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ipDGE FOX,

Lord. GREIV.VI:LL E, -adverting. to . the. Order. for
Mlnday,:relAtive to..the .attendance. of .Witnesses in
the,case.of.Mr.. justice. Fox, observed, that it WAS
evidently impossible for-the House to take that
into consideration on,so:early...a` day,. and there-
fore' he, sliwuld .kneprly, move.. to discharge the 'Order .
for Monday,,,and,(rene.w it.for: the 30th inst. which
Motion, he was authorized 'to say, had the consent of
the Noble :Marquis. Abercorn).with whom the bu-
siness originated...
The' Duke 'oPCUMEEELYND said he .was also -
authorised by'his Noble Friend to state that he had
no objeaion- to the prekiit Motion: He tru,3ted,
bowever;thai.inkostpOning the Order, itfvvould not
be uuderstoolthat it vas to be deferred sine die.

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After a few words in explanation from, Lord
GRENVILLE, the-Ordei wasitiScharged, -and fixed for
the 3oth instant .

ADDITIONAL FORCE

Lord GRENVILLE -moved, that the Additional
Force Repeal ,Bill should be read a second time on
Monday, and the Lords be summoned.
Lord .1441VICESBURY expressed a wish 'that
a longer interval. might be allowed.' It was under-
stoodthat there were other subje&s conne&ed with
the repeal,of this 8i11,,-upon which "he' wished for
information; and respeling which he thought a
further time .ought to be all Owed for their considera-.
tion. His principal reason, however, for rising was,
to ask a Auestion Of the Noble Lord. He had heard
that it had been proposed in another place •to alter
• the .constitution of the Army, by enlisting for a
limited time. He willed to know ,whether there
Ikas any intention to that efiea on the part of His
Majesty's Ministers
Lord GRENVILLE denied that there was :any
connexion between the present. Bill and other mea-.
'sures that it was: supposed by the Noble'Lord were
intended to be brought forward; Whether any other
measures were to be proposed or not he should s4ll
consider the repeal of this Bill' as a measure of sound
and wise poiicy. With respe4 to the qUestion of
"..the Noble Lord, it 'applied to what was irregularly
known: with respe& to something that had been
stated. in the House of Commons.' He 'could only,
say upon this subjea, that the 'House of Colianons
would decide upon any such propositions: according
to their own judgment; and that this House could
not be supposed to know any thing that passed in
the other House until it came regularly before them.

The Bill as ordered to:beread a'second th-ne:on
Monday, and the. Lords. to be summoned. •

SLAVE. TRADIE

On the third reading of the Slave 'lmportation Re-
stii6tion Bill, •

.The DUKE of CLAREACE rose ,to call the at-
tention of the House to the importance of the trade,
which would be very seriously affeeled if the present
passed.intoa law. The number of Negroes im-
ported.by us from Africa amounted to about 33,000,
which about
.2,2,000 were afterwards exported to
Vorei'gn cblonies.. This trade t?mployed a consider- ,
a hie tonnage Of Shipping, bet Ween 4 and 5000 Sea-
::en, and 1,000,0001.:Ot British capital. If the Bill
Massed, a large proportion of thiS trade would, of
Course; be entirely destroyed. His Royal Highness-
r..,-stated some of his fonner arguments against the
VW, and concluded by moving to leave out that part
of the title which expressed the purpose of prevent-
ing our supplying Foreign•dolopies with Slaves.
Earl qf SUFFOLK spoke generally against
the Slave Trade, which lie viewed with great ab,
horrence. He suggested the expediency of employ=
lag-Sepoys from the List Indies in our West India
4;olonic.S, or bending thither labourers from the Cape
of Coed Hope. , He supported the, Bill origrbdildi
/'f policy, and as it-tended to contribute towards the
abolition of the. Slave Trade, • ••
Tho Bit of LONDON was decidedly in favour
pf -the Bill upon similar grounds. The argument
which was urged. With the greatest force, in fayou'r
of the Slave' Trade., that it was absolutely nee
cessary for the .cultivation of our West India.Colo-
pies ; but w4s the necessity of supplying the;',-coluniPlol rivals with -Slaves? It was- surely,:
guilt enough to carry on the
,trade for 'the supply of,
r own Islands ; but to do so for the supply ofthe,
Colonies of our rivals,. wits a sort of quixotism in
pritnipaiiTwhicks,he trusted would• soon be at an
prover ;however; that the Slave Trade WZI..
udt necessary to keep up the stock of Slaves, his
Lordship read a letter, fronva Nieniher of the liduse
of Delegates, in Virginia, stating, that after the
importanoh, of, Slaves., Was -prohibited, the Black
population increased 15,000 in,number in_fotir years,
The Earl of IVES (WORLAND considered that
'trai-t of the Bill.which it was, tire objett of the .
trious 'puke' to do away; as- tending pot only to de-
stroY' a large proportion,pf.the trade alluded to by
the illustrious Duke, but also the trade carried on
to the Spanish Colonies in AmeriCa, wider the cover
of 'expoitiog'SlaVes, and which created a market for
:.).,000,D0p1.. of Brilish roanntaCtores. He did not
objed to that part of the Bill which 'prohibited sUP-'.,
plying with Slaves Colonies taken during war, as in
the e‘,ent of t heir being Surrendered, the British capital •
employed only went to enrich the Enemy.. With
respeCt to the Abolition of the Slave Trade, the trade.
badbeen carried On for a long series of 'years under
;he ablest Ministers whom this Country had seen,
and who never thought of abolishing it ; the idea of
the Abolition first -originated alew years past
anions Atheists, li.nthusiasts, Jacobins, and such'de-
:;cripOorts.of persons.• If they doubted his statements
with respeCt to the-amount of the trade carried on,
eyidepcp lie called to the 13ar to prove, or disprove
•

them, but at lenst,the Honse ought to pause before
tiiey consented to destroy a trade of such magnitude,
particularly .-at' a tithe yrilion: our commerce ;lad's()
many diffionities to encounter. The arguro.mt that
supplying Foreign Colopies'N'vith Slaves enabled them
'to rival us in the market, was one directly in favour
of the Slave Trade. ►

The. 'lGlargiiis of SLIGO was of opinion- that the
operatioh of the Bill would be ruinous to the Island
of JamaiCa. •

L6rd HOLLAND believed, on the contrary, that
the Planters of Jainaica; and the West India Planters
in general, were friendly to. the -Bill, as one tending
to benefit their :interests He considered the Noble
Earl ;(Westmorland) as inconsistent in his argument,
ivhen he wished to - prohibit the supply .of the ço-
lonieswe, had conquered, with Slaves, and .at the
same time was•deeirous of supplying the Colonies of
()Ur HedOnbted the correaness'of the statement
with respea to the trade With. the Spanish Colonies,
as he believed that there no longer -existed.any he-
cessity for carrying. on that trade under the cover of ex.:
porting Slaves, and indeed 'it was cleat; if flioy wanted
'British Manufa&ures, that British manufaaures would
find their way there:
,He declined going over the
arguments which had been so often used respe6ling
the Slave Trade if the present Bill tended, as had
been stated, to contribute to the abolition of that ne-
Tarious traffic, it was, in his mind, a paramount argu-
inent in its. favour..

The Earl of WESTMORLAND explained.
After d few words from the 'Marquis of• BLAND-
FORD,

The Bishop of St. AsAril spoke in strong terms
of condemnatioh of the Slave Trade, Whieh he
\yogi& do every thing in his power,-either by fair-
means or foul, to ,abolish.
Lord EI.DON could not reconcile to his mind
the doe-trine of the Right Reverend Prelate. lie had
not hitherto been able to make up his' Mind respect-
ing the propriety of abolishing the. Slave Trade ; but
if it could be prOved_to him that .a nntnber, of his
fellow-sribjeets would not. be utterly ruined by such
a measure,. he would be a sincere friend to the abo,
• It was in -the same point:ci View that he
considered the present. Bill; , • •
The Bishop of. St. ASAPH, in explanation,
.said,
that lie did not mean, that -any•dishonest means
sh9tild be- used, but that every means-Ought to be
retorted to for- the purpose. of abolishing the Slave
Trade. .

