The Sun.
London, England, 1806-06-04 00:00:00

SLAVE TRADE.

Mr. Fox gi3'e notice that, as.no Bill for the Abo-
lition of the Slave Trade could- be expetaed to pass:
this Session, he would, on Tuesday next, move a
Resolution on that snbjea, which would of least
Conyey the sense of,the House to the Public.
General TARLETON ske-c1.,. whether this would
be considered as pledging the 'House to the -Abo-
lition ? .

Mr. Fox replied,
,that it would be a pledge of
the disposition of the House, without being any
pledge that the Slave Trade should be abolished.

MARQUIS W-ELLESLEY.

Lord .TEMPLE did not -think it necessary to
preface the Motion he was about to make 'with many
.words.- The Hon. Gentleman behind him had laid
the Oude Charcre'on the Table on the 98th ofM,ay ;
and then stated that possibly he might movefor'its
being taken into consideration in three weeks. No
specific day hlid been fixed. If the House, looked
at the Charge it would find that it involved matters
of the highest consequence. It not only went to
the public col clud of Marquis Wellesley, but to his
private charader. The Hon. Gentleman believed,.
no doubt, that he could prove the Char2e; and he
would not have presumed to lay such a Charge on.
the Table without this convidion. .But, giving him
Credit for this, he hoped that the House would feel
;the necessity that some day should be fixed for the
discussion of this Charge. . The House would ob-
serve, that the Charge of Murder had been brought
against the, Noble Marquis and a relation of is,
who had not the means of repelling it. If any day
had been mentioned he would not have troubled
the House. But the House owed it to the Noble
Marquis, to all Public Officers, and to itself, to ap-
point Some day for the
.discussion of this Charge.—
Hetherefore moved, that .it be taken into considera-
tron on. Wednesday. fortnight. If the Honourable
Gentleman chose to su6mit a Motion on the subjtel
on that day he might do sO----but if he did not, -then
he (Lord TeMple)- would do. it. _ _

Mr. PAULl'moved that 'the Journals of the
House of the 4th Of 'April, 1786, should be read,
but did not insist on troubling the House with this.
He then stated, that there it appeared that Mr.
Burke; after having for five years before said that he
would bring Charges against Mr. Hastings, had pro
duced these Charges at different times, and that it
was six weeks after they had been printed and cir-
culated that they,had been taken into considera-
tion. He had indeed, in the mean time, moved for
,Papers; and he (Mr. Pauli) had given notice of a
Motion- 'on Thursday forexathining Witnesses. It
*as hisintention,to
,have proceeded on Wednesday
fortnight, if he could have done so—but he would
neither move to the right nor to the -left, 'quicker
or slower, except as it suited the circumstances
of the cpe.' Me Noble Lord might proceed if 'he
pleased,. and if he took the business out of his
hands the House would, no doubt, 'be glad to hear
him.

Lord TEMPLE and-Mr. PA-JLL explained.

Lord A. HAMILTON, without wishing in the
smallest degreelo anticipate the 'merits of the case,.
observed, that he thought the Charge perfealy ArVai-
ranted by the Papers on the Table. The Charge of
Murder, he understOod, as applying only to what
Lord Wellesley had done in his public capacity, and
did.not go' to atfeo .his private charader. If ex-
pressions such as cruelty, tyranny, oppression, and
so on, w'2re.to be considered as applying to private
charaders, it would be impossible ever to bring a
Charge on these points befdre the House. He. hoped
that what he said would nut be considered as anti:.
cipating any thing that might be stated on the me 7
rits of the case.

Sir J. NEWPORT read that part of the Article where
the Charge of Murder was, stated, and contenied
that it Was a direct Charge of'Murder, drawnsup with
the forinality of an Indictment.
Lord A. HAMILTON considered the expression of
Murder as referring only to the effects of the public
measures pursued by Lord Wellesley.
Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY said that he was a
good deal surprised' to hear the Noble Lord say that
the, Charae was Nyratlted. by the Papers on the
Table, when Papers had been moved for, but not
produced, Which *ere. stated by the person who
preferred the Charge to be necessary for the proof&
this very -peini. The fads, however, on which the
Charge of. Murder' rested were these :—Certain Dis 7
trids of Oude Were ceded to the Company by the
Treaty of HI,. By the Company's Regulations,
'which Were the LaW in India, it was prollded that
the Zemindars were not: to coiled the Land Cus-
toms.' This regulation was made known -to them;
but. they refused to obey; colle6ted their people, and
retired to
,their Forts. The were-attacked by the
&;i al and,some blood was shed. The que3-
tibn then Ni'll,l, whether brood shed w coitisequenee
of -4 ,ret-oSal to 'obey the Law .w.s to be considered
as Murder iii 'cool hidod. 4fter this explupatiou,

his Lordship could take little credit for vihat he hzld,
said.

Lord ARCH/BALD HAMILTON flgain explained,
that when he said the Charge was warranted by the
Papers on the Table, he could not be supposed to
mean that it was proved. This was a quite different
thin.
Mr. GOLDING observed, that the Lord Lieutemnt
of Ireland might as well be charged with- Murder,
for having suppressed Rebellion. . _

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Mr. FOx submitted whether this was 'a time to_
enter upon the merits of.the case, and expressed his
hope that the subjeEtfwould be dismissed for the
present.
Dr. LAWRENCE said, That it was, impossible, in a
case 'Otitis kind, to fix a particular day. The House
could not with any propriety proceed to the consi-
deration of the Charge till the whole of the evidence
was before them. Papers had been moved for which'
had been suppressed by thelate Board of Controul,
which had not yet been produced.
Lord C4STLERE4GIi COMOclined of the illiberal
manner in which he had been treated by the Hon.
and Learned Gentleman, who said that he had sup;
pressed Papers, when be had only exercised a proper
discretion, thinking that the communication would
be injurious to the Public Seryice. He . thought
the Hon. Gentleman ought rather to have. made a
specific Motion on thesubjeet, and then he would
be prepared to defend himself. These Papers would
not certainly justify the expression in the Charge.
Do&or LAWRENCE and LoK4 Cns?.444Es.o.a
plairted: , •
Mr. JOIINS.TONE said, that the Papers in question
related to Troops and Forts, and other matters of
public notoriety, and were therefore the worst
grounds in the world for the exercise of this.discre-
tion. As he was on his legs, he must say that the
word `-Murder' was improperly applied.
Lord 11EXay PETTY agreed with his Right Hon.
Friend (Mr. Fox) that this was a most improper
time for entering on the merits of the case, and
hoped, therefore, that the subject would be dropped.

The Motion was then put and carried.
EXEMP !lONS UNDER THE ASSESSED TAXES.

Lord H. PETTY rose to say, that a misconcep
tion of the notice which he had given last night 1.34
gone, abroad,' through .a certain channel, and he
now wished the misconception to be •correacd
through the same channel. It had been sdid, that
persons of small fortunes, and having large families,
were to be exempted from the operation of the Pro-
perty Tax; but he had now state, that no-inton-
tion, whatever was entertained of introducing any
Bill for the purpose of making any alterations in that
measure.

Mr. LONG then wished to know in What way the
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persons alluded to, namely, of small fortunes, and
with large families, were to enjoy the benefit of eX-
emptions.
Lord HENRY PETTY replied, tnat it was proposed
to grant them certain exemptions under the Assessed
Taxes.
CORN TRADE BETWI7.EN GREAT BRITAIN AND