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rnehtl and injativs to width the ttriaa anzl r4.lril ore: e?
the United Stateo, throughout the whole of ti:o Afrioan
seas, have already been subjeettA by the vexation s
seizures and detentions of her Nlvjesly's cruisers, and is
most of thetn ~vithuu! ju,titication or exeusr.
That the right astute(' by her lv:ak.sty's Govern-
merit may be regarded as iiiipcdant,nuty net be doubted.
Indeed, the undersigned would net mt frarkiy towards
Lord Aberdeen, it he were to pretend thct the coese•
peaces of refusing the exercise of the right by the
American Gorernment might not throw very great
difficulties In tits way of executing the existing treaties
for the obllition of the slave trade ; bu', as he hes
taken occasion heretofore to observe, the admission eon
neither strer4;then the claim of right, nor diminish
the forea cf the objeoiions to it on the pat of the
United Sta. es.

There remains only o:.e other part of' Lord Aber-
'teen's note which the un lersigt,el deems it necessary
at this tune to notice. It is that in which bis Lordship
expresses the opinion that any right varch which
shall have b. en concede I by two such Guverntnents n 4
Franca and G:rat scartey be considered amt
incomPitiYe the honour and littler idenc,e of any
nation upon earth. Nam, if Lord Abertitcn a remark
was inteaded to apply to the proposal nhicli was made
by her M.je,ty's Government tg that of the United
States for a mutual right of s arch, secured and guarded
by treaty stipulations, the under.igned has no observa4
tion to make ; but if this opinion of his Lordship %vas
intended ta apply t, the right now asserted by
Great Britain, and proposed by her Government to be
exercised in time abscace of a'l convmtional arrangC4
meat, then the undersigned must Le alkwel/41 to expregt
his decided distent. That the exercisiltf mutual riglith
properly secured, might not be incompatible with Da•
tional honour and sovereignty he re idily admits, kat•
much as the contracting parties woul I stand upon the
looting of equality and security, This he presumes to
be the case between Prance and theat Britain ; but
such ~would not be the case between Urcat Britain and
thcLaitcd Sutteb

The undersigned must, eierefore, after the most
careful consideration of the arguments adrsneod in
Lord Aberdeen's note, repeat the opinion which he has
hcre:oforc expres.scd, that if a power such as that which
is now asserted by her Majesty's Government shall
be enforced, not only without consrnt, but in the face
of a direct refusal to concede it, it can be regarded in
no other light by the Government of the United States
than a violation of nat:onal rights and sovereignty,
and the incontestable principles of international law.
That its exercise may lead to consequences of a painful
character, there is too much lesson to apprehend. In
cases of conflicting rights between nations, the precise
line which neither can pass, hut t) which each may
alvance, is not easily found or marked ; and y t :t
existi, evh itetcr may be the difficulty of discerning it.
In ordinary cases of disagreement there is little danger ;
each nation may, arid of en does yield, something to
the other. Such, however, it is to be feared, is not the
present case.
The peculiar nature of tic power asserted, and the
consequences which may be apprehended from its exer-
cise, in Ike, it on ,t of an important a momentuus cha-
racter. I nvol v lug, as it does, questions of high
and dangerous sovereignty, it may be justly re-
garded as deeply endangering the good understand-
ing of the tw count.'ies. Ought her Majesty's Go-
vernment, then, under such clscumstances, to insist
upon its enforcement'? That it will not, the under-
signed cannot perm's himself to doubt. Ile wll there-
fore continue to cherish the live that, upon a earelul
review of the whole subject, her Majesty's Govern-
ment will see the importance of adopting other mea-
sures for the suppression of the sirs, e trade th .n these
now pcor used, sod which will be far better cd. ulsted,
not only to accomplish the object desired, but to pre-
survc the I;:eadly rilitions of the two countries upon
principles consistent with the interest and honour of both.
The undersigned avails himself of the occasion to re-
new to Lord Aberdeen assurances of his distinguished
consideration and respect. A. S'I'EVENSON.
To the Earl of Aberdeen.

DISTRESS AT STOCKPORT.
The fol Awing statement has been published by the
authority of the, Mayor of Stockport :
It is well known th.et the cotton manufacture of this
kingdom has been long and greatly depressed, and that
numbers of persons engaged in it have been thrown out
of employment, and great distress occasioned in the va-
rious towns and di,tricts of which it is the staple ma-
nufacture. Toe borough of Stockport, the working
population of which is engaged almost exclusively in
this manufacture, has suffered in common with other
towns, from its general and long-continued depression.
The distress so occasioned has been increased to an ex-
tent, it is believed, beyond that of any other tots n, by
special and peculiar circumstances of a local influence.
We allude to the entire stoppage of some of the largest
establishments in the town and neighbourhood,
by which several thousand persons have been thrown
out of employment, who still remain without anti• pros-
pect of being able to return to it.

