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      the exiiting regulations in reference to tt& Mndlttg «* r . * iih spirits in the United Cr . gdom , ' and to the " reetifit nn nfuritisti gpiiiti for exportation , when tbe howe uerantadoat . wfiSSfiSCAT , Joke 9 . fiOfiSE OF COMMONS . — Progress 6 * R « WAT » - -The CiuscELtoiof the EKaiVJE * expla ' ned to tue oum the resolutiont which h » d been agreed to by we jrnmlttee appointed to consider whether any measurw liould headopted for soun ding farther P ""**"" n -f 4 ? rS £ rH 5 £ H 5 £ ss 5 f 3 aa Sbr tL ni-aUikewHe datenmned noo : makea

      d cfion of th « . e bill * which were to be allowed to go in It haa . however , resolved to rive the promoters uf railway bill ihe power of suspending further proceed . dm this session , with the option of commencing in the text session at th « stags where a bill might now be sug . i-nded , the depo-its being meanwhile returned to the [ ep raters . It had alro agreed npnn a resolution , that a all present and future bills there should be a proviion inserted for the prohibition of the payment of an ; nt

      t ' . e resolutions of the committee relative to the power if tile and lease of railroads , resolution * which pro . ride that thire shall be no power of sale or lease until the Railway Commissioner * are satUfL-d that half the sapital authorised to be raised has been actually ex . ( ended . The committee proposed further , 'hat except for the execution of the original line , n » company should be allowed to guarantee interest on additional capital to another company until the original line should he opened . ' Having stated that there were also one or two Other restrictions with a view to prevent the creation of capital improperly , he proposed the resolutions iwiattm , and moved that the house do agree to the fit St .

      Sir IT . IUifobd then moved , and Mr < pooheb seeondgdthe motion , that the debate be adjourned , in order to allow the Hosiery Manufacture Bill to be proceeded witb . On tMs proposition a discussion of some length ensued , in which sever ilmemlxn took part . : Sir J . EiSTHorE strongly urged the necessity of attending to the daim < of the framewcrk knitters . IiH the house recollect that at this moment there were from W . OOO to 60 . 000 persons in a stage of deep diitreu—perwnswho had looked to various quarter * for relief , and ffho had now their eyes fixed witU just hope upon par . liamentary interference . ( Hear , hear . ) He was sure that the Chancellor of the Exchequer did ' not mean to say that ravernment were disposed by a si e wind to pnt off the question regarding these poor people , and the consideration of whether or no anything could be done

      for their relief . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Bat this putting of the question off week after week was productive of the greatest practical mischief . Mr T . Dns combe blamed the government for having stolen a march on the honourable baronet who introduced the Hosiery Bill , and who had gnat reason to think himself ill-used . It having been underttood that his measure w « to come on to-day , he beld that government were guilty of a breach of faith in bringia ; forward the railway resolutions—resolutions only laid upon the table on Monday last , and for the discussion of which neither the house nor the public were prepared , ( Hear . ) AUthat would be injured by the postponement of that debate was the convenience of a parcel of railway jobber * —a consideration not for a moment to be put in competition with that of the distressed population of the midland connties . ( Hear , hear . )

      The discussion was ultimately closed , by a declaration of the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he would accede to the postponement of the debate on the railway resolutions , if the house would meet on Thursday , at 12 o ' clock , tc discuss them . This was agreed to . Before the orier of the day fa-the Hosiery B ll wax lead , however , another conversation on the affairs of Portugal took place . MrB . Osbomte . referring to the repeated postpone .

      aenta to which the house bad consented , laid thebon member had proved himself to be made of more squeexalie materiabthanhe thought that he was . He wished to know when he intended to bring on his motion . It 'was of great consequence that it should be decided before thestarting of the paeket for Oporto . The great cause of constitutional liberty all over the world might be more seriously affected by these repeated delays than Mr Hume ires aware of . Hefaa <) been mnch surprised at the came for delay urged by Lord G . Bentinck—namely , the Queen ' s ball . It put him in mind of the well-known

      ^ " ARdwretches hang , that jurymen may dine , " Which he would be allowed on this oxuionto paraphrase intot "And patriots may die , that senators may dance , " ( Hear and a laugh . ) He was grieved to see Mr Hume sliding away from the principles which he had so long maintained , and he wished now to know -whether he intended to bring on his motion on Friday or not ! MtHghe said that he was just as much alive to the importance of the question as was Mr Osborne , who had so right to accuse him of wishing to shrink from his duty —a weakness into which he hoped he did not often fall . The fact was that he had coincided in the propriety of postponing the discussion until the paper * relating to it should have been before the honse . ( Hear , hear . ) But so far as he was concerned , he was determined on Friday to submit to the homse what he had undertaken to do .

      The talk terminated with the understanding that the debate was certain to come off on Friday . Hosiwr . SUhctactok Bui ,. —The order of thidny for the resumption of tfie adjourned debate ( from the 5 th of May ) on the second reading of the above-named bill was then read . Mr M Gibson said , he had hoped that , after the dls . cussion which the subject had already undergone , it Kould nothave been necessary for the house again to enter upon the consideration of its menu . The hon . member for Leicester , in the speech with which he prei faced his amendment that the bill should be read a second time that day six months hence , bad discussed the question so fully , and with so much ability , that it was

      hardly necessary for him to say anything upon the object . Nevertheless , perhaps the house would , in consideration of the office which hehadtbehononrto fill , permlthim to explain briefly the grounds on which he feltit his duty to oppose the second reading of the bill The hon . baronet , who introduced the measure , proposed that it should not proceed in the ordinary course of a till brought before the house , but that it should bare , f erred to a select committee , in order tbat other members of thehousemight share the responsibility of the mea . sure before it should be submitted to the final decision of Parliament . It was a plausible argument , that when a case of distress was made out , and a proposal made for relieving it , the least , that could be done would be to

      grant a committee to inquire into the matter ; but it ought to be borne in mind , that if the bill were to be T « ad a second time previously to its being referred to a select committee , the house would stand pledged to its principle , and that princi ple was the raising and regulalating of wages by Act of Parliament . It was impossible for him U give his assent to that principle , and therefore he would oppose the secoad reading of the bill . The till which Sir H . Halferd introduced last year had been referred to as forming a precedent which would justify the house in adopting the present measure ; but the bill © flast session was of a totally different character . It merely supplies regulations , by which workmen could procure evidence of the contracts which they entered into with their masters ; but the bill before tha honse

      prescribed what the contracts themselves should be . It enacted tbat certain contracts should not be allowed to be made—that a certain mode , of employing workmen ¦ houldnot be permitted ; and it proposed the confiscatien of certain property , coniisting of machinery , by pronimting its owners from receiving rent for it . That was a novel principle in legislation , and therefore the assent which the housegave to the bill , introduce * by the hon . baronet last session could not in fairness be pleaded as a reason for the house assenting to the measure now before it . The bill would be injurious to the workmen themselves , whom it was its professed object to benefit . The measure proceeded on the assumption that the ¦ workmen in the framework districts . were helpless and subjected to all kinds of extortion on the part of their employers ; but if the cost ofthe manufacture of htsiery should be increased—as it wonld be by the bill —what aecunty could its supporters give that the master manufacturer

