The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-03 00:00:00

RAIL WAYS.

The following returns were ordered on the motion of Mr.
Labouehere:—

A return, " showing for each Railway Company the
amount of capital and loans which the company has been
authorised to raise by Acts passed in 1848 ; the amount of
share capital actually paid up at the end of 1848 ; the
amount due on debentures, loan notes, or any other interest-
bearing securities, at the end of 1848, the rates of interest
payable thereon, and the sums to which such rates of interest
are applicable; the total amount the company retained
powers, at the end of 1848, to raise either on existing shares,
or by creating new shares, or by loans ; the length of line
open for traffic at the end of 1848, distinguishing single and
double portions; the length of line in course of construction
at the end of 1848 ; the length of line each company is
authorised to construct, but has not yet commenced ; and,
consequently, the total length for which each company has
obtained powers :"
" And a :return of the Amalgamation of Railway Com-
panies which have been effected either by purchase, loans, or
otherwise, during 1848, stating the nature of such amalga-
mation, and the date on which it commenced."

CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS.
Mr. Speaker acquainted the House that his warrant for
the appointment of the following Members to serve on the
General Committee of Elections was upon the table :
The Right Hon. Fox Maule, Member for the Borough of
Perth ;
The Right Hon. Sir George Clerk, Member for the Town
and Port of Dover;
John Wilson Patten, Esq., Member for the Northern Divi-
sion of the County of Lancaster;
Sir Robert Alexander Ferguson, Member for the City of
Londonderry ;
Thomas Thornely, Esq , Member for the Borough of
Wolverhampton ; and
Sir John Buller Yarde Buller, Member for the Southern
Division of the County of Devon.

SESSIONAL RESOLUTIONS.
The following Sessional Orders are to be proposed by
Lord John Russell on Monday:-
1. That in the present Session of Parliament all Orders of
the Day, set down in the Order-book for Mondays, Wednes-
days, and Fridays, shall be disposed of before the House will
proceed upon any Motions of which Notices shall have been

- 2. That at the time fixed for the commencement of Public
Business, on days on which Orders have precedence of No-
tices of Motions, and after the Notices of Motions have been
disposed of on all days, Mr. Speaker do direct the clerk at
the table to read the Orders of the Day without any question
being put.
3. That the Orders of the Day be disposed of in the order
in which they stand upon the paper; the right being re.
served to her Majesty's Ministers of placing Government
Orders at the head of the list, in the rotation in which they
are to be taken on the days on which Government Bills have
precedence.

4. That no Notice shall hereafter be given beyond the
period which shall include the four days next following on
which Notices are entitled to precedence; due allowance
being made for any intervening adjournment of the House,
and the period being in that case so far extended as to in-
clude four Notice days falling during the sitting of the House.
5. That the House do meet every Wednesday, at Twelve
o'clock at Noon, for Private Business, Petitions, and Orders
of the Day, 'and do continue to sit until Six o'clock, unless
previously adjourned.

6. That when such business has been disposed of, or at Six
o'clock precisely, notwithstanding there'may be business
under discussion, Mr. Speaker do adjourn the House without
putting any Question.
7. That whenever the House shall be in Committee at Six
o'clock, the Chairman do immediately report progress, and
➢ir. Speaker do resume the Chair, and adjourn the House
without putting any Question.
8. That the business under discussion, and any business
not disposed of at the time of such adjournment, do stand as
Orders of the Day for the next day on which the House
shall sit.

9. That when any Bill shall be presented by a Member of
this House, or shall be brought from the Lords, the Questions
" That this Bill be now read a first time," and " That this
Bill be printed," shall be decided without Amendment or
Debate.

