The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-24 00:00:00

....... MUSIC. ME 'VOICE OF FRIENDSHIP. Sung by Mr, W. Harrison. Words by Eugenia Parham Rolfe ; 1711Tusic b y H . .I. St. Leger. °U - LOVE BUT ME. Ballad, sung by M a d ame Anna Tleillon. lV ords by Eugenia Pulliam Rolfe. itlusic by 11. J. St. Legcr. . The art o f NI riting words for music is an art more difficult than thoe who have never made the attempt _ ea ._ l l ir n:igine. It i s not sufficient to be a poet—the ' ter of a g oo d song must be a musician also—must hav e an ear f or the "dulcet concord of sweet sounds " *--,rnut esclaew all harsh, guttural, hissing intonations. meiosis songs are written, not only poetically, but It e e ir i° u. sin and we hope ' that Eugenia , Parham ; ers e a e l o f th will write many more ballads. The sentiment zds has been well translated into the uni too ouage, music,by r. St. 111 Leger, and the composer"Vanimens rove that he is not a mere dilettanti of melody, p but an accomplished, we may a dd, a learned musician. RAILWAY RETURNS. p /Il ays f or iT MAFFIC.---The followiw , are the Total Receipts of Rail :"Peetive 2! past week —that is to :ay, up to the date to which the we ek in rcturuiou s are y ear made, together with the receipts of the same prev s : Last week. gm • 925 7,9 1 4 NAME OF RAILWAY. .............. 14 Y 17 Arbro ath and Forfar •••• • ** ' '''''''' :.. Bri stol and Bi rmingham • • • • • '..... DubliChester a Birkheda .. enhead . • • • " * • • —.• • • • ..... n and Drogheda • üblin and Ki ngstown ••••". . ' .... Dun dee and A r b roath . • • • • • * ... ** .. Nrh arn and S un d erland .• • • • • **** ... Edin:qtrgh and Gl asgow . • • • '' : • •_.._ .. Easter n Counties an d North Eastern Glasgow Kilmarnock, and Ar • • • • • ~: Glas gow and Greenock • • • • y-- ...... Grand Junction • • •• • • • • • ' • • •; • • .. Grave s end and R oc h ester .. • • •• ' • • .. G Great North of England ••••• ' • • • • . '•'• " • " Great W estern .• • •an a nd Selby ••• . • • Liver pool and M anc h ester .• • •.... .. London and Birmingham • •• .. " LondoLondon and Blacki,vall.... •'• ' ** . London and Brighton. • • • • • —•— • n and Croydon • • London and Greenwich . • • •• • • London and South Western . • • • • • • —. kanehestct, Bolton, and Bury • • •• • . Manchester and Birmingliain.. • • • • * Manchester Leeds, and Hull Assoc• • Midland antics.Co' . • " ' • • • • • *** • Newcastle Darlington .. •••• :: :: l'CvWeaqle and Carlisle *•• • • • . -'awcatle and North Shields• • • . • • • ICbort.ll Union and Bolton and -art' P aris' C orbett and Orleans.. —• • 'UM Rouen . • • • Preston sil•estort and Byre • • • ‘ • • • • • • • • ... • • .er 'Mel d and Manchester— • • • • • • • • ' South East ' • . ***** " .. • • .• T an , vitl ern.... —• • .. • •• • • • Yarnaotti.h• • a • tid • • N • ' 7 o • r • I • vic • Ii • •• • ' • • • • . 'rock - a nd Borth Alidland .• •••• •• * •. --_ 4,197 781 1,026 1,002 00 3,001 5,431 2,373 1,004 10,096 425 4,8i0 5,848 5,547 603 1,617 5,552 1,130 287 2,826 Ti o th e h,_ . ur 1 Altl4°l3Tia CATASTROPHE. —T h e pwritereris to o h e 84_ r ble letter published last week in this pa litatenTeTtened before the jury, to corroborate . or deny his hne;licee:uzi4j.pe.sitolfhtiesh;n2.per. c is s :Varnes, and he is a solicitor's sto atb i . n .... !tie . oft . ce of Messrs. Fisher and Lucas, Yar- Pre_, 44 .ING Prsatuy _we beg to remind . . tho . se rvrati xe - e herring fishing, and others, that it is im uithevrogis turpatinontbeeftuse, seamen, e t n h , e recent Act of parliament for that before proceeding to sea tieliietlirrovide themselves with the necessary . regist n ry_ coseo.Lriuln the nearest custom house, otherwise ta n k o en ft%WI t Y to the requisites of the statute will be i 0 ee,tevnattgletyo,f,.hyiinformers who are entitled to one ha f f eh is very heavy, It were well, th e e rn re: k eit cat those interested in this branch of our _c van. tigeeaeguard against anything deteriorating their ad To' st,Peculations,—Rosshire Advertiser. hits 0 4-IELSTON CHURCH AFFAIR.—A subscription t("'ell commenced HillHelston and its neighbourhood a;_r esent Frederick ,, churchwarden, with —v ee of curse ~ --1., ;hthe e our r lbe, for the purpose of testifying approval of ell. g„..ene adopted in opposition to the proceedings . of 0y e ,,,' - i s v • welter Blunt, the curate. The sum subscribed l ets C P e rson is not to be more than half-a-crown nor b h -n a penny.-- We Briton. 144 :NW.--SINGULAR CHARACTER.— On Friday Itetoisst,ra,ngely-behaved character was taken before the iv illi " '" r • ti. Chesshyre and C. Clarke, callinf y . himself ßattue Fillotukil Louis Bou.'bon Patinore, the kion„11.%11. Superintendent Redin depo ß se o ot a tbat the barged Nth )," was gt him the day before, aillitsiltilie-tie7btainsgs. at the deer in Hatfield Forest with e e said l On being n as o k h e d d hieeihrOoafntdhowhat Duke he Etto, , le was th e so 44 br og , 0 Prince of Diamonds, Duke of Vergenus, of 0 c:ther of the Princoss Royal. Itt 1611°/1 that his intellect was disordered, e4e gee, Slirgeon,. Mdr.erßededinse,nbtelfnogr. t h e ht.:shall%) that he was certainly insane. who decided (after . examination m h i e n n a o ti n o l n d and alluding to ale re-'egt to peak on any subject w it hout h• some goa s n a . On searching him, _ . tXtritolarci. nip u ith royalty. documents were found . , keork. iliarY and curious paper, pic tera other ten , .re ok, p a l, a lio p ok ie , c m es a 0 d f e u n p e w o s p f a scraps p e, r, . of decorated with etilletidlnhe.iinoblitee::ated postage stamps, which the lunatic Perf ectl is IleYal Sportsman's Battue Licence ; he was the h , Y. harmless and good humoured. By order from J. - . 1 . -4 4 1 strat e , . - b uil n kiii , 3, the Superintendent conveyed him to Sir "44Pi.e8 g• " Luna tic Asylum, at Hoxton.—lpswich .A. eorres ii4trotrkerst onNtlit'ades,l'outhco_ Jrip_ lains . of the ohs p e a r be b or hu,dred c — evori line; he better erupli , ro 8 c" r i e ell, and suggests that uv i ec t sit t y s t •o h u ero ld ef especially our is,:('—thent fo r our agricultural labourers, or Peab'all t, to lea .° and Dartmoor and Exmoor 114tyys. li e -1- `ue ph ugh, and try their hancs Whose earun giv" " i mtance of a Dartmoor man, orhi ni , _ Ig's were only 4s. per week, but now . , by 1/, 17 a. 's u he 1: 1' i1 ,,, - L "ne, be earned, in the last fortnight, Pwrii.lected, tliWealtlT number of railroads in hand, and tNera Tiin P o Yment is likely to last for years.— uiu eB. 1410118 th e 4overaaent N tba}:lGrn CRAIR .._ erver, C °hPaveA appointed s T i A Yl r . . —S m Wi t eh, ti as n tr d o e n r . i " m r Ur, . C a fe of Good Hope, to the chair of astronomy 1 d, ersity, vacant Ut,nurgh witness. by the death of Professor Henderson.— ..,, en,. •X/tAttisit,„ tcbt.ctsiatasvet:...S UICIDE THROUGH A WIFE'S MiSiZ. ti n ta ight an inquest was held before Mr. fiit!°,l, aged thrt.Cthhurch-row, Aldgate, on the b i o e d i y e. o P f ay S n am e' u a el d Thomas ~.e'' all Warwick vee years, who committed t:pietha....n n.feetla'esl3 'xiso IiZ I l odged i n 1.. hog o. 11, Church.row, stated that . the _d_e r: , : 0 : k e• He was an ostler in the service of 111 * " ose a nd . " Inn, Aldgate. On Thursday afternoen, be .. Zs !) :_ c t ne alarmed; the deceased was missed from his wor k. nd, oa going up stairs to his bedroom, NC! ch. overed the d det„;rittl`n" Re alp'pneeas:ecnialled tat ,77: Post. w., eceased suspended by a rope to the top of root , in the mo • Witness met the for assistance, and the deceased was sold and quite dead. . bl2'cpep hi s ha morning He seemed rather excited . . He ot h g a n d t., a , nkr:is r i „._ 'kit and said "he should not be alive by r s7_d_eetaB;orihstrated with him, but he did not make any ans h w e e en . hheal her rt had much trouble with his wife, and had t . h e. fbr several years, in consequence of her ba d c on. . , l Ary ~„'d 88 . a week to the parish for the support of his wife. , .01%11 ' r iled a verdiLt of " Temporary insanity." *llZ3ll444cEe SEss loNs.--It will be recollected . that 1 10 4. 44 to N _, a gentleman of the name of John Quincey H arris, . ila Of c o "' the representative of Newcastle-under-Lyoe in the r fos44alllt nik,tart'nnst Was c ommitted for trial at these sessions for visqatoth,7 oft:' Ids brother-in-law, Mr. Thomas Roberts, a . s ed o t as te hem.inatin at Bow-street, doubts were ra h is e was 14, tak e i t lY sok, is ta.lod. S ubsequently to the comm i tta l en pro ierit insaa Medical gentlemen, by whom he has be h ving histi&l, toned, The necessary certificate of this fact 1,- 4 4 the unfortunate man has been since removed by ~...a l unati c as I adit‘;`rAt, s vb Y um. lliaeiNklitnio ,"4•M-BOAT ACClDENT.—Yesterday an litta,_rernbstanes` Was held before Mr. J. C. Carttar, to investigate aasi:.roa n. eel& attending the death of Thomas William Scott, a Aft; l l bEt tl a ged 21, W h o was drowned in consequence of his boat 48 41011 •"".'"Ped Under the bows of the Shannon steamer. °lnqtrtr aki n t Y the jury decided on a verdict of " Accidental teci,,ed ONO t al their opinion that, if greater care had been * ' e cl • ° se on board the Shannon, no loss of life would have ~ %rid,. and f NI, a n d f urther expressin their hope that some provision T ' 1 1. 4 : LA R c-r e QY the stearn- boat g Company for the ielatives of the ; Lev 't - Itom Ishit•trltian'll II brid AS ROOD AND THE S P C REMIER.— zn..' him -Of g„,. ged from a notice by . Mr. S. C. Hall, in the itazr tr itta '•Lor . da y ;_, t r ' Mr. Hood's existence was a lon t g io d o i s s_ i j Oed h. e; yet his temper unembittered by con ki r %a s ki - ever earfulCh and kindl y , ' turning, to the very last, bget.:l;'",Y :L4:tering s and for cing those who wept over ft' 41 0 ' 4 ot - •`,„ 4 it o=ats (till ' he was overtaken by the last du ll re ems - `kittiei '"ued d s receding his death), to smi h s t44 ll; k loti : e rn ? " his ce nceits ay bo p wever strangely mingled wit - , 4l 4o l) Pra e s e - ,•‘ Of his s ituation ' and his solemn forecast of the s ras : 4 for is,_ death hereafter. Nor were such terrible con s tr h a t s rt, Its4hattliatida"g..cliteath.bed only. Even when the ' Song of t t i h to e r was allitiNily "breath . ever y heart in Great Britain, its a Cacth roh Prop pm t arid soon after he was confined to his u bed, and lCi h, gh sujeeusSl'ivbY pillows to write wit. And so he struggled Oats ,-- hunglaork e Paroxysms of illness, till the las t . few months ;04412 4, 0re t. alaidst the very crisis and beatings l)of heart ~ ! ell,pieslin once even in the intervals of delirium at the thakleat fr a "CI his last novel doomed to remain, like his s l 'has nr ft% raent. But it is all over with him now. He i s Nitts.esethey B:beours never remunerated in proportion d t e o od t to 1 ,, . ha Ider n, 1! ?rid to the enormous profit they iNs h i ' 4l wbl7rnalut thought of by those whose p h ru ear u ts they .. e lai ncit 'ad b een "e care they seemed to beguile. Latterly hl3 bc 'e 1 0th °lee e ag"ir ed by his terrible lament — .l cannot die, l ei," of 144.1'.4 they could not but be thankful to lay him, on 1 4 1 1 , !0 thert4re, long , in a calm grave, at Kensall.green. It will not, ukloi r e a ro ,s before a monument is raised to his memory . ; sast cl o w arts enough in England to remember that . his 44 1 '41° 41 I t 'll. " h ave but the small pension bestowed by Sir R. k itra ly % , l)4 t, O en te „ r ' l a words that did equal honour to the Minister aar; and ,-"°eled his regret that the grant was necessarily so nryii-eqUaird'eqUest that he might he permitted to make the per_ 11red,, ,iitited,"ciaece et one with whose works he was intimately t 6414 , eatmo, whose talents and character he had long appreciated k kklx h , "etc,- grab, -'" CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—Our ar- I ttp '"-cl • a ' r e ver 4 11 4 ,, al'; ;hl ~ Y•ansall this week. There is a poor show of m ats . ,, eel s brin uescriptions are 25 per quarter higher, and very "t atty7 e l•iti ff, g extreme rates. ' Barley is scarce anti dearer. , ba, •al,-.411, a" bt'ana g have not varied. Malt and other articles tisotst,d ..77103:e.,..1.V0 ILI-IA AI LAIDLAw, ve ,741,,in,w. avvz torrow and regret, the death of M . r. s vv o i t -- F. s We ha .1 &gor y 7_ ' , 1 4 ,:_ ,r. er.th.e exquisitely simple and pathetic natural ' li 1, 141(lgener`afii.eElitttin" and various contributions to asZ4 4 t i t ea g az on ~trQantUiarei tirdeoes brseeinwgitphecisiliirarly. dis tin guished W t er Scott at Th 41 ' I A the% o t u a n id t laW died on Sunday morning, the 18th inst., er tr kb , 4 l „ TriAm ,_,Y , " Rosa.