The Sun. — London, England, 1845-06-26 00:00:00

ASSOCIATI ON FOR E ADVAXCEMEN rOF SCIENCE. CAMBRIDGE, JUNE s.—The soiree in the Senate House, f i t night was very numerously attended. Among the dis gaished pers o ns present were the Mai quis of Northampton, i p J r' Fitxwilliam, Sir David . Brewster. Sir Charles Schomburck, sse * ' 3, C. Professor Faraday, who had arrived the day before, explained towards the close of the evening the priceipies of the ele ctrifying -machine, and much amusement wat excited by the va r i °us groups of ladies and gentlemen who ventured to test •—• effects. Even on those who experienswd the shock it se enled to have very nearly the powers of the laughing gas also. .one 0 the best attended sections to-day was the Ethno lo- Imls at which the Anglo-Saxon scholar, Mr. John Kemble, of Trinity, and the Rev. Rowland Williams, of King's , held fo rt h 'lithe characteristics of the Celts and Saxons. The former was l l ' e Pinion that the Saxons had settlements on the coast long 4 '°ra the period generally ascribed by our history to the Saxon I l , ll ion. and he pointed out c i r cumstances which led him to "eve that there were Teutons in Britain before the Roman e ?ntinest. Mr. Williams, during the course of some Ethnolo leet remarks, entered into an interesting disquisition upon thd Pi and hereditary differenceof complexion in Great Britain. te ttl remarks concerning the colour of the hair as a charac ristin were very entertaining, and listened to with great atte ntion. It used to be thought that the colour of the hair " f p of no more value than to po'nt a compliment to beauty , or otd a subject for the lover's sonnet. It helped now in an investigating age, to form moral and physical deductions con "ted with th e human race. Speaking of the hair of the I neient Britons, he alluded to Cre,ar's description of its light tt :• our, and glanced to passages in Martial and Ovid, in which Roman ladies of certain age were reminded of the fact of 'heir borrowing the auburn locks of the Celts to repair the ZeNes of time. The Rev. Speaker then traced the migra ns of th e C e lt s o n the map of the world, commencing Isom the shor es o f th e C as pian, east and west, through Europe and th rough India, to the borders of China, pointing out where 4e3' had advanced and succeeded, and where they had been itoreated and driven back. There was this particular feature • un thei r migrations, that they advanced in two bodies at • erent period. of time, and these bodies were not, al hough "°t very dissimilar, similar, as the Persian and Mede, the Latin led the Greek, and the High and the Low German, were akin let different. IS• ir ROBERT SCIIOMBURCK read an elaborate paper on the n dians of Guiana, s ome of whose superstitions were of an ext raordinary character. The education of their priesthood la habits of the most wonderful austerity, gave them a great co mmand over the feelings of the respective tribes, and these pr 1 1 7sta laid claim to the power of expelling evil spirits , by 1, tell they said their followers were possessed when troubled 1 „ 1 , t11 any species of disease. These Indians believed in a good era but did not adore him, and in an evil one, whom they r red, Th e good spirit they believed had created men at h r e s t With tails, for their protection. When they became bad, took away their tails, and sent the mosquitoes for their •"flishreent. It r has been decided that the next meeting of the Associa far shall b e holden at Southampton, in September, 1846. f‘ n eitt.tions had been received from Cheltenham, Norwich, and p rofessor Murchison was elected President for 1846-47, and 'elonel Sabine, General Secretary. .._CONSOLIDATED TRETOIL MINING COMPANY.—A 7 6 41 meeting of the shareholders in this Company was held V t erday, at the o ffi ces, George-yard, Lombard-Street, Mr. d ,"Qulas in the chair, when a report was read from the Directors, the the shareholders on the improved prospects of is' Company, and stating that, since the 13th of February, the hiliti es of the Company had been reduced from 2,4181. 18s. 6d. 4 29 1 ,191/. 17s. lid , towards meeting which there was is , 1 . 9s. 9d. in hand, and proposing that a further call of 10s. \e ' r share should be mae. Afr some conversion the reort a' adopted, and r esolut i ons for te carrying it out at were adop ted, wa s one that certain shares having been forfeited or r. lin- S ll i l ted by the original shareholders, the same be re-issued, " t og the p res ent shareholders the option of taking them pro 1 3 ,. 4, at 1/. per share, including the 10 s. call just made. Thanks I r n g voted to the Chairman, the meeting separated. s s '.HE LATE MURDER. OF MR. DELARUE.—The 'ls Co • • ners of her Majest's Treasur have been 1 4_ 1 missio Itt s ed t o grant to Mr. William Watson y , the perso y n upon whose °,lnation Thomas Henry Hocker was apprehended for the tas•der of the late Mr. James Delarue, a sum of or (as for in his memorial). although he had neither a legal . !Tamable claim, inasmuch as no reward was offered. This t s, ll t is hoped, will operate as au inducement to persons to forward boldly and fearlessly, and give information, with -11taiting until a reward shall have been offered. a s irrERMINED ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—About seven 0 ? 1 ,k, on Sunday morning, Mr. John Commerie, setter up t s „ la te machines, New Sneinton, Nottingham, was dis 11,;ered leaning over a pipkin in the cellar underneath his 14e, bleeding from numerous wounds in various parts of his of ,t; he was in a state of extreme exhaustion, in consequence • e , great quantity of blood which had flowed from his disc""ua• It appeared that Commerie ha• for some time been l et i r t eased in mind, arising from family troubles, and his intel th ' l4B been so much affected as to occasionally produce the ts' s . 'arances of insanity. He had in the middle of the night o pl e c il from his bed, gone into the cellar, leaned across the hi s in Boas to let the blood run into it, and with a razor cut h e neck nea r ly round, and inflicted 'Several gashes on his of , temples, face, and small of his arms. Mr. Burrow es. I, st 'est-street, surgeon, having been called in, found that tf se e m thirty and forty wounds had bloke made by the hand Unhappy man himself. flaring nup the arteries sti h ,.:", had been severed, and dressed the wounds, Mr. Bur- MC' left the unhappy man with but faint hopes of recovery, 6 ° %l gh every attention has been paid to him. ie tz INGULAR DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN AT HAMP dtvj;•-•-MELANcnovir Ravatts OF inquest E.Ha' " 4 - Wakley, M.P., held anat the Red Lion, 17 -4 11 , stea d , on the body of Mr. Samuel Bunby Williams, aged ill' l a te of Clifton, near Bristol. It appeared that nearly st sis a 't week deceased had been wandering about Harnp 'te-Ct' and sleeping at nights in the hay-fields, in a state of in to !ment a. s l exhaustion. On Thursday last he went ill t l t ee shopCrabb, hair-dresser, and appeared so qt. , oat Mr. Adams the relieving-officer, was sent for, who tt'ed deceased an asylum tho union, which he refused, i i nt?, he did not want for means, and requested that a lodging tj:alci b e procured for him, which was done at Mrs. Tilby's, Old Chicken-house, Roslyn -street. Mr. Lord, surgeon, at tkiLkti ruin there, but he would take no medicine, saying that he W" on the via mediatrix natures. He refused all kinds 41(11,6'4H, except a little arrowroot, which he took tki "Y previous to his death on Friday night. Mr. Lord 1 4 tite rs kindly and delieately offered him money, which t he r efused to accept, repeating continually that he had te h 4 ! 4 rind that he expected a Post.offiee order, on the to ' i Le ft Of pi k i jch he would return to Clifton. He appeared an d a person pf high spirit, great power of mind, 1 1,, n ssPacity of enduranee. He said that he had been a gen had b No t " , was unfortunate in PIPY rePects, l een a bank of 11 ! and cruelly treated by his friends. He great y complain ed d 11, troubles and their negleet. It was Arther atate . t hat he ,1" married the daughter of a rich clergyman, dissipated t st r i , 4 crY, had been transported for fraud, but that his.sen rliL.- "„as shortened in consequence of his good behaviour. k i "' , e had separated from him is consequence , it was said, Iftki! ill usage, and his reckless conduct had alienated all his ite k re,a. Save one brother. Mr. Lord, . surgeon, 0f limp "jug of opinion that deceased died of irritative fever t leath e . l „haustion, the jury returned a verdict of " Natural hr s l , e Dal NUISANCE.--`% T burp time Hft,r time lis p • before the public complaints in reference ro In • num li4ti dogs , w i t h out eaners , which are perm , te•l to inteo ' l 4 l . t r 'ets of the city ; and not usifrequently it It lweri our A ild record cases in which citizens have been wen by ots looki e rs dogs, where it was impossible so to loll() s them k pa ss to have them destroyed. A notable inatanee of this ; , 4 4 , 4e -e c Orred on Friday last, in a respectable hotel, where a -6 entered One of the parlours, attacked two ladies who / r : seated in it, and after biting both of them severely, ran tily:" escaped. Neitherdog nor its owners, if it has !to te ll known to the people. absut the inn, and no one t 'tkv e ' e n how many persons the ferocious brute may tit attacked i n a manner similar to the above ; 4 ')V illis is just one sample . among many of the evil effects 'thi L i n l if from the number of useless and unknown dogs 4 eis e a re allowed to prowl about our streets When the t as 1 tl , t . Occurred, immediate attention was paid to the late l a '" by Dr. David Revers (brother, we believe of the tsk_attiented !die Alexander Burnes), who was fortunately in L'i1.,1: 1 .! and who is travelling with Lord and 14dY Panmure, 31 fah- c been on a tour through the Highlands. Dr. Burnes, c ap a rm• i ng the nature of the accident, instantly cauterized, and excised the wounds, and had also recourse to the • e Method of making the patients suck their wounds. , ci ss ' c o nics th e d oc tor recommended ten sears ago in the POT 4 ' S , and h e sa y s that no danger whatever is to be feared hap, i t if the mouth and lips are free from sores qr chaps. We toa st " doubt that in this case the vary best surgical treat ,4edilwas given to the ladies, and we trust thsit they wi . ll hi g h - Yjaoover from the injuries they have taistained ;. but it ",ush e that measures were taken to save the public from '2 l Sp s ,: 4 l.utful in fl ictions ; and this can only be done by the `'ly i `stoo of the nuisance which is rot equalled in any othor 4 the empire..., Glasgow Argus. (WZDNTANEOUS CostistrsTioN.—Yesterdayl morning 4 it :May) between two and three o'clock, a fire, which at reatened wait destruction of property, broke out in the 4 ee 13 " belonging to Mr. W. Fulcher cab Master and stable , Pu ri 14, ,S l ir th e John - street, Pentonville. ' The discovery was made PruPrietor, who was suddenly awoke from his sleep by a c cr an ia. 