The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-13 00:00:00

CHICORY.

Mr. ANSTEY gave notice:that to-morrow he should
ask the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer if
he had any objection to produce the Treasury Minute of
1840, authorising the use of chicory for the purpose of
adulterating coffee?—(Hear.)
SC H LESW IG HOLSTEIN.

Mr. GEORGE SANDARS wished to ask Viscount
Palmerston, as the armistice between the Danish and
Russian Governments on the affairs of Schleswig Hol-
stein is to cease on the 26th instant, and as there exists
great desire on the part of the merchants trading to the
Elbe and the ports on the Baltic to know the present
state of the question, how the question stands; and whe-
ther, after the 26th inst., he anticipates a renewal of hos-
tilities, and a blockading of the ports under the Ger-
manic Confederation, and if so, whether the property of
British merchants, in either British or foreign ships, will
be held free from capture and forfeiture.
Lord PALMERSTON said the question which the
Honourable Member had put to him was one of
great importance to this country and the com-
merce of Northern Europe. It was, too, of
equal importance that there should be a suc-
cessful termination of the negotiating now going
on the subject of Schleswig-Holstein. It was
true as the honourable Member had mentioned
in his question that the Danish Government
had given notice which they were entitled to do by the
the condition of the arrangement on the Schleswig
Holstein question to terminate the armistice on
the 26th of the present month, but in that no-
tice the parties concerned had at the same
time declared in writing that it was not
their intention to commence hostilities, and
their object in terminating the armistice was
rather to express a wish to make some diffe-
rent arrangement with regard to the Provi-
sional Government of the Duchies of Schleswig
Holstein with regard to the present position of the nego-
tlon, all that he could say was, that Government were
favouring the endeavour to bring the two parties to
an understanding not merely upcn the points with re-
gard to the suspension of hostilities, but with regard to
the basis upon which the permanent arrangement should
be concluded.—(Hear.) He could assure the House
that no effort would be waniing on the part of the
Government to bring these two parties to an under-
standing, and when he considered the vast magnitude of
the interests which were at stake, and the various exten-
sive and disastrous consequences which would arise
from a renewal of hostilities between the contending
parties he could not but persuade himself that a speedy
conclusion of the negotiation, but he was convinced that
the spirit which animated both parties, if it lasted,
would ere long induce them to come to a good under.
standing upon their affairs.—(Cheers.)
TRANSMISSION OF PAUPERS TO GLASGOW.
In reply to a question from Mr. H. HERBERT,
Sir G. GREY said on Saturday last he received a
deputation who stated that a large number of Irish
paupers who had not obtained a settlement in this
country, had been sent chiefly from Glasgow, over to
Ireland. It was stated that 12,000 had been sent over,
but he had no positive information that so lrrge a
number had been removed. Since he had seen that
deputation he had received information from Scot-
land that a society bad been established at
Belfast, which was supported by voluntary contributions.
for the purpose of returning Irish paupers back to Scot-
land. The fact, therefore, was, that the paupers were
legally removed from Scotland to Belfast, and illegally
removed from Belfast to Scotland.—(Hear, hear.)