The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1848.

After a short conversation, the clause, as amended,
was agreed to.
On clause 31, compelling the local board to send maps
of the sewers to the general board, being proposed,
Mr. HENLEY thought that the clause would be use-
less, because the local board could send up plans which
they knew would be rejected by the general board. He
thought it would be better to leave out the clause alto-
gether.
Lord MORPETH consented to the introduction of
words which would not make it compulsory on the local
boards to send plans.

--rile clause was then agreed to, as were the clauses up
to 39.

On clause 39, requiring the report of the surveyor with
respect to the sewers when a new house is to be built,
being proposed,
Mr. GRANGER thought it would create confusion
to require the party to have the report of the surveyor
after his plan had been approved of.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL did not think they
should allow the party building the house to be the
judge of the sufficiency of the sewer.
Mr. HENLEY hoped that the surveyor was not to
receive payment for making his report.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the local
board might discharge the surveyor if he made any
charge.
The clause was then agreed to.
Clauses 40 to 49 were agreed to, with verbal amend.
ments.
On clause 50 (relating to smoke consumption),
Mr. FOLEY moved to exempt from the operation of
the clause " mines and works for the manufacture of
bricks and other articles of clay."
Dr. BONTRING supported the amendment.
Mr. THORNELY said it was also very important that
iron works should be excluded.
Captain PECHELL hoped public baths would be
forced to consume their own smoke.
sLANEY said that their object was to get rid of
nuisances arising from smoke, but he hoped colleries
would be exempted from its operation, as in any other
case the'owners would set their faces against that Bill
and impede its operation.
Lord MORPETH said he had had much doubt whe-
ther he ought to make any exemptions from the opera-
tion of this clause ; but as a general law was said by
practical men not to be practicable, he thought he had
better make some concession. He could not, however,
make exemption in cases of premises worked by
steam-engines any
; but in the case of the mines and works
alludedlto he should be happy to meet the Hon. Mem-
ber's views.
After some conversation,

Sir J. WALMSLEY expressed his hope, that how-
ever stringent the clause might be made as regarded
towns, it would be more lenient as regarded rural dis-
tricts. The Noble Lord was not perhaps aware that a
large quantity of coals was consumed in what was called
open burning, and if these were operated upon by the
clause a great quantity of coals must be destroyed. He
(Sir J. Walmsley) had had several communications
from Stafordshire on the subject, all deprecating the
clause. He trusted that the Noble Lord would give it
some further consideration.

Mr. BAILEY thought that there would be great diffi-
culty in carrying out the clause in many districts. He
consumed 1,100 tons of coals per day, and employed
10,000 men, and he feared that these extensive trans-
actions would be greatly impeded by the shortness of
the notice.

Mr. HUTT hoped that Sunderland would be ex-
empted from the operation of the Bill. In its present
form the measure would wholly destroy the manufacture
of coke.

Lord MORPETH consented to postpone the clause,
and in the meantime would give the suggestions of Hon.
Members the fullest consideration.
Clauses 51 to 56 inclusive were agreed to; upon which,
The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and obtained
leave to sit again on Monday.
LUNATIC ASYLUMS (SCOTLAND).
The LORD ADVOCATE moved that the Select
Committee on the Lunatic Asylums (Scotland) Bill do
consist of twenty-one Members, and that the following
Members be the Committee:—The Lord Advocate, Lord
Ashley, Sir J. Graham, the Secretary-at-War, Mr.
Traill, Mr. Charteris, Mr. Solicitor-General for Scot-
land, Colonel Mere, Mr. J. Loch, Sir G. Clerk, Viscount
Melgund, Mr. E. Ellice, Nlr. S. Wortley, Mr. G. Craig,
Viscount Drumlanrig, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Home Drum-
mond, Mr. C. Howard, Mr. Fergus, Mr. Smollett, and
Mr. Fordyce.
On the motion of Mr. FORBES, Mr. M'Neill's name
was substituted for that of the Solicitor-General for
Scotland, and the motion agreed to in that form.
The House adjourned at Half past Twelve.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
(From the Votes and Precezdings of the Rouse of Commons.

FRIDAY, MAT 19.
The following Bills are ordered to be read a third
time on Monday, May 22:
Aberdare Railway Act Amendment (Lease of Liae and
Works to the Taff Railway Company).
Barrow Harbour.
Chester Cemetery.
Forth and Clyde Navigation and Airdrie and Coat-
bridge Water.
Heneage's Divorce.
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Alteration of Levels of
' Leeds and Hartlepool Railway in Eaglescliff•, Pres-
ton, and Stockton, kc.)
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Shef-
field Canal Purchase).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Ash-
ton Canal Purchase).
Midland Railway (Alteration of the Line and Branches
near Wellingborough, and Approach to the Welling-
borough Station).
North British Railway (No. I—lncrease and Division
of Capital).
Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway.
York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (late York and
Newcastle Railway Main Line Improvement, &c.)

NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE.
The Committee of Selection have nominated the fol-
lowing Select Committees on Groups of Railway and
other Private Bills:
A Committee consisting of—Mr. Packe (Chairman),
Mr. John Neeld, Mr. Osman Ricardo, the O'Gorman
Mahon, and Sir Alexander Hood, to whom they have
referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 13 (Rail-
ways), viz.:—
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (Re-
vision of Maximum Tolls and Charges on the Glas-
gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railways).
Caledonian Railway (Purchase or Lease of Wishaw and
Coltness Railway),
\Vishaw and Coltness Railway (Deviation, Connecting
Branch, and Improvement).
Caledonian Railway (Branches connecting the Clydes-
dale Junction and Wishaw and Coltness Railways, &c.)
The Committee to meet on Tuesday, May 30, at one.
A Committee consisting of—the Right Hon. T. Milner
Gibson (Chairman), the Earl of Shelburne, Sir Arthur
Brooke, Mr. Ferrer, and Mr. W. M. Bunbury, to whom
they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 7
(Railways), viz.
RoyStOn and Hitchin Railway (Extension to Cambridge
and Branches).
Direct London and Portsmouth Railway.
London and Blackwall Railway (Connecting Branch, &c.)
Eastern Counties Railway (Enlargement of London and
Stratford Stations, and Amendment of Acts), Amend-
ment of Act.
The Committee to meet on Tuesday, May 30, at one.
A Committee.
J. coL. nsiiado
sitiiengro,f—RoVni.sGco.uwnt.
FBitaxrwriinligiatown,
(Chairman), Nir
and Mr. Stephenson, to whom they have
Bills comprised in Group No. 11 (Private
Bills referred Colonelno not Reid,t
bheeing Railways), via. :
New Grand Canal (Ireland).
Newry Navigation.
The Committee to meet on Thursday, June 1, at one.
Select Committee on Group No. 10 (Railways).
Mr. Manners Sutton discharged; Viscount Galway
selected and added to the Committee.

Panel No. 6.
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The following s the Panel from which Members will
be selected to serve
.on the Select Committees on Groups
Nos. 1 and 11 (railways), which will commence their
sittings in the week beginning Monday, June 5, during
which weak the Members on the Panel will be required
to be in attendance:7-
Bailey, Joseph, Jun. Farnham, Edward B.
Brooke,Blackal' Samuel
Sir Baring, Henry a Fox, Richard M.
Bentinck' Lord Henry Goring, Charles
Lewis, Sir T. Frank
Pigot, Sir Robert
Caulfeild, James M. Talbot, J. Hyacinth
T
Cholineley, Sir lg. Tennent, Robert J.
D'Eyncourt, C. .
Arthur \‘r.

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THE TEMPERATURE'TUE WEATHER.—For the
last fortnight we have had weather unusually warm for
the first two weeks of May. Indeed, for the last seven
days the thermometer has daily reached 70 degrees
and upwards Fahrenheit- The first time it stood
at 70 degrees was on Wednesday, the 3d instant;
on the 4th and sth it reached 72 degrees; then
followed four cooler days, but on Wednesday the
10th, it again reached 72 degrees; on the 11th, 76
degrees; on the 12th, 74 degrees, and on Saturday
days on which
last, its maximum this season, of 77 degrees.
On Saturday evening and Sunday there was a
cool breeze, with occasionally a few small drops
of rain, and on Sunday the thermometer was
not higher than seventy-two degrees. On Monday,
and again yesterday, it reached 74 degrees. Last year
there were only four days in May when the mercury
reached 70 degrees; and the maximum temperature
of that month was 75 degrees, on the 28tb. In
temperature exceeded 70 degrees; and the
maximum of that mouth was 76 de reel, on the 3d.
Jthuene., 1847, there were ouly five
the sky From Saturday afternoon to last evenief
pre-
sented appearances which led to a genera expectation of
rain, which is now very much wanted in the. country, both
for garden and field produce,—vegetatpn beginning
to suffer from the drought, and the land in places very
much cracked. The glass continued falling, and last
evening shortly after five o'clock, the
. parched earth in
this neighbourhood was refreshed with gentle showers
of rain, which continued during the greater part of
the evening, but with little wind from the west. We are
disposed to think that this agreeable change in the wea-
ther is not merely local; for we find at seven o'clock
with clear fine weather),
on
Monday morning, at Liverpool. the wind was south, and
the sky cloudy ; at Ilull, south-ye:est, "lid cloudy ; and
at Edinburgh, east-Horth-east, with slight fog, though
in Manchester, the wind was east,
.and sl
ight f fiii-e
Yesterday morning the telegraphic returns were only.
made from Newcastle (south,
and Glasgow, where there was a strong breeze, from the
south-west.—Manchester Guardian.
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