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rress often of matter compels the omission of the usual He in He in this column . The MOVEMENTS OF THE "WEEK _, with , with one exception , utterly devoid of interest . . < one e . one exception is the _*? _re «> ii " termination of the ll war t war io Portugal , " hy the surrender of Oporto to _lEngliEnglish and Spanish forces ; that is , the British _setakie taken possession of the barhonrand the For , the J the _Jonta wonld snnender the city itself to the itniardniards only . What a commentary is this ttbe ptbe part plaved by Palmerston ! The " ancient
f of r of Portugal is scouted as utterly tantruatworthy , 1 the 1 the Junta refuses to place itself at the mercy of Brit British . On tbe other hand , the Portuguese fide ifide in the honour of their " hereditary enemies . * ** ; S p * Spaniards , and prefer trusting Concha to ac-• vtingpting anything like favour or friendship (?) on tbe rt of ft of the representatives of Victoria ! Onr " best . _sMesMeiMtructors" are wad witb joy at tbe " sac ss ' _W" of the intervention ; hut " wait a little jger . _'jger . " "When the Junta refuses under any circumincesinces to yield the city to the Queen's troops ;
. en I . en Das Antas , although still a prisoner , thunders _ainstjinst the arrogance and perfidy of the " factions _vemivemmeat" in power at Lisbon ; when thesoldiers the the Jnnta who had preferred * *• volonteering"into e Que Queen ' s army , rather than continue prisoner- in ehatehands of the British , amuse themselres by setting _ to _ to their barracks , and are so well trusted as to seal seat to different parts of the country disarmed A hi handcuffed ; when tbe Queen ' s subjects are radeaideredby the police in the streets of Libson , for _fuaq _' _uang to uncover in presence of their brutal and
_iprepSrepntable Soverei gn ; when theseevidences _prerfutt themselves of tbe feelin | js actuating the two _rueUesjitisuot difficult to predict the course of . _ortoie events . The Cortes must speedily be . tss tabled . The elections will take place under mr mn , Spanish , and British coercion , and a majority . . laves and knaves will , roost probably , be rein rued ; bnt there will be a minority sufficieutiy oi _oug to annoy the " powers that be , " and sooner
later we shall witness "Her Most Faithful _ajesty" violating tbe engagements she has en-¦ ed into , aud renewing her old game of p « rfidy , _asmr , and cruelty . Then will come fresh " _proao amentos . " England must again interfere , or ady stand by to see all that is now being done done , either by the Court , or the Court and its aich and Spanish allies , or the Portuguese themres . Lord Palmerston has placed this countrv
s - pretty considerable fix ; " and the " curses of te and the hisses of scorn " already awarded him Portugal , will yet be his reward at home .
France. Tbe Majority Commanded By The Mi...
FRANCE . Tbe majority commanded by the ministry in the _laml-er has not been sufficient to extricate it from * _difficulties produced by thedisclosuresof M . Emile Girardin , who continues to reiterate bis charges _, b ? following are his allegations in their most _conu-ed and most emphatic form : —1 . That M . Adam . s > patentee of the new opera-bouse , paid £ 4 , 000 rlfce privilege _tranted by M . Duchatel , minister the interior . 2 . Tbat a memoire of Baron _La-nrt had been brought up for £ 1 , 200 . 3 . That lfi . 000 had been demanded from the postmasters of anee , as a donceur to bring in a law in their favour indemnify them for what they must lose by tbe
iiways . 4 . That the cross ofthe Lesion of Honour > s sold to a bankrupt . 5 . That £ 200 per month a paid for the support of tbe Globe newspaper . That an insulting _cf-ndition was annexed to the fer of a peerage ; and , 7 th and lastly , tbat the pro' s of a peerage was sold for £ 3 , 000 . The _ConitfftitionncJ publishes the following letter m Algiers : — " Whilst _Abd-el Kader was endeavouring to make I peace with France , Abderrbaman was informed that e Emir intended to direct all his forties against him 12 overturn bis authority . The Emperor then resolved [ rid himself of that dreaded guest , and availed himself I Uie collection of the tribute in the Riff by a small _l 3 y of troops he had sent thither to that effect to order
did BJ-Amir _, chief of that expedition , to seize * -el-K 3 der . The latter was then at the head oi 500 semen and 2 JO infantry . On the 14 th of Jobs the : > rish troops attempted to exernte the order of the _ipsKrr , ba _* ttheTwere _Timorously repulsed by the troops he Emir , with a loss of 70 horses . On ihe following r EI-A-nar returned to the charge , bnt the _Mc-ois re again defeated , and in the course of the following ; ht iheir camp was attacked , captured , and _plundered itd-et-Kader , -who , having taken the Cold _prir-oner , used him to be decapitated . If this account he correct _lid-Ksder is at this moment master of the Bin * , tbat cf the extensive province of Morocco bordering on our oners . He may no * - _rea-anre along the coast all kinds ¦ applies , and bis prestige must bare greatly increased kbe Empire of Morocco . ''
the National announces that all the officers atbed to the army of Africa now on leave of absence Paris hare been ordered to return forthwith to ir corps , in consequence of the accounts received aOran . SPAIN . 'be most strange stories reach ns from the Spanish lital . From some cause or other Don Francisco iher of the Queen ' s husband ) and his daughter re been banished from * he palace . The mo 3 t ridious stories are told of _regicideplois , in which the res-rid Dan was to play a principal part ! Letters m Paris represent , that not the assassination , but ! forced abdication of the Queen , will certainly 'e place before long . The seat of the conspiracy raris . not . Madrid . The JVW _<*« t - ( _2 does not regard
_| wertaia any one of the hundred statements on this _^ wect in circulation , but _^ presses a conviction »[ General _Jfarvaez is only waiting for ultimate _wera to proceed to Madrid and prepare for tbe _acjaiion of the Duchess of iiontpensier to the Spanish _* m > ne . | ||| e _* "eral Prim has been ordered to quit Cadiz , _fl _^ rc - _* e believed to be organising a Frogresista SS ,- lliea _t-Ultae Barcelona journals contain an account ; of a _jigere conuict between a band of _Montemo-inists , laWstronj _* , in tbe mountainous part of Catalonia , _t . _« a detachment of the Queen ' s troops , aaid to be fc _* f * _Bjiib inferior in number . The account states that rig _£ ? n'emo * inists lost 21 men in killed , and had _-SB ? " *_ _mounded or taken prisocera ; the loss on the _^ 5 g ° * _^ e Queen _*« as seven men killed and 16 _* _*** n ded . Aa usual , however , the Montemolinists , _^_ JJ __ f " approach of night , were able to make good ;* Mi retreat and to set tbeir pursuers at defiance .
' . _- _£ _» PORTUGAL . j _jJKtosounls have been received from Lisbon to the i- * 3 Hl of June , aad from Oporto to the 30 th , _inclu-* i * % according to which the Spanish troops had _eritored Oporto ; the Jnnta surrendering to the allies , ; _Jftt refusing to do so with Saldanha . The following yt & Wb ad been agreed to : — l | . ; fit , A full and entire completion of their four articles [( proposed by the allied powers . _^ 2 nd . The forces of her Catholic Majesty to garrison < Qgorto and forts adjacent ; tbe troops of the Junta to _JjjB np their arms to the Spaniards _, _fjafrd . The troops of tbe Queen not to enter Oporto until Imcnated by the allied powers ; _thetroops and volunteers | of the Junta to be treated witb tbe honours of war , tbe * r < itt * atcers _theirsirorals and horses .
