France

Has, at last. taken position in favor of emancipation. The Ministers have proposed a plan for the gradual abolition of slavery in the French. West India colonies, whieh. ve are sorry to say. embraces the odious feature of compensation to the mnster for thai which is not his ovvb, and wBích it must be advantageous to him to relinquish. "VVhat will be ihe fate of the Ministerial proposilion, is yet uncerlain. but it is to be hoped :lmt the causes wliicli have forced the proposition: from the Ministry, surrounded as they arn by great difficulties, will act with such rnew power as to compel the reluctant nation to do justice to the opi)ressed. RUSSIA. Within the last year, tho Imperial" Ukasc has been issued in faror of humanity. nnd thtbarbarous con querer of Po'and. yielding io ths claims of sound poücy, hasgreatly moditied, if he has not entirely abolished the ancient system of serfship. Russia has also planted berseií on high ground in opposition to theslave-tradc; ihe Emperor, by an Ukase. dated March 2G, directing ihat all persons convicted oí' African slave trading should be punished as piratea.