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Spain . But tbe spittr lit indep < 'U < 1 e ce in Portugal nut troken ; and haw c . oiUl the people there be continually ^* w « raed bj iufrference trom without ? The best gua-* &nted ( a * their liberty Was the full enjoyment of tlie prixilegesof the coustisuiion , and when it became a questiou which party shnuM be ministers , why should not tlie victorious party , as in this country , have claimed the appointment of the ministers . What was civil liberty , unless the party who had a majority in the country waro entitled to conduct the government ? Never was there j « u occasion when an extrinsic interference bad been made with so little of justice on its sido ; it was the most fatal blow that could have been struck at the liberties of the count « The Por tuguese peop le have been told
ry that whate » er efforts they might hereafter mafce for the . r own freedom , no sooner should they be on the eve of success , than the Qucea .. f Enrfand wouldsend her nary acriss theorem to coerce and crush them , however ju « might be the cause for which they were stru gling . He f-ltthat the c -uMB which we had taken would entail future difficult ! 6 on , hU country . Should it be the I'leaiure of the Kmc «» f the French to find some ex . ruse for df p osing iheQaeen of Spain , and placing the Pachess of liontpenMtr on her throu ? . he did not know liow this country , after the course we had taken with Tesard to Portugal , could interfere . ( Hear , hear . ) How differently did w <> condnct ourselves under the administration of the l > uk-ot WrlllnRton , when the French
deposed Charle- the Tvnth—ho at once acknowledged the choice o the French people , and so in Belgium , when ( he people threw off the yoke of the King of Holland , we did not hesitate to take ttnir part . How different was the course taken by Mr Canning , in 1826 . when he to carefully guarded himself against battering the independence of the penple of Portugal . The conduct of her Majesty ' s government sadly contracted with- that of Mr Canning , who nid not fear either France or Spain , and w . Te we to be told now that Spain owed us sevemy millions sterling , that we were to be hnllied and cowed by Sp « n % ( Hear , hear . ) It was our duty to protect the Independence of Portugal , but not to dictate or prescribe laws to her people . The debate wa > then adjourned till Tuesday . The bouse adjourned at ten minutes pa 6 t one . TUESDAY . June 15 .
HOUSE OF LOUDS . —Lord Stmjkt rose to bring f-jrwatd the motion of which be had given notice , respectine British intervention in Portugal ; and after premising that he was influenced by no desire of factious opposition , but solely by a wish to justify the house against tuesuppo » ition that they approved the policy lately pnrsuei in Portugal , proceeded to charce the government with having concluded a treaty which violated the principles of iatcrnat-onal law . and was repugnant to existin ; treaties . He conceived that there was no principle wore distinctly established , or more universally recognized , than this—that with respect to the purelyinterual concerns of any State , no other country bad a right t » interfere in any manner , bnt least of all by force ; and that the only possible qualification of this universal
I'rinciple was to be found only when the domestic Affairs of a state were of a nature to endanger , if not the institutions , at least the great leading interests of other countries . This was the principle which had been followed by all oar great statesmen—by Pitt , by Canning , fee Lord Grey—nay , iven on former ncaeions , fey the very nan whohad violated it by his intermeddling po'icy in the present case , by Lord Palraewton himself . ' Assaming , then , that the principle of noa . inkrference was to belaid down without qualification , it became : his duty in the second place to show the house that the ptesent state of affairs in Portugal was one of purely domestic disseasien , which warranted no foreign interference . To prove this , the noble lord rapidly reviewed ihe incidents which preceded the insurrection , which in ten days after
tbe compulsory resignation of the Duke of Palmella had spread over the whole kingdom , c -nSning tbe authority uf the Queen almost to the wells of Lisbon . The contest which ensued was wholly attributable to the unconstitutional proceedings of the government , to the dismissal of a constitutional minister , and to the apprehended recall , stall events tea return to tbe measures , of one whom universal indignation had driven from the conntry . There was in all this no ground for foreign inter . f > ranee , inasmuch as there was no threat even to the friability of the throne , far less any appearance of danger to the independence of Portugal from without , which alone could have justified the intervention of this gorerument . Lord Palmerston himself had , on the 5 th of April , admitted the exclusively domestic character of
the question , by characterising the insurrection as one Hot affecting the dynasty , but simply the point as to who should be the responsible ministers of the Crown . Up to that period , he had but little fault to find with the condnct of tbe noble viscount , who bad so far confined himself to the character of a mere mediator between the parties . Judging , however , from the conduct of his subordinates in Portugal , Lord Palmerston did not act as an impartial mediator between them , Marshal Saldacha having evidently regarded Colonel Wylde as favouring the court parry against that of the Junta . After the 5 th of April , the whole policy of this country was changed . Mediation then ceased , and active interference wa 3 determined upon ; and if the mediation was partial so long as it lasted , the interference which
succeeded it was inequitable between the parties from the moment in which it was embarked upon . And on what plea did the government vindicate this " oppressive interference P On this , that if we had not interfered , other nations would have done so . The question , however , was not would other nations have interfered , but were other nations entitled to interfere ! If , without being so entitled , they did interfere , this country was bound to forbid their doing so , and to resist such interference , if persisted in . 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 the frontier , would hare effectually averted danger from that quarter . Instead of waiting for the interference of these two powets , we had invited them to interfere ; and what had we gained from what had subsequently taken place ! We had saved the thrane , bnt humiliated the sovereign . For
her gratitude , therefore , we could not look , ' And as to the people of Portugal , they could no longer regard us as their protectors and faithful allies . The terms which wehadgecured to the Junta might be fair enough ; but what sicuriry was there that they would be fulfilled ? 'Were they prepared to enforce their observance to the minutest particulars 1 He saw nothing bnt confusion as likely to arise from this gross violation of principle ; nothing but embarrassment , complication , and difficulties , from an event which the whole of constitutional Europe must deplore ; and he called upon the house to express its condemnation at the injustice and recklessness of the pelicy which her Majesty ' s government had pursued . The noble lord concluded a very eloquent speech , by moving " That the papers presented to both Houses of Parliament , by her Majesty ' s command , afford , in the opinion
TheMarqnisof Lucsdowhe replied in justification of the policy of the government . The condition of Portugal was such as left to the government of the country no alternative but that of interference . Portugal was distracted by 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 . It was for fcer Majesty ' * government to prevent the triumph of despotism under Donna Maria , of republicanism under the Junta , or of absolutism nnder Don Miguel , or to step forward and effect an arrangement whereby the constitution would be re-estabiished and the monarch y preserved . It had chosen the latter alternative , and , as he conceived , the wiser one . And if the cendition of Portugal waa no
sufficient justification of the course pniga-d , the complicated aspect which tbe question had latterly assumed rendered it imperative upon her MajesryV ^ overnment to act . Intervention from other quarters ' was impending over Portugal—an intervention which ' if permitted to " proceed uninterfered with , might have ended in a catastrophe to the constitution and liberties of that country . The marquis concluded his speech by the fol . lowing justification of out interference and of the policy of the government . Abstinence from interference , whan carried to a certain point , might be COHCSf , but it might be carried too far , aot only in private life , but in publi c affairs . It was right ' to abstain generally from interference with the conduct of others but a state of things might arise in which Interference
