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_SpaiSpaia . But Hie spirit of mdepi _nde-ire in Portugal was lfcro _* sfcro * s ? n ; and how _t-uid the _people there be continually _IsrOTtsroverned by _interfcrcnce fr . im without ? Tbe best _gusitsniisntee for their _liberty was the full enjoyment of the pri-• _rtle-wileijesof the constitution , and when it became a question tion which party sh .. u'd be ministers , why should not the _¦¦ _ricfvictoria'us party , as in this country , have claimed the iappiappointment of the ministers . What was civil liberty , _nnli unless the party wbe had a majority in the country were euti entitled to conduct the _eovrnment ? Serer was there an < an occasion when an extrinsic interference bad been m * made with so little < rf _justiceon its side ; it was the most fat- ' _fat-il blow that conld have been struck at the liberties of t of tbe _conntrj ! The _Portusuese peop le have been told ths that whatever efforts they might her _.-nft _^ _maakefor -heir « w- ewn freed . m . no * -oner should they be on the eve of d would send her
sue success . tt . an the Qu . _en of _Eng lan _nav , * a *« _.. « the ocean *¦ c _« rce and crush them , however just mi might be the _cao = e fur which they were strnpgling . He fel felt that the c _* u _« e which we had taken _«* _-ould entail _fa'fa _' aredifficu lti son this country . Should it be tbe r . l « _T-lea-nre "f the King « « f the French to find some ex . ca cafefor < _J ' P ' ls ,, _' >' " _" Q ,, e < n of s P _* - anii placing the Da Dachess of Hontp _? n « i « : ron her _thronr , be did not Know Too how this country , after the course we had taken witb . re * _regard « o Portugal , conld interfere . ( Hear , hear . ) ] l < i ] Iow differently did wi- conduct ourselves under the admi-ministration of the link ¦» ol _tVYlIington _, when the French ds _) t _^ _j-osed Charle _* the T > nth—he at unce acknowledged th : th : - choice o the French _people , and so in _Belgium , nhi a th' tb" people threw off the yoke of the King of Holland , we di « did uothesi'ate to take _th-ir part _, now different was thi the ronrse _tnken by Mr Canning , in 1820 . * hen be so
CT Cirefully guarded himse'f against battering . the indepe pendenoeof the pe pie of Portugal . Th < - conduct of her 31 . -Majesty ' s government sadly contrasted with that « f Mr Cj Canning , who did not fear either France or Spain , and w . Were we to be told naw that Spain owed us _seven . y mi ) . li . - lions sterling , that we were to be bullied and cowed by S ; Spain f ( Hear , bear . ) It was our dnty to protect the in _independence of Portugal , but not to dictate or prescribe la laws to her people . The debate wa- then adjourned till Tuesday . The honse adjourned at ten minutes past one . TUESDAY . _Jcsie 15 .
HOUSE OF 101133 —Lord _Stanlet rose to bring fl forwa'd the motion of which he had given notice , respect . i ing British intervention in _Portugal ; aud afur _prctuis . i in ; that he was influenced by no desire of factious op . j position , but solely by a wish to justify the haiHse against i th * _.-supposition that ihey approved the policy lately pur . t _8-Jrttin Portugal , proceeded to _charg _« the _guv-rumm . _^ _tilth having concluded a treaty which violated the prin-« ei _; Irs of internal onal law . and was _repugnant to exist-J ing treaties . He _conceited that there was no principle 1 more distinctly established , or more universally recog-1 _nita-l _, than this—that with respect tothe purely _interi sal concerns of any State , no other country had a right 1 ti interfere in any manner , but least of all by force ; nnd j 1 _tl- _< f the only _possible qualification of this universalj
] princip le was to be found only _uliii the domestic a . flairs « of a state were of a nature to _endanger , if not the ' inrsti ' . utions _, at least the great leading _inerasts of other i countries . This was tbe principle which had been fol-1 lo _* ed by aU our great statesmen—by Pitt , by Canning , 1 " bv Lord Grey—nay , even on former _ncasions , by the very : sum who had _vjoSatrd it by bis _intenueddli- _'tj po icy in ; tl : ? present case , by Loral Palmerston himself . Assam . : _» £ . then , that the principle of non-interference was to be laid down without qualification , it _bi-a-arae his dnty ii * the _second _plase to show the honse that the pit-sent State of affairs in Portugal was one of purely dom * Stic distension , which warranted no foreign interference . To p _^ _vethis , the noble lord rapidly reviewed the incidents ¦ _wla-. ch _prtceded tbe insurrection , which in ten days after
the compulsory resignation of the Duko of Palmella had spread over the whole kingdom , c nSniug the authority ofthe Queen almost to the walls of Lisbon . Tbe contest wh ch ensued was wholly attributable to the _unconstitutional proceedings ofthe government , to ihe _dismissal of a constitutional minister , and to the apprehended _veaes'l . stall events tea return to the _measures , of one whom universal lHdignation had driven trom the country . Th ? re was in all this no _gronni for foreign interf _> T nee , inasmuch as there was no threat even to the _stability ofthe throne , far less any appearance of < i _* ftgrr to the independence of Portugal from without _, which alone could bave justift-d the intervention of this gniernment . Lord Palmerston himself had , on the 5 th f April , admitted the exclusively domestic character of
the question , by _cbaracterisint ? the insurrection as one not _aft-cting tbe dynasty , bnt simply the point as to who should be the _responsible ministers of the Crown . Up to that period , he bad but little fault to find with the _conduct of the noble viscount , wh .. had so far concned himself to the character of a mere mediator between h- parties . Judg _ing , however , from ihe conduct of his _subordinates in Portugal , Lord Palmerston did not act as an impartial mediator between them . Marshal Sal . danha having evidently regarded Colona-1 Wylde as favouring the court party against tbat of the Junta . Aftt-r the Sth of April , the whole policy of tbis country was _hhused . Mediation then ceased , and active interference was determined upon ; and if the mediation was partial so long as it listed , the interference which
succeeded it was inequitable between tbe parties from the moment in which it was embarked npon . And on what pie * did the government vindicate this " oppressive interference ! " On this , tbat if we had not interfered , other nations would have done so . The question , however , was not would other nations have interfered , but ware other nations entitled to interfere ! If , without being se entitled , they aid interfere , this country was bound to forbid their doing so , and to resist such interference , if persisted in . But there was no intention on the part of France to interfere , and the threat of resistance to Spain , if she moved a soldier across tbe frontier , vorild have 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 3 We had saved the throne , but humiliated the sovereign . For her gratitude , therefore , we could not look . And as to the people of Portugal , they conld no longer re-ard us as their protectors and faithful allies . The terms which we had secured to the Jnnta might be fair enough ; but what sacurity 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 thisgross violation of principle ; nothing tent embarrassment _, _complication , and difficulties , from an event which the whole of constitutional Europe
