The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-17 00:00:00

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be supplied •to the West Indies save that now p be
and if any more effectual method could be suggeste
would answer for it that the Colonial-office and thet,_,
vernment at large would give such plan every atte,n
floe"
provided the principle adopted was that of sendinsico
men, and by their own free will, to labour in the, heal
Indies. The great difficulty in this respect, ha" too
from the want of funds to transport free labooree.io
their estates on the part of the planters. The faerfte.
Lure had imposed no restrictions on the import obed
labourers. But the Right Hon. Gentleman wi6lo
exclude all slave-grown storars from the home Mac f the
Mr. HERRIES remarCed that he said nothiag
kind. rr-,11/
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQU— 0,01
be sorry to misrepresent the Right Hon. Gentletniarsteod
his Hon. Friend at his right hand also sot hen
what had been said by him. It appeared hen , from
was not prepared to exclude slave-grown sugar'
home consumption. b a stite6
Mr. HERRIES explained that what he - besti
was, that the Legislature having discouraged see
differential duties the consumption of slave-grown oitric•
in the home market, had removed suddenly tbosehrie Lord
tions by the Act of 1846 ; and that now the 14°,10'0,611er
proposed to remove the remaining restriction duties o 0
on its consumption, by gradually bringing the shat °
slave-grown and free labour sugars to a level.
what he objected to. c,t2 0301°3
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEO—'-'„, $
the Right Hon. Gentleman. Then what he "egleaf°
argue was, that the high rate of duties on slal,e'sesc
sugars ought to be maintained,
elude those sugars. The Government, howeve,.l out
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necessary to abide by the policy already markeuoo.o4
previous majorities of that House, which had „ea free
the principle of admitting all sugars into igbtfair goo.
competition. The point, then, which the of pfCr
but not entirely felt
Gentleman contended for was, the maintenaneete tertnt
tect:on for the British planters during an adefint,aar'''it)l
to enable them to compete by means of free lat"°Deed
slave-labour sugars. And the argument sd,,af
the Protectionists was that the only chance
down slavery was to give free labour everfdaPtie, ol
advantage over slave labour. The recommeni
jerd tb°
the Committee nominated by the Noble slagif
'
Member for Lynn was not to exeln"efor
grown sugar, but to grant protection
to ran
years, in order to give the planters time-Leo:ost:
their arrangements. The Hon. Member for
(Mr. Barkly) defined that protection to be 1";f•oret aj;
British plantation sugar for three years. Thef: then „'t
less the Legislature was prepared to go lone'haio
questions to be considered were, not the e2ic- 0,41'
slave-grown sugar, but for what time and toe
-1810'e
amount was protection to be extended to frdeto fold
sugars; and on Monday he should be preParehie to age
that the Government proposal was prelera' arty
better than that suggested by the opposite P, oror.'„
never had been sanguine that the GovernMen'e'pehi
would be well received by Hon. Gentlearl'h the ;
With respect to the financial results to whin" -04 '6
Hon. Gentleman had referred, all he could sni.ereroheinll
40 frot,
he did nut anticipate any great loss to the rneYeeP
the alterations in the duty proposed bY the "—cal
But he could not say as much for the proPesif
came from the opposite side of the House• iotior
be?
