The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-24 00:00:00

}3ERKS AND HANTS RAILWAY.
The Lords' amendments to the Berks and Hants Railway
Bill were agreed to.
ABERDARE RAILWAY.
The report on the Aberdare Railway Bill was brought up
by Mr. BECKETT.
The Forth and Clyde Navigation and Union Canal Junction
Bill was ordered to be recommitted
THE GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN (IRE'

LAND) RAILWAY.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
EPPING RA ILWAY. R iltraf
On the motion of Dr. BOWRING, the Epping '
Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed.
Mr. BECKETT presented a petition from Leeds to fool'
of a ten hours' Bill. r of
Mr ROCHE presented a petition from Cork in bye". d
the repeal of the Legislative Union. The petition was'ig"
by the Mayor.
CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY•thira
The Che-ter and Birkenhead Railway Bill was read a
time and passed.
AR RESTMENT OF WAGES. f coar
Mr. T. DUNCOM BE presented several petitions in .1
of the ' rrestment of Wages ( Scotland) Bill.
BLACKBURN, DAR k's EN, AND BOLTON RA ILWi
eli„a
The Lords' amendments to the Blackburn,
Bolton Railway Bi.l were agreed to.
UNIVERSITY TESTS. (lige'
Captain WEMYSS reserited several petitioos fruilno„ibiag
rent parts of Scotland in favour of the 13;11 for au
.1
Mil :enity tests. Aberdeen
Mr. BANNER:MAN ;lamented a. petition from
Scotch
Darwen
in favour of the Bib for abolishing rebgious tests in the
Universittes. 'tine from
The SOL'CITOII- GENERAL presented o Pell i i, Mr
Mr. Carus IVilron (as we understood) cornelaining
0. for in-
prisonment by the Royal Court of Jersey, and PraPn'
quire.
Mr. ENTWHE.E presented a petition from Ohlham' i°
Lancashire, in favour of the Phssic and Surgery ill._,divt,tual
La,
BRIGHT presented a petition from an 1.1„ 001, of
named whcaticy. complaining of ileg,l..ct on the artlen dare
the revising barristers. Also, a petition from Pao
os who
in Huntingdonshire, praying that those Perse_rmitteri
conscientiously objected to taking an oath, might bes,P"' '
e nisoe
to make a declaration instead. Also a petition froMn
toxicating
in Huntingdonshire against the sale Of 1 from au
liquors on the Sabbath ; and a Pelit" i
magistrates
individual complaining of the conduct of pI.Y
of Loughborough and Ashby de la Zouch, and °
re-
inquiry. the tno for m
the m
cha.N,Eirie., CinOLßQraUdiElorDZYNorskirsehsieren,ter;r:yipngetitionfor a fraohortanng e
the hours of labour.
RAIL S 9
• e
LYNN AND DEREHA3I RA' El a third torn
The Lynn and Dereham Railway Bill was re
and passed. AI
BAIL-
BEDFORD, LONDON, AND BIRMINGHA
WAY BILL.
This Bill also was was read a third time and pas'eNd\,,Ay.
ASHTON AND STALEYBRIDGE RAlL__tion Rail-.
The Ashton, Staleybridge, and Liverpool Jurr7ad e third
way Bill (Ardwick and Guide branches) eta'
time and passed. CBESTER
SHREWSBURY, OSWESTRY, AND
L
JUNCTION RAILWAY BIL' el to.
The Lords' amendments to this Bill were ogle
CORNWALL RAILWAY BIL!' and paged
The Cornwall Railway Bill was read a thi.rt-Ist,lne.
for the
e
SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES -titt'e'sea ht.
Mr. MACAULAY moved that the order of tor _
_LW et• pos
second reading of this Bill be read for the I:tutor'
poning it to Wednesday, the 9th July.—Agre
NOTICES OF .MOTION• id,
on Wednes•
Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that he show
day, move for certain returns and surveys. he should Abe
Dr. BOWRING gave notice that to-morrow
seet optedtli!
three questions to the Home Secretary,
hadtbabeen commt
tea,secoafst.lle. WR.usChaelnd,eciostite—ofifrNsti,avrn,heitnher he 5... ;so, with!',U,
lr
anv exeeu'ion having been issued out c
Saegialnemst7i.ni.r°o; osiSenntil'ind
wliether his complaint to the Lieuterant-G°"„oistrate; he
thirdly, whether, although only
ject had not been referred to the committing '—gt‘i month'.
aS
was not still in prison GREAT
WESTE
R T
THE LATE ACCIDEN ON THE 6"---
. T the
RAILWAY.- tion to
t a question i the
Mr W. 0. STANLEY wished to Pu would nattended,
Vice-President of the Board of Trade. It dnti una
committed for .
