The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-25 00:00:00

MORNING EDITION

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lONIAN ISLANDS.

Si
TO THE EDITO,it-UF THE SUN.
hare great4iteasure in informing you
'--reszi6T the ten thousand Zantiotes to
lifer
•Alajesty, congratulatory of the birth of the
has
Royal, which I mentioned in my last,
tias been this day delivered to her Majesty by
• Dr. Gaeta, who was presented to the Queen by
Lord Charles Fitzroy.
'.this document, as I have been told, is in itself
to
a great curiosit as well from the number of sig-
natures affixed it (in all the variety of Greek
(lailigraphy), as from its being the first address in
the Greek language which has been presented to
British Sovereign.
Amongst the many thousand names (the Ad-
4ress is 33 yards in length) are those of the
first and most influential nobility and gentry of
the country, and I may especially enumerate the
f
• °lkwing—Count Candiano Roma, ex-M.P. ;
bCount Pietro Maeri ex-M.P. Doctor Demetrio
I"sa, ex-SettaL)r and M.P.; Mr. Giorgio Co-
Inuto, M.P.: Andrea Gaeta, M.P. ; Count An-
tonit, Coturali, M.P. ; Antonio Strusa, ;
33r. Demetrio Frangopulo, M.P.; Dr. Giovanni
Lernarduchi ; Chevalier Carvella ; Spiro Carvel-
ki M.P., and his brothers ; Count de Nasi ; De-
inetrio Macri, M.P.: Antonio Macri ; Constantin
Carrer ; Gaetano de Rossi; Dr. Gaeta; the
Archbishop, and all the oln-gy, &c.
Allow me to observe that it is most singular
that all these noblemen and gentlemen, who have
thus hastened to be atnongst the first to display
their loyal feeling towards our gracious Protec-
tre,.7s, have been denounced by Sir Howard
bouglas as partisans of a foreign influence, and
Malcontents to the British protection ! Let, how-
, ever, these malcontents speak for themselves.
• Here is the Address, which I subjoin in the ori-
,
Onal, with a literal translation, and which, speak-
ing the sentiments not of the Zantiotes only, but
?fall the other lonians, will, I hope, for ever si-
lence those who till now have, for their purposes,
'tared to calumniate this spirited and grateful
People as disloyal and disaffected.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient humble servant,
AN lONIAN.
Colonial Club, March 24, 1841.

The following is the Address in the original, as
Presented yesterday to her Majesty :
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TRANSLATION.
To her Majesty Victoria 1., Queen of England,
and Protectress of the lonian Islands.
May it please your Majesty,
i„rhe auspicious event of the birth of your Ma-
''StX's first chill has filled with joy the heart of
, verY lonian, amongst whom the inhabitants of
?ante earnestly hasten to express to your Ma-
ii,stY the indescribable joy with which their
Hearts are filled.
,1-IPon such and so glorious an occasion, the
v'o4,ersigned presume to hope that your Majesty
dein to receive at the feet of your Majesty's
august throne their humble congratulations, and
fr,lvent prayers for the preservation and ever-
irreasium happiness of your Majesty and your
nation,
Consort, as well as of the generous British
ali,9n, the glorious model of political excellence.
I 'ay your Majesty, from your exalted throne,
413(3k down with an eye of kindness on the lonians,
,iIV• deign to accept the prayers of the under-
tti,ned, who can only hope for an amelioration of
jeseir present political condition from your Ma-
d'e'tY, amongst whose other virtues and good
theeds history will number the regeneration of
lonian people.
fe 'lay Divine Providence, in granting these our
rrent prayers, pour down upon your Majesty,
ti7r protectress, and the nation of Great Britain,
e inexhaustible treasures of its infinite grace,
or thus give to the lonian people the happiness
or enjoyng. the prospect of the future good deeds
So glorious a Queen.
(Here follow 10,200 signatures.)
Zante, Dec. 16, 18.40.

