The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-24 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes before
Four o'clock.
PATENT GALVANIZED IRON COMPANY.

Mr. BROTHERTON moved that leave be given to
withdraw the petitions of John Chevallier Cobbold
(presented 28th February), and of Henry Pattison
(presented Ist March), against the Patent Galvanized
Iron Company (Incorporation of Company. with powers
to hold lands to raise money by loan, and to purchase
Letters Patent) Bill. That leave be given to withdraw
the petitions of John Chevallier Cobbuld (presented 28th
February), and of Henry Pattison (presented Ist March)
against the Patent Galvanised Iron Company trading
under the style or firm of " Malins and Rawlinsons'
Bill.—Agreed to.
SECOND READINGS. _ .

The followinitliaflwey BTUs were read a second time
anal ordered to be committed.

Aberdeen (Additional Capital).
Airdrie and Bathgata Junction (Amendment and De-
viation).
Arbroath and Forfar (Additional Capital).
Birmingham and Oxford Junction (Deviation from
Leamington to Warwick).
Bristol and Exeter (Glastonbury Navigation and Caaal
Purchase).
Direct London and Portsmouth.

Drumpeller Railway.
Dundee and Arbroath (Dundee Junction).
Dundee and Perth (Dundee Junction).
Dundee and Perth (Lease of the Dundee and Arbroath
Railway)
Dunfermline and Queensferry (from Dunfermline to
North Queensferry, with a Branch to Inverkeithing
Harbour).
Edinburgh and Glasgow (No. 2—Amendment of Acts,
New Branches, Abandonment of Branch, and Increase
of Capital).
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 'and Glasgow, Airdrie, and
"Monklands Junction (Amendment of Acts).
East Anglian (Ely and Huntingdon Railway, Extension
of Time).
East Liacolnshire (Alteration of Great Grimsby Branch).
Furness Railway.
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (Revision of
maximum Tolls and Charges on the Glasgow, Paisley,
Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railways).
Great Western '(to confer additional Powers on the
Company with reference to the Purchase of the
Birmingham and Oxford Junction, &c., Railways).
Great Western (Loop Line from the Birmingham and
Oxford Junction Railway through Leamington).
Kendal and Windermere Act Amendment.

Leeds and Thirsk (Alteration of Levels of Leeds and
Hartlepool Railway in Eaglescliffe, Preston, and
Stockton, &c.)
London and South-Western Railway Company's 'Acts
Amendment, Extension, Deviation, and New Works.
Louden and South-Western, Exeter and Crediton, Taw
Vale Railway and Dock, and Bodmin and Wade-
bridge Railway Companies Arrangements.
London and South-Western Railway Company and
Southampton and Dorchester Railway Company
Amalgamation.
London, Brighton, and South Coast (London bridge and
New Cross Stations, &c).
London and Blackwell Connecting Branch, &o.
Londonderry and Enniskillen (Relinquishment of Line
between Omagh and Enniskillen, &c.)
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Humber Fer-
ries Improvement at Hull and New Holland, &c.)
Midland (Branch to Ripley, &c.)
Midland (Alteration of the Line and Branches near
Wellingborough, and Approach to the Wellingborough
Station).
Newport and Pontypool Act Amendment.
Norfolk (Amendment of Acts and Extension of Time
for commencing Reedham and Disc Branches).
North British (No. I —lncrease and Division of Capital).
North British (No. 2—Junction with Leith Branch of
the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway, &c.)
Shropshire Union Railways and Canal
(Extension of
Time, &c.)
South Wales Amendment of Acts.

Vale of Neath (Power to the South Wales Company to
subscribe, and Amendment of Acts).
Whitehaven and Furness Junction (Extension or Devi-
ation Line from Silecroft to Foxfield, &c.)
York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Great North of Eng-
land, Clarence, and Hartlepool Junction Railway, and
Hartlepool Dock and Railway Leasing).
York, Newcastle and Berwick (Deviation and abandon-
ment of part of the Thirek and Malton Branch).
The Burntisland Harbour Improvement Bill was read
a second time, and ordered to be committed.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY
(POWER TO PURCHASE) BILL.

On the motion that this Bill be read a second time,
Mr. FORSTER rose to move, as an amendment, that it
be read a second time this day six months, on the
ground that it would place in the hands of a railway
company the monopoly of the traffic between Dublin and
Holyhead.
Mr. H. BERKELEY seconded the motion, and said,
no doubt, the President of the Railway Board, if he were
in the House, would also join in the opposition.
Mr. GLYN then said the Bill was not now brought
in for the first time, as it had been on a former occasion,
before the House. The Commissioners of Railways at
that time allowed the Bill to proceed, and the Committee
to whom it was referred declared that its carrying out was
expedient; but it was withdrawn simply on the ground
that the session was near its close, and that it could not
bo completed before the prorogation. The Chester and
Holyhead Railway Company, so far from wishing
to establish a monopoly, were perfectly ready
to treat with the established companies if they
were disposed to undertake the service ; if they
were prepared to do so the promoters of the Bill were
prepared to withdraw that portion of it. The condi
tic n, however, on which the company proposed carry-
ing out the steam-boat communication, with the terms
they proposed to charge, were before the House, and
were to be rendered subject to the approval of the Board
of! Trade. The rates were extremely low.
!Mr. F. FRENCH opposed the Bill, on the ground that
it; would utterly ruin the existing companies.
!After a few words from Sir W. HEATIICOTE,
!Mr. GLYN stated, in reply, that the company sought
pa w.r to raise further additional capital, and that they
wf )uld be put to much inconvenience if those provisions
vitals not assented to.
Sir 11. VERNEY considered that the Bill would
creeste a monstrous monopoly, and that therefore the
House ought not to consent to it.
Mr. GLYN said that, acting upon the suggestion of
thie Hon. Member, he would withdraw his motion.
,The second reading of the Bill was then postponed.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (BRANCH
FROM SLOUGH TO WINDSOR).
On the motion for the second reading of this Bill,
:Mr. GLADSTONE rose to oppose the second
rot .ding, on the ground that a Bill had already been read
a s 4cond time, introduced by the South-WesternCompany,
to supply the wants of that district, and suggested that
the Noble Lord at the head of the Woods and Forests
shy Fuld interpose himself as a mediator between the two
cot ttending parties, the Great Western and Soutl.-Wee.
ter n Railway Companies.
:Lord MORPETH said that ho should be most
has ppy if an end could be put to the litigation
bs s tween those two companies. He had endea-
ef)ured to bring about that reconciliation, but he
cf mid not flatter himself that he should be able Fetis-
h] etorily to interpose in the affairs. He thought
tie at the Great Western Company were not seeking by
thi a Bill anything unreasonable when they sought to
oh Lain the powers to make a station more convenient to
tht : town of Windsor.