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the prisoner while in prison on a former charge. The
case was accordingly adjourned to see if the prisoner
would afford any assistance in the discovery of those
parties.
Mr. WYLD, on the part of the Great Western Com-
pany, said he was instructed to state that the prisoner
had done nothing in furtherance of the ends of justice,
but rather the reverse.
The prisoner was then sentenced to four months' im-
prisonment.

John Hall, mason, Bristol, July 20, and Aug. 17, at
eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official
assignee, Bristol; Brackenbridge and Co., Bartlett's-
buildings, London; Hinton, Bristol.
Edward Andrew, fustian manufacturer, Manchester,
July 16, and Aug. 9, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis-
trict Court. Stansall, official assignee, Manchester ;
Abbott, Charlottee-street, Bedford-square, London ;
Slater, Manchester.

Griffith Evans, miller, Maes y pandy, Merionethshire,
July 21, and Aug. 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District
Court. Turner, official assignee, Southampton-buildings,
London ; Jones, Dolgelly.
William Davis, blacksmith, Liverpool, July 16, at
twelve, and Aug. 13, at eleven, at the Liverpool District
Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Keightley
and Co.,;Chancery-lane, London ; Woodburn, Liverpool.
William Renshaw and Thomas Kemp, builders. Tran-
mere, Cheshire, July 20, and Aug. 10, at half- past
eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove,
official assignee, Liverpool. Chester and Co., Staple
Inn, London ; Avison and Co., Liverpool.

SURREY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before THOMAS PUCKLE, Esq., and a Bench of
Magistrates.)
John Smith, 19, was indicted for stealing a coat, the
property of James Dellar.
The prosecutor in this case is a tradesman, residing in
the New-cut, Lambeth, and on the evening of the 10th
ultimo he left a great coat lying in a gig at his door, and
while he was absent a few minutes, the prisoner was
seen to steal it, and run away. He was, however, pur-
sued, and taken into custody.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and as he had
been before " in trouble,"

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

The CHAIRMAN sentenced him to be imprisoned in
.hell,use of Correction for six months.

(THIS DAY.)

William Avern, 14, was convicted of stealing four
shillings, the property of William Chaplin. On Friday
last the wife of the prosecutor found the prisoner under
the counter in the shop, with the till open. She en-
deavoured to lock him in, but he forced his way out,
and was captured by a police-constable, when one shil-
ling was found in his pocket. The other three shil-
lings were discovered on the floor where the prisoner
was fourd.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sen-
tenced to six months' imprisonment, and to be once pri-
vately whipped.

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Room B.
COVENTRY, BANBURY, AND OXFORD.
Mr. TALBOT opened the case for the promoters of this
line, and proceeded to call evidence in support of the
same.

Room C.

OLDHAM

'CE.

The Committee declared the preamble of this Bill to
be proved, and at the same time expressed their opinion
that it was desirable that a station should be erected at
Guide-bridge, and that accommodation should be afforded
to the district immediately connected therewith.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Landon New Price Current of July 6.)
SCGAR.—To-day prices went downward for Raw
Sugar, although the quantity submitted to public sale
was trifling, some parcels having been withdrawn from
the private market. In West India Muscovado a good
business was transacted, in consequence of merchants
accepting prices 6d per cwt under those of Friday, and
the private sales of 650 hhds and trcs; the chief part
sold was at 37s to 41s for refining, and at 41s to 46s for
grocery. A public sale of 148 hhds 8 trcs Barbadoes
Sugar went off with heaviness at a fall on the rates of
the last auction of 6d to is.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon there was little desire
shown to operate in white Bengal, and 170 bags at
auction went at 44s for middling white, 42s to 43s for
low, and at 42s 6d to 43s for damp, which are rather
lower rates. Brown and yellow sorts are dull of sale,
and can be had at reduced rates.

FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale, and pri-
vately only a floating cargo of yellow Havannah was
sold for exportation at 255. The home trade operated
with much caution.

