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.-21U1 SEASoIY.

oui 1,,

diseght 5.1 eve one we, twee recently
by captions awl refreshing simmer*, with Inch, Inter.
tale of maishine, which, last three wrtks, Ire
motivated the face of aatare,sail called fll!. • wound Byrum
is the saladk f mitenia, lite a brantiftil iiirsist playing in
the lap a • dell kbairs., whose other elfsprio•Z are ft/4,1M
npr—What Audi car be ward awe ! A loinZred—ai *Oho
sierl—a e. g. Appleh, 'thin' years of scarcity, are
so abundant that they are absolutely a dreg i inashroema
spring.np nt peraevetirgly, that the meadows in a somatic
are white weer with Orem, and it is to he feared that mime
people may be sarfeited wills calm! ilargi .to 'nem, mot
others poisoned with mot ratieg.thein bGt loadeateola
io their sued t—Osioaa bare bare so seance; lira ilbera were
gelato pipets Gil. • few litchi growers; lot wow, Oh
the hero is the ploy, they may "_Au weep;" for smell ao
plies of this Ugly vegetable are ass's frt.. abroad, 116041 m
meat owed seer be lei;tiemin by those who love it —The
oaks this year lave math co•wasatir assnlities cif
scenes, that the arm rot without* swinges* diet nay per.
baptlia. cared alive and honed into butt leather instead of
bacon, by the Smooth s, prime Ida 4: °ire more—but of seek
fowls. there is no red—Hops are se I.lestiful that mma
wapalizers are bt to Meg Wine Ives,atite having Wag their
hopes ea rake Ihmialled them, sad on which (sfenial* vit.
kittens pen way Itg snowed ea • moot vitiators& , ceiswien),
the kept has au ISMSMot there was an •esis for their kegs*.
though there to ample aecommurlstioa theistaelows, New the
piddle' is imeei—Bet we have gait into a foolibh weir, sad at
will be wise lo mat no more.—(fialgitela triCJ

Mo.
IRONER'S INOULIT.

0. Friday eininight an leggiest was take@ st aurlbag-
lisin, le Norfolk, before Jobe Pilgpint. Gent Cannier. on
mew .1 the belly MasjesniaMoles. • lad about II years
of age, who was kinini Mast monde, by • bell below,* to
11. N. Burros'les, Bag. It appearedabot Ile bey ass in it..
habit uf teasing and isritatieg the animal, sod bad bets
repesitillp onstiirorril not to go smut lii.e any wime. It wa.
also peeved in evideace that the bull was quiet. but had
lately Amu. sense synglittions of a Melte to run at people.
Mr. Ilmersaglire's Steward bad, pekoe to the arrival ar thr
Groom, takes &very primer peeeantio• lu prevail a Mae&
Mira of such a niebuseboly widget.
After • minute iiieemigatinn the Jury Moroni • verdict
of--" Agekleatal Death," sad • deudaad was aseirsacil us
the bell.

Os themigy last William Cock, of Tbeifotd, carpenters
was committed to Their Jed G4Ol, by John Burrell Faits awl.
FAgle Willett. napes. fee breaking into the cuusstisg.hnisos
of Meares. Gills, otereimots, he Thetford, oboist three o'clock
on &today morning, which he effected by Andean up e
pole, estering the roof of the budding, and thee breaking
'brooch the ceilisie of the coussisz•roosn. Me. John Pewter,
oho is in She employ of ileums. Gills, slept in se adjoining
MOM, who, on bearing a seise, lIIIMS Sol nest to the tomato
higAssom Jai:rim/ore be heard distinctly • ream strikiesg a
light: be immediately took • piitol is each bawd and rusise,t
iutis,ibe roost, Where be booed Coek, who was then retool,.
log some halfpesee from • desk which hr had broke. opei• ;
he prometed OUP of the pistols at Cock, who seemed to two.
surreadered„ but on Mr. Potter's turning round to see *hrr-
the &marls but been made, ICAeli seized mod or One of to.
arms, sod a long streak ensued; Mr. Putter fired off no I
of the pistols, the boll from Odds just parsed Cock's bead.
Me. Pollee spin got the odeasitege; Cork threw wr tht
wiselomAgelsi Mr. Putter pulled the ether pistol three liner,
hot it missed Are; the villain observing ibis, threw himself
ail at the window, a disclose* of 13 fret 1. ono the growl,
having his hat, • hammer, a saw, a bac, tiodor•kos, matcht O.
lie. Cock effected his escape, but Viils •plocelpicodeal al Lop.
icon the rime an,. Another arcs:tut, which we b nee r.-
reived, states tient in the struggle the rolittur finding 'f
bard pressed, rot hi. band in hi, pocket, and gild, " t
• pistul too," whiels enured Mr. Putter to step betel a ••a. •
or two, when Cock iostantonernsly 'blew up I** *SA, a .4
pritiptialsd blamed into tbg attett.