      would not seek compensation for the increased eostfa areduction of the wages of the alleged to be de fenceless workman * Invert the proposition , and assume that legislative interference caused a reduction in the wstofmanufacture ,-was it notreasonable to suppose that the saving wonld go into the pocket of the master , who was represented to be selfi . h and extortionate ! Ik Mnigendge , who was appointed to inquire into the con . ditionofthe framework knitters , had made an abler * port on the subject , but he had not suggested any mearare resembling that now propoied , as a remedy forth * distress under which he found the framework knitters suffering ; on the contrary , Mr Muggerid ge stated that it would be illusory to imagine that the- condition of the workpeople in that branch of manufacture could be im . proTed by any act of the legislature . , Tni business of a framework kuitter could be easily learned , it required no apprenticeship , and consequently the number of workers

      was too great is proportion to the work to be done .--The result was , low wages and distress . The supporters of the bill differed in their views respecting some of its main provisions . Mr Duncombe for instance , though he supported the bill generally , doubted the propriety of abolishing the rents at present- taken for the use of farms ; yet that was an essential feature " of the bill . . If the frame-rents should not be abolished , whence could the hon . member expect to obtain the means of'increasing the wages of the workmen t It was . proposed to enact by the bill that n » person who was not a hosiery manufacturer within the meaning of the -. act , should be permitted to employ- any worknleni -That proposal was founded on tha ideaTthat tie money which , under the risting system , Iras paid' ti » ' the middleman woHld be caved and added to the wages of the workman . Under that clause it would be impossible fora master work uutotviloyan apprentice ! or era his orm child

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      Each individual in a ' * Zmj must- have a separate con . tract with the Piaster . In the next place , the bill pro . posed to raise the wageB of the workman ,:- . ... . SirH . Hslfobd said that its objestwaito prereit wages being unnaturally and unnecessarily reduced . Mr Gibson said , it appeared to him that wages wen in natural state when they were left to : be fixed by the employer and the employed . As regarded the middlemen , he thought that they were absolutely requisite to act between manufacturers and the workmen who were scattered over the country , If the knitter * should employ any one to make contracts for them with the manufacturers , they must pay that person for bis trouble . How did the hon . baronet show that the payment to the person making the centract would . not oause as great a

      deduction In the workman ' s wages as the demand of the middleman ! The same objection to middlemen might be carried into other occupations , and , if done , would affect the whole system of labour In the country . But , even if the bill were passed , it conld be easily evaded ; the middleman would receive the goods by purchase froa the master , and thus become a master himself within the meaming of the act , and would give them back by purchase again . He objected decidedly to th « abolition of frame rents ; it was perfectly monstrous that persons who bad Invested their capital in the purchase of frames should be prevented by that house from receiving rent for them . The same principle , if carried out , might forbid the receipt of rent for lands or houses or a steam engine ; could anything be more unjust than to say a man should not purchase an engine in order to let out steam power ! Were they to tell a man , if he had not a frame of his own , he should not hire one to w » rk with 1 A greater injustice waB never attempted . But the pro .

      vislen affecting frame rents would be as easily evaded as that respecting middlemen . The interest of the capital inverted in frames must come from somewhere . ( Sir H . Halford . — " From the price of the article . " ) Then it would be paid-by the consumer ; but could the hon . baronet point out any mode of raising the price of the artiele , so as to cover the interest ! The masters would make a new agreement with the workmen under the a . 't - and the net amount of the men ' s wages would remain exactly the same as at present . The bill was an improper interference with the tights of property ,,, and wouldjcreate great mischiefs , without securing the oVjecta the hon . baronet had in view . Be did not think the house would assent to a maasnre fraught with so many evils ; he admitted the distress of the clan it referred to , and he nras anxious there should be an improvement In their condition ; bat it conld not be effected by any Ieeiola'ioa it was in the power of that heuse to originate .

      Mr C . W . Packe said it might be supposed from the speech of Mr M . Gibson that the bill was altogether a visionary and impracticable scheme ; but he contended it was quite in accordance with the statements of Mr Mnggeridg «' s report . The hon . gentleman said the same objection might be applied to the system of labour on tho land ; but agricultural labourers received 10 a or 12 s a week , and the poor framework knitters only 4 s 6 d or St . Suppose- the farmers were to deduct from the wages of 'heir labourers a large part of them for rent for the use of ploughs , carts , and other instruments ! ( Hear , hear . ] He lived in the neighbourhood of these poor piople , and knew what they suffered . He had offered to assist them

      in subscribing a certain sum monthly to purchase frames for themselves ; but they said if ttiey did so they should be rained , aB the masters would not employ those who had their own frames at all . It was a perfect system of slavery and tyranny ; the men could not rise from the condition in whieh they were placed . They were recommended to use economy and to bring their children up toother trades ; but how could men possibly economise on 4 s Gd a week ! The ; had neither money nor means of educating their children ; they wsre utterly ground down by a system of slavery no othsr class of men in the kingdom were subject to . He heartily supported the (¦ cond reading of tho bill . ¦ '

      Mr Foster was surprised that any hon member pro . feiiing the principles of Free Trade could support this measure . Every clause in the bill seemed to him to be Involved in absurdity . He was astonished that any Legislature should be calmly engaged in the discussion of such a proposition . He should give to it his most decided opposition . Sir J . Basthope . —It would be in the recollection of the house that on the former occasion , when this bill was under discussion , he had expressed a very decided opinion that it was calculated rather to enhance than to eradicate the evil with which it profeued to deal . To that conviction he still adhered ; but to the proposal now made by Sir H . Halford , that they should refer the mea . sure to a committee up stairs , he could-have no

      objection . ( Hear , bear . ) If the bill was to have been proceded with in the shape in which it had been introduced he should still have repudiated it , but bewas now only anked , and so far he awented ; to enter upon an inquiry into the means or the possibility of ameliorating the distressed condition of 50 , 000 or € 6 , 000 of our fellow subjects . No valid reason could be given or bad been given for hesitatiag to take that course . They had been furnished-with evidence on this subjebt taken before a commission appointed by her Majesty , and tbat eommission reported that the regulations at present governing the stocking trade were bad , and were capable of amend , ment . ( Hear , hear . ) Witnesses , whose interests were deeply concerned in the question , had been examinnd by the commission , and their statement was , the present

      system of carrying on the business by means of middlemen was the bane and curse of the trade , and even deterred honest and reputable men from taking part in it . With this evidence before him he was not prepared to refuse to enter upon an inquiry , if it was in the power of the Legislature to devise more salutary and useful regulations for the artizan than those which at present operated . ( Hear , hear . ) It had not been contradicted that there was something defective in the existing system , and how could he be asked not to go into a committee room and see if this defect could not be removed , and if the condition of the ariizan of this trads could not be bettered ! The question was one of the . ntmoit importance , and if dismissed on tbe grounds offered ty tome hon , gedtlemen , bow could they defend the

      legUlative interference which some time since took place In the truck system ! It had sever been said that the interference with that system was unjustifiable became it was an interference with a trade , and until now it had never been argued tbat it was going beyond the province of Parliament to condemn and amend the regulations of any branch of trade or commerce . We had already gone far beyond that , and in the artificial state of this manu . factoring country such regulations would often be found absolutely indispensable . ( Hear , hear . ) If the principles of legislation , propounded by Mr II Gibson were to be the guide of the conduct of members of that house , they would find themselves in a difficulty at every attempt to interfere with the simplest provisions of trade ; and he rather thought the hon . gentleman would not be bold enough to take that view . He begged it to be

      understood that he was not in favour of this bill , but that he was in favour of the proposition to go into a comnuttee , and there examine into the statements which had been made ia reference to the necessity of such a biU . ( Hear , bear . ) That was his £ ole object , and with thisobjscthe was prepared to endure opprobrium for being supposed to support a measure crude in itself , and , in its present framework , ill adapted to ac compllsh the object ia view . ( Hear , hear . ) He was not at all desirous of effecting any compromise for the sake of raising an electioneering cheer ; but he believed that the course he was taking was the only oae open to him as an honest man . The people who were engaged in this trade were confessedly exposed to severe hardships ; they bad appealed to parliament for justice ; and it was now the duty of the house at least to institute an inqairy . ( Hear , hear . )

