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i' /...“• 41 -, N. - f t 1 • K„..1 - , ' 'OZ; 4. - uno ajui . .1 = • i .7 le 7' - $ 4 , -- :-.--4., 4-4„- ~ .,-v • .i„_..„..w4, 3 ,1 1 ----,,, ~,•-______ .S 1 -r6. 1 . : , , ..., 1,, l, 0 h '' ',l--- 7'.. -, ----. , , 1 • ' te ," V \ . ....: rt . , i " • • 1 . , _ 6 . _ .._._ . • itiA4 r .i.i.,,,. ) (,Yi.t-,11-I,e--/ZI ~, (I NI - Tußrß 10,183. MONDAY EVENING, MAY 2. 1825. \VAR-OFFICE STEAM-PACKETS.-BRISTOL AND DUBLIN DIRECT. £30,000 for £l9 19s. HAZARD and CO., Contractors. This is one of the Last Opportunities to gain so great a For tune by so small' a Risk, as Parliament will pass no more Lottery Acts. The Scheme contains ANTI-SLAVEity SOCIETY. Pitrcr sEvhtcin,.*cjil T HE Nobility, Gentry, and Public, are re :. spectEally..inforined, that THE.. PALMERSTQN, JOIIN HYDE;'Commander, Sails for-DUBLIN direct every . iIUIDNt i 9pAY, and leaves DlipLlT<l for BRlSTOlieVery TURDA Y. BRISTOL AND CORK. • The GEORGE THE. FOURTH, • jOHN••BROWNE, , einunander, sailsfor CORK every SATURDAY direct, And leaves CORK for BRISTOL every TUESDAY. Births secured, and Cards, giving the Days and Hours'pf Sailing . for 'the Season, may. be obtained on application to Ilishop and Cooper, White Hari, and Wm. Dore, White Lion; Bath William • Neylor, Plough Hotel, Cheltenham ;- J. R.- Willniand Co., No.ll, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street, or, Wtrr; Robinson,, New lintße Florae Cellar, Piecadilly,LOndort:' Carriages and Horses carefully Shipped. ROSARY SMART; Agent. • War-Office Packet-Office, 1, Broad Qi.tay. ' •••• - • • • • • • • • CONTRACT VOR PAPER. James-street, 30th 1845: THE COMPTROLLER of His MAJES TY'S STATIONERY OFFICE is ready td receive r,r I NDERS'for various dcsciiptions of PAPER required for the sertice: - • Particulars Of Contract can be seen, and Samples of the Papers had, at the Stationery Office. The Tenders litteSt he delivered on or before Twelve &Clock 0 .11 the day of th - e 16th of - May next, sealed, and marked in the corner "'Tender fur Paper." t NITED LONDON:AND HIBERNIAN CORN AND FLOUR COMPANY. CAPITAL £500,000, in .£5O SHARES. rihry vuE LONDON. F4OU. It COMPANY'S •• principal. object was.to break down a monopoly, which ~liats amo ngs t the Flour Factors ; a nd to furnish the Public with: g enu i ne Flour,.at .a .moderate. prat, without any refer. ease to the_price.demauded 'at MarkAtane. _ . Since their Prospectus was published, a similar Establish, bleat haa.been au. gested,..entitled ~ The Hibernian Corn and' Il an? Company ;" and as Ireland affords the means of supply °ll 'more reasonable terms than. the manufacturing of the ar tclet exdusively in. England, the Committees of Management "eitgreed. to .unite the two. Establishment. .. . , ' It may be laid down as a ge neral result, that - taking the price of corn, labour, and hire, or purchase of premises, Flour 5n be pr ocure d f ro m Ireland at 10 per 'cent less than it can 1 b e wianufactured' from English grain in England ; and it is proverbial that the Itish flour commands a preference. This t y ing is . subject to nu deduction but the freightage, which may estimated at 2s. per sack, leaving a ba lance in favour of Ir ish Fliiur of at least 5s persack. - can he Capital engaged will depend uporr the amount which be advantageously employed, and it is prattible,Lthat• a few I t ' i ° ll nd 3 per share will enable the - Company to c ommence a pro p tilble.•and commanding trade. It is not intended.to build. 4 .7 to enter into any speculative concern , by which t h e p rinci p al Zseribed can be placed in an uniinproving or doubtful situa, t o , t ,• . The only premises that will be appropriated are such as th e Into the hands of the Company upon , terms far below iin- es tual value, presenting in themselves a most , advantageous abl e t nent ; and it is anticipated, that the Company will be oi,;.' with a tenth of the nominal Capital to acco . mplish all !he o r l ,'"et propose'd, and presentto the shareholders.trom the period o!j[tetr Subscription amplereturns for their Capital .;. the actual Chant i ner the trade which-they would carry on being not less The ~c,,,,,9." per . ceot. clear of all expenses. pany inzend to supply the Public, direct from their Stores, at the fixed. price of the day. Without any reference ' to the 'flour - beim, 'Wharfs on 'the Thames, e times, for re-sale or for private consumption. in the most central situations have been procured ; and the general business of the Company, can be commenced ivithin six weeks, from its formation. The promoters of thi s un d erta ki ng t hi n k i t necessary to re mind the Public,' that the Comp an y are freed from the name '(:!-cs objections which apply to most others : the article in which it is intended to trade, howeVer deeply affected in *price ~.'q bad crops or plentiful harvests, remains the same article of necessity ; and as the Company are buyers, not growers, still Yields the same profit ; and it is further observed, that as the Company trade .only with the capital a dvanced,_ and enter into no engagement upon credit, the responsibilityof the Share-. elders is s tr ic tly li mi ted, not even to the amount of their sub. 4 criptions, but merely to the amount of the floating'cipital. • . s :A. deposit Of One .Poend per share will be requirecLon the „...""nine.ncetnent, and further calls of V. per Share, upon one )Oath's notice.' ,The Company to be under the direction of a Board in Lon 7 "'Ili; to be appointed by a general meeting of Shareholders.- . 'The Letters already received by both Companies will, to , 1 4 ve trouble, be admitted as for Shares in the: United Com. Pn, unless notice to the Company. be given, and applications ,°C Shares to complete the increased capital; will be received at' ile Banking Houses of Sir Walter Stirling, Bart., Stirling, and °tl mill Strand ; and Sir John W. Lubbock, Bait., Clark, an d. Co., 11, Maiden House-street; until the 4th' df May. ST. KATHARINE DOCKS. 