10. That the Committees of Supply, and Ways and Means,
may be appointed to sit on any day on which Orders of the
Day may have precedence of Notices of Motions.
11. That when a Bill or other matter (except Supply or
Ways and Means) has been partly considered in Committee,
and the Chairman has been directed to report progress and
ask leave to sit again, and the House shall have ordered that
the Committee shall sit again on a particular day, the Speaker
shall, when the Order for the Committee has been read,
forthwith leave the Chair without putting any Question,
and the House shall thereupon resolve itself into such Com-
mittee, unless a Member shall have given Notice of an In-
struction to such Committee.

12. That at the close of the proceedings of a Committee of
the whole House on a Bill, the Chairman shall report the
Bill forthwith to the House, and when Amendments shall
have been made thereto, the same shall be agreed to condi-
tionally without Debate, and a time appointed for taking the
same into consideration.

13. That with respect to any Bill brought to this House
from the House of Lords, or returned by the House of Lords
to this House, with Amendments, whereby any pecuniary
penalty, forfeiture, or fee shall be authorised, imposed, ap-
propriated, regulated, varied, er extinguished, this House
will not insist on its ancient and undoubted privileges in the
following cases:-
1. When the object of such pecuniary penalty or forfeiture
is to secure the execution of the Act, or the punishment er
prevention of offences.
2. Where such fees are imposed in respect of benefit taken
or service rendered under the Act, and in order to the exe-
cution of the Act, and are not made payable into the Trea-
sury or Exchequer, or in aid of the public revenue, and do
not form the ground of public accounting by the parties re-
ceiving the same. either in respect of deficit or surplus.
3. When such Bill shall be a Private Bill for a Local or
Personal Act.

14. That after Tuesday, the Ist day of May next, Orders
of the Day shall have precedence of Notices of Motions on
Thursdays, the right being reserved to her Majesty's Minis-
ters of placing Government Orders at the head of the list, as
on Mondays and Fridays.

DESTRUCTIVE CONFLAGRATIONS.—From the hour
of five last evening until nearly eleven o'clock at night, the
engines and firemen were kept in continued movement
throughout the streets of London, there being during that
period not fewer than three extensive conflagrations within
the metropolitan district. One was in the cabinet and bed-
stead manufactory belonging to Messrs. Fussell and Son, No.
22, Trafalgar-street, Walworth. The flames began in the
workshops, a range of premises upwards of 60 feet long and
30 wide. They were filled with goods of a most costly de-
scription, and owing to their highly inflammable character
hut few minutes elapsed before the entire property was
wrapped in one immense sheet of flame, and so high did the
fire ascend that the reflection could be seen from most parts
lof the metropolis. With as little delay as possible the
parish and West of England engines reached the scene,
followed by others of the London Brigade, from W
at
and Southwark-bridge roads. The Lambeth work
an abundance of water, from which the engines were yielded
of the firemen,
the work, but in spite of the utmost exertions
the flames continued to spread, and it was not till the lapse
of two hours that the fire could be extinguished,
and their con-
until the whole of the workshops, warehouses,
total loss will
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tents, were levelled with the ground, jehssers.
extend to some hundred pounds, Fussell were
insured for only 3001. The originate residence of Mr. Shields,
ofa the disaster is unknown.
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and West of England quickly arrived at the spot, but the
fire was not got out until damage to the extent of some hun-
dreds of pounds was done. Mr. Reeve was insured in the
Phcenix-office.
The western world has been amusing itself with the
report of the marriage of the Right Hon. Earl of Devon with
Miss Scott, niece of the Earl of Meath. As a matter of fact
it may be worth recording that the Noble pair have set out
for California, by way of a honeymoon trip. We wish them
all happiness though its a perilous journey, for the traveller
must either "Double the Horn." or cross the Isthmus—
storms on one hand, and pestilence on the other.— Western
Times.
A splendid ball took place at the Albion Tavern
Assembly-rooms, Aldersgate-street, on Wednesday evening,
for the benefit of the City Truss Institution. Adams's cele-
brated band was in attendance, and performed in their usual
spirited style of excellence. The arrangements of the
stewards gave the utmost satisfaction, and the rOO2IS were
numerously and fashionably attended.