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--< EFS. amble 4.otie 1401 7.:". 0 11 and north of Pye-bridge. The pr Am eamble was also Zas regarded the branches running to Ilkeston and Heanor, etnehively Theut it was antherspoved in rega . rd to the other to b e a eL Committee, ame time, wished the preamble set_ Mend ed accordingly, an d a c l ause i ntroduced into the Bill re aot:47 to the landholders the power of crossing over or under the of the railroad to the canal, 24r• MACAULAY asked if the Committee intended to authorise the iltension of the line to the Mansfield and Pinxton Railway f tear: e. _._,....atitmax replied in the negative, , and reminded the kitius:uthuounsel that, in coming to a decision on the point . of t o e n r ; ton i • e C ommittee had been guided by a desire not to give erY an advantage over another. (LEFT BITTING.) GROUP X. CAMBRIDGE AND LINCOLN LINE. ENGINEERING EVIDENCE ON THE AMENDED At th e s . SECTION. itting of the Committee this day, th,,. llen siall was called, and deposed to the amendments made ve" - :_ e etion on that part of the line where an error was disco. kit es have been made in the levels, namely, at a distance of . 16 ..,"°l'n Cambridge towards Lincoln. In answer to the question, the eKird that when he accepted of the appointment as engineer to With Ine, in April last, he requested to be made acquainted if th e a nY errors that might exist in the sections, for vv.:ll4re any that would render it difficult to make the line lie riti,o7ithave nothing to do with it ; the section as amended was that lite ,„„, ecl . 'n the Private Bill office, and he made use of a copy of to e non to amended. Did not in any way make use of that sec. tah i l s r. ',Mended, in his evidence before the Committee in his exa -44 %" in c hief. The amended s e c ti on ex hibi te d a compensation fr ees e loss of C level of 10 feet at the distance of 16 miles 1 furlong 4 44 arabridge, by a horizontal s p lane of 3 fueon 1 o ns k 44 deSce nding gradient of 7 furlongs and chains, e ft Vadi ent of 1 in 015 , w hi c h ma d e up f or th e I, th at ef ten feet less of level at this particular point; up ide hti Point the original section and the amended section are Itlit els 4 , l * The witness then produced a model of the section, by hlie fr " e showed, that in order to amend the error, and bring the !() en 4, t he Point where the error commenced, the whole way on Widien-den Zn, to a level with the line, of sixteen miles from Cam. e proposed to raise the whole surface of the country ten sh '" , answer to some other questions, as to more minute de ilekeit,..ie Witness said, his belief was, that not one section in three We set ' s " Wonld be found to be so correct as to stand the test of N eu hUtillising examination the counsel was now putting . him lo he • lie conceived it was wasting the time of the Committee siu sse pttin. 6 questions to him which cou ld b e mor e satisfactorily hol t °Y those who made the survey, and who were then in the " ail ing to b e examined as witnesses. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. THURSDAY, JUNE 12. The Bolton and Leigh, Kenyon and Leigh Junction, North Union, Liverpool and Manchester, and Grand Junction Rail way Companies AinaLamation Bill, was presented, and read a first time. The following Bills were read a third time, and passed:. Caledonian Railway. - Clydesdale Junction Railway. Dundee and Perth Railway. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. North Union and Ribble Navigation Branch Railway,— Report to be considered. Tuesday, June 17. - North Union and Ribble Navigation Branch Railway,— Clause and amendments to be proposed on consideration of report, Tuesday, June 17. Newcastle and Darlington (Brandling Junction) Railway, —Third reading, Monday, June 16. Blackburn and Preston Junction Railway,—Third reading, Monday, June 16. Sheffield and Rotherham Railway,—Third reading, Mon day, June 16. Newry and Enniskillen Railway,—Report, Monday, June 16. Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway,—Third read ing, Monday, June 16. Richmond (Surrey) Railway,—Report, Monday, June 16. Eastern Counties (Cambridge and Bury St. Edmund's) Railway,—Second reading, Monday, June 16. West London Railway Extension and Lease,—Report, Monday, June 16. Great Western Railway (Ireland) (Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone Railway,—Report, Monday, June 16. London and Brighton (Wandsworth Branch) Railway,— Committee on project, adjourned till Monday, June 23, at half after twelve. (LILDT SITTING.) GR JILL' Z. Atm —zrzsLul AND GALWAY LINE. tqt~~OAlga Ott' -ing of the Ccmmittee, Mr. Lynch, formerly a brewer . e t i litt e hose evidence was not concluded at the rising of the MN, e l ast evening, was recalled, an d exam i ne d by M r. Wilke's-lie stated th a t th e cos t o f convey i ng a ton of Iltr..r or of t l itt rY ,,, sh°l) goods from Dublin to Ballinasloe by c a nal was 205.,- 44. eer tulle the land carriage from Ballinasloe to Galway ! e l% O ' per ton per mile. The imports to Galway durin g , i Ne,j e ar amounted to 17,182 t ons , b es id es suc h ar ti c l es as ie;lect her rings, tobacco, tea, and sugar. In round numbers '® e its amounted to 18,000 tons. The exports during the ;kiei.kl w ere 26,6031 tons. From the reports of the R a il wa y , ere p . , fters, in 1835 , i t appeare d t h at the imports in that year 44, .000 4,7 of 5 , and the exports 20,000 tons, s h ow i ng an i ncrease i n „ Per cent. on the one and 30 per cent. on the other. tly W e re a railway from Galway to Dublin both would be he theincreaed—the imports immediately, and in a little t "Ports would also be greatly increased. There W° tt.._lle ar ble quarries in the vicinity of Galway, the bl ac k ),7 1 Ve r re -ed in which is of a superior quality. Ch.e thousand rke4 intritised in 1838. It i s conve y e d t o G a l way, w h ere it is l e li o d t° entroney pieces, &c., from which a great portion o f it red4::finutted to Dublin, by railway instead of by sea. Two li t 44 to. were held in the county of Galway during the year. k en Pains to ascertain the number held within four or t 7sl e the proposed line, and found them to be eighty. A it e nl4 r,tion of the cattle, horses, pigs; &c., sold at these fairs c... Ne t r at e) . the line. The railway would offer great facilities to • )1"ori ~.' actit 'g business at these faire. Galway and Ross o% -4e bretding counties, and cattle are sent to Dublin, . ~c 1 Kildare, for the purpose of being fatted for the dish 1t The fisheries at Galway are of an important 4 t hn sre '. a bout 500 boats being engaged in the trade. The cost Pthe thug a ton of fish to Dublin by the mail was 18/. 13s. 4d.; k, bait ry a ? would be considerably less. The fisheries could be eiCe po e ;""ed• The trade in s ea weed, w hi c h was hi g hl y va l ue d hi ll 'abl e,a ;" Classes as manure, especially for potatoes, was con ' bkttll" . ., W4 hy as 5,000 boats, carrying about three tons each, t HI connexion with it. To witnesses and others it... l44 tkek t° f the assizes in Galway, and to those coming to the N1 04, ° W hich there were two a week, the railway would offer t4t ages ~est44 l tn • P for the county of Galway, said he had in -41111 ebt4rnself in of the fishing trade of Galway, in which occupa oZts of " his tenants were engaged. Taking the average t e " b e the 500 boats engaged in the trade at 351 ., the total 04110,4.4.5004 The total earnings of the whole of the beats ;ee less than 30,000/. Cod, ling, pollock, turbot, and 11;7 lotti te r „ °° ‘ the rivers, abounded in large quantities. There were Oe ht ti an d oyster fi s h er i es . Th e ev id ence of t h e Hon. Mem ,te th :thow that th e p ro p ose d ra il way wou ld o ff er great faci. 111 ,4 P° P u lation and to the extensive trade c ar ri e d on . Mr °f~4 °h ilts, formerly M.P. for the borough of Galway, and b,"‘lnted'a.rhour and town commissioners of that t own , an d we ll ith,, Wi th its trade, considered that a railway would be of ttlik rage to th e county. p hi t lie than illi ams was well acquainted with the steam navigation an t i c], which was now in the course of improvement. The 4,,, l ntert,„ . °Ul d he of gre a t serv i ce t o th e tr a de of the channel and to th'intepa7ol. Ireland, that manufactures would be Introduced into and that it would give employment to a . grea f , Population. The canal was wholly inadequate b ox' ' °4 Was badly managed. The sympathy of the nib! 1- las . Cer tainly not with the canal, ut with the proposed line, . 'treat portion of the goods went by land conveyance. (LEFT SITTING.) ak„ l\ kto ~it RAILWAY ACCIDENT ON THE LIVERPOOL heI4ESTER LINK.—(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) — O n T ues . tisttbs.:4hat a little before nine o'clock, a night man, named James a144,1 ° 4 been on the railway eight or nine years, was counting dolt ii , Waggons on their way to Liverpool, at Whiston, ofaZ i t, att i les and a half from the Liverpool terminus. Whilst "odsi' 4 o , tl t' i b gine, which is appointed to wait there for the purpose I ;,as th r 7, 1‘: he avy trains up the inclined plane, suddenly started, 'oe !r at ° AI man with one of the buffers on his back. He tAelThe or five yards forward, and fell on his face, between ked i t Yard s 4 re box then caught him, and dragged . him ten or ri v 41 assis t ; he was taken home in a state of insensibility; tia l t % aed i a ? . ce was obtained he continued to linger—half hiti r ; 4. filet „.` dead—for thirty.two hours afterward . s. It is a t `"at he never complained of pain or uneasiness. The 'bleb Pal dal injury was at the junction of the . cervical and .!'er e • "` . k ) . (that part of the spinal column connecting the nec t oir Of h 4 to,. Th e who of the body and extremities below the chest e o „, e . : 3 ' Paralysed ; and yet, to within six hours of his "lor t Z t rig o l u _ a rticulate plainly, and converse freely—his A sen , s o es t t:l44th„, ez a ,; i ng . . smelling, and tasting were unimpaired. / e s t. 'may bei'ql ation can alone reveal the mystery of one-half w ir g ut active life, and the other in perfect death. He ti ttt O too e and five children. itolshetv,,,ellhs TUESDAY, JUNE 10.—The cornmunica kk2Nide;fLondon and this place, by the way of Antwerp, is %Olen ! ~,,`,"1 7 expeditious. A considerable number of the ttrrods ) , b "o arrived here yesterday evening, left London only tha t / ° l lti o the Antwerpen steamer. They arrived at Antwerp ttil plac e uay morning, and after staying two or three hours at i st44 o 4: tatt ed by the railroad train, which leaves at half.past 4444 fro,_ao_d reaches this town in the evening. The whole qrs'il ;l•ondon t o C o l ogne i s, i n th at way, per f orme d in (441%hil t rir • OetobeATE EARL OF ABERGAVENNY.— The will "lot -14 th r 23 , 1843) of this nobleman, who died on the 12th Present year, has been proved by his executors, R. l'tes tl P *l, a 1 .,:l Of Lincoln's I nn , an d A. El lwoo d, E sq ., o f B utiga y. k t titai L tP.a r lae s in fee to hi s b ro th er, th e H on . W. N ev ill ( t h e 4 lt est;' "nd who inherits Eridge Castle, and all the other old eseC , therC e s), all the estates which he (the late Earl) held under h etk il ls hut subjects them to the payment of 7,00.01. in Itisivieyinouree daughters of his said brother. The mansion ttli st ests t : at e, his favourite house at Brighton, and all his per. t st, hs r saj sw°l7 l under 60,0001., he gives to his executors in ot s _ . ‘be bUt with a right of pre.emption to the present Earl, liqo at p:AkeleY-square house and furniture, the furniture and 'Re:4s bo's'ge Castle and the park Ac. And after payment of tors ▪ an d and testamentary expenses , and legacies to his 4 41,7" his s "yants he directs the residue to ' be equally divided "Ott;;; and niece, Mr. Thomas Myers and Miss Mary )4 ,.!:e Of the Earl's eldest sister, the late Lady Mary Iti k 4 442 ra -1/41/41.Ahinat7411 Hughes Hughes and Challis will be put 'NI ' c ot at a • • Guildhall, for sheriffs, for the year ensuing, on ▪ .44/I,iim.7 next, to whom no opposition is expected. t hoiN s ia , 8 , 8 IN TIIE LAW COURTS.