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M r . WILBERFORCE said, that he bad only intended w _express his opinion', and moved the House to agree with him on - the general question. The Committee would afterwards dezermwe as to any particular term. The CHANCELLOR of tale EXCHEQUER. ex pr6sed himself decidedly in favour of the measure Of Abolition At any rate. He' wished. to see the " In case of a minority of the EmpEaort, there shall be a Regent of the Empire ; he is a minor till the age of 13 years, complete. Females are excluded from the Regency. The Reigning EMPEROR may previously appoint a Regent from among the French Prince. In default of such appointment, the Regency shall be given to the Prince nearest in degree of consanguinity. No Organic Sen,...t CoQr7t/tum can be issued during the Regency,nor before the end of the third year which shall follow the majority. There shall be a Council of Regency, composed of the Titularies of the Great Dignities of the Empire. The Regent shall not be empowered to de clare War : or make Feacc, till after a deliberation in the Council of Regency, of which the Members in that case only shall have deliberative voices. The Guardianship of the Era CEROR in his Minority shall be confided to his Mo ther, or, in default of her, to the Prince appointed by the Predecessor of the EMPEROR who is a Minor. " The titularies of the great dignities of the Empire are the Great F.leetor, the Arch Chancellor of the Empire, the Arch Chancellor of State, the Arch' Treasurer, the Con stable, and the High Admiral. They shall be nominated by the Emperor, and they shall enjoy the same honours as the ne.cch P,rinces 4 and rank immediately after them ; they »hall be ScnatorS and Councillors of State ; they shall form the great Council of the EMPEROR, they shall be Members of the Privy Council, they shall compose the Great Council of the Legion of lioour, they shall be irremovable. Senator ries shall be attached to each of the great Dignities of the Empire, they shall be established in t)le Departments of the Dyle, the Gironde, the Rhone;thci Po, the Lower Loire, and the Mouths of the Rhone. There shall be Great Officers of the En - 17 1 .re; r Marshal of the Empire, chosen from among the moit distinguished Generals, Generals, 28 Inspe6tators and Coloncls-Central of Artillery, Died, of 'a fever; on the 7th intant, at Newcastle tipon-Tyne, Lieut. SANIU EL Goocx, of His Md. j c sty's Armed Ship Providence. LONDON : Printed by BUCHANAN M`MILLAN, (of now- ,tre,-t, ; an t i l'utols,llcti by Scittprt,lOt South Molton-street, Grormuir-square); At the 5u.3. 0541 c5, No z where 4 ; he uaper, Letteri'flir the Editor, &c. (Aost.paid), must i:se addressed, . ; I" —ve r 1; FOOLS, MAY 2S. , itl ifi f a i Arrived—the Lord Nelson, Fleure, from fers e _ n q fro' Bartlett,' from Teigrunouth ; Reliance, Millwv--1011. Newfoundland -, and Mary, Thatchcll, from WeYIII"A OW Sailed—the Elizabeth and Margaret, Richardson, an',l fa nor, lackson, for Sunderland ; and Hope, Netherwoo", London. St x GRAVESZSID, MAY 2 9. Sir V o l Passed by—the Henrietta, Johnson from Pala u ; u Earl Lushington, Good ; Admiral 'Gardner, caw,' Earl Howe, Burrows, ftom Bengal. . Wig' Sailed—the Lion, Sampson, fur Newfoundlno:r r Nor .. munda - Croft, for Lisbon ; Polly, Cheesernall, 1° 10 00 Way ; 'Charlotte Wilhelmina, Kraft, tor Elsinoreklic 100 Wilhelm, Weil, for Catwyck ; No;den, g-h. i l' Ma:ia, *---', and Vrow lant.:c4.,Megg, for EniDuCP• BI It Til . 2 0iii • 1 :1 t On the 23d inst. at Edi n burgh, tit.: 14(.n. Mrs* Murray, of a Son. __.