The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-19 00:00:00

Mr. M. GASKELL gave notice that on Tuesday, the sth
April, he should move for an address to the Crown for a
commission to inquire into the representation of the bo-
rough of Clitheroe.

TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE.
Mr. MILNER GIBSON said that, on Thursday, the
14th April, he would bring on a motion relative to the
taxes on knowledge.
CAMBRIDGE ELECTION.
Mr. V. SMITH gave notice that, on Thursday, the 7th
April, ho should move for an address to the Crown for a
commission to inquire into the state of the representation
of the borough of Cambridge.
MALDON ELECTION.
Lord R. GROSVENOR gave notice that, on Tuesday,
the sth of April, he should move for an address to the
Crown to issue a commission to inquire as to corrupt prac-
tices alleged to exist in the borough of Leeds.
ATION.
Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that, on Monday, the
4th of April, he should state the intentions of the Govern•
ment on the subject of education in England and Wales.
THE BUDGET. •
Lord J. RUSSELL also said that, on Monday, the 4th
of April, the Chancellor of the Exchequer would state on
what day—and it would be an early day—he intended to
make his financial statement to the house.

THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE.
Mr. EWART gave notice that, when the estimates on
the civil service were brought on, he should call the at-
tention of the house to • the propriety of establishing
examinations of candidates for the diplomatic service.
The hon. member also moved for "A return of the quan-
tity of foreign butter destroyed in bond in different ports
of the United Kingdom in each year since the year 1844,
with the dates of the several periods at which such de-
struction took place, and the
period (in continuation of Parliamentary paper, No. 185,
of Session 1849)."
Agreed to. quantity destroyed at each

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
Mr. DEEDES gave notice that shortly after Easter he
should ask for leave to bring in a bill to amend the exist-
ing laws for preventing cruelty to animals. The hon.
gentleman also moved " That Parliamentary Paper, No.
678, of Session 1851 (being
re-
port of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty in re-
ference to the state of Ramsgate harbour during the years
1850-51) be reprinted."
Agreed to. a Copy of Mr. J. Walker's

THE INCOME TAX.
Sir R. INGLIS asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
in the event of the continuance of the income tax, to con.
sider the expediency of excluding a certain sum in all in-
comes, instead of exempting a certain amount of income
from the operation of such tax.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQI7ER said, at a
time when the income tax was about to be renewed, it was
clearly the duty of the Government to take into their con-
sideration all the particular provisions of the last act which
were deemed objectionable. He had not the slightest hesi-
tation in giving a pledge to his hon. friend that the point
he had suggested would be carefully considered ; but his
hon. friend would not understand that by so saying he (the
Chancellor of the Exchequer) had come to any distinct de-
cision on the subject.

SELF-ACTING RAILWAY BREAKS.
Mr. MILES asked the President of the Board of Trade,
whether the Inspector of Railways, appointed by Govern-
ment, had made any report of a mode of preventing acci-
dents by means, of self-acting breaks, at present on trial on
the South-Western Railway ?
Mr. CARDWELL said there had been no reference to
any Inspector of Railways to report specially on this sub-
ject.

