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knd in the course of the evidence one of the witnesses
hued was a looker-on and cognizant of all the circum-
igts connected with the crime that had been com-
e had even heard the knife with which the
;7;le murderjas committed sharpened. The judge inter-
dict „ observing, " Do you mean to say that you
N nothing all the time?" The answer was that he
2rer interfered in matrimonial disputes." Now that
rezbled what the Noble Lord suggested. By inter-
tesJl he believed that they had done something
aT's Preventing bloodshed. He thought that the
aosserltment had, as he had already asserted,
with the wisest policy in this interference in the
st7.l, of Portugal. If they had abstained altogether
irinterference,k they would be acting most disgrace-
because it would show incapacity, while by their
the went interference they had succeeded in restoring
uti
ennstit •
pen
gon to Portugal. He therefore would sup-
the policy which her Majesty's Government had
iked,—(llear, hear.)
Lea." Duk W
e ce the cof ELLINGTON, who was al in-
rale atcommencement of his addre ss,most said,
pea it
asenst essential to the interests of this country to
rye peace in all the countries of the world.
mein g, .
bleat g, as he did, in the propriety of this Govern-
ea„ refraining from an interference with the affairs of
sk,f other Government, he still expressed a hope, and as
itlias his knowledge went, his belief was, that a British
wortassador or a British Minister, in every part of the
spun. .1 would exercise a most important influence in
seei'llaing the peace of the particular country in which
for
thMinister should reside, and so far as was necessary
° maintenance of the tranquillity of that country,
tie
it.°f the policy pursued by the Government existing
for Ile had the conviction, from other reasons besides
elalr he had mentioned, that there should be a strict
eas senallee from interference with the internal Govern-
-01 another country ; but he still held that the pre-
n„tia7 of a British Ambassador, cognisant of everything
lee was going on in that country, had a most powerful
hi genes in maintaining tranquillity in that country, and
eaityntaining the form of Government existing within
elelrs Noble Friend (Lord Stanley) had made a most
iner.‘.,nt speech, and throughout the course of it had
test' than once expressed his disapprobation of the in-
Pence of this country with the affairs of Portugal,
mod, that in no case could an interference be justi
that The Noble Lord complained of Cabral, and all
he said of the Cabral Administration was true.
Thel;4Noble Lord, the Minister in that country, had la-
te:lad to the utmost of his power, and as far as he
beam' in order to have the Government conducted on
tia treble principles. The acts, however, of which
11444'441e Friend complained, had been the common
lAishof the Government ever since it had been este-
tlekeed. The country, then, was in a state of consi-
tjde disturbance. This country was under oblige-
anai
by treaty, to aid Portugal—under obligations,
tere:,ge old existing relations ; and it was the in-
" bof this country, by her commercial
4114 e
etp her political relations to maintain the tranquillity
el
tecitrtngal. This country had an interest in the political
fop *en cet and the independence of the Government, as
Itta•as In the tranquillity of the country. Her Majesty's
esters were under the necessity of sending to that
he4r Majesty's
an armed force in order to give protection to
shop.4iajesty's subjects, whose interest it was to reside
and whose property was all in that country. Here
dist; t" a British force in that country in a state of
tede-ruance; this country had an interest in her political
tewPendence, and a British force was there for the pro-
Co On of the British subjects expo,ed as they were to
ktirnisfortunes of war. It must be recollected that
i" in that country were nearly equally divided,
"b,entt there was no great military event. This
:„44Ity existed not only in Oporto, but somewhat nearly
