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Htrrk ?J -Tballosiso iffLatsUilklwrftU* fa
iJoflkr ||i** of AmuwMf.M* W****** **”
•Ka llamta Catholic Ifislwp, ( Doctor T laleber,) of
Kewfiimdl**h rorrt|»b»ining of on ty?®***|?*
U alter il* «*Mlt«U«* «*f imwit**. U( Mr.
O'Connell) hoped lo how Mm linn. Bocreiarv for
Um rohMile* *law that no •»*)• InUmMon existed,
which * lK fi,| render it unnecessary f««r him lo pro*
tmU further in this mailer.
Mr. Labnudrare Mated that no Intention edited
•A the mrt of Mm government to alter or impair the
The day was consumed in Irabate on the bill to re*
•elate the inlo of beer.
Moreh 21 —In the House of Lorda, tin Marquis
•f Sligo would Inquire of hi# noble friend near him.
whit wai the *utu of the negotiation with respect
M the trade Iwtween Jamaica and St. Domingo,
The Marquis of Nunnanbv aaid, he waa tore it
wild plcaie hit noble friend to hear, that the iub*
ject had engaged the attention of her Majeily'a go*
vomnrant, and that negotiation! had been entered
into before he rante into office. A commuiilcatlotr
«%d been mode in the math of January tail, and,
then-fore, it waa too toon to giro any decidod an*
a war.
The Karl bflloden moved fora aoleet committee
to inquire into tlm »tato of Ireland lince I0U.T, with
respect to the commission of crime, aupporting hit
motion in a speech nf aia columns, giving a moil
frightful picture of Min enormities andnutnig"* coin*
milted in that unhappy kingdom, which he aacribod
entirely to mlagovcrnmcnt.
Lord Normanby vindicated hit adminiitration in a
speech uf six column*.
The Duke of Wellington supported the motional
great length. Lord Melbniirito imposed it. deolar*
ing in Mw course of hi* remark* that the Duke of
Wellington's ipeccli was ono oftlieboldcit he hod
ever heard,>uJ tlint the motion wo* one of pure uu*
doubted censure upon the government. ,
It wo* carried, (53 to 58—majority against mini*,
far* five.
in the !Iou*e of Common*, thin day,, Mr.O'Con*
n»J|, seeing the right hnnnrnht.? gentleman, the un
der secretary for (ho Colunicl Department, in hi*
place, would rejicnt tho micstion ho had inked tho
oilier evening, wlrather tho capital exoculiona in GV
mulii were nlioiil to coa*o.
Mr. Lalwnehero aaid he wni happy to inform the
House that communication* had bron received from
Sir John Colborno, mid Sir G. Arthur, in which
those gallant officer* stated that they did not iina*
fine any farther capital execution* would bo neccs-
7(r. llum^Pought forward hi* motion for tho ex-
tcation* of ilw right of suffrage, which wo* oppaied
at gteat length by Lord John Ruuell, and lu«t, aye*
50, noei 83.
GREAT UlUTAIN.
It will be »een Mint papor* were colled for, In Par
liament, relating tu tho condition of affairs in the
We*t Indie*. The London Morning Post hui tlic
follow!ugptragraidi on thi* *uhject:
The bill of which Mr. Lahouehere ha* given no
tice i* a bill to nuinoiyj tho constitution of Jamuira,
and to Invest tin* Governor with deipotie powers.—
Whether* new Governor Is to bo appointed with n
view tothoexeirUoof theienew power*; whether
the Govomor U to be aim a Lord High Commission-
*r, authnriied tofr .rno a ncwcomtituiiont whether
Mm offur of Jninnica I* to lie mndo to Lord Durham,
to !,*rM Glenelg, or to Lord any thing else, we are
not prepared positively to itntei but lliia opportunity
of doing a kind and patroniiing thing in favor ul
ibmlmdy will not, wo supnoio, bo thrown away.
Tho election for North Devon, to supply tho vn«
•aney earned by tho vlovatiqp of Lord Khrington to
tho peerage, hai remlwd in tho election of Mr.
Bucko, thoconiervutivfl Candidate.
Homo excitement wo* earned in Loudun, on the
Slit of March, by tho Queen’* reply to uu addre**
from tlm city—that D, tho Mayor and Common
Council—remnnitruMng ngniiut tlm extension of the
metropolitan polico to the city, for which a bill had
wii Introduced in Parllaw/mt by Lovd John llus-
Tho reply wa* very brief and amounted to a moat
igraciou* denial oftho prayer of Mm address,
waa In them word*.
"Tim peace and security of tho (nlmiiitnuu of my
capital require my care, and Mm attention of my go
vernment. ?
With theao objects in view I have directed] mes-
aureito bo submitted to parliament, which will, 1
bavo no doubt, receive their deliberate consider*-
Mon.
" I fully rely on thoirf flnr tho wclfuro of
■ | irtWlndw
ientr rtrUi should ha Insisted on, or, latbaumds,
that, raivfM an vary Mata nreeabm*, tha King
a host id aat preside at ih»CMUrMn(iaiaUl«*ia.
Tu thoMfcirfHlilhin* the King refuted hi* ns-ent,
deeloring tlmt, If na* Mary, lie would ratlierauhmlt
to hu depoMul than accede lo tha term* InslResl i»n|
hut the laleat poaUcript fn»m I'm la aay* llwt lie
ufltraard withdrew hi* refusal, mel rajireared Id*
willing ora* tu aaratlo in tlm omdiikui*.
BANK OK KNOLAND DIVIDEND
March 14.—A general routt waa held in Mm
hank iNirior tied*/, for Mm purpore of dec'artn a
ditldi-nd.
Tlm Governor, (A. Cnrtla, Eaq.) after the min*
utea had Imrn read, *oid that iho direnora having
coniidvred tlm *iel«of tlm hank’* acrouoia, propo*.
il that a dividend thould ba declared of Mime and
ha.f pur cent lor lima neat half year.
A strong murmur of dl«approbaM«*n prevailed
immediate7 ihi* annnunrrmcnt whs given; tlm re*
dnctioiiin the tli«id*ud being ntllm rate of one per
Ornt per annum. .
Mr. Young laid the proprietor* wera taken by
•urpri.r, and that lh-*y ought to have the atate of
the imnW aff dr* b-fora them, b- fore rite reduction
wa* agretd to, which waa nut only a reduction of
lntere«l, but of capital.
Mr. Hammond was glad that tlm director* Imd
ftk/n tho ronrsr tlo-y recommended.
Tlm Goveruor«ni i lie rould not, at that Court,go
intofifure*. Too " Rail," at prewnt. nmountetl to
£•2 Jli!»,l)U0, provided a dividend of3 j per cunt wa*
agreed In.
In reply to oilier queatinn*, thu Governor oli»er*
d that ti lhudi.id.-iid o'. 4 |x-r emit wiu Ui-pi up,
£5M.U(JU per cent would give on incrcuie lo ilia-
re«l" «d'£'J4,(IU0 Tlm r,a*un of ilie reduciicii
I the prolii* ofllte Bank wa*, thu the rlirt-ctor*
had not Imeu aid - to iucu-a«e their aecu.itir*.
Mr. Young aaid tlint tlm pr.-prii-no*ought not to
ruhmit to thu recoinmemlnilon* of the director*.—
irploapudiu in hand were aullicient mik-ep
up die oid duty.
Mr. Williamson moved that the dividend be 4
Orl'ER CANADA.
The rer hrtlnt)* of the Home nf Assembly. In tk»
vrwnf uniting theiwoprmlnre*, bare been rejected
I7 tlm l<eg|*laliveCounr-il, eight voting again*! and
only two for tlrm.
The Toronto Cul-ail»t t»fMm IOlh Instant mention*
Mm arrlml of n deputy »herif,fnmi l^aelon Diurict.
with S3 ofrhepri* ,ner« taken nt Sandwich, and tri
rd and rotnlemnerl at l^indon.
Knim tlm brnd-ai (iarrtte wr |pnrn tlm tmme*
and diotinie* of Mn-wr prU-imr*. Eightrrm of them
are to lm tramjairti d to a p>-n-d colony, and tlm nth*
er five to bo rcleaM-d at the boundary line an Lake
Ontario.
The name* of thn 13 are Sarmwd Snow, Klitur
Stnvi-n*, John C’hi-atrr William*, John llurwi-ll Tvr*
ril, JnlmSr-innrt-Guttri.ige, Jnnie«M. AtchUon^lolm
Snrngue, Rnlti-rt Mnrth, Rilry Mon*on Stewnrt,
llenrv Verrelon llnrnum, Alvin Burrow* Sweet.
Ja*. iVtnr William*. Wrn. Noting.-, John Henry
Simmon*, Elijah CrokrrWoodmnu.CInunccy Shel
don, Jntnei Dewitt Keren, and Miehnel Morin.
Of tho five, David Mr Dougnl, George I'utnuin.Sid-
ney Ilarlier, Wm. Bnrtlntt, II. I*. Goodrich.
K.-urteen ore yet remnining in the jail nt London,
who were to be kijit u while longer nnd then lilmra*
ted. The term of their dcU-otiun will depend uti
the continuance nf quiet it|»ori llio frontier.
It i«priqmr to observe that tlm immediate merit
of there merciful nrocecrlhiga, n* well a* nf Mime
at Kiiutoti and .Niontrefd, belong* to tin) Imnic
govr-rimmiit, the cnmnelpati-m of the captive* ha*
ving henu tnadu in purtu-inec - f instruction* final
England.—But th<‘*n in*inn-lion« have no doubt
been given upon Mi-* *tn'ngtli of reprearntithmi
and *iiggn*tiuii* from Sir George Arthur and SirJolm
Collmrne.
Wo iinder*tiiiid tint m'n*t of the prisoner* pow in
'•iifini'mi-nt nt Qm-kcc will shortly bo set at liberty.
