The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-20 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four
o'clock.

Mr. BROTHERTON presented several petitions from
different parts, praying that no new licenses might be
granted to beer-houses.
UNIVERSAL RAILWAY CASUALTY COMPEN-
SATION COMPANY BILL.

The third reading •f this Bill was postponed till
Monday.
Colonel REID presented a petition from Windsor
against the alteration of the .14:w of Marriage Bill.
Colonel MUIR presented several petitions from Glas•
gow and other parts of Scotland, against the runnirg of
trains on Sundays on railways. Also petitions against
the Marriage Bill and the Lunatic Asylums Bill.
Mr. ALCOCK presented petitions from Surrey
against any alteration in the law of marriage.
Mr. HEYWORTEI presented petitions from Derby
and other places against granting any further licences
to beer-hoeses.

Mr. FERGUS presented several petitions from dif-
ferent parts of Scotland in favour of the Clergy Belief
Bill, against the Marriage Registration Bill, and against
the Lunatic Asylums Bill.
Sir D. DUNDAS presented petitions from Suther-
land•hire against the running of passenger trains on
Sundays.
Mr.} TURNER presented a petition from Coventry
against the Public Roads Bill.
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY presented a petition from
Bridgenorth against any alteration in thejlaw of marriage.
Mr. PLUMPTRE presented a petition from Rams.
gate egaiust any alteration in the navigation laws.
Captain BAT ESON presented petitions from London-
derry against the Rate in Aid Bill.
Mr. BAKES presented petitions :from Dorsetshire
praying for the repeal of the malt and hop duties.

Captain
C PECHELL presented a petition from Brighton
in favour of the Clergy R lief Bill and the release of
the lir v. Mr. Shore.

Mr. C. LUSHINGTON presented petitions from
Westminster, and other places, praying for the extension
of the elective franchise.

Mr. J. IN ORSLEY presented a petition from Saint
Mary-le-Strand, and a!so several other petitions, in favour
of the Marriage Bill.

Mr. H. A. HERBERT presented a petition from the
grand jury of the county of Kerry, praying for an amend-
mint of the poor-law, and another, praying for an
alteration of the Irish grand-jury laws.
Mr. M. GWSON present: d a petition from Manches-
ter, complaining of the state of the relations between
this country and Brazil:, in reference to the suppres-
sion of the slave trade.
SCOTCH LUNATIC ASYLUMS.

In reply to Mr. MACKENZIE,
The LORD ADVOCATE paid he bad no objection
to lay on the table of the House the information which
he had received rt have to the lunatic asylums in Scot-
land, and that ho would not move the second reading
of the Lunitic Asylums (S;otlandy Bill until the 30th
of April.

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but what day he could not now exactly state.
An lioN. MENDER trusted that it would be some day
after Michaelmas, to allow of the receipt of dividends
and the settlement of aceoents.—(Hear, hear.)
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—Per-
haps I had better be allowed to name my own day; but
I may say it will be one that will best consist wi• h the
convenience of those who have to pay the duties.
NATIONAL ECONOMY.
Mr. HUME said, that se( ing from a paper which
had been isued to-day that the national expenditure was
still upwards of 269,000/. beyond the revenue of the
country, he was desirous to ask the Right Hon. Gentle-
man at the head of the Exchequer, whether any mea-
sures were in progress for effecting that reduction in
the public expenses which he bad led the House to
expect.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was
quite ready to allow that there was a seeming excess
of expenditure over the revenue, which in rouni figures
.amounted to about 270,0001.; but, on the other hand, he
had to observe that a full investigation into the several
items would not lead to unsatisfactory results. Fur al-
though there was this excess, there was also a saving in
the Irish expenditure to the extent of 390,0004 an ex-
penditure which had been regularly incurred for the last
three years, and there was the agreeable faot, that in
consequence of this and other saviegs, the yearly
balance-sheet of the country would show an amount of
more than half a million to the credit side of
the account better than he could have anticipated when
be last addressed the house upon the subject. In
addition to that, certain sums of large amount were
charged against this year's account, which ought fairly
to' be charged to the next year. Then such had been
the influence of the blockade of the northern ports on
the trade that the revenue had been much injured by it.
'Mr. HUME said that his question did not so much
refer to the revenue as to the decrease of the expendi-
ture of the country. What he wanted to know was,
whether any of those measures for retrenchment, which
hid been promised, were in prcgress.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—His
Hon. Friend must know that there were already mea-
sures before the House for effecting a reduction of
1,400,000/, a year,
Mr. BERRIES could not well see how the blockade
of the northern ports, could effect the revenue, at least
to any extent.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that surely his Hon. Friend must perceive that the re-
venue depended greatly upon the general trade of the
country.

