The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-14 00:00:00

RAILWAY CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION SILL.'

Mr. AGLIONBY hoped that the Railway Clauses Conso-
lidation Bill would not be brought before the House that night..
There were several clauses in the Bill to which he intended to
object, and he believed that many of his Hon. Friends on that
(the Opposition) side of the House entertained a similar opi-
nion of its merits. He thought that. a Bill of this importance
ought to l.e referred to a Select Committee up stairs.
Lord G. SOMERSET was most anxious that the business
of the House should be proceeded with as quickly as possible ;
but, on the other hand, he did not wish to take any Ron.
Member by surprise. The clauses in the Bill, he begged to
state, were not new clauses, fiar they had all been taken from
existing Acts, although modified in a very considerable degree;
and he thought, therefore, that but little opposition would be
given to the measure. Under these circumstance, he could
not think of postponing the consideration of the subject.
After some further remarks from Mr. AGLIONBY, as to
the propriety of delaying its consideration,
The House then resolved itself into Committee.
On clause 1 being put,
Mr. HAVES inquired if these clauses were to be com-
pulsory on all companies, and whether they would apply neces-
sarily to all future railways?
Lord G. SOMERSET said they were not to be compul-
sory on all companies. They would not necessarily apply to all
future railway companies applying for Bills.
Mr. HAWES thought the Bill would be useless unless it
could be made compulsory.
Mr. WAKLEY was of the same opinion as the Hon. Mem-
ber for Cockermoisth (Mr. Aglionby), that. this Bill ought to
be referred to a Select Committee up stairs. This Bill was
intended to be a model Bill, and it ought to be made perfect,
and then compulsory on all companies.
Mr. HAWES did not think they could proceed satisfactorily
upon this Bill now.
Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said that to refer the
Bill to a Committee would be to defeat it. It would have to
be given up for the present sessi,n, and it was very desirable
seeing that there were so many schemes on foot, that some
general principle should be adopted with respect to them. Ile
doubted whether these Committees would be attended by legal
gentlemen.
Mr. JARVIS thought a Select Committee would be a most
unfit tribunal. He thought some clauses might be devised ap-
plicable to the state of things, and to the protection of the pub-
lic. He would wish to see the responsibility of preparing these
clauses thrown upon the law officers of the Crown.
Mr. WAKLEY said the clause which had occupied their
attention was very loosely and very clumsily drawn up, avid he
entirely agreed in the observations of the Hon. and Learned
Member for Chester.

Lord G. SOMERSET said that after the opposition which
had been exhibited by Hon. Members opposite, he despaired
of pushing on this Bill with any degree of success. He would
now move that the Chairman report progress, and on Monday
next he would declare the course he intended to pursue re-
garding the measure.
After a few words from Mr. HAWES and Air.
AGLIONBY the House resumed.

The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and th
House adjourned at Half-past Eleven o'Clock.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
CHESTER CUP.
to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Semiseria—taken and
afterwards offered
16 to 1 agrt Mr. A. Johnstone's The Era—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's St. Lawrence
27 to 1 agst Dlr. 11. Stebbing's Celeste
30 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Pride of Kildare
30 to I agst Mr. Parry's Zauoni
33 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Strathspey
33 to 1 agat Mr. Williamson's Extempore
33 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Winesour—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Foigh-a-ballagh
Of the very select lot enumerated above only Semi-
seria, The Era and St. Lawrence were backed for any
money. No mention was made of Obscurity, Cataract or
Pug, and various attempts to back %anon' and Extem-
pore failed for want of a slight advance on the quoted
prices. 1,000 to 20 was laid two or three times, and in
one instance 1,000 to 15 against Foigh-a-ballagh.
DERBY.
10 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm—t. and aft. off.
13 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Cobweb colt
14 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's hedger
16 to 1 agst Lord Stradbrokc's hiss
15 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's rain
25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger—taken
33 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt—taken
35 to I agat Mr. Gully's Old Engand—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Ilill's Ironmaster—t. all in
40 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Doleful (the Frede-
rica colt)
40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o' Cockpcn.
50 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Anti-Repealer—taken
66 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Fuzbos—taken
66 to 1 agst Mr. Waller's Columbus.
The little business transacted on the above event had
no other result than to give Alarm and Newsnionger
lift on Monday's betting; both were in great favour. 16
to 1 agst Islas, and 20 to 1 agst Yam, was laid in one
bet; and the same, with the addition of hedger, in
another; 1,000 to 30 twice sg.-4 the Miss Whip colt; 35
to I in ponies agst
Old England; 1,000 to 25 agst Iron-
master (all in); 1,000 to 20 agst Anti-Repealer; and
1,000 to 15 each agst Columbus and Fuzbos.
OAKS.
1,000 to 10 was betted agat Mr. Gully's Maid of
Orleans, and 300 to 10 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady
Wildair.

COURT CIRCULAR.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by
Captain St. Edmund Mildmav, honoured the performaueeE
of Madame Dulcken's concert in Harley-street, on wednes-
day evening, with his presence.
A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock yesterday after-
noon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Sir
Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor,
Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Bnccleucb, Earl of Aberdeen.
Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, Earl of lladdington, Lord Granville Somereet, the
Earl of Lincoln, and the Right. Hon. Sydney Herbert.
The Earl of Ripon was prevented by indiTosition from
attending the Council.
The Council sat two hours and a half.

Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, transacted busine..,B
yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade.
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, haJ an inter
view with Sir Robert Peel on Wednesday.

Dispatches were sent off, yesterday ia ,Tninc,.., from the
Colonial office, fin- the Governor of Van theman's Land.
Dispatches from the Governor of the Mauritius were
received yesterday, at the Colonial-otrice.

Diss AND YA10101.11,1 RAILWAY.—A special gene-
ral meeting of the aboi.e Company was held in the Lon-
don Tavern, for the purpose of authorising the Directors
to proceed to Parliament their plans, although re-
ported against by the Board of Trade. Mr. Springfield,
Chairman of theßoard of Directors, presided. A report
was read, giving a very satisfactory account of the pro-
gress of the works, and concluded by recommending
that the Directors should be empowered to take from
the funds of the Company
.a sufficient sum to go through
Parliament. Resolutions in accordance with the report
were then carried, and the meeting then separated.