The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-04 00:00:00

MR. COBDEN IN ITALY.

TURIN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26. 1847.—Although the
intended visit of Mr. Cobden to this city was well
known and anticipated, and although it was the general
wish that there should be given here, as well as in the
other cities of Italy, a public testin•ortial of the high
estimation in which he is held, yet it was found impos-
sible to arrange artception on the scale desired and ex.
petted, for in fact in Turin there is no saloon large or
commodious enough to neeommodate the ntimber that
would have attendel Therefore three or four of the
most influential nobles set on foot a banquet to which
only those were admitted who had special letters of in-
vitation, and which banquet took place on Monday even-
ing the 24th, at the Europa Hotel.
As it was, the room was much too small for the guests
who amounted to about 60, and the heat was terrific ;
however, the dinner was most excellent, served up in
brilliant style, and composed of plats the most recherche.
and of wines the choicest.

The Comte Collibiano was in the chair ; having, of
course, on his right Mr. Cobden, and on either side the
President and Vice-President of the Chamber of Com-
merce ; the two Syndics of the city, Compte Balbo,
Marquis di Cavour, Marquis di Brime, Comte Rignon,
Prol'essor Scialoja, &c.
After the usual loyal toasts, the honour of proposing
the health of their guest, which was drunk with accla-
mations long and loud, devolved upon Professor Scialoja,
a young Neapolitan of rare talents, specially invited by
the King of Sardinia to btTotne the professor of political
economy in the Royal University of Turin.

After the Professor's splendidspeech, eulogising with
great eloquence the cause and principles of commercial
freedom, of which Mr. Cobden had been the persevering
champion, and compiimenting him upon the talents and
energy he had displayed in effecting such a successful
issue,

Mr. Cobden rose to return thanks. He spoke in
Preach, and after apologising for the imperfect manner
in which he could express his sense of the honour done
him, and disclaiming the merit which had been attri-
buted to him by the preceding speaker, made honour-
able mentien of his fellow labourers in the cause of free
trade, and of the statesmen who had carried it into
effect. He had found that the conduct of Sir Robert
Peel was held in high estimation on the continent, and
he believed that the same judgment which intelligent
foreigners removed from the atmosphere of our
political strife passed upon him would be also awarded
to him by ro-terity in England.—(Loud cheers.)
Ever since the close of the war the discoveries and im-
provements of science have been contributing towards
free trade. Every steam-boat had been an argument in
its favour—every mile of railway was a reproach to the
restrictive system. Locomotives and fiscal prohibitions
were incompatible things. Railways disdained the
ancient custom-house restraints. They could not
nurse their modern giant in an old-fashioned cradle.
If Germany had not formed its Zollverein, it would not
now have possessed its net-work of railways, and other
countries would also be obliged to have their customs
unions.—(Loud cheers.) The protective system was
not known by the Italian republics in their fiourishiniz
era. How could Venice, for instance, have grown great
under that system? There was nothicg but mud banks
to protect, and they had been covered with marble
palaces by commercial liberty.—(Cheers.) As this was
probably the last occasion of his addressing an Italian
audience, he must be allowed to say what had most sur-
prised and delighted him in his travels in their country.
It was not their pictures, monuments, and ruins— he had
been prepared to see them. Nor was it the distinguished
men he had met, for their fame had reached him in
England. His most agreeable surprise had been in
finding so much interest flt everywhere in Italy upon
the subjeet of the commercial reform in England. That
showed that the free traders hai not been engaged in a
narrow contest, but had laboured for the interests of
humanity, and it, also showed that Italians possess ex-
ms
P • •
ive sympathies ah'ch embraced the whole world.—
(Cheers.) Ile should he indi-el ungrateful if he did not
always feel a strong interest in all that cincerne,l the
happiness and prosperity of Italy and he could not leave
that beautiful country, except Kith the hope of return-
ing again, to renew his personal acquaintance will the
many amiable persons from whom he had experienced so
much kindness..

Loud and enthusiastic plaudits followed the termina.
tion of the speech.

