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regretted that all were not unanimous upon that great and
portant question. He saw around him many with ‘‘..hom lie ..
agreed, and many from whom he differed in religion
tics; but on the present ground, v,,itbei. , •
principle, they were all united.—( G, eat )
After some furtlic: elequ:ot add:-csses, for whicl, we hate
not room to-day,
The following resolutions and petition were agreel to.
3. That this meeting cons:der the flagrant violations of the Imperial •
Act of ;833, which are admitted by the Noble Lord the Secretary for •
the Colonies to have occurred, both in Colonial Statutes and 'n the con.
duct of many of the planters—as again requiring them to press the ter- -
mination of a system so liable to perversion and so fraught with occa-
sions of opp.ession—while the experience of the Colonies, in which the
full measure of freedom has been enjoyed, and the confidence of th,e
proprietors who have ordered the liberation of their apprentices, shun.
dantly prove the propriety of the demand since the negroes are prepared
to appreciate and improre a state of perfect liberty.
4. That tla'i meeting are rejoiced to learn that Sir Eardley Wilmot
has been so restored to health as to place upon the books of the House
no ice of a motion, in which the principle embcdied in the petitions pre.
rented to Parliament is fully recognized ; and they call upon their iie- •
p,esentatives, whenever
,that motion shall be brought forward, talth.
fully to express by their votes the sentiments so strongly declared Ly a
boiy of their constituents ; who casting aside every difference of
opinion en other matters, are unanimous in their solemn purpose to
roc satisfied with no enactment which fails to confer forthwith entire
freedom on ev:ry negro subject of the British empire.
5. That the petition now read be signed on behalf of the Meeting by
the Worshipful the Mayor, and that Sir Eard ey Wilmot be re.p.-ctfully
requested to preseut the same to the House of Commons.
0 THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRI.
TAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED.
The Petition of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Liverpool, and its
vicinity, assembled in public meeting this day, April 20, 1838.
Humbly slieweth,—Th:tt your petitioners are confirmed by the ad.
m'ssiops of the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies, in their eon-
\ 'cam), resulting from evidence previously in their possession, that no
measure which fails to insure immediate and unconditional freedom to

he apprentices in the British Colonies, will remove the injustice and
emression of which your petitioners have had reason to complain.
'I hat the experience of the colonies in which the full measure of
freedom has been enjoyed, and the confidence of those proprietors who
have ordered the liberation of their negroes, abundantly prove the
fitness of the latter for appreciating and improving a state of perfect
liberty.
Ycur petitioners have learned with great satisfaction, that the subject
is to be brought again before your Hon. House by Sir Eardley Wilmot
in the motion of which he has given notice, which they pray your

Honourable House to take into your most favourable consideration,
a:id to adopt the measures necessary to secure the immediate and un.
conditional termination of that system of apprenticeship, Aid your
petitioners, &c.

The meeting then adjourned.

WINDSOR.-FRIDAY.

The Queen rode out this afternoon from two till three
o'clock, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, and attended by the Duke of Argyll, Earl and Coun-
tess of Uxbridge, Lady Mary Stopford, Lord Gardiner, Col.
Wemyss, Hon. Miss Cocks, Baroness Lehzen, the Hon. C.
;:nd Miss Murray, and Mr. Fozard. The threatening appear-
ance of the weather induced her Majesty to return to the
Castle within an hour after she had left it.

The company at the Royal dinner yesterday evening, in-
cluded the Queen, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
Viscount Melbourne, Lady Barham, Lady Mary Stopford,
the Duke of Argyll, Honourable Misses Cocks and Murray,
Lord and Lady Gardiner, Baroness Lehzen, the Hon. C. Mur-
ray, Miss Davys, Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, Col. We-
myss, the Lady Eleanor Paget, Hon. Col. Cavendish, and
Col. Wedderburn, of the Foot Guards.

It is settled that the Court will leave Windsor on Tuesday
next, for Buckingham Palace.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Princess Augusta had a dinner party 'yesterday, at
Clarence House. The company included their Royal High-
nesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of
Gloucester, Prince George, and the Princess Augusta of
Cambridge.

The D'uehess of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen
Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough House.
The Earl of Durham had an interview with Lord Glenelg;
yesterday, at the Colonial-office, to take leave, on his de7,Ar-
Sure for Canada.

Viscount Palmerston has gone to his seat, B:oadlands,
[ants.

Sir Charles Forbes had an interview yesterday with Lord
Glenelg, et the Colonial-office.

THE CORONATION.-we barn that the King of
Hanover's apartments in St. Jar.nes's Palace are being got
ready for the Grand Duke IV.exander, the eldest son of the
Emperor of Russia, who is expected to arrive in May,,to be
present at the Coronation of her Majesty. The King and
Queen of the B-..lgians will also be present, as well as the
Dukes of Orleans, Brunswick, Saxe Coburg, the Prince and
Princess of Orange, and the Archduke Charles of Austria,
There is a mansion taken in Belgrave--square for the Arch-
duke Charles. The Dukes of Beaufort and Devonshire will
launch nett, carriages at the Coronation.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex is 'ex-
pa-ted in town early next week, from a visit to Colonel -Wild-
man, of Newstead Abbey. One of the mist interesti:ng cere-
monies in reference to the Illustrious Duke's cone's!etion with
the ancient body of Freemasons, is fixed on to 'take place on
Wednesday, when a splendid piece of plate to be presented
to the Royal Duke, on the compleGon of t.'ile 25th year of his
able Presidency over that ancient fratet'aity ; an event, to use
the language of the resolutions on t}le subject, unprecedented
in to annals of the Order.

