The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-10 00:00:00

HAMBURGH.

Mr. HUTT wished to ask the Secretary for Foreign
Affairs whether he was able to lay before the House the
report of a committee of the Senate of Hamburgh on
the subject of the navigation league proposed by
Prussia to the state of Hamburgh ?
Lord PALMERSTON replied that he had received
the document in question, and that as soon as a trans-
lation was made of it he should lay it on the table.
Mr. HUTT trusted that the translation would be
entrusted to abler hands than some of those which
had been furnished.

Lord PALMERSTON would take care that a
proper translation was effected.
Mr. RTCARDO inquired if the Noble Lord had
received any correspondence on the subject, and if so
whether he would lay it on the table ?
Lord PALMERSTON was not quite positive ;
he would, however, ascertain, and if so, he did not
think he should have any objection to lay copies on
the table.

PORTUGAL.
Mr. HUME said it would be recollected that on
tho 20th of April last a protocol was agreed to be-
tween this country and France and Spain with
respect to the affairs of Portugal. He wished to know
whether France and Spain had withdrawn from the
treaty.

Lord PALMERSTON said the protocol was to the
effect that an election should take place in Por-
tugal, and that the Cortes should be afterwards sum-
moned. The terms had not yet been fulfilled,
because the elections were not yet over. Her Ma-
jesty's Government considered that Portugal was
bound by the treaty There had not been any formal
communication to the effect that France and Spain
had withdrawn. There might to a shade of difference
between those two Governments and the Government
of this country.

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE WEST
INDIES.

Lord G. BENTINOK postponed his motion for
a fortnight, in consequence of the continued indispo •
sition of the Premier.
THE RAJA OF SATTARA.

Mr. HUME postponed the following motion until
Tuesday :—" That the contents of the papers laid
before Parliament in the last session, respecting the
innocence of the late Purtaub Shean, the deposed
Itaja of Sattara, taken in connexion with the in-
formation previously presented to the House of Com-
mons, render it expedient and necessary to the
furtherance of the ends of justice, and for the
future good government of India, and the protection
of the people and princes of that country, that the
inquiry prayed for by the late Raja in his petition to
Parliament, presented on the 29th of July, 1842,
should be granted, with a view of rescuing the cha-
racter of the late Baja, if innocent, from the
opprobrium which certain charges brought against
him have cast upon it, and of vindicating the honour
of the British Administration in India from the suspi-
cion and obloquy which the proceedings against the
late Raja have excited."
REVENUE.

The HON. MEMBER also inquired if the Government
would object to the following motion : For a Select Com-
mittee, to inquire into the state of the public income
and expenditure of the United Kingdom ; to examine
the public revenue, under it separate heads, as re-
gards the assessment, collection, custody, and the
employed for the same, and to re-
any and what alteration or re-
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peal can be made under any of these heads, with
benefit to the public revenue; also, to examine into
the public expenditure, under separate heads, and to
consider and report what measures can be adopted for
the relief of the country, by altering or reducing any
portion of the said expenditure, without detriment to
the public service.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was
directed by Lord John Russell to state that the Go-
vernment could not accede to the motion.
Mr. HUME said he should move it after the
recess.

Mr. ANSTY postponed his motion for a fort
night.
BANK OF SCOTLAND.

In reply to Mr. J. A. SMITH,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ex-
plained, that in his speech the other night he did not
mean to convey the impression that the Bank of
Scotlana and the majority of Scotch banks had
applied to the Bank of England for loans.
He spoke generally. It was needless to disclaim that
the Bank of Scotland had made such an application.