.:The Earl' of DARNLEY Spokein favotir of the Bill.
The
.DUKE of GLOUCESTER expressed himself
decidedly hostile to. the Slave Trade, and hoped the
`tithe was not far distant.when it- would be abolished.
Lord GRENVILLE defended the Bill, end-de-
clared hii utter abhorrence of the Slave Trade. The
Bill, he 'contended, was a- measure of policy and ii-
manity. As to the 'argument that Other nations
Would supply-the Colonies of our Rivals with slaves,
if, we gave. up the trade--:-how .were they te, do it
with any chance of security'cr profit whilst we bad
the coininand of the ocean, ? -Besides% were- we to
commit -crimes and injustice because- other-nations
committed them ? If the measure tended 'to
,pro-
mote the abolition Of the SlaVe Trade, so "much. die
";better ; it was with-him, an, argument that
weighed every .other, for the'Ossing of the
Of Sweden there was no ;doubt ; and America,
in the course of IG-ort months, would abolish thiS
• trade, every State but that of South Carolina having
already aboli.iF.:.d it. It was an erroneous opiniCTX
that British mpairdaturcs. were,-couveyed- to the
Spanish Colonies by means of carrying a fecv;Slave,S
as a pretext. I.3ut he should most unequivocally de-
clare, that a single-article of British manufacture
would-be sn.tlicient to cause .the tonliSeation of' the
ship and cargo, whether Slaves; or any: established
article of commerce.

Lord RAWKESBURY opposed the Bill. If- a
case ofjustice or humanitythad'been made out, he.
should: immediately give the Bill hiS support., But
Foreigners, he was apprehensive, would carry on
trade in a mapnermuch more contrary-to these prin-
ciples than the subjects of the British Empire..
Lord ELLENBOROUGH gave his support to the
measure then before the House, and -conceived, it to
be formed on the same principle as the Order in
Council passed in a former Administration. -
Lord EIDON rose to explain. His Lordship was
proceeding to enter more minutely into the subjeel,
when he Was called to order by the Earl of Lauder-
dale. The sense of the House appeared to be in
favour of the. Noble Earl, and the Noble and 'Learn-
ed:Lord sat down:
Lord SlD:goy:pi declared that he could never look
at this traffic without feelings of disgust. and shame.

The' Earl of BUCKibiGiiANISHIRE assured their
Lordships that it appeared manifest, to him that the
interest of • our West India Colonies would be con-
siderably advanced by this measure.
Lord AUCKLAND informed their Lordships that
he, in conjun&ion with others, endeavour6d, in the
year 1788,,t0 bring the `different commercial nations
tez .p general .agr,:,‘2ment ,to discontinue this trade.
The }'reach Revolution, ho\t'ever, broke out and
prevented this general extensive regulation or under-
stan4ing, which appeired to him to be fin- more-bene7
ficial to the cause of justice and humanity than any
local prehiLielon. •
After a few words from-the Duke of ‘Su-ssE.x.'and
-Lord axEFFIELD against the Bill,. the Duke of CLA-
RENCE eXpl3lllpC

The liouSe then divided,
.and the numbers were,
For the Original Motion, Contents 5:3
Not COntent ..

Majority 3.
The Bill wash after that majority, read a third
time and passed.
The' House then adjourned, at Twelve o'Clock,
until Ten o'Clock to-iaorrow (this) morniii2,-.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

FRIDAY, g:# ..,

A Message was received from the Lords stating,
that their Lordships would proceed farther in the
Trial of Lord Melville to-mo,--row morning, at ten
o'clock.

SirJON NEWPORT brought up the Irish Malt
Duty Bill ; which was read 4 first time.
Sir JoHNNEwronT'galiouotice of his intention to
move, on Monday, torlGave to bring in certain Bills
conne6t Affairs with the Airs of Ireland; and; among
others,.a Bill-tor Lighting the Streets of Dublin.
Mr. 41.:EXA-NPE brought up the 'Be.port of the

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Property Tat Bill, the farther consideration of v,-hich
was postponed till Mondpy.
The Reports of the Irish Stan* Duty and Distil-
lery Bills were brought up and agreed to, and ihe
Bills were ordered to be read .a
third time on M6n-
day.
The Irigh enstonit Duty Bill was reported, and,
after a few words-from Mr. FosTER, who inquired
if the Duty on Iron was comprehended in it, was.
ordered to be read a third time on Tuesday.
Lord. OSSULSTON informed the 'Rinse, that His
Majesty had been pleased. to order • certain Reports
to he laid before them, agreeably to the Addresses
of the House.