The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-17 00:00:00

PARLIAMEN TARY BUSINESS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
The following Resolutions were reported from the above
Committee :-
1. That is the case of the Killarney Junction Railway
Bill, petition for dispensing with standing order No. 121, the
said standing order ought not to be dispensed with.
2. That in the case of the Metropolis Water Bill, the
the
standing orders ought to be dispensed with: —That
ed it
parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, provid
be proved before the Committee on the Bill that the notice
has been inserted once in the London Gazette, and for three
successive weeks in a newspaper published in London.
That the Committee on the Bill do report how far such
orderlies been complied with on the Report of the Bill.
3. That in the case of the Coal Duties (London and
Westminster, and adjacent Counties), petition for dispensing
with standing orders No. 150 and 151, the said standing
orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be per-
mitted to present their petition, with a Copy of an amended
Bill annexed thereto.
4. That in the case of the Waterford and Limerick Railway
Bill, petition for dispensing with standing order No. 181, the
said standing order ought to be dispensed with, provided it
be proved before the Committee on the Bill that th
We Water-
ford and Limerick Railway Company, and the
and Kilkenny Railway Company have proved, to the satis-
faction of the Commissioners of Railways,
and have expended
that they hafavre psuaicdh
up one-half of their respective capitals,
for the purposes of their Acts a sum equal thereto.
That the Committee on the Bill do report how
order has been complied with, on the report of the Bill.
Resolutions agreed to.

Ointment and
gaY'sßad Leg.—Extract
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the iciaorieloooet
of a letter from Mr. Brotherton, •f Stangrat, near Bootle,
January 15, 1851 :—" To Professor Holloway. Sir,—After
my wife's confinement, in 1848, she caught a severe cold,
which settled in her right leg and foot, causing it to swell to an
alarming size, ultimately forming into about twenty weinds,
presenting a most fearful appearance. The pain she endured
was almost insupportable, and the treatment of her medical
attendants did no good whatever. She therefore resolved to
give your Pills and Ointment a trial, and I am happy to sa?:
they have effected a perfect cure.—Sold by all druggists, an 1
at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London.
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The attractions of this
ited
delightful haunt have received an interesting aiditioien u 5
.the
collection of humming birds which has just beep(P__
by Mr. Gould on the south side of the garden!, wherea"The
ap-
propriate building has been erected to receiveve them.
the known varie-
collection is probably the largest that has e
this country, and contains, we believe,
allthe most scrupulous
ties. The birds, which are stuffed with r been seen in
in some cases as if
care, appear to hover upon real fern
y°s6a nada fantastic
in
nae -
covered with a chrystal
gaielbition is a very
flying, while each separate group
shade, permitting by a rotary
of the feathered tribe. A
pleasing one, for few have any
on
diate scrutiny of the speetatori.ut
and gentlemen were invited
considerable number ladies°fe of this new feature in the gardens
plumage of this curious pec,lo
yesterday to a private_ o•-ritshiooilnthtez-hhee
'0 birds are placed.
and to-day the public will be admitted into the
apartment whir
1
of Gentierneu ,r‘
-at-Arms dined m
GENTLssivi'AT-Al!`sts.—The members of the corps
ti.,gether on Thursday, at the
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