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HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, M. c 6 4.

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11:•,e Speaker was summoned to the House of Peers, and, cn his
rem% informed the House that he had heard the Royal Assent
green to several Bills (for which see Lords).
LIVERPOOL AlstD MANCHESTER RAIL-ROAD.
Lori STANLEY presented a petition from the inhabitants of
Bury, Lancashire. in favour of the Liverpool and 3lanchester
Railway.—Otdered to be printed.
TEASDALE RAILWAY.
Mr. WADLEY presented a petition from the City of Durham
in favour of the Rill for the construction of Teesdale Railway.
—Ordered to be primed.
Lord MILTON presented a similar petition from the in:iabitants
of 3.4esby in favour of the ante Buil. and another petition tram
the :.-;wn of Gisborough to the same efiect.—Ordeted to be printed.
CORN EXCHANUE.
Mr. CURTEIS obtained leave to Ming in a Bill for the etec• ion
of a new Corn Exchange in the vicinity of Mark-lane, in the City
of Londtri.
HUNOERFOP.D MARKET.
Mr. S. WORTLEY broatrist up the Report of the Com,nittee,
vsting that the ritarutiog Orders ought no: to hr eispented with in
the case of Hungerford
A Merrage was brought down from the Lords, mating that
their Lordships had agreed to the Indemnity Dill without any
arnendsnent.

TEES AND WEARDALE RAILWAY.
Lora LOWTHER thought that the BPI which he was about to
ISCITS the Houle should be read a record time, was we that pro-
mai :ousiderable &Oen:ages to local and ger,eral interests, and

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therefots deserved a favourable _.. from Me House. Bo de-
preaatod the opposition the projected improvement bad met with
from the Mugu sof Londonderry, and a few private individuals,
en the grouud of an alleged pemortal inconvesie: tie to the pieties,
which he did •t think satisfactorily made out; and concluded by
slaving," that the Teen sad Weardals Railway Bill be now egad
' • second time."
Sir H. HARDINGE would oppose the second reading of the
1 Bill, for several reasons. The length of the intended ralbroad was
1 tobe twenty.flve miles, sod would pass through a oeuvre, thistly
inhabited, and terminate is • communication with the sea, at A
where there was neither village, hamlet, nor harbour. The
proprietors of the district were oppcsed,to the project. which
tasald to intlictA grievous injury on their property. and be un-
earth any good effects. The Marquis of Londonderry
dieosolledleven the measure, on the ground of the nuisance it would
OCCillilla be his estate by the use of locomotive engines ; but lie
' AUpll4llMadhe projectors thought they would And less difficulty in
' =dash road through the grounds of the Noble Marquis than
those of the Lard Chancellor, who had recently purchased
• Sam in that neighbourhood. (A laugh.) The cnief sup.
=tw of the scheme were the Dean and Chapter ef Dualism, who
their advantage in so doing. Ile (Sir Ilenrej had that day re-
ceived a letter from a gentleman of large fortuto and landed pro.
prietor, to the amount of 80,0001. or 90,601:11. wiho complair ed that
his sedate would be destroyed by •the projected railway, which,
after all, could not bring into the market any coal worth the having.
He adverted to the mode in which the capital of the Company
(213,0001.) bad been subscribed ; the subscription did not take
place In Durham to a greater amount than 15,0001. which prove.:
it to be sty thing but a county measure. He trusted the House
would see the delusion of this Bill, and not, by sending it into
Committee, put the lauded proprietors who opposed it to unneces-
sary and great expense* in continuing their opposition. He should
. move as an amendment on the original motion, that this Bill be
read a second time this day six months.
Mr. Alderman THO7.IPSON did not know whether the rail-
way would prove a good speculatinn for the projector.. ; but think-
ing it would he toneficial to the country he should oppose the'
amendment.
fie J. SHELLEY supported the amendment. I
ET. WODEHOUSE--The objections came with fit illgr i
lila interested parties. He had long. felt the grievance occasio
by the high price of sue-borne coal, respecting which he intend 1
rurrebnpenrtioad.propost
Looking
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at
h tehewtr;Dsitdmeresastiounre of
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likelyhouse to
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swam the supply of coal, and lessen its price, it should hare his
, Nippon.
l Mr. DAVENPORT did not think it right that Noblemen and'
Gentlemen should have their properties injured and their comforts
destroyed by the agency of those it:frnal machines, locomotive
Antoine,. (A laugh 4
Mr. Alderman BRYDGIS thought a better supply of coal
mold be procured to the tendon market by the intended road.
