The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-03 00:00:00

NAVAL ARCHITECTURE.

Mr. A. SMITH asked the Vice President of the Com-
mittee of Council on Education whether an amended report
had been received by his department trout the institution of
naval architects recommending the establi,thment of a
schocl of naval architecture at Kensington; and whether
he would lay the same upon the table of the 'house.
Mr. BRUCE raid that no further report •on the subject
had been' received, but a correspondence -was
going on
which at its completion would be !Lila before Parliament.
THE HUDSON BAY TERRITORY.

Mr A. MILLS asked the Secretary of State for the Colo_
nies whether her Majesty's Government exercised at the pre..
sent moment any control over the territory claimed by the
Iladsott's Bay Company, and stated, in their prospectus

THE CONVICT WHITE.
In reply to an Hon. MEMBER,
Sir G. GREY said that his attention hal been called to
the subject, and he had received a letter from Mr Payne on
the subject, and it appeared that the party convicted had
been sentenced to fiva years' penal servitude, and had been
a very abandoned criminal. He defended the conduct of
Mr. Payne in his judicial character.
ACCI ENT FROM ARTILLERY PRACTICE.
Sir M. LOPES asked the Under Secretary of State for
War, whether his attention had been called to the fatal
accident which has recently taken place from artillery
practice in Plymouth Sound; and what measures he pro-
pose to recommend in order to prevent the repetition of so
painful a dit,aster.
The 111arqu aof HARTING ON said that unfortunately
the accident alluded to had occurred, and instructi, ns were
given that the artillery practice should be suspended until
the report had been received.
ENDOWED SCIIOOLS.

On the motion that the orders of the day should be left
till after the notice of motion relative to education,
ADDERLEY moved—" That this house, having
considered the Minute of Council of the 11th of March,
18'4, on endowed schools, is of opinion that it does not
meet the objections made to the minute of the 19th of May,
1.63." Having described the effects of these minutes, he
di,•cussed various matters of detail, and examined the prin-
ciple which had been laid down by Mr Lowe for the distri-
bution of the Parliamentehy grant, which made it an elee
mosynary fund, and placed the distributor in the condition
of a relieving officer; centending that the right principle
was the very reverse of this. He considered the different
kinds of endowment, and insisted that the claims of en-
dowed and unenclowed schools might be reconciled with-
out any injustice or confiscation, and that the distribu-
tion should be on fixed conditions.
Mr. WALTER observed that the principle at issue be-
tween Mr Adderley and himself was really very limited.
The question was whether endowments were to be consi-
dered of the nature of public property, applicable to cer-
tain purposes, in the hands of ttustees ; or of the nature
of private subscriptions, and to be reckoned as such. He
cited cases of large endowments and small subscriptions
where the schools had received Government grants, and
should on principle oppose, he said, in the distribution of
the grant, the respecting of endowments, whether large or
small.

Mr BRUCE explained very fully the views of the com-
mittee of the Privy Council on this subject, and the effect
and operation cf the minute of March. It was the dea:re
of the committee not to blunt the edge of voluntary efforts,
while it was their bounden duty, where money was not
required, to hold their hand. He opposed the resolution.
Upon a division the motion was negatived by 119 to 111.
SELECT COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
(INSPECTORS' RE PO RTS).

The adjourned debate on Lord PALMERSTON'S motion

for the nomination of the Select Committee (of 15 members)
on Education (Inspectors' Reports), with the amendment
moved by Mr, CLAY, " that the Committee do consist Of
five members, to be nominated by the General Committee
of Selection," was thin resumed.

Mr. BOUVERIE, in supporting the amendment, sug-
gested that to the five members nominated by the General
Committee two members bhoutd be added, to sit only as

assessors.

This suggestion introduced a new element of discussi n ;

It was approved by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
and opposed by Mr. DISRAELI, as taking the house by
surprise.

After considerable discussion, Mr. CLAY'S amendment
was agreed to.

Mr. BOUVERIE then moved that two other members,
to be nominated by the General Committee of Selection, be
appointed to sit on the select committee, without the power
of voting.

This motion was agreed to.
COURT OF CHANCERY (IRELAND) BILL.

On the order for the second reading of this bill.
Mr. LONGFIELD moved to defer the second reading for
tlii ee months. He gave a long history of the inquiries into
the Irish Court of Chance=ry, and of the reforms effected in
its system, and took exception to the constitution of the
Royal C.,uanission, on whose recommendations the present
bill was framed, which was appointed, he said, in order to
give effect to a preconceived determination. Ho °Ejected to
the changes proposed by this bill, which were unnecessary
as well as costly, adding ten officers to the judicial staff at
an expense to the country of £12,000 a year.
Mr. VANCE seconded the amendment.

