The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-04 00:00:00

mum they did not iscream the prosperity of the colonies
in which they bed settled--Siappore and Java for in.
stance—but became they were not accompanied by their
wives. It had, however, always been the course of emigre.
lien that the make went out.firet and the females followed
der; sad it was norm by the condition of the Chines
themishes in Java and in other places of the Eastern Archi-
pelago. to which they had migrated. Besides that, mar.
then Chirm presented an dent insuperable difficulty in
' the are of the poorer immigrant, inasmuch se, instead of thu
dike giving • dowry with his daughter, the husband wee
eggestel to pay the father fur his wife. The real question tie
Ole ear wee, what the government proposed to do for the
=of taking steps to obtain labour. It was a walks
pee** importance to the future of the colony ; end
es its melatlon depended not only the promperityof the colony.
but also the promperity of thin country, inasmuch as it in-
volved the cheapners or dearness of articles of primary con.
Morouver, it involved the further problem of how
formarklesill be proved to the world that the competitionof free
his= ea widest elan labour was successful. Under these
themegenasse, he (Mr. B.) should confine himself to asking
the wadi= be laid eked of the government, inasmuch IS
la milk bad now come to the point that in the last year the
gels* of labour had nth at least 20 or 30 per cent.
/in LABOUCHERE entirely concurred with his hon.
nikke in believing that there wee no more important qua.
Ilea in relation to colonial policy than that involved in the
dbeleedell. Neither did he differ in any essential deans
ffitsaa hie hon. friend on the general question. Various or-
endellemene, mere especially the high price of men, bad
dears Oa attention of all sugar producing colonies to the
EMI, of that article, and it wee therefore very proper that
the peesaint should direct its attention to the supply of
Mew in re eskeles of this country, which wax the tit.
Weld posiawka, by all lawful means. Moreover, se a
meld eljestlen, it was requisite to do so, in order to prop
that the ealy effictive mode of eupprthing slavery and the
slave trade was to show that, wash free labourers, sugar
.said be cultivated with equal advantage as with
skins labour. But there were certain conditions by
width only the supply of labour should be rage.
istal ; conditionwhich under every circumstance.
ought to be mothered to. These were—first, that care should be
taken that the laws of humanity were not violated, and that
no internal wan were excited by which the slave trade could be
funned or eueouraged in these countries whence the supply of
Idiom was drawn; secondly, that having got the I
their voyage an= the sea should be so regulated ealbo°:=
sonnet the risibility of • recurrence of those frightful
calamities which he hoped were for ever put an end to; thirdly.
that the immigrant labourers ehould on their snivel at th=
destination ho treated with that degree of brusume considers.
tin which wes due to them no freemen, and that under no
name whatever, nor under any reeible pretence, should that
cyst= of downy be revived upon which the country had met
is brand for ever; and fourthly, and this, perhaps, was
the most important of all, that there should be a dui
proportion of the .cues, and the frightful evils of a gnat
male pouilation be aeutralined. There Ina one colony which
solved in • sinking degree the problem of free labour ma
opposed to elan Inoue wed proved that by means of the
former sugar could be et:Riveted with • meat. That was the
Mauritius. From the proximity of that island le the
shone of India, a liege imply of Coke Mow
was obtainable. Within ten years 100 000 Coelho bet
been trimmentted to that ling. sad em opal la the eel&
yak* el InEpr. The duesenease of wee ea name=
Menem la la gaintity amps_ roduced, whish meek wee
a. seem of brae& to dr wiewleia Nadi the Osellea.
Omits bed neheited in the Wad, wed dine wits
returnsl es hat admit el of lives, In oak.
feteable eiremstestees. H. lehersiesse)
_weld MOM
hili he* Men& however, that If the Wag India Colonies
had est enjoyed the mans as the Mauritius, it
was *lily owing to their 1..1 polar with renal
le India. His homiurebb had silk why should
they not go to Africa and to Chia ? As reprded Afrke.
It would be of the greeted cowwqrsta b oblate a rupply of
sully free labour from thstgoartag; erg the experiment had
been tried in the British resemeleas and on the Kr:o
keg. But it had been found, with respect to other
gaud on the coast, the infallible result was to foster
ad =courage the slave trade and its °ease-
rerintestine wan sad frightful barbarities ta
iterior ; he hoped, therthre that the limo
would never encourage such monstrea results. He (Mr.
Labroaehere) had been gratified beyond mammy at the
account' he received of the Increase en the legitimate com-
mein of Africa ; and be believed that (intimation was at lad
making a tangible Ullmann upon the internal condition of
that continent. The governor of Sierra Leone had written to
him to ray that no fewer than 60 canoes had come down the
elver in • emote day laden with palmed anti other produce el
the Interior for sole and barter, and that there was every pro-
bability of this commerce increasi sad extending itsrasa.
ications. They should be carefulng , therefore, how they did
any set which might destroy this new born comm=z
cause Africa to revert again to its former frightful co
So much for Africa. With reopen to China, to which a get•
demon from Benin Guiana had informed him the hopes d
that colony were moreemecially directed, he (Mr. Labouchers)
would freely admit that the Chin= were most valuable
labourer., hardy, frugal, and good to work; and
that, moreover they did not require to be sent back.
n= The quee of inducing Chinese women to follow Chime=
pin was not so simples his hon. friend seemed to suppose.
