The Sun. — London, England, 1839-05-22 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. ABORIGINES' PROTECTION SOCIETY. The second annual meeting of this most valuable and interesting Society took place yesterday, at Exeter-hall. The lower room was filled with a highly respectable audience, a large proportion of whom were ladies. Upon the platform were the following gentlemen : T. F. Buten, EA., (in the chair) ; C. Lushington, Esq., M.P. ; Thos. Campbell, Esq. ; Sir Augustus D'Este ;.Sir Culling E. Smith ; Sir Charles Grey, M.P. ; Lieut.-Col. Nichol ; Mons. D'Abbadie, and a native of Abyssinia ; J. T. Bigge, Esq. ; E. N. Buxton, Esq.; Geo. Thomp son, Esq.; Luke Howard, Esq, ; W. S. Fry, Esq.; Dr. Hodgkin ; Colonel Lach Szyrma ; Rev. John Bur net, Rev. J. J. Freeman, W. Lockhart, Esq., Canton, and Rev. W. H. Modharst, Batavia. At twelve o'clock The CHAIRMAN rose and said, I have been called upon, somewhat unexpectedly, to fill the station I am now appointed to occupy. I, indeed, wrote to my worthy friend, the Secretary, requesting that I might be excused from taking the chair upon this occasion ; and I conceived that this was arranged—but on my arrival in town, I was told that it had been settled, and could not be altered, that I must take the hair. lam perfectly satisfied so to do, now or at any other time, in this or any other place, before this or any other assembly ; to confess my hearty allegiance to the principles which have convened: us together—(Cheers)—my hearty desire, that others may know of those principles, because lam sure that the more they are known he more numerons and zealous will be their supporters.—( Hear, hear.) However, I feel no kind of despondency at there not being a larger audience on the present occa sion, confident as I am, that the day will come when this great subject, affecting the interests—the lives of such multitudes of our fellow-men, will be more fully recognized by the public.—(Cheers.) I feel that I owe some apology to the Society, and to the Committee particularly, who have had such heavy labours, and such responsible duties, to perform during the past year,—who had a right to expect my cordial co-opera tion, which I very much regret they have not received to the extent to which they were entitled. And I have another apology to make to this meeting, which I do sincerely—that from circumstances, I am unable \ to furnish this meeting with facts, and detailed intelli gence which ought to have been brought forward. My excuse in both cases is precisely the same—that my time has been occupied, and my heart wrapped up in another great subject, which must, above all other subjects, en gross the attention and the affections of all who touch upon it, I mean that great subject, the chief scourge of mankind, the main reproach to the name of Christianity, the Slave Trade. Owing to this it was that lam not so prepared as I ought to have been, and that I have not done so much as I ought to have done, for the cause we are now to advocate. We hold, I take it, that the native inhabitants of any country, however bar barous they may be, however wild, however untutored their minds, however dark and cruel their character, belong to the great family of man, and are entitled to ail the rights of human nature, that is the great principle of our society. and which it is easy enough to admit, but which, I am sorry to say, has not been thoroughly acted upon by even our own country—nay, I am constrained to add, has been very sliehtly acted upon by this coun try.—( Hear, hear.) For with all the virtues which we possess as a people—and while they remain at home, I admit they do possess great virtues—yet too often, when they visit savage nations, they act no better than the most ruthless banditti. Can it be true ? I protest there is nothing in this country—now that we have re nounced the slave trade, and abolished slavery—there is nothing which throws so great a stigma upon this country, as the fact that our brethren, the ignorant natives of the countries under our dominion, are melting awe) , before us.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Oh! but then we are told sometimes, " It is the order of Providence, it will be so always." I think, however, that the order of Providence should be sought for in the Bible— ( Hear, hear, hear)—and where will any passage be found, establishing the doctrine that because we are Christians, we have a right to oppress and persecute those who are too feeble and weak to defend them selves 2—(Great cheering.) Is it true,—can it be true,—that we, blessed with a multitude of blessings under Divine Providence,—that we who are so peculiarly favoured as a nation, that we, 1 standing. on these accounts so pre-eminent in the world in power, in wealth, in civilization, in commerce, and, 1 above all things, in religious privileges—that we, among ! these peer, ignorant creatures, on whom we could con fer the most inestimable blessings,—that we should only circulate among them the vices, the crimes—the brandy, the gunpowder, and such destructive elements ? ( Hear, hear.) And what what is worse, that when we send out Missionaries abroad to teach the heathen, the great obstacles to the spread of Christianity should iarise from civilized and " Christian" men, men who i bear the name of Christians at least.--( Hear, Lear.) I ask whether any mission ar y—f or i ns t ance i n th e S ou th I Seas-- , :has found that his greatest impediment was the 1 barbarism of the people ?—No. Their stupid and cruel superstitions ?—No. The degradation of their under standings ?—No. The great impediment to the spread of Christianity, I will be bound to s ay, has been the hard heartedness of white-skinned savages.—(Hear.) It is a most sad and painful subject this. I have often conjectured in my own mind what is the impres sion which the European must make upon the simple minds of these natives. What must they think of us— with the loudest professions ever upon our tongue— who tell them that we are superior to them in every respect—that W 3 are chiefly, superior to them on ac count of our religion—wilier we seize their property, and insult their families, and exercise every species of barbarity upon them ; what is the impression which we must make upon their minds ?—(Hear.) It is curious that to this question I have found most painful an swers recently. In the course of my African studies, I met with the Journal of a gentleman who went to Africa some 110 years ago, when there was an Afri can Cotapany, supported by the patronage of the Crown, for the encouragement of the slave trade ; this gentleman, in the course of his Journal, re lates that he had had communications with a va riety of peasens, native Chiefs, and inhabitants, and that they said to him that their chief curse had been the visit of Europeans—that we always brought war and the slave: trade with us ; but that this . was not surprising because they observed that wherever Christianity goes, there were the musket .and the sword,—in short, that their greatest affiction was, their ever having seen the faces of the white, men.— (Hear, hear, hear.) Oh, shame upon us, possessing as we do, the richest blessings of Divine provi denee— that we should lead the poor natives of the coun tries we visit, to despise, to hate, and to blaspheme the holy name of Christ, and thus prevent them from receiving the blessings of an improved, moral condition here, and of eternal life hereafter !—(Hear, hear.) Still i:.:t gives me great satisfaction to know, that of the few rax).ssion aries who have beets scattered over the we•rld— I wish the numbers were ten thousand times larger : I have been long a stedfast friend to the missionary cause.—l am happy to know that wherever there is a missionary —I am not now speak ing of any particular class : Church of England--Bap tist, Moravian, Methodist, or London Missionar3T—but wherever there is a Missionary, there is a firm fri,trid to the oppressed and persecuted.—(Cheers.) It was so in the West Indies, when the Missionaries cheerfully be came martyrs to the cause ; and lam persuaded that the deg will come, however distant, when these salutary effects will be more extended. The Chairman (Mi F. Buxton) then proceeded to remark, that very rece ntly a curious illustration of this came to his knowledge. There were a few good people in this country ab out twenty years ago, who determined to make an effort , to instruct and civilize the Africans en the borders of the Gambia. They established a school there, and a fair m, but the missionary they sent died, and the whole at length was abandoned. He was afraid the individu sits who made that effort conceived it was ,an entire failure. In some papers he had recent ly inspected, of a gentleman resident in that countr y for 20 years, be found a notice of the Society.. One passage was as follows :—" The natives of the neighbourhood must have observed with some degree of attention the mode adopted by these settlers in their agricultural pursuits. Indeed it must be observed that many of them assisted in the works of the farm, and at this date they conduct matters in a more neat and satisfactory manner than in other parts of the country." Then came the explanation :—" The old chief of the district, with his sons, lose no opportunity in making the most particular inquiries after their friends, the Quakers, and to express their regret that such good pooplo should not have remained among them, as their kindness will ever live in the memory of the inhabi tants. He and his sons are worthy good people, and 'much attached to the English." ,It was extremely gra tifying to him that these simple people should, after the lapse of so many years have remembered those efforts that were perhaps forgotten by the very persons who made them. The time had come when these good people must renew their efforts.