      MrL . BounioH could corroborate everything which had been said of the exceedingly distressed condition of the unfortunate people whose interests were now under discussion , and he was bound to say that , after the patience with which they hadsubmitted to their sufferings , it wonld be an act of gross injustice in that house to refuse to inquire into their circumstances and condition , ' - Sir J . Hobhoube could not aissent to send this bill to a select committee ; for , by so doing , the house would be exciting hopes that this bill , or something like it , would meet the emergency of the presentcage . It was proposed to send this bill into committee ; first , because it wai an excessively bad bill , and secondly , because an attempt ought to be made to amend it . To that reasoning he could not assent , as it was the first time that he had heard the second reading of a bill urged on account ol

      its demerits . This bill would destroy the interests of the middlemen , and would not benefit those of the artizan . If he thought that going into committee on the bill would lead to anything like substantial relief to these unfortunate people , he would at once consent to do so . There was not a member of that house who would refuse in such a case , or who would grudge any labour bestowed for tbe good of the people ; for he held tbat no one could justly accuse that house of being Indifferent to the welfare of the working classes , or disinclined to do all that conld be done for their relief . ( Hear . ) But it was ^ because he believed it would be only deluding these unfortunate people , that he refused to consent to a . committee , and because he believed tbat there was scarcely a clause in tbe bill that would be of practical advantage to these classes , ( Hear . )

      Mr-DoHcoHBB had been found fault with by the . right hon . gentleman because he had said he disapproved of many of tbe details of this bill , and yet was prepared to vote for a committee . But he would ask ho w were these details , of which be disapproved , to be altered except in committee ! He maintained that the object of the bill was a good one , and therefore he supported it . The right hon . gentleman said its object was to raise and regulate wages ; but that he denied ; its object was to protect the honest earnings of a very industrious class of workmen ( hear ) , of whicheamlngs they were robbed by an invasion of the existing law . His right hon . friend had aho saidthatany interference in this case was un . nec « Bsary and would be mischievous ; but it was too - ~ ~ ^—— vwbsv « ^ r ^» w ¦ * w » w mw ww * mW W late

      come forward with such an argument , for they had already admitted the principle of interference betwiit master and workman . ( Hear . ) There seemed to be great anxiety on the part of some honourable gentlemen to look after the interests of that virtuous class of peopie of whom the operatives complained ; bat were they as anxious for the iaterests of the frame-work knitters , of whom there were about 60 , 000 interested in the passing of this measure ! He admitted that there was a great interference with the property in that clause of tho bill which prohibited the hiring or letting of frames : but that wasj no reason why tbe bill should net be permitted to go before a ' commlttte , where such a clause might be completely altered , The great grievance com .

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      plained of . was . that by the species of frame rent nb « existing they we ' re robbed , and tbat the masters hosiers were not always the persons who possessed those frames ( Hear . ) . It was » aid there were 1 , 700 independent frames—but to ' whom did they belong ! Those frames belonged to a whole Ret of bakers and butchers , ami tinkers , and everybody else . This wns the ., system pursued at Sutton in Anhfield . A man , perhaps a butcher or baker , hires those frames at 6 d . a-week , and then charges tbe ' poor man 2 g . 6 d , a-week for the use of it ; and the fr ;< me was let on the condition that tbe poor man' should take his bread or beef , as the case might be , from the person to whom the frame bilonged . ( Hear . ) If a stockinger wished to take a frame from the butcher , the latter took . very good

      care that he should not have it ; but he would let it to another man , from whom the knitter obtained it , and and who compelled him to talehis beef from the butcher . He would instance the case of a man who had a wife and five small children , and whose earnings for twelve weeks amounted to £ 716 s 6 d . By this system he was com pelloc to go to a certain place for bread , and wben he came to settle with the bagman he was told tbat no doubt his wagei were £ 7 16 b 6 d , but there was to be stopped for bread , M 3 s 9 $ d ; and for frame rent , £ 115 s 6 a , tn this transaction , too , the man had to pay 25 per cent , more for Mb bread than If he had tbe power to actforhimself . ( Hear . ) Did they call this freedom of trade t and was not this a case calling loudly for pro

      tection ? He had another case where a frame was bought by a truokmaster for £ 15 , and let to a man for 2 s 6 d a week , making the whole rent for the year , £ t 6 < 3 d ; this frame had been worked for ten years , and during that time the Vent was £ 63 2 s 6 d , the repairs being £ 10 10 a . After giving several cases of a similar nature , the hon . gentleman proceeded to say that he was somewhat surprised at the nature of some remedies which he had proposed for the . relief of the framework knitters . His right hon . friend ( Sir 1 . Hobhouse ) had said , the only cure was that they ronst not marry . In tbat case he did not know very well what was to be done with them . He supposed they must be turned ever to the hon . member for Birmingham . ( Great laughter . ) - x ' .

      Sir J . HeBHousB did not say so . Ho had referred to tho opinions of Mr Mugger idge . . ¦ . Mr DoNceHBE—Mr Muggeridge had said over and over agrmthat he did not know a more oppressed set of people ,-but that was no reason ' why they should not marry . Another hon . gentleman said they ought te give up this trade , and should . net teach it to their children ; but wliilo such language as this was held , the frame proprietors were going into the agricultural districts and obtaining children for the purpose of teaching them to work their frames . ( Hear , ) He held that thix entire subject was one well worthy of the attention of thehouse . The sufferings of the people engaged in tht >

      trade were-such , that the very Poor Law could not bu worked in the districts where it existed ; and he trusted that the house would not now add insult to injury b > negativing the proposal now before the house . ( Hear . ) . ~ Mr Roibbcx said , this bill consisted in reality of out provision , that contained in the fourth clause , and it wan of impertance to understand what was ( hemiicbfefof which the hon . gentleman complained , ' and what was the Mr Roebuck denied that the workmen in the hosiery trade were robbed , and contended that wages could' not be regulated by act of Parliament any more than rent . The first result of this bill , if it became law , would be the utter annihilation of tbe very classes who were tbe objects ofit .

