The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-11 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen, and the Queen of the Belgians, and
Prince filbert, and the King of the Belgians, went in
the rides and plantations of Osborne House on Sunday
af; eraoon.

Their Royel Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfre3, the P, incest; Roy::1, the Princess Alice, and the
Princess Helena took airings in the p!easure-grounds on
Sunday afternoon.
Yesterday morning, soon after eleven o'clock. the
Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Maji's.
ties the King and Queen of the Belgian, took their de-
parture in the char-a-bane for Ventnor. The august
party were attended by the Hon. Mrs. Anson. Mijor A.
d'Hanitis de Moerkerke, Lord Alfred Paget, and the
Hon. Captain Gordon.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, End the Princess Alice took
their accustomed exercise yesterday forenoon on the sea
beach. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was
taken an airing in the pleasure grounds.
The Countess of Charlemont left Osborne House yes-
terday morning for Ryde.
His Excellency Mr. M`Lane, tha American Minister,
having obtained permission to retire from the post he
now occueies, after the adjustment of the Oregon ques-
tion, is making his arrangements to embark for the
United States in the course of the present month.
Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister, transacted
business yesterday at the Foreign-office.
Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes,
had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
A deputation of the Commissioners of Paving for the
united parishes of St. Andrew, Holborn, and St. George
the Martyr, had an interview with Lord Morpeth yes-
terday, at the office of the Woods and Forests. in White-
hall-place. The deputation consisted of Mr. Taylor, Dr.
White, Mr. Purday, Mr. Beard, Mr. Milne, and Mr.
Pearson, and was attended by Mr. Pugh, the clerk, and
Mr. Lovick, the surveyor of the Commissieners.
The Earl of Radnor had an interview with the Earl of
Clarendon yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade.
The Chairman of the Customs bad an interview with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Higham, Se, re-
tary and Comptroller-General to the Commissioners fir
the Reduction of the National Debt, hat also an inter-
view with the Right Hon. Gentleman.
The High; Hon. J T. Nich It had an interview wilt
the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, yesterday, Iv. the
office of the Board of Trade.

The Marti; of Lansdowne returned to town yester-
day, from his sea, Bowood Park. Wilrs.

SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

NEAPOLITAN FETE.

Mr. Tyler has been inspired by the happy idea of
making the present decorations of the garden, repre-
senting the City and Bay of Naples and Mount Vesu-
vius, subservient to the giving a grand Neapolitan fate
which is to last three days, of which yesterday was the
first. 'The gardens have been fitted up with tents and
temporary buildings. so as to present s fac simile of the
public pleasure-gardens of Italy. The attendants are
attired in 3sLapolitan costume, and the clearness of the
~ky and brilliancy of the sun, added yesterdey to the illu-
sion, so that it required but a small stretch of
the imagination. after entering the gardens, to imagine
one's-self in the " sweet south," " the Paradise of Exile's
Italy." The gardens were opened at two o'clock ; and
from that time until ten at night there was one eon-
dulled succession of amusements. There were the bands
of the Coldstream and the Horse Guards Blue, the Royal
Artilh ry, and Lewis's brass band, forming a monster
orchestra of upwards of 100 performers ; who, amongst
other pieces, performed the National Anthem, with a
salute of 21 guns by way of bass. There was the Nea-
politan bazaar, thronged all day with purchesers; and there
was RA encampment of gypsies, to which heel all
hose inclined to have a peep into i uturity ; and they were
many. Then there were the Distins w:th the Sax Horns;
the Broilers Candler, whose erar eful performances snr-
pass even those of the Risleys ; Madame Ilteken, atel the
slessrs. R.) an on the tight rope. Bradbury on the cord,
volante, and Mon. and Ingle. Fontaine, who danced the
Tat antulle with true Neapolitan gusto Then, too,
there was Ilirr Charles,Kist, the modern Hercules, who
took a flight in the sails of a windmill—the least
t)leasing part of the pet formancte and one which,
we trust, will not be repeated, as it is
attended with considerable danger. He mad,-
three flights round on the sail, but the third flight
was nearly off the sails—he fell and hung by his feet.
There wf re numerous assistants ready at hand, ladders
were put up, and fortunately he was released from his
perilous situation without injury ; but the experiment
is so dangerous, that we hope Mr. Tyler will not permit
it to be repeated ; more especially as the other
attractions are so numerous, and so excellent,
hat the omis;ion of the windmill will not deprive
he Gardens of a single visitor. Mr. Godfrey's band
were in attendance as usual, and the fireworks were as
brilliant as ever. The gardens were crowdsd from the
time of the opening of the doors, and whoever wishes to
spend a long and plsasant slay al fresco, • hould go to the
Neapelitan Carnival at the Surrey Gardens.

SPORTIN 44 I T ELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALUS—YEsTE RDA Y.
The few St. Leger bets made yesterday have enabled us
to fix the prices of all the horses that have recently appeared
in the quotations from the corner; the investments, how•
ever, were generally in small amounts, the two favourite,
Fancy Boy and Brocavdo. who were backed for two or thra•:
hundred each, being the only exccjtiot:. The closing
averages stood as fellows:—

ST. LEGER.
5 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Pyrrhus the First—taken
11 2 at:st Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tdtton Sykes—t. af. offi
8 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brie,;'s Grimston— t. and aft. MI.
9 to 1 a; ,t A:lsAt's Ingo—take 10 to 1
10 to 1 agst O'Brien's Traverser—t. and aft. off.
10 to 1 agst Mr. Meildant's Fancy Boy—take 11 to 1
16 to 1 agst General Shubriek's Brocardo—t. and aft. off.
20 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell'i Sting—t.ken
25 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Ering,obragh—t. aft. off.
27 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Free Lance—t. aft. off.
33 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Povnton—taken, aft. off.
40 to 1 agst Mr. Cranston's Cranebrook—taken-
1000 to 30 agst Col. Synge's Mount Callan—taken
DERBY.
5 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp
22 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Enirote—taken
35 to 1 ag<t Mr. Worlev's Old Port—taken
40 to L agst Col. Anson's Bingham—taken
60 to 1 agst Mr. Clifton's The Field.
EBOR HANDICAP.
6 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Bourton
10 to 1 agst Capt. Harcourt's Druid.
WOLVERHAMPTON STAKES.
3 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's Dulcet.

GROSS IMMORALITY IN THE

LEWISHAM UNION WORKHOUSE.

The usually quiet village of Lewisham has for some
days past been in a state of considerable excitement, in
consequence of certain very prevalent rumours rospect.
ing the conduct of Mr. Burroughs, the master of the
union workhouse, towards the female inmates. On the
reporter proceeding to Lewisham o❑ Saturday morning,
and making inquiries on the spot, the following was
related as the iacts

On last Wednesday month, on the application of tl,e
master to the board of guardians, permission was
gr.-tilted to himself and his wife, the matron, to spend a
month at Ramsgate, and parties were named to attend
to the duties of the establishment during their absence.
The business of the matron was most efficiently per.
formed by Mrs. M'Callum, the schoolmistress, the
mildness and attention of that lady having long since
won the good opinions of the whole of the female inmates
of the establishment. A short time after the depar-
ture of the master and matron several of the females,
freed, no doubt, from apprehension by the absence
of .their superiors, made a communiottion to Mrs.
M'Callum et such a character that it was evident scent a
of the greatest immorality had existed fir a long
time in the union. Mrs. M'Callum immediately com-
municated with the board of guardians upon the sub-
ject, and a special meeting of the board was called
to take the same into consideration. A second
meeting was appointed to pursue the investigation,
and notice was given to the master, Burroughs, that his
presence would be indispensable on the day named, to
I hear, and, if possible, to defend himself from the charges
that had been preferred against him. In the evening,
before the day of investigation, Burroughs arrived at the
workhouse, and stayed about half an hour. He then
1.4 t, and has not been seen since, although it has been
erroneously stated that he was seen walking down the
village on the day after the board was held.
According to adjournment, the board re-assembled on
the Thursday, when it was attended by J. Thackeray,
Esq., Chairman of the Board, the Hon. Major Leg:. e,
Captain Foster, the Rev. A. Drummond, Captain Gos-
sett, J. Paul, Esq., &c. The inquiry was then pursued
in the absence of the master, and several female wit-
nesses were examined at great length, and at its con-
clusion, so satisfied were the members of the Board of
toe validity of the charges, that the clerk to the guar-
dians, Mr. Parker, was instructed to communicate with
the Poor-law Commissioners upon the suttjett.
to
It is stated that some time since, the schoolmistress
whom the above statements were made,dehbaydtrhea
believe that improper advances were moanstetor
toe ards a poor girl who is deafanddnivamsbh,
eaancdcoern,glianggei,d,
by her at needle-work in the schoolroom.
kept a strict watch upon her, and there can now be no
doubt,that, but for her care, he same insults would have
been repeated, and her complete ruin and degradation
eventually accomplished.
An answer to the statement sent by the board of
guardians was received on Saturday evening from the
office of the Poor-law Commissioners, and it is believed,
although matters are conducted with great secrecy,
that an Assistant Poor-law Commissioner will be
sent to investigate the serious charges that are in-
volved. In the meantime, the master will remain
under suspension, the duties being executed as before,
by Mr. Atkins and Mrs. M'Cullum. An order has
also been given, that after divine service on Sunday, the
whole of the inmates shall remain at the establishnent,
and the usual liberty on alternate days for men and
women, has for the present been suspended. It has also
been intimated that, should But roughs come to the union
house, he be on no account permitted to enter the esta-
blishment at the principal or front entrance, but be
passed in at the back of the workhouse, until such time
as the investigation into his conduct is concluded.
It would be premature to allude further to the charges
until an official investigation is instituted, bat it is re-
ported that gross improprieties have existed in this
establishment for upwards of three years.

