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an extensive and important district, most of whose landed pro prietors supported the line. It would also afford great local oe eommodation, while it would prove a source of considerable eonvenience and advantage to a large agricultural interest ; and, under these circumstances, he, for one. should support the decision of the Committee —( Hear, hear.) It was said that the Nithsdale scheme of last year was the sane as the One in which the Committee adjudicated this year, but that was not the case. The line of last year was an integral line from Glasgow to Carlisle; whereas the line of this year started from Cuntnock, and passing through Dumfries, termi nated in the Caledonian line at Gretna, so that this line would have to pass along the Caledonian from Gretna to Carlisle, to the great advantage of that line. The line under the conside ration of the House would give great accommodation to the dis trict through which it passed, taking agricultural produce from Dumfriesshire, and conveying coal and other minerals from Ayr shire to the south. He hoped the House would confirm the decision of the Committee. Mr. BAILLIE thought the course which had been adopted with regard to the present Bill most objec'ionable. The ques tion had really been decided last Tuesday night, in a full House. The majority which then decided against the Bill was not a very large one, still it was a majority, and the House was a very full one. It was most unfair for the promoters of the Bill to take advantage of the forms of the House, and get the debate adjourned so as to try and get the decision rescinded. —( Hear, hear.) It was a most objectionable course of pro ceeding, and one that he hoped the House would not encou rage. He wou:d conclude by hoping the House would confirm the decision it had come to en the previous evening, when the matter was sully considered.—( Hear. hear.) Mr. J. HUME hoped the decision of the Committee would be sustained. It was a question of great importance whether they would deprive such an important district as Nithadale of railway accommodation in order to please the Caledonian Com pany. It had teen stated that the Caledonian would require the whole traffic of the country in order to maintain it. 'lbis he did not believe, but considered that Company wanted to maintain a monopoly. He bad received a letter from a a person from Kilmarnock, who expressed grea t al arm lest the Bill should be thrown oat by the House, as it would be of the greatest advantage to the the roug countr h y enera through which it passed, and that feeling was g out the whole of NithAale and Ayrshire.—( Hear, hear.) The writer said it would be the only means f o p reventing the monopoly of the Caledonian Company : On very principle of fair play, and the granting of competition to the public , see ing that the whole of t he inhabitants of Nithidale were in favour of the line, he trusted the House would confirm the decision of the Committee. On these grounds he supported the Committee, enc. hoped they would be supported in what they bad d o ne, so as to put an end to an injurious monopoly. Mr. BRIGHT said, that the Committee had been sitting upon the Bill for three weelo, and that they had taken every possible fact into their consideration, and they arrived at the conclusion, that it was desirable that there should be a line through the part of the country %here it was proposed. The committee had not even a in opion, and they were men of ordinary intelligence he would presume. What then would be the position of tie House if they ieverse I the decision of the Committee? He considered that they should put that question estrious.y to themselves. There had been a system of canvassing with regard to this Bill, both in and out the House, which was most unfair. to say the least of it, to those gentlemen who had been sitting upon the Committee He would remind the House that the line ran through forty Mlles of a very important and populous district, and he would say that by rejecting the Bill they would be destroying all con. fklence fur the future in the decision of Committees. If Mem bers were encouraged to give an upright, unbiassed decision, the House ought to give them a more consistent support. Sir W. CLAY said, as chairman of the Committee, be hoped the House would g.ve h.m their attention for a few moments ; he conies ed he felt a very great anxiety on the course which would be adopted, not on his own account but for those of the gentlemen with whom he acted; but what ever might be the result they would have the consolation of being certain that they had discharged their duties to the utmost of their abilities. The public were beginning to have already serious doubts as to the competency of the House to legislate on private business, and on railway matters especially. There were strong party and private interests represented in that House, and thug . were about to appeal from a com mittee of gentlemen sworn to be no way inte rested one way or the other, who had heard the whole of the evidence, to a tribunal which had rot heard any of the evidence at all. They appointed a Select Committee of five Members, and they made each of them sign a declaration that they were no way interested, and to give their decision accord ing to the evidence. They were pretty well aware that such a tribunal was most effective,—but what were they about to do? —why to reverse the decision given by that sworn Com mittee, and appeal to a tribunal for a final decision which had not heard a particle of evideuce.—( Hear, hear.) The members of the Committee, and the members of all the Committees on railway sills, signed a written statement, de claring on their honour that they had no interest in ',,he under taking assigned to them to investigate and decide upon, they stated in this case that they had no pecuniary interest in either of the lines, and that they were th .refore in a position to give an unbiassed ornion. So far from agreeing with his Hon. Friend the Member for Lambeth (Mr. Hawes) that the House should look carefully into the decisions of Committees. he considered that the House was, in its collective capacity, unfitted to discuss and decide upon Bilis of this kind, as a Committee representing the House was the proper tribunal to do so; but he went to this extent, that unless there were grounds for considering that the Committee had not discharged its duty proierly, or that fresh facts of importance had been obtained, the House ought not to interfere wi' h its dem-ion —( Hear.) Unless this occur red, or even i fresh evidence were obtained after the decision of a Committee, they oueht to allow the Bill and these new facts to go to the Committees of the Lord., there to be dealt with. But was the deci-ion of the Committee on these two Bills wrong? He solemnly assured the House that he bad the most perfect conviction, that if the House had heard the evidence and the arguments which were adduced before the Committee, that they would be unanimous in its favour. What were the two grounds ou which hey came to their deci. sion? It was said it was passed to aecordauce with the opinion of the Board of Trade and of the Committee of last year. But these suspicions were entirely groundless, and he maintained that there was scarcely a tow of a reason for such a state ment. The Hon Gentleman The Member for Perth ( Mr. F. Manic) stated that 'he parties opposing the Bill applied to the Committee to hare the evidenc , given before the Committee of last . t,ear produced, and that they had refused. Now, the Committee never decided on that question, and stated that if they did decide the qu st ion they would do so irrespective of another question then before the Committee ; hut the subject was considered of so little importance that neither tie Committee, the committi e clerk, or the shorthand writer recollected anything about it ; and if it was of so much importance, the able counsel for the Caiedonian would no doubt have taken advantage of it and argued the subject before the Committee, but they did not do so. But the short-hand writer's not , . of the evidence last year was taken before the Committee referred to in the examination of every witness. There was not one single potut in the evidence given last year which was not brought fully before the Committee this year in order to test the evidence produced. The main question which occupied the time of the Committee was, whether the new line would take any of the tra ffi c from the daledonian? This was the 1114111 que , ii,n. They heti the traffic tables on which the case of the Caledonian was grounded last year, and also the person who framed them. They underwent the most strict and complete investigation, but the case completely broke down. So much for not having the evidence of last year before the Committee. The question last year was, which was the better trunk line for Scotland • but that was not the question this year. That which the Committee had to consider this year was, which was the best line north of the Tweed for the country ? They went completely into that question, and it was the main one; and the opponents urged, in the most able manner, their ob jections, but in that they moat signally foiled —( Cries of " Divide, divide.") That cry showed the disinclination on the part of Hon. Membe=rs to hear the facts of the whole case. After a few obs-rvations from Mr. B. EAST, which did not react) the gallery, Sir R. H. INGLIS said that his Hon. Friend, the Member for the Tower Mamie .s, had said that they should not throw away the labours rat the Committee. If it were true, as his Hon. Friend the Metw,ter for Lambeth sa id. that Co mmittees were infallible, what occasion w as th ere f or t h e H ouse to have the trouble to move that the reports of these Committees be received and adopted? The House did not trust to the Committee the same discretion as they allowed to an Election Committee; The matters of which the C o mmittees were appointed to consider, were afterwards to be referred to the judgment of the House. He did riot know whether it was the Hon. Member who had that it they reversed the deci sion of the Con:nuttee tlit; year, they teculd c - .ntirm the decision of the Committee of last year. Meter all the cir cumstances, unless they meant to make the House a pepetual arena, it would be better to suffer the decision of the very small majority they had already obtained to stand, instead of brineing down the large number of Members then in the House to decide the question. Under al the circumstances he should oppose the motion. Mr. F. irIAULE said that this was a question in which be On the last occasion took some interest. That interest arose not from any conniximi whatever with either of the parties engaged in this warfare, but fr.na a desire to see a railway communication extenaing through bit; own country, and to protect those companies before Parliament Whb had invested their capital in these undertakings. What r hi lltolle, o _ had heard from his Hon. Friend, the Member for " war Hamlets, seemed to him to be a call upon them to reVers• did w, sen a to which the House came on Tuesday last, and he in entire seeurit: en ground that they should depend that House. Tbe decision of a Committee et ruinous. and would h e to C t : i f Committee might be ovi i itijury of hose e parties who were i n terested in this muter . His atriesict had observ e d that l C i : e rara wi i t t h tee t r i r eau the wa stene i.a !ine_ as last y ear , anthedlianecobtnefpeorre the irig Trade bad already d ecided that the dish, ,, , .ll's Board of would nit be likely to ailed a competition wh en th : l 7 which aed a‘ked if the eircurnat ee .. ne I ,av brought forward last year, es • , ne ease were altereo one single i o ta. In this ea, , e the vernitteeimi first stripped the Ca e, on lan lit.e ot ever) b. anch fr tu en r the r em up _ d. war, and they then said that the l i n e did i.ot f _ ish an de- He n wou, d a not quate communication through the di -t r ict. detain the House any longer. The present question involved the fate of a company and the sum of 2,000,000/., which they had area o red in the scheme. He ti u-ted toe House would do J ustine Co the parties by dol."; justice to the Cale donian line, and he should therefore supportithe motion. Mr. S. WORTLEY had no interest whatever in the line, but his constituents felt cons id era bl y in f avour o f th e line. It bad been said that the House should he cautious how they gave their sanction to railway eche T here tau no district more deserving of railway considera tio n than the district through which the line passed. ia t a ha y t t the present was not a competing line with the Cale e d r Tn t ~ilway, and until they could prevail upon Seotchmen to travel 24 miles round, and to pay for 24 miles of extra c t o r t a la v n el d lin to g : u t p h i e m y rt the n ot ore. vail upon persons residing i Tote question fin. the House was, were they to support their Corn- Mittees? There was a general feeling in favour of the line, end that was, he contended, a prima facie evidence° in favour of the correetnes. of the decision of the Committee. Viscount EBRINGTON was a member of the original Committee. He did not think at the time that the line was a competing line—he supported it as a trunk line, and should hill do so. His convictions were strengthened by the decision at which the second Committee had arrived. Mr. H. JOHNSTONE did not wish tocleprive the Dum fries people of railway accommodation. For his part he wished they were accommodated. and indeed two branch lines had been Proposed from the Caledonian for that purpose this year. and he would not offer the slightest opposition to accommodation in that direction. Mr. PARKER said, as chairman of the Committee of last year, be did then certainly approve of the Caledonian line; =tee that time they had come to a division in the House on the subject, and he would to-night again, after having considered it over, give it the benefit of his vote. It appeared to him that the two lines were compe'ing, and that the traffic would not support both. The House then divided on the question that "the report be Considered this day six months," when there appeared, For the motion. .... .leo Against it 4 .... ..... 