§ Bill, as amended, considered.
§ MR. THOMAS HENRY BOLTON (St. Pancras, N.), in drawing attention to the following Amendment: Leave out Clause 81, to insert the following Clause:
(Cheap Fares for Labouring Classes.)The Company at all times after the opening of the railway for public traffic shall, and they are hereby required to run at least three trains which shall call at every station each way every morning in the week and every evening in the week (Sundays, Christmas Day, Good Friday, and bank holidays excepted), at such hours not being later than seven in the morning or earlier than six in the evening respectively, as the Company think most convenient for artizans, mechanics, and daily labourers at fares not exceeding one penny for each journey. Provided that in case of any complaint made to the Board of Trade of the hours appointed by the Company for the running of such trains, the said Board shall have power to fix and regulate the same from time to time. Provided also, that the liability of the company under any claim to compensation for injury or otherwise in respect of each passenger travelling by such trains shall be limited to a sum not exceeding £100.said, it would he unnecessary to postpone this Amendment for further consideration, as he had received a communication from the promoters consenting to the proposal.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Bill to be read the third time.