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London, England, 1847-06-11 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

1'0:I1'S)10111:11, « EDNESDAY.-A coertereartiel. MM.
air Ctiaries 1i.C.8., pre-
; ('.taro ef the Vietery ; Capitol) Sir
jee,,,•; setlinw, or the wee; Ceieate Cha,ds, of the
Exe,•ll, nt Captain Lueletige,n, o. the Veegeance ;
i'qeein Milne, of the St. Vincent; Cap;aeu the flora. D.
Peite_to, of 'he Odin ; Cal taen Dec; or the Aver•ger ;
e-d Mr. G. L. Greethatn, Deputy Jiwge- Advocate if
,he F tee, ass. ieb•ed this miring at t•in- e'cieck, on
re•eril %he Victory, 104, Cat t,,ia 13,.‘sc e flag ship (e Ad
miral Sir Charles ogle, Commander in-Ctoef, to try
Wiluam Thurman, private marine of the third class,
beloeging to her Majesty's steameiloop Scourge, Com-
mander J. C. Caffin, on the following charges, preferred
b that officer:-
1. For disobedience of the order of Li,-utenant W.
Cr.:wterd, in having, on or about the 21st of May, 1847,
Klllybegs,. Ireland. left the Scourge, while a prisoner
at large, and got en board her Majesty's store ship An-
dromeda, alu glide Hell the Scourge wa, then lash d,
et d afterwards, when brow; ht had{ to the ship by Rem-
hardier W. Ramsay, of the Royal Mariee Artillery,
refu•ing to remain under charge of the s ntry at the
geoezway, aid making use of most disgestine language
to Corp. ral Staples and Colour-sergeant Forward.
"2. For haviig On various occasions. between the 23i
of February and thy 25th of May, 1847, behaved in an
insub,rdieute and din atening manner towards Colour
seigeant Jae es Forward, of the Royal Marines, and
Corp ‘ral Staples, of the Royal M Artillery, of her
..lej,st,y's steam, sloop Scourge, fur disobedience of the
orders of the said colour-sergeant and corporal, and for
usinc disgusting language towards them.'
These charges were in direct violation of the 2d, 19th,
anti, 22,1 articles of war, for a breach of which it should
be unuersteod the prisoner was tried, the penalty
therein prescribed for conviction then eon being death,
er such ether punishment as a court• martial shall think
fit to irnpo-e, and as the nature and degree of the off nee
shall deserve. Fl OM this the Court have no power to
deviate.
It is impossible we can give any portion of the evi-
dence in this case ; it was too disgusting and impious
for repetition. We never heard a trial wherein the pri-
soner exhibited so thoroughly infamous a character as
in ;his. Commander Caffin's humanity was totally lost
upon him ; no man could have shown more forbearance
than that officer has done towards the prisoner—very
few half as much. The captain of the company to
which the prisoner was attached had been compelled to
refuse to take him on detached service to Ireland with
him. Ho c Lme on board the Scourge without a cha-
racter, although he had been in the Marine corps
seven years.
The Court showed a willing disposition to admit every
point of extenuation in favour of the prisoner, but none
could be adduced.