THE INSURRECTION. IN LOMBARDY

Mr. BLACKETT asked Lord J. Russell, whether her
Majesty's Government would have any objection, in the
interest of the Government and House of Austria, and that
of the general peace of Europe, to use their friendly offices
with the Court of Vienna, in the hope of procuring some
mitigation of the severe penal measures being enforced
against Austria subjects in Lombardy ?
Lord J. RUSSELL—With respect to the measures to
which the hon. gentleman has called my attention, I think
his question has reference to three subjects. The first is
with regard to capital punishments resorted to in Lom-
bardy, in the cases of persons believed to have been en-
gaged in a conspiracy. Upon that subject, I have nothing
whatever to say, nor has any representation been made, or
is intended to be made, by her Majesty's Government.
With respect to the second question, the expulsion of cer-
tain persons—a great number of persons—belonging to one
of the cantons in Switzerland from Lombardy, it certainly
seems a very hard measure, and I know not what has been
the justification of it. It has of course caused considerable
excitement in Switzerland, and very great distress to those
poor persons who have been the objects of it. I know not,
however, that it is a subject on which her Majesty's Go-
vernment ought to interfere in any way. With regard to
the third point, it is one on which the Sardinian Govern-
ment has communicated with her Majesty's Government,
and upon which I trust there will be some measures taken
by the Austrian Government which will make their pro-
ceedings more consonant to the general law of justice than
at present appears to be the case. (Hear, hear.) The facts
so far as I know them, and as they have been stated to her
Majesty's Government by the Government of Sardinia., are
these. After the insurrection in Lombardy, and the war
that took place in 1848, there were a number of persons
belonging to Lombardy who were permitted by the Aus-
trian Government to have letters which freed them from their
subjection to Austria—letters of denaturalisation—and
they were allowed to settle in Piedmont, where they ob-
tained letters of naturalisation. There was a decree in

1851 with respect to another class of persons, who were
stated to have left Lombardy, and whose property must
have been liable to be seized ; but the Austrian Govern-
ment decreed that their property should not be liable to
sequestration, and they were put in as favourable a con-
dition as those persons who were allowed to leave the coun-
try and be denaturalised in 1848. When the attempt was
made at Milan, very lately, to overpower the Austrian gar-
rison there, and by means which excited a general abhor-
rence—to kill the soldiers who were in possession of the
fortified posts—it appears the people to whom I have
alluded, and who were settled at Piedmont, expressed
general indignation at the attempt thus made, which
merely resulted in useless bloodshed, and could not
but be injurious to the quiet and tranquillity of the
people of Lombardy. The Austrian Governor of Milan
put forth a new decree, in which it was stated that this
insurrection was the act of a very few individuals and
that the population generally were averse to the conduct
of those individuals ; but soon afterwards there appeared a
decree, signed by Marshal Radotzky, which placed under
sequestration the property of a large class of persons—
namely, those who had left Lombardy with the consent of
the Austrian Government, and those who came under the
decree of 185 L The Sardinian Government very naturally
looked on that decree as a very unjust and iniquitous one ;
they said that it sequestrated the property of men who
were Sardinian subjects, they considered it was contrary
to the treaty between Austria and Sardinia, and they made
strong representations at Vienna on the subject. They
also made similar representations to her Majesty's Govern-
ment on the subject, and they asked her Majesty's Govern-
ment to support them. Her Majesty's Government have
acceded to their request—(hear, hear)—and Lord Claren-
don has 'written to her Majesty's minister at Vienna, to
express the sense which this Government cannot but en-
tertain with regard to conduct for which I do not know
that there is any precedent, and which appears to have no
justification. (Cheers.) I must say, however, that we
have heard very lately that the intention of the Austrian
Government is not to continue the sequestration, as was at
first intended, to the cases of all those persons, but to make
inquiry whether or not any, and what number of them,
had any part in the insurrection at Milan. It is their in-
tention to take off this sequestration, except from the pro-
perty of those who, on information received, in some way
or other assisted and supported that insurrection. Of
course, if that measure be thus modified, it will bear a dif-
ferent character, and the Austrian Government will pro-
ceed in due course of law to show that their suspicions and
acts with regard to individuals are justified. I can only
say, therefore, that I trust that this measure, which ap-
pears to be an act towards Sardinia of a most unfriendly
nature, and unjust towards individuals, will not be perse-
vered in in the shape in which it was first proposed.

AUSTRALIAN MAIL SERVICE.
Lord JOCELYN gave notice that on Monday, the 4th
of April, he should move for copies of certain contracts and
negotiations entered into by the Government with respect
to the Australian mail service.
CLITHEROE ELECTION. _ _