Grey'
however, of the House that a serious ge"'ed en the day°
with the loss of life, had oeeurr,ao,h. Tvo t
Western Railway, on Wednesday, near St" p the sarsie i?s_ta
afterwards another accident took place nearly at,
of Trade at,
of the railway. He understood that the Board the aP,°O
distatched the Inspector-General, General Paid
.leytt°
feet 0b1ige_,..1.39,
to inspect the line, and he (Mr. Stanley) sb°ll , General I" ...,
the Right Hon. Gentleman if, when he receise%. pii, eyc?l'r
ley's report, he would state to the House what t',' and whetr,
sidered to have been the cause of the aseidens, 7itt twthlic 111..,
the cause still remained. It was a matter 0/
sgr,eaetrthe l'ell,
ter rest for ',here was an impression out of doer.eTtote not al
high velocity at which the express trains travel' a
together safe. ort °f
t the Ter de,
Sir G. CLERK said that immediately thr.o__, of Trs
the accident on Wednesday had reached the B ar"
spot, d
as'
a of
the Inspector-General had been dispatched to the
the poar order
certain the cause of the accident, and to report toa,crt in moter
Trade what recurrence it would be necessary to
_nacFident had 4
to prevent its. It appeared that the a,,t:et, Whet's!,
been owing to the elasticity of the rails at the Phiaad been 'nit
had occurred. Those rails were the same which f the
were
ginal/y laid down at the first construction ° 0111 ;
Western Railway, and it appeared that f loch ece
much lighter, and were placed on sleePers'fh expert
scantling than those at present in use, and wins ~t, pallor
had taught the Company were better adapted for uhati been ,nir
than those originally laid down. The Company , ettbstiluti e
some time past removing these original rails, too of Isrgeot
for them rails of greater weight, and sleeper's!, p e
A 1.10%4
soantling, which would produce greater stiffness,
s"w;te torr
the too great elasticity of the rails. The House was„l„,:noon 0
some years ago it had been suggested,in consequence 0" esge 14,,
in which certain accidents had ocaurred, that a lug,the rt.,
should always be interposed between the tender 011ie OOP,
senger carriages. This plan had been adopted 0n hte egre"
Western Railway, and as it was an object with trin-loe thrrh
trains to carry as little as possible, the van thus use One 51
trains was a light four-wheel one instead of ~,his st!a
six wheels, and it was lightly loaded , l'itti 'Ohl°
had, through its lightness, been thrown r'n of dist tee,
and dragged the other carriages after it. As a Pr° ightt"rds,.
lightness of the van was the cause of the accident, he in 0-0 Fri -e,
tion that the same thing occurred to the luggage vit.onn.seeneticay
but as it was the last carriage on the train no serious (.. _ cotap, e
ensued. Gen. Pasley had called the attention of tOnebeitatehoef
to the circumstance, and they had, therefore, new ' , and t at
luggage carriage with aix wheels for those with for band
in tveig ,
had also loaded it to such an extent as to make it equal_sed ell:
to the passenger carriages. He had likewise Plight 7 fare
the company the necessity of removing those befrr,
that more"
as speed.ly as possible, and, he believed,
id be re" were
the end of the summer the light rade scut'. a vast 'be
on the whole of the line. Now that the luggaga wasia
,„.
of sufficient weight in the express trains,
_l_l' via,
til'ors'y
opinion cf the Inspector-General that no dang,e, tingh . en
to occur on account of the speed. and he hoped n'
of oco
that there now existed no danger of the recurrence
in,
accident. Lich were-
After a few words from Mr. OSWALD, w" r
(roger
audible in the gallery,
Sir G. CLERK explained that rails mad!..„°.f A' ,?ttot.'iiiali
materials would not be so likely to yield to presl'o- EJinee:os
and Glasgow Railway,
accident hod, some time ago, occurred on ;00 greatoyerh
t teity of the rails ; that cause had " ',.,,e reeu
and no accident of a similar character had in" in
in consequence of thee Leo rein
rrej,
THE TEN HOURS' 13ILLo„
__., , tos:11,01,
Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petitioen
,t,rn_"'Notos '
the West Riding of Yorkshire in favour of the L i.sl.
BILL,- IDJ '-
COMMON LAW PROCESS the Ire a
On the motion that the order of the day for . the
lees Bill be read,would 'l'll,6°
Mr. Serseant MURPHY
whilesaid loaded n exp 'ensue
ses
House a few minutes he _d been rnate; er,
respecting certain personal allusion; that 11!,,5e ssot!otiOeo
garding himself. He had no doubt that the to'
.weed
not id_ bon
ceive by the sequel that the allusions made
.ae.l_,, to
.I:,tate
by the real facts of the cast, and were calcunl.n woul,a,tiderl,.
considerable personal iniury. On that gr(Tirrhe silLitollst
to the House the ci.rcumstanees to w". li Vatic
The animadversions had reference to certa!nt ,e diii re,
co,
entrusted to him, in which it was alleged th , 'to s threes
the part he had promised to do, lashedrglie oereroceoe 0
rying - them through the House.
to °n law' Pheasif to
in number, for the regulation of the con
rob) t
obi,' 0, wit
in England, Ireland, and Scotland, the lea tn. ~itiedont, theY
make parties domiciled in either of the th.rese ain r'who:bllie for,
might have contracted debts in any of tn,0,,, roponalirelon,tet
might not at that time be residing, lega'sliiting in,, ,h
tier
their debts—that is, that any one r.e osnitlane PO',
and Scotland, who had contracted debts In `-',O the aiss,,
be made amenable to their creditors
~!,. joigr, lett!
