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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repealed by etet.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