—The excess of IN - .41 4 '"e Court of Queen's Bench still remains undiminished, 110ohi eb a t Present standing for hearing for the sittings after kti t : i t Ai l i c ke4t or nence on the 13th inst., no l ess th a n 138 causes, N tt er " are rernanets from the previous sitting, and the re_ , t/ ble o , l 3ot7 r „ "us es ; out of these 68 are special jury cases. The 'ae , er a "at t , tO London on the 29th, so that it is next to impos. b "liei dtti "e list can be got through, and those actions which are N at :4k this sitting will remain until November before they can ti t th e c hi the other Courts the lists are by no means heavy, k te % e t Of Ari'mon Pleas numbering only 23, and that of the Ex. e ktN ees 30 ; but con s iderable a dditi ons w ill b e ma de be. il k go terminate. tt5, 41 0r, 441 10 ti , is •Op N, — s THE POST -OFFICE, AND ACCE :O4 ;"' the ' H E MAILS —The elaborate alterations now in pro. th,ob, erieral Post • ffice St Martin's.le-Grand, are under. i,„, i oril 7 ' " adn, "aad Q re hminary to a much more extensive acceleration s t o l ' l th a ils (both day and night) on all lines of railway. 4 tl etai 4tl , horn" lately p u bli s h e d li s t o f t owns t o w hi c h ma il s are k nes or -- t he Metropolis every morning, the Postmaster. at all idered that Ipswich, Dursley, and Wooton-under 14OerZl'etred tlT rne diately accommodated, and on the Ist of July ien, a ccei e ,2 t several oth ers w ill b e a dd e d, a s on th a t day the ~ca, ola s t -• "°n of the northern mails will take place, and the b ,"%, t r ; e Yed b an3l erd, Grantham, Doncaster, Leeds, and York, will h ;_ t ecr ii ) , Y the r ecently-opened branch railway, forming the Zoti t 'eolfa rd "' Of railway to those places , and Peterborough, Lin- Zer es ,,_ t ° tak: 13 , °s ton, and Hull, A considerable enlargement is t h - Nt , 7 4t o o den; e 131a ee,. also, in the London District P ost.office, the s 0 or un having doubled since the introduction of the mu tat rley e p N., he r for V. The office now used for the purposes of -ttd . ot ee ffice is intended for the district post as soon as A ttit granting and paying money-orders can be com. lti tb Ip mfs Z i r 4 "S„ AT ST. PAUL'S OF THE CHARITY 5• 4 .1. - ' et day the anniversary meeting of the children tl7 ottp s several parochial schools of the metropolis was held ta11,400 to nu The children, amounting to between 6,000 tae ,40 h er, attended by the clergymen, churchwarde . ns, ri4 4 4, 00 ;rs of tlineother parochial officers of each parish, carrying Pererh_ roscnhools, Presented a gratifying spectacle. The all ult uu Dean of St. Paul's, preached the sermon th e T he Lord M ayor and Sheriffs, Aldermen Sydney Recorder, Town Clerk, and other civic function ttlik:lE Nc es etit. t oakt hes It ATu E ,, 'Og „ e s With ". AND CROPS.—A cold cloudy r 4 ..requent high winds , prevents vegetation from Oi ed wrtir'l progress generally expected at this season of rZte 4 1s t: actions the exception of a few fields, however, in t• l l) ~.!kes a a healthy green colour prevails. In sr k te a is siight l 'Preh 'al•Pare tinge of brown, caused by the cold north • -.e rali en s i ori . rit, but not to so great an extent al; late, • th!bealth,:-'ciserious injury. The grain crops , although 1 1 1 : 1 " 4 1: 5; : t 11:o und i . cdtstrong, and in many instancesr h ather bee o i o t , t en s o e r r ed by e the ruerees, on the whole, are Potatoes,fresh and so f a a v r e es we s is„°t y et _heard of, recent falls of rain. .in %/c hi ' is show n have rairded freely and •igorously, and rOil not .°I"Y tendency to disease. Excepting that the N t 4 10 4 : th e w y k d rlY one, the prcspect as to the crop on the tb_ h ori t 14 Iftt t - highly favourable.— Scotsman. ( 3 ; th t hat ti '3 4 l: W t r.—We learn from indubitable Stk kish: era s on e ' , — " ° waY, wife of Mr. Holloway, of Person "tkira rti od, one damernber of our Legislature), having prevailed t s en , beat aY last week to tic the hands of one of their 'olia n ,,, and tortured her to death. It is said that she ~b 4ti ) a too ts . ; if% toeared hot and ran it down the negro's throat, besides httrtolitt o'incredibleTovsvpb. e believed,T hThis horrid tale about the burning, we mention it, on the t tli e 44 ,kr * , l4 ._Pri l. s 4 „ " rel _ u r . , u .ithou.t vouching for its accuracy. The t et: l t ki t T, 4 blr s n..oried eight feet deep, in an obscure place, 4 4 4 , 4 4) to s'ttrs , 4 01 7,_ . , : e ay made their escape to parts unknown to u r t' sto Texas. Whether Mr. Holloway was .cfrchrn__e further than to tie the negro, we are not wol Star, April 24. HULL AND SELB Y RAILWAY. We understand the agreement for carrying out the resolution passed at the last meeting of the Shareholders has been prepared by counsel mutually agreed on by the solicitors to both parties, and was last week submitted to the Board of Directors here, who, in consequence of some legal difficulties and matters of detail which require attention, immediately deputed the chairman (Richard Tottie, Esq.), the deputy-chairman (J. R. Pease, Esq.), and James Mayelston, Esq. (the newly-elected Director), to go to London, with a view of having a conference there with Mr. Hudson. On Saturday last the interview took place at the Burlington Hotel, in London, when Mr. Hudson and Sir John Simpson, and others on behalf of the York and North Midland Company were present, and we are glad to learn that, after a long conference, the whole matter was amicably and finally settled, a lease of the line in perpetuity to Mr. Hudson and the Directors of the York and North Midland Company, with the power of purchase on the terms resolved upon at the late meeting of the Shareholders, being agreed to. Doubts having been entertained by some parties whether the York and North Midland Company could legally take possession of the line on the Ist July next, or at any time before the assent of Parliament had been obtained, we may state that the Directors of the Hull and Selby Railway and Mr. Hudson have found no diffi. culty on that point, as the Hull and Selby Railway Bill gives the Company power to lease the line to any corporation or person for seven years, without rendering it necessary to obtain the consent of Parliament thereto. The agreement or lease for seven years was accordingly made, each party contracting to renew it at the end of that term, and so on from time to time. The deputation also bound themselves and the Board to render the York and North Midland Company every assistance in their power, and both parties pledge themselves to do their utmost to obtain the assent of Parliament to the terms agreed upon. The Shareholders will learn with much pleasure from the above, that—in accordance with the pledge given by the Directors at the last meeting of Shareholders—they have now fully carried out the wishes of the vast majority of Proprietors in effecting the lease of their line. Mr. Hudson has called a meeting of the Shareholders of the York and North Midland Company, to ratify and confirm the lease and agreement entered into. Matters having been thus placed in such a satisfactory train, all possibility of doubt as to the line coming under the management of Mr. Hudson and his co-directors at the time specified is put an end to, and it is most probable that there will be no opposition to the measure in Parliament. This is the more likely from the circum stance of the Leeds and Manchester Railway Company having ob tained their line to Goole, and from the fact that the main objections to the lease have been put an end to by this friendly negotiation between the contracting parties. CRICKET. UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. HUDDERSFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY AND CANAL. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The following Bills came before Lord Shaftesbury at six o'clock this evening, and being unopposed, were declared to have passed— the Leeds and Dewsbury Railway, and the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway. HOUSE OF cOMMONS. GROUP KK. EUXTON AND SOUTHPORT BRANCH. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) It appeared from the evidence submitted to the Committee that recently public promenades and baths have been built there, and that many of the Manchester and Rochdale merchants take their •" families there for the purpose of sea bathing. The evidence of the medical witnesses examined this morning went to show that the inhabitants of the manufacturing towns were subject to nervous and spinal complaints, for which sea bathing and sea air would be in most cases desirable. It went fur ther to show that Southport possessed these advantages in a very eminent degree. Southport is 39 miles from Manchester, and the proposed mode of communication between them is by the projected line to Euxton, thence along the Bolton and Preston line to Bolton, and from Bolton to Manchester along the Manchester and Bolton Railway. Mr. Thomas Gooch, the engineer of the line, was then called, and stated that the proposed line had been laid out under his direction, and that it would commence at Southport, on a level with the streets of that town. The line was mostly level. The gradients would be favourable, the most difficult being 1 in 121. The estimated expense of making the railway was 150,0001., and if the Bill passed, the line might be completed in twelve or fifteen months. It would cross several roads upon a level, but he did not apprehend any difficulty therefrom, as the country was very thinly populated. It was impossible to cross the roads otherwise, from the flatness of the country. Being cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant BELLASIS, witness ad mitted that the rail passed through ground part of which was flooded by the sea. Had not seen snipes or skaters there. Had no doubt that the line might be constructed in such a manner as to be entirely free from all damage from sea-water or other local impediments. The route by Skelmersdalc would be a mile shorter than by Rufford, and that line, passing on by Wigan, would be on the whole considerably shorter; but on this line the gradients were worse, and they would have the disadvantage of passing over four different lines of railway. Further evidence: was given to show that there were no engi neering difficulties of any moment in the line, and that the meory land through which it would pass was in course of drainage and improvement. The probable traffic on the Euxton and South. Port line would be 13,617/. 