The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-17 00:00:00

comoNzaz.

SUGArt.—The market for British Plantation has been very
dull this week, and indeed the same may be said of that for
most other descriptions, as there is a disinclination to do
business until the Customs! Duties Bill has passed. The sales
of the week, excluding to-day, are about 500 hhds and trcs,
at lower rates, as supplies are coming forward.
IVIeURITItiS AND BENGAL.-41,186 bags of the former partly
found buyers, but at a decline of is to 2s compared with
last week, mid to fine yellow realising 60s to 65s 6d, and
brown 52s 6d to 58s ; of the latter, 7,583 bags were partly
sold at 58s to 62s Qd for yellow and at 52s 6d to 54s for brown.
RFFlNED.—Standard lumps have been at 78s to 78s 6d.
FOREIGN.-2,34 cases 7 brls Maroim were taken -in at 22s
to 24s for mid to good white, and 38 brls Bahia at 18s.
COFFEE.—The market has been rather dull. At auction

1,642 bags Costa Rica have been taken in above their value,
fine ord at 59s to 60s. Ceylon has had rather a better sale,
and 603 bags sold at 86s to 88s 6J' for Plantation kinds, at
94s 6d for pea berry, and at 52s to 53s for common to good
ord, being somewhat dearer. Mocha has been taken pri-
vately at 735, but 464 bags by auction only partly sold at
82s to 85s for good mid yellow, arid at 71s 6d to 72s 6d for
fine ord, being lower.
CocoA.—The demand is liir4ted and prices are lower ; 592
bags 78 brls Trinidad mostly sold at 42s to 48s fid for ord
to good red. , -
RlCE.—There have been no public sales ; but privately
there has been some business doing.
SALTPETRE.-2,592 bags Calcutta only partl7 sold at 23s
to 24s 6d for 18i to 8 per cent. refraction, which is a little
cheaper.
Rnm.—There has been more demand, owing to the Go-
vernment contract advertised. Proof Leewards, 2s 2d ; Cal-
cutta proof, Is I Id.
SPICES.—There has not been much doing publicly, but pri-
vately the demand is fair for Pepper, Pimento, and Ginger.
Corros.—At auction 4,139 bags 'East India, American, &c.,
were nearly all taken in, the market being depressed. Surat
was bought in at 3P to 3d per lb.
TEA.—The market has been brisker for all sorts. Congou
Is 0-id to is Id for common to-good common. Green is ad-
vancing.
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is dull at about 40s 6d to 40s 9d per cwt.
on the spot.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(T HIS D A Y)

LONDON, MAY 17.—Wind, strong northerly breeze, with rain
DEAL, MAY 16.—Wind E., light.—Sld. Mona, Launceston ;
Annandale, west coast of Africa; Blessing, Quebec.
DARTMOUTH, MAY 16.—Arrd. Sir Hans, Odessa, for Bre-
men, cargo heated. Sid. George, Sutton, Plymouth and
Labrador. _ _ _ _

OFF PLYMOUTH, MAY 16.—Camilla, Havannah, for Stettin ;
William Harris, Hamburgh, for St. John!s, New Brunswick ;
Manchester, Antwerp, for New York.
OFF FALMOUTH, MAY 15.—Adelia, New York, for Bremen ;
Eliza, Sierra Leone, and sailed for Portsmouth ; Mary Stud-
dart, M'Neal, Calcutta.
LlvEnrooL, MAY IG.—Wind variable and light.—Arrd.
Oscar, Steed, Benin (May 17); Alice, Barbadoes ; Bolton
Abbey, Savannah. Off, Nimrod, Ambassador, Jeremiah
Garrett, and Aberdeen. Ski. George Armstrong, Calcutta;
Lai ly Flora Hastings and Phalanx, Mauritius ; Lord Palmer-
ston, Columbia River; Bella Portena, Buenos Ayres; Flying
Fish, Rio; Village Girl, Santa Martha; Themis, New York;
John Nunn, Quebec; Safeguard, Montreal; Othello, HODIP
du ras.

