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.~ - a'ar~'=- LECTURES AT THE MUSIC-HALL. IaOBE la OWEN, Esq., of New Lanark, will deliver TWO R, LECTURES, in the MUSIC 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 removing Ignorance and Poverty, and of providing the most qffirieot Education and re munerating Employment to the Population of the ti . urld. QussttoNs 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 he had at the M.rcury, Standard, Chronicle, Journal, and Albion Newspaper Offices . Doors open at Half-past Eleven. N.B.—The Proceeds of these Lectures, after defrayin ex p eases, will he given to the Ladies' Charity and the Night Asylum for the House.less Puor. TRADESMEN'S CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. rrHE MONTHLY MEETING of the LIVERPOOL TRADESMEN'S CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIA TION. will be held on MoNosY EVENING next, the 29th inst. at the LARGE ROOM, YORK HOTEL, Tarleton-street, at Seven o'Clock precisely, when several resolutions of importance will be submitted to the Meeting. W. J. PEACii-EY, Secretary. _ . Committee-room, Church-street, January' 22d, 183 , 5. - N.B. Members who have not obtained their Annual Tickets can do so by applying to the Secretary, at the Conservative Tradesmen's News-room, corner of Church-street and Church ane, as the same will he required to obtain admittance. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES , riiFIE GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the GO VERNORS of this INSTITUTION will be holden in the Boaao-it0.)34, PARISH-OFFICES, No. I,lenwick-street, on Friday, the 2d of February, at two o'clock.tto transact the usual business of the Chazity, and to elect Offfcers for the ensuing year. Subscriptions will be received by the Secretary, at the office, No. I, Fenwick-street, daily, from Three till Four o'Clock. By order of the General Committee. - ROBERT WEDGWOOD,'It eretary. Dispensaries' Office, 1, Fenwick-street, January 19, 1838. The Treasurer begs to acknowledge the receipt of the follow ng contributions : £. s. d DON tTIONS, ...„........_. Lawrence Heyworth, Esq. Yew:tree-house lO 0 0 Charles Groves, Esq. Dr. Duncan lO 0 U Anonymous—Money foi felted by a Clerk for miscon duct v . 1 5 0 John Manifold, Esq. at the request of his late father 20 0 0 A Friend per the Rev. Richard Croft 5 0 0 Mr_ Bushell, Gill-street 1 1 0 E. 0. and J. %V. Jurymen 0 13 4 A Person attended in an emergency W. N. per James Lawrence, Esq A Friend, per Josias Booker, Esq.. Cresswell Cresswell, Esq, M.P. Anonymous 0 2 6 Ditto Richard Alison, jun Esq. Woolton-heyes lOO 0 0 George Blake, jun. Esq. .... ... 5O 0 LEG iCI ES. Dt. Stewart—part of a legacy left at his disposal.... 5 0 0 The late Geo. Christian, Esq. per his Executors.... 19 19 The late John M'Adam, Esq. per his Executors, Wellwood Maxwell, and David Jackson, Esqrs. 200 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 0 0 5 0 0 COLLECTION. Collection at All Saints' Church, per Rev. John Lyons 24 0 0 MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. TN consequence of the large number of Pupils which have _IL -been enrolled in the various SCHOOLS attached to the MECHANICS' INSTITUTION since its opening on the St I, of January. and the certainty which exists of a still further in crease, the Directors have resolved to add to the P/ncipal Mas ters already appointed, Assistant Masters in each of the follow ing departments, viz : HIGH SCHOOL. ENGLISH, CLASSICAL. MATHEMATICAL, FRENCH, AND WRITING. LOWER SCHOOL. Au ASSISTANT MASTER in the ENGLISH DEPARTM ENT. persons folly qualified, who are desirous of obtaining such appointments. and who can produce unexceptionable testimo nials as to character, abilities, attainnients, and experience in tuition, are requested to send their testimonials to the Institution, on or before the sth 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 THURSDAY, HIE FIRST day of February next. ,JOHN S. RADCLIFFE. Sec. MONS. MALLAN'S NINTH ANNUAL VISIT WILL POSITIVELY TERNIIMAT/1 i On Wednesday, the 7th of February next. SCURVY IN THE GUMS EFFECTUALLY REMOVED. INCORRODIBLE ARTIFICIAL TEETH, Placed without Wires or other Ligatures, AND MINERAL SUCCEDANECM, File FILLING DECAYED TEETH. WIrHOUT PAIN, HAAT, OR PRESSURE. MONS. JAS M. MA LLAN, Surgeon-Dentist, from No. 10, Ludgate.hill, London. begs to return thanks for th'e liberal and extensive patronage he has received on this his intli An nul-a Visit, and bn account tit his extensive praetic n London. he urns'. close his professional avocations in Liver of positively on the 7th of February next, and may be consu, ed daily, until the above period, at 46, BOLD.STREET, next to the Saggs Bank. Mons. M. continues to restore decayed Teeth, however large the cavity, with their celebrated Mineral Succedaneutti, so uni versally recommended by the Faculty of London and Paris. The operation of stopping teeth is performed in a few seconds. The mineral is put into the cavity in an almost liquid state, without beat or pressure ; it hardens into enamel, allays the most excruciating pain, and lasts for many years, preventing the necessity of extraction. Loose teeth fastened, whether arising from age, neglect, dis ease of the gums, or the use of calomel. Incorrodibte ArtiticialTeeth, horn a single one to a complete set, matching exactly in form and colour the adjoining ones. These teeth will not corrode or become discoloured; they are . fixed without wires or ligatures, or 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 that the loss of Teeth arises more from this cause than any other. It affects indivi duals of all ages and of all constitutions, and is the primary cause of Tooth-ache and Decay : to those so affected Mons. M ALLAN have to inform their., that they can effectually remove this de stroying complaint by a single application, without the slightest pain. Tu Clergymen and Public Orators, labolring under defective pronunciation, Mons. M.'s method of replacing teeth will he found peculiarly valuable, as it obviates all defects of articula tion, particularly the inability to give the proper sound to the dento-lingual double consonant TH. The use of Artificial Teeth, in some instances, has been found objectionable by invalids taking medicines that have a tendency to discolour them, or in the performance of operations which compel their removal, perhaps, in the presence of an attendant or domestic. Mons. M., however, has been successful in re moving these objections, by constructing Teeth for those pur poses, of substances, and in such a manner as to render them capable of withstanding effects of the most inimical nature. Natural Teeth placed ou the above improved principle. N.B.—Hours of attendance from I'en till Five. Mons. M. particularly invites the Members of the Faculty to witness the operation of filling Decayed Teeth with their Mineral Succedaneum, of which they are the sole inventors and possessors. Charges strictly suoderate. 