must deplore ; and he called npon the bouse lo express I its condemnation at the injustice and recklessness ofthe I policy which her Majesty's government had pnrsned . The noble lord concluded a very eloquent speech , hy moving " That the papers presented to both Houses of Parliament , hy her Majesty ' s command , afford , in the opinion of this House , no justification for the recent interference of this country , by force of arms , in the internal affairs of Portugal . " Tbe Marquis of L & _xsdowSE replied in justification of ths policy of the government . The condition of Portugal was such as left to the government of tha country so alternative hut that of interference . Portugal was distracted hy three parties , the triumph of either of which over the others would have been attended with the
most disastrous results to Portugal , with a reversion of serious difficulties for Europe , lt was for her Majesty ' s government to prevent the triumph of despotism under Donna Maria , of republicanism under the Juota , or of absolutism under Hon Mignel , or to step fornard and effect an arrangement whereby the constitution would be re-established and the monarchy preserved , lt had chosen the latter alternative , and , as he conceived , tbe 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 Portngal—an intervention which , if permitted to proceed _nninterfered with , might have ended in a
catastrophe to Ihe » _onstitntioii and _VaberttB of thai country . Tbe marquis concluded bis speech by the fol . lowing justification of our interference and of tbe policy f the government . Abstinence from interference , when carried to a certain point , might be correct ; but it might be _carried too far , not only in private life , but 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 dnty between man and man , and also between states ; the same might bs necessary in 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 na of the witnesses who was called lodged iu the 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 ofthe victim , whilst he himself remained perfectly quiet . The judge inter _, rupted him by asking , "Bo you mean to say that you Sid nothing all this time ! " To wbich the man ' s reply was , " I " never _i-iterfere in matrimonial disputes . " ( Load _laughter . ) The noble lord would _' wait whilst he heard the knife sharpened , and till he beard the cries of t _ he victim , before ho would allow the feelings of this country te be excited—( hear , hear)—but he was sure the noble lord would not , in the case to wbich he had alluded , bave continued his abstinence from interference tai tiie dispute had ended in hlood . _: Iu conclusion , he thought the government had done their duty , above _> U . by stopping bloodshed . He believed that they had of be
produced the elements returning tranquillity ; thought they had g iven space for action to that portion f the Portuguese nation which had been oppressed by _bethparties ; that in this suspense of arms and in the new Cortes these parties would come forward ; and that , aader the guarantee of the three powers , they would establish a government in _Portugal which would obtain respect in that as well as in o _tbercountries , and conduce ts _>' the interests of the world . Throughout the Penln . sola , and especially in Portugal , Great Britain had poaeessed great influence , which had conduced to the interests of this country . To exercise that _inflnenca now appeared to be wise ; while , if they allowed ma tters to go em , and avoided all interference , they would not ultimately hare avoided war—war which would havo been most disgraceful because it would do no good , aad most mischievous because it would have involved other
countries in hostilities . ( _Cbsera . ) The Dukeot _WixusG-roy , who spoke from the crosstroches , and was very inaudible throughout , then briefly _submitted to the house his reasons for supporting the _gajveramenton thatoccasion . One of them vas , that She dethronement of the Queen of Portugal appeared to _Iresnaof tbe _« hiect 3 ofthe Junta , a _catastrojphe » h" *
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this country was bound to avert , and which he was glad to say it hod averted . Another was , that as tlie Portuguese government had in the emergency to which its own misconduct bad reduced it applied to other sources for intervention , our government had done right in participating in the interference which ensued , were it only for _thesxka ofthe Junta and the popular partv , who owed their safety to the part which we had taken in put . tiug an end to the contest _vlm-l , _disuacu-d Portugal and menaced the peace of the world . The Barlof WiNcHrLSE 4 supported Lord Stanley ' s view ofthe question . The Earl of St _Gshhains _anij tDe Earl of Gbavville spoke in fitour of the government . Lord _Beschost , while not disposed to visit the ( _jovernroent with the same sweeping condemnation as Lord Stanley , thought their conduct was in many respects very blameable .
Their lordshi ps then divided—For the motion . _Coatenls 47 Nun contents _^ 66 Majority for government 19 Tlieir Lordships _a _. ! jourued at twenty minutes past ten o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMOXS . —After tbe disposal of the privhte _business , Mr T . Di'ncombe obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating t « the custody of lunatics . Sir ( J . _Gset obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the law as to tho school attendance of children employed in print works .
PoanoiL —Jfr G . Bankes gave notice that in the event of the revolution of the hon . member for Montrose _bt-ifg _nearativrd , and the amendment of the hon . mem . ber for Finsbury carried , he ( "Mr Bankes ) should move a resolution to the effect that the house regretted that ber JIajioty ' s responsible adviiers 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
Comroom . Lord J . Kdsseii , : I wish to say a few words with respect to the amendment of my hon . friend the member for Finsbury . My right honourable friend tbe member fw Edinburgh s , _iid last night , in which I concur with him , thatiu the sentiment and language of that amendment we are ready to agree ; but I fear , if that amendment wore put to tbe house as a substitution for tbe motion of the _honourable member for Montrose , it might be interpreted that there had been no decision of the house on that motion . ( Hear , hear . ) I should wish , therefore , if ray hon . friend has no objection to such an arrangement , that the motion of the honourable member
far Montrose , which is a direct censure- upon the conduct ofthe government , should be put to tbe house first ; and tbatm- honourable friend should move 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 . Du . vcombe said his only abject had been to deprecate in the present excited state of feeling , Portugal being made the battle-ground of party , aud to get something , if possible , for her people out of the melee . He was quite ready to adopt the course proposed by his noble friend , that ihe motion of his honourable friend should be taken first ; but on the condition of it not being understood that his ( Mr T . Duncombe ' s ) motion shonld be afterwards withdrawn .
Oo the order of tbe day for the adjourned debate being read , Mr Trei . awnv Inquired if tbe honourable member for _Pinshury , by the words " just measures" in his amendment , contemplated the use of arms by this country in order to enable the Portugueso 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 . Dp . vcohbe : I am not minister at war in tbis country ( Cheers and laughter ) . Tbe order of the day was tben read and tbe adjourned _Jebafc- _wasvasti-. _ned by Sir De _Lacv Evans , whosupported the government .
