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NON'S TOMB.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR—Shakspeare has observed, and, I believe, there
are few persons to be found at the present period, who
would dispute his authority, when the traits of nature
are illustrated, that

" Cowards die many times before their death,
The brave but once."
On reading with great . pleasure, that justice had been
done at last to departed greatness, in the splendid return
of the remains of Napoleon from St. Helena to Paris, the
thought flashed across my mind, that being within two
or three miles of the spot, I would pay my respects to
the tomb of another hero—but one of a different class—

most certainly comparisons between them are not to he
called into question ; nay, more, there is an immeasur-
able distance between the above great master of the art,

of war, and the subject to whom-I allude. The latter
was an old acquaintance of mine, whose prowess I had

witnessed in the field of glory, whose "bunch of fives" I
had often grasped in the cause of true courage and friend-
ship, and who acted under the advice of the poet of a
thousand years—that
" Honor and shame from no condition rise,
Act well your part, there all the honor lies."
I felt determined to visit the grave of the late Cham-
pion of Ireland, Dan Donnelly, of whom it was said,

,
when George the Fourta r was Prince Regent, he
knighted the pugilistic hero for his " striking" qualities.
I have, Sir, something like a precedent or two before
me for visiting the graves of those persons we may have
had some attachment or friendship for in their lifetime.
The late Mr. Hardy, who was tried some years ago for
high treason at the Old Bailey, whose wife died during
his incarceration, immediately on his acquittal, almost
ran to pay respects to the grave of his partner before he
returned to his dwelling ; and Lord Cornwallis, who un-
fortunately experienced defeat in America, on his land-
ing in England, the first place that claimed his most
sacred and devoted attention was the tomb of Lady Corn-
wallis. Such visits, in my humble opinion, are calcu-
lated to revive feelings of the most grateful description,
either on account of the virtues, the integrity, or
splendid talents which may have been possessed by the
deceased, and the irreparable loss perhaps to his friends
and society in general.
The late Irish Champion, it must fie admitted, was a
feature of some importance in his own country. Dan left
his native sod to gather laurels for it ; and Ido really
think that if Donnelly had been " stalled off" by death
during his milling career in England, the " ItishFancy,"
whose warm hearts tell so much in favour of country
and their countrymen, would have had his remains
brought over to Ireland (not, perhaps, at the expense of
Government, but in one of the primest steamers on the
station), to receive the funeral honours due to the Cham-
pionship in his own country.
Bully's Acre is the name of the place where the last
remains of the Irish Champion are deposited, and it is
said to have taken its name from a celebrated counsellor
at the Irish bar, called (from the ground belonging to
him) Bully Egan, who, in a law contest with that great
wit and eloquent pleader, the Master of the Rolls, Mr.
Grattan, observed, " if the latter (lid not leave off his
abuse he would put him in his pocket," in allusion to his
being a small man. "If you do so," replied Grattan,
" you will then have more law in your pocket than you
ever had in your head."
Bully's Acre was a piece of free burying-ground, near
Kilmainham, and any person might bury their dead in
it ; and during the time the cholera was raging so ter-
rifically in Dublin, 500 persons were interred in one day.
It was immediately afterwards closed, for fear of the con-
sequences, and has continued Si? ever since.
Bully's Acre is situated on a rising ground, at the back
of the Royal Hospital, about three miles from Dublin,
and commands a beautiful view of the above city, and
also the rich, variegated, and picturesque scenery of the
Phoanix-park, the Liffey, the Old Man's Hospital, and
almost on a parallel, to render the Champion's tomb more
conspicuous, proudly stands the Wellington testimonial,
in honour of the hero of one hundred battles ; likewise,
at a small distance from the grave of the former, are to
be seen the remains of the tomb of Brian Borheime, our
of the Irish Kings, of great antiquity.
Donnelly was followed to his grave by thousands of
persons, and a very handsome monument erected to his
memory, on the slab of which was engraven at each
corner the victories he had obtained in the P.R. over
George Cooper, Isle of Wight ; Hall, and Tom Oliver
—three Englishmen ; and also over one of his own
countrymen, a very formidable rival. But owing to a
rude and barbarous custom which too often prevails
amongst a set of persons wishing to preserve as a token
something belonging to a person of notoriety, the monu-
ment has been completely destroyed bit by bit, and taken
away, and now nothing remains of it to be seen but the
abutment.—" Sic transit gloria mundi."
To impress the scene more strongly on my memory, I
chose " the witching time of the night, when church-
yards yawn," for paying my visit to the grave of the
Irish Champion. " I was in a right frame for it," as
Sterne observes, " and so gave full scope to my imagina-
tion." I almost began to fancy strange things, the late-
ness of the hour, shadows fleeting by me, the dullness
of the piic,and mrown individual forlorn situation, com-
bined to prepare me for what was about to happen. In my
. mind's eye I saw the grave open, I was at first seized
with a tremor, but shaking it oft; assumed a sort of
courage to keep my ground. Suddenly the shade of the
Champion appeared before me, pale and wan, and thus
I heard him address me :

