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May 14THB COUNTRY.The nomination of a member to succeed Mr. Peyton in the representation of \Voolt;lstock took place on Wi4« day. The Marquis of Blandibrd and Lord John Churchill having been both proposed and seconded in the usul form’ the Marquis addressed the electors, and announced him’ self as every inch a Conservative. (Cheers, and a crv of What do you say about the Birmingham Union ?»\ Why, he said that he had once made a fool of himself and(never would again .Cheers and laughter, i Lord J. Churchill said, he was sorry to announce that he “ hadgot a d—d bad cold,” and that his observations must he ccssarily be brief. He was much accustomed to business(bursts of laughter) and temperate in his habits. lt;A crv of “Are you a Teetotaller ?”) Could the Noble Mar quis make a similar declaration? At the close of thepoll tli.e numbers wore—for Lord Blandford, ltiO; LordJohn Churchill, 155. Majority for Level Blandford. 5.Mr. Harry Spencer Waddintrlon was elected Member for West Suffolk on Monday. No Whig or Liberal opno-sit ion was attempted.Mr. Peter wick’s late constituents have given hima public dinner; and the ladies of Kvesham have sub-scribed to present him with a handsome piece of plate The proceedings took place on Saturday welt;k. In the course of his speech of thanks, Mr. *Borihwick com-mented with much bitterness on the treatment he had received from Mr. Kushout A duel followed, and after tiring t wo shots Mr Burlhwick apologised.On Tuesday a son of the Rev. Di. Rcdford, about 20and who was to have gone to a situation in Birminguamthe next morning, went to bathe in the Severn, at Worcester sand was seized with the cramp, and drowned. Dr. Bedford was in London.Moses Roper, (lie quondam American slave, appears to beat present in Nuttingiiam, where he has been lecturing on slavery, as existing in the United States, in Friar lane chapel. The chapel was crowded in every part to excess and there were hundreds that, could not get in. -The Rev! J Gilbert opened the service by singing and prayer; and afterwards M r Roper delivered ais lecture from the pulpit. The Nottingham Review reports it at some length. He gave a description of slavery as then practised in Americagenerally-but dwelt principally on the eogduet of those who were considered religious and pious —persons who were members of Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches, who nevertheless blushed not at the idea of being slave proprietors, and who were inferior to none in every refined species of cruelty. The characters of thesehumane persons were accurately pourtrayed by the lecturer- almost every limb of whose? body had sufiWed mun t he stern infliction of their capricious tyranny. He exhibited to the astonished assembly the flupper, the paddle, collar, chains, handcuffs, and other instruments of torture, of which he had on many occasions been the victim. Hiesereligionists were not accustomed to preach repentance* but obedience, to their slaves. Those slaves who were allowed to preach were trained to this; and the lecturer had often inculcated the text, “ Servants, be obedient to your masters.” One had gone so far as to say, that for .a cup of water, a crust of bread, or a cut with the flopper, the slave should be thankful, and regard it as for his advantage. The slaves had a superstitious notion, that when the death of an owner was followed by a hurricane, he was gone to hell. He would not express himself so strongly; but he would employ the language of an Knglish sailor, who, when he had witnessed the distress caused by the separation of husband and wife, said to his mate, “ If these don’t go to the devil, I don't know the use of having one at all.” The Lecturer gave an acqount of Revival Meetings, which were made to subserve the foulest practices. They were in (act slave markets, were 15,000 or 20,000 persons had assembled together—and they afforded a fine opportunity for this traffic in humanity. He had been exposed for sale at a Baptist Revival Meeting. His owner wanted GOO dollars : he was offered 500, which he refused to take. At the same time two females were purchased by the same gentleman, who professed he hod been converted at that meeting. These statements might seem incredible ; but he (the Lecturer) had published a book containing stronger statements than these; a copy of which, with newspapers containing reviews of the same, he had forwarded to every slaveholder, who could contradict them, if untrue. The Lecturer alluded to the absurd attempt of the Americans to prove that the African is not a man, and proved from history, that Africa had built its pyramids-had supplied generals for the army, bishops for the church, and martyrs for the stake.Mr. Roper has repeated his lecture in Halifax place chapel.On Friday evening last, says the Salisbury Journal, our theatrical season, which has been a very unprofitable
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Christian Advocate
London, Middlesex, GB
Mon, May 14, 1838
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