Mr, O'HAGAN, referring to the exposition he had given
of the object and machinery of the bill when he obtained
leave to introduce it,proceeded to reply to the observations,
some of a general and others of a pars icular character, made
by Mr. Longfield, remarking that the measure in all .its
p,rts had been recommended by commissions of the highest
authority, and that the changes it proposed had been
for some time in operation in England, with the approba-
tion of the profession and the people of this country.
He vindicated the competency and impartialiq of the
members of the Commission, to the constitution of which
Mr Longfleld had excepted, justifying their recommenda-
tions. He denied that, by the till, either the number of
judges was incl.( ased or the expense. The only new offices
created were a Vice chancellor and three clerks, while
three Masters in Chancery would be abolished, and ulti-
mately there would be a saving to the country of £1,500 a
year.

Mr WHITESIDE, in a speech of considerable length,
discussed the evidence collected in the several inquiries into
the constitution and practices of the Court, bearing upon
the main portions of the bill—those relating to the demo-
lition of what he deemed most useful offices, and the crea-
tion of new ones ; to the new form of procedure, this por-
tion of the bill being, he said, very clumsily drawn, and to
the cost. The abolition of the masters, which had given, he
said, great satisfaction to suitors, he thought, was as well
es the introduction of chief clerks, a mistake; the proposed
new form of procedure, instead of the present simple form,
was a retrograde step; there was no evidence to show that
one Vice Chancellor and the staff would suffice to dispose
of the business; and, though Mr O'Hagan had stated only
the place that would be created, he (Mr Whiteside) sug-
gested the places that might be created he was assured
would be created.. Lastly, he considered the bill that would
have to be paid for these questionable reforms he estimated
at upwards of £13,000 a year to begin with.

The ATTO RN EY-G E NERAL replied to Mr Whiteside,
who, he s id, had in 1556 brought in a bill to abolish the
readers, and to appoint not one Vice-Chancellor, law. three
Vice-Chancellors, in the Court of Ireland, and to introduce
the system of chief clerks. He read opinions of r,fficers
of that court in favour of the assimilation of its system and
practice to those of the English. Court, and urged the house
not to be led away by the arguments of Mr Whiteside.

Mr. GEORGI detf-nded the course taken by Mr. White-
side iv 1856, which, he said, had been m:srepresentecl by
the Attorney-General. He opposed the second reading of
the bill.

Mr. SCULLY klupported the principle of the bill, which
was opposed by Mr. S. Fifz-gerald as a wrong one.
Mr. MALINS WAS not satisfi.d by the tirginnents of
Mr. Whitt side that the bill should be opposed.
The arrendrasnt was withdiawn, and.the bill was read a
second time.

The Court of Queen's Bonch (Ireland) Bill was likewise
read a second time,

Tne report of the Committee of Supply was brought up
and agreed to.

The remaining business having been disposed of. the
house adjourned at 20 minutes past 1 o'clock.

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issued in July last, to comprise 1,400,000 square miles; and, I Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales
whether it was in contemplation to establish a crown colony to Cambridge.
in any portion of this territory.
➢Tr. CARDWELL said that negotiations wet.. going on
on the subject.

The habitual repose of the ancient and learned
town of Cambridge has been practically in abeyance
since it was known that a visit from their Royal
Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales was
impending ; and the result shows that even a seat of
learning when once it yields to pleasurable excite-
ment can pursue enjoyment with as keen a z,'-st, and
abandon itself as fully to the events of the moment,
as if it were not gray with the experience that be-
longs to the storehouse of centuries of wisdom, It
is true that the occasion hardly possesses the same
charm of novelty as before the late royal visit to
Oxford, and that Cambridge, as a town, is wanting
in much of that architectural grandeur which im-
presses every visitor to the sister university. But a
royal visit to a university is one that can never fail
to excite strong interest, especially where there is on
every hand so rn.irked a desire to see and pour con-
gratulations on the Prince and Princess of Wales.
Whatever may be wanting in mere externals in
Cambridge is certainly made good by cordiality of
sentiment. As to the earnest feeiing stirring the
university through all the many grades of its thou-
sands of members no doubt whatever can exist, and
in the manifestations of non-university residents the
old rivalry of "town" and " gown" in its best sense
is worthily maintained. If time, or indeed human
energy, permitted the royal 'visitors to remain in
Cambridge a week instead of the three days allotted
to their visit, the entire period would doubtless be
converted into a fete as brilliant as that during
which it will be possible for them to remain. But
to all things, even to public receptions, there is a
limit, and the mere record of the proceedings in
which their Royal Highnesses have already taken
part, or are still to take part, would create fatigue
in many an ordinary individual.

