The Sun. — London, England, 1845-06-06 00:00:00

Canalr 011111 O P OA 1 0 4) enlo gs otone. Or th. vtol la !sa es tageg* itio 61 ia to' xedA, d ii iteu' 00 a- oe, co" 00,4 CO' 1 01 r, sod Oisi td ol eo iocc°' DO DS SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (FRONT OUR CORRESPONDENT.) eOaks was a right down sporting race, won by a good B,i;etts, whose good fortune every lover of honest racing tia -tie t be delighted to witness. I question if in any year so h aY mistakes have been made by the proprietors of race tb ere es , The Lancashire Witch cut up most disgracefully, to 47 ttetoniahment of her backers. Her condition was first ye:: a nd Yet she was beaten by animals which, were she to tl e n anoth er day, I am convinced she would defeat with -aline difficulty. Hope ran extremely well, as, indeed, have th e the ,. t ags in Wadlow's stable. Had there, however, been the ;lightest idea in the minds of certain parties measures Whic h , err n in which she had been in, the same measu l eEt Were had recourse to, in order to prevent The Libel Winni n g, would have been employed against her. T he Usid of O r l eans found the hill too severe for her to ilee%Plish in time to catch many others whom she would har e beaten on a different course. ata.ior Yarbur h's Lady Sarah must not be lost sight of e a rota te g occasions. ,Lord Chesterfield's beautiful little animal Lady Wildair s-haeusteither length nor speed for an Oaks winner; as it wa s, illd setn truggled very well, and showed that her backers , fri er e o le w as:n for supporting her in the way they did. Her Th q e s . are very numerous. both Poleon of the turf this year made a great . mistake 1 4 ,...,_ w as one which all men speculating on races in which r eel '" are engaged are liable to fall into. His Lordship Zd as snreil th at his Miss Elis was the best of the Good e divilion, laid against the winner, and backed his mare s reoS I Y• She went amiss the night before, and let h ,00(1 po 'P in f or 2,2201. as, the p e t of the Irish division, was thought to be a plied s, but her w I understa n d " th e Old E ng l an d game " was ith . winner's chance, previous to the race for the Coffee th e ro^elStakes at Newmarket, was by no means a bad one. l But and manner in which she was beaten by Pro ogu d e When lons , completely put her out of the . market,. and t 1 `he character of those horses is taken into considehraer th:e one would have been justified in recommending the t attention of the public. It is somewhat singular that k e a th e of Richmond on this occasion, like Mr. Gratwic e (l en e i etb Y day, changed his colour and his luck. Why kitr -,r_eter and Lord Glasgow take the hint, and follow 1 March and Lord Alexander Lennox having s ge . t o fi , "wer i n the wi n t er at l ong odds, and being unable to Who,-hOll a good stak e . I n conc lusion, I must say that is L s losin g it s attraction in the eyes of the fair sex, Theketti afraid, will migrate to courtly Ascot. 7 11 % n ttli ng on Tuesday was the most amicable ever ' I N , at-than. For a wonder not a defaulter was to be :, b elier e tt ,,R l l Old England was very nearly causing some. n- Al qu i " t his horse had been treated fairly, and the atte I llinati h e stables not been so much distracted withthe th x e a m • to 44:eftlie Stebbing's Plot, as to have enabled itis jus bPoli th e giv en him his regular gallops, W hen h e cards that he might have won. As usual 044ids ,t-sPtßip h e f avourite is beaten, the bookmakers have - " Ti e Profit on their ledger. The chief winners are )li -4i ggins, the Hon. Horace Pitt, Mr. Chichester, kr r•SatherlancL pthe o wner o f F o i g-a- b allagh, and a friend, I kehL ule lled the w i nner for a trifling amount, and being fer 44 7 get out as h e was desirous of doing, was actually Win rre‘tiees not:th e reader feel for his painful position?) to T he ;1 1 1 ten to t welve thousand pounds. hi t ], ‘ l , ..ae lt Prince was only started to win a bet" of 5001. AN%erter M ytton had l a id th a t h e wou ld s t ar t. M r. 3,1 10 0 8 , be had made the bet purchased the horse for ktl 4 ".1 started him, and so got him for nothing. bite s'e Poisoning of Bessy Bedlam and Plenipotentiary, of t ie p t . r , a more atrocious scheme to get money out ga le 1 :! e has never been practised. Mr. Gully is deserving n Al% gighest credit for the spirited and able manner t h i e e . ls , 4 'ught. the matter before the sporting world. It j 'et 4 - -1 1 gY to be regretted that more severe measures can- Wookh,adePted against the scoundrels whose conduct has t t hea e - i : such disgrace on the turf. It is, no doubt, owing to t• ett hies that John Day owes the loss of Lord George I,:ntbelt's horsesi, His Lordship suspected young John 41 4 : Person who gave information respecting his horses, t4e Person told his father he must get rid of him, but khr, conscious of the integrity of his son, declined to it Z,...nirn, and his Lordship removed his horses. The in t o l c' cad have some idea of the reason Lord George tre - 8 horses ranbadl during the last season they T ot b anebury so y kotile.Ascosmartgramme is now out, and is very rich in its 1 .1 4 7 TELEGRAPH. en, June 5, 1845. kb '''IWORY OF THOMAS HOOD IIY MRS. S. C. HALL. ---....--- ~, i ' , I I !: Dist (From the \,_ b e ,. winter has been one of dismal h eav i ness t , o , us, for L t .Ztli ko n n s t o to , many dear friends; a cold bleak _ "season" 'lf l rtee e ,,,u Surpassing its predecessor in the nu ,, mbe t r of i th e ,rtOw . " 8 1 until we have asked each other, Is he cup *r e ,'„kil et unfilled ?" All through February and March nth,...'a s ed 111 of the death-bell min led with the snow 41)te, the , s r l °B e above the storm, while the frost-bound earth kW of ri, 'tank of the mattock and the spade. We do not Ite e Ltest t n lsrtiple hearts, near and dear, whom death found in ill° toil, it ainortal i ty—ri pest for the sickle—but of others, au % Ilov re : world about ;nands, who have been taken " home" ee,4lßi ktutt ~ their days min,,,' gentle Spirit past away while nature was re wiitirs.s,,,N na loo in k g her leaves and flowers, and wearing once l' n ' if lop'' ov„„ of plenteousness and peace. k e i ,utati ,fl t et e u.. "‘ the sea, came news of the death of one liti.rallinteStiret,lga_n_7l:n would have achieved a much higher gth - bad yet won—for her mind was evidently D 441 ,$ thet e lf ere e , 41 n4 her views of life and knowledge of e r „ 3 e;" r " - aryd - „Panding. One of our Contemporaries , has t ° ,"n vri m ler-p, :ale Browne was " spoiled at first by ON er- t ° l ti ,alre p a , lB ed the she-hasirlpoet might have been, bu /li lt .'" ° e ;'' ha a 7,c l What th: l it• a e h l,nee v- ueemed her "spoiled"—for all her later °A.I; tru he r e i ltr e and thought, and much genuine refine phr,,t. 11ee,,,,aq small volume of poems—. Sketches from • ne t3 ,oB l°l •4 lB tha n -4 ,1 31 Y evidence of higher hopes and holier hoof sh -- „„ L uelong to the " spoiled" children of the ttln-..o in eve n ,"'Llife, though uneventful, was chequered se" h . "' she e , —nr se--as literary lives always are in Eng- Ore l ; 4 ° kn ew -4 ! a loving and a beloved wife, esteemed by i7 l l IP 4 unt . he r as a kind and amiable woman, and one o re ge (1.()' I found it hard to believe that death had tb7l4, l t hat ti l li t he new-born infant that nestled in her ltiq t but ,„.° grave had closed over the laughing girl I ktetiller throlf3'enterday—her rich brown curls clustering e l ieri a „. (t `!\ler 8 ,7 and her eyes luminous with mirth. . - unted 4 r ows followed. There are few, indeed, who iyz. ,, th _ With the light and graceful literature of our ;INr.c4i, tterr:', l c ulle • 1 • ~,, _ l / 4 , id the- simpie and natural flowers so plenti -014 a e td i s tolitr paths—to whom the name of Leman ne it li Mast, p o i, n ?Wri : his ready and eloquent pen could in. , 1ti 1 , 4 -, edo i "L,an epigram, tell a story, or lend interest N , ; t 4 the y o_, Blo `iver spirits were wondering and ponder otlNatitne wits ' , to write about. N . L4i t d w as to a pleasant watchword, a guarantee that Lrfh• " 4 e a f . lllo W—racy and fanciful. His wit, rather 0 4 le g it Ustic, and so abounding that it brightened 41 14 4, tt'lvoid Pl ; a :red about, was checked only by a sensitive il l ..tendt2 T ing Pain; even where to censure became a i t' 4' 'reque mess in his nature was apparent in his w.rit kii it.rds_Woluid.Y stopped short of his object lest he might s k ll li tyZork s; ~ Of late, few articles bore his name in pe- Ol t teqnha a ird those who are unacquainted with the (o ldt .-...“ op .rn . that scatters . leaders," ~ criticism," and Vtli lt °4 l i ti t ic ls" of all kinds en all subjects to guide 4, ore st rea m tle imagine what volumes have passed ' r te kale of time —written for " the day," by this jit algbrY.laboura, but upon etl which the power of the l' i t i ; l l l iy o ttr e ti ny e : rs in had been lavishly expended. kl4t„liele al t h and l i r we knew him ; even as a poet, buoyant 'lle et - -evi t h P e — his purpose fixed, his independence tl k Ik ehild of the dreamy, ardent temperament of a I„le,tty . 1 ,,.. , song,,, yet tiring himself to the direst and oitti a iu i le theurk,and labouring at everything that did not trip 41 ora...D r i.nnIeles with which he set out in life,— e et i11 e ., 441 7 With a brave heart and a bright eye, known y ttLi e n t ote, f it a nd imparting as much pleasure to, as he ir,stbfoura have w !ra rY society. Many are the happy and S k il% `listing ' passed together ; his ready sym k,tereearue'Vonfidence that was never betrayed. Alas! *r e ner ves oe victim of a distressing malady; and his kr , t4, l4i lev ed otiiwere ill able to endure long midnight watch iketwnt i i thas e j h hy Midnight labour—the coin with which v„, ;,,.., h er 'eacl. She died some months ago, and to Net' b ls ligh t U. !at,h seemed a mercy. From that time, 4 41, 14, t . 1e 1.085 of life either blazed or flickered, as it was I t ot t P le t ellei ed 11 1), and went about, and wrote, when he S eLdne e. '4, l ,nd perhaps truly, that he could not write , ATI% t • ne fact was, his mind required repose—a !kn 4 4 ,nee r r°,.111 labour—it craved rest ; but how is No eb `l vo„.°'„ Periodical literature to find rest ? t k,q nielf; "not to be excited," " not to over ti dr a • k i , , kitNt Sit t tStie s , . " • they cannot see underneath e it , t e ek .Ihat society folds around the form—they t h`Lotild h`flina that bind us to the galley. A terror 1 4 * 11 k; 11 ' fri en d to provide for his children took hold it n t it e tt h a he u e " a seized him by the brain through the i t t le w to o t ,ever, b o u t l e affected—to all appearance they were k l l tt er y ne at : 4 er i nte ___lle could not endure the light, and con -14 el_n of his ; 4 'e Y; his imagination appeared to retain 1;4 er a eason had given way; and thus was the l iN N in t ' t Do tx haust Ny, 41,, r t..... th ed at one -and-forty! The eloquent ~ t nio, hieh , ~.° man with many real friends, yet dying g eb it t 4111, er i4 1. 1 ha ve h i ee ' onnlev ready hand had unbuckled for a It tqt.ileh, Not I ,_, worn after a brief `manage honour for N I : tf l uit dn , tia ve ‘ZL,l . le was difficult to g ; loath to k b . la t h p ea , en , his own exertions; and proud—as all N'pl ictt a 4 must be —of the independence that had Ittk._ a nt tem h a d friendship of the intellectual and the when von saw his bright face or heard 4 .4 1 * SR- 8 ' to th' f t • kp oit l ll i t i , ottr ilf . th at h In of him and sorrow—the sure 1447,1,1°1110:n17er r:i ' Q would be better by-and-by. Ah lit t rqd r h tl e ‘,,,,,, La i t t lon to such a life. bila i tot o , th er passe i d n his grave, the bells tolled on; .liehne.,l4. Smirks ,_ a way —names highly honoured il Ath, in w er ] an no rnillips, the gentle and highly. 