The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-24 00:00:00

THE RECENT WAR IN INDIA.

Sir ROBERT PEEL gave notice that, on Monday next,
he should move that the thanks of the House be g.ven to
the Governor-General of India, and to the officers and men of
the British Indian army, who were employed in the recent
operations in India, and the Levant of the Sutlej, and in order
to make those operations more intelligible, and the policy of
the Indian Government more clear, it was his intention on a
previous day to lay upon the table of the House some dis-
patches recently received from the Governor-General of India
with regard to his policy.--( Cheers.)
THE WEST RIDING UNION RAILWAY.

Mr. ESTCOURT brought up the report of the Select
Committee on standing orders, in which the Committee
stated that the announcement in the votes of the
House on Friday evening last, that the Committee
had decided that the standing orders in respect of the
petition of the promoters of the West Riding Union Railway
ought to be dispensed with, and the parties allowed to proceed
with their Bill, had originated in error, and the Committee
beg to report that the standing orders in respect of the West
Ridirg Union Railway ought not to be dispensed with.
The report was agreed to.

Mr. Eg I COURT rose and stated, that on Friday last, in
the report of the standing orders Committee, there was a clerical
error, to which he begged to call the attention of the House,
In that report it had been stated that the Committee were of
opinion that the standing orders in this case ought to be dis-
pensed with, whereas the decision of the committee was, that
the standing orders should not be dispensed with ; the Bill
should not be allowed to be proceeded with. By some error,
in which he as Chairman of the Committee must bear some part,
through some indifference, he hoped not negligence on his part,
the report was sent away without his having examined it as
he should have done. This was the first error which had been
committees by those who were acting under the standing orders
of the Committee. Under these circumstances the subject
was brought under the consideration of the Committee this
day, and as in all railway cases it was of the utmost
insportancenthat such errors should be corrected at the
earliest opportunity, he had ventured to give notice
last night that he would move that all the proceedings in the
case of the .“West Riding Union Railway" should be annulled,
and they were founded upon error. As chairman of this
Committee he (Mr. Estcourt) had felt it his duty. at the
earliest opportunity, to bring undor the consideration of the
Committee the effects of the case. The Committee applied
themselves to the investigation of the case, and having satisfied
themselves this error arase from a clerical accident, considered
the best course they could adopt to rectify the erroneous pro-
ceedings of this House on Friday would be to report to-night
the accurate report of the resolution to which the Committee
had come. They had, therefore, prepared a special report
containing the resolution of the Committee upon this case.
He did not consider that the promoters of this Bill had any-
thing to complain of, as they were publicly sold when the,
the Committee had come to a decision that the decision
was, that the Bill should not be allowed to be proceeded with.
Upon that occasion, though he had not, an accurate recollection
of the circumstance., still he had not the slightest doubt that
he had stated the decision to be that the standing orders had
not been complied with. The Committee were further desirous
of considering what part of these consequences could be attributed
'to them, and they have also instructed their Chairman to move
" That so much of the report of the Select Committee on
Standing Orders, presented to this House on Friday last, as
relates to the West Riding Union Railway petition ; as also,
that the order of the House of the same day, that a Bill be
brought in, in consequence of that report, be annulled."
Mr. WOOD considered that if ever there was a case in
which a lenient construction should be put upon the orders of
the House, the present was the the one ; in up-
wards of 55 miles of railway, there was but one quarter
of a mile of dissent ; and considering that the line
would confer vast benefits upon the West Riding of Yorkshire,
he would urge the can upon the favourable consideration 01 the
House.

Mr. E. DENISON considered that as the line was no
longer opposed, and as the two opposing companies were amal-
gamatec, he could see no serious objection to the whole scheme.
Mr. AGLIONBY said that he hoped the House would con-
seat to the proposition of the Hon. Member. If the House
reolly meant that they should take into their consideration the
same facts as before, it would be opening a very dangerous
door for constant application to the House, and for rescinding
the decisions of the Standing Orders Committee. He was
quite ready to take the whole case into consideration, coupling
the effect on the public with the mistake made by the Com-
mittee, and the parties might reap some advantage from such a
course.

Mr. CHARLES WOOD said that he felt himself perfectly
satisfied with the decision that had been given by the Standing
Orders Committee.

Lord MORPETEI said that be conceived that the promoters
of that Bill were quite able to make out a strong case; but
with that they had nothing to do. He thought that in order to
meet the justice of the case (the mistake having been made),
that the Bill should be referred to the committee with whom
the mistake originated.
The motion was then put and carried.
Lord J. RUSSELL presented a petition in favour of the
total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws. The Noble Lord
did not any from what place.
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