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London, England, 1847-05-18 00:00:00

ben proposed for an amalgamation with the Great
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Wo;verhearipton Railway. In pursuance of this, a meet-
ing was called, whichtook place on the 30th October.
; At this meeting one Gentleman, and one alone, ob-
. jeeted to the proposition submitted, though he made
no amendment, and the resolution for an amalge-
; cation was unanimously carried, giving directions to
the dir- ctors of the company forthwith to enter into
1 negotiations web the Great Western on the subject.
An agreement with that company was the result, and a
meeting was announced for the -ftit of December to ratify
that agreement. In the meantime an offer bad been
made by the London and North-Western Company
to the of that where the Great Western Railway
Company only proposed to give 101, the London and
Norelt Neste in offered 151. The directors, however,
telt as men of honour, that their agreement was binding,
and they determined to give it effect. This led to the
proceedings in the railway market, which led to the
transference of the shares into the hands of parties
fauouralle to the London and North-Western Company.
The panics purchased shares which were subject to all
the liabilities and contingencies to which the shares in
other lines were liable. He should, therefore, feel it
his duty to.oppose the motion.—(Loud cries of " Divide"
" Order," and great uproar.) ,
Mr. BERNAL rose amidst great demonstrations of
impatience on the part of the House. He said it was
net his intention to travel through the facts of the case
—(Cheers, and cries of "Divide.") He repeated it.
No doubt those Gentlemen who had been canvassed, and
who were prejudiced one way or the other, were
anxious for no delay—(Cheers and groans)—but in the
face of them he would say, that on former occasions he
had objected to that tribunal deciding upon railways ;
and he asked the House if his views had not been
confirmed ?—(llear, hear.) The fact of Honourable
Gentlemen who knew nothing of the case coming
down to vote on this subjest, was an evidence of this.—
(Cheers and counter cheers.) He asked the Right Hon.
Gentleman in the chair, who was the representative of
the honour of that House, if he considered that that
branch of the Legislature a fit tribunal to decide upon
railway bills.—(Hear, hear.) The Committee, of which
the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Cambridge (Mr.
Goulburn) was the chairman decided in a particular
way, and Hon. Mambers came down without any par-
ticular allegation against the decision of the Committee,
to ask the 'rouse to destroy that opinion. If
, this were done would that tribunal be respected
either by themselves or by the eountry at large ?
They were about to set aside the decision of a Com-
mittee up stairs, after that decision had been arrived at
after a careful examination of all the facts in the
case. This, if it were nothing more, would be suf-
cient to determine him to vote against the motion.
of his Hon. and Learned Friend. And what was that
motion? It was to refer the question back again to
another Committee; but although such was the wording
of the motion it did not follow that such was the
intention of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman.
This was not the Hon. and Learned Member's first
attempt to thwart this measure, for he had on
a previous occasion moved that the Bill be read that
day six months. He thought that this was
a most improper tribunal to decide the matter.
and he called upon the Right Hon. Baronet opposite to
support the decision of the Committee. That decision
should only be set aside where corruption or improper
conduct could be proved against the judges, and where
such could not be adduced they- were bound by every
principle of justice to uphold their authority.
Lore] ROLERT GROSVENOR said, that if the
House would hear him, he had something to propose
which he thought was worthy of its attention. His pro-
position was, the t all those Members who had a pecuni
,try interest in either the Great Western or the London
and North-Western, should leave the question to be
decided by those Members who had no such interest.—
(Cheers and Laughter.)
After a few words from Mr. R.. D. MANGLES and
Capt...ite LIAYTER, who declared their intention to vote
according to the dictates of their own consciences,
Mr. MUNTZ complained that his name bad fre-
quently been taken in vain, for, the real truth was, he
aid not hold a share in any railway. The town, how-
ever, which he represented was particularly anxious that
this reilway should pass as a competing line to the London
and North-Western, and he should therefore oppose
the amendment of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman
opposite.

Mr. STRUTT said no case had been made out to in
duce him to oppose the unanimous opinion of the Com
mit tee on this Bill.

The house then divided when there appeared,
For the amendment 62
Against it
Majority for the Bill —ls2
The re port was then agreed to.
(LEFT SITTING.)

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