      Mr Bankes and Mr Ferrand supported the bill . Mr Brothertondisapprovddofthe bill in its present shape . Sir H . Halfokd replied , and the house divided ;—For the second reading .... ... .... 6 ? Against it ... ... ... ... 77 Majority ... ... ... 20 The bill was consequently lost . The secondreading of the Seduction and Prostitution Bill was agreed to , on the understanding that the bill would be referred to a select committee to consider its clauses . . Mr T . Dukcohbe moved for and obtained leave to bring in a bill to provids for the better ventilation of mines and colleries , for the protection and preservation of the lives of persons employed in . and about the same , and to make ether provisions relating thereto . The bill was brought up and read a first time ; after which the house adjourned , . ( Fromour Second Edition of hit with )

      THURSDAY , Jojtc 8 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —On tbe motion of Lord Cmp . sbll five bills for improving the mode of transfer and conveyance of land in Scotland were read a seoond time . The Clergy Offences BUI , and Improvement of Towns Clauses Bill , went through committee . The Poor Law Removal ( England and Scotland ) Bill , and the Poor Relief Supervision ( Ireland ) BiU , after some discussion , were read a second time ; and the Commons Amendment upon the Lords Amendments to the Poor Relief ( Ireland ) , and the Landed Property ( Ireland ) BrHs , after an explanatory speech from Lord Monteagle , were agreed to . On the motion of the Marquis of LiKSDowKi , a select committee was appointed to consider whether it ! b ex . pedient that any measures should be adopted for suspending further proceedings in all or any of the railroad bills in thepresent session .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS —Sir O . Gui , in an elaborate speech illustrative of the evils consequent upon the past system of transportation , and the good results arisiag from the reformatory principle more recently adopted , moved the committal of the Prisons and Custody of Offenders Bills . . Lord Mahoh protested against the change proposed to be made by tbe Government , which , though founded on benevolent intentions , he considered uncalled for and dangerous . , Sir W . MewswoiTH contended that transportation , under every shape , and wherever tried had proved a bad system of punishment , and therefore that it ought to be abolished . Vr O , Bankes opposed the Bill . On the motion of Mr Ewabt the debate was adjourned . Sir O . Geev obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the Acts for the establishment of Public Baths and Wasbhonses .

      Several bills were advanced a stage , and the House adjourned at a quarter to one . * ( From wr Third Edition of lail \ wtth . ) FRIDAY , Jtins 4 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —A conversation took place on the subject of the blockade in the Douro , and with re spect to British interference , but without leading to any result . Lord Monieaqle brought forward his motion for a Select Committee to inquire into the expediency of applying emigration , on an extended scale to Ireland . After a long debate , the motion was cgreed to Earl Grey expressing his belief that such an inquiry would tend to disabuse the publie mind of many erroneous impressions respecting the benefits likely to flow from a Government system of emigration ,

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Poetooai . —A converse , tion took place on the affairs of Portugal , Mr Home ' s motion in reference to British interference , at its close , being definitely fixed far Thursday next . Subsequently Mr B . OsBOBNEgave notice of his intention , if the motion was not brought on on Monday next , as originollyintended , to move a resolution that it is hostile to the liberties of Europe , and contrary to the uniform policy of the British government , to enter into any convention er treaty with any foreign power having for its object the maintenance of any particular dynasty in Portugal , or the suppression of popular opinion by force of arms . Lord Paikebston said the papers would prove that the object of the British government was , not to establish despotic government in Portugal , but to secure to the Portuguese people all the privileges which the constitutien and the charter of Don Pedro had conferred on them . , a

      Loan Discount Bill , —On the third reading of the Loan Discount Bill , Lord G . Bentincx intimated his intention , but without fixing a time , of proposing a measure for the limitation or repeal of the Bank Charter Act of 1844 .

      The Bill was then read a third time and passed . Prisons Bill . —The adjourned debate on the Prisons Bill was resumed by Mr Ewakt , who supported the Government scheme with respect to transportation . Sir J . Paeinctoh denied that any case had been made out by the Government for abandoning transportation as a punishment . Mr Home considered the whole scheme crude , and impossible to be carried into operation . Because abuses had grown up in tha working of the system of transportation , that was no reason why it should all at once be abandoned . MrHAwxs defended the plan of commuted punishment propounded b y the Home Secretary . On the motion of Mr Nbwdeoate the debate was again adjourned to Monday . The other orders of the day were disposed of , and the House adjourned .

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      ( From tha OazeUtoi Tnesday , June 8 . ) John Thomas Cremer , St Mary-axe , merchant—William Henry NoyeB , Longparisb , Southampton , rclioving officer of tho Andover Union—J . Webdale , Luton , Bedfordshire , draper—James Parker , Clapliam , Surrey , com chandlor —Robert Lavcrs , Southampton , grocer—Joseph Ager , Northampton , boot and shoo manufacturer—William Smith Brown , sen ., and William Smith Brown , jun ., Broad-street , Ratcliffe , sailmaVers — William Cichin , Bradford-end , Isleworth , gi-ocer—James Holmyard ,

      Ogle-Street , Foley-placo , furnituro broker — William Sim ' s , Great Quccn-street , Lincoln ' s Inn-ficlds , coach and liarnesB maker—Tuomas Bewloy , Moulsunm , Clielinslbrd , iron manufacture-Charles Curmo , Ililperton , Wiltshire , common brewer—Benjamin Bowcu , Bristol , coal merchant—Henry Cole , Birkcnhoad , Choshirc , builder—John Askoroft , Toxteth Park , Liverpool , timber broker—Tullius Priest Fay , Liverpool , surgeon dentist-Thomas Cox , Manchester , wine mid spirit merchant—Thomas James Birch , Pendleton , Lancashire , [ tea denier—Edward Mesnard and John Hudson , Sunderland , merchants ,-

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      THE ciVILT WA& -IN PORTUGAL ; - THE ; ^^ MED INTERVENTION ; ; - ; THE FRATERNAt DEM 0 ORATS TO THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . ¦ "¦¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ t ¦ ¦ ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . "Allmin are Brethren . " Friends , —A few months ago it became our duty to arldreas you in vindication of the saored rights of the Polish people against the atrocious tyranny of the " [ Inly Alliance . " consummated by the confiscation of Cracow . .. It has now become our painful duty to appeal to you against Bimilar conduct on the part of the British eoYerriraent towards the' people of

      For some months past Portugal haB been the scene ofafrightfurcivil war / wholly occasioned by tb- perfidious intrigues of the Court party , to establish a despotism more odious and exacting than haa , ver before cursed the Portuguese nation . ^ _ Loud and lont ; waa the outcry against Dom Mignel , until revolt succeeder ? outcry , and revolution ; indireotly aided ' by the English government , exiled that Prince , and established Instead his niece Donna Mnriaon what was oalled . a " constitutional throne . "; But the absolutism of Dora Miguel was , at least , honest . That Prince professed to . rule in virtue of the " rtoht divine . " and did , not as his successor has done , veil » horrible tyranny , with the covering of the absoltism of

