The Sun. — London, England, 1850-06-28 00:00:00

ATROC lOUS ASSAULT UPON HER MAJESTY. [A portion of the following appeared in our Fourth and Fifth Editions of last night :—] This evening, at a quarter-past six, as her Ma jesty was leaving Cambridge House, accompanied by a lady in waiting and three children, a tall gentlemanly-dressed man, about 43 years of age, aimed a violent blow at her Majesty's head with a stick, by which her bonnet was removed. The villain was instantly seized by the police, but not before he re ceived summary and severe punishment from the hands of the Infuriated populace, who surrounded the carriage and witnessed the assault. The miscreant is well known at the West End, and is considered insane. Her Majesty, we rejoice to say, was but slightly injured. LATEST PARTICULARS. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) Our reporter has ascertained from Mr. Inspector Wall, of the Vine-street police station, that the above information is quite correct. The miscreant described himself as Robert Pate, of 27, Duke-street, St. James's, and Wisbeach, in Cam bridgeshire, and stated to the police that he was formerly a lieutenant in the 10th Hussars. The occurrence has, as might naturally be expected, created a great deal of excitement at the West• end. Inquiries are momentarily being made at the Palace as to the safety of her Majesty, who, we are glad to repeat, suffers but slightly from the effects of this atrocious attack. Information of the assault has been forwarded to the police authorities in Scotland-yard, and the various Ministers of State, and in all probability the culprit will be brought up at the Chief Police-court tile first thing to •morrow morning. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. It is our painful duty to announce that a cowardly at tack was yesterday made upon her Most Gracious Ma jesty the Queen by a man who until within the last four years held a commission in her Majesty's service. About twenty minutes after six o'clock last evening her Majesty, accompanied by three of the Royal children and Vi,countess Jocelyn, Lady in Waiting, left Cam bridge-house, Piccadilly, where her Majesty had been calling to inquire after the health of her illustrious uncle. A crowd had assembled without the vourt-yard gates to witness her Majesty's departnze, and as the royal carriage passed out of the gates a person respect ably dressed, and about six feet two inches high, ad vanced two or three paces, and with a small black cane, which he held ha his hand, struck a sharp blow at the Queen. The blow took effect upon the upper part of her Majesty's forehead, and upon her bonnet, which be ing of a light texture, was driven in by its force. The act was witnessed by a great many persons, and a rush being made the, delinquent was instantly seized. Mr. James Sum.ners, in the employ of Messrs. Ordway, 159, Piccadilly, was the first to collar him, but several others hurrie6 forward at the same moment, and one person, unah,le to restrain his resentment, dealt the man a blow in the face which drew blood at once. But for the tiroel l arrival of the police, he would have been still more roughly handled. Sergeant Silver, of the C divi sion, took him into custody, and conveyed him at once to 'i.he Vine-street station. Her Majesty betrayed no feeling of alarm, and imme diately after the occurrence drove up Piccadilly, on her return to Buckingham Palace, the spectators cheering her loudly as she passed along—a mark of loyalty and affection which her complete self-possession enabled her to acknowledge with her usual courtesy and conde scension. When the prisoner was brought to Vine-street sta tion, Inspector Whitll, the officer on duty, received the charge. On being asked his name, he replied, without hesitation, " Robert Pate," describing himself as a re tired lieutenant of the 10th Hussars, and adding that he resided at No. 27, Duke-street, St. James's. The evi dence of Mr. Summers, and various other witnesses, having been taken, the prisoner was asked what ho had to say to the charge. He replied that it was true he had struck her Majesty with a thin stick, but he added em phatically, in allusion to the witnesses, " those men can not prove whether I struck her head or her bonnet." The prisoner was then conducted to one of the police cells, the charge being entered upon the police-sheet as follows:—" Robert Pate, aged 43, retired lieutenant, charged with assaulting her Majesty the Queen by strik ing her on the head with a cane, in Piccadilly, at 6 20 P.M. on Thursday the 27th inst. The names of the witnesses are as follows: James Summers, of 9, James-street, Oxford-street, in the employ of Messrs. Ordway, of Piccadilly. Charles William Doherty, Lieutenant 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade, of 10, Duke -street, St. James's. Daniel Farrar, of 3, Barron-street, Pentonville, car penter. - Samuel Cowling, 8, Norwich-court, Fetter•lane, bookseller. - William Gower, 43, White Lion-street, Pentonville, builder. William Phillips, 8, Euston-mews, Euston-square, porter. Thomas Harrison, 42, Union-street, Eagle-road, City road, cabdriver, badge 4,617. On being searched, there were found upon the pri soner two keys and a pocket-handkerchief. No money or weapon of any kind was discovered. It may be well to state that the small stick with which the prisoner struck the blow was not thicker than an or dinary goosequill—that it measured only two feet two inches in length and weighed less than three cutlets. Of course such a weapon as this could not under any circumstances occasion very serious injury, and her Majesty's appearance within two hours in the royal box at the C6vont-gezden Italian Opera proves beyond all possibility of doubt that she has not sustained much injury. After the prisoner had been placed in a cell, Mr. Ot way, the newly-appointed superintendent of the C divi sion, dispatched Mr. Inspector Field, the chief officer of the detective force, to search his lodgings. Mr. Field there ascertained that the prisoner had lodged on the third floor (an elegant suite of apartments) of 27, Duke street, during the last two years and a half ; that he was a man of regular habits, and paid his bills with great punctuality. His father was described to be a man of large property at Wisbeach, where he formerly carried on business as an extensive corn• factor. A large number of papers and documents were seized by Mr. Field, but nothing has yet been discovered which could by possibility explain the motive of the rash act. It is a curious coincidence that Sergeant Silver, who took the prisoner into custody, is the same officer who apprehended M'Naghten, and knocked the pistol out of his hand as he was about to fire a second shot at the unfortunate Mr. Drummond. A reference to `• Hart's Army List" shows that the prisoner entered her Majesty's service as a cornet, by purchase, in the 10th Hus,ars, on the sth of February, 1841. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on the 22d of July, 1842, and retired, by sale of his com mission, a short time previously to the embarkation of the regiment for India in 1846. The prisoner is a respectable looking man and slightly bald. He wears mustacheoe, but has not a very military appearance. [The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night RECEPTION OF THE MINISTERS AT THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. During the whole of the day the principal streets of the metropolis have been paraded by men beari ng pla cards, calling upon the citizens of London to meet Lord Palmerston at the House of Commons this even ing. Accordingly, at half-past three this afternoon, a large number of individuals were collected in the Pa lace-yard and round the doors of the House of Com mons, lining both sides of the way from Poet's-corner to Great George-street. Lord John Russell was the first who arrived, and was received with loud and unani mous cheering. Lord Palmerston arrived at five o'clock in a close brougham, and owing to this he passed through a great part of the crowd without being recog nized. On stepping out, however, he was immediately recognized and saluted with loud cheering from all sides, as well as from numerous Members of Parliament who were congregated about the doors of the House. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. A letter from Vienna of the 20th says—" We are assured that the Cabinet has received intelligence of the definitive s4ttlement of the Danish question. The principal bases of the settlement are-Ist, To gua rantee to the reigning family of Denmark the in tegrity of the monarchy ; 2, To guarantee to the fimily of Hesse the right of succession in virtue of the Salle law ; 3, To accede to the Augustem burgh family a becoming indemnity. Cer tain adminitrative advantages are besides, it is said, to be accorded to the duchies, henceforth inse parably united to Denmark. The affair is said to have been conducted and regulated, unknown to, or at least, without the participation of Prussia, by the English Plenipotentiary at C)penhagen, acting with the assent of Russia. The acceptance of the Berlin however, is not doubtful, although it must :?e,abandon its fine project of creating a Prusso-Gorman 4- C< navy, that project having depended on an entirely ailferent solution. r" - c - c". \ ITALY. 