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SLAVE TAMIL Mr. WILBERFORCE reverted to an assertion made last night, that a considerable trade in Negto Slaves was carried on to the colonies cf the Pow ers at war with this country ; a wish to rescue the memory and character of his deceased Right Honouratile Friend (Mr. Pitt) from the imputa tion of having connived at the practice, oc,easioned him, he said, to rise at present. At the tune that the war broke out with Spain, it was represented that there would be a considerable trade open for British manufactures in the Spanish Colonies, if Government would permit it ; in consequence of which, an Ordrr of Council for that purpose was issued, on the 2r - hh of November, 1797. Soon after this, Mr. Pitt dicovered, that under pretence of ;hat order. a gient exportation was made of Ne gro Slaves to the Spaniih Colonies, by liritish sub jects; and he accordingly issued another order on the 28th of March, 1798, in which, amongst the enumeration of the articles all,wed to be exported, Slaves were onii:ied. A soniiar order %As also made out on the 2.1 d rf December, 1E63, on the breaking oat of the present war ; dud shat he pro posed was, to more for an humble Adabesi to His Majesty. praying that l e would order copies et these proclamations to 11-. 1 ',I before the Wuse. Mr. ROSE said, he sh ~tad hot oppose the mo tion, though he .ase no occasion for it. The fad was, that ever since the acquisition of Jamaica, this kind of trade was rail on, though not under the express sAoslion of any law. During the time *Voided to by the Hon. Gentleman, there were 116 vess,ls employed in that trade, laden with valuable cargoes of Briti-h 'niaouholure, and carrying no more, on the average, than seven slaves each. Mr. FRANCIS observed, that it had been auert ed, I,.st night. that the sum of 4,800,0001. was sins plord hi the trade to the Spanish colonies ; :tad he eri s he.l to ark of Mr. Rose, whit might hive been the value of the minutietures exported in the 118 verse's ? Mr. ROSE said, he could not state the precise value ; but he thought he could prove it to be at least three millions Nterling. Mr. FRANCIS wished further to know, whe th .r these manuf *inures would not find admittance, it there were no slaves on board the vessels? . Mt. RUSE replied. that they would not. Mr. MANNING said, that the laws rf Spain the introthation of British manufadures it i s colonies ; and it was only having slaves on b • that nottaed the vessels horn seizure by the .er s;,rne f ur'i ennve 2g;• ei 1, the Motion was THE BRITISH PRE SS. 0 .••••• LONDON, BATURDAt. M 3. We have received Riris Papers to the 24th, and Dutch to the 28th last. The former contsin an of. Sci. 3 correspondence upt , r. tlee subject of the suit-en der of *the Muuths of the C.:t:are, to the Russians, which is in Substance as folic ws The M 4111115 de GttattLtEkr , being one of the Antirian Cevornissaries ft Leering up Delm.tia, vei:h its appen , "ages, to the French Commi.saries, tht Generals !slc.t.; oa and DANA', after having, a zreeably to his commission, put the French of Da!mxia, had, either conformably or con. ,trary to his instructions, orJered General BRADY, the AustriapCtanmandant of the Province. of Dal matia and Albania, to surrender the Months of the Cattaro. which are separated from the former Piorince by the Republic of Ragusa. to a Rus►ian summons. Before the French could arrive there to take possession of the fortress, General BRAD v, in tonsectuence of these orders, surrendered the place co Admiral/3411.0 Ir, though the Regiment of Thurn, consisting of two battalions of 1500 man, was there in garrison; and much more than equal to resist the force of TOO Rus.ians, and 1500 Montenegrins, which threatened to assail him, and notwithstand- ing the remonstrances of the Officers of the Garrison, who considered