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HOUSE Or -COMMONS,

Mr. MorrisTl presented an Account of the total Expente
of the Building. and Fitting_ up of the New Mint, exclusive
Of the Apparatus of Coining.--Ordered to be laid on the
Table.

Mr. Davis presented an Account of Monies issued by the
Treasurer of the Navy, pursuant to an Act of the 4&l of:the
King, relative to the discovery of the. Longitude.—Ordered
to lie on the 'fable.
Several Petitions were presented in fa,vour of, the Scotch
Jury Bill, which Were read,.and ordered to lie on the Table.
The False Aleasures Bill went through a Committee, the
Report of wimich was ordered to he.reoelved to-morrow.
The Report of the Puor Returns Bill was re-committed,
and ordered to be• taken into fdrther consideration to-
murrov,•,,

• SLAVE TRADE.
Mr. IZOBINSON gave notice, that on Monday he would
move that the House should re.olve itself into a ComMittee
on the acts relating to the Slave Trade, when he intended to
introduce certain resolutions, which would have for their-ob.;
ject the better care and protection of the Negroes in our Co-
lonials Possessions.

THE BALERS.
Mr. MELLISH presented a Petition on behalf of certain
Bakers, concerned in the measure, that they might have tilt
the loth of May, to bring in the 13i11 relative to the Assize
of Bread, in favoUr of which the House had bee❑ petitioned,
and they were anxious, before they proceeded further, to be
made acquainted with the result of the enquiries of the Com-
mittee up stairs.—After a few words from Mr. F. Lewis and
Mr. Robinson, !care was'giren to the Petitioners to bring in
the Bill at the time named in the Petition.

MESSAGE FROM THE REGENT.
Lord CASTLEREA3EI presented a Message from
his Royal Highness, which was read by the
Speaker, awl for a copy of which, see Lords.—
Ordered to_ be taken into consideration to-morrow.
After some time had elapsed,.
Mr. WairettEn rose and observed, that had
be been present at-the time the Message was pre-
sented (which!, by the way, was brought forward
at a much more early period than public business
was usually expected), he should have objected to
the motion, fixing the consideration of it for to-
morrow. Upon a question of such•magritude and
importance, more time ought, in his opinion, to -
be afforded, in order to prepare the Hou§e for its
consideration, especially where tliel-object of the
Message was not clearly expressed,—where, in
fact, it was couched in such equivocal, such inde-
finite terms, that it was difficult to. understand
the views of-those with whom it originated: Be-
sides, as the debate aeon such a subject was likely
to be long, while the subject itself naturally call•
et! for some previous examination, he should ra•
titer have thought that it would be more conve-
nient awl prosper. to appoint Monday than to-
morrow. ,On these grounds he should to-morrow

move a •postponement of the discussion until Mon-
-day: " But -preliminary to that discussion, he bad
tWO questions to put to the Noble Lord :—first,
Whether it was true, as had been promulgated
from a•sortof half authority, that itseeret under-
standing had-been entered into, or a secret article
concluded, between all the-parties to the Treaty
of Pa: is (excepting France, of course), pledging
those Powers to maintain the House of Bourbon
upon the Throne of France ? and, secondly, WJie-
thert the • Noble Lord -would think it consistent
with lin:duty to communicate the terms of, the

