprietors have permitted d Ai pais onet- ought it dangerous or inimical to lktetests ? Id those of their body, suspect ' str,wdsbes 'and to negro emancipation, h4l. permluell It ,to pass thought it pregnant with dlesnt to.the =Nog possessions ? To believe /big hi •as ein ry to every principle of human nature,. and to wrought, not only in the teeth of all motel lawn social system, but a miracle wrought without motive. I have dwelt more fully than,l intended subject, because many persona Ire pupae to dis- ent amid conflicting arguments, and' rest upon hose they consider betta informed on the subject I ask these if any thing abort of a miracle is unanimous concurrence in e mod:titre perilous s? If not, is this • vethiscatfe of contumacy or ine of contumacy, I call op mu to enable the Go- due this contumackaisldrincfple of opposition by i they may think moat effectual and proper.