The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-13 00:00:00

LLEFT SPEAKING. 1

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the chair at Four o'clock.
DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY BILL.
The Dublin and Drogheda Railway Bill was read a third
ime and passed.
LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.
The Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Bill was read a third
trne and passed.
SHAW'S WATERWORKS BILL.

The report on Shaw's Waterworks Bill was brought up, and
,he amendments were agreed to.
GLASGOW, GARNKIRK, AND COATBRIDGE
RAILWAY.
_

The report on the Glasgow, Gurnkirk and Coatbridge Rail-
way Bill was brought up and the amendments were agreed to.

ABERDEEN RAILWAY.
The Aberdeen Railway Bill was read a third time and
passed.

DUNDEE WATERWORKS.
The report on the Dundee Waterworks Bill was brought up,
and the amendments were agreed to.
SHEYFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE JUNCTION
RAILWAY BILL.
Mr. J. PARKER moved that the Sheffield and Lincolnshire
Junction Railway Bill be removed from Group X, and be re-
ferred to Committee of Classification. The Bill had been
before the Committeee on Group X for seven or eight weeks,
and the expense to the parties had already been 2,0001.
They had not yet been heard; and, in consequence of the
length to which the proceedings in relation to the London and
York line had run, there was very little probability of their
being heard this session. The railway had been placed in
Group X by a mistake of the Committee of Classification.
The Committee had imagined that it was a competing line
with the London and York, when, in fact, the two lines did not
come into competition.
Sir R. INGLIS, as Chairman of the Committee of Classi-
fication, did not appear to defend this Act. Admitting the
classification to have been wrong, still this Railway
Company had acquiesced n it fur seven weeks—
had _ gone before] the Ctirnmittee, and now at the:eleventh
hour, whenjpeihaps they found that the cross-examination of
the witnesses was rather against the scheme, they wi,hed to
remove form the f group, and to have all the work done over
again. They should, if they bad fe!t they were placed in a
wrong group, have applied before the Committee was struck.
They now came too late, and he hoped the House would re-
fuse the application.
Mr. GRAN VILLE VERNON was a shareholder in the
railway, and as such supported the application. The object of
it was not so much to protect themselves against the expense
as to enable them to be heard during the present session,
which would be impossible if they continued in Group X, as
the London and Yoik line hadnot yet concluded this case. He
denied that it was a competing line with the London and
York.
Mr. WILSON PATTEN, as a member of the Committee
of Classification, wouid state that the Committee had en-
deavoured to lessen the number of Bills referred to Group
X, and had particularly considered the case of this railway,
but they had fou ad that it was so completely a competing bile'
with the London pod York, thpt it was impossible not to refer

them to the same Committee. With regard to the expenses,
they were equal to both parties; and if they went
into another Committee the other railway must follow
them for the purpose of cross-examination. After a
full consideration of the evidence, the Committee of
classification had been reluctantly obliged to place this railway
in Group X, and he hoped the House would uphold the deci-
sion of the Committee of classification.
Mr. BROTH ERTON said the application could not have
been made earlier, inasmuch as it was impossible for the parties
interested to have foreseen that the London and York line
would have occupied so much time.
Mr. ESTCOURT opposed the application. The classi-
fication had b€en made on the 19th of March, the Committee
had commenced its sittings on the 28th of April, and now, on
the 14th of June, this application was made. It came too late,
and he hoped the House would uphold the decision of the
Committee of Classification.
Sir G. GREY feared that, unless the Bill were removed
from Group X. There would be no chance of the case of its
promoters being heard this session.
Mr. B. DENISON said that in fifty miles the lines ran
within eight miles of each other. Then their termini too
were ideutical, and therefcre ;here could be no doubt but that
they were competing lines, and that it was necessary that they
should be referred to the same Committee. There was a re-
medy for the evil of delay. The Committee might
a k the House to remove it out of the Group,
but they had not attempted to do so. No
such application had been made by the Committee, and
notwithstanding anything that might be said to the con-
trary, he could not but be of opinion that the cross-
, examination of the witnesses had occasioned this
application. If that cross-examination had been favour-
able to the line, he doubted much whether this application
would have been made. He called upon the House to refute
this application, which had been made at the eleventh hour.
Lord WORSLEY supported the motion. The question was
one which had created great excitement in the county which
he represented. When the London and York, znd the Cam-
bridge and Lincoln lines were first entered upon, it was not
expected they would have taken so long, or that they would
have been considered competing lines. It was his opinion they
were only partially so, and if the branch were not formed
there would be an end to the question of competition. The
non-formation of the branch would not affect the main line ;
and with that arrangement the Cambridge and Lincoln could
easily be considered in another group, without any inconven
cure.

