LONDON. 
351 
On the aift of January, 1807, the lioufe of commons 
Went into a committee of fupply ; and Mr. Windham 
moved the army-eftimates ; which, he faid, with very few 
exceptions, were conformable to thofe of the laft year. 
They were chaffed under 26 heads ; namely, 
Number. Charge . 
11379S £4.051623 o 6 
Guards, Garrifons, &c. 
Forces in the Plantations, See. 
India Forces. - 
Troops and Companies for re¬ 
cruiting ditto - - - 
Recruiting and Contingencies 
General and Staff Officers 
Embodied Militia and Fen- 
cibles 
Contingencies for ditto 
Clothing for ditto 
Full Pay to Supernumerary 
Officers - 
Public Departments 
Allowance to Inn-keepers, Sec. 
Half-Pay and Military Allow¬ 
ances - 
Ditto American Forces 
Ditto Scotch Brigade 
In-Penfioners of Chelfea and 
Kilmainham Hofpitals 
Out-Penfioners of ditto 
Widows Penfions. 
Volunteer Corps 
Foreign Corps 
Royal Military College 
Royal Military Afylum 
Allowances to Retired and 
Officiating Chaplains 
Hofpital Expenfes (Ireland) 
Barrack Department (ditto) 
Compaffionate Lift 
Deduft the India Forces 
79158 
2-6O9I43 
13 
9 
25115 
582397 
O 
O 
437 
2 5214 
IO 
O 
— 
227249 
O 
IO 
190529 
17 
6 
94 - 2,02 
2493644 
7 
5 
62153 
17 
O 
157227 
l6 
4 
-- 
34418 
I I 
O 
221200 
18 
5 
467273 
3 
I I 
I 9 2 5 I 5 
2 
I I 
44000 
O 
O 
750 
O 
O 
50597 
J 9 
9 
355785 
7 
8 
43258 
7 
6 
1490301 
4 
8 
21473 
832540 
*9 
9 
22175 
5 
IO 
21227 
8 
4 
18208 
15 
I I 
18461 
IO 
IO 
469450 
12 
6 
12000 
O 
O 
334180 
14743348 
12 
4 
25115 
582397 
O 
O 
Total - - 309065 O £i4i6o95i 12 4. 
This authentic and curious ftatement cannot fail intereft- 
ing the public, as it gives our readers an opportunity for 
comparing the eftimate of the Engiifh forces at that pe¬ 
riod with the prefent fituation of the army and navy, to 
which the city of London is known to yield compara¬ 
tively the greatelf contribution. 
Whilft the whole of the continent, and in particular 
the provinces of Germany, were overrun by the French 
armies, threatening flavery every-where, and foftering the 
bitter fruit of foreign dominion, under the perfidious 
fhade of their half-rotten tree of liberty, the Britifh go¬ 
vernment was deeply engaged in a caufe, which will do 
eternal honour to the goodnefs of the Britifh heart, which, 
knowing well the bleilings of freedom, had long fighed 
after the happy hour when the chains of nearly the half 
of mankind ihould be ultimately broken for ever. The 
tears of the fable fons of Africa had been overlooked, their 
cries unheard, by other nations; it was referved for us to 
dry thofe bitter tears, to put an end to that anti-chriftian 
traffic, through which innumerable flaves were bought in 
order to labour and groan under the arbitrary government 
of ungovernable tyrants ; and eventually to let millions 
of men at liberty by a fingle decree from the Britifh par¬ 
liament. So illuftrious, fo generous, an example, given 
to the reft of the world, cannot be too much praifed ; and 
we (hall therefore prefent the raft to our readers with all 
the particulars that may be interefting. It was in the 
bofom of one of the cities which we are now’ deferibing 
that the tranfaftion took place ; and confequently we 
ought to relate it as part of the Hiftory of London and 
Weftniinfter. 
