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Mr. JOHNSON from the Office of the Chief Secretary of State forlreland, presented the sccond Report of the Commissioners of Irish Fisheries.—Laid on the table. On the motion of the Earl of LIMILICX, the London Wharfs Bill was ordered to be recommitted next Friday. Dr. PIIILLIMOK.E and others brought up from the Commons the Salvage Regulation Bill and several Private Bills.—Read a first time. The Irish Treasury Bills Bill, the Sinking Fund Loan Bill, the Ordnance Lands Bill, the Exchequer Bills Bill, and the Bank of Ireland Bill, were read a third time, passed, and sent to the Commons. The Coal Mines Drawback, and the East India Company Trade Bills went respectively through Conunittees, and were reported. . The Earl of DARNLEY rose for the purpose of stating the object of the motion of which he had given notice, and whichl it was his intention to bring forward to-morrow. It would be to recommend generally a system of economy and retrenchment in the Navy. Lord SIDMOUTH said, it was his intention to fix Friday next for the Committee on the Bill for regulating the Court of Chancery in Ireland, which had been before the House for a considerable time, and which had for its object a regulation of great importance to the Suitors in that court. The Marquis of LANSDOWN fully concurred in the im portance of the measure, and hoped that no circumstance would occur to prevent it from passing into a law, otherwise the Par liament would be giving its sanction to the exaction of illegal and exorbitant fees.—The Committee was fixed for Friday next. SLAVE TRADE. The Marquis of LANSDOWN said, that pursuant to the notice he had given, he rose to call the atten tion of the Howe to a subject which had often come before them on former occasions. After the long period that had elapsed since the abolition of the Slave Trade by the Parliament of Great Britain, and the period since most of the Powers of Europe bad entered into engagements with this country to put a stop to that detestable traffic, it was the duty of 0 House to consider the present state of it, not only for their own satisfaction, but with a view to stimulate the Government to use every possible means towards its complete extirpation. Whatever opinion he might have entertained as to the remissness of our Ministers at the Congress of Vienna in enforcing •the entire abolition of this trade, he was happy to say, that he entertained on such occasion nothing like a hostile feeling towards army such individuals ; and he must observe, that some very zealous and able remon strances had been.made on the subject by his Ma jesty's • ministers at foreign Courts, with a view of enforcing the abolition in question. When the guilty traffic was laid aside by this country, it was naturally expected that a horde of unprincipled adventurers would start up in every quarter of the world, and take up a traffic which we had abandoned. These anticipations were.realised, and a spirit of adventure arose among the wicked and the base of all nations, for carrying on the trade. Against this there was no' ' other remedy than negotiation with foreign States. At the Congress of Vienna, just at the time when the termination of the war was likely to open the trade to the people of all countries, Great Britain had a right, on principles of humanity and justice, to appeal to those countries whose Representatives appeared at that Congress, and call on them to agree to the final' , abolition of the trade. The appeal was made—no Power was found base enough to defend it ; and a l general determination appeared to be entered into to put an end to it altogether. Treaties were, conse quently, concluded with different countries, for abo lishing the trade on a certain line of coast. Here the Noble Marquis recapitulated the various Treatiesl which we had made with several countries, of which the Netherlands had agreed to abolish the trade alto-1 gether : the Congress of the United States of America had also, by a late Act, declared that all persons car rying on the trade should be held guilty of piracy, and punished with death. He should next come to the melancholy task of shewing that the Treaties to which he alluded had been broken. There had been a degree of laxity on the part of these Governments in carrying the Treaties into effect, and a degree of favour shewn to their subjects who carried on the trade in slaves. The Government of Spain, in parti cular, had been altogether inattentive to the terms of the Treaty, and numberless instances °centred of Spanish slave-vessels having arrived at the Havannah with slaves from all parts of Africa: and numerous vessels had been sent out from that port for the pur pose of carrying on the trade. As to Portugal, great numbers of vessels had been fitted out from that coun try ; and, in one year, no less than 2000 slaves had been brought to South