The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-10 00:00:00

RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS ON STANDING

ORDERS.

Yesterday the standing orders were complied with
in the following cases:
GALT NORTIIIIIIN RAILWAT.—No. 1, bill for amend-
ment of acts. _ _ _ _.. . .

CALEDONIAN RAILWAT.—For branch from Pollock and
Govan to goods station of Glasgow and Greenock. Esti-
mated cost, 14,7001.
BLACKBURN RAiLirmr.—For extonsion of time. _

LIMERICK, ENNIS, ♦ND KILLALON RAILWAY.—For
abandonment of a portion of the main line, and substitution
of a line to theWaterford and Limerick Railway, and other
purpose,, at an estimated east of 11,0001.
LIMERICK AND FOTNIS RAILWAY and Llanelly Railway
Bills. . .

—.—
HULL AND HOLDREYRSS RAILWAY.—FOTS line between
these places, and working arrangements with the York and
North Midland Railway. Estimated cost, 110,0001.
LONDON ♦ND BRIGHTON AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.
For enlarging the 1 ondon-bridge and Brighton stations,
widening the Montpelier-bridge at Brighton, and construc-
tion of the Crystal Palace Railway, including the purchase
of land. Estimated cost, 8.5,0001.
The other bills passed were—Bristol Waterworks (in-
crease of capital), Blackburn Oas, Limerick Corporation,
and East London Waterworks (to improve, supply new
aqueducts and reservoirs), at ah estimated cost of
200,0001.
ISLE :01, WIGHT RAlLWAY.—Yesterday the standing
orders in the ease of this undertaking were declared not
complied with. The Proceedings extended over three days
and excited considerable interest, on account of the nature
of the opposition. Messrs. Dorington appeared in support
of the bill, and Mr. Wyatt, on behalf of the memorialiais,
opposing it—via., the Earl of Yarborough, Admiral
Hawker, Rev. 0. H. Ward, the Queen's College, Oxford,
Sir:O. Seymour, and other landowners and residents. The
line proposes to run from Ryde to Ventnor, 161 miles, and
from West Cowes to Newport, 41, at an estimated cat of
240,0001. The allegations of non-compliance with the
standing orders sustained were with reference to defective
notices to landowners, misdescriptions of property, and of
owners, lessees, and occupiers in the books of reference.
There were six allegations of errors in the levels, varying
from 5 feet to 10 feet in various portions of the line, our
tamped, with two or three allegations of less importance re-
lative to omissions of written descriptions on the plans. The
subscription contract put in was signed to the extent of
181,0001. with 19,0051. paid up. The bill will be referred
to the Select Committee oa Standing Orders.
MALTON AND DRIPIPIELD JUNCTION.—The standing Or-
ders were declared not complied with, on the ground of
undue publication of notice of intention to amalgamate
with the York, Newcastle and Berwick.

EXTRAOZDINART DEPORTATION OP IRISH POOL
—Yesterday, at the meeting of the board of guardians of
the Holborn Union, Mr. 8. Pearson brought beforo the
notice of the guardians the circumstances connected with a
boy named Jeremiah Carey and his sister, who had that
day been received into the workhouse in a state of destitu-
tion. It appeared from the statement of the children that,
along with their father, they were inmates of the Clone-
kitty Union workhouse, in the county of Cork, and one day
all the inmates were called together, and asked who would'
like to go to England. The children and their father were
induced to do so, along with about 100 others. They wens
afterwards taken in carts to the seaside, and put on Mei •
ship ; and, after being two days and two nights id Me
were landed in England, the guardians paying*. pm.
money for the whole of them. They bed shies bus saw
dering about England, and their Milli died Wag al Taw
bridge, in Kent. If sail moket bud Wm paean& la
England, the guardians 11011111111 lave marred lissweleas
liable to an indictment sod sae infliction of a malty, and
he was desirous of knowing if the law pro any se.
medy in the case of Irish guardians mending ever their poor
in such a wholesale manner.—Mr. James, the clerk to the
board, stated that he did not think that the act of pull".
moat forbidding such a practice affected Ireland. It would
Isu well to keep the children here for the present, as wit.
amok if they were needed.—Mr. Pearson continued :To
and Mom back would cost the union 41. He proposal
that a letter should be written to the Poor-law Board,
slating the circumstances, and urging them to provide a
asawdy against such conduct —Mr. G. Day seconded the
resolution, and strongly deprecated the wholesale deports-
des of Irish paupers to this country.—The resolution welt
ran unanimously adopted.
ATTEMPTED ESCAPE AND SCPPOSED DEATH C.
A CONVICT.—A convict named Edward Hulme, under sea-'
Mince of transportation for ten years, was employed on Mon-
day morning last about eight o'clock, as usual, to clean out
the surgery of Dr. Burns, on board the convict hospital
ship at moorings in the river, when he took the opportunity
of attempting his escape by leaving his trowsers and steck-
logs in the surgery and jumping overboard, with the inten-
tion of swimming to the Essen shore. When the alarm of
his escape was given every eye kept directed to the Esser
side of the river, but the convict never made his appearance,
and it is the general impression that he was drowned in the
attempt. The drags were used nearly the whole of yester-
day, but the body has not been found. About the time of
the attempted escape cries of distress as of a drowning per-
sou were heard further down the river but the persona on
shore who heard them could not perceive any object in tho
drer, sad were therefore unable W wader say usidsace.