The Sun.
London, England, 1836-03-01 00:00:00

No. 13,563.

magistrates of Brighton. He believed that in no place in Eng-
land was the criminal business conducted with such propriety.
hi practice no attorney had ever been prevented from attend-
ing and advocating any cause before them.
The LORD CHANCELLOR felt bound to state what
he knew of this transaction. A petition had been sent up to
the Secretary of State, which was shown to him, and he
found but one allegation in it which required explanation--
that was where it was stated that the magistrates de-
clared they acted as well upon other motives as from the
evidence taken before them in Court. It appeared
that what tho magistrate said was, that they acted
not only from what happened in Court, but from what, on
consulting among themselves, they found to be the case.
Under these circumstances, if the magistrates bad not corn.
mitted the party, they would have been guilty of cross neglect.
As to excluding attorneys, they had acted strictly within the
law ; and no doubt, for good reasons, had exercised a wise
discretion. He merely did the magistrates justice, by stating
these facts.
Lord TEYNHAM explained.
_ _ _ _

The Duke of RICHMOND had nude no attack on the
petitioners. The Noble Duke then presented two peti-
tions, praying for an extension of the time for the
payment of money tdvanced for building workhouses from ten
to twenty years. Also a petition on the subject of agricultural
diitress.

PRISON DISCIPLINE.
The Duke of RICHMOND begged to ask the Noble Vis-
count at the head of the Government when the prison in-
spectors would make their report, which by the Act they were
required to do within a fortnight after the Ist of February.
He felt most anxious on this subject, as the prisons of the
metropolis and of the country were in a most diszraceful state.
,Lord MELBOURNE said the Government was anxious
t%.0. Act should be cirriA hito eit....ct. He could not say what
state of forwardness the matter was at present, but his Noble
Friend might depene that no unnecessary delay would take
in bringing forward the Report.
CHURCH COMMISSION.

The ARCHBISHOP of CANTERBURY brought in a
Bill relating to matters connected with the Church Commis-
sion, of which he was Chairman.
After some petitions heinK presented in favour of the .Dis-
senter' Claims,
The House adjourned till Thursday. . 1

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.

Mr. HUTT moved that the petition which he presented
yesterday, complaining that the standing orders had not been
complied with, in the case of the Great Northern Railway, be
referred to the Committee.— Ordered.
FORTH AND CLYDE NAVIGATION BILL.

- - On the motion of Mr. CAMPBELL, this. Bill was read a
second time.

LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.

The Earl of SURREY presented two petitions (the Noble
Lord did not state where they came from) against Sir J. Ren-
nie's line of Railroad from London to Brighton. The Noble
Lord presented two other petitions against Mr. Stevenson's
line.—(A laugh.)
Captain PECHELL presented a petition from certain coach
proprietors on the Brighton road praying for compensation in
case the direct railroad to Brighton was carried into effect, or
any other railroad. One of these proprietors had a capital of
.8,0001. engaged in this road, and consequently felt considerably
on this subject. He hoped this property would be protected as
well as that of the landholders.
Mr. GISBORNE brought up the Report on the Midland
Counties Railway Bills.
An HON. MEMBER moved that the Hull and Selby Railway
Bill be referred to a Committee.—Agreed to.
Lord G. SOMERSETmoved the commitment of the Glou-
cester Railway Bill.
Mr. LOWTHER moved that the York and North Midland
Railway Bill be committed.
An HON. MEMBER moved the second reading of Styner's
Naturalization Bill.—Read accordingly.
Mr. STEWART moved the second reading of the Lon-
don and Blackwall Railway Bill.
Mr. GROTE presented a petition against the Bill. The
Bill was then read a second time.
AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS.