would become a daty between man and man and also between states ; the same might be necessary In public « r European affairs as it might in social life He re membered a trhl that once took place for a murder committed in the suburbs of London . It appeared that oae of the witnesses who was called lodgediu 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 of the victim , whilst he himself remained perfectly quiet . The judge interrunted him by asking , "Do yon mean to gay that you dianoUungall this time ! " To which the man ' s reply was , "I . never Literfere in matrimonial disputes . " S ^ SW J D ° ltrd *»* & »» "hUst He 5 ^ 2 « w ^ ' » nd m he heard tbe cries of the victim , before he would allow the feelings of this to be excted
country -jhear , hear )_ but he was sure tbe noMelord would not , fa the case to which he had Srtf ^ rsr ^ * ' *^^ " ^™ faU the dUput * had ended in blood ; , In conclusion , he ftought the government had done their duty , abDve all , by stopping bloodshed . He believed thattteyhlu produced tbe dements of returnin g tranquillity-he thought they had given space for action to that portion of the Portuguese nation which had been oppressed bv both parties ; that in this suspense of arms and in the new Cortes these parties would come forirard ; and that , under the guarautse of the three powers , they would establish a government in Portugal which wonld obtain respect in that as well as in other countries , and conduce to the interests of the world . Throughout the Peninsula , and especially in Portugal , Great Britain bad possessed great influence , which had conduced to the
interests of this country . To exercise that influence now appeared to be wise ; while , if they allowed matters toga on ' and avoided all interference , they would not vlll . matelyhave avoided war-war wliich wonld have been most dU-fei-actfal because it would do no gcod . and most mischievous because it would have involved other countries in hostilities . ( Cheers . ) _ The Sake of WituscTwr , who spoke from thecrossbenches , and w&a vti- y inaudible throughout , t-icn bile-fly submitted to the house his reasons for supporting the government on that occasion . One of them was , tint the dethronement of the Queen of Portugal appeared to be ene of the objects of tlie Junta , a catastrophe which this country was bound to avert , and which he « as glad to say it had averted , Another wa 3 , that as the for *
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1 at been made by those counsellors who advised , the ditmUsBlot that subject of tVit Queen and attached friend of peace , the Duke of Palniella . ( iTear , hear . ) It would have been the true policy of government , even if these dangers were real , to have met them , and not attempted to avert them by the assumption of unconstitutional powers . ( Hear , hear . ) - These advisers ofcotip * d ' etat have taken credit to themselves for firmness and decision ; they refer to the case of Louis XVI ., aud say that the cause of monarchy was tlien lost by a want ol firmness and decision . They pride themselves on their decision and inergy , but thej do not see the danger of resorting to these extreme acts of violence , or the consequences which they may lead to . ( ile » v , . hear . ) They pointed at the programme of the Septcmbrists ,
but I believe that was nothing more than a proposed change in regard to electoral districts ; and I contend that any apprehensions entertained in regard to that programme were not sufficient to set aside the constitutional liberty of Portugal . ( Hear , hear . ) That waa a grievous mistake ; and what is the consequence of rosortlng to sjch acts of power ! You alienate from yourselves tho sympathies of Europe . ( Hear , hear . ) . ; Let yonr enemies , if they will , meet and resort to uuconstitutionalacts , be you content to appl y the powers which the constitution gives jou , and then the goon feeling of other countries , ay , and of your owu subjects , will rall y aroundyou if the attack upon you be an unjust ono ; but if the friends of the monarchy will attempt to meet danger by eoups d ' etat , and will violate the law in
anticipation of dangers , then , in that case , the sympathies of Europe will rot be with them— ( cheers;)—that is the mode by which thrones are more endangered than bv disloyalty and disafftction on the part of 'he people ( Hear . ) I have now fulfilled that which I sain I would do , openly and frankly . I have spoken my opinions as a private individual ; after a perusal of those papers bi'fore me , I cannot assent to a vote o ! censure on the government . I cannot consent' to interfere with that whichhnowin course of action ; but while ! take that course , while I would not interfere to put a 8 top to that intervention which has taken place , I must at the eamo time say that of the acts of the Portuguese government I cannot speak without ¦ condemnation , ( Cheers , ) Aud 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 that if that faction that calls itself the pabraliBt faction—and ' for anything I know they may be 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 security for peace , no security there for continued attachment to the Crown . ( Hear , hear . ) And then , indeed , it will not be in the power of Englund longer to give that advice , and to lend that assistance , which I think she wn freely givo and freely lend , and which I hope will be effectual for the single purpose for which they have been given and lent—to maintain an ancient monarchy , and to obtaiu from that monarchy guarantees for constitutional freedom . ( Great entering . )
Dr BowBiNG observed , that although Sir R . Peel ha pointed ; . out with consummate tact the difficulties of this question , he had not traced the course of the lamentable policy which had produced the present dU . astrpus " condition of Portugal . He was proceedinu to contend that we had alienated from ourselves the goodwill of the "Portuguese nation by our recent policy , when ' "' ¦ " , ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ; ¦ - . ¦ .. ' ... •••"• , ' On the motion of Mr Newdeoate the house was counted out alittle before eh ( ht o ' clock . ' * WEDNESDAY Jdne 16 . ¦ ¦ HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Agricultural Statlstica Bill was withdrawn by Mr M . Gibson , on tho ground of the lateness of the session .
' PeBTUGAL . —The " Count-Out . "—A conversation of some interest then occurred in consequence of Mr Borthwick asking Mr T . Duncombe whether , if Mr Hume did not go on with his motion , he still intended to put his amendment as a substantive motion . This led to a reply from Lord John Russell , that whether Mr T . Duncombe made his motion or not , Her Majesty ' s Government would feel it to be their duty to use all its just influence for the preservation of the constitutional rights of the Portuguese people .
Mr T . Duscombe added , that as he considered his amendment to be virtually carried after tbe declaration of her Majesty ' s Ministers , he « as quite satisfied . He wished in his turn to know what had become of the virtuous indignation of the country party , which was instrumental to the couuting-out of the house yesterday evening . This rejoinder brought up Mr Newdegateto justify his conduct , on the ground that when he made his motion there was no Cabinet Minister in ' the house , and he was himself ioius on the Opposition benches . '•'"'• ¦ '
Mr Hume 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 nithont a previous arrangement . Tenants ( Ibeiakd ) Bim .. —The adjourned debate was resumed by Mr T . C&awfobd , who stated its object was to give security to the occupying tenants in the Bouth of Ireland . and by altering theexuting relative condition of landlordand tenant to benefit the entire agricultural community . The hon . member entered upon details by which he showed thPt the measure would promote employment and put into circulation a sum amounting to nearl y £ 14 , 000 , 000 . Lord J . RUSSELL excused himself and his colleagues by saying that they had " gone to see what was going on in tho lords . " Sir J . Gbahak confessed that he preferred going to his dinner than sitting to listen to Dr BowriDg ' s speech , learned and graceful though it might be .
