The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-08 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the Chc(r of a Quarter before
Four o'clock, when
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sir Augs;tesCliiTord appeared at the bar to command
the attendance of the Speaker in the House of Lords- to
hear the Royal Assent given to numerous public and
private Bills. -
The report on the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction
Railway Bill, was agreed to, and the Billordered to be
engrossed. •
fhe:Lords' amendments to the following Btlla were
agreed to !—The Bristol Parochial Rates, the South-
Eastern Railway Branch to Peal and Extension of tee
South-Eastern, Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate
Railway.
On the SPEAKER'S return, he announced that he
had heard the royal as-ent given to several private and
public Bills (for which see Lords' report).
BOROUGH OF BELFAST.

A new writ for this borough ;;; moved for, in the
room 'of Mr. Emerson' Tennent, who his accepted the
stewardship or the Chiltern Hundreds.--Ordered.
BOROUG H._ OF CIRENCESTER.
A
for this borough, in Alt.t -room of Mr.
Cripps,-newwhlit'
who has accepted tILeO.4I"Ze of one of the Lords
of the Treasury, was tas.m'A for. —Ordered.
. LINLITHGOW.
A,rum Writ was ordered to be issued for Linlithgow,
in the room of the Hon. Charles Hope, who has ac-
cepted the office of Governor of the Isle of Man.
BOROUGH OF WARWICK.
A new writ was ordered to be issued for this borough,
in the room of Sir Charles Douglas, who has accepted
the office of Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital.
BOROUGH. OF SUNDERLAND.

A tiPw writ for this borough was moved for by Mr,
TUFNELL, in the room of Lord Howick, who had been
called t' the House of Peers.-7 Ordered.
POOR REMOVAL BILL.

Mr: BODKIN brought up this vb hieh was read it
first time, and ordered to he printed.
SMOKE

Mr. MACKINNON gave notice that at an early period
in the ensuing session he would move for leave to bring in
a Bill to prevent the nuisance occasioned by smoke on
railways and in towns, unless the Government should
prevent the necessity of his so doing by introducing a
gill to remedy the increasing evil.
Mr. FIELDEN Y,aB understui,d to give tintitte that he
would move for the apointinent of a ennittils.-lon in the
next session to inquire into the inotio in which the in-
come tax was levied.—(This was, as-we understood it,
the nature of the Bon. Member's :mottt)n.)
SILK WE jlts' BILL.
Sir G. CLERK T.Weaver' Bill.
improvementsoled the third rkidhe of the Silk
_The Bill on:y introdueed those amend-
7:`:.ocimprovements whttli had been found to work
11 in another bri..titti of manufacture.

Mr. P. BORTI-IWI-CK congratulated the Reuse on
the itvro4ution of the Bill. He regretted it was intro-
duced at so late a period of the session.
The Bill was read a-third time and passed.
- ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS.
Lord PALMEItSTON presented a petition from a
Mr. Copeland, praying that Parham-tit would inter:ere
-0 prevent the-use of propelling engines being placed at
he tad of railway trains, a hich had been attendsd with
much danger, particularly on the Eastern Counties
Kailway. He (Lord Palmerston) concurred in the
prayer of the petitioner, and thought the lives of pas-
sengers much endangered by the practice. He wou'd
recommend directors of railways to have it stated upon
the time tables handed to each passenger whether or no
Chose propelling engines were used, and in the public
newspape.rs, as travellers by railways were not in most
astances aware aware of . the fact. The peti--
loner prayed that the Board of Trade woull
interfere in these matters. He (Lord Pal-m rston) felt
:-..ontident that. Railwav Directors were themselves in
most cases ignorant of the use of those prop-ding en-
-rifles, for to pursue such a course with a knowledge of
the hazard attending it would be little less than cri-
minaltleari hear.) -
Lord COURTEN AY brought up the rephrt of the
Oncinhittee of Group :X, which comprises the following
Gills :-Eastern Counties (Ilertford and Biggleswade),
i,lidland Railway Extension (Swinton and Lincoln),
Vidland Railways Extension (Lincoln and Ely), and
the York and North Midland and Doncaster Extension
he Noble Lord said the decision of the Committ..e was
that it was not des rable to proceed with the Bills during
he present session. -
Dr. BOWRING moved for the production of the Co-
lonia' Acc,tunrs,

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed
he motion, which was negatived without a division.
Mr. C. I'. VII, 1.1 ERRS wished to ask the Right
Ron. Gentleman the Home Secretary whether he in-
,nded further to pursue th.- proceedings respecting Mr.
Briscoe, a magistrate of South Stattadshire, who had
leen reprimanded. his reason for asking the question
was because another magistrate of the same name, resid•
rig in the same district, had been confounded with this
Vlr. Briscoe, owing to the ChriAian name of the offend-
ng magistrate not hasjrig been mentioned in the report.
Sir J. GRAHAM said, having written his opinion
fully in a letter-tolhe, LordLieutenaut of the. county.
ind expressed his dislike at the conduct. of Mr. Briscoe,
he did not think it necessary to pursue the matter
*urther under such circum,tances.
• MEDICAL REGULATIONS.

