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INDIA. CAPTURE OF KITTOOR. (from the Bombay Cowrie, Eatraordina,y, Dec. 1f.., Cesar across KITTOOR, Dec. 6, lir24. colonel Pierce, Commanding Field Force, !Moab, Belgium, E iz _.oo my arrival at Kittoor, on the ed, with the detachment o at did me the honour to place under my orders, I had the grati jkaiten of finding the prisoners, 3lessrs. Stevenson and Elliott, had j est been surrendered, and were at Mr. Chaplin's tents. Soon after i m a , having an opportunity of seeing Mr. Chaplin, I was informed that the sunny had nevertheless no intention of delivering up the tort , and as I required some hours to visit the several posts for the pu rr ose of reconnoitring, no time was lost in allowing four and urecty hours fur the consideration of the terms offered by the Com onsiutier. This period expired, and an answer was received, de iyolly refusing the terms. On due, sonic guns were advanced hum the park to a position fronting the enemy's fortified post of g a tuniummutty, with the idea of attracting their attention during the &dunce of a party of infantry (two companies Bombay Euro. Fo e regiment, two compute* of the 14th regiment M. N. 1., and two companies of the fith roglasent N. I.), from Liest..Coleasel "noses post on my right s to storm the enemy's position on their left dank. The guns . opeold about half-past five, with shells ele ,..aL,T directed by Mow Paine; and in 13 minutes (the precon -,W. time) Lieut.CosslhiPLeod, who had taken charge of the s hoeing party, was sew approaching a hill within one hundred sad fitV yards of the point of attack. This hill was in a aim mot cleared of all the matchlock men upon it, and they were so t j aae ly pursued to their strong hold, that the Colonel, with his gallant little party, entered the works along with them, which s al instantly abaodoned, and fled with great loss to their A ppel fort, distant about one thousand yards. Thus, this po dacta, so favourable for future operation, was gained by this l orded and well conducted advance, without the loss on oar Aida of a man either killed at wounded : but I am concerned la relate, that Mr. Malm o • gentleman of the Commis agell'i suite, having minced, was wounded severely in the lima. The enemy's lass 1 do not exactly know, but lam la alined to think it wax sever% Ilmmegb they got out of the way as cskk ss could. This opeadso was most spiritedly supported Er the abeam acmes dam plain, from the batteries, of the 1140 t labstry, rasa Lieut.-Colonel Conry. The ar des imps assagial ifs sseeegthening the post, and y s taliblialhe Melts am maim battery wax prepared fee which amasanal about I) a. a. to effect a Impab l rlill' of the sc e llagodded by some six pounders, tovs • the r WY* Lieut.-Col. M'l.eod passed orea o ippleoldig the poet t Welt before. This fire, assisted by a alrdisspoell shells bean Major Threwman's post on eree 1 a very serious effect, so that at half-pest three ara• a sea net as Mr. Chaplin to request pernitoon to set a salmi. Mr. Cheribl instantly referred the messenger to asa , sod he wu then mu back to inform the enemy, that if they Wen declined to surrender the fort, to lay down their sting, and to delis over certain persons as prisoners, they should hoist a white dap as • signal that they were ready to do so ; the flag was soon S l ifee, and hostilities soon ceased. Some demur afterwards occur. nag, a was necessary to be prepared to recommence firing with Te• : wed vigour, to which effect I supported the advanced parties, by moving forward his Majesty's 46th Regiment under Lieutenant- Colood Willshire, and the 3d Bombay Native Infantry, under LtattnenarsoColonel Sealy ; the batteries were several times about *mope; when a little further delay by negociation occurred ; the prisoners were at length brought out, and the forts were surrendered s nout 6 o'clock on the morning of the sth inst. I canner conclude this despatch without noticing the very great benefit I have derived, from the information which the Commis sioner, Mr. Chaplin, has afforded me, from the moment when all negociation on his part cessed,•and the reduction of the place, by kits, became necessary. 1 ho.ve the honour to be, &c. CHARLES DEACON, Commanding Detachment. Cantp before Kittoor, Dee. 8, 1824. fits,—l have the honour to transmit a copy of a letter from ki.jur Tiewenan, who commanded the most advanced post, and was nearest to the fort gate of Kittoor, during the latter port of the siege. cootaiaing an Recount of some events nut detailed in my trieinal despmeh, which, however, marks some difference as to era mode is which the -fort of Knooor came into our possession, with which I was not acquainted at the time my first letter on the subject was despatched from amp. I have the honour to be, &e. CH ARLES DEACON. Commanding before Kittoor, Dec. 8, 1825. kis,—Baying heard a report that th e fort of Kittoor had sue , reinelerol by capitulation, I take the liberty to submit for the in eirmation of the officer commanding, that I advanced repeatedly ease to the crest of the glacis, and according to .he instructions cif Lieutenant-Col. Der con, C.D. summoned the enemy to surrender the fort, and to open the gates, that the troops might cake pos wation, which I told them might be the means of saving their ens. They repeatedly refused to open more than the wicket to the admission of myself alone, as they had done once before, early in the morning, when receiving a note from Colonel Deacon, to be guarded against treachery, I effected my retreat out of the fort. reply to my last summons and threat to blow open the gates le a fire trom my 121bs. battery, close within their view, they again exidedly relented to surrender. The defences over and around the Estes= at that time crowded with armed men, anti I bad my elm wide canister, and pointed at them ready to open, when tin diaappeared, and io a few moments the IVallajabad light in. seer, appeared on the defences of the outer gate, where the enemy hi several guns mounted to refilade the principal street which I cupteci Whine' . Casey with his corps had entered the works by escalade *inn the upper and lower fort, and penetrating to the gates, versed the wickets and let me in. The keys of the gates were not delivered up till we were in pos session of the palace. I hope 1 tney be excused the liberty 1 hare taken in making this mom which I now have the honour to submit for the considers- 1 ein of the commanding, officer. I bare the honrnr , &e. J. J. TREWAIAN, Major, Commanding advanced post. We are concerned to mention the death of 3lr. Alusiroe, of the Chit Service, from locked jaw, the consequence of the wound be /retired at Kittoor. The total lose was 3 killer, and 23 wounded-38 pieces of artillery, opened from Captain Black, are included in the return. CALCUTTA, Dec. 6. A detachment of Bengal intillery, consisting of two companies, rebuked this morniag en board she Thetis for Chittagong. The repo of the Burmese having advanced in some force et Rsmool guns pound, and and we have heard it stated, that the above enactment had been ordered off in consequence, at an earlier period than was originally intended. Pares have made their appearance in the Straits between Singa pore sod 3lalseca. Dzensitatit 7. itches great pleasure in laying before our readers the following estract of a letter from China, by the Bluriolo, of date the Rith October : " tea"' thing here is going on quietly with the Chinese. The Lenin question has been entirely set at rest--the Chinese them wives haring given up every point. By the arrival of the direct ships flora Lngland, 31r. Urmston, the chief of the British factory, received amanita of his Majesty baying been graciously pleased to min on him the honour of Inughfhooci by patent, for his conduct