The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-10 00:00:00

THE MAGISTRACY.

Sir F. BURDETT wished to move for a copy of any
appointment of Mr. O'Connell to the Magistracy in
Ireland. He wished to have that appointment before
the House previous to the debate respecting Ireland.
Lord J. RUSSELL said there would be no objec-
tion to the return, which was accordingly put, and
granted.

- Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON postponed the
motion of which he had given notice relative to the in-
crease of the war complements in ships for a fortnight.
Mr. HAWES gave notice that on the 16th of
April he should call the attention of the House to the
petition of David Jones.
RAILWAYS.
On the motion for the further consideration of the
Reports on Railway Bills,
,; Mr. P. THOMSON rose to move the amendment
of which he had given notice, that the further consi-
deration of the Report on any Railway Bid should not
be entertained before Tuesday, the 23d of April. His
principalreason for making the present motion was that on
the day after to-morrow, it was his intention to propose
a Select Committee on the subject of Railways, and it
would be very desirable that that Committee should
have an opportunity of deciding upon the subject 0 be
brought under their consideration, before the Billsa
cleft
that House, because if the Bills
Comrmittee
third time, any regulation:e two
hadhat been
late. In
might come to
would it was not his wish to
making the present motion,
him in bringing it
occasion unnecessary delay, and he trusted, therefore,
that the House would concur with

forward.
Mr. R. PALMER seconded the motion, and as an
instance showing the necessity of the motion, he need
only advert to the provisions contained in the Great
Western Railway Amendment Bill. No one look-
ing at that Bill could doubt that its object
ate, he felt
was to enable the Company to raise more money, and
for himself, upon looking !,t the breviate,
great surprise at the increased powers given
to the Company by the new B:11. He found that the
original Bill consisted of twenty clauses, and the pre-
sent Bill of twenty-nine, not one word of which would
be understood as the original Bill stood.
of and enter-
The Com-
of the railway
pang had the power of taking possession
llear,
ing any lands within a cer.tain distance
for the purpose of depositing earth! stones,
giving such compensation as a Jury might
determine. determine. That was a very strong power to give to
any Company, and in his own case not less than fifty b
acres of good arable land had been taken possession of on
his estate, for the purpose of depositing earth, stones, scn
which it was impossible could ever be
removed, and the
result would be a permanent occupation. The 18th
clause of the present Bill proposed to repeal the clause
in the original Bill, which gave the Company
the power
to enter into the temporary occupation of any land,
and then enacted that it should be lawful for the Com-
pany to enter upon the land of any person as aforesaid
for the purpose of depositing thereon, either temporarily
or permanently—( Hear, liear)--any earth, stones
&c. The agents for the Billhad stated this was nothing'
but a Bill for raising money, and they then took the op-
portunity of introducing other most important clauses.
Mr. HAWES said, that to the motion of the Hon.
Member, the President of the Board of Trade, he '
should under ordinary circumstances have given his
support, and he was rather surprised at the statements
made by the Hon. Member opposite.
He (Mr. H.)
i
was informed that the Bill was strictly a Money Bill,
but the Honourable Member had certainly pointed
out clauses inconsistent with that object. He was in-
formed by the agent and solicitor for the Bill that not
one of those clauses of which the Honourable Mem-
ber had complained, had been introduced by the pro-
moters of the 13111 ; and,. on the contrary, they were
considered hostile w the interests of the Company, and
had been forced upon them by authority in another place.
It was well known that a Noble Lord in another place
exercised a sort of jurisdiction (he would almit a most
advantageous one to the public in general), and these
clauses had been introduced by his authority,—.( Hear. )
The Bill was, therefore, strictly a Bill for raising a
, further sum of money, and be was authorized to state