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THEATRE ROYAL I►RI'RY-LANE.

THE LATE M surrkt. •4 -
A great number of petition. were that promoted, praying for sh
investigation into the proceedings against the late Mr. Stnlh, 1.1:4
issionary at Demerara, by the following Members :- s •
From the °meow* Auxiliary Missionary boc:ety, by IL. Kitt-
well ; from Br' h, by Mr. Whitmore; leers 4,lwratele...
under.byne, and live other places lathe potteries of S:affddr.Mre..
by Mr. liittleton ; from Pia-'stow in Ewa. hr allr. Dutti
from the cite of Peterbeecagh, by Sir Robert Ham t ban Caret
mouth and Portant, by Mr. Carter r front the city of Gloucester,
by Mr. B. Cooper; from Yeovil, in Somersetehire„b; Sir T. Leth-
bridge there from Meriemethshire, by Mr. C. W. Wynn ; front
Devises, in tillutdre, hy Mr. Heiketh : from e tang/weber of
Dissenters in the eitySif Lor.dan, and from e.nother ftt, Whitt-am, •
in FAWN, by Mr.% .S.rnitb ; fawn Wins/dale end Selby,-en Vieth-
shire by Mr. John Weeoey born: Plymouth, Donport bid-
mouth, ifingshridge aid liid,t-Terd, by gal% demo!: tom: Ran-
ford, in Eons, by tr,E. Harneyt front Ttelard,-in by.
Mr. R. Colborne; ffinhana, In Sevier, by. Mr. I.hriteht ; f ern
Koseederetigh, by Mil 'Tierney; fresh \i/or.htng, ir. elemet, bet
Lord J. Russell ; iiont ,yuces Aram and Swindoo, be Mr. 1.1.
Phillips; freer. :abridge, (.:Aneroid, Leenaington aid Nanette am
by Dr. LU3liirk-mn ; f:oni the tinitariitis of liceor-le-Moors. In.
Lancashire, by 31r. Eurce ; and from Soutlisaips in, by Mr.
Brougham. 44.•
Mr. BROWNLOW mated, dist he bed beta fens
the Missionary Society of Aritagh, stating that they had forwarkel
to him a petition on this suli;ect, but it had not rescued
Mr.BROII6IIA 31 then rate to helm forward titer usotien of
which he had given notice, and admeesed the House to the follow.'
ing effect t 1 coolers, ear. in brioglitg fireweed this qaenioc, I feel,
somewhat surprised when I contrast the frame ,t it has se.
cited out of this Home with the very great Militia:race *hilt lF
1. know mists within these .-Is, or rather 1 should 11311.,.6 Flaw&
disguise the fact, that notwithstanding all the anxiety that Ordh.
as to this queerain throughout all parts of Ilse kingt:om, there win
various quarters in House, -and amongst ethers in ;ome quar-
ters where least of all I theta hare expected it, a titling et apathy
[ towards it, or. perhaps: I ought to Say, a very oonsiderabled.nr4sef
aversion. I regret, Sir. that this fesheg aim oath some ta &ma'
who me ever alive to all other questions touching cases of iodivi-
dual liarlelvs, acts of °emcees by power, in asions of constitu-
tional righti, or infractions of public 4iberty. To my surprisei
Sir, these men view ibis quedims with, as it see to me. only one
disposition, namely, to mad the trouble of calowt,, totjsa details,
and therefore I tied them ready to ma:. leery' eicuse to ebrit.k.
from the labour which they sir desirous of avadire. Oile aslr
me, what signify to us praceedings affecting the iniaehitana of
the o her side of the globe? As if LLD very anew". tam*
separates them from us-as if, because they happea irbei.P;Met
beyned the immedise mate .f chub Ilot:se. 4:U3'4'e fieing
therefore deprived or the beturtrt itf representation ara.orrg, us, wag
not the very best reason ter our interference. Then, says ariateer,
Oh ! all these meetings. petitions, ansl anxieties out a doors, 334
among a fen misguided individuals within the Hoag, ere L•333Ut
a patty 3lislioncry econectel with the liethsatii, at 'tome other
sects like them.. This is :he first time I have laird in this gam.