'Pon sup GI wood undergoing the process of cumbustion. tfis ,gettin and opening his bedroom door, he found the the workshops near his own chamber in flames. Having on es an alarm the police and neighbours hastened to his assis the name dan hy discharging a number of buckets of watpt upon t he s, their fat ther progress was arrested. Engines of ''ll e - t , l rtsh, with two from the London establishment and the 'N.:longing to the West of England Company, promptly jstsd, 'but fortunately their services were not required, the 4," ; bours an d police having extinguished the fi re in the liik;' l n• The damage is confined to the destruction of part of ° h a 4 i t if4f the workshops, and a quantity of pa int and lam p A 4.7,1 - ( A ' r an, d the seorphipg pf a cabriolet. The overheating of , amp -black was the PPP pf thP outbreak. to C . YAL ILITARY ASYLUM, elin 7 . - _ sga.-...We regret ht . " t wonce the death of Mr. Blissard, the accomplished and Liisrabl o,Ae toaster of the juvenile band belonging to, this este -410 -n t• He had been exceedingly unwell for several o hs h Past, but about two months since rallied considerably, k 1 n t , 91) r °wev er! unha n ever to decline again into a still wea er sis s ' fro th Which he ' recovered. Mr. Bliss-Fd had tilled saki'nuatit nof instru ctor and director of the famous juvenile tar 1111, 4 la plac e for many ears a nd waspoasessed of remarkable Ls' a nt s iknowle dge Of MOsio, there In s ' addition to a comp lete e arsely a single instrument with which he w a s n o t m ore e _ s s acquai n t e d. His loss will be severely felt, an 1 will not replaced. The remains of the respected gentleman :lit4h e. interred to-morrow, and will be attended by a large Pi tte d t of his aCrairers and friends, in addition to, as it is ex \Tv the h o: a b e l ong i ng t o th e establishment. ' 4 ELS To Noun AgEttfoA;-,-With reference !-- , ion received by the Customs' authorities from .....retaries to the Lords of flip Trea, the titivation* of •se• nas- t o ?ii r 4 co mn ., i bt y, Catd well, one of theheat ._.. t d , a ted the 23d of April last, i; l 'Atr, ; 6 /lips with regard to relieving vessels carry...,„ , lA`° North America, from the obligation of carrying a t er 1 1 on board a 3 part of the ship's complement, a further ; t ' . 4 : been received by the Commissioners from Mr. Card. f o r ,7 41 g that the directions of their Lordship cont.iitied in l ' i" \ er one were issued in anticipation of the Act (Bth Vic., It r , J , Which has since received the royal assent., and that ,44.1 their L or d s hip s ' i n t en tion that these directions should th e d beyond the provisions of the said Act. e - • Company" contains of the " Great lonian Peninsular of Joi ay . a . statement that " the registrar took companies is satisfied that the company . is not d Ctr e f ti `ue operation of the 7th and Bth Victoria, c. 110, a . n L mti e ,..te does not require to be registered." The doubt which •.ist ed as to the application of the statute in this case seems 7 k arisen from the fact that the railroad, though in India, t he .°t, necessarily come under the head of foreign railwys, Nid k_ „„ 8 formed with a distinct class of English shareholders, Z%t s "r ll rnittee and funds separate from the foreign arriinge gtly, th at.having been settled, however, that the Act doe; not 10„ . limit of ss. per share as a depsit is avoided, and b, is expressed in the prospectus. utsti, op b eL l) 4ll . l ESTATE.—We understand that Thumps 'lnJop P. Esq., of Glasgow, has purchased the estate of t 4 1 4; i n Ayrshire, for 72,000 L—Glasgow Herald. ‘ft b ... l44 A.TioN.-974 passengers arrived here on Fri ' England and France.--New York Herald, THE GA UGES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUV. (From the limes.) SIR, —W.111,1 you allow me, through Sour jit u rnal, t o • The vast importance of the motion, made last tight by ! cell the attention of the chairmen of the yerieus corn , Mr. Cobden, far a Commission to inquire into the expediency t mittees'ee railways to strongly e nf erc e, i n th e i r re p eris of an unietrm gauge on all railways may, in some degree, lie te the House, of such lines as they may think woreby of estimated by considering the extent of lines already laid adoption. the positive necessity of compelling al I utuee lines te hav e ektety flange rails, on the old-fashion e d down and preeected, the enotmous expense incurred and in tended, and the cerainty that the whole kingdom will in prine)sle, thereby aveiding all p o ssibility c e time be striped and laced with iron. That it would he de sirable to avoid the initwdiments that would arise front ':ceutent by the trains getting off toe line. awl "breaks," or changes . notreov,.. , r prevt tying most serious cons ( q uenee , from 011 C gang, to- a different one in the ~ same jouruey, we have not found any one to deity, although houl,l tw t ta i t:s iner t or run in t o eac h ot h er. There has been found one to question whether the evil would I Tee preeent rate of velocity, though it may be eo wil es 'be so great as we, and most with us, think it would b e . B u t an ly.nr. is lin , sl,:w work to what it will be, some five we must bear in mind that gentleman speaks under a coin i- years 11,::.ce, an-1 its such sonwhing ought to be done derable amount of bias ; he has constructed a most imports - It ; the' c )mpanies to make the line s sa f e , w ith ou t m the least possibility of accident--thereby ensur i ng cOnfl it his business to uphold that plane and prevent its bein g deuce in the public mind and a corr es p on di ng i ncreas i ng made to give way to the plan that pteponderates, by endea- traffic for the benefit of the shareholders. It is no joke vouring to show that the two can exist very well together. to treed in fear, and be only at ease w hen 3 oil arrive He says, therefore, that he could readily transfer the cargo et .me your. ournes end. Ada w ' of a whole train to a line of a (!iiTerrnt gauge in a jy y ill come when souse minute and a half. Even if he could do this, it would most disastrous accident will happen to the highly 'Tee much better to be spared the trouble ; but we feel that born, and then, no doubt, amendment wi:l follio we ere not bound implicitly to rely on all the calcula- Few —very few—are aware upon what a narrow tions of 'the projector of the Menai tube. Independently of edge or brink the) are travelling, arid that the principal advantage of having all carriages equally ap- a mere flanch, net mere than an inch and a quarter plicable to all railways, and so avoiding stoppages and the deep, from the solo of the wheel, is all the stear;ty they moving and shifting of luggage, the benefit of uniformity have of the train keeping within the rails. Moreover, would be felt on railways in their statistics, such as the cal- the wheel, in its rapid revolution, is exerting itself with culations of excavating them, &c. In all the mechanical all its might at every oblique movemeht of the carriage, arts uniformity is adhered to,_ except where there a re some • to get tms narrow flanch over the rail, and were it not strong reasons to justify a deviation. Mr. Cobden 's mourn embraces three points,—First, as to an uniform gauge to Le for the downward pressure, it would very soon accom secured in all future railways ; second, as to the practice- bility of bringing all railways already constructed or i n p r o- Engineers prefer edgerails' to traaarails, because they press into one gauge ; and third, as to the mOde'of obviating look nicer to the eye, though they know full well the the evil of the continuance of different gauges. The first tramrails may be made quite as strong— I say stronger proposition is not. only the one of the most consequence, but th,.n the edgerails. NoN, Mr. Editor, as I cannot give in effect it disposes of the other two ; for, if it should be you a d'ag,ram, I will explain myself thus briefly: —Take conceded, and if all future railways should be made on a bit of piper, the length no matter, but the width must either the bread gauge or on the narrow gauge, the one which be, say 28 inches. N ;Iv ' fold the paper loneitudinaly, would then remain as a mere case of exception w ou ld u lti e e mately he compelled to conform. Mr. l inches from the outer edge; turn the pap '' r over and Cobden says either the side also 12 inches fr o m the outer e dge. N ow , broad or the narrow would do very well, either 7 feet o r 4 f ee t fold this 8 inches and a-half ; Mr. Shaw is for the Irish medium the two folds will be back to buck, and if you open these of 5 feet 3 incites ; possibly, 6 feet might be as good folds you %sill have a settee-like form of rail, consisting as any. But the matter is not res integra ; a very great of a back or flange 12 inches deep, a seat or level sur quantity of railway has been made, of expense has been in Seco 4 inches wide, and a bottom er lower fialge 12 curred; and, therefore, if Mr. Cobden is right, in saying inches deep. .Now, if you turn the paper. over you still either would do very well, it would f o llow that the adoption will have the same form preslented t a you ; thus proving of a new system, discarding both, would sacrifice' all that that the rail possess a most everlasting wear, as, would do very well, The question, then, naturally arisen, when the upper side is injured or worn it may be turned how to attain uniformity with the smallest sacrifice of over, and what was underneath will in like turn be that which will do very web ; and here the narrow gauge c the future rail. Upon the 4-inch level surface has many advantages over its rival, and many arguments in - ome its favour. In the first place, it already, in length of line, or ledge the soles of • the wheel will rest or travel, exceeds the broad gauge four fold. Then, it.is less ekpensive having a high flange facing their outer side, and a cor in its construction throughout, especially in tryingeituations, responding one downward inside. These tails may be such as tunnels and bridges. The fact of its -being so much either fixed in chairs, or else fastened to the sleepers by inure employed is a proof how much this consideration screw bolts. There must be on the outer side of the operates. Moreover, as the great dog could go through the upper flange brackets or stays, fastened at their upper great hole only, but the little dog could go through the great part to the flange, and at their lower part to a cross hole and the little hole both, the narrow gauge could be laid sleeper ; and thus we shall have, as it were, a trunk or down on lines constructed for the - broad gauge, but the channel railway, with an utter impossibility of the train broad gauge could not be applied to lines made only for the narrow gauge without new embanking, new ever getting or running eft the line, as it will be .k e pt . cutting, new bridges, new tunnels. Why Sir G. from swerving to the right or left by the upper flange. Clerk should declare it to ba absolutely impracticable and The outer edge of the sole of the wheel need nut touch impossible to alter the gauge we =met guess, and he does the upper flange, thereby avoiding frictio n , b u t not say. The argument offered on behalf of the broad gauge,.. • the upper flange will present to the wheel, to show that, if uniformity is to be insisted on, the preference should it be inclined to swerve by its rapid progress, a should be given to the width of seven feet, is that it is safer. butt, or throw-off, which the wheel would merelt play, The return of accidents, however, does not confirm this view; as it were, against, but over which