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IiVENING EDITION._ BRITISH AND FOREIGN ANTI- SLAVERY CONVENTION. . J. BLAIR., Esq., in the Chair. ',t commencement of the proceedings yesterday J. ScouLE, Esq , said he had been requested to intro duce the subject of foreign slavery. It was unfortunately too true, that since the abolition of the slave trade by this country, it had greatly increased—nay, doubled—in other countries, as in Brazil and Cuba. He entered into a va riety of minute calculations to exhibit the extent of the traffic. Dr. MADDEN then rose to bring before the Convention the subject of Spanish slavery. He said the statement which he presented of the manner in which the Spanish Colonists treated their slaves—of the horrible cruelties perpetrated on them—of the utter inefficiency of the Spa. nish laws, by reason of the rascally subserviency of Spa nish authorities—all excited the deepest intrrest, and proved beyond all doubt the uselessness of all modifications with the hope of ameliorating the horrors of slavery, be cause, as Mr. Cumming has said, the laws had no execu tive principle in them, and had to be executed only by those who were interested in defeating them. After the conclusion of his speech, Dr. Madden begged to introduce to the Convention a Gallant Officer, who bad been the ;first to take upon himself the responsibility of detaiaing vessels under American tugs, engaged in the slave trade.—( Loud cheering.) He then introduced ' Lieutenant FITZGERALD, R.N., who was received with the most cordial cheering, and preeeedee to state that, having found at the Havannah two vessels had arrived under American colours, I sent a boat will an officer aboard, who took possession of one for the night, but they had great doubts as to seizing her, from the extreme tenacity of the American Government on the subject. Another officer, however, thought differently, and took the vessel to the Mixed Court, which refused to deal with it. He found, however, circumstances of so sus picious a nature, that he determined to take the vessel to New York, and have it dealt with by the American au thorities.—(Cheers.) Whereupon the Captain confessed that she was in every respect Spanish, and that he had only been hired to give it an American colour.—( Hear, hear, hear.) In another week this American Captain stated that he should have had 350 negroes on board, and would the Convention believe that the vessel was one of 38 British tons, and that the space between decks was but two feet six inches.—( Loud expressions of horror.) In another case he found that many negroes had been shot like dogs—( Hoar, hear, hear)—and he took the mis creants to New York, where, he was bound to say, the Attorney-General issued warrants for their arrest, but after a delay of four months he (Lieutenant. Fitzgerald) had beast forced to leave New York, where he had been treated with the greatest cordiality by the friends of abo lition, and, of course, assailed by every abuse from the slave-owners.—( Heer, hear.) He had waited upon the head of the American Government, and on informing him how he had taken upon hiiaaelf the vindication of the honour of the American flag, he thanked him. Mr. Srcnoe just wished to state that Dr. Madden, bo had just read such a valuable paper on the horrors of slavery in Cuba, was about to return thither in an official capacity, as protector of liberated Africans.--( Cheers.) Could there be a stronger instance of devotion to the cause ?—( Cheers. ) With regard to Lieutenant Fitzgerald's statement, he just wished to say that the principle of the Society being entirely pacific, they could not countenance any course of violence even in the capture of a slave ship with all its victims on board. Sr. Moerasos begged to say that he for one did not concur in that opinion, and he wished that every power in Europe would authorise the seizing of slave ships.—( Hear.) Lieutenant FITZGERALD begged to say that he had countenanced no force but what was necessary in self defence.—( Hear, lacer, ) The CHAIRMAN said he doubted not that every member perfectly understood the difference between his own indi vidual opinions and the principles of the Society.—( Hear.) The Rev. Mr. KENNEDY moved that Dr. Madden's pa per be referred to a Committee to translate. into Spanish, and to be circulated in Cuba.—( Cheers.) The Venerable Mr. Clarkson, we should mention, took the Chair for a short time in the course of the morning. Mr. FowELL BUXTON said he was anxious to assure the Convention of the cordiality with which he regarded their proceedings. Far be from him the littleness of mind which should view with jealousy their exertions, be cause he was connected with the other Society for the ex tinetien of the slave trade ' • on the contrary, he considered that both Soeieties were but only directed to the same object ; but, though pursuing different lines, might yet mate' idly assi,t each other.—( Cheers.) The diminution of the supply of negroes had a close connection with the suppression of the demand—( Hear, hear)—and the ex tiaetion of slavery would go hand in hand with the aboli. tion of the slave trade. J. G. BIRNET begged permission to ask Mr. Buxton to put an end to the impression which he was aware prevailed, that he was favourable to the scheme of the Colonization Society__( Hear, hear)—which was most detrimental to the abolition cause in America.—( Hear.) Mr. FOWELL BUXTON said he was surprised that it should be necessary for him to state that to the plan of the Colonization Society he was directly opposed.— ( Cheers.) He considered it a gross delusion ; at the same time he must in candour state that the interior of Africa presented great facilities for colonization.—( Hear.) Lieutenant FirzoßstaLo wished to say, that of the ad vantages of colonization by free negroes he thought great use might be made under some circumstances.—( Hear.) A MEMBER wished to ask of Lieutenant Fitzgerald whether it was not the f►ct that slavers were refitted at Liberia, and whether they were not provided there with whips and shackles? He wished to ask whether it was not the tact that the most notorious of the slave dealers on the western coast of Africa had an establishment at Liberia to facilitate the carrying on of this nefarious traffic ? ( Hear, ) Lieutenaat FITUNSIZALD said he had never beard of sla vers being refitted at Liberia or obtaining supplies there ; but he should not be surprised if that were the cave, irl consequence of the weakness of the colony. But he was satisfied that a slaver would have as little chance there as at Sierra Leone.--( Hear, bear.) He had never heard of shackles being supplied there to slavers. He had never heard of the establishment of De Suza ; but such was the rapidity with which the system of slavery was now carried en that it was impassible for the Governor of that colony to prevent it in every instance. He knew of a case in which a slaver from Cuba got on board a cargo of 430 slaves in four hours. He himself had once been out with his boats four days, looking after some slavers, who, he understood, were on the coast. Seeing some ves sel; in the mud he landed, and having pro ceeded some distance ho was soon surrounded by 10 or .50 natives, amongst whom was the King's brother. IN asked them for information respecting the slavers, and they refused to give him any. lie asked the K:ng's brother (who spoke as good English as he, Mr. Fitzgerald, did) whether he was not ashamed of himself fir sere ming such atrocious traffickers ? To which the Pfin,c answered—" That he was not at all ashamed of it, and that he owed no allegiance to Queen Victoria." It was a fact, that frem the River Bonny above 30,000 slave: , were sent out last year. Mr. BUXTON wished to explain that what he had said was that the Colony was injurious to the coloured popuic tion of America, although it raight be eyeful to the poop le of Africa Ile would new take the liberty of asking whe ther the Convention would deem it expedient that Dr. Lusltingtou, Mr. Samuel Gurney, and himself, should at tend here on sorne particular day to state their views as to the measures which should be taken for the extinction of slavery throughout the world ? Mr: J. G. - BiaNar disliked as much ad any one to occupy the time of the meeting ; but he had some information to communicate on the subject before the meeting. II believed that the Governors of the Colony of Liberia w, re dear of every connexion with the slave-tr,.de. But they had not been ablo to keep the colony equally exempt from the stain. In proof of this he read an extract from a parnp'ilet entitled " The Colonization Scheme Considered, in its rejection by the coloured people—in its tendency to uphold caste—and in its unfitness to Christianiz: and ci,ilize the aboriginal inhabitants of Africa," &c. The toaalency of the extract was to show that slavery was to a great extent supported or connived at by a portion of the colonists. Mr. JOSEPII STCRGE said that with every respect for his valued friend Thomas Ferrell Buxton, he must say that, considering- what had taken place at the great meetings at Exeter Hill, he feared that the proposition of his friend might have the effect of creating dissension here.