REFINED.—To-day there was little desire evinced by
the home trade to operate in Refined goods, although
there were sellers of brown lumps at 55s to 56s 6d, and
standard lumps at 57s to 58s per cwt. For Bonded
Crushed Sugar the demand is active, but at 32s there are
sellers of first quality.
MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was no public sale
of Mauritius, and privately the trifling business trans-
acted was at rather lower rates for all sorts.
TEA.—Since our last a greater desire has been mani-
fested to operate in every kind of Tea, and a rise in the
value has generally taken place ; speculators have also
turned their attention towards the article. In Congou
extensive purchases have been made in all kinds, and the
rates paid exhibit an advance on those current two weeks
of id to 4d per lb—good sound common Congou is worth
Sid. Of Pouchong many parcels have been sold, and
at better prices, 4id to 8d having been paid. In
Green purchases to a large extent have been effected.
COFFEE.—This afternoon there were five public sales
of Ceylon Coffee, consisting of 3,595 bags and 151
casks; there was not much desire evinced to operate, and
a part only sold, at a decline on former rates of 6d for
Native, and 2s for Plantation; real good ordinary Native
went at 37s 6d.
RICE.—To-day there was little desire manifested to
operate in East India Rice. At public sale 2,273 bags
of Bengal were only in part sold at rather lower rates,
that is to say—middling white at 17s, low white was
taken in at 16s per cwt.
SAGO.—At public auction 804 boxes 400 bags of small
white Pearl were offered, and all sold, but at reduced
rates; fine went at 23s 6d to 24s 6d, gocd 22s to 235,
middling 21s 6d to 225, and damaged 15s 6d to 19s: 65
bags large common sound 24s to 255. For Sago Flour
there are few buyers. •
SPICES.—There are ready sellers of all descriptions
of Mace, and prices must be said to have declined 2d to
3d per lb, but the parcels offered for public competition
were all disposed of, and amounted to 28 chests and 3
brls. Holders of Nutmegs further reducing their prices
1 d to 2d per lb occasioned a good demand to prevail,
and the parcels offered at auction were all sold. For
Pimento the demand is good, and the parcels
offered at sale, amounting to 137 bags 16 brls,
chiefly sold at the former value. The suppy of Ginger
is on the increase, whilst not much desire has been ma-
nifested to operate. In Cloves, little has been done
priiately, and 72 chests of Penang at public sale went
rather cheaper. Of Black Pepper 330 bags at auction
were all withdrawn, and the amount of business trans-
acted privately by exporters and the home trade has
been limited since this day week, although there are
sellers upon previous reduced quotations. For Cinna-
mon the market is in a dull state, and holders expe-
rience difficulty in obtaining former rates, as the stock
continues large and the deliveries small. For Cassia
Lignea former rates are asked, and the supply at mar-
ket is small, but the desire has been shown to operate.
SPIRITS.—To-day the market fur Rum had a dull ap-
pearance, proof Leeward could be obtained at 2s 9d to
2s 10d, and East India at 2s Bd. Of Jamaica 100 puns
were sold at 4s 4d to 4s 8d for 30 to 38 per cent over ,
proof.
OlLS.—This afternoon at public sale 30 tuns of Sperm
Oil were sold at 851 lOs to 861 10s; 140 tuns Southern
Whale, low to mid 241 5s to 251, good to fine 251 lOs to
261 lOs per tua. For pale Seal prices are higher, sales
having been made at 371 10s to 381.
TALLOW.—The inactivity in the market for Russian
has increased, whilst a greater desire is manifested on
the part of holders to realise. Although a reduction on
former rates of is to Is 6d per cwt has been sub-
mitted to on the spot, still soap makers and chand-
lers have operated with caution, purchasing only
sufficient for their immediate wants, and 49s per cwt
ii the value of fine Peterburgh yellow candle. For deli-
very in the last three months of the year there has been
little passing, and 47s to 47s 3d aro the prices accepted.
Home made met with little attention, whilst there is a
larger supply, and a further fall in the value ensued.
Other sorts of Tallow have been operated in with cau
tion, and prices continue to give way, whilst there is a
plentiful supply.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.
(THIS EVENING.)

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 5.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
Charles Frederick EngstrUm, Esq„ to be her Majesty's
Consul at Gottenburgh.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Jacob
Mitchell, as Consul at Jamaica for the King of the Mos-
quito territory.
CROWN-OFFICE, JULY 5, 1847.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Scrope
Ayrton, of the Middle Temple, London. Esq., Barrister
at Law, to be one of the Commissioners of the Court of
Bankruptcy to act in the prosecution of fiats in bank-
ruptcy in the country.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Southampton.
John Henry Campbell Wyndham, Esq., to be Deputy-
Lieutenant, June 22.
The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Trea-
sury having certified to the Commissioners for the
Reduction of the National Debt, in pursuance of the
Act, 10th Geo. 4th, c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual sur-
plus revenue of the -United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, beyond the actual expenditure thereof, for
the year ended the sth of April, 1847, amounted to the
sum of 2,765,191/. 3s. Bd.;
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of 691,2971. 15s.
11d. (being one-fourth part of the said surplus of
2,765,191/. 3s. Bd.) will be applied, under the provisions
of the said Act, between the 7th day of July, 1847, and
the 10th day of October, 1847, to the following pur-
poses, viz.:--
To be applied to the purchase of Stock 21,297 15 11
To be applied to the purchase of Ex-
chequer Bills, made out in pur-
suance of the Act 57th George 3,
670,000 0 0
c. 48

£691,297 15 11

Add interest receivable on account of
donations and bequests, to be applied
to the purchase of stock

