The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-22 00:00:00

SLAVE TRADE.

Lord GRENVILLE did not appear in his place till
five o7clock. Shortly after his Lordship entered the
House, he rose to observe that he had received in-
timation from several Noble Lords, that it would be
inconvenient for them to attend 'on' Friday, for
which day the House was summoned on the second
reading of the Bill to Abolish the Slave Trade. He
was always anxious to. consult the convenience of
Noble Lords, as lanai his duty would allow, but it
was not without some reluctance, however, that he
acceded to the present request, as he was convinced
not only of the importance of the measure itself, but
of the propriety and necessity of bringing it under
early discussion : but as an anxiety to acquire the
fullest information upon the subjeCt was among the
reasons for requiring further time, his Lordship'
would move, that the Order for Friday be discharged,
for the purpose •of making out, a new Order for ,
Lout WESTMORLAND thanked the Noble Baron
,for his kind compliance with his request, as he was
one of the Noble Lords who felt the necessity of
further delay. Indeed, in his opinion, sufficient
time should be allowed to have the merits of the
measure known and canvassed in every partof.the
country. It was a measure of infinite importance,
and could not be too maturely considered. •
The question was then put on Lord GRENVILLE'S
Motion, and agreed to; after which
Lord WESTMORLAND again rose, to move an.
Address to his Majesty, praying, that - instru&ions
might be given that there be lard before the House
CopieS of such Cortiespondence as had taken piace
some years back between his Majesty's Principal Se-
cretary of State and the Governors of the West India
Islands, respeCting the melioration of the state and
condition of the Slaves, and the effeas which the
Abolitionpi-gbt have upon that condition. His ob-
jet s in timing for these documents were to shew
the zeal with which the Planters forwarded the re-
commendation of his Majesty on that occasion, and
the little probability there was that the measure of
the Abolition would improve the condition of the
Slaves..

Lard GRENVILLE did not expeft that much
advantage. would result from the produaion of those
Papers, in favour of the zeal of the Planters in im-
proving the condition of their Slaves : he should not,
however, object to it,`as that was likely to be one of
the topics upon which would turn the discusSion• of
this important question.
Lord WesTmoßLAwn's Motion was then agreed
to, and the House adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS,

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21.

A new Writ was issued'for a Burgess toserve for
the Borough of Coleraine, in the 1001T1 of Sir G.
Fitzgerald Gill, who has made his EleEtion for Lon-
donderry.

• The Deputy Clerk of the Crown attended, pur-
suant to' order, and erased the names of Lord Fitz-
harriS and Lord Palmerston, who were revarnea with
Mr. L. P. Jones and Colonel Wildair to serve for the
Borough of Horsham.
A Message. from the Lords inforrn6d the House,
that they had agreed to the Malt Duty Bill.
The Committee on the Irish Controverted Elec-
tion Bill .was'deferred, oil the Motion Of. Sir JOHN
NEWPORT, till to-morrow.

Mr. CALcltAFT,.pursuant to order, presented an
Account of the Monthly Return of the•etfeetivc State
of the Royal Artillery and Royal Artificers.
The Hou,se, on the Motion of Mr. CHA:•W~txhi,
resolved itself into a Committee on the Irish Militia
Service Bill-, Mr. HORHOUSE in. the Chair, and filled
up • the blankSl and the Report.was ordered to be
received to-morrow. •

Mr. WYNNE gave notice. that to-morrow he
would move that the List of Lunatics presented by
him a few days sVice; be referred to a Committee.

ARMY ESTIMATES.

Lord C.4STLt fEAGll,l3efo;ilie Order of the
Day should be proceeded upon, wished for some
eAplanation on a point very material to the discus-
sion. The Right Hon. Secretary opposite, on open-
ing his Military Plan, last year, had stated, that it