166 Majority agaist it - 66 After a few word, from Mr. F. .11A UL E, • who de. lined Ilressing the matter fur her then, but intimated that he pre sent deci s i on would not pret:lale fr:.= tin lenza of the Row on the third rsidir4l, The report was received, and the Bill ordered to be en- RAILWAY COMMITTEPS. grossed. DUBLIN, DUNDRRUM, AND ENNISKERRY RAIL the purchase of land, would cost 300,0001., so that if the whole of the laud necessary .or :he line from Sett hamnton to Andover was given to them they could not open that portion of the line before 1848. Lord Sheresbury's Bill specified that the land, necessary for the purposes of a railway, should be purchased within three years after the passing of the I;iil. Then, after 1848, they were to be em powered to raise 750,0001. Now, what would this sum do? It would do hale or nothing towards constructing the line to Swindon, and this he believed he should prove to the satisfaction of the Committee. Then, it the Committee would look at the map they would see that there was by com munication north and south, and east and west, abundant for all the purposes of the country. The local truffle was of minor importance. There were lines from Reading to Hungerford, and from Reading to Bi'hopstnke, from Ba , ingstoke by Andover an , Salisbury to Yeovil, and south to Dorchester. The North-west cememnication to the north could be effected by tee Basin; stoke and :-Salisbury, and the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth, and so on by Breatol or Swindon ; the north-east cemmunication was effected front Southampton by Basingstoke, Reading, and by the Ox ord and Thighy. Between Southampton and Oxfo.d there was a break of gauge. He then re ferred to the 'raffle, and held that the promoters of the line had in duced every clodhopper who never travelled on anething save his own two legs, or athwart a farmer's horse, as a person estimated to use the line, and not only had they it ne this, but they had actually estimated that fur every person of this kind on the local roads, two wcu d use the railway—sett:al.} , eon 1 d it. e held also that the who s e of the traffic estmates were falacioue, and could not he relied upon with anythieg like accuracy by the! ommittee he Manchester and So. thampton estimated that they wohld carry 2,628,000 i a sengers, but the LoucLin and eirminghain last eear 001, carried 1,096,0 0, the Great Werern 1,993.000, the South Western 843,0 0, the,: astern Counties 534,000 the Co'che , ter line 69,000. 1 hey estimated that 300 000 sheep end pigs would travel by the line, hut the London and Binning am Com, any carried es.t year 166 719. the Great Western 172,000, and tare no nth Western 53,000. the Eastern Counties 37,000, and by the Colchesnr line 87, 00. • 11 the :ine were made, Baltic coni would rill go to Hue and troops for Ireland would embark at Bristol. After some further o , servations the Learn , d Gentleman eonc;tled, after an addres which occupied 'hi'eca hours and a half, by calif g upon the Com mittee to reje. t the preamb eof the ill , as net being called for by the wants of tie districts through which it w ould pa.-s, as it was a speculation of the first class. _ WAY. (\ EsTERD A Y.) Mr. GREGORY moved that the Dublin, Dundrum, and Enni-kerry Railway Bill be recommitted. It appeared Irom the statements made by the Hon. Member, that in consequence of some technical error, the petition of Mr. Peter against the Bill was not heard. HOUSE OF LORDS. Room A. CADIEBTLXDOE AND OXFORD. Dr. BOWRING, chairman of the Committee, made some explanations respecting the error, and stated that the Com mittee had unanimously determined upon sending the Bill to Mr. Greene, no person appearing for the petition when called upon by the Committee. After a few wards from Mr. COLLETT and Mr. JAMSS, who oppo ed the motion, on the ground that if Bills were to be referred a second time to Committees, it was of no use sending them to Committees at all, Mr. C. POWELL hoped the Hon. Member would not divide the House on the question. Mr. GREGORY said he would not press for a division Strangers mere then ordered to withdraw, but no division took place, as the motion was withdrawn. Lord C. MANNERS presented a petition from a deanery in the diocese of Peterborough, against the proposed union of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph's. Mr. HUME presented a petition from a person of the name of Daniel Stour, complaining of his dismissal by the Board of ordnance. The petitioner complained that he had been the cause of leading to the ezpo•ure of certain mal-practices car ried on by some of the officers, for which, he believed, though another cause had been assigned, he had been dismissed. Mr. BUMF. postponed his motion relating to the Raja of Sattara till this day fortnight,and his resolutions with reference to sugar till the sugar duties came before he House. WAYS AND MEANS. Their Lordships met this morning at eleven, Lord Mornington in the chair, and Lords Middleton, Henley, 3lalford, and Crofton. The case for the promoters of the Bill was continued. Mr. Fordham, a banker at Royston, and a Provisional Committee• man in this Company, gave general evidence as to the necessity for the liee, and the advantages derivable from its construction, and gave statements as to the probable amount of traffic on the line. Mr. Beale, a tradesman, at Cambridge, and a member of the Town Council there, was then examined, and gave traffic evidence chiefly relating to the coal traffic. He wan examined by the attorney to the promoters, the counsel being all absent at the time. Several other witnesses were caled, and gave evidence almost identically the same with that of the above-mentioned witnesses; and the Committee intimated their opinion that the reiteration of one fact by many witnesses was unnecessary. Mr. Herz observed that the fact that there was any traffic between the places to which this line gave accommodation was dispute ~ and said that he thought it necessary to give evidence to satisfy the Com mittee on this point. The Committee ordered the room to be clear d, and ,fter a discus sion of about a quarter of an hour, the parties were re admitted, and The Commirree gave their opinion (in the Term of a re6011.1".on) that no turther local general evidence (meta to he given. Some other evidence was given, which occupied the Committee up to four o'clock, at which hour th e Committee adjourned till to tnorruw, Room B. GLASGOW, EARREEAD, AND NEXLSTON (FAX,',ZEY Bit L,.wcn). On the motion for the orcer of the day for reviving the re port on the Ways and Means, Mr. CARD WELL (in answer to a ques'ion by Pn Hon. Member which did no* reach the gaper.) ~ a id that the cnly alteration which had been made in the Post-office communica tion from London to Dublin, was made at the time that the Grand Junction Railway was opened. The Post-office au thorities seized on the opportunity to secure a double communi cation to Dubl la, and the effect of that arrangement was to double the inconvenience. initead of convenience._ _ This Commit:ee met originally as a Select (7ommittco on the Clas gow. Kilmarnock and Ardrosssn, the Glasgow, WA-rhead and Nell ston having been added to the list yesterday. The Kil. - uarnock and Ardrossan was then dlspoaed of, and the itarrheapl and NeVston is n.w the only Bill on the list. - • Mr. a director of the county of Clouce,tcr Rank, was then examint-d.—lie had petitioned against the :ine because it passed within tIN, hundred yards of his property, awl bey ause it was not required. Their Lordships m+•t rmarning at eleven, Earl Roden In the eontir. All the members were pi, at nt. The omlttee then adjourned unt;l One o'clock to-morrow. The traffic evideue, on the part or the prntnoters wns proceeded with. It oecupled the Committee up to the time we c‘ ent to press. After se,•ral witnesses on the eenerol intOters hid been exatninee, lir. Erring c)11 give the usue engineering evidence, %twit was horated by 31r. Locke After which The Committee ruse at four o'clock, and adjourned tll to-morrow at eleven ..',.tuck. GROUP XVILT. Loanot - , - , 2VLIA , e., 1311.17,1 DIRECT. Tht. ee to-da,, Mr. B DeniPon, chairman. ,r. Gr mewl. rof th, Cou,,cii or N. wbu y, lw , If,yginsten, and .Vr. Ld.vard3, wen. txamii,d iu hivuur of tl.e hue. Mr. HUME ingoired whether any further ir.formatinn had been received from New South Wlaes with respect to the de falcations of Mr. Mantling. He had asked las , session fer some information respecting the defalcations of that officer, and the dispatch ought to have arrived by this time. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (as we understood) said that information had been received, and the money and the securities had been recovered. The report was then brought nu and received. SUGAR DUTIES. Room D. YORKSHIRE AND LIISTCO L"..11S COMP/LIM ICATION. Tile roem then ordered to be cleired. Upon the parties being re-ndm:t:ed, _ . The CHAIRMAN stated that the unanimous opinion of the Com mitter was, that all the points opened b• the Learned Counsel in favour of the lin. wi re proved and suppor ed, ; , 'e Committee woWcl not feel thentselve> disposed to grant the preamble of the Bill, and smtv'ested to the Learn.,d Counsel the prop. ieiy of proceeding further in the matter. The Committee re-assembled this morning:. Lord Somers In the cha;r, when, on the adinlsiion ot parties, his Lordship declared that nth her of the preambles of the SNlnton and Doncaster, noir that ot the Doncaster, Wakefield, and Leeds line had Leeb t roved. Both these are consequently lost for the present session. SHEFFIELD AND LINCO ZISEUIZE 31:7NCTION. The Committee next took this line. Mr. B. ESCOTT didnot know what necessity there was for continuing the present duties for a month, because the pro posed Government measure would reduce the price 3s. 6d. per cent. Mr. HUME bad placed a notice en the paper, with reference to sugar duties, but as the Noble Lord the Member for the city of London had a notice upon the paper, he thought it better to postpone the case until the matter could come more fully before the House. Sir. MERREWETHER requested the Chairman to adjourn the row mulitttheettit,itlli,a-lnsworuwivo,r:Oanadll his v opportunity - consulti, g The Committei: accordingly adjourned till halt-past eleven to. morrow to hear the decis:on of counsel out, Mr. I'AINES appeared tor the promoters. Fie stated the course which the 'Me is intended to take, and described it as being a means of uniting the district round Sheffield by way of Retford with the Great .;rimsby Railway at Gainshorough, with branches to the port in the centre of that toa n and to the city of Lincoln, and thus open up the whole of the agricultural produce of that county and its neighb,urhood for the manufacturing districts of the West Riding of Yorkshire and Lancashire. The competing scheme is that of the Manchester, Mid lands, and Great Grimsby Union Railway, which is intended to go by Bawtry. This line, the Learned Couceel contended, vv.is in every way preferable, the works be'ng easier, the gradients better, the population grea , er, and the expense to the public less. By the Shef field and Lincolnshire Junction there would be an average of 24 yards of tunnelling per mile, while the Aber would have 230 yards. The earthworks on one Ii to would be 78,000 yards, while, on ti:e other, I there mould he 214,000; while the maximum of tolls stands, for first class passenger, 2d. against 3%d.; for second class, lid. against 2%c1.; and, fur third class. Id. against 2d. per mile For horses, 3d. aga , nst 4d.; for manure, d against 2d.; and for manufactured goods, 3d. against d. per ton per mile. UlOil il' XX The Committee on this group met at twelve .'clock to-day, it Room No. 31 (Grand Ct,rridor) ; present, Mr. Sothe. on (chairman), Lord William Itentinek, Mr. Pigott, Mr. Tattered, anti Mr. Ross. Immediately alter assembling, the CHAIRMAN said that he believe' there remained nothine more to be done than that the Committe, should ecnshier their decision, the evidence, and speeches 01 coulisei Iteing concluded. _ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER made some remarks on the subject of the postponement, which were totally inaudible in the gallery. Mr. MOFFATT thought it a great hardship on those per sons who had taken large contracts that the present linty should be continued f .r a month. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, that the reduction of the duty to 3s. 6d. would beopening up the whole question. Mr. THORNELY said it was a most important tax, and he did hope the Government would take the opportunity of reduc ing the sugar in price. The resolution was then put and agreed to, and leave was given to bring in the Bill. PAUPER LUNATIC BILL. Sir JOHN TROLLOPE wished to know whether it was the intention of the Government to carry into operation the provi sions of the Bill. Alter an unimportant conversation between counsel and the mem bers, the roomi was cleared. After del berating more than an hour with closed doors, The Committee announced their decision to be, as to Ihe LONDON AND WINDSOR, that the preamble was not proved ; as to the LONDON, HOUNSLOW, A1.4 - D WESTERN. that the preamble w.ss not proved ; a::d as to the RICHMOND RAILWAY (HEW BRANCH) that the preamble was proved The clauses were tt.en gone through, and the Bill was agreeC to b reported. The first witness called was Lord Worsley, who stated the way in which the proposed line was connected with, and was likely to be affected by, the lines which have already passed the Legislature. His Lordshl stated, that it was agreed to amalgamate the Great Grimsby Docks Company with the Great Grimsby Railway Company, he being at the present time chairman of both Companies. From his possession of property in North Lincolnshire, and his being the representative of that district, as well as from the reports of parties with whom he was intimate, he could say that the feeling in his neighbourhood was decidedly in favour of this line, and a greater number of country gentlemen were placed on the pro visional management of this line than appeared on ani other pro posed line in the country. He fell that it was eminently important, because the first eight miles of its course traversed a coal district. In obtaining the Bill for the formation of the docks, the Admiralty, having ascertained, on the report of the Tidal Harbours' Comminis sieners, that Grimsby was the only harbour of refuge that could be formed between the Firth of Forth and Harwich, thought it neces sary to put clauses into that Bill which obliged the Company to con struct a dock carable of receiving the largest war-steamers, and they are accordingly forming one three hundred legit long and sixty-eight feet wide, which will put the company to an extra ex pense of 50,0001. The whole estimates for the docks are 394,622/. ins of the chief advantages arising from the granting of this line is derived from the fact that this particular dock is to be supplied with fresh water, so that the steamers would only have to supply their re servoirs from the dock itself, while the coal necessary for their use could be brought at little expense along the proposed rail way. There is now a Rill in progress through Parliament for the amalgamation of the lines of the Sheffield and Manchester Railw .3* Company, which is now completed, and that of the Great Gtimsby and Gainsborough Company, which is in course of construction, with the Grimsby Dock Company and th - s company. to which there is no opposition. Should these 13111 s be passed, the whole of the manage ment of the transit across the country at this point will be under one management, and the coals, which are particularly fitted for steam purposes, would come one way and the agricultural produce would :to the other way with greater facility, and with less delay and ex pense, than they could possibly be by any other route, as if the op ppsing line were to he granted thee would have to pass through the hands of four dfferent and unconnected companies. Mr. Sergeant Wfiatizes cress examined the witnesses on the re spective differences and distance of the two lines. GROUP XXXI, Sir JAMES GRAHAM replied that the opinion of the law officers on the provisions of the Pauper Lunatics Bill had been given, and it was considered necessary in consequence to bring in an amended Bill. Mr. John Pa: ker, M.P., and Mr. Granville Vernon, M.P., con firmed the evidence of Lord Worsley; the former testifying chiefly io the necessity of the line for the manufacturers, and the latter ox dlitining the nature of the land property, es,,eciady with respect to Earl Fitzwilliarres and Mr. Foljiunbe's property, who, with several other landowners, are petitioners against the line. Mr. Grissel, of the firm of Grissel and Pew, contractors for that portion of the Houses of Parliament where the Committee-rooms are placed, stated that the Anston stone-quarries, from which the stone for the Houses of Parliament is hewn, are situate on the line of the proposed railway -- that his nllll drew 300 tons a-week from those quarries for the new Houses of Parliament—that they had taken as much as 500 tons in a week. This .tone is now brought by canal and by sea, the carriage on the former costing ss. a ton to Stockwith, which is about three miles from Gainsbotough. If the railway were formed, the stone would be sent chiefly by the line, and then it would cost only Is. Bd. a too tothe same place. Mr. M. Ellison, steward of the Duke of Norfolk for his Sheffield property, and also a director of the Manchester and Sheffield line, and Uice-Chairman of the Great Grimsby and Gainsborough line, staled that this link was the only one ne cessary to form a trunk line between the eastern and western lines as well as to give access to the southern and eastern counties of the country. This line would be of the utmost importance to the town of Sheffield, and would afford far more facility for the reception of agricultural produce and for the export of menu lactures, than the Sheffield, Manchester, and Midlands line. In consequence of the North Midland Railway passing so far from the town of Sheffield, the inhabitants are now obliged to go round by Rotherham, and he could say that, as a director of the Manchester and Sheffield line, it was:always the intention of that ompany to go further than that town, and of course the circum stances of the time now have greatly enhanced the necessity fur the line. It being Intimated that a long cross-examination would ensue, the committee adjourned till to-morrow. GROUP V. EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN. The Committee on thl. , group assembled this morning at the Com. mittee-room, No. 32, Abingdon—treet, Lord Portman in the chair. The ompany obtained their Bill last year, but it was seriously opposed by Captain flay, of Mugdrum, a very beautiful and valuable property on the banks of the River Tay, for which compensation was then to be made. The agreement as to the amount, however, has never been come to, and, a view to obviate the opposition of the petitioner, the company are this year applying for a Bill to form a deviation line ; but Captain Hay deems the deviation worse for his property than the original line, and, conse quently, opposed it. Considerable discussion arose upon this point, and ultimately the room was cleared, Lord Portman stating that two men of business, one on each side, would be required by the Com mittee to give their assistance in adjudicating the matter. The leading counsel for the parties were shortly summoned, and after some time, on the re-admission of parties, the Chairman declared that the preamble was proved, due compensation being given to Cap tain Hay for the injury to his property. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP 11. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group, re-assembled at the usual hour this morning. Lord Morpeth In the chair. SOUTH DEVON (No. XI.) Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE opened the case for the promoters of this Bill, the object of which is to make three branches from the South Devon line, which was recently opened to Teigurnouth ; one to Tavistock, another to Dartmouth, and the third to Devonport. The Bill also embraced eome trifling alterations in the main line, which had become necessary from the Admiralty's objection to the former mode of crossing the Ilamoaze. Mr. Brunel. the eminent engineer, proved that the Tavistock scheme was a slight modification of the Tavistock branch of last year. It would have the effect of giving a convenient communica tion between Tavistock and the mullets of Plymouth. The Devon port branch was to connect the South Devon and Cornwall lines with that town, while the Dartmouth branch was also to place that town on the main line of the South Devon Rail , ay. The engineering features of the two latter branches were extremely favourable, but on the Tavistock branch, front the nature of the country through which it passed, the gradients were necessari'y of a difficult character. The severest of .hem, he believed, was 1 in 30, but although the incdnations were generally severe, he did not think the country could afford better. Ihe Tavistock branch was 13 miles in length, and he estimated the cost at 22 ,000/. Th, , Dartmouth branch was 15 miles long.' and the estimated cost 2.50,0001. The new passage, or Davenport ~ rauch, was about a rifle and a halflong, and this estimate was 50.0001. After some further evidence of a general acid unimportant cha racter, the committee adiournad till ta-mon-ow. GROUP XIII. The Committee met to-day at the usual hour ; Sir Wiliam Clay in the chair. CALED ON/ N EXTENSION. The evidence on behalf of this line was resumed. Mr. Scott was recalled, and shortly examined in continuation of his evidence of yesterday, in favour of the line. The amonnt of coal imported lest year into BeLhst was 25 , 1 0)0 tons. Scote.dr C a wt.ii fAirn 165. to 111 s. a ton, and English coal trom Ids= to 20s. The witness was examined at some length, but nu point of material im - •ot Lance was elicited. S r William Anstruther and' Mr. Kennedy, cattle dealer and farmer, were examined at ome length, to show the general benefit the line would confer on Lanarkshire and Ayrshire. Mr. Henderson, merchant, of Belfast, deposed that a large quantity of coal was brought from Ayrshire to that town. The line would be of great benefit in forwarding supplies of that mineral. Mr. Mann, merchant of Londonderry, gave evidence with regard to that port similar to what was given by the previous witness respect log Belfast. Mr. John Latham, of Londonderry corroborated the evidence of the previous witness. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'clock. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 24, 1846. voted in the minority, le , t the resoln“on of the 'orpora"on sh , u`' he produced before this !O n ittee. The . - erart t.resented to the Co:- par ;t o c as not orocred to he dra, ti up by th. To conned. Le was deputy-chairman of the Oxford and Birmingham line, and one or the reasons why he prewried the salon was, because a junction could then be formed wi.h the Oxford and Birmingham. Be was an advocate of the New-street station. Snow-hill is the highroad to Wolverlif.m.):on. If better railway accommodation were not afforded to the merchants of Birmingham, and a better supply of coal afforded, the trade of Birmingham would he gradually annihilated. Coal waa at present brought into Birmingham by the canal, and the rates were excessive. Even if the Sh• - ewsbury and Birmingham were constructed the mantracturera would not be in a better condition, for ;hat line h” entirely um'er the control of the o ;lon and Dirnfrigh m Compaey. The reason why he said that 101 shrews bury and Birmingh. m was a creature or the Lora!on io• d ham was, because it had been proclaimed to be so. the Great Western Company had agreed to take 5,000 shirt, in he c .Tll ny , and some of the directors of that company wet' , also dir cctccrs f this company. He did rot approve of the late amalgamation of the London and Birming , am an the Grand Junc , ion companies. He was of opinion that the granting of one line for the same district in the ye , r was sufficient Re examined he Mr. eccitaritN, Q.C. There could he no doubt that a static, at New-s 1 net, in addition to ti at prowled ,to be con structed Snow-hill. would he of service to the people of Birming ham. hut if one only were io he sanctioned the Snow-hilt station would be decidedly the better o•ie Mr Joseph James, draper, iligh-street, Birmingham, stated that he was a eommi.l,ioner of streets thcre, and that Snow-hill was the most desiraMe situation for the construction of . a station. If the proposed station at ' ew-stmet were to he erected, it would have the effect of abstracting all the traffic from High-etteet and the neigh bourhood. Two hundred thousand people coining from West P,rom wich,,&c., in the course of twelve months, would be abstracted Worn the neighhourhcxxl High-street, and the retail trade there would be anwhilated. Cross-examin by Mr. RICKARDS -Wt ere:Tr the station might he eonstrnet:•tt, there would naturally he a gr• at numher of pa.sen gers, hot Snow-hill was decioedly the moat central part t f 'he town. Mr. Frederl,l, Dee, innkeeper, Birmingham, said, that many of the hWo-1. •:nd i‘uhlic huiloings in the nei,:hhou. hood ,f Anow•hill had been recently vt,larc, d and embellished. The property which w old have to by removed I, the er , ction of the Snowhill station was a great nuisance to the town The people of Birmingham were not at pre sent ssitTlehntl,‘ aces mmodated by the London and Birmingham line. lie was aware at a great many inconveniences caused by that watt of accommodation. Crnst , xntnined p Mr. Rtricattns.—lie was some time Etpl em ployed by the London and Birmingham to supply refreshments to the passengers on their line. Mr. t:f pgf,. whole sal•• !monger, Birmingham, gave • ;mil fr eyi .lence. Birmingham had no railwa:, comowitleitto tt wi t h Dudley, ''e thonalit th.it this lino wool' afford Ye , y murk Treater accommo. d ohm to the iron (list r eta than its competitors. Seventeen-twentieths of the merchants of Birm nghani had their places of business in the • -i , rhh. , o” on , oe Snow-hill, and the a ivantages of a station at Snow hill would be Incalculable. t'ro xmoi,e,l D . , 31r. Rtettaans —The New-street station would !T nearer • o the market-place than the proposed .tation at Snow-hill. Mr. Harwell, !natal dealer, Birmingham, gave evidence in favour of the snowhill station. He had prepared a list ofthe various manufacturers , f importance, whose places of business were within a certain dis tance of the proposed railway at Snow-hill, a-ti he found that forty of the pr:ncipal, and four times that number of the second a-at third class manufacturers were within 700 yards of the proposed station at Snow-hill. Mr. S. W. Lucas. wholesale confectioner, Birmingham, sa'd he was a commissioner of the streets there, and continue 1 the evidence :)1 the prec ding witnesses. Mr. Ralph Heaton, brassfounler, mAnber of the town council, and guardian of the poor at Birmingham, said, that if all other :Intigs in the differ( nt schemes u der the consideration f the Committee were equal, the super ority of the station of this line at Birmingham should be sufficient to dec'de in its favour; tnd he thought that this was the best line that could be laid out for the purpose or connecting Birmingham with the mineral .7istricts. Cross examined—He had no reason to complain of any inconvenl nce arising from the London and Birmingham line. Ile did not agree with the preceding witnesses, who had said that the effect of compoition was the raising of the tolls on railways. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock until twelve to-morrow. LA W i.!,"Nt L. . COURT OF EX , :lik(,)Oßß...lune 23 (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the LORD CHIEF BAAL iN and Middlesex Common Juries.) BAUD V. WEST LONDON AND WESTMINSTER CEMETERY COMPANY. Mr. Hill, with Mr. Peacock, appeared for the plaintiff, and ➢ir. Lewis for defendant. The plaintiff in this case is an architect, and was employed by defendants in 1839 to furnish plans for their cemettrj- at Brompton, and make catacomhs Et-cl certain other works in that burying-groun I. The present action waa brouttht f+r hi: 'wing improp ,, rlv distnissed their service, and on account of work and labour dove, for which no remuneration had been received. The defendants pleaded that they did not undertake in the manner alleged, that they had a right to discharge him, and that they paid plaintiff a sum of mocey which discharged in full all claims they had upon him. At the coriclu4ion of the plaintiff's cas , , The L , AD CHIEF BARON left to Mr. Peacock tl a opt'on chia, , ing between the alternative of a nousuit, or the withdrawal of a juror. Mr. P. AcocK adopted the latter course, and a juror was accordingly withdrawn. COUI?T OF QTIEFIVS BF: CH June 23 THE MASTER OF TRINITY COLLEGE V TIM TRUSTEES OF THE BRIT' H MUSEUM. This .pecial jury case, which has excited so much interest in the literary world, wa+ to have come on this morning, but, on the application of the Attorney-General, it was post poned till Thursday ri , xt. The Court eubsequeutly was occupied will common jury cases of no public interest. POLICE': INTEi. LIGFNCE MANSION-HOUSE. A gentleman, who was -upposeil t o he a person of high rank, whose nami , , see Hit g to the -18.64. n-house list. was John Thomas, appeared heron-. Alderman Gibbs, to answer rtr the offence, ss represented in the smn•-• list, 0! having stole!, an omnibus and hor,es. The defendant had been bailed out of the station house on the preceding night by two persons of unques tionable respectability, The diver of one of Clarke's omnibuses stated that ho appeared to eharere the genii man with havit g taken posse ssif ori of his (the (Mara r's) seat, and driving turiou.ly from the Blackwell station to the end of London-street. at ten o'clock on M -nday night, without the coin Asir) ant's or proprietor's eon,ent. The defeMlant and some other gentlemen had evidently come from the Blackwell Railroad. His companions were tipsy, but. he appeared to be quite sober, and he moved fr..nri the ext , eme par of the tront-sear, to the place app . .inted 1 r the driver, whipped on the horses, and lased away at a tremen dous pace, witness being on the ground at the tt ee wait. ing for more passeng rs. There was dang.r to he ap prehend -d from such conduct, and wi:nt-ss rat: up re, -eiz-d the horses, and suceeeded, after a long struggle in whi di the gentlem to seiz st bin by the throat. sh mk and sti uck him, on getting the omnibus into his posses sion. ,- Mr. John Thomas—l deny the furious driving. I merely got upon the box, as .ey frien is and I had, waited for a considerable time for a driver in vain, and sI drove a I•ttle way in order to get the place of a coachman sop plied as soon as possible. I deny that there was ant furious drivindi if there was, how could the driver hay , come up with us in an instant ? Alder van GIBBS—Y u seem not to be aware that you are liable to a 5/. penalty for taking the reins. The defendant—The reins were handed to me by a man who stood at the head of the horses. The driver caught me by the throat in the most violent manner, and I had no idea of a contest with him, as a matter of course. But I believe lam here upon a charge of ft 1. y ? Alderm in GIBBS (to the driver) Did the defendant strike you ? The driver—Yes. I'll swar he struck me twist. ; h - fore I had a finger upon him, he a-sseilted me. Te man who had the care of the h Tse confirmed the account given by the driver, and stated that. tt.e defen dant galloped the horses to the end ef London-street! Alderman Guns— I shall not consider the nett of this case which charges the defendant with the ass ; t ot ; h„ t I shall conviet him 'or having driven without a lioetise. and for having furiously driven, and I tine him 40s. lot each offence. The defendant immediately paid the psnalties. Upon beine ask.ia for his name and address. as the driver miel $ think proper to proceed agOnst him for the assault the defendant said he resided at th Bur lington l'otel, and that his name was not Jet n Thomas but he would anew r to that name if ealled upon. SOUTH WA HK William Richbv, a labourer, was charged with making a very de . ermined attempt upon his life. Policeman 224 M stated that while on duty that morning in High-street, Southwark, in passing a pump which sup plies the inhabitants with spring -water, he saw the ch fendanr hanging by the neck from the spout, around which he had nlaced a silk handkerchief, by which he was suspended. He (the policeman) irnmediatelc drew out his knite and cut his 'landkerchief, and the i'e endant fell heevily on the ground. Re. however, recovered himself, and . springing upon his feet, ran away with great speed in the direction of the Dover ro td, but he was pursued, and eventually secured, after a smart chase. When taken to the station-house he expressed a great deal of anger at being interfe.red with in laying ..islet t hands upon hi nself, and complained that distress was the cause, and added that he would be much better out of the world than in. When questioned by Mr. CorrrNcwAst, tee defendant said be was a d ek labourer en the south side of the river, but hat, work was so slack, he, as well as hundreds of others, were thrown out of employ ; and that being reduced to treat distress and being shut out of his lodgings. he selected he spout of the rump as the means by which he would de• prive himself of I fe. Mr. CornsonAat said that if a man was industriously inclined there was plenty of work for him to de, either on - ailways or in the fi -lds around the metrot olis ; and that if he did not send for some of his friends to be bail that he a ould not repeat the attempt upon his life, he must be set t to gaol. Tne defendant said that he should not send Tor ary one, nd that he should like to be sent to prison. The magistrate committed ..im to gaol in default of bail. LAMBETH. Mr. William Evans. the pique tea-plant manufacturer, and master of th . boy George Thomas Barnwell, whose body had been found in a pond at the back of his is aster's pre mises on the evening of Tuesday week, attended before Mr. Elliott to answer to a summons taken out against him by a female named Elizabeth Theobald, and which charged him with detaining a gown, a coal-scuttle, and other articles, her property. The case was discharged, the complainant failing to show that the property was hers. The case respecting the suspicion- death of the la - 1 Ben well was then entered upon, and Mr. Hooke, the Vestr. Clerk of the parish of St. Giles, Camberwell, who had also attended the inquest, was present, by direction of the pars chial authorities , to watch the proceedings and assist in the investigation. Evans had a considerable repugnance to enter the dock in which the prisoners upon serious charges are usually placed. but was told by the magistrate that no distinction should be made in his case, and he then got into it. Mr. Hooke said that it was not his wish to give Evans into actual custody, but merely to submit the evi fence of some witnesses who were in attendance by the direction of Mr. Norton, and leave his worship to deal with the case as hi thought proper; and, therefore, as far as he as the represen • tative of the parish, was concerned, he did not wish to press that Evans should stand in the dock. Evans, on hearing this, hurried down the steps of the dock, and took his station in front" of the bench, where the defendants in assaults and trifling cases stand. The first witness called was Elizabeth Theobald, of 24, Duke street, Bloomsbury-square, and -./ho was the complain ant hi the former case, and who deposed that she had known Mr. Evans since the month of October,- 1842, and had as sisted him in the manufaetory, and had further been ap pointed by him his sole agent for the sale of his tea. She also knew George Benwell, who was in Mr. Evans's service as an errand-boy and packer, and was aware that the latter hart treated the former with great violence. She herself had seen him on one occasion fling a log of wood at him, but it missed him, and on other occasions she heard Mr. Evans threaten to kick the youth. Mr. Hooke—Are you acquainted with the handwriting of the deceased lad, George Benwbll? Witness—Yes, sir, very well. Mr. Hooke—Then, now look to the chalk writing on the Otero panels, the door and the log of wood, and tell the Court whether it is or is not in the handwriting of the deceased George Benwell? Witness (atter examining the writing minutely)—lt is not in the handwriting of George Benwell. I am certain of that. Mr. Hooke—ls it in the handwriting of any person pre sent? The prisoner objected to the question as being unfair, upon which Mr. Hooke asked the witness if she knew it to be the writing of anybody else?