The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-20 00:00:00

The Committee then divided, when the numbers were,
For the clause

Captain LAY ARD said that he was decidedly in
favour o: the practice of lockilig-up carriages on 'rail.
'ways, inasmuch as he thought that it contributed on the
1,1-I.le to the greater safety of the public. lie had lately
teen trav,liing on the lice to Liverpool, and an accident has---
ing occurred, the passengers tindine the doors of the carriages
open, leaped out. Now, if a train had been passing at the time
t•ie most serious consequences might have resulted. As it was,
one gentleman had lost his hat—t. Laughter )—and in looking
for it he ran the rid: of losing, his head in addition.
A:ter a few words from Sir C. Be RitELL and Mr. C.
RUSSELL, which were inaudible in the gallery,
Mr. M. MILNES said that public opinion was so decided
on the matter that it must be effected. It was necessary that
a compulsory power should be given to the Board of Trade to
act in the matter on their own responsibility.
Sir H. PEEL said that if the principle of defiuine by
1 gis!ation what the regulations should be according to which
railroads slsould be conducted, the next accident that occurred
some gentleman would collie forward with a new clause to pre-
sent the recurrence of such an accident, and thus it would be
en every such occasion. lie thought that the persons who
travelled by railroads were the best guardians of
their own safety, and he saw no necessity whatever
for any legislative regulations on this matter. When
the Committee on,-Itailways sat last year they had come
to the unanimous determination that security to the public
would be best insured by e , eivin to the Board of Trade a
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power enabling them to make sugeestions, so as in
f.et to aggravate - the responsibility of railway companies.
It was by far the beltway to let poblic opinion, which generally
lulu' iSz.c --We
.M.R. vroses TRAVELS IN K
are requested to state that M
,Colburn,AosfliGre'at .ii'larlbo.rough-
acted in the right -direction, set the matter right ; and if there
street, has this day published, Travels ! Travels its Kashmere, Ladak,
were any old ladies-or ecclesiastics who were afraid of being
Iskard, and the countries adjoining the mountain course of the
1-e.ked up, let the Railway Directors and those people settle it
lidos and Himalaya North of the Panjab," by Vigne,
I:e;ereen them.— ( Hear, and laughter. )
Air. GRANTLEY BERKELEY wished to ask if any di-
Esq.,'F.G.S., author 'of " A Personal Narrative of a Visit to reetiona had he,•ll git-eit to the Greenw-ich and Illackwall Rail-
Affehanistan, &e.. 2 vols., 810., with a valuable, map, and 22
Way Conti anies on the subjeet.
3lr. GLADSTONE understood that the conduct of those 'other illustrations, which can now be had of all booksellers.
. 31r. Colburn has also just published
r,47lilLyeeFs e6dittlitodnes
to
of the
e•eri, parties I.ad exempted them from animadversion on that
point. following popular works:-1. Dr. G
Spas of England, in 2 vols., price 125., either of which m • b -‘'rt Il• "HA'S was cpposed to minute leislation en - may P
the subject. Ile would . had separately, comprising upwards of 1,100 close pages of
suggest a test to the Railway Corn-
prnies to aseertzin pub! 0 opinion. let them have acertain letter-press : vol. I. contains the_ northern Spas, with 27 illus-
number of carriages lockedtrations, and table of the chemical analyses of the various
up,irahntd'
discover a certain number un-
locked, audio a fortnight theys.pi•ings ; vol. 2, contains the Alidland and Southern Spas, with
what was public
opinion on the subject, and act accordi °4 illustrations, and table of the chemical analyses of the various
165., bound.
,Jr. B. ESCOTT would vote for tbn,agtlYin. easure which would Fpri u g s . —2. The Countess of 131essington's " Idler in France,"
give the most unlimited Power to the Railroad Companies to 2 vols., small Svo., lbs., bound.-3. The Hon. Mrs. Darner's
make any regulations thcy.naight think fit. The Hon. Alember Turkey, Egypt, and the
who had just. sat down ssa3 hardly an impartial
so the door
were locket!,
witness, liras- " Diary of her Travels in Greece,
much as if he were upset. Holy Land," 2
,vole., small SY )., with illustrations,
()act!, he could BRISTOL '',I:OAR MARKET, JUNE I 7.—The de.
ii,t get out of the .window.—(A laugh.)
Mr. M. PHILIPPS 04-d- once in a c mend has continued brisk through the week, with a greater
common coach be. ei inquiry for middling groceries than could be responded to. Low
in Ihe t:
eon position alluded to by the II ' . ' on. Gentleman and good middling scales, also anything desirable for the pans,
He bad been Wild. In the coach there were besides himself' , hare been sold from Into 2a.. dearerowßristotlfercury„
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Against the clause
Majority against the clause —1
On the next clause of the Bill being proposed,
Lord HOWICK said that he thought the House
should give proprietors of land adjoining the lines of
railways the means of recovering compensation for any
loss they might sustain by the negligence of the ser-
vants of companies. He understood that it had lAen
decided in a recent case, that the companies were not
liable fur the injury done to property by sparks issuing
from an engine.
Mr. GLADSTONE admitted that the subject was
one deserving of consideration. He believed, however,
that in the case alluded to by the Noble Lord, the injury
had been done to a haystack raised immediately by the
line of the railway.
After some further conversation the clause was ordered
to'stand part of the Bit!.
The 15th clause was then struck out, the remaining
clauses were agreed to. The Bill passed t!-,rougl Com-
mittee, and the House resumed.
The Customs Act Bill was read a second time and
ordered to be committed on Monday.
The House adjourned at Quarter-past Five o'Clo-,k,
to Monday.