The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-01-26 00:00:00

- 1 1;EC111ES AT THE MUSIC-IIALL. RoBBR'lleieftzEN, Esq. , of New Lanark, will deliver Two LECTURES, in the 11usto HALL, Bold-street, on MoN.. DAY next, the 29th, and TUESDAY, the 30th instant. at Twelve o'clock at Noon, on the best means of repauviey Ig:wit:ace and Poverty, and of providing the must dfivient Eduraliol and mi,tnerating Employment to the Population of the aurid. QUESTIONS MAY BE ASKED AT THE CLOSE OF EACH LECTURE: Admission, One Shilling to each Lecture; Children Half price. Tickets for the Two Lectures One Shilling and Six pence, may be had at the Mt re:try, Standard, Chronicle, Journal, and Albion Newspaper Offices. Doors open at Half-past Eleven. N.B:—The Proceeds of these Lectures, after defraying ex p eases, will be giveu to the Ladies' Charity and the Night Asylum for the Houseless Pour. TRADESMEN'S CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. TELE MONTHLY MEETING of the LIVERPOOL TRADESALN'S CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIA TION, will be held ou MONDAY EVENING next, the 29th inst. at the LARGE ROOM, YORE HOTEL, Tarleton-street, at Seven o'Clock precisely, when several resolutions of importance will be submitted to the Meeting. W. J. PEAC H EY, Secretary. Committee-room, Church-street, January 22d, IK3B. N.B. Members who have not obtained their AnnualTiekels can do so by to the Secretary, at the Conservative 'Tradesmen's News-rootn, corner of Church-street and Church ane, as the same will be required to oi,tain admittance. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. r lUE GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the GO VERNORS of this INSTITUTION will he holden in the BOA R D-R00:$1, PARISH-OFFICES, No. 1, Fenwick-street, on, Friday, the 2il of E,britary, at two ()'clock. to transact the usual business of the Charity, and to elect Officers for the ensuing year. Subscription , : will he received by the Secretary, at theioffice, No. 1, Fen wick-street, daily, from Three till Four o'Clock. By order of the General Committee, ROBERT WEDGWOOD, Secretary. Dispensarios' Office. 1, Fenwick-street, January 19, 1838. The Tren;nrc.r begs to acknowledge the receipt of the follow ng contributions : DON ATIONS. E. s. d. Lawrence Ileyw,-,,ih, F, sq . Y ew -v t , e _h mi ,, lO 0 0 Charles Groves, Esq Dr. Duncan lO U U Anonymous—Money forfeited by a Clerk for miscon duct ' 1 5 0 John Manifold, Esq. at the request of his late father 20 0 0 A Friend per the Rev. Richard Croft 5 U 0 Mr. Bushell, Gill-street ' 1 1 0 E. 0. and J. W. Jurymen 0 13 4 A Person attended in an emergency W. N. per James Lawrence; Esq 1(X) 0 0 . A Friend, per Jusias Bunker, Esq. 10 0 0 Cresswell Cresswell, Esq, M.P.10 0 0 Anonymous 0 2 6 Ditto .,„, 0 2 6 Richard Alison, jun Esq. Woniton-heyes lOO `O . 0 George Blake, jun. Esq. ...... LEGACI63. Dt. Stewart—part of a legacy left at his disposal 5 0 0 The late Geo. Christian, Esq. per his Executors 19 19 G The ►ate John M'Ada.m, 14,q. per his Executors, Weliwood Maxwell, and David Jackson, Esqrs. 2()0 0 0 The late Thomas Lea, Esq: per his Executor, Win. Higgins. Esq. The late George Brown, Esq. per his Executors, William Potter, Thomas Potter, and George Withers. Esqrs The late Mrs. Sarah Patchett, per' her Executors, John Crostield, and Nicholas Martindale, Esqrs. 50 t.) 0 5 0 0 50 0 0 COLLECTION. Collection at An Sainte Church, per Rev. John Lyons 24 0 0 MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. TN consequence of the large number of Pupils which have been enrolled in the various SCHOOLS attached to the MECHANICS' INSTITUTION since its opening on the Bth of January, and the certainty which exists of amid further in crease, the Directors have resolved to add to the Principal Mas ters already app-tinted, Assistant Masters in each of tLe follow ing departments, viz:— HIGH SCHOOL. ENGLISH, CLASSICAL, MATHEMATICAL, FRENCH, AND WRITING. LOWER SCHOOL. An ASSISTANT MASTER in the ENGLISH DEPARTMENT. Persons fully qualified, who are desirous of obtaining such appointments. and who can produce unexceptionable testimo nials as to character, abilities, attainments, and experience iu tuitions, are requested to send their testimonials to the Institution, on or before the s;h day of February next, addressed to the Secretary, from whom any further information required can be obtained. Parents who intend to send their Children to the LOWER DAY SCHOOL, are hereby informed that the Quarter will commence on TlicltsuaY, the FtnaT day of February next. JOHN S. RADCLIFFE, Sec. MALLAN'S NINTH ANNUAL Vgirr WILL FOSITIVIILY TERMI'MATS On Wednesday, the 7th of February next. SCURVY IN Tit E MITA EFFECTUALLY REMOVED. INCORRODIBLE ARTIFICEAL TE', Placed without ff - ires or other Ligatures, AND MINERAL SCCCtinANrLM, Poll FILLING DECAYED TEETH. WITHOUT PAIN, BEAT, u R PttlissVaB. MON S. JAS M. Al.. LLAN , Surgeon-Dentist, from No. 10, Ludgate-1101,1.411am). begs to return thanks for the tibet at and extensive patronage be has received on this his Ninth An nual Visit, and uu aceuuut of bis extensive practice in London, he must close his professional avocations in Liverpool positively ou the 7th of February next, and may be consulted daily, until the above period, at 46, BOLDSTILKET,- next to the Savings Bank. Mons. M. continues to restore decayed T e eth, however large the cavity, with their celebrated Mineral Succedaneuni, so uni versally recommended by the Faculty of London and Paris. The operation of stopping teeth is perfbruied in a few seconds. The mineral is put into the Cavity in an almost liquid siate, without heat or pressure ; it hardeuS into enamel, allays the most excruciating pain, and lasts tar many years; preventing the. necessity of extraction. Louse teeth fastened, whether arising from age, neglect, dis ease of the gums, oitbe use of calomel. Incorrodible Artificial Teeth, fridu a single one to a complete set, matching exactly iu form and colour the adjoining ones. These teeth will not corrode or become discoloured; they are fixed without wires or ligatures, on a principle which imparts to the countenance a youthful and improved appearance; and whilst they afford support to the adjoining teeth, however loose, answer every purpose of mastication and articulation. Among the various disorders of the Teeth and Gums, there is none more destructive in their effects, or more generally pre valent than Scurvy, and it is well known tbat the loss of Teeth arises more from this cause than any other. It affects indivi duals of all ages and of all coast ivations, and is the primary cause of Tootb-ache.and Decay : to those so affected Mons. MA LLA N have to intorm them, that the) can effectually rtmoce this de stroving complaint by a single application, without the slightest pain. To Clergym e n and Public Orators, labouring under defective pronunciation, Mons• M.'s method of replaciug teeth will be found peculiarly valuable, as it obviates all defects of articula tion, particularly the inability to wive the proper sound to the dento-lingual double consonant TEJ„ The use of Artiliciat Teeth, in smile instances, has been found objectionable by invalids taking medicines that have a tendency to discolour them, or iu the performance of operations which comp e l their removal, perhaps, id the presence of an attendant or domestic. 111:ms. M., however, has been successful iu re usovitig these objections, by constructing Teeth fur those pur poses, of substances, and in such a manner as to render them capable of withstaniting.effects of the•most inimical nature. Natural Teeth placed ou the above. improved principle. N.l3.—Hours of attendance from Ten till Five. _ . .. Mons. M. particularly invites the Members of the Faculty to witness the operation of filliug Decayed Teeth with their Mineral Succedaneum, of which they are the Bole leveutora and possessors. Charges strictly trandirett. 46, Bold-street, Liverpool. 13110 F ESSO IL SWE D 0 U IIYGEIAN H ERB 1_ PILLS, for the effectual extirpation of every species and sv moon' of the SY PH ILITIC DISEASE, and the disorders arising from improper treatment. Prepared awl sold by the sole Proprietor, at No. 51 sEv.i,.s niKET, LIVERPOOL. In boxes ai 2s. 9d. and 4s. tid. each. Warranted not to contain COPAIBA, CUBEBS, or any deleterious ingredient. .• o .* With each Box is given a Treatise on Venereal and Syphilitic Diseases, with observations on seminal weakness, &e. &C., containing hints worth knowing by those who are, or have been sufferers to this dreadful and devastating malady. Dr. DAV I ESON continues to dinsct his attention to tho;e die- Orders arising frnm the tots free and indiscriminate indulgence of the passions, which not only occasion a numerous train of nervous Affections, but also entails on its votaries all the euer vating imbecilities of old aee. In that distressing state of de bility and artieieney, whether the consequence of benefitl ha bits, excessive drinking, or any other cause by which the powers of the constitution become enfeebled, he offers a Um, safe, bud speedy restoration to sound and vigorous health. It is a melancholy fact that thousands full victims to the ve nereal disease ' owing to the unskilfulness of illiterate men, who, by the use of that deadly poison. Mercury, ruin the constitution, and when the great Doctor Swedmir became Professor at Ley den University, be confet red an invaluable benefit upon man kind by the discovery of his grand Panacea, for the cure of this deplorable complaint. Never did a discovery excite a greater sensation, it was sought after with avidity, and used with the undeviating success in the most minute and intricate cases of the delicat e complaint, for the cure of which they have been so tong celebrated. The fame of these Pills throughout Germany, caused their speedy introduction into almost every country. The certainty with which they were continually administered can be attested by many thousands. In fact, daring the long conti nental war they were the inseparable companion and safeguard of the soldier, in all cases where the slightest suspicion of infec tion was entertained. What medicine cap be m ore appropriate than that which h as g i ven such general satisfaction ? The H yge ian Herb Pills root out every particle of insidious