The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-04 00:00:00

ITALY.

Letters from Milan of the 28th, state that King
CHARLES ALBERT has transferred head quarters from
Volta to Vollegio on the kit of the 111b,cio, and the
whole Pieltro It-se ..,rnoy is now in p .sition on the
same side. The news from is confirmed. The
Austri4dis glt into the town, but they '.ere itnme-
dl4elv driven from it. . .

Nu further intelligence of NUGENT'S advance had
been published at Milan.
'The /tdia ('entrale of the
.1.511 contains a decree
of the Provi iunal G .verokulent of Alodenzt tnd
Reggit). ppp,iin:in4 a special commi:;sion for the

tpurpoft of c.)inpili,g a representative constitution.
Toe primary assvnooe., are to he convoked on the
trasis of uni,r_rs..4l suffrage. The Provisional Govern-
ment, is dui ,:g all in its power to stimulate the
ardour of the people fur :be cause of Italian inde-
pendz.nce.,.

NATION AL ASSEMBLY.
( ruts IAY.)
AFTEKNooN rice.

o!tant business
the proce,diims
After the trai.aet on 141 utorbp
with re,pt-cc to the mode of conductil,g
of the As,einbly,
Mr* JoNks (Midfield) said they had long 1:474.n divided
up•al the
.questions of in ,r;4l and physical fore,, but he
had BOW to propose a re‘olution, which, if carried out
would do more than any I hing flse to attain then:
.4
hey h.untt that while the Government were
aboble to Maintain a revenuti through the Excise-
Jaws and other Medium* of reViiiiiiii they would be in,
a position to crush awl oppress labour, but once those
TeVEnues were diminished the power of the Government
.woull.diminish in -a proportionate rario. He therefore
propo:ed- that tie Assembly should tall up,:n the peopltl
at large:tp p:eegtethetnlves to ahstain from the use
of all excisable artijes, that being the best means
of getting the Charter male the law of the
land. It the people of England abstained, as
he be ieve‘i many really would, from using
ale, pi rter, spirits, tea, coffee, snuff, and tobacco, in less
than six mouths a great detici,ncy would arise in the
Eat:tit quer, and the resources of the Government be
crippl• d. He believed that men were so enthusiastic
to
the cant air, they were, riot only prepared to deny
then,-elves. the 17.xuries of tonaceo spirits, Sce., but were
ready t • throw their t,ia- ors and tea cui ato the wind.
Iq_:Ait., (Duffle) )tnPoved an amendment that it Nail
sv,,ric‘Jt.
1e2.,1 to the attainment of the Charter, that the
the ,winos,
itninedia•ely withdraw the depo-
narcotic bai.k-, and eschew the use of
VERNoN,
if tha entindiug- the amendment, observed,
aris:ng !rum tt. ttni;;iu:,"l di-H(4,Eu in the revenue
het,ite.t,- a it
in e ii3etaioned, they would not
butter.—(L 3,1711q4 a tax upon bread and
i'.ttli'gf"reit':dalithhaajtihhkiyt sthhenurldil4ht. nail
on the he:A. when tit.w,
the Government by wicg cripple
banks. cite deposits from the

broad I riut 'MATTHEWS said he would rathPr r
`)1 -
th' P‘ Charte'' on
the
g°°(l
u ples
soda expediencies as that propoy,d. wntin tailt view 11,.,
h n resort
u
m to
oved. that de y ‘,Ol 1 not t .ke ir,to coastderutiwi
~tiwr the ai.king or of
quesi,„n.
Mr. CHILDS ,eco ale,l The unif'ihitn•-nt.
A Ir,r a utioti rl•' ti of irr polar discu-,ion the inwio,,
iti,d too sm.& Hilments it bt leg observe,:
by a I):,legate ti4at. the As,etnt,l) ha..l a;;rettlut the firs
illsrauce pruceed %ha the co;:stdi:ru:ion of the pro

Lage.

FUTURE POLICY.
Ttw first vint tne plogn.a:ltne .11,4 than brongh•
forward: —"Thu means t..,f2; the As.eu;bly Lowy,
AirErWspi • •'.44tur to tht, movi,tnent.,
RATH sAt wound !hey wo(' ltdmit that the
&wit): not b. carrlcd on v.ith uuy cinarme o
sifeet's;,-Avrt th I,ati inoi;ey tO tut rt teleneershn,r

sh ,6,-11 an un.ent
1it,21.1,1a4-Ithey should b • app...ded t•.. to see it th,-N
would I",.!rntlili th As,,,trudy N itu thy means or carrying
on th-ir great ; and It they (id Not respon,
to the U, it w ut,i ,et the AssPnibly right
wi h cthe people, with themselves. with the (ie..
vprungtit, anti with the wurtd. He would sita-,,,0-st
that an a?peal should be made to the people ot th.,
1:n-„tect Kingdom to create by sub eripttott a fund o
5,0004, 1p be called the Liberty Fund, which :hall

(THIS DAY.)

