The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-23 00:00:00

PARLIAMEN TAR Y DIVISIONS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22.
COUNTY ELECTIONS BILL.
Order for Second Reading read ; Motion made, and Question pro.
posed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :"—Amendment
proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the
Question to add the words " upon this day six months :"—Questien
put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the Questioa." The Rouse
divided :

Armstrong, Sir It,
Bouverie, E. I'.
Bowring, Dr.
Bright, John
Corhally, AL E.
Cowper, W. F.
Escott, Biekham
Ewart, William
Granger, T. C.
Hawes, Bell.

MINORITY-AYES, 32.
Langston, J. H. Scott, Robert
M`Carthy, Alex. Smith, Vernon
Mangles, R. D. Stansfleld, W. R.
Marsland,' Henry Strutt, Edward
Milton, Viscount Thornely, Thomas
Moffatt, George Ward, H. G.
Morris, David Wyee, Thomas
O'Connell, John Yorke, H. It
Ogle, S. C.
Parker, John
Philips, Mark
Power, James

Eeneage, E.
[owed, P. II

TELLERS,
Elphinstone, H
Worsley, Lord

MAJORITY-NOES, 55.
Douglas, Sir C. E. Norreys, Lord
Estcourt, T. G. Packe, C. W.
Finch, George Patten, J. W.
Fitzroy, Henry Itollesion, Colonel
Forbes, William Sibthorp, Colonel
Graham, Sir James Smith, Abel
Greene, Thomas Sotheron, T. H. S.
Gregory, W. H. Spooner, Richard
Grimsditch, T. Sutton, H. M.
Grogan, E. Thesigcr, Sir F.
Harris, Captain . Villiers, Viscount
Henley, J. W. Wellesley, Lord C.
Hotham, Lord Wood, Colonel T.
Inglis, Sir R. Wortley, J. S.
Jones, Captain Young, John
Ramble, H.
Lockhart, W.
Lygou, General
Meynell, Captain
Morgan, 0.

Allix, J. P.
Antrobus, Edmund
Arkwright, G.
Baillie, H. J.
Bennet, P.
Bentinck, Lord G.
Biackbume, J. I.
Bodkin, William H.
Borthwick, P.
Bowles, Admiral
Broadley, 11.
jiruCe, Lord E.
Buckley, Edmund
Cardwell, E.
Carew, W. P;
Carnegie, Captain
Christopher, B. A.
Chute, W. L. W.
Corry, H.
Cripps, William

TELLERS.
Denison, E. B.
Newdegate, N.

RAILWAY LEGISLATION.
(From the Times' City Article.)
Sir Robert Peel's resolutions on the subject of railway
legislation have been received by the most experienced and
judicious persons connected with the monetary interest with
a feeling of unmixed gratification. They not only feel that
a great weight in the shape of impending liability is removed
from the public mind, but" they are also gratified at the
promptitude which the Government have displayed in at-
tending to the wishes of the money circles, as expressed by
the deputations which recently waited upon Lord Dalhousie.
The great point which was urged by those deputations, and
which is now adopted by the Government, was, that the
scripholders should not be required to dissent from a project
to prevent it from receiving the sanction of Parliament, but
that the withholding of assent should be sufficient to stay
the progress of a scheme in the Legislature. When the mea-
sure of " relief" was propounded in its original form by
Lord Dalhousie, :it was foreseen that by its very nature
it would fail in those effects which it was intended
to produce. The scripholders, scattered about the
country,'could with difficulty assemble together to frustrate
a scheme which the directors might be anxious to advance;
while, on the other hand, where directors and shareholders
were all agreed, as to the propriety of carrying out a project,
there is a centre of action in the directors, by means of which
suffrages may be easily collected. In the modified measure
embodied in the resolutions published in the Times of to-day,
this view of the case is virtually adopted, and if the scheme
works well, it will be equally impossible to carry through a
Bill without the real wish of the proprietary, and to crush an
undertaking that has the good wishes of the scripholders.
The grand principle of relief which is involved in the resolu-
tions is, necessarily, the most important consideration ; but
it may be observed that the details of the measure are re-
garded as singularly well devised, and as evincing a great
knowledge of business. The provision that the scrip
e
to be produced at a meeting of voters must havee
ste
been
ly iss
•
It is notorious
eafctxuaalrehlause and the
d deposit
yit paid on i
commended.t °
that in many projects the management have retained a large
tl oat t
meeting,ed; and istewaase foreseen that tthhaet
views
nniuigmhhteerasofilyshhare
of thdedgiratchtoarts
theinscrip m
spite of the
be
body of
issued and
oafshareholders.
paidßy
providing
upon, the possibility of overwhelming the assembly by a
eussuedn3al
sudden and unexpected quantity of shares is completely pre-
vented. Care must be taken not to confound these resolu-
tions with the Bill which Lord Dalhousie has promised to
bring forward, though they are both parts of one compre-
hensive scheme. The resolutions merely express the deter-
mination of the House of Commons not to proceed to the
third reading of a railway Bill without the conditions set
forth are complied with. To give the scripholders in an in-
choate company that power of winding up their affairs
which is at present confined to corporate bodies, will be the
purpose of the new Bill, and till that is passed, the whole
right of the proprietary—.namely, that of preventing further
liability, and that of enforcing a return of remaining capi-
tal—will not be legally established. The " resolutions" had
a favourable effect upon the national securities. The Consol
market was rather better this afternoon, and the increase of
business caused prices to rally nearly a quarter per cent.,
which advance was maintained up to the close of the day.

