The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-28 00:00:00

DERATIUN ON COTTON AND WOOLLEN.

Lord G. BENTINCK said information had reached
this country that the German Confederation had in-
creased the duties upon cotton and woollen imported
into Germany. On the former article thc! duty had
been increased from 30 dollars to 75 dollars, and on
the latter article from 50 dollars to 75 dollars.
As those duties were in fact prohibitory,
duties, he wished to know whether the Government had
received any intimation of such a measure being passed
by the German Confederation, sitting at Frankfort ; and
whether it was their intention to remonstrate against
such a proceeding.
Mr. .LABOUCHERE said that the Foreign•olifice
had received no intimation on the subject.
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS (SCOTLAND).

The LORD ADVOCATE in answer to a question
from Mr. Bailey, said that he could not consent to post-
pone the second reading of the Registration of Births
(Scotland) Bill to another session.
IRELAND.—THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
Mr. MACKINNON, seeing the Right Hon. Gentle-
man the Secretary of State for the Home Department in
his place, wished to put a question to him of great im-
portance. He was desirous of knowing whether it was
in the power of the Government, and, if it was, whether
they would exercise it, to take any steps to prevent
the dissemination by the electric telegraph of false news
into this country.
Sir G. GREY said that it was quite impossible to
prevent false news being circulated in this country.
With respect to the statements that had been put forth
yesterday, it had been proved that the whole were a
fabrication, and that the respectable news agents of Liver-
pool had been grossly imposed upon. The cabman,
however, who had brought the parcels to them
had stated that ho could identify the person who gave
them to him, and the matter was now undergoing the
strictest investigation.—(llear, hear.) As he had said
before, it was impossible to prevent false information
being disseminated, and as regarded the electric
telegraph, could the Act which constituted that
company gave the Government power to take possession
of the materials of the company for a period not less
than a week. Such a step had been only taken once,
and it was not advisable to resort to such measures
hastily, especially as the Government had to remunerate
the company.

FOREIGN CATTLE.
Mr. OSBORNE inquired whether it was the inten-
tion of the- Government to introduce a Bill to prevent
the importation of foreign cattle.
Mr. LABOUCHERE said his attention had been
called to the matter by communications from quarters to
this important subject, and the result of the in-
quirieslie bad instituted had led him to the opinion
that there was no doubt that a fatal disease prevailed
amongst the sheep of that country, and he purposed to
introduce a Bill in the present session to give the Go-
vernment the power—which they did not at present
possess—of preventing the importation of diseased
cattle into the country.—(Hear, hear.)
SAVINGS BANKS (IRFLAND.)
Mr. HUBBARD wished, as the Hon. Baronet the
Chnuceller of the Exchequer was absent, to ask a ques-
tion of the Government of considerable importance,
whether it was the intention of the Government to pro-
pose a bona fide inquiry unto the Savings' Banks of Ire-
land this session, great delay having taken place on the
subject.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said it was the intention of
his Right Hun. Friend to introduce a Bill on the subject.
As, however, the subject was one on which much excite-
ment might be caused by any step nut well considered,
he had thought it better to move the appointment of a
Committee on Monday.
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ROME BILL.

I❑ reply to Mr. BUCK,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated that the Government
intended to proceed with this Bill this session us it at
present stood, including the proviso (as we understood)
introduced by the House of Lords.
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