At 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon the special train
arrived at the railway terminus, conveying their
Royal Highnesses and suite from London. The
Prince and Princess of Wales were ac...ompanied by
hi I R Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and at-
tended by Eirl Spencer, Lord Alfred Hervey, Lord
Harris, the Countess of Morton, General Knollys,
and the Equerry to his Royal Highness the Com-
mander-in-Chief. On alighting, the Royal party
were received by the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord
Lieutenant of the county, with some members of
his family, and by the Duke of Manchester. Mili-
tary honours were tendered by the members of the
University Volunteer Corp's, which marched to the
station, and was drawn up on the platform for the
purpose. The corps looked in its usual state of high
efficiency, and the attention of his Royal Highness
was drawn to the fact that every one of the officers
and privates wore a small red and white riband as a
mark of sympathy and respect. A mounted escort,
consisting of the Duke of Manchester's regiment of
cavalry, numbering nearly 200 men, waited outside
to accompany the Royal party to Trinity Lodge.
The scarlet uniforms, sombre helmets, and splendid
horses of this corps made a very effective tableau in
the court-yard of the station, and worthily
heralded the public entry. In compliment to the
occasion, also, the A division of police appeared for
the first time in their new uniform, and by their
admirable arrangements at all points contributed to
the success of the spectacle. Both in the station
itself and along the route of nearly two miles to the
quarter where the Colleges are grouped the enthu-
siasm was very great. The houses, with few excep-
tions, were draped with flags or evergreens; in the
places where vacant frontages existed stands had
growd up filled with gaily-dressed spectators, flags
floated tom the different steeples, the bells rang
out merrily, bright sunshine gave a finishing touch
to the animation of the scene, and as regarded the
enthusiasm of the g cZarS—
" You would have thou7ht the very windows spake,
So many greedy looks of young and old
Through casements darted their desiring eyes."

