The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-28 00:00:00

EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND.

Lord KINNAIRD gave notice of his intention, on
an early day, to move an address to her Majesty, pray•
ing for the issuing of a commission to inquire into tho
State of education in Scotland.

BENEFICES AUGMENTATION BILL.
The Bishop of LONDON postponed the committee on
this bill till this day week.
CHURCH BUILDING ACTS AMENDMENT

BILL.
The Earl of HARROWBY postponed the committee
on this bill fora week.

Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.)
The house re-asiembled this evening after the Easter
•ecess, and the SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.

NEW MEMBER.

Sir A. COCKBURN took the oaths and his seat on
'iis re-election for South tnapton.

NEW WRIT.

On the motion of Mr. HAY IR, a new writ was
ordered for the county of Flint, in the room of the Hon..
E4wd. Mostyn, called to the upper house, av Baron
Nlostyn.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were read a third time and passed
—Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company ; Louth
\Vaterworks ; Madras Raiiway Company ; New River
(Hertford Sewerage Diversion, &c.) ; New River (New
Reservoirs, &c.) ; Weymouth and Meleombe Regis
Markets and Pier.
The followiog bills were considered and ordered to be
read a third time :—Darlington and Barnard Castle
Railway, Eastern Counties Railway (Station Enlarge
neat, &c.), Manchester Court of Record, National•
Assurance and Investment Association, Newcastle-upon.
Cyne Docks, Perth and Dunkeld Railway, and South
Eastern Railway (Lewisham to Bromley, &c.).
The following bills were read a second time and ordered
to be committed :—Paisley Waterworks (No. 2) ; Elec-
tric Telegraph Company (No. 2) ; Royal Conical Flous
Mill Company.
On the motion for the second reading of the Thames
Embankment and Railway Bill,
Lord LOVAINE moved that it be read a second time
this day six months.
Sir J. V. SHELLEY seconded the amendment, be-
lieving that the embankment of the Thames was a scheme
which ought to be undertaken by the Government, and
not left to a private company.
Mr. CARDWELL said the Board of Works were
opposed to the bill ; but the hon. member who had
charge of the bill was unavoidably absent, and it was
for the house to decide whether they would dispose of
it in his absence.

➢lr. BOUVERIE thought they ought to delay the
decision.

The amendment was then withdrawn, and the second
reading was postponed until Monday next.
'PETITIONS.

Petitions were presented by Mr. Horsfall from 4,300
inhabitants of Liverpool, praying that beer-shops be
closed on the Lord's-day ;by Mr. F. Scully, from Mid-
dleton, in Cork, against any legislative interference with
conventual establishments ; by Sir V. Shelley, from Mr.
A. Novello, praying for inquiry into the conduct of
the Post-office in charging postage for his cata-
logues ; by Mr. Miall, from the Congregational
Union of England and Wales, and 17 petitions from
different places, praying that the University of Oxford
be thrown open to Dissenters of all denominations.
THE TROOPS AT GALLIPOLI.

Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR gave notice that to-morrow
he would call the attention of the Secretary at War to a
letter in yesterday's Times, from their correspondent at
Gallipoli, respecting the accommodation of the troops
there.