Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-02-03

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siderable deoate ensueu' ""s" ''e '"o'
carried
In the House Of Lords, on the 18th, Earl Gros-
..a,or,s motion for return OF the salaries and
documents Of the officers OF the House TOR a
GEAR preceeding the 5th January, 1880, was, al
ter some debate, agreed to.
. Mention, was presented in the House ct Com
mons ON the same day, by the Marquis oil Chan
dos- from the proPrietors of property In the
Wsst Indies, praying speedy inquiry into the
.,.ts of the Colonies, and of Slavery, and that
80 s,me protection should be extended to them
os 70 the holders of any other description of pro-
',or,y After some debate, the petition was or
iisreJ 10 be brought up, read and laid on the Ia
Me and A motion on the subject postponed until
The first of March.
TIE funeral of the late ord Mayor of London
took Mace ON the 18th December. The funeral
,no,ed at one o'clock. from his late resldene at
U,mmersnith. to Christ Church where service
n'as reformed, and the body was deposited iIf
,he family vault.
HOUSE OF COMMONS-DEo. II.
the CgLoniI Trade BM.-Mr. Z. Thompson
,rnrosed that the second reading vi this Dill
should be postponed until after the recess on &C
count of the various interests when were ih'oi'-
ed Daring the holidays he would consider the
.nbiect. and see whether any measure could De
nresared better calculated to protect the diiier-
cnt parties interested. .....
ment of the measure, though he was Ioi,nue"'
thst tho late Government had well attended to the
;m+orssts of the different parties lie trusted to
the caudor of the right hon. gentleman TO proceed
,,;,b the hill, if he could not discover better
measure. - r.
MIR, G. Robinson complained that the late Go
vsrpment had conceded to the United States a
direct intercourse with the West India Colonies,
IN the injury Of our North American Colonies.
In doing that, the late Government SAID that they
lad acted on the principles of the late Mr.. Can
n,no and Me- Hus&isson, but he denied that such
sa, tine case. Mr.. HuskissOn always declared
that he never would coucede such boon to Anne
RIGA without receiving an equivalent In return.
In 1896, Mr. Canning, in his correspondence
yi h the Minister of the United States, SAID that
he would not allow America to ENJOY duect
trade with the West Indies. unless this country
received an equivalent: aud 1t was promised that
before any arrangement was mate, ali parties
should be informed of the nature OF IT. but III
spite Of that promise. negotiation took place
and was concluded; aud the Canadas were only
i,lormad of the fact through the medium OF the
United States Newspapers La reading the cor
re.pondeuce which had taken place between MIR.
NeIane. the American Agent, aud Lord Aber-
DEEM he could not help feeling surprise at the ar
rogant pretensions of America; aud he thought
the whole affair dsgraceful to the British Minis
ter. under whose auspices 1t was undertaken.-
But he thought that, if the bill before the House
we're now postponed, our North American Colo
MES would labor under great disadvantages
The late Government conceded the privilege
TO the United States of trading directly with the
West India Colonies. but reserved to themselves
the right of regulating the duties they might
choose to impose on the importation of American
goods He had been told, however, and he
should be glad to know whether he was rightly
informed. that Mr.. McLane had endeavored to
reopen negotiation with the present Govern
neut with the daring object of interfering with
the Government in the regulation OF these iuties;
the consequence of which would be the pre>e Ia
ton It another schedule OF duties to the House
after Christmas. lie asked the right hon. gen.
teman Mr. Herries whether he did not write
out to the Canalas that the schedule in the pre-
seat bill would regulate the rate of duties to be
.Mpose9? II was plain on the face of the trans
action that ne had been out-dipomatised BY Mr..
vi lane, and that as consequence, the Anne
rIcaa interests would be promoted at the expense
Il
rCa; on the contrary, he wished that country
we'll But still. as an Englishman, he felt it
rshi to watch her attempts at maritime aggran-
dsement with the closest jealousy; the rather, as
her shipping and tonnage. as it was, very nearly
eINed our own, and would be augmented from
10000 to 5000 tons by the Right Hon. men,
Der tor Harwich's measure as it then stood. He
Wished to know whether there WIS any negotia-
ION then pending between the American and
nrrsh Governments in consequence Of that mea-
sure.
>r ii. Paruell advised the Right Hon. Vice
Fr'sdent Of the Board OF Trade not to answer so
irregular question. When the bill first
brought under the notice of the House by the Rt.
"nn, the member for Harwich, he 1Sir r. Par
ny" had declared it to be violation of the new
'Onc'uaed commercial treaty between the En-
sN' and American States, Judging by the cor
ss>Pohdence laid on the table. and was not there
"e surprised that America should have, in coll
~fhence. renewed the negotiations. The fact
W., he Right Hon. Genteman's measure was
IS vet more nor less than all attempt to revive
|s''o' exploded. and mischievOus protecting
ZEN as 1t was called, though. in fact. it would
x 10 less injurious to our own than to the inter-