The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-20 00:00:00

IMPERIAL P.

HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening,

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at the usual hour.
THE BOMBARDMENT OF SONDERBORU.

The Earl of MALMESBURY asked the noble earl the
Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether he had yet received
any reliable information in reference to the report that
Sonderborg was bombarded without previous notice having
been given, in accordance with the ordinary uses in civil
warfare. He thought that if it was true it was the duty of
her Majesty's Govrrnment to state most distinctly its opi-
nion of the doings of the Prussian army.
Earl RUSSELL said he had not received any definite
information as yet. He expected that the reply to any
inquiries would be that her Majesty's Government had no
right to inquire into the conduct of a belligerent.
LAND SECURITIES COMPANY BILL.

The Duke of MARLBOROUGH moved the second
reading of this bill, the object of which was the formation
of a financial society for lending money, taking land as a
security for the loans made.
A long discussion arose, in which Lord Redeadale, the
Lord Chancellor, and Lord Crauworth took part ; the bill
was read a second time and referred to a select committee.
Garibaldi and the Emperor of the French.

The Earl of CLARENDON replied to the state-
ments published in some of the morning papers, to the
effect that General Garibaldi had been induced to curtail
his visit to England on account of the representations that
had been made to the English Government by the French
Government. The noble earl then read the state-
ment in question, and said that if there was the slightest
foundation for the statement, her Majesty's Government
would well deserve the strictures contained in the article.
He could assure their lordships that, neither directly nor
indirectly, had any representation been made to that effect
by the Emperor Napoleon, or any member of his Govern-
ment, nor was any allusion made by him (E trl of Clarendon)
with respect to the arrival of Gen. Garibald in this country,
or to the probable time of his departure. He would not say
the subject had not been alluded to. He (the Earl of
Clarendon) had alluded to it probably in describing the en-
trance of General Garibaldi iato London, and more
than likely he had mentioned the enthusiasm with
which he was received, and that the ground of
that enthusiasm was that he had risen in the estima-
tion of the people because of the great services
he had rendered his country, and because he was a brave
and honest man. (Hear, hear.) He was not betraying
any confidence, he was sure, when he said the Emperor
fully understood and certainly believed how such qualities
as those possessed by General Garibaldi went to the Eng-
lish heart. No question or inquiry was ever made to him (the
Earl of Clarendon) upon the subject. He had not heard the
rumour of his leaving England ur til he had seen it in the
merning papers, and while he was addressing their lord-
ships he would simply allude to another matter, in which it
was stated in the same newspaper, and which had been put
forward elsewhere. No concessions had either been made
or asked of the French Government or of the English
Government by each other. The same desire existed on
the part of her Majesty's Government upon the all impor-
tant question that there should be a cordial understanding
as far as practicable between the two Governments.
(Hear, hear.)