The Sun. — London, England, 1814-06-18 00:00:00

bad latelF r.eceiveei deadly Vow teor:: a Bill brongirt into Parliament by an. Hon. and Learned Vilma near him (Mr. Brougham), for glaring it on the same, footing as other felonies. This was xing the scandal of public opinion upon it ; and since -Oat time men wonlii be as much ashatned.of being advocMes of the Slave Trade, as they wmdcl, be to be advocates for murder or house-hreakiog: 1-16 understood that in consequence of. this AM, there were two men now on hoard the hulks ) who had amassed 'fortunes in' Africa by the, Shire Tsude. 'Taey had continued their practices after the„passing of the Act ; but the law ititircepte.l them in their career, and Sellt them to the -hulks, the common receptacle of felons. The Frenc!) Isere a high-minded antt geuerous people ; and he -hoped that when they were aquainfed with the real character of the trade, they would abandon it.-- '.here was, however, one consideration which he thought should have . opened the eyes of our ne gociators: There was not (he might say it without any ,flattery to the people of this country), the same degree of religious and 1130ral feeling il) France as in this country... It was ,upon the reli gious and morarfeeling of this country, as upon a rock, that he hail planted his foot in all the ex ert ions that he had made for the success of the cause. He had argued, that it. vrits contrary to the laws of God and the dictates of humanity; and he had felt assured, that in tliis coutttry, be fore . such argument as that, all argument :1 drawn from political con'i-enieuce, or political iutereste, would be blown away like chaff before.the wink!. Such was the casein thig•country ; hut we could vot feel the satue assurance that those conNi- &rations xvould have equal weight another country. Lie hoped, however, .that the cause of Justice and Philanthropy must .ultimately ,tri umph.. It was, however, a circumstance which gave considerable satisfaction►: and hope, that those Illustrious Monarchs, with whom we we Fe now . . allied, with wiwin we had been joined in arduous ,struggles, and who had now arrived to the pin- Itncle of glory, were friends to the 'abOlition of -.the Slave Trade (Gond applause). The Huiperor Alexander, as he understood, was particularly fa vourable to their cause. lie was infOrmed, that .the King of Prussia and the Emperor of 'Austria were plsofavcrurable, -They owed it to their own high characters, they owed it to Almighty God whoshad.plaeed•dietet:in situations of such high influence over human affairs, to give their best endeavours to alleviate the evils of. mankind, .and mitigate the sufferings and wraehedness.of Africa. A Congress was- shortly to be held-at Viinna for settling the peace of Europe ; and he hoPed, that at that Congress such representations . would made as.might.be effectual in. patting an iritwe diate ctop•tp this trade;- We lout now , ceded large colonies to France, with an express understand jog that the trade was to'continue for five years, and we had no security that it .would he .discontinued then. Those who agreed to such -a surrender, bad certainly taken upon themselves a most fear ful-responsibility ; and it was for them to see that the . heavy price which was thus paid for peace, 4liottl4l not be•extended beyond their agreement. It was the duty, however, of the friends of the' Abolition to endeavour, in every possible way, to influence Parliament and the nat ion to oppose the cunt nuance of the Slave Trade. For this . pur pose, it would be necessary to haVe a petition presented with. signatures. so numerous, as clearly to express the feeling of this country upon this great question. Although we were at peace with ,France, we should maintain a deadly enmity to the iSlaveTrade. We shouldinake_no treaty with it, no- parley, no truce for.fiveyears. (loud applause.) Al though it might- be the intention of the negociators that the woutuk of Africa should be then closed, he aT ,p re beriacd that it would be a great aggravation of the miseries and wretchedness of that Continent . . It was precisely that part of it, where we had replaced this odious trade .by a more useful commerce, that was now to be surrendered to France. A brave officer near him (Captain Irby) had lately, in the execution of his duty, destroyed,' the fac. Wries on that coast, and rooted ont the bests of that had settled there. lie was afraid that this trade would again return there, .and nation be set against nation, village ag,ams:t viilagc, and family against family. Under the banner of their illustrious Chairman, the friends