hang the long and anxious discussion in which he was engaged t;Ca the Chinese authorities, relative to the affsirs of the Topase Nate at Lintin. This will no doubt have a proper effect oa the Calumet* all classes here, as showing, them the British authorities ait* Smarter are supported in a just cause by their king and cesuitr. fitau—Authentic accounts have been received of the death of the Kong of Siam, after ashen illness of five days. The day after his 403 ete the Prince Krona Chiat was proclaimed King without op- Polkion; his rival tor the crown having, in despair of waist, re card toe monastery several mouths before his father's death. As• con as the new King had ascended the throne he is said to have Pshlishol an ordinance to the following effect :—that the foreign tenements of all nations tr a di ng with Siam, should henceforth have admission to trade with any resident merchant of the country, ee the simple condition of paying the accustomed duties. This etrniination is said to have met with no opposition on the part of :- .l t chiefs. A letter from Um rut Set, dated the 30th of October, informs es eat Runjeet Sing was nearly lost in attempting to creme a ,on Ming with the whole of his forte the territory of one of his re riutzy Zemindars. The rapidity of the stream carried him beyond ai hisii,e, and he was with difficulty saved. The troops, in fording Me same time, were thrown into confusion, and several hundred tees were lost, although every possible aid was rendered by those el the Winkel. A great quantity of arms and warlike storm were oh leas FRANKFORT FAIL—The lateeEaster fair is the first mice a long time that the sellers have not been heard to eanplain. However difficult it may be to make a trades ctnfess that he is content with his gains, ft was InlPOGLibie to c o n cea l t h at large profits were ma de from ' l ° ,l ; that the prices of English, Saxon, and Swiss goods had increased ; and, lastly, that leather was in great de rand clothe were by uo means so much in request. 1 41 trinkets were very much in demand, and in this branch l ikjewellers bad an assortment of very tasteful articles : the we proves that they continue more and more to obtain tilt preference to those of base metal, which in large towns Ile wed only by the lower class. The next autumnal fair :ronascs to be equally favourable to the retail dealers. P . aole Hall estate and manor, the paternal scat of tt.e 2 11 ea. Iktronets, and late the property of Sir Henry Poole, "" changed hands, and is now vested by purchase in the Lad Grdsrenor. The initiation of the venerable ball, on t i ll! , left Lank of the Mersey, is singularly romantic and wal t'fol, and no donbt great improvements will even 'acly be mad , : there.—Stockort Advertiser. IhS IRUCTIV/i Ft= IN Di:aux.—About two o'clock c : 4ll "raday morning, the warehouses at the rear of Mr. ' ll / ., t r , house, in Mary-street, were discovered to be on The whole of the extensive warehouses and the :'s`ra adjoining, in which there was a vast deal of pros. ' I Y. are consumed. The ravages of the destructive etc • -1 extend to the entrance warehouse in Stafford-street, •-his also burmd down.—/Dublin Morstidg Pest. ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. The Second General AnntOre7ting of the Society for mitigat ing and gradually abolishing the State of Slsver,y throughout the British Duminicns, was held on Saturday, at kreennsons IlalL His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester in the Chair. We seldom remember to have seen a more interesting or nu. merous assembly. The Royal Chairman was supported by Lords Gambier, • I'eigrimouth, Milton, Calthorpe, and Nugent • by Sir Thomas Baring, and Si r J o h n Sebright, Barns.; by ' Messrs. Brougham, Denman, F owe ll Buxton, Evans, Win. Smith, Dr. Lushington, Spring Rice. Richard Martin, lienett (Wilts), and tavern! other Members Of Parliament. The hall was filled by ladies, among whom we observed a number of the Society of Friends. The business commenced by Mr. SAML. HOARE reading the Annual Report of the Society, which depicted, in strong terms, the utility and imperative necessity of this Society, and the efficient measutes which it had adopted to suppress the great evil of slavery. It enumerated the ineffectual legislative steps taken by the local authorities in the colonies, and enforced the necessity of bringing public opinion in this country to bear on a question so vitally in. teresting to the cause of humanity, and which it was vain to regu. late by compromising meas u re s , t h e execut i on o f wh i ch must depend u;on the efforts of adverse parties. The report touched upon the peculiar circumstances of the %Vest India trade, its mo. nopoly, competition with free labour, and the necessity of an alter-1 ation in the sugar duties. In conclusion, it enforced the necesnity of diffusing the books and tracts of the Society by the efforts of individuals within the sphere of their own circle, and lamented the retirement of Mr. Wilberforce from public life,—a distinguished statesmen, whose service s in t h e cause o f h uman i ty throughout a long life, had been devoted to the cause of the pour African, was panegyrised by the Society in terms of suitable and affectionate I gratitude. (Loud applause.) Lord Cnntnoiten came forward to move the adoption of the report then read to the Meeting by the Secretary. VI hen he saw so many around him, eminently capable of addressing the M ee ti ng with more effect than h e could, he felt exceeding reluctance in coming before them, for he was but little qualified for the task, and he would have felt doubly embarrassed if any argument were neces sary to induce them to adopt and give circulation to the present report; it wee, therefore, with great satisfaction that be moved they should adopt it. He was aware that many imputations had been thrown out, that many accusations had been made against then of indulging in exaggerated statements of putting forth rather the suggestions of a heated imagination - than the naked details of authenticated fact. For this reason, then, did he feel great pleasure in recommending for their adoption the report just laid bc:iire I them, for it was rot open to any cavil ; It was made up of the ' statements, the ad r.issions, the confessions of the very individuals themselves, who were engaged in administering the dreadful system of Negro Slavery—a system se little like what they were accustomed to in this pan of the world--so opposed to all their previous conceptions, that unreflecting people at once rejected the too faithful accounts of It, as altogether unworthy of credit, se having no existence but in the heated fancy of the enthusiast, or the sinister designs of the knave. It was per fectly natural, but at the same time most false, to suppose that because these details excited horror and disgust, therefore they had no foundation in truth. By some, who admitted their ex istence, they were noticed not so muchl as frightful calamities admitting of a remedy, but as necensary evils, which were to be submitted to and borne. The Report had detailed much that was highly interesting; and not the least important portion of it was that which referred to the measures of Government on the subject of the West India Colonies. In a fierce and uncompromising spirit, the Planters had censured and denounced measures which had certainly proceeded in the mildest spirit of innovation. He conceived that the confessions, of which the Report was made up, were of much more value than any thing that could be urged by the wannest advocates of emancipation, and if any one portion of the conduct and language of those was more particularly deserving of attention than another, it was where they spoke of the use of the whip, as a suitable means of