46 Bold-street, Liverpool. PROFESSOR SW EDOU R'S HYGEIAN HERB PILLS, for the effectual extirpation of every species and symptom of the SYPHILITIC DISEASE, and Ch disorders arising from improper treatment. Prepared ant sold by the sole Propri r, at No. 51. SEEL-STREET, LIVERP L. Inh 2s. 9.1. - -Is. - .n boxes at .. an, is. Warranted nut to.cuulain COPAIBA, CUBEBS, or any deleterious ingredient. •** With each Box is given a Treatise on Venereal and Syphilitic Diseases, with observations on seminal weakness, &c. &c.. containing hints worth knowing by those who are, ur have been sufferers to this dreadful and devastating malady. Dr. DAV I ESON continues to direct his attention to those dis orders arising from the too free and indiscriminate indulgence of the passions, which not only occasion a numerous train of nervous affection.. but also entails on its votaries all the ener vating imbecilities of old age. In that distressing state of de bility and deficiency, whether the consequence of baneful ha bits. excessive drinking, or any other cause by which the powers of the constitution become enfeebled, he offers a firm, safe, and speedy restoration to sound and vigorous health. It is a melancholy fact that thousands fall victims to the ye 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 Swedour became Professor at Ley den University, he conferred 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 delicate complaint, for the cure of which they have been so long celebrated. The fame of these Pills throughout Germany, caused their speedy introduction into almost every country. The certainty with which they were continually administered cau be attested by many thousands. In fact, during the long conti nental war they were the inseparable companion and safeguard of the soldier, m all cases where the slightest suspicion of infec tion was entert a i ne d . Wh at me di c i ne can be snore appropriate than that which has given such general satisfaction ? The Hyge 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 wanner so mild and imperceptible as to convince the most sceptical of their astonishing and unequalled powers. The neither contain mercury nor any other mineral, and may be taken without the slightest suspicion of discovery—they require na restraint of diet, loss of time, or hindrance of business. but effect a complete cure, without the least exposure to the patient. At a ny period when the slightest suspicion may exist, it will be well to have recourse to the Hygeian Herb Pills, for when taken before the disease has wade its appearance it acts as a certain preventive, by moving the complaint effectually and secretly. The deplorable state in which many persons have been when visiting the proprietor, from the use of mercury, renders it im peratively necessary to caution the public against that dangerous mineral when injudiciously administered. These Pills should form a portion of all Medicine Chests, by sea and land, and ought never to beomitted by any person going long voyage or journey. theirasroperties 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; from Fight in the morning until Ten at night, (on Sundays from N i na tilt Two,) where hagives-advice to all applicants taking any !of his einrations,•WlTlSOOT-A Lettere p aidl enclosing a remittance, answered by re urn, and Medicinea, ppnctually transmitted to any address either by initial'aor name , TREET • 'LIVERPOOL, C WI-MTV BALL. friHE ANN UAL BALL, tot toe beuelit of the FEMALL; ORPHAN HOUSE and other Catholic Charities uf Li verpool, will be held at the Town-hall, uu. Monday, the 19th of February. VISCOUNTESS MOLYN LADY PATRONgss. Tickets (10s. each) may be • of Aressrs. Itocklitt & Duck worth, Castle-street; Mr. P sous, Boid-street; Mr. Hone, Church-street; and at the other usual places. Mr. Ilurobin's Quadrille Baud is engaged. Dauciug to commence at Niue o'clock. NOW EXHIBITING, IN THE LARGE ROOM, QUEEN'S ARMS HOTEL, CASTLE.-STBEET, LIVEIiPoOL: (ENTRANCE BY CoOK-"sTitEET,) 4I A IDLA W'S universelly-utlinired Perestrephic or Mov in g PANORA:IIA of the CITY of JEI USALEM, lately Lxnibited in Manchester; —embracing • the Holy Stations mentioned in Scripture, within Twe y Miles of the City. Painted on 2520 square feet of Can • , 1-10 feet in length. Also, the PANORAMA of VAIN Slit J. BOSS'S VOYAGES, displaying where he and his hardy Crew passed four successive Winters, and their rescue by the Isabella, of Hull, in Lancaster Sound. The interest at the exhibition is greatly heightened by an ad mirable and correct VIEW of the BOULEVARD De TEM PLE, in PARIS, when FIESCHI tired otf the Infernal Machine. An Exhibition every Day at One o'clock, and in the Evening at Seven, and again at half-past Eight. Prices of Admission, which will on no account be altered: Boxes, 2s; Pit. Is; standing Gallery, 6d. Children under Teu Years of Age, Half Price to the Boxes and Pit only. Season Ticket, ss.—Descriptive Book, with a beautiful Piate of Jerusalem, and all the Holy Stations, with Captain Ituss'b Voyages, 6d. Particulars will be given in the Bills of the day. THE AIEIiCHANTS' TEA C031?- ANY, 4-1, GREAT GEORGE'S-STR ET, NEAR ST. JAMES'S MARKET, L ERPUOL. ORCHARD AND GILBERT PROPRIETORS. M E Z latbSo.v ORCHARDeE st a bii sb to e a t :V t. r G o l oi L M the li l . a 'l' te hvi having pu rchased 1I Propr i etors , urch ased beg leave respectfully to call the attention of Families and the Public generally to the LIST OF THEIR TEAS, And Prices 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, in strewth and flavour, their TEAS, &c. Will be found, if not superior.' at any rate Equal, to th• Fiist Houses in the Trade. TEAS, of every description, Sent in their Original Packages. Or in Chests of any size or quantity. BLACK. _ Good Cougou 4s. Od. Good Strong Ditto Fine Strong Breakfast Ditto 5 0 Finest Pekoe Souchong Ditto GREEN. Fine Hyson Very superfine Ditto 7 0 Finest Cowslip Ditto THE HONG MIXTURE. at 6s. per lb., in pound and hair-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. 44, GREAT GEORGE'S-STREET, Near St. James's Market, LivEttpooL. kmperial VarliamEnt. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MorinAv. The Duke of ARGYLL presented her Majesty's answer to their lordships address respecting Canada. It will be found in our parliamentary report. Lord ELLENHOROUGH mentioned some additional papers on the Canada question, for whicii 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 BROUG HAM presented a petition from the corporation of Carlisle, in favour of national education; and also one from Edinburgh for the redress of grievances in. Canada. The Marquis of LANiDowNis moved an address for all docu ments, despatches, &c., rewarding the Euphrates expedition.— Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--MoNDAY• Mr. NV 4111:E17 presented 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 transportation. He 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 Glasoow. Mr. Roebuck's petition having been read, Mr. GROTE moved, that Mr. Roebuck should be heard at the bar, as agent fur Lower Canada, against the Canada bill. After some observations. to show the injustice of the proceeding to enact so strong a measure without hearing what the agent for Canada, now in England, had to say on behalf of that colony; the honourable gentleman concluded by moving that he should be heard. Mr. GLADSTONE concurred in the motion, but protested against hearing Mr. Roebuck as the agent of the !louse of As sembly. Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought it better that the house should hear Mr. Roebuck as agent fur the House of Assembly, as, if they consented to hear him on the mere ground of the interest which he took in t he question, it would open too wide a door to future applicants. Mier some further desultory discussion, Mr. Roebuck was called to the bar. Previously to his appearance, however, Sir H. PEE,L. gave notice, that he would move in the eons- Tnitree fur the Omission of such parts of the bill as went to invest the convention of estates with a representative character, and to enable her majesty in council to iepeal the bill. Mr. ROEBUCK 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 had 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 fion, the Gulf of Mexico to the pole. The bill was afterwards read a second time, and Lord J. Russat.L moved, that it be committed. Mr. Hum: moved that it be committed that day six months. Sir GaouGE GREY, at some length, defended the government. f rom many of Mr. Roebuck's imputations. Sir George proved that Mr. Roebuck misrepresented the causes of dispute between the British governtheut and the Canadian House of Assembly, when be declared these causes to be all connected with money, The elective principle sought to be applied to the composition of the legislative council, occupied, Sir George observed, quite as prominent a place iu the alleged grievances of the Canadi ans, as any grievance connected viitti money, He also denied the accuracy of Mr. Roebuck's catalogue of British offences against Canada. Lord FIIANC4S EGERTON supported the second reading of the bill,'but protested, at the same time, most strongly against the Canadian policy, and the general policy of the government. Mr. LEADER matte a feeble speech in reply to Sir U Grey, and was followed by Mr. E. Rica, who spoke in favour of the bill, and Mr. PAKINGTON, who said he would vote for the measure, not because he had confidence in the government, but because be felt it to be his bounden duty to give support to the crown against her subjects in rebellion. (Cheers.) For all the widespread disaffection—for all the British blood that had been shed in Canada, he held her majesty - 5 ministers to be severely and deeply responsible. (Cheers,) Sir WM. MoLEswoirrn then moved that the debate be ad ourned until to-morrow (Tuesday.) The motion was ageed to, and the house adjourned at twelve o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY. The Duchess of Kent's Annuity Bill was read the third time and passed. The Earl of RIPON presented a bill for continuing the bi shopric of Sodor and Man, stating that when he moved its second reading he would more fully explain the views with which he brought forward this ►neasare. Lord Baocutiam presented a petition, adopted at a large public meeting at Birmingham, praying for the adoption of measures to compel those proprietors of slaves who had received 1;18,500, 000 . as eumpensatiqn, 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 groes—the increased amount and superior quality of articles sent to the West Indies proved the contra' y. Lord GLENEUG, in answer to inquiry from Lord Baouctism, stated that the papers regarding Antigua were in progress, and would be ready in a few days. Their lordships adjourned till Thursday. HOUSE OF COMMONS—TuEspAy. Mr. GORDON presented a petition from parties in Aberdeen shire, for the adoption of improvements in the regulations for the conducting of " private bills," and particularly as respected the taking of evidence thereon. Mr. C. LusiiiNuToN deferred till Thursday his motion for a bill to incorporate the subscribers to the Refuge for the Desti tut., and - tor the better enabling them to carry on their chari table designs. . Mr. Luc AS obtained leave (the motion having been seconded by Sir G. St NCL A IR) to bring in a bill for the relief of cunacre tenants in Ireland. Mr. P. THOMP3ON moved, in pursuance of the recommenda tions of the committee on the business of the house, that no private bill be read.a second time until six days after a breviate thereof skull have been laid on the table of the house, and have been printed; that such breviate shall contain a statement of the object of the bill, a summary of the proposed enactments, and shall state any variation from the general law which would be effected by the bill; and that the speaker be authorised to give such directions as should seem to him best for carrying into effect such resolutions. After some desultory discussion the' resolutions were carried. Sir Rowatur FauncsoN moved for a return of all su ms of money advanced for the uniform valuation of lands and tene ments in Ireland under 7th George IV., c . 62, and 3ubsequent acts; also for a copy of the estimate of the sum likely to be re quire(' for the same purpose fur the quarter ending - March 31, 1833.—niey 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 attention of the house to a late hour. Sir W. Mor.Esiv . oßTH spoke at great length against the bill. Mr. E. L. tic LWEit supported the bill, contending that the outbreak in Lower Canada was not caused by real radicals. Mr. GROTE resisted the measure. Mr. GLADSTONE very eloquently exposed the misconduct of the ministers in the management Of Canadian affairs. The CHANCELLOR of the ExcEcoNot observed that the go_ vernment had shewn forbearance till it was no longer justi fiable; but that it proved the unwillingness of government to go to extremes. Sir H. PEEL said that he should support the bill, because he saw no other safe mode of proceeding. The assetniblyhadre sisted suppli es , no t f or the purpose of procuring the redress of grievanc es , h u t t o e ff ec t a fundamental change of he constitu tion. That was what the tout her country could 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. Russei.t, replied, after which the house divided. The numbers were—For the motion 262, against it 16—majority iu favour of the original motion 216. Lord J. RussEt.t. moved that the bill be committed on Thursday, and that it have precedence of ad other business. Mr. WA K LEY declared that he should on that day persist in his motion respecting the cotton spinners' association. The house divided on the question of going into committee on Thursday. The numbers were—fur it 101, against it, 6 majority 95..—Adjourned at a quarter past two o'clock. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDENGS On Wednesday, a special meeting Of the Town Council vas held, called for the purpose of determining on a communication from the Lords of the Treasury, respecting the removal of Lue Postotlice. The MAYOR said he had received a letter from Joseph Kis dale and Sous, wishing an interview with the Finance Com mittee, for the reduction of their rent. Referred to the F►uance Committee. REMOVAL OF THE POSTOFFICE TO THE NFIV CUSTOMHOUSE. The MAYOR said, the immediate object of their being called together was a letter from the Lords of the Treasury, which required the opinion of the council respecting the removal of the Postoffice. Mr. Jou DAN said, before the letter was read he would take the liberty of laying before the council the letters and papers which had passed respecting the Postoffice. The MA YOK.—Would you wish them to be read? Mr. Jou DAN.—If you please; I shall request in my own jus tification that they be read. The deputy 'I'owr•CLEKK 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 committee thought it not calculated for the Post office; that the Post-master General be requested to send an officer clown 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 Jon DAN 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 fur himself or the committee, to pre vent the removal of the Postuffice, but he had forwarded it to the utmost of his power. lie had wished the papers to be read to show how wrong the insinuation against him had been. Mr. Alderman SHIEL begged permission to say one word in explanation to Mr. Jordan, on the observation he had made at the last meeting. fits reason for asking the question then was that be had been absent for some time, and was therefore anxious to see the correspondence, if any had taken 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. Councillor JORDAN begged to thank Mr. Shiel, and took his explanation as a very great compliment. The MAYOR said the council would recollect that a deputa tion was directed to proceed to Loudon, ou Postoffice business; their report would be the first thing read. The TowN-cLkkk then read the report of the deputation, as follows: " In 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 Nlaberley, of the Postoffice, respecting the removal of the Post-office to Canning-place. " Your deputation called their attention 'to the peculiar cir cumstances of Liverp”ol, to the immense extent and paramount importance of its commerce, and to the fact, that it is almost exclusively carried on in the immediate 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 parts of the world, and that the merchants are obliged, in consequence of the constant despatch and delivery of letters, to send to the Postoffice several times every day. " That if the Postotfice were placed at any considerable dis tance from the centre of business, it would cause great inconve nience, expense, and embarassinent to trade ; and filially, that the Town Council is of opinion that Canning-place is a suitable site fur it. "Mr. Baring declared that the government is inclined to meet the wishes of the inhabitants, as expressed through the medium of their representatives in the Town Council ; that hr would lay our statements before the Lords of the Treasury, and that he had no doubt they would be guided by the opin►on of this 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 Chan cellor of the Exchequer, with Sir John Barrow, and with Mr, Charles Wood, the result of which was an assurance from those gentlemen, that in any change which the government might deem it necessary to make, the fullest attention should be given, and the greatest precautions taken to insure, nut only the regu lar and speedy conveyance of the ►nails but also as ample ac commodation for passengers as at present afforded, and that if, after a fair trial, the altered system should not prove satisfac factory, 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 far as practicable be introduced into a bill to be laid before parliament during the present session, for redressing the grievances, and preventing the frauds now complained of in this and other parts of the United Kingdom. " Your deputation begs to slate in conclusion, that the mem bers of her Majesty's government paid the most gratifying atten tion to the suggestions of this council, and received its deputa tion most courteously. "To Mr. Wainwright, agent, and to Mr. Cresswell, member for this borough, your deputation feel much indebted for their constant and zealous assistance. The TOWN-CLERK then read the following letter from the Lords of the Treasury : " Sir,—The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, having had under their consideration the subject of the removal of the PostotEce from its present situation to the Custom-house, at Liverpool, I am commanded by their lordships to inform von in reference to the site of the Postoffice, that this board anethe Post Master General consider their first object the convenience of the inhabitants of that populous and counnercial port :—that my lords apprehend, that upon a point so entirely of a local nature, the Town Council, selected by their fellow-townsmen, and having the means of knowing their opinion, would be best able to advise my lords, and to communicate what may be con sidered.as the wishes of the inhabitants in general. And their lordships are, therefore, desirous of obtaining the opinion of the Town Council whether they consider that the removal of the Postoffice 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 laying the subjects before the Town Council, and forward any communication with which they may favour the board. (Signed) "A. G. S HEA RM AN." The MAYOR said, although the opinion of the council had been so unequivocally expressed on a former occasion, he thought it right to take their opinion on the letter which had beets 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 BOOTH had great pleasure in proposing this resolution for the adoption of the council, because lie was very well convinced, that, on trial, the situation would prove a good one, especially with reference to the mercantile classes. This subject bad been so fully discussed at the last meeting, that he did not think it necessary further to trespass on their time. Mr. Councillor CURRIE 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. Alderman Evans and Mr. Alderman Shiel for the ability with which they had conducted the deputation in London. Mr. Alderman BooTH secuuded the motion, waich was uani mostly adopted. Messrs. BY ANS and SHIEL briefly returned their acknow ledgments for the compliment paid them. The MAYOR presumed he might consider the motion of Mr. Currie was confirmatory of the report. The TOWN-CLERK then read the following resolutions, pro posed by Mr. Booth. " Itesolved,—That the new Custom-house buildings wete 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 make a gift of a valuable site for the building, add to contribute a very large sum of money towards its construction. " That this Corporation, relying upon the contract with Go verninent being carried'into perfect operation, have expended, and are now in the course of expending large sums of motley 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 