The Duke of DevonsLlre will give his first grand
dinner, after the reee2-s, on Friday, the 4th May, to tlieir
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
the- Dukc and Duchess of Sutherland, Duchess-CrAintess
of Sutherland, &c.

Prince Esterhazy gave a grand dinner yes.ierday, at
Chandos House, to a party of 15, among whom -,v,re the Prus-
sian Minister, Marquis and Marchioness of (nanricarde, the
Duke and Duchess de Coi.gny, Baron Wetl,,er, &c.
The Earl of Clonrnel will lead to ,he altar, early in
June, the Hon. Miss Annett Burgh, eldest daughter of the
g illant Major General Lord thiwnes. His Lordship retired
:roam the Ist Life Guards a few days since, having done duty
for a few months P's Cornet in that corps.
The Duch;:ss-Countess of Sutherland is now eon-
v Alcicent, in consequence of a paragraph in IA morning
paper, announcing the serious indisposition of her Grace,
her nnusion in Hamilton-place was yesterday crowded by per-
sons of distinction, anxious to know if there vias any founda-
tion for the report.

We regret to announce the serious indisposition of.
Mrs. Francis Baring, Lady of the Secret 4ry of the Treasury,
and a niece of Earl Grey. The answer yesterday to numerous
inquiries was, that Mrs. Baring was very ill.
The Duchess de Narbonne died at Mainsat, in
France, on the 12t'n instant. Vile Duchess was of the family
of La Roche Aymon, and aged 88 years.
The Marquis de Cate;lan, Peer of France, has died
at Toulouso, at the acre of 79.
The Countess de Salis's juvenile ball took place
on Thursday last at her Ladyship's mansion in Carlton-gar-
dens. It was extremely brilliant, wild was composed of the
children of all the most distinguished nobility now in town.
The Earl of Bandon entertained a party at dinner
on Thursday last, at his houF,e in Connaught-place.
The Countess of BerAuchamp has joined Earl Beau-
champ at the Altion Flotel, Brighton.
Viscount I3urghersh will give a sumptuous dinner
on the 25th instant, in Berkeley-street, Portman square,, to
the Directors of the Concerts of Ancient Music. The
Noble Lord is Director for the evening, and will mAke the
sele.'tion.

The Lord Bishop of London and Mrs. Bloomfield
are passing the Easter week at Brighton.
S:r A. Dalrymple, Bart., 111. P„ is to leave Brigh-
tonte, day for town.

Mr. and Lady Maria Stanley had a dinner party
yesterday in Grosvenor -square.
Mr. Blair had a large dinner party yesterday at his
mansion in Portman-square.
A ball wa6 given last evening by the officers in gar-
rion at the Tower.

The Lord Advocate arrived here from Loydon on
S mirday morning. The death of his only child, a remarkably
fine intelligent boy, on the afternoon of that day, has thrown
hint and Mrs. Murray into the deepest distress.—Scotsman.
DEATH OF Stir. REGINA,LD MACDONALD S.
SETON, OF STAFFA, BART.—It is with unfeigned regret we
announce the dr,ath of this gentleman, which took place at his
house in Edinburgh at nine o'clock on Sunday morning last,
after a lingering and painful illness. Sir Reginald was well
known to the public as the Secretary for.many years of the
Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, and as the
Sheriff of Stirlingshire, the duties of which office he dis-
charged, for a period of upwards of twenty-six years, with a
zeal and fidelity which, it may be said, proved to himself fats';,
as, from exposure to cold, and over-tatigue, in suiipiess;.og
the alarming riots which prevailed during the late eler lion
at Stirling, he was first attacked by the distressing r.,alady
which ultimately deprived the country of his valua'Jle ser-
%ices. At the early age of twenty-one he was el,,cted, and
for thirty-nine successive years continued to he, uling Eldel•
far the Presbytery of Mull to the General Assembly—a
fact perhaps unparalleled in the annals of that venerable
body. Sir Walter Scott, who knew and e* ajoved his friend-
ship, and his acquaintances, acknowlc'''Age to be true when
he wrote—

.‘ Warmer heart, 'twixt tb.its and StafFa,
Beats not than in hear 4 i)f Star„ !"
The Hon. Baronet was in his 61. st year, and is succeeded in
his title and estates by his sot., now Sir Henry Macdonald
Steuart Seton. —Scotsman.
The Ottoman Porte I.tas presented some gates fqr
the Museum at Versailles •,vhich were made by the crusad%.rs,
aad Lelonged to the hosp:ital of the Knights of Rhodes, and
a'so to a church attacht.A to that hospital.
A tomb has latel,y been opened at Athens in which
were found the body of a woman, two silver candlesticks as
high as her hips, a rich garland of flowers in, plain gold, seven
gold rings, with engraved precious stones, ivory tablets, and
other ornaments.
~ .
A GRAND ANNOUNCEMEIiT.-Some time sine's
a person in the neighbourhood of Keswick, having several
hives of bees to dispose of, anti being desirous to attract pur-
chasers, caused a placard to be printed, announcing the sale,
with the following extraordinary head lines :—.4 Extensive
sale of live stock, comprising not less than one hundred and
forty thousand head, with an unlimited right of pstur age 1"
The trick succeeded to admiration.