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tight by the succeeding _conduct of Government, who , withdrew their own insane order. Even• as regarded Jamaica,. for want, of sufficient time, they. were obliged entirely to omit many important points of inquiry. They said, however, that they expected from Jamaica many wit neeses of respectability and intelligence, from whom they hoped in the following session to obtain impor tant information. Now, he would ask. was. it fair or candid in the Noble Lord (Lord Althorn), under such circumstances, to call upon the House to legislate before this information was obtained? Was it acting fairly towards the colonies or the country to refuse further in quiry?—(Hear, bear.) A Committee of the House of Commons was appointed to go into a similar inquiry, but they made only a partial report. This Committee also confined the inquiry to Jamaica, and did not investigate at all that part of the subject which related to property. The public functionaries against whom charges were brought in the evidence before this Committee had no opportunity given them of answering these charges. Let the House consider the importance of the great and vital interests involved in this new experiment of Ministers ; but, above all, they should hear in mind the frightful con sequences which must inevitably follow a failure of this plan.—( Hear, I ear.) If such experiments were tolerated, no species of property would be safe from the interfe rence of Parliament. For his own part, be would not run on with Ministers in that heedless and reckless course, which, as it was adopted without sufficient inquiry or consideration, and was pursued ip ignorance and preci pitation, could not but lead to confusion and ruin. The plan of the Government was proposed to that House in violation of a pledge to the colonists that no such mea sures should be adopted until the termination of the re ports of the Committees of both Houses of Parliament. It had been repeatedly and formally announced by the Colonial Legislatures that Ministers would not proposeany legislative measure to Parliament for the abolition of slavery until the fullest inquiry yeas instituted, or at all events until the imperfect reports presented to both Houses of Parliament should be terminated.—(Hear, hear, hear.) What then was it but a breach of faith to introduce this new plan without even the revival of either of the Parlia mentary Committees? It was not alone the interests and welfare of the negroes and of the colonists which were at stake, but also the most important interests of the British empire.—(Hear, hear.) Under these circumstances it was most strange, it was most alarming, to see Ministers, in the absence of all information, bringing forward hastily a measure necessarily crude, undigested, and imperfect. But the Government did not stop here. They put forward the most erroneous statements ; and a Gallant Admiral opposite, in his anxiety to sweep away the Colonial Legisla tures, had asserted that out of the forty-five Members of the Jamaica Legislature there were not ten who had any landed property, and that the most of them were not solvent. This certainly was a sweeping declara tion, but he (Mr. Hume) was in a condition to disprove the allegation, for he held in his hand an authentic document which showed clearly that out of the forty-five Members alluded to there were not five who were not men of property.—(Hear, hear.) Here then was discovered a material error in the statements which came from the supporters of this new scheme; and in the absence of information he was justified in assuming that inquiry would discover other similar misstatements.— (Hear, hear.) But Ministers seemed indifferent to the detection of these errors. The colonists were asked not to press their claims, and, for his own part, he must say that the colonists were wrong in yielding to such solicita tions.—(Hear, hear.) He, for one, never thought that much good arose from ceasing to press just claims. However that was, the Government in the same month proposed a plan of emancipation to the colonists which embraced eight Bills, two of which were to be passed by Parliament and the other six were to be passed by the Colonial Legislatures. This measure in itself showed the inconsistency of the Government, which bad, by their orders in council, declared that it was the people of Eng land alone who could carry the measure of emancipation. This measure was abandoned, and in ten days afterwards another one, of diametrically opposite principles, was pro posed to the colonists. How such a change of opinions could have been effected in so short a time, or how within such a short period so extensive and sweeping a measure could be devised, was more than he could conjecture. It was, be would venture to say, such a measure as could net be bene ficially applied to the colonies. It embraced such vast in terests, and contained such a variety of detail, as required more time, more care, and more investigation than had been applied to it. Yet Ministers appeared determined to persevere in their attempt to adopt it. For his own part, he should of the two prefer the first plan which had been devised by the Government, but he could not consent to the hasty adoption of either. He submitted to the House, and he submitted to the country, whether they would tolerate the headlong proceeding which was taken without consideration, and submitted to a House which was not in a proper condition to adopt, or even discuss, such impor tant resolutions. He had never yet known or heard of the like attempt to foroe a me,oute slnuagli rarnament. He would never consent to impose an annual charge of one million on the people of England without first seeing that the emancipation of the slaves would be effected by it ; and, even on that ground alone, he would oppose those resolutions, because he was convinced that they would not attain the objects which the supporters of those reso• lotions professed.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Were they, then, to try this dreadful experiment without the consent of the Colonial Legislatures? They at least ought to be consulted and heard.—(Hear, hear.) He had said that this measure would entail a permanent expense of one million a year on this country. In the first place, there would be the 600,000/. a year, and the expense of a police would be 150,0001. ; then there would be the charge for education, which, with other expenses, would amount to 1,000,000/. a year. The Hon. Member for Weymouth had, in the course of a former speech, quoted Mr. Burnley as an au thority upon the subject of slavery, and yet it was rather strange that the Hon. Member should refuse to hear Mr. Burnley before a Comniittee.—(Hear.) The Hon. Mem ber for Weymouth had every year changed his opinions on this subject—(Hear)—hut Mr. Burnley was, though perhaps erroneous in some of his opinions, at least con sistent throughout. He was likewise a gentleman who had paid great attention to this subject, and was at all events entitled to be heard. Why should his opinions be quoted and his examination refused ? (Hear.) Mr. Burnley was ready to submit himself to the examination of the House or of a Committee. With such opportuni ties of acquiring information, it was most unjustifiable on the part of Ministers to proceed in their hasty career in total ignorance of the subject upon which they attempted to legislate. Their ignorance was proved by the fact of having changed their opinions in the short space of ten days.