The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-28 00:00:00

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HOUSE OF COMMONS.--This Day.
The SPEAM took the chair at 12 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Dublin Trunk Connecting Railway Bill was read a
third time and passed.
THAMES CONSERVANCY (RE-COMMITTED)

BILL.

The houso went into committee on this bill.
The clauses up to 75 were agreed to.
On clause 76,
Mr LOCKE strongly deprecated the facility which was
afforded to Kingston and other places situated on the Thames
to deposit impurities in the river. He said that if he stood
alone he would go into the lobby and vote against the
clause, which he considered most unjust.
Mr ALCOCK moved an amendment to the following
effect on the clause :—Page 25, line 4, after "condition,"
insert "provided always that nothing herein contained
shall be deemed to apply to any legally authorised sewers,
drains, or works, now in course of construction by the local
Board of Health for the district of Kingston upon Thames,
and the connection of the houses in such districts with the
said sewers, drains, and works."
After some discussion the remaining clauses were agreed
to, and the bill passed through committee.
LUNACY (SCOTLAND) BILL.

The house went into committee on this bill.
Some discussion of a technical character took place, in
the course of which

The LORD ADVOCATE said that considering the
duties that devolved on the commissioners he though £3OO
a year was not too large a remuneration for the services
they rendered by devoting the whole of their time to the
duties of their office. He bore his personal testimony
to the efficiency with which these commissioners discharged
their onerous duties.

The bill then wont through committee.
ADMINISTRA'IION OF TRUSTS (SCOTLAND;

BILL.

The LORD ADVOCATE, in reply to some hon. mem-
bers, said that the object of this bill was intended to meet
what was considered a defect in the existing law, which
restricted the powers of trustees in the purchase of property
which they held in trust.
Some new clauses were added 10 the bill, which went
through committee, on the condition that it should be re-
printed with certain amendments which had been agreed to.
The house then adjourned until six o'clock.

Meeting of the Conservative Party.

THIS DAY.

A meeting of the Conservative members of both houses
of the Legislature was held this afternoon at the residence
of tho Earl of Salisbury, Arlington-street, Piccadilly, to
consider the present position of the Government with
reference to the Danish question. The hour of meeting
was two o'clock, and within a few minutes of the short
hour Mr Disraeli arrived, and was quickly followed by the
Earl of Derby. Amongst those present previous to the
arrival of the noble Earl, were the Earl of IN.Talmes-
bury, Lord Hardwick, Sir Edward Buwer Lytton,
Lord Lennox, Lord J. Manners, Mr. Macaulay, Lord
Naas, Mr. S. Fitzgerald, Colonel Dunne, Sir G. Northcote
Mr. Hunt, Mr. Mowbray, Mr. Vance, Mr. Longfield, Mr.
P. Hennessy, Mr. Laird, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Adderloy,
General Peel, and Sir J. Packington, &3.
The result of the meeting will not, of course, become
generally known until this evening, when it is expected
Mr. Disraeli will put on the paper the motion he intended
to bring forward. Thursday, it is said, is fixed on as the
evening for the commencement of the debate.