The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-25 00:00:00

THE CHARTIST CONVICTS.

Mr. T. DUNCONIBE postponed his motion, that an hum-
ble address be presented to her Majesty that she will be gra-
ciously pleased to take into her Majesty's most gracious consi-
deration the petitions of the people presented during the pre-
sent session of Parliament, in favour of a restoration to their
native land of Frost, Williams, and Jones, till this day fortnight.

THE RECENT WAR IN INDIA.
Sir ROBERT PEEL gave notice that, on Monday next,
he should move that the thanks of the House be given to
the Governor-General of India, and to the officers and men of
the British Indian army, who were employed in the recent
operations in India, and the left bank of the Sutlej ; and in order
to make those operations more intelligible, and the policy of
the Indian Government more clear, it was his intention on a
previous day to lay upon the table of the House some dis-
patches recently received from the Governor-General of India
with regard to his policy.—( Cheers.)
THE WEST RIDING UNION RAILWAY.
Mr. ESTCOURT brought up the report of the Select
Committee on standing orders, in which the Committee
stated that the announcement in the votes of the
House on Friday evening last, that the Committee
had decided that the standing orders in respect of the
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etitio of the promoters of the West Riding Union Railway
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ought to be dispensed with, and the parties allowed to proceed
wi!h their Bill, had originated in error, and the Committee now
beg to report that the standing orders in respect of the West
Ridirg Union Railway ought not to be dispensed with.
The report was agreed to.
Mr. ES PCOURT rose and stated, that on Friday last, in the
report of the Standing Orders' Committee, there was a clerical
error, to which he begged to call the attention of the Hou=e,
In that report it had been stated that the Committee were of
opinion that the standing orders in this case ought to be dis-
pensed with, whereas the decision of the Commiues was, that
the standing orders should not be dispensed with ; the Bill
should not be allowed to be proceeed with. By some error,
in which lie as Chairman of the Committee must bear some part,
through some indifference, he hoped not negligence on his part,
the report was sent away without his having examined it as
he should have dune. This was the first error which had been
committed by those who were acting under the standing orders
of the Committee. Under these circumstances the subject
was brought under he consideration of the Committee this
day, and, as in all railway cases, it was of the utmost
importance that such errors should be corrected at the
earliest opportunity, he had ventured to give notice
last night that he would move that all the proceedings in the
case of the "West Riding Union Railway" should be annulled,
as they were founded upon error. As chairman of this
Committee he ( Mr. Estcourt) had felt it his duty, at the
earliest opportunity, to bring under the consideration of the
Committee the effects of the case. The Committee applied
themselves to the investigation of thccase, and having satisfied
themselves this error arose from a clerical accident, considered
the best course they could adopt to rectify the erroneous pro-
ceedings of this House on Friday would be to report to-night
the accurate report of the resolution to which the Committee