The Express. — London, England, 1848-06-30 00:00:00

IM!' the best deocriptiona of Wheat and Flour. on which no ad vance was made in last wee k'a terms. Some fresh threshed samples made Is. per ear. higher. Barley nominal. Oats were submitting to a slight reduction, but choicest samples were unchanged in value. In Beans and Peas former quo tations may be repeated. Best red Wheat, from 111. 10s. to 121. 15s per load of 5 quarters; secondary qualities, 101. 15s. to 111. 10s. Barley worth from 30e. to 345. per qr. Oats, best Potands, 421 h. to 411 b. per bushel, 255. 61. per qr ; sweet, feed, from 19s. to 225. 6d. Best Beams, 41s. to 430. per qr. ; interior samples, 335. to 375. STOCE.TON.ON-TEES, June 28.-Since Friday a good deal of rain has fallen, and the weather still continues showery, but not unfavourable to the growing crops. At this day's market we had a eery large supply of Wheat from the grower., and having also good arrivals from the coasts and abroad, the trade ruled dull at a decline of 2s. per qr. on the prices of this day week. Oats meta slow sale. Beans and Peas in fair demand at late rates. Flour is without alteration. Prices: -British : Wheat, per qr., of b3lb. to the bushel, Durham and Yorkshire red, 465. to 525. ; white, 50 to 545. ; south country, red, 495. to 51e.; white, all. to 541. Oats, feed, per qr., 18s. to 215. ; potato. 225. to 24.. Beans , new, 361. to 38s. Peas, boilers, 365. to 40s. Flour per sack of 2801b5.. fine, 365. to 375. ; superfine., 395. to 40e. per qr. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801ba., Scoh 311. 345. per qr. Foreign: Wheat, per qr. of 63ibs. tc , the to bushel, Rostock, Wismar, and Stralsund, 61s. to 525. per qr.; Hamburg and Stettin, 50s, to 615.; Holstein and Danish, 481. to 515.; l'olish, °dere, 455. to 475. Barley, grinding, 235. to 2.5 e. Oats. Dutch and Friesland, 19 to 235. Beans, ticks, 325. to 365. Peas, boiling, 365. to 40 s. Ryemeal, per ton, 6/. Ills. Cloversecds, red, in bond, t he pu t w eek : 345.; white, 30s. to 365. Imports during the put Wheat, coastwise, 1,032 qrs.; foreign, 1,270 qrs.; Barley, mmatrise, 300. UXBRIDGE, June 29.-Wheat is darer; 2s. per qr. for best panels, and ls. per qr. for secondary descriptions, with a free sale ; 151. 10s per load is the top price. Barley in limited demand is rath. r lower. OA's without alteration in rice. Beans are the turn cheaper ; the best ri: ice given is 40s. per qr. WOREINOTON, June 211.-Our market this day was but thinly attended, owing to farmers being busily engaged with their hay crop. The quantity of grain was comparatively small, and yet last week's prices could not be obtained-at beast in the article of Wheat. Barley god Oats without alteration. Wheat, top,23s down to 13s. per 3 imp. bushels. Flour, 2e. to 2s. 4d. per stone. WATERFORD, June 2.4.-Suppli s of grain to our market since Saturday have been small. Wh at and Barley continue in good request, at full prices; but Oats are the turn lower. Inertia Corn in miderate demand, at about the prices of last week. Flour unaltered in value. EDINRCROH, June 28.-At this morning market there was a small supply of Wheat from the farmers, and the con dition being generally fine, a clearance wss readily effected at prices fully equal to these of last week. The tranuctione in for. ign Wheat were again limited, bakers tieing cautious buyers. Holders however are firm, and the buoini 1.5 done was at fully former prices. II irley was a very dull sale, and Is. per qr. cheaper. Oats also were very dull, and sake could only be male by submitting to a reduction of Is. per qr. Beans in limited demand, and Is. perqr. lower. Wheat, top, 595. ; average, 535. Barley, top. 375. ; average, 325. 10d. Oat.. ton. 24. ; average, 218. 10.1. Beans, top, 355. ; average, 335. ld. GLAJUI,W, Juno 28.-The imports reported to the Clyde wince the Slut inst. are 360 qrs. Wheat, and 3,35.3 barrels Flour slum Canada; and 040 me. Oats, 790 sacks Flour, and 320 loads Oatmeal, from Ireland ; sod Pere are three or four vessels arrived thence yesterday afternoon, chiefly Oat-laden, but the cargoes not vet officially announced. Pia Grangemouth, the sueplee are considerable, and consist of 1,995 qrs. Wheat, 1.995 qrs. Barley, 800 qty. Beans and P 1 and 990 sacks Flour coastwise, and 312 qrs. Wheat, and .3,320 qrs. Barley from abroad. Great inactivity has prevailed in the trade generally throughout the week; and the value of every article, with the exeeption of barrel Flour, has been with difficulty sustained. The weather has been showery this day or two, and in.errupts hay-making. At tins dry's market, which was pretty well attended, there was only a retail business done in any article. The value of Wheat and Fleur remained unaltered: but Oats were fully 3d., and Bailey about 6d., per respective boll lower than the rates of this day week, and Oatmeal the turn easier. There were inquiries for Indian Com, but there is little at mar ket. The present prices are :-Wheat, per 240 lb., English, white, old, 265. to 265. lid. ; new. 235. to 265. 63. ' • red, old, 245. to 251. ; new, 245. to 255.; Scotch, white, 25e. to 26a. • Irish, red and white, old, 235. to 245. 6d.; new, 221. 6d. ' to 235. 6d. ; Dantaic, old, 275. to 285.; Pome roman, old, 255. to 261.; new, 255. to 26.. 63.; Danish, old. 245. to 255. ; new, 245. to 2.55.; Odessa, soft, old, 235. to 2.48. . • Russian, hard, old, 21s. to 225.; Canadian, old, 235. to 2 48.; United States ' old, 245. to 255. Barley, per 3201 b., Berwick and Scotch, new, 22a. to 234.; Irish, new, 21s. to 223.; Pomeranian, &c., new, 21s. to 225. 6.1. Oat., per 2641 h. , Irish, Wexford, &c., new, 16s. to 16e. Gd.; Limerick, &c.. new, 16.. 9.1. to 18s.; extra, prepared, new, 18s . 3d. ; foreign, Burden, old, 15s. to 165.; Danish, 158. to 16s. Beans, Irish, per 2601 k.., new, 17s. to 18s.; Eats ptian, per 2591 be. old, 133. lid. to 14s. Peas, per 2801 be., white, old, I ts. to 19.. • grey, 17s. to 18s.; Canadian, old, his. 61. to 18s. Flour, per 280Ibs. English, super., old, 425. to 421. 6d.; Irish ditto, old, 40s. to 41s. Gd.; lane, old, 375. to 3Ss. 61.; extra choice qualities, old, 425. to Hs.; American, per barrel, sweet, old, 28s. to 295.; Canadian, sweet, old, ns. sd. to 28s. 63. ; sour, old, 25a. to 268. 6d. Oatmeal, per 2801 be., Irish, common cut, new, 28s. 63. to 295. 6d. Indian Corn, per 2401b5., 18s. 6d. to lOs. 6d. Indies Corn Meal. per barrel, 14s. to 141. 6d. WOOL.-HILL, June 21.-The supply of Wool to-day wee equal to last week, with a fair number of buyers ; priers about the same, with a few exceptions, where the quality turned out rather inferior, but upon the whole the &maples good. Letcesren FAIR.-The annual Went fair at Leicester was held on Wednesday last, in the Bell ilotel Yard. The number of fleeces patched was 23,000.-a conei lerable in crease over Lost year. The number sold was aaout 19,000, at prices varying from 17.. to 24:. per tod. The average price was '20.. 3d. Considering the depression of commerce that has prevailed, the farmers were of opinion the prices realised were very fair; indeed it was much more than some had anticipated. CATTLE, &c.-SalTuelll.D, Two o' Cock.- The number of Brute being considerably smaller, trade is brisk. The best qualities reach 41. 23., and, owing to the short sup ply of foreign secondrrate descriptions are selling better. The supply of Sheep is smell, and, owing to the favourable weather, the demand has incresaed ; consequently we have a ready sale at fully, and in some instances rather over, late quotations. Some of the choicest Downs have made 6s. 2d., and most selling longwools 4.. 10d., but these cal scarcely be quoted as an average. We are amply supplied with Lambs ; a great many are coming to market in very bad condition : these make very little money, and the beat are not so dear as they have been. Calves are not quite so plentiful as on Friday last, and Monday's prices are well maintained From Holland, we hove 72 Beasts, 140 Sheep, and 242 Calves; from Scotland, 260 Beasts; and 113 milch Cows from the Home Counties. Per stone of alba. ad.s, 4. , Per stone of Blba. d. n. d. Beat Meta, Herefords.. 4 0 4 2 Beat Du.. a 111..b1a. Sb. 0 0 0 0 Boat Sbort.boras ...... 3 8 4 0 Best Loos...soda 4 6 4 8 fecond quality Beasts.. 210 3 4 Do. do. Mom OO 0 0 ("slew ...... pi g . 4O 6 0 to do. dbom ..0 0 0 0 Bat Dna. & 1141f-bre& 4 10 6 0 I Lamb. Beset' at market. 849: damp asel lambs. 10,401 ; Coleco, 622; PIE.. 320. BEVERLEY, June 28.-A good supply of Beasts, and a large show of Sheep and Lambs. nearly ail of which changed hands. Prices Beef, 6s. I. 7a. per ettne ; Mutton, Gcl.; and Lamb, 7d. per lb. NEWCASTLE, June 27.-As a proof of the extraordinary quantity of turnips that has teen produced in the north during tho past season, no len than about 1,000 head of fat Beasts have arrived here, by land and sea, since Thera day last ; their general quality is excellent, 600 of which are on offer to-day. Though small cutters are in good de mand, and reeking as much money as fast week, yet, gene rally speaking, the Beef trade is sluggish ; and the larger kinds arc a slow sale, at a mating reduction. The number of Sheep and Lambs is rather more than 6,000 head. The Mutton trade has undergone very little change from last weik ; while Lambs have receded about Id. per lb.; both are in good request, and very few left unsold. Prices: Beasts, 9s. ; small cutters, largs Steers a Gd. per stone of 141hs. Sheep, 61, to 61d.; Lamb, 74. to 71d. per lb., sinking offal. PERSHORE, June 26.