The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-31 00:00:00

RAILWAYS.

Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition against the Direct
Northern Railway, and in favour of several other railways, but
his Lordship did not name them.
The House then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 30.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at a few minutes to
Four o'clock.

NEW MEMBER.

Mr. MILES MqSONELL took the oaths and his seat
for the county of Mayo.
SCOTTISH MIDLAND EXTENSION RAILWAY

BILL.

Viscount DUNCAN moved that leave be given to
the Committee on the Scottish Midland Extension Rail-
way Bill to proceed with the said Bill, notwithstanding
that seven clear days notice of going into Committee has
not been given.

Mr. GREENE observed that the motion appeared to
him highly objectionable. The course that ought to
have been adopted would have been for the chairman, if
he could, to have made the present application at the
time of its appointment.
The motion was withdrawn.
SECOND READINGS.

The following Bills were read a second time and
ordered to be committed, viz.:—
Northumberland and Lancashire Junction Railway.
Glasgow, Airdrie, and 3lonklands Junction Railway.
Edinburgh and Batbgate Railway.
Horbury-bridge and Calder Railway.
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Knaresborough Extension).
Perth and Inverness Railway.
Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin Railway.
Hamilton New Gas.
Helensburgh Harbour.
Helensburgh Extension and Police.
Shrewsbury and Herefordshire Railway.

SION COLLEGE. -
Mr. GREENE riv;ved that the Sion Coll, go Bill be
read a first time, notwithstandiug the time limited by
the sessional order had expired.
The motion was agreed to.
The following reports were brought up and ordered
to be laid on the table, viz.
Glasgow Waterworks.
Welsh Charity School Incorporation.
Dundee New Gas.
Sunderland Dock (to be coneideTed).

Middleton Gas (to be considered).
Ellesmere and Chester Canal (to be considered).
Bury Gas (to be considered).
Enfield Chase. Road (to be considered).
Great Western Railway.
South-Eastern Railway (No. 11—Branch from Rye to
Rye Harbour).
Rochester Bridge.
Willingham Inclosure and Drainage.
BirminghtAm Cemetery.
London and South-Western Railway (Hampton Coe
Branch).
London anO' South-Western Railway (Chertsey as
Egham Bran'=ll)•
Boston Waterwo:lcs.
Glasgow and Ayr ;Railway Amendment and Branch&
(No. 2).

THIRD READINGS.
The following Bilk were read a third time and pa3sea
viz.:—

Brighton, LeweF, and Hastings Railway (Deviations

Branches).
Brighton and Chichester Railway (Steyning Branch).
S nah-Eastern Railway (No, 4—from Tunbridge Well!

to Hastings and Rye).
Mr. HODGSON iiINDE moved, on the further e 00:
sideration of the report of the Sunderland Docks Bul'i
the following verbal amendments ;—Clauso 131—in tb!
first line, to omit " such ; is the second line, to omii
said." Clause 135—before " Corporation," to inners
" said."—Agreed
Mr. G. HOPE reported from the Committee on Grovl
No. 4 that they had adjourned until after DOW,
many of the bills in the group were not yet before ti
Committee. 1

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The report was ordered to be laid on the table.
LONDON AND SALISBURY RAILWAY.
Mr. BANKES presented petitions from several pla(P
n Dorsetshire in favour of this railway.
OLDHAM RAILWAY.
Mr. BROTHERTON presented petitions in favour
We Oldham railways.
WEST OF SCOTLAND JUNCTION.
Mr. HASTIE presented petitions in favour of la
West of Scotland Junction Railway.
MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS.
Sir A. CLIFFORD appeared, and summoned ta4
tlouse to appear at the bar of the House of Lords,
!war her Majesty's royal assent given by Comm'
to several Bills (for which see Lords' repo ^t).
In the course of a few minutes the SPfAICER
turned, and informed the House that the royal asst;
had been given in the House of Lords to sevecal
Sir ANDREW LEITH HAY presented a petit'',
signed by the inhabitants of seven parishes in Aberdet`
praying that the measure with respect to the corn-lal:
aow under the consideration of her Majesty's Govef4
went might speedily pass into a law. • 1
An lloN. MEMBER (whose name we could not 'eel
presented a petition from Warrington in Lancasl94'
oraying that the measures proposed by her Majesty'.
Government with respect to the corn• laws: might sPee
pass into a law. The Hon. Member also presea,,.
several other petitions from the same placo in favour.'
limitation of the hours of labour.
Mr. P. BORTIIWICK presented a t'Llost Dumb
rously signed petition" in favour of the Veit 11°1c
Labour Bill. fry
Sir JAMES GRAHAM presented a petit ion
the High Sheriff and grand jury of the c 'Anti
Leitrim, which was adopted at the late spring as-sizes'n
favour of the Government Bill for the Suppre,io"
crime of Ireland. fti
Mr. WILLIAMS gave notice that, on the order'
Id f, Cr Sur- 'Y

