Star.
London, England, 1807-08-11 00:00:00

WEST INDIA TRADE.

Mr. MAGENS rofe to call the attention of the Houk to the I
prerent hate M the Weil India l rade. The price of the comma-
dities imported from the Weft India Colonies was not augtrented
in proportion to the great increafe of the duties kid upon them--
The price was, ueverthelefs, fo high, as to cheek the home eon-
fumption at a time when the exportation of foreign countries was
ahrudt at4foluttly prevented. The consequence was. that there
was now a illtplUs Of too 001 ho:fheads of fugar, which could no:
find a i•norket. He thr.uplit that it w.-s the duty of the Houle,
when they impoted loch high duties on articles of colonial product,
to take care that the Weil loclia Merchants and planters might fill
be allowed to make a fair profit from their capital employed in dux
trade. If we could not open the foreign market, to the produco
of our colouie,, he thought it became the duty of Parli orient to
take ineafures for inereafing the home confumption, which could
heft he done by din.inithitz the duties, which would confAuently
lower the pric:. It was his with to cAI the attention of Parlir
ment to this important lei St early in the next Salton. He con-
cluded by moving a Refolwion, " that the Houle would, ratty
in the next Seffion, take into confideration the Report of the
Committee fur the purpofe of confider-Mg the commercial fate a
the Well India C..lonies."

I he CIIANCRI.I.OR of the EXCI-IF.QpfR was oßged
the Hunsaarahle Gentleman for the fair and candid way in whielf,„:„.:
be had brought forward this ',lianas, and would not give aui
polition to the motion '1 be fithj!dt was certainly of great lit!,
ynl.mer,. and required the molt terious attention of the ficule2m..
When it was hated that an imm core proportion of the produce of
our colonies was in danger of not finding a market, it lit came the
du'y of his Majelty's Minifteisto turn thtir minds (erica:), to tte
contierri on or the fubjedt.
Mr 1.1.1 S iIN GTON was glad to find that fome attastian was to
be paid to the interens of theNA ft India Pla,,ters. Asotbetmescutes
had railed that Hoefe which were fuppored to be greatly injurious
to their interatt, it was but Lir in other refp.dts to relieve than
a• much as pail-151e from any unequal preffure. A Right Honour-
:He Gentleman (Mr. now no more, bad fleed that he
Lot think to per cent. was too great a profit tar neLivers to make-
lle the Itture would alto think that the was a laic
Profit for the W. tt India Planters. He blamed 7,,linifters cam!•
irgly for diffolvolL Parham( nt before this iniportatt bufinelt could
be adjniked. ~t pre eat it would require Eve or Et month: beforel
any thing cow., done in favour of thole l'h.roc.rg. That was
fomething bac getting a reprieve for a man a week alter he hail
been hanged.
Mr. HIBBLRT was of the fame f de, and Paid, that if it karl
not been for the diffamion, the Rept rt might hare been made is
May, and a final decilion have been come to on the fatjea betcli
this time.

lb; Recall:Hon was then unanimcufly agreed to.
• PF FITION OF DR. HIGHMORN.
Mr. W. SMITH Rated, at confiderable length, the prayer of
this Petition. The Petitioner Rated, that he bad ttudied the era
1.. w for eleven years. at Jefue College, Cambri4e, where be had
taken :he degree of Doctor of Law, and was alfu Proteffor of Ci-
vil Law : that afterward., wifh!ng to he admitted to practice in
the Ecclehaftical court, he was refilled, on the ground that he
had formerly taken Deacon's drtret a He conlidered that th:s could
he no ground fur preventing him trout pradifing in the Spiritual
Courts, where every thing wa' decided by the civil and eccdcfa'
: he therefore praye. for legiflative relief.

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Tbc Pctittoo w.ts orderedt e lie on the table.
con:Nur/1E OF FINANCE.
Mr. BANKES prer:.nted another report from At

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