stimulating human beings to in dustrious exertion, as an instrument proper and necessary to be used in procuring human labour. It was spoken of by those per. sons as a thing quite essential to the existence of the Colonies, in the same way as we speak of a free press, or the trial by jury, as essential to the existence of a f ree G overnment. H owever frightful the application of such an instrument of human torture, considered in reference to the slaves themselves, yet it is not merely in that light that it appears most hateful and corrupt. It is not merely the agony and degradation which the negro himself suffers; but it is the corrupting and brutalising effect produced on the task -master him self. As another motive for doing away with this hateful system, he might allude to the immense earn paid by this country for the growth of sugar in the West Indies, no less a sum than 1,200,0001. If so large an amount were applied to the encouragement of in dustry in other channels, it would be productive of a double be nefit. There was another topic, which would perhaps have as much weight with them as any that he could urge; namely, that the proudest boast of British Constitutional principles, when transported to the %Vest Indies, Willi the perpetuation of slavery. There, when transported to those unhappy islands, they become the weapons of despotism, and the instruments of heartless ; and we find that the best, the wisest, and the mildest measures, which our Government at home could devise, are thrown back upon the mother country with obloquy. We are told that we know nothing of what slavery requires; that the whole tendency and ef. feet of our salutary mamma are to ruin the interests of our West Indian Proprietors. Those institutions which we consider as the most unequivocal bles.ings, are by them regarded as evils of the deepest dye. There was no one acquainted with the state of our 1 1 West India Colonies, who must not agree that this absence of li berty brought with it not only the usual effects naturally conic., quest upon this great deprivation, but in that particular case brought with it multiplied evils of every description. Ought we then to contemplate such a scene as cold and uninterested specta tors. There was a particular passage of the report to which he would now coil attention. It was a most just observation, and one in which he entirely concurred, namely, that the people of Eng land are the sok supporters of slavery When any one acquainted with the circumstances of this country reflects for a moment upon the vast results which public opinion can produce, he could not doubt, that if the people of England did but will it to be so, sla very would cease. When we reflect upon the vast influence which those called the middle class can exercise in this country, it is not possible to hesitate in believing, that if they were once to say this must not be, there would at once be an end to slavery; for, sup ported as the principle of emancipation is, in and out of Parlia ment, slavery could not last a year, if the middle class did once ex press a decided opinion against it; and this Society was particu larly called upon to express strongly its sentiments on that subject. He cordially concurred with that part of the report which gave cat. terance to the feelings of the Society on the occasion of the retire. ment from public lite of one of its brightest ornaments, /11r.NVilber force. If any man had reason to be cheered and consoled in the evening of his days, it was Mr. Wilberforce—an evening of more brightness than generally belongs to the morning or the mend an of other men's lives. It was with feelings of the deepest regret that the British nation would witness the close of his great public career, to which he had devoted forty-five years of his life—of his precious life, the care of which now compelled him to relinquish those public exertions which had always supported, and successfully supported, the cause of humanity and justice. Isle. Wilberforce was not then present, and he lamented to say, that perhaps never again would he be present at a meeting of that Institution. Yet, nevertheless, though not with them personally, it was not too great a stretch of imagination to say, that he was to be seen in his works. and he was then visible to them is the fruits of his mind. One, if ptssible, further motive fur the unabated continuance of their labours was, that Mr. IVilberforce still survived to be the witness of their success—still lived,and he hoped would continue to live, until the gnat object of his life had been attained—until the mighty work at which he had an powerfully toiled, should be crowned with success. They owed it to him to strain every nerve, that within the period he had yet to live he might witness the total abolition of that odious system which through evil and good report he never ceased to assail. He trusted they would not leave the great work undone; he wall sure they would add that one ray of enjoy ment to the keening of his days. It behoved them, according to their measure, in their humble degree--according to the best of their ability, to use their utmost endeavours to secure their nativeland from the imputation of being the abettor of slavery; and they must agree with him, that the only means of accomplishing that could be derived from pursuing the course pointed out by the whole tenure of that great mass's life. They should never forget, too, that even he could not have accomplished his great work had he not been backed by the people of England. He trusted the meet. ing would remember that, and would in consequence spare no ex ertion to carry with them the weight and influence of public opi. nion. He trusted, also, that when the people of England came to estimate whatever rights might be supposed to belong to the West Indian proprietors, they would, he hoped, forget that they owed it to themselves to get rid of so degrading an appendage as negro slavery. They ought never forget that in another part of the empire there were to be found millions capable of supplying the very commodity, for the sake of which negro slavery bad hitherto been upheld. To effect all that they had in view, nothing remained to be done but to bring the light of English reason to bear on the subject. lie concluded by moving the adoption and circulation of the Report, and that the Committee from whom it emanated be requested i to continue their labour. MI urn w, in seconding this motion, expreeeed his warm admiration of the objects of this Society, and the terms of the Re port which haul been read. If the great leaders of this cause thought they had obtained their object without the abolition of slavery itself, they little calculated upon the real duty which they owed both to society and to their Creator. In glancing at the great efforts which had been mule to enlighten the public mind upon the horrors of the slave system, next to Mr. Wilberforce, he could not overlook the great efforts of 3lr. Stephen (the Master in Chancery), who sat near him, w h o h a d, b y hi s writings, exposed, in its naked condition, the odious evil of which they all now complained. Indeed, the West Indian mind deluded itself upon this qua tion ; and ho believed that many very well-meaning Proprietors of li'est India Property, who resided away from these estates, were the unknowing cause of disseminating false intelligence as to the real state of things upon their plantations. (Hear, bear, hear.) In advocating this question, he knew that many of these gentlemen were themselves the advocates of ties labour in preference to slave cultivation. Even for the sake of their own interests, he wished to see the system changed, and he entirely con. curved in the good policy and sagacity of their views. The Noble Lord eloquently