      " constitutionalism . " Moreover , u Dom Mieuel pressed heaviest upon the aristocracy and middle class , Heaving : the masses of the people comparatively ; free from taxation , ' and unmolested in their ancient civic privileges . The tyranny of the " Constitutional . Queen , " on the eontiary , has been the most severely felt by the masses . The despotic suthnrity exercised by Donna Maria has been shared only by nnprfncipled upstarts , who . for their treason to "liberal principles , " were rawed to the ranks of the aristocracy ; by brutal military adventurers , who acquired their rank by showing their readinesson all occasions to employ their swords in the service of despotism ; and ; lastly , by those modern harpies , the money-swindlera and tax-eaters , who in all "

      constitutional " -countries pullthe strings of princely pupnets , and secretly , guide ; the machinery of government . These three classes , with an . ignorant , selfwilled , faithless woman , at their head , called " Queen , " have established a despotism more horrible than that of Absolutism and the , Inquisition , under which the people have been ground to the dust by taxation , denied the right of free speech , and ruled by tbe sword of martial law . . ' It is not our pnrnnsei aor is it necessary , to recapitulate the historical events of the reign of Donna Maria . The public journals have made all nations fully aware of the faithless and tyrannical acts of that princess and her infamous coadjutors . Scarcely a vear has passed which has not witnessed one or more

      revolts or revolutions , blood-dyed protests againBt the faithlessness of " Her Most Faithful Majesty . " She swore byfthe " Charter of . Dom Pedro , " and then intrigued till she had rendered the said " Charter" utterly valueless . The Portuguese rose in arms , and compelled her . acceptance of a more democratic " Constitution , " which was in its turn subverted by a factious revolt , secretly encouraged and openly rewarded by the Queen .. The "Charter " was then nominally restored , and by the help of terrorism and corruption was made instrumental in collecting together a gang of knaves and robbers , ready tools of the government , who , | as a mock Cortes or " parliament , " sanctioned the most cruel plunder of the people . A revolt of the peasantry scattered

      this crew of rascals , with their chiefs the Cabrals , and compelled the Queen to choose another administration , whose worse faultlwas its feebleness . That administration was overthrown by a court plot and the rule of absolute tyranny erected , under which the laws were altogether set aside ; the public press annihilated with the exception of one journal , the organ of the government ; and martial law proclaimed as ' the only arbiter of society . To , resist this tyrannous order of things Oporto unfurled the flag " of insurrection , and for sbveral months past Portugal has been the theatre of a desolating civil war . Many hundreds of the combatants on both sides have perished in battle ; prisoners of the national party taken in arms have been nut to death

      in cold blood ; others , surrendering on the faith of conventions entered into with the Queen's generals , have been transported to Africa ; the dungeons of Lisbon have been crowded with victims , many p f whom have suffered tortures unheardrof , except in Austrian dungeons and Russian fortresses . Menace , force , cruelty and perfidy have been ruthlessly employed to crush the ; popular movement ; but employed in vain . More than'halt the army long since revolted against the Queen ; the navy was equally zealous in hoisting the national banner ; almost the entire country , with the exception of the capital , has acknowledged the authority of the insurrectionary

      Junta ; the colonies have transferred their allegiance to 'the same authority ; and the revolution would , many weeks since , have been terminated by a revolt in Lisbon , but for the British naval force in the Tagus . To the shame of this country—the vaunted representative and defender of freedom—Englith cannon pointed againtt the Portuguese people has , for a considerable time past , been the only protection of the Portuguese court against a popular pronouncement . Notwithstanding that protection , alike disgraceful to the protectors and the protected , a shameful flight from the country must , but for foreign intervention , have closed the reign of Donna Maria .

      That foreign intervention 1 ms comm enced under the direction of the'British Government The governments of England , France and Spain have combined to crush the Portuguese insurrection . An English and French fleet , assisted by a Spanish army , are at this moment acting against the Portuguese people . The mission of the allied forces is to " Make a solitude and call it peace ;" create the death of slavery , and call it" pacification . " People of Great Britain and Ireland , we have characterised the conduct of your government assimilar to that of the spoliators of Poland . It is true that thus far the British government has not avowed any intention of appropriating or partitioning the Portuguese kingdom ; but if the liberties of a nation are

      confiscated , it matters but little who are its nominal rulers . It it not the country , but tbe institutions of acovntry . that makes or mars the happiness of ft people . If a tyrannical Queen is maintained in her despotic power by the might of British arms , that Queen is but the creature of British supremacy—her people are the « l » vea of a slave . You , People of Great Britain and Ireland , who have so signally proclaimed your abhorrence of the destroyerB of Poland , how cap y « u , without a burning sense of humiliation , witness this act of your government , as unjustifiable in principle as the acts ot the despotisms of Russia , Austria and Prussia towards Poland ? Under precisely similar pretextsthe " pacification" of contending parties—Poland

      was first invaded by the troops of foreign despots . The infamy of the first attempt on Poland is already achieved by the government of England in the case of Portugal ; does that government contemplate dragging England through all the subsequent stages of infamy aohieved by the powers of North-Eastern Europe ? Will the English people tamely allow themselves to be made parties to so infamous a procedure ? The protocol signed by Lord Palmerston and the representatives of the governments of France , Spain and Portugal , is based upon false assertions . It is not true that the National Junta refusod to put an end to the civil war . The Junta hesitated to accept the terms dictated by Colonel Wylde , the agent of the Coburg interest , merely becauue those terms

      were unaccompanied by sufficient guarantees for the good faith of the Queen , when once the organised insurrection was dissolved . The terms offered by tho Junta , and the guarantees insisted upon , were indispensable tor the security of the proposed arrangement . Experience had taught the Junta the folly of confiding in the word , or even the oath of Donna Maria . Better guarantees were necessary to secure the good faith of her most faithful Majesty . But on other grounds we maintain that the British government were by every consideration ef justice excluded from interfering between tho Portuguese Queen and People . Suppose Englishmen in the position that the people oi Portugal have been placed in ;—a chief magistrate , together with a few stockjobbbers ,

      military ruffians and bastard aristocrats assuming absolute power ; suppose the parliament set aside , tho laws suspended , the press extinguished , men dragged to dungeons without regard to judicial forms ; martial law established . and war made unoa the people : suppose thisstateof things , WHAT WODLDTUE ENGLISH PEOPLE DOf Let the ghosts of headless Charles and throneless James testify ! Suppose that demeatic oppressors failing tOBubdue the people were to call in the aidoi Russian or any other foreign force , what would the English people no ? Rather than submit to slavery so degrading ^ amidst a storm ofjire and blood this island would be ' givento annihilation ! If Portugal is not capable of such resistance to her domestic and foreign foes , the more entitled is she to the sympathy of all good men ! the more worthy of execration are her ¦

      assailants . People of Great Britain and Ireland , if you were really represented in the Parliament said to represent you , we arc persuaded that no Ministry would dare to disgrace your name by any such aot as the present intervention in Portugal ; an aot which should ensure the IMPEACHMENT of its authors . Ministers and their supporters are , however , not above the reach of public opinion ; which , we trust will be properly manifested . lleDiember that the war waged against France and the' liberties of iurious t

      Europe was as nj o your character as to your interests . You were not merely taxed enormously and the labour of yourselves and posterity put under contribution to pay the cost of that' libertlcuW contest , butjou were also held responsible bytheuations tor the restoration of : that tyranny whicli in every country u Europe your rulers laboured to reestablish after the Great French Revolution . It betioves you , therefore , to-protest'against i the armed intervention in Portugal ; and to declare that every arrang ement arising therefrom , or enforced bjyour rulers , hag not your sanction ; but shall be over-

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      thrown the moment you have thepower to do justice to youwelveBt . aad , mankind . ;; .. That : power will be yours ; when you have established the ' oititen rights of all , based upon the principles of pure democracy . Signed by the Secretaries , oh behalf of the Society : — . , .. .. ., , t , , . V ... G . Julian Harnbt , Native of Groat Britain . Carl Sohippbr , Native of Germany . ' J . Aoqusiin Miohelot , Native of France . Louis Oborski , Native of Poland . Peter Holmb , Native of Scandinavia . : J . Sohabemk , Native of Switzerland . N . Nambh , Native of Hungary . . London , June 7 th , 1847 . ,. 23 rThe members of the Sooiety in London and the Country are requested to make the above Address known as widely as possible .

