The Sun.
London, England, 1837-04-06 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 5.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour.
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.

Mr. GILLON presented two petitions against certain
portions of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill.

PRESTON AND WIRE RAILWAY.
On the motion of Mr. HESKETH FLEETWOOD,
the Preston and Wire Railway Bill was read a third time,
and passed.
PRESTON AND WIRE DOCKS.

On the motion of the same HON. MEMBER, the Preston
and Wire Docks Bill was read a third time, and passed.

NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.
On the motion of Sir J. BECKETT, the North Mid-
land Railway Bill was read a third time and passed.
Sir G. SINCLAIR moved the second reading of the
Roxburgh Road Bill. He also presented several petitions
against the Belfast Harbour Bill.
Captain PECHELL presented a petition from the inha-
bitants of Brunswick-square, Brighton, against Stevenson's
Line for a Brighton Railway.

SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.
On the motion of Mr. ELPHINSTONE the above
Bill was read a third time and passed.
On the motion of Mr. EWART, the Liverpool Im-
provement Acts' Amendment Bill was read a second time,
and ordered to be committed.
Mr. WILKS gave notice that to-morrow be would call
the attention of the House to a petition which he had be-
fore presented, complaining of the conduct of certain par-
ties connected with the Southwark and Hammersmith Rail-

way.
MANCHESTER AND SHEFFIELD RAILWAY.
On the motion of Mr. PARKER, this Bill was read a
third time, and passed.
On the motion of Lord STANLEY, the Manchester
and Leeds Railway Bill was read a third time, and passed.
Mr. HARCOURT moved the third reading of the
Oxford and Great Western Union Railway Bill.
Captain PECHELL wished to take that opportunity
of correcting a statement that had been made by an Hon.
Member. The Hon. Member for the city of Oxford had
yesterday stated that the assents occupied 6 miles of land,
and the dissents 4 miles ; but Sir G. Bowyer himself was a
a proprietor to the extent of 3 miles. He (Captaiß
Pechell), as he had stated at the outset, could prove that
the report of the Committee was untrue. He had yesterday
made some slight mistake in alluding to the Hon.
Member for Oxfordshire (Mr. Harcourt) ; but he then
held in his hand a list of the Provisional Committee, at
the head of which were the names of G. G. Harcourt,
Esq., M.P., and Lord Norreys, M.P., and among the
names of the Committee were Mr. Greedy and Mr.Belcher—
very nice names for Gentlemen to be associated with !
only alluded to the subject again in order to vindicate
his own conduct, and for the sake of the poor unfortunate
cottagers who had not the means of bringing their cause
before the House of Commons. At the bottom of the
precious document he held in his hand were these words—
" Applications for shares must be addressed to the
Committee ," therefore any person who wished to be-
come a shareholder, ►would naturally apply to the gentle-
men at the top of the list of the Committee. Before
he sat down he should be able to show the House
that the lion. Gentleman had either the views of the Com-
pany or his own private benefit at heart, for he had written
to a person holding land under him (Captain Pechell), and
asking him if he would buy the land which was to be taken
from him ? He held in his hand the letter of Jonathan
Peel to that effect, and that document would be proved on
oath if necessary.—(Hear, hear.) He regretted being
obliged to the present course, and he would not do so
if he were not upon his last legs—(a laugh)—anti opposed by
a Company that was almost omnipotent. He could also
prove that another tenant of his, whose land would be in-
tersected by the Railway, had been offered a sum for the
part that would become useless to him. Why did they not
allow the R tilway to pass either to the right or the left,
where there was no opposition, instead of persevering
in their determination to sacrifice his property ? He hoped
the House would not sanction such a proceeding.
The Committee had reported that this Railway could be
completed for 100,0001., and that is the face of two emi-
nent engineers, who stated that it could not be completed
for 130,0001. It was a monstrous proposition altogether,
and Hon. Members were deluded by the . specious pretext
put forward by the Committee. The Committee laid great
stress upon the quantity of coal, timber, &c., which was to
he carried along this Railway with one pair of rails. Now
were Hon. Members aware that the Thames, or Isis, as it was
there called, washed the walls of Oxford, and also washed the
walls of Abingdon? Was it not preposterous then to suppose
that either coals or timber would be carried by the Railroad
in preference to the Thames? It wa3 altogether humbug-,
and be would oppose the progress of the Bill, not only in
I that House, but wherever.he thought it would he effectual.
He moved that the Bill be read a second time that day six
months.
Mr. GORING seconded the amendment.
Mr. H. HUGHES asserted that Sir George Bowyer's
assent had not been withdrawn in a Parliamentary sense.
He trusted :hat the House would not so far stultify the
proceedings of yesterday as to throw out the B:11.
Mr. G. HARCOURT defended the statements he bad
made yesterday. There was a field of sixty acres belonging to
the Hon. Member, through which the intended Railroad was
to pass. The Company had proposed to purchase part of
the field, but the .Hon. Member had stated if they wanted
part t.►ey must take the whole, and he thought the Hon.
Member had nothing whatever to complain of. -
After a few words from Lord G. SOMERSET,
Captaln PECHELL explsined.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, when the
House divided, and there appeared—
For the second reading
For the amendment 23
Mijority
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Lard G. SOMERSET moved the third reading of the
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Bill.—Read a third
time, and passed.
On the motion of Mr. CLIVE, the Taff Vale Railway
Bill was read a third time, a,id passed.
Mr. SH A W LEI EVRE presented a petition from
an individual against the Taunton Canal Bill.
On the motion of the same HON. MEMBER, the South-
ampton Railway Amendment Bill was read a third time
and passed.