—The witness replied that it re sembled more the writing of Mrs. Benwell, the stepmother of the boy, than any one she knew, but the hand certainly was most familiar to her. Mr. Hooke—Are you aware whether the boy had a receipt for the manufacture of the pique tea? Witness—l sent him the receipt myself. Mr. Hooka —And was Mr. Evans aware of the fact? Wit. ness—He was, sir; for I let him know of it at the time. Evans cross-examined the witness at great length. She denied having charged him with a nameless offence with two persons, who he named, and who, she said, had been members of his " community." She denied also having ac cused him of having murdered his wife in America. but made no secret of his keeping poisons in his house. Told the stepbrother of the boy about his (Mr. Evans) keeping poisons in his house, but did not tell him that he (Mr. Evans) bad said that the way he used to get rid of his boys in America a-as by tying a weight to their neck and throw ing them into a pond: EV4113 here said, that the witness had resorted to every possible means of traducing, tnalig ni Z.' and Madill; his character, and declared that the grt:!._ . , part of her statement was wholly devoid of truth. A.: , -','.g_,.'_', i a other things she declared that he had told herherehp_yi tit:, clerks in America, whereas he had but six. In ..., told qtestion from Mr. Hooke, the witness said t an hat d r... bad vans bet n , her he had been a medical man in America, caked Doctor Evans. 1 the night. of Tuesday Police-constable, 153 Pt a 'id that t i, °t h e was trfiany d that anths'esltod),' premises.had week, at about half past ten the body was in a pond at tiic,":letili.°cnkg. t l i f i ,3 e l r. pond 1 , , v He hastened there. and on re. were tied, and a 2311,. metal been go out. The hands teas r and st quite a been. done weight was suspended from the neck. The b al ... (witness) saw the writing on lifeless. II" aiciMr Evans told him it hair panels Pmliwed' Evans assn told him Sydenham-hill, by the deceased. .... that on leaving ho me on that morning, and while going up it was not s .f e t o h ave left the de a thought struck him that - ceased at home . Evans—Yea. that's quite right; I hail these f e di rgs. Witness, in eon -inter ion, said he did tint ki,ow either Evans or the deceased before, nor could he say eh, took the deceased our of the water. Evens observed that this wit • ness spoke the truth, and he should ,n r o h t n , ia tnhegrefore, ask him any quest i ons. Bishop, a general dealer in Union -street, Borough, and step-brother to the deceased , was next ex amined, and d ec l ere d , to the best of his knowledge and be lief, that the chalk writing had net been written liv Ben well, though when hr had first s•en it he was of a different opinion. In his cross examination by Evans, the witness acknow ledged that the witness TheobaA hail told hint she had de stroyed a quantity of p..ison which she had fout.d in his (prisoner's) house. She also said that be had informed her that the way he got rid of boys iii America was by tying a weigh' round their tie le-t. end throwing them into a pond Evans here drew the Magistrate's,attention to the facts that the witness Theobald bereelf had deuied this in her ;Mt eaumivatio. RECORD OFFICE. Mr. BULLER moved that a Select Committee be appointed to consider the propriety of establishing a General Record Office for England and Wales. The motion was seconded, and read from the Chair. After a few words from Mr. C. WYNN, Mr. PROT HEROE thought nothing could be wiser than the object of the motion of his Hon. Friend, and he should willingly support it. It was highly desirable that a general public office for the preservation and consultation of the records should be established. Mr. C. WYNN explained, and wish.nl it to be generally understood that be had not the slightest wi.h to check the motion of Lis Hon. Friend, but it appeared to him that there were two concurrent objects in the proposition, which could not conveniently be carried out together. Mr. HAWES hoped that the Right Hon. Gentleman would agree with the general proposition for the record office, and that the motion of his Hon. Friend would not be opposed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would give his consent to the formation of the Committee proposed by the Hon. Member for Liskeard (Mr. Buller), hut there would be several points for them to decide on, and he was very much afraid that the result of the inquiry would not be attended with the effects anticipated by the Hon Member. He sin -erely biped, however, that the Committee would point out some adequate means to acrompl sh the ohj , et of the motion. After a few words from Mr. Christie, Mr. Protheroa, and th e Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr C. BULLER wished to call the attention of the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the necessity of con structing a public building sufficiently large to hold the future increased number of reports, as well as the present large quantity. He thought that the public would be better satis fied if a commission were appointed to arrange and select the records, than if the inquiry were entrusted to a Committee of the House. The motion was'then put from the chair, and agreed to without a division. TRADING IN SEDUCTION. Mr. SPOONER then moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the more effectual suppression of Trading in Seduction and Prostitution. and for the better protection of females. Mr. HUME saw no hope of such a Bill passing the House, and should oppose its introduction. Mr. SPOONER resumed, and said it would be then incum bent upon him to make a statement to the House. The Bill was not his (Mr. Spooner), but it emanated from the Society for the Protection of Females, of which society the Archbishop, Bishop, and several Noblem,r, and Gentlemen were subscribers. It was suggested by the Association that a Bill of the nature of that which he proposed, should be presented to the House by an independent Member of that House. Ne had been applied to to present the Bill by that Association, and should endeavour to promote their object. An HON. MYMBER here moved that the House be counted, when there not being forty Members present, the House ad journed at a quarter.past Seven. ALARMING FIRE AT TORPOINT (From the Devonport Telegraph.) About day-break on Thursday morning last the inhabi tants of this usually quiet little place were thrown into great consternation by the cry of fire, which was raging with great force on the premises of Messrs. Down and Son, grocers and general de tiers. It appears that about half-past three in the morning, two little girls about eleven or twelve years of age, who, as our informant stated, had been working till that hour at the abominable " stay-stitching," were induced by the attractions of a lovely summer morning to cease their toils and venture into the open air, when they discovered smoke issuing from the premises above stated. They imme• diarely gave the alarm, and the inmates, among whom was the wile of Mr. Richard Down, who had been but recently confined, were hastily got out. The ferry bell was rung loudly, which communicated the alarm to the Caledonia, Captain M. H. Dixon, in Hamoaze. As on all occasions, both officers and crew of this ship and others in commission, instantly made for the spot where assistance was required. At this time the fire had broke out more fiercely, and the flames were raging from twenty to thirty feet above the roof of the building, and the destruction of the whole range of stores appeared inevitable. The har bour fire-float was immediately unnaoored and placed along side the quay, and a length of hose sufficient to reach the building on fire was attached, and the engine, which is worked by a hundred hands, was se t t o p l ay, and a ton of water per minute was thrown upon the store in which the fire broke out. This soon so checked the flames as to expose tee extent of the damage, and the probable result. An en sine, with a party of police from the Dockyard, with the West or England, and County Fire. office engines having ar rived, they were supplied with the waste water of the fire float. asd plied it over the adjoining buildings, while the hose of the float was directed eith great judgment to that part of the premises in which the fire first broke out. Te save the latter, however, appeared next to impossible, and the attention of all parties was therefore directed to disconnecting the adjoining buildings. The officers and sea mei!, regardless of all danger, set to work with the zeal of a l 4torinirg party, and soon effected the object, but not without a narrow escape to Lieut. Bran ireth and Mr. Hornabro c k, gunner, of the Constance, who, by the falling of a p or ti on o the building, were ki;ockett into the burning ruins, in which the :Omer was buried brcast high, and the latter entirely so. l'hey were, however, speedily rescued, and fortunately were hut slightl) ju. ed. Atter three hours' hard work, the par ties of seamen and marines ceased their labours, and by their exertions alone any portion of Messrs. Down's stock or pre mises were r--cued tram the destruction which, from the fury of the flames and the iuflsmmable nature of the former, appeared at first their certain tate. The property was insured in the Norwich Union Fire-office in 1,700/. The extent of the Cuss it is impossible yet to ascertain. There is one other gentleman, of whom we must not in justice fail to make -ouottrabie mentiot, thil Rev. R. Dunning, under whose judi sinus directions and example the inhabitants exerted tffem weizes t o th e utmost b efore t h e arr i va l o f more e ffi c i ent aid, who subsequeutly greatly aided in the saving of the p2te "lY•s'esksself was removed - and deposited in the chapel. The cause ox • us as yet but conjecture. E Birmingham, ,lIRATA.--I n cnn . i , ---- Tr — " ---- ------, etthn, Bi fiat d vision in thelr etu r e n°l o ° g 1 Ed dJltujuntiltr'°f y n esterday the Bill. The given as on the c ovent , : _?kl t o i ni i mons should have been l 'i ti ih' j a u Y nc ß ti i ( l )n i, ll R n a ' i t i " wt y L: t he Great Grimsby and a L , L: d ice. s st i e le r ffi l t Great Grimsby and . Sheffield on Railwaythird time and - 1 before the gallery was opened, after Grimsby Docks Consolidation Bill was re e d a [et,sei the ez4t division t te m:el The divisi. al which 3 'nctiotl Railway Bill was commenced. .l place on the we have and the debate on the Huddersfield and Shem ° ill consequences of the absurd practic e mistake is one of the given as on the for er Bill took latter. T his of clearing the gallery during a division. as it is utterl y le i_ hat p asses during the time possible for a r•;:orter to k now w the gallery is vacant; and, . ofprivate business always prevailing during the transaction . . impossib l e, from the noise and confusion in the House, it is always didicult, and frequently Bill. ascertain what is even when present, accurately to under consideration. FORD ABRLY —The sale of this celebrated mo nastery is fast approaching, and the trustees, it should seem, have determined that the auction on the 9th of July shall be a peremptory one. There are strong hints and inuendos that the Roman Catholics have it in contemplation to rossess it i one thing is certain, this splendid pile has no contem porary for their purpose throughout England. The rental of 2,0001. a year without the monastery would find lots of com petitors in case the Roman Catholics do not need the whole SUPPOSED DEATH FROM A SUN-STROKE...OR MOD. , day, Mr. G. Mills, deputy-coroner for Middlesex, held an in quest at the Old Ship, Hammersmith, on the body of Joba Lassie, aged 41 yeaM, who was found dead in a wherry, on the river Thaineg, on the afternoon of Saturday last. The deceased, while in a boat by himself, was struck, according to the medical testimony, by a stroke of apoplexy, and a ver dict accordingly was returned. SUICIDE BY DROWNING.—On Monday Mr. W. Baker, Deputy Coroner; held an inquest at the Five Bella, Old Ford , Bow, on James Malian, aged forty years. The deceased said to a fellow-workman, who gave him a pint of beer, on Saturday last. "God knows whether I shall ever live to re nay you." lie was never seen again alive. His body Wall . found as above described, To . tvy returiad a verdict off ' rani nary iusauit7.