their honour as com promised by the ad of cessicn. To confirm this representation of the transaction, the Meti;testr publishes two Letters from the Mar quis de Carious RI, the one of which was en appease true irtitation occasioned by his condua on the iMods of the Officers of the Garrison, and the ,other to the French Commander, in which he cute' himself to have been actuated by a desire to delver op the Province, with its appendages, to the Fa Laois Ernestine, to whom they of right be longed, in a prosperous and flourishing state ; ahich he could not have done, had he not, in the first instance, surrendered to the Russian summcnsi tecause the Montenegrins, whom he considered as enemies, threatened to seize upon the post by force, which, from their numbers, they might have accomplished. He thought it be:ter, therefore, to give it up to the Russians, the all:es of his Master, than to a set of Barbarians, equally the enemies of Austria and of France. General Lauar.ross was r^t satisEce tr•th this explanation ; and his letter next appear., requiring a more explicit declaration from M. Gistittatai, whether cr not he had ailltd in obedience to the or ders of l.is Court ? A mioeprciem:ition of the bu siness, in a Manheim Paper, i. tlle cause alleged in the .11anttekr for the publication of these letters, wills some observations upon them, given in our last page.—ln them it is asserted, that " thr M1w4644 w4644 Previewer ma de delmered 19 to the French 13 tier Asistrica ; end the Fiend wia not rt.,.rr thew Pap ;my ether lavas." He is already its possession of part of Dalmatia, and the cause of complaint is cut down to the Mouths of the Cattaro. Mills the sole pretence or shadow of cause for quarrel with Austria, and BONAPARTE appears determined to improve it.—Our limits, however, will not permit as to indulge in any observations upon this hit,- ' resting subjeft. k it We have received Jamaica papers to the 12th of March. '1 he return of Admiral Di.:cxwoarif's squadron we consider as almost decisive evi dence of the fallazy of the report, which assert ed the Presence of a second French squadron in the West Indies. One dividon of the eighteen sail of the line, which escap•d from Brest, on the 14th of December, is, however, still unaccounted for upon auy other ground, and we are unable to reconcile the following extra is hum the Jamaica Papers, without presuming, that a French squadron has been playing at hide and seek in the West Indies, and is aEluallynow in that quarter " Ths Gracieetre schooner. of IQ guns, arrived at Jamaica onthe :15th of February, from a enlist ; on the 16th, between Cape Blanca and LaCuira, she was chased by two line of battle ships, two fri gates, and a schooner, supposed to be enemies, as they did not answer any signals. " The Resolaion, BEI - NES, from Newburn, arrived at Jamaica on the 25th of February. On the 11th she spoke an American vessel from St. Croix, who stated, that four French ships of the line and five frigates had arrived at Martinique. " 1 he Nesana schooner, arrived at Jamaica on the .sth March, from Nassau, on the 3d, off (*ape Maize, saw five sail of large ships standing due North, and afterwards three more were perceived pursuing the same course, and appeared to be of the line." A Lishon Mail arrived, yesterday, in fourteen days.—lt does not bring any news in confirmation of the report from G.braltar, of a French army of 50.000 bring u on its march aga'ast Portugal. The report has in consecut •nce would. Sp. -4,e,, one IF Admiral DUCKNVOrter it's sqsadr n, ott l'harsd y at Portsmouth. The Canupsi , , R.-4r Admiral Lowy, tent'er of the rpm. &on, arise:l at Plyrwuth on Wednesday. The Airiander, the remaining French prize, takea by Admiral PL:CKWORTiI. is hourly expected At Ports. mouth. Our Plymouth letter states, that she passed that port on Wednesday, in company with the SprAICAP and ..b.pite r r. Yesterday a Court of Direeors was held at the East India House, when the ships tir Shplan Lori iuTioft and k,,,r1 SpCMCer were statithied tur Bombay dove. CApl. GEORGE GRAY WAS SWIIIII into '.llr command of the en i s Sir Step6r., 1 , m.