GENERAL HISTORY. 
neral benefit of the empire; but 
the sixth alleges that the parlia- 
ment has “in fact, but not of 
right,” made laws depriving the 
colonists of their legal privileges in 
cases mentioned; and the eighth is 
expressly directed against the 
provisions of Mr. Wilberforce’s 
bill. 
On October 31st the House, 
having resolved itself into a com- 
mittee of the whole House, took 
into consideration the above res 
port and resolutions, which were 
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agreed to mem. con.; and copies of 
the same were ordered to be sent 
to the agent, with directions that 
they should be laid before the 
ministers of the Prince Regent, 
expressing at the same time a 
confident expectation that the 
discussions on Mr. Wilberforce’s 
bill would be delayed, until an op- 
portunity was obtained of send- 
ing over evidence that there are 
no grounds for the measures pro- 
posed in it, as far as they relate to 
Jamaica. 
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