OFF CORK, MAY 14.—Blake, Fraser, IchobGe.
DEAL, MAY 16.—Arrd. 'fedora, Havannah, for Hamburgb.
FRESERBUROIT, MAY 13 —The Eliza, of Kirkcudbright,.in
coming through the Pentland Frith, got in the rocks and'
became leaky, crew (except one man) drowned.
NEWPORT, MAY 15.—S1d. Alice Haviland, Philadelphia.
Rat:Trot, MAY 16.—Arrd. Feliza, Pike, Trinidad. Sld.
Zoe, Cape of Good Hope ; Indian, Montreal.
WEXFORD, MAY 15.—The Roscius, Collins, from Liverpool.
to. New York, got on Arklow Bank, but was assisted off
yesterday, and proceeded.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN ANTI-
SLAVERY SOCIETY-(THIS DAY.)

The Fifth Anniversary Meeting of this Society took place
in Exeter-hall tills morning. It having been announced for
several days previous to the meeting that Lord Brougham
would take the chair,, intense interest was excited, and the
hall was densely crowded. At eleven o'clock the members
of the Committee entered the room, and took their seats
amidst loud plaudits. On the platform we observed Sir
George Stephen' John Bright, Esq., M.P. ; Samuel Gurney,
Esq., J. Sturge, Esq., the Rev. Dr. Bunting, the Rev. J. Bur-
net, the Rev. Dr. Jenkyn. the Rev. J. Carlisle, G. INT. Alex-
ander, Esq., and many other distinguished advocates of the
cause.
Mr. J. STUROE said, in the absence of Lord Brougham, I
beg to move that Samuel Gurney, Esq., be requested to take
the chair.
G. W. ALEXANDER seconded the motion,
The announcement involved in this motion was received
with evident disappointment. The motion itself was car-
ried unanimously.
Mr. SCOBLE, the Secretary of the Society, said he had
a communication to make to the meeting, in the shape of an
extract from a letter of Lord Brougham to the Committee
of the British and Foreign Anti7Slavery Society. It was as
follows :

" TO THE ANTI-SLAVERY COMMITTEE.

Privy Council, May 16, 1844.
Gentlemen,—l feel truly concerned to state that I shall
be unable to have the satisfaction of meeting our friends
to-morrow. I had, as you are aware, been reluctant to
break through my geniral rule against attending public
meetings. But having, in consideration of my ancient con-
nection with the Anti-Slavery question, overcome that reluc-
tance, I felt gratified with the prospect of once more find-
ing myself among our abolition friends, and I had received
the thanks of our venerable Thomas Clarkson. But the con-
stitution of this Coart renders it impossible to find the re-
quisite number of judges for to-morrow, when important
causes come on to be heard, insomuch that we are obliged
to ask the attendance of an unprofessional mesaber of the
Judicial Committee. My being here, therefore, to preside
over the business is necessary to prevent public inconve-
nience and detriment to parties.
" Believe me, your faithful servant,
" BROUGHAM."
, The reading of this letter was followed by hisses from the
body of the room.
The CHAIRMAN said he was sure he should receive the
kind sympathy of all present in occupying the chair, instead
of a Nobleman of such brilliant talents as the Noble Lord
whose company they had had reason to expect on that occa-
sion.—(Cheers.) As he did not possess the brilliant eloquence
of that Noble Lord, they would ;not expect him to detain
them more than a few minutes ; but still it was due to the
meeting that he shoUld state why he had been w fling to
undertake a duty for which he did not feel himself to be com-
petent, and which was of so high a character. When he
reviewed the short history of the British and Foreign Anti
Slavery Society, and observed the very useful character of
its operations, whither they related to the spreading of sound,
true, and unanswerable information on the subject of slavery
in different quarteri of the globe, or to the protection which
the Society had always given to the black population in our
own colonies, which population, without that protection,
would again have been deeply oppressed ; when he con-
sidered, again, the Society's watchful care over all
the laws and operations of the English Government,
in reference to the slave-trade, and its great
services in furnishing the Government, .at all times, with in-
formittion, and using all its influence that that information
might be well applied; when he considered, again, the
great activity of the Society in spreading information on this
subject in other countries, whose colonies still kept so large
a portion of their people in a state of slavery; when he con-
sidered all this, it did appear to him that the British and
Foreign Anti-Slavery Society had fulfilled, with great judg-
ment and energy, its dtity to the public in reference to this
matter, and that he would not be justified in refusing any such
assistance as might be in his power to render to the cause
by taking the chair.—(Cheers.) Their business on that oc-
casion, he apprehended, was to receive from the Committee
an account of their proceedings during the past year. Many
present,he doubted not, had read that well-conducted periodi-
cal the Anti- Shivery Reporter. Those who had done so must
be well aware that the Committee had been anxiously occu-
pied during the past year, and he had no doubt they would
receive high satisfaction from the report which was about to
be read.
Mr. J. STURGE said he need not offer any apology for
reading a letter to the meeting, when he stated that it came
from 'Thomas Clarkson.—(Cheers.) Though he was now in
his 85th year, and had devoted 60 years of his life to the
great cause which they were that day met to promote, he
had shown in the last year so much energy in working for
it, that he thought it barely^ possible that he might
be present on that occasion. Having written to' him on this
subject, however, two or three weeks ago, he had received a
reply, stating that he must never expect to see him again at
a public meeting. He had, however, written a letter, and
although it related to only one point, it showed the devotion of
his mind to the cause. He ventured to say, that Mr. Clark-
son had not written less than 100 letters to eminent men on
this subject during the past year. He then read the follow
ing letter :

