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PARLIAMENT. ROUST OF LORDS, THURSDAY, JULY 10. Lord floss (Earl of Glasgow), and Lord Grinstead (Earl of Enniskillen), were respectively introduced by Lord Dynevar and Lord Redesdale. Their Patents of Creation having been read at the Table, their Lordships took the oaths and their seats. The Royal Assent was notified by Commission to the Ex therpier Bills Bill, the Irish Treasury Bills Bill, the Irish Annuities Bi-11, the Irish Public Debi Bill, the Small Rents Iliresc Bill, - the County Rates Bill, the Corn Importation Dill,lthe—Mili-tary• and Naval Oaths Bilk the Mary-le-bone l'Cecttay Bill, asul several other Bills. The Commissioners were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, and the Earl of Shaftesbury. . Johnson, from the Office of 'Chief Secr etar y for Ire land, presented accounts of the Emoluments of Offices; aril Bullt v, from the Exchequer, an Accouznt of the Income Cif,„Juid Charge upon, the Consolidated Fund.—Ordered to lie nekiti the Table. The latter paper was . , upon the motion of the Earl of Lau derdale, ordered to be printed.. . - POOR LAWS. • Tfie Lad of th RD E presented a:Report from. the -Committee on the Poor Laws. His Lordship obserVed, that, considering the nature and importance of the subject, and the exatnina• tion it .was: necessary to go into, it could scarcely have been ,expected that the Committee would sooner have finished their labours, less could it .have teen expected that any legislative measure caiell have been brought forward this Session, founded upon such un investigation. He thought it indeed much better that there should have been noalegialatiVe'measure attempted this Session, time,, wodhll.lo-W : : be given for the full consideration of tat:subject,' - particularly' by those who had the beat practical means of information ; and thus a measure might be brought forward, calculated as fir as-possible to meet the evil. The COmmittee had used e'very effort to elucidate the subject, (hey bad examined every one who came who were at all•likely to, communicate information, and had left no practicable. means untried fully and accu rately to investigate the - subject. Ile now moved that the Report be printed. 1 b e Earl of Lis , e. Raoul, spoke highly of the conduct of the Committee (which he had attend ed as often as ais other avocations would permit) who had collected a body of most valuable infor mation, as detailed in the evidence. He agreed with his Noble Friend in thinking it much better that no legislative meastire should have been brought forward this Session, as the subject might , thus - undergo a full investigation during the re cess, and he trusted that those who had practical information would doling that iniervarturn their attention to it, in order that no suggestion might be wanting to tender any proposed ineaswe bene ficial in its operation. , The Report was ordered to be printed, and on the motion of the Earl of Hardwicke a Message was ordered to be sent to the House of Commons, desiring a Copy of the Report of the 'Committee of that House on the Poor Laws. • FRAME-BREAKING. Lord Viscount SIDMOUTH moved the third read ing of the Frame-breaking Bill. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE having expressed a wisll to hear some grounds stated for the Bill, Lord Viscount SIMIOUTH observed, that in the year 1812 it had been deemed expedient, in order to put a stop to the practice of Frame-breaking, to pass an Act rendering it an offence subject to the penalty of death. That Act was made tem pointy, and on its being about to expire, it being represented strongly by Magistrates of the Mid land Comities that such a penalty alone could operate as a preventative of this crime (which it bad done whilst in existence), a Bill was brought into Parliament for the purpose of continuing it ; but in consequence of representations on tae other hand, it was at length thought expe dient to try the experiment of a milder punish ment, that of Transportation. It was, however, his pai n ful duty to state, that after having been tried for four yeats, this experiment bad utterly and completely failed. This offence had, un happily, iu the course of that !reliat, been often repeated, and in some instances accompanied by circumstances of the most daring outrage, even by attempts to commit murder. The Grand Juries of the three Midland .Counties where those out rages were chiefly perpetrated, had in consequence repro sewed that the only effectual way of repress ing these outrages was to re-enact the penalty of death, and this, indeed, was the opinion o f . all those %vho had the best practical means of being acquainted with the subject. It was the gracious intention of his Royal Highness the Prince Re gent, if this Bill should pass into a law, to issue it Proclamation, offering an amnesty to all those who had been previously guilty of this offence, with the exception of those concerned in the out rage at 'Loughborough, which was of the most daring description, and accompanied by attempts to commit murder. Under these circumstances, lie trusted the Bill would have the effect of pre veuting the repetition of this offence, and also of preventing Oa manufacturers from emigrating front that part of the country. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE supported the Bill, but in a qualified sense. He did it upon this view of the question, that these outrages were not the ctrtillitinn of the moment, or directed fronirrita law against any particular individual, but that They beco systematically and deliberately car ried on for several years—that they were directed a4ailist, machinery, without which the prosperity of the country must altogether Jail, and against the whole tabiie of the laws. It was in this view, considerine t:!at under such circumstances the laost triaing offence might become of great.im pertance when perseveringly directed to such an object, That he supported this Bill. He could not, liowever, but observe, that a long period had elapsed since it had been discovered that the ex periniant of the milder measure bad failed, and that it was so long ago as March last that e the Grand Juries :of the Counties of Nottingham, Derby, and Leicester, had represented the neces sity of re-euactiog - the penalty of death. How, then, did it happen that this measure should nor liave been introduced till a period of the Session when it was imposSible to give that mature con sideration which the importance of the subject called fax ? He could not hut press this point as one very nrltcrial, in every view of the subject, but this protest lie WAS di•;pWel to support the Bill. The Bill was read a third time andpassed. SLAVE TRADE. fiord GRrNVILLC said he had to call the.attert tion of theii Lordships to a subject of aS - much importance as any that under - any circumstances could come before them. Ws Noble Friendliad justly stigmatized the practice of introducing mea sures of impoitance at a late period Of the Ses sion, but the case to which he was about to ad vert was an exception, as the proper course un doubtedly was to wait until nearly the end of the Session, in order to ascertain what .had., been done by his Majesty's Ministers, in order to obtain the general and total abolition of that inhuman traffic, the African Slave Trade. It had been stated some years ago, in the discussions re specting the abolition by this country, that our abolition would do nothing, unless other Powers could be induced to join in it. But even with the knowledge that not onelißinan being the less would be torn from the coast of Africa, :that one drop of human blood the less would be shed, still ur he would have pi eised the about inn that we might be exonerate d fronythOO o part, uilt r, that g horror of this detestable traffic ; if other Powers chose to continue it, upon their heads be the blood, we should be free from the stain—Aluch had, however, happily been done to induce other Powers to join in the abolition of this odious traffic. France and Portugal had been induced to abolish it, anti this had undoubtedly been a great gain to the cause of humanity. They should recollect, however, that if they did little, very little would be done, that if they were feeble in their exertions, trifling would be the result : it was only by perseverance they could gain the advantage they looked to, and which, for the strife of littma-'. city, he trusted would ultimately be obtained. It was also too true that this abominable traffic was now cat tied on to a most enorinotis ex!eor, as appeared by documents that had been handed 'to him ; that it was carried on 'uncle'. the 1 - 16;gs and by the subjects of Portugal, of France (in one instance under the Dutch Flag), and of America. But more than all was it carried on under the Flan; . and by the subjects of Spain ; and it was indeed a mortifying. circumstance, that the very spot in Africa where we were Making the most praise worthy attempts to introduce civilization, had been chosen by Spain for the purpose of intro clueing all the horrors of the Slave Trade, and as it for the express purpose of breaking d own all the means so justly attempted for the pia. pose of civilizing the natives of Africa, and keeping them in a continued state of barba rism. It was a melancholy fact-, that this trade, carried on under these circanistances, was con• ducted in a way the most shocking to humanity. In the course of the-discussion in . Parliament, on the Abolition of the . Slave Trade, whilst it was under consideration Whether the trade should be •abolished or not, all parties agreed in passing a Bill for the purpose of doing away the horrors of what was 'technically called the middle passage, and by which the dreadful evils of this traffic were. in some degree alleviated. But in. the way in whictithis most inhuman traffic was now carried on, the horrors of it were redoubled, there being no check or .contronl over the inhuman op, pressors of their fellow men. It was impossible for any one in the shape of a human being, with any of the feelings of a man, to read the accounts of the atrocities committed in this way, without shuddering at their barbarity. His Lordship here read the affidavit of a British Officer NueadY given) respecting the inhuman treatment of Slaves on board a Portuguese vessel, which had been captured, anti referred to documents which have also been already noticed, respecting the barbarons usage of Slaves on board Spanish vessels engaged in this trade. That these inhuman outrages should he continued was most afflicting to humanity, whilst the maoner in which the trade was carried on rendered it still more outrageous.