§ VISCOUNT HALIFAXwished to ask a Question of the noble Duke the President of the Board of Trade with reference to the 15th clause, commonly called the Parcels Clause, of the Regulation of Railways Bill. It appeared that the intentions of the noble Duke in inserting this clause had been very much misunderstood, and several petitions had been presented against it. The matter had been fully explained in "another place;" but probably it would be more satisfactory if the noble Duke would state, Whether or not his views in inserting this clause were correctly understood out-of-doors?
§ THE DUKE OF RICHMONDsaid, that out of doors the Parcels Clause in the Railway Bill was entirely misunderstood, as it had never been the intention of the Government to deal with the question in the manner the public supposed. He had that day received a large deputation of traders on the subject. He proposed to revise the clause, and to amend some other clauses. For that purpose he would recommit the Bill, in order that the Amendments might be printed and the matter placed distinctly before the public, so that there could be no misunderstanding.