The Sun. — London, England, 1840-06-20 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. BRITISH AND FOREIGN ANTI- SLAVERY CONVENTION. [A:paragraph having been somewhat inconsiderately inserted in our yesterday's report respecting the not fur nishieg with sufficient promptness a document for pub lication, we feel it just to say, that the Secretaries, con sidering the great extent of business they have to get through, have always displayed the greatest willingness, nay, readiness., to give us any aid in their power; and we.have furSler to express our sense of the courteous at tention, pain generally to the press. eWct ray further venture to state, that the Convention with treat benevolence have commenced a subscription for t'ee unfortunate man who had so dreadful a fall from Mr narrow platfOriiiiiitkid the top of the hall.] Dr. GREVILLE in the Chair. After the Minutes had been compared, Mr. STURGE rose to bring forward the question of the RESULTS OF EMANCIPATION. His object was to demonstrate that the great experiment, so far as it bad been tried, had fully succeed id, end that free.labour was far better than slave. Mr. BOULTREE said his object in moving this Com mittee was to carry out Mr. O'Connell's recommendation. " To turn our efforts to practical measures," by showing the advantage of freedom over slavery—by showing that honesty is the best policy. That principle is the only real expediency: The difficulties in the way- of eman cipation are—the reluctanCe of the slave-holders to part with arbitrary power and their apprehension of pecua nary loss. The only compensation they can have for the loss of power is the greater degree of respectability and happiness to be derived from the exercise of justice and humanity than from oppression and cruelty. As to the pecuniary part of the question it may be proved to demon stration that free labour is more advantageous than that cif - slaves. The lifficulty is not to find arguments, but 'to select from the mass, such as are most appropriate to the occasion. There are gentlemen present who . can *peak te the effects of free lab our i n I n di a . O ur friends, whose love of justice and humanity, and freedom has brought them from America, to aid this great cause, can tell you that comparing the free States with those where slavery still lingers, the advantage is invariably on the side of freedom-,_ethers will speak to our colonies ; th e t es ti mon y of these different and unconnected parties makes the evi _ gillinWet complete. In America the comparison is made be lween adjoining properties possessing the same advantages as to fertility of soil and salubrity of climate, one culti vated by slaves the other by freemen at • the same time; in our colonies the experiment upon the same property, cultivated at one time by slaves and at another by freemen. He should confine his remarks to the result of emancipa- Coal') the British Colonies. The eyes of the world are fixed upon that great measure; as it succeeds or fails so will our cause progress or linger. It is of paramount importance, therefore, that the experiment should b a fairly made, which be contended, was not yet the case. We unfortunately paid beforehand, and the consequence was we had not yet value for our money. Bad laws have been enacted by the planters.- The laws necessary for the protection of the Degrees have not been enacted ; bat, worst of all, the ad ministration.of the lain; has been in the hands of the op pressors (as in Ciba), and consequently oppression still rears Its head. .The planters not only oppress the negroes, bit they endeavour to ru i n by l ega l expenses any one w h o hti the courage to defend them. It was to this point lie was anxious to call the attention of the Meeting. fund bad been raised to defend these honest and honourable men. He most earnestly hoped that all these who were in affluence, would contribute to this fund. When the planters found that their infernal contrivance 'was defeated, and - only brought expense and disgrace upon themselves,' they 'would cease to persevere. This is one Ptactical measure. lie would mention one other, and then sit down. The power of inflicting corporal punish. xnent or torture upon the ne,groes being taken away from the planters, they had resorted to a system of exorbitant rents and eljentments. This lieconiidered was their last stronghold, and from that they Might be driven with little trouble. or expense. The remedy he had in view hasebeen adopted upon a small scale, and only required to be -extended to secure our victory in the cause of humanity. Considerable tracts of land have been purchased and re tailed •to the ejected 'negroes at the same price per acre. Now, if it were sold to them at double the price, it would still answer the purpose, with this advantage, that the pro. fits might be'applied to extending the operation. For up wards of half a century, in reflecting on slavery, his feelings bad been- divided between commiseration for the oppressed and shame for the oppressors. In imagination he had ~:Painted 'the' abettors of slavery as smeared from bead to ..,,..fdot with bl oo d , which their . avarice had caused to flow. „ i t - 4 couldenot ret urn t o hi s h ome u p on goo d terms w i t h himself 'without raising his voice as loud as he could againFt the obnoxious and. terrible crime of slavery.. In 'the spirit was willing, though the flesh was weak."e'he Rev. Mr. Kellen then came forward amidst r reat • cheering to - "state what he -had seen and heard' of the effect of that great measure - of eman tipatien, which had gladdened the Islands of the West. Before he proceeded with the general remarks which it was his intention ea. offer, he wished to clear the character of his negro brethren from the calumniee that had been east Upon them from many quarters. He spoke his honest convietions when he asserted that there did not exist under the canopy of heaven a more industrious, moral, or Peaceible peasant than.- those things whom the British uation had ?wade rnee.—( Loud cheers,) He would not take up their time by reading , many extracts, but as he kneai that many imputations had been 'east upon them by interested parties, he would give them the character of the negroes, in the words and under the authority of one 'who had held the office of Gevernor—( Hear, hear)— Sir Smith—(LoudLionel and general cheering)—and when 'be Mentioned his name he mentioned the name of onewhom "erY ",emancipated negro in Jamaica almost adored— `cCheers)—he mentioned the name of an individual who exerted all the powers of an energetic mind for the proteetion "ef the' oppressed -and the deliverance of the captive-- Iliear'ehear)e—andif there was any subject more painful e llen another, to Lim, it was his premature rceal, by which 'fle: * tiai not permitted to Carry out the principle of justice 41 benevolence upon which every feeling of his heart was set ,:-; 77 ( Hear. hear.) In answer to -an address which re (Mr: Knibb) bad the honour, in conjunction with gtis . Rev. Brethren, of presenting to his Excellency, he wPoke in the highest terms of the exemplary conduct of the aegroes. ,He trusted that thesedocements - would be called for by the Committee, and that they would go fully to. the The next document to which he would call their i ntention Was from 'Sir Charles Metcalfe, who had also borne testimony to the conduct of the negroes, although be had though fit to denounce the Baptists as political a gitators.—( H ear , an d a l aug h . ) But if the using their best endeavours to defend the rights, and secure the free dom of the negroes, was political agitation, then be (Mr. linibh) avowed himself one ; and he would never shrink, A b 7 the fe ar o f suc h ep i t h ets, f rom the discharge of his " e etY.--(Cheers.) Sir Charles Metcalfe said the country 7„as extremely tra nqu il, a lth oug h t h ere was no police, and h t th e l a b our i ng populat i on was cheerful and happy. el l te negroes were cheerful and happy, why should they coerced...why attempt to manacle them—why introduce Vagrant Acts, and an armed police force to tern them Y„.Q.atstheir domicil es , ;an d try again to excite di scon t en t an d u Worder in tbe minds of the labouring population ? "leer. hear.) . In the ,observ a ti ons bo would have to a rses lee . would prove th a t e manc i pat i on b a d pro d uced ),„ • in crease " of morality, social or d er , an d d omest i c - "Crsiness..—( Hear, hear.) These truths had so clearly re sealed themselves in Jamaica that he almost feared to . eleneiss-mpen their patience by ag ai n re f err i ng to them. "te' ut if there were persons Who doubted the fact, might be litefel-to repeat it, so that they might be stimulated to fresh efforts, until every slave had become a freeman, and 7twere enabled t o witness t h roughout the ' world those delightful -scenes- which it. had been his (Mr. Knibb's) V,lppiness to "witness' in the isles of the west.—( Hear, , 4 1 40 ';' hear.) The re b ad been since freedom came a uni ,171144 observance of marriage .__( Hear, heir.) The bre ,fll3 -with whom he was connected had celebrated nearly ge°oo ivarriages since that period.—( Hear, hear.) Many . said " that . now their wives a n d th e i r " c hild ren were `uatr, own, and the lash could no longer reach them." :bad•been anobservaece of the Christian sabbath all h7fire island, end he declared that he had seen m ore e i r t oration of the sabbath in one day in' London than he .ver seer since freedom had smiled on the island of "'"'Sa. - -i-(Cheers.) The absence of crime formed an b!!' interesting feature in connexion With the subject. lls,parieh . where the " political agitat ors " li ve th ere ) been a diminution of crime unparalleled in the history t UfLtsOrtatiy other country.. In the parish of Trelawney e ir es , - were from thirty-five . .to forty thousand indi te`",4,si and daring the fi rs t quarter o f a year, after f ":„ abolition- of slavery, only One person had been tried fee at rOtrelloo against the laws of his country, and during et ! last iiiarter also onl y on person hid been tried.-- ( Heats heao Ili the House of Correction of the die. Rhea John Joseph Gurney, a name dear to all— tCheersY—visited it, he only found one prisoner, and he bats, a white man.—(Hear, and laughter.) He (Mr. knibb) had been there, and although he had mentioned t4 g.eircumstanee before, it might perhaps be , as well to "Peat h • it He fennel the treadmill covered with dust and fift sad he 'said t o M r . B ar b er (f or h e lik e d to g i ve t h e is .4111111.- • la order that there might be every possible scrutiny C u m 4 ,..,lsta statements) " How comes it t h at t h e trea d m ill i s tbo 4i6 condition ?" His reply was, " The fact is, ever since lst of August came we have never been abl e t o muster eight hands at a time, and it won't turn round with less." (beers and laughter.) There were more than one or e we hou ses o f correct i on , or gao ls, whi c h bad b een s h ut up or Months, not a single inmate being found therein. He tl ;,„_llid only. refer to one more fact—he had the names of - IvrYPerson tried at the last assizes for the county, which eantained a, population of about 125,000, and only four teen 'perions had been tried out of that number. Six out of the fourteen were white men.; three of the black men u u , Wer e acquitted of the crimes laid to their.charge, and there "aa not one female among the whole. —( Hear.) t . Mr. STUROE—What proportion did the white popula -1°!