—lnverness Courier. i,Pri,4llllBh,,*ES IuNNEL.---In reference to a para de".y3, wb y a that th e ,: we ar e r "rresPondent, which appeared in our paper 44 4 ,1 t tb e ;sery of theqUested by the Tunnel authorities to state, tkhtarietl:t::lieill described as having taken place in hared th at ti ; i 8 intirely destitute of foundation. We are ranot the haunt of loose women, and "qtei:T•tittle t, _ I Watched a police force of its own. balite,. 4:l4Struiseoutlantgi)arionon and the Misses Irvine have left Grafton •,„ 8 in ( „' guano a nd , igannon's seat Bryninalt, Derbyshire. 1144'ne eZnsysnor.'atauY Elizabeth Russell have left Earl Dela ivlti,"l'ers or ~ st reet for Bourne HLII, Cambridgeshire. - Nit tile c.,;e Caledonian Hunt give their annual banquet arentloll Hotel. We ek enema RAILW (YE TTEES. TERDAY Y Group E. NORTHUMBERLAND ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday. 2,142 464 2,480 4,319 1,554 1,450 15,408 552 4,791 17,241 967 3,668 Group X. LONDON AND YORK LINE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday 770 6,469 739 3,034 4,844 8,526 655 .1,522 285 1,314 5,997 5,981 4,1,09 948 529 1,628 By Mr. V. LEE—The cost of his coal at York was about 9s. a ton ; of coke, I Os. 6d. or I Is. He preferred an eastern to a western line. He had seen the Farringdon-street project, but a glance at :he estimate had satisfied him that it was so ridiculous that he bought no more about it.—(Laughter.) By Mr. JAMES and Mr. WEBSTER—He understood that the Bir. mingham and Gloucester line was about to be amalgamated with the Midland Counties Railway. He believed that no one was aware of the great revolution which would be effected in the coal trade by the construction of the London and York Railway. He knew enough of railways passing through towns to be aware that every man conceived his rights were trenched on by them, and went to law immediately; and he thought that the capital of the Farringdon. street scheme would be swallowed up in legal expenses. The Committee, at the close of this witness's evidence, adjourned to twelve o'clock to-morrow (this day). Group R. DUBLIN AND BELFAST JUNCTION RAILWAY. The evidence of Sir John: M'Neile (continued from our After. noon Edition of yesterday.) To Mr. ALEXANDER—The distance of the line from Newry would be about three-quarters of a mile. Its height there would be 240 feet above the level of the quay. The passengers station would be about a mile distant from the town. It was his opinion that the goods should be brought up from the harbours to the railway on an inclined plane. There was no power in the Bill to that effect. He was not aware of a petitiGn from Newry against the line. The viaduct over the Boyne was 400 yards. The centre arch would be in span 250 feet, and 120 feet those on each bide. The cut he estimated at 42,0001. The trade of Drogheda was taken under the viaduct ; but he considered from the increase of traffic that would take place new quays would be formed. The trade of the town was at present between the two bridges—that already over the Boyne, and the viaduct pro. posed to be erected. The most expensive cutting would be through granite south of Newry, and would cost Is. 6d. per cubic yard. The heaviest works would be between Newry and Dundalk A viaduct was proposed to be made across a valley at Drogheda. It would cost 10,4521. Ibe Dundalk river was also to be crossed by a viaduct, which he estimated at 2,7351. 12s. sd. The cost of the permanent way was 3,0651. per mile. The engines he pro posed to use on the line were lighter than those used in England, sixteen tons in weight, similar to those in use in America and Germany. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'clock. Group W. WAKEFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE RAILWAY. Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.); 111 r. J. P. Leatherbow, clerk at the Normanton station of the Manchester and Leeds Railway, examined by Messrs. BLAND and WILKINs, stated that there was a junction at that station of the Manchester and Leeds, York and North Midland, and Leeds and Selby lines. The goods and passenger traffic that passed there was very great. As many as eighty.six to ninety trains passed in the course of the day. Of these twenty-seven to twenty-eight were luggage trains. The direction from which cattle and sheep came was Newcastle, Darlington, York, and Selby, and they went to Wakefield, Rochdale, and Manchester. Trains, consisting of as many as 100 waggons of cattle, passed there every market-day ; and there were extra trains besides these. There were from thirty to fifty cattle in each waggon. It required two engines for one of these monster trains. Great delays occa sionally took place in consequence of this immense traffic. He saw as many as five trains delayed there at one time for several hours, and the confusion which arose was very great. This witness was • subjected to a long cross-examination by Messrs. PICKERING and KNOWLES. Captain Lawns, manager of the Manchester and Leeds Railway, confirmed the evidence of the last witness. He had made a pro position to the managers of the York and North Midland line to remedy the confusion and delay at the Normanton station, but they had resolutely refused to accede to it. By Mr. KNOWLES—He could not speak as to the relative * pro. portions of goods and merchandise which passed between Man. chester and the eastern counties, and Manchester and Leeds, but he thought the passenger traffic was rather greater between Man chester and Leeds than between Manchester and Hull. Mr. 'Seaton, of Westbridge, near Pontefract, deposed to the quantity of coal consumed by Pontefract, and the places on the line of the proposed railway to the east of that town. He calculated the quantity at 74,994 tons, and the amount which would be saved to that district by the conveyance of these coals on the line (calculating the carriage at Id. per ton) was 7,5001. Mr KNowLes cross-examined this witness. S. Cotton, auditor and accountant of the Manchester and Leeds Railway—Was conversant with the modeof ascertaining anticipated traffic on proposed lines of railway. The mode which he adopted in ascertaining the traffic on the proposed line was by having six different stations on the line from Wakefield to Goole, and appoint ing three persons at each of these stations to relieve one another every six hours for fourteen days. These persons were to note down in a book every one who passed, and every description o goods and cattle. He had made his classifications from this recordf and he found that there were 195,736 foot passengers a ho passed at various distances between the extreme points of this line. Calculating one half of these to go by the railway in third-class carriages, the amount of income from this source would be 2,6 C 6L The omnibus and pest-chaise passengers were 26,876 and doubling this number (which was customary in such calculations with this class of pas. sengers), the amount, at 2d. per mile per passenger, was 5,5401. ss. 4d. The number of passengers by their own convey. ances was 198,628, and calculating one-third of these as first class passengers, the amount was 1,636/. The quantity of minerals and heavy goods conveyed by canal had been calculated at 633,122 tons, and by diverting a quarter of that to the railway, at the average of lid. per ton per mile, the amount would be 33,606/. This proportion he considered a small one. Sometimes two thirds were taken, and not unfrequently it has hap. pened that the rail had soept the canal altogether. The passengersby packet from Knottingley to Goole were also taken into account, and, assuming the half of them to go by rail, as third-class passengers, the amount would be 233/. The live stock were calculated at 75,127 head (including 61,600 sheep, 4,536 pigs, and the rest cows, &c.), and at 2d. per head this would amount to 8,931/. The general merchandise and light goods which were observed to be carted along the proposed line was 47,000 tons, and the assumed traffic from this source was estimated at 1,304/. He calculated the working expenses at one-third of the estimated traffic, and as- Burning the traffic at 46,0001., and the working expenses at about 18,6001., the income would be about 27,000!., or 7 per cent. on the capital, 365,000 L 11,1 r. SEYbIOUR—Is one-third the usual proportion taken for the working expenses ? Mr. Cotton—The Parlianiebtary allowance is two-fifths or 40 per cent., but the difference did not materially affect the estimate. This witness was cross-examined at considerable length by Mr. KNOWLES, as to his mode of classifying the estimates and ascertain ing the different calculations. Mr. John Harris, engineer, examined by Mr. WILKINS—Was connected with the Stcckton and Darlington Railway, and had been engaged on several others in the north of England. He con sidered the litie under consideration to be the best of all those that had , been projected to accommodate the population of that disttict. The Speaker having been announced to be at prayers, the Corn. mittee then adjourned tin twelve o'clock to morrow. Group EF. DUNDEE AND PERTH (NORTH) RAILWAY. Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) John Kennedy cross-examined by Mr. Pows—:Anticipates no inconvenience to the traffic on the river near Dundee from the construction of the line. A single rail would occupy about five feet, and considers the removal of the carts would be a serious injury to the traffic on the quay. Mr. ANDREWS here put in a letter from the Tidal Commissioners, concurring with the requirements of the Board of Admiralty, re specting the construction of the bridge over the Tay. The letter bore date of the 22d (yesterday), and was relied on by the Counsel for the promoters of the line as favourable to them, inasmuch as they were prepared to insert a clause in their Bill promising to adopt the course recommended by the Admiralty. By Mr. HILDYARD—The witness referred to a passage ' in Mr. Mallett's reports, where he states that in paging a curve on the Dalkey atmospheric line, at the rate of . hirty miles an hour, a shock was so sensibly felt as to assure him that without the guard-rails it was probable that the carriages belonging to the train would have been thrown off the rails. Taking the limited space of deviation on a curve of ten chains, guard rails were absolutely necessary. The danger arising from passing curves at the velocity proposed on the atmospheric principle would be much greater than on the locomotive system. The greater the speed, the greater would be the extent of the calamity, Mr. Harrison Has then cross-examined most closely by Mr. Sergeant \Vanxcttns►, fur the purpose of showing that he had over-- rated the traffic, and the incapability of the atmospheric principle to work it, in consequence of unavoidable delays and derangement of the trains. His testimony, however, remained unshaken. Mr. HILDYARD having closed the case for the opponents of the Northumberland Atmospheric Railway, The CHAIRMAN intimated that it was the desire of the Committee to have some further information from Mr. Brunch Mr. Brunel was then called, and in answer to questions made by the CHAIRMAN, stated that in calculating the power necessary to be employed, he made allowances for the friction of air in the tube and the resistance of the atmosphere, and that the theories formed upon that subject were erroneous. Having taken all these things into consideration, he came to the conclusion that trains could be worked at the rate of forty miles an hour. Sergeant WRANGIIAM then addresied the Committee to show the superiority of the atmospheric over the locomotive system, and contrasted the evidence on both sides. Mr. Hunrsen, on the opposite side, impressed upon the Corn. mittee the want of confidence displayed by the supporters of the atmospheric principle, in never having made an experiment to any great extent, and also the fact that if the Northumberland atmos. pheric line were unopposed Wore the Committee by any other line, it would not pay, as it was by no means so good a line as could be made ; and if it now were allowed to pass, and turned out a failure, it would create a great want of link to complete the chain of corn. munication between London and Edinburgh. He trusted that the Committee would not run such a risk, when they had•before them the success of the locomotive system on the rest of the line. The Committee, which sat till nearly seven o'clock, then ad. journed till twelve o'clock on Monday. To Mr. PittuntonE.