The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-10 00:00:00

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LONDON, TBURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1851.

The Commons wet yesterday at Twelve o'clock.
Sir JAMES DUKE ;roved the second reading of tbi3
Smithfield Market Enlargement Bill.
Mr. CMRISTOPHER thought that no enlargement c E
Smithfield could provide sufficient accommodation or re -
way the existing evils, and, therefore. he moved that
the Bill ha read a second time that day six months.
Sir CHARLES KNIGHTLEY was in favour of the Bill.
Sir H. VERNEY considered that any cattle market for•
the metropolis should be accessible by railway.
Mr. W• WILLIAMS suggested that both this Bill and
the Government measure should be referred to a Select
Committee.

Sir JAMES DuxE expressed his willingness to accede
to the stiggostion.

Mr. CORNEWALL LEWIS objected to the adoption of
such Lect,eurr,:,,,yanedirectlanilleudt.upon the House to decide whe-
ther, circumstance,, a cattle market should be
permit dto amain in th
7rlr. Alderman SIDNEY heart of the city of London.
Via trrtion. arid Mr. WAKLEY supported
Mr. STAFFORD, Mr. HURE, Sir GEORGE GRY, Mr.
WILLIAM MILES, Mr. BERNALOSBORNE, ESir BEN-
JAMIN BALL, M Mr. r. MACKINNON,
.310 WATT, and Sir
N HERY HALFORD took part in the
Lord J. ittissELL remarked that lefsesrieonnee bav i n
been made to his connexion with the
city
stand in
the way of his
begged to say that the circumstance would not London, he
giving the preference to
What
ta promote the inVirosts of the kingdom at l ever tended
a question ari?!e; and, acting on that principle, large, should
he would
oppose the present Moti°n•
The douse then divi;
Per the second reading
Against it ••• •••
Majority against it ..•
So the Bill is lost
Mr. CORNEw *
, . AL
A' arke L LEWIS baying moved the second
reacting of the Smithfield " t Removal Bill,
Sir GEORGE Gm that if the House con-
sented to th,„
notion, the Bill would be submitted to a
Select Committee to ha nominated by the Committee of
Selection.

led, when there appeared

••• 124
246

••• --122

Sir JAMES DIME Slid, that however much he might
regret the decision the 'louse had just comae to in re
ference to the previous Bill, he would bow to that de-
cision, and not offer any
_ ____ opposition to the motion nowmade.

STUART WoRTLEY protested against the princi-
ple of the all. It 5'1,36 nothing more nor less than
transferring to the Goverraneut the charters of the city
of London._

After a desultory discussion the questioni
and a division called for by Mr. ion,
t"
was
put,
IDNEy, when
there cm,eared—
For the second reading 230
nitirlSC it
Maj catty f.)r the second reading --.165
After a short ennversatin, in the course of which,
in ri-ply. to Mr. HUMS,
Lord Jonx L'ussELL reminded the House, that es soon
as the Commissioners had reported in favour cf the re-
moval of the mar set, the Government had made an offer
to the Corporation to allow them to carry the proposed
change into effect, which offer had been ref u'ed,
The Bill was ordered to be relsrted to a Select Com-
mittee.

The House adjourned at six o'uiocik•

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Ecee item*, iv. Once pore we return to the in-
come-tax, the subject of tleepest interest at the pre-
sent moment to all those who having submitted to
be plundered for the last nine years, are supposed by
our sapient Minister of Finance. to have become ac-
customed to the operation, and rather to like it than
otherwise. This is the time when the resistance to