it could not go, for and, moreover of the accidents that have occurred a great the want of a direct bite. These high flanges may be majority have arisen from causes unconnected with. the either erect or outwardly inclined a little. This chan brtadtt; of gauge, such as the fulling in of embankments, elrailway, as I shall call it, is not intended to sit er the running of one train or engine against another. On n all these points the attention of the Com Mission will be be- sede the fling° of the wheels, but they might to be made stowed, we doubt not, as " laboriously" as Mr. Shaw can de- a ; their present depth is quite inadequate sire, and we rejoice that Mt. Cobden asked'for, and that the to their purpose, viz, keeping the train on the line. Now, Government agreed 'to, a Commission out of the House, should this chann e l railway be not approv e d o f, the n l et rather than a Committee of Members in the House. Much the present flitney rails remain ; but, for the safety of will depend on the judicious selection of this body, which all, let there be flanges bolted on to the inner side of each should comprise men of science and philosophy a 3 well as wheel, full 12 to 14 inches in depth. • Never mind the practical engineers; for this is not like a mere question of look, so we, the travellers, are safe. These bang. s may section or of gradient, it is one on which Hers c hell or B a b- be slightly tapering to their outer ediF, so as to bage might assist Cubitt or Stephenson, avoid einecessery trletion, With these remarks we will hive done, except to draw the following conclusions :—First—That with these alteratiens there will bean utter impossibility o the trait leaving the line, either by jumping, jolting, hopping, or bounding, or oscillating. Or should two trains !nee?, their headlont , butt will be in a straight line, not as it is at preient, sidlways ; but one thing will happen with these alterations, through the present imperfect mode of placing the buffer-sptinzs. The two engines, the mo ment they meet, will rear up, ranr•like, both by their ow n impetus, and that of the hinder carriages pressing hard upon them ; but if the baffer4springe were placed high, r up, say two-thirds Celli the ground, t hey not enly wou'd not trip or rear up, but could not run into or over each other, but emli carriage would receive no more than the amount of shock due to that carriage, nem ding to its• distance from the point of collision, as it will be no more. than a very sevtie thrust, and not an overturning shock. This part dese,ves very great attention, as the buffers, which. are intended to ease, if not avoid, a casualty, are the very things, through their being misplaced, that cause the overthrow -of the carriages. Again, I do not see why there should not be eight buffer springs to each carriage, four in front and fear behind, placed thus—two in front, one m each' side, one-third from the ground, the other two front ones, one on each side, one-third from the top, but these top ones ought to be a little longer than the b atom, so that they may receive the shock first. Now the hinder ones aro to be placed in the same manner, and if these buffers are furnished with a plug and key sort of adjustment, they may when a severe shook takes place breome firmly keyed or locked into each other, and thus the whole line of carriages, at least those who are in the vicinity of' the shock, will become as one body im movable ; no running over each other or overtuning, as they are as one carriage firmly united with the buffers, but a hil:11 may be instantly disconnected by suitable DEATH OF MEL. SOAIES, M.P. The report which prevailed last evening in the House of Commons of the death of this extensive shipowner, we regret to state, is unfortunately confirmed. He expired suddenly yes terday, at his residence in the Bow-road, Whiteehapet. His death has caused a great sensation in the eastern part of the metropolis, upon the river, in the City, and upon 'Change, where it was almost the sole topic of conversation. The de ceased gentleman was at the head of the shipping interest of the Part of London, and his vessels at the present time are in all parts of the world. Mr. Somes was of humble origin, and by his industry and perseverance aina4sed considerable wealth, tin father was a waterman and lighterman, and he intended his son for the same profession, and he was actually bound at IVatermen's Hall, but sub,equently abandoned the oars and sculls for a more lucrative business. Mr. Somes's fleet has been a nursery for good seamen, and every captain in his ern ploy originally entered his service as an apprentice, and under his fostering care gradually worked his way up to commander. He.was a kind and benevolent master, and was universally respected. On Tuesday morning he left his residence for the purpose of attending a Railway Committee of the House of Commons. He then appeared in excellent health and spirits, and a few minutes before he left home was transacting business with Mr. Symons, chief clerk of the Thames Police-court. About ten o'clock he was seized with illness in one of the committee rooms of the House •of Commons, and medical assistance was called in. He was conveyed to his own residence with all possible expedition, where he died yesterday morning. The death of Mr. Somes has caused a vacancy in the represents. tion of Dartmouth. Mr. Somes was also chairman of the . New Zealand Company, whose affairs have been lately the sub - ject of discussion in the House of Commons. It is rumoured. that Mr. Somas has left property to the amount of two millions sterling. gear. Note,—,:The accident that happened this week on the Great Western Line to the rapid train, wai caused by the jumping, or hopping to and fro swerve of the car riages through there being no stay flinch to the rails, but merely the foolish inch flinch of the wheel,. Many will say the flange rail will be toe expensive for the eoiupatilea to adopt. I sty, no ; a very great saving will arise from it, not only by no accident ever happening of any moment, and, therefore, no expense in repairs, but a very great increase of passengers will take place thr,,ug'i the great confidence the people will /44Y9 in tiw Chaiwel Railway, and, gr. Editor, yours respectfully, JOHN SUTTON. 14, Crown-row, Walworth, June 20, 1844. IRELAND. DUBLIN, JUNK 24.—The Roman Catholic prelates assem bl. d this day at Maynooth College, to consider the art ange ments rendered necessary by the increase of the grant, and the altered circumstances of the institution. A Mayneoth corre spondent of the Freeman's Journal states that the delibera, tions of the prelates will probably embrace the following sub- ec t s: - " 1. The indispensable arrangements consequent upon the altered eir4imstances of the College under the new endow ment which it has pleased our rulers to bestow upon this iin tant national institution. " 2. What will be done with the present College—will it be enlarged or abandoned, and a new one erected ? "3. The consideration of the Academical Education Bill, and the demeanour of the Ministry towards the prelates, as evinced in dealing with their memorial, " The whole of the Catholic risitorsivill be present, with perhaps thp exception of the Earl of Fingal, whg is en the Continent, and the Earl of Ketimare, who, I have been ill formed, is in England, Jr.A Corballis will attend, so also will Mr. Strong Hussey and Sir Patri4 Bellew. Lord Ffrepeh arrived to-day in Company with the Archbishop of Timm and the Bishop of Elphin. "'there is one matter connected with the arrangements consequent on the endowment which will demand much con sideration. 4t pre-ent, there are several students in the in stitution who are maintained by bourses 'founded by pious (limo's, the selection of appointees to which vests in the bih o ps of the respective dioceses of which the founders were spiritual subjects. These bourses have been established on the same basis as regards pension with the rate hitherto exist ing under the limited Government grant. They do not, we believe, much exceed 201. a year. "At present, there are upon an annual average in the college 440 students of all classes; under the new arrangement, pro vision will ' be made for 500 . There will, therefore, be in future upon tbft Government foundation alone, a larger number of students than there are at present maintained by the Govern ment grant, together with the b users froni the several dioceses. Henceforward, those bourses will not be adequate to maintain the parties presented , without eking them out by pensions, and it is tolerably evident th.t, under those circure stances, few will be anxious to obtain presentations. How, therefore, will those b , urses be disposed of?" MURDERING Ili Ji..S r f ? A• very gi stance, involving a duel and death, took place at Cincinnati last Tuesday. An Englishman, named Robert Bland, kept a tavern in that city. On the afternoon of Tuesday (as we learn front toe Cramercial) Mr. Bland got to arguing with one Sainnel Powell, on the subject of shooting at a mark, and each had been boasting of his skill. From shooting at a mark the subject turned on duelling, when Bland went behind the bar in his tavern, and took up a pair of pistols, let ting Powell take his choice, signifying that they could determine the point by a trial of skill. As they both went out of the tavern door, Me. Bland said to Pewell—" The pistols arc loaded." They had agreed, it appears, to fire at a distance of twenty steps, but after taking their positions, in the manner of duellists, they each walked two or throe paces, wheeled, and both fired; The result of this was, that Mr. Bland was shot, the hall entering the right side, and then passing through the region of the chest to the point of the shoulder-blade, Where it lodged. He lingered till about halt past eight o'clock neat morning, when he died, leaving a wife and two children. Both parties in this tragedy were natives of Eng land, and what led to it is a mystery. During the night following Mr. Bland stated that " he had not intended to kill Powell, and was glad he did not."—New York Paper. 'rue NapoLnoar _lumina.—Yesterday the ea'e of this collection was resumed by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. Among the numerous lots sold the following were deserving of notice from their interest. ing charauter •,..The large decoration of the Order of the Legion of Honour, presented hy the Emperor tq Murat, sold for fourteen guineas. The Sipirian Order of the largest size, worn by Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples, sold for thirteen guineas. The large Geld Order of the Dutch Lion, instituted by Louis Bonaparte, and by him presented to Joseph, King of 6.lpain i from whole parriage it was taken after the battle of Vit toria, sold for fOurtecn guineas and a half. 4 collection of sixty original drawings by Duplessis Berteaux, trative of the principal events in the French Revo lution, deigned for the " Tableaux Historiques de la Revolution Frangaise," sold for twenty-five guineas. CH the miniatures, one of Jerome Bonaparte, King of West phalia, by Isabey, fetched yl. ills. 4 beauti ful miniature by Holmes, of Lord Nehen, from a drawing made on board the Victory, on the morning of the battle of Traialgar, fetch d 5 1. 