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London, England, 1846-07-15 00:00:00

_ IPSWICH AND HUEY ST. Emuura
(NORWICH EXTZNSION.)
Mr. TALBOT, Q.C., opened the case for the promoters, and
in the course of his address stated that the line which his
clients had projected was entitled to the favourable consider-
ation of the Committee, as it possessA all the 'attributes de-
sirable in a project of tLis description. It meta great- desidera-
tum, was supported by the landed proprietary of three- fourths
of the whole line, was opposed only by the Norfolk
Railway Companya competing company, who had
themselves projected a similar scheme last year; was
favourable, as reizarde.l engineering features, and could be
constructed for 550,0001., ,which._ was a very niOderate es-
timate. -
Mr. W. Barnard, a mill occupier on the line, was examined,
and (1, psed to the merits of the line in affording greater
facility for the' transit of the traffic between Norwich and
Ii wick, which was very considerable.
After besting some further evidence to the same effect,
Mr. Stewart, of Norwich, was examined, and stated that
the present node of transit was quite inadequate to meet the
wants of that town, and that the proposed railway would be
very advantageous to the inhabitants.
tvilerce-was also-given-as to the feeling of the inhabitants
along the line, as well as in other places «fleeted by the rail-
way, and which was' represented as being very favdurAble to
tide inject:
After some further evidence in corroboration of the preced-

ing, Mr. TALBOT said that the case for the promote;s with
reference to the traffic was concluded, and. t hat thev;yould
defer en'ering upon the engineering evidence till to4ll,orrow.
The Committee then adjourned till eleven o'cloCk to-
morrOW. - `• -

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STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships met at the usual hour, Lord Shaftesbury
in the
Tile business to-day was rather heavy, there being 25 Bills
(24 Railway), besides 27 Bills (l 3 Railway) on the merits.
Tile following Bills were disposed of ou standing orders:—
SWANSEA VALE.
•
The amendment for which the case had been adjourned
liavivg been made, the Bill passed in its amended form.
STRATHTAY AND BRKADALBATE.
Standing orders complied with.
SOUTH DEVON AMENDMENT AND BRANCHES •
(No. 2).
'The promoters of this Bill had complied with the standing
orders.
lIUDDERSFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY
AND CANAL (OLDHAM BRANCH).
The same was the case in this instance.
FURNESS RAILWAY EXTENSION. •
Their Lordships declared the standing orders complied
with in this case also. -
MANCHESTER AND BURY CANAL NAVIGATION
AND RAILWAY.
A similar decision was made in this case.
BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND STOUR
VALLEY ( BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON,
AND DUDLEY LINES).
The same applies to this•case.
OLDHAM, MANCHESTER, LIVERPOOL, AND
BIRKENHEAD JUNCTION.
A favourable decision way made in this case also.
- MONMOUTHSHIRE.
Standing orders complied with.
Several other Bills were part heard and adjourned, and the
Committee proceeded to the cases which came before them
as a Select Committee on Merits.
Their Lordships decided that the promoters of the
HUDDERSFIELD AND SHEFFIELD, AND MAN-
CHESTER AND LEEDS AMALGAMATION
had proved the preamble of their Bill.
GRAND JUNCTION (HUYTON AND ASTON, AND
OTHER BRANCHES).
The preamble of this Bill also was proved.
Their Lordships, after disposing of several other Bills, ad-
journed at a late hour.

