The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-10 00:00:00

SLAVERY 1N THE UNITED STATES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,--Mtly I request you to insert in your paper this
letter, and the copy of the proposed address which ac-
companies it ?

Ii is
with very great reluctance that I put myself for-
ward, and venture to suggest a course of proceeding to
my fair fellow-subjects, but I am impelled to do so by a
feeling almost irreistible,—a feeling in which they and
many others will, I am sure, participlto.
Iv the thys in which we Jive more is to be perma-
nently cff2ctEd by public opinion, and by app7als to the
great sympahies of mankind, than by force or by sta..
tute-law:i. It this, or some such address, were under-
taken by local committees, enriched by many signatures,
and then transmitted to America, it would not fail,
under God's blessing, to produce a deep and fruitful im-
pression..

I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
SHAFTESBURY.

Nov. 5.

The Affectionate and Christisn Address of many
Thousands of the Women of England to their Sisters,
the Women of the United StatPs of America.
"A common origin, a common faith, and, we sincerely
believe, a common cause, urge us at the present moment
to address you on the subject of that system of negro
slavery which still prevails so extensively, and with
such frightful results, in many of the vast regions of the
western world.
"We will not dwell on the ordinary topic;,—on the
progress of civilization, on the advance of freedom
everywhere, on the rights and requirements of the
nineteenth cent ury,—but we appeal to you very seriously
to reflect, and to ask counsel of God, how far such a
state of tlaings is in accordance with His holy word,
the inalienable rights of immortal souls, and the pure
and merciful spirit of Christian religion.
" We do not shut our eyes to the difficulties, nay,
the davirs, that would beset the immediate abolition
of tbat .long-es ablished system ;we see and admit the
necessity of preparation for so great an event ; but, in
speaking of indispensable preliminaries, we cannot be
silent on that law of your country which, in direct
contravention of God's own law, 'instituted in the time
of man's ianccency,' denies to the slave the sanctity
of marriage, with all its joys, rights, and obligations ;
which eeperates, at the will of the master, the wife
from the husband, and the children from the parents.
Nor can we be silent on that awful system which, either
by statute or by custom, interdicts to any race of man,
to any portion
or
truth of the Gospel and the ordinances of Christianity.
"A remedy applied to these two evils alone would
commence the amelioration of their sad condition. We
appeal, then, to you as sisters, as wives, and as mothers,
to raise your voices to your fellow-citizens, and your
prayers to God, for the removal of this affliction from
the Christian world. We do not say these things in a
spirit of self-complacency, as though our nation were
free from the guilt it perceives in others. We acknow-
ledge with grief and shame our heavy share in this
great sin. We acknowledge that our forefathers intro-
duced, nay, compelled the adoption of slavery in those
mighty colonies. We humbly confess it before Al-
mighty God ; and it is because we so deeply feel, and
BO unfeignedly avow, our own complicity, that we now
venture to implore your aid to wipe away our common
guilt and our common dishonour.

SWEARING IN NEW MEMBERS OF PARu
may not be uninteresting to our readers to know Ew
isN g
the
swearing in of a new Parliament the form which
through. After the Speaker is elected and his electionnne
approved by the Lords Commissioners appointed to open
Parliament,mr.h he returns to the house of Commons, and
the searing in of members is proceeded with. The dif-
toorrdeera.ch eitvkan
lvarned,tere
ta%shof England, %Vales, Scotland, and Ire-
_ithi alphabetical order, and the members
The orough in the county called in that
Sworn eti th„members come up to the table, and are
prenyx, : New Testament to the oaths of fidelity,
qehfinati?, and abjuration, and make the declarationo
preteribA by the act of the 2fl Vic., that
they are al
meaning 0
at 37 clualifi,d
Min ' , according to the trireiancthenht
standing rorini .;1., act
0;
tahleir thea members' batch
the New Testament in
which he is to take" card, containing the oaths
at one time general* The numb
to facilitate business
c„tists
of about
of members sworn in
or 50. WILon the ilethere are so_p 20, but in order
hand in cer-
piarately t:S.
iirlerith_e Collected
tificates of quAlifiomiora'aers are uvu'o'r'unes as many as 40
clerk at the table, andnuld?eBl:o;ivvthaieihn
; after which
each member is called
mentary book, and the book
declaration on the part of the inn 'which isigcno the paths-
lified to servo in Parliarn9nt. .I,lnkiber of
'his being
the
alon4 aro relieved from singing thc; eldest 81113 ',nig 'Pa-
the oldest suns of riera 2' book h Pee"
as theyrequire no ; -ecause
The members are then severally introduced flualifie
Speaker by the Chief• Clerk, and haviec, to
thr;
with him, retire to their places. , shaken hems
SOUTH VVOSTLItN.—.SIr. Peg dues, we are glad tota% n
is likely to succeed to the vacant secretaryship, aithoeu'
at a loss salary than that previously accorded
of tours
to the office. Ur. BrydgPs is a judicious and painstakine
officer—not showy, but thoroughly useful, practical, ao'd
as easy of "ea" a ;; he .i. straightforward, unpretending,
and reliable.—Railtray Times.
THE DUBLIN THEATRE.-•-•Thlrilig the twenty-one
years expiring in 1851, 604 new pieces were produced,
:4P , SOIL There
s , being an average of twent ❑• . each season.
-otuo 111
1 '.l •li .
•..., 4 were expended inseisesions, repairs, improvements,
,
1 .. *7 ----- -: i land add • Itlonal stock, 11,2501.; in payments to Trinity
•-../-- : -,,;-- ' , College, 10,4001.; for insurance.Rool • for the services
of ti crust,' __ ,,,....... ~ .
143 they arc technically called, 86,923/.; and
• ~, for law and litigate; 3,600/.

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