Mr. DARBY rose merely to state a fact. In the Committee
the whole ear.mination was conducted upon the grounds of the
two lines being competing lines.
After a few words from Mr. Parker, Mr. Wilson Patten,
and Mr. Guest, the motion was withdrawn.
LEEDS AND THIRSK RAILWAY.
On the third reading of this Bill being moved
Sir G. COCKBURN moved the insertion of a clause, au-
thorising the sale by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
of certain glebe lands; and that the standing order requiring
such clause to be referred to the Standing Order Committee be
suspended.
This clause, in addition to two others already assented to
and proposed to the House by Mr. Lawson, were agreed to,
and the Bill was read a third time.
York and North Midland ( Harrogate Branch) Railway.
This Bill was moved to be read a third time. Agreed to.
DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY.
The third reading of this Bill was agreed to.
LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.
This Bill was read a third time.
ST. HELEN'S RAILWAY AND CANAL.
The report of the Committee on this Bill was brought up
and received.

MANCHESTER, BURY, AND ROSSENDALE
RAILWAY.
The report on the Bill was brought up and received.
DUNDALK AND ENNISKILLEN RAILWAYi

Mr. G. CRAIG brought up the report of the Committeaon
this Bill which was received.
PROTESTANT DISSENTERS.
Mr. HINDLEY presented petitions from the congregational
unions of England and Wales, praying the Government provi-
sion to Dissenters, and that paid to the Episcopalians in Ire-
land, called the Regium Donum, should be discontinued.
IRISH GRAND JURY ACT.
Lord CLEMENTS presented petitions from Langford and
other places in Ireland, praying for certain amendments in the
grand jury law.
MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN—SIR HENRY
POTTINGER.

Sir R. PEEL announced that he had a message from her
Majesty.
The SPEAKER directed the Right Hon. Gentleman to
bring it up, and Hon. Members having uncovered-
-Ihe SPEAKER read the message from her Majesty, which
was to the following effect :—That her Majesty, feeling desirous
of conferring a signal mark other favour on the Right Hon. Sir
H. Pottinger, G. C. 8., for the zeal, ability, and temper displayed
by him as her Majesty's Plenipotentiary in China, in concluding
a treaty of commerce with the Emperor of China, recommended
the Commons to bestow a pension of 1,5001. a year upon him
during his natural life.—( Load cheers. )
Sir R. PEEL moved that the most gracious message from
her Majesty be taken into consideration on Monday next.—
(Cheers ).
Dr. BOWRING wished to inquire whether the Govern-
ment have received any official accounts of the destruction of
persons and property in Syria, and whether any measures have
been taken to k)ut a stop to these outrages ?
Sir R. PEEL said her Majesty's Government deeply re-
gretted the continuance of these unfortunate disturbances, and
the last offi.:ial information stated that the representatives of
the Five Powers had met in Beyrout, and had made a
strong representation to the Pacha respecting these dis-
turbances, and the urgent necessity of suppressing them.
Colonel Hose had done his utmost to put down these riots
between the Drusees and Maronites, and he was happy
to say they were not so general as they had been.
These men were much pressed, and near:y 600 of them—men,
women, and children—had passed for nearly 40 miles through
a dfficult country. They had been accompanied by three of the
chiefs, and it was owing to their presence that these 575 men,
women, and children, had been protected through a hostile
country from so many evils, and possibly from massacre itself.
The subject then dropped.