America in Portuguese ships, and under the sanction of Portuguese Authorities, who, it appeared, were themselves proprietors of slave ships. As to the Government of the Netherlands, he was sorry to say that Surinam had been in the constant, habit of receiving slaves. The pretence was, that the slaves had come from other Colonies; but they came ° from Africa. IN now adverted to the conduct of the French, who were placed under a Representative Government, and who ought to have some regard for the principles of liberty. But it unfortunately happened that, in one year, not less than 50,000 slaves were carried away from Africa in French ships. The trade had been carried on by them to Martinique in the most open manner. Remonstrances on this subject were made by Sir Charles Stewart to the French Government, but without the desired effect. One ship, called the Rogere, was so crowded with slaves from the coast of Africa, that a dreadful sick ness broke out among them, and many of them were thrown overboard, and the remainder, on arriving at their dr;.stirration, were so disabled _as to be ren dered unfit for any useful purpose. And such was the unpardonable remissness of the French Govern ment in this business, that although all sort of pub licity was given to it in the Parisian Journals, the French Police were unable to find out in what man ner, and for what purpose the Rogere had sailed.— Thc Noble Marquis nest alluded to a caie in which numbers of slaves had been• thrown into the sea in casks from a French slave ship, after that ship had been pursued by Sir George Collyer. The result of all, he said, was, that the British Government must feel itself bound to take some steps more effectual than any it had hitherto taken, in order to put a final stop to this horrid traffic. Ile now proceeded to read the statement of Sir George Collyer, as to the manner in which the trade was carried on, par ticularly by France, which carried it on to an ex tent beyond anything that ever could be supposed ; and he declared that the French Gorcinment did secretly give unbounded sanction to the trade; and that the slaves in their passage were subject to the most horrible cruelties, being confined in narrow places, where they breathed the most pestilential air. The French Papers every day abounded with ad vertisements respecting tUs trade ; and all this was done in the eye of a most enlightened Government with impunity, and with its entire sanction. It was, therefore, incumbent on that House t. adopt some resolution declaratory of their feelings on this horrid traffic, and the condoct of the Powers which carried it on. He was happy to say that the British Govern ment in India had exeited itself in a most laudable manner to e ut a stop to the trade in that part of the world. With respect to the countries which agreed with us to abolish this traffic, he thought we had a right to call on them to know the reasons why they had refused to give effect to their own resolutions. The United States of America were willing to co• operate with us, and he saw no reason why it should be repugnant to the fair dealing of each country, that the ships of the different nations off the coast of, Africa, should have a right to search.• The nest plan was, that there should be a general Register of Slavet in all the Colonies. These suggestions Ought to be impressed incessantly on every Power, which must feel the necessity of totally abolishing a traffic. that collected round it the influence of every evil passion that belonged to human nature. And the first desideratum to be looked to both on the piin ciples of commerce and humanity was, the total abo lition of a trade, which in every place exhibited the fruits of misery and desolation. It was necessary to proclaim to the world their sentiments on this great question, in order that some impression might be made on the other Nations of Europe, so as to induce them to come into the views of our Government in respect to this trade. He then concluded with moving, that a dutiful and loyal Address be presented to his Majesty, representing that the House had season to know that the efforts of his Majesty to induce foreign Governments to unite with him in putting a stop to the Slave Trade had not been attended to by those Governments. The Address, which was very long, consisted chiefly of a repetition of the facts stated by the Noble Marquis in the coufse of his speech, and 'prayed that his Majesty would use his endeavours to forward the wishes of the House, by means of his Ministers it foreign Courts. Earl BATHURST said, lie should be ready to give the Address his support, although he might not agree with all the terms of it. As to Portugal, he felt there would be some difficulty in bringing that country into our views. The only way by which the object could be effectually attained %sits, by a gene ral right of search; and he feared that