- The vessels employed ha it were armed for warlike purposes, and it was too much to say, that vessels %vete to be employed, so armed, to carry on a peaceful traffic ; they were, in point of tact, engaged in perpetual contests with British vessels, they were armed for that purpose, and such contests most lead, sooner or later, to actual hostilities. Under such circumstances, and when the Allied Powers had come to the determination of using all their efforts to'abolish the Slave Trade, having also, as they had done very wisely, interfered by way o f mediation to prevent hostilities between Spain an d Portugal, his Majesty's Ministers wteie All i edtltdd un doubtedly be justified in applying to Powers for their interference to prevent those hosti lities between this country and Spain, which must unavoidably -be the consegoence of these continual contests with Spanish) armed vessels. It was by means of efforts of this nature that we must look to the final abolition of this odious and inhuman traffic, and he trusted no -effort would be wantiog to achieve this most de sirable object. did not mean to impute the least neglect, upon this point, to hiS Majesty's Ministers, hot it was absolutely necessary that Parliament should not relax i n their efforts in this cause of humanity. Ilis Lordship concluded by moving an Address to the Prince Regent, Stating all the evils arising front the carrying the Slave Trade in the manner in which it was now carried on, and praying that every effort might be used, by applying to the Allied Powers, and otherwise, to obtain the total and general abolition of this odious and inhuman traffic. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, he did not believe that he should have troubled their Lordships with any observations on the present occasion, but that he was afraid an inference might be drawn from his silence contrary to that which be wished to go forth to the publiC. He should merely, how ever, say a few words, and that chiefly for th e purpose of expressing his assent to-the-Address of the Noble Lord. lie never entertained but one • opinion respecting.„the making the abolition el fectual—that • it was 'accessary that the measure shotd.dnot only be adopted by Great Britain, but acceded to by all other nations. - Much, however, still remained .to be done of importance, to in duce the Powers who.still continued the trade to agree to its abolition. - There was one consola tion, however, in the consideration of this phiapa s q i i i i c es : tiou—that whatever evasions•eiisted, a ble to the flag of other countries, there, was no THE SUN. 1101,EM Qtl IS I)ICL'ItE F.N.LSUN( AL'I)C:IT* LONDON, FRID.4Y, JULY 11, 1817. We believe it is now certain that Parliament will be prorogued to-morrow. The report of a speedy Dissolution of Parliament has been revived, but we k u(?u , not at present upon what foundation. The Paris Papers of Tuesday last, which Were due this morning, have not come to hand. THE FUNDs.--The Price of Stocks still con tinue to advance; Consols were this morning done at 81 for this Account, and 81 ki for the Au gust Account. Money pours in from every quar ter, and the orders received by Brokers to b u y, even at this high price, are greater than ever was known. We have no doubt, as we before stated, that Consols will be done at 85 before the August settling day. The Boston Daily Advertiser of the 17th ult. contains the following article respecting the Bra zils By a Gentleman who arrived at Holmes' Hole, and passed through town yesterday for Salem, we have received information from Per nambuco to the 17th of May. It represents the state of the new republic as much less prosper ""s than the previous accounts, and entirely con tradicts th e information lately received by way of Cha t l e st on , of the joining of the other Pro vinces of Brazil in the Revolution. 