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Treaty proposed :itt Chainlow, 'upon -wllith the
Allies -were then willing to conclude' peace with
France? It the Noble Lord should n•ot:be dispos-
ed to -accede to this. Communication, it ..tvonld be
for the House to decide ,Wjiet her it would, not he
communication, which
expedient to deman suich
1e (Mr. W.) thought lighly 'material to the due
consideration of the subject' referred.to in the Re-
gent's M'essage.
Loril CASTLEREAGII said, that as to the first
observation of the Hon. Gentleman, he did oot
present his Royal Highness's Message till half-
past tour o'clock, which, . front his previous hid-
. mation, he could not deem as too early an hour
for the introduction of such a subject. Then, as
to.the day fixed for the consideration of.the Ales-
saee, be was marer surprised at the Hon: Gen-
tleman's observation, because it would be recol-
lected that, on a former day, he distinctly stated
his purpose-of proposing such an arrangeu':-nt in
describing the course of business for the- week,
nod with a view to this arrangement,: lie moved
the postponement of the American question from
this day to Tuesday, in order, as the Message
was meant to, be considered on Friday, the House
might not he occupied by debate on two succes-
sive days. But -independently of this considers,
• tion, it would be quite inconsistent with ,the
nstral practice of Parliament to postpone the
consideration of a Message front the throne
an early consideration-was indeed chitin deference
to the throne, and was therefore never delayed.
With respect to the Honourable Gentleman's
questions, first, No secret article, understanding, or
engagement of the nature alluded to by the
noerable Gentleman had ever existed between the
Allies ; and as to the second question, he appre-
hended that the House would not be disposed to
delay the consideration of the Prince Regent's
;11ff.,-igt-, or to postpone the expression of its opi-
nion upon the present exigency, until all the pa-
pers connected with the Negociations ai Chatil-
' lon should he laid on the table, end until the
Honourable Gentleman should have an opportu..
slity of considering these papers. Upon these
grounds, he trusted the House would not Nei it
necessary to revise its decision for taking the Mes-
sage into consideration to-morrow. .
Mr.Wurr.3 asap expressed himself peculiarly glad
to hear that no such secret article or understand-
ing existed, as that to which he referred. But as
to the Treaty proposed at Chatillon, he thought it
material that tog House should have some intor-
, Upon that subject, before it entered into the
eonsiderat ion of the Regent's Message. It was a
mistake to suppose that -be required the pique-
tion of all the Papers connected with the Negocia-
tions at Chatillon, A shOrt extract would be
quite sufficient, describing the terms !open which
the Allies were .at that time willing to conclude
peaCe with France, and without such a communi-
cation he could not think the Hot:Se prepared to
discuss the subject of the Message. The delay of
a single day with a view to obtain and to consi-
der such an hnportant feel, he could not suppose
in any degree disrespectful to the Message of his
Royal Highness, or inconsistent with the defe-
rence which that House owed tp a'commnnica-
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tone-eu,
been led to expect,; from the intimation -of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, that- the Message
would hate been 'brought (town on Wednesday,
and thus ore intervening day would have been-al-
lowed for its consideration, before the House
would be called upon to decide; but the Noble
Lord, from his -s'eperior knowhelge of tactics,
thought proper to postpone the presentation Of
the Message until this day, thus precluding' the
possibility of due consideration. 'flue Honour-
able Gentleman disclaitned any intention of dis-
respect for his Royal Highness the Regent in thus
pressing for some delay, ; adding, that 'although
he had no hOpe of tiers'uadiug the 1 louse to change
the order upon this subject for Monthly, lie had
little-doubt that, trout 'the length to which such
debates tsnally extended, it would become neces-
sary for convenicuc'e to adjourn the discusSion
from to-morrow to Alondity.
Lord
.CASiLEREAGII said, that when the !louse
came to the diScussion he would give such expla-
nation respecting the propositions at Chatillnu as
was proper, or as had any connection with the
subject of the Regent's Message. With respect
to the.presentatioteof this Message, it was to be.
considered that the Lords chid not meet until Wed-
nesday, and that some previous intimation was
due to that House, us to the intention to make a
commonicetion of this nature, (which was, usually
presented to both Houses at the same time. Now
as to questions generally, he felt it necessary to
observe, that it would be if Gentlemen pro-
posing to put any questions, would either pre—
viously apprise Iklinisters of their intention, or
else that .those Gentlemen should. wait until the
Ministers were in their, places

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.