GROUP XIV.

(THIS EVENING.)

PETITIONS.

appropriated to the movement to make the Charter the
law of the lend.
'The discussion, however, was interrupted by Mr
Ernest Jot es, who was called upon to read the draft
address to the people, which had been drawn up by a
committee.
The address was a rather voluminous document, but
did not state what definite policy the Assembly intended
to pursue. It was received with loud cheers, and a large
number of copies ordered to be printed and circulated
throughout the metropolis and the provinces.
The Assembly then separated.
During the sitting the sentiments uttered by the de-
legates were, in three or four instances, hissed by the
peop:e in the gall,-ry, and the delegates themselves were
called to order by the chairman fur indulging in per-
sonalities.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

The Select Committee appointed to consider the
merits of the Bills comprised in Group 14, which chi• fly
consist of Bills suspended from last session, met for the
first time this morning in Committee-room No. 28; Mr.
Eliot Yorke in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN intimated that the Committee had
determined to take the unopposed Bills in which there
was no subscription contract first ; then the opposed
Bills in which there were subscription contracts, and
lastly, the opposed Bills a here there were no subser9-
Lion contracts according to their numbers on the petition
hst. The Committee proposed to take the unopposed
Bills to day, and then adjourn over till Monday, at
twelve o'clock, when the Committee would take the
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester opposed cove.
The Committee then proceeded to the consideration of
the nnopposedißtlls; aid passed the preambles to the ful-
loc. log Bills, which stood in that ca ten :--
York, Newcastle, and Berwick (late York and Newcastle
Main Line Improvement. &c.)
[ln reference to this Bill the Committee agreed to
make a special report to the effect th.at. the York and
Newcastle Company,
had. since last session,
who were the d
origiFal promoters,
with the New.
castle and Berwick Company, and the united company
sa3alganrte w
had agreed to adopt this Bill, which virtually passed in
the last Pai liament.]
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Harrogate aed Pateley
Branch).
Bristol and Exeter Railway (Branch from Bleadon to
Wells, Glisatot.buT), and Street).
from Hungertord to Westbury, with a
B
Great Western Railway (Extension of the Berks and
Hantsnch to gait.
Glasgow, paisley, and Greenock Railway (Amendment
and Branches, &c.)
Branch Devizes).
T
.
A7rdhe riefoalnlodw igßnsthßgi al ltewaJsuwnci tthiorlara Rwßailwayl—way (Amendment
and D.
The then adjourned till Monday, at twelve
o'clock.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the
Woolsack at Five o'clock.

Lord CAMPBELL presented;petition from Wick,
praying for an alteration in the Scottish law of
entail.
Lord BEAUMONT presented several petitions
from various lodges of Odd Fellows, praying for the
legalization of tht-ir society.
LIGH I NING CONDUCTORS IN THE NAVY.
In answer to a question from the Earl of
W' I L'I'ON,
The Earl of AUCKLAND said that the lighting
conductors of 141 r. Snowe Harris were preferable to
any others in use.
The Earl of HARDWICKE also bore testimony
to the merits of Mr. S. Harris's invention.
NOTICES OF MOTION.

Lord STANLEY gave notice of a motion for to-
morrow on the subject of the correspondence which
had recently taken place between the Foreign Secre-
tary and the Court of Spain.
Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that he should
on the 18th of this month bring forward a motion on
the general subject of the state and administration of
the law.

