The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-09 00:00:00

RAILWAY.

Mr. GREENE moved that leave be given to read the New-
castle and Darlington Junction Railway'(Durham and Sunder-
land Railway and Wearmouth Dock Purchase) Bill a second
time on Monday neat, although no breviate shall have been
laid on the table, such Bill having been separated from the
Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway (Durham and
Sunderland Railway and Wearmouth Dock Purchases and
Branches) Bill, on the recommendation of the classification
Committee, and the breviate of the whole Bill having already
been laid on the table of the House.—Agreed to.
GOOLE AND DONCASTER RAILWAY
COMMITTEE.

Mr. PARKER moved that it be an instruction to the Com-
mittee of Selection to fix the first sitting of the Goole and Don-
caster Railway Committee for Friday, May 15.
The Host. GENTLEMAN also moved an instruction to the
Committee on the Goole and Doncaster Railway Bill, to hear
any petitioners against such Bill, although their respective pe-
titions shall not have been presented to this Home three clear
days before the day appointed for the first meeting of such
Committee, provided that such petitions shall have been so
presented before Friday, May 15.—Agreed to.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE' COAL RAILWAY AND
CANAL BILL.

The How. GENTLEMAN then moved that it be an instruc-
tion to the Committee of Selection to fix the first sitting of
the South Yorkshire Coal Railway and Canal Bill, for Friday,
the 15th of May ; and also that an instruction to the
Committee on the South Yorkshire Coal Railway and Canal
Bill to hear any petitioners against such Bill, although their
respective petitions shall not have been presented to this
House three clear days before the day appointed for the first
meeting of such Committee, provided that such petitions shall
have been so presented before Friday, the said 15th of May.
ORDER RELATING TO RAILWAYS.

Mr. T.DUNCOMBE moved that the order of the 30th
day of April last be extended to all private Bills relating to
railways brought from the House of Lords.—Agreed to.
BURNLEY IMPROVEMENT AND WATERWORKS.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
BANFFSHIRE ROADS.
. This Bill was read a second tirae, and ordered to be com-
mitted.
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.
The report on this Bill ( Hare:iastle to Sandbach, Churnet
Valley line, Pottery line), was brought up, the amendments
and alterations agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be engrosed.
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
The report on this Bill was brought up and agreed to, and
the Bill was ordered te be engrosed.
RAILWAY BILLS.
Mr. HUDSON then rose to propose the insertion of a clause
in all railway Bills of the present session by which new com-
panies are to be incorporated. At the time when he gave
notice of his intention to bring forward this motion, he was not
aware of the intentions of the Government with respect to the
number of schemes which had been introduced into Parlia-
ment during the present session. Since the introduction of
that Bill the Government had introduced and passed cer-
tain resolutions oa the subject ; but as these resolutions would
not reach the parties whom he was originally anxious to
' relieve from the responsibility which they had, in many cases,
thoughtlessly incurred. The clause he intended to move
was
to enable those parties to review and consider the position in
which they were placed by ca ling a meeting of registered
they shareholders, and dissolving the project, if found them-
selves unable to proceed with it. Now, the ActofParliame
compelled the company, before they could enforce the powers
of their Act, to have the deed signed for the whole amount
subscribed, and if they did not obtainb signatures of the full
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mind, and the desire entertainede by many of the parties
to withdraw from them altogether.—(Hear,
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main object of his clause wa to afford them
position an opportunity
g their and the course,under
of considering
the circum-
stances in which they were placed, they ought to adopt and to
compel them to complete their registration istration within four months.
The parties concerned should have an opportunity, during a
period of at least six months, of calling meetings, to determine
whether they should proceed with
their
works or not. There
was an anxiety in that House
to limit the amount of capital to
be employed. He (Mr. Hudson) had always
held that the
shareholders who had raised the necessary funds would go on,
and the powers given by the House would, in that case,
be executed. He was •
perfectly
satisfied that the passing
of such a measure as the one he proposed would not take
away from bona fide undertakings the opportunity of executing
their works, but to the undertakings not based on the solid
foundation of capital an opportunity would be given of re-
' viewing their intentions. When he gave this notice he was

