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THE NORTHERN STAR. June 19, 1847
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Dabafa . But the spirit of independence in Portagal was oVol & en ; and how could the people there be continually Dvoverned by interference from without 5 The best guaantinteefor their liberty was the full enjoyment of tbe prllleglegesof the constitution , and when it became a quesonon which party should be ministers , why should not the iictictorious party , as ' tn ' country , have claime d tlie ppppoin tment of the ministers . What was civil liberty , inlmless the party who had a majority iu the country were ratrataied to conduct the government ! Never wasi tuer unmoccasion when an extrinsic . ^^ X [ mZ inanade with so little of justice on its side , it was * iatatalblow that could have been struck at thehbe tte * tf the country ! thl ^ gSSS ihahat whatever efforts they B' ! M hnal ~ anatwnatever euur ^ -- ^ the eTe
> . _ .,, „ „„ „ . ^ ^ of awiwn freedom , no --J ^ gj wonldsend her navy sueuccess . than * ^ £ * 7 crosh them , however just aCHcr . « 8 the ocean « coerce « struggling . He mtaightbethe causeforj bich y teken wouM entail relfeltthat jto e-m ^ wheh ^^ ^ ^ rnfntnre d . fficnmes ^ of the Fre ' nch t 0 fiml some expl ^ leature of the , a g ^ ^ ^ fohowthis country , after the course we had taken with regard to Portugal , could interfere . ( Hear , hear ) Ilcflow differen tly did we conduct ourselves under the adnjiministration of the Duke of Wellington , when the French leteposed Charles the Tenth—he at once acknowledged
Iththe choice o the Trench people , and so in Belgium , when Ihthe people threw off the yoke of the King of Holland , we iidid not hesitate to take their part . How different was Ihthe course taken by Mr Canning , iu 1 S 26 , when he so cacarefolly guarded himself against battering the mdepependenceofthepeopleof Portugal . The conduct of her MMajesty's government sadly contrasted with that of Mr Canning , who did not fear either France or Spain , and wiwere we to be told now that Spain owed ns seventy mil-Kdions « terBng , thatweweretohebnUied and cowed by SjSpain f ( Hear , hear . ) It was onr duty to protect the Inindependeuce of Portugal , but not to dictate or prescribe lalaws to her people . The debate was then adjourned till Tuesday .
The house adjourned at ten minutes past one . TUESDAY , Juas 15 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Lord Stahky rose to bring fiforwaid the motion of which he had given notice , respecting British intervention in Portugal ; and after premisiiing that he was influenced by no desire of factious opp position , but solely by a wish to justify the house against t the supposition that they approved the policy lately purs sued in Portugal , proceeded to charge the government f with having concluded a treaty whicU violated tbepnncciples of internafonal law , and was repugnant to eustiiing treaties . He concaved that there was no principle more distinctly established , or more universally recogmired . than this—that with respect to the purely mterrcal concerns of any State , no other country had a right
tfo interfere in any manner , but least of all by force ; nnd tthat the only possible qualification of this universal iprinciple was to be found only when the domesticaffairs < of a state were of a nature to endanger , if not the insstitutions , at least the great leading interests of other c countries . This was the princip le which had been folllowedby all our great statesmen—by Pitt , by Canning , 16 y Lord Grey—nay , even on former ocasions , by tbe very j man who had violated it by his Intermeddling poUcy in 1 the present case , by Lord Palmerston himself . Assam . iing . then , that the principle of non-interference was to lie laid down without qualification , it became bis duty i in the second place to show the house that the piesent : state of affairs in Portugal was one of purely domestic i dissensien , which warranted no foreigniuterference . To prove this , the noble lord rapidly reviewed the incidents which preceded the insurrection , which in ten days after the compulsory resignation of the Duke of Palmella had spread over the whole kingdom , c mSniug the authority
of the Queen almost to the walls of Lisbon . The contest which ensued was wholly attributable to the unconstitutional proceedings of the government , to the dismissal of a constitutional minister , and to the apprehended recall , at all events to a return to the measures , of one whom universal indignation had driven from the country . There was in all this no ground for foreign interference , inasmuch as there was no threat even to the stability of tbe throne , far less any appearance of danger to " the independence of Portugal from without , -which alone could have justified the intervention of this government . Lord Palmerston himself had , on the 5 th of April , admitted the exclusively domestic character of the question , by characterising the insurrection as one not affecting the dynasty , bat simply the point as to who should be the responsible ministers of the Crown . Up to that period , he had bnt little fault to find with the conduct of the noble viscount , who had so far condned himself to the character of a mere mediator between
he parties . Judging , however , from the conduct of his cnbnrdioates in Portugal , Lord Palmerston did not act as an impartial mediator between them , Marshal Saldanna having evidently regarded Colonel Wylde as favouring the court party against that of the Junta , After the 5 th of April , the whole policy of this country was changed . Mediation then ceased , and active interference was determined upon ; and if the mediation was partial so long as it lasted , the interference which succeeded it was inequitable between the parties from the moment in which it was embarked upon . And ou what plea- did the government vindicate this " oppressive interference 5 " On this , that if we had not interfered , other nations wonld have done so . The question , however , was not would other nations have interfered , but
were other nations entitled to interfere ! If , without being so entitled , they did interfere , this country was bound to forbid their doing so , and to resist such interference , if persisted in . Bnt there was no intention on the part of France to interfere , and the threat of resistance to Spain , if she moved a soldier across the frontier , would hare effectually averted danger from that quarter . Instead of waiting for the interference of those two powers , we had invited them to interfere ; and what had we gained from what had subsequently taken place ? We had saved the throne , but humiliated the sovereign . For her gratitude , therefore , we could not look . And as to the people of Portagal , they could no longerrejard us as their protectors and faithful allies . The terms which wehadsecured to the Junta might be fair enough ; but
what sicurity was there that they would be fulfilled ? Were they prepared to enforce their observance to the minutest particulars t He saw nothing but confusion as likely to arise from this gross violation of principle ; nothing but embarrassment , complication , and difficulties , from an event which the whole of constitutional Europe must deplore ; and he called upon the house lo express its condemnation at the injustice and recklessness of the policy which her Majesty ' s government had pursued . The noble lord concluded a very eloquent speech , by moving " That the papers presented to both Houses of Parliament , by her Majesty ' s command , afford , in the opinion of this House , no justification for the recent inter fen nee of this country , by force of arms , in the internal affairs of Portagal . "
The Marquis of Laxsdowne replied in justification of the policy of the government . The condition of Portugal was such as left to the government of the country no alternative but that of interference . Portugal \ tas distracted by three parties , the triumph of either of which over the others wonld have been attended with the most disastrous results to Portagal , with a reversion of serious difficulties for Europe . It was for her Majesty ' s government to prevent the triumph of despotism under Donna Maria , of republicanism under the Junta , or of absolutism under Don Miguel , or to step forward and effect au arrangement whereby the constitution would be re-established and the monarchy preserved . It had chosen the latter alternative , and , as he conceived , the wiser one . And if the condition of Portugal was no
sufficient justification of the course pursued , the complicated aspect which the question had latterly assumed rendered it imperative upon her Majesty ' s ^ government to act . Intervention from other quarters was impending over Portugal—an intervention which , if permitted to proceed nninterfered with , might have ended in a catastrophe to tbe constitution and liberties of that country . The marquis concluded his speech by the following justification of our interference and of the policy of the government . Abstinence from interference , when carried to a ' certain point , might be correct ; but it might be carried too far , aot only in private life , bat in public affairs . It was right ' to abstain generally from interference with the conduct " of others , hat a state of things might arise in which interference
would become a duty between man and man , and also between states ; the same might be necessary iu public or European affairs as it might in social life . He remembered a trial that once took place for a murder committed in the suburbs of London . It appeared that one of the witnesses who was called lodged in tbe house ; he had heard the declarations that had passed ; he had heard the knife sharpened with which the murder was committed , and he heard the cries of the victim , whilst he himself remained perfectly quiet . The judge interrupted him by asking , "Do you mean to say that von did nothing all this time V To which the man ' s reply was , "I . ' never luterfere in matrimonial disputes . " ( Loud laughter . ) The noble lerd would ' wait whilst he heard the knife sharpened , and till he heard theories of tbe victim , before he would allow the feelings of this country to be excited- ( bear , hear ) -hut he was sure the noble lord would not , m the case to which he had alluded , have continued his abstinence from interference
