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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1847.

THE NAVY.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
JUDGES' CHAMBERS, June 14.
(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
BUNN V. LIND.
In this action, brought by Mr. Bunn, of Drury-lane
Theatre, against Mademoiselle Jenny Lind, to recover
compensation in damages for an alleged breach of con-
tract, a summons was obtained at the instance of the de-
fendant, calling on the plaintiff to show cause why a
commission should not issue to examine witnesses at
Berlin, and why, in the meantime, all proceedings should
not be stayed. The summons was granted on Saturday,
and to-day Mr. Lewis, of the firm of Lewis and Lewis,
attended to show cause, and Mr. Jennings appeared in
support of the application.
Mr. LEWIS informed his Lordship of the nature of the
action, and said he had to apply for an adjournment of
the summons for a period of three months.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE inquired the reason for an
adjournment, remarking that the parties whom it was
wished to examine by a commission might die in the
meantime.
Mr. LEWIS said the action had been set down for the
adjourned sittings atter the term just ended, but there
was no probability of its being tried until the sitting
after next term, and therefore there could be no imme-
diate necessity for a commission. The plaintiff, as his
Lord.hip w,is aware, would have to join in the expense
of the commission, or he could apply for a separate coin
mission; but it was thought advisable, seeing that the
cause could not be tried some months, to apply for an
adjournment of the application for three months, and
for this additional reason—that the celebrated com-
poser, Meyerbeer, whom it was proposed to examine
by the commission, was confidently expected to arrive
in London in time to be examined on the trial of the
action.
Mr. JENNINGS, in reply, complained of the delay occa-
sioned by the parties on the other side. In January he
had offered to appear to any 6itit, but the action was de-
layed for some months, and now it was sought to occa-
sion a further delay.
Mr. LEWIS (interposing) said the defendant was not
within the jurisdiction of the Court till recently.
Mr. JENNINcs proceeded to remark that the declara-
tion was only delivered on the sth of June instant; the
pleas were delivered on the 9th, issue was joined on the
h,
as at ni
n hed gs
had noticepossibly
s of trial
was, on the same day, given for
the about to commence. He (Mr.
Jennings)
the commission as
PaPnidii hef for
lad an affidavit soonl l t
stiLondonbl
ye could,
uthereforel
d:
show-
ing its necessity. It was requisite for the defendant's
case that the Earl of Westmoreland, her Majesty's En-
, and the composer Meyer-
beerand, as his Lordship had
observed,should
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examined,resr
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lication was delayed for
three months, the defendant might be deprived of their
evidence.
His LORDSHIP intimated that the parties could be
examined, although the cause might not be tried for
some months.
Mr. LEWIS reminded his Lordship that there was no
doubt that one of the witness (Nleyerbeer) would be
in London in time for the trial; and as the distance to
Berlin was now so short the Earl of Westmoreland might
arrive and thereby save the expense of the commission.
Mr. JENNINGS further urged that the plaintiff had
delayed his action, and that he was not in a situation to
ask for any postponement.
Mr. LEWIS said there might be reasons for delaying
an action, such as ascertaining the success of a party
against whom it was to be brought.
Mr. JENNINGS remarked, in answer, that he had
offered to appear. There was no doubt from the first
that the success would be the highest ever achieved.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE requested the affidavit to be
read on which the application was made.
Mr. JENNINGS proceeded to read his own affidavit, in
which he stated that the Earl of Westmoreland and
Meyerbeer were previously to, and at the commencement
of the suit, resident and still resided at Berlin ; and that
he had been informed, and believed, that they had no in-
tention of visiting this country. They were (Mr. Jen-
nings added) the parties to the agreement, and it was
most essential that they should be examined by a coin
mission.

RULES and REGULATIONS respecting the APPOINT-
MENT. RANK, EXAMINATION, and PAY of EN-
GINEERS, under her Majesty's Order in Council of the
27th of February, 1847.
RULES AND REGULATIONS AS TO THE APPOINTMENT AND
RANK OF ENGINEERS.
Engineers i❑ her Majesty's naval service are to be
classed in three divisions, and to be thus denominated:—
Inspectors of machinery afloat.
Chief Engineers.
Assistant Engineers.
The two latter divisions are to be divided severally into
three classes, namely—
Chief engineers of the first class.
If of the second class.
of the third class.
Assistant engineers of the first class.
77 of the second class.
of the third class.
Engineers will be considered, as at present, to belong
to the civil branch of the naval service, and they will be
appointed and rank as undermentioned :
Inspectors of machinery afloat will be appointed by
commission, and rank with, but after, masters of the fleet.
Chief engineers will be appointed by commission, and
rank with, but after, masters.
Assistant engineers will be appointed by order, and
rank with, but after, second masters.
RULES AND REGULATIONS AS TO THE EXAMINATION AND
QUALIFICATIONS OF ENGINEEPS.