— ( near, hear.) If his friend and others came to declare their views in the Convention, it would be necessary for him and others to reply to him.—(Hear. ) Mr. BUXTON said he would never do an thing which could tend to create dissension. If the Convention thought it better that he should withdraw his propo sition, he would humbly—although it might seem a somewhat audacious attempt for an author—he would humbly beg of that audience to read his pamphlet— ( Hear. ) Mr. Haney (of Glasgow) complained:that the conversas tica had wandered from the proposition before the meeting, which he was sure would be heartily concurred in. Mr. PRICE (of Leads) said that before the question was put lib's(' to make one or two observations respectin the - sate of slavery in the i s l an d of Cuba. He had aslg derable acquaintance with th e copper manufacturecrosoi South Wales, and he believed that such of them as were proprietors of copper mines in Cuba persuaded themselves that they were not slave owners The manner in which their mines were worked was this : the slaves were hired from their owners at the rate of ten dollars per month each. He had received that information from a Cornish miner, who had been employed in superintending those slaves ; and told him that he was shocked to see the way in which those poor creatures were treated. He once saw a woman receive two hundred lashes with a long whip, which drew the blood at every lash. He also knew an instance of a man who was threatened with a flogging, and hanged himself to avoid the punishment. The Bri tish owners of copper mines had a lino opportunity of putting d own th e p rac ti ce o f em pl o ying slaves in Cuba. They could at the same expence of 2.51. a year (besid es food and clothing) for each person, surround themselves with free labourers.—( Hear, hear.) He was strongly in favour of the translation of the document into the Spanish language. Mr. Jose STURGE wished to ask Dr. Madden a ques tion in reference to the condition of the free coloured popu lation of Cuba. He found it stated in Admiral Fleming's evidence before the House of Commons that free labourers and slaves were employed together, end that the planters found it equally their advantage to employ either. Dr. MADDEN replied that it was not the fact that free l a b ourer s were employed in the growing of cotton or sugar in Cuba. Some few of the country people were employed in the tobacco plantations on the sea coast, but certainly not in the interior of the country.._( Hear, hear.) Mr. Seoseee, in replying to an observation which had heat made in the early part of the morning by Dr. Madden, assured the meeting that the figures which be had quoted were not exaggerated, but were truly copied from the parliamentary documents. Full a o ,000 victims to TE e slave trade perished annually—( Hear, I m o and it was a fact w hich ou g ht to be known to the people of this c oun tr y that the British Consul General at iiavannala was connected with that THE SUN. I,ONDON, THURSDAf, JUNE 18, 1840. trade, and had promised the appointment of Jose Fer nandez, an extensive and notorious slave-owner, to the office of Portuguese Consul, in Cuba, for the ostensible purpose of putting down the trade —( Hear.) 'File resolution that Dr. Madden be requested to submit his paper to a committee, consisting of Mcs-irs. Alexander, Turnbull, Sturge, and Seobell, fur the purpose of trans lating it into the Spanish language, was then unanimously agreed to. Mr. J. STURG E then announced amidst much applause, that he bad that morning received 100/. from the Anti- Slavery Society in Jamaica, as a subscription to the pur poses of the Convention. Mr. R. ALLEN, of Dublin, moved, and Mr. TURNBULL seconded, a resolution for the appointment of a Committee to inquire respecting the manufacture in this country of . shackles, fire-arms, and cotton goods for the e x p ress use of the slave trade, &c., but the motion was withdrawn, upon the understanding that it would be entertained at the re sumed sitting of the Convention in the evening. At two o'clock the meeting adjourned till four. done so, and he did not think he could pursue a better course than to read it to the meeting - " From the great and increasing amount of the African trade, the evils of which have only been aggravated by the various attempts that have hitherto been made to restrain it, I submit I am entitled to assume that the true principle on which an effective measure of abolition should be bleed has not yet been disclosed. I will not assert that the plan I am now to bring forward is free from all difficulty, but I confidently maintain that there is no difficulty attending it which cannot be easily surmounted, if the Government will consent to apply to it the mere moral force at its dis posal. " The lever with which I propose to overthrow this colossal grievance, is to be found among the simplest ale- ' menu of economical science. It is by cutting off the de mand for victims that the supply is to be suppressed. It is by making the purchaser and the possessor of an Afri can slave insecure in the enjoyment of his unlawful acqui sition, that he is to be deterred foom paying the price. 1. is by demonstrating to toe slave-dealer that imported Africans will no longer be a marketable commodity, and Previously to the Session adjourning at Tw o o'Clock by that process al one , th a t h e w ill w illi ng ly a b an d on a the President requested the Delegates of the United King- trade which has ceased t o be profitable. The great consumers of African slaves are the em dons to remain, when the following petition to Parliament " pire of Brazil, and the colonial dependencies of Sp dn. was read and adopted : " The white inhabitants of the Brazilian empire begin To the Honourable the Commons of the United King to be sensible of the imminens dangers to whi c h they will dom of Great Britain ! nd Ireland in Parliame n t as s e m . expose themselves, if they p " The petition of the undersigned Bri t ish sub jects , ersevere much longer in add bled : ing to the disproportionate amount of their negro popu lation, by the toleration of the African slave trade. With being members of a Convention no w assembl ed in London for the purpose of promoting t h e abolition the example of St. Domineo before their eyes, we have a of slavery and the slave.trade throug h out the world . reasonable guarantee of the sincerity of the professions of his Imperial Majesty's Government, in favour of a sys " Humbly sheweth, tern of absolute suppression. " That your petitioners address your House for the p ur- The case is somewhat different with regard to the colos pose of declaring their apprehensions a nd f ears respecting nial dependencies of Spain. In C u ba, the white and co s measure now before you for facilitating the transfer of loured portions of the population are nearly balanced in nu persons known by the name of Hill Coolies from the shores merical strength. In Porto Rico, the negroes are far out of British India to the Island of Mauritius. numbered by the inhabit a nt s o f European descent. In That the fears and apprehensions of your petitioners both islands, but especially in Cuba, the natural desire for arise not only from a review of the course hitherto pursued independence has of late years been stimulated into passion, towards these unhappy men, which has made their removal by the intolerable burthen of the fiscal exactions whi t !. from India in effect a slave-trade , and their detention in the have been levied for the purpose of defraying the charges Mauritius no better than slavery ; but also from the ab of a war in another hemisphere, in which they feel rig sence of all official and distinct information as to the course interest. to be pursued in future, and the want of any defined and lt is in consequence of this state of things, that the sin- efficient plan for protecting them against the recurrence of cerity of the professions of the Government of her Catholic the same evils. Majesty, on the subject of the suppression of the slave- That your petitioners would remind your Hon. House of trade, is liable to reasonable suspicion. The planters ot evidence in Parliamentar Papers,—evidence, which as ay Cuba and Porto Rico, wherever their estates are f u lly and be seen from the very best papers on the subject, prinmted your Hon. House, is accumulating both in the by-order of properly peopled with ajust proporti on b e t ween th e sexes . amount and the enormity of the evils complained of, in place of desiring the continuance of th e s l ave -t ra de, lte,. showing that the Coolies before leaving their native a direct and obvious interest in its suppressi on . O n th! nent of America, d shores have generally been deceived by false repro. neighbouring con ays' sail of the Havana, North the average value of a within field-sla vet y, sentations ; that in their transit they have, in num. is at least a thousand dollars. In Cuba, the effect of the berless instances, been treated with harshness