N. 1’. Com., ID/A ini'.
people, ond thoir rcganFRh- (liotright* and privileges
of all my subject*. I I
Tlieoxcltemont wail caused rather by tlm 1
Mtttt by the matter of the reply.
A minister from tho Brasil# had nrrivml in Eng
land, chnrgixl with a settlement nf French claims
Buenos Ayres, hy the meditation of Great Britain.
DlspntcVa from Sir George Arthnv were received
at tho colonial office on the 'JOMi of March.
Tho parliamentary expense* tlono of the Edin
burgh and Glasgow railway, have amounted tu£33,-
389 0*. 8d.
(Mr Thomaa Harvey will proceed imtnrdiately to
t«kn lira cnmmaml in the West Indie*,in the Wcst-
chetter, and Captain John 1'urker i* appointed the
flog captain. Ini* movement is in cmucquunco of
the death of Vice Admiral Sir C. I’ngvt.
CANADIAN AFFAIRS.
Tlw following is from the Brighton Garotte. Wo
do not by any mean* vouch for it* accuracy, the
Brighton Gatetto boing tho most violent *>f all the
tnthminiitcrial papers, on Canadian affairs. The
•tatement is very improbable. .
Wo hear—and bollovo— (incredible at the itatc*
went may appear)—Miat tho government has assured
Judge Bedim, tlm farther of the DM resolution*, who
. was raised to Mie bench hy Lord Gosfonl, nud who
wa» suspended by Sir John Collwrne, that lm uml
two French brethren shall be restored to the bench!!
that they do not intend to cunftnn tlw snspenslon;
Mutt matters mutt remuht quiet just now shut that
when tho now «ystem (wrhntover U b*.) shall Ira set
going for Lower Caundn, tho three sus|mndetl judges
shall bo again exalted to tlm bench !J! ulthoiigli in
make such an intention public at this moment might
1 embarrass tho ministry.
FROM THE EAST.
The aeeounts from Central Asia wrro by no
mean* tsiifactory. There i* no lancer any ques
tion that lira Piinca of Hi-rat, Kham Ran. Ims uni*
ted with his former enemies, tha rules of Cahul hint
Candahar, against the aggression* of the Anglo-In
dian government. Preparations were inaki g
throughout Afghanistan to give the invudei* warm
reception.
Tho fortress of Aden, In Arabia, had been taken
by a British expedition from Bombay, 13 British
aoklleraand 150 of the Araly being killed.
The prospect of an extensive war wiihthoBut*
Otisn wn* becoming d sily stronger.
TAe following it from London Morning Pott.
Tha Intelligence from India confirms the worst
Mtidpatiitna* The army uf Sir John Kuenn was
retreating, the Simla* having assumed a decidedly
hostile positiun. Cap*. Barnes, who had been scut
forward to reconnoitre, reported that the passes
wire all strongly furtifiod, ard would Ira, ns h-
judged, obstinately defended. Tho troop* ware
suffering from want nf ntovUlon* and other neccs*
aarle*. and il i« stated that the lo*« of msn already
amounted to 3.000 although they hive not a* yet
encountered an enemy. Tho director* nf lira East
India company are extremely urgent in th**ir do*
manda that tba European army in India «hall be
raiaforoedto a great extent, and with the utmost
BEIGIDM.
.TheChaoherof D tputlas, after 14 dsys of debate,
agreed lo «eaopt the treaty a* proposed hvtha L «n>
deu C Mtfarenae, by a ante of 38 t« 43. Tha esrent
ef the Sonata was canfid-'Otly eapeetad. The d»f.U
sion of the Chamber caused no excitement *-ut-of-
deirs. Tito dUpnta between Belgium and Hulland
sway be looked upon a# guttled.
FRANCE. .
The election* having ra«itUrd unfaearaMy to the
CsHfnot, the minister* sgsin temiered their resigns*
Moti on the.lth, an-I It wa* expected. Mirshal
S rail was then rent for hy the Kmg, and snhsoqu*
onUy M. Tidors was also es'led in. Neg.<i*ti-»ns
8m the formation of a neweahinet were in progress
until the Writ. On that day the new ministers
presont-d to the King an out line of tha policy on
which th-y would eonw la, n* follow*:—
1st. That France *h raid daelero war egxlnst Dm
Carlos. 9*1. That FraaoeshooM declare to Au*
•tri* tlm aha w- uld not allow of a marriage be*
tsre-n an Austrian prinee and th* young Queen
Isxhalla, a* had brex proposed by Prince Matter*
efrh. That die *»f-»lrs of Dslgiem must he coosl*
dare 1 as settled. 4 h- That the war again*! Ale.
sL« sltuv'd be oofsevared h*. Stb. That the eon*
vehlaa of Mm five per e- nt. rente* should be adopt*
H. dtb. That o-rtaia cosoewiaas should be
the graarer* ofbeetrww sugar, Tib. Thai
the ms atUmnf alecterial reftwnt should be sgjoara*
shL «UI. That Mie laws of bepvamUc sbonhl be
, t*vised l ead 9.h, and priaMpal'y, That thayrtd*
jrar rent.
The di#ru«»iun upon this inutiun continued for
some pnrio i.
Mr. Lluyd ud Ir- s-ed the im-otiug in fiivor of ha-
ving Nccnunts. hut ultiinutely ilia uineiidirraut was
withdrawn. The dividend of 3J pur cunt was udop
ted, and the Couitinljunrueil.
THE BOUNDARY QUESTION.
Loxdo.x, MuicIi 21.—A go.nl deni ofatixiely prr*
vsils uniougst the lending purlin* connected with
the comm rce of the United Stums hu-1 our Norm
Atnuricuu colotitus, inconsequence ol the unples-
nut uec-Miiitsrt spfetitig lira disputed territory. I’eo*
pie uf the lir.l iltl'orili *tiou have Iw-duy op.-nly ex-
pressed tlu-ir opinion tlnii this riiptunt, for surli it
i*. however tho niinlstetinl actihes limy gloss tlm
matter, is pregnant with liiculculuhlo mi .chief, not
only tu nity own seiil•minus, Imt us regard* out re*
latinos with the Uni iol Stum#, tlm Government of
which dm-s not appeitt to liuva the power to restrain
the hordes ul reck Ins* vagi lints that inlwst ihehunler
fronli-'isof tin/ r* lf*.ijl* d luml nf liiirrtv. It is'
inuintuineil that nur Govnromnnt nlmiu ore to be
blamed for the unpin isant political aspects which
hitvo for some time threatened «»ur stipremiicy front
tlieo'heraidn of tlm Atlantic; with h crippled nu*
vy it is nut to Ira exceptotl tlint lira d>t|rats of tho
world, whether Munnrcltiul nr repuldicnn, would
•pect Biiti«lt dictation.—Morning Pott.
Loss ok I.ifk a is 1* I'ttormiTV ix tiik St. Da-
ii», N»:\vnr .ntkammi —lira St. David, Newry
ud Livorpn d stonmor, regulnrly trud-ng between
the two port*, left Newry no Htstur*l.*y with u large
cargo uf cstills*, besides 150 <h-ckiiiid steerngo*pit*»
•i-ngers. On Smurduy night nud purl uf Sunday
she experieni ad u-vinlciil gale, during which lira
whnlnnfihe linrnedcolilo on deck, 70 in number,
were obliged tube driven overlnmrd lo bgliten Irai
and 1 hr a of lira pn#«engois died from the axce
#ive cold. Tim v«»*el, during lira gule, wa«con-
stHiitly bull' tn-ilnr wnn-r, her ilurka swept hy eveiy
; lira enndiliun id'lbi-pniir b ill-clnd inissengcis
inny Ira imagined to be most mi ramble. Tim vui-sei
rein-hed l.ivi-iponl on Monday morning, and lira
Mute nf many nfilra p(i«*enger* wa**ncli tlint il was
Icemed ti'-ncsoity to tnkn tlram into the li Mpitnl'
Liinoun. Mnrcli 31.—Stole of the country —A
Inree lm«ly of nrlilb ry tmir. lu-d yestordny from
WmilwicbiniuNoiibnmi.ton.bin-. The nbp-cl is,
dmihtless, tin- ptevonlioii nf outrage in the nnmiftc
luring di*tricis. In teply tu n question put by the
Duke of llirakitiglmm, Lnd Melbuurne ndmiitcd n
few days ago, Mint government wiiscugnlsaut nfilra
fact, tlint tna (Jluulist* liiruughrait ih-* kingdom
are arming by tlonimnds. Tba lira s urn auch a*
to require on lira part nf th-« esimuiivc, n large
mea.ure ol wi«dom, i-roinp-iiieb-, nnd lirntnes#.
Fins ox tiik lUit.wi* — t)n S.ttuid ly.uva lug
gage truin wn* pioceedmg fiont Liverpool In Man-
cheater, sntno bug* uf ruiton iguiteil, from wltnt
came wo Intva not Iranid. nud lint w een 40 and 511
were doftroyetl hel'mv tlm firo could teaxlingiil
ed.
The government are on ilia point of Rending mil
an expedition to lira Anluiciiu Circle, fur lira pur*
po*n til* milking nragnetic observniinn* in tbe*raiili
ern hemisphere. Tlm ships to Ira employed on
Ibis service nrn the Krel-iu nud Terror; ami ibe
tinrge of lira t-xpeilitinu is riilrnsie,l to that Inleii.
teil officer. Captain Jnuraa l(o«*. l ira other slop
will be commanded by Cnmmimhir F. R. M. Co
tier.—Ilnmp»Mre Telrgra/ih.
Prom the Loud' n Sun of March 3!
ClTT 13 u'flldck.—MiuLter# liein.- lira minority
Inst niglit in lira lluj-o id’ l.nrd*. on tlie motion uf
tin* Karl of linden lesjieciiiig Irol.md. Iras r.ulrai
damped tlm funds ibis niniidng, 11# wi-h ms tlm sale
of some tbree ami n bulf per cent*.
Fhum tiik Vkioioxt Fitistimi •••The Franklin.