I

MI

•

ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE.

ADDRESS TO THE ALLIED SOVEREIGNS AT AIX-
LA-CHAPELLE.

(Cowieled from our Paper .1 Saturday.)

But let it sat he is:mired that this dreadful scourge is
indlieted epos Arvin by the hawk of the French only; pr .
setters of other oatioos, assessing any lag screen's hest'
with the* relosinaligkews, have towered the shores of Africa,
end SUM their virsoils with the nishappy victims of these
cries.* whit 11. y hail excited ; out only she Portage's* and
hAer ItOrlle ass esieniive part in these enterprises,
lint she sit of the Voised Mater, the Dutch, the English
thrinutieuticulune therylietves wailer the dap of other ua.
MIMI, have go oprratril in-lhir omit of destruction. It criss•
Ise proved, shit fries the urigiss of this ialnimaa trase,
Akin has sever suffered more from its rumps than daring
part of she time which has elapsed sine* the reestahlisbment
of peace in the civilosql world. Worthless men of every other
conotry seem to hare basely conspired to nip is the buil, tlits
hope of the happiness, and of the civilisation of Africa,
sail to frustrate the benevolent intentions of their Soversigog
in favour of 11.1 iiisheppy portion uf the salvers,.
eliseisisie the reuses which have aggravated this
fel rvil in pi extraordinary a manner, it is only use= to
ieplaio the au w circumstances in which the Slave is
pissed.
The restoratiirn of prom deprived Great SAW, of the
right, which a state of war gave her. of examining and de.
fainter ship on the high seas; a right which gave her Ile
oppnriaasty of detecting the illicit trailess, under whatever
dipreiue they may contest themselves. lies crakes, costa
an longer visit, either as the high seas or on the coast yf
A/ Ise, vivo* cameleer the Sag of any other Power • sod, at
the muse time, these Powers adopted iso measure fir sever.
log the 'meat tog of she prohibitive lawe, which they them-
selves bad mark, respeetiag this object, or to superintend
the madam of their subjects is pliers so very remote. This
neglect, perhaps, was set voluntary; but Ind they resorted
to the nowt active momis•of suppression, still ounsevons
frauds mid solstorfers would have arises. If there be •
Pint* ihr. which other 4overisniests consider themselves
bowed In respect, sod which the Power to which it belongs
either sill not or vomit prevent from covering • prohibited
elver, that fag will be user by all slave-dealers, sad will
serve to proton their miss
ladepeodeatly uf the* causes, the cora-

soismeid by Ike Great Potrero of [woos Rimiest this ea.-
sareee. kawrise firioloeril • geoersl belief that eflasions
oirs•rires will be takes fur its ileinitiire abolition, sllilsbnlifil
ties who, prsareute it were roariaced the greatest activity
was arressary ie the seerisitiois of their eriwiloal
Ilene? this 5r:616610s become more alterative, sa.l its roils
are so rumours that these infamous mew are minced, in or-

der in serum them, to brat, all the flingers of penalties and
ronli.eatiesu. The idea of the danger is besides diminished
in their ►yer. irletu they consider the vast meant of the coast
eif 411i;e8, skirl, canoed be guarded on every p t, and
whit+ this al/ords great /*citifies foe their studs escaping