THE NAVIGATION LAWS.
The Select Committee appointed by the House of Com-
mons to inquire into the operation of the Navigation
Laws met on Thursday in Committee-room No. 2.
There were present Mr. Ricardo, chairman; Sir Robert
Peel, Alderman Thompson, Mr. Lyell, Mr. Hume, Ad.
miral Dundas, Mr. Mitchell, Sir Howard Douglas, Sir
George Clerk, Hon. Mr. Villiers, and Mr. T. Baring.
Mr. Young was recalled, and begged to correct a
statement he had made last day, to the eff,ct that Mr.
M'Gregor was in favour of prohibiting foreigners from
exporting British goods. He had since seen that gentle-
man, who assured hi,n he was in error ; and added
at the same time that he would advise the ship-
owners to be content with continuing the restrictions
on the colonial and coasting trade. He also found that
some members of the Committee had led.him into error
in stating that British ships might import tea from the
United States. Ho had since looked into the matter,
and he found there was nothing in the navigation-law
itself to prevent that; but it was prohibited by a special
clause in the Regulation Act.
Sir George Clerk admitted that the witness was right.
Examination continued by Alderman Thompson—lt
was quite impossible that he could agree with the
evidence formerly given before the Committee by Mr.
Browning, that the combination of shipwrights in the
river Thames had enhanced the price of ships by several
pounds a ton. The total cost of labour did not, under
any circumstances, exceed 41. per ton, and he thought
21. 10s. per ton was a fair average price ; so that to
talk of the combination as enhancing the price of ships
by several pounds was perfectly absurd. With regard
to another part of Mr. Browning's evidence, in which he
stated that foreign vessels paid no light dues, while
British ships were subject to the tax, it was most
extraordinary to him that any gentleman who knew
anything ot the laws of the country could come
to such a conclusion, because it was perfectly well known
that not only were all foreign ships chargeable with light
dues, but that, in accordancs with the old laws, the ships
of many countries were still subject to double dues,
which in some instances were paid out of the Consoli-
dated Fund. With regard to the profits of shipowners,
he was satisfied from his own experience that the con-
stant competition of shipowners had reduced freights
down to the lowest possible rates compatible with a
moderate degree of profit, except at extraordinary times,
when there happened to be a scarcity of ships. He had
known freights for cotton from Bombay as low as 155.,
while they were at present as high as 41. He felt convinced
that the capital of the shipowners yielded a smaller return
than any equal amount of capital employed in any
other pursuit. The reason for this appeared to be the
facility with which persons could embark in the trade,
and the facility with which they could again disengage
themselves. Every captain looked forward to getting
the whole or part of a ship as the great object of his
life, and he was satisfied that ships were more exten-
sively owned by practical seafaring men than by men of
capital.
Mr. Villiers—How does the facility of leaving the
trade induce people to embark in it ?
Mr. Young—lt is the triumph of hope over experience,
as every man who enters it thinks that he will draw the
prize in the lottery.
By Alderman Thompson—The number of ships be-
longing to Great Britain amounted to 32,499, and their
tonnage was 3,817,112. He thought the average value
of the tonnage of the empire was 104 per ion, which
would make for the whole 38,171,1201. The capital em-
ployed in the trades connected with and dependent on
ships he calculated, on a rough estimate, to amount to
16,083,807/. ; which, if added to the valve of the ton•
nage, would make a capital of 54,254,9271
Mr. Mitchell—But sail cloth, for instance, is exported
abroad, therefore that trade would not be injured even
though the ship-buiding trade was transferred to other
countries.
Mr.Young—The Hon. Member will excuse me. I have
not added sail cloth makers, otherwise the value would
have been greatly increased. The traders which he
had estimated were shipwrights, rope-makers, sail-
makers, mast and block-makers, a proportion of coopers,
ship joiners, ship block-smiths, ship sawyers, ship pain-
ters, riggers, ship chandlers, ship coppersmiths, ship
brassfounders, ship plumbers and glaziers. He found
that the number of ships built last year in Great Britain
amounted to 1,525, of 228,764 tonnage. He estimated
the cost of these ships on an average at 13/. 103.
ton, which was a very low rate; this gave a capital of
3,088,314/, which, taken along with the annual ex-
pense of repairing and outfitting, which he estimated
at 7,634,2241, being an aggregate annual expenditure
under these heads of 10,722,538/. The number of Eng •
lish sailors was returned by the last census as 229,276.
lie thought the amount of money annually paid in
wages to the officers and seamen of British ships was
3.731,900/., while the expenseof victualling he estimated
at 3,680,9061., making in all the sum of 9,218,8061. With
regard to the number of workmen connected with ships,
he had given the matter much consideration, and the
conclusion he had come to was this, that the number of
workmen employed in those trades which were ex-
clusively connected with the building and equipment
of ships, and the proportion of those workmen that were
so engaged in trades not exclusively connected with
ship-building, amounted to 79,616, earning wages to the
annual amount of 4,968,104/. The freight annually
earned by the commercial marine of this country he es-
timated at 28,628,2901. Now, it appeared to him that
after adding to the charges he had already enumerated
a reasonable amount for pilotage, lights, port charges,
and other expenses not hitherto enumerated, as well as
for insurances and the depreciation in the value
of ships, he considered the annual expenditure to
be in all 26,395,810/., while the freights were, as he
had said, 28,628,2901, leaving for the profits of
capital the sum of 2,232,4801., which was as nearly as
possible seven per cent. on the estimated value of the
capital. Now he had reason to believe that this was
more than the average annual return upon the capital of
the shipowners; and this satisfied him that he had not
over-estimated the capital engaged in the shipping trade.
He would only beg further to call the attention of the
Committee to the fact that it appeared from these figures
that the shipping interest was of a magnitude as great
as any other interest in the country, and, consequently, as
important to its true interests, not excepting the cotton
trade, or any other of the great staples of the country.
Mr. Villiers—Do you mention the cotton trade in par-
ticular, because it is not protected ?
Mr. Young had no such object as the one attributed to
him by the Hon. Member ; he had, in fact, no other
object beyond showing that the shipping trade of this
eountry was a large and important interest, well de-
serving the attention of this country. The examination
ot Mr. Young here closed, after an examination con.
tinued for more than four days ; and on leaving Mr.
Mitchell and Alderman Thompson both complimented
him on the value of the information he had given them.
The next witness called was Mr. M'Queen, examined
by Alderman Thompson.—He had long been connected
with the West Indies, and was thoroughly acquainted
with the trade of that part of the world. He was well ac-
quainted with the coal depots formed for the Royal
Steam Navigation Company. They were formed in
Granada, St. Thomas, Jamaica, and Havannah. They
were selected solely for the purpose of the working of
the different steamers of the company on the sections to
which they were appointed. The British NavigatiOn
Laws had nothing whatever to do with the selec-
tion of those ports, nor were they selected because
calls could be got cheaper there, where coals
were brought by all ships, than they could
be had in those colonies were coals could only be
brought in British ships. It was himself who selected
those stations : and at all those places the ships bring-
ing coals were exempted from all charges, provided that
they did not take a return cargo. The British Naviga-
tion Laws were never stated to him as a reason why
foreign Powers would not consent to give the privileges
to the Steam Company; on the contrary, he fount thatthose Powers, which in ordinary cases were must rigid
in excluding foreigners, were willing, in this case, to
afford them every facility. The American Government
indeed were at first jealous, and the American people
were indeed still more jealous than the Government, as
if the Steam Company were about to interfere with their
export trade ; hut when it was found that they contem-
plated no such thing, but simply the conveyance of their
passengers from South America to the different ports,
they were quite satisfied, and the American Government
cave him every facility in their power, telling him
this was the most likely thing that had ever hap-
pened to bind the two nations in peace and amity.
But for the convenience of working the sections, New
Orleans would be a better coal depot than the Ha-
vannah, as the coals were cheap there, the people bring-
ing down great raft loads of them from the Mississippi ;
and on their arrival at New Orleans they sold at
once both raft and cargo. All along the eastern sides of
the Allegheny Mountains the coal was very abundant.
He knew that cotton was abundantly cultivated some
years ago in the West Indies. There were various
reasons why the cultivation of cotton had increased in
the United States, and why it had declined in the
West Indies ; one of the chief reasons being that
the disturbances which had taken place in the
West Indies, such as the destruction of pro-
perty in St. Domingo, had caused a great decline
in the West India cultivation, and the same decline
had caused the United States' cotton to in-
crease. But this was not the only reason. The United
States had laid a duty of lid. per lb. on the importation
into America of foreign cotton. This duty was laid on
soon after the late peace, and it was only taken off, if
indeed it was yet taken off, so lately as last year. The
British Navigation Laws had nothing whatever to do
with it. As a proof of the importance still attached by
the Americans to the subject, he intimated that at the
recent conquest of Vera Cruz, the first step of
the American General was to impose a duty on
the importation of foreign cotton into' Mexico.
The quantity of cotton grown in America in 1845 was
905,839,7391b5., ' which, valued at 6d. per lb., gave a
value of 22,645,293/. The quantity of cotton imported into
this country since 1820 was upwards of 7,576 millions of
pounds, which, at an average rate of B%d. per lb.; might
be valued at upwards of two hundred and sixty-eight
millions, or an average of ten millions sterling annually.
The growth of cotton in the United States was still
increasing, though not so rapidly as in former years.
The opening of the British ports had turned the attention
of the planters to the cultivation of grain and sugar
more than they formerly did ; but still cotton was sure
to increase, owing to the increase of the slave population
that were removed to the south for the purpose of
its cultivation. There were places in the southern
and western states so productive that it only required
one effective labourer to manage ten or twelve acres
up to the time of gathering the crop ; so that it was
almost impossible for any other district to contend with
them. The only country that could do so at present
was India, and there it would be matter of great diffi-
culty indeed. But he knew ono country where it might
be done, for through the whole of Africa cotton of a
quality far superior to that of America, grew spon-
taneously, and the labour could be had on the spot at
very low terms. He was acquainted with Demerara,
and with its early cultivation of the cotton ; but he did