Tne procession turned aside through Lancefield-
road into Trumpington-street for the purpose of re-
ceiving an address of congratulation from the Mayor
and Town Council, and just before it reached this
point the horses belonging to one of the six Roya,
carriages grew so uneasy that General Knollys and
the gentleman by whom he was accompanied were
obliged to get out anel walk the remainder of the
distance. Time did not admit of the Corporation
address being read, but the attention was briefly
and gracefully acknowledged, and the Royal party
moved on without lurtner delay, and as :east as the
Dumpers and acclamations of spectators would per-
mit; to the great Court of Trinity College. For once,
the turf, wnica ordinarily to touch is to profane,
had to submit to the pressure of a dense multitude.
The wide quadrangle was filled with dignitaries oi
the College and their academical subordinates, and
though the ladies present at the ceremony were sup
posed to confine themselves to the rooms of their
relatives and friends, there were many who seemed
by grace especial to have acquired the coveted privi-
lege of gazing from a much nearer point upon the
Princess, and who helped with the flame-coloured
gowns or the doctors to give some relief to the
ordinary gloominess of a collegiate assembly.
Colleges are apt to stand stoutly upon precedent,
and at one time it was imagined there might be a
difficulty in admitting the cortege through the
great " King's• Gateway" of Trinity, as none
but crowned heeds of England had ever entered
in state by that venerable porch. Even the late
Prince Consort was compelled to make a detour and
to enter the precincts by an approach venerable
rather than savoury. Good taste, however, pre-
vailed in the present instance, and a bind adhesion
to collegiate etiquette was not suffered to mar one
of the most striking features in the reception. The
Royal party, leaving their cavalry escort outside,
hiving entered the quadrangle, filed pest the foun-
tain, and, passing before the steps leading to the
great hall, alighted at Trinity Lodge, where they
remained for a few moments, and then, reappe fir-
ing, were conducted to a very tasteful little plat-
form erected under a marquee beneath the shadow
of the Enning:hall. To this point the Duke-of
Devonshire (Ch.at cellar of the University), the Vice-
Cnancellor (Dr. Cookson), the Heath of Houses,
Professors and Members of the Senate proceeded in
order to present a formal address to the Prince of
Wales. In this document expression was given to
the unfeigned gratification with which the visit of
his Royal Highness, accompanied as he was by his
illustrious Consort, was regarded by the University;
the honour thus conferred was interrupted as a
proof that his Royal Highness cherished a kindle
remembrance of the period of his residence at Cam-
bridge ; a hope was ventured that the Priecess of
Wales would always find pleasure in visiting places
and scenes in which his Royal Highness felt an
interest, and the address concluded with assurances
of loyalty and welcome. line Prince read a short
repy, in which he acknowledged the compliment
paid him by the University, and assured the Heads
of that body that in their address they had only
done justice to his own feelings. He could not
easily forget a period endeared to him by so many
pleasant associations. The Princess was very sen-
sible of the cordiality of the welcome accorded to
her, and equally with himself anticipated the great-
est pleasure from visiting the many objects of interest
to be found in the University. A procession, headed
by the dignitaries already enumerated, and consist-
ing of the Colleges in order of seniority, the divi-
sions between eace being very successfully indicated
by the banners of the various boat clubs, then
marched past the mei quee, each lowering its flag in
Compliment to the Prince and Princess as it passed.
As soon as the procession, closing with the officers
of the Cambridge Town Volunteer Corps, had with-
drawn, the University Volunteers, who meanwhile
had packed themselves away in the closest column
known to military art, advanced in line as to the
Her
centre, with both flanks thrown forward in front so
as to form, when the word was given to halt and
front, a hollow
square about the platform.
'ghness in person then proceeded to deliver
Royal
Hr
a very valuable list of prizes. Lieutenant-Colonel
Baker had the honour of receiving, in the first in-
stance, the challenge cup given by the Prince of
(to
Wales, and Captain Ross whom two cups
were presented for successive victories), Lieutenant
Bazeley, Ensign France, and other members of the
corps were similarly presented with prizes won in
recent competitions. When the distribution had
terminated, the Volunteers took up anew formation,
and marched past, after which the distinguished

party upen the platform re-entered Trinity Lodge
and partook of some refreshment before proceeding
to the Senate-house. Their departure was the sig-
nal for an outburst of cheering, such as is not often
heard even in a University, exceeding all previous
efforts upon their arrival, or during the progress of
the proceedings in old Trinity.
The Senate-house meanwhile filled rapidly, end
long before 3 o'clock, the hour named for the con-
ferring of degrees, except in places especially re-
served, there was not standing room for another indi-
vidual. The body of the hall and galleries were, as
usual, crowded with members of the University,and
in the reserved seats places were set apart, among
others, for the following :--The Duke and Duchess
of Manchester, Earl of Powis, Viscount Palmer-
ston, Earl Granville, the Earl of Carnarvon, Duke
of Rutland and Lady Adeliza Manners, Marquis
Camden, Marquis and Marchioness of Carmarthen
and Ladies Osborn (2), Marquis of Hartington, Earl
of Morton, Earl Stanhope, Earl and Countess Fi, z-
william and Lady Frances and Laoy Mary Fitz-
william, Earl and Countess of Hard wicke, and Lady
Agneta Yorke, Lord and Lady George and Miss
Cavendish, Lord Richard Cavendish, Lord Edward
Cavendish, Lord George Manners, Viscountess Mid.
leton, Sir Edward Buiwer Lytton, Viscount
Royston, Viscount Eversley, Lord and Lady Al-
wyne Comp•on, Lord Ernest Bruce, the Bishop of
Lichfield and Miss Lonsdale, Lord and Lady Rollo,
Lord and Lady Wherneliffe and Lady Mary Las-
celles, Lord and Lady and Miss Leigh, Lord and
Lady Wenlock, Lady Belper and Miss Strutr, Sir
Rubert and Lady ALLieck and Miss Affisck, Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Fisher, Mr. and Lady Elizabeth
Adeane and Misses Adeane (2). Mr. Walpole, M.P.,
Mr. Selwyn, M.P., Provost of Eton and Mrs. Good-
ford, Mr. Brrestord and Lady Mildred Hope, the
High-Sheriff, &c.
The scene inside the Senate belongs to a class that
has often been described, but yet loses most of its
freshness and life in the very act of being reduced
to writing. It i 5 only at a place like one of oar

Universities that such a gathering could be held.

