The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-06 00:00:00

SELECT COIIIMITTZ.E ON RAIL

- WAYS. ly looked for,
The following is a copy of the report anxton:
of the Committee of the House of Commons on ,Itailways-
It was laid upon thelable of the House last night
FIRST REPORT.
The Select Committee appointed to consider the mode in
which the House shall deal with the Railway Bills proposed
to be submitted to the House during the present session,
and who arc empowered to report from time to time to the
House, have considered the matters referred to them, and
agreed to the following Report :
That for the purpose of facilitating the dispatch of railway
business during the present session, it is expedient that a
portion of the Railway Bills should commence in the House
of Lords.
That with respect to any Railway Bills which, in pursu-
ance of the resolutions, shall commence in the House of
Lords during this session, this House , will not insist
on their privilege with regard to the clauses fixing and re-
gulating rates and tolls in such Bills.
That with a view of atlording early and increased means
of employment in Ireland, it is expedient to give facilities
for the early consideration of Irish Railway Bills.
That, for the attainment of this object, it is expedient that
all Irish Railway Bills should, in the present session, com-
mence in the House of Lords.
That it is expedient that all Bills which compete with or
ought to be considered in connexion with any Bills, the pro-
, meters of which shall prove themselves entitled to the pri-
vileges agreed to be granted in certain cases by the resolu-
tions of this House of the 7th July last, shall commence in
the House of Lords.
That the parties promoting Railway Bills which, by the
above resolutions, are to commence in the House of Lorßilds,
may (notwithstanding any proceeding respecting such ls
in the House of Lords) prove before the Committee on
Peti-
tions of the House of Commons that they have complied with
the standing orders of this House, and the report of such
Committee shall be ordered to lie on the table. If the Com-
' --dttee should report that the standing orders have not been
"-d with, their report shall be referred to the Corn-
compe— --,ding Orders, whose report shall be ordered to
mittee on is
lie on the table.
shea to the House of Corn-
ll have commenced in the
That when a Railway •
House of Lords, and shall be sere e read the first time
mons from the House of Lords, it shah.
:_ferred to the
in the House of Commons, and shall then be ;
Committee on Petitions, to ascertain whether the 24i1waY
Bill so sent down is substantially in accordance with the
standing orders, as determined by the House of Commons.

A NEW IRON ts:tE7',l '.. 0
.. EH:— —OpThursdays party of
gentlemen made an experimento Trip from Blackvrall to
'''eerness in a beautiful new iron steafifir talled " La Cho-
min a, fer Beige," which has just been buift j,y ,Blessrs.
Ditchburn AM ;‘.
lare for the Belgian Government. 1.1!4 en-
gines have bean suppiied by Messrs. Maudesley, and are Of
the finest construction. The distance between the two
points was run in little more than two hours. The Belgian
Char# d'Affaires; M. Drouet, the Secretary to the Legation ;
Al. Delepierre, Major Lahure, and Lieutenant Quiette, were
On board, and expressed themselves highly pleased with the
speed and accommodation c.f the vessel. The " Chemin de
fin.. liclge" is intended to run se a mail-packet between Ostend
and Dover.
A BOY SHOT BY HIS BROTHIER.-011 Thursday
morning, Augustus Hopeton, aged fourteen, the son of Martin
• Hopeton, Esq., of Broomfield Villa, Holloway, was accident
ally shot by a younger brother, whilst they were firing at
sparrows in their father's garden. The youth was wounded
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on the thigh and legs by the shot, but not dangerously.