4 1 t ,,ne4a). , i .u,, , b ut ; 1 7 one whose name has long been a k'Rh the or ye ar c,Te death has been anticipated for y tt o,y ear ee,, ln i---- ,, the noble poet--yet, strange, better li. 1/4NN, eo ai af!.er ester":--Themas Hood! Truly, the ,14, i „ in . in .7a , furnished abundant food for mirth, 1t,1, 11 0 i% ,:le b re &• I ne The Plea of the Midsummer arn ..,, , ?ii.ka tit ,The s on , "I e.ugene Aram," and depict such 1 01, 1 1 ' i ri e 4 ' , ev e b f, of the Shirt" and " The Bridge of L ea lb he a . le orn formed in no common mould ! He, 0 , tt a t r th e thli.ll4 4.64 of fi rst time I lo ut l n t Unt t he p • met him was at one of the 4 iy h Painter t e ti i , pq,t hay don Martin ; for a moment I turned le•,e 4 ,4 er nou, e 2, Wa, of e--disappointed, for the counte on, the place, e_'.., Inelancholy rather than of mirth : . 4 , 4p hze et ilaace, which, even to solemnity, in the upper .., 4 :17, 1 "..ie 1 t . Yor th .," , In public, was seldom relieved by lietnt are ; an'dfnouth, or the occasional sparkle of ft.i,,t ti li e : 4 4 8 ' that h l e t W as a general remark among ~ , f i e_ , e 4 y wit...._e_was too quiet for " the world." tlo a °s o4:, h e . 11othi d ..at,_hers to be found in society, who q t ,ik m :th e i nake '' ' n a man, unless, like a sound -0.1 lie 4 t aki ves great noise at a small touch— ' q ° th ""olf aggrieved, unless an " author" open t o 4h 4 i- i no: eo l.3 2 . h a e ri s d an sp:a as he writes . ; this vulgar no t'M e t t.. aOlder ed _ „_tamp, creeps into good society, S t iZ t .ve \ 'Nies ' e Pn infe'r e'eutu I have seen both Hook and 441 -,Kttikti. shit, ligh t s! a partridge, by persons who ti0tt.%,4141 st ar r• Kook, , Im P L IY by repeating what such ; 1, ofshiling, tYeroaps, liked this celebrity— ue Al a P p ai ,, is lion hunt--so different from toeise"h.l3. veritable greatness. Mr. Hood "'"lver too refined, to endure it ; the dislike to being pointed at as the " man who was funny" kept him out of a crowd, where there were always numbers who really honoured his genius, and loved him for his gentle and domestic virtues. It was only among his friends that his playful fancy flourished, or that he yielded to its influence ; although, strictly speaking, " in all his feelings, he never sought to stimulate his wit by the false poison of draughts of wine ; nor was he ever more cheerful than when at his own fireside he enjoyed the companionship of his dear and devoted wife.. He was playful as a child ; and his imagi nation, pure as bright, frolicked with nature, whcm he loved too well ever to outrage or insult by slight or misrepresen tation. And yet he was City born, and City bred,—born in the unpoetic district of " the Poultry ;" though born as it were, to letters, for his father was a bookseller ; and the son was remarkable for great vivacity of spirits, and prone to asto nish good citizens, guests at his father's, no less than his fellow-pupils when at school, by the shrewdness and bril liancy of his observations upon topics of which it was thought he knew nothing. He finished his education at Camberwell ; and, even at that early age being in very precarious health, was advised to try the effect of a sea voyage upon his con stitution. The sea suited him not. I can well imagine its boiling turbulence—its fitfulness—its glittering brightness, and its fedrful storms finding no sympathy in the gentle bosom of the author of " The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies." He passed some years, on his return, with relatives in " Bonny Dundee ;" and, manifesting a great talent for draw ing, was apprenticed to his uncle, Mr. Robert Sands, an engraver. But he trifled with the pencil, while he laboured with the pen ; his future destiny was pointed out by the light of genius. And what rare talents did he not possess, blended with the gentleness and kindliness of the sweetest of poetic temperaments—how full his sympathies !—how honest his heart—howgreat and true in all things Although his existence was a long disease rather than a life, he was free from all bitterness and harshness of spirit. feeling intensely for the sufferings of others; be was in every way unselfish ; prone to the very last to turn his own sad suffer ings into jests, and forcing those who wept over his agony, fierce as it was (until the last dull sleep which continued from the Tuesday to the Saturday of his death), to smile at the wittiness of his conceits, mingling as they did with a touching consciousness of his situation, and the solemn belief i❑ that hereafter which, in all faith and humility, we believe —to the full extent of knowledge—he now enjoys. But what a sad picture—and by no means a'solitary one— do the last months of this GREAT MAN'S life display " The Song of the Shirt" was knocking at every heart in Great Bri tain, while its author was panting for breath, and trying to enlist the forces of his friends in the launch of the Magazine that still bears his name. And his friends stood by him: . . they gathered willingly beneath the banner which; had it been raised by a strong arm instead of one trembling with pain and the unsteadiness of departed health, would have battled the breeze boldly and waved for years triumphantly above—as a shelter to—his home. A little longer, and the difficulties of his position increased ; one illness succeeded another, and " l'Envoi" at the end of each " periodical la bour," induced the mingled smiles and tears of his admirers lie wrote wit while propped by pill.ws; and the chapters of a novel—doomed to remain, like his life, a great fragment— were produced between the intervals and beatings of heart disease. Alas! what those endure who write for bread ! But it is all over with him now: the gold has been refined and the cruci ble is broken; the toil-worn body has been bowed in death that the soul might escape into life; the mortal cerements have been burst; the winged child is borne into the true life —the life of eternity ! Those who loved him best rejoice at his release from labour—never remunerated in proportion to the pleasure it gave—never in a way at all commensurate with the enormous profit it produced seldom, perhaps, thought of by those whose hearts it opened. Latterly his dear friends had been agonised by his terrible lament, " I cannot die—l cannot die !" Such friends were thankful to lay him, on the 10th of May, in a calm grave at Kensall green. It will not, we are sure, be long before a monument is raised to his memory; and there are hearts enough in England to remember that his widow and two children have but the hundred a year to subsist on—bestowed by Sir Robert Peel, whose letter, in words which did him honour, con veyed the request that he might be permitted to make the personal acquaintance of one whose works and whose cha racter he had long admired and appreciated. In this gene rous wish and hope he was destined to be disappointed—but Honour and glory to a great statesman with a good heart I Such men are worthy almoners of genius! IRELAND. (From the Derby Reporter, May 23.) The whole population of Ireland is about 8.000,000 Of these it is reckoned that there are 6,427,712 Roman Catholics 752,952 Episcopal Protestants 642,356 Presbyterians, and 121,808 voluntaries—including Bap tists, Independents, Methodists, and Quakers. ESTABLISHED CHURCH, OR EPISCOPAL PROTESTANTS , 752,952 adherents, including men, women, and chi lren-2 archbishops-10 bishops-300 dignitaries -1,385 benefices-2,348 parishes-1,534 churches, &c. ANNUAL REVENUE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT. X s. d. Archbishoprics and Bishoprics ... 151,127 12 4 Deans and Chapters Glebe Lands Tithe composition Ministers' Money £807,533 12 4 Since the union in 1800 to 1835, Parliament has given 3,308,3692 to the Irish Establishment, besides advancing a loan of 324,6231., part of which has not been repaid. Of the 2,348 parishes 155 have no church, clergyman, or Protestant Episcopalian ; 496 parishes have under 20 Protestant Episcopalians ; and 895 parishes have under 50 Protestant Episcopalians, including men, women, and children. As so many parishes are without either a church or a clergyman, 87 unions have been formed. In Kilcooly, ten parishes are thrown together. In Bally makill, there are nine parishes, one of which is 27 miles from the church. In the union of Burnchurch, there are fourteen parishes ; three of them are at the opposite ex tremities of the county of Kilkenny. In the 1,385 benefices, there are 99 in which there are not 20 Protestant Episcopalians -124 benefices, with between 20 and 50 in each. The following table, of seven benefices, may give some idea of the state of things in different parts of Ireland Resident Protestants. Clergymen. Church. Tithes. .£ s. d. Modeligo (Union) 4 0 0 440 0 0 Seskeinane. Clenne Eflin Gilbertstown 8 0 0 250 0 0 Mahoonagh Killeedy l2 0 0 484 12 0 0 2,889 11 0 In the Bishopric of Cloyne, there are eight parishes in which the cost of each Protestant Episcopalian, adult and infant, is 281. per head, as below: Members of the Tithe. Established Church. Composition, 13 £4OO 400 498 500 600 784 809 869 tiillatty Ballybea • Templeracarigy Bally vourney Ardagh Whitchurch Arogeesha Clonfriest.,. £4,860 Of the somewhat more than 300 dignities and pre bends, the returns state that there are 75 in which there are no duties whatever to perform; 94 are mere sine cures except the duty of an occasional sermon in the ca thedrals. The Dean of Raphoe receives 1,4911.; the Precentor of Lismore, 4481.; the Archdeacon of Meath, 723/i, without any duty to perform. In the eight parishes above mentioned in the Bishopric of Cloyne, the cost per head of the members of the Establishment, adults and infants, is 281. In the union of I'aleroan, it is 671. 10s. per head ; and throughout the Eta• blished Church, it is 1/. Is. sd. In Scotland it is 3s. 4d. PRESBYTERIANS. 642,356 adherents, men, women, and children -80,000 attendants on public worship-452 places of worship—between 400 and 500 ministers—nearly 40,000/, per annum granted by Parliament under the name of Region: Donum. About forty of the Presbyterian ministers aro said have departed from the faith of their forefathers, and the standards of their primitive communion, and have mostly become Socinians ; yet they share amongst them about 3,0001. of the Regium Donum, and about 2,0001. the bequests of death-bed piety, or dying penitence for the promulgation of doctrines alike opposed to the articles and standards of the national statute. Such has been the natural downward tendency of the Regium Donum. The Presbyterian ministers in Ireland are general pensioners on the Government, for, perhaps, more than a moiety of their stipends : on an average each receives from the national purse 751. per annum. The effect of the Regium Donum on political and religious society is very apparent. It has produced in the Presbyterians an insatiable thirst—give, give, is still their cry for additional sums from the public revenue. Their sym pathies have evidently mingled with the abettors of mis government ; where their influence has been strongest, the most illiberal and narrow-minded political repre sentatives have been returned to Parliament. The voice of their ministers has not often been heard when cruel, or sanguinary tithe affrays, have occurred ; dependence on State patronage has produced servility to the Mi nister of the day, and intolerance toward all who differ from their opinions. VOLUNTARIES. 