The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-02 00:00:00

BILL.

The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered,
and agreed to.

METROPOLITAN SEWERS BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
REFORAATORIT SCHOOLS (SCOTLAND) BILL.
The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered
and agreed to.

SALE OF BEER BILL.
The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered
and agreed to.

SUPPLY.
The report of the Committee of Supply was brough
up and agreed to.

CUSTOMS ACTS. •
The report of the committee on the Customs Acts was
brought up and agreed to. •
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The other 12 o'clock orders of the day were then dis•
posed of, and the sittings were suspended at four o'clock

The house resumed at 6 o'clock.
PETITIONS.

Petitions were presented by Mr. BRIGHT, from a
meeting of delegates of beersellers in Manchester, pray-
ing for an alteration in the laws regulating the sale of
beer ; by Sir H. MEUX, from Cheshunt, in Hertford-
shire. against the opening of public.honses on Sunday ;
by Mr. WM. BROWN, from Manchester, Haslington,
Bacup, and itawtenstall, to the same effect ; by Mr.
Alderman CHALLIS, in favour of closing public-houses on
Sunday, from medical practitioners in Pentonville ; and
by Lord D. STUART, from Paisley, praying that mea-
sures be taken to restore the independence of Poland,
Hungary( and Italy, and other nations, as the best
means of permanently repressing the aggressions of
Russia.
THE CASE OF MR. JEREMIAH SMITH.

Lord PALMERSTON, in answer to Mr. FREWEN,
explained that the release of Mr. Jeremiah Smith, late
mayor of Rye, Irotn prison, to which be had been sent
on conviction of perjury, Lad been grante I on account
of the precarious state of that person's health.
TUE IRISH MAILS.

Mr. V SCULLY inquired the cause of the great
delay and irregularity in the delivery of each of the
three mails which should have left Dublin for London at
1 p.m. and 7 p.in. on Saturday, July 29, and at 1 p.m.
on Sunday, July 30 ; as well as of similar delays which
had occurred during the present session ; and whether it
was the practice not to despatch letters and papers from
Dublin to London on the Saturday, but to hold them
over until the following Sunday ?
Mr. WILSON stated that nothing would be gained
by the arrival of the Irish mail in London on Sunday
when no delivery could take place —it was the usual
course to bring over the whole of the mails by the latest
packet on Sunday. It was in consequence of the bad
weather the packet missed the train at Holyhead.
THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. LAWLEY

Sir J. PAKINGTON gave notice of his intention to
call the attention of the house to the circninstance,
under which Mr. Lawle had been appointed Governorr
of South Australia, and he asked the Government fo
an early day for Ow purpose.
Lord J. RUSSELL named Monday, but expressed a
hope that more precise information would be given as
to the object in view.
THE NATIONAL GALLERY.

Mr. DANBY SEYMOUR, inquired whether it was
the intention of her Majesty's Government to build
a new gaiiery for the national collection of pictures ;
and if so, whether the plans and designs for this
gallery would he open to public competition, as
iii the case of the New Palace at Westminster ;
and whether it W 43 the intention of her Majesty's Go-
vernment to take measures to collect the whole of the
ancient pictures belonging to the nation, such as the
Minden Gallery, and others recently purchased, into the
National Gallery in Trafagar-square ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply
to Mr. Darby Seymour, said that it was the intention
of Government to propose to Pal hament to build a new
gallery for the national collection of pictures, but the
consideration of the subject was not sufficiently advanced
to enable him to say whether the designs would be open
to public coin petition. He entered into some explana-
tions reMpecting the newly-purchased Minden Gallery,
and added that there was no intention to give the Royal
Academy notice to leave the apartments hitherto lent
them. The arrival of the pictures of the Minden Gal•
lery had. been unavoidably delayed for some weeks, and
they were at present deposited in one of the rooms in
the basement-of the National Gallery. There were about
60 pictures in the collection, and it tvas not intended—
for they were not worthy of it—to place the whole of
them i❑ the National Gallery. Mr. Dyce had been for
some time engaged in the examination of the collection,
and his report would shortly be presented to the trus-
tees, stating which in his opinion were best adapted to
form a portion of a national gallery.