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coercion. From the speech of his Hon. Ft lend he thought
it impossible fairly to conclude that he was desirous of '
resting the question. He stated, and he (Mr. Canning)
thought most justly, that it was a subject which le-
quiied time, conciliation, and a friendly feeling. on
both hides; that there were prejudices which time
and experience 'lime could allay; and really if any
proof was required to shewahat such was the fact, he
would not desire a better argument than the one afforded
by the latter pact of the speech of the Hon. Gentleman
( Mr. W. Smith) who had just sat down. The Honour-
able Member for Norwich had read a letter, written
apparently in a jocular style, which stated that a mar-
riage between a white woman and a black man was re•
g srded as a monstrous atrocity. And suppoiine that as-
sertion to be perfectly true; what did it prove? Did it
thew that the Legislature of Jamaica, the i laud in
which she feeling is said io have been displayed, was
tardy or unwilling to do away with the distinctions now
existing between the whites-and the black? Most cer-
tainly not; bet it did thew, sad that very clearly too,
what immense difficulties there were to be overcome
tefore people of colour could stand precisely Upon the
same footing as did the whites. Those difficulties were
inherent in the system, and, however much to be de-
plored, they could not be attributed to the Colonial
Legislature—(Heer, hear.) And, under these circum
stances it appeared to him that his Hon. Ftiend (Mr.
Pailmer) might, on the part of the whites, have fairly
referred to the language of Skyloek:
" Yeti have among you many a purchased dive,
Which, like your asses, and your dogs, and mules,
•
Yee we in oiliest sad is slavish parts,
Because yea bought them. Shall t say to you, •
Luc them be free, marry them to your heirs?
When sweat they ander Worthen? Let their beds
Bowede w sates years, and let thdr palates
.Be seasoned with seelt viands l You will answer,
The slaves are oars!"
(Hear, hear.)—And surely the answer might be justly
male. for such would almost appear to be what was re-
quested by some of the Colonial Legislatures--(Hear.)
lie entirely agreed that justice should be fully and
id; distributed, and that if the Colonial Legislature
did not evince a disposition to do so, it would be neces-
sary for the Legislature of this country to interfere.
But it was one thing to fight against prejudices and
the inherent faults of a system, and another to pro-
vide such institutions and forms as were necessary
to the dispensation of justice. They were different
provinces, and although their limits were difficult
to be distinguished, it was not the less necessary
that they should be kept distinctly in view. He
agreed with the ROB. and Learned Gentleman (Mr.
Brougham) that it was necessary to break down and
overcome as speedily as possible the prejudices which
at present titillated so strongly against the interests of
the blacks, but he could not conceal from himself that
it must be a work of time, of patience. and of perseve-
rance. When he remembered the state of the popula-
tion in Jamaica—when he remembered that there were
about 25,000 whites, 380,000 slaves. and 30,000 free
men of colour, it would be monstrous to suppose that
the local Legislature could be so blind to its own
interest anduvelfare as not to endeavour to conciliate
those persons of colour who possessed their free-
di m. He should say, therefore, leave the Colonial
Legislature to strive to accomplish the conquest of
prejudice, they were necessarily the best acquainted with
the particular circumstances of the case, but should
they not be found anxious to surmount the difficulties,
then let the Legislature of this country interpose its
authority—(Hear.) He did not mean from his first
sentence to impute the slightest blame to the Hon. and
I.,:arned Gentleman (Dr. Lushington) for not bringing
a-,y motion before the House, and he could assure that,
lion. Gentleman that the case he had noticed on a
previous occasion had not been neglected.
Dr. LDSHINGTON explained, and the Petition was
ordered to be printed.

