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Congress their wishes
their national character
would yet save Africa f
W. 45 threatened They ,
the sionattire of every man
to evert himself in los '
tion in his hand w.as.foui
if they approved ,of the
fsle they could abstain
Lord M 11,7011. wished
should be reid, as it eon
upon consideration mil;
of adoption. The Result
Lordship observe'cl, that
rages -there mentioned,
F*nch Weit India Ist,
cion alto thu,pnilly of
tio reign nans, He should
part of the resolution -
words be inserted in
was deeply impressid u.,
adopting inch measure,
;mot the infracticn 14 11
ployment sf British capli
slaves."
The ttiitios, was agreed
read, taproots!, of the regret
ting.the clause in t*, tree(
cor.tinuanee-of the stave
years, and its p`i:ohable „
Upon theinestion being ,
be adopted, , . ..".
Sir James MACICIWroaII
eloquent speeches step
thing was left fur him to .
the stipulation in question
i,eparste point of SieW '•
ated it. They niiptht
defence was made, judgment ,
but the article itself admitted
the most unqua:itied reproba;
infamous stipulation ewers-.
try was a nation (load applause
with slaves the great island
the empire of Brazil an
iseople Finch and Dutch
natives of Africa, 13) tr./
slaves, each of which no
t. f turrinnocent liv: s in ,
Whitbretd) had said, th
War to such a treaty.
a choice betwixt war and
choose whether we should
Favour of, justice and fur
ivhouneditated rapine as.
of with those who suffered
and reiterated appLuse.i
'calamities, was the school
bat to be confounded with .
similar to, or more atrocious
ducted the perpetrator
The Marquis of LAN
Con was to be made for
Of tar. himent ; th,e one
presented by ;.is Royal
tester; and &it to the Common
the-tether arid patron of -
Could be so well qualii
they possesied qualities!
Vitality whieh.might aga
iserteiterignce t for we rib
tight the battle which we_
to run the race which we.
Betts* the fhole* extent. s.
1000 coniciletion from &ling
WAS to Isufisally.settled - -
VAG*. is order to rem
Tiew.coul4 the tranquilli
liaif could die lila for'
DifcHTT, bin by acting tip
dtil av ive **avid be done
OtAittif4 )j,tni Allied* St
. . . . . • .., .. •
etwericouragemein was
sc.
bdhdon of tha.tritifie, alit:,
:s. Gob end Man. Hue •w
slope 4:voillchaft herself
advocating Ole cause of
inert ouginto be suppoio
' an oppindmity might be
is.- _I !ate his Hon. Fr lend. on f
r, ,
ifintfianity.,=-:( lif,kh A,4/'
The qvqfition was then
keAter and Mr. Wiloertr

1s

Onito the!wn Hoh,
Ica of; the CentrAl'Abolit
Carried urvanibionily, *gni
Lord HOLLAND rose,
he should, like ttir other
his Lordship saicrthere

tomplying ; the orie,,thrat
to it ; and the ether, that-he
able, o'4 did, 10 stand
i to nbstye, that lie hose
ind was happy to thiul
the alusieioas Chairman..
1:a1 him 4c:la-cede to there qi
131 he would be happy
orell 'a caese. OF the
.1/ i&, because ha. could
Lowy stehv was in war,
tedWebniintied, than dial
I L signed by a British
ii. bau once been hi one
tided by Quewn Eli;
liens, that at tile end
ro 'well. MI knew 1,,,,
hi d, ai,d the same vmu,
Les on rtspecting the Slit
t

Though be hiniielt was ,
A•al s)taittst this traffic h.
ham the capita! employed
lueocklitance wield mu
-pined so mucb of our
r w now tall upon us to
etejii gt.: the V.d Retail
with ho Nettie fLord.
etistactien. he wished to
t It and disgust. Cowls!
words is the 'test;
rt:sys, and make os aenneneaberin, ,
•iun of the trade llt was ifrtytio
,;its. Isis, to sign the pc. igloo I
,oand in jismice sw our *rainy...,
!milts, to ere,thi the itUrntation
Wes India islands, and out to

