The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-21 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—This Evening.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at
the usual hour.

PETITIONS.
The Marquis of NO RMAN BY said he had anotice on the
paper to present a petition from the Rev. Alfred Bishop,
on Monday, the 27th A, ril, in reference to the petitioner's
son, now undergoing imprisonment in the fortress of Alex-
andria, but he wished to postpone its presentation until
Monday, the 4th of May.
Lord HARRO WBY presented a petition against the sale
of intoxicating liquors on Sunday.
L,rd STANLEY of ALDERLEY :'presented a petition
to the same effect.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
Lord STANLEY of ALDEKLEY moved the second
reading of Local Gov. rn►nent Act, 1858, Amendment 13,11.
L ird CHELMSFORD would not oppose the second
reading of the bill, but comment upon one or two points
in it.

A short discussion then took place, in which Loi d Redes-
dale, Lord Egerton of Tattoo, and Lord Stanley of
Alderley joined, the bill was read.
METROPOLITAN RAILWAY SCHEMES.
Lord KINNAIRD, in the place of Lord Ebury, moved for
a copy of the report upon metropolitan railway schemes
made to the Metropolitan Board of Works by their engineer;
and that the same be referred to the select committee now
sitting upon those undertakings.
The house rose at twenty-five minutes past live.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.---This Evening.
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
THIRD READINGS.
The foll'wing bills were read a third time and passed :
Busby Railway, Ely Valley Extension Railway, Furness
Railway Company and Barrow Harbour Commissioners,
London and South-Western Railway, and Whitehaven,
Cleator, and Egremont Railway.

SECOND READINGS.
The following bills were read a second time :—Edin-
burgh Water, and Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway.
The Rusthall Manor Bill was considered and ordered to
be read a third time.
LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN BILL.

On the motion of Mr. the third reading of this
bill was postponed until to-morrow.

PETITIONS,

By Sir J. DUKE and Mr. NORRIS, from wards in the City
of London, against the amalgamation of the City with the
Metropolitan police; Col. SyxEs, from theWoiking Men's
Temperance Society of Aberdeen, against the sale of in-
toxicating liquors on the Sabbath ; Mr. BLACK, from
Edinburgh, in favour of the independence of Poland ;
Mr. J. N. POWELL, from Gloucester, against the Writs
Prohibition Bill ; Mr WHITE, from Brighton. in favour of
the Innkeepers' Liability Bill; Lord J. MANNERS, from
Lutterworth, Derbv.hire, to the like effect.
LORD CHANCELLOR'S BENEFICES.
On the motion of Mr. HADFIELD, a return of the names of
the several benefices in the gut of the Lord Chancellor of the
value of £3OO a year or under, the number of the population
of each parish or place according to the census of 1861, and
the yearly income of each such benefice during each of the
iast five years, was ordered.
NI A YNOOT

Mr. WHALLEY gave notice of his intention this day
month to move, in a comrnitt'e of the whole house, that the
annual grant to Maynooth be repealed. (Cheers an t
laughter.)
THE TAX ON INCOMES.
Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice ot his intention, when the
c7hancellor ot the Exch,qu.,t's proposition with respect to
the incowe tax was next before the house, to move a reso-
iution to the effect that the tax on precarious shoud be
lower than that on per•..tuent inc (Hear, hear.)

DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS (IRELAND).
Mr. HA,SARD gav,3 nolic3 ihat on a future day he
should call attention to the state of the law with respect to
donations and bequests in Ireland, and propose that the
laws relating to them to assitnilat-d to that in force in Eng-
land.

PRISONS MINISTERS BILL.
Sir L. PALK gave notice of his intention to propose an
amendment to clause 3._
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INDIA-SIAM.

In reply to Sir J HAT,
Sir O. WOOD said there wal no objection on the part
of the Secretary to the Admiralty, the Secretary of State
for India, and the Under Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, to lay all the available eorrespondence on the
table f the house.
BURIAL OF SIR J. OUTRAM.
Mr. P. WYNDHAM asked the :,ecretary of State for
India if it was true that the Indian Government intended
to defray the expenses of Sir James Outram's funeral; and
if the sergeants of the 78th Highlanders, who volunteered
to attend at their own c)st from Folkestone, and did so,
would not hava their expenses allowed to them by the Go-
vernment ?

Sir C. WOOD replied that it was only a fitting tribute
to the memory of Sir James Outrarn, one of the bravest and
most gallant officers connected with any of the public ser-
vices, that the cost of his funeral should be defrayed out
of the public purse. (Rear, hear.) The attendance of the
sergeants of the 78th Highlanders was perfectly
voluntary and spontaneous ; they desired to testify
their respect to their late commander by being
permitted to carry him to the grave, and
did so at their own expense; but the Government consi-
dered that they should be reimbursed for their outlay, and
it had been refunded to them. (Hear.)

CONTAGIOUS DISEASES IN CATTLE AND

SHEEP.

Mr. GRIFFITH asked the Vice-President of the Privy
Council whether he had any objection to lay upon the table
of the house the report of the Commis.iocer sent by Go-
vernment in the course of last autumn to the Continent,
to inquire into the existence of sheep and cattle contagious
or intectious diseases in foraign countries, and into the
liability of their introdaction into this countr3 ?
Mr. BRUCE replied that the report, which was a very
long one, had been d livered to his department, and was
now under its consideration, It would be shortly printed
to the house in the form of an appendix to the report of
the medical officers.