3,615 1

£694,912 16 11
H. ILIGHAn Comptroller-General.
National Debt-office, July 6, 1847.
DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
James Taylor, flint grinder, Newcastle-under-Lyme.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
SamuelEissteßveeanrsleiyi Slater, legrttner, wine merchant, Nottingham.
Richard Arthur, grocer, Aylesbury.
BANKRUPTS.
half-past eleven, and road, North Brixton,
of Bankruptcy. Surrey, to surrender July 13, at
, official assignee ;
Chapel-street, Bedfordn-row,
, ussell-cottsges,Loughborough-
P August 17, at twelve, at the Court
Thomas Henry May, baker,Nv
Frederick's-place, HUgheS,
Little Britain, July 16,
Court of Bankruptcy.
Lem,eaCtesdoldsn
and August 13, at twelve, at th
ats - thepl a
Edwards, official assignee,
May, Princes-street, Spitalfields.
Leeds mason,
Jewry;i
st r i e t
Leeds,
John Bateson, joiner, and John Holmes,
July 20, and August 10, at eleven,
Court. Hope, official assignee,
Barnard's Inn, London; Robinson, Leeds.. StrangwaY'
Samuel Smith and William Smith, worsted spinners
Halifax, July 22, and Aug. 31, at eleven, at theLeds,
District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Jaquese--
and Edwards, Ely-place; Stocks and Macaulay, Halifax;
Courtenay, Leeds.
Charles Cox, wine and spirit merchant, Salford, July
19 and Aug. 9, at eleven, at the Manchester District
Court ; Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Gregory,
Faulkner, and Co., Bedford-row ; Morris, Princess-
street, Manchester.
Thomas Hutchins, coach proprietor, llulme, Man-
chester, July 19, and Aug. 12, at twelve, at the Man-
chester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Man-
chester; Chester, Toulmin, and Chester, Staple-inn,
London; Wilson, Manchester.

