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tine a_they ought to take the present opportunit of put- establish a system of liberal policy. They had heard it said
hee snd to the sugar monopoly. —( Hear, hear.) When by a certain party, that they were determined not to allow any
said ugar monopoly, he was not usine it in a vain sense, further inroad to be made in th good old system of protection,
Zes Ina strict one This swear monopoly was a real one—it and monopoly, which had solosg existed. Those denunciations
s a Principle Which closed the ports of this country against applied to other subjects as well as • the corn-laws. These
th_.
ncom
ing in of any sugar at all. He believed were many persons who knew that the corn-laws
9 Member in that House, who was an advocate were not very defensible in argument.—who were not
Tee 1111)teetion, would defend such an act of injustice. sorry to see other protections upheld still more unreason-
. wh, to Government thought that after the great experiment able than that with respect to corn. The sugar monopoly
ert:, hn d been so lately tried in the manumission of the ne- was considered the bulwark of the corn-laws. He should
0010_,', the West Indies,breathing time should be given to the ' listen with the greatest possible anxiety to that which should
Hies to recover from the shock ; but the late Government i fall from her Majesty's Ministers on the present occasion. If
er
state of
the prolonged existence of the present they were pleased to give a satisfactory assurance to the
of
on f things. He would read for the House the declaration House that they intended to do every thing i 3 their power to
11141114
I. the leading members of that Government.—he allay the apprehensions which existed so widely amongst the
the opinions of his late lamented friend Lord Syden- manufacturing classes of the country, he could assure them
That Noble Lord said that it was a matter of great that nothing would be farther from his wish than to attempt
her_rteance that a proper state of relations should be established anything which might throw the smallest opposition in the
tio:eplhis country and Brazil, and he trusted that the atten- way of a consummation so anxiously desired. But if they did
Th".°_ll. Parliament would be called to it in a very short time. not receive from the Government such a satisfactory and ex-
tee.'
01, esetit treaty (the treaty then existing) was only of a plicit assurance, and should express their determination still
eowlnreary character. The exports of that colony were chiefly to postpone this subject—a subject which could not longer be
theu:e d to coffee and sugar and it was most desirable that postponed without the greatest injury to the country—then he
try. ?Ports should find an advanieeeous market in thi, cons- called on the House to come to the rescue, and by carrying
°F the be subject would be speedily forced upon the attention the resolution which lie had proposed, convey to the Cwen,
Gov_ Government. These were the opinions of the late merit and to the country their confident belief that the time was
,10...7,ti.tnent, and they were must anxious that the sugar duties now come when the grc it commercial interests of the country
gee,"_Tebe put upon a proper footing. He asked theflote eto could no longer be trifled with—that thwe commercial inte-
willanru that they would not allow the Brazilian treaty to expire rests should be placed on a satisfectory .footing by renewing
on'int tat least taking some step to bring their produce into this commercial relations, if we could, with the Brazil; ; but,
• " more advantageous terms than they had formerly done. above all, by altering our custom duties on the great articles
lb. s regard to the other branches of this imnortant subject, of Brazilian produce. especially the great article of sugar, in
°gar duties, he should advert to them very briefly and such e manner, as to prove to the Brazils our desire to ex-
joY:enerally. If the Government adopted the pernicious tend the comme, ci relations which now existed between the
epee, Of continuing those duties, they should have .another two countries, and which were so materially beneficial to
w--..tintty of discussing them. Belt still he felt their impor- both.— ( Cheers.)
House
eseto be so great, that he must call the attention of the Mr. EWART seconded the motion. He would ask the
his°
.. to the state of the trade at the present moment. When Right Hon. Baronet. what had been tee suecese which had et-
hic:ten. Friend the Member for Portsmouth moved his re.o. tended the negotialiceis for potting down slavery in the 13i•az,lse
tlie nin 1841, it was resisted by the gentlemen opposite on He thought the House and the country hid a right to &mane
s(;rounds, first, that it would encourage slavery and the an answer to tint question. '2 ,000,0001. had been paid to
ate trade; and, next, that an adequate supply of sugar might abolish slavery in our We,t Indian colonies. And what had
leeneeted from their own colonies. The amendment to his been the result? Were the West In lian colonies contented ?
