The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-10 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

ASCOT RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
BORO' MEMBERS' PLATE.

Noisette
Humprey
Gelding by Catesby
Five ran.

ARRIVAL OF THE COURT-(THIS DAY.)

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
royal family, arrived at Buckingham Palace from Wind-
sor Castle, this afternoon, at ten minutes past four
o'clock.

The royal party occupied six carriages, and was at-
tended by a squadron of Lancers.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS EVENING.)

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at 5 o'clock.

The Duke of ARGYLL presented a petition from the
Medical Society of Edinburgh, praying for an amend-
ment of the law relating to the medical profession.
The South Shields Improvement and the Scottish
Midland Junction Railway Bills were read a second
time.

The Belfast and Ballymena Railway Bill was read a
third time and passed.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

The Marquis of BATH presented a petition from cer-
tain parishes in Wiltshire; praying the house to grant
no further powers to the Great Western Railway Com-
pany till they shall have completed the line between
Warminster and Salisbury. The noble marquis pro-
ceeded to call the attention of the house to the conduct
of the company, which, he contended, had, by their
selfish jealousy, separated the districts of Wiltshire,
Gloucestershire, and Dorsetshire, as completely as
if they had been at different ends of the kingdom.
He thought an inquiry ought to be instituted as to the
conduct of the Government with respect to this line,
and he wished to ask her Majesty's Government
whether they would consent to the withholding of any
further powers to the Great Western Railway Com-
pany until after such an inquiry had been made.
Lord STANLEY of Alderley said that, with regard
to the past, the Government had no power. to compel
railway companies to complete their lines, unless a clause
to that effect had been inserted in their act. For the
future such cases would be provided for by the framing
of a sessional order, by which it would be required that
in every railway bill there should be a clause providing
that if the company did not complete their line within a
certain time, all their dividends should be suspended.
Lord CAMPBELL said the only remedy was to apply
to the courts of law. There was a case now before the
.courts which he thought would have some effect on the
present state of the law on the subject.
The Bishop of SALISBURY concurred in the views
of the noble marquis, and he thought that that part of
the country with which both he and the noble marquis
were connected, were greatly indebted to the noble
marquis for the manner in which he had brought the
subject before the attention of their lordships' house.
After a few words from Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Wyn-
ford, and Lord Redesdale,
The Earl of MALMESBURY presented a similar
petition from Salisbury on the subject.
The matter then dropped.

The Marquis of WESTMINSTER rose to move for
an address to her Majesty for a copy of the conviction
of Messrs. Feely and Roche, before the justices of Gal-
way, for an aggravated assault upon F. G. Murphy,
Esq. ; also for the papers relating to the subsequent re-
mission of the sentence.
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS EVENING.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at a few minutes to four
o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a third time and passed :
—Cork and Bandon Railway, East Kent Railway,
Gorbals Gravitation Water (No. 2), St. Helen's Canal
and Railway, Warrington and Altrincham Railway
(Stockport).
The reports upon the following bills were considered
and agreed to, and the bills were ordered to be read a
third time :—Halifax Waterworks and Improvement,
Shipley and Bramley Road, Spalding Improvement,
West Harptry Road, and Whitechapel Improvement.
The Battersea Park Bill was read a second time.
DEVON AND DORSET RAILWAY.

Mr. HILDYARD moved that the petition of the in-
habitants of Wilts, Somerset, and Dorset, and of pro-
prietors of land, complaining of the non-execution of
certain lines of railway, authorised to be constructed
under the Acts of the Great Western and Bristol and
Exeter Railway Companies, and praying for inquiry and
redress (presented 25th February last), be referred to
the committee on Group NN, to whom the Devon and
Dorset Railway Bill stands referred :—That it be an in-
struction to the committee to hear the petitioners, by
their counsel, agents, and witnesses, upon the said
petition, against the bill.
Mr. CARDWELL suggested that the motion should
be postponed until the house was informed as to the
present state of the inquiry now going on before the
committee. At the same time, he thought it was rather
a hardship that the rules of the house as to the locus
standi of parties opposing private bills should operate to.
the exclusion of the parties who signed the present peti-
tion. That was a subject which well deserved the con-
sideration of the house.

Mr. BOUVERIE admitted that the whole law of
locus standi was in such great confusion that it was ad-
visable to allow, by hook or by crook, all parties to be
heard against railway bills which in any way affected
them. He approved of the suggestion of Mr. Cardwell
for postponing the debate.
Mr. SOTHERON also supported the adjournment.

Mr. S. HERBERT bore testimony to the inconve-
nience which the proposed lines would occasion in the
conveyance of troops, in consequence of the communica-
tion being interrupted by a break of gauge. •
After some further discussion the motion was with-
drawn, Mr. HILDYARD giving notice that he would pro-
pose it again on Monday next.