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London, England, 1845-04-10 00:00:00

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY BILL.

➢lr. PARKER presented a petition against this Bill
the petitioners prayed to be heard by counsel.
LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL.

Mr. BECKETT presented a petition against this Bill
IJARROGATE AND RIPON JUNCTION
RAILWAY.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition against this
Bill from the North Riding of Yorkshire.
MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY EXTENSION.
The SPEAKER said that before the conclusion of
private business he wished to state to the House that his
attention had been drawn to the provision in this Bill,
which had escaped the observation of the Committee
on the Bill, and which appeared to have done so by
some surreptitious management. The Bill had been read
a first time, and stood for the second reading to •night,
and it was for the House to judge whether the order
for that second reading should be discharged, in conse-
quence of a violation of the standing orders of the
House. By the 15th clause of that Bill a power was given
to owners of land within five miles on each side of the
railway to dig for coals, limestone, and other minerals,
and form railways for carrying them to the main trunk
of the line. If this power were given to these land-
owners, they would obtain authority for taking the
lands of others on each side of their own at the valua-
tion of the jury. Under these circumstances, it was for
the House to consider whether the order for the second
reading should be discharged.
Mr. GREENE said that his attention had been drawn
to this Bill, and he thought that, under the circum-
stances, it was a duty to move for the discharge of the
order for the second reading.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE would be glad to know whether
this railway had been favourably reported on by the
Board of Trade, for without that report he supposed it
was impossible that the Bill could have come into Par-
liament; and be thought that so gross a violation of the
standing orders ought to be inquired into in order to
ascertain how far the Board of Trade had a share in it.

Mr. STRUTT said that he was anxious that the
order for the second reading should be discharged, for
not only was he Chairman of the Committee on the
Bill, but he was also, he found, a landowner within
the prescribed distance of the line. It was
utterly impossible for a Committee to read
through the whole of the Bills presented to them, and
there was nothing, he presumed through the omission
of the Parliamentary agent, in the marginal readings,
as was usual, to draw the attention of the Committee to
this provision of the 15th clause.
Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET thought the atten-
tion of the House ought to be turned to the conduct of
the Parliamentary agent, that it might be inquired into.
He believed that Parliamentary agents were employed
b comply with the standing orders, and if they were to
have no responsibility laid on them, the sooner the sys-
tem was altered the better. He did not suggest what
the House should do, bet he hoped they would do some-
thing to punish such conduct.
Mr. ENTWISLE said he would take another oppor-
tunity of calling the attention of the House to this
The order for the second reading was then discharged.
BANKRUPTCY LAWS.

Mr. SHERIDAN presented a petition praying for an
alteration in the laws relating to bankruptcy. The pe-
tition, in consequence of its being lithographed, could
not be received.

MAYNOOTH.
Mr. BROTHERTON and another Hon. Member pre •
sented petitions against the grant to Maynooth.