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the re-appointment of a Consul at Mozambique. A general debate ensued, in which the Emperor Napoleon's free emigration schemes were denounced, some of the members contending that the introduction of coolies into the French colonies might become worse than the slave trade. Mr. Gregory hoped the Emperor would now cooperate with England in putting down the slave trade. Recent events in America would, he trusted, prevent American capital being embarked in the nefarious traffic. Mr. Hope said the slave trade would continue until it was made unprofitable. He suggested a differential duty on slave-grown sugar. Lord Palmerston said nothing but the progress of public opinion in other nations could destroy the trade; but he regarded the public opinion of France as having of late considerably retrograded. The Government was desirous of stopping the French system of coolie trade in disguise; but the only alternative was the granting of facilities for the coolie emigration w