March i, 1882.] 
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
761 
OEYLON 
KA IN 
HE LONDON MARKET. 
" Ccilto 
(Special Report for " Ceylon Observer:') 
■t, Guildhall Chambers, 33, Basinghall Street, London, E.G. 
13th January 1882. 
Dhae Siu. — 'I'lio Indian tea market continues very firm, 
though 
Triers, i 
I'or (-iiiiii 
and line: 
which pi 
portion 
mporter, 
tending 
the paal 
on the 
The liqu 
dark, clei 
colour wi 
improve! 
manufacl 
cannot b( 
ruinous □ 
of the hi 
mouths 
,11k,-;, 
■I:. V> 
,d during tho greater 
ing to the grower and 
result of largely ex- 
:ase of 5,000,000 lb. for 
following, as it does 
1879 of 6,364,000 lb. 
■ are those possessing 
id not those of lightish 
tea imports show some 
tly being given to the 
;ard to manufacture, it 
iducersthal it will be a 
from fine plucking ami not so much to scarcity. If coarse 
plucking be resorted to, large quantities of poor liquoring 
tea will result, which will soon become as unsaleable and 
low in price as China teas now are. It would be difficult to 
see to what a low average price Indian teas will sink, should 
the very serious mistake be made of sacrificing quality to quant 
fity. Ou the other hand, planters must not rush into the 
opposite extreme and make too large a proportion of fine 
or high priced grades. It will be as well to bear in mind 
thnt the largest consumption of tea is of kinds under ls 4d, 
per ll>., and the next up to 2s. Broken sorts have sold much 
better than whole leaf at the same range, as the liquors 
being stronger and darker are more useful for mixing pur- 
poses. Tea iu half clc sts fetches only tho same price as 
when packed in chests. I: ,\,-s of about '2<< lb. are not much 
in favor with the trade, though very useful to retailers. 
It should be noted thai the weight of each package should 
not iu the least exceed 2S lb. gross ; otherwise a heavy loss 
on account of draft (I lb. per package) will be incurred. 
As advised in a late letter, it will be well if planters will 
Send their tea in as large breaks as possible, leaving the 
bulking to be done here, if the lots are small. We give 
below the result ol. sales of f'evlon tea this week in public 
■Jet- 
Ex " Oumorta." 
(i.H D.E. 1*. chests pekoe souch. Cu I It. 1 , per lb. 
57 ,.12 „ 
1 1 ., took. ., „ 1 U „ 
I I .. btOk. pekoe .. I Ol „ 
SO „ fannings „ 0] 
26 „ dust „ 101 „ 
19 half chert, pekoe » # 
19 ball ( bests broken j 
tea » " 10 * 
17 „ congou „ 1 OJ „ 
"Wo remain, yours faithfully, 
III IVHLSO.N t 
THE INSINCERITY OF BRAZIL IN REGARD 
TO THE SLAVE TRADE AND SLAVERY. 
We publish a further contribution to the history 
of slavery in Brazil and the action of the Government 
(controlled by slaveholders) in regard first to the 
slave trade and then respecting emancipation. A 
more disgraceful exposure of systematic deceit has 
seldom been made, and as British subjects we have 
the right to express special indignation at the manner 
in which our statesmen have been betrayed and trifled 
with. It is certainly no new discovery that the ex- 
istence of human bondage in a country blunts the 
moral feeliugs of the community, while, of course, 
the government only too truly reflects the character 
of those on whom its existence depends. There can 
be no question, we believe, of the bona fides of the 
Emperor personally, but all the revelations now being 
made by the honest Rio News and by our correspond- 
ents shsw ho v greatly we erred in giving credit to 
any considerable portion of the leading Brazilians for 
sincerity in the loud professions they have made of 
desiring to free their country from the blot and the 
curse of slavery. We read, recently, a letter from 
a Brazilian addressed to a French journal, in which 
he lamely attempted to defend the action of his 
country. Havins a bad case he resorted to the at- 
torney policy of " abasing the other side." He pointed 
to the degraded condition of many of the Freuch pea- 
santry. We are perfectly familiar with this form of 
argument or rather attempt to divert attention from the 
real point at issue. It was the favourite tu quoque used 
by the slaveholders of the United States when any- 
thing was said against their "institution" of human 
" chattels." Mrs. Tyler, the widow of President Tyler, 
used it, as she thought, triumphantly. "Look at 
home ! " she said, " and correct the destitution and 
degradation which prevail among your ' lower classes.' 
— your 'mean whites.'" No doubt that is a duty, 
but it is the very class who demand the liberation 
of the slave who do their best for degraded free- 
men. But our poorest are free : free to carry their 
pen-ons and th°ir labour where they choose ; free to 
marry and free to keep their wive3 and their child- 
ren to themselves. They cannot be "sold South." 
They are not inevitably doomed by law to the con- 
dition of brute beasts, as is the case in Brazil. If 
tho great na'iona of the world agreed to regard the 
stealing of human beings from Africa and tho tratfie 
in thorn as piracy, why should a distinction bo made 
in favour of a system of internal slavery and sale, 
by which, day by day and hour by hour, human 
beings are deprived of their inaliennblo rights — as 
tho constitution of tho United States puts it— of 
"life, liberty, and tho pursuit of happiness"? Ho 
who knew human nature best of nil said: "The poor 
yo have always with you." All freemen may uot bo 
able to socure happiness, but tho chanco is afforded 
them, which is deniod to tho poor slates of Cuba 
and Brazil. Tho formor country has mi fibred tho 
penalty of her violation of human rights, aud wo 
cannot doubt that unless Brazil repents and nukes 
•11 the restitution she can, her turn will come. 
Meantime, M in society men who forcibly appropriate 
