The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-17 00:00:00

PETITIONS.

Several petitions were presented against Sunday
labour in the Post-office.

Mr. THORNELY presented a petition from a place
in Staffordshire in favour of international Arbitration.
Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from a place in
Scotland in tavour of the Health (Scotland) Bill.
Mr. C. LUSHINGTON presented a petition praying
for the abolition of church rates.:

Mr. ORD presented a petition against the Marine
Bill from Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
.Mr. ELLIOT presented a petition from Greenock,
signed by 1,168 persons against the Marriage Bill.
lir. SHARMAN CRAWFORD presented a petition
from the Anti-Slavery Society of Belfast praying for the
exclusion of Brazilian slave produce from this country;
also a petition from Rochdale against restraints on the
hours of labour in factories.
The LORD MAYOR of DUBLIN presented a peti-
tion, signed by 900 of the citizens of Dublin,'praying for
the abolition of capital punishments as being oppotead to
the spirit of Christianity; also petitions from spirit-
dealers in places in Tipperary and Queen's County
praying for a drawback of the duty on spirits in bond.
Lord RENDLESHAM presented a petition from
Suffolk complaining of agricultural distress. •
Colonel LINDSAY presented a petition from Wigan
against the Factory Act..
Sir M. CHOLMELEY presented :a petition from
a place in Lincolnshire praying the House to pass a
Bill for the better suppression of female prostitution;
also sti petition from Louth, in -favour of the Marriage
Bill.
Mr. WYLD presented a petition from a body of Irish
colliers praying that the House would establish a Go-
vernment inspection of mines.
Mr. G. THOMPSON presented a petition praying
for the abolition of church-rates.
Lord NAAS presented a petition from the manufac-
turers of spirits -in the county of Mayo praying for
an alteration in the laws regarding bonded spirits in
Ireland.

The O'GORMAN MAHON presented a petition
from the town of Ennis to a similar effect.
Mr. MONSELL presented a petition from the Union
of Brough complaining of deficiency of church accommo-
dation for the Roman Catholics of that district. •
Mr. 13. OSBORNE presented a petition from Dr. Reid
stating that his plans fin- the ventilation of the New
House had been misrepresented, and a great national
work injured in consequence, and praying that he might
be allowed to state the facts of the case.
Mr. Alderman SIDNEY presented a petition from the
tailors of London praying fur an inquiry into the griev-
aloes of their trade.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from a person in
London against the Government Savings Bank Bill,
and praying that some competent authority might be
appointed to consider the subject of savings banks.
Mr. GROGAN presented a petition from Dublin
against the abolitionf theooEffiGceßoEfELCorE.d-Lieutenant.
AFFAIRS
RECAL OF THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR.

Mr. DISRAELI said; it having been. an•
nounced that the Ambassador' of the French-Republic
had been;recalled from the Court of St. James's, and that
that recall had .been occasioned by conduct on the
part of her Majesty's Government, supposed to be
derogatory to the honour of the French Republic, he
trusted her Majesty's Government. wohld.feel the expe-
diency of communiciting tO'the House the cantles of an
incident of such grave importance.--;(Hear, heat.)
Lord. J. RUSSELL said all he could iit.Presentitato
in reply to the Hon, Gentleman was that the Minister,
of Foreign Affairs for the French Republic informed
Lord Normanby, that, in cousequ.ence of what he con-
sidered misconduct on the part of the British Govern-
ment, he - thought •it necessary to recal the French
Ambassador. M. Drohyn der -.Huy' had been.
sent . here, in order to settle the .affairs- of Grstece,
,and negOciations . having' terminated, or lather
failed,.. it was necessary • that. the Atabitiliidot
who had been sent for that purpOse shouldin receined.'
EN could only add that he regretted that any ill fdling

