The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-23 00:00:00

POLICE MAGISTRATES.

In answer to a question from Mr. FORSTER,
Sir GEORGE GREY stated that the 'police magis-
trates in sending some of the Chartist rioters to trial;did
so upon their own responsibility and not through any
instruction that was forwarded from the Home-office.
In his opinion they displayed a sound discretion in
sending them to trial.
MISAPPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC MONEY IN

On the motion thatlßE
the
House,LAND.
at its rising, do ad-
journ till
SirFt Monday,
B. HALL
aria of the ose, pursuant to notice, to call the
tion of public House to an instance of a misappro-
Ireland Bill, Thostaeoney under the Land Improvement
would io were Members in the last Par-
liamentsums of money rememberadvanee thatfo in addition to the large
fur relieving Ireland an Act
was passed authorising a
landed proprietors in Ireland.
loan of 1,500,0001. to the
advanced last autumn toiMr. O'Neil,ler this Act 5001. was
in the county of Galway, upon the a landed proprietor
understanding that it
was to be expended in the improvement
so as to afford employment in the ensuing ol' his
winter to
the poor of the neighbourhood, but instead
or doing that
h
he applied the money to liquidating a bill which
become overdue at his bankers. Upon the Commis_
sioners threatening to take proceedings against him,
O'Neil, with a degree of extraordinary
modest
assurance, asked for a second loan in order that
he might give his starving tenantry employment.
That was the case so far as it regarded Mr. O'Neil.
He wished to know, therefore, whether any legal pro-
ceedings had been instituted against Mr. O'Neil .to
recover the money which had been advanced to him to
carry on the works in pursuance of the Act? He wished
also to call the attention of the House to the case of

Lord DeFreine: to whom 70,0001. had been advanced
by the Government for the purpose of carrying on
certain public works on his estates in the
county of Roscommon. There-was a clause in the

Act called the Duke of Wellington's clause, which pro-
vided that all money advanced under it should be paid
by the borrower in wages, and in the current coin of the
realm, but Lord De Freyne, instead of acting up to the
spirit or intention of the Act, had only paid ten per
cent, to the labourers he employed, which be did in
supplies of meal, and the remaining ninety per cent.
he paid in cheques upon his agent, who, however did not
cash them, but placed the amount to the liquidation of
the arrears they owed for rent. When the fact was
communicated to the Board of Works, they came to
a resolution not to advance any more money
upon which an intimation was sent by the brother of the
Noble Lord (Mr. Fitzstephen French, the Member
for Roscommon), that it the Government interfered
between the employer and the employed, his brother
would dismiss the whole of the labourers, and abandon
the unexpended part of the loan. Lord De Freyne
bad carried out that intention, and the la-
bourers were nowin a most wretched state in
consequence of not being paid the wages which they
expected they would have received under the Act.
He thought he had stated enough to show that the
clauses of the Bill had not been carried out, and that in-
stead of the money advanced out of the Imperial Trea-
sury having been paid in the coin of the realm, as pro
vided by the Act, that it had been paid in this way-10
per cent. in meal, and 90 per cent. in cheques on the
agent of the Noble Lord, who placed the amount to the
credit of the tenants who were considerably in arrear with
their rents. Thus Lord de Freyne was enabled to get
his land improved and his arrears of rent paid up. He
wished to know if, after what had taken place, the Go-
vernment intended to continue the advances to that
Noble Lord. _ _

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who
was very indistinctly heard, was understood to say,
with respect to the case of Mr. O'Neal, that the
tonourable Baronet had Callen into a mistake. It ap-
peared that the works in question were suspended owing
to the state of the weather, but that they would be
immediately proceeded with. The Government did
not interfere with the works undertaken by landlords
on their own property, except to ascertain that the
money voted was expended for the avowed purpose for
which it was asked; but as the lion. Gentleman had
not given him notice of his question, and as it required
reference to Ireland, he was unable to give as satisfac-
tory a reply as he otherwise should. Second advances
were not made unless the parties to whom they
were made, could show that they had property ex-
pended the first. The Hon. Gentleman the Member
for Ros.scommon (Mr. F. French), was better acquainted
with the matter than be could pretend to be, and,
perhaps he would explain that matter to the House.
Mr. P. FRENCEI wished to state, on behalf of the
Noble Lord with whom he was so intimately connected,
that the departures from the Acts were committed en-
tirely without his knowledge or sanction, and that as soon
as he found what had taken place he wrote over to his
agent to strictly camply with the provisions of the Acts.
Every order of theCommis3ioners had been obeyed, and
every payment that had been made since the issuing of
the circular had been made in cash.
DUTY ON RUM.

- - -
In answer to a qnestion from Sir LUCIUS O'BRIEN,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER excused
himself for not answering yesterday the Hon. Gentle-
man's question in reference to the duty on rum, by stat-
ing that he was anxious to consult his colleagues upon
the subject before giving a final answer. It was the
opinion of the Chairman of the Excise that a differential
duty of 4d. upon rum would afford ample protection to
the Irish distiller, and Government had determined to
persevere in their original proposition of reducing the
duty from 6d. to 4d.

AFFAIRS OF SPAIN.
Mr. URQUHART wished to ask the Noble Lord the
Secretary ot• State for Foreign Affairs a question in re-
ference to the affairs of Spain. It would be remem•
bered that at the time he moved for a return of
the amount of arms and ammunition supplied
by this country to Spain, the 'Noble Lord stated
that this country had claims upon Spain. in reference to
those supplies which were unsatisfied. Now, the return
which he now held in his hand represented that all the
claims were satisfied, and the question he wished to ask
the Noble Lord was, whether the return was correct in
that respect or not?
Lord PALMERSTON said he would answer the
question on Monday.
Mr. URQUHART asked if the Noble Lord could stete
how it was that the return was not signed ?
ilLord PALMERSTON said he would answer that
question also on Monday.
Mr. OSBORNE gave notice that on Monday be would
put a question to the Noble Lord respecting the Spanish
correspondence, and the position of this country in re-
ference to the Quadruple Treaty.
The motion for the adjournment of the House was
then agreed to.