toot riend's motion was placed in very good hands—it was No, they were not? How could they remain contented while
pose° by the Noble Lord ( Sandon) the Member for Liver- such a state of uncertainty and excitement eisted? The rich
bot h That Noble Lord not only made his statement in reply, did not feel the effects of the duty on sugaxr ; it was the poor
thee e Came down to the House provided with an estimate of man that suffered by it. The poor man, owing to the enor-
th_ quantity of sugar that might be expected from mous duty upon sugar, was compelled to consume an adulter-
4ircolonies: The estimate, coming from such a ated article. He believed that the Right Hon. Baronet at the
tet‘:, excited great attention at the time.—( Hear.) head of the Government was restrained from acting on his
supel'Phle Lord said he expected that the great sources of own principles by the powerful combination behind him. He
lode Y la future years would be the Mauritius and the East called upon the Right Hon. Baronet to come forward and
tjul'es. He estimated that they would obtain from the Mauri- state what were the intentions of the Government with respect
flee fli,l,:n)(1,000 cwt. Now, in the year 1842, they received to this question. He had great pleasure in seconding the
477'nee-"" cwt. • in the year 1843, the supply fell to motion. of his Right Hon. Friend.
(lir" cwt., 'little more thin half the amount estimated.— Mr. GLADSTONE said he trusted that nothing would fall
• bed ar, hear.) The deficiency, with respect to the ft ast Indies from him in the course- of the remarks he was about to make
'rbonnt been quite so great ; but still it was very considerable. in reply to his Hon. Friend who had preceded him, and the
~„,2Nle Lord. estimated the supply at 1,400,000 cwt.. In Right Hon.. Gentleman who had. proposed the motion to the
cede they received 940,000 cwt. Last year, they received House, which could justly give rise to the inference that the
1174,.,100,000 cwt. With regard' to the supply from the Government were in any manner indifferent to the importance
heee Indies, through the Noble Lord had made an error of the trade which subsisted between this country and the ern-
oto_also, it was an error of a different kind. He pire of the Brazils. Nor did he desire the inference to be
Lsrsed them only 2,300,000 cwt., whereas they drawn from anything he had to say that the Government
1,4 received, in each year, about 2,500,000 cwt. were satisfied with the present state of our customs laws
beeure was deficiency in the supply last year under what bid with respect to the importation of sugar, if those laws were to
her Promised by the statement of the Noble Lord, the Mem- be viewed simply on commercial or general grounds. And he
evittor Liverpool (Lord Sandon), of no less than 417,000 trusted further that nothing which might fall from him would
• 1147—( Cheers.) The House would recollect that the population have the effect of conveying to Hon. Gentlemen on the other
%sun/creased during these years. Was it possible after this side of the House, or the public out of doors, the slightest in-
'soy /that the people of this country were not suffering from a timation of the course which her Majesty's Ministers might
th.speted supply of sugar, and that the expectations held eat to think proper to pursue during the existing session with respect
by the Hon. Gentlemen opposite, when they induced the to other import duties. He was called upon to state this be-
-oue
, not to accede to the Whig proposition of 1841, preyed cause the Right Hon. Gentleman who brought forward the
irjrrly
fallacious ? He might be told that the prices of sugar motion, and his Hon. Friend who had seconded it, had both
thattn°t excessive during that time, but it must be recollected intimated that the main object of promoting this discussion
steed that Was merely relative.—( Hear, hear.) He was sure he was to draw some intimation from her Majesty's Government,
Nein not say that, in referring to the statement of his as to their intention with respect to the duties on sugar and
had Friend, that he wished to hint that his Noble Friend coffee. He was sure that the good sense of Hon. Gentlemen
Vas any intention of deluding the House on this subject. He would convince them that no person in office could have
state Perfectly sure that his Noble eriend conceived that his learned so much as the A. B. C. of his profession if he were
• suited rtterit was accurate, and he had no doubt that he had con- to allow himself, by a discussion promoted at the instanco of
. lever persons of the highest authority on the subject in an individual Member in the month of March, to declare at a
Lee P°°l. He had no doubt, also, that those gentlemen had period 30 early, the financial intentions of the Government,
hmered that the statement was accurate. . Their expectations and their intentions with respect to their commercial policy.