tfll the dispute had ended in blood , iln conclusion , lie thought the government had done their duty , above all , by stopping Woodshed . He believed that they had produced the elements of returning tranquillity he thought they had given space for action to that portion « f the Portuguese nation which had been oppressed by both parties ; that in this suspense of arms and in the » ew Cortes these parties wonld come forward ; and that , under the guarantee of the three powers , they would establish a government in Portugal which would obtain respect in that as well as in other countries , and conduce te the interests of the world . Throughout the Peninsula , and especially in Portugal , Great Britain had possessed great influence , which had conduced to the Interests of this country . To exercise that influence now appeared to be wise ; while , if they allotted matters to go on , and avoided all interference , they would not ultimately have avoided war—war which would have been most cisgraciful because it would do ue good , and most mischievous because it would have involved other
countries in hostilities . ( Cheere . ) The Duke of Wzlmxotoh , who spoke from the cross , beaches , and was very inaudible throughout , then briefly fimbmitted to the house bis reasons for supporting the government on that occasion . One of them was , that the dethronement of the Queen of Portugal appeared to le one of the objects of the Junta , n catastrophe which
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this country was bound to avert , and which he was glad : o say it had averted . Another was , that as the Pormguese government had In the emergency to which its own misconduct had reduced it applied toother sources tor in tervention , our government had done right in participation in the interference which ensued , were it only for the sake of the Junta and tbe popular party , who owed their safety to the part which we had taken in putting an end to the contest which distracted Portugal and menaced the peace of the world . Tbe Earl of Wischelsrs . supported Lord Stanley ' s view of the question . The Earl of St Gerhainb aud the Earl of Granville spoke in favour of the government . Lord Beachont , while not disposed to visit the ? overnment with the same swerping condemnation as Lord Stanley , thought their conduct was in many respects verj blameable . Their lordships then divided—For tbe motion .
Contents « Non contents ., 66 Majority for government 19 Their Lordships adjourned at twenty minutes past ten o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —After the disposal of the private business , Mr T . Ddkcohbe obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to the ensteey of lunatics . Sir G . Gbet obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the law as to tbe school attendance of children employed in print works .
PoBTfaii , . —Mr 6 . Bankes gave notice that in the event of the resolution of tbe hon . member far Montrose being negatived , and the amendment ef the hon . member for Finsbury carried , he ( Mr Bankes ) should move a resolution to the effect that the house regretted that ber Majesty's responsible advisers should have recommended interference by force of arms on behalf of either party in Portugal , without a previous communication on the subject from her Majesty to her faithful Commam . Lord J . Russell : I wish to say a few words with respecttothe amendment of my hon . friend the member for Finsbury . My right honourable friend the member for Edinburgh said last light , in which I concur with him , that in the sentiment and language ef that amendment we are ready to agree ; but I fear , if that amendment were put to the hanse as a substitution for the motion of the honourable member far Montrose , it might be
interpreted that there had been no decision of the bouse on that motion . ( Hear , hear . ) I should wish , therefore , if my hen . friend has as objection to such an arraagemeat , that tbe m » tion of tha honourable member for Montrose , which is a direct censure upon the conduct of the government , shauld be pat to the house first ; and that my honourable friend should more his resolution , either in the shape of a resolution or an address to the Crown , and I shall be happy to second it . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr T . Duncombe said his only object had been to deprecate in the present excited state of feeling , Portugal being made the battleground of party , and to get something , if possible , for her people out ef the melee . He was quite ready to adopt the course proposed by his noble friend , that the motion of his honeurable friend should be taken first ; but on the condition of it not being understood that his ( Mr T . Buncombe ' s ) motion should be afterwards withdrawn .
On the order of the day for the adjourned debate being read , Mr Tbelawsv inquired if the honourable member for Finsbury , by the words '' just measures" in his amendment , contemplated the use of arms by this country in order to enable the Portuguese to achieve their constitutional rights . Mr Home protested against entering upon a discussion of the amendment by a question about words ( Cries of " order , order" ) . Mr T . Dbscohbe : I am not minister at war in this country ( Cheers and laughter ) . The order of the day was then read and tbe adjourned debate was resumed by SivDELscrEnxs , who supported tbe government .
Sir K . Peel rose with several hoa . members , on different sides of the house , bnt the other hon . gentlemen giving way the right horn , baronet proceeded to address the house ; prefacing his speech by the following explanation of his reasons for speaking at that unusual time of the evening : As this debate has lasted two nights , and as I think the practice that has grown up of confining the more important part of the debate to three or four hours at the close of the evening ( hear , hear ) is prejudicial to the public service , because it leads to an unnecessary consumption of the public time ( hear , hear ) , I intend , as far as my humble authority will go , to enter a practical protest against it , by delivering the few observations I have to make at this , to a speaker , unpopular hour of the evening . ( Hear , hear . ) Sir Robert
then proceeded , m a long and masterly speech , to vindicate the Portuguese policy of the government in doing so he besought the house to decide tbe question presented to it by Mr Hume ' s motion , not on any extraneous considerations , but upon its own intrinsic merits . He would have no hesitation in calling upon the house to visit with its severest censure the conduct of ber Majesty ' s government in respect to Portugal , had there been any reason to believe that their departure item the sound and wholesome principle of non-interference had been gratuitous and cncalled-fer , or that they ranged themselves on the side of despotism , or attempted to crush the liberties of Portugal . In his judgment , however , the papers laid before the house afforded satisfactory
evidence that the government , instead of having volun . teered its aimedintervention . had been necessitated to act the part for which it was now sought to arraign it before the country , and that the only object which it bad in tbe policy on which it was thrown was to support an ancient monarchy , and at the same ' time to promote the constitutional liberties of its subjects . Such being tbe case , it behoved the house to give the whole subject a dispassionate examination , and cot to permit itself to be carried away by feelings which might precipitate it upon a decision which would involve a censure upon those -whose acts might not merit such a visitation , In judging of the conduct of the government , the house should overlook , as far as possible , the historic light which had been thrown upon events since the 5 th of April , and place
itself in the position of the Government at that period . Up to that date the government had confined itself to giving friendly advice to Portugal , and to urging moderation on the part of the Junta , a course of conduct which the treaty of Quadruple Alliance entitled it to take , and one which was warranted by the policy which had forages been pursued by this country towards Portugal , without ever meeting with the disapproval of the House of Commons . Their friendly admonitions and moderate councils were continued » p to the 5 th of April , at which period the government found itself in a position of extreme difficulty , and at which time the line of its policy was changed . Had he been a member of the government at that period , he was not prepared to say bat that he would have urged the precise
course which her Majesty's government had deemed it advisable to take under the circumstances . The change which then took place in the policy of the government was justified by the change which had taken place in the aspect of affairs in Portugal . Had the government , under the circumstances , persevered in its previous policy of non-intervention , other countries would have interfered , and in so doing they would have carried with them the sympathies of a moiety of Europe ; aud considering the relations of this country to Portugal , it was impossible that in such an exigency itcould have stood inactively by . Had the contest been prolonged , Portugal was threatened with a total suspension of the ordinary pursuits of industry , and consequently with prospective famine , whilst the interests of British subjects in that country were
becoming daily more and more perilled . In addition to this , the force of circumstances would have compelled tbe interference of Spain , if we bad remained inactive , and have justified tbe interposition of France , Besides , at the end of March there was no such certainty that the cause of liberty would have triumphed . Everything then seemed to be in favour of the Queen ' s cause—her forces having the ascendancy ia tbe field , and tbe whole moral force of Spain being already thrown into her scale . Spanish intervention had , in fact , even then taken place , except in mere form . Already a Spanish force was hovering npon the frontier , ready at any moment to enter Portugal ; and had the government of this country waited until the legions of Spain had entered Portugal , the time for remonstrance would probably have gone by , and events of a most disastrous character have supervened . Under these circumstances , dark indeed were the prospects of the Liberal party about tbe end ef March .