—(Hear, hear.) Holding the opinions to which his mind had been brought by mature reflection, and con sidering, as he conscientiously did, that the measures of Government would be productive of great evils both to the colonies and to the British empire, lie felt himself called upon to state explicitly what those opinions were.—(Hear.) That man was not a true friend to the negro, or to England, who, in discuss ing this subject, appealed to the passions of his hearers.— (Cheers.) It was a subject surrounded with difficulties, cod required the cairn application of reason and truth; and, knowing as he did the necessity of avoiding all irri tation, be could not help deprecating the too frequent al lusions which bad been made to to the " lash."—(Hear, heir.) The " lasts" was admitted by the Noble Lord opposite to foam a part of the new system. He would ask those who tolerated the lash in the British army and navy to look at home, and if they made proper inquiries they would find that the " lash" was mere frequently used in the British army than in the colonies. He held in his hand a return showing the numbers of the British army in each year from 1825 to jB3l, both years inr elusive. The establ:ehrnent of the army in 1827 con sisted of 111,107 men. The number tried by count:- martial in that year was 5,840; of these 2,541 were sentenced to various punishments other than corporeal; 2,632 were sentenced to corporeai punishments, and of these 2,291 were subjected to corporeal punishment. This showed that one in torty-eight received corporeal punish ment, and that taking 300 lashes as the average punish ment—(" No, no," from the Ministerial side)—there had in that year been 687,000 lashes inflicted 012 British soldiers. W,ll, then, supposing the average to be 200—(A laugh)—it would appear that there bad been 458,200 lashes inflicted during that year. In 1831 the esta blishment of the army consisted of 103,374 men. There were tried that year 7,370 men ; 5.497 were sentenced to various punishments other than corporeal; 1 611 were sen tenced to corporeal punishment, and 1 477 received corp,. real punishment ; allowing that one man in seventy had been subjec d te_ to corpore l punishment, and, according to his firmer averages, the amount of lashes inflicted woul be 443,100, In referring to those returns he was glad to perceive that there was a decrease of corporeal punishment in the army.—( Hear, hear.) But he must at the same time observe that the severity of such punishment was far greater in this country than in the colonies. Some pu• nishment was absolutely necessary to keep negroes in order, and in his opinion order was mercy. Those who talked so much about the use of the lash in the colonies ought first to recollect how much more severe was its application when inflicted upon freemen, in the midst of civil tribu nals, before they complained of rte use in preserving order amongst the negroes. Let no person misunderstand him as advocating such a syatetn. • He was, an I had been all through life, opposed to that species of punishment ? but be could not overlook the fact that some of those who were most clamorous for its abolition in the colonies tolerated it at home.—(Hear, hear.) He then moved— , That it is the opinion of this Committee that further infor mation is required relative to the efficiency of free labour and other points, upon which the future beneficial cultivation of the colonies materially depends And for this object, without which neither the welfare of the negroes nor the interests of the plan ters can be secured, it is desirable that the inquiry commenced by Committees of both Houses of Parliament in the last session should be immediately renewed, with the view of examining certain eminent persons recently arrived from various colo nies, as well as others practically acquainted with colonial affairs, and especially deputed for the purpose of afford ing information touching the various points on which so many discordant opinions h a ve been stated in this Committee." Admiral FLEMING would not have occupied the at tention of the House if the Hon. Member for Middlesex had not opened a fire upon him. What he hail stated was from his own observations, whilst the Hon. Member for Middlesex had only quoted hearsay evidence ; and he was then ready to prove that what he had said of South Ame rica was perfectly correct. It so happened that the Presi dent of Venezuela was then under the gallery—(Order)— and would corroborate what he had said. With regard to those gentlemen of the Jamaica Assembly of whom he had spoken, he would now only say that he had his informa tion respecting one case from the gentleman himself, who declared to him that he was bankrupt, and that, if he were dying, he could not leave a shilling to his family. Mr. BUCKINGHAM said, that in his opinion the arguments of his Hen. Friend the Member for Middlesex were displaced, because the House had already agreed to the emancipation of the negroes. Much had been said that when the negroes should be freed they would not work ; but again be would assert that his own experience taught him the contrary. With regard to the growth and cultivation of sugar, this empire need not depend upon the West Indies; it was a gross mistake to think this country was so dependent; and he had the authority of Mr. Morris and Mr. Edwards to prove that sugar could be grown in the East Indies, in Java, and the islands of the Eastern Archipelago, cheaper by 125 per cent. than in the West Indies. On the several grounds of religion, policy, and humanity, and without any factious views whatever, he would feel it his duty to move as an amend ment, " That all slaves in the West Indies should be emancipated in twelve months." Dr. LUSHINGTON said that his professed and de termined object, in any thing he should have to say, was to conciliate all parties as far as he could. If he now departed from that line of conduct, it was entirely attri butable to the extraordinary misstatements of the Honourable Member for Middlesex (Mr. Hume). In fact, there was not an Assembly in the West Indies which would not be ashamed of putting forward arguments such as the Honourable Member had used. The Hon. Member said, " Break down the chains of the slaves." He was, no doubt, in theory an abolitionist; but how turned out the fact? That he was almost literally opposed to the emancipation of the slaves. How this change in the sentiments of the Hon. Member had been produced he could not say, but it was no less strange than true. The Hon. Member owed much of his success in Middlesex to his public professions; indeed upon this ' question he had gained the support of the Society of Friends ; and yet on this occasion he felt it convenient to alter his opinions. This might be politic, but lie could not do the Hon. Member the justice of saying that it was over wise. The Hon. Member (Mr. Hume) had made a speech, certainly with his usual want of lucid order in its arrangement ; he bad even gone the length of gain. saying the personal experience of his Gallant Friend (Admiral Fleming), and went the further length of stating that slaves, if emancipated, would never earn their subsistence like free men. The Hon. Member for Mid dlesex had referred the House to the conduct of several of the Colonial Assemblies, and that for an object which, perhaps, it would not be befitting to characterise. Did the Hon. Member for Middlesex never hear that the Colonial Assemblies suppressed all evidence connected with their proceedings in it ? Did he never bear that they altered, obliterated, and, in point of fact, pre vented the possibility of the evidence adduced be fore them going forth to the public?