----•••••—'1.19. . Motion was so worded as to coincide. Gentlemen, therefore, of that description, could not, unless they changed their opinions since the last discussion of this subjeet, oppose the original Motion. Those 'who entertained an honest prejudice against this abominable traffic—a prejudice which had obtained many converts of late years, would, he hoped, be very far from objeeting to the Motion of his non. -Friend upon such grounds as had been last stated. Into :he discussion of the question at present he de clined to enter, particularlyas the very able arguments of his Hon. Friend had been quite unanswered ; but as to the time of carrying the objeEt of his Hon. Friend into effeCt, no time was prescribed by the Mo tion. That circumstance would remain for the consi deration of the Committee on the Bill. With re speCt to the praCticability of the Abolition, the Right Hon. Gentleman observed, that the same ar gument upon that point would apply to a gradual as to an immediate Abolition ; for if it was Impossible for a British Aft of Parliament to effect the objeft in the one case, how was such Aft to accomplish it in the other ? This remark he addressed merely to ti - .e professed friends of a Gradual Abolition ; hut as w the praelicability of the measure of Abolition generally,. as he had only heard the impraClicability asserted, without the arguments upon which the assertion was grounded, he did not thn:k it necessary to go into any argument upon subject. lie was happy, however, to hear from the Hon. Gentleman under the Gallery (Mr. BAR_ HAM) such opinions, combined with other consi derations, as fully satisfied his mind that there was no danger of this Trade, if abolished by us, being taken up by Foreigners—upon that score there was no ground for apprehension. The Right Hon. Gen tletnan concluded by stating, that he would not at present discuss the question farther, although he could with difficulty refrain from entering into a sobjed in which he felt so lively and . warm an in terest. Mr, LEIGH considered the Trade, to which the i'viotion referred, a disgrace to the British Empire ; and tha: all the feelings of mankind shrunk from it wish alThorrenee. 'Mr. FOX said, that he should trouble the House' with very few words upon the questinn before them. Indeed he rose principally witlea view to observe the very extraordinary manner in which the Gentlemen who spoke against the Motion had treated the subjett. The Abolition of the Slave Trade was a question which was now sixteen years under the considera tion of that House. It was now near twelve years since the House had decided, by a very great mejo rity, that the trade was in itself perniciou, and that it ought to be abolished. The present was a ques. tion which above all others might he now fairly said to have come to a crisis; and yet the House was told that it should hesitate. One Gentleman had allowed that there might some ill consequences result from the continuance of such a traffic, and yet he advised the House not to put a stop to it for the present. Ano ther had also admitted the . injustice of our conti nuing to sandion such a branch of commerce, and had recommended that the House should go into a Committee to consider of the pradicability of the measure. What ! when the House had so positively declared its opinion about 12 years ago with re spea to the Abolition ! The very circumstances of the times, in addition to the former declaration of the House, were arguments in favour of the Abu:. lition. The acquisition of Trinidad svas in itself a reason why the Howe should immediately come to some de te tonna; ion, and either declare to the Public and to Europe that it was not consistent with our ideas, or with the policy of our system, to make any alteration in a trade, the injustice of which we have already acknowledged ; or else that we should by our actions at once firmly convince the world that we were capable of giving up a species of traffic which appeared to us dishonourable, not withstanding any profit that might be gained by its continuance. The honour, the charade( of the Na tion we's at stake. Any person that was in the l ea st acq u a inted with the Continent must have already heard it whispered throughout Europe, that they were doubtful of us, and that it was supposed that, however we might like lessons of morality, .we could not be prevailed upon to give up a profit able branch of Commerce very readily. if the House continued to ad as it had done, admitting the impropriety, and yet at the same time abstain. ing from the Abolition of, or even horn giving any check to, that abominable