The Sun.
London, England, 1816-06-20 00:00:00

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'several nenthzrq. mere alseethled in conversation.
'the SPEAKER ittalnctlititely directed the 13,tr to be
cleared.

• .Mr. rejoiced to find, that tke•supporterS
of the Bill mitintnined, the medbure W4s mit the

cituse of the insurrection at Barbadises. He re-
jOieetl'it , 'it hecansc it was an untenable position.
' lie could prove, that to the Regiitry Bill alone
those ilktitrbanees were to be attributed. Barba-
does lola been settled and established 200
t'Ptl,up to that msontent no insurrection bad takeit
'glee. The Registry Bill arrived; and at Anit
YerY entrant the 'ft:1111'011W inn began and increased,
va the horizon,. 'flue tat coloniek,,theitisekest
had till then,trePhldii4viiii:" 3.14te of the steep-
les, tratoittillity,,wese throw-it conftipion Were
Pot these ciremustancial r(iofs Of the strongest
"right ? The author 'or if,-it should
:111.1,5, might retire withoi the delirium of his
own frenzy, but, in twelve months, the Ne-
groes thcorselves• would tell him, " a year ago
the
.were happy, ittoorent, cfloiented, And
bkit for yoo we should siiil be so 1" but how
different would be the sceue ? He then com-
plained of the mi,representations which had been
circulated respecting the state of the %Vest Indies,
furl of the admission by a British Ithditution (the
African) o‘,' 'HnonyniOnS evidence. Why were the
names of the informers suppressed 1 Because it
.teas feared the publication might Canie then, to
ht deprived of advantegeous situations ! What
credit could then be given to met) who were Otis
,secretly acting agoilist their nntiters ? But why
sh,tul:l they slut Naive been indemnified for any loss
,they might have experienced to coosegoence of t heir
'being known ? Hatt the African Institution, com-
posed of all she wealth aiittNobility of the Jting.
dam, no fowls for that purpose If they bad
uot, let the unmet of the informers appear, and
,he pledged himself that the c‘rlossy against whom
Ihlev had given evidence would indemnify them for
'tiny lota-which .they might prove resulted troth the
discovery. He then contemled that the right of
Legislation was committed in trust to the Colo:
'relt, and that wail it had been abused, it could
'not he withdrawn (rum t nem —The Bill of 'the-
lionourable Gentleman had exposed the Negroes
10,undefined expectations,- protracted hopes, and
periodical disappointments, and unless it were set
completely at test, the country would soon have no
'colonies. He once more complained of the Afri-
Can Institution, the members of which were so bi-
goted to their ownopiitions, that they would receive
Of a contrary tendency. He should
not be surprised to hear, by the next packet, that
inturrections had br(diell taut at J.amuicai, 41111 if
once insonnection souk place iii that island, the
cotopylrtil guise. Five bombed Maroons bad
defied all our power for five or six years in the
' tasines4s ot that island, now that all the
negroes were organized, an insurrection could not
1,4,1' to be attended with decisive etfect,,. He then
