Lord Colvillesaid, it was with much reluctance he rose to defer the Motion of which he had given notice for that evening. But he had that morning been informed by a committee of a most respectable body of Gentlemen, who took a strong interest in that matter, that the noble Viscount at the head of Colonial Affairs had requested an interview with them, for the purpose of laying before them a plan which he intended to propose on the part of Government for the settlement of this great question. As they, therefore, as well as himself, had no wish to embarrass his Majesty's Ministers, he was ready to consent to the postponement of his Motion, He had no object in view but to assist them in obtaining their end, which he believed was simply to elicit truth, and gain justice; and therefore, though he was fully prepared to go into his Motion, he readily assented to its postponement. There was no man among their Lordships who was less connected with West-India property, or more disinterested than himself. He did not doubt that he should have been able to have convinced their Lordships of the justice of his Motion; but the plan proposed by his Majesty's Ministers was entitled to the fullest consideration. The same reasons which induced him to postpone his Motion, prevented his fixing any day for its discussion, but he hoped the cause would not suffer by the delay.
Order discharged.