The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-20 00:00:00

Westmeath election. The Succession Duty Bill was read
a second time in the Commons.
13. India under discussion in the Lords.
14. Mr. H. Berkeley brought on his annual motion upon
the Ballot, which was lost by 232 to 172.
15. The Soap Duties resolution agreed to in committee.
16. Mr. Keogh made his defence in the Commons in
reply to the attack of Lord Westmeath on the 10th in the
Upper House.
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21. The Income-tax Bill read a second time in the Lords.
The Marquis of Blandford, in the other house, brought in
his bill relative to episcopal and capitular proPerty. .
23. Adjourned debate on the India Bill continued in the
Commons.
24. The house met for the first time this session (except
on Wednesdays) at 12 o'clock. The Indian debate re-
sumed, and again adjourned.
27. The Income Tax Bill read a third time in the Lords.
30. The Duke of Newcastle introduced certain Govern-
ment measures for ameliorating the condition of the island
of Jamaica. The Government of India Bill, after a debate
of almost unprecedented length, was read a second time in
the Commons.

July 1. The Customs Acts Resolutions agreed to in the
Commons ; and the Westminster-bridge Bill read a third
time and passed.
5. Mr. Collier introduced a bill to amend the constitu-

tion of the Ecclesiastical Courts. Mr. Cobbett brought in
a bill for limiting the hours of labour of women and young
persons in factories.
7. The Turkish question discussed in the Lords.‘The
Succession Duties Bill went through committee in the
Commons.
11. On the motion of the Lord Chancellor the Transpor-
tation Bill was read a second time in the Lords. In te
Commons the Government of India Bill was resumed in
committee. The Attorney-General brought in his bill for
the Suppression of Betting-houses.
12. The Merchant Shipping Bill in committee ; and the
Malt Tax under discussion in the Commons.
13. The County Rates and Expenditure Bill was aban-
doned, and the Simony Law Amendment Bill thrown out
in the Commons.
14. The Universities (Scotland) Bill, and the Newspaper
Stamp Duties Bill were read a second time in the Commons.
15. The Earl of Ellenborough brought the subject of the
Indian army under the attention of the Lords, In the
Commons the Merchant Shipping Bill went through com-
mittee.
18. Russia and Turkey, the salt duties in India, and
national education in Ireland severally occupied the atten-
tion of the Lords. Mr. Bright brought the report of the
Peterborough election before the Commons. The Succes-
sion Duties Bill was read a third time and passed.
20. Lord R. Grosvenor's bill for repealing the attorneys'
certificate duty lost on second reading by 186 to 102.
21. Mr. Muntz : Motion for allowing strangers to remain
in the house during divisions ; agreed to.
22. After a lengthy debate the Succession Duties Bill
was read a second time in the Lords.
25. In the Lords the same bill went through committee ;
and the Colonial Church Regulation Bill was read a third
time and passed. The Entry of Seamen's Bill went
through committee in the Commons.
27. The cabmen's strike attracted the attention of the
Commons ; and the Hackney Carriages Duties (No. 2)
Bill was read a second time. The Government of India
Bill finally went through committee.
28. The Succession Duties Bill passed the Lords. The
South Sea Annuities Dissentients Bill, and the Govern-
ment of India Bill, on the report, under discussion in the
lower house.
29. The Customs Duties Bill passed the Lords. The
Government of India Bill passed the Commons.
August 1. Lord Lyndhurst brought the moon
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de Bode before the Lords. In the Commons, the Naval
Coast Volunteers Bill went through committee. The
Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Bill, the Tenant Compen-
sation (Ireland) Bill, and the Merchant Shipping Bill, were
read a third time and passed.
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by Mr. J. G. Phillimore.
3. The Naval Coast Volunteers Bill passed the Com-
mons. The Marquis of Blandford's Capitular Estates
Bill was withdrawn ; and Mr. C. Berkeley's Expenses of
Elections Bill was thrown over.
4. Lord John Russell made a statement relative to
Jamaica, and the house then went into committee of
supply. The Poor Relief Act Continuance Bill was read
a third time. The order for the second reading of the
Education Bill was discharged.
5. After a long debate in the Lords the Government of
India Bill was read a second time. In the Commons the
War with China, the Thames Embankment, and other in-
teresting questions were discussed in committee of supply.
8. Russia and Turkey referred to at some length in the
Lords, and with more brevity in the Commons. The India
Bill went through committee in the Lords. The Charitable
Trusts Bill passed the Commons.
9. The Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Bill read a second
time in the Lords, with the understanding that it is not to
proceed further in the present session. The Newspaper
Stamp Duties Bill passed. In the Commons the Trans-
portation Bill went through committee, and several bills
were read a third time and passed.
10. The Smoke Nuisance Bill, the Betting Houses Bill,
and other bills passed the Commons.
11. Parliament wont to the naval review at Spithesd ;
and in consequence the Speaker did not take the chair till
eleven o'clock at night. The Friendly Societies Bill, the
Metropolitan Sewers Act Continuance Bill, and others,
were read a third time and passed.
12. In the Lords an important, interesting, and pro-
tracted discussion took place upon the affairs of Russia and
Turkey. In the Commons tre Law of Evidence Amend-
ment Bill and the Transportation Bill were read a third
time and passed.
13. (Saturday.) The Consolidated Fund Appropriation
Bill; the Militia Pay Bill, and the Land Tax Redemption
Bill passed the Commons.
15. The Pilotage Bill and the Universities (Scotland)
Bill went through committee, and several bills passed the
Lords. The Maltese Criminal Code was under discussion
in the Commons.
16. The Universities (Scotland) Bill passed the Lords.
In the Commons an animated debate upon Russia and
Turkey ; the principal speakers being Lord J. Russell, Mr.
Layard, Sir J. Pakington, Mr. Cobden, and Lord Pal-
merston.
18. The Lord Chancellor laid upon the table the Report
of the Board upon the Consolidation of the Statutes.
Several bills were read a third time and passed.
20. (This day.) Parliament prorogued by commission.