Majesty's Treasury. Mr. Councillor BRIGHT rose to second the resolution, and he would beg to add a few remarks. If he thought the removal of the post-office was likely to interfere with the tradesmen and inhabitants generally, instead of seconding that motion he would move an amendment on it. He begged to state that he believer: instead of interfering with the working of business, the post-office, if removed, would act - as it then stood, and the in habitants-wouhrreceive heti- letters In the same time and 1/lan= ner as they did now; and that in effect the convenience of the public would be pe-haps greater than it now was. The press had certainly represented the very opposite of what he had be fore stated. Siuce 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 on 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 opioiun which he had expressed on a former occasion. He had great pleasure in seconding the motion. Mr. Councillor ItssisnEar 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 neces sity whatever, because these persons ought - to be properly paid by salaries; and if the postmaster's salary was nut sufficient, it ought to be augmented from the General Pustoffice, and n o t out of the pockets of the people of Liverpool. He did not see why this town should be placed on 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 stealer 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 diff,rent footing. This would be effected if they bad proper receiving houses, and a proper number of persons to do their duty in delivering those letters. Ile 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 servicesof the postmaster, to whom he would give the same remuneration as at present, but in a different way. He had briefly expressed those opinions 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 MAY oa observed that the council would be aware that any further discussion on that point was out of order. The only question for discussion was as to the site of the Postoffice, but if M r. Ramsden would give notice of a motion thereon, it might be discussed at their next meeting; it was a very important point. Mr: Councillor Its NISI/EN then gave notice that he would bring the subject before the council en a !inure occasion. H e wished by no means to depreciate the services of Mr. Banning whom he conceived to be as valuable and efficient a public set , cant as could be. Mr. Councillor WOOLWRIG HT was aware, after the derision of the council, how unthankful an office it was to oppose the motion, but 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 mouths, when a dis cussion was led off by Mr. Leathum, on referring to a newspaper "is rpm LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SLAVERY. report of the proceedings. Out of twelve that spoke ou the ques thin, there eius only one [bat did nut ooject to the removal. tlu Was therefore so rewhat surmised at the change of opinion. lie Was Mill Satisfied. they were legislating- for toe few to the locuri venience of the many, hut he would out the couucri uu the question. _ Mr. Councillor EARLE said, in reference to the resolution, there was a part in which it was mentioned that all public offices should be in that building, and he hoped souse notice would be directed to the removal of the Stamp-office. There were rooms appropriated in the building fur the purpose. And its reference to Air. Ramsden's notice, he wished he and others would peruse —if they bad not already done it—Mr. Rowland Hill's pdtriph let on Pustoffice reform, and possibly by the next council meeting, it might be thought necessary to send a further tuetuorial to the Treasury. Mr Councillor PLATT rose to say that he was one of the twelve who went down and exaiuinei the site of the intended Postutlice, and he assigned as his reason for opposing the removal that from 'the state of the apartments' as they then appeared, he con ceived they were not satisfactory for a Pustollice; but at the last council meeting it was shown that the necessary alterations could be made at a trilling expense—Mr. Alderman Evans had stated about 1:100and then he thought they would be unobjection alde. it was not to the site but. to the rooms that the objections were made, fur he thought as to the site there could be none bet ter, and if the alteration could be made he fully concurred in the reonoval. If there were a sufficient number of receiving houses, the letters might even be despatched to the merchants with as much facility as in London. • Mr. Councillor \VOOLWItIGHT 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 CURRIE.—WeII, then, he has changed his Mr. Councillor PLATT said he must have been misreported. The MA volt said that discussion was becoming somewhat out of order, and he called upon Mr. Councillor StiEIL, Mr) bad risen to address the council, said, (handing to Mr. Ilan 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 arrangement of the build ing ; that the rooms weae so dark that they could nut distin guish between a sovereign and a shilling. But now it appeared that objection could be done away with so trifling an expense, that the w h o l e o f t h at part o f 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 dune away with. Ile should have been sorry if it went abroad uncontradicted, 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 theta, 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 LEATFIOM said Mr. Woolwright had alluded to him as having led off the discussion, of which he had a report in his hand. He then certainly did state that the internal ar rangements were objectionable, the building being dark. lie also considered the locality nut a good one, but finding 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 £62,000 more than the estimated cost of it, he thought they ought to make the building as available as possible, after spend ing so inuch of the public money, and therefore he could not divide the council on it, which he thought would be unanimous. lie still thought the locality was not the best. The MAYOR then put the question to the council, and decided that the " Ayes" had it. PETITION FOR THE IMMEDIATE TOTAL ABOLITION OF NEGRO The MAYOR 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 in a calm deliberate way, to avoid any useless expressions of irtitation that conflicting interests might call forth, and to conduct the discussion iu 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 he availed himself of the courteous permission of the council to announce his intention to bring forward this sub ject at the next meetin ,, of the council: and of course by that announcement 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 affirded 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. He, however, thought it right, before entering upon the discussion to state, that, if any gentlemen were known to be absent from 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. He 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 an importunity to express his opinion thereon. If there was no objectioo to his proceeding he should conclude that no objection existed. After a short pause, he proceeded. Ile entered rully into the spirits of the mayor's remarks, with which he had thought it his duty wisely to introduce the discussion. There was, perhaps, no 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 the moment, any strong expressions should escape him, he hoped he should be pardoned .