_ Mr Mohahan , the Irish Solicitor-Generol , opposed the bill , and moved that it be read a second time that day six months . A lengthened debate ensued , and upon a division the numbers were , ' For . the second reading ... ... 25 Against it ... .... „ . . „ 112 ,. Majority ... ; ... ' .. ! . ; ' 83 ^ ' The bill was therefore lost , The house adjourned at six o ' clock . ' '
{ From our Second Edition of lost toeek . ) ¦ ..,. THURSDAY , Jbne 10 . HOUSE OP LORDS —The Bishopric of Manchester Bill was read a second time . Several unopposed bills on the table were forwarded a stage , aad the house adjourned . HOUSE OP COMMONS . —The Poor Law Adminis . tration Bill was postponed to Monday next . Psisons Bui ,. —The adjourned debate on the motion to go into committee on tbe Prisons Bill was resumed by MrNEWDEOATE , who , in a speech of considerable length , pointed out the Impolicy and danger of the changes contemplated by the government in respect to the punishment of persons sentenced to transportation . After a lengthy discussion , in which Sir J . GiUham . Lord John Russell , and Sir P . Kblli took part—the House divided—the numbers wtre , for going into Committee oatke Bill 124 ; against it , 76 ; majority , 48 . The House then went into Committee pro forma . ¦ '
In Committee of the whole House a resolution , to further suspend the duties on corn , was agreed to and reported to the House , and a Bill was ordered to be brought in founded thereon . ' . - "¦¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ The other orders of the day were disposed " of » and the House adjourned . " ¦ ; ' ¦;
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NATIONAL LAND COMP&NY . ' ( Contfnwd / rom our 5 rtjwjre . ) Darlington . —Placards . fand the public bellman announced that a meeting would take place on Wednesday week last , at half-past seven o ' clock , in the Christian Meeting House , for the purpose of hearing Dr M'Doii ill deliver a lecture on the " Nature and Capabilities of the Soil , " and the duties of every working man to avail himself of tbe opportunity afforded him to join the Land Company , and thereby emancipate himself and posterity from the fangs of a corrupt and debasing system of oppression and monopoly , mogt degrading and insulting to evety friend of freedom , and t ' j every sincere Well-wisher of his country . Mr , John Mess took the chair , and , after a few preliminary observations , he introduce * Dr M'Douall . The doctor then stcod forward and delivered a most splendid lecture in all its details . ;
Edinburgh . —At a meeting of the shareholders , Mr Walker brought forward the following resolution / which was seconded by Mr J . £ . Kings : — " That concentrating the power of appointing the schoolmasters in , the Board of Directors is anti democratic in piinciple , and dangerous as a precedent ; and the rule ought to be rescinded , and the power placed in the hands of allottees ; and further , that the delegates to the forthcoming Conference be instructed to so alter the present law as to carry out the spirit of this resolution . " ¦ . The above resolution , after a good deal of discussion , was carried by a fuli meeting of the members , with the exception of Mr Gumming , who moved an amendment , " that the law remain as at present , " but , not being seconded , it of course fell to the ground . . . Hun ,. —Resolution passed : —
That a committee of five persons be . appointed to consider the best means of establishing in Hull an auxiliary to the National Laud and Labour Bunk , and to report thereon to tut shareholders on Monday , June 28 th . Bermomjset -At a meeting of the shareholders held this even i ng , ( June 15 th , ) at the New Tanners ' Arms , Grange Road , it was resolved : — . . . That tbe delegates to the next Conference be instructed to consider tbe ] utility and expediency of each member of tkeLand Company paj ing one penny per month for the purpose of purchasing for each allottee , on talcing poasession of his allotment , a cow , pigs , and poultry , The meml ' 313 will meet here on , Tuesday
evening , June 29 th , at eight o clock , to appoiut officers for the ensiung quarter . Members not having paid their local expend will forfeit their rights of voting . Salford . —On Sunday evening , Mr J . R . Ccoper of Manchester , delivered a very instructive lecture to a numerous and attentive audience , in the large room , Bankatreet , Great Georgc-strcet . on " O'Connorville and the Land Scheme . " After the lecturer had described the plnce , which he said surpassed all that he ever saw for beauty , he dwelt at considerable length on co-operation , and pointed out univewal brotherhood as the end of the labours of all reformers , and the beginning of general happiness . A vote ot flunks > vag givea to Mr Cooper , fcs to ahte lecture ,
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FuRTUOOMlNG MEETINGS ., BRAPFORD . -The shareholderB . will meetlinlfieir room , Bulterworth-buildings , on Sunday , at 2 o clock in the afternoon . - ,- ¦ . . ¦ ^ , - . GAswowN .-At the regular . meeting of the shareholders , held on Tuesday evening , June 11 , the following otUce-bearers were appointed : —Andrew Armstrong , treasurer ; John Lowrie , secretary ; Joshua Morgan , scrutineer ; llenry Bennet and Alex . Wood , auditors . : * Maidsione . —The shareholders are requested to attend a general meeting , at the Temperance Hotel , Week . street , on Monday evening ,, 21 st June , at 8 o ' clock precisely , to takejntb consideration the best means of assisting the Election Committee , in defraying the expense of returning members pledged to the People ' s Charter , at tne forthcoming election . Nkvt Radfokd . —A meeting of the ¦ shareholders will be held on Monday evening , at 8 o ' clock , in the Denman-strcet Chapel .
Noiiisouah . —The next meeting of the Land members in this district will be held at the Seven Stars , Barltcr . Gate , on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock , to take into consideration the best cleans of supporting the Land and Labour Bank . ' I ' aisley : —The ,, Bhar
WoLVJsRiiAMrToN . —The shareholders will meet in uture in the lavjjo school room , Bath-street , near the True Briton , Bilston-street . The committee will meet tvory Monday evening at 7 o'clock , to enrol members and receive subscriptions . Persons can be enrolled members , and obtain rules and other information every evening after 6 o'clock , by applying to Mr Whittinghani , llussell-street , near Merridale ^ street . .
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, GffILbnALL . ' ~ BADWiiOHTs . ' —M ' rWatgo ' n , aba ker , 167 , Fleet . strcet , has beqri summoned before-Sir Chapman Marshall for refusing to weigh a 21 b . loaf at the desire of a customer . . John Raymond , of Stanho pe . s ' treetj Clare-matket . statea , thathaving purchased a i loaf at the defendant '« shop which he fouRd to Im two ounces short of weight , the . next . time he hnu occasion to call he re . quested iho . person who . served him to weigh the loaf . This he refuaed to do , saying , the best bread was never weighed to the customer , but was weighed before it was put into the oven , with a duo , allowance for the lose thai would , occur during the . baking .. ThiB was on Friday last . " There was a ' bpggarin the shop at the time , and he requested him to take notice of what , had occurred .
Upon wf ighing this . second loaf it was f und te he an ounce and a-half ; short ... Mr Watson said , ie wassorrj tlio complainant did not produce one of the alleged deficient loaves—not that the misfortune to send out . a Sight loaf might not happen , to any tradesman .. He had carried on business in Fltet . street for above nine years , arid his character had ritrer been impeached this way before . His son , who was an inexperienced youth , had served the complainant , and his , sou ' s statemen' waa that theformer a » kedif the bread was weight , and hot to have it weighed . lie could rely on every word his eon said , . The ordinary course ; hetookwa 8 jo weinhthe loaves before and after they ( Were-baked , from , time to time , to ascertain the loss of weight iii baking , and render the weighing of the bread before it was sent out to
custemers unnecessary . It wag only necessary to ascertain the rate of lots by baking at intervals of a few dajs , Ileoffered his son as a witness , and to call his neighbours to speak as to his charaeter . The complain , ant said , he did not see why best bread should not be weighod as well as any other . He complained for the benefit of tlie public . The . defendant had no seales In the shop for weighing bread . Mr Wntsqn , with some warmth , stated that this . whs not the truth .. He should like to know how the complainant got bis living . The complainant replied that was irrelevant . He got it as honeBtly as Mr Wataon . Sir C . Mar&bill said , he might inflict a fine not exceeding 40 s ., but he . would rather nyoid disgracing Mr Watson by any fine , if possible , as
be had conducted his business as honestly and as respectably as his neighbours for many years , if that miRht ho inferred from the jibsenco of any complaint . Mr Watson did not rieny that Ihe best bread was liable to be weighed at the request of a customer . The complainant bad done bin duty in obtaining a summons under such circumstances , and ought not to suffer any loss on that acnount . lie would abstain from inquiring further into the case if Mr Watson would pay tho costs and give the complainant some compensation for the loss of his time . He presumed such a circumstance would never occur again at Mr Watson ' s . Mr Watson assented to this ar . rangement , and gave the complainant Oj . for his loss of time . .
