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►LITION OF NEGI 0 SLAVERY. (Concluded from our Paper of yesterday.) Dr. EDWARDS was willing to admit that a pecu niary question would arise, but the whole benefit of the Constitution was not to be sacrificed to that one c onsideration. But the Rev. Gentleman also com plained, that if the slaves were not compelled, they would not work beyond a mere sufficiency to pro cure existence; this might be so, but he would ask, did the Rev. Gentleman himself, or did any one else work beyond what they thought necessary for the benefit of themselves and their families ? Before the amendment proposed by the Rev. Gentleman was submitted to the consideration of the meeting, he would take the liberty of reading the original Resolutions over again, and they would then per ceive that there was very little in them which even the Rev. Gentleman himself could deny. Dr. Ed- wards then proceeded to read over the different Re solutions, and contended that it was impossible for any one to gainsay their contents; if they were to 1 abandon the principles that these Resolutions em bodied, they must abandon all that was dear to them, and give up the Constitution of their country. He knew what the distressed state of the country was, but he did not hesitate at once to say , that it would: be better to pay a hundred millions to the West India Planters, rather than lose the main fea ture of the Constitution—the liberty of the subject. —(Applause.) Colonel JONES was of opinion that the Resolu tions ought to be proposed seriatim, and it would then be more distinctly seen to which part of the proposition before the meeting the Rev. Gentleman objected. He could not boast of being so long a resident, or having so great a knowledge of the slaves as the Rev. Gentleman did ; but as an old soldier, and one accustomed to having command over a body of men, he thought that he was able to form some opinion of what effect absolute power had, both on the commander and the commanded.— (Hear, hear.)—But he had some actual experience also with respect to slaves, for he had travelled al most from one end to the other of the United States, and had seen how it operated in that country, which was blessed with the best Government in the whole world, as it was an improvement on the English, and was entirely free from all the curses of the feudal system. It was a Government which had nothing to get rid of, and where the people had only to become better educated to be without a fault. The Christian Pastor who had addressed them had told them that free labour was incompa tible with the nature of the negroes, and that such was the effect of a tropical climate, as to make it ab solutely necessary to use coercion before they could get men to work. He certainly never had been in a tropical climate; but he had been at New Orleans, Virginia, and South Carolina, where he believed that it was quite as hot as anywhere in the West Indies, with perhaps the exception of Demerara and Dominique. In those places he had witnessed the progress of free labour ; and he believed the fact to be, that whatever difference there might be, did not arise from climate, but from moral influence. In New York in particular he had been remarkably struck by the prosperous condition of the negro; there the black man had been gradually advancing in intellect, in property, and in self value; and it had given him no little pain to see the negro there looking down with contempt and with pity upon the poor Irishmen who had been forced by the unhap piness prevalent in his own land to emigrate to Ame rica. The emancipation of the slave appeared to him to be perfectly possible, if they could instil sense and justice into the minds of the slave owners.— That 1% as where the difficulty lay, and nor in the moral or intellectual faculty of the negro. When he was at Philadelphia he had been to hear a black preacher in that city, and he honestly declared that he had heard more eloquence and piety from him than he could learn from Mr. Benson, Mr. Colburn, or Mr. Anybody else who might be the fashionable preacher about town. That great and good man, the Abbe Gregoire, had incontestably shewn that the mind of the negro was as capable of cultivation as that of a white man; and he had no doubt, that if the education was commenced with the infancy of the black, he was capable of becoming quite as great a man as even his Learned Friend, Mr. Brougham himself. But while this was the state of things in Sew York, it was very different in Kentucky, where slavery still flourished. There the mind of the citi zen was debased in consequence, and a totally dif ferent series of sentiments prevailed. But he need not confine himself alone to the United States. In the Spanish Colonies in South America, the free negroes, as might be seen by a reference to Mr. Ward's statement, not only could work, but did work ; and the planters, by the course they had pre viously adopted in freeing their slaves, had derived the greatest advantage when those convulsions tool; place, which subsequently shook the institutions of the country so dreadfully. Instead of having the negro opposed to him as an enemy, he was sup ported by him as a friend in the midst of his diffi p ulties,—(Applause.)—Hee perfectly agreed with the Rev. Pastor, that it was impossible to put the negro children into schools or hospitals. But what :_sti that ? It followed as a matter of course, that the inasins would retain the children for their use through Olkir juvenile days, on exactly the same principle that the masters here were glad to obtain ap preotbzea, because they found that a profit was to oe made by them. The Reverend Pastor had boasted to the Meeting that he had baptized eight thousand negroes; but what of that again? Had this baptising made freemen of them ?