4 beautiful miniature of Madame Mere (Napoleon's mother), painted at Corsica, nn the lid of stitiff,hoit, the property of Napoleon's fa, her, sold for 41. The enamels sold yesterday were very fine. A small one of Napoleon by Isabey fetched 12 guineas. A volume containing 387 prints, caricatures, and handbills, relating to the French Revolu tion. 4F•, fetched Sp guineas, .A plume pontaining 471 portraits and prints, comprising neatening por traits of Napoleon and other eminent persons of the period of the different nations of Europe, sold fur ( 3vfouches. oki./. A volume, most interesting, containing fO5 pvlra s - - • - from the siege of Teuton to Waterloo, of battles and siege , ' • large collection of vignettes, ot from official letters and documents fi t r g a u n i g n , e a a n g (this collection, chronologically arrange f rom th e time of tail - pieced , g. d 21 guineas. highly interesting) A volume con, : Louis XIV. to Louis Philippe, "ImPrj?." a b out 1 , 4 0 0 Plates, many of them thousan newspapers, from 1789 hl , . .10s.. A nothe r .. trilling cuttings front many 2 for until the Emperor's death in 18 .1/ SP I 4 volume, containing 300 sold for II pm -trails and prints, th ere b eing in it guineas a n n o d fe a w h e a r i thanhalf. :r portrait s h l4 e s whoi e of interestinglots. The day's sale concluded by the disposal of s one . pictures b y the of ab N ov aP e ° w ic e 7 e ' m ost deserve particular they were not of such iiitercst as to Gobaurf, D. Deighton, A. Graf, Collett, Steaber, , notice.but The sale of this portion finally pips ti.i4 Of: CORON Eifg NOUEST.—Ye6terday : Afternoon 4t two, , d Mr. Waklev, the coronm and jury assemble for the fourth time at the Black Boy and titid Harppstea ~ d to pursue the inquiry into the deaths t f Caroline Haitian, alias trains, aged 24, and her infant, said to have died from the effects of poison, administered to her for the purpose of procuring abor tion. After another long inquiry, the jury returned a v ero c ,t that " Caroline Hillman died from the effects of a certain poison called savine; but whisther taken for the purpose of destroying life, or procuring abortion, there i not sufficient evidence to show; and that her male infant died # nom, OW!" COURT CIRCULAR The Queen and Prince Albert took their usnal early walk yesterday, in the pleasure•grounds of Osborne OUSO. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princes Alice were taken an airing in an open carriage yesterday afternoon. Major-General Wemyss took his departure from Osborne House yesterday morning. Al two o'clock yesterday afternoon, her Mt...j sty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, and attended by Lady Portman, Colonel Bowles, Mr. George E. Anson, and the Hon. Colonel Grey, left Osborne House, for town ; crossed in the royal yacht to Gosport; and thence were conveyed by a special train on the South-western Railway to the Nine Elms termi nus ; and afterwards proceeded to Buckin►glham P.ilaco, where the royal party arrived at twenty-five minutes p.tst six o'clock, escorted by a party of Light Dragoons. I.;_er M jesty and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, he Princess Royal, and Lady Portman, were in the first carriage and four. Pricce Alfred and the Princess Alice were in the next carriage and four ; and Colonel Bowles aoal the Linn. Colonel Grey were in a third carriage and four. _ _ Her Majesty and her Royal Consort were received at Buckingham Put:ee by the Lord Chamberlain, the Mas ter of the Horse, the Vice-Chamberlain, Hon. Misses Liddi 11 and Paget, Lord Rivers, Lord George Lennox, Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, and Major-General Sir Edward Bowater. The 4. Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, a , .!compauied by the Princess Mary, arrived in town yestarday from their residence at Kew. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by L'Aiy Augusta Cadogan, honoured the Earl and Countess ut Kinnoul with their company at dinner yesterday, at their residence in Green-street. _ The Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian. Minister, and the Spanish Minister, transacted business esterday at the For.-ign•office. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, and Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Exeisr, had interviews with ►he Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. The Ecclesiasliczl Conamiszioners for England had a .eting yesterday aft , -Inoor. at the office in Whitehall- There were present thy Bishops of London, ,angor, and Ely, the Earl -.f Besborough, the Right ion. 11. Hobhouse, the Right lion. John Nicholls, and [ace. ie Dean of West.minz,ter. Dispatches from the Governor or Ceylon were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches from the Governor of Malta, and alsO from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, were re ceivt d yesterday at the Colonial-office. ' Several prragraphs having appeared in the public j , urguxls statiwr hat ,di,tit a year ago two wour,-o vants in the Palace, named Lindsay-, were charged with stellitar; fur:it:ore from die royal residel.ce end ac quiced, and th it subsequently a cab;nct-inaker, named Fletch(r, was accused of the theft, end that the furni twe then missed had bet n discovered in the house of John Taylor, who now stanch charged with stealing a quantity of silver plate from Bucking ant Palace—we have authority to state that no pal t of the linen or fur niture which the Lindsays were charged with having stolen has been found in the house of 'Taylor, and that Fletcher never was accost(' or stispeeted of. having stolen any articles of furniture e;hatever from the Pakce. PEDESTRIANISM EXTRAORDINARY.-- On Tuesday last a louth, about twenty years of age, named George Frost, flticfg Snowy, yclept . the s. Suffolk Chs,mpien t " performed the four ollowing'astontshing feats for a suha:•riptton purse, upon measured piece of ground near the Crown Commercial Inn, at DisQ, half a mile out and half a mile in, to the astonishment of several hundeds of spectators, vig. :- 1 mile in 4 minutes and 50 seconds, 2 miles in 10 minutes and 27 seconds, 3 miles in 16 minutes and 33 seconds, 4 miles in 22 minutes and 40 seconds, _ Thus doing the 10 miles in 54 minutes and 30 seconds! The above performances are considered unparalleled in the annals of t3eal pedestrianism ; and if a metropolitan adventurer were match atch himself agaidst the youth,cot* correspondent attests the probability is, he would, at it, termination, look rather poi to 40 himself considerably in the rear of the i` Suffolk champion r, MARTHA BRixEi.—We are requested by the ma tron of Bethlem Hospital to state, that there is not a word of truth in the paragraph regarding Martha Brixey, which ap eared in our impression of Tuesday, copied from a Morning Paper. Y EVENING, JUNE 26, 1845. RAILWAY t OMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) HOUSE, ()I , ' Loiips. ZEM7i3S A2P,ID ViTIZST :RIDING 3171 i C TEON Ft 11V-017711.Y. The Select . Conimittee to .whom the above railway has been refer'', d re-assembled at the usual hour this mmning, and proceeded with the oppoltion to the .scheme. Mr. George Jackson, of the firm of Jackson and Co., carriers, of Manchester, was called to prove that when the Manchester and Leedeßailway was opened, its comdetition with the Aire" and Calder and other canals proved highly advantageius to the public, bust sine , an a , nalga , nition had %con made between the ra.lway and the anals, the advanta;es resulting from the competition had vanished, Mr, Social% a magistrate of Huddersfield, deposed to the im portance of a line running through Bradford, and striking off to the north-west, as the West Yotkshire would do. The people of Huddersfield were decidedlytopposed 'to the West Riding line. Mr. John Carr, of Halifax, put in the traffic talies which had been taken for the use of the promoters of the West Yorkshire scheme. Mr. William Bound, a wortrd spinner of Bradford, gave very positive evidence against the proposed railway. The traffic round Bradford was extremely heavy, and it was therefore highly essential that a railway intended to accommodate that town should have the best possible gradients. The station of the proposed railway at Bradford was 64 feet ab•ive the level of the earth, and considered by the people of Br..df,,rd to be highly objectionable. Mr. Henry Hanoi), manager of the Bowling Iron Works in the neighbourhood of Bradford, and Mr. Serjeant, of the Barclay Tron Works, gave corroborative test imeny. The NOBLE CBAIRMAN here intimated the wish of the Commit. tee to pass from the traffic to time engineering evidence. They were inclined to think the result of the inquiry would depend entirely upon the force of that evidence. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD said he should be prepared to go into such evidence of er he had examined one or two other witnesses, whose evidence would be of a general character. Mr. Abbott proved that the Leeds and Manchester Company in 1833 undertook to make a branch to Halifax, but tht y failed to do so until they were compelled in 1843. Mr. Jonathan Aekroyd, a manufacturer of Halifax, proved that the traffic between that town and Bradford was of the heaviest description. (MOW! lA,. The Committee met at twelve o'clock, Lord John Manners in the chair. TaM LONDON AND ERIGHTON RAILWAY SN.VORT. znA.Nma). • Mr. Gregory, engineer to the Croydon Railway, was the firs. witness examined in opposition to the Bill. Ile -stated thst the Croydon line was nearly a level throughout, with the exception of two miles five furlongs. Tile atmospheric line from the Dartmouth Arms to Cr-,ydon would be ready to be opened in about six weeks. The object of ,he atmospheric line was tl:supply transit for the short traffic only, and to keep the present trunk lines uninterrupted for the long traffic. The span of the arch on the proposed line crossing the Croydon Railway was thirty feet, which did not allow sufficient room for lay ng down three lines of rail. The height of the arch was eighteen feet. Did not consider that height sufficient for all the purposes of the line. Mr. Richard Carter, a Surveyor, of Halifax, proved that the stations on the West Riding line were inconvenient and objec tionable. The witness was cross_examincd by Mr. HILL, and admitted that he knew of no reason to prevent the promoters making the span of the arch thirty five, instead of thirty feet. Considered it an en gineering blunder to allow only eighteen feet for the height of the arch, which was to be brick built. Did not know of any reason why the arch should not be otherwise than brick built. Mr. Wilson, chairman of the Croydon Railway, was cress_ examined, but his evidence was chiefly of a speculative character, and did not materially affect the projected line. Mr. James Dudson, accountant to the Croydon Railway Com pany, said the whole capital of that Company, the atmospheric line included, was 1,200,0001. ; the last dividend was Bs., the average dividend 6s. on the whole of the paid.up capital. The cost of.the locomotive power was Is. Gid per mile, and the rates and taxes 21. 