The Sun.
London, England, 1838-04-25 00:00:00

for eompensation, in the name of justice and an offended
God, for the fettered and injured slave.—(Tremendous cheer-
ing.) One or two remarks more, and I shall take my seat.
No doubt in the House of Commons throughout the discus-
sion there was no feeling for the negro—no recognition of re-
ligious feelings or principlee—no respect for the hundreds of
ithousands of petitioners—a complete indifference to the prayer
of the nation, and only recognizing the maintenance of the in-
terests of the planters. Shame upon the men who did so !
.Shame upon the great, and otherwise noble men, who on that
'occasion stood forth, not as the champions of the oppressed--
mot as the vindicators of impartiality and the British Consti-
litution—.not as the exponents of English law—not as wishing
rbbo found the throne of the Sovereign in righteousness and justice,
ut standing forward to do the base work of the vilest com-
ination that ever disgraced mankind. If I happen to be a
slave, let me bow down to some despot—let my chains be in
the midst of the bastile of France ; let me not be sacrificed to
the demon of despotism at the horns of an altar dedicated to
freedom, and bound by the high priest who worships at her
shrine.--( Vehement applause.) What are we to do ? Go
home and be quiet, says Lord John Russell—take my Bill
and be thankful, says Lord Glenelg—confess yourselves calum-
niators, says Sir George Grey—do justice to the planters,
says Mr. Gladstone—you shall have no emancipation, trays the
House of Commons.—(Loud and continued cheering.)
What are we to do ? Shall we disband our energies ?
( Hear, hear.) Shall we sing a dirge over our defunct
abolition societies ? Shall we present petitions no more ?
Shall we present memorials no more ? Shall we come to the
footsteps of the Throne no more ?—( Hear, hear.) Shall we
—may we—dare we—do this?—(Tremendous cheering.) Is
the aspect Of our case changed since yesterday ? No. Are
our pledges redeemed ? No. Are our promises fulfilled ?
No. Is the law of God satisfied ? It is not.
Are the expectations of the negroes realised ? No. Is free-
dom obtained? It is not. Is the national honour vindicated ?
No, Then we are just in the position we were in five years
ago. By every principle you then insisted on—by every
pledge you then gave—by every act offensive to God and
injured humanity which then we witnessed—by high Heaven
I call upon you to day not to be dismayed by any thing that
has occurred—not to be frightened by any votes of the House
of Commons—not to be intimidated by the menaces and
frowns of the Treasury Benches, but without calumniating
men—without any motives of personal revenge or party
feeling, bearing one with the another, keeping your sacred
object right before you, gird up your loins and wield
the sabre, and earnestly call on the God of the oppressed,
and go forward and let the Cabinet and Parliament, which for
a time has defeated the righteous object of the nation, know
that the nation is again herself—that she is putting on her
strength—and looking upwards to him in whose arms there
slumbers Omnipotence, and who may soon look down from
Heaven to Earth, saying, " I have heard the cry of my people
under oppression—I am come down to deliver them, and I
will rescue them out of the hands of their enemies." Mr.
Thomson concluded his long and eloquent address amid loud
and general cheering.
The Rev. P. CATOR seconded the resolution. There was
only one question he would ask the meeting, and that was
what could he say more than had already been said in defence
of the injured and oppressed negro.—(Hear.) Although he
felt nothing but pain of mind at being selected to succeed the
gentleman whose eloquent address they had just heard, yet he
felt pride at being called upon to advocate such a cause under
any circumstances. Lord Melbourne had said that, notwith-
standing the eloquent addresses of Mr. Thompson and Lord
Brougham, and others at Exeter-hall—notwithstanding the
meeting of Delegates and the crowded assemblies that had
taken place all ever the country, that the apprenticeship system
would come to a happy and auspicious termination. He envied
not his Lordship his feelings at the burst of indignation with
which such a statement was met.—( Cheers.) What mitiga-
tion would Lord Glenelg's Bill afford of the sufferings of the
poor negro ? Nothing, or worse than nothing. It was only a
pruning knife, instead of the axe, which should have been laid at
the root of the evil that now cumbered the ground.—( Cheers.)
The act would be hailed with the greatest contempt by the
Colonial Legislature, and would be of not the sligktost avail
in benefiting the condition of that unhappy race. They had
all heard with delight the statement of the Noble Lord the
Marquis of Sligo, that all his slaves should be manumitted on
the Ist of August. Her Majesty, it was said, was about to
make him a Duke, but even if she did not, he would have an
ample reward in the heart-felt gratitude of his fellow country_
men.—( Cheers.) Ile would again urge them to continue
their efforts unceasingly in behalf of the unhappy negroes;
They saw the benefits of popular feeling and popular agitae
tion in the case of the Dorchester labourers. They were
transported by order of Lord John Russell, and he had the
other day recalled them, saying that the people of England
hal protested against the act, and he had been compelled to
bow to public opinion.—( Vehement cheering.) Such would
be the case with respect to the negroes, and ere long the jubi-
lee trumpet would proclaim liberty to the captive, and open
the door to the prisoner and the oppressed.—( Great cheering.)
The resolution was then put and carried unanimously.
Admiral GORDON moved the next resolution, and observed
that the very able, eloquent, and heart-stirring addresses that
had been made rendered it unnecessary for him to say much
upon the question. There was one point to which he was
anxious to call the attention of the meeting, and that was,
that if all their petitions and remonstrances were unattended
to, the result would be a struggle between the oppressed ne-
groes and their task-roasters. Every right-thinking man
would of course deprecate so unfortunate an event, and that
was one of the most powerful arguments that could be use
in favour cf the immediate emancipation of the negro. H6l
hoped the voice of the people would on this occasion be atL
tended to by Lord John Russell, end that justice would be
done to this unhappy and oppressed race.—( Much cheering.)
Lord Sligo had stated before the whole of the constituted.
authorities of the island of Jamaica, that they had violated
the pledges tendered by them when they received the large
sum of twenty millions from the people of England—that
they had directly violated the Imperial Act in whipping
females; and Sir Lionel Smith reiterated these charges against
them, and pointed out to his successor the many instances in
which they had done so The statements made by the Noble
Marquis in the House of Lords, had powerfully influenced the
ifrigments of the Duke of Wellington, the Bishop of Exeter,
Lord Wbarncliffe, and others, who had come round to their
view of the question, and had expressed their conviction that
the planters had acted most cruelly and unjustifiably. And
yet these Peers had formerly been the most strenuous advo-
cates of the interests of the planters. So far the discussion
of the question had been attended with advantage, and he
hoped they would persevere until they had obtained the un-
conditional freedom of the negroes.—(Cheers.) He should
be guilty of a gross dereliction of duty if he did not mention
another point which, whether arising from bigotry, prejudice,
or whatever other circnmetanee, had been too much passed
"or—he meant the exertions of the pious and zealous :Mis-
sionaries, to whose labours it was owing that so many conces-
sions had been made to the rights and claims of the slave
Population.__( Cheers.)
The resolution was seconded by ROBERT PERFECT, Esq.,
and carried unanimously.
The Rev. J. MaRTYN, Wesleyan minister, moved the fourth
resolution. He felt that at that late hour it would be im.
Proper for him to trespass at any length upon their attention.
He was gratified with the kind and very judicious allusion of
the Gallant Admiral to the services of his brethren in miti-
gating the evils and hardships under which their enslaved
fellow men so long laboured --( Hear, hear.)
BASIL. MARRIOT, Esq. briefly seconded thp resolution, which
was carried unanimously.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting
separated.

