The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-16 00:00:00

lEbtrZi I.3Vition

SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock.

EPSON RACES.---(This Day.)

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]
RAILWAY PLATE.

peter Flat

Saxe Weimar
Accurate
Eleven ran.
BALACLAVA STAKES.

3

Queen of Scots . 1
Bird on Wing 2
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.

Telegram 1
Borderer 2
=Worcester

Thirteen ran.
TVirO•YEAR-OLD STAKES.

Zitella
Meg Merrileie

1
2

Eighteen ran.
CITY AND SUBURBAN HA.NDICA.P.
Mdlle. Chantilly ................................................
Barbarity.... .. . ........ ................... 2
Wouvermans ................................. ............. 3

Twenty-six ran.
Tournament and Barry Stanley were scratched.
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

MOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.)
Their lordships mot at 5 o'ol. cIE, Lord REDE3DALB,
deptity Speaker, presiding.
Viscount Dungannon and Lord Faversham presented
petitions against the admission of Jews to Parliament,
And Lord Talbot and Lord Berners presented, petitions
ilgainet the abolition of church-rates.
SALE OF POISONS.

Lord CAMPBELL asked the noble earl at the head
of her Majesty's Government whether it was the
intention of her Majesty's Ministry to introduce a bill
this session to regulate the sale of poisons ?
Earl DERBY said the Secretary of State for the
Home Department had put himself into communication
with the Pharmaceutical Society with a view to lear❑
their views on the subject. (Hear, hear.) The introduc-
tion Of a► bill would very much depend upon the
nature of the answer to Vie communication which
had not yet been received. On Monday next he hoped
to be in a position to give a definite answer to the
question,

CUSTOMS BILL.
On the motion thu Earl (A DERRY the Customs
Bill was read a second time.
Their lordships then adjourned.

ROUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The fallowing private blls were read a third time and
pmred :—Cheeter Gas ; Knighton Railway ; Newport
(Salop) Market Town-hall, &c. ; and Nottingham Gas.
The Barnstaple Now Water Works Bill was further
considered and ordered for a third reading.
PAID COLONIAL AGENTS.
Sir JAMES GRAIIA.NI said that on the late dis-
cussion, on the motion of the honorable baronet for
Tavietock (Sir J. Trelawoey). he (Sir James Graham)
!dated that the late Sir James Mackintosh was a paid
agent of the Canadian colonies. He had reason to be-
lieve that statement was erroneous, and he expressed
big regret at having been led into the mistake. (Hear.)
INDIA.
Colonel SYKES gave notice of a motion relative to
the number of letters and despatches forwarded by the
East India Directors to India during the years 1853 to
15357 inclusive.
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LONDON AND
DUBLIN.
Mr. Sergeant DEASY asked the Secretary to the
Treasury whether any definite arrangements had been
wade for securing to the public the benefit ~f improved
communication between London and Dublin ; and, if
not, whether there was any immediate prospect of any
ouch arrangement being concluded !
Mr. HAMILTON said he had every reason to
believe that a few days would not pass before the
draft of a contract for improving the communica,ion be-
tween the London and North - Weitern Company,
the Holyhead and Chester Railway, and the City of
Dublin Company, would be ready. Large and powerful
vessels for carrying it out were being constructed.