The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-18 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

SHREWSBURY RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELMA P Et.)

MEMBERS' PLATE.

Lady Flora
Sampson

1
. 2

Nine ran.

WELTER CUP.

Freedom
Waterfall

Seven ran.

HERBERT STAKES.

Pope Joan...
Robin Hood

Nine ran,

LATEST BETTING.
DERBY.
16 to 1 agst Hermit (taken).

IMPERIAL PARIA

HOUSE OF LORDS:=--(TH{I3 EVENING.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from a place
in Sussex in favour of extending the Dog Carts Act to
that county. He stated that since the act passed in
1839, the cases of hydrophobia in the metropolis
had been decreased to one-sixth what they formerly were.
The noble lord also presented a petition from 3,750
inhabitants of New South Wales against the bill fur giv-
ing a constitution to that colony ; also, a petition from
the county of Derby, praying for a reduction of costs in
county courts.

SAVINGS BANKS.
In reply to Lord POLWORTEI,
Earl GRANVILLE was understood to say that the
Government had prepared a measure for the alteration
of the law relating to savings banks, but it would not, be
introduced in the present session.
PROVISION FOR FAMILIES OF SOLDIERS.
Lord ST. LEONARDS inquired whether the Govern-
ment intended to take any measures for the distribution
of the funds collected throughout the country for the
relief of the widows and children of soldiers in the East?
The Duke of NEWCASTLE said that, after the day
of humiliation, several applications were made to indi-
vidual members of the Government, especially to the
Secretary at War, to know whether the Govern.
ment intended to appoint any public officer to
superintend the application of the funds. Of course, the
answer given was in the negative, but these applications
turned the attention of the Government to the
subject ; and, shortly after the day of humi-
liation, they proposed to issue a royal com-
mission to dispense the funds in the same man-
ner as they were distributed by the managers of the
patriotic fund during the last war. Subsequently,
however, it was thought that to issue a royal
commission would be to enter into a sort of rivalry with
the private societies who-had beew formed for a similar
purpose, and they therefore abandoned this part of
their plan, and resolved to confine their interfence to the
appointment of a Royal Commission for dispensing any
funds that might be collected for the wives and children
of soldiers who were killed in action.
IRISH LAND BILL.
The Duke of ARGYLL moved that the house should
go into committee upon the different Irish land bills
which had come from the select committee.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

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

The Lords' Amendments to the Ashton-under-Lyne and
Dukinfield Bridge Bill, and the Cardiff Gas Bill, were con-
sidered and agreed to.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Birmingham and Midland Institute, Blyth Harbour,
Docks, and Railway, Bolton Improvement, Crystal Palace
Company, Hexham Roads, Portsmouth Railway, Roch-
dale and Burnley Roads, Shipley Waterworks, Shrews-
bury and Hereford, Stroud, Painswick, and Gloucester,
Surrey Gas, Yeovil Improvement, York, Newcastle, and
Berwick.

The Londonderry Bridge Bill and the Middlesex Indus-
trial Schools Bill were considered and ordered to he read a
third time.

PETITIONS.

Petitions were presented by Mr. FREWIN, from Sussex,
praying for the suppression of carts drawn by dogs ; by
Mr. CAYLEY, and other hon. members, against the opening
of public-houses on Sundays ; by Sir G. GREY, from
parents and guardians of the scholars in Merchant Taylor's
School in the city of London, praying for the continuance
of the advantages enjoyed by that school at St. John's
College, Oxford, in pursuance of its founder's will ; by Mr.
POTTER, from Limerick, against the proposed inquiry into
Conventual and Monastic Institutions ; by Mr. CROSSLEY,
from a place in Lancashire, praying for the abolition of
Church-rate ; by Mr. PIGOTT, from the brewers, farmers,
and others, from Reading, against the increase of the duty
on malt ; also another petition •front ,Reading, in favour
of closing public-houses on Sunday; by Mr. COWAN,
from the Company of Merchants of the city of Edinburgh,
incorporated by Royal Charter and Act of Parliament,
praying that all bills directly or indirectly affecting the
laws of Scotland may be referred to the Lord Advocate
before being proceeded with.