poison, puri fying in their progress the whole mass of fluids. They not only remove the disease, but renovate by their action the different functions of the body expelling the grosser humours, and in a ma nner so mild and imp erce ptibl e as to convince' tbe most sceptical of their astonishing and unequalled powers. The neither contain mercury nor any other mineral, and may be taen•withOut the slightest suspicion of discovery —they requite no restraint of diet, loss of time, or hindrance Of business, but effect a complete cure, without the least expostith to the patient. At any period when the slightest suspi c i o n m a y ex i st, it will be well to have recourse to the Hygeian Herb Pills, for when taken before the disease has made its appearance it acts as a certain • preventive, by moving the complaint effectu a lly an d secretly. The deplorable state in which many persons .have been when visiting the proprietor, from the use of mercury, renders it im perati vets - necessary to caution the public against th a t d angerous mineral when injudiciously administered. These Pills should form a portion of all Medicine Chests, by sea and land, and ought never to he omitted by any persep g ,i ng a long voyage or journey. their properties are such that neither heat nor cold will injure their quality, or prevent the due effects on the constitution. Dr. Davieson will attend daily at his residence, frnm Right in the morning until Ten at night, (on Siindays from Nine till Two,) where he gives advice to all applicants taking any af his preparations, wirmo t -r A PEE. Letters (post-paid) enclosing a remittance, answered e re urn, and Medicines punctually transmitted to any address either by initials or nanss, No. 54. 5110EI FTI4EET, LIVERPOOL. CHARITY BALL. • ANNUAL BALL, for tile Beuelit of the FEMALE ORPHAN HOUSE and other Catholic -Charities of Li verpool, will be held at the Town-hall, ou Monday, the 19th of February. VISCOUNTESS MOLYNEUX, LADY PaTtioNzas. Tickets (10s. each) may be had of Messrs. hockliff 456 Duck worth, Castle-street; Mr. Parsons, Bond-street; Mr. Thule, Church-street; and at the other usual places. Mr. Horobin's Quadrille Baud is engaged. . Dauciug to commence at Nine o'ciuck. Now EXHIBITING, IN THE LARGE ROOM, QUEEN'S ARMS HOTEL, _ CASTLL-STIZEET, LIVERPOOL, (ENTRANCE BY COOK-STREET,) TjAIDLAW'S universelly- admired Perestrepbic or Moving PANORAMA of tire CITY of JERUSALEM, lately Exhibited iu Manchester;-=entbracing all the Holy Stations mentioned in Scripture, within Twenty Miles of the City. Painted on '2520 square feet of Canvas, 140 feet in length. Also, the PANORAMA of CAPTAIN SIR J. ROSS'S VOYAGES, displaying where he and his hardy Crew passed four successive Winters, and their rescue by the Isabella, of Hull, iu Lancaster Sourid. The interest :if the exhibition is greatly heightened by an ad mirable and correct VIEW of the BOULEVARD DU TEm- PLE, in PARIS, when Flusciii tired off the Infernal Machine. Au Exhibition every Day at One o'clock, and in the Evening at Seven, and again at haif-past Eight. Prices of Admission, which will on no account be altered: Boxes, 2s; Pit. is; Standing Gallery, 6d. Children under 'l'eu 1 ears of Age, Half Price to the Boxes and Pit only. Season Ticket, ss.—Descriptive Book, with a beautiful Plate of Jerusalem-, and all the Holy Stations, with Captain Roses Voyages, 6d. Particulars will be given in the Bills of the day. THE MERCHANTS' TEA COMPANY, 44, GREAT GEORGE'S-STREET, NEAR ST. JA'NIES'S MARKET, LIVERPOOL. ORCHARD AND GILBERT, PROPRIETORS. AirESSR.S. ORCHARD and GILBERT having purchased 1!L the above Establishment from the late Proprietors, beg leave respectfully to call the attention of Families and the Public generally to the LIST OF THEIR. TEAS, • . And nice, annexed. They at the same time beg to assure those who may favour them with their commands, that, in point of quality and excel lence, iu strehgtb and flavour, their &c. Will be found, if not superior, at any rate Equal, to the First iiouse* in the :I'rade. TEAS, of every description, Sent in their Original Packages, Or in Chests of any size or quantity. L flood Cougou Ac , x- 4s. Od: Good St to ti,g•Ditto ' 4 6 Fine Strong Breakfast Di t to 5 It Finest Pekoe Souchung Ditto GktEEN. • 'Fine Ilvson 6 0 Very superfine Ditto 7 0 Filiest Cowslip Ditto THE HONG MIXTURE. at 6s. per lb., in pound and half-pound packages, Prepared solely by the above, •f several sorts of Black Tea, is particularly recommended for its strength and aromatic flavour. FINEST JAMAICA COFFEE. 41, GREAT GEORGE'S-STREET. Near Si. James's Markel, LIVERPOOL. imptriat Vartiament. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MortnAY. The Duke of A KGYLL presented her Majesty's answer to their lordships address respecting Canada. It iNal be found in our parliamentary report. Lord ELL6.NROROUGH mentioned some additional papers on the Canada question, for which it was his intention to move. Lord GLEN ELG said he would look at the list, and give an answer as to their production to-morrow. Lord Bisouditem presented a petition from the corporation of Carlisle, in favour of national education;_ and also one from Edinburgh for the redres4 of grievances in Canada. The Marquis of L A 1 . 11 DOWN h. moved an address for all docu ments, despatches, &c., regarding the Euphrates expedition.— Adjourned. HOUSE OF COM:IIONS.-MONDAY • Mr. WAxt:EY prestinted petitions from the working men's associations of Bristol and Loudon, for an address to her ma jesty to issue her free pardon to the men recently sentenced in Edinburgh to tiansportation. Ile gave notice, that on Thurs day next he - would move for a committee to inquire into the na ture and constitution of the cotton spinners' association at Glasgow. Mr. Roebuck's petition having been read, Mr. GROTE moved, That Mr. Roebuck should be beard at the bar, as agent f or Lower Canada, against the Canada bill. After some observations, to show the injustice of the proceeding to enact so strong a measure wii bout hearing what the agent for Canada, now in England, had to say on behalf of that colony; the honourable gentleman concluded moving that he should tie heard. Mr. GLADSTONE concurred in the motion, but protested against hearing Mr. ROebuck as the agent of the House of Al sesubly. Lord JOHN RussEt.t.Thought it better that the house should hear Mr. Roebuck as agent for the House of Assembly, as, if they consented to hear Lim on the mere ground of the interest which he took in the question, it .uuld open too wide a dour to future applicants. After some iurther desultory discussion, Mr. Roebuck was called to the bar. Previensly to his appearance, however, Sir R. Puisr. gave notice, that he would move in the com mittee for the omission of such parts of the bill as went to invest the con‘entiou of sestatts with a, representative character, and to enable her majesty is council to repeal the bill. Mr. Itoaabck then appeared at the bar, and addressed the house at great length, charging ministers and the government of this country generally with all the evils and disturbances which bad taken place in Canada. After dwelling at considera ble length upon the various negotiations with Canada, Mr. Roebuck concluded by warning the house how they alienated the affections of the Canadians, and by that means extended the American republic ft um the Gulf ai Mexico to the pole. The bill was afterwards • read a second time, and Lord J. RUSSELL moved, that it be committed. Mr.-Hums moved that it be committed that day six months. Sir GitoitGe. GREY, at some length, defended the government from mail* of Mr. Roebuck's imputations. Sir George proved that Mr. Roebuck misrepresented the causes of dispute between the British gocernmeut and the Canadian House of Assembly, when he declared these causes to be all connected with money. The elective principle sought to be applied to the composition of the legislative council l as prominent a place ia the alleged ""Pied, Sir George observed, quite grievances of the Canadi ans, as any grievance connected %kith money. He also denied the accuracy of Mr. Roebuck's catalogue of British offences against Canada. Lord en NC/$ EGEaroN supported the second reading of the bill, but protes;ed, at the same lime, Must strongly against the Canadian policy, and the general policy of th e government. Mr. LEA PER made a feeble speech in reply to Sir G Grey, w Mr. . RICE, wh o sp o k e in favour of the s k' and N l i kwe r ) .l d yI4 'A b KINGTON, who said he would vote for the , measure not because lie ha,i c on fid ence i n the government, but because he felt it to be his bounden duty to give support to the crown against h er suoject;iii rebellion. (Cheers.) For all the wide-spread disaffection—f u r all the British blood that had been shed in Canada, lie held her majesty's ministers to be severely and deeply responsible, (Cheers,) Sir Wu. MoLigswoit rii then moved that the debate be ad ourned until to-morrow (Tuesda).) The motion was ageed to, and the house adjourned at twelve o'clock. HOUSE OF LOtiDS.