-Btar to the - black ? e f e l :tert. R. KNIBB—I dont think there are more than e — e ' ( X ) O eee , (a gentleman in the body of the meeting said "rued A respected friend and minister, Mr. Tench , had "glued him that although he had resided nearly seven Z._, 44 ra in the district near which he (Mr. Knibb) dwelt, he elver seen a drunken man since he had lived (Hear,there..— r hear.) With respect to the diminution of crime e, Would state, that out of a population of 24,000, among :i?aorn there were 771 members and inquirers, only•one in eividual had been brought to the bar of his country, and "e had been acquitted.—( Hear, bear.) The next subject he Would -touch upon was this—th e y had heard that not I/ e I Y. had mo ra lity, social or d er , an d d omes ti c happiness inc reased since emancipation, but h e wo uld add that ind ustry was the order of the day whe rever the negroes He re fairly treated. Wherever a fair rate of wages was ten, then they we r e always ready a n d w illi ng to work. etc knew no t w h et h er 2 1 b s . o f s uga r were _ now made in -840 of one, or two glasses of rum to poison them, or one oelaugh)—that was a question with whi c h t h ey h a d el ° , t e bing to do ; but he bad heard and he believed this—that soil there was a diminution its the cultivation of the o '‘, 1 1; that had not arisen from any indisposition on the part 4 ' the negroes to labour, but because they had been offered rite of wages w hi c h it w ou ld b e excee di ng l y f oo li sh i n th ei ets to take, and w hi c h th e y o f ten h a d more trou bl e to 44 111 than it was worth, after they had fairly earned it. THE SUN, LON DON „__ SAT UR DA Y, UN'E 20, i z4O. Not only that, but laws had been framed for the avowed 1 Mr. Gurney said, " IA() not consider it to be my province purpose of crushing the independence of the negroes, and to enter into a discussion of the laws which have been which, if they _ were persevered in, they must, and will enacted in this colony during the last few months ; but I enable the negroes to obtain free settlements for them- cannot, with a good conscience, refrain from expressing selves where tyranny could not reach them, and the power my own opinion that some of these provisions have an un. of the oppressor could not he felt.—( Hear, hear.) He favourable bearing on the'cause of equal rights and unre had mentioned the other day the case of one of the members stricted freedom. It is unquestionable that the Act for of the church over which he presided, in order to show that, the recevery of petty debts affords great facilities for the when not engaged in the cultivation of the sell, it was line of proceeding which have now described. On visit_ quite possible that they might be engaged in something ing the gaol of one of the parishes a few days since, I was else ;. and as to the exorbitant rates they were charged alarmed by observing that, whereas the number of debtors the following document would explain that point. It was confined in it during the whole of 1839 was only 12, more from the proprietor of Buff Bay estate, parish of St. than double the number, viz. 25, had passed'through that George's prisou•since the commencement of 1840—that is, in - a little 1839. • Mr. Wm. Wordsworth, more than two months. Of these, 16 were rent cases, Dec. 31st. To • William Hossack, proprie- under the Petty 'Debt Act. If such be the operation of tor of Buff-Bay River Estate. Dr. this Act in a single parish, what must it be in the whole of • For the tie, and occupation on said Estate; for JaMaica ! Arc we to forget that to cast a free labourer one year to date, of one garden and one into prison, even for ten days, is to 'break down his respec house, at Is. Bd. per week £B 13 4 tubility, and to undermine his moral worth as a citizen of For four. Cocoa-nut Trees, at sd• radii, per do 4 6 8 the State ? I own I tremble when I look at the too pro.. Fur one ground feeding self and children at bable case of a free labourer who cannot agree with his Is, ed. per week labour. He racy be charged one of these penal and ficti tious rents. Under the Petty Debt Act he may be . des poiled of his goods and be imprisoned for a short period. Driven from his home by repeated vexations, or legally expelled from it by his employer, he may be found tra versing the country in search of a new location, or sleeping at night on the road side in the open air. Under the Police Act he may then be questioned and seized by an armed watchman ; and finally, under the Vagrant Act, he may be punished with sixty days' imprisonment and bard labour in a penal gang. If these things are so, what is his alternative ? (t is to yield to the compulsion, to comply with the requirements• of his employer, and to labour against his own free will, for such wages, and for so many days and hours in the week, as his master may see fit to dictate. This surely is a perfect contravention of the intent and purpose of the Imperial Act of Emancipation. .1n plain English, it is SLAVERY. Mr. Liutchins, of Savannah-le-Mar, in a letter addressed to. a friend of his, stated that the Mr. M'Neil, who had been croaking so ri uch about the ruin of the planters, bad just purchased an estate for 4,6001., and that he would not take 5001. for his bargain. He was an attorney, and that might account for his croaking.—(A laugh.) He had also purchased another valuable property in the same district. No one ever knew of their being fur sale till the purchase took place; but if the planters and proprietors advertised these sales, they would find that at Trelaweev they would obtain a much higher price —C Hear, hear.) So long as the attorneys could persuade them that their properties were going to ruin, so long they would be able to purchase good estates at a cheap rate for themselves, and they were not quite such idiots as to make good crops under such circumstances for their masters.—( Hear.) Would they assist the nearoes of Jamaica to put these laws down ?—( Cries of Yes.) If they did not, the fruit of freedom would be pulled before it was ripe. If they did not, with them, and not with Jamaica, was the guilt. Notwithstanding all that had passed, and all the opposi tion and annoyance they had received, the expectations of the most int rested and the most sanguine had been more than fully recognised.—( Hear, hear.) In the lame of 300,000 negroes of Jamaica, he thanked the people of England for all they had done for them. There were in the present assembly thoie who held sway in the Senate of the country, and he trusted that they would lift up their voices in behalf of the negroes -of Jamaica. He (Mr. Knibb) would go there if he could, and he would regard very little the taunts and sneers of the. Members of that House in ad vocating the cause of his oppressed brethren. He called upon the Hon. and Learned Member who sat near him ( Mr. O'Connell), on behalf of the persecuted children of Africa, to throw the shield of his protection around them, and give them that freedom which they were entitled to. —(Loud cheers.) The Rev. Gentleman then alluded to the subscriptions which had been forwarded to the Con vention from the Anti-Slavery Societies of St. Catherine's, amounting to 100/., from Brownstown 301., from St. Thomas in the Vale 501., from Berbice, in British Guiana, 1001—( Cheers)—and several other places. Had they not a right, then, to anticipate the most favourable results ? ( Hear, and cheers.) They must not drawback; they 'must go on from one thing to another; and he could as sure them that if they did net their African brethren in Jamaica were determined to do so. They might do as they pleased, and he bad no doubt they would do well, but in Jamaica .they were determined to have liberty or death. —( Cheers.) Nat in a bloody manner ; no, he and they . would not touch the head of the greatest tyrant—they would work with noise but moral, mearis.—(Loud cheers.) They feared not the frowns of the great, nor would they be slackened in their endeavours by their smiles. They were determined to go on, and eventually they • must triumph, for on their side was every attribute of the Most fligh—on their side was - the omnipotence of Jehovah, and He would-crown them with success.—( Cheers.) Mr.•Foween Boxeoe then rose, and was received with loud cheering. He said it was not every one in that large meeting that could appreciate or enter into his feelings of painful satisfaction, and ,still stronger feelings of, intense gratitude to the Great_ Creator, which filled his mind at lazing allowed to .hear the statement made by his worthy and philanthropic friend, the Rev. Mr. Knibb He well remembered the day when he land his Hon. - Friend near him (Dr. Lushington) were treated with the utmost scorn, because of what was-called their fanaticism, in thinking and saying that the negro would do all those things ivhich"his friend Knibb said they were Hew doing. lie remembered the time when they were laughed to scorn for saying that the negro would work for wages—when he was asked, Was he a friend to humanity, for if his views were carried out, the whites would be all massacred, the colonies would be ruined, and the blacks themselves would again become barbarians. These alarms did not come from slight authorities ; even in 1832 a man of: high. standing as a merchant—the Go vernor of the Bank--etold the Government that euelee-nust be the results of emancipation. These fears were'the gseatest obstacles in their way; then with what kr.ieful satisfaction - must he look back to the career of the emanci pated, when he foiled that every one of those predictions had been fulfilled ? Where was the great increase. of, crime ? He would tell them to look at the empty jails. Was there any increase of immorality ? He would cite to them the large spread of religion, and the increase of mar riages. Had the planter been ruined? He would point to the fact of the enormous increase in the v a l ue of p ro p er ty in Jamaica.—(Cheers.) It was said that the whites would be liable to constant insults and assaults from 'the blacks. It gave him great satisfaction to find, from the reports made by the Governors of the Colonies up to a lase period, that ever since the abolition there had been only one ease of assault of that nature.--(Cheers.) Then bow they were' taunted and contradicted and laughed at, when "they affirmed the negro would work for wages. Their enemies said they were friends - of freedom in the abstract; prove to us that they will work for wages, and all our doubts will be removed. The story now was very different, for they have found the negro so very fond of wages, so well acquainted with the principle, - chat they will not work unless they are . well paid.