s would be sec
ter redeemed, a
(mai the roan
y ought to erdea
man in the coun
s respective spier
,unded on the Re
he Resolutions, it
horn signing it.•
ed that the seven
lintained sotre se
light not be rho
rsolution hawing
hat the cotnparat
d, respectinis our
tiands, might occ
our asotives in
tonic, therefore m,
should be main,
its steAd, s. rha
with' the ineicase
es in Parliament,
the abolition law
&pital in the nefai
reed to. The peti
regret of the petit
resty swath France,
we trade was per
consequences.
ring put that the r
!rnsti OtnerVed, t
ch the•meeting h
to add, nr for mu
estion was to be
from dime who
have a defence,
i,.;inerit ought to b
admitted of none,
reprobation. It
wer entered into si
aitlilaute). It sea
Hand of St. Domi
'n agricultural en
itch Guiana with
✓eimporting thi.h
lust be purchased
Africa. His Hon
that he should pre
He doubted mu
and peace. We
mid prefer a sear
humanity ; a WA
mid murder on
Ted -thrtn on the •
e.)—.Civilized wa
00l of many virtu
with a war which
rocious than those
to the gallows.
scinws u obaerved
ran address to-the
e to the House of
I 'Highness the D
Commons by Mr.
of this holy mea
lifieceas those who
i to command sue
Haiti be so requisite
might again be cal
Fie _ thougtii
we.thought we h
nt-of the mischief,
Siding. that thi) g
d at a Congress t.
tons theetwanquill-t
,ilify of.yorope be
or „the firostectinn
n ;bat secied
me by ?' Fourth
fA6ver4igns, *he
wkis afforded to tir
alike. contrary to
was It pa. Kahle
F in • oppoiitien to
.ot hum.ibity. 'I
Otted by the Nish
e again.affordell
his vials* ha
putiie.) • -
en put, that the Di
Circe, be requeste
AYes of ParliAmrot
cilition of the r;litve
midst the loudest a
p but the tall helm
ter speakers, ascet
Whe two seasons
'at be etoritted it h
tat-be was-so lime
upon it. He the
se to concur with
)1c that it had th
in.. His seal WnsU
lierignest that ha •
,y tts connect his n
he treaty he was
d not speak of it
tr, he would rathe
Ist such an article
h negociator—(•p
tit' possession t arts!
....lizabeth, it was o
nd of tight years i
that article ha
nth! be thc.case
lave Trade in the
4 a West India pa
had itsver ditllleit%
h fallacious argum
iyed in it he had no
naturally Ley, afie
capital on the tr
QlLaodnnit? it.
solution, Ise carnets
sLord-Grey), an
to Rove Moved, I It
,:owiFi though
y-Atoseld ceis v
'llellrileVOr sr
was iF Ft?" the.
petition
✓ ierismeaustoliss.'
in)l"rfatlan of At
nil t- _

t of the friends of humality was, he would not say
lingered, but completely lo t.
Ile Duke of Giot:CF,TER wished to know whether
a. the sense of the Meeting, that the Resolutions
old be put separately ?
trl Gtir.v rose merely to suggest two alterations
the Resolt:tions. One
.place it was !Aid, 4, We
ognia2 with satisfaction the principles pf humanity
ressed in the article of the Treaty re,pecting the
ve."Trad.!, though we regret that these priuctples
• followed," &c. For his part he c:•uld see with no
isiaction the recognition of principles, which in the
.cluding part of the article were so completely de.
red. He wishe,i, therefore, that they should merely
to the fact of the recognition, without any corn.
nr• lie also wishzd, after the expression of .their
inion, that the colisevence of the Treaty would be
renewal of the Slave Trade on a larye scale, thif
y shoul.l add, " And though accompanied- wit!: a
ovision that the traffic shall cease in hie years, )et
cannot see that at the end of tii.A tt.lnt it is likely

