The Sun.
London, England, 1814-11-25 00:00:00

TT:r..-!-!.: OF COMMONS.

stiiicant it perientril a Petition ffora several
lial_iers and otlie.s, of the Law respeiliag the
of' Bread, to atlthOri, as `,17
creas,d allowance for its iii.ioatactare. Ordered to lie.on the
table.
The Fromiss•ory 'Notys, the Wool inlportation, the Neutral
Slops, the Foreign Ships,•ani; the East. lirdia (joints Bills,
were -sever,i by read tit bird dine and passed. . _
SWI\N bronOit in the Ilelataise Election Bill, which
wai; real a First titl,t2
Mr. WHITI3II.V.AI) taavcd the second reatlim, of the False
Measures Bill, which AN as ordt red to be connuittal to-uiorro\v.

Sl.;vi IPAI)%.

I-Top.NrAt rose to ask for sbme inf„rpomion
,:Pon the points ctn.:netted with the obotition of
tne Slave Trade. His Hon. Friend (Mr.

VarsittaTt), 'he well knew, felt as much anxiety as '
himself for
,the accomplishment of that object 3
hht he could not share in all the confidence repos-
ed by him in the exertions of his Noble Colleague
at Vienna. ‘Vhat, however, he would wish more
immrdiately to advert to, was a sCatement _pub-
lished tintivr the authority of the American
vernment, in winch it was asserted . that negroes
had been. sedrced from the Southern States by
British Officers, carried to the West ladies, and
there sold. ale was anximrs to know 11.-nit. his
Right, honor rabic •Fliend, ‘vhether there lva;
any foundation for his as,,ertion, or whether" he
Was disposed to make the necessary enquirit S.
There xvas another point in his opinion of yet
greater importance: inasmuch as it regarded: the
cause of abolition prospectively, t he ot her rc-
lated to an infringement of laws .i.lrratly in exist-
ence. It had been lately stated that a treaty of
amity had been concluded between the; British'
Government and Ferdinand VII. The House, iii 1
answer tO their various Addresses, had received
assurances from the Th...one, that no opportunity
would be lost of inducing his, Majesty's Allivs to
consent to an Abolition of the Slave Trade in
their dominions. This treaty must,_ he should
apprehend, have furnished an opportunity of cori
sidering the situation in which Spain stood to-.
*wards this country—of procuring her assent to at.
least some restrictions and limitation; of the
trade. lie trusted that this opportunity had been
seen, and used effectually.
Tile CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHECtU-ER bad to
express some regret that his Hon: and Learned
Friend should have thought it right to connect,
with questions which it was perfectly -proper tO
put, any reflections on the supposed Want of zeal
in his Nable Friend' for the final success of the
abolition. Undoubtedly the Hon. and Learned
Gentleman had done him no More than justice in
admitting. his anxiety on that subject ; but it was
an axiety felt equally by fill hiS colleagueS, and
more especially by his Noble Friend, to whose
labours and ability this country and Europe were so
Much indebted. In answer to the first question, he
had to state that his Majesty's Ministers had re-
ceived no information Whatever of die fact asserted
by the American Government. The House most
t2e that it was at least extremely-improbable, that
it was hardly possible, that British Officers should
be guilty Of so black and so base a crime in the
face of those heavy penalties which the Legisla.
titre had now annexed to offence's of this descrip-
iion.—(Hear, hear !)---Neither could the House
Qntvrtaio ally doubt of the dispOsition of Ministers
to institute every enquiry into the circumstances,
awl to follow tip the detection of real guilt with
the most exemplary punishment. In the meantime
be trusted they would not give credit to a BIM e-
"nent, the object of which probably was to deter
the slaves in America front quitting their ha-
bitations. UnjUstifiable as the means Were,
it was 'more likely that they should line been
adopted, than that so foul a charge should
have foundation in fact. With respect to the
other point, he lamented that it was not 'in his
power to give an equally satisfactory explanatiori.-
There was no provision in the late treaty of ami-
ty with Spain upon the subject of the •Slave
Trade. It was found impossible to bring the
Court of Spain to a_ sense in this instance of its
true ipterest and honour. No exertion 'had been
left,untried to effect this purpose, but the endea-
vour was ituavailjug... With all the other States
of Europe the smite efforts had been made to pro-
cure their compliance with the just expectations
of this country.

In the Committee on the Wince Regent's Miessage,, the
CHANCELLOR Of the EXCtI EQCER inlreft a Resolution,
granting ten Annnitity of- 900ut. a year to Lord Waliinghittn,
late Chairman of the Cffiumittees in the House of Lards.—
A.-reed to.
•
Irish Timber and Irish Excisc Bills were committed.,—
Report to-morrow. •
• lIAt'.!KNEY COACHES. •

Mr. LT,T.SHINGTON brought in the new UM for the better
regulation of Hackney Coaches, which was read'a first
and ordered to he read a second time to-morrow.
A Petition was presented from various Gun-makers at Bir-
rnitighani, some `alteration in the present Law re-
specting, Fire-Amis.—Ordered ro he on the. Table. -
Tenth Report of the Commissioners of the Xabiih of,
Arcot';; Dehls,,aud the Report of the Commission of Utica-
.6oB in Ireland, e presented at the liar.—Adjourned.