Nay , more , the Queen of Portugal was counselled and urged by her Prime Minister , and by her military commanders to make a direct application for the assistance of Spain . ' Had that country openly and actively interfered , and had France secretly abetted or openly assisted her in so doing , the consequences would have been as inimical to the interests of this country as they would have been disastrous to the liberties of Portugal . The Queen ' s cause would have triumphed , and the Ministry who had transported the prisoners of Torres Tedras would have continued in power . Had the popular party triumphed , on the other hand , what guarantee had they tnatm 9 deration would have marked their uses of victory ! Ia either case non-interference appeared to be no longer a politic course . It was necessary to come forward with certain proposals , and these being made to , and accepted by , the government , nothing remained but to see them carried oat , by the interposition of force if necessary . Under alt the circumstance * of the case , it would be
unjust to visit the government with condemnation for the part which it had acted . It had done nothing in this respect to disentitle it to the confidence of the house . Tiewlng the whole case as he did , he could not consent to the motion submitted by Mr Hume . He was notprepared for the annihilation of popular rights in Portugal , or for the establishment of a foreign ascendancy at Lisbon . Yet one of them , if not both—and most probably bothwonld have been the result of the Spanish intervention , which seemed to have become inevitable . What course , therefore , but that of conjoint intervention with S » ain
aud France remained for the government of this country to adopt , which would have been compatible with tho Interests of England in the Peninsula , and the safety of constitutionalism in Portugal ! After paying a high compliment to the Duke of Palmella , the right honourable baronet thus concluded his speech : — Sir , I think that the Portuguese government , on the 6 th of October , committed tbe greatest mistake that a government can commit , when , iu anticipation of some fancied dangers , they resorted to what is called a coup < Pete 4 , that is , attempted to avert threatened danger by the aCSUfilptian of unconstitutional power . ( Hear ,
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hear . ) That was the mistake that was made by the government of Charles X ., and it is the mistake that has been made by those counsellors who advised the dismissal of that subject of the Queen and attached friend of peace , the Duke of Palmella . ( Hear , hear . ) It would have been the true policy of government , even if these dangers were real , to have met them , and not attempted to avert them by the assumption oi unconstitutional powers . ( Hear , hear . ) These advisers of coups d ' etat have taken credit to themselves for firmness and decision ; they refer to the case ef Louis XVI ., and say that the cause of monarchy was then lost by a want of firmness and decision . They pride themselves on their decision and energy , but they do not see the danger of resorting to these extreme acts of violence , or the
consequences which they may lead to . ( Hear , hear . ) Tbey pointed at the programme of the Septembrists , but I believe that was nothing more than a proposed change in regard to electoral districts ; and I contend that any apprehensions entertained in regard to that programme were not sufficient to set aside the constitutional liberty of Portugal . ( Hear , hear . ) That was a grievous mistake ; and what is the consequence of resorting to sach acts of power ! You alienate from yourselves the sympathies of Europe . ( Hear , hear . ) Let your enemies , if they will , meet and resort to unconstitutionalacts . be you content to apply tho powers which the constitution gives you , and then tho good feeling of Other countries , ay , and of your own subjects , will rally around you if the attack upon you be an unjust one ; but
if the friends of the monarchy will attempt to meet danger by coups d ' etat , and will violate tbe law in anticipation of dangers , then , in that case , the sympathies of Europe will tot be with them—( cheers;)—that is the mode by which thrones are more endangered than by disloyalty and disaffection on the part of the people ( Hear . ) I have now fulfilled that which I said I would do , openly and frankly . I have spoken my opinions as a private individual ; after a perusal of those papers before me , I cannot assent to a vote of censure on the government . I cannot consent to interfere with that which is now in course of action ; but while I take that course , while I would not interfere to put a stop to that intervention which has taken place , I most at the same time say that of the acts of tbe Portuguese government I cannot speak without condemnation . ( Cheers . ) And
I say , in conclusion , that unless those evil counciu or 8 who have been placed aronnd . ' the Portuguese thron e ar 8 banished—( An Hon . Member . —They will be baniR neai ] —I believe that if that faction that calls itself tb e fja bralist faction—and for anything I know they ni ay De worthy of the name they have chosen to assume—if such men and such principles are to influence the future government of Portugal , then there is no security for peace , wo security there for continued attachment to the Crown . ( Hear , hear . ) And then , indeed , it will not be in the power of England longer to give that advice , and to lend that assistance , which I think she can freely give and freely lend , and which I hope will be effectual for the single purpose for which they have been given and lent—to maintain an ancient monarchy , and to obtain from that monarchy guarantees for constitutionalfreedom . ( Great cheering . )
DrBowaiNc observed , that although Sir R . Peel had pointed out with consummate tact the difficulties of this question , he had not traced the course of tbe lamentable policy which had produced the present disastrous condition of Portugal . He was proceeding to contend that we had alienated from ourselves tbe goodwill of the Portuguese nation by our recent policy , when On the motion of Mr Newmgatb the house was counted out a little before eight o ' clock . WEDNESDAY , June 10 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Agricultural Statistics Bill was withdrawn by Mr M . Gibson , on the ground of the lateness of the session , Portugal—The " Count-Got . "— A conversation of
some interest then occurred in consequence of Mr Borthwick asking Mr T . Duncombe whether , if Mr Hume did not go on with his motion , he still intended to put his amendment as a substantive motion . This led to a reply from Lord John Russell , that whether Mr T . Duncombe made his motion or not , Her Majesty ' s Government would feel it to be their duty to use all its just influence for the preservation of the constitutional rights of the Portuguese people . Mr T . Dohcokbe added , that as he considered bis amendment to be virtually carried after tbe declaration of her Majesty ' s Ministers , he r > as quite satisfied . He wished in his turn to know what had become of the virtuous indignation of the country party , which was instrumental to the counting . out of the house yesterday evening . This rejoinder brought up Mr Newdegateto justify his conduct , on the ground that when he made his motion there was no Cabinet Minister in the house , and he was himself solus on the Opposition benches .
