The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-27 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

From the Votes and Pioeeedings of the House of Commons.)

SATURDAY, J.t. 24.

The following Petitions for.laiiNvayßills were presented,
and ordered to lie o❑ the table:—

South-Eastern P.ailway (from the Waterloo-road, near
Hungerford-bridge, to the Greenwich Railway).
South-Eastern Railway (Greenwich Railway to Chilham,
near Canterbury, with Branches to Sheerness and Faversham
Creek).
South-Eastern Railway (from the Greenwich Railway to
Chart, near Ashford, with Branches to Tunbridge and River-
head).
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (Amendment and
Branches).
Kirkintillock and Kilsvth Railway.
North British Railway (Hawick Branches).
North British Railway (Carlisle Extension).
North British Railway
_(Gretna Branch).
Ayrshire, Bridge of Weir and Port Glasgow Junction
Railway.
Stirling and Dunfermline Railway.

NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE.
SATURDAY, JAN. 24.
London and South. Western (Chertsey and Eghamßranch)
Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2.
London and South-Western (Romsey and Redbridge Junc-
tion) Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2.
London and South-Western (Basingstoke and Salisbury
Extension) Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2.
London and South-Western (Epsom Branch Railway)-
Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2.
London and South-Western (Salisbury Junction) Railway
-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2.
London and South-Western (London-bridge Extension)
Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2.
London and South-Western (Hampton Court Branch)
Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2.
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-on-Tyne Railway
-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2.
Manchester and Birmingham Railway-Committee on
Petition, Monday, Feb. 2.
Lairne, Belfast, and Ballymena Railway-Committee on
Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3.
North Staffordshire (Churnet Valley) Railway-Com-
mittee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2.
North Staffordshire (Potteries Line) Railway-Committee
on Petition, Monday, leb. 2.
North Staffordshire (Hardcastle and Sandbach Line) Rail-
way-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2.
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and
Branches (No. 1)-Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3.
Glasgow, Paisley., Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and
Branches (No. 2)-Committee on Petition, Tuesday, 'eb. 3.
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and
Branches (No 3)-Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3.
Glasgow. Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and
Branches (No. 4)-Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3.
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and
Branches (No. 5)-Committee on Petition, Tuesday, l'eb. 3.
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and
Branches (No. 6)-Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3.
Leeds and Bradford (Alterations of Levels in Bingley)
Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2.
London, Newbury, and Bath Direct Railway-Committee
on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2.
Direct London and Portsmouth Railway-Committee on
Petition, Monday, Feb. 2.
East Lincolnshire Railway-Committee on Petition, Mon-
day, Feb. 2.
12 psom and Dorking Railway--Committee on Petition,
Monday, Feb. 2.
South-Eastern Railway (No. 1)-Committee on Petition,
Monday, Feb. 2.
South-Eastern Railway (No. 2)-Committee on Petition,
Monday, Feb. 2.
South-Eastern Railway (No. 3)-Committee on Petition,
Monday, Feb. 2.
North British Railway (No. 2)-Committee on Petition,
Wednesday, Feb. 4.
North British Railway (No. 3)-Committee on Petition,
Wednesday, Feb. 4.
North firitish Railway (No. 4)-Committee on Petition,
Wednesday, Feb. 4.
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and Branches-Com-
mittee on Petition, Wednesday., Feb. 4.
Kirkintillock and Kilsyth ilway-Committee on Peti-
tion, Wednesday, Feb. 4.
General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway-Com-
mittee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4.
Edinburgh and Peebles Railway-Committee on Petition,
Wednesday, Feb. 4.

NOTICES OF MOTIONS AND ORDERS OF THE DAY,
MONDAY, JAN. 26.

Motion for Supply—Committee thereupon.
Public Works (Ireland), Grant from Consolidated Fund—
Committee thereupon.
Sir Robert Peel—Select Committee to consider the mode
in which the House shall deal with the Railway Bills pro-
posed to be submitted to the House during the present ses-
sion :—Lord Granville Somerset, Sir George Grey, Mr. Strutt,
Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Greene, Mr. F wart, Mr.
Colquhoun, Mr. Hodgson Ilinde, Mr. Pakington, Sir George
Clerk, Mr. Baring, The O'Conor Don, Lord Harry Vane, and
Mr. Shaw.