—Tuksoay. The Duchess of Kent's Annuity Bill was lead the third time and passed. Earl of RIPON presented a bill for continuing the bi shopric of Sodor and . Alan, slating t h at when h e move d its secon d reading he would more fully explainthe views with which he brought fora writ this measure. Lord BROUGHAM presented a netilion, adopted at a large public• eneetiirg at Birmingham, praying for the adoption of measures to compel those proprietors of slaves who nad received E,18,500,000. as compensation, to fulfil the terms of the contract, He took the opportunity of denying that he had ever declared that the act of 1833 had .not bettered the condition of the ne gi Tres—tile increased amount and superior quality of articles sent to the West Indies proved the contrary. Lord (3; i.criki:6, in answer to inquiry from Lord BROUGHAM, stated that the papers regarrliug Antigua were iu progress, and would be ready in a few days. Their lordships adjourned till Thursday. -- • HOUSE OF COMMONS-TUESDAY. Mr. Go it DON pieseuteola petition from parties in Aberdeen shire, for the: adoption of impro'vements in the regulations for the coudoctingof ;' . private bills," and particularly as respected tbe ‘ taking ot evidence thereon. MY. U. Losoir.,•rotsi deferrer' till Thurgdav his motion for a bill to incorporate. , the subScrilmrs to the Reflige for the Desti tute, and for the better enabling them to carry on their chari table designs. Mr. LUC A s obtained leave (the.motion having been seconded by Sir•G StNcLAttt) to bring in a bill for the relief of conacre tenants in !rebind. Mr. P. ToosiesoN moved, in pursuance of the recommenda tions of the committee on the business of the house, that no private bill be lead A second tune until six days after a breviale thereof shall have'been laid on the table of the house, and have hee l' ' , t i n ted; that such breviat e shall contain a statement or the object of the bill, a summary of the proposed enactments, anti shall state any vaiiation from the general law which would be effected by the bill; and that the speaker be authorised to give such directious as should seem to Lim best for carrying into effect such resolutions. After some desultory discussion the resolutions were carried. Sir Routurr Fituticsos moved for a return of all stints of money advanced t o r the uniform valuation or lands and tene ments in Ireland under ith George IV., c. also for a copy of the estimate of the sum lik e ly t o b e re quited fur the same purpose for the quarter ending . March 31, 1333.—Thev were ordered. THE CANADA GOVERNMENT BILL. The adjourned debate on the question that the house resolve into committee on the Canada Government Bill was then re sumed, and continued to occupy the atten►ion of the house to a late hour. Sir W. NlouiswouTH spoke at great length against the bill. Mr. E. L. But, wER supported the bill, contending that the outbreak i❑ Lower Canada was not caused by real radicals. Mr. Gwent resisted the measure. Mr. GLADSToNg very eloquently exposed the misconduct of the ministers in the management of Canadian ahairs. The CHANcKLLou of the Excgtirign observed that the go vernment had shewn forbearance till it was no lonl.;er Liable;• but that it proved the unwillingness o; government to go to extremes. Sir H. PtiEL said that he should support the bill, hecause he saw no other safe mode of proceeding. The assembly bad re sisted supplies, not fur the purpose of procuring the redres s of grievances, but to effect a fuedainental change of the constitu tion. That was what the tnother country l'oUkt not sanction; besides, was it right that this country should meet those sup plies for which Lower Canada had undertaken to provide Out of the surrendered revenues? Lord J. Russet.t, teplied, after which the house divided. The numbers were—For the motion '262, against it in favour of the original motion 246. Lord J. ltt,ssEt.i. ,coved that the bill be committed on Thursday, and that it h ave prece d ence o f a il o ther business. Mr. WAK LET declared that he should on that day persist in his motion resp ec ti ng the cotton spinners' association. The house divided on the question of going into committee on Thursday. The numbers were—for it 101, against it, 6 majority 95.—Adjourned at a quarter past two o'clock. TOWN COLINCiL PROCEEDINGS. On Wednesday, .a special meeting of tl►e Town Council was belt', called for the purpose of determining ou a communication from the Lords of the Treasury, respecting the removal of the Postoilice. The MAYOR said he had received a letler from Joseph Kis dale and Sons, wishing an interview with the Finance Com mittee, for tits reduction of their rent. Referred to the Finance Committee. REMOVAL OF THE POSTOFFICE TO THE NFW CUSTOM-HOUSE The MAYOR said, the immediate object of their being called together was a letter front the Lords of the Treasury, welch 'required the opinion of the council iespect►ng the removal of the Posta-ice. Mr. JORDAN said, before the letter was read he would take the liberty of laying belote the council the letters and papers which had passeu respecting the Postoffice. The Metros.—Would you wish thew to be read? Mr. JOtt DA N.-1(you please; I shall request in my own jus tification that they be read. 'l'be deputy TO WN-CLERK then proceeded to read the papers handed in by Mr. Jordan, which related chiefly to the com pleting of the new Custom-house. That the comuiittee thought it not calculated fur the Postultice; that the Post-master General be requested to send an ollicer down to inspect it, and that a ground plan of the building be furnished to Mr. Banning, to be laid before the Post-master General. Mr. Councillor JORDAN merely wished these proceedings to be read, to show, that in no one instance had he diverged from the course intended by the council. He never wrote any priVate letter on the subject, either for himself or• the committee, to pre vent the removal of the Postottice, but he had torwarded it to the utmost of his power. He had wished the papers to be read to show bow wrong the insinuation against tiiin bad been. Mr. Alderman SHIRL begged permission to say one word in explanation to Mr. Jordan, on the observation fie had made at the last meeting. His reason for asking the question then was that he bad been absent for some time, and was therefore anxious to see the correspondence, if any had tal.en place; and he begged to assure Mr. Jordan that he had not the most distant wish to insinuate that he was acting in any way but with the most correct conduct and gentlemanly feeling. Mr. Counciltor JORDAN begged to thank Mr. Shiel, and took his explanation as a very great compliment. The Mayoa said the council would recollect •that a deputa tion was directed to proceed to London, on Vostotlice business; their report would be the first thing read. • The TOWN-CLERK. then read the report of the deputation, as follovis:— " I n compliance with the instruction of the Town Council, your deputation proceeded to London, and had an interview with Mr. Baring, of the Treasury, and with Colonel Meberley, of the Postoffice, respecting the removal of the Post-office to Canning-place. " Your deputation called their attention to the peculiar cir cumstances of Liverin,ol, to the immense extent and paramount itnpo t iauce of it. commori,, acid to the fact, that it is almost - exclusively carried on in the immeoiate vicinity of the docks; and further stated, that the Irish, Welsh, and Bristol mails are received by the river; that ships are constantly arriving with letters from all [tarts of the world, and that the merchants are obliged, in consequence or the constant despatch and delivery olletters, to send to the Postolliee several times every day. . . "That if the Postoffice were placed at any consid e ra ble dis tance flout tile centre of business, It would cause great inconve nience, expense, and entharassineut to trade ; and finally, that the Tuwn Council is of opinion that Canning-place is a suitable site for it. ":11r. Haring declated that the government is inclined to meet the wishes rot the inhabitants, as expressed through the medium of their representatives in the Town Council; that he would iay our statements before the Lords of the Treasury, and that he had no doubt they would be guided by the opinion of tois council. On the subject of adopting a system of contracts, instead of that now pursued for the conveyance of mails between Liver pool and Dublin, your deputation had interviews with the Cha ncellor of the Er.chequer, wiin Sir John Barrow, and with Sir. Charles Wood, the result of which was an assurance from those gentlemen, that in any change which the government might deem it necessary to male, the fullestattention should he given, and the greatest precautions taken to insure, not only 'lie regu lar and sneedy conveyance of the mails but also as ample ae coniniouation for passengers as at present afforded, and that if, after a fair trial, the altered system should not prove satisfac_ tactnry, the government would be prepared to return to that now in operation. " By desire of the Emigration Committee of this Council, your deputation saw Sir George Grey, of the colonial depart ment, and was informed by him, that the suggestions of this council were under the consideration of the government, and would as lar as practicable be introduced into a hill to be laid before parliament during the present session, for redressiog the grievances, and preventing the (roods uow complained of in this.and other parts of the United Kingdom. " Your deputatioit begs to state in conclusion, that the mem bers of her Slajesty'sgoyerniucotpaid the most gratifying atteu tion to toe suggestions of this council, and received its deputa tion most courteously. "To Mr. Wainwright, agent, and to Mr. Creswell, member for this borough, your deputation tee! much indebted for titeir constant and zealous assistance. The 't'owN-CL.rLuK tben read tue following letter from "the Lords of the Treasury : " Sir, —The Lords commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, haYini , had under their consideration subject of the remo va l of the'Postofilce from its prescot situation to the Custom-house, at Liverpool, I am commanded by their lordships to inform, you in reference to the site of the Costottice, that this board and the Post Master General consider their that object the convenience of the inhabitants of that populous and commercial port :—that my lords appreuend, that onon a noint so entirely of a local nature, the Town Council, selected by their fellow-townsmen, and having the means of L &lowing their opinion, would be best sole to advise my lords, and to COOI Luc uicale what way be con sidered as the wishes of the inuabitants in general. And their lordships are, therefore, desirous of - olitainiog the opinion of the Town Council whether they consider that the removal of the Postotlice from its present situation to the new Custom-house would conduce to the general convenience and interests of the place. And my lords request that you will take the necessary steps for the purpose of laving the suhjects before the Town Council, and forward any cuinihuutcalluu with which they may favour the board. (Signed) "A. G. SHEAKMAN." The MAYOR said, although the opinion of the council had beet' so unequivocally expressed on a former occasion, he thought it right to take their opinion on the letter which bad been read, and also through the medium of the press, that it might be communicated to the public, in order that they might express their opinion on it. Mr. Alderman BOOlis