zoo: Lisbon, and it was found that the general in com-
,oj of the troops at Oporto, to the amount of from
ft.4-;:' to 5,000 men, embarked' from Oporto with the In-
tl, '4.°11 to take them down to Lisbon, and there to effect
tietCenl what no ose would for a moment defend—the
tuat'°llenaent of the Queen—who would thereby be
er the necessity of leaving Lisbon, or possibly putting
Leff on board the British fleet. Was it desirable that
pe,,.°.,210u1c1 be effected—that which this country had
tirw.er at hand to prevent? The officer at Oporto had
littltr commenced a blockade of the river, and duly
aste 41 a notice, that in case the Portuguese fleet should
tam to sail out, they would be seized by the block-
tie
ng force. But now hew would shortly call the atten-
u of. their Lordships to the mediation. It was true
Itritiattbe natural mediator with Portugal was the
for Government. But it was unnecessary
ass him to remind them that a mediation, in order to
urt the interests in question sufficiently, must be pos-
en the °f some military power ; and this country had,
die 0 present occasion, a British fleet near the seat of
teputirtitibance. It might be said that Britain had great
on for power ; and they did have great power,
bud
but great wisdom in their counsels and great energy,
tepalbt eY had been resting to much and too long on their
the-alien. It was necessary to show sometimes that e
1t could accompany their opinion with power to make
teg,°d• On the application, then, of the Queen of Por-
ta, I, this country had at length thought proper to
th 7 rfere for the support of the Queen, and he hoped that
itaLwould take care to makeproper arrangements for the
ssOgovernment of the country as far as was possible
it_Lltt the limited powers of the mediation. Anxious
litLetvas for the independence of Portugal, and although
gutty,
Was the natural mediator on the affairs of that
tek"'rY, he yet was glad that that mediation had been
hie? 'IN and established by three independent cowl-
S.lO It was not in this instance the influence of France
exalt! or of Spain alone, or of England, but of all those
teen'iviLntiY. He, therefore, thought the British Govern-
ge- was justified in interfering, at the request of the
Itletr of Portugal, in the affairs of that country. The
k° Duke, who spoke from the cross benches, with
eim:m_ask to the gallery, was very indistinct in his enun-
-1.4:M1, and was very imperfectly heard.
ear, rd WINCHILSEA said their Lordships were not
„,.7 upon to say whether the intention of her Majesty's
eit"'e ernment was good, but whether the procedure which,
rre had adopted was right? He thought that the in-
. and therefore
which had taken place was most unjustifiable,
cordial he felt it to be his duty to give the most
Earli to the motion.
was St.veseg,..",RMANS said that in the first instance he
VernsueciCuc" opposed to the interference of the Go-
inatioirivse af
.rionostt.he affairs of Portugal, as being likely to
complicated question with reference to the
°/ all the other countries ; but, upon a careful perusal
tome e documents connected with the case, he had
ta_ to the conclusion that the course adopted by the
lblen:mem was the one least likely to lead to trouble
171._ Inconvenience in the end, and most calculated to
,:et the justice of the case. He thought that the rela-
gCWhich had always existed between Portugal and
.
land was a full justification of these measures which
the been adopted by her Majesty's Government under
t
fso!4Sting circumstances, and therefore he should no
it his duty to support the motion of the Noble Lord.
aellbe Noble Earl was during the whole of his speech
'"ly inaudible in the gallery.)
Lord
ae BEAUMONT said that the great question of
Aare
was involved in the question which was then
rtl,riore the House, and their decision would in future re-
elintate, how far that passive conduct which one nation
feci.u'd preserve with regard to the internal al-
kof another was to be departed from. He
a 0 as
that if this motion were negatived.,
00,as to affirm the principle of her Majesty b
