The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-06-28 00:00:00

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'Mr. BERNAL said, that under the present practice.
it was almost Impassible to detect the Portuguese do d
Spseisb dealers. He did nut impute any blame to lis
Wajesty's Government. but he felt it to be difficult as
we I as mortifyiog to preserve a tone of 'moderation an-
tler the treatment 'le load received from the Governments
of Spain and Portugal.
Mr. BARHAII feared the traffic would not be abn.
Soloed by either, Spain, Portngal, Prance, or Holland,
while the present system continued. He believed it bad
caused the irreparable ruin of our own colonies. It was
useless to attempt to abolish the Slave Trade by the
English colonists, without making safe amngeinents
with foreign countries
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The Marquees of LONDONDERRY explained. It
was unfortunately true that oar endeavours to abolish
the trade had injured our own colonies, and driven the
trade, ender circumstances of increased aggravation,
into the hands of foreign adventurers. His Majesty:al
Government were placed in a situation of great pain
and difficulty ; but be believed their seal was undouht-
ml.—(Hear hair !)--He feared the immune of the Hon.
and Learned Gentleman (Sir J. Mackintosh) would tend
tb weak.. the power of Government, and embarrass
their 'cordons.

Mr. A. SMITH denied that the language of big lion
and Learned Friend had been at all misapplied.
The voodoo was then agreed to.

11111111 INSUI

ACT.

Mr. GOULEURN postponed, until Tuesday next, his
media on this subject.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT thought the House ought
sot to separate that night without ogling for some
'communication from Government respectieg the state of
Ireland. Seventeeo persons bad perished by burger in
see parish. He beseeched the House to call for aa
otitisl statement on the subject. All the accounts be
bad received himself were of the most appalling nature.
Many clergymen he understood were preparing their
famishing parishioners for death. He was confident
that his appeal to the House would not be in vale.
Mr. GOULEURN assured the House he (oh es deeply
on this subject as the Right Hun. Baronet. He felt it
the more, because there was a considerable extent of
misery which it was mot in the power of man to relieve.
This applied particularly to the districts alluded to by
the Right Hoe. Baronet. He bad received accounts
partly confirmatory of the statemeat of the Right Hon.
&must, sad he bad thought it his duty to procure the
immediate idiipment of a quantity of provisioi s Biscuit
had been inullorred on account of its combining nutri.
meat with portability. Revery thing within the power
of Ooyernment was dolor. The Lord Lieutenant, in
addition, had 100,00 W. at his disposal. in cossequence
of the kind vote of the House the other evening for the
employment of the poor. He trusted it would not be
thought necessary fur him to enlarge upon the painful
subject.

Mr. V. FITZGERALD did not rise to extend the dia•
tussles, but to bear testimony to the statement of his
Right Hon. Friend, that every thing had been dooe to
relieve that part of the country which endured the most
gaming. At a time when English charity was so
bountiful, he was really surprised to hoar several Mean-
bars doubt the existence of the distress. He bad just
received a letter from a most respectable parish Priest
exhibiting true pastoral concern for his auk. and dis-
elegise a most affecting scene of distress. The Right
Hos. Gentleman read the letter, from whichit appeared
that the writer is the act of distributing relief to the
sufferers (Dead himself so pressed by the wretched ap-
*mats, that he was forced to get into a boat, sod at
some distaste from the bank write tickets for provisions
to be supplied to the beads of families. Whilst in that
situation many halt famished persons dashed into the
water, swam to the boat. mud carried bark tickets in
their asouths to their starving families. He wished the
course takaq by his Right Hos. Paired might be as
successful as his feeling 'heart could desire. His hope
was that relief might not be tao late. There was me
act, which exalted the boassuity sad policy of his Right
Hoe. Friend. A sum bad issued from the Treasury to
oaabla the 'Weasels:4i persons to pay taxes, and woo
unnecessary to go &boat the country in its pretest us
happy state to make the usual collection.
Mr. WILBERFORCE said when mosey was granted
for the relief of the sufferers, it certainly was sot the
some of Parliament that aesistasce was to be limited to
say opal& sum. If enough had not been advanced it
ought to be Increase& The assistance England bad af-
forded was called generosity, but it was common duty.
In a melancholy calamity of this description no money
ought to be spared.
Mr. H. SUMNER gave a vete in .shots with the
Hon. Member for Bramber. There was not ono who
did not wish relief should be effectual. The sum WOW
certainly was not to limit the effects ei Parliausest.—
Irelaed *a to be religiose effectuallmad the only way
was to vote as humble address to hes Majesty, praying
the object might be obtained at any expense.
Mr. FITZGERALD explained.

Mr. BROUGHAM added his opinion to that expressed
by the H able Member for Breather, namely. that
relief to Ireland was not an act of generosity, bat an act
of strict duty.
Mr. PEEL adverted to his statement when he pro-
posed the grant for the relief of Ireland. On that °c-
inema be Mid it was better to come while Parliament
was sitting for aeon money than take too large a sum
in the lint instance.