—Could not say if the Sheffield and Bawtry Branch Company were now shareholders in the London and York, or that was a legal question ; but should think they were not yet. The London and York line from Gainsborough to Sheffield was shorter than that proposed by the Cam bridge Company. Could not say by how much ; but it was much the best. It would be important that the manufacturing districts should have a short and quick communication with Lincolnshire. To Mr. BARKER—Is of opinion that the through North traffic was secondary to that of the West Rid,ng. The London and York Company considered a line between Doncaster and Sheffield and abandoned it, as it would not pay. There was very good water communication between those two places at present, and the dis tance was only about eleven miles. Re-examined--Believes that id. per ton per mile fli the carriage of coals would not pay unless it went a long continuous line, and under the direction of one management. The distance from Lin coln to London by the London and York scheme was the same as by the Cambridge. Mr. Joseph Pease—Represented Durham in Parliament at one time. Is an extensive coal owner in South Durham. Raises 32,000 tons of coal per diem. Exports coals to the four quarters of the world. Sends coals by sea along the whole coast to Exeter, and has also an extensive internal trade. Has given considerable attention to the London and York scheme. It will, in his opinion, effect a perfect revolution in the coal trade in its transit through the country through which it is to pass. Three farthings per ten per mile would be a remunerating rate of charge for long distances. By Mr. SCROPE—I he Cambridge and Lincoln line would not answer so well as the London and York, for this reason, that after arriving at Cambridge the interest of the coal-owners became con flicting, whereas from York northwards they were identical. By Mr. PEACOCK—The Cambridge and Lincoln project pre sented a direct line, with the exception of an ugly gap at Lincoln, which he could not get over. Nor did he think that he would get every facility for carrying his coals by that line, because he found that the Company were carrying coal from London to Stort ford at 2d. per ton per mile, and he did not think it likely that they would agree to carry even his extended traffic for l i d. a mile. Their terminus was at the wrong side of London for his business. He believed they would prefer their local traffic at a dear rate, than his greater through traffic at a low rate, because they would have to construct works for the reception of his coal at their stations. There would be great facility, he admitted, in running coal from the Great North of England to the Direct Northern. The cheaper the construction of a railway the lower the rates to the public could be made. THE SUN*, LoNnoN,"SATTTRDAY EVENING, MA Y 24, 1845 James Kennedy —ls manager of the Modern Athens' Steam_ packet Company, on which the through traffic from Dundee to Ferth comprises at present 15,172 passengers, all of whom would be lost by the formation of the projected line. Mr. Miller, in continuation of his examination by Mr. HOPE— The quantity of earthwork in the whole undertaking will be 30,000 cubic yards per mile, and the line being 501, miles in length, the total earthwork required would be 615,000 yards, of which 120,000 yards would be through rock, at a cost of from Is. 4 t. to 2s. a yard, the remainder through clay at about 9 per yard, the total cost'of which would be 34,5201. ; the width of cutting would be 40 feet, and the expense of masonry, including viaducts, was estimated at 20,7771. There were eight bridges proposed for the line, costing 230,0001. each ;.two of them lay over public roads. He had computed the occupation road crossings at 61. each, the turnpike-road crossings at 1501. a piece. The sum for culverts (six in number) would run from 751, to 1501. each. The cost of bulwarks (including 12,000 yards of pitching) he computed at ss. a yard, and a wall on the top of them extending 6,300 yards at 1,2004 ; 18,5001. had been put down for the aqueduct and river crossings. In the bridge over the Tay 80,000 feet of timber would be required at 3s. 6d. per foot, and 20 tons of ironwork at 30/. a ton. The expense of lay. ing the road would be Hid. a yard, besides a total of 109,000 ke:.3 at 4/. per thousand. Group V. NEWARK AND StIEFFIELD. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Sanderson proved the position of the coal measures, and that the proposed railway would open them up much better than the amended lineeou'd (To. Mr. llawkshaw thought the difference of expense in the work ing of either ►he o►iginal line or the amended one would be very Thomas Story examined by Mr. Fortsviti—ls an engineer of considerable experience, and is perfectly conversant With prices of railroads. Has surveyed the whole of the line in. fended for the Dundee and Perth Railway. Considers the cost of the line, exclusive of minerals and their compensation, would be 305,9461. 35., including 59,5651. 10s. Bd. for earthwork and viaducts, 56,5661. for masonry, 101,113/. Is. N. for permanent way, 33,601/. 19s. for land, 11,465/. 10s. for stations, 15,000/. for management, Lnd 58,0004 for contingencies. The quantity of earthwork would be 663,984 yards of clay and 251,566 yards of rockwork. Considers the estimate made by Mr. Miller wholly inadequate. Mr. Dean thought the estimated cost of tunnelling by the amended line was too low; ii.stea 1 of 304 he estimated it at 451. The Committee then adjourned. Group L. GUILDFORD, CHICHI:Si ER, AND PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday. ) To the cross-examination of Mr. ItawLiNsoN, Mr. Bramble stated that the terminus of the atmospheric line would be more conve nient to the borough was a contractor t o supply Government with timber, sometime; generally, though not to the dockyard. H e using as much as 10,000/. worth a year in the works he was en. gaged upon. He also used a great deal of lime, which he had hitherto got from near Petersfield, but he could get it from Cock. ing, and would do so, although it was eight miles further, because it was: cheaper. The cost of the lime used by him last year was 5001., and it would take abcut 250 waggons to carry this quantity, The atmosperic line might bring this cheaper than the other, but he had no confidence that it would ever be made. To the examination of Mr. Mom - Ault Smurit, Mr. Bramble stated that at the meeting in 1837 the South-Western Company proffered to make a line from Woking to Portsmouth, which the Portsmouth people expressly refused, as they were at that time decidedly in favour of a line to Horsham. The South-Western Company had afterwards proposed to make a line to Portsmouth from Bishopstoke, which was also refused. He believed that the formation of a direct communication from London to Portsmouth would occasion a greater intercourse with the Isle of Wight. Portsmouth could certainly not support two integral lines. The French packets had never come to Portsmouth at all, though some small vessels, chiefly for the sake of merchandise, had passed from the town to the coast of Fiance. With respect to lime, he conceived that the lime at Cocking was as goad as that at Butsor-hill, and th t titwas without limit. To the examination of Lord CLIVE, who was to-day in the chair, Mr. Bramble stated he thought he must have been present at two meetings. It was at the former of the two meetings that the inhabitants of Portsmouth had refused the line from Woking to Portsmouth. The timber they got from Sussex was chiefly beech and oak, the oak being very fine, and both these could be readily oaained by the Guildford and Portsmouth line. Cross-examined by Mr. AUSTIN—Had personally surveyed the line, but did not know on whose behalf. He had calculated 4,898/. per mile for permanent way, including Ili. a ton of iron for rails, Si. a ton for chains, ls, 6d. a cubic yard for ballast, ss. a cu' is yard for sleepers, 3s. Gd. a yard for fencing, 2s. a yard for laying road, and .50/. a mile for trespass. The Speaker being here announced at prayers, the Committee adjourned. Group DD. TIIE CALEDONIAN, AND THE GLASGO W, DUMFRIES AND CARLISLE RAILWAYS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.): Mr. Geddis, mining engineer, was next called.--He deposed that he had been employed by the Duke of Buccleuch, the Duke of Portland, and other extensive mineral proprietors, and from the information he had derived from that and other sources he was fully capable to give an opinion on the mineral districts of almost the entire of Scotland. He had visited all the coal and iron seams in the vicinity of the railway. The principal coal grounds were found in Lanarkshire and Lothian. Edinburgh was supplied with coal from Lothian, which was conveyed thither by a continuation of the Dalkeith line. In all these coal-fields greater or less quantities of ironstone was found, but very little black band had been obtained. It was usually considered that black band was confined exclusively to the mineral fields in Lanarkshire, but this was a mistaken idea, as it could be obtained in different quantities from almost all the coal_ fields of Scotland. Very extensive iron works existed in Ayrshire, but great inconvenience for carrying away the manu factured iron was experienced in consequence of the present in. c .mplete modes of transit. He had inspected the whole route of the Dumfries Railway for the purpose of identifying and de scribing the various mineral fields near which it passed. One.third of the entire line will be carried through extensive mineral districts. The railway would tend to open up many iron, coal, and lime-fields along its route, and would increase the population in its neigh bourhood, as there would be more men required to work the dif ferent mines. In the valley of the Irvine, going to Kilmarnock, the line would run for three miles through the Hurleford dis trict, where was situated a most extensive coal.field, and the works were at present in operation. Considerable part of the produce was carried in carts to the station of the Ayrshire Railway, to supply the large: iron-works at Dairy, Johnston, and Paisley. The cost of conveying the coal in carts from the mines to the station was Is. Bd. per ton. The remaining portion of the produce was sent south to the districts travelled through by the proposed Dumfries railway. If that line were made he was dis tinctly of opinion that the quantity of Hurleford coal con sumed would be greatly increased. The proprietors of the coal mines were very desirous to have their business increased, and the construction of the railway would effect that object. The nature of the Hurleford coal had been tested by experiment, and it had been