-4 A laugh.) The masters found them too astute upon the question... Then let therreonlreonceive the immense spread of education and Christianity. He bad hated slavery for its cruelty to the body, but far more because of its cruelty to the mind and to the soul —(Cheers.) There Was one source of satisfection, and it was a very great one, consi dering the anxiety which he had upon the subject —it was, to have heard those truly blessed statements from the mouth of his friend Mr. Knibb. He had spent many.most anxious nights and stays respecting h'm, for they had the report: in own that he was an.outlaw—that the rope was about his neck, and they were afraid that the next arrival would bring.them the teewa of his execution—that he had died a martyr in the -cause of 'ft eedom and humanity. Aw ful would have beon •th'e : eonsequence s of such a deed ; 'therefore he 'rejoined to see him, and to welcome hen amongst them. England had done much, but it was the duty of Abolitionists O'er to bear in mind that there wore, millions of negroes in the world besides those its our colo sites( Cheers.) Considering the present state .of the sugar market, he was gumh, afraid that a clamour would be got up in this couotry about.thehigh,price of sugar; and he feared that it would be so great as to compel. the Go vernincnt to give way, and admit slave-grown sugar from foreign countries into our market. All their energies ought to be directed to prevent such a calamity, for if it ever were allowed, there would be such scenes of aggra vated slavery, cruelty, and oppression, as the World ticl not hitherto seen— Let them work without fal tering in this cause, because, if slaie-gro,wn sugar were once admitted,. they would have thrown *away their money, and ilaVei;y,Would once more become ram, pant. He rejoiced . at the statements he had heard from his Friend Knibb, because be had made it already appear that' in a ' very few years free-grown sugar front our own colonies would be exclusively and plentifully supplied. to 'this country. They were now trying the great 'experi ment whether free or slave-cultivated sugar was of the most advantage ; and most sincerely he trusted the re sult would be according to their wishes. He would not detain them, but he could not resist saying so 'much 'to express his sense of satisfaction at the heart-stirring ac counts given the meeting by his friend Knibb.—(Cheers. ) Dr. LustuNorrori rose amidst loud cheering. He felt proud to take an humble,pert on that great and interesting occasion, where they had the presence of representatives from all nations, who were .animated by the same leading and opinions as themselv,es, namely, an ardent detestation of slavery; and he trusted that their meeting • would in duce all persons having. such feelings to unite together in the most strenuous efforts for its entire extinction.. Les them bear in mind—have it constantly before them-thatthe consequencel emantipation . in the Britisit'colonies, provided it bore out in its results all that its frier e N hope d or expected from iclwould be. felt and prove of the utmost consequence as ant eneho obtain vmancipatiuri all ( A ve' : the world, and to eventually obtain the final Abolition of the still more horrible traffic in man.e--( Cheers.) • He con_ fettled, therefore, .that, looking to the subject they were now discussing as a great experiment, he had been Most anxious to see that the hopes held out to the . world had not proved a' failure; for had it unfortu nately been so, it would not have been !to we l to the score of accident: hot, would be atirshwed taken and erroneous principles. •It was, thoiefore, of the. utmost importance that they should knoW the result Of British emancipation; and that they should foster that re sult till it attained 'greater perfection, and that they should strenuously oppose every attempt to interfere with the freedom of the emancipated negroes, such as had been done in Jamaica,—(Cheers.) The statement made by. Mr. Knibb was made front facts which had come tinder his own notice and.observation—the fruits of his own ex perience in one of the largest islapds of - the British ems pire. And he had stated what the effect of these mea sures, which had been pissed by the Legislature of Ja maica, would be upon those who bad just escaped from the trammels of slavery. He (Dr. L.) had looked into those a h u ad tie c s om o e f to upon them was, laws with the deepest attention, and the conclusion he chee th r e si that it was one of the first They had not been framed, as every law ought to be, for ....ceotovlerniemcetnotnetoanrdefaelsled.othecmon.firmccthem— (Loudheers.) the administration of impartial justice between man and man—not for the protection of the poor :man from thelop pressionfofstlae rich=—not for-the preservation of the gii‘at bonne of society, but to arm the employer with ti;e of exacting from the labourer more than he was justly re- £43 7 8 Did they call that freedom ?—( Hear.) He ( Mr. Knibb) did not—it was not worth one farthing, much less twenty millions. But there was, he was rejoiced to say, an outlet to that system in Jamaica ; they had at present at least one thousand freeholds, and he believed they were below the mark in that number. He (Mr. Knibb) had purchased the other day, through a friend, from Mr. Colville, of London, part of a inountaie, containing 45 acres, and al though there were only 10 acres of it at all accessible, he had paid 501 sterling for it. Mr. STURGE—What was it worth before emancipation ? Mr. .W. KNIBB would not have given one half or one quarter that sum. It might be asked how he had paid for it, and he would tell them that forty families had come forward and purchased the quantities they required, and he had the pleasure of signing 150 titles to give 150 votes before he left Jamaica.—( Cheers.) He had received the other day the most pleasing accounts from the settle ment—three or four houses had been already erected, and before he had left; he bad seen the people there in their proper places, and the Bible on the table. —(Cheers.) It had been said that the negroes were fond of change, brat he could tell them that wherever they were properly treated they would remain, and as an in stance he would state that out of forty families who had intended to move to a settlement about two miles from the estate on which they were located, not one bad moved after a new overseer had been appointed, who admitted that they had been shamefully treated, and that all the arrears, amounting to 1301. would be paid to them. There were many similar cases which he could mention to them. He had received the following letter yesterday from Mr. Abbott, and it would show the meeting that there were some good. proprietors in Jamaica, and if only a few more went out much good might be effected, and they might be indexed to believe that even something good might be found in a Baptist parson.--( Hear, hear.) "As to the working of the free system, which is a subject on which you will need information which may be depended on, I can report most favourably. You will recollect that on many of the estates in the vicinity of this town, permanent and fair arrangements for rent and labour (kept distinct) were entered into between the managers and labourers be fore you left. These arrangements have been carefully observed by both parties —no disputes have occurred on those properties—no work for the Magistrates to do—the people work well—get good wages, and pay their rent re gularly. I have it on good authority that on Seville estate from seven to nine hogsheads of sugar are made per week, more than was ever made. on it daring. slavery; and. Mr. Pink, the proprietor of Drai Hall, told me a few days ago, that the people on that estate were giving him great satis faction, that he expected the property would yield 300 hogsheads of sugar this year, which i s full one-thi r d more I than its average crop. That he wishes to extend the cul tivation of the cane, and can do so, giving liberal , wages, at an amazing profit,"—(Great. cheering.) The Rev. George Clive wrote to him that he did not think a single person in his congregation could justly be called idle. It was stated that the Poor:rates had doubled in the parish, and he had inquired how many of the emancipated population were upon the books? The answer was, not one.—(Cheers.) The fact, was the lazy persons who once had slaves were now too idle to work for themselves. —(A laugh.) It might be asked, how were they able to know so much of the people ? and he (Mr. Knibb's) an swer was, that they made it their business, as it was their duty, to become acquainted with the condition of the people, and they knew their willingness to work by having employed them themselves. A chapel was about to be built, and a white gentleman proposed to erect it for 2,000/. He (Mr. Knibb) said he would do it for less, and he sent round to the•estates, arid offered the labourers the wages their masters had Sworn they - were 'worth when they were slaves, and he had built the chapel. for 8001. less than the white man.—(Hear, hear.) It bad-been said that the Bap tist missionaries ,urged the people to demand higher wages than they were worth. Why, the-rate of wages had been fixed by the masters themselves—when they were valued the masters came forward and swore they were worth so much per day, 'and the valuaticin was fixed according to the masters' reale. Was it to be supposed that they we - re of less value when free than while they were slaves ? The • answer to that was that they did not do so much work' new; but the scale was fixed according to the amount of labour a man ought to perform. He had the scale with him, and lie would prove to demonstration to any person who wished to go into the details, that the masters had them selves to thank for asking too much for the poor negroes' freedom.—( Hear, hear.) He would illustrate his position by referring to the sugarcane planting. Before the Se leer Committee of the House of Commons on the Abolition of Slavery, William, Taylor, Esq., supposes that this de scription of labour might be procured at St per acre. Robert Scott, Esq;, states that 10/: and 111. , is frequently paid, and that 71. 10s,- is a low average. James Simpson, Esq. at 71:-' William .Shand, Em., at 71: lbs. .1n the tables furnished lo Mr.' Joseph' Sturge, Henry Hunter,. Esq., attorney, of Latium Estate; in St.' James's, states that - the cost at cane:hole digging by jobbers was "81. per acre. We take the average of these Prices, leaVing out the 101. and 1 1/. as stated by Robert Scott, Esq. and we shall find it to be 71. The usual price that is now -paid is 3s. 4d. (2s. sterling) for 100 holes, or, as there are 2,722 holes in an acre, it amounts to about 4/. 10s. 10d. ; by this it will appear that if the wages of labour are settled more At the will of the lOpurer than.at that of his em ployer," the labourer is, much more reasonable in his price than were the owners of flesh and blood in the da}s of slavery, requiring less by 21. 9s. 2d. for digging an acre of cane-holes -than the white man received, by whom he was held in unjust bondage—thirty per cent. less than that acknowledged to be paid by the planters themselves in the palmy days of stocks, dungeons, stripes, and blood. He believed it was - a fact that the negroes were paid less for their labour than the labouring population of Van Die men's Land, South Australia; or Canada. Already they, hat: established in Jamaica a number Of free villages, one of them bearing the name of their venerable president, Clarkson,, another was called 'Birmingham, and a third they h'ad named Victoria.--( Enthusiastic cheering.) For, as liii.friend Barrett had said, on the Ist of August what man could ,not de, a woman, had done for the slaves.-- (Renewed cheering.) To show their respect 'for that es teerepd man, Joseph Sturge—( Loud cheers)—they bad a town which bore his honoured name, although that was nbt needed, for it was deeply engraver) on,every negro's heart. At all these places they had schools and chapels. and . the people could obtain- the advantages of moral and religious instruetibn. It 'might be asked who'had assisted them in all that. It was their friend Joseph Sturge, who had ad vanced them money which had been lorig since repaid.