A letter from Rome, of July 16, says, " A picture of
Michael Angelo, and another of Raphael, have just been discovered
here; the first, representing the placing of Christ in the tomb, arid
the other the portrait of the celebrated Cardinal del Monte, similar
to the fresco in the Vatican. Both works were purchased amongst a
number of old, valueless pictures, one by Mr. Wean, a young Scotch
painter, and the other by M. Cardeni, a broker,"
Patrick Mannion received sentence of death, in Gal-
way, on Thursday last, for the murder of Bridget Barrett on the high
seas,

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, August 10.
The Earl of SrA FTESBUIY took his seat upon the Woolsack
at Five o'clo,,k, when several Bills were brought up and laid
upon the table.
On the motion of the Earl of CLARENDON, several Bills
received a first and second read.ng. _ _

POOR REMOVAL BILL.
Lord ASIII3URTON presented several petitions, amongst
oth.rs, one from Hampshire, complaining that the proposed mea-
sure, in reference to the removal of the poor, was a most imper-
fect measure, and calculated to do the greatest injury to the
petitioners.
LIVERPOOL, ORMSKIRK, AND PRESTON RAIL.

WAY.
The Earl of ST. GERMANS laid upon the table of the
House a report of a Select Committee appointed to inquire
into the facts alleged by the company.
Lord STANLEY presented a petition from a corporation of
tailors of Dublin against the Exclusive Privilege of
Trading
(Ireland) Bill.
Lord CAMPBELL laid on the table of the House a report
,_
from her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests Wit*
respect to the new Houses of Parliament.
cbs
POOR REMOVAL BILL. ir-
Lord RFDESDALE presented a petition from the
man, vice-chairman, and board of guardians of the Leicester
union, complaining of the inefficiency and injustice of this 2"
SUGAR DUTIES CONTINUANCE BILL (NO. 3,t) fi
Lord CLARENDON then rose to move the first reliant'
of this Bill, and hoped that their Lordships would Bill
accordance with the usual practice, permit the fi'de
to be read a first time. It was, as their L,°l.e
ships were aware, customary to discourage any etP"int-'
tion which could lead to a debate, reserving such debe
until the second reading, but after the consideration
which had been given to the measure, and that their LordsbiP;
were prepared to discuss the measure, if he asked the'
Lordships' leave to depart from that course on the present eigs;
easier', he could assure their Lordships it was from nO 'w
to
to interfere with the practice of the House. Or
tens
establish a precedent, which, he was sure their Lorde"
would always continue to sanction, and still less 50 ,e,
cause he had not, on the part of the Governenle
any intention to prevent a full discussion of bas
question. At the present late period of the session, it He
desirable that their should be no unavoidable delay use
would refrain from any details on the subject, Wale
with those all their Lordships must be familiar, see
upon the principle of which they had already formed en 1.",;(e
nion. He trusted that those opinions might not be anseeo,
to this Bill, and that it might be allowed to pass without °P4ab
sition. But even if he were certain of the votes °ie.' be
they would give on this question, he felt that he shoo,'; ,be
wanting in respect to their Lordships, and he shoe:- la/
improperly discharging his duty, if he did not, pis
before their Lordships the grounds upon which her el ajel.capa
Government asked them to grant a measure which intwe-e
considerations as various as the principles of the meal
were interesting to the country. He must, thereforeetiv
a short time trespass upon their indulgence whilst he brl
discharged the duty which devolved upon him. The Prl. -cof
plea of the present Bill had been saectioned by the poliel,„
the Government and Legislature during the last four' Yetiel
Parliament had ceased to legislste for particular interests•
had adopted what might be considered, he thought, a etrineTa.
of national benefit; and the system of protect ion,or rather n,
protection, might be looked open as settled and, he mightej oose
tore to add, for ever abolished. He would, therefore, say TO "'eve
on that part of the subject, but content himself by evrestelf
his coefilence, that as their Lordships had declared uttitntioi
to withdraw protection from British agriculture, that ices,
should not refuse to adept the same policy towards the colnee
and consequently not reject the principle of the ee or% Of
measure which a few weeks ago received the son ettctienee
their Lordships. He was further induced to feel this eon" cod
because he relied upon the consistency of that House/ etiel
because he was fully assured that no politcal changes °hobo
induce their Lordships to depart from the principle
,w -felt
under such circumwances, they had adopted. He ales
this confidence, because a departure from the course he Pneopler
out would be ieju. ious to the great mass of the ease
as it would prevent them from obtaining one or the first the
series of life at a moderate rate. Besides the rejection 11, its
measure would be injurious to the revenue, and, above t's our
rejection would inflict great injury on those classi?load
fellow-countr. men with whose interests its welfare ,s," oust
up—he meant the British consumer ; and he leant,
add that upon this question, to them so gearr,
they had exhibited the greatest moderation.--e(en for
hear.) He included in this Colonial merchants, es"en,yed.
nothing beyond that which their countrymen here eineieo of
From the moment when they understood that the about
toe
the corn-laws was settled here, they also understood that th:r the
had come when there should be no difference between sugtessr.)
produce of slave, and sugar the pro uce of free labour ,n.,r, to
But they considered that the worst thing that could hnPiToere
them would be to leave the question in that state of gee
tainty which had occurred from year to year ."et of
count of the annual discussion of the 011,17, fre.
the sugar duties by Parliament—a course whieeid of
quently rendered their business fruitless and de
0d ma•
profit, because it was impossible to apply their capital i leeward
chinery to the best advantage. They looked anxious Yiduced to
for a final settlement of this question. They werelr of dif-
look, in this state of things, to the great these
ferential duties, together with all the sums paid for
eenn-
cipati n of the slaves, which had imposed upon Yea".
try 42,000,0001. during the last' eleven or twelvet had
He would show, with reference to sugar, that Partliae_oee
Forty
inflicted a constant, unnecessary, and cruel
years ago, when the whole population and ,ugar VAS
try was less then than at present, the consumption of
221b2*
est itnated at 301bs. by some persons and by others
for the
per head and this was no exaggerated allowance.
_eesno,
humblest classes of this countr at present were alloweejertie,,
weianlienh3olfethis conne
per head, and the consumption for the sailor in her Bit-.J_e'
, navy was 341 b. 3oz. But, notwithstanding ne_...tr,
crease in the wealth and population of the Lou"
and in the improved mode of living, the presen
average amount was little more than 161135. per
But even this gave no correct estimate of the consumpti°-
