The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-16 00:00:00

ITALY.

In the sitting of the 30th ult. of the Chamber of
Deputies of Turin, a motion by 'AI. BOTTONE was dis-
cussed, relating to the tax on journals. In Piedmont,
journals are not stamped, but pay a tax of one franc
for every subscriber they have. M. BOTTONE, ob-
serving that some journals are cheaper than others,
proposed that the tax should be proportional to their
respective prices. After a long debate, President
PINELLI moved that the motion be referred to the
committee on finance, which was agreed to.
The Raorgimento of Turin of the 30th ult., states
that General CHRZANOWSKI has demanded and ob-
tained his discharge from the Piedmontese army.
He has refused every pecuniary offer, except a small
sum for his journey. While the inquiry on the
causes of the disaster of Novara was pending, he
would accept of no salary ; he wrote in his own de-
fence, in answer to the attacks he was exposed to on
all sides, and gave it to the Government ; but would
not publish it in order not to hurt the reputation of
some individuals whose names he had been obliged to
mention.

THE REPRESENTATION or FlNSBURY.—Yesterdtty
evening a meeting of several electors of the borough of
Finsbury was held at the Kent Hotel, Brownlow-street,
Holborn, " to take into consideration resolutions agreed to
at a previous meeting held on the 3d instant, in reference
to the conduct of the representatives of the borough."
Mr. Griffin (a barrister) took the chair. Mr. T. R. Taylor,
of St. Andrew, Holborn, proposed the first resolution,
" That serious and urgent considerations render it highly
desirable that the resolutions agreed to at the meeting
held at the above hotel, on the 3d instant, he carried out
with all possible dispatch." (The resolutions were to the
effect that any representative who is rendered incapable of
discharging his duties in Parliament, should forthwith re-
sign into the hands of his constituents a trust which
circumstances prevent him from retaining either for their
advantage or for his own credit, and that Mr. Thomas
Slingsby Duncombe, and Mr. Thomas Wakley, be respect-
fully requested to explain their reasons for not attending
the recent debates upon the subjects that materially affect
the interests of the public at large, and those of the inhabit-
ants of the metropolitan districts in particular). Mr.
Pulsford seconded the resolution, which was put by the
chairman, and agreed to unanimously. Two other resolu-
tions were also adopted, which were in effect that a commit-
tee be appointed to carry out the foregoing resolution, and
that, after the committee so appointed shall have communi-
cated, on the part of this and the former meeting, with the
representatives of the borough, the result be made known
without delay to a public meeting to be called fur that pur-
pose. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the
meeting separated.
The St. Pancras Freehold Land Society have just
effected another purchase of land, comprising 13 acres, eligi-
bly situated at Holloway, which will give to its members
upwards of 200 valuable allotments, and thereby greatly in-
crease the county franchise. Since the commencement of
the above society, which is eleven months, 800 members
have been enrolled, 1,100 shares taken, nearly 2,0001. sub-
scribed, besides two purchases already secured, showing be-
yond doubt the growing success of the freehold land move-
ment in London, and the zeal, frugality, and independence of
the working classes.
WaLwortm LITERARY INSTITIITION.—On Tues-
day evening Mr. George Buckland, the celebrated comic
vocalist, gave a new comic entertainment, interspersed with
songs, in the
great ball of the Walworth Literary and Scien-
tific Institution, Carter-street. Mr. George Buckland is a
disciple of the school of John Parry, and the best of his imi-
tators. The entertainment was eminently successful and
passed off with great eclat. The hall was crowded.
We are able to state that the ecclesiastical arrange •
ments for the settlement of Canterbury, New Zealand, are in
a state of great forwardness, and that the Rev. Thomas
Jackson, Canon of St. Paul's, and Principal of the Training
College, Battersea, is likely to be appointed the first bishop.;
ERRATUM.—In part of our impression yesterday,
in he Division List on the London and Watford Spring
Water Company,
the ellers for the Ayes should have been
Lord Dudley Stuart and Sir Benjamin Hall; tellers for the
Noes, Lord Ashley and Mr. RePt"
GREAT LEEDS AND LONDON DIRECT RAILWAY.._..
The promoters of this concern announce that its affairs hav-
ing been fully wound up and Settled under the inspection and
superintendence of a committee of shareholders, appointed
in 1845, a further and final dividend of ss. 6d. is now payable
to the subscribers.