The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-16 00:00:00

REPORTS.

The followiogreports were considered and agreed to:—
Aberdeen Railway (Additional Capital).
Caledonian Railway (Branches connecting the Clydes-
dale Junction and Wishaw and Coltness Railway, &c.).
Dundee and Perth Railway (Lease of the Dundee and
Arbroath Railway).
Dundee and Arbroath Railway (Dundee Junctie.n).
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and Glasgc•w, Air-
drie, and Monklands Junction Railway (Anis :ndment
of Acts).
London and North-Western Railway (Branches :and Ex-
tensions from Leamington, &c.)
Walsall Improvement and Cemetery (No. 2).
Windsor, Staines, and South-Western Railway Act
(No. 1), 1847 (Slough Extension and Dev iations)
(No. 2).
Wishaw and Coltness Railway (Deviation, Cos tnecting
Branch, and Improvement).
Whitehaven Junction Railway (Extension, Alt nation,
and Branches, &c.)
York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (Great 7 forth of
England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction B ailway,
and Hartlepool Dock and Railway Leasing).
SECOND READINGS.
The following Bills were read a second time and or-
dered to be committed:—
Philanthropic Society Charity Estate Bill.
Rawlins' (or Bishops Hull Curacy) Estate Bill.
FOREIGN DRAMATISTS.
Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from Mr.
Benjamin Webster, of the Haymarket Theatre,, stating
that this country was over-run with foreign actor s, com-
plaining of the support and patronage which t hey re-
ceived, and praying that some limit might be pi st upoa
the number of theatres devoted to foreign theatri cal en-
tertainments.
PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.

Mr. DUCKWORTH presented a petition in fa your of
Parliamentary reform, and praying for a reduc don in
the national expenditure.
ISSUING OF WRITS.
Sir JOHN PAKINGTON gave notice that ht would
move, on Tuesday next, that a writ be issued for the
borough of Derby, and in the event of that motio a being
agreed to, he would move that the other suspend° d writs
be issued, with the exception of two.

DISMISSAL OF THE SPANISH
AMBASSADOR.
Mr. BANKES—I wish to put a question to th* Noble
Lord at the head of the Government with res pact to
the alleged dismissal of the Spanish Ambassado r from
the Court of her Majesty. I wish to ask him w hether
the departure of the Spanish Ambassador orig inated
with the Government here or with his own Government,
or whether it arises from any other cause ; and Ni hether
any correspondence will be laid upon the table of the
House with regard to his departure ; also whethre r it is
the intention of the Government to lay upon the ti able of
the House any further correspondence or papers r elative
to the dismissal of our Ambassador from the C ourt of
Madrid?

• Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose and said, anas ist the
most profound attention,—Mr. Speaker, the disut issal of
the Spanish Ambassador from the Court of her A fajesty
is the result of correspondence between my- Noble
Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affai rs and
the Spanish Minister. It is not the result of t s recal
from his own Government.—(Cheers.) My Noble
Friend will shortly lay on the table of the House
additional papers by the command of her 711 ajesty,
and these papers will relate to the dismissal of Sir H.
Bulwer, as well as the present dismissal of the Spanish
Ambassador.—(llear, hear.)
GREAT INDIAN PENINSULAR RAIL WAY
COMPANY.
Mr. BRIGHT gave notice that to-morrow night he
should put a question to the President of the Board of
Control with regard to the negotiations now pending
between that Board and the Great Peninsular nailwaY
Company.

BRITISH GUIANA.
Mr. BAILLIE said information had recently ?en re-
ceived to the effect that the Court Policy of the c colony,
taking into consideration that the expenditure. of the
colony had increased during the last two years from
56,000/. a year to 225,0001., had wisely determined to re-
duce the expenditure by reforming it. They pr( posed
that the salaries of the public officers of the colonl , com-
mencing with the Governor himself, should be re duced
35 per cent., and that with a view to see will it the
mother country would do, only to vote th : sup-
plies for six instead of twelve months; a oth of
which propositions were rejected by the G ).vernor.
The questions he wished to ask were, whetin ir there
would be any objection to lay the correspond ence on
the matter on the table, and whether it was true that the
Noble Earl at the head of the Colonial-office had refused
to license eight vessels for the conveyance of et aigrants
in connexion with the colony ?
Mr. HAWES said it was perfectly true that tb e Noble
Earl had refused to license the vessels, because , in the
first place, he did not wish to see captured negr. 3es sent
to a colony which appeared in such an unsettle< I state;
and secondly, because the captains of vessels co 3veying
free African emigrants received a bounty on tin dr arri-
val, which, as the supplies had not been voted, cc meld not
have been paid. When the correspondence, w hick he
had no objection to produce, was laid on the to ,ble, he
should be prepared to justify the determination h ) which
his Noble Friend had come.

WEST INDIA DISTRESS.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that he proposed to ma. kt the
statement of which he had given notice for to-m.
Tow
evening with respect to West India distress, before the
other orders of the day.—(l-lear, hear.)
NEW WRIT FOR LEICESTER.
Lord J. RUSSELL wished to put it to his I lon.
Friend opposite, the Member for Northampton, who had
a motion on the paper for to-night for the issuin; ; of a
writ for Leicester, whether, under exisiting cu c urn-
stances, ho would press on his motion that evening. The
evidence taken before the Committee had been pr .n, Fed,
but was not in the hands of Members, added to '.vh. ich
the whole subject would be brought before the liot se ,
on Tuesday next, for which day the Hon. Member f or
Droitwich bad given notice of a general motion on tl to
subject,