      £ ?¦ A meeting of the Society of Fraternal Demo ^ crats will take place at eight o'clock , on Monday evening next , at the German Society ' s Room , White Hart , Drury-lane . Subject for discussion : — " The Affairs of Portugal and the American Land Movement . "

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      Norwich . —Proibbi Against ihe British Invasion of Portugal . —At tbe weekly meuting of the members of the National Charter Association , the following resolution was passed unanimously : — Thet . this meetjng recognises the right of every nation to manage its own affairs ; that we resent the interference of the Whig Government in' the political affairs of Portugal .. as an infringment on . the rights of mankind : we , therefore , protest against such baseness , and call upon all Chartists and lovert of Liberty to pronounce in a similar manner . That the above resolution be sent to the Abrttor * Star for insertion C . Sprikoall Sub-Secretary .

      , Crotdon . —Sympathy for Portkoai . — At the usual meeting on Monday evening , June 7 th , the following resolution was proposed by Mr Frost , seeonded by Mr . Hodges , and carried unanimously : — "Tbat we , the democrats of this place , view with indignation and disgust the interference of . the British government with the political affairs of Portugal , and we claim tho sympathy of every true Chartist for tho Junta and people of that oppressed country , " Irish Confederation . —The Whigs and Portug al . —The . Confederates hold a very interating meeting on Sunday at Cartwright ' s . The chair was oecupied . by Mr George Ryan . The leading article of the , " Northern Star" was read arid much an . laudedAddresses

      p . were delivered by Messrs Clancy Dwain , and Sullivan , all urging the necesl sity ot the people of England arousing themselves to save their character from the foul stain that Whin despotism would inflict on it , if that liberty-hating party were permitted with impunity to hunt down the struggling Portuguese . Comments on the very new move in Ireland , called the " National Council " occupied the remainder of the evening till a late hour . We lament that other engagements precludes us from doing justice to this very important meeting of the Confederates by a more ample report . The discussion on the " National Council" will be resumed on Sunday next . Chair taken at eight o ' olock . —Correspondent . .

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      . ¦ -: ¦ CORK , 4 b 7 ^~~ ~ " ^ RENEWED " RISE IN PRJCEa ' Mabk Lank , Monday , June 7 .-Fiesh ud toll usually small quantity of English wheat cam « ; an from any quarter , consequently , the show of «« I ° N « that « rain was trifling . The limited state of thl pIe « « f English wheat together with the large attend an 3 « town and country buyers , caused the demand tn «? H brisk' at an advance in tho quotations obtain . ^ et » l day last , of from 'Six Shillings to E » ht smiS" H Quarter , " at which a clearanco was speedilv tf ' fcr Notwithstanding tho show of foreign wheat was „ } H sale of all kinds was very active , and a large buin ' " •• doing , principally from the country trade , at « *>» value of from " Fourto Five Shilling ^ per quarter ""^ export no transactions took place , but most of the •* was disposed of . There was a fair demand for allX ^ of barley . The best grindin )! qualities were a trifleh-T ! but in the malting and distilling sorts no altera tion i " i place . Although the quantity « t malt on offer Was ^ .

      wnat on tne increase , inc man iraue was verv w ¦ ' and most of the large holders would not sell , exceit ' » trifle more money . I'herewa' -a better inquiry for [ a . U corn , especially for floating cargoeB at is to 2 s n * more money . We had a very lar « e supply offoreif * *• on show , but that of linglish , Irish , and Scotch wrsj ** The oat trade was In a very inactive state at barely ^' tionary prices . In beans very few sales wore contlni ' ** yet the currencies were supported . Peas moved off « i ' ; it about last week ' s currencies . - The flour trade ' firm , and prices had an upward tendency . * ' Bbiti 8 h . —Wheat : ¦ . Kent , Essex , and Suffolk old 86 s to 92 s , new red 8 ? s to 93 s , old white 9 . js to SCs » * ditto 92 s to lOOs , Norfolk and Lincoln old red 8 Gs tnC old white 87 s to ? 2 s . —Rye 63 s to 65 s .-Barley oJEl " i 48 s to 50 s , distilling . i 4 s to 61 s , multing 58 s to 60 s cC Her 60 s to 62 s .-Mi 4 lt : IJrown 68 s to 70 s , pale 758 t 07 s Suffolk and Norfolk 74 s to 76 s . —Beans : Tiek iSs toil ' pigeon 55 s to ( Os . —Harrow new , 51 s to Ms . - p * ' *> white 60 s to 61 s , grey and maple 56 s to ills . —Oats : Eneliti feed 32 s to 36 s , Poland 3 Ss to 35 s , Scotch feedygs totji : Potato 42 s to 44 s ; Irish , Limerick , audNewrysis toal !' Cork and Youghal black 3 : 's . t 35 s . —Fluur : Town mad ! 70 s to 75 s , Essex and Kent 60 s i % 68 s , Norfolk m Stockton 55 s to 65 s per 2801 bs . m

      Fobeion . —Free Wheat : Dantzic and Koni gsburggn . to 95 s , Mecklenburg 80 s to 85 s , Russian 70 s to 80 s Barlej .: grinding 48 s to 5 Is , malting 51 s to 57 , -Be ans-Egyptian 408 to 42 s , Mediterranean 42 s to 49 s . —Oats ' Russian 32 s to 35 s , Mecklenburg 32 s to 34 sper qr . -Ameri ! can flour 40 s to 45 s per 1961 bs . Richmond ( Yorkshirk ) , Junes . —We had a very thin supply of grain in our market to-day . Wheat sold fron Us to 14 b j outs , 4 s 3 d to 5 s 6 d ; barley , Cs Cd to 7 s beans 7 s to 8 s , per bushel . ' ' Tub Season and tub Chops . — The spring corn ( g general looks Well , but would be much improved bj little rain . The Sweetish turnips are coming up Ten

      regularly , and are now quite safe from the fly , wlitreve } they were sown in good time . The cultivation of thf valuable root , which is the foundation of the best an ! safest system of husbandry known in Europe , is greatli extending in this part of the country . As far as our owj observation goes , the potato crop looks well . With reo gard to insects , -we may mention that they are astonish * ingly numerous and mifchievoub on the fruit trws tiii . year . The black currants were first attacked , then tin red , and since the apple , pear , and damson trees . Ov , in to the ravages of these destroyers , there will be inu > hle » fruit this year , than was expected . —Liverpool Timtti Tnesday .

      CATTLE , &c . The following imports of live stock have taken place into London during trie past week : — From Whence Oxen Cows Calves Bheep Lambs Rotterdam ...... iOO 344 98 900 180 Hamburgh 60 — — : — _ Ilarlingcn ...... 194 380 40 COO - Nicudiep HO 40 10 120 49 Flushing . ' .. — — . — 200 30 Total .: 374 764 148 1 , 820 230 At Hull , Newcastle , and the various other outports , tli arrivals have amounted to about 150 oxen and cows , 4 || sheep , 30 lamliB , and 40 calves in , for the most part , good condition , and which have commanded a ready sale in tti local markets at advanced quotations .

