The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-27 00:00:00

GRAND SWIMMING MATCHES.

Last evening the first swimming matches of the Hol-
born Swimming Club came off at the National Baths,
High Holborn. There could not have been less than
1,000 persons present to witness the race, one and all of
whom were delighted with the admirable arrangements
made by the spirited proprietor of the baths, Mr. James
Hedgman, for their accommodation. The place was
brilliantly lighted with gas for the occasion. At start-
ing the greatest excitement prevailed amongst the bet-
ters, 5 to 1 being offered against the favourite, Mr.
Thomas Young, coming in first, or even second. The
number of competitors for the medals, which were of
massive silver, was seven. The distance in trial heats
was four lengths cf the bath, and the grand heat six
lengths. After a most severely contested struggle, as
far as regarded the trial beats, Mr. Thomas Young
and Mr. David Young, brothers, were announced
by Mr. 11. Kenworthy, amid loud plaudits, the
successful candidates for the prizes. By a strange fact
it was quite a matter of chance which of the two brothers
came in first, so equal), were they matched. The six
lengths of the bath were swam in the inceedible short
time of two minutes and ten seconds. The race being
ended, a sweepstakes was entered into—the first of
course reaching the goal being George Pewters, the
champion of England; Messrs. Robertson and Young
folioaing close inhis wake. After a short interval
Messrs. Henson and Kenworthy entered the water, and
greatly delighted the company present by their extra-
crdinary featr. Much having been said about a late
diver, at Bath, having pulled on a pair of boots while
underneath-the water, Mr. George Pewters dived, clothes
and all, into the bath, and before he went out he had
succeeded in bringing him,elf to that state in which
Dame Nature had introduced him to the world. Wo
were, at the termination of the evening's entertainment,
which seemed to have delighted all present, requested to
state that Mr. George Pewters is open to swim any man
from five to twenty miles for any amount.

LATEST NEWS OF MR. LATARD.—Letters have
been received from our enterprising countryman so late as the
10th of April, and dated from Arban, on the River Khabour.
Our readers will remember that the last accounts from this
quarter in the Literary Gazette mentioned Mr. Layard's
purpose of penetrating into the Desert, which he has now
done, and explored for three weeks, meeting with numerous
traces of ancient population, though not so productive of an-
tiquities as was hoped for. His present site, however, is
richer in archicologicat remains, and is important, as these
are undoubtedly Assyrian, and thus establish the fact of the
extent of that empire. Two winged bulls and other frag-
ments have been discovered among the ruins. The country
around is described as beautiful. The meadows rich in herb-
age, and the banks of the Klialy.ur literally gemmed with
flowers. Mr. Layard was desirous to examine this river to its
mouth ; but the Arabs in that direction were hostile to those
whom he ranked among his friends, and amid whose drome-
daries, flocks, and tents he was located. The sheikh and his
ladies and all the tribe were kind and hospitable; and we
trust arrangements may be made with the inimical parties
wherever they interpose between Mr. Layard and his inter-
esting discoveries. In his letter, that gentleman says that he
thinks Major Rawlinson wrong in some of his topography,
and that the chronological deductions cannot as yet be con-
sidered settled.—Literary Gazette.
SINGULAR WILL—We are informed that the late
Miss Margaret Creak, of St. Andrews, in this city, whose
death was recorded in our paper of June 8, has left a very
singular will, and not so much property as is generally sup-
posed—not . mere than 20,000/. in value. She has left Is.
each to such of her relations as choose to prove themselves
so; a legacy of 201. to one neighbour, and 101. to another,
and a few trifling legacies of 21. each. She has left 501. each
to every honseless person in the country above sixty-eight
years of age; and all her real estate to found an hospital for
aged persons, the hospital to be built and the inmates to be
hahited as directed. She then gives all her personal pro-
perty to a neighbour, who is appointed executor. It i 3 evi-
dent the terms of the will cannot be carried out—the pro-
perty being insufficient.—Norfolk Chronicle.

Con FiilllNG.—Great quantities of cod continue
to be brought ashore at Wick. In Shetland and Orkney
the take is ,also abundant. Last week, in Shetland, the
smacks did well. At Reawick the average was about 500—
the highest the sloop Nymph, Captain Watts. At Walls, the
average was 30C; highest sloop, 1,000. At Scalloway,
average, 250; highest, COO. We have heard nothing from
North Mavine. At Papa, the take for the week was More
than the average of farmer years. In Orkney, the fisher-
men are paid at the rate of 4s. Bd. per cwt.—lnverness
Courier.

