The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-16 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Sir Robert Peel had an audience of the Queen yesterday at
Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel
Bouverle, Equerry in Waiting, honoured the Water Colour
Exhibition in Pall Mall East with a visit yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen yesterday, and remained to lunch with her Majesty
and Prince Albert.

The Duchess of Gloucester was better yeAterday. His
Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Bouve-
rie, visited her Royal Highness at Gloucester House. The
Members of the Royal Family sent to learn the state of the
Royal Duchess.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and
the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz
visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marl-
borough House.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Col. Sir George Couper,
honoured the Italian Opera with her presence yesterday
evening. The Duke of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand
Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz also honoured the perform-
ance of the opera with their presence.
His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar
visited the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden yesterday,
at the Duke of Hamilton's residence in Portman-square. The
Grand Duchess paid visits yesterday to their Royal High.
nesses the Duchess of Kent, at Clarence House, St. James's,
and the Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge House.
The French Ambassador and the Austrian Ambassador
paid their respects yesterday to the Grand Duchess Stephanie
of Baden.

Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of
Baden, attended by Baroness de Strundeder and Baron
Roth de Schreckenstein, honoured the Italian Opera with her
presence last evening.
Mr. Parker and a deputation had an interview with the
Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of
Trade.

Mr. Mayers, agent for Barbadoes, had an interview with
Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meet-
ing yesterday afternoon, at the office in Whitehall-place.
There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the
Bi Shops of London, Winchester, Bangor, Chester, St.
David's, Ely, Hereford, Lichfield, Llandaff, Ripon, Roches-
ter, Salisbury, and Worcester; the Lerd President of the
Council, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of
,Devon, the Earl of Besborough, the Earl of ichester, Lord
Ashley, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, and the Right Hon.
John Nicholl.
The Lord Advocate of Scotland had an interview with the
Earl of Dalhousie yesterday.
Dispatches from the Governor of South Australia were re-
ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
TUESDAY, APRIL 15.
The following Bills were referred to the Select Committee
on Petitions for Private Bills :
London and Brighton Railway (Ilorsham Branch).
Whitehayen and Furness Junction Railway.

The following Bills were referred to the Select Committee
on Standing Orders :
Eastern Union and Norwich Railway (No. 2).
Surrey Iron Railway Company Dissolving.

Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway Bill,
—Read a second time, and committed, and referred to the
Committee of Selection.
North Wales Railway,—Report from Select Committee on
Standing Orders read :—Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr.
William Ormsby Gore and Colonel Pennant.
Epsom and Dorking Railway,—Petition for Bill reported,
and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Kemble and Mr.
William Joseph Denison.

Standing Orders Committee,—Resolutions reported ;
1. " That, in the case of the Norfolk Estuary petition
for leave to present a petition for a Bill, the Sessional Order
ought not to be dispensed with.
2. " That, in the case of the Lady's Island and Tacumshin
Embankment petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dis-
pensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with
their Bill."
3. " That, in the case of the London and Worcester and
South Staffordshire Railway (Dudley and Sedgley Branch)
petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :
That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill."
4. "That, in the case of the Birkenhead, Manchester, and
Cheshire Junction Railway petition, the Standing Orders
ought not to be dispensed with.
5. " That, in the case of the London and Birmingham
Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dis-
pensed with.
Second and Third Resolutions agreed to.—Report to lie on
the table.

NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE.
Direct Northern Railway (No. 1 ),—Committee on petition,
postponed from Thursday 17th till Monday, April 21.
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Wolverhampton
Line),—Committee on petition, adjourned till Thursday,
April 17.

Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Worcester Devia-
tion),—Committee on petition, adjourned till Thursday,
April 17.

Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Gloucester Exten-
sion),—Committee on petition, adjourned till Thursday,
April 17.

Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Worcester Branch),
—Committee on petition, adjourned till Thursday, April 17.
Direct Northern Railway (No. 2) (Lincoln to York),—
Committee on petition, adjourned till Thursday, April 17.
Shrewsbury Grand Junction Railway,—Committee on
petition, adjourned till Thursday, April 17.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, April 15.
RAILWAYS.
Lord BROUGHAM begged to call the attention of
their Lordships to the motion for an addition to the
standing orders in railways, of which he had given
notice yesterday. He thought that it was requisite to
bring this subject before their Lordships, in order to
show the extent of mischief which had been occa-
sioned by the immense mass of private legis-
lation on the subject of railways. It was necessary,
because such had been the extent of that legis-
lation, that it interfered not only with the ertioy-
ment, but even with the possession of property, and
at last the speculation had come to what he must ca
a
i
gambling frenzy, not unprecedented certainly
errio,
nor
unknown the
experience of this country some twenty years
unknown in the economical history of
ane
this ghbouring
nation. Perhaps it would be better to
introduce
sub-
ject by presenting the petition of a certain
of Noble Lady,
Lady Cicely Pane, the daughter
family estate by inheritance.. The petition
Westmoreland, who had come into theposseswsiaosnwotfita.
not by a man of business,
ten by herself; and
and therefore he trusted their. Lordships would
excuse whatever informality it might contain.
Tthe
and
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apneyti ticoanieledr wu-epnotn ohne
heron to that
26th tohfe
jaagneunat
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showed her the plans and specifications, from which, he
said, no deviation could be made. She expressed
a great dislike to the vicinity of the railroad, and ex-
pressed a hope that the line would bed re
consolation
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neeocrroepuinfroldoormvgetiehtslteev,tv,lo.oa,a.sai greater distance
peanndyf raolvvlm
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their Bill. He also held itneshhheis hand a petition
isvtihonn
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stated
tJohn
that Clarkhe shoand,
no other means of living but by following that
occupation. He
stated that for one acre of land which he
he held he paid 500/.,
and since he purchased it he had I •
laid out considerable sums of
money in improving it. A railway was going to pass through
this land, and he was threatened by the company that if he
opposed them he would certainly not be so well treated as those
who supported it. These two petiti • •
oners, therefore, threw
themselves upon the protection of their Lordships, and he ( Lord
Brougham) trusted that ample protection would be afforded
them. The subject of railways was no longer one of a local or
limited importance, but altogether of a public, general and
national character' but he neither blamed the present nor the
past Government for not having foreseen this result, because it
had arisen gradually. No Government could, therefore, be
blamed for not having foreseen the great national aspect rail-
ways would ;nom ; but now that the aspect was plain, it
was the bounden duty of Government and of Parliament to
take the railways under their own control, and treat them as
a national concern. They had been so treated in France, and
they ought, in his opinion, to he se treated here. He was no
enemy to the passing of a railway Bill, any more than he was
tq the passing of any general Bill for constructing a canal or high
road, the most common Bill of the lot that interfered with