The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-09 00:00:00

THAMES.

Sir F. THESIGER moved " That the petition of the
Masters of the Bench of the Honourable Society of the
Inner Temple be referred to the Committee on the
Thames Conservancy Bill, and that they have leave
to appear and be :heard before the said Committee."
The operation of the Bill would be to interfere with the
free access of the frequenters of the garden, and there-
fore they had a right to be heard.
After a few words from Mr. GREENE, which did
not reach the gallery,
The motion was withdrawn.

The following Bills were read a second time, and
ordered to be committed :

Kingston-upon Hull Duck Company.
Poyntzfield Estate (Lords).
Surrey and Kent Commission of Sewers.
The reports upon the following Bills were brought up,
and ordered to lie upon the table :
East of Fife Railway (Markinch Deviation).
London and North-Western Railway (Ormskirk and
Rainford Branch, &c.)
York and Newcastle, Newcastle and Berwick, and North
British Railways Amalgamation.
The following reports were further considered, and
ordered to be engrossed :
Aberdeen and Great North of Scotland Railways Amal-
gamation or Leasing.
Aberdeen Railway (Brechin Branch Deviation).
Airdrie and Bathgate Junction Railway (Amendment

and Deviation).
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway
(Deviation of Main Line and Chester Branch, &c.)
Blackburn, Dar wen, and Bolton Railway Acts Amend-
ment (Diversions of Line in the parishes of Blackburn
and Belton-in-the Moors).

Boston, St•mford, and Birmingham Railway (Branch to
Wisbech Harbour and Wisbech Harbour Improve-
ment).
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway (Wisbech
to Sutton Bridge, &c.)
Buckingham and Brackley Junction Railway, and Ox-
ford and Bletchley Junction Railway Companies
Amalgamation and Extension of Lines.
Cheltenham and Oxford Railway.
Eastern Comities Railway (Wisbech to Spalding).
East Lancashire Railway (Southportßranch, and Preston

Extension).
Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Burntisland Pier, &c )
Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction Railway
(Cowlairs Branch).
Great Northern Railway (Branch to King's Lynn).
Great Western Railway (Amendment and Extensions).
Leeds Central Railway Station.
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Deviation of Main Line in

Crimple Valley, &c.)
London and North-Western Railway (Kenilworth to
Berkswell, Branches and Extensions, &c.)
London and North-Western Railway (St. Alban's, Luton
and Dunstable Branch.)
London and North-Western Railway (Birmingham and
Lichfield Line, &c.)
Lon ion and North-Western Railway (Lime street,
Liverpool, Station, Extension, &c.)
Lynn and Ely Railway (Lynn and Wormegay Navi-
gation.)
Manchester and Leeds Railway (Branch from the Hud-
dersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway to Barnsley,
and Extension of Holmfirth Branch.)
. _ .

Manchester and Leeds Railway (Blanches, Extensions,
Deviations. and Alterations of Levels, and other
Works)—(a Clause to be proposed.)
Manchester and Southport Railway and Branches.
Manchester and Leeds Railway (Alteration of Levels of
Brighouse Branch of the West Riding Union RailwaYi
and New Line into Leeds )
Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway (Deviation).
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction
Railway Deviations.
Man-hPster, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Branch
at Bugs worth to join the Peak Forest Canal Tramway
and Amendment of Acts).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Louth
and liorneastle and East Lincolnshire Junction
Branches) (a Clause to be proposed).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Sta-
tion Approach in Manchester).
Midland Railway (Erewash Valley, &c.)
Midland Railway (Leicester and Swanningtoa Railway,
Widening, Deviation, and Branches, Enlargement of
Leicester Station, and extending Powers as to Ibstock
Branch).
Midland Railway (Syston and Peterborough Railway
Deviations and Approach to Manton Station).
Mold Railway.
North Western Railway (Diversions at Skipton, Caster-

ton, and Sedbergh).
Portadown and Dungannon Railway.
St. Helen's Canal and Railway (Warrington
_ and Black-
_ _

brook Branches, &c.)
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway (Branches and
Station).
South-Eastern Railway (North Kent and Bricklayers'
Arms Junction).
Strathtay and Breadalbane Extension Railway.
York and North Midland Railway (Harrogate Branch,
Extension, and Terminus).
The following Bills were read a third time and
passed:—
Lancashire, Cheshire, and North Wales Drainage and
Inclosure Companies Incorporation Bill.
Wexford Free Bridge.
The Lords' Amendments to the following Bills were
considered and agreed to:—
Bingley Gas Bill.
Darwen Waterworks and Reservoirs Bill.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.

Mr. GISBORNE rose to call the attention of the
House to a paragraph which appeared in the Times
newspaper connected with the late lamentable loss of
life at Dee Bridge. Mr. Locke (who was doubtless well
known to many Members of that House as an eminent
ergineer, who had been particularly fortunate in the
character and stability of his works), was reported
to have said at the coroner's inquest that great blame
was attached to the Board of Works, the Railway Com-
missioners, and the Admiralty. who required that bridges
should he built with that large span which was likely to
endanger the safety of human life. He (Mr. Gisborne),
thought it his duty to bring forward this matter before
the House ; but before he did so, he referred to Mr.
Locke hitny.if, and he would, as nearly as he could
recollect, state what was the substance of the conversa-
tian held with that gentleman. After seine remarks,
Mr. Locke said that the Lords of the Admiralty and the
Beard of Trade were disposed in the first case to attend
more to the requireme the water way than to
the safety of the public.nts of
He added that Mr.
Stephenson, Mr. Brunel, and himself had addressed
a letter to Lord Dalhousie, embodying these opinions,
a hich letter had twv,r been replied to. He (Mr. Gis-
borne) thought it right to bring this matter before the
Howe in order to give his Right Hon. Friend at the
h. ad of the Railway Board an oppnruni'y of making
an'. statetn, nt he pleased upon the t•aatter.
yir S I'RUTT said that Mr. Locke had brought a
serious charge against three of the Government depart-
ments which he ought to be well prepared to justify.
To the statements that the railway commission,. s
req tired bridges of unneetiss try span, he would reply
Ithat the railway eetnnussi..tiers had never interfered
~„„h .ir requir.d bridges of ex raw dinar) span, or. in-
deed, spans of any kind which world involve danger to