-0 a Monday last in the Horse fair we bad a very small show, -a- fewer good Horses than have perhaps ever been exhibited here; inferin animals a heavy sale, but the best sorts obt lined high prices. Beef 'generally of indifferent quality, the best fetched Gd, to 611. Cows, Calves, and Stores somewhat lower. A short supply of Mutton Horses sold readily Fat Sheep, 61d, to 'id. ; Ewes, 61d.; Wethers, 7d. There was a plentiful supply of Lambs, but the quality was not first-rate; the price ged full 7d ; and all were sold. ROTHERHAM, June 26 -This being the fortnight market, the supply of both Beasts and Seeep was not near so large, there being one hundred Beasts short from last week's sup ply from the north, yet equal to the demand ; there being not so many buyers in attendance, trade ruled only dull, and last week's quotations barely supported. Beef, 6s. 6d- to 7s. 3d. per stone. Mutton, 6d. to Old. per lb. Cattle, 230 ; Sheep, 2,600. SALFORD, June 28.-We continue well supplied with stock, and the quantity from Ireland is now on the increase. Though we have full markets, still buyers could not establish a quotable decline on either Beef or Mutton of prime quality, and prices may be called heavy, at last currency. Lamb a little lower. fiIIEEPIELD, June 27.-The supply of Beasts and Mitch Cows was only limited, and the business done trifling. Calves in moderate request. Of Pigs we had a plentiful supply, but the trade ruled dull. Store Pigs, from 16s. 6d. tai 325. each. THE Queer FAIR OP SPANCILHILL.-The June fair of Spencihill was held on Saturday. The numb. r of Cattle siold was not so great as at former fairs. Sheep sold from 38s. to 40s. Two-year-old Heifers, from 101. to 121. Mulch Cows, 121. to 141. Store Bullocks, from 141. to 151. - EDINBURGH, June 28.-We had the lease number of Sheep in the huahts this morning as last week. The de mand was by no means brisk, still last market's prices were fully maintained. Top price of best Mutton, Gd. per lb.; current, 5.1. so 51d. The supply of Lambs was much about the same as last market ; tap of hest Lambs, 225. ; current, ' varied from 13s to 235. A good many left unsold. The number of Cattle shown this morning was less than last week. The attendance of buyers was rather better, but no improvement in prices; top price of the best rot Beef, Bs. per Dutch stone • current, 7s. Gel.; middling and inferior, 6s. to 7a. A good many untold. "or Yestes.usy's swarkds see lag pap. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENI. ROUSE OF LORDS.--TaIIR6DAY, Juicz 29. T►o LORD Caattcotz.koa took his meat at 6 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. SECOND READINGS.—Lord !amen Muart's (Marquis of Bute's) Estate; clootash Provident Institution ; Bills. THIRD READINGS. —Dundalk, Castle Blaney, and Carrickma- CUM Roads; Minden&ld leopmvensent • Manchester, Shahid, and Linnolnahire Railway (Junction with the Midland Railway, cm and Branches therefrom); South Yorkshire. Doncaster, and Goole Railway Amendment (Extension to Pension and Altera tion of Voriwortb Branch); Patent Oalvanked Iron Company (trading under the style or firm of " Malin; and Rawlineone") ; PUBLIC BUSINESS. SE('OND READING.—Iew of Entail (Saitked) Bill. REPORT.—heelecionnal Unions and Divisions of Parishes (Ire land) Bill. COMMONS INCLOSURE BILL. On the motion of Lord CAMPBELL this bill was read a awned time. LIVERPOOL, hIANCIIESTER, AND NEWCASTLE UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY moved, pursuant to notice, that a select committee be appointed to inquire into the circumstances connected with the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newer's' le-upon-T) no Junction Railway Bin. which caused the abandonment of the railway and the dissolution of the company. Lord BEAUMONT said it was most unusual for landrwners to present petitions (which they had just done through the noble marqub) against the dissolution of a railway company. Such a petitiJu should properly come from the shareholders. The motion was understood to have been agreed to. LAW OF BANKRUPTCY. Lord BROUGHAM brought in a bill for the amendment of the bankrupt law, which was read a first time, and ordered to be printed. ECCLESIASTICAL UNIONS AND DIVISIONS OF PARISUES (IRELAND) BILL Earl FOR:FESCUE moved the adoption of the report on this bill. Lord STANLEY said the bill omitted to provide for the consent of the pitrons of benefice+ to the dissolution of unions, or the consnlielation of rari.his ; and the object of the bill wa., in fact, to render the concurrence of the patron unnecessary, and give the power solely to the lord lieutenant and privy council. This he considered very un just, as it might affect the interests of parties who were not in any way to be consulted, and who bad no appeal from the absolute decision of the Irish privy council. The crown was, however, exempted from the infliction of such an injury. Ho concurred in the object of the bill ; but he thought that the patrons of livings ought to be consulted, and he wished their lordships, before the third reading, to understand the principle of a measure which thus interfered with the rights of private property. Earl FORTESCUE supported the hill. The provisions had all been framed with the consent of the most rev. prelate the primate of Ireland. Atter a short conversation the report was received. LAW OF ENTAIL (SCOTLAND) BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in moving the second read ing of this bill, said its object was to amain:date the law of Scotland as much as possible to the kw of this country. , Ile thought the bill it paved would prove a great boon and be netit to Scotland. The Duke of BUCCLEUCII said it was not his intention to oppose the bill, but there were many point.. in it which required to be well consider, d before their lordships con sented to pass it. He would move that the bill be referred to a select committee. Loral CAMPBELL said that monstrous exaggerations ex isted with regard to the evils of entailed estates. (Hear, I hear.) Ile believed that the present bill was a most admr able one, because it assimilated the law of Scotland to the law of England, which had been much misrepresented, and which he hoped would remain unchanged. The Duke of ARGYLL thought that the evils of entail in Scotland had been much exaggerated, but he admitted that the law might be improved. The Duke of mONTROSE admitted that the present law of entail in Scotland might be amended, but he considered that the bill ought to be referred to a select committee. Alter a few words from Lord ABISUER, The Earl of MIN TO rejoiced that such a bill was intro due d, because at would remove evils which had given rise to great complaints in Scotland. The noble duke was mis taken in supposang that the hostility to the present law of entail was confined to populous towns. A select committee was then appointed, with a view of re ferring the bill to it, and the house adjourned at half-past seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURsDAY, JUNE 29. S took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE lIUSINES4. REPORT CONSIDEREIL—Leith Municipality and Police Trusts, Market., Paving, and Sanitary Improvement Bill. THIRD REAL)INGS.-11elmatlide, Little Ferry, and Leek Roble Ilarboars; Whitehaven and runic,. Junction Railway (extension or deviation line from Silecroft to loatteld, Re.); Bills. PUBLIC BUSINESS. PETITIONS.—In favour of further ',Momentary reform', by Col. TUOMPSON, from Manchester, Aberdeen, and ebiewhere.-11r. BOWitINO, front Bolton; Lord R. lilltisVENOlt, from the gold omitho and jeweller. of London; Mr. SICWAIT (46 petition); Mr. B. OSBOHNE, from Iloretteld; Mr. HUM), fmni Nouingborn (32), Greenhia, Yeovil, Vl:Miura, Arbroath, Lomax), Wootton liimiett, and Lynn. SLIGO ELECTION PETITION. The report of the committee upon this petition was or dered to be printed. NAVIGATION LAWS. Mr. WAWN asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he bad made any calculation what amount would have to be paid eut of the consAidateil duties of customs, in the event of the navigation laws being repealed, in respect of double due. on foreign shipping? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the bill introduced this session for the repeal of the navigation laws I would make no difference in resit. ct of the &utile dues. Mr. WAWN put his question in another form, but The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave the same reply. Mr. WAWN.--But, sir, if 'the navigation laws are re pealed—(Cri.-s of " order, order.") The SPEAKER reminded the hon. member that be should speak to the question, whereupon Mr. Wawn sat down. RETURNS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEQUER took occa sion to remark, with reference to certain questions asked him yesterday, that the returns moved for by the hon. member for Lincoln were laid upon the table on the 19th of June, and those moved for by the hon. member for Dam. tries on the 4th of May. MALT USED IN DISTILLERIES. Mr. DUNDAS asked if it was intended to reduce the duties ow molt used in distilleries? The subject was one of considerable importance to Scotch distillers. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought it would he more desirable that he should reserve his statement as to what he intended to do until he had his measure gene rally before the house. He had seen a holy of Scotch dis tillers on the subject, and he should be glad to see any other of them. The most attentive consideration would be given to their several representations. ENCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL. Major BLACKALL asked when this bill was to be pro ceeded with? The summer mains were about to take place, and many Irish members were anxious to attend them. The bill, therefore, should be fixed either for some day next week or postponed until the assizes had terminated. Lord J. RUSSELL—If tr e house will not object to meet on Tuesday next, at 12 o'clock, I will Bpi Mut the bill for that day. (Hear.) MR. HUME'S MOTION. —ADJOURNED DEBATES. Lord J. RUSSELL would take that opportunity of stating that, thinking the first stage of the debate upon the sugar duties would have been gone through before t: is, he had consented to give up to-morrow fur the adjourned debate upon the motion of tne hon. member fur Montrose. In con sequence, however, of the debate being so much protracted, and of the great importance of getting the measure through before the sth of July, he must ask his hon. litend to take Thursday next for his debate, instead of tomorrow, as ori ginally agreed. Mr. HUME would have no objection, knowing the treat importance of getting the sugar duties question settled be fore the sth of July. But was there any reason why he should not have Monday? (No, no.) lle would take that opportunity of asking the house if they really had not come to that period when something ought to be done to forward the public business ? (Loud cries of " hear, hear.") They were in a pcsition that positively he never reineinlaered the house to have been in before. They had no less than five cross-adjourned debates upon the paper. (Hear, hese) Something ought to be done. If the house agreed to it he should be quite willing to consent that there should be no adjourned debates, or that members should be made to speak suitably to the occasion. (Loud laughter.) Else where Odd the hon. member) they are m.ade to do so. (Cries of " where ?") In America. (Shouts of laughter, and cries of "oh.") No member there was allowed to speak more than half an hour in one night, except the in troducer of a motion and the ministers who discussed it. They ought really to be mo e practical in their proceedings. Lord J. RUSSELL, without saying whether he agreed or not with the hon. member, really thought the evil to which he had adverted was one that merited serious con sideration. Perhaps those who were in the habit of taking part in the proceedings of the house would consult the Speaker on the subject, and see if some plan could not be adopted to get through business more rapidly. Mr. HU E.—Will the noble lord let me have Monday ? Lord J. RUSSELL said there would be much uncertainty about the debate rowing on on Monday, and on the whole he thought it had better be fixed for Thursday. (Hear.) Mr. HORSMAN hoped, as a suggestion had been made about adjourneu deb ates, that it would not he lost sight of. The practice was one of which all parties complained. Sir G GREY trusted the debate of that night would not be adjourned. Mr. BIWTHERTON thought a committee should be sp. pointed to consider the subject. lie very much feared that if they did not adjourn the debates, they would revert to the Practice of late sittings, which were even more objectionable. The other eight three gentlemen occupied the hoisae six hour,. Why, how was it passible to get throurh a debate under such eireurnetances ? Large constituencies alw:ays ex pected their members to say something. (Great laughter) He was sure if a committee were appointed some beneficial regulations might be devised. ORDER OF BUSINESS. Sir J. B. WALSH asked when the Parliamentary Fran chise (Ireland) Bill would come on ? Lord J. RUSSELL mid that in the present state of busi ness he could not expect to bring it on on an early day. But he would give notice Mr. G. R. ROBINSON asked what would he the course of public business if the sugar duties debate were concluded to-night ? THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, 1848. Lord J. RUSSELL said they would take the resolutions respecting the sugar duties to-morrow, and proceed with them until they were reported to the house. UNPRODUCMD DESPATCHES. Lord G. BENTINCK said he would take that opportu nity of putting • questiou to the noble lord the First Lord of the Treasury, to the President of the Board of Trade, and to the Under Secretary for the Col o ni es, of w h i c h h e had given them W notice. He wished to ask what explanation or answer they had to give to his challenge to them to recon cile the fact of the existence of a number of despatches in the Colonial-office with the statement of the Pr. sident of the Board of Trade in that house upon the Bth of February ? On that day Mr. Ooulhurn asked if any papers had been omitted to he presented relative to the state of our West India colonies. The President of the Board of Trade, as it appeared by " Ilansard's Debetes," replied to this, that, having had notice of the question, he had made inquiri. a at the Colonial-office, and was enabled to state that t e reason that no blue book was upon the table was because it had nut up to that time been received. That, so far, was perfectly correct. But the right hon. gentleman went on to say that, "owing to the ample information forwarded from Jamaica by the late Governor-General, Lord Elgin, Sir Charles Grey had stated that he could add nothing to those sources of intelligence, and that consequently no despatch had been received giving any general account of the state of Jiunaiea, but that as soon as any such were received Earl Grey would communicate them forthwith to parlia ment." Now at the very time that statement was made there were in the possession of the Colonial office no less than five despatches, which, if not of any great importance themselves, covered representations of the tint consequence. One of these — The SPEAKER here interrupted the noble lord, end re quested him to confine himself to his question. (Loud cries of " Haar, hear.") Lord J. RUSSELL. Perhaps it would shorten the noble lord's statement, it he was at once made aware that the report be refers to is not • correct statement of what my right hon. friend said. lord 0. BENTINCK said what he wanted to know was, how this statement could be r conciled with the facts. Lastly, he wished to ask the right hon. gentleman how he reconciled the aircumstantie that on the Bth Feb. he said that no despatches from Januics had been received, whereas on the 7th February Lon! Grey had quoted one in another place ? Mr. LABOUCHERE was perfectly satisB, d that the en gagement he had given, in the name of the Colonial office, had been strictly full, led, to the spirit and to the letter, by the Colonial-[[Mice. The general account of the st te of Ja maica which, at tho time referred to, he had stated nut to have arrived, had not arrived then, nor had it arrived up to the present moment. It was this Blue Book, a general account, that the Colonial office contemplated, in the reply which, on the part of that ottice, he had been in structed to give. lie had, on the same occasion, inform• d the house that, though there was no blue-book account re ceived, there were other despatches from Jamaica, so well as from the other colonies, which he promised should he laid on the table of The house with the least p o ssible delay. This was on the Bth Feb On the 9th Felt it so happened that the West India committee made an order for the production before it of papers relating to the West Indies. and the only eistoge of arrangement hereupon made by the Colonial-office wan, that instead of having the papers prepared fur the table of use house, it kad them prepared for the committee, the instructions to this dfect being immedi itely given out. Tem a was not until the Bth March that all the papers were in the ha;ols of the committee; but that delay was occasioned ao.'i ly by the extreme voluminousness of the do cuments which had to he coned and printed. It was nut denied, however, that ail these deepatehee were then hod before the committee, including the particulir despatch to which so much re!'erence had been made. Having made this simple viplanation, he would put it to the house and to the node lord hiuss. If whither the conduct of the colonial-office bad le en in any degree inconsist ent with the pledge which, in the name of that office., he had given to the ho u se on the Bth of Feb.? (Hear, hear.) On the receipt of the noble lord's letter to him that morning he hail considered it his duty to go down to the C-lonial-office. The inquiries he had there made had fully confirmed his previous impression, which, indeed, required no confirmation, that the conduct of the chiefs of that department had been perfectly in keeping with their high and honourable character, public and private. (Hear, hear.) SUGAR DUTIES. Mr. DARKLY asked the Chancf nor of the Exchequer what course he i :tended to pursue with reference to the duties on sugar, the present duties expiring on Wednesday next, the .sth of July, and the new duties not being yet adopted ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he trusted tho house would agree to the rtsuiutions that evening, to that the report might he received to-marrow. Ile should, in that cue, issue directions on Monday to the customs to levy the new rates of duty on and after Wed- nudity. Mr. BRIGHT wished to put a ques'ion of matetill im portance to comma rce. The govt rout( ut only tire wet kit ago stated that they would make no change in the act of 1846. Upon the faith of this promise many merchants had ordered consignments of sugar in the matter of course ex pectation that, aver the sth Jul.', the would he admitted at 18s. 6d. ' whereas. under the propose d duties they would he charged 20s. Doi the Chancellor of the Exchequer mean to mulct these parties to the extent of Is. 6d. per cwt. each for havinx put faith in the distinct promise of the govern ment, on the 30:h May, that the act of '46 was to be adhet:ed to ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that whenever resolutions of the house ordered the imposition of higher duties upon articles, those duties were forthwith levied as a matter of course, without any notice to holders of goods whether in bond or afloat. Mr. ROBINSON.