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      1? 10, 1s47. The Northern Star. .

      1 ? 10 , 1 S 47 . THE NORTHERN STAR . .

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      Mi MOVEMENTS OF THE WEEK Ih oih one exception , utterly devoid of interest , j j exc exception is the present" termination of the bit in it in Portugal , " by the surrender of Oporto to ;; lish ; lish and Spanish forces ; that is , the British iken ken possession of the harbour and the Foz , !! Jui Junta would surrender the city itself to the irds rds only . What a commpntary is this pariparf played by Palmerston ! The " ancient ¦ if Pof Portugal is scouted as utterly untrustworthy , se Jus Jquta refuses to place itself at the mercy of fitisVitisb . On the other hand , the Portuguese

      :: in > in the honou r of their " hereditary enemies , ' ijaniaaniards , and prefer trusting Concha to acig anr anything like favour or friendship (?) on the IF thf the representatives of Victoria ! Our " best lie itle instructors" are wild with joy at the * ' sueof of the intervention } but " wait a little ,. " V When the Junta refuses under any circurais tcs to yield the city to the Queen ' s troops ; "DasDas Aulas , although still a prisoner , thunders ittht the arrogance and perfidy of the " factious umeiment" in power at Lisbon ; when the soldiers Jui Junta who had preferred " volunteering" into

      eaeen s army , rather than continue prisoners in Is & ds of the British , amuse themselves by setting In their harracks , and are so well trusted as to tit to different parts of the * country disarmed itandcuffed ; when the Queen ' s subjects are : dred by the police in the streets of Libson , for tg to uncover in presence of their brutal and antable Sovereign ; when these evidences prememselves of the feelings actuating the two i ; , it is not difficult to predict the course of i events . The Cortes must speedily be ebled . The elections will take place under S , Spanish , and British coercion , and a majority eves and knaves will , most probably , be rd

      d ; but there will be a minority sufficiently 5 to annoy the " powers tbat be , " and sooner ier we shall witness « ' Her Most Faithful ; ty" violating the engagements she has eninto , and renewing her old game of ptrBiy , ny , and cruelty . Then will come fresh " proaaientos . " England must again interfere , or vstandby to see all that ' s now being done ie , either by the Court , or the Court and its hand Spanish allies , or the Portuguese them-:. Lord Palmerston has placed this country ' pretty considerable fix ; " and the " curses of aad the hisses of scorn " already awarded him rtuga ] , will yet be his reward at home .

      France. Ie Majority Commanded By The Min...

      FRANCE . ie majority commanded by the ministry in the a ! -er has not been sufficient to extricate it from ifficultiesproducedby the disclosuresof M- Emile irardin , who continues to reiterate bis charges , following are his allegations in their most coned and most emphatic form : —1 . That M . Adam , pateatee of the new opera-house , paid £ 4 . 000 be privilege sranted by M . Dnchatel , minister e interior . 2 . That a memoire of Barcn Lamhad been brought up for £ 1 , 200 . 3 . That 000 had been demanded from the postmasters of « , as a douceur to bring in a law in their favour cemnify them for what thev must lose by the rays . 4 . That the cross oftheLedon of Honour

      Isold to a bankrupt . 5 . That £ 200 per month | raid for the support of the Globe newspaper . jTbat an insulting condition was annexed to the rot a peerage ; and , 7 th and lastly , that the proi of a peerage was sold for £ 3 . 000 . he Coiutitutionnel publishes the following letter a Algiers : — Whilst Abd-el Kader was endeavouring to make peace with France , Abderrhaman nasinfermed that Emir intended to direct all bis forces against him over turn his authority . The Emperor then resolved i himself of that dreaded guest , and availed himself be collection of the tribute in the Riff by a small ¦ of troops he had sent thither to that tffect to order did El-Am ir , chief of that expedition , to seize el-K / ider . The latter was then at the head of 500 cmen and 200 infantry . On the 14 ih of June the rish troops attempted to execute the order of the

      « ror but they were vigorously repulsed by the troops e Emir , with a loss of 70 horses . . On the following El-Amar returned to tbe charge , but the Moots : again defeated , and in the course of the fo'lowing t their camp was attacked , captured , and plundered ibd-el-Kader , who , having taken the Caid prisoner , ted him to be decapitated . If this account be correct . el-Kader is at this moment master of the Biff , that f the extensive province of Morocco bordering on onr tiers . He may now receive along- the coast all kinds ipplies , and his prestige mast have greatly increased ie Empire of Morocco . " lie National announces that all the officers atjed to the army of Africa now on leave of absence [ aria bave been ordered to return forthwith to r corps , in consequence ot the accounts received [ Oram

      SPAIN . ie most strange stories reach us from the Spanish al . From some cause or other Don Francisco er of the Queen ' s husband ) and his daughter been banished from the palace . The most ridiis stories are told of regicide plots , in which the said Dan was to play a principal part ! Letters Paris represent , that not tbe assassination , but orced abdication of the Queen , will certainly place before long . The seat of the conspiracy iris , not Madrid . The National does not regard rtain any one of the hundred statements on this jet in circulation , but expresses a conviction [ General Narraez is only waiting for ultimate Fstoproceedto Madrid ant ? prepare for the aobn « f the Duchess of Moatpensier to the Spanish

      nerai Prim has been ordered to quit Cadiz , e he was believed to be organising a Proeresista ment . e Barcelona journals contain an account of a e conflict between a band of Alontemo'inists , bong , in the mountainous part of Catalonia , attachment of the Queen ' s troops , said to be i inferior in number . The account states that BoatemoiifliEte lost 21 men in killed , and had al wounded «? taken prisoners ; the loss on the of the Queen was seven men kilted and 16 tied . As usual , however , the Montemolinists , e approach of night , were able to make good [ retreat and to set their pursuers at defiance .

      PORTUGAL . nunts have been received from Lisbon to the of June , aad from Oporto to the 30 th . incluaccording to which the Spanish troops bad sd Oporto ; the Junta surrendering to the allies , jfusing to do so with Saldanha . The following ihad been agreed to : — I A fall and entire completion of their four articles led by the allied powers . ' , The forces of her Catholic Majesty to garrison b and forts adjacent ; the troops of the Junta to p their arms to the Spaniards , ' 1 The troops of the Queen not to enter Oporto until ited by the allied powers ; the troops and volunteers Vnota to he treated with the honours of war , the

      n their swords and horses . £ Such of the Junta forces as wish to retire home re passports . £ Recommends to the honour of the allies to respect sperty of tbe inhabitants , 4 c , < fcc . rthe moment of surrender some of the Queen ' s j | -got into a house and fired on one of the batas of tbe " Patnlea" marching to quarters to Own its arms ; by this cowardly acta maJMVtts a and several wounded , flay or two previous to tha surrender , Saldanha i an attack oa the head of Villa Nova , at the lent tbat the allies were negotiating with the a . The " Patulea" maintained their pott , aad tuna ' s troops were compelled to retire . The m both sides in killed and wounded amounted taut fifty men and ten officers . The Oporto spono ' ent of the Times says : —

      must understand that the Junta and . their par . gave in , not from the dread of Saldanha and a being able to make any impression on the city , : > zn theconviction that England having rescind to item down , they could not hops for ultimate suc-Their treasury is empty , aaa no other means of ting it exists than by resorting to a forced loan ; ill with all these disadvantages , and baring lost a nd two armies , if England remained neuter , the must have won . The force round Oporto does acfa outnumber the force within , The Spaniards , a well fed to-day , would be deprived of supplier i two or three weeks . Even Saldat * a finds Hioch Ity in procariog rations and fodder , and as the a are full of enthusiasm , the city couM not have aken without a long and painful siege , tunber of the soldiers captured by the JGnglisb ibsea , uenfly confined , ia the castle of St JvJiao

