The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-27 00:00:00

COMMONS INCLOSURE BILL.

This Bill was read a third time and passed.
Sir W. SONIEP VILLE obtained leave to bring in a Bill
to enable the Board of Werks to purchase a site for the erection
of a prison in Ireland.
Mr. FOX MAULE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to
regulate the stations of soldiers during Parliamentarvelections.
Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN obtained leave to bring in a Bill to
provide further facilities for the permanent improvement of
landed property in Ireland by the owners thereof.
Viscount SANDON nominated the Select Committee on
our commercial relations with China :Viscount —Viscount Sandon, Mr.
Francis Baring, Mr. Beckett. Dr. Bowring, 111 r. Brown, Mr.
Cardwell, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Harcourt, Mr. Hawes, Viscount
Jocelyn, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Moffatt, Mr. John Abel Smith,
Mr. Spooner, and Sir George Staunton.
Captain PECHELL moved for returns of slave vessels cap-
tured since the Ist day of January, 1842, distinguishing those
brought for adjudication before the Courts of Mixed Com •
mission and the several Vice- Admira!ty Courts; describing the
tonnage of each vessel, and the flag under which she was seized,
and whether such seizure took place in the presence of or with
the
.assistance of any foreign vessel of war, and of what nation ;
stating the number of slaves, if any, on board at the time of
seizure ; the date and decretal part of the sentence, whether
forfeiture or restitution, with the amount of proceeds
of sale or costs awarded ; also, the expenses of
condemnation as distinguished from the charges for breaking up
each vessel, and the period when the proceeds for distribUtion
were paid into the Registry of the High Court of Admiralty ;
of slave vessels that have been taken into her Majesty's service
since the Ist day of January, 1842; stating the tonnage, and
the appraised or estimated value of the hull and stores, and
the sum or sums which the Commissioners of the Admiralty
have deemed a proper price for the same.—Agreed to.
Also return of copies of the bills, disbursements, and fees of
the Marshal of the Vice-Admiralty Court of the Cape of Good
Hope, relative to the slave-vessels Jehovah and Diana, sold by
auction by virtue of decree of condemnation and sale, bearing
date the 22d day of February, 1840, and the 22d day of
January, 1846 ; together with the proceeds of sale of said ves-
sels, cargoes, and appurtenances, and the date when the same
was paid into the Registry of the High Court of Admiralty.
Agreed te.
The remaining orders of the day were then disposed of, and
the House adjourned at Half-past One o'clock-

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Comtnons.

FRIDAY, 3iAltell 26.

The following Railway Bills were presented, read a firs'
ime, and ordered to be read a second time:—

6ledonian (Edinburgh Station, and Branches to.Granton,
and to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway)—" to enable
the Caledonian Railway Company to extend their Station in
Edinburgh, and to make Branch Railways to Granton, and
to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway."
Caledonian (Branches to Wilsontown, to Fauldhouse, and
to Biggar and Broughton)—" to enable the Caledonian Rail-
way Company to make Branch Railways to Wilsontown, to
Fauldhouse, and to Biggar and Broughton."

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
The following Resolution was reported from the above
Committee

That in the case of the Westminster and Part of Middlesex
Sewers petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed
with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their
Bill on inserting the Notices for three successive weeks in
the London Gazette, and in some newspaper published in the
county ; and that the Committee on the Bill do examine, in
the first place, how far such orders have been complied with,
and do report the same to the House on the report of the
Bill.—Resolution agreed to.

NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE.
The following Railway Bill is appointed to be read a
second time on Tuesday, March 30 :
Coventry, Banbury, and Oxford Junction.