—(Applause.) That they were Christians was good, bnt it became die duty of the Statesman to add liberty to that boon, because Christianity and freedom necessarily went hand in hand. For himself he did not pretend to any sanctity, because he was no saint, but a sinner —(A laugh)—but he was, nevertheless, aware that the sending wild and enthusiastic missionaries to the West Indies was one of the worst things that could have taken place, and bad materially retarded the cause cf the negroes. This was necessarily the case when they considered who the majority of the *.lantern were—for the most part they were neces- Scotchmen, and neceEsitous Irishmen, who ,had gone over there without money and without ,e,ducatio4, and could not afford to do other than work their slaves to the uttermost.—(Hear, hear, hear.) —There could be no doubt that on the settlement of the question remuneration would be necessary, because Parliament, in making slavery the medium through which the estates were to be cultivated, had necessarily brought the country into that predicament. Under the present enormous burthen of taxes, however, it would be impossible fully to effect the relief of the negroes in that way, and therefore there remained no way so effectual for them to act upon as that of gradually complet ing their object by emancipating the children as they were born. He was sure that no one in that Meet ing need be told how the possession of slaves neces sarily debased the slave-owners.—(Hear hear.)—lf men, and even women, were to be found in America sufficiently cruel to raise their hands against the poor unoffending negro, how much more likely it was that still greater cruelty was practised towards the negroes in the Colonies, where the check of a free Government was wanting ? Every honest American confessed that the continuance of the slave system was the foulest blot that attached itself to their country; and as to reli gion, he had known some of the most devout psalm singers to be the least scrupulous in inflicting tor ture on the negroes under their dominion.—(Ap plause.) Mr. Pows,ILL said that he had gathered from the Rev. Gentleman's speech a reason why the whip could not be abolished in the West Indies, which he had till then long been looking for in vain. The Rev. Gentleman had told them that the slaves had such affection for their children, that they would not suffer their children to be taken from them to be placed in schools; therefore it was no wonder that the whip now was necessary to repress their discontent, when they found that their children were even sold into other islands, and removed from sight for ever.—(Hear, hear, hear.)—ln a Jamaica newspaper, bearing date December, 1824., he found an advertisement, describing Maria, a female slave, branded on the shoulder with the letters G.R.; and here again, he could well understand what must be the feelings of a parent at having a daughter sub mitted to such an operation. But he did not wish to rest his cause on the cruelty which the negro underwent ; what he relied upon was, there prin• ciple of slavery itself.—(Applause.)—One of the arguments of their opponents was, that the slave was as well off as the peasant of England. He did not think that that was quite the case, for the Eng. lish peasant was not separated from his child, nor was the English peasant compelled to work under the exhausting influence of a penetrating sun. (Applause.)—But if the negro would not work, there was a good reason for it—because no man could take much pleasure in working when he saw another reaping all the benefits of his labour. Ir, therefore, became necessary to goad them on to in creased exertion, and hence the decrease of the black population of the West India islands where slavery existed, while in Hayti, where the popula tion was free, it had doubled in the course of twenty years.—(Applause.)—He intreated them never to confound the question of compensation with that of emancipation ; for the former was one which rested entirely with the Parliament, and with which the slaves themselves had nothing at all to do : the slaves had had no share in the transaction—no por- tion of the profits, and therefore they could not be called upon to make good the loss which the plan ters might sustain. But it was contended that emancipation would be the means of giving rise to turbulence : he did not believe that such would be the case; bUt even if it should so happen, Parliament would still have the power to enact laws sufficiently strong to check all revolt. Above all, he cautioned the Meeting never to trust men in the possession of power with the giving of it up, unless they obtained more than an equivalent for it : as long as they trusted to the planters them selves, they might be sure to be put off with some plausible story or another, but never would they obtain the object for which they were so anxious. The planters said, that they wished to raise the negroes to their proper elevation, but it was no long time ago that a clergyman was compelled to come home for having administered the sacrament to a negro at the same table with some of the white po pulation.—( Hear, hear.)—One of the most painful circumstances connected with the case was, that the minds of the best of men became hardened and con taminated by the evil which surrounded them — (Applause)—and, whatever improvements might take place, they never were safe from a relapse ; therefore, however happy the negro might be made, he would still say to the people of England, " Per sist in the cause till they are actually liberated, and you see all the shackles of their bondage removed." The CHAIRMAN then put the Amendment, which was negatived by a considerable majority, and the original Resolutions were subsequently carried by a triumphant majority. Mr. SINCLAIR CULLEN said, the observations of the Rev. Gentleman were full of contradictions, and the greatest mercy he could show him was to pass him without a reply. He left him to reconcile to his Christian duties that love of slavery which the law forbade, which man detested, and which was desecrated by religion. If the Duke of 'Wellington could recently carry a certain great question, on which the sense of the country was so much divided, how easily could he carry the Question of Emanci pating from Slavery, when the intelligence, the