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CAP. V. 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 
1806. 
Slave Trade.—Sir Arthur Ptgott’s Bill.—Bill for preventing the Increase of 
the British Slave T'rade.—Resolutions against the Slave Trade in hoth 
Houses of Parliament.— Act to amend the Laws relating to Bunkrupts.— — 
Insolvent Bill.—Bill to prevent ex parte Publications in Criminal Pro- 
ceedings. —Witness Declaratory Bill.—Reform of the Court of Session of — 
Scotland.—Bull to explain and render more effectual the Treating Act.— 
Stipendiary Curate’s Bill. — Motion on Vaccination.—Charges against Earl 
St. Vincent.—Vote of Thanks to Earl St. Vincent.— Conclusion of the Af- 
fair of Judge Foxr.—Charges against Marquis Wellesley by Mr. Paull.— 
Motions for Papers.— First Charge against Marquis Wellesley—Second,or | 
Oude Charge—Supplementary Oude Charge—Furruckabad Charge — 
India Budget, and Debates thereon.—Prorogation of Parliament... 
TO part of the conduct of the 
N new ministers reflected greater 
credit on the sincerity and cousist- 
ency of their characters than the 
measures which they adopted, soon 
after they came into office, in regard 
to the African slave trade. After 
the eloquent harangues in which 
former ministers had indulged against 
that iniquitous and inhuman traffic, 
while the trade so reprobated in 
their speeches continued to thrive 
and increase under their protection*, 
and was suffered, without obstruc- 
tion, to extend to countries, from 
which an order from them was snfh- 
cient at any time to exclude it, the 
friends of the abolition had at length 
the consolation of beholding a mi- 
nistry, whose conduct corresponded 
with their professions, and whose 
support to this great measure was as 
earnest and effective, as that of fer- 
mer administrations had been cold — 
and inefficient. Mr. Fox and lord 
Grenville were animated with an 
equal zeal in the cause of theabolition, 
ang to their joint efforts it was ow-— 
ing, that greater progress was made 
during thissession towards the attain- 
ment of that object, than had been 
done in the many years since the 
question came first under the con- 
sideration of parliament. The last 
motion made by Mr. Fox in the- 
house of commons was to proposea 
resolution, couched in the strongest 
language, against the African slave 
* Tt must be a subject of melancholy reflection to the admirers of Mr. Pitt, te 
think that after all his speeches in 1790 and 1792, he permitted the Britash slave 
trade to increase from an importation of 25,000 to an importation of 57,000 
negroes in two years ending 1798, by the capture of the Dutch, &c. settlements. 
If he had issued in 1797 the order of council 1805, above 30,000 negroes per 
annum would have been saved. 
trade ; 
