The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-08-11 00:00:00

WEST INDIA TRADE.

Mr. ELLIS, pursuant to his entice of Friday
kst, rose, and said, be should now move, •• That
early in the next Sessions of Parliament. a Com-
mittee be appointed to inquire into, and Report
to the Hoare, the Commercial state of the Wc.t
India Colonies." He prefaced his motion by ob-
serving upon the hardships under which the West
India Philters and Merchants now laboured, by
reason of the total exclusion of the produce of those
Colonies from the Continent, and the high rate of
duty payable upon their importation into this coon.
try. He adverted to the great Tiantity of West
India produce now filling the warehouses through.
out the kingdom. particularly the article of sugar,
upon w!lich the duty had been lately reduced, but
sot to the extent of relieving the Merchants from
the embarrassments they at present suffered under.
The m4tket being at present resat:led, the ware-
houses became consequently overstocked. and it
the Planter to transfer his
iy. His intention was to
ass as much as possible. by
liars the more faqir►% in,,

the dimmed of the produce now on hands and un-
podupt-tive. He concluded by particularly calling
the .atkention of the Right Hon. Gentleman (thee
Ohaniellor of the Exchequer), to this very im-
portant subje&.
Mr. G. H. ROSE. in seconding the motion of
his Hon. Friend, most highly approved of the
measure, and only regretted that it had not been
brought forward at an earlier period of the
Sessions.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, he had not the sligheet objelion to the mo-
tion of the Hon C-ntleman. and agreed with him
in considering it nne of the most in•eresting subjeas
that cduld oc:upy the attention of that House. As
long as he should Rave the honour of holding his
present situation, he should feel it his duty, and
consider's' it the duty of the Covermueut, to low
no time in invest,gating, and giving the best atten-
tion in their power to WM suhji•R.
Mr. LUSHIN.; FON thought it was high time
for toe Government to take notice of the subjedt,
and laenented that it had not been brought forward
at an earlier period of the Sessions, when some mea-
sure might have been resoeted to, which would
have afforded some relief to the persons so deeply
injured. It was now, he feared. too late to be of any .
use t the ruin had already been completed, and
taking it up at this time, was like providing a man
with a reprieve, a week after his s -ntence had seen
executed. Had this subjea been taken up in time.,
and had not the late sudden and extraordinary
dis-
selution of Parliament taken place, many would
have been relieved, who now must suffer; and he
considered every word of the Report then lying on
the table of the House upon this subjeft, as a refuta-
tion of that falsehood introdu:ed into His Majesty's
Speech on the late dissolution of Parliament ;
namely, that it would not create any inconvenience
in the public burin as.
Mr. HIBBERT considered some mestere, upon
this subjeft highly necessary.
The Motion was then put and agreed to.

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