1 • Lord MILTON—Cy the plan adopted last year, the rail-way
would •ve passed a mile nearer Lord Londonderry's scat than it
was now' intended it should. The alteration was made in order to
accommodate the Noble Marquis, who now thought proper to com-
plain of what Rol been done for his express convenience; because,
the rail-road would have to be carried through two detached fields
belonging to hint, but unconnected with his estate; which fields
were some tine ago for sale, and only not sold, because no one
would pay the price the Noble Lord demanded. He (Lewd Milton)
bad at one side of his country seat. and within a mile of his house,
ore of those dreadful engines which excited so much alarm. lie
had a second on the other side at an equal distance, arid he did not
find them at all destructive of his peace of mind or comforts.
(A laugh.) This rail-way would be the means of affordiee supply
of excellent coal where it was much wanted in the North Riding of
Yorkshire. lie would support the Bill.
filr. LAM wroN was triendly on principle to rail-roads, but did
no consider this Bill as likely to produce public benefit sufficient
to counterbalance the great private injury it. would inflict. He
begged leave to tell Hon. Members, that they had been misin-
formed as to the quality of the coal which the district would pith
duce. It had been pronounced by engineers of character and
ability to be of a very inferior description—not so gnocl as had
rbeen produced front mines which he (Mr. Lambton) had telecom
tinued working on account of the badness of the coal. The
1 Noble Lord ( Milton) experienced no inconvenience from the
vicinity of locomotive engir.es. Let the House remember, they
I happen to be his own engines (a laugh), and tolerated on account
1 of.the profit they produce. He (Mr. Lambton) had also loco-
ive ergines, and could endure them for the same reason; but
-liwast that any reason for their being inflicted on the Marquis of
Londonderry? (A laugh.) The worthy Alderman who sat under
the gallery had supported the bill, in the !tame of the merchants
tof London. He (Mr. L.) might be wrong in his cenjecture, but he
took leave to suppose those merchants dealt in iron. The Coin-
-1 mon Council of the City at London, whom he would admit to be a
scioet learned and respectable body (a laugh). were anxious, in the
extent of their philanthropy for the improveinent of what had been
truly represented to be a desert and unproductive part of the coun-
' try. He was equally desirous of it, and wished the capital (if such '
a thing existed) of this Company of projectors were to be applied to
that purpose, instead of the construction of a rail-way which was
worse than useless. His name, as well as that of the Noble
Marquis of Londonderry, had been mentioned in a way rather unce.
rernonious, by the projectors, who, as they knew he (Mr. L) would
tete against their Bill in that place, and that the Noble Lord
would oppose it in another place, were desirons of neutral-
ising or disallowing their votes as those of interested persons.
-It had been objected to him that in his present opposition he was
aetus ed by motive of private interest. Such an insinuation he
' flung back with contempt. He again denied that pecuniary ad.
vantage influenced his conduct : so ter from that being the case, his
own interest would lead him to support it, for on the line of toed
sought to be established he had himself a large tract of coal
country. The Honourable Member, aftersome further observation,
acid that the principal reason for iris opposition was, that the
public could derive no advantage front the proposed rail-road ; the
coal was of so bad a quality that no one would use it. He heard it
said, that there were two venerable ladies, relatives of two Honour.
able Members of that House, and that these ladies were the chief
promoters of the present Bill, and that they were making every
effort in its support. These venerable ladies, whose name he un-
derstood to be Hay, were anxious to take their coals to London,
and for his part he could not have the slightest objection to their
taking their commodities to the London market, or to any other
market. (Great laughter.) But let them not take them there at
the expense and at the inconvenience of the public. The other sex
conveyed their coals by private agreement, and in this instance, at
Inuit. he saw no reason why the ladies should not follow their ex-
ample. The Honourable Member went on to say. that he could
not do otherwise than give his vote against the second reading,
when he saw so much inconvenience rid so little good likely to re-
sult from the measure. As the rail-road was proposed to be run
it would prove a great annoyance to the Marquis of Londonderry;
but if taken in another and a more direct line, it would trench on
the estate of the Lord Chancellor; and the promoters of the
scheme, wisely judging that in the other House the Noble Lord
on the Wo.,lsack would prove a more formidable antagonist titan
the Noble Marquis, prudently chese to give the latter the were-
rence. (A laugh.) The Honourable Gentleman entreated the
House to reject the Bill; it was one of the many speculating
schemes now afloat, all of which had their origin in the City of
London.