place. But the bills had another object--rth,t ine 'of tire
with certain onerous and expensive Pr"nee'tri anY, f'onns uf lite
in pursuing parties out of the jurisdictio
latter prec:a.t tniii.ea
three kingdoms to the others. To the
Bills he subscribed to the fullest wereeir' intrrbectri
other part he did not. The Bills
sition, /la Reign',
last year, since which considerable
.0P
raised against them by the Attorney As the to ti,o
and the Lord Advocate for dustedScotlsn then ..r sf
~
(lid rot take tip tile Bills he entrcirenees;idaitsl
Honourable and Learned Member for ,re andiasohle and
attended to them with exceeding great. -,a die si 5t,0,15e
0,
GePn°eral lurlvioistbre
Ho had had several communications wan,. other l',, se ,
Learned Lord who introduced the Bills to tn.,e,,esi ar'e'q'oe9te`:
Parliament; and when the Bills were
eld- d
yoro 4 theut_d
down to this House, the Noble and Lteakren
cbarge übe fonsll,,
him (Mr. Sergeant Murphy) to a, however'ad in co
He did so, but in the meantime,
we, rsis-roestrArloh,
that a great opposition to the Bill 3,
s__etej ref% soy ;law;
riots.' quarters ; and he himself received v.' s i
node. with pd
'tore
irom persons in Ireland who were not co
~_,, 1301, i
._„,d .
e_,,
tical !tarty. Amongst other objections totorit irela;,,ia act,
to him that, great numbers of person
tmeroporart e drsggoo
0 them to
_o,o_o
obliged to come to this country
and that it would be a great hardshin tived rerentinglh,
into the English courts. He had also rice
Ireland' °lld lw 001
from persons of the legal profession !11l
1., they woutheirs the
the hardship and inconveniences to cc:E. ti! e_ati,es frtunt.nees 'wall
jetted by being obliged to follow th i "
jut isdiction into this country, c°
the ore Tved •
Bill contemplated. Accordingly, he . that the ereel are,
the ''.- eb!e and Learned Lord requestillgo an h
any d 00
Bills should betaken out of his hands. -/ ~ without
_a'd it
re,
under sucdhidcircurn'a-nicate, the
letter from the Noble and Learned Loro ho ,uppooeentlY3 10
but as he received it on the Ist of AlaY ale suhselotendeh,)
written about that time.—( Laughter. ) ,;`,t wore ,la 150/fers.
ceived a second letter, which seemed a!,s"
..ind....11e lett
readit L'ibinit :of
express some change of the Noble Leo_r_rionsrw,
dear of t f that
00e,
He would, with the permission of the H
3lurebY-- he tohneietter
The first was as follows :---" MY
quite right that you should wash Your handsuthoritY ! the hail
Billa."—( Laughter.) It was on the ads stated °that' lie ''
that he (Mr. Sergeant Murphy)afterwar d s
in the words of the Noble and Learnen
" washed his hands" of the Bills. The iect7care one fail n ferigict
d leLt°teTbeghe9intgbab'°,titiet
" My dear Murphy—Personally, I do n 0.5
any ocaawsooto irtbo
the 13111 s, but I cannot see that therke 1 „
the recepillo es
any of the alleged hardships." A
3senaher_aat en seM
opposition to them, for I (10 not think they
iPt cfso btu
ntrusted the_ for . eace.
latter, he (Mr. Sergeant Murphy) et,he
as to wid to tnibe
Honourable and Learned Frienc-d,.
caster, with whom he con_ulte.o , It vel:o°ot waged to
Lord cared a • geell) re'
,ed dit . fly
that all the Noble and Lear' . o_an
pi chie d,s-• the Bills would have of being carriers.
decent. interment of the Bills—(:, laugh
d Learned Letiv interriedt to
him now thst what the Noble
ot been dee,e°,l 'not woo in
so-cued was, that they had
( Laughter.) MurrbY),;ft in the ortli
He (I%.lriegSoerogfealannatritaw him'
he ~ hear.).,...
.•--ent; ' ' —ouns
infringe upon any privilege
allowed ' I Hear. h with'
which hich the usages of the
said House _iewhere.
dealt asit, coos
allude to what had been ~115 had been n 0001°orri
The Noble Lord had said those sat ~.,, ce,
tly told. 7 the pict be
firm his statement that he not
passed dot%
to wnt tha
out his authority. The Merrabdeiratifnorr '-ren" s't'l 11°hIer-se°
that those Bids could not be, hadent! oct the
Lord hail
session, and the Noble to thede in Sellil are
though maerioul that be
forth,
statement which had gone
ha I stated. Be could notL
d to daodosors w" aecl tits
calculate
of jocular hilarity, was • n out cu ...,4 1,01011
The impressio
to him especially. r, 4 confidence, 1"--
had committed a gross br ar-g v blind