vi,TITE FIRST TRIP ON THE BRIGHTON RAlL-
ift--The Directors of this railway (of the Croydon
from'ilwaY) made their first trip on Saturday last, starting
tondor-h ridge at ten minutes past eight ; they
lari3t,,PPed at the Dartmouth Arms station, Sydenham, and
pitwards proceeded to Merstham tunnel, but were
''reated from going through in consequence 6f
n waggons being on the lines. The engine used
(.). "is occasion is one of immenee power, called the
141 Mertaliam," made by Messrs. Sharp and Roberts, of
ci4roteheater. The works are rapidly I rogressing, and the
t: to within fiften miles of Brighton will be opened to
.„rublie on thee] st of June, and to Bsighton in August
ni."l,. The first stone of the new line from the junction
tell °°
Greenwich Railway to the London terminus, was
°n Wednesday 18.4 be Colonel Landmann,• the pro-
-lair and engineer of the Greenwich Railway.
yd 4; ARTS AND ROUEN RAILWAY.—A Ral
illance modifies as follows the first paragraph of the 21st
Lo of of the statutes of the Paris and Rouen Railroad
11(71i:411Y —`` During the execution of the works, and
17/,,„" the completion Lf the entire line between Paris and
sh'ea, the shareholders are to he paid four per cent. on
thk sums vested by them, and the Company is to apply to
ty_t Purpose the proceeds of the sums placed out at in-
(4170, or the recei[ts of the different parts of the line
t n may be successively opened, or any other accessory
gentles of the undert.king ; or, in case of insufficiency, a
nit.'o.l of th • 5,000,000 f. comprised within the capital, in
",n to tl e r step wed costs of the works."
c'YAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—A very
(ye Reneral mce-ing of members was held on Monday
that'.ings G. B. Greenhough, Esq., President, in the
eel- Colonel Jackson introduced to the notice of the
ce, ng a beautiful instance in which the electrotype pro-
k.'as had Lee.) introduced to maps, being the first of the
en't„wt,iieli had bee:. executed. The map, which was pre-
4—" l by Captain Beaufort, was of the Island. of As.cen-
-10,,
and there was no distinction between this specimen
wto the one from which it had been taken. There
rn4le 450 exhibited two embossed maps from Mr. Acker-
Row Ideal ich were comparatively cheap, and . gave a
vr,-111" of the places they represented. Captain Grey
4;- an account of his survey of five }ears of the coast of
by a Minor The whole coast had been re-surveyed
tilsothis expedition in one continued triangulation, as
the Pert of the Mores and Attica. He will return on
tsir, 6rstof next month to survey Candia, to ascer-
th the longi udes of the places on tbe eastern basin of
'yea 4editerrinean, to Acro and Jaffa, and thence to .19-
lle hotel% The whole of the survey, when completed, will
of the most interesting and important undertaken
IJe ,;(:ne time. A paper was next read from Col. Lloyd,
bit::: an account of a recent journey across the isthmus of
k4,n;nr in which he gave an interesting decription of the
tiaractingo Ineiang, a toe and unmixed, intelligent and
gain, tribe, tribe, inhabiting-p
the Atlantic side. These alone
—4'..ed their freed against the Spaniards, to whom
t(tri(:..e very host;le, and whose lives are not safe in their
exhillrleSs but to the English they are very friendly, and
eta,/v't disposit'on which it woul Ibe very desirable to
;9reaatr. A short paper was also read from Mr. Abbott,
acccunt of Gliclore, the richest of all the
Asa provinces on tho borders of th,s Caspian
.Sea.
pct., NrEsT OF SWINDLEIts.—At Wolship-street
dey,i,'°Nee ors Tuesday, there was an investigation which
Pe ;1 a wholesale is) stem of swindling. A middle-
of respectable appearance calling himself some-
Pla)ed'iaPham, and at others Chapman, appears to have
hrough,tf e plinei, al part in the nefarious transactions
Mrs ` 1 ght. 'lle was some days ago brought before
4intitier6inehton, arc! unluckily fcr the ends of justice, was
&Pe ra. to "Is Since which period he has never made his
.44 (It ein public. This Mr. Clapham alias Chapman,
toal_rilained coals in large quantities from a great many
444 berehanta in various parts of the metropolis, and
into e 4 this confederates, bas contrived to convert them
ttetiotus" ag soon, and sometimes even before, they were
xnfeei j delivered. The keepers of teat-sheds, too, have
sheds
a 4 severely from these villainous swindlers, of whose
4',hfionntl "'bole stock they have fraudulently obtained pos.
Without ;e,wing some of the late owners pennsless and
it i uom,e.
ful stated that another comedy, by the success.
arig:',tlyntitnr of London Assurance, is in the hands of the ma-
i.t."4l:ittel!! Covent-garden. Theatre, and will be produced
°" don
Asysuarta.enrceEbac=
to
or
fisaog.soon as the attraction of

