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. ABOLITION—HICIHT OF PBTITION. isgiiUl»ri •/ Ar* \ork. K (Mnart m* *• * *** * ,#b * w> ,Wf ' . (niiitroKr or >«. ronto, cokclwoed.) mK t .y. LjUft, Let u» look for a nWBtfflti at iU UfMrr. ibTKw*. Us# oppro««lno* and l M ‘ r *®*j! tioM with which (W were familiar} and we »hall tkaa ba thn better enabled to appreciate what th*7 ■■Irnl— 1 and wbal they Intended to secure, by thn|Wte M peaceably to assemW# and to petition llilfirr far » rndreaa of grievance#.' * T-iMBMPt iIm people front assembling and dls- * aiioetncna anew law* were ma*la A too minions of power might deem a - i«ot” or M unlawful assombly. Even at a law, where a number of person*, from thnw to divan* art concorood* Cm, Imprisonm-mt and the pOocy .re .wanted.—I(IlnwInl.C. ISO.) Sul 13, lion. IV. c. T, iiiy tw.lil.tlM., imlw with the iliAir, may cum. with ibHM aamltata* and suppress any such rl«»l, assembly er rMt,,rft*t the it.rter,,rr<nM .1. lb. .|«llb.rirrj.m- stances, nod which ree rd alone shall Iw a sufficient conviction of the .^.id«r*. And any ".Kindi"! or killing eflh* offender# we* hold to b« JnunaWc. Tbarlotou*a*»en»hffnf »»f twelve per*on*, or mom, aad not dltnerainff upon proclamation, was mede Wthue.Moby.f.1. 3.odd Edw. VI. c 5, but repealed by etet. I M.c. I . But this offence was again made a felony by I M.#tat*2, c. 12, and by j Eli* e. 16, at the termination of *hnse rrlgn the law expired. It was, however, rcvlml, and made Ml byl 0..U c. 3, which .it.ct. ih.t If any twelve pareon* era unlawfully a.semblrd tothe Ai.tath.nc. of th. («•». .ml .ny ini. Jwtlnj •'/ the peace, *heri<r, under .herilTnr m iyor, «hell'wnk proper to command them, by proclamation, to die- pare*, Iftbey contemn bii order*,nnd continue to* gather forone Iwur afterwards, such cuntatnpt shall be felony without, benefit nfelerzy. Awl If Ilw reading oftha pror.lemttlon ho by forco oppoved, ar la aay manner wilCatly hindered, »uch opnoser* aad bioderer* are felon* without be »ofii of clergy 5 and all peraon* concerned, knowing of *ucb hi-'- drenea and not dispersing, ere felon* without bene fit ofnlergy.—And the act Indemnifies thn officer* and their aiilitante If they kill any of the a*»«m* Mete in endeavoring to disperse them. Thu* n King'* officer, If ha adjudged hi* majesty's (Were would ha disturbed by adi*ni«*lon of public grievun- cat, might, "if ha elioubl thinkproper." rend the proclamation, nnd order the assemblage todlsperse, aad if they did not obey the mendeto in one hour, thqr were felon*, end the officer nnd Id* ns/l*mnt», ur eoldier*,might retort ic the ultima ratio rvgum, the regel logic of belle and bayonet*. Theriot act. a* it I* called, we* continued, and waaia force at tint paiiod of the American revolu tion, and under it* provisions, at different periods, hundred* had been *hot, maimed and murdered by tbo eoldicry. Far* long period in English history, individual* liable to he nriestrd,imprisoned and **veiely for having signed their names to a poll To subscribe a petition to the King, tn induce Wot tn change hi* measure*, intimating that if lie _ denied m my thousand* of hi* subject* will ho dis contented, «e I* Included nmnng tho contempt* •gainst the King's person nnd gnvemment, and I* punishable by fine ami imprisonment. 1 Hawkins r, C.60. By th* etat. 13. Che*. II. stnt. l,c. 5.' no petition to the King, or ellltar house of itnrlia- tnent, for any nlteiaiion in ohureh or atete, ahull be signed by above 20 person, unle*t tho nutter- thereof be approved hy three juttlco* of the pence, Ae. nor ebeil any petition bo presented by more than ten persons nt n time, on pnin, in either case, of Incurring a penalty nut .acceding £100 and thro* month*' Imprisonment. In 1041 a petition, or protestation, was drawn up aad signed by twelve bishops, addressed tothe King aad boose of Lords, which set forth that though they had an undoubted right to sll and vote !• Parliament, yet In coming thither they bad been menaced, assaulted and aRrunted, ami could no longer, with safety, attend their duty In the House, and they protested against nil laws, votes and ream lotions which should pais dining their eonstruined absence from tha House. For having sent this pe- •Won or protest they warn sequestrated from Peril- •meat and oommittod to prison, and triod fur high =-s gjjtv tteteeftljr 8frsrg(sn< If •• th* right la pa it bus" is sdang&tad, and final ly changed Into a right to dtmaad that • petition ba read, printed, referred and debated, as tha House of Assembly have assumed, ft would doubtless have conferred a great benefit upon mankind, to have •laecribad tha praceaaby which one right fe chang ed Into another, and al«t tha tlm# In which th# lemorphoeis I* effected. It I* one of tha 'atsa of era, that oartala laseeu rametn for a eeaion in a enryaalis state, alter which they com* out a butter fly or a beetle, as th-* eere mar be f and If human ilgbf # undergo a similar iransfot m«rlmt, a new page will It* added to tit. science of entomology. During the late ebullition of thn a nil ms sonic phrenty, every qnlnt eltlsei* who would not Join in the furious crusade, wee denounced ns “Jock me- •out" And similar buhhNare now dancing over the surface of the hilling cauldron of ahuHtionlsm. Our mmher longue Is toiltire*l into a airanga gilt- beildi. " Immetllatiem" U added tothe voeabu- 'ary of fanel'cUm I and everyone who witbold* hie worship from this new feaglnd dlvlnhy, fa loudly *iicm«ii*ed ns a " powslavery'' ind vidutl. Th# right to petition" ha* lately Iteen taken ini to tire special custody of ilia n ditionUt*,* and the mull If.lied changes which havn recently been rung upon it. put nil the lunar phases Into a tntnlcclipscl And nothing I* now wanting for the npothesis of this Dngon ofhigoiry, but a formidable bull from the feyislativavaliraii. The timn hi* bmm when the homage of igno rance was lllerroily bestowrd U|Ntn cabalistic words end metaphysical ahstinctloos; when witcltcreft was deemed n rmli'yt when judicial astrology im- posed its theuriticul vision* itpun mental vaquliyf when the vnrlieet of f) 1 * Cnrtes were greedily swnllowed by the phllmnnhle, oi rather rite un- pltiloAOpliln world. But the feivld mysticisms of former are* received a severe shock from the strong and lucid reaumings «*f Bacon HI* Inductive phi losophy taught mankind to pul every thcoiv to also suiter teat of analysis and *S|ntrimont J to hunt for iruili In Iter hidden recesses} to trace every cITect toils cause; to try all things, esaminu all tilings, and hold fa*t that which is go<el. Tire numerous instance* which nro thickly scat tered tltmugh pnrliamentnry history of refusals to rocrivo petitions, or after having received thorn, to act upon tltern in any wny, both before and immedi ately after tlm adoption of tlm bill of rights, and down to tint present time, und tlm entire absence of nil comiilnint on title subject, is dumuiistration, strong, that such refusal to receive, to print, to ru- fer, to dohatn a petilinn, was never doomed an in- fringemout of" tlm rigitc of (totition." No English enthusiast lias uverbeon soentxy as to stultify him- self hy ailvnneingsuch an ahsiinlproptMitlou. This vagary oftlioimuginutiuii wus reserved for tlm mis guided fury of abolitionism. A few instances, Ity way ofctuimple, of lira ntfusals and omissions above refertvd to, will Im given. 1(143. Tlm Assembly of Divines presented a pe tition to tlm Lords, sotting forth 11 tlm daily increase and growth of all iiiununr of outrageous and intoler able abominations; such as drunkenness, swearin g iincleamiess, ami oilier crying sins," and praying fur tlm " speedy ap|Miiiitinrnt of some eltln. godly and prudent inugisirutes." No nutico was taken of tbia petition. 11143. Tlm University of Cambridge jK'tit ion* tlta Lord* and Commons," setting forth how, in our college*, our number* grmv thin, und our revenues short; liuw,frlglito«lhy tho neigliltoring noise of war, our student* either tpiiltheir gowns or uhnndun their studies; Ituw our degrmt* lmdi*o*tccmcd,"&c.;and praying for sunm relief. No notice tuken of tlm pe tition. / 1(140. A petition to tho Commons from "thou sand* of well allec.cd persons, inhabiting tho city of London, Westminister," &c. praying that "luws should Im made for clocliuuofie|iiv*oiilativesyeaily; that trade should bo freed front tuofiupoluing and engrossing hy companies or otherwise, &c. No no tice takeu ol tho petition. Subsetpiautly, there was a petition front the samo |teiiUoiH>r*, asking for ar answer to thoir first petition. This also, not noticed. 