rieernment, that that principle might be in future car-
saw out by other countries to the detriment of this
r°l3, whilst from a feeling of consistency they would
hcompelled to look on without any effort to take any
et in that which might possibly very much concern
ra.
Zne„.. What could have been said to induce the Govern
ter F: to suppose that France or Spain was about to in-
plat!,e, but even supposiug either country had contem-
pas:u.ul interference, it was evidently not for the pur-
portaZ an invasion; and he, therefore, attached no im-
ce to that plea, that had her alajesty's Government
bet haveel, interfered France or Spain would. From all
thn,pPeeedings of Spain and France, it was quite clear
firltif they ever did entertain the expediency of inter-
thsuelg, it was only in conjunction with England. He
ea.tight instead of interfering in this instance, the
irovernment ought to have left it to be settled
de the quadruple alliance. The Government, however,
ara, ed to contend that the quadruple alliance performed
t): its functions in relation to Portugal, when it placed
„,,e present Queen upon the throne. Had the move-
ments of either the Queen's party or that of the people
been some reason for their directly interfering in the
uecided manner they had done, but so far from that
being the case the two parties had, throughout the
Whore of the insurrection, scrupulously respected the
eights and liberties, and interests of the British mer-
chants and residents of Portugal. He regretted the
Present interference the more because it imposed upon
this country the performance of a difficult task,and might
Probably induce the world to imagine that it was a party
IC the civil and unconstitutional proceedings which had
been adopted in the name of the Queen of Portugal.
Illut if this interference was justified, as he understood
'overnment contended that it was, upon the grounds of
humanity, why was it delayed so long, and why did it
sot take place before so much blood had been spilt in
hie Peninsula?—(Hear, hear.) Again, it was exceed-
glY difficult to decide which party had violated the
constitution, so complicated were the charters, but in
eis °Pinion both parties had been guilty of infringement
the constitution. No doubt, however, could
al7 entertained as to the impolicy, not to
allied injustice and tyranny of the measures pur-
Gth by Costa Cabral. Up to the night of the
to of October even that party did nothing which could
ternairlered a violation of the constitution. It was
al: that they were obliged to interfere because it was
jed that some intrigue had been going on at
was rlt_d to induce Spain to interfere separately. Why
farfulu_ Petty intrigue of a foreign nation, however pow-
the 1 she might be, to induce England to depart from
°ng-established principles of equity and justice?—
whiaf' hear.) There was but one topic more upon
saide" by the Noble Marquis that there was
the degree of partiality displayed towards
to th'lllen in the terms and conditions offered
With th °Ma of Oporto. To some extent he agreed
should Noble Marquis, and he regretted that such
reason tuare been the case, because there was every
° suppose that it had led to many of the diffi-
Ue tb- and disturbances which had subsequently arisen.
he a a°llght that the motion showed a want of confidence
sauti;ovenment which had acted with the very best in-
tim., Nand therefore he felt it to be his duty to vote
ust
'icrd a
the -.IIANVILLE said that it appeared to him that
xencireestion before the House was not so much as to the
vshathr of the armed intervention of the Government as
co her the Government could have adopted any other
ins less open to objection. That intervention was, in
hev:Peisrlinn, the only line which the Government could
tstke2i,tlopted, considering the course which had been
reauteu by the Government of Portugal and the Govern. -
the q other countries which were also interested in
Iferille'ti°n• The
Of e measures which had been adopted
" mluxuale nature, as they Were calculated to