_Kgjtth . Such of the Junta forces as wish to retire home _^ Sj fcave passports . _K _^ _i _* h . Seconunendsto tbe honour of the allies to respect _Mfca property of tha inhabitants , tie ., tic . _[ ' ¦ _ffktthe moment of Burrender same ofthe Queen ' s _||*_« rty got into a house and fired on one ofthe batfi *_| liona of the '' Patnlea" marching to quarters to r _^ _tky down its arms ; by thk cowardly act a major was £ _^_ _* rd and several wounded . _& $ _* _£ ¦ _^ l or tw 0 P reTlonfl to tIl _» _unrrender , Saldanha _kwusde an attack on the bead of Villa Nova , at the _pSraneutthat , the allies were negotiating with the t _^ an ta . The _"Patalea" maintained their post , and _^ _" _^ d-uri-. a * * troops were compelled to retire . The | _pB on both fades in killed and wounded amounted _^^ about fif ty men and ten officers . The Oporto _^ _SaWrespandent of the 7 « oj « j says : —
_M § 8 § 0 a muit uaderstand tbat tbe Junta and tl : _eirpar-^^ teus gare in , not from the dread of Saldanha and _!" _ffila being aide to make any impression on the city , t' _^^ _AfruB tbe convic tion that England having resolved to _atlpe : _^ down , tbey could not hope for ultimate _sucj _£ *& _* - _Thtir treasury is empty , and no other means oi _W & _JKv _lung St sii _. ts than by resorting io a forced loan ; _^ _jg t still with all these disadrantsges _, and having lost a _ifM-a - tand two anrdes , if England remained neater , the _gMnta mmt have won . The force round Oporto does || _gtinuch outnumber the force withla . The Spaniards _, _^ _gofh well fed to-day , would be deprived of supplier | « B _& M' two or three weeks . Even Saldanha finds much || Sfe 5 caltj in _proeHring _ratioDS and fodder , and as _tht-^ gtalea are full of _entbiuiium . the _dty conld not hn « jjlgfce taken witiiout a long and painful siege . m & * uunber of the soldiers captured by the English _f _^ u _sul _r-equently ooBfined in the castle of St Julian
France. Tbe Majority Commanded By The Mi...
have " volunteered" into the Queen ' s army . Others refusing to volunteer" bare been set at liberty . Bat , says the correspondent ofthe Daily News : — Amongst the trifling occurrences " art now so characteristio of Lisbon doings is tbe seising b y the police and incarcerating in the already _oreiflowiog gaols of all the _" _lfiers they can hy hold of or entrap , who were the ot M" _** day released from Fart St Julian upon tbe solemn pledge of tha English admiral and English minister that they shonld receive passports for their •» _arions homes . The _govaiminentnow saj that ouce free and on shore these men again fall under the conscription act , and ,, consequently , those who would not tike military service , are flung into prison , where , with a wholesome abstinence from food and water , these base _janUsariet of tie _qoeen of " _goodfaiOi _** anticipate overcoming « . » _unger ing _pdnctanco of tho men to serve . Sir WflHam Parker t # aware of this infamous _mfracfion of pledges and engagements ; I state this npon authority asdpledge myselftothefaetlrelate . * . _v- a
Bu Antas and other officers were still kept prisoners at Fort St Julian . A decree had appeared pardoning the Torres Vedras prisoners . The members of the Junta are said to hare taken refuge in the Spanish camp . HOLLAND . Geomsobs , June 30 . —Serious disturbances took place iu this town on the 28 tb , on account of the excessive _dearness of food . The troops had to be called out . They made use of their arms , and it is aaid killed fonr persons and wounded twelve , some of them very seriously . Most ofthe wounded persons bad taken no part in the disturbances , having been present only as spectators .
GERMANY . _PsrasTA . —BsMBr , Jane 29 . —The king arrived at Potedam this day on his return from Silesia . The object of his excursion was to attend the inauguration ofthe statue of Frederick tbe Great , atBreslan . It is all very well for onr _ _ ious monarch thus to pay reverence to his not very pious ancestor , but , if Frits derEinzige conld speak to bis successor , he would tell him that the monument of whicb he is most ambitions is a line of monarchs on his throne , each as effectively tbo man of the time as he was himself . The ceremony of unTeiling the statue passed off well ; j the most impressive feature about it was a group of veterans from the times ofthe great king at the foot of his statue . One of tbem , as appears from his certificate ot baptism , is 109 years old , having been born on the 5 th of February , 1738 . It was _atoucbing sight to see this old man , in an uniform of the seven years ' war .
The Berlin journals publish afflicting details respecting the inundations by which a portion of Silesia has been desolated . They state that , on the 31 st ult ., a dyke of tiie Oder _haviag burst its boundaries near the little town of Mtaupe , in the district of _Liegnit , twenty labourers , who were engaged in mowing the adjacent meadows , were carried away by the floods and drowned .
SWITZERLAND . Bwcre —The opening of the Helvetic Diet , which took place on the Sth inst . with great solemnity , is invested with peculiar interest by reason of the importance of the questions which are immediately to be brought nnder its consideration . The diet now assembled at Berne is the general legislature ofthe confederacy . Tbe questions to be settled by the diet are tbe following : —1 . The dissolution of the _Sunderbund , or the separate league of the seven Catholie cantons , Lucerne , Uri , Schwyt _** _, Unterwald , Zug , Friburg , and the Valais . % The revision of the federal pact , with a view to provide in future against disorders and dissensions such as those which bave now arisen , endangering tbe tranquillity ef Switzerland and the stability of the confederacy . S . The expulsion of the Jesuits from the territory ofthe confederacy _, i . The suppression of the convents of Argoria .
ITALYThe Pope has experienced a great shock to bis popularity , in consequence of an obnoxious decree intended to discourage the assemblies of the people . The correspondent of the Times says : — " On the day of tbe festivities of St John , the Pope repaired in pomp to the church of St John de Latcran . The cr owd , on bis passage , was immense . But , alas 1 its respectful and silent attitude plainly attested the stupefaction caused by the edict published on the previous day . What a contrast with the festivity of
St John of last year , and , without reverting so far , what a difference in the disposition evinced by the population eight days ago , on the I 6 th inst .. when it was intoxicated with joy and enthusiasm ! To-day it was cold and gloomy , and had not the courage to utter the cry of * Viva Pio IX ., ' which the presence of the Pone always and everywhere elicited . The Holy Father re-entered his palace very sad , having convinced himself with bis own eyes that he bad yielded to nndne influence , and that bis edict had produced the most fatal effect . "
On the 27 th the Pooa experienced the same cold reception from the crowd on bis way to the Church of St Ignatius , and the government was apprehensive of some disturbances .