" TO JOSEPH STURGE.

" My dear Friend,—l can truly say, in answer to
.your
letter, it is with grief that I am again hindered, by the mSr-
mities of old age, and the painful diseases often consequent
upon these, from attending your meeting, which is to be held
on the 17th instant. You may easily conceive, knowing, as
you do, my entire devotion, during a long life, to the sacred
cause, which it is the object of your meeting to promote, that
nothing would have given me more pleasure than to have
attended it, and to have seen so many friends, whose hearts
have long beaten in unison with my own on this great subject
" It is very pleasing to me, on reviewing. the occurrences

ableof the past year, to Lie to state, through you, to ttie
audience, an event which I consider to have been a prodigious
gain to our cause. I allude to the defeat of the application
of the American shareholders under the 10th article of the -
treaty lately made at Washington between our Government
and the President of the United States. It was evident to
me, on reading the treaty, that it was intended to be appli- -
cable to the refugee slaves, as well as to the white population,
who might have fled from justice there. Hence, there Was
reason to fear that the American planters would take, advantage
of it to go into Canada, and search for and claim such of their
fugitive slaves as might be found, and thus get them restored
to slavery ; and this was afterwards found to be the ,cast
Now who were these poor fugitives from the horrors of
"slavery? They consisted, originally,. of about 24,000
persons, who escaped at different times. Some of them, when
they fled, were pursued by bloodhounds, and torn
pieces; others were taken alive and carried back,
and subjected to cruel torture, even to death ; and others, (W-
-en their journey of many hundred miles, perished by hungenor
r,.
fatigue, and' diseases contracted in their way, so that
more than twelve thousand, or one half, reached their desti-,C
nation. These settled themselves, by permission of our GI:
vernment, in Canada, where they have erected villages? cu
tivated the land, built schools for their children, and places 01
worship for themselves and families, and conducted them-
selves upon the whole in such an exemplary manner, as to
have gained the esteem of the inhabitants among whom they
lived. It was to be feared then that the American
planters
(and so it turned out) would, under the treaty now men' •
tinned, claim these fugitives by charging them with crimes,
often fictitious, and thus that all their industry would bard
been lost, their villages broken up, their land left desolate, an
themselves taken back to a cruel slavery. Ido not remefl'
her a time during all my anxiety, for now nearly sixty yes?
on this subject, when I felt so much and such continued pain
for the fate of the poor people now described. I well kiln(
the tortures to which they would have been exposed if gives
up to their enraged masters.
".I was brooding over these melancholy presages, when on $
more minute examination of the 10th article of the treatY,
my mind.began to be relieved. It seemed-to me; on lookiug
over those articles which related to the mode of restoring. fu-
gitive criminals, that they were so worded, as to afford some'
thing like a safeguard. to the liberty of the intended victjuisi;
These victims were happily to be examined before a Briti3
magistrate, in conformity with British law, before their ,de-
livery to the demand of the American Government. It now ot.o'
depended upon what sort of instructions her Majesty's Miu7
ters would give to the Governors of Canada and the Westin-
dies, as to the interpretation of certain words in the treaty,. I)°,'
make it more or less favourable to the unhappy persons to
claimed. There is great reason to believe that they VI
formed this part of their office in a spirit highly honourable'
to themselves ; for since the ratification of the treaty sere
fugitive 'slaves from Florida escaped to Nassau, who °echo r,
'
charged Niith murder. These were soon followed by
Marshal of the United States, with orders to claim them
bring them back. Their case was immediately brought
fore the proper authority of the island, and the evidencee;;d:
being such as British law required, they were not surreys
I hope and believe that all such cases will terminate is „ta
same manner; not that I desire the really guilty to ese"'el,
punishment, but that slaves who simply run away from
masters, should not be charged with fictitious crimes to ust
casioia their surrender. I cannot therefore help thinking tub.
this defeat of the object of the Washington Treaty is t° ii
considered as one of the most important occurrences, as
to our cause, in the past year.
"Bi I f--- I li- the time

