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SEVERAL FREEHOLD DAIRY FARMS,

that seem to stand aloiie fur their superior quality ; there is rin_
thing Lt the vicinity that will aspire to a comparison ; the quality
of the soil is proverbially tirst_rate—it is, in fact, unsurpassable.
• IT I'S EXEMPT FROM LAND TAX,
and the tithes are commuted at a very low rent ; it extends to

THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE ACRES,
bounded and occasionally refreshed by the Avon, four miles from

THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY,
seven miles from Chippenham and Devizes, and about test from
Rath. THE WOODLAND SCENERY •

of the neighbourhood gives a very imposing feature to the pin-
perty ; it is altogether an investment free (torn any alloy, and not
►urpassable anywhere.

It can be viewed by particulars, which may be had at the Grorc
Mansion twenty-one days before the sale also at thearm-,
Helkshan3; the best Inns at r.Yerizes and Chipper/hare, White
Hart, Bath ; Of Messrs. Bicknell, 3tObtrts., finch, and Waste, Soli.
citors, Lincoln's Intl-fields; Mr. Mager, Surveyor, Old Broad..
aria; St gag 4vitipa Marc; 414,44 Coo*ordezt

GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE.
It Is adorned by castellated towers, full of accommodation, and
quite competent to everything a respectable family can desire. The
lodge en' ranee is vis-a-vis the park entree, and they both display
great taste. The castle is quite embosomed by the ful4rown plan.
tations and park walks extending to the river, which, for more than
a mile, is a boundary to the estate ; and
THE EXCLUSIVE FISHING IN THIS RIVER
to a great extent is among the many agremens appertaining to this
desirable investment. There are
TWO CAPITAL. DAIRY FARMS
connected with it, close by, within a ring fence, and around the
castle are eighty acres of land so rich that the best bullocks are con-
stantly made fat upon it.
THE DEMESNE EXTENDS TO
THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES
of very choice land, and there is the cipability to add largely to it,
if it be required. Leamington, Warwick, and Leicester, are all
within nineteen miles; Coventry is e.,-,;ht miles, and London less
than a five hours' journey.
Principals may have additional information ; particulars will be
rea,ly days prior to the sale, with a drawing lithographed, at the
King's Bead and Craven Arms, Coventry; the Regent Hotel,
Leamington ; Mr. Baxter. Solicitor, Atherstone ; Messrs.
Loftus, and Young, New bin; the Mart; and in Covent-garden.

SHUGBOROUH HALL, STAFFORDSHIRE
The superior and appropriate FUR NI PURE of this noble Man.
sion, splendid Glasses, a Gallery of Pictures of the highest
class, antique Marble Busts and Statues of inestimable price,
a Library of valuable and rare Books, a Cellar of choice Wines
• the Service of Plate, China, Glass, Linen, Pony and Shunting
• Carriages, Hothouse and Greenhouse Plants, and an Infinity
Effects. • •
IurIi..(AORGE 1:0111N1 is huniitivi,j with
structions to ann 'truce for Unreserved C P
on the Pietnises, on Moms.% v, August 1, and 14 following Days
(Sundays excepted), at Twelve for Our each day,
THE SPLENDID PROPERTY
of every denomination appertaining to • -
THE MAGNIFICENT MODE,
SHUGBOROUGH HALL,. THE SEAT OF
THE RIGHT 110 N. THE EAR I. OF LICHFIELD,
within five miles of Staftbrd, and 12 miles from Lichfield. A
very inadequate description of the costly effects which will he
found congregated can only be conveyed through the usual mo.lt:
of a pubic • announcement. .Mr. Robins will endeavour to state,
as succinctly as possible, the leading features, with the full con-
viction that there will be found, in every department, the utmost
attraction to interest and induce the connoiseur of the fine arts,
the bibliomanist, the bon vivant, the dollst, and horticulturist,
and these who seek to furnish their abodes with all that is of the
best and purest taste, to journey to this most extensive, and
splendid auction.

