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London, England, 1836-05-11 00:00:00

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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 1836,

Lord WILLIAM PAGET has arrived at Plymouth
on hoard his Majesty's ship Salamander, with dis-
patches fur Colonel CARBONELL, the Commissioner
for the Spanish Government in London. The late
arrival in town of his Lordship prevents us from pub-
lishing these dispatches to-day.
The following is the official account of the killed,
wounded, and missing :

Captains .
Liutenants .

Brigadier• Generals

Co nets
Lieutenan.- Colonels
Majors
Captains

5 sergeants
Rank and File
WOUNDED.

21 Lieutenants

3 Ensigns
2 Sergeants
9 Rank and File
20

Total, 823 killed, wounded, or missing.
We regret to announce that in the list of danger-
ously wounded we find the names of Colonels T UPPER
and CONSIDINE. The former is one of the bravest
officers belonging to the Legion ; and such was the
high state of discipline to which he brought the men
under his Cotnman:l, that General CORDOVA pro-
nounced them a credit to the service.

The' British Legion performed prodigies of valour
during the engagement. The cool and determined
energy with which men who had never before faced an
enemy advanced to the charge, filled even their enemies
with admiration of their courage. There was not a
man of them who did not emulate the gallantry of the
most hardy veterans—of soldiers who had won laurels
under the command of WELLINGTON.

The loss sustained by the Legion will be replaced
be re-inforcements from thin country. On Friday the
Royal Tar will sail for St. Sebastian with three
hundred volunteers ; and next week five hundred more
will embark from Portsmouth and Liverpool to join
their countrymen on the Heights of St. Sebastian.
Although the victory was dearly purchased, we cannot
but-regard it as most important, and highly creditable
to, this country. The war has now begun in good

earnest.

The 33d clause of the Tithe Commutation Bill
passed the Committee in the Commons last night.
This is the clause which establishes the principle on

which the tithe is to be converted into a rent-charge,
and is therefore the most important in the whole Bill.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL prcposed some verbal altera-
tions, in order to make the language of the clause, as it
stands 'in the amended Bill, more clear and d2rmite ;
but there is no deviation frntn the oriLvin,l principle—
namely, that the value of tba tithe is esimated
s,,
according to the average value of the 133 t s ~o years,
due allowance .being made for the expense of cr 1-
lecting, preparing for sale, and marketing.; and Oat
where the tithes have been compounded for, e
amount of the composition shall be considered the
clear val of such tithe.
It was objected by some memliers that the average
of the last seven years would be too heavy a burden on
lands that might, eventually go out of cultivation alto-
gether ; which objection appears to us eminently ab-
surd. It is true we cannot see into the futture, and it
is possible that in an age so fertile in improvements as
the present, some happy genius may hit upon an inven-
tion to enable people to live without food ; but we do
not think it would be absolute wisdom to suspend our
legislative operations in the expectation that this inven-
tion is about to burst upon the world. We think it
more prudent to proceed with such lights to guide us, as
we can gather from past experience and common sense.
These tell us that as mankind increase in numbers they
require a greater quantity of food to support them,
and as the population of this country is increasing by
a quarter of a million or more every year, we take it
for granted that the general rule will apply to them,
and that an increased quantity of produce will be an-
nually raised from the soil. Those who demur to this
reasoning, may find it corroborated in the evidence
adduced before the Agricultural Committee, by
which it appears, that the quantity of wheat
raised in England has been augmented by a
fifth, or even a larger proportion, within the last
three or four years. As to laying down corn-fields in
grass, let those who are disposed to enter into such
speculations look at what is going on in the more dis-
tant parts of the country. The cattle that used to be
sent from Scotland to fatten in the English pastures
are now fattened at home, and sent direct by steam to
Smithfield. This traffic is now carried on to a great
extent, and is capable of very great increase. Its
effect must be to create a competition with the English
grazier, and to render grass land much less valuable to
him than it has hitherto been.

Sir E. KNATCHBULL moved an amendment, to the
effect that the quality of the soil should be taken into
account i❑ estimating the average. This amendment
was negatived by 111 to 51. Another amendment,
moved by Mr. RICHARDS, to provide against the pay-
ment of rent-charge, when lands shall be cut up in
mining, was also negatived by 171 to 54. The Clause
was then agreed to.