MARLBOnoUGH . STREET . — Duel Pbevented . — Allan Menzics , Esq ., and Robert Taylor , Esq ., were charged with having intended to commit a breach of the peace by fighting a duel with each other . Dr Mackenzie , of Mortimcr . street , produced a letter wh ch had been sent by Mr Menzies to Mr Taylor . This letter would sufficiently establish the case against the parties , Mr Bingham then read the letter , and eaid the language in which it was couched rendered it necessary for him to hold both parties to bail . Dr Mackenzie offered himself as surety for Mr Taylor . Mr Bingham thought his pro ^ posal was a little inconsistent . Dr Mackenzie said ho could place dependence on Mr Tayloi ' a assurance to keep
the peace , and this wa 9 the reason why he offered to become his surety . Mr Bingham thought that Mr Taylor might be released on entering into his own recognisance to keep the peace for one year . Mr Menzies was ordered to find two sureties of £ 200 each , er one of £ 400 , and himself in £ 200 , to keep the peace for a like period . WESTMINSTER . '~ Tue Attack on Mb SoMEris / M . P . —Patrick C . Connor , sou of Alderman Connor , ex . roayor and justice of the peace of Siigo , who was ordered a few days ago to find sureties to keep "the peace-towards "Mr Somers , M . P . for Sligo , ( and wbich was reported in : last week ' s Star , ) in consequence ofhaviDg made use of very offonsive language to that ' gentleman , put In bail on Monday and was liberated ; ' ¦ x- . ' . yi ' - ' x :- '} ..-- . £ ' "• • ' >* Us . j '
Chabok of-Fjeloni 1 against 7 an ¦ AI , leqed , 16 ebman Baboness . —On . Tuesday ; Frederika . : Asge , a handsomelooking and fashionably attired native -of Germany , was finally examined , charged with stealing ^ tenvrsoyereigns from the residence of Mr-James . ; Thomas-Roberts , a short-hand writer . - < The facts detailed ; . by . theprincipal witnesses arc briefly these ;—The ; prisoner-had resided for tho last three weeks ; at : «« ¦ house of Mr ~ < Roberta ' s mother , in Water-streetjBlackfriarp , and > hence an . intil macy arose butween the prosecutrix and the prisoner , the latter of whom represented herself to her as a German . Baroness . The accused called at Mra Roberta ' s residence , 15 , nolywell-stroet , Millbank , on Friday last , and during her stay had an opportunity of knowing that there was a considerable sum of money in gold and silver Jn a
cashbos , and deposited in a trunk ; and manifested considerable desire to know the exact amoun t , beside which she examined the presecutrix ' s bunch of keys , alleging as a reason for so doing that she had lost her own , and thought Borne of Mrs Roberts ' s keys might fit her locks . At about one on the following day she repeated her visit , and so pressed Mrs Roberts , who at first declined , but ultimately reluctantly consented to fetch her some ham , as she could procure it so much better than the servant , that she compliedjand was absent about twenty minutes ) during which time tho prisoner was alone in tho apart ! ment . : On Mra Roberts ' s return the prisoner declined to take any of the ham , and invited Mrs Roberts to take a drive with her round the Regent ' s-park ; sho went with her , and returned homa in two hours and a half her
apartments beingduring her absence left open , and there buing other resided In tha house . At a little after nine at night Mr Roberts went to the cash-box , and fisding that the key would not turn in the lock , forced it , and discovered that ten sovereigns , had been extraoted . In consequonceof his wife communicating theabovecircuml stances to him , and the landlad y of the house atatlng that she had distinctly heard the prisoner go towards the place whero the box was deposited during Mr Ro . berts ' s absence , the prosecutor suspected the prlaooer , and Immediately repaired to her residence . He asked herfor the ton Bovereigns , when she replied that she had no ; ten soverdigna ^ bu t immediately placed her purae , containing two sovereign upon the table , and taking a gold chain and eyeglass and some jewellery from a
drawer , offered them to the proBecutor . and also requested her landlady to lend her eight sovereigns , which , with the two she had , would-make £ 18 . She at the same time repeatedly declared that she had no other money than that in her purse , but , upon a minute search ; six sovereigns were found between a s table and a looking , glass , In which the latter was placed . . These , with the two found in the purse , were all quite new , and in this respect corresponded yiith the ten stolen from Mr Roberts . The prisoner ' s answer to the charge , through an interpreter , was that she was perfectly , innocent . She accounted for , the possession of . the . six sovereigns , by staling . that Frederick , the , head . waiter at the Royal Hotel , Blackfriara , had lent her tho money , &b she was about to start on a journey , and might require it . ' She
said she could have no necessity to steal , as she could procure any sum of money she wanted at the Royal Hotel . : With respect to the ham , she observed that Mrs Roberts said she waBfond of it , and went out and fetched Bomo . A gentleman from the offlca of Messrs Win and Child , who attended on the pa ^ t of the accused , repre . ecntedherto be most rospeotably coanected ; put some questions to Mva Robei is , with a view of showing that at tho time the prisoner offered tho chain , jewels , and money to Mr Roberts , that she did not clearly understand the nature of hisvlsit , or of the observations made to her . In reply ,. Mr Roberts said that she d ' . d perfectly
understand l «« m ; ho spoke to her partly , Jn German , V » ttly in English , bin reason forwhich was ftat tho offi . ccr , who waB present , lr ' ght understand what he said to thepilsouer . She at the lime of , offering the things said , •¦ Take them , only let me he till to-morrow " Mrs UobwtMn cvosB-etamlna )' on , agreed with her husband thai , the prisoner could oarry on a conversation in toleraWy good English , and aflaed that ahe could read an English book . Mr Brodeiip considered it his duty to commit the prisoner to Newgate for trial . She was com . milted accordingly . AVe understand that it will be proved on the trial that bho obtained the sovereigns in , the inaa .