13s. 4d., from which deducting 4,5391., left a net annual income of 9,0781., yielding to the shareholders an interest of 6 per cent. The estimate was not, however, formed upon strictly accurate calculations. A good deal of laughter was excited by the evidence of one of the witnesses in his cross.examination by Mr. TALBOT. He said that only five persons travelled in six months by the flrst.class trains between Chorley and Southport, and having been further pressed said that two and a half of them were up, and two and a half down, thus halving the odd gentlemen. The case for this project closed after some further formal evidence. Mr. HATHERTON said he appeared on behalf of the trustees cf Sir W. Hesketh, a minor, and other gentlemen who opposed the project, as landowners; and contended that the projected line would inflict severe injuries upon them, an assertion which he would support by competent witnesses ; and also that the scheme could not be justified on public grounds. He would submit a much better scheme by Skelmersdale and Ormskirk, which all those gentlemen would approve of. . _ Evidence was then given in support of these cases of private in_- iuries s and the Committee adjourned till to-morrow morning. THE S LONVION, FRIDAY_EVENING, JUNE 13, 1845. The preamble of this Bill was declared to be proved, and the dances were then proceeded with. The Manchester and Lards Railway Company askccl for a clause in the Bill which would compel the promoters to form a junction with their line. The Committee rejected this proposal. On behalf of Lord Stamford it was moved that the promoters should lay down pipes beneath the canal for the purpose of con veying water to his Lordship' s property. An arrangement was come to between the parties, and the opposition having been with. drawn, the remaining clauses were agreed to with amendments, and the Bill gone through. The Committee then separated. Up to five o'clock the Standing Orders Committee were engaged in proving the standing orders relative to estate and improvement Bills. There are many railway Bills down for hearing, but it is impossible to tell when they will be taken. STANDING ORDERS. _ . shire, and Sheffield; the carriage of his goods would be greatly facilitated by the formation of the proposed line, which was now very protracted, and much more expensive than it would be by the railway. Cross-Examined—Did not want any particular line of railway ; but any line coining to Cambridge he would be in favour of. Mr. RENDALL was then called to speak to the sections which he had promised to produce. Mr. Sergeant WRANGUAM said he had only received the section a few minutes ago ; his engineer had not had time to examine it, for it was not promised until to.morrow. Mr. RENDALL said be had been able to produce the section sooner than he had expected ; and he had received a note from Mr. Cubitt requesting him to meet him in Liverpool to.morrow morning. This was the amended section, and he was now pre pared to answer any questions upon it. Mr. W. Ekin was then called. He was an extensive coach proprietor, living at Cambridge. Had coaches plying between Nottingham, Leicester, Peterborough, Stamrord, St. Ives, and Wis. beach. The passage traffic to the north from Cambridge was very great. If this were a trunk line he would expect to have trains every hour in the day. Witnesses were next called to prove the value per annum of certain tolls which would be affected by the proposed line. The evidence was not of any importance, and when it had conclutied the Committee adjourned. OF CAMBRIDGE. The annual match between the two Universities commenced yesterday, at Lord's, in the presence of a considerable number of the real lovers of the game; the score, when the playing ceased, leaving the Oxonians with two wickets yet to come in. OXFORD. R. Honey wood, Esq., b Wroth... 5 b Rippingall P. Williams, Esq.. run out 2 b Wroth V. Smith, Esq., run out 9 b Rippingall M. Ainslie, Esq., run 0ut......... 0 b Wroth C. Randolph, Esq., b Wroth... 1 c Randolph, b Rippingall 8 H. Hildyard, Esq., b Rippingall 19 run out G. Hughes, Esq., c Hughes, bdo 12 b Rippingall B. Moberley, Esq., c do., b Wroth 2 not out G. Yonge, Esq., c do, b Rippingall 0 not out l3 C. Redding, Esq., c Nichol son, b ditto L. Randolph, Esq., hit wicket, b ditto Byes 2, wide (Rippingall 4, Byes 1, wide (Rippingall Wroth 2) 6 8 2, Wroth 1) 3; no balls (Wroth 1, Rip. pingall 1) 2 ....., ..... 6 CAMBRIDGE. S. Campbell, Esq., b Randolph ll G. Ottey, Esq., c Williams, b ditto Hon. F. Grimston, b Yonge J. Nicholson, Esq., b ditto lO E. M. Dewing, Esq., c Redding, b Yonge ...... 5 T. Wroth, Esq., c Williams, b ditto 3 C. 0. Pell, Esq., b ditto 4 R. Long, Esq., b ditto F. L. Currie, Esq., b ditto 6 F. Hughes, Esq., b ditto S. T. Rippingall, not out Byes 6, wide'(Randolph 1, Moberley 2) 3 9 NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING OF AN ETON BOY, AND HEROIC CONDUCT OF A FELLOW-STUDENT—WINDSOR, DlURSDAY.—Yesterday evening, an Etonian, named Greenwood, aged 16, of the upper division at Eton College, was bathing with two other gentlemen at Boveney Lock, one of the deepest and most dangerous parts of the river Thames, when he was observed by his companions to have got into a dangerous worley hole, and, not having strength to cross it, was taken round by the stream, and was about to sink from exhaustion. One of the gentlemen, named Luttrell, immediately swam to shore, for the purpose of pushing a punt off to his assistance, and the other, Mr. Codrington, boldly swam to him, and succeeded in laying hold of his companion, when both sank together. Codring. ton fortunately extricated himself from the grasp of his now almost lifeless companion, and on coming to the surface of the water eb• served that he had again risen, and, notwithstanding his perilous situation, again swam to his assistance, and succeeded in catching hold of him as he was in the act of sinking. One of the watermen, who are placed in this part of the Thames by the college authori ties, fortunately came up at this juncture, and succeeded in bring. ing both to shore. Surgeons Clark and Soley shortly afterwards arrived, and administered the necessary restoratives, and in the course of the evening Greenwood was so far recovered as to be re moved to his dame's house (Mrs. Horsford's), but in a very ex. hausted sate, _ MAD DOGS.—At Greenwich Police•court yester day William Wagner, a person employed in the Commercial Docks, appeared to a summons at the instance of Mr. Inspector Frowd, of the M division of po.ice, charging him with keeping a dog In a rabid state, and suffering the same to go at large to the imminent danger of the public. Mr. Thomas Steers deposed that he is a cowkeeper and carman in High-street, Rotherhithe. The defendant's dog had bitten his dog, and it became rabid. The dog bit a valuable young horse in his stable, and the horse became rabid. and kicked and tore to pieces everything in the stable. Ho killed his dog, and sent for a veterinary surgeon, who sug. gested killii.g the horse at once, as in a few hours the danger would be much greater. The animal escaped from the stable into the yard, and bit nesrly through a post. With great difficulty he got an apron over the animal's eyes, and held him by th• nose while a slaughterman killed him. Wagner assured the magistrate that he had killed the dog since he received the summons. His dog had been bitten by some rabid animal in the neighbourhood, and he believed that there were many others at large in that vicinity which have also been bitten. Mr. Grove said most prompt and effectual steps ought to be taken to secure all loose dogs. In the prosent case he should dismiss the summons, on the assurance that the animal had been destroyed. FORTH IRON WORKS, FlFE.—Never has tip& aspect of any other locality in the kingdom of Fife been so com pletely changed in so short a time as the estate of Oakley. A few months ago Oakley was a place remarkable for its solitude. But its solitude has been intruded upon by hundreds of workmen and labourers from Ireland, and almost every county in Scotland, and hundreds of houses are now rearing, or about to be reared. The estate of Oakley has been purchased by Mr. Allison, at 14,000/. ; the estate of Blair, in the parish of Charnock, at 12,000/. ; and the estate of Blair'; in the parish of Culross, at about 20,0001. Besides the buying of these estates, Mr. Allison has purchased or made an agreement for the minerals in the estates of Connie, Carnock, In zievar, Kinnedar East, and we believe he is in terms for the .minerals in other estates. Several furnaces and about two hun dred houses have seen contracted for. There are, we believe, to be from ten to fourteen furnaces. A row of about thirty of the houses contracted for is nearly finished ; another row of about forty houses is now rcofing. There are at present, though the mining operations have little more than commenced, upwards of six hundred men employed at the works, besides masons, wrights, slaters, &c. ; and when the works are carried on to their full ex. tent, were only two thousand to be employed, we may calculate upon a population (including women and children) of three times that number; or six thousand. Thus we may soon see a town or group of villages of no mean appearance rearing their heads in the midst of wonted solitude.—Fifeshtre Journal. THE DEPARTURE OF THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAM.SIIIP.—Yesterday afternoon being fixed for the departure of the Great Britain steam.ship from the river, the vicinity of Blackwall was much crowded to witness her leaving. The nume rous river steam-boats and the railroad brought down thousands of people from the metropolis. Three o'clock was the hour named for her starting, but from some unexplained cause she did not cast off' her bow moorings until full half.past four o'clock, when a strong hawser from her starboard how having been attached to the Ariel Woolwich steamboat, which had a large party on board to accompany her as far as Sea Reach, she was just towed clear of the huge mooring buoy, and then proceeded at a very steady pace in the middle of the stream down the river. On her several masts were hoisted the English white ensign, the American, French, Bel gian, and Russian colours. The bands on board the small steamer which accompanied her played" See the conquering hero comes," "Off she goes," and other enlivening airs. On passing Woolwich it seemed as if the whole population had turned out to behold her. The dockyard was lined with the naval and military of con nected with that dep6t, whose cheers were loud and long continued, and were as heartily returned by the passengers and crew. Near Erith the tide turned, and the expanse of water being larger, her rate was increased considerably, and she passed Gravesend shortly after seven o'clock, with a slashing tide that would carry her well out to sea. Throughout her whole progress down the river she was hailed in the most gratifying manner, and the rapid speed of her screw-propeller, unaccompanied by any apparent agitation of the water, rendered her progress particularly interesting. She had on board between seventy and eighty passengers for a trip round the coast, and should the weather prove favourable, she will reach Cowes in the course of to-day. From Cowes, after landing and embarking passengers, she will continue her course on to Ply mouth. After staying there two or three days for public inspec tion, she will go on to Dublin, and thence to Liverpool, from which port she will start on the 26th of July, on her first trip across the Atlantic. AERIAL TUNNEL OVER THE MENAI.