The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-28 00:00:00

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a second time :—Aboyne
and Braemar Railway; Blane Valley Railway; Burnham
Tidal Harbour ; Caledonian Railway (branch to Dumfries
and Lockerby Railway); Cheshire Lines; Crieff and
Connie Railway ; Croesor and Portmadoc Railway ;
Dorking Water ; Dumfries, Lochmaben, and Lockerby
Junction, and Caledonian Railway Companies ; East
London Railway ; Evesham and Redditch Railway ; For-
cett Railway; Galway Water; General Terminus and Glas-
gow Harbour and Caledonian Railway Companies ; Girvan
and Portpatrick Junction Railway ; Haddon and Bentley
Road ; Helston Roads ; Huddersfield and Halifax Railway ;
Kent Gas ; Limerick Embankment and Reclamation; Mans-
field and Worksop Road ; Metropolitan Sewage and Essex
Reclamation ; Monmouth, Fore 4 of Dean, and Standish
Junction Railway; Monmouthshire Railway and Canal ;
Mowddwy Railway ; Northampton and Banbury Junction
Railway (Deviation, &c.); Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway;
Fort Talbot Company;. Redhill Gas and Water; Seven-
oaks, Maidstone, and Tunbridge Railway; South Eastern
Railway; Stapenhill and Burton-upon-Trent Bridge; Tees
Valley Railway; Tottenham and Hampstead Junction
Railway (Deviation, &c.) ; Tottenham and Hampstead
Junction Railway (New Lines) ; and Vale of Crickhowell
Railway (Western Extension).
GREAT YARMOUTH BOROUGH, HAVEN, AND
PORT BILL.

On the motion for the second reading of this bill,
Mr. WARREN moved as an amendment that it be read a
second time that day six months. He said that in the reign
of Charles the First a commission had been appointed to
regulate the conservancy of the river and general mercan-
tile interests of the borough of Great Yarmouth. Various
modifications had been introduced to meet the local cir-
cumstances from time to time, and the bill now
before the house was not introduced in confor-
mity with the requirements of the district or the
wishes of the inhabitants. The fact was this, that this bill
originated with the Corporation of Yarmouth, who wanted
to acquire an undue preponderance in the commission by
the proposed increase in the number of the commissioners
to 18. The city of Norwich, which he had the honour to
represent, wasmuch interested in the bill, and had petitioned
against it. Other petitions also had been presented com-
plaining of the provisions of the measure, and under the
circumstances he trusted the house would not consent to
its adoption.
Sir H. S TRACEY defended the bill, and contended that
the Corporation of Great Yarmouth was the body most
deeply interested in this bill. Several petitions had been
presented from shipowners in favour of the bill, and he con-
tended that the opinions of those persons who were best
acquainted with the subject, and the more interested in it,
should have weight with hon. members. He said that he
had not been properly treated by the hon. member who
moved the amendment.

Mr. WARNER denied that there was any ground for
the charge brought against him by the hon. baronet, which
he attributed to his (Sir IL Stracey's) defective memory, or
active imagination. (Laughter.)
After a few words from Mr. How's,
Mr. M. GIBSON said that the house would be
charging its duty best by allowing the bill to g')
into
committee, when its merits would be fully discussed
The house divided, and the numbers were—.
For the second reading 129
Against.
_ Majority l7
112
The bill was accordingly read a second time
THE GRIEVANCES OF INDIAN OFFICERS.
Col SYKES and other members presented petitions on
this subject,
DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCE.
Mr. HADFIELD presented a petition from the Corpora-
tion of Sheffield in favour of the total abolition of the
duty on fire insurances.
Some other petitions to the same effect were also pre
tented.

THE ARMY.
Colonel GILPIN asked whether the number of the army
on the first day of the present month was not below the
proper establishment by the number of 4,000 men ?
The Marquis of HARTINGTON said that the military
e:tablishinent had been reduced to the extent described,
that reduction was in conformity with the estimates
for the year.

Mr.
THE LATE CONVICT TOWNLEY.
RARDCASTLE asked the Home Secretary under
what Prison regulation George Victor Townley, sent from
Bedlam to Pentonville as an ordinary prisoner under sen-
tence of penal
to
books
of servitudeentertaining
for life, was there allowed access
and " Gil Bias?" literature such as " Silvio Pellico"
Sir G. GREY said that the regulations of the gaol were
that the prisoners should be permitted to peruse the books
in the library of the establishment,wbhuot
had
departure had been
ad.allowed the late
made by a previous Governor,
prisoner to read books supplied him by his friends against
the regulations of the prison.
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REGISTRY OF TITLES TO LANDS IN IRELAND.
Mr. SCULLY asked whether, in the absene, of
a
law officer, it was intended that a bill to register
in Ireland should be introduced during the
sion, either by the Attorney-General in this house, or by
the Lord Chancellor in the House of Lords ?
Sir G. GREY said it was the intention of the Lord
Chancellor to introduce such a bill at an early period.