0 To-morrow will be p k iblisbed, price is. - BSEIt VATIONS upon the CASE of the LONDON DOCK COMPANY. • . _ Audi Alterant Porten). Sold by 3. M. Richardson, No. ?3, Com bill. NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE 41 and LITERARY JOURNAL for May, contains, P' l l4 other interesting Original Articles. a ' The 'She Cathoc DCputation, with_ characteristic Portraits th• h Aliecdotes.—ll. The Thornson Papers, No. Ar, 4 L ehi Hamilton Rowan.—lV. Don Estaban, or Memoirs of amP,-; n iard—V. :The Family Journal, No. 0. New• May Day Old May Day- i -VI. Recollections of Eton—VlL London •'l i tte rs Cotintry Cousins, No. 3. The King's B ench—Vlll. lu m's Most, No. 24, Darkness of the Middle Altesl-IX. x e ,.c . ords of Woman, No. L—Return fromlba, a Petit Drama N: S cenes of the Past, No. I, Hyde Abbey —X 11. Letters from i s. ast, No.ll, Jerusalem—Xlll. Old Pages and Old 'rimes, Dangeau's Memoirs of the, Court of France— L o , Nouvel Almanac des Gourmandes—AVl. The Vale of The Patriot before his Execution- , - XVIII. In &t nee of the Fine Arts—XlX. The Stranger in Lottsiana, rei k ,„' e- -, XX. Review of New Publications, English and Fa ller-C-4XL The Drama, and Varieties in Art, Science, Ge b,,,L.iterature Politics,__Biography, and Commerce. • ztr ` Wished and sold by 11:COLBURN, 8, New Burlington- Ili e atl , (removed. from Conduit-street), and sold by Bell and llo ok 'ute, Edinghurgh ; John Cumming, Thiblin ; and all sellers atrd 'Newsmn. -- 7 - --___ - I LEA NS 0 N'S ANTI-CORROSI . O . N to 14 Ho . . I"AL,S;;I'.—.I. R. WILKINSON, Nlantr_f:: , c t t p t t i , r i t.l tion of,L )4 n . . Boaid of Ordnance, and the Hon . ;,\%'„ r k„ Sur - . t ry e a a ' s4 v643,' Upper Thames-street, and a s t . t .s i '01)4: t e a r Blitlitc, Kent-road, begs particulaily at this sea • - ' lca( Article, hic, ecommend this valuable and ecor Nobility, fl" and li 4 b i !' ', patronized by the principal G entry, il e xterior kir le 130 (ties, as the most effectual Covering foe .a h oi l l 'ose s or Painting on Wood, Iron, Copper, Cead,St Stu cco, 1 16 ‘ t 'a (-i nent,•iil Tiling, to . represen , Slates, or any ( 1 . ) , 1 ., !... , e y r 'ilateBi:snet., being•equal to Stone when dry. It re , s!stst_ rom •Osti, c't damp, water, or marine acid, preve . iitrn iro n t _. .1`1",. not blistering with the sun, nor can it be rubbe droft. tht7raint will cover, qually well on rough boards as , tidtre.l3l, preventing the expence of planing; and will lastco s of . s e : i t , ) ,_lY longer than any other paint. It may be had, in C asks. 14 di u .. s. or I Nibs, with the prepared Oil, proper Brushes, tag „ s '!Ftions for use (which ate so simple, s that any , per . son 4 11 c f ,; 3 ' i t.) The Public are particularly cautioned against A nti ~1 It's that naav be imposed upon them for the genuine P sk;orr • • h :It. •‘"`!" -- -3 R.- W being a Manufacturer of all other 1 s at d i • ! • • 4 rlhit 1 1 ° ' a urs, begs leave . to offer to their notice, Paints ,°'• C1 1 4 ,,, b 1 . ° common purposes. Stone,lnvisibleGreen,Brown 'lit. r., -`" 'a t e from 15s. to S4s.per cwt. Also, White Lea!, II norti cw • -4, 1 p i ; '.ae,' Varnishes, S perm and Lamp Oils of the ttip er . eltared ci i itY. at peculiaily Reduced prices. lbe t; e ior excellence of the , lmperial Tuscan and Saxon Olive )I l., e u n r ,' is k ePt tip, and they may be had in quantities from -14y4r ds, A liberal Allowance to the Trade. TWO - of - £34,006 TWO - - £lO, O O O TWO . £5,000 Besides Twenty other Capitals, and No Blanks ! as every Number is sure Of 5/. at least, and all in One Day, 31st of MAY. Tickets and Shares arc on sale at HAZARD and .Co.'s, the Contractor's Offices, (loyal Exchange-gate • 26, C,ophill; and 324, Oxford-stre e t, en d o f R egent-stree t, liOndou ; where for a series of years they have been most successful in selling Capi tal Prizes; having in one Lottery sold All the-Thirty Thou sand ' Pound Priz e s—i n th e l as t Y e ar's Lotteries alone they sold, Five Prizes of 30,0001. and 20,0001. and, ( the following PriZa drawn on Tacitly, the 12th of April last:— 2= - 2 8,155 • . 4•20,100 ' 9,579 - • - £2,000 And Eight other Capitals. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE AND CARLISLE RAIL ' ROAD. AT a MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of the NEWCASTLE-UPON-TVNE and CAR LISLE RAIL-ROAD COMPANY, held in the Assembly Rooms, at Newcastle, on the 9th April, 1825, CHARLES WILLIAM BIGGE, Esq. in the Chair, • The following re - solutions were unanimously adopted. That the twelve sh'areholders now named do constitute the Board of , Direetors, viz. _ _ _ joba George Lamnon; Esq. f James Losh,Esq. M.P. John Blepkinsop Coulson, .John Brandling, Esq; Esq.. :Matthew Bell, Esq. - Nath. Clayton, Esq. Thos. Fenwick, Esq.. Benjamin Thompson, Esq. Isaac Cookson, Jun. Esq. Matthew Atkinson, Esq.. - Martin Illorriiort; Esq. - - ' Thos. Crawhall, Esq. That a futnre_rneetmg of the shareholders be convened at the discretion of the Board of Directors for the purpose of increas ing the number of the latter to twenty-four. .That live of the Board of Directors be a . quorum. That Messrs. Clayton and 'Mr. Adamson be appointed joint solicitors of the company ; and Messrs. Clayton, Scott, and Clayton, agents in London. That a deposit of 2/: per cent. - on - the amount of the - shares, be paid Into the bank of Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. and Co., Newcastle or the bank of Messrs. Forster and Co. Carl isle, or the Bank of Sir Wm. Curtis, Bari., Roberts and Cur tis, Loinidn, to the credit of the Board of Directors, on and after Saturday, the 23d inst., when the proper receipts for de posits will he ready to be issued. Until that day, 'shares may be secured by application at the Banks of Sir Matthew White Ridley aud..Co., Messrs. Ralph John Lambton and Co., and Messrs. Chapman and Co., at the offices of Messrs. Clayton and Mr. 