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prayed that it might not be passed into a law.—Or-
, \ dered to lie op the table. i
Mr. LA MBTON moved the second reading &the
Bill now petitioned against ; which passed without
any opposition. On the Honourable Member's moo=
ing that it be committed,
Lord LOWTHER, in a few words, opposed the Bill.
• WHARTON rose to -give it his decided ne-
gative. He apologized to the House for thus inter-
ruptineg the discussion of pUbliC business, by any ob-
• serrations at this particular hour, on what might be
termed a private bill. But he was called upon to dis-
charge his duty, by assuring the. House that this was
,one of the most injurious Acts ever attempted to be 'l
'forted through Parliament. It was a complete re-
peal of the 49th of his present Nlajcsty, fixing the
limits and regulations for the navigation of the river
. Were, so far as regarded the Port of,Snnderland.—
If passed into a law, which 'he hoped-the House
would prevent, all the private property on and near
the places mentioned would be at once destroyed.
The difference between the two Acts wa4 gre.t in-
deed—that of the 49th of the King established and
protected the landed proprietors, while the new law
subverted and overthrew their rights. If-passed into
a law the first operation-would be rto pull down those
buildings or erections which had,been sanctioned by
Parliament, and to transfer the powers now invested
in the 'persons appointed br Parliament,- and several
tithe confirmed by the decisions Of the Court of King's
Bench, to a limited number of Commissioners. The
power about to be conferred on these Commissioners
was not. only eaormous, but alarming to every landed
proprietor interested ; and the very principle of the
311118 in not only highly injurious, but in spirit con-
trary. to the law of this country.
nntszot. ELECTIOX.

The SPEAKER now intimated, that the proper
person (Mr. Ley) appeared at the Bar, with the re-
duced list of the names of the Gentlemen appointed
to try the merits of the contested Election for Bristol :
•H. B. Portman, Esq. H. Dawkins, Esq. G. Powell, Esq. G.
R. Dawson, Esq. R. Franco, Esq. W.'Newton, Esq. Dodd,
Esq. Lord Mnunteharles, Lord Frederick Campbell, Iron. IL
Seymour, Sir Lowry Cole, Lord W. Bentinck, Taylor Money,
Esq. T. Phairc, Esq. Sir W. W. Wynne.
ViNDERLAND.
The discussion was resumed ; when
The SPEAKER, on the motion of Mr. LAMBTON,
put the question, that this Bill be committed.
A Naw MEmnen (who presented the Petition
against the Bill) deprecated its passing into a law.—
He very earnestly entreated the House to reject it.
It was his confirmed belief that it would prove ruin-
ous to many persons who were interested in the pro-
sperity of the Port of Sunderland : and, from his
duty to his constituents, he was bound to oppose its
going into a Committee.
Mr. LAMBTON declared, that he had as anxious
a regard for the prosperity of the Port of Sunderland
• as for that of any other town which he represented
in Parliament. The Bill was by no means of the
obnoxious description given of it by the Honourable
Gendeman who had preceded him ; neither was it so
injurious to private property. He believed that. a
considerable majority of the landed proprietors were
favourable to it.• He thought the imprOvements pro-
posed would be so beneficial to the L'brt of Sunder-
land—for which, as a place of great trade, and as an
excellent nursery for seamen, he, as well as every
man who wished well to the interest and prosperity
of his country, must be actuated by similar feelings
—that he hoped for the concurrence of the majority
of the• House in passing it into a law. The Honour-
able Member declared himself so fully persuaded of
its salutary operations, that were even part of his own
property to suffer by the new law, he would cheer-
fully give it his support, rather than by its rejection
to injure the Port of Sunderland. If rightly inform-
ed, the Learned Gentleman (Mr. Wharton) had pro.
raised to advocate the cause of the Petitioners. This
might account for -the ardent and energetic opposi--
trait displayed by the Hon. Member. He (Mr. Lamb-
ton) meant, however, nothing personally offensive,
but merely to develope the cause for the zeal and
warmth which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman
adopted. With regard to the effects of the Bill, he
was more and more convinced of its salutaryopera-
dont, and that it deserved the sanction of the House.
Unless some Act of a similar description received
the immediate sanction of Parliament, the river itself
on which the navigation for Sunderland depended,
would be absolutely choked up. Notwithstanding
the denunciations of the two Honourable Members,
whO insinuated that they would try the question by
a division of the House, it was his determination to
press for the commitment of the Bill, and to support
it in all its various stages. If, however, the Honour-
able Gentleman (Mr. Wharton), to accommodate the
Home, would defer his farther opposition till the
• next stage of the Bill, he would then have an ample
opportunity to deriver his sentiments at large.
The SPEAKER, coincided in opinion, more espe-
cially when the hour. (six) limited for private business
had arrived (looking at the clock), and when public
-business was expected to commence.—The Right Ho-
nourable Gentleman was about to proceed, when
Mr. LEY appeared at the Bar, and presented the
reduced list of the names of the Gentlemen appoint-
ed to try the merits of the . •

CONTESTED ELECTION FOR WORCESTER, VIE.
Roderick bl‘Lcod, Esq. J. Gipps,' Esq. G. V. Fazakerly,
Esq. G. Broadhurst, Esq. Thomas Dumhs, Esq. R. Franldand,
ES 44. G. It. Phillips, Esq. Lord G.W. Russell, lion. R. Smith,
Neville, C. 1 Rhumbold, A. Ilariug, Esq.
The SPEAKER, finding that the Committee was
rot complete as to the usual numbers, said, that the
common mode was fo; the thirteen Gentlemen to
retire, and to choose two Gentlemen' of that House
who were not now set wing on any Committee, in ad-
(Edon to those already billotted, to act as nominees:
In the course of a few minutes they returned, and
reported that they had chosen Lord Viscount AL-
Tuoap and T. F. LEWIS, Esq. as their Nominees.

SUNDERLAND. •
The •diseussion was again resumed; when
Mr. WHARTON, in explanation,. felt warm on
the supposed insinihttion, againsehlM; and said that
.411 rejected the invitation of the Hon. Member (for
"lidirring his observations) .4 with scorn." In all the
~tougsscalss, in which he had been engaged in Path*.
t. „ tirls.4 discharged his duty with as much free-
r. 4g is much independence as the lOnouraisle
, Lantbton), or any other Gentleman al
, , AAnd.all•those with whom he had the
104 accirinted would do bias the justice.
ittistions which he noW'found it ise-