The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-28 00:00:00

VA March in each of those he
sTive eighteen years, andsoundd that the average price of the six years whilst
„„_ rY was in use did not exceed 275. and some pence
Per cent., whilst the average prices of the last ten years
030unted to 375. per cat. He had, therefore, stated do
ease fairly to the House. The Noble Lord had stated
that 100,000 ton, of sugar c. add be obtained from tips
wst Indies thought. but tl •he ord George Bentinck)
thatJ
stateb- was an over sanguine calculation of the produce
d
expected from that quarter. It had also been
ti:ey tl,.a_t large quantities of sugar would be had from
Ast Indies, but to that expet mem iie would reply
that the inhabitants of those territories were enormous
2ct sumers of swear, and %%hen it was cheap they con-
;wed the most of the produce, and scarcely any of it
cortsntreay, v
exported to this country.—(Hear, hear.) On the
hen sugar was dear, they allowed it to be ex-
ported in considerable quantities, but not before. Now he
,had it on the authority of Messrs. Allan and Duppa, the
great merchants and sugar brokers of Calcutta, that in
tlns enormous extent of territory, comprising a popula-
:in of one hundred millions of inhabitants, when
ingar was at the price of eight rupees the inhabitants
consumed it largely, but when it was 11 or 111- rupees it
Was exported, and not before. This showed that the
rate of
1., price regulated the amount of exportation. He
had it also on the authority of Messrs. Allan and
aPPa, as well as some others he had conversed with on
the subject, that the natives of the East had consumed
1:10 less, in some years, than 500,000 tons of sugar, but
that quantity in other years was reduced by the price
!,Ind demand for it from this country. He was assured
15Y those who were best able to give him an opinion upon
the
subject that there was every reason to suppose that
• text year the importation of sugar from the East Indies
(~,rould amount to 100,000 tons more than last year.—
wear.) Such, indeed, was the abundance of the
Present season that those who had plantations were
told by their agents that the increased production of their
estates above that of last year would be no less tt an 3
Per cent. He had also other information on the subject
horse Power, and 15 engines of more than 180 horse
• Power, were in'the '^nurse of erection in a dish let, which
in 1844 manufactured no sugar at all. At tit's place
sugar manufactured last season was 2,000 tons, but
le Year the quantity was likely to be inc-eased to
9,000 tons. This was in a small district on the banks of
h
12,`-ianges. But he had other information on the sub-
He was told that there was a company called the
'ttreond Company, who had just expended 70,0001. in
the construction of engines for the manufacture of sugar
I
the East Indies. The next letter which he received
was from Buhrampooter, and was from a gentleman
connected with the East India House ; it was
Written in a familiar strain, and the writer
desired that his name should be concealed ;
it was dated the 220 of May last. It stated that on
13,000/, he had cleared 1,3001. in a season ; had built oneHe
•Lik't of sugar works, and was " well on" in a second.
stad also-
produced four tons of sugar from an acre,
Ithie,h was an immense crop. He was informed that
the native cane was no thicker than a man's finger ;
While the Otahetan cane was as thick as a man's arm,
and was of a superior description in all respects. He
felt assured that if protection were continued, and in-
ducements given to the British planters, a great
deal more capital would be invested in the cul-
tivation of sugrar before the expiration of five years,
at which perio'l it was proposed to reduce slave-
grown sugar to the level of British grown sugar ;
before the expiration of those five years the pro-
duction and exportation would be largely increased.
A letter from Madras, which he had received from
Messrs. Scott and Bell, the largest sugar-bakers in Lon-
don, stated that there could be no doubt that the quantity
of sugar this year from Madras would amount to 10,000
tons, and there was every probability that the sugar
from Madras would next year be 15,000 tons; and, judg-
hig from the production of the last three years, it was
difficult to say what quantity would be produced in
future. He had stated on a former occasion that the
produce of the Mauritius this year was 46,000 tons, and
With what had not yet been shipped, it would amount to
49,000 tons. It was no longer a matter of doubt that
the sanguine expectations of those who counted that
When slavery] was put an end to in the West Indies
the free produce would double the amount produced by
slaves had been bitterly disappointed.—(Hear, hear.)
