The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-06 00:00:00

proportion of women should accompany the irnmi-

grants ; this, of course, would raise the cost of
immigration from India fully six or seven to one
in favour of the Mauritius.
The grand end of the West India Planters
and their advocates at home, too, is doubtless
that of Protectionists. They cannot brook the
demands of Free Trade. Accustomed once to
have their labour for nothing, or what seemed
like nothing, they have not yet outgrown the
habits and ideas generated by the good old days
when every planter could flog his nigger as he
liked. Such labour was indeed dear enough. It
ruined them. When emancipation came, and
when by a sad piece of trickery England's tax-
payers gave them 20,000,0001. of their hard-
earned money for their labourers' freedom, it was
found im nediately that the money belonged to
mortgagees at home—that the plantations were
bankrupt—that but for this windfall from JOHN
BULL'S adored tree of liberty, the mortgagees
would never have got a farthing. All they had I
gained indeed had been gained by a heavy tax, in
the shape of a protective duty, inflicted on sugar
consumers in England, and all for no earthly pur-
pose but to bolster up slavery and bankrupt
planters. To have equalised the sugar duties all
over the world, to have given our own East India
sugar alone a fair and equal chance in the market,
would have broken up the planters, and perhaps
have emancipated their negroes, too, without our
paying them a penny.

There is not a set of quondam monopolists in
the world who have less claim to Legislative
bounties in aid than these same West India Plan-
ters. As a class they extracted an enormous an-
nual tax from British consumers, and wasted our
liberality in extravagance, slave-driving, and
finally fleeced the country out of 20,000,0001. of
hard cash. Even since emancipation gave them
a free peasantry, instead, like sensible men, of
looking the plain facts in the face, what must they
do but seek in every way to irritate and oppress
the peasantry whom they could no longer " wal-
lop" at pleasure. They made vagrant laws, in-
tended to compel them to labour where they
lived. They laid taxes on all the imported arti-

Iles most used by the negroes ; they charged
them rents for cottages, or huts built by
the poor people themselves ; and above
all they endeavoured to grind them down
to the most unreasonable wages. A few
planters had the sense to employ the missionaries
as mediators on the wages' question, when all went
smoothly. The great majority, however, tried
every means to get the labour of the freemen for
much less than it had cost them, all things con-
sidered, for the labour of slaves. This was, of
course, resented. The peasants, many of them,
" squatted," many of them obtained small quan-
tities of land by aid of the friends of emancipation
at home. And worst of all for the planters, they
taught the people to live without labouring for
them. They have taught them independence—
laziness if they like to call it so, and must bear
the results of their meanness and folly.
These is, of course, still open to them the one
resort of frank conformity to the requisitions of
their case. They can exchange antiquated and
unaided cultivation for modern labour—saving
appliances. They can exchange the clumsy hoe
for the plough, and hand-labour in many pro-

cessei for the steam-engine. They can give wages
which shall evoke the spirit of industry by making
it worth while to labour. Two facts speak
volumes. One is that for those kinds of labour
which are fairly paid for, there is no want of

hands. Another, that from those colonies where
labour is best paid, the largest exports are sent
forth. The negro is just like any other human
b ing. He will work with an adequate motive ;
but, why he should toil and broil under a tropical
sun for sid. or 6d. a-day, it is difficult to
see. Waste land abounds, and he can raise pro-
bably one or two shillings' worth of produce, or
more, while the sug,o.l- planter would have hiin
labour for sixpence.

