The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-28 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARMA A 1 E N 11.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tms DAY.
The Speaker took the chair at five minutes past four
o'clock.

THIRD READING.

The following bills were read a third time, and passed:—
Abbot's Wood (Dean Forest) Enclosure, Callander and
Oban Railway, Eccleshill and Bolton Gas, Glasgow
Houses of Refuge, Leeds Corporation Gas (Purchase, &c.),
Newport Pagnell Railway, Wolverhampton and Walsall
Railway.
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY BILL.
On the motion for the third reading of this bill,
Mr. CRAWFORD said he regretted that since the last
time this bill had been under consideration no steps had
been taken to prevent those who objected to the measure
from taking the extreme course of moving its rejection.
They had now the plans before them, and the objections
that had been made to them still remained,
and if the House sanctioned the motion, it
would be virtually to supersede by the resolution of a
select committee of four members the solemn decision
come to by both Houses in 1864. He had on a former
occasion objected to the proposals in the bill as an act of
vandalism ; since that he had received the evidence of Mr.
Haywood, and he had failed to discover anything that
overweighed the evidence given by Mr. Gregory and
other gentlemen before the committee. The proposal
to have a subway 200 yards in extent from the proposed
starting station in Queen Victoria-street, to an opening of
front of the Royal Exchange, that opening having a
double flight of steps close to the Wellington statue, was
most objectionable ; and the bringing a large mass of
people with the necessary accompaniment of orange,
newspaper, and lucifer match sellers to petter every person
with wares, would be attended with the greatest
public inconvenience. The traffic at prennt at the
particular point of the city he had jimb mentioned was
enormous, and when to that wag added that of a large
number of railway travellers, it would render the spot
almost if not quite impassable. The open trench it was
proposed to make in Queen Victoria-street would
itself be a great objection, and with respect
to the cost of the undertaking, some notion
of it would be formed from the fact that land in the vici-
nity sold yesterday realised no less than £2B per foot.
The land required by the company would be about 7,000
square feet, and that multiplied by 28 would give the cots
of the land as nearly £200,000, and yet the com-
pany said they could make the proposed extension of the
railway for £172,000 in excess of the sum that it would
take to carry the railway to Queen-street. There had
been a petition presented in favour of the bill, but that
was met by no less than 22 petitions signed by
the most influential merchants and traders in the city of
London. He was at a loss to know on what ground they
could come to Parliament to ask for powers
to make the proposed station, because they ad-
mitted they had no funds, and that their credit
was gone. He hoped the house would refuse to give its
assent to that which he could characterize as nothing less
than a monstrosity.

Mr. R. N. FOWLER added his testimony to the incon-
venience that would arise if the proposals of that company
were carried out.

Mr. SAIIITELSON supported the third reading of the bill.
Lord JOHN MANNERS opposed it-
Mr. CROSS, as chairman of the select committee to which
the bill had been referred, defended the decision at which
it had arrived with respect to the bill. He denied that
the committee had broken the line of the inner circle, as
it was called, and in what they had done they had fully
considered the benefit of the public.
Lord ELORO did not dispute that the line would be a
public convenience, but the company could not carry out
the conditions involved in the scheme.
Alderman LAWRENCE hoped the House would not con-
sent to cut such a magnificent street in two in order to
facilitate the operations of a railway company.

After some further discussion the House divided on, the
proposition that " now " stand part of the question
The result was—
Ayes
Noes

Majority for 2l
TURF BETTING.

Mr. T. HUGHES gave notice that on Monday next
he should bring the subject of betting on horses under the
notice of the House.

(LEFT SITTING•)

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

(33Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
THE SURREY AND SUSSEX HUNT
MEETING. —THI s DAY.

HUNT CUP.

Vivandiere
Licymnia 2
Three ran. An objection to the winner stands over.
SUBURBAN PLATE.

Lincoln 1
Thundercloud
Bliss
Eleven ran.
NORWOOD HURDLE RACE.
Void.
CRAVEN HANDICAP.

Electricity 1
Juanita
Mozart ..

Six ran.

EGLINTON HUNT RACES.--This DAY.
TRIAL STAKES.

Bloodshot
Vance 2
Puritan 3
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Six ran.
HUNT PLATE.

Brilliant....
Morning Star 2
Black Prince.. 8