Si. Allinn*, Messenger,giv*** n delidled nremint ul
the Arson* committed nt llirhcnta and Albursb.
The Governor bn* forwarded 500 stand nf arm* fr-
the Araeiralat Vergenn«**,antl inilhorist-tl G-nt-ml
N-imoi In call not n« many of Ids Brirnde h* Ira
should deem necessary for lira protection ol'llti-
pail i.f list* frontier. About 150 inuu bavtf bien
drafted and put on tluiv.*
A I'ohlia .Meeting of lira iranpln has been held lit
lligligato, for the porpn.e of Inking into co-edth
aiion ib-vmra of affiiii* nmv existing uu ill- freit-
tier, and expressing Ihuir suntiin--ntf in relation
thereto.
Among the Resolves ws« one “tlint lid* meeting
view* willidcepregrio. lira spirit of reialinti m and
revenge wliiebi* manifested by our n-ighhors norib
of latitude forydive, (in i nUo by It portion of III-
Canadian refugees, who h ive flv.| in this ennn'rv
for pi'olecMon, i 1 lit-* inliu nnu and uniriturnl prno-
ticenf making use of-lie torch a* uu otbitcr tu du-
cidu their difficullius."
From the Mettengcr, April II.
At an Interview between ihn Am-'i'iciin nnd B’'
tl*h offirei# nn lira lligligaie fmntier, liold-n a> I 1
Shetlnr’s in I lighgnia, on Sunday lu«t, Col. Willi
am*, other M ijuMy’* regular force, i* reported In
have«nid: tbm in a conversational Montreal, with
Sir JohnColborne, in whiuliCol. Wiliinm*, remark.
nd, that lira siatoof thing* on Mm frontier wn.s
ill'll! it would Ira if lira 1 wo countries wen- nctunl'y
nt war; Sir John replied, that “hewi«lmdio GimI
there wa* win?" If sirali i« the net on I wish of lie
Governm Geunral of lira licitUlieidonles, with nil
thu prtwer lm Ira* ready to luck Id* widi-**, li-»w i«
it in linexperied that ournwnioiihofii|earunre«l.
quiet to the fnmiier ? What can we rationally
peel lull n c-inlinu-d nnd inure •sing sinie ufexeitp
rnnni, which will filin'ly end in lira full fruition uf
thu wishes of Sir John Colhorun.
Exot.txn—I'ruspcct or a Cittsts.—In our sum*
mary of l.'arliumeiitary priH-mliiig*, vesterdny, wo
stilted Mint minister#hud Iraoiiih-fcutrd in tho House
of Lords, by u mqjorily of.j, on n quustioii nfl'crtiug
Mm ndiniiiistriitioii of lira Irish government This
wusun lira 31st of Murch. On tho 33d, it npjiears
by a second edition uf the London Standard, issued
on the 23ml nt 7 I*. M (which wo did nut receive,)
Lord John Russell adverted to this defeat, in thu
other house, a* follows,
Upon lira receipt of the result of thu nhove votcin
lira Hoove of Commons, Lord Solm Uussvll to*« and
said Mmt ho should, in Mm first week utter tho re*
cess, or on an early day, tnko the opinion of Mie
House with respect to tlm government oflreland in
lateyenr*. (Hear.) Tlm lluuno nf Lord# had ap
pointed acommitto to inquiru into tho st ite of Ire*
inml sincu 1U35, on account of Mm insecurity of life
and property in that country. 1 !e did not deny tho
right oftheir LorvUliiiis to appoint such a committee,
but ho considered that it was vesting tho govern*
tnoiitoflrelnud in the hands of ono House of Parlia
ment. Lord Melbourne had declared that he would
not carry on tho government of the country without
he possessed the confidence of lira House of Com
mons, nud ax he fully agreed with his Lordship, Ira
nm|Mised to take tlm opinion of tlm House respect
ing the administration of Ireland' If tho IL-itse
expressed its dissent from the policy which hndlraen
adopted in Ireland, and which wax about to lm acted
upon by Ids noble friend, Lord Khrington, he beg god
to say, that hi* colleague* and hlmsolf would relin
quish the government to other hand*. (Loud cric*
of heuT.hear.)
Rumors of an uppronchlng resignation had Irncn
circulated through the day, hut it is evident they
had no other foundation than Mm remarks of Lord
John Ruisoil—which propose resignation only on
a contingency tint is not likely to happen. On the
a uestion of Irish government there is little doubt
rat minister* will command a decided majority in
tlw lowcrhouw—unless indeed the Irish and radical
members are really desirous of giving power to thu
Tories.
Tlm committee appointed bv the House of Lords,
under th« resolution on which ministers wore de
feated, is very consisting of the Lord Presi*
dont. Lord Frivy Seal, Duke of Buckingham and
Chniulos, Marauis of Westmeath, Marquis of Nor*
manby, Earl of Hillsborough, Earl of Goslord, Earl
of ChiarlavUle, Earl Vane, Viscount Leinster, Vis
count Hawardsn, Lord Bishop of Exeter, Lord
Fiuribbon, Lord Eilenborouxh, Lord Cianbrassill,
I xml Whamdiffi*, Loni Lvadhurst, Lonl Plunkct,
Lord Brougham and Vsux, Lord Clonctirry, Lonl
HstUertoo, Lord Cilcuelc, and Lv>rd Carow.
Tha constitution nf the new ministry had not heen
nffi-'ially announced; butit is given si follows hy the
* don papers 1
Morthsl Ssult,
Thiers
FROM TEXAS.
Houston. April 10.—We h .v*» just learned wlih
pleasure tlint tlm company uf soldier* that wn* lur-
inerly sta'iiiiied ut G-iitile#, lia* been removed 1
the Wuluui Spiing#, ubiut tiiinyfivo mib-s ubuvi
Mint pl.ice. This 1* lira uppernvi*t *eitb-ineut nn
the Gua-labmp'', and i* aim 1 ly q-i.ie fiouridiing,
iloteu Mexicui fnuiiie* hive reuuutiy r.imov.-d
ihiilra.r I rum Dexnr.— Ii-legrsph.
ME Dancy Irom Bexar Ira- informed u< that near
ly 3(111 Mexican I’ailiilie* Imvn rra-euily rem .ved
tlint city from lira Rio Griniile. M my of ihn-n Irav
commenced the cultivation of tho 1 * ltaar|| .»’ f
U xar, that li tve been left wi«on since lira rom-
mnuee.lienl of.Ira revoliltiort, Eveiy tiling in ilia 1
•ecliun wear* lira niqraarance of imnqmliiv ami
pro«peiiiy. The Irailo with Mexico i«*iil| c aid an
led witiraiii Inivritiplion, and U Iracoming 11 soon
nf srem ptefii lo ilu. piiit.......I' ll.—il,.
We li ivulraen inl'oime-lby Gen. ila«k, ibiin f-
wrwk* •iiieo, while on hi* w »y lo II oratoi., lie 01
wills Bowl*.*, lira Oraiokev chi f. who u*ked III-
p<-imi*#i*m to visit lirali.nliln Indiiiu*, inord-
induro them to sun lor peace. The pernii
was granted. In the fun* purl ofla«i week ial'-rm
lion wn* received front Biwle*, that s-ono nf the
bend men «.f tli.wetiibex b ive declared tlrair «1
to in dre peace. A meeting of lira chief* of Ibe
husiduTrilras was bold lately, and nearly all lira
momlwr# u*.t-mbled detern.lncd to r.'limpii«li ho*
illido*. Cordovi lira Mexican renegade nnd tndtoi
wished to altemlibe nie.-iing,Imt wuxtlriv.-naway
Alter lie* repulse, Ira ruiiiral westward with onl>
about 150 d'»coalenie,| L diail* nnd *1(1 .Mexican-
Bowlesrcpn-seiilx these Indian* n«In-ilig ulnio«l
Mr. y d-Mlituto ul cloibcs. piovi*ions and utmnuiii
tin.—|h.
Colonel Wyatt,w ho recen lynrrlv. il from Fnioiiu-
cnuniy, slate* iluit a small force of mourned men
mudi needed in that section. A few of lira Cad
Indian* continue lra*iile, nnd are now hovering
tho western froliliei oi'ili.u coim'y, neiir Mm •* L'rs
Tlmlrar." In cnii«eqneiicn of ilieir dopredaiion*.
many of tlm eititen* have rnniov.nl ftotn then t*lnn-
tation*, nud retired acro-s lied Il v.-r county. Alo.
nfiho«ewho liivii rem-ived nru new a.-tileis, win
wcrejn«l making piepainl.on* t'.r plaining • ibi-
minionnin*. llieref-re, weigh* upon llmm wiili a pn
cnbnr iem**dy. We do'dit imt ill it the -'-iv.-r.-im »nt
w ill *D"ii apply lira nece*»ury remedy for lira evil,—
lb. ,
Kish .-en nr twenty free prr.on# of color were nr*
realed 011 ye-ter.lay nnd hroiiglu before lira K.-cor.
dernf this city, (hr a violation of the Provisional
Government, which forbid* such per«on* to re
in lie* li.-public, under lira |a.Minity of being sold tin
stave*..—lb.
P***y.
Hatninn.
Pupia
paneira...,
Duixme....
bold
Villa main
War and Presidsnt.
Foreign Affairs
.......Interior.
Finance.
Justice and Religion.
.......Marina.
....... Commerea.
Public Work*.
.Fuhllc Initiurtion.
The Pari* Diorama bsd been destroyed by fire, with
tba three painting*nn exhibition.
RuisiA.-The Emperor of Kauia. eonvisead of the
mitrhiavous aftaru of tbs lottery on tht|mnrand in-
dostriosi*peasantry nf Poland, nos published a decree,
oid dning that tha lottery shall be abolished iu the
Kingdom uf Poland on Mia 1st of Jauusry, 1140.