—But suppose the importers, in the cue put by the hon. member fur Manchester, Muse to I,sy the higher duty? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.—Then we shall not allow their goods to be entered Mr. HILDYA RD would put it to the Attorney General. as a matter of law, whether the holders of such goods would I not be entitled to recover &images from the government, it their goods, excluded by order of the government, wider • mere resolution of the house, tuffi.red &psis elation meantime in the meeker? The ATTORNEY.GENERAL said that before any such issue could be tried the re-olutions would have become the law of the hied, valid from the period at which the resolu tions were adopted. Mr. HUDSON reminded the Attorney-General of the case in wide, a corn importer had recovered damages from the government for losses sustained by the nine il to admit his consignment between tne expiration of the, former corn law and the peration of the new corn law. The ATTORNEY GENERAL said that in that case the imp titer got a verdict he.auee, by same ove&ght, an in terval of one day occurred between the expiration it the old law and the commencement of the new law. The court, however, only gave damages estimated upon that one day, so that Hits case confirmed the opinion he had expressed. COMMERCIAL DISTRESS EVIDE&CE. Mr. NEWDEGATE wished to iok the right hon. mem ber for Portsmouth whether the committee upon commer cial distress had refused to hear the evidence of Mr. Sheriff Alison and of Mr. Black• r, an Irish gentleman also of much practical informs ion on the subjects into which the commit tee were appointed to inquire ? The SPEAK Elt said that if this question referred to por tions of eviuence not already beturo the hou,e, it could not be put. Mr. NEWDEGATE would ask, then, whether the class of evidence to which lie alluded had already been reported upon to the house ? The SPEAK Elt, however, having intimated that this form of internization was also irregular, the matter dropped. MAJOR FAGAN. Mr. FAGAN wished to put a question to the hon. Under Secretary ter the Colonies. Two years ago Mayor Fagan, an old East India officer, had been appointed stipendiary ma• pistrate at Trinidad for the especial purpose of administering justice as between Coolies ihemselves, and between Coolies and other classes of her Majesty's subjects; and he had per formed this duty up to the date of a recent despatch from the governor of Trinidad. From this despatch, it appeared that a case had arisen in which a Mr. Johnson had been brought before Major Fagan for assaulting a Cooly. lio wished to ask whether Major Farm was authorise-el or not to exercise those posers which the governor of Trinidad refused to re cognise in him. Mr. HAW ES, without saying a word as to the contro verted matter, would simply r ply that Major Fagan had been appointed stipendiary magistrate at Trinidad two years ago, by the right hon. member for the univer-ity of Oxford, on the recommendation of the East India Company ; that ha hail been, in doe course, placed by the governor of the colony in the commission of the peace for the colony ; that he was still in that commission, and empowered to exercise the powers attendiue the function. • PARLIAKEN LARY REFORM.—MR. HUME'S MOT lON. Mr. B. OSBORNE Raid he wanted to know distinctly what understanding had been entered into between the no toe lord nesr him and the hon. member for Montrose, about the motion which was certainly to have come on to-morrow, but which now really seemed delayed sine dice Lord J. RUSSELL —Thursday. (A laugh.) EVICTED TENANTS (IRELAND). Mr. P. SCROPE asked the Secretary for Ireland whether the government possessed. or bad taken measures to obtain, any information as to the extent to which wholesale evic tion and the leveling of dwelling-houses is now being and has been recently carried on by some landlords in Ireland ; and further, whether it was intended, when the Eviction of Tenants Bill should be returned to them from another place, to give the house a proper opportunity for considering the amended measure Sir W. SOMERVILLE said that information on the sub ject was already before the house. Sir 0 GREY added that he had just received the Eels lion of Tenants (Ireland) Bill from the House of Lords, and would at once beg to move that Vie bill, as amended by the lords, be printed.—Ordered. SUGAR DUTIES—ADJOURNED DEBATE. Sir R. IL INGLIS complained that throughout the de bates which had hitherto taken place on the subject of the West India sugars, so little had been said as to the con dition and prospects of the slave trade. lie did not desire, after the manner of the hon. member for the Tower Hamlets, to revert to the stock stories about the cruelties exercised in formes times in the transmission of slaves to the West Indies, and their treatment after reaching that destination, but he desired that the s .bjeet should ant be lost sight of with reference to future event,. He did not ihny that the price of sugar was of importance to a large class of his poorer fellow countrymen, but he was not prepared to give them sugar at a sacrifice which would render it dear indeed. Mr. Canning once said that he could prove anything h► figures, and far that reason he would not pretend to establish any argument by quoting prices and du- ties, but he would merely assert that, under the proposed clptier, the protection would not amount to Id. per lb. The price of sugar was a perfect barometer in respect to its con sumption. le therefore, be could show that the decrease of ld. per lb. in the prise of sugar was purchased at • terrible sacrifice of African life and liberty, be should con eider he had established sufficient grounds for the vote be in tended to give. It had been said on • former night of the debate that the question of admitting slave sugar had been definitively settied. He believed this was not the cue. But supposing even that It was, he should never shrink from en tering bin protest against • measure by which the evils of slavery were perpetuated. Unless it could :be proved that the thousand* of whites interested in the question had not been sacrificed I.y the measures of the government, whi h provided cheap sugar for the multitude, ne should not think that those measures could be justified. The British West Indies presented NO important a portion of the great empire with which they had been so long identi fied, as to justify to the full the protection that was claimed tor them. His right hon. colleague bad indeed urged that some slave grown sugar must always be admi - ted under the existing treaties with foreign countries; but could not these treaties be altered ? The Brasile had definitively refused to make any concessions on the score of slavery. Ile was quite aware that the Emperor of the Brazils was opposed to slavery, and wtth such a groundwork the government might hope in a few years to effect some change in the laws of that country respecting slavery; but the measures taken by the legislature had greatly marred those expecta tions; and, moreover, the slave trade had considerably revived since the act tai 1846, as the returns of the number of slaves imported into the Brissils since that year would prove. All the evidence that had been given upon committees on the subject of slavery, and the facilities of precuris g slaves on the coast of Africa tended to prove that ths supply was Arroyo' equal to the demand, and that when slaves were re quired war was resorted to, and the captives were sold to supply the necessary quantity. Upwards of 100,000 or these miserable creature.* had annually left the coast, of whom one third died during their transit to the colonies of Cuba and the Brands. The important question was, in fact, whether they wends! or would not continue Use slave trade. Looking at it in that view, be- Hewing that trade to be the cruse of unmitigated misery to thousands, and believing also that the government measure was caleu.ated to perpetuate the evil, he felt hound to support the amendment of the hon. baronet the member for Droitvech. (liner, hear.) At the conclusion of the hon. baronet's speech about thirty members on the conservative aide rose simultaneously, but at last gave way to Mr. BARELY, who spoke in an low a tone as to lw fre quently itiaudibie. The hon member said that nothing could be more inconsistent with the suggestion which he had made to the comuottee of a protection for three years, than the government proposition for tinkering up the act of 1846. ills ar, hear ) lie had much to complain of in the spe. ch delivered on a f rater evening by the hon. Under Secretary fur the Colonies. bat hon. member had told the house that the distress in the West Indies arose generally from recklessness and extravagance in management ; that wages were not high—indeed, that what was necessary was to raise wages. (Hear, hear.) Ile (Mr. Barkly) c..uld not conceive how any sine who had read tne d es patches of the various governors, fortified by the testimony of numberless gratin were, could make such an assertion. (Hear, hear ) had been alleged that the West Indians were always mur uterine ; but the fact was that during the period from 