The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,' TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1847.

AGRICULTURAL TENANT RIGHT BILL.
' On the motion that tl is Bill be committed,
Mr. STRUTT suggested its postponement.
Mr. CRAVEN BERN.ELEY hoped they would not go
into Committee to-night, as he had a must denied objection
to certain portions of the 13i11, which he intended strenuously
to oppose.
Lord GEORGE BENTINCK said that the Bill was one
which created the greatest possible alarm in the country, and he
trusted that the Hon. Gentleman would give a little more time
for its consideration. The nature of the Bill was one of a very
objectionable nature, and the country would require time to in-
vestigate it.
Mr. E. DENISON said that a petition had been got up by
persons who had never seen the Bill, in order to defeat it.
There was nothing in the Bill at all calculated to excite alarm
or annoyance.
After a few words from Mr. ACKLAND and Mr. STAFFORD
O'BRIEN in support of the measure,
Sir J. YARDE BULLER hoped that the Hon. Gentleman
would consent to put off the Bill to a later day than Friday, in
order to give a better opportunity for the reading of the Bill.
It was impossible to give it a fair reading and investigation be-
tween that time and Friday.
Mr. PUSEY said that in order to meet the wishes of lion.
Members, he would postpone the Bill until Friday week.
The second reading of the Poor Belief Supervision (Ire-
land) Bill was then postponed until Friday next.
The Earl of LINCOLN obtained leave to bring in a Bill to
facilitate the drainage of lands in Great Britain. The Noble
Lord said the object of the Bill was twofold. it was to
enable persons, without the enormous expense of a private Bill,
to take measures for draining their estates ; and secondly, to
allow them to take sites for the erection of mills and other
machinery for such purpose.
Mr. VESEY moved for accounts of the amount of sums ap-
plied for at the various presentment sessions held between the
Ist day of October, 1846, and the Ist day of March, 1847,
specifying the various works, and distinguishing those for
pablic works and those for drainage; of the amount sanc-
tioned by the Treasury for each work ; of the amount ex-
pended on each work up to the Ist day o March, 1847 ; of
the sums actually paid to the labourers on each work, specify-
the nature of the work, whether done by task or otherwise ;
of the sums paid to the officers employed in carrying on the
various works in each district, as well as the cost of the imple-
ments necessary for such works.—Agreed to.
Mr. WARD moved for and obtained leave to bring in a Bill
to empower the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods to
purchase land fur the purposes of a harbour of safety at Holy-
head, in the county of Anglesea ; and also moved that Mr.
Ward, Admiral Dundas, Captain Berkeley, Mr. Bankes, Vis-
count Morpeth, Mr. Bernal, Mr. Christie, Sir James Graham,
Mr. Parker, Mr. Seymour, and five Members to be added by
the Committee of Selection, be nominated the Select Com-
mittee on the Portland Harbour of Refuge and Breakwater
Bill. _ _

The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned at One o'clock.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

From the Votes ana Proceedingv yr' the douse of. Commons.)

MONDAY, MARCH 15.

The nndernamed Railway Bill was presented, read a first
time, and ordered to be read a second time :--
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan (Amendment, De-
viations. and Branches, &c.)—" to enable the Glasgow, Kil-
marnock, and Ardrossan Railway Company to make certain
Branch Railways, and to make certain Deviations from the
line and levels of the said Railway, and to amend the Act
relating to the said Railway."
The following Railway Bills were read a second time, com-
mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection :—.

Midland (Mangotsfield to Bath).
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Branches at Port Glasgow).
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Branch to the Caledonian
Railway and Diversion of Canal).
Parkgate and Chester and Birkenhead Junction.