- Ile could not introduce that subject to their notice without adverting for a single moment to the very satisfactory change which bad taken place on that paint during the last half century. Liverpool had possessed, he would not say enjoyed, a sad and unevitable preeminence respectina slavery, and the town-coun cil of that borough had, in Oast ages, taken thelead in the efforts which had been made in ehforcing and perpetuating the system; and the 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 nue/ altered in that respect most gloriously and satisfactorily, and no candid mall could reflect on the change is hich had taken place without being grateful, and being constrained to acknow ledge that we owe much to the progress of an enlightened liber alism, and the genuine influence of Christian principle and Christian knowledge, a consequence of which was that the town council of that great community was convened, not for the purpose of upholding oppression,' but for the more benevolent and suitable purpose of taking into consideration and he trusted of adopting a measure the object of which was the justice of proclaiming universal freedom to every subject of Victoria's crown, of every colour and of every clime—unconditional and perfect freedom. ( Hear, hear.) They were aware that such was not the case at that moment. An act had passed the im perial parliament in the summer of 1833, having for its object the abolition of slavery in th e co l on i es an d th e d e p e nd e n c i e s of the British crown. That act presented one of the most splendid triumphs of Christian philanthropy awl genuine bene volence which had been recorded is the history of mankind. fogy saw there a great people under the conscientious influ euce 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 stealing, in order to the removal of the great evil of slavery. It was a noble attempt, which re flected the highest 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, had not been the case; a different course had . been followed. U n d er th e gu id a nce of a mistaken philosophy, 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 benefitted, and that our colonies would be endangered by the change ; and, therefore, it had been deemed proper that there should be an intertnermediate, a purgatorial process, through which the negro should pass, that the crimes engendered by slavery might be purged, and the slave fitted for the 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 the 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 manner 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, wavin4 that for the present, he altogether objected and demur red to the principle, that any contract had taken place. He 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 tit render obedience to the laws, and not to stipulate the conditions on which that obedience should be rendered. (Hear.) Beyond that, he contended, neither the legislature nor the planter bad any just or equitable power to order and make, as the subject matter of that contract, a bargain to deprive the aggro o • f the use of his own body and his own mind, and the title, the inalienable title of the negro to his personal freedom— tor 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 for four or six years; and he con feuded, no power existed on earth, nor ever d id exist, by which the inalienable right of any man to the u se of his own body and mind could be taken away and placed at the disposal of another. The whole compact therefore was founded en fraud and injustice, and ought never to have taken place in He was addressing an assemblage, all of whom , he trusted, without exception, how ever much they might differ their views, and would 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 mei precepts by which they were bound to guide their conduct. He would, therefore, make no apology for quoting fruits the sacred Bible. In the book of Psalms there was language peculiarly appro priate to that subject. The psalmist in addressing the supreme Being, says, " shall the throne of iniquity have falsehood to themselves, which promote mischief by a law ?" and if ever there was ap 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 human 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 be infringed, the extent to which unrequited labour, and toil should be exacted, the extent to which the rights, and privileges of all men should lie trampled on ; and that where individuals were charged with no crime, and were as fully en titled to the enjoyment of their own privtliges as any other human beings on toe face of the earth. lie contended that the whole of that enactment, so far as the apprenticeship system was concerned, was founded in fraud and injustice. The party who gave the negro over 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, anti He who looked down from his sanctuary had solemnly declared, that the government which is guilty of making such enactments i s o a il inThe o f iniquity." Let them never shrink for a mo ment from carrying out their principles to their full, and fair, and legitimate results. What was the helpless negro who laid at their feet, concerning whom they claimed the right to legis late without the sliohest limitation to their wishes—hu:nan be ings of the same order wire themselves, occupying the same rink iu the creation of God —the offspring aad image of their A onigto y parent (hear) possessing the saute constitution and frame of body—the same talents and faculties,—minds of the same responsibility, the seine immortality. Whateeer belongs of right to loan belongs to him, for he is a man (hear), and to deprive him of any of his natural rights is as great au act of injustice, oppression and tyranny, as to despoil in the same way a peer of the realm or a prince of the blood. The negro stood iu 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 iu the land. He well knew that the twelfth clause of the emancipation bill enacted from and after the Ist of August, with the exception ofeertain disabilities previously enacted, the negro should be " to all iutents 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 negro's rights on which all the others rested. It went to establish a system which imposed upon him what was inconsistent with freedom, and made lion a serf attached to the soil, bound to labour for one individual and no other, and placed him in dependence on that individual for his daily support; and under such circumstances could anything in the na ture of liberty exist ? That 12th section was bitter mockery of the negro, adding insult and derision to the injury previously inflicted upon him; and keeping him, notwithstanding that 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 lie ought to possess of carrying his own labour to the best market, to employ himself on whatever avocatiun 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 in search of employ went fur his own advantage. The negro possessed all these rights—inalienable he contended they were, and not to be taken away without injustice—and it th ise were taken away he could have no other, for 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 hint the power even in this country to prohibit a body of people from working for any one but for 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 nation to play the tyrant, and make them feel that they were slaves. And if that was the case iu 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 taw 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 one 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 abhoreuce. 