The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-19 00:00:00

ELAVEILY

Mi. HUME presented a petition from Mr. Geo. Christopher
Rapier, of Grenada, praying for the abolition of Slavely, anathet
the Free Blacks might enjoy the cause privileges cc the 'Whites.
He (Mr. Hume) thought before a general Emancipation took
place it would be better that a law to that effect should be enact-
ed, and he was happy to find that his Lion. Friend•below him
(Dr. Lushington) had a Motion to that ef►sct, which he trusted
would meet w►th cordial support.
Dr. LTJSIIINGTON old, he was not unmindful of the corn.
forte of at least 30,000 persona of colour, but he at the. same
time was aware that any attempt to force the colonists to adopt a
tiwaeure of the kind alluded to by his' Hon. Friend;
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bring forwiird the subject to-night; but if he had the good for-
tune to have a seat in,the House next Session, he would at the
ehtisaitin:atoutiy:tihonrotusands. He would beg leave therefore to withdraw
to the Chancery Ctnomiseion• .
The petition was brought up and ordered to be printed,
of i‘tihre. IFlUJtlELulPLeacCoutedtupaarfye'tei.t.Seionrvice, stating that be had lost
two eyes in the service, and complained that he had not received
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Mr. Secretary CANNING should not oppose tl, laying the
petition upon the table, but he wished the lioutia to observe, that
thil was a case where an individual bad roach u claim upon the
French indemnity fund, which claim had been, regUlarly
belbre the Commissioners and rejected. The claimant .tbea
'appealed to the King in'Council, and in that Court the claim was
fully heard and rejected again, Now, if :such cases were to,,,ise
brought there and discussed afresh, after they, had been atiited
with all due solemnity before a tribunal appointed fur the purpirsei
it would have been better that they shauld have been brought
before Parliament at first. That tribunal was appointed foi the
eapeciM purpose ofieeping out, on the one haul the dist:ll4m of
the Executive, and still more. the discretion of Parli.,tncrlt,
division and distribution of this fund. The House would settthet
to admit the opening of c.eies which bad haen decided both If,lthe
Commissioners and by the Court of Appeal, would be to utmettle
everything tLat had been done.—(lleer.)
Mr. Itumr, would ask the Right Hon, Gentlernati-,whiither
there was not soniething peculiar in this ciao than could occur, in
any other, and could not therefore unsettle other decisions.
Mr. Secretary CANNING said, , that if this request were, ac-
ceded to, he, himself, knew at least twenty others which would
be presented upon the same grounds.
Mr. A. BARING observed, that the petition pointed out an
instance whcre the adMission of fresh evidence had been allowed,
and which evidence eventually established est; claim. Ile-kraery
'not what the evidence in this case might be, but he thought the
statement deserved attention. The circumstance of . therts,beitte
is residue beyond the sums awarded from the fund ought, to
lead them to consider whether there might not tke eases where
just claims had only failed of being established. for yone :of
time. ..„

Mr. LYTTLETON fully agreed in die gene' rule which ,hoil
been stated by his Hight Hon. Friend, but htlitved there lit
be cases whew peculiar merits. called for Pailiamentiry •,,
aeration. lie should certainly bring this case before the lfoe
'until justice was done in it; and he hoped the Ticasury weiuld
at least make some compromise which ,w.nuld relieve the anti-
tioner train his present unfortunate condition. The, l'etition..iias
laid on the table. -