The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-29 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS.—This Day.
The business of the session of Parliament for 1864 ter-
minated to-day. At 3 o'clock the Lord Chancellor, Ear
de Grey and Ripon, Lord Wensleydale, Earl St. Germans
and Lord Sydney entered the house robbed as Royal Coin
missioners, and, having taken their seats in front of the
throne,
The LORD CHANCELLOR directed the Usher of the
Black Rod to inform the Commons that their lordships
desired their immediate attendance in that house. Ina few
minutes afterwards the Speaker of the House of Commons,
accompanied by Lord Palmerston, Sir V. Grey, and a large
number of other members, appeared at the bar.
The LORD CHANCELLOR then informed them that
her Majesty, not thinking it fit to attend and prorogue Par-
liament in person, had directed the same to be done by
royal commission.
The Royal assent was then given by commission to the
following longelist of public and private bills:—Consoli-
dated Fund (Appropriation)—Exchequer Bond s(L1,600,000)
—Fortifications (Provision for Expenses)—Scottish Epis-
copal Clergy Disabilities Removal—Turnpike Acts
Continuance--Registration of Deeds—lonian States
Acts of Parliament Repeal--Turnpike Trusts
Arrangements-- Bank Notes, &a., Signature--1)e-
-fence Act Amendthent Acciden, Compensation Act
Amendment—Burials Registration—Bleaching and Dyeing
Werks Act Extension—Sale of Gas (Scotland)—Justices
Proceedings Confirmation (Sussex) Expiring Laws
Continuance Bank Post Bills (Ireland) Corn
Accounts and Returns 'Westminster-bridge Traffic
Stamp Duties (1864) Act Amendment—Naval and Victual-
ling Stores--Public SchOols—Civil Bill Courts (Ireland)—
Harwich Harbour Act Amendment—Portsmouth Dockyard
(Acqisition of Land)—Local Government Supplemental
(No. 2—Criminal Justices Act (1855) Extensinn
Armagh. Archiepiscopal Revenues—New Zealand Gait-
rantee of Loan—Public Works (Manufacturing Districts,
—Poor Removal—Sheriffs Substitute (Scotland)—Drainage
and Improvement of Lands (Ireland)—West Indian En-
cumbered Estates Act Amendment—Poor Relief (Me-
tropolis)--Weights and Measures (Metric System)—
Limited Penalties—Cranbournestreet—Salmon Fisheries
(Scotland) Act Amendment—Poisoned Flesh Prohibition,
&o.—Naval Discipline—Judgments, &c., Law Amendment
—Highways Act Amendment—Railway Companies Powers
—Contagious Diseases—Thames Conservancy—lmprove •
ment of Land Act, 1861—Pier and Harbour Orders Con-
firmation—Dublin, Rathmines, and Rathgar Railway—
Great Eastern Railway Junction—Alford and Mable-
thorp Railway—Drayten :function Railway—East Glou-
cestershire Railway—Glasgow (City) Union Railway—
Kingsbridge Railway—Lancashire Canal Transfer—
Launceston, Bodmin, and Wadebridge Junction Railway
—Liverpool Central Station—Metropolitan Railway (Not-
ting-hill and Brompton)—Scottish Central Railway (Sta-
tions)—Swansea Vale, and Neath and Brecon Railway
—Tamar, Kit Hill, and Callington Railway—Woreester,
Dean Forest, and Monmouth Railway—Great Northern
and Western of Ireland Railway (No. 2)— --Railway Con-
struction Facilities—KilkennyJunction Railway—Parsons -
town and P-ortumna Bridge Railway—Much Wenlock and
Severn Junction and Wenlock Railway Companies—Metro-
politan and St. John's-wood Railway—Alton, Alresford,
and Winchester Railway—Bembridge Railway, Tramway,
and Pier— Dublin and Baltinglass Junction Railway—
Breoon and Merthyr Tydvil Junction Railway (New Lines)
—Dublin Improvement—Great Western Railway—North
Devon and Somerset Railway—North Staffordshire Rail-
way (New Works)—North Staffordshire Railway (Silver-
date, Madeley, and Drayton)—Peterefield and Bishops
Waltham Railway—South Eastern Railway (No. 4)—
Cannock Chase and Wolverhampton Railway—Great
Eastern Railway (Metropolitan Station and Railways)—
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Additional
Power)—Metropolitan Railway (Trinity-square Exten-
sion)—heath and Brecon Railway (Extension)—Port-
patrick Railway—Portpatrick Railway (Steamboats)
St. Helen's Canal and Railway—South Wales Mineral
Railway—Exmouth Docks—Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire Railway (Steamboats)—Dublin Trunk
Connecting Railway—Metropolitan Districts Rail-
ways—North Western and Charing-cross Railway
Sheffield Waterworks (Bradfield Inundation)—Tootmg,
Merton, and Wimbledon Extension Railway--
Pier and Railway—Holy well Rilway.