—(Hear, hear.) It gave him great satisfaction to find that this Society was formed. It was true they had not a large assembly that day, but that was an additional inducement not to relax in their efforts to benefit that good cause. In for mer years the same grievances existed, but they Wore neves; investigated. This Society would brand the oppressor, and would sound in the Ws of our Legislators, that these people whom we robbed without scruple—whose land without ceremony we took possession of—whose children we seized— whom w e pronounced rebels if they presumed to de fend t h e i r own land persons from our own violence, or their from our peopl e were rapacity ; b u t s t i ll th a t these poor in the sight of Eternal Justice equal with were the children of the same father, and ourselves, s t !i t m e i r e isooeusta l . s . lik eola our own had bee n ransome d by the ble price. He hoped the smallness of fe: o the meeting would not di s courage e them, but that there would be an effectual determination am ong them that, wheter supported tes. by the cause s hould never want advoca—(ch e r m ersr , The SECRETARY then proceeded to read the Re port, which was very volumi nous. We have riot space for more than a few extracts, but we recommend its perusal to all who are interested in this important sub ject : " The Committee, in making its second Annual Re port, desires to express, in the strongest possible man ner, the extreme urgency of the claims which, the tlao rigines of many countries have upon public sympathy. Accounts of the sufferings unceasingly inflicted upon them in some parts of the world, and of the generally fatal results of the present system of intercourse with them, both to whites and to blacks, are brought by almost every ship that arrives. The latest intelligence from the Cape of Good Hope, for example, informs us of the destruction of more than four thousand Zoelus in the last three battles in December and January at Natal ; whilst preceding accounts stated that at least three hundred and fifty of the whites, men, women, and children, had been massacred in the same eountry, where also many hundred Zoolus had lost their lives, in con sequence of such massacres. " Again, from Sierra Leone, from New South Wales, and from Upper Canada, accounts have been received, showing that the good yet effected any where, is indes cribably overborne by the evil, with the exception of such satisfactory cases as that of the Hottentots, whom justice has raised to the condition of civilized men, and that of the frontier Caffres, with whom wise measures have established the most promising peaceful relations." The Report then proceeded to take a survey of what the Committee had done in the past year, and a view of what remained to be done, showing the nature of the exertions necessary towards the completion of the task they had undertaken. The Report them proceeded— " Amongst the means best calculated to elevate as well as protect the injured Aborigines, must unques tionably be reckoned the diffusion o education amongst them. This has been so strongly felt by the most suc cessful missionaries that they have not failed to make the establishment of schools a prominent object of their labours. Nevertheless it is obvious that amongst many tribes standing in the greatest need of assistance, educa tion has made small and slow progress, and the Com mittee is persuaded that more effectual mews than have hitherto been employed are imperatively demanded to secure the efficient spread of education. They would suggest that special aid be obtained for the establish ment and support of native schools, and that not only returns showing the number of schools and the number of scholars of both sexes, should b. regularly called for, together with an attested statement of the pupils' pro gress and acquirements, but that a still higher degree of education should be imparted to the most talented and promising scholars. This selection might easily be made by means of periodical and strict examinations, when the most accomplished pupils might be selected by competition and placed under the auspices of their respective missionary and other patrons in the most eli gible colonial seminaries. In these institutions such pupils would not only have the means of acquiring more extended views and information, but they would be in a position to exhibit the comparative capabilities of their particular race, and would enjoy opportunities of gain ing influential friends whose assistance would furnish the most effectual co-operation in support of the in terests of their brethren." " The Committee is conscious that the wide field of its labours has been insufficiently surveyed ; and that many means of remedying. existing evils in it have not been sought with sufficient care. A rapid glance at many remote countries not yet mentioned, will suggest the amount of benefit that might be conferred on their na tive population by an active inquisition into their state. The Indians of South America are struggling in every stage of civilization and barbarism ; and in such ca: es as Para, in Brazil, avenging upon unoffending whites the violences inflicted on them by others less scrupu lous. In Madagascar intestine wars and violent efforts to crush a rising spirit of intelligence and civilization, combined with a dread of European colonization, the evils of which have reached their cars, deeply afflict a country teeming with tribes earnestly desiring a better condition. In North-Eastern Africa, an increasing slave trade would unquestionably, in some degree, give way before wise and humane civilized establishments, which Europeans might form at Mombass and else where. In Ceylon, the people are scarcely yet rescued, by recent wholsome measures, from the oppression of three centuries under the abused European domination. In the Southern and Eastern Seas, our fleets of whalers and merchantmen are very far from always be ing the harbingers of a reciprocal beneficial intercourse with the natives." " Other nations have also much to unlearn, and much to acquire, before their career in rude countries will do honour to the Christian profession. France, in Northern and Western Africa, has yet to learn that ways of peace are not only more profitable, but more safe, even with barbarians ; and at Tahiti, France has to learn that the rights of a people over their soil ought not to be invaded with impunity. Portugal, although her distinguished men are labouring to introduce an improved system into her vast colonies, still permits corruption to ravage the richest regions in Africa, and still fosters views which render more and more wretched the decay of their once powerful colonies in other parts of the world. In the United States of North America, whilst millions are spent in civilizing expedients, good in themselves, nevertheless the desire to exclude the red Indian from incorporation with the white people, shuts him out from the benefit of equal rights and laws, that would still save hundreds of thousands of those aborigines from utter ruin, and avert the wars, of which enormous pe cuniary cost is the least evil. Spanish and Portuguese America continues to offer sceoes of great hope and great difficulty for the aboriginal population. Russia, throughout her vast frontier, from the Black Sea to Behring's Straits, and along her growing possessions south of California, is pursuing a course of mixed good and evil. Tens of thousands of her convicts deform those regions with the vices of civilized society, when a wholesome system of colonization might convey thither, with great success, all its virtues. The spirit of conquest is also still suppressing in the councils of Russia, that better feeling which has enabled her, in times past, to spread great benefits among hundreds of barbarous tribes, in spite of the corrupt principles which thwarted those benefits. In Egypt, also, with the pro mise of many improvements, the sword is too ready an instrument of authority ; and the interior of Africa i n that direction, seems only destined to exchange one form of ignorant and cruel despotism, for one of perhaps a somewhat less fearful aspect. " In fact, in all quarters, every degree of barbarism in the weaker races, is aggravated through every variety of oppression in the dominant powers, whilst the universally happy result as to those weaker and barba rons races, when a better course is pursued towards them, furnishes an unanswerable argument in favour of devising a large system of good government and inter course between the civilised and uncivilized, on all the points which materially concern both parties, and on such a scale as shall ensure to the new proceedings a success commensurate with the vast mass of the field of operations. A searching inquiry into all the good and all the evil that has occurred, and is now occurring in this whole matter, would, we doubt not, produce complete materials for the better system which remains yet to be contrived for the relief of so many sufferers; and we know of no subject that could more worthily be brought by this Society under the consideration of her Majesty the Queen, the Parliament, and the pub lic, than how best to perfect such an inquiry." " This Society cannot help embracing the opportunity this Report affords them, of expressing their deep con viction of the intimate relation subsisting between their objects and that of the Societies expressly formed for the abolition of Slavery and the Slave Trade. As the Aboriginal Tribes, from whence the slave market derives its supplies are protected and improved, the traffic itself must obviously terminate, their barbarous and unprotected state bein g the occasion of their ex posure to the wrongs inflicted on them ; and so also, as the traffic is impeded and annihilated, not only will the greatest scourge that afflicts humanity be destroyed, but a wide field for all the benevolent exertions that can elevate our species will be opened.' The CHAIRMAN said he had great pleasure on calling upon 1.6 .I..quent friend, Mr. G. Thompson to address the meeting.