day being rest_ ior going into a kJommittee of .
r,he Estimates, he would call the attention of the f.t`r
to the defective mode adopted in manning the navy,
to the manner in which courts-martial are conducted.•
THE VICTORY UPON THE SUTLEJ.
Sir ROBERT PEEL gave notice that, on Thursdl,
next he would move a vote of thanks to Sir H. SI,
for the glorious victory gained on the 28th JanuarY
over the Seikhs on the banks of the Sutlej.

THE MILITIA.
Dr. BOWRING gave notice that he would, ill it (44
evenings, ask the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secret:o;e
at-War, whether any arrangements had been made r.
calling out the militia.
CHARING CROSS BRIDGE. Aal
In reply to a question from Sir DE LACY EVAN,
Sir R. PEEL said that the Committee for the porl/iii
of inquiring into the merits of the Bill at present in ~
House, to enable the proprietors of the Charing•lp
Bridge to sell it to another party, would be appoint'''.
a few days.
Mr. COLLETT wished to know whether the PT
motets; of other projects interested in the report *
be heard before the Committee ? ese'S'
Sir R. PEEL was understook to say, that the a,: .
mittee would take into consideration any snbrift
which came within their province, but they would o;i4
take into consideration those Bills which had been f
seated to Parliament during the present session.
JEWS IN RUSSIA. otei-
Mr. 11. BERKELEY wished to ask the Right e'i,,.
Baronet (Sir Robert Peel) whether he was aware S).
the Emperor of Russia had issued an ukase for the'
pulsion of the Jews from that country ? e.
Sir ROBERT PEEL said he received some info ff,.
tion on the subject, one or two years ago, to the e,,,
that an ukase had been issued by the Emperor, 11°'
the expulsion of the Jews from the territory, bet
their removal from the frontier towards the interior,
nearer India. He understood, however, that the ork
was suspended and not carried into effect.
THE CATHOLIC PRIEST OF THE gall
REGIMENT.
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Mr. O'CONNELL wished to ask the Big--es e
scH
Gentleman, the Secretary-at-War (Mr. S. Herbert), ''',o'
statement which had been put forward in the news Pear
that a Catholic priest in attendance in his spiritual,
pacity on the Catholic soldiers of this regiment in In 't
and who had been killed in one of the recent eng
inents on the banks of the Sutlej, was refused anY,
Inuneration for his services, or any accommodatiort;s
the conveyance of his baggage from place to place' e,
that he was compelled to pay fur such transmission
of his own purse, was true ?
Mr. S. HERBERT said he had received no furtherit
firrnation on the subject than that furnished in
columns of the Ddhi Gaztile. ssloo
SPIRITUAL INSTRUCTION TO THE CAT— -
SOLDIERS IN INDIA. be(
Mr. O'CONNELL inquired if any provision bad 4
made for affording spiritual instruction to the Cat/1'
soldiers in India during the present war ? tl'
Mr. S. HERBERT said 2,5001. was distributed ill 11:
part of India for the instruction of Catholic soldiert: ss
the average 60,0001. a year was distributed in diuels
parts of India among these soldiers, under the direco i
if the Governor-General. The Board of Directs) 0,,
:he East India Company had recently passed arest*
tion authorising the Governor-General to ineressebi
,amount if he eaw a necessity for doing so. Tule:lvo'
should receive the most earnest attention of the u°' 's
went. d P°
After a few words from Mr. O'CONNELL an-
GRAHAM, the subject droeeed.
GRAND JURIES (IRELAND). s, Or
Mr. CALEB POWELL wished to ask the Rigs'",se
Baronet if it was the intention of her Majesty's (''of t'
ment to introduce any measure for an alteration °
present grand jury system in Ireland, OP
Sir J. GRAHAM did not think that a log a !ii
would elapse before some measure was introduce
her Majesty's Government relivive to that subject: 0)