1024. April f * - *- House, relating __ loi.nage of ships; nnd the question bo'.ng pul that the petition bo received, it |NUscd in tire negative. 1028. April 28lb, tlm same vote, on a petition against a hill laying a duty on pit coal. Tlm same your, 2Uih and 30th of June, similar votes on otlmr |wtitioiM relating to duties upon Scotch linen and whale fins. nb«k« ta tto M-anW. ud mluta.<A Ik. A- Ami aaauual' . . « .,—- — equally etroeg comm* maty will U found la a lata ea**,in thafianata of Urn United Statts. A petition or ramoavtraee.ofib*citU«i.sof Y«tk, "•"* tho removal of tlm deposites by the Praaidant, waapresented loth* Sanai., and on lu being road, Mr. Clay objectodioiteWp- lion; and on tlm question, shall it he received, it was determined ia thw negative. "On mo loo of Mr. Preston, th* yns and nays being desired by on# firth of tha m.mbers, those who voted In the affirmative, ware " Benton, Brown, Forsyth, Grundy, ll.ndrlcks, Hill, Kane, King of A ultima, King of Georgia, l.yan, McKean, Mangurn, Morris, Kobinson, Ship- ley.T.nmsrfge, Tipton, While, Wilkin., \\right. " Those who voUtl in tha oegative, were " Bibb, Black, Callwun, Clay, Clayton, Ewing, rrelinghtiysen, Kent, Imigb, Moore, Naudain, Poj»- dexter, Porter, Prentiss, Preston, Bobbins, Silsbee, 8mith, Soutlmnl, Sprn»uo, Swift, Tornl'.ison, Wag- go .tan, Webster.^—24.' Nutnorous other American autlwrities might ho adduced, but thisjvouldbeaworkoTsupercrugPiiue. No man wito is not a furious abolitionist, or who doc* nut wish to purchase abolition vutes and nbol't- ion influence at a discount, can liavo the least doubt on the subject. If the committee have not deceived themselves, it will appear manifest to every reflecting m'_d, That " tlies right to puillion," as secured hy t'm Constitution, canuut bo infringed by govurninctit, cxcejit by a " law" of" Congrvss," and consequently Uiat tim Atherton resolutions cannot bo tortured iulo such infringement. 1 hat n long nnd olaltontte report having Iteen made three years ago, under the direction of tht* House of lleprrsentntives, on tlm subject of aboli tion petitions und abolitionism, that house is nut bound, nor ought it to make another reference, and to cause another report to ho muilu un tho some sub ject. That tho cluiins of nlmlition petitions are as well understood hy tin; House of Hnprcsentatives ns by the great htaly of the potmle, and tlwt tlm constant and rr|m.itMl reading, ntferenro, printing und dolmt- ing of such itetitittn* would be a diversion uf tlm time of tltu house from its legitimate duties, and would also Imun outrujo ujutn the feeing* of an im- mctiso majority'of the fteople of this State. That tho represeutatives of tho people ought to respect public sentiment, and sltuuld ant bu divert ed front this duty hy tho furious clamors of an in- considernb'n fnrtion. , That the rights of conscience and of toleration having Imen secured hy our institutions, no dnpurt- ment of tho Nationul or Statu Governments sStottld |« converteil into a machine to aid tlm daring vaga ries of fanatical teal or religious bigotry. And that the preamble nnd resolutions of tho As sembly ant niisiistained and iiniustidnubln by reason, unsuptHirled ami ttnsiipporiublo by any oiitltarity,— a sacrifice of suiter discretion to inebrated altolition- ism, and nil unwarranted und gratuitousnltuck upon the House of Ue|irescntuUves. All communities nro more or Ii*m tormented with inflainmntory matter. In the not ion and elaltornlion of Ittiman society, sjmrks nnd cinders occas'onnlly fly nfl*fnim the main body, which his* and ainge, and send forth a noisome odour for u brief period, ami then full iitto tho pool of oblivion. Such att- iio-'aiiccs should he putiently Iwime, out of respect to human frailly, except when iheso emiticmeteor* at tempt to throw their ignited carcasses into tho na- tionul itingntine. The Amcricnn revolution nnd llto union of the States, which was Imth its object nmi rewind, cn»t too much time, treasure, per" and blood, to Im madly put in jeopardy by fanatic ism. Tho unti-tnasonln excitement shook our social system to it* centre; nor have its hitter wnterslm- conm entirely filtered into saltlhrity. But it did nut put eitliur our Stnto or Natimml ConstituLun rst petition. This also, riot notice*}, nfharetjl, Ami although it was jt great moral Jind Cu ‘" 1 19tfl, a petition wus tendered to tlnA s s»dnKrU,>ti>vVvhoUj'*iuhmipftJ. rwtlj rvcutvitig to thu bill granting duties upon tho good. v *• 1 ^ Jii* reatlii AfWiltn popular current .had turned iirnnclv against Charles the 1st In 1(142, " nil petitions,'' •aya Hum*, " which favored tlm church or.monnr- city, from whatavrr hand (hey came, were di ooJt taged. aad tha patitinnars were sent for, intp.f/" >. •Hand prosecuted as delinquents." 3d vot. p. .o.*| •a* also Clarendon, vol. 9, p. 442. But the most violent persecutions were carried on against individual* of all descriptions, high and law, for baring dared to nut their names to peti tions during lit* reign of James 2d. In 1088, this monarch published a declaration of Indulgence! as It was called, and subjoined an nrde , that immedi ately aft* rdi/in* service it should be read by the alary/ia all lb* churches. Six prelates, however, with the primate, presented a petition to th* Kint, beaavehlny that be would not insist on their rend- fag thadeelaraliun. The King, says llurne, wa* Incapable, not only of yielding tn ilia greater, op position, but of allowing thu slightnst and most te- •paetful contra^ptiotr .In pass uneonsured. He euuaed the hishops to he committed to tlm tower, aad tho crown lawyers received order* topiosecutc them I nr tha seditious libel, which, it was pretend ed they had composed ami uttered. They were triad, and against nil the Influence of the court, wafa aoqultred by ilia Jury. "When tlm wish'd for verdict, not guilty, wa* pronounce*', tkj Intel- llgence was echoed ilirau|h tha hall, was cu.ivayed to tha crowds without, wt« carried into tha city, and was propagated with Infinite jay thmmhout the kingdom." Hume's Hist- Eng. chap. 70. Con- suit also tha 8tate trials and proceedings in tha Star Chamber. Tha English hill of rights is a declarathm deli- eared by th* Lords ami Commons to the IVincr aad PriootMof Orange, February 13, IG38; nnd •ftarwardsenaetad Into a law in Parliament, when they became King and Quean. This declarathm tats forth that King James 11, did, by t‘- - assistance of divers civil councillors, endeavor •ibvert thu laws aad liberties of this kinednm, hy atercising a power of dispensing with and suspending of law*» by fevyiay snoaey for th* use of tho crown, hy pre- tenea of prerogative, without consent of I'arlia- want* by prosecuting those who petitioned tho Klagf to/ raising and keening a slant)' ga. mv in tlmaofpaaoat by violating the freedom of elec- tfaaofmambartto serve in Parliament; by viol t ptoaccuilons in tha court of King's bench; und causing partial and corrupt juries to ba returned •a trials; excessive bail to be taken | excessive fact to imposed, and cruel punishments inflicted, Ac • On tb# subject under discussion, tha grievance aet forth is la these words. " by prosecuting those who petition the King." AU iheabove grievsnre* were declared to be M- legal, and (Afringamentsof tha tights of British sub- Jacts, and war* thus emlwdied into an net of Purlin- (l W. aad M. seas. 2, chap. 2.) On the af petition, tha act declare* la th* fellowlng ^-/-"thatU is tha right of the subject to peti- tiaa tha King, aad all commitments and prot*cu- tfuas lor inch petitlon ng, are illegal." J 1 *? rJ!' 1 * h,, h ™> r-n ,r E^IM.l.w..ndLnjll.hM.lont Km. u miWo ..wmbl.,.. •. J tlm pm | m , ..A poo.llL. Inflictni far mer.1, .i,nin, pv tklo« 1 of tb.Jecl.mlon of P l.ntK*. i or tin bill ofriihui ua oflbotn.rtomu