The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-05 00:00:00

hs well as their workpeople,from utter destruction. His
-Lordship said that he supposed that might be the case
with the! smaller manufacturers, but such instances of
approval of the Ten Hours Bill, he thought, were rare
among the more wealthy and extensive capitalists. The
Deputation stated that as a general rule that might be so,
but that many of the large employers were now coming
round to the same opinions. In corroboration of that
statement the deputy from Huddersfield mentioned the
names of several of the most extensive and influential
mill-oWners of that district, with whom his Lordship was
well acquainted.
Mr. GLADSTONE, at the termination of a most encou-
raging interview, expressed himself highly gratified with
the conversation, and said it was impossible to direct the
attention of Government to subjects of graver import-
ance than those which the Deputation had brought before
Lord Wharncliffe and himself. " You may," said he
"rest assured that I will devote my best attention to
them, in conjunction with the Cabinet, and with an
earnest desire to discover and adopt those measures
which may be best calculated to put a stop to the evils
you have described. Where we may happen to differ, I
feel a confidence that our motives and opinions will re-
ceive from you a fair and liberal construction. But, in-
deed, it is nut fair to assume that we do or shall differ,
fur the evils are palpable, demand immediate remedy,
and your claims are just and reasonable. The spirit and
tendency of: your views are alike rational and concili-
atory."
Lord WHARNCLIFFE, at the request of the Deputation.
readily, and in the kindest manner,. gave a letter of in-
troduction to his Grace the Duke of Buckingham, upon
whom the Deputation next proposed to wait.
The impression left on the minds of all the members of
the Deputation by the bearing of Mr. Gladstone was of
the most favourable description, and gave rise to hopes
of a cheering nature as to the ultimate results of their
labours, and the intention of the Government, both with
reference to the Ten Hours Bill, and also to other mea-
sures deeply affecting; the operative classes. And of
Lord Wharncliffe the Deputation have to report that he
rendered them very valuable assistance by corroborating
several of their strongest statements from his own per-
sonal knowledge of the manufacturing districts.
GEORGE A. FLENIING.
JOSHUA HOBSON.
JOHN LEECH.
TITUS S. BROOKE.
AIARK CRABTREE.

WEST INDIA MONOPOLISTS AT
WORK AGAIN.
It appears by the last advices from Jamaica, that a
public meeting had been held, at which it was resolved,
" That a memorial be presented to the Lords Commis-
sioners'of her Majesty's Treasury, setting forth the in-
jury inflicted on, and the -evils arising to, the British
West India Coffee planters, by the importation through
the. Cape of Good hope of coffee raised and Manufactured
by slave labour, and trans-shipped thence into the home
market, and that a Committee be appointed to prepare
the same."
This is a specimen of effrontery unparalleled in the
history of monopoly, and beats the bread taxers hollow ;
for ihe latter do permit corn to come in at starvation
hut th=e Niorthies would have no Oiler
in England. ll appc.-o,
,410 i to l':-,rliament, that in the rout.
(,) the totM quantity of British Planta-
tion Coffee imported was 55,618,206 lbs.
Ditto on vr hich duty was paid
The consumption, however, was double 107,768,682 „
The deficiency being made up by East
India Coffee, on which-duty was paid 28,499,526 „
Foreign Ditto, through the Cape of
Good [lope
It must not be forgotten that during the whole of the
years, the price of coffee was extravagantly high ;
that the proteaion duty on Foreign Coffee through the
Cape. of Good Hope is 50 per cent. ; and that the
people of England have to pay, in additidn, all the extra
charges on shipment to the Cape, and transhipment
there to England. •
The importations of British Plantation Coffee were, in
1e37 15,208,7551b5.
1838 16,909,716
1839 10,769,655
• 1840 12,730,080
and so long as discriminating duties are allowed to exist,
it is the interest of the West India Planters to grow just
so much coffee as, at Ole consequent high prices, will
yield them as large an income as a greater quantity at
lower prices.
Corollary.—The demand for the 'consumption of Corn
and Coffee in Great Britain exceeding the power of pro-
duction by the two vested monopolies, it is the interest
of both to keep their respective productions below the
wants of the consumers.—(From a Correspondent of the
Liverpool Times.)