Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-06-07
TgE BRITISH PARLIAMENT on TIE COTTCN
EAglSE


n the House Of Commons o. me b May, Mr.. Ager-
ron Ege,lon dr5v ss-g0G 20 tie prevailing distress IL
Iarca,hire uvng 90 90. Icon crisis. Ne wished 10
nave tie opinion o. ',g t.--ld5-; Of the Poor Law
Board on the cub 80. al. asked the Secrttry OF
SAFE .or lld,- Whet. 7,l.cIioas m the tlGih tam
4.J been decided uyc I'd ya,u they would como mo
operation
sr &. Wood aid rt., 90 VET he I'D received 20 fur.
her 10 formation from ga tlsu had appeared in the
,ap.rs II. had, noSCrer, doub. Of the tIuth OF The
port that the o. " ilda would admit ~ con.
-.dsr.tla reduction ia tie duties ggou imports,
NJ lisrs said ths. jhc Government we're pBiH j.
live 20 ,us necess 81, o. the case and he had is S rs
iliy T. saru his colleagues taat the var ~ the UlU
states ptooIgci s,ei' ctAoue! Of dsite IA tie
p.ruiac.uring districts nj hJ be expected. e had also
issued = ciiS4ar 10 The Boards OF Guardians, u.guG
hp TO l. mt asures O. hC provided Tor sUch tmer-
y7rcy Tue snsuers which Re received we're most Goa.
eft: and b. vas satisfied, from the tone OF the gene.
al u.oiy Of them, S1S no icii themselves prepare
5 meet an I'm rg,lCy by zoe ordinary processes. He
Ej pot sis. 4 m.Cad or bY undertaking the .lCt
Of distress 10 encourage Isl solous hopes fer the iure
out daring the last weeks OF April the distress had d.
creased bu. might b. owing TO accidental aud specll
rtu.es In cOucl on, &c pointed out the necessity OF
firm and judciCus, but Sera and humane adTIuislrI
ion Of the fOor lsS and assured the House that the
Poor IaS Board would DO III in is gCTsr to give sd
vice and sssta.cs % the local authorities to eet the
distress lich he ais2d would continue and become
more severe.
Mr. Bright though. that government assistance would
become Necessary. be did not lhrk the Boards Of
Guardian, could 10 all that required. lie urged
he forpa;ion OF local committees 70 collect Subscriptions
rom the cassas khp c. uld eord ss. their poorer
leighbors Who Sese nov struggling With difficulties -
Where THIS rad been done &C pressure had been iet-
40 doubt there vas less cotton colrioE from India,
Sbich YES owing 70 tee fear 81 the Bitb merica
and he wished 10 warn the Gobs Lrrd at the bead o. the
government that nothing more pr Judicial TO ths
rad, Of ncashire than hssty statements with respect
70 this We. and the blockade statement OF the noble
Lord he F5r,ign Secretary, when he eIprS hope
ma, 10 few months The Northern States would allow
ne ipdspsnienca OF the Sou:h hs9 tor the tine par
l. ID tuspsss iu Lancashire by the suddeG rc9uctiou it
.rsI u the price OF yara. The FortiglS cretaTy N4s
ou;te 2 foraut o. the clse il he supposed the Nor
would Lave consented 70 u "a course. Toe trace
"a greatly unsettled by the reports spend abroad Of
ne bloc KIDS beDg raised for the price Eere 90 high
I'D 20 sensitive tuat 3 1den change ruin TO pei
.op engaged IN large ggapsaciors Il was therefore,
b;gblv erpable aud a breach Of neutrality in the For
ign Secretary to indulge in the remarks he had made
Mr. B z,ey said he had personally Witnessed the lI-
prptahle sUd rings OF the working casss, under dis
ess,s brousht upon item BY no fault Of their oan and
Inc eopstAney and heroisn With which they had borne
dem He earnestly urged the Government TO do all in
ia mower 10 promote the cultivation OF cotton In India
and the colonies.
The London Times in an editorial upon the debate
relative to the distress IN Lancashire, Gays:
H. too for the homer VI the naon lhaI all Tee word
should knor its scr6cs IN The cause 81 aeatrdly. TIE
cotton manufacturer suffers olly from deartA Of cot
ter 1t .sill be supplied ere long, not from Aner!eO
4on those other cotton fds witch this emergency 10
rg into fsrlty TIL then, Lane shire Is rich enough
20 90 duty, AID q recent alteration Of the Poor law
will proven. the distress from alug into excessive pres
sure upon small localities The attention Of Covert
ment Of the Legislature, Of the whole nation is upon
the sr rers by tbs strange calamity, and II e1Iaord-
paty End exceptional means should b. required, they
will be forthcoming.