THE EXPENSIVE FURNITURE OF THE MANSION
cannot be denominated of the present fashion or period; it is; 'bow_
ever, in the best taste, and excellent of its time, and comprises the
appropriate fittings of the noble drawing-rooms, saloon, dining-room,
library, morning room, and boudoir, with many

BRILLIANT CHIMNEY AM!) PIER GLASSES,.
of unusually large dimensions ; .
ORNAMENTAL PORCELAIN AND ALABASTER
of extreme beauty and rarity. The magnificent Equipments of
THE STATE BEDCHAMBER AND DRESSING ROOMS,
in rich crimson silk damask, enriched with gold la.e, is, however,
of the latest fashion, and most gorgeous in effect; these chambers
have only recently been fitted up; likewise the excellent Furniture
of • TWENTY-FIVE BEsr BEDCHA MBERS;
the whole of which are most completely and admirably appointed ;
alio of an immense number of bedchambers for domestics, and of
the extensive range of offices.
VALUABLE ORIENTAL SEVRES AND DRESDEN-
dinner, dessert, and tea services, iii endless variety, with an immen,c
quantity of useful china, rich cut glass for the table and sideboard
and a wardrobe of table and bed linen.

THE COLLECTION OF PICTUIILs,
including those

OF THE HIGHEST CLASS,
numbers It2o. It was formed I.)y

THE CELEBRATED ADNIIIt A L LORD ANSON,
who had unusual facilities of enriching his gallery with gems from
the continent, and who, aided by a consummate judgment, spared
neither cost nor trouble to ACCOMplish his darling object. 'I he
rarest treasures of the Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Flemish, and
English Sabots, in their pure state, will here be found ; and
where there is so much of excellence it is difficult to select for
particular mention ; still the following well-known and un-
doubted pictures by Guido, of the " Angel appearing unto Peter,"
and " Susannah and the Elders," must have especial notice ; two
landscapes by G. Poussin ; a splendid landscape by Both ;
landscape by Claude; a landscape by Domeniehino; a landscape,
with cattle, by Cuyp; a small 'landscape, with cattle avid sheep,
by K. Du Jardin; a landscape by Berghem ; and another by
Gainshorough, with six matchless sea pieces, by Vandervelde—
onebeing of large size and singularly fine, and its companion by
Backhuysen—all these are incomparable as works of art. There
are also many charming specimens by the following esteemed
masters
Titian Rembrandt K. 1)u Jardin Zuccarelli
._• . ,„

Carlo Maralti. 1,...5i01a lireetnburg Jan Mirl
E. Le Suer Panini ' Pucleintrurg Sir J. Reynolds
(:. Poussin Swanes•eltlt I'. Brill
P. Veronese A. Storck Albano

THE GALLERY OF ANTIOUE STATUES ANO BUSTS,
of the FINEST GRECIAN AND ROMAN 'SCULPTURE,
many of them being whole length figures, the size. of li 'c, and a
great variety of Antique Busts of tvraordinary execution, with
some of modern date. The ansends!c may be pronounced one of
the richest in this country; it include: nearly SO matchless speci-
mcns of sculpture, and any language offered in their praise would
be far too feeble to express their claims to admiration ; the tine
antique life-size statues of Neptune with thr Dolphin, the Young
Bacchus with a Satyr, of Paris, of Venus from the Bath, of one
of the Muses, of one of the nites, of a Roman Youth and the
companion, a Female representing Comedy, 'and many more equal;v
splendid, with a long list of antique maehle Busts, all inestimhle as
works of art ; whilst, amongst the modern,noy be named

THE MAGNIFICENT GROUP OF CASTOR ANI)
POLLUX, BY NOLLEKENS,

and several other full length tigures, the busts or Homer, Demos-
thenes, Marc Antony, Sbakspeare, and Locke, magnificent speci-
mens of sculpture, all by Rubiliac, and the noble Busts of Francis
Duke of Bedford, and Charles James lox, by. Nollekens, and other
celebrated personages.