of the abolition .might feel confident, that they conic; not. have a better leader, as they were sure that they could not have a juster- cause. After some further ob servations, Le concluded by moving the itesobt tiohs (nine in number), of which the following is a correct outline . "The Meeting have viewed with regretno provisions made in the late Treaty or Peace •for the AbolitiOta of the Slave' Trade, and they are concerned to sec a proSpeet held out of its immediate revival ; 'they lament to see the popolousisland of Gandaloope, - and other places where the abolition of slavery had been made an indispensible conditiOn, ceded to Prance., by which the system of slavery and robbery would be revived .; and they were sorry that, a coast. which extended fifteen hun dred Miles, was again * given up to the detestable traffic in_ slaves.: Slice the-abolition of. the Slave Trade, they had seen the legitimate traffic of Africa increased, and its revival would consign it to destruction. They lamented the recognition of the renewal of the Slave Trade, and were of opinion that exteofsive interests would be created which, at the end of five :years, would make total abolition difficult. They were anxi ous to promote - in Frani:e a detestation of this traffic, and were desirous that Parliament should take measures for effec tually guarding against the infraction of the British Act of Abolition by the clandestine importation of Slaves from the French colonies Into those belonging to Britain. Andy finally, they most anxiously implored the frihnds of this great and gotad cause to Government, in Parliament' and in the country, to exert themselves in briciging about a per: abolition of this detestable traffic." Earl GREY felt the full force of the compliment paid to him and his Friends, for the part they had taken in the abolition of the odiouS traffic, and congratulated his "Ica. Friend on his most merci ful forbearance concerning the conduct of those Avho concluded this Treaty with France,, which ev ery one who reflected would condemn as inca pable of defence. Look at it under the different views of territorial possession, mercantile !inte rest, and national honour—points on which sa crifices were comnionly made in territorial ag grandisement j in mercantile interest we. had gained no advantage, and iu national honour h ow much'hud we lost, The honour of tin na tin , 6oTIS tted m'obiei , viAg the piincilrles inQrlity and justice ; in forgetting these, we had plunged t\trica into all the horrors of bloodshed ;-rrid devastation from which she bad recently been reseed.,-. 7 (Applans„. if .this Treaty did not re ceive modificatiOs at.the Colvess, less than' a coMplete re-establishment, with all its agravat ions, 'of this abominable trade. Since he came into this Meeting, he hat! received infor- Mation, which certainly did not surprise liiul, that many persons interested in the West India Traffic had a/petitiou in contemplation for the renewal of the Slave Trade for tivc years which they intended to present to Parliament: This, he.hopedi would be-strenuously oyposed, and effectually. silenced - ; but if it succeeded, neither his sign or his name Amide. appear at such an act of national degrada tion. lie was positive that the revival of the SlaVe Trade would be the certain consequence of the articlein the Treaty of Peace, and in this par ticular he wished the resolutiOns amended, where ifs revival was only held out in prospect. Mr. WILBE.RFoacE Said, - he was entirely of the same opinion; and the amendment was immedi ately addpted, and all the" resolutions were passed With acclamation. _ . Mr. WHITBREAD :bad been desired to propose a Petition founded on the Reiolutions to which , they had so cordially 'assented, and • after what had been said, it was difficult to arouse their feel ings to a higher pitch•;; but it was not-bitn who spoke .!.o them, hut-the voice of millions of Atia cans came throng - llhis mouth, praying their con corrduce in a iictition,,Which alt would betlesirous to sign, till the i'atliainent, speaking - in the !Mine of the whole people, would restore ;them to the pre-eminent station, which they stood before the treaty' was signed.