      France. Ie Majority Commanded By The Min...

      have " volunteered" into the Queen ' s army . Others refusing to " volunteer" have been set at liberty . But , says the correspohdent of the Daily Newt ;—Amongst the trifling occurrences just now so characteristic of Lisbon doings is tiie seising by tho police and incarcerating in the ah-eacy ovtrflowing gaoUof all the ssMitrs they can lay hold of or entrap , who were the other day released from Fert St Julian upon the solemn pledge of the English admiral and English minister that they : should receive passports for their various homes . The government now say that ouce free and on shore these men again fall under the conscription aot and , consequently , thosa who would not tike military service , are flung into prison , where , with a wholesome abstinence from food and water , these base janissaries of the queen of " good faith" anticipate overcoming any lingering reluctance of the msn to serve . Sir William Parker is aware of this infamous infraction of pledges and emagements ; I state this upon authority aadpltdce myself to the fact I relate .

      Das Antes and other officers were atUl kept prisoners at Fort St Julian . A decree had appeared pardomng the Torres Vedras prisoners . The memoeraof tho Junta are said to have taken refuge in the Spanish camp .

      n HOLLAND . tiROSKOKS , June 30 . —Serious disturbances took placem this town on the 28 th , on account of the excessive dearness of food . The troops had to be calledI out . They made use of their arms , and it issaid killed four persons aud wounded twelve , some of them very seriously . Most of the wounded persons had taken no part in the disturbances , having been present only as spectators .

      GERMANY . Prussia — Bbblw , June 29 . —The king arrived at Potsdam this day on his return from Silesia . The object of his excursion was to attend the inauguration of tbe statue of Frederick the Great , atBreslan . It is aU very well for our pious monarch thus to pay reverence to his not very pious ancestor , bnt , i f Frits derEinzige could speak to bis successor , he would tell him that tbe monument of which he is most ambitious is a line of monarchson his throne , each as effectively the man of the time as he was himself . The Ceremony of unveiling ihestatue passed off well ; the most impressive feature about it was a group of veterans from the times of the great kin ; at the foot of his statue . One of them , as appears from his certificate of baptism , is 109 years old , having been born on the 5 th of February , 1733 . It was atonching sight to see this old man , iu an uniform of the seven years' war .

      The Berlin journals publish affr ' cting details respecting the inundations by which a portion of Silesia has been desolated . They state that , on tbe 21 st ult ., a dyke ef the Oder having burst its boundaries near the little town of Mtaupe . in the district of Liegniz , twenty labourers , who were engaged in mowing the adjacent meadows , were carried away by the floods and drowned .

      SWITZERLAND . Berse —The opening of tbe Helvetic Diet , which took place on the 5 th inst . with great solemnity , is invested with peculiar interest by reason of tike importance of tbe questions which are immediately to be brought under its consideration . The diet sew assembled at Berne is the general legislature of the confederacy . The questions to be settled by the diet are the following j—i . Toe dissolution of the Sanderbund , or the separate league of the seven Catholic cantons , Lucerne , Uri , Schwytr , TJnterwahL Zug , Frinurg , and the Valais- 2 . The revision of the federal pact , with a view to provide in future against disorders and dissensions such as those which have now arisen , endangering the tranquillity ef Switzerland and the stability of tbe confederacy- . 3 . The expulsion of the Jesuits from tbe territory of the confederacy . 4 . The suppression of thecoaventa of Argovia .

      ITALYTbe Pone has experienced a great shock to his popularity , in consequence of an obnoxious decree intended to discourage the assemblies of the people . The correspondent of the liases says : — "On the day of tbe festivities of St John , the Pope repaired in , pomp to the church of St John de Lateran . The crowd , ou his passage , was immense . But , alas 1 its respectful and silent attitude plainly attested the stupefaction caused by tho edict published on the previous day . What a contrast with the festivity of St John ot last year , and , without reverting so far ,

      what a difference in the disposition evinced by the population eight days ago , on the 16 th inst . ; when it was intoxicated with joy and enthusiasm 1 To-day it was cold and gloomy , and had not the courage to utter the cry ef * Viva Pio IX ., ' which the presence of tbe Pope always aud everywhere elicited . The Holy Father re-entered bis palace very sad , having convinced himself with his own eyes that he bad yielded to undue influence , and that his edict had produced the most fatal effect . " On the 27 th the Pope experienced the same cold reception from the crowd on his way to the Church of St Ignatius , aad the government was apprehensive of

      some disturbances

      TURKEY . CossTAmsoFx . 'B , June 17 . There is no country in the . world which offers so many facilties for national education as Turkey . Schools are attached to every mosque throughout the empire , with lands and funded property for their support . The number of pupils in these establishments has hitherto been very limited , and entirely out of proportion with tbe revenues at their disposal . The Turkish government have determined on the gradual reform of these schools . An ordinance has been issued by a committee of public instruction , containing a plan of the studies to be pursued , with rules for the admission of the pupils and the discipline to which they are to be subjected . And parents and

      guardians , as well as masters of slaves , will be punished if they prevent their children from taking advantage of the instruction gratuitously offered them by the government . There- are in the neighbourhood ef Constantinople a medical , a military , and a naval school , all under the direction of European professors . A professor of English will be appointed to . the university which is being built at Constantinople .. Between the Seven Towers and St Stephano , a village on the Marmora , there are manufactories of different hinds , all under the direction of English engineers . In thisdistrict , which stretches along the sea coast , there reside from sixty to seventy English workmen with their families . They have made Macrekeay . a

      village midway between the Seven Towers and St Stephano , their head-quarters . Here tbey have established a Mechanic ' s Institution , which numbers already more than a hundred members , amongst whom , besides Europeans of different nations , are Turks , Greeks , and Armenians . Tbe Sultan , when the circumstance was explained to him , at once perceived the benefits which such an establishment could not fail to confer not only upon the immediate neighbourhood , but by the force of example upon the empire at large . He therefore made the members a presentof a house , and promised to take the institution under his particular protection . A reading-room has already been opened , and the foundation of a library begun .