A sumptuous banquet will be given by the Gold-
smiths' COMT any on Saturday next, at their splendid Hall, to
the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Lyndhurst,
and a numerous party of Conservatives.
HUSBAND AND WIFE.--CURIOUS CASE.—A
case of some interest was decided in the Police-court, on
Thursday by Sheriff Tait. A middle-aged woman with a
child in her arms, was placed at the bar, charged with steal-
ing M. from a lock-fast drawer in the house of an old man
named Grant. She pleaded guilty to having taken 21. and
after the evidence of Grant, and before she left the witness-
box, sentence of imprisonment was pronounced against her,
but as she was about to leave the bar, the Sheriff, with that kind-
heartedness for which he is distinguished, inquired into her
circumstances, as to whether she was a widow, and to whom
the child belonged, &c., when she stated, in rather a reluctant
manner, that she had lived with Grant about sixteen years
ago, and had children to him ; but within the last two or three
she had been only residing Kith him occasionally. On the
Sheriff inquiring if she went by the name of Mrs. Grant, and
if she could bring neighbours to prove this, she answered in
the affirmative ; but Grant stoutly denied that she was his
wife, or that she went under his name. The spectators in the
Court, along with the Sheriff, by this time evinced much in-
terest in the case ; and while the woman was being further
questioned, Sergeant Powell, the Court Crier, informed one
of the clerks that Grant came into the office that morning
inquiring for the woman under the name of Mrs. Grant. This
being established to the satisfaction of the Sheriff, he decided
the iee question, and the woman, who was the moment before
a felon, under conviction and sentence for theft, was discharged
simpliciter from the bar, and held to be the wife of her accuser,
to his no small astonishment and mortification.—Caledonian
Mercury.

ExTRORDINARY CASE OF HORSE-STEALING.--
On Monday, the 9th instant, Mr. R. G. Beart, a respectable
gentleman residinc.. at Saham, in Norfolk, rode a valuable
mare to witness the Rockland steeple chase, which took place
on that day. On arriving at the place of starting, he found
that no horses were allowed to enter the field, except those
belonging to the parties engaged in the chase. Seeing a man
near by, named Christmas Garwood, he alighted, gave his
mare to him in charge, and walked to the starting place ; while
he was engaged there Garwood rode away with the mare, and
was not to be found. On Tuesday evening, the 10th instant,
Garwood arrived with the mare at the Woolpack Inn, Col-
chester, and desired the ostler to bed her up for the night, and
take particular care of her, as he had rode her seventy miles
that day, and told the ostler that he wished to sell the mare,
as ho had taken her in exchange for a pony the day before,
offering the ostler at the same time a half sovereign if he would
find him a customer. Garwood slept at the Woolpack that
and the following night, and on the Thursday morning follow-
ing he went away, saying he should leave the mare till the
following Saturday, when he would take her to the market for
sale. Mr. Palmer, having previously entertained some suspi-
cion of his customer, refused to let the mare go away, and af-
terwards communicated his suspicion to Cant, one of the
sergeants-at-mace, who I icked into his Hue and Cry, and
there saw the announce tient of the robbery, with the descrip-
tion of the mare and Garwood; the mare, saddle, and bridle
exactly corresponding with the advertisement. Garwood was
apprehended and committed for trial. —Chelmqford Chronicle.