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a 0 w et 0 ,ssct a , cos; pornd. tiB the •;cs , t , ;5 r : e ' ~Cl l rat ir C4 P u" $O 4 c afe' vt rl 'S in :t °Dy ed t o r of' „ i n • ° tile ' te l j de 4 t rio;; o ps ice 't,,fe e t L',l l " w it , , t 1 .4 1 1 gol ' g oys , • the susr at o, 3 D j .rib c6 oi a y_ otio , tios ß pd l it l o l6 for°' 0$ tib ic• si' d oac e " o ' Teri ;IP f " '~.'~, THE SUN, LoNnpN, TILESDA EVENING, MAY 6 184,5, RAILWAY rOM ITTE (YESTERDAY.) Group DD. GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH RAILWAY (F. RANCHES TO ALLOA AND STIRLING). Mr. AUsTIN (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday) contended that the principal question for the Committee to consider would be one of comparison between tee) lines to the north by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Corn. Pant, and the prop ose d l ine to the south. The opinion ex. Prctby the Bo ar d o f T rade on this matter was en. titled to considerable respect. The principal point to be dwelt on was, which Company shall have authority to make the line to Sti r li ng. He would willingly concede that it was necessary to construct a line to Perth, and it was not very material who should have Power to make it. His present application rested entirely uPoti the formation of the line to Stirling; and he would show to the satisfaction of the Committee that the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company had the most unqualified right to form it. The decision of the House of Commons, which had been subsequently confirmed bl the report of the Board of Trade, distinctly pointed out that the extension of any independent line would be inexpedient if an original line existed from which branches and ramifications might be extended, as its construction would tend to divert the course of traffic from the principal line. He instanced the Leeds and Nan. ,_chesrer Railway an d ot h er li nes, b e i ng s i milar cases, in substan. ..`"ititet of th e course generally pursued by Committees. The . V ita e in the districts through which the Scottish Central Railway i: bl d Pass would be much more conveniently worked by the sur:niatbcihyess from the Glasgow and Edinburgh line, and the point of. r en at Stirling, as proposed by that Company, was immea uPerier to any other that could be shown . Stirling both With respect to its numerous population and the great extent 1 ts.sni-- .... w,as..the best place for a central general terminus. An extract from the population returns would show th-:, the 3)ll °Th ... er of inh a bi tants in the districts of the Forth itcreased in the course of 40 years ...Kt Clyde had from 660,000 .r_ 4300 000 so that the - mint ' W ed. The total populatie• emulation had exactly ........ ent census was 2,0 the p re , . P.:.,.000, ., of Scotland according to and of this number more than i z t c , o . a_ If was found i- . the districts he had alluded to. Industrial ' rtY prover , - , Forth er . -.at to a grea er extent in the neighbourhoods of the t o --o Clyde than in any other part of Scotland. Ail these bu 'lldera tiorls pointed out S. ir:mg as the principal central point, .---' the general point for ail the railway communication ,0 the g tmer Scow.), Part of Scotland. The returns of the traffic of the te ., -e , Central Railway tables showi a a comparative average of '"° Desserigers and two too: from Perth to Stirling to one pas t.erixe, It ai i w - a and one t on f rom St i rl i ng to the Edinburgh and Glasgow 7. and the portion of the traffic to be conveyed .17,,_•" 01 1 branches vi as as two to one in their. favour. c alculations that had been made by the Scottish s'c' `g o al Company i n est i mating the traffic had been greatly - ex atod. The difference, from their own showing, between th e ."rhl E linburgh was as 9,000 to 30,000. He submitted that b 3 I,"olnburgh and Glasgow Cempauy, as an existing line, ought b ill ; ar e the preference in electing to make the propesed seed e h es. when compared witli the meagre pretensions of a new i t ey ;t'dePencent company. Stirling was the point which naturally e'"ed itself as the point of railway communication for the t v i ° , s tr Y. and two boards of management on two compering were Public. le i ncompatible with the interests of the ao.uld wow allude to another important feature for the C omo.ittee to consider, viz., the construction of The distahcetrom Edin urgh to Stirling by this braZanch '‘toeA : O . tentr h e w°ul i d , b e 37 ii miss. By the line proposed by the Scottish idei, I t he s"stanee between these two places would be 364. He corieeted that his line was somewhat longer, but this trifling in vir nience was more than compensated for b. the superior ad t‘2,trt it held out f.r the public convi nience. The Esarned io r l ' .. I then dwelt at considerable Leigth on the imporance itoolso__;tlee."yrararle o it o i tr t hga t ivr h ini e ng ee a ntra n l ewst . lion at Stirling, and th e i m - and independent company the 13 u ninterrupted control over all the pre s e n t re for developing the whole of the northern traffic. He tilishededchiaft" a ddress by sub mitt i ng to the Committee that an es. etne en ,. i a _ParlY who had expended so much capital for the na g u ac zteirton of the p u b lic ought to have the liberty of establih tacrl here trpar tn o posed branch es , and, by them, of controlling t he The r oom • ,___ was then ordered to be cleared. On our return, :haiemt:rcugitilsramen Stated that the Committee had come to the Way Bli , .s . c onclusion, in consideting the Scottish Central Rai,. er, dl „ 's Etat the preamble had been moved. With regard to the Glasgow Bill, that part of the preamble 1P%,,Z Promoted the construction of a branch from Stirling to I ad ri o a s nd b een proved. The Committee considered, al te st. r . r e s pect of the Scottish Central Railway, that it was not at pre. wo"u'id bvisable that Perth should be made a central station. It it;")tel:: edra'eteioftnsall that some subsequent arrangement should be in to with the other companies, in order that their mutual might be considered, but that the Scottish Central rlon os 3 ; h e ? M 'anY Would be at liberty to proceed in the construe in mu:lr worla until such arrangement was satisfactorily made. Irlit t o , q to a question by Mr. Clerk, whether the South Inch ~.... .4 the locus of the station, thi." CRAIRMAN said that a special clause having reference to cbw:Uld be introduced into the Bill ; and he referred him to the hoes, an d Holyhead Bill for a precedent by which he might OW ro roc a , ~,_u ses ee . with t,:_ were then proceeded with, which were all passed eid.....7 exception of those relating to tolls and stations, the con . Lion _ .. Air. . of w tuch was ordered to be adjourned. behalf oNntews then proceeded to address the Committee on 1a3 1 ,,,,, f ,! } " Caent,sie and other branches of the Edinburgh and only slat 'YU', but as the preamble of these, Bills are ueopposed,he.. Nie s i,., ed , t heir gene ra l outline. The Camp.ie branch was five 5 e5,,,,,, t ' ngth, and would cost 42,0001, and passed th-ough very i ona , rt., agricult ural districts; th e re were a l so f our small subdivi. land hail€s, one of which in its.ramifications would join, the Monck- Gla sgow Wa Y, and th e other would proceed from the Edinburgh and Liar ' and combine with the Monckland Railway ''as al,: eacceoinepaalnlesd Claddens. An important alteration . would , ntem ' P.ateci being made in the station at Glasgow, .which Mr, accommod l tt il e " the depot fur " it!ot,P.:. p tt rv t e v y a o s r t s o . form an adertional delice e2I 4I EWs then proceeded to call his witnesses, whose e c v v i e . tie. adv ert to confirm the statements he had made, and to prove branci,antages which would result to the public if the pr op osed ltitltf,rw. ,re Permitted to be made. . Th, ontsairridel.rlaesti,omf t o il:, Bois were admitted to have been proved. was postponed, and the corn. i e adJournee till twelve o'clock to-morrow ! Group I. havlazl.,ylr.n anti teonti.med from Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) .... l. ' s " . our . Ely Tim was recommitted ; and the Committee K i , ,ur e ned i Used the several elau,es in the 1311, the Committee Group 11. WEST YORE:bi--HE& LINES. (Continuer) fruin ', l c A, ~..-.:ii Editit,:; of yesterday.) me. Brown of Halifax Rave eemenTrent testimony. Mr. John Abbott, of lialh.jt, 14tated that, in 1 836, the Lem!, and Manchester Company, pledgcd themselves to make a branch to Halifax, but it was not , until 1843 that they tulfilled their pledge. Mr. James Stead, proved that the Halifax branch was exccedinglY defective. Severe' Bi . other wit nesses gave similare vidence. —. John Billi ng, agent to the llochoale Canal Company, proved .rt •• hi the Calder and Hebble Canal Company was under the control efthe Leeds and Manchester Company. Mr. H. Stanstield, of Leeds, gave evidence in favour of the Preamble to the Bill. The Committee adjourned at Fite o'clock. - - Group 00. .._ This Committee commeliced its sittings at 12 o'clock to chy in '`en e. ra 17. Presetit—The Right Hon. H, Labouchere, Chairman, ..` r * Divett Viscount In ere Mr Lindsay, and Mr. G. W. The Bills and ideneage. ' Projects referred i to *the Committee are the Hull slid (Bridlington Branch), York and Scarborough Deviation „_""waY, York and North Midlatid Railway (Bridlington Branch), -ad w h The cobs and Pickerington way. the efts mammas said it was almost unnecessary for him to call arm, nt 2" of the patties to the rule of proceeding in the , eoe.rtheo :co:tree ttheeatililts them. projects before them, No dootathey Th e U n 4 el and a gents agreed to the Chairman's suggestion. t _matlie,' B ill called on was This, WHITBY AND PICKERING RAILWAY. in, in, Its ; tw ' a Bill for authorising the sate of the Whitby kr et uebl' al r( ' the York and North Midland R.Alway . Compai r i}i t , a k a l e t n e r di 44, ilei ~" ! he said Company to make certain deviations o I'Alr, ' t , - th e title of the Whitby and Pickering Railway 'learure 'firilll.!.% appeared as agent . for the Bill. He had great `u the ~,,,,... 'worming the Committee that there was no opposition Mr ' hicT ure. calle d to ard 'un, the solicitor to the Bill, was the first witness Pew e ,. eo . P u b s in the Acts of Parliament by which the line was em le., li constructed. 'Th e ud 'un was then called to prove the preamble. IThi ch venir""AN----Are you the chairman of the Comp r an l y idi to .. so h .