Several Bills were brought up from the Do"'
ordered to lie on the table.
1 IRISH COMMISSION. pot:
' Mr. WILLIAMS had not heard precisely the atom
of the Noble Lord, and he would, therefore, h_seg,",-st):
the Right Hon. Baronet at the head ofher'2`l6'
ith
Government whether it was intended to proceed ?
Commission with respect to the-proscribed districted
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER til?t Ott
that the Hon. Gentleman would understand thaLloslo
impossible to proceed with the commission, .7, ,el:',
~, according to the rules of the House, the commission fold
unable to act, as several of the members who 01 peP
merly been engaged on that commission were
It
, members of that body. ether
Mr. WILLIAMS would then wish to ask wh01),
was intended at present to proceed with the Coinsr;‘, OO.l
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEV-e'
not say at the present moment.
HEALTH OF TOWNS. , ~s ilea.
Lord EBRINGTON wished to ask the Mg"'
aseP
Baronet at the head of the Home Department St'seo/
tion respecting the business for to-morrow, andh-:0 11l
whether the Government had come to any deeismtio eels
specting the great number of Water-works 13Pileell;
before the House. As this matter bore upon themset:;
of Towns' Commission, now under the matingeld
Government, he wished to know what course w°s, eel:
taken in the House upon these measures, as it vv:d OF
desirable that the Government should reconnse-iseer--
House to adopt some such measures as would 0/
these Bills a stage or two. ssetife s
PROTECTION OF LIFE (IRELAND) m-,0 se',
Sir J. GRAHAM had not at present COoe ~..,06°!
decision as to the course which he intended t 0 rrd 110 1
wits regard to the Bills to which the Noble ijcLead il
alluded ; but the course which he would recoil:100r
the House was, that these Bills should be broug",,sest°
as fast as possible. But the Noble Lord would un:‘,,,sleaell
that the orders of motion should take pre wit
wit
of the notices of the day, and it wan in accoe Oyes";
the strict rules of the House to abide by this of tbs
He could not, therefore, without the sanction
of :hi
House, make such a motion. The strict rule° oielert
House were, that on Mondays and Fridays thstithea
of the day should have precedence of motions. "001,6;4
the sanction, then, of the House, he could not Itlw ow,
postponement of the motion ; but he was on,eseec"
ready to move that the House should give the Pre'
to the notice of motion over the order of the dayolos,
Sir W. SOMERVILLE said he rose for the Fop':
of moving that the words tt be postponed" be v_d 0i
from the motion
the orders of the day be proceeded witb;_ the
would not be necessary for him to troohcl_l7,,ste
of the Right Hon. Baronet, an I;
House at any length on the present o cilrouge
but he wished to call the attention of the 1-1! tee
•-e &cry' P'
to the great inconvenience that would arise atte _
postponement of a measure which had occupied the II the
tion of the House for so long a time, and on w'essid to
be ,1,1 be
attention of the people of this empire might
be centred ; and scarcely less inconvenience wrroeil
felt from the fact of the Government bringing i°4 er
at this early stage of the session an exciting al
fili;
asperating debate on a measure which, after
read
it was the intention of Government to haveftiture
a first time, and then postponed until some
on theday. It was necessary for him to enlarge ul'iot-
inconvenience which would arise from the joie,
ponement of the debate with respect to the or!.
oho
and no persons were more aware of that faeStatrpoiloet lit
Majesty's Government, and the Right Hon. _ deer,
their head, who had himself presented petitiop!_bb
eating in the strongest language the delay Nvn_lfgn to'
taken plane on this measure. Ile had '"

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