2s. 4d. per mile. • The Committee then adjourned till tomorrow at twelve. Mr Young, a civil engineer, who had been professionally cm. ployed on the Leeds and Manchester and London and Birmingham lines, and who was the resident engineer of the Leeds and Brad ford line, proved that :dr. Ilawkeshaw's estimates were inadequate for the construction of• the works of the proposed railway, while the g:adient and stations were highly objectionable. It would take very little more money to make them farourabl The state ments in the report of the Board of Trade upon these lines rela tive to the expense of tunnelling in the West Riding districts of Yorkshire were incorrect. The witness was closely cross-examined by Mr. AUSTIN, but Le did not appear to swerve from his former evidence. Mr. Lovel proved that the line between Loughmore was most ob jectionable. It was upon a very severe gradient, and entered Btadford upon an unnecessary elevation. A better line could be cbtained, with more favourable gradients c.nd a lower station, at very little addi tional expense. It would be extremely difficult to form a junction between the Nest Riding line and the Leeds and Bradt'6rd Valley line. The line was decidedly ill calculated to accommodate the heavy traffic of the district ; and he was confident a better one could be obtained if time were allowed. GROUP X. CATVI23I;IIDGE AND LINCOLN LIAM:, Mr. Robert Hubbard, editor f the Smithfield Reporter, was the first witness called this day at the sitting of the Committee. He produced returns of the number of sheep, cows. and other live stock brought to Smithfield market from the various breeding counties, in each year, for the last fourteen years. It had been his business for that time to atten I that market regularly, and make those returns for the information of the public through his paper, and certainly not with any view to forwarding the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway scheme, or giving evidence upon it, or for any other. Witness had also had means of ascertaining the quantity of slaughtered meat brought to the principal London markets in a year, namely, the Newgate and Leadenhall markets. The average was about 130 carcases of beef, 1,200 of mutton in each week, frem Yorkshire and Scotland; but in the present year this number had been greatly exceeded, the number of sheep being 3,000 in one week, of which 1,000 came from Lincolnshire. • Mr. Robert Stephenson, the engineer to the London and Bir. n.i.igham Company, confirmed the testimony of Mr. Locke. He added that he could lay down a better line than the West Riding if time were allowed. The Committee shortly afterwards adjourned till to morrow at 11 HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP A: . LONDON, CROYDON, MIAMI:IA.IW, AND OIEVINCiTO2.f (ATMOSP.SEETVW =NM), (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday ) Sir WALica who appeared on the part of the Commis. sioners of the Navigaticn of the River Medway, cross-examined Mr. Sherrard, but no important point was made out by him. Mr. AIRRREWETHER here stated that Colonel Cockburn was now Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE—There was no fat stock brought to the Islington market. That market has been closed about six years. Has seen a good many lean beasts at the la, ers there, about five or six years ago, as many as 300. Had taken care to get his information as to the arrivals of stock at market, from the salesmen and the drovers vlso ; is quite sure of that. Did not apply to all of the drovers. Does not know many of them by name. present, and requested that his evidence be now taken. Mr. Sergeant WRANORAM said that before the examination of any other witness he wished to make an objection to the further progress of this Bill, founded on the evidence of the former witness, who had stated the intention of the Company to erect a bridge over the river Medway, for which the consent of the Ad miralty had not been obtained. No bridge could be made over any part ofa creek, river, or arm of the sea, in which the tide flows and reflows, without the consent of the Admiralty. There fore, if the Bill were to pass through both Houses of Parliament, it would not be possible to make any use of it. He (Mr. Sergeant Wrangharti) thought that the Committee must direct Mr. Mellor to produce the consent of the Admiralty to the passing of the river by this bridge, and if it were not produced to put a stop to the evidence on the part of the Croydon Company. Mr. WILMORE said that the objection was entirely new. In all cases in which the non.consent of the Admiralty had caused the rejection . of Bills the Admiralty had made formal objections to By Mr. LANE—One of the parties who had been engaged in making out the traffic tables with Mr Parkes was next examined, and he corroborated that gentleman's evidence generally. His cross.. examination did not elicit any evidence of importance. . - - The witness was not cross.examined at any length, and when his evidence had concluded the Committee adjourned. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. xoncEs GIVEN AT' THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, Committee on Group P of Railway Bills, adjourned till Tuesday, July 1, at twelve. Richmond (Surrey) Railway,—Third reading, Friday, June 27. them. But even if the formal consent of the Admiralty were ne. ccsaary, it could not be expected that the Committe e w ou ld re j ect the Bill merely because it was not produced on the instant. The CHAIRMAN thought it was necessary to produce the consent of the Admiralty. Liverpool and Manchester Railway,—Third reading, Fri day, June 27. Great North of England (Clarence and Hartlepool . June. tion) Railway.—Third reading, Friday, June 27. Irish Great Western Railway (Dublin to Galwai),—Re virt, Friday, June 27. Scottish Midland Junction Ilailway,—Third reading, Fri day, June 27. North Union and Ribble Navigation Branch Railway,— Third reading, Friday, June 27. .Newry and Enniskillen Railway,—Third reading, Friday, June 27. Mr. WILMOIIE was willing to produce it, but could not produce It on the instant. Mr. Sergeant We'mulls( would withdraw his objection if Mr. Wilmore said he had the consent, and could produce It. Mr. WiLmotte said that he had not obtained the formal consent of the Admiralty, but that he had no doubt but he could obtain it. The CHAIRMAN thought it was sufficient to produce the consent of the Admiralty any time before the conclusion of the case on the part of the Croydon line, but that it would give more satis faction to the Committee to produce it at once. Mr. WILMORE undertook to produce the consent of the Admi ralty to-morrow. Epping Railway,—Committee oa Bill, Thursday, July 3, at twelve. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Gloucester Exten sion, Stoke Branch, and Midland Railways Junction),—Third reading, Friday, June 27. . . • Great Western Railway (Ireland) (Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone),—Third reading, Friday, June 27. London and South Western Railway (No. 2),—Third read irg, Friday, June 27. Mr. MEattEweTnEn, on the part of the SOUTH-EASTERN LINE, en called and examined, , Colonel Cockburn, Royal Artillery, and head of the Laboratory at Woolwich, who gave evidence as to the danger to be appre hended from a railway passing by Messrs. Hall's powder mills. Mr. WI t,moRF, then proceeded with the evidence on the part of the s. .STawpori and Pontypool Railway,—Third reading, Friday, une 27. Mr. Greene,—Further consideration of the report on rail way Bills. (At the time of private business) (deferred till Tuesday, July 1.) Lord Granville Somerset,—Resolutions to be proposed as an amendment to Mr. Greene's motior :- 1. That privileges in regard to the dent sit of plan;, to the giving of notices, and to applications to owners, lessees, and others, shall he granted to parties promoting rail .ray Bills in this session of Parliament, which Bills shall, through want of time, and without negligence on the part of the promoters thereof, not receive the consideration of both Houses of Par liament. 2. That these privileges shall not be extended to parties whose Bills shall not have been reported to the House, and their several reports taken into consideration and sanctioned by the House, unless on the recommendation of the Committee on the group of Bills to which the said Bills belong. 3. That each Committee on a group of Bills may report to the House, for its favourable consideration, the Bills, if any, which they may not have been able to consider, but which the parties have been prepared to proceed with. 4. That, in regard to Bills so recommended by a Committee, the House will, in this session of Parliament, decide whether they Shall be permitted to enjoy the privileges aforesaid. 5. That parties wishing to re-introduce railway Bills, privi leged under such conditions, and exempted as aforesaid from the depositing of plans, and from the giving of notices and making applications (but which Bills, and the lines intended to be sanctioned by them, shall be in every respect the same as the Bills which have passed in this session a second reading), shat give notice by advertisement for six successive weeks in the months of November and December next, in the London, Edinburgh, or Dublin Gazette, as the case may be, and in the local paper or papers which may be usually in circu'ation in the parish or parishes through which the line of railway is proposed to pass, and such newspaper notices shall have the same effect, and no other, as the ordinary notices given to indi viduals or otherwise have, in respect to the promoters of the Bill, and all other persons. 6. That parties propo ing to re-introduce such 131115, privi leged and exempted generally as aforesaid, but which Bills Alan propose alterations in the line or construction of the rail - way. or in the datum line, or in the sections, or in any other respect whatever, :hall give the novices, and make and deposit the plans, and comply in every way with the ordinary standing orders, so far as the variation extends, and for I,ogo yards beyond the extent of the variation in each direction. 7. That facilities ought to be affirded in the nett session of Parliament by this House to all such Bills in their progress through this House. 8. That petitions for such Bills, when re• introduced to the House, shall be referred to the Committee on petitions, which may sit on the fourth clear day after the presentation of the petition, provided seven clear days shall have elapsed between the first day of the session and the meeting of such Committee; that the Committee on petitions shall ascertain and report to the House, how far the parties promoting each such Bill have complied with the conditions aforesaid. 9. That, in cases where the Committee on Petitions shall report a non-compliance on tl.e part of the promoters of a Bill ( which they seek to introduce as a privileged Bill) with the conditions and provisions herein contained, th , . report of the Committee on Petitions shall be referred to the Stand ing Orders Committee, arid the Standing Orders Committee shall suggest to the Honse the course which they think it will be most expedient to adopt in regard to such Bill. 10. That, in cases wherein the report shall state a compliance therewith, the Bill may be introduced forthwith. and the se cond reading of the Bill may take place on the day following the report. 11. That parties promoting such privileged Bills shall not be exempted from the necessity of making the deposit of five per cent. in the ordinary manner. 