rapture.
Eat though, in point of fart, little or no profess. has
hitherto bees made towards the effective abolition of the
Slave Trade; though, on the contrary, it is but too ?retain
Skit since the Free, of Paris this trade has •ugssiessted; the
rawer of beniaeity has, however, gained by the retoguitioa
et' pe iseiples which seem to famish a valid ba.is fur the adirp.
t too of ulteroor measures of derisive efficacy.
The inevitable iniquity of this traffic his been solemnly
sehnowkdge I by all the Great Pirwrn of Europe. Some
• by Treaties, solemnly bused tliemsehres to i,tutal '
suppression. Spans and IsoitlsfAi, thesiely la-Oates that
atilt antlowise it, lave consented to deliirern%urth Atka
fom its rsi AT,WP. and to limit it entirely to the smells of the
Equator Spain bag agreed to 4olisli it coseletely is May,
1120. We have, however, alreaJl desituaWAteil she inuti-
lity of sliest promises, value means be adored for giving
them the fore. necessary to their felelnient.
It must further be gratefully ackauwkdgesl, that an is w..
tartan' step luererds remerlyieg these evils has been made,
I.y th. Conventions which Great Britain has rectally con-
e:riled with Portugal, Opal% sad Holland. The nieleal
secession therein contabsed of a asorlilled right of search,
for the purpose of &reflecting and prisishisg those who Mi.
title trade in slaves, will doehtloss, when acted upon, place
ronsederable übmacks is the way of the Muir, by ships
▪ under the respective lags of dine countries; but
what Las already been experieweed its the history of the Slave
Trade, proves how little capable this measure Is of pro.
e.sicisie its entire suppressive. The ofeimlers wilt still Gird
f one fag that will protect them from the right of search,
end permit them to continue their traffic is blued, in deli.
*nee of human and divine laws.
Fr•Ne44 sad even Portugal sod Spain, it must be nano.-
I -dged, have enacted pecuniary penalties, with the tier, of
imposing a reaming, us their ri tractor, subjects; but these
penalties are nut of • nature to arrest its their course suet.
lucrative Mosey for if a single *devalues succeed, it will
prove au ample indeassificatiun for all the losses ridultiug
from several colitis...times.
In the midst of these embarrasaing J 444144, what is the
trivet proper plan to a.l..pt ? Such is the question trewhieh
i I is the obj. et of this Address to direct the atteatios glow
Majesties.
Spall. And Portersl are the only two Power., to the tub.
jects of whkh it is mow trolly permitted to cantina, the
trade in Negroes. Spoils has stlpulelee that this commeree
shrill erase, as far as regards herself, every where sad fire
ever, usi she 30di Bey, ISile But Bully's! liar not est Axed
tiny deaneries(' period for the entire renonelation aftlietraffie.
A preliiiiiiisry et. p s bids appears to be indispensably meet*
sary, should be to utitaiu tic consent of this Government to
prescribe the same Inuits to iii hick Spain has already adopted.
Assnreillyebis Christian Power will nut wish to remain the
▪ one stained is Oh the blot of this guilty traffic, when it
shall have heel, proscribed by all the rest of the civilised
universe, stud after haring Itself, to the Fitt of Europe, cur-
correct to denounce it as unjust, Immortal, sad haebaroall.
But if it were poseible that Portugal should wish to pinto
in this trade, to contempt of the must sacred primeiples,
oeght it, Ilia striouts rovervigus, to be peemiited so Siedo
Ought it to be permitted to prolong the ..series of Africa,
fad to overturn the hopes of Europe? Shall year deeignr, se
eminently generous and beaveulent, be thus erectly discos.
ceded? Shall Africa, which you have takes as the special
4 bj. et of your pious and compassionate care, be plunged for
ever I, the eight if Pagan iguurance ? Shall she be fur ever
tie victim of the scourge of a ferocious barbarism, because
it ph as. s one member aluue of the great European family to
rd sist the humane dealers bed generous efforts of all the rest
Pet it • ill not be sofficieut that the Slave Trade shall tame
v sib Purtoeal at the game time as with Spain. It is emerg-
sir) that the ahulatiou of ibis traCic shall be declared An in-
t. part of the I of nations :it is necessary that Ibis
✓ gulatiwu should become, by uusitimour couseet, imperative
en all countries slack pox'. 08 a Sag that may be abused fur
the purpose of continuing this traffic. Without this, what
griarsoter can be given that • hen the Sags of Spain and Pur-
i,gai shall uu longer protect this commerce, that of
I.llle other poser, of Naples, Airier., for 'm-
eow!. , may nut be employed, emir r by the subjects ut those
Stairs, ur by dense of snot other cuuutries which have abo-
lish. il the trade. in order tu cover their criminal (accepters ?
Th.' eri. s of suffering humanity would mill be raised to Heaven
seeing* the eivilitesi world, if suds subterfuges and tricks
▪ still be tolrratid. If, however, the alielitisms of the
Have Trade shall be supported only by the unlinaaces aid
sisetesal agreraserts of the Powers that have renounced this
.111111111aCt is cannot be doubted that those viutatursuf diem.
rind Mimeo laws, wise are habituated to this execrable tralic
✓ have r• course to such expedients.