—The project to throw a huge tube, composed of sheet iron, across the Menai straits, for the transit of a railway train, has, we understand, been abandoned, owing, doubtless, to the probable disastrous effects of a gale of wind pressing upon such an extent of surface as so large a tube would necessarily present. It is in contemplation, we believe, to erect in its stead two bridges of solid construction, both of them uniting on the Britannia Rock, and to throw out piers from each side of the Straits. — The Builder. THE MAYNOOTH BILL. The Bill may now be regarded as part and parcel of the land. True, it has two more stages to pass through ; but they are mere forms, and the Bill will not be impeded by any step which its opponents can take to arrest its progress. And here we cannot refrain from the expression of our deep regret at the conduct which a large body of Dissenters are yet pursuing with respect to it. Instead of acknowledging the grievous error which such of them as were opposed to all State endowments committed when they formed an un holy and unprincipled alliance with the High Church party against it, we find them still persisting in a course of error which can have no other result than to destroy their moral and political influence among the people of Ireland. Had they stuck to their pure principles of religious Non-Endow ment, irrespective of creeds, they would have been univer saly respected. But instead of that, we find some of the leaders of the Non-Endowment party assisting at an Anti- Maynooth meeting at Exeter Hall on Wednesday evening, at which the Earl of Winchilsea presided, and which listened with applause to the following specimen of senile drivelling on the part of that most orthodox nobleman : " England should find in him the greatest agitator that ever trod ; he would fight with them the battle of the faith.—( Hear, and cheers. )—They should extend the bond of union of that society to every country, to every borough town of England ; and he promised that he would do all in his power to promote the establishment of a Protes tant club in support of the Protestant principles of the British Constitution, and to elevate the social and moral elevation of the people of this great country.—(Cheers.) He would not allow this great religious feeling to subside till Protestant Eng land had asserted her character again." It would be an odd thing to find Dissenters enrolled in a society to re-enact the Test and Corporation Acts ! They had therefore better retrace their steps, and stick to their old and honest principles. —Hull Advertiser. THE CONVICT ROCKER. THE CONDEMNED SERMON. The following is a copy of a report made by the Rev. W. Russell, Inspector of Prisons, to her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department, respecting the circumstances which occurred on the occasion of the condemned sermon in the chapel of Newgate Gaol, in the case of the convict Hocker, and also respecting the circumstances which took place on the morning of the execution : REPORT OF REV. W. RUSSELL, INSPECTOR OF PRISONS, TO HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE. " Cumberland-street, May 6,1845. " Sir,—With reference to the circumstances that occurred on the occasion of the condemned sermon in the chapel of New gate, in the case of the convict Hocker, on Sunday, the 27th ultimo, the Sheriffs stated that they were not aware that any official rules had ever been drawn up or were in existence relative to the proceedings to be observed on the occasion of a condemned sermon or of a capital execution at Newgate, that if there were any such rules they had never been communi cated to them, and that they considered that by law they were left to their own discretion and sense of propriety on such occasions. " On the occasion of the condemned sermon on Sunday, the 27th ultimo, either 49 or 50 visitors were present, of whom six or seven were ladies. The visitors were admitted by orders signed by one of the sheriffs, by one of the under sheriffs on behalf of the other sheriff, by the other under. sheriff, by one of the visiting magistrates for the month, by an alderman, and by the governor and ordinary, tinder the sanction of one of the sheriffs. The governor, according to the ordinary practice, admitted two reporters for the public press ; and there were two other persons present who took notes of the proceedings. Besides the visitors there were present one of the sheriffs, one of the under-sheriffs, and two alder men, one of whom was a visiting magistrate for the month. " With reference to the seats of the convict Hocker and the prisoner Connor being apart from other prisoners, and with an officer stationed close to each, the Governor states that it has been his inviolable practice thus to place prisoners under charge of wilful murder or under sentence of death, in order to prevent either poison, a knife, or any instrument with which suicide might be committed, from being conveyed to them. The ordinary preached on the late occasion from a written sermon, and he believes he adhered strictly to the dis course he had prepared; and he put in the sermon for my perusal. He states most positively that he did not address the prisoner Connor. He alluded to his case in the course of the sermon, but not in the manner which had been stated in the public papers. " Very soon after the service, the sheriffs and the ordinary went to the cell of Hocker, who was so deeply impressed by the service from which he had just returned, that he requested that the ordinary and sheriffs would then join in offering up a prayer for him, a circumstance altogether unexpected from his pre vious conduct while in gaol. " With reference to the circumstances that took place on the morning of the execution, the Sheriffs state that numerous applications were made to them for orders of admission to the interior of the prison to witness the execution of Hocker, but that, without exception, they refused them all ; that the only persons admitted to the interior of the prison, in addition to the regular prison officers, were the sheriff and under-sheriffs, the late under-sheriff, Mr. Anderton, who was admitted as a kind of demi-official, but not by the order of the sheriffs, Mr. D. W. Harvey, the Commissioner of the City Police, who was there on duty, and the reporters for the public press. " The Governor states most distinctly that, with the ex ception of the prison and police authorities already mentioned, and their official attendants, and the reporters for the public press, no visitor whatever was admitted into the interior of the prison to witness the execution of Hocker. " With reference to the reporters for the public press, the sheriffs state that they were not admitted until the period when the executioner commenced the operation of pinioning and preparing the culprit for execution. This, as the sheriffs state, they consider the commencement of the public exe cution, and they entertain a strong persuasion that the public ought to be present, through the reporters, when the execu tion thus commences, and for these reasons:—when the executioner enters the cell, and commences his operations, it sometimes happens (as it did on this occasion) that the culprit faints • if that fainting should end in death it would be a most painful circumstance to the responsible authorities in attendance that this should happen within the prison walls unwitnessed by any one on behalf of the public, to ascertain and report what really took place on the occasion. " They also consider the presence of the public reporters as a strong security against the infliction upon the culprit of any unnecessary pain by the executioner during the ?inioning. " They further state, that not unfrequently the prisoner re serves his confession to the last moment. That when the pinioning actually commences, feeling there is no longer any room for hope, he may make important statements, and that it is most desirable for the interest of the public that those should be fully and accurately recorded. " For all these reasons the sheriffs consider the presence of the reporters as absolutely necessary. "In 1843 there was no execution. The sheriffs who were in office at the time of the next execution, 27th May, 1844, knowing nothing respecting the order to the contrary, strangers were again admitted to the chapel to bear the condemned ser mon ; and the practice has been continued up to the present occasion, which is now the subject of investigation. " Having now reported the result of my inquiry into all the circumstances of the case, I venture to submit, for the con sideration of Sir J. Graham, the conclusions which a careful investigation of all the facts of this case has led me to form. " With reference to the condemned sermon. The practice which, with a single exception in the year 1842, has so long obtained, of admitting visitors to the chapel of Newgate on occasions of condemned sermons, appears to me to be highly injurious, with respect to the visitors and the public at large, to the prisoners generally, and to the culprit about to undergo the extreme penalty of the law. " To the visitors and to the public at large, by means of the published reports cf the proceedings, it is injurious, inasmuch as it ministers to the indulgence of a morbid taste for spectacles and sensations which have a prejudicial tendency. " To the prisoners generally, the practice in question is fur ther injurious. It not only distracts their attention from the religious services of the day, and from the awful condition of the culprit, now on the verge of that existence which he has forfeited by his guilt, but they see him, as it were, dignified by being made the centre of observation ; an object of sympathy, and almost of admiration, even to the higher orders, on account of the heroism or bravado with which he deports himself ; a consideration which is well known to have great weight with the criminal population looking on, or who will read of what takes place. " And to the convict himself the practice is more injurious still, whether he be truly penetrated with a conviction of his guilt, or hardened and unmoved. If, happily, brought to a proper frame of mind, fi.led with anguish and remorse for his crime, and impressed with a just dread of his approaching end, it is scarcely less than cruel to hold him forth, while he might be seriously impressed, to the gaze of idle curiosity, and to disturb in almost his last moments the thoughts and prayers of a guilty but dying fellow-creature. If, on the other hand, the culprit remain unsubdued, and insensible to the awful doom which he is about to undergo • if he be ac tuated by that vanity and love o f displ a y which has been seen to cleave to criminals even to the very last, and which almost converts the scaffold itself into a stage upon which to exhibit the triumphs of bravado, then it is plain that this practice offers a direct incentive to such a character to pre tend to despise the last terrors of the law, and, as it were, to defy the uplifted sword of justice, so soon to fall upon him. " I am indeed of opinion that under no circumstances is a condemned sermon productive of good effects. I fear that its tendency is ever injurious. But if it be thought proper to continue it, it is most desirable, on every account, that it should be as private as possible, and that none but the prisoners and the proper authorities should be present at it. " With reference to the morning of the recent execution, every care was taken by the sheriffs to exclude from the in terior of the prison all visitors, with the exception of the reporters of the public press ; they appear to have been desirous to leave the culprit entirely to the care of the ordinary, anti to conduct the last awful ceremony with due order and decorum. But, with reference to the reporters, I do not think that the grounds which the sheriffs assigned for their admission are sufficient. The presence of the sheriffs, the under-sheriffs, the governor, the ordinary, and the subordinate officers of the prison, is an amply sufficient guarantee to the public that the necessary proceeding of pinioning and otherwise preparing the prisoner for the scaffold will be conducted with all due consideration for the culprit, and without the infliction of any unnecessary suffering or delay. " If a culprit, under sentence of death and awaiting exe cution, makes a confession voluntarily, such a confession may be so far regarded as satisfactory, inasmuch as it con firms, and thereby strengthens