- .....
" What ! my old friend, BoxiANA ! Are you still_
preserved amongst the Fancy ? No big ones now-a-days !
—rather at fault in that respect. Th sporting like to
see the big ones' in the Ring."
I nodded assent. _ _ _

" Horrid changes have taken place since I have been
called away from the P.R. !--the introduction of the
knife on the slightest difference of opinion ! Such a
direful change could not have been anticipated."
I again nodded.
" Rua PLAY ! lam afraid that great boast of Eng-

lishmen is being lost sight of in a certain degree, when
such murderous weapons are resorted to, instead of the
use of man's best supporters and friends, the weapons
given by nature for his defence—his fists 1 Mankind, in
general, ought not to resort 'to any other weapons."
I shook my head, meaning that I was sorry to acknow-
ledge there was too much reason for such a charge.
" Then, do all you can, Boxiana, to support the good
cause : continue to encourage Pugilism with your pen as
a national feature, always advocating a clear stage 'and
fair play ; but decry the knife, the dreadful uses of which
are found out too late, and the "
His voice became inaudible, he vanished into "
air," and I lost sight of the Champion altogether. I -,rery ,
soon quitted the realms of the departed ; ber.:mg in
mind, as a confirmation of what the Chamyi
had ut-
tered, Baron Gurney's observation at the late assizes at
'Worcester, "that STABBING and the us-
c of the KNIFE in
the slightest quarrel was gaining round, and must be
put down."
To show something of the character of Donnelly, the
following trait will suffice —After the fight between him
and Tom Oliver for guineas a-side, on Crawley
Downs, July 21, 1819 (one hour and ten minutes), Oli-
ver having fainted, both of them were brought to a little
cottage on the Downs, and put to bed in adjoining rooms,
with only a thin partition between them,—the following
conversation took place :
" Poor Tom's not dead, I hope ?" asked the Champion,
of his friends round his bed. " I would not have kilt'
him ; kilt' such a brave fellow, not for all ould Ireland,
much as I love it I Oh, lam destroyed.' ".
" Sure, man alive," replied one of his :Countrymen,
"you hit out like Hercules with his club :. by St. Peter,
that right hand of yours is a nate article to take out the
pride of a shelf of china ; why, it's inotie like a hammer
belonging to a forge than the body of a Christian. You.
have almost made `pap' of poor Oliver. He must have
been made of cast-iron to have stood so long before you,
Dan ' • but I am happy to say that he's not quite
told out.' "

"An angel spoke !" replied Dan, " not kilt him ! By
the beauty of Dublin Bay, you have ta7cen the weight
of the Curragh off my chest. I was so oppressed with
horror 1. Sure I never will be a, murderer ! Oat !
remember my ould schoolmaster used. to tell me, when
I was quite a brat of a boy, when fighting with my
schoolfellows—for the ould_ chap was fond of a bit of
poetry—that

