The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-16 00:00:00

BILL.

On the motion that this bill be read a third time,
Lord ST. LEONARDS ojected to the bill. The
noble lord entered at some length into the various objec-
tions he bad to the bill, which was one to empower the
directors to legalise the fraudulent stock created by
Redpath in the Great Northern Railway. The pre-
ference sharehollers considered themselves most unjustly
treated by the provisions of the bill. The effect
of cutting off an ettire half year 'e dividend from
the preference shareholders, many of whom
were females, whose dependence was upon
tbe dividends they received from the company would be
most distres-ing. He did not think that the
ordinary shareholder ehnuld be benefited at the ex-
pense of the preference shareholder, and the passing
of such a measure as the present would have
the effect of geeeraly damaging railway property. The
noble and learned lord urged upon their lorsips to
restore the bill to the state it was when it (rune d
frhom the
House of Commons, and concluded by moving an
amendment to that effect.
[LEFT BPEAICING.]

HOUSE OF COraIiNIONF-i—(This Day.) '
The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.---FINSBURY PARK
(No. 2) BILL.
On the motion for the third reading of this bill,
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY asked box the park was to
be paid for I
Mr. H. ADAIR said it would be paid for by the
Metropolitan B Jeri of Woiks.
The bill was then real a third time and passed.
The I.c.)rds' amendments to the Austratian Agricul-
tural Company and the Dif argate Water Bills were con.
cibmpbell's Divorces Fleming's
aidered and agreed to.
The Besselileigh Road,
E,tate, and Ley's Divorce Bills were read a third time
and passed.

GALWAY
ELECTION.
Mr. CLIVE, chairman of the Gal.ra'y election peti-
ion committee moved that the evidence taken b:3foro
he committee 'be printed and laid on the table of the

house —Agreed to.
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against
the return for the Falkirk burghs were sworn M the
table of the house, and direct'd to commence their
sittings to-mnrraw naorning at 11 o'clock.
HUNTINGDON (COCrNTY) ELECTION.
the eileeetions contained in the petition
After calling over the names of the committee ap-
pointed to try
against the return for Huntingdon (county),
The SPEAKER read a letter die had received from
Sir E. Dering, one of the committee, stating that his
health would not permit of his attending the probably
protracted sittings of the committee (though it did hie
attendance to the ordinary Parliamentary duties), and
he asked to be relieved from serving on the committee
in consequence.
After a discussion whether
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the house or the general
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that if Sir E.
Dering attended at the table of the house to be sworn,
and assigned reasons against doing so similar to those
contained in his letter, it would then be competent
for the house tohea,fr etyhiedierncseuffiatetiehneeby. bar rseliartiE. ve top erirg
those
reasons and judge t
them being present it would be in the power of the house
to dispense with his attendance. If that course were
not followed it would be difficult to determine whether
in reality the whole of the committee should not be
taken to be discharged, and the general committee of
elections proceed to strike another committee.
Sir E. DERING rose and addressed the house. He
said he had no wish to shrank from the ordinary duties of
the house, or those of an ordinary election petition, but as
this petition involved a scrutiny, and the consideration
of 240 individual cases, he doubted if his health would
permit him to undertake the physical exertion of a pro-
tracted daily attendance, and in consequence he thought
it better to make the communication he had to the
Speaker.
Dr. Latham was. called to the bar of the house, and
exemined by tLe Sdeaker. Us said, that his present
opinion was, that Sir E. Dereing bad begun to show
infirmities similar to which sent him abroad last year.
The exertions necessary to a daily protracted sitting
would be prejudicial to his health,•and he considered
him physically incapatle of discharging the duties of a
committeeman.
Sir G. GREY regretted that Sir E. Dering had not
been sworn to toe abeve evidence given, and S r E. Dering
excused his attendance even at the inconvenience of the
committee proceeding with only from members instead
of the house adopting what he (Sir G. Grey) considered
an irregular proceeding.
The attendance of Sir E. Dering was then dispensed
with, and the order for the committee di-charged.
THE CASE OF MR. MERRY, M.P.

M r .01 BETT, in pursuance of the notice given by
him yesterday, in presenting a petition from Mr. Merry,
M.P., relative to a petition against his return for Falkirk
Burghs, moved that instructions be given to the com-
mittee of the General Elections Committee to appoint
a seltet committee of five members -to consider Mr.