The view which we took three weeks ago of the
Admiralty -order as to fugitive slaves, and to which in two successive articles we have since returned, is now at last accepted by the whole -country, where meeting after meeting appears to have been held to denounce the mischievous,—and let us hope it vas not in a political sense malignant,—blunder. At New- castle-on-Tyne, on Wednesday, a erowded meeting was held to protest against the circular, in which the Mayor of Gates- head proposed a resolution, carried by acclamation, to the effect that the circular is "retrogressive" in its character, and "con- trary to the principles of the British Constitution." An address to the Foreign Minister, Lord Derby, condemning the circular, was also carried, which was certainly a wise precaution,—for -though we are unable to believe that so able a Minister can be responsible for this folly, it is a somewhat curious circum- stance that the Admiralty, in replying to the remonstrances of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, assures the memorialists that "a copy of your memorial has been transmitted to the Secretary of Foreign Affairs." Does not this look a little like an intimation that the Admiralty would like to see the saddle put on the right horse?
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