TURKEY . COS 9 TAST 1 KOPI . E , June 17 . There is no country in the world which offers so many _facilties ior national education as Turkey . _School are attached fo every mosque throughout the empire , with lands and fnnded property for their support . The number of pupils in these establishment ' s has hitherto been very limited , and entirely ont of proportion with the revenues at their disposal . The Turkish _gsrernment have determined on the gradual reform of these schools . An ordinance bas been issued by a committee of public instruction , containing a plan of the studies to be pursued , with rules for the admission of the _pnpilsand the discipline tu which tbey 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 tbe neighbourhood ef Constantinople a medical , a military , and a naval school , all nnder 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 kinds , 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 Maerekeny , a
village midway between the Seven Towers and St Stephano , tbeir head-quarters . Here they have established a Mechanic ' s Institution , which numbers already more than a hundred members , amongst whom , besides Europeans of different nations , are Tnrks , Greeks , aud Armenians . The Sultan , when the circumstance waa explained to him , at once perceived tbe benefits which such an establishment could uot fail to confer not only npon the immediate neighbourhood , but by the force of example upon the empire at large . He therefore made the members a _presentof a honse , and promised to take the institution nnder his particular protection . A reading-room has already been opened , and the foundation of a library begun . ¦
A powerful Albanian chief has put himself at the head of 1 , 200 men , and openly declared against the authority of the Sultan . _BessimPaehahasaiarcbed 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 was pnbhshed on Tuesday . Oi the result , we may briefly state that it exhibits an increase of £ 41 , 467 on the quarter that terminated on Monday as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year . In the twelvemonths , ending on the same day , there is an increase of £ 1 , 004 , 026 . The details of the improvement on tbe quarter are
thus made out : — Ikc & eask . Excise £ 186 , 341 Stamps 138 , 969 Taxes 68 , 574 , Properly Ta * - . . : 27 , 335 Post . Office .... 34 . Imprest and other Moneys . 14 , 693 Repayment of _Idmcesa . . 28 , 3 St 269
496 , From this amount must be deducted : — _Dacaa & SB . Customs ..... 4 , 272 Miscellaneous . ... 10 , 540 China Money .... 440 , 009 454 , 812 aW **>**< ati > M _* aaaaaa < t-l > _aaiaaaaaav £ 41 , 457 The items of receipt do not include those on account ofthe Loan of £ 8 , 000 , 000 , whichamoant inall to £ 6 . 470 , 632 .
Codstiso A Bimoir—-What Is A Billion ? T...
Codstiso a Bimoir— -What is a billion ? The reply is-very simple—a million times a million . TiiisU quickly written , and quicker still pronounced . But no man is able to count it . Yon count 160 or 170 a minute ; but let as even suppose that yon go as far as 200 , then an hour will produce 12 , 000 ; a day , 2 _aS 8 , 000 ; anda year , or 865 days ( for everyfouryears you may rest from counting , during leap year ) , 103 , 120 . 000 . Let us suppose , now , that Adam , at the beginning of his existence , bad began to count , had continued to do so , and w « 3 counting still , he would not even now , according to the usually supposed age of our globe , have counted near ezeugb . For to count a billion he wonld require 9 , 512 years , 34 days , 5 hours , and 20 minntes , according tothe above rule . Now , supposing we were to allow thrpoor counter 12 hours daily for rest , eating , and seeping , he would need 19 , 024 years , 69 _days , 10 hours and 40 minutes ! —American Literary Gazette .
_ The British AssMiation bai _deWmined to bold its next meeting at Swansea on thf ninth of August , 1848 Mr Frederick Douglass has ben appointed president oi tbe New England _AntHiayery _CopveaUou _. *
Seamen's Wrongs. The Cisk 0** Thk Biro. ...
SEAMEN'S WRONGS . THE CiSK 0 ** THK BIRO . **** MMKS CAMPBILI .. A public meeting waa held last week in the City Hall , Glasgow , for the purpose of supporting tbe cause of the crew ef the barque James Campbell , of Glasgow , at present imprisoned in Exeter Castle oa _achate of mutiny and piracy on 28 th March last . Mr Turner , of _Tbnishgrore , was called to the chair . The first resolution was moved by Mr P . Mackenzie , editor of thei ? brnwM' Gazette , who read the following statement from the crew : — Sir , —Wa beg to lay before yon a true account of tho cause that stimulated ns to confine the master , and out reasons for returning home With the VeBSel—8 * 80 the conduct of _tba magistrates who sat upon the trial , tic .
About half-past tleten , i . M „ on the _28 tn of March , the master desired the chief mate , Ur Ro « e , to loose _ons ofthe steering sails to dry . Tbe chief mate called bis watch , sad desired them to loose tbe sail , which they did with alacrity , notwithstanding its being Sunday . Th * mate then asked if ire should spread the _rcstof the sails to dry , to which be ( the skipper ) said Tes ; and seeing the man working without grumbling as to its being Sunday , be immediately turned towards the man who was steering ths vessel , and seeing the man ' s eyes turned towards tbe head ofthe vessel—which at all times is more _requiiiu to a good sailor than the compass—he asked bim what the hell he was looking at ! The man replied —Nothing . Tbe master then said—You lie ( accompanied with svreariagV . Tho master then desired the
Chief mate to send another man to the wheeler helm , which wan immediatel y done . As soon as the man was relieved , tbe master began toabnse him , shoving bim , and making use of such violent aad abusive language tbat it wamld be a pit ; to shock you with a detail . After stating other aggravations , on the part ofthe captain , the letter went oa " to state : —The master tben ordered the men ' s dinner to be taken aft , saying tbey should hare nothing to eat . In doing so he went below , and came npon deck with a naked cutlass in his hand , swearing that shonld any attempt be made to stop the beef be would kniack their brains ont—flourlsWog tho _cntlas * , and striking each with the sword , as much as to show what effect it wonld have upon their brains . He ( tbe master ) then called the men to grease the masts . They
said _tto , tbat they did not in tend to do any more work in the ship , and asked bim to put back , as they could not proceed the voyage with him , as he had threatened their lives , and not knowing what the result migbt be onto long a voyage , from bis former character . The craw went to the forecastle , an _* l at fonr o ' clock , r _. M ., tbey all came on deck , and in a respectful manner requested tht master to pnt back , as they considered their lives in danger . He ( the master ) would not . Tbey then seized him , and made him fast , insisting tbatthe chief mate , 2 fr Bose , should fetch the first port in Great Britain the wind would admit . The mate remonstrated , and said it would bsbetter to proceed , and make Madeira or ths Brazils ; but the crew objected , as the wind was foul to proceed , and fair to return home . Moreover , if they
should proceed , it migbt be made out as mutiny against them ; but , in returning , it would show that tbey sought tbe protection of their country ' s laws ; and if tbey _sheuld proceed and meet with a ship , it might be said they _wished to run away with the ship _andseUher . The mate , Ur Roie , taking all into consideration , and knowing the cargo to tje valuable , for the benefit of the owners of tbe ship , tbe cargo and the underwriters , consented to carry the ship borne , as the ship was then twenty-two days out , and atnograater distance than 450 miles from tbe Lizard point . Tbe wind being fair , he anticipated making tbe Lizard in three days . All went on well . On Thursday , 8 th April , the pilot boarded ns four leagues off Dodman Point , it bearing N , by Vf ,, and about thirty miles from Plymouth . Immediately upon our arrival in