Sir ft . Peel rose with sercnal Iioh . members , on differ _, cnt sides of the house , but the other hon . gentlemen giving way the right hon . baronet proceeded to address the house ; prefacing his speech by the following explanation of his reasons for speaking at that unusual time ofthe 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 fonr hours at the close of the evening ( hear , bear ) is prejudicial to the public _servic _* . because it leads to an uianecessnay consumption of tha-puhliv time ( bear , hear ) , I intend , as far as my humble authority will go , to enter a practical protest against it , by delivering the few obserrations I hare to make at tbis , to a speaker , unpopular hour of the evening . ( Hear , hear . ) Sir Robert
then proceeded , in a long * and masterly speech , to vindicate the Portuguese p _J ' cy of tbe government in doing so ho besought the house to decide the question presented to it by Mr Hume ' s motion , not en any extraneous considerations , but upon its own intrinsic merits . He would hare no hesitation in calling upon the hou 3 o to visit with its severest censure tbe conduct of her Majesty ' s government in respect to Portugal , had there been any reason to believe that their departure from the sound and wholesome principle of non-interference bad been gratuitous and uncalled-for , or that they ranged themselves on the side of despotism , or attempted to crush the libtrties of Portugal . In his judgment , however , the paptrs laid before the house afforded satisfactory
eridmi-e that the government , instead of having volunteered iisarmed intervention , had been necessitated te act the part for which it wns now sought to arraign it before the country , and that tha ? onlj object which it bad in the policy on wbich it wns thrown was to support an ancient monarchy , and at tbe same time to promote the constitutional _liberties of its subjects . Such being the case , it behoved the hcuse to give the whole subject a dispassionate examination , and cot to permit itself to bo carried aw » y by _feeliugs wbich might precipitate it upon a decision wbich would involve a censure upon those whose acts _acii » Ut not merit such a visitation . * In judging ofthe conduct of the government , the house should overlook , as far as possible , the historic light which had been thrown upon events since the Sth of April , and place
itself in tbe 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 « n the part of tbe Junta , a course ef conduct wbicb the treaty of Quadruple Alliance entitled it to take , and one which was warranted by tho policy which bad for ages been pursued by this country towards Portueal , without ever meeting with the disapproval of tbe douse of Commons . Theirfriendly admonitions and moderate councils were con tinned op to the Sth of April , at which period the government found itself in a position of extreme difficulty , and at which time tbe line of its policy was changed . Had he been a mernbvr ofthe government at that period , he was not prepared to ssy but tbat he would have urged tbe precise
course which her Majesty's _government had dtemed it advisable to take under the circumstances . The change which tben took place in the policy of the government was justified by the change wbich had taken place in tho aspect of affairs in Portugal . Had the gorerament , under tbe circumstances , persevered in its previous policy of non-intervention , other countries would have _inter-, fered , and in so doing they would have carried with tbem the sympathies of a moiety of Europe ; aud considering the relations of tbis country to Portugal , it was impossible that in such an exigency it could bave stood inactively by . Sad 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 , tbe force of circumstances wonld have compelled the interference of Spain , if we had remained inactive , and have _justified the interposition of France . Besides , at the _ead of March there was no such certainty tbat the canse of _liberty would bave triumphed . Everything then seemed to bo in favour of the Quetn ' _s cause—her forces huving tlie ascendancy in tbe field , and the 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 upon 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 havo gone by _.
and events of a most disastrous character bave supervened . Under these circumstances , datk Indeed were the prospects of the Liberal party about the end ef March . Nay , more , the Queen of Portugal was counselled and urged by her Prime Minister , and hy her military com . mander _« , to make a direct application for the assistance of Spain . Had that country openly and actively interfered , and had France secretly abetted or _opesly assisted her in so doing , the consequences would have been as inimical to the interests of this country as tbey would have been disastrous to tbe liberties of Portugal . The Queen ' s cause would have triumphed , and tbe Ministry who had transported the prisoners of Torres Vedrns would have continutd in powor . Had the popular party triumphed , on tbe other hand , what guarantee bad they
that moderation wouldbave marked their _uBes of victory 1 In 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 out , by the interposition of force if necessary . Under all the circumstances of the case , it wonld be unjust to visit the government with condemnation for the part which it had acted . It bad done nothing in tbis respect to disentitle it to the confidence of the house . Viewing the whole case as he did , he could not consent to the motion submitted by Mr Home . 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
bothwould bave been the result of the Spanish intervention , which seemed to have become Inevitable , "What course , therefore , but that of conjoint intervention with Spain and France rema ued for tbe government of this country to adopt , which would have been compatible with the interests of England in the Peninsula , and the safety of constitutionalism iu Portugal ! After paying . a high compliment to the Doke of Palmella , the right honourable baronet thus concluded his speech : Sir , I think that the Portuguese government , on theCth of October , committed the greatest mistake tbat a government can commit , when , in anticipation of some fancied dangers , they resorted to what is called a coup _HeUt , tbat is , attempted to avert threatened danger by the assumption of snconstitutienal 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 thut has been made by those counsellors who advised the dismissal of that subject ofthe Queen andattached 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 b y the assumption of unconstitutional powers .. ( Hear , hear . ) These advisers of coups d ' etat have taken credit to themselves for firmness und decision ; they refer to the case ef LouiB XVI ., and say that the cause of monarchy was then lost by a want of firmness and decision . They pride themselves on tlieir decision and energy , but thej do not see the danger of resorting to these extreme acts oi violence , or the
consequences which they may lead to . ( Hear , hear . ) They pointed at the programme of tbe _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 nere not sufficient to set aside the constitutional liberty of Portugal , ( near , hear . ) That was a grievous mistake ; and what is tho consequence of rosorting to _s jch acts of power ? You alienate from yourselves the sympathies of Europe . ( Hear , hear . ) Let your enemies , if tliey will , meet and resort to unconstitu . _tionsl acts , be you content to apply the powers which the constitution giveB you , and then the good feeling of other countries , ay , and of your own subjects , will rally around you if the attack upon you be an unjust ono : 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 tbat case , tho _sympathies of Europe will rot be with tbem—( 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 U now in course of action ; but while I take that coarse , while I would not interfere to put a stop to that intervention which has taken place , I must at the same time say that of the acts ofthe Portuguese government 1 cannot speak without condemnation . ( Cheers . ) And
I say , in conclusion , that unless those , evil councillors who have been placed around . ' the Portuguese throne are banished—[ An Hon . Member . —They will be banished . ] —I believe tbat If tbat faction that calls itself the Ca . _bralist faction—and for anything I know they maybe 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 ia no _Becurity for peace , no security there for continued attachment to the Crown . ( Hear , hear . ) And then , indeed , it will not be in tbe power of England longer to give that advice , and to lend that assistance , which I think she can freely givo and freely lend , and which I hope will be effectual for the single purpose for wbich ihey have been given and lent—to maintain an ancient monarchy , and to obtain from that monarchy guarantees for constitutional freedom . ( Great cheering . )
Dr Bowsing 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 tbe present disastrous condition of Portugal . He was proceeding to contend that we had alienated from ourselves the good . will of the Portuguese nation by our recent policy , when Ou the motion of Mr Kewdegate 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 .
