The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-19 00:00:00

IMPERJAL PARLIAMENT•

HOUSE OF LORDS, June 18.
Their Lordships met to-day at a quarter to Fife
o'clock.

ROYAL ASSENT.
The royal assent was given to-day, shortly be-..
fore five o'clock, to the following Bills :—Viscount
Hardinge's Annuity Bill This Bill enables the East
India Company to grant to Viscount Hardinge a pension. •
of 5,0001. a year independent of the income which lie
enjoy s as Governor-General of India]—the Railway
D. posits Bill—the Print Works' Bill—the Citz
of London Coal Market and Improvement B
—the Clyde Dock and Harbour Bill—the Slit°
Harbour Improvement Bill—the Weston-super-Mare
Pier Bil—the Southampton Port and Pier Bill--
the Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse Cemetery
Bill—the Birkenhead Improvement Commissioners' Bill
—the Leicester Improvements Bill—the Southport
provement Bill—the Helensbureh Extension and Police
Bill—the Airdrie Police Bill—the Gravesend and
Milton Waterworks Bill—the Bury Waterworks
Bill—the Bolton Waterworks Bilt—the Liverpool
and Hatrington Water-works Bill—the Sunderland
Water works Bill—the Sunderland Gas Bill—the Ro-
therham Gas Bill—the Dundee New Gas Bill—the
Bilstoa Gas Bill—the Harrogate Gas Bill—the
Glasgow Union Arcade Bil.—the Sid nouth Market
Bill—the Carshalton Rates Bill—the Royal Asylum
of the St. Anne's Society's Bill—the Electric
Telegraph Bill—the Caledonian Insurance Company's
Bill—the Greenlaw Roads Bill—the Westruther Road
Bill—Mouril) an (or Soll) s) Estate Bill—the Earl of
rleville (Blesinton's Estate) Bill— Sir James
Dunbar's . Estate Bill— the Marquis of Done-
gal's Estate Bill—Gollan's Estate Bill—and the
tolloaing Railway Bills :—Midland Railway SYst°ll.
to Petereoreui4ll—M.ldon, Witham, and Branches
.--
E astern Linnet and Ilacteigh Junction—London and
Brighton (East Grinstead Branch)—South-Eastern
(Rye to Rye Harbour)—South-Eas:ern (Ashford
StatienEnlargement)—Edinburgh,Leith, and Grantor—'
Newcastle and Ihrlington Jitnction (Tnirsk and Maltot!
Brunch. s)—York and North Midland (Whitby and
Pit keritig Ex teristutt)— Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmer-
neck. end Ayr (Ainemitnent and Branches)—Brightoort
Lewe-, an i Ha-ti gs ~Eastbourne arid Hailsbarn)--
South-Eastern (Tuntridge Wells, Hastings, arid
York and North Midland (East Riding Branches,
No. I)—York and North .midland (East
Itranch,, No. 2)—Rugby :end Stamtord—Brighton and
Chichester (Boum r and Little Hampton Br.nches)--••
Brighton arid Chichester (St yning Branch)—Edin-
burgh and Glasgow (Amendment ant Branches).
CHURCH DISCIPLINE BILL.
The Bishop of LONDON moved the first reading of
this Bill. It was an act ior amending the laws relative
to the correction of cents, and he was enabled to 00
that it had undergone a careful examination, and hid
obtained the approbation of all his Right Rev. Brethren
on the Bench.— l'ne Bill arts then read a first rime.
MESSAGE FRO tl THE COMMONS.
Messengers from the House of Commons brouglit up
several Bills, which were ord red to he en the table.
lord CLAN BR AS ILI.. as Chairman of the Glaorlw
arid Ardross in Railway, presented a petition from the
Committee, praying leave not to set again until Mon;
day next. He would also take that opportunity 0'
stating that the petition which he intended to presents
with reforerce to ih t conduct of the Archbishop of _Dub-
lin in removing a certain clergyman from his parish.
he would postpone until Tuesday next, as he thought
that it would only be proper to write to his Lordship on
the subject.
RAILWAY LEGISLATION.
'Lord MONEAGLE presented a petition from some
T
,bar,h.thlers of the Mre.ehester and Sheffield Junction
• Rail .eay, complaining of the conduct of the directors, who
held a meeting und- r tie sessional orders, which was at.
tended by the petitioners, who ohj dto toe line in
consequence of the amount of capital whi.th it was pr;?:
posed to raise. The petitioners oittained from the 511
rectors a promise t hat the capital should be diminished.
SUNDAY TRADING.
Lord I‘IONTEAGLE presented s petition fromd
parochial authorities of the Parish of St. Luke, Mi
dtlhee.
sex, against Sunday trading.
The Bishop of LONDON bed to rt„
respecting the great good that hadrcree..
Bills repecting
operation of restrictive clauses in po
articular periods
few words
taie sale of spirituous liquors at
a Lpd in the benefits
during Sunday. Liver Pail _
._on
uaftead
l that
the Bill came into operation, respectable feina es
could not br fore walk to the parish church on a Sundsl•
had been very great. In St. Giles s, since the clause of
now could do so without interruption. The be-
hd
'reticle! effects of the clause in Liverpool
as,
a
ed
been such, that some rime atter the Bill was p
' ws were
clause, called on him, and admitted his vie
w's
rest
pp. to the
a gent!, man in that town, who had been o ost d
chang.d, and that the clause had Leen productive o g
good. Thousands had been benefited in London and
'lns in tentiu
would receive that encouragement n
Liverpool, and he hoped, therefore, thati the. Noble L,i
measu,e to which he w.s so well entitled.
Lord WHA RNCLIFFE presented a petition from the
parish of zit J. hit's, against Sunday trading. It was
signed by the clergy, church ardcns, and palish officers,
who prayed that some stop should be put to the pro-
' ceedings complained of.
' The Bishop of LONDON supported the prayer of the
petition, and said that if all the tradesmen's shops were
el •sed en Sunday, and the police empowered •to give
effect to such an arrangement, the werkmen would
compel their masters to pay them on Friday night.
TEs'l•S BILL.
The Earl of HAI)DINGTON presented a petition
front the Synod of Scotland, stating that they heard with
great regret that it was proposed to abolish the Teat
Act, end calling their Lordships' most serious attention