      A powerful Albanian chief bas pnt himself at the head of 1 , 200 men , and openly declared against the authority of the Sultan . Bessim Pacha has marched against him from Bytolia , at the head of two regiments of infantry , two squadrons of cavalry , and twenty pieces of cannon . The measures of reform introduced into Albania by the Sultan were the occasion of this rising .

      The Revenue. The Official Quarterly Acco...

      THE REVENUE . The official quarterly account waa published on Tuesday . Of the result , we may briefly state that it exhibits an increase of £ 41 , 457 on the quarter that terminated on Monday as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year . In the twelvemonths , ending ou the same day , there ia an increase of £ 1 . 0 ^ , 028 . Tho details of the improvement on the quarter axe thus made out : — INCREASE . Excise £ 186 . 341 Stamps ..... 138 , 969 Taxes . . . . . 63574 Property Tax . . . : 27 , 355 Post-Office .... 34 . 000 Imprest and other Moneys . 14 . 693 Repayment of Advaneess . 26 , 337

      496 , 269 From this amount must be deducted : — Decrease . Customs . . . . . 4 272 Miscellaneous .... 10 , 540 China Money .... 440 , 000 454 , 812 £ 41 , 457 The items of receipt do not Include those on account of the Loan of £ 8 , 000 , 000 , which amount in all to £ 6 470 , 632 .

      Constwo A Billion.—What Is A Billion ? T...

      ConsTwo a Billion . —What is a billion ? The reply is very simple—a million times a million . This is quickly written , and quicker still pronounced . But no man is able to count it . You count 160 or 170 a minute ; but let us even suppose that you so as far as 200 , then an hour will produce 12 , 000 ; a day , 285 , 000 ; and a year , or 365 days ( for every four years you may rest from counting , during leap year ) , 105 , 120 , 000 . Let us suppose , now , tbat Adam , at the beginning of his existence , had begCU to count , had continued to do so , and was counting' « tHJ , he would noteven now , according to the usually supposed age of our globe , have counted near enough . For !* count a bilhon he would require 9 . 512 years , 34 days , a hours , ana 20 minutes , according to the above role , j Now , supposing we were to allow the poor counter 12 ' hours daily for rest , eatine , and sleeping , he would need 19 , 024 years . 69 days , 10 hours , and 40 minutes ! —American Literary Gazette .

      The British Association has determined to hold its next meeting at Swansea on the ninth of August . 1848 . Mr Frederick Douglass has been appointed president ot the New England Anti'SIavery Convention-

      Seamen's Wrongs. • The Cask Op Thb Babco...

      SEAMEN'S WRONGS . the cask op thb babco * jambs cimpbill . Apublie meeting was held last week in the City Hall , Glasgow , for the purpose of supporting the cause of the crew ef the barqne James Campbell , of Glasgow , at present impriHoned in Exeter Cast ' e on acharze of mutin y and piracy on 28 th March last . Mr Turner , of Thruabgrove , was called to the chair . The first resolution was moved by Mr P . Mackenzie , editor of fkeRcformeri Gazette , who read the following statement from the crew : — Sir , —W « beg to lay before you a true account of the cause tbat stimulated U » to confine the master , and our reasons for returning home with the vessel—also the conduct of tho magistrates who sat upon the trial , & c .

      About half-past eleven , a . h ., on the 28 th of March , the master desired the chief mate , Mr Rote , to loose one of the steering sails to dry . Tbe chief mate called his watch , aad desired them to loose the sail , which they did with alacrity , notwithstanding its being Sunday . The mate then ashed if we should spread the rest of tbe sails to dry , to which he ( the skipper ) said Yes ; and seeing the mon worhing without grumbling as to its being Sunday , he immediately turned towards the man who was steering the vessel , and seeing the man ' s eyes turned towards tbe head of the vessel—which at all tim « s is more requisite to a good sailor than the compass—he ashed him what the hell he was looking at ? The man replied —Nothing . The master then said—Ton lie ( accompanied with swearing ) . The master then desired the

      chut mate to send another man to . the wheeler helm , which was immediately done . As soon as the man was relieved , the master began to abuse him , shoving him , and making use of such violentand abusive language that it would be a pit ; to shock you with a detail . After stating other aggravations , on the part of the captain , theletterwenton to state : —The master then ordered the men ' s dinner to he taken aft , saying they should bave nothing to eat . In doing so he went below , and came upon deck with a naked cutlass in his hand , swearing that should any attempt be made to stop the beef be would knock their brains out—flourishing tha cutlass , and striking each with the 8 W 0 rd ; 88 much as to show what e & ct it would have upon th « ir brains . He ( the master ) then called the men to grease tbe masts . They

      said No , tbat they did notintend to do any * nore work in the ship , and asked him to put hack , as tbey could not proceed the voyage with him , as he bad threatened th . ir lives , and not knowing wbat tbe result might be on so long a yoyage , from his former character . The crew went to the forecastle , and at four o ' clock , * . m ., they all came on deck , and in a respectful manner requested tha master to put back , as they considered their lives in danger . He ( the master ) would not .. They then seized him , and made him fast , insisting that the chief mate , Mr Rose , should fetch the first port in ; Grew Britain the wind would admit . The mate remonstrated , and said it would beJjettar to proceed , and . make Madeira . or the Braiils ; hut the crew ejected , as the wind was foul to proceed , and fair to return home . Moreover , if they

      should proceed , it might be made out as mutiny against them ; but . in returning , it would show that they sought the protection of theircountry's laws ; and if thty should proceed and meet with a ship , it might be said they wished to run away with the ship and sell her .. The mate , Mr Rose , taking ail into consideration , and kuow . lug the Cargo to he Valuable , for tho benefit of the owners of the ship , the cargo and the underwriters , consented to cany the ship home , * s the ship was then twenty-two days out , and at no greater distance than 450 miles from the Lizard point . Tbe wind being fair , he anticipated making the Lizard ia three days . Ail went on well . On Thursday , 8 th April , the pilot boarded as four leagues off Dodtnan Point , it bearing N . by W ., aud about thirty miles from Plymouth . Immediately upon our arrival in

      rJjrnoufh , the chief mate wenton shore and reported the ve . se ! , with all the circumstances , to Mr Collier , Lloyd' 3 agent . His first observation was—upon being reminded ¦ ef the master being the same committed to Newgate prison fet having ill-used his crew , in the Orange barque —b * ve they allotted scch a man te take charge ot" a ship ? But , upon being told that the captain ' s brother was part owner , die tables torned . He said that he must not be kept ia irons ; the crew were not justified in doing 81 they had -done . He then desired his clerk te go with me and take the advice of his attorney . Mr Edmunds , who said that the men ought , at least , to have submitted to have an ear cut off by the captain before they were justified in putting him in irons . Mr Collier , being a magistrate , sent a constable off to protect the

