The Sun.
London, England, 1838-04-12 00:00:00

PRIVATE BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.
(DURING THE LAST WEEK.)

RAILROADS, CANALS, AND BRIDGES.
MONDAY, APRIL 2.
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill.—Leave to Commit-
tee to sit this day till six o'clock, during the sitting of the
House.
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal, &c. Bill.—Petitions
against—From Boroughreeve, Constables, Churchwarden,
and others, of Salford. Referred to the Committee on the
Bill. Earl of Bradford, and the Earl of Wilton, and others.
Referred to the Committee on the Bill. Counsel ordered.
Cookham Bridge Bill.—Reported.
Ribble Navigation Bill.--Reported.
St. Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway Bill.—Petition of
David Belhouse, Esq., against. Referred to the Committee
on the Bill. Counsel ordered.
Great Central Irish Railway.—Report (24th March) from
Select Committee on Standing Orders read. Bill ordered to
be brought in.

TUESDAY, APRIL 3.
Rocester Bridge Bill.—Read second time, and committed.
Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill.—Read second time, and
committed.
Moy River Navigation.--Petition of James Malley, pra:;:ng
that the Bill may not be allowed to proceed.
Great Central Irish Railway Bill.—" For making and
maintaining a Railway from Celbridge, in the county of Kil-
dare, to Mullingar, in the county of Westmeath, to be called
the Great Central Irish Railway." Presented, and read first
time, to be read second time.
London and Croydon Railway Bill.—Report further consi-
dered, (prints having been delivered on Friday last.) Amend-
ments agreed to ; Bill to be ingrossed.

WEDNESDAY, AI'RIL 4.
London and Croydon Railway Bill.—Read third time,
clause added; amendments made, Bill passed.
Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Bill.—Reported.
Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill.—Petition of J. Ed,;an
against. Referred to the Committee on the Bill. Counsel
ordered.

Grand Junction Railway Bill.--Petitions from proprietors
of Saltworks at Northwich, owners of coal mines at St.
Helen's, and owners of vessels on the Sankey Canal, &c. ;
and clergy, gentry, and others, of Warrington, (presented
March 29.) Referred to the Committee on the Bill. And of
J. Clare, and shareholders in the Grand Junction Railway,
(presented March 29.) Referred to the Committee on the
Bill. Counsel ordered.

THURSDAY, APRIL 5.
Portsmouth Floating Bridge Bill.—Petition of inhabitants
of Portsmouth, against; referred to the Committee on the
Bill.
Severn Navigation Bill.—Peti lion of the Company of Pro-
prietors of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Nayi.
gation, against.

FRIDAY, APRIL 6.
Oxford and Great Western Unien Railway Bill.—Petition
of inhabitants and owners of property in Abingdon, against.
Taw Vale (Devon) Railway and Dock Bill.—Reported.
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal, &c.—Bill reported.
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill.—Reported. Report
to be taken into further consideration upon Tuesday, April
30, and to be printed.
ROADS, INCLOSURES, IMPROVEMENTS.
MONDAY, APRIL 2.
Qucdgley (Gloucester) Inclosure Bill.—Read third time
and passed.
Twyford and Theale Road Bill.—Read second time and
committed.
Sutton (Cambridge) Inclosure Bill.—Read third time and

passed.
Tenhy Improvement and Harbour Bill.—Report further
considered. Amendments agreed to.
I3irkenhead Improvement Bill—Reported. To be ingrossed,

TUESDAY, APRIL 3.

Chesterton (Cambridge) Inclosure Bill.—Petition of John
Ord Hull, against. Referred to the Committee on the Bill.
Wadsley, Langset, and Sheffield Road Bill.—Petition in
favour, from owners or occupiers of property and others, on the
Wadsley and Langset Road, merchants and others of Holm-
firth, Corporation of Cutlers of Hallamshire ; and millowners,
manufacturers, and others of Stannington, and other places.
Wadsley, Langset, and Sheffield Road Bill.—Read second
time and committed.

\Vhitcham (Cambridge) Inclosuro Bill.—Petition of the
Company of Conservators of the Bedford Level, against. Re-
ferred to the Committee on the Bill. Counsel ordered.

Combmartin Roads Bill.—Report further considered,
(prints having been delivered on Friday, March 30.) Bill re-
committed to the former Committee. Leave to sit and pro-
ceed to-morrow.

