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London, England, 1845-06-11 00:00:00

HOUSE OF CiI,II,I3ONS. 10.

The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock.
The North Wales Mineral Railway Bill, the Monkland and
Kirkintilloch Railway Bill, and the Aberdeen Railway Bill,
were reported.
Mr. GODSON moved that it be an 'instruction to the Com-
mittee on the Monmouth and Hereford Railway Bill (Group P.)
to entertain the petition of John Stratford Collins.
After some observations from Lord G. SOMERSET, the
motion was withdrawn.

The Cork and Bandon Railway Bill was reported, after
some observations from Mr. Sergeant MURPHY.
The Battersea Poor Bill was reported.
THE BROAD AND NARROW GAUGE.
Sir G. GREY moved that the evidence on the Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Rill, and the
Oxford and Rugby Railway Bill, be communicated to
this House ; and that it be printed. It was a
question of great public importance to consider the nar.
row and wide gauge, and the production of the evidence he now
moved for would bo of the most essential importance on the
question.
After some observations from Mr. H. DRUMMOND and
Lord G. SOMERSET the motion was agreed to.
The Caledonian Railway Bill, and the Clydesdale Junction
Railway Bill were reported.
Upon the third reading of the Chelsea Improvement Bill
being moved,
Sir T. D. ACL AN D thought it would be desirable that
the third reading should he delayed for a short period.
Colonel WOOD, to whose care the Bill had been confided
by his son, the Member for Middlesex, had entertained no
idea that the measure was to be opposed. He had had no
communication with any parties out of doors on the subject,
but he thought the proposition for delay so reasonable, that he
would at once accede to it.
After a few words from Mr. VERNON HARCOURT and Mr.
GREENE, the motion was agreed to.
NORTH WOOLWICH RAILWAY.

The Ye port on the North Woolwich Railway Bill was brought
up, and the amendments were agreed to.
LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.

On the motion of Mr. H. HINDE, the report on
the Lancaster and Carii•le Railway Bill was received, and the
amendments were agreed to.
BLACKBURN ND PRESTON AND PRESTON
AND WYRE RAILWAY BILLS.
The further consideration of the Blackburn and Preston
Railway Bill and of the Preston and Wyre Railway Bill
were deferred until to-morrow.

WEST LONDON RAILWAY BILL.
Mr. W. PATTEN presented a petition from the Chairman
of the West London Cemetery Company, complaining of a
breach of the standing orders on the part of the pro-
moters of the West London Railway Bill. It had been dis-
covered by the merest accident that the promoters of the West
London Railway proposed by their Bill to take a considerable
portion of land belonging to the West London Cemetery Com-
pany. They had given no notice to the Company, as required
by the stand►ng orders, so that the Cemetery Company had no
power of appearing before the Committee to oppose the Bill.
The petition was ordered to lie on the table.
DUBLIN AND GALWAY RAILWAY BILL.

The report of the Dublin and Galway Railway Bill was
brought up, and
Mr. GROGAN moved that. it be an instruction to the
Committee on the Dublin, Mullingar, and Galway Railway
Bill, to entertain the petition of the proprietors of the North
Lots, Dublin. azainst the said Bill.—Agreed to.
AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF
IRELAND.

Mr. COLLETT moved that the minutes of the proceedings
of the Committee on the Agricultural and Commercial Bank of
Ireland Bill be hid on the table of the House. He intended
to oppose the third reading of the Bill, and wanted those mi-
nutes to make out his case.
The motion was opposed by Mr. GREENE, who considered
the question was merely one between private parties, in which
the public had no interest, and, therefore, the public ought not
to becalled upon to pay the expense of printing the minutes.
Mr. MORISON had been on the Committee, and could not
see how any possible public benefit could arise from printing
the minutes.

After aft w words from Mr. PATTISON, the motion was
negatived without a division.
_ LEEDS AND THIRSK RAILWAY BILL.

On its being moved that the Report on the Leeds and
Thirsk Railway Bill be brought up,
Mr. LAWSON complained of a breach of faith in regard
to this measure. The North of England Company had
promoted the Harrogate and Ripon junction line as a '
competing line to the Leeds and Thirsk. They had
told him that their case was such a good one that they
were certain of success, and for ten days they had been
before the Committee. The Chairman of the York and
Midland line had, in the meantime, purchased the whole of the
North of England shares, and had withdrawn the Harrogate
and Ripon project, which had been favourably reported on by
the Board of Trade, which withdrawal was a great detriment
to the public. In consequence of these proceedings he was
placed in such a position, that he could not benefit even by a
decision of the House in his favour; and although he con-
sidered the Leeds and Thirsk line not the best, yet he was not
hostile to it in some respects.
Mr. P. M. STEWART, as Chairman of the Committee,
would satisfy the Hon. Gentleman and the House that it was
not in the power of the House to benefit him. This
was one of three projects which hail been submitted
to the Committee, and after fighting the matter for seven
days, the Committee were told that matters were settled,
and the result was the withdrawal of the Harrogate and Ripon
project. The Committee had, therefore, no course left but to
negative the preamble of the Bill. He was not surprised at
the feeling exhibited by the Honourable Gentleman,
as the withdrawal of this Bill left Borough-
bridge as it were high and dry as far as railway communication
was concerned, but it was the opinion of the Committee that
some line of railway communication should be fortnftl for Bo-
roughbridge either with the North of England or the Leeds
and Thirsk lines, and he had no doubt but such a project
would meet the approval of Porliament.
The report was then agreed to,
WHITEHAVEN AND FURNESS JUNCTION RAIL-