121,808 adherents, men, women, and children-403 places of worship—the number of their ministers un certain ; but none of them are polluted by the contami nating touch of the national property. Of late years they have been making slow, but continued augmenta tion to their numbers. RAILWAY CO MITT EES. (YESTERDAY.)• • GROUP A LINE. Other witnesses were called to confirm the above evidence. GROUP 88. AND DUBLIN n..a.xLvia.Y. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) THE SUN, LONDON, PRIDAI ETENINGI,,JUN'E 6, 1845. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND :17017.1711 RENT The Committee resumed the consideration of this line this morning at twelve o'clock, by the examination of Mr. ;Hart, Messrs. Hall's superintendent in I.ondon. He spoke as to the extent of their business, and the impossibility of removing an . V portion of their premises to a greater distance from the intend td line of railway. Mr. Monk, foreman of Messrs. Hall's mills, proved the precau tion used to avoid accidents by explosion of the gunpowde. , , or the materials used in its manufacture. He related several acci'dents of a serious nature which have occurred within the last twenty' years, in which logs of timber and fragments of machinery have not only been thrown from Immense distances, but have even been imperti nent enough to trespass on the premises of Messrs. Hall's neigh bours. He stated, also, that on one occasion windows had been broken at the distance of a mile from the explosion. Mr. Wilt., of Dartford, spoke as to the explosion which had taken place at his mills on Monday last, when pieces of timber were scattered to the extent of 120 yards. He had a firm convic tion that the proposed railway would be extremely dangerous to the public and to Messrs. Hall's mills. Captain Crawley and Mr. Austin spoke as to thesame facts, and Mr. W. Hall, oneof the petitioners, was called, but not examined. Mr. Waller spoke as to the effect of certain explosions some years since. At one time fifty horses belonging to his lather had been killed. Mr. MliaaeivrrnEtt then said that the case for the petitioners had concluded, with the exception of Colonel Cockburn's evidence. The Committee then adjourned until twelve o'clock tomorrow. THE WATERPOILD, WEXFORD, WICKLOW, The witness was next examined in detail respecting the cuttings, embankments, bridges, &c., on the line, and the explanation of these, with the cross-examination which they elicited, occupied the Committee till four o'clock. ROMAN CATHOLICS. 6,427,712 adherents, men, women, and children-8,105 places of worship—three colleges, and some thousands of priests. Hitherto this community has been sustained on the voluntary system, except the annual Parliamen tary grant to the College of Maynooth, and the benefit they have had, in common with others, in the grants for general education. In future the endowment to May nooth is to be permanent, and augmented ; other col leges are to be formed and supported by the State ; which institutions will be wholly, or nearly so, under the influence of the Roman Catholics ; and it seems to be intended that in future their places of worship shall be built and maintained at the public expense, and that their priests shall receive regular stipends from the State. STATE 01' TRADE.—The demand for yarn con tinues exceedingly good, and prices are maintained with great firmness. For goods, the market is not quite so active as last week, but there is little or no change in prices. Some sen sation was caused on Saturday morning, by the announcement of the failure of an extensive calico, printing house in Salford. We are glad to learn, however, that this event will not cause any loss, or indeed any serious inconvenience, as satisfactory ar rangements have been made to pay 20s. in thepound, with interest. ----.ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET,MONDAY, JUNE 2.—We have had a very good market to-day, and though the amount of busi ness transacted was not equal to that of last Monday, yet bettor prices have been obtained for flannels. Wool remains firm, and higher rates have been asked, but not generally given.—Manchester Guardian of Tuesday. SIR JOHN RENNIE'S SECOND CON VERS AZ lONE. The second of the series of conversazione given by Sir John Rennie, President of the Institetion of Civil En gineers, took place on Saturday evening, and was even more numerously and brilliantly attended than or. the pre vious Saturday. It only required the presence of Lady Rennie and her lady friends, as on the previous occasion, to have rendered this one of the most brilliant reunions of the season. In deference, however, to the established etiquette, his Royal Highness Prince Albert being expected, we were de prived of the presence of the amiable hostess. Several additions and changes in the arrangement of the models and works of art had been made. We observed particu larly the Ascot Cup ; a cony of the Warwick Vase, in silver ; and a splendid ewer and salver, by Cellini, from the collection of Messrs. Mortimer and Hunt ; a spirited figure of a grey hound, by Mr. Thomas, whose group of St. George and the Dragon, we noticed last week. and which being placed in a better lighted position, we were enabled to nspect and admire ; portfolios of Scharf's interesting ik etches in Lycia ; Scanlan's characteristic sketches of Cornish miners, &c. ; some very good sketches, made by Sir John Rennie, in Greece, in 182') ; a miniature, 'iv W. R. Ward, R.A., of the Duchess of Richmond ; a collection of effective lithotints of Cattermole's drawings ; a superb specimen of Walker's Electrotype. From among the models we must particularise the Ferraby Sluice, which forms the outlet of the Aneholme drainage, and a plan of the proposed works at Carrickfergus, where, by means of detached breakwaters, the run of the sea would be prevented, while, by a projecting mole upon arches. ac eommodation would be afforded for the loading and unload ing of vessels. Both these were by S ir Jon Rennie—a model showing the successful method of scupper nailing, adopted at Leith Pier, in 1836, at the suggestion of Captain lloswall, R.N.; Rowan's antifriction axles ; a beautiful model of Stephenson's improved locomotive engine ; a series of specimens exhibiting the various stages of the manufacture of Selby's patent-welded iron tube ; a very extraordinary example of the power of machinery was displayed by Mr. John Hick ( Belton), in some masses of wrought iron, varying from two inches to three inches in thickness, from the centre of each of which circular pieces of eight inches diameter had been punched cold, by means of the combined force of four hydraulic presses, exerting a pressure varying from 1,250 to 2,001 tons. Our limits will not permit the notice of the other models; but we cannot close our notice without honourable mention of the manner in which the supper arrangements were carried out by Stinson. The entertainment was elegantly designed, and the execution did ample justice to Sir John's well-known hospitality. The rooms were exceedingly crowded, but among the dis tinguished visitors present we particularly recognised the Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Faris of Lonsdale, Rosse, Lincoln, and Dalhousie • Lords Lowther, Berreidale, Campbell, James Stuart, M P., Lyt ielton, and Colchester; the Bishop of Norwich, Lord Chief Justice Tindal, General Sir James Cockburn, Bart., M.P., Mohun Lal, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Count Rosen, Hon. E. Byng, Major-General Pasley, Captain Sir W. Symonds, R.N. ; Captain Sir George Back, R.N. ; Sirs James llamilton, Bart., John Burgoyne, Bart., John Kirkland, R. Westmacott, John Guest, Bart., M.P., Charles Forbes, Bart., Hon. Sir F. Cust, D. J. Norreys, Bart.. M.P., James Copley, Bart., W. B. Riddell, Bart., Charles Fellows, Henry Ellis, H. T. Do la Beetle, John Barrow, John Macneill, George Duckett, R. Schombu rg h, F re d er i c k M ad. den, Alexander Johnstone, Mr. Hodgson, M.P., Mr. C. W. Martin, M.P., Mr. Ellice, M.P., Dr. Bowring, M.P., Mr. Hutt, M.P., Mr. Gore, M.P., Mr. Botfield, M.P., Mr. Mac lean, M.P., Mr. Barneby, M.P., Mr. Johnstone, M.P., Mr. Estcourt, M.P., Mr. Pendarves, M.P., Mr. Loch, M.P., Mr. Maekinnon, M.P., Mr. Ewart, M.P., Mr. Stuart, M.P. ; Colonels Dundas, Shaw, Colquhoun, Sykes, and Jack son ; Professors Buckland, Von Buch. Lyon, Playfair, Ansted, Christie ; Majors Askew, Clarke. and Amsinck ; Doctors Lawrence, Roupel, Mantel', Roget, Paris, Mayo, and Gran ville; Captains Gambier, Washington, R.N., Handcock, Tindal, Grover, W. O'Brien, R.N.. Buller, Hosken, Reverend Mr. Stopford, Messrs. J. Simpson, Locke, T. K Brunel, J. Miller, B. Cubitt, Giles, Lowe, Barry, Murchison, Konig, Landseer, Bellin, F. Stone, Scanlan, Boxall, Errington, Burger, Grainger, Smee, T. Grissell, Sop with, Loaden, Goody, Planche, C. Stanfield, Bidder, Lough, Biddulph, Farquhar, Tycho Wing, Solly, Plowden, Basevi, Cotton, Wicksteed, G. Godwin, G. A'Beckett. Leech, J. Braithwaite, Murdo Young, Fairbairn, Bateman, Farey, Etty, Willement, Tooke, F. Walker, &c. &c. THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. JUNE 3. Sir JOHN RENNIE, President, in the chair. The first paper read was " On the Corrosion of Metals," by Mr. R. Adie, Liverpool. The object of the communication was to give an experimental proof of the fact, of water, when saturated with common salt, preserving, to a great extent, the surfaces of oxidizable metals from corrosion, by the joint action of air and water; and also to show that water, or water containing a saline solution, does not act as a corroding agent without the aid of the oxygen of the atmosphere. These positions were demonstrated by the details of several series of very interesting experiments, which were purely of a chemical tendency, leaving to the engineers the application to practice of the results obtained. The details were also given of some experiments made to ascertain the quantity of oxygen dissolved by water under different circumstances; whence it was shown that brine, and some other saline solutions, contain much less dissolved oxygen than sea or ordinary water. The discovery of this fact suggested the experiments on the application of brine ' as a preserver of iron. The object of the last set of experi ments was, to determine, by trial, the rates of corrosion of metals in fresh water, sea water, and saturated brine. The results demonstrated that sea water corrodes the quickest, fresh water less rapidly, arid brine very much slower than either. The circumstance was incidentally mentioned of the use of common salt for preserving ships' timbers, for which purposes the spaces between the ribs of some of the North American ships are frequently packed with rock-salt, and the effect has proved very advantageous to the duration of the timber, without affecting the metal fastenings, as would have been supposed. A paper by Mr. W. Gale (Glasgow) pointed nut the ad vantage of the moveable jib crane for the purposes of build ing. It was stated to have been originally invented by James Watt, for the Bell Rock Light-home ; but in a com munication from Mr. R Stevenson (Edinburgh), which was also read, with extracts from the history of that light house. the invention was claimed by Mr. Stevenson. It appeared that the crane was used very extensively, but that some defects existed in its construction, for which the author suggested remedies, which he had applied successfully, and for which he gave the necessary details of calculation and drawings, without which they would be with difficulty comprehended. The monthly ballot took place, when Messrs. Frank Forster, T. L. Gooch, and W. Lewin, were elected as members ; anti Messrs. W. P. Marshall, W. Lawford, G. Lawford, and W. B. Buddicom, as associates. The next meeting was announced to take place on Tuesday, June 10. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday morning in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Nemours visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager, yesterday, at Marl borough House. Their Royal Highnesses also paid visits to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at Clarence House, St. James's, to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou cester at Gloucester House, and to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge House. His Excellency Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambas sador, paid his respects to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, at Buckingham Palace on Wed nesday afternoon, soon after their arrival from the continent. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken an airing yesterday, in an open carriage and four, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, yesterday, included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, his Excellency Count de St. Aulaire, the Duchess of Buccleuch, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl Delawarr, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lord George Lennox, La Baronne M. de Fingueriin, and M. Morel de Bretizal. The'hand of the 2d Life Guards was in attendance during dinner. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took a drive yesterday in the Parks, and visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at Clarence House, His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited the Lock Hospital yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge took an airing to Kew yesterday, returning to Cambridge House in the afternoon. A deputation of Liverpool merchants, including Messrs. Thomas Bold, James Ingram, and Ralph Dawson, had an in terview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial.office, on the subject of the remission of the tax on guano. Yesterday was the birthday of his Majesty the King of Hanover. His Excellency Count Kielmannsegge, his Majesty's representative at the British Court, gave a grand dinner in celebration of the auspicious event to a large party, at his Ex cellency's residence in Grosv.norplace. His Excellency the Spanish Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England held a meet ing yesterday afternoon, at their office in Whitehall-place. There were present the Bishops of Bangor, Ely, Lichfield, and Salisbury; the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Besborough, the Right Hon. H. llobhouse, the Right Hon. John Nicholl, and the Dean of Westminster. The Chairman of the Excise had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing -street. Sir Henry Halford had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday at the office of the Bnard of Trade. The Dowager Duchess of Cleveland had a dinner party on Wednesday at her residence in Seamore-place. The company included Viscount Templetow n' Hon. Captain and Mrs. R o u s , Mr. and L a dy M ary Phipps, 111 r. and Lady Farquhar, Colonel and Mrs. Maberley, Mr. and Mrs. Ellice, Mr. and Mrs. Buckley, Mrs. Lane Fox, and Mrs. Cotterell. RAILWAY IN CANADA. —It affords us much gratifi• cation to find that the attention of English capitalists has at length been directed to the developing some of the numerous resources of our widely extending Canadian colonies, and that a Company of influential individuals is now forming for the purpose of joining lakes Huron and Ontario, by means of a railway, which will traverse some of the most fertile portions of our western Canadian pos sessions. One of the most novel, and at the same time important features of this national undertaking appears to be the constructing this railroad solely of wood, pre pared by a process rendering it almost as durable as iron, so that the very arboreous obstacles which at present exist in these provinces, to so great an extent as to render the intercourse between man and man most difficult, are made subservient to the means of an easy and rapid intercommunication. Speculation in vain attempts to define a limit as to the extent this unbounded material (in Canada) may be applied for similar purposes, atd that some of our Canadian possessions, existing at the present moment only in the shape of one vas t f orest, may, at no distant period, be as completely intersected with railroads as the mother country. We have only to add that the undertaking has our best wishes for its success. On Tuesday a deputation of the Directors of the Asturian Mining Company, consisting of the Chairman, Gideon Colquhoun, Esq., Sir William Young, Bart., Deputy Chairman, Colonel Stopford, Colonel Fitch, and the Secretary, waited upon his Excellency the Spanish Ambassador, to convey through him to the Spanish Government the thanks of the Company for remitting the entire heavy import duties upon the machinery re quired: for the Company's iron works in the Asturias ; and also for the other facilities which the Government had offered to the Company in carrying on its opera tions. His Excellency received the deputation with the utmost courtesy, and promised to make known without delay the statements of the Company, which he had no doubt would be highly satisfactory to the Spanish Go verment. The Committee thou adjourned till to.morrow at eleven o'clock, GROUP EE. SCOTTISH MIDI, AND ZLAXLW.hY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. JAMES next addressed the Committee, on the part of Lady Willoughby D'Eresby. He maintained that the traffic would not be sufficient to support the line, and that the wants of the district would be better supplied by the Aberdeen Railway. The room was then cleared. On our return, the CHAIRMAN said that the Committee had decided the preamble of the Bill to be proved. The Committee then proceeded to consider the clauses of the Bill. The several clauses were read and agreed to, and the Chairman was instructed to report the 13.11 to the House. The Committee then adjourned, having terminated its labours, this being the last Bill in the group. GROUP F. THE OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOL VERHAMPTON RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The remaining unopposed clauses having been gone through, Mr. Sergeant WRANGLIAM, on behalf of Mr. Parrott, proprietor of part of the river Haven navigation, submitted that the pro. rooters should net cross the river at Evesham without compensa. tion to the proprietor. The promoters would cross by two bridges, and unless those bridges were made at such an elevation as would not cause the vessels passing under the bridges to lower their masts, the Committee should fix a remuneration for the loss which would be sustained by the loss of traffic the delay of those vessels would cause to his clients. Mr. Brunel said he would by morning fix an elevation. This was agreed to, and the point was postponed. Mr. DANIEL said he had to ask power for the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway traffic to go on the Oxford and Wolverhampton line from Stoke to Abbots Wood. He would, however, inform the promoters that the clause, if granted, would not prevent tho Bill being opposed in all its stages. Mr. TALBOT thought his Learned Friend was very modest to ask a clause, and then in the same breath, hot and cold, tell his c:ients that, clause or no clause, he would oppose the Bill. He was satisfied to have a clause framed by the next day, which would be at a reduced rate of tolls to the Birmingham and Gloucester Company. It was, however, unfair to ask such power, and then announce a determined opposition to the Bill. The CHAIRMAN—I think it is almost unfair. The matter was then postponed. THE OXFORD AND HAMBY nAILWAY SILL. The first 14 clauses of this Bill were agreed to without amend. ments, and the Committee adjourned to twelve o'clock to-morrow , GROUP GG. BOOT= RAILWAYS. GLASGOW JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Miller, C.E., then entered into details showing how he in tended carrying the line across the streets of Glasgow by a viaduct, and in some cases under, by a tunnel. The line would cross the Clyde by a bridge of three arches, the estimated cost of which was 30,000/. The total cost was 280,0001. It was proposed to throw out a branch from the main line to communi cate with the Broomielaw. The estimates were fully sufficient for the construction of the line. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till to morrow. GROUP K. NORWICH AND BRANDON LINE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Cross.examined by Mr. CALVERT—The traffic tables have been taken by actual observation, parties being placed on the Dereham road, just out of Norwich ; the Hingham road, Barford, Ship. ton, and other points. Has taken credit for the whole of the market at Dereham in his traffic tables. There are a few coaches running between Dereham and Norwich, and one to the metropolis. The distance between Dereham and London by Lynn is shorter by five miles than that by Wyndham ; nevertheless he con. siders that traffic will go upon the latter in greater proportion than the former. The plans and sections of the Eastern Counties Extension project, as deposited in the office of the clerk of the peace, are very inaccurate, though he cannot state the extent or particulars of the errors. [This witness, in the course of a protracted direct cross.examinstion, to which the whole of the day's sitting was, with the exception of Mr. Wodehouse's evidence, exclusively devoted, entered into the details of distance, traffic, plans, and sections of the various branches (integral or independent) of both lines. The evidence was a mere repetition of that already given: and possessed no feature of public interest whatever.] The Hon. and Rev. William Wodehouse, examined by Mr. GIRDEN—Is incumbent of Hingham, and has filled that office for 34 years ; believes that his brother, Lard Wodehouse, is an assent to the proposed branch of the Norwich and Brandon line. Con. siders, when completed, it will confer great advantages on the dis trict. Cross-examined by Mr. WHATELEY, Q.C.—Does not know whe ther his brother, Lord Wodehouse, was previously a dissentient to the Bill, nor his motives for now supporting it. This line of cross-examination being objected to by Mr. Girden, and held as irrelevant by the Committee, the Learned Counsel de sisted ; and the Speaker having been announced at prayers, the Committee adjourned. GROUP KK. LIVERPOOL AND BURY LINE. The Committee met at twelve o'clock ; Sir C. Lemon in the chair. The first witness examined to-day was Mr. Simnel Cottam, au ditor of the accounts of the Leeds and Manchester Railway, and general accountant, who stated that the present traffic between Liver pool and Wigan was 95,109/ annually, viz., 26,0311. 17s. 9d. for passengers, 894/. 