The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-08 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly' after Twelve
o'clock.

SECOND READINGS.
The London Bridge Approaches Fund Bill was read

a secund time, and ordered to be committed.
THIRD READINGS.
The Sutt,m Harbour Improvement Bill was read a

;bird time and passed.
REPORTS.
The following Reports were brought up, and agreed

Blandfot d and Bruton Railway.

Bristol and Exeter Railway (Taunton and Castle Cary

Branch).
Brooks' Divorce.

Dollar Institution (Nlylne's or APNabb's) Estate.
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway and Branches.

G odd ard's Estate.

Great Western- (Extension of the Berks and
Hants Railway from Hung erford to Westbury, with a
Branch to Devises).

lluggens' CoHoge Incorporation.
Salisbury and Yeovil Railway.
LORDS' AMENDMENTS.

The Lords' atnendruents to the following Bills were
considered and agreed to:—
Birroinghsin, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway
(Stourbridge and West Bromwich).
Eastern Counties Railway (Purchase of the North Wool-
wich Railway, &c.)
East Lancashire Railway (Deviations and Rawtenstall
Coal Branch).
"Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway Deviation and Amend-
ment.
Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway (Leith Exten-
sion).
Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway (Leith and
Granton Junction).
Great North ern Railway (Hertford, Hatfield, and St.
Albans Branch).
Guildford Extension and Portsmouth and Fareham
Railway.
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway (Deviations and
Alterations in Oldham Branch, &c.)
Inverness Harbour and Navigation.
Inverness Municipal and Police, &c.
London and North-Western Railway (Lease and Pur-
chase of the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway
and Canal, and the,Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester
Railway).
Lynn and Ely Railway '(Lynn. and Wormegay Navi-

gation).
Manchester and Leeds 'Railway (Alteration of Levels of
Brighous.e Branch of the West Riding Union Rail-
ways, and new Line into Leeds).
Midland Railway (MasbyOugh and Normanton Stations
Enlargement). '
St. Helen's Canal and Railway.(Warrington and Black-

. brook Branches, &c.)
Sandwich Haven.

Staff,rdshire Potteries Waterworks.
Westminster Improvements.
WITHDRAWAL OF THE HEALTH OF TOWNS

BILL.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL said—Sir, I am anxious,
before the House proceeds with the business before it,
to make a statement with respect to a most important
Bill now standing for consideration—l allude to the
Health of Towns Bill. The House is aware that the
Bill was introduced at an early period of the session.
Although the state of public business would not allow
it to be proceeded with until an advanced period of the
session. The Bill, as the House is aware, was read a
second time by a very large majority, and by a large
majority in Committee the clauses in the Bill that had
been adopted had been agreed to, and thereby the pre
amble of the Bill had been recognised. But lately, after
proceeding with the more important clauses consider-
able debate had arisen upon each clause, so
that on Monday only two clauses were disposed
of, and on Tuesday only one. There are several
other clauses in the Bill to which it is intended to move
amendments, and which would require discussion. Now,
under those circumstances, when I consider the descrip-
tion of the clauses in the Bill and the discussion that
those clauses are likely to lead to, while I think that
those clauses should be adopted; yet I cannot see that at
this period of the session, and of the present Parliament,
we are likely to obtain the result we aim at
without a very considerable period elapsing.
I do not wish to argue the question of what this delay
may be owing to. Some Bills are of that important
nature, such as the Reform Act, the Poor-law Act, the
English Corporation Act, that they require considerable
attention, and it was necessary that a long time should be
taken up in the'discussion thereon; another cause may
be that unnecessary opposition has been made for the
purpose of delay; another argument may be that the Bill
in itself is defective.—(" Hear, hear," froth Lord G. Ben-
tinck.) All I say is, that Ido not intend to argue
which is the case with respect to this Bill. I
have my own convictions upon the subject.
The Noble Lord opposite may have his opinions
also on the subject, and all I have to
request of him is, that he will be good enough to allow
me to retain my opinion on the subject.—([fear, hear.)
I cannot now hope to proceed with the Bill with any
success in the present session of Parliament.—(Hear,
hear.) I may say, also, that there is another more
special reason which applies to the present circumstances.
We are not only now entered into the month of July,
and are advancing towards the middle of the month, but
we are also arrived at a time when the Parliament is
approaching its termination. I believe the House has
now sat for a.longer number of years than any Parlia-
ment since' the year 1826. No Parliament since that
year has sat so long as the present one, and as we
approach the sixth year of its existence there is naturally
a general expectation of dissolution, and with that ex-
pectation there is of course the usual expense and ex-
citement attendant upon the canvass of Hon. Members ;
and I believe that this is another strong reason
why the Government should come to the conclusion not
to proceed with the Bill.—(lronical cheers.) tßut, at the
same time, I would not allow any single word to drop
from me which would at' all signify that my confidence
in the principle of the Bill as adopted by the majority of
the House is at all shaken.—(Hear, hear.) The ques-
tion is one which excites the greatest interest in the
country, and no person will deny that it is a subject for
which legislation is required, and therefore it is not to be
supposed that, in dropping this Bill at the present time,
the Government have given up the subject altogether,
and that we shall not insist at as early a period as pos-
sible upon such amendments of the existing law as may
be required. With this statement, Sir, of the reasons why
the Government do not wish to go on with the Bill,
and not wishing to excite any irritating discussion on
the subject, I shall, therefore, move that the order of
the day for the Committee on the Health of Towns Bill
be read, for the purpose of beins. discharged.
Mr. STUART was happy to hear the statement of the
Noble Lord at the head of the Government. He be-
lieved that the Bill was a mistake from the beginning to
the end of it, and that it was based upon a false system.
He trusted that the Government wonld consider well
before they brought forward the measure in another
Parliament. He looked upon the measure which the
Noble Lord had most wisely withdrawn as a bait for li-
tigation—(Hear, hear)—and it behoved the Government
to consider whether they could not do something to
make Acts of Parliament more simple.—(Hear, hear.)
He trusted the next attempt at legislation on this subject
would be of a more simple character, and that, instead of
having an Act with 57 clauses, they would have one with
ten.—(Hear, hear.) Although he deeply regretted the
failure of the Bill on the present occasion, he thought
the Noble Lord at the head of the Government had
adopted the only course thai was open to him.
Mr. AGLIONBY was sorry that the Bill had been
withdrawn, but at the same time he felt bound to admit
that the Government had pursued the only course that
was left open to them.
Lord MAIION thought the Noble Lord at the head
of the Government had adopted a wise course in with-
drawing the Bill.
Sir W. CL was also of opinion that the Noble Lord
had adopted the only course that was left open to him in
withdrawing the Bill.
its I(LEFT SITTING.)