read at letter Irmo a gentleman on whom he could
place the greatest reliance. The letter stated, that
411 t: Registry Bill .iad heen misconstrued by the
sloes, as Act to mantilla Mit ; that they had held
meetings, and 4onie of the rinele4 Hers had been
'banished ; and that many of the negroes had been
detected singing that Mr. Wilberforce had made
them free, lust that the mines would not let them
rojoy their freedom, and that they would show
them they .could take it by force. He was then
understood ,to state, that it was Methodist
Preachers who had given such an interpre-
tation'to, the B 11. tie contradicted the aster.
tints,that breeding was discountenanced amongst
the Slaves, 11, thirty years ago, any per,
son had publicly held out the opinion that it was
dangerous to breed, he would have beats kicked
out of society. [Here a general laugh arose, on
seeing Mr. %Vilberforce bow to the Speaker and
'retire. In as idiom time, however, the Hon. Gen.
Ilenom resumed his seat.] Lie maintained, on the
contrary, that for 40 years a higher price was
set npon'alentale slave when she was pregnant,
oa at very account. Why should that be the
'clad, If it were considered dangerous to breed
Hon. Gentleman read several extracts front
documents (Which we understood 'to be Reports
of the Atricto4 lostitotioo), in support of his
sigunienis, contending, that those persons who
nottnimiied slaves were chargeable to the parish.
lie midutitined that it was, am! still 'is so.—
the price of a slave at this time hi the %Vest
Indies was thrice its much ss that for which
Ise could be imported. If then there was such a
facility or imuortation, why would the Planters
:Fay .3001 per cent. for them beyond what they
'could procure them for by other means'? It was
-on his estate that the first Missionaries began to
4lperate, and who were eneontaged, not by our
Ettalolished Church, hot by that 401 the United,
-Brethren ; and I.e Woidd say that greater zeal and
'purity of life-had never been displayed by any hi-
individuals whatever ; yet it appeared that
Diu some of oar coloniet,, laws hail been passed
Volsibiting the only attainable mental of religions
`instructititt. Ile highly praisetl the conduct of
the MOravinns, whose conversions had been very
extensive, and hash uniformly been productive of
the hest 'effect ; Mid, by letters which he read,
ill appeared that they had 'met with all possible
encouragement from the inhabitants. lie, however,
oeit,nrell,the conduct cat the Methodists, who in.,
flamed the passions' of the slaves, by excit Fog' futile.
Hopes of liberty, hy which whole districts were
erupt itt alarm, through the promulgation of sorh
ideas,. Which were like mixing poison in the cup
of salvation, and showing by their whole cooduq,
to any the leist or it, that they were extremely in.
disert et. y were not field-preachers tutiocted
In the 'Mile laves ate Ist this country, where, if tits ir
conduct was impropt•r, they were liable to be 1)11-
'l'l'4'li lie called upon Ministers, err the Dante of
`Juslier.,to lake their facts from the intelligence of
the Arrtealt cottrl►bo' awl not from their utru

