The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-31 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Piedmontese Gazette of the 26th inst. contairs
the following from Venice:—
"On the 13th, the Abb6 Barbaran, librarian to the se-
minary, the rich banker Sartori, the son of the engineer
&Ace°, the apothecary of St. Leonard, and the coffee-
house-keeper of Antenor, were arrestgl at Padua. The
two first, however, were shortly afterwards restored to
liaerty. Tha arrest warrants had been forwarded from
Verona on a denunciation that the above parties were
engaged i❑ some private gambling transaction. It is re-
ported that a constitution for the Lombardo-Venetian
kingdom will shortly be published, and that Marshal
Ra.letzsky will remove the seat of his government to
Venice. Tho commissariat of the army is also to be
transferred to our city.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships re-assembled at Five o'clock.
LAW OF BANKRUPTCY.

Lord BROUGHAM introduced a Bill to
amend the Law of Bankruptcy.
SCOTCII REPRESENTATIVE PEERS.

The Duke of RICHMOND drew the atten-
tion of their Lordships to the fact that there were
two vacancies in the Scotch Representative Peers.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was un-
derstood to say that he was not responsible for the
vacancies not being filled up.
The Earl of EGLINTON said it was evident that
the Government could not be ignorant of the exist-
ence of the vacancies. They had appointed a new
L rd-Lieutenant of Forfarshire, in the room of Lord
Airlift, and promotions had taken place in the navy in
consequ,nce cf the death of Lord Colville, and there-
fore there was no excuse for not summoning the Peers
of Scotland to fill up the vacancies.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE explained that
the Governthant had no official information of the
vacancies.

The Duke of BUCCLEUGH said that the con-
tinuance of these vacancies was a grievance to the
Sct4ch Peers.

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that it was
a grievance which the'Noble Duke might have re-
medied, because, on a representation by two Scotch
Peers, the writ for the election would have issued.
The Dake of ARGYLE asked •if there was any
rule binding the Scotch Peers to make the requisition?
L )rd STANLEY denied that there was any ana-
logy between the rules of the House of Commons
and those cf. this House in such cases. He acquitted
the Noble Marquis of any intention to keep the
Sc Ach Peers Irom their rights, but he considered
that the Government should have issued the writ
without waiting far any requisition from Scotch
Peen', or for any notification from the representa-
tives of the Peers deceased.

A ft:r some remarks from t. :e Marquis of LANs
DOWNE and L )rd REDESDALP, the subject dropped.

ELECT VESTRIES.

The Marquis of LAN SDOWNE introduced a
Biil for regulating select vestries.

THE ADDRESS.