with reference to the labouring classes. The price of the
article had made no alteration in the consumption by the rich
and middling classes, the former of whom consumed 60Ibs. per
head, and the latter 37tbs., while the amount left to
be deleted among the poorer and labouring class
did rot amount to more than Sibs. per head, or IS
per cent. below the Flutter and the convict, andl
300 per cent. below that of the common sailor. In orderre
stow what was the power of consumption of this article,
would tell their Lordships, from a retern which he held jot',
hands, that in New South Wales the annual
If
sumption of sugar amounted to 104 pounds per head•
w,
Leh
their Lerdships referred to any of the various tables nae,
had been subedited, showing the wages of the labouring !te
they would find that the allowance was not more than three4
or four ounces per head per week. This might be sneers
by the philanthropist of the negro race, and they 'night 5
t as
this was a necessary state of things ; but he looked uponee the
di'grace to any Parliament that they should thus deprive,
en.Y_oo
existing lews, the poorer and the unprotected title
of the country of the means of procuring an ;10 of
which, with the exception of bread, was caps savor
a more useful, nutritious, and extensive conun...,„
Lion than any other articles imported into thil co_tietcila
He begged to call their attention to the corrse to be Itr; oe
that respect. In 1821 the duty on colonial coffee vva,,,i.s7s2.h
East India coffee Is. 6d., and on foreign coffee 105. duties on
the duties were 0., 9,1., and Is. 3d. In 1835 the dun
alp
colonial and East Indian coffees were equalised, Ist
the duty on the foreign coffee remained the same'," to,
1844 the duty on foreign coffee was reduee _
lA. The consumption in 1821 was seven
pounds, in 1831 it was 22 millions, in 1841 it was 28 un_loson
and in 1835 it was 34 millions, and the increase of rte, in
was from 340,021 /. to 718.0001. The consumption otoes it
1821 was 22 millions, in 1831 it was 29 millions, in re
was 3e millions, and in 1845 it was 44 millions. These„ The;
in 1821, was 3,200,0007, and in 1845 it was 4,800,011' IBle
they came to the consumption of suger• ve't','
it was 4,000,000 cwt., in 1831 it was 4,000e100,0n"
in 1841 it was 4,000,000 cwt., in 1844 it was 4'reeee°,l:
cwt., and in 1845 it was 5.001000 cwt. TlAoool..tt;
on sugar from 1623 to 1845 varied from 5,5 e
3,800,0007. 'the price of sugar had varied ver•TIL 30.
during the last 17 years, the lowest price being daring
8,1., and the highest 2/. Os. Pd-the pepulationomptien
that period having increased four millions, and the On oecinn;
having remained nearly stationary. Under these hot tb!A
stances, he hoped that the House would agree with ben plsn'"
the time had now arrived when these duties should Z the
on a more liberal and a firmer basis. .1 hat hail be re"
du° rs,
object of her Majesty's Government, with a toeueee,
gard to the interest of the British ,Pe eoP,;
to the exigencies of the revenue, and the wants of t'ouse tits
He trusted that he should be able to show to the ell.catidt„me.
such an alteration would be for the benefit of the p... les. n7e
consumer. From 1841 the duty has been reduced Wino-ear
The consequence had been that there was a° tivhDei
amount in the consumption of sugar in this count/jot le
under the former system, it could not be slinc that et„"
advantages resulted to the planter himself, and., then `;;
labourer derived no advantage from the system es It msrint.e.-
isted. He did not show that there was any irnPrnv-eart tile'ete
of production of the commodity. It did not el' the det_ine
fore, that any advantage resulted from these differentitied, had
It had led to attempts at gain which were not it thneitd
the confident pi edictions that were uttered at, too sdi• the
net been fulfilled. In 1824, when Mr. Huskissoaee in
foreign iron, it was broadly stated that every Or alt?
country would be blown out. But what was the rne„0.000 to._
he believed the produce at that time was about_he;s2;lo%le"o
a year, while now it was fully I,Boo,toistto:
;in. our British
ciple held good with regard to
Indies. Only let them do th uncertainty respecting
only let them do away n
gnuy.
warteed—only let there be a suffietee
wei:ctil'i these differential cluti'vtbe
duties which are to.nbe
a=surance of the in"-f ion of labour, and both planters sill
partake of the benefit, and would esswor
Johnivpes to the circumstances and in Op ro-
bebthe change. By a report which had bad elaebeoeumrmeros,:i:
toisltdihr:wl
injure Hawkins, which had been ce-otatih%
ceived from _
the other House, it appeared on the repro -of
the worthy Baronet that, at a meeting°, ea"
ed
East India and the East India and China Asane!;°„fia bad,beed
unanimously expressly to considercom eto this
that very
if thqeureestwioenr,e aa eseosordeni
e"t t snuoprne rt-a
:ot:attiisfistiiong allor
evenlit
insignificant
iogcnnhr
a,
iuncnt
gandelele.trc
dottvnhasi
the new
advantage preserved to the colonists, and that n° e to then!
augwlndeoe.awbi de havereco
Ines: reasonted tha
there
Tdhuetiepsr_ot(ecHtieoarn,
bear/ cents
AO Per nt.s
first year would be equal to es ee per pent'
reserved in the
eq
in the second year 43 per cent in the third Year ar 10 Per
in the fourth 21 "and the fifth Ye
searper cent., in
ors
cent. eigo e"
Lord STANLEY—But how does that affect
underent
red ,239'eate
arrangement would he 21s. ; the colonist
tue too
It was desirable that the price of sugar
e"'
consul" t
should not be more than 455., if
the
benefit
° 5
were to be extended so as to ensure The peicor
the labourer and the security of the revenhuiech. , with tehse n7d:
foreign sugar on an average was 245. 4d, v!
about ese nisi
of 23e. 3d., was about 475. 7d., being
e, etish
more than the desired rate. The price slier that is, 'su„,,
sugar was, during the year, duty included, buti making u 6
for the net price, and, with the duty and clearance,
was year
the rate he had; just stated. But this
0, last yenio
degree owing to the deficient crop,:
d British onisneet.
These two sugars had found their level, a
in the ear „0
sugar was now selling at the level price
eted, "eo the
And as to the quantity which may be exP ee t
esequen tbe.
very far from attaching any undue e°
could- only sa) host
statements which had been made, but he d frail the
the statement which he now made was collectte
revent e %a. fL;
sources, and framed with the greatest care,
00r July' eici6lo
goration. Prom the present time to the „ the 5
there would be about 2,000,1 00 cwt.
t,
e'"
h third yore,
year, about 40,000,000 cwt.
in
260,000,0° et to
240,00-,000 cwt.; in the fourth year,ehee,
with resPe.sf„,
and in the fifth year, 270,000,000 cwt.
to be equally satrl
the
the revenue, the result would be found
necessary it fo
tory ; for when it is considered how nto er „u
maintain -euntrys
safety and honour of the country,
befitting this of
blishmsnts in a proper manner, andwe. ht. The revenue
egeo
such a consideration must have great ig
0/ that of the Pr 007.
4 000,00 • , 5 °MO ,
the two successive years would be .
1, wee.. , • t.
and in the fitth year her wars J.
year was 3,800,0001 ,
estion whether u to tbet
"c
would
now
come
to
the
qu
justified its PrePoing
Government were warranted or