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WORSHIP-STREET . —A Romance in thbHackket-Road . —A jounn netnan , named : Lucrotia Wilkineon Hendricks . iwas placed at the bar before Mr Brbugbton , charged with having stolen five sovereigns from her mother , a widow of property , residing 1 r the Hickneyroad ; and a smartl y-dreased young man , named John Barnett , was also charged with having incited the firitnamed prisoner to the commission of therobbery . Mr Heritage , who appeared for tha proaecutiw , atnted the case , and called the pronecutrix , who gave her evidence with much emotion , and Bald that the female prisoner , whowasheronly child , and hod boen brought up with great care and tenderness , would be entitled upon coming ( if age to considerable funded property . For some time past , however , she had reason to susptct that her
daughter had formed a degrading connexion with the male prisoner , who was a potman in the service of n « adjoining publican , nr . d in the habit of bringing beer to tho house , and on making this discnvi ry she repeatedly warned her daughter ' of the ruinous consequences of such an intimacy , but without producing any effect , and it was at length necessary to resort to the extreme measure of locking up tho greater part of her apparel , and keeping a close watch upon her actions , to prevent her clandestinely eloping with the object of her infatuation . Theprecautionary measures she adopttd appeared to he attended with success until the erentng ef Thursday ae ' nnight , when , in consequence of her daughter ' s pro . traded absence she proceeded io her bedroom on the second floor , and found the window wide open , and a
long knotted rope , one end of which was attached to the bedpost , hanging down in the street , into which it was manifest the young woman had contrived to lower herself and mnke her escape . Upon afterwards examining the house she discovered that the prisoner had taken away no clothing but what she had upon her perron at the time , but upon opening a drawer in which she kept her loose cash , she discovered that five sovereigns , which had been safe a short time previously , had disappeared . Feeling satisfied thnt the male prisoner had incited her daughter to her flight , she employed several pi rBons to watch his master ' s prr . mises and follow him , in the hope of finding the young woman ' s retreat , and on the preceding evening he whs raced to a low lodging-house in Peter ' s . street , Friar ' s
Mount , Bethnal . green , to which the witness subiequentty proceeded with a constable , and having found them together give both the prisoners into custody . On interrogating the woman whekeptthe bouse , she wasinfonued that the rent of the room in which her daughter had been discovered had been paid by the male prisoner , who had engaged it the some evening the young woman absconded from home , and that he had aho paid her friquent visits during the time she had lived there . No portion of the stolen money had been found in the possession of either prisoner , and , although she should be able to prove that the man had been lavishiDgly spending money that it was not likely a person in his inferior position would be ablo to command , she had no wish to press the charge if she could recover possession of her
daughter , and effectually break off the connection she had formed . —Mr Broughton , upon this , asked the daughter if she was willing to abandon her intimacy with the other prisoner , and go back , to : the house of her mother , who had exhibited Mich an earnest , anxiety for her welfare j * but the girl ^ hook , her head , and answered with a decided and peremptory negative . Whfri called upon for his defence the male prisoner admitted having hired the room in question ; but said he had done so at the earnest request of . the young woman , who had coma in a state of great mental distress to his master ' s house and begged him to do so , and for whom be bad such a strong attachment that they bad iiot only determined ' to
get married as Epon ai possible , but the ' banns had actually ' beeh once published already . The male prispher ' s master , who was in attendance ; having stepped forward and stated that he believed tbe prisoner to be a very honest , sober , and Industrious young man , and that be had conducted himself with great propriety during the time that he had bi en in his service . Mr Broughton suggested to the mother ; whether , as matters had proceeded bo far between the prisoners , It might not perhaps be ad : visable 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 comfortabla subsist , ence ? The mother , however , declared that nothing could induce her to consent to an alliance with the mala
prisoner , as she had been credibly informed that he was a man of * ild ; irregular habits , and had been wandering about the country for several years with a gang of gypsies . Mr Broughton then said , that although there was no positive evidence to implicate either of the . prisoners directly In the robbery at present , he . cnn ' iiaercd ' tnVclrcumfltanceB of suspicion deposed to sufficienily . gtrone to justify his detention of both upon the charge , arid he should therefore order them to be brought- up again' to answer it , but in the meantime would accrpt ' . substantial bail for their future appearance . ; . Tbeb . ail for each was shortly afterwards procured , and bothi prisoners ' tKereupon liberated . ' : ¦ )• . ' , ¦ ., «> - >„ : , n ^
An Abtpol Tdiep , ' —Sarah Watson , an artful-look ' , ing girl , about 15 years of age , vas charged on suspicion of having been concerned in stealing 14 sovereigns , asilver watch , and other valuable articles , from the house of her aunt , a widow , residing in Matk-street , Finsbury ; and also upon a separate charge of stealing a satin dress the property of Alice Noel , another of herrelatives . The prisoner , whose parents were in very indifferent circum-Btsnces , had been received into the house of her 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 evening , about five weeks since . On her return home in the course of an hour or two , after kubeking repeatedly at the door witheut being able to gain admit , tance , she waB at length compelled to effect an entrance
at the rear of the house , and on entering the parlour , was surprised to find . the prisoner squatting upon the floor with her hands securely tied behind her , and fastened to one of the legs of a table , and a broad bandage bound round her mouth ^ so as apparently to depriVe her of all power of utterance or motion- On being extiricatei from her unpleasant position , the prisoner - '' a ' ccounted for the predicament in which she ' was-found by stating that a tall well-dress ( d man came to the door and Inquired for her aunt , aopn after her departure , and learningthat she was absent requested to be furnished with the necessary materials to cbmmuriicate hishuiiness in writing : buttad . no sooner been shown into the parlour than'he pulled a pistol from his pocket , and presenting it at her head ; threatened if she made the
slightest outcry that he-would blow out her . brains . .. He then , as she ; alleged , proceeded to secure her in the manner above , described , and afterwards forced open nil the drawera an a hqxeB in the place , and absconded with the most valuable portion of their contents . The prisoner ' s ! account . ' of 'the . transaction : was in the > first instance implicitly ¦ believed , : but some . ! , circumstances subsequently transpired which led to renewed inveatigation , ; . and ,. to ,, esoape further questioning Bha ., clandestinely left the house , ' and never afterwards returned . ' It appeared that : she then- went to the residence of her cousin ; from which she contrived to abstract a satin dress , but having been seen to leave the housg with tbo . property , the police were directed to effect her apprehension . The prisoner eluded their vigilance , however , until a few days since , when information reached the station-bouso 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 committed to Newgate from Clerkenwell , at the prosecution of the Mint authorities , and the female prisoner was transferred to this court to answer tbe present charge . In her defence the prisoner persisted in the truth of her former statement relating to the robbery at the house of her aunt , and gave a circumstantial narrative of the above extraordinary incidents connected with It ; but she admitted the charge of robbing her cousin , and said she had been instigated to commit it by her brother , who had received the . stolen property , The magistrate ordered the prisoner to be committed , hut she will be brought up again for the completion of the . evidence ..
Shortly after one o ' clock the proceedings of the Court were suddenl disturbed during the progress of the night charges by an agonising cry from one of tho cells appropriated to female prisoners , and Alderman , tho gaoler , having hastened Jhere to ascertain the cause , found it proceeded from a : woman named Ellen Hayes , tinder remand upon a charge of felony , and who had been taken in the pains of child-birth . It fortunately happened that Mr Burchell , one of the medical officers of Shoredltch , his assistant ,. and an ' experienced nurse from the workhouBO , were in attendance upon other business , and
under their prompt and 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 pfforded , by direction of Mr . BroughUn , and a plentiful supply of blankets aud restoratives having been furnished by the wife of the offico-keeper , tho surgeon soon after reported that the woman was capable of being removed , upon which a litter was procured , and the mother and child transferred to the workhouse , where both are now going on favourably , ¦ ' ' " . ' ' '
SOUTHWARK . —Henry Asher Fitzjames , the hoy charged with . attempting to poison his mother and her infant , as already , noticed in the Star , a child three months old , was brought before Mr Seeker , for further examination . Further evidence baying been given , Mr Seeker laid he should dismiss the charge , at the same time ' recommending the mother Aohestow that attem ! ion and care on tho hoy which were so essential at his age , more particularly as , he had exhibited such evil propensities . ' ¦ ' . ;¦ LAMBETH . —Mr Alfred Marshall , the young man whose former examination , on a charge of firing n pistol at Miss Louisa Hofe , with inte&ti to do her some grievous bodllj harm , as appeared in'the Northern Star > was again placed at the bar before Mr Elliott , for final examination .