      captain , and to allow him to come on shore ; tbe crew , eapectiog he was taken into custody , were satisfied . The next morning two of the mw went on shore to prefer a charge against the captain to the magistrate , hut were told by the police they could not see the magistrates before eleven o ' clock , Thus the ; were detained until the master ' s attorney preferred a charge against tbeerew . When the crew told the magistrates they had been there for two hours wishing to see them , they replied it was all the same ; tbey ( the magistrates ) could not have taken tbe men ' s charge . Consequently , ten of tbe crew were committed to stand their trial . . The chief mate , Mr Rose , aud the steward , were sent on board as witnesses in behalf of the captain , where we remained from Friday until Tuesday . But it appears , seeing his log would

      acquit the men , they thought to prevent the crew from , benefiting by the chief mate ' s and steward's evidence ; they , therefore , committed and apprehended us in the court , were we had come as witnesses , During the ex . animation of the witnesses for the prosecution , Mr Collier , in behalf of the prosecution , threatened bis own witnesses several times , when be saw that they would not say what he was striving to put'nto the boy ' s mouth , to this effect , that to tell the truth , else he would be placed with the prisoners , and transported for life . Our attorney objected to this proceeding ; hut the magistrate said thai Mr Collier was justified—he wanted to elicit

      tbe truth . In fact , the magistrates -being shipowners , from their interference during the trial , fully -showed their determination to commit us . . They ( the magistrates ) often expressed themselves , that our attorney had been allowed more latitude than he ought . ( Signed ) 6 . Rose , Chief mate . , C . Moffet , Carpenter . J . Harnlts . Second nate T . Stratton , Seaman . J . H'Fae , Seaman , J . Nettles , Steward . It . Craig , do . R . T . Sbelton , Steward R . Wright , Seaman . John Lacy , do . » . M'Lean , do . Plymouth Jail , April 18 , 1847 .

      Mr Mackenzie continued—Having received this letter , be at once published it in the Reformers ' Gazette , without fear ot any one , having justice on his side . As . to Captain-, Graham he would say a few words , and begged to remind them that this tyrant Graham , formerly captain of the "Grange , " was tried before an English judge and an English jury , at the Central Criminal Conrt , 'London , found guilty of cruel treatment towards his men , and sentenced to six months' imprisonment . ( Cheers . ) With this then , before tbe minds of tbe crew , were they , or were they not justified in taking the steps they took ? Was it natural to suppose they would first wait until they were hewn at with a naked cutlass ? ( A voice , " Who would . stand that ? " ) No one would stand it . He would look at the case as regards tbe charge of piracy ; was it the act of pirates to bring the veeeel to an English port , and ask " the protection of their country ' s laws ? " Certainly not . If

      men , who unhapp ly are placed under the command of tyrannical captains , are to be treated in the way the crew of the James Campbell have been in this case—far better would it be for them to throw tbe tyrant overboard , and trust to their escape in a foreign land . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Mackenzie concluded by calling on the citizens of Glasgow to come forward with their subscriptions , for the purpose of providing able counsel for ^ the defence , as had already been provided by the Crown ; and he felt assured justice would overcome every opposition which wealth and influence would raise—and may God grant them a speedy and righteous deliverance ! lie them moved the first resolution , to the effect : — That without prejudging the case of the mate and crew of the barque James C-impbell , at present prisoners in Exeter Castle , thb meeting deems it highly necessary that proper agents and counsel should be immediately provided for their defence . Axdbew Faton , Esq ., seconded the resolution , which was unanimously adopted .

      The Rev . Mr Anderson , in an excellent speech , moved that a subscription be entered into for the purpose of assisting the men to procure legal

      assistance . The Rev . J . Sunn seconded the resolution , which was unanimously adopted . Mr Tiucr said he was told , if he was not misinformed , that Captain Graham may in the hall this night . If so , he would be heard as soon as any gentleman on this platform , if he had anything to say in bis own defence . He would ask them why was it that had made Glasgow what it was?—it was nothing more or less than their hard toiling merchant seamen . ( Cheers . ) Re would ask them who made the E wings , the Campbells , and all the wealthy gentlemen who constituted the city bfGlasgow ?—the hard working seamen . ( Cheers . ) Who was it that within the last four years made St Jean d'Acre

      surrender in six hours—which Bonaparte could not take which all Europe could not take . It was tho hard working seamen under Sir Charles Napier . Who was it won the battle of Trafalgar ? -the hard working British seamen . Who was it that opened up a passage , and allowed the merchant vessels of Britain to pass Borneo into the East Indies ? The hard working British seamen . Who was it tbat opened up China to their trade ? The bard working seamen . ( A voice ) " a tad job . " ( Cheers . ) He would move that the following gentlemen be appointed to receive contributions for tbe object in view : —Rev . William Anderson , Rev . George Rose , Mr Peter Mackenzie , Rev . John Smith , Messrs David Smith , Andrew Paton . Andrew Gemmill , and William

      Smeal . Mr Ross seconded the motion , which , on being put , was unanimously carried . Mr WituaM SheaIi moved a vote of thanks to the chairman * Mr Peii ? b Mackenzie seconded the rote of thanks to the chair tNtn . Ue stated that a considerable expense would be incurred in bringing the best counsel to Exeter anC * not a few witnesses would require to be brought from the oity of Glasgow ; he again urged on the meeting

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      at the following places : —Gazette Office , 75 , Argylestreet ; Examiner Office , 7 , Aroyle-street ; William Smeal , 161 , Gallowgate ; Andrew Paton , 49 , rVirginia-streetj George Gallie , 99 , Buchanan-street ; Mr Flemming , 94 , Cowcaddens ; The vote of thanks was carried by acclamation , and the meeting then broke UB .

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      Monday, Jew 5. " House Of Lords. —This H...

      MONDAY , Jew 5 . " HOUSE OF LORDS . —This house sat for a , short time , but tnnsacted only some routine basin ess . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The house met , at . 12 o ' clock . Sittings op toe Hops * Admiral Bobdon moved tbat the committee on the Wakefield New Gas Bill have leave to proceed with three members only , and to report forthwith ., LordO . BeNTINcK opposed the motion .. On Friday lust they bad eiperieno of a morning sitting , when

      for a long period there were not more than fifteen members and only one representative of the government present . He did not think thai the important business of the country ought to be transacted by fifteen mem . bens only , and as he could not count out the house until four o ' clock , he shoald hy re « istinir the motion , or any motion for leave to the private committees to sit during the sitting . of the house , endeavour to secure as full an attendance of members in the home as possible . He thought these morning sittings were , most unconstitutional , and he objected to this sneaking mode of getting throngn the important business of the country ,

