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SUN ona LANn N AVIGATION IB.L.

%Ir. R. ittlialtruX prewsitril ten Pi lilloue (tom Ship.
olh•ra. couttoried•nnt the Port of Sunderland,
ak....nost ilw above Bil)..
Sir G. COI 11111/RN6 (is we understood) presented a Pe.
Who' its favour of it .

Un Ihr mutton nr Mr. T.nynrox, the Bill tile rrAli the
reentiit time The Hun. Grailleman Ihen utu% " "fivi I the
Bill he euntmittr.l" .

Mr R. Wtisavou said, he fdi how unpleasantly situated
of that llouse moat be, who rose to Ili au the at.
Seidl in Of fienlb torn to a measure of this aatore, when au
flinch hosiness of a publ.c 'Ettore stand for theritusiton. But
the private fill flea brollell fo•wsiul UPS of Snell VI at
importance, it operated so deeithdly sgaiust the rights of
and was an marls opposed to the existing l.a it
the Isnil, that lie would ant do justice to his einistitnenta
soil the COlllllll at large, if be did nut take the very earliest
opportunity to oppose it The Hill was iutended Ws. peal
n. 1.1 nmend the 411th of his Majesty, and it contained other
prat isiona for 11w there clauses which it professed to mo-
dify. The alterations would be most mischievous, since is
the first imitatier sine of skein went to take f individuals
Ow right of minor their property in the way MINI heneecial
to Urns—a right never disputed. unless it 'Weil...red with
the public good. Another part of the new provisious relat-
t•d to the placing of Iniond-.tunes, or, as they were there
I. mord, awricxtun. 0, fur the 'impose of ascertaining the high.
wourr.mark in the river Weir—and by the Rill now before
She Mane, a dangerous power would lw granted with re.
steel to the mod.• of placing thim. The mogul Bill
differed essrtthany f the 4911$ of the Kiwg. That
Art del Illott the Cumn•i.si..nera shall nos infra's*
e. ith any stnias r‘f Ilion. for the lauding of coals) that had
h built for a certain time." The Bill proposed by the
I lonoinsbl. Geo leman said, " That spays or staid's formed
b. fore the At t of the 19th of the King shall not he inter-
Erred with by the Commissioners now appointed, unless"—
•.hat ?—" sinless they shall have been reported tin lay the
Commission. ry within the itsl iwg ten yearn"—from the
hof iht. King to the present lime. So Ant, if a Report
b••cn tirade within ten years, the Commissioners bud
only lu produce Ilya pl:.er, and to pull down any quay or
st alilmozh She owner hail derived it f his ancestors.
The existing Art, which he wished to he coilimord,
prr-
..rrrrsl, all quays, staishs, &e. erected prior to its
courts/trot—hot the sow Pill disckised it Trey dilfrrriot prin.
tip's.. Under the former Art five Comuits,„ ,er., fist iat,i a
epturaspi, awl there was no necessity for thew 11/ ;lye not tee
of Up it meeting. This provision was contained tit the pre-
sent Rill, so that they mi:lit meet private'y, make what re-
ports they pleaud, and &amity, without roishril, the pros
lien', of any Gentleman or Nobleman. The former Act
t krth, that 'very maw might trill gamy% and staitlis,
provided he :nee the Commissioners two usonilis imtice,aiol
that the erections did not operate as a substantial hindrance
to Ilse oat input ~,, of the Risco. Weir. The law stood in this

essay, and its propsely never was impeached, up to the last
--reson,r—sod it was then impeached, beanie a Wattle •RII
r. rt. el in the noire of that year, under the provisions of
tber Act. The Coenneisesoners ordered it to he polled down,
mid a few stones were taken away, in cedar to bring
wilt itemise to .:one by a sad at law. The cause was tried
at the Assires L.foar Mr. Jessitext Bayley, mid it was decided,
I hat In, sufret lion of the esistmg statute haul tales., place.
A use heal was moved fur, and the !mulct's of the Court of
Klett's Bench confirmed the decision which hash taken place
ct the Asses, s. Still, however, this particular staith had
level eerie*, .1 1111-•111.1 the very first art of the Commis.
stitusiooers, Ike INCV4sit Bill were passed, would he to pull
down ship welly, which the Court of King's Bench had ele-
etseed to hr lawfully erected, an it did teem intelfne with
Hoe Heir of the river.--"we, bear./....181411'r II ra.SLIM
Art, the C friVilOiltra were sodomised to place wir-
e, fur the ptirinme of asccetsmeng the hizle.water.malk
e,l the rwer.--tint latterly, mislead of placing stones In point
cut highemater.marit, the-y were put in situations that hail
nothitic to elo wills it. Those stones wrre plated sheer the
luieldas d A mule ranee, abort% covered a space that hail always
Imen supposed to belong to Ate Isitelmsore—ur suhere She
w ultra %err Pm ea el by eel &unbolts y site ing.floods— and CV,
who ie• they in lay came, finless the 'Tumid way over-
t) el ley tome nee minion circumstance. They were ties fix.
ed, whore perbnius some incidental &mil had occurred 25 ur 30
years m.ro--and in bridal% were pre-vetoed from making
IrrlTlloll/ 1)Py01111 them, env their owe. lands. This Bill was
n..s culled for by the ship.owners of Sundt Hind. nor by the
peat beet of Conemissioners, umler the existing Art The
ore Hawses, when drawls op, were laid b. fire lawyers, who
deebeed that Parliament would nut agrer to dem. out of
ISA Commissioners of the Sunderland Navigation, hut 22
(belieding the lion Genilemao (Mr. lansibtem) who, be be-
her' d, haul tom le fait nclyd all a Cumaiiseiuner, mud some of
his friends) attended when the new clauses were cuitside red.
CM it ebtimillil 12 of the Commiesioners voted for the clauses,
mud IM against sin that they were tarried by a neje,.
city of two. 1:t• ~hoisld he surly if et contd he said, that a
single isdividna had raised his voice aganast • measure
supported by the slip-owns.,. and the :treat body of the
litimmissionerr—but the fact lay the oil.. r way—it was, in
truth, the project of a veiy few parsons. The Learned
Gentleman cumin led by moving—" That this Bill be toms
gaited this day six months."
Sir G. Cocsukase said, list Petition he had picsettica,
in favour Of MC Bull, •34 s.uo.erunsdy ,Igaell by respect-
able ship-own. ra. The port of Sunderland was of very
r. -eat 111410 r ias.c r., and he feared that many erections um the
sever 1%.4-o• would dead to its destruct' . Ile therefuee
b ;zed of the House to consider well Wore they rejected
dies Kill, He wished to impress on the House the Import-
sore of ibis subject, and the consequeut necessity of ma-
i uie deliberation. Generally speaking, the banking and
elicroaching co rivers, were prejuillieial so them, a remain-
stauee that might mu tie be lost sight of in considering this
question. He hoped the Bill would be intend to go to a
Committer, where alone they could deride un the needs of
the ease, and declare which party was right and which
wrong._
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Mr. taxa-toy said, there were one or two points in the
wprtch of the Learned Gentleman (Mr. tVharion) which he
had it in his poser positimly to contradict The Learned
Gentleman Ibat this was not the Bill of the Com-