traffic, it would be openly said throughout Europe, that we could but merely talk morality. That after all the sentiment that had been expressed against this Trade, we had said again, that we would postpone the Abolition of it to some indefinite period. He would repeat it, that, on till* question, above all others, was the charader of-the Country at stake. There had not been any argument urged in favour of the morality of the subjtiff, and, therefore, the House had now to make a public avowal to Europe of their determination at once to put a stop to that iniquitous pradice, or else to announce to the world, that it had agreed to give its santlion to a measure which had not been supported by any principle of honour or of justice, but merely on the supposition that gain might pos. sibly result from its continuance. Mr. ECERTONexpresse , l a 'wish that the Ho nourable Mover of the Question would expressly declare to what extent he meant to carry his Mo tion, if the Howe should happen to agree with him. At the late period of the month of May, many Gentlemen had gone to the Country, and lie hoped die Hon. Member did not mean to pre ;s it in the absence bf so many. He would be glad to know, whether ic was intended that a Bill should be imme_ diately brought in and carried in the present Session, Dr, whether it was now intended merely to o!)flin leave to bring in a Bill for the Abolition : and that the Bill was to be discussed at the next 'netting of Parliament ? House agreeing to go into a Committee i m mediate. ly, for the purpose or-considering the propriety of bringing in a Bill for that purpose. Lord DE BLdOUIERE observed, that the con. sideration of the question before the House would, on the present occasion, be for the first time pre. rented to many Natives of Ireland. But, though it was a question which was new to Irishmen, it was not a question upon which they would find any difficulty in deciding. It was a subjed, he was confident, on which the sentiments of all rrishmen would be immediately declared unani mous. The pralice of the Slave Trade was re pugnant to their feelings. He believed-, that he mighr, without presumption, have taken npon him to answer for the whole bulk of the people ; bur, for his own part, he had made up his mind as soon as he had heard the terms of the Motion, and immediately resolved to give it his most cordial support. After a few observations from Mr. PATTISON and some other Hon. Members, the House divided on the Motion of Mr. MANN I NG. Strangers were not re-admitted, but it was understood that the numbers were—Ayes, 40—Noes 124. The original Motion was of course carried, and the House resolved itself into a Committee, in which the Resolution wAs read and agreed to. The Hou , e resumed, and the Report was ordered to be brought up to-twrrow. _ The other Orders were then postponed, and the House adjourned at Hal _past Ten. ItIAI LS. DUE. AnttivED Cottenburgll o liamburgn s -- PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS DAY AT TWS,I.VI, O'CLOCK. Rai. Ann. - - 543 j Omniurn - - - 3y z THE SUN. SOLF.M QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT? LONDON, AI AY 31, 18c-1. LAST night the Allniteurs to the 19th inst. in elusive, were received. T:ley contain the Proceed ings of the Conservative Senate, and the anal achy_ tion of the Senatur Consultant, appointing BON A- P ART E Emperor of the French. The new French Constitution consists of 143 Articles, and is divided into iG Titles. The whole of it is not yet pub lished, but the substance of that part of it which relates to the Imperial D , giiity, we are enabled to lay before our Reader•. " The first title declares N.s.ro LEON Box 17ATITE Em peror of the French, and the 1 roperial Dignity Here:iitary, in the dired, natural and legitimate descent, from male to male, in the order of primogeniture, to time exclusion of fe males and their descent. The First Consul may adopt the Children or Grand Children of his Brothers, provided they have attained the age of IS years complete, and he himself have no children. Adoption is prohibited to his successors . In default of a natural and legitimate Heir of the First Con sul, or if an adopted Heir, the Empire will be transferred to JOSE P H Bo NAFA ri and his Deecenlants ; and in default of Jos Ep H and his Descendants, to Lou ma and his Descen dants. In case of failure of the Heirs of Josr.rti anti Louts BON APASTE, a Cedistelli,m, proposed to the Senate by the Titularies of the C, - eat D:gnitize of the Empire and sub mitted to the People, 311 hie appoint an Emperor. " The Members of the Imperial Family, in the order of inheritance, shall bear time title of French Princes. The eldest Son of the EMPEROR shall hear the title of Imperial Prince. A French Prince who shall marry without permis sion from the EteeE rt o , be deprived of all right to the inheritance, unless he shall have no. Children by this mar riage, and the marriage shall be afterwards di,isolved. " The Civil List shall remain regulated as it is by the tst and 4th Articles of tne Decree of the 26th of May, 1791. The French Princes los ree it and Louis BON APA RT F., and the younger Sons of the EmeEROR, shall be treated conform ably to the Articles t, to, I r, Is, and s 3, of the Decree of 21st December 1793. The E:ill'EßOlt may fix the dower of the EmeaEss, and assign it on the Civil List. His succes sors shall not be permitted to make any change in his dispo sition in this respect. " The ENIPEP.Oa will 'o...it the Departments. Imperial Palaces shall be ez;tablished at the lour principal points of the Empire. Cavalry; and tile Marine great Civil Officer!: oftl*Croveit such as shall be instituted by the Statutes or: the kW TROR. The Great Officers are immoveable. " The Eteraikoa, within the first two rears after hissuc cession to the Throne, or attainment of full age, shall take an Oath to the French People on the Gospel, and in presence of the Titularies of the Grand Dignities of the Empire, of the Ministers, of the great Officers of the Empire, of the Senate, of the Council of State, of the Legislative Body, of the Tri bunal, of the Court of Cassation, of the Archbishops and Bishops, of the Great Officers of the Legion of Honour, of the Presidency, of the Orators, of the Consistories and Mayors of the principal. Cities of the Empire ; he shall swear to maintain the integrity of the Territory of the French Re public; to respe& and cause to be respeaed, liberty of con science and the laws of the Concordat, the ecitality of rights, political and civil liberty, the irrevocability of the scales of national property, nor to levy any tax but by virtue of a law, &c. " the Senate shall be composed, tst, Of French Princes : 2(1, Of the Titularies of the Great Dignities of the Empire : 3d, Of eighty Members, nominated on the presentation of Candidates chosen by the 'EMPEROR from lists formed by the Ele&oral Colleges of the Departments : 4th, Of Citi zens, whom the EMPEROR shall judge proper to elevate to the dignity of Senator. There shall be formed in the Senate, and from its body, a Committee of Individual Liberty. consisting of Seven Members, who, if any person is arrested and not brought to trial after ten days from his arrest, may, on application from such person, call on the Minister who ordered his arrest, either to set hint at liberty, or bring him before the Tribu nals, which, if he refuses to do, the Committee may demand an assembly of the Senate. to which the matter shall be re- - fc r red. " There shall likewise be in the Senate a Committee for the Liberty of the Press, which shall proceed in the same manner, in case of any infringement of that liberty." The Senaty3 Consithum contains various other regulations re lative to the Legislative Body, of the Council of State, the Tribunate, the Eleaoral Colleges, and the High Imperial Court, composed of the Princes, Grand Dignitaries, Great Officers of the Empire, the Chief Judge, 6o Senators, and other Members, who are to take cognizance of personal of fences committed by the Members of the Imperial Family, by the Grand Dignitaries, and the Senators, as also of of fences of Ministers under their official responsibility. The Laws