Let WS eepp.sr that Ilia important step bad been taken—
] t n• suppo.e Ihat the Slave Trade were proscribed by the
lea of uatiue• sismug the civilised world ; all would taut yet
be 'lout : it untold still reniaie tri adopt ■ seemlier to which
an rea-u.mhl. objection tee be oppusi it, fur roaming in prat-
re the toll and entire effect of the recognised law of sa-
t, •5• en this •ehjeet. \Whew remedies snd penalties memo,
tnmed to the rwgraey of the tam shall have been adupteit,
yheu nut them way the invrtesate evils produced by brarly
here. c. iatuites o 1 crime • ill be futilely eradicated: but
salute& ulnae ri studies and Ihrse penalties, the dealers a
bateau ihkrin: atli laugh at your dimuuciatiuns sud yoeti

frees, sad will goaliese to rejoite is the groans and suffer:
inr of Africa.
A mar appreselt wool', fertilely be made towards the
total extinction of this bulk, if the rill of visiting and of
detainiag vessels engaged iu it, or w►ich havr slaves os
lewd, were universally agreed upon, so that the national
moods of sweep State midst Maw► the power of visitiag the
slave-ships of all the others. Without the general agree.
fagot of the civilised world to this plan of maritime policy,
sodding eau effectually briog about the proposed skied. It
would always be in the power of an initepemlevit State, how.
ever iosigoilleant, whirls should refuse to adopt it, to sower
with its I* the eostraband trade is slaves, sad to mare
thereby its impish,. Bust eves though this agreessest
should be universal, yet, while the punishment of Outwits*
shall cassia merely i■ • peataiary realty, its ratisetios
will reemein loonasplete. The risk of emillseatioa would ►e
esesterhalaiserd by the issasease guise resulting from this
trade is blood, gals. which would seeemarily •sgmest is
properties to the sew obstacles to be sursseented; sad it is
la he hued that is many eases mass wads livid to the
temptatime.
only step Ss take when the Slave Trade shell be de.
elated to bean isersetims of the pseud law et satioes; She
slily step agents, wit► theeepriseiplre, and whit:bean goa-
ded to the desired mid, will be this—shat the Sevevelgas of
Europe sew la dogmas assembled should preeisles,ollat
reekoniag from the let of Jeer, ISIS, the dealer is slawes
*bell he pot on the same bootleg as the pirate; moil ►y Shia
method. simple and easy as it *the libsestiss of Africa will
be certain and complete. At least, whew the deale► its slams
shall be branded wit► the character of spinet., and whim he
'hell be sokiretett to the seise pasishment, the Slays Towle
will mos become a crime as rare as piney sow is is the
world.

It is intpseeible to woke say objection to this uteseare
frivoled su reuses or jokier. It is only the necessary cuts.
sequence of priseiples already established. Theft, warder,
of shakier rossatilled ea the sea, with talent to iptal, are
all sets sf piracy ; bet does sot the Move Trsde awry with
It theft sad murder P Even daring the Middle Paseage, an.
nitrous murders are committed. In the most favourable
ease, s beep of slaves perish miserably from the fatal effete
of • must kapriereautent. When thee this trade shall be
forbidden, by law, k can no huger be looked upon eserpt as
• capital offence I std cases it shall be declared as infringe.
soak of the general law of nations, it will be, like other acts
of piracy, a wine which every body has the right, and which
it is every body's duty, to repress.
What oast greatly eostribote to the adoption of this plan
is, that it is fleetly simple sad proper.
There estate already in all maritime states laws against
pirates, and the sasaftee of trying the. is a settled thing.
There will be no need, Iliere‘re, of roesplicated regulations
fur patio, is force the/terve. whisk all the Great Powers of
Europe midst make ow the subject. The drake in slaves
blimp &elan.; • pirate, Ni sweep •f the brawn race,
"'ld he ielimedekkelV mord atatour the great criminals,
and his cries* would receive its jest peaishatest—that of a