an opportunity of discussing this-matter the presence
of the Noble Lord (Lord Pilnerston), because no Minis-
ter of this country had been more anxious to protect
this country from being injured by the laches of other
nations.—(Hear, hear.) In 1818 Sir Robert Walpole
endeavoured to pass a Bill empowering the Government
to make loans to for( ign nations without the interven-
tion of the House ; but the House of Commons re-
stricted the Bill, and made it apply to one specific object.
In 1835, by the conduct of the British Government,
a large sum of money owing by Prussia to
persons in this country was paid, and William Frederick
of Prussia adopted a similar course towards Spain,
which owed some of his subjects a large sum of money,
as he seized a ship, and by this reprisal succeeded in
the object he had in view. The Noble Lord quoted
other instances. British subjects had lent their
money to the Spanish nation with their eyes
open—in fact, the money was lent at a cheaper rate
than that lent to the British Government from 1803
to 1814, as it was lent at i 5/. for 1001. stock.—(Hear,
hear.) His Noble Friend (Lord Palmerston) stated
that if Portugal did not defray the sums due
to the Auxiliary Legion of Portugal, he would
compel them. Lord Howard de Walden was instructed
in 1840 to inform her faithful Majesty that unless the
convention for this purpose was immediately agreed to and
he was enabled to return it ratified in a fortnight, the
British Government would take immediate measures to
obtain redress.—(Hear.) Altogether there was owing,
with arrears of interest, 341,7551.:which.was due to the
Duke of Wellington, Lord Berresford, and a number of
other well known British officers, the whole of which
was paid; and his Noble Friend adopted a similar course
with respect to the United States with similar results.
There was no excuse why Spain should not pay those
debts, for he found that the value of the exports from
Porto Rico and Cuba had greatly increased of late years.
He found that the exports of Porto Rico, which in
1834 had been only 938,0001., had increased in 1845
to 2,000,000/., and the revenue last year from Porto
Rico and Cuba amounted to 24.'62,500/. He thought,
therefore, that the resources of Spain were amply suffi-
cient to pay her debts. The whole amount contri-
buted by Spanish people to pay off that country's
foreign debt was only 200,0001. per annum, or about 3d.
per head on the whole of the population. Now, if' any
country in the world bad a right to call upon Spain to
pay her just debts, it was England—England, which had
never neglected her duty—which had paid 20s. in the
pound—which had freed the continent from the
tyranny of Napoleon ; surely England was en-
titled to ask a nation, rich in resources, to pay
Os. gd. in the pound, or three farthings per week for
each individual of her population. Spain, when she
settled with her own creditors, allowed for ever 100/.
350/. of stock, which was then at 60 per cent. Interest. The
result was that the home creditor was receiving interest
at the rate of 7i per cent., while the foreign creditor
were literally receiving nothing. He (Lord G. Bentinck)
did not stand there the tool of the great money lenders
of the city ; he stood there in the proud position of the
advocate of the widows and the orphans of the brave
men who fought and fell in Spain, and whose
little property was lost in the funds of that
country. His sympathies were with that class,
and he would take the liberty of reading to the House a
letter from an individal of that class which always
received the sympathy of that house—he meant a retired
half.pay officer. The Noble Lord then read the letter,
which stated that the whole of thirty years' savings
5,0000 had been in on unfortunate hour vested in the
Spanish funds.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF COMMONS. July 5.
POST-OFFICE RETURNS.
Mr. T. DUNCONIBE moved that the returns ordered
from the Post-office on the 14th April be printed
forthwith.—Motion agreed to.
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
Lord J. RUSSELL then said that, in pursuance of
the intimation he had given at an earlier part of the day,
he would take that opportunity of stating what course
he proposed to take with respect to the Bills before the
House. The first Bill of which he would take notice
was the Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill. That was
a most important Bill, and the object and intention of it
would, he believed, be most beneficial to Ireland; but
from late inquiries on the subject it appeared that very
great alarm existed, not particularly as to the special
provisions of the measure, but from the contemplation
of many of the powers given by an extensive Bill of that
kind. It was stated by persons well qualified to speak,
and likewise well qualified, if they should think proper,
to carry into effect what they said, that several millions
of money mortgaged in Ireland would be called in if
that Bill were passed.—(Hear, hear.) If it were an
early period of the session he should hope that, upon a
discussion, the Bill as it stood would be found so un-
exceptionable that the alarm might be dissipated. But
he did not think that at the present period of the session
it would be possible to go into such a discussion as
would be satisfactory, and he therefore thought it
better to defer the Bill to another session.---(Hear, hear.)
There was another Bill which stood third in the orders
of the day—the Prisons Bill, which he understood was
likely to lead to some discussion in the other House of
Parliament ; and, as his Right Hon. Friend the Home
Secretary dd not think that the arrangements made
under that Bill were necessary to be carried into effect
in the present session, he should propose that that Bill
should not be proceeded with.—(Hear, hear.) Another
Bill, which was brought in by the other House of Par-
liament, was the Custody of Offenders Bill. That Bill
had been well considered, and, as the Government
thought it a necessary measure, it was proposed to go
on with it. There was another Bill, which had been
fixed for Wednesday next. It was the Parliamentary
Electors Bill, and with respect to that measure he was
not then prepared to say what time he should be able to
fix for the second reading of it ; he proposed, however,
not only to proceed as far as the second reading, but that
it should be committed, though he had no intention
during the present session of Parliament to carry it be-
yond the stage of considering it in Committee. As to
the Polls at Election (Ireland) Bill, the Navigation Bill,
the Post-office Bill, and the other Bills which stood on
the order of the day for that night, he proposed to pro-
ceed with all of them. He also intended to go into com-
mittee of Supply, if possible, and he appealed to his
Hon. Friend the Member for Montrose to assist him in
accomplishing that object. The Hon. Member and the
whole House could not fail to recollect that the recent
attempts of the Government to get a Committee of
Supply had been unsuccessful ; that whenever an
order of the day stood on the paper for a Committee of
Supply, the whole evening was taken up with other sub-
jects, and no opportunity was afforded the Government
to ask the House to pass a single vote in supply. There
was a notice of the Hon. Member for Wycombe, relating
to the present state of Portugal, which he could not ask
that Hon. Gentleman to defer, as he had not yet had
any opportunity whatever of bringing it forward; but he
might, he thought, request his Hon. Friend the Member
for Montrose to postpone the discussion on the claims of
the Raja of Setters. While he was ready to acknow-
ledge that it was quite fitting that his Hon. Friend should
have an opportunity of stating the whole case, and quite
fitting that there should be a full discussion of the
in the present session, he
question having occurred
necessary—at least, the
to-morrow week, a day for which
present moment was not
any ;i:
seat importance stood. He did not
entiredmuruir
adrgntehtynhe
ti
r.yedkeianstrchsivas subject
discussion
aii:ogi
tnooohn:e.
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‘tet,
eanrasdst daymit
ahi
the present
take some notice-day
not
members of the Government were under
aef odermet
ihot
notice
it
ehpeau
troptfho soe;
any obligation to make or keep a House sitting when no
Government business stood on the paper; but this he
would undertake to say, that as far as it depended on
the Government Members, they would do everything in
their power to assist the Hon. Gentleman in getting
with
htis discussion to-morrow week, and if in
successful, they would give up a Go-
vernment night for that purpose. At present he thought,
e advanced period of the session, it would
beo nmsiadeehri
thatth r through uhge h
was
better to allow them to go into a Committee of
considering h
Supply that evening, after the subject of Portugal had
been dispossed of. He concluded by moving that the
House do then resolve itself into a Committee on the
Compensation for Damages (Ireland) Bill.
Mr. HUME said that he could not consent to postpone
his motion, unless the Noble Lord would give him a
pledge that he would assist him in keeping a House
on that day.
CONFERENCE WITH THE LORDS.
Messengers from the Lords requested a conference
with the Commons on the subject of some amendments
introduced into one of the Bills which had been sent up
to them.
COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES (IRELAND)
BILL..
On the order of the day
being read for going into
Committee on this Bill,
Lord J. RUSSELL stated that he could not give the
Hon. Member for Montrose a pledge to keep a House
for him to-marrow. If the Hon. Member would let the
matter stand over till to-morrow week, he could have
the whole evening to himself.
Mr. HUME was sorry to oppose the Noble Lord,
but he felt bound to proceed with his motion on the
subject of the Baja of Setters. He hoped that the Noble
Lord would not angry with him for adopting such a
course.