and competition of the slave-dealers with each other is to reduce cruelty, so as to renew, to a fearful extent, the horrors of the value of an imported African to less than the third part the notorious Middle Passage ; that when they have reached their destination, and landed in Mauritius, they of"hat amount, The high price of slaves in those States of North have been subjected to grievous oppression and mat- America which adjoin the Gulf of Mexico is still main treatment, in unaccustomed and excessive toil, deficiency twined, in spite of the well-known fact, that, in the breed of food, severe personal chastisements, neglect in times of ing districts of Maryland and Virginia, the negro popula sickness, inappropriate dwellings, fraudulent refusal of tion is found to increase in a duplicate ratio, as compare(' wages, and falsification of labour-tickets, in restraints with the inhabitants of those regions of European descent. upon their freedom, and the employment of an armed force The planters of Cuba are aware that the negro population to goad them to service. of Virginia has long been doubling itself every twelve years " That your petitioners would also recal to the conside- and a-half, while the white inhabitants require twenty-five ration of your Honourable House the frightful mortality years to accomplish the process of duplication, which has been the necessary result of these cruel hitlic- There is nothing in the climate of Cuba to prevent P lions, causing a rapid decrease in the number of Hill similar rate of increase of the negroes. There is nothing, Coolies in the Mauritius ; while, to aggravate the evil, in short, but the cheapness of labour, arising from the to and to induce a gross and wasting immorality there has leration of the African trade, which prevents the proprie been an unnatural and excessive inequality of the sexes in tors of old plantations in Cuba from throwing themselves every cargo of the victims imported. with confidence on the principle of propagation. " That your petitioners, while they see in the past so Here I would desire respectfully to guard myself much to condemn and deplore, can see nothing in the against the supposition of my being the apologist of slaver; plans or disposition of the parties who are calling for the under any circumstances, or with any degree of modifies removal of existing restrictions which can justify a hope tion. My present business is to deal with the African that the evils they have referred to will not be renewed, slave-trade, and to suggest a practicable mode of accom should the British Parliament be deceived by the specious plishiog its suppression. In the proper place and at the professions of a company of interested planters and proper period, I do not despair of being able to demon traders, or induced by any arguments founded on strafe, that, by a resort to sound principles, the practice general principles of free transfer and free labour, to of slavery itself may be rooted oat, in those very coun abandon the ignorant and defenceless Coolies into the tries whose social and political institutions are now so in hands of men who have been guilty of such barbarity and tiniately blended with it. injustice. I have not engaged in this conflict without endea s' That your petitioners have looked with anxiety, but Touring to measure the strength of the adversaries with have looked in vain, for any satisfactory guarantee that whom I shall have to contend. Of these I perceive there these wrongs will not be again perpetrated against the arc several classes : Hill Coolies on the continent of India, to decoy and trepan The mere dealer in slaves—the man who invests his them during their voyage, and on their arrival at Mau capital in the building and outfit of fast sailing clippers, ritius. Nor is there, as your petitioners verily believe, in the present state of society in that colony, the least ground in manning them with their ruffian crews, in loading them with their cargoes of rum or gunpowder, and in devoting for expecting that any laws, however framed, or however himself to the study of international treaties and pre excellent, for the benefit and protection of the Hill ventive laws for the sole purpose of evading them, is Coolies, would be carried into execution. But till this guarantee be furnished, the British public, and your yeti_ not by any means to be regarded as a very f orm id a bl e boners es ecially must feel an uncom romisi re u antagonist. The terms " coward" an d " cap i ta li st " were , p , never more truly convertibl e than in, the person of the nance to the passi png pg. ng of any measure of the kind now be fore your Honourable House, as impolitic and most mis- trafficker in slaves. He may hi re the b an d s o f ru ffi ans chievous—most deceptive and cruel. and outcasts to hazard their liv e s i n hi s serv i ce ; b u t his " That your petitioners might feel themselves warranted money he will not pe r il w i t h out t h e assurance o f a profit in claiming for this much injured class of British subjects, able return. That o bj ect h e fi n d s t h e means o f accom a compensation for the frauds and wrongs they have al- pushing, either by sp rea di ng th e r i s k over a sufficient num- her of separate adventures, o r by a b an d on i ng a por ti on o f ready endured. But looking to the future, they do moat earnestly implore your Honourable House to withhold its the gain he contemplates, in the sh a pe of p rem i ums o f in sanction from the measure now before it, which will set surance, to Joint Stock Comp an i es or p r i vate un d erwr it ers . aside the restriction upon the export of Hill Coolies, " Another class of opponents w ill b e f oun d among the ministerial and judicial servants of the Spanish Govern. which was imposed by the Governor-General of India in meat. Their superiors in the mother country have inge- I, 838, and which from that time to the present has been niously made it the interest of a great number of these an effectual instrument of protection and security to that public functionaries to evade the execution of the laws, race of men dwelling in the British dominions in the East. and to convert that evasion into a fiuitful source of profit, " And your petitioners," Sic. the better to secure the retention of the isl an d i n h er C a - Shortly after the Chairman had resumed his seat at tholic Majesty's dependence. Inasmuch, however, ns ake four o'clock, in consequence of a heavy shower of rain fall- existence of the Court of mixed commission at the Havana, ing, mac of the waiters of the Tavern, named Nunney with all its acknowledged imperfections, has had the effect, was sent round to close the windows, in the upper part of during the twenty years elapsed since its creation, of dis the Hall. Mr. Turnbull had just risen to address the appointing the cupidity of those venal functionaries to a meeting, when the unfortunate man, in endeavouring to pass round one of the buttresses, somehow lost his very considerable extent, I see no reason t o d o ubt th a t, with the improved machinery I propose t o i n t ro d uce , thi s footing, and was precipitated to the ground, a height of iniquitous source of profit will be completely dried up and nearly forty feet, In his fall he struck Mr, Joseph Bass, extinguished. of Brighton, who was sitting close to the spot. The " Before catering on the specification of the nature of this accident created an appalling sensation in the Hall, machinery, it may not be inconvenient to indicate the first which at the time was extremely crowded, most of and most important step ,c, the process which I propose the Delegates having taken their seat , . Several of the ladies rushed out of the room screaming, while others should be followed. " It i; asserted by many of our most eminent philantbro nearly fainted. The unfortunate man Nunney was carried pints, that, according to the spirit of our existing treatiee out in a state of insensibility, and Mr. Bass, who was able with Spain, we are entitled to demand the i ns t an t fibers to walk between two friends, was removed to another room. Short! afterwards Joseeti STURGE addressed the meeting, lion of every individual consigned to slavery, in any part of stating that Dr. Hodgkins and another medical gentleman the Spanish dependencies, since the date of the first o! t were in attendance upon the unfortunate man Nunney, these conventions. To this argument it would not be and that all they could say at the moment was that he was easy to offer a satisfactory reply. For the present, how. breathing. Their friend Joseph Bass had been hurt also, ever, I am content to cut oil the source of future importa- Lion, and to leave this an open question, to be agitated by but not seriously. The CHAIRMAN said it would be impossible to proceed others. Should my humble voice be ever entitled to share to business immediate) in consequence of the lamentable in the decision, I trust I need not say with what c or di a lity y , would I give it in the affirmative. accident that had just occurred, and he should therefore " take the liberty of suggesting that they sit in silence for Let us not embarrass ourselves, however, w ith t oo much work at a time. The most convenient moment for a few minutes. discussing this separate question will be afte r t h e c h anne l s Shortly afterwards Mr. Joseph Reynolds of Bristol was carried out of the room on a chair ; and it was announced of importation shall have been cut off, and after the enor that he had been sitting close to Mr. Bass, and being in an moos masses of capita l at this moment engaged in the infirm state of health, had fainted ; but he had received trade to Africa shall have been finally drawn off, to find ' no injury whatever. their due level in the great money markets of the w or ld, Mr. SIIICARMAN said that two or three medical gentle. " According to the views lam now to submit to your men had just examined the person who had fallen from Society, the courts of mixed commission at the Havana ane the cornice of the Hall, and he was happy to announce Rio de Janeiro, which under the operation of existin g that there were no bones broken, nor was there any t i cati e 3 ha ve g raduall y be en sinking into a state of listles t-: probability of his life being in danger.