—(Cheers.) Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON then came forward amid great cheering—He said, that were he the last speaker at the meeting, instead of the first, he should know much better what to do than he did at this moment. .He saw on the platform so many whom it was desirable eiat they should all hear that he felt reluctant to oc tearpy a moment in recommending the resolution with vhich lie was entrusted, because there was not an indi s 'idual whom he would displace, a single speech that mas ready to be delivered, or a word which he would pu t aside by anything that he had it in his power to offer. He would rather undertake for himself, to advocate the claims of the Society elsewhere ,ut of the metropolis, where there were per haps, fewer advocates of its great objects, but whe re there were ample opportunities of making kno' wn its principles and its plans, and recommending then ito universal support. If the Society was appre ciate d at the present moment as it would be in a few years, the largest room in that building, or in the king dom, would be far too small to contain those who were desiroess of vindicating the honour of the country, and preserving Christianity from its greatest stain.—( Great cheering.) If the objects of that Society ., were better known, there would not be a Noble Lord, or an Hon. Member of the House of Commons—there would not be a man or a woman of those who were then applaud ing in the upper room of that spacious building, but would, not at that particular time, but in a proper sea son, join them heart and hand. If they rightly under- I stood the object of the Society, they would one and ail be most willing to aid them with every energy in their rower. They were keeping their annual meeting for prevention of the consumption of ardent spirits. Such' .individuals must be the friends of that Society— they re ust be the friends of those who advocate the civilization, the comfort and happiness of the Aborigines, which wel . e now being swept from the face of the earth. He rose for the purpose of movin g , in the first place, the adoption of the most able and comprehensive Re- I ' port which had been laid before them by the worthy Secretary ; and, in the second place, to move a resolu tion. As to the Report, be need not say one word in rHE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1839. its favour----it needed no support from him, it spoke for I itself. He could safely say that no one Society, out of the many which had met in that building, bad ever is sued forth a document more worthy of the attentive perusal of all persons than the one in question. The resolution he had to propose, in its former part, directed their attention to what the Society had yet to do ; and the latter part of it afforded them encouragement, by calling their attention to what the society had already been able to accomplish. Their object was noble, it was to save the few remaining living tribes of aborigines, who were then complaining of injustice—who were supplicating for protection—who were imploring the Society to interpose their benevolent interference be tween them and utter ruin, which it was alike the privi lege and the duty of the Society to afford. The Society had not laboured in vain—their labours had already benefited the Indians of North America, the Hottentots—in deed the aborigines of all countries—so that their labour had not been in vain. If they had not diffused in formation, if they were the depositories of information, still they had not laboured in vain—that most admi rable document which had been read, if published to the world, would do much good. He trusted means would be taken to give it a wide circulation, and then they would not have laboured in vain. If it was read it would convince the people of this country that the Society was imperatively demanded—that it was ne cessary as an indispensable auxiliary to every other So ciety which extends its operations beyond the limita tions of this kingdom. Every class needed the Society —it was useful to the Government and to the merchant, and was well deserving of the support of all. It was necessary for the support of the missionaries, it was necessary inasmuch as it behoved a great nation to know something of the peculiarities of those over whom they were called upon to govern. The original inhabitants of the West Indies were no more—the inhabitants of Newfoundland were extinct—the abo rigines of Australia were fast disappearing—our pos sessions in Asia were dyed with the blood of the aboriginal tribes : surely then the Society was ne cessary in order to save the few that yet remained ? He had had the pleasure of treading on the banks of the Missisippi, the Hudson, the Oronooko, the Ohio,- and the Penobscot, yet he had never met with one of those tribes who were the original possessors of the land— every red man had been removed to the west of the Alissisippi, and the world had been congratulated upon the fact by the present President of America : they were despoiled of their own—a few yet remained, and the Society was necessary for their protection. They should give their utmost support to those enlightened and humane Governors who acted upon their views and thre :ten with exposure those who persecuted those whom they ought to protect. He was glad to find, at the conclusion of the Report, that reference was made to the neglected natives of Africa. He believed our folly, in fatuation, and wickedness, could not be overrated, cer tainly not overstated, on looking at the fact, that fo ages men had been kidnapping their fellow men on the shores of one country to carry them to another, to cul tivate as an exotic there what was indigenous and grew wild here ; and thus they had kept up a system of slavery of five or six millions of human beings, fed by a thousand victims per day, in order to grown cotton on the banks of the Missisippi, or rice on the plains of Alabama, or sugar somewhere else. Now what was meant by the word " protec tion ? " Was it not to save them from the slaver on their shores—was it not to defend their villages —to sanctify their huts —to guard the mouths of their rivers, to send amongst them merchants who are not robbers while they are merchants, who are not plunderers while they are traders—was it not to do these things, and tell them we will guard them, and bless them, and keep away the fiend from their shores, and pant the genius of Christianity amongst them, to cast upon them its benign and cheering influence ? Then would they bring their riches down to the righteous men, the merciful men, the patriotic men, and the philanthrophic men, who, whilst gaining those riches, would give with the other hand the best riches which a civilized and Christian country could bestow upon a barbarian, uncivilized, and pagan country.— (Cheers.) India had been named, and to this Society belonged the honour of originating the recent inquiry into the existing state of the natives of India. There were aborigines there, but almost every aboriginal inha bitant was in a state of slavery ; and if riot in a state of slavery-, certainly in a state of the deepest conceivable barbarism, living in trees, feeding on one another, or, as on tile coast of Malabar, reduced to a condition of slavery that scarcely has a parallel in the world be sides. They needed protection, they needed eman cipation, and such a Society as this was wanted to gather facts, to analyse them, to condense . them—such a Society was wanted to act as a telescope did in other matters, to bring near in their proper colours and dimensions the distant, and hitherto unseen, and, therefore, uncared for population of the world. And when the aborigines of Asia should stand before them, and when the aborigines of North America should stand before them, and when the noble savages of the Oronooko and' Essequibo, and when the gallatut barbarians of New Zealand and' the Mandingoes of Western Africa, with the Madagas - Car'srivages=When ' they should be brought near, there could be recognised in them the same common elements, the same immortal destinies, the same high capacities which were recog nised, and acknowledged, and appreciated when they stood embodied before them in the uiattractive and manacled form of the African whom they had already emancipated.