The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-19 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY 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 in the case of the Durham Markets Bill, petition
for additional provision, the standing orders ought to be dis-
pensed with :—That the parties be permitted to introduce
their additional provision, if the Committee on the Bill
shall think fit, on proving to the said Committee that the
notices have been inserted in the county newspaper for three
successive weeks.
That the Committee on the Bill, if they shall introdu.ce
such additional provision, do report to the House how far
such order has been complied with, on the Report of the Bill.
.4. That in the case of the East
Anglian Railways ;(I o.
2), petition for leave to deposit ,a , petition for a Bill, the
stelding orders ought not to'be-diBP4nsed with.
3. That in the case of the Leicester Waterworks' Bi)1,
petition for dispensing with standing orders Nos. 103 and
166, the said standing orders ought not to be dispensed with.
First Resolution agreed to.—Report to lie on the table.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, TUESDAY
MARCH 141.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked early this morning
in the park and grounds at Osborne.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Princess
Royal, and the younger members of the Royal Family took
',heir accustomed walks and rides.
Colonel and the Lady Catherine Harcourt had the honour
of joining the royal party at dinner this day.

A Cabinet Council was held at the private residence of
Lord John Russell, in Chesham-Place, Belgrave-square,
yesterday afternoon. The Ministers present were—Lord
John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Pal-
merston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord
Broughton, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Earl of
Carlisle, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon.
Fox Alaule.
The Ministers met at half-past two o'clock, and broke up
soon after four o'clock.
The Oxford University Commission met yesterday at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Down-
ing-street. Present : The Bishop of Norwich the Dean of
Carlisle, the Master of Pembroke, the Rev. 11. G. Lindell,
J. L. Dampier, Esq. ; the Rev. Professor Powell, the R v.
G. 11. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (Secretary).
Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, had
an interview with the Chancellor 01 the Exchequer yester-
day, at his official residence in Downing-street.
The Transatlantic Packet Station Commission held a meet-
ing yesterday at the Board of Trade. There were present
Earl Granville (Chairman), Hon. William Cowper, Sir
James Gordon, K.C. B. ; Sir John F. Burgoyne, K.C.B. ;
and Captain Stephenson Ellerby. Lotd Hobart, Secretary
to the Commission, was in attendance. A deputation at-
tended at the Board of Trade, and had an interview with
the Commissioners. The deputation included Lord Mont-
eagle, Mr. O'Brien, M.P., Mr. O'Flaherty, DLP., Mr. Blake,
M.P., Mr. M'Cullagtl, , Mr. Randall, and
DI. P., Ur. Inulvany
Mr. Long, C.E.

A TOUGH SUPPER.—On Wednesday evening the
large serpent at our Zoological Gardens, who seems, by the
way, to possess a remarkably good digestion, had two live
fowls put into his cage for supper. He immediately killed
and gorged one ; after which, leaving the other bird intact,
he satisfied the cravings of his appetite by bolting his bed
consisting of a piece of drugget two yards and a half long
and a yard wide.—Bristol Mercury.
DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN --Died at Clogbjordan,
on the 13th inst., Mr. James Armitage, aged 109 years. For
89 years he was in church membership with the Baptist
Church of C oghjordano To the last moment his intellect
was clear and unimpaired.—Leinster Express.