The Sun.
London, England, 1802-02-13 00:00:00

SLAVE TRADE.

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d,i the House Mr. WILBERFC.)PCE sa
recoiled that towards the close of the last Sess'.o to
Parliament, he gave notice of his intention agar kle
bring forwardthe subje4,of the Slave Tiade.,satt
was very unwilling to give the House Untleee-e of
trouble, but he understood, that in the Coul'ight
this Session, when 'he was not present, 2 ';ivell
Hon. Friend of- his Mr. C.NNING) hadjr)tioa
notice of his intention to bring forward 3 1.;60e
upon the subjed; He wished therefore t° at t$
.from. his-Right Hon. Friend, what the nature
tivar
objeo of that Motion was, and at what thy= it
intended to be brought fot ward, it
Mr. CANA/Nq said, be certainly • If%
contemplation -totiring forward a Motion ~,or
subject,
*though he was not prepared at the l'fberftl
moment 10. fix. any: period at which he should tit;
it befor,e'.oeHouse. In answer, however/t:1,0i)
request of his Hon. Friend
,(Mr. WILB Eg-if
who w h
ished.to know. the -nature and objeo 'od
Motion, he had to observe, that the Motiorl;ieridi
not so 'comprehensive as that of his Hon.
as it did notgo'ic, discontinue the Slave Tt.attiof)
toprevettr. the. Creation of Slave Trade. The ud)
which be. had to propose was calculated as WO.
to confirm -and strengthen the interests of tlic said
India Planters,,.as the other Motion had been„vcl),
to militate against them. Having said thus?o-n
'he 'should have been pettedly ready, to Men'itii"ls jl
day for the bringing., forward his Motion, oat
not for two circumstances. The firfit•-wa, pfi
rumours had. reached him of an intention.on
of Governtnent;.to accompany the grant of -iayori•
the West Indies, with certain restrhaions ht
tations relative to this objet`}. Whatever Vgition
his opinion relative to such-a system of restf:o
ht
and limitation, yet. if it was intended
brought forward and sulimitted to the NO`ls4'fhj
was inclined to wait for that OpportunitY'
other reason' that operated upon his mind waidoo
his Motion would principally attach to the resets
of Trinidad. That Island was not at
definitively in the possession of Great tiool"
and, he confessed, he doubted how far it,. pilaf
be delicate or proper to bring forward b'st
tion, at a period when that Island 111111 lee,.
argued upon as belonging to Great B,ritsip.,
it was .actually disposable, or in her possessopi.'"e; lit
these rgisonc, hc- thought it hit duty 10 a-7.
Motion for the'present. ti 'Oll
"/
Mr. IFILBERPQRCE said, that this Ll"e
had suffered, on former occasions, by not .eiv
brought forward at a period of the Session 5'3.-hoit)
ly early, he, therefore, only .wished to ci"rode`
correct' idea of. the nature of the Motion 1110JIT",
"robe brought fOrward •by his Right P°
Friend.
when'`
Colonel GASCOY2VE wished to knoll", ire tlle4l
the two Hon. Gentlemen intended to 11111- the"
respedi ye. Motions, as, at present, neither
had gi'ven any notice.

Aar. WILBERFORCE again rose • when po
, jo,
The SPEAKER observed, that there be 500
Motion before the House, any further cot-1011;o°
on the subjeft, wotild become: rregular; i'ileoli.l
,Hon. Gentlemen wished to make- any,12104/631,1"-
.relatite to the bringing forward amago t. 911,/),'
oi
better be made'elsewhere. ("Dv .. , .„.
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• The conversation, therefore, dr9pt: ' . acs'
Certain Accounts were presented from tlle •
coins, which were ordered to lie on the Tableoeo
The House then proceeded to private 1)°:- atY
which occupied a considerable portion of 6'11'4 '
til.the House adjourned, at six o'clock. /
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SOLENT QUIS DIOERE FALiUm AUDE,"

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LONDON, FEBRUARY 13, z'

