MR. HERBERT ROBERTS (Denbighshire, W.)had the following Motion on the paper:—
That it be an Instruction to the Committee to whom this Pill is referred to take the evidence of farmers and traders, if tendered, upon the tolls, rates, and charges which Clause 5 of the Pill proposes to authorise the Great Western Railway Company to demand and take for the conveyance of passengers, parcels, and merchandise over the lines of the Vale of Llangollen, Llangollen and Corwen, and Corwen and Bala Railway Companies; That all Petitions against the Bill presented Three clear days before the meeting of the Committee be referred to the Committee; that the Petitioners praying to be heard by themselves, their Counsel, or Agents, be heard against the Bill. That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers, and records.138 He said the Motion contained an inaccurate statement, and therefore he asked that it might be taken on Monday.
§ *MR. SPEAKERsaid the hon. Member would put down a new Instruction.
§ MR. C. T. MURDOCH(Reading) said the error was a merely clerical one, and there was no objection on the part of the promoters to its being taken today.
§ *MR. SPEAKERsaid the hon. Member had cited Clause 5 instead of Clause 40. The rule was that an Instruction could not be amended unless it was shown there was no substantial difference between the original and the amended form. There was in this case a substantial difference between what was done by Clause 5 and Clause 40.
§ Motion deferred until Monday next.