After a trial of six hours, one and a half of which
was spent in deliberation, the Court adjudged the charges
to have been fully proved, except such parts of the first
charge which allege disgusting language to have been
ii,ed towards Colour sergeant Forward and Corporal
Staples, a!,(1 sentenced the prisoner to receive 50 lashes
on board the scourge, to he imprisoned 12 mouths in
Winch.-ster gaol, Bed kept to hard labour the whole of
that tire-, except during one month (the last), when he
would be kept in solitary confinement. and to forfeit all
pay and servitude. He would inevitably have been
hanged at the yard-arm for less than one-halt of the
cremes laid to his charge and proved before this c‘eurt a
few veal., since.
When his Royal Highness Prince 0,-car of Sweden
was going over the dockyard yeste•rcla.t he was much
struck with the facility with which the blocks were made
by BI unel's machinery, and also with the patent :node
(Brewer's) of manufacturing tiiose important necessaries
in a ship', rigging, being quite rtitlerent to the plan
pr.ictised in every other es ablishin. nt. His Highness
asked for one of these blocks to eurry to his own coun
try with him, and this morning Captain Pasco sent one
(a 10 inch) with some treenails on b.eard the Eng. nie.
for the Prince's accepttence. The patent blocks now
manataetured in this yard are supealt tee all other kinds.
iefini•ely so to the galvaniz.d iron eirticla of the same
deseription, some of whicn were made trial of in this
establishment some years since, and conch-mhed we,
failures, the gdvanisin not preventing corrosion of the
iron, the shaepte.ss of the edges of which and the friction
cotolxne i cuts and otherwise damages the ropes coining
in contact with them. It is believed the patent wood
block will bec:ane universal all over the marttime world
on account of its immense sustaining powers combined
wish everlasting durability.
A private letter from the Collingwood, 80, Captain
Smart, flag of Rear •Admiral Sir George Seymour, Com-
mander in. Chief of the Pacific, dated Valparitiso,Tete:B,
1847, says—" The Curae,rant steam sloop, Commander
Seymour, and the Sampson steam-frigate, Captain Hen-
derson, besides ourselves, are in harbour here. The
Carysfort, 26, Captain Seymour, sailed on the 6th for
the Leeward Islands to get a freight of money for us to
bring home. She is expected to be away about nine
months. We expect to be homeward bound in twelve
months. We do not expect to sail from Valparaiso until
the middle of March, when we shall embark the Admiral
and family and sail for Callao and the Leeward Islands.
The Admiral shifted his flag from blue to white in con-
sequence of the late brevet promotion on the 17th of
January. .

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LARDS, June 10.

. _
The Earl SHAFTESBURY took his s..at upon the
Woo6Aek at Fiv, ,)'v4,ck
DIOCESE OF KILDARE.

The Archbishop of DUBLIN p,tsented a petition
from the Protestant AAioeiation of Bath fur the restora-
tion of the dii,eev,e of KiLlare.

REPRi.EEENTATIVE PEERS (SCOTLAND) RILL.
On the nr,tion the Earl of EGLIN TON this
Bill was rail a third +ime.

INFLUX OF IRISH PAUPERS INTO LIVER•

POOL, &c.

Lord BROUGHAM pr,sented a petition from Swan-
sea, praying that all national education should be. based
upon secular principles; also a petition from Liverpool,
complaining of thw influx of Irish paupers into
that town. Already, the pctiti.n stated, had
several of the inhanitants of Livertool, includ-
ing six captains of Irish steam .vessels, fallen
victims t th fever these paupers had imported into the
town, and the petitioners prayed that some measures
sfe.tiA be adopt, d by the Legislature to prevent Ireland
rum emptying her diseased, infirm, and starving popu-
lati. n into the town.

was not to be debarred from resisting every future crea-
tion that may pe,,posed upon th- same principle.
The Bishop of SALISBURY regrsttcd that this Bill
had beeo placed in tli bands of Not,le Lords at so late
a p-riod as this moriat,e, and preventing thereby that
careful and deliberate attention which a Bill so important
des, rved at the hands of th,,ir Lordships. The objec-
tions urged by the Noble Lord against this Bill were
such as hart often been rip,ated in this House, and had
as often been moat complutelv answered. The present
Bill proposed to remedy an t- universally admitted, viz.,
that of the large amount of superintendence which de-
volved upon the present Bishops, and their inadequacy
to the performance in a proper manner of those high
and important duties. And it was from a deep sense of
the necessity of an increase in the number of Bishops,
that he and his Right Reverend Brethren were resolved
to give their most cordial assent to the Bill now before
their Lordship's House.
Earl FITZWILLAM concurred with the observation
of the Noble Lord, that it would be a serious anomaly
that there should be one Bishop who had not a seat in
their Lordships House in common with the other Right
Rev. Prelates. Pe felt quite convinced that there was a
necessity for a very extensive addition to the present
number of Bishops, and he thought also that it would
be de-irable that a careful subdivision of the large
dioceses already existing, with a view to a more efficient
administration of the duties which devolved upon those
Right Rev. Frelates. _ _ _