'rhe Corriere Mercantile contain 3 a letter from jkples of the 17th, from which it appears that thei t :fri f account we gave yesterday f rom the Marse i lles. pens, of an accident which had taken place at 4 ) spies, was exaggerated. It appears that the roof of an old building, formerly used as a granary, and I turned into a barrack, fell in on the 16th, burying eighty soldiers under the ruins. The King imme diately went to the spot, accompanied by a single general. The Risorgimento of Turin quotes correspondence from Naples of the 13th, giving an account of the commencement of the trial of the persons accused of belonging to the political sect of the Unita ltaliana. The trial commenced on the Ist instant, at noon, before the Grand Court. The prisoners entered the hall manacled, and were placed in a row between two files of gendarmes. The Grand Court was com posed of eight judges and three substitutes. Among the accused, forty-two in number, were five ecclesi astics, one of whom was the Arch-Priest Miele. There were also among them Signor Carafe, of the duchy of Andria, Count Poerio, Signors Settembrini, Nisco, Pironti, Persico, Leipnecher, Gualttiri, Agresti, Braico, Barilla, &c. There were twenty-two counsel for the defence ; Sig. Navarro, President of the Court, opened the case ; his speech lasted three hours. On the second day they act of accusation was read, in which, however, some points were suppressed, among which the assertion that Count Mamiani was at the head of the sect. The examination of the defendants was then commenced, and lasted the whole day. The proceedings; were adjourned, on account of one of the prisoners, Leinnecher, being seized with a dangerous fever. The Concordia of Turin of the 22d gives a few extracts of an official note from the Marquis d'Ase glio to Cardinal Antonelli, in which the former justifies the abolition of ecclesiastical privileges, and the condemnation of Archbishop Franzoni, which the cardinal had protested against in his last note. The Marquis d'Azeglio declares that in the facts complained of by the Holy See, " the action of the cabinet and of the different powers of the State has been rigorously restrained within the limit of their respective rights and duties," and that "no other way was open to uphold the former and fulfil the latter." He further expresses a hope that the conduct of the Piedmontese clergy will be such as "to avoid placing his Majesty's Government under the disagree able necessity of obeying their duty in this respect, from the fulfilment of which alone depend the respect of subjects towards the authorities, their obedience to the laws, and the order and tranquillity of the state." The general tenor of the note is temperate and dignified. COMMERCIAL (TRAVELLERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. A general meeting of the members of this institution was held yesterday, at eleven o'clock, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in pursuance of a resolu tion passed at a previous meeting in December last, to take into consideration the draft of the rules and regulations of the society. Among the subscribers present were Mr. W. B. Gunton, Mr. Jenkin Jones, Mr. Julius Oders, Mr. Yates, Mr. J. L. Evans, Mr. Gibson, and Mr. Ramsey. Mr. JENKIN JONES was unanimously called to the chair, and the minutes of the preceding meeting having been read and confirmed, be said, a copy of the draft of the proposed rules he believed had been sent round to every subscriber, whether he had paid his subscription or not, in order that an opportunity might be afforded him of attending this meeting and proposing any alteration, modification, or addi tion to the rules previously to their being submitted to the general body for their approval. The committee appointed at the meeting in December had taken very great pains to form such a code of laws and regulations for the government of the institution as should, as far as practicable, meet the views of the commercial body at large. That had, however, been a matter of difficulty, owing to the diversity of opinion which existed as to the character of the institution they were about to form. Some advocated the erection of alms-houses in] con nexion with the society ; others thought that the rules should confine the relief to be granted entirely to personal relief. He thought that the committee had met the views of those two parties in a very satisfactory way. If they confined themselves to getting up an institution solely with the view of granting relief in an asylum, it would be manifest that a large amount of capital would be required for its erection, and thus the society would be precluded from giving personal relief for some considerable time. The committee therefore proposed, in the first instance, to grant per sonal relief, and then to erect an asylum eventually if their funds would justify them in doing so, and that they might do under one of the proposed rules of the institution. The Chairman concluded by reading the draft of the proposed rule. A letter was read from M. H. J. Cherer to the chairman, suggesting that further time should be given for the consideration of the rules by the sub scribers before they were finally settled, and that they should be ratified some day in December next. Mr. W. G. B. GUNTON suggested that the ratifica tion of the rules should be deferred to the next half yearly court, out of deference to the proposition of Mr. Cherer, who had taken a deep interest in the formation of the society. The CHAIRMAN said he quite agreed with the sug gestion of Mr. Cherer, but at the same time he (the chairman) knew the difficulty of getting a body of subscribers together merely to consider rules ; and he proposed that the meeting should discuss the rules seriatim, leaving the time of their subsequent ratification to be fixed afterwards. On the first rule being read, which prescribes the object and limits the relief to be granted by the so ciAy " to necessitous commercial travellers, being members,' Mr. CHARLES WOOLTERTON moved, and Mr. BROOKSTY seconded an amendment, to the effect that the relief should not be confined to members of the institution. After some discussion this amendment was nega tived on a show of hands, and the rule as it orginally stood was confirmed by a large majority. The rule defining that the board of management should consist of thirty governors, to be elected an nually by ballot at the general court in December, was rescinded; and An amendment, proposed by Mr. WOOLTERTON, and seconded by Mr. RumsEY, to the effect that the board consist of thirty governors, and shall be chosen from the donors of ten guineas and the annual sub scribers of one guinea, and that one-third of the board shall retire annually by rotation, was substi tuted for the original rule. On the rule defining that a donation of fifty guineas in one or more payments, in five years, shall constitute the donor a vice-president for life, being put, Mr. WOOLTERTON proposed as an amendment that the words " five years" be struck out, and that no time be limited fur the payment of the fifty guineas, which amendment was carried. The rule prescribing the qualification of candidates for annuities to be persons who have paid at least ten annual subscriptions of one guinea was rescinded, and on the motion of Mr. Levy, seconded by Mr. Rum sey, the following amendment was substituted as a substantive rule :—That no person be eligible as an annuitant until he has paid at least five annual sub scriptions of one guinea ; and that no annuity be granted to a person under the age of fifty-five years, unless afflicted with total blindness, paralysis, in sanity, or other calamity which shall permanently in capacitate him from earning a subsistence, and that the affliction shall have occurred subsequent to his joining the institution. The amount of annuity to be granted to a recipient of relief was settled at 251., and if he shall die, leaving a widow, the board are empowered to grant to such widow such an amount of relief as they may deem necessary, not exceeding 25/. a year. A. few verbal alterations were made in other of the rules, which rules, as altered and amended, were then approved by the m ee ti ng , su bj ec t t o t h e i r b e i ng fi na ll y confirmed at the next general meeting, in December next. A committee, consisting of thirty gentlemen, were appointed to conduct the affairs of the society until the nexotngtehneermalomtieoen o meeting, * Mr. GUNTON, seconded by Mr. W OO LTERTON, Mr. J. L• Evans was appointed solicitor to the institution. The following gentlemen were appointed auditors : Beall, Mr. Michael Goodall, aMTr.ilßt,icAhlarr.dJohn O. 'Win. Carter Mr. nd was continued in the offic e of honorary secretary. Mr. GUNTON, the treasurer, intimated, before the conclusion of the meeting, that the total amount of money in the hands of the society was 2881. 153., and that during to-day he bad been promised dona tions of ten guineas by Mr. John Caffley, and five guineas by Mrs. Cattey. He might also say the committee had promises that would make about 1,000/., including the sum in hand, which he thought indi cated a remarkable degree of success, considering that the society was only set on foot in December last. On the motion of Mr. WOOLTERTON, seconded by Mr YATES, Mr. Gunton was re-appointed the trea surer of the institution. passed to Votes of thanks were then respectively the Chairman, Mr. Gunton, the treasurer, Mr. Evans, the honorary secretary, and the meeting separated at three o'clock. SINGULAR ATTACK AND DEFENCE.—Lftst week the wife of James Garth, farmer, of Whitfield Hays, near Rochdale, went into a field and was there attacked by a cow, and had her arm broken in two places, besides receiving bruises in different parts of her body. Another cow in the fame pasture immediately came to Mrs. Garth's rescue, drove away Mrs. Garth's tormentor into the middle of the field, and, then returned to Mrs. Garth, licked the blood from her wound, and stood over her as a protectress till assistance was' rendered.