INSPECTORS OF MACHINERY AFLOAT.
Inspectors of machinery afloat will be appointed by
their Lordships for the responsible duties of superintend-
ing generally the mir.thinery of steam vessels attached to
each station or squadron; and the candidates for such
appointments must be men of experience and acknow-
ledged ability, in whose judgment, integrity, and talent
mplicit reliance can be placed.
CHIEF ENGINEER.

No person will be considered qualified to hold the
commission of a chief engineer who is not able to keep
accounts, make notes in the log of every particular of
the working of the engines and boilers, draw rough
sketches of any part of the machinery with figured
dimensions fit to work from, be able and willing to exert
himself practically as a workman when occasion requires,
either in driving the engines, or packing, repairing, or
adjusting the various working parts of the machinery,
and making good the defects of boilers. He must, there-
fore, possess a thorough knowledge of the construction
and working of marine engines and boilers in all their
parts, coupled with skill and experience as a practical
mechanic.
He must be so far acquainted with the elements of
theoretical mechanics as to comprehend the general
principles on which the machine works. He must un-
derstand how to apply the indicator, and draw the neces-
sary conclusions from the diagrams.
must be acquainted with the principle of expansion,
and able to prove, or at least to illustrate the advantages
to be derived from the use of expansive gear.
The particular class to which a chief engineer will be
appointed will depend not only on the result of his exa-
mination, but on his character, services, &c.
Chief engineers will be examined at the steam depart-
ment at Somerset House, by the chief engineer, and in-
spector of the machinery of the navy, in the presence of
the comptroller of steam machinery.

