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London, England, 1845-03-14 00:00:00

JEWISH DISABILITIES BILL.

On the motion being.put for going into Committee on this
Bill, . .

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE asked if the provisions of
the measure were not to be extended to Ireland and Scotland ?
The LORD CHANCELLOH said that the declaration did
not apply to Scotian and, therefore, the extension of the Bill
to that country was not necessary. But he did not know with
certainty whether or not it applied to Ireland. He was in-
clined to think that it did not, and if so the Bill would not be
necessary in that country.
Lord CAMPBELL hoped that in another session a Bill
would be introduced to do away with the declaration alto-
gether. In fact there was no legal necessity for any man to
make the declaration. When once elected he was protected
by the Bill of demnity. The declaration was not taken by
the Lord Chancellor or the other high officers of State, and
there was no obligation by law upon any other officer to,take it.
The Bill then went through Committee, and was ordered to
be read a third time to-morrow.

Lord DALHOUSIE moved the second reading of the Corn.
panies Clauses Consolidation Bill.
Lord MONTEAGLE took that opportunity of calling at-
tention to the extent of business that was likely to come before
them in the present session. Their Lordships would remember
that, at the end of last session, they were very much pressed
for time in getting rid of the private business; and he believed
a fri3 of great public importance was all but lost, owing to the
want of a Committee.

The Duke of WELLINGTON begged to remind the Noble
Lord that they got rid of all these difficulties towards the latter
end of last session.
Lord MONTEAGLE reminded the Noble Duke that the
business of this session wi.uld be considerably increased, by the
immense number of railway Bills coming before Parliament ;
and it was this circumstance which had induced him to call
their attention to the subject at this early period of the session.
If their Lordships adopted any new rules with regard to the
dispo,al of this private business, he hoped they would du so
speedily, in order that the public might be fully warned of
their nature.

The Bill was then read a second time, and their Lordships
immediately afterwards adjourned.

lIOUSB OF COMMONS, March 13.

The SPFAICER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock.
On the motion of Lord G. SOMERSET the House went into
Committee on the

RAILWAY CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION BILL

Lord G. SOMERSET said he wished to postpone the 70th clause,
which gives a railway company power to vary its fares and tolls
under certain circumstances, till a future day. Ile did io to ac-
commodate his Right Hon. Friend the Vice President of the Boald
of Trade.

Mr. RICE suggested that some portion of the 71st clause
should he struck out, in order that the power and discretion given
to a railway company to rai4e their tolls, should be restricted.
Mr. HAYTER expressed himself favourable to the amendment,
the real cbject of which, it would seem, was to compel railway
companies to abandon the old system of increasing the fares and
tolls on those portions of the railway which had originally coat
most in the construction, and required an additional expense in
the present workings.

Mr. W. MARTIN said that he thought it was but fair, where
there was an inerrare in the original cost of the railway, but espe-
cially where there was a continual expense on a pat ticular part of the

line, that there should be an increase in the charge. There was
a, instance in one line with which he was acquainted. There was
such a r se that the gradient was, he believed, 1 in 27j, and upon
that particular portion of the line it was necessary to use a sta.
tionary engine. He did conceive that, in this instance, the com-
pany CT(' ['WWl,' to an extra charge. They might say that this
was a particular case, and perhaps hereafter such particular cases
!night be provided for by clauses in the special Acts. But yet he
thought the matter was worthy of attention, while considering the
general Bill, by which those special Acts were to be regulated. Tha
South-Eastern Company, in their negotiation with the Greenwich
Company, deemed it of importance to avoid the toll, and he cou!d
not conceive why they should now throw aside all the arguments
they had then used, and change their opinion upon such a point as
this. There was a particular tunnel on the Brighton line called
the Godstone Tunnel, which had been formed at an immense
expense. There was also a viaduct en the Soutli-Eastern line
near Folkestone, some of the ;acts of which were upwards of 1)0
feet high. Now he thought, from the expensive nature of the
works, there ought to be some increase of charge, and he did not
gee what pretence there as for charging Ws. en the Brighten