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rnents of the Noble Vista-tine the Secietare for the Colo. asks. Vie Noble Viscount, in , peettinn of the Orders in Count:if, and the necessity cf their being adopted by the 'annies possessing local legislatures, had declared that it avas in conformity with the principle of the resolutions of 1523; and as he had stated in the despatch which was sent oat with them, that the orders were rendered neces nary, 4-a: the concurrence of the Legislature in their pro ne:id), at the time the resolutions were agreed to. If the 2'.;(4.1.e Viscount meant to say that Parliaraent pledged itself at that time to any course at all reeembling that -which had been pursued by the present Government, he (La rd Seaford), as one of those who gave his full concur rence to those resolutions, begged ertost d;staacaly to deny that he bad any knowledge of such a ttledge.-- e _ r ear.,— In an that was contained in the aesoiutions cf as proposed by Mr. Canning, he (Lord See Par) fully and entirely cencurred. To all aml every measure for the im provement of the moral and. soniai condition of the slave— far the protection and eniattOernent of his civil rights, and for defining the period enc which slavery was to cease atto gether ; as far as that, peried could he defined it 'Consistence with the well-be'.ng of the slave hints" end the fair and equitable adinstment of the rights of private property—to all measttres of that de,crireinn, or for that end, be Ilad=. given "his sup/nest bet to the Orders in Couttoil, as promulgated by the present Government, he had nen nor could wet give Isis support, nor had he e.t any time Conti dared lairnsetf pledged to support them by voting, for the Resolution of 1823. He had net pledged hilted: to the Orders, because no measure of seen a clateneter—con aaected as it was with a threat of fiscal 'punishments in the event of refusal—wan in the ceratemplation of the Mem bers of Parliament who coneenered in the resolution!, anal none such were alluded tn. or within the contemplatitta 'of Mr. Canning when he 'proposed them.—(lleintit - .car.) It would require more time than he ecestifi :enure to exact from their Lot dsk.ips to go into flee bole of the docu ments thnen g h which this view of the question could be 'tuPP(trtaa:a. He would eavtely refer to the course pursued by 7 :r. Canning hirnaelf, who, in speaking of the appli tation of the °gofers to the island of Trinidad, de:demi it was as experiment; or, as be afterwards said- ) an: example, throtenh which to looked at no distant penicd fur the co eperation and concurrence of the ialands which possessed Legislative Assemblies. And he added, " I cannot believe that much time will elapse before we shall learn that the planter of Jamaica is anxiously employed in mutilating the endeavours of the Government of Trinidad. to ineophove the condition cf his negroes." Now, what Sad been the course pursued by the Noble Viecount, wit° boasted that he was treading in the steps of Mr. Canning, and in ful filment of the resolutions of 188 ? Dial he wait for the operation of the experiment he was trying in St. Lucia on Trinidad, before he insisted on its adoption by the planter of Jamaica ?—( Hear.) Did he take time to allow the salutary influence of the Orders to be evident in the Crown Calenies 'eefore he required theie adoption by the old Colo nies? No. He sends cut thy Orders accompanied with a afeepatch, in which he requires that, without loss of tim', they s'houlal have all the force of law. Instead cf waiting to see the effect of example or experiment, he visits them at once with roercion—(Hear, hear) --for what other name could he applied to their exclusion from that boon which a Cemmittee of the House of Commons had thought justly due to the sufferings of the colonists, and their claims on the Legislature ? He would ask, therefore was the Noble Viscount justified in saying that he - acted in conformity with the resolutions of 1823 ? Mr. Canning threatened to adopt measures of severity ; but it was in a case which he hoped never to 'see realized, and which had not been realized, The Noble Viscount threatened now, but under what d'fferent circumstances.- 1' Hear, hear, hear.) He (Lord Seaford) did not mean to stand op as the indiscriminate dc'etarler of ail that was said and done in the Colonial Assemblies, or of the manner in which they had at various times received the peopositiens of the Government. But if the Members of the Assemblies had occasionally exhibited heat and a want of command of temper, there had been no want of exhibi tMlis of the same qualities with part of their ad versaries. It had been at times acknowledged, by all Governments, that with a view to the advantages of ultimate and complete emancipation, nothing should be done which would destroy the geed, understanding between the planter anal the slaves, and that no means were to he adopted which could in any way endanger the tranquillity of the colonies:, or affect the security of pro perty. The Orders in Council, however, were calculated to produuce the very reverse of all that, They had put au end to all confidence—they bad in tLktir consequences effaced all feelings of security ; and this was one of the main causes of the resistance offered to their acceptance. It had been said that the planters did nothing towards for warding the wishes of the Gevernment and the people of this country ; that they adopt no steps towards the melio ration of the condition of the slave. Was it necessary to remind the Noble Viscount of the progress which had been , made on that point, without which all others would be unavaiiing—lh e thorough religious instruction of the negro ? Was it necessary to remind him th it the Bishops of Barbados end Jamaica had botb, in their reports to the Government at borne, expressed thernselvei perfectly sa tisfied with what had been done by the planters and the tealonial legislatures with referenee to that all-important question ? Was it necessary to refer to the number of churches and chapels that Led been everywhere raised for the use of the negro throughout the Colonies ? In further confirmation of this—if confirmation it wanted—he could appeal to the most Rev. Prelate (the Archbishop of Canter bury), the President of the Society for affording Religious Instruction to the Negro, whether the communications of the Missionaries, and all the correspondence of the Society, did not show that on this point the instruction of the slave mat with no obstacles.—(Hear.) He (Lord Seaford) adro'ntrai that the Orders :n Council enforced many just and humane regulations, bat was it not fair to acknow ledge that the colonists bad not been slow in the tooth of liberality and justice ? Why, had the House not heard of that seta passed spontaneously by the assembly of Ja• maica., which at once got rid of all disqualificatiens on ac count of colour by aboli,hing the necessity of taking oaths, and that, toe, in a country where the prejudices of colour anal of caste necessarily prevailed more strongly than in any other where slavery existed ? Mr. Canning, in one . of his eloquent appeals on this subject, had reminded the House of Commons how much tte difficulties of the ques tion of Negro Emancipation were aggravated by purely physical distinctions ; distinction 3 greater than those which prevailed in any other country on the face of the globe; and yet the colonists, who were now unjustly charged with a want of liberality and good feeling, had triumphed over these distinctions, and admitted, spontaneously admitted, the negro to a participation in all the privileges enjoyed by themselves. Was it necessary to remind their Lordships cf the Jiff rence between the conduct of the colonists and the more unimpassioned legislators in the mother country ? He would ask what time elapsed between the proposition for the emancipation of the Roman Catholics, supported as it was by the ereatest statesmen anal orators of which the country could Ever boast, and the final removal of the disabilities which the law impesed on them ? Why, from the debates in the year 1805, when one of the strongest Ministries the country had ever seen was compelled to yield to popular prejudice on this subject, full twenty•five years elapsed before those prejudices were overcome.—( Hear, hear.) What had, however, een the conduct of the West Indians From the year 1823, not seven years were suffered to elapse before they spontaneously removed all disablities on account of caste; and although no general election had taken place since that removal, he could assure their Lord ships that a brown man was now the representative of one of the most opulent parishes in which his estates were situated ; and he had heard that another gentleman of colour alas occupied a seat in the Assembly.