The Ladies, it appears, are to be admitted into
the strangers' gallery of the House of Commons on
the first of June next—the " Glorious First of June,"
once remarkable for Lord HOWE'S victory over the
French fleet, and now a second time remarkable for
Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY'S victory over English
prejudice. We have no doubt the ladies will reward the
services of their gallant champion, by presenting him
with the freedom of Almacks in a gold snufr-box.
This is the very least he deserves at their hands, for
no one can tell what difficulties he has had to contend
against ; first, in keeping Hon. Members to their
posts at " dinner-time"—see his own confession in the
last discussion on the subject—and secondly, in sub-
duing the obstinacy of such vulgar pounds—shillings—
and pence—opponents as Sir E. KNATCHBUL Li, who
insisted on having " an estimate of the expence" before
he acceded to the motion. But, thank Heaven, Mr.
GRANTLEY BERKELEY, confident in the justice of
his cause, has triumphed over all opposition ;"and
henceforth we may expect to see the debates conducted
with some degree of temper and decency. Nor do we
imagine that the arrangements necessary for the ad-
mission of the fair sex into the gallery, will be attended
with the slightest extra expense. Sir EDWARD
KNATCIIBULL, and those who think with him, may
rest satisfied on this head ; for though the erection of
additional seats will undoubtedly cost something, yet
the balance will be righted by the great saving that
will take place in lights ; for who will need lamp or
chandelier when so many bright, sunny eyes, are
showering down lustre from the gallery !

The following paragraph appears in the Liverpool
Times, received this morning:—
" We have it on good authority that it is in contemplation
by the East India Company to raise the duties upon all manu-
factured goods, imported into the East Indies from this country,
should Ministers any longer delay to equalize the duties upon
East India produce."

We believe that our Contemporary has been misin-
formed with respect to the intentions of the East India
Company. But whether or no, the question is the
less important, as the Company cannot impose addi-
tional duties on English produce, without the consent
of the British Legislature. The equalization of duties
prayed for by the Company will shortly be submitted
to Parliament by the Government.

The Paris Papers of Monday have all been received.
The Monitcur of that day contains the following tele-
graphic communication from Bayonne :

" The Carlists have evacuated the Cerdagne. Gurrea ar-
rived at Marrinet only two hours after the departure of the
Carlists. who were obliged to abandon part of their booty, after
having destroyed a score of houses. On the 4th instant the
same General attacked the Carlists at Alas, killed some of
their men, and set at liberty 103 prisoners. His brigade is
now refreshing itself at Seu d'Urgcl. Colonel Sebastien is
pursuing the enemy in the direction of Fournol. On the 25th
ult., Eguia, at the head of fourteen battalions, attacked Ge-
neral Espeletta in front of Balmaceda ; but this General, who
bad only eight battalions, resisted until nightfall without losing
his position. He was attacked again the next day without any
better success, and received in the combat a slight wound.
Eguia has sustained considerable loss : on the 30th ult. he
bias at Llodio. Cordova left Vittoria on the 27th, marching
unon Orduna and Balmaceda with 12,000 men, and was re-
joined at Losa by Espeletta."

This intelligence is important. After the campaign
has opened in real earnest, we shall hear less of de-
Tees for the assassination of old women. The Gene-
rals on both sides will have plenty of opportunities for
signalizing themselves, without being reduced to the ne-
cessit .king war upon the defenceless:

;e:. yof ►na. upon
The following is the copy of a letter from General
EVANS, giving an account of the victory gained by
the British Legion on the sth insmnt. We regret to
find that the Gallant General's loss has been more
than double the number published in the Journal de
Pari!., as communicated to the French Government
by telegraph. The loss of the'Carlists is not stated,
but it must have been very great. The letter is dated
" Heights of St. Sebastian," and was written imme-
diately after the achievement of so signal a victory:—

