The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-22 00:00:00

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had stated wlth regard to kllnappfrg a - wits tri{r~
ideas poor people were got on bond not only
k;.17 bat by talTse pret:!nr7.(i,""t”ftvieee of
hiridS; and ivf-,n byliSrM' 'Fborefwaa,do r,a„,
to bode, e that the ck-Oraet 'Which it was-"sllege was
ebterod "iato with these peolfilTti kept. .:On the con-
- trery, the only evidence was that they were subject to a
species of servitude which under the name of free emi-
gration amounted practically to slavery. might be
said that-the coolie was free when he was landed in
Cuba, bat it was quite unresionablo- to-suppose that a
inan in a strange country, cut Off from intercowse with
his own countrymen, could order such circumstances
preserve his freedom. Re could only say in ticnclusios,
that the noble lord at the head of Foreign Affairs :bad
trrned. his atten'ion to the sulject, and though-lievv!si
not in a cr.,ndition to say that a remedy for thiaThititti.gf
ttdogs had been applied, still varioui remedies bulb-4n
suggested, which his noble friend had under ronSithita.
tion. It shou'd be remembered that there wassi- broad dig.
tinction tits drawn between the conveyance of Chinese
coolies to Cuba and the conveyance of them to ourcolonies.
With reg .rd to English colonies, he beleved that the mi.
gration had proved as sa'iqactory to the coolies as it
bad to the emigrants.

Le;rd BEM:I-GUAM said be wee quite sure tharif
the statements of the right rev. prelate were bone cut
by tee papers—if a very small proportion of the enter.
mitiee-which •had been mentioned turned out to have
been committed, there weer but ens course-for govern-
forparliarnent Eo teke, and eligt leas to abo-
lish this traffic altcgethere In our colonies we could
enforce the fulfilment of the contracts entered into with
the coolies, but there was no means of enforcing the
fulfilment of them in Cohn. Eier'Since 1335 the rlave
trade had been against the law of Spain, and legally all
the 'Agrees imported since that time were entitled to
their freedom. The persons so entitled, it was calcula-
ted, amounted to one-belfeof the whole number of
negroes on the island; and if the half of theta were de.
dared free, is would be impeseihle to keep the rest in
slavery.' A portion of the population of the United
States were desirous to obtain posessioe of Cuba by
peaceable means if they could, and by any means; if
they could not, the etject being to carve three slave
states out of Cuba, and thus obtain a decided majority
in the seuate, where at present they lead only a majority
of one. This object wooll be felled if the slaves is
Cuba were set 'Tee. It cas gratifying to fincrthat the
c dition of the cot li sin the Ceinche lelandsehad been
much arhelie ra ' -
The Earl of.CLARENDON raid the papers would be
cx?eedir,gly r;ociatroug, but he thought his noble friend
tee S_er ta-y to, Foreign Affs:ri night make a selec-
er ra, liit3 which
.0' • be CAtriirY, and
was the
_en Ctilrhe Aetceme
?Joule ,2 - • it• t:f advertet4
that the c: -et -Sir .John
e, the Gov ere, : utrdergone
se ellen te hF v ei were correeeele
f ••ur mouthe, because,
-:1 tea:Ay he i • ~:.ut,ced all st:..topts to revive what
ee eeeei Jere ; se b a slave trade, and he was the first
pereee o de;, obtaining what were caned female la-
ot,e s. 11,3 }lyre was ,r,) such h leg k nown in Clina
ai volui.ary f. ,le emigration. Trey, therefore, en•
tirely put a .top to it. altheueb grew. ere,sure had been
put upon the Government, by the British colonies, in
(weer to obtain Chinese women. By the colonial regale-
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times, unless a certain proportion ef women aocompanied
the emigrants, they were not allowed to land, and there-
fore at present Chinese emigrants were not allowed to
land in our colonies. He would also ask the Secretary
for Foreign Affairs to. lay on the, table the cerre pond-
erce which led to the proclamation respecting the coolies
on the Chincha Ilauds. He was informed of the atroci-
t:es committed there, and he desired the admiral on the
station -to visit the islands to ascertain whether the re-
ports which had reached the Government were true, and
he gave the Peruvian Government to uederstand that
unless they remedied the evils_ complained ef, our forces
ebould liberate the coolies. This bad its (fleet. Proper
ieeieletiona were
.made, eud the_ceolies were now com-
paratively comfortable and happy. -13 e but ex-
press how glad he was that the right: rev. prelate had
brought forward this sui j,ct. because there had.been as
attempt made Cu the part of the United States to pre-
claim that we were, byaur.traficin ceoliee, carrying on
a shave trade infinitely worse than the' Africair slave
trade. He was sure that if the papers now moved for
were laid on the table they would go far to remove the
misrepresentations that now prevailed on the subject.
Tue Earl of MALMESBURY sale. there would be no
oljectiou to lay on the table the papers which his noble
friend required.
The motion was then agieed td.

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HAINALTLIT FOREST BILL.
This bill was read a second time.

PEACE PRESERVATION (IRELAND) Acr
CONTINUANCE BILL.
This bill passed through committee.

PRISONERS REMOVAL BILL.
This bill was read a second tine.

Their !ordehips then adjourned at five minutes past
seven o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY.
The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BILLS.

The following private bilis- were furthei considered
and ordered to be read a third time :—Atbenry and
Team Railway ; Birkenhead Improvement Commis-
sioners (Gas and Water) ' • Dublin and Meath Railway ;
North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway ; Redditch
Railway; Stock t Midolesbolough, and Yauu Water,
and the Stockton and Darlington. Railwilr (North
Riding Lines).
The L.:.rds' amendate-43 to the following bills Were
considered and agreed to:—Exeter and Exmouth Rail-
way; London, Brie hton, & Sou tkiCosst way (Capital,
&c.); Staines, Wokiugham, and W,klog Railway,
and the Chiswick Improvement.
The f.,liowing bills were read a third time :—Cbester
and Holyhead Railway; Cleveland Railway (changed
from Durban. and Cleveland Union Railway) ; Hove
Improvement ; and St. LeonBrd, Shoreditcb, Parish.
EDUCATION IN IRELAND.

CAunci FREESTUN piesetit7dTt7etition from
044iniugton, county of Dorcet, praying tbat the use of
the 13iblo in schools in Ireland may oot debar them
from a share of the national g,rant, fcr education.