The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-04 00:00:00

WHITEHALL, MARcli 19.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1849.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, April 3.
The House mot to-day at a Quarter before Five.
ROYAL ASSENT.

The Royal assent was given by Commission to the
Mutiny Bill, the Mari Le Mutiny Bill, the Indemnity
Bill, the Larceny Acts Amendments Bill, and Waldo's
Divorce Bill.
The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor,
the Earl of Shaftesbury, and Lord Campbell.
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS.

Messengers from the Commons requested a copy of the
report of the Select Committee on the Irish poor-law.
The LORD CHANCELLOR informed the messengers
that their Lordships would send back an answer by mes •
sengers of their own.
Several Bills wero also brought up from the Commons
and read a first time.

Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented a petition from Wex-
ford against the rate in aid.
Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the
county of Elgin against running railway trains on
Sunday.
Lord STANLEY presented a petition from Cork,
praying for the imposition of a duty of ss. per quarter
o❑ all foreign corn imported.
The Earl of ROSEBERY presented a petition from
Edinburgh praying for a repeal of the game-laws.
Lord MONTEAGLE moved for certain returns re-
lating to the working of the Irish poor-law, which were
ordered. The Noble Lord also presented a petition
from Cork in favour of the Irish Fisheries Bill.
UNCLAIMED DIVIDENDS.

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Lord BROUGHAM complained that there was no
list of unclaimed dividends published as relating to Ire-
land, although there were in England.
Lord MONTEAGLE said that when he was Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer he had, on the representation
of certain parties in the City, ordered the publication of
the list of unclaimed dividends, an:l although the publi-
cation of that list had forwarded the views of Mr.
Joseph My, he did not think that a sufficient reason
to prevent the publication in Dublin of a list of un-
claimed Irish dividends.
PETTY SESSIONS BILL.

On the motion of Lord CAMPBELL, the report on
the Petty Sessions Bill was brought up.
PETITIONS.

The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from
Selby iu favour of international arbitration.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition
in favour of the liberation of Mr. Shore.
NORTH OF ITALY.

Lord BROUGHAM urged upon the Government the
necessity of adopting the advice he was about to give to
them—to leave the question of mediation between Sar-
dinia and Austria entirely to France. He thought the
empty bluster of the National Assembly of France, in
saying they would adopt measures for preserving the
integrity of Piedmont, was nonsensical. The integrity
of Piedmont was so more in danger than was the
integrity of Russia. Austria never intended to enter
Piedmont and to destroy its integrity; and he was glad
this country had not followed the example of France in
showing this undue and improper jealousy of Austria.
He was anxious to state that it was utterly untrue, and
absolutely false, what had been stated in the
reports, that the observations which he had
made of the universal rejoicing at the vic-
tory of Radetzky had been received with cries of
" Oh, oh!" and " No, no!" The sounds uttered were of
quite another character, and had, probably, been mis-
understood.

SPIRITS (IRELAND) BILL.
On the motion of the Marquis of CLANRICARDE,
this Bill passed through Committee.
The several Bills o❑ the table were forwarded a stage.
On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE,
their Lordships adjourned to Thursday, April 19.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 3.
The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes before
Four o'clock.

PETITIONS.
Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from Forfarshire
in favour of the Registration Marriage Bill for Scotland.
Mr. PLUMPTRE presented a petition from Canter-
bury, praying that the Turnpike Trusts Bill might not
pass into a law; also a petition in favour of the repeal of
the navigation•laws; and a petition from a place in
Kent against the Bill for legalizing marriage with a de-
ceased wife's sister.