— ' (Hear, hear ) To show how poverty-stricken they were in Jamaica, he would State that one week'l,o9o/. had been deposited in his hands to purchase land;, and he bad-lately given for 1.36 acres of land with One house on it 2,8001. currency. Would the money be repaid . ? Of course it would, for these persons did nut spend their nights in ale housei, arid, festivity and riot, although their wages were small, yet they reared fowls and kept pigs, and they were not like the poor Irish obliged to sell them for their rent.. The .Rev, Gentleman then proceeded to point out the in creased attention, on the part of the negroes, to religion and education, and read a list of the increased number who at. tended the schools and chapels since the-Act of Emanci potion. "These' returns merely . referred to' the Baptist Mission,' and he believed their brethren of other denomi nations had been equally successful. Where chapels had bren destroyed, they were now erected twice the former size—where ten formerly stood there were now twenty, , and all" paid 'for by the 'voluntary contributions of the emancipated negroes.--(Cheers.) Besides subscribing 15,000 dollars for religious and educational purposes, they had sent 500 dollars to that Convention; and so lenff as tyranny existed, P . ...they were kept free, they would ho happy to assist them in freeing the world.—( Hear, and cheers.) He was' happy to say that in Jamaica they wantedirothing but the prayers of their English brethren, every church there supporting its own miniAers,-- (Cheers.) He would now refer to another subject— the Acts which it was proposed to introduce into the island, and which were of the most unjust and iniquitous character. One of them was the Vagrant Act, and it enacted that " Every person wanderings abroad and lodging in any outhouse or shed, or in any de serted. or ; unoccupied, building,. or in any, mill, sugar, or coffee works, watchhousc, trashhouse, or other buildings, or within - any cane,'coffee, provision piece, pasture, or in closure, not having any visible means of subsistence, and not giving any good account of himself or ber;elf, shall be deemed a 'rogue and vagabond within the true intent and meaning of 'this' Act ; and it shall be lawful for any' Justice of the Peace to commit such offender, being thereof. convicted before him, on his own view, or by the codes siou of such offender, or by the evidence on oath of one or more credible witness or• witnesses, to' the house of correction, there, or on the public streets and highways, to be kept to hard labour for any time not exceeding sixty days,"—( Hear, hear, and cries of " Shame.") What was to be done with such an Act. Upset it at once. The opinion of' the Attorney- General :—‘‘ In my opinion the charge of double rent is not illegal, and it may be recovered by action at law, varying as to the Court, according to the amount, either before two Justices, under the Petty Debt Act, or in the Superior Court in cases greater than the amount for which the Betty Debt Court gives remedy." So that if a man refused to work for a low rate of. wages, his rent might be at once doubled on him, add if he refused to pay it, by a summary species of ejectment he might be turned out of his home, and if his furniture was taken, his wife beaten, or abused, or anything of that sort, the Act provided that the officer or constable was not to be con sidered a trespaiser, but the negro might have his action at common law. Common law in Jamaica ! --(Hear.) They' might as well go to the confines of perdition to seek for it.—(Cheers and laughter.) There might be law in Jamaica, but there was no justice, Look at the case of the Rev. Mr. Stainsbury, a man dear to all --(Hear, hear)—who, for endeavouring to purify his con gregation from the contamination of a certain Judge, was amerced in the sum of 2,500/. and not having wherewithal to pay was thrown into gaol. The very defence of the plaintiff was so filthy and disgusting that if he (Mr. Knibb) even dared to allude to it heavould-be hissed from that platform. Another'devoted and intrepid Baptist mi nister was similarly circumstanced. Speaking of these laws, influence, the °penalise of which would 'be quicker thin it hadbecte in the cause of British slavery.—( Cheers. ) Now' as to the value of property at the present moment, he would make it evident before he sat dow n t h at it 'was: not in so low a state as had been :represented by a largo body of planterri:—( Cheers.) He was not a planter himself, but it happened to hire frequently that he had the disposal of es tates, tied: in all those cases he had been perfectly' beset by people requesting the preference of purchasing those estates; ande,o longer ago than on his voyage to this country he had been solicited to obtain the preference 'for a gentleman to *hone he had. been'under some trifling obligations; for the lease of a valuable estate, for which he was disposed to :give a handsome • rent. He did not. think -at that moment that a property . without slaves would- •bring the enormous price it didyeare.age ; far. from I ,- it in those times princely fortunes were invested in estates.; but since the lest:year of slavery, when property was depreciated' in the Way in which he had stated •by exposing the truth of the system, and destroying•the security of the planter, since that time property ~had risen very much. The .value of property its the neighbourhood of towns, he could state from experience,' had in many cases doubled, and be had bitterly' repented of many sales of property he had made in consequence of the increase in its value. There wee ' another feature of their prosperity in Jamaica, in the establishment of banks. What did the Meeting think' of three banks being established in KingStrae; Where there 'were no banks before, and those .banks were established for the purpose of advancing me. ney and making profit? Some of those banks which. : bad only set up last year, had realised 50 per cent. upon their -original stock ; and one bank had already divided le per cent., and laid by a considerable reserve fund.—( Ch eers .) He was not able to speck: eloquently, but he hoped- the eloquence of these facts would not be lost sight of.— ( Cheers.) There bad been a great deal said that day, • and justly, too, with respect. to the very strenge.position in - which they . 'were placed in Jamaica; in eonsecieence of the manncrin which agricultural pursuits were followed ire that country.—(Cheers.) He was •sure those present would call them unnatural when he told them that he was feeding his horses with bay that came from England. The business of Jamaica was labouring under a vicious :system, and the sooner it was altered the better.— ( Cheers.) He -was desirous that the real state of matters in Jamaica should be understood, there could be no doubt that there were many impedimpete to the proper, working of freedom in jamaica.—( Cheers.) 'Fie would in the first place state what those impediments were' not, and then what they were. The impediments did not con sist in withdrawing female labour from the field, there had not been anything like withdrawal of female labour, the labour of married women had to a great extent, and he '.hoped ' utyiversally, been Withdrawn- -- (Cheers )—but, young healthy women, who had no ties of that kind !worked in the field as he bad seen them in England, and he did not think there was any degradation in that. In the next place he asserted that idleness waenot one of the 'impediments. The negro felt the misery of idleness as much as the European did.—( Cheers.) It had been As -serted that one impediment was the negroti devoting their iattention to the cultivation of their provision grounds, while they neglected their labour. Such was not the case, becauseif the negro attended more to his provision !grounds than his labour the r esult would be that the pro vision market would be glutted, and the negro would vet :be enabled to receive, so much from his grounds as from his labour an the fields. No persen felt more pride than ?the negro in having every thing comfortable about him. ?The negro would not be content with his meal of yams, he wished to be well dressed, together with his family ; he liked a well furnished house; - and for his own part be :knew ho person so sensibleto the proprieties of life as the 'negro.-( Cheers.) He thought, therefore, that the hue .aod.cry which had been made on these topics had shown that there were some ether motives at work.—( Cheers. ) Having stated what were not the impediments, -he would !now endeayour to state. what were the inapedirn..nts that 'heel arisen to the full working out of the, principles of liberty in Jamaica. In the first place, during. slavery, as they , all knew, the negro was ac ,customed to view 'his master as his landlord, labour was not compensated, and he had just as much 'right to his little ground for his support as the horse had. In many cases the poor man had planted cocoa-nut trees, ; or his father had before him, and for those 'very trees the !landlords were now charging rent. The negro had never been accustomed to pay rent, but the cases were. rare in. deed in which they had shown an unwillingness to recog nize the principle. They were all willing - to recognize the landlord's right to receive rent for his ground, now that they-had received the boon of liberty.—( Cheers. ) But the landlords had acted most harshly in the mode in which they charged the rent and extracted it.--(Cheers.) Land in the West Indies was charged as high a rent as land' in one of the most beautiful parts of Kent. They• must all know perfectly__ well that laird in the colonies generally was not of ma' ialee - . Frequently an acre of exceflcnt land was bought for 61. sterling,' and - the common rate of — purchase was 51. currency, Or 31. sterling. • In Kent land fetched from !OW. to 1501. an acre-, and yet the negro was charged a higher rente and added to this, he was charged a rent according to the number of his 'family. The rent he was charged generally was 21. 12s. for himself, the like .sum -for his wife, and children above a certain age were generally charged half, and he had known cases where children in arms had been charged sd. a week for rent. He depre cated snot a system, because it was well known that skilful men would make land Worth six times as mild' as other men: . Tife'tiegio was disheartened on amount of the principle of charging .rent ; - and, the. landlOrd in Jamaica assumed the sight of ejecting his tenants wherk.he found they,wo,uld,uot agree to-his terms. After a :man had expended-ranch iaeour on a plot of land he was sometimes, after three or four weeks occupancy, compelled to quit, a practice which, if followed in Englander Scotland, would be sufficient to set there countries' in a flame this was a great obstacle to the successful working of the system in Jamaica. An otherevir Gad arisen from nis--the Proprielor:said that in action;" thus fie was doing no more than exercising ."legal right. • • This,had been much discussed amon g the labour ers in . Jamaica, feat whether eight .or wrong _ , it was quite clear that if any, parly had this legal right, and insisted on . is, to the viehition of Abe most. equitable principles of hu manity and. equity, -he was guilty of great dishonesty—. ( Hear, hear)—and ; would be pitied by no person if he • brought down the consequences of 'such' eoradtict"one his' own head.' -The negroeselewevere were told :this-Was a legal right, and they must submit to the law, and be (Mr. Andersen) knew no people:in the world so'ready to obejt . the - law when they' knew what - it was. (Hear, hear, hear.) e Were he to hear that Jameica, was in flames, • and full of massacre and Of. bleod, he should no more hesitate, on account of the ncgroes,. to go there,witii his,a,i(e and children, that be would to go to the next State.