integrity of the country, would be with him ? He trusted that the Meeting would persevere, in spite of the opposition of those who hypocritically pre tended they were friends to Emancipation. Re ligion alone was a sufficient inducement to exertions in favour of those who were suffering a thousand miles off. In England public opinion and the pub lic press, were inducements to both public and private morals. '1 he West Indians had no such censors, and they had their morals and religion per verted by their interests in the existence of slavery. If the children were emancipated, it would be the interest of the proprietors to educate them. It had been said that the law of England permitted slavery. But he denied the assertion The law did not ac• knowledge the legality, but only the existence, o slavery. But a power in the West Indies vio lated the law, to the cruel oppression of thousands of their fellow-subjects. Lord Talbot and Mr. Yorke (Lord Hardwicke) had declared, in the teeth of the law of England, that a slave coming to this country was still a slave. Every lawyer had since declared, that no man could be a slave within the power of the Crown to protect him. He wished the advocacy of slavery had come from any person rather than from one of the vocation of the Rev. Gentleman. He should now move a vote of thanks to the Chairman for his conduct in Parliament on this subject, and for his conduct in the Chair that day. The merits of advocating Emancipation the Chairman shared with many others; but he deserved praise for the moral courage which enabled him to support, against a clamorous House of Commons, that principle in which all present concurred. Moral courage was the greatest of qualities; and but for those who had stood alone in support of freedom, the liberty which England possessed would never have been achieved, or would soon have left us. He then proposed, " That the thanks of this Meeting be given to Robert Otway Cave, Esq., M.P., for his able conduct in the Chair, and especially for his firmness in dividing alone against his opponents, on the evening of the 4th of June last, in the House of Commons, in support of a funda ment principle of the Constitution, never before dis puted, and expressed by him in the precise words of Blackstone." Mr. TOOKE seconded the Resolution. He thought the public bound in gratitude to the Chair. man for his manner of supporting this question in Parliament. It might be true that the punishments of the negroes were lessened, but they ought to have been long ago abolished altogether. They were of a piece with the knout, which had formerly been in flicted in Russia, and where a surgeon had been re quired to stand by to determine how far the punish ment might proceed without death actually ensuing. He certainty looked forward with the greatest anxiety to the time when the final emancipation of the slaves should be completed, because he consi dered that when that should be accomplished, the removal of the foulest blot and ulcer of the Consti tution would also be accomplished.—(Applause.) The Resolution was then carried, only three hands being held up against it. After thanks were voted to the Chairman, The Hon. CHAIRMAN said—ln rising to return my thanks for the compliment you have been pleased to pay me, and which far overbalances any little ery ice I may have rendered by my humble exertions in this great and sacred cause, I cannot dissolve this meeting without first congratulating you and congra tulating the country, on the triumph of reason and of justice we have this day heard and witnessed. —(Applause.)—l perhaps may be excused for tres passing for a few moments, and in a very few words, on the time of this meeting, whilst I assure them I did not take up this question lightly or inconsider ately. It is about four years ago since I had an op portunity of witnessing the very strong feeling that existed throughout the country among the advocates for the abolition of slavery. I saw that in this particular point men of all political party feel ing agreed to forget their political animosities, that they might make common cause on this subject, look ing on slavery in any point of view as a disgrace to a civilized country, and as utterly inconsistent with the principles of Christianity, which are part and parcel of the law of our land.—(Applause.)—lt then struck me forcibly, and it has since often oc curred to me, to wonder that the cause so backed and with such advocates out of Parliament, should have made so little progress throughout the coun try as it has done, and not been more strongly pressed on our Government. • I think I may safely say, that since the political delays, (and I am happy to observe that they have only been political delays), from the time of that good man Wilberforce, that this cause, in the opinion of those who are in favour of the abolition of slavery, has rather retrograded than advanced. Under this impression I did feel myself bound in duty to take up this particular point in the cause, namely, that of abolishing the slavery of negro children, as being one which the West Indians them selves formerly had sanctioned, as being one requiring no compromise, and presenting the fewest difficulties. The more I considered and the more 1 read on the subject, its vital importance, its consti tutional importance—its importance in every point of view—more and more strongly pressed upon me : the more I became convinced it was impossible that it could be consistent in any way with Christianity, with the principles of our Constitution, or the law of our land. When I found this to be the case, I was afraid that so good a cause—a cause so deserv ing, and, I may say, ultimately so sure of success — might lose by being entrusted to so feeble an advo cate as myself; I therefore did make a pplication to a gentleman, whose name I shall not now mention, because he is present, and there can: be no one here ig norant of what this cause owes to him—l did ask him whether it would not be better to surrender this constitutional question to the hands of Mr. Buxton, he