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lute necessity of another all being brought- in to meet the '
cases of the Noble Lord (Lord Ashburton), who followed the
Noble Earl. He agreed with that Noble Lord that there ought
to be a uniform rate of charges established on railways, in
order that the public might nut he subject to the caprice of any
particular company. In some cases railways would carry goods
almost for nothing at all, in order to ruin a neighbouring e-,nal
company, and he thought Parliament ought to adopt some
course which should effectually put a stop to this system of op-
pression. Then, again, the public suffered a hardship through
the railway company not being liable to make goad any
damage which might ensue to a private carriage during its
transit over the railway. The damage was frequently occa-
sioned by the negligence of the company's servants, and he
thought it was the bounden duty cf Parliament to make some
alteration in the law, so as to throw the injury upon those
who deserved, and were best able to bear, it.
Lord BROUGHAM, in reply, stated that he did not think
that his charge, that the main body of those admissible to the
Railway Board was that of the railway projectors, was confuted
by the Noble Lord opposite. He did not believe that the Noble
Earl had understood his ( Lord Brougham's) argument. What he
stated was, that from the Board being constituted to work
in tke dark, that certain persons were enabled to go into the
City, and pretend to have private information that the Board
had intimated its intention of throwing out one scheme or
adopting another. With regard to the South-Eastern Railway,
a friend of his, one of the greatest capitalists in London,
assured him that information was possessed by certain parties
that had been the cause of a rise in the speculations. He
grounded the fortification of his own statement on the fact that
at a great distance from town such information was possessed
long before the decision was given by the Board. These things
would exist as long as this tribunal acted in the dark. If their
proceedings were made public, no one person could have a
greater advantage than another in speculating. He objected
to see railways multiplied over the whole country, upon the
principles that now actuate the parties that brought them
forward. (Cries of " Hear, hear.") Let them
be adopted without violating principles or property, and he
would give them his support.—( Hear, hear.) He thought
that by doing so they would avoid the gambling speculations
that had taken place, and the monetary capital of the country
would be expended in a proper and righteous cause.—( Hear. )
The Bill was then read a third time ; and, on the question
that it do pass,
Lord BROUGHAM moved that several amendments should
be added to it by 'way of rider, all of which were negatived
without a division.—The Bill then passed.
The Lands Railway Clauses Consolidation Bill was read a
third time and passed.
The Lands Clauses Consolidation Bill was read a third time
and passed ; as was also the Lands Clauses (Scotland) Bill.
The House adjourned at Half-past Eight o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 22.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour.
NEW IMENIBER.

Mr. BAIKE, the newly-elected Member for Greenock, in the
room of nobert Wallace, Esq., was introduced by Mr. Hume
and Mr. Bright, and took the oaths and his seat.

RAILWAYS.

The Chichester and Portsmou.h Railway Bill was read a se-
cond time.

Captai❑ PECIfELL and another How. MEMBER presented
petitions in favour of the above line. _ .

Sir W. SOMERVILLE presented petitions ;n favour of the
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway Bill.
Colonel ROLLESTON presented a petition in favour of
the Newcastle and Berwick Railway Bill.
Mr. REDHEAD YORKE presented a petition against the
Cambridge and Lincoln Railway Bill.
On the motion of Mr. BUSFEILD, the Bradford Gas Bill
was read a second time.

Mr. CURTEIS presented a petition against the South-
Eastern Railway Company. The lion. Member was proceed-
ing to complain, in support of the petition, that the Company
had divided their Bill into five parts, when he was called to
order by the Speaker.
On the motion of Mr. GREENE, it was then ordered that
the time for reading the South-Eastern Railway (London and
Greenwich Widening and Extension), South-Eastern Rail•
way (Tonbridge to Tonbridge Wells), South-Eastern Railway
( Blanch to Deal, and Extension of the Canterbury, Ramsgate,
and Margate Railway), South-Eastern Railway ( Maidstone to
Rochester), and South-Eastern Railway ( Ashford to Hastings)
Bills a first time, be extended till Monday, the 26th day of
April.
The following Bills were read a second time and ordered to
be committed:—The Preston and \Vyre Railway, Exeter and
Crediton Railway, and the Monmouth and Hereford Railway.
The third reading of the Liverpool Docks Bill was postponed
till Monday.
Petitions were presented in favour of the Lincoln and Cam-
bridge Railway Bill.

Sir R. INGLIS presented petitions from South Newington,
in Oxford, against theatres ; from Dorchester against the
Jewish Disabilities Bill ; from Dunmore in favour of Church
Extension; and from Chichester against the Government
grant to 31aynooth.

MA YNOOTH.
Mr. BANNERMAN presented three petitions against the
grant to the College of Maynooth.
Mr. BRIGHT presented four petitions from Manchester,
four from Sunderland, and other petitions from several
places in Glamorganihire, the names of which he could not
pronounce—(Laughter)--all against the grant to the College of
Maynooth.

gin COBDEN presented several petitions front the neigh-
bourhood of Lancashire in favour of the grant.
Mr. WILLIAMS presented petitions from Hereford, and
from several other places, against the grant.
Mr. DUNCAN and other Hon. Members presented several
petitions against the grant to Maynooth.
SCOTTISH BANKING SYSTEM.

Mr. LOCK HART presented a petition from Lanarkshire
against any alteration in the currency of Scotland ; also a
similar petition from Caithness, and a third petition to the
same effect, signed by upwards of 7,000 farmers and proprietors
of land.