the public confidence in the verdict of the jury, and as it exhibits the penitent state of mind to which the convict has been brought; but if such a confession is sought for—if its attainment is plainly made a matter of importance—the very fact of its being so sought for implies a doubt of the completeness of the case, and of the justice of the verdict and of the sentence; and public confidence in the verdict, which ought to be final and satisfactory, is thereby shaken. " 1 am further of opinion, that the act of seeking for a con fession of guilt from a culprit is calculated to defeat its very object. It makes him feel that something is wanted to com plete the case against him ; and the more earnestly he is soli cited to make a confession the more he is led to discern in that very earnestness a chance of escape ; it betrays the hesi tation of those who question him ; it shows that, notwithstand ing his condemnation and sentence, something like a doubt still rests upon his case, which even at the last moment may delay the execution, if not avert his doom. " Nor is this all; a temptation may be held out to him to make declarations that are untrue, not only with a view to postpone his own execution, but also to screen an accomplice, or to wreak his vengeance upon an enemy, or upon those who have been the means of bringing him to justice; to say nothing of the undeserved importance which may be attached to statements made at the moment of death, and which, however otherwise unworthy of notice, may thus be made productive of the most serious consequences. lam therefore of opinion that, on the occasion of an execution, as well as that of a condemned sermon, all persons, except the authorities of the prison and of th e police, should be strictly excluded.-1 am, &c. " WHITWORTH RUSSELL, " Home-Inspector of Prisons." INCAUTIOUS USE or ARSENIC. — Yesterday after noon, two young children of Mr. Mills, of Harwodd.street, Camden.town, cat some sugar mixed with arsenic for poisoning rats, which had been incautiously ►eft within their reach. They were taken seriously ill, but, by the speedy application of means for removing the poison from their stomachs, their lives were saved. GROUP LL. SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY EXTENSION. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) After having gone through all the clauses of the Bill, it was or dered to be reported, and the Committee adjourned to next Mon. day week. . GROUP P. SOUTR WALES RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) In answer to questit;.‘ from the CHAIRMAN, Mr. Brunel stated that, the crossing of the river at a point lower down than Hock Crib had been contemplated, but a bridge of one mile and a half in length would be required, and a large extra expense would be incurred ; and the distance from London by Gloucester would be increased fifteen miles. _ . Mr. LAW cross-examined Mr. Brunel, for the purpose of showing that the estimates of the line were inadequate for its construction. He had omitted to mention that a tunnel was intended to be made at a point between Carmarthen and Kidwelly of 1,463 yards in length. It was not elicited that the estimates had been under calculated. Sir W. RIDDLE then cross examined Mr. Brunel on behalf of Colonel Lewis, to show that his estate of St. Pierre would be con siderably interfered with and depreciated by tie passage of the pro. posed line. It appeared that the course of the line could not be advantageously altered from its present route. Mr. Cooke, on behalf of the Stroud Canal Company, Mr. Caubin, for the Severn and Wye Railway Company, and Mr. Davis, agent for Sir T. C. Bovey, and the Rev. Mr. Jones also cross-examined Mr. Brunel, but the general features of his tes timony remained unaltered. At the close of the examination of the last witness it was an. nouneed that the Speaker was at prayers, and the Committee ad. journed till twelve o'clock tomorrow. GROUP PP. WEAR VALLEY RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. TALBOT, on behalf of the promoters of the above line, stated the case at great length. The object of the line was to connect the Wear Valley in the westward with the sea in the eastward, and to afford an outlet for the great wealth and productions of a district which was at present completely shut in, from having no suitable means of communication with the sea. The proposed line was projected for a long time and was selected by Mr. George Stephenson, who was called the father of the English railways. This eminent engineer considered that the proposed line was the best which could be selected for the development of the re sources of the country. The Learned Counsel then referred to the sort of traffic which would be accommodated—iron, tin, zinc, cop per, lead, stone, flagging slates, fluor-spar, limestone, &C. It was 10i miles in length, and there was a branch of a mile and a quarter, The whole cost of the line would be only 82,0001. After alluding to the opposition to the line, the Learned Counsel said he would not take up their time any longer, but proceed to call witnesses to prove the statements he had made. Mr. J. Dolphin was then examined by Mr. Buss—Lived near Weardale. Was a coal-owner and proprietor of lead mines. He supplied the population of Darlington for a long time with coal. On an average, the small families consumed eight tons yearly. The population was about 4,000. There were extensive lead mines and smiths' -works in that district, also limestone quarries, and various other works which required an immense quantity of coal. The witness then deposed to the general traffic of goods and passengers, and considered that the proposed line would confer great advantages on the district generally. Mr. Thomas Todd, examined by Mr. DENISON—Lived in the parish of Stanhope. There were forty-seven smiths in that and the adjoining parish, who consumed, on an average, fifty-three tons of coal weekly. The cost of the carriage of this coal was ss. per ton. He heard the evidence of the last witness with regard to the rates, distance, and time of the carriage of goods by the pre sent and proposed modes of conveyance, and concurred in the accuracy of those details. Sent himself 1,500 tons of lime weekly for agricultural and other purposes into the adjoining counties by car t s . The proposed line would be a much cheaper, more rapid, an d desirable communication; and he considers it would greatly benefit the trade of the country, and open up its resources. The two last witnesses were cross-examined by Mr. Hill, to prove that the Stanhope and Tyne existing railway accommodated a large portion of the traffic which was claimed for the proposed line. Mr. Emerson Muskin was then examined by Mr. Buss, and gave evidence of a similar tendency. He heard the evidence of the two last witnesses, and agreed with them in the statements they had made. This witness was cross.examined by Mr. HILL with respect to the tunnel and Black Boy incline, with a view to prove th a t it was impossible to form a continuous line of railway. The CHAIRMAN here said that he did not see any use in calling further evidence on the traffic. He wished the counsel and pro moters to direct their attention to the engineering points referred to by opposing counsel. Mr. John Harris, civil engineer, was then called, but it being now within a few minutes of four o'clock, the Committee ad. journed till 12 o'clock to-morrow. GROUP X. CAMBRIDGE AND LINCOLN RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Earl Fitzwilliam had direct e d his attention to the compa rative merits of the Lon don and Y ork, and the Cambridge and Liverpool projects. Many y ears a g o he had had his attention di. r w e i c t t h e d theto th e expediency north, (Here the Noble Earl's answer was rendered somewhat i naudible b y the noise created by the chip ping of blocks of stone , h ammers, mallets, chisels, &c., in the hands of the workmen empl o y ed at that p ortion of the new Houses of through Cambridge of a line of comm un i cat i on b y ra il way. Parliament close to the Committee-room. The noise was kept up most perseveringly during the whole time the Noble Lord was under examination, with more or less pertinacity, the work men having just returned from dinner, and was varied only by the transition from one description of labour to another, such as the cessation of the mallet or the chisel, and the resuming of the grating and very unpleasant noise of stone-sawing. However, his Lordship continued to speak on.) But one question had been put to him, and his answer to it was one of most protracted duration. The substance of it was to the effect that he was in favour of the Cambridge and Lincoln project, because it would afford more facilities for the transit of every de scription of goods and merchandise through the centre of the county of Lincoln than the London and York line. He would have a feeling of extreme jealousy in regard to the formation of the loop line, though he had very little property indeed in Lincoln shire, but he did not think it would be useful; and he assumed the gap the absence of its formation would leave would be other. wise and n ore usefully filled up. When his Lordship had con cluded his long answer, the Learned Counsel said he did not think it necessary to put a second question to his Lordship. In cross-examination he said be should expect that a branch would be made to Boston from Cambridge. He did not mean to say that in fifty, or forty, or thirty, or twenty, or even ten years hence the requirements of the country may not be such as to render the London and York line necessary, particularly when he recollected that the population of this country was increasing at the rate of 2.50,000 a.yea r . Was aware that th e intermediate traffic was ten times that of the through traffic. DPrYneHas been forty years connected w ith th e Cam bridge University,and represented the tow n i n t h ree P ar li amen t s. Is of opinion that if this line should be made, a greater number of students wou ld pass up and down than now. Cambridge was a sort of emporium for the whole of the eurrounding.district. Both lines traversed his property. To Mr. TRIPP—Knows Chesterton and Coltsman's Common. Does not know the exact locality of the crossing at Chesterton. Could not see how it would interfere to the inconvenience of the people of that town more than any other Mr. Charles Finch, ironmonger and fuunder, had resided at Cam bridge all his life. The feeling of the trade of that town was quite in W , our of this line. Manufactures between 400 and 500 tons of iroi; a year, which he ge ts from Birm ingham, Staffordshire, York- GROUP Z. IRISH GREAT WESTERN (DITELIN TO MULLINGAR). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) . . The clauses were then agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be reported. The Committee then proceeded to THE DUBLIN AND GALWAY (IRISH GREAT WESTERN). Mr. A tisTrx opened the case on the part of the promoters of the Bill. He said the coast of Galway would become, in the event of the construction of the line, the western harbour for the American vessels and fer the trade of the Mediterranean. The harbour was exceedingly well adapted for all the purposes of trade, and could ac commodate the whole of the navy of Europe if it was ne ceisary. But, independently of these advantages, the trade carried on was considerable, to accommodate which a railway was most desirable ; besides the western part of Ireland, in the vicinity of Galway, was the only part of Ireland deficient in this de. feet, to remedy which the present line was projected. By the pre sent mode of conveyance, which was most deficient for the purposes of trade, the expense of transit was very great. By the proposed line goods might be conveyed to and from Dublin at a great re. duction on the prevailing mode. The conveyance of pas• sengers would also be on a considerably reduced scale. The inhabitants of• Galway, the population of which was 32,000, were enthusiastically in favour of the project, and looked upon it in the light of a great national project. The towns through which the line would pass, Loughrea, Ballinasloe, &c., which were of con. siderable commercial importance, would also be greatly benefited. The length of the line would be 115 miles, the cost 1,100,000/„ at the rate of 9,0001. per mile. The gradients were very favourable. The only apposition which they had to contend with was en the part of the Grand Canal Company. the line would be a double locomotive one. Mr. Apjohn, a geological professor of Trinity College, gave evi. deuce to the effect that the soil through which the line would pass was of a favourable character. He was of opinion that it would be of great advantage to the country. Mr. Lynch, a brewer at Galway, gave evidence as to the advan tages which a railway would possess over the present mode of con veyance, not only with respect to the speed and economy of transit. but without injury to the goods. The Committee then adjourned until to.morrow. THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA. KINGSTON, JAMAICA, MAY I.—Among the many ques tions that engage the observation of a colonial tourist, there is none that more immediately deserves notice than the oft-dis cussed subject of transit over the Isthmus of Panama, and the connexion of the Atlantic with the Pacific Ocean. I have had access to various sources of information on these important points dining my short stay in this island, and I anxiously call your attention to them, with the hope of impressing through you on the British public generally the magnitude of the interests which are at stake, and the necessity of Great Britain taking the initiative in developing them. Since the days of Cortes the project of a ship canal connecting the two oceans has been a favourite speculation with adventurers of all nations, and privileges have been obtained from the old Spanish, as well as from the modern New Granada and Central American Governments, for the purpose of facili tating its construction. But all these speculations have failed, and the idea is too vast for the comprehension of private individuals. Latterly, in lieu of a ship canal, a railway has been proposed, but no efficient step has been taken in the matter, and European capitalists are evidently not prepared to advance money for such an undertaking. A bold proposal was made some years since by a Mexican Company to connect the two oceans by cutting through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and a survey was effected at considerable expense by those gentlemen, but I can see no reason why the narrow and central Isthmus of Panama should be abandoned for the wider and more diffi cult passage of Tehuantepec, or why our shipping communi cating with the corresponding port in the Gulf of Mexico should be exposed, in case of American war, to the attacks of privateers from M o b i l e , P ensaco l a , an d the Mississippi, instead of keeping the open sea towards Portobello or the Chagres. I will therefore set aside the Mexican speculation as altogether impracticable, and direct your whole attention to the only efficient route of the Panama Isthmus. Without referring to projects which in olden times succes sively failed, I will merely state that since 1835 two at tempts have been made by speculators to establish a ship canal, and that privileges were obtained by them from the New Granada Government, which have since lapsed in conse quence of the non-performance of their contracts by the per sons alluded to. In 1835 the same Baron Thierry who 'has since figured in New Zealand, obtained a grant, which subse quently formed the basis of the French and Granadan Com pany; and in 1836 an American, Colonel Biddle, entered into engagements which were rendered abortive by the com mercial crisis of that year, and the sudden death of the principal speculator. The French Granadan Company made an appeal to the money-market for support, but finding no capi talists disposed to answer them, they renounced their privilege, and the subscribers paid. up the fine they had incurred for not having commenced the undertaking within the period assigned. The question, therefore, now remains open to all speculators, and those who may embark in it can have no fear of being met by prior grants. The Government of New Granada is free of engagements, and I understand that, while warned by experience it is determined not to treat with feeble or unsupported Companies, it is disposed to meet, on the most liberal footing, any rich substantial Company composed of our merchant Princes and possesssing the confidence of our Go vernment. I purposely omit any direct notice of the plans proposed by French speculators for opening communication from the port of Nicaragua, in Central America by ascending the river San Juan, trave rs i ng th e l a k es o f Nicaragua and Leon, and cutting a canal thence to the port of Realejo on the Pacific; because, in my opinion, the undertaking is far beyond the means of the parties, and capitalists cannot be found to sup port. it. _ The British commercial association already in existence most interested in the transit of the isthmus is undoubtedly the Royal Mail Steam-packet Company, because its vessels navigate the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico in every direc tion, and because it could, by the establishment of three or four large steamers in the Pacific, absorb the whole of the treasure and passengers who now, for want of an official line of steamers along the North and South American coasts of the Pacific and facility of transit over the Isthmus, go round Cape Horn to Europe. It is probably from these con siderations, that an intelligent director of the company, Captain Liot, aided by the Crown Surveyor of Jamaica, has lately been employed in determining what ports in both oceans should be fixed on as entreputs, and in what manner the transit of the isthmus should be effected, so as to meet the general interests of the commercial world, and the par ticular views of the association itself. These gentlemen having, as I understand, carefully examined the whole line of both coasts of the isthmus, have chosen the ports of Panama on the one side, and of Portobello on the other; and they have likewise determined that the transitshould be effected in a direct line between these places. The selection of Panama and Porto bello reflects credit on the judgment of Captain Liot and his companion, because in the time of Spanish dominion they were the corresponding ports for the transmission and shipment of specie, and because they can be mad e a t very little expense safe and commodious harbours. From the former communication can be easily held with Guayaquil, Lima, and Valparaiso, to the south ; and Acapulco, Son Blas, and Mazatlan and Realejo, to the north ; and the lat ter is easy of access to the splendid steamers of the company, who can, if necessary, run from the Land's-end to Portobello in 23 days' direct steaming, or in 28 days, touching at Bar badoes and Jamaica. It was at first proposed that the port of Chagres should be the terminus at the Atlantic side, as the river was considered navigable to a considerable distance in the isthmus, and the transit would be so far advanced ; but on close examination the harbour and the river were found to be im impracticable, and Portobello, as I have shown, was selected. The next point which engaged the attention of Captain Liot was, " In what manner is the transit to be effected, and is there no more practicable mode than the enormously expensive one of a railway or ship canal?" For the purpose of determining this material question, a survey was made of the intervening ground, the engineer cutting his way by compass through forest and bosh, and the result was the obtaining a choice of three lines, either of which can be made available. In coming from Panama the surveyor followed as far as possible the remains of the old Spanish causeway connecting that place w ith Perto bello, but found it broken up and overrun with timber, and the line itself, being carried, as the crow flies, over hill and dale, is in all respects objectionable. He therefore struck out anew road, which winding round the base of hills, and approaching as near a level as any English turnpike-road, makes the whole distance from port to port only 55 miles. The agents of the Royal Mail Steam-packet Company having now fixed on two suitable ports, and reduced the dis tance between them to 55 miles, determined instead of pro posing a ship canal or a railroad, either of which would demand an immense outlay of money, and give rise to political embarass ments, to recommend the practicable and cheap passage of a macadamized road, for the formation of which the ground is perfectly suitable, anti the materials of construction to be found on the spot. One is struck with the prudence of this recommendation, because of its cheapness and practicability, and because that same road can in the course of time be made available for steam-carriage purposes, for the atmospheric pressure railway, or fur the ordinary tram road. I understand maps and plans have been sent home, explanatory of all these points, and it is hoped that the company K ill at once take the initiative by establishing steam communication along the shores of the Pacific, and effect a temporary mode of transit over the isthmus during the two years which the surveyor says it will take to lay down a macadamized road. The temporary mode of transit can be effected from Panama by mules as far as Cruces, a distance of eighteen miles, and thence by canoe descending the river Chagres to the port of that name. Of course the passage up stream will be more tedious, but it must be borne in mind that the valuable freight of specie and the majority of passengers come from the Panama side of the isthmus. The question of transit at last assumes a tangible shape, and I hope to state, ere long, that the Macadam road has been com menced.— 2 im cs. DEATH FROM THE BITE OF A POISONOUS INSECT. —Yesterday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Queen's Head, High street, Poplar, on the body of Robert Smith, aged 67 years, a labourer in the West India Docks. About a fortnight since the deceased was employed in what is termed the "transporting gang," in moving the ship from one part of the dock to another. On his return home he supposed he had been bitten by a gnat, and the irritation which ensued was so violent as to cause him to rub the afflicted part to a degree which caused alarming symptoms, and the arm became swollen. He was subsequently conveyed to the London Hospital, and having been relieved, afterwards became an out-patient. In a short time, however, further al.rming symptoms appeared, and Mr. Bloomfield, a surgeon, of Poplar, was called in on Monday morning last, but he died the same day. Mr. Bloom field stated that when he was called in the deceased laboured under difficulty of breathing, and had an intermittent pulse, accompanied by delirium. From the symptoms witness attributed death to the bite of tome poisonous insect from the tropical climates. Verdict —" That death was caused by some poisonous insect." GOLDSMITHS' CoMPA:r•Y.