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAzicm 24.

Tne SPEAKER having taken the Chair,
Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, presented the Annual
Finance Accounts.
SUDBURY ELECTION.

Sir C. LEMON brought up the Report of the Sud-
bury Election Committee, confirming the election of
George Towline. Esq. he Committee reported that
the pi tition of Alderman Purr was neither frivolous nor
vexatious.

On the motion of Mr. Alderman THOMPSON,
the Durham and Sunderland Ritlway all was read a
third time and passed. _ _ .

Mr. COLQUHOUN presented a petition from the
Provost and Magisirates of Renfrew against the Nl-
lok and Gova Riilway Company.
Mr. LANGDALE presented a petition from Pres-
ton, praying that provision he made for allowing the oc-
cupiers of workhouses to attend the'r own places of wor-
ship on Sundays ; also petitions to the same effect from
the CAtholies of Preston and Knaresborough.

Mr. A. YATES presented petit'.ons from King's
County and Queen's County in favour of Medical Re-
form.

Sir E. KNATCHBULL presented a petition from
a solicitor of London, named Henslow, in which he
set forth a great grievance which he had frequently met
with in the discharge of his duty. He set forth several
Cases where executors who had never acted at all, or
ever had any funds of the testators in their hands, after
the lapse of seventeen, eighteen, or even twenty years,
had been called upon to pay large sums as legacy-duty,
and in some cases had also been visited with penalties..
He prayed for such an alteration of the law as would
make it imperative on the officers of the revenue to call
for such duties before the end of a short and specified time.
The Ri4ht Hon. Gentleman gave notice that he should
move to-morrow for the appointment of a Committee
on the subject ; also a petition from Faversham in
favour of the Jewish Declaration Bill.

Mr. ROUND presented a petition from Essex in
favour of the rating of smal tenerner,ts B 11.
Sir H. PARNELL presented petitions from Dun-
dee in favour of the Import Duties Bill, and a petition
from the Medical Association of Scotland in favour of
the Medical Reform Bill.

Mr.T. PARKER presented a petition from Abcryst-
with, against the Poor-kw Amendment Bill.
Mr. W. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from a
union in Yorkshire to the same effect.

Mr. Alderman THOMPSON presented a petition
from Sr. Mary I, Bow, London, to same elf et.
Captain JONES presented a petition trom Donegal
and Londonderry, praying for the total abolition of
Church patronage in Scotland, and a pet' tion in favour.
of the Copyright of Designs 13111.
Mr. PEASE presented petitions from the Roman
Catholics of Durham and Darlington, praying that the
inmates of workhouses of that persuasion might obtain
the spiritual assistance of their own clergymen.
An How. MEMBER presented a petition from RavAl-
stone, in the county of Le;cester, in favour of C.lureh
Extension.
_ _

Lord SANDON presented a pet:tion from the medi-
cAl practitioners of Liverpnol, pra),ieg that certain
changes be made in that part of the Poor-law Amend-
ment Act relating to the attendance of medical men at
workhouses.