12. That the Committee on petitions shall satisfy themselves that an adequate subscription contract, binding in the usual way the subscribers to the undertaking, has been entered into, and is valid at the time when the Bill is submitted to them for consideration. 13. That where no petition against such re-introduced Bill, or parts thereof, shall have been presented, the Committee on the Bill may sit ou the third clear day after the second reading of the Bill. 14. That where a petition has been presented against a Bill, or anv parts thereof, seven clear days shall elapse between the second reading of the Bill and the sitting of the Committee. 15. That to the Committee on the Bill shall be referred any evidence taken in the present session for or against it ; but that the promoters may offer other evidence, if they shall so think fit ; and petitioners against the Bill in the next session shall enjoy the same rights, in regard to evidence, which they would enjoy were the Bill not privileged. 16. That the reports of such Wits may be taken into consi deration on any day of the sitting of the House, provided 24 hours' notice thereof shall be given to the Private Bill Office, and shall appear in the votes. 17. That, presuming the House will adopt in the ensuing session the same mode of nominating and of constituting Com mittees on railway Bills which has been established this session, the same. Members who have composed the Committee on each such Bill in this session, shall, so far as is practicable, compose the Committees to whom the re-introduced Bills shall be re spectively referred.—( At the time of private business) (de ferred till Tuesday, July l ). length, and there was a branch laid out to Farcham of something more than six miles. The earthwork II oulf cost 27,961/ ; the crossings of the public and turnpike roads he estimated at 33,619/. ; for the permanent way, stations, and p1aut,.127,353/..4153-, rand for con: tingesces he had alloWed 29,9374, making for the engineering ex ponScs a total of 258,500/. In addition to this there was a charge of 61,5001, fo r l au d , ma ki ng the aggregate expenSe 320,0001. The SOU CH WALES RAIL WAY.; Ai revenue from pass engers wou ld be 19,693/. Bs., and from goods • VIVIAN moved, pursuant to notice, th a t thi s 8,445/. Os. 10d . , ma ki ng a total of 28,1381. 9s 6d., and ded uc ti ng Bill be returned b ac k to t h e C omm i ttee that sat upon the from this 40 pei c e nt. f or wor ki ng expenses, there was lilt a ba- Bill, and that th e C omm i ttee s h ould have leave to sit and lai,ce of 16,883,, Is. Bd., which would give S return or more, than proceed with the measure on Monday Lex:. .5 per cent. on the capital of 320,00 o!, the aggregate expense. of i Captain BERKELEY opposed the motion, believing the line. that the interests of the public were not consulted in the Mr. Driver, the eminent lanA surveyor, testified to the accuracy f ormat i on of this Company, but only those of the Great of the land v a l ua ti on. Wes:ern Railway Company, who had bought up the After somecross.examination hy`Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM, lino. He believed that the bridge that was proprsed Mr. WitavEtr.v replied, and• in the course of his oliicrvations, to be built on the line would be a total annihilation of stated that petitions fur this line had Nett sent from Portsmouth, S the river evern. The pre sen t measure way a com- Hisvant, Bognor, Little Hampton, Worthing, Shoreham, 'etp.ely new Bill—it was n i t the measure that was first arid Brighton ; th a t f rom Portsmouth signed by more than 3,500 persons, while only two had been presented against introduced into Parliament. The populous districts of it, one fr..m Bognor, and the other from Fareba.n. • This, he Gloucester and Cheltenhain were entirely thrown over thought, was a suiticieat indication of the public feeling. on the I board by the measure. subject, and of the sense of their own interests which the inhabit. - Lerd G. SOMERSET supported the motion. He ants of that great district entertained. With this observation, he admitted that he was not himself an impartial person would rea•lily leave the decision of the case to the fairness, inde- with respect to this measure, but while he did so, he fatigable industry, and excellent judgment and intelligem:e of the Committee. ttee then adjourned till t omorrow. mast con 'ess that he did not think there was muc h i mpar • The Com thrifty in the speech of the G a llant M em b er opposite. mi All he seemed to think was that the interests of the city of GI uceater were paramount to every other. The interests of the city of Gloucester, it should be remembered, were not the representatives of the into ' rests of the public at large. He believed that the pro posed Railway would be a great national benefit, and the Committee were of the same opinion, because they had unanimously voted ap,aintit the preamble of the Bill. He hoped the individual interests of the city of Gloucester would not be allowed to supersede a great national undertakine.—(Hear.) As far as he was concerned, he should support the pro position, in order that the merits of the measure might be fully gone into and considered. Mr f ii. BERKELEY trusted that the House would Mot sanction such a princiele as would be set up if the motion was agreed to. Mr. HODGSON HINDE thought the present was a question essentially of standing orders, and not one be• tween the city of Gloucester, the public, and the Great West,rn Railway Company. The question was, when parties brought one measure belbre . Par etnent, were they to be allowed to proceed with another of a totally different description ? If the present motion was carried, the House would in effect be ordering the Committee to take a course which they declined to adopt. They hatl determined that they would nob proceed with the Bill, and the present motion was to compel them to do so. Ile should therefore oppose the motion. Capt. OSBORNE supported the motion. Mr. ESTCOURT also supported the motion. Mr. C. WOOD considered the question to be whether the Committee were justified in discontinuing to proceed, with the Bid ; he thought they were not justified in so doing, because the course they. ought to have adopted was to have brought their proceedings to a close; and then . have. reported them to the House. Alt that the motion of the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Vivian) required of the House to do was to direct the Committee to renew its investigation and report the re sult. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. MOUSE OF CO:ILIIONS, June 25. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Fuvr o'clock. Mr. .VILLIERS made a few remarks, which were perfectly inaudible in the gallery. Mr. W. COLLETT said he should support the mo tion of his lion. Friend the Member for Gloucester, that the Bill :be referred back to the Committee. Captain BERKELEY withdrew his opposition to the motion of the Hon. Membor for Gloucester (Mr. Vivian), with the understanding that he (Captain Berkeley) would be under the protection of the Standing Orders Committee. After a few words in reply from Mr. VIVIAN, the motion was agreed to. RAILWAY BILLS. Mr. GREENE postponed his motion for the further consideration of the report on Railway Bills. Lord G. SOMERSET said that he would, under those circumstances, postpone the resolutions he had given notice of till such time as the report was brought under consideration. COVENTRY, BEDWORTH, AND NUNEATON RAILWAY. The report of the above Bill was brought up and re ceived, also the reports of the Bristol and Gloucester Railway (No. 2), the Norwich and Brandon Railway Deviation and Diss and Dercham Brunches, the London and South Western (No. 1) (Metropolitan Extension) Railway, the Great Western Railway (Ireland) (Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone), the Cocker mouth and Work. ington Railway), and the Middlesborough and Redcar Railway. FALMOUTH HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT. This Bill was read a third time and passed. WEXFORD AND CARLOW RAILWAY. Mr. Sergeant MURPHY moved that the Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction Railway Bill be re committed. He said there was a very essential difference between this railway and the one which had previously engaged the attention of the House (the South Wales). The grounds upon which the Committee rejected the preamble of this Bill was that it did not provide for the improvement of the harbour of Wexford, and further, that if any future railway was to be constructed into the town of Wexford, it should provide for the improvement of the harbour. The promoters of the Bill had no idea of this difficulty being started, and therefore, under the circum stances in which they were placed, they had no power or opportunity of meeting it. lie now, however, was in structed to say, that if the House agreed to the recommit tal cf the Bill,steps would be taken to meet the objection. The Hon. Member for Newcastle-uuder.Lyne (Mr. Col quhoun) coul f say whether what he had stated in re ference to the decision of the Committee was correct-- whether the preamble of the Bill had not been rejected on aceJunt of the dilficuliies r.sp,,eririk the harbour at Wexford. The promoters'of the Bill prayed for its com mittal in order to carry out, if possible, that portion of the joint scheme for the construction of the line from Call )vi, to Enniscorthy. Under these circumstances he thought the House ought to agree to his motion, as in the event of the recommittal, they were prepared to grapple with the question of Wexford harbour, and to provide for its efficient construction. Mr. W. COLLETT was opposed to the recommittal of the Bill. Mr. COLQUHOUN informed the House. that the lion. and Learned Member for Cork had not stated cor rectly the grounds upon which the Committee had de. tided the case. The construction of a harbour at Wexford was not the reason of the rejection, but the ger.eral insufficiency of the estimates—(Hear, hear)—the land and engineering expenses being under-rated. On these grounds the, Ciutunittee had decided to reject the preamble of the Bill before the question of the harbour came before After they had decided to reject the Bill they agreed to recommend that in any future Bill the construction of an efficient harbour at Wexford should be a prominent feature. Mr. Sergeant MURPHY said it appe a r e d b e had misconceived the grounds upon which the Committee had come to their decision; he would, therefore, withdraw the motion. The motion was accordingly withdraws. Mr. COI3DEN then moved,—" That, it having been represented to this House by petitions from various public bodies, as well as from merchants, manufacturers, anti others, that serious impediments to the internal traffic of the country are likely to arise from the breaks' that will occur in railway com munications from the want of an uniform gauge ; and these representations not having been fully inquired into by any of thi Committees of this [louse upon private Bills, and it being desirable that the subject should be further investigated, an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying her Majesty to be graciously pleased to