'Adamson, in Neweastle ; at the Bank of Messrs. Forster and Co., at Carlisle ; and in Landon, at the Bank of Sit:Wm. Curtis, Robarts, and Curtis, and the chambers 'of Messrs. Clayton; Scott; and Clayton, ti, New-Square, Lincoln's Inn. That the appointinent of the other officers of the company be postponed 'until a future general .Meeting of the share holders. CHAS. WM. BIGGE, Chairman. 1 PROSPECTUS. The • second General Annual Meeting of the Society for mitigating and g r andually abolishing the state of Slavery throughout the British dominions, was held on Satur day, at the Freemasons' Hall, of GLOUCESTER, in the Chair, his Royal Highn e ss the Duke We seldom remember to have seen a more interesting or, nu merous assembly. The R oya l Chairman :was supported* by Lords Gambier, Teigninouth, Milton, Calthorpe, anti Nugent; by Sir Thomas Baring and Sir. John Sehright, Baronets; by Messrs. Brougham, Denman, Fowell Buxton, Evans, Win. Smith, Dr. Lushington, Spring Rice; Richard 'Martin', Ben nett ( Wilts), and several other Alembers of Parliimment. The Hall was filled by letclies, among whom we o b serve d a num b er of the _Society of Friends. The business commenced by Mr. SA - MUEr. HOAIIE reading the annual report of the Society, which depicted, in strong terms, the utility and imperative necessity of this Society, and the ef f icient measures which ,it iniarattolited tasuppress the great evil otslavery. 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 hear on a question so vitally interesting to the cause of humanity, and which it was vain to regulate by compromising measures, the execution of which must depend upon the efforts of adverse parties, The report touched upon the peculiar'-circumstances of the West India' trade, its monopoly, competition with free labour, and the necessity of an alteration in the sugar duties.= In conclusion, it enforced the necessity 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 pubilelife—a distinguished Statesman, whose services in the cause of. humanity throughout a long life, had been devoted to the cause of the poor African, was panegyrised by the Society in terms of suitable and affectionate gratitude,—. (Loud applause.) Lord CALTTIOnPE, -in moving that this valuable Report be adopted by the Meeting, the respectability of which he paiaed, took a review of the inadequate , measures which have been takea, by the colonial.nothorities for s the purpose of giving effect to the recommendations transmitted by the British Govern ment, for the amelioration of the slave populatiots;•-and urged upon the Society the necessity of persevering to lay before the world the horrors of slavery, for the purpose, of mitigating, if not suppressing, eco baneful an, evil, one indeed so repugnant to the principles and dictates of Christianity. ,He alluded to the efforts which had_ been already made both by the Parliament and people of 'this country to correct the real Administration of the colonial Legislature. He defended this and similar insti tutions from the_ unsparing imputations which had been un sparingly throWn_out upon -them, of leading away the public mind by exiggerated statements of the'state of West India slavery,all the glaring facts of which were now admitted and detailed in their Report, hy• the reluctant testimony of the agents of their _infliction. It was not right_to state, that be cause facts were horrible, therefore they were unture ; and that beause they excited no horror ie 11 India society, they ought not to create it in England.—(Applause.)—The Noble Lord referred to some of the details of: the Report, to shew that no statements could exaggerate the evil of slavery, or paint red ta its be beno_i; the e y ciannfsetssroianngs of theercolo u colours plantersth an themselves.t ey were a dmnilte way in which they spoke of the treatment of their slaves, of the base use of time whip as applied to human labour, which they described as essential to the condition of slavery, ihew ed this in the strongest lights ; indeed, they spoke of their be essential, just as the people of this country talked of the freedoin • of the press, and the trial by jury being essen tial to time liberty of the subjsct.—( Applause.)—One would expecethat the great amount of the bounties (1,200,000/. or • 7,500,0001. annually) given upon West India sugar, and the_ great demand for the article, would alleviate and encourage the labourog the productive part of the population ; but no e the fact was the reverse, and the wretched slives were still - more oppressed by the additional weight of their labour. He then eloquently contrasted the public conduct of the Legislature at home and in the colonies, and the disgraceful proceedings of the latter in all matters connected with the: melioration of their slaves, which amounted to an open con fession of the great evils inseparable from so odious a system, and the utter im possibili7 of correcting them without British interference, It was for Lnglishmen to remember the galling and humiliating fact, that the longer they withheld the loud expression of their . opinions upon this question, the longer must slavery endure. (Hear !)—There was no man who did not know, that if the middling classes of this country once came forward and de noanced this degrading evil, it would be in vain for Puha- mentary irtereit or political connection to attempt to uphold it for one year longer. The Noble laird then pronounced a lowing eulogium upon the eminent services of Mr. %Wilber orce, who was retiring into the vale of life with all the glories of his high career irradiating that decline; and full.of public honour, for the unwearied eftbrts he had made throughout a long life in time cause of humanity in every quarter of _the world. He conjured the meeting not to leave undone the great work which Mr. Wilberforce first, in Parliament, begun, and to put the finishing hand to the superstructure which his ta lents and his devotion had reared. It was time for them to rescue the character of their country from the odious: stigma of countenancing slavery—it was to public opinion, in that cause, that Mr. Wilberforce had always appealed, and that great organ of human amelioration would,, he • hoped, be still exer cised in so holy a work.