The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-29 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS—YESTERDAY.
ROYAL COMMISSION.
The Royal assent was given by Commission to the fol-
lowing bills :
Excise and Stamp.
East India Loan.
Burford Charities.
Reading Charities.
Temple Balsall Hospital.
Borough of Dublin.
Edinburgh Assessments.
Kingston-upon-Hull Docks.
Frosterley and Stanhope Railway.
Uxbridge and Rickmansworth Railway.
Birmingham Canal Navigations.
Manchester and Wilmslow Road.
Henley in Arden Railway.
Darlington Local Board of Health.
Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway.
Bonelli's Electric Telegraph Company.
Charing Cross Railway (City Terminus).
Dewsbury and Batley Gas.
Sowerby Bridge Gas.
Tyno Improvement.
Sneyd's Branch Railways.
Thorne Moor Drainage, &c.
Banbridge Extension Railway.
Burton .upon-Trent Water.
Llanidloes and Newtown Railway.
Rhyl Bridge.
Workington Tidal Basin and Railway.
Leeds and Ealand Road.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Addi-
tional Works).
Wycombe Railway (Extensions).
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. •
Scottish Widows Fund and Life Assurance Society.
Dunblane, Donne, and Callauder Railway.
Whitworth Vale Gas.
Blyth and Tyne Railway.
Limerick and Foynes Railway.
Midland Railway (Additional Powers).
Cork and Youghal Railway.
Middleton and Tonge Improvement.
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (New Line, &c.).
Alton, Alresford, and Worcester Railway.
East India Irrigation and Canal Company (No. 2).
Leigh District Gas.
Bishop's Castle Railway.
Clifton Suspension Bridge.
London and North-Western Railway (Cheshire Lines).
Liverpool Cemetery.
Kingstown Water.
Galashiels and Peebles Railway.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.
EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND.
The Earl of CAMPERDOWN presented a petition from
the General Assembly of the Free Church Of Scotland,
signed by the moderator, Dr. M'Caull, deprecating any
partial measure of education by merely proposing to increase
the salaries of schoolmasters, and praying that the subject
of national education in Scotland may be dealt with as a
national and not a denominational question.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were read a second time :—The Air-
dale Drainage, Vale of Clwyd Railway, Londonderry and
Lough Swilly Railway, Mersey Docks and Harbour Board,
Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway, Cleveland Railway,
and Much Wenlock, &c., Bills.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
The Kingston Improvement, North-Eastern (Castleton and
Grammont Branch) Railway, and the Birkenhead Railway
Bills.

THE SULTAN OF TURKEY.
Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE called the at-
tention of the house to the recent death of the Sultan of

Turkey. The event was one of great importance to not
only Turkey but to Europe generally. He adverted in de •
tail to the various acts of the late Sultan, and mentioned in
laudatory terms the liberal spirit he displayed during his
government, particularly with reference to the Protestants
resident in his kingdom. He admitted that he had com-
mitted faults, but contended that his general administration
was entitled to praise. He trusted that his succes-
sor would follow in his footsteps, and be guided by the same
liberal spirit. Advice to him in his present position was
most desirable, and he thought that advice could emanate
from no Sovereign in Europe more properly than
the Queen of England. They should bear in mind
that they were under obligations to Turkey, which should
induce the people of this country to take a lively interest in
the affairs and good government of that country. He con-
cluded by asking the Government if any official notification
had been received of the accession of the Sultan, or the
policy he proposed to pursue ?
Lord WODEHOUSE stated, in reply, that his noble
friend the Secretary for Foreign Affairs had assured him
that the new Sultan would carry out in its integrity the

policy of hiE predecessor in reference to foreign affairs,
and as regards his internal policy he would endeavour to
introduce salutary and practical reforms. He expressed a
hope that a new era was about to dawn upon Turkey.
Lf)rd HARD WICKE strongly deprecated the policy of
inter.brence which this country exhibited towards Turkey.

The Government of that country should be called to work
out its own reformation in conformity with its own religion,
and according to the spirit of its people.
Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE gave notice
that he would bring forward a motion on this subject.