to choose between them he should have nog esreferSieli
saying that the Government proposal yief il°6o 11;13,0
for even on the score of revenue the 14114'his est'
might be occasioned would never exceed in
tion the sum of 40,0001
one ge
Mr. C. P. VILLIERS remarked that an,yolotr" d
had heard the speech of the Hon. Member fog $o
ilee"D'
on the present occasion would have stlPPehsich
never done otherwise than blame the Act n''',00974
cipated the slaves, and that he had also been 001 bon
free trade. He only cited this in order t,e the 191,0,
very much opinions wavered on all sides doubt
on the question before them. He had
ever that the Hon. Member would be able tali° lebeots
to explain his views on Monday, and _A'
consistent with his general opiniOns•---c.Tse- ete,';tetl
Mr. Hume.) The greatpoint to conslue ft. be
him to be the want of the British West In-rootl•
of free labourers. It was generally adaliit,tetabeeo firt°
negroes now in the islands would wor*,, e
be plenty of sugar produced. Therefore, " prodedies
him that the great thing to be done was Vvest 113,0
moral effect upon the negroes now in the theo ' the
the tendency of which would be to siioflbut th3tire4ll,
were not to have it all their own wa,' ag in D"
Government would lend assistance in bringics
es
0
labour from other quarters if the negr„%er ,
been emancipated would not work St Pr-` ices
wages. h t the srri
Lord GEORGE BENTINCIC said at
es
Indian mail, which went out to-morrow, to tb;° ele at
with it tidings of despair and dismay pir no•nzthe
Indians, as well as the deepest regret in tbd, darted
the progress which the slave trade lead Ma soblell3o
last two years. He was quite sure the be Ta'"thog
proposal would be of no avail in averting t whoa rat
prevailed in the West Indies. To saY thl't and sttot
colonies were in their present ruined statet.tich Po
down by the measure of 1846, a protection beeivs vtooo
of the Government would be any relief te tressat„dsl
mockery. The reason why he rose on the Porte fi"s to
sion was to give the British planters One wed 1,00
their despair.—(A laugh.) And if °rt.. the er`cto"
carry out the Government proposal, to 'beTe vra'em, the
listen to the coldness with which the NO`',„" ee b,; d. 5
positions had been received. To let them Sof ut,%.°08
Honourable Member for the Univerhs"leeln t"t6trilc;
speech had been received, and to tea,o"pdt s an et 4"
Noble Lord's dictum was not reeefv—arad thsl istj
by the House.—(A laugh.) lie nagtie,h c° 1;°
verdict on Monday would be that the 134,-itt Ontni'ste;
should not be allowed to perish. The in'fie
ronet (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had o'er: tfel
that under the Act of 1844 slave-crown stlegl.• .11
witted from the United States andThreneant-v: eiee•te eve
true, but so small was the quantity as 11°' t to the
tons in all the quantity imported under 015001610 r
year. The Hon. Member for Bristol had a
cop, ji!'
dispatch of Sir Charles Grey, and had) ustil 11'
of the length of time that had elapsed before (iior se
patch was laid on the table of the House.
.I,3o:florr!,acta
Bentinck) would go further than the Hon• blreciifebort,
would affirm that Sir C. Grey's dispatch wa!, bell 00)
the 27th of March, and that not only was,t" b° die
but when the Hon. Member for Kinsale (Ur',
was examined before the Committee on Wese,,hiag oet
tress, he positively declared that he knew n°,l,,b) It
state of the case which was contained in a,' jets ew lbe
had been nine days in his possession.---0% pal btlt
was to be sure nothing mote than tt ren tb°,!ea s
Under-Colonial Secretary of the same tribe, pleb
been played off by his chief in another P"—tt, sLreot
dispatch was withheld; for four hours after
had concluded.—(Hear.) The Hon. Mecn.ee,:ri by
but he would not do so when the evidence gic-,--ea ttecest
before the West India Committee was quo the
House. The Noble Lord then referred V) 'oo'4o
India Committee blue book, and read a part De
Grey's despatch, wherein the Governor of Jlare-lcontist
permanently
uannelenstslythme
aiGnraientieed partic3eoso.,f the' tirsecs°uvl tave"°°snlicisbnoeicrsr;