—(Cheers.) And if it were worth the trouble, the time, the money, and the labour expended upon the great work now nearly accomplished, in the entire enfranchisement of the negroes and theiedescend ants in our colonies—if it were worth this mighty effort to obtain the extinction, by a national decree, of the slavery of 800,000 persons, surely 90,000,000 in one part of Africa, and millions more in another part of Africa, and 100,000,000 in India, together with the millions to be found. between the Frozen Ocean of the North, and the Gulf of Panama at the South-west, together with all the islands that ought to be taken into account—surely these, in their insulated, still more in their aggregate capacity, stood before the nation to-day with claims which could not he set aside with impunity ; and whenever these claims should be set before the public by the efficient instru mentality which this Committee wanted to employ, such as preaching, the organization of Societies, &c., then every man and woman whose philanthropy took wings in the morning, and visited distant regions, would be with them, and they would have the necessary means either for the civilization or for the conversion of the world.—(Cheers.) The CIIAIRMAN said the Gentleman who would next address the meeting had attended without the slightest intimation that he would be called upon to do so ; but being in possession of some very important facts upon a very important subject, he had been pressed into the ser vice, and it was no slight recommendation of him to say, that he was the descendant of one whose name would never be mentioned without the deepest respect—Mr. Wm. Fry.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. FRY said he rose with considerable diffidence, under the circumstances stated by the Chairman, to bring before the meeting a subject which bad not hi therto occupied its attention, and which fairly came within its objects. In looking at the Report, he noticed that the number of aborigines in Asia put down at 200,000,000. He asked them where was the enormous population of China ? Were they to be overlooked — the 350,000,000 of China ?—a country with which a very extensive traffic was now carried on by this. country. Amongst the multitudinous tribes it was stated that ardent spirits depraved and consumed their population, but not one word did he find of opium, which produced still greater evils than ardent spirits. An enormously increasing contraband trade was carried on in opium, fostered by the East India Company, car ried on by British merchants and capital between India and China. The effects of opium were well known to be very powerful as a medicine, but in Eastern countries it was used as an intoxicating stimulant, more particularly in China, and also in many parts of India. This depraved appetite, he spoke advisedly, had been pandered to by the Hon. East India Company, and by almost every British merchant who traded to the East. Opium produced the same effects as spirits, but in a greater degree. It demoralized the soul, and destroyed the body. Its effect upon the population at large was that it prevented the introduction of the Gospel, it hindered the labours of the missionaries. Wonder had often been expressed why so little impression had been made in China. He believed that the opium trade was that hinder ing cause. It was lamentable to reflect on the fearful in crease which had taken place in this nefarious traffic of late years. In the year 1816, the number of chests of opium imported into China, amounted to 3,000, and now the importation was upwards of 30,000 chests annually, and almost the whole of this quantity was smuggled into the country by British merchants. What had been the conduct of the Chinese Government with respect to this traffic? They saw the evils attending it ; and al though they might have made it a source of a large and important revenue, they would not purchase revenue by the demoralization of the country ; while the East India Company pandered to this taste of the Chinese. A large proportion of this opium traffic was monoplized by the Company itself, who would not allow others lo embark in this profitable trade. The Company com pelled the ryots, or farmers in India, to grow this drug —they paid these ryots money to assist them in carry ing on the cultivation, and then they made them furnish a certain quantity of opium at a certain price. This was brought down to Calcutta, was there purchased by British merchants, and shipped by them on board some of the fastest and finest vessels in the world, the opium clippers, for China. He would read an extract from a report made by one of the Chinese officers to the Emperor, to show the manner in which the trade was conducted by these vessels. The report stated that the opium was carried by boats flying up and (limn the river, like fast crabs or dragons, that they put out their oars like slings, that the Officers of the Custom Houses which they passed, were bribed,and that if the cruizing boats met them they had the temerity to re sist them, and slaughter and carnage was the conse quence. Such was an outline of this case, It would detain the meeting too long to go into all the facts of the case. But he hoped every one present would take the opportunity of making themselves acquainted with the facts of the opium trade, by perusing a book which had been compiled by the Rev. Mr. Thelwall, at the request of several gentlemen connected with China. It was entitled " The Iniquities of the Opium Trade with China," and could be procured either at Allen's or at Hatchard's. He apologized for having come forward wholly unprepared to address the meeting, lsat he hoped the importance of the case would plead his excuse.— (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then put the following resolution, which was carried unanimously : , 6 That the deep degradation an d u l t i mate ru i n w hi c h threaten barbarous tribes, imp erat i ve l y deman d funda mental ameliorations in the existing system of intercourse with them ;—but that the unquestionable benefits conferred upon them in some cases, as upon the Caffres, in the pro gressive improvement of the C lpe f rontier pol i cy, an d upon some of the Indians of Upper Canada, in the partial check given to the project of removing them to the Mani toulin islands, or ' elsewhere towards the North West,'— are consoling in themselves, and valuable as examples of the efficacy of a juster course." Sir CULLING EARDLEY SMITH rose for the purpose moving the following resolution . .‘ That, in order ti? protect abori g i na l t r ib es f rom degrdation and ruin, it isindispen sa bl e to o b ta i n f or t h em a participation in equal rights, to amend such o f our laws as bear injuriously upon them, and to improve the administration of Government as to th e i r affairs, both at home and in the Colonies." It was the general purpose of this resolution, if the facts which had been brought forward were true, to state what were our duties towards these the aboriginal tribes. These duties m i g ht b e arrange d under three heads, first the extensi on to t h em o f equa l rights ; secondly, an i mprovement in the laws relating thirdly, an extension to them of improvement administ ra ti ve G overn - to ment. The first question that arose in con sidering this resolution was, did there exist an inequality between the ri g h ts, t h e laws, and the ad ministration of justice in the h ome country an d the rights, laws, and administration accorded to the Colo nial dependencies. He never had heard a question on this subject, he had never heard it asserted that the rights, laws, and administrative government of this coun try were too good ; he had never heard the point mooted that we ought to go back to the state of society from which we had emerged, and if the institutions of our Colonial dependencies were inferior, it was our duty as Christians to raise them from their depression to the same level as ourselves. Allusion bad been made to the inhabitants of foreign countries ; he for one should be glad to see a cessation of the opium trade with China, he should be glad to see a stop put to the transportation of the American Indians beyond the Mississippi ; but whilst he should rejoice to see this effected, which he hoped would soon take place by means of Christian ex ertion, them was one point to which as Christians we were bound to direct our more immediate efforts, he meant our colonies. When he saw the different classes of evils which were perpetrated in our colonies, he was certain that they would furnish a large field for exer tion. The first class of evils were those which were perpetrated under the pretence of conferring benefits. Such was the wholesale removal of the native tribes from the countries they inhabited ; this was pretended to be a benefit conferred upon them, but when it came to be investigated it resolved itself into the " Sic volo, sic jubeo, stet pro ratione voluntas." It is our will and pleasure that they should be removed and they were removed, without consulting them, horn our colonial dependencies. He would next allude to what took place in our colonies in coercing the natives, which it was p reten d e d was necessary f or t h e protection of the colonists, but which was con trary to the Ch r i st i an pr i nc i p l e , w hi c h was as :applicable to Governments as to individuals. If one. smite thee on the one cheek turn unto him the other also. The opposite conduct was pursued. On the slightest offence being committed by the aborigines the whole of the colonial population was called out in arms, and the aborigines in great part exterminated, and this was stated to be necessary for the protection of the colonial emigrants. He would, i n answer to t hi s , re f er to ac counts which had been received of the success of the experiment which had been tried of adopting an oppo site mode of treating the natives. He alluded to the accounts which had been received from Sydney from Mr. Robinson, who had been appointed protector of the aborigines in that colony, of the success which had attended an experiment of an opposite character. The other experiment of severity had been tried in vain ; the military had been ordered out at the:expense of 30,000/. Upwards of 70,0001. had been expended on this expedi. tion, and this great effort on the part of the Government resulted in the capture of one black man.