Star.
London, England, 1826-03-02 00:00:00

Colonist;_tiuttld aqiis tbeir,Apty: 4 was high time for
this Gauntry tft.ibier 1t .at thtry srotild tietVilled with nb
longer. Only o.lm, pf!..be Islands "had it.clOpted '
sure as in the itppnrtan; Oirkt of the.
He alluded to St. Vincent s." The. shiie populian Of'
that island was only 9000. and the whole slave poPelai
tion under the Crown amounted to 900,000'; and thh;
only the small fraction, of one•tenth of the' slaves had
received any benegt.' In. Dominica, they chi 11 hardly'
be said to have adopted this. point, for they had refused
to admit the evidence of blacks against the masters who
maltreated them. Jamaica and 13arbidoes hat given
the measure the mom peremptory refu4l. He had
little pr no hope of atitod?antage to be derived from the
Colonial I kluses. To septet that they would, of them.
telves, enter into any reform, such as the Orders in
Council had pointed out, was most absurd. This country
bhly used what had been called the language Of menace,
in the sense of saying, that if the Colonial Legislatures
did not U ink the measures advised proper for them to
adopt, we should be obliged to adopt the substance of
theta, as it was the undoubted right of the House to
legislate for all -the subjects of the Crown. He had"
heard to-night, that Government intended to send out
to each Colony a statement of the measures to be
adopted, and to insist upon a deciaed acquiescence, or
a refusal by the Colonists. This would induce him to
pause, or to postpone his motion, pe• haps till of er the
recess, or for the Session. He understood that some additional
infortpation upon the subject was to be laid before the House, which
would induce him to postpone the subject for this evening.'
Mr. R. GORDON concurred entirely in what bad fallen from
the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Canning); and if it
should be found necessary to adopt coercive measure he should
be ready to do so.
Mr. %V. BA !MRS said, that if the West India 'colonies con-.
tinued deaf to tbe advice Parliameot, as well as to the interests
of humanity, there-could. be no doubt that it .vrould be the duty of
Parliament to tare the regulation of their affairs into its own. baud..
Mr. F. BUXTON, in reply, said, that satisfied as many Gen-
tlemen seemed to ..with the declaration of Ministers. be could
not help being entirely disappointed with it. For the picture,
which had been adverted to as circulated by the friends of aboli-
tition, he repelled the accusation. They were incapable of
degrading themselves by sanctioning such publications ; and he
himself had never seen the paper in question but once, and that had
been in in the possession of a West Indian. With the general issue,
however, of what had passed. be was very little satisfied. The delay
which was talked of would produce no good at all. Some trifling
concessions, it was possible, the colonists might make - but all the
main and most objectionable features of their system, the House
might rely upon it, they would most obstinately stick by.
The Petition was ordered to be printed.
Mr. Secretary CANNING moved that the Resolutions of:the
House in 1823, should be communicated to the Lords, and that
they should be requested to concur therein.—Ordered.
The Right Hon. Gittertatax also moved, that a conference
should be desired with the Lordly—Ordered.

Several Petitions were then presented against Slavery in the Co-
lonies, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. MARTIN moved to discharge the notice to mitigate the
punishment in cases of forgery, and said, that on Thursday next he
would move to bring in a Bill to mitigate the punishment of death
as applicable to that offence.
The Hon. Member then-gave notice of a motion trs-morrow for
leave to bring in a Bill to alter the Election Laws of Ireland.
Mr. HUAIE moved for Returns of the ...hoer of ()leers
promoted to unattached commiaslonsio the roes it those sold out ;

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also for a Copt of the General Order of 112$, autledihi the sale
of full and lialf.pay commissions, the number of • 0 *IP lOU had
sold out, distinguishing where they had served, mehiebeiber they
had obtained their' cotnmiseiene by poodles* or aehimlish
Mr. Secretary EBEL said, that the readlheeeiselth. which the
motion was agreed to showed that there sras.lN 11.0116111M11M as to,
whit might result from it. "k
Theother O'Nitii of the Day list* On dillrallet alre 111111 the
Mouse Adjourned at Tea &Cutest: •

Ti tit EVEN*( ST.AR,

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LONDON.
TRIIRSDA.Y, MARCH 2, 1626.
STOCK MCC-HANCE, TWIELVE O'CLOCK.

Consols, which left of fosterday at 76 for the Account, opened,
this morning at the same price, with listk doing. They are now,
at 761 fur Money. The Account of yesterday has pasted over
well, there being no Public defaulter. although there were several
private ones. The public are anxious to know what means Mi.
misters will pursue to repay the Bank, whether by loan or funding
Exchequer Bills. In the Foreign Market nothing is doing.
Current Prices: Old Spanish 91 10, Mexican 821, Colombian
new 48j, Russian 7; ex div. Greek Bonds 18 *, Exchequer 811
1 prem. to par.

ONE O'CLOCK.

Within this hoer, Consols have 'been done at 761 for the Ac-
count, whist& heavy Market. Strange retorts are again in circu.
iation, which have been handed down from the west end of the
town into the City, that Memoirs, Emperor of RlOal, has been
assassinated, and that Cosurramums balm beets plaFedwo she 'Mime,
kut the well-infornwd do 'not'attacie the least credit to the above
sport. Contols are now 76k I, Owing to the report front &ads.
Two Mercantile failures have-taken *cc this morning, one #
liebrew webs kodia House.
PRICE OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK:
Bank Stock 2011 A 200'h
•
S per Cent. Bed. 771,4 76 3/4,
sper Ceut. Cons. t‘yi. ys s/8 7/4
31 per Cent. 847
Si per Cent. Red. 84% % 54 311
4 per Cent. 93 941,E pi 54 •
•
Long Ann. Shot.
India Stock 226 227
India Bonds. 4 b dis.
4.:1,000 Exelteg. Milk par. 2 1 pram.
. f. 500 dittos par. 2 1 prem.
4:100 and L2OO ditto par. 2 1 preen.
Coes. for April 76% Ts Vs
•t- NUMMI FUNDS. PAass, Fasatma, 11. •
YlvinStag,.Ce9o: . asf. 60e.
• rcit
Cents. • •
• . 641. 70c•
Elai
• moot.
itoisi *tartish Loan

• Iit'OREWN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK.
Colt:mist= Ills, 6 p C. Mexican 1id5,11125, 6 p Ct. 621
De.Bds 11124, 4111 0 } Si 601
Da• Ant- 451 1.6 b % . •,1 INtto Aect. CI 601
Greek Mod. 16 ltuss.Bls, 10112,5 p C.
Greek Bds, ins. 111 Ditto Aeet. 741 14
Ditto Gar Ace. 114 Span. Bonds 5 p Ct. 10 01
BEITISII AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK.
fl AIM. RAID.
Blida Iron Company - 100 ' 30
China 100 s
Beal &I Monte 400 400
Ditto New 400 50
United jelefttan 40 00
Ditto OAF ',;.' 40 In
"Weteh hook Cad • *5 00
Marine Ailianes • to • 4, ~., 100 5
United General Gas 50 111
Canal Gas Ensine t 50 4 • •ii

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590
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The questioli' eft irepraving the ei ndition of the
negroes in our. *lst Indian Plantations, and of the
aleaiures bithesto puraued by Government for that
purpose, were mass ably elucidated last night in the
House of Commons by Mr. S cretary CANNI&O, in an
eloquent and a•gumentatiye speech, which justly at-