" I have only time to refer to the important success gained
by Her Majesty's forces this day. The whole of the enemy's
works, which they bad been for four months incessantly con-
structing, have been carried, after a sharp struggle, by assault.
They are now in our possession, with the artillery by which
they were defended, and we shall in the course of a few days
have levelled or destroyed them. I lament to say this victory
has not been gained without considerable loss. It has been
as yet impossible to collect the list of casualties, hilt I am
afraid it cannot be less in killed and wounded than 60 or
70 officers, and 600 or 700 men. The Spanish and Bri-
tish troops rivalled each other in their persevering gal-
lantry, and the difficulties of the operations required it. It
is impossible for me to describe the gallant and opportune co-
operation Her Majesty's troops received from Commodore Lord
John Hay, commanding the British squadron on this station.
His Lordship came into the bay at day-break, and a few mo-
ments after the action commenced, having with him the
steamer frigate Pficenix, the Salamander and Comet, and
bringing two regiments of the Legion, the 4th and Bth,
under Lieutenant Colonel Godofrey and Major Harley, which
immediately afterwards rendered valuable services. The Bri-
tish ships opened a most effective cannonade against the
enemy's last entrenchments, and the exactness with which the
shells were shrown from the _Phoenix at 1,500 yards was quite
extraordinary. Some of these struck the enemy's works, and

made a brer.ch through them, which our troops entered. The
enemy defended-themselves with more than usual obstinacy. but
were eventually, on all the points of their line, put completely
to the rout.".

There is no domestic news of any interests in the
French.Pa'pers of Monday. Their accounts from the
Noah of Spain, furnished by correspondents, some of
whom are engaged in the struggle now going forward
on the side of the QUEEN, and others holding ap-
pointments under the Usurper, arc of the most con-
flicting character. But fortunately we are no longer
dependent upon them for authentic intelligence from
the theatre of war. The following are extracts from
the Journals received this morning :
PARIS, MAY 9. —The letters from the Isle of Bourbon are
to Jan. 30, and at that time the agitation caused by the arrest
of the men of colour, was beginning to be allayed. The legal
investigation was proceeding, but the result was still a secret.

BAYONNE, MAY 4:—ThCmail from Madrid and the Pro-
vinces is not yet arrived. The snow is the sole cause of this
delay. It has fallen to the depth of four or five feet at Pam-
peluna, where the cold is excessive. It is seriously in con-
templation to form a new department, to be called the Depart-
ment of the Adour, and especially to make Bayonne the chief
town of the Prefecture. It is certain that such a change has
become necessary, at least as much for the interest of the ge-
neral administration of the Kingdom, as of that of all this
country. The want of it has long been felt—it has been wished
for and talked about in the country, but nobody had hitherto
taken the trpuble to draw up a formal application, with the
reasons in its favour, to be laid before the Government. Our
Chamber of Commerce has at length taken the matter up.
It is proposed, in order to form this Department, to unite with
the arrondissement of Bayonne, that of Dax and that of
Maullon, which are equally interested in the change.
A Memorial on this subject has been in circulation for some
days past,in these three arrondissements. It has already been
signed by all the citizens to whom it has been presented, espe-
cially the electors, and others of all ranks, who have ally share
in the public administration.--/Ifessayer, May 9.
FRENCH . FUN DS.—Paats llav -9.
Five per Cents., 108 f. 107 f. 95c. 108 f.
three per Cents. R2l. 10e. Sc.l
Bank Actions, 2.2531. 2,2.50 f
Rente tie Naples, 11)21 80c. 75c.
Roman Fire per Cents., 1123 i.
Spanish Actives, 4t11,£ 46.
Spanish Dilleres,
Spanish Passives. 14 !.6
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 102 N.
Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., 82.
Portuguese Three per Cents 55 •
Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 57f. 50c. 7.5 e.
Haytian Loan, 400 f. •
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
Onemonth, paper, `;sic. ; money, 255. 4214 c
Three months, paper, —l. —c. ; money, 251. 27%e
.rs Authentipee.

BOURSE, QUAkTER TO FOUR.—This has been another blank
day at the Bourse. In the early part of business the Three
per Cents. appeared brisk at 82f. 25e. to 82f. 30c., but very
little business was done, and the price returned to 82f. 20c.
buyers.
At the opening several bargains were done in Spanish
Active Stock at 47, but the price afterwards receded, with
scarcely anything doing, to 464.
LAST Paicss.—Five per Cents., 108 f. 20c. ; Three
per Cents., 82f. 25c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three
per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, ; Gueb-
hards, —; Differes, —; New Loan, ; Actives, 46 ; Pas-
sives, 14i; Ducats, 102 95 ; Romans, 102 —; Pedros, 82 ;
Belgians, 1021 ; Dutch, 57f. 50c. ; Haytians, 400 f. —c. ;
Miguels, —; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 181 ; Con-
tinuation, —c. ; New Differes, 221; Five per Cent, Perpe•
tuelles, —; Royal Loan, —.