--The Court adjourned, at six o'clock, till Tuesday next. Tile Lotto MAYOR held A Court of Common Council yesterday, at Guildhall, which was numer- only attended. The Coot', by chew of hinds, determined upon one of the five models reported by the Committee to he adopted for a monument to thelsit: N Et SON The thanks of the Court were unanimously voted to the Loen MAYOR'S CHAIRLAIN, for his sermets on the first Sunday in term, and lie was requested to print the same The Property Tax Bill, as amended upon recom mitment in the House of Commons, has peen pr-nted, and was yesterday delivered to the \lem ben. We lately gave a complete abstraft of the Bill, as it then stood, and now subjoin all the amendments of any consequence which have been I made in it. The Governors and Directors of the Bank, the I Directors of the East Irdia and South Sea Com panies, are appointed Commissioners for charging the Duty on all Annuities, Ste payable out of the Revenue rf England, Ireland, and all foreign States, entrusted to the said Companies, for pay ment to any persons, corporations, icc. ; and shall retain the Duty on the same, from the Proprietor of the Annuities, &c. and pay it into the Bank.— Other persons entrusted with the payment of Irish or foreign Annuities, are to deliver the amounts thereof, within one month after notice in The Lon don Gazette. to the Commissioners for the affairs of Taxes at Somerset-house. Where the income of any person shall arise wholly from labour, at daily, or weekly wages, and the amount of the wages shall nct have exceeded, in any one week in the preceding year. or in any sub sequent week previous to the assessment. the sum of thirty shillings, nor in any one day during that pe ' riud. the sum of five shillings, and the same shall be proved, by affidavit, on the oath of the party, and by the certificate of the persons by whom such wages have been paid ; and in case it shall appear, that such party shall not be in the receipt of any sum of money arising from any other source, the Commissioners may adjudge the income so arising, as not amounti ig to fitly pounds, and grant an exemption from the duty accordingly. The abatements are not altered, consequently none are allowed for children. Anew scale of abatement k made for all incomes between 501. and 1301. at which last mentioned sum the full tax of 10 per cent.commences. According to the new scale, a deduelion of Is. is to be allowed for every pound between the amount of the income, and the sum of 1301. ; thus upon an income of 601. a year, 90s. or 41. 10s. is to be al lowed, which, dedulted from 61. leaves the duty payable on an income of 601. a year 11. 10s. ; upon an income of 701., 60s. is to be allowed, which re duces the daty to 31. and so in gradation up to 1301. This is muc4l more favourable to small ia- Comes, than the original scale, by which the full tax commenced so low as 1031. a year ; and incomes of 631. and 701. would have had to pay 21. and 41. respeaively, ins:e id of 11. IN. and 31. as we have stated. a. I . _ , MRS. HUME'S GRAND CONCERT. Mrs. H cttr. gave a iti.cid musical party at her house in Grosvennr•stivet, last night, which was attended by a number of the first Nobility. The music was under the dire Rion of Mr. MORIELLARI. The beautiful air A qtdr!le j apillr lenere, was sung by Mr. MORT LL LARI, Jun. who is just arrived from Italy, with great taste and judgment. A beau• tiful Italian air was charmingly executed by Miss MONTELLARt, and some beautiful duets were given with great taste, sweetness, arid delicacy, by Mrs. ma. and Miss Hum e. Several other