not aware that the Government had any intention of
taking any part in this matter, but he had since
seen the Bill proposed by Mr. Dalhousie, and it did not seem
to affect the parties who were most interested in these under-
takings—viz., the original shareholders, and he, therefore,
hoped that the House would accede to the present measure.
Sir GEORGE CLERK rose for the purpose of taking an
objection to the motion on a point of form. From the state-
ments made by the Hen. Member it was quite apparent that
it was a most important question, and one which, if carried,
would introduce a new mode of legislation with regard to rail-
ways. Instead, therefore, of moving it as a clause, he would
suggest to the Hon. Gentleman the propriety of introducing
is into the Bill of which he had charge, or of moving
that it should be inserted in the Bill which would shortly come
down from the Lords relative to railways. At any rate it
would be a much more expedient course to make it the subject
of a separate Bill rather than a sessional order.
Mr. LABOUCHERE quite concurred with the
Honourable Gentleman who had just sat down, that
the present course was most inexpedient, unusual, and
extremely inconvenient. The motion was one which was
more properly the subject of an Act of Parliament rather than
a clause. He, therefore, agreed with the suggestion made,
that the motion should be brought forward in the shape of a
distinct Bill, or should be inserted in the Bill introduced by the
lion. Gentleman himself (Mr. Hudson), or in that brought
forward in the other House of Parliament by Lord Dalhousie,
when it should come down there.
11r. HUDSON, agreeably to the suggestions thrown out,
would, with the leave of the House, withdraw his motion ; but
he begged to state that his only object in introduing it was to
protect parties who had signed the deeds, and to prevent the
recurrence of those scenes which took place in 1836,1838, and
1839.—Motion by leave withdrawn.
POOR-LAW REMOVAL BILL.

Mr. JAMES presented a petition from the poor-law
guardians of the Greenwich Union against certain clauses in
the Poor-law Removal Bill.
POOR LAWS.
Captain POLHILL presented a petition from the Board of
Guardians at Brighton, complaining of the general provisions
of the Poor-law Removal Bill, which they considered favoured
the vagrant more than it did the honest householder. They
prayed, therefore, that the Bill be amended.
THE TEN HOURS' BILL.

Mr. HAWES presented a petition from the factory workers
in the mills of Mr. M'Phail, of Glasgow, in favour of
the Ten Hours' Bill.
Mr. G. HUDSON presented several peti. ions in favour of
the Eastern Counties Terminus and other railway Bills.
Lord JOHN MANNERS presented a petition] against the
union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor.
In reply to Mr. CHRISTIE respecting the case of Mary
Anne Tyler, whose case was detailed to the House in a petition
presented on the 7th instant,
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that he had fully inquired
into the particulars of the ease, and had come to the conclusion
that the decision of the magistrate was illegal. He had also
informed the magistrate before whom the case was heard of
the conclusion at which he had arrived, and that the case
would be specially reported to the Lord Chancellor.—( Hear. )
In conclusion he would say he had not the slightest objections
to the motion of the Hon. Gentleman.
The motion was then agreed to.
TEN HOURS' BILL.
Lord G. BENTINCK presented a petition from Bath,
most numerously and respectably signed, in favour of the Tea
Hours' Bill.—( Hear, hear.)
SEES OF ST. ASAPH AND BANGOR.
Mr. BANKES presented a petition from the clergy of
Dorchester, praying the House not to permit a union of the
dioceses of St. Asaph and Bangor.—Ordered to lie on the table.
The HoN. GENTLEMAN also presented a petition from the
poor of the county of Dorset, praying that the owners of houses
rated below six pounds should be assessed, and not the residents
of such habitations.