was known that the heat of the climate relaxed their
energies, and even the negroes themselves could not be
induced to work by the I,.rge wages which were offered
to them. He would submit to the House a comparative
statement of the produce of sugar by 300 slaves in
i,Tusiana, and the produce of sugar of 300 free labourers
b—ine Mauritius. The statement came from the different
• to s 0
The produce of the 300 slaves in Lousiana was
tilz:.°o tons, and the produce of the free labourers was 5,000
Ulna What with the favourable climate and soil of the
iZaritius, and its being so well adapted for the cultiva-
cot,.ll. was clear it could successfully compete with those
Iver„"`ca who were obliged to employ free-labour, and
to Sot so well situated in respect to natural advan-
i airo f• It was not true that the West India planters
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orbe. able to compete with the slave-labour of Cuba
1,6 rasds, and therefore he maintained that the colonies
to were obliged to employ free-labour were entitled
au DrOtection. In estimating the probable produce of
Prtr: ,his Noble Friend (Lord John Russell) did not
-frethe-eJY state the quantity that might be expected
qiou-'l,‘°a Mauritius. He calculated that 240,000 tons
be imported from the colonies, and he expected
what there was in bond, there would be
tot;.-", tons of foreign slave-grown sugar, and 20,000
280„,%. free-grown sugar—making a total importation of
tieb,,'"u.°4 As he had already stated, the price of the ar-
of' 1, in the East Indies regulated the exportation
41. land oven then the freight to this country was from
-Z•rto 61. 10s. Now the sugars from Brazil and Cuba, he
Ittisra,'mrined, could be imported for 30s. a ton, or at the
lOs So that independent of the advantage of
Lager,;ie;,t;f freightage, the Brazils and Cuba had the advan-
ast e labour. •It was, therefore, impossible that the
• totib Isales could compete with either Cuba or Brazils. There
• "„el •I'e no doubt that the effect of the free importation of
the and Cuba sugar would be to lower the price of sugar,
Mdtims;Mee of the British Colonies 6s. per cwt. ; and with this
Iceep-b".°4 in price it would not pay the British planter to
take] el estates in a state of cultivation. His Noble Friend
'ef the that 280,000 tons would be required for the supply
ti,oald Present year. Well, if they assumed that 180,000 tons
; come from the West Indies, 100,000 from the East
40;.e-',.4,11d 55,000 from Madras, te aggregate would make
than 280 000. But the greatest consumption
tted'ea this count'ry had experiened was only 246,000 tons,
was perfectly abiurd, with the figures he had
petitioned before them, to say they required to let in slave-
peawon sugar, to insure a proper supply of that article for the
stor of this country. There was at the present moment a
tos;',(_m hand of 71,000 tons, which exceeded by about 10,000
tne stock on hand in the corresponding period of last year.
thin-ening the inerease against the smaller amount, the state of
1-1,"!' would be exactly the same this year as they were last.
tares "as not aware that there was such a want of our manufac-
Ast, in the markets of the West Indies, for, according to the
zilfa"eceunts it appeared that they were glutted with the ma-
rainedetures country.-( Hear, hear.) They had already
lere the' natives of the West Indies by their manufactures,
the "Y encouraging the trade of Birmingham, Manchester, and
ter Manufacturing districts. On the grounds that he had laid
ltd,ere the House, he must submit that his motion should be
elled He would now eome to- the question of revenue.
14 ohle Friend calculated that by his scheme, as contrasted
10, that of the Right Hon. Baronet, the Ex-Chancellor of
fee Exchequer, he should gain no less than 725,529/., by the dif-
reeecie between his proposal and that of the Right Hon.