—( Hear, hear.) inactivity, will at once be raised to a degree of efficiency Shortly afterwards the Rev. Mr. SCA LEs announced that ind vigour, which they have not possessed at any period of Mr. Turnbull had been so much affected by the acci- their existence. dent, that he found himself unable to proceed with hi, " The plan I have conceived is, by the negotiation of address. new conventions, or of additional clauses to existing The Rev. J. BeNNETT then rose to move the follow- iz treaties, to confer on these courts the pow e r of enf u rcin the laws of the country in which they sit, by declaring the: ing resolution : A, B, or C, the inmate of a barracoon, or a labourer on a " Application having been made by Mr. Buxton on behalf of himself arid his friends to be heard is the Con- plantation, is not a native creole, b u t h a s b e en i n t ro du ce d vention, on the objects and plans of the African Civilize- Into the country in violation, of la w an d t r eaty. I ate Society—Resolved, That while the Convention further to propose that the onus o f proving a lawf u l would gladly hear Mr. Buxton, or any:ot his friends , on the dominion over the slave should b e thr ow n o n th e p ar ty proper business of the assembled Delegates, it cannot corn - claiming it, that, in sliest, there should be a le g al p re ply withethe present application." sumption in favour of freedom ; and I think there c an b e the less objection to introduce and recognise this pri n . He would take that opportunity of calling their attention to the fearful accident which had just taken place. lie ciplr in the treaty I recoremeed fur negotiation, inasm uc h . had always supposed that an accident of the kind might as I have been informed by the eminent Sp. nab juris occur, as every one must have supposed who had seen a consults with whom I have advised on the subject, that the man passing round those cornices and buttresses. He presumption of freedom, in the absence of proof to the trusted that in future the windows would be regulated by contrary, is already the right of every inhabitant of her cords, and that no person would be permitted in future to Catholic Majesty 's dominions. " H ippily, however, for the intereete of humanity', it pies along those cornices for the purpose of opening or shutting the windows.—(Hear, hear.) He was glad to is matter of notoriety, among persons conversant e ith the find, so far as the medical report had gone, there was no- subject, that a fresh imported or bozal negro can, for thing like danger either to the party falling, or the per- many years after his arrival in America, he distin ,wished at a glance from the native creoles. The die son he had fallen upon.—( Cheers.) lie would now direct their attention to the important, but at the same Onetime is in fact so deer, t .at the mere prssentation time delicate subject of the resolution. If all the indivi- of the individual in court, without a word of evidence duals now present were numbered with their fathers, the as; to the place of his birth, would in most cases be e great work of human freedom must go on. Generation suffi lent to determine his condition. alight follow generation before the great work had been " Should her elajisty's Government be induced to en achieved, but achieved it must be, and they must be found ter on such a negotiation, the true grounds and m o ti ves at their posts until the consummation was announced. for the opposition to be expected from the Government of In undertaking to bring forward the present re - her Catholic Majesty will not, in all probability, be openly elution, he would observe tl at he had always been avowed. It will never be admitted that a clandestine en -in admirer of the pure principles and honest integrity of couragement of the worst practices of the slave-trade is Mr. Bust in. lie had no doubt about the purity of hie rendered necessary by a sort of political necessity, in order intentious or the sterling character of his motives , and to repress the aspirations of the creole population of Cuba therefore, ho felt the less hesitation in propos i ng a r es o lu- for that sort of independence which the other Spanish " Neither will it be pretended Oat the continuance of tion which, under other circumstances, might be considered provinces of America have already achieved. exceedinely invidious. After some further observations the Rev. Gentleman concluded by proposing his resolution. the slave-trade is necessary to the successful cultivation of Dr. GREVILLE, of Edinburgh, seconded the resolution, the soil, in presence of the fact already alluded to, of the observing that he cordially agreed with all the preceding rapid increase of the negro population in the neighbouring t speaker had said as to the personal character, the purity of stages of the North American Union, motives, and integrity of principle of Mr. Buxton , Th e ostensible ground of opp os i t i on w ill pro b a bl y b e Mr. TURNBULL moved as an amendment that it be an confined to a pretended fear of discontent and insurrection t part of those sl who be entitle to a instruction, to the Business Committee that they do appoint on decla he ration of freedom in aves will not their favour, in consequence of a day and hour fur the Convention to hear Mr. Buxton, Dr. L us hi ngton , an d M r . S. G urne y, agreea bly t o the the place of their birth , or the da te of their introduction. Iler Catholic Majesty's Government have constantly pro request. feesed as ardent a desire as our own to concur in the mere . A long discussion followed on the point of order, it niouslyeFl g c n contended submittednt D en r d . ed L t ut h sa a h t ti nh t ge h et oßrequestßusiness C o N u lor g m h t . t o have been p re- sures of suppression already proposed ; and the fact is m .. it . tee, and that . Mr. Button, undeniable, that, in the place of being diminished or me_ in nixed in the double . S. Gurney, being here already Members of the'dified by any of the measu t r h e e s o e f vi r l es ta tra a in c t tu w a h il i y ch e h a av t eheia.tofore been resorted to, . y f Members th u ea s m oer Convention,capacitytfhoef Delegates could notfrom be anotherree c e S 0 ,, c i i e y . t y G , a u n u d , Eosire cruse; naturea p e - f s i t itohne offi satisfactorily'eial returns e the a t p r o o g f rtehse erwCarodnvaenudtiosna.id, that as I seemed there was some doubt . as . to whether the request. slave population. could be acceeded to, in conformity with the f " The discontenthe. arguimnts that . may be drawn from a pretended Convention, he would, in the - Lushington, and himself, request name l of Mr. Buxton, Dr. e fact,a r o t h at tt ta the and i l 'tin sand r e c s ion . va.g maye Africanb c an . s a eic o r e c e d by h t the e a removal we propose—and that it is no part of our !an g le t eave to withdraw it.— ( Loud cheers.) . acting on th b e e lihraaeld-f disturb the condition of the comparatively civilize d creole. L ea ve was then given to Mr. Gur ney , of himself and the other g entlemen, to lt is, besides, by units, and not by cargoes, that the process withdraw of liberation will take place ; so that the proceedings quest, and it was withdrawn accord ingly. under the new treaty will be much less alarming in their Mr. Siteetteess towards the close of the disc uss i on an . general aspect, or their individual amount, than those al_ nounced that the ma n who had fallen from the gallery ready sanctioned by existing conventions. recovered his senses , a nd that he was ha ppy to St ate t h ere "As the proceedings of the Court of Mixed Commis • was no reason to apprehend any serious results at present. sion, moreover, have hitherto been conducted in strict l AFRICAN SLAVERY, conformity with the Spanish principle of closed doors, written i pleadings, and secret deliberations, it might po3 - ! sb Mr. TURNBULL said he cam e forward for the p ur pose of l ybe advisable to adhere to the established practise., in oontinuine the discussion of the m ornin g , and to p ro pose a smuch as the presence of a British prosecutor, and one for the a doption of the convent i on a p l an f o r the suppress or more B r i t i s h judges, would afford a sufficient guarantee sion of the African s l ave trade. Soon after the appear. I for their fe perfect regularity. The mere existence of the ! 