—( Hear.) It was in evidence that the slaves employed on sugar planta tions worked as much as eighteen hours a day, and it had been said that such an amount of labour could not be obtained from freemen. This was perfectly true. How could it be expected that it could ? But was it not unjust to force such a quantity of labour from the negro ? If, however, the number of free labourers were to be in creased in proportion to the amount of work that ought in reason to be expected from any man, he was satisfied that the business of the planters would be carried on as advantageously as it now was by slave lahour. The evi dence of Admiral Fleming on this point was most con clusive ; and Mr. Adams, one of the witnesses examined before the Committee of last year, on whose testimony the Hon. Member for Middlesex relied, had stated that the evidence of Admiral Fleming was entitled to as much, or even more credit, than that which he himself had given. But it was clear that the Hun. Member for Mid gtmc ir,ruugti tke whole of the evidence; he bad merely dipped into it here and there; but that was not the way to arrive at just conclusions. From all the information that had been obtained, it was manifest that the free Africans of the Caraccas and Trinidad had con ducted themselves with diligence and industry. They main tained themselves by their own exertions, and had not put the country to a shilling cost for their emancipation; which demonstratively proved that when freedom was given to the negroes upon great and liberal principles, they knew bow to appreciate the blessing, and use it for their own good. Sierra Leone was another instance of this fact, which might be adduced if any confirmation of the truth were wanting. In 1797, during the insurrection in Ja maica, upwards of twenty thousand Maroons were deport ed to Sierra Leone. No rebellion bad taken place from that hour to the present in that colony; and although, with two exceptions, no great fortunes had been amassed, they all contrived to live independently. If they had the sti tnulus of that promise which belonged to freemen, namely, the enjoyment of their own earnings, the negroes would be industrious; but, after revelling for upwards of 200 years in their blood, was it probable that this country could hope to escape from the penalty which a long career of injustice and oppression was sure, sooner or later, to enforce ? After a loeg continuance in the exercise of in justice, it was, he admitted, difficult to retrace one's steps to the proud eminence of independence; but then came the question, were they still to pursue the path of iniquity in which they had so long been, or were they to endea vour by all the means in their power to remove the evils which they themselves had created ? It had been said that the abolition of slavery would be accompanied by danger ; but, in his judgment, persisting in the present system would be much more pregnant with danger now that the hopes of the negroes had been so strongly excited. I would be the foulest cruelty to disappoint those hopes and his only surprise was that the - Hon. Member for Mid Illesex. one of the great pillars of liberty—(A laugh)— should, in the exuberance of his anxiety for their welfare, lie one of the first to dash from before them the prospect of freedom which his Majesty's Government now, in the month of June, held out to them, by sending them back to Committees of the Houses of Lords and Commons. The imputations which the Hon. Member for Middlesex had cast on the Government were most unfounde,i; for, instead of objecting to the re-appointment of such Com mittees as be proposed, they had expressly intimated their willingness to renew these Committees, if such a course was thought desirable. Mr. HUME—Yes ; but on the condition that the Bill was to proceed in the meantime. Dr. LUSHINGION—They had the authority of the Demerara Gazette that religion and a state of slavery were incompatible—that they c,:uld not co-exist. But the Hon. Member for Middlesex had attempted to justify . the flogging of slaves by a reference to flogging in the army. A more inapplicable conclusion had never issued from the lips of man ; but even it it were true, as he had stated, that every soldier received two hundred lashes, that the cruel and b itbarous lash was still inflicted upon our fellow subjects in the military service, yet that would be no justification whatever of its use with respect to the slaves. —(Hear, hear.) He (Dr. Lushington) had 26 years ago advocated in that House the abolition of the slave trade. Delay and further inquiry was then, as now, called for ; but the House, being sati-fied with the infor. oration it had obtained between 1788 and 1807, refused to grant any more time. The pretexts then resorted to were now put in requisition, but there was now as little haindation as there then exis'ed for delay. He hoped no delay would be allowed ; and he trusted the noble example which they would set by this measure would have its effect upon foreign nations, and that but a few years only would pass over their heads before they would have to congratu late themselves—first, upon the succ , ss of this great expe riment; secondly, upon the increased benefits which it would yield to our commerce and manufactures ; and thirdly, upon its inducing foreign sta , es to adopt a simil,ir course, and leave the bright sun of liberty to shine equally over the universal globe.—( Hear.) Mr. BARING considered the question of the emanci• patiou of the negroes as settled by the course already pur sued in that Rouse, and he believed that it was beyond the power of any set of men, planters, merchants, or ethers, effectually to oppose that question. Tneir endea vours would only be productiv e of the greatest possible ousfortune, and could be productive of no practical he- I n fit, but would render impo ss ibl e any favourable result T hiel' might be anticipated from the proposed measure.— e meant the transition from slavo labour to free labour-- from which experiment, however, he Aid not expect any thing but a decided failure. He gave great credit at the same time to Hon Members for the honesty of their sen timents and the philanthropy of their views, particularly to the Hon. Member for Buxton.