Dutch Papers, dated yesterday, have been received.
The following paragraph includes all that is of any
importance in them :

It appears from a letter of the Minister of the Interior, re-
ferring to a Cabinet order of his Majesty of the 31st of March,
that Art. Bof the Royal Resolution of the 19th of March,
1819, by which stranded, not permitted goods, must be burnt ;
that it is meant to be applied only to such goods where there
are doubts respecting the health of the crew, or of the place
from which the goods came, or when during operations of the
quarantine regulations, the origin of the stranded goods is un-
known, the circumstance that a ship is stranded giving no reason
to treat it with more rigour than if it had not met with this
misfortune."

DUTCH FUNDS—Asismosm, May 9.
Money. Bills.
Actual Debt, 214 per Cent. 574 57%
Loan (1830) 5 per cent.
A mort syndic, 4% per cent...... ............
Ditto, ditto, 31.:, per cent B2ll El.
Commercial Company, 4'4 per c_nt 14514 140%
Ditto (1832 and 11133) 5 per cent.
BELGIAN FUNDS, 13aussEts, MAY 7.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. 10134
Loan of City, 1832. 4 per Cent 9J.3%
Society of Commerce, 4,:, per Cent. 1284
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent llB

--Brussels Papers, May 9.
VIENNA, APRIL 30.—Five per Cents., 104; Four per Cents.,
90a; Three per Cents., 751-; Bank Shares, 1,367.--Allye.
mezne Zeitung, May 5. s

Brussels and German Papers have been received
The former are unimportant. The German Journals
are filled with accounts of the expected festivities at
Presburgh, during the coronation of his Imperial Ma-
jesty the Emperor of AUSTRIA, as King of HUN-
GARY. By advices from Constantinople to the 9th
of April, it appears that some stir has been made in
that capital, in consequence of the unceremonious
seizure and confinement of a Doctor GLUCK, a Prussian
subject, and the attendant of an Hospital, by one of the
officers of the SULTAN, for not having shewn sufficient
expedition in curing the patients committed to his
charge, and subsequently for not consenting to be dis-
missed when such was the pleasure of the said officer.
It was first reported that GLUCK had been bastinadoed,
but it appears that he had only been forcibly confined.
The affair has made a great noise among the diploma-
tists of Russia, Prussia, and Austria. •

Letters and Papers from Madrid, to the 3dinstant,
have been received this morning. The Ministry, with
the exception of the Marine Department, has been
completed, to the great satisfaction of the friends of
MEND/ZA BAL. It is said , that General RoDIL, as
Minister of War, will proceed forthwith to the North
of Spain, where his presence will serve to animate the
troops, and put a check upon the intrigues,of COR-
DOVA, who is now a general object of suspicion.
The President of the Council will have a powerful
opposition to contend against in the Chamber of Pro-
ceres, but hitherto his firmness, and the great support
which he derives from public opinion, has enabled him
to crush every effort that has been made for his removal
fr3m office. We understand that he contemplates
raising a fresh loan, with a view to prevent the sacri-
fice of the Church property—for at present to sell it,
would be to sacrifice it at less than a fiftieth of its real
value.

We omitted to state yesterday in our report of the
proceedings in the House of Lords, that the Bristol
and Exeter Railway Bill passed the House on Mon-
day night. The managers of this useful undertaking,
it ►s sa►d, confidently expect that the line to Taunton
will be completed in two years. Forty-one miles out
of the forty-four are a perfect level.

Notwithstanding the frantic opposition of the Liver-
pool Tories, a public meeting of the Reformers of that
town took place on Monday, for the purpose of ad-
dressing the Kin° and the House of Commons, in
favour of the Irish Corporation Bill. This meeting
was infinitely more numerously and respectably at-
tended, than the Conservative one which took place a
few days previously ; there being not less than five
thousand persons present, and amongst them some of
the most wealthy, influential, and intelligent gentle-
men of the neighbourhood. The resolutions, which
are four in number, were all carried by acclamation,
not a dissentient hand twing held up. We subjoin one
of them, as it is remarkable for its energetic, but
strictly constitutional spirit :—" That this meeting
laments that an obstacle should be opposed to this
great and just object by the act of any branch of the
legislature, and is decidedly of opinion that a refusal,
on the ground of party or religious distinction, to grant
to the sister-kingdom a participation in the privileges
accorded, as of right, to the inhabitants of this coun-
try, is calculated to foster and increase that dangerous
spirit of discontent, jealousy and disunion, which has
so long prevailed in that unhappy country." We have
no doubt that other great towns in the kingdom will
promptly follow the example set by the Liverpool
Reformers, and petition the legislature in favour of
" equal justice" to Ireland.