_Pobtcoai ,. — -The " Count-Out . "—A conversation of somo interest then occurred in consequence of Mr Bortbwick asking Mr T . Duneombe whether , if Mr Hume did not go on withhiB 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 . Duneombe made his motion ov not , Her Majesty ' s Government would feel It to be their duty . to use all Its just influence for tho preservation of the constitutional rights of the Portuguese people . Mr T . Dcncokbe added , that as he considered his amendment to be virtually carried after tbe declaration of her Majesty ' s Ministers , he uns quite satisfied . He wished in his turn to know what had become of tlio _Tlrtuous indignation of the country party , which was instrumental to tbe counting-out of the house yesterday evening . This rejoinder brought up Mr Newdigatcto justify his conduct , on the ground that when he made his motion there was no Cabinet Minister in the house , aud he was himself solus on the Opposition
benches . Mr Hcme insisted that the mode in which his motion was got rid of was discreditable to all parties , and that it could not have taken place witbont a previous arrangement . Lord J . _Hcsseix excused himself and his colleagues by saying that tbey bad " goue to see what was going on in the Lords . " Sir J . Gbaium confessed that he preferred going to his dinner than sitting to listen to Dr Bowring ' s speech , learned and graceful . tbough It might be .
Tenants ( _Ibiland ) Bill . —Tbe 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 tbe existing relative condition of landlord and tenant to benefit the entiro agricultural community . The hon . member entered upon details by which he showed tliPt tbo measure would promote employment and put into Circulation a 8 Um amounting to nearly £ 14 , 000 , 000 . Mr Monahan , tbe 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 tho numbers were , For the second reading 25 Against it ... ... ... ... 112 Majority 83 The bill was therefore lost , The house adjourned at six o ' clock . THURSDAY . June 17 .
nOUSE OF LORDS . —Lord _Brodouam asked whether the government had received information of an insurrection having taken plueo in tho Portuguese colony ol Angola , after tbe arrival of tbe Torres Vedras prisoners there , and whether Count Bomfin , who was one of them , was not now the governor of the colony . The Marquis _ofLANsnowNE said he bad heard such a report , but doubted its accuracy . Some bills were advanced a stage , and tbe house ad . journed . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Mr B . Osbobne gave notice that in the event of Mr Duneombe 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 _audubertits of the peopled Portugal , and , if necessary , to enforce the same .
Pobtdgai . —A further discussion took placo on the subject of Portugal , Lord G . Bontiuck calling the attention of the 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 futuro , injuries of a like kind done to British interests—propositions which elicited an explanation from Lord Palhebston but led to no other result . Poos Law Administration Bin . —On tbe 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 , & c , Importation Bill , allowing tho free Importation of _foreigia corn , ate , to the 1 st of M arch next , passed through committee , and the _house ' adjounicd _.
FRIDAY , JOSE 18 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Earl _Fitzwiitjak complained that having gone into one of tbe aisles of St Paul ' s Cathedral , being anxious to compare the building with that of St Peter ' s , which he had recently visitod , ha was followed by an official , who demanded tho payment ' of twopence . This practice of charging fees for admission to our national cathedrals ho considered highly disreputable . The Juvenile Offenders Bill passed through committee , and the house adjourned HOUSE OF COMMONS —Lord Palmebstom , at the instance of Mr Borthwick , gave an explanation with respect to affairs in Portugal ,
The debate on the Health ef Towns Bill then proceeded , Colonel Sibthorp moving that it be read a second lime that day six - montbB . The speeches were not lengthy , but the speakers numerous , _thomass of objectors resting their opposition on the ground of tbe exclusion of the metropolis from its operation , Mr llorsmau and Mr Roebuck fiercely attacking tho government for delay , and limiting the operation of the measure . At length the house divided , when the question of going into committee was carried by a majority of 1 * 11 , the numbers being 191 to 50 . After the disposal of some other business the house adjourned .
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The Fnatebayaij Dbmocbatii.—Tho Meeting ...
The _FnATEBaYAij Dbmocbatii . —Tho meeting of this society on Monday last was very numerously attended . Ernest Jones presided . The intervention in Portugal , and the threatened interference in the affairs of Switzerland , wero tbe subjects discussed . Excellent speeches were delivered by the Chairman , Carl Schapper , and Julian _Uarnoy . The society will again assemble on Monday evening next , when tlie threatened attack on the independence of Switzerland will be again discussed . The society will in future meet _eveq Monday evening , at 8 o ' clock , at the German Society ' s Hall , White Uart , Druvj * lane , three doors from _llolborn . The attendance of friends as well as members is requested .
Maid 3 T 0 sk . —The 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 _take'into consideration the best means of assisting the Election Committee , in defraying tbe expense of returning members pledged to tho People ' s Charter , at tlio forthcoming election . New _Radfobd . —A meeting of the shareholders will be held on Monday evening , at § o clock , in the _Denman-strect Chapel ,
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Asiiton-Undkn-Lyiye.—At The Branch Meeti...
_AsiiTON-UNDKn-LYiYE . —At the branch meeting on Sunday last the following resolution was adopted ;—That we are of opinion thut it would be highly _injurioas to the Company , and unjust to the successful allottee , to interfere with him in selling his allotment if he thinks proper . B . vrn 8 taplb . —At a meeting of the members of this branch of the National Land Compnny 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 shares previous to tho day of ballot . That this branch is of opinion that a longer time Bhould be given prior to the meeting of Conference , in order tbat a fair representation of tbe shareholders may take place . That a vote of thanks be given to Mr O'Connor and
tho 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 i were subscribed towards the Bilston Tea-tray , and 5 s 3 d towards the repayment of tbe debt due to our noble champion , Mr O'Connor , by the Defence Fund . Subscriptions were also commenced for the Derby and NottinKham elections . - A vote of thanks was awarded to the men of London for their noble conduct at tho Crown ami Anchor meeting , and a hope expressed that Messrs O'Connor and Jones might be induced to -visit _llvia part of the country . Persons mav become members on application to the secretary , Mr Thos . Flood , Holland-street .
_Bklfkr . — The shareholders have resolved to contribute 6 H . each , and to canvass the town for subscriptions in aid of the General Election Fund . Bkrmosdski _- _-.-At a meeting of the shareholders held this evening , ( June 15 th , ) at the New Tanners ' Arms , Grange Koad , it was resolved : — That the delegates to the next Conference ba instructed to consider the utility and expediency of ouch member of the Land Company paying one penny per month for the purpose of purchasing for each allottee , on taking possession of his allotment , a cow , pigs , and poultry _.
The members will meet here on Tuesday evening , June 29 iih , at eight o ' clock , to appoint officers for the ensuing quarter . Members not having paid their local expenses will forfeit their rights of voting . _Birminoiiam . —On Monday evening last a meeting was convened at the house of Mr S . Brindley , Cross Keys , _SpvicgbiU , for the purpose of forming a branch of the jNation . il Land Company , the laws of which were read and explained by Mr J . Newhouse ; also the address of MrO'Connorto the allotteesof O'Connorville , whicii gave the greatest satisfaction . Eight new shareholders joined the Company , and the meeting adjourned til ) 8 o ' clock on Monday next .