Ilis Lonosuir thought that no sufficient ground had
been shown to adjourn the application for three months.
Mr. LEWIS said he was entitled to time to answer the
affidavit.

His Lorinsnrp thought that time should be granted.
After some remarks on the time to be afforded,
His LORDSHIP said he should adjourn the summons
for a few days, and an adjournment was accordingly
orderel.
The damages in the declaration arc laid at 10,0001.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-11017SE.
A foreign Jew, named Morris Fryer, was brought
before Alderman Musgrove, charged with' having stolen
a great number of gold and silver watches, diamond
rings, &c., toe properly of Hersch Landsberg.
Mr. Daniels attended as solicitor for the prosecution.
The prosecutor said—l reside at No. 5, New-street,
Bishopsgate, and am a dealer in jewellery. The pri-
soner lodged in the same house. I had deposited in a
travelling-box sixty-five or sixty-six gold and silver
watches, several diamond rings, pins, and brooches, and
other property of considerable value. I saw the pro-
perty safe on the 25th of May, at five o'clock in the
afternoon. The prisoner saw the contents of the box at
the same time, and asked me when I was going to the
country. I told him it was my intention to go next
morning. Soon afterwards the prisoner, another per-
son, and m) self played cards in my room. We went
out together at the same time, and I left my box locked
in the room, but the door of the room was not locked,
there being no key to it. When we left the houso, the
prisoner and the other man asked me which way I was
going, and when I told them they went in a contrary
direction. Upon my return, at nine o'clock, I missed
the travelling box which I had deposited in a blue bag.
At eleven the prisoner returned, and I gave him into the
custody of an officer.

bliss Parish, daughter of Mrs. Parish, of No. 5, New-
street, Bishopigate, landlady of the house in which the
prosecutor and prisoner lodged, stated that after they
left the house about five minutes the prisoner came back
and went into the prosecutor's room. Witness knew
that he entered the prosecutor's room in consequence of
the peculiar neiie made by the opening of the door. lie
went out afterwards.

Mrs. Parish, mother of the last witness, said she heard
the steps in the prosecutor's room after prisoner returned
to the house, and expressed surprise at so odd a circum•
stance.

John Sullivan, a boy 13 years of age, stated that he
saw the prisoner come out of the house on the evening
in question, and, joining another man, turn round the
corner and pass away rapidly. The man who accom-
panied the prisoner took off his hat and put on a cap.
The prisoner had with him a blue bag, which appeared
to be at the bottom four cornered. Both of them ran
as fast as they could, and witness followed them, but
they got down a court, and witness lost sight of then.
Witness went to the Compter afterwards, and from
amongst twelve persons easily picked out the prisoner
as the man he had seen with the four-cornered blue bag.
lie observed that the prisoner and the person who ac-
companied him appeared to be frightened when he saw
them on the day the robbery was committed.
Toilet, a porter, who was in the Compter when the
prisoner was charged, deposed as to the remarkable con-
duct of the prisoner there. The prisoner upon that oc-
casion stated, that if he was discharged, as he expected
would be the case, he would try the weight of the box,
and that if it were broken up it would not produce more
than half the value of it.
The prisoner said he knew nothing at all of the goods,
and that all his conduct towards the prosecutor was in-
fluenced by nothing but fair and honourable feeling.
The ALDERMAN said the evidence, although merely
circumstantial, was such that he considered it to be
necessary to send the case to a jury.
Mr. Daniels said the prosecutor had every reason to
believe that all the property had been melted down by
this time, so that there was no chance of the recovery of
any part of it.—The prisoner was then committed for
trial.

GUILDHALL.
Mr. Watson, a baker, 167, Fleet-street, was summoned
before Sir Chapman Marshall for refusing to weigh a
21b. loaf at the desire of a customer.
John Raymond, of Stanhope-street, Glare market,
stated, that having purchased a loaf at the defendant's
shop, which he found to be two ounces short of weight,
the next time he had occasion to call he requested the
person who served him to weigh the loaf. This he re-
fused
to do, saying, the best bread was never weighed
to the customer, but was weighed before it was put into
the oven, with a due allowance for the loss that would
occur during the baking. This was on Friday last.
There was a beggar in the shop at the time, and he re-
quested him to take notice of what had occurred. Upon
weighing the second loaf it was found to be an ounce
and a half short.
Mr. Watson said, he was sorry the complainant did
not produce one of the alleged deficient loaves—not that
the misfortune to send out a light loaf might not happen
to any tradesman. He had carried on business in Fleet-
street for above nine years, and his character had never
been impeached in this way before. His son, who was
an inexperienced
youth, had served the complainant,
and his son's statement was that the former asked if the
bread was weight, and not to have it weighed. He could
rely on every word his son said. The ordinary course
he took was to weigh the loaves before and after they
were baked, from time to time, to ascertain the loss of
weight in baking, and render the weighing of the bread
before it was sent out to customers unnecessary. It was
only necessary to ascertain the rate of loss by baking at
intervals of a few days. lie offered his son as a wit-
ness, and to call his neighbours to speak as to his cha-
racter.

