The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-11 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
-; • ROUSE OF COMMONS, May 10.
JOIN f- STOCK COMPANIES BILL.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Mr. M. GIBSON thought it would be better to leave
the Bill as it was ; but if lion. Members would allow
this clause to be postponed, they would, on the bringing
up of the report, propose a clause giving the disere-
tion to the Lord Chancellor that was proposed, of sending
the-Matter either to a Commissioner of Bankruptcy, or
a Master in Chancery.
After a few observations from Mr. EWART,
Mr. HUME objected to anything being referred to
Masters in Chancery.—(A laugh.)
Mr. WOOD objected to the matter being left to the
discretion of the Lord Chancellor, and thought that the
clause would be much better as it at present stood, than
with the proposed alteration.
Mr: HUDSON was glad that Hon. Members opposite
had given way upon this point, and would introduce a
clause giving a discretion to the Lord Chancellor.
The amendment was then withdrawn, and the clause
postponed, upon the understanding that a clause should
be introduced at the bringing up of the report, giving
the Lord Chancellor the discretion of either sending the
matter to a Master in Chancery or a Bankrupt Com-

missioner.
Clauses 2 and 3 were agreed to, with a few verbal
amendments, as were also clauses 4 and 5.

Clause 6 was struck out.
Clauses 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 were agreed to, with
a few verbal amendments.

On clause.l4 being put,
Mr. HUDSON moved the following amendment for
Mr. Headlam:—" Provided always, that no order abso-
lute shall be made if it be proved to the satisfaction of
the Court that the petitioner had, at the time of the
presentati,,n of the petition, been guilty of default in
the payment of any calls made upon the shareholders of
the company."
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL objected to the
amendment, thinking that the discretion should be left.
to the Court.
Mr. HUDSON had had no communication with the
Hon. Member for Newcastle upon the subject of the
amendment, and he would not press it, as -the Hon.
Member for Newcastle might bring it forward on the
bringing up of the report.
Mr. AGLIONBY thought the amendment a most
important: one, and well deserving of consideration.
The amendment was then withdrawn, and the clause
as originally iroposed was ordered to stand part of the
Bill.
Clauses 15 to 71 were. agreed to with a few verbal
amendments. -
In clause 72 it was proposed to omit the words " the
first appointment of an official trustee," and substitute in
their place the following words, " the order absolute
shall have been made," and also to add the following
clause:—" And be it enacted, that after an order abso-
lute shall have been made execution shall not issue
against any contributors of the company at the suit of
any creditor, iu respect of any debt due from, the cons
any, unless, on motion u, the Court of Chancer
y.
leave to that effect be given; and that upon such motion
it shall be lawful for the Court of Cnancery
to either to
permit execution immediately to be issued, or suspend
the same tor-such period and upon such terms as !he
said Court shall, in its discretion, think fit, regard being
had both to the proceedings pending under- this Act,
and to the- conduct of the sharebolder against whom
execution is sought. to be enforced in obeying the same."
The SOLICITOR, GENERAL objected to the amend-
ment, which Wau ultimately withdrawn; and the clause,
as originally proposed, was then ordered to stand part of
the Bill.
The remaining`, clauses were then agreed to, as were
also the schedulesto the Bill, and the report was ordered
to be further Considered onWednesday next.
Mr. HEADLAII gave notice that he should, on the
further consideration of the report, propose the clause of
which he had given
TOnotice
BAGO RELIEF.

The consideration of the third resolution with respect
to the Tobago .Reliet and Immigration into British.
Guiana and Trinidad, was postponed in consequence of
the absence.or . Mr. Home.
COPPER AND LEAD DUTIES BILL.
The second re,iding of this Bill was postponed.'
COLLECTORS OF HESS (IRELAND) BILL.
This Bill went through Committee.
IMPRISONMENT -FOR DEBT (IRELAND) BILL.
This Bill also scent through Committee.
The other orders were then disposed of, and the House
adjourned at Four o'clock.

ELECTION CoNIMITTEE.
LONGFORD.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
The politng-books and the return trom the Crown-
office having been put in, a lengthened argument arose
as to the'povter of the Committee to re-open the regis-
tration, which had not terminated when the Committee
rose, at four. o'clock.

RAILWLY COMMITTEES.
GROUP V.

This group re-assembled at the usual hour yesterday;
Sir Robert Peel in the chair.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD (PURCHASE OF
STEAM-BOATS).