amateurs contributed their sweet sounds to this elegant party. The stair-case and music-room were lined with the most odoriferous shrubs and }lovers, and lighted with Grecian lamps, and or-reels b anches,supporting waz tapers. At half past twelve the company sat down to supper. A table was laid for the Royal Dukes, in the centre of which was a beautiful silver urn, filled with the most fragrant flowers, and co vered with every d-licacy of the season ; hot soups, wad a profusion of strawberries, ices. &c. covered the festive hoard. In the brilliant assemblage were— Their Royal Highnedes the Dukes of Cambridge and aoti cest.g ; the Duchess of Leeds; the Marchioness o f Thomond ; Lad Moira; the Countews Muuntre rrr ir , Manvers, Lonsdale, and Newington ; Vio-nunt and Viscountess Newark ; Mtedsonaid,, Hotgisinson, adlEardley ; Ladies Saw and Sele, Hl..Dawson, Itts‘h, 1, Stewart, and S. Stewart; General Irving; Colonels Smyth, Vaughan, and M'Malaian ; Meyers Jackson and Guthrie; Captains Higgips. D'Arcr. and DI4111; Hon. Messrs. 0, Knox., W. - J. !..kelSagtota, Fgagerald, Flutchingen, Macdonald, and Quin; HUD. Mrs. G. Knox; Messrs. Aot,n, 132'dw in, Conte, Cannon, Oil)" Cviayer, Clarke, tc. &c. MR. HARRI.SON'S CONCERT. This Gentleman's Annual Concert was held last right at the King's Theatre, and honoured by the presence of 1000 Nobility ; the wleetion was ex cellent. The favourite glee of Dovel4l was given by MISS PARKE, Messrs. W. Kw VETT, HA I RISON, and BARTLEXAN, in the finest style, and was rap turously received. A beatriful Duet for. the harp and piano -forte, by Miss Hain:sole, and Miss Lao:A HaFtaisoN had a file effeFt. The far daUghters of Mr. HARRISON displayed great taste and execution, and ware honoured n•i ' h reiterated plaudits ; these young ladies also accompanied the chat ming glee of Came unto these ye!lew sand , , on the harp and piano-forte. Mr. BARTLEY A N sang On Trafalgar's b.dd Cape, exulting Fame Frnc the claw , ' ..f thAt •••eottf ul day, in his happiest style, and was in fiae voice. In the favourite Cantata, " Sze! from the iilent rave, Alexi. {llea:. Mr. HARR isos displayed his usu,ll etc•ilence, and was rapturously applauded. In this splendid as semblage were—. 11.1 Royal IT,ghnees the Prinee of We'e•; the Pekoe of Cti , &serland and C....1AA Ile : the Duct.e.tes Northu ;ewer last I, Gutd.hs, St. /Veen's, Walton, mid Montrose; the %tar chiunesse. of S.,lts*tury, And 'lhomoud Conntrises Allsmnle, Aberdeen, anl F•locon ; C..eil, ht. Tavlor, and Ferry.; Mr. St. Gemge Caolfield, and Captain °Aim • . Duchess of Qoairov, Mrs. Kasaine, and the beautitul Lady MO:41. our, were in the Duke of Yoac's box, at Drury•lane Theatre, last night. Lord KINN AI lip, it is said, tvill very shortly lead the beautiful Lady OLIVIA rITZCIIL/i LD, sister to the Duke of Lettorss. to the altar of Hymen. Lsdy L•tsneGt's grai.d ball and supper WA, most numerously attended at her huuse, in Upper Wim pole-street, last night. The 4amr•re• pocket is all the rage among our dashing de/awes; it opens upon the small GI the back. • Mrs. JORDAN has issued cards for 200, for a party and slipper, on Fr i day next. The company are of the first class, and the entertainment will be in the most splendid style. Lord Kim ewe cs had a grand rout at his house in Grosvenor-street, last night. Mrs. J.