- -
One murder makes a villain !
Millions a hero !'
True, I like to pc). P.-1 off my customers nate and clan,
and only look to the honour of the thing—that is to in-
fer, a whack or :mt., for ould, darling Ireland ! Spake,
to me, Mr. Thomas Oliver ! Oh ! let Ind hear you
sake, Tom ! Then I will not only return thanks for my
victory, but thp.t your life has been spared. How is it
with you, Mr. Oliver ? Whist ! whist !"
" I am very ill, Mr. Donnelly,' answered Oliver,
very faintly. " How can I be otherwise after such a
battle, and with so strong a man."
" Are you sure, Tom, that it's yourself who is spakizig
to me, and it's not some other cratur that wants to
bother rile Spake, if you plase, Mr. Oliver, once
more ; and then I'll be DO longer kept in suspince ; and
tell me, Torn, that you are- not dead."
Oliver answered by observing, " It is Tom Oliver who
is speaking to you now ; but I'm too much exhausted to
say any more at pre sent, Donnelly ; but rest satisfied
that I am alive."
" Mom power to you, Tom," said Donnelly, recover-
ing
his spirits ; " say you win the next battle ; and, to-
morrow, you aid I will drink success to milling, with
the swells, over a bottle of champagne."
Donnelly returned to London in triumph,
supported
by all ranks of the Irish Fancy, to the Castle Tavern,
kept at that period by Torn- BBeichertThe Lnh
boxers were rather nettled at this con
yest ; En,,iihh.
not
men don't exactly understand defeat ;
'tons phrasecavents, they
at all current in their vocabulary
possible,; at
and in con-
sequence of which lots of challenges as
will try to recover a lest laurel if
sailed the ear of
the Champion long before the hour
thanarrived
the
to
rest,
to rest.
But Tom Shelton, more impetuous , rudely
?
intruded himself into a company of Irish
your Champion
gentlemen, and
thus addressed them :—" Thisf
He can't fight at all ; he's nothing else but an im-
poster ,
• he has won with Oliver some how or another, I
"
admit, but I'll soon take the conceit out of him, when-
ver he likes, for 100/. or 2001. He also
attempted
hav-
ingto
tear
sustained der
the green ribbon, Donnelly's colours, from off a
gentleman's hat, Shelton
Shelton was so enraged at Oliver
Tom Belcher was present, and who had not only mar-

'MING EDITION•

ried a Dublin lady of respectability, with pretensions to
fiTire and beauty, hut likewise had nearly realised
1,000/. teaching the art of self-defence in the above city;
and prudently had sent it over, and secured it in the
Bank of England. Tom, always full of pluck, if his
stamina could not act as a second to the noble quality in
man, felt, out of gratitude for both of the above " slue
of luck," unable to stand still like a dummy, and hear
his friends belonging to Paddy's delightful cit' abused ;
where he, too had gained pugilistic laurels of the first
quality on the Curragh of Kildare, by defeating
Doglieity, for 100 guineas aside, and 504 in nineteen
minutes, seven rounds (April 23, 1813) in a spot ever
since called " Belcher's Valley." Tom said to Shelton,
" You are too rude, your remarks are out of time and
place ; and added, with great energy, " If you say one
word against Ireland you shall repent of it." " 'Who
cares for what Tom Belcher can do," answered Shelton,
snapping his fingers with great contempt. This sort of
treatment so enraged the hero of the Castle Tavern, that
he shed tears with passion. " Excuse this weakness,
gentlemen," said Belcher, " these are no symptoms or
fear, and will soon be over ; but if ever I have punished'
vain boasting and uncalled-for insolence, I'll try to do It
now," and immediately prepared to have a " turn-up"
with Shelton, but the gentlemen present interfered, and
the row was at an end. Belcher would have been i con-
siderably over-weighted in such a contest ; but his fine
science, and the rapidity of his " one two," which Tom
never failed to put in on the " upper works" of his cus-
tomers, might have put Shelton 's chance of victory to
rather a doubtful issue.

Indeed, it should seem that Donnelly did not appear
to be well pleased with himself in his contest with Oliver,
when an Irish General, a great patron of Randall, ob-
served to the Champion that he had anticipated better
things from him, according to repute. Donnelly re-
plied, " Why, General, I felt more like a wooden man,
than heretofore ; but I will show your honour the ELEC-
TRICITY of the thing in my next encounter ; I was not
in the Curragh, and did not feel exactly- at home."
"Nonsense," observed the General, with a smile, -" I
have been long enough a resident in this country to say
that you will always find fair play in England ; and, ac-
cordiniT to Boxiana's well-known chant,—
" ountry or colour to us are the same,
Only anxious are we in preserving the game."
During the enthusiasm of the moment, and flushed
with victory, the warm-hearted countrymen of Donnelly
offered, at the Castle Tavern, to match him against the
English Champion, the lion-hearted Cribb, for 2001.
a-side (of whom uncle Ben said, " he would not mind
fighting Tom, but that Cribb never knew when to leave
off'); a Noble Lord being present, and a great loser one
Oliver, accepted the challenge, " but the sum must be
increased," he said "tol,ooo/. a-side." Donnelly's backers
cooled upon the subject, and the match went off.