SICILY.
Mr. BANKES wished to draw the attention 'of the
Noble Lord the Foreign Secretary to a portion of a
letter, addressed by the Noble Lord, to the iHon. Wil-
liam Temple, at Naples, on the 26th of January, 1849.
The paragraph ran thits :—" It is possible that' the
Neapolitan Government may complain to you of this trap •
:Action (assisting the Sicilians with - arms), 973 the

ground that, although no direct assistance wss furnished
by the Government to the Government of Sicily, yet
facilities were aff aded to the contractor, who had en-
gaged to supply that Government with arms, and in case
that representation should be made, you will say that
the authority in question was given inadvertently, that
Government regrets what has occurred, and that a simi-
lar facility will be given to the contractor for furnish-
ing the Government of Sicily with arms, while the
differences between Sicily and the kingdom of Naples is
unsettled." Now, first of all, he wished to ask the Noble
Lord whether this letter was to be taken as the letter,
which he presumed it to be, sent by the Noble Lord with
the authority of the united Govetnment of the Crown:
and, secondly, he must be allowed to ask him at what
time it was that the insurgents of Sicily were recog-
nised by the Government of Great Britain as being
the Sicilian Government at what time it so com-
menced to recognise them, and up to what time did
that recognition continue.
Lord PALMERSTON said, in answer to the
question of the Honourable and Learned Gentle-
man, he had to state that the letter was sent
not only by the authority of the united Govern-
ment of the kingdom of Great Britain, but by the
authority of the united Government of the
United Kingdom.—(llear, hear, and a laugh.) With
regard to the second question, he had to state that the
existence of a Government in Sicily, acting and
administering the affairs of that island, was acknow-
ledged by the Government as early as the beginning
of last )ear, when the kingdom of Naples requested
Lord Tinto to place himself in communication with that
Government for the purpose of effecting an amicable
settlement of the differences between the two parties,
and from that time to the present Government had re-
cognised that as the Government of Sicily.
Mr. BANKES would be glad to know if her Majesty's
Government recognised the Sicilian Government as dis-
tinct and separate from the Government of the Kingdom
of Naples ?
Lord PALMERSTON said there was no doubt of the
fact that there was a Sicilian Government for the 'go•
vernment of the affairs of Sicily, and that there was a
Government de facto-in Sicily it was impossible to deny,

Ireland, men were dying of starvation, in c-nsequence
cf the failure of the potato diet in Munster they
were now obliged to live upon turnips—(Hear,
hear)-and he believed it only required about six weeks
of that diet to kill an able-bodied man. The Noble Lot d
had represented the project as a cure of an acute evil—
that acute evil was the starvation of the people of Ire-
land. He utterly denied that this sum was sufficient
to preserve the poor of Ireland from starvation.—(Hear.)
It had been said that some districts in Ireland had re
pudiated their just liabilities to the Impala! Ex-
chequer—that tilt), bad Rot repaid the sums of money
which had been advanced for the erection of poor-
house—and that that evidenced a natural de,ire
in Ireland as to the repudiation of the debt.—(Hear.)
He considered that no case had been made out to justity
that assertion, and he utterly denied that any district has
been guilty of such a repudiation. Au exertion had
been made in Ireland such that the history of nationd
would never present anything analogous to it, which had
contributed vastly more than any measure eleanating
from the Treasury benches to preserve life in that
country.

[LEFT"SPEARING.]

PRICES OF SHARES.

.N BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM

PANIES' s'rocK.
From the Official Li,t.

PUBLISLIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FAIDAY EVENING.

LONDON. FRIDAY, APRIL 20.

TOTNT-STOCX BANKS.