—(Great laughter.) The Hon. Member for Buxton, who a. few years ago ad. mitted that delay was necessary in emancipating the slaves, and who now contended that nothing had since been done by the planters to ameliorate the condition of the negroes and prepare them for freedom, ought, in his (Mr. Baring's) opinion, to advise his Majesty's Govern ment to proceed with a little more caution, a little more hesitation. It was a step which would be irrevo cable, and the consequences of which, one way or the other, would speedily manifest themselves. The benefit or the evil of the mea.ores of policy might re• main for some time in doubt ; but not twelve months after the passing of the proposed plan would elapse before it would be ascertained whether the colonies would remain to us, and be useful to us. The whole turned on the sim ple fact, if it was likely that a transition would be easily made from slave labour to free labour in the colonies. The whole principle of the proposition was, that the white man was to be the proprietor of the soil, and the black man the proprietor of his own arms and legs. But sup pose the black man (whose habits rendered him an easily contented animal), when free, did not choose to use his arms and lees—suppose he would not work, suppose he would raise no sugar, he (Mr. Baring) hoped all the peti tioners for emancipation, including the one hundred and seventy thousand ladies, would consider what would be the consequence. He hoped they would consider what a paralysis would be inflicted on all the commercial, on all the banking, on all the shipping interests of this country. At least, let them be prepared with something like a re medy for so enormous an evil. It would not surprise him if it should turn out, as he surmised, that the free negro would not he disposed to work, to see sugar in this country trebled in price. That would impose a tax upon the peo ple of six or eight millions; and would diminish the reve nue two or three millions. What he meant by these state ments was, that the country should know that in all proba • hility they would have to pay very dearly for this work of humanity; and that instead of thinking of repealing the malt duty, or the window tax, it would become necessary to inquire where new burdens could be imposed. Looking, therefore, at the whole case, he must say that in his opi nion his Majesty's Government, in the plan which they had proposed, had acted indiscreetly with reference to the individuals whose happiness they professed to consult, and bad acted most desperately and recklessly with reference to the colonies and the State. Fur the loss of the planter he should feel great sympathy; but the loss of the planter was not to be compared in magnitude with the loss that would be felt in innumerable other quarters. Where the planter would lose a million and a half—for which he was to obtain some kind of compensation—a loss of five or six millions would be scattered over other classes of the com munity, all more or less directly connected with the West India trade, for which they would receive no compensation. It was not at all impossible, also, that eventually the co lonies—who were held to the mother country only by mo tives of interest—would, when those motives ceased to operate, separate, and prob ,bly unite themselves to America. The question, therefore, of compensation to the planters, was one of the smallest in the consideration of this sub ject. He was convinced that the people of England, Scot land, and Ireland, were not yet sensible of the hots that was coming on them, and of the great responsibility of those who argued that there would be no loss, and of the still heavier responsibility of the Government, who brought forward a measure calculated to inflict so much loss. He should be most happy if these anticipations were to prove unfounded ; but he could not have satisfied his own conscience if he had not stated his conviction to the House. This was not a party question. Nothing could exceed the wickedness of any man who took that view of it. He now came to consider how a better chance might be afforded of a favourable result to the experiment. It was for his Hon. and Learned Friend, and tl.e Hon. Member for Weymouth, however, who had paid so much attention to the subject, to suggest some safer course to his Majesty's Government. To him it appeared to be one great source of danger that the experiment was to be tried in all the islands simultaneously. He would recommend that the experiment should be made a little more in piece meal. Suppose they began with Guiana, or Trinidad, or both, or any of the smaller islands. If successful, in a few years it might be communicated throughout the whole of the colonies. He really did think that this would be wiser thin a general experiment. The experiment might be made at the same time in islands so distant from one ano ther, that no danger could arise from juxtaposition. The Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Stanley) had hardly had time to turn round in his new office before he brought forward this bold scheme of emancipation, affecting such enormous interests both in this country and in the West Indies. He (Mr. Baring) hoped, however, that the House would not be willing to proceed with ,-qual haste and anopting a measure, the circa of which might probably be not to emancipate the negroes, but to rivet their chains for ever. He should vote against the amendment of the Hon. Member for Middlesex ; hut, at the same time, he would not support any exorbitant claims on the part of the planters. Mr. P. M. STEWART, a sa West Indian, congratulated the House and the country on having taken the first step towards the abolition of slavery. The principle of the welfare of the negroes and of the claims of the pl inters having been once settled, he should be happy to afford the undertaking of giving liberty to the blacks his humble but zealous assistance. In saying this he believed he spoke the sentiments of the West India body, a meeting of which bail been held this day, at which certain resolutions had been adopted, and with the statement of them to the House he had been intrus•ed. First as to the children, the West India body was anxious to give them a better lot than would be secured by the plan of Ministers ; and for this purpose, they thought the system of registration should not be optional but compulsory, and should include the whole black community, young as well as old. With this provision, they thought that all children born not after the passing, but after the promulgation of the Act, should be declared free. The children now born, and under six years of age, spoken of in the Ministerial resolution, ought, in the opinion of the West India bode, to be registered with the reit of the ne groes, as apprenticed labourers. As to the money clause, the meeting of to-day, which he had attended, bad adopt ed the opinion, that the sum to be given as compensation should be not fifteen but twenty millions; and further, that, to secure the co-operation of the Colonial Legislatures, a loan cf money should be made to the plinters, on colo nial security. For this purpose ten millions sterling h•td been mimed by a Noble Lotd (Sandon), but he (Mr. Stewart) believed that less would answer the purpose. It was principally necessary in order to preserve credit and to establish a principle ; and whether the Wm was ten, eight, or only five millions, was of comparatively little consequence. Upon these terms, the West India body in London was willing to give their earnest and influential recommendation to their brethren and friends in the co lonies, to carry the measures suggested by Parliament sin cerely into effect. Of this he was quite sure, that the West India body had done their utmost to adopt a propo sition as little distant. as possible from the scheme of his Majesty's Ministers: Lord HowicK and Mr. STANLEY rope at the same time; the latter gave way. His Lordship should not have persevered, but that he was anxious to state a pro