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

COMMONS INCLOSURE BILL.

This Bill was read a thin time and passed.
Sir W. SOMER VILLE obtained leave to bring in a Bill
to enable the Board of Wefts to purchase a site for the erection
of a prison in Ireland.
Mr. FOX MAULE obtined leave to bring in a Bill to
regulate the stations of solders during Parliamentaryelections.
Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN ibtained leave to bring in a Bill to
provide further facilities fo. the permanent improvement of
landed property in Ireland b 7 the owners thereof.
Viscount SANDON noninated the Select Committee on
our commercial relations with China :—Viscount Sandon, Mr.
Francis Baring, Mr. Becket, Dr. Bowring, Mr. Brown, Mr.
Cardwell, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Hareourt, 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 Joinery, 1842, distinguishing those
brought for adjudication bqore the Courts of Mixed Com •
mission and the several Vice• Admiralty Courts; describing the
tonnage of each vessel, and tle.tiag under which she was seized,
and whether such seizure tock place in the presence of or with
the assistance of any foreign vessel of war, and of what nation ;
stating the number of slave, if any, on board at the time of
seizure ; the date and decntal part of the sentencef 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 bull 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 Rouse of Commons.

FRIDAY, MARCH 26.

The following Railway Rills were presented, read a full
ime, and ordered to be read a second time :

Caledonian (Edinburgh Station, and Branches to Granton,
and to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway)—" to enable
tho 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."