° . I GROUP XVII. Y o o llTh i leit k i I In r s t. A t t .CommitteeTh_Gi. t he n . SOUTIZ WESTERN MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON, AND mm on eneed by n n b t hole behalf of h E e l address in pr A oce N ed C ed il ta ). the fifth (aa°t liat the h CommitteeeS u.naval ral hour,A No Yorke chairmet this morning line. ii vil e r o Railwa y Co c m a r li a n n g y,: h n e ou t o e tt t i i rto the first - mentioned . ompany r a e o l to of _ the sm, which set torthatl'f the Committee to 201. each. R e am u l 2 c i u t T ,oool . "thick was to be raised the capital ot the the proposed capital of thetheeiß' in order to ascertainalwaeg in shares of been abandoned. It was imrapoprtally, now that the line aeternally was pital should be stated, because the ut that the real .....it of had the estimates. amount would materlallythea. agent air Wheeler, the solicitor to the company, said com pany, since the abandonment of the Poole the capital of th e co branch, had bee n re duced to 1,7 69 , 0001 . Mr. A CSTIN went on to say that the Committee ought to look upon the expenditure of so large a sum as this, which raised in such small shares as 201., by a new Company, aidwas to be par ins altogether. The expenditure of so large by new of ',..e.stablished companies would not create ear a sum as this by prise, but when pal l id by new parties, and in these small shares, unlike those pro- Great Western, the London and Birmingham, and the of the Wes,ern, for instance, where shares are not less than 501. e South could not tail to create suspicion. After referring to the 0 dhi ach, it Lord Dalhousie, which was to the effect that it Was to the IPewrr of Committees of the House to restrict the expenditure of e a i / ttention of Pta on r.llw-tys, he went on to call the a the Committee to the fact, that various Bills passed by Committees, au thorising the expenditure of inunense sums of money in the ronatinetion of railways had been thrown out on thy third reading. This he considered showed that the House of Corn. mons was determined to carry out in practice the oplidone it had expressed with respect to railway projects of minor im. portance. and that it would be better for Committees not to p an Bids which, for the large sums of money required to c.instruct them, would afterwards be thrown out by the Hou'e. Then the Committee were called upon to consent to a Bill, the promoters ot which pledged themselves rot to rase more than 330,0001. beiore 1848, aft r paying the interest' on calls. What, after the payment of counsel, engi nes', surveyors, =A solicitors, would remain. .011 t of this Stun, for th• F 31 1 . 4. 11c4 cf their Ilan I W 13,7 Ito Wig to OP%) Witaglit -- BRISTOL AB B BIRMINGHAM (BATH DXILECT). The Committee re-assembled at the usual hour this morning, and were occupied with hearing the evidence fur the promoters o the Bill. Mr. Barclay, assistant to Mr. Stephenson, the engine( r, was ex amlf.ed at considerable length as to the engineering merits of the lin. Mr. it Stephenson was also examined, and corn.bo wed trener - .11 , the testimony of the preAdous witness as to the facilities with wine! tht line might be constructed, and the adequacy of the estimate t meet the expenses of construction. . . Further evidence in support of the Bill was gone into at souk length, when, in consequence of an intimation from the Committee, the counsel on behalf of the promoters of the Bill consented to with araw it. The Bill was accordingly relinquished The Committee then proceeded with settling and passing the clauses ot the BRISTOL and BIRMINGHAM (GLOUCESTEI4 and STONE.HOUSE JUNCTION) Bill, the preamble of which was on a previous occasion declare , to be proved. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XXXIII. The Committee met to-clay at hall past twelve o'clock, in Roon 33; pre- , ent, Sir Robert Ferguson (chairrn .1), the Manlius of Woi cester, Viscount .Newry, Mr. Smollet, and Mr. FeHowes They proceeded with the consideration of tit.: Warwickshire an , London Railways—namely, HAMPTON AND DANBURY, WORCEST R AND W HAMPTON AND A.SHCHURCH. r. Charles Shaw, one ct the original promoters of the Let don and Birmingham Hallway, and au extensive iro merchant in Binnin. ham, gave evidence in favour of ti Birtninkhani acid lixfordshire (u nich is in connexion yit the Great Western), and at.ainst the 0 ariviek-hire and Londo: Railways, which are in connexion with the London and Birmingham He had ceased to he a director of the latter-mentioned line eve: since the Act was passed, the people of Birmingham were great! dissatisfied with the company, on aocount of the high f ates and tin defective accommodation. The rate for the carriage of good from iiirmingnam to London was much higher than C., which was a greater distance. The effect of tin competing line would be to bring down the passengers' tar, in the first-class carnage., to fifteen shilthtgs. Th . witness was con , vineed that the tratlice on the line was nut half developed, and ye' it was already clogged. We understood the witness to infer that t avoid danger and t provide sufficient accommodation another lhn was necessary. He admitted that there owl been hitherto fewer ac cidents on the Birmingham and London than on any other rallwto of equal length and traffic he Post-office hail given them credi• as being the only line on which Post-office time was kept. But It paid little attention to that, for he found that they were sometime • very irregular. He was favourable to the broad gouge, but if tin House Of Commons would not allow it on the Oxhird and Birming ham Junction, he would still rather have the narrow gauge than los. the line. Usher witnesses were examined to the same effect. The Committee were occupied the remainder of the day with evidence almost precisely of the same character. GROUP XXXVIII. "VTA.IIEWIELD AND LEEDS (MIDLAND EXTE ri; SION). Mr. Swannick, the engineer to the line, was examined this day— The line was proposed to c( mmence at a point at or near the north end of the Chevet Tunnel ; It was proposed to pass through the extensive coal fields in that n eighbourhood ; it crossed the Leeds and Manchester Railway, and joined the N orth Dlidland about three miles from Leeds, where it w cold effect a junction with all the lines radiating in that neighbourhood. The line presented no engineering difficulties of a peculiar character; the grad•etits were of a favour a bl e na t ure , an d the outlay for the construction of the line would be about 40,0001. per mile. After hearing some further evidence, the Committee rose, and adjourned till twelve o'clock on Thursday. GROUP XXXIX. The Committee met at twelve, Mr. Di;ett, chairman. OL.DICAIII, 112 NCHESrER, LIVEILPOOL, AND BIRIEENZIEAD Evidence was continued by the promoters of the line. Mr. Livesey, agent for the Chamber estates, gave evidence con cerning the coal-fields between Rochdale and Oldhatn, opened by the proposed line. I , e calculated the 111 ountain coal-field to contaii 2,760 acres, and 16,560,000 tons ; the Rco ley field 2,400 acres, and 15,800,000 tons ; the Black field 7,000 acres, and m 1,790,000 tons ; and the rernain.ng ft Ids in the district 560 acres, and 5,600 000 tons In all, from the whole fields, 127,700,000 tons, which, at the pre,ent con umption of 4,000 tons a-day, would last about 10 years. Other witnesses were called, who corroborated the evidence given Mr. Low, engineer of the line, stated that the length of the line from Manchester to Oldham was 7 miles and 6 chains, and of the branch to the Manchester and Birmingham Railway 698 yards ; the cost of the main line would be 288,543/P, of the branch 21,8581., and of stations 30,t100/., in all 340,4011. There were 1,190 yards of tun nelling at a cost of 59,5001., and the viaducts and bridges would cost 101,5201. He rested the superiority of this line to the Manchester arid Leeds line on the stations at the termini, the better accommoda tion which it offered to the coal-fields, doing little damage to pro perty as it passed through. Cross-examined by Mr. HILDTAED—Mr. Bidder was the engineer whose name first appeared in the prospectus, but had nothing now to do with it. Witness did not know what his opinion of the line, as now laid out, might be. The line would b e carried out from Man chester on arches for 70 chains, and the branch in the same way for 30 chains. Mr. Low'sevidence was confirmed by Messrs. Bateman and Rindal Th e latter gentleman, in answer to a question put by the Com mittee, gave it as his opinion that the increased per tentage on the price of railway work this year, arose upon earthwork entirely, and unskilled labour. The Committee adjourned till twelve to-morrow. GROUP X LII. The case for the promoters of the Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway Bill having been printed, the Committee, on their re-asse,- hling this morning, proceeded to hear evidence on behalf of the pro moters of the MANCHESTER AVD SOUTHPORT. Several witnesies were examined, who deposed as to the traffic that might he expected along the prop( sed line, and also as to the advau• Cages which it would be to the surrounding district. LIVERPOOL, PRY.:STO ht, MANCHESTER, AND SOUTHPORT. Further evidence In support of the line w is adduced, and the case was not finished when tha Committee adjourned. GROUP X LVII. This Committ , e re-assembled to day at twelve o'clock, in Room 25 Grand Corridor). SWANSEA VALE. The clauses In this hill having, been passed, the case of the SHREW'SE AND raErracrontislunz was opened, and occupied the attention of the Counnittee during the remainder or the day. The Committee adjourned till to-morrow. GROU►' LIII DIRMINGHADT, WOLVETLIIA.MTON, AND DUDLEY. and Surrey, Mr. finayard, Captain Dalrymple, and Mr. R. Clay ton. I most clecided.y I refer the broad gauge, and that preference first led me to approve of this line, but on other grounds I consider it a most desirable line. I should prefer to go by this line, to going by the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, although or, that line there would be no break 4 gauge, and it would be fifteen miles shorter. The principal ground of my prctemng this line Is. be cause it proposes to go through a more picturesque country. The trustees of the Free. School are unanimously of opinion that this line will be beneficial to it. I consider that an independent line is the best for the public. Although lam decidedly opisosed to amalga mation with the London and Birminghkm Company, I see no reason why this line should not be amalgamated with the Great Western. ne-examined—l believe that if the Shrewsbury and Birmingham were amalgamated with the London and Birmingham, it would be the greatest monopoly in existence. One of the principal reasons why the trustees of the school prefer this line is, because they will be enabled to sell to this company.* great deal of worthless property in the neighbourhood of the school. To the lion. CuAnistAN—The peoiile of Wrmingham are of opinion that a station at New-street would be of great advantage to them. Re-examination resumed—The proposed station at Snow hill will communicate with the Birmingham and °Niel d line, bu there will be no commun‘cation with any other line. The great bulk of the traffic entering Birmingham is deposited in the neighbourhood of Snow-hill. Mr. Muntz, mannfacturor, of Birmingham, sail that the people of that town had suffered very much of late years from the want of rail way commtmicat on. The present' communication was of a very inferior kind. The accommodation pro;:osed to be given by this line was the best. The Shrewsbury and Birmingham was a creature of the London and Birmingham, in conjunction with the Birmingham Canal, bind if that line were formed the London arid Pirminghtun wield have the entire control of the district. All chance of competition would be at an end. This line would give the peopl e o f Birmingham the best supely of coal. As far as I can tell, the proposed station at snow-hill is decidedly the most conveninent with reft,renee to passenger traffic, and as re garded the goods traffic, it was in the centre of the town. The town is growing in that dire tion above all others, and live sixths of the merchants' warehouses are in that nelghbeurhood. With one single exception, he had not spoken to any one not tote rerested in he other lines that was not in favour of this tine; he was acquainted with the great body of the Birmingham merchants and manufacturers. He became a director of this line whets the shares were at a discount, because he considered it essential to the interests of the people of the Birmingham district. To Mr. R. CLAYTON —The New-street station would be about t a mile from the business portio, of the town of Birmingham* of Itlt Cross-examined by Mr. RICLUIDS.