Both Houses of Parliament met at twelve o'clock this morning.
The Commons were summoned to bear the Royal assent given by commis- sion to a number of bills; arnolag which were the English Tithes, the Newspaper Postage, the Stamp-duties, and Lambeth Suspension Bridge Bills. The Commissioners were the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Duticannon, and the Lord Chancellor. The Lords adjourned soon after this ceremony had been performed.
In the House of Commons, the bill to suspend payments of money advanced out of the Million Loan was reported, and ordered to be read a third time on Monday. The Jewish Disabilities Bill went through the same process. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL brought in three bills, embodying clauses of the M tttt icipal Act Amendment Bill which both Houses had agreed to ; and which bills were intended to improve the administration of justice in boloughs. They were read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. The Consolidated Fund Bill went through the Committee ; the Appropriation-clause being added. The House adjourned at two o'clock.
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