—Manchester Guardian. "THE GREATEST DISCOVERY OF THE AGE." We find in an American newspaper an article under the above title, on an alleged discovery of a new mode of decomposing water, and of obtaining from it the means of illumination and of heating, at a cost so trifling as must put a stop to the use of coal! There is frequently so much grave waggery in American newspapers, that we are never quite sure whether we are reading a serious narrative or a clever joke ; but the following article certainly does not look like a jeu esprit. As to the amount of truth contained in it, we must leave our readers to judge for themselves, merely remarking that, if it is true, the discovery is indeed "the greatest of the age." (From the Boston Daily Transcript of the Bth inst.) If all that has recently been said of the discovery, by Mr. Henry M. Paine of the decomposition of water, and the production of an inflammable gas, that is safe and easily managed, and can be applied to domestic uses, be true, then this must attain par eminence the rank we have assigned it at the head of this article. A couple of gentlemen of this city, a few days since, addressed a letter to Mr. Paine, making in quiries on the subject of this gas. In reply, he with much courtesy, invited them to come to Worcester, where he would be happy to show its operation, and give them any information they might desire. On Thursday evening, these gentlemen visited Worcester; and their report is, that they were well repaid for their journey. They learned from Mr. Paine that he had dis posed of the right to use his invention in the United States to parties of gentlemen in Boston and New York. He was very courteous, and gave the gentlemen all the information he could, without infringing on the rights of the new proprietors. A fortnight since, he would have been pleased to have shown the entire instrument; but as the matter now stands, he did not feel at liberty to show it. We un derstand that steps have been taken to secure patents in Europe; and when secured, the right of use will be offered for sale at a cost within the means of all. Mr. Paine does not claim the discovery of decom posing water, which was known 65 years ago; but he does claim the discovery of a new principle of elec tricity, by which the decomposition of water is ♦ery rapidly produced at a merely nominal cost. An hour was spent in hearing him discourse upon the subject, and, if all he claims for the discovery is verified, it cannot fail to revolutionise many departments of modern commerce. To see the purest flame, so clear that the faintest tints of blue and green can be readily distinguished, and of such a quality, that the eye is not pained in gazing on it, certainly speaks well for the su periority of the light. It burns with an even and steady consumption, about one cubic foot in three or four hours, sufficient to light a common-sized room. There is no smell or smoke to the gas. The flame is opaque, acid the power of the jet tremendous. During the last winter, Mr. Paine erected a light house upon a hill in front of his house, from which he directed the rays, by a reflector, to a village opposite Worceiter, and one mile and a sixth distant in an air line. The light was so powerful, that persons in the village could read by it. Another illustration of the character of this light is in the fact, that an excellent daguerreotype has been taken by it. Mr. Paine exhibited the stove which warmed his room. It was about 14 inches in di,,meter, composed of two circular pieces of sheet iron, between which a flame issues, and the cold air rushing in, it gives forth a most delightful heat. The stove may be used for cooking, and in fact for all purposes, where heat and light are required. The entire labour required to make a day's supply of gas for a common dwelling-house does not occupy two minutes in turning a crank; and the ma chine takes up about as much room as a common mantel clock. Writing upon this subject, Elihu Burritt, the learned blacksmith,says :—"'rnere is not only a saving of expense, but of wck, and the inconvenience and care of wood, coal, and ashes, and the danger from fire almost com pletely annihilated. This is not supposition; we saw the lights, followed the pipes to the cellar, and saw the apparatus employed for the decomppsition of the water; and must say we can hardly find words to express our astonishment at the simplicity of the machine, when at the same time we think of the greatness and grandeur of the discovery. This must rank, if not above, cer tainly equal, with the greatest discoveries and inven tions of the age. Wood, and coal, and oil, and fluid, may all be dispensed with, by the use of Mr. Paine's apparatus.". . Mr. Burritt further says :—" Two jets such as were burning in his house, would be sufficient to light a mo derately sized hall every night, at an expense of the in terest on the cost of the machine (about six dollars per annum), with only the little trouble of occasionally fill ing the cistern." _ It is understood that Mr. Paine has disposed of his proprietory right to his discovery for a sum, which may at first seem incredible; but a moment's consideration will show that the purchasers will have got a good bar gain if all that is said of the capabilities and cheapness of the light can be established. The terms of purchase are reported to be five millions of dollars, half a million down. Mr. Paine is expecting a visit from the committee on gas of our city government at Worcester, to look into this matter. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. Blamlscium, JUNE 26.—There was a very small attend ance at market to-day, but the little English wheat offering was held at last week's prices. No change in other grain. BOSTON, JUNE 26.—Wheat, red 35s to 41s Od, white 40s to 423, extra 44s ; barley OOs to OOs ; oats 15s to 17s ; beans, 25s to 28s; peas Os to Os per quarter. LYNN, JUNE 25.—Wheat 34s to 38s, fine 42s to 445; barley Os to Os, fine Os to Os per qr. ALFORD.—Averages for the week ending June 24—Wheat 38s sd; barley Os per qr; flour, best is 10d, seconds Is 6d. IleriNctlitm, JUNE 26.—Wheat 38s to 4250 d; barley 20s to 24s ; oats 18s to 20s ; beans 24s to 27s per quarter. Butter 8d to 9d per Os ; eggs 25 for Is. MELTON MOWBRAY, JUNE 25.—Wheat 38s Od to 41s ; barley 23s to 26s ; oats 17s to 20s ; beans 265 to 29s per qr. Butter Ild to 13d per lb ,• eggs 20 for Is. NxWARE, JUNE 26.—Wheat, white 44s to 465, extra 48s, red 41s to 435, extra 445; oats, feed 16s to 20; beans, 27s to 28s, extra 29, per qr ' • Saale and Bohemian malting barley 22s to 23s Od, Danish and Russian grinding 19s to 20s ; tares, feeding, 20s to 21s per qr ; linseed cake, English 616 s to 715 s per ton. CARLISLE, JUNE 25.—Wheat, 46s 2id ; barley, 24s 4d ; oats, 22s 3d per quarter. DERBY SMITHFIELD MARKET, JUNE 25.—The supply of fat beasts to-day was large, and the quality generally was good, the season of the year considered ; the wants of buyers was limited, no doubt owing to the extreme heat ; .there were several lots from our own and neighbouring coun ties which were well adapted to the weather. The number of sheep and lambs was again large, but the demand was flat. Fat and store calves were again plentiful. Beef, 41d to sid ; mutton, 4id to 5d ; lamb, 6d to 6i r d ; veal, 4d to 41d per lb ; pork, 7s per score. Rough fat, 3s 3d per stone of 141bs. Hides, lid to 11d per lb ; calf skins 3d to 4d per lb. GLASGOW GRAIN MARKET, JUNE 25.—Wheat is dull of sale, and rather cheaper. Fine Scotch barley is unaltered in price ; foreign meets a s'.ow sale, at 6d per boll reduction. O a t s are 3d to 6d per 2641b5, and oatmeal 6d to Is per 2401bs cheaper. Bag and barrel flour is the turn lower. Other articles are without change. Wheat, Scottish, 18s to 19s 6d ; English, 20s 6d to 213 ; red, 19s to 20s ; foreign, 16s to 22s 6d ; Irish, 17s 6d to 18s per 2401b5. DUNBAR, JUNE 25.—Wheat, weighing 611bs, brought 40s Od, and prices to —s. Barley, weighing 5411b5, brought 21s 6d, and prices to 19s 6d. Oats, weighing —lbs, brought 20s 9d, and prices to 18s Od. leans and peas, weighing 65ilbs, brought.,2Bs Od, and prices to Os Od. EDINBURGH GRAIN MARKET, JUNE 26.—Wheat—There were 743 qrs of wheat in the market to-day, being 28 qrs more than last week. Prices were 6d up on the top, and Id up on the average-53 qrs unsold. Barley—There were in to day's market .85 qrs barley, being 40 qrs less than last week. The top price was Id down, and the average the same-31 qrs unsold. Oats—The quantity of oats in the market was 457 qrs, being 219 qrs less than last week. The top price was 4d down, and the average 3d down-50 qrs unsold. Beans—The supply of beans was 83 qrs, being 22 qrs more than last week. Prices were Id up on the top, and Is 8d down on the average. 46 qrs unsold. Top of Wheat ... 62i1b. 43s 6d „ Barley ... 57i1b. 24s Od „ Oats ••• 46ilb. 22s 8d „ Beans 32s Od EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, JUNE 26.—The number of cattle was 564, or 42 more than last week. Top price, 7s Od; current, 6s to 6s 3d ; middling and inferior sorts, O s Od to i s per Dutch stone. At the close a great number unsold. The number of sheep and lambs this morning was 4,064, or 191 more than last week. Top price of best mutton,i to Od per lb ; current, Od to 5d ; middling and inferior, 341:1 to 41d. Lambs, top, 18s ; current, 13s to 16, ; secondary and inferior kinds, from Os to Os. At the close a clearance was not effected. CORK, JUNE 26.