The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-15 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Lord LANGDALE, in the absence of the Lord Chan-
' cellor, took his seat on the Woolsack shortly after Five
o'Clock.

PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS.
The Duke of ARGYLE gave notice that on Tuesday
• next he should present a petition from Scotland, praying
• 'that their Lordship would not give their assent to any
measure altering the constitution of parochial schools
in that country, and that he' should then make some
observations on the important subject to which the peti-
tisln rderred.

AFFAIRS OF GREECE.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE wished before the
Noble Lord (Stanley) proceeded to put the question with
• respect to the emirs of Greece, of which he had given
notice, to put it to the Noble Lord whether it would
tend to answer any public purpose to enter into any
' discussion on the subject while negotiations were still
• pending.
Lord STANLEY felt that the appeal which the
Noble Marquis had made to him had placed
him in no small difficulty. He was most anxious to
have the information ho required, but be should. af,er
the appeal that had hi en made to him, lim't himself most
strictly to the line prescribed by the Noble Marquis. The
Noble Lord then, some length, adverted to what had
taken place in Greece, and to the doclerations cf
the • French Minister and Lord Palmerston, that
this country had 'eccepted the intervention of
France, and observed that it might naturaily have been
expected that no time would be lost in acting on that ac-
.ceptance, but so far from that being the case, on the 19. h
• of Feb. a courier arrived at Athens, bearing, it was said, a
'private dispatch from Lord Palmerston, approving of the
.conduct of Mr. Wyse, but studiously avoiding any allu-
,sion to the acceptance of French mediation. News bad
.been received from Greece of a later date, in which
there was no indication that the blockade had
'been raised except what had been said in another place
last night. Ile must remind the Noble Marquis that the
snore conciliatory tone of the second despatch from
Count Nesselrode, was dictated in the expectation that
the acceptance of the good offices of France would be
seed on. -There could be 'no doubt that Russia
and France expected that such would be
the case. lt was not his desire to enter
at the present moment more fully into the subject, be-
cause he felt certain that it was the desire of
.the 'Noble Marquis that the good understanding
between France, Russia, and England, should be
yreiented. He would therefore satisfy himself by
merely a,king the Noble Marquis the cause of the delay
that had taken place in suspending hostilities after the
mediation of France had been accepted.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the first
intimation his Noble Friend at the bead of Foreign At-
-fairs bad of the intention of the French Government
to offer their mediation was on the sth of February, and
that was communicated to him in a letter from Mr.
Drouin do Lhouys, who had acknowledged that be had
not then been formally authorised to make that offer.
: Bis Noble Friend might therefore have declined to act
on that information, but •on the very same
day be wrote a letter to Mr. Wyse informing
him of the expected offer of good offices on the part of
Prance.. Those offers were not received till some time
aftarwardg, and, therefore, he did not see that his Noble
Friend was to blame. Of this he was sure that the
greatest expedition had been acted or, pelting an end to
the state of things that had occurred in Greece.
After some observations from Lard STANLEY and
Lord BROUGHAM. the subject dropped.
COMMONS INCLOSYRE BILL.
This Bill went thrbugh Committee.
AUDIT OF RAILWAY ACCOUNTS.
This Bill was read a third time, and on the motion of
Earl GRANVILLE was ordered to be referred
to a select Committee.
(LEFT SITTING.)

ROUSE OF COMMONS.
. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a Quarter to Four
o'clock.

NEW MEMBER.
Sir GORE BOOTH took the'oaths and his seat far
Sligo.

THIRD READINGS.
. The followicm Bills were read a third time and
passed :—Bristol Wutt rworks Act Amendment Bill;
Suffolk and General Country Amicable Insurance Office
Bill.