The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-27 00:00:00

RYE ELECTION.

Mr. DIVETT brought up the report of the Rye
Election Committee, stating that Mr. Curteis was
not duly elected to serve in the present Parliament.

SECOND READINGS.

liThe following Railway Bills were read a second

time, and ordered to be committed.
Caledonian (Branches connecting the Clydesdale Junc-
tion and Wishaw and Coltness Railways, &c.)
Caledonian (Branch across Clyde and Glasgow Station).
Caledonian (Purchase or Lease of Wishaw and Coltness
Railway).
Caledonian, Lancaster and Carlisle, and London and
North Western (Lease of Scottish Central Railway).
East Indian Company Incorporation.
Eastern Counties (Enlargement of London and Strat-
ford Stations and Amendment of Acts (Amendment

of Act.)
Edinburgh and Glasgow (No. I—Amendment of Acts,
and Branches, &c.)
Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction (Central
Junction Branch).
Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junc
tion (Abandonment of the Railway, and Dissolution of
the Company).
London and North-Western (Branches and Extensions
from Leamington, &c.)
Monkland and Kirkintilloch, Ballochney and Slamannau
(Amalgamation or Sale or Lease and Amendment or

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ltopeal of Acts.)
Newry and Enniskillen (Amendment of Acts, and to
authorise Arrangements with other Companies).
North Wales (Dissolution of Company).

North Stafforashire (Ashbourne Branch and Approach
to Congleton Station).
Scottish Midland Junction (Amendment and Branches

to Birnam, &c.)
Stirling and Dunfermline (repeal of leasing Powers to
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company).
Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Act Amendment.
ishaw and Coltness (Deviation, connecting Branch, and

Improvement).
Whitehaven Junction.

Whitehaven Junction (extension, Alteration, and
Branches, &c.) . .

The PlyMoutli Great Western Dock Act Amendment
Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be commiteed
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.
On the order of the day for the second reading of
this Bill being read,
Mr. GROGAN presented several petitions against
the measure. He opposed the further progress
of the Bill, on the ground that it would give to the
London and North Western Railway a most injuri-
ous monopoly in the conveyance of passengers from
Holyhead to Dublin, thus giving them a mono-
poly upon water as well as upon the
land, and trusted that the House would refuse to grant
these extraordinary powers to a company whose
funds had been raised for the purposes of a rail-
way and not for that of a steam-packet company.
he felt it his duty therefore to move that the Bill be
read a second time this day six months.
Mr. F. FRENCH seconded the motion.

Mr. LABOUCHERE said that the question was
one of considerable importance; and he should,
therefore, suggest that the Bill should now be read a
second time, as the whole question would receive the
fullest attention either of the Select Committee upon
Railways, or of the Railway Department of the Board
of Trade.

Sir IL INGLIS thought that as this question waa
one of principle, the House was as able to pronounce
a decision upon the quastion as at any subseqnent
time.

Sir W. HEATHCOTE thought that some special
grounds ought to be brought forward before the
House to induce them to allow the Bill to go further.
If those special grounds were stated, and he thought
they were sufficient, he would vote for the second
reading, in order that the Bill might go into com-
mittee.

Mr. HUDSON thought that sufficient grounds had
been already brought forward to induce the House to
allow the second rearing of the Bill, in order that its
details might be fully discussed in a Committee up
stairs ; and if before that Committee it was
proved that the interests of the public would be se-
cured by the passing of this Bill, he was sure that
the House would never throw any difficulty in the
way of it becoming law. He was sure that the House
would never object to a railway company becoming
a steam-boat company, as long as the interests of the
public were secured and increased. He could not see
what object could be obtained by allowing the rail-
way company to take passengers to Holyhead, and
deprive them, at the same time, of carrying them over
to Dublin.

Sir DE LACY EVANS supported the second
reading of the Bill on the grounds suggested by the
President of the Board of Trade.
Mr. HUME said, if his recollection did not fail
him, this question was decided in the last Parliament,
when it was decided that these powers ought t© be
entrusted to railway companies, and has the Right
Hon. Gentleman the President of the Board of Trade
intimated that the matter was again to be referred to
a Committee up stairs he thought the debate ought
to be adjourned. He should therefore move an
amendment to that effect. _