Mr Heme insisted that the mode in which his motion was got rid of was discreditable to all parties , and that itcould not have taken place without a previous arrangement . Lord J . Russell excused himself and his colleagues by saying that they had " gone to see what was going on in the Lords . " Sir J . GEAnam confessed that he preferred going to bis dinner than sitting to listen to Dr Bowring ' s speech , learned and graceful though it might be . Tenants ( Ibeland ) Bill . —The adjourned debate was resumed by Mr T . Cbawfobd , who stated its object was to give security to the occupying tenants in the south of Ireland . and by altering the existing relative condition of landlord and tenant to benefit the entire agricultural community . The hon , member entered upon details by which he showed thct the measure would promote employment and put into circulation a sum amounting to nearly £ 11 , 000 , 000 .
Mr Moxauan , the Irish Solicitor-General , opposed the bill , and moved that it be read a second time that day six months . A lengthened debate ensued , and upon a division the numbers were , Far the second reading 25 Against it 113 Majority 83 The bill was therefore lost , The house adjourned at sir o'clock . THURSDAY , June 17 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Lord BaenenAM asked whether the government had received information of an insurrection having taken place in the Portuguese colony of Angola , after the arrival of the Torres Vedras prisoners there , and whether Count Bomfin , who was one of them , was not now the governor of tho colony . The Marquis of Lanscowne said he had heard such a report , but doubted its accuracy .
Some bills were advanced a stage , and tho house adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Mr B . Osbobne gave notice that in the event of Mr Duncombe not persevering with his resolution on the affairs of Portugal , he should on Monday next move that as Government had interfered with the Constitutional party in Portugal , it was just and proper for Ministers to guarantee the full enjoyment of the rights and liberties of the people of Portugal , nnd , if necessary , to enforce the same . Pobtogal . —A further discussion took place on tbe subject of Portugal , Lord G . Bentinck calling the attention of tbe house to the infraction of certain articles of the treaty of Lisbon , of July , 1812 , and asking the government whether any , and what , steps have been taken to obtain from the Portuguese government redress for the past , and security against future , injuries of a like kind done to British interests—propositions which elicited an explanation from Lord Palhesston , but led to no other result .
Poob Law Administration Bill . —On the question of the committal of the Poor-law Administration Bill being put , Mr Bankes moved that it be committed that day three months . A discussion ensued , but the amendment was subsequently withdrawn , Some other amendments were proposed but rejected . The Corn , < tc , Importation Biii , allowing the free importation of foreign corn , etc ., to the 1 st of March next , passed through committee , and the house adjourned .
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Aenro . N-UNDBR-LvNE . —At the branch meeting on Sunday last the following resolution was adopted : — That we are of opinion that it would bo highly injurious to' the Company , and unjust to the successful allottee , to interfere with him in selling his allotment if ho thinks proper . Barnstaple . —At a meeting of the members of this branch of the National Land Company the following resolutions were adopted : — That this branch suggest to the directors the propriety of publishing a list of all members that may have paid up their abates previous to the day of ballot . That this branch is of opinion that a longer time should be given prior to the meeting of Conference , in order that a fair representation of the shareholders may take place . That a vote of thanks be given to Mr O'Connor and the directors .
That this branch form an assistant company to the National Land and Labour Bank , The following officers were appointed : —Mr Knill , treasurer ; Mr Clement , scrutineer ; Mr Stoneman and Mr Gilbert , auditors ; Mr Bowdcn , chairman ! 3 s were subscribed towards the Bilston Tea-tray , and Ca 3 d towards the repayment of tlie debt due to our noble champion , Mr O'Connor , by the Defence Fund . Subscriptions were also commenced for tho Derby and Nottingham elections . A vote of thanks was awarded to the men of London for their noble conduct at the Crown and Anchor meeting , and a hope expressed that Messrs O ' Connor and Jones might bo induced to visit this part of the country . Persons
mav become members on application to the secretary , Mr Thos . Flood , Holland-street . Belpkb . —The shareholders bavo resolved to contribute 6 J . each , and to canvass the town for subscriptions in aid of the General Election Fund . Birmingham . —On Monday evening last a meeting was convened at the honso of Mr S . Brindley , Cross Keys , SpricghiU , for the purpose of forming a branch of tho National Laud Company , tho laws of which were read and explained by Mr J . Newhouse ; also the address of Mr O'Connor to tho allottees of O'Connorville , which , gave tho greatest satisfaction . Eight new shareholders joined the Company , and the meeting adjourned till 8 o'clock on Monday next . Bradford . —On Sunday evening a discussion was
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held on the question of the allottees soling their allotments alter receiving the Company a money The discussion was adjourned to Sunday ( to-morrow ) at 2 o ' clock in the afternoon , when tho rules and other business of importance will be brought before the meeting . , . , BLANDFonn . -The following resolution was pflssed on Monday evening . Proposed by Mr Saunders , jun ., seconded by Mr W . Milford : — That we , the members of the Blandford branch of the National Land Company and other friends present iu public meeting assembled , having heard read from the Star the report of the Crown and Anchor Tavern meeting , held last week in London , for the purpose of amending ' the Nw Poor Law , do unanimously , zealously and cordially , register our confidence and thanks to F . O'Connor , E » q ., and B . Jones , Esq ., for their noble condunt , and we consider that nothing short of those great principles enunciated by Messrs O'Connor and Jones will benefit the working classes .
Carried unanimously . Three shillings were collected towards the electioneering expenses of Mr O'Connor at Nottingham . We shall collect as much as possible , and transmit | the sum collected to the Election Committee . Buuy . — Ata meeting of shareholders held on Sunday last , th e following resolution was agreed to : — That it is the opinion of this meeting that Feargus O'Connor and Ernest Jones , Esquires , are eminently entitled to the warmest thanks of the Chartists of the United Kingdom for the able defence of their rights at the Westminster meeting . A committee was appointed for the purpose of raising funds to be applied towards defraying the electioneering expenses for Mr . Feargus O'Connor ' s return for Nottingham , and Mr Philip M'Grath ' s return for Derby ; and likewise a subscription for the ballot of the O'Connorvilie teu-tray .
Darlington . —Placards and the public bellman announced that a meeting would take place on Wednesday week last , at half-past seven o ' clock , in the Christian Mteting House , for the purpose of hearing Dr M'DouilI deliver a lecture on the " Nature and Capabilities of the Soil , " and the duties of every working man to avail himself of the opportunity afforded him to join the Land Company , and thereby emancipate himself and posterity from the fangs of a corrupt and debasing system of oppression and monopoly , most degrading and insulting to every friend of freedom , and to every sincere Well-wisher of his country . Mr John Moss took the chair , and , after a few preliminary observations , he introduced Dr M'Douall . The doctor then stood forward and delivered a most splendid lecture in all its details .