gut _fear. _ Lave trespassed too much upon, _-
Jour audience, I will therefore only add, that I do• carri
toff,
wish that the intended meeting may prove highly satisfacoll
to yourself as well as highly advantageous to our couri/
cause.—Yours, affectionately,
"THOMAS CLARICSOS•

" Playford Hall, near .Ipswich, May 14, 1844:"
He would now say one word with respect to the 100 of a
zealous co-operator in the good work for many years, en;
who was now removed from works to rewards. Since the,,,/
last met they had lost his valued friend William Allen. 0,
(Cheers.) It was far from his intention to attempt to Via
any eulogium on William Allen, a man who in alleviation
the sufferings of his fellow-creatures, looked upon hint,hl
only as the instrument of God. He was now where
He
praise or condemnation of mankind could not affect him.
merely now alluded to the circumstance of their &jelly
death, in order to express a hope that they would rot
imitate the zeal with which their friend had toiled in. tre
cause of suffering humanity, but also the love 'and fer",,ejoi
ante which he showed towards those who differed fronl ing
in opinion, as to the best means to be adopted for obtains;
their great _object. In that respect their friend, Willi '
Allen, was a bright example.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. SCOBLE then came forward to read the report, "A
was extremely long, and from which lire take the fell°""
extracts : # ite
" presenting the fifth annual report of the Society '°oo,
supporters and friends, the Committee would call attest
in the first place, to the present state of the African slave-tr*,
" The powers which stand before the civilized world E.:;to
eminent in guilt for the part they have taken in this 11,•efeligi
traffic of late years, are Spain, Portugal, and Brazu.., Intio
they acted in conformity with• their own laws, an' 141
treaty stipulations, the slave-trade would long sinee.„, ava
disappeared. But deaf alike to the calls- of hurnaniuthir
honour they have shamelessly persisted, in peePliegr,tterli
own territories, or supplying others with slaves. Spain, - 33 s
reckless of consequences, allows the traffic to be carried ono r
means of enriching her treasury, of keeping. the Creole coPeor
tion of her colonies in check, and of rewarding the adheresesit
of her-changing governments for their services. The
Captain-General of Cuba is an avowed partizan of the
..nsid
trade, and is represented as uninfluenced by the 071 Of
and remonstrances of the resident population, who dres.,eA.
further increase of the African race, as an element of "
ness and decay, rather than. of strength and prosperiTa ioef
" Portugal is chiefly devoted to the conveyance 0' , sp'
from Africa to the Spanish colonies and Brazil; and is "
parently reluctant to forego this employment fur her mere
tile tile marine, as they are to discontinue the guiltyl
Brazil is now the largest slave-importing country in,
world; and, it is believed, that durmg the last two yea'io
number of unfortunate Africans introduced has been
mense.. iitea
#‘ At the last anniversary of the Society, the Conn" fot,
had the gratification of announcing the importuat
that slavery had been abolished in British India- 'free,
millions that were there enslaved are now. legally eat
the act of the Governor in council, which secures that
_,fi