having, in subjects which he brought forward three or four years ago, touched most powerfully on this particular point. I was assured by that Hon. Friend of mine, and by a still more intimate friend of Mr. Buxton's, that his health un fortunately would not permit him to take up this or any other point connected with the cause; I was assured of it by himself also, for he stated in the House of Commons that he was unable to prose cute a branch of the subject which he had given no tice of and brought forward some time before, in consequence of the opinion of his physician, that it would be at the risk of his life if he did so. I could not, therefore, at a hazard so great impose such an additional burthen on him, nor could I suppose that this cause should be lost for want of an ad vocate ; and feeling before God and my coun try, that he who does his best does well, I consented to take charge of the question, and marched forward with a bolder step than I other wise should have done, believing what I advocated was not only consistent with justice and humanity, but dictated by the policy, expediency, and law of the land.—(Great applause.)—l am most happy to find now from certain and unequivocal proofs, that the course I adopted was not wild or injudicious and has not been disapproved of. I am not;in the:slightest degree disheartened by the judgment passed on my motion by the House of Commons, for I perfectly well know that the House of Commons is in a great measure composed themselves of Slavery possessors—of what they call property, that is dealers in their own fellow creatures, flesh and blood. Moreover, I know that Parliament has frequently changed in opinion within the last two or three years upon many important questions—on one par ticularly, which I need not scarcely mention► is Catholic Emancipation, on which I believe it has voted three different ways within two or three different years.—(l.oud applause.)—l have only further to add, that until some better advocate be found in this cause, at all times and all seasons, not only this Meeting, but any person and every indi vidual who throughout the country may take an interest in the subject, my humble, but most fervent exertions, if they will only make allowances for all deficiencies of ability in advocating the cause, shall be at their command. Arid I cannot but congratu- late this Meeting and the country on the Certain anticipation I feel, that slavery cannot, in the present state of the world, exist much longer. I know it to be impossible to suppose that it can long exist, con trary as it is to the laws of God and man. 1 know that if it were impossible to find scarcely a single advocate either in or out of the House of Commons, and the mutilated and wounded bodies of the poor negroes were the only voices that could speak their wrongs, still I say the cause must ulti mately terminate favourably. It is a course of right I opposed to nothing but brutal force ; and there will always be some men in Parliament, there will at least always be some men in the country, to whom the love of liberty will be like a passion, and the defenders of the wrongs of the weak against the strong in a point the most repugnant to human na ture. I again return my most humble thanks for the honour you have done me, and repeat my most con fident expectation that the cause we are now met to support must ultimately succeed. This Meeting I declare now to be dissolved. The Meeting then at once dispersed. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. - ----.--- - (From the Messager des Chan fires of Sunday-) BERLIN, JUNE 30.—Direct accounts from the Russian head-quarters have been received here. They go much beyond the official bulletin in their account of the complete rout of the Turks at Shumla. Their resistance was terrible; the disad• vantage of their position, the surprise at finding themselves opposed to so considerable a force of the enemy,—nothing, in short, could discourage them a moment : no terms can express the bravery and obstinacy of their defence. They did not give way till it was impossible for them to resist any longer. Notwithstanding the ravages which a ferocious enemy has committed in the country, the invasion of which he could not hinder, the Russian army is perfectly well supplied with provisions. Every loss is immediately repaired. All the roads leading from southern Russia are covered with waggons, bring ing provision and ammunition for the army. The spirit which animates the soldiers can only be com pared with that which they displayed in 1812. They are full of warlike enthusiasm, and devotion to the person of the Emperor. Silistria is expected very soon to surrender. Well informed officers conceive that the occupation of that fortress by the Russians will suffice to ter minate this year's campaign entirely in their favour, and a third and a fourth would probably be unne cessary to induce the Turks to make peace. They may be compelled to do so. His Majesty the King of Prussia has again had some fits of fever, but by the express order of his Majesty the fetes at Court are not interrupted. The King's daughter, the Empress of Russia, will prolong her stay in our capital beyond the time that we had hoped. Wherever she appears she is received with the most affectionate marks of re spect, and the people take pleasure in showing to her their affection-for the King her father. Berlin has at this moment an appearance of gaiety which surprises all travellers, who are equally struck with the daily progress of the fine arts and the highest branches of science. Such are the fruits of peace and of an enlightened and paternal adminis tration. (From the Journal du Commerce of Sunday.) ITALY.