The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-29 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN GAS BILL.

In reply to Mr. CRAWFORD,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the
Metropolitan Gas Bill was fixed for Thursday next. With
respect to the Factories Bill, when that would be taken
would depend on the progress made with other matters.
The Government measure for the prevention of corrupt
practices at elections stood third oat the orders f
hourevel' tuhga ft
oorrdaesrec woonudldrebaedtiankg,eitut he could not say at what
considered felt it could by
s i d3eirre. d Bind dCferltaTi I bsyugtgheestehodustehaitt before
Urlde tbheewheillll wast
con-
sidered
rendered morn
that means acceptable.
Mr. Mr. LOCKE asked when the Traffic Regulation Metro-
polis Bill would be considered ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it
stood No. 25 on the order for that evening, but he must
say that it did not look very promising of its being taken
that night.
TENANTS' IMPROVEMENT (IRELAND) BILL.
Lord NA AS moved that this bill be read a second time.
Mr. GREGORY moved as an amendment to leave out
all the words after the word " That," in order to add the
word " without prejudging the second reading of this bill,
this house is of opinion that no enactment for the settle-
ment of the landlord and tenant question in Ireland can be
deemed satisfactory which does not provide for the encou-
ragement of leases in that country.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

FREEMASONRY IN SCOTLAND.- —The ceremony of
laying the foundation stone of the St. Andrew's College
Hall was performed on Friday by Mr. J. Whyte-Melville,
Grand Master Mason of Scotland. The purpose of this
ball, which is built by a company formed six years ago,
is to afford a residence for young men attending the Uni-
versity of St. Andrew's.
THE CASE OF TOOMER.—A letter has been re-
ceived from the Home Office, by Mr. W. R. Bartlett, of
Reading, solicitor to the father of Neville Maskelyno
Towner (the circumstances of whose case are well known),
informing that gentleman that the Right Hos. S. H.
Walpole, her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home
Department, having given a most careful and anxious
consideration to the whole matter, feels it to be his
duty to recommend her Majesty to remit the remaining
portion of Toomer's sentence.
Dr. Cumming says the Pall-Mall Gazette, has at
~
last found a foreign—though anonymous —rival. Among;
the latest German publications we find one with the fol-
lowing startling title :—" End of Napoleon III! Division
of France ! Prophecies from Holy Writ on the impending
great Rhenish Was, the fall of Napoleon, the breaking up
of France, the fate of Germany and of Prussia, of the
whole Rhine and 'Westphalia, of Pius IX., &e., &e." It
seems that this is already the third instaent of a series
of interpretations of prophecies, each to lm
be had for the
moderate sum of two and a half silbergroschen. But per-
haps they are piracies ? Our prophet should loot to it.
seconda4' .
Mr. Edmund Falconer was about to produce his
Irish drama, " Oonash," at Niblo's theatre, New York,
in which
when the above place of amusTinent was unfortunately
destroyed by fire ; but we understand that another of tli.
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grand amateur performance. The following
dm ba yk e "Plothe r
and "first
Passi o n appearance,
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be performed t—" Turn him out,"pieces will
Miss Laura
lit,
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followed
with "Orange Blossoms." Taking into
manner in which Miss Staunton Consideration the
performance, we do not hesitate to managed her last.
every success. say thatshe last
performance, deserves

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE TIOsPITAL.—The friends
of this hospital will be pleaied to learn that notice has
been received of a munificent bequest to its funds by the
late Mr. John Thomas Robinson, of Clarges-street, Picca-
dilly, of the residue of his personal property, to the extent
Of £15,000, if so much remains —viz., £5,000 for the
general purposes of the hospital, and £lO,OOO fur a "Sa-
maritan fund fur the relief of persons discharged from the
hospital unprovided with the means of maintenance till
their perfect recovery." Will dated 1849 ; proved April,
1867.