The Sun.
London, England, 1837-02-25 00:00:00

HOUSE OF comma.vs, FRBRUARY 24.

The- SPEAKER took the chair shortly before four o'clock.
Mr. FARRAND, the new Member for Stafford, was intro-
duced by Mr. Hawkes and Mr. J. F. Lees, and took the
oaths and his seat.
Mr. MILLER presented Returns from the Court of Re-
view in Bankruptcy.
GREENWICH PIER BILL.
On the motion of Mr. ANGERSTEIN, this Bill was read
a second time, and ordered tol)e committed.
SOUTH UNION RAILWAY.

Mr. BROT 11 E RTON presented petitions from Salford in
favour of the South Union Railway Bill. Similar petitions
were also prosonted by Nit.. Potter, from Wigan ; by Mr.
Walker, from Bury ; by Mr. Mark Philips, from Manches-
ter; and by Mr. Marsland, Mr. Strutt, Mr. Wilbraham, and
Mr. Copeland, from several other places.
Sir R. FERGUSON presented two petitions in favour of
the Bill—ono from thu Corporation of Nottingham, and the
other from the merchants, traders, and inhabitants of the same
town.

Mr. SCIIOLE FIELD presented a petition from Birming-
ham, 119 we understood, against the Bill.
Mr. Sergeant G 0 ULB URN presented a petition to the
same effect from certain landholders in the county of Leicester.
An iloN. MENtnna, whose name we could not learn, pre-
sented a petition in favour of the Bill, from certain landholders
in the County of Oxford.
MANCHESTER AND CHESHIRE RAILWAY.
Mr. FORT presented a petition in favour of the Manchester
and Cheshire Railnay from Clitheroe.
SOUTH MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY.
Mr. S‘ageant GOULBURN presented a petition from cer-
tain landholders in the county of Leicester, complaining that the
Stan hog Orders had not been complied with, with respect to
this Bill. He moved that the petition be referred to the Corn-
initteeon the Standing Orders.
Mr. VERNON SMITH said that the Committee on the
Standing Orders had already drawn up their Report.
would be very hard upon the supporters of the Bill
if that Committee were now to be revived, after the great ex-
pence that had already been gone into, for the mere purpose
of considering the petition.
The SPEAKER made a few observations, which were in-
audible in the Gallery ; and the petition, as we understood,
was ordered to be taken into consideration on Monday next.
SOUTH UNION RAILWAY.

Mr. TURNER presented a petition from Blackburnc, in
favour of this Railway.
LEEDS AND DERBY RAILWAY.

On the motion of Mr. S FRUTT, the Leeds and Derby
Railway Bill was read a second time.
MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY.

Mr. STRUTT had a most important petition to present
relating to the Standing Orders of the House. The petition
was from the North Midland Railway Company, and it stated
that in the course of last Session a petition had been presented
to the House from the Midland Counties Railway Company,
praying that a branch of their railway might be joined to the
North Midland Railway. Tim North Midland Company com-
plained that the Standing Orders had not been complied with
in the case of that petition, and the matter was referred to the
Standing Orders Committee, who were of opinion that the
Standing Orders had not been complied with, and that
they ought not to be dispensed with.
Mr. GIS BORN E would give no opposition to the recep-
tion of the petition, or say anything at present on the subject,
provided his Hon. Friend would fix a day for bringing it
tinder the consideration of the House.
Mr. STRUTT was understood to fix Monday next for
taking the matter of the petition under consideration.
DEPTFORD AND DOVER RAILWAY.

Mr. FINN wished to take that opportunity of correcting
an error of the Press, which affected him in some degree. It
was stated in the public papers, that the Hon. Member for
4d mentioned his (Mr. Finn's) name as ono of
Abp.rs of the Deptford and Dover Rail.vay, when
blepelvas lately brought under the notice of the
/• - .
ICrOVI he wished to state that he had not the
: belong to any Railway Company, and he
•:.-,:_-_,L4i4,-*.riteA; connected with that which was intended
ij?-IS-bityilts, *run through the county of Kilkenny which he
I.ooc- he had absolutely refused to have any thing to
order that he might he more free in his conduct
Alititt,tinee to it in that House. He wished the Hon. Mena-
.