—( Cheers.) Such being the case, Mr. Robinson had pursued a directly opposite course, he had gone among the na tions, not only in the neighbourhoad of Sydney, but at Swan River, Van Diemen's Land, and in fact in alt the other Australian dependencies --not one of hi. party was armed—they went among the natives, reasoned with them, and effected more, in persuading them of the benevolent intentions of the English Government, than all the military display, or thousands of pounds ex pended, had been able to do before.—(Cheers.) There was another great injustice perpetrated on the natives, in refusing to accept their evidence except upon oath. This was not putting them on an equality with our selves, nor could they be said to be in possession of equal rights as long as this was the case. Because a heathen might be ignorant of the existence of a God, it was no reason why the Government should be de prived of the benefit of his evidence, or why he should be deprived of those rights which belonged to him as a social being. He hoped to see a Bill carried in Par liament, enah!ing the evidence of such pc-sons to be received withont being on oath. He had alluded to a class of evils which had been perpetrated under the appellation of benefits. He would now allude to acts of c'uelty which had been perpetrated without the sanction of the Government. Many of the unfortunate natives of places which we had colonised had been seized by colonists, fastened to trees, carried into capti vity, and sold as slaves ; and although these had not been the acts of the Government, yet they had been perpetrated because the Government had not interfered for their protection. The reason assigned for these cruel ties was the necessity that existed for treating savages as beasts and not as men. Against this doctrine he would protest, and the ancient heathens in this particu lar seemed to be in advance of the Christians of the present day. " Homo sum, nil human= ame alienum puto," was the saying of one of their great men, in which he fully concurred. They were all God's creatures, equally with ourselves, and it was impossible to suppose that they were to be treated as if they were brutes. If there was but a spark of Divine grace in the breast of a human b e i ng th at was sufficient to con stitute him a Christian, an d h e contended, by the same reasoning, that if there were a spark of intellect exist ing in the breast that was sufficient t o const i tute the individual a man and a fellow creature, however much that intellectual spark might be clouded and dimmed.— (Cheers.) He hoped the Colonists would regard these individuals as their fellow creatures, and as capable of enjoying the same benefits as th emse l ves. It was not only by interference with the Government, but by the Christian influence they might exercise over in dividuals that their efforts would be available. It was their duty to urge the Government and other Societies to take such steps—that they would go hand in hand with them in their endeavours to improve the natives. They ware not to be discouraged by the thin ness of the meeting, in their endeavours to carry out the objects of the Society, for there never was a time more favourable than the nineteenth century, to the effecting of every benevolent object.—(Hear, hear.) He was convinced that, before many years elapsed, they would see the world at large accompanying them, and approving of their objects.—(Cheers.) C. STURGEON, Esq., then rose to second the resolu tion. Unless there were equal laws and equal rights between the white rind the black population o f our colo nies, the blacks n ever would listen to their instructions in Christianity as anything but false pretext.—(H ear , hear.) hear.) The su bj ect o f t he inadmissibility of the na tives, who had no notion of future rewards and punish ments, to gi ve ev id ence i n Courts of Justice, had been already touched upon. In our own country there w as near l y an analogous case , w hi c h w as this, that no stress was l a id on the ev id ence of an accomplice of guilt, unless it was confirmed by other circumstances. 131!t, the poor Indian s had not the opportunity even of going before a tribunal to state what they knew was a fact —to tell their " plain unvarnished tale," so that the unprejudiced might judge whether it co uld be cor roborated or not ; the moment they were que stioned as to their b e li e f i n a future state of rewar d s a nd punish ments there was an end of the i r test i m ony-, however good it mi g h t b e. This system tende d to deprive the natives of every thing likejustice and fairness. He would app ea l to those j who were anxious for the success of the mi ss i onary, who went forth w i t h a book in which was writte n '• Whatsoever y o u would that me n shoul d do unto y ou d o ye also unto them, f or that is the Law and the P rop h et . , " whether it was r i g ht or just to ex clude th e nat i ves f rom giving ev i dence i n cases of viola tion and robbery, because forsooth they were not ac quainted with the bein- , and attributes of a God ? —Meer.) If suc h ill treatment b continue, they would fly to the deserts away from among those who sought to plant the germ of Christianity ; and as the poet said, instead of looking to the Christian's hope, and the Christian's lite, they would anticipate a death and a hope " Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold." The CHAIRMAN then introduced to the meeting Mr. BoucitEa, a gentleman who ha d resided for sometime in New South Wales • and who said, that he would give th e meet i ng t h e particulars of a most bar barous massacre which had recently taken place in that colony, of 28 natives. He read the following state ment from the Sydney Monitor, of November 19, 1838 :—" The trial of 11 men for the slaughter of a company of aborigines of both sexes—and all ages—f:om sucking infants, to hoary hairs—took place on the 15th. In the evidence our readers will perceive that the 23 persons put to the sword by the eleven stock keepers, are not accused of committing any personal violence whatever to these eleven men or their neighbours ; the only thing " laid to their charge is, they had committed a depreda tion upon some sheep once—and that they once " rushed" some cattle belonging to them.—(" Rushing" cattle im• plies the galloping off of cattle, when they have long been left to themselves, at the approach of black men.) The company of black men had become domesticated among these very men. One of them had been the chief cause of the taking up their residence near his hut, and he himself seems to have formed a friendship for them. The blacks were residing in peace and confi dence, as usual, when a party of men mounted and armed with swords and pistols, galloped up to the place. From the manner of the party the blacks, who are not deficient in intellect as they are represented in books, perceived danger, and ran for safety to their huts. They were taken out, tied one by one to a long rope, and, having thus arrived at the place chosen for the catastrophe the work of slaughter began. Two shots were fired ; the sword, it would seem did the rest without noise, except the cries of their victims. After the slaughter, a fire composed of dead trunks of trees, and many yards in extent, was kindled, and the headless bodies and skulls were placed on the pile." It was not improper that these eleven men should have had counsel hired fo' them ; but it was not to the credit of New South Wales that a general subscription should have been raised among the graziers and the magistrates of Hunter's River to an amount much larger than even three coun sel could demand. The verdict of acquittal was highly popular. The aristocracy of the colony for once joined heart and hand with the prison population in expressions of joy at the acquittal. We tremble for a country when such feelings and such principles prevail." Mr. Boucher stated that the natives of the colony were the most harmless, inoffensive race of men, and it was certainly most imperatively demanded that some means should be taken to prevent the recurrence of such outrages.—( Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN suggested that, as in most cases there were two sides to a story, and as there had only at present been heard one side, it would be better for some Member of Parliament to move for the papers upon the subject.—(Hear, hear.) Captain ATCHERLEY said he was delighted to have an opportunity of testifying to the great importance of this Society. In North America, for instance, instead of our civilizinikand improving the population, we had been shunnecras their pest.