The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson Comprising Also a History of the Invention and Introduction of the Railway Locomotive

CHAPTER X.

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PARLIAMENTARY CONTEST ON THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER BILL.

The Bill before Parliament.--The Evidence.--George Stephenson in the Witness-box.--Examined as to Speed.--His Cross-examination.--Examined as to the possibility of constructing a Line on Chat Moss.--Mr. Harrison's Speech.--Mr. Giles's Evidence as to Chat Moss.--Mr. Alderson's Speech.--The Bill lost.--Stephenson's Vexation.--The Bill revived, with the Messrs. Rennie as Engineers.--Sir Isaac Coffin's prophecies of Disaster.--The Act passed. 265