4s. 9d. for cattle, 65,9331. for minerals and goods, for sundries 25,0001. The population along the line was 330,000. Cross.examined by ➢ir. Sergeant BRLLASIS —A very important part of the traffic was third-class passengers. The witness ex plained In a satisfactory manner how he made the calculations. The foot passengers observed passin g al ong the line from Wigan to Liverpool, at the Ince station, were 4,593 in fourteen days. He admitted, however, that there were several small towns along the line, such as Leigh and Htndley,and would not say but these passengers were going there instead of to Wigan. Had, in his calculations, estimated that 5,000/. a year would be abstracted from the present railways. He estimated that foot passengers, those who travelled by horses and gigs, and what he calculated would be abstracted from other railways, would be about 20,0004, and about 6,0001. from other sources. Re• examined—. the traffic tables were taken in the usual man. ner. Had not taken in these tables any of the traffic to York. shire, nor computed in any way so highly as many traffic calcula. tors who had been examined before other Committees. The examination of this witness lasted more than two hours and a half, Mr. J. Thompson, engineer, in conjunction with Sir J. M`Neill, to the Liverpool and Bury Railway, raid it had been surveyed under his direction. Was very careful in making trial surveys; thought the projected line the best which the country admitted. The terminus at Liverpool was in H owar d.street,half a mile w est of the Exchange. There w a s n o w n o connexion between the terminus and the north docks, but such'. a communication was quite practicable, and was contemplated. It would have been laid down on this plan, but when it was drawn up the position of the docks had not been defined. The docks were, however, now in course of formation. There would be no difficulty whatever in effecting the junction. The levels admitted of a very easy junction with the docks. The Liverpool and Bury terminus was, generally speaking, about 500 yards from the North Docks, in its passage through Liverpool. Another junction with the Leeds and Livi rpool Canal was intended ; forty feet would be the height of the railway terminus, and from that it would gradually drop down to an elevation of twenty. three feet, whence the coal would be d ro p pe d i nto the vessel. Their object in having this elevation was to drop the coal, without breakage or cartage, into the holds of the vessels; and so it would save much time and expense. There would be no difficulty in extending the rails along the whole of the docks. The proposed line passed out of Liverpool by an arching of 1,250 yards, in order to get over a few streets. These arches would be valuable for the purpose of wareh ous i ng. The next work of moment would be tunnelling under Walton hill, which would be 1,320 yards in length. That was about a mile and a half from Liverpool, and it would be made through f ree - stone rock, the most favourable of any for making a tunnel through. The line would pass under the Preston turnpike-road, about three miles from Liverpool. It would pass by Kirby Billinge, and on to the north of Ramford. It would pass close by Orrell, and thence to Wigan, a distance of 18& mil es. At Wig ,n it would cross the North Union Railway at an elevation. This point would be very convenient for ajunction with the North Union, if required. The line proceeded to the north of Hindl ey, w hi ch it would approach within a quarterofa mile. It went on to West houghton, which it approached within . the same di s t ance as Hind. ley • it then went on to Bolton, and joined the Blackburn, Damen and V.olton Railway ; it went on to Bury, and would join th e B ury ' and liossendale Railway. There were two trunks of arching on the line, one of 150 yards, and the other cf 170 yards. It would also touch the Leeds and Manchester Extension One of the branches, the Ormskirk, was three mil es long, and would connect the towns of Ormskirk and Southport. There was another, the Haig branch. The total length of th e ma i n line was 30 % miler. The Ormskirk branch was in len g th 3 m i les 3 furlongs 65 yards ; the Haig branch 1 mile 4 furl ongs an d 70 y io a nn r eg d _s andm .t b h kr e ianug g c rhaceast was total e a of e 3 5 n 5 branch, mmi n aan e n a dd r 8 51 o f l u t r o l n o ,n furlongs quarter of a mile in length. The. The total main gradients were on the whole good, about 1 in 100 on the main line, on the Bury about 1 in 150, on the Ormskirk about I in 115, and on the Haig branch about lin 186. There were many of the Scotch railways which had much worse gradients. The estimated cost of the whole line was 012,0001., of which the main line h a d cost 677,2481., and. the branches t h e difference. Considered the line would be, on the whole, very advantageous to th e commerc i a l project e d li ne was most was much delay on the 00l would cost 1,0001. desirable.eds and community d , f h t e h i Manchesters s hip part i,i n o gf Railway,t hs stages ge at andrt y co. L vTheretheer p each ; the branch from the terminus to the docks 100,000/. The cross-examinatioe of this witness was commenced by Mr. Sergeant Bellasis, but had not terminated when the CoJimittee adjourned, at four o'clock. GROUP L. DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. The Committee re-assembled this morning at twelve o'clock, and shortly after proceeded with the consideration of the above scheme. Several witnesses, whose evidence was not publicly interesting, having been examined, Mr. RAWLINS called Mr. James Foster, of Godalming, who stated that he dealt to a very great extent annually in groceries and other articles of produce, which he punctually obtained from the City and the warehouses in Thames -street. He should greatly prefer the atmospheric line to the South-Western Railway, as the Atmospheric Company proposed to have a terminus at London-bridge, which would be much more convenient :for his business than the South. Western Railway, as the terminus of that railway was at Vauxhall. In the opinion he now expressed re garding the eligibility of the atmospheric line he was confirmed by most of the merchants and grocers of Godalming. Mr. Stafford, corn.factor, at Godalming, was next examined-- He deposed generally as to the great advantage which would be de. rived to his business from the construction of the atmospheric line, as its terminus would be at London bridge, and the expense of conveyance would be cheaper than any of the present modes of transmission. Mr. Moon, waggon-master, Godalming, stated that he conveyed annually considerable numbers of cattle to London. There were some other waggon -masters in the vicinity of Petersfield and Godalming, who ccnveyed, on the aver , ge, to Londcn, about 10,000 sheep and 1,000 calves annually. They also brought a large quantity of groceries and other traffic, from London, to Godalming and its neighbourhood. If the atmospheric railway were con structed it would destroy his trade, as the goods would be trans mitted at so low a rate, that he could not keep his waggons on the rail. Mr. Madeley, leather dresser, near Gadalming, said there was a great deal of water power in the neighbourhood of Coda!ming, which, by a more scientific management of its capabilities, might be increased '2O per cent. His opinion and that of his neighbuurs was decidedly in favour of the atmospheric line. On cross.examination he said that the gauge of the line near his manufactory would occasion considerable inconvenience, as the smoke and soot from the engine would be likely to fall on the leathers exposed in the yard, and spoil their surface, and render a new dress necessary. Mr. Britton said he transmitted great quantities of hoops and other material to London, the cost of conveying which averaged, including passage by canal and cartage, about 14s. per ton. If the atmospheric line were constructed at least one-half in the ex. pence of carriage would be saved. The examination of these witnesses elicited only similar evidence to what had been adduced yesterday. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock. GROUP LL. THE LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN (METROPOLITAN EXTENSION). The Committee on this group sat this morning at twelve o'clock, and proceeded to hear evidence in favour of this extension. Mr. Tite was the first witness called. The general tendency of his evidence went to prove that there were no engineering difficul. ties. He stated that the :expense for the purchase of property would amount to 400,000/. Mr. M. CHAMBERS then cross-exam:ned the witness, with a view to prove that, though the preamble of the Bill stated that the ex tension was beneficial to the community generally, yet it would be injurious to a very large body, and particularly to Mr. Smith, the proprietor of the Belvidere brewery. Mr. J. Locke was next called. He said that he was the en gineer-in -chief of the South. Western Railway, and he constructed the greater part of the line. He concurred with Mr. Tite in think ing that the proper mode of constructing the intended extension would be on a viaduct. The ground was favourable to the con struction of a railway. All the minor streets would be crossed with one span. Slr James M'Adam approved of his mode of crossing. There would be no important crossing until they got to West. minster-bridge-road, which they would cross with three arches. They would cross the York-road with three arches, or one, but he preferred three. He would construct the station entirely upon arches, putting the platforms and everything upon them. it would be 20 feet above the level of the road. They intended that the de scent should be made by an inclined road. He thought that it would be most favourable to have the terminus near the access to Hungerford-bridge. It would be much better than having it on the other side of the river, as it would be on the concave side of the river, and consequently would be nearer to the three bridges. If it were on the convex side, though it might be as near one bridge, would be very distant from the others. The length of the extension to the York.road was two miles, and he estimated that the expense, in. eluding the amount of 45,000/. stated by Mr. The, would be SOO,OOO/, leaving 35,000/. for engineering expenses. The witness then entered into a detail of the benefits which would be derived by what might be termed the middle metropolis and the western metropolis, from this extension. The witness then underwent a cross-examination by Mr. M. CRAMBERS, during which his evidence remained unshaken, after which the Committee adjourned. GROUP N. THE CORNWALL, AND WEST CORNWALL AND ST. IVES RAILWAYS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The clauses, with some amendments, were then agreed to, and the Committee adjourned until to-morrow, when THE SOITTIIDEVON BILL will be proceeded with. GROUP P. NEWPORT AND PONTYPOOL RAILWAY. The evidence of Mr. Marsh (continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday)— The estimate of the entire works, including the expense of the three branches, would be 12,000/., which was on the average of 10,0001. per mile. The total expense of the land necessary for the works was estimated at 8,600/., the cost of the earthwork would be 28,•1741. He considered 1•,0001. as a suffi cient estimate for the entire works. The working expenses had been calculated at the usual rate of 40 per cent. on the gross revenue. The conclusion of this evidence terminated the case for the pro. motera of the Bill. No opposition to the general interests of the line was offered, and The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee were of opinion that the preamble of the Bill had been proved. The proofs were then put in by the Parliamentary agent, and the clauses were about to be proceeded with, when Sir Thomas PHILLIPS suggested that the opposed clauses should be postponed and the unopposed clauses be proceeded with, in order not to occupy the time of the Committee longer than was necessary. The clauses for tolls were opposed by Mr. WitavecEr, on behalf of the iron-masters in the districts through which the proposed railway would pass. It was endeavoured to show that the tolls de manded by the Company for the conveyance were too exorbitant. The clauses, however, were eventually passed, with a few slight alterations. The CIIAIRNIIIN, at the conclusion of the examination of the wit. nesses, stated that the Committee had not yet sufficient evidence with regard to the charges on Taff Vale Railway. It was intimated by Counsel that the further evidence should be forthcoming to.morrow, and the Committee adjourned at four o'clock. GROUP Q. NORTH WALES MINERAL RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The Chairman was then ordered to report the Bill to the House, THE NORTH WALES, PORTDYNX.I.LIEN, AND BANGOR RAILWAY. The remainder of the day was occupied with going through the clauses in the Bill for making this railway, the preamble to which, like the last Bill, had been proved on a former occasion. The whole •f the clauses, with amendments, were agreed to, and the Committee adjourned. GROUP R. DUNDALIC. AND ENNISMILLEN. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterdai.) Mr. M'Carthy was examined as to the feeling of the inha bitants in the towns through which the line was to be taken, which he represented generally to be very favourable. The land owners were also very much inclined to the line, and were desirous of its being formed. Mr. Redington, M.P. for Dundalk, said that from his know ledge of the country he believed that this line would be one of the very best that could be constructed in that country. He had an intimate knowledge of that part of Ireland, having been one of the Land Commissioners, and this was his decided opinion. Sir George Burgoyne, examined on the part of the Ulster Canal Company, was of opinion that the traffic through the district of country proposed was not sufficient to support such a line of railway as that proposed. Mr. Peter Russell put in the traffic tables of the expected re. ceipts, with the data on which they were founded, and after under. going an examination on the items, the Committee adjourned. GROUP SS. THE EREWASH VALLEY LINE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Evidence was gone into at great length in support of the Bill. The opponents' Counsel, on cross-examination, elicited nothing to mar its progress. The Speaker being announced to be at prayers, the Committee adjourned until to-morrow. GROUP V. THE MANCHESTER, CHESTERFIELD, AND MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAYS. THE SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE ALTERNATIVE LINE. Members—The Chairman, the O'Conor Don, Sir Denham Nor. reys, Sir John Rae Reid, Mr. Davies, and Mr. Hope Johnstone. The Committee proceeded this morning to receive further evi. dente on the alternative line. The evidence was of the same uninteresting character as before. Mr. Isaac Vickers spoke to the injury which would be done to the hay and cattle market in Sheffield, if the Chesterfield and Sheffield Railway were allowed to be constructed. Thomas Dunn Jeffcott, coal valuer, Sheffield—He was well ac. quainted with the coal fields in the neighbourhood of Sheffield and on the lines of the Chesterfield and Sheffield and of the Lincoln shire Railway. The coal on the latter line was of a much more useful quality for manufacturing purposes, and could be more easily reached, the nearest vein on the other line being six miles from the town of Sheffield. There was no converting coal at Dron field. A number of witnesses gave similar evidence, and the Committee adjourned at four o'clock. GROUP W. BRAYTON AND GOOLE RAILWAY. The Committee en this line met at twelve to.day, Mr. Yakington in the chair. The Hon. Mr. Maxwell, the Hon. Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Whitmore, and Lord Seymour were also present. Mr. KNOWLES, 011 the part of the promoters, resumed his address to the Committee. He contended that the Brayton and Goole line should pass irrespective of any other line, for it had independent merits of its own—would develop the general resources, and espe cially promote the extension of the traffic its coals and lime of a large tract of country, that was hitherto isolated and crippled to a most enormous extent, in consequence of having no outlet for its commerce. The Learned Counsel pressed this point at great length, and proceeded to say that the costof the line would only be 100.000/., and that it passed over a tract of country where no gentleman's residence would be destroyed—no park or place interfered with in its whole course. The Committee should not hesitate for a moment as to the propriety of passing the line. But when he compared it with the competing line (the proposed Wakefield, Pon tefract, and Goole line) as a communication with Wake field, Bradford, Leeds, and the west, he considered that it had claims which made it greatly superior. In the first place, only twelve miles of line would be required to be constructed, while by the other route there would be twenty-seven miles. The cost would be only 100,000/., while the cost of the other would be 350,000/. In the second place, it possessed gradients far more favourable, which, even by the admission of its opponents, more than counterbalanced the three miles which it exceeded the other line in distance to Wakefield. When he also considered that it would afford accommodation and facility of conveyance to the traffic to Wakefield, Leeds, and all the towns to the west, that had hitherto been in the habit of importing and exporting at Goole and Hull, the advantages which it presented were in finitely greater than those of the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole line. On these grounds, therefore—cheapness, gradients, accom modation, and advantage to the general traffic of the country—he contended that the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole line was not for a moment to be compared with it. But if the Committee wo u ld , i n t h e face of the evi. . dence which had been adduced to prove these facts, be of opinion that it had not suc h a superiority over the Wakefield and Goole line, as a communication with the Manufacturing districts, he thought that he h a d b rought forward evidence sufficient' to induce the Committee to grant the line on its own independent traffic. Taking all these advantages into account, together with the trifling expense which the construction of the line would cost, the Committee, he was sure, would exercise a sound judgment in passing the Brayton and Goole Railway, whether they passed the 'Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole line or not. This closed the case of the promoters of the line. The CHAIRMAN then asked Mr. Bliss, who appeared on behalf of the opposing landholders on the line, whether he would bring for ward any witnesses ? Mr. Buss replied that he would not adduce any evidence, but with the permission of the Committee he would address them on behalf of his clients. The CHAIRMAN then ordered the room to be cleared, and re. mained in deliberation for three quarters of an hour. On our re. admission The CHAIRMAN told Mr Bliss to proceed with his address. Mr. Buss then went on to comment on the evidence which had been brought forward, and contended that no case whatever had been made out on the part of the promoters of the Brayton and Goole line for cutting up the property of his clients. There was no evidence of a satisfactory character to show that it had any merits on the ground of independent traffic. It was a pure and gratuitous assumption on their part. Along the whole line of twelve miles there was only one mile on which the land owners were favourable to it. There was eight miles of dissentients, and three miles, on which the parties were neutral, or had returned no answer. When the Committee considered that there were already five lines of railway intersecting and cutting. up the property of the Hots. Mr. Petre, and when they considered the opposition that was offered by the other landholders, and that there was another line proposed which would afford a 1 the accommodation which the Brayton and Goole would give, he contended that there was no case whatever made out for the line. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to analyse the tables of traffic that had been made, and contended that they were all erroneous, and greatly exaggerated. The whole receipts would not, he said, amount to within 400/. of the cost of management. How far different was the course pursued by the promoters of the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole line in the construc tion of their traffic tables. The greatest care had been taken by them to procure accurate and incontrovertible information, and the Committee would recollect what an enormous amount of traffic they had proved as already existing, and to be anticipated, on their line. The Learned Counsel then referred to Mr. Hudson's conduct with respect to the proposed line, and said that the project entirely originated with him, to promote his own interest and that of the companies with which he was connected. He would ask the Committee whether it was right or fair to the public to empower any one man to have such a preponderating Infiuence in the railway communication of the country. The room was then cleared, and the Committee remained in deliberation for half-an.hour On our readmission The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee could not come to a decision that day, it being then past four o'clock, and they had not made up their minds. Mr. WttElNs then asked if he would have permission to address the Committee previous to any decision being come to that would be adverse to his line or admit the Brayton and Goole line ? The CHAIRMAN said that in the case assumed by Mr. Wilkins the Committee would give him the permission he required. It was then arranged that, after the decision to-morrow, the Committee would proceed with the clauses of which line was approved of, and would not enter upon the consideration of the Doncaster and Goole line till Monday. The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. GROUP X. LONDON AND YORK LINE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Walker's cross-examination occupied a considerable time, with a view to show that the cuttings, embankments, encroach ments, &c., would not be so extensive or so injurious in effect as the witness appeared to anticipate. When his evidence had concluded, Mr. DENISON said that on the part of Lord Scarborough he would not call any more witnesses. He would now wish to know what course it was intended to pursue by his Learned Friends opposite ? Mr. PAGET said the London and York Company would be willing to meet Lord Scarborough on the most liberal terms, and obviate all his objections. If his Learned Friend had Closed his case then, he (Mr. Paget) would address a few observations on the case he had made out, while it was still fresh in the minds of the Committee. The CHAIRMAN then, after a short consultation with the Com mittee, said it would be more convenient if Mr. Denison would now make any observations he wished to offer upon Lord Scar borough's case, and then the opposite counsel could either reply now or when he came to make his general statements. Mr. DENISON then proceeded to speak of the beauty of Lord Scarborough's estate. He contended that the beauty of that pro perty could not be surpassed by any in England ; a beauty which it had attained by time, but which no future time could restore if destvoyed, as destroyed it would be, by the innovation proposed to be made by this new railroad, which it was alleged was called for by the paramount claims of the public convenience. The road would not only cut his estate asunder, but it would deprive him, by severance of that portion of his estate which he was wont to use for his own recreation and that of his family, friends, and visitors. Independent of the many objections to this innovation on private grounds, he would contend for it that, even upon public grounds, his Learned Friends opposite had not proved that this would be the most convenient and useful that could have been laid out. He (Mr. Denison) had ex. amined the several engineers produced ; but it did not appear that any one of them had ever been over Lord Scarborough's property. Mr. PAGET objected to his Learned Friend entering upon the general merits of the case. Mr. DENISON contended he had a right to do so, and to oc cupy the Committee for three weeks if he pleased.