Plymouth , the chief mate went on shore and reported tbe vessel , witb all tbe circumstances , to Mr Collier , Lloyd ' s agent . His first _observation was—up _.-n being reminded of tlte master being tbe same committed to Newgate prison foi having ill-used his crew in the Grange barque —h-T 6 they allowed such a man to take charge of a ship ? But , npon being told that the captain ' s brother was part owner , the tables turned . He said that he must not be kept in irons ; the crew were not justified in doing as they had done . He then desired his clerk ta go with me and take the advice of his attorney . Mr Edmunds , who said that the men ought , at least , to have submitted to hare an ear cut off by the captain before tbey 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 ; the crew , expecting he was taken into _custody , were satisfied . The next morning two of the crew went on shore to prefer a charge against the captain to the magistrate , but were told by the police they could not see the magistrates before eleven o ' clock . Tbns they were detained until the master ' s attorney preferred a charge against tbe irevr . When the crew told the magistrates they had been there for two hours wishing to see tbem , thev replied it was all tbe same ; they ( the magistrates ) could not bave taken tbe men ' s charge . Consequently , ten of the crew were committed to stand their trial . The chief mate , Ur Rose , and the steward , were sent on board as witnesses in behalf of tbe captain , where we remained from Friday until Tuesday . But it appears , seeing his log would
acquit the men , they thought to prevent the crewfrom benefiting by tbe chief mate ' s and steward ' s evidence ; they , therefore , committed and apprehended ns in the court , were we had come as witnesses . During the ex . animation of the witnesses for the prosecution , Mr Collier , in bebalf of the prosecution , threatened his own witnesses several times , when he saw that tbey would not say « hat he was striving to put Into tbe boy ' s mouth , to this effect , that to tell the truth , else he would be placed with tbe prisoners , and transported for life . Our attorney objected to this proceealing ; but the magistrate said tbat Mr Collier was justified—he wanted to elicit
the tpj th . In fact , tbe magistrates being shipowners , from their interference during tha trial , fully showed their determination to commit na . They ( the magistrates ) ofta-n expressed themselves , that our attorney bad been allowed mora latitude than he ought . ( Signed ) . Rose , Chief mate . C . Moffet _, Carpenter . J . _Haralts , Second -nata T . Stratton , Seaman . J . M'Fee , Seaman . J . Nettles , Steward , B . Craig , do . R . T . Shelton , Steward R . Wright , Seaman . John Lacy , do . D . _U'Li-an , do . Plymouth Jail , April 18 , 1847 .
Mr _MackeDiie continued —Having received this letter , he at once published it in the Reformers ' Gatette , _wthout fear ot any one , having Justice on his side . As to Captain Graham he wonld say a Tew words , and begged to remind tlicra that this tyrant Graham , formerly captain of tho " Grange . " was tried before an English judge and an English jury , at the Central Criminal Court , London , found guilty of cruel treatment towards his men , and sentenced to six months' imprisonment . ( Cheers . ) With this then , before the minds of the 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 . lie would look at the case as regards the charge of piracy ; was it the act of pirates to bring the veesel to an English port , and ask '' the protection of their country ' s laws _?* ' Certainly not . If
men , who unhappily are placed nnder 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 the tyrant overboard , and trust to their escape in a foreign land . ( Cheers . ) . Mr Mackenzie concluded by calling on the citizens ol 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 ! He them moved the first resolution , to the effect : — That without prejndging the caseof the mate and crew of the barque James Campbell , at present prisoners in Eteter Castle , this meeting deems it highly necessary tbat proper agents and _counsel should be immediately provided for their defence . _Ajidbbw Patox , Esq ., seconded the resolution , which was unanimously adopted .
Tho Rev . Mr Ansebson , in an excellent speech , moved that a subscription be entered into for the purpose of assisting tho men to procure legal assistance . The Rer . J . Smith seconded the resolution , which was unanimously adopted . Mr _Tsicr said he was told , if he was not misinformed , that Captain Graham may in tho hall tbi * night . If so , he would be heard as soon as any gentleman on tbis platform , if he had anything to say in bis own defence . lie would ask tbem why was it that had made Glasgow what it waa ?—it was nothing more or less . than tlieir hard toiling merchant seamen . ( Cheers !) Me would ask them who made the Ewings , the Campbells , and all the wealthy gentlemen who constituted the city of Glasgow ?—the hard working seamen . ( Cheers . ) W * * _* " lt _that
within the last four years made bt Jean d'Acre surrender in six hours—which Bonaparte conld not take which aU Europe could not take . It waa the hard working seamen under Sir Charles Napier . Who was it won tue- * baHle of Trafalgar ?—the hard working British seamen . Who waa it that opens- Up a passage , and allowed the merchant vessels of Britain to pass Borneo into the East Indies ? The hard working _Britiih seamen . Who was it that opened np China to their trade ? The hard working seamen . ( A voice ) " a lad job . " ( Cheers . ) He * TOu ! d more that the following gentlemen be appointed to receive contributions for the object in view . - —Rev . William Anderson , "Rev . George Rose , Mr Peter Mackenzie . Rev . John Smith , Messrs _Dawd Smith , Andrew Paton , Andrew Geinmil ) , and William Smeal .
Mr Ross seconded the motion , which , on boing put , was unanimously carried * Mr Whahm Sural moved a vote of thanks to the chairman . Mr _Pbikb Mackenzie seconded the vote of thanks to the chairman . lie stated that a considerable _expflMB would be incurred in bringing the best counsel to Exeter , and not a few witnesses would require to be brought from the city of _Glasgow ; ho again urged on the meeting to come forward liberally and aid them , aad _ttot _wte-xiptioas would ba -teemed
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? _** _^™ 8 . places ; :-. _Gjuette Office , 75 , _Argylestreet ; Examiner Office ,-7 , Argyle-strwt ; William Smeal , 161 , Gallowgate ; Andrew Paton , 49 , VirglU'Mtrwt ; George Gallic . 99 , Buchanan-street ; Mr "n _emnunc , 84 , _Cowtaddens . J . * e vote of thanks was carried by acclamation , and tke meeting then broko up .
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MONDAY , JntT 5 . HOUSE OP LORDS . —TMs house sat for a short time , but transacted only some routine business . B 6 TJSE OF COMMONS . —The house met at 13 o ' clock . _Sittisos or thk Hons * _anmlral _Sobdoh moved tbat tbe committee on the Wakefield Hew Gas Bill bave leave to proceed with three members only , and to report forthwith . lord 6 . BrariKCK opposod the motion . On Friday
last they had _experienc of a morning sitting , when for a long period there were not more than fifteen mem . bers and only one representative of the government present . He did not think that the important business of the country ought to be transacted by fifteen _raem . bers only , and as ho could not count eut the house until four o ' clock , he should by resisting 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 _moBt unconstitutional , and he objected to this sneaking mode of getting through tbe important business of the country .
