The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-15 00:00:00

REPORTS.

The followingreports 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 Junction).
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and Glasgow, Air-
drie, and hionkland Junction Railway (Amendment

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 Deviations)

(No. 2).
Wishaw and Coltncss Railway (Deviation, Connecting

Branch, and Improvement).
Whitehaven Junction Railway (Extension, Alteration,
and Branches, &c.)
York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway
England, North of
England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway,
and Hartlepool Dock and Railway Leasing).
SECOND READINGS.
The following Bill 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 1. heatre, stating
that this country was over-run with foreign actors, com-
plaining of the support and patro!iage. which they re-
ceived, and praying that some limit 'night be put upon
the number of theatres devoted to foreign theatrical en-
tertainments. •
PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.
Mr. DUCKWORTH presented a petition in favour of
Parliamentary RefoFin, and praying fur a reduction in
the national expenditure.
ISSUING OF WRITS.

Sir JOHN PAKINGTON gave notice that he would
move on Tuesday next that a writ be issued for the
borough of Derby, and in the event of that motion being
agreed to, he would move that the other suspended writs
be issue, with the exception of two.

DISMISSAL OF THE SPANISH
AMBASSADOR.

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Mr. BANKES—I wish to put a question to the Noble
Lord at the head of the Government with respect to
the alleged dismissal of the Spanish Ambassador from
the Court of her Majesty. I wish to ask him whether
the departure of the Spanish Ambassador originates
with the Government here or with his own Government,
or whether it arises from any other cause ; also whether
any correspendence will be laid upon the table of the
House with regard to his departure ; also whether it is
the intention of the Government to lay upon the table of
the House any further correspondence or papers relative
to the dismissal of our Ambassador from the Court of
Madrid.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose and said, amidst the
most profound attention,—Mr. Speaker, the dismissal of
the Spanish Ambassador from the Court of her Majesty
is the result of correspondence between my Noble
Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and
the Spanish Mimister. It is not the result of a 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 Majesty.
and these papers will relate to he dismissal of Sir IL
Bulwer, as well as the present dismissal of the Spanish
Ambassador.—(Hear, hear.)

GREAT INDIAN PENINSULAR RAILWAY
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 Railway
Company.
BRITISH GUIANA.

Mr. BAILLIE said information had recently been re•
ceived to the effect that the Court Policy of the colony,
taking into consideration that the expenditure of the
colony had increased during the last two years from
56,0001. a year to 225,000 L, had wisely determined to re-
duce the expenditure by reforming it. They proposed
that the salaries of the public officers of the colony, com-
mencing with the Governor himself, should be reduced
35 per cent., and that with a view to see what the
mother country would do, only to vote the sup-
plies for six instead of twelve months; both of
which propositions were rejected by the Governor.
The questions he wished to ask were, whether there
would be any objection to lay the correspondence 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 emigrants
in connexion with the colony ?
Mr. HAWES said it was perfectly true that the Noble
Earl had refuseri to license the vessels, because, in the
first place, he did not wish to see captured negroes sent
to a colony which appeared in such an unsettled state;
and secondly, because the captains of vessels conveying
free African emigrants received a bounty on their arri-
val, which, as the supplies had not been voted, could not
have been paid. When the correspondence, which he
had no objection to produce, was laid on the table, he
should be prepared to justify the determination to which
his Noble Friend had come.
WEST INDIA DISTRESS.

Lord J. RUSSELL said that he proposed to make the
statement of which he had given notice for to-morrow
evening with respect to West India distress, before the
other orders of the day.-2(llear, hear.)