• - -.....-- - -
_-- ~.......rn........r.r.k.n•aa5.r....e - ' - .
to_
.7...................,
‘1,1.1.1,..a.+C • -- -
traT tilin this
measure as far as it would affect the slave I other a Why, there were only two count+ries ien tahuesewtohrel.yd,
uwsheda 1 dtheafitciwenascywiannttehde
iWn
tehsattlcnoduienstriynwthasetphreodinutcrtnicotifosnuograer.ffi._.iAenttl
hi).4ei..%.7,ce,r, les of s' Hear hear.") In the first place, (said ! s,ere excluded from the monopoly, an.d th y, b e .
to , -Insulin with mu,ch warmth ) I must beg I,,eye . a maehiney which get e :hers a supei entity over other cenotnes, machinery. Now, he ceuld understand from unquestionable
/ay reY:t!t4pt,! yield not to toy N„ele and near,,ed Ft-maid, or I and the 10,..e of wise, li w.as ceroideied by Chi istiarts as a olsgrace authority-that there was a company forming stnee the
‘ivott,rsotdlenc--.
Notice: ings in abhotrence ate! detestai!on of that inhuman and a crime._ Pe ebis ettel to ,he psriod in which the 11111 was non of this measure OA- the purpose ef suppliing,.,the
Isseficegt(Crtes of " Heer, heal.")-and that the," is no , brought fo, weer, I :le rejected to it on the prineinles of expe- dies with machinery. Now
h t
e wh . were embarking their capital from a cons when t a
the win,•i -les ef pei •v-on the t.rtncipl, sof liuma- rens , this was done be m,4:in
.of goof'
ta pat s.' 'nr any risk, that 1 would not incur in
_coder i diency -on i 5 .
tYstele est" t° it, if I thought that we could check this i rTety, a:it't he woul.l ...iamst sai oii 01.. principles of i•onsestency. thes wolf dbe able to realise a largo profit onhtehaetonceaunirtaunl.mHoeF
present. did hope thot they woula be enabled, with t .
~teni
~_ . e
aled, .iii' Perseverance in the course we have hitherto pur , to-re nevi er n:a.S.3. r, moire Mere uncalled for than the
"ti T.. ', G,,Verfi-al. lit declaree thet the lire, of o.her ceuntwes, to put a final atop to the accursed sys h Inth.
feiendi °tin in making any alteration in our (Idle- •In 1-Ct„er ar_ _
143' eter' tiolinisiets, I would not yield to a, y man in , slave..grown swear ehou A net I,isdtakeis into coesideratien. slave trade. Tin re was euch a disposition on the part of t e
hraat
bathe_ 0 put an end to the system. I .hould consider jAt that tilmve.israr nae ate!u• 4,-isi. ... per ewt., exe'uove id' the zits to do so, and give a fair chance to free labour - t
Ilt die',
stalir no sacrifice ton great for such an ebjeet, but, duty. tle rice hee falhte to aas. tid.. in d the supply labour wltich was becoming more fruitful
byer byi,,,,tvaeta,r,d.
the erneuri, e time, my Lo,ds, I should require to know has incrteoa.s.e‘hd:fr --ril 16.1,0 0 t tiais. to 245,00 I.; so that was his He had heaed that a number of white persons .
se(Heitgai of succese that has followed our psevions polmy. . ne.s•Ceoity of this rev wure _t hat was his anewer to from oue of the West; India Islands to
.the Madeiare.si,temd-there
ere iven
'to• pee 1) At the same time that we restricted the comteris of tatnic7seingt rgfaini at. ' El's Nettie F'rteed had gone further than he w' s clearly a manifest improvegnent in the ar.icu uarne of the
•tote• P "arid tie receipts of our Exchequer did we put an end hail , Ter eeard 0;.• believed a mgb could go tin the calculation island ;
''s trafE • and he cen•idered that it greatei fact ities w g l
Prohibit cln human beings? At the time we imposed our re- pectmg steth, ac, in: list si:,gar, lis eeetured to caleulate for five .to emigration !limn. would not be such a demand for slave a-
o i sett to have done for ' bour, and censequently the present meamre would not prLoped-
din eenryduties, and those privations upon our people, and yea s --what few ts,,deda.k .
Zilt e. aP 11 ourselves to injury 1 ask you, my Lords, three,
.Bet he emu, te -e aa
,n:e r;pa.,,..,E.rtntamhity before he sat down l gate the slave trade. Fie considered that the Noble or
tily"at:thneseresult of ou ff t ? ' Could the (continued of refuting
„ aordsb,_ , _ reor s . . the Noble Lora s calculations, and showing
ly ' ine the absurdity of ettemptine . o enter into such a . f h •d h• • d d that the second reading
him I would treat the House of Ceremons in a more respectful man-
detail They ' ner i e vane is motion, an move
Lae ptis, .
eciPt2 after calmly and dispassionate y review .
tlater.r•-•": ld they say that they had succeeded in abolishing had now 46,000 tons of su'ear exported from the Mauritius-, be taken this day six months.
stedeoesnetwithstanding all their great risks and their great from ehich Mr. HuskissenT said that if they ever received Lord ASHBURTON said he came down to the House quite
Near, 1: and their collisions with foreign nations ?- 10 000, he would eat it boJily; he therefore
lasked his Ncble pretiared to give his vote for the rejection of the measure, if it
Years %ear.) It was notorious that during the last .thirty Friend upon what principles he made, hishca culaltiion; of the Werie the intention of his Friends to divide the House upon it.
s'erev •eY had not-notwi,hstanding their unabated consumption and supply of sugar. Jolt e wou
.corne back The great areument by which the measure was advocated was
othe ''''y'stgand courage in their strugeles to put down to the former point, and he would ask what was it that had that of free tr'sa..de, which had d.ropped from thetclto.mudes_nupteine
Vtilline' nt"they had net, in fact, succeeded in doing reduced the. price of sugar ? It was net because they had the I them, and which had shown itself for the firs , i i .1 .
"Is ineitlie't ;le was sure their Lordships must still bear in stimulu. ot competitiou, but it was liegause trh_eyl hal-5.1 the sti- I present year-( Hear, hear)-and he feared they would find
"%tad - e'°cPtent and -powerful speech which had been ad- mulus of protection -t Heer, heir. ) rhe VC est n; les, under the falleey ef i hat measure when it would be ton late to re- .
Lm- t°
their Lordships a few weeks ago by his Noble and the promise et prreectioe, had it,er,-as.el from year to year-in 1 medy it'. 'lt hail been said b • his Noble Friend that the present '
Oraed
est of sh Lord opposite (Lord Brougham) on the sub- ' 1841, from 44.000 tons ; ie 1842, 55 000 tons • in 1849, ; measure altered the wholeY colonial system. He agreed in
111 da esevery.
That Noble and Learned Lord alluded, . 69.090 tons ; and in the present veer 80,000 tonsi '
iThe same i' in that statement, fir he considered it involvw-1 th, principle
841 they lof the use of their having colonies at all. What was the (sh-
e/ ; etturse of his speech, to the great efforts was tile case w:th respect to the Mauritius.
httsetsalaeP°.„ele°, n to put down a particular system, I exported 20,000 tons ;in 1826, 46,000 tons; atnvednin ibe next , ject of colonies? They might have points of refuge for naval
,'lr shear*" had failed in that object, so had we failed in ; year it was estimated at 60,000 tens. Id3utltha
_ould not be ' Power, ' tle!; Points as Malta and Gibraltar ; but the real use of
es , me e,. „
siatletive e "e' aootisn tne system of slavery. They had made i the whole of the effects of the propose p all. It would add j the colonies was to have an excluive privilege of trailing with
he theigegl.to every maritim power in the world with the view I the value ofot to every ton of suzar imported from Brazil and them ; and the moment that they deg/Atter' from that system
e"klbee-","11? that system. e The naval Powers 0, f this country Cuba. -( Hear, hear.) They
lwoubg by thde i pro osed,in... colonies ceased to be of any aslvantaste-(Hear hear.) If the
rnatnhe euPltivation I differen•ia' 1 -duties vrere aholisi ed in- Canada, the gentlemen
pg"ithetl ttitieuirmight to bear against the system; they had dimi- i crfease the
tnoettiiiireefiatais rti,f
.--
ueritverYf seiatheer"l-7 or 15/. a year to i from Manchester would find that the market for cottons, of
ther'Ple,.aper
,r,evenue, and they had imposed privations on the
e;‘ersetn7, satlaY had guarrelled with some of their best cus- ! hois anntegatrer for his services.--( Hear, hear.) And that was not i which they believed themselves to possess a monoply, would
gestk, Q Illes.-(hear, hear.) They had coerced tha I aal, nor nearly all . it would not only cause an increase in the be taken from them. If these principles prevailed, the whole
bertili n succumbed to the Powerful nations of the demand of 25,1,00 lons-it would not only increase the value on syrem would be altered. and they would weaknn every de-
-4,414(4;e° respect of the slavery question, and yet they all sugar imported to bl, per ton, hut it wind," increase the fence of the country. He warned their Lordships, that those
"'s aleireeeded in their oyects.-(Cries of ss Hear, hear.") demand 0 this coantrY, by reducing the price of the sugar, a.nd who.were pressing on.these measures upon the country and
ell„lierCt'heelaord, who at tijmes was scarcely audible in the they must take into calculation the amount of sugar which Parliament: were running the risk of seriously undermioing
t.i.
_'elng.o,,'.l went on to say, that by returns it appeared that would confequently fall off in their own colonies in the West the prosperity of the country.-(Hear hear.) They were told
-aedigst'e vessels engaged in the slave-trade were Indies.--:( Hear, hear. ) A. nd did these L wiships or did any that these reformers, as they were called. would give a new
