The Sun.
London, England, 1838-03-28 00:00:00

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1838.

SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS.

THE EXHIBITION of the SOCIETY o:
BRITISH ARTISTS, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall East,
NOW OPEN from Nine in the Morning till Six in the Evening.
Admission I.

H. E. DAWE, Secretary.

HREE SPLENDID BOTANICAL
CURIOSITIES are NOW EXHIBITING for a few•
days in the Room of the Royal Society of horticulture, Egyptian-
hall, Piccadilly. The Cycas Retoluta, the largest in Europe, new
showing its fruit; the Banksia Serata, fifteen feet high; and the
most magnificent specinien in the kingdom of Acacia Decurrens.
Admittance One Shilling each person. The holders of Patrons
Tickets are, of course, admitted as nsaal.

PRIVATE BUSINESS OF PARLIA-

VENT.

RAILROADS, CANALS, AND BRIDGES.
MONDAY, MARCH 19.

Rocester Bridge Bill.—For building a bridge over the
River Dove, at Rocester, in the county of Stafford.—Presen-
ted and read first time—to be read second time.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Railway.—Peti-

tion for Bill reported; Report referred to Select Committee
on Standing Orders.
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill.—Evidence taken
before the Committee on the Bill of last Session ; referrred to
the. Committee on the present Bill, and leave given to print
such evidence for the Committee Clerks' copy, at the expense
of the parties, if they think fit.
TUESDAY, MARCH 20.

Saltash Floating Bridge.—Petitions against, from Mayor
and free burgesses of Saltash, landowners and inhabitants of
Saltash, and watermen plying for hire on the River Tamer.
Cookham Bridge Bill.—Read a second time and com-
mitted.
Brandling Junction Railway Bill.—Read second time and
committed.
Bristol and Exeter Railway.—Report (19th March) from
the Select Committee on Standing Orders read; Bill or-
dered to be brought in.
Grand Junction Railway Bill.—Petition of inhabitants of
Norwich, in favour.
Portsmouth Floating Bridge Bill.—Petition of inhabitants
of Southampton, in favour.
Oxford and great Western Union Railway.—Petition of
the Chancellor, Masters, and scholars of the University of
Oxford, against.—Referred to the Committee on the Bill—
Counsel ordered.
London and Greenwich Railway Bill.—Report further con-
sidered (prints having been delivered on Friday, March 16);
amendments agreed to; Bill to be engrossed.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21.

London and Greenwich Railway Bill.—Read a third time
and passed.
Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill. —For making several
branches in the county of Somerset from the line of the Bris-
tol and Exeter Railway, and for amending the Act relating to
such railway; presented and read first time; to be read se-
cond time.

Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill.—Petition of Charles
Henry Payne, complaining of non-compliance with the Stand-
ing Orders ; to lie on the table.
Standing Orders Committee.—Resolution reported:—
" That, in the case of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North
Shields Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought not to
be dispensed with."
Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Railway.__
Petition for Bill reported.—Reported to lie on the table.
Metropolis Suspension Bridge.—Petition for Bill reported ;
Report referred to the Select Committee on Standing Or-
ders.

Lady Kirk and Norham (Tweed) Bridge.—Report (March
13) from Select Conmittee on Petitions for Private Bills.
—Read ; Bill ordered to be brought in.
THURSDAY, MARCN 22.
Hartlepool Dock and Railway.—Petition for Bill reported ;
Report referred to Select Committee on Standing Orders.
Oxford and Great Western Union Railway Bill.—Petition
against, from inhabitants of Oxford ; to lie on the table ; Cor-
poration of Oxford referred to the Committee on the Bill.—
Counsel ordered.
Grand Junction Railway Bill.—Petition of corn, four,
and provision merchants and dealers, of Manchester, against.
—To lie on the table.
Moy River Navigation.—Petition (19th March) that tLe
parties be allowed to proceed with their Bill reported.—Re-
port to lie on the table.
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill.--Petitions against;
from John Livingstone Learmouth, Esq., John Shank More,
William Ellis, and John Ross.—Referred to the Committee
on the Bill; Counsel ordered.

FRIDAY, "%ARCH 23.
Glasgow Union Canal Company.—Commissioners for, the
Earl of Hopetoun, and Warren H. Sands and others, referred
to the Committee on the Bill.

Great Central Irish Railway.—Petition for enlarging the
time to present the Bill ; Time enlarged till Tuesday, April 3.
Severn Navigation (No. 1. )--Report (March 1) from Se-
lect Committee on petitions for Private Bills read, Bills or-
dered to be brought in.
Moy River Navigation.—Report (March 22) from Select
Committee on petitions for Private Bills read ; motion made
and question put,--" That the said Report be referred to the
Select Committee on Standing Orders." House divided :
Ayes, 19 ; Noes, 72.

—;Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Railway.__
Report (March 21) from Select Committee on petitions for
Private Bills read ; Bill ordered to be brought in.
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill.—Ordered, that the
Members serving for the several counties and places therein,
through which counties the railway is intended to pass, be
added to the Committee on the Bill.

Great Central Irish Railway.—Petition for enlarging the
irne to present the Bill, Time enlarged till Tuesday, April 3.

SATURDAY, MARCH 24.

Standing Orders Committee.—Resolutions reported.
1. " That, in the case of the Metropolitan Suspension
Bridge Petition, the parties be permitted to proceed with their
Bill."
2. " That in the case of the Hartlepool Railway and Docks
petition, the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill,
un giving the notices for three successive weeks in the London
Gazette, and in some one and the same newspaper published
in the county of Durham.
parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill,
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3. " That in the case of the Great Central Irish Railway
noticee to all the parties who subscribed the deed be-
fore givingit
the end
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iof the last Session of Parliament, that they are at
pnetti o
liberty to withdraw from the undertaking, and on inserting a
clause in their Bill for the purpose of fully carrying that ob-
ject into effect, and on their paying up and depositing in the
Bank of England, or investing in some Government security,
as
sr
ofegu the amountiredbythe
Standing Orders, a sum equal to one-tenth
part subscribed, and on condition that they do
not proceed to the second reading of the Bill until the report
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of the Irish Railway Commissioners has been laid upon the
table of the House ; and that the Committees on this and the
two proceeding Bills, do examine in the first place how far
such
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hbeeen reportcompliedthe
with,iii. .—Resolutions agreed to.
Metropolitan Suspension Bridge.—Report (this day) from
Select Committee on Standing Orders read. Bill ordered to and do report the same
to

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MONDAY, MARoli 19.
QuedglitY (Gloucester)
and committed.
Wibsey and Huddersfield Road Bill.—Petitions against,
from Trustees of the Halifax and Sheffield Road, and owners
CLOSURES,
and occupiers of land in North Bierley Nike, and Hipper-
holmo cum Brighouse. Referred to the Committee on Bill.
Counsel ordered.
Dee Bridge Boad Bill.—Report further considered.
Pulham (Norfolk) Inclosure.—Petition for the Bill re-
ported.
Twyford and Thealsetaing Ordrs. R
Road.—Reporte (theaisd.dayß)illfroormderthede
Select Committee on nd
to be brought in.