oflh. bill oftlihl. into a law, laavas no room for doubt, hesitation or aavU*asto tb* true andoaly latent and meaning of our Cube is, (who formed nnd adopted tha n m *>ndo ■Mats of tb* coosUlutiaa,} concerning,the right ^peaceably to aaremblo and in petition goveinmnnt fire a redress of grievance*." The only violation aftha" tha right Utpatitksa,"wblchoould have (men Id tb«lr miads, t* declared to havn been p. nieira. ted, *• by protocuting those who patitiuiMdaud She act of Parliament which contained tha bill of rlgH alWrdaolariag "that it is tha right.of she subject to natUkwi," directs ita reprobation against th* above infiactbo alone, by enacting that' • ail to vocrific* ttoir ^nlry. iu cwVti.ut’Iiia"'! I prosecution* tor suchpeUtionlng of petition, y,-a nun. than dissolva t| M Unkm. S —. ..titioalng ar* illegal. w The rights of EagHthmea have been carefully caBactad aad eaopUnl into treatises aad volumes, by carnal authors. Edgar Taylor** Is prabably one T correct fa this safari. Aad If Ms work, together with the whole mass of BritSsb law books, digest*, roeotris andMstoriu* are aumlnad. It Ucoalieatly assorted, that" the rl »ht to petition W m wkara defined or unferstood ia from tha oaa which has bean “ U **• rt P° rt I •"*! that th* only protection ngement ol this right which wa* either ‘^dasgvMtedhythanctofl W. and Jjwrasas 1703. A vote Hot to receive thu petition of lira maltsters. 17U(J. 21st December, Resnlved, Thnt tills House will rcceivu ti t |h tition for any sum of mo ney, relating to pub.tu *oi vice, but wnal is leooiii- mended ironi thu croon. 1713 Juno 11 tli. TIh> above is drelured to bu a standing order of ilia IJumm*. Tin; < m«o* might be muliiplicd wiilioitt end; hut it is not un esreiy. The lamu course ol' refesiag to receive |auiitun», ail. il'n-ccivrd, ol rvlu*iug to act upon lliuiii, lias buen cun inuod down to tliu present tluy. To get a ikjiIiI m before I'utliumeni, it is ne cessary, in tho first place, to prevail un sumo mem ber to present it. If it is presented, the cleric ivuds it, by wliiclt its contents ere umIcsUmmI. Tlm question it then put to lay it un die table. If a nnunriiy vuiu in tlie affirmative, it I* laid on tlio ta ble, if tlm vule is in tlm negative, t lint is an end to ilia petition. Tlm late U illinm Cnlibctt, in Ilia cliarncteristio manner, has described tbo wliolo process us f dlowKt " But lli.iuglt we may be permitted to wrlio a prver, w* cun, none ol us, utter llmt pruyor to tlm oUp'-.* of our applicatiuus. It must Ui uiimtsl by soma member, upon whom we may, by tom* meant or other, prevuil to Imcomo our pionitiutur, that it to suy, bufuru wo cun bring uui titujer liofura tlio Huumi wu must obittlu ikiu speci.il .i .. *cm ufoao or ita own member*. Having succevdet! to far, our petition it ullowrd tu be read by a clerk who sits at n table in ilia middle ol tlm House t Ami u very great comfort it it to one, to know linn one's pray er lias passed tlir.nigli the lips of a man who wear* ublack gown, and utfirro lulled wig; and.who, a* it were lor thu purpose ui pr.-so. ving clean hanJt always writes in gloves, hut ih.uigh raud, it it not yut ci-rlain tliut our petilinn will im uttmuled to. Attended to, did 1 say t It must littl undergo tlm ceremony ol a motion and ol a vote; it must have a majority in iu favor before it can Ira peunittod to lie upon tin- tubie; and win n ithasurrived at that honor, another mo.ion ami anutlmr void of tha ma jority is required before nny thing rail bo done, iu consequence of this out humble prayer; for 'huinbh-' it must b.-, that bring a quality absolutely imJispcasnblp."—Cobbett’g Register, vol. It. Tlm whulu cuur-u of parliiimcntary rules and pro- Cioding* in England oil lira su -ject of |>otiiiun for the last two huudtcd und fifty years, is a continuous The following extract of a latter, published In the Emancipator, of tlm 21st Inst., shows that aho- litiomtni but taken " lira right to petition" into it* keeping, and that the A-tcmbly has drawn lit coda ol constitutional law trom this srairco, at nu other oatt be found; It will be teen also that •war and " the great crisis hustuning tu an ex- plosion,' are huilod by tho agitatoria epistle. ** Nero fiddled while Rome was burning," ami had he (HiiMSsted tha ferocious temperament of A Ivan StHwari, ho would also have fiddled wliiio setting it on b.o. I found our friands in fine spirits, and they be lieve tho hour of ihe slav«> redumption cannot bo Ur off. wlieu a n-.nlieru i. t, like Atlici ton, of New Hampshire, in Congress, can make himaull the cun- teniptiuli* cat s-puw ol sUvoli.ilders, to violate tuo Consiiiuiion, and o.aa* our name a bya word and hits of contempt among u.o nations .4' the earth, ibey balieva lira uution will arire and vindicate the insulted CoiuiimiH.n. and cut itself loose front that mill stuuo ol slavery which hat to long boon sink- log u* in lit* great slough . f eternal disgrace. Lwik .till, ihivo wiinli, ran, 1‘iorJtnry, I'.i- Ion .0,1 Athmon, ■ in«,n,ir.i. u r juor cniu™,. Mouii.no. «IU|kjIIui. evriy p, e „ „f |,|, w „ *boio iireo .ciion, ,i m i* m . oni v 1 Iu Aduruo nMlialoiu, in ih. 11m „|- i te . |UHWUU». br Uocombor, 1800, .„ beiur f,„ IbocaUM of -W.Uuii.. . moral c.nii.Ui,,, w | lll l , lo a,.«il .uvoty, limn . hiimlud iIi.ojmih1 rlolt.ra ■oho.m,,lo,«J mimok. , lu | malluUitin llm puboo inind. lor ihou nmolutimi. ,||„^ 4U1 roriclmruiurof .l.»rbolJ«„, « ll0 acrifica their cwunirv. ii« a,... d-krtf Iki Uotau, ,„d nuko o£re. U rf "bu^r'liira well ..ernooud. Ikl. .Ul.mU.,, u“° s®?sr^3rKr2ittE — iota will act in britatfof human llharty on^i 1 tfttou l. h# pleated. Ever, .Wag: ( t , m quarter, is full nf anouurefement; ib- tHospwts Ih* alar# wars sstsr so flu rating at at this var* is been ia Jwor. All w# have dona yet, has been fe this lrt - # . school uf human benevolence, to leain ilw rudiments of human rights, disabuse the mind often thousand •new ia rvhuioa Usatan, raligiau, law aad political "s!*!? . ,h * *"•, •'•(■'IWiLI 1mm amled, i beliav# wo shall satisfy our oppuoeni* that w* shall wag# • war against oppressioa ia tbia Had, which aboil pot tanwiaata until the sUra is a Your friend, aarithai^ihaapareisad. "AlVAN •TEWXRT." Tlio phrcnxy uf nlnditioui*m, hoxvcwr, h«* not nulremiug quality; nor can its effects, by any possi- bilitv, pnalucn tint least Irancfit to tlm human rare. AU it* trmk'nr.icf are tu the opposite extremo. Tho mean* which it employs nro dlrert'v nt war wi*h tlio end which it pretend* to Involn view. Itatrampu tn carry hy storm nod by invectivo, what can bo tho work only of tlmo, of n>n«nn nod free will. It pro- fev.*es to be tho friend of emancipation, whilst its every act infutns terror and iiulitnntion Into tlio mind of tlio inaitor, und adds now rigors to thocon- ditlnn of tin* slave. I'reriou* to tlio American tvvolutinrffi n strong feelinff oxlstod in sovoral of tho southern Colonies in favor of iibnlisliliig slavery. Tho Colony of Now- York at that time tvus silent on the subject. And wla-n it was nny wIh-io urged, it was o'npoo-d liy lira English Coluuiul Guvcnitus, und hy lira niotlioi country. After tliororolution, many of tlio most .eminent individuals uftliu Soutlicni Stutcs expressed them- 'selves strongly in favor of emancipation, and urged legislative inctisiires in lire sovrulr Stales of which thuy were citizens, to cf.bnt it Washington, Jef ferson, Mason, I'eiiilloton, Wythe, Loo ( Patrick Ilciity, Luther Martin, Guorgo Tucker, William Pinckney ami many others, tire mnong lira number. It was discussed from time to tlmo in tlm Logisln- tures uf several of the States; iu Mnrylnnd, Virgi nia, Kentucky, Georgia, und North nmi South Caro lina. It was ulso eunviMscd ill tlio public jmirn * , and an iiic.vutiug public sentiment in its favor was observable. So Into n* 1832, it was delratrd fora month in thu Virginia Legislature; nnd on the ques tion to postpone-it indelinitely, tho vole stood 71 affirmative, to (IU nqjtuiivo; by which it will ho seen t’At only six more votes were required to coin* mcnco lira work of cmauciputioii. Since that pe riod, however, the south Ims been v? -lently repel led from ftirtlior delilramtions on this subject, an . has boon driven Into a ^olhl phalanx of solfele- fenco wgaiiut tlw continued eruptions from the smoking and burning crater uf northern abolition ism. What man is there of reasoning and reflection, who can blind his eyes to tho fact that the on pair ings of this ferocious spirit liavo thrown back for probably half a contury, tho emancipation of the southern slave f Wlmt cool indiv' 'mil can ho found, who dims not porcoivo in this spirit u blind utacriiy to nvil, a disposition to overawe lira government by tho number ami reiteration of its petition*, and to confound it by its clamots; a determination to ef fect its purposes by violence, to push ita work to a consummation at tlio expousu of thu Union, nnd nt tlio hazard of converting tlw whole south into anox- tended sepulchre. Every ono who has carefully examined the mo ral ami intelleciual laws which lira Creator hna im pressed on lira human mind, l* clearly convinced tliut slavery in all Reforms must ultimately yield to tho progress of civilization and improvement. But God duet not work fart enough to satisfy the m«ir- bid cravings of. northern abolnioiiism. The fierce zealot nnd fiery hi »ot utter htiMnhemies against lira s ow and gem|e advance* of Almighty power, nnd determine to supersede his mild and merciful ogen- cies, and' .t/rest ihe work ftom his hand*. IIow liap|iy is it for the human rase, that the at- iho«jd)ciic changes, and lira laws of light and heal, are beyond theconiiul of the turbulent and destruc tive fury of misguLed man. Were it otherwise, instead of the genial hunt nnd the gentle aunsh' ra, lira lun*es and burning glares nnd dog-star nfihc bigot would scorch ami suffocate the world { and lira mild hicezes and farcifying dew* nnd slrrnrers nf In aven would be converted into the tempest and the deluge. " It cannot bedUguised that all the f.ilse colour ing, perverdon and misrepresentation that ha* been thrown around the * right of petition,' proceeds wholly from ubulilion phrenty, nnd is used as an instrument to attain abolition objects. It Lana> tempt to add political heat to abolition fury. It is obvious that the sincere nnd judicious frinndL of manumission are thus*-most opposed to abolition societies; for so long as these societies exist, so long will manumission, with the consent of lira roas ter, Ira a hopeless object Tlra mild and persuarive mcasiireaof tlio earliest frlei dsof abolition, diffused tlra light of reason, without arousing the lion pas sions of the heart. The slaveholder w i approach- •tl by tli* gentle Quaker, not in the in-ulting Ur., guago of dictation aad coulrul, hut In tlra true spirit of love and meekness. Dut the stern bigot anti the sour fanatic pushed asisle the genie andjHicaou* Quaker, and all that wrought themselves up Into the belief that they am Mfttaf ft merciful Oral by furious attempt* to (ana abolition upon tlm slave holder, at the expense of tbo Union, and of the quiet and happiness of this before peaceful country;—ootiI then, not even a bone exist* of the emancipation of tlra slaves of tlra aoOtl, with the concent of their masters. Every accession of strength to these sociu' es is binding tho chain still tjuoger upon the unhappy African. Every legislative resolution, such a* those now under dis cussion. loosens the bond ol union, and accelerates the perisii of war ami Movdslrad. Kvtry step in this its uriato ami dangerous course, exemplifies tlm melancholy truth, Uiat the ancient and maniac power of religious Wjutry has not lawn softened and sul>- dued, a* we Irad fuCKtly hoped, by our (ten and to- lerrjt Instituthm*. Arraise it from its long sleep, ''ve it tho pqwer of w. -Ith nmi number*, ami stimulate iu action hy Lcei* alive sympathy, and you fatten upon tlra math a slavery of mind a* dark ami benighted as -that which palsied the Christian world in too days of the tnqiiisition and lira crusade*. Give it scope, und it will wield its fierro nmi gigantic power with a blindness to all worldly cousespiencc*, and an in sensibility to all human suffering. For tho las: thinuand years, it lins imprisoned as munv innocent vict'.ns, tortured and lucerutcd a* much hum flesh, and spilt ton times us much blood, ns slavery bus done daring lira same period. Slw'd the northern State* fan lira flames of abolitionism by a Lc&isiutivf sunfition, greater desolaiion nmi more cXiOiidcd misery would result, than wax consequent upon 'tlw revocation of the edict of Nantz. Tjo snino spirit would he uncaged and let loo*l in a brooder field, and would cumprumit tlw fate of mil lions instcudof thousands of human beinj*. It js duvoutly to bo Imped that tlra conviction still remains in lira mind* of sober hdividruls uf all pui- tie*, that ourlmfipy Uuioij, our unrivalled Constitu tion, and thn pcacu and repose of this great Ameri can family, nre worthy of preset-ration If they must full—if this splendid confederacy mast Ira tom into hostile fragment, liy t'ra relentU-s* j»ow. • of re- lijiuus bigot./—if a*4Kial nnd servile war must dreech in b'-.aid this foirest Iraritajeof man, let not the dire catnstroplic be hurried on by tlra action uf this Senate.”* In conclusion, tho commit too recommended for adoption, tho following resolution: JceiotveJ, That tlw preemldc nnd resolutions of tho Assembly Ira, and they lire hereby, icffiltcd. All which is respectfully submitted, S YOUNG, Chairman. # Tho preceding extract, with a few additions and alterations, is taken from u very able minority re port on tho Atherton resolutions, recently niude in tho lthode-Isiand Legislature, hy Joint Wldpplo, Esq. LATEST FROM ENGLAND. By Sunday’# muii wo received tho New York papers of Tuesday 2nd. Wu made lira following extract from tint foreign news being one day later from England, as it appear* in the New York Com mercial of that uvuning:— By tlw London packet Montreal, Grilling, wl|ich sailed from Portsmouth on the -4th of Mureh, we have Lundon paper* to Satan lay the 2nd, eve '•**, inclusive; our Just advice* being of the 1st cverng. Thu official Guzcltu oftliu 1st records tlra sweur- ing of Lord Eliringlon ami Sir George Givy ns mem ber* of tho IVivy Council—the culling of Lord Ehrington to lira House uf 1'eers by tlra title of Baron Fortescuo—and his appointment tu tlra go; vernment ofireluiid. Mr. James W. ( Duller hn* presentctl himself as a cuudidute for lira Nurtlrarn division of Dov.-nshire, vucuted by tlra elevation of Lord Ehrington. A bloodless duel wus fought at Comlra Wood, 7 miles from London, on tlm 2Ulli uf February, be tween Irani I'owerscourl und Mr. Ruebuck—the liuter aUeudvd hy Mr. Trvluwuey, well known in this country. Mr. Roebuck fired in tlra air, ulter living thu fire of his unlugoiiist, und then declared readmes* to upolugizu; tlra declaration wus uc- dupted us u sullicieut apology, and tlra purlics re- turdtai to Loudon, uil gisal friend*. Uw cuuscs uf tlra duel are thus set forth. Mr. Roebuck being nqHirletl to linvo titteml some expressions ull'eusive lu Lord l'owerscuurt, was o(h plied to by lu* Lordship for nnuvowul or disavowal of tlrain. Mr. Roebuck, iu reply, su'd— ” I cliurgerl you, my Irani, uml 1 now reiterate tho charge, with living tlra principal iu a proceeding which introduced into lira elections of this town u system of corniptio i und delwuchi.-y, 1 said these mean* to gain t»w end of being elected a nramh ol‘ I'urJiauicrl were disgraceful, and lira disgrace, such vs 1 conceive it, 1 laid ut your door, us the principal, uml therefore lira,responsible, person in ibis immortal iruiifuctioii. " 1 lartlMT cliurgetl you, iu yourclrarnclcr efprin- ripol, with sa'ictiouiiig accusation* of iireligion nguinst me, while you nt tlra same time nnd iu the mine character sanctioned* the corrupting the poor vu r with drink. 1 cull this liypucrusy, und 1 can not now give it nny other name. "i u!*o stated Uiat your luuguage toward mo was not decorous, wus not such vs one gcuticiiiuu should townrd another; and J seo no reason for altering that opi. 