•;---In this "trade they were a de graded, ;nit notudtzspairiug nation ;----,%0u1d never despair, they had to contend against an act of op pression. and nitirthn . they had to inform the Mind , ; : of the people of Fi auce, but to inform them through the •press; had been hitherto found impossi 4,1 e, for the Parliamentary enactment concerning this traffic had never been able•to find tbch - way into the newspApers. ~This,was:,not 'questioh of 'comparative strcagtb, ..or a - face. of opulence against opulence ; let those rule Fr - ance who could obtain that honour, and let our Allies tlraw their swords lilt our defenee, ui euiploy them against us, this was' a cause . we Ought to have maintained, and the sword of England should have remained unsheathed till it.was ontained. tztitt tic count had recently arrivcd frtim Ceylon, that some miscreants, who had stolen away• ntrinlier of children, with the design of seiling them for: slaVes, were followed, taken, condemned, aini punished, •according, as they were' told, to the 14elings of the people of I:lritaiu.;. but if . this • Treaty should find itg way to Ceylon, with what indignatiOn would those men-stealers win round to the British, when they saw that we tares justly permitted one Nation to maintain this pro 'fitable traffic, and punish others who had Claims to such merciful indulgence. Why did we sheath the sword, wilcu,. by keeping it 'out of the scab bard without shedding blood, we might have ob tained all that was humane and just ?. By per- mitting that auspicious moment to pass by we had lost the golden opportunity for ever, and it, was impossible to obtain such laudable. desires. now without - renewing the Horrors of. hum an carnage in Etirope., We were now revelling in delights, and. consecrating day arid night . tb festivity, while we were carelessly consigning to .miser,y millions of innocent and.unborn victims. Trophies of suc cessful ‘varlareliad been hung around us ; we had read that the brave armies of France contend ed with armies braver still, who became their 'conquerors, but what was the contest now ? Oi. the. coast of Africa, slave ships, a.sight unusual there, have arrived, and the dismal scenes of sof%. feting, and violence, and niureker, will he speedily recommenced. He hoped the whole nation would, present a Petition against file • traffic ; had already been, compelled to listen to the Voice of the people in a measure (the Corn Bib) which .was sanctioned by many wise and well-informed tnen ; let them lift their voice in the eause,,of, ha, inanity, and their interference would save • Atrica, lie concluded by. moving, " That a Petition, founded on the nesOlutious, should be drawn out and presented to both (louses of Parliament." LOrd MILTON concurred with the Resolutions, and with the. Motion for a Petition, bat recom mended an amendment in one of the Resolutions, where the wish to prevent - the introduction of the, Slave Trmie"-into the French Islands appear to emanate more from a desire of mercantile gain than feeling's of humanity. This'amendment was lintnediately adopted. Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH said,, the article con cerning the Slave Trade, in the Treaty, admitted of no defence, and he hoped they were prepared . to pass upon it a final sentence of degradation, for be never• remembered the hand of Britain put to an act so disgraceful. in five years a million of slares would be 'transported' to St. Domingo and the fertile coast of Brazil, and different parts in America, and the. human species would thus be destroyed by horrible expedients. He would have preferred . a continuation of war to a stipulation which meditated murder against the people of Africa. The Marquis of LANS.DOWN said the Petition to .the Peers would be presented by his Royal High ness in the Chair, and to the House of Collin - lons by the great father of the measure, Mr. Wilber force. Much would be done by the perseverance of the friends of the cause. The Councils of fo reign Sovereigns would be influenced in helmlf of humanity ; and when the Congress was, held for Abe final arrangements of the affairs of Europe,-he hoped the abolition of slavery would he presented to France as a law recognized by. England and the Allied Sovereigns—a law to direct the world, so long as religion, hutnanity, and mercy reigned among men; and ,he was persuaded France would never lay her hand on the acts .of this unhallowed cause, and unslkath her sword against the neigh• bouring nations. The Noble Marquis concluded by moving that the Duke of Gloucester and Mr. 'Wilberforce should be ,requested to present the Petition to both Houses.of Parliament. _ _ 'Lord HOLLAND, Sir S. ROMILLY, and Lord KINNAIRD, spoke precisely to the same effect'as the preceding speakers; after which the Duke of Gloucester left the Chair, and thanks were unit.- i • n:oay vote e !Lib:ills a L,osii6';;li .' , .,4-vang succeeded fiiM as Chairlitan. 