Mr. Gisborne—That it be an instruction to the Select Com-
mittee on Railway Bills to inquire into the functions of the
Committee on the Petitions for Bills, and Standing Orders
Committee, as far as the same refer to Railways, and to re-
port their opinion thereon to the House.
Mr. Cardwell—To move the following Resolutions :-
1. Resolved, That the. House do meet every Wednesday,
at twelve at noon, for Private Business, Petitions, and Orders-
of the Day, and do continue to sit until six o'clock, unless the
business be sooner disposed of.

2. R,.solved, That when such business has been disposed
of, or at six o'clock precisely, not withstanding there may be
business under discussion, Mr. Speaker do leave the chair,
without putting any question.
3. Resolved, That whenever the House shall be in Com-
mittee at six o'clock, the Chairman do immediately report
progress, and ask leave to sit again, and that, when such
leave has been given, Mr. Speaker do leave the chair, with-
out putting any question.
4. Resolved, That the House shall then stand adjourned
until the next sitting day, at the usual hour, unless the
House shall previously have resolved to adjourn, at its rising,
to some ether time. _ _

5. Resolved, That the business under discussion, at the
time of such adjournment, do stand as an Order of the Day
for the next day on which the House shall sit.
6. Resolved, That if the House be not formed at a quarter-
past twelve o'clock, Mr. Speaker do then take the chair and
count the House, and if forty Members be not then present,
or if at any time during the sitting it should appear that
forty be not present, Mr. speaker do adjourn the House to
the next day, unless the House shall have previously re-
solved to adjourn, at its risina, to some other day.

WATERFORD AND KILKENNY
RAILWAY COMPANY.
A special general meeting of the Shareholders of this
Company was held yesterday, at the Hall of Commerce, for
the purpose of taking into consideration the subject of the
proposed extension of lines of railway in connexion with
this Company.
The CHAUDIAN (Pierce Butler, Esq., M.P.) said, that the
object of the meeting was sufficiently stated in the adver-
tisement of the meeting, so that nothing further remained
for him to refer to than the propositions that
would be submitted to them. Though it might
be travelling out of the way as far as techni-
calities was concerned, it would be interesting for him
to state that he had just arrived from the scene of action.
lie had been in company with the contractor (rAr. Wright)
at that portion of the line which formed the first con-
tract, and had considerable satisfaction in stating to
them that that portion of the line was very promising.—•
(Hear.) Some cottages had been levelled to the ground,
proper compensation having been made to the possessors ; and
be was happy also to state that there was a sufficient quantity
of timber to complete that portion of the contract.—(Hear.)
There existed no ill feeling among the labouring por-
tion of the comm unity through which the line
passed, who were very desirous of being employed
on the work; so that there was nothing like combina-
tion among them to be apprehended. It would be a
matter of congratulation for them to censider that that
very speculation would give employment to the po-
pulation, as well as be very remunerative. They
would feel a satisfaction in knowing that it would
go a long way towards mitigating the distress
that would be occasioned by the failure of the po-
tato crops in Ireland. To come to another point, he
would say that whenever calls were made on shareholders
they had a right to demand from the directors the reason of
the same, and the mode in which such were to be
epplied.—(Hear, hear.) The calls for 5/. per share
had caused some animadversion, but the object of that de-
mand was, that they (the Directors) were anxious to pro •
teed with the works as soon as possible.—(Hear.) Under
these circumstances, they bad determined to call a meeiing.
Sir R. Peel had selected to-day to lay down his plan
with respect to railways, but whatever that plan might be,
he conceived it would not affect the speculation to any ex-
tent. 'fhe engineer of the Company would lay down the
plans and sections.
The Sue:newt-1- read the notice convening the meeting,
and then read the plan of the proposed extensions The
first was from Kilkenny to Carlow, the next from Kilkenny
to ClOnmel, the sections and plans for which would be shortly
arranged, and it would rest with the Committee whether the
same should be proceeded with instanter or postponed till next
session. The next line was from Kilkenny to Galway, which
was an independent Company, and in which the Directors
advised the shareholders to take shares to the amount of
50,0001. Amicable arrangements existed between that Com-
pany and the Cork and Waterford Railway C,,mpany.
Mr. Ilonse proposed a resolution, that having the va-
rious plans and sections, they should empower the Directors
to carry the same into effect, and to oppose any railways
which might be in opposition to the interests of this Company.
Mr. Ric:HARMON seconded the resolution.
Air. Truitt said he wished to ask a question with respect
to that experiment on what was called the wood line. What
were the intentions of the Company towards the patentees of
that plan ?
The CHAIRMAN—There was no understanding with their
Company on the subject. It was merely to be tested for
six miles.
Mr. EMERY said it was a contract between the patentees
and the Company.
Mr. TrritE said he wished to know if the experiment
failed whether or not the chief expense was to be borne by
the patentees ?
Mr. 1.-Amity—Certainly.
Mr. TYTHE said that his reason for asking the
question was, that they were aware of the difficulty
that existed in carrying out those changes. Some
companies in that country (England) had found a
great difficulty in making those changes. If their
line were an integral one, it would be another thing,
and before giving the Directors such powers as they now
sought, he conceived it would be desirable that they should
give some further explanations.
The CHAnitmAN having read the clause in the Act of Par-
liament which enabled them to make such alterations as
they considered were required,