'un, or this expreNiioti of it. “ Iu iutruiliiciiig these statements I expressed my satisfaction ut your being in England to near them; and then Used the figure which lius been somewhat rudely treated ill lira report. ' 1 was about,’ I said, ' to upply a scourge which hud yuu nut been here, 1 could nut huve uplifted or applied.’" Oil this, tlra cliuileuge was given by Lord Towers- court. Air. Roebuck ollercd to withdraw bis charg es if Lord Tuwcrscourt would declnre that they were not true; or, if his language simply was com plained of, to retract or explain uny expression nut ubsolutely needful to convey Uw cliargcs, provided Lord l'owerscuurt would poiut it out. Mis lonbhip would do neither; und so tlra powder wus J. -mod. Two Etiglish meu-of-wur hud sailed for I'utrus, lo demand cxplunutious respecting an uttempt to mur der Signor Kielli, and an insult ofl'ered to the Brilis!. consul. A bund of robbers suddenly entered ti.-_ residence of M. Rieti, tho pitlner of tlra limtsb of T, Chirk & Co., nnd a servant, by closing tlra door of nu inner apur.ment saved tlra ii b of hit master, which was tlirer tetrad by the assassin'* knife. Tlra En u lish consul, seeing llmt the ))olicu did not do their duty, prutes'ed nguhist tha negligence of tli. Um 1st end 7tbhaUaUoet nfNavane, the 3d of Gut- pezeoa, twobauaUona ofCaatiHian*, and four squad rons nf lancm nf Navarre. It appears that, by mean* of bribery and making use of tbs King'# name, he gained over tha 1st aad 7th of Navarra, and the fair squadrons, who notary consented to arrest tha generals, but to execute them. I'oor General Carmona, a men of mild and sim ple habits brave as a lion, and loyal patriot, waa ar* rested at four in the morning, placed ia the bands of a priest, and shot at 8 o'clock; not Wring, daring the whole of that time, either been riecuted of any crime, or visited by any one. He wns led forth ig norant who were nis persecutors, and shot, not In the presence of the army, hut secretly. In the same manner was treated General Guergue—draygrd from the nr.ns ofhis family, and murdered within an hour. The Intcndn 11-General Vcrozwnsnrrtstcd while out shoo i;, and w ithout permitting him to hold inter course with any one, he was instantly put to death. The murder of the Viceroy of Navarre, Geaer. Kamcisco Garcia, was mote refined; be was brought before Muroto anil insulted, and at his demand, to Lo sent tu the royal head quarters, dragged forth and ■hot. 1 hat truly honorable patriot, Gen. Don Pab lo Sana, was compelled to follow Maroto on foot— hi* horse was taken from him—from Tolosa to Et- telln. The wife of Brigadier Sauz was mado a pri soner and cruelly treated. This is all the informa tion I have been able to gather; to-morrow you shall I tear farther from me. The London Spectator, in speakiug of Lord Dur ham's Report on Canadian Affairs, suys; " It should lie ns gratifying iu the American Peo ple as to the Colonists whom it mostconcerns. For the first time, an eminent English statesman treats C-'Iii.iWib with lira respect which is due to a free People; roncenling nothing from ilium, IMPORTANT FROM VERA CRUZ. Tu the courtesy of our American Cootul at Vera Crui we are indebted for files of " El Censor" from (he 14ih to ilia I7ih inclusive. On the ifilh an express arrived from Mexico,communicating feet* which show a disposition in the Government to ratily tha convention with France. The news efth* amicable arrangement caused great-rejoicing in the capital. Immediately on the receipt of tho intalli* gene*, a President ad interim was appointed and invested with Ihe Government, and on the neat day Bustamante put himself at tlw head of a large forco nnd marched towaids Tampico, fertile purpose of nulling down the rebels (hare, who were making head eg shut tho Government. The niinUterisI pa per* describe his force* as fully adequata to ovmi- whelm the feeble resistance likely to be offered by the broken and distiiiRed Fcdcr ilitts. Another fact which confirm* this view wns, the expected departure of a conducta fiom Mexico for Vera Crus, laden with three millions of dollars. A cargo of precious metals would not certainly ho sent to a port, ( that wus liable every moment tubnrup* lured by n* powerful and oxaspetuted foe. Then* are many reasons which mutt conspire to make the treaiy acceptable tothe present administration in Mexico; among the strongest of which may Ira reckoned, tlra insurrections breaking out in ditlWrnt quarters of the republic. Tlio rebels had lutcly made great progress: their forces augmented till they bernm-: formidable, and the parly seated in power U'cnmn alarmed for their safety: revolution ary sentiments had Nprcml extensively and grown popular; nmi the name of Urren became u-sociuted in the minds of the people, with the idea of deliv er.-^ce and emancipation from tyranny. T . Diariodol Gnhierno, (Mexico.) of the 7th Murih, contain* a riiculurtu lira following import: e; concerning nothing Trom them, nor oltempt- , ' i u, . ! . dr-Mo ,h. m «llh genrmliiie.| but »,|. I T7. ln ““ lh ” 1 I *nl|« , t-;nl | ary of Hr. M»jc«, the . —.r. l .1.-1-.. r Kins of the rrencll slinli exact indemniticninin lor milting and enforcing their just causes ofcompuint, proving theii grievances, and insisting that their in terests should be consulted, by allowing them to manage their own local nfftir* iu thoir own wny. For the first lime, an eminent English statesman officially avow* hi. respect for lira Anglo-Saxon per*- pie of lira United S ores, nnd It ..estly alt.'buto- their wondeiful career of prosperity to lira English [ trinclpie of local self government, which they in terbed from their rncestors and ours. Wellington nnd Teel «eem to long fora war with America, nr to it. ine thnt they can avert it hy denunciation and threats. Lord Dui hnm shows in what utter igno rance* they have charged the Ame. Icon Government with bad luitlt; prove/ tlmt wlmte* „r risk ihorermny be of a war on the Canadian frontier is owing lo the lawless and disorganized state of the British dominions; ami declares llmt it is only hy giving n government to our own people, whuhavo had none, that we enn hope to avert collision, which may end in war. Which is the better Statesmanship—which tlw wiser diplomacy—Peel's or Durham's T King of the French shall exact indemnifiention for tlra ex|«n*e of tlra war, or lor any other motive, Ins excellency tlra Tresiil.-nl has advised that all Mexi can citizens, who think themselves entitled to indem nification for losses sustained in consequence of the war with France, shall present their reclamations to the Government, duly authenticated, that they maybe put in opposition to the sold domimdi.—S’. O, Bulletin, 2d inti. On lira 15th March Col. Almonte arrived off Vera Ctux, in the English fmeket ship Lurk.—Rid. From the N. Y. Commercial. UarnurKSsjoNXL Conoxzns.—Mr. Wakly, the arutearalable editor of tho London Lancet, has late ly been elected coroner for Middlesex. His oppo nent wni Mr. Adey, a lawyer. In one of ids sneeclt- rs to the electors, Mr. Wakly related a number of S ,ve ? lo celebrate thn victory obtained hy Goneral From the Louisianian. 5th init. GENERAL MEXIA. The following is tlra declaration of captain Tow- son, wltn left Tampico on the22d March, and nr rived here on the 3.1 instant—proving in the most positive minnur tlmt I lie report of General Mimin'* ttniry into tlmt place on thu 20th without followers, is erroneous. We were aware, when we heard that report, that there wu* no foundation for it, and so expressed ourselves. We were led into this belief by theudmitted fact lliat*Mexiu gained a signal ad vantage ovt r the forces of tho government ut Tu*- pun only a few day* before.. The mnVer is put to rest by the declaration of captain Tow-son. "Captain Towsnn, of the British smack Henry, left Tampico un thu 22d, wns til thu public hulls lake;' ... "'Lleh thu nnn-modicu| curnrer nnd thu non-inctUi-.nl Jury were holding their inquest, wns the bones nut of “Ji mnlu but of a femnle. Rut tlra advocates of tlw at iomcy-curuncr suy,thnt tho trinl before the coroner is only preliminary, thnt there Is another court in which an opportunity will bo offered to tho accused for i.'lingprofessional testimony; but, gentlemen, when once the coroner's jury have recorded their verdict, tho ske!ctou is buried—it is no longer in tlm court lo speak silently but most, eloquently to nil iitosn who understand anatomy! Tho skeleton is buried, the evidence is inhumed. Now I say, with r.ien of humane rrinds, men who love charity und justice, oiw such fact ns that, if tlmre were not ano- thcr, ought lo determine their choice. } It-’Ihivo it will bo admitti d that l know as much or law us Mr. Adey, nnd if thut be so, 1 think I know something more of phy.ic than he duo*.