GROTTO-PASSAGE RAGGED INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.-
The annual meeting of this institution was held yesterday,
at the Marylebone Institution, Edwards-street, Portman-
square ; Lord Ashley in the chair. The chairman com-
menced the proceedings by stating that, however inefficient
their efforts might appear to be, yet still they had realised
in many cases greater results than could have been antici-
pated. When they looked upon the lawless class which they
Lad to deal with, and the depravity which they had to
contend against, they had every cause to be grateful for the
benefits which many had derived from the institution of the
ragged schools. The report being then read, stated that
35 boys had been boarded, lodged, and clothed in the Refuge
Institution; 180 children of each sex, and 4',1 adults, had
been under daily tuition; 70 boys had received instrw.:tion
in various trades, and 25 of each sex had been provided with
a daily dinner. A Sunday-school, with an average attend-
ance of 43, had been in constant operation; and a library
and reading-room had been opened. Eight boys and three
men had been sent to the colonies. The report was adopted,
and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the business
of the meeting.

LOBSTERFISHING.—The lobster fishing has been
prosecuted with great activity and most successfully on the
shores of this county during the last two or three months.
At Dunnet and Scarfskerry stations, where there are from
sixteen to eighteen boats employed, the takes have hitherto
averaged about 1,000 a week. Mr. Roberts, of London, fishes
the whole coast from Cape Wrath to Hume, as also the
Orkney Isles; and it is estimated, at a moderate calculation,
that he expends in this one branch of industry alone, in this
part of the country, about 3,004. during the lobster fishing
season, which extends from the Ist of April to the In of
July. The fishing on the south coast, from lima to
Latheron, is carried on by our enterprising townsman, Mr.
Gunn, merchant, Bridge-street, and a partner. They
employ two boats, but they have not driven so Profitable a
spec as Mr. Roberts has on the north coast.—John 0' Groat
Journal.

SNOW IN JUNE.—On Saturday morning, between
the hcurs of nine and ten o'clock, there was a slight fall of
sleet and snow at Lincoln, sufficient to lie upon the flag
pavement. The mornings and evenings have been very
cold.—Boston Herald.

SCoTTIsit HOSPITAL. —A quarterly court of the
govcroo:s of this corporation was held yesterday afternoon, at
their offices in Crane-court, Fleet , street, for the reception of
the accounts and for other business ; Dr. Webster in the
Chair. The statement of acc MID ts from St. Andrew's-day to Midsummer was read and approved, from which it appeared
that the total receipts during that time amounted to
1,912/. Us. 2d., of which 6011. 16s. was received in dona-
tions, and 384/. 16s. in annual subscriptions. The rest was
coomposoesdi t ofs,rents, arebnalance from the last return and the interest
n dep
&c. The expenditure during the same
period amounted to 1,684/. ls. 9d., of which upwards of
1,380/. was devoted to charitable purposes. A letter from
Pr..lessor Donaldson, on the subject of the New Record-
offices, was read to the meeting, which stated that he had
been in .communication with the office of Woods and
Forests on the subject, and it appeared that a plan bad been
determined upon much less extensive than that originally'
contemplated, and which would only occupy ground be-
tween Chancery and Fetter-lane, without extending further
eastward, so that the premises of the Scottish Corporation
would not be required. A vote of thanks to the chairman
concluded the proceedings.

THE BANQUET TO THE Ex-LORD MAYOR OP
LONDON.—We understand that the dinner to be given to Sir
James Duke, M.P., in return for his hospitable entertain-
ment to the chief magistrates of English and Scottish towns
during his mayoralty, and which was agreed, at a recent
meeting of Mayors and Provosts at Derby, to take place in
Edinburgh, is fixed fur Thursday, the 11th of July, at six
o'clock. The banquet will take place in the Hopetoun
Rooms, and preparations are, we believe, to be made for a
company of from 150 to 200.—Edinburgh Advertiser.
THE ABODE or LOVE—WARM RECEPTION OP
VISITORS. Five young gentlemen of Bridgewater, anxious
for a peep into the mysteries of the Agapemone, proceeded.
to that interesting establishment one day last week, and
finding "no admittance except on business," commenced an
attack on the outer gate with their walking-sticks, when, to
their dismay, instead of the responsive expression of " Who
is dat knocking at the door?" found themselves surrounded
by awe of the brethren armed with hockey sticks and hunt-
ing-whips. One of the gentlemen, famed tor length of limb,
an.de a rapid departure; the others received a sound thrash-
ing, and were told, with peculiar Princite politeness, that the
:3 Lane fate would await them on a similar annoyance.
ATIIOF•PIIEr. IC ITAYAIA EING.—A whirlwind visited
hay-field on the farm of Lord Braybrooke, near Saffron
Walden, on Tuesday, and rather astonished the troop of hay-
,nah,:rs by hurrying off part of the material upon which
they were labouring, carrying in it fantastic shapes over the
tops of the tall trees, and depositing some of it half a mile
off.—Essex

