The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-25 00:00:00

SOUCII WALES RAILWAY,

Mr. VIVIAN moved, pursuant to notice, that this
Bill be returned back to the Committee that sat upon the
13111,r.nd that the Committee should have kave to sit and
proceed with the measure on Monday text.
Captain BERKELEY opposed the motion,c.,believing
that the interests of the public were not consulted in the
formation of this Company, but only those of- the Great
Western Railway Company, who had bought up ttie
line. Ile believed that the bridge that was prop Hied
to be built on the line would be a total annihilation of
the River Severn. The present measure wa= a com-
pletely new Bill—it was nut the measure that was first
introduced into Par! ament. The populous districts of
Qlouces'er and Cheltenham were entirely thrown over-
board by the measure.
Lord G.. SOMERSET supported the motion. He
admitted that he was not himself:An impartial person
with respect to this measure, but while he did so he
must confess that he did not think there was much impar--
tiality in the speech of the Gallant Member opposite.
'All he seemed to think was that the interests of
the city of Gl. ucester were paramount to every other.
The interests of the city of Gloucester, it should be
remembered, were not the representatives of the inte-
rests of ihe public at large. He believed that the pro-
posed .R.tilway would be a great national benefit, and
the Committee were of the same opinion. because they
had unanimously voted against the preamble of the
Bill. He hoped the individual interests of the City
of Gloucester would not he allowed to supersede
a great national undertaking.—(Hear.) As far as
he was concerned, he should support the preposition, in
order that the merits of the measure might be fully gone
into and considered. _ _

Mr jH. BERKELEY trusted that the House would no-,
no. ion such a principle as would be set up if the motion
was agr, ed to.
Mr. -HODGSON HINDE thought the present was a
question essentially of standing orders, and not one be -
iwe,n the city of Gloucester, the public, and the Great
West,rn Railway Company. The question was,
when parties brought one measure bvfore Par.
liament, we e they to be allowed to proceed
with another of a totally &Greta description ? If
the present motion was carried the Howe would in effect
be ordering the Committee to take a course which they
!it clued to tolopt. They had deti,,rmined.that they would
ni,t proceed with the Bill,, and the present motion was
to compel them to do so. Ile should thtrefore oppose
the motion.

Capt. OSBORNE supported the motion.
Mr. ESTCOURT also supported the motion.
Mr. C. WOOD considered the question to be whether
the Committee were justified in discontinuing
to , proceed with the, Bid ; he thought they were
tot justitiad in so doing, because the course they ought
to hay, ad pled vv,s to have brought their proceedin;s
►o a close, and then have report.d them to the House.
Alt that the motion of the liont,urable Gentleman (Mr.
Vivian) required of the floue to do was to direct the
i'ot►,mtttee to renew Its inreatigation and report the re-
sult.

Mr. VILLIERS made a few remarks, which were
perfectly inaudible in the gallery.
Mr. W. COLLETT said he should support the mo-
tion of his -Hon. Friend the Member for Gloucester,
that the ma he referred back to th.e Committee.
Captain BERKELEY withdrew his opposition to the
motion of the Hon. Mewl) -r for Gloucester (Mr. Vivian),
with the understanding that he (Captain Berkeley)
would be under the protection of the Standing Orders
Committee.
.After a few words in'rePly from Mr. VIVIAN, the
LWAY BILLS.
too ion was a greeidtkoi

Mr. GREENE postponed his motion for the further
consideration of the report on Railway Bills.
Lord G. SOMERSET said that he would, under those
circumstances, postpone the resolutions he had given
woke of till such time as the report was brought un‘h r
consideration.
COVENTRY, BEDWORTII, AND NUNEATON
• RAILWAY.

The report of the above Bill was brought up and re-
ceived, al-o the reports of the Bristol and Gloucester
Railway (No. 2), the Norwich and Brundon Railway-
Deviation and Di,s aryl Derenam M-anolies, the London
and South Western (No. 1) (Metr.polnan Ext,nsion)
Railway, the Great Western Railway (Irolunil) (Dublin
to Mullingar and Athlone), the Cocke,'mouth and Work
ington Railway), and the Middlesborough and Redcar
Railway.
FALMOUTH HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
WEXFORD AND CARLOW RAILWAY.

. _
Mr. Sergeant MURPHY moved that the Wexford,
Carlow, and Dublin Junction Railway all be re-
committed. He said there was a very essential
dill rtnce between this railway and the one
which bad previously engaged the attention of
the House (the South Wales). The grounds upon
which the Conuni'tee rejected the preamble of this
Bill was that it did not provide tor the improvetne, t
of tit- harbour of W. xford, and further, that if any
tiiture railwal was to be constructed into the town of
Wexfird, it should provide for the improvement of the
harbour. The promoters of the Bill Lad no idea of this
difficaLy being started, and therefore, under the circum-
stances to which they.were placed, thy had no power or
opporunity of meeting it. Henow, ho, ever, was in-
:,truct eil to say, that it' the Hom,e agreed to the recommit-
tal of ell Bile,,teps would be taken to meet the objecting.
The Hon Meinkwr fir Newcastle-under-Lyne (Mr. CJI-
- cool say w hedier what he htid staled in re-
:erence to the d. cision of the Committee was correc--
win titer the preamble of the Bill had not been rejects d
on aecount of the ditheulies ri:specting the harbour at
W, xford. The iir-lito!er, of the Bill prayed for its corn-
ttal in o, der to carry out, if possible, that portion of the
joint .ith, me for the construction of the line from Carl,iw
to Enniscorthy. Hinter these circumstances he thought
the Hone ought to agree to his motion, as in the event
of the r‘ corn iiittal, they were prepared to grapple with
the gce,t on Wexford harbour, and t i provide for its
tii,!ent con itrueti4

Mr. W. coLLErr Kas opposed to tit. A-commitsil
of the

Mr. COLQUHOUN informed the House that he
lion. and Learned Member for Cork had nut stated cur-
; eetly the grounds upon which the Committee had de.
cided , the cast-. The construction of a harbour at
Wexford was nut the reason of the rejection,
but the gelieral insufficiency of the estimates.—Wear.,
hear.) The 'anti and engineering expenses being
under-rated. On these grounds the Committee had
decided to reject the preamble of the Bill before the
question of the harbour came before them. After they
had decided to reject ths.-I3ill they agreed to recommend
:hat in any future trill the construction of an efficient
harbour at Wexford should be a prominent feature.

Mr. Sergeant MURPHY said it e pplirvd he had
misconceived thy• grounds upon which th, Committee had
c sine their decision, he would, th,refute, withdraw the

motion.

The motion was accordingly w Lhdrawn.
Mr. COBDEN then moved,—" That, it haVii,g been
teprt sentud to th;s flott,e •by petitions from various
pahlic bodies, as well as from Merchants, manufacturers,
area. oda!, 8, that serious imp! dinaents to the internal
traffic of the
.country are likely to arise from
the " breaks" that will occur in ailway coin..
ninnicatbms from the want of an uniform
gauge ; and these representations not having bet n
fully inquired into by any of th,. Ciannilttees of this:
use upon Privatc Bills, and it de,ir..ble that the
subject tiould be furtin r investigated, an huu.ble address
pres.nted to her Majesty, praying r l `)sty be
graciously pleased to issue a Commission to inquire,
whether in future private Acts for the construction of
railways provision ought to be made for scenting uni-
form gauge, and whether it %ould be expedient and prat.
ticab'e to take measures tobring the railways already .
con-
structed Of progresp of co istroction in Great Britain,
into uniformity of gauge ; anl' to inquiru whether any
Other mode of obviating or mitigating the apprehended
evil could be adopted at4d to report the same to this