The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-08 00:00:00

RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN

PLALJAMIIIIT.

Yesterday the committee of which Mr. Baillie is
chairman, after • long and laborious inquiry, decided on the
proposed new hoes for Dublin, passing the bill for the Dublin
Trunk connecting Railway, and rejecting those f,..r the
Dublin Grand Junction Railway. the Dublin Metropolitan
Railway, and the Dahlia Railway. The Rue of the Dublin
Trunk connecting Railway is proposed to be carried out in
connexion with the Great Southern and Western, Dublin
and Drogheda, Dublin and Kingstown, Midland Great
Western, and other local lines, and in conjunction and
co-operation with the port and corporation of the city of
Dobiin. The Metropolitan Railway Company's case for
their extension to Trinity-square, Tower-hill, was stain
under consideration all day, Mr. }owlet, the engineer, being
examined. The case for the promoters closed, and the
opposition will oome on to-day. Mr. Denison and Mr. Kers-
lake opened thecase of the Wilts and Gloucestershire Railway
Company'. application to incorporate it with • capital of
299,0001. in shares and 99,000/. by loan, with power to
create • 5 per cent. debenture stock fur making four rail-
ways, the first of 20 miles from • junction with the main
line of the Great Western at Christian Melford, between
the Wootton Bassett and Chippenham stations, passing by
Manic:bury and Tetbory to near Dudbridge, with two
branches to the Great Western at Stroud, and to unite
with the Stooehoose and Nailsworth Railway. The new
line' are to Inroad° on the mixed gauge, and arrangements
may be made with the Great Western. Witnesses were
examined on the general traffic case by Mr. Somerset, and
by Mr. Venable. and Hoe. Mr. Yorke whist the bill. On
the re-assembling of the committee on the Great Eastern
Northern Junctions Bill the promoters intimated that attest
fully considering the whole question they did not feel jos.
tined in aoceptieg the proposition made by the committee of
mutual traffic facilities sod reciprocal running
powers, an between the Gnat Fitatern and Great
Northern Bynum of railways, and the committee ad-
journed. The committee on the proposed Glasgow
and North British Railway rejected that measure.
Accumulative evidence continues to be taken in the coop
mitteee on the Brecon sad Merthyr Led North Staffordshire
Railway extensions. The Limington Harbour and Docks
Bid (with • capital of 200,0004 for • harbour and docks
and reclamation of lands at Lymington), Tottenham and
Hampstead Railway, Isle of Wight Fwry, Ulventene Gas,
and Whitebaven Water were passed in Mr. Maney's com-
mittee. The bill to enable the Sheffield Waterworks Corn.
play to make provision and give compensation in connexion
with the recent inundltioo near Sheffield, was opened by Mr.
Hops Sett, efore • committee of which Mr. H.
Seymour is the Q.C.Chairman, witnesses in favour of the pro-
moters being examined by Mr. Cripps. The bill for the
Globe Telegraph Company was paned in Mr. Paull's coin.
Tattoos. In the Lords, the bill of the Ribbleedale Railway
for • line of 14 miles from the Laucashir• and Yorkshire
at Chatham, to the North Western at Settle, sod to raise
180,000/. ; the Kent Coast, for additional lands, stations,
and approaches at Rainsgate ; the Sevenoaks, Mania:ono,
and Tonbridge Railway, to wine with their ori-
ginal undertaking the extension railways authorised
in 1162 to Maidatooe, and to join the authorised new line to
Toobridge of the South Eastern near Sevenoake, aud the re-
' venues and profits of such extensions, to authorise •
transfer of the undertaking to the London, Chatham, and
Dover Railway, and to raise 100,000/. by new shares with
a six per mat. preference dividend arid 33,0001. by loan.
Edinburgh. Glasgow, and Alva Railway ; Manchester,Sheffield, and Lincollebire Railway; Dublin, Wicklow,
and Wexford Railway; Teedring Readied. end Notting-
ham Gas BiW. The committee on the Metropolitan Traffic
Bill have reported that the standing orders ham not been
complied with.

LORD'S DAT REsr ARSOCIATION.—The seventh
annual ineetingol this society was held last evening at Exeter-
ball, Mr. W. Malley in the chair. Mr. C. Hill, the
fecretary, read the report, which regretted that the
society had not been more successful in its operations,
although there wan still much cause for thankfulness. A
large amount of Sunday labour was still carried on is
this country. There were employed upon the Sabbath day
100,000 railway officials, al,OOO hat-office servants, 100,000
boatmen. 24.000 cab and omnibus men, and 273,000 pub-
licans, beershop keepers, and their servant'. In London it
was computed there were 10,000 shops open on the Lord's
day, employing from 30,000 to 40,000 persons, and in the
Regent's and Victoria parks Sunday braes bands were
encouraged while preachers of the reap', were prohibited.
The Sunday League were also untiring in their efforts to
secularise the Sabbath day. In some measure to obviate
these evils the society had prepared a form of pledge Dot to
buy, sell, or travel on the Sabbath, which they recom-
mended to the notice of the friends of the society. During
the year a large number of tracts on the proper observance
of the Sabbath day had been printed and distributed. The
total income for the year had been WU. is. 10d., and the
expenditure 'JOU. 33.. leaving a balance of 2/. I'2s. 7d.
The Rev. Hugh Allen moved the adoption of the report,
which was seconded by Mr. Dickson, supported by Mr.
Deputy-Judge Payne, and agreed to. The meeting con-
cluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman.
The illumination of coal mines surely might be
accomplished by the magnet. The development of its power Is
daily increasing : one instance is Herring's magnetic breshea. de.
Dr. Hassell remarks : I regard them us the most perfect brushes
hitherto made, as respect, their mechanical coestraction and
thew magnetcal action." They ore the remedy torgrey hair,
aye eta, rheumatism, etc. N.B. Connterfeita are Nine made.
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