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

NEWCASTLE RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC-, TELEGRAPH.)

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Achyranthes ...

The Gold Cup.

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The Members' Plate.
Maid of Tear► Valley
Osbaldeston
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Cocktail ...

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Mickleton
Oxford Blue
Rebecca colt
Esculapius

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The Lottery Stakes.

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The Cutler
Tightwaist
Valentine

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The Grand Stand Stakes.

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TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING
Six o'cLocs.

No business doing.

RECEPTION OF THE MINIS I'ERS AT THE
HOUSE OF COMMONS.

During the whole of the day the principal streets of
the metropolis have been paraded by men bearing pla-
cards, calling upon the citizens of London to meet Lord
Palmerston at the House of Commons this even-
ing. • Accordingly, at half-past three this afternoon,
a large uninber of individuals were collected in the Pa-
lace-yard and round the doors of the House of Com-
mons, lining both sides of the way from Poet'i-corner
to Great George-street. Lord John Russell was the
first who arrived, and wai received with loud and unani-
mous cheering. Lord Palmerton arrived at five o'clock
in a close brougham, and owing to this he passed
through a great part of the crowd without lying recog-
nized. On stepping out; however, he was immediately
recognized and saluted with loud cheering from all tides,
as well as from numerous Members of Parliament who
were congregated about the doors of the House.

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS'
BENEVOLENT INS TITUTION.- (THIS DAY.

A general meeting of the members of this institu
tion was held this day, at eleven o'clock, at the London
Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in pursuance of a resolu-
tion passed at a previous meeting in December last,
to take into consideration the draft of the rules and
regulations of the society. Among the subscribers
present were Mr. W. B. Gunton, Mr. Jenkin Jones,
Mr. Julius Oders, Mr. Yates, Mr. J. L. Evans, Mr,
Gibson, and Mr. ttamsey.
Mr. JENKIN JONES was unanimously called to
the chair, and the minutes of the preceding meeting
having been read and confirmed, he said, a copy of
the draft of the proposed rules he believed had been
sent round to every subscriber, whether he had paid
his subscription or not, in order that an opportunity
might be afibrded him of attending this meeting and
proposing any alteration, modification, or addi-
tion to the rules previously to their being
submitted to the general body for their
approval. The committee appointed at the meeting
in December had taken very great pains to form such
a code of laws and regulations for the government of
the institution as should, as far as practicable, meet
the views of the commercial body at large. Tnat
hid, however, been a matter of difficulty, owing to the
diversity of opinion which existed as to the character
of the institution they were about to form. Some
advocated the erection of alms-houses in- con-
nexion with the society ; others thought gat the
rules should confine the relief to be granted entirely
to personal relief. He thought that the committee
had met the views of those twa parties in a very
satisfactory way. If they confined themselves
to getting up an institution solely with the view
of granting relief in an asylum, it would
be manifest that a large amount of capital
would he required for its erection, and thus
the society would be precluded from giving personal
relief for soms considerable time. The committee
therefore proposed, in the first instance, to grant per-
sonal relief, and then to erect an asylum eventually
if their funds would justify them in doing so, and
that they might do under one of the proposed rules of
the institution. The Chairman concluded by reading
the draft of the proposed rule.

A letter was rai'd from M. H. J. Cherer to the
chairman, suggesting that further time should be
given for the consideration of the rules by the sub-
scribers before they were finally settled, and that
they should be ratified some day in December next.
Mr. W. G. P. GUNTON suggested that the ratifica-
tion of the rules should be deferred to the next half-
yearly court, out of deference to the proposition of
Mr. Cherer, who had taken a deep interest in the
formation of the society.
The CHAIRMAN said he quite agreed with the sug-
gestion of Mr. Cherer, but at the same time he (the
chairman) knew the difficulty of getting a body of
subscribers together merely to consider rules; and
he ,proposed that the meeting should discuss the
rules seriatim, leaving the time of their subsequent
ratification to be fixed afterwards.