a h ye
soes-ores eeart Do not let their Lordships refuse to adopt man, believe, that after this me'asure s' hoUld‘ cont..; into operha.- impetus to the English farmer and the West India pl. neer-
Cutaitee-nw Proposed, however much they might have been tion the West Indio] estates belonging to the people of t is that was, the ' expected to eive an impetus hy taking away the
4ta sogetZt against them, when the necessity for them was country could be permanently cultivated to the same extent reward te.hielh thoUld ac-'company his incrßeased exertion
'4 vrartiVf,
eonnot let tdhem rlefuse to deal as the should with and the same arnoweit as they were cultivated and carried on at The question wee, whether they would pass a ill which would.
itdriabdan s-s ay.er H did - ynot believe the present moment ? The effect of this measure vi wild be the open new sources of supply for sugar from two countries, Cuba
itiettive of thvienouldeaercetaumeeersomin pyOliticaleeconom - that any, exportation of 10,000 or 20 000 additional slaws from the coast and Brazil, where slavery and the slave trade egisted,. t Tthhst
kre, Vesult
f the ado ition of),this inea- of Africa. And for what purpose would those 10,to oor '20,000 was the. point at issue, andy that wldas thte questifovne th
thaat theirs
sit adopaid think that the means were 1 wi•hin their grasp additional slaves be exported from the coast of Africa ? For Lordtshipv,sohwed_ towdirdteo.
seelethceoucontninotiance
tigh lehong-e ga better principle with reepect to free and the very purpose of inpreasing th. e slave trade in thtee.Brannzi,les
.c3o,surneinryof Id
eaParity het "ecause, in the first place, it did away with the and Cuba. Let their Loydships . took to the grhad slavery 'tor the purpose of saving anenfeeowef
vt hi i ee
pherinrcrei bilne
Pbeen the price of sugar. He believed that the feelings and elniensi-
'Newish, "seen the labour of the slave and free man; and if and loss of life. to f which tthis cothuentriraffica
in the tiotis of this country had been totally misunderstood, and that
1/44, etllteil
'II their Lordships had affirmed, was injurious to put with a
"kite's, ' the same arguments would apply to . ugar. people of AfriCia.e.w o HePrevaednmlinttged, with his Noble- if they could be made to comprehend the principle of the
In sot he
prom nentions•r') He did not, in saying this, state Friend, that our present cruisers on the coast of Africa, great measure now proposed, they would treat it as they treated the
or a and. vigorous an had been their exertions in the attemot. to proposal made in the year 1841, when the same proposition
th„ erenvidet, Unsupported by practical men,
b.-, prisodpffa ?Meld not be easily solved, for he was affirming extinguish that. system, hal been sulijeeted to great loss of life, about cheap sugar, with other delusions of a similar
teere
64, anziouVlaieh practical men in India, and in this.country, but he belir:ved it the same time. that all their exertions and character, were offered. to. snd repudiated
.by them.
this country in the suppressfen of He should, therefore, withhold his support from. the.; meesure.
i,l,"„iree fah°. f° see carried out, because, it was well known all the mo_sehywtexpended by
b oreolence, arid philanthropy misdirected.- He telt bound. to protest against the system which this measure
"t'.. ail the ni "r competed upon equal terms with slave labour sluavrasrwiaiesa, )
Lot her Majessy'a Ministers speak out upon would establish. He also protested against the cond.uct of
,7_,lt. ipee,,arkets of the world. The Noble Lord then referred (
Fielded ''''' of a Mr. Burnett, a respectable landowner ohf this qu'estion-.-' Cheers.) This country had already expended those Noble Lerds, who intended to vi.,te, in fa.voue of this mea-
sure, merely because they did not wish to disturb the present
hSitten'cia.
jt a, great agricultural meeting in that colony, whic 2 hooo,ooo'. in 'purchasing the freedem of some sleves, and
sgsla therego by an immense n.umber of , tamers. at which he yet the horrible system of slavery continued, dentite their Govetnment by opposing the measure.-( Hear, hear.)
'Neje 'novel of the restriction on sugar and labour was ab- expenditure and the gallant c induct of their cruisers. We Lord MONTEAGLE said, in conjunction with the Noble
with I tiecessary in ord r that they milCht tra4e unrestricted had lemn'l foreign c matries by treaties te jein with us in the Lord, he regretted that the discussion on this measure should
. ectiee of the colour of suppression of the slave trade, and yet her Majesty's Govern- have taken place at so late a period of the session. It hail been
the ia,1,1 the ev-orld--( eHeary •
-trre p . .
lit gauourers by whom the sugar was produced.-( Hear. ) merit we:e actually at that Inunnent proposing a measure which said, why not postpone this measure till the next session, hut he
Illis-onald go still further, and quote the evidence of General would flirt her the avitricous designs of ti e slave trailer, and conceived that it would have been a great dereliction of duty
ett ''''', and Isis Noble Friend opposite would see by his defeat and refits all our pred.ous efforts in the cause of emanci- had they delayed for one hour the settlement of this great
niseellents that his fear that free labour could never be peting the slave.- ( Hear. ) Such cerplum would justly lay us cpestion. -( Hear, hear.) After the settlement of the other
eicg to compete with slave labour was groundless. (The °pee to the charge, not simply of extreme folly, but actual great question of free trade, they were hound, with-
esfle Earl then proceeded to read an extract from hypocrisy.-( Hear, near. ) If this measure were carried, the out the sliehtest delicacy. to propose this measure,
tiggt'ral Minter's works, from which it appeared Government must then withdraw their cruisers from the coast which was hut a part of the question of free trade.
isth a free labourer coula work for a longer 'period of Africa. Whe eoeld believe, then, that this country that had The parties engaged in the cultivation of sugar bad already
Plosee.,6"ld than a slave labourer. ) The p-oprietor who em. expended such enormous sums, and sscrificed so much human suffered'greatly from the delay which had taken place in t.he
tigtea free labour had not to sink his ca iital in the pure blood fir the extinction of the slave trade would now propose settlement of this question. lt had been said that the Lege,-
lisateenf 'dares, nor ' had he to contend I with the lowes a measure aittuelly approving of and sat;ctioning„ that very leture had pledged itself not to disturb the interests of those
ant Pent upon their death or illness. It also appeared system ? 1 hi. eetintry weuld, undoubted's., become the laugh- concerned in the growth of sugar, but what had they been
b eqie • .-I•
LNill riee mottaos and other tropical productions could be ieg sto k, and the ridicule of every people and every nation doine during the whole of the last twenty years? They had
'en tele; ut the colonies by free labour at a much less on the face of the earth -( Hear, hear.) They would sehject been continually passine changes, which were but the heralds
'aideet",t,t hY the employment of slave-labour. It was also thems 'lves to the contempt of every human being, as the of fmure changes -( Hear, hear.) Then he contended that
teen
utuat free labour was more profitable than slave labour, gt oseest and most absurd hypoeriles, who would act so incon- the Government were not only ju.tified in, but actually bound
telly bne fact that estates in the West Indtes, worked sistently and unjustly tor the purpose of saving id. nonto allow this session to terminate without laying before the
tllorelt 'lsles, did not pay a shilling upon their capital ; in the price of every pound of sugar, and a slight Legislature such a proposition as this.-( Hear, hear.) Noble
tries 14;u:states worked by free lebeur, or partially by and temporary augmentation of the revenue.-( Hear, hear.) Lords who were opposed to this measure did nevertheless sup-
b e %Duet, , Yielded a fair return for the capital invested. His Noble Friend opposite had ,aid, in the course of his speetth, port a measure in 1825 which was but the herald of
e tree t'ili",t it would be far more profitable to work these estates that he was ready te make any sacrifice for the purpose of this. Even the Noble Lord himself who had just sat
ttriseg ben slave labour. But the profits were not to be petting an end to the slave trade-( Lord Clarendon, " Hear. down had frequently stood up in his place in Par-
',sale iett.,.sYsteM of protection, by a proprietary living at hear") --and the one sacrifice that he was called upon to make liament in support of a reduction in the price of sugar. He
*44 ' tor
o ease, and leaving their estates to be managed by was one half-Penny per peued in the price of sugar.- asked whether any one really believed that the ground% of
tl'otal'„riete'lh-ae, mterests were by no means identical with the ( Hear, hear, and laughter.) But that it appeared was too Noble Lords' opposition to this measure was the pr went state
prsPecatiorns' ",tlt hy an improved s stem of aericulture by the great a sacrifiee for the morality and philanthropy of the of political psrties in this conntry ?-( Hear, hear. ) The Noble
