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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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-'Amen:laterite ordered to be digressed. Delia hotly. The Abieition Bill had been talked of as favour-
Ou the question, that the Bill be demi a thi:..l time on Weil- inu the dinielioration of the talon of the Negroes. It would
nesday, be flout., the fart was not SO; for when the II ..use were in
Mr. BANK ea expressed his disapprobation of the Bill, which possession of the papers they would sec that numb had been
went to create what was noti.ing more than a lucre sinecure done for demeimitte the Negeo population, and for admitting
The office was perfed:tiy useless ;as was proved, by the fart of many of them within the pale of Christianity. It would by
the ilditteS having been performed since 1793 by the Court of found that .111141( r the mild mime ot inculcating reli.jous doe-
Treasury. Was throe any ground! to y010;1;1,11 of We manner trines, they had infused into the minds of the Slaves li spirit of
in which the ditties had been performed, ur ca as not the office disoheilience. 'ldle lion. Gentleman call
iilll3led
e:the aßttention of
created for some particular individual? the I tensile to the state of the islandle elJ;mit arbarities.
Sir C. NioNVIL moved for leave to bring is a Bill to remedy, Certain doctrines bad beets disseminated svilic•h endeavoured
temporarily, tile ill effects of tier lusolveut Dr btors' Bill. 'lice to blow the Negroes, that the only me ins of accomplishing
object of the Hill was, to enable the Commissionter to distin- their emancipation was by resistance to their masters. They
cinch between fraudulent and unfortimate imiolvencies, more believed the Registry Bill was to render them fine; and that
pertectly than at present; such as ys item an improvident they had nothing to iii bid to call upon the proper Akers so
or id 1111 l oral waste had been made by the debtor in his estate. to do, to obtain their liberty. lie contended, that the dietur-
Mr. lAll'ittimlT said, that the House would sec that the Coin- bailees 'dose entirely out ut the pnweedings of Sociutws in
niittee could not at present base gone further in its report. this country and the Registry Bill. Ile stated, that We Nc
'flee object of the Bill was, to remand debtors who had con- .runs knew every thing that passed in Path: int, for they
L$ acted debts without having, at the time the means of iiqui- paid prisons for reacting newspapers to them. lie concluded
riding them, or alto squandered the property of their creditors. with movine a preposition, having fide its object to quiet the
Leave wits then given to bring in the Bill. colonies, which the measure of the Hon. Gentleman had dis-
Sir C. MONCK brought up his Bill, which was read a first curbed; and for this purpose he propeocil an Amendinert, by
time, and ordered to be printed.—Adjourned, way of Addiese to the Prince Regent, m substance recomnientl-
TLESDAY, JL NE Pi. ing communications to be made 10 the Governors of the differ-
REFORM IN PARLI, MEN'T. cut colonies, expressive of his highest displeasure et the distur-
bance.. ice the, colonies, and his surprise at the uttfounded
Mr. BRANT) presented a Pet ition from the Members of the Cur-
reports that hail beet, !Tread of his having sent orders for the
ration of Aberdeen, praying for a Reform ice Parliament.—
emancipation of the Slaves; and that he had ordered the re-
heit presenting this petition, the lion. 'Member expressed that pressing such insurrections, and re 1111111111111 l to the Meal
was favourable to triennial Parliaments ; that he was more
convinced than ever of the necessity
authorities to take nicai.ures for incedleatitte principles of
of Refer en—that the pre-
morality and religion among them, as well as to pros ide for
sent moment was most favourable for the accomplishment of
their comforts and happiness.
such Reform, and that he was glad to see the rising zeal in the
After some remarks from Mr. l'onsonby, Lord Castlereagh,
North upon the subject.
Tlw Marquis o T
f.vicesl.°ot stated, that it was still his firm and Mr. Brougham; Mr. %Vilherforce consented to withdraw
his motiou, and the Amendment was adopted.
opinion, that the people had a right to expect to be more fully
Mr. NV ILBEtt E 0 nee then submitted his original motion again ;
and freely represented in Parliament.
opon which some discussion took place, and We motion was
Mr. BiitiNVlT urged, that the present period was most favour-
able for Reform. agreed to.—Adjoui mil.
THURSDAY, JUNE 20.
Mr. CURWEN and Mr. BROUGHAM expressed similar semi- The Gas Light Bill was read a third time and passed.
mines.