disappointed. Then they had no inducement He thought he was justified in soliciting the House to nega-
legie est money in the cultivation of sugar in the West tive this motion. He objected to it because it laid down the
the ;$ and the Mauritius, for whenever the question of' principle that they ought to adopt such measures as would
tittl -slia,r duties came before the House the Right Hon. Gen- give extension to our commercial relations with Brazil, abso-
to en tne First Lord of the Treasury held out no language lutely and unconditionally, and irrespective of any effect upon
W° encourage them in its cultivation ; although he said he other questions, yet more important. This question too, was
leo; u not alter the sugar duties this Sear, he left the impres- not merely a commercial one, but it also affected the happi-
shoe:rhat he would-be likely to do so next year, or at some very nose of a great portion of our fellow-beings. He thought it
e` Period.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) Parties could not had already been shown that her Majesty's Government were
atPleted to invest money in the cultivation of sugar in the not indifferent to the interests of the trade by this country
elie:•s'ndies under these circumstances. He (Mr. Labou- with the Brazils. In the year 1842, an alteration was made in
jeet ei had been talking to a West India merchant on the sub- the customs laws, and a change was then proposed in the law
te h'e who told him that he had give" directions to his agent with respect to the importation of coffee from Brazil, which
the cautions to what amount he carried on his operations in had a tendency to favour a direct introduction of coffee from
the cultivation of sugar. He believed the Government, and the Brazils into this country. It was true that'the change
ewe"- Gentlemen opposite who supported the Government, was not a great change, and it was true that at
• see." 4 act better in plainly speaking their sentiments on the the time they announced that a further change
theleet---(Cheers.) If they m -ant to uphold the sugar duties, might be necessary at some future time. The
Let),eught to have stated that it was their intention to do so. change, however. so far as it weet, did ten Ito facilitate the
h, she
Right Hon. Gentleman give a stout sugar pledge, as introduction of Brazilian coffee into this country. It was found
144ve a stout corn pledge, which would give confidence to to be a change sufficient to form the foundation of -a taunt on
je;ienlator3 in the Mauritius and West Indies. After the ex- the Government of inconsistencies with respect to articles of
he?ee which the Government now had, and after the hopes slave-grown producethought, therefore, that he might
ld, they held out to the Hou.e and to the country, at least use it as an argument. to show that the Government
iu tbm not understand how they could reconcile it, and go on were net indifferent to the Brazilian trade. There were other
ithi4same miserable course which they had hitherto pu sued. articles—of a secondary description, it was true:—but there
the e Was so injurious both to the West Indian planters and were other articles, such as hisses, rosewood, cocoa, and other
ithiej%sorners in this country. There was another subject to produce, which, though secondary, were net unimpoi taut arti-
stet, e would call the attention of the House. He would eles, and they were allowed to be imported at a very low per
het, wiw the consumption had diminished in this country tentage in 1842. Then, with regard to cotton-wool, it was
110,4:e° the years 1841 and 1843. He would now state to the perfectly notorious thet the duty at present was 'a moderate
stet what that consumption was. In 1841 this country con- duty, if considered with reference to the country from which it
year
f°4,100,000 cwt, In the year 1843, which was the last was exported. Our manufacturers, doubtless, had their corn-
with, r which they had any return, the consumption was, not- plaints against it. No doubt they would claim to be relievedlshjeittanding the increase of population, only 4,1)82,000 cwt., from the duty, in order to maintain their competition with their
ltat
sthiwas an actual reduction in the quantity of sugar. Did rivals abroad.—( Hear, hear.) He did not mean to say any-
loe' show that there was a stinted supply of sugar for the thing against their claims so far as Brasil was correct-tied, but
u .Vert tn'Ption of the country ? He would ask the House to ad- the cotton from Brazil was placed on the same footing as the
togs u° what was the fact with regard to two other articles of cotton of America, and was treated avowedly as a simple ques-
alle4M
Ption durine the same years, 1841 and 1e43. tion of revenue, and a simple matter of revenue it would con-
;epee to the articles of tea arid coffee. The quantity 'of tea tinue to be. As he had stated before, in the year 12 a readi-
isigned to the country in 1841 was 36,600,000 lbs. ; in 1843 ness was expressed to introduce at a future period a considerable
ju jZtOOO lbs. The amount of coffee supplied to the country change in favour of the introduction of Brazilian coffee.
