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

AI:E;2ICAN INTFRCOIIRSE.

Loll" CASI L.WiEAGI-1, though the second read-
ing of the Ainericqn
.Intercourse Bill stood for
Thuiscily, hoped that it Would not come on so soon;
as Parliament ought not to be pressed to-decide upon
-it before it •Was in posiession of .the requisite in-
torioation. He thought the, House should be in
possession of the iostrt.:&tons given to the Governors
of the West Iridialslands. by' the -late .Administra-
tion; wh'.;...h he consideied,:aS consonant with the
soundest principles of the Navigation Act. 'He ako
'wished to have those justrutlons which had been
subs:cquently sent and concluded by moving, that
the•lnstrnEtions sent to the Governors'of the-West
India Islands .relative 'to the American IntercourSe,
of the sth of Septenib,ser, t 804, should be laid before
the house. Also copies of any,lnstrue-tiOns sub-
iequntly sent.
.. • • ,
Lord TEATPLE- had no objeaion,to the. rapers
but as to the. postponing Of the second reading Of
he did that, it Would, be on account- of
the state. of the:public business, and not on accourtt
of any argument, urged by the I,:oble.Lordl He
contended that the' Bill ought to pass with all con-

'venient specd

Mr. 15.ERCIE1L observed, that though it. did
not 'pas• this Session, the West India Colonies wcUld
only be in the same situation that they' had been,in
for the List thirteen' years.. He did-not, therefore,
6ce any particular necessity fer pressing the Bill' for-
ward .with'any.'great'haste-.. Ile djd net-see the pi-o-
priety hf the Noble, Lord. urging It on by that coin-
:nand which' his' situation 'gave him over the'
before the p! oiler informatiop was produced.
PLU7' ER said,- that it was -irregular .to say
t;i:t the Nible Lord had 'a Command over the
Hot se,

,PE. c;v4L, in explanation, said, that he did

not see where the irregularity was in saying, that the
Noble Lord's situation and eloquence gave him great
influence in the House. ;

Mr. PLum en observed, that if the,, Honourable and
Learned Gentleman had' not used the word 'Com-
•matnd, he would beg his pardon.
Alr: ROSE ;wished to know whether it was the
intention of the Noble Lord to postpone the second
reading of the Bill beyond Thursday. He adverted
to the Petitions that had been presented, and the
great interests that were concerned in this business.
If a Committee was granted him, he undertook, to
finish the evidence up stairs in three 'days. He bad,
during the last few months, seen the most xtraor-
dinary measures that ever he had observed in Par-
liament but this was the most, extraordinary of
them all. His Lordship had. expressed his doubts
Whether he would postpone it'upon the arguments
of the Noble Lord near him. This was,tnOst extra-
ordinary language, and such as was seldom heard in
that HouSe.'

. Lord TEMPLE, in explanation, said, that his doubts
as to postponintr it arose from the state of the busi-
ness heroic the House;' and he had expressly said,
that this was the ground.of his doubt, and not any
argument of the Noble Lord. As to the merits of
the case, the Right Hon. Gentleman's proposition
for a Committee would -have been perfealy,proper.
had the Bill been a measure of repeal. But it was
merely a matter of regulation, enabling the Govern,
rnent to do that by Law which had been for several
years done without Law, or against it. HoweVer,
he would postpone. the second reading of the Bill
till Friday.--,The-Papers were then granted,