Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-03-11

The printed and dyed caIcoes exported TO
the former in 1916 .......... 90 ago 100 vds
Those in l547 amounted to only. ... ASA 675 do
The exports Of these goods TO Brazil in 1916
was ...................... A, 625, 637 CO.
Those of ls47 had increased to . 81 369 s67 do
The woolen goods exported to the West
Indies in ls46 amounted to........... 92347
Those in lS47 amounted 20 .......... 272l7
Those Brazil in 1916 were valued a, 7s apo
The exports in ls47 amounted to . lO3 433
Mr.. THOMAS B.RISG certainly nulies all arguments de-
rived from tng fluctuations the price Of sugar when he
the following startling facts the great increase in
the Of production the emancipation Of the neeroes
The Of the production Of sugar in the Island Of ST.
Kits during the last four years Of slavery was an
rage Of the four years. ........... 4s sd per cv
During the four years OF apprenticeship 6s Id
During the first four years Of freedom I6s lid
During the last four years Of freedom. els. ID
The committee asked for by Lord G. BExrrxcK was Of
course granted il of IS members IL Of whom are
advocates Of free trade and only rank proectionsts This
is certainly very promising body for the sugar makers 10
bring their grievances before The committee is to inquire
into the present condition and prospects the interests con-
ned with and dependant upon sugar and coffee planting in
the East and West Indies and Maurus The entire session
may enpe before the committee viii be able TO define the
field Of inquiry opened to ii by these vague and unlimited
phrases good many important facts will, no doubt, be
elected, bot what uhef useful end the labors Of tile
they have determined upon their course and that nothing can
induce them TO giant what the West Indians ask.
The sugar planters certainly make out strong They
state that before the passage Of the emancipation act there
were IN The Island Of Jamaica $50 sugar under cult
vntion that since then Ii0 have been abandoned which
produced, N 1884, ,I7s hogsheads Of sugar, and 9O3
puncheons Of rum That within the period 165 coffee
plantations, containing 1885, 400 Of land, have been
abandoned. That upon certain estates within the island
there were employed in their cultivation in 1892, A. $50
aborers there arc only 1898 employed, the rcain
ing %f'oa' @arng bccoe Independent settlers That the
value o. fugar owing q that which produced by free r
having to come into market in unseied competition with
fare-dde sugar, reduced in England about l5s per
cwt independent Of charges and that the Of production
IN the island amounts 10 81 2s I'D per cw That sugar
cannot be produced in Jamaica, so allow n,e-
rest on capital under as per cw whilst in Cuba l2s
per cwt. = Femuncfang price. Your readers will apply
these sac according to their respective commercial cees,
some 81 The ac appear TO be ambdexe and may be used
by either party We make comment upon them nor
shall we apologize for their length because this summary Of
the debate may save the wadng through many columns the
Times besides neither that paper any other report Of
the proceedings falls into the hands of in twenty Of the
perusers Of the I" lnelgencer" We must, however be
allowed to remark that the West India petition reminds Us
Of one which the buckemaers Of Sheffield presented nearly