any general regulation that might be entered into, might be in many instances evaded. He assured the House that his Majesty's Ministers were not inattentive to this subject, and that they had dime everything in their power to promote. the object which the Noble Mar quis seemed to have so much at heart. • Lord CALTHORPE could not help expressing disappointment on finding how imperfectly Fria:cc had acted up to all her treaties, and that, too, when she had acquired the blessings of freedom and good government. He was sure that the exertions already made for abolishing the Slave Trade, must be at tended with final success;' and he trusted that France would ultimately be induced to abandon this odious traffic. Ile should give his most sincere and cordial support to the motion. . The Address was then agreed to, and the House, at Seven o'Clock, adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a Petition from the Manufac turers of Tobacco and Snuff, at Leeds, against the Tobacco Duties Bill.—Laid on the table. Mr. DEN MAN presented a Petition from John Edwards, of Crown-street, who stated that he had been employed, in pursuance of an Order in Council, in 1791, to weigh the Royal George; thai the craft which he employed on that occasion were run down and destroyed by the St. Albans man of war ; that he had made frequent applications to the Admiralty for rt.dres , , but without effect, and he prayed that the House would take his case into consideration.—Laid on the table. Mr. AIiBUTZINOT brought in a Bill for granting certain Bounties to the captors of vessels belonging to the subjects of Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands, employed in the Sl.ve Trade.—Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. • The Cinque Ports Salvage Bill was read a third time and passed. The Consolidated Fund Bill was reported, and ordered to be read a third time on Wednesday next. Dr. PiIILLIMORE moved the third reading of the Salvage Acts Amendment Bill; which, after a few words from Mr. TaeMAYNE and Dr. PIIILLIKORZ, was read accordingly. Dr. LUSIIINGTON proposed a clause, enabling agents to arrest foreign vessels for salvage due of them. After a few words from Dr. PIIILLIMORE, the clause was agreed to, and the Bill was passed. Mr. GOOCI-I presented a Petition from Ipswich against the Tobacco Duties Bill.—Laid on the table. The Corn Average hill was read a third time and passed. The Order of the Day for resuming the adjourned debate on the Woollen Trade Regulation Bill having been read, ;titer a few words from Mr. S. WORTLEY and Mr. Lesittxcriox, the Bill passed. Mr. ELIIINCTON, frontthe King's Remembrancer's Odice,pre see, I certain papers relative to Extents in Aid. A Petition was presented from an individual in the county of Galway, complaining that the one-third part of a Dal ody in that county should have been proclaimed, while the te , c of the county remained in a state of perfect tranquillity.—Ordered to be printed. The Tobacco Duties Bill passed through a Committee, pro forma the Report was received and read, and ordered to be taken into consideration on Friday next,and the Bid ;vas ordered to he printed. Custom Duties Bill was read a third time and r ^• mod. mr. S. it CI: presented a Petition from certair nr 1111 I' E limerick, relative to the right of Election in that eity.—Laid cm the The Hop Duty Bill, the Sinking Fund Loan Bill, the East India Ditties Bill, and th. Irish Silk Bounties Bill, were read resix!ctieely a first time, and ordered to be read axsecond time to-murrow. _ _ . Mr. RT N presented a• Petition from Birmingham. in favour of the t`ruelly to Aniinals Prevention lth, and a similar Petition from Nortliamproa.--Laid On the table. Alr. S. WURTLEY presented a similar Petition from the ht.. habitants of Sheffield, which, after a fcw words from ALF. R. Dlnrrns, was laid on the table. Mr. F. presetittd a Petition from Reading to the like effect.—Laid on the table. Mr. IIERNA L presented a Petition from Chigwell, in Essex, and also one from certain citizens of London, on the same sub- ject.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. 600011 presented a Petition to the same effect from Lynn, in Norfolk.—Laid on the table. Ir. BR I presented a Petition from the inhabitants of Bristol, in favour of the said Bill, which was laid on the table. Sir It. WILSON presented a Petition from Clapham and its vicinity, to a like purpose.