The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-27 00:00:00

IMPERIAL P.

HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening.
Tho Lord Chancellor took his seat at the usual hour.
POLAND.

The Ral of SIL.A.FTESBURY gave notice that he would,
to-morrow, present a petition from a meeting lately held in
the Guildhall on the subject of Poland.
PETITIONS.

Lord CHELMSFORD presented a petition from the in-
Labit ,n;s of Bermuda complaining of the competition al.
lowed to exist with Cuban slave-grown sugar.

The Earl of DERBY presented a petition from Toxteth
against the sa!e of intoxicating liquors.
The Archbishop of YORK presented several petitions
irom places in his dice se.
GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY (NEW METROPO-
LITAN STATION) BILL.

The motion for resuming the adjourned debate on this
bill having been read,

ThA Earl of SHAFTESBURY said he had already
spok,n on this subject, but he thought the be,t speech that
could be made was to read the 17th section, in page 6, of
Colonel Yollard's report. (" Hear, hear," from the Earl
of Dorby,) He moved that the b;11 bo read a second time
that day six months.

E al GRANVILLE said it would be very unsatisfactory
to pos. pone all the bills for th ) met ropolittra railways till next
session, because they wc uld not be in a better position then
than now. What he thought best was to have a committee

appo nted to inquire into all these bills, and report upon the

general scheme of metropolitan railways, and point out
what bills they thought ought to be passed and those that
ought to stand over for their consideration next session.
Earl GREY approved of such a course, as the subject
could not be well considered this session, and ought not to
be taken up with reference to bills by particular companies.
The subject deserved a scientific consideration,such as it could
not be expected a committee of the house could give it. The
railway scheme of the metropolis ought to be under the super-
intendence of some public body like the Metropolitan Board
of Works, who might let out particular portions of the work
to existing or other railway companies. It was not for the
house to appoint a committee, but the Government were
bound to accept the responsibility of introducing some
general measure. In the meantime he did not think it
would be safe to press any of the bills this session.
The Dut e of S )MBRSET said the noble lord said that
the Board of Works were to settle the scheme of metropoli-
tan rail wa; s, and afterwards the public were to make them ;
but he sheu'd like to know whether they would do so. He
supprated the propet,al for a committee to report upon the
general scheme. This would prevent any injustice being
done to any particular line.
The Earl of DERBY reminded the house that the ques-
tion under consideration w!s the second reading of the bill.
Ample time had been given .ince the first objections to the
bill, five weeks ag to enable the company to refute these
objections, but no answer had been given. The case was left
where it stood, and the report of C .1. Yolland substantiated
every objection he (tae Earl of Derby) had made to the
bill. Not only w sit to run parallel to another line already
sanctioned, and take up the open space in Finsbury-circus,
but from the level at which it was to be brought in to the
terminus-19 feet above the surface—it would be of no use
it completing the Metropolitan Railway, by which com-
munication with the north and south was to be effec►ed.
since the other schemes ropo,ed had their terminus at
Finsbury inany feet below the "urface. The object o: ap-
pointing a loyal Commission was not to lay down any
particular principle for an intercommunication between all
the railways north and south without changing car-
riages. In the meantime he had not the slightest hesitation
in raying that the objectionable lines uld not be allowed
to piss, (Hear, he it )

Lord EBU ti.Y s ;hat the r-port of Colonel Yolland
bad quite convincr d himth4t ;he bill before the house ought
not to be allowtd to pa a, and not only that, but ne-irly all
the metropolitan ittilw ;3, bills sere equilly objec‘ionable.
As to the Iwo plans before the house, for the appointment
either of a acientifio commission or a committee of their
lordships' house, he thought there wool I be great difficul-
ties attending the working of a Royal commission; and he
considered that it would be better to allow a committee to
report upon what bills now before Parliament might safely
be passed. He would have all the rsjected bills sent before
the Board of Trade for Colonel Yulland to prepare a report,
and they would then be in a good position next session to
deal with the whole question.
The Earl of MALMESB CRY did not see how Lord
Ebury's plan could be carried out without laying all the
bills before the committee.

Earl GRANVILLE considered the report of Colonel
Yolland a most valuable document. He repeated his argu-
ments in favour of the appointment of a committee. Pariia-
ment had great powers in dealing with private bills, and he
thought the house ought to show itself willing to take the
trouble of examining carefully into the merits of each par-
ticular case. He gave notice that after the Easter recess ho
would move the appointment of a committee of their lord-
ships' house to take the question into consideration.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE thought that they
ought to have both a committee to deal with the bills now
before Parliament, and a commission subsequently to deal
with the question at large.
After a few word from Lord CHELMSFORD,
The bill was ordered to be read a second time that day
six months.

THE MUTINY BILL.
This bill was read a second time.
TOBACCO DUTIES BILL.

Earl GRANVILLE moved the second reading of this
bill.

The standing orders were suspended, and the bill was
passed ihr ugh committee, read a third time, and passed.
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