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London, England, 1806-05-02 00:00:00

mittee on the Tortola Free Port Bill was postponcsl
till Monday. • •
_ _

• Lord FIE-NEY PETTY took this opportunity Of stat-
ing,- that, from certain circumstances, it was his in-
Htention to move that the farther consideration of the
Property Tax. Bill be postponed- from Monday .to
Wed n eSclay.-'=Ordered. - •
Mr. ALEXANDER brought up,the Report .of the
Cominittee of Way's and Means of yesterday, when
the. Resolution extending the Duty on Pig Iron to
Stock on 'Hand was read and agreed to, and-was
' ordered to forma prdvision in the Iron Duty Bill.
The Irish Rutter Packing Bill was read a second
time, and committed for to-mprrow.,
On the Motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, and
after a few words from . Mr. MANNING and Mr.
ROSE, 'the West India Governors' Indemnity Bill
Was read a second time, and ordered to be committed
• _ for to-morrow.

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But still the Government of the Country was not to
be swayed, in. .such cases as this, by, such circum-
stances, when they, existed in any degree, hoWever
He_remembered that during the late War,:
when the stagnation of trade was very elarming,,the
Administration 'of that day had adopted a•system of
policy similar t 6 that which was now proposed.—
Now, as to the Convention with the Colonies, he
was surprised to hear that argument stated seriouSly:
they were to be placed in the same situation as
when before in the power of the English=that is;
the King in Council had the right to make' and alter
their regulations in the same manner as he had with
respe& to British subje&s in general. The Bill was
intended merely to give force to the Proclamation of
the Crown; because, though ,the right was in the
Crown, the remedy might be in Parliament. Now
one word as to the general subje&. An Hon. Gentle-
Man over the way said, that he wished that the Bill
had not been partial. If the Hon. Gentleman meant
that he wished that the Abolition should be general,
be joined him in that wish.' It was said that this
Bill would, in effe&, abolish the Trade. He could
not believe that; if he could, he would be much
more enamoured of the Bill than he was: We were
told of the excellent regulations that we had esta-
blished in' the Trade; and .it was contended that we
ought therefore to keep it in our own hands, in-
stead of turning_ it over to others who had no such
regulations. But when these regulationg were
passed they opposed them, and said that the Trade.
was at an end, and' that there was no further occa--
sion for a direr`} Abolition Bill. He listened, to
them with great satisfaelion, but without any. con=
vi Rion, and unfortunately the Slave Trade had very,
much increased. In a year or two hence he ex,
'peded to see them' coming to the House, -and op-
posing the Abolition, by saying that the worst part
of the Trade had been wisely done away by this
Bill—(hear! hear He had not altered his opinion
respelling the Abolition nor had any one of the
preseht idministration who formerly agreed with
him. done so, either in this or the other House.
Whatever misfortune might attend their Administra-
tion in the difficult circumstances in whiCh they
were placed, if they could carry the Abolition, that
one point would be a compensation—not only
,by
the satisia6tion which they must feel hi having so
materially promoted the interests of Humanity, but
by the real and solid glory which. would accrue to
them from this measure, in a degree far beyond' any
glory that • could result from measures of any other
species whatever.
General TJIBLETON observed, that this Mea-
sure ;c9uld prove highlyinjurious to our Commerce
and Manufaehires, and was peculiarly. iwpolitic at
this time. He depretgted this hasty proceeding,
and hoped that the House would v.t least take time
for consideration. He, was sorry to observe, that
the Ministers were much more aaive in injurnii
the Trade of the Country than in providing for its
defence.

The House then divided on the question, whe-
ther the Bill should 'be now read a third time—
Ayes 35, Noes 13. •

The Bill was then read a third time and passed.—
Adjourned.

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