The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-09 00:00:00

THE STREET RAILWAY BILL.

Yesterday a meeting of delegates of stage-coach
proprietors from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Richmond, Loudon,
Croydon, Liverpool, Manchester, and other towns assembled
at the comniittee•rooms, Strand, to consult as to the best
mode of defeating this scheme ; Mr. Henry Gray in the
chair. The proprietors present represented many thou-
sand licenses, yielding between 100,000/. and 200,0001.
revenue, and an embarked capital of over 1,000,0001. The
delibenstione resulted in instructions being given to their
parliamentary agent, Mr. Bradfield, to issue a detailed state-
ment in opposition to the second reading of the bill, fixed
for this evening, and in the adoption of a communication
to Viscount Palmerston, which, as it exhibits the whole
awe of the parties, is here subjoined :
" TO VISCOUNT PALMERSTON, it. r.

"My Lord,—ln pursuance of • resolution passed at
• meeting of licensed stage carriage proprietors, held
this day, I beg respectfully to direct your attention to this
bill, now standing adjourned for second reading in the
House of Commons to 9th April (to-morrow).
"The bill proporus that parliament shall authorise one body
of stage carnage proprietors or one company, namely, the
company soliciting the bill, to lay down rails in such public
streets as the company can obtain consents from the local
authorities to open up, and then the said company seek, to
secure to itself the entire monopoly of the public passenger
trade by enacting (Clause 18) that no person or licensed
proprietor, except the said company, shall use the rails with
thu only carriages which can travel thereupon, namely,
carriages having flange wheels.
" The propnetors of carriages present personally or by de.
potation at the meeting this day, have capital embarked In
horses, (=rime., stabiles, &c., in London, Edinburgh,
Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool, Richmond, dm., of the
value of upwards of one million of money, and they contri-
bute annually to her 3lejesty's Exchequer over 100,001 W. in
licenses and mileage duties.
"They, therefore, humbly pray her Majesty's goverr.ment
not to allow • bill to pus second reading, which upon the
face of it shows that the powers sought to be conferred on
the company soliciting the bill, must be attended with mis-
chievous consequences to the present trade, to the public,
and to tho Exchequer.

" They also submit to you,-1. That the bill is a mis-
chievous and improper bill on public principles. from seek-
ing to establish a monopoly in favour of the promoters on
the common highways of the country. 2. That its opera-
tion will be most mischievous and injurious as regards the
Exchequer • fur if the present traders are driven off the
road by the monopoly, and one company established
throughout the kingdom, a great reduction in public car-
riage(' must be made, and, consequently, a great dimioution
will result in thu mutual amount now collected by the
crown from the numerous proprietors of stage carriages in
the metropolis and provincial towns.
I have the honour to be, my Lord, yours, &c.,
HERAT GALT, Chairman.
"Stage Carriage Committee-rooms, 19, Strand, W.C.,
April 8, 1881."

METROPOLITAN STREET RAILWATB.—An accident
occurred at a late hour on Sunday night on the Marble-arch
Street Railway, but was fortunately unattended with injury
to life or limb, although causing some damage to one of the
cars and a switch. It appeared that the cars were thronged
with riders on every journey throughout Sunday, to such
an extent as to induce the continuance of their running
much beyond the usual time, sod as the grin question was
on its journey from the Marble-arch to Notting-hill, inconve-
niently loaded with passengers, between 9 and 10 at
night, it suddenly left the metals, and was dragged along
one of the switches, tearing up the rails as it passed
awl nearly capsising against an embankment for pedestrians
opposite Hyde-park-gardens, considerable confusion ea-
sued, and the passengers refused to get out until they bad
been paid off. The cause of the accident seemed
to arise from the wheels being oat of gauge. In conse-
quence only one car was run yesterday. The other railway
in course of construction in Victoria-street, Westminster,
is rapidly progressing, an increased staff of workmen
being employed upon the work, which will, it is said, be
completed by the end of the present week, when Mr. Hath-
away, the contractor to Mr. Train, the projector of this
tramway scheme, proposes breaking ground for the cora-
' mencemeut of another line of street railway from West-
minster-bridge to Kennington-park, in accordance with the
permission granted to Mr. Train by the Iwinbeth Vestry. A
fourth lino of street railway is also to be shortly constructed
in the Southgate-road, Hackney, arrangement* with the
Hackney Board of Works having just been completed for
that purpose.
INSPECTION OF THE HOrsC4 OF PARLIAMENT.
Yesterday morning the committee appointed by the govern.
ment to inquire into the cameo of the decay of the stone
used in the erection of the Houses of Parliament, awl to
if possible, a remedy, closely inspected the works
Wilialtiriew to a report There were present Sir Roderick
Murchison. Mr. Tits, M.P., Mr. G. G. Scott, Mr. Sydney
Smirk., Mr. George Godwin, Professor Frankland, Professor
Haman, Mr. C. H. Smith, Mr. G. R. Burnell, Professor
Abel, Professor Lusted, Mr. Rigby Wyatt, and Mr. Bonham
Carter (secretary). The committee were occupied nearly
the whole a:tomes in the investigation.

THE ROCHDALE OATH Cuss—On Saturday even-
ing a public tea party was held in the Public Hall, Bai'lie-
street, Rochdale, for the purpose of presenting a testi-
monial to Mrs. Moden, the plaintiff in the recent suit for a
pianoforte, and who was nonsuited on account of her disbe-
lief in a future state of rewards and punishments. Between
300 and 400 people Irons the neighbourhood and surround-
ing towns wit down to tea. Afterwards Mr. Isaac Hoyle, •
working.mon, presided. Messrs. J. G. Holyoake, Joseph
Barker, Robert Cooper, J. R. Cooper, Charles Bradlaugh,
and others, were un the platform. After the meeting had
been addressed by Messrs. J. Barker and J. R. Cooper, Mr.
Holyoake made the presentation of a handsome cottage
piano, odd to be worth 60 guineas, which stood upon the
platform. Mrs. Madan was stated tote unable to bo present
through illness.
itITYSICY OF PATENTS, SOUTH KENSINGTON.—
Number of visitors for the week ending April 6, 6„951.
Total number since the opening of the museum free daily
(May 12, 1858), 348,651.

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