- -u Propose to sell the present line of Railway ? M : . ..._ --, a e ., zectlt ed , • At present the %Vhitby and Pickering Railway is it ~, , Lie horses. It is not adapted to the traffic of , the line d . Il elc ° :;, s hi , : b e Of great advantage to the public if the Vi.hithy an , a see-"'eine were unitedwith the Pickering branch of the York l ine n ail)° , r Railma The proposed 'deviations of tee AN hitt)) , dv at ,, -01 c 1 be of the greayiest convenience. To carry out full t t h a e S tetlo n .6 s of the present Bill it would be necessary to construe T his with approaches, in the parish of Whitby. .11 was the ease for the preamble. el„.._ .7 t;tratelt„ having put the question, the preamble was de el,r;lct to be proved. Of the eittuses were then gout into and passed, with the exception tee relating to the rates and tolls, which were adjourned for Ili_ croonsideration. til g i r e _ P Teter. propose, that for coal, lime, culm, stone , waste, eh e sta:. Minerals, bricks, tiles, slates, metallic ores, and P coke ~,,e f ad. per ton per mile shou : d he charged. For corn, Bout., tte4 e -"iire°al t bar and hoop iron, caitinps, pig and sheet :cad, tii,„! the woods. hay and straw, the sum of 4d. per and pro. terj e .."uld be charged. For malt, meal, sugar, soap, , itioetlir:t rt.t;lope ,r.tohnenv, cotton, wool, ► leather, hides. See l (;:ry, b utchems ' meat, provisions, fruit, and tor ee.ne rate of per mile ; and for goods, l ihreli,_ t.cularased in the nd a: m a ltrc vegetables,ll i : c ° l t rh a se e l above, the sum owf wares, per a ton per mile Charge. For every - person con‘eyed, 2d. per mile, %s, etiri" b"rse, Ynule, &c,, not exceeding ten miles, the sum it. gd ! anti exceeding that distance, and under twenty miles, tt otty * e 4 , Url abov twenty miles, ss. 6d. ; and for every carriage, The amore than two tons, 6d per mile. gitie-.tteunve rates will undergo some amendments oft the re-con. ill:ell:I of tt e subject. l'ii t ~ m ease taken was that of z it , I `IRK and SCARBOROUGH RAILWAY DEVIATION. 4 44, 1 1 Hul'a and Poshl for this Bin. He said it was a t o eit to enable the and North Midland Railway Company yeti et York, line of the York and Scarborough .Railway, near the reel that Than!, W,as from the Great North of England Railway Compas.y. e 1 Lliference between the promoters and the Opponents was llaatter of crouing the Great North of England line. It was a ef cross great moment to the promoters, inasmuch as the point eeehl be g.the uttertr line drawn up by his clients was the one that tiee t „ .. 'heti w ' v antage.atid safety to the public. The oppo , - e„hte.r!"Posed that a crossiug should be made, at a great disa.,- lie, " and with considerable danger to the passengers en both ve,ell_.l-1e treated, that atter evidence which he would call, the itc.itte would declare that the preamble had been proved, fieN tcPbensori, the engiueer, was then called C , and his evide nce i ll e_ t oi:: out the argumeounsel. thee then vents of t h e Learnedjourned till twelve o'clock tomorrow, ..___________ f n -... Group V. V2Ontintied from our Afternoon Edition of yesterdAy.) . ceS:rouel Thorpe carrier between the towns on the proposed line the the thirty years, said that the traffic which would flow on to r 7 like would be ani.ually about' 253,140 tons, and the total lhgahtage w ould be nearly 62,000/. 01, t. HarleY, coach proprietor in Lincoln, returned the traffic of the coaches on the line at about 6 000/. and van traffic at 2,0001., greater I art of which Id 1.), b.° , bed by the intended line. ;a3'William Filkina, laceerna‘riv"Notteinagharrir —Thought that the rail. could be of the ut; importance to the trade of the town, triall.:iti.joaliurasiPtotviaercidanao lia'td,l.l.4turallY diminish the a lterations or fluctuations which bad of eitntirious to Nottingham. t o the disthtet, that the proposed linc would do a great deal of g residing near Nottingham—Was a malts o. e d r treTtle escarninalicn of the witness was proceeded with till four ucks when the Committee adjourned till to.morrow. _ Group G. To sg Group AND HANTS RAILWAY. toelvomumued. from our ..kfi ern°, /1 Edit I,ift SeNterdaY.) op. inquiry from vlr YORICR, Mr. Saunders stated , that on a 04-14,_`e Miles he thought that the charge ought to tx, higher . long line, such as that between London arid ilristol. 4113 P o int )14 I(o4ke divided the coreinittce4 QA t,i4 troduction of strangers, the Climatiati hithrilte that the Com mittee had agreed to an aintiiied clause which, instead of the Pre. Vious rates Submitted by them, enacted that the only increaseof charge should be one of 15 per cent. additional on all goods carried not further than one.half thedistance of the whole line. By another clause it was decided that the charges should be on the average of the charges made on the Great Western Railway, but that in no case should the charges be greater than the maximum stated in the previous clauses. Au objection was taken by the agent of the South-Western Railway to the clause which regulated thil, should any difference arise batween the Great Western Railway Company, and the corn. pany of the South. Western, respecting the junction of the Berks and Hants Railway. The guages of the too railways are different, and the South- Westeru Company were anxious to have the forma. tion of the junction under their own control, while the Great Western Company were anxious to make the junction a matter of mutual agreement; and should any .lifFerrnce of opinion arise, that the difference should be referred to the Board of Trade. The Committee conceived the latter plan to be the tairer of the two, and overruled the objection. By one of the clauses it was enacted that no Station should be made within less than three tnilei from Strathfitldsaye, without the consent of the Duke bf Wellington; but the distance was amended to five miles instead of three miles, and the alteration was adopted by the Committee. Ey other clauses all obstruction or injury to the Kennet and Avon Canal was obviated. The remaining clauses were then passed, and the Chairman signed the Bill. As the Chairman would have to report on a great many circumstances, Mr. Burke, the Parliamentary agent to the line, had prepared a report, comprising all the facts of the proposed railway, which he read to the Committee. This, after the intro tlbetion of a notice of the principle of a graduated charge according tQ distance, for the firbt time legally recognised by the Bill for the line, was approved, and received by the Committee for presentation to the House. This concluded the investigation bef►re the Select Committee, and it was agreed that the Bill should be reported accordingly'. THE SOUTHAMPTON AND DORCHESTER RAILWAY. The consideration of this Bil: was postponed till Wednesday morning. THE WILTS AND SOMERSET RAILWAY. Mr. SISHEAD appeared for the promoter. of the Bill, and stated that the opposition of Mr. Ainstey had been arranged. Mr. GREENWOOD appeared for the Somersetshire Canal Com pany, and proposed a clause for securing the interests of that Company. In doing this he alluded to the statements of Mr. Sly_ head, and the inquiries of Mr. Entwistle, which we noticed in our report when this railway was last before the Committee. The ground of opposition then taken to making the Radstock Branch was now abandoned, and the desire of the Canal Company was not, I herefore, to interrfere with the carriage of coal to the south and south-west, but to preserve the monopoly of the carriage of coal to the north and north-east. The preservation of this monopoly would preserve the property of about 120 shareholders, who held to the extent of 1,0001 and under, who were all people of small substance, without enhancing the charge to the public to any considerable extent. Mr. SLYHEAD thought that the Counsel for the Canal Company ought to have adduced some authority for his proposition, whereas there was not a single Act of Parliament which con tained such a clause. It was an unprecedented thing for any one to ask. There was no security whatever that these canal companies would not very largely increase their tolls. The same principle of public advantage which applied to the south and west, applied equally to the north and east. It would be introducing a precedent of great and injurious effect to the public interests. When the Great Western lip e was formed it came into direct competition with the Dartmouth and Bridgewater and with the Kennet and Avon Canals, and no such plea had then been set up. The CHAIRMAN here interrupted the Learned Counsel, and .tated that he thought it was impossible for the Committee to sanction any rue! , principle as this. Mr. Yortas agreeing in this view, the proposition was immediately withdrawn, and the Com ittee went into the clauses of the Bill. Th., rates of charge for the carriage of passengers and goods were preckely the s .me as those provided In the Bill fur the Beaks and Hants Railway. On reading the clause by which the Company proposed to take a power of increasing their charge for carrying goods less than ti e whole length of the line, Mr. Saunders stated that the length of the line from its junction with the Great Western Railway to Salisbury was thirty-eight miles, and to Weymouth seventy-fi Ye mil, s, but that the Company held these as one line, and in consideration of the distance, they conceived that this evra charge ought to be allowed. Considerable discus sion arose in the Committee, and Mr. Saunders was ex amined at considerable length, the result of his replies establishing the principle which he had avowed during the consideration of the Berks and Hants Railway. The c , tic:usion was that an increased charge of 5 per cent. was al lowed on all animals and goad carried not more than three-fourths of the length of the whole line ; 15 per cent. on those carried not further than one-half the whole length; and 25 per - cent. on those carried not further than one.four h of the whole length. Provisions were made for protecting the rights of the Duchy of Cornw ill, and the Kennet and Avon Canal, as arranged at the sitting last week. A clause for the protection of Mr. Ainstey's property was intro duced with that gentleman's consent. Provisions were also intro duced for saving any intrusion on the barracks at Fordington, near Dorchester, and the clauses were concluded. Mr. BURKE then read the rcport, which, atter it had been amended in some unimportant particulars by the suggestions of the Committee, was approved and adopted. The Bill was signed by the Chairman, who was instructed to present it to the House. Group X. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. (Continued front : ,, ur Afternoon Edition of yesterday) Captain Lawes, the manager of the Manchester and Leeds Rail. way, was called, and he stated that the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company and the Manchester and Leeds Company fre. quently carried manure. lie thought manure could be carried on the London and York line without inconvenience to the passengers. The witness was cross.examineet by Mr. HILDYLRD, to show that a manure depot at King's.cross would be a great nuisance. George Hunt, examined by Mr. Dexisox—He was a draper in Bedtbrd. He p..id 3/. Bs. a ton for goods for Manchester. He had not made any calculation of what the cost would be by a railway. Mr. Whitbread was called to speak to the general advantages of a railway to Bedford. The London at.d York was the most advan. tageous scheme Nat had yet been proposed. Mr. John Saville, a woolstapler at St. Neots, said he was in the hab.t. of buying large quantities of wool. He purchased it from various places within a distance of from twenty to thirty miles round St. Neots. The wool was sent principally to Yorkshire. The present cost 01 conveying it to the Yorkshire market was about 31. per ton. He sent it to Leicester, and from Leicester to York shire. if the London and Yotk Railway were formed, the cost would be U. 10s. Bd. Mr. John Day, brewer, of St. Ncots, was called, and examined by Mr. PAGET—The population of St. Neots was about 3,000 The London and York line, if carried out, would be of great ad vantage to the town. About 2,009,000 bricks were annually made in the town. These were all sent to London by the railway. A large quantity of draining tile was also made in the neighbourhood. The brick-yin els were situated immediately on the line of the pro posed railway. Cross-examined by Mr. TALBOT—Was not aware that draining tiles were sent to London. He had never heard that bricks were extensively sent by railways.. Mr. E. Geard said he was a draper at St. Neots. He got his goods principally from London. From Manchester the cost of the carriage of goods was 51. per ton, and to London 2/. per ton. If the railway were to be made from Manchester, the carriage would be about 30s. per ton. A great many rags were sent to St. Neots to make paper with. The paper roam& ctured at St. Neots was pr.ncipally sent to Lon don. About 400 tons of coal were used in the manufacture of paper. . . Air. J. Carrington stated that he was an ironmonger at St. Neots. He had been in business these thirty years. The means Cl transit, both north and south of the town. were very incon. The distance from Lotuon was fifty.six miles The preacot coach fare was U. inside; by ra;lvray it would be about 12s. The Committee were engaged up till four o'clock with similar evidence with respect to Huntingdon.