—(Hear, hear.) The Hudson's Bay Company, he was sorry to say, had driven the natives front their original possessions. Then, as to Africa, Colonel Campbell, late Governor of Sierra Leone, had received a unanimous testimonial of appro bation and gratitude from the native as well as the white population of the colony. What was the answer to that natural proposition ? An order was sent out by the same vessel to relieve Colonel Campbell, because there was a stronger party behind the curtain, who were of opinion that if the slave trade were put down, it would be impossible for them to pro cure a slave population for the West India Islands to cultivate the sugar canes.—(Hear, hear.) Ho was sorry to say that the God of Mammon was all powerful and prevailed against the humane representations o' Colonel Campbell, who was removed, and another per son appointed, and that arrangement had given the greatest dissatisfaction to the black population. These were unpleasant truths, but it was necessary to state them to the meeting and the public, in order to concentrate public opinion upon the subject, and arrest the dreadful system of slavery, which was still carried on on the coast of Africa. It was carried on by Portugal, by Spain, and, he regretted to add, by France, and by Englishmen. He assured them that although the system was cloaked to their eyes, it was going on to a greater extent than ever. When he (Captain A.) was in the Brazils, he had observed that the slave vessels did not come to Buenos Ayres or to Rio, but some of the smaller ports Many of these vessels were fitted out in the port of London. They brought out a cargo to the Brazil-, and then went to the coast of Africa, where they took in a cargo of slaves. The height between decks was only four feet, and into that space the unfortunate slaves were thrust, in chains. If they were pursued and taken, and that a single slave was found on hoard, the vessel was confiscated ; and to avoid that, they compelled the slaves to come upon deck and jump overboard.--( Hear, hear.) He would not occupy their time longer, but would recommend the hook he held in his hand, and which had been presented to him by Colonel Campbell, to the consideration of the Society.—(Cheers.) The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. The Rev. JOHN BURNETT moved the last resolution, I as followc " Toot this meeting., highly appreciating the labours of Christian missionaries among the less civilized tribes as the best, although not the sole, means of advancing civilization among them, earnestly hopes the number of such missionaries may be greatly augmented; and that, in order to secure their due efficiency, this meeting con siders it of primary importance to afford them every possibly assistance in relieving them from those political and mercantile operations to which some of them have been occasionally and unavoidably subjected." After alludin g to the thinness of the meeting, which he imputed to the Society assembling in the lower room instead of the upper room at Exeter-hall, and to the principles and objects of the Society not being more generally known to the public, he said he did not see why they should not hold local meetings in schools and chapels, until it was thoroughly known. If the Society adopted measures to pursue that course, the public would be surprised that they had not heard more of it, and that they had paid to its claims so very limited a share of attention. If its objects and movements were fully known to the public, the public would drive them out of that room, simply because they could not meet the Society in it.—(Cheers.) • The resolution directed the attention of the Society to the labours of the mis sionaries, and pointed to them as the best (although not the only) means of promoting civilization. There was a time when such language would be held by com paratively few—when missionaries were thought to be mere wild fanatics and enthusiasts, not only incapable of civilizing barbarous nations, but almost uncivilized themselves. There was a time when civilization was in the hands of the philosophers—when it belonged to the Voltaires, and the Diderots, and the French En cyclopedists. There was a time when, if religion was connected with civilization, it would have been thought entirely out of place. But look at these ancient mono polists of civilization. Where was there a philosopher who had ever denied himself—who had ever risked his life in endeavouring to renovate and enlight e n th e bar barous nations of the earth ?—( Hear, hear.) They staid at home and did nothing but talk against those who did. NV here had they ever seen a Philosophic Society which had laboured to put an end to the Slave Trade—where had they ever seen a Philosophic Society which had taken up the cause of the unfortunate Aborigines ? (Hear, hear.) No, they had left all these good works to the Missionaries, and then they said that the enthu siasm of Christianity was coming to its consummation. That there were new crusades about to commence, and they prepared themselves to exercise their fancies in prose and verse upon these new crusades, as they had upon the former ones. The missionaries, however, went out to their stations, leaving philosophy at home to talk about enthusiasm. They went to risk their lives, and some of them lost them. They persevered in their good work, and he thought, if any of these philosophers took up Captain Cook's voyages in the South Seas, and compared them with the reports, and the results of missionary labours, they would blush at the contrast, and at the utter insignificence of their false reasoning, and their soulless philosophy.--( Cheers. ) The missionaries were the most fit to accomplish this work on account of the peculiar circumstances in which they were placed. If it was necessary to effect civiliza tion that not only the individual, but the whole commu nity should be improved, what class, he would ask could so well effect that desirable object as missionaries ? —(Cheers.) Should merchants be sent out to civilize a country, would it not be to their interest to make the best bargain they could, and also to obtain the most profitable cargo ? Should political enthusiasts be sent out for such a purpose, might they not be carried away by their enthusiasm ?—(Cheers.) Should military men be sent out, would they not be to much localized to ac complish the task ?—(Cheers.) But when a missionary was sent out, he did not succeed in his mission till he had christianised the community ; he had not accom complished his task until he had fashioned the whole population into a Christian Church.—(Cheers.) It was the interest of the missionary more than any individual to carry out the great work of civilization.—(Cheers.) The resolution, therefore, did not go too far when it told them that the missionary was the best calculated to civilize, though, at the same time, it reminded them that the missionary was not alone the agent in the cause. It might be asked bad the missionary labours in barbarous nations shown a good result ? Clearly they had ; and as a proof of that he would only request the meeting to consider what had taken place in Trinidad. There the missionaries had been labouring with great success, there the slaves had been enlightened, and their bonds set free, and what had been the result ? Why, so anxious were they to appear civilized, that they had ordered 200 watches ; they would not wait for the best, but the number was furnished them at 10s. Gd. each, together with a seal and key. An order had also been sent for bonnets for the black ladies.—(Cheers.) So much for the labours of the missionaries ; and he only mentioned these cir cumstances to show that civilization and missionary labours went together. With respect to the duties that devolved upon the present Society, he would say, look to the Antipodes, and at New South Wales, the civilization there could not withstand the broadsides of the fleets of Europe ; then who were to protect them, when they could not protect themselves, but that Society?—(Cheers.) As an instance of this, he would just state, that some time since, the French sent Roman Catholic Priests to Tahaiti, the Queen there would not accept their services, and all present must know, that Queens had the right if they chose, it was part of their prerogative, no t t o re ceive th e serv i ces o f those whom they did not choose to employ.—(Great cheering.) The Catholic priests went to Tahaiti, the Queen declined their services most civilly. She treated them in a Christian spirit, but begged leave to re (lat them to offer tlp.ir services elsewhere. They eft the Island, they met a French vessel, and having informed the Captain of what had taken place. he determined to go back to the island, and demand sa tisfaction for the in su lt o ff ere d t o th e Fren c h nation by an independent Queen, and that officer, simply because he had the means of destruction in his power which he knew the people of Tahaiti had not, stated that unless two thousand dollars were immediately paid to him, the French flag planted in the territory, and a salute of 21 guns fired in honour of that fl ag , h e wou ld immedi ately fire a broadside on the island.