The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-08 00:00:00

THIRD READINGS

On the motion of Lord REDESDALE the following bills
were read a third time :—Waveney Valley, Kensington
Station, and North and South Junction Railway Amend-
ment, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Rochdale and
Rayton Branches,) Midland Railway, Erewash Valley
Amendment, Falkirk Police and Improvement, Central
Wales Railway, Mid-Sussex and Midhurst Junction
Railway, Wells and Fakenham Railway, West London
Railway, Bridport Railway.
POLICE (BOROUGHS AND COUNTIES) BILL.
Lord CRAN WORTH presented a petition, complaining
of certain provisions in this bill.
Lord NORMANBBY said he had received information
to the effect that the act would work unfavourably.
THE TREATY OF VILLAFRANCA.
The Marquis of lk ORMANBY rose to ask a question of
her Majesty's Government as to the, project of peace trans •
witted to them by the Austrian Government previous to the
preliminaries of Villafranca, and also to inquire whether
there could be any objection to the production of
any official communication frOm the Secretary of
State to her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris on the
subject. The noble lord said the information on the
transaction being so scant, he was desirous of obtain-
ing some information on the subject, and as affairs
now stood, the neutral conduct of Great Britain was not
very highly applauded ; neither did he think that any evi-
dence of that bona fide neutral policy, which it had been
stated would be the • guiding principle of the present
Administration, • had been given; and unless the
noble earl near him (Granville) could answer his
question clearly and decisively by stating that he
had evidence in his possession, evidence which
show that England had no share in making the peace, he
should think most certainly that the Emperor Napoleon
was quite justified in bringing the war to a conclusion in
the manner he had done. The noble lord then proceeded
to recapitulate the circumstances which led to the outbreak
of the war between Austriaand Sardinia, and read a number
of extracts from the despatches written by Lord J. Russell
to the Minister at Berlin, some of which, he conteded, con-
tain errors both of fact and reasoning, and also that the
noble lord throughout the whole of the negotiations had
taken what he considered a one-sided view of the question.
The noble lord, during his short residence in Italy,
had derived some information on. Italian affairs,
but it was obtained from small, clever, and
intellectual enthusiasts, who were not altogether the
persons to conduct events of such importance as had of late
transpired. The noble lord next alluded to the report that
the Grand Duke of Tuscany had ordered the bombardment
of Tuscany, and said he was of opinion, from the informa-
tion he had received, that the charge was utterly false.
[LEFT SITTING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(Tms EVENING.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
HUDDERSFIELD ELECTION.

Mr. H. HERBERT, the chairman of the committee
appointed to try the merits of the petition against the re-
turn of Mr. Leatham announced that the committee had
decided that the hon. member was duly returned. They had
also come to the resolution that certain parties had been
bribed, but without the hon. gentleman's knowledge, and
that the same persons should be struck off the register of
voters.