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f-eeclom to these unfortonste beings. It avoided
emancipating the slave till he had passed through
en apprenticeship of considerable length. which
might afford • warrant for his capability to enjoy
liberty and provide for his own support. As lie
could.uasuppose.there. was an indisposition to wee.
to bit nietiore, be should without further preface

move—
" That leave blegiven to Wing ins Bill fur establishing
w ltswisaeriffreweilit the *Kish teriesies, end foe reges.
Laing the rearrabscSlaproefrum the Culogicc"
The irestion having been put—
Mr. WitSaftooacu mist, it could not be sup.
pised he rose to object to the motion of his Hou.
Friend, his Sill containing, as it did, some provi-
'ions. so voluAble. Without a registration, all at.
tempts to suppress the slave trade would be raja.
iteagreed.with 'ninon. Friend, that it became tl.e
I louse to thew itself in earnest in the attainment of
that greet object, bedsore he k,orw a misapprehen-
sion, ill this respect, prevailed in Francs and other
countries ; and perhaps it was partly owing to
that circumstance that, notwithstanding there had
been • nominal abolition of the trade in that king-
dom, it was yet, lie feared, far from being a real
one. Ile could not but think, that the King of
that great stud generous nation would then led
shame at tire continuance of a traffic AO repugnant
to tall justice and humanity, and at the indulgence
by his people in that sordid hive of gain. which
had, indeed. by them been imputed to ur. as
• eminercial country, but the isifluence of which we
%mild then have bittern to Le inferior in the calls
of
benevolence and justice.—(lhor, hear.)--
They sere to look with hope fur the day when
Spain would resolve to carry into effect those Tres-
tits for the prevention of that diabolical traffic,
oho Is ,he never Set had. lie had been informed
skit morning, that fifty thousand slaves had been
;inputted into the [lamina's% in two years; hot
the statement might or might not lie true, lie
toped his lion. Friend would see that the slaves
• ere properly treated in their aisiireesticeship, for
she masters v ould then obviously not base the seine
interest iii their liealili and welfare as before.
;liter pointing out Some other 'precautionary Mrs-
sorts, the I lim. t;eittleinati said he seas very glad
cf the introduction of the measure.
GoRDON said, time real object of the Bill
was to create a new office. f leretufort the volumes
of the recistery of slaves had been kept at the office
~r the Secretary of State, the expenses of which
nifier amount to 29.0001. Welt It to be supposed
that the business in that office hail so much in-
creased es that the registry could not be kept
there ? if so, let an additional clerk be appointed—
one clerk would be quite Sufficient for the purpose.
After hating heard so much on the necessity of
con •my. be could not but feel surprised to find
the Under-Secretary of State proposing a new and
on unnecessary office.
Mr. MA 'MYATT said, that the references to
flit registry in this country. were very few. Were
two 41135 in each lactc, and too hours of
each of these slays allowed to a single clerk,
lie was satisfied it would be fully sufficient for
transiectieg the business fur which a new office
vas souAlpt to be established. Such was his opi-
Lion. It might be said that it was erroneous, but
surely the trial ought to he made ; these were times
the most rigid economy ought to be adopted,
lie hoped no additional expense avoid be in-
...arrest until thr establishment of a new 'ACC
should be tumid absolutely necessary.
said, that every step ought to be
taken to ten.ler the abolition of the Slave Trade in
this couatre complete awl effectual. The motives
of tins country its abolisliiiii. the Slave Trade were
usiatietletatcod, tnisconstrue7l„ and misrepresented ;
*toil we call on other nations to abolish it, we err-
s 11!Intlid are that our own libtilit!oll was corn-
3itetc—thut it was nut as it was charged, merea
idle parade.
Mr. Got:Let:am raid, that when the Bill should
lve before the [louse, he would be prepared to assign
itis reasons for the necessity of separating this office
trent the office of the Secretary of State.
The Ilouse then resumed.
After a shout interval Mr. IittOGDEN brought up
the Repast, which was agreed to.
-COLLECTORS OF ASSESSED TAXES.
Mr. Bituctat AM wished to put a question to the
right Hun. Gentlemen opposite (the Chancellor of
tit Ex., Impact), respecting what appeared a vest'
improper irregularity practised lay the collectors of
sissesscd taxes. He alluded to the practice of is-
suing until vs, calling fur the payment of assessed
lie bac the time piesclibed by LAW—tliat is,
laefoi.e they are legally clue ; those notices contain
ti t !atilt, or at least a very expressive hint, of re.
sorting In case of non-piqnient to Exchequer pro-
, ess. lie had occasion three years since to call
the attention of the !leo. &Stoical:in to the same
practice. and lie was then given to understand that
it would be put a stop to. Ile wished now to
know, whether any Treasury regulation had been
Heide on this subject wove the }ear 1816. The
notice her now held in bis was doted the
t.:511 sit Mardi, 1819, by which the tax collector
.alts for the taxes which would not be due till
'Whitsuntide, two months after. The (louse would
perceive that thus exacting taxes before they fell
slue, could be of no consequence to the
Isllt to the payers of the taxes it was of consider-
obit cons,,pirtice, as well as to the collector—the
farmer pay away their mousey two months before it
is due, the latter keeps the money. or converts it
to his own vorpose, for the same pei sod.
The sit NCEI.LOR of the EXCII6QUE.I% replied
iii a very low tour. We nuderstood him to sly
"sll.ll hus.%ail not aware of the practice alluded to by
the !lon. Member, but Dist it was of considerable
asilvautage in the collection of the revenue, parti•
cilarly where it is collected in distant places, to
n:upl previous notice.
It:r..BROUGHSSI said, the public money should
ba suffered to remain in the hands of the collector
but fur as short a time as possible ; lie wished,
iiierefuve, to put an end to the irregularity. As to
the advantage to the revenue, it might be so, but
it was au advantage to which they had no possible

right.
Oa tae motion of Sir JOHN NEWPORT, an
KCallot walk ordered of the a:notion, description,
on:1 value of cotton hosiery, bia y and other articles
imported tau Ireland from this country. from 1814
to Idl9.
4.1.1 the motion of Mr. FREDERICK noisticsow,