Ve'itole- °' skill, capital, and ymachinery' )el ich w'as pre- Noble Losil.-( 'Jeer. 'leer. ) Wh it did the very Com- Lord who had just down had raised one of the largest systems
41 ' ',sent fr h• '•• ' ' • mlsSiOnefg of the G cvernment themeelves say on the subject. of which could be raised, and which could not be discussed in a
1,11 nettled oat tts country as soon as this question was
e €'ll, end ' and the capitalists knew what they had t" do• the traffic in slaves expurted from Africa'? Her Majesty's meie parenthesis. That. questi4in referred to our colonies.
til7te trads,tten onlY, would their celoniee be ab!e to deft the Commtssioner wrote from Haeaenah, in the course of laa year, The Noble Lord had said that if we adopted this system we
die
.state
01 underselling the slaveowner, and bring about that. there had been a cons &rattle redocnon in the exportation were about to depart from nur present colonial system ; but
13e 'akin, things which nothing hut the wealth and of slaves from Africa in c(!nsewnee of the low price of sugar, that system involved mutual robbery-and were their Lordshipe
ta wouleace of this country was able to produce. whi h was occasioned by i's exclusion from the British desirous of continuing such a system ?-( Hear, hear.) He
eishiti, ewes
o,') further, and say that the present mo- rosrk,ts-( Hear, he:so...other, it was net their cruisers nn the conten,ed that every colony in our possession ought to feel
ritt'ffel two i:e Peculiarly fe.vourahle, awl the condition coast of Africa that had predueed this effect-(Hear, hear)- grateful to the Government for this measure.-(Hear
.hea.r.)
of tif 'es •teeat slave-dealine countries would most mate. hut the laws paseed by the Legislature of this country, prohibit- His Noble Friend had ,ndearoured to lay down a prioetple
ee-ares jilt; ill the ee"perimsnt. The revolution ing the introduction of slave-grown sugar into this country at teat it was not right to coreraence a wrong, although it might
got' 114 tbe'e' Years ago in Cuba' had left a powerful imPres- the same rate as the produce of free labour.-( Hear hear. ) be right to continue a wrong._ He (Lord Monteagle) did not
tPlatinnogresteat feelino nf alarm in the minds of the white There wits another point on which he should like to have an astree eitti his Noble Frend in thit principle. H. e
.did not
taLwereewreuhas and he;asconviocedthat althotigh their mo- answer from her Majesty's Gmernment before he sat dewn. thietr, that In a ease of right and wrong, such a principle was
an-siflit ha•r"titrent, their abhorrence of the sla've-tra'de WaS at this and that was, whether they intended to remove the rest rict inns tenable. It hid bren sneered at that all these alterations were
44r, q refer t'Y Inferior to their own. In proof of this he and differential duties upon foreign gotidse His Nnble Frie.nd to Le made for. the sake of a reduction. of one h,alfpenny per
nettn4thitt trftimunications from itutla and the Brazils, de- hed said that they were not afraid that the ettiest Indiao pound in the pnce of, su.gar ; but.
,a secrifice o_f eoo,ooof. per_
Theural intepee. Y would rather suffer a diminution of their agri. colonists would not he able
.to compete with slave-holders if , annum had been made in the article of cotton. for thTeh saket f
me coronto t•St than be exposed in their lives and properties, tree imaneration was permitted. He should like .0 know five-eighths of a halfpenny on a former occastan.. e. ex ga.•
Itea, iaerePettlne° of suear had, during the last tew years, sin.. what sort of la-mile-ration they meant, beitause, at this moment, vagantte 01 the popes in the middle ages, in their chyle
plag7t• Al e-ea in Eu'rope. It had taken place principally in there existed no obstaele to prevent any man from aey quarter sion of the earth into eastern and western portions, was hot
tfei'," el° the nt-,g the shores of the Mediterranean • it had taken of th - world entering the West Indies as a free lobes-trete He to he eempared with the egregious folly of that nation which
lentijen State;',tes of the Zolverein, and still 'more in the wished to know what they meant to do with the coast of attempted to define, by geographical limits, the morality of the
p ygg, titer° wni America. In the states of the Z everein, in Africa, because it was from that quieter that the slave- consumption of slave-grown sugar. There was only one other
s 'lO5 egl:as introduced 30 000 tops of eugar, and in 1644, holders con•ernplated supplying themselves with slaves. He part upon which he wished to call the attention of their Lord-
,aants Ith r - 'IT •
n aeon esPect to the lilted States, he had no ac- wiebed to know what restrictions on immigration the Govern- chips, and that was the financial state of this country. That
aPPear Which he could rely; but from offietal documents meet preposed to remove. He presumed that they •id not in- migiit appear consola-ory to the sup*rficiel thin.ker on the sub.-
iterear „,e4, that in 1840 there were imported 48 00‘),090 lbs. of tend to permit the exportation of slaves from the coast of Africa. ject, but to tho,e who took a deeper Inew ot the subject. it
n'itiClPC. `s,otiO 000 Ihs of. molasses, while in 1844 there were They would prebibit the slave trade, but they would encourage presented a most alarming appearance ; for at present there
tic)* t 'ooolbs oiftp oundeugarandl94,ooo,ooolbs.ofmolassen all the horross of elavery iu the interior of Africa. What did wes a most. serious deficiency, notwiths-anding the Ineom.e
!ad ;11;,re'roi tvh.at hrad taken place in the country to vshich he Government mean by conferring this brim; of unrerricted Tax ; and it was therefore imperative that measures of this
aseit-ouued, the e was a convincing proof that an increased immigra•ion upon the West India colonists? His Noble Friend nature shout Ibe passed to avoid the serious consequences that
tilloo"i'd for sugarr had been met by a greater consumption of had alluded te the circumstance ef sugar being introduced might ensue from this state of th.ngs. He thought the present
'tit ''''• It wO•s, therefore high time for them to make their from the slave countries into this, and exported by the mer- the best /Tiede ot meeting that state of things.
vitt:eased demand, which he felt assured would tend to =mho- chants of this country into other countries. He ( Lord Stan. Lord BROUGHAM said tbat a fortnight since he harl called
rsi. toe condition of the slave. They should then be better ley ) contended that bynuch a mode they did nnt encourage the the attention of the House to this subject, and he had waited
1e.,41ed to meet the charges that had been made against them growth of a single plum' of slave.erown sugar ; they were through all this debate to hear the answers to those statements
sfsiteteign nations.-(Hear, hear.) Sugar was the single ex. merely the carriers of the sugar, and had nothing whatever to
sell 'en to the maxim observed of the dealing with slave-dealing do with the coesumpt ion of the article. The West India ce- which he had then brouttht forward, but he had waited in vah.
egatries, which had been adopted universally in all other arti- lonies of Spain had been next alluded to by his Noble Friend The fact. of his heine un-answered, might seem to relieve him
hist. •. It should be recollected that all the slave.growing coon- as deriving some benefit from our treaties with Spain. Those from ihe necessity ori making a second statement., or troub•ing
their Lordshies again upon this subject. His Noble Friend
thg :iri!are slave-dealing countries. It should alsobe recellected treaties did not apply to the merchandise of the colonies ; had gone through all the points of his Noble Friend (Lord
Nlttdet sw, as a measure of protection; a measure not so much to they applied only to the subjects of the en onies, 'and in
tilt sr the produce of slave-dealing countries, but to reduce that sense the court of Spain always interpreted Startle .'s) speech evidently actuated by the gardener's motto,
teati_auseetrade itself. He could not understand how any ex-- As to the treaty with Brazil, there was no provision whatever
theln. " lalea4 not to. ;ouch." To take the debate on the second
reeding was the usual course, but the present course was
fq-fu,o
.ould be made to slave dealing for one object and net in that treaty for the admission 01 etuear. He ehjected to the adopted for public convenience. But he (Lord Brougham) in-
tegir. ther. If it were not so, why not object to the slave time at which this measure was introduced, because he believed
too' ef the United Slates, where slavery existed in all the that it could not go forth to the country as a permaneet or troduced the question by anticipation. The Noble
hite'dt brutal and demogalising features which it had ever exhi- well-considered measure. He felt satisfied that although the Lord opposite had not answered any of the argue
rig ' and infinitely more than had ever been seen in the Bra- desire to ebtain sugar •-at one halfpenny per pound might be ments he t Lord Brougham) had. introduced. hHe
Iles • Yet that had been done with slave-holding America, prevalent durine the present free-trade mania, still the country (htid adhere to his former opiniens that this measure should aye
Ile?' in 1835, the importation of cotton wool was 2 840 000 would not acce't of such a boon by the nas.ine of any measure een brought in at a proper pence', when it might be properly