, Fkacai at Ltrrtc Roc*.—A gambler named
Thomas I'. Tuttla urns shot in tha street in l.ittla
Ruck, Ark., oath# llthuiu. by a WUiiam T. Hull
tree. Tba partite had nuartalled previously abou t
soma rbeatlnial a Fare Bank. Tuulail since dead,
and Holiirarfhsi fled.
t!#•>i ta inii support. Dot In this, a* It* lha foreign
Iredc, we rrferd a dlrrri lra|airtr|nn lo I'M ••*»■•
ihm*. thr-'iifhiw»r «»wt» tend*nt m trlwM', nan*.
,1(1 ni lonasliln u« to «*t<J«i; n^lbe iu IH li'l of lM*
|"l.-iro"ise.
Tib, That among lira tai *«",»•• nuxlllnry in lira
imra-'t ml ot-J-rl* ureluve In »h-w, tin* Com**-- '••••■
i-anniX hot regard a* nt d. ep I tne.l aral tmp>H»
inure the adoption of’the proper Itii-on* for li.lni*
dncii'g nnnin'Tvinl e.lncithni mnoug lira youth "l
•oirr"ii im—lira treiniug Hu m up to |a*l>it« nf hu*
,|-if »*, and Iln reb) e#l ihd-biuga h.nlvnf oraichnnl .
eteiy lnipre*l nnd fce.mg shad la- iileuldi d
w ih 1 In- coiiiiiiy whiili .Ira* ie«nd "i.if tu.iaiiwd
llu'in.
Rt'i. Thitin ih) npiiilnn of Mu* Convention, the
Un motion "fC'iiairaallor Harper, a Committee nf e*tiblidrn'nt «>f 1 S mtheru Review, un.l. r lira di*
COMMERCIAL CONVENTION.
Wa gtra * sketch nfthv lataresling proreadings
nf \hUhndy ,» i the first tw« day*, a* art find them
In the C'liarl-tlon pnjri». O.i Monday, 2m Del*-
fate* were pre-rant, trim Hooth Caroline. NurthCa*
nilina, G.atrgla. AHbann, liunt-ssee, M.d Fl'irida.
Col G ir|«b n, of Florida, wa* called to lira Chair,
ud llk-hanl Yi-adoo, Jr. E**j. ap|>oii(tn|Rncretary.
•Ixirv Hull, K#q- of Georgia, w a* nomirntnl far
’realaent of the Co iventioii, and un iiiiuiiMuly elec*
d| ami nil uralioti of Colonel (iuUlru, C'lianci-Iler
ILiri»er,Mitehf|l Kin;, Esq. nfN. Cinliux, Sfran-
i'-r Jar.mgbin, K«q. of TentH-#*e«-, Col, F.vi-mrd
IIntiiilloti, of G -ur^i i, Ciurl ■« T. Pull ird, E*q. nf
Alabama, nndCol. W.J. Mill*, of Florida, were up.
pointed Vice Pri-'id -al#.
Un motion of C’uancall
31 wa* np|>ointud hy lira Chair, to prepah) butinc**
for the Convention, ns follow,: Chanc-llur llaqrar,
Chairman, Gen. IJayira, G. A. Trenholm, J. K.
Doii.’la**, Hon. F. IL Elmore, Col Mi'miningcr,
undCol. Blniuliii;, of .South Carolina t Wm. Hear
ing, A. J. Mill*, D.C. CVnplM'lt, A. II. St nhen*,
C. Phiiiity, and J.Colus uf Genr/ia; John 11 Cro* I
tier, and Thom it Lynn, of Tenno*.«oe; Abner M*
Gelrac, and E. A. Unit, of Alabama; M. King, nail
Wm Putum of North Cnrilina; and James Gad*,
den, a id Wm. J. Mid* of Florida.
Gan. Ilnyno i.itroduced o series of resolutions em
bracing nil tbo important doctrine* of the advocate*
of n Direct Trad *, an I recoin n ;nili;ig 1I10 extension
of facilities to march nits, ilia formation of Commur*
cial connections in Europe, lira vigorous pursuit of
internal impravomonts, the promotinn of commer
cial education, umi lira establishment nf the South*
eroUuviuw; which were, on his motion, referred to
the Committee of 21.
The 11 on. F. H. Elmore, introdured thu follow
ing resolution, winch wra* unanini nivty adopted, nud
thu following uum.-d geuticin -n were appointed
Committee:— F. il. Elmore, Alexander William*,
II. Philips, Hubert Gage, John Duaovaut, C C-
Matlrasoii, Jolui Boiil-s, l'icaiantStuvail, L. J. Pul*
larJ, uml J B. Rowland.
lirtolvcl, That a committee of 10, to con*i*t
principally of M.'reliant# from thu interior oftho
States and Territory represented in thi* Convention,
ho appointed to uscurtiuo and report, whether goods
h'tve not been imported and sold at Southern sea
ports, upon ns good term*, amt nt a# fair rates ns
they cun bn procured at thu North—and whether
tho country injre.h tut* cannot now procure ut the
Southern sea ports, u* full a supply u.id a* goi-d in-
surtinunts, upon u* for terms and us favorable peri
od* of payment! us tlray can ha procured elsewhere;
and wlutlicr there exist any, unJ what advantages,
from miking purchases from tlie direct impartcrj of
tho Suiuh.
Oa Tuesday, I I additional Delegates attended,
from Suutli Carolina, Nnitli Curelmu, and Geor
gia.
Chancellor II irper, from tha Cunmittoa uf 21,
reported to the Convention, with some odJitiniuand
umnndmci.u.thn Uoso.utioos uitrodncud 0.1 Monday,
by Gali. Hayua, and referred tu their cunsidera-
tion.
Gen. 11 ay oc, from the satno Committee, read a
Report of urea length und interest, umbcaciiig ud
tho subjects of the Itusoiutions.
Mr. King, from tho sune Committee, mado a
Report 011 uic subject of taxing stock m trade. It
concludes with a recommendation tu tliu several
States, so to modify their laws, as to lay tiio taxes un
Coininerce, upon me incoine of too m .'reliant,iastuud
of hi# stock latrtdo; a id some Very euguat reason*
ere given for tins change.
Col Unlading, fr un til.* s me C im nittee, made a
verbid stuluineot ros cetiiig the pros t iect of estab
lishing a Southern Review. Hu said tin: former
Review was iMiitniirad for fo irvo ir*. on an effec
tive subscription for only UilJ copies. Uf thus'
Charlestoa took 50J— .lie rest of tlra State odd
more, and the other three Imudred were distri
buted variously among ih • States; tint, of pi ices
out of the State, Sava.in ih ciinr.baied n n.*t. it
was believed that oo.v, with 20 JJ uilactive sn'ascri*
bers, the Review tvonui #u»tain itself, aadtlm mare
general interest now felt in ilia *ub,ect, warranted
thn belief tint such n nn inner cou.d o« ootauied. A
proposition lo csiunlish lira Review, wn* to be pre
sented to the nu-mbcrs of the Cnnvontinn, for circu*
Intiou thr.Hi^h their sev rul States, imd a Contnmtvo
wax reeam.uciidcd, witliaaUion.y to actupoa ilu re
sult. *
suit.
Tho Hon. F. II. Elmore, Chairman of tlra Com-
milto of fen, gave notieo that tlu Committee would
be ready to report at 11 M., next diy.
Tlra (ij.iventiou a.ljouroed 0.1 W.id.rasdiy, nnd
the great Couvoiitimi Dniuer task place oathesamo
day.
flra fallowing nn- t e R # ibiti ol* r poil-d by
li-Coiii.iii|iNiMif.2l,nn.t i.l tpi.-il hy Hi.* Coi.ro-
TkXAX —Major John M. Allen, ha* been cb-rle
Mayor of GdveMon. Tint New Y-ok Gir.eti
•tale* that (Id* eenilemnn i« sninewhai di«tincui-
ed; he wo* formerly a mil-liipiiiaii la the U S.
Nnvv, nnd when ihs war br-ike out in Greece, he
left the xei vice and repaired lo London, nnd in corfi-
puny with L'TiI Byron and oilier individual*, em
barked for Greece nnd enleied ilrair marine n«n
(Inptnin 5 w»x Inllie ImttleofNnvnrinn nnd nt lira
fi.ll of MI«*o|nnghi. After the w nr Ira travelled over
Europe nnd returned to iliis emintry in 1813. In
|R:|li he raisral n company of men iu New Orlean*
nnd nceompnnied them to Texas, nnd wa* en-jng-'J
in lira Battle of S «n Jneinto n* Aid toGeu. Iloiist m.
ShwTtlv after 'he battle he visited New Orleans, par
ehn«ed nsnvtlPkehooner, called her the Terrible,
and with n crew of .'10 men lieerni«ed in the Gulf n,
Mexico nud laid undei e->nirih<utoii nil the siohI,
towns on the dW-t, nndenpiureil n number of valu
able prixes.
CHARLESTON. April 30.
FtRK—Afrant II o'eloek Inst oi-ln. n lire broke
out in tho work *lmp of Mr. T. C. Thnrin, Wheel
wright, In Klng-streei, next lira corner of Mury—t..
’which wn* soon enveloped in flumes. Il h-nc-mt-
muniraiixl *onn adjoining huildine lotlra Sooth hr.
longing to the snura grnll* man, wh'ch witbncnmri
huilding. occupied by Tolies# * grocery store.
Tha (lames then crossed »h«* street, nnd attacked
n build irg on the N. K. corner of King nnd Mary*
•tree!*, own'd hy Mr. II. Jove and oceupb-d hy
him n* n grocery *tore, which, with one or two email
budding*, were entirely de*tn«y»'d.
Tho engine*, the Imre.ihnuxe, tho hook nnd rope,
were all n*ed with #hilj and i ff rt. The btnwine
up was done admirably nnd in due season, and lira
firo wa* in eveiy way well managed."»tin* cred t of
all conceruetl in exiinguisiiing it —Courier.
NEW ORLEANS, April 1«.
