The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-21 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships met at the usual hour.
CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL.
The Bishop of DURHAM presented a petition from
Durham against this Bill.
THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH
MILDAND RAILWAY.
The RIGHT REV. PRELATE drew the attention of their
Lordships to the late accident on the Brandling Junc-
tion Railway, on which occasion an engine drawing one
of the trains ran off the line, down the embankment,
and injured several persons, one woman severely. He
therefore wished to ask the Noble Lord, the President
of the Board of Trade, whether steps had been taken
to prevent persons living immediately contiguous to a
railway from receiving injury, or losing their lives by
such accidents ; and whether his attention had been
called to the particular subject of the accident by the
receipt of any report with respect to it ?
The Earl of DALHOUSIE said an officer connected
with the Board f Trade had been dispatched to investigate
the cause of the accident to which the Right Rev. Pre-
late had referred, and whether it was possible to trace the
cause of it. The report of this officer had not yet been
received, but he expected it every hour. When he re-
ceived it he would lay it on the table of the House, ac- '
cording to custom.
The Bishop of DURHAM said nothing could be
more satisfactory than the explanation of the Noble
Lord.
THE REFORMATION OF CRIMINALS.
Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the Lord
I'rovost and citizens of Edinburgh, praying that steps
might be taken to reform criminals on their liberation
from prison, in order that they might become good and
useful members of society.
SELLING SPIRITS ON THE SABBATH.
The NOBLE and LEARNED LORD also presented
number of petitions from various parts of Scotland
against the sale of spirituous liquors on the Lord's-day.
Messengers brought up several Bills from the House
of Commons, and praying their Lordships' concurrence
to the same.
CHARITY TRUSTS BILL.

Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition, numerously
signed, praying their Lordships not to sanction the Bill
introduced by his Noble Friend (the Lord Chancellor).
The Noble Lord did not, however, concur in the opinions
expressed by the petitioners, that the passing of the pro
posed Bill would prove detrimental to the interests of
voluntary societies.
THE DISSOLUTION OF RAILWAYS.

The Earl of DALHOUSIE rose to give novice that,
in pursuance of the announcement made by her Majesty's
Government respecting railways, he would, on Thursday
next, submit the Bill to the House; that next day he
wcnld draw their attention to a sessional order he in-
tended to propose applicable to all railway companies,
to which the order of postponement to the 27th of April
referred. With this intimation, he would now move that
all proceedings of that House on Railway Bills be post-
poned till the 27th instant.—Agrcel to.
Their Lordships then adjourned till Thursday next.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the chair at Four o'clock.
N ENV MEMBERS.

Lord MILTON took the oaths and his seat for the
borough of Maldon, in the room of Mr. Childers, who
has accepted the office of Steward of the Chiltern
Hundreds.

Mr. RICH also took the oaths and his seat fur Rich
mond in the room of Mr. Ridley Colborne.
SECOND READINGS. _

The following Bills were read a second time and or-
dered to be committed, viz. :—Worcester Gas, Sheffield
General Cemetery, Belfast Improvement, Belfast Con-
sumers' Gas, Dublin Cemeteries, Dublin Markets,
Sion College, Queensferry Passage, Liverpool
Wa.er, Liverpool Paving, Sewering, and 'Watering ;
Metropolitan Sewage Manure Company, Wolverhampton
Stipendiary Justice, Frilford (Berks) Inclosure, Graves-
end and Milton Waterworks, Tunbridge Wells Improve-
ment, Wath upon Dearne Improvement, Newport and
Pillgwenlly Waterworks, Leith Petty Customs.
THIRD READINGS.

The following Bills were read a third time and passed,
viz.:—Liverpt ot Docks, Glasgow Waterworks, Dundee
New Gas (Amendments to Le proposed), Upwell-cum-
Welney Rector), Royal Asylum of St. Anne's Society.
MITCHAM AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.
Mr. GREENE moved that the Mitcham and South
Western Railway Bill (of which notice of report was
given for Thursday, the Bth day of April) be reported,
notwithstanding the resolution of the House, of the 7th
day of April. The Hon. Gentleman a'so moved that the
order referring the Derby, Gainsborough, and Great
Grimsby Junction Railway BU), to the Committee of
Selection, be now read, and discharged.

The Bill was withdrawn.
CORN-LAWS.
Sir JOHN HANMER presented a petition from the
Town Council of Hull, against the delay in passing the
Corn Bill ; also a petition from Hull, in favour of
temperance.
RATING OF TENEMENTS.

An ITos. MEMBER gave notice, that on a future day,
ho should move for leave to introduce a Bill to rate 5L
tenements in the name of the occupier, instead of the
landlord.

Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from the magis-
trates, town council, and merchants of Dundee, com-
plaining of the delay which had taken place in passing
the Government measure for the removal of the re-
strictions on trade and commerce, and praying her Ma-
jesty's Ministers to expedite the passing of it into a law.
Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from the
Ca:holic clergymen and inhabitants of the city of Exeter
in favour of the Bill for the removal of the disabilities
affecting persons who profess the Roman Catholic re-
ligion.
Mr. B. ESCOTT presented a petition from a place
in Wiltshire in favour of the Catholic Relief Bill.
PAYMENT OF GREENWICH PENSIONERS.
Captain LAYARD presented a petition from the pen-
sioners of Greenwich Hospital, complaining of the re
cent alterations in the mode of paying their pensions.
RAILWAY BILLS.
Mr. MARK PHILIPS presented a petition from the
Chamber of Commerce, Manchester, praying the House
to suspend for the present any furthtr legislation upon
railway Bills.
Slr R. H. INGLIS press ntel a petition signed by the
ministers of Salop against the union of the sees of St.
Asoph and Bangor.
Mr. BANKES presented a petition in favour of the
Catholic Relief

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NO 'ICES OF MOTION.
Dr. BO` RING gave notice of his intention, this da)
fortnight, to call the attention of the House to the ne
cessity of reforming the existing quarantine laws.