—(Hear,- hear.) He believed. •Sir Lionel Smith; 11l a despatch, had expressed a similar opinion, and said he .we unable to find words to express his admiration of the conduct of these people. Was it then to be won dered at, if- the 'proprietor insisted on the strict letter of his right; the negro should sometimes do the same in self 'defence ? He was not prepared to say that the negro did 'not do, sr:felted . o . metilette say ter the proCrietor," You ;have.tuened myself and family. out of our habitation at a eveefes•hotiee: upon the naked world, uncreteeted and un proVided foilebecauee you say you have 'a legal right to do so. Well; I have a legal righteto work only when I please, .and theraure your canes may lie perishing on the ground, .for I trill - thus teach you a lesson."—( Hear, hear.) He might mention also, that almost all the negro houses- in the •island" Were built by the negeocs themselves when they 'were slaves, 'yet the koprietora charged rent for.tbem. This was the real picture of matters in the West Indies, warded .for—(Cheers)—to stre ng then the arm of the strong, and to w ea k en t h e weak.—( C heers. ) The first and bounden duty of the Government—and he wenld show that it was its;interest as well as its duty , —vvas to eye the laws made for the colonieS were just.—( Hears e ) They had done nothing in passing the Emancipation Act if they did net take care to carry_ it out in. justice, and in its full spirit.--( Cheers.) What had been the state of justice in all oar depecdencies? There bad been no just, no faithful administration of any law intended for the pro tectien of the low, and weak, and - oppressed. What they required was the faithful administration of justice ; and if they had it not,abey - would.haveno constant and continuous labour. A greater mockery could not be' than for the planter to hope that cruel and oppressive laws would pro mere them the labour of the negroes on their own terms.— (Cheers.) The great body of the negro 'population wet e too enlightened to put up w i t h t h em, an d t h ey wou ld de riVe, their Sustenance by means equally useful to them e selves, but by means that must prove entirely destructive to the interests of the planter.—(Cheers.) He never doubted bat that the .negro would improveas he had done, but be had scarcely dared to hope that they would have been so entirely free from crime ; such a freedom from crime as Jamaica had evinced bad never before been seen— (Cheers)—and he congratulated . the Anti-Slavery Society and the Anti-Slavery public. Those present must ever keep before their eyes that they were only a portion of the public—they must not fail to remember, that .there were other interests, powerful interests At work against them, Nothing could be so detrimental to their_' cause as the shutting of their eyes to the difficulties which were in their way. That had been one of the greatest difficulties in their way for the last thirty years: Let them look care fully and deliberately at their present state and condition. The revenue of sugar had formed - one million during the last eleven years. The short price—to talk technically was now 465., being *a difference of one-third between that and the foreign sugar, which was 235. Many would say that if this state of things were to continue we. would be obliged to import foreign sugar, instead of home , — they would say that this was a tax upon the people, and that we were adopting a different principle in regard to sugar, to that adopted with regard to cotton and coffee. He quite agreed with his Hon. Friend, Mr. Buxton. that nothing could be more calamitous to the , cause of the Abolitionists than the admis.ion of foreign slave-grown sugar. It would discourage industry in our own colonies and greatly encourage slavery ahr,i,d, He would appeal to his worthy friend Mr. Knibb, for ,the sake of an example to foreign countries, to use all his i,'fluaice, and he knew it was extensive, to give encouragement to the growth of home sugar. Let him strain his te most exertions in Ja maica, cot to induce the people to labour for no coesidera- Hon, but as far as lioesible, and consistent with justice and due reward, to turn the attention of the people to the cul tivation of sugar in place of other articles, It was a question which he pressed earnestly, because he considered it of the last importance. This country had done much in the emancipation of our own negroes, but much was Set left to be done. Men of the world had not time to at tend to the subject; for instance, he did trot believe that there were above twelve : men in London who were acquainted with the state of the Mauritius ; and he believed further, that not above rix of them were honest enough to tell what it was. —( Cheers, and laughter.) Let them- then strenuously keep tia-ir shoulders to the wheel—let them show the world that the great experiment was prospering, and would prosper. Let them . bear in mind that the great object was to put an end to slavery, but that the chief end and aim of ter. Society was to put an end to that accursed traffic itself. So long as it was the opinion of a certain portion of the world that it was profitable to employ slave- labour, se long it would con tinue. Thus, let their exertions be continued until they had finished the good work. Although he believed that they were -in the right course, he was bold enough to tell them there were other right coursel, and he would, under Divine Providence,' avail himself of them, and do ail in his power to put an end to the accursed traffic. Mr. KNIBB begged to be allowed to assure the Conven tion that the intention of himself and his friends ire Jamaica. was to promote the cultivation of sugar, but it must be upon principles of justice. If the Government would protect the cultivation the increase in tho cultivation of sugar would be upwards of tenfold ; but it not, it must di minish. He would not have his brother by the vagrant laws turned out of his house, and his sister put into gaol because she had no house to 'ge to. They must de justice or let England be ruinedstill JaMeica would be free. Mr. O'Coivreeee rose amidst loud cheers. He would. not repay with tediousness the character of that reception. They had heard much to delight them that. day. Th ey had found that every thing. of evil and mischief that had been .predicted had been confuted. by .the fact that there. had been no violation of property, that. the white men were all alive,.that no injury had been done to 'a Human being, that peace 'and contentment reigned—ill - were the blessed effects of emancipation.' There Wei another Society' instituted for the - purpose of carrying out 'Civilization and Christianity into. Africa. It was a feasible plan, asiwas de monstrated by what - had taken place in Jamaica; and, he trusted thit the two Societiee would .be, enabled to pursue the good work.in a congenial spirit.... That Society num-• bered amongst its supporters the greatest benefactors of the human race. .He was. sure the .Convention would think that he was fully borne out in making that Statement; when he stated that his two Hon. friends whO had 'ad. - dressed the meeting were members of it..(Cheers.) For himself he was willingto make' any - sacrifice to promote thc'end in view by' both Societies. They had to show 1 to France and America that 'emancipation might be safely given: In Jamaica they had a free people, but now' they had a slave code enacted under the sanction of the unworthy -successor' of Sir Lionel Sinith.- 7 ( Immense ,cheering.) Sir Charles Metcalfe was mischievous in his situation. He bad had •a glorious ex-- ample set him, but he had neglected-it ; -or he would never have given Lis 'sanction' to •flzose laws 'which had be'en made for the express purpose of swindling Edgland - brit of her money, for they decidedly' Would perpetuate, the abominable principle of slavery. Wily; should not a•depu tation from that body wait upon the Minister.?-,(Cheere.) He was informed that there had been a refusal to receive . . a deputation ; if so, there could, bcooly one reason• for it, that was, tht they had deterinined.th,refuse their sanction to these laws.—(Cheers.) There were • Member- sof Parliament present—there was his lion. Friend, who for thirty years had :been a warm friend of the cause ; why 'should not he in his place in ParliaMent put's question to the Minister upon that important subject.—( Cheers.) If these lar-s received the Royal Assent, they had f..r better re-enact the slave laws et . once. One universal shout of reprobation Would be raised from all parties and all sects, and from every corner of th 6 land. They ought to encourage emigration, which could. never be done under these laws, for no man would have the courage to face them. He was moat anxioas to notice the argu- ment now .used by .the planters, that •we were men in the habit of using slave-grown coffee and cotton. -However, before the Convention was concluded,' he trusted that something would be done for those - slaves still belonging to England in the .East Indies. Already interested. , parties were getting up :petitions favour of Vlive grown ' _sugar.. They most steadily set their fate 'against, any plan of that kind; for most undoubtedly it was to,.establish slavery in its worst form. • Mr. SCOBELL begged to ask the Hon. Member whether, :n his views of cinigration, he included the transprta tion of Hill Coolies from their own counteyin the West • Mr. O'CoNNELL—Mest undoubtedly! not. He did not allude to the Hill Coolies, for he was convinced that they might as well proclaim the slave trade igaid;, besides, he did not think that the planters of the Mauritius were the best possible parties to be entrusted with the welfare of those men. and lie grieved for it, because he believed it was urged as an Lrinment by those Who only looked to one side of the question, against the successful working of the free system in Jamaica. It had been said that great losses had ensued :to the:proprietors in consequence ; but if this were so, they 'were &veil:ea,' -for they could only have' been 0.0-dueedby dueedby the Misconduct of the proprietor. There were many estates in Jamaica. going on gloriously, and he had it from the highest authorities that they would not on Sir SARDLEY WitstoT had nct intended to have taken any part in the discussion of the day, but be could not re sist the solicitation of his friend and constituent, Sturge, nor abstain from giving his hearty adhesion to all the proceedings of the day.• He trusted that the Con vention would do all in their power to put an 'end to those laws recently enacted in Jamaica." He agreed with Mr,. O'Connell that' the queition'stould be immediately asked in the House of Commons whether the Government would sanction this or not. He pledged_ himself to do all in his power to ear e ry out the objects of the Cdrivention. It being no wTwo . o'Clock, the Convention adjoo- T` any account return to the old system. Indeed, lie had been frequently told that it was not polite to refer to it (Laughter)—when he had answered be bad no desire le' do so unless compelled by their conduct.---(Hear, hear.) It was not .his intention. to detain the Coavcntion long with :respect to the effect of missionary exertiona in Ja maica. Ho would, however, mention one circumstance, which hat been rela•ed to• him by a most' respectable and high-minded mar. there; Mr. M. Parkinson; who had lately died, and who told him that ho had received great assistance 'froth Mr. Knibb, in The management df an ex tensive estate 'near Falmouth, and that by the influence of that yentte . man he bad got negroes to work at a mush 'lower rate - 0 wages than . be could" otherlise have done. Hear, hear.). He bored that would go forth to •the world. It was quite clear, however, these evils were ijourned. 