The Bishop of OXFORD wished to tender his most
hearty thanks to the Government for having brought in
the present Bill, and for having given their minds
heartily and warmly to the consideration of the ques-
tion. He thought, however, that there were some
grave objections to the measure. The position of the
English Bishop required that his funds should be ample
and fully equal to that which they at present received.
It was not a seat in the House which required the ne-
cessity of those funds. It had been said that seats in
this House gave the Bishops a great deal of power ; be
did not believe that such was the case. On the contrary,
he thought that seats in that House tended to a dimi-
nution of the spiritual authority of their Lordships. He
wished their Lordships to pass the Bill with the greatest
possible unanimity, but at the same time with some
minor amendments which seemed to him necessary; but
one great fundamental difficulty met with in the Bill was
the limiting of the new Bishops to four, because if they
limited the number of spiritual teachers, they would
limit the spiritual instruction of the people. He thought
that the exten.ion of the see should be a matter to be
dealt with on a future occasion.
After a few words from the Bishop of BANGOR in
favour of the B 11, and expressive of his thanks to the
Government for its introduction, and from Earl Powis,
the purport of whose observations could not be heard in
the gallery (he was understood, however, to support the
WIN
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, as none of the
Noble Lords who had addressed the House had ex-
pressed their intention to oppose the Bill, it would be
necessary for him to detain their Lordships with a few
observations. He did not feel satisfied at present
to rest only with a Bishopric of Manchester,
because he thought that they must carry their reform
further, and increase the number to tour. The funds by
which the three additional bishops would be sustained
were accruing, and when he looked at the extent of the
population, at its rapid increase, and its increased
spiritual wants, he confessed that he considered three
additional bishops absolutely necessary, and as soon as
the funds now accruing were provided, the three would
be appointed. Her Majesty's Government believed that
they were faithfully discharging their duty in bringing
forward this Bill. The amendments proposed would be
printed and placed in the hands of their Lordships, and
wh n they came under their attention, he confidently
trusted that they might be favoured with the p.tesence of
the Right Rev. Prelate at the head of the Church, whose
presence on all occasions was gratifying.
The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to
be reported VI-morrow.
RAILWAY RESOLUTIONS BILL.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented the report
of the Select Committee appointed to report relative to
the suspension of the Railway Bills of this session, and
moved that it he considered.

Lord KINNAIRD considered that the Bill would not
prevent the evils it was intended to obviate; for iristance,
it said that interest was not to be paid upon calls. He
thought that these resolutions had been passed without
due consideration.

Lord REDESDALE said that he was opposed to
those resolutions on many accounts. He considered
them especially objectionable, as binding the House of
Commons to a course which they were utterly unable to
carry out. They gave the Railway Companies, having
Bills before Parliament, the option of su,pending in this
session, and resuming the same Bill in the next. Now,
it was notorious that the very constitution of that House
rendered any arrangement of this nature futile, because
no arrangement entered into by this, would be binding
in the next Parliament.

After a few words from Lord GRENVILLE, the re-
solutions, with amendments, were agreed to, and their
Lordships adjourned soon after Eight o'clock.

fiOUSB OF COMMONS, June 10.

The SPEAKER took the Chair to-day at Twelveo'clock.
RAILWAY RESOLUTIONS.
On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX-
CHEQUER, the adjourned debate, on the railway reso-
lut+iohnes
SPEAKERiv, as c d
he
advwi I
gt h.
put the first resolution, which
was to the tollowingeffect:—" That the promoters of all
Railway Bills in the present session of Parliament shall
be empowered on the second reading, or on the comple
tion of any subsequent stage of any such Bill, to suspend
any further proceeding in the present session, with the
option, under the . following conditions, of proceeding
with the same Bill in the next session of Parliament, at
the stage where the Bill shall be now suspended,"
Mr. R. HODGSON moved as an amendment to insert
" or where the Bill shall have been referred to a Com-
mittee, hut the case of the promoters shall not have been
opened."
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no
objection to the amendment, and it was consequently
agreed to.
Colonel T. WOOD wished to know why these reso-
lutions should not. be imperative upon all railways?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ob
served that he had stated yesterday the grounds upon
which he thought the adoption of such a course inex-
pedient.
The resolution was then agreed to with the amend-
ments proposed by Mr R. Hodgson.
The following Constisions were also agreed to, with a
few verbal atuendim nts:—