Aii-Vol4soNey felt, that the less that was,ssirl
by any one to irritate feelings and widen that
,rettelt, would h, bettor for tile object in view.
Ihe real question was, what VI) Pdrakitielit
'Vl'gilt ti take in the critical and tiattgerotts situ•
rit,°lo 'al the Colonies, from the insurrection the
,:,111;11;Gic,i'll 4)la, HMI the disaffection which pre-
Irons Wit mistaken notion that tii Regis-
t'wi:l9..`' gice complete ematicipmema. lie
t` "".1141.! eV the itutbestiait removal tot the cum,.
t
gt the etlett might craw. 'lite Amen4inient he
'4w-Sideted to be temoorate awl tedsouitble, wed

lit Iv as borto4; clot only in jtsii,4ice.i4:tlie Propriee
tars of Estates, but to the itappinestilf the slaves,
tO•rsuppott it ; and, in adoptiogflis,Address, hr
irs sure his Hon. frilnd, whose motllees could
'at be questioned, wohld see, that he' was to
course Aids could no• too he adeintageous tta
lie object, he bad in view, The unanimote. sense
of Parliament would' 'peaduee the best effect, by
removing the . „
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Lord Casievateian !perfectlY.con6i„ rred in the
(Onion of Ilk:Lewin:l leuiau
'Flit general
worm:ohm which the lion. Gentlennin hall laid
before the .House, corresponded With the Wel&
geoce received by Ministers, who, in sanctioning
the Registry Bill, never
,could have ati4ted any
'Ring so wild, as to encourage complete emanei
patioo. Any idea so preposterous.coUldDuly. in.
%Wye the colonies ie the greatest Calamities,
.The
Address embraced three propositions. We owed
it; in the first instance; simply to make the people
feel that our hearts and exertions were devoted to
watching over their interests; and that if it was
not power to undo all they had suffered,
we might at iea-t adopt the only remedy that could
prevent a recurrence of the calamity. It was due
to the &hided negroes themselves to undeceive,
them, by shewing that the Legislature never could
do' any thing mote than to ameliorate their con-
dition, and be frosted the assemblies of the
!sheath would propagate this principle. He la-
mewed that the question of ultimate emancipation •
had been at all touched on. lie was not so san-
guine. as to hope that he should live to see coin»
pletv'eiitancipatian effected ; but it was only by
makintemsnumission a blessing and not a curse to
them 'that this great blessing, could he worked
out. While the idea ought to be repelled that
peg airy meant manumission, he thought it prep
per to mark in the strongest manner that the Le»
gislatute at home were 1111Xiotil to communicate
every possible blessing t 6 the slaves, and the
House ought to give to each other a mutual
pledge of their anxiety to effect this object. We
lived in an age when the risks of discussion could
not be avoided ; hot he trusted that the Legisla-
tures abroad would fed that the best cheoce of
avoiding danger WAS, to enter into the feelings of
their countrymen at home, and they might trust
on it that there would be sufficient firmness and
,justice in the mother country to protect them.—
Of the meaning of the Registry there could be
but one opinion, apt' be trailed -that this unani-
mous opinion would sooty be commoniented. to
the West Indies, and acted upon accordingly. He
did cousider himself pledged to act on the prin.-
eiple that hail been gone into ; for he did not be•
lieve that illicit importation had taken place in
the West Indies to any such extent as his lion.
Friend had surmised. We had the satisfaction to•
know, that we had obtained the 'co-operation of
one of the greatest Powers of Europe (France),
from which we had received the most cordial eS•
surances of her detennioation to go with us heart
end hand in effecting the object of abolishing the
traffic; and we had likewise the prospect,
that at no remote period two other Powers
(Spain and Portugal) would jam us in the
good work. Under • these circumstances, he
did not attach that degree' of importance to
tile question which was given to ,it by his lion.
Friend. But parliament
ought so snake their aro. -
timents clearly understood, and be was convinced
that no time might to be lost in doing so. We
were not to stand still and see enormities con**.
milted Without applying a remedy ; but nothing
was so much to he deprecated as illiellerittg with
the question of local legislation, for if the tittle
came When we should take the legislation into our
oWn hands, We should have difficult ios eneotio-
teri which we were by no means aware cif. We
should therefore leave them to legislate, and be
satisfied. 'He hoped the discussion would not
hear the character, of a difference of sentiment.
last the Address go to 'the West Indies, 'in the
name of God, with the unanimous opinion of
the house. it was useful advice that had been
given to his Honourable Friend to withdraw
his motion; for if the Mose should be ona.
nimous in voting the Address—if it should go
abroad that the proposition was made - and The
House was unanimous in voting the Address, then
it might Le supposed that the fjOlite was until-
tlinionS in giving the information called for,
whereas they were only unanimous in .untleeriv.
big the deluded slave's. He was sure that his Ho-
nourable Friend had no' object in view but to do
good, and he therefore' toped and lie trusted he
would follow the advice that bad been submitted
to him.

Mr. littooonste rose amidst load calls Air
Wilberforce. He assured the louse that his
littoral& Friend and himself were perfectly agreed
as to the answer that should he given to this ap-
peal. There could he no doubt of unanimity iu
coming to a resolution on the Addresi proposed,
the object 01 it being to eonvey an.authoritative
explanation to the negroes, while it would coney
a lesson of some importance to the per*,, in
au-
thority in the Colonies, The Learned Gentleman
complained that the Amendment was proposed
by anticipation, as it teas ititeniled for the sines.
tion of to.ntnrrdw ; uud he asked if it was pos-
sible to give up the motion to make way for
the amendment ? He pat it to the candour of
those acquainted %Ash Parliamentary principles,
whether the House could agree to such an ar.
rangernent. Let this motion be first acceded
ta, and then let there be an anattimons agree.
itsent about the Address. The fifty-times told
.unit as often refuted csbirnnies entancipa-
lion and insurrection charged arm him and' his
friends, in and oat or that 'loose, were only re-
vivals of the same Sort of calumnies as had been le.
Veiled at thoie.gre At men, now no mine, who strug-
gled for years in elect ing 't he A bolition ; and was
it• possihie that they could ittitir sit silent" Hurler
dim They Were charged with being the wilful
cause of the insurreetion at liarbeilues. This was
a charge he wa4 elisions to meet, that lie might
give it the most broad and unqintlig.ed contradic-
tion. The 'broad principle' of Negro emancipa-
tion wall not, uni' hod it aver been, that of him-
self and his friends, thought they had always becti
charged with it. He (Mr. Fos) who sought to
abolish the Slave Trade from the year 1782, had
bean` accused of being the flieml ot the blacks
against thaudwites ; hot the re wiisnetter any thing
in hit conduct which gave the slightest colour for
the charge. Hot itiolsdf and his friesuisetilt4ooted

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or ward to sittlt nit ' ,Aiselitotltsti.
arlition of tilaves, * siwold make it is hoot' to
,ti.ein when ft ,shoulir hot„certainly that
time was not ofvw, when it would. be the:greatest
of curses, 117 hco shoAd be prepared :for
freedom, it stmt id be ../ode to, give it thetift,.,anif
it would not he less desirous for. themselves,
than for ,their. masters.,, The Hooottrable,.ana:
Learned lentlentan diets :went at great,' engtb
into an analysis of the observations a Mr. Bar.
ham, and
,conteodeil that the evidences ha had
miaowed amonnted to nothing; for, it the negro,
who was Ong to execution, had-Spoken mak.,
the facts he detailed must have been known to`
ten or twelve hundred persons as well ashituself.
He detentleil the, conduct of the Methodists, and
read a;ludierous rocretpondt'nee that hod appeared
in tbeJaMitica Gazette on the 18th of last Noveml.,
her, in which the writer stated, that, he mid a is
friend had equipped themselves as Method*,
Prescher,„ and went iittothe country, preteßding
to be the agents of Mr. Wilberforce. It was on
such 'grounds as these that the people of; the
West Indies took tip cnarge.s against pis.
Friend, who never
,sent out any missionaries,-.but
was onlyanitions to tneoneage the propagation,of
the Gospel amongst the Blacks for the sake of the
Whites ; fur se knew that if they were to•wait
fur its lights till, they were filmed by the Este..
Wished Church, they :would always rentaiir.in
darkness, there being no religions ittstructionk
but— what Came from the Missionaries., The
Registry Bill had . been misrepresented and
110/Komi:lied . 'flit! - 'West ;tidies, and 0
we:re-
fine' those why. 'had nor chosen to ondcr:..
stand it were the authors of ell the blood
.titat,
had been spilt ; fur it was evident that
,nudisittrb.
mires had taken place in those colonies -where it
had been properly cat tied into effect. flu then
blamed, in strong terms, the conduct. of the ening,
Dial Assemblies, whom he accused of preaching tip
the doctrine of emancipation in their Journals, by
asserting that time Registry Bill was a cloak for it,
And exclaiming, that if it was passed., all their pro,
perry was gone, and that the Whites would he
butchered. He ridiculed the ideas shaft a pamphlet
published in London mould' blow up u flick that
would consume the 'West Indies, anti lie disbelieved
the tale of the causes of the insurrection, ‘vhen,
he loom, that all the sentiments of theinsolar As-
semblies were at variance with their conduct....
Tl 4. Hon. and Learned Gentletuan.pointeilly
vetted to the horrible cruelties committed by the
Whites till the subject was taken up by that
House, before which the punishment for killing*
slave was only a line of I is. dd. . The new law,
Ise contended, was so worded as to be is mere eva-
sion, as murder was only made felonious when
committed on a slate who had not given the least
Itrotocatina, so that even a wry gesture, or titi
fispertinent word, might be 'deemed sufficient pro-
vocation for putting a negro to death.. After ex.
pressing at much length his detestation of such
mockery of jUstice, he concluded with
that he woqld give his imitction to the Amend-
ment, provided it Were not made a substitute for
the niotion of hts Hull. Wend.