FOREIGN WINE.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that in consequence of -a communication which he had had from this Portugueze AMbassador, respecting a representation to his
Court, calculated to obviate the necessity of this measure,
he should press it no farther. Therefore the Right Hon.
Gentleman moved the third reading of it this day six months.
Agreed to, and of course the Rill is lust.
Sir J. NEWPORT gave notice of a motion for this day
sennight, to abolish certain 'Law Offices in Ireland, the busi-
ness of which is executed by deputy. •

Mr. WIIITEREAD.—What then were we to do,
when the Noble Lord was at Vienna ?
Mr. PomoNsy began by declaring, that he was
not at all aware that the Regent's Message would
have been presented so early, or he should have
been in attendance. :13ut he hoped that the House
would., upon the subject of that iNfessage, allow
him to trespass •on its indulgence for a few:mo-
ments, although there was no motion under con-
sideration. The Message, he observed, was corn_
posed of two parts :—First, his Royal Highness
told the House that he was preparing to-augment
our force by sea and laird, in consequence of the
i•ecent e-vents in" France ; and, .secondly, his
:Royal Highness stated, that he would act in con-
cert with our Allies. in thuS proceeding, his
Royal Hightness.had, in his (Mr. P.'s) opinion,
bri!n advised to do that which 'was wise and proper,
for it was wise in his Royal HighneSs to have the
country in a state of adequate preparation for any
emergency, and also to preserve an intimate corn- ABSTRACT OF IMPOitTANT PARLIAMENTARY
bmication and concert with-his Allies. But be. PAPERS.—(To be continued regularly)
,
yond those two points he did not wish to express SLAVE .TliAbE.--TIIC Papers relative to the
any opinion, nor did he think the House ripe at Slave Trade have been printed and, presented to
use to be
.made of the force
.‘vhien his Royal ) present
-
present to give any farther - decision. As, to the
the House of Commons. The followment, containing the Declarations of the ing
Powerens
Highness was preparing, that would remain tor, who signed the Treaty of Paris, is the most
eonsideration„ but upon the two .points to which he ha important, as containing an unanimous and ener-
d referred , he, however Others might ,difler getic reprobation of the principle of that abo-
from him, was reach/ to sit that his Royal-High-
minable traffic:
t:es; had been rightly advised. Beyond . those 1 _ . .
DECLARATION.
. He
.1 Ihe Plenipotenttaries of the Powers who sired the Treaty
points, however, he was not prepared to go.- .,
1 of Paris, the 30th of Md-y, 1814, assembled in'Congress :
U wild not enter into any premature discussion, . llaving taken into consideration that ile raffic known
Lie was neither prepared to sly that Lis Royal . Limier LW name of the 4 rican Slave Trader Las lieeu re-

PUBLIC BUSINESS.
Mr. PONSONBY expressed a wish that some understanding
should be established as to the time at which public business
should commence.

The SPEAKER said, that such business had usually com-
menced at-half-past four, although when there was much pri-
vate business before the House it was occasionally postponed
till five. Within this Session, however, there had been a
want of private' business, if he might so dcsci ibe it., and hence
public business was sooner entered upon.
Sir J. NEWPORT observed, that this day the Regent's
INlessagc bad been presented before half-past four.
The SPEAKER observe 1, that with leave of the House, he
should hereafter intimate to any Meroberbringing forward
public business before half-past four, that, this was the period
Settled for its commencement.
Mr. HrSKISSON brought in. two Bills for disafforesting
and enclosing the'ForeSts of Exmoor and Brecknock.—Read
a first, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow.
Adjourned.