Colonel LYGON presented a petition from Worcester on
the subject of agricultural distress.
RAILWAY SELECT COMMITTEE REPORT.
Mr. P. THOMPSON rose to move that the House do
take into consideration the Report of the Select Committee on
Railways.
Mr. WILKS objected to the House entering into the con-
sideration of the report until the period alloted for the presen-
tation of public petitions had .expired,. na.mely, .5 o'eloek.
Several Hon. Members had petitions of great importance to pre-
sent, and he'did not think that private business should take
precedence. Besides, no injury could be occasioned by de-
laying the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman for an hour,
particularly as he could, from his position in the House, bring
it forward at any moment he thought fit.
Mr. WILKS again rose, but was obliged to sit:down from
cries Of " Order."
Mr. W. PATTEN thought it would be better to proceed
at once with the discussions on the report, as there were so
many Members present interested in the question of Railways.
Mr. P. THOMPSON denied that injury could result from
delaying the presentation of petitions, and hoped the House
would allow him to proceed.
Mr. ROBINSON said, if it could be shown that any injury
would result from delaying the motion of the Right Hon.
Gentleman until five o'clock, why, let it be proceeded with ; but
in his opinion no such injury would be occasioned by it. He
hoped he might be allowed to present a
petition which he held
in his hand,
The SPEAKER put it to the House whether, from the
great accumulation of private business, it would not be better
to go on with the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman.
Mr. WILKS would defer to the opinion of the Speaker.
Mr. POULETT THOMPSON.—The course which be
proposed to follow was to call upon the House to agree to a
series of resolutions embodying the recommendations of the
Committee, of which he had the honour to be Chairman,
with a view to the future conduct of railway bills through
that House. He had for that purpose framed five or six
resolutions—the first of which would be to the effect
that the House do give instructions to whatever Committee
•tic Bill might be referred, to inquire satisfactorily into the
sever: points adverted to in the various petitions, as subjects
on which rise House should have information, The next reso-
lution referred !o the diVision in Committees, and the atten-
dance of Members. The third resolution was with regard to
giving time for the rinraination of List Committees, tea which
the several Railway Bii:s were to be referred ; and with a
view to an amicable acijustmoit between the parties, that these
Bills for the same line s;;nia4 go to the same Committee.
The 4th resolution would be oi2!" biy which the House would
be empowered to refuse to give for:l:ki lime to Committees
for making their reports, except under qwcial circum-
stances, in order that no delay should take place WI bringing
these Bills before the House. The last was, that the House,
whenever there should be three Railway Bills before it in a
state for the further consideration of the Report of tisgo Com-
mittee, would take the discussion on Tuesdays, prior to the
notices of motions, or other private business. These resolu-
tions were to be found embodied in the Report drawn up by
the Committee. It had been their most anxious wish to top-
sider as attentively as the House would permit, the best means
of affording information to the House. But they had two
things also to considerfirst, the best means of obtaining,
either through the Committee, or the House itself, the hest in-
f,;rination with regard to these different Bills. The other i
was .to take good care to do nothing that might be unjust
to those ::?ailway Bills that had been submitted to the Hoose
during the present Session, on the faith of the existing stand,
in;; orders, and in obedience to which they had been prepared,
they had found it impossible, whatever their private opmienti
might be of the propriety of such a course, to make any
alteration in the standing orders so far as regarde4 the Bills
introduced during the present Session. They hgl also 1;403
their best attention to putting an end to a syStem which ,
the Committee had reason to believe prevailed to SOMO ex-
tent—that of votes being made rather of favour than of judg-
ment. They had also endeavored to make arrangements '
by which the House should have such information as would
enable it to conic to a correct judgment on the comparative
merits of different lines, and, at the same time, afford ample
time for discussion. There was another point which attracted
considerable attention, and had been favourably received when
the subject had come under discussion before in that House—
be meant the propriety of sending Bills for similar lines to the
same Committee.—(ljear, hear.) They had been anxious
it
to aindtoopt
otpheartatpiolann,,tbhuut
hadw tienfotuhoei
ill had
wouldattempted
impossibletoca torry
do so with justice to the different 8i1,!,5, as the time
in which they wctalcl..take their different stages In filet nonio
would probably be ditfeferio mid one of them, after 11.,:in.;
taw read a second time, asa,,tl4 not with propriety, or
justice, be referred back to the List Gomittee before
which the osier pills were then pending.—(tfeaT, hear.)
Qoe Bill might have ,pc;sed the second reading while another
i9te
might only have passed the st,r4 F.eading, and might be thrown
out on ;Ile seeprid reading. Woula 1,11 kir or just then, that
each should hay,e;faa same power of nomination j Tl;e Corn-
s.::,•? that the parties might
p‘.4,1 tor "AZlways to Lon- '
mitteethooght it ,was ,tAie bpst to refer all Bills to ale' List
were
the three
agreeto Committees,
refer
don arid Brighton, to one CornyPittee,=.o-Year heal%) '1;
th7PeihaleY
duke time might be afforded after tiu5.04.10.,..e4n_ , t i'
g s the first'
,
Bill to sr;, pp the other, so that all the parties-eijkht stand
on equal grouee4, The Committee had not gone 'int.; :tho
question of what conaiaionhs,bould be imposed upon Railway
/ompanies—they thought tilt: Wozz ::as the proper place for
tat session to be decided. He wouletiitri skcio, move the ,
first iiesolntioi? Las above). Some objection gig 't to .115.44
to the resolution, but ba p could assure the House there was in
that Committee'the'niost ftrdent f 41;1 /0 !meet all the difficulties
,of tit° yery difficult case referred fo itll, off'
and 111 fri4ind most
carefully te,a4 gho
details, which were r ti.io vast importance. '
S.ir H. VERNE;y we* phe next speaker, brit lie spoke so
Bowe ;and the HOnse was so noisy, thatle was very imperfectly
heard in tim Davy., We underAtN, b,i,IP PMI ,that he wa.