Fir*.— \ fir* hrn'*c out I i*t evening about 9 o’-
clock, in the slnrw of Messr*. J Cn**e A Cn., situ
atad nn Old Levee between Conti and St. Loni*-
street*, (for fire companies were promptly on the
spot, and through tlteir Indefaiiganln exetlions it
wxtexiingui*h*4l witho-it murh dam ige.
Axothkr — Almut I3u'el.tfk the alum hell wn*
rang again, the fire being in the n#!|h'*nrhnnd of he
lower cotton pres*. We had not h-'ard the onriic-i.
Isr* at the timaof closingdhrpsjHir.—LonUionian.
THt GltRXT MxiCHRseg.—The gten much recc
between Bnetnu tml l , on»in i >uth—110.000 a aide—
rams off over the Naw Market Coarse ye terdiy,
Pertsmoath obtained an »*»» victory. Great injerest
ws* excited an-I a large rnneorse w*tdr«wn to the rare
troauil to witness theromeit. The <*>ld* in Iratting was
•asinsiPeiumnutli—the knowing one* having decided
in favor of Broion. The time watt In best. 3m 50*.
-W, 3m lie.- Utkmtni OmfUr, IT.* last
1st. Ri-...lv. d, Tint in tlra »pi dm ..f <|.i- C -a.
venti-ii. lira prosi-nf *i ite of .-iii'irol , li, wliicli
III" su plies of fon-ign C-iod*, ri'C.'i.o . in exra-it ig.-
for tbo prodiietioi". of tlra so rIrani mtd 8-ii'h*
we*t- in Sian-, .i"- eloefly 0 -lanrad t.nou.h iho
eirie* of 1 he N -rin, i* Insli.y ii.jitci -a* loiloicit t -ns
of IU. I40 S .11 •#, ond we are draiul'nru eaib-d upon
by evei) e..u*idi-rnlio.i of dmy nud j .itr.o.i-tn to
correct lira evil.
2d Ue-olvcd, That a* tbo pmdu-rav* nf tlra event
•Inpl.-s wld h eoiMlilulo lira hn«l« ol 1I10 foreign
eoin-n rce 01 lira U non, it is ngiii and prop. r 1I11I
wo should enjoy n fur slnre -il tlra pmii * of dm
cnnniii-tvc. of wliicii I10sever, tve have li-reiolhro
iieeo d-piivil hy ill* nue.| ial .louun ••( lira Fe-l--rul
Governnii-ni. nml lira loo exct'i*ive devotion of our
own • ids ii« 10 Ollier pursuit«,
31. Resolved, Toni, mill'd.-r In secure loihexo
Smics, th" Iui-*iiiimI>iu ii.lvautnges of a di.i cl no-
pmt ami export ir.nl-, onion-11*111 me will tlit-ir
r sources nod tlrair wauls, it i«, in lira opinion »l
■hi* C iMVi-raion, iti,lie|H-n>*iilily nscessny, lliai lira
pii'dic. mind oliooid ho i-iiogiiieiM'd mi inis sm»ject
fill nud lu'o disc i*«ions, iiinl tnnl 11 grm-iul
-yiiipuhy sh-oild bo emisieJ, nud hmin-my of I'cel-
mg .oid cmieerl of licii ni s.-cun-d, hy earnest uml
reiieraie.| uppi uis to iho public spirit of uui f< how-
eitiz II*.
4 li. Resolved, That tlrap ogre** ulrmdy mndo
in this wmk, a* inudfestid oy lira wise L -gMiuiuiii
of -eivral of 1 lie Slilh-a— in lira ,1,-ep un-l glowing
oil re»l every wli- tv f-l t»,«m tlra anbj cl--lie-
great increuso **f our foreign ural iloni—tin Made,
mid lira uuiiiber of itraich.iuis limn lira imerior
who now obtain tln-ir siippiie* linni our imii
port*, utl'ipl* great cueounig iit.-nt lor lira cmiliu-
iiuiicool mu 1 lions, i.nd sliouol urge u>on, with
renewed zeal, energy uml per-ever.mce.
5 h. Resolved, Tint the follow iog nien«orc* nn
in thenpmimiof this C-mveniion, uurci.-ury lob
vlopiel lor lira p irposu of ensuriog our *ucoe»
viz: —
l-t. Tlint tlh) commcrciul rnpitnl nnd credit of
tlie S mill uml Snmli Western Slate* should l-
4 xleinled nod culm go-1, n# to einthln i-ur nierchnui*
to c nr> 00 iho liiisiii-** ol d reel impmiu-io
iiim xiuusivo sculo mid mi lira most udvumugeous
term*.
2. Tint far thi* purpose, it I* highly impnrnn
■ hat u poll 1011 of lira cap 1 il nmv utimitrad m ollie
pur*uii*, Mlmti'd Ira <lir cietl in cmnin.-ire. f-i
which die siioiig-'#t inducein ut* are now offered
hy the pa*« ige *»f laws in s-venil of lira Smti
uutbwr.ttug me firmutt u of limit d co-pnrtn-r*Uip,
mi l from the reusmnihia 11 su mica tout ►ucli
ve»mi.ni- wi.| Ira u* pMifitimlH 01 individuals
III' y itiu-l In- Ih neficinl lo tlinriitniminily.
3. i ii il nur II-ink* should extend all lira nid in
ilieir putver to thi* trade, mid nfftfd the neccs*
•ary 1'ichi I • l'*r carrying it mi surce«*fiilty, hy
cn mgiiig III" capital ural ext.-tiding the crcdi of
1 hose who m*y engage in n, In the iitnm-t extent,
con-iste t wiili the suf.-ly of th-se iustitiiiiuns ami
rite pool c wel uro
4tli. That lira proper efforts *hnu'd »il«n Ira
m id-- to bring in foreign c ipunl mi l ctedi-,
ol lira resource* of our own muniry, nn I lliai l'»r
ihi* pmpo'Ht -nimble ngen s «h mal h - »-'in ubroud
lo In-luce foreisn enpil*i«u nnd Men-lnn
esiaohsh agencies mid form ru*p.iriin-r*hq-s in onr
cities, with the »** r.vico of their rvccivin* 4 cm-
dial welcome, 1111*1 soil-ius -upper*.
5ih. Tnut -iniiixr effort* sh-*u d Ira m t-|e m brim,
ah-au n piMiperaiion, h.-tweeo o-ir .Merchant* mid
Cnpilnlist*, n»d *ls •»«* nf Eorujra, for lira purp
of immediately otabbsliiwg line* of Picket Ship*
nnd Steamer*, whereby r gul-r cmnmmiicuti'
ut *tnhil period*, may l-e secured—uni lliai nd
oilier proj-er m"n*me* sbould Ira n Inpied t-i effect
a* *|i*'eilily it* p-*-sible, llil* nil i-n,» »rln *l 4»bj o-t.
45th. Tbit in the opinion »f ll»i* C inventi-m, it
L es-ranttiil to ih • *ncce-» of a-iy sell -nra «»f dir- rt
that it d-niiiid «lranhl Ira ere it-din
our own p-»rl* for nil the goods -o import-nl, winch
can only Iraeff c rd by opening fn-c eonrnuaic i*
lion* with th** interior, hy an even«ive sy.tem -if
H'lii Rond* Canal* mid Turnpike*, by which the
itinclianl* of th int.-ri-ir m tv •»*- eiiiMe-l 10 I tv in
ilieir *upp!i •* on better term* than (bay could pro*
cun* 1I1 in from any other q-nrter.
T.h. Tunt a Com It •« leu of five Ira appointed in
each of tha S nte* repre*rnte-l, to carry out nml ef*
feet a* far a* pi ictienW, ilia tn -amre* ruc-immun*
ilcd by ibe Convention,
(•ill Thxt we regard lira trade hetwren the port#
fibeS'iiibciii mil&-utli western Sis e*. mil u!l
h- Lmion
ruction uf able nnd learned men. to la- liihlifully de*
voted to the iirnmoMnn ufscionco nnd iiterjture, uml
also to thn def'iico of lira Institutions, thn vindica
tion of tlra rights nnd lira dnvclopctueni nfilra rc-
sour vs of tin? Slave-holding Stntes, i« nn object of
lira deepest interest,and mw which should command
the rorditl ciHqraration and siippurt of every citizen
of these Stales.
REPORT ON TIIE TAXATION OF COMMER
CIAL CAPITAL.
Your Committee nre deeply convinced that much
of the Legislation of lira South, instead of fostering
and piicouragiug, ha* tended to discourage and de
press commerce. Tlra same principle* which in
England have- siMtaincd tlra corn laws of ihutcoun
try, linvo prevailed here. Thu Legislative power
ha* bent chieily in Mn hand* of thu agriculturist*.
They luvj b.-un accustouud th pay a tux mi their
property, according to its estimated value. Their
cipil-il is lixed nud cannot escape from the Impost.
Th- y have iiatur-iily enoughcniiiidercd, that cnp.tal
Inv. it 'd in tru Ic ought to contribute its fuir propor-
lio.ito the roveniio nf Mie country, and witlimit suf-
licioutly considering it# llouting cliardcter, the filcili*
ty w ith which it can Ira removed beyond thu roach of
their taxation, ami it* constant tendency to esenpo
from it, they have generally imposed taxes on this
flouting nn tho mine principle* ns 011 fixed capital.