' All the venerable memories and associations re-
called by the name of a Senate, ail the ideas
clinging to the professional garb of law, physic,
or divinity ; representatives of all that is grace-
tul u
in nature, and representatives
of all thlautveare eminent by position, or have
made themselves famous by achievement, here
find themselves contrasted and brought face to
face with the licence of the gallery of a theatre—
educated, well-dressed, gentlemanly ncence, it is
true, but still a gathering which sanctions and, in-
deed, encourages the freest comment and most pun.
gent allusions. Before the time fixed for the com-
mencement of the proceedings the Undergraduates
amused themselves after their usual fashion. Three
cheers were given for Lord Palmerston and three
unmistakable groans for Earl Russell. Three hearty
rounds of applause for the Princeand Princess were
succeeded like the swing of a pendulum by as many
deepamouthed revilings of " Gladstone and Demo..
cracy,', the sound, but not the sense of which latter
sentiment was afterwards changed to " Gladstone
and Bright." " The dark girl dressed in blue" was
enthusiastically honoured, and numerous inquiries
of " Where is she P" immediately followed. The
cheering for Professor Kingsley was very hearty,
and that for " the South" loud, bat not altogether
unanimous. Lord Granville entered altogether un-
noticed, and took his seat at first beside Lord Car-
norvon, who was one of the earliest of the distin-
guished visitors who appeared on the platform.
Apparently thinking that too close proximity to ac
Opposition peer might be undesirable, Lord Gran
villa shifted about for a few minutes from place to
place, but was made happy before long by the ar-
rival of the Premier, whose appearance on the plat-

form was the occasion for a general outburst of
cheering. The heads of the University, in consi-
deration of the pressure to which the noble lord's

ime must be exposed, offered to present him
with his honorary degree of D.C.L. on the same
occasion that it was conferred on the Prince of
Writes. Lord Palmerston, h iwever, expressed his
willingness to wait until the second day, in order
that the honours on the first might be limited ex
elusively to the Court circle. "Three cheers fo.
Bulwer Lytton" and three for the Chancellor, were
given heartily; and when the Chancellor arrived,
as be did at at five minutes to 3 o'clock, accompanied
by the Vice-Chancellor and the E irl of Pocvis, he
got three more hearty cheers from galleries and floor.
H.s grace took his refit upon the dais; and at 3
o'clock precisely the nit cess of Weiss wee coud ucted
,o the chair of State reserved for her. Unlit
nor royal highness had reached her place there was
e respectful hush, but the moment this was attained
the cheers of the assembly, again and again re-
newed, poured forth in deafening volume to wel-
come her to the headquarters of the university.
The Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Dake of
Cambridge and the members of his household, all in
the scarlet robes of Doctors of Law, entered shortly
efterwards, and his royal highness received a wel-
come little, if anything, short, in point of enthu-
siasm, to that already bestowed upon his consort.
Tne undergraduates, however, were bent upon pay-
ing especial court to the princess, and the next cry
raised—" Three cheers for the King of Denmark,''
by the response which it elicited proved what was
the feeling uppermost in their minds. Commensu-
rate groans for " Austria" followed, and seemed
likely to last for an indefinite period, until suddenly
some one, with a sense of propriety stronger upon
him than the rest, invited " three cheers for the
Queen," which were given with right goodwill, and
then the assembly settled down to business. The
Prince of %Vales, in the first place, was installed a
Doctor of Laws, his admission at the hands of the
Duke of Devonshire being preceded by a abort ad-
dress in Latin on the part of the public orator, and,
is this was the event of the day, the acclamations
.vere of course proportionate. His Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge was neat admitted, a refer-
ence being made by the orator to the share which
he had taken in the dengers of Remit war. The
public orator (the Rev. W. G. Clark) then pro-
ceeded to deliver the accustomed oration, in the
course of which reference was
made to the
enthusiastic welcome given to the prince and
princess, and to the ancient and constant loyalty
of the University, for which nowadays no credit
could be claimed, as our present Sovereign bad
learnt how to reconcile the royal prerogative
with popular liberties, so that throughout the em-
pire there was no political prisoner nor any English
refugees abroad. The address enlarged upon the
domestic virtues of the Sovereign, which had made
the whole people sharers in her joys and sorrows,
and referred to the career of the late Prince Consort
as an example to his son, That Bon's love of every-
thing English—sport as well as serious matters—
,s insisted upon as an additional bond of union
with the Englise people. And then, turning to the
Princess, the Orator said, he would not praise then,
to their faces, because the
osyffeeerpinagthsywpi ihneanesdsof a tree country
ought to scorn even the aprarance of flattery, bur
andhic h respect
of subjects were
gladly receive, and
Princes
eht
this observation led to a digression upon Danish
affairs, in which the courage and patriotism of the
King, her father, and the fortitude of his subjects,
were dwelt upon amid the plaudits of the assembly.
The Orator expressed an earnest hope that the young
Prince Albert Victor, when, after long years, he
came to the throne, might find all things quietly
settled by the wisdom and courage of his predeces.

