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London, England, 1807-03-17 00:00:00

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A person irons the office 4 the Chany:t. !x,,,G:;•G:;•tha of London, presented certain A.,n Al 0
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(towns, aceurihog to Custom. Ordered to he utt I
Table.

A person from thc Exchegner presented an A
count of the Pisbiic k'unilud Debt, and several A.
counts relative to the Taxes. Ordered to lie on tie
The Veretary at War presented several Ac
counts,sh,winn the effective strength of the Itegecii.
Army, pursuant to order of the House.—Tne,,,
were laid op.sit the Tible, and ordered to be pli,itte.
Sir John Newport brought up it Bill for regular
jug the several Adis relative to the Duties on Pg,
and Paper-hangings in Ireland.—Read a first,
ordered to be read a feCOild time to•morrove.
Mr. OEN 1* postponed a Motion, of tshich
had given notice for this day. till
se'onight.
Mr. cuuKTEN tY moved the poitponfoser:-
the consideration of the Petition, complammg -i •
trodue Elation for the Burgt:4l Glarus., to the
of May.
Air JOIIN ANSTRUTHEP. c!.jened to i
length of this postpoirmient, and 1.1 V,•'.l .411
amendment, "That it be postponed ur
April I,ext.".
Mr. PERCEV A L apprehended CIS liksuot, ought
not to agree to any postponement, artless uoth the.
partie, concerned is tiro acceded to it.
Atter some couversattoe. OW loth of April WAS
used tor its consideration, 1111 ~,:count of the 14.11
of that month being the day turmerly appointed tor
the consideration of the Westminster 14.1. retina Nth
tion,
Mr. HO3l-1011E gave notice, that he wala
so-ntotrow move tar the Appoiatnierd of a Cohan:.
tee on the Spirit Grade.
On the motion of Earl TEMPLE& several Mem-
' bees were added to the Consinittee ;twin the W.st
India Petition.
The Sugar Drawback CiU, the Bahama Sak
Duty But, and the PachainAton Coal Bid, were
severally read a third time, and passed.
Gtiptruu Edward Leveaun Gower was ordered to
have-leave of absence, in order to attend a Cunt
Martial at Portsmouth.
On the motion for the second reading of the Lath
Common loclosure Bill.

Lord OSAJLS lON moved, as an amendment,
that instead of the word " Now. this 4‘y tmee
months b!suSstituted„".

Alter tome obserViit ions from Mr. PALMER.
Lind JOHN THYNNE, ece. the House cvide4
when there appeAreJ, for the arnenf;ntellt 4.
Against it 76—g4juricy in iavoug of the setuoi
reading now, 29.
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Refo're strangers were readmitted, another 4ivi-
'ion took place ; which we under:told to he rela-
tive to the hearing or couovel at the Bar upon some
future occasion.

The Ayes were, 57—The Noes, 4,—Majority
for hearing Counsel, 3.
SLAVE TRADE ABOLITION BILL.
Lord HENRY ecT Y moved the Order of the
Day for the third reading of this Bill; and. On Lew
stuestion being put from the Chair,
HIBIIE ft I' rose, and stated his objediens
at considerable length ; but. from the varioes do.
tailed accounts of speeches win. • we have already
given upon this stilled, it would be deemed te-
dious now to enter into minute particulars. Toe
Honourable Member professed himself to le
anxious, upon this last stage, to take another oppor-
tunity of stating his sentiments upon a mbjed cf
such weighty importance to the nation. lie alluded
to what had been said as to the judgments of
leaven having been manifested ag dust the injustice
and inhumanity of the Slave Trade., by the dreadtut
hurricanes wilts often occurred in the West
Indies; Ise thought it was a bold conjeaure, to
say, that these were the judgments of God, when
they were known to have frequently occurted
even in places where that trade never existed.--
These hurricanes were known to have swept away
whole Rem, totally unconnetied with that traffic ;
and above all, lie did not know cf any lodgment
that had befallen the British Parliament fur die en-
couragement they had hitherto given to it. So early
as the year 1711, there were instrutthous given by
Q ieen Anne to Parliament, to take into consideratiou
the nature of the Slave Trade, and to enact cei tails
regulations relative to the trade with Africa. The
ecniluia of,the legislature, ever since that period, Las
shewn how much they approved of the purchasing
of slaves in Africa, and of transporting them to the
Vl eat Indies. They had on various occasions raid-
ed regulations for the purpose of carrying it on in
the most l:umane manner, but now they were going
to pronounce it to be a traffic, contrary to humanity
and sound policy.—He alluded to two travellers
who had gone to Africa, partly with a view to as-
certain the nature, and give their opinions as to
the humanity and justice, of the trade, Mungo Park
and Bruce, who both retained with different sente
mews concerning it. This, therefore, ought to ere-
ate a doubt in the minds of all upon this subjed.—
He should be glad to know by what means, er
where it has been proved, eiat•the Slave Trade
the cause of misery in Africa ? Unless some ri •
rights of man were to be formed. he could not ss:
that Slavery ought not to exist. The situation •:1
Slaves was, however, becoming more and ms :s
ameliorated, the more that mankind became ei% • •
heed. Formerly twenty slaves were sold for one
horse. It was not for the sake of the cultivation of
new lands, that the continuation of the Trade was it
general sought for. as it was c nlv in the Island of
Trinidad that such new cultivation was required.
and it would not be difficult to hold out some com-
pensation to the Planters in that Island. In others
there were no advantages likely to result from ce.
tending the cultivation. It was impossible to c •n-
-ceive to what inconvenience these Islands would
be pot, if this untried measure was to be istlopte.i.
Absolute ruin would be entailed upon whole Li'
milies. He mi'ht state many cases to refute thoi •
vague assertions which had been made, as to in
Slaves being capable of keeping up their own pop,-
L• ion, without the assistance of fresh importations.
bat Le should only allude to one, which was pa:-
tictilarly deserving of attention. lc was relativ.•
en estase which was twenty years under tresi, a: .•
whine there eras no power to parch re fr-.•