      GREAT RISE IN PKICES . Smithfibid , Monday , June 7 . —The supply of forei gn stock on ofi ' er here' this morning was , compatativeh speaking , small , viz ., 20 i > oven and cows , SOU sheep and lambs , and 20 calves . The whole found . buyers at ai . vjinced quotations . From ourowu gruziHg districts thear . rivals of beasts fresh up were . smallandof middling qualiti , This falling off in the bulluck supply , together with tit large attendance of buy en , produced considerable eicitt . ment in the beef trade , and a very great advance tack place in the quotations . In some instances the primtit Scots , produced as much as six suilm . vgs per 8 lSs ; bit the more general highest figure was 5 s 8 d per Sifts , which prices were quite 6 d per 81 bs above those obtained onttii day Bc ' nm ght . Previously to the close of the market a total clearance of the beasts hud been effected . TMi was decidedly one of ttie dearest markets on record

      Compared with those at the corresponding period in 18 ) 5 , the quotations of beef ranged from Is 8 dto 2 d of nut . ton Is 4 d , of lamb 8 d to lOd , of veal 6 d to 8 d , and ofptrk 2 dto 4 d perSltis higher than at that period , audthett high rates were in most instances obtained with verj little difficulty . From Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cam . bridge&hirc we received about 900 Scots , homebreds . and short-horns ; from the western and midland counties 6 M Herefords , lunts , Devons , &c . j from other parts rf England b ' 00 of various breeds ; and from Scotland , 3 ( 0 horned and polled Scots . There was a full average num . bcr of sheep on offer . Still , however , the mutton tradt was steady , though we cannot call it brisk , at last Mon . day ' s currencies ; the best old downs , out of the wool , realising 5 s 8 d per Slbs . The supply of lambs was

      tolerably extensive . Prime breeds were in good request at extreme figures , viz , Cs lfld to 7 s per 80 ) s ; but other qualities were a slow inquiry at last Friday ' s prices * With calves we were scantUy supplied , yet the veal trad ,, was dull at the late decline in value We had a slo » i quiry tor pigs , yet in most instances late rates wore supported . Coarse and inferior beasts 4 s 4 d to 4 s 8 d , second quality do 4 s 10 d to 5 s 2 d , prime large oxen 5 b 4 d tu 5 sM , prime Scots 5 s fid to 5 s 8 d , coarse and inferior sheep 46 « d to 4 s 8 d , second quality do 4 s 8 d to 4 s lud , print coarse woolled sheep 5 s 2 d to 5 s 4 d , prime South down do Cs 6 d to 5 s 8 d , large coarse calves 4 s 4 d to 4 s lud , print small do 5 s to 5 s 4 d , large hogs 4 s to 4 s 6 d , neat small porkers 4 s 8 d to 5 s , lambs 5 s 8 d to 7 s per 8 B > s to sink the offal , suckling calves 21 s to 31 s , and quarter old store pigi 18 b to 23 s each .

      POTATOES . Borocoh and Spitalfields , Monday , June 7 . —A few arrivals of potatoes hare taken place from Holland since Monday last , but the supply on oS ' cr is exceedingly small . All kinds iuovo oft'heavily , at next t » nominal cui'reucie ! . York reds 240 s to 2 li 0 s , ditto Regents Mils to 280 s , ditto Shaws 200 s to 220 s , Lincolnshire and Cumbridgeshiii Regents 250 s to 280 s , ditto Kidneys 180 s to 22 t ) s , Dutch 1008 tol 8 l ) s pertou .

      WOOL . London , Monday , June 7 . —Since Monday last the im . ports of wool into London bave been large , viz , 2 , 000 boles from New Holland , and 1 , 800 ditto from various other quarters . Although the supplies ou offer in the private contract market are large , the trade is licavr at barely stationary prices .

      COTTON . Livsbfool , Holiday , June 7 . —The sales of cotton today have been to a moderate extent , say 4 , 000 to 5 , 0 C 4 boles . The market has been quiet , but price 3 are quit * firm and steady . The business done included S 00 Surats , chiefly at 4 jjd , to the trade . STATE OF TRADE . Maschesteb . — The renewed firmness of the com market , the unfavourable accounts as to the growing crops of potatoes , and tbe increased tightness of the London money market , have abated the inclination to make purchases in this market ; and spinners and manufacturers are willing to accept prices a little lower than those generally demanded at the commencement of tbe week . Very little business , however , has been done . Bradford . — Our wool market is extremely languid . Little business has been done , and , owing t « tbe limited demand , late prices have been barely maintained , The new wool already sold has fetched such prices that , in the present state of jur market , the consumers will not he able to make their own of it In yarns there is no improvement in price .

      Nottingham . —Lace . —We are glad to state that some improvement has taken place in this branch of our manufacture—slight it is true , but still an improvemen t . Hosiery—We are gratified to notice a much better teeliuji with more confidence , throughout the whole trade . —Mlingkant J / crcury .

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      A considerable quantity of potatoes has been imported from Sweden , at Newcastle . A Liverpool paper says that several new sugar refineries will aooa be built in that town . ° A proposed plan is now in circulation for the formation of % CQlony in Vancouver ' s Island , British Oregon . It has been proposed to bnild 5 , 000 windmills in Soinde , for the purpese of irrigating . the land with the waters of thtlndui .

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      Dkrbt Euction , —At the meeting of the National Registration and Election Committee , held at the Awembly RoomB , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , on Monday evening , June 7 th , Mr Miiae in the chair , it wai unanimously resolred that an address be issued from this bedy , andan appeal be made to the Chartists and members of the National Land Company throughout the United Kingdom for pecuniary aid towards the of

      defraying expenses oarrying Mr M'Grath to the poll , at the ensuing Derby Election . Lancashire and Yorkshire Dkikoitb Meetino Mat 23 , 1847 . —Blacksione Edoe . —Mr Wm . Heap of Bacup in the Chair . Delegates present—Charles Shaw , Roohdale ; Samuel Whitham , Todmorden Thomas Kitcheman , Halifax ; George Ashworth ' Bacup . The following resolutions were adopted-i- ' That the annual camp meeting take place near the White House , on BUckstone Edge , on the 11 th of July to commence &t half-past one o ' clock In the afternoon

      That F . O'Connor and Ernest Jones , together with the whole of the Executive , be invited to attend the meeting . That Mr Thomaslivsey of Rochdale , De invited to take the chair at the camp meeting . That this meeting be adjourned until the 11 th of July , at 10 o ' clock in the forenoon , and that the following places be requested to send delegates : —Littlebroagh Heywoed , Bnry , Manchester , Oldham , Lees , Shaw Milnrow , Saddleworth , Middleton , Ramibottom , Bllen field , Haslingden , Mtsden Paddock , Biponden , Bingley , Brigghoiise , StainUnd , Hudaersfitld , Cr « gj , Sowerby ] Heiden Bridge , Blland , Rochdale , Halifax , Todmorien ! Bacup , Burnley , Whitworth ; and every other town and village within 20 miles of the place of meeting . P . S . —All letters f § r me must be addressed to James Coup , care of John Massey , Littleboroueh , Lancashire .

      Manchebtsr . — The Observation and Election Committee beg leave to lay before the various localities in \ ancashire the following question , in accordance with the decision of the last delegate meeting ¦ — " Shall we , or shall we not , bring forward a candidate for the county at the ensuing election ; and if 10 , are the localities prepared to support the same ?" Now , friends , we earnestly hope n » unnecessary delay will occur in answering the above . As the time for action is at hand , it behoves every man to beBtir himself in aid of the good cause , and ahow our enemies that there is a leaven of the old spirit left . Arouse yourselves then , friends , and let as show to the country that Chartism ia not sleeping the sleep of death in this once practical part of Lancashire . John O Hba . P , S . —All answers to be sent on or before

      Tuesday , June 15 th , directed John O'Hea 76 Ilardman-streot , Deansgate . ' Towjcr Hamlbis . —Mr Broome lectured at the Globe and Friends , Morgan-street , Commercialroad , on Sunday , Juno tbe 8 th . His subject was •—" Words about R . Burns . " The lecture gave general satisfaction . This was the sixth lecture given by this' talented young man , for the benefit of the Victims Funds . The sum collected ( after paying all expenses ) was 12 s . 1 Jd . Mr Broom has kindly offered to give three leotures every quarter for the above object , in hope that other lecturers will foil owhig example , for the benefit of the victims . A resolution was passed recommending that each member of the Executive give a lecture once a month , for the benefit of the Victims'Fund . '

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      forthcoming meetings . Bbisiol . —A meeting of the members of this branch of the National Charter Association will be held on Monday evening next , June 14 , at Mr JNicnolls Coffee-house , Rosemary . street , at 8 o ' olock . _ CROTDOH . —Atea party and , conversazione is contemplated by the members , in conjunction with the shareholders of the Land Company . . £ AIIlfA f x ; r An ? P en air meeting will be held at the bottom of RaDgeJane , Hayk . hill , to commence at half . past 9 o ' clock in the morning . Mr CliBit wil deliver a lecture in the Working-Man ' s Hall , Bull close-lane , to commence at half-past 6 o ' clock in the evening .

      L HrjLL .-. The Chartists are requested to attend at the Ship Inn , Church Lane , on Sunday evening , June 18 th , at six o ' clook , on business of importance . ¦ * # Howsjll , nbar Malvbrk . —The shareholders are informed that a special general meeting will be held on Monday , June 21 st , for the purpose of electing a local treasurer in the room of Mr Jamea Mills deceased . ..-... ¦ ' . Manchbstbr . —MrBeesley , of Accrington , will deliver aleoture in the People ' s Institute , Hevrod

      street , Manchester , on Sunday , June 13 th , chair to be taken at half-past six o'olock , p . m . Subject : " The Charter . " Ernest Jones , Esq ., will deliver two lectures in the above place , on Sunday , June 20 th , one in the afternoon , at tw » o ' clock . —Subject : "The Land and its capabilities ; " the other at half-past six o'clock .-Subjeot : : "The Charter and no Surrender . " Mr Ernhbi Jonas will deliver two lectures in the People ' s Institute , Manchester , on Sunday the 20 th inst ., on " The Land and the Charter , " at 2 odook in the afternoon , and at 6 o ' clook the same

      evening . Northampton .-The Chartist of Northampton and its vicinity are earneaty requested to meet at the Temperance-hotel , KingrStreet , on Tuesday evenine next , June 15 th , at 8 o ' clook . . * Registration and Election Committee —The next meeting of this body will be held at the Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean-slreet , Soho . on Wednesday , June 10 th , at eight o ' clook precisely . The Metropolitan Committee will meet at the same time and place , when business ef importance will be broutht forward . * South London Chartist H * ll , Blackfriar ' s Road . -On Sunday evening , Jnne 13 th , Mr W . W . Brown , will deliver an address on the Forthcoming Election to commence at eight o ' clock . ""« g *« cnon ™ . S . ? UI M 5 DOllClulm 8 T Hall ' , BlackfriarsajisaB ^ rayftttsa

      4 . 12 ?™ -Mr C . Doyie will lecture in the Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , on Monday eve a ing Rext , JuneUth . Subject , 'The coJiii JTbl Sod- cti ^ t f » Tl Election bVthTchartisS npdj . Chair to be taken At eight o ' clock prcciSBjy , - Wksimwbtir Election . —Timpssakcb Hall , BROADWAY .-. lhis evening , Saturday , June the 12 th , Mr Edmund Stallwood will open the following subjec or discussion :- " The merits of tho several candidates aspiring to the Representation of Westminster . " Chair to be taken at 8 o ' clook precisely —tree discussion—the public invited—ieatB for . the ladies . . .

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      At a small" nbuse " in Dublin may be seen the following announcement , "ABses' milk every mornin « hot i ' rom the cow . "

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      BANKRUPTS . ( From tlie Genetic of Friday , Juno-D . ) RThoinaslIolmes , Bclgrave-strect South , Piinlico , buiMj [ -Hugh Phillips , Totlml-street , Westminster , linenuW -John Loclmood , Upper Buker-street , Dorset-squar * buttder-J antes Jl'Kcima , Gcorge-strett , llauover-B W tnilor-rWilliam AYagstaff , Liverpool , cabine tmaker- " " Bosustow , Hedruth , Cornwall , grocer-James ua ; 1 Oakauioor , Stullordshiu' , corn dealer—George v > niu » j ' ' Bradford , - Yorkshire , hutter-John Burrell . Wakf WW Yorkshire , surgeon-Charles Twigg , Birming ham ! «»" maker - William Ann , llambrook , Gloucestersu v > butcher-James . and John Oollius , Math , jewollevs- >" Judd , Hrynmawr , Brcconshiro , shop keeper—Jo * . yjiv , Bishopweavinput , Durbmn , grocer—William Tencl ' i laton , Durham , grocer . ^

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      DIED . James Mills , coach painter , - of Malvern Link , aged sixtysix years . He was a just admirer of Feargus O'Conniii Esq ., and a member of the Land Company . He wasun . obtrusive in his . inanncrs but firm in his princip les , lit was ever ready to . assist iu the protection of his fellow men ' s rights ugsiust all encroachments . He has left ' widow sixty-three years of age to deplore his loss . DrDobbs , at Newark , on the ' 3 rd instant , caustdbyn full from his gig . He was returning home from Carlwu when the accident happened . He was a sterliul Democrat , and a benevolent man , and respected bj allj rich andpoov . During the funeral all tha shops iv « f closed . A large funeral procession followed the d «' ceased ' fi remains to the place of burial , including all the clubs , many of which the doctor attended . Deaiu of a Tbub 1 ' atkiot . —At Glasgow , at J ' minutes pa 6 t five o ' clock on Sunday morning last , June 6 th , Joint Colquhouu , well known for his honest and

      ardent advocacy of the principles ot democracy . W deceased has left . 1 young wife , but no children , ... We have not been furnished with any particulars of tin illness , age , &c , of the deceased . John Colquhoun wai tveryiuchatruemanand sterling democrat . We knew him well , and knowing , honoured him for his many excellent qualities . Of him it may be truly said that " Even his failings lean'd to virtue ' s sid » . " In hu private friendship , and hie public devotion to t «« cause of freedom and justise , he was alike sincere , true . and open-hearted . His unexpected death has fallen u » shadow across our path which no sunbeam can altogcthw dispel .. John Colquhoun will be misled iu Glasgow-When the muster-roll of our patriots is c » Ued over , toe very omission of his name will cause men to rimemBJJ him , and sigh to think that hois no longer with ttteinw share their toils and aid their struggles . Peace to »> - memory . Peace to her who survives him . Weniour * the lots of a valued friend , and deplore the untimely ocai " of a true patriot . —Ed . A " . S .. - — . . _ . ....

      Printed Bv Dougal M'Gowan. Of 16, Great Wi'" 1 !"!, 1' ;

      Printed bv DOUGAL M'GOWAN . of 16 , Great Wi '" ! " ! , ;

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1847, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1422/page/8/