—Ordcred to be printed. NAVIGATION ACTS. The House having resolved itself into a Commit tee on the Navigation Acts, Mr. WALLACE said, that in directing the atten tion of the Committee to these Acts, his object* was to simplify and consolidate them, and to remove from them inconsistencies and contradictions with which they now abounded. This was an object that had been insisted upon by many very able writers, and latterly recommended by the Committee on Foreign Trade, of which he had the honour to be Chairman. —There were no fewer than two thousand laws ope rating upon this subject, and, from their having been passed with different views, and under various im pressions of policy and utility, they were often in contradiction to each other, and ineffectual for the . purposes they were meant to promote—(flerzr, hear). —lt was his wish so to simplify these laws that every man might be able to know what they ordained, and • what they forbade. He would propose, also, some alterations for the purpose of allossing greater ex tension to commerce. This was to be effected by re- moving every unnecessary impediment which now existed, and by putting an end is every restriction which was not essentinl to the support of our mari time power—(Hear).—The first object he had in view was to repeal every Act on this subject ante cedent to the 12th and 13th of Charles H. These amounted to no less than two hundred Acts, and he would propose their repeal on the ground that they were obsolete, impolitic, or superfluous. He did not come to the resolution of making this proposition on !his own private judgment ; he was fortified in his opinion by the opinions of Mr. Brooke and Sir T. Tomline, Gentlemen well known to this House for their Acquaintance with everything connected with this subject. He intended to arrange his Acts under three heads—the laws of import, of export, and of staple. It was not his intention to propose that these Acts should be passed through this Session ; they would be printed, so as to give every Gentleman who wished to inquire into the subject, the oppor tunity of reading over the Bills, and making himself master of them before they should be brought under the full consideration of the House. The Right Hon. Gentleman then entered into a history of the Navigation Laws from the earliest time: to the period of Charles the Second, and endeavoured' to shew that, in consequence of the spirit and eawrpri•e of this country, it had attained an extraordinary pitch cf commercial greatness under that system of laws.— He should propose to repeal all the Navigation Laws passed before the Navigation Act 'of Charlei the Second, in order to strip those laws of all the" con tradictions and contraventions which noW disfigured them. And, after this, it became the nextirriportant step to consider what alteration the-Act of Charles the Second should undergo, with a view to give ad ditional freedom to foreign commerce, and additional power to the ve:sels of Great Britain. And, with regard to the first part of his proposition, he thought it would be most desirable, on many grounds, that the distinction which was made by this country in her commercial relations with rest ect to Holland, the Netherlands, and Germany, should be done . . - entirely au ay with, and that those countries should be placed upon the same footing as other countries, as to their commercial intercourse v.ith us—(Hera). These was no longer any reason for keeping up the distinctiomas to those countries, and it would be one great end of his measure to place all the countries of Europe in the same 1 elation to us in a commercial point of view, excepting only tl.e enumerated arti cles. To those already in existence he proposed to add certain other articles, and these together would embrace all the restrictions which, in his opinion, ought to be kept up in our system of foreign com merce. Ile would also take away another restric tion, .which was not alluded to in the Report, but which was perfectly consistent with the principles which the Committee recommended. It was well known that the enumerated articles could not be car tied from a country, except in the vessels of that country, or in Ihitish vessels. The consequence of this regulation was, that if at present a merchant had a ship of his own, partly laden with coilmodities, and wished to complete her cargo at a particular port with any of the enumerated al tides, he could not do so; and he must either employ a vessel be longing to the particular country, t r a British one, to do se. The effect of this s) stem was to do away with the trade of the enunieta.e4 articles, in a great measure. It was further clear, that it those enume• I rated articles were intended to be sent to this coon , try; they would not be sent circuitou ly, and made I to perform two voyages instead of otic. Hence, whoa ever any of those at ticks were met with abroad to be dislaised ot, they were there by accident meal„ and because the trade of them failed in that partici*. lar country. It would he, thou, an ettpedient course `to dike away the read iction now operating against the trade of those articles, and he did not see that the I measure wt uld he attended with any effect that was not consistent with the Navigation Laws of this coml. try. ' His nest measure would be to do away with ' . the division (for commercial purposes) of Europe by In*