argued upon the degrading effects of African slavery, and the appalling influence which it had upon the human mind ; so much so, that at one time ingenious writers had declared that the blacks ware naturally an inferior order of beings fmm the whites, and ought therefore not to be treated with the same huma nity. For the sake of the West Indies, therefore, he cordially IS con.lod the motion, to put an end for ever to so odious and unwise A system. , THE BRfITSH MESS. Mr. W. Estrin, in proposing a resolution of thanks to Mr. Wilberforce, for his eminent services in the cause of African eman cipation, felt his own inadequacy to perform this duty, which was due to the merits of their venerable associate. It was with the greatest pleasure that be heard the coincidence of opinion expressed by the Noble Lord in the details of their report, and particdlarly of the last Noble Lord, who possessed a hereditary claim upon their attention, as the successor to the representation of the county of York, of the eminent Sir George Saville, who was the earliest of the abolitionists. He recollected an anecdote of Sir George Saville, whO once visited a slave ship at Liverpool. who be, coming shocli:d with the preparations before hien, and being asked if Le was , iii, shook his head at the consciousness of the different feelings which actuated him and his mercantile companion, and said, " No, I am not ill s but while you are contempl at i ng unmove d the profits of this voyage, I am wishing the ship may never set the end of It."—[Applause.l The Hon. Gentleman then did ample justice to the services of their illustrious Chairsoan • and in review ing the names of the able men who had from the beginning assisted in this good cause, first in die rank, he said, he would place Mr. Granville Sharpe, who established negro freedom, at least on the shores of England; then followed Mr. Thomas Clarkson, and the great luminaries, Pitt and l'ox ; great indeed was the latter, •• whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will the fierce democraty,. , • Shook the arsenal, and lulmined over Crete*, To Macedon and Attaiterzes' throne." Could any body doubt that these great men meant to stop short of the abolition of Slavery itself? (Hear, hear,) A long litt of eminent names followed in the present day, who had co-operated for the same great purpose. At the head of these was Mr.Wilber , force, who had shone conspicuously in its progress, and whose set ting rays now fell upon the land with a mild and steady lustre. (Applause.) Every heart, he knew, responded to that feeling, and must bear a grateful recollection of his brilliant and long-continued services. Mr. F. BUXTON, in seconding this motion, said, that his • lion. Friend had gone through list of their ablest advocates, 'lave one, which one was himself (applause); for often had Mr. %Vatter force mentioned, that during forty years of hard and labor'aus counsel and action, he had always found Smith by his side (Applause.) Mr. Wilbetfurce bad been at length reluctantly coin. pelted by hielliends and family so retire, by ill-health, from the public service. which he had adorned for 45 years. It was their duty, then, to pay their tribute to so Illustrious a character. The Hon. Gentleman then eulogized the powerful services of alr. Wit berforee in maintaining the honour and reputation of his native country against the odium of the slave trade, and took a retrospect of the public services of that eminent individual, whose private as well as public principles were, he observed, so well calculated to shed a lustre upon any man's fame. Engaged as he had been in public Aides, it was the great fortune of that individual never to have made one personal enemy, while he had always enjoyed a large and devoted circle of affectionate friends. (Applause.) At this advanced period of their services in the cause of African slavery they could hardly estimate the obstacles which Mr. Wilberforce had early to encounter, when, in addition to parliamentary and commercial influence, he had local popular clamour to encounter in the progress of his arduous labours, which often beset his friends, and hunted them in public The lion. Gentleman contrasted the present with the past state of the question, and declared there could not now be found one man in the community to avow himself a friend of the Slave Trade ; and he augured the best results from a continuance in the labours of the public, which bad already been the means of accomplishing so much good. The Revolution was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. V. IVizornsoacx (the son of the excellent person whose name had been mentioned in the Resolution), then presented him self to the notice of the meeting, and with tears of mingled grati tude and emotion, expressed his sense of the difficulty under which he laboured, when attempting to address his Royal Highness and the company, in terms commensurate with the depth of his feelings. It was utterly impossible indeed for him at say how much he felt, because, however glowing, however ardent, had been the language ' of those highly-gifted persons wno had, by the expression of their sentiments. embalmed, if he might an so, .she memory of his father, still they must be sensible that their lahguage or their feel ings would fall very far short of that which might be said or felt by strong filial affection. (Here the speaker again shed tears, and seemed unable to proceed ; after a pause of some length, h owever , he continued.) It would be some consolation to his father when he deplored his absence from the lest field in which they would probably be called upon to contend—from the last battle which might be fought—it would be some relief in the pain of his situa tion, to learn that his Royal Highness was surrounded in that hour by those valued friends, who for forty years had combated by his (father's) side, and that those who had fought the tight were about to enjoy the triumph. (Applause) That hour of success could not be distant. Ile thought so from the state of the cause, from the condition of their enemies, and he thought so still more from seeing at the head of their phalanx, and in the front of their battle, a member of that illustrious House of Brunswick, from whose set tlement on the Throne they had derived those principles which were the fountain of every good, and which had rendered this country most deservedly the envy of the world. (Applause.) Mr. Baot. au ex, in rising to propose a resolution, said, it gives me great satisfaction to have an opportunity of addressing my bre thren of this Society upon the present occasion, because I was for. 'only unable to meet them as I - intended, and because I have the gratification, in meeting them now, of congratulating them upon the prosperous aspect of that question in which we are all so deeply interested.- For although it is true, as an lion. Gentleman has ob served, that nothing, absolutely nothing, has base done o• tither side the Atlantic to retrieve the solemn pledges which we received last year—although the only occurrence which could excite our at tention has been the lamented retirement of that distinguished In. dividual whose name will be meutioned with veneration as long as charity, justice, piety, and humatlity are counted virtues in man (applause), yet I cannot but feel confident of ultimate and not long deferred success, from one single statement—namely, that nothing has been done. (Applause.) We were told, not only for the se cond, but for the hundredth time, when we last pressed forward to lay the axe to the root of that poisonous tree, under whose shade our fellow-men have so long withered and perished, that ours was not the task to feel the trunk—that ours was not the task to even prune the branches—that the evil must be gradually coped with in the West Indies, and that time for withholding nourishment to its culture, for ceasing to water its roots, or for pruning its luxuriancea, could only be judged of by those on the spot who knew the soil and the climate in which it was cultiva,ed. (Applause.) 