The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 20, 1854.

present territorial arrangements. He did not see why in
the world this country should have anything to do with
the treaty between Prussia and Austria. But, however
clear and positive the language used byAustria and Prussia
appeared to be, and however much confirmed afterwards by
the Bamberg conference, yet ho could not but allow that
the speech of the noble Foreign Secretary went a great way
to remove the impression produced by the documents; and
that advantage, even if it were all that the noble and
learned lord had obtained by bringing this subject before
the house, was not to be despised. If the debate had ended
with the speech of the noble Foreign Secretary, there would
have been every hope that the peace to be obtained would
be a pease that would cripple Russia ; and a peace, which
did not cripple that gigantic Power and tend to strengthen
its oonstant and mortal enemy, Turkey, would not be
anything like such a peace as this country ought to
be satisfied with in return for all the sacrifices it had
made. But his hopes on this head had been somewhat
cooled by the calmer language of the noble earl at the head of
the Government; and when the noble earl spoke of the
treaty of Adrianople as not giving any territorial power to
Russia, he almost feared whether a peace giving Russia, if,
not increased territory, increased moral power, would not
be considered a necessity of the time. The noble Foreign
Secretary hal alluded to the offer of Austria to send troops
into Montenegro and the northern parts of Albania to put
down the insurrection. Now, if any papers had been com-
municated to the Gobernment, showing what had passed
between the Porte and Austria on that head, he should
like to have them laid on the table of the house ; because,
not long ago, before the war with Russia broke out, Aus-
tria did all it could to protect the rebels in Montenegro.
He should like to be assured that it was the fact that,
under no circcumstances whatever, Austrian troops would
enter any Ottoman territory without the positive demand
of the Porte ; and he repeated his request that all papers
referring to the matter might be laid on the table.
The subject then droppet
The Customs Duties Bill passed through committee.
The Excise Duties Bill was read a third time and passed.
Their lordships adjourned shortly after eight o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Lords' amendments to the Hamilton Waterworks
Bill were considered and agreed to.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
—Dublin and Wicklow and Dublin and Kingstown Rail-
ways ; Farnworth and Kearsley Gas ; and Stourbridge
and Bridgnorth Road.
PETITION.
Petitions were presented by Col. PHIPPS, from the Mayor
and Corporation of Bridgewater, against the Police Bill ;
Sir T. WINNINGTON, from Worcestershire, to the same
effect; Alderman CHALLIS, from Finsbury, praying for
the abolition of church rates ; Mr. CHRISTOPHER, from
landowners in Lincolnshire, praying for alterations in the
Drainage of Lands Bill ; Mr. OLIVEIRA, from the corpora-
tion of Pontefract, against the Police Bill ; Sir G. PECHELL,
from the mayor, aldermen, and council, to the same
effect; also a petition from Rye, praying for the
total abolition of church rates ; Mr. HADFIELD, from the
corporation of Sheffield, in favour of a decimal coinage;
another petition from Sheffield in favour of the
claims of Poland; by Mr. HoRRFALL, from the corporation
of Liverpool, against the new Police Bill ; by Mr. HENLEY,
to the= same effect, from Oxford ; by Mr. MILNER, to the
same effect, from the corporation of York ; by Colonel
PEEL, from the corporation of Huntingdon, to the same
effect ; by the Marquis of GRANBY, thirty-seven
petitions from places in Yorkshire, in favour of a ten
hours' factory bill; by Mr. MACKINNON, from the cor-
poration of Ryde, against the Police Bill ; by Lord
HOTHAM, from the corporation of Hull, to the same effect;
Mr. MILLIGAN, from Bradford, to the same effect ; Mr.
ATHERTON, from the corporation of Durham, to the same
effect ; Mr. THOS. CHAMBERS, from the corporation of
Maldon, to the same effect ; Mr. DIVETT, from
the corporation of Exeter, to the same effect ; Mr.
M. GIBSON, to the same effect, from the corpora-
tion of Manchester; Mr. FORSTER, to the same
effect from the corporation of Walsall ; Lord DUDLEY
STUART, from the parish of St. Pancras, in favour of a bet-
ter supply of water to the metropolis; Mr FORBES, from
places in the north, in favour of a ten hours' bill ; Mr.
CALEY, from the North Riding, against the Police Bill;
Mr. MILES, from the Rev. Joseph Ditcher, Vicar of South
Brent, praying that such an alteration may be made
in the law relating to the trial and punishment
of ecclesiastical offences as may remedy its defective
machinery, and the excessive expense which attends the
prosecution of any suit tending to repress the teaching of
erroneous doctrine, or the enforcement of the due obser-
vance of sound discipline in the Established Church. On
the motion of the hon. member this petition was read by
the Clerk at the table. Mr. CHALLIS from the mayor,
aldermen, and citizens of Salisbury against the Police
Bill ; Mr. E. BALL, from the corporation of Cambridge,
t 3 the same effect; also several petitions in favour of a
Ten Hours' Bill.