On the first rule being read, which prescribes the
object and limits the relief to be granted by the so-
ciety " to necessitous commercial travellers, being
members,"

Mr. CHARLES WOOLTERTON moved, and Mr.
BCOOKBTY seconded an ameLdtnent, to the effect that
the re'ief should not be confined to members of the
institution.

After some discussion this amendment was nega-
tived on a show of hands, and the rule as it orginally
stood was confirmed by a large majority.
The rule defining that the board of management
should consist of thirty governors, to be elected an-
nually by ballot at the general court in December,
was rescinded; and
An. amendment, proposed by Mr. WOOLTEATON,
and seconded by Mr. ilumsEr, to the effect that the
board consist of thirty governors, and shall be chosen
from the donors of ten guineas and the annual sub-
scribers of one guinea, and that one-third of the
board shall retire annually by rotation, was substi-
tuted for the original rule.
On the rule defining that a donation of fifty
guineas in one or more payments, in five years, shall
constitute the donor a vice-president for life, being
put.

Mr. WOOLTERTON proposed a 3 an amendment that
the words " five years" be struck out, and that no
time be limited for the payment of the fifty guineas,
tvhich amendment was carried.
The rule prescribing the qualification of candidates
-for annuities to be persons who have paid at !east ten
'annual subscriptions of one guinea was rescinded, and
an the motion of Mr. Levy, seconded by Mr. Rum-
sey, the following amendment was substituted as a
substantive rule :—That no person be eligible as an
annuitant until he has paid at least five annual sub-
scriptions of one guinea ; and that no annuity be
granted to a person under the age, of fifty-five years,
unless afflicted with total blindness, paralysis, in-
sanity, or other calamity which shall permanently in-
capacitate him from earning a subsistence, and that
the affliction shall have occurred subsequent to his
joining the institution.
The amount of annuity to be granted to a recipient
-of relief was settled at 251., and if he shall die,
leaving a widow, the board are empowered to grant
to such widow such an amount of relief as they may -
deem necessary, not exceeding 251. a year.
A few verbal alterations were made in other of the
rules, which rules, as altered and amended, were then
approved by the meeting, subject to their being finally
confirmed at the next general meeting, in December
next.

A committee, consisting of thirty gentlemen, were
appointed to conduct the affairs of the society until the
next general meeting.
On the motion of Mr. GUNTON, seconded by Mr.
WOOLTERTON, Mr. J. L. Evans wbs appointed solicitor
to the iustitution.

The following gentlemen were appointed auditors :
—Mr. Wm. Tilt, Mr. John Beall, Mr. Michael
Goodall, and Mr. Richard 0. Milledge.
Mr. Carter was continued in the offica cf honorary
secretary.
Mr. GthiTON, the treasures, intimated, before the
conclusion of the meeting, that the total amount of
money in the bands of the society was 2881. 155.,
and that during to-day he had been promised dona-
tions of ten guineas br Mr. John Cafiley, and five
guineas by Mrs. Caffley. He might also say the
)mtnittee had promises that would make about 1,000/.,
including the sum in hand, which he thought indi-
cated a remarkable degree of success, considering that
the society was only set on root in December last.
On the motion of Mr. WOOLTERTON, SRCOFIded by
Mr YATES, Mr. Gunton was re-appointed the trea-
surer of the institution.
Votes of thanks were then respectively passed to
the Chairman, Mr. Gunton, tha treasurer, Mr. Evans,
the honorary secretary, and the meeting separated at
three o'clock.

Tiverton gaol i 3 at this moment empty fur the first
time during the last seventeen years, so that out of a popu-
lation of 12,000 inhabitants there is not now a single felon in
custody,—Ezeter Gazette.