end, having received the sanction of the Court of Esstlbs
Directors and of the British Government. Ifenceilotn "-tot
the duty, and should be the aim, of the Society to see v.
the emancipated slaves are free, in fact, as well Singapore
The same general remarks apply, to Malacca, o
Penang, and Province Welleslev. In Ceylon slaver,' tto'rinea
*holly been abolished, and the Committee are inf
that slaves still remain in'bondae at St. Helena. _were
Mr. O'Connell here entered the room and was _ were,
with loud cheers, which lasted fur some time. Ther.
e,'" ,A °f
few hisses mingled with the cheers, which had the ".
prolonging the applause. fr
The SECRETARY, before he proceeded with the rep.'iutr
minded the audience that they were attending anb
slavery meeting.—(Cheers.) He then proceeded °it
the
report.
" At Hong-Kong, slavery; if not actually
d bf
authorities, is found to exist. It cannot, however, :WA,
Pposed that the British Government, when the faetsiag
all known known, will allow of its continuance. Netued.
injurious to our influence in China could be imat Aar the
The Committee have also learned that at ibriiibejj
inmates of the houses of the Moorish residents are.,baryfr
slaves, and sometimes sent thence to the Coast of ite Core.
sale. To these points, the anxious attention or . t
roc
mittee has been directed. f the .01
" The Committee have further become aware _ pep' „,
that British vessels are sometimes employed in there, fror„
Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea in transporting sit
one port to another for sale. Of course they lost who,tPte
PeTTßitte. d,
laying the fact before her Majesty's Government, ries ise,
feel persuaded, will institute the most rigid ingeleoastit
abuses of the British flag, and apply the necessary
non
tional remedy.
emir tpe
"The Committee have watched the progress °-, ;al 01004
from the British settlements on the coast of •ait'ort
West Indies with the greatest care, and have to re,P Gos'e,
whilst on the one hand they rejoice that the Britis,l4 to she
ment have resisted the solicitations of the West le"weiglit
igo
tend the range whence the supply of labourer's, d Foredo
drawn, beyond these settlements, lest it should ain'rde,
Powers a plea for covertly carrying on a slave,;o lief
the pretext of supplying the colonies and Pessen'hat t„
free labourers ; they deeply regret, on the other, n'ortio"
have given way on a vital point, that of a due Pr°' of,
the sexes. Oa'
" The removal of the prohibition laid on the t
jail dot'
Indian labourers to Mauritius, has led to a vts cope
these people into the island. The market has, bee') 00
ted ; and probably the further introduction *nawetaelt.#3
pended in whole or in part, except in the case of,. oriec,ND°
fwamhicilhiess.houSludcghoavnernuttterhediisnrtergoajudetioofn tohfe Brea
t.'er9 in t" de'
ispou
British colonies, is, in the judgment of the Ceinw
serving of the severest reprobation. „acts ,
The report then, referred to the general prosr- , ,tiaef
Society in the various countries of the world. 4, arintsial
" An event of great
,importance, though e"
n tr,ste;
with the Society, merits a record in its report---t the b
Pedro de Zulueta, junior, for aiding and aebetatpe ingt
trade. A true bill having been-found by the g 7 coo. rot
was tried at the Old Bailey, and barely ache so>i'
the petty jury. having acquitted him, contrail 0 root. jive'