Mr. W. SMITH said, that from the commencement of his po- On the third reading of the Exchequer Consolidation Bill,
litical life, now more than 35 years ago, be had always been Mr. lia sites moved, as an amendment, that the Vice Tree-
favourable 'o the cause of Reform. He had belonged to every surer, if he had a Deputy, should pay hint out of his ewe. sa-
society -Near,— and a laugh)—he was not ashamed of avowing lacy • 'flits anieneltneut Was opposeil by Lord Cestlet eagle, and
the fact—he lii.ci belong' dto every society whose objects were Mr. J. IV. Ward,atel a division took place, for the amendment
to promote a Reform in Parliament —(thar.)-- He had been a 111 ; against it, 149; majority in favour of the original Bill, 38.
Member of " 'Dee Friends of the People ," it was the last sty 'the Bill eras then read a third time and passed.
runty to which he belonged; and he was extremely sorry when Mr. Remo:ire:a brought up the Report of the Committee,
it was dissolved. which has for some time been sitting, to enquire into the state
Mr. lin AND presented a similar petition from another body of I:duration amongst the lower orders of the people. A long
of men in Scotland (stance of the place not heard); and conversation took place upon the subject, in which Lord Castle-
Mr. ilitouoti ANI one from Glasgow, signed by 10,206; sever- ninth. Mr. Rose, Mr. Peel, and others, took a part ; when the
ally calling fur Reform in strong terms. Report was laid on the 'fable, to be further considered next
Ordered to lie on the table. Session.
. The Bank Amount Bill, after an extended conversation be- Mr. Ht./M(1590N moved for leave to bring in a Bill for corn-
twee li Mr. Grenfell, Mr. Ponsonby, , &e. was read a third time. pleting the purchase of Claremount as a residence fir the Prin.
Mr. li Rote item moved tbr the production of certain papers cess Charlotte and the Prince of Saxe Cohccurg. The price to
relative to Lord Exmouth's negociations with the Barbary be paid for the estate by the public the lion. Gentleman stated
Powers. .at 66,2001. The fund tram which the purchase-money was to
Lord CASTLEREAGH said the negotiations with some of those he taken was the protlace arising from the sale nf Crow n Lauds.
Powers were not yet completed ; and therefore he opposed the 'the Estate to be SVellt.'4l 10 the Illustrious Pair during their
motion ; and Mr. Brougham withdrew it. A conversation, joint lives, with a right ofsurviv orship ; but if the Pritic.e should
however, intervened ;in which tho folly and wrong of making die before the Princess collies to the du one, immediately on her
such Treaties with the Pirates as those alluded to, were ex. becomine Queen, the Estate is to 'evert to the thrum., and be.
posed to the repudiation of the country, in a very eloqueut comes liable to all the regulations attached to other Crowu pro-
manner, by Mr. Brougham, Sir T. Acland, and Mr. W. Smith. PertYd—After a few worde atone !Hr. 'Solving, the Bill was
brought in and read a first time.—Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19. FRIDA V, JUNE 21'
WEST INDIA ISLANDS. A new writ was ordered for Nottinghamshire, in the room of
Mr. Witoenerdoce brought forward his motion on this sub-Newark, called to the upper house by the decease of
Lord -
jest—a subject Is Welt he should not now have agitated, had it Earl ... AS
auvers.
not been, that daily experience proved the necessity of it, and
made it an imperative duty on hint to do so. Every day's ex-
perience proved that the measure for which he had been con-
tending through life, the attention ref the Share Trade, was a
measure highly necessary, not only for the safety of the West
India Islands, but fur the advantage of the whole British Em-
pire. These were the reasons which imperiously called out the
House to consider what was the present state of the Slaves in
the West Indies, and how that bate:tient might be improved and
amended. The lien. Gentleman then took a review of the pre-
sent state of the Slaves in tke West Indies, and contended that
every particular of that situation tended to create irritation in
the minds of those unfe rtunate beings. One great evil of which
they had to complain was, that in general they were the pro-
perty of Gentlemen absentees front the Islands, and were there-
fore under the controul of persons who frequeutly abused the
authority delegated to them. He by no means intended to
blame indiscriminately ; but he was fully persuaded that in
many instances the situation of the Negroes might be greatly
improved. that they were not always treated with kindness
and attentionvsvas proved by one cirenmetance ; tensely, that
thong!' in every other situation Negroes were very prolific, yet,
in the West IrSdiee, they.inereased very slowly. This could be
no otherwise accounted for but by the manner of their treat-
ment, which in general was far indeed removed from kindness.
In order to promote this domestic increase, lee was convinced
it was only necessary to treat them with kindness; the first
step towards which would be to put them under the protection
of the law, and to place them on the footing of fellow-creatures.
