The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-24 00:00:00

SALMON EXPORTATION BILL.

On the report of amendments to this bill,
The Earl of DALHOUSIE proposed an amendment pro-
hibiting (as was understood) the importation of foreign
salmon during the close season.

Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY opposed the amend-
ment, and thought that the bill was sufficiently stringent
as it stood.

their lordships divided—for the clause—
Contents
Non-contents
Majority against the amendment
RAILWAY EXTENSIONS.
GREENWICH OBSERVATORY.

Lord TORRINGTON briefly called the attention of the
house to the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Bill
No. land its proposed interference with Greenwich Park
and the Observatory at Greenwich ; and asked the First
Lord of the Admiralty whether that Department had made
a report upon the bill to the Board of Trade.

The Duke of SOMERSET said the Admiralty had writ-
ten to the Board of Trade, forwarding a report which was
received from the Astronomer Royal in reference to the bill
referred to by the noble lord. It was pointed out by the
Astronomer Royal that the proposed site of the railway lay
within I,oooft. of the Observatory, and that if its course
pissed above ground the concussion of the air thereby pro-
duced would be very injurious to any observation which
might be taken ; but that danger was of course much les-
sened by the fact that trains would pass through a tunnel at
that point. It was proposed that experiments should be
made during the Easter recess near railroads already in
existence for the purpose of discovering what effect would
be produced by the subterraneous passage of trains upon
astronomical instruments placed within 1,000 ft., and having
thus gained information with regard to the extent of the
tremor of the earth he should, if necessary, move an instruc-
tion to the committee, to whom the bill would be referred
after Easter. He should be sorry to interfere unnecessarily
with a railway in which a large number of the inhabitants
of Greenwich took a great interest; and on the other hand,
it was necessary to see that no damage resulted from works
in connection with any private enterprise to an institution
so valuable as Greenwich Observatory. (Hear.)
CONSOLIDATED FUND (£10,000,000) BILL.

This bill went through committee.
Their lordships adjourned at 25 minutes to 8 o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening.

The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.

The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Denbigh Water, London and North Western and Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire Railway Companies, Market liar-
borough and Loughborough Road, Queen's Road (Bat-
tersea) Extension, St. Asaph Road, and South Stafford-
shire Railway. _ _

The following bills were considered and ordered to
be read a third time :—Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Rail-
way (by the promoters), Accrington Gas and Water,
Caledonian Railway t'Bredisholla Deviation), Caledonian
Railway (Carstairs and Dolphinton Branch) Central Wales
Extension Railway, Cockermouth and Workington Railway;
Cockermouth, Keswick, and Penrith Railway ; Knighton
and Central Wales Railway Companies, Leyland and Far•
ington Gas, Mid Wales Railway (Branch, &c.), Newport
Pagnell Railway, North Bierley Gas, North Eastern Rail-
way (Newcastle and Starbeck Branches) ; and Penarth
Harbour, Dock, and Railway.