The Express.
London, England, 1861-05-29 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—Tcoto%y, Mar 28.

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I east*

THE CULTIVATION OV COTTON IN THE
COLONIEX

Lied lIROI'ItH AM. maw Übe sot& delta the llelonial
Ifferiner is lee place, mid he winked to call Li. atteutiou to
• mitt., who'.. iii hi. epinion. IMO at the present moment
es • of the en-.test po.sahle importance ; he referred to the
grew* of comma to oar ranges esinial po.erikes. Ile
wash shone from referring to otie part of the Dul,jnt, he.
is.. it would 1.a.l hire, however unwilling. to make some
absermitiose na that veer postal stale of this's+ ousting in
She United steno of Auntie • He emmidereal that it Lad
elsedutely eventual, inderadently of those events
Ainemea, that her liajeaty a government shoald
pawnate by every memo le than power the growth
this groat staple, sad he would lase urge
=his ankle friend In bur no time in recommending
different colnialgorrninsenn to escourageby all nor
th to power tin growth of thia article. He had int it eal
free .11133.0. .1 ..mph...4 cotton, and they led been tub-
st;lted In poes os,. of known skill is this country, who had
proems."' them to to. the Gael* sorts they had seen, and
led tied the pri..o an high as to show (bat the million.
fins of enure' 'maid non, entity be remunerative after tal
i/gni the Inman It we. and that this r ,ttoa world is
sreeket be worth Is. per 11. ; but even if it ehoulal not he
wife ranee the• oak per lb., yet as they ulam 'ate
IMMO of bad is Joann grow Maths. in weight, that would
realise 131. He en enured that the plainer* might grtrir
1110011 e. as sere easily, sad he haul been f nodal...A with al:
ill* items relating both to the cultivetioe of cotton and
fha *Weir attending it, earthy fossil that all the expenses
would ant mimed if. an sett,. There could be so doubt whatever
Sat with due enow.vonent cotton might he grown to us
ilelbsiled latent in nor coheir! poonsinoss, sot only in
"AM* bet in the En.t ladies, anal he looked forwerd with
essldence to the tiam when thaw countries would be
eapalde of furnishing the supply neciewary to this country.
The Duke of NEWCAnTLIS reminded the noble Innl that
he had forgotten the rule which was generally followed.
that when a was to he put iwlne notice should he
given, io order that a rime. atiefectory and correct gnawer
sight be *leaned thee eseld be made under said-
ias einsenitances. _ H. woe!, sot cosraplsta is the

prim* instance, for he email at ore; arum the
lord that her Mnjnatys gee cement hail wit
I thi. meat iiiipiniust qaestion. The real el itr
6.,:fit;dro the matter lc, not se much as rem•nled
tho growth of &Atom either in • &Arid or a colony, as the
amount of Mane rieceseiry to that wad. and the price of
thst labour. The uolde lord had alluded to the inland of
Jamaica, and Iwl ittatoil that it was capable of producing a
her. quantity of cotton ; hat he (the Duke of -Newcastle)
was by 00 comas cheer that Jamaica could produce in large •
quantity. The milde tool had slaked him whether the
government You prepared to offer say encouromment for
the growth of orithim Now, if be meant eneouraimment of
a peciini iry dx.ciiption, he would at once Kay that the
government could not do anything which could he o preju-
dicial to the inter, 1. of the colonies referred to. If the state•
meat of the noble lord, that cotton which could be grown for
al. could be sold for 151., beteg nearly 100 per cent.
profit, wa, correct, he thought a great many Jarna:cs, pro-
prietors would he very glad to grow cotton but he was
afraid the .taterneut could not be correct. Them wait at
present an impediment to the introduction of coolie labour
into the Wed Imim Islands, and her Majesty. government
ishred that the preset n...-drictions, so for as they regarded
rwristoe, shoui,l be withdrawn, and with that view the
'latter had been brought nailer the attention of the Indian
glimumeut. If those objection. which at present existed
were removed they would be able to introduce coolie labour
hole Jamaica, and try the experiment of the igowth of
cation there. (Heir, hear.)
After • few words io reply.front Lord BROU.:BA,I. to the
effect that he shield nut approve of any eo.nnw.genwnt of
a pecuniary more being given to the colonies, or to the
whom powers, the subject dropped.