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The Great Western steamer, arrived on Tues
day morning at 10 o'clock, after passage of six
teen and half days. having departed from Bris-
tol on Saturday evening, August 24th, at seven
o'clock. She brings ITO passengers, among
whom are the Rev. DR.. Beman, of Troy, and The
Rev. Mr.. Kirk, of Albany. There is but little
general intelligence. Money is little easier
The prospect of grain crops is about an average
Cotton meets somewhat more ready sale. At
Liverpool large sales had been made both to the
trade and for export at improving rates. and should
the weather continue favorable for the harvest, pr
ces will probably improve to the extent of led pei
pound.
In the Parliament Mr. OConnel has obtained
a triumph over the Chancellor Of the Exchequer
by having driven the latter from his purpose of re-
newlng the charter of the Bank Of Ireland 1t
is postponed until the next session.
The Royal assent has been given to the slave
trade suppression bill. A very strong feeling of
indignation prevails in England against the course
pursued by Mr. Trist the U. S. Consul at Havana
when the assent was made known to the Com
mons.
Mr.. O'Connell adverted to the newspaper
statements which turned QUO to be correct, of
conspiracy on the part of Portuguese trafickers in
slaves to have poisoned wine on the decks of
their vessels in case of capture, and to poison the
water and thus to destroy, by such horrible means
their captors and expressed the hope that our
government would promptly represent the facts to
the Portuguese government and require redress
by the prosecution of the conspirators."
PoRTUGAL.-The excitement produced in Lis
bon, in consequence of its being known that The
British Government was at length seriously en-
gagged in carrying out its declaration with respect
to the suppression of the Portuguese slave-t trade
and had actually carried It's bill for that purpose
through the House of Commons without opposl-
ton, had somewhat subsidized, and in the higher
circles it had become clear that the war-lke out
bursts OF the government press would not be sup
ported and the new Premier, although raised to
his present emnence by abuse of England, had
found out that when words were to be verified by
deeds, he would not be supported by many who
had landed and urged him on as long as the crisis
was at distance; and, in short, appearances were
in favor of the Portuguese government succum-
bing to necessity Correspondent ofhe Morning
Chronicle, August l2.
The Liverpool Standard high Tory and An
ti-Abolition paper, of Aug %, quotes with much
appreciation speech of the Duke of Wellington,
in opposition to the bill, the ground that it was
the duty of Great Britain to declare war at once
against Portugal, or any other nation that would
not execute its own treaty stipulations for the sup
preston of the Slave Trade. He also objects a
gainst the right of search in time of peace, and on
this point takes, substantially, the same ground
with our own government. The supporters of
slavery will, therefore, derive little consolation
from the opposition of the Tory party in England
to the measures of the ministry, 1t is to be re-
GREETED that British Statesmen, of all classes, are
as yet so slow to see what they must inevitably
learn at last that the on efectual measures a
gainst the Slave Trade will be movement by
the government, automatically, to obtain the uni
versal abolition of slavery ITSELF So long as men
are held as property, Mr.. Clay has well said in
his great speech. But Great Britain has infu-
ence enough with Portugal and Brazil, and prob
ably with Spain, to obtain an immediate decree
negotiate with our own Republic on the same sub
ject, would greatly hasten the result in this coun-
try.
"The United States come last" but they would
come.
Private advces of our own give reason to ex-
pect that MIR. O'Conne is about to make very
important move in Parliament on the subject Of
Texas, proposing an immediate recognition pro-
vded slavery is abolished, ana utterly refusing all
countenance on any other grounds The En-
gsh papers say that the negotiations on behalf of
Texas in Paris are carried on through the medi-
am of Christopher Hughes, the Ambassador of the
United States at the Court of Sweden What
next? Ifthe United States pay foreign minis
er for Texas, perhaps may pay the salary of
President Lamar, or Chief Justice Rusk, or Mr..
Agent Hamilton. By the way, the Baltimore pa
oers say that number of armed vessels for Tex
is are on the stocks in that city. Are there any
or Mackenzie 2-Emancipator.
Texas and Great Britain.-In the British
House of Commons Mr.. OConne lately gave no.
ice that early next session he would move res
tuition that it is the opinion of this House that
Ter Majesty's Ministers onght not to advise Her
LaieSt.l 10 rncomnize The indenendenca Of the