_BnAiiPOSD . —On Sunday evening a discussion was held on the question of the allottees selling their allotments alter receiving the Company ' s money . The discussion was adjimmed to Sunday ( to-morrow ) at 2 o ' clock in the afternoon , when the rules and other business of importance will be brought beiore the meeting . _Bmndford . —The following resolution was passed on Monday evening . Proposed by Mr Saunders , jun ., seconded by Mr VV * . Milford : —
That we , the members of tbe Ulandford branch of tbe National Land Company and other friends present in public _meeting assembled , having heard read from the Star the report of the Crown aud Anchor Tavern meeting , held last week in London , for the purpose of amend ' ing the New Poor Law , do unanimously , zealously and cordially , register our confidence and thanks to F . O'Connor , _E-q ., and E . Jones , Esq ., for their noble conduvt , and we consider that nothing short of those great principles enunciated by Messrs O'Connor and Jones will benefit tho working classes .
Carried unanimously . Three shillings were collected towards the electioneering expenses of Mr O' Connor at Nottingham . ' " Wesnall collect as much as possible , and transmit the sum collected to the Election Committee . Butt ? . —At a meetingof shareholders held on Sunday last , the 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 uf 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'Connorville tct-tray .
Gasstown . —At the regular meeting of the shareholders , held on Tuesday evening , June 11 , the following office-bearers were appointed : _r-Andrew Armstrong , treasurer ; John Lowrie , secretary ; Joshua Morgan , scrutineer ; Henry Bennetand Alex . Wood , auditors . Hull . —Resolution passed : — That a committee of five persons be appointed to consider the best means of establishing iu Hull an auxiliary to the National Laud and Labour Bank , and to report thereon to the shareholders on Monday , June 28 th , MAitiLiiBONK . —The shareholders met on Sunday . Several new members were enrolled in the 4 th sec . tion . The balance-sheets were audited and found correct .
_National Co-operative Benefit Socibtt . —The secretary will be in attendance to enrol members , afce . at the Assembly Rooms , 63 , Dean-street , on Tuesday evening next , June the 22 nd , from eight to nine o ' clock . _NuwcASTLE-uPOiV-TTaVB . —The sub . _secretai-ies in Corbridge , Hexham , and branches between Newcastle a ; . d Carlisle , are requested to send their addresses to James Nisbett , 6 , Gibson-street , Newcastle , for the purpose of forming a route for Dr M'Douall ,
between "Newcastle and Carlisle , commencing June 2 7 tti . A money club is about being formed in this branch among the paid-up members for the purpose of accumulating deposits in tbe two departments of the National Land and Labour Bank . Those who have entered tlieir names for shares are requested to attend atthe house of Martin Jude , on 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 ate the rules : —
1 . That this club consist of none but paid-up memburs of tbis branch of the Land Company , to be conducted by a committeo of three . A secretary and treasurer to be chosen tbe first night of meeting in each club by the members tben present , 2 . Thut each share be 3 d . per week ; and that any member be allowed to take as many shares as may be convenient to himself . S . That each club expire at the end of twenty weeks * , and then balance its accounts . And a new club com * inence at tlie end of every twenty weeks , until all the members of this branch are located _.
4 . That at the first meeting of each club a ballot shell be taken to detormine 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 4 or more tickets , the tickets to be numbered 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , ate , to Bhow the rotative _onler in which tho money invested will be remitted to the bank in tho name of tbo party drawing such number to be deposited in either department of the bank to his credit , and that the bank ehieque ofthe sumo be deposited in tbe hands of tho treasurer until the close of each club .
S . That any member being successful in the ballot _sbiill sign the following agreement : —1 the undersigned do hereby agree to pay to Mr ¦ on order the sum of ¦ , being the value received and entered to my credit in tlio riop ; _irtmi > nt of the National Laud and _L-ihout Bank , _Signed bj tue , in tht _VavesMice of Witness my hand this day of
184 . 6 That any member after having bad tho amount of his share or shares placed to his credit , being four nights iu arrears , shall be fined two pence upon each share , and also an additional halfpenny per week upon each share , until such arrears be paid , 7 , That iu the event of a member leaving this town , wbo has hnd the amount of his shares placed to his credit , he shall pay up all arrears duo to the club , before ho can receive his check ; and if a member has to leave the town who has not had the amount of his shares placed to his credit , ho shall be allowed to receive all monies due to him upon giving one week ' s notice to ths secretary .
8 . In the event of the death of any momber of this club , all monies that may fee due to him shall be paid to his next of kin , or placed to the credit of the same in the bank . y . That any member chaogans his residence , shall Inform tho Becrotary of such change within U days , or be lined 3 d . 10 . That eaeh member shall defray the expense of the post orders , ate , for the remission of his own money . A second money club for the same purpose as the above , to bo established among those members who have not paid their shares up , is rapidly filling , and those members di _sirous of entering the same wil please to give in _ttair names to the secretary . The Next _Conference . — "Resolutions in favour ofthe next Conference being held at Lowbands , in July noxt , have been adopted at Gasstown , Tower Hamlets , Barnstaple und Cambevwell .
Furthcoming Meetings. "Dnidfond.—The Sha...
FURTHCOMING MEETINGS . _"DniDFonD . —The shareholders will _meot in their room , I ' _uttenvortk-buildiDgs , on Sunday , at 2 o ' cloc ' / . in the aftoinoon . Hkvwoo » . —A . general meeting ofthe _shavebolOeva will be held on Sunday next . June 20 , at 2 o ' _clock in the afternoon , in the Chartist room , Il _^ vtlcy . street . NotTisGHAM .-Thenextmeetingof theI . / nf i mem . hers inthisdiiitnct will be held at the So- / en Stars Barker Gate , on Sunday evening next , ai \ j x 0 _- i ' _ . ' lo Kike into consideration the best mea _' _^ _a oi * support ' ing the Land anil Labour Bank ' _TowKit IJammis-The members - > ftho Whittington and Cat branch are reqi . este ; d to meet on Sun day evening at seven o ' clock . . The members o tho _Chiu-list locality will meet at eight o ' cl « ck ,
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Worship-Street,—A Romance In Me Hacknet....
