The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-05 00:00:00

BRAZIL AND BRITAIN.

On the reading of the order of the day for bringing
up the report on the Exchequer'Bills (.£9,024,900) Bill.
Mr. M. GIBSON took the opportunity of pressing
upon the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Govern-
ment the necessity of taking into consideration the pre-
sent position of British subjects resident in Brazil. It
appeared, previous to the expiration of the treaty in
1844, they had the privilege of disposing of their pro-
perty by will, and also certain personal privileges, of
which they were now deprived, although other foreigners
possessed them. Thus the property of the British in that
country was placed in great jeopardy. The Brazilian
Governm,nt had also imposed a differential duty of 20
and 30 per cent. on cotton goods, the manufacture of
this country, over and above the duty upon other foreign
manufactures. It was, however, intimated by the
Brazilian Government, that the differential duties against
us would be continued no longer than we continued to
proscribe their sugars. On these grounds he did not
think he would be warranted in allowing this oppor-
tunity to pass without endeavouring to impress this sub-
ject upon the attention of her Majesty's Government.—
(Hear, hear.) .111 these unpleasant circumstances and
ciitf,rences bad been owing to the unfortunate policy of
the Government of this country in reference to Brazilian
sugar.—(Hear.) He would not now say a word about
slave-grown sugar, or the impolicy of the mode in which
slave-grown sugar was admitted into this country kom
Brazil ; but, in consequence of the mode in which that
measure had been allowed to exist, and the monopoly of
labourers exercised by the producers of slave-grown
sugs.r, he would wish to ask whether any steps had been
taken for the immigration of labourers into the interior
of tie West Indie., in order to meet this alleged dearth
of labour ? He had understood that a measure was in-
tended to be proposed by which to procure funds to
carry on this immigration, He would say nothing now
on the policy or impolicy of the other measures of the
Govern men t on this subject ; but he trusted he might be
allowed to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary
for the CiA.mies, whether any such loan bad been asked
for or guaranteed ; and if not, whether any steps had
been taken in refi rence to the dispatches laid upon the
table of this House int reference to the subject.—(Hear.)
Nlr. HOPE said the state of the case was simply this,
that a loan ordinance had been proposed, by which to
raise the means of defraying the expenses of the immi-
gration, and had not been objected to ; but at the same
time other parties not connected with the Government
had declared their intention of raising a fund for the
purpo,e, independent of the loan ordinance.

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- Sir R. PEEL said, he stated at an early period of the
sessi..n that pleniporentiaries had been appointed to ne-
priate a treaty with the Brazilian Government on this
subject, with a view 0, conferring on British subjects all
the privileges in re,pect to this question, which the sub-
jects of other nations possessed.—(Hear, hear.) The
last 4ccoutits received from Brazil stated, that a change
had taken place in the Brazilian Government, and that
the Secretary of state had been removed from office ;
but it would be seen from the report, that the Minister
at the Court of Brazil had said nothing in reference to
the Lion. Members question.