New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-07-08


Wa.hington-7h Caxfon MonHment--aie 4
Of -hakspearc's House, &c.
Foreign Correspondence Of The Inoune'
LoxDoS. June j., ISL.
The Parliamentary topics OF the past ten days f
have been absorbed By the debates respecting DIN
i.b Interference in the Affairs Of Portugal Ire
land and the Irish have received little attention.
and -, want fssnine and fever, deaths outrages
,u,se,. continue to swell the dark catalogue which
mas made every nation sympathetic with me 1n'
bappv and awful condition OF the lrish-every IA
ton except Euglsnd-snd the eloquence. oi her
Statesmen has been FILTERED away upon Portugal
whlelegslation for Ireland has been neglected ana
forgotten.
One hill however deserves passing renaiA.
Lord Ashley and bis friends, and all the inehas o.
the opuressed have reason to rejoice that az I'm
nortant bill is now the law Of the land. refer u
that bill which gives TO the Factory Operative an
bour 10 his family and an hour 10 bis TOD Inc
master can no longer compel the poor Oh Do'N
sexes to serve him from early dawn til nasht' Inc
Ten Hours Factory BIZ has passed both houses
has received the royal assent. and Is no" IN iul
oneratioa. The friends Of humanity will rejoice st
even tbi. one step toward allevatng the misery Of
the poverty stricken andsopPressed Operative II
no other measure had occupied the attention oil
Parliament during the session this one wsuld alone
radeero ali its sins Of omission and commission.
Parliament has, however, been principally occu-
MED with the affairs Of Portugal British Inter
vention has been the chief topic in both the Lords
and Commons, and debates Of great length have
taken place. which have been adjourned from day
70 day, resulting in the triumph oithe Government
The most powerful opposition was offered In the
House of Lords by the Stanley party the leader
of that party occupied the whole evening on the
18th 10 opposing the Ministerial party hsspeech
covered the whole ground, and was one OF the
most areumentative lucid and eloquent displays OF
late wears delivered in Parliament. Lord Stanley,
on rising moved resolution to the effect that the
naners laid before the House in reference to the
Intervention in the Affairs OF Portugal afforded no
justification Of that Intervention. He said that
England had no right to interference IN the internal
affairs of Foreign State. He then accused Lord
Palmerston, who in % had emphaticaly rePudl'
ated the principle OF Intervention, OF constantly IN
termedng ia the affairs Of other countries to an cx
tent only short OF active interference by arms and
sometimes ofcanyiDg his intermeddling little too
far and intervening by force Of arms The state Of
affairs in Portugal involved a question OF a purely
domestic character, emitting no other country to
interfere not affecting the safety Of the dynasty
but affecting the Withholding or the confirmation
the constitutional rights Of the people OF Poru
gal Lord Stanley rapidly reviewed the incidents
which preceded the instruction, which, in ten
days after the compulsory resignation OF the Duke
of Pamela, had spread over the whole Kingdom
combining the authority Of the Queen almost to the
walls of Lisbon. The contest which ensued was
wholly attributable TO the unconstitutional pro
ceedines of the Government 10 the dismissal OF a
constitutional Minister and to a return Of the
measures of one whom universal indignation had
driven from the country. There was 10 all this no
ground for foreign interference. eLord Palmerston
himsel had admitted the exclusive domestic char
acter of the question.
Lord Stanley complained that after April 5, the
whole policy of England was changed. Mediation
then ceased and active interference was deter
mined upon and if the mediation was partial so
long as il lasted the interference which succeeded
il was inequitable between the parties from the
moment in which it was embarked upon The
plea of England was, that if she had not interfered,
/ other nations would have done So The question
however was were other nations entitled to inter
ferel But there was no intention on the part oil
France to interfere aud the threat OF resistance 10
Spain, if she moved a soldier across the frontier
would have eifectualy ayerted danger from that
quarter. England had invited these two powers
/ 70 interfere. and what had been gained The
throne was saved, and the sovereign Inundated
/ she could express no gratitude, while the people
/ could not regard England as their protector and
/ auv. The terms which she had secured to the
Jupta might be fair enough, but would they be iul
/ filled and would their observance be enforced
Lord Stanley concluded his vigorous speech by
saving that he saw nothing but confusion as likely
TO arise from this gross violation OF principle-no
thing but embarrassment, complication and dticul
ties from an event which the whole OF Constitu
tonal Europe must deplore, and he called upon The
Hopse to express its condemnation Of the injustice
and recklessness Of the policy which the Govern
ment had pursued.
During the delivery Of his mastery speech Lor'
Stanley was listened to with profound attention b!
an unusual number OF Peers, by great many 0
the members of the Commons, by ladies whC
,hronred the galleries and by foreigners and per
sons of distinction who occupied seats behind tbs
wool.sack. The American Minister'S card OF ad
mission was eagerly sought after and through tn
poiteness of Mr.. Bancroft some Of our countrymei
were enabled to hear the most brilliant speech
the whole session.
, The Marquis of L ansdowne and the Duke OF " e
ungton replied to Lord Stanley, and vindcated tn
policy OF the Government.
They said, in effect, that the condition oil Portu
, cal was such as left to England no alternative bu
! that of interference. Portugal was distracted b
three parties 1t was for England 10 prevent tn
triumph of Despotism under Donna Maria OF II
pubhcansm under the Junta, or Of Absoutism VI
der Don Miguel, or to step forward and effect a
4 arrangement whereby the Constitution would b
resstablished and the Monarchy preserved In
! latter alternative had been chosen. In any PoiI
of view the British Government had arrested n
progress of the most serious evils.
!, The debate was terminated in the House
!, Lords by division on Lord Stanleys motiol
e which was rejected 6e to 47l by majority OF 10
n Its quite true that the Junta has accepted Ii