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scarce pieces we may mention the famous French mili tary song of the age of Charlemagne, " The Song of Roland." What with the indubitable merit cf the pub lication and its extreme novelty, the price is ridiculously small. GEMS OF POETRY. No. 1. The singularity of this republication of many almost forgotten beauties of our olden poets engages our sym pathy for its success. It is charmingly got up, though we are inclined to object to the scanty allowance of leaves to a single part, As a specimen of the materials employed, we will transcribe an exquisite poem by James Shirley, entitled " Death's Final Conquest." We are told in a foot-note that it was greatly admired by Charles the Second ; a circumstance which, to our thinking, speaks admirably for the poetical taste of the Merry Monarch. The words run thus— The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is ne, armour against fate; Death lays his icy hand on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, ►nd in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords mar reap the field, And plant flesh laurels where they kill; Bat their strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but one another still. Early or late They stoop to fate, Ana must give up their murmuring breath %Vhen they, pale captives, creep to Death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon Death's purple altar now, See where the victor -victim bleeds. All heads must come To the told tomb : Only the actif,s,ns of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. The verses are embellished with quaint devices. THE RAILWAY REGISTER. The present number brings the third volume to a con clusion. This valuable record of railway statistics is now the sole property of Mr. Hyde Clarke, who edits the Register, and who has amalgamated with it the Railway Portfolio. In addition to the usual information regarding the railway proceedings of the month, the pre sent number contains a valuable paper on " Atmospheric Propulsion," k by Mr. Smith, of Toronto, Upper Canada. Mr. Smith proposes an entirely new plan of atmospheric propulsion, combining the advantages of propulsion by exhaustion, as used in what are commonly called atmo spheric railways, and propulsion by compression, as re commended by Mr. Nickella. Mr. Smith's proposals are most ingenious, and are well worthy the attention of engineers. We have not received either the New Monthly or Ainsworth's for the present month. LITERATURE. MEMOIRS OF A FEMME DE CHAMBRE. I A Novel, in 3 Vols. By the Countess of Blessington. This is a very amusing and interesting tale, or rather series of tales—the history of the heroine being only the connecting link to the histories of the numerous personages, of all classes and all characters, with whom she was, at various times, engaged. Following her career as governess, or femme de chambre, among the or dinary or the vulgar, the exclusive or the refined, we mingle with all ranks. Varying groups are brought before us, and all are portrayed en maitre. - With a tendency to exaggerate ca- even to caricature, which only renders her descriptions the more piquant, Lady Bless • ington preen is us with a series of graphic portaits; and if from the absence of one entire plot the work loses the concentrated interest of an ordinary three-volumed novel, the deficiency is more than compensated by the amuse- ment afforded by the separate fragments, and the bril liant vivacity of the whole. The most entertaining por tion is decidedly the last, where Selina becomes femme de chambre and campagne de voyage to Lady Caldersfoot, a (self•imagined) authoress of celebrity. It was hardly to be supposed that such a character would have been drawn by the pen of one an authoress herself, but its very exaggeration is its safety. It is of course unreal—it is of course impossible—but yet it is most amusing. Poor Lady Calderfoot, so conscious of her own abilities, so completely blind to her own de• fects, our smiles accompany her through all her vagaries; whether walking in the streets, conspicuously dressed, she fondly believes the observation she attracts is due, not to her garments, but to her genius ; or, again, when she favours the captain of the steamer with a sure pre ventive to sea-sickness, let him buy her books for the benefit of his passengers—the consequent elevation of mind will maintain bodily equilibrium, or when she in sists that the French Douaniers shall let her boxes pass unsearched, because such a favour was voluntarily ac corded to Sir Walter Scott. Perhaps the bitterest mor tification of the unhappy lady is when calling incognita at the circulating libraries, she finds her books uncared for and unread. Such a disappointment will not, most certainly, await Lady Blessington should she be inclined to make a like attempt. LL -4EWELYA'S HEIR; or NORLLI WALES. A Novel. In 3 Vole. In giving these volumes to the public, the avowed ob '• tof the authoress is " to offer to the world a true ict f of the men and woven of the land ofLlewelyn— their customs, manners, and superstitions, as they ex isted during the last century,"—and this object she has very satisfactorily accomplished. Regarding this work, not as a novel, but as a picture of Wales and the Welsh, it is worthy of attention, and will be read with interest. The habits and manners of the simple children of the mountains, their rough pastimes, their superstitious ceremonies, but, above all, their genuine warmth, sim plicity, and kindness, are portrayed with singular mi nuteness, are dealt with con amore. Among sundry teraps of information, we learn the origin of the well known " Welsh rabbit." The famous national dish of toasted cheese, when accompanied with toast steeped in strong ale, was called " the rare bit," and hence our present definition . Judging from these volumes, it appears that the people of North Wales, a hundred years ago, were in many respects as ignorant of our luxuries and refinements as are the North Indians of ' the present day. We have an amusing account of the dismay and discomfort experienced by a mountain family, on first riding in a coach, and the astonishment of a rustic Welshman on seeing the lamps which lighted the metropolis, when he shrewdly enough exclaimed " What bad consciences the people of London must have, or else surely they would not be so much afraid of being in the dark." If, as a picture of Wales, this work fulfils its object, as a tale, as a novel, it is singularly deficient. De ficient especially in two great properties, both of which are essential—one or other of which is indispensable— to a work of this character—interest and probability. We forgive the absurdities of the wildest romance because it attracts, it enchains our attention ; or, again, we pass over many a dull commonplace, because the :whole has something of vraisemblable, of zeal. But the interest of Llewelyn's heir is confined to the Welsh, as a people--little is left for the heroes and heroines. There Is no story, no plot, save the slender thread which serves to connect the delineations and descriptions (which,after all, are the main object of the work) until the close of the third volume, where, in its turn, probability isdone away - with. Llewelyn's heir having joined the Duke of Marl borough's tinily, is supposed to be dead, his eldest sister (a most unnatural character) takes possession of his in heritance. On his return, some years after, she refuses to restore it, and with her knowledge and approbation he is murdered. Most of the dramatis persona are sum marily disposed of, and she is left alone with her ill gotten riches. FOREST HILL ; A TALE OF SOCIAL LIFE IN 1830-1831. 3 Vas. If Forest Hill be the first - work of its author, we an ticipate much from him hereafter. In any case, frag mentary portions of his book assure us, he is capable of producing something far better as a whole. True and beautiful thoughts, original ideas, are scattered about With profusion, and a tone of good feeling pervades it all. or are the characters deficient in interest—and set there is something amiss , there is evidently some thing_ wanting . This is, perhaps, owing to an absence of unity or concentration in the plot, or preosedrhap. 3 t c o h th e inco ngruous materials of which it is com for the sake of illustrating social life ;n 1830, the a ut hor iuteni las, most unnecessarily and most unfortunately, English individuals wiltlgteld private affairs of private and conspiracies of secret societies abroad—a theme lit erally the subject. Had he wished to touch which he is should ha , ve tor adv apparently not unsuited, year or two , and told of social ll'ineeedjurtinh: story a ,llloltesign, t o the great struggle at ho me ; then, ala bonn e genr e , it would have been well enough. But as it is, t h e public and private affairs do not accord ; allu sions to Italy and introductions to Carbonari , howeve r interesting in themselves , and detailsand.delineations of English domestic life, however amusing in themselves, are quite incompatible. To add to the confusion, the hero is an A mer i ca n, and the affairs of his country are, of course, occasiona lly, though not prominently, brought 1 . 1 1 4 0 b the lapis. The author has evidently a great leanin g towards " the young and strong republic , " yet he does little credit to its inhabitants by the selection he has made. Philip Verdune, who is appro priately describ e d as " unstable as water, " is another Waverley or Vivian —another of those unhappy beings doomed by an unfortunate organisation "to see the right, and yet the wrong pursue." Ile involves himself and all around him in ap parently inextricable confusion ; yet, nevertheless, all ends well. One great object of this work, which is decidedly of a moral and eves religious ten dency, is to lead us to place reliance upon Providence ; the third volume, concluding with the appropriate text, " Men see not the bright light in the clouds, till the wiud pas,eth am] eleanseth them." The following spoelinens will shlw the political opinions of the writer : " Men of large landed property, who live only for them selves, who stickle for the privileges of their position, without casting a thought upon its duties, will not long be tolerated. There is a Catholic spirit abroad amongst us, both socially and politically we are learning to think more of the human race. To do good in an extended scaleove must look, not upon men in masses, but regard each individual amongst theta as one of a like nature with ourselves. • • * The next great European revolution will call upon men to account for the abuse of riches. The last punished fearfully a breach of the great trust of power. Then let each man of family and wealth lead the yen in social improvement ; and that the less fortunate may pardon him the prosperity which God has given him, let him seek to promote a feeling of kindness between his own order and the poor. To do this, let him keep his heart warns towards others. Let there be amongst all men a reciprocity of good. Who knows how far the influence of one solitary act of kindness, as between man and man, may extend to soften the fierce passi ons o f b ot h parties, in the great and THE _SUN, LONDON, MONDAY ,EVENING, JUNE B, 184&. with sand from the Isle of Wight, which was now shipped at Yar mouth, in the Isle of Wight, and sent round the coast to Gloucester, from whence it was transmitted to its destination by canal; but it was attended with great delays and inconveniences. The demand for sand bad increased in consequence of the reduction of the duty upon glass. One of these complaints emanated from Mr. P. Harris, one of the largest glass manufacturers in Europe, who stated that he had 300 of his workpeople unemployed, in conse quence of the irregular supply of the commodity, whom he said he should be compelled to discharge if he did not get a supply imme diately, Mr. P. Harris, glass manufacturer, at Islington, near Birmingham, corroborated the statement of the last witness. The sand P:orn the Isle of Wight was of a superior quality. Continuous communication without break of guage with the north would be most advantageous. Mr J. George, grocer at Romsey, had sugar from London which ai came round the coast. Th anchester and Southampton would be of more advantage than th omsey and Redbridge, as it opens up direct communication, in add on to the north. Mr. G. Powell, ironfounder, Andover, considered that the proposed line would save him 1/. in the conveyance of his goods. The pre sent delays and expense of transit prohibited the extension of his business. He should save ss. per ton in the transit of timber. Con sumed about 400 tons In the course of the year, 300 tons of which he obtained from Wales, and the remainder from Scotland. By the line proposed he should be able to compete more successfully with other manufacturers. Mr. J. Rawlings. an estat ,, agent in Wilts, detailed at great length the advantages which the line would confer on all the districts it would traverse. The Committee adjourned until 12 to morrow. GROUP XVIII. EXETER (GREAT WESTERN). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) J. W. Buller, E.g., late M.P. fer Exeter, and Mr. Drummond, of Exeter, gave evidence in favour of the line; also regarding the western traffic. Mr. Mitchell, M.P. for Bridport, and Mr. Wells, magistrate 01 Bridport, gave evidence in favour of the line. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XX, This Committee met at twelve o'clock this morning, in Room 3 Mr. Sotheron in the chair. LONDON, HOUNSLOW. AND WESTERN. The examination of witnesses on the p•irt of the petitioners natal the Bill was proceeded with. I 'The first two witnesses examined were market-gardeners, who gave their opinion that the proposed line would be of little or no use to their business, and that it would be used by very few gardeners. The COMMITTEE expressed their opinion that any further evidence on this point would be superfluous. Mr. Nelson, a solicitor, and one of the petitioners, was then called, and smoke to the injury this line would do to certain property be longing to him at Putney. As laid down the line would pass through his house, a':d even using the extreme limits of deviation the line would pass close to the wall. It would also do great injury to the property of Lady Shelley and others. Mr. Salter, clerk to the Hammersmith vestry, gave evidence as to a meeting of the Hammersmith vestry, at which a resolution con demnatory of this line was passed almost unanimously. An amend ment was proposed, but only 27 members voted, and of these 9 were for, and 18 against the amendment. Mr llughe - s. a salesman, in Covent-garden market, gave evidence against the Bill. Mr. Warren, a land surveyor, was then called, and said that he had made an estimate of the cost of the land proposed to be taken by this line, which he said would not be less than 104,720/. The Rev. Mr. Baker, the rector of Fulham ; Mr. Flutter. con tractor; Mr. Charles Lloyd, farmer, and other witnesses, gave ge dence against the Bill. Mr. Key, secretary and manager of the Fulham Omnibus Association, stated that he had held that situation about thirteen months. There were nineteen omnibuses belonging to the Association, and all the um - nibuses going to and fro between Fulham and Lonilon were included in this number. Each of these omnibuses made twenty-nine journeys per week—four on every week day, and three on Sundays ; 560,149 passengers were carried by these omnibuses in the course of the week*, being, on an anverage, twenty-one passengers per journey. The omnibus fare was but slap_ nee the whole way ; it would be much more by the railway, and the saving of time would not be very great. Not morn than one-fifth of the existing traffic would go by the railway. Mr. Turrel, secretary to the Hammersmith Omnibus Association, gave skull ir evidence to that of Mr. Key. Mr. Hughes, civil engineer, was then called, and gave evidence against the Bill, showing how, by a deviation (not within their limits), a line much superior, in his opinion, to the Hounslow and Western, might be made. It would be shorter by one mile, and would inflict much less residential damage. Mr. Galling* surv. yor, gave evidence as to the manner in which the line would pass through certain private property, and more especially as to the injury to the property of a Miss Anderton, which he said would be rendered almost useless by the line passing through it in the manner proposed. As it was then intimated that there was one more witness to be called, but he was not now present, The Committee, after some dissuasion, rose at half-past three o'clock, and adjourned till Wednesday (to-morrow being the Queen's birth-day), with the understanding that they would not sit on Thursday, bat on rising on Wednesday would adjourn till k riday. GROUP XXIV. ELT AND DUET The Committee on this line reassembled at one o'clock, Mr. Gran ville Vernon in the chair, when Mr. S. Valentine, the engineer of the line, gave the general en gineerlng evidence,which showed the gradients to be exceedingly easy, and the earthworks small. The estimates for the works are 180.2371., and for land 49,7631. ; making a total of 230,0001. for the whole of the expense. . - To Mr. IlotztEs the witness replied that he had been instructed to lay out such a line as would effect a through traffic, but Lynn was not a primary consideration in this line. An endeavour was made to show that the propesed communication between Weedon and Cambridge would satisfy the requirements of the district. The line would run, like the Eastern Counties Extension, for a mile over fen, the height of the embankment for which would be 14 feet, which he pro posed to lay down on the surface, without digging out to form a bottom. The width of the embankment at the bottom would be 86 feet, the width at the top 33 feet, and theblope 1% to I. There was another point at 13 miles, 3 fhrlongs where there was bog, but the depth of it Imbed not ascertained, not conceiving it necessary, as he proposed to carry the line on a level. There was fenny land, but nothing that truly could be called bog. He had bored in several places to ascertain the depth of the bog, but only where he proposed to erect bridges. For an embankment there was no ne cessity to do this, as the country was perfectly sound from one end to the other. He intended to build a bridge at Ely. where he had bored, and found the depth to be 93. feet, and had not bored at any other place. There was a beg 23 feet in depth at the end of toe third furlong, but that he thought was no impediment. He pro posed to cross the Ouze at Ely, behind the Eastern Counties station, and very near the spot where the Eastern Union proposed to cross it. The whole length of the line wr uld be 23 miles 5 furlongs 7 chains and 50 links, and taking the whole length of the line the side cut tings would be 81,298 yards, the total cuttings 432,153 yards. They crossed 33 roads, of which 31 would be crossed at a level. The rail way was crossed at Sonham at the express desire of the inhabitants by a bridge. There were to be eight stations on the railway. ['here is a special agreement between the Eastern Counties Railway and the Lynn and Ely t.:ompany that the latter should have the free use of the station of the former and a mile of the railway , gratuitously. It was proposed to cross the Sark four times between Mildenhall and Bury, the distance being eleven miles, but these crossings would be within six miles. Be proposed to obviate thiflood water by timber viaducts. The bridges would be twenty feet span, while the bridges at present in existence were only twelve feet. Mr. Rastrick, the eminent engineer, confirmed the whole of the evidence of Mr. Valentine, the cnignecr of the line, especially with respect to the soundness of the line in the fenny district, and the needlessness for boring, except for the foundations of brick or stone bridges. Mr. Allan Ransom, a machine maker, especially of agricultural im plements, at Ipswich, testified to the dock accommodation of that town, and also as to the extent of the trade with Holland, and the advantage this line would be of in opening the communication with Lincolnshire and the western counties. The distance from Harwich to Rotterdam was 145 miles, while the latter place was 248 miles from London. Harwich is a harbour of refuge, and the only one between the Thames and the Humber. Taking the whole district into conslderat. on, for all the gen e ra l parposes of business, although the populati ons on b oth lines were pretty equal, the Bury and Ely line would g i ve the best accommo dation. But, considering Newmarket as an important place, he thought that the Ipswich and Bury would aft,rd the best accommo dation, and Mildenhall was not a pl ace of sufficient importance to justify the withdrawal of the line from the b es t di str i cts. So far as Ly nnwasconcernledp; the same benefit s would arise as would occur tolpswich. The Ipswich and Bury line was shorter, and would be nearer both to Newmarket and Cambridge ; and he could see no ad vantages to be derived from the Ely and Bury line which were not conferred by the Ipswich line. To Mr. Boantwics, the witness repli e d th at he employed about 740 men, „whom somewhat less than one-h a lf were engaged in the manufacture of agricultural implements, the rest were occupied in the making heavy machinery, but the trad e i s restricted for the want of railway accommodation. To Mr. BAGELLY the witness replied, th a t n i ne -tenths of their Iron was brought from Newport , which came by water to Ipswich. All the produce of Holland, or intended fur that country, which came from or was intended to go to the south-east of England, would doubt less go through London ; but that which may be intended for the interior and to the west would: go by Harwich, especially the oats, which may hereafter be imported from Poland and carried to Newmarket ant' to that neighbourhood. On cross-examination, Mr. Ransom stated, that although it had been intended to go to Newmarket, yet that branch had b,en abandonded in favour of the Chesterfield and Cambridge line. The witness was then cross-examined as to the respective advan tages of the several ports, which Mr. Ransom gave in favour of Ips wich ; and to which Mr. O'Malley replied that the tonnage on goods was rated in the port dues according to the size of the vessels in which they were carried, varying from Id. per ton to Is. 6d. on vessels of 500 tons. After some observations from the CHAIRMAN, Mr. O'Malley was proceeding, when the time for breaking up arrived, and the Com mittee adjourned till twelve o'clock to-rr orrow. GROUP ) (XXIX. • OLDHAM DISTRICT. The Committee assembled to-day at twei;;;'ClOck, Mr. Divett in the chair, when Mr. Clayton gave evidence as to the relative utility of the exten sion of the Manchester line called the Oldham and Manchester, or as it is otherwise cqlled the Birkenhead line. The evidence adduced in the early part of the :lay went to show that the Oldham District lines were the most advantageous, partly from their opening the coal-fields better, and partly from the circumstance of there being two termini, one at the east end and :he other at the west end of Oldham, while the Birkenhead line proposed only one, which is intended to be in the centre of the town. A large tract of land on Broad Bent Moss might be brought into cultivation if the facilities likely to be afforded by this railway were obtained, Mr. Sergeant WRANOEAM cross-examined, and elic►ted that the traffic on the Birkenhead line, and that meetings had been held in Oldham in its favour. With respect to the termini, it appeared that they would have to reach both by a hill, and a tunnel was now being fprmed by the Manchester and Leeds Com pany to go under the town. And with respect to coals, the price of house-fire coal was generally about 103. a-ton at Oldham. The witness