—(Applause.) Lord Mir.Tofe, in seconding the motion, expressed his warm admiration of the objects of this Society, and time tennis of, he' report which had been ju s t rea d, if the great' leaders of this cause thought they had obtained their object without the aboli tion of slavery itself, they little calculated u_pon the real duty which they owed both to society and to their Creator. 'ln glan cing,at the great efforts which had been made to enlighten the public mind upon time horror s o f the slave system, nex t t o M r . Wilberforce, he could not overlook the great efforts of Mr. Ste phen (the Master in Chancery), who sat near him, wile had, by his writings, exposed in its naked condition the odious evil of which they all now complained. Indeed, time West Indian mind deluded itself upon this question, and he believ e d th e y many very well meaning Propri etors of \Vest India property,, who resided away from these estates, were the unknowing cause of disseminating false intelligence as to t v l a le a r t t ia ll g s t t i a i t is e q o u f e th s , t i i n a g a s: upon their plantations.— (Hear !)—l n he knew that many of these gentlemen were themselves the ad vocates of free-labour in preference to Nave cultivation. Even for the sake of their own interests, he wished to see the system changed, and he entirely concurred in the good policy and sa- ' gacity of their views. The Noble Lord eloquently argued upon the degrading effects of African slavery, and the appalling in fluence which ithad upon the human mind, so much so, that at one time ingenious writers had declared that the blacks were naturally, an inferior order of b e i ngs from the whites, and ought, therefore, not to be treated with time same humanity. For the sake of time West Indies, therefore, he cordially second- . ed, this motion, to put an end for ever to so odious and unwise a system. 11Ir. W. S3IITTI, in proposing a resolution of thanks to Mr. Wilberforce, for his eminent services in the cause of .African emancipation, felt his own inadequacy to pertOrm this duty which was due to the merits of their venerable associate. It was with the greatest pleasure that he heard the coincidence of opi nion expressed by the Noble Lord in the details of their report, and particularly of the last Noble Lord, who possessed an here ditary claim upon their attention as the successor in the repre- sentation of the county of York, of the eminent Sir George -Sa ville, who was the .earliest of the abolitionists, lie recollected an anecdote of Sir George Saville, who once visited a slave ship, at Liverpool, and who beconring shocked at time preparations. before him, and being asked if he was ill, shook his bead at the consciousness of the different feelings which actuated him -and his mercantile companion, and said, o. am not ill, but while you are contemplating unmoved the profits of this voyage, I a m wishing the ship will never see the end of - plause.)—The .Hon . . Gentleman then did ample justice to the names of the able men . services of their illustrwiohuasliCathiafirrmanainth;e abnedgiainairnevieveingtime. he. would assisted; in Id place Mr. firshtolensttahbelirs'ltinetkinieegrsouifcriCedom at loser • on the this Granville fll wed Mr. ' of Eneland ; then oThomas Clarkson, shores . luminaries, Pat and Fx, great indeed was the and the great latter : g d cruse, Sharpe, w . . The improvement of the corninunication between Newcastle •trpon-Tyne-atid'. Catlisle, or rather between the German Ocean lint! the Irish Channel, - has occupied the attention of the Public litsLitferent periOds during _the- last half century. The recent do t'ori or riCti'fiar Filth to Carlisle has re vived the subject, and astroug feeling of the expediency of completing the line of Colnmunication has been excited ; there appeared to he hut one opinion as to the advantages of the mea sure,and the-only doubt entertained was, whether it would be best affected by a continuation of the Canal already formed, or by a Rail-road communicating with it. During the Summer Assizes of last year, a numerous and respectable County Meeting, convened by .the I3igh Sheriff of Northuntberland, was held at Newcastle, and a Committee was appointed td inquire into the practicability of improving the existing communication between Newcastle and CarliSle, and the comparative eligibility of effecting that improvement by a Canal or a Raihroad... The committee have since proceeded diligently to the per formance of the 'duties confided to them. They have availed themselVes of the advice and. assistance of Mr. Chapman and 11Ir. Jessop, civil engineers of eminence (the former possessing considerable local' information); and' after a full investigation of the subject, they have closed their labours by a report, in which this' , " state theic.opieion,,that the establishment of a communica tion by a: rail.:toad, between Newcastle and Carlisle, is an un dertaking which will be advantageous:to those who may embark in it, at the same that that 'it is an object of great importance both to. the landed and commercial interests of this part of the ingdom, and that' its execution will open a country rich in mi ttered prodUctions, - ann tend materially to promote agriculture, 11 ianufactures, and commerce.' This report•WaSpreiented by. Sir John Edward Swinburne, Baronet, the Chairmen of the• Committee, to a County Meeting, convened by the High Sheriff of Northumberland, and held at Newcastle on the 2fith inst., When it was resolved, " That the Meeting,•eoncurring•in the view taken of the subject by the Committee, consider y the establishment of a communicating by a rail-road between Newcastle and Carlisle • an object worthy of the coaritenonee of the country." Under these encouraging circumstances, the measure proposed has been entered upon. It is strongly supported by the landed interests, united with the commercial and manufacturing inte rests at each extremity of the line of communication, and no doubt can