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London, England, 1840-01-02 00:00:00

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c“rnmeridatin of said public meting. exami,ied and co -
sidered wi:ether a no•e,iog of delegates from the various
parts of frednid, can be legally held for the purpose speci-
fied in such res-lution, and your Committee having exa-
milo,d the law upon that subject, declare it is their firm
opinion that a meeting may be held of delegates from the
various localities in Ireland, in order to preserve and main-
tain the existing institutions. and the existing rights pri-
vileges, and liberties of the Irish people; and they, accord-
ingly, recommend that, at such period as may be deemed
most suitable, such a meeting should he summoned—but
they do respectfully further suggest that the summoning
of such meeting should be postponed for the present, and
until about the period of the next Easter rem s, when the
consequences of the present unnatural state of society in
England will be so ascertained as to enable the Irish
public, with more accurate information and further facts,
to decide on the necessity and propriety of holding such
meeting.
" Your Committee cannot close this Report without
proudly boasting of the pre-cmhsent merits of the Irish
people during the recent and treasonable agitation in
England They feel the most loyal delight that the tran-
quillity of Ireland•has enabled the Ministers of our most
gracious Sovereign to transmit to England, for the pur-
pce,e of preserving the property and peace of that country,
more than one tall of the military force usually stationed in
and required for Ireland.
" We furthermore exult at the conduct observed by the
Irish operatives resident in England—they have exhibited a
noble spirit during the recent disturbances in 111.4 country_
they have resisted the delusions, and they have totally avoided
participating in the crimes of the Chartists. The Irish
Catholic soldiers in England have, of course, done their
duty, as they always will, in support of the Throne and
Constitution, and it is a tnOst melancholy reflection, that
in proportion as the conduct of the Irish people has been
meritorious and beyond all praise, has the foul spirit of
sectarian bigotry and anti-national antipathy become more
envenomed, more continuous, more foully false and calum-
nious, and, unhappily, more encouraged by wealthier and
titled classes amongst the atrocious Tory party in England.
(Signed) " DANIEL O'CONNELL,
Chairman of the Committee."
The reading of this Report elicited the warmest ap-
plause of the meeting.
Mr. O'CONNELL, in moving that that Report be adopted,
felt it necessary to call the attention of the meeting to some
of the topics contained in it. As he before stated, the
House of Peers in England were trying to bring about a
revolution against the rights, liberties, and properties of the
people. Here, now, just on the eve of Parliam:mt, we find
the Duke of Wellington calling a meeting of Peers, at which
even Sir R. Peel is not admissible—a meeting of men re-
presenting none but themselves, and corning together to
conspire against the Crown and the people._( Hear.)
They want to raise up an oligarchical tyranny to the total
suppression of the rights of the people. There was no ty-
ranny so much to be dreaded as that with which they were
threatened. The people had uo cause of dispute with the
Crown—they would be loyal and peaceable ; but the
conduct of the House of Peers would bring about such
state of excitement as would make them regret their ill-
advised attacks upon the rights and liberties of the people.
He (Mr. O'Connell) called upon the Liberal Dress and
the Chartist press to arouse the people of England to a
sense of the danger which threatened them. He con:-
eluded by moving the adoption of the report, which was
seconded by Counsellor GUTHRIE in a brief speech, and
carried unanimously.

PARTICULARS OF THE STOCK
OF COTTON IN THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL

31sT DECEMBER, 1839. 1838, AND 1837.
1839. 1838. 1837.

-- --- -
Sea Hand 3,550 3,220 1,46j0
Stained ditto BOO 1,330 770
Upland
Alabama and Mobile 33,660 17.640 5,760
New Orleans
Pernambuco and Ceira
Maranham 1,160. 9.050 6,180
Bahia and Maceio 1,750
.8,330 8,330
Egyptian
Demerara and Berbice 4OO 640 710
West India
Carthagena
Laguira, &c 1,060 250 6,310
Peruvian
Smyrna.
••• 700 270
.
Surat 19,300 16,510 39,940
Madras
Bengal
Manilla
••• 30 480

206,050 248,340 170,320
STOCKS IN THE PORTS OF LONDON AND GLASGOW, 90-ra
DECEMBER, 1839.