      Lord J . Rosbem , thought the noble lord was mistaken as to tbe constitutional hours at which the house ought to sit , for in ancient times the house met at ten o ' clock in the morning , and it was an extraordinary thing , if It sat beyond five or six o ' clock in tbe afternoon . A custom of late years hnd arisen for the house at the end of the session to sit at twelve o ' clock , n ' nd he ( Lord J . Russell ) thought there was quits as full an attendance of members between twelve and three o ' clock , as there would be between seven and nine o'clock in the evening . ( Hear , hear . ) With respect to the conduct of tbe noble lord in endeavouring to count out the house at four

      o ' clock on Friday l » st , and thus to prevent proceeding with the Health of Towns Bill , be ( Lord ) ' . Russell ) must say that it was a proceeding of which he knew no pr-cedrnt , still less on the part of a member of the house who considered himself to be the leader of a groat part ; , and to represent the opinions of others , ( Hear , hear , ) He did not think it was becoming the position of tbe noble lord to act in that kind of manner , to which he ( Lord 3 . Russell ) would not apply any epithet . , All he would say was , that the government wosld exercise that vigilance which should secure the business of the house being proceeded with . ( Hear , bear . )

      Strangers were ordered to withdraw , but no division took place , inasmuch as Lord C Bentlnck abandoned , his opposition to the motion , on being informed that the Wakefield Gas Bill committee would not meet until halfpasts o ' clock . Hr Bouvssie then moved tbat all committees , should have leave to sit , notwithstanding the . sitting of , the house . Lord © . Biniinck -opposed the motion . After a desultory conversation , the house divided . _ For the motion , ,,.... 67 Against it . 14—53 ,-.-,. Bx & lth or Towks But . - On the motion of Lord J . RnssEH , the house then went into comml'tee on the Health of Towns . Bill The 17 th classe was postponed , because being a money clause it will Tequire a preliminary resolution in committee of the whole house ; the 18 th and 19 th clauses were agreed to after much debate . Progress was then reported , and the chairman obtained leave to sit again on Tuesday , at 12 o ' clock .

      The house resumedat fiva o'clock , when Mr T . Dcscohbe presented a petition , which was-sigoed within an hour by 1 , 500 of the colliers in . the mines near Wigan , praying the house to pais some measure in the present session to prevent tbe use of gunpowder in mines , and for the better protection of persons employed in mine labour .. ' .. ¦ THE IiiTE EXrEDWION TO CiHTON . — Mr Bi . ll « E asked whether the late expedition to Cautsn was undertaken by the governor of Hong Kong upon his own responsibility , or in consequence of instructions which he received from government ; secondly , whether the powers which had been entrusted to Sir John Davis were of so comprehensive a nature as to justify him in making war on the Chinese without receiving specific instructions fr"m the government t

      Lord J . Rpsbeix said this expedition had Hot been undertaken in consequence of anj specific instructions issued by government , Various cases of outrage had been reported to the governor ; and be had proceeded , upon his own sense of what was necessary , to procure , by forcible means , redress for those evils . The governor had no specific power ; but , generally speaking , if any outrage was committed upon Her Majesty ' s subjects , the governors of colonies would take upon themselves to act immediately , without reference to instructions . Business or the House . — WnuDaswiL ov Biils . — Lord J . RosSEi . li , in moving the order of the day for the committal of tbe Compensation for Damages ( Ireland ) Bill , said he would State the course which Government

      proposed to pursue with reference to the bills at present on the orders of the day , and tbe course of business generally . The Encumbered Estates ( Ireland ) Bill was , in his opinion , a very important one , but he was . told that it would effect tha foreclosure of mortgages to the extent of several millions , and , therefore , at the present period of the session he did not think it ought to be pressed . That bill , then , it wa < his intention to withdraw . The Prisons Bill would also occupy so much time that , he would not go on with it ; and he would likewise withdraw tbe Parliamentary Electors Bill , the Custody of Offenders Bill , tbe Pollinir at Elections Bill , tbe Navigation Bill , and the Post-Office Bill , would all , he said , be proceeded with .

      . Tbe Compensation for Damages ( Ireland ) Bill passed through committee . Hkssige from tbb Lobds . —CoNfEBENflE . —Messengers from the other bouse requested a conference , with the Commons on the subject of their dissent from one of the Lords' nmendjnenU to the Threatening Letters Bill . Certain honourable members were accordingly ap . pointed to conduct the conference , and left the house for tbat purpose . During their absence , the business was suspended . Tho messengers having returned , stated that their lordships agreed in the amendments of the bill , with the exception of clause A , which the ; did not approve of , in . asmuch as they thought special reasons existed for leaving the law of evidence as it now stood ,

      A conversation took place in which Lord J . Russell endeavoured to prevail upon Mr Hume to postpone his motion , on ths case of tbe ex . Rajafc of Sattara , until Tuesday week . Tbat gentleman intimated his readiness to put off the debate until the following evening , if Lord John would promise to keep a house for him , but bis lordship said he was going to Cambridge and could not promise . "Then , " said Mr Hume , "I shall stay here and proceed with that motion to-night ; " and from that resolution he could not be induced by any subsequent cajolery to depart . Affaies of Portooai . —On the question being put for reading the order of the day for going into committee of supply ,

      Mr B , Osbobnb rose to call the attention of the house to the present state of Portugal , and the situation of our naval and military forces in tbat country . He thought it was highly desirable that the noble lord the minister for foreign affairs should offer some defence for the policy wliichhad been pursued towards Portugal before the close of the present session . On constitutional grounds he regretted tbe abrupt termination of tbe recent debate . It wonld tend to degrade tbe house in the estimation of all who were favourable to political liberty and freedom , and therefore he felt it to be his duty to revive it . The hon . member then proceeded to travel ovtr the same ground as that taken by him in his recent speech on this subject . After making sundry jokes about his own position as political accoucheur , and that of Lord Palmerston as ft patient whom he was aboat ( though perhaps

      unskilful !}) to deliver of a speech , and taunting Sir It , Peel 88 the real divinity who ' had come to the rescue of the government , he proceeded to denounce the intervention , as made in the cause of an avowed and admitted despot , and to crush the spirit of liberty on the Continent—to reproach the government for having been bamboozled b y France , whose conduct he nevertheless characterized as irreproachable in tbe whole matter , and for listening to tbe threats of Spain , to arraign its conduct as little short of piratical , in having assailed the fleet and captured the leader of the Junta , without a previous declaration of war , to treat nitb disgust the operations of the British fleet on the coast of Portugal , with which the conduct of that of France favouiably contrasted , to ridicule the amnesty promulgated by the Queen , and to present a brief biographical sketch of each member of the present Portuguese cabinet , which much amused the house , and which , he alleged , was sufficient to show that ths intervention had effected no good result , inasmuch as the Cabinet was mainly composed of the creatures of Cabral ,

      who still continued to pull the political strings from Madrid . Gratified at the effect produced by bis Cabinet sketch , the honourable ) gentleman then made his way into the palace of the Nemsidades , in order to draw portraits of those by whom the Queen was more immediately surrounded , particularly one of tbe Queen ' s chaplains , who had been deprived of a bishopric because he had been too fond of the bottle , and was now— o tempora , o mores—the father of a " numerous family of sons and doughters , " He then denounced intervention generally as a dangerous principle and practice , the paternity of which he imputed to Lord Palmerston , and which , unless constantly guarded against , would certainly ultimately lead to a general war . He then concluded by moring , as an amendment to the question before the house , that it was incumbent on the British Government , as it had made itself a party to the intervention in Portugal , to insure to the Portuguese nation the full enjoyment of their rights and privileges , and to Insist upon therecalof Bomfim and bif companions from Angola , and , if necessary , to facilitate their conveyance to Europe .

