The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-19 00:00:00

GREECE.

Athens journals to the 7th have arrived. They
announce the retirement of M. MELETOPOULOS,
Minister of the Interior, M. DAMIANOB, Minister of
Justice ; and M. BAEBOGLIS, Minister of Public
Worship and Justice ; and state that they are re-
laced by M. DANOPOULOS, Deputy of Argos, in the,
Interior, M. PiLOVILEGIOS, Deputy of Milos, of
Justic, and M. STUAVOS VLACHOI, Deputy in
Athens, in Public Worship and Instruction. The
Courrier d' Athernes says
" Letters from Patras state that the growers of cur-
rants, and landowners in general, are in the greatest dis-
tress. Money is rare, commerce suffering, and the mer-
chants who ordinarily wade them advances for the cul-
tivation of their vines refuse this year to lend them the
smallest sum of money. This state of things, joined to
the sensible fall in the price of Corinth currants, has
caused the landowners re siding at Patras to address to
the Ministry a petition. calling on it in pressing terms to
demand from the British Government a diminution of
the entrance duties. It is much to be wished that the
English Cabinet, in its kindness to Greece, and with the
view of giving greater extension to the relations of com-
merce between the two States, shall adopt this mea-
sure, which can alone preserve the most important class
of our producers from inevital.le ruin."

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS:

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack
at Five o'clock.
SALE OF GUNPOWDER TO THE KAFIRS.
Earl MA.LMESBURY said he had received a letter
from Messrs. Walton and Bushell, stating, in reply to an
assertion made in that House, that though they had ex-
entirelyuepewder to the Cape of Good Hope, they were
ignorant of its ultimate destination and use.
They expressed their horror at beieg supposed guilty of
kn.-) wingly selling ammunition and powder to the ene-
mies of the queo, and declared that such was not the
fact, and that they would take precautions so as to
prevent a further supply passing from their hands to the
J„iafirs.
PETITION OF JAMES HAMILTON STORY.
The Earl of EGLINTON called the attention of
their Lordships to a petition from James Hamilton
story, praying for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal a
portion of an Act passed in 1804, relating to the Mont-
got:eery estate, and moved that the petition be referred
rneiish judges tor the Purpose of obtaining their
to two 4eHee
considered that great injustice had been
report.
in depriving hi
Mr• Story he trusted their Lordships would
him of his ancestors'
done to •
There were pre-
estates in Ireland,
to his motion,
proposed, be-
not hesitate to accede.
the course he now
pre-
cedents for adopting
had passed Bills t
cause their Lordships
Acts with regard
takes which had occurred in previous ° correct mis-
ixtabolteioup,racotni
to the disposition of estates.
Lord REDESDALE opposed
practice
ethoef
the
invariable
r i
ground that it was against
state Bills to Irish ea
the House to refer Irish .6
only. The same practice
was pursued with regard Judgto
otlend, and he saw no
Estate Bills in England and —c
reason why it should now be departed from. Torc,
After a few words from Earl EGLI-01
considerable irregu-
Lord BROUGHAM said he saw con
English Judges,
larity in referring the matter to the.
the case, but
He admitted there was great injustice in
too long a period had elapsed to allow the subject to be
now revived. _

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The Sriwout took the Chair at Four o'clock.
PETITIONS.

Mr. EWART presented a petition, from a place in
Scotland, praying for an alteration in the vagrancy•laws.
Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition! from Fins-
bury, against the removal of the Crystal Palace'.
Mr. R. PALMER presented a petition, from a place
in Berkshire against the Maynooth grant.
Mr. GEACH presented a petition from Manchester
against the Manchester and Salford Education Bill.
Mr. ROCHE presented two petitions from Cork,
praying for the repeal of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill.
Several petitions were presented against the post-
horse duty.
Mr. SCULLY presented several petitions from Tip-
perary,prerying for the repeal of the Ecclesiastical Titles
Bill, and in favour of tenant-right.
THE BOROUGH OF HARWICH.
Sir R. H. WILLOUGHBY corrected an impression
which had got abroad that be had stated that he once
representfod the borough of Harwich, and believed no
bribery had taken place there at elections. The fact was
he had never either directly er indirectly Eisen connected
with the bora:gh, and was unable to say whether bribery
existed at eke"ons• What he said was, that ho had
int.n. en th.a Committee which sat to inquire into the
go,sell k_ 14e return for Harwich, and knew that in
ii,i
t. "' :fa. I:4 . a disturbance at the election, no bribery
i 1....„
airatTato.s!! that particular occasion.
,-,. Mirk '. Vi T 0 NEWFOUNDLAND.
"•••;;;Ar.,„' - ill reply t 0 'at
..: B. COCHRA.NE
;7;0 ''' Ifir. F. PEEL, stated that the Legislature of New-
". foundland had voted an annual grant of 1,0001. for seven
laws, towards the establishment of a direct steam
1 communication between this country and that co-

lony, and a memorial had been sent to the
Imperial Treasury for an additional grant of 5,0001.
a-year for the same purpose. The first point for con-
sideration was whether such an expenditure was justi-
fied. All the correspondence and information on the
subject had been referred to the Treasury, and the
matter was at present under consideration.