'he Convention reassembled it, Four o'Clock. The Rev. Mr. 'SCaLas stated that the Chairman of the morning, Dr. Grey-ale, was prevented, from attunding the evening sitting in consequence of, particular business, and should, therefore propose that Mr. Blair should take the chair. Mr.. BLAIR having taken the chair; said that' it was'now proposed, that a vote should be taken upon the Report - of the Free Labour Committee, which had been 'bretight up in the morning ',by' Mr. Sturge, and had led to a long dis. cussion ;,• and after the Convention had agreed to 'receive that Report, ceitain'resolutiOns would b,e proposed founded upon it, for the consideration and ad9ption-of the meeting. On the motion that the Report be, received, • .; Mr.' WIC W..INY S s ,Annsasost, ftem•Jamaica, rose .to: address the Delegates. -He went to Jamaica at the of 1833, one year before the' expiration of the old systetn of slavery,and • he bad' continued • there till he set out for this country. He 'had been intimately' actfiiiinted - with all classes. of society • there, from the G4Vernot to the poorest menial; and his attention hn been awiikeried the while •tif themperatiori of the various sySeen:ef thr,(kad. been at work since he went to_ the 1 61 .90:: Withlespect- . to ; he slave', systeni. aljth , e . evils that had been urged agiiinal it be tied found to be' perfeetly : trne--,in4net,.it.l • was t in p n osibie . to; ,exaggerate the eviis o4.o a v er y..—„, ( Ch rers. 1 . . • All the .eviis, too, that halo t:ieen- said •to.e e .ult froM the. 4pyrouticesbip systeM.•is ere foondtd• -i n ( Cheers.) Lord Howiek; when that. nrensui propose - 11H 'in Parliament bad the clearness to .perceive anti!all • he bad 'pre - dieted of'it had eolne to bass.-:-.(.7fia'er x .) • • as to the- present. system 'there, Could 'be no dr;uht ii; t he I mind of any well' principled :man :ma of, its rnalizillg all . bad • been expected, fruit! ) 11.• e.; statement of importance .to Son time. befor e. slavery Wa s • abolished in Jatio.iei f.hr. moral it iluenee, of the . complete exposure of all the evils of the sys. tern, which, up. to • the last. •hota th planters had denied.--the comliktc convictieni that why Reemn plished• niiuds. . of. • thO..e , very' 'mach ' dispoSed. to. receive 'conviction, had so' eorripletely nil sett.W the security of slave ptoiyieitY,,:that' that' Tll.o'l'3l power alone w ou ld haie it frc mentioned this particularly to their irien s that they might take courage, and be Assured lant if they persist e d in tbi r r present laudable chae of. cxpnan)g. . the evils of th e system ,. that at. last; like -the drop s o f water upon s to ne , they would make • a hollo w in the s ystem , —(Cheers.) Had no compensation at all b een conceded, he would assert that the planters would have be` Compelled for their own protection , to abandon the System,_( Cheers.) He might mention as an ion of that, that there wero many purchases of property at that time m a d e ‘i ith a view to compensati on; 'and iR almost eVery,' case, the amount the liasi ce o . s l a u P r e_ n a s a : lion money- conceded , not, only paid th e motley ® f the estate, but enabled the party p urc ray in:alarge stock of .eve , Ything requisite-for-the ma nage_ no° renttho estate.. Seivral. cases of that kind hail'oe,enotge,t in Jaintlic . 3, aid it woOlif be very soon the • America if the agitation of this great question t, ( Cheers.) But he hoped they wool have Solute greater ,only Leropntary, and . that the ',system would-soon work as successfully and cheaply, aye more successfullyiand• cheaply than the system of slave labour had ever done.-- (Hear, hear.) Would they believe that lap te",'the pre .sent .finie the use of the plough bad been systemati cally excluded from Jamaica ?-=(Hear, hear.) They had, however, now begun to bethink themseliek of means for supplying the deficiency of, human lab Our, and he was Informed that an' estate "under the management kf . S tewart" _which. would require the labour of 100 pe4roes, was now managed entirely by the plough, and • only three men and a boy: There were many other me thods : by. which human labour • might be obviated, but lie thought nothing would be more advantageous to Jamaica, than for a fi• - :w English farmers to go there and niatiace the estates. naording to the English system, He s‘irrie the Essex farmers, many of whom he tin ciet,t,ii, belonged to the .Societrof Friends, would do so. ,tis sure their: . ebuciliatory manners, their most rig Lwow, dealing, and their strong good senie,rtwOuld miike the worst faints in Jamaica work to admiration. chie . fly an improrument ,in the - morale of society ; i0 Jamaica which was wanted. He had seen lately a etus in a newspaper of a Jamaica Land Company, atiO. hr N/10.0i1 r e joice to hear of such a scheme being.car ried into fleet. A DELEGATE informed the Convention that a meeting "t cite , rotnoters of this Company had been held that and that there was every probability of its esta blishment_" :V . , AN I;ERSON Ile was delighted to hear it. the itiivoeates of lyee labour a test to appc4 ; , ,7 the real working of the sys e, c . which now bc luh,,,--d t o it, am' (:)tigratula . ted the iriends of freedom on the advantages the cause might derive from it. But there was another important subject arising out of this — namely, the- establishment of villages in Jamaica: He was sure the Convention would see the necessity of this. A DeLsoars—That is (no of the main objects of this CoMpany. Mr. ANDVISnN—He was glad to hear it. On this sub ject thy Would remember Adam Smith stated that .on the abolition of the English system of slavery in the time of Q u eeti' Elizabeth, - frcedem found a refuge in the neigh bouring towns which. then were to be incorporated. And so it•WAS in Jamaica. The proprietors, by making their tenure, so. precaricus, compelled the people to . rea or t,- as , t h e F,:iglish serfs had done, to villages for the establish u, he was glad to hear that the names ,:f as (laikson, Lionel Smith, and Sturgc,were to be perpetuated in these nurseries of freedom. EV ENIN-G E • .` . . .. .. _ ....., ~ . . .., . . • Whet Waa.the remedy . for the'_ present state of things in ment which the,people `ha to exleerieete: during the appren- Jarrsicavaaan, impertantquestioe:lnd it was s ho rt i e an-. eiceshirtystem,:•and his heart had been filled w ith joy u n eph w k sereda-secarity . f oe th e du e and faithful .adrilinistration of 'able to see his felloss , :rnen.rien,to-; the enjoyment of their justice.—(Cheers.) - 1 - le did not thi. k, in the . /meant just rights. Thai - . ,- - _stliools.- • liv.v.c..r &key increased in situation of Jamaica, this ceuld.be_ expected from the loc 4 j ,their numbers and - efficiency, -and the people showed magistrates.—( Hear, hear.) What„ then would be the that they valued education. , The number receiving instruction state of the negro's mind should he feel. himselloo' be,- es at public schools was 38.000,-and 4,000 at other schcols. On th4lantee now aeontended •he ought to be, 'entirely -and Sundays they might be seen ,flocking to the House of Goo, in stead-of is forrrierly 'aim. tci the Sunday market to sell their results of e or t n Cl :t k' ion exclusively in the' hands of the local magistrates It ;was I , preanien e , therefore absolutely necessary—in fact, if they lost this I se ia;l:e w fi t eld, in , order that they might be i pperted dining the coming . week. . Those were some of the they lost• every thing—that, they should have stipendiary and independent 'magistrates, who, .would be upheld and eauld stat e that.. the system en reference . to free labou r h e was working well, and that the supported in the West' Indies. aHe was somewhat qtrelifred . plahters • - were ell expecting fire crops in 1041, if the season )ylom he litiew, had a dif-. tb give art, opinion on this subject, i heving, : in the souse' f t e h r o e u n ti e p w ro i ‘i h e f h av is our re a o b p le le, . . the said Question, which work on account of of his professional ' experience, bed much tedewith the local magikrates, for men . ); of whoM lie lihd a:great respect;a A nc ( l l 7 ( g 'i lell o,: r try tie some extent. He *him and desitsed him to speak with his people .— he.. did .eavne t e n eal o l v e e d r sze k. of 1.'1 , 1 7 but he was speaking of them generally ; and he was_ bceorounr,e him, and asked-why tree' h.a-elH sure that fur; theni Co week' 'Out - the cirri lea T said the of freedom, and afford the . necessary • protection doctor had threatened" to burn glven down their honses,. and to the negro, was not to be expected in the West had already thriewn. • the 'furniture. 'of one pea son Indies, . elle . trusted, . therefore, • in. those appoint- into the highway, add as the crop time was approaching, they merits, the Government would consider they had a sacred thought he wished :to take advantage of there, and - therefare 'trust to discharge,- and ' that' no application, would be 'they gave up work. He wrote to the doctor the simple' listened to, but- from persons of the highest character, in. language of the people, and in reply received a letter from biro dated the Bth February, 1839, in . w hi ch h e stated— " As a tegrity, an d ability. He hoped; also, they would pay them . , better, fo r -at present they were miserably paid, and in _a ' 'proof how deeply my feelings are interest e d i n ha v i ng my peop l e country where the expense of living was double to what i t satisfied and .happy, and how rejoi ce d I would . be t o f in d my .-- Iproperties going to smoothly and quietly, and affording an ex was in Engl an d , rece i ve d on ly, a sa l ar y su ffi c i en t them to liv e with economy i n thi s coun t r y.-o( Hear , to.enabie ' . ample to others, I am willing to plac e - myi n salf thus far ynur , heir.) hands. I will leave it entirely to vou to fix the future mode of As to the recent laws shoat which so much had been said, carrying on any estates as. to .wages. ...1 pledge - my word to some of them were -peculiarly oppressive, and particularly fulfil to the _letter any arr..ngement you propose, and get the that relating to, fisheries, for although these were not as iu people to agree to. lam willing to pay Is. 6d. per day. (t s . 