The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-28 00:00:00

GROUP XIX.

Thz select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills
comprised in this Group, resumed its sitting this morning for the lint
time since the Easter recess. Lord Harry Vane in the Chair.
RID GEWATER AND MAID ENII Z AD.
The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee were of o, inion
that the preamble to this Bill had not been proved.

ment had come to a wise judgment, and that it had appeared in 1
the course of the discussion that nothing had been more foreign
in the compilation of the Act than the want of foresight. It
should be recollected that at the commencement of the last
session the Board of Trade had declared that, under the
circumstances, certain classes should be recommended
as objectionable, that others should be delayed, and
that others again should be recommended for ap-
proval ; but to this the Committee had turned a
deaf ear, and a now classification had been adopted. There
were, first, those lines which had obtained a certain standing
in Parliament during last year. There were, secondly, those
which were proposed by the existing Companies. Thirdly,
those which were promoted with a view to the coast defences of
the country ; and, lastly, those which proposed to shorten the
distances between places on the existing lines. With regard to
some of those lines it was stated, as in regard to the Great
Western and the approaches to Exeter, that they went thirty
miles round. There was no doubt but that it was highly de-
sirable to shorten these distances to the public, whenever that
object could be accomplished with safety and economy.
The Earl of NC ICKLOW hoped that an alteration would be
made in the resolutions, requiring the meeting to be held be-
fore the committee on the Bill, instead of before the third
reading. Parties would then be saved the great expense of
bringing up witnesses and obtaining evidence.
Lord REDESD AL E said that many alterations might be
made in Committee, which would alter the character of the Bill
altogether, and therefore it was essential that the meetings
should be held after the Committees had disposed of the Bills.
lie would just say, that in his opinion railway companies ought
to be allowed to borrow money ; they ought to call up all their
shares.
The Earl of RADNOR objected to the resolutions alto•
gether. He did not see why parties who in a gambling spirit
had got themselves into difficulties, were to be relieved by Par-
liamentary interference. Parliament was stultifying itself by
such a resolution as this. They had rules, and to those rules
they ought rigidly to adhere. He looked upon these resolu-
tions as holding out an encouragement for a revival of the
system which they had just passed through. He believed the
resolutions were altogether unnecessary.
Earl FITZWILLIANI did not object to the resolutions, but
he must say that the state of things which had called them forth
was a rather disgraceful feature in the conduct of the Govern-
ment. 'f hey were by this side-wind going to get rid of the
difficulty in which they found themselves, which might have
been prevented had proper steps been taken at the proper
period. He approved of the resolutions, because they were a
loophole by which the present difficulty could be
avoided. But after all, they were trusting to the
chapter of accidents, for they had no security that the good
lines would be adopted and the bad ones rejected. He thought
that a board for the control of these matters should be ap-
pointed ; and he only regretted that more confidence had not
been placed in the Railway Department of the Board of Trade
when it was in existence; but he trusted the Government
would remodel it, giving it an efficient staff of engineers to
work with.
The Earl of DALHOUSIE replied, he did not believe
that such a traffic in scrip would take place as to influence the
meetings that were to be called. He had consulted those who
were practically acquainted with the subject, and their opinion
was that nothing of the sort could take place. As to another
objection, that of scrip bring surreptitiously issued by pro
visional committees, it must be recollected that no scrip could
be available at the proposed meetings that had not been issued
prior to the 31st of March last. With respect to the Bills
which had reached the third reading being allowed to pass the
House, it must be borne in mind that a resolution preciseiy
similar to the one he now proposed had passed the other House
of Parliament, and therefore any Bill which passed the third
reading in the House of Lords would be subjected to the reso-
lutions of the other House of Parliament.
The resolutions were then agreed to, and the House ad-
ourned.