— (Laughter and cheers.) If Mr. Adey had been the coroner on that occasion, Ira would not have known whether they were the bones of n female • a rhino ceros.—f Roars of luughu-r.) How should he know it when ho never mudo the subject his study ns 1 have l I believe you all recollect iho occasion of tlm last election, when one gentleman told you that on tutomoy coroner did nut know a deud man from n 'ving one. It was well known that after the inquest hud been held, tho dend man got up and laughed ut l‘- coroner (cheers and laughter.) You all recoh lect the case of Catherine Moody in the Loi. .!o;i Hospital, upon whom no less than three inquest? had been held by a coroner.—(A voice in tlm crowd, " Thut wus Mr. Umvin.") Yes, Mr. Unwin wns the coroner. Mr Fnl'er, n surgeon in the London-read, wns examined on that occasion. In tho first instance, a verdict of "accidental death” wns brought fn—(n laugh;) and in tho se cond it wns n verdict of "natural death;” and nf.-r . mv hud left the room they were requested to retu.j, nnd found the womnn sitting up, saying, " Gooff General Mexia was not in Tampico, that his con signee wu* Mr. William Lnmiic.nnd when he left, he wns with Mr. Lamire who should liuveundoubt edly informed himu( tho fact; nnd it couid not ba possible, when General Mexia himself. Imd rent an expie. s to announce tho success which lie had ul>- tnl.ed. Cap; in Tuwsonis coufi lent that th* tu mor of General Mcxinlraingin Tampico, is orione- on*, und that he should liavo known it, unquestion ably ** New Orleans, April 4th, 1839. WILLIAM TOWSON." anecdotes, showing how neccsrary it is fora coroner M**'“ over the government troop*; and says, tlmt to possess medical aud surgical knowledge. Some f; —“• r " 1 «- •*—• 1.1. of I hero unnedotos were amusing enough, nnd all strikingly illustrative of tho point in support of which limy were told. For example:— 1 will reluto to-ynu, said Ira, n cause which occur red in a neighboring county. Two brothers lived in Ihe sumo house, hy the side of the Ttomci. One of tlwre brothers, who wns u maniac, suddenly disup _ cured. Suspicion attached to tho other brother l,.ot Ira was the murderer. As years elapsed, still tlio suspicion adhered to hir producing the utmost misery in the .umily. At length repairs were madu iu the liouso, nnd nt tlio foundation of it a skeleton wu* discovered. The suspicion wns revived. An inquest wns Iraki on the skeleton by an uttorney, and e jury n« well acquainted with skeletons ns Ira was. All ilicsapersons concerned in making this mcdicJ iiKC'ii-y, understood nothing of tha Buhject. 'i lie jury were eqi.nlly ignorant with the coroner; thu coroner wnsnn attorney, and was necessarily In- capable of eliciting truth from a medical witness', ex- cept by mere chunco. They made up their minds, «"d were on tho point of returning a verdict of wil- .id murder nguinst the brother, w hen, forlnnately, n sirgeon hnppeued toenme in r ami exclaimed, 'Stop, slop, vou are ah«iut to commit some horrible mis- "* L “* and ho hail discovered thut lira skeleton w . , .TEXAS. a P^tatGebt, which Vr u O? Houston Telegraph of 28, andI papersofoUnr towns of tberemihUe. P'vot proceeding* of tb* trial, which took - 1 -— <■ lb.t..... of.!*,! M.xlnui,, ta "» monUiof AurulMt, nlMd (Mr .mi, U-gWx of •««*» tho un{r.,„ It appears that the trade between New Oriaeaa and Texas, by way of the Sabine, is rapidly increas ing- The country between the Gundnloupo and the Co* Undo is rapidly filling up with farms. A beautiful specimen of nativegold was found hr tlw mountains about 150 miles north wrest of Bexar. Stcotito and sulphurat of iron was fottud on tbo banks of Rio Frio. A dinner w ns given to General Hamilton, ofSouth Carolina, on lira 18lh, which was attended bya large nnd respectable concourse of citizens, Gen. Foote, Col Butler, nnd Col. White, were present. Gen*- II. and Col. While have been authorized to negoci* ate a loan fur the republic. Gen. H. gave the fol lowing toast: Tho republic of Texas. Slie has the same title to tho vast and magnificent territory situated be tween tho Rio Grande nnd tho Snbino that the Uni ted States Iras to her domain north of that line—a violated charter—a-victorious sword—fiee institu tions. nnd an unconquerable people to defend them. Louisianian, 4th insl. An America* 6itieen Murdered.—A letter from Mexico dated Feb. 14, states that Mr. A. Du- hrieile, of New York, was bnrboroutly murdered or* the 2f)tluill. by agnng nf robbers who attacked the- maiI conch, nu its wuy to Tuehln, half a mile from the Gariln (:nite) of this city. lie was/hot dead, nnd several oilier persons in tho coach were wounded.— These human demons are daily committing spolia tions uml imm!i-ring travellers in Homo quarter. Tlio moral uml puliticnl condition of this coyntry is con*-, ftuntly retrograding." > NORFOLK, April 1, 4 P. M. Lott of the thip Lelia of Baltimore —The ship Lelin,' Higgins, of nnd Ixiuncl for Baltimore, from Liverpool, with a full cargo of merchandize, arrived off tlra enprs on Satunluy evening, during a heavy gnlo front the' Enstwnrd. ^Not meeting a pilot, and tho nlternntivo between thu certainty of going oil shore if he remained out, nnd tho chanco of esen- p'-ig such o fate hy running in without a pilot, be ing presented to Copt. Higgins, he chose tlio latter; but unfortunately the - ship struck on tho edge of tho Horse Shoe, knocked off the falso keel nnd sprung so bnd n lenk that it was feared she would soon sink, if sho did not thump to piece*. Fortunately however she worked her wny over the shoal, and with tlio assistance of n Balt*,more pilot bout which enmo to her relief, shn w-ns brought into Humpton Roads, where *liu anrlioivd, und tlw pilot Iwat was sent up to Norfolk on Sunduy afternoon for hands to as<isr the pumps tlw lenk gaining so fast that the crew were entirely unnhle to keep it tinder. The p’int hunt returned to the ship early thia morn ing with ; no litimls; but tho assistance came too Into. Fen ring that the slrtn w ould sink nt her an chor.- ^e, (rapt. H. slipped Ills cubic, nnd got under wny for Norfolk; hut she hnd settled so deeply in tho wnter, thut nil tiopn of keeping horuflunt was aban doned, and Im ran her nbhoru about a mile nbovo Sewell’s l’oint, where she now lies in 20 feet wnter.^ Tlw Irabu is n new ship, on her first voyage, up- wntd# of seven liundred tons burthen, and t* said to be n was 1 ofn s jperior class. '<• Arrivil o f the Tally-Ho,—This furtunato ship, hnvi ttr 1,0011 somewhat out of her ustinl time, had awakened some apprehensions for lwr safety, when to the great relief of thnso concerned, she was or- nouncod in Hnmplun Ronds on Sunday. She has a lui-ge amount, of good* on lioanl for soino of our From the N. Y.Com. AdverUter, 5lhimt. w ... The Kixodom or Car apa.—Tlw two great qpes- merchant*, who have entered with spirit into the lions now before tbo Legislature of Upper Canada J^ r *' IM -*ss of "direct importations." 9 aro tlw disposition uf the Clergy Reserves, nnd tlw i&it-rtea sass-iiistksitiz » tac*. 10 would 00X10.11, Wilt- , ui |, omlob'ximnod ruilJrr,aod “u"d or« ofcvool. It wo. out ccroiio 111.! ' ' “'*“1 “r lorul autliorillo., uod inuo.wi>r, m-iHril a InitrrfiiL. wondorarollloygologlo tiring nirthmo ovs* of toiult. tnim llio Socndary ortho (juvvrmncol,tlio !'”• ".""“lor occrilon • moo foil from lit. ■ • - - • • ■ now. returning from n fair in tlm Milornd toad. cJiK'foftho gendarmerie. For effcctivo and non-effective service, the whole amount to bo provided hy government ! ? Ji(J,059,(JtiH. Iu the liouso of Commons, on tlw 1st, Mr. Cliurlcs Duller oflered to submit to tlw decisiuu of a com mittee, composed exclusively of opposition mem bers, on tlw question whether ho hud vacated his seat by a . to Cantula with Irard Durham. On the und rcuding of tlw Irish municipal cor porations . .1, tho ministers twice defcutcdtlicir op- po rants by large majorities—on motions to adjourn —the first time bya vote of 151 tot>5, and tlw . - couiLM? to UI. lu thocoui-so of the debute U_j ■iwech of Irani Eliringlon, in July 1838, wus adven ed to;—Lord John Russell declaring that he under stood it only as expressing tho opiniuu that the re venue* of tho proie.