BIPERIAL PARLIAMENT

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Their Lordships met at Five o'clock.
The Earl of HA RROWBY presented a petition
PETITIONS.
against infringement on the hours cf factory labour,
fixed at ten hours in 1847.
Lord STANLEY presented a petition with a similar
prayer.
Earl TALBOT presented a petition from Kensington
against the erection in Hyde Park cf the building for
the Exposition of 1851.
Lord BROUGHAM complained cf the unsightly brick
building erected in the open apace near St. Margaret's
Church, which he hoped was only for a temporary pur-
pose, but in finding fault with this they were straining
at a gnat and swallowing a camel, while they were au-
thorising the erection of a huge brick building in Hyde
Park. Ho should•either to- morrow or Tuesday gil e notice
of his intention to draw the attention of their Lordships
to this subject.
IRISH FRANCHISE BILL.'
Lord STANLEY wished to know whether it was
the intention of the Noble Marquis to postpone the mo-
tion for the commitment of the Irish Franchise Bill,
which stood for to-morrow.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was understood to
postpone the Bill to Monday, if the Noble Earl opposite
would postpone the motion of which he had given notice
for Monday.
The Earl cf. HARROWBY would postpone his mo-
tion for Monday, if the Noble Marquis would secure
him some other day.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE would accede to the
propo:al.
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES BILL.

Earl GREY would propose to bring up the report of
his Bill to-morrow.

In reply to Lord STANLEY,
Earl GREY stated that h© proposed to omit those
clauses which related to the formation of a federal Go-
vernment.
ABOLITION OF THE OFFICE OF LORD-LIEU-

TENAN r OF IRELAND.

The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented peti-
tions from the Lord Mayor, corporation, and trades of
Dublin against-the proposed abolition of the office of Lord.
Lieutenant of Ireland, which he desired might be read in
extenso by the clerk at the table.
The petitions having been read,
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, after regretting
that the petitions had not been placed in the hands of
some Noble Lord more adequate to do justice to the sub-
ject, and stating that a considerable difficulty had existed
in inducing any other Noble Lord to present these peti-
tions, as several of them had nfuscd to do so, proceeded
to move the foll,,efing resolutions:—l. That to abolish
the office of Lord Lieutenant is contrary to the ex-
pectations held out by the statesmen who carried the
legislative union Ottwftn the two countries, and
who declared that though her Parliament was re-
movl d IrAand should still retain her Court. 2. That
if ever a reri6d wore inauspicious for any great ch.Ani, e
in the accustomed executive of Ireland, it is at a time

when three years of Lin:ne have reduc,Al her to the
utmost verge of despair; when large numbers of the resi-
dent proprietors are ruined; when the burden of new poor-
laves is in opetatien; when the forced sales of estates is
care) lug on; when a rebellion has t e n only recently set,. -
presse:l; when agitations of lend questions e xeite to
violence and iheg.,l proecedings; nod when the
great c-.ntrow rsy of free trade and protection
voiles the agricul!ural interests of the country. 3. Tt-a*,
considering Dublin is one of the hinilsonoest cities in
Eur4e, a.nel justly the pride t f ail Iris!: men, with a p
lation 4300;000. a trade improving lietween 1833 sad 1848
from 600 to 980,000, 'And a navig'tion augm-nting tri•ni
1843 to 1848 by 92 803 registered tins; that it is the
he ad quarters of a large arm), %sills law courts presi.led
over by twelve ledges, a high court of evity
adminis-
tered by a Lord Chancellor, a college of heralds, an opus
lent university. and an archiepiscopal see, and abounding
itself in scientific, literary, and charitable institutions;
and considering that it difFers from Edinburgh by being
separated from the Imperial metropolis by a beis-
tereus channel, while it peisesses a Privy Council
prepared to take ail steps which a public exigency may
require, it appears that Dublin is a capital competent to
give the civil and military direction which a crisis may
requro—a crisis which, notwithstanding the increased
facilities of communication, may demand instant and local
interposition, and which the office of Lord-Lieutenant,
now existing for upwards of half a century, has hitherto
been found able succsssfully to cope with and control.
As the brother of the statesman who had negotiated the
Union he felt hound to draw the attention of their lord-
ships to this subject. He had carefully studied
the debates, which had taken place elsewhere, but
he had not found in them any sufficient argu-
ments to authorize the abolition of the office cf
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The case of
Ireland was by no means a parallel case to that e:f Scot-
larid. Ireland was separated from England by the sea,
and if they deprived Ireland of the local administration,
they vecu:tl find tIP mselves involved in difficul-
ties;, particularly in time of war. (Hear, hear.)
He should like to know what was the opinion
of the illustrious Duke, on this subject he considered him
a much higher authority than Lord Somers or George
lIL, who were the only authorities quoted in favour of
this measure. He knew not what necessity there could
be for a fourth Secretary, seeing that at present the
Lord-Lieutenant was subjected entirely to the control of
the Rome Secretary. What would have been the state
of Dublin two years since if they had not had Lord Cla-
rendon there as Lord-Lieutenant to take immediate
measures to prevent the city fern oncute, in spite of the
opposition of the Lord Mayor of Dublin? Was it possible,
he would ask, that an Under Secretary in Dublin, acting
under a fourth secretary in London, could have acted with
such energy, or would have taken upon himself the re-
sponsibility ef so doing. He objected to experimental
legislation, and this was merely experiments! legislation.
Then with regard to jibbing, that was the act not of
the.Lord-Lieutenant but of the Minister of the day, and
would continue under the rule of the fourth Secretary
es much as it had done under the Lord Lieutenant. It
had been said that the people of Ireland were
indifferent to this subject. It was true the
provincial cities had not made any get at de-
monstration, but the ci'izens of Dublin had done all
they could against the Bill; and surely the loyal citi-
zens. of Dublin bad claim en the Government
of the country. This was only the first step, if
they took away :the Lord Lieutenancy, they would
soon take away the four Courts and the Royal
Hospital. Then they talked about the Queen's
visit ; but they were legislating for posterity, and
it was mere cajolery to hold forth these royal visits as
a substitute for the Lord-Lieutenant's Court. How was
her Majesty to be received at Phoenix Lodge.when there
was no Lord-Lieutenant there? The place would be
uninhabited; it was in itself a miserable place. Who
was to receive her Majesty there? It was preposterous
to talk of these Morning calls as a substitution for the
Court of the Lord-Lieutenant. He would urge upon the
Government the necessity of appointing a Commission
to take evidence on the subject before they determined
to abolish the office of Lord-Lieuteuan'.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

ROUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER t, ok the Chair at Four o'clock.
THIRD READINGS.
The following Rills were read a third time and passed:
Priissiffn Minimer'e R, sidence.

Timb2r Pi-eserviug Company.
The following Bills, as amended, were considered atd
agreed to:— _ _ _

Alarylebone and Finchley Turnpike Roads.
Rochdale. through Bamford and Birtic to Bury, and
other Turnpike Roads.
The Manchester Bonding Bill was read a second time.

PETITIONS.

Sir R. Fr. INGLIS presented a petition against the
admission of Jews into Parliament.

Similar petitions were presented by Sir C. Burrell,
Mr. Christopher, Mr. R. Palmer, and several other lion.
Members.

Mr. PRIME presented a petition from Arundel com-
plaining of the alterations in the Post-office.
Mr. J. REYNOLDS presented a petition from Dublin
against ministers' money.
Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from Folfarsliire
praying for a drawback upon bonded spirits.
Sir D. NORREYS; presented a similar petition from
Malton.

Mr. S. WORTLEY presented several petitions from
different parts of the metropolis in favour of the Mar-
riage Bill.
Mr. PACKE presented a petition from Hinckley
against certain clauses in the Savings Bank Bill.
Mr. M. GIBSON presented eight petitions from Mac-
chester in favour of the Marriage Bill.
THE PROPOSED ERECTION IN HYDE-PARK.

Sir H. WILLOUGHBY gave notice of a motion for
Monday next with respect to the right of the Commis-
sioners of Woods and Forests to erect a building in
Hyde-park for the Exhibition of 1851.
Sir DE LACY EVANS gave notice that to-morrow
he would put a question to the First Commissioner of
Woods and Forests on the same subject.
neMxtrileT. DUNCOMBE gave notice that on Monday
would ask the first Lord of the Treasury when
the intended Exhibition of 1851 would chse• also whether
it was nodvisable that the Commissioners 'of Woods and
r
t'a
Forests should reconsider their determination to erect the
building in Hyde-park, and whether, in the evert of
the asount raised, or
to be .
Ministers w as
to o n ask the
raised, by voluntary
contem-
plationrari is
subscription being insufficient,)2l.leljr oestry'snext, for a grawnotodf
men t,eithoefr herthis
public
money to defray the expenditure which would
Protectionist
curred.—(Hear, hob; and cheers from the
benches.)
Mr. ROEBUCK wished to know from the Noble
Lord (Lord J. Russell) whether, in the event of the
building being erected in Hyde-park, there was any
stipulation that it was to be pulled down ?—(Hear.)
Lord J. RUSSELL said, as the Hon. Member f)r
Finsbury had givrn notice of a question on the same
subject for Monday next, he would rather defer giving
an answer to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman's Tata.
tion until that day.
Mr. HUME wished to know if Government would
guarantee that there should be no expense incurred on
the part of the public?
Mr. LABOUCHERE said it should be distinctly un-
derstood that Government had nothing whatever to
do with the expense of the exhibition, which was alto-
gether a private speculation. Government had nothing
wbetever to do with it.
Mr. ROEBUCK asked the Right Don. Gentleman
whether he would sanction any application to Parlia-
ment next year for a grant to assist the undertaking,
supposing the Right Hon. Baronet should then bo in
olUo: ?

