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fait min the adoption of tie measure recommend-'
ea, is eonsideer••, it is natural to supprs.e that they
have examined it. in all its heningst and given to
th- que••ion of policy its sauna ant spin op rate d
omination. Indeed upon a point of this nature,
I would wish to go with the Ministers of
'the country, whoever they may be (.4 law: h).
This Osseo ides's may be considered evelverte,
(a lamb) but ai, nn this qni oion, they must be
totally dispassinnate and uninfluenced, save by the
merits of the case, I should always feel inclined to
syieldtotheir suggestions, and support their me lau res.
Further,les the nature of the influencebe reci •Ilefted,
which, in forwatclino such an objeff. Ministers may
low. and compare that with the whole Continent of
Africa. which cannot induce a sinele vote. The
}seamed Counsel told us, that the Trade with
Africa. was sanEliored for one hundred years,
and lad to boast of the support and counte-
rmee of tie venerable ancestors. Now, sir,
with all tespetl for our ancestors,. I cannot subscribe
to their soisertor satclom and pre-eminent fore-
sigh (a tali) Why slo.old they he mote enlight-
ened than nurse- yes, than that I louse of Commons
whi. h r now have the honour of addressing ; and
we av all the benefit of their experience and our
own into .he bargain, (a loski ) an adc!ition oleo
inco sider able consequence. when we relied on the
eventful peel id in which we live ; a period teeming
with more oesordinavy incidents than perhaps the
whole period of all our ancestors could furnish.—
/II e !i With :este& to the mission of the
spies from St. Dix-inert, to the island of Jamaica,
lam inclined to dra 4k. a iff .rent corollary from that
which the Leatwd Counsel was induced to infer.
ei•!ier welt en a mission from the Blacks, or
for some Pi • nth object It for the fi sr, it may be
attributed to sync lathy ; if their objeft was Freneb,
the most certain method of reodenng such delega-
tims fruitless is to abolishthe trade with Africa. T e
dangers to your colonies arise not from the settled
and native Negroes, but from oesh imported Afri-
cans, with spit its unsuodued, and not yet broken*
into the discipline of the plantest. We should also
bear in mind, as a strong illustration of this prepo-
sition, tl:at the Emperor llessalines was an ins..
0.41 African. But, forsooth, the situation, of
the African is ameliorated and highly improved by
ir ~,spirtation to the West India colonies. I
..g le of ti.op. who have ever held it pre-
sumptuous to square the happiness of others,
by an id-al stancla! d of our own creation.—
deed this opinion, or fake criterion, is Too
promisee in every class of life. I myself found
st exemplified in the condua of a poor fellow who in
I ohm caugot in a rabbit-warren. sewing up vs.
pf mush of his tartt. As was natural, I remonstrated
with him for this ad of csuslty and ill treatment.
lai-d," says be, " Mater. J nee her likes it.
lonic ye, bow bee snub+ op her snout with pleasure."
( Loud aid c.,etiseed
ig). 'lbis remark was
made in a way, which convinced me, that the fel-
low *Really be!ieved he was imparting pleasure to
the animal ; and very probably the advocates of the
African Trade judge on similar corral principles, of
the improvement and happiness they diffuse over
the Continent of Aftic a . He6r ! hear!)"
We regret oar limits tender us unable to do
justice to a speech replete whh a soundness of ar-
stornemt, and a builliancy of wit, rarely exemplified
la public debate.
'1 In SOLICITOR-GENERAL stated, that no-
thing but as eager anxiety that the House should
express their sense of the justice, humanity, and
sound policy of the present measure, by a great ma-
jority of votes in its favour. would have induced
him to trespass on their time at that late hour of the
m wning. To those who proposed to the House a pro.
ket for gradually relieving the distresses and suf-
ferings of the N-groes in the West Indies, he begged
leave to svggest,that the vet). Government of the
country bad uniformly avowed that even the
laws already passed to proteit thew from injury
could not, nay dare not, be put in execution.
Mr. HI BBERT, amidst the cry of " Question."
" A ! its ! " entered into a Ion?: eetail, of all tha
ri bible l etic.9s of th•s core.!y and ill-timed
Abolition of the Slave 'Flask. ; which Mr. WIL-
BERFORCE answered Ma most *tile manaer.

Lord PIiRCY also spoke in t.i.vu.ir of the Mo-
tion.

!'he question was now to loudly called for, that
the House proceeded to a ctivisicn, whet, there were
fund on the Motion for going into Committee—
Ayr' 163.—Noes 16.
The House want ilito a Co-rink:eye...Arra, and
tl)r debate yeas iadjorimed et FOUR. O'CLOCK,
ull'!'o.morrow (this day.)
T Ilk rho Evelsgoi, a CNitat Clsaus
Opera. composed esiarealy for Peladagn. I:4olaisi. etitltied.
IL ROTORS:ft 111 Least ; 1.. e t.rand Banat
Macros' CT au Guavas
THEATRE RUYAL, I)RORY-LAMZ—This Evening,
Ira Cour= I, afef aletick, Esiert at, Jannitia Items-
Saleal Irt which Van Madded, Tea Vise,. VIRMAIII.D.
THEATRE ROYAL, COVENTOARDEIL—Tais Even.
ins, Telt Jea WOG Wire; after sefkb, klaitatquiat and
Moss's Gonda; or, THE Comm, Esc.

THE BRITISK- PRESS

LON DON,
TUESDAY, 1, AAAAA BY C 4

The force rinr: oat to Buenos Ayrec, with Ge-
neral %Vitas, occr, consists of the 13th and
which, with the troops already there, will coasti•
tut* o little array of I ().000 men. General Weir
aocsa will bate under him Majots.Geor.ral LiVC.
SOK Gowta and ACICIAND• Doan, GOLDOII
Bees out laspettor-General of Hospitals.
It has been retorted, on the alleged authority of
let": 11111 from Holland, that Ai. trig has deelared
ww option France. This docs not apprir tl:e
)recise moment when Austria troultl be moat likely
adopt this comm.
Sir HMIS Palen* has tea lived notion of trial,
and the Court Nlirtlal for.that purpose will be held
.n board a fl•ag-ship at Portsmouth, on Monday
-a,. The Court will consist of nine Admirals, and
inn no.: Captains; the former of whom, namely,
,dmiries Mot. TAGUS, Col YoUNO, STA WHOP g.

MOLLOWAV,G6II/111,VAIIII AK, Slid ST RA,.

is Aho Ira? all hoist their flag► a► t^rttmouth, and
r;lisital, on Saturday next. The Cron will be
rnrd n Monday. %re firrme, on tl.e following
iy finis sf..y se•nnigl.t) ash:core sill be heusi to
'howled thecL.•r~