Uiibelived tliut much heavier taxes Invn generally
been imposed 0.1 tlra for.irar tlra:i tm tlra latter. I u
ono of lira Soiithurn Stales, thirty coot# ndvnlorcm
i* levied 011 every hundred dollar# of the land# grun
ted by, the Slate, mid sixty cents per lieud uu all
sluves; and lor u number ofyo.tr* in that very State,
a tux of rixty cents 011 the hundred dollars of stock
in trade ha# boon levied. Tin#udvalorem tux on the
lauds is levied on uu estimate of ilieir value, which
in inu#l iiisluucos i* very greatly below their rcul
vaiito — uud slaves may now be stated at an average
value of throe hu.idreJ d iliars, so that in la-:i lunds
and siuvcs do not pay nuu fourth, certainly not one
third of the tix imposed on stock intrude, uud your
C'j.n.n.tteu believe n corrospiind.tig taxation prevails
in ail tin S u::i.*r.i a id S uitii tVoster.i Stues. Be*
sid.'s 110, regard Iras been h id to tha productiveness
nr ujproJu.'.tiveaess of this sjock in trade. Go ids
may luvtf cornu to a failing market, when it might be
ruiuuu* to sell. If itray uro kept for better times—
if they uro uot forced 0.1 the market, and are at the
end of too your found still in the hands oftho mer
chant, they arc again compelled to pnv tho tax,
while iu tlra mean time interest und all oilier inciden
tal expenses uro accumulating on the investment.
1.1 j oymg n tax on land m.d agricultural capital, it
is paid 00 wha. ulmost without fill yield# an income
or profit, io pu/t-ig it uncommercial capital, it is
paid on what may or in ty out, in the lliiciuatiou# of
ira le,makooilhci‘ a prosit or 11 to-s. It is scarcely to
fiu expected that targe sucks of goods in the face of
sum a t tx, can ever accumulate in the hands of our
iirarchiioti Your Committee know that it lias pro-
dared this evu ail driven gnai* from us, which
otherwise wouol hivcpvin lined here to seek a mar
ket. To secure the trade ut wmch w# aim and tu
winch the Saudi is jiutiy entitled, largo stocks of
goods are lodispe.isaof'. The f-iroign mrrohauts
and onrorcthreout the North, must be encouraged
to bring their -good# hero to await a sale, with the
111.1 aiiuraoro that tucy sliah be subject to no taxa
tion until sites slijil have been effected. Then nmy
wc expect to see our wnrenouse* tilled with ml kinds
of cuoi.nod'ties—the merchant nf Manchester, or
Leeds or Lowell, will uot hesitate to send hi* goods
to be stored here. Tlw importing merchants will
not have his capital diminished without tha cert duty
oi iraing a .tv to iiuiku a pi .nil to replaco it. Tin*
moreha.il, who comes from tlra interior to lay in hi#
Htipp.irs. will tuveno need to go to a totlrar market
t-i ond an usiortme.it, or t.i inn to hi# purchase here,
b rd uicd by a t it f.mn w.tielt ho d 'rives 110benefit.
It is not easy to '.‘stmiatc lira tmpu.se which *uclm
ate of tilings would give to our trade—how much
it w iul l onto e.icuurago lira importing in *reli ml,
till tve always un hi.ida largo stork uf go id# nod
uttr ict the nt tcIi tuts .r» n: h .* interior in our Emp --
ri't.n •. It wool l cnr iunge a cn npctiiion of both
sefiera had buyers i.i nur maraots, mul which cmitd
scarcely f til to prodaro tho in.*«l favor »'»|ii results.
Y -ur C. mi.nit tee believe tint by n diff-rcit in de
of hying tuxes >m the co n Herein! c-mmu.iity. the
South t.i nod S mth 'Voiter.i State# miglit *nvoid
tlra evil# which your Co.irniltco uro per-iiiuled,
liavoarisen fr nn tho mode hitherto pursm-d without
n.iy diminution of revenue. Let he tax be imposed
•01 tha iira -mo of the merchant, on th-i interest which
hu d 'rives frnn't lie capital ^ivi.'sicd,aud the clear to*
fit which he in »k«#. The Statos uviy well d pend on
hi# hoirar, -ni his it n'oiti-m to It -Id r raise Ids stand*
iagani Mjhis e.t» »;»t'.t -r«, 0.1 hi#desire tonviiutniir
Id# er ul t—f r fuitliftil returns of hi# income. Tho
ri«k tn ty he ih it It) will -wr estim ito rather tliaa
ii.nl’r vain? it, aid a m id .Tate equitab 0 tax on it—
your C mmitteu believe would nv-urodly make up
for till that would b" but by abandoning lira prevsii!*
in; ni»le of taxing liiseapllal—a.ul they submit two
Resolutions, which, if cirri ?d out into advised le*
IMla'.ioo, mighr, tliey tr*i*t, nid us efficiently in
th* groat object in which they uro nuty engag
ed.
R'solved, Tnnt thi* Convention earnestly recom
mend lotlra respective Legislature* oftlraSmitlraru
nnd S iu:li WestJrn State*, so tn from * tlrair logisla-
t ion’, a* toe aconrirn the aceinfilatiiin ofCoinnereinl
CJ 4pit.1l in tlioS mthern Atlantic a id South Western
S-n Por'.s—in oth-r ward •, tn mt'to these port# Em
poriums of Cam'll ’rce, and so fir a* maybe practi
cable, free ports, where tlra object* of trade may be
collected and rent lilt exempt front nil State nr Cor
poration tixit'tnn, until sales of them he collected —
a;id th it the taxes th in be levied only on the inter
est of th? capital invested in such sale# null on the
licit profits derived fr nt them.
Resolved, Tint, in the minion of this C •nveiitinn,
the bjec.t -f the last preceding resolution, could be
best effected by exempting capital employed in
commerce from all taxation, exrejit nn a mural tax
on tlra interest and prefitsderived Irom the capitalso
invested.
From tU Official CmwrufcRW Mw (s>
venitrratds of Gt*«l Britain »rd Ihr Vnltrd fflttf*.
in r lmion to lira relrnre imd Idn tmlmt oTmiiin
♦lives nnUmrd American »c*seU driven into llil*
lish nsirtsliv *tre*s or os siImt.
LORD PALMERSION 10 MR. STEVEN
SON.
PsiRKtnn OrrtcB, Jan. 7. 1037.
Thi nad-rilTtrad. Id* Mt.csiy’s Principal So*'re*
tnrj- nf Slat" for Foreign Affiir*, has had the honor
to receive tin* imtr# nlih li hits lorn »ddrr**s'd to
iiim by Mr. Sleirnsmi, Enroy Extraonlit.uty nml
MinilUr I’l.'tiipotftitinry from the United Stater, re*
•irai'tiug the claims pro.crml l»v tlie Government of
lira Unhid Flutes ol America, for compensation to
tlra owners nf certain slates who were on ImonlMie
“ Comet" nnd " KiHum'.um," wr.'i ked on the Baha
ma Islands, uml oil hoard the " Enterprise," dr ven
by stress of weather into Mic port of Hamilton, in
the Island of Bermuda.
Tlra great Importance of the questions which nre
involved in these claim* Iras rend, red it tifccsinty
lo give than the fullest and most deliberate consi
st ration.
Hi* Majesty’s Government Ims no mean* of sa
tisfying claims of this trat'.re, if found to be just, lut
by applying to Parliament for a vote of money for
«uchn piirp«i*p, and It is therefom the duty of his
Ma,e#ty ’# Government fully to investigate tlie justice
of a claim, Iraforo submitting such claim to considera
tion of Parliament-
Moreover, the claims now in question bring Into
discussion matters of peculiar delicacy at.d impor
tance: the authority of th lutvt which have been
passed in this country for the suppression of the
slave trade, uud for abolition of sluvcry; the appli
cability of th"sc laws to natives of foreign Statn*,
may come within th ■ dominion - of the Crown; the
uiircit icted right of every individual w ho finds him
self within British jurisdiction toclaiamt e full pro*
tcctioti of tha laws of the land. All these ques
tions nre necessarily raised by the claims now un
der discussion, and Mr Stcienson Will nt once
understand the gntv.ty of a de -iiion which was
not merely to determine tho existence or extent
nf a pecuniary liability, but which was incidental
ly to carry with it impurtuut titterprciaii ns of tlra
law.
Mr. Stevenson, therefore, nml tho Government nf
the United States, will nut be surprised that tlra Bri
tish Government should have been unable to give an
earlier answer to the applications which have been
made to it on this subject.
Tho undersigned Ira# now 10 inform Mr. Steven
son that Ins Majesty's Government, Irav ng consid
ered these coses with an anxiety and care propor
tioned to their difficulty and importance, has come
to tlrac ni-l'Hion that thu claim preferred with respect
to the ‘‘Enterprise" i# not well founded, but Mint iho
claims preferred on account of thu "Comet" and "En-
c-mium*' arc wo 1 founded.
His Majesty’# Government is of opinion that tho
rule by w hich these claim* should be decided is,
that those claimants mint he considered entitled
ta compensation who arc lawfully in possess! -11
of their slaves within the British territory, nnd
who wore disturbed in their legal possession nf
those slaves by functionaries of the British Govern*
Naval.—-The U. S. Shin# C-ihmVn, Com. fl'ad,
i'll John A lrn*, sailed from ColumSo, Island of
C 'yloi. on tho fir*t nf D»c'»mSetfir Q nlhh Button
tn pu lish tlra Mtlayi for plundering the American
shin Eclipse.
The U S. Sch’r Wave was at Havana on tho 24th
ult
Uln U. S. Shi-i C nstitilMni, which sailed from
thi* port mi W \11 •'i l tv. ha l not arrived at New
York 01S itur 11\\ 3. P. M. Tho w 'ither was very
rein ;h on that d sv a 11 in Frid 1 v. It i* also nrohahle
that ih* C • is*ituioi pur.inely kept off with a view
ofdri li t? and diciplmiug Irar msn:—Norfolk Dea
con, 17/A. ,
-Tit? Britidt ship of wtr M il'ttn is still ia the
R >al«. Ci.it, E /r»'« hi.* h^e.i lodging at French’s
Hot.d for so ni d ty* patt.—/».
The brig Mnrdn, Cap*. Win. O. Greeley, cleared *t
24ew. York for M-'bl’e. no the l.'ih January last, and
loiiniitbe n heard of since. She undo ibiediy foun.
dcrehan l all mi b*iinl mu«thavnbei-n Inst.