1706 kr 1832 only two committees of that You-e had sat to inquire into Wrist Indian distress. What was the rsition in which we had placed them ? We had compelled them to send their sugar to the mother country exclusively, and when it arrived there it was subjected to an enormous duty. In addition to that, they had been subjected to the Milan and Berlin decrees, so that at one time there had accumu lated in this country 140,000 hOds., for which there was no consumption. The hon. member proceeded to recapitulate the proceedings of committees which had sat from 1832 down to the present day, contending that all the suguestionn made by those committees for the be netit of the West Indies hod teen unattended to, until in 184 G the bill of the government brought them into sudden and unprepared competition with the slave-owners of Cuba. One of the charges against the planters was that at the period of emancipation they had en deavoured to reduce the tiezrees to the condition of serfs . All tf.ey had done was to endeavour to introduce the vagrant act of the other country, and the mode of doing so had been ruler_ ised by a pretty good authority, the late Lord Metcal.e, when governor of Jamaica. lie thought the planters had some cause to complain of the Coluniel-uthee that. the lowa against squatting had been an long del .yid. ( Ileor. hear.) He hoped, after the announcement of the nun. Under Secretary, on a former evening, that that cause of complaint would not much longer exist. (Hear, hear.) flip opine)n of the proposed loan was, that it was inconsistent with the other portion of the government proposition, the tendency of which was to meow the ; lantatioris entirely out of cultivation. The hon. Under-Secretary had said that the planters lied not fully developed the resources of the it ea t .tea—that their production might be wonde real increased. That might he true or it might not, but at all events it was not to be done in a day, and cou:d never he done without s-m, assistance in the way of protection. Ile (Mr. Darkly) Woke 1 upon the hon. m. miser for Westbury as a much more reesunable man than the boa. undersecretary, hut stil there were WM.: of his assertions which should ant pass unnoticed. The hon. member had, among other thi gs, ass. fled that the cost of production was higher in Cuba than the British colonies. All he (Mr. Barkly) should say is reply to that was, that the committee hid investigate d the matter most fully, and had come to the conclusion that a protecting duty of 104. wou d be necessary :o bring them sin a level. Every speech on the government side of the question ail been wound up with en appeal to the interests of the consumer. The right hon. baronet the member or Rip in had made powerful use of that point, alleging thot the bill of 1h46 had worked well for the consumer. But that was a were begging of the question. The question was, whether the British consumer would be benefited by ruining the planter altogether? ar, hear.) Either the evidence which had been given before the committee must have been lies from beginning to end, or else it was quite clear that the estates had been worked last year at a loss, which loss would become ruin if means were not taken to prevent it. (Hear.) Mr. LAisOUCHERE was so anxious that the house should mane to a division on that evening that he would not have risen but fur the fact that he had been a member of the sugar planting committee, Of that committee he w sold, with eunfidence, say, that no body of gentlemen had ever assembled in that house more anxious to arrive at the exact truth in ev ry particular. (Hear, hear.) It was impossible to have listened to the miserable details of distress which had been laid before that committee without fee line a deep anxiety that some speedy means might he de vised for the relief of our West India colonies ; but looking to the rew lotion to which the committee had come, it would seem that nothing had been done in that direction beyond recommending • protecting duty of 10s. per ton. 11e believed that, had not the members for Cam bridge Univer-ity and for Liverpocl withdraw", even that resolution would not have been agreed to. Therefore this proposal of a 10+. duty for six years, though recommended by the committee, could not be said to repre sent the general opinion of that committee, but was, he be. lieved, opposed to the views of the majority. That, how ever, was not of so much consequence as whether it sees the proposition which the house r meht to adopt. His objection to that proposal was not so much that it would be injurious to the interests of the consumer, as that it would not benefit th • planters theinaelvcs. The evidence given by every one of the witnesses examined by the committee went to show that the cultivation of sugar in the colonies depended on the bringing the rate of wages down to a reasonable level, which, while it should give fair remuneration to the latour sr, should secure at the same tints. a fair profit to the em ployer ; and, he believed, nothing would he so attractive to the real interests and prosperity of the planters as the notion that a considerably increased protection would be guaranteed to them for a number 01 years. (Hear.) The hon. gentleman the member for Leominster (Mr. Darkly) Premed impressed with the truth of that opinion when he ad vised, in committee (differing in this respect from many others of the West India body), a protection of 10s. for two years only, and then gradually to drop protection altogether. Now, the hon. gentleman, as he understood him, recom mended a protective duty of 10s. for three years, and then that it should cease altogether, without allowing the gradual dropping scale to come into operation at all. Mr. DARKLY was understood to say that he had made a proposition to the same effect to the committee. Mr. LABOUCHERE helieven that the West India body generally would prefer the government plan to such • scheme. (Hear, hear.) He believed every one who hal poken on the subject, except his hon. friend the member for <Word Uuivereity (Sir It. Inglis), contemplated a speedy equalisation of duties between foreign and colonial sugar, and the duty of the impulse' parliament was so to legislate as to prepare the West India colonies for that free and open competition which must follow such equalisation. Now he could conceive no worse preparation than to restore a high amount of protection, and having encouraged them to extend their cultivation under such a system, suddenly to expos,: them to open competition with the foreigner when the pro- tection teased. (Hear, hear.) And the injurious effects of such a scheme would nut be confined to the West India colo nies; it would be most disastrous also to the East Indies that an artificial and short-lived impetus to the cultivation of sugar should be given—an impetus not based on the sound principle of free competition, but on a system which must he attended with ruin as soon as open competition succeeded. This was the reason which induced hint to think that they would not benefit the West Indies by largely increasing the amount of protection. The next proposition made to the committee was that of the right hon. gentleman the mem ber for the university of Oxford (Mr. Gladstone). He laid it down that the most advisable course for parliament to pursue was to continue the present protection duty of Os. for six years, and then allow it to cease altogether. That pro posal did not appear to have met with that amount of appro bation its author might be supposed to have anticipated. The West India body, he believed, of the two would prefer the plan of the government to that of the right hon. gentle. man. (Ne.) At all events that was the view taken by many of that body, and he was not surprised at it ; for the right hon. gentleman's plan would give no immediate benefit or relief to the West Indies, while in the long run it would be found less favourable to the consumer and the revenue than the government measure. (Hear.) The right hon. gen tleman's plan would equalise the sugar duties to a rate of I 11%., while that of the government would result iu an equal duty of 10s , thus giving to the planter and the consumer the benefit of the lowest permanent duty. He had been a long time bringing his mind to consent to any altera tion of the settlement of 1816, but after a ma ture consideration of all the circumstances ho had been convinced that the house would do well to adopt the proposal submitted by ministers, which was in no way inconsistent with the spirit of that set.lement, though it was a departure from it in the letter. He believed the modification of the act of 1846, now recommended by government, would have the effect OS giving to the West Indies a certain amount of relief without risk in the long tun to the revenue or to the interests of the consumer. Such a measure he believed too was not open to the objection he had urged in the com mittee to the proposition of the 10s. duty for six years, viz., that it would prevent in any material degree the settle ment of wages in the West ladies on a satisfactory footing— a point to which he attached the utmost importance. (Hear.) As the change to the equalisation of duty would be gradual, he did not think that the revenue would materially suffer, for, though there might be some loss in the first instance, he believed it would be speedily made up in a great measure by d nte sp. res k t e s n of . th ith e contempt. He could not so look on it. He would not consumer increased nsume, i h m Tab ri rstn t H re e at w ed as b a y wa m re an t y ha w t h t e he ha i