Mr Binns attended for the prosecution , and Mr G&me » for tho dofence . After heating cdditlonol evidence , Mr Eliott remarked , that bad the evidence gone far enough ' to Bhow that the prisoner had , as charged against him , discharged a pistol at the young woman , with the intention of doing her some grievous bodily harm ; he shsuld have felt it to be his duty to commit him for trial , The evidence , however , foil short in establishing the charge of shooting , with intent ; but , at tbe same time , thevewas sufficient ' shown to justify hiiji , Mr Elliott , in calling on the pi isoner to find SHfiicic-. it bail to keop the peace , and bo of good behaviour towards Mr Bailey , bis family , and all others of her Majesty ' s subjects ; for six months . The required ball w ; as put la and accepted , and the f risqaer discharged , ¦ ^ ., ; .
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CORN , &c . *~ " Tl , ftn « T E P T T 0 A CORN CROPS : Tbo question whether the potato cron w . been attacked bythe disorde / of the last ^ o sb , ' hns «' been the engrossing topic during the week W 8 Ons ' «« confess that the little hitherto known on the ^' e mus t not done much towards deciding the , Snt & "' ha ance of the plant to the eye is certainly healn mit ' haulm and leaves look green and free from diit ™? « ju < lg . ngrrom external evidences , we shouldZT ' > the crop perfectly sound . It seems , however ? hn ' Unc « closer investigation , made by parties possessW , " " ^ sit * qiinlifieaUom to examine tho matter sl ^ W symptoms of incipient disease have been disSSfr ' ! . confla-tingnature of the reports are therefore e .: t : tbe counted for . Admitting , however , that instano ' **' inwhKh the potato manifests ti > e sanie a " pi" , 6 Xist did at the corresponding period of last year h T ea it necessarily follow that the destruction of the crnn ? ^ uncut miuii l
=..... » , ( a uucurreu must follow ami «« r " bfc very cautious in drawing general inferences fr , ou 4 ttculm-cases . As rogards the grain crops the , par are universally favour ible . Spring corn , which ^ week beginning to show signs of a want of rail " 1 ,. \ ast greatly bDiiefito , ! by the recent showers ; and uZ ^ tall which has taken , lace in ttic temiiJruture Tl I th * ariaiuwtent cheeked vcsctiition , the only ill u , ! ° » 'result irom the cold weather ( if it did not c « mi . mV 'Ion ,, would be that of sightly retarding u ' ? I ? period oi the harvest .-jVarMajic Kxpms . bab The wheat crop is { . 'rowing vigorously , and improved much in colour during the last week It * n lnu tmucRtobttthinon the ground in this county bu f ^' weather should lust we shall have full heavv cars if ^ th . de plant The spring corn , which has looked ill ' !" a the first continues to i mprov ,. There i , * ° «} plant , and , since the rain , the colour has become bt * u . und deeper . The rain must have extenniiiated aSflJ ? lie turnip . It will also have done much « ood t " tho , n , " toes Th s crop , in common witli other ? ha ^ u £ considerably from slugs and insects , but wehave i » . m able to find Mr Smee ' sAphis Vastator upon "' £ " of a highly favourable character , respecti ,,.. tlie Brffi w ops , have hcfiii received from the United Sfo cs rT , S and Hungary .-i . iuo-poo ! TimesTuesday ' allco
, Makk Lane , Monday , June 14 . - Fail of Price , During hist week the arrivals of all kinds of grain £ writ as flour for our market , coastwise and by lSnd c ^ SSi and sample , were on n very limited scale , but those- « f wheat from Scotland v * upwards of 4 , 090 quarters to large , while from Ireland a fair quantity of wheat and flour came fresh to Jiand . Tlie imports of foreign wheat vw ., 16 , M quarters , were good , hut those of barlfty oats ' beans , and pem were trifling . Of foreign flour we re ' , ceiycd rather overS . OOO barrels . Fresh up to day rather a large quantity of home-grown wheat , principally in the hands of the merchant' , reached us from Essex and Kent , the arrival of that article since Saturday evening amounting to nearly 2 , 500 quarters , i he show of samples ' of both red and" white was larger than on any previous market day held during the last sir months . As might , therefore , he expected , considering tho prevailing fine weather for the crowimr crons . and thn
absence ot the principal buyers , the demand for all kinds ot wheat of home , produce was excessively heavy at a decline , in the quotations obtained on Monday last of from "Five to Six Shillings ' per Quarter , " and a clear , ance was not effected .. ; iThe .: show of foreign whe-it was very extensive , and we have to report a very dull inquiry tor that article , and the rates receded from "Four to tne Shillings per Quarter . " . Tlie transactions amounted to about 6 , 006 . duarteis . at the above amount of dePrC 5 . sion . The quantity of barley on offer was small , it brine wholly composed of the parcels received from abroad m the past week . All kinds met a vtvy slow Inquiry , at barely but at nothing quotable beneath last week ' s wipes .
we bad 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 . Tlie quantity of oats was very trifling . Selected qualities were in fair request at lull prices , but all other kinds bun ? on hand , though we cannot call them cheaper . Although the supply of beans was very small the trade was heavy , at barely . ' late rates . In peas we have no alteration to notice , with a very limited quantity on offer , j Indian corn was heavy , and is to 2 s per qr lower . Flout- was very dull , and all kinds were as per sack and 3 s per barrel cheaper .
Bbitisu . —Wheat : Kent . Essex , and Suffolk , old red 80 s to 86 s , new red 80 s to 86 s , old white 83 s to 02 s , new dittoSCs to 95 s , Norfolk and . Lincoln old red 80 s to 87 s , old white SGs toDls . —Rye 63 s to Gas . —Barley : grinding < 8 s to 60 s , distilling 54 s to 61 s , malting oSsto 60 s , Chevalier 60 s to G 2 s . —Jlalt : Brown GSs to 70 s , pale 75 s to 76 s , Suffolk and Norfolk 7 is to 76 s ^—Beans : Tick 48 s to Sis , pigeon 55 s to £ 6 s . — Harrow new , 51 s to 53 s . — Peas : white 60 s to 64 s , grey ariduv . inle 5 Gs to 6 ls : —Oats : English feed 32 s to 36 s , Poland 38 s to . 35 s , Scotch feed 3 Ss to 403 . Flour : Town made 70 s to 75 s , Essex and Kent 60 s to 68 s , per 2 aoibs ; . ' •¦ . ¦
Foreign . —Free Wheat : Dantzic and Konigsburg 80 s to 95 s , Mecklenburg 8 Us : to 85 s , Russian 70 s to Sus . — Barlo > : grinding 48 s to 51 s , malting 51 s to 57 s . —Beans : Egyptian 40 s to 42 s , Mediterranean' 4- 2 s to 49 s . —Outs : Russian 32 s to 85 s , per qr . —American flour iOs to 45 s per lOGlbs . Mark Lanx , Wednesday , June 16 , —Only a moderate suj > ply of EngliBh wheat has been received up to our mar . ket since Mondayj-and the show of samples here to-day was , small . Still , however , the demand was in a very in . active " state , at unaltered quotations . The impcrts ot foreign wheat this week have amounted to 9 , 820 qrs . That grain . was very heavy , but prices flere not lower .
