The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-21 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS--(YESTERDAY.).

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at 5 o'clock.
On the motion of Lord SIONTEAGLE a return was ordered
of the desfatches of the Governor of South Australia, re-
specting certain recent geographical discoveries in that
colony.
REFORM OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS.

In reply to the Marquis of CLANRICARDE,
The I, RD CHANCELLOR said the bill which he had
Introduced for the reform of the ecclesiastical courts only
applied to England; bat if the same necessity existed in
Ireland for legislation, and he believed there did, he had
no doubt the Government would propose to extend the
provisions of the measure to that country. The matter
was now under his considkration, but until he had inves-
tigated it further, he coultl not undertake to say whether
such a bill for Ireland would be introduced.
The Duke of ARGYLL presented a petition from a Free
Church congregation in Scotland in favour of a system of
national education in that country.
THE EASTERN QUESTION.

Lord BEAUMONT gave notice of his intention to move,
on Friday next, a resolution to the effect that it appeared
that the efforts of this country and her allies to re-
establish friendly relations between the Sultan and
Russia had failed, and that it was the opinion of this house
that the honour and best interests of this country required
that immediate and effectual measures should be taken to
repel the unjustifiable aggression of Russia on the territory
of the Sultan, and that the power and influence of this
country should be exerted to place the relations of the
Porte, with the rest of Europe, on such a foundation as
might appear best calculated to secure a durable peace, and
afford the Ottoman empire a fair opportunity of developing
its natural resources, and of proceeding to administrative
reform.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOIISE OF COMMONS—( Y ESTERDAY. )
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.

NEW MEIIBER.
Mr. PALK took the oaths and his seat for South Devon,
in room of Sir R. Lopes, deceased.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON, leave was given to
bring in a number of private bills. The bills were after-
wards brought in and read a first time.

SECOND READINGS.
The following bills were read a second time, and
ordered to be committed :—Bangor Waterworks ; Barns-
ley Local Board of Health ; Bethseda and Llanlleched Im-
provement ; Bideford Roads ; Birkenhead Railway
(Lease and Traffic Arrangements) ; Birmingham
Improvement ; Birmingham and Midland Institute ;
Bolton Improvement ; Border Counties Railway ; Brad-
ford, Wakefield, and Leeds Railway ; Burnley Im-
provement; Caledonian Railway (Lesmahagow Branches,
Ae.) ; Catholic Law and General Life' Assurance Company ;
Cork and Waterford Railway ; Darlington Local Board of
Health ; Dowlais Railway ; Dudley, Hales Owen, and
Bromsgrove Roads ; Eastern Counties Railway (Station
Enlargement, &c.); Edinburgh Police and Improvement ;
Furness Railway; Great Western Railway (Barks anti
Hants,' &c.) ; Ipswich Corporation Water-works ;
Lanark Police and Improvement : Leeds, Bradford, and
Halifax Junction Railway ; Leitrim Coal and Iron
Company ; Londonderry Port ; Londonderry and
Coleraine Railway; London and Enniskillen Rail-
way ; London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway ;
London and North-Western and Midland Railway Com-
panies (Traffic Arrangements) ; Manchester Court of Record ;
Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland ; Newcastle-
upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway; Norfolk Railway; Padi-
bam Waterworks ; Potteries, Biddnlph, and Congleton
:Railway; Saint Mawes, Port, Harbour, and Pier ;
Selkirk and Gallashiels Railway; Severn Valley Railway;
Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway (Leasing) ; South
Eastern Railway (Lewisham to Bomley, &c.) ; Stockton,
Middlesbrough, and Yarm Water ; Sunderland and South
Shields Waterworks ; Torquay Railway ; Trowbridge
Roads ; Wells and Fakenham Railway ; West
Bromwich Improvement, &c. ; West London and Crystal
Palace Railway (Amalgamation, Sale, or Lease) ; West-
minster Terminus Railway ; Yeovil Improvement. -