Mr. LABOUCHERE declined to give tiny pledge of
that sort, but he could positively state tha he had no
arr,hension of floy such vote a-ked for.—(Oh!)
Mr. ROEBUCK considering this answer nnsati.f,c-
tory, k.ave notice that (42 the earliest po3sible day, he
should take the sense of the House upon the proprit ty
of destroying the parks.
COMMISSION OF SEWERS.

Lord DUNCAN wished to ask the Noble Lord (Lord
Ebringon), the chief minister of sewers—(A latv.h)—
whether the printed minutes of the Commissioners of
Sewers were proper recr)rds of their proceedings, the
minute-book not having been entered up since Fe-
bruary last?
Lord EBRINGTON said be had been informed by a
barrister that the printed minutes would be good evidence
in a court of justice.
TWO SICILIES.

Mr. B. COCHRANE, seeing the Noble Lord at the
head of the Government in his place, wished to
ask him whether any corres.poneence had passed be-
tween her Majesty's Government and the King of the
Two Sicilies, not the King of Naples, on the subject of
some extravagant and absurd demands made by British
rchants in Messina.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied that communications
had passed between the two Governments, but as the
last dispatch intimated that the matter in dispute had
teen referred to arbitration the time bad not arrived
when the papers could be laid on the table.
Mr. B. COCHRANE asked if any threat had been
held out to the King that the British fleet would be sent
to Naples ?
Lord J. RUSSELL said no such threat whatever had ,
been held out, but he must decline answering any
more questions on this subject, as the commu-
nications were going on with a friendly Government
upon claims that now appeared to be fair and just, and
these questions would only have the effect of impeding
their recovery.— (Cheers.)
TENANT RIGHT (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD intimated that he
wished to postpone further proceedings on this Bill until
Tuesday Lest, in the hope that some arrangement might
be come to with the Government rcspectinc it.
AFFAIRS OF GREECE—ADJOURNED DEBATF.
Sir JOHN WALSH rose to resume the debate. He
said one of the advantages he had in addressing the
House on this question at a late stage in the debate
war, that he should consider hinashlf exempted from
troubling the House with a recapitulation of the facts
involved in the question, which ho might fairly assume
were fresh in the recollection of Hon. Members. He
had had the advantage of listening to the speech
or the Noble Lard the Secretary for Foreign
Affairs, from one cud to the other, and he
would frankly say l-e rseirely dirappreved of the
whole foreign policy tlh.: Noble Lord. At the E ame
time he hoped the Nehle Lord would forgivo him for
I rendering his (Sir Jelin Walsh's') sincere and unfeigned
admiration thr the speech, considering it as an effort of
Parliemerdaey tl gut nee cf a very high order. The
Noble Lord tied cemplsinsd that no lieu. Member on
that (the Pro•oLizionitt) side of the buns, had tiicug,ht
it to bq h. 5 duty tl meet the resulutkn in the other
Huse by a similar resolution in this House. Hon.
Meruhers on that (the Protectionist) aide of
I the House thought that two alternatives were
presented fur the adopion cf her Majesty's Ministers.
These were, either to have tendered their resignation
on the veto of the other House, or t) have justified them-
seeres by a conntar-resoludou in this House emanating
teem iii in,elves or flow saute known suppur(er
ut th it p Hey. It had been imagined by Gentlemen on
that side of House that one et these two at rn dives
nau,t be fhll.heed. but a third course 11.2A1 be •n round
which the Government h.id ad irted that ot doing nothing
at all. The) had Lit it to a g,ntlernan
who was not always a suppor.ee of their p )LOY,
but occasionally found fault with many pArr,s of their
forei4n policy, but who was now prepared to vet,,confi-
dence iu their policy as a whol.s. But there was tee
point whtch this present resolution would nor
meet, and that was how far it was the duty of
a Government to 'protect its subjects abroad.
He contended that the Government of this country should
adopt and carry out that groat maxim of political as it
was of Christian morality— h 1)o unto others as 3ou
would have others do unto you." That in respect to
Greece we had neglected to adhere to that wise
adage, and had done what we should have
resented in the highest degree if directed against this
country. How should we like to set aside our own or-
dinary courts of justice, and establish other tribunals for
the express purpose of giving compenettion to foreign
subjects who felt themselves aggrieved? Yet the Noble
Lord (Lord Palmerston), who was supposed to he the
, champion cf liberal ptinciplee, who wished to be con-
sidered in all the states of the world as the defender of