ELECTION MOVEMENTS.
MANCHESTER—THE NOMINATION.
MONDAY, Fouts o'Ceocis.—The nomination of a candidate
fur thiS borough took plate at 'ten -o'clock this Morning, on
the hustings erected for the occasion •in St. Ann's-square.
There was a large number of persons presents _
The Blayor, accompanied. by the Right. Hon. Candidate,
Mr. Mark Philips, M.P., Mr. Alderman Callender, the Town-
clerk, Mr. A. Prentice, Mr. E. Worthington, Mr. Alderman
Burd, Messrs. James Kershaw, 'John Potter, W. Curtis,
Alderman Neild, J. Willett, John Burd, Abel Heywood,
James Bake, Thomas Hopkins, Daniel Maude, &c.. The usual
preliminaries having been gone through,
Mr. Alderman CHART.ES J. S. WALKER came forward to
propose Mr. Gibson, He said he had great pleasure in so
doing. He had known Mr. Gibson as the representative of
Manchester for- five years, and fully approved of his whole
conduct during that time. He had watched his votes and
read his speeches, and he believed he was but doing him
justice when he stated that he had ever found him supporting
these liberal measures that were for the benefit of theveople
Right !lon. baronet was carrying tnrougn tne nouse oi
Commons measures .of free trade, of which the people bad
only received an i istalment. The fact of his having ac-
cepted the office of Vice-President of the Board of Trade
would enable him to render his constituents better services
than if he were a mere Member of Parliament. He con-
cluded by proposing the Right Hon. T._M. Gibson as repre-
sentative of Manchester.
Mr. Alderman JAMES KERSITAW seconded the nomination.
He said he did not entirely agree with every vote which had
been given by the Right Hon. Gentleman since he repre-
sented Manchester; but, taking him as a whole, he was sa-
tisfied with his conduct as the representative of the borough,
Mr. Gibson had, as they all knew, been the constant sup-
porter of free trade, aed on matters of general policy he was
ever to be found on the side of the people. He concluded by
seconding the nomination.
The MAYOR then took a show of hands, and there'being no
other candidate, declared Mr. Gibson duly elected.
The Right lion. T. M. Ginsox then came forward, and was
received with loud cheers by his friends. He said, upon an
ordinary occasion, when marks of approbation are passed upon
an individual by his fellow -countrymen, in accordance with
the courtesies of society, that individual makes use of lan-
guage stronger than might be adequate or necessary to ex-
press the gratitude he feels; •but upon an occasion like this,
I do not think I can: be Charged with insincerity, or with
using expressions too highly coloured, in giving to you, in
the strongest language I can command, my hearty, my cor-
dial thanks for the great and distinguished honour you have
conferred upon me in electing me to represent you in Perna-
tnent.—(Hear, hear.) There can be, I imagine, no position
more gratifying to a man's feelings, no situation in life more
calculated to raise his sentiments of self-respect, than when
he finds himself chosen to represent so large and so intelli-
gent a body of his fellow-countrymen as are comprised within
the great community of Manchester. I feel deeply sensible,
electors of Manchester, of the honour you have done me,
and the more so in returning me to Parliament under the
present circumstances, because by so doing you express your
approval of the course I have taken in accepting the office
under the Crown I had offered to me. It was a distinguished
honour, unquestionably, on the part of those who advised
her Majesty to select me for so distinguished a position as the
, Vice-Presidency of the Board of Trade ; but it is a higher
and more distinguished honour, I say, as a candidate for the
-popular voice this day. to find that their advice and the
Queen's adoption of it are ratified by your verdict. The
electors of Manchester are not left out of this affair. It would
want a great deal that constitutes not an unimportant con-
stitutional proceeding if your voice and your consent had
been passed over in such an appointment as the one I have
received. had I not represented Manchester, undoubtedly it
would not have fill len . to my. lot . to_ recive .so di4inguisued
an office. If I am not competent to fulfil the duties of the
office, Manchester is responsible for having returned an in-
efficient representative; for it was in order that your views
end your feelings, and the opinions entertained in these
h,tricts, might be represented in the Government of the
country, that I was selected to fill the office of Vice-Presi-
aent of the Huard st Trade.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, the
recent proceedings in Parliament can hardly be passed by
without one or two observations on my part. It would ap-
pear that we who acted against the Coercion Bill have acted
ungenerously towards Sir Robert Peel, after he had proved
himself so great a benefactor, in having been instrumental
in removing- him from office ; but it we look at the cir
‘'unistances of the case we shall find that his retirement
from office was unavoidable. In bringing forward the corn
question he lost the confidence aed support of a great
portion—of a large proportion of his old followers—so large
a proportion as to render him unable to carry on the govern-
ment of the country, or to feel any confidence that those mea-
sures that might be deemed advisable could be passed into prac-
tical legislation. He acted therefore the part of a friend to hi
country, when he found that he conld not give effect with any
certainty to the measures be might deem necessary, to resign
the powers that he held ; and in giving the vote we gave
against the Irish Coercion Bill, we recorded our opinion
against that measure on its own merits, and we did not by
that vote mean to pass any censure upon her Majesty's
Government. On the contrary, at the same time that vote
was passed, Mr. Cobden expressed our opinion, when he said
that we opposed the Coercion Bill because we thought it a
measure of 'great severity—a measure of an arbitrary and
tyrannical character towards the people of Ireland, and one
which the necessities of that country did not require.—
(Cheers.) We gave our vote conscientiously against the
measure, and not with the view of expressing any displeasure
at the policy which the Right Hon. Baronet, late at the head
of her Majesty's Government, bad pursued. The state of the
House of Comtnons was now very extraordinary. In point
of fact, things are come to this: there are now three parties
in the House. There is the party who generally support Sir
Robert Peel—the Conservative party. There is the Liberal
party, and there is what is called the Protectionist party.—
(Cheers, and cries of "Hear him out Now Sir Robert
Peel has retired from office, and, therefore, the Government
must be either placed in the hands of the Liberal
party, or of my Lord George Bentinck and the Duke of
Richmond, the leaders of the Protectionist party. I appeal
to you, the electors of Manchester, whether you would tole-
rate a Government, the policy of which would be that avowed
by Lord George Bentinck in the House of Commons, and the
Duke of Richmond in the House of Lords?—(No, no, and
Hear, hear.) Are you prepared to tolerate a Government
which would carry out the policy of monopoly and, of pro-
' tection as avowed by those noblemen?—(No, no). Are you
then prepared to support the Government whose policy will
be to secure to industry its full reward—(Cries of "The Ten
Hours' Bill")—to gire freedom to commerce, and to secure
the possession of civil and religious rights to all classes of her
Majesty's subjects.—(Partial cheers.) Those are the prin-
ciples upon which the present Government propose to act,
li
and it is only upon the conscientious feelings which I enter-
tain that the Government will act upon those principles that
I felt justified in accepting office under them. I believe they
will carry out the principles-of commercial freedom. There
is a measure shortly to be brought forward—the measure of
the sugar duties—which will put their sincerity to the test.
We ask for free trade in sugar, just as we have carried the
- question of the eorn-laws. say, as the agr,eulturist with
his corn is exposed to tills competition of -the world, -there-
fore the grower of sugar ought also to-face the world in fair
competition. At the present time you exclude by your
gnu duties one-4aif of all tlgo outu iodised °a/ W°44