cease."
Mr. WI Lat. eronce said he had r.,,t the slightest ob.
ion to the alterations propo,ed.
he Amendment moved by Earl Grey was then
posed and agreed to, and the Resolutions were
:reafter unanimously adopted.
Me. Witirsitrau said he hail been desired to pro.
.se to the Meeting a Petition, in conformity to the
'solutions which they had jag adopted. Alter what
d been already said, it would be difficult for any
in to add any thing more to excite the feelings
ich were implanted in the breast of cvcry one of
before they assembled in that room. For his
~ he should feel himself incompetent to the task
addressing such an assembly, did he not consider
it was not himself who spoke to them, but mil.
ass of the inhabitants of Africa who spoke to them
;gll his mouth.— (ilmilaule.)—Ele hoped they
id all adopt the Petition which he had the honour
:opose to them, and give their signatures to it'.
wished all of them to i.se their influence in the
Tusion of the sentiments of this Petition, tit they
Ime national beyond all that was recorded in his--
r, in order that Parliament, speaking the laagnage
once of a united and universal people, might be
lebled to restore us to the great and proud situation
which we stood before the signature of the Treaty,
were now a degraded nation ; but although we
re a degraded, it was not fitting th it we should
a despairing nation.— ( Amlaure).—They had not
to appear Mote Parliament, and to lay before
two Houses the general and universal exprt sion
ieir indignation at being chain involved in scenes.
Mood, misery, and murder ; but, as stated by the
iourahie Gentleman who had heen so truly nami
the patron and defender of the African Slaves,
' li:s Noble Friend near him, they had also to en-!
Jr to diffuse these sentiments among the 13 ativel
.anc.- But to Ire able to convey infurination`to
people of France, it wis necessary that the Press
..--InCe should be open to them. They_ would' find
he believed, a difficult task to convey their senti.-
to the people of France through the:appropri,
medium, the public papers ; for it was found inr...
'Jle to introduce into the. Gazettes -of Axe coon,
the Resolutions which bad-been lately adopted
that subject by the British Legislature. -He had
often designated as a man at all times A adarn-
for peace ; bat little did he thinlethat when the
ty of Peace arrived; it would eontaio onearticle
1 would have the effect of destroying' Peace
- IA a great part.of the world% an 'make
ament that a Peace had been obtained on
terms•—(//m/inot.) Hit had been represent.'
as a man willing to bbtain. Peace on any terms ;
had such terms been- proposed to him, -and het
been called to decide on them, Tidier than
peace on these conditions, he sirould have
let the war be continued...V.ord systsleme,l....-
•was not a question betireesi•one form-of Go.
and another ; it was not a question of co*
.ive strength • it was not a question of competj!
in. the race of opulence. Let what siro,o4t be
Government, and whoever might be :thie-Rideis
was a question. which, with or' without allianest
'uld not be disposed to abancion, and till it woo
he thought the sword ought not to be
.hecl, They had been told that there were it .
uals at present in this country paying the Ise-
of their participation in this abominable 4
but they. might also have been told, that
the very spot,:ethere these people bad been
_used, the 'traffic wus again made legal. He
heard of the ;satisfaction lately evinced .at Cey-
on the convicticin of a Set of miscreants who
advantage of a general famine, to steal a num-
.' those children who had been made orphans by
r the purpose of selling them as slaves ;—but
the knowledge of. this Treaty came to that
with what scoffing and reproaches would not
inan.stealets say to the people of this country,
.id permitted that very traffic in others which we
punished in them, and meant to profit by it '...
that we bad,,as the price of peace, permitted
' to cany on a trade which we blushed to carry
.rselves. It would be found impossible to carry
stipulation for the abolition at the end of five
into effect, but by the sword, why, then, he
. ask, did they sheathe the sword, when, with-
shedding one drop of blood they might have
:c1 an effect, which, at the end of five years
could not obtain but by the sacrifice oil
rd thousands 'of Europeans ? Why did we
for peace, but as a cessation of the shedding of
blood ; but this Treaty was merely a transfer
scene of human bloodshed. It was giving our
that millions of Africans should be again con-
. to all the horrors which this abominable trade
rise to. They must again open the bloody vo-
which they imagined had bean closed for ever;
they might be assured that all the horrors of
they had read or heard would be acted over
Would they not, then, do what he-now pro-
to them, namely, adopt the Petition which
be read to them ? This was the only means by
. they could hope to sec accomplished the wi rk
were engaged in ; but without .a general takes-
of the sentiments of the people, their wishes,4ll
' be ineffectual. The Members of the Legisla-
' been more than once compelled to listen to
,ce of the people; and it was well known to
of them that a late measure had been abandoned
nsequence of the universal feeling of the public
,ISt it. They had but to speak and to act, and 4
'needed not to despair, that at the approachinpal