—(Cheers.) They had no remedy—what could t hey do ? They paid the money—they planted the flag, and fired the salute— they adopted a wise course. It would have been folly for them to contend ;'but was that the system to be pursued by the armed ships of Europe ? That Society was the proper medium for their protection. The two thousand dollars were taken by direct robbery, he could give it no other name—the planting of the flag was a direct insult which would have roused the blood .of every Frenchman had it occurred in France. That was the course which had always been pursued, and would always be pursued, so long as the spirit of gain actuated the human mind. What nation was par ticularly called upon to provide for the protection of the aborigines ? We had our flag on every sea, and long might we have it so—our ships were in every port, and long might they be so—our name was known in in every market throughout the world—they did not wish to restrict their commerce ; our ships, colonies, and commerce had long been our boast—but let us take care that they do not become our disgrace.— (Cheers.) He would not be afraid to m ee t an y one ,lass in Great Britain upon the point of the right and necessity of the labours of the Society. What had been the custom hitherto ? A man goes and settles on the borders of the encampment of the aborigines, and Immediately he commences shooting the natives, ,rho otherwise might have been useful to him ; had he, in place of taking away his life, -ivilized him, taught him, the settler would then have had a protector from the wild beast of the desert. He hoped the Committee would bring the Society under the public notice in all parts of the metropolis. He would be most happy to give all the aid in his power to- Nerds so desirable a conclusion—(Cheers)—and he trusted that, by making known its objects, by the next Annual Meeting they would be enabled to meet in the upper room.—( Cheers.) The Rev. M. H AWTIIEY said he had been unexpectedly called on to second the resolution, but he had much plea sure in doing so, because he was firmly convinced that the principles of the Society were those which would greatly benefit the poor benighted aborigines. If it was desirable that the Ministers of the Gospel should not be engaged in commerce, or abstain from politics, so ne also thought ought the Missionary, when he went abroad. At home the most civilised parts were those where the Gospel was best known, and so it would be abroad. It was a disgrace to England that so few Missionaries had been sent out, and he trusted it would soon be wiped out. For these reasons he had much plea sure in seconding the resolution. The resolution was then put and agreed to una nimously. Ttie CHAIRMAN hoped the meeting would bear in mind the recommendation given by Mr. Burnett, and also that he had engaged to lecture in favour of the Society, and that every one would, in his own sphere, assert the degree of influence which he possessed, thereby enlarging the usefulness of the Society. When once the subject came before the country at large, supporters and subscribers would not be wanted ; and they could not expect to influence the Government, until the public voice was raised. The Rev, E. EDWARDS, of Lynn, could hardly con ceive it possible for any Christian to look upon the ope rations of the Society, and the great objects which it proposed, with indifference. He therefore cordially proposed the next resolution, for the appointment of officers. Mr. WM. ALLEN seconded the motion, which was agreed to. __ Colonel NicHou.s, late Governor of Fernando Po, moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman for the im portant services which he had rendered to the objects contemplated by the Society, and for his kindness in taking the chair on this occasion. Dr. HODGKIN, in seconding the resolution, said it would be like showing a light to the sun to attempt to inform the meeting what the coloured race owed to the Chairman.—(Cheers.) He wished to offer a few sug gestions to those who might be friendly to the cause. He would suggest to their stenographic friends to have the kindness to impress the various Editors of the Papers with which they were connected, with the importance of this subject, in order that it might be made more fully understood not only in the country, but in the Colonies, for it was of the utmost importance that the Society should have friends in the Colonies acquainted with the subject— ready to send information of every description, because information and knowledge of facts were the weapons of the Seciety.—( Hear, hear.) Another important service which the editors might render was, to disabuse the Co lonists as to the nature of the Society, and to show to them that this Society was not the enemy of any class of Colonists. Another circumstance worthy of attention was that the friends of the Society should provide them selves with its publications, and circulate them amongst their friends.—( Hear, hear.) The friends to the cause might also most materially assist by correspondence. Dr. Hodgkin had that very morning received a most valuable and important letter from Dr. Prichard, of Bristol, a letter which the lateness of the hour alone prevented him from producing at the thee*. ing, but which would be printed without delay. He had great pleasure in seconding the resolution. The SECRETARY then put the resolution, which was carried unanimously amid loud applause. The CHAIRMAN said, that as they had lately heard so much on this subject, he should not detain them longer than by returning them his thanks, and express ing a hope that by following Mr. Burnett's advice, and promoting the deli% ery of lectures on this subject, and the discussion of the objects of the Society, they would be enabled next year to muster in sufficient numbers to enable them to occupy the large room.—(Cheers.) The meeting separated at four o'clock. The Report contains a list of the Honorary Members of the Society ; among whom are—in the United States of North America, Governor Everett, Mr. Tappan, General Harrison, Colonel Stone, Richard Drake, and John Ross, a Cherokee Chief ;--in Germany, Alex ander VOn Humboldt, Blumenbach, Tiedeman, Julius, and Mittermaier ;—in France, Edwards, Isambert, De Gerando, Julien, De Tocqueville, Cabet, and De Beau mont ;—in Italy, Orioli ;—in Holland, Hogendorp ; and in almost every other foreign country men of the like character ;—and at home, Clarkson, Pritchard, Chalmers, Campbell, and Herschell. This part of the Report concludes with the following tribute to the departed : " In addition to those who are still living, we desire in an especial manner to record our respect for our de ceased Honorary Members, namely, Mrs. Grant, of Laggan, the able writer of the Memoirs of an Ameri can Lady,' a work which contains the best account with which we are acquainted of the North American Indians of the last century ; the Hon. and Right Rev. Dr. Stuart, Bishop of Quebec, whose enlightened zeal realized all that Mrs. Grant's sagacity perceived the Red Indian to be capable of when duly instructed ; the Rev. Samuel Marsden, who may justly be said to have been the founder of New Zealand civilization ; and M. Chamisso, of Berlin, a distinguished German voyager and writer." HERTFORD ELECTION. (YETERDAY.) The polling commenced yesterday morning at eigh o'clock. The following are the numbers : NINE O'CLOCK, Sir Minto Farquhar - - - - 54 Hon. Mr. Cowper TEN O'CLOCK. Sir Minto Farquhar - - - 86 Hon. Mr. Cowper ELEVEN O'CLOCK. Sir Mint() Farquhar 136 Hon. Mr. Cowper ----- 136 TWELVE O'CLOCK. Sir Minto Farquhar - - - - 161 Hon. Mr. Cowper HALF-PAST TWELVE O ' CLOCK. Sir Minto Farquhar - - - - 173 Hon. Mr. Cowper ONE O ' CLOCK. Sir Minto Farquhar - - - - 195 Hon. Mr. Cowper TWO O'CLOCK. Sir Minto Farquhar - - 221 Hon. Mr. Cowper THREE O'CLOCK. Sir Minto Farquhar 243 Hon. Mr. Cowper FOUR O'CLOCK. FINAL CLOSE. Hon. Mr. Cowper Sir Minto Farquhar - - - 278 Majority for the Hon. Mr. Cowper 19 The above numbers are from Sir M. Farqubar's Committee-room. Mr. Cowper's Committee make the numbers nearly the same. MR. JAMES'S NEW NOVEL " CHARLES TYR RELL."—A novel from Mr. James is always welcome. The present production is excellent in every respect. We have incident in great variety, with a style and mode of conducting the many-coloured and diversified events which are related, that denote the dexterity of a practised and accomplished novelist. We do: not like to forestall th e reader's pleasure by untangling the mazy web of which the story is com p os ed, but we can assure hi m th at h i s sympathy will be powerfully excited, and that he will he charmed alike by the character of the incidents and the power displayed in unfolding them.