The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-06-09 00:00:00

GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS.

Mr. DAitster 'nought in the Grand misty Presentment
Amendment Hall (Ireland), whieh was read a first time, and
unlisted to he frail a second lime this day week.

51r. Gout BURN, pursuant to suffice, moved,
that the llowe should ►esolve itself into a Commit-
lee no the Sl.sve Trask Arti.

When the SPEAKI.It had :eft the Chair, •
Mr. Gotatinust said, Ise. object iu proposing;
motion was In tisk for leave to hying iti a Dal to
estahli.li a rrgi.try of colonial slaves, and for re.;
guiding the removal of slaves from Willett Cola-
ides. His (lon. Friend. opposite hail often au'o.
mated measures to the !louse, comprising, amiiii4
their various irlijcid., that i.roposeil no his Bill.
One of the grounds alleged by Isis floes. Friemt
(Mr. Wilberforce) in support of tha principle, tea's.;
the an moose' I illicit importation of slaves into the Itint
homes ; hut lee was bottild to state that neither theii -
nor now was stay general illicit isaportatien of 4avelat
cirritif nn. I isilividnal. certainly might ha've %SIX
guilts, of the practice ; hut every thin;; lie blot
heard led to the belief that the former
was t founilat iota. Ne could sssss hen,
give credit 10 the btatesnetit, that 9.70 u slaves hag
been impaned tido the island of the
short space of two years, at a time when the sea *at
iNteetell With our Ile thought that if such
had been the fact, it was not possibie but some
considerable ceptores woofs! have been merle; awl
the °pensions winds be then held hail hero since
confirmed by registrations made in other
The results of these mere exactly • cuidurtnable to
the just isarust he had formed, respecting such SO
apparent rapid there:nil of slates in T • lad. He
hhOUhl refer to one negative, which he thunglrx
would musty the mind of his Ilan. Friend, and ail
who beers! him. lie mean@ the island trim-
does, which war better guarded and protected from
illegal importation any iii the West
Indies. The effect of the last reg-stratluir mails
there, was to show 111,1 t the Sloarrol Wt re r.
nuineroua lay 'fine thmisand than when a census
hail been taken before. %Vas this apparent aug-
mentation of the slim population to be
ac-
counted fur by iiiiportstion, with each obstacles to
that us lie had desci 'bed ? Nu, the ordure! sod tram
amiable way to account for it was, to consider that
the slaves kept back, awl caue-ateil themselves on
the first attempt' to discover :heir brad. front
vague and groundless firers, just as had been esprit-
euced tit home un n stiudar ucca,:oots, but as ihry
discovered that their apprelielisiona hail brtig
withoilt fou falai iOlll, rruuuucrml their reuctatice
to ai:prar, so that the latest Calcnfatiori of
their emount Mould come nearest the trot:i.—
To the same source aas to be traced the seeiniiig-
addition to their numbers Ii Thofilad. But his
looked to ti systein of registration as one attended
with great advartages ; it was ;.n advantage to
have a certain and constant rule hy which we could
silence Blase Who accused us if initiortaig slaver,
and violating the laws we wished In imprise oii
other natiolis. But the great hriirlit ait iliac
it triided• effectually 10 1111111,14.14 that aboinitiabl.±
traffic in human creatures in Our own islands, at
least, if srt desirable a consiiniimitioniothl u. t h
attained all over the world. The 11111 accuistitiglir
pro...ard (0! the registration of till slaver abroad,
and the erection of aw ufflee hele. with a proper
superintendmit, to which duplicates of tartly rev's.
tretirin wag to he transmitted; sod to which Oita -
euce might he made 011 VII tit occa.ion Anotls-r
part of the Dill directed that elvers should nut hie
suffered fti fie red:loved filoni our island to another
witlitiot a certificate canalised from the Govrtinei to
each place. l'he Bill introduced some !Ultimr
regulations refrYetirait slaves allowed to titles ri
these welders nut of tiwir ieepective islands. His
looked upon this prtricifile of tub Hal superior' to
that proposed lay f,llr. Wither:.
Gavel in !dig What it ouftl have beta the
atisarquert•is of at once gain', entire filmenjf to a
vast number of neeeraectratiateed oil
their oven rite is for their Ifereffleeisikb@it &petit/.
sight sar ethers: "4" riot 74rn., dreadful as
nig solely for eab.hotener Da the alas=
.it.f•tecari.e:
"lee he Piedwet4" or rouge
That was uot the
the worst otterhlistto e•lt • •• . __L.
frineirai, void ors by me Legietatute iu mourn,