" The promoters of such Bills are to give notice in the
Private Bill-office, on or before the 18th day of June; or if
the Bill shall be in Committee, then within six days of the
report of the Committee, of their intention to suspend any
further proceedings thereon, on the completion of some sub-
sequent stage of the Bill.
" Tile promoters of such Bills are to give notice by adver-
tisement for three successive weeks, in October and Novem-
ber, in the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Gazette, as the
case may be, and in the local paper or papers usually in cir-
culation in any part ot the country through which the line
of railway is proposed to pass, of-their intention to present a
petition for the re-introduction of any t.uch Bill.
•• Ipon a petition for leave to bring in a railway Bill
being presented during the session of 1848, and referred to
the Examiner of Petitions, he is to examine whether the pe-
tition be the same in substance as and• petition for the same
purpose, and from the same parties, which was presented in
the session of 1847 ; and in that case, whether any Bill
brought into the House in pursuance of such petition in the
session of 1847 was pending in either House of Parliament
on the termination of such session, and, if so, whether a sub-
scription contract, as required by the standing orders, bind-
ing in the usual way the subscribers to the undertaking, has
been entered into, and is valid at the time ot such inquiry,
and whether the deposit of 1(l. per cent. upon such sub-
scriptions is lodged in the manner required by the standing
orders. _ _

• _
" In suctt case, and In proof of such notice having been
given as aforesaid, and if it appears that such Bill had,
in the session of 1847, been suspended in the House of
Lords, or in the House of Commons, on or after the second
reading, the standing orders with respect to any such Bill,
are to be held to have been complied with.
" The time between the second reading of any such Bill
ani the meeting of the Committee thereon is shortened to
three clear days, the parties to give the regular notices at
the Private Bill-office. _ _ _

"In case such Bill shall have been reported in the ses-
sion of 1847, the Committee on the Bill are to examine
whether the Bill be in every respect the same as such
former Bill at the last stage of its proceeding in the House
in the session of 1847, and in such case no evidence is to
be received by such Committee ; and on the reception and
adoption by the House of a report of such Committee
that the Bill referred to them is in every respect the same
as such former Bill at the last stage of its proceeding in
the House in the s scion of 1847, such Bill may be ordered
to be engrossed without any further proceeding in respect
thereof." _ _

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved
the second resolution:—

" That the deposits made in respect of all railway Bills,
the proceedings on which shall have been suspended, shall be
returned to the depositors; but that before proceeding in a
future session, deposits to the same amount shall be again
duly paid in, according to the standing orders of the House
of Commons."
Mr. B. VENISON considered that the words of the
resolution were extremely lc& finite.
Boifll,ththoaset
Mr. GISBORNE considered that these resolutions
would not relieve them from the mire of railway legisla-
tion
'use the
in winch they were mrolreii. He would give
tribunals and the forms by which Railway Bills were
passed. Unless some reformation in these tribunals was
)gbts
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cersuc,e,w(:nr,
enead, i
railway
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si.
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before
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incompetent
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originyh e n i
made no satisfactory issue could ever be attained.
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occurring on the
which were nightly
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The House inquired
lobby on a division, and regulated their vote aceorlingl),
said he considered that the House
aittiouoi they knew nothing about the matter. The
possibb. for him to go into the subject at that time, as
he had a Committee to attend.
shownEij iiist3elEf a very incomperent and also a very in-
chiainlY,irs.ient tribunal in those matters. But be must say
that the resolutions which he brought forward at the
commencement ce the session had answered every pur-
p,se for which they were intend, d.
- TH. CHANCELLOR 0. the X'."IIIEQUER said
that it was ih., intenti.,n of t,ie Government to bring
forwa; d the Railways Bill at the very earliest possible

1111,Inee..t.
After a few Norda from Mr. HODGSON, the resolu-
tion was agreed to.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved
the third resolution:—
" That a clause shall be inserted in every Railway Bill,
way of discount on sub-
in the present and every future session of Parliament, pro-
hibiting the payment of any interest or dividend in respect
os
co of r
osn(sex
capitalcat
pre-paid, u
authorised
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atyom
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the such
Bill,
either
by