The complainant said, he did not see why the best
bread should not be weighed as well as any other. He
complained for the benefit of the public. The defendant
had no scales in the shop for weighing bread.
Mr. Watson, with some warmth, stated that this was
not the truth. He should like to know how the com-
plainant got his living.
The complainant repliad, that was irrelevant. He got
it as honestly as Mr. Watson.
Sir C. MA.RSZIALL said he might inflict a fine not ex-
ceeding 405., but he would rather avoid disgracing Mr.
Watson by any tine, if possible, as he had conducted his
business as honestly and as respectably as his neigh-
hours for many years. if that might be inferred from the
absence of any complaint. Mr. Watson did not deny
that the best bread was liable to be weighed at the re.
quest of a customer. The complainant had done his
duty in obtaining a summons under such circumstances,
and ought not to suffer any loss on that account. He
would abstain from inquiring further into the case if Mr.
Watson would pay the costs and give the complainant
some compensation for the loss of his time. He pre-
sumed such a circumstance would never occur again at
Mr. Watson's.
Mr. Watson assented to this arrangement, and gave
the comple4ilant 3s. for his loss of time.

not think they could now return to it, iu consequence of
the high price of labour.
Mr. Villiers—But what has all this to do I+ith the
navigation -laws?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that his Noble Friend the Commissioner of Woods.od
Forests was not in his place. He had no doubt seh..
ever that when called upon he would. be able to g"
a satisfactory answer.
PORTUGAL--ADJOURNED DEBATE.
Mr. BormiwlcK resumed the adjourned &Pte.
He regretted that the present question did not cetee',l.
fore the House for discussion at a much earlier ear_
The Nob'e Lord said, that in the then state of the lett
tiaticns he could give no direct information, but 170
the interference, if made, would be effectual for,,%h
protection ot the Queen, and for that also of the Br"i'bo
residents in Portugal. The Noble Lord had gi!ellther
same reply, and this was all the information ssfectief_orh
the House or the country could obtain until a fiteto
newspaper published the protocol on which All
interference was found,d, to all Europe• liteck)
the foreign politics of the country he (Mr. Borth2;:emi
had always, to use the words of a Right Hon km.librd
near him, adopted the plain and open course
by the conseitu•ion. This was what he had a"
foreign
when her Majesty was about to pay a visit to atp
potentate, but neither in that instance nvororse.
this had the Noble Lord adopted such a course.
He could net but blame the Govermrient for inter „
',kith the effairs of Portugal until they
a.nn°
usual constitutional course of taking the c did
vice of that House upon the subject, as Mr. Carat'
.go_si,
in 18260, hen asimilar interference ens asked by
yorriltre
The Noble Lord said that it was necessary to intis;oo,,
for the interests of Portugal and of this country' refine°
if' it should be proved that the result of this inter!
con.
had not been attended with there benefits, but, on Inc. oces
had eursurt!,ll:l:
trery, tended to alienate the affections of the Portug
of
people from this country, and to disturb the pea.°so4
Europe, what then would b• came of the arguments Ge-
the course of conduct pursued by her 319JeetY.Lord
vernment? He wished to know trim the Noble reget
at the head of the Foreign Affairs whether the Pr
prisoners of war in Portugal, who had been 1
their
under Sada Bandeira, were not entrapeed I id Aye
present position ? He hoped the No
ample infortnatien on thisand enable tn tOO
point, t ;uegreen
by • • •
giving it the means to form a coffee J.
Noble Lord Teot: Hobo,
ments, it was to the present description of inter r"; 0
them. It was to this description of violation onf:Lseteel
name 11" a
attached'
law that tho Queen of England's e stiee
te
name of Parliament was asked to ee • de-
The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to rela_t niece
tail, the political intrigues which had lately temefl/60ste
in Portugal, under the influence and direction o
Cabral, remarking that those intrigues Produceendlu:lllsl
content throughout the whole country, and el The
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Cabral,at
tuew obligedthen'to
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bones-
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ihoadpuarlltubguatl,reus,thoernedtthreanQqtolielelittlyneatniudgreaaglaveind temi(3l.e.r_otollet
advice of the Cabralists, drove that
from her Councils, and replacing him bYL Lir Aho foti
of Saldanha, and the creatures of Caurt
succeeded in bringing that unhappy country _,, fee
sent lamentable condition. The Noble Lor
511t;te of
head of the Government had represented that oath
things to be the result of the proceedings of throb,: poll
who had possession of the country, namely' an
attached to the cause of the Queen—the el:to; but
those who followed the fortunes of Don 0115" hear.)
that representation was not correct. —01" P
the
the
The true cause of the discontent
patriotic N
ibaierauis
evinced ty.
people of Portugal was produced by (gear.)
rannical intrigues and unblushing taxatiel there
The Hon. Member for Cork was a repealer, beef that
was never any objection made to taking
the notice
Hon. Member on subjects which came before eted to
of the House, neither was it for a moment ettemci to be
be insinuated that the Government were incline-
to that
come repeaters. The case was decidedly Para obis
Jere
of Portugal in the present instance. -The N° blood
had said, that had the Junta of Oporto succeedefoods•
would have! flowed in the streets. There Was " Or
tion at all for such a charge, neither was there Voice
son for supposing that more acts of cruelty or ,1 104
would be perpetrated by the Junta, Salto, the
already been committed by that party 'rill por•
Noble Lord called the constitutional party °
stated
the vote u
tugal.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord bad doted
that by the course the Government had a ;oh
an end would be put to despotism. It Was no dead
thing. All that he had secured was the ghost 0' • 0
eo
constitution. The charter of 1826, of which 13/a
utibf
had been made, had been gambled and frittered ar as
a thousand Acts. Why, the Queen hers( If efts ficklesod
fortune itself, and she had violated her promise' her
pledges to the people as often as she had rose fr°,11304,0
rest. He wished to know from the Noble Ler°, 11 of
the Government intended to bring back the prisoneo,
Torres Vedras, and whence they intended to bring roe
They talked largely of en amnesty, but they did atfi'd the
know where those prisoner were. The Noble Ler
sere
Member for Lynn knew positivelY that they pri-
already bound to, if not arrived at, Angola. I'llesenr to
soners were to have been sent to the iaeereseieiees
Madeira, or to some other place rather than 0.
vet
This was communicated in secret to the represents
of her Britannic Majesty in Portugal, but it witelemed
wards discovered by Mr. Sout heron, and commit°. the
to the Noble Lord the Foreign Secretary, the that
engagement entered into was not to be kept, listed
the prisoners were sent to Angola. The reason land
for this breach of faith was the interference of Ellg;the
on their behalf. He would ask, then, when this ws-draas
case with regard to the prisoners of Torres Ire eo,
what guarantee had they that any other engAagebob'
with regard to the affairs ot Portugal, we'd" hear.)
served by the Queen of that country?—(lleac, :le of
What security did the Noble Lord give the Pe(Lr ted,
Portugal that their liberties would be re°r,eed?
new that the insurrection was said to bo (196; in
He (Mr. P. Bort hvviek) said in his Pleec; bad
the House of Commons that no intimation whatcc;oged
been give,' to Das Antes that hostilities would be bet
against him by the British force. The Hon• lie
,ot
read several extracts from the instructions sent t_ had
Colonel Wylde, to show that no neece
of the Pseng
been given him that such were the intentions
tish Government, and no such instructions had beeiTe
out to him by the Noble Lord.—(flear, hear.) uei-
nied that the Noble Lord had made any such corodulefenj
cation, and he now called upon him to get up and d had
the conduct of Colonel Wylde, who, he maintains law
used a threat to Sa Da Bandiera which was e'riteleale)
in its nature and false in its foundation.—(Fleur' rinee
whatevernie.
There was no similarity between the cases of they the
of Orange and that of the Queen of Portugeh; their
one case the people sought the Prince to he"
monarch ; in the other, the people to
wteedr:sis,
whom should be the sovereign. The peepw,as in-auch
united and distracted, and whilst the country ‘cse
r for this
a state it was impolitic in the highest tii•eg-tje Belgium
country to interfere. In 1830 the P'°l) this country
rose and deposed their sovereign, but _
I constitution.
interfered to re-establish the monarchia
difference
Of this this he did not complain, because the
.as equally
tween the case of Belgium and of Portugal d being
great. The interference being impolitic,
were disu.ni
And un-
looked upon with jealousy, and as a
called for act by a vast mass of the ropie of
they would find that it would result in the destruct!°"ibe
the country, in the annihilation of her trade, and In
bloodshed of her people. In order to illustrate tat
argument, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman rcterrel t
some length to the works of Grotius and Vt'lfe,',
and argued from them, that the ieterventl°-
of England was opposed to the law of nati°lls:,
The importance of an alliance between this country
wanttitinn
rhe greaterater fa l forcefallacy'
in thanthe Nothhlee
Lord'sNobl spLeocre";
and Portugal was admitted by every one, 111/A-
-140-ansenowigt
Tbyhenreo
than that • the interference of this te
country would promo
and strengthen our alliance with Portugal, but the' objec"
whichl it had in view was opposed toa the
endthat end. of it would be this—either the destruction of the
Crown, the establishment of a republic in Pertug lee%
the absorption of that country by Spain—an act awl"—,
would be against the whole policy which this 09°4%.
had pursued for centuries. He dented that there was se",
ground
,for believing that the Miguelites intended, fr-
sergani.ie a conspiracy for the purpose of subverting
the sovereignty of Portugal. Louis Philippe wen&
the throne of Fiance, because he was pledged to givB
utterance and to support the doctrines of the pe0p1e...40
support popular principles ; and was it not remarkable
that he should have lent himself to this interference ;
but there was nothing in the documents to lead one t'°
believe that France would have interfered if Gres-
,
Britain had declined. He apologised to the House for
the length to which his address had extended, and in
conclusion begged to ask the Noble Lord, the Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs, upon the broad unquestionable
principle of the law of nations—upon a knowledge of the
alliance and amity subsisting between the state of Gres!
Britain and Portugal, with a view to the practical
benefit of Europe, and of the maintenance of that emit/
and that friendly and c:ose alliance, how he could justify,.
the course which he had adopted ? In the name 0:
outraged humanity, in the name of the people of Portly
gal, who had been deprived of their liberties, he called
upon the Noble Lord the representative of her Majesty'
to stand up in his place, and to vindicate this monstrous
exception—for he (Lord Palmerston) admitted it to
an exception to the general rule which guided our JP'
reign policy. Ile asked him to show by some facts, 12
addition to that already published not even in the epee°
of the Noble Lord at the head of the Government---,be
asked him to explain the necessity that had urged 1113
ofto depart from the universal rule—from the general rate
diplomatic practice in a matter of this sort. lie may
at at loss to know why they protected the Queen e
APlir Portugal rather than any other tyrant.—(Hear, bear'
the heirs, save one, to the Crown of Spain, had been
married to persons beneath their rank, and were the;
prevented from inheriting the Crown; one remained, 40.
that was the Duke de Montpensier; and what wa
wanting to render his claim complete? Why, nothinla
but the severance of Portugal and Spain; and it had
been or
the policy of this
country to prevent Portugal from
theft
b being absorbed by the latter country; and why, then:
should we desert the course w •had which we ever
He would again apologisefor eyi
ng occupie
• d the attar
tion of the house.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE OF LORDS-
the
Messengers from the House of Lards bronht dove"
certain Bills, which were laid upon table of the