WORSHIP-STREET , —A Romance in me _Hacknet . _Roin . — A young woman ,, named Luemtia Wilkinson Hendricks , was placed at the bar before Mr Broughton , charged with having _staflcn five _sovereigns from her mother , a widow of property , residing in the Ihckncyroad ; and a smartly-dressed young man , named John _Barnott , was also charged with having incited the firstnamed prisoner to the commission of _therobbery . Mr Heritage , who appeared for tbe prosecution , stated tbe case , and colled tho prosecutrix , who gave her evidence with much emotion , and said that tho female prisoner _, who was her only child , and had been brought up with Kr _. _'atcare and tenderness , would becntitleduoon coming of age to considerable funded property . For some
time past , however , she bod reason to suspect that her daughtar had formed a degrading connexion with the male prisoner , who was a potman in tbe service of sn adjoining publican , ar . d in the habit of bringing bear to the house , nnd on making this _discovi ry she repeatedly wnrned her daughter " of the ruinous consequences of such an intimacy , but without producing any effect , and it was at length necessary to resort to tbe extreme measure of locking up the greater part of her apparel , and keepinjf a close watch upon her actions , to _pre' _-en' her clandestinely _elopingwlth the object of her infatuation . The precautionary measures she adopted appeared to be attended with success unlil the evening ef Thursday _se _' nnig ht _, when , in _consi > quenee of her daughter ' s protractcd nbsence she proceeded io her bedroom on the
second floor , and found the window wide open , and a long knotted rope , one end of which wns attached to the bedpost , hanging down in the street , into wbich it was manifest the young woman bad oontrived to lower herself and make her escape . Upon afterwards examining tho house she discovered tbat tbe prisoner had taken nivny no clothing but what she had upon her person at the time , but upon _opcninir a drawer in whicii she kept her loose cash , sho discovered that five sovereigns , whicii had boen saff n short time previously , had disappeared . Feeling satisfied that the male prisoner bad Incited her daugbtrr to her _flluht , she employed several _prrsons to wnteh his master ' s _premises and follow him , in the hope of finding the young woman ' s retreat , and on the preceding evening be wns
raced to a low lodging-house in Pctcr _' _s-street . Friar ' s Mount , Bethnal . ercen , to which the _witnesspubseqiiently proceeded with a constable , and having found them together gave both the prisoners into custody . On interrogating the woman who kept _thehouse , Bhe _wosinformed thot tbe rent of the room in which her daughter had been discovered had been paid by tha male prisoner , who hnd engaged It the some evening the _youne woman _absconded from home , nnd that ho had also paid her frequent visits during the timo she had lived there . ' J _* * o portion of the stolen money had been found in the possession of either prisoner , and , _althmuih sho should he 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 , s ' _-e hnd no wish to
press the charge if she could recover possession of her daughter , and eff ' . _'ctuolly break off the connection she had formed . —Mr Broughton , upon this , asked tbe daughter if she was willing to abandon her intimacy with the OtbBP prisoner , and po back to the _hoare of h » r mother , who had exhibited sueh an earnest anxiety for her welfare ; but the girl'hook her head and answered with a decided and peremptory pegative . When called upon for his defence the male prisoner admitted having hired the room in question ; but said he'had done so at tbe earnest request of the young woman , who had come in a stote 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 tbey had not only determined to get married as soon as possible , but the banns hnd
actually been once published already . The male prisoncr ' 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 Brouehton 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 subsistence ? The mother , howfver , declared that nothing could induce her to consent to an alliance with the male
prisoner , _nssne had . been credibly _Informuil _ihtaVha was a man of jvild _, irregular habits , and had been wanderintr about the country _forseveral years with a pnng of gypsies . Mr Broughton then said , that although there was no positlve evidence to implicate either of the prisoners directly in the robhery ot present , he _cnniidered the circumstances of suspicion deposed to sufficiently _streng to justify his detention of both npon the charge , and he should therefore order them to be brought up again to answer it , but in the meantime would aecpt substantial bail for their future appearance . The bail for each was shortly afterwards procured , and both prisoners thereupon liberated .
An Artfui TniEF . —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 of staling a satin dress the property of Alice Noel , another of her relatives . The prisoner , whose parents were in very Indifferent circumstances , had been received Into the house of ber aunt from motives of charity , and was left by the latter to take care of the place during her absence at church on a Sunday eveninpt , about five weeks since . On her return home in the course of nn hour or two , after knoekine repeatedly at the door withsut being able to gain admittance , she was at length compelled to effect nn entrance
at the rear of the hooso , and on entering the . parlour , was surprised to find tho prisoner squatting upon the floor with her hands securely tied behind her , and fastened to ono of the legs of a table , nnd a broad bandage bound round her mouth , so as apparently to deprive her of all power of _utterance or motion ; Ou being extricated from her unpleasant , position , tho prisoner accounted for the predicament in which she was found by stating that a tall well-dressed mnnenmo to the door and inquired for her aunt , soon after her departure , ond learning that she was absent requested to bo furnished with tlio necessary materials to communicate his _business in writing , but hfld no sooner been shown into tbe parlour than bo pulled a pistol from his pocket , and presenting it at her head , threatened if she made the
slightest outcry that he would Mow out her _broins . no then , as she alleged , proceeded to secure her in the manner above described , and afterwards forced open oil the drawers and boxes in the place , and _abaconded with the most valuable portion of their contents . The prisoner ' s account of the transaction was in tho first instance implicitly believed , hut somo circumstances _svbsequently transpired which led to renewed investigation , and to _esoape further questioning she clandestinely left the house , and never afterwards returned . It appeared that she then went to the residence _ofber cousin , from whicii she contrived to abstract a satin dress , but having beon seen to leove the housa with the property , the police were directed to effect her apprehension . The prisoner _eludeS their
vigilance , however , until a few days since , when information reached 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 . The two men were afterwards committe _* _- ' to Newgate from Clerkenwell , at the prosecution of the Mint authorities , nnd the female prisoner was transferred to this court to answer the present charge . In hor defence the prisouer persisted in tho truth of her former statement relating to the robbery at tbe house of her aunt , and gave a circumstantial narrative ofthe 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 committed , 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 femnlo prisoners , and Alderman , the gaoler , having hastened there to ascertain the cause , found it proccedod from a woman named Ellen Hayes , under remand upon a chargo of felony , nnd who had been taken in the pains of child-birth . It fortunately happened that Mr Burchell , ono of the medical officers of Shoreditch , bis assistant , and an experienced nurse from the workhouse , wore in attendance upon other business , and under their prompt nnd skilful treatment the poor woman was safely delivered in a few minutes of a fine full
grown male infant . Every attention that the unfavourable nature of the circumstances would admit of was afforded , by direction of Mr _Broughtsn , and a plentiful supply of blankets and restoratives having been furnished ! by the wife ot the office-keeper , the surgeon soon after reported thot tho woman was capable of being removed , upon which a litter was procured , and tho mother and child transferred to tho workhouse , where both are now going on favourably . WESTMINSTER . —TnK Attack on Ma Somebs , M . P . —Patrick _y . Connor , son of Mdermnn Connor , _ex-ma . or and justice , of the pence of _Sligo , who wns ordered a few doys ago '_ o find sureties to keep tbe peace towards Mr Somers , M . P . for Sligo , ( and wbich was reported in last week ' s Star , ) in consequence of having made use of very offens _' _ite language to that gentleman , put in bail on Monday _« nd was liberated .