issue a Commission to inquire, whether in future private Acts for the construction of railways provision ought to be made for securing uni form gauge, and whether it would be expedient and prac ticable to take measures to bring therailways already con structed, or in progress of construction in Great Britain, into uniformity of gauge ; and to inquire whether any other mode of obviating or mitigating the apprehended evil could be adopted ; and to report the same to this House." This was the first attempt to carry a narrow gauge in the north of England—he would not say which was the best gauge—either broad or narrow would do very well, but he thought the opinion of the best engi neers should be taken upon the point which was the best gauge before it came into general operation, so that a uniform practice m i g ht b e a d o pt e d. Th e Committee could likewise report where the line of demarcation could best be placed, so that both gauges might not be mixed, which would subject the conve% ance of goods and passengers to great delay, expense, danger, and incon venience. In the eastern counties, in Kent, Surrey, and Sussex, the narrow gauge prevailed, and were they to introduce the broad gauge into those districts ? Mr. MARK PHILLIPS seconded the motion. He had felt great difficulty in deciding on the question which was yesterday before the House. The Committee on the I3ills which had been before the House yesterday had been called upon to decide the question of the gauges incidentally. It was a most embarrassing subject for a Committee to have to decide upon, and the Committee ought not to be held to have decided in favour of the broad gauge against the narrow, when the question only came before them incidentally, and they had merely decided that one line of railway was better adapted to the requirements of a particular district than annther. It would be a matter for great regret if that should be considered to have decided the question of gauges. It appeared to him that the motion of his Hon. Friend for a Commission to examine the question was a most wise one. They i anted something to guide them in the consideration of this important question. He did not think that a Committee of the House of Commons was a proper tribunal for its consideration— a Commission would be a much better one. Great inconvenience would arise from the admixture of gauges in the midland counties, and for that reason he had voted in favour of the narrow gauge !ine to Rugby. He considered the question a most embarrassing one to be left to the decision either. of Committees or of the House, and it was highly desirable, therefore, that the proposed Commission of inquiry should be appointed, Sir G. CLERK would not object to the appointment of the proposed Commission, because the question had now assumed so much importance, that it was b ecome absolutely necessary that it should be submitted to the decision of some tribunal, the decision of which would carry weight with the country. There was one point, however, which he would wish to submit to the consideration of the H o n. G en tl eman opposite, who had brought forward the moti on , an d that was w' ad whether it would not be expedient to withdraw that part of the re solution which directed the Commission to consider how far it may be practicable to reduce all the gauges to one uniform gauge. Th a t part o f the resolution w as calculated to produce unne cessary alarm. However desirable it might have been at first to have . e had all _t . he railways laid down upon n ono uniform gauge, believed that now it would be impracticable. It would be impossible to oblige a com pany who had laid down their lines, either upon the 7 foot or on the-4 foot 8 inch gauge to adopt now the other gauge or some intermediate gauge between the two. It was not necessary to prefer the adoption of one gauge more than the other, and, in fact, it was at present imL possible to say that it would be expedient; considering the vast number of railways that were now in progress; to lay down any definite law on the subject. If the gauges on existing railways were to be changed, it would necessarily lead to an alteration in the structure of wag gons and carriages, and thus an increasing expense would be entailed on the various railway companies. He did mot consider that the superiority of one gauge over another was after all a matter of very great importance, He should have no objection whatever to the proposition of the Hon. Gentleman, if it was considered how far it might be practicable to re-organise existuig railways. Mrs S. WORTLEY quite agreed with his lion. Friend and also with the Right Hon. Baronet, that this question had, in effect, been already settled. The enor mous expense that would be entailed on the country by changieg existing gauges, and the general ineonvenience that would result would induce him to leave the matter as it now stood. He trusted also that the Honourable Member for Stockport would not persist in the terms of the motion of which he had given notice, but would be satisfied with the question as it had been already decided. He trusted, however, that as the up portunity had been afforded for further inquiry into the principle of the broad and narrow gauges some general plan for the public convenience should be definitely adopted before the construction of any future railway was commenced. Mr. BARING quite agreed in what had fallen from the Honourable Gentleman who bad just sat down, es cially that which was contained in the latter part of hi, observations. He confessed that he was very tin willing to interfere with the public convenience to the extent to which this alteration from the railway gauge would lead. He would admit that it was a great principle, and one that ought to be decided be fore any other railway was formed. Mr. RICARDO thought certainly, before any of the earthworks of new railways were begun, it was necessary to ascertain what the gauge should be. With great respect for the lion. Gentleman and the Right lion. Baronet, he must say that the object to be attained was the permanent advantage of the country. Whatev4 r might be the result, great inconvenience must be ex perienced wherever the two gauges should meet ; and it was absolutely necessary that some rule should be adopted for avoiding the great impediment which was daily telt from the uncertainty in which the question was now left. Lord G. SOMERSET was willing to concede the motion or the Hon. Member for Stockport, and trusted the Commission would arrive at such a conclusion as to make it reasonable for them to call upon all future rail ways to adopt one particular gauge. Mr. WARD was glad Government had conceded the motion of his lion. Friend, because he thought it was highly desirable that the question of gauge, setting aside the contest between the two rival companies, should be referred to an impartial tribunal, whose decision should guide them for the future. In his opinion, neither the broad nor the narrow gauge was a security against acci dents, nor did lie think sped had anything to do with it. for trains had travelled at the rate of 60 mites an hour without accident or inconvenience, while the majority of the accidents which had already taken place, had occur red to what were termed slow trains. Mr. SHAW thOught that, if any Gentleman would take the trouble of reading over the evidence taken be fore the Committee, which was commonly called " The Woad Gauge Committee," he would find great difficulty in arriving at any certain conclusion.—(Hear, tear.) He believed that the "medium gauge" of five feet three inches, which was adopted in Ireland, would be the beat as a uniform gauge.—(Hear, hear.) He thought the inquiry was worthy the attention of the Govern ment.—(Hear.) He hoped they would undertake it, and carry it on laboriously.—(Hear, and a laugh.) Mr. HAY TER could not an t i c ip ate any advantage from the inquiry, but, on the contrary, thought that it would, lead to great inconvenience. Mr. COBDEN said, in explanation, that the object of the inquiry was not to find a new gauge, but to establish some uniform principle. The motion was then agreed to. Lord NEWRY presented a petition from the county of Down complaining of the expenses that were in curred in building union workhousm s in Ireland, and praying that a remedy might be applied to the evil. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petiien, signed by the merchants and manufacturers of Manchester, praying the House to address the Crown for the purpose of having the treaty entered into by the Government of Buenos Ayres to give free access to the River Plata enforced. A petition was then presented agiinst the abolition of tests in the Scotch universities. Sir R. PEEL said that he presented a petition the other night in favour of the colleges about to be insti tuted in Ireland, which he stated to be from Loudon. It was not from London, it came from Dublin. LUNATIC PAUPERS BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. The Report was brought up and received, and ordered to be printed. STATUTE LABOUR (SCOTLAND) BILL. The report of the Committee was brought up. Mr. SUOLLETT moved that tho Bill be re-com mitted for the purpose of adding the following ciam:e And whereas it is expedient to abolish the personal performance of statute service, and the levying of the conversion thereof in money, or any assessmt nt in lieu of such conversion, as a personal or pu ll tax ; be it enacted, that irom and after this present year, 1845, it shall and may be lawful for ail such trustees, at a general meeting assembled, if they shall think tit, to order and direct that in any county, or dis trict of a county, all such performance statute service, and all such levying of conversion, or ase.essnient in lieu thereof; shall maie and deti-rtnine. And be it enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for all such truswes, at a general meeting as , embled, if they shall think fit, to assess any sum not exceeding the amount of the conver sion or other money which by the reason of this Act shin cease to be exigible, and to cause the same to be levied upon all lauds, buildings, and other heritable subjects not hereinbefore e.xempttAl from assessment, or to be added to the sums otherwise as sessable by any local Act ; and all sueh sums so assessed or added, shall be levied and applied in the same manner as the money might have been levied end applied in lieu of which the said sums arc assessed ; Provided always, that all such sums shall be payabl e by the occupiers of the lands, buildings, or other heritable subjects so assessed, but such ocAtpiers shall be en titled to deduct one-half of such sums from the rent pay able to the owners or other parties has ingright to such retg. And be it enacted, that in the case of such assessment being laid upon lands, buildings, and heritable subjects, as aforesaid, the annual value thereof shall be ascertained by such trustees, in manner prescribed by the local Acts now in force, or in such and like manner as the annual value of lands, buildings, and heritable subjects, is authorised and directed to be ascertained in counties and burghs respectively, under and by virtue of an Act passed in the second an d t hi rd year of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria intituled, An Act to improve Prisons and Prison ' Discipline in Scotland and it shall be lawful for such trustees, if they shall think fit, to assume the amount ascertained as the annual value of such lands, buildings, and heritable subjects in counties and boroughs respectively, under the said recited Act, to be the amount on which the assessment hereby authorised to be levied, .may be levied for the purposes of this Act." Mr. BAILLIE said that as many petitiiins had been presented from Scotland. some of them by himself, from Inverness, against the Bill ; and as a considerable oppo sition was exhibited towards the principle of the Bill, he trustel that, under these circumstances, the Bon. Member would not press his motion. Mr. H. DRUMMOND said that the opposition from Inverness was most absurd, and he could not think of withdrawing the motion because of it. Mr. P. M. STEWART thought the Bill would confer great benefits on Scotland generally, especially if in. formation were procured from the different counties and Wands threatening to oppose it. He hoped, therefore, the Member for Perth would withdraw his opposition, and at least allow the report of the Bill to be brought up. Mr. HOME DRUMMOND was understood to asst, and the report was accordingly brought up. The House then went into Committee on the Bill, and on the third clause being read, Mr. GIBBON' CRAIG rose to address the House, but from the excessive noise in the House, and the low tone of the Hon. Member, his re:narks were wholly inaudible in the gallery. Several other clauses, with some verbal amendmev.ts suggested by Mr. SntoLLETT and Mr. EDWARD ELLICE, jun., were agreed to. Mr. EDWARD ELLICE, jun., movi4l an amend ment, that servants should be altogether exempted from the tax, and that the clause affecting them should be struck out. Mr. I'. MAXWELL STEWART agreed with the Lion. Member for St. Andrew's. He thought that the Bill did not g 3 far enough. lie could not understand why servants should be subjected to a contribution at all. lie should, therefore, gladly support the amend ment for their exemption. Mr. LOCIC[IART said it was an important subject, which required great consideration. Ile h.d not yet made up his mind on the subject, and would recommend postponement. Mr. EDWARD ELLICE, jun., then withdrew his amendment, as it appeared to him the House were . not willing to entertain it. The other clauses were then agreed to, and the Bill passed through Committe. The House resumed, and the Report was brought up and agreed to. O m n r. t p he A m v o l t D ion D t u ha N t ro th A e s H ou DOG STEALING BILL . which made the offence of stealing ro s this Bill, se go into Committee on objected to that ri portion of it ru suc h v dog punishable by transportation a m n a rticle .eari sass was of opinion that the present law was ‘ ) sufficiently strong for the punishment of such offenders, if magis trates would b u t carry it out in full force. BY the 31st section of th e A ct of George 11., magistrates were em powered to inflict a fine of 201. on a person convicted of stealing a dog. By the 63d section of the same Act magistrates might grant a warrant giving a person authority to search for a dog which had been stolen. Mr. HENLEY had been informed that there was great difficulty in obtaining a search warrant, and when obtained, of carryinc , it out. Sir JAMES (FRAHAM wished to say a few words before the House went into Committee on the Bill. The clause making the offence of stealing a dog put ish able by seven year:' transportation would require their serious consideration. The lion. and Learned Member (Mr. D. Dundas) must admit that in the lstv, ski now administered, there were great anomalies.---(Laughter.) He was credibly informed that in a case of a person LONDON AND CROYDON LTI I. Mr. Wright, civil engineer, corroborated the evideuce of Mr. Sherrard. Mr. Maurice, contractor, gave siir.ilar evidence. Mr. J. A. SAmuda gyve evideuco in favour of the atmospheric principle, On orosg-exainination, Mr. Sarnuda stated that ho was a civil engineer, and had contracted for the works of several lines, but had never been, the engineer of any line. He constructed the Kingstown and Dalkey line. In experiments made by him, with a tube of about three inches diameter, he had drawn thirteen people, anti thirteen cwt. of iron up a gradient of one in ti*ty, Mr. Gibbon, acting engineer on the Kingstown and Dalkey line, gave evidence as to the success of the atmospheric principle on that line. The line was 30 yards short of If mile. There was a gra• client of lins7 on the last 1 mile, which was ascended by car. kisses impelled merely by the momentum they had previously ac. quired, and not by the force of atmospheric traction, as the appli cation of that principle ceased at the commencement of that gradient. It was usual to have one train every half.hour, or when necessary four and sometimes ten trains in an hour. The further evidence of this witness was in favour of the atmospheric principle. After the cross.examination of Mr. Gibbon the Committee ad.. journed to twelve o'clock to.morrow. GROUP GG. SCOTCR RAILWAYS. THE GLASGOW, WELLSTON, AND nAux— HE:1123 LINE.— IZEN'oREW DISTRICT. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. M Lintock, owner of certain stone quarries on the pro. posed line, was next examined as to the traffic from his district. The result was included in the traffic tables. The traffic tables were then put in by Mr. Pare, and showed a total of goods, minerals, and passengers, to the extent of 16,9821. 10s. 9d., which, after deducting working expenses, would leave a remunerating profit of six per cent, to the promoters on Chair sub scribed capital. Mr. William M'Creath was examined in corroboration of the mineral traffic evidence. The ClialnstaN then stated that the Committee, in order to avoid loss of time, had decided that of the two c )mpeting lines the Direct, or Glmgow, Ncilston and Barrhead, was the preferable one, and they would, therefore, wish to hear the evidence against it if the opponents were inclined to adduce any. The Committee then adjourned till to.morrow. GROUP K. nualr ST. EDIVLUNIDs AND CAMBRIDGE 22 .11.XX.WAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. May, examined by 1•lr. 1 - 111.n1catto, QC. (who appeared in conjunction with Mr. AUSTIN) —ls a toll-collector and coal-mer. chant at Ipswich, and considers the line from Cambridge to Bury would materially benefit the 'trade from Ipswich to the eastern coutrties. Cross-examined by Mr. GIRDEN—The freight between New. castle and Ipswich is 6s. 9d. a ton, besides Is. 6d. for dock dues, and lid. for corporation dues. The best coals could be put upon a line at Ipswich at 17s 6d. a ton. Charles May, examined by Mr. Hunraan, Q C.—ls a cheese mand director of th e l i ne now pro j ected between Bury °n ratg' andC l a i rb l r e id h ge. From Derby and Holland the great propor tion of the cheese is procured, but the water navigation from the former town is a very objectionable means cf conveyance, and if a railway communication were established with the Eastern or Mid land Counties, it would be far better than the present mode. Mr. Bryant, a farmer and drover, resident near Newmarket, deposed to the value of the proposed line through that town, and to the produce and consuming population of the district. The former witness alone would pay 1871. 10s. to the railway for the carriage of barley, at the proportion he at present consumes, but this mould would be considerably increased. Mr. Bottom, postmaster of Newmarket, confirmed the evidence of the last witnesses as to the importance of the line to that district ; and, the Speaker being announced at prayers, the Committee ad. journed, at four o'clock, until twelve o'clock to-morrow. GROUP L. this morning t oo k t h e Chichester CHICHES'IMIL AND EILIG ETON LINE. The Committee on Group L , having arrived at the t erm i nat i on of the cases of the Atmospheric Direct li ne and the Guildford, other Me m bers e A rsi l gt e el m )rt' b oa e n" r , s ldi l o )P f e.° the t.tl Committee m u Etihn B. e lin es , Denison was in the ch a i r , w i t h the present. Mr. WHATELEY appeared for the promoters, and after s t a ti ng that ha would reserve his observations until the close of the case, called _ Mr. Rose, a member of the Town Council of Portsmouth, and an owner of considerable property in the borough, who stated that he believed that this line was quite in accordance with the feelings of the people'of Portsmouth, and was adopted, after the expression of much feeling, by the greater portion of the inhabitants of the town. Mr. Ilitimatta stated that this line had been adopted after a public meeting of the inhabitants, convened in consequence of a large acquisition. In addition to this fact, also, there was the circum. slangs that a petition had been presented to Parliament, signed by more than 3,000 of the most respectable inhabitants in the town and neighbourhood. The construction of this line would open up by the custom now adopted of bringing them a great convenience to the inhabitants of the whole of that line of coast.. Coals, for instance, would be brought more readily and t o el f . the Engineers, stated that this would, in his esisi,nportant line for to the th c e on e n , c , conne xion between b v e r t a w n e c e e n , Troops could be conveyed by this line, and con densed e never to to be left out of sight. The andsoc several vaines Coloneltic woa cheaply p a c r t asv t . mithal titan by on any particular spot, in the course of e few hems, an d was A feature of as great importance, almost of as much importance as the line itself. For the general objects of this the Government no better line could be laid out, and as a military v o w : i s : a t r i in s p coast, otewl:ctr i t h opposedch aught as Men he would say, that this line was of incalculable importance, and likely to be of groat benefit to the country. Mr. Rastrick, the engineer of the Brighton Railway, elated that the railway advantages of this line were pre-eminently great. it was in fact a merely surface line, and offered no engineering diffr• cultic' whatever. The main Bee would be 17 miles 7 X chains in RAILWAY BILLS. The following is the report from the Select Committee ap pointed' to inquire into the state and progress of the several railway Bills now before Parliament, and to consider and re port their opinion as to what measures should be adopted by the Mouse, in order to facilitate the re introduction, and to pre vent expense and delay in the progress through Parliament in the next session, of such railway Bills as it may be found im possible to pass into laws from want of time for their proper in vestigation during the present session : Resolved,—='l bat in order to prevent expense and delay in the progress through Parliament in the next session of such railway Bills a 3 it may be found impossible to pass into laws, from want of time for their proper investigation during the present session, it is desirable that a Bill should he pas, ed to prevent the proceedings on such Bills being discontinued by a prorogation of Parliament. Resolved,—That this privilege shall be extended to such Bills only as shall have been reported to the . Ihitise and ordered to be engrossed. shine 20, 1845. 4 the int thy' ing , iG .ed try