KING'S THEATRE.—What was least to have been
anticipated in the musical world has just occurred—a rival to
Paganini has arisen, and in a Scandinavian gentleman, who
rejoices in the strange yet familiar appellation of. Ole, or Olaus,
Bull. Mr. Bull is young enough to be the son of Paganini,
and instead of a swarthy southern aspect, he has the fair looks
and locks of the Baltic regions. In his manner of playing he
reminds us, in some degree, of Paganini, by the familiarity, if
we may use the expression, with which he fondles his instru-
ment. His attitude is unaffected ;he plays without a score
and with fervid energy, in which he seems to lose all conscious-
ness of the presence of the auditory. He is quite a matter of
all known difficulties in the mechanique of his art, and he uses
his skill with taste and feeling. He also manages, in a very
masterly manner, to harmonise three and sometimes four strings
at once, and executes double shakes with as much facility as
other performers would their simple notes. Mr. Bull's com-
positions, as far as we can judge of them, in two concertos or
fantasias which he executed at a rehearsal in the King's
Theatre yesterday, abound in feeling and delicacy, but they
are not very coherent in point of connection.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

CO.IIMI7'TEE ON DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA

RAILWAY.
Jovis, 5 (lie Mail,. 1836.
Mr. O'CONNELL in the Chair.
OPENING SPEECH.

