The Sun.
London, England, 1831-07-29 00:00:00

LEEDS AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.
Mr. STRICKLAND presented a petition front the pro-
moters of the Bill which had been brought into this
House for the establishment of the Leeds and Manchester
Railway,. It detailed the prop ess of that Bill until its
expulsion by the Committee, and then referred to the peti-
tion presented on Monday, July 11, praying the House
to recommit the Bill. The Hon. Alember stated that the
flu ther consideration of that petition had been postponed
until the Thursday following, when the House agreed that
it should be referred to a Committee of Appeal, and Monday
last was the day twined for the ballot. On the latter day,
it was Objected that the petitioners had only entered
into their recognizances on Saturday last, which
by the resolution of the House was stated to be
too late. Consequently the order was discharged.
The question now was, whether it was possible fur
the parties interested to comply with the resolution
more clo-ely than they had done.—(Hear, hear.)
They were certainly placed in great difficulty, because
if they had entered into recognizances before the subject
was discussed and the appeal agreed to, they would not
have been in a condition to have complied wilt the
resolution.—(hear, hear.) Tie Honourable Member
thought that something should bo done to effect a proper
' regulation in the proceedings of private Committees, for
in this case there was not less than 500,000/ at stake on
the one side, and nearly 700,0001. on the other. He
movui that the petition be brought up.
Lord MORPETH seconded the motion.
Mr. LITTLETON had great doubt whetl44, the
House ought to receive this petition.-4 Hear.) The pe-
titioners had failed to comply with the orders of the
House, and it was i;ertainly a matter of grave and se-
rious iionsideration whether they should allow parties
whose ca.,e had once been decided, to come forwa; a
second time. The resolution of the stated
that the petitioners should, withir, two, days after they had
presented the petition, enter into their recognizances,
and they bad no right to build upon those words any
opinion of their own.

Lord MORPETH admitted that ilia resolutions of the
House should be adhercid to, according to the strict regu-
lations and tcrins ; but these regulations and terms should
he laid down with great distinctness and precision. He
was glad, therefore, to hear, that the Hon. Member for
Staffordshire had expressed his intention to ic.oaotiel the
resolution referred to, and he hoped that would be done
in a manner which w0u,.4 Feyeat the recurrence of such
inconveniencif.is mistakes as had in this instance been
He could not recommend the House to take
any further step, but two results would at least ;),ii gained
from what had happened ; first, Tiitlt• -expect to this
subject matter, if ever .74ieweiL, some general term
of aceornmodation Would be arranged between the partiez,
and vi,;.at wa3 of infinitely more general importance, some
check would be imposed by what ho,d place in the
House upon the practice ;4 its Committees, which he coi4-
sidered equally a variance with the char of the
House, and prejudicial to the real interosta of the country.
After a few words from Atr. $.7. WORTLEY, which
could not be heard in tha gai/t,ry;
Lord .:.'siTANLEY said he should riot have trespassed
upon the attention of the House but for what
fallen from the Honourable Member for Staf,catdshire.
It had been said it was impossible :or the parties to
comply with impossilli». the Hon. Member
would only ?oneid.tt the question, he would see the;-.
war 1.0 impossibility in complying with the. t.s,Outions
• of thdHonse. The resolution required ;hat the petitioners
should, within two day. aa.w. presenting their peti-
tions, enter intc, r. bona, pr within such further t;rna
.;h0v...t1 be Limited by the House. The weBe, there-
fore, two lines of conduct to b; deserved by the pe-
titioners—either to erAt2; MO a bond within two,
after presenting their petition, or' else that they
shodel ripply tor. further; time. Now. ha Ivo* ask, hAil
the petitioners complied with either course? They bad
neither entered into reengnizances within the tw,o,
days, nor had they applied for farther time, lie agree la