The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-06-26 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
IrOUSE OF LORDll.—MoxsaT, Julia VA

The following Bill. were brought up from the Cosa-
.. Non. and read each the Bret time :—the New Churches
8011, the Irish Stock Transfer Bill. the Scotch Malt Bill,
• the Irish Gaol Fees Bill, and the Sandwich Regulation
Bill.
Mr. Johnson, from the office of the Chief Secretary
f •i• Ireland, presented the Report of the Commissioners
of Irish Fisheries.
On the motion of the Earl of LI MERICK, the Report
of the Select Committee on the London Wharfs' Bill
was received, and the Bill was ordered to be committed
to a CoMmittee of the whole House on Wednesday.
The following sills were read each the third time
and passed :—The Bank of Ireland Bill, the Irish
Treasury Bills Bill, the Sinking Fund Loan Bill, the
Ordnance Lands Bill, and the Exchequer Bills Bill.
. The Coal Mines Bill and the East India Trade Bill
went through the Committees.
The Earl of DARNLEY said, be thought it right
to state to the House, that the nature of his motion of
which he load given notice for tomorrow, would be to
recommend a system of economy and retrenchment in
she different departments of the Navy.
After a short conversation, in which Lord SID-
SIOCTII. the Earl of (daimon, and the Marquess of
Layrsoowtta took parts, the Committee on the Irish
Courts of Chancery Bill was postponed till Friday.
FOREIGN SLAVE TRADE.
The Marquess of LANSDOWN, on rising to make
his promised motion respecting the Foreign Slave
Trade, said, that though the attention of the House
had been called many times to that interesting sub-
jeer, it oever had been called to it under circumstances
%hid) more strongly required their consideration.—
If the result of their endeavours had been more fortu-
nate than.they were. it would still become their Lord-
. ships, after the lapse of so long a period since the abo-
lition of that detestable traffic by this country, and
the engagements entered into by the other States of
Europe preparatory to the same desirable end, to take
a review of the subject fur the satisfaction of their
minds as to the progress of those combined measures.
But, unfortunately, the circumstances which now so- ,
licited their Lordships' attention were such as to render ,
it incumbent on them to stimulate the Government to
still further exertions for the putting down of that
abuse which still continued to disgrace the world,
tinder the negligence or connivance of other Powers.
Whatever opinion he might have entertained as to the
efforts which were made at the Congress of Vienna, ,
f9r the purpose of enforcing what Pediment had de-
eared to be an object of such importance with this ,
country; however he might have complained of
remissness in that ilistance, lie W 33 really to state
on the present occasion, that great exertions hail
been exhibited, and particularly by his Majesty's ,
Ministers, in order to put down that odious traffic
abroad, which we had banished from our own
dependencies. When this country resolved upon re-
linqiiishing her share in the guilty traffic, it ivai ex-
. 'reed that into the vacuum thus created, unprincipled
adventorers front all quarters of the worhi would run.
Accordingly, as bail been foreseen, on the restoration
of Peace. the base, the unprincipled, and nicked of all
nations, speculated on the opportunity. Against this
there was no remedy, but in the engagements with
Foreign States. Great Britain was entitled, in the
name of humanity and justice, to appeal to those other
countries, upon whom she had prevailed in the Con-
gers. of Vienna, to join with her in the endeavuur try
abolish it throughout the world. No Power was found
at .1 hat Congress so base, so unprincipled, so ignorant,
of was due to mankind from Christian Govern-
ments and Christian Nations, as to identify itself with
this traffic. On the contrary, there was but one voice
front all, with the exception of Po-tugal, declaring
that the trade should he put an end to. In pursuance
of these engagements acts and ordonnances were passed.
Sre.in, Portugal, the Netherlands, France, ani the
United States of America, all pledged themselves to
the abolition within stated periods. The Congress of
A'ierica had proved its sincerity, and in further-
ence of the great object in which it concurred with this
Con ntrv, hal passed an Act last Session, declaring all
her subjects who embarked in the Slate Trade, whe.
slier iu American or Foreign vessels, guilty of piracy,l
Noble to the punishment of death. He now cattle to
the p iinful task of calling their Lordships' attention to
thee manner in which those treaties had been executed
lit, the other Countries, and it was with great concern
its stated, that nith the siggle exception of the United
bitates of America, tiliy %W all failed to carry their
engagements into effect. At that one instance their
satisfaction must stop, for the rest had manifested such
levity in punishing, and even in some cases such a de-
gree of favour towards persons carrying on the trade,
as greatly to counteract the exertions made by this
Conran-. Turning in the firrt place to Spain, their
Lath:ships would find, from the Papers before the
!louse, that though Spain had engaged to abolish the
Ntitve Trade North of the Line, from 1817, and South
•the Lire Kim 1820, our own Consul at the Davao
nah stated, that Slave Ships continued to enter that
port. and Staves continued to be landed at the Baran-
nab itself, so little was the attention paid to the Abu-
Winn Lau'. Up to May I SDI, vessels wer.: still fitting
stit4or the same purpose. With regard to Portugal,
theiel;brilshipe would find that no material diminution
had taken place io the Slave Trade. Eighteen thousand
Simi had been carried into her Colonies since the
abolition. Of two thousand conveyed to South
Araerica, one fourth had been lost ; and in one vessel,
nifty three hundreCone hundred and forty had•died.
There ',yak too much reason to suspect that many per-
son! iri authority were concerned in the traffic. The
Portuguese !governor of the Isle of Princes, was one of
them; and it was notorious that there was no diminu-
tion in the supply of Slaves from Africa to Surinam.
He Aow came io the steps taken by France, and sure it
was to he expected that a people living under a Repre-
mutative. Government and enjoying privileges them•
selteo,*ionld feel a desire to make some consistent ef-
fuer lijiseerrying the lases against this odious and detest-
ablefriittic into egret. Years had elapsed, yet no effort
had been made; and they, had the authority of Sir O.
tok izanction the opinion that not less than 60,000
MI am' weieTriumht from Africa in the course of a single ,
year." the remissness of the French Government might
be catkin! from two instances to which he should re-
sit. -ArlceJeuni Estelle and another ship called the Ro-
denr. wfke.fitted. °iv for she trattir. Sir C. Stuart, whose
aertßins in such cases trete initiated to the highest

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