to thr.utject.
The House then adjourned at five minutes past
o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 18.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
LONDON AND YORK RAIL NAY.
The Lords' amendments on this Bill were read and
agri ed to.
bIIEFFIELD, ASHTON.UNDER-LYNE, AND
MANCHESTER RAILWAY.
Mr. WARD moved, on the consideration of the report
on the S etli.ld, Ashton-uhder-Lyne, and Minchester
Railway (Birt,sle) Branch) BA that the Bill be re-
commiit, d to the formtr Committee ; that the Cowl:nit
tce have leave to sit and proceed on Monday, at twelve
o'clock. The promoters of the Bill felt they had been
hardly dealt with, as they had not been permitted to
proceed with ..vidence before the Committee.
Mr. E ELLICE, jun., thought if the House was to
decide on re committing Bills after they had alreadf
been disposed of in Committee, Hon. Gentlemen who
servea on those Committees had better at once refuse to
attend. It would be useless to legislate at all if the re-
gular business of the House was to be interrupted hi
the :.uvgestionsot it, terested pa rties.anda sy stem ofcaxivase
permat, d which was highly discreditable to the House. i‘
wa- but two nights ago that a similar motion was ma.er
and Hon. Membets •. ere actually dragged from the
str, ets to vote in the I souse. Upon these grounds, be
should most decidedly oppose the re committal of the
Bill, as it would be impugning the decision of the Con'
mitte .
Art HoN. LkIEMBER ohserved that the case bad been
fully inveszigate,l by the Committee, and he saw no
reason that would jastify the interference of the Hodge'
Lord SEYM(,Uit wished to state that, as ch..orni!
of ;he Committee. he felt satisfied that the in"i'‘
of the Bill had been fairly decided _on ; and
*ebe_
certainly thought there was no occasion whatever for tnot
motion of the lion. Gentleman for the re-Committal
the Bill. It was cruel to r.fer back the Bill to Aie Cool:
mitt. e in the pres. ilt hot weather, whit sot the slight!!!
prospect of the Committee coming at any other opleleu
than that to which they had alreaoy agreed.
Lord G. SOMERSET opposed the motion.
Mr. bPO: NER and M. CAVENDISH supported the
motion.
Mr. G. LEGH sail that material injury would
done to his constituents by the decisimbl whiceen
rh bad bvee";
come to. Evidence. which ought to have
by the Commit. e had not been received, ,and under all
thecircumstances he theught the House wocircumstanceslld ae‘ pall
tight in recommitting the Bill.
M. ES rci)utir saw no reason whatever fortO
ferring back the Bill. 'I ht, Committee had cone
their decision after a most careful examination of the
evidence brought before them, and he would therefore
support them and vote against the re-committal.
Mr. HUME said the Hon. G.
from the statement of the Countli"6:'
mianfit. urtsa,:i7.l3.ly
ear,
allowed.a n d toss up which
his constituents were disappoi Ueptn.,:cl:l::B;raiodsl::uhnrdte:bdi t,:tvhdhweov
vsyieummeltrind:degastiteemsarysst,
ills
brought b tore them were
to con'ent t the course
well give up Como]
cotNnipr.anFie. member of the Coo"
had fairly and fully
mittee, that they investigated lb°
claims of the 13,11 s before them, and
eime to the decision
4, atter the 'nest Car t
lieeted t e ul deliberation.
Ythethoughtthe Tause ought to sup'
Mr. ENTVVISLI!, said a few d
companies hula vaeffitrh.
ittees
wOr 111 support of O.
of the Committer.
,r.inAtthieLlmOaNinß,
porMt
but, he did notsay decisions o their Committeesthe
that in all cast's
wpg Woe
afraid the Hogs to confirm them. Hef
I was too a
such matters t to release itself of
all troutile of
in the inquiry leaving entirelf
hands of the C •
otumate es. There were pea
cases in whichthe math
House was bound to interfere her
the decisions,the
present decision was of such a character.
there suffi • -
cient reason for interfering ? He considered
that, on these grounds, they ought to refer back the
case to the Committee, not because they had come t°
dishonest opinion, but because they might be mistake.:l
as the judge,. often wet., and then there was a new tai
always granted. It
Mr. GREENE objected to the course proposed. f
I
would be a very inconvenient thing if every Bil °'
which the promoters thought favourably should be "
ferred back to the Committee, and he would therefore,
if the House camp to a division, vote against the metleil;
Lord MORPETH said, that if the question esm
to a division he would vote for the re-con:motto
of the Bill, first because he believed the decision
of the Committee to be wrong, and next because
they
cut short a great deal of evidence tendered to them.
had
Mr. PARKER considered that the Committee bao
acted injudiciously in cutting short the e/idence
tendered to them, and be would therefore vote for th
re-committal of the Bill. More than one-half of the in•
habitants of Lancashire were in favour of such a Pr'
ceeding, and there was a very strong impresston
on the winds of the promoters of the Bill, that thq
had an irresistible case.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE OF LORDS•ie,
The Usher of the Black Rod appeared at the LORD
and summoned the Spaaker and the gouge to stt•ilu
House of Lords..: