Mr. BROUGHAM, in the cour...
Mfr. faou'*1t,M, In the course of Tuesday evening, touched on a provoking and painful topic-viZ. the undis- guised proseeti4ib pf the slve-trade by Frcnch subjects tbroughout the whole French MoPnarchy, with the full con- nivance of the Government, and in uitter contempt as well of the treaties which that Government has conclLded, as of the firat principles and obligations of humanity, to which it has to often appealed. The correspondence on the slave. trade submitted to Parliament by Mr. CANxNING, furnishes the most afflicting testimony in support of Mr. BIioUGAIAM's statement. rhe frequent, and pressing, and hi,,hly credit- able representations of Sir CRAXLES STUART to the Minis- ter of the Most Christian KING, during the years 1g23, 1824, scarcely produced even a show of decent attention to the subject on the part of that sentimental philanthropist M. de CHATEAUBIIIAND; and as for effectual mestures to put dowh the odious traffic, literally none whatever. French ships were. fitted out by scores in the harbours of France herself. Hundreds of bargoes of slaves were con- veyed into the colonies of that kingdom, or, under its flag, to the colonies of f6reign states. Near two hundred wretches were known to be crushed together in the hold of a esesel of 75 tons! All these facts were communicated to the French Authorities; but some supercilious evasion, or some grossly hypocritical assurance, was the only satis- faction wbich the Viscount de CHATEAUBRIAND vouch- safed to the honest remonstrances of the British AMinisters. It is all of a piece. The maxims of BUONAPA`iTS have survived him-his disregard of public faith, and his indif- ference for human suffering. The attacl; on Spain was not a more flagrant instance otfperfidy than the whole course pursued by this BOUnBON (iove;riment on the slave-trade. Mr. CANNING, we imagine, will know pretty well what confidence can be reposed in French engagements, where other questions of universal interest may be in future (as they now are) the subjects of diplomatic discussion,