Mr.ea N Ntsa said, the 'Honourable trod Learned
Gentlemen had been au clear am% 'faithful an in-
terpreter of the speech of his Hon. Friend, that
he feared he should he uninteerssful in enforcing'.
the espedieucy of adopting ''the reconnitendation
of the Hight. lion. Gentlemen; but he did not
altogether despite. The Hon. and Learned Gen.
'tertian, it seemed, had understood the recommen•
datiou of the Hight Hon." Gentlemen in 4 totally,
intierent sense tram what it was understood in by
every other Member' in the douse,
,He (.11r. C.) .
understood it to be to accept the amendment ;
hot the Honourable and Learned GetaleMan
defunct(' it to be to vote his own motioo.—
Ite called upon his Honourable Friend to. con-
Sider" how little he would gain if he perse-
vered in his ;notion And carried it, and
bow Much he would risk by going to a division.
The House had manifested a sincere chiposition
to second the fervent zealot the Honourable Gen.•
ileum', and his motion, if it Were now presied,
could only have the &Ltd of weakening the Ad-
dress in aellich the -House seemed willing unani-
mously to join. He and his Itiends had ever taken
a distinctiou between the Abolition of the sky!
Trade and the Emancipation of the Slaves....
Far be it from him ttl doubt the omnipotence
of Parliament, but he had always thought,
as he still continued 'to think, the questiots-ow
the latter subject ought not to be stirred' tip,
unless interference: became absolutely necessary.
When the neeessity for such interference should
be proved to exist, his voice wind(' be fear-
lessly raised in its fa emir, but he would not anti.
cipate the arrival of that period at which so pain,
ful an exertion would bet imposed on the British
Parliament. .He disapproved of ,the foamier lit
which the Colonial Assembliesitad been spoke of
Alia( night, if the Honourable Getoleman
site had any remomitlea of making use ut these.,
it was out well: that ,trey should he treated with
its much contempt. If such a thought had been,
entertained, so much pains- ought not to have been
taken to degrade them. It was en unwise preface
to an attempt. to Waft-them to carry into effect
the wishes of that Hoeft to tell, them—we dis-
trust your motives,' we- have no confidence in
your ability, and we suspect your honesty..,
This might he said of the Colonial Aisemblies,
whew-they had been tact', anti when it was found
,they detterteti such langnage; but at present it was
unwise, as it was inequitable. He could easily con-
ctive a man might staadop lit. the Assembly of Ja.
mates, and ridicule our la ivy for the'.puttibhment cif I
homicide, with sis Mitch eGet as.the law of . Barba.
does bad fern. ridiculed. by the Honourable and
(,earned Gentleman (Mr. Brottgbam) . He might
soy as a murderer here, whit tried, (or that he had
committed the Wren^e imputed to hint, " not
having the fear of kiwi before his eyes, and
being • instigated by the Devil," that unless proof
were offeede(luf his. having beets Viol -initigal.,
tvd by the 6evil, the crime could not- be brought
home to hint.--(A say a pct-alit-
bad committed murckT, " being- instigated by
the Devil," might be more elegant than to say it .!
was done through " bloody,miorledness t" Out
the latter might be equally trite,mid not less erh-
Felent to punish that crime, abhorrence of which
was net confine& to-+ Europe. Pr to Attica r4ts
to one tmuntry or to ittiotliCit but wag ktion-u
in every Lind and in every climate to be imulautsul