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. His 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 yearw and a half. It had been tried and the question was, had it answered it s object, and the expectations of the legislature that adopted it ? On this issue lie 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 contract by the payment of the twenty millions 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 for his master, and performed his part of the contract, that the planter had flagrantly and systemati eally violated that contract, and on that ground alone they were now entitled to ask the legislature for immediate manu mission, and to set the question 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 moment 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 in 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 frotn 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 184 subject only to the obligation of a temporary apprenticeship, the British slave, from the period of that act coming into operation, should become and he 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 which were in 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 bad introduced that act to the House of Commons. He bad 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 passing 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 punishment—in which he shall have the full enjoyment of his domestic ties—in which he shall not be compelled to see those that are nearest and dearest to him insulted by punishment or liable to degradation—in which his evidence shall nut be disputable in a court of justice—in which his right to property of 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 time, 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 thatdistinguished 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. 'lshere 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. it 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 tke 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 tages which it was the intention of the imperial parliament to confer on the slave: but he believed that he was correct in saying that up to the present hour, there did not exist in the colonies any enactment that came up to the requirements and stair • it of the imperial act, and that the neg,roapprentice remained entirely under the caprice, the will, and wish of his master, and dependent on him under all circumstances attending his labour. It was provided that prmdial slaves should be employs d in home fed colonies, where a certain portion of land was allotted to them, and that the slave should work 40,i hours a oveek. 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 without 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 was 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. and by that arrangement he had the half of Friday for the cultivation of his ground for his own support. Now they had the statement of the Marquis of Sligo that the nine hours' system was advantageous to the master as the eight hours; yet many of them, from mere caprice or love of annoyance, insisted on the men working eight hours aolav the first four days of the week and eight and a half on the Friday, thus depriving the negro of the opportunity of labouring for his own subsistence, and that, the Marquis of 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 land 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 hint sufficient time for the cultivation of his ground, and in many inalances 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 geutlemen around him might ascertain them for 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 farnaciuus feud, most important of all to the slave, which was allowed to them by law when in slavery. There were oneor two points incidental and apparent, to show the animus of the planters towards the negroes to which he would advert. There were certain advan tages and indulgencies, as they were called and allowed under the former system, which were not forced by law, but customary indulgences constantly afforded the gangs in the fields, but tint included in the letter of the law, and therefore it was now con tended that they could not be enforced as the word iu the act was maintenance, and not indulgence. It was the custom, when in slavery, and working under a tropical sun, to employ song that were not able to perform other labour, as water carriers, to carry water to quench the thirst of the slave. But as this indulgence was not secured by the law, it was withdrawn. 'I he water carriers were not permitted to attend gangs in the fields. and in consequence it frequently happened that the slave, la bouring under the heat of a vertical sun, left his labour for a 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 tune 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 food was not cooked for them—they had to cook it for themselves in the interval of labour, and therefore the interval of rest had ceased to be an interval of rest at all. (llear, hear.) He men tioned that, though a trifling thing, to show the animus which guided the masters in the administration of the law. On the subject of punishment, he must remark, there was decisive evi dence that the condition of the negro 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. He held in his hand a short statement drawn from a tabular view, of the amount of punishment inflicted in differ ent colimies for a certain period of time deducted from official returns, evidence which could not be contradicted. In the table they had the view (tithe punishments inflicted in Jamaica, Barbadties, British Guiana, Grenada, and St. Lucia, and he found that in the firs: 22 months—from the Ist of August, 5834, to the 31st of May, 1836—the total I unishments were 09,440, of which 17,050 %sere by flogging, on whom e sh ti g i i ta b l y amount of - lashes inflicted was 353,601, and 82,390 pui went, hard labour in penal gangsohe-tread-mill, ettlitary con- JAN Li A.RY 26, 1638.