Lord MILTON explained.
A MEMBER, whose name we could not learn, next addressed
the House. We understood him to defend the motives and conduct
of the persons concerned in the enterprise.
Mr. I'OWLETT supported the Bill. lie considered the mos.
sure of great importance, and calculated to give an outlet to that
quarter of the country, which was now without that advantage.
The Hon. Member thought the country through which the rail.
road was to run would be considerably improved by it.
Mr. N. CALVERT declared his readiness on all occasions to
support any measure calculated to excite competition (hear, hear):
he was always anxious to respect the rights of private property, and
he would oppose any infringement on it when the object to be
achieved was one of trifling convenience Bet if the interest of the
public required that a canal or railway should be run through the
court-yard of St. James. he for one would vote for it. The Hen.
Member concluded by declaring his conviction that the interest of
a few individuals ought never be put in competition with that of
the community.
Mr. LITTLETON made a few observations.
Mr. Alderman WOOD supported the Bill. lie declared he had
no connection with rail-roads or with any otter scheme, and must
therefore be uninfluenced by interested motives in giving his vote.
One of the principal objections raised en the proposed measure was
the badness of the coals ; his (the worthy Alderman's) answer to
that was, be the cools gon or bad, let them come to market.
Mr. 'l'. WILSON said he was sure those of his constituents
connected with this and other schemes must feel grateful to the
lion. Members for the kind solicitude they entertained as to their
success. The lion. Gentleman then read a certificate, signed by a
Mr. Dixon. testifying the good quality of the coals in the neigh-
bourhood of the coptemploted railway. Mr. Dixon declared that
he had examined 4e coals in question, and that they were pos-
sessed of more strength and more durability, and burned longer,
than other coals which he had examined.
Sir H. HARDINGE eaviained.
"'Lord G. CAVENDISH felt himself bound to oppose the mea-
sure, in this wild time of speculation, when such encroachments
were being made on the landed property of the country. (Hear.)
So far was he from conceiving that any general advantage would
result from the railway in question, that his belief was, a single
load of coal would never be brought to London on it. The conse-
quence would be. that trithe speculators would cut their way
through gentlemen's property, then go off and leave the country
harassed by their infernal ratd-road. (Hear, and a laugh.) The
Noble Lord. after some further remarks, declared his decided op.
position en the Bill, and said, in voting as he would this night, be
felt he was supporting the landed proprietors. (Hear.)
Mr. CUR.% EN opposed the Bill.
Mr. CALCRAFT called on the House to pause before they
passed the Bill ; that caution was necessary, now that so many wild
schemes were afloat. It was a strong and decisive feature in the
present speculation, that neither of the County Members recom-
mended it. (Hear, hear.) In fa:t, all the larded interest were
against it ; this was derisive evidence that the coal was had; and yet
to gratify a few speculators, the country was so be torn up. The
sum proposed to be raised was 2e30,0001., while there aas hot more
than 92,000!. That led him to conclude that the coal was bad • for
if there existed the remotest chance of success, not only the ;hole
amount would be subscribed for, but triple, or quadruple, the sum
was generelly put down.
Sir N. W. RIDLEY said, that it was impossible the scheme
could succeed, the disadvantages of the Port of Stockton were so
many as to render the shipment of coal there out of the question.
To get QM these obstacles, it was proposed to erect a pier for the

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Porterof ogee* mod ortimato of one hundred thousand
wad Mari of gloom of that undertaking; bet be war
convinced dud dial tam would not be more than half a quarter the
antootat ropirarl. He looked op it. therefore, as certain, that the
postai df on could derive as advantage from the rail-way. It
wan wooly the speculation of a fog large capitalists, who were
read, to lay out their money on sny schema He agreed with the
Nelda Lord (Lord 0. Cavendish) in the caution which he gave the
Rouse kw they sanctioned such measures as these. The Honour-
able Bann* concluded , by declaring his opioion that the citizens
of )sondes cooid never expect to have coal cheap while it continued
under the direction of the Corporation.
Mr. Alderman WOOD rose to explain ; but the cries of question
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