Lord J . _RussEii , thought the noble lord was mistaken as to the constitutional hours at which tbe house ougbt to sit , for in _ancisnt times the house nut atten o ' clock in the morning , andit was an extraordinary thing if it sat beyond five or six o ' clock in the afternoon . A custom of late years had arisen for the house at the end of the session to sit at twelve o ' clock , and he ( Lord J . Runsell ) thought there was quite ai 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 thi * conduct of the noble lord in endeavouring to count ont the house at four
o ' clock on Friday last , and thus to prerent proceedini * with tho Health of Towns Bill , he ( Lord J . Russell ) must say tbat it was a _prooreding of wbich be knew no precedent , still _lesB on tbe part of a number of tbebouse who considered himself to be the leader of a great party , and to represent the opinion * of others . ( Hear , hear , ) He did not think It was becoming the position of tbo noble lord toaetinthat kind of manner , to which he ( Lord J . Russell ) would not apply any epithet . All he would say was , that the government would exercise that vigilance which should secure the business of the bouse being proceeded witb . ( Hear , hear . }
_Strangers were ordered to withdraw , but no division took place , Inasmuch as Lord G . Bentinck abandoned his opposition to the motion , on being informed tbatthe Wakefield Gas BiU committee would not meet until half - past 3 o ' clock . Mr _Bonvebie then moved tbat all committees should bave leave to sit , notwithstanding the sitting of the house . Lord G . _EsuiiNCK opposed the motion , After a desultory conversation , the house divided . For the motion 67 Against it .. „ .,...,. 14-53 Health or Towhs Bill . - On tha motion of Lord J . Russell , the house then went into committee on the Health of Towns Bill . The 17 th clause was postponed , because being a money clause it will require a preliminary resolution in committee of the whole hOUHC ; tlie 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 resumed at five o ' clock , when Mr T . Duncohbe presented a petition , which was signed within an hour bv 1 , 300 of the colliers in the mines near Wigan , praying the bouse to pa < s some measure in tbe present session to prevent tbe use of gunpowder in mines , and for the better protection of persons employed in mine labour . Tbb Latb _BxramiioK to Cahton . — Mr Baillie asked whether the late expedition to C anion was nndtrtakenby the governor of Hong Kong npon his own responsibility , or in consequence of instructions which be received from _( _-overnment ; 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 tbe Chinese without receiving specific instructions fn _> ra the government !
Lord J . Rusiell said this expedition hnd not been undertaken ia consequence of anj specific instructions issued by government . Yarlons crises of outrage had been reported to tbe governor ; and he had proceeded , upon his own sense of what was necessary , to procure , by forcible means , redress for those evils . Tbe governor had no specific power ; but , generally speaking , if any outrage was _committed upon Her Majesty ' s _subjec's , the governors of colonies would tike upon themselves to act _immtdiately , without reference to instructions . Business of the _Hocse . _—WnnnBAwiL of Bills . — Lord 3 . R 0 S 3 ELL , in moving the order of the day for the committal nf the Compensation for D : iBia _** es ( Ireland ) Bill , said be would state the course which Government
proposed to pursue with _refarencs to thc bills at present on the orders ofthe day , and the course of business generally . The Encumbered Ef totes ( Ireland ) Bill was , in his opinion , a very important one , but be was told that it would effect the foreclosure of mortgages to the extent of several millions , anal , therefore , at the present porlod _ofthasessionhedid not think it ougbt to bo pressed . That bill , then , it wai his _intention ti > withdraw . The Prisons Bill would also occupy so much time that he would not go on witb it ; and he wonld likewise withdraw the Parliamentary Electors BiH , the Custody of Off . _nders Bill , tho Pollias at EUcti . ms Bitt , the Navigation Bill , and the Post-Office Bill , would all , he said , be proccedeal with .
The Compensation for Damages ( _Irelanal ) Bill passed through committee . ME 83 Ao « raoif _tuk Loans . _—Cohference . —Messengers from the other bouse requested a conference with tbe Commons on the subject of their dissent trom one of the Lords' amendments to the Threatening Letters Bill . Csrtain honourable members were _accordingly appointed to conduct tbe conference , and left tbe bouse for that purpose . During tbeir absence , tbe business was suspended . Tha- messengers having returned , stated that their lordships agreed in tbe amendments of the bill , with the exception of clause A , which they did not approve of , inasmuch aa 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 the case of the ex-Rajah of Suttarn , until Tuesday week . That gentleman intimated his readiness to put off the debate until the following evening , if Lord John would promise to keep _» house for him , but his lordship said he was going to Cambridge and could not promise . " Then , " said Mr Hume , "I shall Stay iioro aud proceed with that motion to-night " and from that resolution he could not be induced by any subsequent cajolery to depart . At ? Am of _Pobtdoal . —On the question being put for reading tbe order of tbe day for going into committee of supply ,
Mr B . Osborne rose to call the attention of the house ' to the present _utete ol Portugal , and the situation of our naval and military forces in that country . He thought it was highly desirable th'it tho noble lord the minister for foreign affairs > liould eff _^ r some defence for the policy whicii ha / l been _ _j \ itau _. _* . 4 _twa-toa "Portugal before tho close ofthe present fession . On constitutional grounds he regretted the abrupt termination of the recent debate , It wonld tend to degrade the houso in the estimation of all who were favourable to political Hbirty and freedom , and therefore he felt it to be his duty-to _revivo it . The hon . member then proceeded to travel _ovtr the same ground as that taken by him in his recent 6 pecch on this subject . After making sundry jukes about bis own posl . tion as _politic-il accoucheur , and that of Lord Palmerston as a patient whom he was about ( though perhaps
unskilfully ) to deliver of a speech , and _taunting Sir It . Peel as the real divinity who had come to the rescue of the go . _vernment , 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 tbe Continent—to reproach the government for having been bamboozled by France , whose conduct he _ueverthcL-sa characterized as irreproachable in the whole matter , and for listening to the 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 witb disgust tbe operation ! of the British fleet on the coast ofP . irtug . il , with which tbe conduct of that of France _favoutably contrasted , to ridicule the amnesty promulgated by tbe Qtiecn , and to present a brief _biographical sketch of _euch member ofthe present Portuguese cabinet , which much amused tho house , and which , he alleged , was sufficient to show that the inter _, ventioa had _tfifected no Rood result , inasmuch aa the Cabinet wns mainly composed of the ' creatures of Cabral ,
who still continued to pull the political strings from Madrid . Gratified at > he effect produced by bis Cabinet sketch , the honourable gentleman then made his wuy into the palace of the A ' _an-essidades _, in order to draw _portviuts of those by whom the Queen was more immediately surrounded , particularly one of the Queen ' s chaplains , who hail been deprived Of a bishopric _hua-smtve heiiad been loo fond ofthe bottle , and waa now- —o tempora , o mores—the father of a " numerous family of eons and daughters , " He then denounced intervention generally as a dangerous principle and practice , the paternity < tf which he imputed to Lord Palmerston , and which , unless _constiintijguarded against , would certainly ultimately lead to a general war . He then concluded by raoring , 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 tlnir right * _, and _privilegee / and to insist upon _tharecalof _Bomfim and his companions from Angola , and , if necessary , to facilitate their conveyance to Europe .