urge the interests of the consumer against the greater in terests of imperial policy ; but, putting aside the opinions of the hen. member for Dorsetshire as to the unhealthiness of sugar and its injurious effects on ladies' teeth—(a laugh), he agreedwith the right hon. baronet the member for Staaa:ord that the low price of sugar was a matter of no slight import lance in reference to the welfare of our population, as being a main instrument in promoting temperance, and reducing the consumption of ardent spirits. With regard to the ' policy of government in its bearing on slavery and the slave trade, his hon. friend (Sir R. Inglis) had drawn% distinction between slavery and the slave trade which he could not concur in. He joined his hon. friend in his abhorrence of that odious traffic, and admitted that this country was bound by every means to discourage it, and put it down ; bat he differed with his hon. friend as to the means to be employed for that end. But as to slavery itself his hon. friend s, emed to look upon it as a patriarchal institution sanctioned by scripture, and which ought therefore to be kept up. Sir R. INGLIS—What I said was, that as the state of slavery was recognised by the Book of God, I would not be a party to any proposition for declaring it unlawful. Mr. LABOCCHERE would not enter into a religious controversy, but denied that there was anything warranting slavery in the sacred volume, nor did he believe there was anything more disastrous or more dangerous in any commu nity than the maintenance of slavery—a state which he looked upon as ruinous to the soul as well as the body. (Hear, hear.) He believed the people of England detested the slays trade as much as ever they dil ; and if they thought the sugar duties had anything to do with it, they would fight the slave trade in those duties. But the most dis tinguished advocates of emancipation had repudiated such a notion. lie would not now enter into the question whether free labour would ultimately be enabled to compete with slave labour, though he was vet y sanguine that it would be, for there were those free and unfettered energies in the one case, and those dangers and disadvantages in the other,whieh must ultimately bear down the accursed system of slavery, even in the cultivation of sugar. But he believed that the mural effect of the example of England on this subject had not been unimportant—(bear, bear)—and that the deter. minetion of this country to wash its hands of the whole eye tern was producing its effect. (Hear, hear.) With regard to emigration, he thought some hon. gentlemen on the other side had overstated the advantages which would result to the West India colonies from the insWgration of a large num ber of labourers. But, though he did not think it would he wise to introduce a large number, he believed great benefit might ensue if it were known that the colonies had power to introduce labourers if they required them, as it would have the effect of preventing the demand fir exeravagant and un reasonable wages. On the suliject of verancy laws ' and contracts, his honourable friend (Mr. Hawes) had so fully entered into those points that he need scarcely detain the house upon them. He was for the freest immigration into •he West Indies, but stop ping distinctly short where immigration became anything like the slave trade. The introduction of labour must be free and bona fide on the part of labourers ; there must be no force—(hear, hear) ; and with regard to vagrancy and contracts, though he was favourable to any system of police for the maintenance of order, he was opposed to any system of police for upholding compulsory labour or slavery. (Cheers.) Mr. GOULBURN admitted that had he remained on the West India committee he should not have supperted the , propane ion of a 10s. protectine duty; nor did he con ' sider that the relii f of West India distress could only be effected by such a duty. It was the duty of the government to propose the means for relieving an amount of distress which he believed to be unprecedented in any country. Ile admitted that it was an advantage to the people of this country that they should be enabled to obtain ehi ap sugar ; but it that cheapness was obtained by such a depression of capital as would result in throwing the avasr estates out of cultivation, it would be an injury, as it would had to an in crease of price when it could least be borne. With regard to the amount of relief, the copimittee of 1832 eec immended that the compensation to be given to the planters should be commensurate with the increased coot of production conse quent oar the measures of parliament. He would recom mend the same principle now, and, as they had aevanced the cost of reduction, he would compensate. The hon. member for Westbury had said that the cost of producing sugar in the West Indica was not greater than in Cuba, and he stated that sugar was produce tin Cuba at 17s. Bd. Now, Cuba sugar had been sold in the British market at 215.; and if the cost of produeticht was 17s. 8d , taking freight and insurance into account, it followed that the Cuea grower must have sold his sugar at a low Many reasons had teen stated why the colonists had no par ticular claim to relief. and amongst them this, that the act of 1846 nad been well considered, and that it would be wrong materially to alter it. Now, in reply to that, he must observe that the right hon. gentleman opposite came into office on the 6:11 of April in that year, and on the 20th pro posed a total change in that system of laws previously in ope ration, thus cutting short the experience of those laws upon a consideration, during only 14 days, not only of the sugar question, but all others which must necessarily have pressed themselves upon the attention of a newly constituted govern ment. His hon. friend behind him stated that that measure had been favourable to the revenue. He admitted it—but then the gain to this country was at the cost of the colonies, end the loss thereby incurred formed one of the elements of the present distress. (Hear, hear.) It hail also b en argued that protection must be injurious as tending to increase the price of wages. He did nut assent to that argument, be cause it was the profit of the planter which guided the labourer and not protection. But, supposing it were so, it only showed that in any way the planter was ruined; for if protection raised the price of wages, the planter wss deterred from cultivating his property, and if these were no protection, he was ruined by the influx of the foreige article. lie, therefore, asked for some plan which would remedy the present evil without placing the West India planter in that predicament. Tne committee unani mously came to the conclusion that the state of the West India colonies was one of great distress, and that relief should be immediate. But the resolutions proposed in the co umittee by the right hon. gentleman the President of the B -and of Trade went further, and said that it was net only incumbent on them to grant immediate relief, but that it should be given in such a way as to be effectual for the actual planters themselves. Mr. LABOUCHERE said he had only moved those re ',elution% on the basis of the report. Mr. °MILBURN —And, therefore, as the reasonable ground of the plan to be out witted by the government. Those resolutions required the relief to be imme diate, to be effectual, to the planters themselves, and given to particular colonies, according as the y . were dis tressed; and that they should be put into a situation to com pete with foreign colonies, which the right hon. gentleman was of opinion they would be in when the rate of wages was adjusted to the altered state of the markets, and a sufficient control had over employment. Now these resolutions did not propose to afford relict for a year or two, but until there should be a sufficient competition in employment, and a suf ficient supply of labour in the market, to enable the colonists to compete with other countries. It was clearly in the con templation of the right hon. gentleman to continue those advantages to the colonies of which they were now to be de prived, until they could place the labour market in such a position as would enable them to compete with the other sugar colonies. The house would at once perceive how far short of that proposition was the one now before it. And what was the position of the celonies when those resolutions were proposed ? They were then in the enjoyment of a protecting duty of 6t. the cwt., and they had free admission to breweries. hi ow, of all the evils that must attend the commercial dealer that of having to bring his produce into a falling market was the worst, for it deranged all his calculations of industry and profit, and yet that was the very consequence they were en tailing upon the grower of sugar in those colonies. The go vi rnment proposition was a loan of 500,000/. upon the se curity of the colonies—a proposition in which there was something extremely ludicrous ' seeing that the colonial revenue was almost in a state of annihilation—cermiuly in sufficient in each particular colony to defray the expenses of that colony. (Hear, him.) He quite admitted that immi gration, to which it was said it would be partly applied, might be usefully carried on, but unless accompanied with other measures of relief would form no sufficient remedy for the evil, and although he was willing to concede that if the government effected a reduction in the rum duties, of which there was now considerable doubt, r dditional advantage would thereby be conferred on the producer of auger ; yet until there was a certainty of that measure it was hardly possible for him to take it into his consideration. Then there was to be a diminishing duty, obliging the colonists to come to a falling market, so that, viewing the government plan as it now appeared, it fell so far short of what he had been led to expect by the resolutions of the right honourable gentleman opposite, that he must show his disapproval by voting against it, and by claim ing instead compensation for the losses which those colonies sustained by the emancipation of the Degrees and the subsequent abolition of apprenticeship—to refuse which amounted, in his judgment, to a violation of public faith. Sir R. PEEL said that he should mos . imperfectly express his real feeling if he came to the conclusion or uttered a word which should imply an indifference to our vast transmarine possessions. For the difficulties of the colonies themselves, and the embarrassments of those connected with them, he felt the deepest sympathy, and justly should he deserve the reproach of the hon. member for the University of Oxford if be were disposed to prefer the material and pecuniary in terest involved in the question to public policy. He considered that it would be inconsistent with the spirit by which that great empire had been founded, and by which it could he maintained, were we now, in the hour of its depression and distress, to enter into a cold caleulatien whether it was for our pecuniary interest to maintain our connexion with it. But there were great social considerations connected with the subject. He rejected the argument that 95 per cent. of the population were negroes and only 5 white. lie thought it of the greatest importance to cherish that small white population, for we required them as a barrier against the spread of barbarism, aed that if annihilated the cause of civilisation would materially suffer. (lieu, hear.) With these feelings, admitting the importance of our ultramarine possessions, and entertaining the deepest sympathy for the present distress, he approached the discussion of this great I emetion. That distress was admitted on all hands, and there existed, be believed, a sincere desire to alleviate it. With ' that view the government submitted a proposition which was met by anther justifiable certainly, but yet of a novel kind—he alluded to the porosition member for Droitwich, the effect of which was tc:)r ase aa l sideration to the proposition of the government, tel e iree l in fact to take it back, that it was impuemble to end that therefore they would not liana to it. Th re ee l kaa "e of the hon. member fur I/roe...rich implied that that e di gka — ` could be remedied by legislation ; but of what use er ee - "a k , subjectad e ? •nb much hn t o astutenesstt b h r e . s u ti p n a d t h i e t. eb oi uot : if no remedy was suggested ) (Hear.) What, he feed wee p,, the he the more effectual remedies that the supporters of t "" get That committee had thrown a light on th e t in ve a te t c o l o:u n t l sided over by a chairmen who brought to the co ie ermaa r — The noble lord (G. Bentinck) was r. ally to propose a ( Hear.) could fulfil the expectations which would be r o used re medy ; Bswa ' ",* ing to the amendment. But unless he had -am th" offer much more eff, coral than the plan of the e e L a - , the result would on', be to upravate the dieters:. ell ( H ess hear.) He would shortly renew the present conditi on of the West India colonies, and the remedies which i t eat d Bible to apply. What could he offer to th e Wo - lodise . body by way of relief . Could he give them back th e sure of 1845, and establish the distinction 1, tween he produce of slave labour, and sugar the produce of ir ja, ger - regretted that • further experiment had n ee e t ? i m aa mode of the measure of 1813. (Hear, hear.) 41. entirely satisfied with the argument that tee upe Z market of Great Britain and Ireland to slave-m ut - s a g „ was of no advantage to the slave-holding planter e s ee ; e h -°- ak not satisfied that the free-labour anger which he too/L e iri a -- the continent was immediately supplied by sleee sugar, and that, in point of fact, it was moo discourage M - , t is the latter. Because, whatever theoretical re "oR m a k -- be urged, the fact was that encouragement heel beCa - : e ra Cuba and Brazil to the production of alive groan er lied ho then directed the counsels of her ilai m e 'Ta ' should certainly have adaisad a longer trill of the measure of 1845 But is 184 G a chance e a ; place, and he bad assented to the measure propa a a e ea . noble lord opposite, in pursuance of deelarauo ie mal e hint and by those acting with him, not only on ground s - 4 public policy, but of piratic faith. That c hange p ea aw id the maintenance of the distinction between slave sad few labour sugar, so far at least as the produce of Cuba wi e concerhed. Whatever might have been tis desire to ails fain the act of 1843 had he had the means, be could a a . shrink from the responsibility of the vote he lave in rence with the proposal of government. He dies not give that vote merely to prevent the disturbance which might have taken place had thorn been another change of ga i t ,: meat in July, 1846. The very fact that there bad am,. change of government, the very tact that &Iterate:ma hed been made between 1815 mod 1816 in our c, tometdd policy, by a further application of the principles ea e e trade, would have made the struggle to exclude sas sugar a very protracted and doubtful one. Theo= government might have failed ; hut what would bambini the result ? Could any government, then to he &manned, have given an assurance to the British powessimi. that labour sugar would be permanently excluded ? Ihe plan of the government at least offered • permanent sugar bill, Bed the avoidance of an annual contest. An annual cornice an the sugar duties, with doubtful success, though it might have defeated the bill of 1816, would nave parented the application of capital in the colonies, would have pr vented the settlement of the question, and have destroyed comma dal confidence. This consideration, es well as hi. ness to disturb the government, had induced him to meat to attempt this mode of settlement. Could he now revoke that, and re-establish the disuna ion between:reeled slave labour ? The hon. menthe for the L:aiversity of On. ford thought this could be done; but he was out of very few who held that opinion. The crown had acted on the measure:of the noble lord, and had admitted the produce of Cuba on the same footing as that of Vela:m.la and our other colonies. This compelled him to exeluae from the West Indians the hope that the distineti as establotted by the act of 1845 would be revived. lie had loeked through all the suggestions of the West Indians themselves; he had attempted also to consider evi ry measure, which, not being suggested by them, appeared I,kely to give them relief. One was the reduction of calocial exaeneiture. Tire et. dense before the committee had left an im o reaion oa bis mind that the colonial expenditure admitted of eedeutoa Looking at the enormous ezeenditures of C-olon, of Magri. ties, and of Jamaica, he was prepared to hod out ti the colonists this prospect of relief ; that tier,. be, • there ought to be, the most determaied attempt to Mete this expenditure within the narrowest lini•ts cempatible with the welfare of the colonic a themselves. It was nea• important not only for the purposes of that defence, but farther purposes of an enlightenti internal policy, that toe eery best men !oat could be found should be plod in the administration of colonial affairs. (near, hear.) It would be a miserable economy, fur the sake of saving some 2,0001. a year, to deprive the country of the services of such men, in the administration of our colonial and internal empire, as Lord Dalhousie, Lard Harris, and Lord Elgin; he therefore thought it might be better for the govern- s, ment of this country to take upon itself th., payment of a salary which was perhaps greater t tan the col mists them. 11 serves considered neces.ary, ar.d which was fixed more with regard to imperial consider lions than to those or the mere colony, On other grounds it was highly desirable that the governor should be independ,nt ct the calonists—that he might be enabled to favour them without the imputation of seeking a reward for his liberality, and to do justice, and perhaps even offend them, without incurring the risk of having his eatery reduced. (Hear.) This would be secured by the country taking upon itself the paynnnt of the salaries of the governors. But with respect to secretarit s with4,oool.s year, he would go the txtr, me length of making a reduction in such salaries consistent with a proper regard for the circum stance a of the colooista. Whatever reductiva could be made, consistent with the distance and support of the local interests of the colonies themselves, ought to be made; any benefit which could be afforded by such retrenchm, nt was due to them. With respect to the police laws for preventing va grancy and disorder, all would agree that whatever could be done consistent with justice ano real freedom ought to been Acted, and at the same time abuse of th it freedom ought to be presented. To sat. bow it c uld be done was exceed ingly difficult for those who had not local inhalation • bet he apprehended they were ready to concur with the co:Oakes in administering whatever relief could be given under that head. Looking at the erievanees alleged by the colonists and their demands for re lint, he found by &petition resented from the planters, merchants, and others of the districtof s Hanover, in Jamaica, so recently as September, 1847, that • they d. minded the iemayal of the protection which their fellow-subjects in Great Britain retained. First, they said the Briti-h distiller, in addation to the advantage he enjoys over the West Indians, owing to their distance from the market, enjoys a protection against their rum of 9d. a gallon. Amongst the measures contemplated by government was the reduction of that differential duty from 9d, to 4d. a gallon ; and be could hold out to the colonists no hope of a greater reduction. He appre hended the government would have some serious difficulties to encounter in carrying that reduction ; but there appeared every disposition on toeir part to give the full meamte of relief. (Hear.) The next ground on which the colonists alleged their fellow subjects retained a protection which was denied to them, was this:—" The British shipowner is pro- tected by the navigation laws ; and this compels your meom ri.ilists to pay a freight nearly double the amount they would have to pay if they were permitted to ship in other vessels." That appeared to him a very reasonable complaint; but it was rather irritating, when the complaint was admitted to be just, and a remedy was attempted to be applied. to be told immediately, " The removal of the navi gation laws will be of no benefit whatever to es; the producers in Cuba and Brazil will derive a greater ad- • vantage than we shall from the repeal of the navigation laws." (Hear, hear.) That discouraged him from entertaining any too sanguine anticipations as to the relief to be afforded. It was difficult to take any general view of the position of the West India colonies, and the remedies which ought to be applied because one great element remained in un certainty, the future employment ut the squadron on the African coast. On that he gave no opinion ; he was much in clined to doubt whether the sudden withdrawal of that squa dron might not increase the evils of the slave trade. But, supposing that any material easing could be effected by its withdrawal, be greatly doubted whether this country would not consent to forego the pecuniary advantage, and apply at least a considerable portion of the saving to other means more effectual for the purpose. But any view of the state of the West Indies must be imperfect and uncertain while un certainty prevailed aa to what would be done with respect to that rquadron. There were only two other suggestions of any considerable importance. One was, that there should be a great increase of immigration and Lathe supply of labour; the other, that direct assistance should be given by means of protective duties. As to immigration, the government admitted the principle that this country should provide the means im mediately, by way of loan, for increasing the supply of labour ; and it was proposed that 500,0001. should be ad vanced for that purpose. He did not attach the importance which come gentlemen attached to this inertia, d supply or ',boor ; he could not go no far as the hon. under.seeretuf for the colonies, and say that if he had 500,0001. to invest, he did not know how lie could apply it better. (" Hear, " and laughter.) The hon. member for Somemetsbire (Mr. Miles) had stated that the population of the West ladies was about one million, and that they only produced 140,000 hogsheads of sugar pet annum,-1 conclusive proof that them was labour enough in the colonies ; tke only question was, how to make that labour available. It was laid the negroes might be stimulated by the importation of fresh labovreta which would stir them up to emulation, end operate as a moral check on their idleness, and make them willing to work themselves. But the utmost care would be required in applying that check and the importation of some tens of thousands of negroee from the west of AMa . would be but a clumsy expedient. Suppose it fectual, what would be the result ? There would be a great addition to the number of labourers, with an in* sufficiency of employment; and the thousands of unfor tunate persons who were separated from their connexions, and conveyed across the ocean, would probably not be em ployed. If immigration were encouraged at all, it only ought to be as the speculation of individuals. (Hear, hem.) And if the government undertook that which individual speculation only could supply, the whole would end iII smoke. (Hear, hear.) lie should be disposed to trust W the enterprise of those individuals whore estates needed an increase of names, the government taking ever', pr caution caution against abuse on the coast of Africa , h subsequent abase in the West Indies. (Hear, esr) But whatever was done, he hoped this errantry would not be justly subjected to the imputation of having, on any e p e re s tence, organised a new species of slavery. (Hear, Though half a million was to be granted by the govemniept_ he hoped they would not insist on necessarily applying half million to purposes of immigration ; but shoa l they oe satisfied that there were some other modes by which tempo- . miry relief might be given to the West Indies more effectual than this of immigration, they would willingly con sent to extend the grant to such other purposes. If her Modesty's government admitted the principle rA parity parliamentary relief, he did hope they would 90Mitti 211 h what was the most effectu that in some wee the ad were not sufficien appre • of the greatest p tly ropneto• Walden, s t a ted that the r colony was repaid ia • ye • did they not do it? The poveristied. But why d . prosperity ? The only r 0 i relied too greatly on the ciple of protecuon. 1. e three estates, the cost ot which would pay at the a country we were makir • four or five per cent. told them the other Why, there ed was an he. eat.... was o r 90 , and tI o. 80 Or 90 pl hhds. to 100 1 300, 600, and at last, in 1. be doe—if such enon suck a n small expense— , getout of L mbardy, e • d en t upon the previ su ch result , produce expect as tne n-. • the planters to make or • p fi said,,a.,.la Howa r di g k em o t i f l n egsd i r e t ov w s ‘m• t n e le' h d o ,u 'dy r w i nnh if t p to h e h r o rsb - fore e e..r.) ga ron o e at dmio resolutions cause meet o d,,ltto,gvho ci .l: (e e eti. us y ghis r t nr, r o t, eec t . tchn, hbom7lttti Coe. to. fo aught he knew, mot ed lse? .) sent ive t In upon toe colony—hut h spoke of the import large co mm on open ; n ee this prove most forcibly Lion ? (Hear, hear.) without improvements depend upon it, was ti. mete% meat. Let such e would lay the toundati .n Indies. (Cheering.) n five duty of 10s. for th what the amendment i from his right bon I sure he trusted no • • tiosate intercourse tin differed from Will was ;a vote for these re slut: would be prepared to t be, in his opilion, a prof was a measure he w (Cheeting.) He was on these grounds:—that tion that protection body. Now, why di, an amendment mean' self. Re was sell ig t subject, and the nl flitter wan more prot et his resolution before tie there a singlet West I a the resolution as it distressed tor want of shiCieg protection tc th filauritiue, where there possessions w ir e to ha bad not the same call: quence ? It w as ad.uit the requiri.d. But the had this adv anta ge therefore, would Be o • tition with the W others most likily to let them einsider n ply of labour the %1 est the protection for a most. Well, what wo WOlllll the people it exertion. ? They wo taking off the duty at would not Cuba say Years we shall be British c demists; let our power to e .te • Well, new, let them West Indies during th the fact , of the cat , u hind him (Mr. Bat kly his evidence before the ha said, " we are en. ; wages by promoting think a differential uu favour ot the ne, ro.' whom he (Sir 1.. negro, oho was end upon his master the ( hon. member in get his own way, . ud crewed price of tie p went on to say, lust about per cwt. lie " uecided the s raised the price of • to the \Vest Indies. ' defeating his own obj No, it was his de tr West Indian they m which would give h. Under that 'thou] moved even canes medy could be pro the West Indies hi their case, and re. • compete ailment.il y there was a 63s du • cwt. of firtign u. with sugar as it scarcely a siney g tion in this cean. the cause of replied that they The fact was, th it ply with the der ..n Re did nor at .11 fairly with the t blind, indeed, t, t, that this system of tamed. (Hear. lie condition et Cu' t. de Walden, wit ropect , d many o t We wire told m IC they carry cutlers hounds at their n va weapons I spol the slave states of ume fear and .as was the ream., fiercely and le e go h ck lition was h lionowl 4ow'h security tlltwt taro bi v a s netted hozonmllrnnmieie incessantly to d mhi 18t ro casers e eilibhiid r artattt:aa p lutare t wutlan p tevi re ittla e elmihdc°anduhhiv a m ann'adeope' t ‘i'cln:tP.t . ,.. .. : cause e ar the he there ha . e o so long fasten . its proprielers ad selves, and male (Rear, hear.) mighty efforts it magnificent di to holder might .or but at no mot ' condition of its hope that Vi. would be wise late, the ine system. (y the meager, friend w-Alle. would vete t. .,r this purpose. all over the -so late which s-. 0 their posit, it convulsions in events in •se have peed.. have been inc as Pt •si still going 0 ,, alma were (Rear, b ea i hear.) Th': e vernmenta of (Hear, he, warning, fee, eipitate th, e over the v o this wool., Teranients was am,, 4 pathy uitli In human t.l. shores to I.r time, might ing on a s .p a sudden n hope that th the hitherto deotion to were idea events, was