-MONTAGUE will give a grand dinner, next Tuesday, to the Duchess of GORDON, and a large party rd . Nobility, at her house, Portman.square. Great preparations are making at Mr. Fox's house, Stable-Yard, for a grand hall and supper, which will be attended by nearly all the Nobility in sown. Lord and Lady Morivoosteav, and a large party of Nobility, dined, on Thursday, with the EAT! and Con• tess of W err roe camp, at their House, Gros venor-street. Madame Ga ASSIm t's Benefit on Thursday nieat, was one of the most brilliant scenes of the season. Madame Geassiaz brought out a New Opera founded on the Soaleraine, and composed by Fin RA- Wirt. It is serio-comic, and gave admirable scope for her fine aaing. It was received with the warmest acclamations. There were present : His Royal Highness the Pr: :ice of Wales, and several of his Renal arirhert• the Docheeies of Gordon Northumberland, Beaufort, LeedsSt Albans, Dors.t, and M ontrose ' • the Mir chienesse. of Sali.bery, Neutron, Doenshire, Wal ed., Star ford, and Donegal ; the Counte.ses Sefton E•seit, Clare, Bair,- nom, Temple, Albemarle, Spencer and lierlar ; Visceontews Hilichinhrnnlce, Castlereagh, Sidniouth, and en-mouse: Lashes Havrarden, Grenville, Penh, Hamilton, ELut , Deere, and Huitleke. The Duchess of r..;,i own had a grand assem blage of Nobility, last Wednesday evening, at her house, St. James's-square; amongst the company were— Their Reril ITlghneeses the Mikan( Susan and Gleueester ; the Dukes of Rutland and De Reiri ; the Ouches. of Lewis the Memo's of Abercorn ,• the Countess Manse.,; tams flinchinbreake and Cutiereagh; Count Palle • Lordai d Lady hU.ntgoinery, Lard and lzdy F.linti Sire J ah n Shelly, 1r Swot sh, Abda, and H. D. tjaaailton • and the M.sa C.:anywise entertaiMed the compa m y 'eta sewed &saints ors At twelve o'clock nearly the whole of this elegant assembly went to M. P. As tows's Baii and Sup per, from which they did not separate till five the nest morning. The ?retakes, last night, drew an elegant and crowded audience to Drury-lane Theatre. Mr. Be asi•se was so extremely ill with a cold, he could not comply with the wishes of the audience in re pea ing one of his much-admired airs Mr. Barr ri tures sadrpirabie performance. in The Iferi*iidh firr4 as on the ant light, called forth repeated plaudits. _ HIGH COURT OP PARLIAMENT. TR:AL OF VISCOUNT MIELVV.LE. FJURTH DAY. About eleven o'clock in the forenoon of yester day, the Cow t assembled with the usual form.lities. There was a very toil attendance of Peers, and early in the morning ; among whom were the Prince of \Vat. LS, a'nd ail the boyal Dukes, except his Royal Plii,:haess the Duke of` Sossi.x. who dad not arrive until tile middle of the day. Their Graces, the Archbis.:ops of CANTLIIIIUNY and : Yogis, who were both absent on Thursday, at tended the whole of the day. The Poetesses, • with their daughters, were much more runseroue. • and, it pnssible, more splendid, than on the twripre cediog days. Am-.cg them we observed the Duchess of Guano., Lady FAL csisoitecou, Vis'. -ri countess CAsTititt A C.ti, dtc.dsc. The other parts r of the Court were filled at an early hour; and from the brightness of the day, the elegance of the dresses, and the uperior grandeer of the Hall itsel'. the neje d'wed was most strikingly beautiful. The attendance of the House of Commons•was tut thin at the sitting of the Court. but they in creased to about two hundre,l before three o'clock, at which hour Mr. Fox ari'ved, ;and joined the Ma nagers, for a short time. in their box. fhe Managers were, Mr. Wurrsesaps Mr. Cocas, Sir S. ROSILLY, Mr. itICVL, Mr. Runs. Mr. MORRIS. Serif tilt Bust, Donor Ltuasmcs. acc. &c. Neither Lo d ligrfitir Patty. Lead Holism nor the AA rum ad t welt Al, !I't•=nded. The bueiness of the •ay WAS chiefly consluaed by Mr. Willi Sae LAD and Mr. Giles, assisted by Sir S. .R 01411.1.1. and S.-rjeant BesT, upon some points of law which arose in the course of the proceed. ings. The principal Speakers among the Peers were, the M.vciuis of STAFI•IRD. Lord HOLLAND, Lord At:el:Las°, Lord i•itILUKAvE, Lord Lcoon, and the Bishop of ST. ASAIPH. At the usual hour, the Court adjourned till this day, at eleven o'clock. An addition of about ten feet in height, of crimson cloth, has been made a: the ea.