The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-03 00:00:00

'lbitton
SUN OFFICE, Seven o Clock.

ELECTION COMMITTEE.
(THIS DAY.)
DUBLIN.
The scrutiny into the validity of ltr. Reynolds' ma-
jority was resumed. Three votes were attacked on the
ground of inaccuracies and irregularities in the register,
but the petitioners only succeeded in striking one of them
off the poll.

LOMBARDY.
The last advices from the seat of war represent
the army of CBARLBS ALBeRT as completely dis-
organized. He had been attacked by the Austrians
at Goito, and compelled to retreat to Cremona. The
Austrians were advancing against Peschiera. They
were now in possession of both banks of the Mincio.
CHARLES ALBERT has, it is said, himself applied to
France for aid.
The Ventidue Marzo of the 28th of July publishes
the following "latest news" :
" A Sardinian courier, from Bozzolo, without any dis-
patches for Milan, reports having heard say that the
King had moved in the morning from Goito, taking the
direction of Volta, at the bead of a powerful column."

SEIZURE OF GUNPOWDER
BOUND FOR IRELAND. _

PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 2.—Yesterday a gentleman re-
biding in Stonehouse received information that a
vessel nainEd the Emerald Isle, Captain Buck, had
left London, bound for Ireland, with a quantity
of gunpowder on board, which she had entered on
her papers as flour. We have also heard that
the gunpowder was taken on board at Yarmouth.
When the information was received here, it •was im-
mediately communicated to the pilots and officers con-
nected with the coast service, in order that they might
keep a look-out. Yesterday the Emerald Isle put into
the Sound in consequence of adverse winds. She was
immediately boarded, and the captain was asked what he
had on board ? He replied that he had flour, and was
bound for Dublin. Mr. Rea, the tide surveyor, asked
to look at some of the flour, and directed that some of
the barrels should be handed up to him ; on this being
done, they were found to contain gunpowder. The whole
of the other barrels are believed also to contain gun-
powder, and it was bound for Ireland for the benefit of
the insurgents.
'Jhe ship and all parties connected with it are now in
the care of the authorities here,• waiting instructions
from the Admiralty as to what course shall be taken
against the vessel and its owners. There are said to be
three hundred barrels of powder on board. The case
will probably come before the magistrates in some way,
for their adjudication, on Friday.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the
Woolsack a►t Five o'clock.
CORN MARKETS (IRELAND) BILL.
This Bill was passed-through Committee.
REGENT'S QUADRANT COLONNADE BILL.
This Bill, was read a second time.
STANDING ORDERS.
Lord MONTEAGLE moved certain alterations in
the standing orders.
After a few words from the Earl of SHAFTESBURY,
the motion was agreed to.
IRELAND.

Lord BROUGHAM moved for copies of the procla-
mations of the Lord• Lieutenant of Ireland for the appre-
hension of traitors. This rebellion, which had become
more contemptible than detestable, because it had origi-
nated in personal vanity, had been. quelled for a season;
and if anything could make him more contented than
another with these results, it was the appointment of
Sir Henry Hardinge.—(Cries of " Lord Hardinge.") He
begged pardon for mentioning him by the name by which
he had earned his honours. He had accepted, as a duty
to his country, of a situation which no man would wil-
L ugly have undertaken. Not consulting his previous
fame, and thereby affording a marvellous contrast to
those wretched persons who, for the gratification of
their personal vanity, had been led into rebellion, he
had consented to accept a subordinate situation.
He would add his counsels to those of his Noble Friend
at the head of the Irish Government, and although
all might have been over before his arrival, yet he would
not have gone over in vain. Although the first outbreak
had been put down, yet they might have further out-
breaks. He feared that the account with Ireland was
not yet finally settled, but he phought that Noble
Lords could not better occupy themselves during the
vacation than in studying the reports of the Colonization
Committee. They had colonies of immense resources, of
immense fertility in Australia and in North
America, with a moat scanty and insufficient
population. In Australia near a million of
is sheep were sacrificed from the inability to And
shepherds to teed those hocks. The influx of labourers
would bring about the influx of capital. He by no
means meant to say that there were no difficulties in the
question of colonization, because the mother country
wished to get rid of the bad, and the colonies only
wished to receive the good. With regard to Ireland, he
feared we bad been too mild in treating the beginnings of
those outrages—he had been afraid of interfering with
that which, in the new technicology, was named agita-
tion, which was taken ;to mean merely dis-
cussion but which really meant a parliament sit-
ting, if not illegally, at least after a fashi,n,
tending illegally to produce a breach of the law. These
persons had levied money without the consent of Parlia-
ment under the name of rent, not to preserve the
peace of the country but to break it. These
things had gone on to an immense extent,
I,oit he had never read with greater astonishment in his
life than he had read the letter of Mr. Laboucbere, tell-
ing the Irish people that it was their right to carry arms.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)