aid I hope 1 shallniever bear h again repeated. that the wet kneel
of the sufferer, the unprotected state in which he may sand
single and alone against poesy. ;a a anon why we :held
shut our ears against his eomplsirts: Butt en, I am add phis is
only a matter contenting the Methodists, and such of people
Suppose it is. Sir, • will come to the point. and apeak.a word
hateful perhaps to some eats. beet for the cake of eleaweee and
brevity mammy to my use on this occasion. 1 have yet tobern,
that because men do belong to that class separated, from us by thatdifferenceof religions belief ranch their name implies, and
be-
cause greatly to their begone they have fiat the wennest cannon in.
the treatment of this missionary, we. their representatives, oche
Dot to feel reiterated in these traneactiotts 'Mute .Mr. /mate
was no Methodist. The Medway Society; by t?begt•be
sent out, are not Methodists. They are the Church issionarp
Society, eareactnl of church/hen and dissenter". Unhappily, he
was an independent, one of-that numerous and conscientious al-
lalitteed• and much to be v.cstamed. clue of 'digests papa. ea
acalunt of the universal and unqualified tabulation they hisagirso
practited--rnen to whom, in all .ages, this country. heis and a
debt of she deepest gratitude ; and if tber, Was
agarss....
dams driven to exceeds, which have called
then In to eyes of some, and if to a certain thief
have deserved to receive seene.saarks of blame; yet taking dem
altogether. I shall be ilia lost to admit, lad eve meet *idly
to proclaim, them to be I else of men, whet its the gunny. 0,
their lives rivalling the early Clecietiens, with the acid mane
and the courage of heroes, founded bY esel4llololl our zellek'n
liberties. (hear, hear.) In one respes.,thom sumo altazt.
1 eminence of glory among all relimens•aTheir
I absolute and unq
us
ualified, and *yam t justly elided 1,
be • esteemed the neat liberal hod 44 *meet'
rirte to say, have Male • vela oar apse a- .
teseeds eacalionce. AR shat.-1 "abhor:els
of this Heise will set allow themselves to
by that which after all is mere or less a wart of wreedie tq t.
subject-that they will net safer their indoleoce to prevewaillg.
from entering into the details of a question, which beteated en .
of these doors an unexampled degree of intact. • Met abed an -
tirely on its own merits, it ought equally .m ham lawful Ihri.
mrefulAnd.meady attention. I siSsle' andsout tastier ream,
proceed at once to the 7uestioot psi thellthave eaceent to,Mispit
at meat length ea teseratiame of the Mouppc. My. obseepr.se,
against the whole proceedings had .snout 31r. Sandi., „eßini-
hear.) Munn the barnairtg to she aide( them I charge Menthei:
being a violation of leader., even of its most ordinary -Tormes a.
well as of its whole seistenee and earogree.,../irreir ki the .laisson
of modern times had.l the misfortuas to violas such v course o,
outrages, in a processing calling itself. o*nlicialmoceeding, -. phi •
is not my solitary opinion. I ben healit entertained by all to
whom I have molten on the making, and for drat purpose I have
tried person of all classes and of all pulls. I ham esksiLtht
members of-the
that
to whisk I base, as well asOhm,
and they admit that sucks albs DIM 14 vithia theif mimosa.
I have never met with eine inception te ddematement • .but,en Me
contrary, the more the proceeduip ate beitstinto, remerthe
entente bestowed on the details, the mew templets and .oaqua-
lified has been the assent of the parties to whore I have spoken. that
there was. a beech of law even in the most ordinary-fames under
which justice has. ever been administered. (Hear.) 1t will bane.
mew to call the attention of the Home in the filet plan, to that
unpeeoedented step by which limersor Murray excited -the alarm
of the adonis**. is consequence of sane nesolutiopeodoptedby
thiadleme lass Session, wad the Addresagrowing meg' it. mrsana
instructions were transmitted to the colonies, enameling Mama to
Demerara. Whether this sus the ber:upausibie comae to may into
afest,the resolutions of this .14cersei whether in seediewlewe the
instrustions did nee go 100 ?0,-whale in another they stepped shirt ;
.o
whether it was fitting to .fii4 ilibareialmation.of Wet ladies°.