tigst and, in 1845, it was 600,000,00011)s The w'oi
jtoh,' two- whdich would ;ender u- seless atri pulgasn'ry', on vrorse tfian usel discussed. It vi,s contended that a new Government must
lie t• to tobacco. In 1835 the importatio'n warn2s •ess do something. Re atlinitied that it was necessary for a new
nueatory, all the efforts which had been matte for the last
tah,f and, in 11345, it was 32,000,0301b5. We claimed twelve 'years-all the sacrifices of blood and the treasures which Government to have something to go to the country with, and
let" at MOre moral and religious nation than any other, and h d bhetenft ewxpedndhec.lit.ffio put down tilts ahccuertsipelde
otrfatffihies to enjoy the retidue of their dap. Now, he could understand
itii,We were thus indirectly encouraging the slave trade in thaoug why the Bill should he introduced for this purpose hut f.or any
Il4ts most odious forms. Why, if they were to reject this try that slave°ru' -1.1 cult to persuac et e other purpose he could nor see why it was brought in and
4lk ', they would be writing the most bitter anti grievous satire the value of .Ja
vweci.o
rat,
wn
no t
thireo
di nuctr,eeaisnedchuyhaatlP,aini lei
n2stihmer
ac'ernnanzto.Hints;
tiest many of their late.acts, and would be doing much to He would concludegbhys. gone through so speedily in the other House. Thrnugh their
loudly professed to desire. thiat d'ay three mom love of justice they rob them of their property, and the Noble
Ward the very thing which they so mhofiswlng that the Bill be read a first time
their Lordships were by thepis;
Ish ld thev adopt this PrinciPle with res ect to sugar s lips House, and at that eriod f the seseion, exhausted as Lordowl tato
.opened the debate.
,said to the unfortunate planters,
et, . ou .
tittitniegu.pr, esent state of their Lord..
" Y i re a set of incapsbles " and therefore they Must intro-
es' With respeet to no other article which isp produced hy
the'otZe dune machinery amongst them. There were few arguments,
tilt`se la.bour ? It was a perfect fatuity to attempt to stop the more than seven months which had now lasted.
.for
for it resulted from the position of parties. Sir R. Peel had
'the trade by simply throwing a check upon sugar alone. whieh was come to by after the une.xpected decision
passed the Corn Bill, certeinly ; but it was quite on different
Neel had. done no such thing. They had laid a low duty in niehts sinee, he should not, so faril, aotusleeaustpoans
hi heew
as 'site!
ieticcte at.
nfrz,
grounds, and on the immutable principles of humanity. He
,
and to nt-rease the quantity which they received, and they gise their Lordships the, trouble ef dividi'ne, he would be con- was prepared fer chenges, but he was. not. prepar.ed to deal
Intl a sacrifice of 800,000/. in order to admit this same pole tent to plat., upon record thet he was one o'l those who had en- with them. He had been for a long time in conflict with the
aid; cotton free. What has been the practice of this country entertained 'lia strongest and the gravest 'objection. sto the Bill, planters tif the West Indies, and therefore h.e had little syme
to, hepreaard to tobacco? Had they endeavoured to admit the lf, however, alit Noble Lord should think it right to divide the pathy with them. He, however, loved justiee, and therefore
teee e°„„of the United States at a lower duty than that of Cey. Heuse upon the Oueetion) he sheuld teel it his duty to vote he could not but express his surmise when it was stated that
tee ose la(); but they had forbidden its production, both at against the Ball. . For his part he would say " No" to the first this measuie was introdtmed for their benefit. N.Otv, he lied
et etta,tld in their colonies, in order that they might reading re this Bill. received a letter from a valued friendefrorn which it appeared
;eat, anted to lay a duty of twelve hundred per Lord DENMAN felt it to be an i operative duty which he that he
~had.
lusded machihnery. t Nfow there hailf betehn a great
Nig °Pen tobacco comino frOrn the slave growing states. owed to tho,e with whom he bad been long connected, and to deal of s).ress
~ai upon t, sg.fact o
,a
_company
we!:
._ e manut -
tlhey ht,aise, from which they expecte Iso much, and to which the peop eof Elgland. to declare his direct hostilitt to the prin- fsctukre ot md as,,h. nfery,inithee.henannee oaf Jhearolaiteatin hiaechewians
thoa
sin% ea made no objection, was equally cultivated by slave ciple of this Bei, believing it would encourage and stimulate wiiitrd,inwoeuf etrhse,
„teonrthuitne Irma cwas
gciteds as an authpority'on this
°tither 1701tuuegta.r: (Hear, hear)-and there were a great many the trade in human beings. There was no deubt
Tthat south
nsPubject. That "'gentleman no longer thought thts measure op-
eatgotouttne s whi.ch were equahlly. laborious to
.be cultivated ni-ould be the necessary gesult of this measure.h . of tahlkh of
i;ettless ow root is quite as.la_ °emus-indigo is more. litho- s.avery and slave trade wit.h other feelines than t ose 0 a or- prised to religion, to the Bible, and tn the existence of eolonies.
ottletietititilf:•ar,_hear)-rice ie tnfi.neteelyeamore destructive. of renee would be utterly impossible. The N.oble Lord who 'Diem was another fact which belonged to this subject, one
bet opper Before he conclufeledl
hehwouime to th. e production opened the debate hae exp. owed Ills feelings in that manner ; whieh arose out of it-which was, that the West India mere
clo,nts have refused to send out their supplies to the planters
se_ eteeeiPr°duce ; and first
.o al f .d mTenhtton the cruel- hut lie (Lord Denman) thought it strange that parties profess-
izteleett t sett in the production o copper. e slaves were ing such principles should introduce a Bill calculated to mo- becanse. they believed this measure would so injure the planters,
'fled egether in the mines, and were scrupulously ex,. thAt 't-hey could not (leveed upon them for tio ir supplies. Sir
tilt ' for f mote slavery. The Government now wished to reduce sug.ar
4 14t f ear of their having e:oncealed anrthipg. Within one halfpenny per pound. and to increase the revsnue. God John Rae seta that the West Indians had a perfect right to
done at the expense of the injured
g!thee el' years they had received from 50 to 60,000 tons. forbid that it should be protectioo, and that protection should be stTo ded them. Then
the whole argumen's dn
glttn-"tr...eame to the 'production of coffee. They would con- and the helpless Africans who were riot represented in their Lot d Wougham contended, that
t article and tet they Lordst Me' House. The Noble Lord then proceeded to read
ed 4,:eive large quantities of tha , . , faveur of the measure begun, co.ntintied, and ended hi this,
t.hat s;ugar will be reduced in puce. and brought within the
tit':e. -"\vreeceive one single ounce of sugar grown by the same g,,roe extracts from the resolutions of the British Anti-Slavery
pa ty of •urchase to the pep de of this country-the price
ilt tttio were the greatest dealers in the world in Soeiety, and commented upon that porti wi of those reiolutions
La-uid be low' ered, the uantityi would be augmented. Now
11l -e of stirrer, and sent out enormous qoantitie.s refer, ing to the failure ot the m..ar“ which had been adopted i
tria7eht a man of commrqm senee ask the Noble Lord at the
t'atts Pp nterchandise in exchange for it. There were on the coaa of Africa for the suppression of the slave
Board of Tratle how opening the ports for sugar of all kinds
tit tO Y in rei
could increase the supply by 30,000 tons cr hogsheads ? And
%Litt togm
ar wa;rehousefis from 810,000 to 1,000,000 cats. trade. He did not think there had been an) fedure ; great
how e as this increase to he provided for, thet was the questiort?
ttn"qs, es. rsr.gr nd, after re ning it we ex orted it to our other good had resulted from the cruisers on ti.e coast. The Go-
-4;4 taire.," this-the cruelty of the sla.pire trade-the English vernment were now caling upon the c satry for
pol'er t° There was but °tie conceivable way, which was by means of
slatv.e.hryt., The. execrable enermity, the greatest practical evil
litlik.i)::.zeveu__ thweemselves the opponents ot the slave trade. It make an innovation upon one of the greatest seeemes that had
oe scot Id ha:l ever experienced, mtist be admitted as an
o r 11 known that slave grown sugar was actually ever been se
I su re would not only i w•li!" '
t on foot for the removal. of the feulest s. igma from 1
1 ' 1 bn - h Government
hedhates-thtrahis country under certain cireumstances, and the facts of the earth. The Korner memo ed
;veal)
,in 1 . engsne for the cud ivanon o sugar, eeause t e
esita dltt,erteeteett actually was admitted. He thought that he produce misery anieng the captured, but it, wou..h tPusel is i hesl to have suear at a halfpenny a pound cheaper. Why,
• 'd -C.' ke ttn rdct ft e dth t. I
it vs' as said, dt tmyta .. cowl°, a i ~ el,tan o erar ic es,
eis:e• in .(e-" in showing. that our virtue and morality con- to crime in three. MI •catieering chats .ers ..
togwere eneaeed i
tag:, aner;,,•ns'lng one pahicular article fonn one particular in this worst ard toulest kind of whico were slave grown.? ly sugar i
lou r not
.bes compared
afrliatitp Znlitting the slave grown article from other places. Gevernment could b • justified in c erenencine this great ex:
pirecy. lie ..ui got thinVthe
with co. ton anti cotleei it to be sure was Vest India cultivation,
t,itek;" thiilt-ention at the bottom of all this, and were they not periment 4.f comp tit.un between free and slave labour, for It but that was all. Del gentlemen k.now that these. hegroes
411;),;eweeltleihas they themselves were producers of the article, was hie o .inion that, for some years at.least, free labour would v.o re wo;kisal in a gaing in a lire. wigthh the lash driving the
tanin-Langepas? too strong a competitiora ? Every cwt. of free be entirely driven from the market. It the, multiphed slave-
eeede•"Y of thtnat they consumed was replaced by an equal grown sugar, they muliplied slavery. He. could not. help .
' feeble to keep up wits the strong ? . e question at present
was with regard to sinter, and it was no answer to
lity
lino 80, se slave grown article. Was it not wrong to pro- thinking, before this Bill was introduced, that they snnuld ,
taunt him with cotter' and coffins. Let them come
thes bd hentaoll fraction of a principle, and call it their mora- have eiven the scheme of emig,:tion, as regarded India, the ' with the g„estinn o.' cotton and coffee to him, and he
kibte eirciiii7anity while they indirectly encouraged it under Mauritius, and other plattes, a fair trial. He wished to know '
1;1°4 to Ciatance's? He ailted their Lordships to give their whether it was intended to apply the principles of free I rade i
reason t:•at another oriormous one sh uld be perpetrated. The
would deal with them ; but because one evil existed, was no
sly ttl:d STAteNßill. to what he believed would be a traffic in blemished and crime.
sore, his NobiLEY said that it was necessary that he should There was no analogy bet-seen eorn and sugar, tor rine was ,
I duties on cotton and c, Tie still ex'sted, acd tha• was enough
for him. ---e Hear, hear ) -and the ditty- made a material diff!r-
tioe °l' the ee e Friend opposite, who had just sat down, that the.produce of free and the other of slave labeur. lit did not .
. ence. He would not point out those dreadfnl scenes which
it t cir eohaoservations he had made required no corrobora- hesitate to express hts surprise et the time arid manner in which .
, oceurred and made it painful to think that they helenged to
to „,°,,,he h-irTaton from him, but at the time he held this measure was introduced.
ettellenser to- m.;_iutY to commence the observations he had The Marquis of LANSD iWNE said, that in the first place Ih : eme'class of men mei thine mwereants who were employed
ip .et the sneir T ~ ,
seornsni e by confirming to the fullest it was said that this measure at the presen; pPriod was intro- t ,I,s the- slave traJe There Yves one instance in which a vessa of
oi i sieves. mere th.in one half of whom perished
b 4 hi' Ls statement the PN-oble Lord made in commence dueed, not for discussien, but clecisien-f Hear, hear t-but • ,
t uf .I):)nthe,..
‘th v'o aee It-w-se ludicrous to cornea. et he slave system, as
ki,,o theO„:erlations.-( Hear, hear. ) However unusual had he would say that her Majecy's Gevernment would not he c-arried 1
Inarrieed on). Jn.the :ktriesn'eoast with the Amerivan da.ve trade.
tortured grtarse jo
le hth -Opted in introducing the discussion, it was doing.their duty if they ail,' sed that seesio,n to pass without o ,_
'in hat ne was nein, to state with regard te the African slave '
Ise:stohle ce consent, and in part tor the convenience, of . securing her Majesty's subject a an increased aeo.t.vaoge of sugar
trade was net sissr;lv his opinion, non newts hit 8 !,),,,t, ; it- we ,
(Navin' ntotZds on his side of the House. He concurred I from this souree..-( Hear, hear. ) They were justiped, by
ft thie, ,
the opinion of tor own »pgotiator, his flight lion. Friend Dr.
tile nun' settled Friend, that it was desirable to have the I frequent discusnons 'het 14,1. tek. n place on thesehject. ant e .
L•i.hii,gton, who had prayed him mit ti, delay urging the
thetsitecettior , for the benefit of trade, and for the benefit of I the speec.hes that were deovered, eontamitig arguments Tiu.t
twcessity of doing away with the al rangements for putting
set e two Y Wale's of the country ; but, with the exception of I brought iprward for the first time 'tow, bat such as had heen
eth tit'ints he d' down tl-..e sieve trade on ihe coast of Africa Dr. Lushineton
eillng 'or a tin 1 id.not agree with a sinele princiele of his i urged agaihe andhagainf. The preeeding measures -.ere inade-
chereea these who were favourable to 11. e prowl:At, of this
Passe en to en g'e doctrine which he had held out. They were ! quate for t yir o wet, o,r he con ended tnat, notwolistanding
. measure. with being . he. RC,OIlipl,CeS ,f alt the tortures which
tied
_dthrouggae to a decision on a measure which had been 1 the unpagalimed expel mete the. had tsken ol me there eas left
were it,flieted on the poer neerees employed in the cul.ivatien
qeesall Ittee'oane House of Commons in a short space of time; no beriehit
dtort. ar.iy larrii,.ua,l.
;hie fact, there only.retwained
of 01,1: ; arid i; w;,...i the opinion of that high authority. tint
nee`arttenp ,„re no warning, to adjudicate upon this important a fancifu is:: :111e:emus:,
ofeaaitina.rro...-.r is. censu ner cif this coma ry
those'indivatuals weie ko much guilty of feleny as these who
iw degotra,n present Governmee; • Li
had i the year 1841 leable to te p e e
s_
_. , um than by the o. dinery , ,
-eq4eilt p' " a questi 1 • floe:. oet the vestels, & ~, ~. g
ot far the eat-ruing on the infernal
ted ardome on re attire to protection, and time sub- rate of tratde h f
,hyou .
I 4 be call d u on to ia. • fir
the, still this a B t th". NT 'IP I } '
nt had confirmed the (minim' of the old one, the coneumgeon o
is.gaair.t. . a
t,) :.100 e I,prd who sppke • traffic in hurnan beings. lie had now diseharged a du.yr which
he was most aexiou; to perform. He had been long engaged
teete,tformer
es;ilt:. Parliament hail turned reund and oepmed smolt in deo tr,dha, e.a.i.t yi
,L Y,,,L1D5....; tILJ:.,
.I,etitt.thitis
.p.o the
.prie-, ,
in the cause of freedom to. the poor negro. It was as a titles -
ou'ITI ,
.as the gTogpus-on what ground ?-why, that they Mole of f• egetra. e, wHfeli .
of le,' e cis, '''.` ~ iss;'," 1":1,e t,h • .
lion of slavery, and en; tit slave trade. that his looked upon
to, "I'de let th, "ri bit Lord had said, appear consistent, and not c iiisumer habes '0 pay a(.,). ', , '. ' ,
1.:,.1. ' it. i ''!'; .a'iclinalt's this ineasure. lie w.'a iOl ; that slave labeur could e ever enter
Aly _?nythi„_ll,esuctple which on a late decision they had come of free t retie assert that .ei..40..iiiii.7,,,r.:ie, .v.tho
t, e. 1:1 1 t
: "sit-ll" - ' into cempetitien eteh fr.- I,hour. He admitted that, but
, hut 7tetahrdth;gpriinseiciaillelsedefforf teh a
tn a
thie present measure to com- any revenue ?, Aldth_ eery is', :,:s
,g:,...-i: ig.,.,t, a j
it,,,
ea
rt
,:. rtir
~ tgoree
~, t; opci,tri... •, , , „
1.1.1 teethe 110 t be the ca e tiele,s two de•criptions of labour
zerk ;I
to
hethci%t pr.ices were to berlowehreedn, etvhear t hiemarpd.o.rt
dTutitfeseys I,l.i:tit 7
ifrnionlr,a,.,
vi
ehy 0i i ; ;
...ttlt, -
.1. nt
i t-ii: Neble Friend ought re ' .' n ; one must not nave previleges which
twhe„re,ittinietrh,ri‘si annr;it• 1,p0i5;:.,,,54. ( ;
i;_ar,
he,
r. _
tie iketanunted toisbeed The uess en the inferor articies o have ,e nembered, wl.e.n le. t-,1k..,d i 1
il.loe.:lislie.l eV er-nrit,s. ) There was an end
to ttse areumsnt ahetit •lasor labour being able to c. meete with
Nen-s.uPermr descr' °°'
per cent. ad valorem, and thus that Eeeiisli rill's -uP .''''' I.h'irtule,t-,' .r -z
~..
,intt.t.e.
is,,u_,e ,
ir e tulle s they we., put upon a p irallel. He little thoug .t,
l'°trer- " the infeiption of tea was released at the el r'.e le-st year there ere tfif-t-t -.). th" t''"f h 14],...•,`'. ",") tt:" I;,;it. atter. ali ilia, ha i te,en dole in the cause 0' humd"''Y i'Y
ori
t,
ciasos
eons estor clgsses of tea, the artistles which the :a,meem e1%,,e. •
o„ .„. et., home, it ;rem Into Jam tro
tie- I..e.eislatuos of ths temetrs, he shouht have lived to see the
to ?oar would ee :tined. fhe duty a hich would be charged i e Ruoia a- wed as to ,‘u stria. ti e di, contend
.1,- v g ,
~i,
n he sheunl Ms oeliged to rise 1» tile place in Parli me
tredeller cent. ''
Helmut I4s. on what cost3os., ellich amoutitid that they ( he t I', ,err.,t,'..t , in in'reauceng
.th'l Preet-mt n,,,,t tor the pe• pose of idotouneme a liberal Ggoirrirmnt for
Itouleere Irstr,,thic,4lco.n,,idert.d that if the decirele• ot free eieasiire -veto dimin, li sleve-i•neve aed in,res.: freeneroA.n
, encourazing, the hosrible traffic in hum in souls. 1. the words
5.., eivelve the fi and carried praeneelly into effect. they -ue, r. The, W.. 1.. 4S the aleble Lord epeosife, from.tes :
t.
Lt,it
ih, fiances of t of Lnrd Ceief Justice of Erie' aid, the couiluct of tee Govern-
he ceuritry i.: ineepheame confu ie,ioniai knooitilize, was a...‘ are, a distrositiota le Clitia agionst
what, 0,, a thsy were told that sugar was a I writ was tnost extraordinary arid unjust. This Bill was tine
-t°llopoly i menopoly. elave-grown eueSr, and in 131 eza in tamer of .
free trade in
doubted') a measure which would have the effect of encourag.
s n whtch umeteen stet •
es winpeted with each sugar. His Nuble Friend had said that there bad been a great
.

--_