The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-04 00:00:00

WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE.

In the room of Lord MORPETII, appointed to the
othel of Chief Commissioner of her Majesty's Woods
and Forests.

TAUNTON.

In the room of the Iti;;;ht Hon. 11. LABOUCHERE,
who has accepted the ..,,,ewur&hip of the Chiltern Hun-
dreds.

0 TTING HAM.

In the room of the Right Hon. Sir JOHN CAM
HOBIIOUSF, who has been appointed to fill the office
of Preside ;t of the Board of Control.
CITY OF EDINBURGH.

In the room of the Right Hon. T. B. MACAULAY,
who has accepted the office of Paymaster-General of
her Majesty's Forces.

WORCESTER

In the room of Sir T. WILDE, who has been ap-
pointed her Majesty's Attorney-GeneraL
DUNGARVAN.

In the room of the Right Hon. R. L. SHEIL, who
has accepted the office of Master of the Mint.
PERTH.

In the room of the Right Hon. FOX MAULE,
who has been appointed Secretary-at-War.
MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS.
The Us!ser of the Black Rod appeared at the bar, and
summoned the attendance of the Commons to hear the
Royal Assent given by Commission to various Bills (for
which see Lords' report).
OUTRAGE ON BRITISH SUBJECTS.
Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from Thomas
Brodigan, Esq , Pilton House, County Meath, a magis-
trate of that county, complaining of the outrage to which
be, in common with other British subjects, was subjected
on the occasion of his visiting Jerusalem on Good Friday
last (detailed in the correspondence which appeared
in the The Sun of yesterday), and praying that
effective measures may be resorted to by the English
Government, which will cause the Sublime Porte to
exert a more repressive authority against such outrages,
and thus protect British travellers visiting the East.
CLARK'S DIVORCE. BILL.
Lord DUNCAN moved that a mes.age should be sent
to the Lords, requesting their Lordships to furnish this
House with a copy of the minutes of the evidence taken
in Clark's Divorce Bill.
SECOND READINGS.
The following Bills were read a second time:—
Clark's Divorce.
Ely and Huntingdon Railway (Bedford Extension).
Howell's Charity Estate.
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Extension Railway.
Somerset Small Debts Court.
GLASGOW AND BELFAST UNION RAILWAY.
Mr. HODGSON moved that the further consideration
of the report on this Bill should be postponed until toe
evidence had been printed.
After some r,;Jnsiderable dLenssion strangers were
ordered to wi',-ndraw.
On our ie-admission we found that no division had
taken ?lace, but that the postponement of the question
had be .n aa're.d to.
IRISII (11ZEAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
lir. T. S. DITN:IUMBE presented a petition from
several of the shareholdess ot the South-Western Rail.
way Company prayinz that the House would not grant
any power to the Portarlington Railway Company,
which would allow that Company to purchase their line
of railway. They also prayed that the decision of the
Committee with regard to that railway might be allowed
to stand.
Mr. F. FRENCH, in moving the re-committal of the
Irish Great Western Railway (Dublin to Galway) Bhl,
said that there was naturally and equitably a
feeling in the House to support the de-
cision of its Committees, and such a feeling
should not be departed from unless upon some strong
and peculiar grounds. This Bill had received the sanc-
tion of the Board of Trade and had actually passed both
Lords and Commons. The evidence on which the decision
had been come to, and the decision of which he com-
a:lined, was in the hands of every Member of that House.
he Committee came to the decision that they would not
allow parties to be heard in opposition to the preamble
of the Bill, notwithstanding which they admitted such
evidence. The line was recommended by the Board of
Trade because it would open up railway communi-
cation between the eastern, western, and southern
ports of Ireland. After stating thasi, the Bill had
received the sanction of the House of Lords, he
said he called for a revision of the Bill on the broad
ground of public interest and national justice.
They had witnesses to prove that another line would
have been more consonant ',vial the public good, but the
Chairman refused to hear the evi':rnce. He looked in
Vain for any reasons which would have justified
the Committee having thrown out the line which
be (Mr. French) advocated. The opposing counsel to
it admitted that they had completely proved the pre-
amble of the Bill, yet the Committee came to a far differ-
ent conclusion. Their great oViect was to open the
western district and thus open the fisheries,
for which a Dutch company, in the reign
of Charles the Second, paid for liberty to fish 5,0001. per
annum. They depended on the fact of being able to
connect Liverpool with America by a voyage of seven
clays • and with such evidence before them he wondered
bow the decision had been arrived at by the Committee.
Mr. W. COLLETT, in rising to second the motion,
expressed his astonishment at the decision the Committee
had come to, seeing that the Dublin and Galway line
was the only railway that proposed to accommodate
Galway, and thought, as Parliament last year all but
sanctioned the measure, the House ought to support its
decision of the former Committee.
Mr. MACKENZIE defended the course adopted by
the Committee. He denied that the Bill was the same
as the one which was before the House last year, and he
would therefore oppose the motion.
Mr. REDINGTON believed that the Committee had
acted conscientiously. but their decision was nothing
less than absurd.—(Hear, hear.) All his Hon. Friend
sought by his motion was, that the House should give
effect to the decision given by the House of Lords on
this subject during the last session of Parlia-
ment. The Bills we:e not necessarily competing
Bills, and the House of Lords, lookiog up„
them in that light, had passed them. Be-
lieving that his Honourable Friend had made out a
sufficient case for his motion, he should give him his
support. If the motion were not agreed to, he consider, (1
that the vast population which would be accommodated
by this railway whnld be most unjustly treated.
Mr. B. BALDWIN briefly supported the motion.
Akt„USTRONG thought the line under con-
islEWAViisistn teigectionabl re as I means of communiea-
time, wish. -ttWest of Ireland. The proper route for
fecss;: • 'by Nlii'lin‘sir. lie should as roan
,a4,-% ink of goitre; IBriistor by. Nsity of Southampton,
as go from Dublin to Galway by the route of Mullingar •
Ireland should be supplied by
to three
, great trunk
.1 • tl by rc Sertly, and
no-ta by .
to the we Pt by
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