1 Court ance of his work the Secretary of State for Forei g n Affairs I for upwards of twenty )'ears, in the course of which ! i had done him the honour of addressing a letter to him, 1 discussions to give the ic Captain-General without Gave frequently fan arisen affecting the freedom of 1 i producing or th e a (Govern- si lnl e i requesting him to lay before the Government the plan 1 entire cargoes of Africans, which he proposed to adopt. In consequence be h a d Practicalevil, merit any substantial chance of complaint, appears to me 1 to aff_re: a broad basis on which the demand for the en largement of the powers of the Court may be conveniently founded. The great advantage-of proceeding by units, and net by misses.; is, that every individual liberation would amount to the assertion of a vital principle, without affording any reasonable pretext for apprehension or alarm. " It may not be easy to suggest any better expedient than that recognised by treaty, for the case of a difference of opinion between the two Commissary Judges. It is true that, :n doubtful cases, a decided leaning has been observed, on the part of the Spanish Members of the Court, towards the acquittal of the prizes b ought up for condemnation ; and there may, therefore, be some reason to apprehend a corresponding disposition, to resist the liberation of the negro clients of the British prosecutor As often as a sufficient air of doubt can be, thrown over the rase to justify the hesitation of the Spanish Commissary Judge. On the very worst supposition it is possible to con ceive, the drawing of lots for the choice of the arbitrator would be resorted to in every case, without a single ex ception. " The practice o' the Spanish Judges, however indefen sible in many particular instances, has never yet been •.arried to this systematic extreme, and, in fairness, it can not be said there is any just reason to anticipate such an unheard of design of v ertinacity for the future. But sup pose for a moment that the Spanish Judge and the Spanish arbitrator were to be for ever deaf to the calls of duty, and the evidence of fact, It results front the mere doctrine of chances, which, when applied to thousands of cases, be comes infallible, that one-half of the whole of those to be thus presented to the mixed Court fur adjudication would be decided in favour of the liberty of the slave. Now the systematic liberation of one-half only of the fu ture importations would be perfectly sufficient to prevent the planter from paying a remunerating price to the dealer er importer, and hence it is demonstrated that the system I propose must be fatal to the trade. " Objections of a dilatory nature may, of course, be ex pected on the part of her Catholic Majesty's Ministers, at the outset of the negotiation. Tho necessity or conve nience of consulting the Governors or Captain's-General of their transatlantic possessions, will probably be urged is a reason for withholding their immediate assent to a proposition which is calculated to affect the fixture interests and prosperity of the Spanish West India colonies. To ren der this pretence unavailing, I am strongly of opinion that the past and future importation of slaves into these co lonies should be separated from each other by a broad line of distinction ; and that the object of the proposed nego tiation should be exclusively confined to the case of future importations. The most convenient terminus a quo would probably be the date of the first official note of the British Ambassador, directing the attention of her Catholic Ma jesty's Government to the subject. He was sure that he need not go further into the details ; but he would, with the permission of the meeting, just tdvert to what was said of his suggestions in the IVest minster Review, a work of high authority. In that work there was an article on Mr. Buxton's book, on which that Review tore both Mr. Buxton and himself to pieces ; but he had admitted that if his (Mr. T.'s) plan could be brought into operation, it would be effectual; and the only objection he had to it was, that he thought the Spanish Government would not agree to it. Now, 'hough the authority of that Review was high, he could not agree with it, for he was convinced that Spain would adopt it ; and if it did, the Reviewer admitted that by it the value of the slave would be destroyed, and the en couragement to deal in them would be done away with. He had a collection of reviews, which had been furnished him by his bookseller; but he would not trouble the meeting by reading them, as it would be sufficient for him to say they were all favourable to the plan he had brought forward. If it was consistent with the views of the Convention, he should propose three things ; first, an Address from the Convention to the Spanish Government and people, pressing the plan upon their attention. He should next propose an address to the French Govern ment, asking them to press the subject on the Spanish Government.---( Hear, hear, hear.) He had spoken with the King of the French with respect to it, and he was happy to say he was very much disposed to for. ward it. Thirdly, he should propose an address from that Convention to the Government of the Queen of this country, praying that it would direct that the Foreign Office, which it was difficult to move, should consider the subject. He could not understand from Lord Palmerston whether he approved of the plan or not.—( Cheers). Judge JEREMY felt extreme reluctance to appear before them two days successively, but he felt called upon to say a few words on the subject. Mr. Turnbull's intentions all present viewed to be excellent ; his talents were emi nent, and his zeal was surpassed by none ; it was, there fore, with great regret that, while he acknowledged the importance of the plan, he felt bound to doubt its success. • Now what was that plan ? Why, precisely the one they had at the Mauritius, which did not succeed. In that country they had excellent judges, and an excellent public prosecutor, and yet they had not succeeded in abolishing slavery, for all the public officers there must shut their eyes to what was going on. How, therefore, could it be passible to adopt there the plan proposed by Mr. Turnbull? There was another objection he entertained, which was to the principle of the plan, and there, perhaps, rested the object of the Foreign Office. What were they aiming at by the present proposal? Why, to induce the Spanish Govern ment to determine rights of property arising within their own territories.—(Cheers.) The King of the French, Mr. Turnbull had said, seemed inclined to favour his plan. Now how did they stand with respect to them ? Why, the King of the French would not allow foreigners to try French subjects or. board French vessels ; indeed it would not even allow them to be tried by a ,nixed commission. —(Cheers.) Although he admired the principle developed in the plan of Mr. Turnbull, look ing at what had taken place in the Mauritius, he felt bound to say that it did not deserve the name of the panacea for the abolition of slavery over the whole world.--( Cheers.) Mr. STURGE felt bound to say a few words on the proposal of his friend, Mr. Turnbull, believing that it was perfectly consistent with the principles of that Society to take it up.—( Cheers. ) Whether it could be carried out or not, was another question ; but he did think that the Conven tion was bound to endeavour as far as possible to get the principle asserted, either by English or foreign authorities. (Cheers.) As he understood the purport of Mr. T urn bull, it amounted to this, that a system of registration should be adopted in slave countries which would throw the onus probandi upon the owners of s'aves, to show the slave was his, and not that the slave should be obliged to prove his freedom.—(Cheers ) That in his opinion was a great point to be accomplished ; but he would carry it further. He thought that the spirit of the treaty with Cuba ought to be carried out to the letter, and that whenever a master could riot prove a man his slave, he should be set free.—( Cheers. ) Mr. D. Criewessoe was zfraid of sacrificing prin ciples to something like expediency, which would afford a shelter under which their enemies might entrench themselves. He thought the proposition of Mr. Turn. bull was one which ought to be considered well before it was rejected. Dr. Bowers:a could not but consider that the Convention was not at that moment prepared to address the Govern ments of Great Britain, France, and Spain, on so im portant a subject, but thought, however, that the subject was one well worthy of the consideration of a Committee. With respect to Spain, he could not forget that, twenty years ago, there was a great desire in that conntry to abolish the slave trade. He was present when several resolutions were passed in that country de claring the necessity of abolishing slavery ; but those re solutions were passed by as the idle wind, which was not regarded.