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who represented Liverpool. had to 44 igaiest
the abolition, with a peculiar degree of Jour. lane
he could assure the Right Honourablic ti:e.'*- .1.4.
on his part, that be had been sole!! site by.
thorough -convidiott which he entettai . that is
would be of dis-service to the kointry. w is a'.
'tiirevs his opiniisio tint the prosperity of ttipor 1
was co-eval with the Slate Trade; and, t tvfitre,
from his connection with that tilace, he co .1 not
hint oppose, nor had he ever, Os had hooka 'net!,
given an implied assent to, the abolition ' • the
`trade. He begged lease to Inake i short sea to
of the effea 'Of this trede; Liverpool fortne had
. been an insignifitato fishing hamlet, and by this
trade had cow' become in wealth ana.cotim the
second town in England. This Wag one,good xi! ran
against the abolition of the tattle. As by sooty% ing
it away, the source of that wealth w,osld, be de-
stroyed. Another cirennutanst, which he solid
pout our to the Noble Lord opposite. hint (Lewd
H,„ Itetto), , and which he thOutbt Shobld he taken ,
intolis most serious consideration, Willi that 1-1193 f.
pool hsd, an the accession-of the pretse.atlikektg ,
contributed no less a sum than three isilkink eel •
totally to defray the expenees of the country, by dirk'
duties alone which originated (tom her imme
trade.. In return •for this contributiOn, what 1444 , i
been the condat of the Right Honourable Co& ' 1:
denim towards that, place/ they hod introduced h
the Restriaion kill, which every person knew •
was of the greatest dis-service to their trade,
and they were now about to bring forward a mea-
sure which was the forerunner of a total abolition.
He would suppose that this war continued; in that
ease the taxes must be encreased ; and was it Wise,
the Wore, on this suppoition, that we should cut
ttnei the enercandlosourose.oi.our wealth ; the coup--
try would be reduced. to the dilemma o! entering
into .an ignominious peace, or of having a total de-
falcation of all revenue arising from commerce ; and
for this reason, he thought it was necessary for the r
landed interest to examine this subjedstninutely, a.. _
if theinercantile property' did not Afford the quota
of taxes, the landed property mast be resorted to.
The Hon. Gentleman then said, that he had been
direeted by his constituents, if this vote men farher,
to inform the Ministers, that compensation would
be demanded by those cdneetned in the trade; this
he thought could riot be refused; as, for a consider- ,
able time back, the trade had been carried on enh
the countenance of the House ; in consequence of
which, ships as& warehouses had been built, which
would be now entirely lost. This arouroecn ha
conceived, cut two 'oiys, the revenue would be lost
by the adoption of the measure, and the parties
would have to apply to the public puree for com-
pensation. He then declared, that though he was
decidedly adverse to the resolution, he would not
now take the sense oldie Nonce on it ; and con-
cluded by saying, that if it' was adc red, it would
be the occasion of many rnisforoanes and Bank-
ruptcies in Liverpool, aroi would also induce many
of the artificers to emigrate to America.
Mr. FRANCIS said, it was certainly in the
power of the Hon. Gentleman's constituents to pe-
tition the House for cortapensatiers 'for the losses
ty wouldsustain from the aback* of this trades
he, for his part, would not wish irogive any pot
ci Li' property for that purpo.e, •noe would he con-
sent that it should be token out of theomblic purses
as it was well known to the merchants, that they
carried on the trade against the with of. the country
at large. Another reason against allowing them
compensation, was. that it could not be ascertained
whether it. would be beneficial to Liverpool or not ;
as, in all the hills which had been. brought in for
the regulation •of the trade, they'had uniformly
stated, that each would an as an entire abolition.
and had afterwards acknowledged that it had a
contrary tendency. With respect to the principle
rot the measure, the person who proposedthe aboli-
tion, let him stand at what side of the House he
would, nos always his friend. He thought, how-
ever, that the Resolution in 1792 was decisive; and
he thought, for the dignity of the House, it should
have been thed on long before th;s. He was ex-
tremely sorry, int2ed, that another resolution should
now be proposed. the same, neatly, es the former,
-but not so strong, whhoui the House having any
security that it would be followed up with any
'other motion. lie was the more surprised at
this mode of proceeding, as his Right Honour-
shim Friend had declared himself still an advo-
cate for ahe immediate abolition, and he, for
his part, heartily wished that the litter mode had
been proposed. The argument used by his Right
Hon. Friend, against bringing in a Bill. was, that the
Session was now far advanced, and that though it
might he passed through one House. ye. it was pro-
bable that there would not be a sulEciency of time
to allow it to be discussed in the other; but, he
would ask whether there would not bo the samo
portion of time consumed in discussing a Bill, as
there was in discussing a resolution ? the B .! might
be short. and conceiving that it was prat-tit:Able to
pass it in the present Session, he, for his part, weight
advise that it shouid be brought in.
Lord CAS I'LLKLAGH agreed with the Hon.
Gentleman just sat down, that it was bower, and be
conceived it would be more consistent with the prin-
• ciple the Right Hon. Gentleman had always ema-
ciated, to bung in a Bill, even at this 14,e period
of the Session. than to proceed on this indefinite reso-
lotion. F..r h.% part, be was at a loss so know
what constooltiou to put un it. He could not con-
ceive, if Parlioment had formerly come to a resolu-
tion so mud] more digital, why the Right Hon.
Gentleman should now come forward with one it r
very oeneial.inats nature ; so much so, that though
he differed with the Right Honourable Gen-
tleman faadamotally on the labial, still he
thought, with a very little alteration in the
reolution, he would be brought to agree to it.
He would put it to the good sense of the House,
whether it could be considered much more then
trifling with so important a sobjeft, to send to the
other House, where the grand opposition was gc-
serally made to the abolition of the trade, a resolu-
tion which could not be understood, and which
of course would he rejetled ? or. th'o ground. lot
considered that there could be nothinf worse Unit-
Fined that. the bringing forward this proposition.
The Noble Lord then adverted to the length of
time that this okra had been discussed in the
House. He had not, be said, been present when it was
first introduced, if he had, he thought it probable that
on the first blush of the business be would have vc oi