The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-15 00:00:00

Mr. NEWDEGATE sum )orted the Bill. He consi-
dered the provisions quite r and reasonable, as they
were proposed for the purpcs of enabling the directors
to raise money for the lic ai lation of their just debts,
which if this Bill were rejecte z they never would be able
to satisfy.

Mr. LABOUCHERE cc pm lidered that a great public
principle was involved in th is Bill, and it was on that ac-
count alone that he ventu d to address the House
Though there were many poi nts in the Bill which he
thought ought to be noticed and amended in Commit-
tee, still ho did not consi .e ler its principle such as
would induce hint to opi is )se the second reading.
Then there were many thing s toconsider.—(Hear, hear.)
There was, for instance, th, t t 600,000/. to inquire after,
and the several other engage u ments into which the com-
pany had entered for an arra c tgement with respect to the
preferential shares. This is a subject which ought to
be, and which would be h nought under the atten-
tion of the House, ac Id which would cer-
tainly secure his earnest inquiry. In any case
there would be a respor w Able report of all the
circumstances laid before the House, and with which the
House would have to deal, s to that Hon. Members them-
selves might judge of the me grits of the case. He should
in this, as in all other instal roes of private Bills, refrain
from voting either for or age last the second reading, but
simply take the case on its an writs in Committee.
Mr. CARDWELL had n o opinion on the case, either
one way or the other; but h e thought that the merits of
the Bill would be best uncles t:tood through the investiga-
tion of the Committee.

Mr. FOX MAULE said t flat this railway had been a
persecuted railway from its ; very commencement, but,
notwithstanding the opinion t of Lord Dalhousie, and the
misrepresentations to which it was subject, he believed
that it was a good design a ad should certainly vote for
the second reading.
Mr. W. PATTEN thong ,:ttt some arrangement might
be come to by which justice could be done in this case, if
the company weuld only abai ;don the,extravagant clauses
of the Bill, and he therefor; ; regretted that no one was
present who could give the ] rouse an assurance of that
nature on behalf of the coral !any.
Mr. B. DENISON was q. rite ignorant of the merits of
the case, but it appeared to him to be involved in so
much difficulty that the best course they could pursue
was to adjourn the debate fc m a week.
The House then divided, s hen there appeared—
For the second readin tg
Against it
Majority —l47
The Bill was then read a ; ; econd time, and ordered to
be committed.

The Dundee Police Bill w a then read a second time.
STEAM NA' 'IGATION.

Mr. LABOUCHERE gm-, ® notice that on Tuesday
next he should move for 1, 3 ave to bring in a Bill to
consolidate the law relating t. 3 steam navigation.

ENFRANCHISEME-N '2 OF COPYHOLDS.

Lord DITNCAN gave i wane (on behalf of Mr.
Aglionby) that he should on Wednesday next move for
leave to bring a Bill for the Enfranchisement of Copy-
holds.

ECCLESIASTICAL TITI. ES BILL-THE SCOTCH
BISH(

Sir G. GREY gave notice that he should, on going
into Committee on this Bill, move to insert a clause with
regard to the Scotch bi slops as follows: —" That
nothing in this Act shall be f►eld to extend or apply to
the assumption of title of bishops of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in Scotia n d by persons exercising
ecclesiastical functions withi n. any district or place in
that country, or assuming -the name, style, or title of
such district or place, and th a .t nothing in this Act shall
be held to give the right to s .ny such bishops to assume
or use any name, style, or tit 1 e which they are not now
allowed by law to assume."

PETIT 1 ONS.
Mr. JOHN GREENE pr, s seated a petition against
the Ecclesiastical Titles As 1 imption Bill from the pa-
rishes of Graig, Ballynskill, r u id Ballyhale, in the county
of Kilkenny.

Mr. SCROPE presented a iletition in favour of ocean
postage from Stonehouse, in ;, an borough of Stroud. •
LONDON STET k U-BOATS.

Mr. LABOUCLIERE said Vast he was now enabled to
answer the question put to I ‘ire the other night by the
Hon. Member for Bridport‘ (Mr. Baillie Cochrane).
The returns to which be had E reviou9ly alluded had been
prepared, and were now laid t .pon the table.