Veiee7,')l was 28,400,000 lbs., and in 1843 30,000,000 lbs. He, It was material to observe, that with regard to four-fifths of the
eoteu_re,. would say that while there was no increase in the whole exportable produce of Brazil her Majesty's Government
le, anscmiPtion of sugar—nay, a small failure—the consumption of had already conferred many great advantages on the exporters
teu enffee had increased in the ratio stated. The only pros- there, and they were willing to give still greater advantages.
tZ: branch of the sugar trade was that which consisted in The great difficulties of the question were connected with the
raeng slave-grown sugar into this country, for the purpose trade in sugar, which formed only one-fifth of the whole ex-
-4,t W4.'14 it, then of exporting it.—( Laughter and cheers.) ports of Brazil. The Right Hon. Gentleman confessed that_
tele,. even brought from their own West Indian Colonies.— his statistics regarding the Brazilian products were not very
e_tasiteit's.) This branch of trade had increased to an enormous minute or satisfactory, and they could not well be otherwise, as
roo,ode within these two years. In 1842 they imported Brazilian statistics were exceedingly defective ; . but he (Mr.
'ts "-'-'etets. of slave-grown sugar, for the purpose of refining Gladstone) had collected a few statistical details, he' would
114 :111843 they imported 939,0cwt5., nearly--
a million of mention to the House, from the Report of the French Consuls,
Alf slave-grown sugar, for the pnrpose of refining. which seemed to be very carefully drawn up—it appeared from
(eLADSTONE—Where is that return to befnund ? these documents, that upon an average of five years, from 1837
14teji, ILABOUCHERE—In the trade and navigation returns, to 1841, both years inclusive, the total exports of Brazil
thatthlid on the table of that House. He did not mean to say amounted to 5,500,000/. sterling ; of that sum 2,000,000/.
A re-exported all the sugar, but they imported it, and were from cotton, 1,540,000/. from coffee, and 1,100,000/. in
alt at importation which gave all the encouragement to the sugar, the remaining 1,500,0001. was derived from other articles,
wiee_ of slave-grown sugar.—(Hear, hear.) Thus, in so that the article about which so much disputation and dif-
nlad "Nle year, the amount of rough sugar in ference had arisen formed only one-fifth of the exports of
shoo:creased from 600,000 to more than 900,000 lbs. Brazil.—( Hear, hear.) He did not mean to say that if the -
'tilijeet came to what be apprehended would be the only real duty was lessened on Brazilian sugar it would not form a
b0,.0 difference between both sides of the House. He did larger item in the exports—(" Hear, hear," from the Opposi-
etetiantileve that Gentlemen opposite would deny the immense tion)—but neither would it be attended with the wonderful
rye touang,es of admitting foreign sugar into the consumption of advantages to consumers in this country which lion. Gentlemen
ire(' erolrY: 1 hey would not deny the great benefit to be de- opposite seemed to anticipate. The arguments used by the
i.efeti it 41 it by the shipping and trading interests. He be- present Government in their negotiations with Brazil were
plot „would, more than any other question, except the re- those used by the former Government. Lord Mountea,gle, a
peo`i!e corn-laws, add to the comforts of the great mass of very high authority, in 1839 used very strong expressions with
.Tetthire---( Hear, hear.) But the great objection would be, respect to a Brazilian treaty. When the seconder of the pre-
"aver Ought not to do anything which would encourage sent motion (Mr. Ewart) introduced his motion for the redue-
h/thieltlen. the Brazils and other slave-growing countries. He tion of the duty on Brazilian sugar, Lord Mounteagle said that
the "Posed to treat with disregard the feelings entertained one reason why the Government should not accede to the mo-
tlleople of this country on the subject of slavery, but tion was a preference for the produce of their own colonies
tesiseuee More one looked into the case, the more one was and another, that it would encourage slavery and the slave•
Caeh ao" that any person could be found taking his stand on trade. The Right Hon. Gentleman said that no reasonable
_weuees°l'.lection as that.—( Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. man could ground his opposition to the present motion
7...ertizati told them that he was unwilling to renew the corp.. on anti-slavery principles. Now he (Mr. Gladstone)
7oseh treaty with the Brazils, unless they could be induced declared that he never saw a chain of reasoning
note.yeit:e.r.tain changes with regard to the internal state of more clear or consequential than that the encouragement of
• , the Brazils. He apprehended that after the treaties slavery had the natural consequence of encouragement to