TRAINING THE YOUNG IDEA.—The following ad-
vertisement appears in a recent New York paper :—" A
young lady, perfectly competent, wishes to form a class
of young mothers and nurses, and to instruct them in
the art of talking to infants in such manner as• will in-
terest and please them. She flatters herself that her
peculiar tact and great experience in this most important
braiich of household duties .will-enable her to give entire
.satisfaction."

SDAKSPERE'S HOUSE. " Leonatus Posthumus"
has favoured us with the following suggestion regarding
t hea ttheproposition
proof
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may
their to
the purchase of the Stratford property, not without an
ruhelateveoermi objectomtrheendprivilege
shilling also
subscriptions, ‘g‘i 3dvling yfirsso
first m
estimation of his unrivalled genius;
that no difficulty would be found in raising the rt quired
sum, even among the members and councillors of the
various literary and mechanics' institutes, with which
this country happily abounds. Should this expectation
be realised, I would further suggest, that a college or
asylum be erected and endowed for the orphans of the
necessitous children of literary individuals, an institution
we may readily conceive to be a great desideratum,"_
Douglas Jerrold's Weekly Newspaper.
DEPLORABLE ACCIDENT.—On Monday Mr. J.
Payne, the Deputy Coroner, held an inquest at the Vestry
Hall, Tooley-street, Borough, on the body of William
Hull Bennett, aged 27, whose death occurred under the
following deplorable circumstances. It appeared from
the evidence that the deceased belonged to a Deptford
boat, called the Mercury, and on Friday evening he pro
ceeded to Billingsgate with some of the crew, and early
the following morning (Saturday) he was at Battle-
bridge stairs, Tooley-street, and in getting into a water-
man's boat he missed his footing and slipped into the
water. Being unable to swim he was carried with the
tide, and was never seen more above the surface until
the body was hooked out by means of the drags, some
distance from the spot where he fell. Verdict, "Acci-
dentally drowned."
Tits KING OF HOLLAND.—We read in the Eman-
cipation of Brussels of Sunday :—" According to accounts
we have received from an undoubted source, the King
of the Netherlands has had another relapse, and his
health, which had previously excited some apprehen-
sion, is again in an alarming state."
It is repOrted that the subject of granting a pen-
sion to Major General Sir Harry Smith, for his services
in the east, will shortly be brought before the East India
Directors, should that body not. anticipate the wish of
the gallant officer's, friends by. !at
_once granting the
same.