1 hanks were also voted to Yr. Wilberr6rci:., the Marquis of Lansdowne, and the 'other Noble men s5-ha had been instrutku.tel', in callingthe . . eet i Lig . latter piotion h7.7:ng- been piTpared by Mr. Waithman, who,,hoped he wollid hefearter want theii concurrence when great leading ques tions were agitated, and it him pectt_ , liar satisfaction in seeing then' appear in meetings of a Simil'ar destription oftener in future. He therefore moved the Thanks of the Mteting tn the Illustrious Characters who had' been instrumental in calling them all together: Earl Gnat expressed, much gtatilicatioit the motion, and his pleasure was not at all diminish ed when he recollected the quarter in which it had originated. He was, Whate,ver the Gentletbari who had-proposed the motion .might think, a sin cere friend to lroertv and the principles-of the Constitution, and was unconscious of having merited censure for in) , of his public acts. lie would hereafter continue, as he had done hereto fore to follow the dictates of his own conscience, careless whether he met that Gentlenrans ap plause or not, for he Was neither dismayed by his esnisure,-nor cheered by his approbation Mr. WA ITHM AN stepped' fOnVard to .reply, amid infinite clamour and abundance of , groans and hisses. His friends called out lousily tip the Chair- Iran to calm the tumult, hut in the mean time the Thanks of the Company were given 'to the Noble Chairman, and the seat was left vacant. The clamour seemed rather to increase than dint.inish. ?dr. Waithinan maintained his resolution to be heard with perseverance, and a Gentleman who stood beside - him called out " Chair, Chafr 1 ." When a persoh, who stood at tlre contemptuously turned the back . of the vacant chair : on Mr. \V. who immediately turned away ; and after 'a fruitless endeavour to obtain a hear . ittg frbm a portion of, the company, at length de sisted. • The Petition was ordered to remain at the Bar for sigAature. FRENCH PAPERS-. ' ROME, MAY 28.-1 n the morning of tile..l,Gth, his Ho:ittess assisted at a solemn Nltas, in tote Church cif St. Ah , rtin. He was attcAccl hi Car= (limas Ricca, Ruifo, and Caraciole. The Ilmgaiian Cavalry perform the oGice traril 'oT honour tq big Holiness, If is 'coizt- r Minded 'by MajorSigism'nna"d'Oqpitz. Yesterday morning their Most r.. - .l , .iistian Ma jesties; the Zing, and Queen o . f . Spain,, the King theßrinee,pf 'Peace, went to the Quirinal Palace, and had an interview with his Holiness. Lucien I3uonapaite anived yesterday morning in this Capital, and in the evenin-g-he was admitted the Pope. HM,UE, JUNE Sovereign Prince is re turned from the journey which be took to Paris. The day his. Royal Highness returned, the long' wished for Treaty of Peace arrived. :the Peace was yeSterday announced by the tiring of Bannon and the fiuging of bell 3. There ‘vill be to-morrow a - public anr!ienct at the Palace, when all sth.:.! Publie.Budics congratulate hii Royal Highness. , JuNr. 1 4.--The Duke of Berry hunted to-day in the fol:est of St. Germain-en-Lay e. Monsieur agent yesterday to St. Cloud, bcre he proposes. to pass some days. Duke of Augou 7 leme has , been, to visit the Chateau and the 1 4 ark of Versailles, the great and little Trianon; :f The House of Deputies met .on - ,the 15th, the only husincss .done was the assumption of the President's Chair by Mr. Laisue, who made a short sPeech on the occasion. . JUNG 15.- . --LOrd Wellington arrived at flour deaux on the night of the 10th. •On the I Ith he went to the Theatre, where he was loudly ap plauded. His Excellency has ordered that all the vessels which had been seized should be released. The property in the Marine store-horses and ar senals has even been given up. The Prince of Orange,. Sovereign of the Low Countries, set off for London alinost, immediately after his arrival at the Hague froth Paris. The Duties upon interior .Dayigativn hare been re-establithed by the Government General of the Lower Rhine. , • • The symbols •of Christianity with which the Churches ,of Paris were formerly decorate 4 are about to be restored. Oa some of the chureLes they have - already been replaced. The cross which was placed on the summit of tbe Metropolitan church of . Paris :Was of iron, and the extremities ornamented with fleurs-de-lis. It was 28 feet high. The inscription which was over the gate of the Luxemburgh, viz. " The Palace-of the Conserva tive Senate," has been changed, and the follow ing one substituted, " Pulace of the Chanibe.r of Peers." On the Sth of-this month, which was St. Me-. dard's Day, it rained in the department of Meuse. Our good infer thence, that it will rain for forty days. The English. Officers who are seen in our public walks, are distinguished from all other military men of . Europe by a dress so singular, that people stop.to look at them. Their abridgments of ~3~ t ..............