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tt
e this s
ae
no
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it
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UNJTED STATES' DEBT.
Mr. HUME wished to know whether any step had
by the United States to this country?
Lord PALMERSTON did
hrespect to the debts due
ry not apprehend, from the
k
yte of the United States
Government, any difficulty in the settlement of those
claims;
The House then went into Committee on the Com-
pensation for Damages (Ireland) Bill.
The several clauses were agreed to and the Bill was
reported.

the day for AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL.
On the question being put for reading the order of
Lir. B. OSBORNE rose to call the attention of the
House to the present state of Portugal and the situa-
tion of our naval and military forces in the country.
He thought it was highly desirable that the
going into committee of Supply,
Noble Lord the Minister for Foreign Affairs should offer
some defence for the policy which had been pursued
towards Portugal before the close of the present session.
On constitutional grounds he regretted the abrupt
termination of the recent debate. It would tend
to degrade the House in the estimation of all whc,
were favourable to political liberty and freedom,
and therefore he felt it to be his duty to revive it. It was
clear that the Queen of Portugal had on every occasion
broken faith with her people, and on all bands it was
admitted that her conduct was most unjustifiable.
No one had attempted to defend it, and he
thought it was therefore the more disgraceful
that Government should have pursued the course they
had done. It had been urged on behalf of the Govern-
ment that they were forced into that course by the
French Government; but every one 19119 WU 1U the habit

