The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-23 00:00:00

PRIG ATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a i;;;;;;I time : Earwig&
Dodo and Pier ; High almond Adrift Resilii
Brighton, and South Coast Railway; Lerigh layls Yd
Lough Swilly Railway:; Newport, Abergavenny, and Here-
ford Railway (Hereford, ito.) ; North British Railway ;
Plymouth Waterworks; Dewsbury, Heakmondwike, and
Batley Water; Oreat Grimsby Improvement ; New Forest
Derr Removal Act Amendment; and Wezford Janetion
Railway, Bills.
RIM MEMBER.

Kr. Pausauss Seek Se mere eel Ws seer for Tier-
lesk tribesmen et Na. New, reeseeis petition. The
bus. swam ins istredesed ►y dr °beards of the Ea.
oboes* sad Mr. E. Deers.
DZWBBURY, RECIqiIONDWIKE, AND BATLEY

WATER, BILL

Mr. COBDEN, in moving the second leading of this ball,
mid that he understood it was to be opposed by his hon.
friend near him, the member for Sheffield. The object of
the bill was to bring a supply of water to Dewsbury, and
for this purpose the works would have to pass near She-
field, sad the people of that town were opposed to having
the waters of the river Doe, which they considered neces-
sary for the mills there, dimiaished. As he understood, it
would not diminish the lowly of water to Sheffield.
Mr. HADFIELD moved, se an amendment, that the
bill be read a second time that day six months. The in.
habitants of Sheffield now amounted to 138,000, and the
water of the river was not more than was 'scenery for
them.

LASCELLEB seconded the =Woe.
]lr. 8. WORTLEY supported the amendineat. It
seemed to his that the promotes should hare MOO
26 miles to BheMYkr this water.

—Mr. dißilMlf rN that visa they come so far for
water it woe Ore lbw moo pally is mat of it.
As be eadereleed. bop seeerain teee• to be wade, whkh
we be • great lomat lo the powleof Nadi la ma-
seri se they wadi IMO 101100,000. epee, Per digT• What
be ebeeld soma woe to Nod the ma • mod note sad
IlMssiadi It Woo • emaillee. as he did eel Alai the
beau ma the led gambled is dna, He games.
Lord K. HOWAED raggewkd imeadmal.
Mr DE L. EVANB maid lbia be bed net hood osythisg
to show that the yogis of 'WWI bad taw right to
the D-,4 tbo see* M belagory.
Fir J. samam smote& OM the goose* should be
rimmed Ili s amittata
Mr. LOCKS add it wield aid be doing jartioe lo the
Duties if the MI moo an Dead • sesead tine, mid re-
igned to • oembloe.
The beau Moiled:
Pie ao mead media,
60-42
?be bdl was the read • mooed time.

GMAT GREMIIIIIt IMPROVEMINT BILL.
Oa the mein ler the loosed reellaid this
Tke Zed MANIZIGIT awed the mend reedbi an
that day nit sena:the penal OM the state hod
less petitioned by totedbleis el the
The tows wee the egemellen of tbeen
and es a melmily_eillbenotopopees woe le the
he hoped IS neoill ant be paned open eleket their
Mr. TOKLINE mended the notion. The bill (evolved
$ larget2enditare of nosey, over which there would be
" "%lAA Kr. GI supported the woad Nadia& es the
frassd of the greet aimless@ it wield tenter as Great
(iriMr. Lr
OCLI aid that the object of the bill was to bull
a whet, se wanly water, sad make settees. It was per
meted
tea empaiMien et the tewa, be
that the
wee no a dna the messy meld be eipindert=
say sentrel. Me tanrekee hoped the bones would aim
the bill to be reed a wand Was.
Mr. WADDINGTON bees his testimony to the peat
benefit which eke tows would derive hem the penes of
the MIL

—After sin weeds hem Kr. tiorsaueu is support at
the mottos,
The assesdassat vras withdraw' sad the bin road a se-
see* dam

