The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-27 00:00:00

TOBAGO Itr;LIEF AND INIMIGRATION INT
BRITISH G ANA AND TRINIDAD BILL
On the order of the day for the second reading of this
Bill,
Sir H WILLOUGHBY observed that ho had nothing
to say aeainsc the amount or object of the grant in this
Bid. He admitted that the sum (5 0001) was small; but
he (WI not think it was competent for a Minister of the
Croon to make any grant of money, however steal"
without the sanction of the House of Commons, at least
while that house was sitting:
The CHANCELLOR of th? EXCHEQUER said thst
the grant was made at the discretion of the Executive
Government, subject to laying the matter before the
House. They were informed that a hurricane had over-
whelmed many of the la popu ation, and that
extreme destitution was the consequence. That dis-
cretion was accordingly exercised,
and it was only in
such a case that the exercise of it was justified.
Mr. HUatli still .loubted the right of Government
grant 5.t 00a while Parliament was sitting. He wished
to have some explanation also of the advance of 200,0001.
mentioned in Lord Grey's letter.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied
that the dispatch had been written under very urgent
circumstances, and certainly nothing had been done
under it of which Parliament was not already cognisant'
He had on a previous occasion stated that the former
Government bud authorised the expense to be incurred
of sending coodes from the East Indies to these two co-
lonies. The expense, and that of relieving them, cals
to be defrayed by loans to be raised by the colonist•
themselves;, and ordinances bad been passed for that
purpose, but, after the emigration had taken places !!1
consequence of a technical legal difficulty in those oro.l'
'lances, it was found by the agents of the colonies la
this country impossible to carry them into effect, Or!
in the then state of the money market, to raise tl2!
leans on any reasonable terms. All the expense h
been incurred before the present Government
come into ofßce; but, an the day Parliament met,
after the holidays, he had stated the whole circum-
stances of the matter in respect to which there had n°
been any concealment; and therefore he felt that the
Government were justified in answering the liabilities
which they found their predecessors had incurred, and In_
making the advance stated, to prevent innocent particietsi
who had conveyed the Coolies home from the loss wh
would otherwise have been entailed upon them. Still .be
admitted that he was not preared to say that the coma..
taken was one which ought tube drawn into a precedent,
while at the same time the peculiar circumstances of ;be
case afforded a lull justification to the Government for
this proceeding.
Mr. HUME expressed himself satisfied with the Wily'
nation, but hoped that this transaction would not be Pe"
[ratted to be followed as a precedent.
The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered i!')
be committed on Monday next.
SUNDAY TRADING.
On the motion of Mr. HINDLE; seconded by
BROTHERTON, leave was given to bring in a Bill to amen;
the laws against Sunday trading as tar as relates to IP
metropolis.

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- THE AFFAIRS OF SPAIN.
Lord PALMERS lON brought up papers relsting to
the aff 4irs of Spain, which were laid on the table all
ordered to be printed.
The lious: adjourned at a Quarter to One o'clock'