Tur. Exrtoat*o>«4'unuoN.—L-iters.boihrub-
lie ami tirivito, have Im-.-h r n-iinl from indivi-luaU
n 1 tui'd our Sou'll A»s Kxpl -riiigSqin.lr01 di ed
15 hJ mu try, off lira River Li Iha’i, iiui-* div* mil-
Iren Rio J neiro, m which time nil on boir-l were
reported to b# iu go-al benlih.—Nat. htcl. 17th
inti.
A Mend his #?nt u* the following sppillin? memento
mori. If we »re in swell th" list, we tru t we shall
b ire i'lveate I a new di*ei*» to die liv s
B'llof M irLi’.iijr am rag Periodical* for IM6.
D.ed. uf unroliemble dents
rd.it p'aise
Tlie e lit-»r*ow.i rantribaiid.it
ViruVnt xtriabur poeii-y
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Fngmenia ofinpiiMi*'n-1 novel* 2
Compliment* to Ilieir ‘A nerie mism .3
Imaginary Ii*i* of eomrnratort 3
Heciproi'iiinipafl* 1
A *iicee»*iivi of new editors (epidemle) A
•To bn rn itimied* 5
Kt ro'ir 'linesto——' J
U'lHapprniirriige*
loUiuqiortni'* in the use of Bet I
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J{, ft —1-verd mysterha* rise*hive o*eq*re I,
je. t ire I to t»e o vi»g 1 * 1 pres s'e-it en-i«umptioa— >f
. ,r-. .... 1 1 . .1 the (rvkei. T ie vitim* of th# ,li*#i>eire Rffie'iei
"'“•r !»»•» "1 II*' Oi-*.-'- •' )..»'ll.. -. " • wjg , ruriam mul, f... ..|||» ; Hi.:. W
irmi'li'l-swbxhatwapt'lwinb'tnw'iv fo-*titttr*l« for#*ill*«|>S.
and while tin- seme shall «Mil#i*l‘in lira s-zclmnge of 1 |». s —It is w m'iy of rein irk. UiMtliere i» noce*eof
our pioductioiit f *r lbo*%of other Steles, as e.ui* I piedrars, riikerofihe hee-i or parse,—Corttv.
Now, the owners of the Moves nn'boord the ‘‘En
terprise" never wore liwfirlyiu posscssiun of those
•lav# within tho Britiidi territory.
* Before the time when tlie '‘Enterprise" nirived
ut Burmiul 1 slavery hnd been uholisbcd throughout
lira British Empire; and, consoqiienlly.tlrairagroo*
on board the “Enterprise" had, by entering within
British jurisdiction, acquired rights which the In-
caf court* wire bo'ind to recognise, nnd were obliged
to protect. And here the undersigned must beg tu
point nut a distinction between laws bearing up >11
the p Tioiial liberty of man, and Inws bcnring upon
the prop rty which man m ty claim in irrational an*
imai# or in inaiiiinnie tilings. . *
If u ship c.ontniaing such animals or things wero
driven by stress of weather, into a foreign port, lira
owner of tin cargo c mid not he justly deprived of
his property by the operation of any particular low
which mi :bt la* in existence in that port; because
in such case, there w uld he but two parties inter-
cjited in thutrtnsicii n—lira foreign owner nnd the
Ideal authority; and it would lie highly unjust that
the former should bo stripped of wli tt belongs to
Iiim throurii tlie foroihle application of tho munici
pal ln\v of a state to which ho had nut voluntariy
submit ted hitnfclf.
But in riisn in which n ship so driven Into 0 for
eign port by stress of weather, contains in?n over
whoso personal liberty naotiuT man claim# to have
a 1 inquired right, there nre llireo parties to the tr ms.
action: tlra owner- of lira cargo, th" local authority,
t.id lira alleged slave; and the third pariyls no less
c ititled than the first to oppeal to tin local authori
ty formal) proitectio.i a# tlra law oftho land may af
ford him. But if men who hive hern held in slave
ry nre bmriil into a country where tho condition
•if sluvry i# unknown and forbidden, tliey nre neces-
■airily, and by the very mutin' ofthings, ph'iil at once
in tlra situation of aliens who have, at ail limes from
tlrair birth, been free. Such persons cun in no shape
be restrained of their llbrry by their former master,
any morn than hy any other person. If they were
given op to sn.-li former master they would Ira ag
grieved, nnd would be entitled to sue for damages.
But it would ba ubsurd to say tlint when n State lias
prohibit'd slavery within its territory, tho condition
of things mast arise, namely: that n* often ns n slave
ship shall take refuge in ono oftlra ports of that Stale,
liability mast iiece#*arily be ineurn d, cither to the
Ibrnrar owner oftho ♦lave, ifthe slaves he liberated,
or to the slaves themselves, if they uro delivered hy
to tlrair former owner.
1 f, ind .*od, a municipal law he made which violate* 1 '''*
tlra law of liatimi*, n question of another kind may
arise. But the municipal law which forbids slavery
no violation of tho law of nations. It is, on the
■ntrary, in strict harmony with tlie law of nature;
uml, th-ref'in*, when slave* are liberated, according
to such municipal Inw, there is no wrong dune, and
thorn can Ira nn comnensntion granted.
Hi# Majesty’s Government, therefore, consider
tlie claim respecting the slaves of tho •* Enterprise"
to bn finally disposed nf, hy the principles thu# laid
down, nnd it follow#, likewise, front tlranre, that no
claim of that kind can ever be entertained. But,
applying the foregoing rule to the cn*c oftho “ Com
et," compensation seems to be demnndable.
In January, 1831, the stutc of slavery wns permit
ted in the Bahamas, nnd ns the law acknowledged
tlra rights of property which British subjects, there
residing, might acquire in slave#, a foreigner might
nUoltwfully have been in possession ofslave# in these
island*, if he did not infringe any of the laws by widely
slavery was there regulated. Therefore,the relation^
of owner and slave was not necessarily dissolved by
the arrival of slaves, nt that time, in thnt colony.—
Tha slave* in qtiesMap appear, moreover, to nave
been n"tun!ly in the possession of their owner, with
in British territory, at Mi" moment when they were
illegally seized by a functionary nf Mie Britisn Gov
ernment. Had it not b.'on for this interfcrrence,'
there cun bo little doulitthat tho slaves would have
been re-shipped in the vessel prepared to receive
them, nnd would huvo reached thcpnrtto which they
wore destined.
The undersigned ha* further to state thnt the case
oftlra “ Encomium" doe# not appear, to his Majes
ty’s Government, to differ substantially from thnt of
the “ Comet." When the shipwreck oftho ' r Enco
mium" happened, slavery wns still allowed in the
Baham a ; tho slaves on board tho “ Encomium” hnd
never been freed from the control of the owner; and
being virtually in his possession, they also wre set
at large by a functionary of the English Govern
ment.
It is undoubtedly true thnt, even if there had
been no interference on tho part qf the British au
thorities, it might still have been possible that the
n • ners might not, in th? case of eitlrar of these ves
sels, have been able to re-«hip the slaves 5 v-t, nsth“
seizure w.i# wrongful and prejudicial, somo com
pensation i» equitably due.
His Majesty’* G lvcramrnt, therefov, on being
furnished with specific information n* to the valira
of strah of the slaves on board'the ‘‘Comet" nnd
‘‘Encomium** n* remained at the Bahama*, nnd
were not removed from thence hy their former ow-
ner«, will bo prepared to take into consideration the
amount of compensation which it may be reason
able to allow for any Injury the owners may he pre-
#tnrad to have sustained from the interference o
tho British functionaries in landing the slaves at tie
Bahama*.
The undersigned has accordingly to request that
Mr. Stevenson will have Ute go *d.ae*s to furnish
him with such information respecting th" pecuniary
value of thi slave* ns will enable hi# Miiity’# Go
vernment to form on opinion a* to tho amount of
compensation which the owners may be entitled to
receive, in ronsid«»mtion of th«* circumstance* under
which M10 services of their slaves huvo been lost
to them.
ThiumWrignidin conclusion ha«Jo repea*, that,
slavery being now abolished tbr iu;hiut the British
emdre, tlraro can boro well foun led claim for
eo-.n-raasation in re*p*rt of »laves who. u.uhr any
-fir ''nutvicrs, may come Into the BritUh colonies,
n iv m ir • Mm thire w-ml 1 bo with respect jo slave*
wh 1 mi fht b* lifoi *ht into th J Uiitral Kingdom. ^
Th* n td 'rsig.ra I avail* himself of this opportu
nity 10 renew to Mr. St"V"n* at tlra asiurancu of bis
dwtingni »h :A considmMon.
PALMERSTON
A. SrxvejfsoiE Esq., Su. Su.
Uri polmrnt«m H Ut. MttHntm1.
, ,Owti. Dw. It, 1137.
The Mndorsigtsetl. Iter Maje sty's Pritwljistl Sect**
tary of Slate forToreicn Affairs, has given tlie most
attentive rrnisldoraiion to tlra rerevsenutloM roti-
tninnl In lira »tM which he hasf tlra honor to w*
reive, nn the 18lh of May hut. from Mr. Blevetunn,
Envoy Extrtimljnnry uud Minister Plenipotentiary
from 1 ho United Stale* nf America, relaiW to ihn
elalms preferred hy lira Govrrnment ofihe United
States on behalf of ihe owner* nfrertaln slares land-
«l from lira American te*#e|h£nmet, Enmmlum.
and Enterprise, at lira llalinml*, and emancipated
by oilnnni authorities at those Islands,
Tho u.nlrrsigncd regrets that the Goremment of
Mie United States, whil" it diras justice to the rea
diness with which her Majesty's Government has
ndiniltrd lira claim* on acconnt oftlra slaves landed
from tho ships Cunrat and Encomium, Is neverthe
less disposed to think that theprineiplr* upon w hich
Irar Majesty’s Government has felt obliged to reject
tho elnim on account of lira slave* landed from tho
Enterprise, nre not consistent with nubile Inw, nr
with the reqract due to the institutions of an Inde
pendent mid friendly nation.
