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London, England, 1847-06-05 00:00:00

SECOND READINGS.

The following Bill, were read a• becond• time, and
ordered to be committed :—Leiih Harbour and Docks
Dues ; Lincoln's Inn Rating ; Ltverpuol Fire and Life
Insurance Company.
REPORTS.

The following reports were brought up, and ordered
to 1;e on the table :
Aberdeen and Great North of Scotland Rail Ways Amal-
gamation or Least. g.
Aberdeen Railway (Brechin Branch Deviation).
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway (Warwick
and Stratford Line).
Buckingham and Bra Iley Junction Railway, and Ox-
ford and Bletehley Junction Railway Companies
Amalgamation and Extension of Lines.
Cheltenham and Oxford Railway.
East Lancashire Railway (Southport Branch and Preston
Ex ension).
East Lancashire Railway (Burnley Connecting Line).
East. Lancashire Railway (Clitheroe, Milton, and Pali-
ham Branches).
Ea.t Lancashire Railway (Bury to Manchester).
Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Burntisland Pier, &c.)
Edinburgh Waterworks.
Great Northern Railway (Extension to Leeds and
Wakefield Deviation of Methley Branch of Wakefield,
Pontefract, and Goole Railway).
Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland Junction Railway.
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (deviation of main line in
Crimple Valley, &c.)
London an North-Western Railway (Ormskirk and
Rainford Branch, &c.)
London and North Wes' ern Railway (Kenilworth to
Berkawell Branches and Extensions, &c.)
London and North-Western Railway (St. Alban's, Lu-
ton, and Dunstable Branch).
Manchester and Leeds Railway (Branches, Extensions,
Deviations, and Alterations of Levels, and other
Works).

Midland Railway (Cheltenham, Warwick, and Leaming-
ton Line).
North-Western Railway (Diversions at Skipton, Caster-
toil, and Sedbergh).
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway (No. 1)
Extension and Amendment.
Portadown and Dungannon Railway.
Rochdale Canal (Sale to the Manchester and Leeds Rail-
way Company).
St. Helen's Canal and Railway (Warrington and Black-
brook B, anches, &c.)
York and Newcastle, Newcastle and Berwick, and North
British Railways Amalgamation.
MANCHESTER AND SOUTHPORT RAILWAY.
On the motion of Mr. ROEBUCK, le ive was given to
the Committee on the Manchester and Southport Rail-
way Bill to make their report this day, notwiths anding
one clear day's notice had not been given in the Private
Bill-office
_; and the report was brought up and ordered
to lie on the table.
THAMES CONSERVANCY.

Mr. DUNCOMBE moved that Mr. Wortley and Mr.
Cardwell be added to the Committee on the Thames
Conservancy Bill.
Mr. WARD objected to the motion, and intimated
hi- should be compelled to vote against him it it were
forced to a division.

Sir R. IL INGLIS thought a sufficient case had been
made out yesterday to warrant an addition to the Corn-
mittee. •

Mr. T. DUNCO MBE thought that no objection would
be urged by the Committee to the assistance of gentle-
men of ability, like his Hon. Friends Mr. Cardwell and
Mr. Wortley. They not only would, by the addition of
hese gentlemen, be receiving an infusion of new blood,
but of legal blood—(Laughter)—which was still better ;
and after what they had heard yesterday he did not
think that the House would do well to remit the ques-
tion to the same Conamittee7—a Committee composed of
the Admiralty and the Court of Aldermen—(Laughter)
—a happy conjunction.—(Laughter.) Why, the Court
of Aldermen were of opinion that if they did not get
this Bill through Parliament this session they would cot
get it through at all, and therefore it was that they
were so opposed to the introduction of new Members.
Mr. WILLIAMS was not surprised that the Secre-
tary to the Admiralty should be opposed to this Com-
mittee, for when, as he understood, the Committee
were themselves divided in opinion upon the Bill, the
lion. the Secretary to the Admiralty decided in its
Favour by his casting vote. But the Hon. the Secretary
said that this Bill should be approved of, and he con-
sidered that the Court of Aldermen was a proper Court
to have charge of this Bill.
Mr. WARD explained in a few words.
Sir DE LACY EVANS said that if the motion of
the Hon. Member for Finsbury should net be carried
he would feel it his duty to propose that the Hon. Mem-
ber for Finsbury and the Hon. Member for Westminster
be appointed conservators of the River, in addition to
the Members appointed by the Bill.
Mr. HODGSON was understood to oppose the motion.
Mr. uunE could not assent to the propositions which
nad been made, and he believed unquestionably that the
change which he recommended would be serviceable, yet
he was ready to accede to the decision of the House.—
(Cries of " Divide, divide.")
on n,Ao th.n Aastrorl fnr a.
The motion was agreed to without a division.
BELFAST IMPR3VEMENT.

ISeitast
Improvement Bill do not proceed with the said Bill until
the returns relative to the Belfast Corporation shall
have been laid before the House. He understood that

the motion was to be resisted by a Noble Lord opposite,
tit cause it was supposed that he wanted to get rid of
this Committee by a side wind, but really and truly he
had no such desire. He entertained no doubt whatever
that no case could be made out for the Bill, and sure he
was that it would be defeated in a legitimate manner ;
but if the inquiry were gone into, he wanted the Com-
mittee to be in possession of information that would
enable them to arrive at a just and proper conclusion.
Mr. F. FRENCH trusted the House would not esta-
blish the dangerous precedent of entertaining a resolution
of this nature. The Bill was generally approved by the
authorities. It had been reported upon favourably by
the Admiralty Surveyor, and he did not think it right
that any obstacles should be thrown in the way of the
Bill. He trusted under these circumstances Mr. Hume
would not sanction the motion of the Hon. Gentleman.
After a few worts from Lord CHICHESTER,
Mr. GREENE would submit tojihe Hon. Member op-
posite whether it would not be better to leave it to the
Committee themselves.
Mr. ROSS assented to this suggestion, and the motion
was accordingly withdrawn.
MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS.
M-sseng.-1.4 from the Lords brought up several Bills.