Viscount Palmebstom , who had not taken a singlenote , then rose , and observed that he had no objection to tbo spirit of the amendment , hut simply to the amendment itself , as tending to ohstruot the house In going into committee of supply . Lord J . llussell had already _asiaved th * ho ** , ** , * , tti & t ti _< _ govcrnmeat concurred In tho spirit of the amendment whieh had been proposed by Mr Duneombe to Mr Hume's motion some weeks ago , au' he would not-f aad , that it still felt it hit daty tQ e _* tcr . that
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mS i Z " ** _^ , 0 _nged to lt to "Main trom the govern _, _enll ! I g 8 i _^ •»« _MfcM- execution of the _StetaE _!?^ _*}»»»«•**» *•»« . WW _hisl'rd . _rrtheW , ; ; " !? _™? _"fOtnete engaged in readof the d « _riS _i ° " T aDnounce < i 'be conclusion drat a 22 _? _^" _K _^ * on in P ° rtug . " -that . » r num . 'j gave ns the _prolognp . and of whieh S eniioeSi ! _? * _^ tW ° _^~ 2 the epiIognu . drama m which , . _ Be _hJnot u upon _ourselv ,, _ _, some d _. gm the dm , of _suge . mana _gers , would , l , twd of being what it may in some degree be _considered _a _. rather partaking of a comic character would have bet , _« tragedy of a serious descri ption '
marked either t _widespread , destructive , _axti _desola ting anarchy , orby » ha establishment of a cruel and revengeful _tyrsnn ( Hear , bear . ) Sir , the _prineiplet upon which we _« c \ a were those of avoiding either of these two extreme , ( Hear , hear . ) My honourable friend , however , has bis evening appeared not merely in the charactor of the d _| iverer of a very able epilogue , but in a new funolion' _^ -ot 1 partaking somewhat of an obstetric character—for _h come forward to assist me in thc deliverance of a c \ tain speech . I am afraid , how . ever , my honourable frit .,. „ _, _*•• not b „ successful in delivering me of the spee \ which it might have been my duty to make upon a forr 0 CCasinn , because the fullgrown offspring which praj . _ a frora t ( le _j _, end of _^ right honourable baronet ( i , Peel ) { 0 W _ _, _ j _ i _
_luded , and who made , as _he- _ _, - _ Q , | f j _ _itaie aMe defence of our policy— \ Mr B . _Osbobhx : I said he _M gp _ ci _„ . pleading . Viscount Pauiebbtoh : The _^ ech ofthe right honour _, able baronet supersedes , howee _ . j _, necessity of any delivery on my part of tbe inf BnV _ rort mn _; e } _, forn , occasion I might have produced _^ _* _ , 012 _ et ( Hear hear , and _lnuf-hter . ) I say , _tber- _^ to g 0 D 0 Wi nt tnl . time of day , into the details of tbis _ ,. _ uon __ to _expound step by step , the courseof policy hert aj „ tv '_ government thought it their duty to folW _. _wo _^ oe only to weary theattention of the house by matters * ..,. - , however they maybe viewed by my hon . frlend , " ' bv 8 ome who agree with him , ate . I believe , settled * , puhi . p . n __ . n to the satisfaction of this country at _Iarga , _ He _ , _ . hear 1
I am convinced , however , some _honourata gentleman in this house may still view with dissatiafai _* _,,,. ine conr 80 pursued , thc country at large is convinced cour _ c was a wise one , and that ourobjeel was that wiii \ _*_ . avowed , namely , not the establishment of tyranny , h { ( _jjg | j _ | rj . _teuailCS Of the liberties of the Portuguese p \ n _\ _> The noble lord proceeded to argue that the obje _^ __* « 0 „ vernment hid in view from tVe commencemen c , f { j __ c _ . transactions was te induce the Crown of Porta-, ) 0 - - . _ own accord to make just _conces « _ions _» o thc peop .. . jm . they had pursued thst course as Ion- ; as they coul . _j _^ t that Spain and France having resolved upon interfc nce England had no alternative , but was obligod to v , _* . e with France and Spain , not to c . ru-ih the liberties of . } _,, people , but to restore constitutional Rovermnent ia Por ( 1
gal , and to give the people a parliament . The noble lo . thus concluded : — "My hon . friend has _charged us wit _^ a desire to _crush ' popular liberties and to establish despotii authority in _Portugal , but that has not been ihe course which we have pursued at any time , nor , I miiko bold to ay , Is tt the course which England in these days cither has pursued or ever will pursue . Sir , it was very well for that ereat and powerful people in ancient times to hold that it was their peculiar and appropriate duty to impose their fetters on every neighbouring land—to crush and trample nnder foot every man whose bosom glowed witb macnanimoua _senllmentB of native independence-anal only to spare from the ruthless edge of their destroying Sward those whom they had subdued , or who had submitted to them . Far _different has been the allotted task
of England in these latter days . Our duty and our vocation has been , not to < nslave , but to ett free . We stand —I may say it without vainglorious boasting , without giving just offence to any nation—we stand at the head of moroi , social , and political civilisation . ( _' Hdar , hear , " from Mr B . Osborne . ) Sir . it ii our task to lead the way and direct the march of other nations . ( Hear , hear , ) I do not mean that we ought to goad on tbe unwilling , or to force forward tlie reluctant . But , if we see a people _striifrglfng with difficulties and battling against obstacles it may be permitted to us to cheer them with our sympathy _, to _enco'iraee them with our approval , and even when occasion occurs to stretch forth a helping hand to bear them up amid the difficulties with which their path may be beset . Well , we hivve _doas < hii in ths present
instance . _Ens-land has often , and with success , interfered in this manner . If Greece has thrown off the yoke which bound ber to the earth fo-- so m -ny ceatuties , and if she now enjoys _astate of political independence , it is to England , in'common with her other allies , that the thanks of the Greek nation are due . If Spain has _escaped the double calamity of foroi _^ n domination and a domestic tjranny , it is to _Enjslaad that Spain owes her best thanks for having escaped trom tbat d _. _iab ' e misfortune , If Belgium has cease ! to ba transferred from master to master as the tide of conquest ebbed and flowed overEarope , isit not to the influence of _England—exerted under two opposite and conflicting _A- ' ministrationa , the _Administiatfon 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 1 Then Portugal . If the House of Braganzs has not censed to reign , and if the people of P « rtugal now enjoy their civil and political rights , it is the strong arm of _England _thattms enabled thc people of Portugal at the present da )' 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 _acknoirledge their obligations toihis country , whom they very erroneously look upon as jsalous rivals instead of singlehearted friends ns we are—if tbo French people are able to enja > y the advantages of the revolution "f July , without paying for it the penalty of a foreign war , it was the influence nf England—also exert ad under two Administrations , and exerted at least honestly , sincerely , and not without some effect , which secured for the French nation _t' _-. e _advantages of the result . What , I would nsk , is there in the conduct of tbe party _n-iw in power that justifies the hon , gentleman in asserting that we are swayed