—A letter from Rome sa y s,—,, All the inhabitants of Imola have been excommunicated, anti they are consequently forbidden to partake of the Holy Sacraments. I do not know whether that of marriage is included. This proceeding against the town of Imola is a result of the orders of the Pope, who has resolved to punish the misdemeanour committed upon the furniture and the hotel of M. de Giustiniani, Archbishop of that town. All the churches have been shut, and even the cathedral is scarcely permitted to be open, but this is ex pressly stated to be only that ministers may be found to console the sick and attend the dying. Undoubtedly his Holiness expects much good from this measure; but I begin to think that those are in the right who say that we are not now in the 15th century. The people do not appear to be very uneasy about this punishment. They see their fields covered with the most promising harvest, and, blessing Divine Providence, seem to wait patiently for the moment when it shall be thought fit to remove the interdict pronounced against them. " The inhabitants of Romagna can no longer ob tain passports to go abroad; they are considered as infected with the plague, both in politics and re ligion. The Pope, on ascending the pontifical throne, would not include in his amnesty persons guilty of political crimes: they were even positively excluded from it. They were compared to assas sins, and declared unworthy of the papal clemency." GERMAN PAPERS. ROME, JUNE 27.—A circular issued by his Holiness the Pope, dated the 18th of June, publishes a general jubilee to implore the Divine aid at the commencement of his pon tificate. His Holiness grants the same indul gence as in the year of a jubilee to those who from the 28th of June to the 12th of . July shall have visited twice in the same week the churches of La teran and Maria Maggiore, on the usual conditions, with the addition of some pacts and alms. All the spiritual authorities are directed, immediately on the receipt of this circular, to assign churches for this purpose, and to appoint the time of two weeks for this indulgence. We bear of another circular which his Holiness, as is usual at the commencement of a reign, has addressed to the bishops. MUNIGH, JULY 3.—The marriage of Royal High ness the Princess Amelia of Leuchtenberg is fixed for the 2d (not the 3d) of August; and the Mar quis Barbacena is expected at Munich about the end of this month. The report that his Royal High ness the young Duke of Leuchtenberg will accom pany his sister to Brazil is very dubious, for accord ing to other accounts, his Majesty will go to Berlip after the marriage. FRANKFORT, JULY I.—A few days since another body of 1.1• miners passed through this city, who came from Saxony, and are engaged for the service of the Anglo-Mexican Milling Association in Mexicb for the term of five years. It would seem from this that that company is not so unsuccessful as several others, which, having hitherto been losers by their works, have either dissolved themselves, or are on the point of doing so. DAY AT ONI O'CLOCI. South Sea Stock .87 N Old Annuities .89% New Ditto. ....... ..... Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. 73:74 pm. Ditto 500 2d. 7:3 75 pm. Ditto Small 2d. 73 75 pm. Ditto Commercial ....... pm Bank for Account India for Account ..„ for Account B9 IA PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds 57%104 'Peruvian Bonds ll% Buenos Ayres Bonds ...... ... —!Portuguese Bonds 4214 Chilian Bonds ... 17% ;Prussian, Old Colombian Bonds — Ditto, New — Ditto, 1824 Danish 68% 9 Spanish. 1821 9 Greek Bonds —. '-- 1823.•..„ ............ ••• Ditto, 1825 — !French Rentes, sp. c. —f. —c. Guatimala -- Exchange —f. —c. Mexican Bonds - 3 per cent. —t. —c. Ditto, 1825 2o%'— Exchange —f. —c. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock — 3 per Cent. Red. 8 8%% 3 per Cent. Cons. 8'7% 3% S 3}ii per Cent. 98% Ditto Red. 96% % 4 per Cent. 102%% Ditto. 1826 105% 5 Ni Ditto Scrip — Bank L. Ann. 19% 15-16 India Stock — Ditto Bonds 53 59 pm. :KS, DUBLIN, JULY 11. St. Patrick Insur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto — National Ditto — !Patriotic Ditto — Hibernian Bank 17% Provincial Ditto — 1 Hoyal Irish Mine — Imperial Mine — , I Mining Co. of Ireland I4X t Commercial Buildings — FKICICS OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONI O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Brazilian Imp. MM. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2O 65 63 (t 62 63% Ditto National 5 6 3 4 United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) £39 1 % 14% 1 4 Guardian Assurance Co lO 2214 PRICES OF IRISH STOC Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 3% per cent 96%, , Ditto, New —l 4 per Cent lO 2'A Gov. Deb. 3% per cent 96%1 Royal Canal Stock 42%1 Grand Canal Stock —l City Deb. 4 per cent —l Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c 971 COURSE OF EXCH./ Amsterdam C.F 12 51 Ditto, at sight 12 3 Rotterdam 2 U 12 51 Antwerp 12 51 Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Altona I'3 151 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65 Ditto 2 U. 25 90 Borduaux 25 95 Berlin Frankfort on Blaine, Ex. M 152 k Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effe,:tive fl. 2 M. 10 9 Trieste ...... do. 10 9 Ma.i rid 3 6 IA Cadiz 304 Bilboa 36% Barcelona 36 Seville 3 6 1,6 Gibraltar 47% THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE, STRAND. THIS EVENING (first time) a Grand Serio-Comic Opera called THE ROBBER'S BRIDE. The Count of Viterbo, Mr. H. Phillips; Fernando, Mr. Sapio (his first appearance these three years) ; Carlo, Mr. Thorne; Roberto, Mr. Perkins. Laura, Miss Betts; Gianetta, Miss Cawse. After which (23d time) a Comic Operetta called HE LIES LIKE TRUTH. Sir Charles Manly, Mr. Baker; Mr.Trupenny, Mr. W. Bennett Rattler, Mr. Wrench; Clincher, Mr. Benson Hill. Harriet, Miss Gray; Priscilla, Mrs. Keeley._ To-morrow, an Opera, with Master's Rival Friday, The Sister of Charity, with Rosins, amt The Middle ; Temple; Saturday, an Opera, with The Waterman. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Sir C. WETllER;LC;;;;;Poitii:dAit;ney-General in 1826 ; he was succeeded by Sir J. ScAlum in 1827. Sir JAMEs was succeeded by Sir CHARLES in 1828, and again succeeds him in 1829. _ _ The request of Mr. THORPE was complied with lasi Thursday, and will be attended to in future. *into 4 LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1829. The KING will arrive in town to-morrow for the purpose of holding a Council at St. James's Palace, at Nshich the Recorder of London will make his report. The Council will be held at three o clock. The Messager des Chambres contains an article, dated Berlin, which gives a still more favourable account of the progress of the Rus sians than their own bulletins. The valour and determined resistance of the Turks, in the battle near Shuntla, obtain due praise, but nothing could avail. The Russian army is said to be well supplied with provisions, and the soldiers are animated with the most warlike enthusiasm. The fall of Silistria is considered not only cer tain, but immediate. Indeed we apprehend that the Russian Eagles wave on its battlements at this moment. The capture of Silistria will not only decide the late of the campaign, but that of the other fortresses on the Danube—Rudshuck, Gieur gevo, and Widdin, must open their gates or be carried by storm. B u t it is firmly believed that negociations are now going on for peace, and if so, the Turks will escape much loss, humiliation, and shame. The result of the last campaign redounded to their credit, and the present might have added to their laurels, had they wisely persevered in a defensive system of warfare ; but their impru dence in the battle of Kuloutscha has for feited all their former advantages, and has ac celerated the fate of their strong-holds on the Danube, if it has not even endangered the safety of Sliumla itself. Negotiation, at this juncture, is, we think, the wisest course for both parties — the Turks as well as the Russians. The Rus sians will not be allowed to take Constantinople, even su pposing they could do so,—they are, therefore, only throwing aw a y h uman lif e , and .NGE YESTERDAY. --- - - - -- __ _ Leghorn.v _ - 47% Genoa 25 75 Venice 47% Malta 4S% Naples 39% Palermo per oz. 119 Lisbon Oporto 45 Rio Janeiro Bahia Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork l% BULLION, PER OZ. X. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver, bars, standard 0 4 111 pensive. important, till to-morrow. wasting their resources in a struggle that must, in the end, prove as useless. as it will be ex- It will be seen by the Gazette of last night, that a Conge d'Elire has been issued for electing Dr. BAsoT to the See of Oxford. German and Frankfort Papers, of the Bth inst., have been received this morning, but we have no room for their contents, which are not Havre Papers to the 14th inst. state the ar rival there, on the 13th, of the Russian corvettes, Seneavin and Mollir, from their voyage round the world. A variety of curious plants are said to be brought by these vessels. The crews were exceedingly healthy, considering the perilous voyage they had undergone. No arrivals of any importance are noticed at Lloyd's to-day, and there is a great dearth of foreign intelligence in the City. Money conti nues exceedingly abundant, and for short periods would be lent at 11 to 1 per cent. The Paris letters state that gold was advancing considerably in the French capital, and this was supposed to have had some effect on the Directors of the Bank of France in their decision respecting the postponement of the reduction of interest, sine die. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, _Tw2LrB o'CLocr: The Consol market appears firm this morning, and has the appearance of a further improvement, attri buted to pacific negociations going on in the East, by certain foreign Ambassadors at Constantinople; and the arrival of the French and English Ambas sadors, it is expected, will hasten it to a speedy con clusion by proposing a suspension of hostilities. Consols opened this morning at 891 for the ac count, since which they have been done at 89f, and for next time, 89i. The following has been received at the North and South American Coffee-house : SLAVE TRADE. SAVANNAH, JUNE B.—Captain Jackson, of the Revenue cutter, Marion, arrived here from Key West, states, on unquestionable authority, the fact of a great many vessels sailing from the Havannah for the coast of Africa, with only two or three weeks' provisions on board, depending entirely for further supplies from the different vessels they may fall in with, and from whom they can rob; the vessels are generally armed, and engaged in the Slave trade, are owned and fitted out at the Havannah. An affair occurred at Key West on the 26th ult. between William Mqtea, district attorney, and Captain Haw kins, who formerly commanded the Mexican brig, Hermione, in which the former was killed; it ap• pears chat these gentlemen had long been at variance, arising from an illicit intercourse between M'Rae and the wife of Captain Hawkins, who loaded a double-barrelled gun, and as M‘Rae passed the win dow where Hawkins was, he fired both barrels; M‘Rae fell, and expireda few hours after. Hawkins surrendered himself up to the civil authorities, and was sent to Augustine by the Marshal. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols at present may be quoted 89i for the account, and 89! for August account. This is settling day in the Foreign market, and as yet all is going off well ; Russian Bonds have been done at par ; Exchequer Bills, 73 4; Brazil, 57-i i ; Buenos Ayres, 22i 31; Colombian, 16i 17; Mexican, 201 ; Russian, 991 /; Portuguese, 42-1 i; Brazil Shares are lower, 37 9. THREE O'CLOCK. The Consol Market has just given way, and re ceded to 891 I for account. Some large sales have been effected. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 87i 8 lantisla 69 Do. for Ac. 891 Greek, 1825 Brazilian Bonds 57-1 Mexican, 1825 201 Buenos Ayres Peruvian 111 Chilian Do. 17f Russian Columbian, 1824, IG9 Spanish 9 LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. This was an appeal from a decree made by the late Master of the Rolls, which directed certain ac counts to be taken before the Master, in the bank ruptcy of Devaynces and Co. Several bills have been filed, and the matter has been many years in a course of litigation. Adverting to all the pro ceedings that have taken place, His LORDSHIP stated in judgment this morning, that it was a bsolutely essential to have the ac counts taken, to enable the Court to form a cor rect opinion upon the rights of the parties to the property in dispute. The decree directing the ac counts to be taken was only a continuation of the principles of the former orders.