. • . . . Congress their wishes would be womplished, and'
their national character redeemed, and that . they
would yet save Africa froM the ruin with Which it
was threatened They ought to endeavour to obtain
the sienattire of every man in the country; and each
to exrr himself in his respective sphere. The Peti.
tion in his hand was founded on the Resolutions, and
if they I pploved ,of the Resolutions, it was impoisi.
Me they could abstain horn signing it.-
Lord MILTON. wished that the seventh Resolution
should be rend, as it contained some sentiments that
upon consideration might not be thought worthy
of adoption. • The Resolution having been read, his
Lordship observed, that the comparative disadvan-
tages -there mentioned, respecting our own and the
French Wept India Islands, might occasion a suspi.
don aSto the purity of our motives in the mind of fo.
reign nations., Ile should therefore move, that that
part of the resolution should be omitted, and these
words be inserted in its stead, s' that the Meeting
was deeply impressed with' the increased necessity of
adopting such measure; in Parliament, as-might pre
vent the infraction 14 the abolition law; and the em-
ployment of British capital in the nefarious traffic in
slaves." .
..
The Ini-;fina. aris.aerred to. The petition was then
read, expressive oldie regret of the petitioners respec-
ting.the clause in the treaty with France; by which the
cortinuanee-of the 'stave trade was permitted for five-
years, and its• goliable consequences. -
Upon thevastion.being put that the petition should
be adopted, , .
Sir JAMES .MAartarrosn observed, that after the
eloquent Speeihei etch the'tneeting had heard, no-
thing was left for him to add, or for-much abler men.
the stipulation in question was to be regarded in' a
teparate point of it** from those. who 'had negoci-
sued it. They Might have a defence, and till that
defence was made,. Judgment ought to-be suspended;
but the .article itself admitted of none, and merited
the most uniiiia:ified reprobation. It was the most
infamous stipulation ever entered into since this coun-
try was a nation (44 apftlaute). It was to repeople
with slaves the great island of St. Domingo, to make
the empire of Brazil an agricultural country, and to
iieople French and Dutch Guiana with the unhappy
natives of Africa, by transporting thither a million of
slaves, each of which must be purchased at the expense
'44 twoinnotent lico•s in Africa. His Hon. Friend (111 h.
Whitbretd) had said, that he should prefer a state of
war to such a treaty. He doubted much if we had
a choice betwixt war and peace. We had only to
choose whether we should prefer a war against, or in
favour of, justice and humanity; a war with those
Who.aneditated rapine aid murder on the onehancl,
Or with those who suffered them on the other.--( Great
and reiterated appLuse.)---Civilized war, with all its
'Calamities, was the school of many virtues, and was
hat to be confounded with a war which led to crimes
similar to, or more atrocious than those which con-
ducted the perpetrator to the gallows.
The Marquis of LaNsnoWNE observed, that a me-
}ion was to be made for an addiess to:the two Houses
of tar- Lament ; tike one to the House of Lords to be
presented by.his -Royal'Highness the Duke of Glou-
tester; and that to the Commons by Mr. Wilberforce,
Pie'father arid patron of _this holy measure. - None'
could be so 'Wall qualifieceas those who hail shewa
they possesiedqualities to command success, and that
etiality athreh.nnht again be so requisite—Unabating
peitette4nee i.lor we Might again be called upon. to
tight the battle which we_ thought.. viehad won, and
to Tun .the -race which we•thOught we had achieved.
seisiii.iiii lhoke eAtelttOlthe mischief, but derived
sense frOm. aiding. thatthEt.gieat question
WAS la y..settled at a Congia's to be held at
itiikeit,.in cinder to renotiathenianquillity-ofEurop e.
4w.50,94th t die ir.arilliftiofnropc be_rfsiitoreci or.
f . protection, -
.of the 1.-
lafoliTT, bin by acting &iron 'bat tacrecl principle-to
-1e :*•iaoultr be 'done by ?". from the Sentiments
60ittiv4 by. tfie"Allieaf Sovereigns, "tie dioUght.;that
itr*Leticciontgroatebt. was afforded to Urge the total
abdlidon of thwtraffie, alike- contrary to the laws of
esobund man. • Nue 'was It prAsable that France
glom Tatcliilltift herself in 'oppoiition to all Europe,
sidtpc.ating tie cAuse ,of humabity. 'l'lie Gav6-n-
-inept ought =o be supported by the public unite,. and
an oppinthrmy might be again
_afforded tructingratti-'
late his Hon. Friend. on his tfinmphs iat the cause of
ITwthattity.e4Ml;ch ifpfilasie..) ' .. .• .•
i.e
The totistioa was then put, that the Duke of Moo-
Ater and Mr. Wilberforce, be requested to present
Petthisnain thetwo H PiPes of Parliament; oil the dub-
ieci of, the teneral Abolition of the r'llave Trade; and i
• it' -

