The Sun.
London, England, 1836-02-19 00:00:00

GRAVESEND RAILWAY.

Sir W. GEARY brought in a Bill for making a Railway
from Greenwich to Gravesend.—Read a first time.

Mr. VILLIERS STUART presented a petition from two
individuals residing in Carrick-on-Suir, praying that the time
for presenting petitions for private Bills be extended, in their
favour, to the 2d of March.

'Mr. P. M. STEWART presented a petition, praying for
a Bill to consolidate the Water-work Companies in Glasgow:
Lord G. LENNOX presented a petition from the, Lord
Lieutenant, Magistrates, and Freeholders of Sussex, praying
for a Bill to discontinue Horsham gaol.
Mr. BARNARD :presented a petition from Deptford, for
leave to bring in a Bill to form a branch railway from Deptford
to Greenwich.
MISREPRESENTATIONS OF mEmaeits.
Dr. BOWRING begged to call the attention ofthe House
to an extraordinary, though he had no doubt unintentional,
misrepresentation of circumstances which had occurred yes-
terday. It would be in the recollection of the House, that
on the presentation of a public petition by the Hon. Member
for Essex, with respect to the Corn 'Laws, he had made a
single observation ; but, upon the Speaker suggesting to him
that debates on the presentation of petitions would be incon-
venient, he sat down, submitting to the authority of the Chair.
In a newspaper of this morning he found however the follow-,
ing statement :

The Speaker interrupted the Hon. Member, and put it
to the House whether it was discreet or proper to raise a
discussion on the simple preientation of a petition, the subject-
matter of which had been referred to a Select Committee ?
Dr. Bowring sat down amidst shouts of laughter."
He (Dr. Bowring) would put it to the Speaker to say whether
there was one word of truth in that statement ? He was not
an advocate for curtailing the liberties of the press. Let
the press state facts, and they would never find opposition
from him. The newspaper to which he referred was the
Morning Post.
The SPEAKER was about proceeding with the routine busi-
ness, when

Dr. BOWRING again rose, and said he should be glad
that the Speaker should state whether he was nus•rcported.—
(Cries of " Oh, oh.")
The SPEAKER, after a pause, said that he certainly did
put it to the lion. Member whether it was expedient to
enter upon a discussion on the presentation of a petition, the
subject of which was under the consideration of a Select Com-
mittee.

Sir JOHN TYRRELL said there was very little difference
between the explanation and what the Hon. Member (Dr. J 3.)
complained of.

LONDON UNIVERSITY.

Mr. WAKLE Y presented a petition from Mr. Alexander
Emmerton, A.M., of the University of Oxford, complaining
that the privilege of conferring Degrees according to the
terms of the new Charter was to be confined to two school..
The lion. Member reminded the House that a resolution was
adopted in April last, agreeing tis an address to the Crown,
praying that a charter might be granted to establish a Uni-
versity in consequence of the exclusion of Dissenters from
the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Now, while
he ( Mr. Wakley) wished to tee the abuses of those Univer-
sities corrected, he wished not to see another monopoly erected,
which would prejudice the interests of those two Universities.
Was it right that the contents of the charter should be sealed
and private, after the manner of Star Chamber legislation ?
He regretted that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was not
in his place to explain to the House the terms of this charter;
but he thought the House should require a copy of it to be left
on the table.

Mr. TOOKE apprehended that the petition was founded
on an erroneous supposition, that the privilege of confer-
ring Degrees was to be confined to two schools ; whereas
in point of fact the examiners bad the power under the charter
to extend the privilege to such other schools as they might
think fit.