— ( Cheers ) He did not think they would do their friend Mr. Turnbull justice, unless they 'cut an at tentive ear to his proposal, and examined it in all its bear ings. He should therefore move that a Select Committee should be appointed to examine and report on Mr. Turn bull's proposition. Mr. JOSIAH CONDER thought the proposition of Mr. Turnbull, as a subsidiary measure, was well worthy the at tention of the Convention, and on that ground he should second the resolution for the appointment of a Committee to consider the subject, and to report thereon. Mr. Herinrs thought if they left the high ground and principle they had assumed, and consented to adopt a plan that only went to alleviate slavery instead of its total ex tinction, they would lose the moral influence they now pos sessed to put an end to the system altogether.--(Cheers. ) He would therefore give r o countenance to any plan that recognised the existence of slavery at all.—( Cheers ) Mr. STERGE would ha e been sorry indeed to base elven his assent to any propo:ition %bleb might have the effect of impeding or injuring the great object they had in view, namely, the total xtinction cf slavery over the face of the whole world. Ile believed that Mr. Turnbull's plan would have no ,uch effect, and he therefore thought it their duty to consider it well before they either adopted or rejected it. Dr. Mourti;oN said that there was a great principle in the movement itself. Such propositions as th ese were xhat he expected to come out of the Convention, and he thought, therefore, they ought to be well considered. Ile considered that the moral influence of the Convention would be felt more by foreign Powers than any of the protocols that had been issued by the Government— ( Loud cheers.) Mr. SANII7EL SOUTHALL, of Leominster, was afraid, if they took the course now proposed, they would in some de gree b e li s t en i ng to ex p e di enc y. If he understood the proposition it was t o a d o pt a system of registra ti o n b y which slavery would b e mo dified, and if that was so he could not but think th e y ought to do nothing to compro mise their principl es . The Rev. N. CoLvite. agreed with Mr. Harris that if they adopted the plan proposed by Mr. Turnbta they would lose their moral influence, as they would sanction slavery by it for a season. Now what they wanted was immediate emancipation, and that alone.—( Cheers.) Dr. BOWRINO said that the reference of this prososition to a Committee did not pledge the Convention to its ap proval.—( Cheers. ) All he desired was that the Commit tee should be charged with the duty of inquiring whether subjectmight the prop os i t i on was cons i stent w i t h th e g reat principles the Convention acted upon.—( Cheers.) Many who se opi nions h e respected thought there was a grea t deal in the pl an , an d t h erefore he cons id ere d t h a t they ought not to reje c t i t h ast il y. The Comm i ttee wou ld have to report during the whole FRANCI S BARKER, Esq., of Pontefract, thoug ht the y ou g ht ght o f be th b e rou e g o h n t ve h n e t fo io r n e , them. and to stick to the great principles they had set out with, and not enter into sahjects of minor consideration. The Rev. J. KENNEDY, of Aberdeen, said that it had struck him in the course of the present discussion that two mistakes existed in the minds of thos.e who had opposed Mr. Turnbull's plan. They had at first considered it as one for the abolition of slavery instead of the slave trade. Now his plan was to render the slave trade of little value, by making the possession of them insecure, and thereby making the traffic less profitable. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution to the meetin g , and declared it t o be carried unanimously. The Report of the Committee on American Papers was brought up, and on the motion of John Backhouse, Esq., seconded by 11Ir. es . Crewdson, it was resolved that the replies to the queries of the British and Foreign ' I Anti-Slavery Society, on slavery in the United States, furnished by the Committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society, containing most valuable and very important in formation, be now received and referred to the Publication Committee, to nublish the whole or such parts as they may deem expedient. On the motion of Dr. BowaiNG, seconded by the Rev. Mr. SCALES, the following resolutions were also agreed to : Resolved—That this meeting has heard with deep in terest the measures adopted by the Viceroy of Egypt for the suppression of the abominable slave hunts by his High ness's troops, and especially the declaration of his wish to aid is bringing about the extinction of slavery. That the thanks of this meeting be communicated to him, with the assurance that the friends of civilization throughout the world will hail with delight every step taken by the Vice roy in furtherance of his just and generous purpose, whether by -impeding the importation of, and traffic in slaves by the encouragement of agricultural produc tions in Central and Eastern Africa, by the abolition of slave markets in his dominions, or by any, or legitimate and pacific measures which may facilitate the manumission of slaves and the entire overthrow of slavery. That the present moment, when European powers are exercising so general an influence os the affairs of the Ottoman Empire, is peculiarly favourable to their inter vention for the suppression of slavery in the regions of the East, and that a memorial be presented to Lord Viscount Palmerston, entreating his Lordship's assistance in ob taining such declarations from the Sultan as are likely to lead to the entire abolition of slavery in the countries sub ject to the Sultan's government. On the motion of Mr. R. ALLEN, seconded by the Rev. Mr. HINTON, a Committee was appointed to inquire whether it it the case that manacles for slaves and bowie knives, and other instruments of cruelty, were manufac tured in this country ? Whether it is the case that large quantities of inferior fire arms are manufactured in this country to be sold to the Africans for their slave wars? Whether it is the case that cotton goods of a particular fabric, and to a large amount, are manufactured in this country, and solely intended for being used as barter for African slaves ? Whether persons in England hold shares in Brazilian and other mines, which are worked by slaves? Whether any British Joint Stock Banks have branches os • tablished in countries in which the slave trade prevails, and whether quantities of gunpowder are exported from any part or parts of Great Britain to Africa, and other parts of the world respectively. THE ACCIDENT. One of the Members of the Convention wished to state with respect to the accident that had taken place in that room that day, that the unfortunate individual who had fallen from the ledge near the ceiling while opening the windows, was going on favourably, and that their two friends who were injured by that fall had sufficiently re covered to proceed to the city. The Convention then adjourned. it being half•past eight o'clock, till to-morrow (this day) at ten o'clock. BRITISH AND FOREIGN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. CONVENTION, JUNE 12TH, 1840. PRESIDENT—THOMAS CLARKSON, EsQ. VICE-PRESIDENTS. W. T. BLAIR, ESQ. IJ. G. BIR NEY , E SQ . JOSEPH STULGE, E SQ . I R. K. GREVILLE,ESQ ,LL.D. SECRETARIES. JOHN SCOBLR, ESQ. I REv. W. BEVAN. HENRY B. STANTON,ESQ. WENDELL PHILLIPS, ESC). REV. THOMAS SCALES. I WILLIAM MOROAN, ESQ LIST OF DELEGATES. NAMES OF THE DELEGATES, &C, AND FROM WHAT PLACE OR SOCIETY DELEGATED. 1 Dr. S. Lushington, D. C. L., Member of the Com mittee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. 2 Thomas Fowell Buxton, Esq., ditto 3 William Allen, Esq., ditto 4 George Stacey, Esq., ditto 5 William Ball, Esq., ditto 6 Robert Forster, Esq., ditto 7 Josiah Conder, Esq., ditto 8 Richard Peek, Esq., ditto, and delegate from Kings bridge 9 Robert Howard, Esq., Member of the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society 10 Henry Tuckett, Esq., ditto 11 John Beaumont, Esq., ditto 12 George Bennet, Esq., ditto, and delegate from the Congregational Union of England and Wales 13 Josiah Forster, Esq., Member of the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society 14 Rev. John Howard Hinton, A. M., ditto 15 Henry Sterry, Esq., ditto 16 Joseph Cooper, Esq., ditto 17 Stafford Allen, Esq., ditto 18 Richard Barrett, Esq., ditto 19 Samuel Gurney, Esq., ditto 20 Rev. John Woodwark, ditto, and delegate from the Congregational Union of England and Wales 21 Rev. John Young, A. M., Member of the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, and Delegate from the United Associate Synod. 