-tunt church in lrcluid were too large, nnd tliut iw agreed ia taut opinion. Mr. liumo moved far all Sir Frui a' - Head's cor- rc'|Hiiidence; aud Mr. Labouchcro strongly op^wsed been eocomplisla-d hy the latter was lost, and aa than Inst, to tint friends of freedom, hy thn blindness and fury nf the former. Numerous snrb Hie* were formed, and large sum* of money sub scribed. Powerful presses were employed lo keep up a constant and galling fire, and numerous and *•11 P*k1 agencies established all ovbr the no- thorn Stairs, oDnstituting in the aggregate an array of force and power which overspread the whole smiiIi- era fttfnd wRh fear, tager and alarm, and from a weakened and divided slate, drove it lotu on/ firm, “"J 1 *** •ompael of hostile freUng. r,disbanded; until tlw srpawwrtsatsIsM' ^ Un Uw 12th of February his Excellency Sylvaia Vun d« Weyer, envoy cxinionliuury from Belgium, wus married to Elizubetli Aim Sturges, only daugh ter of the wealthy Mr. Bute*, of tho hmisu of Baring Brothers. Mr. Rates is an American, but has resi ded 20 yean in England. Mr and Mrs Stevenson, Lord Melbourne, Lord Palmerston, Virgil 5Iuxcv, Esq. nnd Airs Maxcy, tho Mnrchiouossof Wellesly, Mr. John Van llua-n, a id several of tho foreign ni'iiistcrs, were present nt the ceremony. From the l.ondon Courier, March 2. Letters from Uayonue, to the 25th ult, confirm the fears expressed in furniei advices, tliut General Muroto would f >Uow up hi* pruviuu* massacre, bv tlw execution of tlw sewn Cm list officer* remn'ning in hi* hands. They were shut at Kstella on tlw lUrii. Amongst them were Colonel Ogcr (a cousin of Gen eral Francisco Garvin.) Dun Kamun I Julio, Chnp- Inin-General of tho Stuff, tlw Commander Uba»o, nmi Uw Governors of the I'oru of I’uy nnd of Soma Bar bara, near Eslclia. These letters contain a procla mation of.Moruto. issued before the executions, ami another of Don Curios, in which ho announces thut Iw had dismissed Alareto from hi* co.unuind, aud outlaws him. Don Carl*is had mode a movement on Estelia, but I tailed suddenly and retraced hi* steps. Nothing was known of.Muroto’* movements, but it was said tlmt Iw was laying siege to l'cniltn. Ano ther rumour had it, that wills eight battalion*, ha hud joiued Espurtcro. Th# whole of hi* conduct seem ed involved in mystery. Nik with*! and mg the protrstation* of Maroto, Ut- tie doubt wu* entertained ofhis treiuonublo corrus* poadenc* w ith lUpartero. Tho following letter gives a fearful account of the execution*. " Elisomld, Frb. 24, live o'clock, V. M. " I low, can 1 describe lo yotr uur situation-we rmvlvwl tn><hing from (lie royal In admuarter*, wo know nothing of iho movrincnU of tlw King, no one I* allowed lo approach tho frontier*, no fetters of any rendi ns. Frosss a — 4 Anattnniey coroner looked at him, and ntuncr pro- nouncod hint elend. Lnughter.) Hn was put Into a room, on inquest wns hold, and u verdict of acci dental death returned. In tho mhldio of tho night, the man being in his shroud and not liking bis quar ters, turned round and fell t :on tlw floor. He col led loudly fur assistance, and one of the watchmen under thu old system broke open the door, and see ing tlw man in his shroud, cried out " Don't think to frighten mo with your shroud, I know you well' rnough, your’e one of tlw rosea ly resurrertionUts.— I’m not to be done in that way; I shall take you off tothe watch house. (Grant lnughter.) And so ho did. (Laughter ) lh«# poor follow w-ns liberated next morning; but another misfortune had not been foreseen,fur tlw undertaker rood him for hnlf a crown for the use of a»he!l." union oflho province with Lower Cunudu Tim lui- ter is strongly insisted on by a inrge purtion of tlw members, ns well a* of the pc,pie, who believe that it will form a principle ingrcuuiil of the punocen which tlio distresses of tlw province so urgently re quire. But such is not the opinion nf Mr. IIngermnn,tlw nt.u. wy general. Hi* eyes nre fixed nu a higher mark, and nothing will satisfy him short of ulcvntirg the Provinces to tlw dignity ufn kingdom. Wo huve only u brief sketch or outline uf ills s.hvcIi iu the House of Assembly, on the 21st of March. Wo copy from tlw Tunuilo Patriot, where Mr. Hugcrmnn is reported to have Proposed two questions to the House, which o- pened u new and important view of uur future rela tion* with Great Britain. Ho asked First—Whe ther it was tlw opinion of the House dint the people preferred a constitutional moiiurrhy as u form of go vernment, to a democracy. * * “ ' answer wore in " doubt would bo thcr iu tlw course of events it was not certain that these provinces would lusmiic thnt rank umong die nations of tlw world, to which their vust extent uf cuuntry-coinnierclui Importance—natural resources, and in.reusing population entitle them to look Aw ard. In commenting upon these propositions lw con tended tliut ull scheme* for meliorating ilw political condition of thesu vust possesions of tho British empire, short of erecting diem into a kingdom, would be mere expedients for a temporary purpose —nnd that no plan, in his opinion, couid /oeffi-ctuul- ly and certainly perpetuato tho cunnoctiun with Great Britain, or ndvunce thoir general prosperity, and remove tho evils by which they were oppressed, * 4 raking them to that digr i.y—giving it rcprcsrntn- n in tlw British 1'nrliamcnt*nud governing ithyn Viccrov, as Ireland is governed. Air. Hagcrman pointed out ntr .y ndvuntrjes tlmt in ids opinion would result from iho measure, which, when publish ed, will deserve, andunques.ranuhly will receive the deep nnd anxious consideration of the people of this province. V, S. Since tho nbovo was in typo, wo ha-o re ceived Uw Montreal papers of tlw 1st instant, in one of which .we find it stated tlmt a resolution in favor uftlie legislative unioifbf the l.vn provinces has pas sed tho House of Assembly of Upper Canada by a largo majority. Tho resolution also declares the importance of des patching agents to England, to advocate tlw measure there. PROMPT RELIEF.—Tlw schooner St Thnmn. r Newcomb, frrim Baltimore which wns run nfnul in tho buy hy tlw brig Clio of Boston, nnd put into Hoinp'nn Rood* on Suiulny in distress, w tii loss rf anchors, mid cliuin, muinlmom, &c., wns prompt'y relieved liy the boats of tho U. S. ship Constitution now lying nt tlw naval onthmugo. The weather has been sto-my for re vend duys nod the efforts of the Const Lotion to relieve tho St. Thomas were as well timed us they were generous. Tlio Norfolk Rom-on, of yezti-rdny *nys.—" DOi^ ing the severe blow from N. E. on Sunday hut, two •mid' schooner* were driven from their unrhnrage* nmr Chjh* Charles, one of which, the Fnlr AmerW can, succeeded in reaching Norfolk, the other, the Virginian, without nn>-person on hoard, it is appro* Iwndcd is lost,—llalt. Patriot 3d, i- ti, SH i wreck.—Tlw schr. State Rights, Phillips, from St Go'ix, sailed, Kith nil, for N. York, with a FROM TEXAS. Our dale* from Houston ate as late as the 20th March. Ex Governor Butler of South Cm olina and Colo nel \\ hi to uf Florida, arrived nt .Galveston on the 15th and ut Hou/ttm un tlieSOih. A national salute w as fired on the occasion of tfe ’r arrival, and they . t were invited to a public dinner to be giver, on the Munlaugb, E<q., and not insured. Air Anderson's Corretpondckce of the Richmond Compiler. Herald Office, Norfolk, ) Thursday morning, April 4,1838. ( FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE! Lest night between 10 nnd 11 o’clock, a fire broke out in the Eunend of the new double brick tenement on High street, Portsmouth, which de stroyed the entire building. It ori inated on the lower floor, occupied as a book store, by Air. Joseph Anderson, und on which was also thu Post Office— from neither of which was any thing, considerable raved. In the second story wus the Printing Office or t'.e Portsmouth Times, which we sincerely regret lo» fc te, fell an entire prey to thedevoo ng flames, —notan nioin having deen savwl. T e th rd -lory was occupied by the OJ.I Fellows as their Lodge and all therein was totally lost. In the West end ofthe building was the tin manu factory uf Air Wm. I). Roberts, who succeeded in saving hi* entire stock, &c.