THE LIBRARY OF BOOKS
embraces SEVER A L TH °USA NHVo LUXES of the HIGHrfnT
CLASS of literature, and an infinity of works most beautifully
illustrated, with many rare books, particularly the splendid work•e
ofJ. B. Piranesi, Sir William Dugdalc, a Series of the County
Histories, the Antiquities of England, and all the best standard
works, both in verse and prose.

THE CELLAR O}•' %VINES
INCLUDES ABOUT TEN THOUSAND BOTTLES,

selected with the well-known judgment of the Noble Owner, corn.
prising the choicest vintages, and includiug all the rare, curious,
and exptinsive wires of the Continent ; there arc several bins of
splendid old Port, brown and pale Sherries, Jones' Royal Ma.
deira,' Bucellas, Barton, and Sneyd's Claret, red and white Her-
mitage, red and white kurgundy, Champsgne, Sautetne, Hock,
Moselle, Fromignac, Calcavella, and many rare liqueurs ; Brandy,
Rum, :wit others spirits, with a qurntity of Fine Old Ale.

Now ready, in 2 voir. post Svo., priee 215.,
S R HENRY DELME.
A LOVE STORY.

By a BUSHMAN.
London : Hugh Cunningham, St. Martin's-place, Trahl-
•
:sr-square.

THE COLLIERY SYSTEM.
CRUELTIES AND INDECENCIES PRACTISED ON
WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
QIXTEEN ENGRAVINGS, from the Originals
kJ in Parliament, fully Illuatrating these revolting prac-
tices, and occupying an entire Page of the Paper, will be given
in the WEEKLY CHRONICLE of Saturday and Sunday
next, the 21st and 224 inst.—Office, 337, Strand, and aft
Newsmen.

MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL.
Nov ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo.,
THE WARD OF THORPE COMBE.
1. By the Author of
" The Widow Rarnaby," " One Fault," tce.
" One of the best, if not the very best, of Mrs. Trollope's
clever novels."—United SCrvice Gazette.
Richard Rentle,y, New Burlington street.
To be had at all the Libraries.

THOS. HARRIS and SON'S TELESCOPES
are warranted mu quailed by any other house at the
prices. Sent, carriage free, to any part of the kingdom. Cash
first remitted. Exchanged if not approved. Tourists should
not be -,vithout one.
A pocket telescope to show objects 8 miles off... £0 18 0
A pocket telescope to show objects 12 miles ... 1 10 0
A pocket telescope to show objects 16 miles..... 2 2 0
A pocket telescope to show objects 20 miles.... 4 0 0
Thomas Harris and Son, Opticians, 52, opposite the British
Museum, London, established 60 years.—T. Harris and Son
are neither related to, nor in any way connected with ‘a firm
of the same name.

Et o

HIS MAJESTY the EMPER
AUSTRIA,
having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS-
TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though
Viey are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities at obtain-
LARGE FORTUNES,
HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH,
Ore now Selling SHARES for the said DIS FRIBIJ 'IONS. I
Persons desirous to purchase may receive, PREVIOUS,
to giving any order, the PROSi"ECTUS and PARTICU-
LARS, up n addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line so
HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH.
The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains 700 MONEY
DI v I DEN DS, as follows:
lof t:-5,000 lof £6OO sof £l2O 10 of £BO
1 ... 1000 2 ... 400 5
1 ... 1,530 '2 ... 200 5 ... 100 43 ...60
• 90 593 •.• 50
1 ... 1,000 3 ... 'l5O 6.•
STERLBRING. aosounting together to £72,170.
BRITISH STERLING MONEY.

THEATRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.
In consequence of their great sumtss,
THIS EVENING, MAY 21,
The Perf,rmances will commence with PICTUREqQUE AND
BEAUTIFUL —Prineipal Characters by Meg- rs. Btu ker and Walter

Lacy.
Alter which, the Burlesque Extravaganza of THE OLYMPIC
REVELS. —Principal ( haracters by Mr. J. Bland, Mr. Granby, Mrs.
Grattan Miss Murray.
To be followed by the uccessful Burletta of ENTHUSIASM.
Succeeded by the Grand r airy Ballet of LA SYLPHIDE.
'fo con lu: e with THE I lilaH TUTU tt —Teddy O'Rourke, Mr.
Brougham.
Coxes, s.—Pit, _s.—Gallery, '6 Doors open at Half-past Six;
commence at Seven ; Half-price a Quarter before Nine.
Private Boxes to be had of Mr. (}r•gan, at the Private Box-office;
and of Messrs. Andrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Bally, at their Libraries.
On Monday next, Mr. Halley, Mr. Oxberry. Miss Faucet, and
Mrs. Ilumby, will appear.

ii/Y AL—SURREY THP.ATEtt...
Every thing New—The most splendid Novelties ever wit essed, with
an immense outlay, and numbers beyond conception.
rrifis EvicNlN(i. mAY:iI,
Will to presented a New Military and Equ?strian Spectacle, enti.
tie ML•RAT—IIIE PEASANT, ENERAI., D
KING, with Battles, Grand Reviews f Horse and Foot, and gor-
geous "Fab'eaux
Af er which, in a more extensive and splendid Arena than ever
betirc witnesse,t. NEW SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introduc ng
.B kTTY'S unrivalled Collection of AMNIA'S, consisting of nu-
eiou:ana matchless Cream.coloured Horses, An Lalusian Chargers,
potted Cour-ers, Fairy Palfreys, and Pigmy Poncys, and the most
alerted Vaul ers, Riders, Gymnastics, and Contortionist- in he
kingdom. PONY RAC S, eclipsing all firmer efforts, and a real
Monkey, the only one trained as Racing Jockey.
To conclude with a Comic Drama, called THE SPRIG OF NO-
EILI ry.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
UNDER THE DIRECTION *)F SIR. OS BALDISTON.
Extraordinary attraction —Sec nic effect► hitherto un attempted - Miss
Vincent mid Mr. Saville again as the H.roine and Hero of Dome--
tic Drama.

THIS EVENING, MAY 21,
Will be presented a New Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, enti-
tled J NE PAUL; OR, THE vtc:rim OF UNMERITED PER-
SECUTiON —Jane Paul, Miss Vincent; Michael, Mr. E. F Sa-
ville; billy Brown, Mr. d:aniner Martra, Miss Coveney.
,titer wilich THE MILL OF'BEREZINA ; OR, THE HOST
AND THE DESERTER.—Count Romanoft; al r. E F Saville;
U Tin, Mrs. Lee.
'Io conclude w th THE FORTY THIEVES, with New Scenery.
- Ali Raba, Mr. Gardner; Hass rac, Mr Dale; Mustapha, Mr.
Paul; Morgiana, M.ssCovyney.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully
Informed that
ON MONDAY, TvEsnAY, AND THURSDAY NEXT,
RAND FESTIVALS will be celebrated, in Which will be embo-
died all tkose popular Entertainments that have given to this favou-
rite place of recreation its peculiar celebrity, with additions and in-
troductions, which it is confidently .nticipa ed will render them even
more generally attractive.
The MENAGERIE has been enriched by many valuable and im-
portant acquisitions in the classes of both Quadrupeds and Birds.
The Colossal VIEW OF DOME has been repainted, and in some
instances; remodelled. Tha BA' O will includ.i soma of the most
eintieut Performers, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. The Programme
of the PROMENADES M SIC A LES will be selected from the
iinhlest works of the great Masters. The ILLUMINATION of ST-
PETER'S. the GI RA Ni DOLA, the FLA M-NG Nu ESSEN.
GER, ,he METEOR of ST. PETER'S,• and a Grand HYDRO
PYRRHIC TABLEAU 1• -
Gardens are open Daily from Ten till Dusk. The Evening
Fetes, with the Ponmenades Mos tales, Illumination of :`t. Peter's,
GirinClola of St. Angelo, &c., will be given on Mondays, Tuesdays,
cant 1 hursdays. .Actinis,ion One Shilling. ,

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LONDON:
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1842.