shall be thus promulgated : " N ro LION, by the grace of Con, and the Constitution of the, Republic, Emperor of the French, &c." The French People shall vote, in the forms appointed by the Arrete of the aoth of Florcal, of the year iz, on the in heritance of the Imperial Dignity, in the direct, natural, and legitimate descent of NAPOLEON BONAPARTY, JOSEkki 130- NAPARTE, and LOUIS BONAPARTE. The adoption of the above Se:lotus Consultum has been announced to the Parisians by several discharges of cannon. . Last night Mr. `VII.B EItFORCE brought forward, in the House of Commons, his Motion for the Abo lition of the Slave Trade. The Motion was sup. potted by Mr. PITT and Mr. Vox, and was agreed to by a large Majority. This morning two Gottenburgh Mails but have brought no intelligence of importance. Tuesday night, about nine o'clock, the LoR4 CIIANcELLOR and Mr. PITT had Audiences of kits MAJE3TY. Yesterday, about eleven o'clock, Mr. PITT had an Audience of His MAI vstY, who afterwards gave Audiences to the Earls of WINCHILSEA, DARTMOUTH, and AYLESFORD, when the latter bad the. honour to kiss His MAjsSTY'S hitnd, an his being appointed Lord Steward of the House hold. About one o'clock fits MAJESTY, accompanied by the DUKE of CAMBR I DC; E, in his post chariot, and followed by the QUEEN and PRINCESSES, in two coaches and four, took an airing to Kew. Yesterday, at one o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at Lord HARROW B Y'S, was attended by the Duke of PORTLAND, Earl of CHATHAM ; Lord NI v ILL E, the MAsT ER of the Ro Ls, and several others. The KI:to has been pleased to desire, that the Berkshire Regiment of Militia, should henceforth be styled Rojal. Yesterday a Court of DireEtors was held at the India House, when Capt. JAMES TIMB R ELL, Com mander of the Lcrd Harts:le:bitty ; Captain JoHt4 PATE RSON, commander of the Duke of Montrose, and Captain JOHN MACKINTOSH, commander of the Airly Castle, took leave of the Court, prepara tory to their departure for Madras. Captain JouN MACINTOSH was sworn into the command of the Ship Union, for St. Helena and Bengal. At six o'clock, the Court adjourned till Wednesday next. An Expedition iq said to be preparing to sail against the Cape of Good Hope, and it is confidently asserted, that Sir HOME POPHAM iS to command the Naval part, and that Generals FRANCIS DUN DAS, BAIRD, and AUCHMUTY, will command the Troops. It is further stated, that General BAIRD anti SirkSAmuEL AUCHMUTY will proceed, after the reduaion of the Cape, against Batavia, with a part of the Forces, and the Squadron under Sir H. Pap. HAM. Gen. FRANCIS DUNDAS, who will command the Troops, is nephew to Lord ME r 5.1 L L u, and bro. Cher to the SECRETARY at WAR. He will catry with him the Commission of Governor of the Colony, and there is no doubt the Dutch inhabitants will be happy to have him restored to them, after an absence of little more than a year and a half. There cannot be a better proof of the genuine Loyal which chara6terizes those Dinners which his Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES thinks suit able to his rank, as Heir. Apparent, than the cir cumstance of giving " The Knic," as the only Toast. The Meetings plainly mark the dignity of his Royal Highness's. station in the Empire, and, from all we have heard, no political discuisions, or conversations take place, further than might be ex petted in any Society chat felt a proper interest in the national welfare. PA PAL NEWS. FALMOLTITI, MAY 28.—Arriv_-(1 the Pr;lfilis Amelia, Packet, Capt. STEVENS, from 13 31 b 3c1°c5 and Jamaica, in 46 days. ‘ll PLYMOUTH, MAY 29.—Arrived the Afaitaf °f 16 8o guns, Diamond, of 38 guns, and Nirtrod, 01 guns, from the Channel Fleet ; and the Brig Mel Ann, Capt. BUTTERS, laden with wines, from Got" sty, bound to Cork. ..••••1111,• 11 o f PORT MOt/TH, MAY 3o.—Arrived the vaia Clarence Cutter, with the Cr 0 , . ,, Transport unde r convoy from Alderney. Sailed the Orpheus Frigate, Captain Ht t.t., on II Cruize off:Havre. DEAL, MAY 3o.