Mat, after a cnreftil examination nf ihe argument*
ailvnnrnl by Mr. Steven«nn In Id* note of the 12th
of May,In support of thi* view of the mailer, tha
undersignedlinslo state llinrher .Majesty's Govern
ment I* still of opinion that lira claim in ilia ensa nf|
lira K'li.-rpriso is inadmissible, ina-much a* il
founded upon the assumption that, hy lira Inw i.fiUT
rion*, an iodeirandent Slain is not entitled lo enart
a Inw di'i'lniing Mint lira enndillon of slnvrrv shall
under norirciimsinrae* he recocnised wiihinits own
territories; and surli a doctrine her Majesty's Go
vernment ran.never admit.
Mr. Steienson', however, contend* thnt the eon*’
dilinn of slavery ha* not linen entirely abolished In'
the BiitiiJi rolinie# 5 and 1 lint lira lemp4irarynppren-*
tieesliips, 10 which lira iiegr-i'sln iha*ecolonic* ar«‘
still subject, nre n specie* of qualified *ln*6ryt hoi
the iiiule,signed enni'ot admit lira charier which Mr.
Sli'verisnn n-crihe* to these uppieuticeship*.
Thesenpprenlico«liip« only given to tins master,
iip 1 for n limiied lime, with respect lo the Indiv d-
*ml who wn* r.nr# Id* slave, lira same right* which
a master iu KmMund line by a law over Ids inden-
iiiM'd appieinire.
The law of ilia mother country I# indeed now, In
all r.'spe t*, the law nfilra colonies also; and it
w-nihl Ira ii»posi>ili|e for her Majesty's G -vernment
toyicld to the presunl demand f'ii compensation, un
less it were prepared to admit that the law of Eng
land is. on this pniiii, rontruey to the Inw of nations;
mil ih>sr. mn-oquonily, comnensniion ought also to
Ira made for nil slave* who. from lime to time, may ^
Ira hri-tight into n purl ofihe United Kingdom, nml
may then* li" liberated hy a writ of Imlraa* corpus.
For Mr. Slevi'iison must he nware that nil slaves *0
arr ving, whatever might h" ih" cirrum-tnnce* un
der which they might cn-ne within iho juriolictinn
••f lira court* of ih" United Kingdom, would helm-
in- diaie'y liheinted, 111 d would, moreover, ho enti
tled tn claim damage# ngninsl nnv person* who
might restrain them *»f ilieir lilmrty, nr who, after
• heii lilmiaMia, might uguin resioio them to their
foi iner masters. _ *
But the Uii ish Government ennnnt ndmit that
Great Britain I# uud. rony ohligHiimi to make com-
|H.u«mioii In ilieformei marteis ofslave* so libera
ted, eitloT la lira United Kingdom or in ihe colonies;
for, the only ground upon which compensation
c- u d lie clninrad, would be iho "ns.iimpih n that,
liv the li'ierat ion of sirali slave*, Great Britain had
wrongf d 1 hose mister#.
Now it rimnoi iial-vd Ira denied that tho mnilcst
4 if slave* *0 libera i-d have ioiff-ied a loss; hut it is
•1 loss wiilnmt o Wrong; and they s and in this re
spect iu the same siiinuioii a* if ilieir pro; city had
la-on ilc-iinyi-il hy *hip reck, or liy any oilier acci-
lent. For. If lira slave# so lihi rui. d lu-i nmc ju-My
■•ial nf rigiit ■ miikd 10 tlrair freedont upon arriving
within I!rH«li jnri-dl.'lhm, it cannot l.c contended
ih.ii tlie British aioli-iiiiie* wli" shall have respect*
'•-I thi* rii lit. have ihneliy done to lira masters n
wrong, f »r «ucli Ih'*4i'masters, hiving no ground
ior n soil in 11 court of jii#iio , are entitled m elaim
.'.onipeusatioii from the Government of Groat Bri
tain.
Tlra law* of those cntiuiric* in which slavery is
mil p- rmiltnl, and where th- miximi# that who
ever local lies lie* nil* of heaven i# free, make tin ex-
i- ptnin ag tiii-l slave* pas-hij iu trni iitu, m driven
w ithiii lira icriilmic# o! tlra Slate hy sues* uf wi n-
iln r in rira i-omsrol ■■ voyng--; mid even lit tint
nine when slavery wa* recogni-ril in 1 he Rriiirhco-
loti.es ill* douiimou . f ill" foreign muster was not
iidniiiii-il over fugitive slaves, or ever slave* wlm.
In lug shipwri el,o.l iu lira course of 11 Voyage, ratno
v--|.ini.iiy inio Biin-li terrUi-rics.-- And tlra argil-
m- at on which lira da m now ml«-iura--d by lira A-
urarisiio Iiovi-riiuieni depemls w. u d if as-euled to,
lead, in it* rmi-iprant npi-licalion, to liabilities
wiodi have in-v- r Irish* no laran even assorted.
Tlra inaler*igi-ed diras not, i .denl. dm)' the jo*,
it-.- of Mr. Siuv.-nson'* o' serial imt, dial whs-niivec
i|iie*iioiii> as to previously existing oleig.-iiion# arl*o
o. i.vi eii pms.in* vvls 1 may lii.il liiomseives on hourd
af-oeigu vi-s*. | which li.sctii- nd 11 Bri'isli purl,
such qu -s imis nre general y ilci id. il nmoiding to
lira law# of ihe souiilry lo which such' persons
Ih-Iouc, mid mu nccoidiiig to ihe law of England.
In cm.funnily with this principle, hiY Mrjesty'a
G ivmiiinenl would give effe.i in ihi* ruiimry to a
tiniiir.ii'l eulered into 111 ti foreign county, and would
i-oii.ilira that s-oiitnirt according lotlra laws oft^n
u-rnaliy in which 11 was made. But il is to Ih* re
marked, Unit lira claim now nailer conside ution
ari-us not mil of n c •isinis't In-iwi en lira iwn par
lies coucerued, namely: lira foiim-r mailer nud tlm
foinn-rslave,hut out 01 the ass- ition which one mun
m ikes of n light ofpropuily to Ira hy him exercised
over Id# follow man. And the answer lo such n
claim is, that u mw nnvv in force throughout tho
wlinlu of lira British dominions solemnly de
clare*. that within those dominion* no such sight uf
pinpuiiy can exist-
Tlra tinder-igned. therefore, cannot admit tho
pn-ilnm laid down by Mr. Stcvcnum, that the snmn
priaciplo wli.ch rends r* il unju#t that a foreigner's
r.glit of proiieii) in iiinniniate tilings slimild bn in
let fen d wish by lira municipal law of n’ State with
in whose territories necessity may oblige such for
eigner to enter, npplics lo 11 right claimed hy ono
man to lira -ei vice* of Id# fclluw-m iu in the capa
city ofa slnvu.
It is not denied by the Bnil«h government that
lira government* of oilier countries havo a right to
continue, liy tlrair laws, the state of riuvcry'Sttfain
ilieir own territories a- long nr to ilietn may seent
fit. Tho British Government, moreover, does jitot
assert that lira conveyance of idnvesfrnm one por
tion to anuthernf the imritniy nf ti shim In which,
-luvery legally exist# is contniry to the law of na
tion*. But the Uiiiish government must maintain,.
that nu country Ims n right to prevent nnolher
count'}' from mnking « law to ihe effect that within
it* own territories slavery shall, under no circum
stance*, and in nn shape whatever, Im tolerated,
ind that every person, whatever his former con
dition may imvn hron, »hdl, while within such
territories,be entitled toull tbo privileges of x freo
But the execution of a rightful Inw ennnnt be a
wrong; mid wIrate no wrong is dfene, no compen
sation i-nn he due. ,
Thi* b. ing the view of tlra ense taken by her
Mnj* a'y’s Government, il only remain* for the tlfo*'
d- reigtrail to express his regret iiinl her Majesty's
Government i* unable to meet the wishes nf the Go-
vernment iff tlra United Smiroin regard loth" claim
fir lira sluves land- d from the “ Enterprise." Amt-
lira undersigned must repent the deemrntinn con--
Mined in hi- Mite ofthe7ih oi'Janiinry. l837.-to Mr..
Steven-nn, that slavery lraing now abolished^
tliroiiglmul lira British Empire, there can Ira no-
well fiiumled claim on the part uf any foreigner#,
iu respect iff slave* w ho, uinl-r any circumstances
whatever, may rums into the Briti-h .minifies, any
mo.e thin ih-’-re would ho in respect to slaves who-
nii.'lit conn* into lira United Kingdom.-
Tlra onilersigncd avails him-elf of tills occasion
to renew to Mr. Stevenson tho assurance of his
high consideration.
PALMERTS0N.
A. Sir.rc.xsox, Esq. Sic. Sir, &c.
Thr Ljait Portrait or Boxapartc.—In the
collection at Hampton Court there is a picture which
we take for granted, few, if any, ol our readers /
have seen, for it i* not shown tn casual visitors. 1
After Napoleon’s death, nnd we should Imagine^
from lira attenuated character of the countenance, x
short time before his interment, Madam Bertrand
painted his portrait: it i* in profile, and wasappar-
enUy taken hy tracing tho features on tlie eamnss,
and then coloring it so ns yo copy death. Tho
ghastly expression of tho face, and the clear white
of tlra shroud in which tho corpse is inveloped, u
Micy stand out from a deep Work back ground, ex-
cito sensation exceedingly painful and ono turna
from it with a natural shudder. Oftho accuracy of
iho likeness we do not entertain a doubt The pic
ture was, we believe, presented tn George tbo Fourth
by Sir Hudson L-iwe, hut how it earn*) Into the pot*
«c**iouof thi Ex-Governor of St. Helena, ia quite
another matter. Sure wo are Mint Madam Bertrand
may bring an uetlon of trover against tho Uritlih
Guveramrut fur lh« recovery thereof.—/>«»
per.