The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-21 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,

RODE.
Th.e Earl of .11.1ALMESBURI.7 wished to inquire of
the Government whether there was not a mistake in
the her Wing of the memorandum of Count Nesselrode,
whichl appears among the secret correspondence pub-
lisheCti in The Sun, and other newspapers, to-day. The
mem aranduna was described as having been received
subs, xtuently to the visit of the Emperor Nicholas to
this country in 1844.
Ti ie Earl of ABERDEEN was understood to say that
the bstance of the memorandum was communicated
by ho Emperor himself to the Government while in
by tnd, but that the document itself was not prepared
unt Nesselrode until after the departure of the
Emp ecor.

Th e Registration of bills of Sales Bill was read a second
time.

Th a Mutiny Bill passed through committee.
Th a.. Earl of GLENGALL presented a petition in
fa,vou r of postal arrangements between South Wares and
the s( )uth of Ireland.
Lo rd CANNING said it would be impossible without
great. :loss to the revenue to carry out such arrange-
ment ;a.

A ft( !r a short discussion the subject dropped.
:LETTERS FOR THE BALTIC FLEET.
r eply to Earl GREY,
L or 1 CANNING said he had applied to the Treasury
for ; warrant giving him power to reduce the statute rate
of p ostage for letters to the Baltic (is. Bd.) to the sum of
sixpence a half ounce.

E asl GREY said, that considering the service on
whi, i the officers in the Baltic fleet were engaged, and
that sixpence was an object to them and their relatives,
he t' Sought letters ought to be transmitted at the cost of
an o ttlinary penny stamp. (Hear, hear.)
EXCHEQUER BILLS BILL.
Ti le Exchequer Bills (1,750,0001.) Bill passed through
cow. nittee.

COASTING TRADE BILL.
TI ris bill was read a third time and passed.
ARBITRATION.
,rd BROUGHAM brought in a bill to facilitate pro-
ceed:tugs in arbitrations, founded on the recommenda-
tion of the Common Law Procedure Commissioners,
which was read a first time.
The, house then adjourned.

[C IUSE OF COMMONS —(YESTERDA Y. )
Ti to SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

T►he Amicable Society Assurance Bill was read a
;hird: time and passed.
The following bills were ordered to be considered :

Ash to n-under-Lyne and Dukinfield Bridge ; Norwich
Equitable Fire Assurance Company ; Rossendale Union
Gas ; Royal Exchange Assurance ; Southport Water-
works.
The Llynvi Valley Railway (No. 2) Bill, and the
Salliibury and YeoFil Railway Bill were read a second
time..

Sir J. DUKE presented a petition from the inhabi-
tants. of Farringdon Without against the Poor Removal
Bill.
Sir W. HEATHCOTE presented a petition from a
place in Northamptonshire, praying for the closing of
public houses on Sundays.
Sir J. TROLLOPE presented a petition with a
similar prayer from Lincoln.
111 r. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from
158 4 electors of Cheltenham, complaining of the election
of C aptain Vernon, and also complaining of the expense
of p rosecuting election petitions.

Er. WICKHAAI presented a petition from the
guardians of the poor for the Union of Bradford, pray-
ing that the bill for the alteration in the law of settle.
ment may not pass without important alterations being
made in its provisions.
Mr. FREWEN presented a petition from Lewes
aga inst the oaths bill.

Er. LABOUCHERE presented a petition from
Tau nton in favour of reformatory schools.
M:r. SCOBELL presented a petition from Bath against
the appointment of Roman Catholic chaplains to gaols.
Mr. HORSFALL presented a petition from Liver-
pool in favour of closing public-houses on Sundays.
Colonol BLAIR presented a petition from Syr against
the oaths bill.

Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from Yorkshire,
very numerously signed, against the Medical Registra-
tion Bill.

Mr. B. HUGHES presented three petitions from places
in Norfolk, and from Huntingdon, praying that public
houses be closed on the Lord's day.

MILITIA REGIMENTS.
Colonel SMYTH wished to ask the Secretary at War
whether soldiers of militia regiments are to be placed, dur-
ing the period of training, upon the same footing with
regard to rations as soldiers of regiments of the line.
Mr. S. HERBERT replied that the matter would be
left to the option of the colonels of those regiments, with
certain exceptions.

SLIGO ELECTION.
Mr. K. SEYMER rose to ask Lord John Russell,
whether he was prepared to recommend to the house any
course to be adopted with reference to the persons spe-
cially mentioned in the report of the Sligo election recog-
nizances committee.

Lord J. RUSSELL said it had been decided by the
Government to instruct the Attorney-General for Ire-
land to prosecute.

OATHS BILL.

Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that the second read-
ing of the Oaths bill be postponed till the 31st of this
month ; also the second reading of the Poor Removal
bill till Friday next.

HOUSE OP LORDS—(YESTERDAY.)
The LORD CHANCULOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.
I'he Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented petitions
from Finsbury, and other places, in favour of closing
publi r-houses on Sundays.
Lo rd BROUGHAM presented a petition from the
corpo ration and merchants of Edinburgh, praying for
the as si.milation of the law of probate in England and
Scotif
The: LORD CHANCELLOR said there were great
difficult ies in the way of accomplishing that object, but
;t shoireid receive his attentive consideration.
THI: MEMORANDUM OF COUNT NESSEL-