The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-12 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
TUESDAY, JULY 11.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL OVANS.

Motion made, and Question put, " That a Select Com-
mittee be appointed to inquire into the conduct of Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Charles Ovans ( of the Bombay Army), while
British Political Resident at the Court of Sattara ; and into
the proceedings of the Bombay Government, and the Court
of Directors of the East India Company, in relation to cer-
tain charges preferred against that officer." The House
divided :

MINORITY-AYES, 8.
Anstey, T. C. Thompson, Colonel TELLTIL
Lushington. C. Wasvn, J T. Thompson, George
itapkael, Alexander Williams, John llume,j Joseph
Stuart, Lord D. Wyld, James

MAJORITY-NOES. 77.
Armstrong, R. B. Ileald;James Rich, Henry
Berkeley, Captain Heywood, James Romilly, Sir John
Berkeley, H. F. Hobhouse, Sir John Russell, Lord John
Berkeley, Craven Ilobhouse, T. B. Rutherford, A.
Boldero, Henry Haloes, T. L. Sanders, George
Bolling, William Hogg, Sir J. W. Shell, H. L.
Bouverie, E. P. Hotham, Lord Shelburne, Earl of
Brotherton, J. Labouchere, Henry Somerville, Sir W.
Buller, Charles Lascelles, W. S. Spearman, H. J.
Christy, Samuel Lewis, G. C. Spooner, Richard
Clerk Sir G. Mackenzie, W. F. Stanton, W. H.
Clive, Henry B. Maitland, T. Stuart, Henry
Cobbold, John C. Mangles, R. D. Sutton, H. M.
Colebrooke, Sir T. Manic, Fox Tenison, B. K.
Craig, W. G. Alms, Sir H. 'Townley, R. G.
Dundas, Admiral Morison, Sir W. Townshend, Captain
Dundas, Sir D. Morris, David Tynte, Colonel
Ebrington, Viscount Mullings, J. R, Ward, H. G.
Egerton, Sir P. Paget, Lord A. Watkins, Colonel
Elliot, J. E. Paget, Lord Clarence Willoughby, Sir IL
Ferguson, Sir R. Palmerston, Viscount Wilson, James
Frewen, C. 11. Parker, John Wilson, Matthew
Galway, Viscount Pigott, Francis Wood, Sir Charles
Grey, Sir George Pilkington, James
Grosvenor, Lord R. Plowden, W. H. TELLXIS.
Hawes, Benjamin Price, Sir It. Tufhell, Henry
Hay, Lord J. Rice, E. R. Bellew, R. M.

OPENING OF THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY TO
WATERLOO-BRIDGE.—In The Sea of
y♦esterday we gave
a short account of the opening of this line. During the
day the traffic continued with undiminished activity, and
we are happy to say without any accident or interrup-
tion. The chairman and most of the officers were in
attendance from a very early hour. The temporary sta-
tion, though constructed entirely of wood, is really
handsome and commodious building. The great book-
ing-office is 70 feet long by 30 feet wide. There are
ladies' waiting-rooms on a superb scale, and the usual
accommodation for clerks, superintendents, parcels,
lamps, and all the countless et ceteras of a station on the
most extensive scale. We have been favoured with an
inspection of the designs fur the permanent station, by
Mr. Tite, the architect of the company; it will be an
elegant building in the Italian style, having a covered
way in front 250 feet long, and the great shed at the
back 600 feet long, and inclosing altogether a space
of more than two acres. The works of this per-
manent station, and also the great engine-house,
have been delayed on account of the difficulties of
the foundation. It being found that the piers of the via-
duct yielded slightly, it was thought better to post Pone
the more permanent buildings until all subsidence bad
ceased. For the convenience of our readers we beg to
explain that the access for passengers going from_at.
Lon-
doner is by the inclined road, and entrance in thetWanc
Water-
loo-bridge-road, the southernmost of the twooetn entrances-
,
or that nearest the Victoria Theatre. F
gers at present the access is the same
footpath from
;bourt ino
apday or
two there will be an additional access by a For
the York road, at the end of Vine-street.
passen-
gers arriving there are several exits which it is not ne-
cessary to specify, as they are ell
co apparent,
pan)..
In or readily
of
pointed out by the servantsthe m
con-
cluding this no,ice, we cannot but but congratulate the
public on this greatly increased accommodation ; and
we trust that the directors and proprietors will reap the
i
advantage in improving dividends and ncreasing suc-
cess. The Southampton line has always been a favourite
with the public, and we cannot but feel they have
evinced their gratitude by this exercise of their libe-
rality, by which the various ramifications of their ex-
tensive line, for the dwellers in " the far west," and the
royal inhabitants of Windsor and our suburban crowds,
are all equally convenienced and serveads.
WeThaeretoiV
cost of the work, when completed, will,
formed, not exceed 850,0001.
CHATHAM, JULY 11.—This day was promulgated
the finding and sentence of a general court-martial
held at the garrison on the 4th of March last, on
Gunner and Driver Archibald M.M of No. 44, of
the Royal Artillery, who was tried fourrrteYt'urning drunk off leave at the Drop Redoubt, Dover, on the morning
of the 17th of February, 1848 and for having at the
same time and place struck a
Ausred violence to Ser-
geant David Foster, of the Royna tillery, his superior
officer. The sentence was transportation for 14 years.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION.
Sir,—On Monday, the 10th, more on Sugar. A.
wonderful faculty is that, which enables an Opposition
Member to speak four hours and a quarter on whether
the duty on Sugar should not be fourteen shillings
instead of thirteen.
An ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the course
of the debate, said something about " throwing away
revenue." One of the earliest witticisms of the
Edinburgh Review when it was young,-was the re-
mark that all hunters acquire a delight in the
multiplication of their game; and it proceeded
to instance the individual of entomological
pursuits, who in those days scandalized royalty
by a board near the Royal Exchange, intimating
that he had the honour of clearing the beds of
Majesty from vermin. Something like this feeling
overcomes an old Chancellor of the Exchequer. He
has accustomed himself to count his gettings, till he
thinks that all he does not get is thrown away. For
toy own part I feel a doubt, whether revenue can be
thrown away ; intending always, before it is gut. It
would be an odd speech which should tell a man, he
bed thrown away that fifty pounds, by leaving it at
us banker's undrawn. A Chancellor of the Exchequer
may at some time arise, who will tell you the people are
his bankers, and what he leaves with them he leaves
to fructify, in the assurance that he may hove it when
he wants. It may be doubted whether he would be
the worse, for this kind of what bankers call " keep-
ing agood account."
The Ministerial proposition was finally carried by
180 against 124.
On Tuesday the principal debate was connected
with the subject of the Rajah of Sattara. Though th•
division was feeble, it may be surmised that the ef-
fect of similar discussions is salutary, as impressing
on governments the necessity for caution, or at
all events a sense of the inconvenience arising from
leaving openings for attack.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
T. PERRONET THOMPSON.
Blackheath, London, July 12, 1848..