HSA ILIJIIITT'S THIATILB ABSOCISTION BILL.
Kr. ram isswea the swath vodka of this her. He
rill he wall Welly oble to the home the eldest al the
It wee wi balms that for seay leen it led
hats fYmi obesely Minh to wry es Ilor 'peso—
athOdee)—is sessopease of • oonsomios of panne
who bed Moe thee eidlishsestraw2ithemsseed
IS IPSO bliell/111•14 seppethod by the The weak
this thesaiaboirels whoth the auesst of tqligg
the l
estopriee ; nth the eked ef Ibis
=se Or West a lap ledy et geadeases, who bed
lithos great interest ia the ealtivaties a/ the Ise arts, eye-
they dee deitholik Iyrieel with the rights mad
privilege@ Os empseaties. Her ,ia her speech et
the spothei of Os emies, to puliatheat the
peesesthut of the Ise Nth mid it wee ia theordasee with
*sepia Of list reessmaidatko that he sow asked the
bdhostsog es redth •••
WI s meth tkle, with • view to be
athituremlo seined *WNW" esthatitase. Is althea
ail the gnat Ithieeprs eagiek Ile errs wee supported to
• greet sabot by the __reveal Our owe operas had
foe IMO ti•O bees is • dab et sekeithe isiolveriey ; sad
it es kr the Meth to esseilw whether it would &-
vest a huge number
Doff solthems sad gentlemen with
le preside • far emit • mate ef Wags.
terds, to ease this ithe parties wen ready to raw
teams sully MAW god be asked the bootee to %seeds
to shut the seal esethow of • refeorree to a select scra-
mbles, is ether that the meter nista he dithered calmly,
sod the ,If there woe way, removed. It hail
bees ltalirteltase bill that it wee osithery to public po•
kilesed the reel objesties wee WM it was cow
wary Is tbe Detests intermit el atheist pads% was felt that
if the OM were smith thelewoild be • dime of the opera
belegthadaelth with otheisaey sad iseues. The object of
this thole ustiase at the aid We the lyrical est dre-
amt& eatethekammit whist hth fines lest 160 peso bees
uthmugded es at boo liajootesTholooo, whist% had rtheived
ged
'Me tiouatrdkarZtdCrr"Miedmd==Ythoositic
this altivetioa °fibs am seer ; Ord timber is etordtthous
glossiot be With& la the Academy of Mao opporta-
au: of OplhOw Wks the public the ecquirements which
agiettimil oaks the patronage of the crown. He
MB irk objected to os the mud that it

volved the principle of limited liability. No doubt that,
was the ease. It was not to be ezpeeted that gentlemen of.
dentine would risk their property to an unlimited egtenthe
a public purpose. This wu not a mere trading speculation;
it wu a gratuitous combination of gentlemen te promote a
public object ; and they had a right to say that their lia-
bility must be limited within certain bounds. A precedent
for this principle was to be found in the case of the Drury-
lane Act, 62 Geo. 111., e. 119, which was passed Mottle
after Drury-lane Theatre was destroyed by fire. lie ad-
mitted that the promoters 'aught in the first instance to ob-
tain their object by other means. They went to the late
President of the Board of Trade to ask for a charter, and
their request was refined; and he believed they aow came
to the house is opposition to that right hon. gentleman's
. this ions' tow; *Louie,

their would
ied."lBl6eile te stake ireill at:ofnesesion' which nets been made In favour
alliatielrie Telegraph Company and the Crystal Pel:ice
Ile would detain the boas* with only one more
. The Academy of Music acted under a charter,
aki ad sot understand on what principle peculiar pri-
*
sense amid be granted to a school which wen to foster and
train up the rildift gaseratios is the musical and dramatic
art, while they rasisd to those who had been so trained as
oppeetuaity of displaying their talents. He entreated
the boom to read the bill a essead time and refer its details
to • meamittee.

Mr. SU= would mat aell in geodes a single argu-
ment wide! des boa. gewgaw& bad aspel. But the situa-
tion' la which tie been wee placed weewmultarly dessrviog
eteteention. Mlisdoed f.whether right
ee wren. had ben by the government to a com-
mission mad it melee& to Ida Oat this wu a bill which
*mild me a be paned risible Ike inquiry. He should
esetsialy ewes its farther repose matter the circuits-
etemesa.

