Anti-slavery Abroad

Denmark. - ín this country an ordinance has been recently issued by the king to the efTect that the slave population shall be benceforth exempt from labor on the sabbath, except under urgent circurastances; that fairs and market days usually held on the Sabbath shall be abolishedj that neither the masters of slaves, nor persons directly or indirectly intersted in them, shall, in future, be allowed o sit in judgment upon them; and that chools shall be opened in the several colnies, for the intruction both of adults nd infant slaves. Sweden. - The King of S weeden has iso recently promulgated an ordinance for ameliorating the condition of the slave populalion in St. Bartholomew. - The ordinance secures the right of selfredemption to the slaves, and of their enfranchisement to any other person willing to pay for them at an appraised value. It also provides, that immediately on their manumissiou, they shall enter on all the rights possessed by other citizens, and be equal with them before the law. It forbids their being taken out of the island, while slaves, without their consent; and enacts that they shall have a right of property in all they may acquire by gift, purchase, or labor in their own time; that their testimony shall bereceived in criminal cases, upon the production of a certifícate of their knowledge of Christianity; that the masters shall be punishedby fine, for the ill usnge of their slaves, and in some cases, by the forfeit-. ure of their slaves, who shall be declared free; that healthy and sufficient food and clothing shall be provided for them, and the aged be carefully provided for; and that the penalty of murder shall attach to the killirigof a slave as well as to that of a f reeman. The British cpmmittee express the hope, that these ordinances are but the commencement of what shall, at an early day, issue in the complete emancipation of the slaves in the colonies of hoth these countries. Russia. - The nobility continue to oppose and resist the intentions and exertions of the Emperor in behalf of the serfs. The serfs on the Imperial domains are reported to be in a much better condition than the others, owing to the determination of the Emperor ultimately to give them their freedom. A ukase has been issued of a prohibitory character against the slave tradp, and of great