position, in which he apprehended his Right Hon. Frend (Mr. Stanley) would concur. This was the more necessary, as all the proposers of amendments, of which there were or would be four, must necessarily vote azainst the plan of Government: so that the real sense of the House could not thus be ascertained. According to the statement of his Right Hon. Friend, fifteen mil lions was the whole value of slave property in the %Vest Indies ; and if such were the case, and the money were given, it seemed to entitle the Legislature of this country to require the immediate liberation of the nergroes. His Lordship approved of the amended suggestion of his Right Hon. Friend, that after Pa r li ament h a d esta bli s h e d . . . the principle on which it intended to proceed, the V filling up of the details should be left to the different Colonial Assemblies. Nevertheless, it would require the utmost nicety and accuracy on the part of those assemblies. Mr. STANLEY said, at such a late hour ofthe night the House might be assured he was not disposed to tree longupon their patience; indeed the few remarks he should offer would be more in the way of a passing com ment than a direct reply.—(Hear.) The various amend ments which bad been proposed differed so much in nature and degree, that they might be fair y looked upon as neu tralizing each other,--(Hear.) He must confess, that, after the resolution which had been passed the other night, supported as it was by his vote, he was surprised at the observations of the Hon. Member for Middlesex—obser rations which, he really thought, would not be agreeable to his constituents :... flewas surprised that in the middle (to use the expres soifoJnunoef— June—in e th H e o m n i . d d A le ie o m f b t e h r e d fo o r g- T da a y ins worth), that Hon. Gentleman should propose that which ought in fairness and reason to have been proposed at the latest in the month of February. AVhy were not his views brought forward ac the commencement of the session ?—why should he allow them to legislate in the dark, and then come in the latter end of the session with his warning to them to p iuse ?—(Hear.) Why, at such a time as this, should be come forward and vote for a Committee which, perhaps, his ingenuity might render of interminable durA- Lion ?—(Cheers.) The more manly course of proceeding would have been to have met the resolution at once.— (Cheers.) But the Hon. Member said he had no interest in the question—he was perfectly unbiassed—wholly im p irtial. That was very likely the case ; but from whence came his information on these matters? Why, from hie brother-in.law, the Deputy from Trinidad, and one of the most extensive proprietors in that colony.—(Laughter and loud cheers.) He next cline to the observations of the Hon. Member for Sheffield, who was for at once wiping off all the rest.aints of slavery. He (Mr. Stanley) did not deny that the principles advanced by the Hon. Gentle man were, as principles, true in themselves; but the question was, were they applicable to the present state of that society for which they were now legislating?—( Hear, hear.) It was his honest and conscientious belief, that if the !don. Gentleman's propositions were suddenly acted on, the cultivation of sugar would be abandoned, and the slave be in a worse condition than ever.—(Hear, bear.) The Hon. Member for Essex had thought to read him a lecture on the tone which he had assumed in this matter. Now, he begged to remind that Hon. Gentleman, that in the very outset of the question, he had expressed a sense of his own inadequacy to the task, and it did not be come him, from a mock humility, to shrink from a plan which, though he fully agreed in, was not his but the Government's.—(Cheers.) In opening that plan he had spoken of the immense variety of interests which were in volved, and that with an anxiety that could not be misun derstood. But he must turn to the argument of another Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Stewart) who had gently insi nuated—(Laughter)—in a way that no one could improve his idea of a loan of twentymillions.--(Hear.) He was per fectly ready to admit that the present was a great experi ment ; but as the parties whose pecuniary interests were chiefly at stake were willing to run the risk, the House need not be very fastidious upon that point. It would not he a measure that could lead to bloodshed, for at least it could not be supposed that they anticipated any such re sult, or they would not assent to it. He could not but hope that the great experiment which they thus meant to try would prove successful, and would be attended with credit to the country and with security to our colonial possessions. Mr. F. BUXTON hoped to have an early opportunity of expressing his sentiments more at length upon the subject of free labour; but he could not let pass that oc casion of saying that, unless the inducement of wages were held out, nothing effectual could be done. On that ground he had always, and should always, oppose the ap prenticeships. As to the vote of money, he should cheer fully agree to that, provided it led to immediate and cont plete emancipation, but not otherwise. He therefore then gave notice tblt on Monday he should move to do away with the 12 years' apprenticeships. Mr. HUME did not, at that late hour, wish to detain the House ; but, after the attack made on him, be felt bound, in justice to himself, to state that the Hon. and Learned Member opposite, who had accused hint of deal ing in vague generalities on the busting; and disappoint ing the constituents who sent him to that House, was him self guilty of having been very particular on the hustings, and very vague in the House. Sir R. PEEL observed, that there was no necessary connexion between the second and third resolutions, and that he thought it would be highly advantageous to se parate them, and, if possible, also to wait, with respect to the remaining resolutions, for the opinions of the Colo nial Legislaures. Lord HOWICK said he was willing to avoid dividing the House on the second resolution; and as to what it might be necessary to say on the third, tnat might be postponed until Monday. After a few words from Mr. P. M. STEWART and Mr. BUCKINGHAM, the second resolution was agreed to ; and the several amendments disposed of, either by some being withdrawn or negatived, and the greater portion being postponed till Monday ; but the noise occasioned by strangers quitting the gallery, and Members the House, at this moment, rendered it impossible to distinguish. OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH. Sir A. AGNE W obtained leave to bring in a Bill to enable corporations, the elections of whose officers was appointed for Sunday, to change the election to another day. CIVIL LIST-GEORGE IV. On the motion of Mr. RICE, it was agreed that a Select Committee be appointed to consider of the unpro vided charges on the Civil List of the late King. STAFFORD. On the motion of Mr. ELLICE, it was agreed that on Monday a Select Committee be appointed to consider the cases of alleged bribery at the late election for Stafford. The House then adjourned at a quarter past three o'clock. LIST OF T, ITHIU VIIGv AU For an Address to the King, th cious policy which he had pu; of Portugal.--June 6, 1833. ENGLAND. Apsiey, Lord—Cirencester Ashley, Lord—Dorsetshire Att wood, M.—Wh;tehaveit Baring, A.