The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-08 00:00:00

THIRD READINGS.

The following Bills were read a third time and passed, viz. :
Willingham Inclosure and Drainage.
Welsh Charity School Incorporation.
Birmingham Cemetery.
Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction Railway (further pro-
ceeding, by order).
London and Brighton Railway (East Grinstead Branch)—
( by order).
Brighton and Chichester Railway ( Bognor and Littlehampton
Branches)—(by order).
South Eastern Railway (Extension of Stations at Ashford)—
(by order),
Mahon, Witham, and Braintree Railway (by order).
Scottish Grand Junction Railway (by order).
Lord G. SOMERSET moved that all proceedings on rail-
ways shall, after Thursday next, be postponed until Monday
the 27th day of this instant April. There could be no doubt
that this adjournment of railway proceedings would afford great
facilities for those companies who were doubtful of the pro-
priety of carrying on their Pills to obtain the opinion of the
majority of their shareholders. Parties would be put to great
expense if they were called together immediately oti the re-
assembling of Parliament, if anything during the first week of
its re-assembling was done that interfered with the further
progress of this scheme. It was to obviate this expense that
he proposed the postponement for a fortnight.
On the question being put,
Lord H. VANE said he merely rose, as the member of a
Committee, to say that the motion would be a serious in-
convenience to the Committee on which he was
engaged, as it had nearly terminated its labours.
He dno objection to the motion as a general proposition, but
there were cases in which Committees had nearly closed their
investigations; and to prevent their sitting on the assembling
of Parliament, would put the parties to great inconvenience
as well as expense.
After a few words from Lord J. STEWART,
Mr. ESCOTT thought that the expenses to the share-
holders would be the same, whether the Committees met in a
week hence or in three weeks. He was on that account dis-
posed to support the motion of the Noble Lord.
Mr. PROTHEROE thought that a serious inconvenience
would be induced by this delay from the want of Committee-
rooms. It would be better to dispose of as many of the Bills
as possible, instead of deferring the consideration of them until
the business of Parliament had greatly accumulated.
Mr. LABOUCHERE rather took the views of the Noble
Lord opposite than of the friends beside him on this matter.
He thought that a period longer than ten days would be ad-
vantageous to the shareholders, as it would give them time to
mature their future plans.
After a few words from Sir John Easthope, the O'Conor
Don, and Mr. Thornely,
Mr. WAKLEY requested the Noble Lord to postpone his
motion until to-morrow, because all parties would be surprised
and considerably inconvenienced if it were persisted in this
evening.

Sir G. CLERK supported the motion of the Noble Lord.
He believed the House was unanimous on the previous night in
allowing parties time to consider whether they would rather
wind up than go on with many of the Bills now before Par-
liament.

Mr. BECKETT DENISON hoped the motion of the Noble
Lord would be read, for he was not himself aware of its exact
tendency.
Sir WILLIAM HEATHCOTE wished to learn whether
the motion of the Noble Lord included petitions on private
Bills generally. He had much experience of the manner in
which petitions against Bills were urged in Committee, and he
thought that if the motion included the presentation of peti-
tions for and against Bills it would prevent much expense and
trouble ; and it could not be of injury to any of the parties, in-
asmuch as it was possible they would, after having had time to
consider of the steps they should take, withdraw the Bills
altogether. He would, therefore, suggest to the Noble Lord
that the motion, as originally framed, would be much better.
Lord G. SOMERSET declined to restrict the motion only
to the Bills in a particular stage.
After a few words from Mr. ESTCOURT and Lord WORSLEY,
Mr. STRUTT said, in the Sub-committee of which he was
chairman, there were petitions for Bills which were grouped in
Committeess appointed to meet on the 27th instant, Many of
these petitious were yet unheard, and if the Sub-committee
were obliged to adjourn to the day on which the Committees on
groups met, it would be attended with considerable inconve-
nience.—( Hear.)
The motion was then put and agreed to.
Lord G. SOMERSET then moved that no railway Bill be
read a third time before the 27th instant.

Lord JAMES STUART said that the Scottish Grand
Junction was a Bill to which there was no opposition what-
ever, and it was one, if passed, which would be the means of im-
mediately employing a large number of persons who were at
present much distressed.

The LORD ADVOCATE thought, under the peculiar
circumstances of the case, that this Bill ought to be read a
third time at once.

The motion was then agreed to.
The Willingham Inclosure and Drainage Bill was read a
third time and passed.
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