?croft Lows.
Mr. SLANEY rose, pursuant to notice, to move for
leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law relative to the
employment of the able-bodied poor; one of the least pre-
jadicill effects of which, &sit stood at present, was that
it had placed the amount of the assessments levied for
the maintenance of the poor in England at no less an
amount than 6.000,0001. per annum for the last three
feats. He denied that this enormous increase of pau-
perism was at all attributable to the growth of manu-
factures in the country ; on the contrary, the poor rate
Was by far the most oppressive in those counties in
which manufactures did not exist, It was a curious fact
that England, drawing a line across the map, might
be divided into two almost equal parts.measuring from
the northern extremity of /or Write to about the
middle of Devonshire; and on one side, where the soil
constantly yielded coal, the produce of the country was
as constantly manufactures; and on the other side,
where the soil was chalk, the pursuit was almost entirely
agriculture; but it would be round, upon examination,
toot the average poor rate of the counties employed
in agriculture was nearly three times heavier than in
those *here manufactures to a largeestent were carried
On. The Hon. Member then proceeded to trace much of
the increasing evil attendant on the existing system of
poor laws, to that abuse which prevailed in the southern
counties, of making up the wages of able-bodied labour-
ers by parish allowance, where the amout,t paid therm
by their masters was insufficient for their support ;
and contrasted the condition of England and Wales
in this vespeet with Scotland, a country in which
the4amount of pauperism was even note strikingly
below that of our own country, than the average
of crime. Alter contending, at some length, that
such a system of law was equally destructive to the
lard'ord who wa. saddled with the expense of it, and
to the labourer whom it had been constructed to sup-
port, the Hon. Gentleman intimated that the remedy
which lie meant to apply was in spirit the same with
that which had been pointed out by the Committee of
1817. He should move for leave to bring in a Bill to
declare and amend the law relating to the employment
or assistancenf able-bodied labourers from thepoor rates.
Mr. N. CA LYERT seconded the motion.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL said, that at this late
Four of the night, and late period of the Session, it
s, void be inconvenient to discuss the Bill. He had no
abjection to its object, and should he prepared to carry
its provisions still further than his Hon. Ft iend, and to
prohibit the interfesence of m tgistiates in all cases
wl etc select vestries existed. —Le ,Jie was riven.
Mr. nOU LBUlt N moved for leave to bring Ina Bil to amend
the I:411 Tithe Composition Acts.—Granted.
CANADA WATUR COM/AU:4X %Tit. N.

Air. WILMOT HORTON moat d the Order of the
Day for assuming the debate on the Resolutions re-
►pectins the water communications in Canada.
Mr. WARBURTON oppo3ed the It solutions on the grounder
the espse they would mad on the country.
Me. lA% HOUTON dot nded the fuea‘ure.
Ms. MUNIi, rtattothd the House that they would be oAllsd

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upon to.voit no lea a son than 55,0001. which be considered nuke
extravagant.
k•• The Hai. Mr. STANLEY supported the Resolution. .
~Lord RA NCLI PPE and Mr. JONES oppposed the Resolution.
fl The latter ea. Oestlemma said that Mr. Canning, on coming into
powerypilisked Quint( to a strict economy in the public expendi-
ture of the country, add the present wee a good opportunity fee
him to rule his promise.
Mr. W. WHITMORE opposed the motion. The country was
already suffering under great embarrassment, which, he thought,
would be considerably increased by the expense of the proposed
Works.
Mr. PEEL having given the subject his concurrence and sup.
port, did nut see any reason on the present occasion for changing his

opinion.
Mr. DAWSON opposed the rte.
Mr. F IiZO KR A,LD suppoetelt.
After some discussion the Boum divided on the Resolution.
Ayes 71—Noel 11. . •
'The Dissenters Marriage Bill went through a Committee. Es-
-port to be further eeinsidered.on Thursday next.
The Constables Presentnient Bin was read aid time and Passed'
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and tie
the House adjokened at Two o'Clock.

• THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1827.
STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Ministers being in t►e minority in the Hasse of Lords lut
night, has canted some sensation in the City; bat in the Consol
market it has had scarcely any effect. Consols opened this morning
at moor the Account, with little or nothing doing up to the
'present date.
In the Foreign market there is also a stagnation : Brazilian
Bonds are looking heavy, in eomequenee of the supposed tarifa-
veuratsie acosencs from that quarter.
Current prices; Old Spanish 12 I, Mexican OM f, Colombian
Se Minims NB B. Danish 61;
CITY. TWO O'CLOCK.

Contrary to expectation, the Consol market, instead of lower.
lag on what passed in the House of Lore last night, have some.
what Improved, and at present may be quoted at 84f 5 for the
Menotti which It an advance of 5 per Cent. in the price.
The Mosey market is good, which causes Consols to remain amt.
PRICE-OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 2045 India Stock Shut
3 per Cent. Rad. 835 $4 831 Ditto Bonds 79 60
3 per Cent. Coos. Shat. South Sea Stock 835
35 per Cent. 905 Old Annuities 635
34 per Cent. Red. 005 5 AlOOO Racheq. Bills 46 44 4i
4 per Cent. New Shut. MOD Ditto 46 44 45
4 per Cent. Scrip £lOO and .t2OO Ditto 46 44 45
4 per Cent. 1826, 1005 5 Advertised 44 45
Loog An 0.195 7.18 , Camas for Acct. 845 5
FOREIGN FUNDS. TWO O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, sp.Cu 92 I Danish Account 6te
Prandial% Bds.sp Ct. 57 565 . Gr.8d5.1825, 5p Ct. 18 Its
Do. Acct. 57 Do Acct. 18
Clain Bands,6 pet et 27 Mex. Bds. t 625,6 p Ct. 685 I
Colombian WWI., 6 p Ct. SS Do. Acct. 685 5 5
Ditto 8da,11114.4205 fte Peruvian Bonds 5 p C 235
Uo. Ac.t. 595 29 Russ. lids, isll2,llp C. 925
Danish Ns. 3 p Ct. Ile Span. Bds i p Ct. ISA
BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARKS, TWO O'CLOCK.
mem cats
Anglo Mexican 100 80 $25
&lanes 400 375 275
Brazilian 100 20 245
Real del Monte 400 400 335
United Mexican 40 30 111 12 5
Provincial Bank of Ireland 100 U 21

Ministers were again left in a minority last night on
the new Corn Bill; and the Duke of WELLINGTON'S
Amendment, after a second trial of strength, was carried
against them by a majority of eleven. As the Bill ori-
ginated with the late Cabinet, it will probably occasion
some surprise, when it is known, that the clause, by
which it has been strangled in the birth, was not only
introduced by one of the members of that Cabinet, but
received the strenuous support of others, who had not
only approved of the measure, as originally drawn up,
but had pledged themselves to support it. It would
appear, however, that pledges of this nature depended on
circumstances, and that Statesmen might shift their
opinions with their places. This doctrine, it must be
allowed, is very convenient for those who hold it, but
whether it be beneficial to the public, is another ques-
tion. As to the practical effects of the clause they will
be best illosttatecl.perhaps, by the subjoined article :
Colts Bacreaxas. M 6112.1.41111, Jove 15.--The clause in the new
Corn Bid, Introduced by the Duke of Wu:Jammer, being carried In
the Lords last night, has caused an alarming sensation in the market
this morning, as it will prevent the liberation of beaded Wheat, and
thereby deprive the country of the auxiliary supply which may be
required before neat harvest, in consequence of the small quantity
of English Wheat now in the hands of the grower, and much higher
prices must inevitably result. An advance of ts. to 54. per quarter
was asked to day,and necessitous buyers were compelled to comply
with thow terms ; in fact there is nothing now to prevent a pro-
greuive increase in prices of English Corn; whilst, at the same time
the most serious consequences must tetite to the holders of bonded
Grain. English Barley, Beans, and Peas, are held at much higher
prices, for, from their unprecedented scarcity, It must subject the
unannwrs to the greatest distress.