22 William Taylor, Esq., ditto 23 Samuel Fox, Esq., ditto 24 Lewis Celeste Lecesne, Esq., ditto 25 Robert Russell, Esq., ditto 26 Rev. Thomas Price, D D., ditto 27 Jacob Post, Esq., ditto 28 George William Alexander, Esq., ditto (Treasurer) 29 John Harfield Tredgold, Esq., ditto (Honorary Se. cretary) 30 Thomas Clarkson, Esq , Honorary Corresponding Member of the British and Foreign Anti. Slavery Society 31 Joseph Sturge, Esq., ditto and delegate from Bir mingham, and Spanish , Town and St. Kathar ine',, Jamaica 32 Sir John E. E irdley Wilmot, Bart., M.P., Hon. Cor. Member of the British and Foreign Anti- Slavery Society 33 Sir George Strickland, Bart., M.P., ditto 34 Joseph Pease, jun., Esq., M. P., ditto and delegate from Darlington 35 Hon. C. P. Villiers, M. P., Honorary Corresponding Member of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society 36 Rev. Joseph Ketley, Demerara 37 R. R. Madden, Esq. M.D., Hon. Cor. Mem, and delegate from Dublin 38 Rev. James Mirams, from Berbice 39 Rev. H. S. Seaborn, ditto 40 Rev. Giles Forward, ditto 41 D. Turnbull, Esq., Hon. Cor. Member from Paris 42 Mons. S. l'lnstant, from Hayti. 43 Mr. Justice Jeremie, Ceylon. 44 J. H. Berguin, Esq., Hon. Cor. Member of the British and Foreign Anti. Slavery Society 45 M. Dupois, ditto, ditto 46 Rev. R. Moffatt, ditto, ditto 47 Rev. John Kennedy, Aberdeen 48 Thomas Hodgkin, Esq., London, from the Abori g ines Protecti on S oc i ety 49 Edward Beck, Esq., Isleworth, ditto 50 S. Bannister, Esq., London, ditto 51 Roh:rt Bell, Esq., ditto 52 Rev. James Morgan, Belfast 53 James Stansfield, Esq., ditto 54 Samuel J. Prescod, Esq., Barbadoes 55 Rev. Thomas Harwood Morgan, Boston ' • King's Lynn ; Bo u r n ; L ea k e ; G os b erton ; and Lincoln. shire Association of Baptist Churches 56 Richard Edmonds, Esq., Banbury 57 Samuel Beesley, Esq., ditto 58 Caleb Clarke, Esq., ditto 59 William Bigg, Esq , ditto 60 Alfred Beesley, Esq., ditto 61 R. Goffe Esq., di t t o 62 Henry Martin, Esq., Brompton 63 William Busfield, Esq , M.P., Bradfor York 64 Ellis Conte: Lister, M.P., ditto 65 Rev. James Acworth, A. NI., ditto 61i Rev. C. E. Birt, Bristol 67 Joseph Eaton, Esq , ditto 68 J imes Whitehorne. Esq., ditto and ama 69 Joseph Reynolds, Esq., Bristol 70 Rev. John Jackson, Bath 71 George Dillwyn, Esq., ditto • 72 W. T. Blair, Esq , ditto 73 Captain C. R. Moorsom, R. N., Birmingham 74 Rev. Thomas Swan, ditto 75 William Boultb2e, Esq , ditto 76 Rev. Thomas M rertn, ditto, and Mi Hand Baptist Association, and Pembrokeshire Baptist Association 77 Richard Tapper Cadbury, Birmingham 78 Rcv. I'. M. M'Donnell, ditto 79 W .1: iam Mar an, Esq., ditto, and corresponding Member of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society 80 John Sturge, Esq.. Birmingham 81 Rev. John Angell James, ditto end Jamaica 82 Thomas Pinches, 1?..Fq., Birmingham 83 Sir T. W. Bimefield, Bart. Brighton 84 Isaac Bass, Esq , Brighton 85 Daniel Prior Hack, Esq., ditto 86 Joseph Sams, Esq., Barnard Castle 87 Rev. William James, Bridgewater 88 Francis J. Thompson, Erie, ditto 89 Rev. W. G. Lewis, Chatham 90 Rev. P. Thompson, ditto 91 Joseph Young, Esq , ditto 92 Rev. 11. T. Austen, Colchester 93 Thomas Catchpool, Esq , ditto 94 John A. Fullerton, Esq., Congregational Union of Scotland. 95 Rev. William Lindsay Alexander, ditto, and Edin burgh 96 Rev. Thomas Puller, Congregational Union of Scot. land and Glasgow 97 Rev. Daniel White, Cirencester 98 John Dixon, Esq , (Mayor) Carlisle 99 George Head Head, Esq , ditto 100 Thomas Sheffield, Esq., ditto 101 Joseph Ferguson, Esq., ditto 102 John Little, Esq., ditto 103 Captain Wanchope, R.N., ditto 104 Rev. Joseph Gray, Chelmsford 105 Joseph Marriage, Jun., Esq., ditto 106 Charles S. Gray, Esq., ditto 107 John Copeland, Jun., Esq., ditto 108 William C. Wells, Esq., ditto 109 Rev. John Burnet, Congregational Union of England and Wales 110 J. B. Brown, Esq., LL. D. ditto 111 Jahn R. Mills, Esq., ditto 112 Rev. W. H. Murch, D. D., Baptist Union and Frome 113 Rev. Edward Steane, Baptist Union 114 Rev. Caarles Stovel, ditto 115 Rev. Timothy Moore, Baptish Churches of Shak speare's_walk and Little Prescot-street [l6 William Bowser, Esq., ditto ditto 117 James Cunliffe, Esq., Blackburn 18 Professor Johnstone, University of Durham 19 Jonathan Backhouse, Esq. ' Darlington 20 Joseph P ease , sen., E sq ., ditto 21 Henry Pease, Esq.. ditto 122 Robert Longdon, Esq., Derby 123 William Williamson, Esq., ditto 124 John Steer Esq., ditto 125 Rev. J. H, Johnson, M. A., Devizes 126 Rev. Richard Elliott, ditto 127 George W. Anstie, Esq., ditto 128 Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M. P., Dublin and Glasgow. 129 William Torrens M'Cullagb, Esq., Dublin 130 James H. Webb, Esq., ditto ]3l James Houghton, Esq . ditto 132 Richard D IVrbb, Esq , ditto 133 James Webb, Esq., ditto 134 Thomas Webb, Esq., ditto 135 Richard Allen, Esq., ditto 136 Rev. Samuel :11.A11, Doncaster 137 Rev. Christopher Anderson, Edinburgh 138 William Cairns. Esq., ditto 139 John Dunlop, Esq., ditto 140 R. K. Greville, Esq. LL.D., ditto 141 William Ssmmerville, E.q , ditto 142 George Thompson, Esq , ditto and Glasgow 143 John Wigham, Esq., Edinburgh 144 William Lee, Esq., Exeter 145 Thomas Truslade Sparkes, Esq., ditto 146 William P. Paton, Esq , Glasgow 147 Robert Kettle, E,1., ditto 148 Henry Langland, Esq., ditto 149 Anthony M'Keand, Esq., ditto 150 William White, Esq., ditto 151 Rev. Dr. Heugh, ditto 152 Rev. John Graham, ditto 153 Rev. William Anderson, ditto 154 John Murray, Esq., ditto 155 William Smeal, Esq., ditto and Paisley 156 James Francillon, Esq , Gloucester 157 Samuel Bowly, Esq., ditto 158 Rev. J. W. Wayne, Hitchin 159 W. Langford, Esq , ditto 160 Joseph Sharpies, Esq., ditto 161 William Lucas, Jim., Esq., ditto 162 Henry Lawson, Esq., Hereford 163 John Benbow, Esq., ditto 164 Thomas Evans, Esq., ditto 165 Rev. John Pain, Horncastle 166 Rev. William Upton, Associated Churches, Herts, and South Bedfordshire 167 Rev. F. W. Gotch, A. 8., ditto 168 Rev. John Charlesworth, B. D., Ipswich 169 Rev. James Spriggs, A.M., ditto 170 R. D. Alexander, Esq., ditto 171 Shepherd Ray, Esq., ditto 172 Isaac Wilson, Esq., Kendal 173 William Dillworth Crewdson, Esq., ditto 174 Francis Fox, Esq , Kingabridge 175 W. E. Forster, Esq., ditto 176 Rev. Thomas Scales, Leeds, and Corresponding Member of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society 177 N. P. Simes, Esq., Leeds 178 Robert Jowitt, Esq., ditto 179 William West, Esq., ditto 180 Edward Baines, Esq., M.P., ditto 181 John Dollin Bassett, Esq., Leighton Buzzard 182 Rev. Edward Adey, ditto 183 Isaac Hodgson, Esq., Leicester 184 John Ellis, Esq., ditto 185 Thomas Dicker, Esq., Lewes 186 Burwood Goodlee, Esq., ditto 187 John Cropper, jun., Esq., Liverpool, and Correspond ing Member of the British and Foreign Anti-Sla very Society 188 Alderman Thomas Bulley, Liverpool 189 William Kay, Esq., ditto 190 Richard Rethbonc, Esq., ditto 191 Rev. Fielding Ould, ditto 192 Rev. William Bevan, Liverpool, and Corresponding Member of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society 193 Joseph Larder, Esq., Louth 194 Samuel Southall, Esq., Leominster 195 John Hamilton, Esq., Margate 196 George Fife Angas, Esq., Newcastle-on-Tyne 197 William Beaumont, Esq., ditto 198 Thomas Cargill, Esq., ditto 199 James Finlay, Esq., ditto and North Shields 200 Michael Longridge, Esq., Newcastle-on-Tyne 201 William Maude, Esq., ditto 202 Jonathan Priestman, Esq., ditto 203 George Richardson, Esq., ditto 204 Samuel Fox, Esq., Nottingham 205 William Wilson, Esqditto 206 Rev. William , Brock, Norfolk and Norwich 207 William Forster, Esq., ditto 208 Thomas Bignold, Esq., ditto 209 Jeremiah Colman, Esq. ,ditto 210 Thomas Bartlett, Esq., Baptist Church, Oxford 211 Rev. B. Godwin, ditto 212 Francis Barker, Esq., Pontefract 213 Edward Ross, Esq., Rochester and Chatham 214 Robert Styles, Esq , ditto 215 William Tatum, Esq., ditto 216 John Barfitt, Esq., Salisbury 117 Rev. Alexander arvey, Relief Synod of Seetland 218 Rev. Robert Govett, Staines 219 Rev. Rippon Porter, ditto 220 Rev. Gregory Hawson, ditto 221 Thomas Ashby, jun., Esq., ditto 222 William Fairbank, Esq., Sheffield 223 Edward Smith, Esq., ditto 224 Frederick Wheeler, Esq., Rochester and Chatham 225 Samuel Wheeler, Esq., ditto ditto 226 W. C. Horsnaill, Esq., ditto ditto 227 Henry Wyatt, Esq., Stroud 228 A. R. Fewster, Esq., ditto 229 Joseph Clarke, Esq., Southampton 230 George Laishley, Esq., ditto 231 Joseph Metford, Esq., ditto 232 Edward Palk, Esq., ditto 233 Rev. Bourne Hall Draper, ditto 234 Thomas Dennis Paul, Esq., St. Ives, Herts 235 Joseph Goodman, Esq., ditto 236 Potto Brown, Esq.. ditto 237 Charles James Metcalfe, jun., Esq.. St. Neot's. 238 Frederick Backhouse. Esq., Stoeton-on-Tees 239 William Bayley, Esq. ditto 240 Henry Holland, Esq., Spilsby 241 Rev. Jesse Hewitt, Tewkesbury. 242 Rev. James Cottle, Taunton 243 John Young, Esq., ditto 244' John Budge, Esq., Truro 245 Rev. Enoch Williams, M. A., Worcester 246 Edward Evans, Esq ditto 247 Stanley Pumphrey, Esq., ditto 248 Rev. 11. Taylor, Woodbridge • 249 R. W. Dixon, Esq., Witham 250 Thomas Butler, Esq., ditto 251 Jacob H. Pattison, Esq., ditto 252 Joseph Millar, Esq., Whitehaven 253 Rev. Hugh Anderson. ditto 254 Rev. John Graham, York. 255 Samuel Tuke, Esq., ditto 256 Joseph Johnson, Esq., Farnham. 