- finement, confThement in dark cells, fines, &c. A great portit of these punishineots were inflicted at the will of the special magistrates, without any pwer of appeal from his decision on the part of the apprentices; and many of the offences were of • the nature of insolence, ;is it was called!; almost anything might be called insolence, for which they suffered the infliction of 20 lashes ; and absen c e fr om wor k t o ge t a d ro p o f water to quenc h 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 ever cease under any circumstances: it was a distinct provision of the emancipation act that women should not be subject to the lash. Had that be en ac t e d upon ? N u, t h ere was d ec i s i ve evidence that the flogging continued in Jamaica to the present hour. And , how was th a t b roug h t a b out? Wh y, b y a l egal quibble. ' l 'he apprenticeship system enabled the special justice to send poor wouten to a prison, dud to the tread-mill, and there the apprenticeship law left th em , an d t h e y came un d er t h e oper ation of the colonial law of p r i son di sc i p li ne, w h ere 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 commonwealths 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 handed them over to the civil power, after convicting them of heresy, and the civil p o w er b urne d t h em. 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 mercy. 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 /o the tread-mill in an advanced state of pregnancy, and there she was flogged 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 mill, 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, atter remonstrating with the keeper. " I cannot leave my picaninny on the flop." She took it away with her own hands, arid with a hoe 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 settlemeu twas dancing the treadmill, and writhing under the lash of some monster in huuman form, and the piercing cries she uttered were ascending to beavers ; and, if they, without remonstrance, suffered this horrible system to go on, the God of justice might well say, "it is the v o i ce o f thyfellow-creature's blood that crieth unto 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 hail not been acted on in the colonies ; but he would not 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, 1814 the master had no in terest in them, and became indifferent to their preservation, and it was a wet knovin 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, be thought, to show that the position from which he set out in his address, that the planter had 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 lave the whole s)stein 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 in 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 any other method were resorted to, it would certainly fail. He knew many gen tlemen who were of opinion that the it int 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 from a want of a pro ber 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 regard to the Condition of the colonies was utterly nugatory , because it want e d th e execut i ve principle— the existence of the means of the executive to carry it into effect." He apprehended that that remark was precisely true just now, as much so as it was when made. In order to the making of any law effective which had fur 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 whollyi impossible 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 he coinplained,. his com plaint might be deemed frivolous and recoil on himself in punishment, the negro sank down in desponding submission, and the pla.nter.had no inclination to carry the law into effect, • he had the power but not the will. - The law we. m a de against himself; it was against his own ma' -'iractices that - the law ivas directed, and it was against reason to suppose that a man could he 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 ma j or ity of those sent out as special justices had drank m 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, snore than that, it was the only safe course, and he stood firmly on the ground of evidence when he made that assertion. The cuckoo cry of the pro- s lavery p art y, i n a ll p er i o d s , h a d j us t b een thi s , "insubordinati o n 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. '('here 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 employ labourers, lived in continual dread from the labourers they employed, if they used them with any degree of justice and 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 saftetv to the end of his days. But such had not been the case 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? '!' his his roust, in the very nature of things, have produced on their minds resentment and hostility; and if their spirits are broken by this conotict,' 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. H. warned them not to be too sauguine 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 In the classification of slaves, which had taken place into prandial and non-prmilial, the prandial labourers h av i ng an apprentice ship of six years to undergo, and the non-prandial four years, tnere was abundant eviden ce t o s h ow that gross f rau d s were practised on the negro; that a very large portion of the non pimdial slaves in British Guiana had been classed amongst the prmdials. Large numbe rs o f appren ti ces were an ticipating that their deliverance was at hand in the month of August, 1838, 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 bold man indeed who could look at such things without apprehension. It was the last drop which made the cup overflow, and pe r h a p s th e l as t d ro p w hi c h 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 measure perfectly safe to the colonies and highly advanta geous to the planters themselves, inflicting no injustice through out the kin g dom. Let the trumpet of the jubile sound through out the len gth 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. 'l'o carry out those views which he had already stated, he entreated the council to present petitions to b ot h houses of parliament, praying them to bring the apprenticeship to an end on the Ist of August, 1838. For this purpose he had prepared a petition, and put d into the hands of the Town-clerk, who would do him the favour to read it, and he would sit down. He considered 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 pen mit him to say that he had a settl e d conv i ct i on, an d un d er that conviction he felt it his duty to co me f orwar d on th a t 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 th e con di t i on o f t h e apprent i ce, and to lift him up from the deep degradation, natural and moral.. in which slavery bad involved him; nothing had been done that had the slightest tendency to communicate the substantial blessings—to spread abroad the imperishable glories of British law,aud British religion in those gloving ref/iota of .the