found to consist of the very finest qualities, and was highly valuable. He had estimated the area of the field at five miles by two miles and a half, and it might ultimately be found to be more extensive. The number of veins at present being worked is three, and the average thickness of the seams is 16 feet ; and the estimated quantity of coals the mine was capable of producing was 90,000,000 of tons. The coal-field was skirted by ironstone mines, which tended greatly to enhance its value. Black band, ironstone, clay and ironstone, and limestone were all found more or less in the Hurleford district. The limestone field was 11 feet thick, and produced 2,400 tons annually. Iron mines and coalfields were to be found all along the line, and there was no doubt that numerous iron works and manufactories would be erected at various different points. The Nithsdale works supplied large quantities of lime for agricultural purposes, and it was of very superior quality, From Mansfitld the quantity obtained was 3,000 tons annually. Benstown produced 2,200 tons, and the re maining works produced from 5,000 to 6,000 tons. In the coal fields of Closeburn he had discovered specimens of black band, which were of a very rich quality. (las coal was worked at Brogue and Mansfield. The aggregate thickness of the com mon coal at Mansfield was 44 feet, in which there were two seams of gas coal, one averaging 11 feet in thickness, and the other 12 feet. In his opinion, it would be very difficult to form an accurate judg ment of themineral fields he had described. He had no doubt that the Wilsontown common coal could not be brought into competi. tion with the present supply in the Edinburgh market, and he was not satisfied that It would bear a comparison with that produced from the Lothian fields. Borrowstowness coal would compete with the Wilsontown coal, and Could be shipped for exportation at a lower rate. He had no hesitation in stating it as his opinion that the Dumfries-shire line would exactly tend to develope the mineral resources of the distticts through which it passed, and the general interests of the country would be greatly benefited by it. Mr. Wright, mining engineer of Dalkeith, and Mr. Christie of Muir Kirk ironworks, gave corroborative testimony to the state. ments of the last witness as to the quantity and quality of the various mineral fields through which the line would pass, that are at present in operation, or which would be opened up, if the pro. posed railway were constructed Mr. Miller, a lighterman, on the Thames, stated that he knew al the points on the river where the proposed termini met it. They could go from the Pool to Vauxhall on the flow of the tide and return on its ebb. The price to Vauxhall was eightpence per ton. the price of carriage to Coldblow, on the Surrey Canal, was Sd. a ton, exclusive of tonnage and canal dues, and waggon conveyance, which was id. more. The depth of water in Deptford Creek was a great inconvenience, and especially at neap tide, during which the depth was not more than from seven to eight feet. Shipowners would hesitate to send vessels of 100 tons or more there at that time, and this evil was felt eight days out of every twenty.eight in the year. There was also a swing bridge to pass, at which there was a shilling toll. _ Mr. CLERK proceeded to bring before them the case of Mr. 'Walker, a landowner and opposing petitioner, for whom he ap peared. The Committee, however, interrupted him, and adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow (this day). To the cross-examination of Mr. FLOOD, Mr. Miller stated that he believed that little coal was carried on the Surrey Canal: except that which was supplied to the South London Gas Company. There was no other wharf until they got to Camberwell. The entrance to the Grand Surrey Dock was 26 feet long by 26 feet wide, but the dock itself was a confined space. There were warehouses there for corn. A number of foreign timber ships discharged there. This, as well as two other docks, especially the East Country Docks, which were not far from the Croydon Railway, but not in conjunction with it, nor in any part so near as 2,000 yards to it. To the re-examination of Mr. GURNEY the witness stated that there was a charge of lid, a ton on coals taken into the Grand Surrey Dock, but there was an impediment to taking up ships into the canal from the ice in winter, and the usual course was to discharge in the l'osl. Mr. James Covington, a lighterm an, who b a d a large number of barges on the river, stated that his charge for lighterage from the Pool to Nine Elms was 9d. a ton, and to Coldblow 15d. or 16d; but there was a great objection to Deptford creek from its shallowness, and there was a very considerable delay from th e l oc k s. In winter there was also a great inconvenience from the ice ; but they had always access to the wharf at Nine Elms, and the water was always deep enough for unlading. _ the — cross.examination of Mr. FLOOD, the witness stated that to a customer he should charge nothing additional for going through the dock, though he should make a difference with a stranger. Mr. J. Chicor, a coal merchant, was well acquainted with the wharf of the South- Western Company at Nine Elms. He had sent from 9,000 to to 11,000 tons of coals there in the year, the depth of water off the wharf being about eight feet in neap tides, and twelve feet in spring tides. The facilities at Pope's wharf, which is half a mile from Greenwich, were not nearly so great. He thought the charges for lighterage were as the two last witnesses had represented them ; if anything, the charges were beyond the state ment of the witnesses, and certainly from his experience coals could not be delivered either at Coldblow or at Pope's wharf with nearly the same facility as at Vauxhall. The announcement being made that the Speaker was at prayers, the Committee adjourned till Monday. Group B. LEEDS AND THIRSK LINE. The Committee re.assemblcd yesterday at twelre; Mr. P. M. Stewart in the chair. The first witness examined this morning was Mr. Miner, the engineer, who corroborated the evidence given yesterday by other engineers as to the capabilities of the line and the propriety of the estimates. Mr. Nelson said, he had been engaged in gas works for thirty years past, very extensively in the west of Scotland. He deposed as to the respective value of the gas coal to be obtained from various districts through or near which the line would pass. Coal obtained from Lismahago, on the average per ton, would yield 10,500 cubic feet of gas ; Sothram coal would yield a similar quantity, Wilsontown coal would give 8,820 cubic feet, coal obtained from the neighbourhood would yield 10,000 cubic feet of gas, and from Borrowstowness the same amount could be obtained. lie was cross.examined by Mr. WADDINGTON, but his cross examination was frequently interrupted by the CHAIRMAN, who said that what he was stating the Committee had heard repeatedly before. Mr. EDDISON, the solicitor to the Bill, deposed to the number of petitions presented in favour of that line, and as - to the respectabi. lity of the petitioners. The petition from Leeds had been signed by 3,600 out of 4,000 of the constituents. TIARROGATE AND RIPON JUNCTION RAILWAY. The Committee then proceeded to hear evidence in support of the Harrogate and Ripon line. Mr. Lawson, M.P., examined by Mr. RORINSON—Is intimately acquainted with the country between Harrogate, and Knaresbo rough and Thirsk. The Harrogate and Ripon Junction is the only line that affords proper accommodation to Boroughbridge. The Harrogate and Ripon Junction goes close to Boroughbridge and Knaresborough. - The Leeds and Thirsk line will not afford accommodation to Knaresborough. He presided tion of Lord De Grey's agent, the meeting was unanimous in fa. your a meeting at Boroughb r id ge last autumn, and, w i th t h e excep your h g- of the Harrogate and Ripon line. There was a pr i vate meeting at Knaresborou . attended by many shareholders in the There Leeds and Thirsk scheme. were a number of workmen employed by shareholders in the Leeds and Thirsk scheme present. The meeting was in favour of the Leeds and Thirsk line, but from what he had heard from various inha:dtants of Knaresborough, he thought they were in favour of the Harrogate and Ripon line. Cross.examined —He considered the Harrogate and Ripon line would afford the greatest accommodation. If a branch of the Leeds and Thirsk line were brought into the town of Knaresbo rougk, he did not consider it would be so good as the Harrogate and Ripon line, because a branch was never so good as being on the main line. Had said t h at he should not ob j ect t o vote f or the Leeds and Thirsk line, and if the Committee approved of it, he should have no o bj ection to vote for the Leeds an d Thi rsk Bill if it came befor e Parliament. His own estate would be 1 benefited more by the H arrogate and. Ripon line than by the Leeds and Thirsk line. Cross examined by M r . H OPE for Lord De G rey, an d f or th e Church Fenton line al so . Lord De Grey ' s propeity was near to that of witness, and as f ar as his estates were concerne d, h e h a d the same reason for supp orting the Harrogate and Ripon line that witness had. Lord De Grey was not a resident there. Lord De Grey's property. however, was nearer to the Leeds and Thirsk line than witness's estates. By the CHAIRMAN--The nearest railroad to us at present is the North of England. It is seven miles distant. Cross.examination restaned There have been two petitions from Knaresborough, one each way. Re-examined L. y Mr. RoniNsor s —There Is considerable commu nication between York an d Ri pon. John Hodgson produc e d t h e returns of the towns within five miles of each side of the Harrogate and Ripon line, and of the Leeds and Thirsk line. Th e populat i on along the Leeds and is Thirsk line, from Thi rs k t o H arrogate, i s 28,822. From Thirsk to Harrogate, along th e H arrogate and R i pon line, the population 33,464. From Harro ga t e t o L ee d s, along the Leeds and Thirsk line, the population is 11,160. From Harrogate to Leeds, along the pro posed North of England extension branch, the population is 16,617. Mr. Basil Wood, examined by Mr ROBINSON—Is a magistrate of the North and West Riding, residing at Aldborough. The pro posed Harrogate and Ripon Junction would afford great accommo. modation to the district through which it passes. The proposed Leeds and Think Ike would not afford anything like so much accommodation to the district. The Harrogate and Ripon Junction would afford facilities for supplying the district with superior coal from the north. Knaresborough and Boroughbridge have both fallen off in consequence of deficient railway accommodation. Cross-examined by Mr. OVEREND— It certainly woald be for the advantage of Ripon to be situated on a main line, rather than upon a branch. Witness resides close by Boroughbridge. Cross-examined by Mr. Hoes—There is a good water corn. munication at present between Boroughbridge and Ripon. Mr. John Howgy, is a land-agent and . surveyor of K nares . borough, and well acquainted with th e district, and assisted in making the population returns which have been giv e n i n ev i dence. He took the population of the townships and not o f t h e par i shes, and excluded all places which we re furnished with accommodation by existing railways. The Harrogate and Ripon Junctio n li ne would confer a great benefit o n the district. It would open a direct communication between Knaresborough. and the coal anndo: Ottley districts. The Leeds and Thirsk line does not, like the Har rogate and Ripon Junction, pass through a coal-field. In going south from Knaresborough the advantages of the Har rogate and Ripon Junction were greater than those of the Leeds and Thirsk line, and the advantages for going north were about equal. The country, gone through by the Harrogate and Ripon would not be (Leeds Junction) was