freedom, came forward in that House, and in glowing
terms announced his conquest over a dependent and v:eak
state. The II n. Baronet thee referred to the cases of indi •
vidual injury and oppression which the Greek Govern-
ment Lau committed, observing that in point of fact
there were only two instances where the Greek Govern-
ment had been culpable, namely in the treatment of the
lonians and the capture of a host :belonging to the Fan-
tome. The conduct of the Greek Government in both,
he thought, was justifiable.y With respect to the boatmen
at Salcina, the Noble Lurd seer( ed to insinuate
that the Custom-house officers were accomplices of
the brigands; but as that seemed to be only an
insinuation, he (Sir John Walsh) thought he was en-
titled to assume that it was without foundation. He con-
sidered that the Noble Lord had afforded a very unsatis-
factory explanation as to the not laying on the table of
the .liouie the dccuments on the arbitration between
Mr. Finlay and the Greek Government. He thought
that the Members of the House of Commons had a right
to complain of the sripm•essio ver ilia that case. With respect
to the case of M. Pacifico, it had been so much adverted to
iu thisdebete that he should not think of dwelling upon it.
The Pacifico case was the first origin of all the subse-
quent troubles ; these claims were the fouedation ef all
the great character which these transactions had assumed.
The Noble Lord was bitten] to have satisfied himself on
the justice of these cis ens, but, as the: blue book
showed, Eir Edmund Lyons was directed at the
first outset to send in l'aefico's bill in the usual form,
and to leave it to tee Greek Government to object to the
items as they chose. He would not go into the details
of the French ei pine, but he would just allude to the
most unfounded assertion of the Hon. and Learned
Member who opened the debate, that the French Go-
veroreent had been actuated throughout the whole rea!ter
with the utaiest ball faith. Russia, in these transactions,
appeared to be the champion of the freedom and inde-
pendence of small states, as the protector of the weak,
and the opponent of arbitrary power, as applied
to international relations; whereas England, on the
contrary, with her great power and undoubted su-
periority was herald..d ferth to the world
as a nation which arrogated to itself the right to enforce
demands of a very questionable characner, which might
be made upon foreign states. The Noble Lord (Lord
Palmeraton) had resorted to the most unscrupulous
means in order to carry out his particular policy in re-
gard to foreign nations, and he had by doing so sown the
seeds of disturbance and revolution in many parts of the
world. The Noble Lord had always laboured under this
error; ho constantly imagined that in fostering what he
considet ed liberal principles in Europe, he was carrying
out and promoting something analogous to the glorious
system of English liberty; but it they traced the
whole history of his foreign policy, they would
find that that policy had t neuurag,ed Jaeoinniscu end
anarchy, which in the end led to a reaction; and thus it
turned out that instead f e Neb:e Lord promoting the
cause of liberty be travelle,l through anarchy and blood-
shed to military Gevernmenn
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
A lettr from Vienna of the 20th says—" We are
assured at the Cabinet has reoeived intelligence of
the definitive settlement of the Amish question. The
principal bases of the settlement aro-Ist, To gua-
rantee to the reigning family of Denmark the in-
tegrity of the monarchy ; 2, To guarantee to the
family of Hesse the right of succession in virtue
of the Salie law ; 3, To accede to the Augustem-
burgh family a becoming indemnity. Cer-
tain administrative advantages are besides, it is
said, to be accorded to the duchies, henceforth inse-
parably united to Denmark. The affair is said to
have been conducted and regulated, unknown to, or
at lease, without the participation of Prussia, by the
Et)glish Plenipotentiary at Copenhagen, acting with
the assent of Russia. The acceptance of the Berlin
Cabinet, however, is not doubtful, although it must
abandon its fine project of creating a Prusso-German
navy, that project having depended on an entirely
different solution."