conceived that the York shire coal was not likely to supersede the Oldham coal, because he was aware that the cartage was for seven or eight miles before the railways were made. The usual time of transit to Manchester was half an hour, though he believed it was sometimes three quarters. - To Air. FOOO the witness replied that he conceived the Yorkshire coal would not go to Saddleworth, for it never bas been, but that might be In consequence of the want of railway accommodation. He could say nothing of the probably management of the districts line, as he had taken no part in the direction, although a shareholder; though he conceived that stoppages would arise there, as many lines met. He was generally acquainted with the trade of the dis trict, but could speak to no details. Mr. Wright, Deputy-Chairman of the line, was examined, and cross-examined at great length, and stated that the Man chester and Leeds Company took one-halt of the capital in the company by whom the line was to be worked and to whom it was to be leased at a certain rate of per centage. By a clause in the Bill, a power was to be given, to sell the line altogether, but the right of voting in the Leeds and Manchester Company was only one vote for two shares, while the Oldham Dis trict Company was one vote for one share ; and there was another clause which, on the point of amalgamation, the pr esen t established Company were prevented from voting at all. There could be no question as to the superiority of the convenience of the two termini instead of one. These lines would so open up the communication with Rochdale, Bolton, and all the surrounding districts. As respects coals, he believed that the consumption of coal for house purposes was about equal to that used for ftcam engines. He himself was a cotton-spinner, had three steam engines, and consumed about 1,000 cwts. In the cotton manufacture there were 80 steam-engines, with an aggregate of 2,795 horse power ; the number of hands employed were 14,280, and the quan tity of coals consumed was about 9,944 tons; the quantity of cotton and worsted made was about 42,804,0001b5. There had been a great number of Paris velvet hats made of cotton at Oldham, a business which might be very largely increased. Mr. PLATT, a partner in the machine manufacturing firm of Platt and CO., of Oldham, stated that they employed more than 980 hands, that they received more than 5,500 tons of pig iron, and 250 tons of bar iron. They consumed 900 tons of coke, and sent to the accommodation several places around machinery to the value of 165,1481., making a tonnage of 15,000 tons ; of this quantity, insufficient as the railway :,hodomatitottneymisgohptpbelie,dgwohodoswtoerteheanwxotortohs to o f 81,8001. were, t,g •e oo re d , s even t rough, near Sh o e bring now, sent by railway, and there was a generai desire among timberinanag by railway. The witness testified to the necessity of further accom modation, and to the dies ttisfaiction of the public hi. Oldham with the e f 7 r 2 v e rn a th o Mr. Schofield, a timber merchant, stated that it cost more t than it eld did to bring it from D i undee and London, until the ffl Sheffield Railway was opened. The announcement of the Speaker being at prayers watt made, and the Committee adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. GRO XLV. The following Bills are comprised UP in this new group, viz.:— Newcastle and Darlington Junction and Tyne Dock. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Edinburgh, and Direct Glasgow Junction. Wear Dock Railway. Newcastle and Berwick. Newcastle and Carlisle Extension. room Th The 3 ;present Committee ma assembled j e n d s to a u t e a ( Newcastle and Darlington, Durham and Sunderland and Wear mouth Dock Purchase and Branches. Northumberland and Lancashire Junction. Diem hers. The list having been read through, it appeared that the parties promoting the Wear Dock Railway, and the Nortlunnbaland and laweaabire RailYnt7r had alnuad9no thoollilli. ) u , te r s ul t d o u t i w e o o th o e 'd r okin (chairman), few ial r t n m a i nn NEWCASTLE AND DARLINGTON, MYR main AND SUNDERLAND, AND WEAR MOUTH DOCK &. PURCHACE BRANCHES. Precedence was given to this Bill, and, the formal business having been gone through, liinnvani;, conunsel for the promoters said, that the ot , ject of this bill was to constuct branches to a railway called the Newcastle and Darlington, which Bill had received the sanction of Parliament in 1842. The advantages of that line were admitted, and their object was new to improve it still further. Ito would call the attention of the Committee to the im portance of the objects sought by the promoters of the Bill before them. At the first branch off Sunderland there was a population of sixty thousand persons who were provided with the requisite accommodation. Bill for the improvement of the docks south of the Wear had received already the sanction of Parliament this year. The present mode by which the people of Sunder land went southward was most inconvenient, because in effecting that object they had to go northward, which would be obviated by the proposed branch, the esti mate for which was 178,000/. Tne only opposition offered to the Bill was, with respect to the last branch, namely, from lietton to Penchurch, and that by a party tin ough whose property tho line did not pass. It appeared that there was a tram-road on the line, which had been constructed for the purpose of conveying coals, and which traversed their property. The party petitioning complained that as this tra.e-road was in the neighbourhood of his property, the same would be injuriously effected by the railway it any diversion of the traffic from the tram road should ensue as he was paid a certain sum by the parties who had constructed this tram road. He trust( d that under these eiri umstances the Committee would not entertain for a moment this petition. It was a fact that Parliamentary Committees had not allowed compensation to canal companies for injury done to their property in this way. If it should so happen that any portion of the petitioner's property was invaded by this railway liberal comFcmettion would be given. file other branches would yield great accommodation to the district through which they would pass, and a further accommodation would be afforded to Durham. Ile trusted, in conclusion, that, without trespassing at any consider able length on the time of the Committee, that he should obtain his Bill. Mr. llatrison (engineer of the line), was then examined as to the advantages of the line, to which he bore testimony. Mr. Nicholson, of Newcastle, engineer, corroborated Mr. Har rison's statement as tar as regarded his neighhourheod. Mr. Ilynde, M.P., was also examined, and stated that the line would be very beneficial to Newcastle. After hearing some observations from Counsel, in support of the petition against the Bill, The Committee decided that the preamble of the Bill was proved, with the exception of the branch from Fenchurch to Melton. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP LIII. SEIROPSUITZE UNION AND CANAL (OHMS— TE2, TO WOLVER.HAZIPTON). (Continued from eur Afternoon Edition.) In his cross-examination, Mr. Provis said—His instructions frem Mr. Stephenson were to bring this Elie into Wolverhampton on the same level with the Shriwsliury and Birmingham, and not the Ox ford, Worcester, and 'Wolverhampton Railway Company. Supposing that the last-named railway enteredprolverhampton on the narrow gauge, as an engineer he should certainly consider any new scheme of railway entering the same town incomplete if it did not enter on the same level, if Parliament sanctioned no other line. Mr. Robert Stephenson said he had been employed by this Company as consulting engineer, and he recommended the present scheme. Ste had duly considered all other schemes belore he came to the decision that the present wits the most likely to confer the greatest benefit on the construction and at the least expense. This line would afford the best levels, and it was, certainly, beyond all question, the best that could be made b. tweets Bit kenhead and Staffordshire. The importance of the heavy mineral traffic that would flow upon this line could not be• overrated, and this line would ilea:oily be superior to the Grand Junction Company's Lne in that respect. That line was better calculated for pa,senger traffic, and it this line were sanctioned he was of opinion that the result AVOW(' be that heavy traffic would pass along it whilst the light traffic would be carried by the Grand Junction Company. This line was not mixed up with the competing systems in any way. Cross-examined—lto did not look upon the line as a r.val of the Grand Junction scheme. It was the desire of the Shropshire Com pany to convert their bankrupt canal into a railway, and so benefit themselves as well as the public. This line, however, would no doubt compete with the Grand Junction. The object of this company in laying down this line was to form the best means of railway com munication between Birmingham and Ireland, and he now believed that it would prove to be so, if formed. He was of opinion that rail ways would eventually have the effect of drying up all the canals in the kingdom. The line would take Wolverhampton at a high level, and after a most minute and freqm tit examination of the subject, he was of opini on that a 1ih..11 level would Ise decidedly the best for the people of Wolverhampton. liy adopting a high level be was enabled to carry the line into the heart of the town. Shad a low level teen selected, he should have been prevented from doing so try the canals, &e. So convinced was he of the desirableness of railways having elevated stations, that he was at present going to sonic expense for the purpose of dovising how every railway might enter towns at high levels, which would have the effect of accelerating the trains at starting. Re-examined—He advised the company not to carry their line at present into the town of Wolverhampton until some arrangement could be made with the other schemes. Mr. LAING said that the Company's other engineer, Mr. Cubitt, was at that moment giving evidence before the Committee that Lad to decide on the London and York scheme. The lion. CHAIRMAN said that they had heard sufficient engineer ing evidence, nor would it be necessary to hear the evidence of an other gentleman—the manager of the Birmingham and Gloucester Canal—who was absent on a previous day, and who would give fur ther evidence as to the effect which the construetion of railways had on canals. Mr. Stec then gave traffic evidence. Mr. Sergeant KIN . GLAKE here asked whether it was the intention of the Committee to s:t to-morrow? The Hon. CHAIRMAN, atter consulting with his colleagues, said, yes, I think we'll sit to-morrow ; we have have bad so many holt dAys of late, that unless we proceed pretty rapidly we shall not finish our business in proper time. . . Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE—I merely asked fOr the convenience of the witnessts. Mr. Pare was then called to speak as to the traffic; after which Mr. Cowan was called, and proved that the amount of shares sub sM'ibed for was 149,250/., and the amount deposited 313,45/. Mr. Route having given his evidence, Mr. LAING said that this closed the promoters' case. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE then proceeded to address the Committee against this scheme, and on behalf of the Worcester and Stafford shire Junction Canal Company. Ile complained that Mr. Austin and those Learned Counsel who were with him had most prudently endeavoured to keep back from the Committee the iin portance of this subject. die was not surprised to hear Mr. Austin and Mr. Stephenson say that the canals of this country must be dried up to give place to railways. But he contended that tiie public were vttally interested in preserving those canals for the purpose of keep ing alive that rivalry which must exist if railways and canals ex isted at the same time. That, In fact, was the invention of the Legis lature. In various instances the Legislature had no doubt sanctioned the conversion of isolated cdnals into railways, and his Learned Friend Mr. Austin had attempted to make the Committee believe that the present was just as sieple as the cases of those c mats. But that was no isolated canal, for it was the water com munication between the great city of London and Liverposl, and had been used from the time of its opening for the use of the districts intervening. It could not be considered merely as a communication be tween Wolverhampton and Liverpool. And if the Committee were of • opinion that the present was a great link of communication between London and Liverpool, were they prepared to deprive the public of the great accommodation which this canal had afforded to the public since its opening ? He doubted whether the Legislature would sanction the " (Jr.) ing up" of this railway. From what had already taken place before a Select Committee of the House of Coat moos, this Committee would find that this matter was not as trifling as represented by Mr. Austin. That Select Committee had decided that the public should not, except in very few instancu indeed, be deprived of the present canal 'communication in England. For that advantage the public had bareained when the different railway Acts had passed. Having made these remarks, he referred the Committee to the second report of the Select Committee ap• pointed to consider the subject of railway and canal amalgamation, &c. Before that Committee sat it became known that the COMM sion of this canal into a railway was proposed. The Committee, after hearing evidence on the subject, came to the conclusion that the present competition between railways and canals find been the means ofreducing the cost of traffic one-seventh. The Hon. CHAIRMAN—That is only in some cases ; it is not general. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE—Of course the Committee stated that there were instances which had come to their knowledge in which this had been the result. The Committee also stated in their report that it was obviously of importance that Parliament should not lightly sanction any arrangement which would deprive the public of the ad vantage afforded by the rivalry at present existing between railways and canals. They also stat d that they had come to the general con clusion that a most searching inquiry should be made into the merits of each case before Parliament sanctioned the conversion of canals into, or their amalgamation with, railways. This subject was not, therefore, one of the amount of profit which it had produced to its proprietors, as represented by his Learned Friends ; there was a question of far higher importance than that, and that was the interest of the public in the exist ence of competition at present existing between railways and canals. The canal was es'ablished for the purpose of giving the public an independent line of water communication in the districts of Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury, and other important places. The evidence given before the Select Committee to which he had alluded went no further than this, that an isolated canal, which (Ldform any important link of communication be tween different parts of the kingdom, might, with benefit to the public and the proprietors, amalgamate with, or be converted into a railway. But this was no isolated canal ; it formed a most Important link of communication between London and Liverpool. Mr. Stephenson was in error when he said that canals could not suc cessfully compete with railways. Mr Scott had given evidence to that elect before the Select Committee, and that gentleman was in timately acquainted with the subject. Mr. Scott said in his evidence that he should decidedly object to any thoroughfare canal like this being converted into a railway, and he instanced this canal at the same time. This, in that gentleman's opinion, was the best can-I in tte kingdom, and yet they were now called upon to destroy it. It had a descending lockage the whole way from Birmingham to Live: pool. If this Bill were sanctioned the iron grasp of the monopolizing London and Birming ham and Manchester and Birmingham Companies would be extended and m stronger. The Learned Counsel had not concluded his case when the Com• mittee rose, the Chairman having announced that they would re assemble at twelve o'clock to-morrow. GROUP LVI. zoNDorz AND ELACIIIITALL EXTENSION, (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The opposition occupied the Committee nearly the whose of the day, but it turued out to be ineffective, and the Committee decided tluit the preamble to the Bill had been decided, The Committee adjourned shortly after four o'clock. GROUP LVIL. THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM GRAND ZUNCTI N, AND MANCHESTER AND RIR MINGHAVI RAILWAY ANIA.I.GANIA% (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Captain Huish, manager of the Grand Junction Railway Traffic, was called, and gave evidence to the effect that the arrangements which the proposed 11111 was intended to sanction had been found to operate beneflcialy to the puhlic as well as to the parties concerned in the three companies. The Committee ultimately postponed their decision upon the pre amble until to-morrow, in order to consult tee Board of Trade in the meantime. • he o her Bills in the group were also postponed with the 'tune view. MPERLAL PARLIAMENT, (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met to-day at Five o'clock. THE BROAD AND NARROW GAUGES. The Earl of RIPON laid on the table a report from the Board of Trade, rel tive to the subject of the railway gauges. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Messengers from the House of Commons brought up severa Bills. which were ordered to be laid on the table. BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES FOR THE LABOUR ING CLASSES. The Biehop of LONDON wished for a few moments to direct the attention of their Lordships to a subject, which, though not one of great political importance, was still one en titled to grave consideration. He had some petitions to present to them which were important. or, account of the signatures. them, but still more so on the subject to which it related. That subject was intimately connected with the welfare of the labouring classes, and he craved their favourable consideration to them. The petitions had reference to the establishment of baths and wash-houses for the labouring classes, and prayed that they would pass a law enabling boroughs and parishes, of a certain size, to borrow money to form such institutions. The plan was sufficient to pay an ample return for the capital that might be laid out upon it, but he must remind their Lordships that it was useless to attempt to improve the moral condition of the attention ing classes unless they at the same time paid some to their physical comfort. Their Lordships mihti of the at tempt to improve the political and social conditionsame time, took the avain labouring gasses, unless they at the s trouble to promote their individual andarnepeerrsomnaani from his —(Hear.) They must first remove the p extreme state of destitution , y ovin m g jg h l is t eat:l:tont, improving endeavour to experiment upon the best means to attack his as a moral agent, spiritual condition. They ust relieve him frem Ilia extreme misery, before they attempted in which they could at a ll expect wish any reason, and this was the only way to improve the moral s t ate of the labouring classes of society. Their Lordships would allow they h a d tested by experience on a small scale it was true, but still sufficient ufficient to justify their making the experiment on a much larger scale. In asking, therefore, for an all owance from the t public funds, he was only asking f or t h at which would make a large return on the outlay of capital that might be used for the formation of baths and washhouses ' The first petition he had to present was from the bankers and merchants of London, and was signed by the heads of more than 100 principal firms ; the second was signed by the Chair m44 gad Deputy Chiiirmai of gm London pock Company, who had many thousands of labourers in their employ ment. The next was from the churchwardens and over seers of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. The next was from the guardians of the poor of the same parish. The next was from the perochial clergy of the metropolis, signed by 120 clergymen ; and he felt assured that if ti me had: been allowed it would have been signed by every man of the body, from whom it emanated; for they felt it would be bring ing the poor more within the sphere of their spiritual ministrations, and would tend more than anything else to improve the labouring classes. It should be recollected that great complaints had been made that hundreds of thousands in the metropolis were crowded together, so that one family occupied one room ; but in consequence of the numerous improvements in the metropolis in many of these instances, there were now two families crowded into one room. It did not appear that any provision bad been made against this evil in carrying out those improve ments. It should be also recollected that the step which he now advocated was only as a drop in the ocean. In consequence of this system of things, a gradual deteriora tion had taken place in the physical and moral condition of these classes. About twenty years since, when he was a parish clergyman, he knew a house in which there was sixteen rooms, and in each of these there was a family consisting of four person, in all, sixty-four individual... but that was not so bad as the present condition of things. In houses thus thickly inhabited it would clearly be seen the in jury which must be felt by washing the linen of the family, where the houses would be in a constant state of humidity from the steam. He found that in the town of Liverpool, where an institution of this kind was established under the sanction of the cerporatiOn of that place, the greatest eagerness was manifested on the part of the working classes to avail them selves of the benefit of the bath. In the year ending 28th of May, 1846, there were used 3,832 cold baths, and 16,764 warm baths, making altogethe r 20,596 baths. The receipts for the year were 383/., being an increase on the preceding year of 6,667 baths, and 1501. on the receipts. This showed u desire on the part of the labouring classes to avail themselves of the benefits of these institutions. A similar institution was established lately by an association of benevolent individuls in Glasshouse-yard, a locality where probably none of their Lordships ever penetrated— (laughter),—and t he lowest and poorest classes of society, who could not even be called respectable la bourers, were in the habit of resorting to it. In the second half-year the number of bathers amounted to 14,124, and the number of washers amounted to 19,937, a total of 63,142 persons benefited, and if to these you add the number of persons for whom articles have been washed, you will snake a total of 87,0,;0 directly benefited, and the whole of this good had been done f..r a sum not greatly exceeding 400.". He need not point out to their Lordships the immense beneficial effects which must neees.arily arise from such institutions, they were sufficiently known to their Lordships, and he would not there. fore trespass upon them further than to quote the opinion of a medical man of some experience on the subject. The petitioners stated that, the returns would, in all probabi .. lity, amount in the whole to 13i per cent., and ifurnish ex cellent interest on the capital invested. The petitioners were from a large number of merchants, bankers of the city of London ; the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Asso ciation fur the Establishment of Baths for the La bouring Classes; from the Board of Guardians of the parish of St. Martins-lc-Grand; and one signed by 121 paro chial clerg}men ' which was entitled to special consideration, as they complained that the want of accommodation for forward ing personal cleanliness, interfered with the attendance of the pourer classes at chinch. He hoped steps would be taken to meet this state of things, and that the recreation and innocent amusement of the labouring classes, which had been so little attended to for a long time, would be now considered. unless they provide] baths and wash-houses for the poorest order of the working classes, so as to beget habits of cleanliness, it would be vain for them to provide amusement and instruc tion for them by museums or otherwise. The Marquis of NORMAN BY thought that the Rev. Prelate owed no apology for introducing so important a sub ject. It was a most important question, and in con nexion with a subject that had been before the other House of Parliament the dwellings of the poor one entitled to their greatest eon,ideration.