Mr. FOX MAUL E presented petitions from several
places in Perthshire against any Bill that may be brought
in to compel railway trains to run on Sundays.
Sir W. MOLESWORTH presented a petition from
Bermondsey against the proposed erection of a new
gaol in that place.
Mr. SHAFT() ADAIR presented a petition from
Aberdeen, praying the House not to give its consent to
any Bill in favour of railway travelling on Sundays.
Lord JAMES STUART presented a petition from
the Free Church in Ayr against railway travelling on
Sundays.
Admiral GORDON presented petitions from Aber-
deen, and other places in Scotland, against the Registra-
tion Marriage Bill for Scotland.
Lord DUDLEY STUART presented a petition from
Marylebone, in favour of raising a superannuation fund
for aged and infirm poor-law officers; also a petition
from Somers Town, in favour of an extension of the Par-
liamentary suffrage.

Mr. LOCKEIgRT presented a petition from Argyle-
shire against the Registration Marriage Bill for Scot-
land; and also a petition from Brierly-hill against rail-
way travelling ou Sundays.
Mr. FORBES presented a petition from Grangemouth
against railway travelling on Sundays.
Mr. LOCH presented a petition from Glasgow in fa-
vour of the Public llealth Bill for Scotland.
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY presented a petition from the
Stone Union, in the county of Stafford, praying for an
alteration iu the vagrancy laws. •

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THE REV. MR. SHORE.
Colonel THOMPSON presented a petition from Is-
lington, praying the House to take measures for the
relief of the Rev. Mr. Shore.

TRANSFER OF PROPERTY (IRELAND).
Mr. SADLEIR gave notice of his intention on
this day iortuight to call the attention of the House to
those local circumstances which unduly impeded the sale
of landed property in Ireland, and to the best means by
which such property might be safely transferred.
NATIONAL EDUCATION (IRELAND).
Mr. HAMILTON gave notice of his intention, after
the Easter recess, to move an address to her Majesty
with respect to national education in Ireland.
NEW METROPOLITAN BOROUGH.
Mr. MACGREGOR gave notice of his intention, on
the 17th inst., to more the resolution of which he had
given notice, with respect to the incorporation of the
parishes of Chelsea, Fulham, Hammersmith, and Ken•
siugton, in order to their being formed into a borough
to send Members to Parliament.

NAVIGATION-LAWS.
Mr. LABOUCHERE postponed his motion for bring-
ing up the report on the Navigation Bill till Thursday,
the 19th instant.

IRISII COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
Mr. B. 0 'BORNE gave notice that on this day fort-
night he should submit a motion to the House on the
subject of the equity jurisdiction of the Irish Court of
Exchequer. _

RATE IN AID.
Mr. HAMILTON wished to ask his honourable
Friend the Member for Kerry whether it was his in•
tention to propose the amendment, of which.he had given
notice, to the rate of 100,0001. for the relief of Irish
distress in the precise language in which it stood on
the paper, or whether he should make such alterations
in it as to enable those who thought the money ought to
be raised by Imperial taxation to support it.
Mr. HERBERT said it was certainly his intention
to propose the amendment, but he should make some
verbal alterations in it to meet the case mentioned by
his Hon. Friend. The amendment, however, would
still remain the same in principle.
SICILY.

Mr. URQUHART said he had moved for some
papers about a month ago relative to Foreign Affairs,
which were promised to be produced in the course of the
ensui❑g week. As they had not, however, been forth-
coming, he wished to k❑ow when they would.
Lord PALMERSTON asked what the papers re-
lated to?

Mr. URQUHART replied Sicily.
Lord PAL M.ERSTON said the papers would be ready
in a few days.
PUBLIC BUSINESS.
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Lord JOHN itirSSELL intimated that after Easter,
if the private business] was over by half•past four, public
business would be •ommenced at that hour.

THE ADJOURNED DEBATE.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that as the wish of the
House had been expressed in a way that could not be
mistaken, for the resumption of the adjourned debate,
he trusted that those Gentlemen who had notices on the
paper for this evening would have the kindness to post-
pone their motions, in order that the debate might be re-
sumed, and, he hoped, concluded to•night.—(Cries of
" Hear, hear," from all aides of the House.)
ROYAL ASSENT.
Mr. 'Scorr was beginning to state his feelings upon
the subject, when the House was summoned to hear the
Royal assent given to several Bills (for which see Lords'
report).