The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-20 00:00:00

THE SU N, LONDON, WEDNE SD A Y EVENING, MARCH 20, 1867.

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Great Exhibition, 1851 —Council Medal for Originality and
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International Exhibition, 1862—Prize Medal, for great
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MANVFACTITRERS OF TIM VICTORIA CROSS.

in a court of justice. He cordially approved of the clauses
in the bill.
The bill was then read a second time.

Upon the report of amendments to the Traffic Ilegula-
tion (getrOpolis) Bill being brought up, an amendment
in favour of the perambulating boardmen was moved by
Lord Denbigh, and, after some discussion, carried by 24
to 16.

Upon the motion for going into Committee upon the
Railway Traffic Protection Bill,

Lord CAIRNS objected to the measure as unjust to cre-
ditors and injurious to shareholders, contending that there
was no reason why railway companies which contracted
debts ghoul.' not be liable to the usual legal enforcement of
payment. The bill, although limited in duration till Angus:
next, would inflict permanent injury upon present credi-
tors, because, while their power of issuing execution was
to be stayed, the property of railways could still be seized
on account of rates and Crown debts.

Lord REDESDALE justified his bill as being a tempo-
rary expedient, rendered necessary by the peculiar posi-
tion of some railway companies, and urged that h was for
the public advantage that railway communication should
not be stopped by the seizure for debt of the rolling stock of
insolvent or indebted companies.
The Duke of Montrose approved the bill, but Lord Oran-
worth and the Duke of Buckingham regarded it as inexpe-
dient, and calculated to do harm rather than good.
Deferring to these opinions, Lord REDESDALE ultimately
withdrew the bill.

The sitting was. closed A five minutes past seven o'clock.

HOUSE. OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING.
The S;Rutrit took the chair at four o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.
Sir S. NORTHCOTE took the oath and his seat for North
Devon.