Donnelly, most assuredly had nothing of the tee-
totaller attached to his composition ; he did not know,
during his existence, there was such a word as " tem-
perance-" to be found in any book, much more in an
Irish dictionary ; at all events, with his general conduct
altogether, he never looked for the meaning of it. When
his trainer found fault with him for not attending to the
plan of regime strictly laid down for pugilists to keep in
view,—" sure nothing can hurt me, man alive I" said he,
" liquor cannot make me drunk ; whiskey has no power
over my frame ; for instance, feel this arm of iron, a
thigh as hard as brass, and legs that can keep company
with the fleetest greyhound in my Lord Duke's stables
and as for my heart, by de Okey, it's too big foamy
body, as to the courage of the thing. So you perceive,
training is - a troublesome sort of crature that does not
suit the company at all, at all, of Mr. Donnelly !"
• The Irish Champion was very little if any the better
for the stakes he won in his battle with Oliver. He was
invited by a particular friend, who wished to show him
a few of the private movements of London, and accord-
ingly introduced Dan to a well-known " Tat" shop,
where the proprietors of it soon explained to him how to
play the losing game at hazard, by " cleaning him• Out "
of the whole of his " rowdy !" and he was compelled to
borrow money to pay his passage to Dublin.
Donnelly, in his own person, had what is termed wit
at will. His " doings" might admit of some doubt of:
being followed, but his " sayings" always kept his vis kr
tors in a roar ; and his tavern in Capel-street was bet'
attended in the evening,than the theatres. He was me,
low comedian of his bar, tap-room, and parlour, wi',;h out
the aid of any " borrowed lights" from " Joe
Dan's jokes were all Irish. When in training v.t Smith_
am Bottom, in England, to fight Oliver, ha woule. not
take the necessary exercise, only when lie was beguiled
into a walk by some friend or other ; anything like pre-
scribed rules he would not comply with.
But poor Dan, like too many heroes of the fist, found
out to his cost that eighteen or twenty-five tumblers 'of
whiskey-punch drunk off during the day, must ultimately Er
make inroads upon the constitution, however strong an I
good it may be in its original state. Dan was too oftE
surrounded by the " swells" that he was in a manr ,er
compelled to drink all sorts of liquor with, and to h Ave
refused, any of his poor countrymen, who consider ; tas
honour to drink out of the same tankard with their
champion, he would have been pronounced prow-
/ and
upstart—nay, Donnelly thought it a crime to sh' jw.
any
difference, and thus the name of " a good fellow' • Itti
laxt
knocked him oft his legs. But since theg^ea'~" :Atom)
'O.. .
revolution, effected effected by the pledge and ter..pertm. y wet.
illee u sied eties, introduced by Father Mathew, Ibul-An quit?
another place, when only two Years `-
whiskey without water, but now it IS water: without:.
whiskey. Such an immense reform-dition 'au taken
I place in the habits and manners of +like peo:Je, not only
in Dublin, but throughout all Part -s of Irel lid, as to as-
tonish the most incredulous. " /ride et crede."
Dan was an excellent rack', layer ;he was fond of
the game, and generall' dry ateS all of his opponents ;
but the above game 'diurnal. e.igy -
a strongly-contealed cost him his life. Darin.. ..
galr_.e with El:celebrated player, and .
being rather exhausted with • heat and perspiration, he t
imprudently drank of'. a pint of cold porter at a draught ;
which, produced apoplexy, and shortly afterwards-
deatki.

Donnelly's sporting parlour, in which the "gay boy
of the city, and the, supporters of the P. R. used to nu: es
overflowed with company every evening, and was co: 9s i-
dered important enough of its feature to have a :filet-
simile painted of it, and introduced into the very sv.c-
cessful hulletta, of " Life in Dublin," at the Th
Royal, Hawkins-street, in which Mr. David Rees, not ar of
the Haymarket Theatre, personified the charactß r
" Jerry, ' and with his comic talents produced a .greall
deal of fun and humour in his set-to with " Cori], thiani
Tom."

