The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-08-29 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY.

On the motion for the third reading of the Slavery Sup-
pression Bill, Mr. II AWES repeated his disapprobation of
the measure. But since it had now been so modified by
Ministers as to be really in its present state a Government
bill, he felt that he had not the power to defeat or to de-
lay it ; and therefore, though he could have wished it post-
poned, he would not oppose it.
Mr. MILDMAY was surprised that Mr. HAWES, who
had so many good reasons to give against the bill, should
have concluded by expressing his intention to forbear from
opposing it. He therefore would himself move :that it
should be read a third time on that day three months.
Sir J. R. REID seconded this amendment.

Sir T. WILDE said, that this bill was opposed by two
sections of members, one of which objected to it because
it would repress this kind of commerce, and the other be-
cause it would not. It was no new measure ; there had
been long and ample notice that it was to be brought for;
ward. Unless it were fitting that British subjects resident
abroad should be permitted to employ their capital in en-
couraging the slave trade, the opposition to this measure
could not be sustained. It affected slave-trading only,
and not slave-holding. It prevented the importation of
fresh slaves, but not the transfer of slaves in the country
where they already existed as such.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (by whom the modifications
of the bill had been introduced) would yield to no man in
his zeal for the suppression of the slave trade. The bill
was beneficial in this, among other respects, that it would
evince to foreign nations the sincerity of the British desire
to extinguish that traffic. He vindicated the necessity of
the clauses which be had introduced ; indeed, it might be
collected that what had been done was pretty nearly right
from the disapprobation of both the extreme parties. It
was not, however, properly to be called a Government
bill.
It was then read a third time, without a division.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—THuRsn.kr.

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.
Her Majesty prorogued Parliament this day, with the
usual formalities. She looked remarkably well, and was
loudly cheered as she passed along. The following is a
copy of
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HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH.
" MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
" The state of public business enables me to close this
protracted session, and to release you from further at-
tendance on your Parliamentary duties.
td I
t thank you for the measures you have adopted for
enabling me to give full effect to the several treaties which
I have concluded with Foreign
cordialasseonwt Powers.
" I have given mythe bill which you
presented to me for increasing the means of spiritual in-
struction in populous parishes, by making a portion of the
revenues of the Church available for the endowment of
additional ministers.
" I confidently trust that the wise and benevolent in-
tentions of the legislature will be aided by the zeal and
liberality cf my subjects. and that better provision will
thus be made for public worship and for pastoral
superintendence in many districts of the country.
" I view with satisfaction the passing of the Act for re-
moving doubts respecting the jurisdiction of the Church
of Scotland in the admission of ministers, and for securing
to the people and to the Courts of the Church the full
exercise of their respective rights.
" It is my earnest hope that this measure will tend to
restore religious peace in Scotland, and to avert the dan-
gers which have threatened a sacred institution, of the ut-
most importance to the happiness and welfare of that part
of my dominions.
" I continue to receive from all Foreign Powers assur-
.