'England valuable property, and in fact had never been s te r lin g ), for each effective male or female labourer, arid to all •deemed 'of any consequence in Jamaica, the laws-relating others in proportion, giving them their houses, gardens, and r to them were now as strict as the English game laws: and grounds, free of rent, to the 31st December next, or f. r one 'no negro could throw a . line into a river but at the risk of (Is.6d. sterling), ch arg i ng year; or I will give.2s. 6d. per day 'apprehension and - punishment by a - magistrate.' There eent as you state, namely, three farthings for a family, and those !was another' law of a 'similar character—riarnelv; ihe- Of . couese who, having no house, yet have gardens orgrounds, or e tn. their subsistence out of my lands, to pay such weekly sum pour - law. When a party 'had taken Stock, herica oteoxen rs t you may deem fair: Probably the former mode would be 'which had trespassed on his "grounds--he took Them to a the preferable -one, as'avoiding ail disputes that might arise in 'punch, from which, they we're not releaied, till - . the. owner relation to rents. If you will take on yourself to draw up such had paid a certain- amount of poundage, and liquidated arrangements as you deem just and equitable, I will sign it, the damage. This had been a considerable protection to and if success attends . it, no one will more' willingly acknow theenegro a but now they had paased slaw, which made it ledge it than 'myself, and to give you full Credit; and you will imperative on every negro' Who `brought an animal to certainly the parish." be entitled to the thanks of every man in pouted; - to'beinra vrrltten document, as a warrant for the He told him that he could not draw out any such arrangement ; pound-keeper to receive it. ' • Now; in the first' place, the that he merely stood in the place of a friend to both parties ; that he had merely acted as a peace-maker, and had brought negro could not write, which was one of the greatbst evs h people to agree to work twelve hours a day for ls. Ttey the negro population lahoured under , being unable thus to comumnicate their' sentiments, and thug this law, affected. came te te him ( alr. Clark) on the Saturday, and he sent them directly to their master. They went to work on the Mouday, the labouring classes.only (another proof of the necessity and his estates went on quietly during the crop. Since he had for vigilant 'stipendiary magistrates; .to afford protection been in England, he had received the following letter from to them), fee when the planter sent the cattle to pound, that gentleman , he - sent with them the necessary warrant; but when the " Your "'teemed favour of the Bth instant I have this mo negro was aggrieved, he had no one to give him this docu- meat received,• and feel sensible of the trouble you are taking fliflt.—( Hear; "hear.) There wife many provisions in to bring about an amicable arrangement 'between myself and the English Poor-law whiehe.tiould be too stringent people on Riverhead and Charlton estates. I can with truth and unsuitehle for -. Jamaica , • and he might say . that ea .; ;Arm that I have never myself been one of those whohave been violent or abusive towards the Baptists, or any other religious grancy, in• the proper acceptation of the term, was there sect. lam a Presbyterian myself, but by no means prejudiced unknown. There were, however, many worthless persons against any other religion. and in times of trouble share the who went up and:down, and be should' not be sorry to see pleasing refiectidn of knong that I ever oosed the destruc a wholesome vagrant 'law established there. They had non of property belonging to your society, pp or personal vio heard a great deal about juries in Jamaica, and the strong knee. lam decidedly opposed to the invective and violent • 'bias which they had exhibited in many . Verdicts within the language se often used towards yee, and have never lent my lase feneyears. This he knew well; - for . fie,eor drop for self to it. , tam quite satisfied that what you state regarding whom he - lind - acted had stiffcred severely from it. - He yourself is strictly the case, and your candour throughout con would give an example. There was a Mr. Bourne, a well firms me In the course I wish - to pursue. I perfectly fi: approve known stipendary Magistrate. in Jamaica —( Hear, hear)— of the mode you :propose of putting the people ii' 'possession of who had suffered much. for his courageous and steady ad- my sentiments, and trust some fixed plan may be I drawn up to herenne to the,Cause of, he negro, and who deserved- much enable us to go on quietly, for a time, at least. should eke at their hands.—( Hear, hear.) A case was tried ,before taibiY prefer some' plan grounded on giving up the rent, so as to avoid trouble an expense in collecting it. A provision that gentleman about three years ago, under the following must be male for twelve to sixteen hours' work during crop, circumstances :—A book-keeper had taken a bridl e and. to enable me to get it off; three months would do it- lam beaten an 'tillnegro 'sod the head with it VeryieietelF going,from home to-day, but will do myself the pleasure of Complaint was made to Mr. Bourne, and he thought the calling on you about noon on. Wednesday next. Prokabty yon injuries the oegrie had received were of so serious a„chn e - would prepare such an agreement by that time as would satisfy ratter that he might die, and . therefore that he could not all parties. .If you approve of it, James Grahme. from Chart with propriety take baff-S o murder, as they knew, not being a ton, and Alexander Reed, from .Riverhead, with any others bailable offence ;. he accordingly sent the young man to the you may name, might meet me, so as to give us were a o n n y tb i e rn esierinaltae-s teen we may require. I find the constables . f nearest prison, where he was put i n t o a room occup i e d b y te s b o the supervisor, anditept a few days until the negro was pro- cyoeust:sredayan, gritarrange being warrants snade, p I will' take care , at ut th no flounced to be out of danger. Up on ibis th e b oo k e k re p er one suffers. ' ' Some 'cases of ejectment .against people, to be brought his action against--Mr. Bourne for tending him to tries to-day, will not be carried into effect previous to nay prison, when he was - only-charged - with' a ease of common see i ng - you : 1 assault, which wa s a beilibledfence. ' ..A•verdict was given agaitist Nis.: "Bourne of '3OO/: damegecand "costs, " Vitra He wished to mention a circumstance that occurred before he left the West Indies. - One hundred people brought were very great. •Hd appealed 'ham the verdict, and after to him a sum of money which they bad saved. amounting some difficulty obtained . a new trial, when 'the Jury re- to about 2,50 guineas. He botight for them 142 acres of duced the damages 501., the additional costs of the new land, which cost 5001. sterling. He paid one half of that • trial being, it wits tionecessary to say, more than - the re= sum with the, money they brought to him, end gave his dUctiOn.—( Hear, hear:) Another case be would mention note of hand for the remainder, to be paid in 12 months. was, that of certain black persons—a grandmother, her That remaining half had since been paid, and before lie grandson, and"heeton'swife—who were taken up on the left the island 100 titles were'made ow and signed, and charge of beinge:Truptatoy apprentices. Immediately on upwards of 100 people were occupying that new township, being scat to pennem, e and before trial, they were put in which, to show thdir loyalty, they. were pleased to rein chainearind , kepe so sfee - .several days; one of them was Victoria.—( Cheers. ) The person who, sold the land was even worked in the pen a l gang , an d at l eng th t h ey were a Magistrate arid a Member of the House of Apeembly, brought in chajos, three miles, to - Kingston for trial and had . married a coloured lady, the daughter , f the before the „Seip en di er y M ag i stra t e ,. . w h o as k e d why they_ were. in Chains, and on being told they were castos of the parish. That gentleman came and meat willingly signed all the titles ; and the 7s. 6d. which be brought lip for trial . Only, immediately ordered th e i r had a right ' to claim upon each title he gave to hint (Mr. chains to be struck OM" _He (Mr. Anderson) was then Clark) to repair the road to 'his chapel .—( Cheers.) He prepared to shay - Vint there - were" free persons, and did had received numerous applications from overseers, mas so, after which ho thought he would try what damagesea ters, and others, to arrange disputes, and act as a peace- Jury wt uld I give • them for what they had suffered. -The maker between them and . their people.,--( Hems.) case was proved so •completely that' it was impossible to He them, and what did• they think was the amount of He had received a letter. from the Secretary of his : Excellency the Governor just before freedom commenced, damages given to, each? Thi r ty s hilli ngs , o f J am ai ca in whichlestatcd, " His Excellency begs' to invite your aid' money, or ‘ abeiot eighteen shillings current money, and each 'in sermons anti exhortationsin public, and your friendly advice party to pay his own costs—(Shame, shapee).-eof course.. ,in any occasional intercourse you may have with this class of, these ?ersons iiiiil no costs . topay, for he„bad felt great persons, in order to impress on them "what would be the real pleasure in assisting iliena-(Cheers)—but they._ must re- state of the law after the Ist of • August next, and ,the obligee member that the ' Magistrates were chosen from tions attaching to those who came into freedom at that pseatod, ' - ' the ' men COmpesing a these , Juries; . and this being' as well as on those continuing in apprenticeship." -The Rev. the state of "'Jurist, a•Jurint, what security' was teeie a - at , - Gentleman then read an extract from a lettere writer K. reared from -the West -Indies, in wi bi Krick stated e h d a d Le ; present ' for the due • execution of th e deli by e the local MagistnatesT? Therefore he trusted the-Convene m th a e ndr pe d op o le f t s h s e e m re : .fr A pl t ain w it iam bi s t fi te e r id ly e c e f eh th fa e mi he l a y v i y s rent Be the Lion would never forget-:the propriety of 'impressing upon ss. per week, which is just half of a man's wages for the the Government the . necessity of keeping tip the Stipen- week. The people are anxious to purchase land; - but can diary Magisirat - es, and making the situation worth the ac. not obtain any the estate."' lie could affirm, and every • eeptance, pernen of talent and principle._( Hear,- hear.) unprejudiced= man in Jamaica' could do the same thing, that He would now conc_l(4e by calling on the men of property freedonnwas vforkirls'',-well- The increase in the_price of laud in this country, who mightnonbe unwilling to profit 'by th e was eonsiderablo. the land which he_ bad purchased at Si. suggestion, to . collie Out and inspect the country for them, . an acre (31. sterling), and sold. to.the people at 31. 12s. an acre, selves. Oriiiof the heaviest evils they fabonred under was, to cover expenses, in the days Of slavery might - have been , bought for less thin 12s. sterling an acre. Indeed land was be the want of ptoprictors. - ItWas a delightful Coetetree--"-all . coming verse valuable, and he had been .asked a.3'much as 100 e that was wanting to make it are Arhbia "Feliir Was an im- per acre foland: In conclusion, he hoped that some of thesis prover:lent-in the society of - the couctry." It bad been much'" might live to-see the day when slavery would be destroyed in - improved. • Emancipation had lifted a weight off every-' America, would be destroyed in the Spanish colonie s , in Af r i ca thing good and noble ; religion and mora li t y h a d' ar i s e n at ' itself, and in all 'Arta Of the world. 'l hey might hope to see once ; in every quarter they found places of worship' and • -that those .means that.were being used by those whom God had schools for labourers; and .the prejudices against colour Set up would be blessed by him e and that their exertions would [aid he bad a word or two to say to his American friends be crownedwith success.