Mr. INl‘Queen—Not much, perhaps, with the naviga-
tion laws, considered in themselves; but it had much to
do with the colonial system, of which the navigation-
laws might be considered as a part, and, in fact, (hey
always had been so considered. Ite could tell the Com •
mittee that if the colonial system and the navieation-
laws had both been preserved in their integrity, America
would not now grow the amount of cotton she did. It
was the greatest evil which had befallen the country,
that first one and then another of these qatem, had gra-
dually been frittered away.
Examination resumed-----The amount of tonnage in
the United States last year was, of registered tonnage
1,068,764, and of unrolled and licensed tonnage
1,211,000. By this latter classification he meant the
coasting traders—the la gistered ships were almost en-
tirely confined to ships going foreign voyages. Ile un-
derstood that the .P..merican ships made two foreign
voyages a year, while the voyages made by British
ships were far more than one one-third or one two-third
voyages in the year. Ile was satisfied that the navi-
gation-laws of the United States had not at all cramped
the energies of the United States commerce, but that,
on the contrary, they had tended greatly to increase its
amount. Ile had never heard an American speak on
this subject who did not state that fact very pointedly
and strongly.
The Committee then adjourned.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
HOUSE OF LORDS, June 14.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool.
sack at Five o'clock.
BURGH POLICE (SCOTLAND) BILL.
On the motion of Lord CAMPBELL this Bill was
read a second time.
NAVAL MUTINY BILL.
This Bill went thrcrugh Committee.
JUVENILE OFFENDERS' BILL.
Lord BEAUMONT presentesi a petition from the
justices of the peace of the West Riding of Yorkshire in
favour of this Bill.

CRIMINAL LAW.
Lord BROUGHAM laid the report of the Select
Committee on Criminal Law upon their Lordships' table.
POST-OFFICE REVENUE.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH rose to move their Lord-
ships relatively to the revenue of the Post office. He
said several months had passed since their Lordships
had, on his motion, ordered returns on the subject of the
revenue, which were not furnished till the Ist of June.
These returns, now that they had been produced, showed
in many instances deficits which could not have been
produced unless by great negligence ; and as the sub
ject was one of so much importance not only to this
kingdom, but to others, he thought that some inquiry
ought to be made into them.—(The Noble Earl then
entered briefly into some statistical details, none of which
reached the gallery.)
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said, that many of
the abuses complained of by the Noble Earl arose from
the fact of the contracts having been made for the con-
veyance of letters at a time when the means of commu-
nication to foreign countries were not so easy as they
were at present. The Government, however, had no
objection to the appointment of the Committee as moved
for.—Motion agreed to.
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS.
Messengers from the Commons brought up a consi-
derable number of private Bills, which were read a first
time.

JUVENILE OFFENDERS BILL.
The Earl of DEVON moved the second reading of
this Bill. We understood the Noble Lord, who was al-
most inaudible, to advise the postponement of any dis-
cussion on the Bill till it was in Committee.
Lord BROUGHAM agreed with the recommendation
of the Noble Earl, as he hoped that by slight alteration
several objections, if not all that were recorded against
it, might be got rid of.
The Bill was then read a second time.
TRUST MONEY INVESTMENT (IRELAND)
BILL.
On the motion of the Earl of DEVON this Bill was
read a second time.

PUNISHMENT OF VAGRANTS (IRELAND

BILL.
The House then went into Committee upon the Pu
nishment of Vagrants (Ireland) Bill.
After a few words from Lord MOUNTCASHEL, the
clauses were agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be re-
ported to-morrow.
AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL.
Lord STANLEY said, that as he intended to bring
forward his motion with reference to the English inter-
ference with the affairs of Portugal tomorrow evening,
and as the subject was calculated to lead to a very
lengthened discussion, he hoped that it might be under-
stood that the debate would commence at five o'clock, if
the Noble Lord the President of the Council :had no
objection to such a course of proceeding.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was understood to
say that he should have no objoction to such a course
being adopted.
Service of Heirs (Scotland), Transference of Lands
(Scotland); Burgage Tenure (Scotland), Heritable Secu-
rities for Debt (Scotland). Crown Charters (Scotland),
and Quakers and Jews' Marriages Bills, were reported
with amendments.
The Burgh Police (Scotland) Bill was read a second
time.