missisinera of the post of Sunderland, but of a few indi-
riduals—and iee had alluded *eyelid times to him (Mr.
lamb►uu? as alit were the antis'sr of it. Now lie had no
iiiterest whateve► in it. He merely brought it is s Member
for Darharti, as he had a right to do, when he conceived it
accessary to introduce a 111r11/111,' beneficial for Simile,land,
or fur any other town in the count). Instead of only RS
Coistruissiunera being present when it was agreed In, there
were between 41) and 50—atial so far from the members be-
;,,g on eilnally billmctil as 12 t i 10, it lien the mostion uss

put, only three hands svPre lold op nail's! it—lboce of Hine
Messrs, Pemberton. at +aurae desire the Learocal Gentleman
opposed the Bill. The Learned Gentleman had spoken of the
great injnry that would be sustained, if iniUciduapa were le ...-
vented from erecting staiths on the river. Hut he *tolled to
ask, if the river were thus Offered to he lock. rt up. whit
would become of the valuable property on its banks' To
prove that erections of the nature of those. the growth of
which was !naught to be restrained by the present Hill, nee
:options to rivers star their junction with the sea, the
Ilnu. Member quoted the authority of Mr. Rennie and Mr.
Jessup, which, he observed, was still further supported by
the statemeut of the Hon. Gentleman who hail joist spoken.
He admitted that, in the case to which the Learned Mem-
ber •Pudeil, a verdict was given aganist the Commissioners
--hut it was (minded no the strict letter of the law, and
certainly was not guided by its spirit. With respect to the
removal of the ineirAlunes above the place which the tide
usually reached, it was very trite. Hut bow came they
there? They new piivniely refried away in the Maitl—
and, when the eirenmsiance was mentioned at the Meeting
of the Commissiontr,, certain individuals not Holy acknow-
ledged the fact, hot attempted to justify it.
Mr.WiIARTON disclaimed the at atimient of the Mimi:mi-
lkman, that be stood rot ward no this ocrahon at Ills
lull(f any P"r‘011. it was most imparlianientary for any
Gentleman to tray, that another appeared iu his place iu that
House, and supported a particular question, lietani,e lie was
directed by alone person to do so. But those who had
known bin much, longer that; the Hun. Gentlemso did (hr
meant by character, for be was not aetpiainteil with him),
would li;lieve him wheu lie said that he would not disgrace
the Chaelleire or a lertilter of Parliament by accepting HI
such a deputation. Ile did not deserve suet, a remark, and
lie repelled the imputation with scorn —(Order, Order
LAIIIITON—u With efvert to the oh-creation vela.
live to the adopted by the Learned Meador on this
(mission, I used it, in conacipience of Mr. Pemheiniii hav-
ing hinted RA ninth to nie Imunelf. He stated to me that
the cause would he taken lip by die Learned 3lroslier, upon
ninon I meant to cast ini impui coon. As to the scion of
which lie speaks, I throw it indigo:hilly back to Imo
(lien?, bear.)

Mr. iVRARTO,4-.." I appear here not for an holivhlonl,
hot for my ronstiineow, aml I treat with the *4'olll it de.
serves auy tminuathm to the cantrnry."—(Order, order ')
Mr. TAYLOR (a• we out,ler.h...il) etiortleo el bin elf looode
to the Bill—nod declared that he would take the ►ewe of
he Mole on it.

The House then divided, %twit Ihrrr upprartol—
For the ('ottlmiltee
Agaiuit it

51A.iorily for the Ri11.... 2
BOROUGH OF BARNSTAPLE.

The SP TIER intimated, that it was memory
something should be done with respect to staying
the new ‘Vrit for the borough of Bartistaple.
Lort! CLIvo moved. :l 11 of the Siwaker do not
ismie his warrant to the Cleo k of the Crown to make
out a uew 11'1.4 for the borough of Barnstaple. WI
this day tenniglit."—Agreed tu.