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

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,

?OUSE OF LORDS—(This Day.)

Parliament was prorogued this day by royal commis.
sion.

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

- The Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the
Earl of Hardwieke, the Dake of Beaufort, and the Earl
of De la Warr having entered the House robed,
The Usher of the Black Rod was 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 Designs.
Incl'osure of Lands.
Sheep and Contagious Diseases Prevention.
Turnpike Act 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 Sales of Settled E4atee.
Administtation of Oaths by Committem
Four Courts (Dublin) Extension.
Railway Cheap Trains.
Lunatics (Scotland) Act Amendment.
Medical Practitioners.
Joint-Stock Banking Companies.
County Priperty Conveyance.
Legitimacy Declaration.
Copyhold Acts Amendment.
Universities (Scotland).
Probate and Letters of Administration Act Amend-
ment.
Turnpike Tenets Arrangement.
Vaccination (Ireland).
Drafts on Bankers Act Amendment.
Encumbered Estates (West Indies) Act Amendment.
Militia Pay.
Militia (Service Abroad).
Corrupt Practices Prevention Act Continuance.
Public Health.
Local Government Bill.
Government of British Colonies B:11.
Clerks of Petty Sessions (Ireland).
Friendly Societies Act Amendment.
Art Unions.
Indemnity.
Reformatory Schools (Ireland).
Metropolis Local Management Act Amendment.
Now Write.
Civil Bills, &c. (Ireland), Act Amendment.
Judgments (Ireland) Aot Amendments.
Government of India.
Divorce and Matrimonial Canoes dot Amendment.
Cornwall Submarine Mines.
Great Southern of India Railway.
Middlesborough Improvements.
Tees Conservancy.
Worcester 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 (capital).
Davidson'e 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 road her Ma-
jesty's speech, which will be found in another part of
The Sun.

At the termination of the reading of the document,
Parliament was prorogued in the usual form until the
6th 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 Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any arrange-
ments tufa been made for opening the National Gallery
to the general public on Saturday afternoons ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said be
had great pleasure in informing the hon. gentleman tbat
he had succeeded in such object. He had 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 on Satur-
day afternoanP. (Hear, hear.)