The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-17 00:00:00

BAIDWAY 470 PUBLIC COMPANIES IN
PARLIAMENT.

Yentecday the oppositionof the corporation of the
City of Leedom to the proposed East London Railway was
opened by Mr. Hope Scott, Q.C. ; Mr. Rummell Gurney, the
recede and Mr. Chambers, the common enjoin'. The
comma;= object to the Mimics of the railway within the
preclude of the City, and to those particular porticos of it
that impose to ten by the sent side of Bounden& to a
Loctioa with the Finsbury catmint% of the Metropolitan
way at Little Moorfieldx, and to the lengths op the east
side of Moorsrte etnet, to the City branch of the North
London wag, near Sanotreet, and to the Liverpool-
area terminus of the London and North-Western. Mr.
Haywood, engineer to the City of London Cmporatiou, was
examine, and elated that the underground portion of the
lice was objectionable in an engineering and public
port
of view, and that the open portion would
to the demolition of a large amount of
property, the acquisition of which would be very expen-
sive, He thos,glit, moreover, that the tom:dui:non of the
nativity would be a noisanee. It would ran so cites to the
Friewils' meeting-house in Bishopsgate-street in to interfere
with their meditations and the quietude of their meetings.
Yolerjeant Bellies, Q.C., objected to the adducing any
oedema in ONIBILIiOII with the Freed, and their establish-
meat, inasmuch as they had not petitioned against the
bill, and consegatatly had eo locus siondt.. The committee,
however, overruled the ageetios, and Mr. floylasd, one of
their number,.ms examined to prove the correetneee of the
einsrtiou thatthe onward their devotional meetioperould
be destroyed,athibiting at the esme time a model of the
needing-home to the committee. After hearing Mr. Pbion,
Q. a 3 soo the whole case, the oommittee passed thebills
occupied their anentioa saute dap foe the North
Staffordshire Railway Casupsny's new works and Silverdale
and Keeley *Monaco& They also passed the bill to enable
the North Staffordshire to make the That'll Railway of
two miles fro m• Prothro with their Potteries Hoe,
at Warrantee to Ileerskl Hall and Pottery, to raise
2.3,011111/. and mate debilitate stock. Mr. Johnson informed
the committee that the promoters of the Shrewsbury and
Putt :lee Jamas Railway had elected to withdraw that
bill. Mr. Hope Scott, Q.C., opened the bill to em•
power the Landau and North Western Railway to
make • new approach to the Eustoneatios through
the northern pot of Easton-square, for deviations,
to resin for ten years superfluous lands at Pieper, Bedford,
Birmingham, Ruby, and St. Albans. to &hoodoo the tea.
structiso of ttheallway between Cheadle, Bulking and the
Stockpett, Maley, end Whaleybridgeauthorieed inlB6l,and
to sanction the abandonment by the South Staffordshire of
the Jim:floe line to the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
hampoth authorised is 1865, to use certain railways of
Messrs. Alleopp sod Boos at Burton-on-Trent, to contract
with the Gnat Western Railway for the use and working of
the line to comma the Worcester, Abergavenny, and
Hereford with the Hereford, Roes and Gloucester. It
is farther reposed to enter into arrangements with
the Midlandßailway with respect to the Melia
of their (soothes railways, Rad a to taking a
joint lease of the loatioder sod Carlisle, Lancaster
and Priam, and Kendal and Windermere railways,
and to cooked with the Lancashire sad Yorkshire with re.
epee to the Preston station. The company also seek powers
to °Destruct nine small breathes in order to complete and
consolidate their system in the north, including two short
branches near Bedsides to manect the Hampstead junction
with the company's main line and with the West London.
For these imposes they propose to raise 300,0001. as sew
ordinary or peefeseem capital, and 100,0004 by
Witham wee examined. The evidence of SG. =,
the *aglow e the line, occupied the committee of which
Mr. Haire is chairman, on the Gloucester and Ledbary
Railway. The bill for the South Wales Mineral Railway
was passed in Mr. Paall's committee. Mr. Webster opened
the owe of the Swansea Vale sod Neath and Brecon Rail-
way is Mr. Watlingtoe's committee, the object of the bill
being to incorporate the company with a capital of 120,000/.
in dowse and 40,00 W. leen, for • line of eight miles from a
/auction with the Swamies Vale to the Neath and Brecon at
Celbrsnd. Evidence adduced in favour. The bill for the
Pembroke and Tesby bill passed. The case of the Man.
cheater, Sheffield, and Linooloshire Company's steamboats
came on in Sir F. Giolditad's committee, Mr. Leith, of
the Gam Northern, being examined by Mr. Saunders in
favour. In the Lords, the committee of which Lord Belper
is ethiconin, after bearing counsel on both sides, pained the
bill for the proposed Solway, Cumberland, and Dumfries-
shire Amain" Railway, but declined to give runttnoowere
to the Gleagow and Soath Western. Lord You • coma
mines, eta paging the Edioburgh and Leith Sewerage
Improvemot Bill, entered on the consideration of that for the
Gloucester and Abwystarith Railway ; and further evident*
occupied Earl Devon's 'nominee on the Wrexham, Mold,
and Connah's Quay Railway.

EDUCATION INNPNCTORS' REPORT .—The reflect
committee appoiated to iaquire into the pnotics of the
Committee of Council oe Mdocatioa, with respect to the
report• of her Majesty's inspecton of schools. met yesterday
(Thursday), at oDe o'clock ; Mr. Howes in the chair. The
other members are Mr. Dodson, Sir P. Egertoe, Lord
Hotham, the Hon. C. Howard, Lord R. Cecil, and the Lord
Advocate. The inclairy will be coodacted with closed doon.

AfurOCIATION ix AID OF TIM DEAF AND DUDS.
The sauna meeting of this assoeistior vu held yesterday,
at Willis's Rooms, St. James's. Lord Radstmk in the
chair. Mr. Pritchard,Xthe secretu7, read the report, which
stated the object of the moiety to be to relieve the position
of the deaf and dumb by services on Sundays in the sign
language ; by lectures on monist subjects on other days, by
clergy house visitation, by obtainiog employment, by
affording pc:tunny aid, and by obtaining admission and
paying the expense of the education at the Brighton School,
of such children as had passed the age of edreielioo to the
London school. The whole of those objects had been
carried out to the extent the funds at the disposal of ,the
moiety permitted. The avenge attendance at the Sunday
services was from 60 to 100, and the lectures were also well
attended. Several had been provided with situations
during the year, and others relieved in various ways.. The
number of deaf and dumb people in London was estimated
at 1,820, the majority of whom were in humble dream.
stances, and fitting recipients of the benefits of a society
s like the present The committee regretted that the income
of the society for the peat year had fallen cff, necessitating
the selliog out of 501. stock to meet the eurtent ezpermes.
The building fund now amounted to 1.900/., but was still
iosufficient to warrant building operations being commeeced.
The report concluded with an earnest appeal for extended
support from the benevolent public. Lord Ebnry moved
the adoption of the report, and hoped the fact male known
to-day, that the society stood in great need of support,
would not be forgotten. The resolution was seconded by the
Rev. Mr. Michael, supported by Mr. Joseph Payne, and
agreed to. after iddreesee from other gentlemen, a
vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings.
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