Two refolutions had been palled by both houfes, in 
the preceding feffion of parliament: the one declaring, 
“ that the African flave-trade, being contrary to the prin¬ 
ciples of juftice, humanity, and found policy, ought to 
be abolifhed with all prafticable expedition ;” and the 
other, to addrefs his majefty, befeeching him “ to take 
fuch meafures as might appear molt effeftual for obtain- 
ing, by negotiation, the concurrence and concert of fo¬ 
reign powers, in the abolition of the flave-trade, and the 
execution of the regulations adopted for that purpofe.” 
In purfuanceof thefe refolutions, lord Grenville, on the 
2d of January, brought into the houfe of peers, a bill for 
abolifhing the flave-trade. Lord Eldon wifhed to know 
whether the bill was meant to extend to the flave-trade in 
general, both in the Weft-Indies and on the coaft of Af¬ 
rica, or if it was the African flave-trade only that was to 
be abolifhed. Lord Grenville faid that the bill extended 
to the African trade only. The bill was read a firft time, 
and printed. 
January 12th, on the motion of lord Grenville for ap¬ 
pointing a day for the fecond reading of the bill, lord 
Hawkefbury moved an addrefs to his majefty, praying, 
“ that he would be gracioufly pleafed to order to be laid 
before the houfe, copies of all communications w hich had 
palled between his majefty and foreign powers, refpefting 
the abolition of the flave-trade, in confequence of the ad¬ 
drefs of that houfe.” Lord Grenville faid, that, with re- 
fpeft to France, the faft was, that, during the late negotia¬ 
tion with the government of that country, communica¬ 
tions on this fubjeft did take place, to the produftion of 
which he faw no objection. As to Spain and Holland, no 
communications had or could have taken place with thofe 
powers. Communications refpefting the flave-trade had 
paffed between the plenipotentiaries of this country, and 
the United States of America ; and an agreement on this 
fubjeft aftually formed one of the articles of the treaty 
which had been figned by one of thofe plenipotentiaries. 
With refpeft to Portugal, it was not thought expedient 
to make any communication on the fubjeft, during the 
negotiation with France.—Thefe five were the only powers 
materially interefted in the flave-trade. 
On the 4th of February, counfel was heard, purfuant to 
order, before the houfe of lords, on behalf of the Weft- 
India merchants, and for the merchants of Liverpool, 
againft the bill. 
On the 5th of February, lord Grenville, having given a 
copious detail of the principal arguments on which the 
principle or fpirit of the bill was founded, concluded 
with moving, “that the bill be now read a fecond time.” 
Lord Grenville’s motion was fnpported by the duke of 
Gloucefter, the earl of Selkirk, lord King, the earl of 
Rofslyn, lord Norrhefk, the bifhop of Durham, lord Hol¬ 
land, and the earl of Suffolk. It was oppofed by the 
duke of Clarence, the earl of Morton, the earl of Weft- 
moreland, lord Sidmouth, lord Eldon, and lord Hawkef¬ 
bury. It was fuggefted, on the prefent fubjeft, by lord 
Sidmouth, that churches fliould be built for the negroes 
in the Wefl-India iflands, agreeably to the advice of Mr. 
Burke, and that they Ihould be inftrufted in the morality, 
and alio the peculiar doftrines, of the Chriftian religion. 
To Mr. Burke’s advice, lord Sidmouth made an addition 
that merits the ntoft attentive con liberation : he recom¬ 
mended that the negroes Ihould be alfo united by the ties 
of matrimony, as the firft ltep towards civilization, and 
the future improvement of their condition. With thefe 
advantages, and the bleffing of being protefted by our 
laws, he thought that the time would arrive for emanci¬ 
pating them.—The fecond reading of the bill was carried 
by a hundred voices againft thirty-fix. 
The report of the bill being brought up, on February 
9th, lord Grenville ftated, that it had been thought ad- 
vifable to fix the fame period in all the claufes of the bill 
for the abolition of the flave-trade; namely, the ift of 
May, 1807 ; and to introduce a provifo, allowing vefTels 
employed in the trade, which had cleared out from the 
ports 