—Courier. EVENING EDITION. BOROUGH OF IVTAhYL`F,BONE REFORM ASSOCIA CION. It having been resolved at a Meeting of this Associa tion, " That in the existing state of parties in the Borough, the return of two Reform Candidates can be secured only by cordial union among Reformers. " That to promote such a union, this Association, do choose by Ballot, only one Reform Candidate , and the Reform Association in Warren-street is hereby invited to choose only one Reform Candidate. " That, in the opinion of this Association, when the two Reform Candidates have been so chosen, by their respective Associations, a Public Meeting of Reformers ought to be convened, to ratify their choice, and to secure the cordial co-operation of all classes of Reformers. " That a copy of the above resolutions be sent to our tried friends, the Parochial Committee and other Re formers of St. Pancras, with an earnest invitation to assist this Association by their en-operation and advice ; and that the ballot, mentioned in the second resolution, be postponed, till they have had an opportunity of ex pressing an opinion on the course now proposod." " That a copy of these resolutions be also sent to the Reform Association in Warren Street. A meeting of the Association was held yesterday evening, at the Horse and Groom, Portland-steeet, when it was stated that these resolutions having been forwarded to the Secretary of the Pancras Parochial Committee (Mr. Douglas), the answer was to the effect that though the Committee fully agreed in the neces sity of union among Reformers, and wished to have at least one Radical in for the borough, but that at pre sent there appeared no prospect of a dissolution, and that therefore, there did not seem to be any reason for an immediate nomination of Candidates. The Warren street Society had merely acknowledged the receipt of the communication through the newspapers. The Warren street Society had expressed a surprise that, at least as to Sir Benjamin Hall, any change in the representation of the borough should be contempl sted. The Reform Association, however, repudiated the starting doctrine that because a candidate had once been elected he was not, therefore, at a dissolution to be accountable to his constituents. Independence of the smiles of a Court and of the corruption of a Ministry, the Reform Asso ciation certainly approved ; but independence of a con stituency they did not understand. Mr. W ALL (the Honorary Secretary for the Reform Association said, whereas Sir S. Whalley had always stood the ordeal of a Ballot from the Reform Assooia tions. Sir B. Hall did not seem inclined to go through such a test ; and the consequence of a gentleman standing forward as a candidate wholly dependent on his own will, would be, that instead of two Reform candi dates being elected, one only would be returned. Re form Associations were recommended by their Com mittee to join with the St. Pancras Parochial Commit tee in choosing for the present only one candidate, to be afterwards submitted to a public meeting of the Re formers. Mr. Wall stated that this Association did un doubtedly comprise the great body of the working men of the borough. What would be the position of Sir 13. Hall, if he had not the cordial co-operation of this Association ?—( Hear, hear, and a cry of " He must go to the wall"—Laughter.) If the Warren-street As sociation were for peace, the Reform Association were for peace—(Cheers)—but if the Warren-street Society were for war, war they should have—(Great cheering)and the result would be, to bring in one Tory.—(Hear, hear, and a cry of " T wo .") E very t i me that t h e As sociation had put f orwar d two cand i dates, an d two only—they had su ccee d e d.—(H ear. ) Several Sp ea k ers expresse d a h ope that t h e Re formers of the b oroug h wou ld agree together to sup port one Whig an d one R a di ca l— an d b ot h wou ld be carried through triu m ph an tl y ; t hi s exc i te d great cheer- ing. Mr. TAYLOR said it appeared to him that the only question was, whether this Association should postpone the nomination of a second Candidate—seeing that the Warren-street Society ha,l selected Sir B. Hill. Un doubtedly a long preceding nomination was dangerous. —( El ear, hear.) Mr. G. A. YOUNG said he must confess that most of Sir B. Hall's votes had met with his 9P probation. But it was a j us t an d r i g h teous pro position on the part of this Association, that their principles were entitled at least to o ne re p resentat i ve f or t h e b o rough • and so long as six e l ec t ors wou ld a dh ere to that Pr°l 3°- , sition, lie was deter m i ne d to carry i t out.--(Cheers . ) A deep principle was i nvo l ve d i n th i s question, whether, the independence o f th e b oroug h s h ou ld be supportea by the electors ch oos i ng t h e i r own can didates, or de stroyed by allowin g can did ates to b e thrust upon ththemby a clique.—(Che e r s .) H e t h oug h t no thing more fair than the proposal of th e A ssoc i at i on , a nd he cordially supported the recommendation of the Committee. Colonel THOMPSON said the body of Reformers be divided into " finality" an d " anti -finality men. Now, as Marylebone stood in rather a more favourable position with respect to Radicals than many other boroughs, was it not their duty to carry forward their object manfully ?—(Cheers.) There were upwards of 300 boroughs in the empire. in which the Radicals had, if they were decided and firm in their conduct, at least a chance of succeeding. Now, allow only one in ten of these, there were 30 true Radical Reform ers secured for the House of Commons. Let the Whigs have Sir B. Hall ; but why shoull not the Radicals have their man too ?—(Cheers.) They had the power —let it be exercised.—(Cheers.) And if disunion en sued, let the blame rest with those who produced the dissension, by refusing the reasonable proposal for an equal share of the representation between Whigs and Radicals.—(Cheers.) Signs might, perhaps, be at pre sent against the Radical cause, but, assuredly, it was rapidly gaining ground in the country.—(Cheers.) The report was received and adopted. It was resolved that the Warren-street Society bad grossly misrepresented the views of the Association, a t a meeting reported in the Chronicle and Advertiser yesterday (Monday), that the Association adhered to its resolutions. [We must mention it as " rather too bad" th at the meeting summoned at 7 for 8, was delayed till 9. Some people's time is valuable. ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN• SHREWSBURY, MAY 20.—A requisition, respectably signed, having been presented to the Mayor on Thurs day last, wishing him to call a public meeting, to cake into consideration the propriety of addressing her M g : jesty the Queen, to express the loyalty of the inbabr'' tants, their atta c h ment to h er M a j esty ' s person, and tiled congratulations on the defeat of the late atteniP t dir impose on the Queen terms inconsistent with t. i b e ; „ t y nignity of the Crown ; and also to petition her T a t i - ye to bestow her continued confidence on those vr' °-- a a d proved themselves the zealous advocates of civi l religious liberty. The Mayor ' (Richard Ford, Esq.) issued notices DI vening a pu bli c meet i eg in the Guildhall, which t°° place ac cor di ng l y t hi s day. Soon after twelve o 'elec l, i the Hall was fill e d to overlowing ; the whole pro ceed' ings reflected credit upon the inhabitants of Shrews° bury. The bigoted Tories knowing they wo uld ha ve been in a very small minority, stayed away, with on e very insignificant exception, who alone opposed th u e resolutions i n wor d and b y holding up his han d , whi t is is generally employed even more raischievously. in circulating calumny and falsehood. The Mayor obton e " him a heari ng an d h e commenced by saying we look abro a d at our domestic affairs."—The speakers in support of the objects of the meeting, were M r ' Yardley, whose s p eec h on mov i ng the first resolution was highly creditable to his abilities and principles. M r ' Slaney, M.P., in support of it spoke well, and bis re* marks and opinions expressed, have increased the t r i e. pact felt for him by hi s const i tuents. The Rev. ' f i; Leicester in secondin g th e Add ress, did hi mse lf much honour as a Clergyman of the Establishment, in ° l f taining th e p r i nc ipl e o f l oya l ty to t h e S overe i gn , in c°l junction with an ar d en t support o f t h e true i ntere sts • the people and of general civil and religious liberty. Proposed by W. YARDLEY, Esq., and seconded by W. I. CLEMENT, Esq. " That in the present state of public affairs it i s e „ s / ; pedient that the inhabitants of this town present Address and petition to her Majesty, the (Nee"' el) to gratulating her on the failure of the late atteniPt remove from the Royal Household her Majesty h er sonal friends, thanking her Majesty for reo 4lling• es tfteformer Ministe r s, an d p ray i ng h er M a j esty at a ll to entrust the a d m i n i s t rat i on o f t h e a ff a i rs of t he - ta n d to sincere Reforme rs an d zea l ous a d vocates o f civil religious liberty." The Address embodied the sentiments of the fi rst Resolution, and was proposed by W. tiAzLEDINE, Esq . and seconded by the Rev. CHARLES LEICESTER. It was moved by Mr. B. Poor. and seconded by Mr. R. J. MUCKLESTON, ci That the Mayor, the Mover and Seconder of the Address, and R. A. Slaney, Esq., the Member for th is Borough, present the Address to her Majesty." ' Thanks to the Mayor were voted with three c heers , Three cheers were given for Mr. Slaney, and the Meet" ing separated. The several Resolutions and Address were c arried enthusiastically with one solitary dissentient. SMITHFIELD CHARTER ASSO CIATION-SIMULTANEOUS MEETINGS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—Havin g un d en i a b le proofs of spies in various di sgu iser among the p eo pl e, at our Meeting on Kennington Comm on, armed with pocket pi sto l s an d other destructive weapons, we rejoice, in despite of all their vile efforts, (aided by secret money to entrap us,) that they and their blood -thirsty employers were disappointed. And we the more Snub' resolved, that morally, or physically, they shall be made to bite the dust, as all unprincipled, dark plotting villai ns ought, who seek thus to enslave their more virtuous and industrious fellow-countrymen. As a public manifestation of these our honest and und;sguiscd feelings, we r equest the inse r ti on o f t hi s i n your P a p er , which will oblige tho se whose principles are " Peace and good will unto all men. T. SMITH, Secretary. MAY 20, 1839. , The excelle roundii bourho Park, Southa notice. 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