better adapted fc.r the, construction of a rail. Thirsk. The Leeds and country, Thirsk line passed through a hilly To the CIIAIRVAN—We went over these hills yesterday. England line passes through there. wa E y x t a h m an in t a li t a io t n tra c v o e n r t s i ed nued by_ti T i e h . L e eed w s w. much benefited by the Leeds and Thirsk line. Ottley market was not to be compared to the markets at Weatherby and Knares. borough. There are great lime works at Knaresborough, and The present feeling of the inhabitants . of Knaresborough is in favour of the Harrogate . and Ripon line and the Leeds the Great North of En Extension. There was a feeling in favour of the Leeds and Thirsk, but that was before it was proposed to carry the other line on to The evidence of this witness concluded thedepositions as to the mineral traffic for the promoters of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle scheme. The Committee adjourned until Monday, at twelve o'clock. Group N. CORNWALL RAILWAY. Mr. AUSTIN (iu continuation from our Afternoon Edition of yes. terday) said— However, they had to contend with the opposition of Lord Vivian, on whose property, and near whose handsome residence at Glynn, four miles from Bodmin, it was intended to lay down the line. But he had no doubt they should be able to effect an amicable arrangement with his Lordship, The Hamoaze would be crossed by a floating bridge of superior con struction to the one now there. At Falmouth Harbour it would be necessary to carry the line across the arm of the sea, in order that it might reach its destination. On their constructing three docks there, to which they had no objection, the Admi ralty would offer no opposition to that course of the line. The Learned Counsel, after entering into various details as to the advantages which would accrue to Cornwall from the construction of the line, concluded by expressing his hope that the Committee would pass the Bill. The following witnesses were then called : Mr. Richard Broad, Mayor of Falmouth—He said he had been in business for twenty.six years, he shipped goods to Holland and the two Sicilies. Falmouth was the most important port in the west of England, and ships from all the most important parts of the world with one or two exceptions came there. Nearly the whole of the ships' traffic would be sent off by railway. The principal articles imported were timber, wine, fruit, salt, corn, and iron; besides the principal articles of general consumption coals were cheaply imported from Wales by the Land's.end. The principal exports were fish, tallow, copper, iron, steam-engines, and other machinery, and their value, annually, was from 400,000/. to 500,0001. Considerable expense and inconvenience resulted from the present tends of conveying goods to London and other places, which would be removed by the construction of a line by which railway communication to London could be effected. Mr. Alfred Fox, a general merchant, said that the railway would offer great facilities for the conveyance to London of fish and the produce of that part of the country, including imports. Mr. Carr, agent to steam-packet companies, having boats in the port, gave similar testimony. A number of other witnesses engaged in various occupa tions and of experience were examined, and agreed that such a railway would be highly desirable ; that cattle, merchandise, and goods were now conveyed at a great expense and at a great loss of time, which would be oh s fated to a great extent by a railway running through that part or the county of Cornwall. The Committee then adjourned till Monday. Group F. THE LONDON, WORCESTER, AND SOUTH STAFFORD. SHIRE RAILWAY. Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. James Boydel, examined by Mr. Coeitnualv—ls an Iron master at Oak Farm, near Dudley, and employs l,.;00 men. Con. sumes 2,000 tons of coals a week in the manufacture of iron. Could work coals for sale if he had the means of rail way communication to take it south and west. The Great Western line was decidedly the best line for his part of the country. Had sold coals to a considerable extent at one time, but from the great want of railway communication, it could not be continued with advantage, and it was, therefore, given up. The broad gauge would be the greatest benefit to the iron and coal.masters. Ihe broad gauge would be of advantage for carrying large goods. As an iron manufacturer had had orders for large boilers, and was obliged to send them home in parts, and men to put them together. On a broad gauge line they would be able to sent them home in a finished state without the expense of sending workmen. Saw the carriages just constructed by Mr. Brunel at work this morning at the Paddington station of the Great Western line. They answered admirably, the transhipment was made without any delay, and from what he witnessed, lie was satisfied there would arise no inconvenience whatever in the ge neral workings of the gauge. Dlr. COCKBURN thought the Committee could not do better than witness the experiment at Paddington. They would then see a very important feature of the inquiry in practical operation. The CHAIRMAN did not think that any practical good could re sult from the Committee seeing the experiment. He thought it better that the parties on both sides should have their engineers present, and their evidence before the Committee would be of great value in explaining the nature of the carriage. Mr. G. B. Thorneycroft examined by Mr. Coexistor—ja an ironmaster at Wolverl.ampton. Manufactures four hundred tons weekly, and is connected with many large iron works in Wales. The Great Western line was the least adapted for the iron trade of South Staffordshire. The broad gauge was most undoubtedly the best for the carriage of minerals.' Ile liked the broad gauge best, because it carried the most goods, and with the greatest safety. Thought the majority of the ironmasters could not but give the preference to the Great Western line, from the great accommodation it gave. The transhipment of goods was n anaged in an experiment he witnessed that day at the Paddington station without the slightest difficulty. It was done with expedition and very little labour, and the goods were not injured, nor even dis turbed. The experiment satisfied him that no inconvenience woul,l arise from the change of gauge. No Act of Parliament would set a fair rate of charges on a line of railway— it was only to be done by a competing line. A competing line would ensure cheapness and civility from the companies, and that was what no Act of Parliament could do. good as the L ee d s. The d Leeds. -- Cross.examinedVery little coal Comes f rom Leeds to Knares is a good li ne to th e north of Ripon. There are manufi x t u res at Ottley, and it is s i tuated in a fine bzereousglt. and The rr h irbi Manson ine coal. is as good grazing district. Dlr. John Edeson lives at K naresborou gh, and was a manufac turer there for many years, and is a di rector of one of the banks there. The trade of Knaresborough has decreased for the want of cheap and good coal. The north coal was better than the Leeds coal, and cheaper, and if it could be supplied to Knaresborough it would be prcfernd. To all appearance the Ripon Junction line would through a much more populous district than the Leeds and Thirsk. It would be advantageous to have a railway communication between Knaresborough and Wetherby. Cross.examined by Mr. °UBE:YID — RipIey would not be so well accommodated by the H arr ogate as it would b e b y the Leeds and Thirsk. 'Upon would be bette r accomm odated by a branch from the Great much North Englandt; than by the Le e d s and Th i rsk. There is traffic south from K nares b orough than a greater ort general Mr. M. Graysbrook, examined by Mr. COCKBURN— Is an iron_ master and glass-maker at South Staffordshire. The Great Western line was the best adapted for the trade of South Staffordshire.l The broad gauge would be best adapted to the trade of the county. clad sent large quantities of glass by the narrow gauge, and had lost much by the breakages, which very often occurred. The damage was occasioned by the crate s h ang i ng over the wheels of the narrow carriages, and coming in cont ac t w i t h other carriages at stations. The motion of the narrow gaup was there is north. Mr. W. Pick—Lives near Borouglibridge, and knows the lines of the two proposed railways. The Leeds and Thirsk skirts the agricultural county, while the Great North of England proposed line runs through the very finest agricultural county. The Leeds a nd Thirsk line is not to be co m p ared to it. so uneven that the shaking at times made the crates an entire I Mr. George Crowe, who lives near Boroughbridge, corroborated wreck. It sometimes happened that one crate of glass, worth 20/., in every respect the evidence of the last witness. was entirely dainir;ed, and no compensa!ion had been given by Mr. Joseph Sayner resides at Wetherby, and is of opinion that the railway company. The mo'ion of the broad gauge would be the Great North of England line will afford more accommodation so regular that no injury could take place, though the carriages to that district than the Leeds and Thirsk. There is considerable would have a much greater weight. traffic between Wetherby and Leeds. P...2.§01V1f. The witness was b r i efly cross-examined by Mr. COOKE. Mr. Z. Attli er, a f armer, attends Ottiey market, and has attended Mr. I ardor, managing cli:ector of the British Alkali NVorks at Wetherby market. Wetherby market is the largest by a great Stoke Ps iory, near Droitwich, was of opinion that the Great Weatern deal. Skipton is a greater market than Ottiey. line was the best adapted for the traffic of the county. The broad Mr. WrirruluitsT was about to cross-examine the witness, who gauge would answer well for the carriage of minerals. With the lives at Bradford, on the subject of the wells proposed to be made advantage of a rail way. the mineral traffic would double in a very there. short time. This was opposed by Mr. OVEREND, on the ground that the At four o'clock the Committee adjourned till twelve to .morrow. question was not before the Committee. The CIIAIRMAN—I believe, Mr. Whitehurst, you must not go on. You must let well alone.—(A laugh.) Mr. Joseph Dawson, woolstapler of Leeds, described the various stations proposed to tie made on the Leeds and Bradford line, and compared the distances between those stations and the various villages, and those between the same villages and the various sta_ Liens on th 2 Leeds and Think line, proving that the Leeds and Bradford line was in each place nearer these villages than the Leeds and Thirsk. He spoke from actual admeasurement. The witness also spoke :o the traffic which would take place on the proposed line. The traffic tables were then put in in evidence. The estimated gross revenue was 23,5431 ; the net revenue was estimated at 14,1261.