The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-20 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.'

TUESDAY, JAN. 19.
Navy—Copy ordered, "of the Treasury minute respecting I
naval promotion to one vacancy in three, the number 01
officers on the list at the data of the minute, and the number
on the 30th day of September, 1846"—Sir C. Napier.
Steam Vessels (Navy)—Return ordered," of screw steam-
vessels laid down and launched since the Ist day of January,
1840; also, of iron steam-vessels laid down and launched
from the same time, distinguishing those with screw, their
tonnage, horse-power, and armament"—Sir C. Napier.
Shipping, Exports, &c.—Return ordered. " showing, for
each year, from 1816 to 1845, inclusive, the number of vessels
and of tonnage entered inwards and cleared outwards at each
of the twelve principal ports of the United Kingdom respec-
tively; also, the official and declared values of the exports,
and official value of the imports, fir each of the said ports,
during the same years respectively—Mr. Cardwell.
Corn—Account ordered, " of the total amount of duty re-
ceived upon foreign wheat imported between the sth day of .
July, 1846, and the 19th day of January, 1847.ng to the
; together
with the weekly average mi
price of wheat, acco
Gazette, in each week of the same period; and the quantities
imported and the quantities entered for consumption in each
week"—Mr. Cardwell.
NOTICES OF MOTIONS.
Lord John Russell—Committee of the whole House on the
corn. laws, Thursday, January 21.
Lord John Russell--Committee of the whole House on the
navigation-laws Thursday, January 21.
Mr. Moffatt Return of the amount of duty received on
sugar, from the sth day of April, 1846, to the sth day of
January, 1847; specifying the amount received under the
different rates of duty, Thursday, January 21.
Lord John Russell—Select Committee on the Law of Set-
tlement, Friday, January 22.
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer—That this House do re • .
solve itself into a Committee of the whole Horse on the
Customs and Excise Duties Acts, Friday, January 22.
Lord John Russell—To bring under the consideration of
the House the state of Ireland, Monday, January 25,
Mr. Secretary-at-War—Bill to abolish Poundage on Chel-
sea Pensioners, Tuesday, January 26.
Mr. John Feilden—Bill to limit the hours of labour of
young persons and females in factories to ten hours a day,
Tuesday, January 26.
Mr. Christie—To inquire into the Universities and Colleges
of Oxford and Cambridge, Tuesday, February 2.
Mr. Watson—Bill for the further repeal of enactments im-
posing pains and penalties upon her Majesty's RAn an Ca-
tholic subjects, on account of their religion, Tuesday, Feb. '2.
Mr. Poulett Scrope—Resolution, That the lives of the
people of Ireland ought to be as valuable in the eye of the
law as the lives of the people of England; consequently it is
expedient to extend to Ireland the main principle of the
English poor-law, namely, the right of the destitute pour to
relief, from a public provision, to save them from perishing,
Tuesday, February 2.

PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS

'HOUSE OF COMMONS.

(Room 22, before Mr. Examiner SMITH, and Mr. As,
sistant-Examiner FRERE.)

GLASGOW, DUMFRIES AND CARLISLE, AND
GLASGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK AM) AYR.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of IR .sterday.)
The next point raised was, whether the Clydesdale Junc-
tion Company, through a portion of whose property the
scheme under consideration was proposed to pass, should have
been referenced in this plans submitted.

The promoters of the Bill contended that such a course
was not necessary, as the Clydesdale line was not yet con •
tructed.
The Examiners decided that, considering the cont ingent or
equitable interest the Clydesdale Company had in the pro-
perty referred to, the name ought to have been inserted.
Alter some further evidence was taken on the alleged in•
accuracy of some of the levels, the Court adjourned till to-
morrow.
(Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY and Mr. Assistant-
Examiner GUNNaLL.)
WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH RAILWAY
AMENDMENT (No. 2).
"(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
The case closed with the memorials of William George
and William Russell, in which several allegations were sus-
tained.
The Court then adjourned till this day, at ten o'clock,
'Mr. May repeating the order of business he had named at
the opening of to-day.