isganitnoistly, ornidtuthe loudest applause.

tLord kiot.Latio rose , but the call being loud that
he shobK like the other tpeakert, ascend the tabl,
his Lordship sai&there. Were two teasons tor his not
..his
; the onOilat lie .dotitted it he could get
1 to it, ;
.and the other)-that-he was•so lime as to be tin
(.'
stole, if he did,, to stand upon it.: He .then proceeded
tnobsetve, that lie rose to concur with the motion,
kind '-wai haprir.to think that it had the suppirt of
, shetillusivious Chairtnan— His zeal strobld, no doubt,'
Ira 4 him 40w-cede to the ri quest thatbad been made,
gnct he, ititiuld be happy tit conned his name with. So
sicielli cause. . Of the treaty he was unwilling to
• autralt, because he could not speak of it with temper.
s Igierny oho was to waif, he would. rather that it had
beltn ccittinbed, than that Mich an article should have.
hen signed by,a BritiSli..negociator-(oftfiluvre). Cl -
1.445-ba4 once been in, our possession ; ankfin the treaty
toucladed by Queen Elizabeth, it was out of the sti=
rulations, that at the end of tight years it should be
restored. All knew low that article had been ful.
Alio; ifildthe same would be the.case with the §tipn-
ilation respecting the Slave Trade in tht present tteaty.
j'rhough he himself was a West India proprietor, his'
' zeal against this traffic had n*ver diminished, and the
only plaidthle, though talla. cious,argiment derived
hunt the cepital employed in it he had now leht to the
Yrench..France wculdnatutally say, after we had em-
ployvd so much of our capital.'on ' the trade,- bow cast
you now Call upon us to abanilon it ? Respecting ;he
wosii,r-zuf the 2d Resolution, -he cqncurred entirely'
with his Noble Friend liord-Gity), and instead of
satisfaction, he wished to have tnoVeil. the Winds eon.
ttnipt and disgust: Coulif blje ttiOuglit that:4;l*w.
fir words in the Treaty-nould.cijote vs out.ti (cur
~ensesi and make us renounce-our wishes for the :gib-
il nof the trade ?It was fi faftts the,cgaist alto
ri.141, to sign tie petition ; ant(we. wag she'
...
and in ima ice so-our teiirrw.subeTre•iimiliat-Wegit„
dice; to prtlfersi the iibrttation of...slavtik,int'i the
!era Weit India Islands, and nut to place them
f

