The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-07 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

DERBY RACES.

(By Blectric Telegraph.)

ARRIVALS. Cervns, Needwood, Daphne, Spring,
c by Drayton, Beresford, Wee Mickey, Alp, Carrig,
Diana, Star cf England, Teddesley, and Luck's All.

CITY BETTING—TWO O'CLOCK.
2 to 1 agst Victress (5 to 2 taken freely).
4 to 1 as Trout (5 to 1 taken).
6 to 1 agst Diana (offered).
Victress and Trout in great demand.

IMPERIAL PARLIAIENT•

HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS EVENING.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition
from Bridport in favour of the establishment of reforma-
tory schools.
resented a petition from
The Duke of ARGYLL P
Ayr, praying for the establishment of a national system
of education in Scotland.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
Lord MONTEAGLE called attention to the great
increase as well as the deplorable consequences of railway
accidents, and pressed on the Government the necessity
of placing a return of the number of accidents before the
house.
Ho
it understood, from what passed in another
place, that was the intention of the Government to
introduce a bill on this subject, and he hoped they would
soon have an opportunity in this house of judging of
that measure. He would ask the Vice-President of the
Board of Trade whether he had any objection to lay on
the table, without delay, the papers and reports regard
lug these accidents in the possession of his department,
and whether he would undertake to do this from time
to time, as any fresh calamities happened ?
Earl FITZ WILLIAM concurred in the necessity of
legislation upon this matter, but thought, if any mea-
sure was proposed, it ought to originate with their lord-
ships' house.
Lord STANLEY, of Alderley, said the Government
was fully sensible of the importance of the subject, and
were anxious to assent to any remedy which could be
proposed. It was true that a bill would be introduced
into the House of Commons, and this it was hoped
would meet the evils complained of by the public last
session. A committee of inquiry sat upon the question,
and the report emanating from them would no doubt
exercise an important influence upon the forthcoming
bill. As to the questions of the noble lord, he (Lord
Stanley) was ready not only to present to their lordships
the returns now in the hands of the Board of Trade, but
to publish and lay before them without delay accounts
of accidents as they occurred hereafter. (Hear).
Earl GREY was not very sanguine as to the bill being
effectual in protecting the public against railway acci-
dents, and therefore he could not help suggesting to their
lordships that they had the power in their own hands of
rendering great service to the country in the matter,
if they thought fit to exercise it. There was
hardly a:railway company in England who did not apply
every session for new powers, and their lordships might
accomplish the object desired by the proposed bill
if they refused to grant these powers without a
thorough inquiry into the manner in which their existing
ones had been exercised and where necessary, without
inserting a clause for the protection and safety of the
people. (Hear.)
Lord CAMPBELL considered that further legislation
was indispensable, and hoped a bill would pass both
houses this session which would do justice to the
country. _ _

The subject then dropped.
NAVY LIST.

Earl HARDWICKE called the attention of the
House to the state of the Navy List, and intimated
that it was his intention to conclude by moving the ap-
pointment of a committee to inquire into the subject.
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS EVENING.

The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock

PRIVATE BILLS.

A large number of private bills were introduced by
Mr. BROTHERTON, and read a first time.
The following bills were read a second time, and
ordered to be committed :—Ardrossan and Glasgow
and South-Western Railways ; Bacup Improvement ;
Barnard Castle and Bishop Auckland Junction Railway
and Branch ; Blyth and Tyne Railway ; Bolton Gas ;
Brighton, Hove, and Presto,n Waterworks ; Cannock
Railway ; Carlisle and Silloth Bay Ra►i?way and Dock ;
Clyde Navigation ; Cork and Bandon Railway ; Don-
caster Cemetery ; East Lancashire Railway ; E4Bt Lan-
cashire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Manchester and
Southport Railways ; East London Waterworks ; En-
niskillen Waterworks ; Gloucester Water ; Hastings and
St. Leonard's Gas ; Hull Cemetery ; Kingston-upon-
Hull Docks ; Kingston-upon-Hull Improvement ; Law
Life Assurance Society ; Leeds New Gas ; Liverpool
Improvement; Liverpool Police Superannuation Fund ;
Liverpool Sanitary and other Local Acts ; Llandudno
Improvement ; London Life Association ; Middleton
Gas ; Newport Improvement ; North London Rail-
way; Norwich Equitable Fire Assurance Company ;
Nottingham Waterworks ; Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton (Stratford-upon-Avon and Stourbridge
Branches) ; Radcliffe and Pilkington Gas ; Ramsbot-
torn Gas ; Rochdale and Burnley Roads ; Rossen-
dale Union Gas ; Shrewsbury and Chester Railway ;
Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway (Stations) ; South-
port Waterworks ; Stafford New Gas ; Stockton and
Cleveland Union Railway ; Swansea Vale Railway ;
Towy Vale Railway ; Warrington Improvement and
Market ; Wellington (Salop) Improvement ; Wey-
mouth and Melcombe Regis Markets and Pier ; White-
haven, Cleator, and Egremont Railway ; Whitehaven
Junction Railway ; York and North Midland Railway.