The Royal Speech having been read in the usiri

form,

The Earl of ESSEX rose to move the Address
The Noble Earl claimed the indulgence of the House
as he hal very seldom had the honour of addressing
their Lordships. Since they had met last the coun-
try had had the misfortune to lose the Dowager
Queen Adelaide, and he was sure their Lordships,
would sympathise with her Majesty in the grief.
which she felt for that great loss, for never had any
foreign Princess secured the good opinion of this
country to a greater degree than Queen Adelaide.
The interference of her !Majesty's Government on
behalf of Turkey, in the differences which had arisen
between that country and Russia, was a legitimate
exercise of the influence of this country, and had been
attended with the most happy effects. He could not
but recollect that during the last two years the whole
of Europe hall letee in a state of disorder ;
snercely a post errived that did not bring the intel-
ligence of the overthrow of some ancient dynasty.
During the w hole of these convulsions this country
hal remained undisturbed, and he attributed that
sate of tranqui;liv- mainly to the manner in which
the L( gidature had given way to public opinion.
Tne artisan and operative classes had to their honour
shown themselves superior to the temptations held out
to them.. A tribute of gratitude was due to the
public prese, the members of which, however they
might differ es to the means, had but one
objet in view, to secure the prosperity and the
tranquillity of the country.—(hear, hear.)
When he looked back to the events of the last few years,
he could not but consider that it was a most fortunate
circumstance 'hat they had had at the head of affairs,
during the time which preceded the Continental rev-oh:-
ten e a en w. o had had the salacity to repeal the laws
which i r .h.b tel 1 the importation of food. Of all the votes
ho had ever g'veu, there was none to which he looked
la k with greater satis'a Von, than to the vote he had
given in favour of the repeal of the laws preventing the
free insportat•en (ILO. The late pestilence had drawn
the attentien of the public to the state of the sanitary.
law., and every one was convinced that those laws must
be amended. The improved state of the commerce and
trade of the c eintry proved the soundness of the alterations
which hail recently been made in the laws regulating the
imports of this country, and completely falsified the
pre fictions of those who had foretold that loss of re-
venue would be the consequence of the alterations.
During the List year the import of food and the export
of manufsctures had teen greater than had ever been
known—(hear, hear)—and the revenue had prospered
in consequence.—(Hear.) It was satisfactory to know
that the Pleasures which had last session teen passed
with regard to Ireland, more particularly the Encum-
bered Estates Bill, had worked well. No one could
regret more than he did the distress under which
the aYricultural interests were suffering, but he
was convinced it was of a temporary nature.—(Cheering
and counter cheering.) He believecqthat those who had
kept up a protectionist agitation—who called themselves
fsrmers' friends had acted most unwisely.—(Cheers and
counter-cheers.) He had received a statement from the
vestry-clerk of Marylebone parish, stating that there
had been a saving of 11,0001. in the rates, in
consequence cif the cheapness of food; in another me-
tropolitan parish the saving had been 7,0001., and
the rates hied been reduced 2d. Id the pound.—(Loud
cheers.) Tho repeal of thenavigation-laws had
been followed by the most happy effects. Shipbuilding
had increased, and there were now orders from foreign
countries fer the building of ships in this country.—
(Hear.) He knew not what might be the measures
to be proposed with regard to the Aust,alian colc-
pies, hut ho hoped that the time was not fir dis-
tant when more liberty as regards internal legislstion
would he g• a ilea to aii our colonies. Tbe Noble Earl
thar.la (1 their I, irdshipe for the raferit manner •
which they had heard him, and conclud I"
ed by moving
the address, which was an echo to the speech.-
W,Lord METHUEN, in seconding the Addres.s, said it
bo matter of congratulation to see the efforts cf
the Government to prevent the occurrence c f
hog tilitie between Russia and Turkey had been
attended with success. It was also matter
of
cogratulatiun that the manufacturing and commercial
interests were in a state of prosperity. He; regteeted
that he could not say the same as regarded the agricul-
tural interest; that interest was suffering from panic on
excit d by the protectionist agitation, But it
should be recollected that under protection, in 1822, the
price of corn heel been lower than it was at present, in
consequence, he believed, (if the want cf money
occaiiened by the reetimptien of cash re) _

ments, and again in 1835. It should be
recollected that a scarcity of money now
existed in consequence cf the immense sums locked
up in railways. He could not, however, but depre-
cate the violence of language of those who endeavoured
to set class against class, and who pandered to the worst
feelings cf the multitude. The Noble Lord concluded
by formally seconding the motion.
The Earl of STRADBROOKE felt that he should be
wanting in his duty, if he abstained from embracing
this, the earliest opportunity, of declaring to their Lord-
ships the existence of deep and great agricultural dis-
tress, the existence cf which was admitted in the Spee-h
from the Throne, but which, as he gathered from
the speech of the mover of the addreso,
was merely of a temporary nature.—(Hear, hear.)
He believed that the distress would be permanent
so long as the present system of legislation should con-
tinue. In 1815 it was considered that the British agri-
culturist would be swamped by foreign importation, un-
less he had protection. Such is the opinion of Mr. Coke, and
in consequence the corn-law measure of 1815 W 23 in-
troduced. He admitted that under the Protection Corn
Bill in 1822

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The House resumed at Four o'clock, when there was
a very full a'tendance c f Members. Lord John Russell,
Sir George Grey, and the other Members of the Go-
vernment, ent3red the House about twenty minutes after
four o'clock.