•••••........n.•••••..................••••',.....""-- . . , , ..,,,,•. ~. ' 4 " are, Ativ i e ali ia , reas .1.;t: t2tZ,iiThintarie:s, ...,.. much to the ho notir of the 'London baf . ' er:! " .--- , ' Thi's bend-dress npfiear to its so Cisnt7ii.rY t° I . :: rules of good taste, that,notWithitiintEnger r‘ 3 ~, not, however, Peasity to imitate that which iS be‘ ` ; o°`'`,l6 our beau i have 'vet adopted this feShiaii• Ve NVea.; -have alivays done; foil of resget and attetoitr.:‘ cease to 8146 v btirselves 0 0 \ 6 i, _ tc; these brave nten, Who; l',pf.n ill ocbSibas; ~ rivalled the heroes' Or the French army. 4: 11 i ' it A life 'of 111orcatt is about to be ptib" s-e' ' is ‘4.ritteti.ioy Chatnetif. • ' , lid c' s;Cl' NAPLES,. MAY' 25.—The Coptalsi o ilie xebecli; f t rorn Isalermo, arrived in this 11 0 ° (' 22(1 instant 1)6 biingS thlt °.l 4 (7 rt 13th a proclamation was issued, that ilic t Sitily; in i eornpent:atiobi for its losS es 00 be, tinent,waS to obtain the Sovereignty Of t he oa t l' is BERNE, JUNE 4.—Jerome Buonspavte to# lll wife set off yesterday for Gratz , J')seP".. 13 - b e if parte paid them 'a visit the evening bei..)re departure, • FRENCri FIY:SDg• .• ~4‘pri•Cunt..... .......... j ; Actibo of the Bank ... .crO i ' NI A lLs. 9, ~,,, 3 S V '' — AltitlVrill—l France, 1 Dublin. Dtg—l Lis . '" • . PRICE; CP Tirts DAY Al 1 3 per Cent. Red, Go Fis'rooKs. NELNE Bank Long -‘"'"' 1; India 130nJ4 94. I°s* New P ls. INew Oulnion, Consols f o r Jul`' 1 1 , ,,'.• O VA Stoch-Brel:er, So. • Nv• I s , Coventry-$11.0" ' 3 pe,r Cent. Cons. sinif • 4 per Cent. COni. 354 84i 85 pc:r Gt. Navy Ann. stiut. 5 per Cent. 1797, 16 1. EYTON, anti ft, oar 11' HIGLI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE: -'1 ~irl(;ltlter,,' lc, minutes after S. I Evening', 43 L i 4 4-1 1 P - r , • 9 i ) LF , N I Vt iS DtcrAtE. FALsONI AL pGLT LONDON , 3.e1T4'.1? ArlY, Jl:7 h le, 'SI"' ARRIVAL tw TLIB . DUKE OF NITELLIN 6I° Our HERO, the V-11.: ' 1 - 11::11: D.7::::f 1 1 1.,1,(-, arrived this morning, about ten to s et' s Chaise and - Six. He went innuediatOr . fof ' t V ~, of the Public Office-, 3 and v ;iii, W c il ller its '`- ranted, be as conspicuous as his 0 ' 1) the Grand Procession this Mternoo' O' 'Cle.el .ren- 3• Peace will be proclaimed 'on .71P ri " ' t o;g4 „ s °I les t were received at the C 01!......,,.: of / -11' 15 . 0 .111 1 .° for that purpose, The Heralds o' ill .i St. James's soon after ten o'cloc l . een , c ot The following Notice has since b between l'e I ll iis cii .1:3 11 .11 1: :: : :N 11. : Tr C eE:: :: ; ' ‘L IA L ; ; : rrijel::111':11: , j)j 11 '1 '3 ; 11: ,C li on t rllant~Eti:lrgf . 7 :n Y d ° 's l the Peace Royal Highness .tht rsl."' f IMA o STY, has teen pleased pilieilansfeeda: loft ;,,iii:el):l:::::selistitiv'e's with that - Power sio" l4 be P t b. ' e t : s l ua b l y the heralds and Otficers ° f 11; raci al places, and with the accust°lnea - tics ' Oil Moltgy, 20th instfifit. ' " 5101°P1°‘ Lord (Signr:(l) .' . ''- , - - - i /1 true Cop)) " WNI. DOMVII.tE) i ‘ f3Sci. wi l ii N c re have French Pape- tile i t 6t13 : 1)1151 upon h ar : y e o h c a t : s m e a , de several es I.3c . ts °'. 3 111C'll -:----• " laneous nwure. .Were we inclined tsl er°:tific-11 There 'lnl3 SUN.libhc.• as the state meeting upd_n (It ot:r usualbot tl'i here is, however, one odd raragrqb ''' f f eti cil the • 0 - all' it British Un;forms, which, it seetos, -- i 01 11 ' have flow fii ---1 opportirtity. of Cxantiniov , i d, me •- '' ' . ' #.ocefll 0 in Sovereignty would seem, never happened t° - i) i t ,ies t o though they have often had opr r t l o e iz F ire it IT) ; ii. A c T i r iti no L.- tbelv c it "or oi meeting our military ! l l . t. gi e'l ----or'--- ,„ w e ~ , The lonian, Islands are, it is said, to o f ti'l i. o t f W t O h !lours olCit'lleitsiyib' ficl:::)erebesa : ; t e s to e : 1 . : , c r d i . at 4 c i:'° , the lirlg i t o f Two Sicilies, as an intl.:.lnnity f or th e Naples, which remains with Mu ll°. tli f4 - geror ~d, the l tL"o'ialtl-iboefse3e,lolo7,o°o"Or 1/3:. atrolirele:l:rcYd t i c ' 1 1 .1 1 1: . : :I ,:; 1 ' has been contracted for in I)obbn 0' ) , e s o 1 11 ( 11 11" (Cl .° advantageous to .the Public ; ev en ~,e fo r jo t 00 1, those obtained in Loudon, the bi 10S11 V, ',:( being only 4/. is. 7d. per cent. for " e is h i atioilli IVIP where the legal interest of the c ,-4.000:0 ' cent. The Contractors are Messrs. `-• LIAMS, - and Co. . ' '