-tern end of the Court. It extends entirely across the Court, and is a very con- iderable improvement, as it shuts nut much of the noise from the entrance in Old Palacoyard, and prevents a most disagreeable thorough air, which had been a great annoyance to tr.e spetrors in the tipper galleries of the Cotsrt. From the complexion of the proceedings of this. and the former days, there is a strong probability that the evidence for the prosecution will occupy ten days, from the present time. LAW INTELLIGENCE. "'icy • - kt iPsct couaT OF KING', BENCH, May 3. This morning, Catherine Duff was brought up for judgment, being convicted before Lord ht. Ft.h ingot:on on an indiam-nt for an a , .soult on her niece, Anna Maria Cond e a girl of about twelve years cf age. Ilia Lordship shortly read from his notes, that the girl was going past her aunt's door, on the 23d of October last, when she came oat with a pail of water, and threw it entirely on the chad's head, without any previous provescatio.. • Mr. Mi IttOt r. on the part cf the Ds. szid, he had an affidavit, which he hoped might be read, in mitigation of punishment, though it could net be allowed as evidence on the viol. The of was then put in, and read by the Officer ; it stated, that the father and mother of Anna Maria Good, who w e re in be tter circuses EA aces than the Defendant and her husba.id, had, for some time subsequent to a family quar rel, encouraged their servants and children to take every opportunity to insult them. Stoner. ;pa dirt were frequently thrown in at the Defendant's witidnve, and on the table, while she sat at dinnei, by this girl, who, atter doing the m'scsief, would instantly run off. A fear days previ us to the throwing of the water, the gill came to the door of her house, and having posted a sheet of paper Agemst it, held a candle to it, and called the panto.. gen to read. The libellous contents of this paper were as follows C. Duff has jest returner! horn Windior, from a recervil rscreatto.l Is .0% an old Bootselle.. It t, to be honed she VI riot so towxlei as fousarr'y It would he ungenerous in her to vo (.net the pah,r 11. Euraign wimps and various/ lusuor,void he.e." Mr. Montorr hoped the Coon would take these circumstances, and the indigence of the De lenient, into consideration, its pronouncing judg ment. I. Lord ELLE/1101000U said, the whole business seemed to have originated in a family feud, and lhe Court sentenrei the Defendant to be fined 6s. Sd. and discharged. The East India Company have, during a few :ninths, made a saving of 7,0001. per AUIII.IIII, ley the death of the following persons : When tra..ted. 1762. J F Erskine, foe divinioiotm-nt of March 11. CJlllpany'4 rant, ssoccte4 tar his Hawing pv,ett.ielt to Samsetiond, to Nita a iaci•nent for Cairipan)'s sir vice L. 5 1 ,0 1791, Manion Corns/Any for his services unat 22. in 1.411.,„5s 6. , weroeinaleneral 17?6, Earl It4a,•ttorv, fur bit am cat, a; Apra 12 Goircrunr ut Madras 1,5e0 L. 7,0t.0 The Herefordshire Militia passed darotlsh Eba , - ham on Wednesday and Tiiuisday, on their way to Chelmsford. Letters Patent have been passed under tae Or , "at Seal of Ireland, Appointing Jona Baas., Esq. Hie NIAJESTv's Second Serjeatit-at-Law, in.tbe SIMS of Sir J %ICS CH ATTILITOtt, Batt. deceased. Letters Patent have also been passed under the Great Seal of Ireland, appointing Wit. M.:`.l A 110 ti Esq. His MaJZSTY'S T rirJ Seijeant at Law, in t. tt roost of CH at. Katiciet. BUSIIS, His MAJZSTY'S Sir J. LiawroeT, we unsanstand, means to trirq in a Bill for tile purpose of consolidating the l'a,rr Dtry in Ireland, and making is pay the same as in England; and to enable the mantuaeureis ot' hat:i countries to ship paper without takiag off the 4.i:y by the Excise nn one s;de of the water, and plitoisg it on upon the ocher, which is the prw.lice at pers‘,..A el tst td, WAS 10.1 eJns se r f the that oo' prO ltera• or fit last fence e mole houLl which ;whist g h on El! t. Yet ring I kr Pa id or•