—The Committee then adjourned until Monday. Group FF. EDINBURGH AND HA WICK RAILWAY. (Confirms(' from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr R. Cooke and Mr. Bell, civil engineers, confirmed the evi dence of the preceding wittiest. Mr. J. Collister, a civil engineer, on examination, stated his opinion that the line was objectionable, from the shortness of the curves stud steep gradients on sections thereof. The Committee having intimated a wish that further evidence should be put before them with respect to the danger of the pro posed curves and gradients on the line. Mr. HOPE called and examined Mr. Vi.inolles, the civil engi neer, who stated that he had not the least doubt but that the line could be worked with the most perfect safety. He was of opinion that an electric telegraph was indispensable on the Hawick as a single line. Mr. Bidder, the engineer, said on examination, that with pro per regulations as to time he anticipated little or no danger to trains on the Hawick line, and such regulations would be more requisite on the descent than the ascent. He differed from the opinion of the Board of Trade on the subject of curves and gradi. etas, because lie believed that opinion to have been based on er roneous data. Mr. Stephenson gave his opinion very strongly in opposition to such curves and gradients as that which it was proposed to work on the Hawick line, without due restrictions and regulations as to speed, appealing to his great experience as the basis of his opinion. Mr. R. Stephenson confirmed the preceding witness, and dwelt upon the impracticability of drawing large trains on such a line, arid the danger of carriages breaking from the engine in the ascent and running backwards down the inclined plane. Mr. Brunel, on examination, said that he saw no objection to curves and gradients as severe as those on the Hawick line, even at a speed of from twenty to thirty miles an hour, and that the danger incidental to all single lines did not aggravate the risk of travelling with these curves and gradients. He entertained a strong objection to single lines, and considered electric telegraphs essential to their safety. The Committee having expressed themselves satisfied with the amount of evidence which they had heard with regard to the practicability of working the curves and gradients on the Hawick line, . - PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. FRIDAY, MAY 23. The Irish Great Western Railway (Dublin to Galway) Bill, was read a second time, and committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection. The West Cornwall Railway,—Petition for additional pro vision ; referred to the Select Committee on petitions for Private Bills. The following Bills were reported, and the report referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders : London and Brighton Railway (Wandsworth Branch). Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Hastings, Rye, and Ashford Extension). Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction Railway (No. 2). Trent Valley Railway. _oole and Doncaster Railway,—Report from Select Com mittee on Standing Orders read; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Stuart Wortley and Mr. Parker. Diss, Beccles, and Yarmouth Railway,—Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read ; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Wilshere and Mr. Burroughes. West London Railway, —Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read; Bill ordered to brought in by Captain Rous and Mr. Mangles. The following Bills are to be read a third time on Monday next : Dunstable and London and Birmingham Railway. Bedford and London and Birmingham Railway. Chester and Holyhead Railway. PRIVATE BUSINESS, FOR MONDAY, 21.1.4. Y 26. TIIIRD READINGS. Huddersfield an d Manchester Railway and Canal. Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway. Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway. Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway (Shipley to Colne). York and North Midland Railway (Bridlington Branch). York and Scarborough Railway Deviation. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. Berks and Hants Railway. Wilts, Somerset. and Weymouth Railway. Manchester and Leeds RLlway (Burnley Branch, a n d Hey. wood and Oldha m Branches Extension). - Eastern Counties Railway (Ely and Whittlesea). Lynn and Ely Railway. Whittle Dean Waterworks. Ely and Huntingdon Railway. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway. Standing Orders Committee,—Resolutions reported ; 1. " That, in the case of the Eastern Union and Harwich Railway and Pier (No. 2) petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with." 2. " That, in the case of the Harwich and Eastern Coun ties Junction Railway (No. 2) petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with." 3. " That, in the case of the Lady's Island and Tacuni shin Embankment petition to read their Bill a second time, the Sessional Orders ought to be dispensed with :---That the parties be permitted to read their Bill a second time accord 4: " That, in the case of the Diss, Beccles, and Yarmouth Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." 5. " That, in the case of the 'Whitby and Pickering Rail way amendment on consideration of report, the said amend ment is of such a nature as to justify the House in enter taining it, if they shall think fit." 6. " That, in the case of the Goole and Doncaster Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with : That the parties be permitt e d t o proceed with their Bill on omitting such clause or clauses as enable the Company to sell or transfer their Railway to the Midland Railway Com pany:—And that the Committee on the Bill do examine, in the first place, how far such Order has been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the Report of the Bill." 7. " That, in the case of the Shrewsbury and Grand Junc tion Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with." 8. " That, in the case of the Midland Railways (Syston to Peterborough) Bill, amendments on consideration of re port, the amendments are of such a nature as not to be adopted by the House without the re-commitment of the Bill." Third, fourth, and sixth resolutions agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. NOTICES GIVEN ON FRIDAY, MAY 23. 1. Lord John Manners,—Address to her Majesty, for Copies of any Correspondence which may nave passed be tween her Majesty's Government and the Government of France, with reference to a Petition from certain Spanish Officers and Soldiers, presented on the 14th of March last, deferred from Tuesday, May 27, till Tuesday, June 3. 2. Lord Ashley,—Two Bills for the regulation of 'the care and treatment of insane persons in England and Wales.— Tuesday, June 3. 3. Sir Valentine Blake,—Motion respecting Members.— Tuesday, June 10. 4. Mr. Villiers,—Motion on the Corn-laws, deferred from Tuesday, 3d, till Tuesday, June 10. 5. Sir Henry Winston Barron,—Bill to exempt all occu piers of land or houses in Ireland from County Rates or Grand Jury Taxes, unless they are possessed of leases for a term of not less than seven years.—Tuesday, June 10. 6. Mr. Hindley,—On reading the Order of the Day for Committee of Supply, to move for a Return of the names of the persons receiving the allowance granted to Protestant Dissenting Ministers in England, with the names of the Trustees administering the same. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. York and North Midland (Bridlington Branch) Railway, —Third Reading, Monday, May 26. York and Scarborough Railway Deviation,—Third read ing, Monday, May 26. llarwich Railway,—Committee on petition, postponed from Monday, 26th, till Friday, May 30. Cambridge and Bury Railway,—Committee on petition, Tuesday, June 3. South.mpton and Dorchester Railway,—Consideration of Report, Tuesday, May 27. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway,—Third reading, Mon day, May 26. Berke and Hants Railway,—Third reading, Monday, May 26. Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway,—Third reading, Monday, May 26. Dublin and Drogheda Railway, —Report, Monday, May 26. Manchester and Leeds Railway (Burnle Branch and Hey wood and Oldham Branches Extension),—Third reading, Monday, May 26. Eastern Counties (Ely and Whittlesea) Railway,—Third reading, Monday, May 26. Lynn and Ely Railway,—Third reading, Monday, May 26. Ely and Huntingdon Railway,—Third reading, Monday, May 26. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway,—Third reading, Monday, May 26. RAILWAYS. The Select Committee on the Groups lIH., 88., and SS. are postponed from Tuesday 27th till Thursday, May 29, at One o'clock. Select Committee on Group LL. Mr. Edward Heneage discharged from attendance on the Committee. Mr. Fellowes (Huntingdonshire), selected, and added to the Committee. MEMORANDUM.—The Committee of Selectiop will meet on Thursday in next week, instead of Wednesday. NIARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Cu.-rent of May 23.) SuGAR.—To-day West India was in excellent request for grocery and refining purposes, 500 hhds, &c., finding pur chasers at a further improvement in prices, making the ad vance for the week is to is 6d per cwt, and the total sales 3,370 hhds and tierces, which is a very large quantity. REFINED.—To-day Refined Sugar brought further ad vanced rates, and there are many orders unexecuted for Home Trade goods; brown lumps are 695, and standard lumps 70s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar sells freely at 37s Gd to 38s. AlAumnus.—The demand has been extensive for every description from grocers and refiners, and some parcels have been taken fur the outports indeed the q uan t ity b rought forward has not been sufficient to supply the wants of the trade. At public sale yesterday 13,695 bags 19 cases and :5 casks were disposed of at prices showing an advance on those of the previous sale of is to is Gd per cwt. EAST INDLA.—II(?Iders of For e i gn E ast India evince much firmness, the stock In first hands is much reduced, and prices (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) I was sorry to find by the account furnished you of the Gorhambury meeting by your excellent reporter, that it was not unlikely it would be discontinued on the ground that as the gambling booths are abolished, the expenditure exceeds the income. Surely so good a sportsman, and so popular a nobleman as Lord Verulam, will pause before he puts an end to a meeting which has annually been the means of afford ing infinite amusement to the inhabitants of the county, as well as materially benefiting the ancient town of St. Alban's, of which he may be said to be the patron. Owing to the unfavourable state of the weather and the Queen's ball, the attendance at Gorhambury was not so large as of late years. Still there was a fair sprinkling of fashion ables present, and the speculation on the Derby and other races pretty brisk. The Queen of the Tyne winning the Gorhambury Stakes showed a marked improvement in her form from when she ran at Chester. Millipede or Philip, I imagined, would have won, but the former was not sent, I suppose, being kept for Epsom, and the latter was only beaten half a length. Fitzallen ran exactly as I thought be would. Lord Verulam, as a matter of course, won the Pm Stakes with his Liverpool colt, nothing but Velox having started against him; and Mr. Martyn sent him only, I expect, to get back his stake, which, as second, by the condition of the race, he received. The less said about the Brigade Stakes the better. The Double-headed Oak Stakes, as I told your readers on Mon. day, went into Mr. Dawson's pocket by means of Crim Con and Tommy Lye beating the much cried-up Maynooth, who looked far more like a hunter than a Derby winner. The Park Stakes were assigned to the Duke of Richmond's Tug Net, which was sent from Goodwood, instead of Cherokee, preserved in lavender, no doubt, for better engagements. The St. Alban's Handicap the Squire won entirely by fine riding. The' winner, Europa, is a useful animal, and will, no doubt, pay her way. The rise of Weatherbit and Jinglepot, and the decline of Pain, are exactly in confirmation of the remarks I made upon them in my last. I also said, from the fact of Mr Greville's matching Alarm against Old England for so large a sum as 500 L, he could not be very much amiss. He was then 18 to I—now his price is 7to I. The other great winter lion—l mean the Cobweb colt—from being quoted at Tattersall's at 200 to 1, would not, I imagine, as I have pre viously stated, start. The Duke of Beaufort and Marquis of Normanby, to whose decision the qualification of the Iron master was left, yesterday pronounced an unfavourable judgment against him. He is therefore out of the race. The . . terms in which the above two noblemen couched their opinions, and the clear and sensible reasons they afforded for them, render it impossible for any one to cavil at or question them. Sweattneat's