athnedc„ultivation of sugar must be abandoned in 01
rn tßtlihraaitttisrtehhaesfodrneue,t" continued Sir C. Gripey.dert ib,
commendperlb.t.°o USCOViI t relv
-labour Muscovado,
ofeign sugars, liable to altervions when 50tbe1,00
thcolonies remitted their slaves." That was, Adof 034
e remedy which he had proposed for -ce et the
of the House. But whatw as the eviden- for „f
Hon. Member the Under-Secretary of St 502
Colonies before the Committee, on ,!--erbirt'reb'
April, he having had the dispatch f DJ!)fr'
had just quoted since the 27th ea b), ttie
The Honourable Member, on being questi°l3eferreDdi44
Goulburn as to the accounts from Janntsina, eit it'efert
Committee to the general accounts from thee,
toore or;
known by the name of the Blue Book, an ebartietind
stated that the accounts were of a
wgr hdertbs hoo fsogr,tlie4f
and when Mr. Goulburn, dissatisfied
indefinite reply of the Hon. Member, oske,bos Iffeofjril;
the Governor of Jamaica wrote no disPtllon•
what were to be seen in the Blue Book, tilepa aee•ev
ber distinctly said—" Yes he does, but I arnht,e-0 rec'
any dispatch of importance which has "
from him and withheld from the ComnaitteLes't titne',ob
Mr. HAWES—It was not withheld at tn oh 0101
Lord G. BENTINCK—Why, the disC3office n„tee°f
have quoted was received at the Coloui:
co frast;
27th of March; the Hon. Member's evil itself
°
on the bth of April, and the document heo,) /Pt'
produced or printed until June.—(ileal,eo tbe
Mr. B. HAWES—It was produced W° fenept
Lord moved for it. 3fernber,lialtere'
Lord G. BENTINCK—The Hon • ,Ith 0t,,;
with me.—(A laugh.) I moved, on the `, the o'-fire,e,,,
the production of all papers received sin" Ore fire,
, eta,/ en/
printed. But the Hon. Under-Seer • • 0
tpli 0.,
stated before the Committee at the tirne ,eiseo 4104
patch was in his possession, that he had, r,,,,n;i00.1.e5t,
patches of importance at all from 451.....tbe _Crie
hear.) The Noble Lord then proceede" tbriab,
was clear why the dispatch was held back
001df1. pro°Fotolf
mittee. The Hon. Under-Secretary lr oflooldf
have excused himself by sayine• it was Luot,'„ottlia
ance; but was the dispatch which he lieu
t.; baa'oolle
importance?—(llear.) The sugar interes, ybef vof
fair play in this matter, nor was it intend_e"report
have fair play. He had thought that the
nvoril eit• `le
Committee would have received modreispatattec..booofe;
this he was certain, that had the
Grey been received in time, that reP°l."
Mber",be r,,elr
been agreed to by the majority of the e•
vi be
hoar.) The question of differential dutY „tete tit 0
to which the Committee had particularly' ei..itodo fried
attention, and if its advocates had been fo39elf
evidence of the Governor of Jamaica, ht *OO teqe
trader, there could be no doubt but their Ins 4, the.ettlh,
have been considerably greater. He thotte_ sg9l,,fir er
that he had a right to make a grave chargft
colonial officer for keeping back so import.afe go
—(Hear, hear.) He would not at that telmlt if!ools,
into the discussion, seeing that no
er siSeble 11
templated, but would merely advise th in "_‘ co;
the head of the Government to be car.leu. pre
with great colonies. The Noble Lordblel atto;,t:,
tent himself with peddling in a misera.ni ;50,
/Ty
orf
or Is. 6d. per cwt. on sugar, when the
el, Lftake.-leret4a
very existence of great colonies were
_l. the
times,hear but Th
tohseeircoploandieenscehandadbeietsn lionlytlntls,,4Lnaeolda:ge
0100,.00,.
take leave say to the Noble Lord, 1 ti_°.oolrif
Burke, that` magnanimity in politics wag ort
bpitruest wisdom," and that " a great crop bad
mindsm r. guoAillivtEogsedtheenri.e'
place in the delivery of the dispatch boto__efeo),
d
must defer lengthened explanation_n_ b
_Wofj
that( C h:
together."—(Cheers.)
delay
ntt ;61;.dohni;;;P:.nt,
opportunity of making inquiries. explanation,
clues;-ttf 1:1
he would say, that he had understoodvolt
the Right Hon. Member for Cambride, the ()o_ed
referring to what was technically calleu repel' beea
to the present hour, and there.ore c Blue Book, which blue book bad noottio:oilhee'o. beifoett. ,
given to the Cooiraistee. As to the -