11'e were told that by various means, slow, gradual, and almost imperceptible to the naked eye, our object would be accomplished, without that interference which could only mean warfare and destruction; we were told, in short, to let them alone and they would do the thing effectually for us. Now, we did not believe them, and we told them so. (Laughter and loud applause.) And what did they say to that? Why, that we were only vituperative, uncharitable, and inhuman to the West India planters—that we were always as much the blind, prejudiced enemies of the whites as we were the perverse, blind, and prejudieed advocates of the blacks ; and, that it' we only waited a very little time, a month, or at most two, we would see the whole of oar wishes speedily and surely effected by the West India Legislatures, It'hat has been the result ? Unbelieving, he did wait, and what have they done? Why, I say again, absolutely nothing. And here I beg it to be borne in mind, that I mean to follow them up by something of a Parliamentery notice on this occasion, and compel them either to abide by their own contract, or take the con sequences which must surely and inevitably follow any longer neg lect. They have now had not one or two, btu twelve mouths, and during that revolutioa of the sun they have done nothing. (Hear, hear.) I almost retract my assertion, when I say they have done I nothing, for they have done much for us, nothing for themselves.— (Great applause.) We have redeemed our pledges—they have for hated theirs. (Applause.) I feel deeply impressed with gratitude to the West India Planters, God knows, more than I ever expected to feel—(a laugh)—for their advancement of this cause, by ful -1 filling all I have ever ventured to predict of them. (Hear, hear.) I know it is true, many %Vest India Proprietors, towards whom, as far as I can to absent owners, living near 3000 miles from the un happy objects of their compassion, and, by necessity, leaving over them delegates, invested with a power so absolute, that it might be almost called impiety to Clod to grant it over fellow -creatures; towards those proprietors, for their directions of lenity, and charity, and humanity, as far as it goes, I do owe gratitude. As far as it can be given to non-resident owners, who cannot con , Mee that any thing else is wanting than that which they have commanded to be supplied, I have felt gratitude. To one or two resident proprietors too, I might express my obligation for their desire to meliorate the condition of their unhappy slaves— , for their endeavour to do that which, as long as shivery exists, can be very Hide ; because under its system the very best intentions of any resident Proprietor must be crushed ; but I never expected to live to feel such a weight of obligation to the whole West India legislature, and towards whom I now Wig leave to esprit'', my most unbounded gratitude, (Loud laughter and applause.) What has Trinidad done ? Why, much. It has resisted from the very instant they were promulgated those Orders in Council which were framed in consequence of our efforts, and upon which rot only our hopes rested, but the faith of the planters was pledged. It resisted them to the very latest moment, and only yielded at last in °been , ence to the strong arm of authority. But in that simple resistance the p'anters of Trinidad have done more to advance our cause than we had done in a quarter of a century ; they have giv e n an avowa l of that which we n ever kn ew bef or e, and in doing so entitled them selves to a gratitude hardly to be exceeded by that which we owe to the exertions of my able and philanthropic friend, Mr. Stephen. This was admitted, I say that which my Hon. Friend had long assorted, that the cart whip was essentially necessary as a stimulus to West India labour. (Hear, hear) The Legislature of Trinidad, I repeat, has declared, that to interfere with the discipline of the cart whip was to cut off at once that which every one knew was the very emblem of West India slavery. (Loud applause.) In Barbasines, you must know, they demolished the meeting house because it hai been devoted to the instru ct i on o f t h e unhappy oh. jests of your protection ; but that was not all—.hey b urnt the house of the Missionary, Mr. Shrewsbury, and drove him with ignominy front the island, rivalling almost in cruelty their treatment of the persecuted and hapless Smith; and when a successor was ap- I pointed to succeed Mr. Shrewsbury, they actually warned him oft' the island, and would not, I believe, suffer him to land. This too from Bobailoes, the place which had been always triumphantly heist up to them in the arguments for the planters—the best fur theirs, the worst for oars. Why, does it not plainly show that they are determined to support the tyranny and cruel y practised over the bodies of their slaves, by perpetuating as far an they can the bru tality and ignorance of their minds? (Hear, hear.) IVhat. next of Jamaim—the largest of the slave islands—the most enlightened in ' its legislation—the place to which we were always called upon to helot our hopes ? Why the legislation of Jamaica stands &wanes' in the non-performance of prumises-0 the violation of e n ga ge. mews ! A Bill, it is true, had been brought in, after oft repeated, long delayed assurances, to make slave testimony admissible on oath in a court of justice—it hen a slave (mark ye) was con cerned with slaves, but not where his evidence would affect the lives or properties of freemen. This Bill, yoo will suppose, was passed unanimously : no such thing.• It was rejected by a ma. jority of thirty-four to one; and that one the original Mover of the question. (Loud cries of hear, hear, hear.) The ques tion is tow, therefore, I conceive, whether we are to go on and sillw ourselves to be deceived by promises never intended to Am pc:formed? Whether we will continue to subject ourselves to the ridiculuof the %West Indian planters, and the contempt or those f.tr whom we profess to be labouring, by once more holding off that effective interference without which we may go on for a century ? Whether we will continue, I say, to expose ettnielies to ridicule and obloquy, or at once redeem those pledges we lied solemnly given to the world--conditional upon the breach of the planters' agreement, and avoding their example of delays and manouvring be at once resolute and determined. I have stated thus much, in order to preface that which I consider it my imperative duty to pro pose, namely, that this Society should at once give notice, onAlie ground of former failur es , and tell the West India proprietors—u'lf you continue to pursue your present course, and allow one anvil portion of the Session tepees by without adopting those measurat which have been pressed upon you, and which you have pledged yourselves to carry into execution, the very first week of the ensu ing Session of Parliament shall see a Ball brought in to do that for you which you refuse to do yourselves, and set this question at rest f..r ever, not only for the benefit of the negro slave, but for the ultimate advantage of the short-sighted master." I beg to say here. dint whether I am called upon to present that Bill to the notice of the House, or whether I am m, preserve the more appropriate situa tion of seconding the more po%rrful and effective labours of others, I shall be actuated then as I en now, and always by no feeling of exasperation or malevolence towards the West India planter or proprietor. I