The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-04 00:00:00

BILL.

Mr. WALPOLE having moved the second reading of
this Bill,
Sir A. COCICBURN said he bc3lieVed that the Bill as it
had been recommended by the Commissioners bad been
utterly spoilt by the Lord Chancellor, and that it was
altogether different from the measure which had been
recommended by the Commissioners of Chancery Re-
form. He hoped that they would not then be called upon
to assent to the second reading of the Bill.
Mr. WALPOLE said that that was a mo©t important
measure, and taken in conjunction with the next mea-
sure.expthe Juonritslideicntiootn oicef paper—namely, the Improvement of
Equity Bill—it would tend more to
the improvement of the practice of equity, in this
country than anything which had been done since the
effect three,impor
preventrt wouldense
and delay in
bringing cases to a hearing, it would prevent them in
would
daystan t
reforms—it
of Lord Nottingham.
the consideration of cases, and it would prevent them in
the inquiries which followed the hearing of cases. In
some particulars the Bill as it then stood differed from
that which had been recommended by the Commission-
ers; but those particulars had been moat carefully con-
sidered by the most competent authorities, and they
might hereafter be dealt with by th 4 House in Com-
mittee. -

Sir A. COCKBURN said, that although he thought
it very inconvenient that they should have to consider so
important a Bill at that late hour, he did not wish to
oppose the motion for its second reading,
Sir J. GRAHAM said he hoped that, under all the
circumstances of the case, the House would assent to the
second reading of that Bill, and of the Bill which fol-
lowed. Hehad had the honour of havingeat on the Com-
mission from which those- two Bills had proceeded,, and
he was glad to be able to add that the report of the Com-
missioners had been unanimously adopted. 11,3 was also
bound to say, that in the main those two Bills carried
out fully and fairly, in his humble judgment, the re-
commendatiaes of the Commissioners.—(Hear hear.)
There might be deviations, which many pees„,, would
regret, from those recommendations; but he entertained
Bills
sanguineills
would expectation thatsatisfactorily
all the details of the two
adjusted in Committee.
Mr. J. STUART said he hoped that the House would
have no hesitation iu agreeing to the second reading of
the Bill after the statement of. the Right Hon. Baronet
the Member for Ripon, that it substantially carried out
the recommendations of the Commissioner", •
The Bill was then reads second time, and was ordered
to be committed on Monday. next.
IMPROVEMENT OF THE JURISDICTION OF
EQUITY BILL.
On the motion of Mr. WALPOLE, this Bill was read
a second time, and was ordered to be committed on
Monday next.
The General Board of Health 8111 was read a third
time and passed.
The Law of Wills AreendMent Bill was read a third
time and passed.
The order of the day for the third reading. of the
Industrial and Provident Partnerships Bill having been
read,
Mr. CARTER moved the insertion of a clause to the
effect that ne member should ba liable for the debts or
engagements of .a society beyond the extent of the shares
which he held.
After a short discussion the clause was negatived
without a division, and the Bill was read a third time and
passed.
BILL.
BISHOPRIC OF CIIRISTCRURCH (NEW ZEA-
LAND)The order of the day for resuming the adjourned de-
bate on the Bishopric
of pChristchurch (New Inland)
Bill having been read,
Mr. ADDERLEY said he wished to inform the Hon.
wordsthat h ewwh
ioeuhl de
ebeel
dpre
e-
to the Crow
supposed to give u
etaorsnterdikAle out of tfhoer 31-13°Ilul gehnayt
a power in the colonies
which it was not known legally to possess. He trusted
that after that declaration there mould be no objection
pared
deLd
on the part of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman to the
second reading of the measure.
Mr. ANSTEY repeated his objections to the Bill as it
then stood. -
Mr. SADLIER moved the adjournment of the debate.
The House then divided,
F the adjournment
when there appeared--
Against Against it ••• ••• 8
54
Majority
-•• „.. —46
House.
Mr. KEOGH then moved the • adjournment of the
Mr. ADDERLEY said he would be ready to •adopt
such amendments of the Bill in Committee, as would
completely meet the objections of the Honourable arid
Learned Member for Youghte; and the trusted that the
second reading would not after that statement be further
opposed.
Mr. ANSTEY said he wished to have such amend-
ments introduced into the measure es would amount to
an acknowledgment that the C,rown.
Possessed no ecclesi-
astical supremacy in its colonies,
The ATTORNEY-GENER-
AL 'refused to give his
sanction to any such principle.
After a short discussion the motion for the adjourn-
ment of the House was withdrawn, and the debate was'
again adjourned to this -day.
On the motion of Mr. BROTtets
---e,RTON, the Protes-
t
to be committed onant Dissenters Bill
Monday next
Mr. G. A, HAMILTON obtained leave to
bring in a
Bill to continue an Act of the 12th year of her pre-
sent Majesty, for amending the ite‘,B
relating to- savings
banks in Ireland; and the
We* afterwards read a
first time.
Mr. CARTER moved an addr
83- .ar a return of all the
prisoners sentenced tobe whipped
daring thelast three
years in this kingdom at the various courts of quarter
over and terminer, and gaol
session,
• n the date of by
tvery, an
summary jurisdiction, _ _ the amnesic°, and the
for which awarded, with the
offence
age of each prisoner
Agreed to.
so punished.— .
The House adjourned at Two , clock.

