The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-19 00:00:00

SCOTTISH MIDLAND RAILWAY.

The order made upon the 2d day of March last, for referring
the Scottish Midland Junction Railway (South Inch of Perth
branch) Bill to the Committee of Selection, was discharged,
and the Bill was also discharged.
EAST LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY.

This Bill was read a third time and passed.
LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY.
On the motion of Sir J. EASTHOPE, this Bill was read a
second time, and ordered to be committed.

OXFORD AND CHELTENHAM RAILWAY.
Mr. BERKELEY presented a number of petitions in favour
of this railway.
CALEDONIAN EXTENSION RAILWAY.
This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed.
On the motion of Mr. HUDSON, :the Midland Railway
(Birmingham and Gloucester Branches) Bill was read a second
time and ordered to be committed.

On the motion of the same HON. MEmnEu. the York and
North Midland (East Riding Branches) No. 1, the York and
North Midland (East Riding Branches) No. 2, and the York
and North Midland (Whitby and Pickering Extension) Rail-
way Bills, were read a third time and passed.
The Sidmouth Market Bill was read a third time, and passed.
The Midland Railway (Leicester and Swannington Altera-
tions and Extension) Bill was read a third time, and passed.
NORFOLK RAILWAY EXTENSION.

This Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed.
WARWICKSHIRE AND LONDON RAILWAY

( HAMPTON AND BANBURY LINE).
This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed.

STO WMARKET NAVIGATION.

This Bill was read a third time and passed.
WEST RIDING UNION RAILWAY (No. 2.)
This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com•
mitted.

LIVERPOOL AND BURY RAILWAY.
This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com-
mitted.
The third reading of the North Staffordshire (Chnrnet
Valley), the North Staffordshire (Harecastle to Sandbach),
and the North Staffordshire (Pottery) Railway Bills, was
postponed till Thursday.
Mr. GIBSON CRAIG moved that the order (15th May)
that the report on the Carnwath and West Linton Railway
Bill do lie on the table be discharged, and that the Bill be
withdrawn.—Agreed to.
MR. S. O'BRIEN.

Mr. O'CONNELL presented 147 petitions from various
parts of Ireland praying for the liberation of Mr. S. O'Brien.
POOR-LAW (SCOTLAND.)
Mr. T. DUNCOUBE presented a petition from Paisley
praying for an alteration in the poor-laws of Scotland.
PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.
Dr. BO WRING presented a petition from a gentleman,
praying that the punishment of death may be abolished. The
petitioner stated that he had once been robbed on the highway,
and his name had once been forged, but owing to the san-
guinary character of our laws he had refrained from pro-
secuting.
THE TEN HOURS' BILL.

Mr. FERRAND presented ten petitions in favour ,of the
Factory Bill—five of them being from men in the employ of
millowners of Manchester ; others from Huddersfield ; one
from Bradford, in Yorkshire; and one signed by 200 indirio.
duals in the employ of Messrs. Marshall, of Leeds. Another
came from shopkeepers of Bradford and Huddersfield. The
Hon. Member also presented a petition from a gentleman re-
siding in Dublin, praying the House to alter the laws of land-
lord
lortatr. andF EteßnaßnAt
NinDlrgealavne notice Ireland
gave
that, to-morrow.
NOTICE OF MOTION.
the following questions to the Right Hon. Baronet he should put
et the First
Lord of the Treasury ;—Firstly—Whether her Majesty's Go-
cPeodor-iluawthe
vernment possess the power of rescuing from the tyranny oftlione fin
Commissionerspo r-hou seseventy
of Bi
npgeel ey u poor
personsnder w thhee w er e
or-
ders of that Commission, the poor-hsouse not being
capable of comfortably accommodating more than twelve
inmates ? Secondly---If her Majesty's Govert iment did possess
that power, whether they would exercise it, as a fever had
broken out amongst the inmates of the poor-house ?
Thirdly—He would ask whether her Maj esty's Government
po'sessed the power of compelling the Poor.law Commis-
sioners to visit the poor-house, which had tot been visited
since 1842, and on which occasion a false return was made.
Fourthly—Whether the Right Honourable Baronet, on
the part of her Majesty's Government, would take that
opportunity of retracting the unfounded charge made
against the rate-payers and guardians of .Bingley,
that their proceedings were the cause of the pr esent state of
the poor-house and its inmates?
Sir GEORGE GREY said, that its these cases -
it was desirable that Hon. Members intend ing to put
questions should hand in written notices of those questions, as
expressions of a troublesome nature sometimes sot upon the
votes.
Sir R. INGLIS said that he entirely concurred in the sag•
gestion of the Right Hon. Baronet who had last spoken.
Mr. FERRAND said, he had taken care that all expression
that were Parliamentary should be used in the notice-_--.
(Laughter)—and if it contained any that were mot he would
withdraw them.
Lord PALME that theRSTON said, he had just hear d
poor-
law
Member opposite had given notice in respect to a p
law union which; was in terms that were not in ,accerdanCo
with the rules of the House.
Mr. FERRAND said he had withdrawn the terms
SMALL DEBTS BILL.
Sir J. GRAHAM, in answer toa question from Vernon
Smith; laid that Lord UM itc.d given