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London, England, 1845-05-29 00:00:00

DEVONPORT GAS BILL

On the motion of Sir GEORGE GREY, the amend-
ments of the Lords to this Bill were agreed to, and the
Bill was passed.
On the motion of Mr. KEMBLE, the Bermondsey Im-
provements Bill was read a second time.
M. I'. DUNCOMBE moved that it be an instruction
to the Committee on the Cornwall Railway Bill, to con-
sider the schemes referred to them by this House, for a
central railway through the counties of Devon and Corn-
wall, as prayed in the petition of Richard Thomas. Two
of the three lines referred to the Committee had not
complied with the standing orders. All he wanted was
that the petition of Mr. Thomas be referred to the Com-
mittee, and he be allowed to enter into proof, so that
he might show a better line than any yet se-
lected, and thus spare the destruction of his property.
lie maintained that according to the practice of that
[louse, and according to the resolutions of the House on
former occasions, any landowner might come before
Committee, it he could show that a better line existed.
He would take the case of the Potteries' line. Whileihat
Committee were sitting a new company sprang up
in opposition to the Potteries Railway Company, and
the parties promoting that company were allowed to ap-
pear bef•we the Committee:. The case was siThply this,
that the Committee sitting on the Potteries Railway Bill
and the Committee on the Northern Railway Bill had
allowed evidence ; whereas Mr. Thomas had been dis-
allowed. It was his opinion that Mr. Thomas ought
to have been heard, not as a shareholder, but as a land-
owner.

After a few words from Mr. LEGE, which v►alre in.
audible in the gallery,
Sir G. GREY briefly defended the proceedings of the
Committee, which he considered were, upon the whole,
fair and just.
Mr. ESCOTT said he understood that the Committee
had shut out evidence which ought to have been heard.
—(No, no.) At least so he understood it from the Hon.
Gentleman (Mr. Duncombe). He should certainly vote
to instruct to receive the evidence referred to.
After a few words from Sir C. LEMON, the motion
was withdrawn.

HUDDERSFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAIL-
WAY.
Upon the motion of an HON. MEMBER, whose name
we could not learn, the Huddersfield and Manchester
Railway and Canal Bill was read a third time.
An HON. MEMBER complained that Mr. Osborne had
not attended his Committee.
Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said that this was
rather a suspicious day for the Hon. Member to have
been absent.--(Laughter, and cries of" Yesterday.")
Lord ASHLEY said he had seen the Hon. Member
alluded to, and he told him be would be in his place
this evening and explain the cause of his absence.
erous petitions in favour of private Bills were pre-
sented, but not one of them was distinctly heard in the
gallery-.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.

On the motion of Mr. SPOONER this Bill was read a
third time.

GLOUCESTER EXTENSION RAILWAY.

On the motion of Mr. SPOONER, leave was given to
brim,. in a Bill to form a branch of the Gloucester and
BirtninghAn Railway to Worcester and a place on the
Severn, in Cheshire.
BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.
On the motion of Mr. LIDDELL, this Bill was read
a second time.
SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS BILL.
On the motion of the HON. MEMBER, this Bill was also
read a second time.

DORCHESTER RAILWAY BILL.

Ties Bill was also read a second time.
On the motion of Mr. M.'GIBSON, the Blackburn
Waterworks Bill was read a third time and paned.
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on railways was entirely destroyed by the practice which
Committees had followed, fixing the rates of charges
higher than any that were actually in existence.
It appeared to him that the House ought to take some
means or other to reduce the table of charges in the Bill
then before them. It was the first example of a Bill
containing very high rates of eharge being brought be-
fore them. He would suggest that the further proceed-
ings on this Bill should be adjourned for a couple of days,
so that, in the meantime, those clauses fitiing the rate of
charges should be carefully laid out by the Gentleman
who had taken charge of the Bill, and printed.
Mr. M. GIBSON consented to postpone the motion,
and make it an order of the day for Friday next.
The motion was accordingly postponed.
HUDDERSFIELD AND SHEFFIELD JUNCTION

RAILWAY BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
LORD ELLENBOROUGH.
Mr. MIME gave notice that, on Tuesday week, he
should move for the production of the correspondence
that had taken pinee between the Board of Control and
the East India Company respecting the recal of Lord
Ellenborough.