—( Hear, hear.) on this—(Cheers)]—had nearly vanished. He knew. many Mr. SAMUEL PRESCOD, Editer of a Barbadoes Newspaper, merchants' who since the emancipation of the slaves red would be .sorry to occupy the tizne of •the Convention lo nger married the mothers 'of their child ren — (Ch eers ) —not than was necessary to bring before 'them a few important facts having dared; 'or' not having sufficient moral, courage_ and circumstances, whiah had'eorne tinder his own ohnervation, to do it before ' 'some 'of ' their excellent Governors connected With the working of the system in the smaller island s . in this cluid : set's good example," having With their ladiete They had hear: d a great deal of Jamaica, and he was aware of ,the superior importance of .that colony, and that it Alin not hesitated ,to associate i n their drawing-rooms with Jamaica that the grand experiment, as it had been called, was ladies of colour. This had been dyne by the Earl of Sipe to be worked out. It was to that colony that the eves of and .Sir. Lionel Smith, abed were he' (Mr. Anderson) asked foreign slave-holding States would be turned for the results of at that moment to select the most elegant-and accomplished :emaneipation. Rut he . would remind the Convention that man aed woniania Jamaica, and the individuals of the Mostnearly half of the emancipated popula spotless private character, he, -should point to agentleman. -lion of the. Wes.'t h d plomes, and they were as pup betin , and a laity of celotnae-4cheerta) indi hlin h ' 'ts 'tprotect the rest, scat- Jamaica contained only . . . Wheenthen, the. Nobi-as to-protect those.° Jansaica. lity of England were not ashamed or afraid to allow of such tered in the smaller colonies, . . as abulitioeists and p e n reps , e f _ .. . '' • - ' association Of theirlamilies ii' the drawing e reore e were they.. • of the Wands 'alluded to—a single right invaded, or liberty - to be told that in any country in the world persons of colour violated, . was as much a breach of the compact with the were: to be refused. not, only association in the draning- planters, in the one case as the other. The Speaker was evi room but a place at, table in th e ca bi n o f a steam boat as dently labouring under a severe cold, and several calls having they- were in Ame r i ca ?—( Cheers .) He hop e d t hi s wou ld . been made upon him to speak' lender, be begged to assure the go forth to their American friends. • He had-many friends gentlemen.who could not hear . him, Viet he was really straining - of colour in Jamaica, with awhom he felt it an honour "and his voice to be heard; 'belt he had a bad cold and sore throat, pleasure to be associated. He would recommend his friends and as his efforts to bwheard 'Seemed ineffectual, he ;intild now in America to try these persons. He. did not advo- make hut one or two general observations, and sit doWn, in the eate the coinmiueling of the various reeks' of. society hope 'that' the Convention would grant him another :hearing. . . , . . ' He was desirous of bringing, before them some very important there was no necessity for that,—the natural order of facts on the state' of.• the - laws and condition of the labouring society might be preserves, and distinction .of . colour the same' titre abolished.—(ileir, bear.) . It, was that a a t 'poputation in Barbadoes, and if he shOuld find hiinsentill unable to speak loud enough to be beard by his friend Mr. Feller, in the he advocated, and which he hoped would, be made clear course of another day-or two, he would then Write a paper to by the report of what he' had now said, . for he wished -be laid before .the Convention. The gentleman then stated it to go forth to their American friends, among whom generally, that the observations they heard in the morning,. on there was a prejudice alm os t i nv i nc ibl e , an d a har d ness the contluct of. the,.labouring population of Jamaica , their 'M ot' heart ,en this . subject . which: could. be' understood only by those who had witnessed it. F e rth ese reasons h e n o w ' provement in morals and religion, and the groat decrease of crime, were equully true of the Windward and:Leeward Islands. moved Abet tligreport be adopted.--(Cheers.) , The conduit of : the pleniers, boyeevet, had been as bad as it Mr. Blom said be bad listened with the deepest atten- could be, and if h e h a d ever doubted that slaVerrde: e n. ' o h ra e lts o c d s tion to the imp o rt an t an d use f u l speech they had heard and debases th e slave-holder more than it 'steel - she from Dr. Lusbington , an d h e w i she d i n reference to seen enough in th e l as t t wo years to remove th e doubt. The what he had sa id w i t h respect to extended planters had ne e d e d ' to be p r epared for freedom mach more cultivation of sugar by s l ave l a b o u r , than did th e negro , and Whilst the latter were praying and re to m en ti on what bade turning thankstoGod for the boon of freedom, the former been said a few years ago , as to the comparative value of. were imagining wick e dnes s in their heart, and sinning against free and slave labou r , by th e l ate Z ac h ary M acaulay, who justice and humanity in the treatment of him. was, as they all knew, a perfect encyclopaedia on all anti- Mr. Turtivatree being of opinion that it was imperative on slivery subjeetsoind , who said that if the culture of sugar' the Convention to pause before it gave its sanction to the in the East and West ; Indies were. placed on a footing of principle stated in the 2d resoluticin ' begged to move, by way of equality with respect to p ro t ec ti ng d ut i es, b ount i es, and ride r t o it,. th e following amendment:. " That nevertheless, drawbacks, ned Adequate encouragement given to its cal- inasmuch as the sugar plantations in the Brasilian•empire, and lure in the East, he believed it might be , - •• ~ made in Ben- in the Spanish - colonies of Cuba an d 'Porto Rico, the only gal to an almost unlimited extent at a profit to the grower countries in the world into which the vi c ti ms o f .t h e Af r : can of a p en ny slave trade are i mported to an y consi d era bl e extant, are no a pound. ' . ' toriously profitable speculations; and inasmuch as the price The Rev. Mr. LEICESTER wished to . ask, with re- . of slave-grown sugar in th e - E ng li s h suga r market, meaning, ferenee to the question o f compensation, whether thereby, the short , prices free or.duty, is now.erdy '23s. per the Convention recognised or a pp rove d o f t he pr i nc i p l e of ' 'cwt., whereas the price of British colonial -sugar is at least the grant of twenty millions . to 'the slave-owners' by the 475• per cwt., free of duty, it is imperative on this,Convention . English Parliament ?—( No, n'o.) • He' hoped the Con- to pause before giviri'g its' high sanction to principles which, . anomalous - facts' connected with the cultivation of sugar, lest vention would publish their opinion oh this subject in the however true in the ftbstract, appear to be at, variance. with the a slave- fortheir enumeration should interfere with the exertions required accomplishing the suppression - or the slave trade. ''. . most unqualified mariner, as it.was a quest:on much mooted was entirely at issue with the gentleman whe in the United,,Statea, and he had been assured by proprietor, that he Would emancipate his slaves the moment Di. AIADDrN had drawn tt the most costly and the least productive- • id they adopted the principle of the English Government .. ent....,. of slave labe l) - the second resolution, in stating that of all kinds Mr. Mon6AN said he was then engaged ire preparing a ut that of eltnported slaves tugs demonstrated to be resolution on the subject. ' . ' ' Mr. J. CF - rntee., - st 'New York, was not commissioned, Mt.' S'c .- • • ouLE said the rider of Mr. Turnbull contained a and therefore' would . not make a long speech ; but there fallacy On r the'fac e ' o f i t. It ad the rice of eleve sugar in was a part ' of the Report be did not - understand s an d the British m ar ket to be 23s..p m er - c e Wt , arid the price of free which, if he did understand, wanted some ameli or eti on, . 'labour s u g ar 47 5. per - .cwt, .' B ut t what was itathat,made the p alteration, or amendment:" It was the allusion to the , int- . differerfee bet ween those t wo prices Of colonial produce ? Nut and 'slave labour, but. the AMerica for the West Indies.. He called on .the. Cointen:.:. mono'poly.—( Heir, 'hear. ) . . . tion to be yiry cautious ,bow they puts forth a. principl e ' After some further co nvereatientlie.debate.,uporethis subject calculated to excise . so much opposition in America as.thia. was agreed to -be - posfPoned tin rfl-morrow, and the Convention Mr, Joule Soeeirde said the objection could be °lry iated: adjourned shortly after Eaght.o•cloek, ~ , ..... . by striking oat of the Report the words " United States a .- : __ . - ~ . . of America."- efr SIR AUGUSTUS IYESTR' TO M A N• , VISIT OF Dr. Roern said it was never the intention of the Con- - a —Colonel D'Este. while serving in the Peninsular vention to compel coloured' men to emigrate, nor o" . VISIT being g at one time - divided from the battalion, was se coin n the other hand would they 'do anything to prevent it war, in by Alaishal .Soult, that his. troop sat where it pletely hemmed,. . was &sired. b I • fa m in e, t his l' Erred severely from aso qt , an , is owl) l ife, Ras • • MrLia said be admitted the' coloured in consequence in imminent dai'ger. The corporal of the man was as 1 sortie b - • tree to, go Inc West Indies as the West Indian was to go troop. a native Manchi•s h i c r i, m a de u ~ in doubly night, and to the United States . Ali he Wanted was abet the ao_ 12roughttioateokanic pig, which cookedeseasonawble'relie.atstheColonel att"bble quick e-i oted his la timed man should. not be given t o time, an had• at 'this • understand the Con- .recovery. Haoftn mention( circumstance to vention wanted them to go. —( Hear . his father, the Duke of Sussex, regretting that the poor co The hear.) . Cliantaferethenput the question-That ' the Re por t as f - - am ongst the hi - ' . at T I " 1.- , at s • name was and amended be Adopt e d, JOSIAH COICDER, Ea-. which was carried unanimously. at was only - a fortnight ago he learned, by ateid ' ant, at o i. then b uht before the Conven- Greenwich, that he was alive and residi • tion the resolutionsof the" Committee l.3g* . ng in Manehester. , whose report had been Ascertaining that he was to be heard of at the Peacock in Porto received. He did not wish to add one word by way - of corn- street, the Colonel on his arrival called there, and left ' word fir ment upon those resolutions but would merely state that the ()Id John and his wife to be at the Albion in the The Co • mmittee had endeavoored, as far as possible, to follow the veteran was much affected at meeting h.old evening. • • ' is dfficer and his reporC '• The Hon.' Gentleman then read the resolutions , for wife no less pleased at going home with five ' ,sovereigete in her . which we cannot' find -room. They set forth elaborately the' k t and an order on Jones, Ll d poe e , _ 0 3r , and Co, for five shil advantages of free labour over slave labour. • ' hugs per week during their life-titne ; the Colonel's 'valet-lee- The Rev. Joliet CLARK, Baptist missionary, and delegat® company them as far as the market, where he from Ki ngsto n and St. Kather i ne ' s , J ama ica, in movi ng that loin of beef and a leg of mutt on for theiwto make merry with,. the resolution be adopted, would not detain the assembly long„ , in cornmymoration of the Spanish i p -7..—Manchester Courier. He merely iiishedio state a few 'circumstances - thit had come , ii _ . . --We :to -his know l edge, after a residence of ten years iii 4411 - 6,0 -- L/ CORN M ADLEIGH ARKET, jinn 15. Indies, during a part of the period of slavery, the whole of , had a very small market to-day, yet perhaps a' fi ner quantity of wheats for this ' • the period of a pprenticeship and a portion of the time of free- , dom. He had seen and mourned over the evils and t crue . l i es :if at all, varying from last week. No alteration in beans or ' ' of slavery. Lie had lamented over the miserable disappoint - , ) barley but little of either in offer.—lpsteich Express. 1 ~