Gabstown . —At the regular meeting of the shareholders , held on Tuesday evening , June 11 , the following oilice-bearers were appointed : —Andrew Armstrong , treasurer ; John Lowrie , secretary ; Joshua Morgan , scrutineer ; Henry Bennet and A ' ex . Wood , auditors . Hull . —Resolution passed : — That a committee of five persons be appointed to consider tbe best means of establishing in Hull an auxiliary to the National Laud and Labour Bank , and tor-poit thereon to the shareholders on Monday , June 28 th ,
Nkwcastlb-upon-Tynb . —The sub-secretaries in Corbridge , Hexham , and branches between Newcastle and Carlisle , are ] requested to send their addresses to James Nisbett , 6 , Gibson-street , Newcastle , for the purpose of forming a route for Dr M'Doualli between Newcastle and Carlisle , commencing June 27 th . A money club is about being formed in this branch among the paid-up members for the purpose of accumulating deposits in the two departments of the National Land and Labour Bank . Those who have entered their names for shares are requested to attend at the house of Martin Jude , en Sunday evening , June 21 st , at eight o ' clock : The committee will be in attendance to commence the club , and receive entries for fresh shares . The following are tho rules : —
1 . That this club consist of none but paid-up members of this branch of the Land Compa * y , to be conducted by a committee of three . A secretary aad treasurer to be chosen the first night of meeting in each club by the members then present , 2 . That each share be 3 d . per week ; and that any member be allowed to take as many shares as may be convenient to himself , 9 . That each club expire at the end of twenty weeks ; and then balance its accounts . And a new club core , mencc at the end of every twenty weeks , . until all the members of this branch are lecated .
4 . That at the first meeting of each club a ballot shall be taken to determine the lots of each member , and a ticket shall be placed in a box for each share , so that a member holding four or more shares will draw i or more tickets , the tickets to be numbered 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , &< ¦; , to show the rotative order in which the money invested will bo remitted to the bank in the name of the party drawing such number to be deposited in either department of the bank to his credit , and that the bank cheque of the same be deposited in the hands of the treasurer until the close of each club .
5 . That any member being successful in the ballot shall sign the following agreement : —I the undersigned do hereby agree to pay to Mr .. on order the sum of ' , being the value received and entered to my credit in tho depurtment of the National Land and Labour Bank , Signed by me in the presence of Witness my band this day of
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181 . 6 . That any member after having had the amount of his share er shares placed to his credit , being four nights in arrears , shall be fined two pence upon each share , and also an nclditisnnl halfpenny per week upon each share , until such arrears be paid . 7 , That in the event of a member leaving this town , who has had the amount of his shares placed to his credit , he shall pay up all arrears due to tbe club , before he can receive his check ; and if a member has to leave tbe town who has not bad the amount of his ( bares placed to his credit , he shall be allowed to receive all monies due to him upon giving one week ' s notice to the secretary .
8 . In the event of the death of any member of this club , all monies that may be due to him shall be paid to bis next of kin , or placed to the credit of the same in tho bank . 9 . That any member changing his residence , shall inform the secretary of such change within U days , or be fined 3 d . 10 . That each member shall defray the expense of the post orders , die ,, for the remission of his own money . A second money club for the same purpose as the above , to be established among those members who
have not paid their shares up , is rapidly filling , and those members desirous of entering the same wi 1 please to give in their names to the secretary . Stocki'Otit . — Tho following persons havo been elected to act as a committee for the next three months :-GeorgeBradburn , JohnBriscoo , William Thornicraft , Christopher Brigham , Joseph Gorton , Richard Chadwick , William Knight , William liarrop . —w . Knight , scrutineer ; G , Bradburn , president ; T , J . Wooilliouse , secretary ; P . Walker , treasurer .
SALronn . —On Sunday evening , Mr J . R . Cooper of Manchester , delivered a very instructive lecture to a numerous and attentive audience , in the large room , Bank-street , Great George-street , on" O'Connorvilie and tho Land Scheme . " Alter the lecturer had described tho place , which ho said surpassed all that he ever saw for beauty , he dwelt at considerable length on co-operation , and pointed out universal brotherhood as the end of the labours of all reformers , and the beginning of general happiness . A vote of thanks was given to Mr Cooper for Ms able lecture .
Sunderland . —A general meeting of the Chartist Association and Land Company will be held in the meeting room , No . 5 , Nombers-garth , on Monday , June 21 , at half-past seven o ' clock in the evening . We hope that our members will give a hearty response to the call of tho mon of Nottingham and Derby , for assistance in the glorious struggle shortly to take place between unrepresented labour and represented capital . Come forward and contribute every man his mite as proposed in last week ' s Star . ' A penny per week until the elections are over from otir thousands , will go far to accomplish the object in
view . Tim Nflxr Confbrbscb . — Resolutions in favour of the next Conference being held at Lowbnnds , in July next , have been adopted at Gasstown , Tower Hamlets , Barnstaple and Camberwell .
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FURTHCOMING MEETINGS . Bradford . —The shareholders will meet in their room , Buttcrworth-buildings , on Sunday , at 2 o ' clock in the afternoon . Hetwood . —A general meeting of the shareholders ' will be held on Sunday next . June 30 , at 2 o ' clock in tho afternoon , in the Chartist room , Hartleystreet . Maidsionh . —Tho shareholders are requested to attend a general meeting , at the Temperance Hotel , Week . street , on Monday evening , 21 st Juno , at 8 o ' clock precisely , to tftke'into consideration the best moans of assisting the Election Committee , in defraying the expense of returning members pledged to tho People ' s Charter , at tlio forthcoming election . Nbw Radford . —A meeting of tho shareholders will be held on Monday evening , at 8 o ' clock , in tlio Denman-strcet Chapel .
Nottingham . — Tho next meeting of the Land members in . this district will be held at the Seven Stars , Barker Gate , on Sunday evening next , atsix o ' clock , to take into consideration the best means of supporting the Land and Labour Bank . Stockport . —A meeting of the Stockport branch will take place on Sunday , June 20 , at 2 o ' clock in the afternoon . Towbh Hamlets . —The members if the Whittington and Cat branch are requested to meet on
Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock . Tho nierobera of tho Chartist locality will meet at eight o ' clock WoLVBRHAMr-TON .-Thc shareholders will meet in ulure in the large school room , Bath-street , near the Iruc Briton , Bilston-strcet . The committee will meet every Monday evening at 7 o ' clock , to enrol members and receive subscriptions . Persons can be enrolled members , and obtain rules and other infor-? i «? , ^ . - ' y ? veni « e after 6 o ' clock , by applying to Mr Wiiittinghani , ltuisoll-stroot , near Men-ldale-Btreet .