TUE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1847._

means of calls, or of any power of borrowing contained
therein."
Mr. ENTWISLE would not oppose the resolution.
but he leated that it would lrad to abuses, and would
give an advantage to wealthy companies over poor ones.
Mr. B. DENISON thought the present a most unfair
resolution, which prevented the interest being paid spun
all Bills which had been introduced in the present
session ; it would injure the depositors who had paid
this money on the condition of receiving interest ; it
would prevent those parties who were only depositors
now from being subscribers when the Bill was obtained,
as they would say, you cannot fulfil your agreement
with us to pay interest. They ought not to make a post
facto law. He had no objection to such a resolution
being made applicable to future Bills. He proposed an
amendment, that after the words " Railway Bill" should
be inserted the words " introduced for the first time in
any session of Parliament.'
Mr. RICARDO said that it had been stated that the
withdrawal of powers for the payment of interest on
capital was a discredit to Parliament. He thought that
the insertion of such a clause was a discredit, for it in-
duced people to believe that they were investing their
money instead of speculating with it. He had always
struck out such clauses when they came before him upon
Railway Committees. In order to pay the interest, the
calls, instead of being 21. 10s., were 21. 155., and the ss.
was paid back in the shape of interest at the end of six
months. The thing was a delusion and a snare, and he
was obliged to the Right Hon. Gentleman for turning
his attention to it.

After a few words from Mr. H. HINDE,
Mr. RUSSELL said that he thought that the clause
empowering the payment of interest upon capital
was the greatest boon to those who really sought to
invest their money in these enterprises. He regretted
that any attempt should be made to strike it out. He
wished to know whether this resolution was to be ap-
plied to capital already raised as well as capital to be
raised.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said no,
it would not. It did not repeal what was already done.
Mr. HUME said, that in voting for this resolution he
voted for it under the impression that it was to be ap-
plied to all railway Bills. It was, however, a good
enactment, and he hoped that the House would sup-
port it.
Mr. HUDSON said that when the payment of inte-
rest was introduced it was given when railway enter-
prise required all the encouragement that could be
given to it. He thought that even then the principle
was wrong, and that it ought not to have been given,
for it was paying out of one pocket of the shareholder to
put into the other. He thought that under the present
system of railway legislation the principle was perfectly
unsound.

Mr. RUSSELL said that what he stated was, that it
tended to introduce a more substantial class of specula-
tors than had come forward in the first instance.
Sir G. S fRICKLA.ND wished to know whether they
could justly extend this clause to those railway Bills
which had already gone through Committee. He thought
that the introduction of such a clause threw a great re-
sponsibility tic& the House ' • and though he entirely
disapproved of the payment of interest upon capital in
these eases, he felt bound to support the amendment
which had been introduced, in order to avoid doing any
injustice to the parties interested in these speculations.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER wished
to ask whether, supposing this clause not to have been
embodied, and the Railway Committees of their own
wills refused such a power, what would have been said
then* No complaint could have been made, and yet
when the Government sought to interfere to repress un-
certain and gambling speculations, the strongest oppo-
sition was offered.
Mr. GROGAN said that the very discussion which
had taken place upon this paragraph clearly showed
that some alteration in the present system was necessary,
and the only matter of regret was that this step had not
been taken earlier.—(Hear, hear.) Had this resolution
been proposed earlier in the session a great deal of
difficulty would have been avoided, for Bills which had
been passed in the commencement of the session had the
power of paying interest, while those which came for-
ward late would not have this power. He thought that
the clause should apply to all future Bills and to all which
had been passed this session.
Mr. CHAPLIN said that he entirely agreed with the
resolutions generally, but he thought that in repressing
wild speculation many of the old lines were damaged,
and were compelled to suffer for that which was not their
fault.
After a few words from Lord CLIVE,

Mr. HODGSON said that this measure would greatly
injure those shareholders who had signed their con-
tracts under the agreement that interest would be paid
upon their calls. .
Mr. BAILEY said that he thought it was a very
great hardship upon those parties who had come
to Parliament, at a very great expense, to impose
these restrictions upon them without due notice being
given. He thought that the justice of the case would
be much better met by making these resolutions apply
to next session only.
Mr. STRUTT said that it could not be unjust upon
the parties, for there was no implied understanding
on the part of Parliament to grant such a power as the
power of paying interest upon capital, and it was always
at the option of Committees to refuse it.
Mr. REDHEAD YORKE said there could be no
doubt that the principle was a bad one, but he thought
that it was unfair upon those parties who had come
before them in expectation of the power, and who would
perhaps never have come if they did not think they
would get it.
The House then divided, when there appeared—