A

Upon a !Imre favonrable footing than'. we lead placed
our own. Hetrusted, the voice of tli. United King-
dom rated procure a revisal.of the article at the Ge-
neral Congress, and that Government would he
strengthened by a full expression of the public voice.
At the Peace of Utrecht Great Britain received as a
boon, a permission to trade is slaves, known by the
name of the Assiento Contract. He had hoped that
at the present peace the boon demanded would have
been the abolition of a traffic, a scandal to the moral
and Christian world.—(Loud applause). We had
given France an incentive to carry on this abominable
traffic, nor could it be expected to be finally abolished
till the municipal law of England became the gene-
ral law of the world.—(zlpplause. ) :
Sir S. ROMILLY observed, that before the business
of the day was concluded, it was fit that one motion
with which he had been entrusted, should not be omit-
ted, and it was necessary to introduce it thus cut, be- i
rause the august personage who filled the Chair was ,
unable to remain beyond a certain hour. The motion
was, the thanks of the meeting to-the Duke of Glou-
cester for his conduct in the Chair, and for his un-
wearied exertions in this sacred cause—(continued a 1 'I
'douse). From the first moment that his Royal High•
ness had been able to express his sentiments in Parlia-
ment, he had avowed himself the supporter and Pa-
tron of this benevolent Institution, which had for its
object the disinterested plan of the civilization and
happiness of one quarter of the gl•.be, formerly the
scene of misery and bloodshed. The prospect for-',
met so bright, h;id been overcast by the Treaty re-
cently concluded. Senegal and Goree had been ced-
ed to those who were to continue the enemies. of- he.
manity, and the Slave Trade was to be recreated
and revived with all possible . aggravations. The
Administration of this country having thus failed
in its duty, it became die people of England to inter-
fere, and with one voice to insist upon the complete
abolition. He believed that, generally, individuals'
were not aware of the influence and power they pos.
sessed when united in one common cause, although'
the abolition itself, and many other important mea•
sures had been carried by the united energies of the
inhabitants of this country : those numerous Petitions
with which the Tables of the Legislature had been
crowded, the Parliament could not resist, and the
object so supported was certain to be effected, and
every man who signed them bad the delight of know-
ing that he shared the glory of each benevolent un-
dertaking so enforced. In the present-case much
irreparable mischief had ahead; been done ;—it was
the duty of the British nation to allow it to proceed
no further, by sheaving their decided opinion against
the continuance of the trade. It was impossible that
those who had put their names to the Treaty could
believe that at the end of five years the Traffic in
Slavery would be abolished :—on the one side them
must have been a determination to deceive, and on
the other a willingness to be deceived. (Hear, hear.)
No man could credit the assertion that a nation, not
yet embarked in this trade, and viewing it only with
the disinterested eye of philosophy, would, if any
representations had been made to the contrary, have'
insisted upon tire existence of a trade m horrible, and
for which they had
,then no operating Motive.—
' (Hear, hear.)—He concluded by moving the thanks
.of the Meeting to his Royal Highness the Duke of
Glnucester..( Long continued op:autos )
- The Duke of GLOUCESTER, in rising to ekpress his
gratelaseuse of the honour done him, observed that
'if 4fis zeal in this cause could be augmented, the ap-
probation just shewn in so distinguished a mariner
could not fail of producing the effect. He should he
proud of the bonour of laying the Petition before the
House of Lords, and he hoped it would be signed by
onany thousands. • It might. find •a more able, hut
never a more zealoui advocate.—(Hear, hear.)—Tre
Doke af Gloucester then left the hall, amidst the
loud applauses of the company, and. the Chair was
taken by the-Marquiseet Lansdowne. . . - • ..
• Lord Ktereaninr after an eloquent eulogium upon
Mr-WilbertoiCe, m9ved the thanks of the Meeting to
that Gentleman. •
It was seconded by the Hon. Mr. DOUGLAS, who,
in a short speech, expressed his earnest wishes for the
I sicred'cause of justice and.humanity. It was carried
by acclamation. .
Mr. !Witszneonce unaffectedly declared, that he
felt himself unworthy of the applauses bestowed, and
attributed the flittering manner in whielialie motion
had been carried to the affection of the Company to
the cause in which he had been engaged. • The his-
tory of his life, asfar as regarded this question, spewed
what approbation even moderate abilities might re-
ceive when those abilities were well directed.
Mr. WAITIIMAN said, that there was one motion
which would. more properly proceed from one of the
crowd like hiensell than from any Gentleman placed
at the head of the apartment : he meant a Vote of
Thanks to the noble individuals who had called this
Meeting.—(Hear, hear.)—J-Ie congratulated the cow-
-1
I.pany upon the Presence of so marry persons of rank
and influence engaged in so good a cause, and. upon
the deference which .some Noble Lords had to-day
.shewn for public opinion , he had frequently felt the
want of theil• countenance and support. (Di:appro.
.b ailit.) He spoke,it not in anger but in grief ;-I.e
rejoiced in this auspicious change, and he trustee that
the example now set would in future be frequently
follciseed. He therefore proposed his motion of
thanks with sincere pleasure. ' •
• The question being seconded by Mr. SMITII, it was
carried--the Marquis of -La NSOOVINE returning than Id.
' Earl Grity tvas gratified at the motion• just car-
ded, and not less, when he.considered the quarter
fmm. whence it came ; he was grateful to the Hon.
Gentleman, not only for the reward, but for the ad-
monition with which it had been accompanied. He
was not conscious, that itpoti the subject now under
discussion, he had ever. been Jeacfeeiaref in zeal pr in
admiration of the generous spirit displayed by the
people of England. He thought, that such a mo-
ment when all were unanimous in the cause of justice
and benevolence, was not exactly the time•for intro.
ducing personal animosities. In justice.to himself and.
to others, he Must however t ty, that he did not re:
quire the information regarding the value of public
opinion which had just been' afforded—(l-Tedr, hear.)
He qever had any hesitation in admitting that public
meetings of this kind were of the utmost utility, and
that they formed one great adtantage of our Consti!
Minn. . .

Mr. Warrustax, amidst much noise and hissing.,
attempted to explain. The Meeting, which was
most numerously attendeJg then broke up.

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In spite of the general hilarity of this' proud d iy,
we must call the attention of our countrymen to the
greatiptestion of liumanity which was discuss -d yester-
day by the Meeti:lg on the Slrve Trale. The clause
for its continuance, inserted in the Treaty with
France, cannot but till the minds of all virtuous
men with the most dreadful apitirel.ethiors. If from
all the judgments with which Europe has been ves-
ted, we have learnt no better lesson than to sanction
a regular tragic in the most flagitioas wickedness, we
have reason to fear that the cup of punishment has
not yet been fully poured upon the offenjing nations.
The intention of ail b.vinejudgments is—" io teach
'ten justice !"

The Peke Will positively be Proclaimed on Mon-
day : the following letter was sent this morning by
Lord Viscount Su:wound to the LORD MAYOR on the
subject :

" WHITEHALL, JUNE 17, 111144
. " My Loan—The Defutitive Treaty of Peace and Amity
between his Britannic MAJRITY and his Most Christian MA-
',sir having been signed at Paris on the 90th and the
Ratifications thereof exchanged, his Royal Highness the PaiNCE
Aaoa►lT,acting in the name and on the behalf of his MAlEstr,
has been pleased to give orders that the Peace with that Power
should be ProCliimed by the Heralds and Officers of Arms at
the usual places, and with tl.e accustomed sr lemnitirs, on Mon-
day, the 20th instant. (Signed) " SiDMOUTH.
(A true Copy) " WILLIAM DOMVILLL, Mayer."

The Gazelle of to night will contain Proclamations
for a Public Thanksgiving throughout England,
Scotland, and Ireland, on Thursday, the 7th of
July next.

We received Paris Papers of Wednesday this Morn-
ing. The Moniteur contains nothing but formal ad-
dresses to the King. MONSIEUR has set off for St.
Cloud for the recovery of his health. Lord WEL-
LINGTON arrived at Bourdeauz on the l lth instant.
One of his first acts ivat to restore every vessel, public
and priVate, which had been seized at the entrance of
the Allies. This act of munificence had of course
given great joy. Every where throughout France
the good conduct of the Allied Generals has met
with the approbation of the. inhabitants.

he Russian General NICHOLAS WASII.TCHIKOFF
has been presente.l with an elegant sword by the in-
habitants of Vitt yle Prancais. How gratifying is
this tribute to a good and brave man. and how ho-
nourable to the givers ! When and where did any
of iloNArnit.rv.'s ill'-bred miscreants• get a sword of
honour Irom the inhabitants of a conquered country i
LUCIEN BONAPARTE arrived at Rome on the 27th
of May, and had an audience of the Pope the same
day.

It Is *reported in Italy, that the lonian Islands have
be..eh given to the King t,f :lie Two Skilies, as an in-
demnity for the luss of Naples.