rubber and as asessais. -
The period proposed fur patting this eyeless into eaten-
tine will allow to all presses engaged is this traffic a suffi-
cient time to withdraw from it.
There will then romans, no longer any excuse for those
who may be taken acting in contravention of the general law
ofpostioiss, Needed ow that of God and adore, the sprit,-
codes of which it would only serve to pruclsim.
Stippositig that this plan should he applied, it "meld 51i11
be Necessary to exercise a vigilant superinteudeoce over the
sessiner is which the Slave Trade might be carried on daring
the period of its permission, and perhaps to extend that
sees to some years after the termiesinto of That period.
tritheup this precession, it would be prosecuted with no
meek Were from the present mooned until the epoch Axed
for its close, that, probably, the months of its rtusaising ex-
Waite would be filled willsmass of evils more numerous
and miernsons than ever the *odd witnessed is an equal
spore of time. Would it not then he desirable that the
maritime Powers of Europe should equip small squadrons
fur theipteedue of the coast of Mika, which, dispersed
!kVA mist, would execete with tiptoe the existing pro-
dory ws relative to the Slave Trade? The extent of (big
traffic would *en he repremwd la se far wit midst exist
within the limits which have heels trued ns ; awl whets it
shall osee have ceased, the frequent visits of these aradrimis
would render all attempts at a its renewal hopeless The per-
meal risk to be rue would than be of • Nottire ton serious to
eroder it probable that the numlier apeman necessary fur
Ailing out and eatinnisg a alas* ship would deliberately ex-
pose themselves to it. Theo might we hope to see the skips of
war of different nations meeting on the Geese, not an rose-
like, het as friends; not to sacrifice the lives of men fur
false or frivolous cameo, but to protect, wilightea, and give
happiness to the homes rate.
And now, illostriuos and gesierinselloiterripse, permit the
mother of this Address humbly to remind you, that the roes.
sons here wilimitted to you, was sod 'Wok as they
tidily are in themselves, ors pertleolerly worthy of your
elevated rauk. In deigning to decree their adoption,
yes will NMI is au eminent degree the duties which revels.
tins makes the especial duty of lb* supreme authority in
every State. You will Name at owe " the terror of evil
doers," and et Ilse Ministers of Geer fur the welfare of the
meet oppressed sad must miserable elms of Leman briers.
To you thee, Illastrianis Sovereigns, Necessity soldeesies
herself, as the vicegerent' of that Supreme Power whore eon.
liaised mese* is hesimulemee,ln the Nimble visited., that
the great Wittman of itiaukfoll hese particular claims .s you
shove all other utoonechs--ow you, litmus the shield of Pro-
eidetic* has on visibly protected, sod fee whom the arm of
the Almighty boa so evidently combated. Present Mrs
on the alter of Pity sod Justice the 'nest ruble offering
that euefederated Princes have ever mode. You will thee
cover your Names with • lustre more Niftiest thee all the
jewels of your crowns, and were durable than all the laurels
you hove gathered; with • lustre which will as for eclipse
the splendour of ordinary mows, as the two Cuidisients you
will deliver sod sender happy exceed in extent the narrow
limits within which other philsothrupists have to coeliac
their Imelda

SSIZURS OF CHAPRL FORNITURR FOR
POOR R.4TBS.

A few &ye age the parish *Meets of St. Redrew's, Wor-
cester. entered the Cowmen of Huutiordeses CbsPrie by
mesas Oa ladder placed to owe of the gallery wiedaws, and,
with two reestabka, seek dews sod carried away ten pa.
tent lamps, Wee* they Weed for the payment d lei. fur six
poor's levier of 3L rash. They were proceeding to take
down the eyes, ancrbed ecteally brought s IMO ialo the
chapel roe that porpolie, wilts' use of she trustees a stet.-
ed She abspal at feu o'clock at idea, sod rewocadrated,
wi sh the= un their toe/duet, sad offered, with another felted
to give them security fur the aaswst, if, spur an appeal, the
!wooer law authorities decided that tiny had s right to de.
wand the rate; they with difficulty were prevailed upon to
deeded, although the key of the Chapel sad the key of
the 'Egan were delivered tip to thee, by way of weer-
lag to thew the possession; awed they marked the organ with
G.R. After skis • friend came forward. paid the ISt sled
expenses, sod redeemed the talon, hump, and key. of the
chapel, at the same tiane protesting spinet the Illegality of
the delouse ; sines lid p►eceadiug legal a tom of
appeal have been adenoma to She pariph sawn. sad
Ow ease will be brought forward at the casein &seines,—
The Trustees contend they here sou right Is he assesses% be-
calm there is no prolle 11164 La►d Elleolierough has ik-
tided, that where Share is re prods, toe esseasemeot eau be
made.

As • proof of the beneficial effects of the late
rains upou tegetation in occueral, M►. FrAti, of
South Mimnis, near Baroet, had about (our acres
of gnus laud mowed down within these few slays,
the blades of which were nine or ten inches in length.
and lie supposes • few days of title weather will
enable him to carry in an average CT Op. At Barnes,
yesteedsy, some mowers were at work in a held be-
longing to Mr. Lot;short& every prospect of a good
crop.