trii,;W_ere letely made for the- suppression of the slave-trade; slave-grown sugar.-_( Hear, 'hear.). -It was well-known that
"otigel :_lore remained to be done in that way. He, therefore, in-order to cultivate sugar in Brazil large importations of slaves
e_fiveree," Bight 'Hon. Gentleman must have meant that the were annually made-from unhappy Africa, and of course the
iZt to reent would recommend to Parliament arid the country increased demand for the sugar would create the nec.essity f
or
deteusew their commercial relations with the Brazils unless the slaves. The Right lion. Gentleman said by taking any. of
tefiald Cin,British goods was reduced, so that both countries the products of Brazil we were a measure. encouraging
totei: Placed on the same footing. He asked the House slavery. Why, no doubt, by so doing we were importing the
esee, keener, in this, perhaps the last •
opportunity they would produce of slavery, but we were not at the same time promoting
Zei7ini re this great blow was struck at the cummerce and the slave trade. The Right Hon. Gentleman asked why did
spas win of the country, whether they could—lie could not we not con-istently act upon our theory, and refuse to receive
tie ken" and prit, nt men, but a, consistent and conscien- the cotton of America grown by slave hands? The answer was
hie erishee
_keep the ground they now occupied.—(Cheers.) there was no question of difference between us and America
s. es!.ll tone". to iee the people of England in a position to hold a regarding slavery. The traffic there was between State and
io`oee,
berths-iewards foreign nations ; but he was afraid foreign State, and between man and man, and did not at all resemble
IL: Ito . turn round and say to them "it is impossible for African slave trade. He did not stand there upon theory, but
kitty sincere in your professions—this argument about to argue against a practical evil of great extent—an evil most
eh, etteatita.mere pretext—(-Im, hear)—and when you have injurious to humanity, and which this country had made
ejet'eurs,) lee to gain, you have no ssruples.—( Hear, hear, and such sacrifices to remedy. It was said that we had
Nuns er 4. is easy and convenient enough to make us the not abolished slavery in Brazil. We had not done so it
jate a
oft
onYo se
ur scruples when it suits your own interests, amt was true, but e had done very much to diminish it. In 1838,
14,'est question of humanity, when it is a tenestion of the number of slaves carried into Rio alone was 30.000;
thew'? Vo_Protection."—( Cheers. ) How del the question in 1841 met 1842, it was only between 8,000 and 9,000.
14 entert..7 sugar the only article with regard to which ( Hear, hear.) The late Governor of Cuba ought to he re,
of
s, the.,"
not those scruples ?—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") membered
herewth gratitude by every philanthropist for the sin-
tikeiirs raboriTport coffee to any extent through the produce cere desire nstantly evinced to repress the slave trade ;it
Pred 4eilitje • Nay more; in the alteration they made in the was to be feared that his successor, the present Governor, con-
ker uce v, were
labours;en for the introduction of coffee, the sulted more the feelings of the slave dealers, and less the inter-
' %a the slat and with retard to the bringing slaves eats of humanity Through the meats of the former Go-
, ether Atlantic into the Brazils, it made little difference vernor, the slave trade between Africa aid Cuba was almost
tste, they e .
aod ed itae„ tivated coffee or sugar. The question then annihilated, and in a few years had his humane policy been pur-
4;,,einent
t.pon the slaves,
see_ eruei e into this—that the cultivation of sugar was hard sued, there was good reason for hoping that it would have been
and they ought not to give encou- extinguished altogether. As a proof of that, slavery was on
en-
tun
wut its introduction into this country. That was the the decrease in Brazil ; a good deal of the land formerly en-
Poset° M. se'teh. Sir. Ellis held to the Brazilian Government, gaged in the cultivation of sugar, was now engaged in the cul-
. 114 for,,,lbetro, when he came to this country. How was it tivation of cotton, in which the . labour of the slave was not
sot 4 gave Gentlemen opposite to bold such language, when necessary, for women and children were almost as useful as
the
_I f_a_cilitiee, by their tariff, to the introduction of men in raising it ; whereas the more laborious cultivation of the
Now mining was an operation far more cruel to cane required the importation of adult slaves who would be
eta 70eld as" snore disgusting, than the cultivation of sugar. worked for a few years, and then drop into an early grave,
'1•11 why iu .".3' nothing about gold,
tithewhich he knew, would find This was the opinion of the Committee
westerns.aoined in 1842 to
eco.eato sPnitte l impedime- tits. B re was copper ore. examine into the state of affairs on the . oast. of Africa.