•
For the resolution - 70
For the amendment 27
Majority for the resolution —43
The clause was then agreed to.
Clause 4, " That in all cases of application to Parlia-
ment by existing railway companies, either for power to
construct branches or extensions, er to contribute to-
wards the expense of constructing other lines of rail-
ways, a subscription contract for three-fourths of such
ad4itional capital as may be required for these purposes
shall be given in, beyond the capital authorised for the
existing lines, and deposits shall be duly paid thereon ;"
and clause s—" That a clause shall be inserted in every
railway Bill in the present and every future session of
Parliament, prohibiting any railway company from pay-
ing out of the capital which they. have been authorised to
raise for the purpose of any existing Act, the deposits
required by the standing orders to be made for the pur-
poses of any application to Parliament for a Bill for the
construction of another railway,"—were then agreed to.
On clause 6, " Thit in every Bill of the present ses-
sion containing powers of purchase, sale, lease, or amal-
gamation, a clause shall be inserted prohibiting any
company from exercising such powers until they shall
have proved to the satisfaction of the Railway Commis-
sioners that they have paid up and expended for the
purposes authorised by their Acts, a sum equal to one-
half of the capital authorised to be raised thereby,"
ueing proposed,
Mr Ht DGSON wished to know whether it was to
be proved that there had been paid away in some manner
for the purposes of the railway a sum equal to one-half
of the whole capital to be raised in the proposed pro-
ceeding of the company, as well as equal to one half of
that which they were already authorised to raise?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that the clause referred to one-half of the aggregate
capital the company was already authorised to raise.
Mr. HODGSON moved that the words " that they
shall have proved to the satisfaction of the Railway
Commissioners" be omitted.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that he could not consent to any such amendment, as it
was extremely desirable that some test should be estab-
lished.

Mr. BAILEY said that he thought the resolution
would operate most hardly upon all companies, but old
companies.
Mr. HUME said, that this resolution would have the
effect of putting down what was already admitted to be
a grievance. It was a matter of prudence that the pre-
sent system of persons lending their names to companies,
of the merits of which they were ignorant, should be pre-
vented.
After a mere verbal amendment the resolution was
agreed to.
The 7th resolution, viz.—
" That in future sessions of Parliament no powers of
purchase, sale, lease, or amalgamation shall be contained
in any Act for the construction of a railway."—Agreed to.
On Resolution 8, viz.:—
" That in future sessions of Parliament no powers
of purchase, sale, lease, or amalgamation shall be given
to any railway company or companies, unless previous
to their application to Parliament for such purpose they
shall have proved to the satisfaction of the Railway
Commissioners that they have respectively paid up and
expended, for the purposes authorised by their Act, a
sum equal to one-half of the capital authorised to be
raised thereby," being read,
Mr. HODGSON proposed that the words "unless
previous to their application to Parliament" be omitted.
The amendment was negatived, and the resolution
was agreed to.
Resolution 9, viz., " That no railway company shall
in the present or any future session of Parliament be
authorised, except for the execution of its original line,
to guarantee interest on any shares which it may issue
for creating additional capital, or to guarantee any rent
or dividend to any other railway company, until such
first-mentioned company shall have completed and
opened for traffic its original line."—Agreed to.
Resolutions 10 and 11, viz., " That in Bills in the
present, or any future session of Parliament, for the
amalgamation of Railway Companies, the amount of ca-
pital created by such amalgamation hall in no case ex-
ceed the sum of the capitals of the companies so amal-
gamated.
'• That in Bills in the present or any future session of
Parliament, empowering any railway company to pur-
chase any other railway, no addition shall be authorised
to be made to the capital of the purchasing company,
purchased P atr
purchasing
gh premium
company.
all
ißctwifrietaoalngorfe proposed that some resolution
cbheyasoendd
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property
for railways. He thought companies
interest only when they commenced constructing
pay
their works.
Mr. S MUTT explained that this grievance applied to
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the general Act for taking land.
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The business for which the House met being ended,
the House adjourned till Five o'clock.

The House re-asseTHmbled at Five o'clock.
IRD READINGS.
The Manchester, Buxton. and Midland Junction Rail-
way Bill wa. read a tnird time and passed.
The Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway,