The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-04 00:00:00

PETITIONS.

Petitions were presented by Mr. Strutt from Notting-
ham, for the repeal of tho Sunday Beer Bill ; by Mr.
Spooner from Birmingham, in favour of closing public-
houses on Sundays ; by Mr. Horsfall from van.) is DiA-
ssmting bodies in Lancashire, against the Ma -nooth
giant; by Mr. Bentinck from a parish in Norfo k, f.,•r
the closing or all public-houses on Sundays ; by .3ir J.
Waluasley 16 petitions from various Dissenting ,•oogr,-
gations, against church rates, and one from the . ababi-
tants of Leicester, in favour of local rating, and one
against the Maynooth grant ; by Mr. Brand from the
Queen's County, in favour of the Tenants Insproveu lent
Bill ; by Mr. J. G. Phillimbre from various magistrates'
clerks in Cheshire, in favour of appointing a public pro-
secutor ; by Sergeant Shee a large number of pi titions
from different parts of the King's County, and Si' canny
and Down, in favour of the Tenants' Improvemem Com-
pensation Bill; by Colonel Lindsay, from Fife, is a.vour
of the Scotch Education Bill.

EAST INDIA COMPANY STOCK.
a re
Sir E. PERRY moved for return of
ft,heananneiloti,ndtio)yf
4 per cent. East. India Company's,
s Stock
holders of the various 5 per cent,
teneks convert, d by
t
the East India Company during
years 1851 and
and 1854 ; distinguishing the various stocks, stat ug the
number of holders who accepted the terms of th .East
India Company.—Ordered.
PORT WINE ADULTERATION.
On the notion of Mr. MACARTNEY the foil, who.
documents were ordered :—Address for copies ,:e .ex-
tracts of any despatches from her Majesty's Minister at
Lisbon, or her Majesty's Consul General or Cousuls in
Portugal, between the years 1848 and 1853, recom-
mending the prohibition or discouragement of :he im-
portation of a compound called jerupiga, made with
elderberries, brown sugar, grape juice, and brand rand
used for the adulteration of port wine. Copies ef any
correspnndeuce between her Majesty's Lords , : the
Treasury and the Commissioners of Customs, witi LI the
same period, relative to the refusal of the latter to per-
Tlt jerupiga to be entered as wine and mixed with port
e,._'Wine in bond : and, of any minute or minutes. or any
Lei Majesty's
or instructions issued by the Lordt of
toinZviiZtsiti's Treasury and the Commissioners of Cue'
jerepiga
wliethe same period, authorising the mixilg of
eanacbtranfat_h,e_iaz
o_pert wine in bond, under the superintand-
ctrs of Customs, in the same proportion
nonnemhbunL: 'thirty-three galions of the compound to
to er ot toile4lotfq€4o of pure port wine. Return Of the
Oporto in the wood exported from Great Britain
NearsKlNGsTr,lBs2, 1853, 1854, and 1855.
Mr. H. RER-E-Eir:'WN HARBOUR.
shry whether any i ',..askaed the Secretary
prospect to the
h Jett
works of the new rate-em-ikte Tna-
proceedaed eicnislV , f the
Harbour being Tj'acket
inhe:i, ;own
objection to lay on the twal;t-, ;and WheYther h
the G'everi
arindence that has taken place Zie the
c.moternet-
i hotted, ettn "1
any
and the Board of Public Works relative
jetty, and also the reports of Mr, Rea iv
to tl b maid
with that correspondence : also to ask, :lieflotnhecreh.;ctpici
had been submitted to the Government
the new steam-packet landing place with ther '.-13 noting
and Dublin Railway ? Kin athIPII
Mr. WILSON said whatever plan should be adt pt
there should be a communication between the r. il:a%
and the steam-boats, and the plan was now un lee the
consideration of the proper authorities.
_ STATE APARTMENTS AT WINDSOP..

In
reply to Mr. PELLATT,
Sir W. MOLES WORTS said the apartments
Fntr.:?::tholay
""t
Pied by the Emperor and Empress of
Windsor Cantle were not under the control of the Boar.l
of Works, hat of the Lord Chamberlain, who he bad 110
doubt would afford every opportunity to the hon. mem-
ber to visit them. (Rear, and a laugh.)

THE VIENNA. NEGOTIATIONS.
Mr. DISRAELI wished to ask her Majesty's
Go Ye rn-
merit for some exp:anation of the delay that has taken
place in raying on the tables of the house the ! (1;131
papers comptected ai h the late Coalereaces at In.enna•

(Hear, hear.) He had searched the jouraals of the house,
and he found there was no precedent for such a delay
under such very grave circumstances as this country wa•
.:o•v placed in. The right hoe. ntleman was proceedin
to cite several cases in point, t•►aen from the jouraals ;

Mr. RICH rose to order. He thought it desira.blv
~he house F bout,' know whether the righb hon. gentle-
nan meant to conclude with a motion. (Loud cries of
"Order.")

Mr. DISRAELI said the hon. gentleman had mis-
lonceived his meaning. He intended to put a question
which he conceived was for the public interest, and he
should, if the Speaker decided that he was out of order,
conclude with a motion. The right hon. gentleman then
resumed his sketch of previous negotiations in former
reigns, to show that in all important cases a message
from the Crown was invariably laid upon the table of
the House of Commons., even before the negotiators
had returned home. He contended the house had now
been very differently treated by her Majesty's Govern.
ment, and no alacrity, no inclination, ever had been
evinced by the Government to lay those papers on the
table; and he thought he was justified in asking why
those papers had not been prepared and laid before the
house. (Hear, hear.)

Lord PALMERSTON, in replying to the ques-
tion, said the right hon gentleman had referred to cases
which were not at all analogous. He had referred to the
war between England and France ; but, in that case,
the negotiations were entered into between the two
countries directly, and in that case it was found that
peace was perfectly hopeless, and that being so it be-
came the duty of the Government of the day to appeal
to Parliament for means to carry on the war more vigo-
rously. In the present case it was well known that the
negotiations were undertaken with the friendly inter-
vention of Austria, and it was equally well known that
the intervention of Austria had been unsuccessful
as well as the endeavours of her Majesty's Government
to bring the negociations to a successful termination.
Though the endeavours of her Majesty's Government to
obtain peace, with the friendly aid of Austria, had been
unsuccessful, negociations were not broken off. He
believed that, up to this moment—certainly up to the
last day or two—the detailed protocols had not yet
been submitted by the Government; and though his
noble friend I (Lord J. Russell) had returne 1, the
elements of effecting a peace still existed at Vienna.
(Hear, hear.) Therefore he should be the last man t'
shut the door aga'nst all hopes of peace ; nod the
Government, he thought, would have violated theirduty
if they had done so. He wished still to leave the door for
peace open, and he should not be drivels by the right
hon, gentleman to depart from that course. (Hear,
hear.) The protocols wont' be produced, and when
they were, it would be for the house to determine
whether they should take any further steps in the
matter. (Hear, hear.)