The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-29 00:00:00

LEICESTER-

The evidence to establish agency was commenced this
morning. A waiter at the " Bell," in Leicester, where
Sir Jo-hum Walmsley put up, proved that a person
named Stains, who was alleged to have committed the
bribery, was constairly in communication with Sir
Jo,ltua during the election. A wife of another alleged
agent named Samson proved that her husLaud had been
" out of the way " since December last. The rest of the
day was occupied with evtdence of bribery.

TATI'ERSALL'S-THIS EVENING.
Li two o" three ten pound het. against Lady Wildair,
Plaudit, Montpensier, and Niatheinatician, at 10 to 1
each, consists the entire business up to six o'clock.

THE MURDER OF A WOMAN BY A SOLDIER.—
(From a Correspondent )—I have just been informed
that the woman who was shot at. Newport barracks, in
Monmouthshire, died yesterday ut twelve o'clock at
noon. and that the coroner's inquest will be held on the
body to-morrow.
The royal mail steam-ship Acadia, Captain Stone,
left the AL-rsey•on Saturday. tor lialitax and New York.
The steam-ship Britannia, Captain Lang. which would
leave Boston on the 17th and Halifax on the 19th inst.,
m4y be expected to arrive in the river to.morrow.—
Liverpool Albion of this day.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took W
the
IV IE Chair
IBERS at FORT o'clock,
NE.

Mr. VERNON HARcoURT and Mr. MULLING took the
oaths and thcir seats, the former fur Oxturdshire and the
latter for CireLcester.
REPORTS.

The following reports were considered and agreed to:
Dublin and Mul.ingar Turnpike Road.
Clarence Railway and Leeds and Think Railway
Amalgamation.

THIRD READINGS.

The following Bslla were read a third time :
Oxford Paving.

Nantwich and Wheelock Turnpike Road.
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Railway
Amendment (Extension to Penistone and Alteration of
Dodworth Branch).
Dundalk, Castle Blaney, and Carickrnacross Roads.
Kendal and Windermere Railway Act Amendment.
LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST
RAILWAY (LONDON BRIDGE AND NEW -
CROSS STATIONS, &e.) BILL.
The third reading of this Bill having been proposed,
Sir•DE LACY EVANS moved the omission of the
clauses which relate to the employment of the money of
the company, for the purpose of steam-packet
navigation—which, on an intimation from the Speaker.
he amended, by proposing that the Bill be postponed
until Monday next.
Captain PECHELL supported the motion, and com-
plained that the company did not aff,rd the accommo-
dation it should to the public, and called upon the House
to compel it to do so.
Sir R. PEEL said he was chairman of the Committee
to which the question of allowing railway companies to
devote a portion of their capital to steam-boat
navigation was referred. He knew nothing of the
management of the company, or whether the-y afforded
sufficieht third-class accommodation to the public or not.
The question before the House was a simple one, and
the Comtnittt e entered into it without pr.judice either
one way or rho other. If there was any prejudice at all,
it was against the principle of allowing railway companies
so to devote their capital. It appeared that railway
communication would shortly be opened between Dieppe
and Paris, and that with the view to facilitate communi-
cation between the two countries it was essential that a
new and improved class of boats should run between
Newhaven, Shoreham, and Dieppe, and that
the communication should be kept up both
during winter and summer. The company showed
Wore the Committee, that unlrss they afforded this
communication the public would lint obtain it all ; amid
further, that it could not be afforded by an independent
company with any profit. It cou:d not be expected that
an independent company would run boats be-
t4een Newhaven and Havre. It further appeared
that the General Steam Navigation Company had not
supplied the r quisite communication, notwithstanding
c.4oplAints and remonstrances had been repeatedly
addressed to them. The boats run by that company
acre only ot 150 tons, and occupied nearly eight hours
in crossing the Charnel. Now the railway company
proposed running four boats ot 400 tons burthen. These
boats had been proved before the Committee to be as
complete and pert. et as possible, and also that they had
mimed the voyage iu f our hours arid a half. Now,
in the face of all this, and no counter evidence having
been adduced, the Committee affirmed the preamble of
the Bill, beli. ving that allowing the company to expend
money for this purpose would be to the public ad-
vanta4e.

JI r. FULLER supported the opinion of the Right
Hun. Barunt•t.

Sir DE LACY EVANS said with respect to the
statement of the Huh. Baronet, that there was no
counter evidence, he had received a letter from one
of the shareholders in the company, to the effect
that the proprietors had no knowledge that this Bill
would come befori• the Muse of Commons.

Mr. I'. GRENFELL dt fendcd the cuur.,e pursued by
the directors of the Loudon, Brightutt, and South Coat
Railway. Tney had undertaken the respumibi hy by the
direction of the body of the shareholders, and after
'nature deliberation all that they had done was in
their opinion fur the interests of the public, and that of
their propirtors.

Mr: EREWEN supported the third reading of the
Bill upon public grounds, al.hough, in a private poiut
of view, l►e was rather ►core aga►nst Linn for the com-
pany. _ _ _

After a few words from Mr. BAILLIE,
Mr. P. HOWARD supported the amendment;
But after a few words from Sir DE LACY EVANS,
in rep:y, it was withdrawn.
Captain PECHELL wished to ask the lion. Gentle-
man who bad the charge of the Bill whether the boats
would run this summer?

Mr. P. GRENFELL was understood to reply in the
affirmative.

The Bill was then read a third time and passed.
REPORTS.

The reports to the fd.l,)wing Bills were considered,
and egued to:—
Dublin and Nluilingar Turnpike Road Bill.
Clarence Itaiiway and Leeds at:d Thirbk Railway
Amal4aroation Bill.
CHELTENHAM ELECTION.

Mr M. J. O'CONNELL reported that the Chelten-
ham Elretion Cuintnitke had come to the reso;utiun that
Sir ‘Villuugliby Junes, Bart., had not been duly elected
a burgess to bt rre in the present Parliament at the last
election. lie turthur intOrmed the House that Sir Wil-
loughby Junes had been guilty of bribery, through his
agents, at the last election. but it had nut been proved
to the Cotninittee that it had been dune with his know-
ledge and consen,.______