—(Hear.) The triumph over all prejudice, in this instance, was com plete. The amalgamation of the two colours in the en joyment of ail social advantages was speeding onwards ; and he had little doubt, it their Lordships, the Legislature, and the Gayer ittnent would have but a little patience and abstinence from violence, that the solution of the problem would at length he perfect, and that all which the most strenuous abolitionist could require would be effected through the gradual progress of civilization. He might enumerate other instances of the superior degree of liber ality exhibited by the colonial legislatures, compared with that of the mother-country. An Hon. Member of the House of Commons had introduced a Bill for removing the disabilities of the Jews during the last year. Their Lordships knew the fate of that Bill, while the Assembly of Jatnaiea had, on the contrary, long since removed all civil distinction s between the Jews and any other class of their fellansocitizsns.—(H ear , hear.) He might enume rate many other instances of the same spirit, but it was scarcely necessary. Did the Government suppose that it could carry into effect tl-e resolutions for the eman cipation of the slaves without the assistance of the colonists If it did, it was mistaken. It could effect nothing beneficial' without their cordial cooperation. He would beg leave to quote to their Lordships the condo-ion of Mr. Canning's speech on this subject. Mr. Canning, on summing up, said, "It we are to do good (which I earnestly hope and sincerely believe we may), it is not to be done lay 'sudden an) violent measures—but by efforts of a patient anti corn paratively tame charac t e r ; by measures slow in their pro gress, b at stea dy a nd sure in their operation ; treasures which must be carried into effect, rot by a few individuals of rare talents, and conspicuous zeal, bat by the great body of those whom the advocates of the flare distrust and seem disposed to put ist.i4it. Ye', Sir, if th. eon di tion of the slave is to be Unpaved, that improvement must be introduced through the medium of his master. The masters are the instruments through whom, and by whom, you must act upon the slave population : and if by any proceedings of ours we shall unhappily place between the slave and his master the barrier of insurmountable hosti lity, see shall at once put an end to the best chance of etr.incipenion tr even of amendment. Instead of diffusing gradually oser those dark regions a pure and salutary light. we may at once kindle a flame eery to be quenched in blood." It might be thought by some of their Lordships, that this was but a doubtful authority, since this very speech bad been 'looted by the Noble Lord who was the organ eT 'Government in the other House of Parliament. Ile quoted it, hawcver, because he attached great weight to the authority of Mr. Canning, thotegli not more than, he believed, it deserved, to than it was admitted to deserve by every man of staisn. Be the authority, however, wh ,.., it osigitt,l:l;i: observations were so rational as . ~,,, , a ,,,, t ,,, L , natne to recommend them. He coolsi an,o t a a o r t fltei.kt sy tin e authority of another great man, wbsale lian)e, he was sire, would hove great weight, with Illany of their Lordship., rind partitu!ttniaa With nilone of the aitetiaNinn .1 ,1 the Cabinet, wh',ne principles too waild Ore t l neight to what he said— lee twant that great etattiaman Mr. Fox, who said, in one of his speeches net the question of the abelition of slavers-, ‘"l'hat rlin idea of an Act of Parliament to emancipate. Ote slaves without the consent and tooneutrent fenlitillte of all parties, both in the colonies Laid 511 lotto tountro, could only lead to the room 'mischievous conse quences.—(Htato mat-. ,erte) It would be totally irrelevant it. ttOttit• and impossible in execution." The Grinerin r iTnitancil, as it was intended to be enforced try government, seemed to him to be a measure to which the language of Mr. In x would apply. He wished the Government to follow Mr. Fox's ndvine, and not en deavour to emancipate the slaws, unless it tarried with it t' e consent an I concurrent feelings of all parties inte• rested in the colorise, as well as in this country. Ile appealed to the Noble Earl to remember the words of Mr. Canning, and profit by the warning he had leiven ; for alreedy the flame had been kindles+, end had been ex tinguished in blood.—(her:, Near.) We had found the inconvenience —we had suffered some of the threatened calamititra-a-and tat them he careful that it did not again M'Clit and - extend to other islands. He conjured them , to attend to the prophetic warning he lid quoted, and Inot allow the opi n i ons o f spills individuate liostite to the colonists to induce them to persist in oara.sures likely to 1 be attended with silt+ i!reasfful consequences. He cen• jured them to been the work of conciliation ; to se with their own `etas, and they would find that there wan less resort to complain than was sometimes stated. He conjures! them to take the present opportortity of a change of government in one island to height. a different system, to send out his Noble Friend, Who was going to govern Ja maica, with the olive branch, that he might adopt con ciliatory 'moron-es with the legislature of the island, bring hark the slaves to subordination, and re-establish security of property, and, perhaps, restore that prosperity which had formetly existed. He certainly should support his Neal& Friend's,. motion. The knowledge possessed by the pale of the situation of the inhabitants of the Colonien, was not correct, and the West Indies thetrnelates desired and courted inquiry.—(llear.) The Archbishop of CANTERBURY rose to address the House ; but was interrupted by a message being an nounced from the House of Common., to which the most Rev. Prelate gave way; and Mr. Spring Rice and others 'Taught up the Irish Tithe Bill, and the Payment of Debts in Execution, and another Bill. The messengers having retired—the Archbishop proceeded :—Having been appealed to by his Noble Friend (Lord Seaford) he could not avoid, in justice to the Colonies, saying a few words. During the time that he was Bishop of London, he was President of the Society for Promoting Religious Instruction amongst the Negroes. Certainly the Society looked forward to the emancipation of the slaves and the extinction of slavery as the greatest benefit which could be confer:n.l on the slaves and their masters; and the So. ciety had thought that this object might best be promoted by the improvement of the slaves. He was happy to say that the efforts of the Society had been seconded by the planters themselves ; and he had been much indebted to his Noble Friend for his advice and assistance. The So ciety had been much assisted by clergymen being appointed to the Colonies and by the Colonial Legislative. That of Barbados in particular had contributed to this good work. In the course of Li years a greater number of churches had peen built and schools established than in any other countty in the same space of time. There were schools for every description of persons. Alter the late disaster, it had been estimated that it would cost 40,000/. to repair the churches and schools in Barbados alone.—(hear.) If he had expected to be called en, he should have come down prepared, and should have been Ale to state many facts to illustrate the assistance the Society had received from the Colonies. The Duke of WELLINGTON said, in consequence of the assent given by she Noble Lord to the motion of his his Noble Friend, he should not have troubled their Lord ships at all, hut for some of the observations of the Noble Viscount. Ile hal beard with great satisfaction the able and impressive statement made by the Nettle Lord who , had last addressed their Lordships, as well as the obser vations of the most Reverend Prelate, in support of the views taken by the Noble Lord. It was natural that the West India body, whether they resided in this country or in the Islands, should desire that a solemn in quiry should be instituted into the circumstances of their prt sent condition. They were suffering great dis tress, broueht on hy a long-continued course of neglect—by many misfcr une., and now at last by a most formid able rebellion, adding to their other misfortunes, and quite destroying the value of their property. He con ceived that these reasons were sufficient to make their Lots:ships go into an inquiry into the circumstances of their situation, and into the acts of the Government at home with respect to the legislatures of the islands. Is was natural that the West India body should desire such an inquiry, and it could not be possible but that such an in quiry, conducted as it could be by their Lordships, must lead to results satisfactory to that body and the public. He would first state that the question more immediately under consideraticn had been introduced in 1823 to the notice of the Legislature of this country, and what had been said that night was not altogether correct. It had been stated that since that period nothing had been done by the legislatures of the colonies ; but he would affirm that there was not one of the colonial legislatures which had not taken some steps to carry into execution the reso lutions of the legislature of this country. Every step which had been required by this Legislature had been taken by some one or other of the colonial legislatures, with the exception of the resolution relative to compulsory ma numission, and against that they had appealed to the Privy Council. He must say, therefore, that the party of the colonists had some reason to complain, when it was stated that they had taken no measures to carry into effect the Order in Council. It was equally clear that the other party bad some reason to believe that all these orders might be carried into effect, since most of them were in some place or other ; but they should wait till they could be adopted. Under these circumstances, be must confess that he had al,ays considered that, soon( r or later, every thing that party wished, every thing they could reasonably desire, would be done in time by the coloni it legislature', if the Parliament persevered in pressing en their attention those measures, without employing any violence, and avoiding all disposition to quarrel or use harsh means.