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Her Majesty and Pr! Albert left the State Sal”ons at a
quarter before two o'clock, preceded by the Great Officers
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borne by the Pages of honour hi Waiting.
Her Majesty and the Piince descended the Grand Stair-
case and passed through the Library, through a temporary corridor, hung with handsome ciimson draperies, and-
richly carpeted, which had been erected for the occasion
across the terrace in the garden front of the Palace. ller
Hi ,liness 'w
Majesty and his Royal g ere conducted through
the corridor to the State coach by the Lord Chamberlain.
The Queen's Guard, composed of the Foot Guards, with
the band of the regiment, stationed in the Royal Garden,
received the Sovereign with the usual honours.
The State procession left the Palace by the Garden en-
trance in the following order :
A carriage, drawn by six bays, conveying the Gentlemen
Ushers, the Hon. Frederick Byng, Captain Courtenav Boyle,
R.N., and Colonel Diggle ; the Exon in Waiting of the
Yeoman Guard, Sir Samuel Hancock ; and a Page of Honour.
A carriage, drawn by a set of bays, conveying the Groom
of the Robes, Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour; the Groom in
Waiting, Colonel Berkeley Drummond; the Groom in Wait..
ing to Prince Albert, Captain Francis Seymour ; and a Page
of Honour, Mr. Forbes.
A carriage, drawn b)
• a set of bays, conveying the Comp-
troller of the Household, Lord Marcus Hill; the Master of
the Household, Major General Bowles; the Silver Stick in
Waiting, Colonel Bouverie ; and the Field Officer in Waiting,
Colonel Home.
A carriage, drawn by a set of bays, conveying the Cap-
tain of the Yeoman Guard, Viscount Falkland, G.C.11. ; the
Clerk Marshal, Lord AM ed Paget ; the Treasurer of the
Household, Lord Robert Grosvenor; and the Equerry in
Waiting to the Prince, Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon.
A carriage, drawn by a set of black horses, conveying the
Lord Steward, the Earl Fortescue ; the Gold Stick in Wait-
ing, Viscount Combermere, G.C.8.; the Lerd in Waiting,
the Earl Ducie; and the Lord in Waiting to the Prince,
Viscount Clifden.
The Queen's Marshalmen, two and two.
The Queen's Footmen in State liveries, two and twe.
Yeomen of the Guard.
The State coach, drawn by eight cream-coloured horses,
conveying her Majesty the Queen' his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, K.G. and K.G.F., the Mistress of the Robes,
the Duchess of Sutherland; and the Lady in Waiting, the
Marchioness of Douro.
The Crown was conveyed to the House of Lords by Sir
William Martins, Gentleman Usher.
The State Procession .returned to Buckingham Palace at
five minutes past three o'clock. The Lord Chamberlain
received her Majesty and her Royal Consort on alighting
from their carriage and conducted them to the State rooms.
The Yeoman Guard lined the lower rooms. Sir George
Philip Lee the Lieutenant, and Mr. Ellerthorp the Adjutant
of the corps, were present.
The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the Haymarket
Theatre with their presence yesterday evening. tie royal
suite consisted of the Marchioness of Douro, Earl Dude, Lord
Alfred Paget, and Colonel Seymour.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal walked yesterday
mcrning with her august parents in the royal gardens of
Buckingham
Palace.

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PEACES OF MEMBERS IN THEIIOUSE.—The seat
usually appropriated to the leader of the Opposition was
occupied by Lord Lincoln ; about three seats below Lord
Lircolu, on the front Opposition bench, were Lord George
Bentinck, Mr. Disraeli, and Mr. Bankes; and on the bench
immediately behind sat Mr. Ferrand.
THE LATE ACCIDENT AT BLACKFRIARS. The
three men who received such frightful injuries on Friday
night last at Mr. ginger's iron foundry, Blackfriars, are still
in a very precarious condition. The man George Richard-
son, who is in Guy's Hospital, remains without the slightest
hope of surviving the injuries. The other two are likely to
recover, and are in St. Thomas's Hospital.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—FEARFUL WOUNDS FROM ERY,
SIPELAS CURED BY HOLLLWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—Mr. A.
Coles, formerly in the employ of Mr. Oliver, coachmaker, Twicken-
ham, for five years, had been ill, off and on, for fourteen years, and
for the last seven he was continually under the care of one surgeon
or another, besides being a patiet4t for a considerable time at one
of the hospitals for settled erysipelas in both legs, which discharged
quantities of water, besides bumo"Ars issnin, from severs) Isrge
wotimis. ,
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