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JULY 2, 1845

DITDDESTON AND NECHELLS IMPROVEMENT

BILL.

Sir. T. TR OUBRIDGE brought up the report on the
Duddeston and Nechells Improvement Bill, which was agreed to.

GLASGOW BRIDGE.

On the motion of Mr. J. OSWALD the Lords' amendments
on the Glasgow Bridge Bill were agreed to
HEAVISIDE'S DIVORCE BILL.

On the motion of Sir J. Y. BULLER, this Bill was read a
second time.

THE BOARD OF ADMIRALTY AND THE RAIL-

WAY COMMITTEE.

Captain BERKELEY then moved, ;That no private Bill
for the construction of railways, or other public works, to which
the consent of the Almiralty is required, will be committed,
until the decision of the Admiralty shall be communicated to
the Howe," be made a standing order.
Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET thought the House
ought not to agree to this proposition, because it was, in fact,
asking the House to suspend its proceedings until a Govern-
ment board gave its opinion on the railway schemes
brought before it. This wai the most extraordinary pro.
position he had ever heard.--(Hear, hear.) Certainly the
Committees had the means of arriving at a more correet esti-
mate of the value of the Bills before them than the Board of
Admiralty could possibly have. He was quite in opposition to
the motion of the Hon. and Gallant Member.
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Mr. WA RlifißT6NClid not see WWthe House should be
precluded from going into the evidence on any railway project
until they had received the consent of the Board of Admiralty.
Mr. J. S. WORTLEY opposed the motion.
Captain BERKELEY replied. His argument watt that the
Admiralty should have the power of protecting the public, and
individuals also; and he would give the House an illustration.
Supposing an individual had a right to a ferry over a navigable
river, and that a projected bridge would destroy his interests
as well as the navigation of that river. He was too poor to
prosecute an opposition before that House, but he memorialised
the Board of Admiralty, and they took effective measures for
that purpose. He should take the sense of the House on the
subject.
After a few words from Sir G. CLERK,
The House divided, when there appeared—
For the motion 22
Against it . 7O
Ma.tority —
NEWPORT AND PONTYPOOL RAILWAY.

On the motion of Mr. DARBY, this Bill was read a third
ime and passed.
NORWICH AND BRANDON RAILWAY.

On the motion of Mr. COBDEN, the report on the Norwich
and Brandon Railway Bill was received.

GLASGOW JUNCTION RAILWAY.

The report on the Glasgow Junction Railway Bill was also
brought up and received.

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ABERDARE RAILWAY.
Dr. BOWRING brought up the report on the Aberdare
Railway Bill.

R IILWAY COMMITTEE.

Mr. GREENE brought before the House the further con-
sideration of the report on Itiilway Bills. Their Lordships
had similar resolutions under their consideration, and a, it was
important to carry out the intention of both Houses in a har-
monious manner, he would not press his resolutions at present.
Instead of this, he would move, that the Committee on Rail-
ways be revived, that the resolutions be referred to it for
censideration, and that they report thereon to the House.
Lord G. SOMERSET said that under these circumstances
it was not his intention to press the resolutions of which he
had given notice. He would postpone them till the report of
the Committee was brought under the notice of the House.
Mr. L A BOUCHERE thought there was no better course
that could be adopted than that recommended by the Hon.
Member for Lancaster (Mr. Greene). He thought the
resolutions of the Noble Lord would be of very little use—much
delay had occurred io consequence of the want of a proper
understanding with the House of Lords, which would have
much facilitated the progress of railway business.
Sir GEORGE CLERK thought very considerable pro-
gress had been made with these railway Bills, and that there
was no great reason to complain of delay.
Mr. STUART WORTLEY said that the difficulties in
which they had been plaeed suggested the propriety of estab-
lishing some uniform rule to be acted upon by both Houses of
the Legislature. He would take this opportunity of asking
his Hon Friend whether he intended to pursue the course, of
which he had told the House not long since ? He had proposed
to suggest an inquiry into the railway business of the ensuing
session of Parliament, and among the points which he had
proposed to inquire into, none perhaps were of greater import-
ance than the continuance of the regulations connected with
the Board of Trade, as at present administered. He thought it
extremely desirable that during this session some definite reso-
lutions should be laid down, whether it was prudent that the
railway projects already in existence should submit their cases
to the Board of Trade in the same manner as those which had
passed during the present session. His Honourable Friend
would readily admit that now was the time, but he would ask,
were the railway projects that should be proposed during the
present session to be included in any ulterior regulations that
might be applied to the Beard of Trade ?
Lord SANDON said it would be better to postpone to ano-
ther session the proposition of altering the regulations of the
Board of Trade as to the projected railway schemes, as they
had not yet come fully before the House. It would, however,
be perfectly competent to consider, ulteriorly, the schemes
which had been already projected or contemplated, as much as
those which had been disposed of.
Lord G. SOMERSET said that he did not think that the
decision of the Committee ought at present to be taken into
consideration. The moment at which the question could be
answered had not yet arrived. But as his Hon. Friend the
Member for Lancashire (Mr. Entwine) had said, it was of
the utmost importance that the matter should be duly con.
sidered, and when the time should arrive he would be ready to
give a proper reply.
SMOKE PROHIBITION.

Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition, signed by nearly
all the inhabitants of Birmingham, in favour of the Smoke
Prohibition Bill.

Mr. E. ELLIS presented several petitions, and amongst
them one from the county of Fife, against it.
TEN HOURS' BILL.

Lord ADARE presented several petitions in favour of the
Ten Hours' Bill.

ADVERTISEMENTS.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the news-
agents in London, praying for a better adjustment of the ad-
vertisement duties.
TEN HOURS' BILL.

Lord ADARE presented several petitioni from plaees in
Ireland praying fora ten hours' Pill.

WRIT FOR EXETER.

A writ was moved for the city of Exeter, in consequence of
the death of Sir William Follett, late Attorney-General.
SMOKE PROHIBITION BILL.

The order of the day for receiving the report on the Smoke
Pr..hibition Bill was read, on the motion of Mr. MAC-
KINNON, for the purpose of being postponed to Wednesday,
the 9th inst.