— (Hear.) That was the principle on which the Government acted of which he had the honour to he a member. In no in stance had that Government endeavoured to force any measure on the Colonial Legislature, further than by 1 employing recommendations—urgent recommendations— to carry into effect the resolutions of the Parliament of this country. The N.ble Lord had stated that the only attempt which had been honestly made, was by the Go vernment. He mild not think the late Government could he called dishonest. It had given its honest support to the resolutions, and, as he said before, with the exception of the one point on which nothing bad been done, these resolutions had been carried into effect in some one or other of the islands. Orders in Council had been sent out which, he thought, would settle the question, and he was satisfied would settle it as far as the Crown colonies were concerned. He could not say what those orders were ; but if the matter had been arranged in the Crown colo nies., he had no doubt that it would soon have been settled al-o in the colonies with independent legislatures. It was the duty of the Government to legislate for the Crown colonies by Orders in Council, but he hail never beard of orders in Council for the other colonies. They could require Orders in Council to be obeyed in the Crown colonies, but he had never heard of such orders being en forced in those colonies which had legislatures of their own. When he was in office, certainly it was never intended to enforce those Orders on these latter colonies; but only, by way of example, to show them, from what was done in the Crown colonies, that no danger was likely to ensue front their adopting the Orders in Council. Moderate and slow measures were mote likely to be beneficial, as had been stated by the Noble Lord (Seaford), and suppot ted ri b aet inxyodtuti extinguish ou a laie u sdnh t: t i ps o tldve t y eatrso o yu f rbe n l r. Canning and Mr. Fox, than hasty . cir cumstances . any other Parli a m ent thanl h t aa had had i n o e ‘t y ,n e ep r vr en i i n g. t r e ei n c: d t,e e n d e ad ue t do by force to extinguish slavery ; for that was, in the pre , sent circumstances of the colonies, to extinguish property. It never was intruded to extinguish slavery and property, , and not give a compensation to the owners of that too. petty. He had hoped for an amelioration of slavery by the means proposed ; he had hoped that the condition of the slaves would be much but gradually improved, and that slavery would be gradually extinguished; but the Parlia ment had never contemplated the compulsory extinction of slavery, or anything which was to destroy the property of their proprietors. That was the view taken by Mr. Canning; and any Government which attempted to enfoice the extinction of slavery by Orders in Council went beyond its duty. He had heard of enforcing that of fiscal regu lationa.—a measure which ought never to be adopted. Those islands which did not obey the Orders were to be taxed, while timee which did were to escape.—(Hear, hear.) Did any person ever hear of taxes heir- • for such a purpose before ? a entoreal" -vfiona!tc; Web tra posed only for the -.antra i sr 41,a §asea —(i-tear.) . If they were - „- • *4 T "';'l ; 7 rot tit's.lea'Attee of the ts'O-tf =r C;od'sna.le! ¶s. b'.3 paid • brit if : trae'y r.-re not necessary, they 'ain'glit 'not tO be I an: the 4 .lgislattire ought not t o im pert; lieSe'thern ; all, it ought not to impose them as a pii 'ni'atllenr.—(Hear.) But on whom was this punishment to he inflicted? Why, we should have to pay these taxes, and the people of England would actually have to pay the taxes which were awarded as a penishrrent tha N'!est Indiane.--(Heae, hear.) . could rot believe the Le gislattsre tratiid Matt a proposition if it were made by C-oVeti'ment, for it was such a one as had never yet been recognised by Parliament. He was not surprised, under such ciieumstinces, that the West India body de sired that the whole matter should be inquired into by a Committee of that House, in order that the inquirien might lead to doing them justice ) anti to ascertaining what part of the measures' retomntended by Parliament they had tarried intd execution. There were other reasons why Ibis subject required serious attention. Their interest had been much neglected. No doubt whatever could be enter tained th it the taxation cn their produce was excessive, for, with the exception of the small reduction made in 1929. Vitt taxation had been reduced very little below What it was during the war. That alone was a sufficient reason for inquiry —(Hear, hear)—to see if there were no means of giving relief. Let their Lordships look at the situation of property in that country. He would state to them the particulars of one property in tire island of Ja maica which was fortunately unincumbered with any debts, which was the case with very few estates. The property consisted of 996 acres, whereof 176 acres were cultivated with sugar. The Noble Duke also stated the number of slaves of different ages employed on it, but it was not distinctly heard in the gallery. The whole pro duce of this estate was sold in England for 6,010/., and what proportion of that did their Lordships suppose went to Government? Tee duty of Government amounted to 2,960/., being 50 per cent. on the value of the gross pro duce. The expenses of agency, brokerage, insurance, 84c., amounted to 1,000/.; it cost that to transport it by sea to England. The supplies sent out from England for the estate amounted to 772/. There was money sent to the agent at Jamaica for various expenses, 561/. Altogether the whole of the disbursements amounted to 5,2821., leav ing to the proprietor the sum only of 7281. This was in a good year; in an ordinary year he would not get more than 600/. If tl:e season were bad, or if the crops failed, he got nothing. It was most desirable that all these facts should be investigated by a Committee of that House. It was very desirable that property in the West Indies, like all individual property, should be insured protection. It ought to be protected by the Legislature as well as any other property of individuals which existed in this country. The House, in its anxiety to abolish the slavery of indivi duals, should not forget that the subject involved—not merely the slavery of individuals—but the property of in dividuals, and property entitled to their Lordships' protec tion. The public mind ought to be carried back to the nature of this property, and be made aware of what the consequences would be, not only to individuals, but to the property of the people, by any measures for carrying into effect by farce t':e resolutions for the abolition of slavery. It was a fact and truth, that it would be the destruction of individual property to extinguish slavery. Without the slaves that proporty would be nothing for the owners ; without slavery, it must be admitted that neither the owners, the public, nor the individuals engaged in the cul tivation could be sustained in life. It was surely time for their Lordships to make inquiry, and bring forward such a report as would lay the whole matter clearly before the public. Ile would support the motion of his Noble Friend, and should he prepared to give every assistance in his power to further the objects of the Committee. The LORD CHANCELLOR could not, with the opi nions he entertained on this subject, allow it to pass with out saying a few words. He did not mean, however, to go into the discussion at length, because he understood that it was the intention of the Government to comply with the motion of the Noble Lord, and, agreeable to whit he understood to be the wish of the majority of their Lord ships, to grant a Committee. It would be proper to wait for the report of that Committee before entering into toe discussion ; and he would only say a few words to guard their Lindshipa against being carried away by the miscon ceptions of the Noble Duke and his Noble Friend. He could assure his Noble Friend that he did not need the au thority of Mr. Canning and Mr. Fox to yield assent to his statement. He had never contemplated fier one moment a sj rem of compulsory emancipation ; and he did not be lieve that any man was so wild as to recommend a com pulsory emancipation of slaves. He had only wished to lay the ground for a progress towards freedom, by taking such steps as would prepare the slaves for its enjoyment. He wished so say a few words on the observation of the Noble Duke as to what had occurred in the chartered colonies relative to the adoption of the Orders in Council. The N ble Duke said that there was not one of the resolu tions which had not been adopted in some one of the colonies. Now if