There was a numerous assemblage in both Houses
last night, particularly in the House of Commons, but the
expectations of the Members were not gratified. Mr.
ROEBUCK made no motion ; Sir JOHN WALSH was
dumb ; Mr. C. BULLER merely asked whether he might
have precedence to bring on the question of Mr. WA RBUR•
TON'S petition, concerning the immaculate borough of
Bridport ; but the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
doubted—Sir R. PEEL objected, and appealed to the
SPEAKER. The SPEAKER believed it was a question of
privilege, but one not for immediate and pressing con-
sideration; awl in spite, therefore, of Mr. MITCHELL'a
and Mr. COCHRANE'S prayers to have the subject im-
mediately discussed, the Ileuse, on the motion of Sir
R. PEEL, passed to the orders of the day, and proceeded
in Committee of Supply, to vote the Ordnance Estimates.
The Members were, accordingly, disappointed, and re-
tired in great numbers, -leaving enough in the House to
vote away the public money.
There have been for some time reports that the Tories
wish to stifle all further investigation into the alleged
compromises and bribery. As the matter stands at pre-
sent, the persons most mooede are Whigs and Radicals ;
and if the inquiry vverJ obe stopped, the 'Tories
might escape some personal exposure. To limit the in-
quiry, therefore, JoHN WALSH has given notice of a
motion to strike out the words of reference to the Com-
mittee, "whether such bribery has taken place in the.
towns" mentioned by Mr. ROEBUCK. He wishes to save
the honour of the House and-of Hon. Members. But to
stifle the inquiry is to augment the public suspicion, and
involve the whole House in the charges which now rest
upon individual Members. It will be better that the
disease be probed to the bottom, and be exactly defined
and described.

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A.ll that the public now.know is, that in several case,
of contebted erections, the parties concerned have been
so thoroughly convinced that if they carried the matter
fully before a Committee bribery must he proved, that,
to save themselves and their friends in the borough, they
have compromised their disputes, and have concealed the
evidence of their corruption. They did not wish to damage
the boroughs—those snug and quiet oceans of stepping
into Parliament, without performing any public service,
at an expense of 2,0001. or 3,oool.—and, as soon as the
contending candidates could agree amongst themselves,
they put an end to the incitury. The public know these
facts of some :ix or eight borkiughs, but the returns
from a much larger number were petitioned against, and
the petitions were withdrawn or never prosecuted, and
,e suspicion of impropriety now attaches to every dis-
puted .election. _
The question now for the public is, how can such ccm-

promises be prevented in future ? How can bribery be I
exposed ? It is clear the public have no right to expect
that the candidates who are looking for seats should
either continue a contest after they have secured a
seat, or offend their supporters in every borough
by exposing delinquences, when they are sure they
cannot succeed. Under the present system, therefore,
there are no means of getting at a public and official
knowledge of that bribery which so many parties are in-
terested in concealing, but which it is so desirable to
prevent. Though we have no wish to check Mr. ROE-
BUCK'S inquiry, on the ground that the present system
stifles investigation we agree with a contemporary, that ,
the question is now ripe for legislation. Bribery in nu-
merous boroughs is notorious ; the fact that the investi-
gation of that bribery by Election Committees is
stifled, is now also notorious.. It is further notorious
that there are no means of bringing that bribery to light,
because all the parties concerned are interested in con-
cealing it ; and, so far, the necessity is established for an-
other mode of proceeding, by which some persons, other
than the candidates, shall be able, to establish the fact
of bribery as against one or both.
But who shall be authorised to promote such in-
quiries ? Shall there be a public officer appointed for
the purpose ? We think it would be entrusting too
much to an individual's discretion. Shall it be done by
a Committee of the House' of Commons ? That body
is not to be too much confided in. It is so saturated
with corruption and party spirit, that its decision in
such matters would never command the public confi-
dence. The persons most 'interested in the matter are
the honest and independent electors of the boroughs,
indignant at seeing their rights, and the rights of the
people, sordidly bartered away. - Perhaps they might
be entrusted to take care of their own interests ; but the
vast expense of prosecuting such an inquiry before an
Election Committee, completely prevents them from un-
dertaking it. Then we require the tribunal to be made
more accessible, the form of proceedings to be simpli-
fied, and justice to be made cheap in this,
as in many other cases. The House of Com-
mons might promote such an investigation by guarantee-
ing the expenses to every individual who convicted a
Member of bribery. That would expose them, however,
to considerable trouble ; it would multiply Committees,
and would be sweating the purses of Hon. bribers, by
a contest with the public purse, which they would not
like. We, however, are disposed to think , that some
project of the kind would put a stop to much bribery.
What projects of legislation' may be generated in the
fertile brains of our usual Bill drawers we know not, but
we are thoroughly convinced that, as long as the House
of Commons will retain its jurisdiction in these cases,
instead of clearly defining the la:• s, and causing every
transgression to be investigated, like every other charge,
before the ordinary tribunals of the country, there will
be endless difficulties in the way of settling controverted
elections. The people will continue to be deprived, as
now, of their rights by bribery; and the House of Com-
mons, lying under a continual suspicion of having sprune
from corruption, will fail to command the respect of the
nation. We counsel it, therefore, to get rid as speedily
as possible of all jurisdi et inn .in controverted elections.