—AdJourned till to-morrow. Group 0. GRAND JUNCTION POTTERIES LINE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. COCKBURN having replied, the parties were ordered to with draw. After an interval of some time, the parties were admitted. The CHAIRMAN informed them that they cansidered the pre amble of the Bill proved on the condition that certain clauses should be inserted in the Bill. Group E. NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK LINE. (Continuen from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Set geant WasNunSid then addressed the Committee tt; the effect that if, for she sake of the branches being made, the beet trunk line IS set aside, the most irretrievable injury would follow to the !Au tic The question was, whith of the two lines of which they had the plans would make the test trunk line. They were aware that there already existed a chain of railway communica tion between London and Edinburgh, passing through the western parts of England. By this chain the distance would not be more than 399 miles. -flee- Board •of Trade. in theirleptirt "ori the case state that the line of eastern communicatiou Is not many miles less than the western. He (Sergeant Wrangham) would prove that the eastern line would be the longest of the two. If the line recommended be adopted, the distance frem Edin burgh to .London, would be. 407 miles. It became then a matter of deep moment to the Committee to select the shortest, quickest, and cheapest mode of communication, and at the same time to retain to the eastern parts of the kingdom that advantage which it already possesses. His Learned Friend (Mr. Hiltlyard), in opening the case, bad stated that it was connected with the shortening of the line at the south side of Newcastle, and claimed credit for the fact of his line being ih conjunction with the former ; but he contended that no efficient improvement could be made. The real title to be adopted was, to run the'straUlit course which had been once sanctioned by Parliament, and had bei.n laid down by the (treat North of England Company, and which abrldeed the distance between Durham and Newcastle by tio Ices than seven miles. If the NeWcastle and Berwick line be adopted, the other Could never be tarried out, as it would be directly opposed to their interests. If the improVed line of railway called the Northumberland line, which was now before the Committee, and denoted by the yellow line in the map, be adopted, they would have a great saving both at the north and south sides of Newcastle, The Committee had the best security for the advantage of the scheme of which he was the advocate. If the Northumbeland line be adopted, the direct line through Durham must pay, as a matter of mutt*. On the line which he advocated there would be no lifeelerossings, as on the other, which would be at the expense of paying 501. a year to 64 watchmen. The distance from Gateshead to Berwick, according to the proposed line from Newcastle to Bert:lett, would be 67 miles, whereas the other line evtatld shorten it by three miles and a halt, by making It only sixty-three miles. The Committee should consider the importance of such line as resettled the different modes of traction, one bolo atmos pheric and the other locomotive. He was surprised that the Board of Trade, in their report bn atmospheric railways, did hot seem to consider it-en important gradient after the suceessful dt. periment at Dalkey. The Learned totintel then entered into the superior merits of the tttaospheric line, which he advocated. The toss tit' power on the atmospheric line to acquire Acceleration, he contended, was nothitle, whervete 'ht. loss of power cn a locomotive line was ehritirioUs. He t::sti quoted from Mr. Stephenson's eildence betote the Board of Trade to show that the more frequent the trains on an iteenteherß: line. the less would be the loss of yowele if It be their interest to have a number of trains, It tttuSt be their interest to carry the public at as high d rate of speed and as low a rate of fare as they possibly could arrive at. At what cost would they propose to carry the public I' The. proposed to have a gteater number of carriages and a greater speed. The speed on the Meth. motive line was to average two hours and a half, dnd they pros posed on the atmospheric tine to carry them froth Istewcastie to Berwick in one hour and a half on alt average. Now as to cheap. Hess, the locomotive line proposed to carry first-class paSsengeri fok b i a n e g the uin ea accord aliiridopthiritridoniteacto: I Cis 6d.—on this atmospheric line they would carry the," ter e e il d u c that cior tl 'o e u re ld co b u e l made t aeirt.mre favours Pa ll rn e ti b " clie i v upportunify for confirming the success of the wupt 41..mel3tits already tried, and manifesting its advantages to the I ut if it were thrown out it would be suppressed, and the .public would lose the benefit of it for settle time. They had an op portunity which, if once neglected, would not be recalled. It was said that this was a Mere experiment, and that that should v be a bar to its t r i a l ; but surely they had had time to see the ad ten ages of the D a l key line. lie then aL wl uded to Mr. Stepheonvi d t ence, given i n 1825, with regard to the velocity of locomotive engines, • when h e elated that eigh t m il es an hour would b speed which it "uld be impossibl e t o arrive at. It was rat her too late in the day to treat this as an experiment, Ito ' • an d pat rude as ouch fau of II Op a te wog in it. 924 e: - _ nbrity, and not to allow them to enter into collie:Rion with the locomotive system. He trusted that tt e Committee would not treat this as an experiment, but that they would listen to the evidence of the engineers whom he would call, and judge from that evidente whether it be not yraved to their satisfaction to be a practical benefit, and whether the evidence be such as to satisfy the Committee that they should pass the preamble of this Bill, by which alone a great benefit would be carried out, and by which the foundation will be made for extending over the rest of the kingdoba the benefits of a system of cheaper and more rapid communication than any *MO had as yet been investigated. Mr. Samuda being first called, stated on examination that in 1839 he and his father laid down a half-mile of atmospheric rail way at Wormwood Scrubs, and worked it successfully. In 1842 an arrangement was entered into between the Government and themselves to lay down a line of la mile in length, from Kingstown to Dalkey. Dalkey was 71 feet higher than Kingstown. It was constructed with a steam-engine fixed at the upper end of the line, and a connexion between that steam-engine and the pipes, which were used for the purposes of exhaustion. Not having the Parliamentary power to select the most convenient place of erect ing the steam engine, they were obliged to extend the place fur the engine house to the upper extremity of the line, at the distance of about one-third of a mile from the spot that would be most fa. vourable. The witness then entered into an interesting detail connected with the Dalkey and Kingston Atmospheric Railway. He estimated that the atmospheric pipe on the Newcastle and Berwick line would cost 4,3001. per mile. The electric telegraph would be about 2001. per mile. The cost of a pipe per mile, would, with the tele graph, amount to 4,500/. They would undertake to take the mail trains from Newcastle to Berwick in one hour and ten minutes. The ordinary trains would travel at the speed of forty miles an tour. By the nature of the arrangements there could be no collision, for no two trains could come in opposite directions on the same tube. There would be no annoyance from fire or sparks, or blow ing •off of the steam. It would give to the public a much more commodions and pleasant mode of conveyance than could be arrived at by the locomotive system. It presented a great ad ran tags with respect to surmounting steep gradients. A locomotive system had to subdivide its powers, one portion for itself and the other for the train, which would be useless. There would not be such a loss of power on the atmospheric plan. The examining Counsel having intimated that this evidence would occupy some hours, the Committee adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ( YESTERDAY. ) CLERICENWELL. Edward James Sale, a bootniaker, living at No. 9, Graham's buildings, Freerston's-alley, St. Luke's, was charged with stabbing Mary, his wife, whereby her life is in imminent danger. The prisoner, who trembled violently on being placed in the dock, was undefended. He is apparently between 30 and 40 years of age ; he was ragged and filthy in his dress, and dissipated in his look. Police-sergeant James Brennan, 20 G, deposed as fol . lows :—Ye-st7erday, at three o'clock, p.m , I was in the Featherstone street station-house, a man came there ;rid told me that a woman had been stabbed in Graham's buildings. I hastened thither, and in a room on the second floor, I saw a woman supported on a chair by two females. She was speechless. On the floor befote her was a pool of blood, about a pint, and on the table was a knife wet with blood. (The constable produced the knife, the blade of which was stained with blood almost to the hilt.) There were three men in the room, two of whom, named Bolton and Paulson, were drunk. The prisoner was not drunk. He seemed greatly ex cited and agitated. He might have been drinking. When I went in a surgeon's assistant, who had dressed the wound, was leaving it. I sent forthwith for Mr. Leeson, the police surgeon. The wcman seemed in a state of collapse, but groaned occasionally. I told the prisoner " You must consider yourself in my custody for stabbing your wife." He semed greatly excited and distressed, and replied, " Oh dear, oh dear, I did, and lam very sorry for it." Bolton exclaimed, " You flung the knife at her." The prisoner said " Yes." She was removed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. I took up the bloody ki.ife, and holding it in my hand, Said, " Here is the knife, I believe, with which the wound was inflicted." The prisoner made no reply. When the surgeon came, I saw the wound, which is on the left breast. When the surgeon removed the lint the wound began to bleed afresh. She was then conveyed to the hospital. The sergeant produced the following certificate., from Mr. Reid, surgeon at the hospital : " This is to certify that Mary Sale was admitted into St. Bartholomew's Hospital on the 4$ t instant, with a wound on the upper part of her chest, which has perfoi ated the left lung, and that she still continues in a very precarious state." _ _ The prisoner was here about to say something, but was directed to "keep quiet" by an officer of the Court. It will be remarked that when called upon afterwards he declined to sav anything. William Bolton deposed that he was in the room at the time the occurrence took place. He 14as not very drunk at the time. The prisoner was his relative. They were taking their tea when the prisoner and his wife quarrelled. She called him very . .bad =trues. Mr. G nEENwooo—What names ? The witness, after some hesitation, said she called him a " nincompoop." He "chucked " the knife at her, and it entered her left breast. Prisoner—What he says is true. Witness adiltd—lt was the prisoner who first fetched a surgeon. Ayre Pattison, the other man who was in the room at the time, corroborated the above evidence. Mr. G REEN*OOD, after giving the usual caution, asked the prisoner if he wished to say anything ? Prisoner— I will say nothing. Mr. GREEN WOOD—I will remand you until Saturday. Sergeant Brennan said there was no hope of the woman's living until then. The prisoner was then committed. George Underwood alias Richard Baker, dressed in naval uniform, was charged with stealing, from the house of Mrs. Francis Stewart, of High-street, Putney, pawn broker, 431. 6s. in gold and silver; also with burglariously entering her house and robbing it of twenty-three gold rings, four watches, gold seals and studs, three pair of silver sugar tongs, silver spoons, and other articles of plate. It appeared that, on the 15th ult., the prisoner, who was an articled clerk to the prosecutrix, absconded, and on the same evening the money was missed. He was remanded. LITERARY ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF POLAND. The thirteenth anniversary meeting of this Associa tion took place on Saturday at their chambers, Duke street, St. James's. The attendance was numerous and respectable. Among the gentlemen present we observed Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, Lord Kinnaird, Lord Robert Grosvenor, the Honourable Colonel Leicester Stanhope, Mr. Monkton Milnes, M.P. ; Mr. Denison, M.P. ; J. Abel Smith, Esq., M.P.; Mr. W. Williams, M.P. ; Samuel Rogers, Esq. ; Summers Har ford, Esq. ; Captain Townshend, R.N. ; Mr. R. Yorke, M.P. ; F. Pigou, Esq. ; Slingsby Duncomhe, Esq. ; G. A. Young, Esq. ; Seymour Westmacott, Esq. ; P. 11. Min, Esq. ; Rev. Dr. Worthington; Joseph Soynbee, 1t1.q.; J. Bowyer, E•q.. &c. Lord DUDLEY STUART was unanimously voted into the their. The business was commenced by the Noble Chairman reading letters from the president of the association, T. Wentworth Beaumont, Esq., from the Duke of Suther land, the Marquis of Northampton, and from Mr. Wil son Patten, M.P., all expressing regret at being un avoidably absent from the meeting, but wishing every prosperity to the cause in the promotion of which it was assembled. The Ilononrable Secretary, Mr. tiumex, then read the annual report; which we regret that the demands upon our space enable us to do little else than to allude to. It detailed the principal events of Polish interest which had occurred duritie the past year; alluded to the visit of the Emperor of Russia; the Polish ball which took place then; the arrest of the Count Ostrowski; t;:e seizure of his effects, and the opening of his letters. It detailed the refusal of thecouncil to accept the pecuniary aid offered by the Czar, and paid a well-earned tribute to the tntinory of the late Thornae Campbell. The report went on to congratulate the association upon the general PYCCilent conduct of the re fugees; alluded to various works connected with Polish history, now in the course of preparation; referred to many Polish gentlemen distinguishing themselves by literary and artistic ability,—expressed the thanks of the w;sociation to many of its officers, contributors, and" friends ; and announced that another Polish ball would - take place at Willis's Rooms on the 13th of June; gratefully acknowledged the liberality of the artists who contributed their services to the concert which formed part of the entertainments at the last ball at the Guildhall; and concluded by expressing the con viction of the council, that the restoration of Poland to its former integrity and independence must ultimately take place. The zeport, which was often warmly applauded, was then received and adopted. A series of resulutious expressive of the gratitude of the Association for services rendered during the last year to the gauge of Poland by many itoble and distill= guished persons, including her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and several other members of the aristocracy; to the Mayor and Cerporation of the City; and to the dr/ides who had contributed gratuitous assist ance to the Association, at their ball and concert; were then successively proposed; and carried by acclamation: The usutil kthitibe business of the ASsodiation was then proceeded with. Five new members of the council were -named in place of five, who,, by the rules of the Association, annuall i e withdre*i Wentworth Beall mot% 1 q., Was re-elected president; and Lord Dudley Stuart, Lord Panmurei the Earl of Scarborough; and the Marquis of Breadalbane, Were re-elected viee-presidents. Lord Doixer S'ttiAief, at the conclusion of the regua lar business of the meeting, addressed the gentlemen present in a long and eloquent, speech ; commenting upo n the report *JIM they had heard fetid ; upon tie eir ctitn'Atalices electing Poland, which bad occurred since their last gerferal meeting; and Upon the present condi thin and atrial° Pfesperity at their &Übe. The noble Laid aPressed his pleasure at the numerous assemblage of the friends of Poland ho saw around him ; and stated his conviction that such meetings as the pTeSent i etn bracing as they did fl,l shades . or political opinion, c ou ld not be without its effect in awvaneing the cause they all had So deeply at heart► 11e expressed his gratitude to the medical offietrg or the Association for their valuable and gratuitous services, and also took an opportunity acknowledging the efforts of those gentlemen who in terest themselves in procuring employment for the re fugees. This was a species of aid which the Association valued still higher than pecuniary contributions, and he knew that the Poles themselves much preferred being v put in the way of ga inin g a subsistence b y honourable The Noble Lord proceeded to charac i—tnerdClsiseetra- ays: to living upon the mere generosity of oth e rs. in-ar.) most exemplary the conduct of the great body of the refugees resident in this country. Upwards of 500 of them had now been in England for thirteen or fourteen years, and during that long period no offence of a serious nature ha d been committed b y an y on e of them. —(Hear, bear.) The efforts which had entirely ly madefail failed. The Noble Lord in the connexion characterw i with thethe Polish events refugees, the past h a y d ear, to bla c k en detailed at tenth the cue of Count istrowski, already alluded to in the report, adding the higlr:st eulogium upon that pntletnates conduct and character. After alluding to the great Polish ball of last summer, and the spirited conduct of the ladies pa tronesses, in refusing to postpone it on account of the Emperor's visit, lie detailed the motives which had in fluenced him in counselling the refusal of the Czar's proifrred pecuniary assistance, observing that the Poles had honour to preserve as well as lives to main tain. The Noble Lord proceeded to comment upon the continued oppressive policy of Russia towards -Poland— insancing the prohibition of the temperance societies of that country, and the unrelenting persecution of the Polish Jew;. lie remarked also upon the continued attempted aggression of the autocrat 'lron Circassia, and concluded by an impassioned declaration of his sympathies with Poland, and his fixed determination never to relax his endeavours in her cause until their efforts should hare been at length crowned with success.—(Cheers.) Colonel Szyrma, the Chevalier de Wiercinski, and M. Kezmin, also addressed the meeting, in short but feel ing and energetic speeches, breathing their gratitude to the Noble Lord, x ho had done so much for Poland, and expressing their confident hopes of the ultimate restora tion of their country, and the triumph of their cause. After a vote of thanks had been passed to Lord Dudley Stuart, for his conduct in the chair, and to Mr. Birbeck, the Honorary Secretary, and duly responded to by both of these gentlemen, the meeting separated at half past six o'clock. • WEST IN DIES. SOUTHAMPON, MAY 5. The Clyde, Captain Symonds, arrived at half-past nine, P. M., bringing the malls from Tampico to March 26 ; Vera Cruz, April 2 ; Havannah, April 10 ; Honduras, March 20 ; Jamaica, April 8 ; Demerara, April 4 ; Trinidad, April 5 ; Barbadoes, April 8 ; Grenada, April 10 ; St. Thomas's, April 15; La Guayra, April 3 ; Bermuda, April 20. . _ On Freight-486,635 dollars, 176/. British coin, 150 oz. gold dust, 691 oz. of silver, 93 serons of cochineal, 13 serons of jalap, 300 oz. of plata brueta. She also brings 72 passengers and 13 invalids, amongst whom are—His Excellency P. P. de Oliver, from Vera Cruz, Spanish Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Mexico ; the Hon. Mr. Dakin, Speaker of the House of Assembly at St. Vincent; the lion. Mr. Claxton, Attorney-General at St. Kitt's. The Ex. President General Santa Anna was still imprisoned in the fortress of San Carlos de Perote. Two of the ministers of the Supreme Court of Justice had been down there to take his deposi- tion, and had returned to Mexico after executing their commis sion. The general opinion in the city was that he would be con. demned to death, but that the sentence would not be carried into effect, and in lieu of it he would be banished the country for ever. All his property had been sequestrated by the Government, and will probably be confiscated, with the exception of the estate Manga de Clavo, near Vera Cruz, which was bought with the dowry of his former wife, and t►elonga ,to his children. It is believed that the present Government cannot hold out long, and that the old federal party will get into power. Comer Ferias, formerly President, and who had been banished for some years, has returned to the country, and may probably be elevated to the Presidency. SUMMARY D OF MEWS AN publtt Optitton. " Who runs may read." TOILEIGN. The French Court, it is understood, will leave the Tuileries next week for Neuilly, where they will reside for the season. The Commerce says, M. Guisot's duties of office are distributed among three substitutes, General Sebastiani, holds levees, M. De Barante does the laborious work, and AS. Duchatel signs documents. The Overland Mail brings news from Bombay to the Ist of April, China to the 7th of February, Calcutta to the 21st, and Madras to the 23d of March, , The expedition commanded by Sir Charles Napier, against the refractory tribes on the borders of Sinde, has been completely suc cessful. The confusion in the Punjaub is greater than ever, and the Bri. tish troops, which have assembled in large numbers in the neigh bourhood of Ferozepore, will probably be invited to interfere to re. store order and drive back Akbar Khan, who threatens Peshawur. The Grand Council of Berne, on the 28th ult., voted an indemnity of 105,000 francs to be paid to Lucerne for the Bernese prisoners, who are still in the power of that canton. The Grand Council of Argovia had also voted not only in favour of an indemnity of 300,000 francs to Lucerne for their GOO prisoners, but an amnesty for all political offences committed by the Catholic party in Argovia in 1841, on account of which many persons were still under punish ment or in banishment. IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN T. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 5. ' Their Lordships met at Five o'ClOck. Earl FITZWILLIAM presented petitions from Bing ley and other places against the sale of spirits on the Lord's day. Lord COTTENHAM presented a petition from 200 tradesmen of Bristol against the Act which abolishes im prisonment for debt under 201. Lord MONTEAGLE presented petitions from Cam bridge against the Maynooth grant. Lord FAVERSHAM presented petitions from York shire ag ainst the grant. Lord BROUGHAM presented petitions to the same effect ; also petitions against the Act which prohibits the imprisonment for debt or debts under 201. Lord MONTEAGLE wished to put a question to the Noble Duke opposite on a very important subject, of which he had given notice. He wished to know from the Noble Duke opposite, whether it was the intention of the Government to introduce a measure into Parliament for the renewing of the Usury Laws ? The Duke of WELLINGTON said it wa , the inten tion of the Government to propose such a Bill during the present session. The Earl of WINCHILSEA presented petitions from different parts of Yorkshire, and also from Leamington Priors, in Warwickshire, against any further grant to the C ollege of Maynooth. The Duke of RICHMOND presented 169 petitions from different parts of the country, praying their Lord ships in any reduction of taxation not to lose sight of the agricultural interest. The Noble Duke also pre sented a petition against the Customs Bill. The Earl of St. GERMANS presented a petition from Cornwall against any further grant to the College of Maynooth. • f a7i- .. v PRIVY COUNCIL. The Earl of RIPON moved the second reading of the Privy Council Appellate Jurisdiction Act Amend ment Bill. Lord BROUGHAM thought that the East India Company were entitled to the highest credit for their desire to promote the ends of justice. They were ready to spend 40,0001. or 50,0001. for improving the appeals from the native tribunals. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE thought some means should be taken for making known these alterations to the natives and the tribunals of India. and it would be well, if the interests of the people of India were to be so largely affected, that every portion of the subject should be well inquired into. The Earl of RIPON said that he proposed to defer the operation of this Bill until the Ist October in the present year, but, if that were not sufficient time, he was quite ready to extend the period. Lord CAMPBELL suggested that it would be just as right for Government to defray the whole of the costs of appeals from Scotland, as to take the expense of those appeals upon its shoulders, and he thought it would be better that another Court should be established to con sider those appeals. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH had understood that these appeals were heard before a Committee of the Privy Council, and he thought it was strange that no one acquainted with India was a Member of that Council. Lord BROUGHAM explained, that though none of the judges were persons who had been in India, yet the Privy Council had the advantage of such persons in the capacity of assessors. The Bill was then read a second time. AUCTION DUTIES BILL. On the motion for the second reading of the Bill for the remission of the auction duties. The Duke of RICHMOND said that he should move that this Bill go into Committee this day six months, on the ground that it was uncalled for by the country and injurious to the agricultural interests. The Government, by their late measures, had brought distress upon the agricultural interests, and he should like to know how the farmer was to go on, if they continued removing the trifling protection he already possessed. When he asked for a repeal of the Malt Tax, the Minister said it was impossible to zet a revenue sufficient to make up for it; and when the Minister was asked to contribute 300,0001. or 400,000/. to the county rates, he turned round and said it would be of no use to the agricultural interest. Thus, on the one hand, it was too little; and on the other hand it was too touch. The landed inte rest had to pay for the maintenance of every prisoner taken upon the land, and to pay for half his prosecution at the sessions or the assizes. Now, he should like to know upon what principle these charges were inflicted on the agricultural interest. Again, they had to pay for the support of clergymen in every parish, and yet the Government compelled them to provide a chaplain for all their gaols and workhouses. Now, be should like to know what the manufacturing interest could say to this extent. They had to maintain the wives and children of prisoners, and when they were transported, if the prisoner had any property it went to the Crown, and not to the county rate ; and, on the other hand, if there were any recognisances forfeited the Crown received the penalty. Now, he should like to ask their Lordships, whether it was right that the agricultural interest should bear all the loss, while the Crown received all the profit? Now, he would propose that Government should pay half of the county rate, and contribute at the same time from 20 to 50 per cent. to the poor-rates of the country. It was not fair that the whole of the expense should be inflicted on one party, and to establish that principle he would move that the Bill be committed that day six months. The Earl of DALHOUSIE said the auction duty was a most demoralising tax, and frequently led to the com mission of perjury. It was one, too, which pressed most severely npon the poor, while at the same time it was a convenience to the rich. The poor man was obliged to pay the duty, but the rich man resorted to an auction to ascertain the value of his property, and then sold it by private contract. Now, let their Lord shipa add to these considerations the fact, that the tax was one of an entirely unproductive character, and he was sure the House would be ready to admit with him that Government was not to blame in seeking to remove it. He considered that the present was a tax which the Government was bound to do away with, and they had brought forward this measure for the purpose of doing so, on the grounds he bad stated. He would not retort on his Noble Friend, because he did not wish any bitter ness of spirit to be introduced in the measure. He was more anxious to prove to his Noble Friend that the attacks he had made on the Government were unfounded, than to retort upon him. He de fied his Noble Friend to show what were the articles in the tariff that had produced the results to which he had alluded. The Canada Corn Bill was not one of those measures that had been productive of the evils to which his Noble Friend bad alluded. The importation of live stock could not have produced such an effect, for what was that importation? About 4,0001b5., which was but a small quantity compared with the con sumption of this country. The quantity of meat con sumed in this country was no less than 234,248,0001 b. per annum, while the importation was only about 3,800,0001 b. ; was, it therefore, possible that they could have the effect of driving people to a workhouse, or producing the evils which had been alluded to. Then with respect to timber, he defied his Noble Friend to say that the reduction of the duty on that article had not been productive of great benefit to the consumer of that article. Then, again, the reduction of the duty on cot ton ; was not that of importance, he would ask, to the agriculturist?—(Hear, hear.) Then, with respect to coffee ; was it to be said that that was not an article of great consumption among the agriculturists ? And, if it was so, could it be said that the reduction of the duty on that article was not a great boon ?—(Hear, hear.) What was the fact? Why, the duly on that article, in the first instance, was 16d., fom that it had been reduced to Bd., then to 6d., and lastly, to 4d.—(Hear, hear)—on colonial coffee. Then with respect to sugar ; had not a great benefit been conferred on agriculture by the re duction of the duty on that. article ?—(Hear hear.) And the same observation might be made with repect to glass. The Duke of RICHMOND—We do not grow glass, but we do timber.