The LORD CHANCELLOR then read her Majesty's
speech on the cloAng of Parliament (which will be found
in another part of lhe Snn), immediately afer which his
lordship said, by virtue of the royal commission, he de-
clared Parliament prorogued until 'Thursday, the 13th day
of October.
The members of the House of Commons then withdrew,
and the proceedings terminated.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.--This Day.
The Srz4x.Eu took the chair at a quarter past two
o'clock.

STANDING ORDERS.
Mr FORSTER gave notice that he would move, next
session, for an alteration in the standing order No, 7.
FIRE INSURANCE,
Mr SHERIDAN gave notice that, next session, he
would repeat the motion he had made for a reduction in
the insurance duty on house and stock property.
THE DANO-GERMAN QUESTION.
In reply to Sir H. VERNEY,
Lord P ALMERSTON was understood to say that, so
long as the Conference was sitting in this country, the
Government interfered, but at present they did not think
to the
themselves bound to make any proposals in reference
subject.
THE WOUNDED RIFLEMAN.
Mr H. B. SHERIDAN asked the Under Secretary of
State for War whether the 20th n sectio of th Volunteer
Act of 1863 would apply to the case ()1 a privaate (W
Lodge, 146, Cannon street-road, St. George's-in-the-East,)
of the Third London Rifle Volunteer Regiment, who was
disabled while under official inspection,and therefore in
actual military service, viz., on the 16th of May, 1864, at
West-end Park, Kilburn—the section referred to being as
follows :--" A volunteer, or non-commissioned officer of
the volunteer permanent staff, disabled on actual military
service shall, according to his rank, be entitled to the
M e like
pensioa and other benefits, if any, as a soldier ofa-
jesty's army."
Mr HUTT, in the absence M
e of the Marquis oi Harting-
ton, said that,unfortunately, xcept in the case of injuries
inflicted in consequence of an invasion of the
entitled t countro
y, a a
member of the Volunteer corps would not be
pension.

PRISON MINISTERS ACT.
Mr HENNESSY called attention to the proceedings oi
the Middlesex magistrates with reference to the Prison
Ministers Act; and moved an address for papers. He
said that a petition numerously signed had been presented
against the practice that prevailed at Coldbath-field Prison,
in conformity with the instructions of the visiting jus-
tices of Middlesex. That practice had reference to
the manner in which Roman Catholic prisoners
were treated in regard to being compelled to receive
spiritual instruction from scripture readers and clergymen
of the Church of England, which he contended was in
direct contravention of the Prison Ministers Act, and the
spirit upon which legislation had proceeded in dealing with
Roman Catholic convicts, in order to prevent their con •
scientious feeling being outraged under the circumstances
in which they were placed. He denounced in strong terms
the conduct of the visiting justices, which he argued was
a proof that the old feeling of
animosity e against members
of the Roman Catholic body as stillexistence in t
country,and developed itself frequently notwithstanding the
alleged feeling of religious tolerance which was stated t
prevail.
Mr NEWDEGATE defended the justices of Middlesex
from the imputation of the hon. and learned member. He
said that Mr Pennell (the chairman of that body) was a
guarantee that nothing of an unfair description would be
sanctioned by him. He read the resolution agreed to by
the justices which prohibitedinterference with the spiritual
instruction of the prisoners.
Sir G. GREY said that his attention had been drawn to
this subject, and from iLquiries he had made he was quite
satisfied that there "as no toundatiou for the charges that
had been made against the justices of Middlesex, and he