—North Essex Baring, H. B.—Marlborough Baring, F.—Thetford Bethel!, R.—East Yorkshire Bolling, W.—Bolton.le- Moors Bruce, Lord E.—Marlborough Cartwright, W. R.—South Nor thamptonshire Chapman, A.—Whitby Clive, Viscount—Ludlow Clive, It. H.—South Shropshire Dare, R. W. H.—South Essex Darlington, Earl of—South Shropshire Dugdale, W. S.—North War wickshire Duncombe, Hon. W.—North _ Yorkshire Duffield, T.—Abingdon Eastnor, Viscount—Reigate Fancourt, Major—Barnstaple Finch, G.—Stamford Fremantle, Sir T.—Buckingham Gladstone, W. E.-N ewark- upon- Tren t Goulburn, H.—Cambridge Uni versity Grimston, Visc.—Hertfordshire Holcomb, John—Dover Halford, Henry—South Leices tershire Hardinge, Sir H.—Launceston Herrie., J. C.—Harwich Hanmer, Sir J.—Shrewsbury Hanmer, H.—Aylesbury Hill, Sir R.—North Shropshire Hodgson, J.—Newcastle-upon- Tyne Hotham, Lord—Leominster Inglis, Sir R. H.—Oxford Uni versity Irton, John—Cumberland Jermyn. Earl—Bury, Suffolk Knatchbull, Sir E.—East Kent Langton, Wm. Gore—East So . mersetshire LewiS,i:KLßadnorshire Lincoln, Earl of—South Notts Lowther,Viscount—Westmore. _ land _ _ Lowther, Col.—Wettmoreland Lygon, Hon. Colonel H.—West Worcestershire Manners, Lord R.—North Lei- 1 cestershire Meynell, Capt. H.—Lisburne Miller, Wm. H.—Newcastle. under-Lyme Neale, Sir H.—Lymington Neeld, J.—Chippenham Nicholl, J.—Cardiff Ossulston, Lord—North North. umberland Peel, sir R.—Tamworth Pollock, F.—Huntingdon Powell, Colonel—Cardiganshire Pigot, R.—Bridgewater Price, R.—New Radnor Reid, Sir J. R.—Dover Robinson, 0. IL—Worcester Russell, C.—Reading 'E MINORITY AINST COLONEL DAVIES'S MOTION, tanking his Majesty for the judi. rsued with respect to the affairs IScarlett, Sir J.—Norwich Smith, J. A.—Chichester Somerset, Lord G. C. H.—Mon mouthshire Stanley, E.—West Cumberland Stewart, John—Lvmington Stormont, Lord—Norwich Trevor, Hon. G. R.—Caermar. thenshire Tyrrell, Sir J. T.—North Essex Verney, Sir H.—Buckingham Villiers, Viscount—Honiton Vyvyan, Sir R. R.—Bristol Wall, C. B.—Guildford Walsh, Sir J. B.—Sudbury Williams, R —Dorchester Wood, T.—Brecknockshire Wynn, Right Hon. C. W. W.— Montgomeryshire Yorke, C. P.—Cambridgeshire SCOTLAND. Arbuthnot, Gen.—Kincardine. shire Ferguson. G.—Banffshire Gillon, W. D.—Falkirk, &c. Gordon, Capt. W.—Aberdeen- shire 'Hay, Sir J.—Peebles-shire Hope, Hon. Sir A.—Linlith gowshire IRELAND. Archdall, Gen. M.—Fermanagh Bateson, Sir R.—Londonderry Bernard, Hon. W. S.—Bandon Cooper, E. J.—Sligo Co. Corry, Hon. H. L.—Tyrone Co. Daly, James—Galway Co. Gladstone, T.—Portarlington Hayes, Sir E.—Donegal Jones,'T.—Londonderry Co. Lefroy, A.—Longford Leroy, Dr.—Dublin University Max well, H.—Cavan Perceval, Colonel—Sligo Co. Shaw, F.—Dublin University Young, J.—Cavan TELLERS. 4 Ross, C.—Northampton Jervis, J.—Chester FIRAED OFF. Ashley, Hon. H.—Dorchester Forester, G. C. W.—Wenlock Grant, F. W.—Elginshire and Nairnshire Conolly, E. M.—Donegal Dick, Quintin—Maldon Patten, J. W.—North Lancash. Peel, Col. J.—Huntingdon Penruddocke, J. H.—Wilton Stuart, W.—Bedfordshire LOCKED OUT. Norreys, Lord—Oxfordshire Estcourt, 'l'. G. B.—Oxford Un. Herbert, Hon. S.—South Wilts Henniker, Lord—East Sussex Stewart, Sir H.—Ty ron e Co. Blackstone, W. S.—Wallingford Kerrison, Sir E.—Eye Verner, Col. W.—Armagh Co. HYDE-PARK, YESTERDAY.—About five o'clock yesterday, the circle in Hyde-park excelled any thing we have ever seen there ; not only were there hun dreds of lady equestrians, with their attendant beaux, but all the great politicians also ; among whom may be enu merated the Dukes Of CUMBERLAND, GLOUCESTER, WEL• LINOTON, NEWCASTLE, NORTHUMBERLAND, SOMERSET, and BEAL'FORT; the Marquis of LANSDOWNE ; Earle GREY, WESTMORELAND, and ABERDEEN ; Lord JOHN RUSSELL, &C. THE LAW OF PEWS.--Sir J. NICHOLL, in a late elaborate judgment, says ;--" By the general law, and of common right, all the pews in a parish church are the common property of a parish; they are for the use in common of the parishioners, who are all entitled to he seated, orderly and conveniently, so as beat to provide for the accommodation of all. The distribution of seats rests with the churchwardens, as the officers, and subject to the con•rol of the ordinary. Neither the minister nor the vestry have any right whatever to interfere with the churchwardens in seating and arranging the pa rishioners, as often erroneously supposed : at the same time, the advice of the minister, and even sometimes the opinions and wishes of the vestry, may be fitly invoked by the churchwardens ; and, to a certain extent, may be reasonably referred to in this matter. The duty of the churchwardens is to look to the general acco inodation of the parish, consulting, as tar as may be, that of all its inhabitants. The parishioners, indeed, have a claim to be seated according to their rank and station ; but the churchwardens are not, in providing for this, to overlook the claims of all the parishioners to be seated, if sittings can he afforded them." COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of CUMBERLAND, and the Princes ALEX ANDER and CHARLES of Solms, visited their MAJESTIES on Thursday at Windsor. The Royal Duke and the Prin cess dined with the KING and QUEEN, and slept at the Castle. The Duchess of KENT entertained a large and distin guished party at dinner yesterday. The Princess AUGUSTA left town, yesterday morning, for her residence at Frogmore. The Duchess of KENT and the Princess VICTORIA rode at Mr. FOZARD'S riding-school yesterday morning. M. VAN DE WEYER, the Belgian Minister, the Dutch Minister, and the Earl of MULGRAVE, visited Viscount PALMERSTON yseterday at the Foreign-office. Lord SANDON, Mr. STEWART, M.P., and a deputation from Liverpool, had a conference yesterday with Viscount ALTHORP and Mr. Secretary STANLEY. WINDSOR, JUNE 7. Their MAJESTIES dill not visit Ascot to-day. Last night Lord ADOLPHUS FITZCLARENCK took leave and left for town. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND arrived last evening with the two Princes Somus, and dined with their MAJESTIES. This morning their MAJESTIES entertained their Royal visiters and suite with luncheon at Adelaide Lodge. In the afternoon the Royal party took various drives through the Great Park ; the KING went in his favourite pony phaeton, and her MAJESTY rode on horseback. To-day the Duke of CUMBERLAND took leave of their MAJESTIES and left for Twickenham. The Duke of CLEVELAND also left this morning for town. This morning Baron OMPTEDA had an audience of his Majesty, and left for town. To-morrow the Duke and Duchess of BucctEucn leave the Castle, and are expected to retnrn on the 24th. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ASCOT HEATH RACES, JUNE 7. The meeting was brought to a close yesterday with a thin company and indifferent racing. In many cases it has surpassed the most sanguine expectations, the attend ance each day having considerably exceeded the average of the last five or six years. We c innot speak so well of the racing; its only recommendation was quantity. The horses were bad, and unequally matched. Great things are promised fur ensuing years ; the Gold Cup for 1834 already reaches nearly 5001. in value ; and a Produce Stakes of 200 each has received sixteen subscribers. Se ♦eral other Stakes are also made. In the course of the week several matches have also been concluded for the Newmarket. In anticipation of the usual publication, we give particulars of them : July Meeting, Monday.—Mr. Hunter's Volage, Sst.7lb. agst. Lord Lichfield's Gab, Set. 31b. D.M. 100, h. ft. Second October, Monday.—Mr. M. Stanley's Crutch, Sst. 81b., agst Lord Exeter's Galata, Sat. Ilb. T.Y.C. 200, h. ft. ; Lord Lichfield's Minster, 7st. 91b., and Mr. Yates's Vagabond, 7st. 71b. D.M. 100, h. ft. ; Lord Lich field's Gab, Sst. 71b. agst Lord Tavistock's Cowdray, 7st. 21b. D.M. 100, h. ft. Friday.—Mr. M. Stanley's Crutch, Sat. 71b., agst Mr. Kent's Rubini, 7st. 9th. T.Y.C. 100, h.ft. All these matches for the present season. On the race course yesterday we observed the following Members of the Fashionable World : Lord Tavistock, Lord Exeter, Lord Jersey, Lord and Lady Wilton, Lord and Lady Chesterfield, Lord Uxbridge, Lord and Lady Erroll, Lord Stradbroke, Lord South ampton, Lord Lichfield, Lord Maryborougb, Lord J. Fitzroy, Lord Albemarle, Sir J. Fraser, Col. Peel, Col. Bowater, Col. and Mrs. Anson, Hon. Mr. Villiers, Capt. Byng, Mr. Greville, Mr. Massey Stanley, Mr. Sloane Stanli, Mr. Payne, Mr. Udny, Col. Chaloner, Mr. Cot- trell, Mr. Irby, Mr. Cosby, Captain Rous, Mr. Worrall, Mr. J. Mills, &c. &c. We have hitherto omitted to mention the police. The officers stationed in the vicinity of the Royal Stand, under the im►nediare superintendence of Sir F. Roe, were Messrs. Gardner, Leadbitter, Ruthven, Smith, Stevens, and Taunton, with a few of the dismounted patrol. Their individual exertions were highly meri.orious, but were not adequately seconded by the local constabulary force. The racing yesterday was as under. Sweepstakes of 100 toys. each, h. ft. One mile. (4 subs.) Colonel Peel's Young Rapid Walked over. Sweepstakes of 50 . sovs. each, h. ft. New mile. (4 subs. Lord Tavistock's Cowdray (Robinson) 1 Lord Chestartield's Fanny Grey (Natt) 2 Mr. Corby's Temperance (Mann) 3 _ _ 5 to 4 against Coardray ; 2 to 1 against Fanny Grey ; and sto 2 against Temperance. The latter made play at her best pace, which is not very great, and managed to keep her place to the dist ince, where the other two went up and beat her off. A smart race between the others ; was won, with a little shaking, by Covvdray by half a length. His Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for hunters ; five yrs., 11st. 71b. ; six yrs, 1 Ist. 121 b. ; and aged, 12st ; maiden hone+ allowed 51b. Two miles and a distance. Mr. W. Day's Donegani, 6 yrs. Mr. Shackell's Tramp, 6 yrs. Mr. L. Harvey's ch. g., aged Mr. Curtis's by Rubens, 5 yrs. Two to one on Donegani. A wretched race, and woo by six lengths. A Plate of 501. for all ages ; three years old, 7st. 71b. ; four, Bst 7lb ; five, 9st. ; six and aged, 9st. 41b. ; mares allowtd 31b. ; the winner of a Plate or Sweep stakes is 1833 to carry 31b. extra. 0:d mi:e. The winner to he sold for 250 guineas, &c. Mr. Wood's Ambrosio, 4 yrs 0 1 Duke of Grafton's Emir, 3 yrs 0 2 The following were not placed—Lord Chesterfield's Tourist, 4 yrs. ; Lord Lowther's Messenger, 4 yrs.; Mr. Day's ch. f. Fanny, 3 yrs. ; Mr. Ga.rdnor's Ida, 5 yrs. ; Mr. Grant's Flora, 4 yrs. ; and Mr. Cosby's Non Com pos, 4 yrs. Betting, 3to 1 agst Emir ;3to I agst Non Campos ; 4 to 1 agst Ambrosio ; 6 to 1 agst Flora ; 6 to 1 agst Ida ; and 7 to 1 agst Messenger. Ida made running to the turn, where she was headed by Ambrosio, who carried it on till half way within the distance; here Emir challenged him, made a severe race, and finished it a dead heat. Second Heat.—Eleven to 8 on Ambrosio, who made a waiting race of it, came out about a hundred yards from home, and won by half a length rather cleverly. The Wokinghain Stakes of 5 soya. each (Handicap.) Three quarters of a mile. (11 subs.) Duke of Rutland's Shylock f 3 yrs. 1 Lord Tavistock's c. by Partisan, 3 yrs 2 The following were not placed Wood's Ambrosio, 4 yrs; Mr. S. Day's Landrail, 6 yrs; Mr. Cosby's Non Compos, 4 yrs; 11r. Ricardo's Runnymede, 4 yrs; Mr. Cooper's c. by Catton, 3 yrs ; Mr. *Sadler's cb. f. by Middleton, 3 yrs; and Mr. Grant's b. f. by Erniliuq, 3 yrs. Betting, 4to 1 agst Twatty ; 4 to 1 agst Am. brosio ; 5 to 1 agst Rachel; 5 to 1 age: Runnymede; and 6 to 1 agst the winner. Rachel cut out the work after coning round the turn, Shylock running in her wake till past the distance; he then challenged, and, after a hard struggle, won by a head. The pace was excellent throughout. The roads leading through the Park and Virginia Water were in a scandalous state during the races. Mr. Ill'Adam is sadly wanted in that neighbourhood. RACES 0 COME. JUNE, Buxton _. 12 Hampton l2 Thbury Club l3 Tenbury l3 Newcastle-upon-Tyne l7 Bath l9 Knighton l9 Wells 25 Ludlow 26 Stockbridge 27 AUGUST. York August 6 Worcester Shrewsbury 6 Brighton 7 Walsall 9 Wolverhampton Oxford l3 Leeds . Salisbury Leominster 2l "ewport Pagnell 24 Yarmouth : Liverpool (Aintree) 2 Winchester 3 Newmarket July Preston 9 Taunton lO Cheltenham Lancaster l6 Newcastle-under-Lyme Kendal 23 Southampton 23 Bridgnorth 24 Goodwood 3O SEPTEMBER. Warwick ... Dorchester 4 Lich field Leicester ll Doncaster l6 Heaton Park '• 25 Newmarket Ist October 3O OCTOBER. Newmarket 2d October l4 Newmarket Houghton BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON AND SPORTING CuRONICLE, of June 9, will contain the Coroner's Inquest, with the fullest and most authentic particulars of the un fortunate Death of S. BYRNE, to the extent of four folio columns. Bell's Life in London of Sunday last, June the 2d, gave nearly three folio columns of the Pugilistic encounter between the lamented SIMON BYRNE and Deaf BURKE. The price of Bell's Life in London is but Sevenpence; it is the only Sunday Paper that attends to Sporting Matters. An Edition for Country Readers is regularly published early every Saturday afternoon, which may be bad on Sunday, 200 miles from London. WISE REPROOF.--When Bishop ALMYR observed his congregation inattentive, he used to read some verses out of the Hebrew Bible, at which the people natu rally stared with astonishment, lie then addressed them on the folly of greedily listening to.what concerned them not, while they were inattentive to matters in which their best interests were deeply involved. FASHIONAMLE ARRIVALS. The Earl of Craven, from a tour; Lord de Park-place, St. James's, from the Earl of seat, in Surrey ; Captain and Mrs. Shedder, Hotel, Dover-street, from Southampton ; the I d'Harcourt, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle , Paris ; the Marchioness de Boisgecain, at ditto, Alderman Mahony and sons, at Morley's Hotel, square, from Limerick; Sir John Gilney, at dit tour; Mr. and Mrs. Buck and family, at Ellis St. James's-street, from their seat, Daddon, Devonshire ; J. T. Ord, Esq., and Mrs. Ord, Royal Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Bury St. Charles Chambers, Esq., at the St. James's myn-street, from Cambridge; Sdndelis, Fenton's Hotel, St. James-street, from a tour and Mrs. Owen, in Harley-street, from the the Earl of Lichfield, in St. James's-square, IT hurst Lodge, near Windsor; the Marquis of Spring-gardens, from ditto; Sir W. H. and Lady in Portland-place, from the Castle, at Saltbill Hartzfeldt, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-id Berlin; General Otway, from the Continent ; Edward Ellice, in Grasvenor-street, from Countess de Salis, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Davies.streets, from Belle Vue House, Brighton; Peshall