The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-09 00:00:00

BRISTOL AND BIRMINGHAM, AND MIDLANDS

RAIL WAY:
On the queBtion being put fur the third reading of tbi%

Bill, Bill
Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET suggested that the , 4
should be postponed, in order that a similar clause to tl,„1,1
introduced into the Oxford and Birmingham Railway PL.
should be inserted in this Bill. The circumst4ll,,';
connected with the two hies, and their relations to.. ot"
companies, were precisely the same.
The third reading under these eircumstances Was Pill:
poned till to morrow.
LARNE, BELFAST, AND BALLYMENA. of
Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE moved "That the petitiOoo
certain shareholders in the Larne, Belfast, and Ballyetee
Railway Company, complaining of a fraudulent return to 0
resolutions of the 30th day of April last, be referred t°o
Select Committee; and that all further proceedings On
said Bill be postponed until the Committee shall have "a
ported thereon." He stated that the Bill had been refe"jo
to Mr. Green as an approved measure, and the promotersta,
complying with a resolution of the House had made a Zell
dulsnt return, in which they stated that no shares bed v
retained for the provisional committee, whereas the Pee,
tioners stated, and were prepared to prove, that 1,025 t banrp
had been allotted to 35 directors, who it appeared hadl4
vanished into four, and these four had taken °`'t,f,
100 shares amongst them. Upon the 1,025 shares,°o
ginally allotted to the directors, only 300 had Ply
paid upon, and the company had received 18,0004 Iron) tea
public. He therefore moved that a Committee be apPeal,rt
to whom this matter should be referred, with power to Or
immediately to the House.—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. RICARDO cpposed the motion, and contended tbsost
it would be unfair, now that the Bill had passed both gcdidd
of Parliament, to put the promoters to the expense
trouble of going before another Committee.
Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. Baring, and Mr. Eenr
thought, as the petitioners appeared to feel themselve9;to,
jured by the proceedings, the motion ought to be agreely
Mr. RICARDO said, that being so he would
withdraw his opposition.—(Hear, hear.)
The motion was then agreed to.
On the motion of Mr. DUNCOMBE, the following
Gentlemen were appointed members of the Conunittee:d
Mr. E. Denison, Mr. Beckett, Sir Robert Ferguson,
Mr. T. S. Duncombe.
The reports on the following Bills were received :
13illingsgate Market.

Curti's-D.
Huddersfieldi
noracec.
1 Manchester Railway (Bradford Billarl4ryol
Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway and
Dock.
rds9l
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffo
Junction Railway (Coalbrookdale Branch). s. 0,1)
South Staffordshire Junction Railway with Branches
Sutton Harbour and Docks (Plymouth).
Taff Vale Railway.
Tunbridge Wells Improvement.
AO
Warwickshire and London Railway (Hampton and
church line).
0.
Warwickshire and London Railway (Hampton and ma,l4
line).
Warwickshire and London Railway (Worcester and Pe°
line).
AnD4
The following reports of Bills were considered and en,_,/b
Cameron's Coalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea and
Railway.
Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena Railway (by order).
Templemore and Nenagh Railway.
THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK.
Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the Dd
Brunswick, complaining that he could not obtain Or,
justice in the courts of law of this country, and of various:co(
hardships to which he bad been subjected. The petitioe
eluded with a prayer to the House that they would ePrtllo
a Committee, before which he should be able to substafidi
his charges. The Hon. Member gave notice that be sfiti
to-morrow, move that the petition be printed with theoi
BATTERSEA PARK BILL (APPLICATION
MONEYS).
This Bill went through Committee. gip, The other orders of the day were then disposed of,
House adjourned, at Two o'clock, until Twelve to.lll°

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MEETING IN HONOUR OF 511
' ROBERT PEEL.
(most A CORRESPONDENT.) A esdeii
BIRMINGHAM, JULY B.—This evening (We'll 0041
meeting took place at the public office, convened fo:,,,,revel
pose of presenting an address to Sir Robert Peel, eL'of".;ii,
of the gratitude felt by that part of the inhabitant 0",
mingham who approved of his conduct in general, n.,,,t1
especially as related to his last great and grand In'it
the abolition of the corn-laws. At half-past seven the
strong muster were assembled, which muster, bl,tig
would have been considerably larger had the tbl j
more generally known. , t
Among those present were William Schofield, -n°,`1.9411.,t
Sturge, Esq.; William Chance, Esq. ; Eyre Lee,
_j7
Edmonds, Esq. ; Kelly Douglass, Esq.; Councill67..
and Martineau, and many other influential gentieTeupd,
William Schofield, Esq., was called to the C 1331301
excel!ent address, highly complimentary to thelate 130
political proceedings, was read by Mr. DouglaSS' t 0
gentleman who wrote the People's Charter soma yep
and who was stated to be the writer of the address in 61,14
Mr. CHANCE spoke in terms of the biertn'aulnpart°
the measure carried, and observed, that nal'f:ariesslf
the measures of Parliament, he tit vearo
could
that the measures taken within the last nYe s p
ineasu'ete
exceeded in importance and utility any
within any five years of his business career, an a bout
warmly praised S'ir Robert for his conduct throngiorioo
arduous task he had so daringly undertaken and sng
accomplished. 1)5111()/
thal‘tir.wSlficchnGaEllUbdjeedetetjo
that passage in he could not conscientiously 'sign itr!„Thocilil
aDnird.
Alla.rutiiii(eiadule,mlVoirre. Eyre "tor
toouornelndian passage
act,aiinrsthestaadttelol
A similar view of it was also taken by Mr. Topilp
PALMER, but after a somewhat rater brisk aziuteefir
ich
were ,",„
cEodnitnroonvdesr,s3l;l nC
Chance,
cipal speakers, the address was adopted unaniMoll4i
than Mr. Chance was thou called to the chair, and
'sec
ks, proposed by Mr. Councillor Martineau 50- Id'
by Mr. Middlemore, was then given to bir. Sclin'e At
briefly returned thanks.
„roefi
c‘r:if
A subscription was entered into to cover the elf
advertising, &c., to which several, gentlemen large' j
buted, and the meeting then se,lierated. f
The address will be preSc;nted for the signing °"#'ol
bitants to-morrow, and from the feeling of admirtz.,.l s
bited throughout the town, no doubt it will be ye'l
onsly and influentially signed.