of reading the French papers must have seen that M.. The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to detail the
Guiaot had denied the statement, The conduct of France particulars of this oft-repeated narrative. In 1818
toe arch; Portugal was most irreproachable, and it was the Baja of Sattara was placed on his throne,
clear from the conduct of her admiral that France was as an independent Sovereign after the Mahratta war.
not the power who urged the necessity or the expe- Now the charge which he (Mr. Hume) had to make
diency of an armed intervention. It was very evident, against the East India Company was that the Prince was
however, to him that the Noble Lord at the head deposed from his throne without any just or reasonable
of the Foreign Department of this country was the dupe cause, and that he was kept in exile, and i efused
of that great master of modern arts, Louis Philippe, a trial. He then read the extracts from the
and that was the individual who was reaping the evidence of four of the British residents at the
advantage of all the odium that was being thrown upon Court of the Raja to show that his Highness had
the country for the part he had taken in the affairs of always conducted himself in the most exemplary man-
Portugal. The Ministers both of France and Spain re- ner, that he had established schools in which the usual
pudiated the protocol which had been issued at the in- branches of education were taught, and that he had
stance of this country. And there could be no doubt I done his utmost to improve the character of the people
whatever that the Noble Lord at the head of the Fo- and develope the resources of his country. It was un-
reign Department adopted, the course of interfering, by necessary for him, however, to quote any authority in
means of an armed intervention, with the affairs of Por- proof of this for the East India Company, themselves
tugal upon his own responsibility, the conduct of the had in 1835, presented him with a very valuable sword
British fleet and military in Portugal was cruel and to show the great estimation in which they held him.
unjust. Its influence was directed against a people who ' Some time after this, however, a dispute arose between
were fighting for their freedom, and if that House had him and the Government of Bombay in refer-
any latent feeling of justice within its breast, it would ence to certain Jagheer's to which the latter
not suffer itself to be bamboozled by the declaration of laid claim. Various petty charges were then
the Minister, but denounce an interference with the trumped up against him and amongst others
rights and liberties of the people of Portugal, in that he sought to introduce the Portuguese into India,
terms that it merited. Why, had not Lord and to plot against the British Government. There
Howard De Walden and Mr. Southeron been re- was not the slightest foundation whatever for these
called, and a man placed in their situation who charges, but even admitting they were true, it was only
was totally ignorant of Portuguese affairs?—(Hear.) justice to the Prince that the charges against him, what-
Sir Hamilton Seymour from his former connexion with ever they might be, should be investigated, and that he
the King of the Belgians, must have been prejudiced should not be condemned without a trial.—(Hear, hear.)
against the cause of the Portuguese people, and he ought The very day the sword arrived in India the conspi-
never to have been sent out on behalf of this country. racy commenced, and the resident at the Court of the
No faith could be placed in the promises of the Queen Prince intimated to the Government of Bombay shortly
or her Ministers, and throughout the whole of the part afterwards that he did not believe there was any truth
this country took in the proceedings, he could see no- whatever in the allegations that had been made against
thing but sympathy for the Crown and an utter disre- him, and yet, strange to say, two days afterwards, the
gard for the rights or the people. The greater part of Government of Bombay sent home word to the East
the Portuguese trade was carried on with the capital of India Company that the Raja was plotting against
the country, and through the agency of British mer- the British Government. Exculpatory evidence
chants, and yet the Government were quietly sitting by was also given by other individuals, which the Hon.
and allowing the Spanish army to be in possession of Gentleman quoted, yet notwithstanding all this, the
Oporto. How long was this country to act as the police Raja was deposed, and every attempt which he subse-
of a despot ? That question ought to be answered quently made to be reinstated was unheeded, and every
before they went into a Committee of Supply, for the entreaty he made for an investigation into the charges,
purpose of voting the money to carry on these proceed- and for a fair trial, was systematically refused. The Hon.
ings with. The House of Commons might approve of Gentleman, after reading an immense number of docu-
this interference, but he was quite sure the people of merits bearing on the case, said that the Right Hon.
England would not, and nothing would satisfy them but Gentleman (SirJ.C.Hobhouse) had talked disparagingly
seeing the rights of the people of Portugal protected and of Mr. G. Thompson, but he (Mr. Hume) could assure
defended from invasion. He concluded by moving, him that if he got into the hands of that gentleman he
" That, in the opinion of this House, it is incumbent on would find himself in the clasp of a giant.—(Laughter.)
the British Government to insure to the people of Per- He would ask if an English Peer had been accused of
tugal a full and complete enjoyment of their constitu- the same charges as the Raja of Sattara would he be
tional rights ; •and also to insure the recall of Count condemned without a trial ? Nay, an English
Bomfin and his gallant followers in exile. peasant would not be subjected to such treatment. He,
Lord PALMERSTON said his Noble Friend the therefore, called upon the Government and the House to
First Lord of the Treasury had already given a promise accede to his motion, and whether the Raja was guilty
to carry out the spirit of this resolution ; and he had no or not, let British justice be asserted, and let him have
objection in again pledging the Government of the an opportunity of proving his innocence of the charges
country to it. The Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down which had been made against him.—(Cheers.)
had correctly stated the incidents of the Portuguese Mr. E WART seconded the motion.
drama, and he could assure the House, that had not her On the motion of Mr. HENLEY the debate was im-
Majesty's Government taken upon themselves the task mediately afterwards adjourned.
of stage-managers the drama would have been changed RAILWAY (IRELAND) No. 2 BILL.
from a farce into a most sanguinary and terrible tragedy. This Bill was read a third time and passed.
He would not make the speech he had intended to FISHERY, PIERS, AND HARBOURS (IRELAND)
deliver during the former debate; but he had no objection BILL.
to tell the House this much, that the conduct of the This Bill was also read a third time and passed.
Portuguese Government in October last was most unjust, JOINT STOCK COMPANIES (No. 2) BILL.
and the people were justified in rising in the manner This Bill was read a second time and ordered to be
they did. They were refused a parliament to settle committed this day (Tuesday).
and manage their internal affairs, and they rose for BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL.
the purpose of making an effort to secure one. On the motion that this Bill go into Committee pro
The interference of her Majesty's Government was forma.
directed by the same feeling ; but while he said thus Lord GEORGE BENTINCK moved that the House
much, he must remind the House that, had not the do now adjourn.
British Government interfered, Spain would have done After a lengthened discussion on the sitting being pro-
so, and most likely to the prejudice, if not to the utter tracted so late, in which a good deal of personality was