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WORSHIP-STREET .-A Romance in tub Hackney-Road . —A young weman named Lucrotfa Wilkinson Hendricks , was pieced at the bar before Mr Broughton , charged with having stolen five sovereigns from her mother , a widow of property , residing in the Hackney , road ; and a smartly-dressed young man , named John Barnett , was also charged with having incited the firstnamed prisoner to the commission of therobbery . Mr Heritage , who appeared for the prosecutien , stated the case , and called the prosecutrix , who gave ber evidence with much emotion , and said that the female prisoner , who was her only child , and bad been brought up with great care and tenderness , would be entitled upon coming cf age to considerable funded property . For some time past , however , she bad reason to suspect that her daughter had formed a degrading connexion with the male prisoner , who was a potman in the service of as
adjoining publican , and in the habit of bringing beer to the house , and on making this discovery she repeatedly warned her daughter ^ of the ruinous consequences of such nn intimacy , but without producing any effect , and it was at length necessary to resort to tbe extreme measure of locking ap the greater part of her apparel , and keeping a close watch upon her actions , to prevent her clandestinely eloping with the object of her infatuation . Theprecautionary measures she adopted appeared to be attended with success until the evening ef Thursday se ' nnight , when , in consequence of her daughter ' s pro . tracted absence she proceeded lo ber bedroom on the second floor , and found tbe window wide open , and a long knotted rope , one end of whieh was attached to the bedpost , hanging down in the street , into which it was manifest the young woman bad contrived to lower herself and make her escape . Upon afterwards examining the house she discovered
that the prisoner bad taken alvay no clothing but what she had upon her perron at tbe time , but upon opening a drawer in which she kept her loose cash , sho disco , vered that five sovereigns , which had been safe a short time previously , bad disappeared . Feeling satisfied that the male prisoner had incited her daughter to her flight , she employed several persons to watch bis master ' s premises and follow him , in the hope of finding the young woman's retreat , and on the preceding evening he was raced to a low lodging-house in Peter ' s-street , Friar ' s Mount , Bethnal-green , to which the witness subsequently proceeded with a constable , and having found them together gave both the prisoners into custody . On interrogating the woman who kept the house , she wasinformed that the rent of the room in which her daughter had
been discovered had been paid h y the male prisoner , who had engaged It the same evening the young woman absconded from home , and that be had also paid ber frequent visits during the time she had lived there . No portion of the stolen money had been found in the possession of either prisoner , and , although she should be able to prove that the man had been lavishingly spending money that it was not likely a person in his inferior position would be able to command , she had no wish to press the charge If she could recover possession of her daughter , and effectuall y break off the connection she had formed . —Mr Broughton , upon this , asked the daughter if she was willing to abandon her intimacy with the other prisoner , and go back to the house of her mother , who had exhibited such an earnest anxiety for
her welfare ; but the girl shook her head and answered with a decided and peremptory negative . When called upon for his defence the male prisoner admitted having hired the room in question ; but said he had done so at the earnest request of the young woman , who had come in a state of great mental distress to his master ' s house and begged him to do so , and for whom he had such a strong attachment that they had not only determined to get married as soon as possible , but the banns had actually been once published already . The male prisoner ' s master , who was in attendance , having stepped forward and stated that he believed the prisoner to be a very honest , sober , and industrious young man , and that he had conducted himself with great propriety during the time that he had been in his service . Mr Broughton suggested to the mother , whether , as matters had proceeded so far between the prisoners , it might not perhaps be
advisable to adopt their own course , consent on her part to their union , and set them up in some respectable line of business , by which they might get a comfortable subsist , ence ! The mother , however , declared that nothing could induce her to consent to an alliance with the male prisoner , as she had been credibly informed that he was a man of . vild , irregular habits , and bad been wandering about the country for several years with a gang of gypsies . Mr Broughton then said , that although there was " no positive evidence to implicate either of tho prisoners directly in the robbery at present , he coniidered the circumstances of suspicion deposed to sufficiently streng to justify his detention of both upon the charge , and he should therefore order them to be brought up again to ¦ answer it , but In the meantime would accept substantial bail for their future appearance . The bail for each was shortly afterwards procured , and both prisoners thereupon liberated .
An Artful Thief . —Sarah Watson , an artful-looking girl , about 15 years of age , was charged on suspicion of having been concerned in stealing 14 sovereigns , a silver watch , and other valuable articles , from the house of her aunt , a widow , residing in Mark-street , Finsbury ; and also upon a separate charge ef st . aling a satin dress the property of Alice Noel , another of her relatives . The prisoner , whose parents were in very indifferent circurastances , had been received into the house of her aunt from motives of charity , nnd was left by the latter to take care of the place during her absence at church on a Sunday evening , about five weeks since . On her return home In the course of an hour or two , after knocking repeatedly at the door witheut being able to gain admittance , she was at length compelled to effect nn cntronce
at the rear of the house , and on entering the parlour , was surprised to find the prisoner squatting upon tbe floor with her hands seccrely tied behind her , and fastened to one of the legs of a table , and a broad bandage bound round her mouth , so as apparently to deprive her of all power of utteranca or motion ; On being extricated from her unpleasant position , the prisoner accounted for the predicament in which she was found by stating that a tall well-dressed maucamc to the door and inquired for her aunt , soon after her departure , nnd learning that she was absent requested to be furnished with the necessary materials to communicate his business in writing , but had no sooner been shown into the parlour than he pulled a pistol from his pocket , and presenting it at her head , threatened if she made the
slightest outcry that he would blow out her brains . He then , as she alleged , proceeded to secure her in the manner above described , and afterwards forced open all the drawers and boxes In the place , and absconded with the most valuable portion of their contents . The prisoner ' s account of the transaction was in the first instance implicitly believed , but some circumstances subsequently transpired which led to renewed investigation , and to escape further questioning sho clandestinely left the house , and never afterwards returned . It appeared that she then went to the residence of her cousin , from which sho contrived to abstract a satin dres ? , but having been seen to leave the house with the property , the police were directed to effect hc-r apprehension . The prisoner eluded their
vigilance , however , until a few days since , when inform ationreached the station-house that a gang of coiners had established themselves \ at a house in Radnor . street , St Luke ' s , to which Serjeant Brannan and other officers accordingly proceeded , and found the prisoner in an upper room with another girl , and two notorious male " smashers , " all of whom were secured . Tbe two men were afterwards committed , to Newgate from Clerkenwoll , at the prosecution of the Mint authorities , and the female prisoner was transferred to this court to answer the present charge , In her defence the prisoner persisted in tho truth of her former statement relating to the robbery at the house of her aunt , and gave a circumstantial narrative of the above extraordinary incidents connected with it ; but she admitted the charge of robbing her cousin , and said she had been instigated to commit it by her
brother , who had received the stolen property . The magistrate ordered the prisoner to be committeil ' but she will be brought up again for completion of the evidence . Shortly after one o ' clock the proceedings of the Court were suddenly disturbed during the progress of the night charges by an agonising cry from one Of the cells appropriated to female prisoners , and Alderman , the gaoler , having hastened ihere to ascertain the cause , found it proceeded from a woman named Ellon Hayes , under remand upon a charge of felony , and who had been taken in the pains of child-birth . It fortunately happened that Mr Burchell , one of the medical officers of Shorediteb , his assistant , and an experienced nurse from the workhouse , were in attendance upon other business , and under their prompt and skilful treatment the poor wo . man was safely delivered in a few minutes of a fine full
grown malo infant . Every attention that the unfavour . able nature of the circumstances would admit of was afforded , by direction of Mr Broughten , and a plentiful supply of hlankotsand restoratives having been furnished by tho wife of the office-keeper , the surgeon soon after reported that tho woman was capable of being removed upon which a litter was procured , and the mother and ' child transferred to the workhouse , where both aro now going on favourably . WBSTJfIiVSTER . _ TnE Attack on Mb Sohebs , M . P —Patrick C . Conuor , son of Alderman Connor , ex-mayor and justice of the peace of Sllgo , who was ordered a few days ago to find sureties to keep the peace toivards Mr Somers , M . P . forSIigo , ( and wblob was reported in last week ' s star , ) in consequence of having made use of verv oftenslve language to that gentleman , put in bail on Monday and was liberated .
