The National Register.
London, England, 1814-07-03 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL. REGISTER.

STAVE TRADE.

LEVI: ropr i:,piirsnant to notice uivcn, addressed the lion:e
in a trunnions speech on the hubk•ct of the reni•w.al of the Slave
Trade by France, and concluded .
hr moving an Ad& ess to his Royal
lig!oiess the Pi inee It gent, pray ihg him to exert. his influence at
the approaching Congiess at Vienna, to put an end to the slave
Trade.
Lord Cvs•rt,citi.:AGit replied to -,llr. tVilherfore, and stated that
el.( rV ead:savonr 1).1(1 been made to avoid the renewal of the trxtlie,
but the French Geill'ltiniUn, abSOlntek" Mid roost positirely refilCed
I'l 'f:CUiVe baCk the (.%-liOnit'A On iniy Sndi terms. or to ohey the die-
tatiol eel any pmscr on the subject; they °TIM, however, as a vo-
bottaty act of their oee n, put down the trade at the end of live years,
and were determincd to assist Great Britain in procuring flit' pent.
ciple to be recognised as the general law of Europe. Lord Castle-
reagh said lliumaparte had kept the French people in such mental
dark nrss, that in the internal parts of France the inhabitants were
abmdiately ignorant that the Slave Trade was abolished in the British
Colonies. He WAS couvineed,that the trade would ultimately be
abandoned by France.

Alter a debate of great length, Mr. Wilberforce% !notion was
agreed to.—Adjouriied.

TUESDAY, JUNE. 2P.

The Clergy Residence Bill was recommitted on the motion of Sir
Wm. Scott, alai some fresh clauses added. Ordered for tnrther
consideration on Monday next.

HoEporro bro►►ght in the Bill for the better regulation of the
Gaols in the City of London, which was mad a first time, and or-
dered to be read a second time on Monday.
Sir J. NEWPORT-moved an Address to his Royal Highness the
Prince Regent, for the report of the late Committee appointed to
inquire into the Fees received in the several departments Of the
Courts of Justice : and also fur tLe appointment of a similar Com-

JULY 3.

mittee at present, upon whose report the House may proceed upon,
or decline further inquiry.
_ _

Mr. LAvy, Lord C II.FRKACIf, and :fliers, opposed the motion
as unnecessary, the Hon. Baronet not being ab[e to sliew (kit any
abuses (xi•teii ; they likewise contended, that to agree to it %% ow('
be casting imputations on the Judges_ and also oceasunt a mcdters
trespassing on their time, and that of the Office r, of Courts.—ou
the other side it was urged, that no rt flection via? meant to be east
ou the Judges, but time was perpetually introducing so malty inno-
vations in all human ilstittitions, that the) requited to be frequently
inquired into, for the purpose of moo:dying the unavoidable imper-
fections and abuses introduced by the ddierience of circumstances._.
On a division, the motion was carried by one ; for the motion 49
against it, 48. .

Mr. lioitNErt moved for copies of any representations made by
our Ministers to the French Government in the cour:..e of the I,,te
negotiation, ard of aU eonininnicati %%hie:. had been made to
our. AIV es rt lative to the abolition olthe Troth . 'lbis brought
oo a 10!, theor.,sion, wherein the same argnmentN were again inge,l
as Vail 1,. 4.11 iltiVallet.d on a pruviom: evening on Mr. Wilheiforcei,
motion. The motion was negatived w t !ion t a divbion.---Adjournytt,

WEDNESDAY, JUNE :29.

Mr. V ‘NSITTAIrr 'lloVed for leave to hi in;; in a Bill for the better
reoilation of the illr.ce of Woik,, and the Lx p, 1 , .re thereof.
Mr.'l'tFttNrr 100 k this eppornitity ol• • to the great ex-
pellers ilicurring in prep:a:alum- St..li.- ,es - and 1 1-.de Parks, for
a grand fete. He imdcrstood, U.Ol ainon;-: other thure
to be a seri tr4lit nu the Serpentioc, and ;;E.1,,d tis:•-works, the tx-
pence of which ‘vc:iild be upwards c!. 4.0001. The Civil List wai
now It ti,cool. in debt ; midcr ci.ColltstatiCeS, he hoped the
Ito). Gentleman would contract these expuntive preparations us
much as po-sitAr.
ANSITTA HT the Imildi;:.:•• Wlie 14,4 in contem-
plation of the visit of the Emperor of Russia and Kingt of Prns•sa ;
and directions had in,w been glv en that the works s;iciild be as much
restricted rthaSiStCOt 5.% 1/1(‘ .t•IVO,Ted state of the
Wan. One thing he had to assure the Ki.iit lion. Gt idleman or;
that the public w-otild not he gratified with ;I -ight of that spleodid
.sed:/I.;:ht on the serpentine, which he 4:ail talked of.
Lord Cts•rt ,Git presented se ai pliers relative to the in-
conic of the Pi ineess of %Valei; be !limed that they should be re-
fer; d to a Committee of the %%hole 1-lonse on Monday next, in
which it Wilt his lOteill.:O) to 111OVe :111 ;itlgillelltßlloll to the income
of her Rov 41 Highness the l'inicess of Walm—Ordered.
The sr r• illt.olmtll the !Louse, that he hal it eeived a letter
from Lord Cochrane, stating that lie vrould not be able to enter on
his defence on Fiidav, and begging that Tuesday might be fixed
for the fliSellsSloll o 1 h S ease. Tuesday was accordingly fix( d.
In answer to snow questions from Mr. Baling, 'dative to the
Dutch Colonies of Ceylon and the Cape, Lord Castlereagh said,
Ceylon had been diming the last war au integral part of the English
dowinions. having been celled by a former treaty ; negociation;
were still pending as to the (ape, which lie flattered himself'etuultl
remain a Rritish colony, on terms tliat would not be disadvitutagt uto
to Holland.