consider that the same interests would probably be defended in the same manner by any body of men who had become, unhappily for themselves, so powerful. But I consider that no body of men, either in a government or under a government, should be entrusted with an absolute uncontrolled dominion over their fellowmreatures ; and •that in ever/ it:wane', whether a power is wielded by a King, a Council, a Committee, a President, a Gim mender, c: a Manager, the name of man and master is incom. patible with liberty. (bond applause.) All I mean to say is, that with all respect towards sane of those trhoare entrusted with this absolute .authority, sad admitting theit. repugnance to any thing cruel in their despotic use of it, I do net consider human nature should bu trusted to the temptation of itch a condition. ( Hear, hear.) I beg, in conformity with these opinions, •to move this Resolution. (The Honourable and Learned Gentleman then read a Resolu. lion, expressing the deep regret and disappointment of the meeting, that so little progress had been made by ihe Colonial Legislation for the extinction of Slavery, and their opinion, that the threats of resistance to the measures pt; i posed by Parliament, appeared to destroy all h opecarrying into ect thelaenevolent intentions of the Abolitionists, without Parliamentary interference.) Mr. DENMAN seconded the motion with pride and satisfaction, congratulating the meeting upon the support which their proposi tion would receive from its eloquent Mover, in that place where alone the oppressed could look fog-relief. Other avocations had prevented hint from considering as minutely as he ought to have done, the question of West India Slavery ; but he was convinced, that through Parliament alone mid they hope to obtain the great moral good they contemplated. They ought not to despair, nor cease their endeavours, because little had been done. No individual on earth had contended against greater difficulties than Mr. Wil berforce—no one had endured more obloquy—but who was it who would not now take more than all that obloquy, to share the glory of his triumph ? The Honourable and Learned Gentleman strongly Impressed upon the meeting the necessity of speaking out to Par liament, for without that, no Administration would be found to carry their wishes into full effect. Ile concluded by observing, that he had two claims that day to the gratitude of the Meeting—the I first was, for the attendance of the honourable and Learned Gen tleman (Mr. Brougham); the second was, for that which he would now tell them—that man who fills the first place at the Bar of Ire land—who exercises such a powerful influence over the Irish peo ple--he need scarcely name him—Mr. O'Connell—is now in the room ; and as I am sure he could only have attended for the pur. pose of promoting the objects of the Society by his exertions, I am sure I shall deserve the gratitude of the Illefting, by requesting that he may be permitted to address them. (Loud applause.) Mr. O'CoXNELL, who had been seated in one of the ride benches, then made his way to the platform. He was received by his Royal Highness with great courtesy and attention, greeted with a friendly shake of the hand, and placed in the chair immediately on his left. Mr. BBOUGUANI'II motion was then put and carried unani. mously. Mr. W. WIIITMORIE rose and said, he was fully persuaded they would find that slavery wholly depended upon the restrictions which were placed upon the importation of any sugars but those which were the growth of our West India Islands. The removal of these restrictions would be the most effectual method of putting an end to that horrid system. One or two statements were so obvious In support of that assertion, that he could POt help noticing them. The use of slaves prevented the introduction of machinery. and all those means by which free labour assisted its efforts. It had been held, indeed, by 3lontesquieu, and other writers of eminence, that in no one instance had slavery and the use of machinery ex. isted together. He would appeal to th e f ac t, t h at i s a ll cases where free labour had been allowed to come into competition with shivery, ft had been found Impossible to preserve the latter fora moment * • free labour had in every case triumphed. It; then, th e mass of free labour in the East was allowed to come into competi tion with the West, there could be no doubt of the result. The Hon. Gentleman then alluded to the Meetiiig of last year in that room, to raise a trophy to the memo? of Watt, and drew some forcible arguments from the contemplation of his powers, and those of Arkwrighe, in favour of the free development of the human mind, opposed to the crouching indolence engendered by slavery. Ile implored the meeting to j oi n heart and hand in an e ffort to re. move those restrictions upon the sugar trade, which were the main supports of slavery, and concluded by moving a Resolution, de. elating that the 3lecting regretted" higher duty was imposed upon fret sugar than on that produced by slave labour, and expressing the opinion that such a restriction tended to encourage slavery, while it was at the same time injurious to our national interests, and at variance with sound commercial policy. %Filen the Honourable Gentleman sat down, several voices were heard calling upon Mr. O'Connell, but Mr. SYKES, 31. P. presented himself to second the Resolution, declaring hit intention to make the only recompense in his power for depriving the Meeting at that moment of the pleasure of hear ing Mr. O'Connell, by being as brief as possible in the few obser vations he would take the liberty of addressing to them.- He fully concurred in all that had been said by the Honourable Gentleman who preceded him upon the subject of theSugarDuti a. and the er couragement they afforded to Slavery. The best way to attack that' system was undoubtedly through those duties ; for if they would but call to their recollection the amount of those dutie 1.200,0001. or, as the Illustrious Chairman had observed to him. 1,300,0001., they must be sensible, that if these duties were taken off, the whole machinery of slavery must drop to pieces. The Ilonourable Gen tleman concluded, after eulogising in the strongest terms the con duct of that esteemed philanthropist, Mr. James Flower, by pre dicting the most beneficial effects from any repeal of the present restrictions upon the Sugar Trade. Blr. Joint RUTT thought the Resolution did not go half far enough. He would recommend, instead of the slow good to be received from an encouragement of the East India sugar trade, that all the friends of the abolnion of Slavery should unite in a non.eonsumption agreement, and by not using any sugar at all, sign at once the death-warrant of Ai est India slavery. Sir Jon a/ Sznaion T here objected to the course the gentleman was pursuing. It interrupted the regular proceedings of the Meet. ing. Mr. RUTT defended himself warmly against the charge of the Honourable Baronet, and maintained the right of any individual in a public meeting to speak to the question, or move an amend. ment, if lie conducted himself in a respectful manner. Sir J. SESItIOIII explainer!, that he did not know the gentle. man was about to propose an amendment. Mr. Rove continued. It was his intention to propose a non. consumption Resolution, as an amendment to the original one. By the adoption of such a system all might assist in the great work of redeeming their fellow-creatures from slavery ; for while the palace contributed largely to support it, even the cottage might throw in its mite. (Applause.) He concluded by moving an amendment to that tfi'eet. ➢lr. Stiousu (the Master in Chancery) urged his Worthy Friend not to press his amendment at the present moment—not because he did not most