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The programme for

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the concert on Friday evening next is unusually varied, containing a
new cantatalby Mr. Perry, Mendelssohn's eighth part Psalm,';" When
Israel," and Haydn's Second Service. It is the Society's one hundred
and fiftieth performance.
Mr. Charles Kemble gave his readings from Bantle t
last night, at the Eastern Institution, Commercial-road East. The
audience was numerous.
NEW CLUB.—A meeting was held yesterday,
rooms of the new club now formed at No. 12, George-street, at the
Han-
over-square, Benjamin Bond Cabbell, =sq., in the chair, when it was
resolved to open the club by a dinner of the members early in May.
the number already enrolled being sufficient to ensure its success.
Among the advantages of this new club may be mentioned that while
its tariff is to be an exact copy of that of the Army and Navy Club.
one of the most moderate in London, there will be no entrance fee,
and no responsibility of members. A separate dining and refreshment
room is to be set apart for the exclusive use of the ladles and families
of the members and their friends. The Eight Hon. the Earl of Devon
is the president of the club, and many of the members of the Britishg
and Foreign Institute have joined it. All the resolution rel f
fifty-seven persons,
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ableandcaftonderucat vinotethoe
chair, the meeting separated.
in Lace's-street and F
thaintkssmtoairigr.emßeennjtamwienreßpoanst
Sec., below what is allowed by the local owners or tenants of premises
faoKr
tr 0 Emd.
chiefly
. sleep O
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us h ti onCn
live an
for allowing persons to
m( Mu!
mason's-row,
i (Monday) Ay„): a: tT, the
pa police-court, a r e
do 1 U 1
c eN- chWeo
height, size, windows, Act
The parties had all •
affecting such domiciles.received legal mitten—
thorn nearly twelve months ago—stud as every Soma of case was
proved, they were each and severally tined 55., and C
costs 4s. 6d.
(95. Gd. in all) ; and it was intimated to them by the
doves,
the same amount of fine would be imposed for magistrate that
during which they permitted parties to reside every day hereafter,
unwholesome abodes. He added that in such contned and
be taken care of by the poor individuals ejected would
parish authorities until they could find other
homes.—/A:rerpool Standard.

THE CAE OF POISONING AT BROMLEY. The in-
quiry into this remarkable case was resumed Yesterdan:erntt,hat the
six-
teenth time, before Mr. Carttar, the Coroner for West
illness
Swan Tavern, Bromley, and in consequence of twb
etch the ease, it
Games, the solicitor, who had been instruct!d toe.
ination of two
was again adjourned for a fortnight, aftedr
,:.'1: Mr. Thomas Carter,
of Mr.
Witnesses. The first witness corresponded
to and was an intimate friend of
with the deceased Harriet Mpnnce.
disclosed nothing material. The
Thomas Churcher. His evia
female named Sharp, but it was deemed ad-
Baptist Minister at Fenny Stratford, had frequently
Other witness was a feemmuninition
In
priTate
counquently
its
pur-
port Yisable to conduct her
port did not trau3inse.