Mr. K. MILNES said the answer to tho hon. gentle-
man'a objeetion was, that this was not a trading bill, and
that the qesedos of limited liability, as affecting credit,
had Imo rti application. If any nape person could hare
oarrbed IS the opera, Mr. Lumley s energy would bars
homed mem • but the question now was whether that
mainfismag establishment should be entirely closed, or
whether soblemee sad gentlemen of unblemished character
sheehl be sawed to risk a portion of their capital for the

amemmat et the public. rHe could mica, only one
klmi et egpssition to this bill, namely, that of persons who,
=l4ether theatres, feared that the paining of it
I.eid to diminish their receipts.
Me. CLAY was surprised to hear the hoe. gentleman
&dare that this was sot a trading speculation. (Hear,
hear.) It was close that he was not a director of Covent
Ouden Theatre; for, in that ease, he would be of a dif-
ferent opinion. The bill infringed a great principle, and on
that ground he hoped the hone would not meet to it.
Admiral PECHELL hoped the house would have the
opinion of the President of the Board of Trade on the
question, as it involved the interests of hundreds of
persoas.
Mr. CARDWELL said ho felt it his duty to say a few
words in answer to the appeal which had been made to
him. This subject came before the right hon. gentleman
the member for Oxford (Mr. Henley), when he so ably
presided over the business of the department of the Board
of Trade. That right hon. gentleman refused the applica-
tion made to him for a charter of limited liability, being
governed, as he understood, both by precedent and by
principle. When the ease was brought before himself he
thought it no disrespect to the right honour-
able gentleman's decision to have an interview with
Mr. Lumley, which lasted nearly an hour, and at its
cities, he did not entertain the shadow of a doubt that
the right hen. gentleman's view was correct. It was said
that this was not a trading concern. He only hoped that
the creditors of the concern might see no reason hereafter
to view it ea • trading concern • but he could net help re-
minding the house that one ;of the chief grenade oa which
the bill was asked for was, that so private fortune was ade-
quate to meet the expenses. (liar, hear.) The precedent
of the Drury-lane Act had been cited; and he (Mr. Card-
well) would remind the house that they could not
pen the bill without establishing another prece-
dent of the samo kind. (Hear.) He had been very much
pressed with the consideration of the great respectability
of the parties who asked for a charter. No one could
doubt that they were persons of the highest standing; but
the law of this country acknowledged no difference between
oaesubjeet and another—(hear, hear d he asked the
house to remember that if they this bill, it would be
impossible to refuse similar applications from persons who
had different objects. He thought he was doing no injus-
tice by saying that the one object of this bill wee to obtain
United liability, which the ordinary provisions of the Joint
Steak Companies Aet did not give. The question was one,
therefere, not of detail, but of principle ; and it was for
the hens to consider whether it would set up the principle
et limited liability in this particular ease. He maintained
dot do hin was eentrary to prosodatt. sad ought not to be
moissod. Two yeas' lavolltiplioa of the WOO before
a omoolter tkotßouss of Oulusat led Tosultod in a

reaseassdatiaaii • eesabelen of liquify should b;
appdsla by tbs sews. TM sreeng less gag to appoint
a sonalasss ad be hoped that it wenbilea S. • settle-
ment albs 'bat were the Nos la magi limited
Minty stte.iibeier. It indeed it men ever soneeded.
Unger then Wassails's be did net tbak the bill ought
te
am
; and, ineessa as the second mains involved the
lama& tibia wisht bare to be decided by the commission
wbetber there should be limited liability or not,
After be Assn /sae samba
a lbw seas fun Kr. rams is explanation,
The bens divided, was there appeared :
Per Se eased radios
Against it

WEXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL.
The second reading of this bill was opposed by Mr.
M'lLanon on tha ground that it would harms an addi-
tional tax on the meaty, it being proposed in the bill to
auks the baronies liable for the guarantee to the share-
holders. If the projectors considered the railway necessary
let thus tarry it oat on their own reeponsiMlity. Re
shared as amendseat to postpone the ascend reading for
six maths.

I[r. FRENCH oleo opposed the bill.
Mr. OROGAN sperbod it, and the house divided.
For the nand reading
,4ainit it
The bill wu thea road a second Use and ordered to be
otaiaitted.

BM J. TB,oll.bi'ii,ehairsas of the Committee of
Bekethea, marred that the toramittee for the trial of the
had bees streak as fellows :—dir
H. Borneo Bread, Lord Hotham,
Ma J. B. , sad Mr. H. A. Herbert. Another
amities war Aro reported as strut, hat the names were
art heard la the gallery.