SUSPENDED WRITS.—BOROUGH OF DERBY.
Sir J. PAKINGTON moved that Mr. Speaker do
issue his warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out
a new writ for electing two burgesses to serve in this
present Parliament for the borough of Derby, in the
room of the Right Honourable Edward Strutt
and the Honourable Edward Frederick Leveson
Gower, whose electien has been determined to be void.
The Hon: Member stated that it was most unfair to sus-
pend the writ for Derby, which contained between
30,000 and 40,000 inhabitants, when writs had been
issued for Cheltenham and Horsham, where similar
practices to those complained of at Derby had been
carried on.

Mr. HUME said if it was the intention of Hon. Mem-
bers to bring the,,the, proceedings of the House into
ridicule and contempt, such a course as that taken by
the Honourable mover was calculated to do 30.-
(Hear, hear.) In cases of bribery in boroughs, the
House had lately taken a most inconsistent course having
one day refused to issue a writ, and another day con-
sented to issue it.

(LEFT SITTING.)

COURSE OF EXCITI
Amsterdam ••• 12 3
Ditto, at sight • • ....
Rotterdam •• • 12 3%
Antwerp • • ........ 26 10
damburgh .... • • M.B• 13 1234
..... • • ....
3 days'sight .. • • '25 GO

k.NGE.---(THIS DAY.)
Gibraltar.. . • ..........
Leghorn ........ . • • • 31 50
Genoa ..... .. 25 95
Allan .. . • .....
Naples • • • • • • 36
Palermo, perm. •••
Lisbon.. .. . • • ..... 5114
Oporto... ...... • • 52%
Rio Janeiro
Bahia • •
Buenos Ayres • • • ••
New York, 21 days'slght
Philadelphia
PRIM OP BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9
New Dollars • • ti 4 9%
Portugal Gold Coin .• 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
Silver in bars ...... •• 0 4 1136

Ditto, •••••.• • .• • • .•
•..• •• ••.. • • 25 95
ourdeau .•• • • • •
Frankfort on Maine.... 122
Petersburgh, ail. Rble • •

Berlin.• ••••
Vienna, effec. tio••••;•
Trieste, ditto.... •• .• ••
Madrid ••.......... ••
Cadiz •• •••••••.• •• •• 46%
8i1ba0.... •...........
Barcelona
Saville•••••••••• •••••

NAPLES AND SICILY.

NAPLES, JUNE 14.—T0-day the state of siege was
removed, but yesterday we escaped a serious danger,
The Bourbon, in accord with the Secretary-General of
the Police, the infamous Merenda, had prepared a rising
of the lazzaronis against the Constitution, and to serve
as a pretext to bombard the city. The French Am-
bassador discovered the plot, and the cowardly Minister
had on this occasion the courage to protest against the
infernal project of the King.
Yesterday, the King,
having learned the insurrec-
tion of Calabria and the defeat of his troops at Salerno,
proposed to the people-Ist, the Constitution of 1820 ;
2d, the surrender of the forts into the hands of the
National Guard, as it was organized on the 14th of
May ; and 3d, the entire reconstitution of the Chamber
of Deputies. In the mean time the Bourbon ordered his
horses, equipages, &c., to be embarked on board the
Polyphemus, Prince Luis, his brother, who presided in
the castle at the execution of 27 prisoners of the National
Guard has left the city for ever.

Letters from Sicily of the 10th inst. state that the
United States of America had obtained leave for
their squadron, to Winter in the harbour of Syracuse.
The Minister, fgr Foreign Affairs had informed the
House of Commons that the British Consul had

---- communicated to him dispatches from his Govern-

havement,
vinde-
statingc h
otsheant itki wn og u
11
rdo
mrecognise
these
a
pendence of Sicily the moment the country
should
Italian
Princes of the reigning families. The Minister
had received from the Sicilian agents in Paris a simi-
lar assurance on the part of the French Govern-
ment. 2,000 muskets, four pieces of artillery, and a
quantity of aMmianition, had been brought to Paler.
mo from Toulon by the steamer Palermo. 4,000
other muskets were shortly expected.
The following is the draught of the Constitution,
which has, at lsst, been presented to the Chambers :
" The Roman Catholic religion is declared to be the
religion of the State, to the exclusion of all others. The
King shall be obliged to profess that religion; and should
be change it, he is to be considered as having forfeited
his throne. The King of Sicily shall not wear any other
crown. The sovereignty of the nation is to reside in
three distint powers—legislative, executive, and judiciary.
The legislative power is to be fixed in the Parliament
exclusively. The Parliament is composed of two Cham-
bers, the Peers and Commons. The number of Peers is
fixed at 120. The number of the Commons is to be
regulated by au electoral law. The Parliament will
assemble at Palermo on the 12th of every January.
The King may convoke a Parliament for extraor-
dinary occasions. Every Parliamentary session to
last three months. Tne King may dissolve the
Parliament, but the members of the Parliament so
dissolved may be re-elected. In case of such dissolu•
tion the King shall he bound to summon a new Parlia-
ment within six months. The power to propose new
laws is to belong to either Chamber. Any Bill imposing
taxes be first submitted to the Commons. The National
Guard is an institution essentially constitutional. It is
to be organized by a special law. The freedom of speech
and of the press is secured by law.
,The abuse of this
right to be punished by a special law.