success at Shrewsbury is most encou raging to the backers of The Libel, which horse I expect to see before the day at far less odds than he stands at now. For the convenience of the country subscribers, I perceive, the room was opened to-day, and is to remain so to-morrow. I understand Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the-way has arrived at Epsom, and that his owner is doing everything he can to make the public imagine what a valuable horse he has got. For instance, he has a bed in the same stable with him, and has engaged an eminent jockey to ride him, promissing him a thousand pounds if he wins. But, in spite of all this parade, the bait does not take, and Clear-the-way still remains at 50 to L On Monday I shall treat finally of the Derby, and at the same time analyse the public running of the Oaks' mares. London, May 23, 1845. TELEGRAPII. WEYMOUTH. QUEEN'S BENCH, MAY 15. THE QUEEN v. TILE MAYOR OF WEYMOL7TII. This case was argued in Trinity Tenn last by Mr. Sergeant Kinglake and Mr. Crowder. Attorneys, Mr. Coppock ,and Messrs. Hicks and Co. JUDGMENT. Lord DENMAN—The Queen against the Mayor of Wey mouth. A mandamus to the mayor, aldermen, and bur gesses of the town of Weymouth and Melcombe-Regis, to elect—to proceed on the 28th day of June, and do all that was necessary for the election of two assessors for revising the burgess list, in the place and stead of two whose year of office expired on the Ist day of March, when no election of new assessors was made. The return is, that on the day named the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses met, and were ready and willing to proceed to such election—the aldermen and burgesses to vote, and the mayor to receive the voting papers when they were so assembled; but there was not, nor hath been, any assessor of the said borough, and in conse quence thereof they could not proceed to hold the said elec tion. We hold this return to be clearly bad, for the reasons assigned in the demurrer. It leaves the Court in doubt whether an assessor duly elected has died or become in capable; or whether, in case no assessor was elected, or some assessor was elected whose title is thought to be invalid from some legal defect. In any of these cases, which appear to be all the words of the return can suggest, the real state of things ought to have been distinctly pleaded, that the prosecutor might have an opportunity of question ing its existence, or bringing forward other particulars to vary its effect, or of placing before the Court such points of law as the known facts of the case might raise. It was argued that the special circumstances relied on to support the return need not be stated, because the mandamus itself was ill. for it directs that to be done which, applying only to provisions of public interest to the facts stated in it, could not by law be done—that it would, therefore, make the return argumentative to state the reasons why it could not be obeyed. The answer is two-fold, without adding the fact of there being no assessor, no difficulty appears in the way of obeying the writ, and, secondly, simply to return that fact, unless the inability to elect equally exists under every sup posable state of circumstances under which there may h ave been no assessor of the borough would be sufficient but we think the Ist of Victoria, chapter 78, meets the difficulty which would otherwise exist under the present state of things. In any election made before this Act, or " under this Act," the expression is any election made before this Act or under this Act shall be good, although made lis b s e io fo n re to tahpe appointment of assessor. There is a r eme d y f or omission, and it is large enough in its terms to incl u d e any on point assessors. All electors since that Act may be called electors under it, for they a re a ll su bj ect to its provisions. If elapsedth a e nd co o r u po g r h a t ti t o o n d in o a s y o. This b p or r i o t p y e r by ti l m vr e i had o fmandamus, m adul a et y be a necessary step p rev i ous to the particular election authority now prayed for; but their own neglect to take it cannot re lieve them from the duty now sought to be enforced. Seeing, then, that there are means intrusted to them by law for doing what the law requires, we are bound t o g i ve j udgment for the Crewn f or a peremptory mandamus. The effect of this j u d gment will be important . to the liberal interest in Weymouth. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The non-appearance of Madame Thillon last evening was attributable to the opinion of her medical adviser, Mr. learsley, that a further repose of a day or two 'was absolutely necessary for the perfect restoration of her health. We have seen Madame Thillon's letter to the lessee, in which, subject to this indulgence, she has stated her ability to ap pear on Monday next, and also Mr. Yearsley's letter urging the j I necenity of that repose, I are still on the advarce. The total quantity oflered at auc tion has amounted to 12,100 bags, nearly the whole of which found buyers. The stock of Bengal and Madras is 80,432 bags more than last ycar at this time. FOIZEIGN.—The market has still an improving appearance for Foreign Sugar, buyers are anxious to operate, stocks di minishing, prices still looking up. COMPEE.—To-day there was a large amount of business transacted by private treaty, and the rates paid were rather above those previously quoted. A cargo of Aux Cayes Coffee of 3,000 bags to arrive tOr orders have been sold afloat at 29s per cwt, deliverable at Trieste, and another cargo at 30a 3d. • TRA.--The home trade have evinced little desire to pur chase any description of Tea this week, and shipping orders come in slowly, some parties have been more inclined to realise, the stock being very large. The limited purchases made have been upon rather lower terms. NOLASSES.—To-day many inquiries existed for West India Molasses, and some parcels sold at full rates to a small advance; St. Kitt's very low old fetched 1.55, good New An tigua 18s 6d, old 178 6d, Nevis low, 16s, and Grenada lis 6d per cwt. Rtiu, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Prices have ruled firm fur Jamaica mum, and a good home and export demand has been experienced. Demerara has sustained the former value, and is wairted. In Leeward Island a large business has been transacted at full rates, indeed, in s ome cases, a small advance has been paid. Of Calcutta, some parcels have been disposed of at Is 5d proof with certificate. Brandy has met with in creased attention, and several parcels have been disposed of at a slight improvement in prices. Geneva is more wanted, Is 8d to is 9d is now the value of common export sort, and fine tit for duty 2s 4d to 23 9d per gallon. English Corn Spirits lOs 2d per gallon cash. TALLOW—The accounts come to hand from St. Peters burgh, stating that the supply of Tallow would be less than in former seasons, produced increased firmness in the market here, and a further advance in prices of 3d to 6d per cwt has taken place. COAT. Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Buddle's West Hartley, 17s 6d ; Chester Main, 15s; Hasting's Hartley, 17s 6d ; Holly well Main, 16s 6d ; Old Pontop, 13s 6d ; Ord's Redhetigh, 14s; Townley, 15s; Taylor' s W est H art l ey, 17s; West Hartley, 17s 6d ; West Wylam, 15s 3d ; Wall's- end, Hilda, I6s ; Killingworth, .16s 6d; Eden Main, 17s; Bel mont, 17s 6d ; Braddyll's lletton, 18s 3d ; Haswell, 18s 9d ; Lambton, 18s ; North Hetton Lyons, lis ; Pemberton, 16s 3d ; Russell's lletton, 18s ; Richmond, I7 s 6d ; Shotton, I8s; Caradoc, 18s ; Hartlepool, 18s 6d ; Heugh hall, 17s 6d ; Kelloe, 17s 9d; Adelaide, 17s 9d; Bowburn, 16s; Tees, 17s 9d ; Graigola, 21s Gd ; Lewiss Merthyr, 21 s ; Sydney, 163; Powell's Duffryn Steam, 22s 3d ; New Walker, 15s.— Ships arrived, 24. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—FRIDAY. Although only a bye day, the room Is as well attended, and some reasonably brisk business transacted on a few of the Derby favourites. Idas was backed for several hundred pounds at 5 to 2, and Alarm for nearly a thousand at 6 to 1, the layers having the pull in the first instance, and the backers in the other. Weatherbit was in demand at 8 to 1, and Winchester at 1,000 to 12 and 15; and the Lot (J. Day's), at 4to 1. The investments on the whole not heavy. Takers of 12 to 1 about The Libel, of 20 to 1 about Doleful, of 30 to 1 about Mentor, and of 40 to 1 each about Kedger, ram, The Merry Monarch. and Jinglepot. Offers to take 1,000 to 15 about the Cobweb colt ! Nothing of consequence done on the Oaks: DERBY. 5 to 2 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas 4 to 1 agst J. Day's lot—taken 6 to 1 agst Mr. Greviile's Alarm—taken 7 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit 10 to 1 agst Forth's lot—taken 11 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's The Libel—taken 18 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa 20 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Doleful —taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Old England 30 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor —taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Alerry Monarch 40 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Waller's Columbus —taken 40 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam—taken 40 to 1 agst Col. Cradock's Jinglepot—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the-Way 50 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Cobweb colt 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Gully's Winchester —taken 1000 to 15 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o' Cockpen—t. 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Lintott's Cabin Boy. OAKS. 5 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair 10 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Rose of Cashmere. Mr. Williams said he would remind the Learned Captain that it was rather a dangerous thing to take people into custody without a warrant, or without reasonable suspicion of felony. For aught that had been proved, or that the Bench knew, those very eggs might have been received by the defendant from some licensed dealer in game. The COURT having hc!cl that the information was sufficiently pt oved, Mr. Williams then addressed the Bench in mitigation, and ex pressed his surprise at seeing Prince Albert's green and gold game keepers mixing themselves up with a prosecution, apparently originating from Sir John Walsh. If the letter had not been written by Milley to entrap him, he would not have been placed in his present unfortunate dilemma. would denounce the whole as a conspiracy, for the sake of putting one-half of the penalty into Mr. White's pocket, who was in the room, and whom they dared not call as a witness for the Crown. He would then read the letter which had been sent to the defendant .o entrap him, as he intended to keep nothing in the back ground. It was written by the witness Milley, who signed himself as "gamekeeper." The letter was as follows : " Mr. Dean,—l Bleave you sent to me last week about some pheasants eggs, And I did not know Wether they was good or not, And so I did not give the man any particular answer about them ; but if you are got some to part with, and they are good, I will try and deal with you on reasonable terms. And please to send word back by the boy when you will bring them if you are got any to part with now; the man was saying you had got two pheasants to part with As well As eggs, And if they are likely birds for laying, I should have know objection to try and make a deal with you for them, but send me word when you will come, so that I can be in the way, for you might come 50 times And not find me At home. I am Liveing in A New house just above the Royal Forester. (Signed) "JAMES MILLEY, Gamekeeper." The game laws were already sufficiently severe in their operation, but if gamekeepers, however illustrious their employers might be, were to make a trade in informations for the sake of half the penalties, the ignorant and needy would be co.sstantly led into temptation, and the wrongs of the poor unendurable. The magistrates retired for nearly half an hour. return— On their Mr. CBUTCIILEY addressed the defendant, and said, he considered the offence with which he was charged a very bad one; and that the letter which had been written to him was an aggravation of that offence. The Bench had, therefore, determined to inflict the full penalty the law allowed, which was that he be fined 21. for each of the pheasants, and ss. for each of the eggs found in his possession, and ordered him to pay 1/. Is. coats, making together 101. lls., and, in default, that he be committed to the county gaol for four months, with hard labour, viz., three months in the case of the birds, and one month for the eggs being found in his pos. session. Mr. Williams haring applied to the bench to give the defendant a fortnight's time to raise the amount of the fines and the costs, to which Mr. Voules, on the part of the prosecution, cheerfully assented, Capt. lilutaELEv said no time whatever should be given --the man must pay the money at once, or go to gaol. The defendant was then taken away in custody. The proceedings were taken under the Ist and 2d of William IV., cap. 32, sections 24 and 9.5. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the Prince of Leiningen, the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, the Dowager Lady Lyt telton, Lord Byron, Lord Charles Wellesley, and (',;lone! Wylde, arrived at Claremont, from town, in three carriages and four, at a quarter before :ix o'clock on Thursday afternoon. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred arrived at Claremont pre vious to her Majesty. Colene; Bowles also arrived from town in the afternoon. There was no addition to the royal dinner party in the evening. Yesterday morning her Majesty and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk in Claremont Park. The Royal Family were also taken airings in the grounds adjoining tbe mansion. Their Royal Highness Prince Albert and the Prince of Leiningen rode out on horseback in the forenoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at Clare mont yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four, attended by Lady Anna ltlaria Dawson. Her Roy al Highness remained on a visit to her Majesty. The band of the Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards ar rived at Esher yesterday afternoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager yesterday afternoon at Marlborough House. The Royal Duchess left her residence, Clarent e House, St. James's, at five o'clock, attended by Lady Ann. Maria Dawson, for Cl aremont. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, honoured the Duke and Duchess of Somerset with their company yesterday afternoon at the public breakfast given by their Graces at their residence in Park-lane. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge dined last evening with th e N o bl emen and Gentlemen's Catch Cl u b, a t the Thatched House Tavern. The Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, accompanied by the Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, and attended by the Baroness de Strumfeder, went to Richmond yesterday morning, and visited the Dowager Countess of Dunmore. The Grand Duchess, accompanied by his Excellency, proceeded to Hampton -court Palace, and, after inspecting the Palace and viewing the gardens and grounds, returned to Richmond. Her Royal Highness returned to town in the afternoon. His Royal Highness Prince Albert visited the Grand n o fthe Exche quer h t he e . t D o u w e s h r e e s s s id S e t n e c p e ha i Stephan ie of Portman-square. Mr. at the Duke of Ham i!- street. ihncc,: England wlChairmanl onri Downing_ - d a meeting g E o x eT t r i ii i rsee. yesterday,, E C h e c . a l d K e s . iaa Murrayat itca Ecclesiastical interview Murray affimnedmi officiawithl eosn. Commissioners for e C W r were present Secretary of St a t e f or the Home yesterday afternoon e th rn e oo ni n sh a o t ps t o h f e L o o ffi n c d e on in , WWinheihteehstaell;,place. Bangor,T Eheirye, Lichfield, and Rochester, the Department, the Earl of Besborough, the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse, the Right Hon. J. Nichol' and the Dean of West-- minster. The Court is expected to return to Bucki ngham Palace on Mon. day next, from Claremont. The royal visit to h er M a j esty's marine villa, Osborne House, Isle of Wight, is expected to take place at the close of the ensuing week. The Duke and Duchess of Leeds have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Hornby Castle, Yorkshire. The Lord Chamberlain, Earl Delawarr, has issued cards for his usual grand official banquet, In honour of her Majesty's birthday, on Tuesday, to the Lords Equerries and Grooms in Waiting on the Queen. Covers will be laid for twenty-four. Lord and Lady George Seymour arrived yesterday at Mivart's Hotel, from Brighton, where the Noble Lord and Lady have been residing some months. The newly-appointed Bishop of Ely, Dr. Turton, has removed from his residence, which his Lordship occupied as Dean of Wes:- minster, to the spacious mansion of his predecessor in Dover -street. Lord Sidney Osborne, uncle to the Duke of Leeds, has taken a mansion in Upper Portland-place. ECCENTRICITY.—A respectable correspondent in forms us that in the neighbourhood of Dudley a gentlemen has recently offered to give the munificent sum of 5,000/. from his own resources, for the purpose of erecting a new church, provided that penny postage stamps to the amount of 2,0001., which have been obliterated by Passing through the post.office, are sent to him within a limited period. Several ladies in Dudley are endeavouring to compel the gentleman to fulfil his offer, by coliecting postage stamps from the various at torney's offices and counting.houses in Dudley and neighbourhood, and we trust their present sanguine hopes will not be disappointed. Worcester Journal. DEATH Or IV. J. HUGGINS, ESQ., THE MATIDIt ARTIST. —On Monday last, at his residence, No. 105, Leadenhall street, after only two days' illness, William James Huggins Esq aged sisty•four, and marine artist to his late Majesty William IV . . The early years of Mr. Huggins were passed upon the ocean, having made several voyages to China, in the service of the East India Company ; and this enabled him, who had keenly endured the honors of the storm, to paint the subject so accurately; for no artist has ever excelled him in portraying a gale of wind with all its concomitant terrors. The three large pictures of the battle of Trafalgar (now a t H ampton Conn Palace), which M r . H ugg i ns painted for the late Ring, evince a thorough knowledge of nau tical affairs, especially the tempest after the engagement. These were originally designed for the collection at Greenwich Hospital, and it was a source of grief to the worthy artist that, through some cause or other, they never reached .heir destination. Hes portraits of ships, to which he was principally confined, were ex. cellent, and the scenery displayed many a sunny spot of beautiful colouring, particularly in his delineations of Chinese landscapes, In private life, as well as in his professional capacity, he enjoyed the esteem of many of the most talented men of the day.—Pkterial Times. CHURCH INNOVATIONS. - ST. GEORGE IN THE EAST. —The polling on Friday went on very languidly for a church_ rate, and very few of the parishioners interfered in the matter. Some personal friends of the rector, who has driven the great bulk of the parishioners from their parish church by his Puseylte prac tices, recorded their vote in favour of the rate, and to coun teract this, the church party (for it is a fact that the oppositioa to the rate emanated from churchmen) who are disgusted with the innovations introduced by the Rev. Mr King, voted against the rate, and could have brought up hundreds had it been ne:•es. sary. At the close of the first day's poll, Mr. Liquorish, the senior churchwarden, stated the numbers to be, for the rate, 14 api us t the rate, atsi THE GAME-LAWS. On Thursday last, au e'd m .0 named James Dean, between 60 and 70 years of age, a sh , ernaker, of East Hampstead, was charged before -Mr. P. H. Crutchley and Captain Bulkeley (county magistrates for B, rk ), on the information of Ge,rge White, one of Prince Albci,'s gameleepers for the Swinley district, with having unlawfully or.e - ed for _sale four pheasants and six pheasants' eggs, on the 13th instant. The examination took place at the private office of Mr, Seeker, the town-clerk of Windsor, and clerk to the county magistrates. Mr. C. S. Voulcs, solicitor, appeared for the Crown, and Mr. .7. J. Williams, barrister-at-law, for the defendant. The case excited considerable interest, in consequence of the method which had been adopte i to entrap the defendant. Charles Maley, gamekeeper to Sir John Walsh, of Warfielsi, examined by Mr. Voules—Oo the night of Monday, the 10th instant, defendant came to my house at Winkfield, its consequence of a letter I had written to him that morning. I let a person named John Shakespere privately in at the back door to hear what was said between me and Dean. Dean told me he had only half a dozen pheasants' eggs by him just then. Dean als , ) said he had three hens and a cock pheasant by him at home. The deal between me and the defendant was then conclude,'. He brought to me the next morning, about five o'clock, three Lens and cne cork pheasant alive, and six pheasants' eggs, saying they had all been caught in wires since the previous Tuesday. 'When I asked him if he was unliorised to sell game, he said" No but there will be n o h arm b e t ween you and rre." Wh en h e said he had no license to sell game, I told him I could Oct buy of him. He then said he would take them back again. I i eplicd, " You cannot do that, for I must take them be fore a magistrate." Shakespere, whohad been secreted, then appeared. Cross-examined by Mr. Williams—l am gamekeeper to Sir John Walsh ; but I have no deputation nor any license to deal in game, nor any license to kill game. I look after Sir John's game. I decline to say if I ever killed any game. I have had possession of the birds and eggs ever since they were brought tome by Dean. John Shakespere corroborated the terimony of the last witness. Cross.cxamine.l by Mr. Williams —Pray, in whose employ are you ? Who is your master ? Upon the witness hesitating" to give an answer, Captain Bulkeley said, " Oh, the Woods and Forests pay him, or else the Crown." Mr. Williams —I had much rather have an answer from the witness, Captain Bulkeley, unless you yourself chooce to be sworn. Witness, after being again pressed by Mr. Williams for an answer, at length replied, lam game-keeper to Prince Albert. I know a person named George White, who laid this information. He is now in the room, in green and gold. He is one of the head game-keepers to his Royal Highness. The case having been closed on the part of the Crown, Mr. Williams took several technical objections to the summonses, which were overruled. He then addressed the Bench on the part of the defendant, who, he said, need not have appeared that day at all, as the summonses were both decidedly bad. He however had consented to appear, in order to save further trouble and loss of time to the Bench. Captain BUI.KELEY—He was already here when the case was opened, and if he had attempted to have gone away I would cer. tainly have given him into custody. Mr. Williams —Pie was here as a spectator, and was not bound to plead. He could have walked out of the room, without appear. ing to the summons, most certainly, if he had so pleased. Captain Itsrueal.er —I should not have parted with him. 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