Mr. VILLIERS presented a petition against
-he County Courts' B:11 ; also two petitions from agri-
cultural parishes in Somersetshire, praying for tl.e re•
peal of the Corn-laws, by which, the petitioners corn-
p!ained, that the pauperism of the country was caused.
Mr. GROTE presented a petition from a cei t tin
congregation of Protestant Dissenters, praying for the
abolition of Eo.clesiast.cal Courts. and the release of
Mr. Baines. . _

Mr. DALRYMPLE presented a petition in favour
of Church Extension. _

Mr. SHAW presented a petition from the Chemists
and Druggists of Dublin, praying to be excluded from
the provisions of the Medical Reform Bill.
Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from an
engincer, in favour of harbours of refuge.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from an
e!ector of the county of Hertford, complaining that he
could not get a copy of the register of the electors of
that county from the Clerk of the Psace unless he paid
fifteen shillings for it, whereas the usual price was fi,e
shillings. The Hon. Member gave notice of his inten-
tion to bring the subject of complaint under the consi-
deration of the House, and he moved that it be printed
with the Votes.
The SPEAKER said the Hon. Member should
give notice of his intention to have the petition printed
with the votes.
After a short discussion,

Mr. DUNCOMBE deemed the right of petition
of so mu( h importance, that he would tike the sense
of the House upon his motion. He had never known
a case in which a motion like the present hal been re-
fused.

The SPEAKER was understood to say tha' the
general rule of the House was that a notice shouli be
given when Members intended to print a peti-
tion and found a motion thereupon.—(Hear.)
The House had strictly adhered to that rule all list
Session, and during last Session the House had fre-
quently, in his recollection, refused to' sanction the
printing of petitions ; so that it was entirely in the
option of the House to refuse or not to print peti-
tions. It had been an understanding during the
whole of the present Session not to have peti-
tions printed without a distinct notice of motion
pra7iously given ; therefore he had done no more
by the Hon. Member than he had done by many
others during the course of the Session. He would
wish the House to recollect that, according to he strict
practice of the House, notice ought to be given of every
motion.

Mr. BROTHERTON hoped, as the petition was
not of an urgent nature, that the Hon. Member would
withdraw his motion, and give notice of it.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE would have no objection to
the delay if he could bring on the question at the time
of private business to-morrow--but if it were to be put
off for twelve or fourteen days, it would be in fact
putting the petitioners completely out of Court.
Mr. ESTCOUR r said that if the Hon. Member
wished to break down the understanding which had
been entered into at the beginning of the Session, he
ought to bring the question forward at the time of
public business at five o'clock.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE was not infringing any rule.
He was strictly adhering to the orders of the House.
There had been no proposition at the beginning of the
Session to rescind that order, and if there had been he
should have opposed it ; on that order he took his
stand.

Mr. HUME thought his Hon. Friend had strictly
complied with the rules of the House. If they were
bad they ought tl be rescindel
Sr G. GREY said his Hon. Friend wished evidently
to break down an understanding which had been gene-
rally acted on since the commencement of the Session.
Sir E. KNATCHBULL did not object to the print-
ing the petition, but he did object to breaking in upon
the usual practice of the House during the pi% sent
Session.

Sir ROBERT PEEL said the Hon. Member ought
on his own view of the case to set aside the general
practice of the House.
Mr. ALSTON said the Hon. Member for Finsbury
had in his opinion complied with the strict rule of the
House. No Hon. Member had shown that the pre-
scribed rule had been rescinded.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said it was undoubtedly
a hardship upon the Hon. Member for Finsbury that
he should be ohbged to watt until his motion came
before the House, but if it came on it should he under-
stood that the motion was entertained at the time of
private businese.
Mr. DU NCOMBE said he bad no obj--ction to that.
The Hon. Member gave notice that at five o'clock to-
morrow he would move that this petition be prioted.
Sir G. GREY presented a petition from Northamp-
ton against GI-lurch-rates.
Mr. HODGES gave notice that in Committee on
the Poor-law Amendment Bid he should move that a
Medical Director should be appointed to superintend all
matters relative to affording medical relief to the poor.
Mr. HUME postponed his notice of motion for
copies of the correspondence between the Government
and the United States Government till to-morrow week,
as he was unwilling to force on a discussion which must
come en after the next arrival.

_
MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.
Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL, seeing the Hon. Member
for Kilmarnock in his pace, wished to ask him whether
there would be any chance of their seeing the Bill re-
lating to Mavnooth, leave to bring in which he had ob-
tained some werks ago, before Easter ?
Mr. COLQUHOUN said he would bring it in to-
morrow.