annihilation of the rights of the people. Before her bandied, between Lord George Bentinck, the Secretary
Majesty's Government interfered in the manner of State for Ireland, and the Chancellor of the Exche•
they had done, they, tried all they could in the quer, the House divided, when there appeared—
shape of entreaty, but their advice was disre- For the adjournment 8
garded, and it eventually became necessary for them Against it
to resort to more active and determined steps for re- Majority
storing order and peace in Portugal. Some Hon. Gen- The Bill then went through Committee pro forma.
tlemen seemed to think that it would have been much The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and
better had her Majesty's Government pursued a policy the House adjourned at a Quarter before Two o'clock.
of non-interference. Now, these Hon. Gentlemen to be
consistent must be averse to every species of interfer-
ence, and had her Majesty's Government pursued such
a policy as that, what must have been the consequence?
Why Spain would have marched an army into
Portugal, the rights of the people would have been
trampled- under foot, smod_ the- Crown reinstated, in its,
despotic power Hid herl Ilajesty'S Government only
interfered merely to keep out ,the Spanish troops, they.
would have been leaving the interior of th.e country'in a
state of anarchy and rebellion. Had riot this country had
relations with Portugal; by means of treaty, or otherwise,
non-interference might have been justified, but here they
had long been honourably associated, and, besides that,
the iaterests of the commerce of the two countries were
bound up with each other, and therefore a policy
of non-interference on the part of this country would
have been unjustifiable. Her Majesty's Government had
urged the Queen of Portugal to make concessions to her
people, but her Prime Minister and Commander-in-
Chief resisted these concessions, and her Majesty's
Government was, on that account, compelled to inter-
fere by means of an armed intervention. Everything
that the people of Portugal had asked for would be con-
ceded to them, and he confidently anticipated that our
interference would add to the interest of this country.
while increasing the happiness, and increasing the poli-
tical grandeur, of the people in whose behalf the inter-
ference, in point of fact, had taken place. The Noble
Lord then proceeded to explain that Lord Howard de
Walden was recalled at his own request, and in doing
so took occasion to pass a warm encomium upon the
manner in which Sir Hamilton Seymour and Mr.
Southeron had discharged their duties, which the trying
proceedings of Portugal had imposed upon them. The
account which Count Jarnac gave of the proceedings
at the Foreign Office, was precisely the same as had
been given in the Blue Book upon the table of the
House. The protocol signed upon that occasion, was
signed by the Crown of Portugal, with her three allies,
and there was, therefore, the strongest possible security
that the terms of the treaty should be carried cut. It
had been said that the act of this country, in interfering
in the affairs of Portugal, was calculated to repress po-
pular feelings, and assist the cause of despotism. It
was no such thing. The duty of this country was to
lead on in the march of civilization, and even to lend a
helping hand to cheer its weaker neighbours in the
march. It was to England and her allies that the thanks
of the Greek nation were due for having shaken off
the yoke of her slavery. The kingdoms of the Belgians,
of Spain, and of Portugal, were all bound in gratitude to
the arms of England, aye, and even the French people
were indebted to this country for having established to
them the great charter of their liberties. He, therefore,
hurled back the charge with all the indignation con-
sistent with Parliamentary decorum.—(Hear, hear.)
The object of the Government was to put an end to
bloodshed, and the civil war, and to bring back the poli-
tical struggle to its proper arena—the forum of Parlia-
ment. The Government had succeeded in this course,
and he would leave it for posterity to pronounce its
opinion as to whether the Government had swerved in
the least degree to the right hand or to the left, from the
fair and constitutional principles of the country.
Mr. BORTHWICK thought that the present difficul-
ties in the affairs of the Government of this country and
Portugal arose, not from the acts of the present Govern-
ment, but from the inefficient mode in which the affairs
of the country had been conducted by the late Govern-
ment. He did not think that the course of conduct pur-
sued by the Government in its interference with the
affairs of Portugal had been successfully terminated. It
was his opinion, founded on no shallow information, that
a train was laid which, probably before the next meeting
of Parliament would end in the establishment of the
Duchess de Montpensier as Queen de jure and de facto
of Spain.—(Laughter.)
Mr. HUME was satisfied that the Noble Lord had the
opportunity of expressing to the House the principles on
which he thought the relations of this country ought to
be fixed. He had referred to Greece, and to other coun-
tries, in corroboration that he (Mr. Hume) protested
against the principle. He object d to the principle,
because in Portugal the Noble Lord never interfered so
long is a chance remained that the authority of the
Queen was paramount. But he interfered when the
people took arms in their hands, and when they were
likely to have these rights acknowledged. No ; he only
interfered when the Queen's authority was likely to be
worsted, and when the people were likely to have
their rights allowed them. But why, if the
people's rights were acknowledged, although the
people armed were put down, why did not the
Ministry enforce upon the Portuguese Govern
ment the calling back the exiles from the coast
of Africa. Why did they not release the prisoners now
confined in Fort St. Julian? Why did they not advise
the Queen of Portugal to dismiss her Ministers—to
dismiss the men who were so unpopular with the people,
and who were ever ready to keep the people from their
rights? Why, in the name of all that was honest, should
Great Britain be enforced to provide for the Portuguese
prisoners now in Fort St. Julian? For these, and other
reasons, he entered his protest against the proceedings
of the Government.
Lord JOHN MANNERS protested in the strongest
manner against the idea that the people of England were
I satisfied with the policy of the English Government.
Mr. B. ESCOTT hoped that his Hon. Friend would
not press his motion to a division.
Sir DE LACY EVANS was entirely opposed to the
views of the Hon. Member for Montrose on this matter,
because his policy was different to that of Europe during
the last century.
Mr. HonsatAN and Mr. EwART addressed the House.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL defended the conduct of the
Government.
Lord GEORGE BENTINCK thought the Noble Lord
had made out no case for the British Ministry. The
effects of his policy had been to increase despotism in
that country. While he condemned their interference
altogether, he could not heip asking the Hon. Gentle-
man to withdraw his motion on the ground that the
Noble Lord had given an assurance that Count Bornin
and his companions should be recalled.
Mr. OSBORNE said that he had not a word to say.
He understood the Noble Lord (Palmerston) would give
directions that Count Bomfin should be recalled from
Angola, and he would not, therefore, press his motion
to a division.
The motion was then, by leave, withdrawn.
RAJA OF SATTARA.
Mr. HUME then moved for the appointment of a
Select Committee, to inquire into the charges against
the Raja of Sattara, now an exile in Benares, and the
grounds for his degradation and exile. He did not reply
to the statement which had been made .by the Right
Hon. Bart. (Sir J. C. Hobhouse) when he last brought
forward this subject, nor would he take any notice of the
tone in which that statement had been made, as he was
too long a Member of that House to take notice of every
expression that might be used iu the hest of abate.