      Viscount Palhebston , who had not taken a single note , then rose , and observed that he had no objection to the spirit of the amendment , but simply to the amendment itself , as tending to obstruct the house in going into committee of supply . Lord J . Itussell had already assured the bouse that the government concurred in the sp irit of the amendment which had been proposed by Mr Buncombe to Mr Hume ' s motion some weeks ago , uh ' he would now add , that it still felt it bis duty to exert that

      Monday, Jew 5. " House Of Lords. —This H...

      influence which belonged to it to obtain from tbe govern , ment of Portugal the full 8 nd faithful execution of the engogementsundsr which that government bad come to the a hed powers . My honourable friend , said his lordship . was perfectly right in his surmise tbat my noble friend ( Lord J . Russell ) and mywlf were engflgca j „ ma . ing theMmmunlcallon which announced tbe conclusion of the drama which bas been going on in Portugal-that drama of which ray honourable friend the memhsr for Montrose ( Mr Hums ) gave us the prologue , and of which my hon . friend ( Mr-BrOsborr . e ) has this day pronounced the epilogue—a drama in which , if we bad not taken upon ourselves in some degree the duly of staga-mana gers , would , instead of being what it mav in some degree be considered , as rather partaking of a comic character , would hove been a tragedy of a serious description , marked either hy wide-spread , destructive , and

      desolating anarchy , or by the establishment of a cruel and revengeful tyranny . { Hear , hear . ) Sir , the principles upon which we acted were thosa of avoiding cither of these . ' , two extremes . ( Hear , hear . ) My honourable friend , however , bas this evening appeared not merely in the character of the deliverer of a very , able epilogue , but in s new function—one partaking somewhat of an oh . stetrio character—for he was eome forward to assist me in the deliverance of a certain speech . I am afraid , however , my honourable friend will not be successful in delivering me of the speech which it might hare been my duty to maka upon a former Occasion , because the fullgrown . offspring which proceeded from the bead of the right honourable baronet ( Sir It . Peel ) , to whom he alluded , and who made , as he himself has stated , an able defence of our policy—Mr B . Osbobne : I said he used special pleading .

      . Viscount Pamieestoh : The speech of the right honour , able baronet supersedes , however , the necessity ef any delivery on my part of tbe infant effort which on a former occasion Iimlght have produced to this house , ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) I say , therefore , to go now , at this time of day , into the details of this question—to expound , step by step , the courte of policy her Majesty ' s government thought it : thsir duty to follow , would be only to weary tbe attention of the house by matters which , however they may be viewed by my hon . friend , . and by some who agree with him , are , I believe , settled iu pubUc opinion to the satisfaction of this country at large . ( Hear , hear . ) I am convinced , however , some honourable gentleman in this house may still view witb dissatisfaction the course pursued , the country at large is convinced our course was

      a wi » e one , and that our object was that which we avowed , namely , not the establishrasnt of tyranny , but tbe maintenance of the liberties of the Portuguese people . The no . ble lord proceeded to argue that the objects tha government had in view from tVe commencement of these transactions was to induce the Crown of Portugal of its own accord to make just concessions to the people ; tbat they had pursued that course as long as they could ; but that Spain and Praneehavlng resolved upon interference , England had no alternative , but -was obliged to unite with Franceand Spain , not to crush the liberties of tbe people , but to restore constitutional government in Portu . gnl , and to give tho people a parliament . The noble lord thus concluded * . — "My hon . friend has charged us with a desire to crush popular liberties and to establish despotic

      authority in portuKal , hut that has not been the course which we have pursued at any time , nor , I make bold to say , is itthe course which England in these days either has pursued of ever will pursue , Sir , it was very well for that great and powerful people in ancient times to hold that it was their peculiar and appropriate duty to impose their fetters oh every neighbouring land—to amah and trample under foot every man wbose boiom glowed with magnanimous sentiments of native independence—and only to spare from ths ruthless edge of their destroying sword those whom they had subdued , or who had submitted to them . Far different has been the allotted task f England in these latter days . Our duty and our vocation has been , not to » hslava , but to set fr « s . We stand — . 1 may say it without vainglorious boasting , without

      giving just offence to any nation—we stand at the head of moral , social , and political civilisation . ( " Hdar , hear , " from Mr B Osborne . ) Sir , it is our task to lead the way and directthe march of other nations . ( Hear , hear . ) I do not mean that we ou ght to goad on the unwilling , or to force forward tho reluctant , But , if we see a people straggling with difficulties and battling against obstacles it may ba permitted to us to cheer tbem with onr sympathy , to encourage them with our approval , and even when occasion occurs to stretch forth a helping hand to bear tbem up amid the difficulties with which their path may be beset . Well , we have done thia iu the present instance . England has often , and witb success , interfered in this manner . If Greeca bas thrown off the yoke which bo ^ nd her to the ea rth fo » so many centuries , and

      if she now enjoys a state of political independence , it is to England , in common with her other allies , that the thanks of the Greek nation aro due . If Spain has escaped the double calamity of forslgn domination and a domestic tyranny , it is to England that Spain owes her best thanks for having escaped from that donble misfortune . If Belgium has ceased to be transferred from master to master as the tide of conquest ebbed and flowed over Europe , is it not to the influence of England—exerted under two opposite and conflicting Administratioas , tbe Administration of the Duke of Wellington and that of Earl Grey , —was it not England who had a great share in bringing about that happy event for the Belgian people f Then Portugal , If the House of Braganza has not ceased to reign , and if the people of Portugal now enjoy their

      civil and political rights , it is the strong arm of England thathas enabled the people of Portugal at the presuntday to boast that they have a national dynasty , and that they enjoy political freedom . And though our neighbours on the other side of the channel are not disposed to acknowledge their obligations to this country , whom they very erroneously look upon as jealous rivals instead of singlehearted friends as we are—if the French people are able to enjoy the advantages of the revolution of July , without paying for it the penalty of a foreign war , it was the influence of England—also exerted under two Administrations , and exerted at least honestly , sincerely , and not without some effect , which secured for the French nation the advantages of the result . What , I would ask , is there in the conduct ot tbe party now in power that

      justifies the hon . gentleman in asserting that we are swayed by such base , dishonourable , uncoustitutioKal , and un-English feelings ai be has imputed to us ? Sir , I repul tbat charge with as much indignation as is consistenj with Parliamentary decorum . The reverse of these are the sentihients which have guided . her Majesty ' s govern , ment . When we are suppossd to have swerved from the proper poth of duty , I can only say that the men who have suspected ub to be guilty of conduct so unbecoming our station must very much alter thelrownfeelingsbefore they will be fit to hold similar situations in this country . ( A laugh . ) Sir , our course has been straightforward and consistent . Our object has been neither to serve the Fortugutse Crown nor t * oppress the Portuguese people . We found Portugal a prey to ciril war which threatened