L \ MBETH .-Mr Alfred Marshall , the young man whose former examination , on a charge of firing a pistol at Miss Louisa Roic , with intent to do her some grievous S 2 S »'« ' . " , , eaMd in ' Xorihern Star ' ,, s a S'd » Placed at thebar before Mr Elliott , for final examination . Mr Binns attended for the prosecution , and Mr Guiea tor tho defence . After hearing additional evidence , Hi-Mott remarked , that bad tho evidence gone far enough to show that the prisoner had , as charged against him discharged a pistol at the young woni .-ia , with the intviition of doing her some grievous todily harm , ho should have felt it to bo his duly to commit him fi . r trial . The evidence , however , fell short in establishing Ihe charge of shooting , with intent ; but , nt the same time , there was sufficient shown to justify him , Mr Elliott , in calling on the prisoner to find suflicicnt bail to keep the peace , and bo of good behaviour towards Mr Bailey , his famil y , and all others of her Majesty ' s Slli'jcetft , for SIX months . Tho required bail yy « s put in and accepted , and the prisoner discharged .
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CORK , & c . THE POTATO AND CORN CR 0 !' The question whether the potato crop has J ,-1 ,. „ been attacked by the disorder of the last two sowoi ! u been the engrossing topic during the week , but ' we m ., t ! confess that the little hitherto known on tne subuifk ' not done much towards deciding the point . The ann ancc of the plant to the eye is certainl y health ? . * haulm and leaves look green and free from dise-isV * judging from external evidences , we should pioiiohD ' the crop perfectly sound . It seems , however , that iZ closer investigation , made by parties possessing the rem ? site qualifications to examine tho matter scien tUic-ili symptoms of incipient disease have been discovered S conflicting nature of the reports are therefore easily 9 counted for . Admitting , however , that instances \ r ? l in which the potato manifests the same appearance is ¦ » did at the corresponding period of last year , it ilmVl necessarily follow that the destruction of the cron to Hi
same extent as tnon occurreu must follow ; and we slioiiM be very cautious in drawing general inferences from na ? ticular cases . As regards the grain crops the accou nt * ' are universally favouriblo . Spring com , which was last week beginning to show signs of a want of ruin , lias been greatly benefited by the recent showers ; and tliou-Oi the fall which has taken place in the temperature lias in a certain extent checked vegetation , the only ill likelv tn result from the cold weather ( if it did not continue UZ long ) would he that of slightly retarding the probabl . period of the harvest . —Jficrfc-fane Express , The wheat crop is growing vigorously , and lias ; M proved much m colour during the last week . It still COn ' tinucs to be thin on the ground in this county , but if ibia weather should last we shall have full heavy ears if „ u thick plant . The spring corn , which has looked well fr 0 m the first , continues to improve . There is abundance * of plant , and , since the rain , the colour has become IrHiter and deeper . The rain must have exterminated the fir on he turnip . It will also have done much good to the n ' ota toes . This crop , in common with others , has suffered considerably from slugs nndinsects , but wehave not been aoie imee
m nnumr . s Aptns Vastator upon it . A ccount , of a highly favourable character , respecting the gronlnt crops , have been received from the United States , France and Hungary . —Liverpool Times , Tuesday . Make Lane , Monday , June H . — Faii op Prices - During last week the arrivals of all kinds of grain as well as flour for our market , coastwise and by land carriage and sample , were on n very limited scale , but tho'e of wheat from Scotland , viz . upwards of 4 , 000 quarters , were largo , while from Ireland a fair quantity of wheat and flnui- enmc fresh to hand . The imports of foreign wheat , viz ., 16 , 4 H quarters , were good , but those of barley , oate , beans , and peas were trifling . Of forei gn flour wc r » - ceived rather over 8 , 000 barrels . Fresh up to day , rather a large quantity of home-grown wheat , principally in the hands of the merchants , reached us from Essex and Kent , the arrival of that article since Saturday evening amounting to nearly 2 , 500 quarters . The show of samples of both red aud white was larger than on any previous market day held during the last six months . As might , therefore , be expected , considering the prevailing fine weather for the growing crops , and the absence of the principal buyers , the demand for all kinds
of wheat of home produce was excessively heavy , at a decline in the quotations obtained on Monday last of from "Five to Six Shillings per Quarter , " and a clearance was not effected . The show of foreign . wheat was very extensive , and we have to report a very dull inquiry for that article , and the rates receded from " Four to Five Shillings per Quarter . " The transactions amounted to about 6 , 000 quarters , at the above amount of depression . The quantity of barley on offer was small , it being wholly composed of the parcels received from abroad in the past week . All kinds met a very slow inquiry , at barely , but at nothing quotable beneath last week ' s pricesi We had a very small quantity of malt on show , neverthe . less the sale for that article was in a very inactive state , at about last week ' s currencies . The quantity of oats was very trifling . Selected qualities were in fair request at full prices , but all other kinds hung on hand , though wc cannot call them cheaper . Although the supply of beans was very small the trade was heavy , at barely late rates . In peas we havo no alteration to notice , with a very limited quantity on offer . Indian corn was heavy , and Is to 2 s per qr lower . Flour was very dull , and all kinds were 5 s per sack and 3 s per barrel cheaper .
BniTisu . —Wheat : Kent . Essex , and Suffolk , old red 80 s to 80 s , new red 80 s to 86 s , old white 83 s to 92 s , new ditto 86 s to 95 s , Norfolk and Lincoln old red 80 s to 87 g , old white 80 s to 91 s . —Rye 63 s to 65 s . —Barley : grinding 48 s to 50 s , distilling 5 « to 01 s , malting 58 s to 60 s , Chevalier 60 s to C 2 s . —Malt : Brown 68 s to 70 s , pale 75 s to 76 s , Suffolkand Norfolk 71 s to 70 s . —Beans : Tick 48 s to 51 s , pigeon 55 s to C 6 s . —Harrow new , 51 s to 53 s . — Peas : white 60 s to 6 ts , grey andmaple 56 s to 61 s . —Oats : English feed 32 s to 36 s , Poland 33 s to 35 s , Scotch feed 38 s to 10 ; . Flour : Town made 70 s to 75 s , Essex and Kent 60 s to 68 s , per 2801 bs . Foreign . —Free Wheat : Bantzic and Konigsburg 80 s to 95 s , Mecklenburg 80 s to 85 s , Russian 70 s to 80 s . — Barley : grinding 48 s to 51 s , malting 61 s to 57 s . —Beans : Egyptian 40 s to 42 s , Mediterranean 42 s to 49 s . —Oats : ¦ Russian 32 s to 35 s , per qr . —American flour 40 s to 45 s per ISOlbs .
