The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-20 00:00:00

EASTERN UNION RAILWAY BILL.

Motion made, aid question proposed, "That it be an in-
struction to the committee on the Eastern Union Rail-
way (recommitted) Bill, to entertain the petition of Mr.
Rigby Wason, deposited in the Private Bill Office, yes-
terday, in reference to the said bill :"—The house di-
vided ; Ayes 15, Noes 71.
MINORITY—AYES, lb.
Barrow, William H. Hadfield, George Pellatt Apsley
Bell, James 'Dudley, Charles Walmsley, Sir J.
Brockman, E. D. Johnstone, James Williams, W.
Coffin, W. Kinnaird, Arthur F. mums.
Crook, Joseph M'Gregor, John Forster, C.
Fox, W. J. Pechell, Sir G. Bass, M. T.

MAJORITY—NOES 71.
A'Court, C. H. W. Elliot, J. E. Mil Plan, Robert
Anderson, Sir James Ewart, William Michell, W.
A thuthnot, Gen. Faller, Augustus E. Moody, C.
Balley, Crawshay Gooderich, Vis. Mowbray, J.
Baines, M. T. Goold, W. 31v"ings J. Randolph
Baird James Gordon, Admiral More, Col.
Ball, Edward Greene, T. Napier, Joseph
Bennet, Philip Eastie, Alexander O'Connell, D.
Berkeley, H. Hayter, W. G. O'Flaherty, Anthony
Biggs, William Horsfdll, T. B. Oliveira, Benjamin
Blair, Colonel Kendall, Nicholas Russell, F. C.
Buller, Sir J. Y. Keogh, William Bowie, C. B. G.
Cayley, E. S. Kershaw, James Seymour, Lord
Cho' nondeley, Ld. H. Lacon, Sir E . Spooner, Richard
Co,mo'd,'J.Chevalier Langton, H. G. Stanley, Lord
Corry, Henry Lowry Lee, William Thornely, Thomas
Cowan, Charles Leslie, C. P. Tyrell, Sir J. T.
Craufurd, E. H. J Locke, J. Walpole, S. H.
Crossley, F. Lockhart, A. E. Wilkinson, W. A.
Davie, Sir H. Lockhart, W. Wrightson, W.
Davison, R. Lowther, Colonel Young, Sir J.
Dent, J. Mancaulay, T. B.
Duncan, G. Macgregor, James TELLERS
Dv tdas, G. 31aule, Colonel Boaverie, E. P.
Echo, Lerd Miall, Edward Patten, W.

TRINITY HORSE CRIABITIES.—A Parliamentary docu-
ment on this subject, which has just been published,
contains a representation addressed by the Corporation
of the Trinity House to her Majesty in Council with
elder brPeutrP
rveefieirtence to the proposal of the Government to pre-
House is
the application of light and other dues to cha-
ritable
in the reign ofa Henry
brethroses. The master, wardens, assistants and
en state that the corporation of the Trinity
a uild, first established by royal charter
of 3arnue VIII., recognised by a charter of
beheying that the corporation ;
Charles fi. now regulated by a charter of confir-
mationthat there are good reasons for
sources of the corporation charitable purposes, was first established for
po.ifaatind that, in fact, the surplus re-
in part devoted to the
froork have from very early times been
supportnit of old and disabled seamen,
and grants have been
express charitable trusts.
the remonstrants submit that the these circumstances
eolight-houses and light
Under these
time made to it upon
es of the corporation,
f phreorpelrty for those
dues belong to them for the purposes
property
Co.
and are in the strictest sense theiros
to the
expenseealy
purposes, and that the proposal
Go-
vernment for giving the whole of this
e number
shipowners without any charge beyond the
maintaining the lights, is neither expedient .
ter of policy nor just as regards the recipientsaoPeahte.
charity of the corporation, of whom an average
of 648 are annually admitted on the pension list,
while there are as many as 6,000 petitions at present
unprovided for. The above representation having been
referred by her Majesty in Council to the Board of
Trade fdr their opinion, their lordships observe, in their
report, tir,t they do not question the validity of the
re.yal charters referred to in the representation, nor the
lawfulnees, according to the terms of the charters, of
applying the surplus revenues arising from the light
dues to charitable purposes, but they call in
question
t'le policy of continuing a state of the law which, in
order to provide a fund for eleemosynary purposes,
sanctionso
n merchant shipping than would otherwise be neces-
sary.