the Government whether the correspondence (which,
to say the least of it, was incredible) that had re-
cently- appeared in the newspapers, purporting to be a
letter from the Secretary of State for. Foreign Affairs
to the Government in Madrid, dictating in the most
peremptory manner changes in thatcountry, and which
was likely to detract from the high name of this
country abroad, was authentic. It appeared that the
Duke de Sotomayor indignantly repelled with scorn
the interference of the British Government. He also
wished to know if that letter was authentic ; and,
if so, whether the Government had any objection to
lay copies of them on the table. Also whether any
communication had been received from the Spanish
Government with re ipect to the recal of Mr. Burwer.
Lord J. RUSSELL (who was only indistinctly
heard in the gallery) was understood to say, in reply
to the first question, that there was one important
omission in the correspondence between his Noble
Friend and the Duke de Sotomayor that had appeared
in the newspapers, but that with this exception it was
substantially correct. He merely stated the course
of policy he should recommend in the event of any
oceasion arising to render its adoption necessary.
The letter then went on as it was printed in the news-
papers. The Hon. Gentleman must be fully aware
reiant
a ldifferenceetter a
nd betweenin
nan the
officialob-
ua g
contained
te he
ra a
tt
ne
nr
se w
notice. • The Hon. Gentleman stated that toe
Duke de Sotomayer rejected the advice and returned
the note of Noble Friend. And 'he
should have
referred to some former proceedings, by which
he would have found that this had
country
been called upon by Spain to agree to a
treaty which would laid this country under the
obligation of making efforts by sea and by
furnishing supplies of
arms and ammunition, for the
purpose of maintaining the present Queen on the
throne of Spain. If he would refer to the document
in which these matters were set forth, he would find
that there was a considerable sum of money owing by
Spain for stores and ammunition. He thought it was
also a fact that in the coure of last year that repre-
sentations were made to the British Government to
know whether under the treaty there in force, if an
emergency should arise, this country would use its
influence and power to maintain the Queen upon the
Throne. Now the Hon. Gentleman and the House
must be aware that if this country were to take
called upon to do this, that it was not unnatural that
it should offer through its Government friends and
friendly advice, with a view of preventing any
reckless proceedings which might cause a civil
war. All that was intended by his Noble Friend,
was not to dictate to the Government of
Spain with respect to its internal affairs.
but that being its ally, and having made efforts to
maintain the Queen on her throne, it was not outrag-
ing their friendly advice for the maintenance of the
kingdom consistently with the position of the Queen,
and the securty of those institutions which were
intimately connected with her claims.—(Hear.) His
Noble Friend (Lord Palmerston here entered the
House) would state whether there was any objection
to produce the correspondence.
Mr. URQUHART enquired whether any address
had been received from the Government of Madrid
with respect to the recal of Mr. Bulwer ?
Lord PALMERSTON had no objection to 1
.ay
the papers on the table of the House. They were
already in preparation, and would no doubt be ready
to-morrow. The address in t. ques ion was received
some time ago.

The Bishop of LLANDAFF gave notice that he
should on an early day move an address to her Ma-
jesty, praying her gracious consent to the introduc-
tii.n of a Bill limiting the time during which Church
livings in the gift of the Crown might be permitted to
remain vacant.

Mr. URQUHART inquired if any correspondence
had taken place with respect to the demand of the
Spanish Government to have Mr. Bulwer recalled ?
Lord PALMERSTON said there was no corre-
spondence on the subject.
Mr. URQUHART wished to know from the
Noble Lord the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, whether the mediation of England had been
accepted by the parties in the Danish duchies ?

Lord PAL MERSTON—In answer to the Hon.
Member :—I have the satisfaction to inform the
House, that both parties, Russia on the one hand,
and the Danes upon the other, have accepted the good
offices of Great Britain, with a view of settling ami-
cably the question in dispute, and that communica-
tions are now going on between her Majesty's Go-
vernment and the two parties with a view of effecting
this object.—(Cheers.)
Mr. BANKES wished to know with respect to the
dispatch of the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign
Affairs, whether he would explain the circumstances
of that dispatch appearing in the papers at Madrid
before the date of the dispatch itself.
Lord PALMERSTON—The question of the
Hon. Member must, I fear, be treated in the same
manner as that related of Charles 11. and the first ?
(Laughter.) The first point to establish is, was such
the case? and in point of fact it was not the case.
The note did not appear in any Spanish paper,
neither has it appeared in any Spanish paper except
so far as it was copied into one from one of the
French papers. It was first published in La Presse,
but in what manner it got there it is not for me even
to guess. All that I can say is that her Majesty's
Government had nothing to do with the
publication of it there. I believe that a
short advertisement, or paragraph rather, did appear
in the corner of one of the Spanish newspapers, the
Clamor Publico, I believe, sta'ing that they under•
stood that it was the intention of her Majesty's repre-
sentative at Madrid to present some note to the
Spanish Government. That paragraph appeared some
days before the note was issued, how it appeared,
of course, I cannot say. It was not a copy
of the note, but a short statement, and
I rather think if the Honourable Member
wishes it that I shall be able to add that paragraph
to the other papers which I shall present to the House
upon the subject.
Air. BANKES wished to know whether the
Spanish Government had not made complaint of such
correspondence having taken place.
Lord PALMERSTON and Lord J. RIISSELL—Cer
ta:nly.

TIIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

than the Deist. No law had ever been made with
respect to the Jews sitting in Parliament, because
no one ever dreamt of such an occurrence taking place.
Because he believed the Church was placed upon a
rock, was he to allow an objectionable class of
persons to come near it, because he knew
they could not undermine it—(Hear, hear)—because
he knew that " God would defend his truth," was he
unhesitatingly to open a gate by which even a small
body of persons might enter who did not believe in
its principles, and who might assail them though
they could not injure them. In reading the Christian
religion, and freely interpreting its principles,
he found nothing to command him to take the
unbeliever into the bosom of his family.—
(Hear, hear.) Let them treat the Jewish people
with Christian forbearance, and join with them in all
the duties which devolved on man in the ordinary
affairs of life ; but do not give them- any vantage-
ground by admitting them into a Christian Legis-
lature.
The amendment having been read,
Mr. TRELAW,N EY rose to support the Bill, and
was