h_ coffee
nsptd . ore was
intoexactly
thisthe same as that Unfortunately, the tone of. public feeling Brazil was not
o bend imported
lee ire `°, Le ent and then re-exported. Copper ore which when the subordinate officers might evince any humane desire
le 'kites, dot 'timed in this country was admitted at a in this respect, they were dismissed, or forbidden to discoun-
oesCo!,beeoreYtthaentd
.what was the effect? Here it was. tenance that which their superiors openly supported. The
, Ported f • tariff was introduced, thegnantity of copper stipulations which existed between this country and Brazil
testi see% oor the consumption of the country amounted to from the suppression of the slave-trade were amply sufficient ;
derien 1843 t.wat ;in 1842, after the tariff, it rose to 300.0141bs , but the guarantees for the fulfilment of those stipulations were,
se,( fro,' the anted to 1,085,0001b5. '1 he amount oirevenne he regretted to say, utterly worthless, nor could they have any
Nrseers aa7_dnuty—they were not ashamed to take money effectual guarantee until there was a total change of public
thet 010004 i
sghtee)—was in 1841, only 561. ; in 1842, it feeling in that country. If it were possible to place British
eat he e It; 1843 it was 64,000/. He did not mean to say cruisers along the whole coast of Africa, which would be con-
e, h._llnt 1-10,
Gentleman• stimulated the trade to this stantly on the watch, to prevent the present nefarious traffic,
tete at
teed. nd. wh e same time they were smelting 'copper that, he admitted, would be a very competent guarantee against
t in at 'he
'Ram the eat meant to show was, that they had de- its prosecution; but even if we did this, it would be attended
tilos sugar, of copper from that course they adopted with with immense expense, and be exceedingly disadvantageous to ,
'Op" teilard
pose to
the this subject must not be considered our commerce. Cotton could be produced by free labour quite as
lotto
ear te.ifiat thcn WO e )r- Ifs alone. There was good reason to ! cheaply as by slave-labour, for the reason previously stated,
Spanishold West India Islands of Cuba and namely, that a whole family, young and old, could be effectively
I,et 4, lucre intlees the example of the Brazils.—( Hear, engaged in its cultivation, and it did not require extraordinary
i,%Porear I° e the u°
House, his duty in bringing this sub- I toil. This was proved by the fact that St. Domingo with its
lance to be sittee. He thought. it was one ot too much tree-labour could produce as cheap cotton as Brazil with its
Nei
net. woaconnlntnnuniternedncff till the end of the session.—( Hear, slave-labour. The Right Hon. Gentleman seemed to think the
euZtlerne'othe
who
the greatest importance to the present Government had not acted consistently with. the grin-
tutu
„ortateliletllntiati,
ienetpeeeialiv; of the country, end it behoved Hon. ciples they professed in the course they took regarding the in-
tn eef
the () adopt the'o resented manufacturing and troduction of copper-ore. He said that the Government had
join with him in urging the Go- so reduced the duties on the importation of copper-ore that
erh(sitere ale ouneey dictate, course which the safety and wel- 1 whereas formerly scarcely any copper-ore was introduced, lat-
iet' ee" lies but eh —(Cheers.) convictions he aealed riot terly there were very large quantities. hey would find that ,
heerest sented oto the conscientious of those from countries where the copper-ore was produced by :dare-
qtle"Ykshall °lV:result/Ira' constituencies, who had as much labour, there bad been a great increase in the quantity,
*OIIZ inter:aril theta
s:n the subject.—( Hear, hear.) He and that the alteration in the 'law of 1842 would not affect it.
at the agricultural and manufac- The objsct was to prevent the smelting of copper-ore out of
tnlts fll4 t time tae o_rrYiNvtaned t.ogether ; and he trusted they this country, and nothing could be more distinct than.
seethe trade 'e Gov
had
0! and manufactures
ent in inflicting this deadly blow this, as Great Britain was decidedly an exporting
inter ften confesse that he h of the country.---( Hear.) country in this article. The next point contended
ageest easeld the
ad some fears on the subject. They for was that sugar grown in countries which cultivated it by
the thehe .Ltight Hon. Baronet opposite say, tr What slave labour, should be allowed to be imported at the same rate
Right ere gen have su .
era] that
oforting the West Indian Colonists of duty as from other countries; but this he thought would be
1°
1110na:raid tha;-Lteh the country ?" He (Mr. Labou- most 'unjust, and, in saying so, he did not speak so much in
teen therai !tyre. was amongst the supporters of the behalf of the Mauritius as for those other places where there
1114 w elle] 71' erei ei
great jealcusy with respect had been a decrease of labour, in consequence of the late be-
euttueias. Polley. They had heard lately . nevolent law in •favour of the slaves by Great Britain. He
'l°l4 with respect to any attempt to thought that the proposed treaty would not be attended with
-