Mr. Cobden has had an atinie7,ce to-day of the King,
who received him most graciously, and entered at once
upon the subject of free trade, saying he highly ap-
proved the principles which Mr. Cobden had advocated,
and that it was his wish and intention to make reduc-
tions in the tariff. as soon as possible, a promise which
the Minister of Finance corroborated in the evening, at
the English Minister's. where Mr. Cobden dined.

A COUNTRY PARTY GOVERN-

MENT.

(From the Oxford and Cambridge Review)
There are ample materials left uncorrupted for the
formation of an able ar.d honest Administration, as such
an assignment of offices as the following, fur instance,
abundantly testifies:—
First Lord of the Treasury—Lord Stanley.
Chancellor of the Exchequer—Lord George Bentinck.
Secretary of State for the Home Department—Mr.
Gladstone.
secretary of State for the Foreign Department—Lord
Ashburton.
Secretary of State for the Colonial Department—Sir
R. R. Vyvyan.
First Lord of the Admiralty—Duke of Northumber-
land.

Lord Chancellor—Mr. Stuart.
President of the Council—Earl Talbot.
Lord Privy Seal—Lord Feversham.
President of the Board of Trade—Earl of Lonsdale.
President of the Board of Control—Earl of Yowls.
Postmaster General— Duke of Buckingham.
Paymaster•Gtneral of the Forces—Mr. Colquhoun.
Woods and Forests—Lord John Manners.
Secretary for Irdand—Mr. Disraeli.
Chancellor of the Ducay of Lancaster—Sir B. Inglis.

(The above to form the Cabinet.)

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland—Duke of Cleveland.
Master of the Mint—Marquis of Granby.
Secretary to the Admiralty—Mr. Stafford O'Brien.
Secretary at War—Hon. H. T. Liddell.
Junior Lords of the Treasury—Lord Marcb, Lord
Osselston, and lion. F. Scott.
Under-Secretary for the Home Department—Mr.
Newdegate.
Under-Secretary for the Foreign Department—Mr.
Manes Gaskell.
Linder-Secretary for the Colonial Department—Mr.
Christopher.
Junior Lords of the Admiralty—Lord Ingestre, Mr.
J. N. Gladstone, Hon. A. Duncombe, and lion. C.
Joint Secretaries to the Treasury—Mr. T. Baring and
Mr. H. Hodgson.
Attorney-General—Mr. Pemberton Leigh.
Solicitor-General—The Hon. Mr. Talbot.
Vice-President of the Board of Trade—Mr. P. H. S.
Miles.
Joint Secretaries to the Board of Control—Mr. Gro-
gan and Lord Clive.
Master. General of the Ordnance—Sir H. Douglas.
Surveyor General of the Ordnance—Lord Hotham.
Clerk of the Ordnance—Mr. W. Beresford.
Lord Chamberldn—Lord Waiqe.
Lord Steward—Earl of liardwia.
Master of thy. Horse—Marquis of Waterford.

HERRING FISHERY.—TtIe catch of Norweigian
herrings has greatly failed this year. For a series of years,
the take on the coast of Norway has been most abundant;
and the quantity annually exported to Sweden, and to the
ports in the Baltic, has ranged between 600,000 to 700,000
barrels; whereas the quantity cured this season, for exporta-
tion, will barely reach to 400,000 barrels. This fact ought to
stimulate our Western fisherman to exertion during the en-
suing season, in order to gain that position in the market
they have too Long neglected.—Ayr Observer.
A GOOD Barr.—The gardens this spring aro in-
fested to a considerable extent (considering the seve-
rity of the winter) with snails and slugs, which have
already commenced their duirructive havoc on the ten.
der foliage and vegetable plants. Mr. George Toms,
of this place, among various experiments, spread in
the evening in his garden some grains (the remains of
malt after brewing), about one inch in thickness. About
midnight he went to the spot and found the grains i
literally covered with snails and slugs ; and by sifting
slaked lime over them he destroyed the whole: The
experiment has become in general.use, and so success-
fully that gardens are cleansed of these insect's in a few
nights.—Taunton Covien