The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-18 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS—YESTERDAY.
ROYAL COMMISSION.
The royal assent was given by commission to the fol-
lowing bills :
The Princess Alice Annuity.
Charitable Uses.
Admiralty Court Jurisdiction.
Law of Foreign Countries.
Queen's Prison, &c.
Royal Marine Barracks (Statehouse, Devon).
Post-office Savings Banks.
Marriages Validity.
Edenfield Chapel to Little Holton Road.
Bristol and South Wales Union Railway.
Dublin City Steam Packet Company.
Wallasey Improvement.
South Eastern Railway (capital, &c.)
Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford.
Buddenden Road.
Blackpool and Lytham Railway.
Gainsbury Bridge to East Retford Roads.
Preston Markets, &c.
Inverness and Aberdeen Junction and Inverary and
Nairn Railway Companies Amalgamation.
Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway (Addi-
tional Money).
Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway.
Oswestry and Newtown Railway Branches.
Strathspey Railway.
Clifton and Durdham Downs (Bristol).
Portsmouth Water.
Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway.
South Shells Improvement and Quay.
Exeter and Exmouth Railway.
Witney Railway.
Tiverton Roads.
Elton and Blackburn Railway.
Clitheroe Gas.
Garston and Liverpool Railway.
Great Western Railway, Capital.
Kingston-upon-Thames and Leatherhead Road.
Bradford, Waterford, and Leeds Itailway.
Kilrush and Kilkee Railway, and Ponlnasherry Recla-
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mation Bill.
Morayshire Railway.
Stratford-upon-Avon Roads.
Wrexham and Miners Railway.
Dewsbury, Batley, and Heckemonde Wick Water.
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Bootle Branches).
Oldham and Ripponden Roads.
Kendal
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Extension to Settle).
Price's Patent Candle Company.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.
THE DELHI PRIZE MONEY.
Lord BERNERS presented a petition complaining of
the delay in the distribution of the Delhi prize money.
Earl DE GREY and RIPON explained the great diffi-
culty in making up the accounts. As soon as the rolls of
names had been sent in from the different regiments, the
rates would be struck and the money distributed as soon as
possible.
After a few words in reply to Lord BERNERS, the sub •
ject dropped.

THE BANKRUPTCY BILL.
Lord LYVE DON presented a petition from a place in
Northamptonshire in favour of the Bankruptcy Bill, and
praying that the county courts jurisdiction might be ex-
tended.

THE SMOKE NUISANCE (SCOTLAND) AMEND-
MENT BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
CHURCH RATES.
The Archbishop of YORK, and some other Peers, pre-
sented petitions in favour of Church rates.
THE OFFENCES IN TERRITORIES NEAR
SIERRA LEONE PREVENTION BILL.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE moved the second reading
of this bill.
After some observations from Lord BRuUGHAM, the
bill was read a second time.
THE STADE DUES.
Earl of HARDWICKE had a question to put of which
he had not given notice. Lord Wodehouse could answer
yes, or no, or he could decline to answer, in which case he
should know that what he had heard was true. (Laughter.)
Ho wished to know whether the question of the Stade dues
had or had not been settled within the last 48 hours, and
whether England would have to pay a large stun of money
in compensation.
Earl GRANVILLE wished to know, before Lord Wode-
house replied, why the noble earl had departed from the
usual course, and had asked a question of which he had
given no notice either publicly or privately.
The Earl of HARDWICKE said he had made an
apology which he knew he owed, but he had only heard
the statement since he came to the house,
Lord WODEHOTJSE declined to answer the question,
whatever interpretation Lord Hardwicke chose to put upon
his silence.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-YESTERDAY.

The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Cork and Youghal Railway; Haslingden Union Gas;
Midland Railway (Otley and Ilkley Extension) , North
Eastern Railway (Extension to Otley, &c.); Northern
Assurance Company ; Swansea Gas ; and Saint George's
Harbour.

The following bills were considered and ordered fur third
reading :—Airedale Drainage; Darlington Local Board of
Health Bill; East India Irrigation and Canal Company
(No. 2) ; London and North Western, Lancaster and Car-
lisle, and Caledonian Railways ; North Eastern Railway
(Castleton and Grosmont Branch, &c.).