—Appeal dismissed with costs. WELLESLEY V. DUKE OF BEAUFORT. Mr. Wellesley, in person, stated that he under stood a petition respecting his children had been or dered to lie in the paper to-day, and that as he did not intend to appear by Counsel, but by himself, he was prepared to go on. The Lor) CHANCELLOR inquired of Mr. Horne if this was the day appointed for hearing the petition ? Mr. HORNE had not got a brief, and knew no thing of it. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said this was the day, and that he was ready. His LORDSIIrP observed that there was a motion appointed for to-day for a new trial, and in which common law Counsel were in attendance. Mr. Wellesley said it was of great importance that the petition should be heard without delay; and hoped, if it could not come on now, that it would be ordered to stand for to•inorrow. His LORDSHIP directed it to stand for Friday. KEEPER OF TIIE PRIVY SEAL. The Earl of Rosslyti, in open Court, took the usual oath, that by virtue of his office, as Keeper of the Privy Seal, he should not use any influence he might possess to the injury of the Church, as by law esta blished, or the Bishops. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. CRIM. CON,--.CHERER V. MARRIOTT. Mr. GEORGE opened the pleadings. Mr. Sergeant WILDE on the part of the plaintiff, stated the case. It was an action brought by Mr. Henry Joseph Cherer against the defendant, to recover from him compensation in damages far a criminal conversa tion with the plaintiff's wife. The plaintiff was now thirty years of age, and at the time of the marriage was little more than twenty-one. The plaintiff was brought up to the Manchester business, and became acquainted with the lady who afterwards became his wife at the house of the lady who brought him up. This lady w as most respectably connected. She was the niece of the late Mr. Rundell, of Ludgate-hill. After the par ties had been some time acquainted, they were married, in 1824, and lived together until 1827. There were two or three children by the marriage, but they are dead. In 1827 some differences arose, in consequence of the bad temper of the lady, and these ended in a separation. The lady's conduct had been perfectly good until she became acquainted with the defendant. In the latter end of 1827 she was introduced to him. He knew she was a married woman. This introduction ended in their living together as man and wife. Some remonstrances were made against this, and they separated in consequence ; but in a little time they again lived together, and have continued to do so until the present. time. . Tha_Learnea Counsel dell . proceeded to call the evidence. The marriage was regularly proved. Mrs. Harker deposed to Mr. and Mrs. Cherer living o e , affectionate terms up to 1827, when a separation too' place between them in consequence of the temper of boll' disagreeing. Miss Martha Wakefield—l live in Northumberland' street. I know Mr. and Mrs. Cherer, the former frail' his birth, and the latter since her marriage, I saw them' few months after that. I remember their going lo inghamahire, and I saw them only twice before then. also remember their return from .thence in. 1827.,.:) re member after their return some differences, arising betwee° them, and their separation. I visited Mrs. Cherer in S Alban's-place, at the time Mr. , ,Cherer 'eft her.:. She of peared to be living there in a perfect : . decorous mune. Temper and differences arising from thew were the cause' of the separation. . Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Lawn—He left be and not she him. . 1, do not know whether he paid Of rent when he left her. He provided no means for-herf for she had a private income of herown, left her by hg ( uncle. , •• • George Wright—ln 1927 I. lived in Poppins'-courtf Fleet-street ; I knew Mrs. Cherer ; I. was introduced to her by my sister-in Jaw, Mrs. Collett; she was themlivill at Wandsworth ; that was in the latter end of tune ; Cherer afterwards came to lodge at my house. I 'saw Mt' Cherer at my house in September, he came , with Alto' Cherer ; this was while she resided at my house ; be re' mained from about ten o'clock at night until half-past oot in the morning; I made him promise that he would call the following day; something happened which induce' me to request him to come; Mrs. Cherer asked me to terfere, and said if he would come back she-would do evetl thing to reader his home comfortable; he said that Jo should do so by no means, and be hoped she would 13 01 irritate him, for he was very ill ; she said she was'sorry hear it, and would send him a dozen of wine on the met' row, and such articles as would make him comfortable. Miss Christian Shepherd—l live at Temple-plarie,,Bllo friar's-road. I did live in St. Andrew's-place. - Mt' Cherer lodged in my house. I remember Mr& Cheret coming to my house on the 14th of September. MP Cherer was out. She remained until he came home ot my request. I conversed with both. She remained the all night, and stopped for three days. They lived verf, kindly during that time. Just before the expiration °' that time, another difference arose, which led to anotbe separation. I , was not : present at that difference; . letter produced was sent after -Mrs. Cherer left. The letter from Mrs. Cherer was then put in, Whi ch was a very affectionate one : and in it she professed to giv e up every thing in order to make him ,comfortahle, she, feared the irritability of his temper was the result .0 disease, and she was informed that it was likely to thro4 him into a consumption. Mary Ann Barrington—l lived servant with Mr. OAP riott in 1827 ; M-6. Cherer was living there then ; it vise at No. 5, Earl-street, Finsbury-market ; this was in the latter end