—Yesterday, pursuant to annual custom the master and wardens of this Company proceeded to distribute the munificent sums left for charitable purposes to four freemen of the Goldsmiths' Company, and maimed soldiers, by P. Shelley, Esq. A grand banquet was afterwards partaken of by the Court of the Company. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 12. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. BAIL IN ERROR. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the third reading of the Bail in Error Bill.—Agreed to. DEODANDS ABOLITION BILL. The report of this Bill was brought up and laid upon the table. TENANTS' COMPENSATION BILL. Lord PORTMAN rose to present a Bill " On the sub ject of the expediency of providing compensation to tenants of lands for improvements thereon in certain cases." He said it was with considerable difficulty he addressed their Lordships, after the statement which his Noble Friend (Lord Stanley) had made last Monday eveninir. There was a gr ea t diff erence b etween his (Lord 'Portman's) Bill and that of his Noble Friend, that whereas his (Lord Portman's) Bill contained only four clauses, that proposed by his Noble Friend con tained a great number. Their Lordships, it would be recollected, had assented to the principle of his Bill, and it was entrusted to a Select Committee ; but when in Committee he was convinced it would not be right to carry forward the Bill, as in providing for the evils it Was intended to remedy, it would produce others of a greater magnitude. He had taken some pains during the recess by inquiries in all parts of England to obtain information with re spect to the subject, and to make suggestions which did not occur to the members of the Committee. Although landowners generally were disposed to make and con sent to improvements on their property, yet, there were some landowners who would not consent to such improvements if they interfered with their property to any material extent. He had no doubt their Lordships were of opinion that it was better to have improvements effected by agreements between the landowner and renter of land, which would be binding on the heirs of both, than by any other plan. Under the present system there was great difficulty in inducing a tenant, whose lease had nearly expired, to make improvements by drainage or otherwise on the land which he held by lease, on account of the uncer tainty of the tenuro, and an impression that some other person would reap the advantage. The difficulty seemed to be this—that they had no law by which they could secure compensation to a tenant who had laid out money on the land which he occupied. It ought not to be left to the option of the landowner, but ought to be secured to him by legal means. These means appeared to him to be—a well-arranged lease between the parties • and by an Act of the Legislature, he proposed that it should be lawful of a renter of land to demand compensation within six months of the expiration of his lease, if for three years or upwards, according to the custom of the country with regard to value, and that similar powers should be given to the landowner and his agent, thus giving security to both parties, and that in the event of any dispute it should be referred to two per sons, one of whom should be a justice of the peace, and in the event of their decision being unsatisfactory, there should be an appeal to the quarter sessions, or to one of the courts of law. No regulation could be made as to the amount of compensation, as that must depend on cir cumstances. The Bill was then read a first time. Lord DACRE postponed the second reading of his Game Bill from Monday next till Tuesday. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 12. The SPAMHER took the Chair at the usual hour. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. YOUNG, a new writ was ordered for the county of Edinburgh, Mr. Ramsay having accepted the Chiltern Hundreds CALEDONIAN RAILWAY BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. DUNDEE AND PERTH RAILWAY BILL. The Bill was read a third time and passed. CLYDESDALE JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. F. MAULE presented a petition from Edinburgh, in favour of the Bill for the abolition of tests in the Scotch Universities. Lord ASHLEY presented a petition from Lancashire in favour of a ten hours' Bill ; also a petition from the physicians at Bridport against the medical Bill ; and a petition from Wales praying that, if local courts should be established there, the evidence in those courts should be taken in Welsh. IRISH BANKING BILL. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN, seeing the Right Honourable Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his place, wished to ask him if he would postpone the Irish Bank ing Bill for a week, in order to afford the Irish public that which they had not yet had, viz., an opportunity of considering the provisions of the measure ? (Hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that the Bill had been printed early in May, that the amendments which had been introduced into it had been introduced in concert with the bankers of Ireland, and with other persons in that country interested in the subject, and that he saw no reason for any further postponement at this late period of the session. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN asked if it was intended to proceed with the discussion on the Irish Banking Bill to-night ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the arrangement was, that the report should be brought up to-night, and the discussion should be taken on the third reading. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN hoped the subject would not be brought on at a late hour. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said they would see to what hour the other business before the House extended. PETITIONS. An HoN. MEMBER, on the Ministerial side of the House, presented a petition from Bury and Ashton ur,der-Lyne in favour of a Ten Hours' Bill; also a petition against the Settlement Bill ; and a petition against highway rates. ISLE OF MAN—CASE OF COLDECOTT. Dr. BOWRING rose to inquire of the Home Se cretary, whether his attention had been called to the circumstances under which John Waters Coldecott was arrested and long imprisoned in Castle Rushen, in the Isle of Man ? He had given notice of his intention to ask the ques tion, in order to give the Right Hon. Gentleman an opportunity of inquiring into the subject. J. W. Coldecott had been arrested on Sept. 9 last, on affidavit, charging him with having assaulted his wife. The place where the affidavit was taken was not recorded. He was ar rested and taken before Deemster Heywood, and or dered to enter into securities to keep the peace for six months, and in default committed to Castle Rushen gaol, without ever having being confronted with his accusers. He had been there more than six months, when he was detained for a debt due to a person named Kerman ; on his suing Kerman for maintenance, it was alleged that he was detained for the assault on his wife. His port manteau and all his property was taken from him, and he was left in a state of destitution. He applied to the Governor, who referred his complaint to Deemster Hey wood, who ordered Mr. Coldecott to be detained three months longer in gaol. Such was the statement made to him, and he wished to ask if the Home Secretary had made any inquiries on the subject ? Sir J. GRAHAM said that, in consequence of the notice given by the Hon. Gentleman on a former even ing, he had directed the Lieutenant-General of the is land to make inquiries into the matter, but he had not yet received his report thereon. JUSTICE COURTS IN THE ISLE OF MAN. Dr. BOWRING also begged to put the other question of which he had given notice, namely, whether any mea sures have been taken to provide against the delay ofjus tice which has resulted from the non-holding the Chancery Court in the Isle of Man ? He had been informed that the delay in one case involved a matter of not less than 150,0001. Sir J. GRAHAM said that the delay had solely arisen from the fact of the Lieutenant-Governers being seriously indisposed, which had compelled him to resign his appointment. He trustee, that matters would be so arranged as to obviate the necessity of the Hon. and Learned Member's future inquiries. COLLEGES BILL (IRELAND). Mr. ROCHE wished to know whether the Right Hon. Baronet would put off the Irish Colleges Bill for the present, in order to give the Members of that House, and more particularly the Irish Members, time to con sider the amendments which had been made in it, before coming to a decision on the matter ? Sir J. GRAHAM said that, although the amend ments sought to be introduced in this Bill were of a somewhat important character, be did not con sider them so very important as to justify a further postponement, and he could not, theretore, accede to the request of the Hon. Member. To-morrow night he should take the money vote, as a preliminary step to going into Committee. THE SCOTCH BANKING BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the third reading of the Scotch Banking Bill. Mr. FOX MAULE did not intand to oppose the motion ; but, before the Bill was read a third time, he thought it necessary for him to enter his protest against the measure. He could not do otherwise than condemn any interference with a system which had hitherto worked so well in Scotland. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. POOR-LAW AMENDMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the order of the day bein g read for th e second reamdirn.gFoofx.thiziAScuotEh P p r o e o s r- en l a t e w d A a m p en e d ti m tio en n tßdl, against the Bill from the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland. Mr. LOCKHART also presented petitions from Scot land against the Bill. The LORD ADVOCATE then moved the second reading of the Bill, when Mr. RUTHERFORD said he found the opinions of others whose authority was greater than his were un favourable to the Bill. He thought there were great inconveniences in the existing system, but that if no thing was to be done but this measure of the Go vernment, it would not give satisfaction to Scot land. They would have petitions from all quarters for further legislation. Discussions would be renewed and aggravated, and bring into play feelings of excitement and passion, which he, for one, did not wish to see aroused.