The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-12 00:00:00

NEW MEMBERS.

The following Members took their oaths and seats for
their respective boroughs:—Sir J. Pakington for the
Attorney-General for the borough of
h
, Mr. Ilerries for the borough of
f D°
t IVlherr. Henley for the county of Oxford, Mr.
Stamford,borough
Abingdon,o
Christopher for the eitinty oi:Lincoln„and Mr. Walpole
for the borough of Midhnr,t.

NEW WRITS.
Mr. F. MACKENZIE moved that new writs be is-
sued for the Southern Division of Shropshire, in the room
of Viscount Newport; and for East Retford, in the room
PRIVATE BILLS.
aoyf,LWehrdo;•
since their election, have ac-
cepted-inWeiting to her Majesty.
Bills were read a second time, ard
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TV hi
es
tofhnoenl i too
ffiwG
icanel
gws
ordered to be committed:—
Kirby Steven and Hawes Road.
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
Leven Railway.
Manchester and Southport Railway.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (No. 1).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (No. 2).
Marsden, Gisburne, and Long Preston Roads.
Middlesbrough and Guisbrough Railway.
ishirfolk Railway,
Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester
Companies Railway Amalgamation.
Shropshire Union Railways and Canal ( Branch Railways, &c.)
Stockton and Darlington Railway.
Wolverhampton Junction Railway.
BRITISH ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY'S

On the motion BILL.
for the second reading of this Bill,
Mr. RICARDO rose to oppose the second reading. It
proposed to give greater powers to that company than
had been given to the original Telegraph Company, and
after two years unsuccessful competition with the origi-
nal company, in which they had been defeated
simply by the superiority of their opponents,
they now came to Parlirment to ask for extra-
ordinary Powers to aid them in this competi-
tion. This he thought was unjust, and all he wished
for was a fair competition without the interference of
Parliament; he should therefore move that the Bill be
read a second time this day six months.
Mr. M. O'FERRALL thought that the reasons
which the lion. Gentleman had adduced were such as
ought to hare been produced before a Select Com-
mittee and not on the second reading. If the powers
which were sought were too great, a Select Committee
would modify them. He thought the desire of.the whole
country was in favour of the present Bill, and he hoped
that the House would follow the uival course, and allow
it to go to a Committee uo stairs.
Sir DE LACY EVANS thought the powers which
were sought by the Bill were Most extraordinary, espe-
cially as this was a Bill to amend a former MI, and not
a Bill brought in for the first time to establish a
company.
Mr. MACGREGOR thought that there was a great
feeling in the country that the present electrictelegraphservlee had not been satisfactorily performed. and
public opinion Ives,
Bill sent to a Select Committee.
certainly, in favour of having the
Colonel THOMPSON agreed with the Hon. Member
t least
for Glasgow, th%t the feeling of the country, at in
that part of it
favour of this Bill.
with which he was acquainted,
Mr. MO WAT house would not
throw out the rho ed that the
the details. Bill withpout making itself acquainted with
Mr. G. C. GLYN opposed.4lie Bill, because expe-
rience did not
show hum tfjat the possession of the
same lino of by two rival companies
operation
would lead to a competition advantageous
combination adverse
to the public, but rather to a mutual