011 the con trdi y, the city and province of Bahia were engaged with great zeal in support of the Royal cause, and the people were volunteering to aid in the reduc tion of Pernambuco to their allegiance. And from Rio Janeiro, the capital of the kingdom, no infor- Illation had been received. The people of Per nambuco appeared to be much less satisfied with their prospects titan they bad been for some . weeks." THE SLAVE TRADE, that disgrace to human nature, is so resolutely taken up by both sides of-. both Houses of Parliament, that its final extinc tion may be hoped for in due time. All civilized States must revolt with horror from such an exe crable traffic ; and therefore our Readers will see with pleasure, that, on the motion of Lord GREN" VILLE, an Address to the PRINCE REGENT was agreed to last night in the House of Lords, simi lar to that moved by Mr. WILBERFORCE the night before in the House of Commons. But the de claration of the Earl of LivEaPool, last night is well calculated to increase the satisfaction of all the friends of humanity on this subject, for his Lordship stated, that active negociations are car rying on, which,. should they produce the effect desired, Ministers would deem it their duty to submit to Parliament. The Letter from Lieutenant TERRY to the LORD MAYOR, which is written with a degree of good temper and politeness highly creditable to him, effectually refutes the statement of the latter respecting the late Riots, and fully confirms that given in the House of Commons by the Right Honourable J. H. ADDINGTON. The Answer from the LORD MAYOR is by no means a justi&• cation of the manner in which he described the transactions in question, and appears indeed to be a virtual ackno►vledgment of his mistake. PARIS, JULY 7.—M. BENJAMIN CONSTANT has again exerted his talents as a political writer in aid of the freedom of the press, at which terrible blows have been aimed during the trial of causes relative to suppressed publications, by t tie doctrines and the practice of M. [lllB, M. Vatimenel, and other King's Counsel, before the Tribunal of Cor rectional Police, and before the Royal Court. If-the decisions which have been come to in these trials should be drawn into precedents, the liberty of the press would cease entirely to exist in France. " Question s on In the Pamphlet which M. B. Constant h as j ust be demonstrates,, that the principles laid down by t p h u e bl e i x si i ' sTi l t;g u' L " e le g r iSl t a h t e ion ti o t f le the o Press in France," o f the King's AdvoCates are subversive of all the liberty of. the press, and contrary to the intentions an nounced by the Government, The author con chides his pamphlet by saying, "The liberty of individuals is suspended. The journals are in the hands of authority. The two Chambers interrupt .the right of petitioning. The liberty of publish-. ing books is the only kind of freedom that re mains to us. I must endeavour to defend it." CHARGES OF TREASONABLE PRACTICES.—Ou Tuesday several olthe persons in custody on char ges of treasonable practices underwent examina tions at the Secretary of State's office for the Home Department. Benjamin Whitely, from Hudders field, who was brought to London •on Saturday evening by a King's Messenger and a Bow-street officer, was taken to the office by Mr. Adkins, the Governor of the House of Correction ; when, after he had undergone an examination, be was sent off in the custody of a King's Messenger and a Bow— street officer to Salisbury prison. Orders were given at the same time to remove Mr. Knight front Reading to Salisbury prison, in the custody of messengers and Bow-street officers. The - Duke of Youx transacted military business with the PRINCE REGENT yesterday, Yesterday the Duke DE CHATRE waited upors the PEINCI: REGENT at Carlton-house. Yesterday morning the Earl of Powis waited upon the PRINCE REGENT at Carlton-house kb announce the death of the Duke Of NORTHUNI. BERLAND. Yesterday Viscount CASTLEREAGH and Earl BATHURST had audiences of the PRINCE REGENT' at Carlton-house. Lady MA R Y 1 - ' ,1. 0 el N es pf S te O ci, N t eßo,Yni London oi l I l l ' (.1 i i f lu e ani t n o yerei t l?: l t i ete e e(rdi n eab( n yiy i i v lai e lt r lo s t a vl l ll l : y oe and deeply lamented Mr. PoNsotiev-, is so m uc h a f. fected at the loss she has saitained' in his death, as to be considered dangerously ill. Lord HOLLAND, With a pretty yesterday e numerous si.day in su o i r t i e : arrived at Ghent on S N a c t cl u lE r iLe d t a . y ojßi l is a t s i t c , e i o n f t c li s b t a e r r g . e from Bruges. After stopping for a day or two at Ghent, his Lordship proceeds to Spa, where h e means to spend the season,; bßh eaEJO:Rio,vntxiihn:NeirtLpe,h(lelienAacsecsocisini;iirna,eytEyossfreqi,ikn.e nn K iolg i a, r ti t t.) g eiti ' l( s gs) iC:ritoili,urlinn,aii.steoll,,,iiAlaelsni t t pl i ,vi lia C acs l ( t io a tDi t tsz t i a - e, cellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, Was swoforin. the d ni b Ec ; ivAe l n i D o n t y l T s A i u e llit it: before the t L h i e nc L o o l I , :p s7i C n ti n A ,G Monsieur T A LNIA O , I: ac k c im on o t:t g a a n n ie , Netherlands. t M h e A r l i a N n v d t s r : 1. , e ealndde,stlikberotthleierreosft of his family, army when very - Young. He was a Brigade Major guis he( a i at the e s l i f eg u e