Sir J. During was strongly sonnet any attempt being made
to Induce these Chinon women to emigrate from China,
which he thought would produce a system of fraud and no.
lance of the moat reprehensible kind. The government,
however, instructed Lord Elgin to take every ePPoftunilt
obtaining correct and unprejudiced inbrmank- on the
subject. He (Mr. Labeuebere) could only say, that if he
could see any way of increasing Chinese smion to the
colonies, without producing evil of the most ming mar
nitude, ho should be glad to do no. The hon. gentleman
referred to minute obstructions in the way of Coolie emigres
lion, which he looked on as unnecemary, end as having •
tendency to check emigration. He mooed to think that
after the Conies were ten years in the coloniesOhe plantees
were obliged to compel then, to return home. That was not
so. All that they were obliged to do was to give them aback
paean money, which was quite a different thing from
nulling them from the colonies. lie (Mr. Labouebere)
could only say it appeared to him the time had come when
that question might be fairly oonsidered. The Coolies were
now so much accustomed to West Indian labour that they
could judge for themeelvea on that point. But it wee a point
on which the Indian government felt great difficulty. The
state o( the queen= now was this. lie wrote to the Indian
government requesting them to give their 'oriole' considers.
lion to the subject with • view if pthible of relaxing that
rule. It was one of the restrictions to which the Indian
government attached great importance, sa they thought it
but fair that the Coolies should have the means of getting
back to the place from which they came by means of a money
payment. But the whole subject ehould be eoneidered In a
fair and unprejudiced manner. The hen. gentleman rid
that the French, who sent Cooliee from Pondicherry, fol-
lowed • different rule from ours with regard to the
tonnage
of the nude, sod that there was leas mortality
French ships than in the Englitoh. That was a startling
fact if trite. He could only say the emigration com-
mie/loners informed him that that was contrary to
their experience, and that the rule laid down b
them of one Coolie to a ton we. the proper rule, that it could
not be altered without danger, and that it would be against
the sanitary regulation. which it wait thought neenoury to
observe in this matter to follow the French rule. That nb•
ject was also mu of importance, and he directed strict en-
quiry to be made on the spot by Impartial persons. The go-
vernment could have no object in retaining any restrictions,
except those which were neceseory to swum to the Coolies
fair and proper treatment in their enrage across the onsa.
(Hear, hear.) Every suggestion from the colonies on tide
subject had received sod would receive the most attentive
consideration front the government. But the national faith
and honour, and the intereets of the colonies themselves in
the long run, required that they should not depart from that
policy which thee country had persevered in for so many
years with regard to emigration to the West Indio,. The
hon. gentleman said there was an arbitrary rule as to the
number of emigrants to be taken in any vessel. The rule
arome from this, that the emigration 'gents supposed vessels
of a moderate sue and not exceeding a certain tonnage were
the mat convenient for conducting this emigrates%
sad that if reseals of a larger sire were employed
they would be kept too long waiting before they could be
filled. This rule, therefore was adopted for the convenience
of the colony itself. Nothing could be more moderate than
the petition which the hun. gentleman presented, and he
could =ne him that the attention of the government would
be given to the important subject.) to which it related. (Hen )
In reply to Mr.leat:MMUN n,
Lord PALMERSTON stated that the Divorce Bill would
be fixed for Monday, but it would not come on that night.
Mr. HADFIELD hoped the government would give sky
for continuing the debate on the growth of cotton in India,
which was every day becoming of greater importance to the
north of England.
Lord A. VANE TEMPEST eciehedto know when the Pred.
dent of the Board of Control intended to bring forward bin
Indian statement. He thought the noble lord added urea=
to refusal when he told the members of the house that they
might find • day themselves fur continuing the debate on
India.
Sir R. PERRY suggested to the right hon. gentlemen that
he should make his Indian statement in the first ten days el
the =non instead of the ten last days, when only some
twenty members remained in the hone.
Mr. V. SMITH mid that, with regard to the fixing a day
for the continuance of the Indian debate, be wee under the
pressure of business as well as any other member. When ha
wonted to the adjournment the other night, he never made
any promisethst the government would give a night to that
subject. The fact wee there =a an apathy In the Louse
with regard to Indian affairs, as was proved by the fact that
the house was newly counted out on the SAM of the hen.
member for Perth, whilst there was anything but • fi
attendance when the motion of the hon, maather for (Nei
port was under discussion. Ile could net preeeleetbil be
would be able to make the Indian date nent leffee tbe add
the month. With regard to the emigration of Coot* gas
Indian government had no disposition to prohibit It, but they
were disposed to consider every possible means by which that
emigration might be made independent. It was maid that the
Coolies should be left free to make their own terrain, dm,
had a perfect knowledge of what they ware about. Tb_ft
who recollected the former denudes' ea the
be aware that the return passer, was seeped is
greatest security that could be given bide pideellen dr
Coolies. (Hear.) He did not think the OulleggiE
match for the planter in making his bergals.
The Coolie was not able to make the bed pada
for himself. He had sent a despatch to hat wry
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carrel= of the Bast India -Directors, dadriet
question koeld be properly gweeidered tbera sad eel Ili