—Was an alderma n minghara, and was prese n t at the meeting et the Corpora tion when i taorgitoct of Ito Proroci statkan was wafer dir' 3 . l 4o9D) it " 4 - - - - _ GROUP XLIT Th!s Committee re-assemblel at one o'clock; Mr. Blekham :scott in the chair. C ALEDONXAN AND aBELtB E XI EVIA.. TXON. The Committee were occupied the whole of the day In settling Ind arranging the dallies, the preamble having, beer passed yea- J2rday. The Committee adjourned at the tisual hour. GROUP XLV'III. THE I.X.YIVVI VALLEY. The Committee met again this clay, Mr. Aldh m, chairman. The opposition of the landowners was proceeded with, together vith that of the proprietorsor a tram line al early executed. There re suite valuable schemes in this io - cap remaining to he heard, and through the delay occasioned by the length of the inquiry. in .he above lute, must i e put to a very great expense, as well as en titur..ering the possibility of the group going before tile House of fords at this advanced stage of the session. There is the Mon nouthshire ant the Abergavenny and Hereford lines, which are most anpo taut to the public, and from the great amount of mineral and 4eneral traffic, cannot but be most profitable to the undertakers. • omething shoitA be done by the House towards enabling He Corn nittees generally to select the most valuable lines for a first hearing. —at present, the cit , es are taken in the order of the second rearing, hich in many instances, as in the above, delay those Bibs which ire most advantageous to the public to the last moment, if not iltogether hazarding their safety. GROUP LIII. This Committee met azain to-day, in Room 21 (Granl Corridor ) 'resent, the Hun. E. Lascvlles On the chair), the Earl of Arundel 33R ati GNAW, 'WO LITERHADIPTON, AND DUDLEY. The evidence In this case was resumed by Mr. F. Roanssott calling Mr. John Askew, manufacturer, Birmingham, who stated that he •vas some time ago High-hai iff of that town. Is at present Com issi, ner 01 the streets there, and governor of King Edward's school. ~le was well acquainted with the proposed stations at Snow-hill and ••,e , w-street. The former Aation was decidedly preferable to the atter, inasmuch as the principal part of the traffic arriving at drrningham entered on the Snow-hill side, anti the station therm °Mil afford accommodation to pass , ngers as well as goods, wherea ,le Nest •street station a oat ecesmonoilate passengers alone. lie lelieved that this railway would be or the greatest bens-fit to the eopic of Birmingham, and the erection of the station w.st d not saw s much destruction of property. This tie would give :he public the benefits of competition. he public would t - ereby not only have the advantages of cow toll: -.in an increase in the numb, r of trains, better carriages, &c. Cross-examined by Mr. RICKARDS am a director of this line. was at the meeting of Street Commissioners on the subject (p he proposed station at Birmingham, and I voted in the minoritv ~ otsmuch as their decision would affect the int erests of this • i .o not think tii‘d the New-street station will , ccommo•we th. albite sufficiently% Per aps the land to be occupied by the Snow rll is a' , acre less than that to be occupied ny the New-street -ration. lam an ads ocate of the latter a ation, because I think th, itiblic ought to have both. The goods coming trout wolverhamproi. to Birmingham are distributed all over the town. The greater por tii n of tile carriers' warchonses are in the neighbourhood of th, e.cQnt. I believe that a jonetien with the i.t•ndon unit Birmin.,• tam w,,uld be desirable. I am aware that the House of Common nave declared that they will not sanction th, extension of broad gut.ge northward.. GROUP LUC. This Committee re-assembled to-day at twelve o'clock. Present fir. E. Bu ler (chairman), and the other members. 3LACRE , RN AND PRESTON, AND E .F 1 S LANCASHIRE AMALGAMATION. Some questions were put to Mr. Hawksham, engineer of the Man. chcster and Leeds line, respecting the canine of coal, for which ht stated that the line was not favourable. This evidence Wai adduced merely to settle the point with refer ence to the rate of chargeS tor coals which was not agreed to yesterday Mr. ('aoss, on the part of the petitioners against ti:e Bill, applied to bk• heard betore the Committee decided on this clause. The room was cleared, and on our re-admission, The CHAIRMAN stated that the Committee would accede to the re quest of the Learned Counsel. Mr. Caoss then addressed the Committee at length. He contended that the evidence was not only from parties interested, but had utterly failed in establishing the necessity for the rate of charge which they proposed. The Leeds and Manchester line, though the gradients were more unfavourable, and the cost of works considerably more, did not contend for this high rate of charges. It was the same ay with the Grand Junction and several other lines. Et was an important fact that all the lines which had assented to the rate a tolls for which his clients contended had succeeded. lie denied as it was stated by the witnesses, that a reduced rate of charges en the transit of coal would not have the effect of diminishing the cost of the article. The Board of Trade had recommended the adoption of this low rate of charges. (The Learned Counsel then cited the report of the Board of trade on this question.) There was an incontestable proof of the truth of what he advanced. On the Norih of England line oily halt he maximum rate of tolls was demanded that was now offered to the present company. The room was cleared, and on our re-admission, The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee had decided to asst. ,nilate the eh trges on s me portions of the line with those of the London and Birmingham line, hut were not prepared to do so with respect to the other portions of the line. The clause as amended was then read and agreed to. Some other clams of the Bill were also gone through; after which the Committee adjourned. GROUP LXVI. NEWCASTLE AND DARLINGTON ITT "d- T. 10 2, AND TYNE DOCK. The committee on this group met to-day at twelve o'clock, in Room No. 13. The Committee were occuplcd during the whole day in hearing evidence upon the oppnsitton offered by Mr. William Stephenson, a member of the Jarrow Chemical company, whose works would be injured if the powers sought tor in this Act wero carried into effect. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at one o'clock, in Room 1, House of Lords ; present Lord Shaftesbury (Chairman) and Lords Morton, Winches. ter, &c. There were on the list 22 Bills, of which all but two were Railway Bills. On the list of the Committee on merits there were 29 Bills, of which all but eight were Railway Bills. The following Bills were disposed of at the course of the day:— BLACKBURN, CLITHEROE, AND NORTH WESTERN JUNCTION. The promoters of this Bill haa compliei with the standing orders. A-11BURTON, NEWTON, AND SOUTH DEVON. This case efts part heard yesterday. The Committee decided to day that the promoters had complied with the standing orders. NOU fll WALES (No. 2). A decision was made in this case. tIAL WAY AND KII KENNY. This Bill, which came before the Committee on a second reference, wa.s again the subject of a favourable de. islon. The Committee also declared th stan ing orders complied with in the cases of the Haywood Waterworks and the Edinburgh Paving Bills. In the Select Committee on Merits, the following decisions were made : LEEDS AND TH[RSK (QT. HELEN'S BRANCH DEVIATION). LEEDS AND T.IIRSK (KNARE.BOROUGH EXTENSION). LEEDS AND THIUSK (NOR al-EASTERN EXTENSION WA. H TO HARTLEPOOL.) In the cases of these three branches of the Leeds and Thirsk Rail way, the Committee decided that the preambles of the Bills had been proved. SCOTTISH GRAND JUNCTION. This Bill was also passed LONDON A:A) SOUTH-WESTERN (FARNHAM AND ALTON BRANCH). This ca a had been part ward. The Committee declared the preamble proved. GENERAL , ERMINUS AND GLASGOW HARBOUR RAILWAY. A similar decision v 4 ar made in this case. SCOI TESL' CENTRAL (ALLOA BRANCH). The decision of the Committee was favourable in this Case also. DUNBLANE, OON::, AND CALLANDEIt. This Bill, Witten has been before the Committee a great many times, was again adjourned till Thursday. DEESIDE. This Bill, which was part heard on Thursday, was now passed, the Committee declaring the preamble proved. BRISTOL AND EXETER (CREWKERNE BRANCH). Preamble proved. WILSONTOWN, MORNINQSIDE, AND COLTNESS (BATH GATE BRANCH). WILSONTOWN, 31ORNINGSIDE, AND COLTNESS (CALEDO NIAN BRANCH). WILSONTOWN, MORN I NGSID I) COLTNESS (IMPROVE- MENT AND BRANCHES). The preambles of these three Mlle were declared proved. SLAMANNAN (lIATHGATE AND JAWCRAIG BRANCHES). The same decision was made in this case. AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND BOSTON, AND EASTERN !UNCTION. The preamble of this tell was declared proved. LON.,ON AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY ACTS AM ..liI)MENT. This Bill was finally passed. THAMES HAVEN DOCK AND RAILWAY. Their Lordships gave a similar derision in this ease. and also in the case of the Witham Navigation Acts Anieritneut. The Committee then adjourned at ten minutes to four till twelve to-n3orruw. White Hart •F ar aer. aged thirty. an W in li g it u e es H t a w rt a . s s H a rt-street, STRANGE. SUICIDE. —On Monday before Mr. Bedford, at the came Drury-lane, on the b•tdy of Rowla , s d he three, who destroyed himself under the following circum. stances :—The d reset lived at No. 1, Bedford-cowt, and was a brassfounsler , [ln we: greatly addicted bile, korhinekwinaes On Friday when he went home he said to hie wife, 66 17 -. little know the trouble. that is coming to y nu, ” and then Lou her Ilui for a pint ot beer When sent ‘ rt . a % i V ne la d s to be corrosive sick before the tire, and he told a he n r e , in the next world." He h a d a cup in hai r..ry large t e n ( e lu e 4 t:: : :a t h y : something white in it. It was sublimate, which had been taken d in 8 hand, and there was The deceaAed, when dying, ake. Verdict, .4 T emporal , . he had taken it by ma 1 00 drinking." y inanity, brought on by ezoeu- i . i i 41 • cu. having men iioned it, and did not • .iyv aun .41 AS dun, a boy of 14, was next examined, and gave a minute description of what hail taken place on the evening itl question. He swore positively to the chalk writ ing having been done by the deceased, and the only suspi cious part elicited was that his father had been home for more than half an hour before any alarm was given in the neighbourhood; but this Evans attributed to the miscalcula tion of time by the boy. The stele-mother of the deceased. Hannah Benwell, was called, and also swore to the chalk w-iting being the de ceated's, and said thit the deceased had always spoke Mildly of his master. She dtnie•l that eh,: hat any intent.itn to marry Evans, that anv improper interceurse he.d taken place between her and him; and declared that if she sus pected that Evans had anything whatever to , do with the death of the deceased, she should herself be the fir--t 1 ,0 . 1 '2"n to b! big him to ju tice. This witness a. wen as Mr. Bishop admitted that the deceased had spoken of t.t,icide, an d men' tinned th a t h e cons id ered dr Awning; was the ; easiest death. inspErtor C am pb e ll was examined, and .dr. Ho..ke read a statement made by E vans hints it before the coroner and jury. It appeared that he refused to be sworn, from some scruples. but made a leap thened statement. Mr. Hooke said the only part in the letter to which he should direct. his Worship's attention was the fact of his saying he returned to his premises at nine &chick, whereas in, alarm had been ziven, nor the body found un it he.lf-past ten. Mr ELLiorr , b-erved, that he had listened attentively to the evidence, and his impression was tba! it was not sufficient to justify him in detaining any party ' • but. at the same time he would recomthend those engaged in the inq. - -iry still to pursue it. _ _ _ • Evans said that he had b een gros ,l y ca l umn i ate d, as be was as innocent of the charge imputed to bun as any person present. THAMES Wihicon Finch, a mechanic, was bp ught before Mr. Billan inc., charged with thrusting a real-hit iron into the face of a woman named Ann Pitt, by which she was severely injured. It appeared from the evidence that the woman resided in the house of the prisoner in C hambers-street, Whitechapel, and that. on Saturday a quarrel t-ok place be een her and Finch, which gave ri-e to bad langu , ge, and neither party were very choice in their expres4 , ns. At last the prisoner was greatlt provoked by some gross epithet applif d to him, .ind be lett his torge, at which be was engaged, with a piece f red-hot iron he was using, and thrust it with great vitt ,ence into her face. The flesh was burnt, and her eye was inju ed by the blow. The assault was clearly made out by the complainant anti another witness, and it was proved by a policeman, named Surherland, that upon taking the prisoner int. custody he Adulated that he struck the woman, and that he was in a • passion at the :ime. The prisoner, in defence, said the woman struck him 6r-t, and used th• most annoying and opprobrious lan guage, and that he did not strike the complainant with the it .n i.ftenfi nally. Mr. BALL XII 41i was .iatisfied the prisoner had committed very true, ascult. upon the wAnan. and as not wish the cast to tie sent t o th e sessions, tiewo she tl would dispose of it ,unim.iri:y lie sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of 51., and in u it a committed him for two , months. MARK ib'f — DlE WS—(YeIs'rERDA Y.) Y IWA et elle- 4 1 5s to SMITHFIELD - Meadow Ilsy, 3/ to 41; 'Clover ditto, 51 158; Oat /'craw, 1110 s to II 12s ; Wheat straw, I/ 12s to 11 141 per load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. o CUMBERLAND. Aleadow flay, 3/ to 41 3s; Clover d-t-, 4/4s to 51 16s; Oat Straw, 1/ 108 to 1/ 12s; Wheat Straw, I/ 121 to 1/ 14• per load. Supply good, and trade all. ' WurrEcnArEt.