by such base , dishonourable , _uncrinsiitutioi-ai , and un-English feelings as he has imputed to us ? Sir , I repsl that charge with as much _indignation ns is consistent with Parliamentary decorum . The reverse of these aro the sentiments which havo guided her Majesty ' * government . "When we are supposed to have swerved from the proper path of duty , I can only say that the men who have suspected _uu to be guilty of conduct so unbecoming our station must very much alter their own feelings before they will be fit to hold similar situations in this country . ( A laugh . ) Sir , out couv & e hss been _stralghtforwardand consistent . Our object has been neither to serve the Portuguese Crown nor t _» oppress tho Portuguese people . We found Portugal a prey to civil war which tl . reatened to la . waste the country , to deluge it with blood , to ruin its finances , to put an end to lis prosperity , anil to bring in famine as the only stop to military _operations . Looking , then , at Portugal as our natural ally , t » s ft country which it was important for British Interesis 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 , wo thought we should best consult our tluty in obtaining for the Portuguese nation those constitutional securities which by the bad advice ofthe _councilors ofthe Croivn in that country had been suspended . Our object was to put an end to bloods-lied , and in that wc hiiYC succeeded . And in bringing the war to a pcactful tor mi nation—iu transferring the struggle from thc field of _bRttle to the arena of Parliamentary debate , we have , I think , earned the thanks of political purties in this country , and given the
Portuguese nation the means which the constitution and popular institutions of the country have secured to tbem of stating their grievances , of obtaining—and , if necessary I will say of extorting—redress from tlio Crown . That has been the object nnd that the limit of our interference ; and , whatever hon . gentlemen may think , I leave it with confidence to this country , nnd to tha impartial judgment not _snly of our contemporaries , but also to future tiroes , to determine whether we have swerved one hair ' s breadth from the course which thc government of this freo country ought to have _putsved-( Cheers . )
Mr P . Bobtiiwick should have thought the noble lotd justified in his interference if the Junta of Oporto hod been a set of rebellious 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 ou a previous night that ic was the undoubted right oi the Queen of Por tugal to dismiss her Ministers . Lord J . _RoasBLt . —I have been dismissed myself , ( A laugh . ) Mr P . _BoBTnwiCK did not think tbat the _nobla lord , at the period to wbich he re / erred , was locki d up all night in a room ( A laugh , and " heat , ") or that h ? found in tbe morning that the whole of the army had heen revolutionised in the interval . Tbe Queen of Portugal lmd broken her solemn promises ; sho had violated tlte constitution and the Charier , and she . had _devlartii war
against the people . ( Hear . ) Mr Borthwick then proceeded with a long speech , in which he exonerated the present government from tlieblauie of having caused the present state of things in Portugal—a blame which he threw on the _lale cabinet , in the course of his speech . Lord Vf . _Padlet moved a count of the house , being unable to divine nny practical result which could be attained from what was going on . The house was taken by surprise by the motion , nnd thc Ministers once more thrown into consternation nt the prospect of lofting a night . Lord John Russell appealed , not by wovd , but by look , to the noble lord to withdraw his motion , and the necessity of the case having been explained to him he withdrew it , aud
Mr _Uobtbtvick was permitted to proceed . Ue was sill ! a ' much opposed as over to tbe policy of tho intervention which had _t-. iksn place , and after iMlat ' mif upon the benefits _ofleglaisaavy , beto _< A i _. ivnsrif to "Mr _Warburton _' s argument , that _Buglnnil , by interfering , had saddled herself with the _oblij-aiion of governing Portugal , which ho reitei otcd amid the solitary ch » m of Mr Osborne , and omkd with compliment ing the government on their new position , as no longer the Ministry _vxc-luaively oi England , but also of . Donna Maria da Gloria . A lengthened debate , in which Lard J . Manners , Mr B . Escott , Mr _Horsma ** _. Mr _Efffir t , Lorn J . _Hu'sell , and Lord 0 , Bentinck took part , _onsuod , but lt did not throw any new light upon the subject , and at lsst
Mr OsboSiNS , on the undeisUndiug that Lord Palme ** - _ston had promised that he would insist upon thereoal of Count Boanm aud UU companions , siUulrew his motion ,
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KM * , of Sam j , * - . * . —The " twentieth debs to " on tho i Raja of Sattara wa « then Introduced by Mr Hums , who moved for the appointment » f a select committee to in . j quire into the _chargss against the Raja , now in exile fa Benares , and the grounds for his degradation and exile ; The bonouraWe gentleman had scarcely commenced hit speech when Sir John Hobhonie entered the house , with a red box in one band , which box was so stuffed with , papers tbat they were exuding from nnder the lid , and m whole pile of blue books tied together by many f : >] ds ot official tape in the other , each bonk being evidently marked for frequent reference , The appearance of * _* < - . right honourable gentleman created a general laugh ir * tbe house . Mr Hume appeared a little staggered , but it was only for a moment , for be soon rallied and proceeded witb bis case , wbich he stated in a spocch occupying nearly three hours ia delivery . _UrEwiKT seconded the motion , after which ; on tho _motioa of Mr Henley , the debate was adjourned .
On tbe motion for going into committee on the _Mastert in Chancery Affidavit OEce Bill , Lord G . Bentinck moved the adjournment of tho house . Mr M . J . O'CoNrretr , hoped the house would proceed to a division in order that hon . members might recori their opinions , _LoraO . BsNTiMCKsalditwas very well for an hon . gentleman who hod been at bis dinner to object to aa adjournment , but those who had been _preu-nt during nil r . t i _ht must feel very differently . The Chfln _r cellor ofthe Exchequer , the _Tice-President ofthe Board of the Treasury had been asleep during most of the even * _hLAZ * T We _/ , ingon th 6 ir ba <* * _""h *«* head , down and their feet up . The noble lord the first
Commissioner of the Woods and _Porests was also fast "« t ! _«! L n T Gfficial _«««««» " » wa 5 _>* « _- same state , f Laughter . ) The honourable gentleman who objected to the motion for adjournment the moment he returned from dinner , went also fast _m-lnam ( Laughter . ) Be ( Lord G . _Bentin _^ a _' d not see IS those who bad to meet In the morning on the Health ot Towns Bill should be asked to sit after twenty minute _, _pastl o ' clock . _*" Tbebouse divided , and there appeared , For the adjournment g Against it ....,. „ •¦••¦¦ Majority against it ! .... " — _2- _ The other orders of the day wero disposed of , and the bouse adjourned at a quarter to 2 o ' clock , TUESDAY , Jowe .
HOUSE OF LORDS . —This house sat for about a _qutUer of an hour , and the business transacted was devoid of all public interest . - < HOUSE OF _COMMOflS . —The house met at twelve o ' clock in the morning , and , after disposing of a moss of private bills , went into a Committee of Supply , whenLord Morpeth moved a resolution authorising the Lords of the Treasury to make advances for the purposes of ths Health of Towns Act , This gave rise to a lengthened discussion , in the course of which—Lord Q . Bentinck recommended that the grant should be limited to £ 20 , 000 . He contended that the majority supporting the bill was tW « flj composed of Irish and . Scotch member * , whose constituents were not affected by Khu bill .
