The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-02 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PAR LIAMENT.

MOUSE OF LORDS—(This Day.)

Parliament was prorogued this day by royal commis-
sion.

Their lordships met at a quarter to two o'ctock, at
which hour only a few peers were present.
A limited number of ladies occupied seats on the back
benches on each Bide the house, and there was also a
small number of the fair sex in the strangers' gallery,
but in other respects there was little to indicate that the
ceremony of proroguing Parliament was about to take
plan 3.

The Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the
Earl of Hardwicke, the Duke of Braaufort, and the Earl
cf Da la Warr having entered the House robed,
The Usher of the Black Rod slag then directed to
summon the Commons to the bar of their lordships'
House,

In a few minutes the Speaker and a great number of
members of the House of Commons appeared at the bar,
when the Royal Assent was given to the following bills:—
Consolidated Fund Appropriation.
Copyright of De.sigos.
Incrosure of Lands.
Sheep and Coutageous Diseases.
Turnpike Aot Amendment.
Police (Scotland) Act Amendment.
Bishops' Trusts Substitution.
Titles to Land (Scotland.)
Sale and Transfer of Land (Ireland.)
Stipendiary Magistrates.
County Courts Districts.
Chelsea Bridge Act Amendment.
Returns to Secretary of State (Scotland.)
Detached Parts of Counties.
Herring Fisheries (Scotland.)
Cowley's Charity.
Leases and Sal. Fl of Settled Estates.
Administration of Oaths by Committee?.
Four Courts (Dablin) Extension.
Ra lwoy Cheap Trains.
Lunatics (Scotland) Act Amendment.
Medical Practitioners.
Joint• Stock Banking Companies.
County Property Conveyance.
Legitimacy Dec'aration.
Copyhold Acts Amendment.
Universities (Scotland).

Probate and Letters of Administration Act Amend-
ment.

Turnpike Trusts Arrangement.
Vaccination (Ireland).
Drafts on Bankers Act Amendment.
Encumbered Estates (West Indies) Act Amendment.
Militia Pay.
Militia (Service Abroad).
Corrupt Practices Prevention Act CJntinuance.
Public Health.
Local Government Bill.
Government of British Colonies Bill.
Clerks of Petty Sessions (Ireland).
Friendly Societies Act Amendment.
Art Unions.
Indemnity.
Reformatory Schools (Ireland).
Metropolis Local Management Act Amendment.
New Writs.
Civil Bills, &c. (Ireland), Act Amendment.
Judgments (Ireland) Aot Amendments.
Government of India.
Diverce and Matrimonial Causes Act Amendment.
C )rnwall Submarine Mines.
Great Soutlurn of India Railway.
Middlesborough Improvements.
Tees Conservancy.
Wo:cester and Hereford Railway.
Plymouth Great Western Docks.
Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lancashire Rail-
ways.
Limerick and Castle Connell Railway.
West End of London and Clapham and Norwood
Junction Railway Abandonment.
South Wales Railway (New Railway).
Vale of Towy Railway.
Atlantic Telegraph Company.
Clyde Navigation.
Warrington and Stockport Railway (capita').
Davidson's Estate.
Glasgow College Estate.
Ray's Estate.
Stearne's Charities Estate.
THE ROYAL SPEECH.

The Royal Commission for closing Parliament having
been read,
The LORD CHANCELLOR then read her Ma-
josty's speech, which will be found in another part cf
The Sun.

At the termination of the reading of the document,
Parliament sae prorogued in the usual form until the
6.h of October.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Day.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past 1 o'clock.
THE NATIONAL GALLERY.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE asked the right hon. gentleman
the Cuancellor bf the Exchequer whether any arrange-
ments bad been made for opening the National Gallery
to the general public on Saturday afternoons ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he
had great pleasure in informing the hon. gentleman that
he had succeeded in such object. He bad received the
greatest asistance from Sir C. Eastlake in his endea-
vours to accomplish such a measure. In future the
National Gallery would be open to the public an Satur-
Cay afternoons. (Hear, hear.)
THE PARKS.

Lord PALMERSTON begged to put a question to
the noble lord the First Commissioner of Works—of
which, hoe ever, he had not given notice. He wished
to know when it was intended to do away with those
abominable iron hurdles which at pros, tit un,figured our
parks, and interfered with the free enjoyment of the
public? He might be told that the hurdles were neces-
sary to preserve the grass, but he did not know what the
grass was for if not to be walked upon.
Lord J. MANNERS said all the hurdles bad been
removed from Hyde Park, but in the Green Park some
of them stiil remained, iu older to preserve the young
grass which last season was destroyed by a noxi .us in-.
sect. As soon as the grass was in a proper state the
hurdles would be removed.
PLF.3.

Mr. S. DUI.TCO:\.iId.: asked the Chancellor of the
Exchequer whether our relatii3ns with Naples, which
were broken off about two years ago, remained in the
same etatd at the pres,nt time?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER paid he
could not at prt sent give the hon. gentleman any d. finite
answer, but in the event of friendly relations being
established, tho hones might rest assured that oli.ct
would be acoomplished on grounds that the country
would deem perfectly satibfactory.