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

PARLIAMENTARY 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 :"—Question
put, " That the word now' stand part of the Question." The House
divided :

Armstrong, Sir R
Bouverie, E. P.
gowring, Dr.

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

Bright,-john
Corbaiiy, M. E.
Cowper, W. F.
Escott, Bickham
Ewart, William
Granger, T. C.
Hawes, Benj.

leneage, E

TELLERS.
Elphinstone, H
Worsley, Lord

Eloward, P.H.

MAJORITY-NOES, 55.
Douglas, Sir C. E. Norreys, Lord
Estcourt, T. G. Packe, C. W.
Finch, George Patten, J. W.
Fitzrry, Henry Rolleston, Colonel
Forbes, William Sibthorp, Co!onel
Graham, Sir James Smith, Abel
Greene, Thomas Sotheron, T. H. S.
Gregory, W. H. Spooner, Richard
Grimsdltch, T. Sutton, H. M.
Grogan, E. Thesiger, -ir 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.
Lygon, General
Meynell, Captain
Morgan, 0

Allis, J. P.
Antrobus, Eqmuud
Arkwright, G.
II:Lillie, H. J.
Bennet, P.
Bentinck, Lord G.
Islackburne, J. I.
Bodkin, William 11.
Borthwick, P.
Bowles, Admiral
Broadley, 11.
Bruce, 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
scripbolders 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, A 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 oTaction 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 arereraet-
etvh.antein thea bsrcrip
gknaroteldedasgesinor
hlaursl}hcewsse.ll dTev2esedp,roavnidsioasn
must have been
to be produced at a meeting of.v
the
et
viewsth ee
of March last, is especially commended.
that in many projects the management have retained a large
actually issued, and the deposit paidor)tenrsit iletfoirsentohteorfolusst
wasas foreseencarry
t
tloattmede;etainngd,
soit
ofnl the directors in spite of the body of shareholders. By
numberght easily
providing that the scrip must be already issued and paid
upon, the possibility of overwhelming the assembly by a
asofilyshbaer clue used aal
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 tl,at 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 NY as maintained up to the close of the day.

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The programme for
the concert on Friday evening next is unusually varied, containing a
new cantata:iby Mr. Perry, Mendelssohn's eighth part Psalm, " When
Israel," and Haydn's Second Service. It is the Society's oue hundred
and fiftieth performance.
Mr. Charles Kemble gave his readings from Bantle C
last night, at the Eastern Institution, Commercial-road East. The
audience was numerous.
NEW CLUB.—A meeting was held yesterday, at the
rooms of the new club now formed at No. 12, George-street, Han-
over-square, Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., 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 wh
Cluile
its tariff is to be an exact copy of that of the ArArmyand Navy b,
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 ladies and families
of the members and their friends. The Eight Hon. the Earl of Devon
tiof— dirimeelintsei persons,or i
sa iyn
is the president of the club, and many of the members of the British
fifty-sevensr-sstreet aad Free-
taonditsFemreairaglenmsteintutte,Qhraevepajsosiendedt.
unanimously, tir
and
latutieornsarveolatotinogf
thanks to Mr. Benjamin Bond Cabbell, for his able conduct in the
CELLAR
chair, the meeting separated.
INHABITING UNWHOLBSOMS
mason's-retie, appeared before Mr. Rushton, to answer summonses
fe(olkwrino.aillirdosawoyir). tgactnytealirnestosPno:fiteoe premises'lvuert' and no
chiefly
se fewerl fie ye in
inthLeaaencella'
height, size, windows, &c., below whn is allowed by the local Act
effecting such domiciles. The parties had all received
some of them nearly twelve months ago—and as every case was
legal notice—
proved, they were each and severally fined
(9s. 6d. in all) ; and it was intimated to 55., and costs 4s. 6d.
the same amount of fine would be i them by the magistrate that
during which they permitted•imposed for every day hereafter,
nwholesome abodes. Ile parties to reside in such coeened and
u
added that poor individuals ejected would
be taken care of
homes.—Lirerpooi Stanarauthorities und
d. til they could find other
THE CASE OF POISONING AT BROMLEY. The in-
quiry into this remarkable case was resumed yesterday, for the six-
teenth time, before Mr. Carttar, the Coroner for West Kent, at the
Swan Tavern, Bromley, and in consequence of the illness of Mr.
Games, the solicitor, who had been instructed to watch the case, it
was again adjourned for a fortnight, after the examination of two
witnesses. Tho first witness examined was Mr. Thomas Carter,
Baptist Minister at Fenny Stratford, who had frequently corresponded
1 with the deceased Daudet Monckton, and was an intimate friend of
1 Thomas Churcher. His evidence disclosed nothing material. The
other witness was a female named Sharp, but it was deemed ad-
' visable to, conduct her examination. in priyate consequently its pur-
port An Mt transpire.