Lord Mourns said , with respect tothe sum of £ 20 , 000 , h might perhaps safely enough concur in the vote , as _ht * ? el ' eved tbere wns no risk of tbat sum being reached ; but _, at the same time , not knowing bow many towns _mLlt apply , or what the actual expenses might be , ho did itit wish to cripple the future means of usefulness wbiCB \ h 8 bill might affora . ( Hear . ) M * " * , o _* * E hoped the noble lord would not press thia _propose for if tbey fixed a particular sum the commissioners _vouia be sure to spend it all . ( Laughter . ) The _resuutisn was ultimately agreed to without a division ,
_Healtk of Towhs Bar ,. —The house then went into committee en this bill , beginning at the 20 th clause , upon which a _dis-uasion of three hours took place , which wat terminated at half past three o ' clock- by the postpone * ment of tbe _fu-ther consideration of tbe clause on Thursday , when tht hour of meeting was again fixed for 19 o ' clock . In tae course of the debate a " passage at arms" took place between Mr -Wakley and Mr Hudson with reference b what had taken place in a previous
discussion . Mr _Wimvreada letter from Dr Laycock , of York , complaining of & statement made in the house by Hr Hudson , in reference to a report of his on the sanitary condition of that city , and stating his belief tbat Mr Hudson knew nothing of that eondition , and had never visited a sick person tbere , at least sis . ee the time that he was a _mcthodist exhorter . ( Laughter . ) Mr _Huosotf said that what he stated was , that Dr Laycock took a very exaggerated view ofthe sanitary condition of York , and one that was not borne out by tha facts . He was somewhat surprised tbat Dr Laycock should make use of tbe language be did in reference to him , seeing that he asked bim ( HfHudson ) to u-e his
patronage in his favour , and accordingly , believing him to be a man of talent , he spoke favourably of him in tbo council hall . As to his not visiting the sick , he begged to inform the house that curing the tinw of the cholera he attended the hospital when most others shrunk from that duty . ( Hear . ) He was very " well satisfied , if no worse charge could be brought against bim than that ho was a roethodist exhorter . The hon . member for Finsbury was very fond of giving him advice , bnt be could tell that hon . gentleman that he had no great opinion of him as a medical man , or si a coroner—( laughter)—and that , despite of his pa _ognostications , he would go on enjoying himself . ( Laughter . ) The house adjourned , and ier > u ** Mu at five o ' clock .
Kktubnb webe Oedered , on the motion of Mr T . Dun . combe , of all papers , reports , communications , and correspondence among the Post-office authorities relative to the dismissal of Robert Grapes , late a general post letter carrier in tbe General Post-office ; showing the ground * of such dismissal , with a copy ofthe order read to Robert Grapes on Saturday evening the 3 rd day ot July , by Thomas fioyden , the assistant inspector , announcing such dismissal ; also , a copy of the remaining charges brought against _thesuperiritenV'ing president and the inspector of letter carriers bytbesaia Robert Grapes ; tbe correspondence between Robert Grapes and tbe Postoffice authorities relating thereto , with the reason why the further investigation ef such charges has been dis . . continued by Mr Peacock , solicitor tothe _Post-office ; alBO _,, a copy of the evidence given before Mr " Peacock during ; the late Investigation of Robert Grapes' charges , with Mr ' Peacock ' s report thereon .
Spanish Bonds . —Lord G . Bbhtinck rose to move an _t address to the crown , praying her MajeBty to take steps s to secure , for the British holders of nnpaid Spanish a bonds , redress from the government of Spain . In _sup-iport of his motion , he stated that the debt of Spain oan her bonds amounted t » £ 76 , 000 . 000 , of whicb £ 48 , 000 , 000 ) 0 were due to British holders . Tbe interest on ( _hisdebtbt smounted to £ 7 , 000 , 000 . The revenue of Spain inin 1835 did not exceed £ 9 . 000 , 000 , but in 1841 it amounteded to £ 12 , 000 , 000 . The expenditure of that country _wasas most profligate and enormous ; but , notwithstanding , _^
the excess of its income aboyqitB expenditure was _mororiban JC 1 000 , 000 , and would he slilllarger ifdne economynj were observed in the management of its revenues . AlltUI the most experienced jurists , from tbe time of Grotiuiiui down to that of Yattel , laid it down as a legitimate _csususa of war between two nations if one of them refused to tt pay its just debts to another . He , therefore , celled on on licr Majesty ' s _Miniators to demand from Spain the repay _^ y . ment Of the money which she had borrowed _s ' rom andnd oned to British subjects , and if _siiVrefused to accede to to that demand , to enforce it by all the influence of _heiiteir government , . _
Viscount _Paimehsto _** fully admitted in all its exJentent the princip le wbich the noble lord had laid down , andnd fortified with quotations from Grotius and other _jurists _^ _ts . But there might be a fair difference of opinion as to thethe expediency of the application of that principle to nnyparoar . ticular case . He did not deny , however , that _. seuinging aside the question of expediency , and viewing the mottcittci as one of strict right , the English government might bit b < justified in insisting upon a foreign government raakinfiin . good its engagements to British subjects . He believeievei that Spain during the . civil war bad a clainlain for forbearance ; but there eould be no donbonb that it had such a claim no longer . Its incom _.-om had been doubled within the last ten years ; and thi th sole reason why it was not even still larger was that Spai ' pai
wantonly persisted in a system of restriction and excluxch » i 0 n , He _WOnld Warn Such foreign _govem-mtnts _sta v might be indebted to them , thatjthe time might con com when the House sf Commons wouldno longer sit _quietjuiet under the wrongs and injustice inflicted npon the _subj-obj- < of tbis country , and when tbe Britbh nation would aid longer witness with tranquillity the interest unpaid upd up tho £ 150 , 000 , 000 of money due to private subjects , as a , that if they did not make proper and timely efforts arts ai quately to fulfil their engagements , th <» _governmenvaenv . this country might be compelled by puWb opinion , ton , ; _: by the votes of parliament , to deviate from the com coui whicb it had hitherto pursued , and to insist npon : pon : and adequate justice _bting done to her _Majesty ' s _snbjisnbjt . ! England had the power to do this . She had _nlni aim
been , and he trusted always would be , _provided with with , means of . obtaining redress for her people when wrot wroti by any or every country upon earth . _Uct passive pdve po involved a question of expediency , not ef power . _Ls . L _* : foreign nation , there & re , deceive itself by the _falst _falsti _pression that the British government and parliamrlian would for ever passively _acayiieiw-t in su **"* . _viTOii-flTOW . that when parliament might call npon the gorernorernii to enforce its _subjects' lights it would not be amplyimplyf vided with the _msans of doing so . [ Tho latter _pnterpti the noble lord ' s speech was listened to with thu U tho i _fuundest attention , and when the noble lord rent renins seat it was . amid a burst of prolonged and cneid cnen cheering . ] After speeches from Mr Harae , Mr Borthwick , wck , w _* Du _Litov Evans ,
Lord 6 , Bentinck observed , thot after the the of the noble lord ' s speech nothing was left _foeft foc _Spsnish bondholders to wish for ; and he _doubudoubtt but that tbe Spanish government would set to worto _worl _* Utile loss of time to _to tardy justice to its tods _foioigl ditors , .... The motion wia then , by leave , withdrawn . u . A largo number of orders of the day wore there Ihea - through , and _wanl bilto introduced , among _whfas wh . U ono moved for by Mr Hume , on behalf of Mr _Dunlr Duni to prevent the use of gunpowder and candles ndles ilierleB
. _ . .. ., .. ., .., Thb R AJAH of SATTaBA . -The adjourned de * _, ed dell Mr _Hume'd motion for a select committee to fog 11 to _inqti this case was reflumed by
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 10, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_10071847/page/7/
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