—( Laughter. ) The Earl of DALHOUSIE said, that his Noble Friend might joke, bat notwithstanding that, he should not be deterred from his assertion, that the reduction of the duty on glass had been of great benefit to the agricultural interest. There were other classes who were not in a condition to object to the im position of these duties whose case was equally hard with that of those to whom his Noble Friend had alludel, and who might bring the very same objectidn. But he was bound to maintain that the tariff had been instrumental net only in promoting commercial prosperity, but also in improving the condition of the agricultural classes ; and if a discussion were to be raised on the several items of the schedule, he was prepared to defend every one of them, and to show that the agricultural classes had not been neglected by the Government. The Earl of MALMESBURY said that, unwilling as he was to intrude upon the attention of the House, he could not refrain from accepting the challenge which the Noble Lord had just thrown out. He would not descend into particulars, but be would beg to draw the memory of his Noble Friend back for a period of three years. it would be recollected what were the principles upon which the present Govern ment began their reign, and what the expectations were which the country had formed on their first taking office. Three years ago they were told that the burden of the income tax would be unfelt because the remission of duties upon other articles would so decrease expenditure. There was another subject to which be thought it necessary to allude. The re mission of duties on timber had been classed with the remis sion of duties on glass. The agriculturists might be benefited in some small indirect way, but that benefit would be very largely exceeded by the injury which they would have to en dure by the competition of foreign timber without our own. Lord MONTEAGLE must say a few words, for if the Noble Duke on the cross benches should divide the House, he felt bound to go out with him , though he shoul d vote on different grounds to those which the Noble Duke bad assigned. The auction duty was about to be remitted, not only without any pressure from without, but in the absence of all complaint. . It was a duty not diminishing, or likely to diminish, for, d rn y er:rig the last ten years, it had increase d 50,000/. The Go e : ment had calculated upon erroneo us data for their surplu s . That surplus was only about 150,f 001 ., a n d grounded o m n the lt assumption that the sugar duties would bring a large su . was expected that the gr eatest bulk of sugar would be in troduced at the highest dut y , and wou ld amount in quantity to 365,000 cwt. ; but the contrary was the fact, for by a table now upon thei r Lordshi p s' House it appeared that the sugar brought in was of the lower 'qualities . , and the quantity was not more than 2,283 tons, making a difference of nearl y 300,000/. a year in the duty it would yield. His objection to this measure was that they were parting with this revenue at a time that they could but ill afford it, and he begged the House to observe that he did not agree with the Noble Duke who had moved an amendment, because he was far from think ing the agricultural interest had any just right to complain of the Government. There was nothing in the conduct of the Government calculated to injure that interest; and be was therefore somewhat surprised to hear the remarks which fell from the lips of the Noble Duke. He was prepared to contend that all the former measures of the Government, which the Noble Duke alleged inflicted evil on the agricul tural interest, had, on the contrary, a tendency to improve it. The Canada Corn Bill, which was one of the most important of those measures, had certainly lowered the price of wheat in this country ; but this fact was no proof that it had inflicted injury on the agricultural inteiest. ..Then, on the • other hand, • instead of that interest; h aving been neglected, Parliament had always evinced a o nerous des re to entertain any propeti6i,o4 of a practical nature, which was calculated to improve or relieve that in terest. For instances the duty, some short time ago, was taken off the leather consumed in making shoes for agricultu ral labourers, while the tax"s were removed from all horses, carts, and dogs used for agricultural purposes. The Noble Duke had asked, why the manufacturing interest was not taxed to the same extent as the agricultural ? Now, in his opinion, it would be more wise in the supporters of the agriculturist to seek for a removal of the burdens imposed on manufacturers, instead of calling upon Parliament to augment them. The best customer of the agriculturist was the manufacturer; and their Lordships might depend upon it, the consumer of agricul tural produce had more right to complain of unjust taxation than the producer. On these grounds he should vote for the amend ment. Before he sat down, however, there was another point which he wished to bring under their Lordships' consideration. The income-tax was introduced in a time of exigence, and it was, therefore, thought advisable that her Majesty should con tribute to it. Now, as that time of exigency had passed, he thought the Sovereign ought not to be called upon to pay either the income or property-tax. The Earl of WINCHILSEA said the auction duties had frequently led to the commission of fraud, and on that account he was glad to see the Government were about to remove them. He did not altogether agree with his Noble Friend that the pre sent measures of the Government would be of no advantage to the agricultural interest. In his opinion, the removal of the duty on glass would prove a source of great benefit to the agriculturist. Lord STANLEY said great misapprehension existed on the effect of the import duties, and to prove his assertion, he begged to call the attention of their Lordships to the following facts : In 1843 the quantity of salt pork imported into this country was 7,600 cwt., and in 1844 it was !,090. In 1843 the quan tity of beef imported was 3,400 cwt., and in 1844, 999 cwt. In 1843 the quantity of bacon was 2,006 cwt., and in 1844 it was 280 cwt. Lord BEAUMONT declared his intention to support the measure, because he believed the varying and changeable cha racter of the auction duties led not only to great inconve nience, but to the committal of immense fraud. The Marquis of NORMANRY, as he understood the Noble Duke intended to take the sense of the House on the question, wished to statethat he should vote with him, not because he objected altogether to the measure, but on the ground that these reductions in taxation were calculated to render the in come-tax perpetual. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and their Lord ships divided, when there a; eared— "' " Contents Non-Contents Majority —ls The Bill then went through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time. '` _ vetnent .71tatligr AND POLIC3I. At Guildhall John Glover was reexamined before Aldermen. Humpbery, Kelly, and Johnson, upon an information exhibited by the Solicitor of the Customs for assisting and being concerned in carrying and conveying thirty-five pounds of tobacco, unshipped from a vessel, customs and other..duties not beifig first paid, whereby he had forfeited 1001. After a lengthened investigation the Aldermen inflicted a fine of 1001. At Lambeth, Edward Armstrong, a mechanic, was charged with deserting his wife and three children, and leaving them chargeable to Lambeth parish. He was committed to prison for fourteen days' hard labour. William Ferguson, who has been before committed from Queen square for annoying the Hon. R. - Fitzgibbon, was charged with repeating the offence. Mr. Bond said that there was not the slightest excuse for defendant's conduct, in continually annoying Colonel Fitzgibbon in this way. He must call upon defendant to enter into his own recognisances of 201., and one respectable per son in 101., to keep the peace towards complainant for the next three months.—Defendant was then locked up. COURT—FASELION4I.III.2I. The Archbishop of Dublin and family have left town for a short sojourn at Tunbridge Wells. The Earl of Harrowby continues in rather a feeble state of health. The Nob.e Earl was well enough yesterday to take a carriage airing. Lady Augusta Fitzclarence and Miss Frederica Fitzclarence have left the Burlington Hotel, and taken possession of their new residence in Arlington-street. Earl and Countess Amherst are passing the season at Knowle park, near Sevenoaks. Viscount and Viscountess Holmesdale and family are expected at the Noble Earl's mansion, in Grosvenor. street, in the course of the ensuing week, from Montreal, Kent. The Earl of Glasgow has left town for the north. Lieut. Howard Featherstonhaugh, Aide de Camp to his Excel. lency Lord Heytesbury, has arrived at the Army and Navy Club St. James's -square, from Dublin. The Earl of Clancarty has left town for his seat, Garbally-Park, near Ballinasloe. ---- Viscount St. Vincent has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, from his seat in Staffordshire. Sir George Warrender has taken a mansion in Upper Berkeley street, for the season. - - • fitting eut at Lymington for s ummer cru i s ing. The Earl of Cardigan's new purchase, the Reindeer ya cht, is Prince Albert some unique and MISCEI.I.AZSTEOI7III. A deputation from the operative jewellers of Birmingham has arrived in town for the purpose ofand craftsmanship in that department of mechanical art. The articles intended for the Queen consist of an armlet, a brooch, a pair of ear-drops, and a cestus buckle; those for Prince Albert presenting elegant specimens to her Majesty of cu nning consist of a watch.chain, seal, and key. These peerless Woltz are of great value, not so much in respect to the gold and gems of which they are composed as for the artistic skill that produced them. These rare specimens of B r i tish ingenu ity will be accompanied by respectful and loyal addresses, setting forth th e g rounds upon which they are respectfully offered. The artists pray tha t her Ma jesty may graciously be pl eased to accep t a nd wear these humb l e offerings, as the exampl e t h us set b y th e Sovereign may p romote the revival of this bran c h o f native industry, now in a de p ressed condition; while it is h o p e d t hat the patronag e bestowed upon the fine arts by the Prince 0 assort may be exten ded to that higher branch of mechanical ar t. I n the execu tion of these el e g ant or naments, 22 different t ra d es were em ployed. Shortly after midnight on W e dnesday last a fire was dis covered raging in th e h ouse o f Mr. Payne, a b aker in Faversham, and in an adjoining house occupied by a person named Sims. On an alarm being g iven, the occupants of both houses were speedily got out, but a servant girl of Mr. Payne, it appears, had returned' to the house for something to cover her, and was suffocated by the smoke. The body was found in the morning but slightly burned. Upon inquiries being Made by the agent for the insurance companies, and other official persons, Sims, the occupant of the house adjoining that of Mr. Payne, was taken into custody on a charge of setting fire to the premises. A coroner's inquest was held yesterday on the body of the servant girl, and was adjourned for further evidence. The grand dress morning performance, which Is announced to take place on the 19th inst., in favour of the distressed needle. women, is likely to be attended with complete success. Amongst the patronesses are their Graces the Duchesses of Norfolk, Su. therland, and Bedford; as also the Marchioness of Abercorn, the Countesses of Sefton and Kenuiare, and the Ladies Aylmer, Stanley, Campbell, &c. The following is the answer of Mr. Macaulay to another remon. strance from some of his constituents against his vote on the May. nooth Bill :—" I have no apologies or retractations to make. I have done what I believed, and beli eve, to be right. I have op posed myself manfully to a great popular delusion. I shall continue to do so. I knew from the first what the penalty was; and I shall cheerfully pay it." Yesterday the sale of the fifth portion of the library of the late Duke of guises, after lasting twelve days, was concluded at Messrs. Evans' rooms in Pall-mall. The number of lots disposed of was 2,956. The sum they realised amounted to near 2,5001. The siKth and concluding portion of the sale will shortly take place. The General Steam Navigation Company's favourite maii.packet Princess Royal, Captain Gibbs, which arrived in the river yester. day from Hamburgh, accomplished the passage in a little above fifty hours, against a head wind and heavy sea. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXVonb, MAY 2.