The Sun.
London, England, 1833-05-01 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 30.

Owing to two ballo's (Linlithgow and N.-‘V Sarum)
being fixed for this day, the gallery was not opened until
10 minutes past live o'clock.

THE GRAVESEND PIER BILL

Mr. L. HODGES hiving presentel a petition from
some place in Kent, in favour of the Gravesend Pier Bill,
moved the second reading of that Bill.
Captain YORKE opposed it. Ile aid that any one who
knew any thing of the navigation of a river must know
that any projection into it must hive an injurious effect,
as it would cause a deposit, and consequently a bank—
thus greatly impeding the navigation. 13ettiles tt•e injury
to the river, this B ll would create a serious injury to
of 2,000 watermen who obtained a livelihood by
carrying passengers to and from vessels; passengers in fu-
ture would be landed at the jetty, and then that Indus.
crious cl .ss, with their families, would be utterly ruined.
Last session, when this 13111 was in Committee, the merits
of every clause were discu-sed and examined, and the
Committee were pretty nearly divided in opinion, and many
witnesses of high authority, particularly Sir G. C•ckburn,
and Sir Byani Martin stated that the proposed jetty
would be productive of great inconvenience to the naviga-
tion of the river. The Hon. and Gallant Member con.
eluded by moving that the Bill be read a second time this
day six months.
THE LINLITHGOW ELECTION.

Mr. Dyson app,areil at the Bar with the following list
of Members, who had been b Ilotted for to form the Corn.
mittee tor trying the merits of the petition against the
return for Linlithgow.
Wm. Christmas. John Fielden.
Lord Ar. clover. Hon. C. A. W. Pelham.
J. Alarryatt. Earl Grosvenor.
Thos. Attwood. Sir S. T. B. Pechell.
John O'Connell. Charles Tyrrell.
Hon. C. O'Callaghan.
The Committee having been sworn at the table, with-
drew.
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The discussion on the Gravesend Pier Bill was then
reßurned.

Sir E. CODRINGTON made a few observations which
were inaudible in the ga'lery.
Mr. L. HODGES hoped the House would agree to
the second reading of the Bill, as the proposed pier would
be a great improvement. Provisions had ben made
against any supposed injury to the navigation of the liver;
and whatever the evidence of Sir B. Martin and Sir George
Csckburn mielit he, lie could state that the Board of Ad-
miralty, the Corporation of the Trinity House, and the
C)rporation of London, so far from opposing the measure,
were in favour of it.

Mr. O'CONNELL wished to ask the Right Hon. the
First Lord of the Admiralty whether he understood from
the higher naval authorities that the pier would interrupt
the navigation of the river.
Sir J. GRAHAM understood that the prevent Bill was
the same as that introduced last session. That Bill had
been submitted to the Board of Admiralty, and Sir Thos.
Hardy went to Gravesend to examine the probable effect
of creating a pier. That Gall nt Officer felt sa,isfied with
the arrangements, and that it would not only b,. harmless
as regarded the navigation of the river, but it would be a
great accommodation to the bear.)
Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET had understood,
from high naval authorities, that the jetty would be pro-
ductive of injury to the navigation of the river.—(Hear,
hear.) Sir George Cocklimn, Sir B. Martin, tire Port
Admiral at Chatham, and other authorities coincided in
the opinion that great disadvantages would result from
it. If they linked at the petitions upon the subject they
would find that, while only one petition was presented
in favour of the Bill, several had been presented against it.
Mr. Alderman WOOD, supported the Bill, contending
that it was for the public accommodation that the jetty
should be erected.

Mr. ROTCII said, that as the jetty could not possibly
injure the navie tion of the river, he saw no reason for
not passing the Bill.
Mr. HODGES said that the jetty was so much wanted
that two lives had been lost during the last year, in con-
sequence of the Bill having been defeated last cession.
The House divided ; the nucebers were—

For the amendment 49
Against it l6l
Majority —ll2

The Bill tear read a second tune.

The Salisbury Eleeti:in Committee was then nominated,
but amidst such noise that we were not able to catch any
of the names.
THE ADMINISTRATION.

Ori the SPEAKER calling the name of Sir John
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT said, the situation in which
my Hon. Colieigue finds himself placed—indeed,
I nay
say having taken offic.e under the present Ailministr,
tion chiefly with the vie and in the hope of promoting
the benefit of the public, he now finds himself in circum-
stances which make it impo.sibl? for him at the
sAne time to disch4rge the duty he feels that he
owes to hia constituents and to the Administration of
which he formed a part—my Hon. Colleteue finding
himself placed in a situation of such p, culiar embarrass-
ment, has requested Inc (having accepted th, stewardship
of the Chiltern Hundreds) to move that a new writ be
ii•u-d fir We,tminster.

The motion wis carried without a single chi er
or oliservation. Imie,,d it was evident the greater part of
the 11-:use xvi;s prepired fur the announce.ment.

Mr. H. HUGHES begged leave to abk the Noble Lord
whether he would not allow tt:e presentation of those pe-
titions which immediately related to the subject which

Mr. HUNIE presented petitions from Chipping Barnet
and St. Giles, Oxford, praying few the repeal of the house
and window tax, and the substitution of no other tax in its
room. The Hon. Member stated that he most cordially
concurred with the prayer of the petitioners.
Mr. H. HUGHES, thaugh he could not go quite to
the extent contemplated in the petition, was ready to
admit that he was inclined to give his sanction to the
adoption of a property tax.
Mr. D. W. HARVEY presented similar petitions from
the parishes of St. Margaret and St. George, Westminster.
Sir 0. MOSLEY presented similar petitions from
Stoke-on-Trent.

Sir S. Wns.r..Lur pros-nted similar petitions from
Paddington and marylei on .; and Mr. BEItKELEY from
Morton-on-the-Marsh, G'oucestershire, from N,wark-on-
Tient, and from Iltninster.