—Flour—First 12s 64 to 13s ; extra 14s ; seconds, 12s Od to 12s 6d ; households 9s to lls ; thirds, 7s to 9s per cwt. Oatmeal lOs 6d to 00s; Indian meal7s ed to 7s 93; wheat meal, lOs to JOs Griper cwt. Indian corn 140 s to 150 s Od per ton Bran 311250 d to 3/15s per ton. Hay—Farmers 26s to 38s; average 345; dealers 45s to 00s Od; average 00s per ton. Straw—Farmers 2Cs Od to 33s Od ; average 28s ; dealers 33s Od to 00s Od; average 003 Oel per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 6P ; household loaf 5d to 54d per 41b. Fresh butter, 7d to 83 per lb. Eggs-4s Od to 4s Id per hundred. Coal s — Newport 14s; Lydney 15s ; Landore 14s ; Best Neath Culm 13s per ton. Tallow 38s 6d to 00s per cwt, Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 6d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 4d; mutton 5d to 6id ; veal 4d to 5d ; pork 31d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d per lb. Hops 6110 s to 8110 s per cwt. Bangor slates Si 2s 6d to 3/ 5s per ton. Bark—Barbary 71 5 s to 815 s ; Valonia 14/ to 0/; French 71 ss; Spanish 9/ per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12s per stone. Hemp 331 to 00/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 13s to 14s; red ditto 15s to 20s per barrel ; Newfoundland 9/ Os to 101 per ton. Timber—Memel, 85s per ton; deals, first quality, 18s, second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 14s to 209: salted 15s to 21s per cwt ; calf skins 20 to 20 per lb. Potatoes, white 10d to 12d; Minions 14d to 16d; Guano— Peruvian, 11/ 10s; Ichaboe, 91 per ton ; Tar—Archangel. IN per barrel. MONEY MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 13 par mine, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex• change of 25.47; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.50, it follows that gold is 9.12 per et et. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Harnburgh the price of gold is 436 per mark, which. at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. lOirl. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.10 i; and the ex change at llamburgh on London at short being 13.91, it follows that gold is 0.40 per cent. dearer in liamburgh than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 110 Fr cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23.40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.42 per cent. in favour of Eng land, and after making allowance for difference of interest and charges of transport, the present rate leaves a small profit on the importation of gold from the United States. Tiverton gaol is at this moment empty for the first time during the last seventeen years, so that out of a popu lation of 12,000 inhabitants there is not now a single felon in custody.—Exeter Gazette. . THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1850. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE - OF LORDS, June 27. Their Lorthhip3 met at Fire o'clock. PETITIONS. The Earl of lIARROWBY presented a petition against infringement on the hours of factory labour, fixed at ten hours in 1847. L - ,rd STANLEY presented a petition with a similar prayer. firl TALBOT presented a petition from Kensington against the erection in Hyde Park of the building for the Exposition of 1851. Lord BROUGHAM complained of tho unsightly brick building erected in the open space near St. Margaret's Church, which he hoped was only for a temporary pur pose, but in finding fault with this they were straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel, while they were au thoriiing the erection of 'a huge brick building in Hyde Park. He should either to-morrow or Tuesday give notice of his intention to draw the attention of their Lordships to this subject. IRISH FRANCHISE BILL. Lord STANLEY wished to know whether it was the intention of the Noble Marquis to postpone the mo tion for the commitment of the Irish Franchise Bill, which stood for to-morrow, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was understood to postpone the Bill to Monday, if the Noble Earl opposite would postpone the motion of which ha had given notice for Monday. The Earl of HARROWBY would postpone his mo tion for Monday, if the Noble Marquis would secure him some other day. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE would accede to the proposal. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES BILL. Earl GREY would propose to bring up the report of this Bill to-morrow. In reply to Lord STANLEY, Earl GREY stated that he proposed to omit those clauses which related to the formation of a federal Go vernment. ABOLITION OF THE OFFICE OF LORD-LIEU- TENANT OF IRELAND. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented peti tions from the Lord Mayor, corporation, and trades of Dublin against the proposed abolition of the office of Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland, which he desired might be read in extenso by the clerk at the table. The petitions having been read, The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, after regretting that the petitions had not been placed i❑ the hands of some Noble Lord more adequate to do justice to the sub ject, and stating that a considerable difficulty had existed in inducing any other Noble Lord to present these peti tions, as several of them had refused to do so, proceeded to move the following resolutions:—" I. That to abolish the office of Lord Lieutenant is contrary to the ex pectations held out by the statesmen who carried the legislative union between the two countries, and who declared that though her Parliament was re mow d Ireland should still retain her Court. 2 . That if ever a period were inauspicious for any great change in the accustomed executive of Ireland, it is at a time when three years of famine have reduced her to the utmost ♦erge of despair; when large numbers of the resi dent proprietors are ruined ; when the burden of new poor laws is in operation; when the forced sales of estates is carrying on; when a rebellion has bean only recently sup pressed; when agitations of land questions excite to violence and illegal proceedings; and when the great controversy of free trade and protection con vulses the agricultural interests of the country. 3. That considering Dublin is one of the handsomest cities in Europe, and justly the pride of all Irishmen, with a popu lation 0f300,000, a trade improving between 1833 and 1848 from 600 to 980,000, and a navigation augmenting from 1843 to 1848 by 92,803 registered tons; that it is the head-quarters of a large army, with law courts presided over by twelve judges, a high court of equity adminis tered by a Lord Chancellor, a college of heralds, an opu lent university, and an archiepiscopal see, and abounding itself in scientific, literary, and charitable institutions; and considering that it differs from Edinburgh by being separated from the Imperial metropolis by a bois terous channel, while it possesses a Privy Council prepared to take all steps which a public exigency may require, it appears that Dublin is a capital competent to give the civil and military direction which a crisis may requre—a crisis which, notwithstanding the increased facilities of communication, may demand instant and local interposition, and which the office of Lord-Lieutenant, now existing for upwards of half a century, has hitherto been found able successfully to cope with and control." As the brother of the statesman who bad negotiated the Union he felt bound to draw the attention of their Lord ships to this subject. He had carefully studied the debates which had taken place elsewhere, but he had not found in them any sufficient argu ments to authorise the abolition of the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. The case of Ire land was by no means a parallel case to that of Scot land. Ireland was separated from England by the sea, and if they deprived Ireland of the local administration, they would find themselves involved in difficul ties, particularly in time of war. (Hear, hear.) . He should like to know what was the opinion of the illustrious Duke on this subject; he considered him a much higher authority than Lord Somers or George M., who were the only authorities quoted in favour of this measure. He knew not what necessity there could be for a fourth Secretary, seeing that at present the Lord-Lieutenant was subjected entirely to the control of the Home Secretary. What would have been the state of Dublin two years since if they had not had Lord Cla rendon there as Lord-Lieutenant to take immediate measures to prevent the city from emeute, in spite of the opposition of the Lord Mayor of Dublin? Was it possible, he would ask, that an Under• Secretary in Dublin, acting under a fourth Secretary in London, could have acted with such energy, or would have taken upon himself the re sponsibility of so doing? Ho objected to experimental legislation, and this was merely experimental legislation. Then with regard to jobbing, that was the act not of the Lord-Lieutenant but of the Minister of the day, and would continue tinder the rubs of the fourth Secretary as much as it had done under the Lord-Lieutenant. It had been said that the people of Ireland were indifferent to this subject. It was true the provincial cities had not made any great de monstration, but the citizens of Dublin had done all they could against the Bill; and surely the loyal citi zens of Dublin had claim on the Government of the country. This was only the first step ; if they took away the Lord-Lieutenancy they would soon take away the Four Courts and the Royal Hospital. Then they talked about the Queen's visit* ; but they were legislating for posterity, and it was mere cajolery to hold forth these royal visits as a substitute for the Lord-Lieutenant's Court. How was her Majesty to be received at Phceaix Lodge when there was no Lord-Lieutenant there? The place would be uninhabited; it was in itself a miserable place. Who was to receive her Majesty there? It was preposterous to talk of these morning calls as a substitution for the Court of the Lord-Lieutenant. He would urge upon the Government the necessity of appointing a Commission to take evidence on the subject before they determined to abolish the office of Lord-Lieutenant. Besides it was said that her Majesty was not so fond of the sea now as she was at the period when she visited Ireland. Nor, considering her Majesty's situation as regarded the nursery—(Laughter)—was it either likely or desirable that she should be asked to cross the Irish Channel so often as it had been indicated she would after the aboli tion of the viceroyalty. Compensation to the people of Ireland for the abolition of the viceregal court had been talked of, but he should like to know the nature of that compensation. He understood it had never been even talked of in the Cabinet. The effect of the abolition on the city of Dublin would be most disastrous; it would become a city of desolation, its inhabitants would be ruined, and ere long grass would grow in its streets. The Government had not dared to bring forward such a proposition while Mr. O'Connell was alive, because they knew he would have roused the whole people of Ireland against such an outrage.