The Prince de Moskowa has arrived from Paris a

the Brunswick Hotel, St. James's, where the Marquis
and Marchionness de Cadora, the Count and Counte-s
de Lubedoyere, and the Count do Castelbajac have
joined his Highness.
The Lord Chancellor will receive the judges, Queen's
counsel, &c., at his lordship's residence in Upper Brook-
street, on Monday next, the first day of Hilary term, at
12 o'clock.
The Count Edward D'Alten has returned to the
Brunswick Hotel, from Brighton.
The Ladies Chartoris have arrived at Claridge's
Hefei, from Scotland.
Lady Duckett and Miss Meakin have left the Queen's
Hotel, Upper Norwood, for Gloucester Gardens, Hyde-
park.
The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland have not had
the usual festivities at Raby iu consequence of the seri-
ous indisposition of her grace.
His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the
Countess de Persigny will leave the residence of the
Embassy, Albert-gate House, to-day, on a visit to the
Duke of Newcastle, at Clumber-park, Notts.
His Excellency Count Von Platen, the New Minister
from the Court of Sweden has taken a large mansion in
Grosvenor-place.
His Excellency the Minister for the Hanse Towns left
town
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Minister will return to i
town to-morrow from Germany.
BERLIN, Tuaeday.—Baron Budberg, the Russian
Ambassador at Vienna, is nominated to the embassy at
Berlin. Baron Brunnow, long Russian Miuister at the
Court of S:. James's, has again received his credentials
to the English Court.
A letter from Nice says Lady Mary Douglas,
daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, is
seriously ill here. Sir Joseph 011iffe has just rrrived
from Paris, having been summoned to attend on her
ladyship."
HEALTH OF THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND.—The health
of his grace the Duke of Sutherland has for some time
past been such as to give uneasiness to his friends. By
last accounts his grace was worse. He is able to move
about, but is greatly affected by general debility.—
Northern Ensign.
DEATH OF ItscaEr..—Mademoisel!e Rachel died yes-
terday at her residence near Cannes.
Mr. J. D Fitzgerald has declined accepting either of
the vacant Irish judgeships.
We hear that Miss Gerard, a young lady with a fine
soprano voice, who is spoken of very favourably by some
of the leading members of the profession,
is expected
shortly to make her appearance in public.
Despatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian I-lands were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office. Despatches were sent to the Governor of the
Cape of Goad Hope.

COLONEL GREATHED'S SERVICES.—It will gratify our
readers to learn that the services of the gallant Colonel
Gee/abed have been recognised by the Commander-in.
Chief, and that on the arrival of Sir Colin at Aluinbagh
(Nov. 9) ha immediately gave Colonel Gr/rlthed the
command of the Infantry Brigade, consisting of the Bth,
75th, and two regiments of Punj sub Infantry. At the
same time Sir Colin most handsomely intimated to the
hero of Agra, "that after all his successes with his
avenging column, he would not let any one interfere
with his command." Nobody knows better than Sir
Colin Campbell how to appreciate real merit in a sol-
dier ; and we hope the time is not far distant when we
may congratulate Colonel Greathed on receiving some
substantial acknowledgment at the hands of his country
f,r his distinguished services.—Times.—[We cordially
say ditto.—Sun.]ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. --SOUTH NORTHAMPTON
SHIRE —A. vacancy being about to occur in the southern
divisiof Viscount nf tthAe I t o rp, M.P., to the House of Lords, as
county
of Northampton, by the elevation
Earl pancer, in room of his deceased father, this part
of the county is already in the thick of au election con-
test, which promises to be equally sharply fought with
that which took place here at the late general election.
Lord Henley stands on the Liberal interest, and Col.
Henry Cartwright on the Conservative. It will be a
close run. Lord Henley has a considerable amount of
local influence in the county, and the prosent member is,
his friend ; while Col. Cartwright belongs to a family
long o' great influence here.

DEATLI OF WM. DAVIE, ESQ LL.D., TOWN-CLERK.
OF GLASGOW.—Mr' Davie, the senior town-clerk of
G asgow, died at his residence, Blytheswood-square, on
Wednesday, after a protracted illness. Dr. Davie was
torn-clerk, first under Mr. Reddie, and latterly as senior
in office for more than 40 years,
and was not
less re-
spec:.ed for the high legal valifications than fur hie
courtesy and singular amiability of disposition. Dr.
Davie was released from his sufferings by death, just
two days before he would have ceased by the terms of
MI own resignation to be town-clerk of Glasgow.
Abort
four months ago he intimated his intention to resign on
the 31st Dec., in consequence of ill health.