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

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS•

(From the Tines 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 Thrharn 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 introduce
such additional provision, do report to the House how far
such order has been complied with, on the Report of the 13111.
2. That in the case of the East Anglian Railways (No.
2), petition for leave to deposit a petition for a Bill, the
standing orders ought not to be dispensed with.
3. That is the case of the Leicester Waterworks Bill,
petition for dispensing with standing orders Not. 105 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 18
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
their 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, Ileigrave-square,
yesterday afternoon. The Ministers present were—Lord
John Russell; the Lord Chancellor, the Blarquis of ,Lans-
downe, the Earl of Mints, Sir George Grey,
Viscount Pal-
merston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord
Brouhton, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchthere, the Earl of
Carlisle, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and e Right Hon.
Fox Mettle.
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 1 reasury, in Down-
ing-street. Present : The Bishop of
Norwich, the Dean of
Carlisle, the Master of Pembroke. the Rev. 11. G. Liddell,
J. L. Dampier, Esq.; the Rev. Professor Povrell, the R?v.
G. 11. S. Johnson, and the 11ev. A. 1. Stanley (Secretary).
Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, had
an interview with the Chancellor of 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), lion. .Cowper, Sir
James Gordon, K.C.R. ; Sir John Burgoyne, K.C.13 ;
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, Id.]'., Mr. O'k laherty,
Mr. Blake,
111:P., Mr. 11PCullagn, M. P. , Mr. Mulvany, Randall, and
' Mr. Long, C.E.

A TouGu SUPPEE.—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 hie 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 ..liercury.
DEATH Or A CENTENARIAN.--Died at Cloghjordan,
on the 13th inst., Mr. James Armitage, aged 109 years. For
89 years be was in church nfembership with the Baptist
Church of C:oglijorclan,. To the last moment his intellect
WAS clear and unumpaireds—Leinster Expres.o.