Mark Lane , Wednesday , June 16 . —Only a moderate supply of English wheat has been received up to our market since Monday ; and the show of samples here to-day was small . Still , however , the demand was in a very inactive state , at unaltered quotations . The imports of foreign wheat this week have amounted to 9 , 820 qrs . That grain was very heavy , but prices were not lower . Liverpool , June 14 . —Wheat and flour have fallen . Wheat was i educed in value 2 d to 3 d per bushel , and flour Is to is 6 d per brl . Indian corn is 2 s to 3 s per qr . lower . The other articles of the trade could not be sold without reducing late prices . Richmond ( Yorkshire ) June 12 . —We had a large supply of wheat in our market this morning , but of other binds of grain only thin , and at the latter end of the market the s : > lc was very dull . Wheat sold troinl 2 s to 14 s ; oats , ¦ is 4 d to 5 s 4 d ; barley , 7 s to 7 s 3 d ; beans , 7 s 3 d to Ss per bushel .
POTATOES . Bonoucii and SriTAi . nnLus , June 14 . —Very few arrivals of potatoes hare taken place . The best qualities are in fair request at full prices , but all other kinds are a dull sale , York reds 280 s to 300 s , do Regents 23 i ) s to 30 'Js , do Shaws 220 s to 230 s , Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire regents —s to —s , do kidneys 160 s to 180 s , Dutch 120 s to 160 s per ton . CATTLE , & c Shitiifield , Monday , June 14 . —Largo importations of foreign stock have again taken place into London since Monday last , as will be seen by the following statement : — *
From Whence Oxen Cows Calves Sheep Lambs Botterdam 120 360 Ho 1 , 000 HO Hamburgh 51 — — 20 — Harlingen ISO 365 80 050 35 Nieudiep 30 40 — 210 — Flushing — — — 160 —
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Total ,, 351 705 220 2 , 040 17 S At the outports about 300 beasts nnd 800 head ot sheep , lambs , and calves have been landed , chiefly from Holland . The supply of foreign stock on offer to-day consisted of about 220 oxen and cows , 689 sheep and lambs , and 31 calves in very middling condition . From our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were seasonably extensive , and about 700 head more than last Monday . This increase in the supply , together with the comparatively small attendance of country buyers , and the unfavourable state of the weather for slaughtering , caused the beef trade to be in a somewhat active state , nnd the quotations ruled quite 6 d per 8 S > lower than on this day se ' nnight There was a considerable increase ia the number of sheep on sale : hence the mutton trade was heavy , at a full in the currencies of 4 d per Sib . With
lambs wc were well supplied ; while the sale for that description of stock was dull at a fall in the value of from Sd to Is per 81 b . The supply of calves was tolerably good , and the sale whs heavy at 2 d per 81 b less money . In Pigs exceedingly little business was doing , and the rates had a downward tendency . Coarse and inferior beasts-lsto 4 s 4 d , * ind quality do 4 s 6 dlo 4 s 8 d , prime large oxen 4 s 10 ( 1 to 5 s prime Scots 5 s ? d to 5 s 4 d , coarse sheep 4 s 2 d to 4 s Sd , second quality dots fid to 4 s Sd , prime coarse woolled sheep 4 s lOd to 6 s , prime southdown do 5 s 2 d to 5 s id , large coarse calves 4 s 2 d to 4 s Sd , prime small do 4 s lOd to 5 s 2 d , large hogs 4 s to 4 s 6 d neat small porkers 4 s Sd to 5 s , lambs as to ( is per Sib to sink the offal , suckling calves ISs to 22 s , and quarter old store pigs ISsto 23 s each . Beasts 3 , ij 2 S , cows — , sheep and lambs 28 , 5 J » , calves 240 , pigs 290 .
WOOL . London . —Large public sales of colonial wool are now taking place in London . About 3 , 000 bales have been already offered , and partly disposed of at a trifle under the previous sales quotations . Since our lust the imports have amounted to about 8 , 200 bales chiefly from our colonies . In the private contract market very little business is doing , lit barely late rates .
COTTON . I . ivbri'ooi .. —The receipts at the ports now show a deficiency of 2 iS , ' 00 bales , as compared with the same period last year . With these accounts we have had a firm though not very large business . Sales 5 , 000 bales , and prices remain firmly suppo'ted at last Friday's rates .
Died. At Kidderminster, On Thursday, Jun...
DIED . At Kidderminster , on Thursday , June 10 th , Thomas Liiinuhburr , aged thirty-three years . He was one of the most stanch supporters of tho Charter and die Land Plan that the town could boast of . He was always ready to assist in .-illeriiiting the condition of his fellow-men . He was the successful ' member of the Lain ! Company who drew the prize for Kidderminster , nt the last ballot in London . At the time he received the news of his prize he had a severe cold upon him , and it is supposed by his shopmntesthat the extreme jey he felt ou this occasion was the principal c .-iuscofliis death , for from that time ho was scarcely conscious a whole day through . On Tuesday , the 2 nd of June , he finally took to his bed . His last talk was of the Charter , the Land , Feargus O'Connor , andMutiion . He died ns he had lived , respected by all who knew him , nnd on Monday , afternoon his mortal remains were followed to the grave by a great nu-nber of his shopmates and members uf the Land Company . He has left a widow , and two small children , both under IK months old , to deplore his loss .
Bankrupts. (From The Gazette Of Friday, ...
BANKRUPTS . ( From the Gazette of Friday , June 11 . ) Thomas Ackling , Llungeneck , Carmarthenshire , cora dealer—Robert Adams and Thomas Banks , Liverpool , cattle salesmen—Philip Blackmore , Little James-street , Bedford-row , saddler—Samuel Cookings , Torquay , Dovonshirc , tiinbermei-chuut-William Toiiilin Cooltc . AjlsliaBi , Norfolk , ironmonger—Joseph Elliott , Davontry , Northamptonshire , victualler—Thomas Evans , Bristol , stockbroker— John Qupp , Duke-street , Manchester-square , livery stablckecpcr-Kichanl Hayday , Milk-strcet , City , silk warehouseman—John Hind and Roger Warbutk ,
Liverpool , curriers—Edward Jones , jun ., Watling-street , City , paper manufacturer—William Lewis , Vlvmouth , Devonshire , grocer—Kohei-t Lund , Blackburn , Lancashire , otton spinner — William Marsdon , Brompton , Kent , grocer—John Milthmpe Maude , l ' eckham , cement manufacturer — Thomas Sadler , Birmingham , liceused victualler—William Sinu-, Liverpool , block maker — John Stringer , rKiagston-upon-lIull , draper — Evan Thomas , Aulersgate-strcut , City , draper-John Walford , Stamford . Lincolnshire , innkeeper—James liu-ketts Wiston , Southampton , auctioneer--Thomas Wilson , Bradford , Yorkshire , boot maker—Geoi-ge Woods , Alanstield , Nottinghamhire , salesman .
Uiui Init Suuiu Printeiuw Dougal M'Gowan , Of Jif, Great Windmillstreet, Iluymiirkut, In The City Of Westniiii.-Tei', At The
uiui init suuiu PrinteiUw DOUGAL M'GOWAN , of Jif , Great Windmillstreet , Iluymiirkut , in the City of Westniiii .-tei ' , at the
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 19, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_19061847/page/8/
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