—(Laughter)— and take the Committee from London to York, and speak upon the evidence as to every mile of the line, for he originally appeared in opposition to the preamble of the Bill, as well as on behalf of Lord Scarborough. The Committee agreed with Mr. Denison, and requested him to proceed. Mr. DENISON did so. He contended that no evidence had been adduced to show accurately the amount, of injury that would be done to his noble client's property, and therefore he was warranted in saying that if the London and York Company could prove that fact, they had intentionally and wilfully held back that evidence. The only person who could prove it was Mr. Fairbank, but he had not been produced. In fact, all the evidence on this point was of a very general cha racter, and none of the witnesse, could say that the line went nearer than within two miles of the house, while in fact it went within one mile. Mr. Wightman had been asked what was the nature of the injury that would be done to Lord Scarborough's property, and he said the injury would be entirely of an agricultural character, and that no residential in jury whatever would be done. Now he (Ur. Denison) would contend for it that the injury was entirely re sidential, and of a ♦ery serious and injurious character. In the first place, Lord Scarborough at present had various modes of access to this wood from his house—by private pathways and other means— without going on the road, or being ex. posed to the public; but this proposition so completely cut off all communication, that his Lordship and his children and his visitors could reach the wood from his house only by crossing a level or over a bridge where there was a cutting. His Lordship also was given to hunting, but he had not yet been able to get horses sufficiently broken in to stand the puff of a steam engine.—(Laughter.) With such an in jury he (Mr. Denison) would ask was 564 an acre any compensation, or what amount of money could be said to be sufficient compensation ? The Learned Counsel having recapitu. toted the engineering evidence at some length, concluded that he had shown sufficient grounds for establishing the fact that the pre. amble of the Bill had not been proved. The CHAIRMAN then called upon Mr. Paget to reply. Mr. PAGET said he would do so, though he would rather not. But, as it was the wish of the Committee, he would proceed to confinehimselfstrictly to Lord Scarborough's case. He was willing to take the facts in regard to the extent of the supposed injury to his Lordship's estate to be as they had been stated by Mr. Powell and Mr. Walker. His (Mr. Paget's) clients were willing to make any sort of approaches that should be deemed necessary to those places on his Lordship's farm that should be severed by the railway. And, further, they were willing to make a tunnel wherever the cutting was so very deep as to be objectionable. Mr. PICKERING, on behalf of Sir Wm. Milner, next rose—He said that his client's house was situated on a very beautiful site, in proof of which he need only say that it was at one timea nunnery, for it was well known that the nunneries and monasteries of this country were remarkable for the beauty of their sites. Some time ago the Parliament conceived the public convenience demanded that a line of railway, called tl:e York and North Midland, should pass through his client's estate, and the result was, that two miles of the estate was taken up by that railway, and at a distance of only two miles and a half from the house, which was situate on an estate that had cost 72,0001. He (Mr. Pickering) had, like his Learned Friend, Mr. Deni. son, to complain of the want of accurate engineering evi dence as to the extent to which Sir W. Milner's estate would be affected by the present project. None of the engineers could state accurately the distance; but he could tell the Committee it was no less than three miles, with an embankment of 19 feet deep just opposite the house, and close to the carriage drives that were in daily use by the family. He would call wit nesses to prove, not only that he was correct in this statement, but that also on public grounds this was not the most useful line to the public that could be had, and that for 14 miles it would run parallel with a line already existing, a thing almost unprecedented. Mr. Robert Smith, surveyor, was then called, and corroborated the Learned Counsel's statement in regard to Sir W. Milner's estate, its locality, value, rent roll, and the manner in which it would be effected by the proposed railway. After the examination of another witness to the same effect, the Committee adjourned at half.past five o'clock. RAILWAY BILLS (IRELAND). The Select Committee appointed to inquire and report whether any and which of the Standing Orders which are enforced in the case of Railway Bills in Great Britain are unnecessary, and ought to be dispensed with in the case of Bailway Bills in Ireland, have considered the matters to them referred, and agreed to the fol. lowing Report:— Your Committee have examined several witnesses of considerable experience as engineers, agents, or solicitors in the preparation and conduct of Irish Railway Bills, and although some difference of opinion has been expressed by them as to the operation and effect of the existing standing orders upon Bills for the formation of railways in Ireland, the general result of their evidence has been such as to convince your Committee that where due diligence is used by the promoters of such Bills, no peculiar obstacles are pre sented by the standing orders to their successful passage through Parliament, of a sufficient magnitude to require a partial relaxa tion of those standing orders in favour of Irish Railway Bills. It is true, that the great extent to which the subdivision of landed property is carried in Ireland, and the number of derivative inte rests in land in that country, render it a task of more than ordinary care and labour to complete the required plans, and to make out the book of reference, which, by the standing order, No. 23, are to be deposited by the promoters of any Railway Bill on or uefore the 30th of Novembec. It is also alleged, that the lateness of the harvest in Ireland inconveniently abridges the time within which the necessary surveys can be made. On the other hand, it appears that considerable engineering facilities are afforded to the surveys, and the preparation of the plans for Irish Railways, by the exist ence of the ordnance map of Ireland, which is on a scale of six Inches to a mile. It is also notorious that whatever disadvantage arises from the lateness of the harvest in Ireland, must be also experienced in many parts of Scotland, and in some parts of Eng. land and Wales. u r Committeea s l t o o e t ic h a e m n i a n t e u d r e the t C h h e a i i r n m v a e n s t o g f a t S to Standing Orders railway projects are subjected previously to their introd uc ti on of C, the Bills into the House, and as to the general principle on which that investigation is conducted. They are satisfied from his evi dence, as well as from that of other witnesses who have been charged with the conduct of railway Bills, that due allowance is made for cases of noncompliance with the standing orders, arising from circumstances of a peculiar nature. Your Committee are therefore of opinion, that no sufficient ground exists for an alteration of the standing orders applicable to Irish Railway Bills, as distinct from those of England and Scotland. Most of the suggestions which they have received are applicable to all Railway Bills ; and as several of these suggestions appear to your Committee to deserve consideration in any future revision of the standing orders, they recommend that, in the event of the ap. pointment of a Committee similar to that which it has been the practice of the House of late years to appoint from time to time for a general revision of the standing orders, the evidence appended to this report should be referred to that Committee. May 23, 1845. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has fixed Sa turday, the 28th inst., at three o'clock in the afternoon, for laying the foundation-stone of the new hospital for Marylebone and Pad dington. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Juue 4. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock: Leave was given to several Committees on Railway Bills tO sit until Five o'Clock. ELY AND HUNTINGDON RAILWAY BILL. The Ely and Huntingdon Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. CORNWALL RAILWAY. Sir J. Y. BITLLER presented certain petitions against the Cornwall Railway, which were ordered to be referred to thD Select Committee. STANDING ORDERS. Mr. GREENE brought up the report of the Standing Orders Committee. ABERDEEN RAILWAY. __ _ Mr. F. BARING brought up the report of the Aberdeen Railway Committee. KENDAL AND WINDERMERE RAILWAY. The Kendal and Windermere Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. AGRICULTURAL BANK OF IRELAND. Mr. MORISON brought up the report on the Agricultural Bank of Ireland Bill. NEWCASTLE AND DARLINGTON RAILWAY BILL; On the order of the day for the further consideration of the report on the Newcastle and Darlington Railway Bill, Lord HOWICK called the attention of the House to the facts of the case. The Bill enabled the Newcastle and Darlington Railway Company to purchase the Brandling Junction Railway. That purchase was not detrimental to the public, but it had taken place in September, and the Bill was brought forward in June to sanction it. Now, these purchases ought not to be effected before the House had sanctioned them. In this case no harm had been done, but this very company had recently effected a bargain and sale which would very much militate against the public interest. It was known that before long it would be necessary to have a direct line to York, which line would be much interfered with if the parties interested in keeping up the circuitous line to York were permitted to be. come possessors of the independent line north of York. He thought those sales ought not to be permitted to take place un til Parliament or the Board of Trade should have had an oppor tunity of considering the terms agreed on. Sir G. CLERK admitted the importance of the subject to which the Noble Lord bad directed the attention of the House ; but it should be remembered that those bargains to which the Noble Lord had alluded were merely preliminary, and that if they did not receive the sanction of the House, they were of no effect whatever. Mr. STUART WORTLEY—When they came to a sanc tion of that kind, he hoped the Parliament would interfere. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that the Right Hon. Gentleman the Vice-President of the Board of Trade had expressed an opinion quite in coincidence with that of his Noble Friend. The same thing of which he had complained occurred in the Committees last year, and he thought that some means should be taken to obviate the loss which arose from the custom of amalgamation. After a few words from Mr. B. DENISON and Sir GEOROZ STRICKL A ND, Lord G. SOMERSET said, that if the House would took back to the railway Bills of former years, they would find that no power of leasing was given, and it was only of late years th a t thi s p ower h a d been Obtained. There was no doubt that the system of leasing had worked well, and many railways had been brought into existence, and had proved great conveniences to the public, which would, if this power had not existed, never have been madc. There was, therefore, not that objection to the plan which might at first sight appear. The amendments were then rut, when Mr. LIDDELL presented a petition from Mr. Brandling, of the county of Northumberland, complaining that he had not had a fair hearing before the Committee, and requesting that a certain clause might be inserted for the government of the railway in the neighbourhood of his property. This gentle man was a constituent of his, and he felt it so just a case, that he should move that the petition be referred to the Standing Orders Committee. After a few words from Lord WORSLEY on this motion, the petition was referred accordingly. NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK RAILWAY. On the motion that the Newcastle and Berwick Railway Bill be read a second time, Mr. AIORISON suggested that a clause should be intro • duced into all railway Bills for the modification of the charge for tolls on the several classes of passengers. Lord WORSLEY said, that having been chairman of the Committee on this Bill, he had given it his closest attention. The Committee had spent something like an hour and half to two hours on this very point, and they had not found that any Bill had been passed to which the toll had been less than that stated in the clauses of the Bill, and he did not think that any less charge would be remunerative. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that there was one clause to which his attention had been particularly drawn. It provided that the provisional Committee should appoint two directors, but did not say whether they should be shareholders or not. He wished to know on what grounds these directors were to be appointed. Lord WORSLEY said that the attention of the Committee had likewise been drawn to this circumstance, and they had searched for a precedent, and had found that a Bill had been passed in which the Duke of Northumberland was interested, with a similar clause, and they had consequently been relieved from all difficulty respecting the clause. The Bill was then read a second time. The reports of the railway Committees were then brought up on the Preston and Wyre Railway, the Blackburn and Preston, and the London and Enniskillen Railway. RUNCORN RAILWAY. Mr. OSBORNE presented a petition against the Bill, which was ordered to be referred to the Committee of Standing Orders. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. This Bill was read a third time and passed. WEST LONDON RAILWAY. Mr. BAILEY presented a petition from Chertsey against the West London Railway Bill. TOTTENHAM AND FARRINGDON-STREET JUNCTION RAILWAY. Mr. M ACK INNON moved that the petition of James Taylor, Esq., against this railway Bill, be referred to the Committee on the Bill, with liberty to be heard, by counsel, against the said Bill, which was agreed to. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (IRELAND). Mr. RASHLEIGH presented a petition against this Bill. LIVERPOOL AND BURY RAILWAY. Lord SANDON presented a petition from Liverpool, signed by 36,000 individuals, in favour of this railway. PRESSURE OF RAILWAY 11! SINESS. Mr. LABOUCHERE rose to brine forward his m o ti on with respect t o th e ra il way business before Parliament. He regretted that the task had been left to him, and considered that it ought to have been brought forward by her Majesty's Government. The Right Hou. Gentleman the President of the Board of Trade said he thought that the course he pro posed would be a very proper one in a month or six weeks hence, but that he was not prepared un' it then to adopt any steps with reference to the quantity of railway business before Parliament. He (Mr. Labouchere) entertained the opinion that the House would not perform its duty to the immense interests involved if they did not imme diately adopt some measures with regard to railways. The state of the railway business before the House at the pre sent period was notorious, and so many Hon. Gentlemen in that House were members of Committees, that it was almost wholly unnecessary to advert to it. He found on inquiry, that out of two hundred and forty-three railway projects introduced into the House at the commencement of the session, one hun dred and forty still remained to be disposed of. He was told that, besides the difficulty the House had in disposing of this pressure of business, they had another labour to undergo in consequence of the course which bad been adopted with regard to the reports of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade —a course rendering it necessary for the Committees of the House to refer to them. Surely there ought to be no ad ditional delay and expense which the House could possibly avoid thrown in the way of the promoters of those schemes. It had been, he was informed, stated by a Learned Counsel to one of those Committees, that with regard to the plans on the group of railways, of which the London and York line was one, that no less a sum than 300,0001. had been expended on all the lines before that Committee. It was difficult to say what course ought new to be adopted, but one thing was certain, namely, that it would be impossible now to pass the remainder of those Bills in the present session of Par liament. It would be quite impossible, he repeated, to pass those Bills in the course of the present session through the other branch of the Legislature. Parties opposing the projects before of C t. ; lo ) m s em lines ttee i nth e s it ws was well-known, that l - know soughtn t , hey m m i ght tbe continued delay e t o h n e t pass inginu beyond the session, and that the promoters should then in the next session give up their projects altogether, or ex:l:menet, their proceedings anew. That was a degree of injustice that he was sure that House would not willingly agree te, and he thought an efficacious mode of getting rid of the evil would be to place parties at the beginning of the next d tcothrde endsession f the in precedingprecisely t the e . s n a e m . e pTohs They t y i on a n two w h instancesch they stood o r a e in which this course had been adopted. With this view, he had to move the two resolutions of which he had given notice, namely, that, inasmuch as, from the unusual number of railway Bills which have been introduced into this House during the present session of Parliament, and also from the delay which has been occasioned in the consideration of them, in conse quence of the reference of the reports of the Railway Depart.. ment of the Board of Trade to the Committees on these Bills, it may be impossible for many of them whi.:h shall have been reported to this House to be passed into laws during the present session, this House will adopt such measures in the next session as may appear best calculated to prevent the parties promoting such Bills from being subjected to any unnecessary expense or delay. That a Select Committee be appointed, to consider in what man ner it may be expedient to carry this resolution into effect. He would say, in conclusion, that if the Government would undertake measures to remedy this evil, he should withdraw his resolutions. Sir G. CLERK said the Government had turned th e i r attention very anxiously to railway legislation, but he did not think the House could then with propriety come to an y spec i f i c resolution on the subject, nor pledge itself to any p ar ti cu l ar li ne of conduct. The course proposed was without precedent, except under peculiar circumstances; and, therefor e , l oo k ing at tho extreme difficulty which the question present e d, h e preferred referring the whole subject to the consideration of a Select Committee, who might recommend a course much more comprehensive and effectual than that which was return. mended in the resolution. He would, therefore, move, as an amendment, that a S e le ct C omm i ttee be appointed to inquire into the severa l railway Bills, an d re . port what measures could be adopted to facilitate the passing of railway Bilis through Parliament, and what course it might be most judicious to adopt in reference to railway Bills to be brought before the House during the next session. Railway business had now increased to such an extent, that some systematic line of conduct must be pursued. The Right lion. Baronet concluded by moving the amendment. Sir G. GREY seconded the amendment. Lord HO WICK supported the resolu' ion of his Right Hon. Friend the Alember for Taunton, considerinv , that an inquiry was absolutely necessary, not only for the convenience of parties promoting, but for the benefit of the dis tricts to be accommodated by, the railways. Lord G. SOMERSET who, from the excessive noise in the House, was almost inaudible in the gallery, was understood to oppose the resolution before the House, deeming it both inex pedient and premature. Sir G. GREY agreed in the views expressed by the Noble Lord who had just sat down. Sir R. PEEL thought that some assurance should be held out by the House to parties having Bills before it that something would be done to mitigate the evil arising from delaying the passing of railway Bills till next session. He concurred with the Right Honourable Gentleman, that the House ought to take the subject up. But he (Sir R. Peel) considered that a Committee should be ap pointed, in order to examine into the subject, present a report before the House decided on any course. consideration, r a t p i a o s n s , i n t g h y a o n u y g h t r e t s o o h u t a i ir o e n It was desirable that parties should sot be put to any vexations t h nn e fa t c h t s e f ü b l l u y s l e e t s o s r e t u h n e d m e . r delay, and he suggested to the Right Hon. Gentleman to alter d th e e ta a il p s p f o u itm l n lyb e e n fo t re of a Committee. theminolerepor T t o h f ey a ought in thoi i s t h t ma e v e oe , ti b ao e lnl fe tf r ho e er taking any step that might be taken in future as a precedent. After a few word; from Mr. EIBARING,