Lord Campbellwas anxious to call the attention of his noble and learned Friend on the Woolsack to a subject of very great importance to the public. Their Lordships were well aware of the late frightful railway accident near Paris, which was attended with an immense loss of life. Much of that loss had, it was said, been occasioned by the fact that all the carriages in the train were locked, so that none of the passengers could get out. Since then several regulations had been promulgated on the subject by the French Government, and, amongst others, one which prevented the carriages from being locked. He wished to know from his noble and learned Friend whether any similar regulations was intended by the Government.
The Lord Chancellorsaid, that in the absence of his noble Friend the President of the Board of Trade, he would give his noble and learned Friend the only answer 600 in his power. He was not aware of the intention of Government to bring in any measure on the subject, but he would refer his noble and learned Friend to the noble Earl the President of the Board of Trade. He would not refer to the late melancholy accident near Paris, but he would say that he himself had been locked up for some time that morning in a railway carriage, and he was not conscious of any inconvenience from it.
§ House adjourned.