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Rev. Prelate was the first to draw the attention of the Government to this question and he deserved great praise for his exertions, and he trusted that he would not confine himself to simplify erecting baths and washbowes, but go to further improvements necessary to the health and well being of the poorer classes of this metropolis. Lord KINNAIRD said that it was impossible to imagine the distress and misery existing in this metropolis--it required occular proof to give any one an idea of its extent. The poor were crowded together in consequence of the improvements taking place in other parts of the metiopolis. There were buildings now going on at Bethnal-green, and th ere was no t • one sewer provided" for them, and this, he thought, showed the necessity, and, indeed, he considered it high time that a Board of Health should be established. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Lord KINNAIRD said he had to present ;petition on the Electric Telegraph Bill, the report of which was to be brought up this evening. The Duke of BEAUFORT objected to its reception, as being needless. Lord KINNAIRD said that the petition was based on public grounds. Lord BROUGHAM—Give us its prayer. Lord KINNAIRD said that this was a subject of great public interest, and the object of this petition was to prevent the carrying of this Bill wiliout further consideration. The petitioner was not opposed to the Bill itself, but, according to the prayer, to provide for its being carried out. From these statements, it appeared, that if the Bill were carried in its present form, it might prevent the improvement of the system; for if they gave the power sought by this Bill, it would rssuredly create a monopoly. This evil had already been largely felt by the water and gas companies. The report was to be brought up this evening and he thought that if a clause were to be introduced at some future stage of the Bill obliging all companies to give this advantage to the Go vernment, it would in a great degree hinder the mischief which the petitioner anticipated, ankhe should move that the petition be referred to the Committee. The Duke of BEAUFORT stated that the report had already been brought up, and the object of the petitioner had already been answered. The petition indeed had been pre sented, and had been fully considered by the Committee. CORN-LAWS. The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from Durham praying their Lordships to pass the Corn Bill as speedily as possible. Ile considered it would be of great benefit to the agricultural portion of the people of that county. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY concurred in the prayer of the petition. The Noble Marquis defended himself against the charges which had been brought against him of having changed his principles and formed an alliance with the Anti-Corn-law League. He had always stated both in public and private that no Ministry could long resist the repeal of the corn-laws. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM, who was alluded to by the Nohie Marquis, briefly explained. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM then gave notice that in the Committee on the Corn-law Bill he would move that the words " until the first of February, 1849," should be omitted. Earl FITZWILLIAM presented a petition from a place whose name we could not catch in favour of an immediate repeal. REPORT ON THE LONDON AND YORK BILL. The Earl of LOVELACE brought up the report upon this Bill, and moved for the discharge of the Committee. They had been now nineteen days at work, and they had passed all th? unopposed Bills. Lord BROUGHAM considered that the proposition was a very reasonable one, but he considered that it would be better to defer it till Friday next. Lord VIVIAN objected to such a course. He did not think that the Committee had strocg claims upon the consi deration of their Lordships House, after having now sat for nineteen days, and particularly when their Lordships recol lected that in all the other Committees of their Lordships House, not one of them had such a number of Railway Bills before them as had occupied, or would occupy half the time. He was aware of this tact, and there fore he trusted their Lordships would accede to the propo sition. The Earl of DEVON said he felt quite assured that the Committee whose duty it was to select members of this House to serve on Committees, would consider thie subject with the anxiety it deserved. Lord REDESDALE said it was not the duty of the Com mittee who arranged those railways in groups, to consider this question. At the same time he should admit that the request made by the Committee was a reasonable one, and that it would be easy to refer the Bills before this Committee to another one. No doubt it might be urged that a great deal of the evidence upon some of those Bills had already been heard by this Committee; but then he did not think that the consideration of a few days' additional expense which would be incurred by referring the Bills to another Com mittee should be any reason for refusing this request. lie suggested that the House should decide upon it on Thursday next. Earl FITZ WILLIAM said, that this question appeared to him to open a much wider field for consideration than the mere question of giving leave of absence to this Committee, and therefore it should be considered a 3 one of very great importance. They could no longer go on upon the present system, and he could not allow the opportunity to pass without observing how inefficient were the present means of conducting lh!s great and important system of national intercourse. Lord BROUGHAM agreed with the Noble Lord as to the necessity of a new and independent department, not to supersede but to aid the Parliament, in its investigation into these Bills. It would be of more satisfaction to the country, and to the promoters of these Bills, that a department should be set apart, to which all private Bills ought to be re ferred. Lord WHARNCLIFFE rose, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) ROUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. MORAYSHIRE RAILWAY BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passsed. STAINES AND RICHMOND RAILWAY BILL. Colonel WOOD moved the order of the day for the ad journed debate on motion for re-commitment of this Bill, and took the opportunity of remarking upon the difficulty whic h !! had teen thrown in the way of the Cumpauy by the lerig ng ened delay of , he Commissioners of Woods and Forests, ingivit. . their nett.tive to the measure. He also thatcomplained i. l' to the Committee who had been appointed to inquire merits of the Bill had net received sufficient evideLcn to vote in Mr. SOTHERON said it was not hie intention Woods and Board of any way on the matter before the House. In the vacillating conduct of the he Forests, the Committee of which justified in making mem ber, had considered themselves j wasoseaqueneeof at least for the further proceedings, have the effect of delaying. a special report on the decision the House might come to, Whatev n er present session. Bill, which, as they thought, would no case should any public body to be was of opinion tha e t offer any opinion, or time after the second reading of the which a Bill might t b h . ro r i w ete a rr n e y d ob fo st r ac it i s e jansstehnet,wbaey oaflloihweedproto. H. BERKELEY observed that, when the debate was Mr. the Bill, at any adjourned, it was with the earn ess understanding that the opinionjirielis of of the Woods and Forests on the Bill was to be given. The Hon. Member was proceeding with his observations, to order, an d sa id that as a mem present, th e re • in bwehrAelonrf. he hileetjwWal‘sloEion'dtsewrharuonpdctaeForests was required formation coutd be obtained. asnl had oa f h d had m e b tn e withe Richmond,n tmadeandhe appro bation the other wise Si company r to G im . t C i o , r L o m y E a e k ß i e t K . sa T i drains d he the s f o e r p the r P t e P i a w s i of the Board of 'Woods and Forests, and they had in consequence withdrawn their opposition to the line on the part of the Crown property. Mr. H. VILLI ERS observed that the delay had been occa sioned by the Commissioners, and that it was owing entirely to the Woods and Forests. The present motion was not intended to ba an appeal from the Committee, and he should Support the motion. A desultory conversation then took place, in which Mr. F. Scott, Lord Somerset, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Wakley, and Col. Peel joined, and the gallery was ordered to be cleared. On our re• admission the numbers were— For the re-commitment of the Bill ... 61 Against it.... Diifirit7 Polo the mogaraithl .71 This Bill was consequently lost. THIRD READINGS. a naortoge Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway ; C ler Rail. and Oxford Railway ; Dunblane, Donne, and Callann way ; East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway ; Glark."l.. Strathaven, and Lesmahagow Direct Railway ; l‘t passd :;-- .e The following Bills were read a third time and marnock and Troon Railway ; Liverpool Improvernenta London and South Western Railway Acts Amendm ent; Slamannan Railway (Bathgate and Jawcraig Branche s ; Thames Haven Dock and Railway (No. 2.) • Wilson tclft,!: . Morningside, and Coltness Railway (Bathgate iranch) . sontown, Morningside, and Coltness Railway (Caledonian Junction) ; Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness Railway (Improvement and Branches). CULLEN'S ESTATE BILL. This Bill was read a second time and passed. REPORTS. amendments The following reports w e re b roug h t up , t h e and alteration, agreed to. and the Bills ordered to be en grossed :—Clitheroe Junction Railway : Earl of BtOinl a , Estate Bill; London and Birmingham Railway (Newport rifii. nell Branch); North Gravesend Railway ; Oxford, Worcester' and Wolverhampton Railway ; Sheffield General Cemetertf Shropshire 1 nion Railways and Canal (Newton to Cr ewee with Branches ); South-Easte rn Railway (Maidstone to Strood, near Richester); South-Eastern Railway (Canterbtiq to Dover) ; South Wales R a il way; S out h Y or k s hire Coa l Railway and Canal. WEXFORD, WAKEFIELD, AND VALENTIA RAILWAY. On the motion of Mr. SPOONER this Bill waa eithdrawn• ST. MARTIN'S BURIAL GROUND, 13IRMINGHA 51- Mr. SPOONER moved that it be an instruction to the Committees on the London and Birmingham Railway (Bir n " ingham Extension) Bill, the Birmingham, Wolverhampto n : and Stour Valley Railway ( Birmingham, Wolveyhampton, and Dudley lines) Bill, and the Shrewsbnry an d lairrningb_ of persons Railway Bill, that they do entert a i n th e petition of reizatl" y persons deceased interred in St. Martin's Burial-gro 3o „ Birmingham, notwithstanding su c h p e ti t i on was no t presentea s three clear days betore the day appointed for the first meeting of th.s Committees. Mr. ORMSBY GORE said that a petition to the contrary effect of that stated by the Honourable Member for Birming ham had been presented by the trustees, and if the House .._ sanctioned the motion he must mov e th a t thi s petition be also referred to the Committee. Mr. W. 11. COLLETT seconded the motion of the Hon. Member for Shropshire. After a few words, which did not reach the gallery, from Lord G. SOMERSET, Mr. SCOTT said that he could hardly understand the reason for the application of the Hon. Member for Birming ham ; at any rate, if it were granted, he should call upon the House to do him equal justice, and allow hid petition to be heard before the Committee. Mr. SPOONER could not consent to withdraw his . ;,notion. The present was a case of a novel and an important chars-"ter, and should be decided at on c e. H e h ope d an d truste d t h a t it would be allowed to undergo the invessigatien of a Committee. As he was not inclined to oppose the wishes of the Houses, he should withdraw his motion. Motion withdrawn accordingly. KILMARNOCa AND TROON RAILWAY. This Bill, on the motion of Dr. BO WRING, was read $ third time and passed. Messengers from the Lords brought in several Bills. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. On the motion of Si r S ir J. GRAH A M , it was agreed that the House at its rising, should adjourn till Wednesday. NOTICES OF MOTION. Col. WOOD gave notice that he should mnve, on the being put for the House going into Committee on the Poor He' moval Bill, that the Bill be divided into two, one Bill to be . limited to the exemption of poor persons from the liability of being removed from parishes in which they have long residedia Dr. BOW RING moved for a return of the amounts net P o d into the Exchequer, but deducted for costs of collectieni all other purposes, from the gross amounts received by ' 7 ' l of departments of revenues, separately stated. Also, a of T y r ; the amounts received by the various departments 0 ' ` - r e- es h ' tnot.,iets diture, from all sources except Paibamen tar y gran ts or iss u e r from the Exche quer i n t h e year ending the sth d a y January, 1846.—A gree d to. Mr. CHRISTIE moved for a re t urn o f th e of age, date e.. appointment, a n d sa l ary o f P atrick Shaw, Esq., Advoca te, P . scoter of signatur es i n Exchequer in Scotland, and °i tetto d hie amount of allowa nce to an assistant paid by salary. Stateme n t of t h e d ut i es of presenter of signatures, s how ' t . ti itig how they d i ff er f rom t h ose of the agent for r evising 0 .. 7 00 of charters, p ropose d to b e appointed by a Bill now b e fore Sco the House, " to alter and a m en d t h e P rac tice in with regard to Crown Charters and Receipts from the 4th section of which Bill provides that the revising .ag e the shall be a writer of the signet ; and the 26th secti6. l3 c - to the office and duties of presenter of signatures shall cease - lye drag passing of the Bill, but that Mr. Shaw shall continue te his salary during his life-time." —Agreed to. Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE acid, that he took the liberty the close of the debate on Friday evening last, of me'rfng t i ot a the Poor Removal gill should je taken into the consideraet of the House that evening with the view of its taking P r ,_ a d, dente of any other notice of motion. The public " a right to this course, and they had also a right to Bill until that the House would not goon with the Irish Coercion the Poors' Removal Bill had been disposed of and discusse d b by that House. In consequence of the notice given t, the Right Hon. Baronet at the Head of the Govern orecnarricd Chanceryn,t the occasion of the Irish Coercion Bill having bees suc h a. On the first reading by a majority of that Howes '*on' course was expected, because on that occasion the Right Poet Baronet was asked when he intended to go On Removal Bill, and the course of action then laid down by th e . the first Right Honourable Baronet was, that after proceed reading of the Irish Coersien Bill, they should . with the Corn and Customs, some few votes of supply' on and that he should also go on to take the sense of the House the sugar duties before proceeding with the second reading of the Coercion Bill. They bad disposed of the corn and customs —they had had votes of supply, but they had not bad the discussion on the Poor's Removal Bill, and it was now pro. with the posed to take the second reading of the Irish Coercion Bill before they made any progress in the Poor Removal Bill. The House was called on in the first instance to take th.a first reading of the Irish Coercion Bill, and not from any admirer tion of its provisions, but as a compliment to the House of Lords, they were called on to agree to that first reading at once. That arrangement was made, anti in justice to many Gentlemen on that side of the House, he would sal that under that impression many had voted fur the that rea, ing who intended to oppose it on the second' But now, he e,ontnded that the House was taken by . surprise by the Government supporting and adopting the motion of b ia Hon. Friend the Member tor Mahon (Mr. E. Dennison)' They were called upon the other night to enter Cominitte e i pro . 1 irma, in order th a t th e G overnment an d hi s H on . Friend might introduce ame n d men t s i n t o hi s Bill, which was :thoeld altogether remodelled ; b u t h e wante d to k now, because be that the instruction agreed to on Friday night did not c onvey the sense of the House, as the House was taken by surprise ; and he now objected to take the Irish Coercion Bill, bacatise tt . t was ineunibent upon th em t o t a k e th e Poor law Removal Bill this evening, in order to discharge the instruction pole d t i ll other night. Even the N o bl e Lord (Lord John Ruse? . had not pledged himself to support i t, b ut i n addition to the objections he (Mr. D uncem b e ) h a d state d aga inst it , he maintained that the i ns t ruct i ons wou ld a lt oge ther render the Bill a new on e as i t wou ld h ave to b e remodelled . Ha bail a right to inq u i re w h et h er t h e H ouse was takers by surprise or not w i t h respect to the instruct ions and with that view h e w i s h e d agaia to have the sense o f the House upon it, and if the Committee of the House was averse to it, that it might be discharged, and that the Government never r t w n a o s t abe Billpl put to which the e trouble of more proceedingwit remodellingthan h it. Th t ere e Pocr-law Removal Bill, and it was a disgrace to the Poor law Commissioners to have laid such a Bill on the table of the House, because it would add to the difficulties in connexion with the question of settlement. He should, therefore, conclude, by moving that the order of the day for the second reading o f the Poor-law Remov a l Bill b e read; in preference to the second reading of the Irish Coercion Bill. Mr. HUME seconded the motion. The SPEAKER having put the question, Sir J. GRAHAM said he, for one, did not object to the emendation of the H on . Gentleman, but his approval of It must 'be qualified by the understanding that he alma only suppert it for the purpose of the t h i e Poor-law Removal Bill. He would tell the Honourab what had occrred ;since Friday evening last. In obedience t o what he considered the opinion of the majority of the House; on Saturday morning he gave directions to propose clausal': accordance with th ose sent i ments, those c l ause s luta been prepared, but he had not had time to consider them. If it were the pleasure of the House, he was quite prepared ot! Wednesday or F r id ay next to give notice that he sh ould introduce th e c l auses to which allusion bad been already made, But !the Honourable Gentleman was not satisfied with the decision of Friday night, last, and th at t h e course proposed to be taken by hi s Right Hon. Friend at the head of the Government, with reference to the second reading of the measure, the discussion on which h a d b een fixed for that evening. W hat had taken place with regard to the Poor-law R°' moral Bill was in exact conformity with the arrangements that had been previously made. If the 0°? . ., Member for Finsbury should think that this matter wow" receive a fairer consideration in a fuller House, he was certainly at liberty to give notice of his intention to move that the subject be reconsidered. dreadful day which, it needs no prophet to foretel, must come? Men feel as individuals, and it is surely a pregnant truism, that every mass, be it mob or be it nation, only of such materials is composed. • • • • " The old world politicians of 1815 tried to squeeze back the young serpent into its cast-off skin. Common sense must have taught them it would wriggle itself free ! Shall kings and congresses put new wine into old bottles, and trust that it will not fe r m en t th ere ? • • * " The oak and the elm are the aristocracy of the forest. Poplars represent the foreign adventurer. The walnut, beech, and chesnut, the middle class of gentry; while lower in the social scale we find the apple, cherry, damson-tree, or pear. Thus far our analogy holds good, though hardly for the very poor. Perhaps these may be best typified in our present state of society by the waste undergrowth of an American forest, serving by their decay to nurture the more fortunate plants which rear their heads above them." • • Our author seems rather addicted to finding similes for elevated subjects, among the well-known and corn mon• place matters of every day life—as, for instance, " Imagination, like the Polytechnic, has its dissolving views." Again, where he speaks of " the telescope of faith "—an expression singularly felicitous (for does not Faith, like the telescope, make the things of distance appear near ?) and yet the comparison hardly accords with the due dignity of the subject. Our lady-readers I will not admit the justice of the following sentiment:— ' It requires an excess of moderation and patience to talk 1 with a woman on the object of her love. We are most of us at such times so provokingly ( pinionated ! Our pride and \ our affection so guard all avenues to the ' fort of reason,' that very little effect can be produced by the most disciplined attack of the besieger. Unless, indeed, a bomb falls in that Powd e p r l - a m c e within a ga- i z t in i e n h — t a walls, woman's and vanity Then the explosion takes pride and affection both perish amid the ruins. " TURLOGH O'BRIEN. No. 111. We congratulate the author of this serial fiction upon a certain degree of improvement in its composition ; and his readers will doubtless congratulate themselves upon the dramatic incidents which the plot is develop ing. The castle (in whose vicinity the occurrences of the narrative have hitherto been laid) is subjected in the present number to a siege from certain predatory assailants ; but, as might have been predicated from preceding circumstances, the defenders promise to keep them at bay yet awhile, if not entirely to nullify their machinations. Phiz's illustration to this point of the story is a right spirited etching, the grouping of which is artistic ; and the attitudes into which several of the figures are thrown, though difficult in their extreme peculiarity, are nevertheless elegantly and naturally pen cilled. We have observed that the number as a literary composition is an improvement upon its predecessors, and it is so inasmuch as there is less of that wordiness which we have already particularised as most reprehen sible in the style of the writer. Our surprise at this peculiar failing in his productions is somewhat height ened, we will confess, at discovering in him one of the popular contributors to the Dublin University Magazine. We should have imagined the pupilage which he had undergone in lavishing his midnight oil upon that mis cellany would have diminished his reckless expenditure of diction. Hewover, as he appears to have acquired an inkling of the blemish, we shall anticipate a modifica tion in his future use of adjectives. A ous verrons THE LAW LEXICON; or, Dictionary of Jurispru• dente. By J. J. S. Wharton, Esq., S.C.L., of St. Mary's College, Oxford. Part I. If the subsequent parts of this very useful compilation are equal to this, the first part, Mr. Wharton will have conferred a very great obligation on the public, and on the legal profession, by its publication. It is a work that has long been wanted, f or th e ex i st i ng l aw di ct i onar i es have, in consequence of the n umerous recen t a lt era ti on s in the law, become almost obsolete. Mr. Wharton pro mises to give in this Law Lexicon an explanation of all the technical words and phrases employed in the several departments of English law, including the various legal terms used in commercial transactions, together with an explanatory as well as literal translation of the Latin maxims contained in the writings of the ancient and mo dern commentators. The first part contains the whole of the letter A, and he has, as far as he has gone, per- formed his promise perfectly. As a specimen of the manner in which he has executed his task, we give his account of the rules to be observed in interpreting Acts of Parliament. " The principal rules for the interpretation of Acts of Par liament are the following :-1, That a statute begins to ope rate from the time when it receives the royal assent, un less otherwise provided for. But where an Act expires before a Bill continuing it bas received the royal assent, the latter Act takes effect from the expiration of the former, unless otherwise provided, and except as to penalty. (48 Geo. 111, c. 106). 