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

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these were confined to the South. They obsdrved with
no little pleasure, the seal manifested by umousanders
American vessels in their reunions to assist ships it•
putting down the trade, particularly on the coast 01
Africa. But at the Rome time they regtetted, that th.
Government of the United States bad not listened t.'
the powerfel arguments of the Conswilttee to the Hoe&
of Represeutativer, as to admittior a modified right of
search: They saw'sfith deep comers the activity truth
which vessels of France were *egged in the trade. Th.
madam ended with trusting that his Majesty would eon
tints to remonstrate with these Governments, and that
at least this country would endeavour to do justice to
Africa, and that eventually she might be delivered from
the horror of these practices.
The Marquess of LONDONDERRY did not rise to
oppose the motion of his Hon. Friend, and he should
not look to particular expressions in his speech or in the
document which be had moved, with a whitsl eye in a
diplomatic point of view. He had done justice to his
own feelings is the discharge of what be considered a
sacred duty, and that without any indecorem is the ye-
'lend spirit of his address to those feelings which meat
necessarily belong to independent powers. In goalless
of international arrangements, a moderate tope of re-
monstrance would always effect more than strong and
violent language. He bad no hesitation is saying that
be partook in the common feeling expressed by Mallow
Frieed with regard to the conduct of F and Ame-
rica. He particularly went along with his Hoe. Friend
upon that most important principle of a modified right
of search. Nothing but a common effonolilipaseittre
could stop the slave trade, mad th4re were as meiw of
obtaining inch a measure bet by itoettinsa sunhat to
regulate the /moral right of sew & t was in rain to
conga from themselves the truth that all their own eh
forts were of no use without the emocarrencsr of those
two great powers, Frame and America. The latter
Government certainly possessed rest advantages over
the former in her muss of abolishing the Slave Trade.
The American Government had the whole mass of popu-
lation upon its back in any steps it might take upon the
question, for the people of America were favourable to
the principle of abolition. Bat im the remonstrances to
be made to America. then should dm nothing to affect
the dignity of her Government. and nothing bat what
would leave her in a situation to claim the merit of whet
she might hereafter do in these emitters. There was no
Government more naturally jealous of its maritime
rights than the British Government. Yet it was ready
to make sacrifices in concurrence with these of other

Countries for any regulations which might further this
great object. He agreed with his Honourable Friend
in the view be bad taken of the conduct of France.
There was, unquestionably. • great desire en the part of
the Government of that country to get rid of the t{affic.
But they were deterred by apparent obstacles in the frame
of their Government. ind is the comatitsties of their ,
Representative Assemblies. As long. however, as the
present practices remained in tore., there would be a re-
proach to the name of France. He hoped they-would
feel themselves. called upon as a great people to maim
strong laws, whose penalties *hull be &dogmata to the 1
suppression of the trade. He saw no jut raises why
Prams should be jealous of her maritime rights when
nothing more was expected from her than we were ready
to yield up. He costarred in the general views of the
Honourable Mover. sad was sot -disposed to querrsl
with the particular application of them in the resent
isstance.

Sir J. MACKINTOSH freely admitted that so blame
was to be attributed to the Noble Marquees or his col-
leagues, who, he believed had exerted themselves to the
utmost in end ing to abolish 'this infamous traffic.
It might be proper to observe the courteous forms of di.
plonney in applying to other nations Do this subject;
bat whether the Members of that Hun owe therefore
to restrain the exprmaion of their *Wei, upon Jt, was
a very different Tickles. For hisoin part, if be heed
that ether natioes, Olaf prefissiog the strongest desire
to abolish this traffic, persisted in theieencooreguneet of
it, he would feel no Initialise Is eaplogdot they el let
is the face of the world, convicted of a disregard ()revery
feeling of tinmasity. The various fudge mations is this
respect might, he thought, for the purpose of examining
their conduct, be divided into closet"; except Porters',
indeed, which stood entirely by itself. Portugal had al-
most bid us defiance; her conduct bad been uniform,
notwithstanding the change in her Government. She
bad made monarchy execrable ; and now she appeared
to express a desire to atone to monarchy. by bringing
odium en a popular Government. The conduct oftipato
be viewed with some regret ; bat be indulged a bop*
that she would pat her grand intentions iotheffect. 'I he
United States, be believed, were backward on account
of oar insisting upon the right of search : but he trusted,
they would not suffer any little national jealousy to in-
terfere with so laudable a subject as the present, or be
misled by the term, " right of search," which in this
instance could have no reference to the lung agitated
!maritime question. He could not, however, agree to
couple the conduit of America with that of France. The
United States bad expressly, by law. forbidden the
trade, while France carried it on most extensively. In-
deed, the house bad so doubt heard of the atrocities
disclosed in the cases of the two Frenph ships, i.e Jeuse
Estelle and Le Hoodoo.. Still be mutt Admit that
France bad paid humanity the homage of hypocrisy;
but a new administration had been formed, which avow-
ed a determination sot to extend tbe . present laws for
the abolition. Yet the men composing this administra-
tion were the men loudest in their professions of seal
for the Christian religion, and of admiration fur royalty.
They had called the solemn treaties of France anti-na-
tional and bad declared their present Legialatioa ors the
subject to be quite sufficient for the object. He had no
hope but io the fearless appeals which could be made
through that house. Russia, too, at the Congress of
1815,-bail been profuse in her expressions of condemna-
tion of the traffic and had recommended that the colo-
nial produce of those countries which aboliebed the traf-
fic should be excluded from the eoentrim which did
abolish it. Yet four years afterwards Rurio imposed a
tariff whirl' had the effect of exelerlibbaheireerisee of
those that had abolished, and admit/big that at those
which had not abolished this scaedalens trade; thus.
In feet, giving a premium for the coniaisaue of
the trade. The advisers of the Emperor of Romia en
-this occasion, were, no doubt, the peruse who bar( sat
the Holy Alliance on foot; and thus mixed up falsehood
and the eacooragement of barbarity with their notions
of Christianity. He should always raise his voice to
assist in calling these powerful criminals before the bee
of European public opinion.—(Hear, hear!)
Mr. MARRIOTT thought nothing effectual could be
done towards accomplishing oar object, noises we gave
protection to our own Colonies.
Dr. LUSHINOTON said, he had no doubt that •he
Noble Marquess bad heard of the captors by the Eng-
lish ship Pheasant, of a Portuguese vessel. The &what
master pat a midshipman and eight other persons into
the vessel. The •Portaguese master in a few days fell
upon the English midshipman and his sailors, and mar-
dared seven of them. This atrocity wu discovered by
a black sailor, who was one of the survivors. He men-
tioned this to sbew by what villains the Portuguese tio-
remount carried on their nefarious traffic. He hoped
the Noble Marquess would insist on basin the Mau
brought to justice. The Ho.. and Lear Oeittletnao
here read a letter, giving the particulars of an emissive
traffic in slaves at a Portuguese colony, under the sane,
lion of the Governor. The Portuguesetiovernment bad
expressly engaged by treaty to abolish the traffic, and
he therefore should protest against rtilysacieg another
shilling for the-purpose of bribing them to justice,