—His Majesty's Ship /thtstriotig sailed this morning for Plymouth; and Zephyr 0 0 a Cruize off Boulogne. Arrived the 7ackail from the Nore, Bloo dhofid from a Cruize, and Snipe Gun.brig with Couvoi from the Nurthtvard. In the Downs -Monarch, Utrecht, Inficxible Ar a l? Veteran, Vir b . , inie, Jamaica, Baccitante, 9Tarar,eo Fury, Zebra, Hec;a, Su!pAur, Dart, Lark, Orestes, 5c°1,11,141 Booiietta, Speedy, Autumn, Archer, Mariner, miipe, hound, Milltirooi:, and Transports as per last. r According to a Letter from an Officer on t' - h e His Majesty's Ship Defiance, da!ed off Rochelle, 21st inst. the Enemy's Force in that Harbour 105.0% la e been augmented to six of the Li "' h i et chiding two of too guns each, of smaller Vessels. At RochfOrt, the EnernY hak e also a very considerable force. The Boated c r t S . Defiance lately attempted to cut not a n Arm, sel from Belleisle, bu t and a great litin c a h eav y fi re f ro m two vat. ries prevented nor brave Tars from accollOi their object. We had two men killed And three wounded on this occasion. • n a The Eton Scholars are to , go in P I° C eSSI.- „ flig Monday next, according to annual custonl p ll a d' MAjE,,T Y'S Birth-day, u p t h e Th a mes in 6" 4 „ tt , dresses, as far as the seat of Towtet-it \i"'„c., Esq. whose loyalty is always displayed on th.csC" casions by a liberal hospitality. that It has been said by the Opposition Writers, t if the voice of the Publ : c had drawn Mr. PITT fr° / ,a retirement, those who have seceded from him 'oto want an apology for their desertion. In a nswe r such an observation, it may be fairly said, tha t . t o , voice of the Public did call him, not f rom to Its meat, for he was patriotically engaged in the Put;„.'he Service at the time when he w as ca ll e d to Office• general sentiments of the people pointed to hi ll !, 04 the only man, whose commanding talen ts qtla'lo-0. him for the condua of National Affairs at thi s et v ful crisis; and fits MAJESTY attended tO tli°4 4/ S te p• timents, in requiring the return of that gr rn e - a e t e : l ,v 2 man to power. fits /MAJESTY, there+-- f his Pe °-' parental kindness, listened to the voice °-, rist itue ple, arid at the same time exercised tha t "",.. ° , -- if e etee m uci , tional Prerogative, which has given so to a Jacobin Faction. Oen" The cunning Corsican has made fine ar ranre i for transmitting the succession of the Imperia' 9,,he of France to his cwn family ; but thoug:l It rivi c j i • to possible for him to secure his iii-gotten pow lifer himself for the remainder of his own preciti ou9 it is probable that the moment of his death itsTa vice all the bloody horrors of Anarchy, and l el a new Diredorial Despotism. e ar rill The Opera House was in some embarrass°: and Tuesday last, as VIGANONI could not sit's' PAR IsOr coold not dance. h The absence of Lord GALLOWAY front tlo, t hat House is a serious evil to the Manager, feelers Nobleman's zeal gives animation to the relic, na and to the Audience. Indeed his Lords'," rank with the most active of the Pet:fors . Wl' ea °I DUEL.—During the last week it way agreof by a Mr. S —N, and a Mr. bc' tl , l ; o peal verpool, that two females the names Ille,_ fl— ,l lle should play a game at Dart( through a tu,'u e. 5 • re s game was played, and Mr. M. won, fused to pay ; in consequence a second g ame played, and also won by the same gentl enl i a :ffil . , 9 ' S. still refusing to pay, a scuffle ensued , wi l y /a y.' replied, he would pay him in some other f pisto ls On the following morning, two brace ° be e i . ( ; were sent to the place where the gail le w ing played and Mr. M. sent for ; his e ll ' • hol ri " on s rooi s he room the dior wit.; locked, arid to his n '' e s • for e a brace of pistols were handed him bYr: t he lat t l ; e ' purpose of fighting, or asking his paru ° , l) ' n an d firc l l' being refused, they each took their Sta" (l.- bat raw. e but without any injury being done t o eithe a r ;rie j° ir , On Tuesday, the 29th of May, wa s si r W 1 : 1 ", Ashford, by the Rev. HEN R Y HODGESPL aqeSh,r; LIAM DARLEY, Captain in the Carrtur ti l e fl os teo, Militia, to Miss JULIA F. Houcns, of in the County of Kent. SHIP lv E IPS •