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House Of Commons.
Tuesday 25 . The SPEAKER having returned from attending the Royal Commission in the House of Peers , on a motion of Mr . CANNING , it was agreed , to allow ioool . per annum to be divided between the Clerks in the Secretary of State ' s Office , in case the new regulations should take place with respect to the conveyance by Post , of the Votesof Parliament and Newspapers , by which their perquisites would be injured to that amount , or more . The Wine Duty-Bill read the first time . The Bill for a New Duty on Black Lead—the City Militia Bill—and Ferrer's
Divorce-Bill , went through a Committee . Several Reports of Committees brought up and agreed to . CORN . Mr . C . DUNDAS moved the order of the Day , forthe Second Reading of the Bill for regulating the Sale of Corn by Weight . The Lord MAYOR proposed an exception for the Port of London , where he thought the regulation impracticable . The Bill was referred . to a select Committee . >• QUAKERS . Serjeant ADAIR ( agreeably to notice ) moved for leave to bring m
a Bill for the farther Relief of the people called Quakers , as to the imprisonment of their persons for tythes , when they had sufficient property to pay ; and also for making their solemn affirmation receivable in Criminal cases , as itis in Civil . The Motion was seconded by Mr . WILBERFOUCE , and leave given . SLAVE-CARRYING-BILL . The House resolved itself into a Committee , Sir W- DOLBEN in the Chair . Mr . WILBERFOUCE stated to the House , that what he now meant to propose , went merely to make some alteration in the number of Slaves that were to be ob
carried , in order to prepare the Islands for Abolition , which was so great an ^ - ject with many . He wished to render the Slaves somewhat dearer , in order to encourage the good treatment of them , and to prevent any new settlements of them being formed . By this means a ' Total Abolition might be effected in the manner most desired by many Gentlemen . The clause he wished to move was , that the proportion of the Slaves to the tonnage should be limited , in the proportion of one Slave per ton for ships of 200 tons , and four Slaves for every five tons above that number ; also that no more ships than those now employed in the Trade should engage in it . . General TARLETON opposed the Motion as unnecessary , and affecting the interest of the West-India Planters , as did Messrs . JENKINSON , DUNDAS , and
BARHAM . Mr . PITT stated , that notwithstanding all the regulations hitherto made , still the average number of deaths was very great , and required some farther provisions . It was about one half , which was infinitely greater than the number on board pur Transports , in which troops were embarked for distant expeditions , or even than in those which conveyed Criminals to Botany Bay . Farther in the Debate , Mr . Pitt trusted the House would think with him , that measures should be put in train for the insensible and gradual . Abolition of the Trade . It had been urged , the
that when the sexes were proportioned so as to maintain a population in Islands , the Trade itself should be abolished . He hoped the House and the Planters themselves were sincere in that proposition ; and that the horrid commerce was not to continue , and be daily and yearly extended ; that they would even see the policy of giving up partial and temporary considerations , for future and solid advantages ; and that they would not , for any motives of lucre , pursue measures that would sully the glory of our Commercial and Territorial Interests . Mr . ROSE moved , that Accounts be laid before the House of the number of inclusiv
Slaves imported from Africa to the West Indies from 178 9 to 1795 , both e ; staling the number which had died in the Passage . —Ordered . HAT TAX . The day of the commencement of the New Hat Duty was fixed for Julv 5 , 179 6 . . . Mr . MARTIN asked whether , as the Stamp was to be bn the Hat-lining , it could be evaded by wearing Hats without-lining ? Mr . PITT said that was provided against . Wednesday 27 . Sir W . L EWES moved for leave to bring in a Bill to license the Royalty Theatre in Well-close Square , ' as a Summer Theatre .. After some conversation , the subject was adjourned till Monday .
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House Of Commons.
Tuesday 25 . The SPEAKER having returned from attending the Royal Commission in the House of Peers , on a motion of Mr . CANNING , it was agreed , to allow ioool . per annum to be divided between the Clerks in the Secretary of State ' s Office , in case the new regulations should take place with respect to the conveyance by Post , of the Votesof Parliament and Newspapers , by which their perquisites would be injured to that amount , or more . The Wine Duty-Bill read the first time . The Bill for a New Duty on Black Lead—the City Militia Bill—and Ferrer's
Divorce-Bill , went through a Committee . Several Reports of Committees brought up and agreed to . CORN . Mr . C . DUNDAS moved the order of the Day , forthe Second Reading of the Bill for regulating the Sale of Corn by Weight . The Lord MAYOR proposed an exception for the Port of London , where he thought the regulation impracticable . The Bill was referred . to a select Committee . >• QUAKERS . Serjeant ADAIR ( agreeably to notice ) moved for leave to bring m
a Bill for the farther Relief of the people called Quakers , as to the imprisonment of their persons for tythes , when they had sufficient property to pay ; and also for making their solemn affirmation receivable in Criminal cases , as itis in Civil . The Motion was seconded by Mr . WILBERFOUCE , and leave given . SLAVE-CARRYING-BILL . The House resolved itself into a Committee , Sir W- DOLBEN in the Chair . Mr . WILBERFOUCE stated to the House , that what he now meant to propose , went merely to make some alteration in the number of Slaves that were to be ob
carried , in order to prepare the Islands for Abolition , which was so great an ^ - ject with many . He wished to render the Slaves somewhat dearer , in order to encourage the good treatment of them , and to prevent any new settlements of them being formed . By this means a ' Total Abolition might be effected in the manner most desired by many Gentlemen . The clause he wished to move was , that the proportion of the Slaves to the tonnage should be limited , in the proportion of one Slave per ton for ships of 200 tons , and four Slaves for every five tons above that number ; also that no more ships than those now employed in the Trade should engage in it . . General TARLETON opposed the Motion as unnecessary , and affecting the interest of the West-India Planters , as did Messrs . JENKINSON , DUNDAS , and
BARHAM . Mr . PITT stated , that notwithstanding all the regulations hitherto made , still the average number of deaths was very great , and required some farther provisions . It was about one half , which was infinitely greater than the number on board pur Transports , in which troops were embarked for distant expeditions , or even than in those which conveyed Criminals to Botany Bay . Farther in the Debate , Mr . Pitt trusted the House would think with him , that measures should be put in train for the insensible and gradual . Abolition of the Trade . It had been urged , the
that when the sexes were proportioned so as to maintain a population in Islands , the Trade itself should be abolished . He hoped the House and the Planters themselves were sincere in that proposition ; and that the horrid commerce was not to continue , and be daily and yearly extended ; that they would even see the policy of giving up partial and temporary considerations , for future and solid advantages ; and that they would not , for any motives of lucre , pursue measures that would sully the glory of our Commercial and Territorial Interests . Mr . ROSE moved , that Accounts be laid before the House of the number of inclusiv
Slaves imported from Africa to the West Indies from 178 9 to 1795 , both e ; staling the number which had died in the Passage . —Ordered . HAT TAX . The day of the commencement of the New Hat Duty was fixed for Julv 5 , 179 6 . . . Mr . MARTIN asked whether , as the Stamp was to be bn the Hat-lining , it could be evaded by wearing Hats without-lining ? Mr . PITT said that was provided against . Wednesday 27 . Sir W . L EWES moved for leave to bring in a Bill to license the Royalty Theatre in Well-close Square , ' as a Summer Theatre .. After some conversation , the subject was adjourned till Monday .