-Meadow Hay. 3/ to 41; Clover ditto. 41 4s to 5 1 17s ; Oat Straw, I/ lOs to I/ 12s ; Wheat Straw, 11 125 to 11 14s er load. Trade dull a t the ithore quotations. New Meadow Hay was se CO ling ONIAL.at front 2/ 5s - to 315 s per load. SUGAR.- Owing to the postponement in Parl ament of the Sugar qr , tott, there has be en more demand for British P l an t a tion descrip• tir and 900 hhds have been dispo.ed of at r6d to Is advance. The it way of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 2,384 hhds 462 tierces 717 barrels, and there were taken for home cons= pt on 1,279 hhds 112 tierces 107 barrels. The stock in the same places is 7,644 blids 1.014 tierces 1,958 barrels. Box -The quantity landed last wc-ek at the Bast and West India Docks was 421 puns 40 hhds ; then. were taken for home collsonP" tion 117 pus 7 hills and eXportrd 132 putEs 30 h ds. 'the stock ut the same places is 10,165 puns 1,985 hhds. RtcE.-6.783 hags Bengal at auction were al sal at 13s to 13s 6d for middling to flue white, and lOs 6d to Ils for common to fine cargo. TALtow. - P. Y C. is 42s per cwt. en the spot, and town the same. TEA - The market is dull. (From the Laminn Yew Price Current of June 23.) SUGAR.— o-day any further advance In the value of West Mlle Muscovadoe was prevented from taking place in consequence of the narkt t being more freely supplied, but there was a large businesS transacted, and the rates paid were equal to those or Friday. I.EFl*rEb. 0-day Relined Goads a ere much sought after bv the home trade but few parce s were to be had, and prices a ere firm . This afternoon ‘lautitius -ugar was is good re nest, and 8,309 bags 4 isks at auction were sold at very full rates. This afternoon the marke. ws batter supplied with Bengal r, and three parcels. mounting to 3,33 1 bags, were submitted to public competition; near y the whole sold at previous improved rates. TEA.—Hollers are no' inclined to reduce their prices, but the trade have purchased black and green with caution, taking only snffieleot for their immediate wants. although the deliveries front the bonded w irehi.Uses have been large. FoaElon.—To-dery at public sale 79 cases 10 barrels 1 box of Bahl& Atusar were sold at firm rates. COFFEE —This afternoon 3fozha Coffee met with increased at ten, ion. ant 319 bales at auction mere all sold ; the dealt sorts. con sisti,l2' 01 175 hales, fetched the Lull value. Native Ceylon is little wanted, btu Plait thin sel's more freely. MOLASSES. To-day the demand was gond for West India, and 100 nuns of Antigua were sold at 28s per cwt, which was a very full price. Cocoa.—The market has a qu el pp srance for foreign, but lo' lers are unwilling to reduce rice., es. West India is little waste tplCEs —T. - lay at public sale 467 bags Malabar rapper were sold at full r a tes; 6es bxs 3 bgs of Nutting' went at 3, Id for Mid dling b wn, 1. , 4d to 2s iod for mouldy, and Is 9d for low limed, being rat e.t. the Srierrs. —The deliver'et of Rum continu •to e upon a Urge scale , ex.eedirg those of last year ; but the stuck is riesv.er, aid the prlc..s are higher by Ed to 7d for I. award 1-land 3d to 6d for Jamaica. and 51to gd oer gallon for Ea-t India. For an sorts of fir-indv ar'c-t has still a vi.ry dull appear ince : the stock is yet on the , and tis difficult to qinve accurate prices. In Ga on VA S e'er .1 1)11,11 •ez It iv , been mare at 2s t • 2d Id for common export awls, at d 2a 4d to 33 for flue and very tine for home cm. sumption /cit.—To-14y Bengal Rice was less In regtust, and the parcels fnred at auction, amow t +g to 2,730 bags and 2,07.5 packets, went at rather lower 'aces, excepting for flue, wh.ch sustained the former value, hut the whole sold. TALLOW —The business transacted In Russlen has been extremely limited on the spot for all purposes, and the tenden y of prices is atilt downwards. Oit.s.—The ttarket has assumed a &me - appearance for Southern Oil ; a good d>s ant has prevailed, and the rates paid ha% e been fully equal to those previous y quoted Cod has been purchased with c ion. but buyers have t o en compel ed to pay 281 to 281 109 for small parcels. - Holders o' .4eal are unwilling to redinte their prices. OF Greenland Whale ,Oil 5 tuns at uction brought 25110 x. Sperm has been putchavd with more freedom, but prices are erevewed from im reving by the continued rri vats. There are sellers of Rape &seed Oil upon funkier rod Ted terms. Although prices rule le,w for Linseed Oil, and the supolv small, still ihe business transacted has been limited. Olive has bee , sparingly deal in, although turtly r reduced rates have h en t,-k Althou :h there are further arrivalsofralm holders evince firmness nd supply the market moderately ; a goo.! demand bee existed privately Cocoa Nut has met with increased attention, an d owing to the small supply buyers have b , ett compelled to pay and er rates. Hors. —rrices continue to decline, and may be quoted 8s per cvit• lower than this day week. The market is very inactive. owing to the continuance of hot weather, which does not suit the vermin, an d which has much decreased. In fa t, the flies are ail go , -e, and lice are dally diminishing. The appearance of a large yield of Hops• at present is very promising, and the quality is likely to be finer than that of last season. We are quite glad to see Sr• J. A. Omrnanney abroad again to-day in the streets or Portsmouth. The Gallant Admiral has been sorely bruised anti shaken by a fall from his horse, end -ttbsequently being run over by a fly, which was farm at Iv a light one ; but Its he bad no bones hnken, quietude and rest is fast pi: tiv g him in ease again.-- Hampshire 7'e e ..raph. A DV , RTI , EMF NT.] —The Atrauilatorr, or Liquiii Hair Dye, the only dye that really answers for all colours, ar.ci does not require re-doing, but as the hair grows, as it. never fades or acquires that unnatural red or purple tint common to all other dies. Ross and Sons can, with the greatest confidence. recommend the above dye as intillible, if dose at their esta • bli.hment ,• and ladies or gentlemen rolui , ing it are it" - quested to brine a friend or servant with them to see hew it .• used, which will enable them to do it afterwards without the chance of failure. Several private apartments devoted en tirely to the above purpose, and some of their establishinar t having used it, the effect produced can be at once seen. - The/ think it necessary to add, that by attending strictly to the ia • structions given with each bottle of dye, numerous persons ha••• sneceeided equally well without coming to them. Address ' 4 OSS and Sons, 119 and 120, Rishopsgate-street, London, the ce lebrated Perruquiers, Perfumers, Hair-cutters, and Hair•dyers - A most important addition and improvement to Ross anti Sons' Liquid Hair i)ye. Rees and Sons most respectfully if•• form the public that they have succeeded in producing S P° . made, that after the hair has once been thoroughly dyed by their Atrapilatory, will keep it in the most beautiful order, and p revent it again showing grey, with no more trouble than al • piing any other sort of grease to it. This most astonisbal invention is only to be had of then', as above. I %DV'. RTISEMF.NT ]—AN AUTHENTICATED CURE OF A FEARFUL CASE OF PILES BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OttameriS.--"„ John Thompson. Esq.. the very r spectable editor and proprietor 01 the "Armagh Guardian," an Irish newsp per, vouches as to tile f.ct of an extraordinary c re .4 a case of pi es of the most dis tressing nature, and of some years' standing, which was effected I these it edicmes when every other means had railcd. The pe OW alluded to is a gentleman of large estate, and great influence In tne county of Armagh. No one need suffer long from piles, fistula, and what Is termed " a bearing down," if they have re course to these far famed reme lies. - bold by most of the respectable chemist throughout the civilised w t rid, and at Prof esor Hollowa y's Est a went, 244, Strand, London. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —The artifieial the most valuable gitts aerieea from aid_ afforded to the sight by Lenses is one of ft . that th ed-ption of science, an I it is indeed of vita imeonsu -- lives to this brabch of science. should regulate d on proper prin- Sp ctacies to imperfect v son ~,, .1 •tlcians, 39, ‘lbemarleestreet, ciples. Messrs. S. and 13. Solo.° • Piccadilly, having devoted aeries,have enable i them to In • sent Spec and their long extensive p e struction , whizb hay i e gained universal tide Lenses upon a new Icif'liey are I laced before I • Imperfect via on approbation. Immediately . appeareh before the that mist and dui nee• w clear an _t eyes is at once re moved, every objectbecomesdistinct , So that the most 'sight becomes t eight and b BIN ! aged, defective it, and is brought 10 Idol natural a . .d original state. . 1 •so, the most power32 l iAt.chytOuM at l c Te.eseopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, Inv ' isib'e and all kind , : of Ac , ustsc instruments fur re ief of t xtreme Deafness. . taution.— es , a S. and It. Solonions, Opti c i an . , are not in any wa y connecte d with a person of the same }lame in bourn, o d. 'lo prevent mistakes , c be cautious and o b serve , only to the immediate ntigh be had at 39, Aihemar e•street, Pic dill , 0 , polite the York Hotel. Pal BIRTHS.- at the Old Pace, Richmond, the lady of On the 21st inst., Keith William Stewart Alackeimie, Esq., of Seaforth, of a daughter. On the 19th inst., at the Parsonage, Lamborue Woodlands, BerkS, the lady of the Rev. John. Bacon, of a son. On the 19th inst, the lady of T. U. Acland, Esq., ofa daughte r. On the 19th hist.,, l ,urton-crescent, the wile of the Bev. G. S. Drew, incumbent of old St. Pancras, o: a daughter. On the 211th inst., the wife of William Bell, Esq., surgeo manor place, Walw ort h , of a son On the 20th i nst. , at the Paragon, Blaekheath, Mrs. Lawford Richardson, ofa Iln. On the 20th inst., i n Q ueen square , W estm i ns t er, L a dy Duff Gordon, of a boy. On the 20th Inst., in Hamilton-place, Brixton, the lady of Alfred Eyre, Esq., of a daughter. Ott the 20th inst., at•Westbourne-park-villas, Bayswater, Mrs. J. W. Black co. of a daughter. 21st brat., lu 'orfolk-street, Park-Line, Mrs. Pearce ki 0 0 1 1 t i t h ie e , •rs. H. Hewlett of a' daughter, c cold, of a t'anithter. .41 A i‘lti On 'he lr th in.t.. Capta n J. Baldwin, to Jane, widow of MAW" General Cons dine, K.H.. late cnnn.inding 10 h Regiment. the 20th inst., at St. Martin's-111411e Fields, Captain Henri Connop, late of the 93d Highlanders, to Mary Lucas, yoUllie" daughter 01 the late John Mosley. Esq. WED. On the lath inst., at Torquay, Mr. Thomas 'Hughes, surgeon. On the 19t in4t., In Upper Onver.street, Bedford-square, the Bev. Dr. Moore, Vicar of St Pune/Its. . th. 19th test., at Hampstead, Ellen, fourth daughter of the late George Italkes, Esq., aged IS. On he It'th inv., Mary, the wife of J.,C. Fare!): other, 1 sq.. of Cantvrbury-tlace, Lambeth. On the 2 , 1 h ins ~ in Obi Millman-street, Bedford-row. Miss Las es. On tit- 20th Mat., at Blackheath, Robert Duff. the infant son of 1. Farquhar, Esq. Lonuon: enntea mot l'ublistl,o by h eriDO YOUN(, or No. 11.?, strancl.Printer. at re s o . °nu*, n )2. strand. in the Precinct of the &MIN ai tin Qualy-g hutulle;g4 Wpuckitr, nag _ Pan iron Atte t 7 . ot Will and f 44 . 1 Dail BI 11cc nQw tent Or t mod, [Mei tittei --- A Case each Xsea sites beini of t: day Pat Pro tn o tai st;