      to lay waste tbe country , to deluge it with blood , to ruin its finances , to put an end to its prosperity , and to bring in famine as the only stop to military operations . Looking , then , at Portugal as our natural ally , as a country which it was important for British interests to maintain as a material element in the balance of European powerviewing it as very important to British interests that this country should remain a wealthy and prosperous friend , we thought we should best consult our duty in obtaining for the Portuguese nation those constitutional securities which by the bad advice of the councillors of the Crown in tbat country bad been suspended , Our object was to put an end to bloodshed , and in that we bave succeeded . And in bringing the war to a peaceful termination—in

      transferring the struggle from the field of battle to the arena of Parliamentary debate , ws have , I think , earned the thanks of political parties in this country , and given the Portuguese nation the means which the constitution and popular institutions of the country have secured to them of stating their grievances , of obtaining—and , if heceseary , I will say of extorting—redress from tbe Crown . That has been the object and that the limit of our interference , and , whatever hon . gentlemen may think , I leave it with confidence to this country , and to the impartial judgment not only of our contemporaries , but also to future times , to determine whether we have swerved one hair ' s breadth from tbe course which the government of this free country ought to have pursred ' ( Cheers ) . .

      , _ Mr P . BoBinwiCK should have thought the noble lord justified . in hfs interference if the Junta of Oporto had been a set of rebellions subjects , endeavouring to overthrow the Crown of Portugal . But this was not the case . The aggressor was the Crown . ( Hear , hear . ) The noble lord opposite ( Lord J . Russell ) had contended on a previous night that it was tbe undoubted right of the Queen of Portugal to dismiss her Ministers , Lord J . Rcsseli , —I bave been dismissed myself , ( A laugh . ) Mr P . Bobthwick did not think that the noble lord ,

      at the period to which ha referred , was locked up al ) night in a room ( alaugh , and " hear , ") or that he found in the morning that the whole of the army had been revolutionised in the interval , Tbe Queen of Portugal had broken ber solemn promises ; she had violated the constitution and the Charter , and she had declared war against the people , ( Hear . ) Mr Borthwick then proceeded with a long speech , in which he exonerated the present government from tbeblame of having caused the p resent state of things in Portugal—a blame which he threw on the late cabinet , in the coarse of his speech .

      Lord W . Pau & et moved a count of the house , being unable to divine any practical result which could bo attained from what was going on . The house was taken hy surprise by the motion , and tho Ministers once more thrown into consternation at the prospect ef losing a night . Lord John Russell appealed , not by word , but by look , to the noble lord to withdraw his motion , and the necessity of the case having . been explained to him be withdrew it , and MrBoRinwicK was permitted to proceed . He was slill at much opposed as ever to the policy of the intervention which had taken place , and after dilating upon the benefits of legitimacy , betook himself to Mr Warburtoa's argument , thatEngland , by interfering , had saddled herself with the obligationof governing Portugal , which he reiterated amid the solitary ehsors of Mr Osborne and ended with complimenting the government on thalr new position , as no longer the Ministry exclusively of England , but also of Donna Maria da Gloria .

      A lengthened debate , in which Lord 3 . Manners Mr B . Escott , Mr Horsman , MrEwart , Lord J . Russell , ' and Lord G . Bentinck took part , ensued , but it did not throw any new light upon the subject , and at last Mr Osbobnb , ou ths understanding that Lord Palmesston had promised that ho would insist upon therecal of CoOTt Bomfim and nil companions , withdrew bis moU » B .

      Raja Of Sattaba,—The "Twentieth Debate" ...

      Raja of Sattaba , —The "twentieth debate" ou tha Rnja of Sattara was then introduced by Mr Hoke , wth > moved for the appointment ef a select committee to in-, quirii into tbe charges against the Raja , now in exile rfc Benares , and the grounds for bis degradation and exil & c The honourable gentUman had scarcely cemmenoud his speech when Sir John Hobhouse entered the house , \» itb a red box in one hand , which box was so stuffed nitb papers that tb « y were nxudingfrom under the lid . and a whole pile of blue books tied together by many f > lri « of official tape in the other , each book being evidentl y marked for frequfnt reference . The appearanse of th * right honourable genthman created a general laugh i % the house . Mr Hume appeared a little staggered , bnt it was only for a moment , for he soon rallied and proceeded witb his case , whicb he stated in a speech occupying nearly three hours in delivery . Mr Ewam seconded the motion , after which , on tu » - motion of Mr Henley , the debate was adjourned .

      On tbe motion for going into committee on the Masters in Chancery Affidavit Office Bill , Lord 6 . Bentinck moved the adjournment of th «

      house . . Mr M . J . O'CossBii hoped the house wonld proceed to a division in order that hon . members might record their opinions . LordG . Bentikcr said it was very well for nn hon , gentleman who had betu at bis dinner to object to an adjournment , but those who had been present during the whole night must feel very differently . Tbe Chancellor of the Exchequer , the Vice-President of the B . n . rd of Trade , two Lords of the Treasury , and the Secretary of the Treasury had been asleep during most of thb even " ing . Some of them were lying on their backs , witb Vhoit beads down and their f . et up . The noble lord the . first Commissioner of the Woods and Forests was also fast

      asleep , and almost evtry official gentleman wos in tbe ssme state . ( Laughter . ) The honourable genitalia * who objected to tbe motion for adjournment the moment he returned from dinner , went also fast asleep . ( Laughttr . ) He ( Lord G . Bentinck ) did not see why those who had to meet in the morning on the Health of Towns Bill should be asked to sit alter twenty MiDUtCS pastl o ' clock . The house divided , and there appeared For tbe adjournment ...... ' ...., 8 Against it ,. „ . „„ ...., „„„; 32 Majority against it 24 The other orders of the day were disposed of , and tha house adjourned at a quarter to 2 o ' clock . TUESDAY , Joi . v 6 .

      HOUSE OF LORDS . —This house sat for about a quarter of an hour , and the business transacted was devoid of all public inter * st . HOUSE OF COJMONS . —The house met at twelve o ' clock in the morning , and , after disposing of a mass of private bills , went into a Committee of Supply , whenlord Morpeth moved a resolution authorising tbe Lords of the Treasury to make advances for the purposes of the Health of Towns Act , This gave rise to a lengthened discussion , in the course of which—Lord G . Bentinck recommended tbat the grant should be limited to £ 20 , 000 . He contended that the majority supporting tbe bill was chiefly composed of Irish and Scoteh members , whose constituents were not affects ) by the bill .