C
tto
E this. morning received the Paris paler'
01 111
gth inst. inclusive.—We have extra ied the
articles of intelligence which they contain.
. Letters received at Brest from Dom/ilia' ;
General LA CROSSE has taken refugee. Cent'll'nOliiP
intelligence of troubles having broil-Pa ar
tr,
th Dil°l%
daloule. It appears certain, that -- e "0,,w-fs
PELAGE has possessed himself of the suprenlearreg‘
The Government being informed that hole
number of Soldiers have come to Paris, in tai-oleic
of recovering the more speedily the arrears,
pay, has directed the Prefefts to juforni th'fr''
without ceasing to occupy itself in tire afrte—,- iio"
of the condition of these brave IVien'; vi)°,lesice6A
fought in the defence of theirsCountrYt it l'`)
that they will abstain from- these inurnics' onts
applications, which are wholly useless, as tbesiblei
due will be forwarded to them as soon .as P°
and only at their respeetive places of-reside • t
file
43k USSELS, FEB. 6.-Letters from thc c
fi
,ge
assert, in a posilive manner, that the art"

le
of
of
bt

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1161C11 L'as been for some time negotiating at Berlin,
between
the Batavian Government and the PRINCE
of
13RANct, relative to the Indemnit of the latter
:for the l y
bee loss of his private property in Holland, has
ddefinitively concluded and signed, through the
iiineation of France and Prussia. The particular
isAnsitions of this arrangement are not known ; it
is generallyr reported, however, that the Indemnit
8 y
°` the House of Orange is fixed at the sum of
i°oo,ooo of Dutch florins.
1141'4BITRoX, 27.—1 t is said here, that the
General Chapter Of the Order of Malta intend to
2Pl3l3int the rLdevant Prince de CONDE. or the
ilaron de HAcHs; Grand Master of the Order.
According to one of our Gazettes, His 8R1TAN-
,...,-Te MAJEsTv has made known to the Courts of
German),, that with respea to the affairs of the In_
demnities, he wishes to preserve asnaburg, and be-
lieves also he has a right to form prctei,ions to
liildesheint and Convey.
Th