prevent war of a destructive nature; and he hoped their
I Lordships would, by their vote to-night, hasten the
happy conclusion of that which had been so well com-
menced by her Majesty's Government.—(Hear, hear.)
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and their
Lordships divided, when there appeared—
Content
Non-content
Majority against Lord Stanley's resolution —l9
The Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and
their Lordships adjourned at Half-past Ten o'clock.

HOUSE OF G'OMMONS. June 15.
• The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four
o'clock.

REPORTS.
The following Reports were brought up, and ordered
to lie on the table:—
Caledonian Railway (Purchase or Lease of Wishaw and

Coltness Railway).
Leicester Waterworks.
London (City) Improvements.
York and Newcastle Railway (Hartlepool Dock and
Railway, and Great North of England, Clarence, and
Hartlepool Junction Railway Lease and Purchase).
York and North Midland (East Riding Canals Purchase).
The reports on the following Bills were further con-
sidered and agreed to:—
Chester and Holyhead Railway (Extension at Chester
and Alteration of Levels).
East of Fife Railway (Markinch Deviation).
Edinburgh and Northern Railway, Saint Andrew's and
Newburgh Harbour Branches and Road Crossings
:Newport Railway Extension).
Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction Railway
(Burnley and Colliery Branches).
Great Northern Railway (Deviations between Gains-
borough and Doncaster).
Guildford Extension and Portsmouth and Farnham
Railway.
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway (Deviations and
Alterations in Oldham Branch, &c.)
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway (Ossett
Branch and Dewsbury and Morley Stations.)
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Harrogate and Pateley

Branch, &c.)
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Branch from Melmerby to

Northallerton, &c.)
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Eagleschffe and Stillington
Extension.)
London and North-Western Railway (Lease and Pur-
chase of the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway
and Canal, and the Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester
Railway).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Ash-

ton Canal Purchase).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway
(Branch to Chapeltown and Thurgoland Coal Branch).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Shef-
field Canal Purchase).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Junc-
tion with the Midland Railway yid Barnsley and
Branches therefrom).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railways (Sta-
tion at Sheffie'd, and Branch to the Sheffield Canal).
Midland Railway (Extension of the Nottingham and
Lincoln Branch at Lincoln).
Midland Railway (Masbrough and Normanton Stations
Enlargement).
Tyne Docks.
Wear Valley, Bishop Auckland and Weardale, Wear-
dale Extension, and Wear and Derwent Railways and

Shildon Tunnel Amalgamation.
Westminster and Part of Middlesex Sewers.
York and Newcastle Railway (Wearmouth Dock En-
largement).
York and North Midland Railway (Knottingley Branch).
THIRD READINGS.
The following Bills were read a third time and passed:
Airdrie and Bathgate Junction Railway.
Ashton Gas.
Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Improvement of the
Ferry between Ferry Port on Craig and the North
Shore of the River Tay).
Edinburgh Waterworks.
Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction Railway
(Cowlairs Branch).
Kilmarnock Police and Improvement.
London (City) Small Debts.
London and North •Western Railway (Birmingham and
Lichfield Line, &c.)
London and North Western Railway (Kenilworth to
Berkswell, Branches and Extensions, &c.)
Lynn and Ely, Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynn and
Dereham Railways Amalgamation.
Strathtay and Breadalbane Extension Railway.
York and Newcastle Railway (Pelaw, Tyne Dock, &c.,
Branches).
EASTERN UNION RAILWAY.
On the motion of 'Captain GLADSTONE, it was
ordered that the report from the Committee on the
Eastern Union Railway (Branch from Manningtree to
Harwich) Bill be taken into consideration upon Thurs-
day next, provided prints of the Bill, as amended in
Committee, shall have been deposited with the door-
keepers on or before this day.
LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEW-
CASTLE-UPON TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Mr. ENTWISLE moved, on consideration of the re-
port from the Committee on the Liverpool, Manchester,
and Newcastle-upon- Tyne Junction Railway (Burnley
Branch) Bill, that the Bill be read the third time on
Thursday.—Motion agreed to.
The HoN. MEMBER also moved, on the consideration
of the report of the Liverpool, Manchester, and New-
castle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway (Alteration of Main
Line and Hawes Branch) Bill, that the Bill be read
the third time on Thursday.—Motion agreed to.
MIDLAND RAILWAY.

Sir JAMES EAS r moved, on consideration of the
report from the Committee on the Midland Railway
(Extension from near Leicester via Bedford to Hitchiu,
and to Northampton and Huntingdon, and Enlargement
of the Leicester Station) Bill, that the Bill be read the
third time on Thursday.—Motion agreed to.
LONDON BRIDGE RAILWAY TERMINI. •
Captain PECHELL moved, on consideration of the
report from the Committee on this Bill, that the Bill be
read the third time on Thursday.—Motion agreed to.
The GALLANT CAPTAIN also moved, on considera-
tion of the report from the Committee on the South-
Eastern Railway (Widening of the Greenwich Railway
and Arrangement and Enlargement of the London
bridge Station) Bill, that this Bill be read a third time
ou Monday next.—Agreed to.
BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION
R AILA.