2. It is to be construed equitably, not according to its mere letter, but the intent and object with which it was made; 3, that these points be considered—the old law, the mischief, and the remedy; 4, that a remedial statute be more liberally, and a penal more strictly con strued ; 5, in construing a statute, all other such statutes made in pari materiel, ought to be taken into consideration ; 6, a statute which treats of things and persons of an inferior rank, cannot by any general words be extended to those of a superior; 7, where the provision of a statute is general, everything which is necessary to make such provision effectual, is supplied by the common law; 8, a subsequent statute may repeal a prior one, not only-expressly but by implication, as when it is contrary thereto, i. e. so clearly repugnant that it necessarily implies a negative. But if the Acts can stand together, they shall have a concurrent effi cacy ; 9, if a statute, that repeals another, is subsequently repealed, the repealed statute revives without any formal words ; and 10, Acts of Parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent Parliaments do not bind." HOW TO SPEAK AND WRITE FRENCH CORRECTLY. By D. M. Airdl ' We recently took occasion ti recommend Mr. Aird's "Self-Instructing Grammar" to the notice of all stu dents in the French language, and we mentioned it as a really successful and meritorious undertaking. Many obstacles which had blemished the works of previous French grammarians were in that little volume re moved, or brought so nearly to a level with the under standing of youth, as to facilitate his progress in the i acquisition of that knowledge very remarkably. In the present book we conceive that the author has attempted something yet more difficult—he has had more obstruc tions to subvert in its composition; he has had to tax his ingenuity and to simplify his explanations to an ex tent which we should imagine would have allayed his enthusiasm in the cause—but that the product of that enthusiasm is now Virg upon our escritoire. Mr. Aird has evidently laboured, upon the principle that pronunciation can be taught through black and white, and he endeavours to prove the accuracy of that principle by publishing this volume. Now for our own part we are sceptical, we must acknow ledge, as to the possibility of learning the right pro nunciation of an idiom through anything but oral tuition. If we were all of us Mezzofantes, the im pediment would be merely nominal, but being as we are, and looking, for example, at some of those guttural combinations of consonants in the German, we are (again we say it) sceptical. Howbeit, if the pronuncia tion of the French language can be taught " by the book," we would hazard the opinion that Mr. Aird's book will do so. That it will enable any one with ordinary capacity to write the language correctly we are satisfied, and that too in a remarkably short period. The author will not accuse us of pedantry if we object to the publication in the first page of such an aphorism AS-- " La terre tourne, mais non le soleil." It is an oversight which might impress the mind of childhood with a wrong image. The work, however, is good, and practically good. EATING-MATCH EXTRAORDINARY. A grand eating-match -has been for some time going on between the Courts of Chancery and Aldermen, the contest being which of the two courts shall devour the largest number of charities. Some may object to this harmless pastime; but one great object of charity is the feeding of the hungry ; and who can be more hungry than aldermen, except lawyers? Betting, at the outset, was two to one upon the aldermen, whose long-estab lished reputation for prowess at the table had created a prestige in their favour ; and one bold speculator was heard to declare that he would back them to eat up every charity in England in a twelvemonth. Their worships have certainly been doing pretty well. 'Tis not in aldermen or any other mortals to command success; but they have done more, as the poet says, they have deserved it ; having assuredly spared no exertion to justify the reliance which has been placed upon them by their backers. At one bout, which not long ago came off at Greenwich, a small but determined band of civic champions disposed of whitebait, stewed, collared, and spitchcocked eels, Thames flounders, salmon in some half-a-dozen shapes, mackerel in about as many, carp, tench, turbot, and lobster sauce, in all about 30 dishes of fish ; the whole forming a most formidable array of the finny race. They next got over, or through, a phalanx of strong pikes de resistance, consisting of shoulders, breasts, and cutlets of lamb, roast and boiled fowls, ducks, goslings, hams, tongues, sweet-breads, fri candeaux, curries, and other substantials, to the amount of, some 40 dishes, not to mention a numerous force of pstttiesandsuch light auxiliaries • after which they set-to with a relay of tarts, cheese-cakes, i ' Charlotte-Busses,... creams, Jellies. and custards ; all of which, with their accompanyingu p and dispatched.e4a condiments they manfully returned to the confections, execution upon grapes, pineapple e s, ex f e' and did signal ds and raisins, acorert f figs, prunes, oranges, hock, Sauterne,' ing, in an incredibly short time, a desserteeintsto; ate astonishin g an ds eda feat, and an dinw,io, tweets these efforts, In the mean time, they completely absorbed a N e ,r o r l t ,; frenchMc e a ll d a Madeira, a !ill brandy,o ie r e t, d Sherry,punch,ad Champagne,liqueurs. This T seltzer his unparalleled in any other the d aneimmollsitoiofndeegflauntiitmionmetnbsaen the civic, was pile crowned by of muffins and crumpets , a nd a p roportionate number of h alj' to town. Our vessels of tea and coffee ; with all of which under their waistcoats they returned triump ai bold citlzons thus, at one sitting, ate up about 901., p O/., r 0 0 r the interest of a charity of 3,00 01 . sterling,. perty. Wonderful, however, as it has been eclip se d by the exploits of Chansery ; which pomesses a width of throat and a capacity of stomach whi c h defy all competition. By was this sthe achievement, Court o reason of these natural advantages, Chancery is enabled to do that at one gulp which it would take the aldermen many dinners to accomplish. In a single suit it has swallowed up from 3001. to 5001. charitable trust pro perty, as a mere morsel ; and its barristers and clerks have bolted, in fees, the bagatelle or kickshaw of 201. or 301. at a time, and thought nothing of it. So that the odds in this eating-match are now in favour of the Court of Chancery ; for, though the aldermen have eaten large holes in charities, Chancery has swallowed them entire.—Punch. THE WEATHER.—The weather during the week has been almost unendurably sultry, and everybody is crying out against the heat. Summer clothing, hair-dressers, baths, liquids, and so forth, have been in great request. The country looks parched for want of moisture, but the crops have sus tained, as yet, no injury worth speaking of from the con tinued drought,—Car isle Journal, ttr Jtton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) HOLPORD V. CltArallAy. This ease came before the Court on a demurrer to two pleas, in which the defendant set out his acquirement of a right which annihilated the light of the plaintiff, for the in fringemet of which the present action was brought. The plaintiff complained that the right he enjoyed of the , benefits of the unimpeded flow of the waters of a well conti guous to his property was interfered with, by a cut and dams erected by the defendant, and which diverted a portion of the water, The plea set up by defendant was that he occupied a close and iron works adjoining the water, and that he enjoyed the use of the cut for such a length of time before the present action was brought as gave him a right to the diversion of the water,even- supposing that such right did not exist be fore. In short, the uninterrupted possession of the "right and easement" of said cut for such a length of time now justified the possession. The Court would take time to consider its judgment. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING Six O'CLOCK. THE EMPEROR'S VASE. 7 to 2 agst Alarm 4 to 1 agst Orlando—taken 7 to 1 agst Wolf-dog 8 to 1 agst Mentor 9 to 1 agst Jericho 10 to 1 apt Miss Sarah 20 to 1 agst Wood Pigeon 20 to 1 agst Coranna GREAT KENT ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. SPECIAL MEETING.—( THIS DAY.) In pursuance of a resolution passed at a preliminary meeting of the subscribers to the Great Kent Atmospheric Railway, a public meeting of the scripholders was advertised to take place this day, at the London Tavern. The meeting was called for the purpose of considering the best means of staying the Bill at present in Parliament, and to take into consideration the means best adapted to get back the deposits in full. The meeting consisted of 35 per sons out of 900 shareholders, two-thirds of whom, it was stated, were proprietors in the London and Croydon Railway Company. The chair was taken by Colonel Murray. Mr. LECIIMERE addressed the meeting, informing them that in the depressed state of the money market it would be much more advisable to drop the scheme. The directors had formed a different line from that which they originally pro posed in their prospectus, and he considered that they bad better call upon the directors to convene a meeting, under the resolutions of Sir Robert Peel, for the purpose of dissolving the Company. An Hort. PRGPRIETOR called on Mr. Lecbmere to explain to the meeting some of the propositions he had made to the solicitors to the line. Mr. LECHMER L. declined. An Holt. PROPRIETOR objected to the course proposed by Mr. Lechmere, and stated that he looked with great jealousy on Mr. Lechmere's proposition, who was himself a solicitor, and that jealousy was heightened by his not answering the question put to him. The preamble of the Bill would be proved in a few days, and as the directors after that could not pro ceed without the assent of the shareholders, he did not see the reason for callieg the meeting. An Hox. PROPRIETOR said it would save expense. Some conversation ensued as to whether such a course would prejudice the scripholders or the Bill before Parlia ment. A PROPRIETOR moved as an