cordially agree in the propriety of the sug gestion, for he and his family had abstaitred from the use of sugar raised by slaves for years—but because he thought they should re serve that last and overpowering remedy for the evil when all other means had failed. The time too when his Honourable Friend (Mr. Brougham) had threatened the planters with the interference of Parliament. was not the most expedient for the adoption of such a determination. Would it hut be inconsistent to have recourse to such a measure at the very moment when they had offered the planters terms of conciliation ? Whenever they did take such a resolution—and he did not say the time might not coma when it would be necessary—its effect muut be great ; but at present, from various reasons, political as well as moral, he implored his Friend to withdraw the Amendment. Mr. Rtzts, declaring himself silenced, though not satisfied, con- ' sorted to Mr. Stephen's proposal. The original Resolution was then carried unanimously. Dr. Lvsutxo•rox thought it a great advantam, that the quick sightedneas of Mr. Denman had procured them th' support of an advocate, whose influence was as great in the sister kingdom as the use he was acknowledged OH all hands to make of that influence was beneficial to his country ; they had, therefore, acquired arrest support in that Learned (lentleman. because he hoped to see his powers exerted in Ireland, on behalf of the suffering objects of their cornpawion, for without the union of Britain and Ireland— without the universal try of tha Clole empire, urging Parliament to some decisive act, even the superhuman powers of Mr. Brougham would fail to procure freedom to the \Vest India slave. They were not perhaps aware, that there were no less than 66 Members of the House of Commons, deeply and personally in terested in the continuance of that slavery ; not all certainly speaking in its favour, but all acting and voting in a compact body to preserve that foul blot upon the English name—while their great and only advocate in the Minis:FT. the Right lion. Sacretary for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Canning) wee beset right and left with the dearest personal Erie nds interested the preservation of West India slavery. Ile would repeat, theretPre , that without the coke of the people from one end of the three king. dims to the other, they neer r must hope to succeed. 'that Meet ing little knew cf the horror and detestation whiis was excited In • . Ithe minds of the Planters against those who favoleited the flleliJf4- tion of the condition of the slaves. An Hon. rriend of his (Mr. Wildman, we understood) haring occasion to visit his West India property, took'vrlth him a sister to Jamaica, and upon his arrival there endeavoured, in concert with her, as it was natural for a feeling and philantlimpic mind, to effect some alterations in the suite of his slaves, and instil into them Some rudiments of religioei education, and, would the Meeting believe it, Mr. Wildman mar his sister were assailed with the most mutderout threats far its! exertions, and actually libelled in the newspapere, in terms toe gross for hi m tie read to that assem bl y • hut if God were hies strength he Could rea d et i n hi s p l ace, or e lse whenever this q men tion came to be agitated. The consequence of such proceedings was, that not only the Editor of the paper, but its reader:, were hardened aga i nst j uet i ce and humanity, and fitted for the per petration of any set of cruelty. Tl,e Learned Oeutienian then ,proceeded to make some strong observations upon the conduct of the Bishop of Jamaica, who had; as one of bits first acts, appointed the Reverend Mr. Bridges to be his chap• lain-the gross libeller of Mr. Wilberforce, and the avowed enemy of all the abolitionists. (Hear, hear.) Whether the Bishop had been week enough to allow that person to be throat upon Win. or wicked enough to Adopt him from choice, he (Dr. Lashing. ton) for one, begged te' enter his protest against all communication coming in future from the polluted sourete with reference to the state of the negro population. They little knew-who could take any objection to 3lr. Broughtun's proposal of doing the work them ' selves-..they little knew the Jima of domestic happiness wilds want ' torn asunder by the system itialaverv. ll'e had seen a parallel te l' the Jamaica papers, when im English peasant weecotnpred, through all the ramificati o n s o f hi s condition, with a West India negro, and the balance in every respect, of food, clothing, eodgine, liberty and labour, drawn largely in favour of the slave ;• but ha would read them an extract from one of those papers, and then ask, if in England or in Ireland, as the Learned Gentleman could answer, there ever ha/ been any thing apprifishing to it in e.teld blooded heertleseneee ? " Run away, a feinale slave named Masy Smith, from she estate of Miss —a.," and then after offering a re. ward for her apprehension, it goes on to say-". it Is strongly sus pected that the said slave is harboured by her husband, Win. Sorith.'• ' If I with here flies to her husband's protection, the laws of God and mast would justify him in protectuig bey-aye, and give hie the ability to do it (peat applause); but there, in that favoured cows. try, thick boasts of die condition of its population, to obey God he i violates the taw of thedand, and, In receiving the wife of his affec tion, subjects himself to stripes and punishment. (Jawed ag plause.) The 11mm:table and Lesmedlientleman, after lonia other observations, in which he ridiculed and exposed, in very 'forcible and eloquent language, the asaer: ! on that. slavery was not prohibited in holy wilt, concluded by movinan Resolution recom mending the formation of Anti-Slave Associations throughout the kingdom, to excite and keep alive thp interest necessary for • unanimous effort to abolish Negro Slavery. . . Mr. (Molise L L then rose, and was receiv'el with loud cheered approbation.-The gratifioatiou that I feel in being permitted to second this Resolution, is mitigated by many painful sensations- I am called upon to speak unpreparee and unexpectedly, and I ad dress you more to show my inconipetence to express my =.ltedie fur the kind r ece p t i on you have bone:red me with, than . any idea of being able, by any effort of mine, to advance the abuse in which we are engaged.-(Applause.)-But I do hate despotism so much-I detest slavery so cordially_ abhor cruelty so strongly-. that I cannot refrain, under any y, and all apprehensions.. frith raising my voice in the cause of 'betty, and joining my rite awls to the lab our o f t h ose who world s:. - Ike off Bons the slays his chains, and from the Briton his reproach,....(Linseleheers.)--ree : while I have life, I will strike at despotism; sold evert in the pt.. 'genre of the giants of the land, whose mighty usetione mock my pitiful attempts-even in their presence I will 6.1410 if by es" piling effort reaches not the dignity of a blow, I will. at !mt. male an offer cf resistance to the last-(Great Applause)-and with sap expiring breath leave to my child the legacy wf. a feeernan.-(Ap plause.)-1 have to apologise to the .Sleeting, for ths use of ate ward blow-the exertion was all that was necessary.