. _
Of the e t sbleihments at work, a great part are so
only partially ; and the working of short time (that is
of four days per week) has been continued to a g►ester
or less exte:it since May last. Upwards of one-third
ef the horse-power in the town and neighbourhood is
unemployed, which, if at work, would give e
mem to more than 4,000 persons. It is believed that
there are, altogether, about 5,000 operatives of various
trades unable to obtain employment. The COM..
queneel of this suspension of labour arc cat, naive loss
and suffering among all (dusts dependent upon trade,
and unex:mpled distress and privation among the work-
ing population. fins distres,, heightened' as it now is
by the severity of the weather, has arrived at u pitch of
which it is impossible to convey any adequate id.a by
mere statistical information. The Poor-rates have
reeularly increased, and are now become a serious
drain upon the diminished resources of the comparatively
few who are able to pay them. Families, tw., or three
together, are crowding into one house, or leaving their
cottages for c.llars some are quitting their native
land : numbers, having exchanged all but the la ar-
ticles of then- wearing apparel for the means of ►.ustain-
ing life, arc on the verge of destitution. Honest men,
willing to work, are compelled, with their entire fami-
lies, to become street mendicants, or to live, c►a, by
day, on the precarious charity of their neighbours ; and
besides an increase of disease arising, in a great tnel-
sure, from a deficiency of food ; many, it is to be
feared, are literally starving to death. Of 15,826 :n fi-
viduals, inhabiting 2,965 houses, lately visited under the
direction of a Committee appointed for the purpose,
1,204 only were found to be fully tinfleyed ; 2,866
partially employed, and 4,148, able to work, were
wholly without employment• The remainder 7,605
persons were unable to work.

The average weekly income of the above 15,823 per-
sons was Is. 4p. each.
The average weekly wages of those fully employed
were 7s. (lid. each.
The avt2rage weekly earnings of those partially em-
ployed were 4s. 71d.
The Committee appointed for the purposes of the
relief now to be afforded, being fully convinced that all
the effort; that can possibly be made in ti.e town and
neighbourhood will be utterly inadequate to meet the
pressing necessities of the case, have resolved, under the
direction of the Meeting by which they were appointed,
to make an appeal to their countrymen generally, and
especially to those individuals and classes of society who
feel little of the pressure of the times, or who are re-
moved from all fear of personal suffering and privation.

11UNIFICENCE AND LIBERALITY
OF THE EARL OF KIN TORE.
Provost Mate has just received the knowil g corn.
mule ktion trom the Earl of Kintore, enclosing a check
for 3001. " Christmas-dq, 1841.
" My Lord Provost—By the herald of the 27th cf
last meet 1,
am so far gild to infer that Aberdeen at
prosent is n exception to Paisley, and several places in
England, 'here the manufacturing interest is distressed.
"We are w. 11 aware that the Corn-laws are the allel.,el
cause of this distress. Whether this be bond fide the
c :se or no, I am not prepared to say ; neith r do I, at
the eleventh hour, sufficiently understand the bearitlgs
of this vital question, to enable me to vote pro or con ;
• d I consider it far too intricate a question to vote at
ram!om ot. lam no Monopolist ; I wish, if possible, to
see fair play e at-n(IA to both interests, and not to dant-
• ne, w'.th the unfounded hope of benefiting tho
o7her. As ar as 1 eau glean at pre sent, 1 sec heavy taxa-
tion on the one 4ide, and starvation in some places on
the other. God forbid 1 should, for an instant, hetitate
to ext, n 1 my sympathy to honest operatives out of work,
de,titu e C food and raiment ; still, I would fain hope
that Parliament, while giving every proper alowance to
the present distressed sate ot.the maiitifactur nj i t rkst,
• , t ch.! same time, give evtry fair and due protec-
tion to tla! agricultural intere. t ; and, when ally Par-
lialieht, be it Whig or Tory, shall be enabled to de-
velope the qua mod°, by fixing such an equilibrium ai
shall generalig satisfy the country, th‘n 1, for one, shell
‘villingly subscribe to the same, rbe it for or against me.
Meanwhile, I tender you my voluntary contribution for
the distress you do have. I beg it may be applied as ne-
cessity demands.--•I remain, my Lord, with much re-
spect, your Lordship's faithful and obedient servant,
—2lbei.dcen llrruhl. KINTOILE.

The Kendal Working-Men's Anti-Corn-law
Association have published an address to the public, on.
the present 'distressed condition of the working classes,
and the effects of monopolies, especially the Corn-laws,
on family - expenditure. They say, =opt many ex-
cellent remarks----" The bread tax having introduced
cent.
poverty into our dwellings, it might be expected that it
&e., than other nati"s.bionttioi
olifi.:o:iiet:::
would then take pity upon our miserable condition, and
cease in its etl'ects. Not so—it is unreknting and nu-
satiable in its operations ; it demands its 20 per
from the miserable pittance of t.;s. per week as well as
'ls. per week, as may li:! seen by the tables. We are
compelled to pay ad. ?ter loaf more for bread, 4d. per
pound more for meat, 2,1. per pound more fur butter, 4d.
liosnsdlianyneliti:uninn3gd
per pound inure for sugar, 9,1. per pound more for colr,e,
ti.theeaetxs,trfaoourrdiet;cr.s:
FligA KS 01? NATYRiEIre
animal
limNa
possession of two heads.
Ilia:st,t‘avocatinfo"aratlsist,lsh:irtehd
but only two ears.---Liccrpoo/ Chronicle.