Really he was quite at a loss to understand how
to,:aon. Friend arrived at that conclusion. He presumed that
fe let in so many tons of British plantation sugar at 141. per
Fr,,sit would not produce more than under the proposition of
• night Hon. Baronet opposite. The effect of his Hon.
mitreds measure would be that as slave-grown sugar was ad-
f at a lower nthrte of duty it would take the place of free
tZeign sugar. On ese grounds, therefore, he was against
thee Policy which was proposed. There was no just ground for
• 3 alteration in the sugar duties. Above all, in the last week of
ktuy, when half the members of the House of Commons
had gone out of town, it was not proper to bring forward such
'swee.ping proposition. -.He had already shown that he had
rte desire to embarrass the Government.—( Hear, hear.) The
crop eould not be increased at present, and the profits must go
into the pockets of the. Brazilian merchants instead of into those
of the English consumer. He had many communications
from men engaged in the trade, which stated that they who
Were rich now, should these measures pass, would be im-
poverished in a month. He considered, therefore, that there
ought to be some justice—some mercy—shown to these men.
They had made engagements which could not be recalled,
trusting to the faith and honour of the Parliament. He re-
membered that his Hon.. Friend the Member for Sunderland
observed, that things were coming to such a pass that no man's
property was safe.—( Hear, hear.) He conjured them,
therefore, to be careful over the interests of those
'who had trusted there. Mr. Huskisson, in 1831, opposed the
sugar question as brought in by the then Chancellor of the
Exchequer.... He (Lord George Bentinck) supported Mr.
tluskisson in that opposition, but he was defeated. He was
consistent in opposition, and he did not wish to embarrass the
eivernment. The question for the English people now to
decide was, whether they would have sugar two-thirds of a
Penny less in every pound with slavery, or sugar two-thirds of
a Penny dearer with freedom. They would not hesitate
to decide. The question was well put by the Honourable -
Member for Cork—" Take a larger loaf with a
,°•her"." curse," and he would ask were the people of England
l,reetdr of their exertions in the cause of freedom ?—( Hear,
tea,') Did they repent the 20,000,0001. which they paid to
ealis:)4,t_he negroes? He had never heard that such was the
'slave t '
taieed Zere the people of England aware that they main-
' ;.000 men and 700 giUts to put down the infamous
of ther,'Qe? The Noble Lord th;tl save a frightful account
Sugar`reatment of slaves employed the manufacture of
age A' ,sad said that Mr. Buxton, when spea.king, sixteen years
250,0Vhe infernal traffic in slaves, stated that it consumed
self, " Persons in one year, and that Lord iUserdeen, him-
tumh° the year 1844, stated that in his opinion the average
Anier.r of slaves imported from Africa to the eoast of South
10 a and the Spanish West Indies, was not less than
40,4000 . a
-year. He askod whether it was right that we
hate-17 continue to suffer the natives of Africa to be
the ,e_red and lashed to death for the purpose of enabling
1,11. e West India plasters to amass splendid fortunes?—( Hear )
leatiP6e °P,te of England wished to obtain their food without in-
Mt a f they were then to have the sugars, let them
the ad "
drink the sugars in the remembrance that the blood of
het:negro had been shed to obtain it.—(Cheers.) He did not
eve there was a man in En land who grudged the
and0",0001. he had paid for the emancipation of the slave ;
loh!elh'e did not believe they cared for the half-million mole
the 0^ the country had to pay annually for the suppression of
ft,r,..ve-trade. It seemed to him that the arguments brought
111,1, Acrd were nothing more than the old argument, where it
if we are to be hanged for a lamb,
I,e-110Aed for a sheep—(Laughter and cheers)—that because the
we may as well be
so tee(i:f England have made the sacrifice, they would continue
Year, 20,000,000/. had been paid during the last twelve
• Year ' 23,000,000/. besides, and half a million more every
hetn,, for the suppression of the slave-trade. lie
had u'Y trusted that the mighty sacrifice which they
me ad
nlight be- , and which they wished to continue to make,
with acceptand might be recorded above, side by side
of ;tl2 mite, as the offering—the free-will offering
,eetistit,i',ooo of generous Warm-hearted Englishmen, who
e the great, the virtuous, -a:e religious, and the
Lori .an people who inhabit the British (The Noble
the „resumed his seat amid load and prolonged clitsa':ring front
o
ectionist benches )
baueeivetNrionsoLtzic'el2oan then moved the resolution of which he
hThe reerilAutmlocnaving been read from the chair,
%ult. Pisrese. o I,OR of the EXCHEQUER said that, on
occasion, the Noble Lord deserved sincerity for the
antleek. The course isle Leemed Friend kid taken he

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