po o i f , G m i a b n r y al ar, importantw ltete 0 c h ceacs i ii(s . nt: isi ... but his health being much impaired, h e wa ,; wa tw s twelve obliged to retire front the service. lie' de:, scendetl, by his mother's side, from Sir Turbervill, one of William the Con►queror's Knights, who first founded the Abbey where - his posterity have continued during a period of so litany centuries. - - imputation Whatever of any abuses having been practiced under the British fl tg. Yiudentuslcon siderations prevented him from entering into any detail at present of the steps which hid been taken by his Majesty's Government with. 4 : view to the accomplishing the abolition of the Slave Irade. He hoped, however, it would , still be possibl e t o a dj ust t h e quest i o n s , w ith the coun tries carrying on the trade, in a satisfactory man ner. There were still negOciations in progress Of animport an t nature, which, lie hoped, might still be brought to a satisfactory issue. And n less some unforeseen circumstances occurred, he w.as in full expectation that it would be in the power of the Executive to make in the beginning of the next Session, a commnnication to Parlia inent of the re su l t o f t h e i r negoc i a ti on s. The motion for the Address was then put and atir , eed to unanimously. .the Marqui i o f LANSDOWNE presente d a p e tition from certain Unitarians, praying to be relieved from the operation of the Marriage Act. GRAND. JURY PRESENTMENT BILL. • The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved the third reading of the Irish Grand Jury Presentment Bill. The Earl of DONOUGHMORE objected to the alterations proposed to he made by the Bill with regard to the powers of Irish Grand Juries; and moved,- as aq Amendment, that it be read a thi r d ti me t hi s 'd ay three months. The Earl o f LIMERICK supported the Bill , an d o b serve d, that the taking away the oppressive powers Grand Juries pos sessed, in imposing burdens on the country, would be produc tive of much more advantage to Ireland than the much de sired advantage of opening to the peasant the opportunity of becoming a Lord Chancellor. Great abuses had been com mitted by t lie Grand Juries. Lord CALEDON thought the Noble Lord should have liointed out the' particular Grand Juries which had been guilty of abuses. In the province of Ulster, with which he was acquainted, no such charge could apply. The Earl of LIMERICK did not mean to contradict the account which the Noble Lord gave of the North of Ireland ; ,hut he repeated that great abuses with respect to Grand Ju ries had prevailed in different parts of Ireland. Lord BLESSINGTON • said, he totally differed from the Noble Lord, as to the imputation on Grand Juries. The Earl of LIMERICK observed, that he referred to facts within his own knowledge. • The Marquis of LANSDOWNE s u pp or t e d th e Bill. Lord DONOUGHMORE replied ; after which the Amend ment was negatived, and the Bill read athird time and passed. Adj<eurned. MOUSE OF COMMONS. A few ininntes before 4 o'clock the House was summonded to attend in the House of Peer 4. On their return the SPNAKER announced that the Royal Assent bad been given by commis aion to several Public and Private Bills. LYME-REGIS HARBOUR. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that the Order of the Mv to resume the Adjourned Debate the Lyme-Regis Hai boor Bill be read. - Mr. GORDON objectetl to the debate being now resumed, 'as several Members who meant to-oppose the Bill, and espe cially the Member for Rochester, were nut ill their places. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought that this was the fittest time, as there Wil S no other puniness im 7 toediately before the House. Mr. GORDON moved that the House be counted; and there being present only 31 Members, the House Adjourned at a quarter past 4 o'clock.. • TO CORRESPONDENTS. Letter the Second 'from SOMERS is received, and shall be in- serted without delay. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed Last Night. COVENT-GARDEN.—Goy Man fleeing : Henry Bertram, Mr. Sinclair; Lucy Bertram, Miss Stephens. After which, The Libertine THEATRE ROYAL, HAYASARRET.---The Purse. After whicle Who Wants a Guinea : Torrent, Mr. Terry ; Fauny, Miss Copeland. To which was added, The Sleep 'Walker. New THEATRE ROYAL, ENG LI SHOPERA-HoUSE.—Artaxerxes : Al bates, Mr. Horti ; Mandane, Miss M. H. Bogqins.• After which, Is lie Jealous ?• and The Deserter of Naples. MAILS. ARRivEn-1 flambnrgli, 1 Flanders. Duc-1 Gottenbur4l), Lisbon, 2 Holland, I Guernsey and Jersty, 1 Dublin, 1 Waterturd. PRICE OF STOCKS rnis DAY AT TWELVE o'cLonc. Bank Stock,. 9.811 I Bank L. Ann....20i 9-16ths s per Cent. Red 79/ India Bonds ; 92s. 955. pr. 8 per Cent. C0n5..78)-fi 7914 Exch.Bills, I 7s. 225. pr. 4 per Cents 97. 98 991 Cons. for Accuunt,.. 5 per Ct. Nary Ann. 105.3, 1061 HIGH 11 7 /ITEIt Xl' LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 40 ininutvs after )2. I Evening, 4 utinutes after 1.