SANATORY MEASURES.

There are men to be met with in the world, who,
possessing high intelligence, have, nevertheless, the mis-
fortune to labour under a species of mental delusion,
which never tails to manifest itself whenever allusion is
made to a certain subject. There are some who enters
fain the most extraordinary Opinions in religious matters,
whilst altogether rational on other topics. Again, many a
man distinguished for talent will be found to have such
peculiar political ideas as almost to amount to insanity.
Converse with such a one on general topies, and he
will be found to be a sensible man, but should the
cranky string be touched, the harp will at once be out
of tune. These idiosyncracies are not confined to in-
dividuals—each nation, each age, has its own. Our
present national idiosyncracy is a hatred of all so-
cial sanatory measures. Talk of commercial matters,
on scientific progress, on literature, and none can be
found more sensible, or well-informed than the English;
the proposal of sanatory measures will be certain, how-
ever, to disturb the equanimity of the whole nation,—the
most ridiculous notions will be willingly entertained,
the most strenuous opposition made to the contem-
plated improvement. To embody the national sen-
timents on this head in a few words, would
be to express an opinion, that "if we can
get plenty to eat and to drink, what more do
we want—that if a graveyard is in the middle of a
crowded city, it has been there for years, and nobody
was ever the worse for it—that the Thames water is as
sweet now as ever it was, and our forefathers drank it
without finding fault that the sewers discharge into it—
that crowded alleys and lanes without drainage always
did exist, and always will exist, to what use then making
a fuss just now," with, divers other important reason fur
leaving things as they are. Nor is John Bull to be
argued out of his notions about social evils—he exhibits
not merely a sullen dogmatism, but an active spirit of
opposition. He declares his health to be very good—
his house to be very clean—his rivers unpolluted—and
the drainage of towns be pronounces excellent; and
yet what man of observant mind, will hesitate to say
that England does not require great social ameliora-
tions? Look at the state of any large town or city—
the imperfectdrainage—the detective water supply—
the horrible graveyards—the poisonous miasma—the
unhealthy habitations, and who can doubt that legisla-
tive remedy is imperatively required? There is one
class of inventions which is always heavy in the market,
and unprofitable to the inventor—we mean fire-escapes
and life-belts. No house is furnished with the one, and no
sailor thinks of the other. Life is to be protected in
either case, and who thinks his own to be in
danger? True, after a dreadful fire and loss of life,
some few " nervous" persons will inquire for an escape;
no sooner, however, is the danger tbrgotten, than the
protection is also abandoned. Much similarity of con-
duct holds with respect to the social state ofiEnglane
which is a reproach to a civilized country. Go where
you will—among the habitations of the wealthy, or the
rookeries of the poor—travel from city to town—from
county to county—and the same evils present themselves.
Intra mural interment, the fruitful source of disease
is still permitted. The dead are suffered to poison
the living, to pollute the atmosphere, to carry fever to the
dwellings of the poor. The abolition of city burials should
be the first of sanatory measures; allchurchyards in towns
should be closed, and planted with trees, and cemeteries
provided at proper places. Religion and decency, as
well as health, require this. Universal drainage in
cities is the next thing required. There should be no
alley, no lane, without an effective sewer, into which all
houses should discharge their soil. No cesspool, &c.,
should be suffered to be open ; the gully • holes should
be properly trapped, to prevent the emission of
noxious vapours, whilst provision should be made
that at high-water-level the mouth of the sewer
should not be stopped. The control of sewers
should be vested in a Government commission, or,
at any rate, in one general board; not, as at present
divided into sections of opposite interests. The sewer
commissioners, at present, are mere dispensers of jobbing
patronage and public money. Another most important
want is the better supply of water. Without cleanli-
ness the people can never be healthy, and the restricted
supply of water denies this cleanliness to hundreds of un-
fortunate individuals. Where water can only be obtained
from a great distance, the lfsbour of fetching it prevents its
tree use. We have otten remarked how ill the poorer
quarters of the towns are supplied with water. In poor
streets a pump is seldom visible, many have been removed,
but none are replaced ; whereas, iu the richer Quarters
of the town pumps are abundant—we could name more
than one square wherein are two pumps. Parishes
should be compelled to sink artesian wells in poor
neighbourhoods, and monopolising water companies
be regulated in their charges. We believe that two-
thirds more than the present quantity of water
could be usefully employed, was there a proper supply.
Not the least among the required improvements, is that
of compelling factories to consume their own smoke.
This could and would be readily done, were it made
imperative—it is a disgrace to the science of the age,
that huge chimneys should vomit forth their volumes of
carbon, to blacken the atmosphere, to destroy our
lungs, and to waste profusely a valuable fuel ? It is
of no trivial import, that a change should be made in
the management of our public highways. Our streets in
winter are clogged with mud, and in summer resemble
the deserts for dust, always slippery and nasty—a valu-
able manure is suffered to remain on them, because it is
the duty of no one to keep them clean. The parish re-
ceives so many hundred pounds per annum, from a
scavenger for the
can take with a very little labour; and as profit, not
privilege of collecting as much as he
cleanliness, is his object, the streets are always in a filthy
state. In London, as in Paris, every housekeeper should
be compelled to sweep the pavement before his house
early in the morning, and the scavengers should
thoroughly cleanse the roadway each day. There are
many other improvements to be made in our social state,
which would materially benefit the population. Instead
of, however, demanding Legislative interference, the peo
ple seem determined to thwart all endeavours of the Go-
vernment. First to exhibit this bad spirit, is the Corpora-
tion of London. Foul and foetid as the City notoriously
' is, with scarcely a house free from noxious smells, the
citizens would fain have us believe that there is not a
more sweet, wholesome place, under the canopy of
Heaven. No sooner is a Government measure proposed
than the Aldermen, scarce one of whom resides in the
City, raise an outcry, and the City is to be exempt from
pcvae re .
the operation of the Government plan. As the City
' rejects purification, so every other town strives to be
allowed to remain dirty, until none are found
who
to be made clean.
A singular instance of the bigoted opposition which
even educated men will evince towards sanatory improve-
ments, ments, came lately under our notice. The Chymical
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