The Sun.
London, England, 1810-02-13 00:00:00

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The Duke of Noirroz.K. ainded to a que;tiOn he
had puit to hi Majeity's Set.retty of 'State, on a
former night,--respeNiug our alliance with Portugal,
and would now .content himself wi:11 m .ving an
laumllle Address to his 'Mjesty,:that, he woultt•-be
gracioosly pleased to direct tivt the,e be laid before
that. House such Tn.atics, if any, which had been
concluded with Portugal, ye-peeing aid and assist-
ance of,any kind which ha,(l been eitt.:red into with
that countryssince the Th lr May,- t t3G9.
The Margois .WELLESLY- replied, that he ex -
peded .to ha ;%e it Th cumin ,nd from his Miije4ts to
lay betore their 'Lordships, on a very, early day,'
whatever transactions had taken place between the •
two Governments since the period, and on the to-
pics alluded to by the. Noble Duke. , It 'could not,
well be expected tl.at he should now anticipate the
tiature and matter of that-Message; but he would
venture to pledge 'himself that -a s very feW days
would elapse before, he should have the-honour of
b'ringing'down that Message. He hoped this an-
swer would satisfy the Noble Duke for the present.
The Duke of_NORFULK acquiesced, and on the
ground of the promise made by the. Noble Secretary.
of State, consented, to withdraw% hii inotien. As
the question for Withdrawing the motion was put-
ting,

Lord ROLLAND rose to remind Ministers of the
qfiestion be had put on-the first night of the Session,
respecting what • steps had been taken by his Ma=
jesty's Government to ittdu e such powers as were
in amity with his XT jesty, to concur in the resolu-'
-lion which the British Parliament had expressed for
the abolition of the Slave Trade. The answer- he
then receit,7ed was very unsatisfa.lory. He was de--
termined to repeat his 4luey-ion, <a- to shape it into'
the form of - a motiony• in order to obt:iin more ex-
plicit and sati.finiory information.
The Earl of Liv ER root. a,suted the 'Noble Lord
that he felt every desire io furnish every possib:e in-
/formation respecting the question, pat by the Noble
Lord. He might take it ukut him to say, that in
pursuance of the diligence of Parlament, his Ma-
jesty's Ministers at the diffe!ent Courts in amity
with his Majesty, had been instiuCted to make re-
presentations on this-head to the CO,LUIS at which
they r6peclively resided ; that such representations.
had been made to, the Government, Of 'the United
States ;• to that of Spain and Portugal, or rather of
the 'Brazils ; hut that these countries were now dif-
ferently situated, both with regarii w G'eat Britain
and with I/elation to one aunt her ft Om ;hit in which
they were placed when the-reptesentadou ha! first
been wade. Our reLitions were not now, on a foot
ing with America, to allow us iumiediately to follow
up that sort of arrangement. The situation of Spain
and of Pol ttigal were also very different; and under
the present situations of both, it could not be ex-
pefted that any thing definitive could be übimately
arranged. At the same time he might assure the.
NobleLotd and the House, that the proper instruc-
dons to that effea had been given to the British
'Minister at the Brazils, and to the Minister in Spain,
as far as that country, under its present relations
with its colonies,- could be able to examine and de-
Cide the 'question.

Lord fiouLANn professed himself to be dissatis-
fied with 'this answer, and gave notice, that on
Thursday next he should submit a niotion ro their
Lordships on this subjea. Ordered that their Lord.
ships be summoned for that day.
The Earl of GIiOSVENOR• gave notice, that on
Friday next he should move the Sedood Reading of
the. Reversion Bill, when, he trusted, that lien) a,
variety of reasons, there would be a 101 l attendance.
In the mean time he should move that their Lord-
ships be summoned for that day.--Or'dered,
kijourned. • L