should exist on the part of the French Government, be-
cause there bad been on the part of her Majesty's
Government every wish to listen to the representations
of the Government of France with respect to the affairs of
Greece, and he had hoped that the intervention of Baron
Gros, the French negotiator in Greece, would have
been successful, and they were ready to afford every
facility to bring the affairs to a conclusion by
means o f the good offices of France. Baron
Gros bad, for what reason he could not imagine,
given up his mission on the 27th of April, and thus
put an abrupt termination to all negotiations on the
Part of France. But had he waited in Greece until the
dispatches were received from this country, which ar-
rived almost immediately afterwards, no doubt the
matter might have been arranged, and any unpleasant
misunderstanding prevented.
Sir J. WALSH said it was a matter cf no.
toriety that the document recalling the French Am-
bassador was read by the Minister for Foreign
Affairs in the French Assembly, who stated he
had requested a copy of it to be sent to the
British Government, and he wished to know whether
that document bed been communicated to the Govern-
ment, and was in their possession when Lord Palmerston
answered a question yesterday on the affairs of Greece?
Lord J. RUSSELL said no copy of that letter was re-
ceived by the Government.
Mr. ROEBUCK wished that there should be no mis-
understanding upon this serious subject.—(Hear, hear.)
It might be presumed, from the explanation of the Noble
Lord, that some blame attached to the French Minister,
for a breach of duty in not obeying the instructions con-
tained in the letter from his own Government. because,
in the letter which the Foreign Minister of France
read to the French National Assembly, there
was a statement that the contents of that latter
were to be communicated to the British Government
through the Foreign Secretary of the country.—(Hear,
bear.) Now what he wished to ask the Noble Lord was,
simply, was the Noble Lord at the head of the Foreign
Department familiar with the contents of this letter
when he made his explanation yesterday ?—(Cheers.)
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said there were two modes
of making a diplomatic communication to the Foreign
Minister, either by reading the despatch which an am-
bassador had received from his Government to the
Foreign Minister himself, or by leaving a copy of it for
him at his official residence.—(oh, oh.) The last mode
AU usually adopted—(ol), oh)—but in this instance
that practice had been departed from—(Oh, oh) —and
no copy of the despatch was left with his Noble Friend,
though it was made known to him.—(oh, oh.)
Sir J. WALSH must trouble the Noble Lord again.
Vas he to understand that although a copy of the dis-
patch was not formally lodged with the Noble Lord the
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, yet when the Noble Lord
made his explanation yesterday he was in full possession
of the contents of the dispatch.—(Cheers.)
Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied—No doubt the
French Ambassador read to my Noble Friend the dis-
patch which he received from his own Government in
France—(Cheers)—but, at the same time, M. Drouyn de
l'Lluys accompanied the reading of it with such obser-
vations and explanations which he thought proper to
make during a long interview which followed.—(011!)
Mr. C. ANSTEY—Ferhaps the Noble Lord will
allow mo to take this opportunity of putting another
question to him on this subject. In consequence of what
has taken place in this affair, may thaMarquis of Nor-
manby be soon expected in this country ?—(Cheers.)
Lord JOHN RUSSELL was understood to reply
that no order had been sent out for the Noble Marquis's
return.—(Oh! oh!)
The subject then dropped.
BURDENS ON LAND.
Sir 11. WILLOUGHBY wished to know if it was the
intention of Government to bring forward any measure
this session for a reduction or equalisation of the bur-
dens that now press upon the cultivation of land in the
country.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL was understood to reply in
the negative.

ESTIMATES.
Mr. HUME would be glad to know if the Noble
Lord proposed to take the estimates on Thursday, be-
cause at present it was his (Mr. Hume's) intention to
go out of town for a vt•eek.—(Laughter.)
Lord J. RUSSELL said it was advisable that the
motion should be made for going into Supply
on Thursday, to afford Government and the
House an opportunity of entering into any explanation
that might be necessary on the important subject which
had just dropped.—(Hear. hear.)
Mr. DISRAELI hoped the papers relating to the
Greek transaction would be laid on the table before
Thursday.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL did not propose to enter into
any further explanation of the matter till the papers
were before the House.
Mr. COBDEN asked if the House was to understand
that the motion for Supply would be moved on Thursday,
for the purpose of discussing the question of Greece, or
did the Noble Lord really intend to proceed with the
estimates on that day ?—(Hear, hear.)
Lord JOHN RUSSELL proposed to go on with the
♦otes on Thursday.
Mr. E. DENISON asked what votes would be taken?

Lord J. RUSSELL said he proposed to take in regu-
lar order the naval estimates which were not concluded,
and then h• should proceed with the miscellaneous esti-
mq tes.— (Hear, bear.)
ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS AND THE