The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-27 00:00:00

BILL.

On the order of the day being read for resuming the ad-
journed debate on the second reading of this Bill,
Mr. FOX MAULE said, that as he had no hopes of
being able to proceed with the Bill, he should, with the per-
mission of the House, withdraw the Bill. He was happy to
say that since he last addressed the House on this subject, two
Noble Lords, who had previously refused, had now consented
to grant sites for the erection of free churches.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said the Hon. Gentlemanhad, in
his opinion, exercised a very wise discretion in not attempting
to press his Bill through the House.
The order for the second reading of the Bill was then by
consent discharged, and the Bill withdrawn.
The other orders of the day having been disposed of, the
House adjourned at Half-past Seven o'clock.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(YESTERDAY)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Room A.
CAMBRIDGE AND OXFORD.

(Coatinued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)

Mr. Bidder, Mr. Henshawe, and Mr. Robert Stephenson gave en-
gineering evidence very strongly against the line, which they repre-
sented to be a bad one in every respect. They particularly objected
to it on account of its having but a single line of rails. If it should
be proposed to make a double line, it could not be done within the
estimates.

Mr. It. Stephenson said that in the time of the railway mania he
was called upon to lay down a line between Oxford and Cambridge,
and he gave his opinion that such a line would be useless and absurd.
It was now proposed to call Mr. Brunel, but as that gentleman was
not in the room, it was proposed that the Committee should adjourn.
It being only about half-past three o'clock, this was very strongly
objected to. The Committee cleared the room on the question
whether they should adjourn or not, and on our re-admission, in
about half an hour, they decided upon waiting for Mr. Brunel. After
waiting for some time, however, their Lordships grew impatient, and
Mr. lllldyard agreed to dispense with Mr. Brunel's evidence.
This concluded the case for the Duke of Buckingham.
No evidence was called on the part of the other petitioners.
Mr. lIILDYARD observed that he, on the part of the Duke of
Buckingham, Mr. Calvert on the part of other petitioners, Mr. Tal-
bot en the part of others, and Mr. Wells on the part of others, had
each a right of addressing the Committee ; and Mr. Sergeant
Wrangham had a similar right on the part of the promoters. Now,
if Mr. Sergeant Wrangham would wave his right to his single
speech, he and his Learned Friends would agree to wave their four
speeches. By this means much of the time of the Committee would
be saved, and, for his part, he was perfectly willing to leave it to
their Lordships to judge from the evidence, without hearing anything
from him. _ _

Mr. Sergeant WRANGLiASr, after much hesitation, and after con-
sulting with his clients, declined the offer of Mr. Hildyard. lie
feared that if he accepted it, he might be charged with neglecting
his duty to his clients.
The Committee then called upon Mr. Hildyard to speak on the part
of the Duke of Buckingham.
The Learned CCUNSEL addressed the Committee at some length,
after which

Mr. CALVERT, waiving his right of addressing the Committee,
Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM, on the part of the promoters, spoke for
nearly two hours, after which the Committee ordered the room to be
cleared, and consulted for about a quarter of an hour, at the expira-
tion of which time

The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee had decided on adjourning
till to-morrow at half-past eleven o'clock.
They then rose at 30 minutes past seven o'clock.

Room C