I), Gott ilia , Nature the num:tn
tow, hear !)—He did not say the late disturbances
ht the West Audio* 11,0 been caused' by the
l&egitttrx kill!, .but lie could not think es a penal
L
visitat.iow it .o.yght.,4). be resorted to. 11 Sit. mit
know to,be sure,
.but from all the information he
hit beco able .14 ;obtain, he aid not believe an
trada itt intdi.,tieen canted on in Jai.
metes. He could not therefore tote for this Bill,
to, punisly a
,erime„ which he did not 'heltivtr to
have beet committed, though he could approve
of , the proyisious it • contained tot pf eventing
an illicit traffic, and for'anirliorittsug the eon•
tlitioW, the Slaves. He had known hi some
cases, instances of (nti-natty .in the Coloatai
Asseml)lies4 which left Alta; House no choice
but direet ipterterence, ,Suelr conthset might ante
pill for such,tin exertion on the pirt 91 the Br,tisit.
Parliament, but all taut tie pleaded for was, that
time shpultt be granted that they,might kuow if the
Goloniat Asseiphlies wpoldtake.uptvi themselves to
do what that House was pleased to declare should
be dotte.--The present. Address could not be lois-
understood, 44°14 the Cidoiiirrl Assemblies, " you
Are safe for the present from the iiiterference Of the
British Parlimeht, oft thebelief,And on thepromise
madefor you, that you, left to yourselves, will'do
what is,leapilred of you," hold this language
was statie,ient. The Assemblies might 'be,left to
lifer' the consequences of retusal, and:Parliament
might rest satisfied with the consciousness that
they held in,their hands the means of accomphsh.
which they had purposed. Ile,aguitire•
commended to,. the lion. U 06111411 the ,eatirsis'
whirdi had been pointed out to him, confideut that
it ,would answer every piirpi4e, and that concilia-
tion and vsisilorit would obtain all that could Li
des,ifed, and save us from a crisis, ofwiticil, though
he slid not. fear the 4langer, he most earnestly de-
precalqd the experiment.,—(Hear.!)
Sir S. Itoritit.r,y was of opiiiioti nothing was to
be hoped from the Colonial Assemblies, without
the intereerroce of that Dons'. They hail already
been tried, anti a new reference to them he Lela
to be useless.

MI. GRANT was allti,fiCti that tits illicit iti~ltt~iCis+
Opt) of slaves into otir colonic:, loin taken
and Stated the slaves in them to be very %Vett'
treated'. .

Sir J`. 13.. Beatsvonp maintained tlle slaves were
hi a very comfortable situation., , .
Mr. MANNING read let ter on 't
hi alibied...4)f the
late ilisturbkinces, which representeil at paintiblet
httely poblisheel in
_England, anti the quetitiott
ritised on the itegitstry Bill, to have done more Os
prevent the improkement of the eMittitiots of thu
slaves in our Colonies., than the African litititit-
lion would be übte tv connteriet in twenty yeai
Mr. WILBRUFGNACis itplied, Mid WitistiteW leis
1110!itin.

After a few remarks from ?Ir. BArtit4o, .t hie
wished an AtileildnlVlll 10 be loaned ore AlO.
tiun before it va Willi,ll%o4'll, the question on tlits
Address cies put and ritrrieil ntinine
Mr. %Vit.LittHleOlti'S then Inshatitrted'itis motion,
for papers to the liOuse, Which, tifter a c0,41.er.,
onion, in which Air. Canntag. ..Alr, 1l iring et
Chancellor of:11r.I'iiiisott6y, mat
Mr. W. Smith participated.' Wit 1 ed.r
Mr..1;60.0.215'i1• 1110Vta for Copt6 -Ot tile
.Inrtner.,..'
Proceedings or the' lion. of AbSVltally
Jilln4iCa, on the Bill intended to be introduced,.
into the House of Commons ftii• the itegnitry
Slaves, together with Copies of the
taken before the Colatuittecs of the House of
setts*.
Atter a few wordi from Mr. Vtvit..twavottea the
motion was 'agieett
The other Orders of the Day were dispose:l4 of.
Adjourned at Halt-pot Three this Morning. , -