The Sun.
London, England, 1824-03-27 00:00:00

duty on the importation of Foreign Wool gradual,'
and laying one on the exportation of British long
wool, to meet the wishes of the manufacturers
who feared that if English long wools were ex-
ported, other nations would be able to rival us in
certain branches of commerce, which at present
they had not the means of doing. According to
this new arrangement it is settled, that on the
10th of September the duty shall be reduced
three pence, and on the 10th of December two
pence, leaving only a duty of one penny upon
Foreign Wool. The exported long Wool of
British growth to be subject to an ad valorem
duty on the raw material of 16 per cent.

[MORNING HERALD.]
The documents relating to the slaves (pro-
duced by Lord Bathurst on Tuesday) were dated
May 28 and July 9. Had this taken place in a
leas enlightened age, it would have been looked
upon as a favourable omen ; for the 28th of May
was the birth-day of William Pitt, the advocate
for the abolition of the Slave Trade, and the 9th
of July is within a few days of the memorable
day of the American Independence ; the Bill for
the Abolition of the Slave Trade passed both
Houses of Parliament March 24, 180$, and on
the 25th, at half-past eleven o'clock in the morn-
ing, it received the Royal Assent. " Thus
passed," says an able writer, " after a twenty
years' hard struggle, during which the field had
been disputed inch by inch, and won at last by
the arms of reason, this Magna (Marta for Africa,
in Britain, wider the Administration of Lord
Grenville and Mr. Fox—au Administration
which, on account of its noble exertions on be-
half of the oppressed African race, will pass to
posterity, living through successive generations in
the love and gratitude of all the most virtuous of
mankind."

[VIE TIMES.]
Paris letters of Wednesday, which we received
yesterday, contain some curious facts respecting
the opening of the Chambers, and some import-
ant information respecting the present temper of
the Court of Spain. King Louis XVIII. was
rolled in his chair from his apartments in the
Tuileries to the hall in the Louvre, fitted up for
the Royal sitting, as on the two last occasions of
opening the session. It will be recollected, that
till within these two years his Majesty met the
Legislative Bodies in the Hall of the Peers at
the Luxembourg. The infirmities which induced
him to alter this arrangement, and to order his
Peers and Deputies to assemble before hire nearer
home, manifested themselves on Tuesday in a
manner to make the throne an object of pity during
one of the most august pageants of Royalty.—
Whether urged by Ministerial policy, or led by
personal fondness for display, his Majesty had
resolved to appear in public when evidently un-
fit for the fatigues of a public exhibition. Ilis
memory, which has hitherto been very good,
seemed entirely to have deserted him ; he read
his speech in an indistinct hesitating manner, and
with the air of a man who attached no meaning
to the words which he uttered.
.While the
names were calling over, and the subsequent
business proceeding, he fell asleep several times,
notwithstanding the continued though deli-
cately concealed efforts of the Duke of Blacas,
his first gentilhomme in attendance, to keep
him awake. On the day of this melancholy ex-
hibition, news are said to have arrived in Paris,
that Ferdinand had issued a Decree equivalent to
a military amnesty, and had given the pledge
of the speedy publication of an amnesty em-
bracing all classes. This decree determines the
situation of all those who have served in the Con-
stitutional armies as officers or soldiers, whether
they voluntarily abandoned their standards, were
made prisoners of war in the field, or were in-
cluded in any of the numerous capitulations with
the French. A general pardon is extended to
them—a pardon for resisting foreign aggression !
and no restrictions with respect to their place of
abode are imposed, except that they shall not in-
habit Madrid, or any of the places of Royal resi-
dence. But as they might be dangerous to the
state,if left free to settle where they chose, while
deprived of every means of support, a hope is held
out that -they may be again recalled to active
service ; and a pledge is given, that in the mean
time all officers, from the rank of captain up-
wards, shall receive the half of their former pay,
and all subalterns two-thirds. Such is the ar-
rangement formed with respect to the Constitu-
tional troops—such are the promises and engage-
ments of the Government to reconcile them to
the existing order of things. We suspect that
they know Ferdinand too well to place any re-
liance on his pardon, and are too well convinced
of the ruined state of his finances to expect any
thing from his liberality.