ciety, mammal as it is of a few mestere aid an infinite somber
slaves, hititermsecustomed to know their masters. and seethe smd-
hol of their authority in the lash of the whip; whetherrit w kart
to begin by attacking that • symbol, and hyprovitifierforlapher it
&slue, are questions Into which I will not enter. it Mot the
inatriereas were sent (air and arrived at Memerssa some tome-be-
fore the 7th of July. (,to that day they had been received wad Wei
upim. Oast alarm appellee instantly to have been eyelid lank
feverish anxiety was mania-seed on the . part of line meows, which
wan immediately ammoniated to the mmoes,ltihriy ciforlieru are
employed we hatsehohl servana, Situ therehire have evayeppor-
tunity of becoming wits:U.4W with the leslingsand ssetiamets of
theiroassters. Same dattemnee of opinion seems to have enivailed
aenoowe thennOne anartime was held,and adjourned a ittoutemning
to any imaelesion. A second took plate, and nothing waedone. ',here
was moister adjournmeart, ard then there was • third Meeting
lliseassion then took place, hut not of a vielsat a Irritate* dia-
meter ; and nevertheless fear and irritation were produced's( 'Mutt
the negroot almost necessarily partook. Strange, however,. is say,
the oily way of allaying these fears nevi even suggested issaif to
the authoritiee there; they mode no allowance toe the peculiar
situation of affairs, that is, a mean to my, it never sugxerwed
to the heads of affairs to promulgate at once what it was to which
they war disposed to assent. Time 1111M01-411 unfortunate delay
took plate for week aaer week, wad up to the- period of that la-
mantable occurrence, which eve" man, I believe, laroesse-no
order, that is, no authoritative order, was trued. cithe to the white
MD or the negroes. Amin:meal of six or seven weeks was allowed
to elapse Irvin the time the Govereo: received his inernetiona, the
7th July to the llkh of Angola. ohm that melancholy result ...-
carted. which 1 cannot antliciently deplore. The whole -i lie
evidence taken at Mr. tlmith'n trial *hew, the previous vanter.ce
in the colons oc alartu in all; lett then all the questions the
negroes mad • area were like these—Has any thing amen.:
out from Ragland for us ? Is not the King of Eitgland our
t /tend ? Have we not frien m
ds in Pali: mint e TIMM were
heir questions • aid here let tie say she which I have often
'said here and elsewhere--here let me Mate remit a tiactlin• which,
before I had the honour of a Seat in this House. l Lave itivaciably
initintainal-a doctrine fully justified by my repair:me of men
end things,-hen then let ms say, that in attatiCe to our whim fellow_
subjects, as well as to the nes:wen-Alin, Ile-the-bye, have been ma.
tinucd the victims of cur cruelty. injusdie, and mepoiiev, in cider
to maintain the present sloe of ;society in the West Indies say
then that nothing has bees so fatal as the pentane* of a dark and
mysterious system a policy--Isealing to doable, and • thous doubell
, which, in mercy to the black anon, and in justice to the whits man,
should be removed ; to take a Way that alternate bresn'and. foar„
that the Parliament of England bad decided epee the reales
and unjusti liable emancipatiow of she Degrees t Hear, bear.) This.
in place of being a boon to he riegroa, would le,the very
reverse; and tbis-1 state for the sake of all who are cateerned
Cut epics:ion. While these hopes and ban prevailed-while con-
fusion and alarm thiekennl. those peareediags occurred width 1
asld every thinking man must eartaiely -lament; It happened, Sic
that Mr. Smith otticiatcd for six yea's, and obtained a universal
cleave of mimeo for his moral eenduct. He had the love and ye-
neratton not only Gillis own Rack, bee of all his neglibotus, who
note aureated towards him by an iable and anal, more/ dm
poetment, united to a pious seal foe the improvement if warders
of his fellow.mea lif this and and this lush natality the, gapers
furnish to us only part of thamoof-of the tondo°, ebidt Use
adduced at the tine About three damage the revolt. Ala &lilt
was deemed Iran his home. The smelt itself was enhateatiaal
quelled when he was drmrged from his k‘....•1. wyawal saved
tame to secammodate Ain:self with necessaries-hi& these nemesia
ties, whit:4, in such a el,mete, were Ibsifiately necessary to preserve