The hon. George Byngas Deputy Comptroller of the Household, reported to the House that an Address having on the 19th May been agreed to by the House, praying his Majesty's interference with his allies for the prevention of the slave-trade, his Majesty had most graciously received the Address, and returned the following answer:—"I have received your dutiful Address, containing the expression of your wishes, that 588 I should enter into negotiations with my allies, for the more effectual extinction of the traffic in slaves. You may be assured, that I fully share your regret at observing, that this nefarious traffic still continues to be carried, on extensively under the flags of Foreign Powers. Additional treaties, having for their object the extinction of the traffic in slaves, have recently been entered into between myself and some Foreign States, and I hope to be able to lay them before you at an early period. I am further engaged in negotiations with other Foreign States, on the principles recommended in your Address; and you may rely on my continual efforts to conclude with all my allies arrangements, calculated to put an end to this barbarous practice."
§ The Message was brought up, and ordered to be entered on the Journals.