The Sun.
London, England, 1839-06-12 00:00:00

V_EN IN G EDITION.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
Mt. PRESHFIELD then rose to move for certiti:
returns relative to the Court of Exchequer, of which h
had given notice, and was proceeding, when be
An nom. MEMBER moved that the House
counted, and there being only 31 Members present) tbe
House adjourned at Half-past Seven o'Clock.

" George Evcs, Esq."
Another meeting of the parishioners will shortly be hell,
we understand, to take this reply into consideration.---
I Vitulsor Express.

should not spare Mr. Stuart when he brought forward
his naotior, an -1 I,e thought he should show that
Stuart's conduct was deserving of censure rather than
of approbation.---( Hear, hear, from Lord A.sliley.)
TURNPIKE TRUSTS.
Mr. MACKINNON rose to move for leave to bring
in a Bill to alter and amend the Laws regarding Turn-
pike Trusts, and to allow Unions of the same. Ile
thought this was a subject that should have been taken
up by the Government, and he trusted that he should
satisfy the House that this Bill which he brought for-
ward as Chairman of a Committee which had sat on
that subject, was deserving of its approbation. The
subject was one of very great importance. The debts
of the Turnpike Trusts now amounted to upwards of
nine millions, and were hourly increasing. One of the
chief causes of this was, that when Turnpike Tres'
tots found themselves unable to pay the interest due to
the creditors, they gave bonds converting the interest
into principal, and thus increasing their debts at nom-
pound interest. The increase of Railroads was another
great cause conducarg to this effect, and another,
was the power which any creditor possessed °I
taking possession of the tolls, and dividing
them among the creditors of the Trust, as be
might think proper. The abolition of Statute Labour
also was a loss to the trust of 200,000/. per annum. An
attempt had been made to remedy these evils by 11
Hon. Friend, the Under Secretary opposite, who had
brought in a Bill for consolidating the Turnpike Trusts:
and placing them under the superintendence of a Board
in London, which, however, he had not been able t°
carry into effect, in consequence of the opposition which
the country gentlemen had raised to the system of celP
tralisation. In his Bill he proposed not to consolidate
trusts but to form them into unions under superinten:
dents, who should be appointed by the trustees ; but it
would be necessary to have a Central Board in London
to arrange the making of the unions. He proposed
also to arrest the traffic which went by railroads by
enabling the trustees to place their gates on the cross-
roads leading to the termini of railroads, and thus oaten
the traffic,an apply the sums so raised to the repair of the
roads. Ifsome measure of this sort were not adopted the
debts would increase, the creditors would lose the 505
they had advanced, and the lines of communication be'
tween populous towns would be entirely destroyed.
If a union was made and money was borrowed on the
new line that led to the termini of the railroad, it was
possible that they would be enabled to pay off not only
the interest but the principal. The Hon. Member
concluded by moving for leave to bring in the Bill.
Captain BOLDERO seconded the motion.
Mr. FOX MAULE did not rise for the purpose of
throwing any difficulty in the way of the Hon. Member
in bringing in his Bill. He thought that for the pains
he had taken upon this subject he was entitled tf
the thanks of the House, but he doubted very much
whether those pains would be repaid by the measure he
now proposed to introduce. He thought the Commis;
sion that had recently been appointed would have 5°,1,i
ficient duty to perform, as he very much feared the Bill
of the Hon. Member would meet with the same fate is
the one he (Mr. F. Mettle) had introduced sometiale,
since. He could not deny that the present state °
things ought to be remedied, but he doubted very rouell
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whether the Hon. Alember's Bill would have that egg'.
He was in hopes that by the next year the Commissi°°
would be enabled to make such a Report as would end'
ble the Government to bring forward some specific ineB.
sure on the subject.
had
Colonel WOOD was glad that the Government ,
issued a Commission on this subject, for he thought t'oll,
less the question was taken up by the Government, 't
difficulty that surrounded it would never be got r'el
After a few observations from the ATTORN6
GENERAL, leave was given to bring in the Bill.