Mr. WAKLEY sai-I. that in -th—e-a-h-s;c-e-e-.4 other busi-

ness .he would beg ►o move for a return of the number of
individuals who had applied for certificates to the College
of Surgeons, and those to whom these certificates had
been granted.—The motion was agreed to.
AUSTRALIA.

Mr. HOPE said that as ether business of apparently

zreater importance was delayed, he would move that
:eave be given to bring in a Bill for rendering th,
waste lands of Australia more productive. He did not
snticipated any objection viould be made to the Bill, but
did not anticip tte that it would pass ; but he thought
.hat the recess would give ample opportunity for consi-
lcring its provision, and enabling the Government to take
*uch measures as would be for the benefit of the colony.
Captai:: PECHELL had not the slightest objection to
he Government taking measures for the improvement
of the colony, and he thought that the best means of
doing that would be by bringing the waste lands into cul-
tivation.

` Mr. AGLIONBY thought that this arrangement
would tend to relieve the minds of the friends of those
who had an interest in the Australian Colonies.
IRELAND TURNPIKE BILL.

A message was brought down from the House of
Lo,rds to the effect that they had a..sented t the Irish
Turnpike Bill, and to the other Bi;ls which had been
sent up from the Commons with soaie vvrbid amend.
,rents. The message was received, and the amendments
agreed to.
The 'louse remained f a very considerable time un-
occupied by any busine.s whatever ; Owing, as it
was supposed. to the abse,tce of Sir Robert Ped,
for whose arrival Lord Panneist.m delayed his observa-
tions (according to notice) on the affairs of Syria.
(LEFT SITTIN3.)

LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—The allegations contained in the petition of one
" Henry Bruce, setting forth that the following names of
subscribers to the London and York Railway, is in re.
speet of the several names and addresses false and
fictitious," as promulgated in your valuable journal of
the 6th inst., comprising my name—allow We to say,
that when I paid the deposit, and signed the deed, my
address was co•incident with those set forth, as such
had been for nine years previous, ride any commercial
directory to the present period.
I hope it is not on account of the error which I proved
before the Committee of Group X,-in the levels of the
Tottenham and Farringdon Line, that I am selected as
an object of attack. Mr. Bruce may be the Vice-
Chairman of the Cambridge and Lincoln Line, the pre-
amble of which shared a mutual fate with that which I
opposed, that 1,. in my profes.sional capacity, should be
thus attacked. I therefore trust that e qual publicity
will be given to this repudiation of an assertion so
wantonly inflicted on,—Sir, your obedient Servant,
JOHN DAVIS PAINE.
Lincoln's Inn-fields, August 7, 1845.

THE LONDON AND YORK DEED..
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—I attended the Committees of the Houses of
Lords and Commons this day, in order to enable " Mr.
Henry -Bruce, merchant," to state the grounds on which
he had-ventured to place my name in his list of London
and York subscribers, " who, in respect of their several
names, or descriptions, or places of abode, are fictitious
and false."
On my being called before the respective Committees,
however, the agents for Mr.. Bruce, the petitionlr, en.
tirely and at once abandoned that clause of his petition
which had reference to me, Mr. Parkes, for Mr. Bruce,
dmitting that there was not the shadow of a charge
against-me. Mr. Parkes further explained that Air.
Bruce had never intended that my name should appear
in the petition ; that my name had been transferred from
some private list into the public petition by an oversight; ,
and that when Mr. Bruce read his petition previously to
placing it in the handS of a Member for presentation, he
did not.ebserve that was included therein.
I beg to observe, Sir, that this apology was made in
private Committees of both Houses ; and though I feel
perfect confidence in the justice of Parliament, it is very
possible that the reports of the Committees, which will
do me this justice, may be delayed until next session.
Thus circumstanced, and having no reason io believe
that Mr. Bruce has taken any steps for making his
apology known beyond the walls of the Committee-rooms,
I am compelled, in self-defence, to ask insertion for this
letter.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
• CHARLES BROWN.
New Bridge-street, Aug. 7.

LONDON AND YORK RAIL WAy

BILL.

Thq following is the petition of subscribers in the
London and York Railway Company, in reply to that of
Mr. Bruce:—

The hum`de Petition of the undersigned Persons, being
Subscribers. in the London and York Railway Corn-

Pay,

S'ho-iveth,—That a petition has been presented to
your Honourable House, signed by Ilenry Bruce, of
Miueing-laue, merchant, ptition has been prigted