HOUSE OF COMMOIS, April 27.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
BRIDPORT ELECTION.
Mr. C. WOOD reported to the House that the Committee
appointed to inquire into the merits of the Bridport election
had decided that Mr. Baillie Cochrane had not been duly
elected to represent the borough of Bridport, and that Mr.
Romilly had been duly elected to serve in Parliament for that
borough, and ought to have been returned. The Clerk of the
Crown was ordered to attend tomorrow to amend the report.
GENERAL TERMINUS AND GLASGOW HAR-
BOUR RAILWAY BILL.
On the further consideration of the report on this Bill, Mr.
HuatE was about to make a motion, for the purpose of having
the further evidence laid on the table, when the Hon. Member
was interrupted by
The SPEAKER, who said that it would not be in cattier to
make such a motion until the second reading of the Bill. The
report was then agreed to.
Mr. ESCOTT moved that Mr. Smith O'Brien be ordered
to attend on the Committee, of which he was appointed a
member.
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN observed that he was there to re-
present his Irish constituents, and not to serve on the Com-
mittees of English railways. He should, therefore, refuse to
attend.
The result of the motion was that Mr. Smith O'Brien was
ordered to attend.
SECOND READINGS.
The following Bills were read a second time, and ordered to
be committed, viz. :
Holme Reservoirs.
Cambridge Improvement.
Forth and Clyde Junction Railway.
Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction Railway.
Glasgow Municipal, Police and Statute Labour.
Oldham, Manchester, Liverpool, and Birkenhead Junction
Railway.
Alliance Gas Company.
Portbury Pier and Railway.
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester ( Whaley-
bridge and Hayfield Branches).
Ipswich and Bury St, Edmund's Railway (Extension to Ely,
with a Brach therefrom).
London and Birmingham Railway (Weedon and Northamp-
ton).
West Cornwall Railway.
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway.
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth IlethNay.
South Devon Railway (No. 2—Amendment and Branches).
Midland Railway (Clay Cross to Newark).
REPORTS.
The following reports were brought up, the amendments
and alterations agreed to, and the Bills ordered to be engrossed,
yiz. :
Electric Telegrah Company (further proceeding on considera-
tiun of report).
Perth and Crieff Direct Railway.
East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley Railway.
Helensburgh Extension and Police.
Helensburgh Harbour.
Glasgow Union Arcade.
Glasgow Harbour Mineral Railway.
Colchester Navigation Improvement.
Leicester Improvement.
Great Western and Wycombe Railway.
Great Western and Uxbridge Railway.
Saint Austell Small Debts.
Burnley Improvement and Waterworks.
West of Scotland Junction Railway.
Stafford New Gas.
Eastern Union and Harwich Railway and Pier.
Ashburton, Newton, and South Deyon Railway.
London and Brighton Railway (Wandsworth Branch).
Rugby and Stamford Railway.
THIRD READINGS.
The following Bills were read a third time and passed, viz.:—
Scottish Midland Junction Railway Branches.
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan Railway.
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Amendment and Branch es
Clyde Dock and Harbour.
South-Eastern Railway (No. 11)—(Rye to Rye Harbour).
South-Eastern Railway (No. 7)—(Extension of Stations at
Ashford).
Exeter and Exmouth Railway.
Midland Railway (S)ston to Peterborough Deviation and
Branches).
Glasgow, Paisley.liilmarnock, and Ayr Railway—No. 1.
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway—No. 2.
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway—No. 3.
Weston-super. Mare Pier.
Brighton and Chichester Railway:(Bognor and Littleharnptcn
Branch).
London and Brighton Railway (East Midland Branch).
REFUSAL TO SERVE ON COMMIT FEES.
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN—Sir, I understood you to put
a question from the Chair, to the effect that
I should be ordered to attend a Committee of
this House to-morrow. I stated at the time that it was my
intention to attend this House as the representative of my con-
stituents. I deny the authority of the House to compel me to
attend the Committees; and I beg leave respectfully to state
that it is my intention not to attend the Committee to-
morrow.
Alr. HUME presented a petition against the proposed
amalgamation of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway with
the Forth and Clyde Canal Navigation Company.
Mr. GRAINGER presented a petition from Durham in
favour of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill.
Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS presented a petition from Essex
against the union of the secs of St. Asaph and Bangor.
Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from Norwich
against the Irish Coercion Bill.
Mr. ESTCOURT brought up the report of the Standing
Orders' Committee.
Lord G. BEN I'INCK presented a petition in favour of the
Erewash Valley Railway.
IRISH FISHERIES.

Colonel CONOLLY gave notiee that he would on to-
morrow present a petition against the Salmon Fisheries (Ire-
land) Bill, praying for a repeal of the same.
Mr. POWER moved that leave of absence be given to Col.
Westenra.—Agreed to.
CRIME IN IRELAND.
Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL moved that the returnse with
regard to crime in Ireland, presented a few o, be
presented.—Ordered.
THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD'S PROPERTY—
EVICTION OF TENANTS.
On the order of the day for the adjourned debate being read,
Major BERESFORD rose and said, that having been
temporarilyt absent from the House, he took the present oppor-
nuonmitpLyr;agoinflrreteofseurrnmring to a transaction that happened the other
night, when dlusion was made to the Marquis of Waterford's
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property. Before, however, entering into that matter, he
must protest against the doctrine, (though no landlord had
re honestly discharged the duty than the Noble Marquis)
that. every individual should be made subject to Parliamentary
oninquiry and comment on mere prima facia evidence based
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tions, and considering that the report was correct, had made
use of it in the course of argument. The only remark he had
to make was that he was a little astonished that the Hon-
ourable Member should be so ready to give credence to
a report furnished from that source front which (if Lis memory
served him rightly) not a long time since some reports had
issued with regard 'to his Learned and Hon. father. The
Hon. Member for Kilkenny was the individual, who in a
public address, declared the statement to be false,
and who published a letter declaring that the
source from which the information was obtained was an
incorrect one. Under these cirumstances, he wished that the
Hon. Gentleman would have had some degree of caution in
making his statements affecting the property of other people.
With the permission of the House, he would read the state-
ment. The Hon. Meat' er here read from a newspaper an
article, stating that a village en the estate of Lord Water-
ford, containing 150 families, or 277 persons, had
been rased to the ground, and the families turned out destitute.
Now he would state the exact truth of the case. It seemed
that about thirty or forty years ago there were a numleer of
small tenements let to a number of persons ; these occupying
tenants permitted a great number of cabins to be built upon
the property ; a great number of these persons came from a
distance, and were not reared upon the property as it
was stated. When the lease expired, the agent went
t° Kilraaetomas, and offered to each of them a sum of money
for Pulling down their own wretched houses ; the offer was
thankfully accepted, and with their own hands they pulled
down the cabins; the agent then went away, and after

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL' 28, 1846.