The Press.
London, England, 1858-06-26 00:00:00

rott6inp in Varhantent.
HOUSE OF LORDS—MoNnAy.

THE INDIAN RESOLUTIONS.
The Earl of MmatitssuaY, in reply to the question
put by the Marquis of Lansdowne on Friday evening,
stated that the Government did not intend to lay on
the table the resolutions relating to the government
of India affirmed by the House of Commons. They
had been made the foundation of a bill, and the
whole question could be better discussed when that
measure came regularly before their lordships. He
hoped the bill would come up from the other house
in time to take the second reading by the second
week in July.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE had asked the ques-
tion only from a wish that the discussion should be
delayed as little ns possible.
Earl GRANVILLE and Earl GREY concurred in the
opinion that the course taken by the Govern•
went was very inconvenient, and might prevent
the bill passing through the House of Lords
this session ; but they would not offer any opposi•
tion to the mode of proceeding decided on by the
Government.

EXPORTATION OF COOLIES FROM HONG KONG.
The Bishop of OXFORD, in moving for papers
bearing on the exportation of coolies from Hong
Kong, expressed his fears that from the condition of
sorr e of our colonies there was a danger of England
being drawn Into tolerating a slave trade in another
form. He admitted that the importation of labourers
hal succeeded in the case of Mauritius ; but the
system must be closely watched, especially in new
colonies, to prevent it lapsing into a mere traffic
in slaves.
The Earl of CARNARVON had no objection to pro-
duce the correspondence and papers desired. There
was a distinction to be made between the emigrants
to English colonies and those conveyed to foreign
possessions. It was in the transport of the latter
class that abuses chiefly occurred ; but every security
was taken for the proper treatment of passengers
under English control, both during the voyage and
on arriving in a colony. He contrasted the condition
and treatment of these emigrants with that of the
coolies conveyed to Cuba ; they were kidnapped,
drugged, and bought in the first place, were bar-
barously treated on the voyage, and on arriving in
the island were subjected to a kind of servitude that
was an unmitigated slavery. The whole question
was under the consideration of the Government.

Lord Buououxm believed the evils of the system
could only be remedied by its total prohibition. Over
the emigrants to Spanish possessions England could
exercise no control, but English vessels might be for-
bidden to convey them.
The Earl of CLARENDON confirmed the statement
of the Earl of Carnarvon that the abuses complained
of)occurred in the Chinese ports, where England had
neither agents nor commercial influence.
The motion wee then agreed to, and their lordships
adjourned.

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HOUSE OF COMMONS—MoNDRY.

The Commissioners for Exhibition 1851 Bill
passed through committee after the clauses had
undergone much discussion, in the course of which
many points of interest arose with relation to the
Kensington estate, and to subjects connected with
science and art.
THE PAPER DUTY.

On the order fur going into a Committee of
Supply,
Mr. M. GIBSON moved u an amendment a reso-
lution :

That the to4ntitance of thika,aisii on paper, as a per-
manent source of revenue, would be impolitic, and that
such financial arrangements ought to be made as will
enable Parliament to dispense with that tax.

The reason why he had not brought forward
this proposition as a substantive motion, be said,
was because it was intimately connected with
a large vote to be proposed in the committee
for promoting education, and he believed that the
repeal of a duty which stood in the way of the
diffusion of knowledge would be a means of
promoting education. He proceeded to set forth
the grounds of his motion. Taxation, be observed,
was one thing, revenue another ; and it was possible
to repeal taxation judiciously, without permanenlly
injuring the public revenue. The paper duty was a
most pernicious tax. Paper•mills were diminishing
in number, and the manufacture was *tiling more
and more into the hands of a few larmeapitalista.
The duty did not press upon a large book or a three.
volume novel, but it operated as a check upon cheap
publications of extensive circulation, and its removal
would improve cheap literature, and thereby benefit,
morally and intellectually, its numerous readers.
It might he said that he should suggest a substitute
for this tax ; hut ho protested attainst this doctrine.
If he proved that this tax, forming only one sixty-
fourth part of the public revenue, was a pernicious