The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-05 00:00:00

PRIVY COUNCIL.

The Earl of RIPON moved the {,second reading o'
the Privy Council Appellate Jurisdiction Act Amend•
ment Bill.

Lord BROUGHAM thought that the East India
Company were entitled to the highest credit for their
desire to promote the ends of justice. They were ready
to spend 40,0001. or 50,000 l for improving the appeals
from the native tribunals.

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE thought that some
means should be taken for making these alterations to
the natives and the tribunals of India, and it would be
well if the interests of the people of India were to be
so largely affected, that every portion of the subject
should be well inquired into.
The Earl of RIPON said that he proposed to defer
the operation of this Bill until the Ist October in the
present year, but, if that were not sufficient time, he was
quite ready to extend the period.
Lord CAMPBELL suggested that it would be just as
right for Government to defray the whole of the costs
of appeals from Scotland, as to take the expense of those
appeals upon its shoulders, and ho thought it would be
better that another Court should be established to con-
sider those appeals.
The Earl of ELLEN-BOROUGH had understood that
these appeals were heard before a Committee of the
Privy Council, and he thought it was strange that no
one acquainted with India was a Member of that Council.
Lord BROUGHAM explained, that though none of
the judges were persons who had been in India, yet the
Privy Council had the advantage of such persons in the
capacity of assessors.

The Bill was then read a second time.
AUCTION DUTIES BILL.

On the motion for the second reading of the Bill fur
the remission of the auction duties,
The Duke of RICIINIOND said that he should move
that this Bill go into Committee this day six months, on
the ground that it was uncalled for by the country and
injurious to the agricultural interests.

(LEFT SITTING )

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKEn took the Chair at the usual hour.
On the motion of Mr. HODGSON HINDE, the New-
castle upon Tyne Port Bill was read a third time.
IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
Mr. FRENCH rose to move that the Irish Great
Western Railway (Dublin and Galway) Bill be per-
mitted to proceed. He was glad to see the Chairman of
the Standing Orders Committee in his place, for he
wished to show that there were peculiar circumstances
in this case which might make it expedient to set aside
in its favour the general rule. The Hun. Member then
read from a document the opinion of the Government
landed proprietors on this line, that the railway should
be proceeded with.

Mr. ESTCOURT opposed the motion.
Mr. REDINGTON thought that, important as it
might be that the standing orders should be observed,
there were occasions, and this was one of them, on which
th2y ought to be dispensed with.
Mr. WILSON PATTEN opposed the motion. If the
standing orders were worth anything they ought parti-
cularly to be enforced in ewes like the present.
Mr. STRUI7 said that the present case was one
especially in which the standing orders ought not to he
dispensed with. The errors were quite evident upon the
face of the drawings and documents, and required no ex-
amination of witnesses to expose them. He opposed the
motion.

Lord PALMERSTON hoped that if the standing
orders were to be dispensed with on this occasion, a
similar indulgence would be extended to the Mullingar,
Dublin, Longford, and Sligo Railway Bill.—(Hear, and
a laugh.) Be did not think that any irregularity
would be found in the management of that Bill.—(Hear.)
But he hoped that, if it should so happen, the standing
orders would be waived as well as in the present case.
The Cashel and other lines to the south were looked
upon as so important, that questions of form were not
permitted to obstruct the passing of those Bills. The
Dublin and Longford line was of importance equall3
great, particularly as it was to have branches to the im-
portant seaport town of Galway on the one side, and
Sligo on the other. On these grounds, then, he did
hope that if the present proposition should be carried,
the House would act in the same way towards the Dub-
linland Longford line, that had been reported against—
(Hear, hear)—for the formation of lines of railway in
Ireland would be attended by the best possible results,
in giving employment to a large labouring population.
Mr. WARBURTON said, that if the House indulged
in such acts as those—namely, rescinding votes which
would have a prospective effect—they might as well also
let their votes have a retrospective effect—(Laughter)—
in order that all Bills reported not to have complied with
the standing orders, might be approved of, and thus
throw the standing orders overboard altogether.
Mr. II ANIILTON would not be willing to do anything
contrary to the standing orders ; but still he did think
that with respect to railway property in Ireland, the
House ought to pause before they rejected such Bills, for
railways in Ireland might be looked upon as national
works.

Sir T. FREMANTLE said that, owing to the public
position in which he was placed in reference to Irtland,
he felt an anxious interest in that country, and was 47x •
trenaely desirous that railway projects should be carried
on there. Being a member of the Standing Orders Com-
mittee, he would not be unwilling to advise the House
to reverse those orders—(Hear, hear)—but when it was
remembered that the capital had been subscribed, and
every other step taken by which to expedite the Irish
particular
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