On consideration of the report from the Committee on
the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway (Devia-
tion of the Line, &c.),
Mr. C. RUSSELL moved that the Bill be read a
third time on Thursday next.—Agreed to.
The reports upon the following Bills were further con-
sidered, and the third reading ordered to take place on
Thursday next :
Lancashire Railway (Deviations and Rawtenstall Coal
Branch).
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Railway (Foul-
stone, &c., and Purchase of Sheffield, Rotherham,
Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole Railway,
Dun Navigation, and Dearne and Dove Canal).
Great Northern Railway (Deviations between Gains-
borough and Doncaster).
GuLdford and Reigate Railway.
London and Blackwall Railway Improvement, and
Branches to the St. Katherine and Londo❑ Docks.
York and North Midland Railway (Hull Station and
Branches).
North British Railway (No. 1).
Northern Counties Union Railway Deviation.
Oldham Alliance Railway.
Midland Railway (Gloucester and Stonehouse Junction).
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway
(Stourhridge and West Bromwich).
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY
(BIRMINGHAM AND LICHFIELD LINE, &c.)
This Bill was read a this d time and passed.
LONDON AND NOR 111- WESTERN (KENIL-
WORTH TO BERKSWELL, BRANCHES AND
EXTENSION).
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
EDINBURGH WATERWORKS BILL.
This Bill was also read a third time and passed.
RAILWAY BILLS.

Mr. R. HODGSON moved that the reports from the
Committees on Railway Bills brought up on Monday, the
14th June, be further considered on Friday next, pro-
vided the breviates of the amended Bills be laid on the
table and the prints of the Bills be deposited as re-
quired by the stauding orders.
The motion was agreed to ; the particular standing
orders to which it referred were ordereci_to be suspended,

EDUCATIONAL GRANTS.
Mr. CHAPLIN presented a petition from the inha-
bitants of Salisbury, complaining of the exclusion of
the Catholics from participation in the Government
grants for education.
SMITHFIELD MARKET.
Mr. CRIPPS presented a petition from the Butchers'
Company, praying to be heard by counsel before the
Select Committee on Smithfield Market against its
removal.
IRISH EMIGRANTS AT LIVERPOOL.
Lord SANDON presented a petition from Liverpool,
praying the House to allow some provision to be made
out of the poor-rates for the wives and families of those
parish officers who had died of fever and other con
ce on tagiouthe
s
diseases, which they had caught by attendan
Irish emigrants at Liverpool.
HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL.
Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from a
meeting held at Exeter Hall in favour of the Health of
Towns Bill.

STATIONERY RETURNS.
Mr. IMME said that on the Ist of June he had moved
for certain stationery returns, which were ordered, but
he since found that the officers were unable to give the
returns in the form then specified. He wished, there-
fore, to change the terms of that motion, and to substi-
tute a different form in which the returns could be made
to the House.—Agreed to.
CEYLON.
Mr. B. DENISON gave notice that, on Tuesday, the
29th instant, he should move an address to her Majesty,
with respect to the dismissal of Mr. Robert Langdale,
one of the judges of the island of Ceylon.

CURRENCY. -
Mr. TRELAWNY rose to bring on the following
motion:—" That one mode of diminishing the present
pressure would be to commence a gradual abolition of
all restrictions on banking ; that this would
relieve a considerable quantity of that part of
the capital of the country which consists of
gold, unnecessarily locked up in the coffers of
banks on account of the arbitrary limitation of issues,
and the want of a smaller denomination of paper cur-
rency suitable to the purposes of retail exchange.
That all promises, not fraudulent or otherwise immoral,
ought to be allowed by law, whether promises to pay
gold or other commodities; and that any State inter-
ference, devised for the purpose of influencing the terms
of promises, with refereAce to the ability of parties