it should happen that there were fourteen or fifteen of these resolutions, and fourteen or fifteen colonic 5, he might admit that the propositions of the Noble Duke was correct, and yet be might assert that, is fact, those resolu tions, if carried into execution, were next to nothing. lie could suppose that tato or three of these resolutions were of importance; and all the others of comparatively little consequence, it might happen that the twelveor thirteen tri fling ones, would he adopted, and the two or three in:- portant one be wholly overlooked and neglected. lie lie lieved that such was the case. The Noble Duke was likely to fall into a mistake by adopting the seeming legis lation, the legislation by evasion, a legislation that pre tended to du and yet did not, for the real carrying into effect an important measure. He would quote, as an example, the measure adopted as to admitting slave evi dence. There was no doubt that in most of the colonies, and more or less the resolution to admit shave evidence had been adopted by the colonial legislatures ; but it had been adopted with various restrictions. For example, it was enacted that slave evidence should be admitted, but it was required that the slave witness should bring with hint a certificate from the clergyman of his parish) that he was a fit and proper person to give evidenc... The credibility of the witness ought to be left to the Judge and the Jury. It sometimes happened that the slave did not go to church, but to a meeting-house, and there was, in some cases, an aversion to receive the certificate of a sectarian minister. Another case of restriction was, that a slave should bring a certificate from his overseer that he was a fit and proper parson to take an oath. With respect to the late insurrec tion which hail taken place in Jamaica, no man could lament it more than he did ; but at the same time he must alto gether deny that that insurrection in any way arose from the measures adopted by the Government with respect to the Colonies. As to the inquiry that was asked for, he was of opinion that it was unnecessary, and that no benefit to the West India interests wouA be derived from it; but at the same time, the picture that was drawn of the dissa tisfied condition of the islands made him most unwilling to refuse that which it was supposed would be of advantage; and he therefore was ready to give his consent to the ap pointment of the Committee. There was one thing, how ever, of which he was quite sure, that the effect of the in quiry of the Committee would be to show that the Noble Duke had been altogether misinformed as to what had been done in the Colonies, and what had been omitted there. His Noble Friend had alluded to the speech of Mr. Can ning in 1824: now, with respect to the conclusions which his Noble Friend had drawn from that speech, he (the Lord Chancellor) could not altogether concur in them ; but at all events, whatever interpretation might be put upon the observations of the Right Hon. Gentleman, he would take leave to observe, that what might be a very good argument in 1824 might be a very bad argument in 1832, owing to the change of circumstances that might have taken place. Lerd ELLENBOROUGH, after the observations that had fallen from the Noble and Learned Lord, doubted whether the inquiry of this Committee would be of any benefit to the West India interests ; for if the Government intended to enforce the Orders in Council, notwithstanding the report of the Committee, notwithstanding the testimony of the witnesses, and notwithstanding the remonstrances of the legislative assemblies, there could be no doubt but that the appointment of the Committee would be nothing more than a mockery and a delusion. Allusion had been made to Mr. Canning's policy ; but, whatever fault might be found with it, this he would say in its favour at all events—that it never was Mr. Canning's intention to adopt any decisive steps with respect to the West Indies, with out the sanction of Parliament being given to those steps. Such, however, was not the course of the present Govern ment, for they had sent out the most peremptory Orders in Council, without for one moment staying to consider whether such Orders were in accordance with the senti ments of the Imperial Parliament. The object of the present Government seemed to be disunion and disaffection; and Annexed is a Schedule of the Roads under our charge, and an Account of the Receipts and Expenditure made up to the '2sth of December, 1831, agreeably to the provisions of the Act. Office of Public Works, J. F. BURGOYNE. Custom.house, Dublin, BROOK T. OTTLEY. March 1.2, 183:1 JOHN RADCLIFF. ABSTRACT, showing the Extent of Roads in each County, under the Management of the Commissioners for the Ex. tension and Promotion of Public Works in IRELAND, as Commissioners under the Act Gth Geo. IV. c. 101. M. F. P. County of Clare Ditto Galway Ditto Roscommon l4 0 0 Ditto Mayo Ditto Leitrim Ditto Limericl- 3O 7 0 Ditto Kerry 53 0 38 Ditto Cork Ditto Tipperary Miles WI 4 2 Office of Public Works, HENRY R. PAINE, Custom-house, Dublin, Secretary March, 1832. GENERAL ABSTRACT of the RECEIPTS and EXPEN DITURE of the Commissioners for maintaining certain ROADS and BRIDGES in IRELAND, in carrying into execution an Act passed in the (ith Year of the Ileign of his late Majesty Geo. IV. c. 101, during the Year ending 23th December, 1831. it, the Secretary for the Cs° l °• tion of the slave is to be improved, that rinprovemeet must / peaty. Ile h a d h u p a fl for an amelioration of slavery by certainly, if thin ohiect succeetleJ—if th e bl ac k s ehouid be' 1 3 0LA.Nb. m i i n sm e lti n g of th e Orders in he introduc e d th rou gh the medium of his master. The the means proposed ; he had boned that the condition of induced to ri se aga i nst t h e wh i tes—he, for one, should a • s' th e i r b e i ng a d op t e d by th e masters are the instruments through whom, and by whom, the slaves would be much but gradually improved, and that hold the p resen t Mi n i stry respons ib le the a n t h e outreees t h at 7 ' o THE EDITOR O F THE SUN. : i s lit ures , h a d declared that it you mu s t ac t u p on th e s l a ve population : and if by any slavery would he gradually extinguished; but the Parlia- might b e comm i tte d, I n at s op i n i on, the sending' silt, , West India Islands was a sufficient proof of the terniatis principle o f th e resolutions of proceedings of ou r s we shall unhappily place between the merit had never contemplated the compulsory extinction one set of Orders in Cou nc il for the whole the by Mr. factory mole in which the , GoVernaneat reel proceeding national present independe a n n e d in the despatch which was slave and his master the barrier of insurmountable hosti- of slavery, or anything which was to destroy the property oßnue7t,ALeatl ße ptriii r se e' e cent proclathation or the Emperor of e orders were rendered recce- lit}, we shall at once put an end to the best chance of of their proprietors. That was tic view taken and other cironstances, it was physically e.pity F s t oo a rf t e whoe o v of r 1 i y 11 1 aant lover d r , o ec 'fn a re the Legislature in th e i r pro _ , em incipation or eve n of amendment. Instead of diffusing Canning; and any Government which attempted to enfoe ce with respect to the colonies; ; far ow i ng to t h e diff ertnee o f f tl i ir s se t e:oi excite omh isan a d collection the great, and glorious, and patriotic achieve tions were egreed to. tf the gradually ogee those dark regions a pure and salutary light. the extinction of slavery by Ord e rsin Counci went bey on d h a bi t, climate, mints, which but a year since shed ' so brilliant a lustre on say that Parliament pledged we may at enee kind a flame only to h e quenc h e d in its duty. He had heard of enformng that of fiscal regu impossible for th e same set of rules to serve for so many the conduct of the Poles —who that remembers their nurse at all resembling that' blood." It might be thought by some of their Lordship', latione.--a measure which ought never to be adopted, variations ; be, therefore, trusted that the Noble Viscount energetic exertion's, and their endurance of all evils in be ( the Pm:sit Government, h e that this was but a doubtful authority, since this very Those islands which did not obey the Orders were to be wou ld at l eas t g i ve 0- -Jo a pledge that the recommenda- half of the integrity of their country—can tail to syrup. hose l'elm gave his full concur- speech had been quoted by the Noble Lord who was the taxed, while_ thoee which did were toesot o e.--(Hea r , f t :: 0; the Committee should be adopted by the Govern- thine with them now, Yellen they ate defeated, tbotigh not begged "most d;atMctly to deny organ cf 17;ot - eminent in the other House of Parliament. I f t i ar.) Didany person ever hear , of taxes ^ e enterreal inefin In order that the Members of the 'Comnetittee might vanaitisksed; allies from their native soil, out not the of such a ttledge.—(Etear.)— 'tie quoted it, however, because he attached great weight • • such d a purpose orb, before ? He_ • ,..„,..3 . ,1c; ,t0. .... t. xr- Web, im- latve the eleisfantiCei of ;triew'eig that the's , were not idling the 'resolutions cf In'a.3, as to the authority of Mr. Canning, thongle not more than, pose only f t _ slaves of a foreigner ? And shall we—shall Englishmen— were .......,„. , ~_ . -e a., ..7 tese i tt n e tt e atttet t e t e s7 ..-Catear.) If they theia , tithe away without the prospect of any practical who have so often perilled our lives, our fortunes, in be- he (Lord Seefare s fully and he believed, it deserved, ee Than it was admitted to deserve e - ent'a,s feta ten s ter ice of the et tate, it Cod's name . restart. half of the honour of our nation, it supinely down and ana every treasure for the im- by every men efsatetees Be the atithoriey, however, w , s . „ ae .s as l - se t l- ersal ' ne patine but if they We're not necessary, they Viscount GODERICH, in explanation, disclaimed any a llow the infraction of those solemn treaties and compacts seenieri condition of the slave— it tetigitt, Viei; observations were so rational as . a e ea ,,,,„.,t i t ,,,, i , aright not to be paid; and the ta egislature ought not to im- intention of disregarding th e ev id ence t h a t m i g ht h e ad- which were guaranteed by our Ministers at the treaty of 'ernent of his civil rights, and ' name to recammend them. Ile coll i e's enn t eea s ettes e sse tey fhe TiCse'thern ; atom all, it ought not to impose them as a pit- d uca t b e f ore t h e Committee ; but, on the other hand, lee Vienna? That treaty determined the nationality of Poland, shill slavery was to neaste atto- authority of another great man s whnse natne, he wes sure, nib event.—(Hear.) B u t on w h om was this punishment t o cou 'd no t enter into any pledge that the recommendation in the teeth of whtch Russia has. proclaimed that that could bedefinedie consistence would have great weight, With :steely of th e i r L en t s hi pe , b e inflicted? Why, we should have to pay these taxes, and of the Committee should be adopted, n ati on ciity is et an end ; has laughed to scorn the ;lave hints" 'lnd the fair and I and nartiettlettlee With entree of the 'reenalaiess, saf the Cabinet, the people of E ng l an d wou ld actua lly have to p a y t h e L or d r YI - 7 V 0111 i addressee' a few remarks to the plighted faith of the great powers of Europe; and threatens rights °I . private property—to I win - Be paineiples too wOhld give ';eight to what he s a id_ taxes which were awar d e d as a p e n i e b t ecnt t 0 th"_ , . rest Itou,e, but was nearly inaudible in the gallery. We to make the name and influence of England a by-word 'At° , or for that end, he had ! lea tee ent tbat geeat etateeman Mr. Fox, wh o said, i n one Indiana.—(Hear, b ean ) . ji.j ! could not believe the L e - understood his Lordship to say, that he had tea- and a laughing-stock to the world. Let those Members o the Orders in Cinite - A, as ,of his speeches 'en the question of th e abolition of slavers esislatere Weetint easee t such a propos ition if it were mad e sons far hoping that it would come out in the Coen- of the House of Common', who take an interest,—and God Government, he had ain't nor '' That the idea of an Act of Parliament to eman c ipate, by C-otaerltnent, for it was suc h a one as had never ve t mitt e e, that the Orders in Council were unnecessary ; and forbid that any Englishman should not take an interest in nor had he at area' tittle conai- i the sieves without the consent and raneut re nt r e s a li t nt e been recognis e d by P ar li amen t. H e was not surprised, if th e y were unnecessary, then were they certainly improper. what so nearly affects the honour of his country l—let 'Pr" them by voting for the 'of all parties, both in the colonies end to 'eq., enuntry, under such che tu n stances , t h a t th e W es t India body d e - After a few words from Lord HAREWOOD, the yeti- th e m read the opinions and sentiments of Lord Castle had net pledged hiMettlf to the could only lead tee the neat ant ese hi evous conse - sired that the wh o l e matter s h ou ld b e inquired into by a tion was, ordered to be laid on the table; after which, on reagh, as expressed at the Congress of Vienna, and then re of souls a eltstneter—con- quences.—(Htate Ind», it v t l. ) It would be totally Committee of th a t H ouse , i n or d er th a t the innuirien might the motion of his Lordship, a Select Committee was ap- let them ask themselves, how they can reconcile with 'at of fisetal eannishments in the irrelevant its etesitin and impos s ibl e i n execu ti on ." Th e lead to doing th em j ust i ce , an d to eseertaining what part pointed. their statements, how they can reconcile with the provisions lee renteemplation of the Mem- Qtalne: an Vatnencil, as it was intended to be enforced ay ni the measures' retemntended by Parliament they had TITHES. of the treaty to which his sign and seal were affixed Inn'tared in the resolution's and . 'Government, seemed to him to b e a measure to which ceeried int'd execution. Th ere were other reasons why Viscount MELBOURNE moved the first reading of the as the representative of England, the present conduct of or within the contenaPlanianat bt the language of Mr. R x would apply. He wished the this subject req u i re d ser i ous atten ti on . Their interest had Tithes (Ireland) Bill, which bad that evening been brought the Northern Autocrat ; aye, and let me add, the present con ,''std them--(tleastaltcatn) It Government to follow Mr. rex ' s advice, a n d not ere- been much n eg l ec t e d. N o d ou bt whatever could be enter. up from the other House. He regretted that the pressure ductof the English Ministers, if theyquietlyallotn this insult them he entai4 'tenture to exact deavour to emasserpate the slaves, melees; it carried with it tained that th e t axa ti on on th e i r p ro duce was excessive, of business in the House of Commons had prevented the to be offered to the character of the British nation? Surely into tb `astiole of the docile 't' e content an I eencurrent feelings of a ll parties into for, with th e exce pti on o f t h e sma ll reduction made in Bill from passing sooner, as it was now impossible that it Whig Ministers will not be behind the Tory Castlereagh view of the question could be nested in the cetnniee ; as well as in this country. Ile 1829. Vitt taxation had been reduced very little below could become law until after the recess. He would, how- ire asserting the cause of freedom. S u rely the Noble Lord rely refer to the course pursued appealed to the Noble Earl to remember the words of Mr, wh at it was during the war. That alone was a sufficient ever, take that opportunity of saying, that he had trench who presides over the foreign policy of this country, and who, in sneelsing of the applie j 'Canning, aral profit by the warning he had elven ; for reason fo r inquiry —(hear, h ear )—t o see if there were no pleasure in recommending thee Bill to the notice of their to whose talents, integrity, and public spirit so much island of Trinidad, denterea it 1 alreinly the flame I:ad been kindle's', errs! had been ex - means of giving relief. Let their Lordships heels at the Lordships, as it might tend to correct the idea that had praise is due, has not been backward in maintaining the be afterwards said) ani example, I I inguished in biota—(hain Irian) We had found the situation o f p ro p er ty i n th a t co untry. He would state to gone a broad, that the extinction of tithes had taken place. honour of the nation. I allow he has a difficult task to it no distant varied f ur th e co- inco nven i ence — tee had suffered some of the threatened them the particulars e ore property in thee i s land of Ja- It was highly necessary that such a notion as that should perform ; I allow it is no easy matter to preserve the inte of the iatands which possessed calamities—arty teathem he c ar e ful th a t it did not a ga i n males a l i ke wa s fo rtuna t e ly unincumbered with any be checked as soon as possible—(Cheers)—and, therefore, grity of Poland, and the peace of Europe; but let him ,01 he added, " I cannot believe et'rtir ard "extend to other isl a nds. H e con jur e d them again'' d e bts, whi c h was the case w ith very few estates. Th e though it was true that another Bill would follow on the steer his course by the eternal principles of good faith, of e before we shall learn that the 1 to attend to the prophetic warning he had quoted, and I property consisted of 996 acre', whereof 176 acres were present, the intention of which was to enact remedial mea- honour, and of justice ; principles which are not depen eiously employed in o mel e ts :rig : not allow the opinions of sonic individual's hostile to the cultivated with sugar. The Noble Duke also stated the sures on the subject, he was anxious to take every oppor- dent on expedi e ncy, cr any of the fluctuating motives of rnment of Trinids.4 to atenaov e I colonists to induce them to melee in treasures likely to number of slaves of different ages employed on it, but it tunity of d e claring that th e cl a im for tithes was a legal temporary policy, and he may be assured of success. 