had great pleasure in proposing this resolution for the adoption of the council, because he was very well.conviuced, that, on trial, the situation would prove a good one, esoecially with reference to the mercantile ciasses. This subject had been so fully discussed at the last meeting, that he did not think it necessary further to trespass on their time. Mr. Couocittor CUORIR begged, before the resolution was passed, that they should return thanks to the deputation for the great services they had been of to that corporation, and for the courteous energy and zeal which, no doubt, they had manifest ed to government so soon to obtain an answer. With the per mission of the council, he would move a vote of thanks to Mr. Aloeiman Evans and Mr. Alderman Shiet for the ability with which they had conducted the deputatioa in London. Mr. A hierinan EooTu seconded the motion, welch was uani =rusty adopted. Messrs. EVANS and SHIRL briefly returned their acknow ledgineois fur the compliment paid them. The NI Artie presumed be might consider the motion of Mr- Curlie was confirmatory of the report. The 'TOWN-ct.eiric then react the following resolutions, pro posed by Mr. Booth. " Revolved,—'That the new Custom-house buildings were erected in conformity with.a contract sanctioned by Act of Par liament. between hiS late Majesty's Treasury and the Corpora tion of Liverpool. " That the especial purpose of this contract being the concen tration of all the public offices was inducement to the Corpora tion to wake a gift of a valuable site for the building, and to contribute a very large sum of m oney t owar d s its construction. • " That this Corporation, relying upon the contract with Go vernment being carried into perfect operation, have expended, and are now in the course of expending large sums of money in forming approaches and a vicinage worthy of so magnificent an edifice, and of the important public uses for which it .was originally destined. "'That, - independent of these circumstances, this council, after mature consideration, and having taken all circumstances into view, are of opinion, that for the convenience of the trade and for the general advantage of the inhabitants of Liverpool, the new Custom-house building offers the best available situation for the Post-office, and for all other establishments for the pub lic business within the borough. " Resolved,- That the resolution entered into by this council on the 3d day of January, 1838— " That, in the opinion of this council, it is desirable that - the Post office should be removed to the offices intended for that department in the' Custom-house buildings, so soon as they can be fitted up for the purpose," is now confirmed, and that the Mayor be requested to communicate these resolutions to the Lords of her M a jesty's Treasury. • • Mr. Cuuncillor BRIGHT rose to second the resolution, and be would bee. to add a few remarks. if be thought the removal of the post-o p tPce was likely to interfere with the tradesmen and inhabitants generally, instead of seconding that motion he would wove au atneudteent on it. lie begged to state that be believer: instead of interfering with the working of business, the post-office; it removed, would act as it then stood,- and the in-,. habitants would receive their letters in the same time anti man ner as they did uoir; and that in effect the convenience of the public would be perhaps greater than it now was. Th e press had certainly represented the very opposite of what he had be fore. stated. Since then he had thought a good deal on this subject. Those who resided in the immediate neighbourhood of the present post-office he found quite lukewarm and apathetic ou the subject, because it would not interfere with their interests ; at least it might be supposed to affect their interests. He there fore felt more satisfied with the opinion which he had expressed on a former occasion. He had great pleasure in seconding the motion. _ _ - - - Mr. Councillor RAmsuEN noticed the very great expense of private boxes at the post-office, and giving gratuities to the clerks at Christmas, for which he thought there was no oeces sity whatever, because these persons ought to be properly paid by salaries; and if the postmaster's salary was not sufficient, it ought to be augmented from the General Postoffice, and not out of the pockets of the people of Liverpool. lie did nut see why this town should be placed ou a different footing from Lon don, where deliveries took place two or three times a day. 'there, if a letter were written at night, it might be delivered at nine the next morning; and if written later still, it would be delivered at eleven, and sooner than the merchants could pro cure their letters if they sent their own clerks; and he did not see why Liverpool should be on a different footing. This would be effected if they had proper - receiving houses, and a proper number of persons to do their duty iu delivering those letters. tie was quite aware that the present postmaster derived a great income from the private boxes, and he had no intention to ex press any unfavourable opinion of the iervices of the postmaster, to whom he would give the same remuneration as at present, but in a different way. He had briefly expressed thoseopinions to the council. He did not know how he should proceed, but merely stated those ideas to the council, who he hoped would take some steps in the matter. The MAYOR observed that the council would be aware that anv further discussion on that point was out of order. The only question for discussion was as to the site of the Postoffice, but If Mr. Ramsden would give notice of a motion thereon, it ►night be discussed at their next crieetiag; it was a very important point. Mr: Councillor 11,AmsnEtv then gave notice that he would bring the subject before the council on a future occasion. He wished by no means to depreciate the services of Mr. Banning whom he conceived to be as valuable and efficient a public ser vant as could be. Mr. Councillor Woot.watGHT was aware; after the derision of the council, how unthankful an offiCe it was to oppose the motion, hut he was still of opinion that the removal, as contem plated, would be most inconvenient to three-parts of the town, and he was not a little surprised to find that at a late meetin g of the council, held within the last twelve months, when a dis cussion was led off by Mr. Leathow, on referring to a newspaper LIYERNX)L STANDARD. report ut tha proceedings, out of twelve that spoke on the ques tiou, there was only oue that did not Oject to the leinovai. Lle was therefore somewhat surprised at the eh tutee of opiwon. lie was still satisfied they were legislating fur the few to the meow., venience of the many, but he w o uld n u t di vi d e th e counc il on the questiou. Mr. Councillor EARLS said, in reference to the resolution, there was a part in which it was meutionect that all public offices should be in that building, and he hoped satire notice would he directed to the removal of the Stamp-office. There were rooms appropriated in the building for the purpose. And in reference to -Ur. itaiasclen's holier, he wi s h e d he and others would peruse —if they had out already doue it—Mr. Rowland Hill's pamph let on Pustoffice reform, and possibly by the next council meeting, it might be thought necessary to send a further memorial Lu the Treasury. Mr Councillor PLATT rose to say that he was one of the twelve who went down and examined the site of the intended Postollice, and be assigned as his reason fur opposing the removal that from the state of the apartments' as tney then appeared, he con ceived they were not satisfactory for a Postoffice; but at the last council meeting it was shuwu that the necessary alterations could be made at a trifling expense—Mr, Alderman Evans had stated about 1:100and then he thought they would be unobjectron able. It was not to the site but to the rooms that the objectiuns were made, fur he thought as to the site there could be none bet ter, and if the alteration could be made he fully c oncurred in the rearo val. If th ere were a su ffi c i ent num b er o f receiving houses, the letters might even be despatched to the merchants with as much facility as in London. Mr. Conucillur WOOLWILIGHT said from the paper in his hand, it did not appear to be other than the site objected to, Mr. Councillor PLATT was sure what he had said was com pletely contrary. Mr. Councillor Cutritia.—Well, then, he has changed his mind. Mr. Councillor PLATT said he must have been misreported. The Ms it ott said that discussion was becoming somewhat out of order, hod he called upon M r. Councillor SHELL, who had risen to address the council, said, (handing to Mr. Platt a copy of the Liverpool Standard, containing the report alluded to,) said he found that in the paper in the hands of one of the speakers, it appeared the prin cipal objection was to the internal arratioeineut of the build ing ; that the rooms weae so dark that they could not distin guish between a sovereign and a shilling. But now it appeared that objection could be done away with at so trilling an expense, that the whole of that part of the argument fell to the ground. And as the building could be made suitable in every way for the delivery of letters, the argument respecting the situation was also done away with. He should have been sorry if it went abroad uncoatradicted, that so many members of the council had now changed their views; but according to the report re ferred to they never had the views subscribed to them, and therefore could not have changed them. Mr. Councillor PLATT again rose, and was greeted with the cries of "Spoke, spoke." This report, he begged to say, was quite a mistake. (Loud cries of " Spoke, spoke," amidst which he sat down.) Mr. Alderman LEATHOM said Mr. Woolwright had alluded to him as having led off the discussion, of which he had a report in his hand. Hs then certainly did state that the internal ar rangements were objectionable, the building being dark. He also considered the locality uot a good one, but titiding that it was the general wish of the council that the removal should take place, and looking at the statement of Mr. Shiel, at the last council meeting, of the enormous expense of that building, of 1.:62,U00 more than the estimated cost of it, he thought they ought to make the building as available as possible, after spend ing so much of the public money, and therefore he could not divide the council on it, which he thought would be unanimous. He still thought the locality was not the best. The M AYOR then put the question to the council, and decided that the " Ayes" had it. PETITION FUR THE IMMEDIATE TOTAL ABOLITION OF NEGRO SLAVERY. The Mayon said Mr. Blackburn's motion on this subject stood next on the list, he should therefore call upon him. This was a most important question, involving the happiness of many hundred thousand human beings, and. the property of many others, he should be excused if he called on the council to dis cuss it ill a calm deliberate way, to avoid any useless expressions of irritation that conflicting interests might call forth, and to conduct the discussion in a way creditable to the council, and as was becoming so great a question. Mr. BLACKBURN then rose and said, at the last meeting of the council lie availed himself of the courteous permission of the council to auuounce his intention to bring forward this sub ject at the next meeting of the council: and of course by that annoulicernent it was understood that he should bring it forward at the next monthly meeting Of the council; but it had so hap pened that a special meeting had been called, and he thought it right to avail himself of that earlier opportunity thus afforded to bring it under their notice, and take it up somewhat more at large than he could have done at a quarterly meeting, when the ordinary general business was to be attended to. H e, however, thought it right, before entering upon the discussion to state, that, if any gentlemen were kuowu to be absent Irvin the coun cil in consequence of its being brought on sooner than was in tended, or there were any gentlemen present that thought themselves taken by surprise, he was quite willing to withdraw his motion fur the present, and to bring it on as he had origin ally intended. tie was quite in the hands of the council in that respect. He deemed it of so much importance that every one desirous to do so should have au opportunity to express his opinion thereon. If there was no objection to his proceeding he should conclude that no objection existed. After a short pause, he proceeded. He entered fully into the spirits of the mayor's remarks, with which he had thought it his duty wisely to introduce the discussion. There was, perhaps, uo subject connected with the internal policy of our nation that required greater caution and a more calm deliberation, and which was more calculated to excite strong feelings, than the subject of slavery. He had always approached its discussion with trem bling hesitation, and he then threw himself on the indulgence of the council; and if, in the warmth of tire moment, any strong expressions should escape him, he hoped he should be pardoned. He could nut introduce that subject to their notice without adverting for a single moment to the very satisfactory change which hadtaken place on that point during the last half century. Liverpool had possessed, he would not say enjoyed, a sad and unevitable preeminence respecting slavery, and the town-coun cil of that borough had, in past ages, taken the leadiu the efforts which had been made in enforcing' and perpetuating the system; and tee council-chamber of that great and influential town had made many efforts with that object in view. But he rejoiced that they lived to see a change of circumstances. Times are now altered in that respect must gloriously and satisfactoril y , and no candid man could reflect on the change whi c h h a d t a k en place without being grateful, and being constrained to acknow ledge that we owe much to the progress of au enlightened liber alism, and the genuine influence of Christi a n p r i nc ipl e an d Christian knowledge, a consequence of which was that the town council of that great community was convened, not for the purpose o f u ph o ldi ng oppression, but for the mole benevolent and suitabie pu rpose of tak i ng into consideration and he trusted of adopting a mea sure th e o bj ect o f w hi c h was the j ust i ce of proclaiming universal freed om t o ever y su bj ect of Victoria's crewn, of every colour and of every clime—unconditional and perfect freedom. ( Hear, hear.) They were aware that such was not the cas e at t h at moment. An act had passed the im perial parliament in the summer of 1833, having for its object the abolition of s l avery i n t h e co l on i es an d t h e d ependencies of the British crown. That act presented one of the m os t splendid itnoehs 0 1 Ch r i st i an p hil ant h ropy an d genu i ne bene yo,ence which had been recorded in- the history of mankind. They saw there a great people under the conscientious influ ence of the improper course which had been pursued, coining forward voluntarily, under the influence of those Christian principles, and consenting to the payment of an enormous sum of money—of twenty millions sterling, in order to the removal of the great evil of slavery. It was a noble attempt, which re flected the high es t honour on them as a nation ; but there were parts of that act that could not be spoken of in the same terms —he alluded to that which enacted the apprenticeship system, as it was called, which was of a different character. It might have been expected, that after so large a sacrifice had been made, that effectual means would have been taken, in the very enactment itself to secure the attainment of the object. Such, unfortunately, bad not been the case; a different course had . been followed. U n d er th e gu id a nc e of a mistaken phil osop h y, it had been assumed, that the negro was unfitted for the enjoy ment of freedom—that so great a transition would not be at tended with safety—that himself would not be benefited, and that our colonies would be endangered by the change ; and, therefore, it had been deemed proper that there should be an in termermediate, a purgatorial process, through which the negro should pass, that the crimes engendered by slavery might be purged, and the slave fitted foet he enjoyment of entire freedom. Such were the main provisions of that act, which, even after the compensation had been paid to the planters, continued the negroes in thraldom in our colonies, under the denomination of apprentices,—such, he said, were the provisions of that act ; and it was melancholy to reflect that the brightest and the dark est features were there mingled together. They saw in it Christian principles which reflected the highest honour on man, and the apprenticeship system a vile substitution of expediency for the acting out of fair and voluntary principles, by which the negro was mortgaged at the disposal of another for a long period of time, to the indelible disgrace of tire nation and of the age. He was quite aware that many persons were disposed to view that act of parliament in the light of a contract or compact be tween the planter and the government of this country, and they were disposed to contend, that if the conditions of the contract have been fairly and fully complied with by both parties, it would be not only improper, but absolutely unjust to interfere in any mariner with the bargain. (Hear.) Now, whether those conditions had been fully and fairly complied with by both parties, he would endeavour to show before be sat down, but, waving that for the present, he altogether objected and demur.- red to the principle, that any contract had taken place. Ile contended that the planter was not to be viewed as an indepen dent power in a condition to enter into a compact with the im perial parliament, but was himself a subject of the government, liable to render obedience to the laws, and not to stipulate the conditions on which that obedience should be rendered. (Hear.) Beyond - that, be contended, neither the legislature nor the planter had any just or equitable power to order and make, as the subject matter of that contract, a bargain to deprive the negro of the use of his own body and his own mind, and the title, the inalienable title of the negro to his personal freedom— for that it was that which was mortgaged and bargained away by that so called contract, which placed at disposal of the planter one part of this population fur four or six years; and he con tended, no power existed on- earth, nor ever did exist, by which the inalienable right of any man to the use of his own body and mind could be taken away and placed at the disposal of another. The whole compact therefore was founded on fraud and injustice, and ought. never to have taken place He was addressing an assemblage, all of whom, he trusted, without exception, how ever much they might differ in their views, and wood all agree with him in considering interpretations of scriptural doctrines, th e Bible as the grand source and fountain of moral truth— (hear)—and they inferred from it those principles ant precepts by which they were bound to guide their euuduct. He would, therefore, make no apology for quoting from the sacred Bible. In the book of Psalms there was language peculiarly appro priate to that subject. The psalmist in addressing the supreme I;„i ng , sa y s , " shall the throne of iniquity have falsehood to themselves, which promote mischief by a law ?" and if ever there was an instance of mischief framed by the laws, it was the enactment of the apprenticeship system. For what was that system but the doling out by line ; and measure, and rule, the precise quantity of injustice, oppression, and cruelty which one tinnier: being should be permitted and authorised to inflict on another. ( Hear, hear.) What was it but asserting by the provisions of legal enactment, the extent to which nature should he infringed, the extent to which unrequited labour, and toil should be exacted, the extent to which the rights, and privileges of all men should be trampled on ; and that where individuals were charged with no crime, and were as fully en titled to the enjoyment of their own priviliges as any other human beings on the face of the earth. lie contended that the whole of that enactment, so far as the apprenticeship system was cuncerned, was founded in fraud and injustice. The party who gave the negro river to the master, and the planter who received him were neither entitled to receive nor to make the gift. It was an instance of power trampling on weakness, and lie who looked down from his sanctuary had solemnly declared, that the govei imient which is guilty of making such enactments is " a throne of iniquity." Let them never shrink for a mo ment from carrying out their principles to their full, and fair, mid legitimate results. What was the helpless negro who laid at their feet, concerning whom they claimed tho right to legis late without the slip hest limitation to their wishes—hinnan be ings of the sine circler with themselves, occupyiug the sante rank in the creation of God—the offspring and Merge of their Ai inigut y pa reut (hear) possessing the seine constitutiou and flame of burly—the same talents and faculties,—tuinds of the saute responsibility., the saute immortality. Whatever belongs of right to luau belongs to him, fur he is a man (hear), and to deprive elm of any of his natural rights is as great au act of injustice, oppression aid tyranny, as to despoil in the same way a peer of the realm, in- a prince of the blood. The uegro stool in the relation of natural rights on the broad platform of their common humanity, where conventional distinctions had no place between the king on his throne, and the meanest subject to the land. lie well knew that the twelfth clause of the emancipation bill enacted from and after the Ist of August, 1631, with the exception!of certain disabilities previously euacted, the negro should be " to all intents and purposes free, and ex empt from all manner of slavery." But such an enactment was perfectly nugatory, and stultified itself, for the first eleven clauses of the act went to establish a system that took away the substratum of the uegro's rights on which all the others rested. It weut to establish a system which imposed upon him what was inconsistent with freedom, and made hint a serf attached to the soil, bound to labour for one individual and no other, and placed hint in dependence on that individual fur his daily support; and under such circumstances could anything in the na ture of liberty exist ? That 12th section was bitter mockery of the uegro, adding insult and derision to the injury previously inflicted upon !inn ; and keeping him, notwithstanding Unit enactment and the enormous compensation that had been paid, to all intents and purposes, a slave. (Hear, hear, hear.) He had spoken of natural rights, if there was anything that could be called a natural right, common to every human being —arising out of his constitution as a human being,—it was the power he ought to possess of carrying his own labour to the best market, to employ himself on whatever avocation he pleased, to work for whatever master he chose, and to stipulate the terms on which his labour should be given, to move about from place to place iu search of employ ruent fir' his own advantage. negro possessed all these rights—inalienable be contended they were, and not to be taken away without injustice—and if th we were taken away he could have no other, fur they laid at the foundation of every other, and therefore the apprenticeship . system left the negro in a condition of perfect slavery to all intents and purposes. Give him the power even in this country to prohibit a Ludy of people from working for any oue but fur himself, or on any estate but his own, and to regulate by law the precise quantum of compensation they were to receive, and he should find it no difficult matter, amidst the light and know ledge of the British n a tion to play the tyrant, and snake them feel that they were slaves. And if that was the case in England, as he contended it was, how much more so would it be in a distant colony where the tide of public opinion was all one way —where the master was everything and the slave nothing— where the making and administration of the law was in the hands of one party and the making of the law also—where the wealth of the community was in the hands of oue set of indivi duals whose interest it was to trample on the rights of the other? (Hear, hear.) He had stated that opinion boldly and frankly, because he considered it right to go to the foundation and es sence of the question, and he could not do justice to his own convictions—his own deliberate convictions on that subject— , unless he had done so. He felt it due to himself and his own consistency to state the light in which he viewed the apprentice ship system, which he had ever regarded, and should ever regard, with unqualified abhorence. But it was not on the ground on which some gentlemen might be disposed to regard it as an abstract and theoretical view of the subject; it was not on that ground that he intended to found the appeal he made to that council to petition the legislature on the subject; unhappily the strength of his argument rested on other grounds so broad that he could well afford to throw that out of the question. Hie re marks had gone to prove that such a system ought never to have existed at all; but it did exist; it had been in operation three years and a half. It had been tried and the question was, had it answered its object, and the expectations of the legislature that adopted it? On this issue he was disposed and prepared to place the appeal he made to the council to petition the legisla ture; and he was prepared to show that this country had ful filled its contractsby the payment of the twenty milli es as the full compensation for the slave—fur slave he was, though under the name of an apprentice—while the slave for the present hour had patiently toiled fur his master, and performed his part of the contract, that the planter had flagrantly and systemati cally violated that contract, and ou t h a t groun d a l one t h ey were now entitled to ask the legislature for immediate manu mission, and to set the qu-stion at rest. (Hear.) Let them look for a moment at the spirit and intention of the emancipa tion act, and it would not be disputed for a umnaeut that its intention was remedial, that its grand object was to improve the condition of, the slave—to relieve him from his many mis eries and sufferings, and raise him iu society, until he became a free man. That enactment they were bound to construe on the supposition that it was remedial. Where any doubt existed they must judge from the spirit and design of the originators of the act itself. Now, it was provided in the 12th section of the original enactment that, after the Ist of August 1831, subject only to the obligation of a temporary apprenticeship, the British slave, from the perioA of that act coming into operation, should become and be free and discharged of and from all manner of slavery, and absolutely and for ever be manumitted; and that from the same period slavery should be for ever abolished and declared unlawful throughout the British dominions, The 17th clause enacted the necessary rules for the apprenticeship, but %illicit were iu no case to be repugnant to the spirit of the Im perial act or any part thereof; otherwise these rules were de clared to be absolutely null and void. The design of the pro jectors of the enactment might be gathered from a speech delivered by Mr. (now Lord) Stanley, who had introduced that act to the House of Communs. He had a short extract from that speech, which he would take the liberty to read : " I propose, then (said Lord Stanley), that every slave, on the passim of this act, shall forthwith have the power of claim ing to be put in a situation in which he shall enjoy all the privileges of a free man—in which he shall feel no taint of his servile condition—in which he shall be freed from the atrocious system of irresponsible corporal punishmeut—in which he shall have the full enjoyment of his domestic ties—in which he shall not be compelled to see those that are Dearest and dearest to hint insulted by punishment or liable to degradation—in which his evidence shall not be disputable in a court of justice—in which his right to property ot every description shall be as undisputed as every other class of the king's subjects—in which he shall enjoy every right and every privilege of freeman, subject to this restriction. and this restriction only, that he shall, for a certain trine, remain under contract to labour industriously in the service of his present owner, but his then employer." Now such was the spirit of the act, and such was the declaration made concerning it by that distinguished nobleman who brought it in. Inquire then whether it had been acted upon by the planter, and was the condition of the slave at the present mo ment, such as they were entitled to expect it to be. There were many points that might be adverted to, and he should feel it his duty to trespass on the indulgence of the council in advert ing to several of them; it was necessary that he should do so, but he would be as brief as possible. I! irst, as to the labour exacted from the slave under the apprenticeship system. The law provided that an enactment should be passed by the colon ial legislature for the express purpose of carrying into effect the original intention of the imperial parliament, and that very strict regulations should be adopted directing the precise amount and quantity of work and sustenance so as to secure the advan taees which it was the intention of the imperial parliament to confer on the slave: but he believed that he was correct in saying ,• s that up to the present hour, there did not exist in the colonies any enactment that came up to the requirements and spirit or the imperial act, and that the negro apprentice remained entirely under the caprice, the will, and wish of his maser, and dependent on him under all circumstances attending his labour. It was -provided that praedial slaves should be employed in home fed colonies, where a certain portion of land was allotted to them, and that the slave should,work 40i hours a-week. In the foreign-fed colonies, where the provision is imported and dis tributed, the hours Of labour are 45, but no provision was made in the imperial act to fix the precise times those 45 hours' labour should be exacted, and at the present moment they were at the mercy of their masters to exact the whole of the 45 hours witherla intermission ; and the only check on this tyranny, when fully carried out, was the power of the special magistrate to inflict a trifling fine on the master for this cruelty, which w as often exercised, which did not go into the pocket of the slave. ' Let them advert for one moment to Jamaica, where a sharp contest had been carried on as to the way the 45 hours should be divided—whether into the Bor the 9 hours' system. According to the nine hours' system, the negro worked nine hours a-day the four first days of the week, and four and a half hours on the Friday, anti by that arrangement he had the half o f F r id ay f or the cultivation of his ground for RIS own support. Now they had the s t a t eme nt of the Marquis of Sligo that the nine hours' system was advantageous to the master as the eight hours ; y e t many of them, from mere caprice or love of annoyance, insisted on the men working eight hours a - dai the first four days of the week and eight and a half on the 14riday, thus depriving the negro of the opportunity of labouring, for his own subsistence, and that, the Marquis ot Sligo said, the masters did merely for the sake of annoyance. (Hear, hear.) And in one district of Jamaica, particularly in St. Thomas-in-the-Vale, this an noyance was carried to such an extent that a great portion of the population was in a state of starvation, and so reduced to a state of weakness, that they were incapable of the labour re quired of them. Of that they had the undoubted evidence of persons who had witnessed what they related, and could bear testimony to its truth. He would not dwell longer on this sub ject of employment but pass on to the subject of food. Food was to be provided the apprentices, or land, in home•fed colon ies, but up to the present time there was no law whatever to determine the quantity of laud to be given to the slave for the support of himself and family; there was no law to regulate the distance it should be from the plantation on which he was em ployed; there was no law to give him sufficient time for the cultivation of his ground, and in many instances for want of food they were in a state of starvation. And in cOlonies-where they were foreign-fed, by provisions imported from other places, the condition of the slave was not at all better; and it was a fact—he would not go into detail, as the gentlemen around him might ascertain them fur themselves—that the allowance by law did not amount to one-half the quantity allowed them while in a state of slavery—not one-half the quantity of farnacious food, most important of all to the slave, which was allowed to them by law when in slavery. There were one or two points incidental and apparent, to show the animus of the planters towards the negroes to which he would advert. There were certain sylvan , tastes and iudulgencies, as they were called and allowed under I the former system, which were not forced by law, but customary lindulgences constantly afforded the gangs in the fields, but not included in the letter of the law, and therefore it was now con ' tended that they could not be enforced as the word in the act was maintenance, and not indulgence. It was the custom, when I in slavery, and working under a tropical sun, to employ some that ware not able to perform other labour, as water carriers, to carry water to quench the thirst of the slave. But as this indiegence was not secured by the law, it was withdrawn. The water carriers were not permitted to attend gangs in the fields, and in consequence it frequently happened that the slave, la. bourine under the heat of a vertical sun, left his labour fora short time to procure water to quench his thirst, and in many instanc es, when lie has done so, he has been actually brought before the special justice on a charge of absence from, and negligence of work, and he was punished for getting water to quench his thirst, as though it were a crime committed against the laws, Another indulgence was, that for a gang, a person was em ployed to cook their food, so that when the time came for them to be relieved from labour for the dinner hour, they found their food prepared for them, and it became a season of rest and real refreshment, but that allowance was withdrawn, and the f oo d was not cooked for them—they had to cook it for themselves iu the interval of labour, and therefore the interval of rest had ceased to be an interval of rest at all. (Hear. hear.) Ile men. tinned that, though a trifling thing, to show the animus which guided the masters iu the administration of the law. On the subject of punishment, he must remark, there was decisive evi dence that the condition of the negio was not one whit better— perhaps rather worse than when a slave—and the amount of punishment was quite as arbitrary, and quite equal to what it was before. Ile held in kis haud a short statement drawn from a tabular view, of the amount of punishment inflicted its differ ent colonies fur is certain period of time deducted f rom official returns, evidence which could not be contradicted. In the table they had the view of the punishments inflicted in Jamaica, Barhadues, British Guiana, Grenada, and St. Luria, and he futind that in the firs! 22 mouths—from the let of Angus', 1831, to the 31st of May, 1836—the total 1 unishtnents were 99,440, of which 17,050 were by flogging, on whom the tuts! amount of Dishes inflicted was 353,601, and 82.390 punished by imprison ment, bard labour iu penal gangs, the tread-mill, solitary con- JANUARY ,26, 1 finenient, confinement in dark cells, fines, &c. A great portii n of these imuisitinents were inflicted at the will of the special magistrates, without any p•iwer of appeal from his decision on the part of the - appreutices; and many of the offences were of t h e nature (o r l o so i euce, :15 it was edited;; almost anything might be called insolence, tor which they suffered the infliction of 20 lashes ; and absence from work to get a drop of water to quench their thirst, was also punished as a crime. They were aware that by the imperial act, one clause specially forbade the flog ging of women, that that horrible barbarity should for eve, cease under ally circumstances: it was a distinct provision of the emancipation act that women should not be subject to the lash. Had that been acted upon ? No, there was decisive evidence that the flogging continued in Jamaica to the present hour. An.l how was that brought about? Why, by a legal quibble. The apprenticeship system enabled the special justice to send poor women to a prison, and to the tread-mill, and there the apprenticeship law left them, and they came under the opei atiou of the colonial law of prison discipline, where part of the punishment was the infliction of the lash, so that the flogging of women was accomplished. It reminded him of a practice in one of the conaruonwealths of Europe some centuries ago, of burning heretics. There was no vestige in the ecclesiastical law which condemned a man to be punished. The ecclesiasti cal law did not condemn them to be burned; oh no; but it banded them over to the civil power, after convicting them of heresy, and the civil power burned them. So it was in Jamaica. The apprenticeship law did not punish women, but it handed them over to the prison, there they were scourged without met cy. He was not going to draw on their feelings, but there was one circumstance which occured in prison discipline in the Island of Jamaica, which he must allude to. A miserable female was put on to the tread-mill in an advanced state of pregnancy, and there silo was Ragged as they all were. The driver stood over them and "touched them up, ; ' as it was technically called. After the usual period of the revolution of the will, ten minutes, she descended, and on the floor of the prison she gave birth to a dead child. The manager of the treadmill did not at first observe what had happened, and began to remonstrate at the people in his usual violent way, and to drive them out of the place. And it was a fact, that that miserable being was left to take away her dead child, after remonstrating with the keeper. " I cannot leave my picaninny on the the" She took it away with her own hands, and With a hue dug a grave for it. After that, he need hardly tell them that for weeks she remained in the utmost danger. So the law remained in the colony precisely in the same situation as it was before. And, perhaps, while he was then addressing them, many a miserable female in that that distant settlemen twas dancing the treadmill, and writhing under the lash of some monster in human form, and the piercing cries she uttered were ascending to heaven; and, if they; without remonstrance, suffered this horrible system to go on, the God of justice might well say, " it is the voice of thyfellow-creature's blood that crieth uutu us from the ground." (Hear.) There were various other topics equally illustrative of the great facts he was endeavouring to prove, that the spirit of the abolition act had not been acted on in the colonies ; but he would net trespass further. Suffice it to say, that the con dition of children, of women in slavery, the condition of aged persons, who were past labour, was universally considered to be worse under the apprenticeship system, than it was under the system of slavery. If children were born before the operation of the emancipation act in August, 18.31, the master had no in terest in them, and became indifferent to their preservation, and it was a well known fact, that if a pour woman was obliged to attend her sick, and dying child, she was compelled to make up for her absence by labouring for her master, in her own time. The number of infants that perished through such a system, from want of care and nourshinent, would be unknown, until the awful day when all secrets should be disclosed. Enough had been said, bethought, to show that the position from which be set out in his address, that the planter bad not fulfilled the conditions which were required of him in the enactment of the emancipation laws. The appretentice was at that moment in no better condition than the slave. His condition had not been in the slightest degree improved. He contended that by law the whole system had failed, and therefore, they were bound to demand of the legislature an immediate interference