—(Hear.) The law of Scotland, as it now stood, provided that all those who were decrepid, impo tent, and unable to sustain themselves, should be sup. ported by parochial assessments, and in every parish of Scotland the law had establish, d a parochial board for the prorr sustenance of such persons, and for raising a fund for their adequate relief. In the borough parishes that board consisted of the magistrates, in the county parishes it consisted of the heritors and the clerk of ses sion. They had the power to make an assessment \ for the support of the disabled and incompetent poor. The law at present was anything but satisfactory. In the burghs, it was provided that the assessment should be levieq on the means and substance of all the inhabi tants wherever such should be found, whether their possessions on the spot er in the public funds, their ships in harbour or any other depository. The appeals to the courts of law could not be made but in the most unsatisfactory manner, and the whole machinery for apportioning and working the law in that respect was intricate and incomplete. There was already a sufficient safeguard that the relief to the poor would be administered upon a most economical principle. It was the rate-payers, those nho were assessed, that held the check—to this he did not object. He thought it in the main a good principle, but it was all the more necessary to have an easy, expeditious appeal to the courts of law. Good care should be taken that this power of the rate payers should not be abused. What was the history of the administration of the poor-law in Scotland. He was not there to exaggerate, or to excite the passions against this law, but they could not conceal from them selves that the Commissioners declared in their report that the present provision for the poor of Scotland was wholly insufficient. He spoke of the permanently-disabled poor. In some of those parishes the Commis sioners stated (and, amongst other parishes, those in the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow) that when representations had been made to the magis trates that the provision for the poor was insufficient, those magistrates refused to increase the assess ment. He must therefore say that a cheap. expeditious, and easy appeal to the courts of law was above all things desirable. They had, then, unquestionably, this state of things, that by not giving to the poor an easy and expeditious appeal to the law, they took away one of its most necessary provisions, uhile, at the same time, the provision it did contain involved an extravagant expenditure of the funds intended to be applied for the relief of the poor, thus operating in one way against the poor, and in another against those who pay for their support. Looking, then, at the names of those who signed that report (for every one of whom he had the most unfeigned respect) let him ask the House to consider what that report recommended. The Commissioners recom mended that the jurisdiction of the court of quarter sessions should be abolished ; but they did not propose that the sheriff, who, unlike the same officer in this coun try, was a judge of the land in Scotland, should have the jurisdiction ; they c:id not propose that it should be transferred to the central board ; no, they removed all jurisdiction, and left to the poor applying for relief to seek a re 'needy at the hands of the parochial authorities, and the board of supervision, who were to report to the Secretary of State for the Hume Department. It had been suggested that the grounds on which the scheme was founded were superficial, and his Hon. and Learned Friend in laying the measure before the House had defended those grounds. He knew how little public opinion would influence the principle of the measure as regarded the jurisdiction of the Court of Session. He (Mr. Rutherford) thought it was time that relief for complaints against inadequate support should meet with some redress, and the poor man ought to have an opportunity of bringing his case before that Court with facility. Ile was about to draw the attention of the House to one of the leading princi ples of the measure. It was proposed that a board of supervision should be established. If a poor man considered that the means of sustenance 16th which he was ,upplied were not adequate, he must first make out a case before the board of supervision ; but that board had no power, under the I3ill, to give the poor man ultimate relief. They could only say to him that he has liberty to refer his application to the Court of Session. This restriction was not just or proper, when compared Kith the power which the parish possessed, of going at once without any inter ference to the board of supervision, to contradict what the poor man might avouch with regard to his treatment. Now, in reference to this part of the subject, he thought it was worth while to consider what was the machinery employed in this measure. What was the board of supervision ? How was it constituted ? It was a board consisting of a number of members, in which one was paid, with one paid secretary, and it had the power of ordering their own mem bers to any part of the country, or to employ others to make inquiries as they might think necessary. He wished to know whether the report made by the Commissioners to inquire into the Poor-laws (Scotland), a report which filled a most bulky volume, did not contain sufficient evidence to enable them to decide upon this question. Could they want more in formation on the subject of the poor-laws than that which had been furnished them during last year? Certainly not. He should have expected that in bringing forward an efficient Poor-law for Scotland the mode of rating would have been clearly stated. As the Bill now stood, the mode of rating was derived from the Act of 1779, in which the forms employed might be very well suited to those days, but was altogether un suited to the present time. He wanted to know what the Government had done to ensure a correct sys tem of taking the value of rateable property—what measure was to be adopted to regulate the rating on rental, tenantcy, land, and profit in business. He considered some clear and definite plan would have been suggested on the way in which this important part of the scheme would have been met. He thought it was not equitable to assess the rural parishes to the support of the poor in the burghs. Was anything ever heard of so unjust as to leave it in the power of the board of supervision to assess one rural parish to a burden from which other parishes similarly situated were exempt ? In making the rural parishes liable to such an assessment of the towns they would relieve the proprietors of all participa tion in the burden of sustaining the poor. The Bill provided among other anomalies, that the parochial board should have the power of di viding property into different classes and assign different ratings to different parishes. Thus in the parish A this parochial board should inflict upon certain prcperties situate therein a high rate of assess ment, perhaps six per cent., end in the adjoining parish B a low and i nsu ffi c i en t amount was levied, and thus a different rate would be established, and a different classi fication adopted in every parish in the country. Surely these were matters of grave consideration, and made it imperative on the House, before dealing finally with the measure, to look into the anomalies and objections ex posed in it. In the sixteenth century the principle of rating and assessment was first introduced into Scotland, and the present prosperity of that country was mainly attributable to the amendments adopted in those original provisions about sixty years ago, it being in the year 1780, just after the A merican war, that alterations in the previous principle were suggested and efft eted. The measure, in his opinion, required much more considera tion and many alterations, or it would inflict injustice on some portion of the people of Scotland, and be generally productive of litigation and legal difficulty. lie had great doubts about the expediency of extending the settlement to seven years. If they were to extend the time from three to seven years they would render it so difficult to ascertain the settlement of paupers, that they would have to repeal that portion of the law, and return to the old period of three years. He considered that greater time ought to be allowed for the consideration of this important point. Then there was not sufficient protection afforded to parishes against the influx of paupers from England and Ireland, who are bound to maintain them until their settlements could be discovered which was often a very difficult task. This was ex tremely hard upon parishes such as Greenock and Glas gow, where ships of indigent persons came. These were his objections to the Bill, and he approved of its prin ciple, and thought the object it had in view a good one, but he must again express his decided objection to the capricious Parliamentary line of boundary,. which would in many cases b e mo st unfair and unequal in its applica tion. They had not the least conception of the extent of the injury which it would in flict on private individuals by this capricious line. He had already mentioned the case of Edinburgh and r t to be this a liable inhe had not the slightes t ob j ection, but the proposition Leith, and there were many other cases where unequ a l pressure of this law was felt in a similes. manner. .The parish the first in w i h n i s c t h a instance el) poor Isis r r mans was lftoeunnat was already existed as a law, and whatever th e p ract i ce might be in particular parishes, the law was that when ever a pauper was found, the parish in which he was, was bound to support him. His Hon. and Lea ned Friend was too well acquainted with the fact to doubt it. The law, however, was not al wa y s carr i e d out. At times considerable litigation arose amongst parishes as to the proper settlement of a pauper. Of his own knowledge he was acquainted with a case of pauperism, which had been litigated in the Court of Session during the last four or five years, and which, in all probability, would continue for as many years longer without any definite conclusion being arrived at. The influences ho had drawn from the objections he had raised were so numerous, and so strong, that he was satisfied the pro visions of the Bill, as at present constituted, were most imperfect, and totally inadequate to meet the require ments of the country for which it was specially in tended. He would recommend the Ho use to pause before conceding this Bill, and let it be sent down into the country, in order that they might have the opinions of partiesthere to guide th em in coming to a just and proper appreciation of the sub ject. The population in many parishes was thinly scat tered, and the provisions of the Bill were such, that it would be extremely difficult to supply the urgent de mands for medical relief which such districts required. Over such an extent of country, with such a thinly dis tributed population, it would be impossible for a medical man to travel, so as to 'supply the demands made upon his skill. There was nothing the pa ris h es i n S cotland were so much in want of as medical attendance to the poor, and he did not care how it wa s a ppli e d, w h ether by a single parish, or a union of parish, s, so long as it was done. Another point to which he would refer was that of relief to able. bodied labourers. There had been much discussion on this subject during the last forty years, and a decision had been ob tained in a court of law, affirming the principle of re lief to abls-bodied paupers, though he was of a contrary opinion. It was, however, neck ssary that this quest on should be fairly settled. A sy stein of reliefof this kind should only he applied under a worle' ouse system. There might be cases in which relief should b , extended to the able-bodied poor—such as in cases of great national distress, or when epidemic diseases prevailed. There ought to be a provision to meet cases of this kind—a provision of a temporary character—whereby a rate might be raised from the inhabitants of parishes ; but he held it ought not to he of a pertnasnent character. lie would not say that the Bill ought not to be read a se cond time, fur it might be considerably amended either in Committee of the whole House, or in a Select Com mittee up stairs ; but entertaining . s trong objections to it in its present shape, he thought it was a duty which he owed to the country to state the grounds on which those objections rested. Lord ARUNDEL referred to a meeting held in Edin burgh, in 1842, under the presdency . of the then Lord Provost i (Sir James Forrest), respecting the admission of Roman Catholic priests into workhouses, and ygiving faciliti es ex pressed a hops that , in the measure before the House, a tolerant spirit would be exhibited , b 21 1711 , 011 Id . o. 1 1 0 c' P f ;" ord cite for tided t° ;et lipe° gr. sn,