up of the learned judge, who presided over theebe arts if;
facts brought to light by this trial prove clear! go'. se
to which the traffickers in human flesh and tlieffototiff
this country resort in the prosecution of their real, ;01;
inhuman deeds. To the courage, talent, ael'his e%-iatte'o
George Stephens the public are indebted for t_ittee
In testimony of the importance which the Conn 33 1,1,
to the criminal proceedings against Zulueta, o,,utbeetosa,
the anti-slavery cause, they have published
count of the trial, accompanied by such additly,ue
throws light upon the more obscure parts to
tile ail' 9,
This publication is earnestly recommended ple,
of the friends of Africa, throughout the countrY,,,n,
He (the Secretary) thought he would be consurlf_ideoaotim by
sure of the meeting if he did not continue t? eaoncl t
the ens 01104.
roefadtihnegrteri
eortat conclusionlen length.
thHeerwepoourltd:,_therefore,
" The nature of the evil to be overcome 7
the „vier
of the human race—coupled as it is with
e__,};tic aitt:rity'v,f
terate habits, engendered by centuries of
uct_. de of sape;ire
the pride and prejudice of caste, arising 0
by' the atielietir
condition ; the lust of gain, stimulatede
power, which wealth confers; and the love
teheuntostei°t'io.2.oc,
dear to the oppressors of mankind, P
resell°, cies,ip
ble, though, happily, not insurmountable
.I,ol"tien
;oismts,pliisnhmtheinstaonfdtohtehgrerelaatnods,bjechtavwehiicahvedenwrbc ypeat9,tvoritri:ecti,,leele,t.
the righteousness of their cause, cheer -the p vo
_lO
and by present appearances, and truesttiiiig tuwhea
tiabee boo
sing, they confidently anticipate the ine
o,t,eers)ooot•
the oppressor shall be broken, and the
.etir
race who now sigh in bondage, shalldp.e,i10110111! stlast
Mr. G. W. ALEXANDER then rea
estiel„Pro Pr°Pvlia
The Bishop of NORWICH was
.then c, , load . tba, lii
received wan
the first resolution, and was. . eto 01'• „ieeta 7tien
bamy
0-autitcehd.tiot a2p,r7eoalr.e,
adndthtahte thaebielititpieesn,sclvi:tturieerde
nofot:oeeoat 'turbo,
another place at twelve o'clock, ID L
attendedsaidthat thitatwmasoarnt
Lies Presen in let
'thout rt f 9oe
an opportunity to pass by wi
cause that connected itself with ~rson p
morning, for
choen vb.e?i,en,toce
couldb
e at
naott.eoi isebviocti:
was not a single there r p"',o
British feelings. There
hifee
ths
m,
tile=
sin one oent
ganooddlwibilrlatanedd
ts
hh
ee s
hearts towards o
of
the cause.
tiewo7oeprees,r.te9u7cetti
in
whose heart was not with him, alley were prre W,9 ot.eitr,
who were absent in body, Y
y or politics•—ts fotgi'iaairy
It was not connected with
PaChristianity for tilva
Of all the causes ever argu
But to go beyond that, it had it bac' ititth oy,
worthy of public patronage
for its object from beginning to a
geede'instrirttthhaet
proreosnre_....'e
‘lllleatirr,, iiietsioy•
gave him great pleas
would cee°— eal'e 0°
words, he • re sP to
it had Christianity in its prio
There v. e,
_.,10
ld
'tails with irn'ch
iott, heae"itiacts,
• o the e
would enter at large into 1, how an% was loin
to sue"' t
conversant. He was there end tea e boa.
saitid these few wor
greFre:7:iCbeh ePerreiss: i)edat °,Xot
ftlieheaelvirniengsilution he had before h
the
freedom political and social.—( _rdon, sec
The Rey. jowl KENNEDY, of ALK
promote the cause of anti-slatvbeeTeed
for freedom in every shape. ; ,cheers.on; of thonde,_