—(Hear, hear.) They waited till he had been called from hence, and then, in the midst of the severest misery and distress which had ever afflicted that country, they brought in a measure which would complete her destruction. It was said that this was but a trifle, but if one stone of a decaying building was removed the rest would soon follow. The Govern ment now wanted to abstract the Lord-Lieutenancy, and if they were suffered to do that they woutd next abolish the Commander-in-Chiefship, and then the Four Courts would follow. ;At all events he hoped the Government would see the neces sity of appointing a Commission to inquire into the subject before deciding on so important a measure. The question having been put, Lord BROUGHAM said, as that question would come before them in a tangible shape hereafter, he would not then enter into the details of the question, which was a very important one. There were many parts in the speech of his Noble Friend with which he agreed. The powers of patronage vested in the Lord-Lieutenant were not such as he ought to possess. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said the Noble Marquis having had an opportunity of bringing forward the subject to which his notice referred, and as the Bill on that subject would soon be before their Lordships, he hoped the Noble Marquis would not press his resolutions. The Noble Marquis tnen referred to several authorities to show that it had been considered one of the inevit able consequences of the union that the office of Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland should be abolished; but it was essential under such circumstances that some person should be responsible for the administration of Irish affairs. The Duke of WELLINGTON was not disposed to go into the discussion raised by his Noble Friend, and particularly as the Bill on the subject would soon come under their Lordships' consideration. But he did hope that the Government would consider well, and inquire into all the proper results and consequences of the step they were about to take.—([Tear, hear.) If they looked back to the history of Ireland for the last 50 years— nay, for the last 10 years—they would there see a conti nued series of military operations going on; and, accord. ing to the constitution of this empire, such could only take place under the civil power. During the last ten years he had much communication with Ireland with respect to military operations, and it was principally with the Lord Lieutenant he had had such commu nication, and also with the Commander-in• Chief. He had held such communications with his Noble Friend Earl de Grey on the question of the monster meetings. Then there were, more recently still, other operations to be carried out against parties who adopted the usual course of modern revolutionists, viz , that of publishing their designs. If there were not some such chief officer, ho would ask with whom he could communicate on such a matter.?—(Hear, hear.) Was it with the chief authorities indifferent parts of the country? Was he to have applied to the Lord Mayor of Dublin on the subject of thosa military operations to which he had referred?—(Elear, hear.) After these monster meetings. also,-in attending her Majesty's Court; ho had seen Mr. O'Connell and his suite presented to her Majesty as Lord Mayor of Dublin. What rfficer would , undertake to discuss military operatio ns w ith th e L or d I May or who had preceded Mr. O'Connell? --( ?tear, tat ar, and laughter.) If he had to communicate with the Com mander of the Forces fur the preservation of the city of Dublin on a recent occasion, and there being no Lord- Lieutenant, would he not be likely to say, " Adopt such and such precautionary measures; but be sure you take care that the Lord Mayor and corporation know nothing about the matter."—(Hear,and much laughter.) There had been some military operations in the neigh bourhood of Kilkenny. Who was the mayor of that city? Why a Dr. Kane, who, when the military opera tions were over, had been himself imprisoned under the Habaas Corpus Suspension Act.—(Hear, hear, and re newed laughter.) And yet these were the gentleman who would have to be consulted in the absence of the Lord-Lieutenant.—(Hear, hear.) He would recommend his Noble Friend, however, not to press his resolutions at present, although he fully thought it was dangerous to remove such an authority from a country in a con tinued state of disturbance like Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) Earl GREY said he thought it was the general under standing of their Lordships that it would be more conve nient to discuss that important question when the sub ject came regularly before them. He hoped, however, to be permitted to explain in a few words the views of the Government. There was no doubt, as stated by the Noble Duke, that military force in this country could not be brought into operation except under the civil power. There had been disturbances frequently in the manufacturing districts in this country and Scotland, and they had been suppressed by the ordinary co-operation of the civil and military authorities. With respect to the appointment of resident Secretary in Ire land, that of course should form some of the details which would be for their future consideration. The Go vernment were fully impressed with the necessity of giving the most serious and deliberate attention to that important measure in all its details. Earl FITZ WILLIAM did not see much chance of a Bill which had not yet gone into Committee in the House of Commons coming before their Lordships in time for sufficiently mature deliberation during the present ses sion. Although he was understood to agree with a good deal of what the Noble Marquis had said, he would not vote for his resolutions at present, but recommended their withdrawal. Lord MONTE A.GLE said, if that proposition tended to weaken the Government or the law in Ireland, he agreed that it ought not to pass; but it became a matter for them seriously to consider whether such in reality would be the effect of the measure. lie called upon them, however, not to hand over the government of Ireland to a few small public bodies there, who might be in communication with Downing street.—(Hear.) There was a Bill then on their Lord ships' table which had silently arrived at the stage of third reading, yet in every stage of its provisions the sanction of the Lord• Lieutenant was required.—(Hear). The Earl of RODEN said there were many in Ire land who would agree to that measure che-rfully if it tended to promote and consolidate a more perfect union between the two countries. But if it were not made a complete measure, the office ought not to be touched at all. The Earl of GLENG ALL asked whether the aboli tion of the office of Lord-Lieutenant would not weaken the Executive Government? He referred to the insur rection of 1803, and wished to know how such an emer gency (and it might again occur) would be met, if there was no Viceroy on the spot, to consult and take mea sures for the public safety? The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, having briefly replied, consented to withdraw all his resolutions. The Drainage and Improvement of Lands Bill passed through Committee. The Titles of Religious Congregatione Bill was read a third time and passed. ACCOMMODATION TO FOREIGN MINISTERS DURING DEBATES. The Marquis of LANSDO WNE moved the consider ation of the report of the Committee upon the above sub ject. In doing so, he said it was unnecessary for him to recapitulate all the arguments which had been used on a former occasion on that subject. The Committee had reported that another gallery be added near the strangers' gallery to that of the peers, for the accommo dation of such personages. Although it was the wish to afford every accommodation possible, it was necessary that the Houss should retain in its own hands the power of making such regulations as it thought fit. The pro posed arrangement was, therefore, entered into until other arrangements might be made. _ _ _ The Duke of WELLINGTON concurred in the ob servations of the Noble Marquis that the House ought to retain in its own hands the power of regulating its own standing orders. The report was, after a short conversation, understood to be agreed to, to theeffect that the lower end of the peers' gallery was to be added to a portion of the strangers' gallery, to afford accommodation to the members of the diplomatic corps. Some Bills on the table were then advanced a stage. CRIME AND OUTRAGES (IRELAND) BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, on moving the third reading of the Crime and Outrages (Ireland) Bill, ob served that his Noble Friend the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland had said that if he had such a measure as that to administer he could dispense with the Arms Bill altogether. Their Lordships then adjourned, at Ten minutes past Eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 27. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. THIRD READINGS, &c. The following Bills were read a third time and passed: Prussian Minister's Residence. Timber Preserving Company. The following Bills, as amended, were considered and agreed to : Nlarylebone and Finchley Turnpike Roads. Rochdale, through Bamford and Birtic to Bury, and other Turnpike Roads. The Manchester Bonding Bill was read a second time. _ PETITIONS. Sir R. 11. INGLIS presented a petition against the admission of Jows into Parliament. Similar petitions were presented by Sir C. Burrell, Mr. Christopher, Mr. R. Palmer, and several other Hon. Members. Mr. PRIME presented a petition from Arundel com plaining of the alterations in the Post-office. Mr. J. REYNOLDS presented a petition from Dublin against ministers' money. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from Forfarshire praying for a drawback upon bonded spirits. Sir D. NORREYS presented a similar petition from Malton. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented several petitions from different parts of the metropolis in favour of the Mar riage Bill. Mr. PACKE presented a petition from Hinckley against certain clauses in the Savings Bank Bill. Mr. M. GIBSON presented eight petitions from Man chester in favour of the Marriage Bill. um_ PROPOSED ERECTION IN HYDE.PARK. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY gave notice of a motion for Monday next with respect to the right of the Commis• sioners of Woods and Forests to erect a building in Hyde-park for the Exhibition of 1851. Sir DE LACY EVANS gave notice that to-morrow he would put a question to the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests on the same subject. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that on Monday next he would ask the first Lord of the Treasury when the intended Exhibition of 1851 would close; also whether it was not advisable that the Commissioners of Woods and Forests should reconsider their determination to erect the building in Hyde-park, and whether, in the event of the amount raised, or to be raised, by voluntary subscription being insufficient, it was in the contem plation of her Majesty's Ministers to ask Parlia ment, either this year or next, for a grant of public money to defray the expenditure which would be in curred.—(Hear, hear, and cheers from the Protectionist benches.) Mr. ROEBUCK wished to know from the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) whether, in the event of the building being erected in Hyde-park, there was any stipulation that it was to be pulled down ?—(Hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said, as the Hon. Member for Finsbury had given notice of a question on the same subject for Monday next, he would rather defer giving an answer to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman's ques tion until that day. Mr. HUME wished to know if Government would guarantee that there should be no expense incurred ou the part of the public? Mr. LABOUCHERE said it should be distinctly un derstood that Government had nothing whatever to do with the expense of the exhibition, which was alto gether a private speculation. Government had nothing whatever to do with it. Mr. ROEBUCK asked the Right llon. Gentleman whether he would sanction any application to Parlia ment next year for a grant to assist the undertaking, supposing tho Right lion. Baronet should then be in office? Mr. LABOUCHERE declined to give any pledge of that sort, but he could positively state that he had no apprehension of any such vote being asked for.—(oh!) Mr. ROEBUCK considering this answer unsatisfac tory, gave notice that on the earliest possible day, he should take the sense of the House upon the propriety of destroying the parks. CONISIISSION OF SEWERS. Lord DUNCAN wished to ask the Noble Lord (Lord Ebrington), the chief minister of sewers—(A whether the printed minutes of the Commissioners of Sewers were proper records of their proceedings, the minute-book not having been entered up since Fe bruary last? Loi 7 d EBRINGTON said he had been informed by a barrister that the printed minutes would be good evidence in a court of justice. CLAIMS OF BRI Hsu MERCHANTS IN SICILY. Mr. B. COCHRANE, seeing the Noble Lord at the head of the Government in his place, wished to ask him whether any correspondence had passed be tween her Majesty's Government and the King of the Two Sicilies, not the King of Naples, on the subject of some extravagant and absurd demands made by British inhwehants in Messina. Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied that communications had passed between the two Governments, but as the last dispatch intimated that the matter in dispute had been referred to arbitration the time-had not arrived when the pipers could be laid on the table. Mr. B. bOCHRANE asked if any threat had been held out to the King`that the British fleet would be sent to Naples ? • Lord J. RUSSELL said no such threat whatever had been held out, but he must decline answering any snore questions on this subjet, as the commu nications were going on with a Iriendly Government upon claims that now appeared to be fair and just, and these questions would only have the effect of impecUng their recovery.—(Cheers.)' 4 TENANT RIGHT (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD intimated that he wighed to postpone further proceedings on this Bill until Tuesday next, in the hope that some arrangement might be come to with the Government respecting it. THE ENGLISH AND IRISH UNIVERSITIES. The order of the day having been read for resuming the adjourned debate on the subject of the proposed Commission for inquiring into the state of the English and Irish universities, Lord J. RUSSELL suggested that the debate should be resumed on Thursday, the 25th July. ' Mr. GLADSTONE said he hoped the Noble Lord would fix some day less distant, and one on which fuller attendance of Members might be secured. Lord J. RUSSELL had no objection to name Thurs day, the 18th Jul, for the purpose. The resumption of the debate was therefore fixed for Thursday, the 18th July. AFFAIRS OF GREECE—ADJOURNED DEBATE. Sir JOHN WALSH rose to resume the debate. He said one of the advantages he had in addressing the House on this question at a late stage in the debate was, that he should consider himself exempted from troubling the House with a recapitulation of the facts involved in the question, which he might fairly assume were fresh in the recollection •of Hon. Members. He had had the advantage of listening to the speech of the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, from one end to the other, and he would frankly say be entirely disapproved of the whole foreign policy of the Noble Lord. At the same time he hoped the Noble Lord would forgive him for rendering his (Sir John Walsh'a) sincere and un feigned admiration for that speech, considering it as an effort of Parliamentary eloquence of a very, high order. The Noble Lord had complained that no Hon. Member on that (the Protectionist) side of the House, had thought it to be his duty to meet the resolution in the other House by a similar resolution in this House. Hon. Members on that (the Protectionist) side of the House thought that two alternatives were presented for the adoption of her Majesty's Ministers. These were, either to have tendered their resignation on the vote of the other House, or to have justified them selves by a counter-resolution in this House emanating from themselves or from some known supporter of their policy. It hadbeen imagined by Gentlemen on that side of the House that one of these two alternatives must be followed, but a third course had been found out, which the Government had adopted—that of doing no thing at all. They had left it to a gentleman who was not always' a supporter of their policy, but occasionally found fault with many parts of their foreign policy, but who was now prepared to vote confi dence in their policy as a whole. But there was one point which this present resolution would not meet, and that was how far it was the duty of a Government to protect its subjects abroad. He contended that the Government of this country should adopt and carry out that great maxim of political as it was of Christian morality-" Do unto others as you would have others do unto you." That in respect to Greece we had neglected to adhere to that wise adage, and had done what we should have resented in the highest degree if directed against this country. How should we like to set aside our own or dinary courts of justice, and establish other tribunals for the express purpose of giving compensation to foreign subjects who felt themselves aggrieved? Yet the Noble Lord cLord Palmerston), who was supposed to be the 'champion of liberal principles, who wished to be con sidered in all the states of the world as the defender of freedom, came forward in that House, and in glowing terms announced his conquest over a dependent and weak state. The Hon. Baronet then referred to the cases of indi • vidual injury and oppression which the Greek Govern ment had committed, observing that in point of fact there were only two instances where the Greek Govern ment had been culpable, namely in the treatment of the lonians and the capture of a boat ; belonging to the Fan tome. The conduct of the Greek Government in both, he thought, was justifiable.y With respect to the boatmen at Salcina, the Noble Lord seemed to insinuate that the Custom-house officers were accomplices of the brigands; but as that seemed to be only an insinuation, he (Sir John Walsh) thought he was en titled to assume that it was without foundation. He con sidered that the Noble Lord had afforded a very unsatis factory explanation as to the not laying on the table of the House the documents on the arbitration between Mr. Finlay and the Greek Government. He thought that the Members of the House of Commons had a right to complain of the suppressio veriin that case. With respect to the case of M. Pacifico, it had been so much adverted to in this debate that he should not think of dwelling upon it. The Pacifico case was the first origin of all the subse quent troubles ; these claims were the foundation of all the great character which these transactions had assumed. The Noble Lord was bound to have satisfied himself on the justice of these claims, but, as the: blue book showed, Sir Edmund Lyons was directed at the first outset to send in Pacifico's bill in the usual form, and to leave it to the Greek Government to object to the items as they chose. He would not go into the details of the French dispute, but he would just allude to the most unfounded assertion of the Hon. and Learned Member who opened the debate, that the French Go vernment had been - actuated throughout the whole matter with the utmost bad faith. Russia, in these transactions, appeared to be the champion of the freedom and inde pendence of small states, as the protector of the weak, said the opponent of. arbitrary power, as applied to international relations; whereas England, on the contrary, with her great power and undoubted su periority, was heralded forth to the world as a nation which arrogated to itself the right to enforce demands of a very questionable character, which might be made upon foreign states. The Noble Lord (Lord Palmerston) had resorted to the most unscrupulous means in order to carry out his particular policy in re gard to foreign nations, and he had by doing so sown the seeds of disturbance and revolution in many parts of the world. The Noble Lord had always laboured under this error; he constantly imagined that in fostering what he considered liberal principles in Europe he was carrying out and promoting something analogous to the glorious system of English liberty; but if they traced the whole history of his foreign policy, they would find that that policy had encouraged Jacobinism and anarchy, which in the end led to a reaction; and thus it turned out that instead of the Noble Lord promoting the cause of liberty he travelled through anarchy and blood shed to military Government. The Noble Lord secretly end clandestinely intrigued for the purpose of placing another Sovereign on the throne of Sicily, at the very time he had sent Lord Minto as Ambassador to the King of Naples. Throughout Europe the Noble Lord was famed for his intrigues to keep up a revolutionary spirit. His communications abroad were something like his ex pression at Tiverton, ?' Go it, my boys."—(Laughter.) He could net give his vote in support of the foreign policy of the Noble Lerd. It had proved injurious to this country as well aS to foreign nations. He hoped the House would not identify itself with the policy and feelings of the Noble Lrd. If it did, England would be regarded as the patron and champion of revolution throughout the globe, and in a short time they wouli not only find themselves exposed to the passive, but to the active resistance of the whole world.—(Hear.) Sir HARRY VERNER said that the speech of the Noble Lord would be attended with a beneficial effect to British interests throughout the world. Englishmen would find themselves eh - titled to claim justice at the hands of foreign nations, and protected while they did well by the vigilant eye and strong arm of their own government.—(Hear, hear.) Now with regard to his policy with respect to Greece. The poor young King found himself powerless to suppress the turbulence which prevailed in that country. The government was in the hands of a set of unprincipled map, who thought of nothing but how they might keep themselves in power. From correspondence which he had in his pos session; it appeared that the Noble Lord had been long and constantly solicited to take the Greeks in hand. Greece had been weak, and other countries had profited by that weakness. The Noble Lord had accepted the good offices of France, but the diplomatist employed had not truly and fairly carried out his in structions. The Ambassador of France in this country, M. Drouyn de l'Huys, had so far as was known, acted an honourable part. His had stated that he lamented having spent five hours with the Noble Lord, and been unable to bend him from his purpose. Now, why did not the Noble Lord bend from his purpose? Simply because he thought that by doing so, he would not be upholding the honour and dignity of the country. The policy of the Noble Lord certainly did not suffer by comparison with Lord Aber deen. The conduct of the latter in Rio de la Plate was not fortunate. He rejoiced that this bold and general vote of approbation had been proposed by the Hon. and Learned Member for Sheffield. The conduct of the Noble Lord was most worthy, and not deserving of the censures heaped upon him. He had eminently served the best interest of the country. He thought they were called upon to affirm a great principle in their diplo matic affairs—that foreign nations should not have the power to displace our Minister, and that Englishmen should be protected abroad. He should cheerfully vote for the resolution, feeling that the honour and interests of this country abroad were safe in the hands of the Noble Lord.—(Hear.) Sir R. H. INGLIS said the question at issue was not immediately respecting Greece; nor any particular trans action relative to that country, and therefore in his opi nion if the motion of the Hon. Member for Youghal had been brought on he believed he would then understand what was the real question. He dissented from the proposition of the lion and Learned Gentleman the Member for Sheffield (Mr. Roebuck), who wished by his motion to obtain from that House a vote of confidence in favour of the Noble Lord (Lord Palmerston), in which he did not by any means agree, for he did not consider that the conduct of the Government, and more especially of the Noble Lord (Lord Palmerston), was worthy of the approbation and confidence of the House. He again considered that the House of Lords were legitimately exercising their functions in examining into the con duct of any Minister, and that such a course was open to them as well as to the House of Commons; and he could not avoid expressing his astonishment that the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell), who held at his com mand the authority of the Crown and of that House, should have expressed himself with respect to the House of Lords in the manner that he had done. If it were a money Bill, he would fully concur with the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) that the House of Lords should not interfere, but on such a subject as the present, he con sidered that both Houses had a just right to give their opinion. He should say that while the Noble Lord had given his support to free opinions in Sardinia, lie did not support the principle of the Protestant religion in se veral other places. He meant to say that in Tuscany, and even in Sardinia, the system of proselytism was not admitted; and to what was the expulsion of thoe Pro testants who exer, ed themselves to instruct the people of those countries attributable, but to the apathy of the Noble Lord (Lord Palmerston), in conjunction with the Government with which he was connected. There was one circumstance that he was glad to have it in his power to state—namely, that the TTO OP, Noble Lord did not support the cause of the' Poles aging' the Russians, thflugh he, at the same time ..c -tuated other states to establish their independence by revolution, or any otheemeaus of opposition to their lawful and long-recognised Sovereign.—(Hear.) He questione i whether, the PeaCennen iri.that House would support the Noble Lord -(Lord. Pelinerstbn) who had been the instrument of war throughout theeehole conti nent. He returned his eincere thank s to the Noble Lord for his able and indefatigable 'exerti, ns for the destruc tion of the slave tralle bat at the same time should say the, he believed that the Noble Lord was virtually en couraeing that slave trade by his connivance at the im portation of slave-grown sugar into this country.-- (Hear, hear.) He regretted with the deepest pain, from his high respect fur the Noble L _.rd, that he should on the present occasion withhold his assent to the propo position of the Hon. and Learned Member for Sheffield (Mr. Roebuck). The Marquis of GRANBY said that the Noble Lord (Lord Palmerston) had taken the privilege of travelling over all the nations of Europe, in order to defend his conduct, by showing that he was directed by the spirit of propagandism, and for that reason he was most strongly opposed to the opinions of the Noble Lord (Lord Palmerston.) For if such a principle were to be sanctioned, he was at a loss to know where it would end, as Russia, France, Austria, and other countries, would ride roughshod over all the other nations of Europe.. He would only ask the House what was the meaning of Lord Minto's travelling; commission? Was it anything else than to carry out.. the principles of propagandism? Look to the state of the Sardinian Government, and also to Sicily, and let the House say was it for peace or reconciliation, or for the benefit and pros perity of the people or the Governments, that the Noble Lord (Lord Minto) under the dire-ction of the Noble Lord (Lord Palmerston) had unduly interfered with those states. • He would again ask what right or grounds had the Noble Lord (Lord Palmerston) to say that Prince Metternich was not honest and sincere? He next contended that the people and Government of Greece were very unjustly treated by the Noble Lord relative to the claims of Pacifico and Finlay, particu larly the former individual, who never brought his case before a tribunal of that country. When the Noble Lord (Lord Palmerston) alluded to Mr. Findlay, he should say, in opposition to the Noble Lord, that the arbitration had , ,not - Ceased before the, Noble Lord's orders for blockade were issued and put into execu