'a." Now, what !tad been the be attended with site! , dna/nit:el consequences. He cen• was not distinctly heard in the gallery. The Whole pro- claim—that the resistance of tithes was illegal—and that Even whilst I write these sentences, those Poles, whom ble Viarount, re r no boasted that 1 jured them to aegto the week of conciliation ;to se, with duce of this estate Was sold in England for 6,010/., and the Government would ever be found reedy to uphold all future history , will consider as martyrs in the holy cause of is of Mr. Canning, and i n f u l- their owe 'eyes, and they would find that there wan less what proporti o n o f th a t did th e i r L er d s bip s su pp ose wen t l e g a l c l a i ms , un til th e laws which maintained their legs- f ree d om , are wanderers on the surface of the globe, out of ISta.3 ? Did lee wait for the 1 reason to complain than was sometimes stated. He to Government ? 'rite duty of Government amounted to lily were either abrogated or altered.—(Hear, hear.) casts and aliens from the inheritance of their forefathers, lie was trying in St. Lucia or i conjured them to take the prevent opporninity of a change 2,9601., being 50 per cent. on the value of the gross pro- Bill read a first time. and from that father-land in which are centered their ,on its adoption by the ptanter of government in one island to begin a diff e rent system, to duce. Thee expenses of agency, brokerage, insurance, Ike., WEST INDIES. affections !In behalf of these suffering patriots—in behalf id he take time to allow the send out hie Noble Friend, Who Was going to govern Ja- amounted to 1,0001.; it cost that to transport it by se a t o Th e Duke of WELLINGTON presented a petition of these illustrious men, many of whom leave taken refuge lers to be evident i n the Crowe maica, with the Clive branch, that he might adopt con- England. The supplies sent out from England fed' the from the merchants of Glasgow, prayin g that relief might on our shores, I implore not the commiseration, but I their adoption by the old Colo- riliatory neenntites with the legislature of the island, bring estate amounted to 7721. There was money sent to the be afforded to the West India interests. appeal to the justice of Englishmen ; I ask their sympathy h-a Orders accompa n i e d with a l hark the slaves to subordination, and re-establish security agent at Jamaica for various expenses, 561/. Altogether The Duke of BUCCLEUGH presented a petition from for afflicted Poland, and their indignation for the insulted tires that, without loss of time, iof nronertY, and, perhaps, restore that prosperity the whole of the disbursements amounted to 5,2821., leav- the Trades' House at Glasgow, to the same effect. honour of England ! Your obedient servant, .se of law. Instead cf waiting 1 which lead formetly existed. He certainly should ing to the proprietor the sum only of 7281. This was in ADJOURNMENT FOR THE RECESS. ALPHA. !or experiment, he visits them I support his Noirle Friend's.' motion. The knowledge a good year; i n an or di nary year h e wou ld no t get more The Earl of SHAFTESBURY moved that the House Hear, hear) +r what ether possessed by the peonle of the situation of the inhabitants than 600/. If tlie season were bad, or if the crops failed PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 17. , do adjourn to the 7th of May.—Agreed to.—Adjourned at their exclusion from that boon of the Colorist, way no t correc t, an d th e W e st Indi es he got nothing. It was most desirable that all these facts Nine o'clock. ----asms--. louse of Commons had thought them-ten:es desired and courted inquiry.—( Hear.) should be investigated by a Committee of that House. It _ TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN: sof the colonists, and their s The Archbishop of CANTERBURY rose to address was very desirable that property in the West Indies, like PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. Sta,—Having been a constant subscriber to your He would ask", therefore. ; was ! the House ; but was int erru pt e d by a message b e ing an- all individual property, should be insured protection. It —......--- Journal, and much admiring your impartial observations 1 in saying that he acted in 1 flounced from the House of Common', to which the most ouelit to be protected by the Legislature as well as any PUBLIC WORKS, IRELAND. on the Reform Bill, now in progress, I conceive you will ions of 182 J ? Mr. Canning I R e v. P re l a t e gave way; an d M r . Sp r i ng Ri ce an d o th ers oth e r prop e rty o f individual', which existed in this country. T HE FIRST REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF es of severity ; but it w as i n a I b roug h t up t h e Irish Tithe Bill, and the Payment of 'flue House, in its anxiety to abolish the slavery of indivi- not deem it inconsistent with that impartiality to give PUBLIC WORKS IN IRELAND, upon the State of the publicity to the following circumstance, which, lmweye k r am to See realized, and whi c h I D e b ts i n E xecut i on, an d anot h er Bill . T he messengers d ua l s, s h ou ld not f orget t h at t h e su bj ect i nvo l ve d— not several ROADS and BRIDGES placed under their care by trifling, shows the determined hostility of those who peck ire Noble Viscount threatened 1 leaving retired—the Archbishop proceeded :—Having merely the slavery of i n dividuals—but the property of in- the Act 1 and 2 Win. IV, c. 33; pursuant to Act of Parlia. up the little crumbs adherent to the office of church-mt . d'fferent circumstances.— been appealed to by his Noble Friend (Lord Seaford) he dividuals, and property entitled to their Lordships' protec- meld, 6 Geo. IV. c. 101, s. 9. nisters and church-wardens. e (Lord Seaford) did not could not as.oid, in justice to the Colonies, saying a few lion. The public mind ought to be carried back to the On the arrival here of the joyous news, that the Reform To THE KNIGHTS, CITIZENS, AND BURGESSES, IN BAR- Bill had passed its second reading in the Lords, the ringers, iscriminate decoder of ail that words. Dating the time that he was Bishop of London, nature of this property, anal be made aware of what the I LIAM:NT ASSENIBLED. Colonial Assemblies, or of the I be was President of the Society for Promoting Religious consequences would be, not only to individuals, but to the 1 knowing the general feeling which pervaded the to i w iti n Ec o h n_ The powers given to the Directors of Inland Navigation, for at various times received the Instruction amongst the Negroes. Certainly the Society property of the people, by any measures for carrying intothis momentous subject, applied to the acting e repairing, maintaining, and keeping in repair, certain Roads rent. But if the Members of looked forward to tire emancipation of the slaves and the effect by farce tae resolutions for the abolition of slavery. and Bridges in Ireland, by the 6th of Geo. IV., c. lul, having intervened, ally exhibited heat and a want extinction of slavery as the greatest benefit which could It was a fact and truth, that it would be the destruction been transferred to this Board by the 107th section of the Ist warden to allow them to give vent to d t . re t. u , e i v i e ” ral joy by a merry peal ; but the "spirit oft ti con o t f ra oo ic . i) approval of this gelad been no want of exhibi- Ibe conferred on the slaves anti their masters; and the So• of individual property to extingui s h slavery.. Without and 2,1 Wm. IV. c. 33 ; we have the satisfaction to report, in and the anticipated demonstration ies with part of their ad- elety had thought that this object might best be promoted the slaves that property would be nothing for the owners; pursuance of the 9th section of the before-mentioned Act, grand measure was repulsed. to the vicar." Inl et all times acknowledged, lby the improvement of the slaves. He was happy to say without slavery, it must be admitted that neither the that the Roads of the several Districts un n d t er our management grand ecclesiastical . officer, wth "applyall due respect and formality, "Yea out replied this ith a view to the aelvatetages that th e efforts of the Society lead been seconded by the owners, the public, nor the individuals engaged in the cul- have been maintained lo in gtoeodfatioidiostuhecie Report rel o ia t. sr oo ; r a s n o d )e ct i is mediate applicatio c n eo w c a e s, the vicar, whose aniwer was, emancipation, nothing should planters themselves ; and he had been much indebted to tivation could be sustained in life. It was surely time for gratifyingd,t improvements ta )r e o re v le m e r ; e t n,. ta m, ide to hes reverence appear to be going forward l troy the geed, understanding his Noble Friend for his advice and assistance. The So- their Lordships to make inquiry, and bring forward such ten en S, . I the mountainous mils of the Southern gradually,District, the slices, and that no means ciety had been much assisted hy clergymen being appninted a report as would lay the whole matter clearly before the p artic u l a rly when be replied,--" That unless a re ' You must apply to the acting churchwarden." He was — again applied to, ith ' a n s been representeds parts the manners and coni in which . . - could in any way endanger the to the Colonies and by the Colonial Legislative. 