Captain Mortsost said that the objections against the ex-
tension were quite a mistake. Nut having been
called on till very lately by the Directors, he
was not conversant with the details of the Water-
ford and Kilkenny Railway. He understood that
Mr. Prosser was to bear a proper proportion of the expense
of the experiment, and the Company another. They
must consider the question involved in this agree-
ment. In the first instance, the expense of an
iron railway was 2,000/., but the whole expense of the
wooden part was about 5001.; there would, therefore, be an
expense of 2,500/. per mile, and the greater portion was
applicable to an iron railway. Their would be no change in
rtehgeuigraeduges, and there would be only twelve tiers of wheels
Mr.TvwnE said he was very much obliged for the clear ex-
planation given by the engineer. He did not possess any
knowledge of the matter, and he was merely actuated in
asking these questions by a desire to obtain full information.
He was aware that on the line from Guildford to W,,rkib,g the
difficulty between the Companies respecting the wooden rail had
been surmounted, but would that be the case in the present
instance? He would wish to ask the chairman a few questions
respecting the different lines he had named.
The CHAIRMAN, in reply to these questions, said that the
extent of the Kilkenny and Carlow line was 18 miles (Irish),
or 22 and a fraction miles (English), while the parent line
was 37 miles in length, of which the cost was 150,0001.
The length of the Kilkenny and Clonmel was about
26 miles, and of the Kilkenny sold Galway 70 English miles.
There was considerable opposition with respect to the Car-
low and Kilkenny line. Some years ago there was a Com-
pany, called the Great Leinster, which had obtained an Act
of Parliament. For some years they had given up the pr.:.spect,
but finding there was money to be made, they thought it
better to revive the speculation, and to take that portion
front Kilkenny to Carlow. He elieved they intended to go
before Parliament and to offer opposition to their line, and he
believed that they (the Kilkenny and Waterford Company)
could oppose them with success.
Mr. TYTIIE said he was not acting in concert with any
other party, but merely from his own suggestions. He could
understand that the line (which was a smaller one) would
be a profitable speculation if it were carried out.
Mr. EMERY said there were five companies anxious to
obtain their line, which showed its value. They established
a communication with the Kilkenny and Dublin, which wee
the only line between Waterford and Dublin.
Mr. COPPINGER said that he wished to know, in the event
of that independent Company failing to obtain their Act,
whether they should also sutler?
The CHAIRMAN having answered in the negative, a long
discussion ensued, which terminated in a resolution, to the
effect that they should take shares in the Kilkenny and Gal-
way Company to the extent of 50,0001., and interest them-
selves in that Company.
It was then unanimously agreed that the Company should
adjourn till next Saturday, at one o'clock.