The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-30 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS EVENING.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at the usual hour.

PRIVATE BUSINESS:

The following bills were read a third time and passed—
Halesowen and Bromsgrove Branch ; Barry Railway ;
Aboyne and Braemar Railway ; Northampton and Ban-
bury Junction Railway (Deviation, &c.) ; Northamp-
ton and Banbury Junction Railway (Extensions) ;
Peterborough, Wisbeach, and Sutton Railway ; Acton
and Brentford Railway ; Beddgelert Railway ;
Furness and Lancaster, and Carlisle Union Railway ;
North and South Wiltshire Junction Railway ; Althorpe-
on-Trent and Lincoln Railway ; Cheshire Lines Transfer ;
London and North-Western (Additional Powers, England) ;
Bute Docks, Cardiff, (No. 2) ; Moses Gate and Ringley
Branch Road; South Eastern Railway; Shrewsbury and
Potteries Junction Railway.
OPENING THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Lord EBURY presented a petition from the patron,

' presidents, and officers of the Early Closing Association,
praying that the recommendations of the committee of
1860 may be carried into effect in reference to the opening
of the British Museum and other national collections
three evenings in the week, between the hours of seven
and ten o'clock.

LAIMS OF MR. .
The Marquis of CLANRICARDEJACKSON asked the Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs whether her Majesty's Govern-
ment would consent to lay upon the table of the house the
papers in the Foreign-office relating to the claims of Mr.
Jackson on the Russian Government.
Earl RUSSELL said that the claims in question were of
a private character, and as such the Government could not
interfere with the matter.

ILEFT SITTING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The amendments to the following bills were considered
and agreed to:—Bishop's Castle Railway (Deviations, &c,);
Bury St. Edmunds and Thetford Railway ; Callander and
Oban Railway ; Leeds New Railway Station ; London,
Chatham, and Dover, and London and South-Western
Railway Companies ; London, Chatham, and Dover Rail-.
way (No. 1); London, Worcester, and South Wales Rail-
way ; Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway (Extensions);
Scarborough and Whitby Rail Way ; Tooting, Merton, and
Wimbledon Extension Railway ; Tyne Improvement ; and
West Yorkshire Railway.

THIRD READINGS.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
—Earl of Wincilsea's Estate, Navan and Kingscourt
Rattray's Estate, and Southern Railway.
COTTAGES IN SCOTLAND.

In reply to Mr. KTh'XAIRD,
Sir G. GREY said he had but a short time ago received
a report from the Inclosure Commissioners, but he would
lay it on the table without the slightest delay,
THE MACKAY GUN.
In reply to Mr. J. EWART,
The Marquis of HARTINGTON said the Mackay gun
bad been sent to Shoeburyness for trial, and hid accord-
ingly been tried by the Ordnance Select Committee. No
report had yet been received, nor was it usual to
forward such reports to the Government until
trials of that naturo were all finished. No
order had been given to put this gnn through competitive
trial with other guns, and it therefore would not be fired
in competition with the service gun. It would be very
inconvenient to lay the report on the table until a decision
had been arrived at by the Secretary of War. He did not
think it would be likely that the report would be sent in
during the present session, and therefore it would be quite
impossible to lay it on the table of the house.