Tenby Improvement and Harbour Bill.—Read third time.
Amendments made. Bill passed.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4.

Linlithgow Roads Bill.—Read second time and committed
Fenn Drayton (Cambridge) Inclosure Petition.—For Bil
reported. Report referred to the Select Committee on Stand
in Orders.

THURSDAY, APRIL h.
Ellesmere Roads Bill.—Reported.
FRIDAY, APRIL 6.

Ellesmere Roads Bill.--Read third time and passed.
Lower Kingsferry Roads Bill.—Petition of owners and pro-
prietors of lands affected by the Bill, against. Referred to
the Committee on the Bill. Counsel ordered.
Dundalk and Dunleer Road Bill.—Read second time and
committed.
Combmartin Roads Bill.--Reported.
BrattonYlcming (Devon) Inclosure Bill.—Reported ; to be
ingrossed.
Leominster Improvement Bill.—Reported.
Standing Orders Committee.—Resolution reported.
" That in the case of the Fen Drayton Inclosure Petition,
the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." Resolu-
tion agreed to.
Fen Drayton (Cambridge) Inclosure.—Report from Select
Committee on Standing Orders (this day) read. Bill ordered
to be brought in.
Fen Drayton (Cambridge) Inclosure.—Petition for further,
time to present the Bill. Time enlarged till Tueday,
April 24.

SATURDAY, APRIL 7.
Leominster Improvement Bill.— Report further considered.
Amendments agreed to. Bill to be ingrossed.
Timahoe and Tipperary Road Act.—Petition from Bali-
nakill, against renewal.
MISCELLANEOUS.
MONDAY, APRIL 2.
Oldham Gas and Waterworks Bill.—Read second time, and
committed.
Notting Hill Footway Bill.—Petitions against—From the
Ministers of St. Mary and St. John, Paddington ; and cf
Bayswater Chapel and others ; inhabitants of the Metropolis
and its vicinity ; and inhabitants of Kensington and Notting_
Hill.
Necropolis Cemetery Bill.—Reported.
Belfast Waterworks (No. 1. )—Petition for further enlarg-
ing the time to present the Bill ; time further enlarged till
Tuesday, 10th April.
Notting Hill Footway Bill.—Read third time. Clause,
" 'Magistrates to be admitted," brought up, and read first and
second time, and committed ; considered in Committee (no
report); three other clauses added. Motion made, and ques-
tion put, " That the Bill do pass." The House divided—
Ayes, 162 ; noes, 123.
TUESDAY, APRIL 3.
Turton and Entwistle Reservoir Bill.—Petition of Thomas
Joseph Trafford, Esq. Presented 20th March. Referred to
the Committee on Bill. Counsel ordered.
Turton and Entwistle Reservoir Bill.—Petitions against—
From Edward Frere, Esq., and occupiers of mills and works
upon Bradshaw Brook. Referred to the Committee on the
Bill. Counsel ordered.
Glasgow Waterworks Bill.—Petition of the Deacon, Con-
venor, arid others, members of the Trades' House of Glasgow;
against. Referred to the Committee on the Bill.
Turton and Entwistle Reservoir Bill.—Petitions against—
From John Richard Hoare, Edward Frere, and Roger Hamer,
Esqs., and Proprietors of the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury
Canal and Railway. Referred to the Committee on the Bill.
Counsel ordered.
Glasgow Waterworks Bill.—Petition of Incorporation of
Weavers of Glasgow, against.
Gravesend Cemetery Bill.—Read second time and com-
mitted.
Belfast Waterworks (No. 2.)—Time enlarged for pre.
senting the Bill till Tuesday, 10th April.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4.
Belfast Waterworks (No. 2.)—Time further enlarged for
presenting Bill till Monday, 7th May.
Lough Swilley Embankments.—Time enlarged for pre.
renting Bill till Monday, 7th May.
THURSDAY, APRIL 5.

Belfast Waterworks (No. I.)—Petition of Adam John
Murray, praying to be allowed to substitute a subscription
contract deed in lieu of the declaration deposited in the Pri-
vate Bill Office.
Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly Drainage Bill.—Petitions
against—From landowners on the banks of Lough Swilly, two
petitions ; landholders resident within two miles of Lough
Swilly, and landed proprietors and landholders of the barony
of Ennishowen.