_LAMBETH , —Mr Alfred Marshall , the _yeung Man w _' _nose former examination , on a charge of firing a pistol ' _AtMiss Louisa Rofe , with intent to do her some grievous bodilyharm _, as appeared in ' the Northern Star , was again placed at the bar before Mr Elliott , for final examination . Mr fiinns attended for the _prosccation , and Mr _Gj > mtfl for the defence , After bearing Mlditionnl _evidenco , Mr Eliott remarked , that had tho evidence gone far enough to show that the prisoner had , as charged against him , discharged a pistol nt the young woman , with tbe intention of doing her some _grievous bodily harm , ho should havo felt lt to bo his duty to commit him for trial . Tho evidenco , however , fell short in establishing the ohargo of shooting , with intent ; but , ot the sawe time , there was sufficient shown to _ju-itity him , Mr Elliott , in I calling on the pi isoner to find _sufiicient bail to keep the peace , and be of good behaviour towards Mr Bailey , his family , and all others ofber Majesty ' s suhjcels , for six months . Tho required bail was put In and M « c _ tted _, k ir . d ths prisoner discharged .
Corn, Afce. *"*-"• Tne Potato And Corn C...
CORN , afce . * " _* - " TnE POTATO AND CORN CROPS The _question whether the potato crop has a ., i ,, been attacked by the disorder of tho last two seas ,., _ " _*• been the engrossing topic during the week , hut \ w n confess that the little hitherto known on the _sublet i ! *' not done much towards deciding the point . The a * ' once of the plant to the eye is certainly health ! .. r _' [ haulm and leaves look green and free from disease' " judging from external evidences , we should V _/ ro ., " _., _^* the crop perfectly sound . It seems , however , that n closer investigation , made by parties possessing the re site qualifications to examine the matter scientific , ? , ?"' symptoms of incipient disease have been discovered If ' conflicting nature ofthe reports are therefore easilv oounted for . Admitting , however , that instances _ * _- r * in which the potato manifests the same appearance a * - ' did at the corresponding period of last year , it does n necessarily follow that tho destruction of the crop to _?_' same extent ns then occurred must follow ; and we sh __ M bt very cautious in drawing general inferences _fnim _ _T ttciilar cases . As regards tho grain crops the _acojunt _* '* are universally favour ible . Spring corn , which avilS |_ ™ week beginning to show signs of a want of rain , lias b a _^
greatly nenenteai t > y the recent snowers ; and thou . * , _n fall which bas taken place in the temperature has J ' certain extent checked vegetation , tbe only ill j _; i . ' e v * mult from the old , weather ( if it did not continue " _tS _loiiit ) would be thai" of slvhtly retaiding tho prubahk pei iod of the harvest . —Murk-lane Express . The wheat crop is growing vigorously , and has j m proved much in colour during the last week . It still con tinues to be thin on the ground in this county , but if this weather should last we shall have full heavy " ears , if not n . thick plant Tho spring corn , which has looked aa ell froni the first , continues to i mprove . Thevo is _abmidiance of plant , and , since the rain , the colour has become brighter and deeper . The rain must have exterminated the fly on he turnip . It will also have done much _i-ood to the p _' ota . toes . Tbis crop , in common with others , has suffered considerably from slugs and insects , but nehave not been able to find Mr Smee ' s Aphis Viistator upon it . _A ccounts of a highly favourable character , _respecting the growin » _- crops , have beuu received from the United StateB , France and Hungary . —Liverpool Times , Tuesday .
Makk Lane , Monday , _Jaiaie 14 . — Fa . lt . ov _Tiiices . — _Ptli'inf , ' lust week the arrivals of ail kinds of grain as iv _. U as flour for our market , coastwise and by land carnage _, and sample , were on a very limited scale , but _tho-c of wheat from _S cotland viz . upwards of 1 , 010 quarters , wore large , while from Ireland a fair quantity of wheat and fl _. iiir came fresh to hand . The imports of foreign wheat , vir . „ 113 , 414 quarters , were good , but those of barley , oats , beans , and pea . _i were trifling . Of furcigii flour we reveived rather _overS _. ilOO barrels . Fresh up to dny , rather a large quantity of home-grown wheat , principally in the bauds ofthe mcichants , readied us from Essex and Kent , the arrival of that article since Saturday evening amounting to nearly 2 , 501 ) quarters _. The show of samples of both red and white was larger than on any _previaaus market day held during the last six months . As might , therefore , be expected , considering the prevailing fino weather fur the growing crops , and the a _' lsi'iicc of the principal buyers , the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce was excessively heavy , at a decline in th- quotations obtained on Monday last
of trom "Five to Six Shillings pet * Quarter , " and a clearance wns not effected . The show of foreign wheat was very extensive , aud 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 ta _> about 0 , 001 ) quarters , at the above amount of _deprcssaiiii . The _quaantity of barley on offer « 'as small , it being wholly composed of the pare ' els received from abroad in the past week . All kinds met a very slow inquiry , at barely , but at nothing quotable beneath last week's prices . We had a very small quantity of malt on show , nevertheless the sale for that article was in a very inactive state , at about last week ' s currencies . The quantity of oats was very trilling . Selected qualities were in fair request at full prices , but all other kinds hung on hand , though wc cannot cail them cheaper . Although the supply of beuns was very small the trade was heavy , at buruly late rates . In peas we have no alteration to notice , with a very limited quantity on offer . Indian corn was heavy _, and Is to 2 s per qr lower . Plour was very dull , and all kinds avero as per sack and 8 s per barrel cheaper ,
_SaiTisir . —Wheat : Kent . Essex , and Suffolk , old red 80 s to 8 Ss , new red 80 s to 80 s , old white 83 s to 92 s , new ditto 86 s to 95 s , Norfolk and Lincoln old red 80 s to 87 s , old white _SCs to 91 s . —Rye 63 s to C 5 s . —Barley : grinding 48 s to 50 s , distilling 54 s to Cls , malting 58 s to _OOs , Chevalier 60 s to 62 s . —Mult : Brown 68 s to 70 s , pule 75 s to 76 s ; Suffolk and Norfolk 74 s to 7 Gs . —Beams : Tick 48 s to 51 s , pigeon 55 s to fr 6 s . — Harrow new , 5 ls to 53 s . — l _' cas * . white 60 s to 6 ls , grey and maple 56 s to 01 s . —Oats : English feed 3 : ' s to 36 s , Poland 33 s to 35 s , Scotch feed 38 s to 10 s . Flour : Town made 70 s to 75 s , Esses and Kent 60 s to 68 s , per 280 lbs . Fokeign . —Free Wheat : jDnntzic and Konigsburg 803 to 95 s , Mecklenburg Sals to 85 s , Russian 70 s to Sus—Barley : grinding 18 s to 51 s , malting 51 s to 57 s . — -Beans ; _Earjlatian -10 s to 42 s , Mediterranean 4 \! s to 49 s . —Oats : Russian 32 s to 35 s , per qr . —American flour 10 s to 45 s per _l'JIilbs .