: . Liverpool , June 14 ' . —Wheat and flour have fallen . Wheat was i educed in value 2 il to Sd per bushel , and flour Is to is fid per brl . Indian corn is 2 s to 3 s per qr . lower . The other articles of the trade could not be sold without reducing late prices . EicnsiojiD ( 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 latter end of the marUtt the s :. le was very dull . Wheiit sold from 12 s to 14 s ; outs , 4 s 4 d to 5 s 4 d ; barley , 7 s to 7 s 3 d ; beans , 7 s 3 d to Ss per bushel .
POTATOES . Bonotion axd Spitalfielus , June 14 . —Very few arrivals of potatoes have taken place . The best qualities are ia fair request at full prices , but all other kinds are- a dull sale . York reds 280 s to 300 s , do Regents 28 us to S 0 » s , do Shaws 220 s to 230 s , Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire regents —s to —s , do kidneys I 6 os to 180 s , Dutch 120 s to 160 s per ton , CATTLE , &c . Smithfielb , Monday , June U . —Large importations of foreign stock have again taken place into London sinca Monday last , as will be seen by the following statement : — '" ' - . , From Whence Oxen Cows Calves Sheep Lambs Rotterdam 120 360 140 1 , 000 . U 0 Hamburgh 54 — — 20 — Harlingen ...... 150 365 80 650 35 Nieudiep . 30 40 — ' 210 — Flushin 160 i
g ........ — — — - tuauiug — — — xou — Total .. , 354 765 220 2 , 040 173 ¦ At the outports about 300 beasts and $ 00 head of sheep , lambs , and calves have been landed , chiefly from Holland . The supply of foreign stock on offer to-day consisted of , about 220 oxen and cons , 6 S 9 sheep and lambs , and 81 calves in very middling condition . From our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were seasonably extensive , and atout 700 head more than last Monday . This increase in the supply , together with the comparatively small attendance of country buyers , and tho unfavourable state of the weather for slaughtering , caused the beef trade to be in a somewhat active state , and the quotations ruled quite 6 d per 81 b lower than 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 81 b . With
lambs we were well supplied ; while the sale for that description of stock was' dull at a fall in the value of from 8 d to Is per Sib . The supply of calves was tolerably good , and tbe sale was heavy at 2 d per 8 tt > less money . In Pigs exceedingly littlo business was doing , and the rates had a downward tendency . Coarse and inferior beasts 4 s to 4 s 4 d , 2 nd quality do 4 s Gd to 4 s 8 d , prime largo oxen 4 s lOd to As prime Scots 5 s 2 d to Ss 4 d , coarse slu-i-p 4 s 2 d to 4 s Sd , second quality do 4 s 6 d to 4 s Sd , prime coarse woolled sheep 4 s lOd to 5 s , prime southdown do 5 s 2 d to Cs 4 d , large coarse calves 4 s 2 d to 4 s 8 d , prime small do 4 s lOdtoos 2 d , large hogs 4 s to 4 s 6 d neat small porkers 4 s 8 d to Ss , lambs 5 s to 6 s per Sft > to sink the offal , suckling calves 18 s to 22 s , aud quarter old store pigs ISs to 23 s each . Beasts 3 , 023 , cows — , sheep land lambs 28 , 530 , calves 24 . 0 , pigs 290 .
WOOL . London . —Large public salos of colonial wool are now taking place in London . About 3 . 000 bales have been already offered , and partly disposed of at a trifle under the previous sales quotations . Since our last the imparts have amounted Jo about 3 , 260 bales chiefly from our colonies . In the private contract market ' very little business is doing , at barely late rates . COTTON . Liverpool . —The 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 had a firm Uiougli not very large business . Sales 5 , 01 ) 0 bale , and prices remain firmly supported at last Friday ' s rates .
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DIED . At Kidderminster , on Thursday , Juno 10 th , Thomas Lainchbury , aged thirty-three years . He was oue of tlio most stanch supporters of the Charter and ihe Land Plan that the town couM boast of . He was always ready to assist in alleviating the condition of his fellow-men . Ha was the successful member of the Land Company who drew tho prize for Kidderminster , at the last ballot in London .. At thetime he received the news of his prize lie had a severe cold upon him , and it is supposed by his shopmates that the extreme jey he felt on this occasion was the principal causoofhis death , for from that time ho was scarcelyconscious a whole day through . On Tuesday , tlie 2 nd of June , he finally took to his bed . His last talk was of the Charter , the Land , Feargus O'Connor , andMathon . lie died as he had lived , respected by all who knew him , and on Monday afternoon his mortal remains were followed / to the grave by a great number " ^ his shopmates arid members of the Land Company . Ha has left a widow , ¦ and two small children , both under li » lnnritlisiild , to deplore his loss . ,
Death of Amotue * Steeling Democh at . —It is cur painful duty to recordtlieueathofanetiitrof "Nature ' s nobles , Mr Win . M'Culloch , of Hulme , Manchester . In him the cause has lost one of its most determined friends , and th * Manchester locality one of its most useful members . It |» true he was not known much beyond the bouadrios of his own locality ; He being one of those quiet , though not less , useful members of the good eausc , who did the more important part of working , and . left the speechel ' ying to o tnec hands . But as a worker he had few oqpals . NotwB * standing he has been suBestug for the last two jeataftoni " Chronic Rhumatism , " and at times ho was scarcely able to walk : yet . in the midst of all his suffering , he was
always found at hisflost at tho Lnnil-ouwe , a uu . tance at least of a mile aud a half from . Ins own house three times a week , till within a few days of m » death which took place on Friday morning , tho 4 tb msi . His remains were interred in the burial ground ot a * George ' s Church , ; J !« Jme , on Sunday last , when the Wiartists of Manchester adjourned their usual mon thly meeting , and t ' ollowedbks remains to . their last abiding " ou The funeraV was . attended likewise by the Foresters , oj which society he- was a member . Thev deceased s tamuj have lost an indulgent parent ; the . Teople ' s Char ter * determined aofenQer , and the Land Plan a zealous arn ^ eate and cfncientofiicer . W . D . . .
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tuguese government had in the emergency to which its own misconduct had reduced it applied to other sources for intervention , our government had done ri ght in participating in the interference which tnsned , were it only for thcsalM of tha Junta and the popular party , who owed their safety to the part which we had taken in put . ting an end to the contest which distracted Portugal and menaced the peace of the world . The Earl of Winch « gupported Lord Stanley ' s view of the question . ^ ^ S ^ / 1 ^ , f * AIN 8 Mi the EKlof GBANVIWB spoke in favour of the government Lord Beachont , while not disposed to visit the * orernment with the same sweeping condemnation as L « rd Stanley , thought their conduct was in many respeets verj blameable . Their lordships then divided—For the motion .
Contents 47 Non contents 66 Majority for government 19 Their Lordships adjourned at twenty minutes past ten o ' clock . , HOUSE OF COMMOHS . —After the disposal of the private business , JirT . Ddncohbb obtained leave to bring in a hill to amend the laves relating tu the custody of lunatics . Sir G . Gre y obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the law as to the school attendance of children employed in print works .
