[6] Report of the Speeches at the Great Dinner in the Theatre, Manchester, to celebrate the election of Mark Philips, Esq, and the Rt. Hon. C. P. Thomson (John Rylands Library),2,8.
[7] Hansard, Third Series, LXXVII, 1053. Gibson, Feb. 24, 1845.
[8] Ibid., Third Series, LVI, 605. Hawes, Feb. 12,1841.
[9] Ibid., Third Series, C,324, Bentinck, July 10,1848, quoting Bright.
本廷克着重提到过去抵制印度纺织品的保护措施。
[10] J. A. Langford, A Century of Birmingham Life: or a Chronicle of Local Events (Birmingham, 1870),I,434.
[14] N. B. Lewis, The Abolitionist Movement in Sheffield, 1823-1833 (Manschester,1934), 4-5.
[15] Eng. MS. ,743(John Rylands Library), Auxiliary Society for the relief of Negro Slaves, f. 12. Jan, 9, 1827; f. 15. July 10, 1827.
他们向城镇居民提出的要求写在一张小卡片上,未注明日期,藏于该馆的五号卡片盒。
[16] Hansard, Third Series, LXX, 210. June 22, 1843.
[17] J. E. Ritchie, The Life and Times of Viscount Palmerston (London, 1866-1867), II, 743-744.
[18] Hansard, Third Series, LXXVII, 1128. Feb, 24,1845.
[19] Ibid., Third Series, XCIX, 751-752.June 16,1848.
[20] Hansard, VII, 613. Lord Howick, June 10, 1806.
[24] Hansard, New Series, XXIII, 180. March 11, 1830.
[25] The Speeches of... Huskisson... ,I, 115, Feb.1826.
[26] Hansard, Third Series, XVI, 291.March 6, 1833*
1846年另一位奥斯瓦德进一步说:“当我们穿用奴隶生产出来的棉布,喝奴隶种出来的咖啡,吸奴隶种出来的烟叶时,无论如何也不能想象,生活中还有什么理由不能食用奴隶生产的砂糖……他们必须设法在海关以及其他方面纠正这种不合理现象了。”
Hansard, Third Series, LXXXVIII, 122. July 28, 1846.-
要是了解到这位奥斯瓦德也是同一家族成员的话,那就更有趣了。
[27] Liverpool Papers, Add. MSS. 38227, 217. Chairman to Hawkesbury, Jan. 23, 1792; ff. 219-222. Chairman to pitt, Jan, 12, 1792.
[28] 1816年,印度的棉花岀口总值为七百万英镑,1817年为三千一百万英镑,1818年为六千七百万英镑。但1822年仅有四百万英镑。美国的棉花出口总值,1816年为五千万英镑,1822年为五千九百万英镑;巴西的棉花出口总值为二千万英镑,1822年为二干四百万英镑。海关5, 第5,6,7,11卷。但由于印度的棉花耕作粗放,包装简陋,在英国市场上质量最劣。
E.Baines, History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain (London, 1835),308。
约翰·布莱特后来常常讲起这个故事:在兰开夏的一次祷吿会上竟有人提出这样的请愿:“主啊,恳求您赐给我们棉花吧!但是,主啊,我们可不想要苏拉特的棉花!”这是指苏拉特出产的棉花,而且很可能这与美国的内战有关。
G. M. Trevelyan, The Life of John Bright (Boston, 1913), 318 n.