tion, and, moreover, he was prepared to prove that the arbitration had not closed till the day after those orders were issued and carried into execution. With respect to the proffered mediation of the French Government, the Noble Lord had not met it in the.,right spirit in having said that the British Government would not abate one jot of its claims. Then as to the conven tion in London, the basis of which was' foemed On the sth of April, it was the duty of the Noble Lord to have sent instructions of that convention at once to Athens, but the Noble Lord had failed to do so, and e to that omission of duty was attributable much o f , the'danger that arose out of the negotiation of those claims. With respect to the assertions that the interests•of 'Austria and Prussia were antagonistic to those of England, he contended that such was not the case. He admitted the great talent of the Noble Lord, but if talent were-mis applied it was dangerous, and looking at the whole of their foreign policy under the Noble Lord, lie found it insulting to other nations, and must, therefore, vote against the motion of the Hon. Member for Sheffield, which was a vote of confidence in that policy. Sir WILLIAM MOLESW ORTH said that the Hon. Member for Sheffield bad in his motion reverted to the foreign policy of the Noble Lord at the bead of the Fe reign Department, and had asked the House to support that policy. They sat there as a court of solemn appeal, for the purpose of pronouncing a solemn verdict on that policy, and they were bound to do so. The English peo ple had so much to attend to in their domestic interests, that they commonly confided their management of fo reign affairs to the hands of the Government; the repre sentatives of foreign nations were aware of that, and the effect of the vote of this House would be either to iden tity the people of England with the foreign policy of her Majesty's Ministers or to Separate them from that policy. What were the principles of their foreign policy? The Noble Lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs had, in the ablest speech that was ever delivered in that House—(Hear, hear)=declared it. He (Sir William Molesworth) considered it an unsafe policy. Now, as to the claims of British subjects in foreign countries, it was said that it was the duty of her Majesty Ministers OD exert their influence and power in protection Of those claims. Now, that appeared to him to . de rather a dangerous doct r in e , f or accor di ng to suc h octrine, if a subject should be injured and not able to Obtain redress, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs would be bound to interfere in his. behalf, and commit the Baden in strife, and that was the course taken by the Noble Lord. Why, if a British subject were waylaid and plundered by banditti in a foreign country, the Noble Lord, according to that doctrine, would be bound to in terfere and call for redress from the Government of that country.—(Oh,, oh.) If a foreigner in' this country should be robbed of his property by pickpockets, accord ing to the doctrine laid down by the Noble Lord, the Government of such foreigner's country would be bound to take the matter up, and call on the British G overn went for redress.—(oh, oh, and laughter.) And accord ing to that : doctrine also, if the judges. in the courts Of law in foreign - countries should decide against British subjects, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs in this country would be at liberty and bound to take the matter up.—(Renewed cries or "Oh oh.") That doctrine was appreciated by all despotic countries, and if carried out, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs would become the chief poli ce Linen to enforce it, and in truth the Noble Lord, in the conclu sion of his speech, had said that a British subject should be protected—(Bear, hear)—and referred, -in support of that policy, to the declaration of a Roman whenever in jury was inflicted on him. Civis Romanus sum—."l am a Roman citizen." Why Rome, at the period of history to which the Noble Lord had referred, was mistress of the world, and•trampled on the rights of all opposed to' her. He (Sir William Molesworth) maintained ,that if. Englishmen chose to go wandering in foreign countries wherever pleasure or business may lead them, they must take the consequences if anything occur to them in those countries, and the more despotic the country to which they may go, the less should they look to , thei r own country to aid them.---(0h, oh.) With regard to the in terference of this country with the affairs of other coun tries, the Noble Lord had made use of the same' lan guage made use of , by the . Hon. Member for Sheffield in his motion, and Spain, Greece, Switzerland, Eome; Sicily, and other countries, had experienced this con sequences-of the Noble Lord's interference. Thee Hon. and Learned Gentleman had said that all that was good in many of those states, they bad chiefly, received from England, and that she was justified in interfering 'where she considered there was anything wrong; and tb e Hon. and Learned Gentleman in his statements had irr puted all sorts of motives to Austria and Russia. It hi sc t been said that the Noble Lord only wished to propag:i ste his principles in-other countries by ," moral" influence.. Why, that had been said by the leaders of the:first Frere eh Re volution. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman, in speak ing of France and this country, had said that t; he two countries should feel towards each other as tv es indi viduals. He agreed in that sentiment, but be m rust say that one nation had no more right to interfer tin the private and internal affairs of another natice s than one man had to interfere in the private a f 'airs of another. Those tronsactions of " officious me M idling" were very dangerous, and that was p t wisely their character among the nations of the earth. He was told that they ought to vote in favour of the motion of the Hon. Member for Sheffield, for that her Majesty's Minister s w ou ld " go out" if not w E 11 sup ported, and the consequence would be, as there s Pere no Liberal Members to take the Government and fiii l their places, the Tories would come into office, an.event which would lead to revolution and the destruction of pro perty.—(Hear.) Suppose her Majesty's Miniso s. rs were to go out of office—and he, for one, should be ve r y sorry to see them go out of office, because he had be t 13, and was still, a supporter of much of their policy- - he did not apprehend that the coming in of the Tories; would be followed by revolution and the destruction of pro.. perty.—(Hear, hear, from the OpPosstion.) Belt it was said, if there would be a " dissolution" of Parl a meet; and why not?-;-(Hear and laughter.) He, sad s one of those with whom he acted were for " triennial " liaments—(Hear, hear)—and three years of 'the, Iprosent Parliament had already expired.—(Hear, and laugh ter.) And it was also said that some of then,' would " lose their seats," and why not?—(Hear, her a and laughter.) Why, that would but prove that the , were not the representatives of the people.—(Hear, ; bear) He would refer them to the Reform Bill, and in 'conclu sion he would refer them their institutions, and . would express his belief that it was a calumny to say t I sat any Member would vote against" his conscience. The refore, they should come to the conclusion that every !, one of them should vote according to his conscience. Ile had for many years protested against the &reign l whey of her Majesty's Government; his convictions r tmained the same on that subject; and he should, there; tore, on the present occasion deliberately, vote against the mo tion of the Hon. and Learned Member for S beffield, regrettipg that he was constrained to separate l himself i on the question from those es t eeme d f r i en d s witl whom he had, on most other occasions, so long and so o srdially acted. SHAFTO ADAIR contended that Briti ah sub jects residing abroad were fully entitled to the sa itie pro tection that they would enjoy at the bands of the .Eritish Government when living in England. He admit sci that non-interference was the rule, but circumstances might policy of then now . w N at o to tal l e Mi nister m eted which would, in his opinion, render noes -inter ference highly culpable, and those circumstances had occurred in F in with Foreign Affairs, w thee ic to censure by a vote of the House of Commons. The arguments used in the attempted justification of tha tt vote of censure were those which had been already fe ontra dicted and exposed. If he thought that England pros titut'd her power for purposes of Oppression, no ties of friendship for the Minister engaged in such a 7pursuit —no consideration of party would induce him :to give his assent to that system O. P policy—no atte leirment, personal otherwise, would p ersua d e hi m ti) g i ve a silent vote o r onsuc such an occasion; but because. he did not consider that the foreign policy of her 1/01, ajesty's Government was deservint, of reprobation Ito stood forward to supp ort it '' b lie f could a trace nkind th e firmly and determi ne dly. the world, w i t h t l onrgs pperresservnetreedd operation of that p o li c y th roug h o ut a gn a ga. d ei v nn a osl n ist eat theal hglae, generally, and Ni not shon o Noble dal er ndbi he tru s ted chargesßritish itinterests,tf andhe tei ie dutylt lookedc c u accusa tions our Government to interftre with foreign states, for the protection of British subjects, he alluded to the Act of the Venezuelan Legislature, passed in April, 1848, under which subjects of Great Britain,:, 'residing in Ve nezuela, were, in some instances,,denied theirrights, and in others, where an unjustifisble delay in treknowledging their rights took place. There were some, perhaps, who n Gr :?titeci I Dt hi