..
The Right of Seare,. .i , ...,, as again discussed itt
the French Chamber ot Peers un Tuesday. Invo'ving; as
it now does, the question of peace or war between Great
Britain on the one side, and France and the United
States on the other—we cannot attach too much import-
ance to whatever is said or done about it in such assem-
blies as that of the Legislature of France. We have
given the debate as reported in Galignani's Messenger,
which we find corresponds substantially with the reports
in the Liebats, the Commerce, - the National, and the Con-
stitutionnel, now before us. The debate was commenced
with a foolish speech, from a very foolish and very irri-
table Peer, the Marquis DE BOISSY, who has the will,
but wants the talent to be mischievous. He de-
nounced .M. GUIZOT as the - representative of
the British Cabinet, and; - though repeatedly
called to order, persisted in uttering this very silly and
absurd 'charge. The Marquis DE GALRIAC followed, and
observed that, though opposed to the Treaty, he felt con-
vinced that it originated in the religious and moral feel-
ing of the English people. He ridiculed the miserable
1 suspicions of those, who could see nothing but Machia-
velism in the simplest acts of a generous, high-minded,
and moral nation. Count Mom: followed, and surpriSed
the members. of the Cabinet by asserting that he was
always opposed to the right of search. He had not op-
posed it very violently, because he was suspected of hos-
tility to England, but he procrastinated, equivocate d,
and by diplomatic sleight of hand, contrived to evade the
question.
.M. GUIZOT, Minister of Foreign Affairs, was
the next speaker. He completely exposed the double-
dealing of Count MOLE, and proved, by reading de-
spatches to the Chamber, that in 1838 that Minister was
exceedingly active in endeavouring to extend the right
of search. We have only space here for one of these
documents, the reading of which ought to have covered
Count Mot.r. with confusion:—
L 1 COUNT MOLE, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TO COURT