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Senate-house
sore--
,"Pacatumque regat patriis virtutibus orbem."
Honorary degrees were then
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pHraoreveeeyd,inLgoBrd Harm, and Genera!
were brought to a close by th© presentation of
medals to, and the recitation of prize poems by,
succ,,ssful competitors in the recent examination.
At half-past six o'clock the Vice-Chancellor (Dr.
entertainingCookson) andatMdirns.neCrooin the hall of Peterhousekson had. the honour of
their Royal Highness the Prince and Princes;
of, Wales, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge, the members of big Royal Highness's
suite, Lord Spencer, Lord Alfred Hervey,
Harris, Lady Morton, Ger,. Lord
Knollys, Major Tees-
dale, the Duke of Cambridge's Equerry, and the
following distinguished company —The Duke of
Devonshire, K.G , and Lady Louisa CAvendiah •
Lord Granville, K.G., the Duke of Rutland, the
Duke and Duchess of Manchester; the ' -
Marquis

Camden, the Marquis of Harrington, Lord Powis,
Lord Stanhope. Lord and Lady Hardwieke and
Lady Agneta Yorke, Lord Carnarvon, Lord Itichard
Cavendish, Lord Eversley, Lord and Lady Palmer-
ston, the Bishop of Ely, Lord Leigh, the R;ght
Hon. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, the Right
Hot. Mr. Walpole, IL n. Sir W. P. Wood, Sir
Castries Eastlake, the Dean of Westminster,
Dr. Phelps, Mas►er of Sidney ; Dr. Whewell,
Master of Trinity, and Lady Affleek ; Dr. Okes,
Provost of King's; Dr. Corrie, Master of Jesus;
Dr. Pulling, Master of Corpus; Dr. Bateson, Master
of St. John's; Dr. Phillips, Mastir of Queen's; Dr.
Atkinson, Master of Clare; Dr. Geldart, Master of
'Trinity-hall ; Dr. Guest, Master of Cairns; lion.
Latimer Nevilie, Masterof Magdalene; Mr. Selwyn,
M.P., Mr. Beresford Hope, Dr. Watson, Professor
Hoffman, Professor Wheatstone, Mr. Godfrey, Mr.
Besant, Mr. Porter, and Mr. Cookson.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE,

RAILWAY BILLS.

Yesterday, in the Committee on Metropolitan
Railways, Mr. Hope Scott, Q.C., opened the case of
the North London, the object of it being to enable
the company to exercise additional powers, to make
a new dock, and to widen their line at Poplar, and
to raise £50,000 by shares and £16,000 by mort-
gage. Evidence in favour of the bill was adduced.
The consideration of the Teign Valley Bill closed,
and the committee declared the preamble
proved. Mr. Phinn, Q.C., stated the case
of the proposed lifracombe Rail vay, the
capital being £210,000 in shares and £70,000 by
loan for a line of 12 miles in length. Mr. Galbraith,
C E., and other witnesses were examined in favour
of the project. After several days' sitting, and the
examination of about 100 witnesses, the case for the
promoters of the Great Eastern Northern Junction
Railway was concluded, and Mr. Salisbury was
heard for the opposition of the Manchester, Shef
field, and Lincolnshire, and Mr. Merewether, Q C..
tor landowners. The evidence of Mr. Hodgson,
chairman of the North British Railway, occupied
the committee on the proposed Glasgow and N..irth
British Bill, to raise £1,350,000 in shares and
£450,000 by loan, with power to create a 5 per cent.
debenture stock. The case of the Drayton Junction
closed in Mr. North's ccmmittee, and the opposition
to it of the London and North Western commenced,
Mr. Mason being examined. Evidence occupied the
committee on the Brecon and Merthyr Junction, the
East Glocestershire, the Dablin Trunk Connecting,
and the St. Helen's Bill. In Earl Devon's commit-
tee the case of the Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax
Railway was considered.