Although not viewed as a Napoleon in the :., yet
Donnelly was a man " for a' that and a' that." Such ,
was t 13,2 late Irish champion.
I have the honour to remain,
Al-r. Editor, yours trs
PIERCE EGA T.
Author of " Boxiana."

Dublin, May 4, 1841.

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to relieve the people from this burthen, ile
twopence at least is plunder. The Goren= ens p Is
West Indian monopolists are up in artAci: and
r_ roar'.._
out that the plan will encourage. slavery—a 1
...."7
pay them the extra twopence because the; T
~_ _ -.
so benevolent as not to use •Alaves. But it i siortria
be borne in mind that, sr,
India gentlemen are concerr,ed, thfea;
hgo Id fora
till we paid them twenty millions
of
ffter they ha I ob—
tainedtheir emancipation ; and twit even a
under the na 4, oe
hilaseir(iltitsthi_id.r. si„,
the money, they endeavoured,heslavery to the . lo.st
minute of the bond. Moreover,vii
apprenticeship, to screw out t
sugar (after it i. i re..
slavery, they use the slave-g_
11.)°' which they buy at 4 4d.
with all their horr 3/ or
take all their free-gr r ,me_
lie market remains al.
will not do in u t.ta.
pfienretllht.n,
itnhiosrdcoterintr
enaithilehuoin.ftn:::
sugar at 61 per lb. Thisp ea
Pk'4
question.— I Vestent Ta •-•
STATE OF
A DA:E.little more in' If r
am 00, .t of bust less
• d 4 1 Y hns
tit; cell
lace in yarns,
butht siness done trifli tsly
low. In cloth the u .
1m). most without chanTgeßh.e
prices sumate to axe mine, .
is ng, and very. low
Twenty-seven inch 66-reed. printers are'
prices
lug
a
be improp_eraryto,latcbasetorveb,
to be done.9d.,,__en.
st.
sell-
t ss. 71d. tors '7 tY_ Aro 'reeds at is. 1 Old.
to
63a:ne,ovillioilyle.lfnelcuotleicoNtesltif:Inetdigalolo.a
si
si . .
to I ld. Tbi rty's
water twist, 4.
It may not
(ttligat'eltoilitalidnfgegell 1 ivi rLogt ttiltleea.S.
ongst exporters, in consNuence of the probs. in lity of
„ speedy change in the cr,r,,i_law _
1,6. m, hope for the future "
3 a'.d sugar mon apo.y.--
Mane/les/sr MN&
The Commissi-on on Greenwich H •^1 S 1 >
ospit- c wo kg
leave reconunel'aed, and the Lords Commission, ira of fix,
o fficiofl.tt.ti i,ive approved the recommendation, that the
lidenira
aptain Superintending the Schools t ,hinti d be
dispensed With ; and it is intended that as so on a , the
arrangements now in contemplation can be ,-; omi ]stub,the duties heretofore assigned to the Supe.6nt ,riding
YitithitC)sfs..o°..nplLL:lietsli (if.. l'al3 any the
Captain shall devolve upon the Masters, wbx:e n• enib,.r%
are to be consikrably increased. The wir.dc a i ,tiptaiti
Itlthetheexesecpbtoioolncocfasehisd ...)e.t. ng Al aired ibi
cne of the Committee firr examining tho ehaiinf of ~,,d
seler:ting children for, the Lower Schoc,l.--- E nnwehire
illtlenraph.
t d to &lane
ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT FUNTD.--7 Che Jinni,
versary (tamer of this Society was celebrated on Saturday al
the Freemasons'-hall.
°su ;
About 200 gentlemen 11 Rare present,
Lord Mahon in the chair. The proceedings of the evening
name
m se übr
appearingeription s
aasman ul%scriber of lt
were enlivened by the sweet voices of Messrs., Broadhurst,.
some
sum,
Hawkins, Hobbs,he r
Majesty's &. The
guineas, being her fourth donation to the same au aount.
The innyther of corporal punishments inflicted in
the royal navy in 1838, amounted to 1,730, and 4) 1839 to
1,381.