be-entertained of its being prosecuted effectually. Ititay with confidence be asserted, that there are few, if any situations in Great Britain which present a surer prospect of success to such st" undertaking: there are no existing canal interests to interfere with•or to be injured by the proposed rail road the country on both sides of the line abounds ir. lead, coal, 'lime, and other mineral productions, the transit of which on different portions of the line, independent of that of mer chandlie from one-`extreniity to the other, has been estimated alone to produce a revenue sufficient to compensate those who may engage in the:undertaking. At the same time, imperfect as is the preient medium of communication; the carriage of merchariditte betiveen Newcastle and Carlisle is so considerable as to justifythe-tinifielent - expectation of a large additional re turn frolic" tlient sintrce, whet the propOsed facilities of convey: ance • shall tie afforded. The whole line of way is peculiarly favourable for' taking the utmost advantage of steam power , abounding4s it does with coal, which may be obtained at a cheap rate. • • -The country, throngh which the Rail-road is intended to pass; has been-on former-oceattions• more than once accurately sur veyed, with a view to a canal, which was then contemplated ; but a minute survey has net yet been made for the present pur pose,,nor has the precise line of the proposed Rail-road been de finitely-fixed, tliough Mr: Chapman and Mr. Jessop have both examined' the country, and - suggested their ideas on the subject. There is not,-hoWever,.the slightest doubt but the line may be so arranged, that no annoyance or inconvenience will be attend ant on the benefits which must be derived to those landowners through whose property it passes. The proposed: line communicates with the Tyne at New castle, and terminates at the basin of the canal at Carlisle, and the whole lengthls 64 miles and a half. The expenee of exe 'cuting the work . has been estimated by Mr. Chapman at 262,488/. ; to this estimate Mr. Jessop has thought it right to make an atldition of 40,0001., on account of the advance 'in the price of • iron, and some other circumstances, making: in for incidents and unfor eseen expences. the whole 292,488/., which includes an all owance o f no l ess a thatsum It the undertaking s h a ll b e p l ace d tuider i l i e i t s ha th n te 3 tl 2 a 9 e 3 d 3l , management ,of a-Board of Directors, assisted by such Sub boards as may hereafter be appointed by the subscribers. The capitol required for the undertaking is 300,0001., divided into 3,000 shares of.lool. each, of which one -sixth part is re served for the landowners of the country through w hi c h t h e li ne passes. The capita l will be placed under the controul of the Board of Directors, by whom the Shares will be issued to the s, and the remainder will be Subscribers. hscribed is required td be paid into the hands of the Bankers of the Company, to the i s " c ili rs tien _ further advance Directors, An advance of 21. per cent. on sn • . otfhep.lans anti surveys shall have been of the Board ; but no c a rle u d n f t o o r f at will be required until t t h h e e : Par obtai completed, and en Act of March :18, liament 1825.ned. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, who Anuf cow --- whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will'that fierce democratic, Shook the arsenal, and fulmined over Greece To Macedon and Artaxerxes throne." Could anyody doubt that these great wen meant t ). 2 A B t i ( 0 1 1 ) ) s t of . the abolition of slavery itself ?—(llcar, hear of eminent names followed in the present day, i list .rated for the same grea t purpose.,—At .the head of. th.esei o n e Mr. Wilberforce, who had shone consp icuousl y in its prorr ess and whose setting rays now fell upon the land with a mild anti „eteady lustre.--(Applause.)—Every hea t, he knew, reseoede to that feeling, and must bear a grateful recollection of his brii liant and long continued services. • ' Mr: FOW.Er.r. Bu'x'riet, in seconding this motion; said . that hiseHon. Friend had gone through a list of Their ablest advo cates, save one, which one was himself'—(applause)e—fhr often -had Mr. Wilberforce mentioned, that•during forty years of hard and laborious council and: action, he had always found Mr. Smith by his side,—(Applause.)—Mr.- Wilberforce had been. at length reluctantly compelledley his friends and family to re-' tire, -bY:Olhealth, from the public service, which he had edorn ed forty Hive years. It was their duty, then, to pay their tri bute to so. illustrious a character. -7. The floe.' Gentleman then eulogized the powerful services of Mr.: Wilberforce in main taining the honour and reputation of his native country against the oditith of the slave trade, And took a retrospect of the public services:of that eminent individual, whose privet% as well as public principles were; he observed; so well calculated to shed :lustre upon any marelafame., :Engagedax he had been in pubie lic affitirs, it was the greet, fortune of that individual never to , have Made one personal gnedir, hihati "Ateveks enjoyed a large and devoted circle of affectionate friends:--(Applause,)-e --At this advanced period-of their services inthe cause of African . • slavery, they could hardly estimate the obstacles which Mr.. Wilberforce had early to encounter, when, in addition . . foe pai:. liamentary and commercial iotluence, be had -local popular clamour to encounter in the progress of his ardupuelabours, which often beset his friendse and hlinted•thent in public. The -Hon. Gentleman contrasted the preseot withtthe past seate.of the-question, and declared there could not how ,be ounit:one man in the community to avow himself a friend ofehe.shive trade; and he-augured the best results from a .. centinuance in the labours of the public, which had already, been_the means of accomplishing so much good. Mr. W. WELBERViencE, jun. rose to return thanks in he . - half of his absent father, but