The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-16 00:00:00

MORNING EDITION

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The LORD ADVOCATE defended the previs•°ll
the Bill; but said that he would be happy to receive Sag
e_eLtions 'n Committee for its improvemeet.
The Bill was then read a second time, and or:
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be committed that day fortnight.
DRAINAGE OF LANDS.
Mr. HANDLEY moved the second reading of tbC
Dr,:ite,ge of Lands Bill.
Colonel SIBTHORP regretted that a Bill of gomuch importance had been irtroduced at a late piriedRS
the last Session, and he had taken care to watch
progress, knowi:l tint an attempt would be made t°
smuggle it through. It had, of course, ben defeated'
and as he considered the present measure equally n•
chievous read dangerous, he should give it every ePP°sir
tion in hi; power. Nothing was more preposterous °
unconstitutional than to give power to a sur;eyor g°
upon a gentleman's property with wheelbarrows and o°l
other necessary implement, and by Heavens if any 50;
veyor came upon his [rope ty he should take crle to u
an a-gurnent that would presesnt his repea:ing the VIS;
namely, the argunicatuni ad baculinurn.--( A lougl"f
He complained of the Bill, because it establist 01 a set
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Commissioners, who were a set of men for whom the
a cordial hatred. It was a grass job—it might g.t
Hon. Memb,_r some degree of popularity in hi: coun.lo,
where he knew it was not wanted. There was not elln
clause that was not providing fora gross in:e,l,rence wit,
property. He moved that the Bill be read a second 'tiro
that day sizenonths.
Mr. GRANTLY BERKELEY, in second;og °;e;
tion, could not agree in all the arguments us ;d by t
Hon. and Gallant Member for Lincoln. He would }of;
no objection to the Bill, if the mover of it wouli leave 01
the county of Gloucester. —( A laugh ) It was not want°
in that county—therefore he must give it his oppositiom._,
Mr. DARBY opposed the Bill as being too gross anon o
vasion of the rights of privee property. Ha hoped,
Bill,
consideration, the Hon. Member would withdraw the
for it was iniquitous in principle.
Mr. W. MILES felt himself bound to oppose the
because he thought the present law was more aceeptio'd
to the courery. If the Hon. Member would except the
lands under the Commissioners of Sewers, he would nor
port the Bill ; if not, he must oppose it.
Mr. HANDLEY said the last was the unkindest eui,
of all, for the [lon. Member for Sereerset was a sort.:
godfather to :ho first Bill, and up to a late period was tee
warm supporter. However, in answer to him and te.,
Hon. Member for Gloucestershire, he would say that,
the people is their counties were so well pleased witil
their Sewer Courts, he would say that ther°
were no provisions in the Bill forcirg it upon the t%
So valuable were the general principles of the measure 4
the eyes of the Government that they had adopted raaelL
its Frevisions in the Bill which they had introduced. 7
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Irelaed, with the approbation of Members of all par" s
He thought th it any defects in the measure might be ble
remedied in Corarniree. He trust Ml, that as the princill.'„
of the Bill had been :Treed to on former occasions, t°'
El oise would not then oppose its second reading.
The House then divided, when the numb: rs were

For the motion
For the amendment..
Majority —l2 be
The B:11 was then read a second time and ordered to

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