of December, about a week before Christman Mr. Marriott and Mrs. Cherer lived together as man alo wife; they slept together. We afterwards lived in Skin' ner-street, Bishopsgate.street, and they lived together iD the same way. Mrs. Cherer did not appear to be hapPP but cried a great deal at times. They were not Inueb visited. Mrs.. Maria Keys—l know Mr. Marriott; Ido no t know what business he is of; I never talked to hio about Mrs. Cherer on the way in which he became a' quainted with her ; he lived in Winchester-street, ao° carried on the business of a butcher there; Mrs. Cheer was living with him there; this was after they 1 01 Earl-street. The Probate of Mr. Rundell's.will, was produced, bf which it appeared that 2,5001. was appropriated for 0 0 during her life, and to her children at her death. This closed the plaintiff's case. Mr. Sergeant LAwzs addressed the Jury for, the de' fendant, after which Mr. Justice PARXE summed up, and the Jury after few minutes' consultation, returned a verdict for the plain' tiff.—Damages, 25/. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. SLANDER.—BELL AND WIFE V. BROWN AND, 'WIFE. Mr. GURNEY stated, that this was ai action for defains' tion by the defendant and his wife, un the wife of Ole _ plat tiff. The plaintiff and the defendant were neighbours, ao the defamation arose from some misunderstanding betWe the wives. Mrs. Brown told ,Mrs „Bell that , she was-- 3 1 fact what she ought not to be —th a t s h e k ep t a sort 0f house that she ought not to keep, and that she received th e " wages of sin" at the doer. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 1Q• ADMIRALTY SESSIONS.-.-(THINS .I)AY.) At ten o'clock Sir CHatzToguan , Roßrozo, • Lots Chief Justice TYNDAL, and. Mr, Justice B.axt.gy, tool‘ their seats in Court, when Simpson Bragge, master of the ship Francis Watson, and Peter Miller,, his c hi e f.matet, were placed at the bar, charged with the wilful, murder 01 Lewis Sinclair, a mariner, upon the high seas, within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England. Hugh Murray, setman on board the Francis Watsooo examined. Witness arrived iu England about three weeks since. The prisoner Bragge was the master of, that vessel, the other prisoner was the Mate. The decease: Lewis Sinclair was the steward of the ship. Ile was.turrlea out of the cabin between Batavia and Sincapore„ on se' count of getting tipsy,atferwhich he was employed-in workieg the ship. On arriving at Sincapore, the deceased had a 0 illness which lasted seven weeks ; he was.during this time attended by a Doctor ; this was at the request of the Car, tain. As soon as they got out to s ea th e C apta i n f or ce" him to work, and shortly afterwards stopped his allowanes of water. He used to be made to scrape the ship's . side e for many hours a day, until twelve o'clock at night. Th e deceased died on the 13th June. Witness had seen 11 ,,,, e i ll 3 flogged by the Captain and M a t e f our times. ri ul ti v, s a e i stdnaeb about u hold hta sdi x somehim weeks adlbccii before he e he putwhilst d i e upon p. the oF the otherouFour wounds; daysb e beforeg died, witness saw hi m go to t h e C apta i n an d as k for, something to eat, wh en th e C apta i n gave hi m a piece 0 ' chalk, and ma d e hi m eat i t ; i t was a b out t h e s i ze o f 50 gdt egg; the mate bad nothing to do with this transaction: About this time the deceaied was getting may, and continued in that state until he died. Witness, in answer to questions from Mr. BoLtazirs , said he had had a quarrel with Captain Bragge. That wes on account of their refusing them meat for three days, 10C he had long since forgiven him that. John Brown, cabin boy, examined—He was ordered 14 Captain Bragge never to carry the food to the de" ceased, but if he came to ask for it, he was to have it• He came several times. and never on any occasion was re' fused. By Mr. BODKIN—The deceased shipped at Liverpool as steward, he was turned out of his office for drunkenness; others were employed to scrape the ship's side at the same time as the deceased ; there was no hardship in heaving the lead overboard,—it was the general opinion of the whole crew that Sinclair was a sculker. John Becknam, another seaman, on his cross-examins' Lion, admitted that it was the opinion of all the crew that the deceased was able to work if lie pleased. Chief Justice TYNDAL was here about to sum up, v vliets the Jury said they were quite satisfied; they did not thiol , t there was the least e v id ence to support t h e charge, a nd immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty. One of the Jury said it was their unanimous opinio o that Captain Bragge and Miller left the dock without the least suspicion resting on their characters. Miguel Ruberto, Bartholomew Soler, John Carrill ° ' John Rumon Tison, and Francisco Fernandez, fiv e Spaniards, charged with piracy on the high seas, were die, charged by p roc l amat i on, t h e Grand Jury having i gnor e' the bills against them. There Lein.- no other case for trial, the Sessions ad' journed till the 2d of October next. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of Grain are moderate this week, but ther e are a great many more foreign vessels with Corn at band' The Wheat trade to-day is stationary, the factors aski n g Monday's prices, and the buyers not doing much businelle' Barley and Pease are unaltered. Beans are rather deare r ' The Oat trade is very heavy at last quotations. The re t has been rather m ore d o i ng i n Flour than of late , the prices are unaltered. Sill Cyg from Parc the 1 —A We: Nug to s off : Cey rive, the man and from the Ash the his be( th( sh( ARRIVALS. Wheat. 500 qrs. English Irish Foreign I 7700 ----- Barley. Oats. Flour. qre. 4,100 qrs. 8500 004 3,700 -- 13 5,500 . 7000' Their Royal Highnesses the Duke an d Duchess of CLARENCE, the Duchess of Swill WzgAl't Prince WILLIAM, Princess Loutss, and a large ref' honoured the Royal National Menagerie, King's MOTs' with their pr esence thi s morn i ng , an d i nspecte d t he wh ° of that superb establishment.