SEBASTIANI AT LONDON,

" February 12, 108.
" Monsieur le Comte,—The slave-trade still continues to be
carried en under the Brazilian, Portuguese, and Spanish flags,
and under circumstances revolting and disgraceful to humanity.'
The reports on this subject which have reached us are quite
in accordance with the facts which have just been revealed to
the English Parliament.
" Apart from some secondary causes, which I shall not here
enter into, it must be allowed that it is the pursuit of which
this odious traffic has been the object, which has tended to
increase its horrors. This pursuit is frequently . nothing more
than a vain menace, of which the dealers exaggerate the dan-
gers, without, however, refraining from braving them. 'I hus,
although the French and English forces are united to prevent •
the traffic, it is in reality only. the English force which can
act, sioce France has not been able to obtain the right of
search over those flags which are compromised in the trade;
and, nevertheless, it is certain that the presence of
our forces must inspire the slavers with the necessity of using
precautions which unfortunately always turn to the detriment
of the unfortunate victims. Such a. state of things cannot
endure; and whilst waiting for the European Governments to
concert a plan for the more absolute repression of the traffic,
that which has been adopted by France and England must be
made as efficacious as it is possible.
"1 have, in consequence, instructed the agents of the French
Government a.t Madrid, Lisbon, and Rio Janeiro, to call the
serious and immediate attention of the Governments to wh ch
they are accredited to the overtures whi. h they have been
charged to make them, in order to obtain adhesion to the prin •
ciples agreed on for the repression tor the slave-trade, and to
press on them to conclude those arringeMents which we have
proposed to them for that object.
" I beg of you, Monsieur Comte, to claim the good offices
of the Government of her Britannic Majesty to support those
steps which its agents may take in conieqUence of these new
instructions.—Agreez,)kc. " MOLE."
. .
We now come to the more important part—the kernel
of a nut which has made so much noise in cracking.
Having proved that up to the date of his accelition to
office, France was as eager as. England to establish a
right of search, M. G tazoT proceeded to declare, that
with public opinion so hostile to it, 'he would not sign
the Treaty now, nor at any other time.
So far then, as regards France, there is an end of the
controversy. During the life of the-present generation
France will not ratify the Treaty, tibr will the United
States adopt it. What, then, remains for Great Britain
to do ? Enforce the Treaty alone, and, if resisted, de-
clare against France and the United States ? Heaven
forbid that we should be guilty of such madness

We have already expended more blood and trea-
sure for the suppression of slavery, than sound
policy, and the happiness of the African race would have
warranted. Sir FOWELL BUXTON, in his recent clever
book on the subject, diStinctly states that we have given
an impetus to the slave-trade, by our expensive, but
blundering, ill-directed efforts to suppress it.
It may be asked what we would recommend the British
Government to do in the present emergency ? We
answer distinctly, abandon the Treaty altogether. We
incur neither responsibility nor dishonour by this course.
The disgrace, if any, must be borne by France. A war,
to enforce a right of search, would be the maddest ever
undertaken by a civilised people. Besides, no right of
search, however guaranteed, ever will put an end to
slavery. We are beginning at the wrong end. By
one or other of two courses only can the slave-
trade ever be suppressed. The first, and most
worthy a Christian people, is to attempt to civilize
the coloured race. This is not to be done by mis-
sionaries, but by artisans and tillers of the earth. Teach
their kings how to turn their subjects to more profitable
account than by selling them, and they will sell them no
longer. The next is to demonstrate to the world that
free labour is cheaper than slave labour, and nobody
will, purchase a slave when he can hire a servant at less
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expense. - "
Let the Treaty, then, we repeat, be at once aban-
doned. This course will extricate us from a thousand
difficulties and dangers. At the, same time we can em-
ploy our influence in every part of the world just as
efficaciously, if not more so, than at present, in extend-
ing a horror of slavery. We will do a great deal more
by persuasion and argument than we shall ever be able
to accomplish by- force. Of this fact we cannot too
strongly assure ourselves. . .• •

The Paris Journals are wholly taken up with the
Right of Search qLestion. They are of course all well
pleased with M. GITIZOT'S refusal to ratify the treaty,
but as we have treated th 3 subject at some length in a
preceding article, we shall not here say more about it.
The Ami de la Religion gives the followingas the King's
Pa ris,
answer to the address of the Archbishop of Paris on the Ist
instant :—.. I thank you, M. l'Archeveque, for the good wishes
nd mself. I
you have expressed towards me on the occasion of my fete, and
the birth of my grandson, in the name of toe
fih clergy a
in the midst of whom I am always happy y
am gratified that you have appreciated some of my endeavours
for thepromotion of religion—you know that they are in all
things in conformity with your own. But it is necessary to
know how to snake allowances for the'difficult- times in which
.Wa live. We must not begin to build before- we are acre 'et

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