The amendment having been seconded,
Sir CIIARLES DOUGLAS opposed the motion
for an adjournment. If ever there was a Bill that
ought to be referred to a Select Committee, that Bill
was the one now under discussion.
Mr. MACGREGOR advised the House to accede
to the suggestion of his Hon. Friend the President
of the Board of Trade.
Mr. LABOUCHERE said he did not wish :to
express any opinion on tho part of the Board of
Trade as to this Bill, but he thought this particular
company had a strong case why the powers they
sought by this Bill should be granted to them.—
(Hear, hear.) With regard to the motion for adjourn.
ment, he thought it would be hard and unjust to the
company to allow that motion to pass, when they had

already read a second time a Bill of the same character.
Sir R. 11. INGLIS could see no principle of com-
petition involved in this Bill, and he should certainly
support the motion for the second reading.
Mr. GLADSTONE had heard with surprise that
two Bills of this nature had already been read a
second time without some Member of the Govern-
ment having called the special attention of the
House to their details, and he felt that some fur-
ther explanation was due to the House on
that subject from the Right Hon. the President
of the Board of Trade.—(Hear, hear.) With regard
to this particular Bill, he thought that in equity and
justice they ought to pass its second reading; but
before he gave his assent to such motion, he wished to
be satisfied that there were circumstances connected
with this Company which entitled it to be exempted
from the general rule of excluding railway companies
from becoming, in their corporate capacities, the pro-
prietors of steam-vessels.
Mr. MANGLES said all that Chester and Holy-
head asked was, that efficient communication might
be provided for the public between Chester and
Holyhead ; if not, they were simply prepared to pro-
vide that accommodation in order to protect their own
property.—(Cries of " Divide.")
Lord RENDALSHAM supported the decision of
the Committee on this Bill.
Mr. HUME said it seemed that the House had
fallen into error in passing two Bills similar to the
one before it. As it seemed the wish of the House
that the Bill should be referred to a Committee, he
begged to withdraw his motion for the adjournment
of the debate.
Mr. GROGAN thought it unnecessary to trouble
the House to divide on his motion.—(Hear,) He
begged, therefore, to withdraw the motion. n con-
senting to the second reading the House would not
stand pledged to the provisions of the Bill ; and
it would therefore be open for any Hon. Member
to propose the expulsion of any objectionable provi-
sion in a future stage.
Colonel DUNNE opposed the second reading on
the ground that the Bill would endow the company
with a monopoly that could not fail to prove injurious
to the public.
The amendment was then withdrawn, and the Bill
was read a second time.
DUNDEE AND PERTH RAILWAY.
On the motion that this Bill be read a second
time,Ar. DRUMMOND moved that it be read a second
time this day six months.
Mr. DUNCAN supported the second reading of
the Bill. The whole addition proposed to be made
by means of this Bill was a bridge across the 'ray.
He thought that the better course to adopt would be
to allow the Bill to go befcre the Committee, and be
treated in the manner usual with other Bills.
After a few words from Mr. 11. DRUAIMOND
in support of the amendment, strangers were ordered
to withdraw.
The House divided, when there appeared—
For the second reading
Against it
Majority against the Bill .. —32
' The Bill is consequently lost.
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EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY
(BOSCOBIE, KELTYHEAD, AND GLEN-
CRAIG BRANCHES).
This Bill was read a second time and ordered to
to be committed.
EDINBURGH AND PERTH RAILWAY
(FROM NORTH QUEENSFERRY TO THE
SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAIL WAY BRANCH
&c.) BILL.
On the motion for the second reading of the Bill,
Mr. ELLICE, jun., opposed the motion.
and moved that the Bill be read a second time this
day six months.
Mr. GRENFELL seconded the amendment.
Major BERESFORD entered into an explanation
of the part he touk in reference to this Bill last
year. When the Bill was moved a second time
last year he voted against the motion, and by some
accident he was afterwards placed upon the Com-
mittee to whom the Billl was referred. That Com-
mittee threw out the Bill upon its merits, and he
for one could see reason for its re-introduction.
Mr. LOCH opposed the amendment, remarking
that this was not the Bill that was thrown out last
year.
Mr. C. BRUCE said he was quite satisfied that a
third class line could never pay, and he should
therefore support the amendment.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw.
The House divided, when there appeared,
For the second reading
Against it 125
Majrity against the Bill
GLASGOW, BARRIIEAD, AND NEILSTON
DIRECT RAILWAY.
This Bill was rejected without a division, on a
motion that the Bill be read a second time this day
six months.
LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEW-
CASTLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAIL-
WAY.-(DISSOLUTION OF THE COM-

PANY) BILL.
Mr. W. PATTEN moved the suspension of the
Bill on the ground that the promoters of the Bill were
now of opinion that an improvement had taken place in
the financial of of the country, that being the only
ground for their wishing to dissolve the company.
He should therefore move that the Bill be read a
second time that day six months.
Mr. HUTT would have been happy to suggest that
the Bill should be deferred until Monday neat; the
motion of the Hon. Member had however precluded
himself from doing so, and he therefore trusted that
the, House would allow the Bill to be now read a
second time.
After some discussion strangers were ordered to
withdraw, and the house divided, when there ap-
peared—
. _ _

For the second reading
Against it
Majority in favonr of the second
reading of the Bill
The Bill was then read a second time and ordered
to be committed.
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY (DE-
VIATION AT WILLINGTON) BILL.
On the motion that this Bill be read a second time,
Mr. HINDLEY moved as an amendment that it
be read a second time that day six months.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)