—ln a Convocation holden this day, the Rev. Carter Hall, M.A., of Trinity College, Dublin, was ad mitted ad eundem. In a Congregation holden at the same time, the following degrees were conferred s Masters _ Masters of Arts--Edmond Peel, Brase nose , Grand Corn under ; Godfrey Meynell, Brasenose ; Rev. John Wallas, a' aeta ; a ; B e y. John Merry, Queen's ; Rev. Philip Chabert Kidd, Christ Church; William Latham Bevan, Magdalene Hall; James Bateman, Magdalene; Rev. James Peers Tweed, Fellow of Exeter; Rev. John Francis Kitson, Exeter; Martin k l e, C s ol t le i e dmund Hall; Thomas Joseph Itotith, Scholar of Pembroke; Rev. Edwaid Hutton Burnett, Merton. ; Charles Spackman, Bachelors of Arts—William J. Evelyn, Balliol College, Grand Compounder; Edward M. Evans, University Col lege, G ran d Compounder; il. J o a_mes Barmby, University Col- Hanbtny, St. Edmund Hall ; Samuel Thomas Brandram, Wadham College ; William De Lane Y West, St. John's ; Henry John Ball, St. Johns ; Gleorge John Blomfield, I N eg e e w ; IJnanmesß Hall ; idncleolble, EXeter ; John Henry Brookes, Brasenose ; Joseph W. Bar low, Brasenose ; Edmund Swetenham, Brasenose ; Asherton Pownall, Brasenose. Tindal Turner, This day Edward _ 8.A., Scholar of Trinity College, was elected Fellow of . Brasenose College. rt i3a lla l The Public Examination, in Disciplinis Mathematicis et .Physicis, will commence or!, the 19th of May. The Exa miners are G. F. Donkin , I' 4 sq:, M.A., o f U n i vers i ty Col lege; the Rev. H. Pocock,_M.A., Fellow of Quee n ' s Col lege ; and the RCA% Henry Reynolds, 8.D., Fellow of Jesus College. Convoc • DußnAlr, mit . I.—At a Convocation holden on Tuesday last, the following persons Were presented and admitted ad eundem : Masters of Arts—The Rev. John Clarke Di xon , U n i vers ity ev. Samuel Herbert Hawkins, Jesus College, Oxford; the R College, Oxford. Baker Tristram Bachelor of Arts—Hen r y , Lincoln College, Oxford. Prideaux Selby, MA, of St. Johns, Cambridge, was ad mitted ad eundem, by cote of the house. THE BRANCH RAILROAD TO G UlLDFORD.—Yester day morning a train started from t . he terminus of the Southampton Railway, at Nine EIMS, conta ining the Directors and their friends, and opened the branch line to Guildford, to which place trains will now run daily, to tke oonvenieLce of a great nu:aber of ar.,G! CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL. The Earl of DALHOUSIE then moved the committal of the Customs Duties Bill. The Duke of RICHMOND moved, as an amendment, that the Bill be committed that day six months. The LORD CHANCELLOR hi`ving put the question, de clared that the contents had it. The Bill then went through Committee, and upon the schedules being put, The Duke of RICHMOND again urged upon the House the necessity of protecting the agricultural interest. The Earl of ILIALHOUSIE denied that the interests of the agriculturists had either been injured or forgotten in the present measure. After some observations from the Earl of WiNcurtssA and the Earl of DALHOUSIE, the Bill passed through Committee. The House then resumed, and the report was brought up, When the Duke of - RICHMOND proposed that bark and other articles of a similar kind be left out of the schedule. On this motion the Bill was recommitted, when, After a few words from Lord STANLEY, the motion was negatived. The report was then brought up, and the schedule was agreed to. The House resumed, the report was brought up, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 5. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. On the motion of Mr. HODGSON HINDE, the New castle upon Tyne Port Bill was read a third time. IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Mr. FRENCH rose to move that the Irish Great Western Railway (Dublin and Galway) Bill be per mitted to proceed. He was glad to see the Chairman of the Standing Orders Committee in his place, for he wished to show.that there were peculiar circumstances in this case which might make it expedient to set aside in its favour the general rule. The Hon. Member then read from a document the opinion of the Government landed proprietors on this line, that the railway should be proceeded with. Mr. ESTCOURT opposed the motion. Mr. REDINGTON thought that, important as it might be that the standing orders should be observed, there were occasions, and this was one of them, on which they ought to be dispensed with. Mr. WILSON PATTEN opposed the motion. If the standing orders were worth anything they ought parti cularly to be enforced in cases like the present. Mr. STRUTT said . that the present case was one especially in which the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. The errors were quite evident upon the face of the drawings and documents, and required no ex amination of witnesses to expose them. He opposed the motion. Lord PALMERSTON hoped that if the standing orders were to be dispensed with on this occasion, a similar indulgence would be extended to the Muflinger, Dublin, Longford, and Sligo Railway Bill.—(Hear, and a laugh.) He did not think that any irregularity would be found in the management of that Bill.—(Hear.) But he hoped that, if it should so happen, the standing orders would be waived as well as in the present case. The Cashel and other lines to the south were looked upon as so important, that questions of form were not Permitted to obstruct the passing of those Bills. The Dublin and Longford line was of importance equally great, particularly as it was to have branches to the im portant seaport town of Galway on the one side, and Sligo on the other. On these grounds, then, he did hope that if the present proposition should be carried, the House would act in the same way towartis the Dub. lin and Longford line, that bad been reported against— (Hear, hear) —for the formation of lines of railway in Ireland would be attended by the best possible results, in giving employment to a large labouring population. Mr. WARBURTON said, that if the House indulged in such acts as those—namely, rescinding votes which would have a prospective effect—they might as well also let their votes have a retrospective effect—(Laughter)— in order that all Bills reported not to have complied with the standing orders, might be approved of, and thus throw the standing orders overboard altogether. Mr. HAMILTON would not be willing to do anything contrary to the standing orders ; but still he did think that with respect to railway property in Ireland, the House ought to pause before they rejected such Bills, for railways in Ireland might be looked upon as national works. Sir T. FREMANTLE said that, owing to the public position in which he was placed in reference to Ireland, he felt an anxious interest in that country, and was ex tremely desirous that railway projects should be carried on there. Being a member of the Standing Orders Com mittee, he would not be unwilling to advise the House to reverse those orders—(Hear ' hear)—but when it was remembered that the capital had been subscribed, and every other step taken by which to expedite the Irish lines, it would be well to consider the Bills seriously I before they . were rejected.—(Hear, hear.) He had no particular interest in any railway project, but he would say it would be well if the Committee had both those Bills before it, and decide whether they would pass either Bill, or neither of them, or both.—(Rear.) Sir G. GREY hoped the Standing Orders Committee would be spared the investigation of this subject, and the parties the expense of their doing so. He thought the standing orders ought to be relaxed with respect to Ireland. Lord G. SOMERSET said that if his Right Hon. Friend would propose that in future all railways in Ire land should be exempt from the ordeal of the Standing Orders Committee, he would give the subject his con sideration. Sir R. INGLIS never saw a case in which compliance with the motion of his Right Hon. Friend ought to be more resisted throughout than the present. The statements of his Hon. Friend the Mem ber for Kendal had placed the subject on a proper outing and completely decided the question. If they agreed to adopt the present proposition they would be called upon to do so by every railway in the kingdom. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the Motion. 97 Against~ Majonty.... The announcement of the division was received with loud cheering by the Opposition. The South Eastern Railway Extensions were read a seeend time. Mr. 13USWEILD presented a petition from Bradford in favour of the Lee and Thirsk Railway. The Southwark and Vauxhall Water Works Bill was read a third time. The Royal Naval School Bill, and the Warwick Rec tory Bill, were read a third time. Mr. MORRISON wished to know.on what principle the fares and rates on railways were regulated by the Committees ? Sir G. GREY said that there was a very great diffi culty in fixing any principle on which the fares and rates of railways should be determined, but the Committee of which he had the honour to be Chairman, had endea voured to ascertain the existing rates on several lines of railway, and had founded their decisi,ms thereon. He would suggest, before pa ssin g the Bill before the use, that it would be des irable that this point should be decided. f oU m P th g e RAILWAY E_ * Select Commit- Mr. SOTIIERON reportedG from under the letter Q, the Railway Bills comprised , Lee on twelve o clock, and that Mr. that the Committee met at and . did not attend the B. Escott was not present, Committee. Mr. B. ESCOTT said, if it was the pleasure of the House, he would state to them the reasons w hy he did not attend the Committee to day. He had in his possession some correspondence which, it he had been informed of the intention of the Hon. Gentleman, he would have brought to the House. He couli, however, satisfy the House that he had not only done his duty, but had taken that course, which alone was consistent with his duty as a Member of Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Creed, an officer belonging to the Committee of Selection, wrote to him, asking him why he did not attend the Committee in question, and he wrote back to say that be could not attend, inasmuch as he was en gaged in two other Committees, and that attendance on two Committees was full as much as he could manage.—(llear, and laughter.) He received another letter from the same gentleman, saying that his letter had been 'laid before the Committee of Selection, and that they did not consider it sufficient excuse for his non-attendance. lie (Mr. Escott) did not wish to be excused from doing any duty, but he thought he was himself the best judge as to whether he could dis charge those duties in a proper manner. lie wrote a second letter to Mr. Creed, to this effect. After making that iedond statement he mentioned the matter to he , Hon. Friend the Member for the University of Oxford, . who took a prougaent pact in the Committee of Selection. and told him it was utterly impossible for him to attend. lie was in hopes that this explanation was sufficient. it was quite impossible that he could do duty upon both these Committees. Mr. ESCOURT was not sorry that his Hon. Friend had bnught this matter before the House, because it was of considerable importance with reference to the carrying out of that plan which . they adopted, for the purpose of forming a Congress to investigate railway projects. His llon. Friend had most accuratey stated aa that had passed on the occasion. When the letter of his Hon. Friend was laid before the Com mittee of Selection, they found that what he had stated was that he had served upon two Com mittees, and that he could not discharge both duties. ire apprehended that the House would consider whether the being appointed upon r. public Committee exempted a Member of that House from his Parliameatary duties. If his Hon. Friend, however, had stated, on a similar occasion, the facts which now appeared, considerable difficulty would have been avoided. lie was very glad that he had an opportunity of stating to the House that if an Hon. Member felt reason for considering that he could not serve, it would be attended with great con venience if he instantly informed the Committee of his inability to act. The Committee of Selection did not consider the explanations of the Hon. Member sufficient excuse, and, therefore, did not excuse him. The same circumstance occurred in several other cases, and they were dealt with in the same way. However. the Com mittee of Selection would, of ceurse,adopt whatever mea sure the House might think proper to adopt in reference to this-rule. Mr. LABOUCHERE said it was quite obvious that the fact of an Hon. Member serving on a public Com mittee could not excuse him serving on a Committee of this House. Mr. HUME differed altogether from the Hon. Gen tleman. The duties of the Committees were twofold. One of those duties was of national importance, the other related to private interests. He could not under • stand why Comnntttes on measures of great public and national implrtance should be neglected for the business of private Committees. Attendatiee on public Committees was not compulsory. It wa , com pulsory on Committees on private Bills. Ile vas at the head of a Committee appointed to investigate a subject of great national importance. Several Members who were appointed on that Committt e had been asked if they would attend; they had all replied that they should be most happy to attend, but that they were on Committees on private Bills, which they were com pelled to attend. Nov there was the Committee on Prisons in Scotland; that was a subject of national importance ; but several Members who bad been appointed on that Committee had been since drafted off - into private Committees. Now, he thought the public business ought not to be neglected in this manner. Members should be compelled to attend on public Committees in the same mariner as they were compelled to attend on private Committees, end Members who were placed on public Committees ought not to be compelled to serve on any others. His Honourable Friend had stated that there were upwards of one hundred Members serving on Railway Com uiittees, but there were live hundred Members still to be chosen from. He did not know whether or not there was a scarcity of Members, but if f uch was the case they ought to have a call of the House, and compel the attendance of Members.--(Hear.) There were many Members absent, upwards of 100, as far as he knew, without any reason. Their attendance should be enforced, in order to compel them to attend on Parliamentary Committees: S.r J. TYRRELL had great satisfaction in seeing a large number of Irish Members present. They ought t.) call upon the gentlemen of Ireland to take their fair share of business. Lord J. RUSSELL could not agree with the Hon. Member for Montrose that the fact of a Member being appointed to a public Committee was an excuse for his not attending a railway Committee upon n bleb the at tendance was compulsory; because everybody knew that a Member upon a public Committee might leave London &together, and go to reside in the country without being missed. But he agreed with the Hon. Member for Mon trose that as the House had adopted a compulsory course, they ought to require the attendance of Members who k. pt away without leave of absence, or any justification.— (Hear, hear.) It was obvious that the abserce of those Members rendered the duties more onerous to others. —(Cries of " Hear, hear.") He thought, therefore, that the House ought to be obliged to the Hon. Member for Montrose for calling attention to the subject.—(Hear, hear)—and he hoped that the House, by a call or other wise, would enforce the attendance of the Members who mere absent without excuse. Lord G. SOMERSET said that as he was the person who proposed the compulsory resolution, the House might expect him to say something upon this -question. It certainly was not intended that the resolu tion should be enforced without any modification. But he thought that the attendance of his Iron. Friend the Member for Winchester, upon the public Committee was not of that constraining character which should excuse him from attending to the railway Committee. which he (Lord G. Somerset) considered of as much importance to the public as the business of Committees called public. Dr. BOWRING thought as the House had come to a resolution on the subject of Railway Committees that regulatian should to be enforced. The questions for the consideration of the Committees were of the utmost im portance, and it was quite impossible they could be attended to if Hon. Members were not compelled to attend. Mr. STUART WORTLEY said it would be impos sible to admit the excuse of the Hon. Member for Win chester without neutralising the effect of the very regu lation passed by the House. Mr. P. M. STEWART said he had been appoirted Chairman on a Railway Committee while he was serving on two public Committees. He had applied to the Hon. Gentleman the Chairman of the Committe of Selection, to be relieved from the Railway Committee, but he was informed he had no locus standi before the Com mittee of Selection in making such an application. lie was therefore obliged - to leave the comparative repose of the two Committees to consider ten Bills and listen to twenty lawyers. If the House should come to a de* cision in favour of the Hon. Member opposite, he (Mr. Stewart), hoped it would be made retrospective. Captain BERKELEY said the Members who thought proper to attend the Repeal Association had never been summoned on any Committee. Mr. SOTHERON thought the Hon. Member for Winchester had better be relieved from further attend ance on this Committee.—(Cries of " No, no.") Mr. F. SHAW said he had served upon a Committee at great iaconvenience to himself. He understood that about forty Committees would be appointed, so that a constant attendance of about 200 Members would be absolutely requisite. Sir GEORGE GREY said there ought to be some motion on the subject. He would suggest to the Noble Lord that the Honourable Member be directed to attend the Committee to-morrow. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said that after the general expr(ssion of the House he thought no moti , :n on the subject would be necessary. _ _ _ Viseotini CA STLEREA G II vi : ished to know whether, if those Iri,li Members did nut attend, the Sergeant-at- Arms would not be sent over to Ireland to compel the attendance of such Members.—(Bear.) He agreed en tirely with his Hon. Friend opposite that some under standing must be come to on this matter, and he ceuld not help expressing his surprise that none of the names of those gentlemen had yet appeared on the list.—(hear.) He regretted that the Right llcnourable Gentleman (the Recorder of Dublin) should have made such a friendly attack.—(Laugh ter.) Yes, a friei , diy attack on the Hon. Member for the University of Oxford. lie seemed to say, "I will excuse you for non-attendance, and •put you to serve upon another." If a preference was extended to one, it ought to be extended to all. Mr. M. MILNES wished to ask the Right Hon. Gen tleman what would take place if an Hon. Member re fused to attend the summons ? Mr. HUME said, that if this were made a compul sory matter, he hoped that a call of the [louse would take place immediately, so that every Hon. Member who could not furnish a sufficient apology might be compelled to attend. Lord CASTLEREAGH said he had put a question to the Noble Lord, and he hoped he would answer him. Lord G. SOMERSET said be was not aware that the Noble Lord had put a question to him. He conceived that any Member who had been selected by the Committee of Selection to serve on a Railway Committee would, if he had not obeyed that call, be committed, by order of the House, to the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms. The case had not yet arisen, and the House expressed no opinion upon it. He hoped, however, when the case did arise, that the House would not allow their resolutions, emanating from a Committee, to be considered as so much waste paper. He was afraid, if the attendance of Members was not enforced, that they would not attend at ail.—(Haar.) Lord CASTLEREAGH said that the Noble 14,,rd h a d Dot answered hiq question. He wished to ask him distinctly- whether, in the event of certain Members from Ireland not attending, they would be compelled to do so ? Lord G. SOMERSET said that if any Member, whe ther from Ireland, Scotland, or England, did not attend when summoned by the Committee of Selection, he (Lord Granville Somerset) should certainly propose to the House that such Member be committed to the cus tody of the Sergeant -at-Arms.—(" Hear, hear," and cries of " Move, move.") Sir G. GREY begged to move that the Hon. Member for Winchester (Mr. B. Escott) be directed to attend upon a Railway Committee to-morrow. The SPEAKER having put the question that Mr. Bingham Escott be directed to attend upon the Railway Committee, Group Q, to-morrow—(Laughter), Mr. ESCOTT said the Right Hon. Gentleman oppo site misunderstood the reasons which he gave for net . attendins , the Committee. He did not re fuse to attend because he preferred bc lug on a public Committee. What he meant to state was, that it was incompatible with his duty on the public Committee to attend upon a railway Committee also. Not only as it seemed to him did he exercise a sound discretion in re fusing, but he took the only course that would enable to him to perform his duty to the House. The gallery was then cleared for a division but none took place. On our entrance Mr. HUME was aldressiug the House, and gave no• Lice that on Friday he would move for a call of the ll•ku€e, and that every Member not present be rcqucsttd to attend on that day ten days. LONDON AND CROYDON RAILWAY. Lord JERMYN moved the ss•eond reading of the London and Crevdon Dr. BUWRINTG said a few words in opposition to it. These was a very large population in those towns that had been named t b a t they would not object to th:. formation of the line , pr ovided no of ,r et c . was to ru n near the town o t Newmarket.s n il d e time chided by movin , that the Bin be read h,_ that day six months. Mr. P. of Trade , and not delegate its powers to t he Board , imivARD conceived that that House should Lad' ti to ace's' Qns of w , s 4 owivo ult or al as cif e Lou. to re- p aving ice — o f DI an d ly OW iojdn c ; frs; and f for a lire° Cr, roe 9, sad fut'" "i ; he Oa, ; ) ,~ 4J,, st roll a' 13 0 P e%r rtA th at oh be ff I r-~