le Ramburgh Mail due ,:on Wednesday is not
yet arrived
Yesterday THEIR MAJESTIES and Paitqc ESsES
left Town for Windsor.
MAWe understand it is now arranged, that THEIR
JESTIES come to Town every Tuesday and re-
turn to Windsor every Ftiday, during the winter
season.
The. IoYAL FAMILY, it is said, pass
the season of Lent entirely at Windsor.
mean to
:
the
We are happy to state, that Mr. Corns
Chancellor of the Exchequer for Ireland, haswho
been for sorov.time seriously indisposed, is rapidly
lecovertng,
• A Council
~s •
PORTLARb's Orrice,
yesterday Meld at the Duke of
His R Whitehall. .
al Highness the PRINCE of WALES) we
are happyoy to learn, -is.so well recovered, as to take
the hene6t,o the air; His Royal Highness's in-
IrisdisPe'siti(q,%vas occasioli d by his.spur running into
foot..
~. ,
....; „s. i, • ' red by
Yesterday,
ST. Atllklsis,
Weie interred at Hanworth,
et@itiAns of his Grace the Duke of
sex ; the procession was as follows'
.
six horses, three •
twelve
hors ernen, mourning Coaches and six,
and the Dill ' ' a hearse and
In the Distributitn
- ce s carriage and four horses.
Paper of the Expenditure of
last year, just laid before the House
we observe a charge of
paid for the
1 6 ii. zs.
of Commons,
purchase of one-third of ti ' lof RICHMOND's
le Duke
Annuity
dron of
r, , 4 granted in Duke
of his 12d. a Chal
,uoals,
Yes
„,ast In terday
a Court of Direflors was held at the
till W eune ‘.
•
tha House,
sn next
adjourned at six o'clock
1 '
ay ne
17 a
chtstera, . .
i's the Dispatches for the undermentioned
were final!closed at the East India Howe,
d i y
es4,,uielivered to their respe&ive Pursers : Mae-
lucca
Isla/7,14V 4-xetvr, for Madras and the Mo a
s) the
Marquis of Wellesley and Lady Jan
Aotd
as) fat Madras and Bengal.
P.kssENt
-Rs PER MARCHIoNEss OF EXETER.
For Maciras
Proceedin Mt. Tohn Blakiston, Cadet.
gtO Ceylon—Mr. john
_Deane.
PER
mAxsztxts WELLESLEY.
rot terizai
111,,Lrilti't 'a--.l„,,,,aPtain Charles Hutchinson; Messrs. d'vs:aarcit,
,-e 2,th -,-•-nl. Robinson Writers ; Captain I‘.l):lnL,.
'lallii -•iglit braoons 'and Lady ; and Miss Eliza
1.01. ntosii. 6
'
Madras....,
Pt IL
lieut. Webb Stone, Lady, and Child.
,
-"I' JANE DUNDAS.
Tor Bengalll
hank- / r'n• Edward-Gardner ; Messrs. Tames Majori.
134104 an(
dose Littled• 1 Writers • Mr. Andrew Samuel
W, Cadet ; Mr' 4e'
lottol t;•• • Misses Charlotte
,and A.nn Eyere IV s. Ann a ~.
Hard}man.•
Far M S atson, Charl and Isabella
adras—Mr. I. letl '-
b, Assistant Surgeon • Alexander
Johnsto Esq. (F• • 0 rh-Ce 1 ) - Ili his Lady and Miss
Caroline'and AlastjebrcSatarituelYlainistdoi;e.
, The Moniiene.hailthe.following article :—‘, The
,'nglisit JOurrialciiiiiev-spOken Much of .1 pretended
I,)tai)dard, said to have been taken in Egypt in the
I'''artie of the 2I st of Matili, from the Corps called
31°40‘parte's kzvincibles. .There neVer was a Corps
eating that name. It is true, that in that battle the
3d battalion of the zist light infantry,consisting of
300 men, more than one half of whom were natives
°I,/ the Country, having been advanced as sharp-
41"h9Qters, in order to out-flank one of the wings;
Ili
IrtY inen only were left to guard the Colours.
e sharp-shooters having fallen back, these thirty
den were all surrounded, and all perished. In
I, SeglienCeof this- ' t h Colours fell into the
„,arlo,‘ ,
}lt
the
the enemy. 'rhe Ft RST CONSUL, when
the third this Demi_brigade at Lyons, seeing
4,1 tattalion without their Colours, had it
proved to 1. -
'lour of ,i, 1.,,1rn, before he declared that the ho_
paired bl•'elenfi-brigade Was not in the least lin-
t() ; • 1 tdt event, that our of the thirty left
~;gid.rd the Colours, not a man had survived.
ti e. kind
of service in which the Light Infantry is
ti Picled, requires that the Colours given them in
Wmae.°f Peace should be left in depiit in time of
It was fro 1
Clthis • -tom that the
neg emg custom C°l Ours •
In question were taken,"
liaTllcie information respening the stoppage of the
lad.n. °f Madrid proves to be wholly unfounded, as
4n,ces and remittances have been received from the
4 by the Remelt Marl ,1
Which
-own to the 21st ult.
L iis later than to
can have arrived
41 tli an any
We way of Lisbon.
e
,
Shi stated a few days ago, that three trench
Ps of the Line, • d two F ioltes had reached
St. b . an or b,
t,„ °ming; and that the ' Troops on board, had
_,e..
tei.l Well received; and • irtMediately larded. W.
e
• eve, from what we. haypsince learnt, that this
Infor • •
,
matron is perfeCtly
icorrett. These ships were
110 ,
Part I-art of the Fleet which sailed from Brest, but a
wile of the squadron which had sbme time before
ta.ed from Rochfort. At any rate, the intelligence
el, That to us through so truly respeftable a Chan_
that we cannot but giVe it credit.
w..‘.! ire we
depredations have • been committed by the
• n„4`er..p.iiiates among the ships in ordinary at Sheer-
s
the Ifol
• .few.eyenings ago a gang of them boarded
.
'about
stern, a Danish prize, and stoic a stream cable
too fathoint long,

NAPAL NEWS.

FALMOUTH, FEB. TO.

ARRIVED the Flora and 'Chatham Transports,
from Egypt, in four months, having the zsst Re-
giment on board, consisting of .350 men: