The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-17 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1858.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

11011811 OF LORDB.-TunDAT, MARCH 16.
The LORD Cm.tacetzoa took his seat on the wedlock
at live o'clock.

Viscount DUNGANNON presented several petitions
against the admission of Jews into parliament, and against
the legalisation of marriage with a deceased wife. sister.

"FREE" EMIGRATION. —•
Lord BROUGHAM promisthed a petition from the Anti-
Slavery Society complaining of certain events which had
lately taken place in the West Indies and on the west coed
of AMos. Before stating the throumthancee to which the
petition alluded, he (the noble lord) must observe that he
was far from believing that those circumstanced had the con-
currence of the French government. He had not the least
doubt whatever that they were entirely disapproved dby
that government ; and in so far as they could sot he pre-
vented, they were deeply end sincerely lamented. It op-
vend from credible information which he had received that
the local government of Guadeloupe had prod, mbr the
pies of a vagrant law, a regulation which had an imme-
diate and direct tendency to rams to a state of slavery
the free negroce of thst 'okay. Almost the only
good act of the Provisional Goverment of 1848 was
the onsacipation of the slaves to the French oolo-
ales ,• and this was, therefore, • rstrograile step. The reason
he (the noble lord) bit so sum that 11 amid not have been
dens with the sanction of the mother country was the
bet that the inessure had been hthisted in our own colony
of Jamaica, where It was hyena's that It could have re-
ceived any countenthes fries her Majesty's governmsat, In
fart, he greatly doubted whither the sot et the takedal
lessee to width hatediesthed yet caastreas. Whit bad
tuba ghee Ited mem lima atatirated ell Ste hare which led
bee ealestehrol with mord to what wan called " fram
es sof-
grades," systao, thee vela of preheat mimes itt
Africa and alimping them to Freed' colonise ast me Ames
used to be shipped. A vessel eilhd the Stella bees fitted
oat by ea old iftve-tredlag fend Maneilles to take npami-
pais ham dirks. By the terste of their contract the par-
ties were only showed to give forty dollars per head; sad es
the Spanish and Portuguese (especially the former) offered
seventy or eighty, they swept the market, and the Stella had
some difficulty in making up her cargo. However, she did
get together 930 "free emigrants," and sailed for Besse
Terre, in Guadeloupe. No fewer than 340, or more than 33
per oent, of these poor "emigrants " died in the course of
the voyage. The remaining 600 were landed at BUM
Terre, and some of them were sent overland to the place
of their destination, but 110 were put on bard
a coasting vessel sad sent round by ma to another
part of the colony. These " free" norm, as they
were called, were treated just as negroes used to be
treated in the days of the old execrable slave-
trade; 80 or 90 of them were crammed into the hold,
and the rest were allowed to remain on deck with the crew.
On the way, the whole of those under the hatches perished.
(Hear, hest.) He thought, therefore, that their lordships
would agree with him that ellj the predictions which had
been mils with regard to this revival of the slave trade,
under the hypocritical name of "free emigration," had been
more than realised. (Hear, hear.) The noble and learned
lord then referred to the tranmrt of coolies and Chinese to
the Ease Indies, and said that recent invest4adons had
shown that there had been less mortality= board the French
ships than on board the English. He believed the difference
might to accounted for by the prevalence of an epidemic on
board the Engthh vessele, but still the fact wee as he stated,
sad the French were perfectly entitled to the credit oft.

The Earl of MALIEBBI.RY laid that 1111100 be had held
office no informatics bed been mat home boat any of her
Majesty's consuls with mud to the circumstances to which
the noble lord had referred as having taken place at Guade-
loupe. Hs quite agreed with the noble lord that the &Mine-
lion between " free emigration" and the old slave trade wee
a distinction without • difference; and her Majesty's govern-
ment would nes their utmost endeavours to put an end to the
practice; but of course they mild only interfere in cases
where there wss • slave trade treaty in ',Matinee. (Hem.)
With regard to the conveyance of coolies, he could not
think, as the noble lord seemed to do, that the present sys-
tem was at all satisfactory. Indeed a letter had been TO•
ceived at tho Foreign-office only two or three days ago which
showed that far more strict regulation. ought to be este-
bliahed than were at present in force. (Hem, hear.)
Lord BROUGHAM called the noble mes attention to
the manner ht which Spanish slavers were in the habit of
abusing the Preach dig in order to conceal the charade? of
their vessels.

r sad cue et the
(Chan.) mem loyal and eminent of her Majesty's sub-
' j
The madam wee then put sad agreed to, and their lord-
ehlps adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TozaDAT, MARCH 16.
The firiskizz took the char at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bile were severally read a asootid time :
Fortumna Bridge Bill; Halifax Park and luiprovemeate Bill.
The Gorbale Property and Liabilities Bill was withdrawn.