nigtness and Ids• Alhes shbuld—plunge.luto a state
of war, no'.• that settirify was•to be found in A
state of pace. lie need not say that his Whit
was that the latter shotthl be found attainable,
hot he felt it impossible at iireseht to offer tiny
opinion-opon thote points, He could, however,
readily say, that his disposition was to vote for a
suitable Address in answer to the Regent's Mes--
sage, • provided that Addre.is contained nothing to
pledge his future conduct. Front the full decla- •
ration of his opinion, when adequately informed,
he should never he found to shrink, but he would
never declare pternature opinions, or engage in
premature discussions. Therefore, he 'would ab•.
stain from such opinions and discussions in this
instance. He would be glad to vote for the Ad-
dress of to-morrow, and he hoped that. but a
short. discussion svcruld take place upon it. In
his judgment, it was deeidesdly wise to consider
and provide against any new difflculties or dangers
likely to arise out of the present state and pros-
pects of France; and therefore he higlily approved
of the preparation which the Regent's Message
announced; but as to the use which Goyernment
might ultimately make of that preparation he
should not hold himself bound to support it by
any vote which he was at -present disposed to
give. He therefore wished the Address
of
_to-
morrow might be so, drawn lip as to meet his
views. The Right Honourable Gentleman con-
cloded with expressing his anxious hope that it
inighc not be found inconsistent with the safety
of Europe to preserve_ a state of peace, and to
•
aeons the calamities of war.
Lord CASTL Et:2A GII said, that without antiei-
patint; the discussion of to-morrow, he could as_
sore the Right Honourable Gentleman that it as
not proposed bv the Address in contemplation to.
pledge his opinion, or that of the House, as to
the future conduct of his Majesty's Government.
With respect t') that conduct,' or the use that
might he matte of the force iii preparation,: and
whether the ultimate end should be war or peace,
• must depend upon the issue. of circumstances to
be determined on their own merits.
PtlNlsi-IMENT OF THE PILLORY.
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR vice, pursuant to -.dice, to introduce
his Motion for the Abolition of the punishment of the Pillety.
He would not detain the House with entering into the general
grounds on which punishment for offences was established, as
- the Author who had written so largely on that sulijecttriut he
in the-hands of evei y Gentleman. He was at a loss, however,
under what head of punishment to rank that of the pillory:
with regard to many it entirely deadened the sense of shame,
and to hardened offenders it could not be called an object of
terror. Neither could it be an object of good for the spectator.
It assembled 2.,tuthultious rabble,!who frequently outraged the
person, or endangered the life of individuals. His principal ob-
jection, was the uncertainty of thi3ponisliment. Courts of,lns-
tice should always apportion punishment to offences ; " and it
should be neither more nor leas than their
sentence
; hoe it
the pillory were tried by this rule, the absurdity of that
punishment would ho eviant to all. In the year 1';',".0, Dr.
Shebbeare, who had been convicted of alibel, came. upon the
pillory in full dress, attended by his servant in livery, who
held an umbrella over him.' The libel was contained in six
letters, addressed to the. people of Euglaud,' and the Under-
Sheriff, who thought with the populace on that occasion, did
not ask the Doctor to put his head into the pillory, but merely
'to place his hands ilium it. In the case of Daniel Isaac Eaton,
who was convicted of a libel for publishing Paine'; Age-of
Reason, and who was sentenced to the punishment of the
pillory, the people, so tar from shewing-the least incivility
towards -him; expressed the greatest indignation at his baring
been put there. • The Hon. Gentleman then stated two or
her inetancea. to chew the uncertainty of this punish-
ment. Soule years ago, four men swore away the life .Of a per-
son stained Timms, for a rubbery. They were afterwards tried
and convicted of a conspiracy; were sentenced to the pil-
lory, and pilloried in different places. Three of them nar-
rowly escaped with their lives, the other expired in the pillory.
He (Mr. T.) • was astonished that a motian had not then been
made to abolish that punishment. There were other in-
stances, which he would not attention to the Houie, where
persons sentenced .to the, pillory had been uearly killed :
but it would be better; if Such crimes deserved death,
that the law should make them capital. A few years
ago, two. men acre pillirried at Brentford, for compound-
ing a -yid tam information, and the mob, who aft never
very tender towards informers, nearly killed them. In Scot-
land, persons may be sentenced to the pillory without a jury;
and a person who was recently sentenced to that punishment
was afterwards delivered from it by au order of the Court of
SeSsion. Punishment ought not to exist without a legal sen-
tence. To a man in the higher rank of life, the pun ishmeAt
• of the pillory was worse than death itself; to the hardened
Individual, it was no great object of terror, and his family
would not sutler in proportion to those of superior considera-
tion. The Hon.-Gentleman then quoted the words of Dr.
Dodd, who was sentenced to death for the crime of forgery.
Previous to sentence being passed, he addressed the Court,
stating his former life, and his services in the cause of
gion ; and after having ineetioned that several had been
rescued from vice by his exertions, he added these words
" Condescend, my Lords, to think that if these considera-
tions aggravate my feelings, how much they Must embitter
my punishment.". The Honourable Gcntioman coneltufed
with saying, that it was grating to his feeiings to leave such
a punishrhent as that of the pillory in.the hands of a Court,
who might treat the admirable author of Jdnins, if he were
discovered, in the same manner as the most atrocious cri-
minal. The punishment of the pillory was the remnant of a
barbarous age, and thecrnel, instrument of Star Chamber
authority. _ He then moved and obtained leave to bring in a
Bill to abolish the punishment of the pillory.