The Naval Mutiny Bill, Brooks's Divorce Bill, and
Loan Discount Bill went through committee.
Their Lordships then actourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. June 14.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
The House resumed at Five o'clock.
COLONIZATION.
Lord M. HILL appeared at the bar, and stated that
he had presented the address to her Majesty with which
he had been entrusted, according to the commands of the
House, to which her Majesty had been pleased to make
the following gracious reply :—" I have taken into my
con,ideration the address of my faithful Commons. I
am deeply sensible of the advantages of colonization, and
I will direct such inquiries to be made as shall lead to the
adoption of such measures for that purpose as shall be
free from the evils that have heretofore resulted from hasty
legislation on this subject."
PETITIONS.
Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY presented a petition
from the Catholic clergymen and laymen of the county
of Gloucester, praying for an extension of the franchise.
Lord BROOKE presented several petitions from
Stratford-upon-Avon in favour of the Health of Towns

Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition, praying for a
repeal of the ratepaying clauses of the Reform Act.
ANATOMY ACT.
Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition against the
provisions of the Anatomy Act.
Mr. FERRAND also presented two petitions from
Leeds and Huddersfield to the same effect.
HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from the inhabitants
of Hampstead in favour of the Health of Towns Bill.
POOR-LA W—CENTRALIZATION.
Mr. FERRAND presented a petition from the Board
of Guardians of the Wakefield Union, complaining of
the present system of centralization, and praying the
House not to adopt that principle in the Poor-law Ad-
ministration Bill now pending before the House.
EDUCATIONAL GRANTS.

Mr. R. D. MANGLES presented a petition nume-
rously signed by inhabitants of the eastern parts of the
country, complaining of the exclusion of the Roman
Catholics from a participation in the grants of money
voted by this House for the purpose of elucation.
AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that he should, upon
the first convenient opportunity during the adjourned
debate on Portugal, move, as an amendment to the motion
of the Honourable Member for Montrose, that Great
Britain having become a party to a foreign armed
interference in the affairs of Portugal, with a view of
terminating the civil war existing in that kingdom,
it is the opinion of this House that upon
tranquillity being restored, it will become the duty
of the British Government to endeavour by every
just and legitimate means in its power to confer upon
the people of Portugal the full enjoyment of their
constitutional rights and privileges.—(Hear, hear.)
/11 ISLE OF .1 N.
Dr. BOWRING gave notice that on an early day he
would call the attention of the House to all the unre-
dressed grievances of the Isle of Man.—(Laughter.)
QUARANTINE.
On the order of the day that the House go into Com-
mittee on the Navigation Laws,
Dr. BOWRING desired to know what changes this
proposed alteration would effect in the laws of quarantine?
Mr. MILNER GIBSON said that ships with clean
i
bills of lading would be admitted from any port wit ou
quarantine.

NAVIGATION LAWS.
The House then resolved itself into a Committee upon
he Navigation Laws, the resolutions were adopted, and
,he Chairman obt tined leave to bring in a Bill.
The House then resumed.
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
Mr. BANKES asked what was proposed to be
~he line of procedure with regard to public
business on Wednesday-, and whether it was in-
tended to go on with the Encumbered Estates
(Ireland) Billon that day. If so, the Poor Removal Bill
which he had fixed for that day would have no chance
of being proceeded with. He regretted that the
Noble Lord had proceeded with the suspension
of the Navigation Laws to-night, as his Noble
Friend the Member for Lynn would have been present
had he been aware that the resolution was to be moved
to-night. He wished to knew at what future stage it
would be convenient that the discussion should be taken.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that if the Noble Lord
the Member for Lynn desired to oppose the measure, he
had no objection to take the discussion on the second
reading.
ENCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. SHAW desired to ask the Noble Lord whether
he meant to bring forward the Encumbered Estatesr
(Ireland) Bill on Wednesday next. There was very
considerable apprehension entertained respecting
this
Bill. It was very important, and was looked to with
great anxiety.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL—I intend to bring it for-
ward as soon as possible, but Ido not see that I can do
so before Wednesday se'tinght.
WESTMINSTER HALL.
Mr. S. WORTLEY wished to call
_ the attention of the
House to the state of Westminster Hall. A temporary
wood work had been erected by the Committee of the
Fine Arts for the purpose of an exhibition. Leaving
that wood work erected was most dangerous, and he
trusted that it was not intended to use the Hall for the
proposed exhibition this year, and that it would be
removed, as it obstructed the view of one of the noblest
pights in the kingdom!

House.
Mr. CHRISTIE defended the course taken by the
Government, which had taken measures to obtain the
Queen's consent to the terms of the constitution ber°,l.:
they consented to interfere. The Hon. Member for
a a
Wycombe demanded more for the people than was
for by the Junta, and his notions of liberty went t
than those whom he represented, for he sa;.d that, v.*'"i
he desired was, the charter of Don Pedro in its "i°l
integrity.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord did WS lin-
terfere to give one party a triumph over another, b°
epf
order to restore peace to Portugal; and the chargto,
aiding and abetting despotism in another conot
was as unfounded as if it were made age,„llol4
the Presbyterian gentry of England who fought ag—boi
the Crown, in order to obtain Constitutioual