The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-11 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tins DAY.
The speaker took the chair at a quarter before tom
o'clock.

The attendance at prayers at the commencement of the
proceedings to-day was very great, but immediately the
Speaker's chaplain had concluded the service the greater
part of the members quitted the House, but left their
cards in the small frame at the back of the seat they had
occupied, signifying that the place was taken. The.
Speaker's and strangers' gallery was completely filled, and
in the gallery appropriated to the House of Peers were
the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Derby, Viscount Ebury,
Chief Justice Whiteside, Lord Lawrence, Lord Lyveden,
;aid the Duke of Richmond.
THIRD READING.
The Blackburn Corporation Improvement Bill and the
Hebden Bridge Gas Bill.

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY BILL.
On the motion that this bill be further considered;
Mr. CRAWFORD moved that the further con.sidera-
tion of this bill be deferred until the 26th of April,
and that in the meantime the evidence taken
before the select committee be printed and circulated.
The hon. gentleman then stated the circumstances that
had led him, on the part of the corporation of London,
the merchants and traders therein, and the Metropolitan
Board of Works, to oppose the proposition of the direc-
tors of this railway to make a great station in Queen
Victoria-street, which, he said, would be a direct act of
vandalism. He contended that the carrying in effect
of the proposition he had mentioned could not be
termed a public improvement, but, on the contrary, it
would be a very great public inconvenience. The point at
which it was proposed to disgorge the traffic was already
the most crowded portion of the City, and the adding t.
the immense traffic that of a large number of railway pas
sengers would produce an amount of confusion that it wa
almost impossible to conceive. He denied that the sub
way would at all tend to remedy the anticipated evil, ani
therefore he hoped the House would agree to the proposi-
t!on he had made.

Mr. CROSS, the chairman of the select committee to
which the bill had been referred, said that many of the
statements that had been made to the House had not
come under the consideration of the commission. He
thought thefrcourse taken by the hon. member an exceed-
ingly inconvenient course, in raising the question at that,
time and in that House, the more so as it was certain
the bill, before it became law, would have to go before
the Committee of the House of. Lords, where all the
evidence of the Corporation and other persons could laL.
heard. He denied that there would be any station
Queen Victoria-street, but said that the entry and egress
to and from the railway, would be in the houses at the
corner of Bucklerebury. Nothing like the station as
stated by the hon. member, would be visible,. in the new
street, and therefore this great act of vandalism, of which
the hon. member complained, would not be committed.
Mr. DODSON appealed to the hon. member not to perse-
vere with his motion, as if the bill was considered that day
it could not be read a third time until after after Easter
There would, therefore, be ample time to have the
evidence printed, and then he would also be in a position
on the motion for the third reading to move the rejection
of the bill if he felt it his duty to do so.
After a few words from Mr. Beresford Hope and Lord
Elcho,
Mr. CRAUFORD adopted the suggestion of Mr. Dodson
on the understanding that on the motion for the third
reading he could move the re-committal of the bill.

The motion was then withdrawn.
NEW MEMBERS,

Mr. KENNEwAv took the oath and his seat for East
Devon. The hon. gentlemen was introduced by Mr.
Kekewich and Mr. Scourfield.

THE SEA QUEEN,

Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE asked the Secretary to the
Board of Trade whether any inquiry had taken place by
the Board of Trade respecting the loss of the Sea Queen
off Yarmouth on the 13th of February last, when the
captain, officers, and a crew of twenty-four hands all

perished. The, ship left Shields laden with coalA and
bound for Malaga, her registered tonnage being 677 tons,
and actual tonnage 903-tons ; but it is believed that she
left Shields with more than 1,110 tons.
Mr. LEFEVRE said in consequence of the communication,
he had received from the hon. gentlemen he had ordered
an inquiry to be made.