He must new advert to a more serious subject--the insurrec-
tion of the Slaves in Barbadoes, which was imputed to the Re-
gistry Bill. 'fins was not We ease ; but it was greatly to be
imputed to the conduct of these in the Islands when had con-
versed on the subject of this Bill. He had letters in his pocket,
stating that the violent language used by the Planters, even in
the presence of their Slaves, was such as the writers feared
svould ultimately cause an insurrection among the Negroes.
'flooc letters were written previous to the iniairrection; he had
also tenets received inee the insurrection took place, which
stated the conviction of the waiters, that it originated, in the
language held by the Planters, and the publications in the
newspapers in the Islands, which stated, that it was intended
as a measure to make the Slaves free.—This so raised the ex-
pectations of these tinhappy wretches, that every packet which
arrived was anxionsiy expected by them as that which would
bring the news of their eniaticipation. Hope delayed, and ex-
pectation disappointed, irritated their minds, and at length
drove them into rebellion ; and it was surely too much now to
impute to the Registry Bill, that which was entirely the result
of imprudent conduct on the part of the Planters. It was limn
the conduct of the West ludians alone that the crimes in that
quarter of the globe arose. They had excited the Negroes to
r ebel, and theretore they were answerable for the consequences
- -his heart was guiltless of the error in that respect—the blond
0' the fallen did lint rest on his heatl.—( Hear, hear.) He then
moved for any returns made to Government of the Poll-tax
levied in Jamaica in the years 1808, DA*, 1610, and toll, sec.
Sir N. PALMER inlreAleki the attention of the House while he
stated some facts in answer to the speech ut the Don. Gentle-
teats. He was iutcrested in the question, as VIII: of the %I est

SAVING BANKS.

In the committee on the saving banks bin, a converFasion
occurred between Mr. Finlay, Mi. Milne, Mr. Rose. jr.b Hor-
ner, Mr. Caleraft, Mr. W. Damlas, Mr. Keith Dmiglas, Mr.
Itarclav, Mr. Ilart Davis, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Mr. Courtnay, Sir C. Monck, General Thornton, end Mr.
Frankland Lewis. A division took place on a clause which
enables the funds of paupers to acciuntilate in the saving batiks,
notwithstanding their receiving parochial relict: which was
objected to, as inconsistent with the spirit of the pour laws.
On the question that the original clause should stand part of
the bill, the numbers were—Ayes, 31—N oes, 21 —Majority, 13.
Report to be received on MoLday.
CONFERENCE WITH THE LORDS.
On the order of the day fur considering the report of the
conference, the form of the address to the Prince Regent was,
on the motion of Mr. B. Bathurst, read by the clerk; praying
his Royal highness to order measures to be adopted, to carry
into effect the classification of the statutes. The report was
agreed to, and messengers ordered to inform the Lords thereof.
Mr. LUSHINGTON brought in a bill to repeal duties on ale,
cider, perry, &c. and impose certain new duties, &c.
Mr. CALCRAFT observed, that he understood this bill would
leave the persons affected by it in a worse state than before.
Mr. BARCLAY thought the system of duties on licenses was
not taken in a fair way. Ile hoped for sonic better plan,
and thought the question might be postponed.
Sir J. GRAHAM observed, that the country victuallers were
more pressed by the billetting of soldiers than the victuallers
in London.
The CHANCELLOR of the ExcuEQuEn said, that, in justice
to the Board of Excise, he most say that the plan did not
wholly originate with them : but its object was, to give a ma-
terial relief to the lower order of country victuallers: so that,
out of:16,000 who took out licences, 26,000 would be consider.
ably relieved. On the whole view ot' the subject, lie felt dis-
posed to let it lie over till next session ; when some plan might
be adopted on a more general scale to arrange the rates of,
licenses in proportion to rents and profits.
Mr. S. EFFEVRE said, the poor-rates and the distresses
of the country would disable many people from taking out
their licenses.
Mr. CALCR AFT could not understand this mode of proceed-
ing. If 26,000 persons might be relieved, why should that
relief be postponed? As the Right Hon. Gentleman had made
up his mind to that measure, why should he abandon this par-
tial benefit, because it was suggested to him to let the matter
lie over? The revenue °light to be maintained; but the class
of people alluded to could not bear the license duties. They
must give lip their trade ; and that would be a great encou-
ragement to smuggling, and other mischiefs.
Sir J. GRAHAM recommended that the bill should proceed.
Six weeks ago he had told various applicants that it was ill
tended to give them relief. In the north, lie was convinced
that not one out of ten of the lower publicans would be able to
take out a license Without voce n•lirf.
Tile CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no objection
to going into a committee for the sake of sonic temporary
palliation. The subject should be taken up twat se,sious on a
larger scale.