_. .. • London. • Glasgow.
Atlantic States - :• . . 6,914
New Orleans, Bce. —... ......... ... I 'l'3" , 9,085
Pernambuco
Bahia, &c.
.
Maranham
Smyrna
.
Egyptian 5O 1,000
Demerara and Berbice
West India, &c
Bourbon .. llO
l •
Surat
Bengal
Madras -

31,640 27;792
The brokers think it necessary to intimate an
opinion (which they do more that once), that the
account of stock " has been made in the strictest
good faith," and that it has been " correctly re-
turned." If we may credit private reports, how-
ever, that opinion is by no means universal amongst
the parties in Liverpool ' who are interested in
the matter. It is currently stated, that a leading
importer expressly prohibited the brokers, whom
he employed, from making any return of the cotton
standing in his name, and that, contrary to all former
usage, he made the return himself. And as the quan-
tity thus returned happened to be some fifteen or twenty
thousand bales less than was previously suppOsed to be in
his hands, the circumstance caused, as we are informed,
a good deal of remark, and some incredulity as to the
complete accuracy of the stock-taking. If there has been
any tampering with the account of stock, it•was a very
foolish, and will be found a very fruitless, proceeding, so far
as regards any effect upon the minds of the consumers ;
for there never was a time when less cariosity was felt
about the amount of stock at the end of the year ; and,
the announcement of a decrease of 42,000 bales, when
the stock was supposed to be pretty nearly equal to
that of the last year, and did not produce the slightest
apparent sensation on our exchange.— Manchester
Guardian.

THE QUEEN OF THE BONIS.

The Bonis area negro tribe, who live in the forests

in the environs of Guiana, and have retired to the steep-
est and most mysterious parts, in order not to be mo-
lested by their white neighbours. I believe their name
of Bonis is derived from that of the European who or-
ganised their colony. Strange enough, that• European
was a French soldier, who bad deserted from Cayenne,
with arms and baggage. To avoid the, punishment that
awaited him he fled to the desert of Guiana, and sought
a refugeamong a tribe formed of negroes who had escaped
from slave ships, or from the plantations of the colonists.
He married a negro woman, and obtained the affections
of those people to such a degree that they made him
King. As soon as he had the command he organised
the 7,000 to 8,000 negroes composing the colony, drilled
and exercised them, and rendered them formidable war-
riors. France and Holland, on hearing of this trans-
formation, hastened to enter into an alliance with the
deserter-king. He died, unfortunately, before he could
impart to the colony all the developments he had con-
templated. 'The negroes, grateful for the services
rendered them by their King, have maintained his widow
in the exercise of royal authority, and she is quite de-
serving of that honour.
After ascending mountains rising from 400 to 500
toises above the level of the. sea, we reached a vast
plateau where the forests were less thick and wild. We
soon perceived a long line of'huts, forming a sort of
camp. All the huts consisted of four posts fixed in the
ground and covered with straw. We remarked one
distinguished from the others by its superior extent and
elegance : it was the palace of her black Majesty. We
moved in that direction, accompanied by a multitude of
negroes, who had crowded about us from all sides. We
found the black Queen sitting upon a carpet of foliage
and taking a frugal meal. On seeing us she came to us
with much gracefulness, I remarked in her certain
European manners, which she was no doubt indebted
for to the Frenchman whom she had married. She
made us sit down by her and share in her repast, which
consisted of couscous, bananas, bread-tree fruit, and a
salad from the palm tree. What pleased me most wes
some fresh water, not having drank any for four months
past.

- After the repast I visited the colony, and, on behold-
ing some thousands of robust and active negroes, felt
fully sensible that France had good reason to deal with
them cautiously. The Bonis might, without any diffi-
culty, ravage all our settlements. They are impregnable
in their mountains and immense forests. They have
fire-arms, but do not make much use of them, preferring
their poisoned arrows, which they discharge with uner-
ring dexterity. Every negro has his dwelling, and works
for himselr. lie is perfectly free, and, when he pleases,
goes and sells his produce at Cayenne.
ThQ Queen exercises a very moderate authority, being
.centent to receive slight tributes, and to muster her
subjects on importune occasions. Tne Bonis have few
and yet very little litigation. He who revects
the life and property of others is free in his actions, and
accounts for them to nobody. When contests arise
they are decided by old men, ‘vtr, are called Popos, or
papas, or fathers. Thwte o:d men are obj,•cts of great
respect. When one of them says, ..In my time matters
were so and differences cease, and his decision
submitted to. Their religion is a mixture of Titichism
and Christianity ; they worship little human figures of
wood, which anc suspended to their reeks, and cross
themselves. When the. sun rises they lie prostrate and
adore it.—Foreiso Periodical.

'
lions and two' tigers.
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_EGENT'S PARK
black and of
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, li
Yesterday morning two large young
remarkably fine ones, one of them a jet
enormous size, were landed from a vessel in the Pcol,
and conveyed in vans lo the Zoological Gardens in the
Regent';; Park.