Fully authorised.to such an act, by the unanimous adhe-
rence of their respective Courts to the principles announced
in the said separate article of the Treaty of Paris, they in
consequence declare, in the face of Europe, that, looking
upon the universal abolition of the Slave Trade as a measure
particularly worthy of their attention, conformable to the
spirit of the age, and to the general principles of these august
Sovereigns, they are animated with a sincere desire to con-
cur, by every means in their Lower, in the most prompt amd
effectual execution of this measure ; and to act in the -em-
ployment' of those means with all the vv.al and-all tho perse-
verance which so great and good a cause merits.
Too well informed of the sentiments of their Sovereigns
not to foresee, that, however honourable mav be their object,
they would not pursue it without a 'just' regard to the interests,
the habits, and even the prejudices of their sulects ; the said
Plenipotentiaries at the same time acknowledge, that this ge-
neral declaration should nut prejudfse itte.period 'which each
particular Power shuttle look upon as the expedient for the
definitive abolition of the traffic in slaves. Cons. queutly the
determination of trie period when Ibis traffic ouglit uni verr
sal), to cease, will be all object of ncgociat ion between the
different Powers; it tieing, however, well understood, that no
means proper to ensure and accelerate its i:ogress should he
neglected ; and that the reciprocal engagement contracted by
the present Declaration between the Sovercio-os who have
taken. part in it, shou!Thnot •be considered as'fulfilled until
the moment when complete success shall have crowned their
united efforts. -

nuainz this Declaration knoWn to Europe, and to all the
civilised nations of the earth, the said Plenipotein iarics flutter
themselves they shall engage all other 64,verunieuts, told par-,
titularly those who, iu abolishing. rue in slaves, have
already niailifesteil the same sentiment's, to skippoit them
with ttieir stitl'i.tq,-,e in a cause, of which The final triuniph will
he one of the greatest nioniii»eitts of tile ace under-
took it, and whiLh shall have gitirit,tWy curried it•into.cunt-
plete etf,ct..
Vittuna, February 8, 1815.

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Raided bj y ist and 'enlightened Men dell] rte , as repiigrati:
t6-the-prinelpfes of humanity and of universal morality ; that
the particular citedingiatibe td this traffic owes it!
01*igid, and the difficulty Of interrlipting its pro..•
gressi have; to a certain degree lessened the odium of edit?
tinning it but that at • last the public _voice in all, civilised
countries lids demanded-that it should be supptcssed• 3s soon
' as possible; that since the character and the details of this
traffic have been lietterknoWn, and the evils of every sort
which accompanied it completely unveiled, several European
overpnents have resolved td suppresS it; atlil that sue:-
cessivelv all powers possessing colonies in different parts of
the world have acknowledged; either by legislative acts dr by
treaties and other formal enga.rements,the,obligation and ne-
cessity of abolishing it; that lfy a separate article of the last
Treaty of Paris, Great Britain and France eno.ged to unite
their efforts at the Congress at Vienna to engage all the
Powcrs.of Christendom to pronounce the universal and defi-
nitive abolition of the Slave,Trade; that the Plenipotentia;
ties assembled at this Congress cannot better honour their
mission, fulfil their duty, and manifest the principles which
guide-their august Sovereigns, than by labouring to realise
this engagement, and by proclaiming in the name of their
Sovereigns the desire to put an end to a scourge, which has
so 1011 K desolated Africa; degraded Europe, and afflicted
hunianiq.
The said Plenipotentiaries have agreed to open their deli-
berations as to the means of accomplishing so salutary an
object, by a solemn declaration of the principles whiCh have
guided them in this work.