The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-21 00:00:00

NATION OF LORD ASHLEY.

Mr. HORSMAN wished to know whether it was
true that Lord Ashley had declined serving on the
Ecclesiastical Commission, and that the vacancy had
been filled up by Lord Sandon?
Sir GEORGE GREY said that, some time ago,
his Noble Friend the Member for Bath intimated to
him that his engagements prevented him giving that
attention to the Ecclesiastical Commission that he
could desire, and he therefore expressed a wish to re-
sign, but, during the vacation, he (Sir George Grey)
wrote to his Noble Friend, requesting him to suspend
his resignation until he (Sir George Grey) had se-
lected a suitable person for the office. Since then
Lord Sandon has been appointed.
Mr. BOND CABBELL, pursuant to notice, asked
the President of the Board of Trade whether the
Board of Trade, on public grounds, concurs in and
approves of the opinion and advice expressed in or
intimated by the Commissioners of Railways in their
last letter of the 12th day of November last to him
(Mr. Bond Cabbell), which closed the correspondence
with them and the Board of Trade, whereby the
Commissioners of Railways state as follows :—" That
in acknowledging the receipt of his communication of
the 11th inst., and with reference thereto, and to his
communications of the Bth and 11th inst., addressed to
the Board of Trade, to inform him, that, after mature
consideration, they are of opinion that no case has
been made out to call for a special reference to the
Commissioners of Railways by the Crown
on the subject of the Berks and Hants
(meaning the Hungerford Extension) Railway,
under the Act 9 and 10 Vict., c. 105, sec.
10 ; and that, at the same time, they acquainted
him that he was under a wrong impression in sup-
posing that the case has been already referred by the
Board of Trade to the Commissioners of Railways
under the Act of Parliament above mentioned." And
also asked the President of the Board of Trade
whether the Board of Trade intend to provide the
legislative redress for placing the town of Devises on
the proposed main line of the Great Western Rail-
way from London to Exeter, by the Bill still pending
for the proposed Berks and Hants (Hungerford Ex-
tension) Railway to Westbury, with a branch to De-
vizes, as prayed for by the inhabitants of the town of
of Devizes and its neighbourhood, in their memorial
and in their petitions, which are mentioned and re-
ferred to in the two notices on the Ist and 12th of
July last, of the pending motions in the case ?
Mr. LABOUCHERE replied that the whole
matter would come under the consideration of the
Railway Board, which he reminded the Hon. Mem-
ber was now a totally distinct department from the
Board of Trade.
THE DUBLIN PETITION.
Mr. G. A. HAMILTON moved the following re-
solution, which was agreed to !—" Consideration of
the petition of Edward Grogan, Esq., M.P. (presented
Dec. 17), complaining that the recognisance entered
into by the petitioners against the return is not in the
form prescribed by the Act 7 and 8 Vic., c. 103, and
that same be referred to the Committee to be appointed
to inquire into the petition presented by Sir Wil-
loughby Jones, Bart., M.P."
COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGE.
On the motion of Sir G. GREY, the Committee of
Privilege was nominated.
NEW ZEALAND BILL.

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The order of the day for the second reading of the
New Zealand Government Bill having been read,
Mr. LABOUCHERE (in reply to a question from
Mr. Gladstone) stated that all the information that
had been received up to the present date respecting
waste lands in New Zealand had been laid before the
House.

After a few words from Mr. AGLIONBY, who
eulogized the conduct of the settlers in that colony,
the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be
committed on Friday, February 4.
ASYLUM HARBOUR AT HOLYHEAD.

Mr. ANSTEY moved for " Copies of any printed
report forwarded to the Admiralty on the part of the
shipowners of Liverpool and others, in the course of
the present year, on the nature of the anchorage
ground of the proposed asylum harbour at Holyhead,
together with the plan annexed thereto—of a letter
addressed to Lord Auckland by Lieutenant-General
Sir Love Parry, K.G.H., in reference to the selection
of the officer and engineer appointed to examine the
anchorage ground of the said harbour in the year
1846—0 f the petitions of the shipowners of Liverpool
and the citizens of Dublin against the said asylum
harbour, which was presented to the House of Lords,
At the close of the last session of Parliament, and sub-
sequently referred to a Select Committee of their
Lordship's House, and of the report of the said Com-
mittee, and the minutes of the evidence taken before
them."
THE CHELTENHAM ELECTION.
Mr. WALPOLE moved for the " nomination of
a Select Committee for consideration of petition of
Sir Willoughby Jones, Bart., M.P.:—Mr. Walpole,
Mr. Attorney-General, Sir Frederick Thesiger, Sir
George Grey, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Sergeant Tal-
fourd, Mr. George Turner, Mr. Bernal, Mr. Greene,
Mr. Wrightson, and Sir William Heathcote."
The other orders of the day were then disposed of,
and the House, at a Quarter past Nine o'clock, ad-
journed till Thursday, the 3d of February next.

ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—SOMC consterna-
tion has been excited in the eastern border of this
county by an affair which has given occasion to the
lovers of gossip to indulge in sundry speculations. On
Saturday, the lady of a Baronet in that locality had a
dispute with her liege lord, and her anger, like the clime
which gave her birth, not being easily- cooled,
She left her husband's house, and took with her

A chosen servant to conduct her steps.
The Baronet, as soon as he found his lose, hurried in
pursuit, and reached the metropolis, where he lost all
trace of the fair fugitive, and returned disconsolate to his
mansion to seek that solace in shooting which he had
lost away from :it. On Wednesday, however, he ob-
tained further'information, and started:once more in pur-
suit of his lady ; but we have not yet heard with what
success.—Somerset County Herald.
The Bishop of Tasmania had an interview with
Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office.