was for a few minutes so over powered by his feelings, that he was unable to proceed. He declared .that the force .of, filial affection almost disabled hint from doing justice to his sentiments; but he could assure them that it would be the utmost gratification to his father •to learn that they had thus appreciated his long services, and were de- Acemined to go on and fight that lasettittle, which he iVa9 by infirmities, reluctantly obliged to withdraw from,•. as Ate'. had yielded to'the entreaties of his family and friends, and retired from public life. - He - then congrittillate:it The lltiyal litairredif upon the disting u i s h e d s it ua ti on whielhhe held among them, and which so characteristically belonged to a Member o 1 that Illustrious family- who had been called to the throne ofEngland, •to maintain and preserve the liberties of the people. Mr. WU berforce proceeded to enlarge upon' the horrors of West India Slavery, and he read an extract from the works of Mre . Robirt Hall, to show its baneful effects upbn the condition of hum a n society. He coneludedby repeating his thanks for the tribute' which they had paid to the services `of his father. Mr. 'lletouetteaeu, in rising to propose a resolution, declara tory of.the supineness of the colonial legislature in fulfilling die wishes of the Government at-home on this great subject, ex pressed the gratification, he felt at the peculiarly prosperous as pect of their cause which they had this day to witness. fie said `last advi se dly ;. foralthough nothin g h a d b een d one s i nce t h eir `last meeting at either side of the Atlantic,_although true it was that during the space since last year, they had•to lament the re tireinent! from public life of their great and venerable' Iteoler ,(Mr. Wilberforce),, still lic. felt on the present occasion most” "confidently assured of their not' much longer to he deterred suc cess in the great cause in Which they were so honourably .en gaged.—( Hear leee-His anticipation., indeed,' arose frOm • this fact, namely, 'that nothing had been done at either side of the . Atlantic,' They would well remember that •as often as they had pressed forward to lay the axe to the root of the- poisonoes tree, under whose pestiferous shade 'they had- been , so - long breathing a noxious atmosphere, they had been told that they ;must forbear, for the-tree could only be pruned and refreshed, ..by an iinproventent- and a culture, to be supplied by th ose •on the spot, when best knew the soil and the climate. Those who thought with him always declared, that in vain would . the axe be applied to the tree, by the parties in the West Indies, and for that declaration they h a d b een assa il e d w i t h - every legree of obloquy. and vituperation—they were said to be as much the sworn, blind, prejudiced enemies of the whites, as they were the epially perverse, blind, and prejudiced ad vocates of the blacks.—(Laughter.)—They• had always been told only to wait and see what a Month or a session would do in the 'colonial- legislature. They had so waited ; and what was the result ? Ni - hy their predictions had been fulfill d, and the promises of the colonial authorities forfeitcd.—(Hear, hear !)—Let these West Indian parties - then, for eite future know, and he gave it to -them as, a sort of Parliamentary notice, that they woeld be trusted no longer; anti he thlt an indelible weight of-gratitude, greater than he had ever thought he should have owed them, to- the West 'lndian colonies, for the pregnant illustration they had • now so unequivocally given of their intentions, of all that he previously declared he expected from 'Thent.—(llear, hear !)—He knew many estima ble owners of - West-ledian' property, but veto were deceived at the distance of-three thossand miles from their estates, by the misrepresentations o f i ntereste d egents; for their sakes, therefore.• a change of system must take place to save them_ selves from ruin, aye, even for thesake of -the deluded instru ments of slavery itself.--41lear, hear !)--_The Honourable anti Learned Gentleman then took a review of what had been done by the Colonial °Legislatures, in - pursuance of the Order of Connell which had been sent' out to them from the Government; at home. Trinidad had resisted, and was only at length over 'awed by the etrongharm of authoritative power ; there they had avowed the cartwhite to be essential to West Indian discipline, and effectually confirmed the long and perseveringly denied fact so often urged by his excellent friend, Mr. Stephen, that the - whip was in. the West Indies the stimulus to slave labour-. At - Barbadoea they had demolished the chapel of the Methodist Missionary, and proscribed the sect which devoted theinselVes to the instruction of the negroes, and by force forbade-the land- ingein their shores-of the successor of Mr. Shrewsbury, who was treated•with a severity only next to that of Mr. Smith,'the Missionary, by the Demerara people. In Jamaica, it was - true 'a Bill had been brought in (after repeated promises and assures ances) to make slave testimony admissible, not generally, but in cases where slaves themselves were parties. They would perhaps believe that Bill had passed. No -such thing—it Was rejected by ,34 to 1, that one -being the mover of the ( - H ear, hear !) The Honourable and Learned Gentleman then contended, in an animated appeal the Meeting, that the time had arrived when the Government at home must exercise their parental authority over the colonies, and tell them in terms - too plain to be -. misunderstood, - that if they allowed this vacation to pass without adopting the me . akures so long pressed upon them, they (the Parlia ment at home) would'ttike the matter Up, for the purpose-of settling it for ever, during the first week ofthe ensuing ees e te n of Parliament, and do it not only for the sake of the Negroes, but of their Short. sighted masters—(applaese)-Whetherhe hh n . Self brought forward stud) a measure, or preserved his more pro per station of beingsorie , of its supporters. was'a matter of indife ference, bat done, hepledged himself it -must be in the event of the alternative he alluded to—(hear, hear !)—Neverhattlie been actuated by any feeling of exasperation against the plan tees .; but human laws ought never to-be entrusted to uncon ren : ex w p i x te ess re i trended administration of human . individuals. At all events, wherever the power resided.—whether it be with a Kineea _S e _ )—The Hon, e n d tate, a Council, a President, a Committee, or a Mariam of • Slaves, the voice of human nature called out that Power and "Pu ' slavery ought not to co-exist together. They -ought never- to disprove in full force . age. perions who on every- _ carryin..'fnio and classed among the hese . give any man a i ce ) (r o iei t l s c t o sl t f e ': lb - ) e r o bt p yy e r r iai t ln y onv o yi N T ' l e g r ( e his e I f tr m e , : s ! Lcf;islature, i n leinvegearrttintiCieexlditisliaiedpn'ptet.li'ntment of the Meeting, that so little- progress infected 'by -this ignorant pre nn., mental infirmity ne this point, as to ova. tiOns of the Bnitish Institution, and to image_ of his i,lajesty',y Government the resolutions of Parliament,. and the wishes anti prayers of themselves the most active friends of the British the nation at large, for the mitigation and eventual extinction of thee , are, in effect, with good intentions, an obstacle . eolerial slavery, and suggesting the necessity from the threats of determined resistance on the part of the colonists, of' adoptin g e h fl a ect b i e l e i n e brneanelevobleyntth eint(e3onleoionniasl more decisive steps. • • • Mr. DENMAN was happy to second the motion of his Hon. .HYDE PARK . GATE.—The Corpmfttee on ar*: and Learned Friend.- _Practice gid could only b e do • instrumentality of Parliament, and if the. 'l e Bill for widening and improving the roadat Hyde Park Corner, through the public - • • e voice was raised, as it .ought to be, against the abominable' proceed with their labours. and on Thursday agreed to a res Of t, - system of colonial slavery, he felt satisfied that in a Shore period lotion for removing the toll-gate from Hyde Pate Comer, 'ally . retribution that ever ve • the idea of placin one at the end Of Grovenor,plaetfit, to abandon the greatest act of moral retn He concluded bshould be stationed d ntheroadi , proposed thatthe cay would. be brought about.Y seconding. M r . i t ' was Brett 'motion, w hich w as put and carried unani opposite .to-the Canon' tirOvery, and just before e arrevmg g am e mouslv eioane.etreet: Two other gates were also mentionedlo calm time Meeting upon T MORE addressed s the n e ces-qtY the traiellits b site-square, &ee; bet the further conaider in our . ‘ir es -Ye of attacking the system of slavery and eet India ISlands• next Committee. regulations, by the t.oe was postpOri# till the ".. . by:altering our .commercial use of Ile moved a resolution, e - - 1114- • chinery -and free labour. I ••• which diet the carried 7 upanimously, . declaring Klargery,- . ity , i , ho-?Ptp - ult-of . 3601.,. has -:bfetr' that a higher d u ty •shoOld be imposed on sugar, the produce 0 , within the last ft4daYliei c iiitrittted' Upon the banking-house- of which free labour, than on sugar grown by slaves, • powerfully Ilaaci.aY and Co., Lombard-suet. tended to perpetuate colonial slavery and was highly injurious 'to the national- interests. ' Mr. SY .tcs., M.P., was of :opinion that the btast' nitalrof oas stroving the nefarious system, was through the sugar dutio., (ine of nthe` Society of - Friends reedmin'endedthe :'''-° England to abstain from the use of sugarointitit ;Would he 'tile death-blow to shivery. • Mr. STE Pitt: , the Maiter in CharieerY, skid - that be and his fain ly had iabatained from - the use of iugar for vitae time, ' Dr. Lustitiqoaps delivered.an eloquerg.adtiress in favour of the abolition of Colonial slavery, and call aithe attention the Meeting to the horrors endhred by tire slari's, who were de ilted 0f..a1l 'domestic : arid social comforts; where all tics Zif relationship were violated—where the wife and husband, parla:t, and child, were dragged asunder. He read "an advertiseni - ent from '& Jamaica. Paper,: in -which it - waft stated that a feirtiO slave had absconded--that she was supposed, to bo„harboni - ed by her hpShilid, and a reward Wis ofll;red for her aPpreliension.• rom whom ought 'a wife to seek:protection, if nof - froln her husband.? But -in this place, to obey God was to violate tlaa w of the lam ti, and to protect t wife, .was to Subject elves to s.ripeS and•punishment.-(Applause.)—He. concluded bx moving a ResolUtion. Mr. Q'CoNNEtr. seconded the motion. He concluded by, Moving. a resolution, which was carried, recoinmending the formation of Anti-Slavery Associations througho - ut the country. Sir Joiek - SEERIOUT then moved a vote of thanks to the Royalchainnan, which was seconded by Mr. Maxwell, and passed With' acclamation: His ltovat IlionsEss said, it would he unbecomingot him to leave the room without giving . vent to his feelings on thiti subject.- He begged the meeting to accept his best thanks fPr the manner in which they bad received the last resolution., It was with thejnost painful sensations that he had entered the room, for he had expected that at this meeting they would be able to report the progress they had-matio Since last year ; but,. unfortunately, they had not advanced a single step. Howeyer, after whaf.had passed this day, it was impossible that the evil Could last much longer. It was-impassible thdtli:nglishmen could tolerate slavery, which was solacompatiblewith the Bri tish Constitution. It was said they were proposing something new; but, in 1795, Lord Melville, then Secretary of State,'Said they were beginning at the wrong end in attacking the slave; trade first, they should have begun with slavery itself; anti h e , _ Was right; for slavery w a s j u st as flourishing now as it was then,. to the great disgrace of a free country. He -was sure ; however, now that the public voice raised in -its favour would * be heard by Parliament, that they would be 'Certain of obtain, ing:'support. He trusted to.-see as respectable a meeting next year, when he hoped, to ,be able to report - to them the pro, kress they should have made. His 'family lied been brought to this Country- for the protection of the rights hnd liberties: of its subjects; and as a member of that family, he should not be discharging his duty towards theta if.he did not re commend those sacred p r in c ipl es o f f ree d om b y every means in his power.--(Applause..) The meeting then broke up, and a collection took place at. the doors. • MiTORICAL PAIN rING. FOR Tlll SUN.. M it. 'Ent.Tott--41is' of :ini;tortatice to hear in mind, that for two hundred and eighty years every British. Artist who endeavoured to devote his pencil to historical paint ing has been a sufferer from the Same - cause, the exclusion cif' paintings from churches and other public buildings. If WERT' . was in some degree enabled to form a solitary exception, by. persevering constantly to paint history to the end . of hiS life; he was solely indebted for that diatinction.to the patronage of the late King. The Royal Commissions ftnnished him with ; the means of supporting himself against the anti-British, anti ,.contemporarian, and anti-historical spiiit of the age. The prejudiced Fashionables of the day, who _despised . the land, scares of Wilson and Gainshurough, and the unrivalled moral lessons of llogarth upon canvas, were blirul to their own-ta4te less error, and even -proud of their blindness. The very Leaders • of public opinion, who scoffediat the works of thOse great Bri tish Masters, for no other reason but liceause they were pro. duced by their countrymen, affected to speak of the Firn:Arts with rapture, and to-descant with an•air of lofty s u p e ri orit y on their own discrimination, their liberality, and their admiration of Raphael and Michael Ange K -of Titian, of Claude, and all " the great Masters of - the renowned, 'They were rot lectorsand Patrons forsook, after, the true Anti 7 -eontemporatian fashion, that is, they contemned anti vilified theliVing, in Order to-prove the Orthodox 'worship of-the illustrious dead.. •-••. • Unfortunately,, notwithstanding the commendable effort'a of the British Institution, the •Anti-British spirit has ever since pvvailed against the ptiblic'style in thisedlintr7. Rpys nolds was prevented by the unpopularity, of British historical .painting from entering that department, until late in life. did not finish and exhibit his first historical- attempt, the until 1773, when he was in his fiftieth year. Hopainted that picture without a commistion,and 1. tear there are no fully • established proofs that lie vier received more than five hiSterical commissions froM the whole bOdy'of the' British and . Gentry, during the long period of his - 411 yehrS TraCtice Flaxman has stated that " Romney was gifted with peculiar powers for historical painting, and his heart arid soul were..et ,. gaged in the pursuit of it whenever he ceulti extricate himself' •! from portrait painting."—(Flayley's life of Roinney,"p. Yet, with all this enthusiastic attachment of' Romney to histoi rival painting, Fuseli has recorded. that " the opirrian of friends, his own fears, and the taste qfthe a/F, - soon ruifiretT him to abandon 14e pursuit." Opie entertained at strong a dei4ife to distinguish himself in history painting, but lie. waS•nioat luetantly obliged to follow the example of Romney and Flu - aet. Ttesham, with classical refinement, poetical conception, the powers of a draftsman and historical invention;.tibiled his .fiffe' endowments and acquirements away - withourti field for Barry's enthusiasm, his desperate struggle aiid 'his Prticlairi iiidigence - ,• are notorious. . Brockedon, Northcote, 1-I:tyclon,' : Hilton, have suffered from the same evil. But we are gravely assured by certain fashion - at le Oraclei of - V4:to, - that the Antic historical and Anti-British - spirit is much changed - Orlate, aria:, that if certain British Artists would be kind enough to rise froiti their graves, they would now be mightily patronised :in 'the public style tf history- painting. No-person is more in, dined to hail.any change fir the better ; but I look ;round me. for proofs of his asserted change ''here are tliey4.t. It-is now those-than nine , years since - Sir "rlibmaiinavrertea candidly declared to the - CoMmittectitithe'Elgiollarldes,'his wish to paint history : whicleio plain Englisti told the world that he was desirous to execute Historical pictures for the Nobi lity, Gentry, and Opalent 'in , every other 'cla , 4s,%iiAtilvonid be pleased to• honour -him with • their ;commisstio terpretation• is strictly within the horimrattle, of his frank - -declaration. • Yet, it is positively affirmeti;.f . that he has never since. 'althoug'h. inure than - nine years hav,#, passed, been.favoured with• a single commission to paitit iii historical picture. I have .been assured that his.as.sertion.ishoti too true, although I may •not name •my authority; Bur would fain doubt it, and even it an -historical teciiuroisseoir.tar. • two can be adduced againit the statement, I will sincerely juice in the fact, without' laying any very 7extravagant . stresi upon it; for, after all, what can it amount to ? will :no.c • disprove the melancholy truth that the. Anti-Jiritish spifit in in full force against the public style, and that at this day.many perions who on every other ground are deservedly looked up tor: and classed among the best and wisest men in- the - empire, aro.. infected 'by -this ignorant prejudice, and . so•blind 'to their owri:r mental infirmity in this point, as to overlook the able publica.:J , thins of the Bnitish Institution, and to imagine that . they are" themselves the most active friends of the British School, whern' they are, In . .effect, with good intentions, - an obst a cl e t o i t s advancement: April 28, 1825 EVELYN, Jew. •-