We received this morning Frankfort Papers to the
6th inst. It appears from them that the King of Pave-
51A has munificently rewarded the Physicians, wbo
attended upon his MAJESTY during his late indispo-
sition. To Dr. VON GRAINS he has ordered 5,000
dollars in gold to be paid, and to the other Physicians
1,000 each. Another windfall of 10001. sterling, arising
from the liberality of our own Sovaamott, has fallen to
the shale of Dr. VON GRAFTS, for the operation on the
Duke of CUMBERLAND: and to this magnificent present
has been added the Hanoverian Order of the Guelphs.
Upon this occasion the Editor of the Frankfort Paper
quotes the proverb--Dot aslenus opts. These Papers
record another instance of the Prussian Monarch's
liberality, which shews at the same time that, if he
be arbitrary by the institutions of the Monarchy,
he abhors the expedients by which despotic authority
i. usually consolidated. Of these the chief is the igno-
rance of the many, which is another word for their
moral degradation. The King of PRUSSIA thinks on the
contrary that the education of his subjects is one of his
first duties; and he has just given a striking proof that
his practice agrees with his doctrine. Nutaithltanding
the number of schools is Berlin, it appears that the
children of the poorer clines have had their education
shamefully !mewed hitherto. To remedy this detect,
inArtietionis to be given to them gratis in future; and
the Magisti ate% h fee already pained the necessary
amounting to no It s.‘ than •JOO,OOO doh.trs, to

meet tt•e jest expense of establishing •c' ools in ev ry
qu'rter of Beslie. In this the capital merely follows
the example of Breslaw, Dantzie, Konigsberg, and other
great towns, where this excellent system hAs been for
some time in active opet stion.
I We learn from the same nt ck. that the celebrated

Mademoiselle SONTAG, whose vocal powers and per-
sonal attractions appear to have-turned the heads of
halt the young Nobility of Germany, and who produced
as extraordinary a sensation in the French capital, as
the first presentation of one of the Plays of EURIPIDES
had made at Abdera, is on the point of being mirtied
to the English Ambassador at the Prussian C.nrrt. The
Lady being a minor, the consent of her mother and
guardian were necessary, which was readily granted by
the former, and as sternly refused by the latter. How-
ever, the impediment, interposed by the guardian, has
been removed by a Cabinet order of the Prussian Go-
vernment, which declates his consent unnecessary ; and
the marriage, according to the Berlin article, was to be
celebrated without further delay.

A Correspondence has just pen the light, which from
the transcendent importance of the subject, and the
veneration, which attaches more or less to the names of
those engaged in it, has produced a sensation, folly
consistent with its merits. When 14e say that the
letters bear the signatures of his late Manny, of
Mr. Pier, and the late Lord ICSITYON, and that the
subject was the Catholic Question, we have said
[ enough to justify the feeling that has been raised,
and need no apology for laying them before our
Readers. We, do not know from what motive they
have been now published ; but be the motive pru-
dent or indiscreet, the admirers of oar late revered
Sovereign will see that their veneration for his cha-
racter will suffer so abatement in consequence. In
like manner, the real friends of Mr. Prey have not the
slightest cause to complain ; and if the present Lord
KINTON wished to raise a monument,perennisra ore to
the memory of his father, he could not have chosen d
better method, than that of publishing this correspon-
dence, of which a part appears this day is the front of
our Paper, and of which we shall give the remainder

.a►arcow. .

The Paris Papers of Sunday, end the Etoik dated
Monday, have arrived. A letter in the Coestitutionnet
mentions the arrival at Leghorn of a vessel which left
Hydra on the nth of May. It is stated that a very ob-
stinate and decisive battle was fought on the 2d of May,
on the banks of the Cephisus. The result is said to have
been, that the Turks were obliged tD abandon their
camp, and endeavoured to escape on the side of Beotia,
but that the pasties in that direction were previously
occupied by the Greeks.