and Miss Peshall, at ditto, from Indi Echo, at ditto, from Scotland ; Mr. and the at ditto, from their seat, Royston, Norfolk ; Poletica, at ditto, from Russia ; Mr. and Mrs. ditto, from a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, at di ditto; General and Mrs. Clavering, at ditto, seat, Axwell Park, Gateshead. DEPARTURES. The Marquis of Bristol, for his seat, Putt Lord and Lady Dover, on a visit to Lord Holland House, Kensington; Hon. General Hastings ; Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay, from Betts's Dover-street, for the Continent ; the Rev. Mr' from Raggett's Hotel, Dover -street, on a tout Davies, from ditto, for her seat in Wilts; R. Esq., from the Burlington Hotel, for Mistert Leicestershire ; Lord and Lady Carberry, heal Hotel, St. James's-street, for their seat, Lax► Wansford ; T. B. Rickets, Esq., from ditto, for Combe, Leominster ; William Murray, Esq., ft for Brighton ; M. Reeves, Esq., from Mode; Trafalgar-square, for Paris ; the Rev. Mr. from ditto, for Suffolk ; - Ricketts, Eq., fr f,r Bath ; Davis, Esq., from ditto, for Lady Colville and family, from the Royal Hotel, street, for Brighton ; Lord George Lennox, fr l3ls for Bognor Lodge ; Parker, Esq., from Dover ; her Royal Highness Princess S o phia from Stable-yard, St. James's, for Fr ogmore ; Mrs. Seagrave, and - Hillett, Esq., from Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Brighton ; Miss from the Sr. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for the Earl and Countess of Warwick, and Lord . Morrison, on a (continental tour; the Countess of marle, and Lady Caroline Keppell, from the Rot a house at Hampton Court ; Sir Robert Inglis, • cheater-buildings, for the Continent; Lord V Plymouth. HAMBURG PAPERS. BUCHAREST, MAY 9.—lt seems strange, counts we have received of the arrangement of rencea between the Porte and Ibrahim, that Rr continue to march through Walachia and MI pass the Danube. Hitherto their march has but yesterday orders really arrived, directing Is divisions that have passed the Pruth to advance / across the Danube. Most of these troops have advanced directly by way of Fockschani, to. tria, and those that have tarried in this place environs will be on their march to that place wil l days, and the President General Kisseliff, as in chief to the whole corps, is expected to go L order to direct the passage of these troops over and their farther march; there are probably null them who will now pass the Balkan for the = These movements would not be easily reconciled news of peace, had not the explanation arrived Ye7 e j in the news that the Emperor Nicholas has retie conditions demanded by Mehemet Ali and Ibrahitnto disapproved a concession made by the Porte, and that iS, I sequence of this resolution he had issued ordersl% rapid advance ofall the forces, both by sea lan d, aud hto,7, been put in motion on this occasion, with the fi rm oso ruination, by force of arms to co mpel the Egyptia! if r not l t e t a o s t a ent s i entire a submission, o the Porte. Travel a tleast peac r eW el b:: be have !-.rely ai87,....1 from uons...titinople, relate tbli 6 recently met with a large Ru ss i a n corps , whose o°4 they estimate at above 50,000 m en ( query ?), betn'efr. capital and Adrianople. In Constantinople itself, the troops still on board the Russian ships lying jt ; Bosphorus, nearly 10,000 men are lodged in barrs i, the city, so that the stre et s o f C onstant i nop l e 10 0 those of a Russian garrison town, and more tropP men of war are expected from Sizeboli. The sal yellers relate the remarkable circumstance that on Sunday, according to the Greek calendar, the Sultan, a numerous suite, visited M. V o n B ut i n i e ff, joy on the holydays by embracing in the Russian l while his suite acted in the sam e manner t owa rd' 11 ' Le sian officers who were present. They add tha t 11 e Russian bands of music w ere a d m i tte d i nto t he , the Sultan and the great officers of State, and 1, Resurrection was celebrated, a c cor di ng to t h e Gr eg with great pomp and iejoicing.—Neckar Zeitung' l (By the Alexandria steam-boat to Luhee K : l e t, i j Sr. PETERSBURGH, M AY 29.—1 n the nigh tbrit!".l 27th instant his Maj • sty the Emperor se t ou t for D u f r ODESSA, MAY 15.—Tire Meteor steam-bo c . here on the 10th fron t C ons t antinop l e , w hich ) ,.,110 , 1 the sth, the very d a y that C ount O r l o ff , Estra n ''; t er, A,bassador from the R uss i an C ourt to the ',„vo, Porte, arrived in the road of Buj u kd ere . The toll dor hoisted his flag, which was immediately 0 ° 0 0: W our whole squadron. C oun t O r l o ff soon °Ater's: landed, and rece i ve d a visit from Muschir A L : Km whom the Sult a n h a d sent t o we l come hi m i s !Tor Our troops are still in their positions on the M is f of the Bosphorus. The Mahometan inhabitants stantinople accustom themselves to consider theP., of the Russi ans as a p l e d ge o f peace an d tranquiti;oll/1 The negotiations at Alexandria, and in she j t iaid Ibrahim, continue. The French squadron, cons' 9 ,ol' m five ships of th e li ne , an d as many f r i gates, has gtie in the harbour of Smyrna, to promote the views P. French Gov e r nment b y energet i ca l ly supporting %;ej The English E nvoy at Al exan d r i a, as well 0 ofiA, Prokescb, the A us t i li n Commissioner, has late l y o es_ A ,' there in aid of th e same o bj ect, and every thing 9Kif a speedy soluti on o f t h e quest i ons which agitate the The Meteor s e t ou t aga i n f or C onstant i no ple be ' ( l e o before yesterday ; it had on board Prince Kntse bti be of the Presidents of the Council of the empires " remain with Count Orloff. BERLIN, MAY 30.—Count Yon Schleiffens Camp to the Cr o wn P r i nce , h as b een t h ro wn Ir b in horse during the reviews, an d h as rece i ve d s o rtnic that his life is in danger. ron r VIENNA, MAY 25.—Five per Cent., 931 ; I Cent., 83k; Bank Shar e s, 1223. tins' O OS I VIENNA, MAY 26.—After a l o n g inter: ll P Moniteur Ottom an a pp eare d aga i n at C ons tantin ur o Pr the 27th of last month, and contained reflectio ns present state of affairs. SO$ 01 ( I The English Secretary of Legation, Mr. FOE 8/ ways, arrived here on the 22d from Naples. Five per Cent. Metalliques, 93i ; Four per Ce ll ' . Bank Shares 1,2261. HAMBURG, EXCHANGES ON LONDON. MAY 4. = 13 1234 ; two months, 13 '„" BERLIN. JUNE I.—Three Months. 626%. ' BREMEN, MAY 31.—Two months, 6 13, 6 1/ STOCKHOLM, MAY 28.—Ninety days, 14 6 PETERSBURGR, MAY 2.—Three months, 10 f 45.64 —Hamburg P, 4. 114 0 `,11 01 HASIBURG apers June STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE f fr Two o'CLocx.—Funds were higher to-day. .1 0 End ,116 2-k per cent. of Anglo-Danish Loan, three per cent........... ..... •••• Anglo-Russian ................................................. 9 5 „e, Russian Inscription, 5 per cent., 1820 ................. Ditto, ditto, 1831 ................................................ 9" Ditto, ditto, Polish Bonds ... ..... ........................................ 10v Prussian Bonds, 1832 Austrian Bank Shares ................................... ' gqf Ditto Metalliques ............................................. 8 671 New Austrian Four per Cents ........................... 4 Spanish 3 per Cents. .......................................... .Hamburg Reporter. 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