The Sun.
London, England, 1838-05-02 00:00:00

CARLISLE.

.10 THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
tenSer:c—esObse.rving your Paper to contain the
.carliest and fullest 'lntern_
gni, • Pectmg the proceedings of the Anti-Slavery movement now
sn!eting i
11 forward in this insulted nation, I thought an account of a recent
41Ight ben our city, and the doings generally of this part of the country,
friends acceptable, and prove interesting and encouraging to the
of the °f the African generally. Our representative for this division
Inotio "tHitY, Mr. James, said in his speech on Sir G. Strickland's
to then that
he thought the good people of Cumberland were indifferent
,i,,, Nhts of nearly a million of our fellow-subjects, as he had only re-
vl,i't, or heard of four or five petitions on the subject. But perhaps he
'' "n"
he of a different opinion, when he hears of, or receives, fifty or
..Pwards • we .efrom his own division, and a considerable proportion from the
foot% 0, although lam not prepared to specify the number—thus in.
the 2 free R the Honourable Gentleman the united opinion of thousands of
men of Cambria, that they are not indifferent to the honour
and justice ef their country.
The nieetin
the city g above alluded to was convened for two of the wards of
each of'x'yhaitther
.Separate and previous meetings for the other three, at
largest w c Petitions were unanimously adopted. But this, being the
banker'
tihiothe chary. T
ias held in the Coffee-bonze Assembly-room, G. H. Head, Esq.,
about a Ir.
The large room was quitefilled,
the
computed to hold
' U" Peep), J. Fawcett first addressed
ince:ing, and w.. , , .. The Rev.
titions 1,,,,,,,„ -"" u)::lowed by several other gentlemen. After the pe-
respow ,—`llP-nirnously adopted, for total and immediate Abolition,s a
1i,,,,,
,14 'out decided remonstrance to the City Members, MetrsrGs.. ,s_tiek'ttt arid Marshall, for their vote in the majority against
Sir
the
tern,s_and'atriotion, was unanimously agreed upon. The moverondourt
of
t._ ,ustrarice, after dwelling upon the inconsistency of the c
alsoßepresentat'
and liberality, took occasion
also t, _ Ives, as advocates of justice alway con
the conduct of the Mayor and Town Council, who have
libert d cates of
Prided themselves upon being great Reformers and a vo
tive 3', in riot coming forward like the enlightened bodies of Edinburgh,..
rPn°l'
Bath Birmingham,Bradford, Leeds, &c., &c., where similar
IT,eetio. ,
attributed
to th .8 uad been held. Such backwardness could alone be
I,ot"iev Ministerial opposition. He was at a loss to conceive any other
'Unite. r,
. Here was a question where all parties might unite, and did
the san.,
But he had d did Ministers withdraw their opposition,
,no doubt,
'wet one time.serving spirit would be manifested. None of their body
But
the Platform, and only one, we believe, present at the meeting.
uc
ant a dissentient voice was heard during the whole proceedings, and
a Steen& feelingnister' of disapprobation and indignation expressed at the
B,_, e _ Pi
attempt to continue the murderous and unjust system of en-
-47 d servitude for two years longer. A ladies' petition was also
Pte d, Wllich has received nearly 3,000 signatures in two days.
Yours, respectfully,
AN ELECTOR OF THE BOROUGH.
P.
Carlisle A • •, 18 38
: pr'l tu.
conduct
°f
.."---' grcA's. number of the inhabitants are much ashamed
at the
vorth '‘'sle Town Council on this question, and I thoughtit was
3: of notice,publicly,
by the Press.