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.cion„ that in consequence of the
*pct./mon of a particular Order of Council with re.
sped! to a certain treaty, they sustained losses, fur
which they were desirous of remuneration.) the
Flouse of Commons, therefore, was • the place to
which such a Petitioo ought to be presented.
The Stihopul S ASA Pfl seelnc.l to th.e.lc, that
each a proposition, on the part ot the framers of
• the Petitions. could be only to induce delay. In
• this Bill, they were to deliberate upon public
grounds alone. He bopzd it was not proposed
that their Lordships should be entertained • by tong
political discussions, by Coitosel who may be
learned in the Law, but who knew nothing of po-
litics. (Al fasstis)
• Lord ST. JOHN said a few words. in sorport sit
what tell from Noble Lord; on his sidle of the House.
The Earl of ROMNEY vir.dic:tted the charaaer
of the Petitioners, as a most respeteable set of men ;
k.^ alluded principsity to the merchants ot London,
kz. perm:mu who were always and! properly a.-
• tended to, with tespeet. by that fliinse.
The Bishop of 6 I'. AS A pH spo'ae in explainai ion ;
a !vetting to a remark of the Noble Earl's, upon
• Lis mode of expressing his opinion of the Petition-
tea' errood, he stiicl, he waso not ;stone to stop
the m, u•hs of otliti s, nor woad he have Lis own
Saa • .1 01 %tor red !
. Ell I ESTNIO EL A N D• codreneal fey

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the propriety of hearing the Petitioners; ind full!, ►
in their behalf. It aboutld he reeolleaed, they em-
barked in the trade. and risked their proorty under
eche sanction of repeated Afti of, Parliament ; and
on that ground he would raise le;s voice. ig defiance
of passionate .4emeenour--of false passion, and of
'false enthusiasm.
Lerel HOLLAND made some general remarks
upon the injustice. and, in some points of view, the
of the slave trade.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH Was of opinion it
would be enough for the justice of the case it two
Counsel were to be fully heard.
Atter aTew further re:narks. in the way of expla-
nation, from some of the above Peers, the Counsel,
who were in attendance, viz. Mes3rs. Adam and
Scarlett, were called to the Bar, when the ',ORD
CeIANCELLOR int-nutted them, it was the plea.
sure of the. Howie. they should, in their oleservationt,
confine themselves to pilot respeCting the interests
of their clients, and not to enter into any considera-
tions respeelifig the general roliey of the realm.
The Learned Conmol then severally Addressed the
House, upon the relevant points in the petitions, at
considerable length.
After Counsel hid retired from the Bar,
Loid GRENVILLE rose, and made a short
statement to the House of the three grand objects
of the Bill. In the present state of Europe, he did
not think it prudent, that when, from the maritime
power of England, the islands of the \Vest Indies
could • not have any trade, but through our
medium. that we should be the carriers, and suffer
them, by our support, to be hereafter the rivals of
our own colonies. The Noble Lord, indeed.thought
it too monstrous a propOsiticin to be supported
ur entertained for a moment, particularly as thele
were so many other ways of empinying•Brieish ca-
pital to advantage, without doing service to nor
enemies. He thenemade a few remarks on the pole
hey! of the Order rif Council, in furtherance ri
which, a part of this Bill was to operate ; and as to
the general principle of the trade. he did not think
it deserved to he countenanced e but, as it was
thought beneficed to lltitish Navigation, be con-
seated to its beteg carried on. hut not in such a
manner as to irjnre our citloniel ponessieto hereaf-
ter. He concluded by moving, dent the all.should
now he read a second time."
The. Duke of CLARLNCE commereed, by de-
claring that it was not his intention, at psesent, to
divide the House on the principle, nt the Bill. Osough
he in reality sees much against it. The three on-
'refs of the 13i1l, he acknowledged, were distieet, and
with respect to two of them, he held an opining as
different from the Noble Lord's, as light from dark.
Whether it was or was not policy to supply Oriole
Wands, taking the qucation abstraLlecily,lte was not
prepared to say, but certain it was, that thee must
and would be supplied by some means. Now, if
by an akft we ceuld prevent every foreign colony
from being supplied with shoos. he thought it
would be desirable ; but a. that could not be done,
he thought the trade, by our giving it up, sleeiht
not he suffered to fall into other hand;, psi HC111:111y
as it was carried on entirely with British mete
chandice. There wesannther argument egalare the
Bill, which he hoped wenlif have duii wei:"O.t with
this House. namely, the trade tvin•leeteC.icCe.
prevalent in that part C.e won I. It a TT. rchant
brought a cargo of slaves to Jamai-a. fie i:.s 3-ice,
and forriel no mat Let f or them, as ttequently night
!upper, what 0.'1146..0 would he be iu d as, on ac-
count of the wind, he would not be able to carry.]
them to any other place With iespeel to the Order
in Council, he had little to say ; he had vet', r, in-
deed, heard of it t and if lie had, he would leeve tits-
apronved of it, not corceiviag it by any means 4
political meesure. His Hoyt; Highness then
that it was not his intention to disparage the
bravery cf the British troops who had conquered
these islands. but he thought all mast allo*.th:.t the
resistance made by the inhabitants was not so great
as fit might have been ; owing, perhaps. to their
bearing in mind the mild government of this coun-
try, which they would be under the protection of.
Instead of having any advantage from this, they
would now be in as bad a slate as they were before
they had surrendered ; ane it would not be an
inducement to them. or any others, to ad in the
same manner in future. Ili; Royal Highness then
concluded, be repeating. that he would not oppose
the tld readirg of the Bill, at be would hereafter
have an oppoitunity of opposing it, provided it was
not materially altered, in the Committee.
The Earl of WESTMORELAND said, he die
net mean to oppose the 11111 in the present stage. To
so much of it as related to the carrying the Order
in Council into efFieft, he would give his eupporAt
and, with respect to the other parts, he hopes! the
House would give their must serious attention to it,
in Committee.

The Earl of MOI R 1 made some observations
on the arguments which had been made use of by
Counsel against the Bill. The 'trade in flesh an/
blond, as it was teemed, most, he said, be consider.
ed by every person as a trade in the raw materials,
.uttias such A trade vma-ailerays-rlieswe4 aolso hon.,
ful to the country that carried it on, this trads
must be bad. and therefore should be abolibhe44
Haa Inrshhip then concluded by saying, that he
weold not now take up the tithe of the House with
any furthia ob.crva:ions, as the Bill was not op.
posed.
Li:ed HAWSESBURY would not, at present,
oppose the Bill, tn to% as he hcped it would un-
dergo material alterations in the Committee; but
it that were not she case, and the Hill should come
out of the Committee in its present shape, he troll,"
then oppme it emit el.!, as he thought the evil coo-
sequences that might arise from it. would more than
counterbalance the good. The question, on the
second reading, was then put and carried; and
the Bill ordered to be committed on Friday ; for
which day, the Lords are to be summoned.—Ad.
journed.