The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-16 00:00:00

LEASES AND SALES OF SETTLED ESTATES

ACT.

The LORD CHANCELLOR brought in a bill to amend
the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Bill, passed last
session.

The bill was read a first time.
LOANS IN IRELAND.
The Earl of LEITRIM presented a petition from a place
in Ireland, complaining of the sudden manner in which the
commissioners of the Loan Fund had suddenly sought to
recover from the poor inhabitants the sum of £4,000 or
£5,000. He condemned the conduct of the commissioners
in very strong terms.
Earl GRANVILLE thought it extremely irregular for
the noble lord to make charges against absent persons with-
out giving the slightest no-bee of his intention of doing so.

PIVATE BUS.
The Edinburghß Water and GrSeatlNE Gritnsby Water Bills
were read a third time and passed.
UNION RELIEF AID ACT CONTINUANCE
BILL.

Earl GRA.NVILLE moved the second reading of this
bill. He said the necessity, he regretted to say, still
existed, but the occasion for it would have been
much more urgent had it not been for the
noble effort that had been made by private individuals
to alleviate the distress which unfortunately existed in
Lancashire. He hoped their lordships would cheerfully
give their consent to the second reading of the bill, and
thus show their appreciation of the admirable manner in
which the calamity had been borne by the people of Lan-
cashire.
The bill was read a second time.

SALMON EXPORTATION DILL.
Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY moved the second
reading of the bill, which he said was a supplement to the
act passed last session. By that act exceptions had been
made with respect to certain rivers, but those exceptions
had been evaded, and fish had been taken therefrom to
Holland and :other places, and then imported as foreign
salmon.

The Earl of MALMESBURY said the bill would be-
come probably useless, without they prohibited the impor-
tation as well as the exportation of the fish.
Lord STANLEY was afraid there was no way of pre-
venting the fraud complained of by the noble earl.
The Earl of DALHOUSIE said the onus of proving that
the fish sent for sale during the close time had been pro-
perly caught should be thrown on the vendor.
The bill was read a second time.

MALT DUTY BILL.

This bill was read a third time and passed.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—This Evening.
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
SECOND READING.
The South Mayo Railway Bill was read a second time. •

THIRD READINGS.
The following bills wore read a third time :—Berke and
Hants Extension Railway—Dungarvon Harbour, Markets,
and Improvement—Glasgow Gas —lnverness and Aberdeen
Junction Railway—Leeds Gas—Mid Wales Railway
(Capital)—Newtown and Machsnlleth Railway (Capital,
&c.)—Vale of Llangollen Railway.

PETITIONS.
Several petitions were presented by Lord HOTHAM and
Mr. W. PATTEN, and other hon. members, against the
sale of intoxicating liquors on the Sabbath.

RET U RNS.
TREASURE TROVE.

On the motion of Sir J. C. JERVOISE, a return was
ordered of all objects coming under the denomination of
Treasure Trove.

SUGAR.
On the motion of Mr. CRAWFORD, an address was agreed
to for copies of a memorial on the subject of the sugar
duties, addressed by the Chambers of Agriculture and
Commerce of the Mauritius to the Secretary of State for
the Colonies in the month of December, 1862 ; and of the
despatch of the Governor of the Colony forwarding the
same.

NEW WRIT-NORTHERN DIVISION OF LAN-

CASHIRE.

On the motion of Mr. BRAND, a new writ was ordered
to be issued for the northern division of Lancashire, in the
room of the Marquis of Hartington, who had accepted the
office of one of the Junior Lords of the Admiralty.
TURKEY—BELGRADE.

Mr. GREGORY gave notice that shortly after Easter
he should move for copies of all communications received
at the Foreign-office in 1862 with respect to the bombard •
ment of Belgrade ; also for certain information with respect
to financial reform in Turkey; and that be should call at-
tention to the condition cf that country.