Mr. ALEXANDER addressed the Committee against
this Bill, on behalf of the Steam Shipping Association.
He contended that if the Committee allowed the com-
pany to become the proprietors of steam•vessels, it
would prove greatly detrimental to the interests of the
public, inasmuch as it would have the effect of destroy
ing all competition in the runn,ng of steam-boats from
Liverpool, and other places in that district, to Ireland.
Mr. Rowe alio opposed the Bill on behalf of the City
of Duolio Steam-packet Company. The Learned Gen-
tleman's address occupied the Committee up to its
The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till to-
morrow (this day.)
GROUP XIV.
EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DORCHESTER.

The opposition to the subscription contract in this
case was resumed.

Mr. KEATING, on behalf of the opposing petitioners,
abandoned the objections to the individual subscriGers.
The CONMITTEE then called upon the counsel for the
promoters to argue; the point as to whether the South
Western directors had power to issue the contracts and
bind their company to subscribe a certain proportion of
the capital for carrying out an independi.nt line.
This argument had not terminated when the Corn?
mittee adjourned at tour o'clock till to-morrow (this day).

. LAW INTELLIGENCE.
JUDGES' CHAMBERS.
THE QUEEN V. WILLIAMS.
Tbis was an application to Mr. Justicel Erle to
admit to bail Henry Williams, who is at present in
Newgate, and who stands committed to take his trial
at the Central Criminal Court upon a case of daring
plate robbery.
The facts of the case were these :—On Saturdty
week two young fellows, who gave toe names of
Williams and Lloyd, were committted from Lambeth
Police-court to take their trial at the ensuing session
residence
a daring
at the Central Criminal Court, on a charge of
mid-day plate robbery at the
in the. e-of Mrs
' Stevenson, a widow lady residing
neighlcadrilnof the Wandsworth-road. An
application
committal to imr:_o made at the time of their
application
to admit the prisoners to
bail ; but the
after a person applied fora copy of the depositions
against
that he was clerk to an
attorney, whose name he
me iemelitioned, and who, he i
said, was employed by the
the then sitting magistrate, on prisoner, Mr. Elliott,
referring to the
Act of Parliament, found that
depositions ;
his attorney were alone entitledprisoner or
and, as the applicant was neither tothe
The
nor the
other, he could not comply with his request.
magistrate also remarked he could notrfie
of the attorney mentioned in the " Law Lliadtt'.?e sname.
days after, an authority, signed by the prisoner, --oine,,
witnessed by Mr. Keene, the Governor ofio:T11.
monger-lane Gaol, was served at the court, an-je,:‘
request that a copy of the depositions might be give-n.
to the solicitor, and this was dune. In a couple of
days after a writ of certiorari was also served at the
court, decreeing Mr. Norton to send before the judge
in chambers the original depositions in Williams's
case, and the names of two persons were also given
in as those who were intended to be given for the
appearance of the prisoner to take his trial.
The magistrate, suspecting from the fact, of
both the notice fur a copy of the depositions
and the writ of' certiorari having ben served
at the court at a late hour of the evening,
and concluded they (the
when it must be
that some trick
magistrates) were absent.
was intended, gave directions to the chief
clerk to attend before the judge, and if he saw any-
thing wrong attempted, to expose it to his Lord-
ship. Upon the case goings before Mr. Justice Erle,
a you tnan, who had represented himself as at-
tending on the part of the prosecution, said it was not
his intention to offer any opposition to the application
for bail,
being
it his Lordship saw no objection to the
prisoner
mse
lvibeesr: he hadttedo none.
on thebail who were about
to offer th
11. n. Justice
the original pEo,tio
aiLEhere requested the production of
the magistri7s, and they were read over by
ate's clerk.
The JUDGE
there was quite sufficient to jus-
tify the refusal of admitting the prisoner to bail, and
re
be should, therefore,
clerk
kse application.
The .magistrate's cl
Lordship certain suspicious circumstances pointed out to his
Dl:cations ircumstances connected
with the present Rp
an attempt to evade the ends' oafc' showing that it was
ship said that he was very caujut.ctice ; but his Lord-
the circumstance ;s in such cases, taus in investigating
trus-
trated a similar attempt. s, and had recently

SHANNON' ' COAIMISSION —133, a Parliamentary
paper, just printed, it appears that, from 1840 to 184;,
the ShaJinon Commissioners adyan„
c i as I,)ans to thir-
teen counties in Ireland 288,re 0291. 10s. 5
i 1-, or which
145,334/. ls. 11d. d been pa prin ipal, and
id I,s
28,1381 18s. 71d.. had been paid as nverest. The
amount still outstan.l,ng, and r'-payable by instalments, is
stated to be 110,5061. 10s. 811. It seems by the same
document, that the principal and interest remitted by in-
dividuals to the paymaster of civil service Ireland, up
to din- 34st December, 1847, in repayment of advances as
loani, amounted to 4,956/. 7c, of which 3881! Bcld.
Was
for interest on the loans. • , _
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