Dividend Amount
same of Company, per of Paid, Price
Annum. Share.
--..-....- -- ----
Australasia .......... - 40 0 0 40 0 0 23
Britsh North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Ceylon •••• .. •• -
C numercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -:
C denial.. . -
Gloucestershire •• •• • • 151 per cent. - - -
lonian •• ••••..• • •• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
Ditto •• •• •• •• • • •-••- - 13 0 0 -
London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Provincial of Ireland •. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto, New... ••• •.. 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
National of Ireland • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
Ditto, New. •••• • .. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
South Australia ...... 51. per cent. - 22 10 0 -
Union of Australia.... 6!. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto .............. 61, per cent. - 210 0 -
Union of London .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Union of Madrid ..... I - 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Name of Company. Dividend Amount
Amount
'of - Paid. Price
Annum. share.
A s. d. I # a. d.
Albion ••••-• • - • • • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75
ALiance Brit. and For. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 19
,Ditto Marine.•• •• •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 -
./1.!1a4 .. •• • •
Britiso Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 5%
Clericl,sled.&Gen.Life spr ct.& be. 100 0• 0 10 0 0 19
C.` minty ••••••• • • • • • • • 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Crown • • ...... •••• -14 s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 -
EAgle
Eng.& Scot. Law •• •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6 -
European Life •••• • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. -
Family Endowmnt Soc. 4/. & be. 100 0 0 4 0 0 -
F:•eemasons' .• •••• • • • (1. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 -
4,obe ... -••••• • •• •• 61. per cent. Stock. - -
G milli an •••••• •• • • • • 51. 100 0 0 36 10 0 -
Imperial Fire •• •• •• •• 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 '220
Lnperial Life •••• •• • • 12s. 100 0 C 10 0 0 15
ladeemity Marine •• 11. sh. & be. 100 0 0 513 I -
Law Fire - 100 0 0 210 0 2%
Law 1 ife•• -..-•• .. 11. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45
Le;al and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 4110 e.
Loecicri Fire -•••• • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15
London Ship .... •• •• 101. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15
)farine -.••-• • • • .. - 100 0 0 15 0 0 -
Sled. Invlid&Gen.Life 4%1. por ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 2 10 0 -
N4tional Ufe•.. -
PAlladium Life ......
Pelican .. • • • • • • •• .. • • - - - -
l'ile.caix . . - - 141
PI otector Life •• - ... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 -
Provident Life •• - .... 11. ss. & be. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26
Bock Life • ........... ss. 8
l4oyal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock 0 010
0 %
. - 184'
San Fire .• - . 61. 10s. - - 203
I.ltto Life .. . - - 44
Universal Life lO% pr cnt. 100 0 0 9 0 0 -
Victoria Life .... - 40 0 4%
BRIDGES
Dividend Amount
Name oilitompany. per of Paid, Price,
Annum. Share.
.£. a. d. X. s. d.
Charing,cross - - 25 0 0 -
Sonthwrk,Nw Sub.A.v - 632 12 8 - I%
Ditto Nw of 7% p.c 3.55. per cent. 50 0 0 - 4
Waterloo - 100 0 0 -3%
Ditto Old Ann. of 81 ll. ss. 4d. - 60 0 0 27
Ditto Nw ditto of 71 ll. 2s. 2d. - 40 0 0 24
Vauxhall .... ••• Av ll. 171. 70 10 3 - 24
DOCKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company, per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
--- --. -
£ s. d. X S. d.
C Anmercial •• -•• .•• 41. per cent. Stock. - 75
East and West India... 61. pr cent. Stock. - 132%
East Country - -
London •• • • - 112
Ditto Bonds.• ••.• • • 41. per cent. - - -
St. Katharine ••-• • •• 4 per sent. Stock. - -
Ditto Bonds.• .• • • 1%1. pr cent. - - -
Sluthampton •• -- - 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
WATER-WORKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. i per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
- -
£ I. Q. 4 s. d.
East London..• ••• • • - 81. 100 0 0 - 173
Grand Junction ...... I 2/. 10s. 41 13 4 - b 0
Kent........ • • ...... 31. 10s. 100 0 0 - -
Lambeth ............ 57. per cut. 100 0 0 - 97
New It= Lndu Brdgc 21. 10s. - - 55
Vauxhall ............ M. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 100
Welt Middlesex . . . j 61.0•. pr cnt. - - 190