The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-23 00:00:00

PARLIAMEN TAR Y DI V ISIONS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22.
COUNTY ELECTIONS BILL.
Order for Second Reading read ; Motion made, and Question pro-
posed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :"—Amendment
proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the
Question to add the words " upon this day six months :"—Questioa
put, " That the word `now' stand part of the Question." The Rouse
divided :

Armstrong, Sir B.
Bouverie, E. P.
Bowring, Dr.

MINORITY—AYES, 32.
Langston, J. H. Scott, Robert
M'Carthy, Alex. Smith, Vernon
Mangles, It. D. Stanfield, W. H. ,
Marslaud. Henry Strutt. Edward
Milton, Viscount Thornely, Thomas
Moffatt, George Ward, H. G.
Morris, David Wyse, Thomas
O'Connell, John Yorke, H. It.
Ogle, S. C.
Parker, John
Philips, Mark
rowtr, James

olm
Corbally, M. E.
Cowper, W. F.
Escott, Bickham
Ewart, William
Granger, T. C.
Hawes, Benj.

Heneage, E.
Howard, P. a

TELLERS.
Elphinstone, H.
Worsley, Lord

MAJORITY-NOES, 55.
Douglas, Sir C. E. Norreys, Lord
Esteourt, T. G. Packe, C. W.
Finch, George Patten, J. W.
Fitzr•y, Henry RoHeston, Colonel
Forbes, William Sibthorp, Colonel
Graham, Sir James Smith, Abel
Greene, Thomas Sotheron, T. H. S.
Gregory, W. H. Spooner, Richard
Grimsditch, T. Sutton, H. M.
Grogan, E. Thesiger, 'ir F.
Harris, Captain Villiers, Viscount
Henley, J. W. Wellesley, Lord C.
Hotham, Lord Wood, Colonel T.
Inglis, Sir It. Wortley, J. S.
'Jones, Captain Young, John
Kemblo, H.
Lockhart, W.
Lygon, General
Meynell, Captain
Morgan, G

Allix, J. P.
Antrobus, Edmund
Arkwright, G. •
Baillie, H. J. •
Bennet, P. •
Bentinek, Lord G.
illackburne, J. I.
Bodkin, William 11.
Bortliwick, P. •

Bowls. Admiral
Broadley, 11.
Bruce, Lord E.
Buckley, Edmund
Cardwell, E.
Carew, W. P.
Carnegie, Captain
Christopher, It. A.
Chute, W. L. W.
Corry, 11.
Crippe, William

TELLERS.
Denison, E. B.
Newdegate, N.

RAILWAY LEGISLATION.

(From the Times' City Article.)
Sir Robert Peel's resolutions on the subject of railway
legislation have been received by the most experienced and
judicious persons connected with the monetary interest with
a feeling of unmixed gratification. They not only feel that
a great weight in the shape of impending liability is removed
from the public mind, but they are also gratified at the
promptitude which the Government have displayed in at-
tending to the wishes of the money circles, as expressed by
the deputations which recently waited upon Lord Dalhousie.
The great point which was urged by those deputations, and
which is now adopted by the Government, was, that the
scripholders should not be required to dissent from a project
to prevent it from receiving the sanction of Parliament, but
that the withholding of assent should be sufficient to stay
the progress of a scheme in the Legislature. When the mea-
sure of " relief" was propounded in its original form by
Lord Dalhousie, :it was foreseen that by its very nature
it would fail iu those effects which it was intended
to produce. The scripholders, scattered about the
country, could with difficulty assemble together to frustrate
a scheme which the directors might be anxious to advance;
while, on the other hand, where directors and shareholders
were all agreed as to the propriety of carrying out a project,
there is a centre of action in the directors, by means of which
suffrages may be easily collected. In the modified measure
embodied in the resolutions published in the Times of to-day,
this view of the case is virtually adopted, and if the scheme
works well, it will be equally impossible to carry through a
Bill without the real wish of the proprietary, and to crush an
undertaking that has the good wishes of the scripholders.
The grand principle of relief which is involved in the resolu-
tions is, necessarily, the most important consideration; but
it may be observed that the details of the measure are re-
garded as singularly well devised, and as evincing a great
knowledge of business. The provision that the scrip
to be produced at a meeting of voters must have
the been
sgt
actually issued, and the deposit paid on it be fore
that in many projects the management have retained a large
commended. It is
. notorious
_
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of last,
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in ieghs:hehrreireteehhis: y
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might easily be used at a meeting, so as to carry the views
mofutshtebeb°adlyreoafd
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upon, the possibility of overwhelming the assembly by a
3sa,iretesxhpoasrfessonetheeo promised
inpreto
sudden and unexpected quantity of shares is completely pre-
vented. Care must be taken not to confound these resolu-
tions[o,ft-lideirdigireteltioarts :pile
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bring
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though
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resolutions sp bothami he
deter-
mination of the House of Commons not to proceed to the
third reading of a railway Bill without the conditions set
forth are complied with. To give the scripholders in an in-
choate company that power of winding up their affairs
which is at present confined to corporate bodies, will be the
purpose of the new Bill, and till that is passed, the whole
right of the proprietary—namely, that of preventing further
liability, and that of enforcing a return of remaining capi-
tal—will not be legally established. The' resolutions" had
a favourable effect upon the national securities. The Consol
market was rather better this afternoon, and the increase of
business caused prices to rally nearly a quarter per cent.,
which advance was maintained up to the close of the day.