'That of public. He would support the motion of his Noble Friend, lions of the labouring classes have been materially changed for . quisition, signed by the mayor and corporation, and prin or affect the security of pie- Barbados in particular hadopal inhabitants to that effect, were got up," he could not contributed to this good work. and should he prepared to give every assistance in tats the better. meil, however, were calculated In the course of 15 years a greater number of churches power to further the objects of the Committee. Since our appointment in the month of November last, a VICAR IS A VERY P lAN : He MAN : se of all that, They had put had peen built and schools established than in any other The I LORD CHANCELLOR could not, with the opt- new Road through the Keeper Mountains, being the remainder allow OURthe bells in his care to he rung. Ile is a fellow of Winchester College .Z7OO per annum. hey had in di it consequences country in the same space of time. There were schools Mons he entertained on this subject, allow it to pass with- of the Anglesea Road, extending from the neighbourhood of tic i s a vicar of Portsmouth 5OO ty ; and this was one of the . for every description of persons. After the late disaster, out sating a few words. He did not mean, however, to the town of Nenagli towards Tipperary, has been placed by Ile is a vicar of Portsca -MO ee offered to their acceptance. lit hail been estimated that it would cost 40,000/. to repair go into the discussion at length, because he understood th a t the order of the Lord Lieutenant under our management. The Ills . mother bought . the anvowson of Beellearupton (of nters did nothing towards for- f the churches and schools in Barbados alone.—(Bear.) is was the intention of the Government to comply with Iteni:toffrothisN.neesev Newport is 17m. 3f. which, added to the length which he has the gift) of Mr. Dee for 5,000/. t to Thurles , previou , sl } in our possession, Geyernment and the people of If he had expected to be called en, he should have come the motion of the Noble Lord, and, agreeable . to what he and inters m ecting s P th r e former, makes ' a total extent of new, pt no steps towards the melio- down prepared, and should have been able to state many understood to be the wish of the majority of their Lord_ knglesea Road, exceeding forty-one miles. It appears that on CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT. CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. e slave. Was it necessary to facts to illustrate the assistance the Society had received ships, to grant a Committee. It would be proper to wait the Neu-port or Thurles Road, although only open for one year, --- of the progress which had been from the Colonies. for the report of that Committee before entering into tne COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEHALL.—(THIS DAY.) has produced a considerable improvement inthe country, as t which all others would he The Duke of WELLINGTON said, in consequence of discussion ; and he would only say a few words to guard will be seen from the following extract from a report made to religious instruction of the the assent g i v en by she Noble Lord to the motion of his their Lordships against being carried away by the miscon- us by Mr. Griffith :he says, .. Formerly there was no Road , DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES._ o remind him tle a the Bishops his Noble Friend, he should not have troubled their Lord_ ceptions of the Noble Duke and his Noble F r i e nd. He passable f or wheeled carriages dt i . ior ti f , o e rhorses in winter, e h onsc i - i .1 . c. ....: no ad both, in their reports to the ships at all, hut for some of the observations of the Noble could assure his Noble Friend that he did not need the au- quentiythertehlevas ill the country;ofthe,ten ta' ar which,lee was w the commenced . works s p ring 3 , .. v. a te, ~.. rg 5 5§ E reseed themselves perfectly sa- Viscount. He had heard with great satisfaction the able thority of Mr. Canning and Mr. Fox to yield assent to hisse ~- C s - :..; F.".".• E •=: C... •-• den of notorious outlaws and murderers, who lived in these p• •;..; c , .... done by the planters and the and impressive statement made hy the Neble Lord who statement. He had never contemplated for one moment e nan lg Ti F.; p 7 2 , s .'s, 1 s mountains in defiance of the laws ; but during the last year I nferenec to that all-important lead last addressed their Lordships, as well as the obsers ast rem of compulsory emancipation ; and he did not be- :5 3 z r---, H 4 -. " i=,.E..ro',E.g 11 '3' to refer to the number of yations of th e most Reverend Prelate, in support of th e lieve that any man was so wild as to recommend a corn- --.... rh.7 t—.lB-1 1973 1.21 Id been everywhere raised for views taken by th e N o ble Lord, It Wrig natural that pulsory emancipation of slaves. He had only wished to I have the pleasure to state, from accurate information, that from the limestone quarries of Ballycahill alone, which are , situate at the eastern or Mules end of the Road, upwards of , received Total ,ISO so y 52 / cut the Colonies ? In further the West I n di a b o dy, whether they resided in this country lay the ground for a progress towards freedom, by taking nin e thousand horse.loads of lime have been drawn into the Fotal from ilaces where the disease has ceased and from i which no return have been this day Mountains and used for manure I,ime was also introduced irenetion it wanted—he could or in the Islands, should desire that a solemn in- such steps as would prepare the slaves for its enjoyment. Mountains in large quantities from the quarries situate ate (the Archbishop of Canter- quirt , should be instituted into the circumstances of He wished so say a few words on the observation of the into the Grand Total 8144 2 , .'34 Society for affording Religious their pr, se nt con diti on . They were suffering great dis- Noble Duke as to what had occurred in the chartered near Newport, at the western extremity of the Road • a nd o n __ ___..—.....--- whole I t to state that more than ten times the bother the communications of tress, broueht on hya long-continued course of neglect—by colonies relative to the adoption of the Orders in Council, the LONDON.—APRIL 17, at FIVE P.M. quantity of c la a ;i v‘ ras u b r e e . en rnanured with lime, in . the interior correspondence of the Society, many misfer une', and now at last by a most formid- The N ble Duke said that there was not one of the reso . u -4 point the instruction ;4 the able rebellion, sibling to their other misfortunes, and tions which had not been adopted in son sonic one of the colonies. of the Mountains, during the last than any previous year. As 1.6 a a 4 1-': - ...4t 2 fifteen if it should ha sn that there were fourteen or inight be expected, new buildings and new enclosures have ".•-•'''' ! ...- ~.:. ~•i •' • •F• ;:. gal 5' 6 ~., r.: ;_, :.., z -.. c _ ; , F, —Olean) He (Lord Seaford) quite destroying the value of their property. lie con- Now . pp. . , kept pace with the indraft of lime ; and I have no doubt that • 5 .. - - .. . rf'-'' '7' -, t 'Fi 7.- ; 't.:' -.' Council enforced many just (-civet) that these reasons were sufficient to make their of these resolutions, and fourteen or fifteen colonies, he F. t", `c`i .:n 't 's,§iz, TIgE it was it h ot fair to acknow- Lou dahipi go into an inquiry into the circumesences of might admit thst the propositions of the Noble Duke was the whole face of the Mountain Country will be improved in a very few years, and that peaceful agricultural industry will . r., .. s : e r:1 ,- - , .... i- , ..t. '- i 2, , t '.. not been slow in the week of th e ir situation, and into the acts of the Government at correct, and yet he might assert that, in fact, those resolu supplant that system of lawless outrage which has hitherto been it-, had the Hous e not h e a r d hom e w ith res pect to the legislatures of the islands. Ti was times, if carried into execution, wer e n e xt to nothing. lie th e disgraceful characteristic of the population of the Keeper Total 1103 20 y 5 8 / 110 2239 11.12 Cases from places before reported 231 156 wash by the assembly of Ja• natural that the West India body should desire such in-an could suppose that two or three of theme resolutions were Mountains." Schedule dof all disqualifications en ac- inquiry, and it could not be possible but that such anGrand Total 2470 121 8 Expenditure mad up charge, tl of importance; and all the others of comparatively little Annexed is a of the Roads e tender our and (Signed) WM. MACLEAN, Secretary. the necessity of taking oaths, (miry, conducted as it could be by their Lordships, must consequence, it might h a pp en that th e t we ly eor t hi r t e en tri- an Account of the Receipts atu , 1 , E3 . (1) ~n , CHOLERA IN CORK.—During the last few days reports were in circulation that some suspicious cases of disease had appeared in the central part of this city, possessing much of the character of spasmodic cholera. An unwilling ness to alarm without decided and unequivocal proofs of the actual presence of the malady induced us to avoid calling public attention to the calamity. Yesterday, however, it was posi tively declared that cholera had exhibited itself in the neigh bourhood of Paul-street, and several members of the faculty, on seeing the eases, pronounced that they were true cholera. The event has proved the truth of the assertion, for it has been reported to us that five of them terminated fatally in the night. 