257 Francis B. Beamish, Esq., M.P., Cork 258 William Martin, Esq., ditto 259 Hon. J. T. Norton, Connecticut, U.S. A. 260 Professor William Adam, Massachussetts, U.S.A. 261 Jones Canriings Fuller, Esq., New York State 262 Gerrit Smith, Esq., ditto 263 Rev. T. S. Wright, ditto 261 A. Stewart, Esq., ditto 265 Rev. B. Green, ditto 266 J. M'Cune Smith, Esq., M.D , ditto 267 Rev. Elon Galusba, Baptist Convention, America 268 Rev. Cyrus Pitt Grosvenor, ditto 269 Rev. Nathaniel Colver, ditto and Massachussetts Abo• lition Society 270 Colonel Jonathan P. Miller, Vermont 271 Professor James Dean, ditto 272 James G. Birney, Esq., American A nti• Slavery So ciety and New York, ditto 273 Heury B. Stanton, ditto 274 Dr. Thomas Rolph, Upper Canada 275 Rev. Wm. Knibb, Baptist Western Union, Jamaica 276 Mr. Edward Barret, ditto. 277 Mr. Henry Beckford, ditto 278 Wm. Wernyss Anderson, Esq., Kingston and St. Katherine's, Jamaica 279 Captain Chas. Stuart, Jamaica Anti-Slavery Society 280 Rev, John Clarke, Kingston and St. Katherine's Ja. maica, mid Berwick-on-Tweed 281 Abraham Crowley, Esq., Alton 292 Wm. Curtis, jun., Esq., ditto 283 Stephen Unwil, Esq., Coggesball, Kelvedon, and Colne. 284 Samuel King, F.sq., Cork 2 , 5 Wm. Connell, Esq., ditto 286 Arthur Atkir.s, Esq., Coventry 287 Norton S. Townshend, Esq., M. D , Anti-Slavery Society, State of Ohio 288 Dr. John Bowring, Exeter 239 Wm: Robinson, Esq., Kettering 290 John G. Whittier, Esq., Eastern Pennsylvania 291 James Mutt, E•q., ditto 292 Rev. It Grew, ditto, and Amer. Free Produce Society 293 J. Motley, Esq., Street and Glastonbury 294 Geo. 11. Stuart, Esq., Philadelphia 295 Geo. Bradborn, E,;(1 , Massachussett.; 296 J. D. Burder, EF,q., Braintree 297.1,5ep1i Balfour, Esq , ditto 298 Rev. John Jefferson, Stoke Newington 299 Cornelius Hanbury, Esq., ditto 300 Bayley Kingdon, Esq. 301 Robert R. R. Moore, Es.q., B. A., Dublin 302 Robert Grahame, 1?.(1 , Glaegow :303 Thomas Grahame, Esq., ditto 304 George Thorburn, Esq., ditto 305 Hugh Brown, Esq., ditto 306 Walter Buchanan, Esq , ditto 307 Francis C. Brown, Esq , ditto 308 Alexander Johnston-, Esq , ditto 309 James Hutcheson, Esq , ditto 310 Henry Dunlop, Esq., ditto 311 John Dennistoun, Esq , M. P., ditto 312 James Oswald, I.lsq , M.P., ditto 313 Rev. John flirt, Manchester and Salford 314 Rev. John Waddington, ditto 315 Isaac Crewdson, Esq., ditto 316 Joseph Crewdson, Esq., ditto 317 Peter Clare, Esq., ditto 318 Thomas P. Bunting, Esq., ditto 319 William Brand, Es T, Paisley 320 Natha n i e l M organ , Esq , Rose 321 Rev. William Jones, Swansea 322 Joseph T. Price. Esq., ditto 323 Rev. Dr. Matheson, Staffordshire Association of Congregational Ministers 324 Rev. Charles Edward Lester, Bleeker.street Church, Utica, U. S. A. 325 Rev. R. J. King, 8.A., Wisbeach 326 Henry Leach, Esq., ditto 327 Mr. William Holmes, ditto 328 Herbert Beaver, Esq., Columbian River 329 R. H. Sehomburgh, Esq , British Guiana 330 Isaac Winslow, Esq., Massachussetts 331 W. H. Ashurst, Esq., Darlington 332 Mr. Commissary Wemyss, Edinburgh 333 John Fulton, Esq., Fenwick 334 Edward Briggs, Esq., Maidstone 335 Richard Moorsom, Esq., ditto 336 Matthew Shepperson, Bungay 337 Charles Hill, Esq., Wellingborough 338 William Beam, Esq., ditto 339 Edward Baldwin, Esq., Dublin 340 Andrew White, Esq., M. P., Sunderland 341 Rev. James Hoby, D. D., Aberdeen 342 Alexander M'Donald, Esq., ditto 343 Rev. H. H. Dubney, Bucks Association of Baptist Churches EVENING- EDITION, 344 Rev. F. A. Cox, D.D. LL.D., Mare-street Chapel Congregation 345 Henry Gamble, Esq , ditto 346 John Middleton Hare, Esq., ditto 347 Rev. William Groser, West Kent and Sussex Asso ciation of .13 ptist Churches 348 Rev. P. J. Saffery, ditto ditto 349 William Pryor Read, Esq . Maldon 350 Francis Donaldson, Esq., Ohio, U.S. A. 351 Richard Davison, Esq., Newark 352 John Scoble, Esq., ditto 353 William Foster, Esq., Westerham 354 John Gibbard, Esq., ditto 355 Henry George, Esq., ditto 356 John Edgar, Esq., ditto 357 Robert Douglas, jun. Esq., Philadelphia 358 William Lloyd Garrison, Esq., Massachussetts 359 Wendell Phillips, Esq., ditto 360 Henry G. Chapman, Esq., ditto 361 John T. Hilton, Esq., ditto 362 Ellis Gray Loring, Esq., ditto 363 Francis Jackson, Esq., ditto 364 Samuel Philbrick, Esq., ditto 365 Andrew Robeson, Esq., ditto 366 Samuel Rodman, Esq., ditto 367 Rev. Samuel J. May, ditto 368 Seth Sprague, Esq., ditto 369 George P. Davis, Esq., ditto 370 Nathaniel Barney, Esq., ditto 371 Benjamin B. Wiffen, Esq., Woburn, Beds. 372 David Lee Child, Esq., Massachussetts 373 William Bassett, Esq., ditto 374 Amos Farnsworth, Esq., ditto 375 J. N. Barbour, Esq., ditto 376 N. B. Border, Esq., ditto 377 John Smith, Esq., ditto 378 David Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield 379 Rev. Gcorge Evans, London Itinerant Society 380 Thomas Livesey, Esq., ditto 381 Sir C. E. Smith, Bart., Corresponding Member of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society 382 Richard Musgrave, Esq., late Advocate and Attor ney-General of Antigua 383 Trine Hyde, Esq., Bath, Maine, U.S.A. 384 Henry Crowley, Esq., Alton 385 William Bowly, Esq., Cirencester 386 Thomas Sheppard, Esq., M.P., From. 387 John Ridley, Eaq., Ipswich 388 Rev. J. Bennett, Northampton 389 A. V. Hitie, Mauritius 390 John Wilkinson, Esq., Whitehaven 391 Rev. Charles Darkin, Oxford Association of Baptist Churches 392 Rev. Manoah Kent, Shropshire ditto ditto 393 Monsieur Claude Faure, Paris 394 Dr. F. Tritten, Odessa, Russia 395 William Leathern Esq., Wakefield 396 William Henry Leathern, Esq., ditto 397 Charles James Metcalfe,' sen., Esq., BeCordilire Anti- Slavery Society 398 Rev. J. Jukes, ditto 399 Jeremiah Spencer, Esq., Cockermouth 400 Rev. J. H. Muir, Spalding 401 Joseph Rutter, Esq., Uxbridge 402 Isa...c Braithwaite, Esq., Kendal 403 Hon. Seth Sprague, Massachuseetts 404 Edward S. Tobey, Esq., U. S. A. Abolition Society 405 Edward A. Crouch, Esq., Penzance 406 Thomas Fisher, Esq., M. D., Dublin 407 C. Buller, jun., Esq., M.P., Liskeard 408 William Brown, jun., Esq., North Shields 409 410 Thomas T. Clarke, Esq., Uxbridge 411 Sir. W. S. Wiseman, Bart., ditto 412 Peter Bedford, Esq.,_ Croydon 413 Henry Aggs, Esq., ditto 414 S. H. Lucas, Esq., ditto 515 Richard Stew, Esq., ditto 416 James Clements, Esq., Bishop Stortford 417 Rev. W. Chaplin, ditto 418 John Carr, Esq., Sierra Leone 419 John Wade, Esq„ Midland Bapt. Association 420 Captain Dougall, R.N., Montrose 421 George Gull, Esq., ditto 422 Rev. Thomas Binney, Congregational Ministers la Churches, Isle of Wight 423 James Midgeley, Esq., Rochdale 424 Dr. George K. Prince (of Jamaica), Chesterfield 425 Rev. John Keep, Ohio, U.S.A. 426 William Dawes, Esq., ditto 427 Rev. J. K. Holland, St. Ives 428 Joshua Wilson, Esq , Congregational Uaion of Eng land and Wales 429 J. F. Walters, Esq., M.D., Antigua (Visitor) 430 Mark Moore, Esq., Glasgow 431 Senor Luis de Usosy Rio, Madrid 432 Robert Crewdson, Esq., Manchester 433 B. R. Haydon, Esq. 434 Thomas Spencer, Esq., from Salem, Maasashuosotti 435 Rev. Jonah Reeve, Wigton 436 William *Murray, Esq., Edinburgh 437 Robert Barclay Fox, Esq. Falmouth 438 Rev. William Gray, Northampton Baptist Association 439 John C. Gotcb, Esq., Northampton Baptist Associa tion 440 George Cave, Esq., ditto 441 Richard Darby, Esq., Colebrook Dale 442, William Struthers, Esq., United Associate Synod °‘ , Scotland 443 Richard Sorton Darby, Esq., Colebrook Dale 444 James Oliver, Esq., ditto 445 John Burtt, Esq., Sutton in Ashfield 446 Rev. G. B. Kid, Macclesfield Congregational Churches 447 Rev. Edmund Hull, Whatford Congsssgational Church 448, Isaac Stickney, Esq., Scarborough 449 William Brooks, Esq., Islington 450 Lieut. Charles Lapidge, R.N., Late Commander of H. M. Ship Stag 451 Lieut. Charles Fitzgerald, R.N., ditto of the Batzsirti 452 MM. Isambert, Member of the Chamber of Deputise, Judge of the Court of Cessation, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, Secretary of the French Society for the Abolition of Slavery, Paris 453 MM. Alcide L..u7e, Member of the French Society. Paris 454 Senor de Sismonde, Switzerland 455 Rev. W. F. Poile, Baptist Church, Keppel-street 456 John Jowitt, jun., Esq., Leeds 457 John Whitwell, Esq., Kendal 458 J. J. Wilson, Esq., ditto 459 Edward Crewdson, Esq., ditto 460 Abraham Beaumont, Esq. 461 Rev. James Carlile, Bradford, Wilts 462 Rev. Charles Ingle, A.M., Osbaldwick 463 Col. Campbell. late Lieut.-Gover. of Sierra Lotto 464 Arthur T. Holroyd, Esq., late from Africa 465 Edward N. Buxton, Eaq., Weymouth 466 Rev. J. M. Trewell, Esq., ditto 467 Captain Cook, ditto 463 R. J. Mackintosh, Esq., Washington, U.S.A. 469 Captain Washington, R. N. 470 Robert M'Cuidy, Esq., Temperance Anti-0 0 ' 0 i Society 471 William Oxley, Esq., M. D., ditto, ditto 472 Isaac Lloyd, Esq., Dorchester 473 Josiaph Messer, Esq., Tottenham 474 Thomas Thompson, Esq., Taunton 475 Peter John Bassett, Esq., Corresponding Member of the British and Foreign Anti. Slavery Society 476 Joseph Phelps Robinson, Esq., Dublin 477 Joseph S. 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