--(Laughterand Ap plause,)-The eloquent discourse of the last speaker has roused w chord in every bosom which beats responsive to the calls of huma nity, and melted every he a rt w hi c h sympathizes with the injured and oppressed. Oh ! how we ll h as t h at G ent l eman performed his task. Like that mighty master of lumen mind (Sterne,) who, when he wished 5 9 net b e f ore hi s readers the blessings of liberty, did not indulge, la`.efhtty declamation, or frigid discussion, but took the captive in hie ~el, and placed him before them-clanking hie chains - solitary -broken-hearted-rlying with the iron entering into his soul, and the torpor of despair spreading ever hie body ; to the Learned and Hon. Gent. did not speak of slavery in its ultras hey or its impiety, or its cruelty ; but he took, the wile, tom fins the arms of her protecting husband, and pictured lei you the coo. they subjected to stripes and the father to chains, for their Whets+ enee to those laws which God and nature had declared inviolable, and sent to the very utmost bounds of the sea.girt Isle the ere arches tortured and oppressed. (Great applause.) II ho is it doubts that they will lend their support to put down a system so auoeious ? Who is it doubts that the million of melting hearts who hear that tale will not so spread the execration of the oppressors, that not one man in any pine can dare to stand op and avow himself\ the advoeme of slavery ? But if such will be the effect of that powerful address, why should I attempt to speak P Because I would point out the effect which the example of .k;ostlruid must have on the world in general. It has had that infuencemniversally, and every page of its history confirms it. Who i& it that imagines there would be, at the pre.ent moment, one spark of liberty on Continen tal Europe, froni the frozen esteem& of Russia to ltm etch aeliabeed titr,ll; tirMt rendid power was merging Into &potter°, England had not struggled for and gained h er brim Constitution, giving le all the earth her glorious example, and showing how 'slay it is tar a nation to be free it it wills for freedom ? (Great applause.) What is it but her example that his placed France under ft new Coned.. tution ? What ie it has revolutionized Spain ? Whet ha rep ' nerated Portugal ? And though fortune may for a time frown apes their efforts, Oh, believe me, that many a gallant heart now gkins with the hope that they may yet be able to follow that example, and perchance with the assistance of England--surely with lest countenance-triumph at last over their oppressors. And as yen rivals have set the example in f os t er i ng lib erty , so you may have in its preservation. (Applause.) Treat example has passed the Atlantic, and expanded itself over America, for even among the echoes of the Andes the voice of slavery is now heard no more. And here may I be permitted to instance Bolivar-the Immortal Bolivar ? I think I may do so with safety in this place. It might be dangerous elsewhere, although I have no intention to make any improper use of that liberty. I call God to witness I never had. ((heat applause.) But I love to dwell upon the name of that illustrious hero, uniting in himsel. every thing magnanimous in ancient times, or heroic in modern. What was the first set of his newly-acquired power ? The lasers. ti'm of his own neeroes., What wan his first address to the meas. bled Senators of his Government ? I beg as fervently of my CeblOm toy as I would for the lives of my children, that you; will never COw sent clime, or creed, or colour, should make any distinction in yet republic. (Cheers.) And what has been the fate of such exalted virtue ? Why, while man joins in the universal sound of praise, ' Providence has smiled vino his exertions, and victory, wherever he went, has followed his standard. Oh ! gl..i.ious Bolivar--greause then Washington-greater than Kosciusko, even had he been sae. cessful, how can I find language to 'leak Of that patriotism which would retreat from the enjoyments of power, the moment even the shadow of liberty might be endangered by your presence. But the example must go farther even than Amelia,. Who is it can be ise absutd as to think that when the negro sees warriors and statesman" of his own race, he will not makes desperate exertion for freedom ? Cen any man say, that when that time comes in which he 'allure the poet and the hero of the same east and colour, slavery can exist 4inoment longer ? It was utterly impossible, and, instead of being called cruel to the masters, a charge the more to be valued as it comes from unpolluted lips, we should excite gratitude and praise for our attention to their interests; when we beseech them to grant that gradual emancipation which would procure them the permanent enjoyment of their present property. I awns row to America, the boasted land of freedom, and there I hear the slavery which they not only tolerate, but encourage, justified and defended, as a legate, left them by us. It Is but too true. Bin I would say to them-yow shook off the allegiance you owed us, because you thought we were oppressing you with die Stamp Act. You boasted of your deli.. remote from slavery-you relieved yourselves from your bondage: on what grounds do you still exercise a despotic power over year fellow-men, and make slavery even more bitter, by ringing in the ears of the sufferers from your tyranny-what you have gained_. whist you have done--what you have suffered for freedom ? They may retaliate upon us-they may reply by allusions to the /averted we have created or encouraged ; but what would be said of that in dividual who would justify the crime of shcepstealing by alleging that another stole sheep to o ? W ou ld suc h a defence be listened to Oh, no ; and I will say unto you, Freemen of America--and the press will convey it to you almost as quick as the wind-that God understands you-that you are hypocrites -tyrants and unjust men -that you are degraded and dishonoured--and I say, dare not le stand up boasting of your freedom or your privileges, while you cm tinue the cruelties of slavery, and treat souls redeemed by the same blood as the mere creatures of pout will-for as long as you do so, there is a blot upon your escutcheon that all the waters of the Atlantic cannot wash out. (Great applause.) I have thus un connectedly thrown together whatever just floated on the sur face of nip mind-for I came only as an auditor, although you have turned nie into an actor. I would, however, much rather you would chirp my intellect with weakness than my heart with Ingtwitude. I came, it is true, impressed, but when I was asked to lend my feeble efforts to the promotion of the objects of the meeting, )cow could I refuse when I saw the cause of freedom advocated and supported by one of that illustrious family whom your ancestors brought wisely and prudently to maintain your liberties and uphold your rights t a support which for ceunt lees ages I pray they may continue to aftbrd you ? (Great cheering.) I was pressed forward too by another consideration : I felt that 1 wan myself a slave. The chain, it is true, binds me not, but 1 feel its galling. The lash of the whip does not lacerate my body, but its sound rings in my eux,and I stand in my native land fallow and degraded. (Great applause, with one or two feeble hisses.) I hope no person will mistake me so far es to suppose I meant to t be excite any unpleasant feeling, or any political reflection t I alluded only to your kindness to myself , a person degraded in the ey es o f more n i an hem the t i who were exhibiting their ardent love of liberty. It seems Idme, me, when I listen to the weal of the negro, that 1 hea r the Melt 'tow!, sod I feel my sympaylies powerfully affected -for I calf. who crime in some dialect I cannot repeat, " Lon g h ie Emperor." Wherever nature has !riven life I w ou ld give pow ' 1 7::: t ofco the colour u ( : en m w ay . t o ti r si t t h o , tu rec tsihdetrh.ehsaduffeeorefr, th at whether don. I do not quarrel with the political institution!' alikh • are justly and 'weir intended for the support of and the protection of proverty ; but man was bud and whatever may be his creed. or his colour, he bas l • to the administration of t h e l aws, flat °laces of le ari 1 1 1,)1 1 . 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