Mark Lane , Wednesday , June 16 . —Only a moderate supply of English whenthas been received up to our market since Monday ; ami the show of samples here to-day was small . Still , however , the demand was in a very inactive state , at unaltered quotations . The _imput-ts of foreign wheat this week have amounted to 0 , 820 qrs . Tbat grain was very heavy , but prices were not lower . Friday , June 18 . —The wet weather this morning was not witiiout its effect upon the minds of our uiilltrs , wbo were tolerably free buyers of wheat , at rates fully equal to those of Monday last . Spring corn of all sorts was a slow sale , at that day ' s rates . _IticiiMojJD ( Yorkshire ) June 12 . —We had a large supply of wheat in our market this morning , but of other kinds of grain only thin , and at the hitter end of tbo market the s lo wns very dull . Wheat sold from I 2 s to 14 s ; oats , 45 td to 5 s 4 d ; barley , " s to 7 s 3 d ; beans , 7 s 3 d to 8 s per bushel .
POTATOES . _Bonorcii and _Spitai-fields , June 14 . —Very few arrivals of potatoes have taken place . Tiie best qualities nre in fair request at full prices , but all other kinds live , u , dull sale . York reds 280 s to ? 00 s , do Regents 28 _as to _SOi's , do Shows 220 s to 230 s , Lincolnshire and Gambridgeshira regents —s to —s ; do kidneys l 0 » s to 180 s , Dutch 120 s to l 6 Usper ton . CATTLE , ic . Smithfield , Monday , June 14 . —Large importations of foreign stock have again taken place into London since Monday last , as will be seen by tho following statement : — From Whence Oxen Cows Calves Sheep Lambs Rotterdam 120 360 140 1 , 000 140 Hamburgh 51 — — 20 — _llarlingcn 150 365 80 650 35 Nieudivp 30 40 — 210 — Flushing — — — 160
—Total .. 851 765 220 2 , 040 175 At the outports about 300 beasts and SCO head ot sheep , lambs , and calves have been landed , chiefly _f' _-om Holland . Thesupply of foreign stock ou offer to-day consisted of about _a-. ' 0 oxeai and _coa \ s , GS 9 sheep and liunbs , and 31 Calves iu very mialdliug condition . Prom our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were seasona' Jy extensive , and about 700 head more than Inst Monday . Tbis increase in the supply , together with the comparatively small attendance of country buyers , and the unfavourable state of the weather for _slaughtering , caused the _bct-f trade to be in a somewhat active state , and the quotations ruled quite 6 d per 81 b lower thau on this day se'nnight There was a considerable increase in the number of sheep on sale : hence the mutton trade was heavy , at a fall in the currencies of 4 d per 8 H > . With Iambs wc were well supplied ; while the sale for that description of stock was dull at a fall in the value of fraim
8 d to Is per Sib . The supply of calves was tolerably good , nnd the sale was heavy at 2 d per Sib less money . In Figs exceedingly little business was doing , and the rates _Uud a downward tendency . Coarse and Ulterior beasts 4 s to 4 s 4 d , 2 nd quality do 4 s fid to 4 S 8 d , prime large oxen 4 s lOd to 5 s prime Scots 5 s 2 d to 5 s id , coarse sheep 4 s 2 d to 4 s Sd , second quality do 4 s fid to 4 s Sd , prime coarse woolled sheep 4 , s lfld t « & s , V vune _sowUwiuwn do 5 s id to 5 s 4 d , 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 fid neat small porkers 4 s 8 d to 5 s , lambs 5 s to 6 s per Sll > to sink the offal , suckling calves 18 s to 22 s , awl quuvtev old store pigs 18 s to 23 s each . Beasts 3 , or-8 , cows — _> sheep and iambs 28 , 590 , calves 240 , pigs 290 . Fjiidav , . tunc lg , —Tho number of beasts was again large , but the average quality of the supply was inferior , consequently , choicest alcseriptions were not lowor . Second-rates were a heavy sale , itnd many remained unsold : The trade iii calves , sheep , lambs and pigs , wits very dull .
WOOL . London . —Largo public sales of colonial wool are now taking place iu London . About 3 . 000 bales have been already offered , and partly disposed of at a trifle under the previous sales quotations . Since our last , the imports have amounted to about 3 , 280 bales chiefly from our colonies . Ill the private contract market very little business is doing , at bun-It late rates .
COTTON . IiVKitrooii . —Tlte receipts at the ports now shew a deficiency of 248 , ' 00 bales , as compared with the same period last year . With these accounts we have bad a firm though not very large business . Sales 5 , 000 bales a « d prices re . main firmly suppo ' tcd at lust Friday ' s rates .
Died. At Kidderminster, On Thursday, Jun...
DIED . At Kidderminster , on Thursday , June 10 th , Thomas Lainchbiiry , aged _thirty-tlu'oe years . He was one ofthe most stanch supporters of tho Chariot * and . ho Land Plan that the town couW boast of . He was always ready to assist in alleviating tlie condition of his _tcllow-men . He was tho _successful member of tho Land Company who drew tho prixe for Kidderminster , nt the last ballot ia London . At the time ho received the news of his prhe ho had a severe cold upon him . and it is supposed by hit shopmates that the extreme jey he felt on this occasion ) was the principal causoofliis death , for from th . it _tim * he was scarcely conscious a whole liny through . On Tuesday , tho 2 nd of 1 une , ho finally took to his bed . His last talk was ofthe Charter , the Land , Foargus O'Conaor , iindMathon . lie died ns he had lived _. _' rcspccted by alt who knew him , and on "Monday aftoruoou _!> 's mortal remains were followed to the grave by a great _nu-aber of his shopmatcs and members of tbo Land Company . IIe has left a widow , aud two small children , both uuder H months old , to deulove his loss .
Death of Cakteii , tub " Lion King . " —Mr Carter , known for Ins daring exploits with wild _auiinals , expired at his midonuo iu _Avuudol-sttcct , Strand on Friday morning _.
Batuutul'ts, (From Tie Gazette Of Friday...
BAtUUtUl'TS , ( From tie Gazette of Friday , Jnne 18 . ) Robert MacDowall Brown , Sheffield , merchaut—John _Dnlliseii Browne , _"Waltliamstoir . surgeon—Bichard Cox , ciiaitbrd , Gloucestershire , stonemason—Henry Foan _, Yeovil , glove innnutacturcr—Joseph Hall , Brondwy , Westminster , currier — Thomas Hunter , Bishopwearmouth , grocer—Edmund Maude , William Jones , George Maude , and William Aspdm , _Noi-thllect , Portland cement manufacturers—Alfred Gerard Kobinson , Uothloy , Leicestershire , woolstapler— William Thoruo , Crawlcy-stree _* . _StPiincras , linemlraper— _Wnples Wiiii . cn , Birmingham _, corn agent , —Francis Williams , llarris . ahead , Staffordshire , grocer — Frederick Young , Basinghall-s _truet , woollen warehouseman . _ ¦ -- — _-rjai
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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/ns3_19061847/page/8/
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