'We have their names. The first case was on the sth instant. A girl about eleven, the child of a shopkeeper in Paul_ street, was suddenly attacked after breakfast, while going to school, and died in twelve hours 1 Yesterday cases were re ported in biodsilPs-lane, the Coal-quay, Hughes's-lane, and Dominick-street, in all seven, of which, as above stated, five have died. It is said there are four new cases reported this morning in Paul's parish, besides others in different parts of the city. We perceive that the Mayor has called a public meet ing of the citizens for Monday next.—Cork Reporte,-. ELOPEMENT OF A WARD IN CHANCERY. —Last night, about nine o'clock, the family of Archibald Christie, Esq., of No. 8, Grove-terrace, Regent's Park, were greatly alarmed, on account of the disappearance of Miss Eliza beth Christie, a ward in Chancery. Every search and inquiry was made for her by her friends, but without success. It was at last ascertained that she had eloped with a Mr. Charles Lees, an eminent portrait painter, from Edinburgh, who had recently formed an acquaintance with her, and to whom it is supposed she was very much attached. Messengers were sent off in all directions to endeavour to trace the fugitives, and Mr. Christie, who is the young lady's guardian, appointed by the Court of Chancery, immediately gave information to the Commissioners of the new police of the circumstance, and directions were given to the police constables at the different station-houses to apprehend the parties if possible, of whom a very minute description was given. Miss Christie is only 18 years of age, rather embonpoint, and a very accomplished and interesting young lady. On coming of age we understand she will come into possession of a very large fortune. The gallant is a dark complexioned young man, and slightly pitted with the small pox. It is strongly suspecte I that the lovers have directed their course towards Gretna. On Monday a young woman and a young man were charged with robbing a house in Catherine-street, occu pied by Mrs. Robison. It appeared that the female was servant to Mrs. Robison, who, becoming rather unwell during the night, sent her out for some spirits. It is supposed that, on her re turn, she had taken in her sweetheart along with her, for about ten o'clock in the morning a man was seen coming out of the said house carrying something along with him. A lady who lived in the floor above, suspecting something wrong, went to the door and rapped loudly, but received no answer. Not satisfied, she got some policemen, and, after waiting at least an hour, the servant gave them admission, and there Mrs. Robison was found lifeless in the bed, the house robbed of a great quan tity of wearing apparel, silver spoons, &c., but by the activity of the police a great quantity of the stolen property was re covered. The case was clearly made out against the servant, who was sentenced to sixty days' hard labour in Bridewell. The man was dismissed, the case not being proved against him. defect thought is —Scotsman. i The following peculiar i ty i n the physiognomy tr of Southey, the poet, is not, we believe, generally known. 'we take it from the Ettrick Shepher d ' s Altriue Tales. " Both his stitgruonreglyanmdacrkoritiennahiiicsedaarrkeeyimes7 sing, and e e is deep a in his but there eyelids, for these he has no power of raising, so that when he looks up he turns up his face, being unable to raise his eyes; and when he looks towards the top of one of his romantic mountains, one would think he was looking at the zenith." RECEIPTS. £ s. D. Balance in the Bank of Ireland to the late Board's credit, on aith December, 1830 1,147 1 0 Received from the Treasury since that period 4,499 13 10 5,646 14 10 EXPENDITURE. s. D Expended by the Directors-General of Inland Na vigation Expended by the Commissioners of Public Works 1,115 18 10 Balance in Bank of Ireland to this Account, on 25th December, 1831 .5,646 14 10 Office of Public Works, JOS. C. WALKER, Dublin, March 12, 1832. Accountant. SALE or LITERARY WORKS.—" A con temporary print alludes to the great sale of the Waverley Novels and of Lord Byron's Works as being almost unprece dented. Two or three other publications, however, might be mentioned which have equalled, it' not surpassed them, in point of number. As a single instance, we might mention Was hi ng ton Irving's Sketch-Book—of which we h ave th e b est aut h or ity for believing that not less than 25,000 copies have been sold up to the present time ; and, we believe, that from the new Sketch-Book which is forthcoming from the same author, the publishers calculate, allowing for the altered state of the times, on a sale of not less than '0,000."--Globe. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.--An inquest was on Monday held at the William the Fourth, St. Andrew's. road, Newington, on the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Grant. The decease d was the site of a commerci a l t rave ll er, and on Wed nesday night, her husband being f rom h ome, she laid down upon sofa to read; sleep soon overpowered her, and shortly after the candle, which was on a table close to her, by some mischance fell and set fire to her clothes. The flames, reaching her bosom and face, awoke her, and she shrieked out. A next door neighbour, Mr. Canning, heard her, and rushing in, found her in a most pitiable condition, her clothes being nearly all burnt otf. She was removed to a medical man, but the injuries she had received caused her death in twelve hours. Verdict —Accidental Death, PRICES OF sTOCIES THIS Bank Stock • 196 . !1 74 V 2, 3 per Cent. R e d S34 3 per Cent,Coir, ... • SIN 7-6 ! , 6 3 per Cent. —l Ditto Itc.:l ' 013 V, New:Nper Cent...—. f',2 4 IA 3 per Cent. 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Arrived. Due. 0 America 1 0 Hamburg 1 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 1 0 Jamaica 0 0 Carthagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 I Dublin 0 0 Lisbon I O Flanders 0 0 Malta 0 O France 0 1 Sweden O Guernsey &Jersey.. 0 1 I Waterford HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 33 minutes after 1.1 Evening...s4 minutes after 4, rbe *ust. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. APRIL 18, 1832. An interesting discussion took place last night in the House of Lords on the subject of the Colonial Trade. The Lad of HAREwOOD opened the debate by the presentation of a peti tion which was agreed to at the late important meeting of the West India Proprietors. In al luding to the distresses of these gentlemen, his Lordship observed that they pressed to so great a degree as to annihilate a considerable portion of the property of the West India Proprietors. In fact the state of things was such, that the produce of the country was literally confiscated, and he would not hesi tate to say that if the present system were allowed to be carried on, the British %Vest India Colonies must sink. His Lordship com mented at some length on the Orders in Coun cil, which, he said, had been framed as if all the moral, religious, and physical wants of the negroes had been utterly neglected, and which hitherto had only hal the effect of making the slaves look abroad, instead of at home, for protection. Lord SUFFIELD admitted the existence of great distress in the West India colonies, but con tended that it arose solely from the oppressive system of slavery. 'With regard to the Orders in Council, his Lordship expressed his great obligations to Government for these, the only, means that had been found to carry into effect the manumission of slaves. On the subject of an inquiry, he would not consent to an investigation into that which could not but be manifest to every one. Lord GODERICII was willing to comply with the prayer of the petitioners for a full Parlia mentary inquiry into the state of the slaves and their civilization, though, were he a West Indian proprietor, he should not think such an inquiry requisite. As a Member of the Committee he would endeavour to elicit truth ; but nothing could be more unfortunate than the slightest de sire to stop any of the measures of amelioration. Lord SEAF.ORD was warmly in favour of a Parliamentary inquiry, and conjured the Noble Viscount not to pursue a course which might again light up the flames in the Island of Jamaica. He hoped instead, that he would send out the new Governor (Earl MULGRAVE) with the olive branch in his hand. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY bore tes timony to the uniform liberality of 'West Indian proprietors i❑ subscribing towards giving the slaves the benefit of a religious education. We cannot help thinking with our contemporary, the Morning Chronicle, that the Right Rev. Pre late is a little in error on this point. To pro mote education among the slaves, is to unfit them, more or less, for the task of servitude, to whet their ambition, and render them wholly discontented with that lot, which has assigned them a rank in the scale of creation little inferior to the brute animals. The West Indian proprietors cannot but be aware of this, and would therefore, " from the very nature of things, (as the chronicle truly observes) be jealous of the growth of intelligence among the blacks," and regard the advent of the school master among them, as an event rather to be de precated, than desired. The Duke of WELLINGTON was anxious that their Lordships sh mid go into an inquiry .NCIE YESTERDAY. 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