The Mvnireur of Tuesday contains t'ae following
notification :

" The Officers 2nd aipirani or King's frigate
la Gloire, deeply impressed with the tokens of es-
teem and interest which they have received from the
Officers of the British Navy and the inhabitants dur-
ing their stay at Piymoutli, think it a duty and a plea-
sure to give them, through the medium of the Moiti-
uur, this public mark of their gratitude, and to assure
them that they wia ever cherish tho most agreeable
recollections on the subject of their kind and good
behaviour."

. A letter from an English Gentleman now at Ant-
werp mentions a, rumour there that the English are
to remain possessed of the garrisons of Belgium for
ten years. The people in general are favourably dis.
posed towards the English, but would rather return
hack to the sovereignty of Austria thin be attached
to Holland.

There is a very general expectation at Antweip,
that the rtifications of that city are to be demolish-
ed, as it is inteneed to be made it urine sort a free
port. That place, a: the present moment, presents
very eligible openings fur commercial establishments,
hut the country is so overjtocked, *ith. British goods
and colonial.prozluce, that but few houses will accept
of consignments, and make the usual advances.

The following is one of the most recent communi-
cations from South America :

bIZNOS AVREI, MARCII 44.
.64 Since I wrote you of Belgr'ano's. defeat in Peru,
nothing very particular touk p‘ace in that quarter
until the other clan when news came that General
Peztiela, of the Lima army, had ordered his ad-
vanced guard to retreat from their quarters, Aich
was, I believe, between Salta and Tucarnan, in con-
sequence (it is said) of the Cochobaml,inians having
risen again and made several prisoners of the Lima
Army.

r

41 This Government fitted out a' squadron, some
tittle tune siuce,.consisting.of two ships, a brig, two
nr three schooners and leluccas, well armed and
manned/ w go against the Monte I/Rican squadron,
ind to intefeept the ship Mercurio/ from Lima, with
gpecie ; but, unfortunately, the.vessels could not be
goLteady before she arrived at Monte'Video, Now.
ever/ as soon as the squadron was ready for sea, it

• 14 • fir.
lint Oat Xft gave c ace te, t. e mite I can sua
(Iron, Who took shAtei Ltuerics ~1 the
him{ of Sr. M. G.rci.i.,
" Unfonurmtdly this Lirgest ship (IMcnles, St
guns), •h,longing t Ayres, gOt aground
under !he hatteric, going in After the Motile Vije in

" From the hatterids the,- ()rive,' a very hey.",
file up )11 the Hercules, As well as from the squadron
greAr ntornber of turn werz ;lOW and
wounAcJ, ab•.ut s;xty, amongst which %I/cc the
cond in cmnimArd, an.i the Comnhhlore': CiptAin,
two czcdiont thfietrs, both North American..

" tVter the 11-rcules being aground 14 hours. ,ht
was got off, !Living suitl:ned c Damage
She is new in order Again, and the 13•10,s Ayres
cqu tdron have taken the fsltu.i .tnJ driven the Monte
Videans up the ICver, the sm oiler vessels htlotigitig
to this rl4ce are gone up after them.
The Monte Vide. have i•ted out another
Squadron, cons:sting of about I. Ltd —thlt Mercurks
.ttnd other heAvy ones are amongst them, and are ill
the River.

Thil Government has also two more Lase ships
just ready far sel, with some small vessels. A very
little t;me will deCide the fate of the one or the other:
The people here are in pretty good Spirits."

" RIO JANEIRO. APRIL 21.
" Very urgent representations have been made by the ilritisti
Agents to persuade the Prince Regent to return to Europe, bet
they have been whorl ineffectual he has, however, canan•tsll
that his Son and the Princes Dowager should rtvisit Liebman

The reasons assigned in other letters for the relnet:
ance of his R 0741 H ighness to comply with the
wishes of Engllnd, that his concurrence would
oblige him to leave an aged mother of 89 years, who
is wholly incapable of sustaie►ing A second voyage
across the Atlantic, and whom he could never We
more.

The AQUILON frigate, which came from the Rivet
Plate, and transferred het treasure at Rio J on
board the CERES. brought with het to the amount of
41,000,000 stetting. A very small portion is for thi
Merchants, and almdst the whole beluizi to the Bri.
fish Government.

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