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EVENING EDITION

CHURCH-RA TES'

. .
--47 TO THE EDITOR OF Th—
SUNS
-rate steliar(
Sia,-=-On Friday, April 30, ten Church.
were, made in this town, and on Thursday last they we. `.e
offeied.for,sale by public auction, but no bu,
/Ors
he
we re
found, .and the only auctioneer they could secu rice
to-.v.n. soon abandoned the sale-room. And yt
ahe
more than 400. summons were served through
ay

parish for non-payment of Church-rates.
Ts.not this the way to bring Christianity into ( 11'3re"
pute, and to make Infidels and Socialists ; and is i t DOI;
preparing the public mind for something like a civil cOni•
motion ? If the Government does not soon do s,
thing, the people in all probability will.
The very elements seem at war with the system, fa"
thit, morning the lightning struck the spire, and ea used
considerable damage to it.—Your's respectfully,
Dudley, May 8. SAMUEL COO K.

ANTI-SLAVERY..SOCIETY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sre,—l cannot adequately express to you the ine7.ig-
nation roused in the minds of the abolutionists here at
the, course taken by the London Committee—that of
urging (+position to the Government measiwe on suga r.
One feeling animates all. The following address s• ant
off last night expresses the sentiments of the memo ;rs
of the Anti-Slavery Society of Kendal, who have be en
from the first uncompromising advocates of the e_ttin c-
tion of slavery the world over.
I am, respectfully, •
AN ABOLITIONIST FOR TWENTY YEARS. ,
• Kendal, May 8, 1841..
To the Committee of the Society for the Abolition of
Slavery and the Slave-trade.
Iik:SPECTED FRIENDS,—In the last number of the
Anti-Slavery Reporter, received this day, we have rsad
with., concern, that your body proposes to use th air
strenuous exertions for defeating the Government irws,
sure en the importation of foreign sugar.
Without respect of party we consider the quest ion
to be one- of so comprehensive a character, and so p (-o-
blematical as to its results, that we are not prepared to
support you in at once condemning it, without furtl ter
infovination regarding its probable effects.
We should greatly lament if such a proceeding .on
your part should publish to every slaveowner in Vir-
ginia Cuba, and the Brazils, that free labour, with at
bonus of 12s..per cwt. cannot compete in the production
of sugar with slave labour. This inference, though false,.
is inevitable. Can any thing be more calculated to con-
firth • foreign slaveowners in their prejudices against
emancipation ?
Shall we congratulate you upon the powerful acces-
sion to your ranks of the whole mass of late West Indian
slaveowners, now confirmed abolitionists ? Yes, gladly,
if we believed them sincere.
The subject is of such vast impOrtance, that we beg
of you to pause before taking any further step. We ap-
prehend that much evil and probable division of our body
will .ensue, if, on a question so involved, you follow out
tie view expressed in the paragraph contained in the re-
port to which we have before alluded.
We also think that it would have been desirable to
ascertain the sentiments of the influential country mem-
hcrs! of our society, before taking a decided proceeding
on this momentous question.
(Signed) W. DILLWORTH CREWDSON,
President of the Kendal Society.
ISAAC WILSON,
JOHN J. WILSON,
JOHN WHITWELL,
EDWARD CREWDSON,
Delegates to the late Anti-Slavery Convention
in Loudon.
,
WM. WHITWELL, Secretary. ,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Heytesbury, Bth May, 1841

SlR,—Last year, and for several tears past, hundreds
of tons of fruit have been wasted on account of the high
price of sugar.
"If sugar was about 6d. per pound, I would get my
wife to make some wine of those elder-berries that are
dropping off the trees ; it would be very good in the
winter to give the children when they have a cold."
This was said to me last summer by a labouring man.
If 'Ministers had lowered the duty on sugar to 20s. on
Janiai!;,a and East Indian, and to 255. or 30s. on Foreign,
it would have doubled the revenue, but as it is proposed,
it will increase it 50 per cent., and the comfort of the
population 100 per cent.
The superior quality of West Indian sugar will always
be a sufficient protection to the West Indian.
We hope the Ministers will nail their colours to the
mast.

To propitiate the mock and real enemies to slave
sugar, let 10 per cent. of the increase on the revenue be
e.pencled in fitting out steamers to put down the slave
tratle on the African coast.
AN ENEMY TO SLAVERY.