—the upper floors were unoccupied. The Eust end w ns owned by Mr John Cuke and insured—the West end by John W. the schooner to mnkcGOO *tru'- c-s water per hour du ring tlie gale. Was compelled tu stave the deck loud of moinsscs to lighten her, it continued to blow iititil 1st instant. 2d hist, hit 32 22, ion 74i, wn* fc’len in with schooner Francis, Scars, from Suvan.\ nnh, for Newport, (R. I.) when Captain l’hillip* concluded to abuudon tlw S. 11. nnd Copt. Sear* took Iter in tow, nnd endeavored tu muka this port, but fulling toleuwnrd would proceed to Snvunnah. Cupt.l*. took passage from on board schr Frances, South of Charleston light in the pilot hoot I Voter Witch, nnd reached this city yesterday.—Char. Co nr. 8 th intt. » private so-jre* end karoed that Maroto l* la lUu-IU, with 21»t, at the lat er p, Mr. Wiilium Brennan, n citizen uf Texas, who wn» captured near Sun Patricio some month* aro aud afterwards imprisoned at Alutaniora*. bus safe ly arrived at Houston, having made hi* escape from Uiat place.—The inform-ition given by him relative to the situation of uffrtiis in Mexico coin ided with tlw account* nlready received here. He suys many emigrant* from Alexico are settling in tlw western counties |,fTexas, which port oftha republic, accor ding to his description, is in a very flour! -hing con dition. Tlw Telegnr k states that several specie ens of native copper i u the banka ofthe Colorado, have been received at Houston. Colonel Bonn.-ll, who brought them, informed the editor urtbe Telegraph (hot near the locality of that mineral ba noticed a quarry uf excellent marble audwm axtensivu bed uf iron ore. Mr. W. H. Wharton,brother of colonel John A. Wharton, whose dreetwe was lately announced •Bed in Texas on tha I4th March, lie wus on a visit at a place called Groce's Uclrcat, nnd was prc- lur.nj to sell, out on k t return to Id* reriJence at Eagle Island.—A^iustinf Ids holsters, he aiti mpl- > d to drs w out one of his pistol* to exnmine it, when it went off, nmi the hell glancing on tlw bolster, out away two ofhis fingar* and penetrated his abdo men. Tire clearing out of the snags aad nverbal -• .... ** ustonamlllairh It is halieved that ires* In tlw bayou between Houston ami Harris burg w.ts proceeding whit ftwigy ' ‘ ‘ " *.an» h tliese obstacles will stam Iw removed, nnd that steamUmi* will be enai-lrd te navlgata between Houston and GahrMton it night wlthoug intcrrvp* iton.—lovitUnion 2nd Insl. Looksture was partially insured. Mr Hill,'the worthy and estimublo Ed.tur of tho Times, bus sus tained a lota! loss—nu insurunre. But the most griuviou* part of die narrative re main* lu be .-.Id—Adjoining the conflagrated build ing on ih* east, wns n lurg* Iramu hou-o. occupied by Mr Thomas J. Godwin usuCabinot Alaoufuctury and Warehouse, from which nearly all thu furniture bail been reniuved, wlwn iho gable end and chim neys of the brick house fell upon it, brcuking through tlw roof and up|*r floor. Air Godwin and several others were in the housa at the time, und we aro pained to stnto that Mr. G. perished under thomiissofrubbi.il.und Mr Nicholsand Mr Brooks were both badly, though not dangerously huit. Tho death of Mr G’Jdwiu is a loss to the community, nnd is deeply deplored by his fellow-citizens. Fire Acais.—Ono ofthe out houses attached to the City Hotel was found to be on fire at liner o’clock this morning. It was for unately discovered In time to be arrested without much danger.' The incendiaries who are supposed to infest tho city, are certainly not aware of the risk th-y run. We advise them tu he m *t circumspect in their burn ings, for inthe present stale of tr ;,.ublic mind, an indictment for urton, would bu sure to result in a sentence for hanging without benefit of clergy. We do not know hut that a lamp |w/t might be his swinging place, without jury and without clergy. The first discovered, will lutve to bear a mountain of the past litis of hi* accomplice* in destruction. A reward ol |2H00 is ofleird for proof ur convic tion against any person or persons engaged in tlw lata Ibctadisra attempts In the city. See advertise ment, and look out rogues l—Mobile Ad*. 34 (ml. Death or Hkzekiah Niles.—We regret to learn thut lids event, which Id* friend* have for s.»nio time anticipated, took place nt Wilmington, Delaware, yesterday, morning. lie hnd been, for Wveml years, In declining Iwnllh, tho result of a life of groat labor, ns tho publisher of tlw "Regis- ter." which lias rendered his name immortal. Air. Nile* was a printer, by profession, n man of strong and urdent feelings of considerable talent and of an industry so untiring thnt ho achieved results which men of superior intellect, but, less capable of labour, wou'd have fuiled to accomplish. Ho wns, besides, of a froiik, honorable, independent and truly repub lican spirit, simple iu his manners nnd lmblts, nffec- ti Junto to his fa* 'ly, liberal to those whom he em ployed in the prosecution of his business, disinterest ed and public spirited. His life was ono of great usefulness, and lew men in q*r country have done tnoro to connect their names, in on honorable man ner, with tho public enterprises in wliiclt tho welfare of society is concerned.—Bali. Chron. 3d intt. TALLAHASSEE, AprilO. Fire.—A fire broke out on Monday morning about 2 o'clock, in the *t..ro ofR. J. Hueklcy, which was fortunately extinguished before any muleiial dumnge was done. It was sup|Niscd tu have origi nated in n box of saddlery, and to have been tho effect of spontaneous combustion,- tho Buddies be ing lined with Canton flannel. The wind was pret ty strong,a- .1 had tlw fire liavo extended a little further in its ravages, before being discovered, the destruction of properly would huve been distress--^ ing ly Inrge. A limit 10 o'clock the same morning, fire accident ally cnu^lit umong the pu|wi* uf tho Clerk of tho County Com i, und consumed suverai documents of value, which hnd been prepared for record. Tlu-su circumstances call loudly for prompt in- tcifernnceon the pint of our citizens, in making precautionary provisions, f ir the safety of the city in cares of fire. Why sliouid not hydrants hsr planted utcveiy coiner? und why should not m city containing from two tu threw thuusand inhabi tant*: bo supplied with an engine 7 We havo tv largo numln-r of young men of activity and spirit, who wouid chi-rrfully attach tlivmselv. a to an En gine and Ho/e Company, und were the necessary ■tups token, n fire of magnitude could ba subdued in a few minutes, at uny time. We shall recur to- this subject u jain. Since writing the above, a meeting of the citizens ha* taken place hi the Court House, at which, reso lution-* were pu*«ed in favor uf forming volunteer put nils for tho City, nnd ulso for- the immediate purchase of an engine and complete fire apparatus A subscription wm upmnd for tbo latter object. This is a good beginning; may the. people be in spired with the " gift of cuntinuanue."—Star. From the Toronto Esaminer, March 27. Vert MisTuptous,—It ba* been currently ru mored in town to-Juy, that a sergeant I n Msj. Mc Grath’s corps of lancers has been taken up, charg ed with being In correspondence with the " Patriot hunters." Wo believe mat a plan ofthe city gsrri- •011,4-0. was f-.und fa hi* possession, ond letters offering him a reward far firing the Government House nnd oilier public buildings. It is said that he wns bolding out far a higher sum then that of fered. The papers were discovered accidentally. Up was examined yesterday before tbo Execetlvft Council fare considerable time, and baa been com- milled tu jail. The affair is creating a great deal • of eiuiicmetit, Tlw Colonist gives the name ofth#o*en»#d—Ar thur Flood—ends' the Council. if says that bchad been twice bofrfft