The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 17, 1863.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening.
The Lord Chancellor took his seat at the usual hour.
PETITIONS.
Lord COLVILLE presented a petition against the sale
of intoxicating liquors on Sunday.
Lord CHELMSFORD presented a petition against the
viaduct which the London, Chatham, and Dover Railv.ay
proposed to erect across Ludgate-hilt. The noble
lord said the proposed erection was uncalled for, that
it would lead to great inconvenience, that it would be un-
sightly, and that it would shut out the only view which
could be had in that direction of St. Paul's Cathedral. As

the company had come to Parliament for further powers

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and an extension of time, he thought it would be unwise to
let such an opportunity slip as now presented itself of pre-

venting the work being carried into execution. It would be a

great hindrance to business, a complete eyesore to the me-
tropolis. The company proposed to construct a portion
of their works after Ludgate-hill had been crossed by
tunnelling, and he thought it quite possible that instead

of a vitduct, the object of the railway company

could be effected by commencing the tunnelling before it

came to Ludgate-hill.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Fochabers and Garmouth Railway, and Cork and

Kinsale Junction Railway bills were read a third time and

passed.
ALKALI WORKS REGULATION BILL.
Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY moved the second

reading of this bill, the object of which was to make it
compulsory on the part of owners of such works to take
steps and make such arrangements as would prevent the
escape of muriatic gas which created such injurious effects
to property and the inhabitants situated in its vicinity.

The bill made it compulsory on all owners of such works

to effect such alterations as would be deemed satisfactory
to an inspector to be appointed by Government, whose duty

it would be to see that the iejurious gas was condensed at

95 per cent. In the event of non-compliance, the measure
laid very heavy restrictions on the owners, and also a fine

of £2 per day for overy day that the nuisance was

allowed to exist after conviction before a magistrate,
The works were also to be subject to visitation by the Go-
vernment inspectors both day and night. He hoped the
house would agree to the present bill; and if it was thought
proper to deal with other works, that it would be done by a
separate measure.
The Earl of DEBBY said the bill to a certain extent
embodied the recommendations of the committee which had
lately investigated the subject, but he should have much
wished that, in addition to alkali works for the manufac-
ture of sulphuric acid and ammonia alum should have been
included. He should not oppose the second reading,
although he thought there would be a great deal of danger
in applying it as a remedy for so great en evil. (Hear.)
He approved of the appointment of inspectors, because
although the evil might be mitigated during the day when
it would be palpable, during the night the noxious vapours
might be emitted, and thus defeat the intentions of the
Government. (He should like to know whether
the inspectors were to be the only parties entitled
to sue for penalties, because, in the event of that
being so, and the district of each inspector being of great
extent, it would be impossible for them properly to execute
their duties, because it could not be expected that they
should be present at more than one place at a
time. The committee to which he had alluded re-

corded that any person might sue for the
penalties, and he thought that course a much better one
than that proposed in the measure at present before them.
The penalties he considered rather peculiar, for the
first offence the owner of the works to be fined £5O;
for the second £2O; and for every day the
nuisance was continued after conviction £2 a day.
He thought that the penalty for a second conviction
was generally larger than the first ; and as to the infliction
of £2 a day, he thought it would be found that some of the
manufacturers would submit to the infliction rather than
go to the expense of making extensive alterations.
Earl GREY said what was urgently required was some

general law which would enable persons who suffered

from nuisances of every description to proceed against
the parties by whom he had been injured. He did
not object to the present bill, but he should have been
pleased if the measure had been more extensive.
Lord WODEHO USE, as a member of the committee,
defended the course pursued by the Government with re-
g, rd to the bill.
Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY promised to consider
the various suggestions, and try to make the measure more
perfect in committee.
After a few words from Lord CHELMSFORD,
The bill was read a second time.
COURTS OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND BILL.
Lord HAMILTON moved the second reading of this bill.
The Earl of DALHOUSIE offered several objections,
after which the bill was read a second time.
THE MUTINY BILL.

On the motion of Earl DE GREY and RIPON, this
bill was read a third time and passed.
. MARINE MUTINY BILL.

On the motion of the DIM of SOMERSET, this Lill
was read a third time and passed.

GR hECE.