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The programme for
the concert on Friday evening next is unusually varied, containing a
new cantatalby Mr. Perry. Mendelssohn's eighth part Psalm,'," When
is
aehmm readingsere Commercial-road
foradomEas Ham le
e t
audience was numerous.
Israel," and Haydn's Second Service. It is the Society's one hundred
h
and fiftieth performance.
Easternlieinb Institution,
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r
lastl'iiirighCt, ata rtlhees
NEW Cum—A meeting waa held yesterday, at the
rooms of the new club now formed at No. 12, George-street, Han-
over-square, Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq. in the chair, when it was
resolved to open the club by a dinner of the members early in May.
the number already enrolled being sufficient to ensure its success.
Among the advantages of this new club may be mentioned that while
its tariff is to be an exact copy of that of the Army and tiavy Club.
one of the most moderate in London, there will be no entrance fee.
and no responsibility of members. A separate dining and refreshment
room is to be set apart for the exclusive use of the ladies and families
of the members and their friends. The Right Hon. the Earl of Devon
is the president of the club, and many of the members of the British
and Foreign Institute have joined it. All the resolutions relating
zul a vot of
to its management were passed unanimously,, a
thanks to Mr. Benjamin Bond Cabbell, for his able conduct in the
chair, the meeting separated.
INHABITING UNWHOLESOME CELLARS.—Yestpersons.
erday
(Monday) at the police-court,
owners or tenants of preflft -se
no fewer than y ven
mtwas chiefly in Lace's-street and
before
Free-
Mr. Rushton, to answer summonses
for appeared and 'sleep in cellars ea
for allowing persons to
livebelow what i of dimensions la
height, size, windows, &c., s allowed by the local Act
affecting such domiciles. The parties had all received legal
some of than
ere each
months ago— notice—.
and as ever
proved, they were each and severally fined 55., d -
case
waa
(9s. 6d. in all) ; and it was intimated to them by an costs 45. 6d.
the same amount of fine would be imposed the magistrate that
during which they permitted parties for every day hereafter,
to reside
unwholesome abodes. lie added in such confined and
be taken care of by the parish that poor individuals ejected would
authorities until they
homes.—Lirerpooi Standard.
TUE CIA
- -SE OF POISONING AT BROMLEY. The in-
quiry into this remarkable case was resumed yesterday, for the six-
teenth time, before Mr. Carttar, the Coroner for West Kent, at the
Swan Tavern, Bromley, and in consequence of the illness of Mr.
Games, the solicitor, who had been instructed to watch the case, it
was again adjourned for a fortnight, after the examination of two
witnesses. The first witness examined was Mr. Thomas Carter,
Baptist Minister at Fenny Stratford, who had frequently corresponded
with the deceased Harriet :Mond:ton, and was an intimate friend of
Thomas Churcher. His evidence disclosed nothing material. The
1 other witness was a female named Sharp, but it was deemed ad.
visable to conduct her examination 111 private consequently Its par.
port did not transpire.