amendment a vote of con fidence in the directors, which was about to be put by the Chairman, when Mr. LECUMERE'S motion W2B put by that gentleman himself, and was carried by a show of hands. The CHAIRMAN considering himself superseded vacated the chair. Some 'confusion ensued, and the meeting separated, no thing being virtually done, after passing a 'vote of thanks to the Chairman. WATERFORD AND KILKENNY RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) An adjourned special general meeting of this Company was held at the London Tavern, at one o'clock, this day, to receive the report of the committee appointed at the special meeting on the 20th ult. relative to the superstructure of the line. Mr. ANDERSON took the chair, and having had the ad • vertisement read, stated that one of the objects for which the meeting had been called was to hear read and approved of the Bill of the Galway and Kilkenny Railway, now known as the Kilkenny and Great South Western Railway. That Bill was at present in the House of Lords, and the length of the line had been altered to bat one-half the original length. At a former meeting the shareholders of the Waterford and Kilkenny Company authorised their directors to take an interest in that line to the amount of 50,0001., if necessary, and the directors, in accordance with this, took 25,000/. in shares, but by an order of the House of Lords, known as Lord Wharucliffe's order, it was necessary to have a meeting of the shareholders to approve of the Galway and Kilkenny Bill. The Chairman concluded with moving a resolution to this effect. Mr. EMERY seconded the resolution. An How. PitormETon wished to dissuade the shareholders from approving of the Bill. The CHAIRMAN thought the Hon. Proprietor could not ad dress himself to the question which he was taking up, inas much as it was settled at a former meeting, when the share holders authorised the directors to take a stake in the line in question to the amount of 50,0001. Mr. JONES moved, as an amendment on the resolution, that the Bid be not approved of. The Somurou to the Company begged simply to submit his opinion, that the Waterforel and Kilkenny Company were legally bound to the Gil way and Kilkenny Company to follow out what they had begun. In January last a meeting of the shareholders was held, and the directors were then authorised to take 50,000/. in shares of the Galway line. Shares to the amount of 25,0001., had been taken, the Parlia mentary contract and deeds had been signed ; and now even if a resolution should be passed, stultifying themselves, the Galway Company could, nevertheless, sue them at law for the whole amount cf the 25,0001 The contract and the deeds had already been signed, and the present meeting was one merely pro formt2, in accordance with an order from the House of Lords. EE:ERY felt convinced, that in forming a connexion with the Galway and Kilkenny Company, they were mate rially affecting their own interests for the better. Their own position was greatly improved since the first, the worst parts of the line had been taken out of their hands by other com panies, and hewas sure that ere ling the other great companies would be in treaty with them after they had secured this district of country. After some other observations from honourable proprietors, Mr. JONES withdrew his amendment. The original resolution was then put from the chair and carried unanimously. The Chairman having left the chair, and Mr. EMERY having taken his place, said, that the other object for which the meeting had been called was to receive the report of the special committee concerning the super structure of the line. He said that that:committee met on the 26th of May, at the Company's office% in Delahay-street, and all but concluded arrangements with the proprietor of Prosser's patent, stipulating, on the part of the Company, to give that gentleman 500 shares in the Company fully paid upon, being equal to 10,000/., and 5,0001. in money to be paid in three separate instalments, in compensation for the use of Mr. Prosser's invention on the Company's line. It remained for the shareholders to give them power to ratify this agree ment; and therefore he moved a resolution to that effect, which was seconded and carried by the meeting nem. con. A vote of thanks to the committee was passed, and the meeting separated. RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THISDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. GROUP I. LONDON .A.ND YOUR (TEE EASTERN COUNTIES). Soon after the decision on the preamble of the Bill was given, The CHAIRMAN said—l have to request your attention to the case of the landowners on the line. There is the case of the Archbishop of York, where you interfere with his property. I think you should have clauses to meet his objections to the present interference with his property. L'OrdirnizeN—There is also the case of Mr. Chapman. I think something must be done for the landowners. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE said that he had to inform their Lordships that clauses which met with the approval of the landowners had been drawn up. The clauses of the Bill were then proceeded with, and after some amendments they were agreed to. The following Bills being unopposed, were called on and agreed to : _ _ The Ycrk and North Midland Railway (widening and enlarge ' ment) the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Extension Railway, and the Ely and Huntingdon (Bedford Extension). The Committee said that they would report to the House, if pos sible that evening, and pray to be discharged. The Committee then a ijoarned to four o'clock on Thursday, when they will :meet pro forma, if discharged from further attendance, and if not, to select the first Bill to be heard out of the following In the group : The Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway; the Doncaster, Wakefield, and Leeds Railway ; the Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway, and Chesterfield and Galnsborough Canal ; the Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby Junction Railway; the Lynn and Ely (Extension to March) ; the Lynn and Ely (Extension to Spalding) ; the Wisbeach, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction Railway ; and the Stamford and Spalding Railway. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP 11. CORNWALL RAILWAY. The Committee met as usual, Visceunt Morpeth in the chair. The witnesses examined this day were, Sir Charles Napier, M.P., Mr. Harrison, Mr. Rawsden, Mr. Walker, the Admiralty engineer, Mr. Manewright, and Mr. Taylor; the evidence was almost en tirely confined to the effect which the railway would have upon the navigation of the Hamouze, The bridge proposed to be constructed over the river would be 70 feet in height. It was considered that the trains crossing of the Ilamouze by means of a steam ferry would be a great inconvenience to the navy, and of the river, if not altoge ther impracticable. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XIII. A - sruskaßE AND GALLOWAY. This line, whi ch i s proposed to run from a point on the Solway (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Firth, near to Kirkcudbright, through New Galloway, Carspbairn, and Dalmellingt on , to the port of Ayr, was then proceeded with. Them are several petitioning landowners against the Bill, and the Glasgow and Belfast Union Company also opposes the project, on the ground that it competes with their line at the Ayr termination. Mr. Sergeant Bellasis and Mr. Calvert appeared for the pe titioners. Mr. PATTEN opened the c- se on behalf of the promoters. Ile Stated that the line was fifty-eight miles in length, and was proposed to connect the Solway Firth at Balcarry hay with the Firth of Clyde et Ayr, so as to open up one of the best mineral districts in Scotland. Mr. Williamson, mining engineer, deposed as to the mineral field aloeg the route of the line. It w as called the Dalmillington Coal and Fie comenced at Patna. It ab oun d ed i d coal, limestone, ue. m The line passed seven mil es through the field. There were larg quantities of blackband i ronstone, which in many pl a ces rose to the surface. The railway wo u ld h e of great service i n affording o utlets to the minerals. The Committee .1 ad'ourned till to - morrow at twelve o ' c l ock. il di,ronsto GROUP XVI, MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON, Arm SOUTH-WESTERN (ROMSEY AND RED.. ErtanGE DRA17011). The Conunittee met this morning, at twelve o'clock ; the lion. E. Yorke in the chair. The first witness called was Mr. Joseph Clarke, sriperintendent of steam vessels, plying before the Isle of Wight, and Poi tsmouth and Southampton, who stated that 14,9 0 passed to and fro annually ; 12,480 between Southampton and Havre, and 129,4C0 annually, who embarked and disembarked at the Royal Pier. Direct communica tion between Southampton and Cheltenham was much wanted. Mr. W. Squire, merchant and shipowner in the Isle of Wight, stated that the glass manufastories of DillainglittEll were Supplied (LEFT strriNe.) : 4 7 DEATH OF THE EON. E. ROBERT PLUNIKETT.—We g, y, regret to learn that letters have b e en received from the Earl and Countess of Final! in Ital which convey the distress ing intelligence of the death of the Hon. E. R. Plun kett, their second son, who died at Milan on th e 27th ult. The hon • deceased was in his 26th year, having been born in November the e capital heat 1820. He entered the army in the 60th Rifles, but the serv ice being not according to his habit s he retired after a few y ea rs. The lion. Gentleman was att ached to the British Embass y at Vienna, and had theon t l e y ns leefthasbeen Austrian h to meet his relatives i n Ital y . E FFECTS OF THE WE ATHER IN THE IRON MANE FACTORIES.—SO intense ' throughout the w h o l e district during the week,that most of the plincipal works have been stopped, the men being unable with their labour. The men at Coldshill, Toll-end, to proceed 30 d Brudsvvick works have suffered -end, Imperial, utterly impossible for any human beingconsiderably. It is perature of blast furnaces. to stand the tern o iar oi_ On the 3d inst„ at the Rectory lßTllB. i s Hatree t, napreston, Dorset, the wife o f th o e , l , ic t v h . e A 3 r d thu il i: s h t. a , Baxter, of ferl a s Russell-square, Mrs. Samue l Chapman, of a (laughter. On the 3d inst., at Cli fton, the lady of John Latty BickleY. Esq" of a daugh On the 4th i nst., the Wife of the Rev. Henry Georgter. e Watkin s, ILA., jun., incumbent minister of St. Joit's, Potters-bar, Middlesex, of a daughter. On the 4th inst., in Bedford-street, Covent-garden, the wife of 3 ' . S. Hughes, of a daughter. ,„,iv of On the 4th i nst., in Mornington-road, Regent's-park, the (---, Edward Rusher, Esq., of a daughter. On the 4th i nst., at Rotherwas, Herefordshire, Mrs. Plovrdem of a daughter. On the sth inst., the wifo of Mr. Thomas Carter, Southwark-bricig , " road, ef twins, daughters. On the sth inst., Airs. 0. S. Pedler, of Fleet-street, of ft son. MARRIED. On the 4th inst., at St. Giles's, Reading, Mr. George Hopwood, of Egremont, to Mary, second daughter of the late Mr. John .Edkins, of Newington. On the 4th inst. at Trinity Church, Aylesbury, Edward F. Star buck, Esq., of Walbraok, London, to rriscilia, daughter of James James, sq., of Aylesbury. . A DIED. Oa the sth inst., in Wilton-crescent, the Countess of Romney. On the sth ult., at Quebec, Lower Canada, the lion. James Kerr, of the Inner Temple, aged Si. On the 27th ult., at Brighton, Caroline Charlotte, the wile of the Hon. John Kennedy, of Bryanston-square. On the 30th ult., the Rev. Thomas Scott, B D., chaplain:of Bromley College, Kent, aged 82. On the 2d inst., at Stepney-causeway, Hannah, the wife of Mr. Henry Dale. On the 31st ult., at Brighton, the Rev. Richard Symonds Joyner, D D., Rector of Gravesend, aged 65. On the lst !net., in the Cre,cant. Birro:ngham, J. Walker, Esq. 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