The Earl of MALMESBURY rose to inquire of her
Majesty's Government what was the present state of the
negotiations respecting the crown of Greece and the us-
sion of the island and fortress of Corfu in that country.
He said it was time their lordships should receive some
information upon those subjects. He thought the conduct
of her Majesty's Government had been most disrespect-
ful towards the Crown and the nation in making use of
Prince Alfred's name as a means of checking the candi-
dature of the Prince of Leuchtenberg. They had, in
fact, made use of Prince Alfred as a " dummy," or man
of straw, which was disrespectful to the Prince, to the
Queen, and to the country. (" Hear, hear," from the
Opposition, and ironical laughter from the Ministerial
benches.) Two other Roy al personages had been sub-
sequently put forward—the Prince of Saxe Coburg and
the King of Portugal—both of whom had, it seemed, been
proposed to the Greeks by her majesty's Government,
without ascertaining whether they won't' accept the crown
if it were offered to them. This was treating the Greeks
badly. The Greeks had not acted with proper fore-
thought. They had not followed the example of their great
masters in the art of revolution—the French—who, in all
their violent changes of government, had the man ready be.
forehand who was to supersede the rejected ruler. The
Greeks had, on the contrary, depreciated themselves. They
had no man of their own nation to put forward, and they
looked to other countries to supply them with a king. After
the Duke of Saxe-Coburg had refused the crown, the noble
earl—who seemed to have stood at the door of the Foreign
Office with the Aluzanack de Gotha in his hand—selected
the Prince William of Denmark, second son of Prince Chris-
tian. And he wanted to know whether the noble earl had
obtained the consent of the Princes and of the King of Den-
mark before he proposed the Prince William to the Greeks.
The great Powers who had signed the treaty of 1852 settling
the succession to the throne of Denmark had a right to be
consulted in the matter, seeing that the King of Greece
should at least consent to have his children brought up in
the faith of the Greek Church, which would bar their suc-
cession to the Danish throne. His first question therefore
was, whether or not the noble earl had proposed to Prince
Christian that his son should be recommended to the Greeks
as their king, and whether he had also consulted the Danish
Government, and whether they had approved of the mea-
sure before the Greeks had been called upon to elect Prince
William of Denmark as their king. His second question re-
lated to the cession of Corfu to the Greek Government.
The present state of Greece was most dismal. Industry was
paralysed, commerce was degenerating every day. The
country required peace to establish itself, and the bost course
for it would be to be a neutralised state. It oueht not to
have either army or navy. In that case it might obtain
moi ey; but the possession of Corfu, which was a military
fortress, would give it the appearance of an aggressive power.
Ho therefore asked, did her Majesty's Government propose
to give up Corfu to the Greeks ?
Earl RUSSELL said that, with regard to matters still
under consideration, he could not reply to the questions put
to him; but he would answer as plainly as possible to the
rest of the noble earl's inquiries. He could not assent to
the censure passed upon the Greeks. He thought they
had acted with great prudence. They could not live any
longer under under King Otho's Government, and they re-
moved him. With that no one had any right to interfere or
complain. Her Majesty's Government had warned King
Otho's Government that such a catastrophe would be li rely
to occur unless the system was changed. The people of
Greece were very much blamed by the noble earl. They
ware said not to have shown the wisdom which the French
had exhibited—but, remembering the history of the French
revolutions, and especially that of 1848—when a King
whose faults it would not be very easy to point out was
overthrown—he (Earl Russell) could not agree with the
noble earl. The Greeks wanted a King and a constitutional
monarchy. He thought they had shown much wisdom.
(Hear.) They had ehosen Prince Alfred, and it might have
thrown them into a state of anarchy if the Prince had been
at once refused to them. By giving them a little they had
consolidated public opinion, and when the proper time ar-
rived the protecting Powers informed them that none of
the Royal families of those Powers were eligible. He
agreed that it was necessary that Greece should be a peace-
able State. As to Prince Christian's son, he had directed
the British envoy at Copenhagen io ascertain from the
King whether his Majesty would have any objection to the
acceptance of the Crown of Greece by Prince William, and
he had received an answer that the King would have no
objection. When the proper time arrived he would lay
before the house all the correspondence upon the subject,
and their lordships would then see whether or not he
had
done anything undignified or unbecoming a member
of her Majesty's Government and a Minister of a free
country. (Hear,
Greece. The Greek Govern-
mentßritish envoy in hear') He communicated with the
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French, and they expected no opposition from Russia, so
,rat he had the assent of the three protecting powers. As
to the questiah of the lonian Islands, the )aeble earl had
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