Poutcgal . —Mr G . Bankes gave notice that In the event of the resolution of the hon . member for Montrese beieg ncs-tived , and the amendment of the hon . mem . her for Finsbur ; carried , he ( Mr Bankes ) should move a resolution to the effect that the house regretted that her Majeafy ' s responsible adviters should have recommended interference bjr force of arms on behalf of either party in Portugal , witheut a previous communication on the subject from her Majesty to her faithful Com .
mons . Lord J . Russell : I wiBh to say a few words with respect to the amendment of my hon . friend the member for Finsbury . My right honourable friend the member for Edinburgh said last night , in which I concur with him , that in the ssntiment and language of that amend , ment we are ready to agree ; but I fear , if that amendment were put to the house as a substitution for the motion of the honourable member fer Montrose , it might ha interpreted that there had been no decision of the house on that motion . ( Hear , hear . ) I should wish , therefore , if my hon . friend has ne objection to such an arrangement , that the motion of the honourable member
for Montrose , which is a direct censure upon the conduct of the government , shauld be putto the house first and that my honourable friend , should move Wb 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 . Ddncombe said his only object had been to deprecate in the present excited state of feeling , Portugal beingmade the battle ground of party , and to get somethicg . if possible , for her people out of the md ee . He was quite ready to adopt the course proposed by his noble friend , that the motion of-his honourable friend should be taken first ; but on tbe condition of it not being understood that hU ( Mr T . Buncombe ' s ) motion should be afterwards withdrawn , - . '" ' . ' .. :
On the order of the day for the adjourned debate being read , - ' ;; : . : - *' - - ' r - •'¦ - ¦ - ' .. ¦ ' :. . - - ;•>• .. ¦" . ' Mr Teeuwst Inquired If the honourable membtr for Finsbury , by the words " just measures" in his amendment , contemplated the use of arms by this country in order to enable the Portuguese to achieve their constitutional rights , ' . ' ¦ . Mr Hche protested against entering upon a discussion of the amendment by a question about words ( CrieB of " order , order * ' ); - Mr T . DnscoMBE : I am not minister at war in this country ( Cheers and laughter ) . 'The order of the day was then read and the adjourned debate was resumed by ' ' Sir T ) e Lact Evass , whosupported the government .
' Sir R . Peel rose with several hon . members , on different 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 of the evening : As this debate has lasted two nights , arid as I think the practice . that has grown up of confining the more important part of the debate to three or foor hours at the close of the evening ( hear , hear ) 1 » prejudicial to the public service , became it leads to an unnecessary consumption of the public time ( hear , hear ) , I intend , as far as my humble authority will go , to enter a practical proteBt against it , by delivering the few observations I have to make at this , to a speaker , unpopular hour of the evening , ( Hear , hear . ) Sir Robert
then proceeded , in a long and masterly speech , to vindicate the Portuguese policy of the government in doing so he 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 , lie would have no hesitation in calling upon the house to visit with its severest censnrc the conduct of her Majesty ' s government in respect to Portugal , had theiebeen any reason to believe that their departure from the sound and wholesome principle of non-interference had been gratuitous and cncalled-fer , or that they ranged themselves on the side of despotism , or attempted to crush the liberties of Portngal . In bis judgment ,- however , the papers laid before the house afforded satisfactory
evidence that the-government , instead of having volunteered its aimed intervention , had been necessitated tsact tbe part for which it was now sought to arraign it before the country , and that the only object which it bad in the policy on which it was thrown was to support an ancient monarchy , and at the same time to promote the constitutional liberties of its subjects . Such being the case , it behoved the hcuse t » give the whole subject a dispassionate examination , anduot to permit itself to be carried away by feelings wbich might precipitate it upon a decision which would involve a csnsnre upon tboBe wbose acts might not merit such a visitation . In judging of the conduct of the government , the house should overlook , as far as possible , the bUtoric light which had been thrown upen events since tbe 5 th of April , and place
itself in the position of the Government at that period . Up to that date the government had confined itself to giving friendly advice to Portugal , and to urging moderation on the part of the Junta , a course of conduct wbich the treaty of Quadruple Alliance entitled it to take , and one which was warranted by the policy which had forages been pursued by this country towards Portugal , without ever meeting with the disapproval of the House of Commons . Their friendly admonitions and ' moderate councils werecentianedsp to the 5 th of April , at wbich period the government found itself in a position of extreme difficulty , ani at which time the line of its policy was changed . Had he been a member of the government at that period , he was not prepared to say but that he would have urged the precise
course which her Majesty ' s government had deemed it advisable to take nnder the circumstances . The change which then took place in the policy of the government was justified by ttie change which had taken place in the aspect of affairs in Portugal : Had the government , under the circumstances , ptrseveredin its previous policy of non-intervention , other countries would have interfered , and in so doing they would have carried with them the sympathies of a moiety of Europe ; aud considering the relations of this country to Portugal , it was impossible that In such an exigency itcould have stood inactively by . Had the contest been prolonged , Portugal was threatened with a total suspension of the ordinary pursuits of Industry , and censequently with prospective famine , whilst tbe interests of British subjects in that country were
becoming daily more and more perilled . In addition to this , the force of circumstances wonld have compelled the interference of Spain , if we had remained inactive , and have justified tbe interposition of France . Besides , at the end of March there was no such certainty that the cauBe of liberty would have triumphed . Everything then seemed to he in favour of the Queen ' s cause—her forces having the ascendancy ia the 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 tho legions of Spain had entered Portugal , the time for remonstrance would probably have gone by .
and events of a most disastrous character have supervened . Under these circumstances , daik indeed were the prospects of the Liberal party about the end ef March . Nay , more , the Queen of Portugal n as counselled and urged by her Prime Minuter , and by her military com . menders , to make a direct applUatlon for the assistance of Spain . Had that country openly and actively inter , ferad , and had France secretly abetted or openly assisted her in so doing , the consequences would have been as inimical to the interests of this country as they would have been disastrous to the liberties of Portugal ; The Queen ' s cante would have triumphed , and the Ministry who had transported the prisoners of Torres Yedras would have continued in power . - Had the popnlar party triumphed , on the other hand , what guarantee had they
that mederation would have marked their met of rictory f In either case non-interference appeared to be no longer a politic coarse . It waB 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 would be unjust to visit the government with condemnation for the part which it'had acted . It had done nothing in this respect to disentitle it to the confidence of the house . Viewing tbe whole case as he did , he could not consent to the motion submitted by Mr Hume . He was sot prepared for the anniHlellon 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 have been the result of the Spanish intervention ,
which 8 C 3 med t j have become inevitable . What course , therefore , but that of conjoint intervention with Spain and France remaned for the government of this country to adopt , which would have toen compatible with the interests of Englaid in the" Peninsula , and the safety of constitutionalism in Portugal * Alter paying a high compliment to the Duke of Palmella , the right honourable baronet thus concluded his speech — Sir , I tbinU that the Portuguese goveinm . Bnt . on the Cth of October , committed the greatest mistake that a government can commit , when , in anticipation of some fancied dangers , they resorted to what is called a ooup d ' etat , that is , attempted to avert threatened danger by tlie assumption of unconstitutional power . ( Hear , hear . ) That was the mistake that was made by tho government of Charleg 5 ., and it ia the mistake that
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 19, 1847, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1423/page/8/
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