Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-05-20
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kind. and must be supposed 10 contain ull pro- |
portion of their folly and wckedness, but when the |
police inform that in the year lS47 sixty
two thousand persons were taken into cuitody IN
the metropolis for crimes and offences OF al sorts,
we are struck with the melancholy fact tina this is
very little less than out of every hrty-lwo OF
the entire population. Out of this number proba- |
bly,, about one-haf were discharged, that Being the
proportion of the preceding year, whilst only about
FIVE thousand would be committed for trial 1t is
gratifying circumstance that crime appearsto have
been gradually on the decrease in London snce the
establishment of the new police In 1882 tie num-
Der of persons taken into custody was 77,5f3; IN
1885, 63,3S4; in 1916, 62,S34; and last year
81 900, Of whom Al 500 were males, and 20,500
females. The charges Of drunkenness have mate
rally decreased. In 1881 the number was %, ,7SS,
whilst in ls46 it was only 1858. We wish we
could say that ignorance, the parent OF crime was
proportionally decreasing, but the appalling fact is
on record that out of the Al 800 males taken into
custody last year, $4,000 were totally ignorant of
even the rudiments of learning, and that only $50
could read and write well. Of the 30, 800 women
taken into custody, 5000 could neither read nor
write, and only IA could read and write WELL
Some OF the London journals are laudatory of the
speeches Of your leading men in Congress upon
the French revolution. Mr.. CALHoUN's speech
meets with high commentators, and is given at
length in the ). Standard Of the 24th instant. The
SO an Speaking about the speeches delivered
In making extracs from the speeches on the deab
of Mr.. Adams, we felt, not without some sense of
humiliation, thai in whatever else we might claim
10 excel our kindred of America, we could make
little boast Of the superiority of our public men,
either in genius or Christian spirit"
A late report made by select committee of the
House of Commons, upon the subject of the cotton
hn rrN.1t I'll, L. Al
try's deriving lis supply of the raw material from
the East Indies to rest Tor an indefinite period
Amongst other things, this report states: " The
cotton goods annually exported from England
amount TO about g25,000,00O in value, or nearly
one-half OF the whole amount of exports. The
manufacturing OF cotton goods employs 5000, 900
people, or about one-tenth of the whole popula-
tion." These two statements are decisive as 10
the importance of this branch of business to Great
Britain. The importation of raw cotton from India
commenced in 1890, year or two before that from
America began. Since 1913 the trade with India
has been perfectly free. India furnishes, in weight,
about one-eghth of the entire British consumption
But in point OF quality, it is only about half the
value of American cotton. The value of India cot
ton imported is, therefore, about one-sixteenth of
the whole. India can never compete with Ame-
rlca IN the produce of cotton. Cotton is known
{ TO have been cultivated in India more than $500
years, but yet the quantity exported does not ex-
ceed in quantity onefourh, or in value one-eighth,
of what is exported from few of the Southern
States of the United States, where it has not been
known sixty years. The voyage from India is
about three times the length of the American vow
age, and the freight is least twice as much but
allowing for the difference in value the expense is
four times as much" Cotton is brought from its
place OF growth TO that of shipment from two to six
hundred miles. {" Under all circumstances the pro-
ject of substituting Indian for American cotton IS
perfectly UiSiondry." s.Those," saws the report
" who argue against the propriety of being depend
ant upon foreign country for cotton, forget that
England is entirely dependant upon one country
for tea, which furnishes nearly 95,00OO00 of the
annual revenue, and almost entirely upon another
country for tobacco which raises nearly e4,OO0,000
Of the same revenue
The good folks here are loud in their praises of
the French Provisional Government for having
abolished slavery in all the colonies and posses
sions of the French Republic, and most certainly it
is measure at which humanity should and does re-
joice. The decree is to take effect two months af
ter its publication in the colonies. An indemnity is
TO be granted to the slave-owners, the amount and
form of which is TO be fixed by the National AS
sembly. All traffic in slaves between proprieors in
the colonies is nterdcted from the day Of the pub
lication of the decree. All introduction, by hire or
otherwise, of negroes into the colonies is also for
hidden. This clause is especially intended to pre-
vent the introduction Of negroes from Senegal by any system
similar to ha: Of the Hcooes in the English colonies If
half what is said about this latter system true we have not
much 10 boast about the Of humanity In recent
publication, entitled Letters from Madras" 5ya Lady, it
is said "Ths H-cooy trade is neither more nor less than
IAN Eandan savetrade just wicked predecessor
These coolies shipped off by thousands from all parts Of
India the colonies instead Of negroes Twenty thou
sand said TO have been from Pondcheny alone
numbers kidnapped and all enrapped and persuaded
under false preences. They extremely ignorant and do
know that they leaving the company's don.
ions. They ieated by their that few live
'to back. Those who do, bring with them the same
marks Of Aogging and cruelty that used 70 hear Of
among the slaves There also great horrors board
ship. Many die the passage" &c. This good lady may
be making the Of the NATTER but there enough gene
rally admitted be to render il becoming for the Gov
eminent TO make strict investigation into IT,
France and England recprocaIy benefng each other
by their present positions and line Of procedure France has
certainly acquired aspect Of csmness. dignity. and
security, and her Provisional Government has appeared be
something than nominal since il spproximated to
the course which the English Government pursued when pre-
pairing for the great Chast demonstration the 10th inst
Would France have taken the firm and dignfed position
which she did against the great Communist demonstration in
England xanple aUainet