to eman cipate the slave from his condition. And this was the object he had in view in addressing them on that occasion. He en treated the council to present petitions to both houses of Par liament, imploring the legislature to put an end to the system that now existed to the colonies. He was deeply sensible of the importance of fixing this great principle on the minds of the council, that there was no condition of relief for the slave but bestowing on him entire freedom. If a n y o th er me th o d were resorted to, it would certainly fail. He knew many gen tlemen who were of opinion that the point having been settled by the abolition law, and the time of its expiration being only two years and a half, it might be allowed to go on ; or that the law was satisfactory, and that its failure must be considered, not from any inherent vice in the system, but front a want of a pro per administration of the law, and the course was to implore the government for a proper administration of the law. He was prepared to meet that objection. He thought it a plausible one, but a very unsound one. He was prepared to hold that the law was to give protection and freedom. It was a remark made by Mr. Burke, when speaking of the subject, that " all legislation in the regaid to the condition of the colonies was utterly nugatory, because it wanted the executive principle— the existence of the means of the executive to catty it into effect." He apprehended that that 'mark was precisely true just now, as much so as it was when made. In order to the making of any law effective which had for its object the pro tecting of one class of society from another, two things were essential. The first was, that there should be in the law itself such a machinery set up as was calculated to secure its being carried into effect as intended ; that it should have such con ditions in the shape of penalty as would insure obedience to it; and the other thing essential was, that it should be adapted to the state of society for which it was intended, that is that there should exist in society some class of persons who were possessed of both the ability and will to see the law carried into effect. In the colonies the apprentices were in abject slavery, in ignorance the most deplorable, and in a state of want of means of information so complete, that it was wholly( impassible that they should know what the law was capable of altering, or to unite with his fellows to obtain the redress of grievances by law. Harassed and oppressed if be complained, his com plaint might be. deemed frivolous and recoil on himself in punishment, the negro sank down in desponding submission, and the planter had no inclination to carry the law into effect ; he had the power but not the will. The law was trade against himself; it was against his own ins!-practices that the law was directed, and it was against reason to suppose that a man could be at one and the same time determined to enforce and to break the law. And this had been acknowledged by this country when they sent out special justices. In the very appointment of these special justices government declared that they did not , think the resident gentry and magistrates of our colonies were worthy to be trusted with the administration of the law. He need not tell them that that special scheme of justices had en tirely failed. It was not to be denied that the vast majority of those sent out as special justices had drank in the spirit of slavery, and had become the willing instruments of oppression to the negro though sent out to prevent it; and the very few individuals who had manfully discharged their duty, had been persecuted by every means and driven away. The adoption of special justices had therefore entirely failed, and the conclusion was, that the relief of the apprentices by any other means than perfect freedom was a matter perfectly impossible. He con tended that from the circumstances of the case, when the law deprived the man of the power of defending himself, it deprived him of the power of affording protection, The law recoiled on itself, and left the helpless apprentice under the unmitigated pressure. The immediate abolition of this apprenticeship sys tem was, therefore, the only effectual course, and, more than that, it was the only safe course, and be stood firmly on the ground of evidence when he made that assertion. The cuckoo cry of the pro-slavery party, in all periods, had just been this, "insubordination and revolt would necessarily result in the colonies if they met this question, therefore be quiet, say nothing about it." If you stir up the negroes to regard their rights and privileges, the result will follow that they will rise, and the whites will be put down of course. There was some thing very anomalous in the fact, that the white should be continually living from age to age under the influence of this sort of creed. Was it consistent with the experience of mankind generally, that persons blessed with wealth enough to emp:oy labourers, lived in continual dread from the labourers they employed, if they used them with any degree of justice tied fairness ? No; bad as human nature was, and depraved as it was, this was contrary to ordinary experi ence. Any man who had capital to employ, who could give labour to the poor, if he acted towards them with fairness, could count on their protection, and might live amongst them with saftety to the end of his days. But such had not been the ease in the West Indies. How did they account for this constant oppression on the mind of the planters? He asked no other proof that the treatment of the negro had be en harsh and cruel in the highest degree; and he doubted not but, in the solemn stillness of midnight, the time for sober, serious thought and reflection, that many a planter and many an attorney, and many an overseer in those distant colonies, had turned pale at such thoughts as these, " We have been harsh and cruel task-masters to these our brethren; we have exacted an enormous amount of toil, and recompensed it with a miserable pittance, barely sufficient to support life. To this we have added cruelty; we have lashed their bodies; do they not bear marks on their per sons of our barbarity, injustice and cruelty? We have added insult; have we not spoken of,them as of inferior beings to our selves, and in the light of beasts of the field? This muss, in the very nature of things, have produced on their minds resentment and hostility; and if their spirits are broken by this cunsluct,, and now bowed down to the ground, the very first emotion that will rise in their minds, when free, will be hostility and revenge. Revenge is the watchword which will resound from hill to hill, and the rivers will flow with blood." (Hear.) " Conscience does make cowards of us all." But though these fears did ex ist, and though they were the natural result of this state of so. ciety, he verily believed that these fears were groundless; he was persuaded they were utterly groundless. He would not conceal that there existed in the colonies grounds of fear. He' warned' them not to be too sanguine for the permanent peace of that part of the empire. He would warn them not to trespass, too far on the feelings of outraged and oppressed humanity Ls the classification of slaves, which had taken place into prtedial and non-prandial, the prandial labourers having, an apprentice ship of six years to undergo, and the nun-prandial four years, there was abundant evidence to show that gross frauds were practised on the negro; that a very large portion of the non ptmdial slaves in British Guiana had been classed amongst the prmedials. Large numbers of apprentices were anticipating that their deliverance was at hand in the month of August, 183E3 ; and expected to be set at liberty, and would find their mistake; and would they attempt to persuade him, that this would be submitted to? When they knew that this was done in direct violation of the wish of the mother country, that man must truly be a hold man indesd who could look at such things without apprehension. It was the last drop which made the cup overflew, and perhaps the last drop which might result in sting ing the negro into such a measure of resentment as might result in turmoil. And if the flame of rebellion broke out into a few states, how should they stay it? Would it not wreck the very frame-work of society there. Now, the only way, he contended, to prevent this danger, was to grant in August, 1838, complete emancipation of the slave. Let them all become free; it would be a ineasuie perfectly safe to the colonies and highly advanta geous to the planters themselves, inflicting no injustice through out the kingdom. Let the trumpet of the jubile sound through. out the length and breadth of the land, and the negroes would look on it as an act of grace, and would heal all the sorenesses which existed, and lay the foundation for permanent peace in the colony. This was the only safe course, and the only effec tual course. To carry out those views which he had already stated, he entreated the council to present petitions to both houses of parliament, praying them to bring the apprenticeship to an end on the Ist of August, 1838. For this p ur p ose h e bad prepared a petition, and put it into the bands of the Town-clerk, who would do him the favour to read it, and he would sit down. He consdered that measure to be one of justice to the planter and of humanity to the apprentice, and one that Great Britain demanded at their hands. He should rejoice if this council were one of the first in the realm to step forward and demand the abolition of the apprenticeship. In conclusion, they would permit hitn to say that he had a settled conviction, anti under that conviction he felt it his duty to conic forward on that occa sion, that until the measure prayed for in the petition was granted, and had become the law of the land, nothing virtually had been done to ameliorate the condition of the apprentice, and to lift him up from the deep degradation, natural and moral, in which slavery had involved hint; nothing had been done that had the slightest tendency to communicate the substantial blessings —to spiced abroad the imperishable Floriea of British law and British religion in those glowing regions of the earth,