ELECTRIC TELEGRAiiiin •
On resuming their inquiry, yesterd
called Mr. Statham, engineer of the inYt,°. t3fhpeoPC:colhm2ramlCEiottuaSe!:
pany, who bore testimony to the efficiency
com-
pany's patented substance for .protecting, that2tic
ia d
insulating telegraph wires; both
norfo ..g "d perfectly
submarine telegraphs. Knew of ba„.''
eni:dYe (r)fg r
terial than a casing of gutta perch,, better isulating ma-
Mr. James Ross, corresponding agent f„
and American newspapers at Liverpool:tit.' the London
tensively since 1846 with the Electric Ter ad dealt ex-
pany, who had improved their sYsternegraPh Com-
month, and considered the present month by
vvorki
system to . be, generally speaking, eatiafac„ng of the
charges for long distances were cheaper "
_ itory. The
America, where the delays and inaccuraciesul_ those in
than they were Imre. The cypher message greater
Willener and Smith, to which the attention f°!ullessre•
mittee on a previous day was drawn was, to wit,' Com-
knowledge, having been engaged ton
do it. intee,_e_,BB'a own
vent the transmission of the President addx.'e'au to pre-
vent
mauling peper3, so that Messrs. Williner anadto care
At
eecure it first for the newspapers Ih©y a Smith
A second telenaph * in witness's opinion lied.
s'n 9 —,
wouu"
tended with disadvantages. It was questionable Whether
whether the reduction of rates consequent en
0"e, and
tion would not make it a losing concern. It°n2Peti-
however, be an advantage, in the event of amidenlfould,
stoppage of communication by one telegraph, "to Or
another. to have
Mr. Hawkshaw, C.E., held two shares in the Elec-
tric Telegraph Company. Wes of opinion that
railways could not spare the amount of space,
Biz f the
that would be required for a second telegraph, _ eet,
particularly as, from tho constant development onf°ge
traffic, they now found their present space inadequate°
Believed that to confer the compulsory Rowers hi
for would be to strike at the root of railway safety, agnd
he would not be responsible for the security of a railway
under the circumstances. Looked on the proposed
powers as an invasion of the rights of railways.
Captain Huts'', general manager of the London and
North Western Railway, thought that while no benefit
would accrue to the public from a second line of tele-
graph, very serious injury would be inflicted on the rail.
Ways. Although co-operating with the Electric Tele-
graph : Company, the London and North-Western had ex.
Perleneed great difficulty in connection with the op t:"
Mons of that company, and these would only iieer--
doubled h re-
had be -Y the introduction of a duplex system. There
es two or three accidents, several narrow ea,
and confusion (led the introd • -21Pe3,
, and ho drea . uction of a
rival company on the same ground. No controlling
power exercised ing
bf Trade could
the danger by the-Board . . remedy
n P Pre her)d , d. The insjority of the directors
of the London and NOr VeStern •
with the idea of' th-1
Aare at first taken
ea a second line of telegraph, but for these