      Lord Monrexn said , with respect to the sum of £ 20 . 000 , he might perhaps safely enough concur in tbe vote , as he believed there was no risk of that sum being reached ; but , at tbe same time , not knowing bow many totwig mi « htapply , or what the actual expenses might be , hedid not wish to cripple the future means of usefulness which tha bill might afford . ( Hear . ) Mr Home hoped the noble lord would not press this proposal , for if they fixed a particular sum the commissioners would he sure to spend it all . ( Laughter . ) ' . Th » resolutl « n was ultimatel y agreed to without a division . - Heamh op Towns But , —The house then went into committee on this bill , beginning at the 20 th clause , upon which a discussion of three hours took place , which was terminated at half past three o ' clock by tho poitpone * ment of the further consideration of the clause on Thurs .

      nay , when the hour of meeting was again fixed for 12 o ' clock , In tbe course of the debate a " passage at arms" took place between Mr Wabley and Mr Hu-. isom with reference to what had taken place in a previous dis .

      cussian . Mr WAKtEvreada letter from Dr Laycock , of York , complaining of a statement made in the house by Mr Hudson , in reference to a report of his on tbe sanitary condition of that city , and stating his belief that Mr Hudson knew nothing of that condition , and had never visited a sick person there , at least since the time that he was a methodist exhorter , ( Laughter . ) Mr Hudson said tbat what he stated was , that Dr Lay . cock took a very exaggerated view of the sanitary condition of York , undone that was not borne out by the

      facts . He was somewhat surprised that Dr Laycock should make use of the language he did in reference to him , seeing tbat he asked him ( Mr Hudson ) to u-e his patronage in bis favour , and accordingly , believing him to be a man of talent , he spoke favourably of him in tha council hall . As to his not visiting the sick , he begged to inform the house that during the time of the cholera he attended the hospital when most others shrunk from that duty . ( Hear . ) Ha was very well satisfied , if n * worse charge could be brought against him than that he was a methodist exhorter . The hon . member for Fins .

      bury was very fond of giving him advice , but he could tell that hon . gentleman that he had no great opinion of him as a medical man , or as a coroner—( laughter)—and that ,- despite of bis prognostications , he would go oa enjoying himself . ( Laughter . ) The house adjourned , and resumed at fire o ' clock . Rbtobms wire Obdeeed , on tbe motion of Mr T . Dun . combe , of all paper ' s , reports , communications , and CON respondence among the Post-ofJlco authorities relative to . the dismissal of Robert Grapes , tate a general post letter carrier in the General Post-office ; showing the grounds of such dismissal , witb a copy of the order read

      to Robert Grapes on Saturday evening tbe 3 rd day of July , by Thomas Boyden , tbe assistant inspector , afi . nouDoiug- such dismissal ; also , a copy of the remaining charges brought against the superintending president and the inspector of letter carriers by the said Robert Grapes J the correspondence between Robert Crapes and the Postoffice authorities relating thereto , with the , reason why the further investigation ef such charges has been discontinued by Mr Peacock , solicitor to the Post-office ; also , a copy of the evidence given before Mr Peacock during tbe late investigation of Robert Grapes' charges , with lit Peacock ' s report thereon .

      Spanish Bonds . —LordG . Bentinck rose to move an . address to the crown , praying her Majesty to take steps I to secure , for the British holders of unpaid Spanish i bonds , redress from the government of Spain . In sup- . port of his motion , he stated that the debt of Spain en 1 her bonds amounted t « £ 76 , 000 . 000 , of which £ 46 , 000 , 008-fl were due to British holders . The Interest on this debt t amounted to £ 7 , 000 , 000 . The revenue of Spain in a 1835 did not exceed £ 9 , 000 , 000 , but in 1841 it amounted d to £ 12 , 000 , 000 . The expenditure of that country was « most profligate and enormous ; bat , notwithstanding , ; ,

      the excess of its income above its expenditure was more : e than £ 1 000 , 000 , and would be still larger if due economy ly were obserred in the management of its revenues . A 1 Z . 11 the most experienced jurists , from the time of Grotiusis down to tbat of Tattel , laid it down as a legitimate causa sa of war between two nations if one of tbem refused to to pay its just debts to another . He , therefore , called onm her Majesty ' s Ministers to demand from Spain tbe repay-yment of the money which she had borrowed from and id owed to British subjects , and if she refused to accede to to that demand , to enforce it by all the influence of their ir government .

      Yiscount Paihebstok fully admitted in all its extent at the principle which tbe noble lord had laid down , and id fortified with quotations from Grotius and other jurists , - * .. But there might be a fair difference of opinion as to these expediency of tbe application of tbat principle to any par . r . ticular case . He did not deny , however , that , setting ig aside tbe question of expediency , and viewing the matterter as one of strict right , the English government might be be justified in insisting upon a foreign government making ng good its engagements to British subjects . He believed'ed that Spain during the ; civil war bad a Claim im far forbearance * bat there could be no doubiibi that it had such a claim no longer . Its Sncoaeae had been doubled within tbe last ten years ; and thethe sole reason why it was not even still larger was that Spainaln

      wantonly persisted in a system of restriction and exclu-ilusion . He would warn such foreign governments as as might be indebted . to them , that tbe time might coraeuae when the House of Commons would no longer sit quietlyetly under the wrongs and injustice inflicted upon the eubjectecta of this country , and when the British nation would no no longer witness with tranquillity the interest unpaid nponpoui tbe £ 150 , 000 , 000 of money due to private subjects , ancanci that if they did not make proper and timely efforts ade-adequately to fulfil their engagements , the government oit o this country might be compelled by publie opinion , am ami by the votes of parliament , to deviate from thecoorwnrt whicbitbad hitherto pursued , and to insist upon fun full and adequate justice being done to her Majesty ' s subjeotdtotii

      England bad the power to do this . She bad alwajwaj i been , and ho trjsted always wonld be , provided with thh tbl means of obtaining redress for her people when wrong « m « g by any or every country upon earth . Hw passive polimolict involved a question of expediency , not of power . Let Aet is foreign nation , therefore , deceive Itself by the false inieim pression that the British government and parliamettmeu would for ever passivel y acquiesce in such wrong , aig , u that when parliament might call upon the governmemmem to enforca its subjects' tights it would not be amply priy prr videdwith the means of doing so . [ The latter part part the noble lord ' s speech was listened to with the pre prr roundest attention , and when tbe noble lord reeumttumui his seat It was amid a burst of prolonged and energefergell cheering . ]

      After-speeches from Mr Hume , Mr Borthwick , aad & ad ES De Lacy Evans , Lord G , Bentinck observed , that after the ie » tain of the noble lord's speech nothing was left for tfor tili Spanish bondholders to wish for ; and he doubted ntad nn but tbat the Spanish government would set to work wlrk wH little loss of time to do tardy justice to its foreign cign cm ditors . The motion was then , by leave , withdrawn . A large number of orders of the day wero thsn gesn g « through , and ssveral bills Introduced , among which wich n one moved for by Mr Hume , on behalf of Mr Duiieomiieomi to prevent the use of gunpowder and candles in 0 in (( lierles . . . .

      ThbRajabov Sattaba . —The adjourned debate ebat «! Mr riumt ' b motion for a select committee to inquire fjuiretl this case vtaa rfljumed by

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 10, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_10071847/page/7/