The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-07 00:00:00

FIRST REPORT.

The Select Committee appointed to consider the mod• in
which the House shall deal with the Railway Bills proposed
to be submitted to the House during the present session,
and wile are empowered to report from time to time to the
llouse, have considered the matters referred to them, and
agreed to the following Report :
That for the purpose of facilitating the dispateh 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 affording 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 Lerds.

That it is expedient that all Bills which compete with or
ought to be considered in connexion with any Bills, the pro-
moters 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 Lords,
may (notwithstanding any proceeding respecting such Bills
in the House of Lords) prove before the Committee on Peti-
tions of the House ofeommons that they have complied with
the standing orders of this 'louse, and the report of such
Committee shall be ordered to lie on the table. If the Com-
mittee should report that the standing orders have not been
complied with, their report shall be referred to the Com-
mittee on Standing Orders, whose report shall be ordered to
lie on the table.

That when a Railway Bill shall Lave commenced in the
House of Lords, and shall be sent down to the House of Com-
mons from the House of Lards, it shall be read the flrst time
in the House of Commons, and shall then be referred to the
Committee on Petitions, to ascertain whether the Railway
Bill so sent down is substantially in accordance with the
standing orders, as determined by the House of Commons.

PERTH AND INVERNESS AND
ELGIN JUNCTION RAILWAYS.
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The Bills for these railways ware presented last Night.
We regard these as, perhaps, the most important Bills from
Scotland for this year, as they will extend railway commu-
nication to a large and most important section of the country,
which is at present wholly unaupplied. The Perth and In-
verness line is a continuation of the Central line, opened up
by the Caledonian and Scottish Central, and places the whole
north of Scotland in the most direct communication with the
south, of which the nature of the country admits. The dis-
tance from Inverness to Perth, by the proposed route, is
130► miles, and the following table, prepared from an exa-
mination of the plans, in comparison with those of the Great
North of Scotland line from Aberdeen to Inverness, places
the superiorities of the Perth line, as regards public accommo-
dation, in a very clear light :