Mr. HARItISON—Sir, I am perfectly aware that the duty of
any Advocate, intrusted with opening the case of a Railroa'l,
is now brought into a very narrow compass ; a few years ago,
all the general topics of carrying such a scheme into effect
with safety and advantage, were matters of eager discussion,
but experience has taught us the extended use that can be
made of Railroads, by the intercourse that immediately takes
place. The superiority, too, of the intercommunication
through their intervention, over the common and ordinary con-
veyances along the road, has been so completely proved, and
especially in the instance of that Railway which was opened
about two years and a half ago between Dublin and Kings-
town, that it would he unnecessary for me to make any fur-
ther observations. I had better, therefore, confine myself to
the particular subject of the present investigation—the Rail-
road proposed by this particular Bill from Dublin to Drogheda.
There is a Company petitioning here, and I thought it better
to make no objection to the reception of that petition, because
I consider it advisable that all petitions should come before
the Committee, inasmuch as there is great doubt as to the ex-
tent to which Railroads in particular stages are advanced, un-
less they come before the House, and are the subject of inves-
tigation before a Committee. I therefore thought it best, as
is the practice in some Committees, to take no objection to the
petition ; on the contrary, thinking that there are other peti-
tioners who have a right to be heard, according to ancient
usage, to protect their property, by showing that another line
would be equally advantageous to the public ; I, therefore,
preferred that all the petitioners should conic before the Com-
mittee, and I prefer it on another ground, with reference to
the competing_ line. I certainly prefer meeting that to leaving
it open ; and there are some transactions I can state to
the Committee, which, I am quite sure, will place those for
whom I appear upon a very high ground of advantage.
Sir, the Railroad which is proposed to be established goes
from Dublin to Drogheda, along the line of the coast, and
maps have been handed in to show the Committee the actual
nature and extent of the Railroad, and the peculiarities with
reference to the line, as passing along the sea coast, which,
in one of the petitions, is considered as disadvantageous, in
censequence of its comparison with the inland line, which some
of the parties consider preferable, because the inland line
wants the assistance of a railroad more than the line of sea
coast, though it may at some future stage, when the other Rail-
road is brought under the cognizance of a Committee be ne-
cessary to enter fully into the considerations of its merits. It
will now suffice to observe, that its accomplishment must de-
pend upon the general nature and line of country going in-
land, instead of going along the line of coast where is not
such a population as to make it possible that a railroad could
be established with a prospect of its being kept up for the be-
nefit and advantage of the public, because I need hardly state
that the Act of Parliament requires that the amount of traffic,
and extent of population, and all such other circumstances,
should be gone into and proved, and reported to the House.
They are all founded upon circumstances existing in this coun-
try, that all public works should be carried on by private ex-
penditure and private enterprise, and it is clear that nothing
can be more for the benefit of the public than works of this
description. It is also evident there must be some benefit to
the persons who seek to establish such works. They, in short,
must receive such a fair remuneration as will enable them to
keep up the works, because, otherwise, the public ultimately
will have no advantage ; there will be a useless expenditure,
a waste and cutting up of property, and, in fact, no benefit
whatsoever will ultimately result to the public. unless the work
from the traffic upon it, (and traffic arid use in the most ge-
neral _lse of the term) be enabled to remunerate the indivi-
duals who were concerned, and in its establishment :and main-
tenance. This must be to ensure to the public its continuance,
and that it should be kept up in such a way as may be avail-
able for the public use. I believe it will ultimately appear, be-
yond all possibility of doubt, when the population of the com-
peting line shall be brought into comparison, one way or •the
other with ours, that it is impossible the other line should be
adopted. That will be one material feature for considera-
tion. because, if that ultimately turns out, upon investigation,
to be the state of the competing line, it will be a decided objec-
tion, independent of any other circumstance that it might ap-
ply to it. I need hardly (having the honour of addressing Mem-
bers who will understand the locality) go into any minute de-
scription of one railroad with respect to the places by which it
passes, than to say the vicinity of Dublin forms part of the
Railroad, and that it comes near to Balriggan on its way to
Drogheda. The experience of what has taken place be-
tween Dublin and Kingstown, by means of the increase of
traffic, if I may so apply the term which is generally applied to
passengers as well as goods leaves no doubt that various little
branches might be made from the Railroad down to the seve-
ral points upon the coast, whose connection with Dublin
would be most valuable to the towns themselves, whether large
or small, and most valuable in another respect, because along
the coast, as Hon. Members acquainted with it are perfectly
well aware, there are a variety of places in which fishing boats
are constantly employed in obtaining fish for Dublin mar-
ket. Now there is nothing in which a speedy conveyance,
particularly under the circumstance of the winds being adverse,
is more absolutely important. The subject is one which has
been taken into very deep consideration by some of those Com-
mittees in which Railroads have been discussed during the
Sessions. The forming facilities for 'bringing fish with speed
to the market from the coast, has been in these regarded as a
material feature. On the eastern coast it was considered a
subject of importance to connect Yarmouth with the City of
London; and on the south-eastern also, Railways were re-
garded as of great importance, as affording in communication
with the City of London a more rapid and certain mode of
conveyance than the present, whereby goods sustain consider-
able damage, and sometimes are entirely lost :—next Railways
in going along the coast, and affording facilities to places along
their lines, insure great benefits to the public by means of the
market being supplied with fresh articles. Thus whilst suc-
cess attends the Railroad by the traffic upon it, at the same
time it insures to persons who have occupations in the markets,
that the articles in which they deal will be supplied to them
daily. It is necessary I should now state what I shall prove
hereafter; it is, that in consequence of some difficulty that
occurs near Melverton, going through some difficult ground,
and passing some property, it was desirable to avoid, the line
is proposed to be altered according to the red mark. You see
the blue making a bend towards the sea coast; for this devia-
tion consent must be proved ; and Hon. Members arc aware
there is a standing order particularly applicable to circum-
stances of this description. lion. Members are perfectly well
aware that, although land cannot be taken beyond the limits
that have been marked out by the Parliamensary line, there
is no possible objection to altering' the line of. Railroad by
any deviation which may be more advantageous either to pro-
perty or to the line, or in any way beneficial with respect to
saving expense, provided the party over whose land such alte-
ration is proposed, has given Isis consent. Where consent is
given, the standing order requires that the plan as altered and
drawn with the deviations upon it, and certified by the Speaker,
should be deposited in the Bill Office, and there it remains, in
compliance with the Standing Order, to which I will now call
the attention of the Committee.—( The Learned Counsel read
the part alluded to from the Standing Order, and proceeded
with his remarks. ) That Standing Order was made ex-
pressly for the purpose of permitting a deviation, whenever
such deviation was required, either upon the ground of con-
venience or saving of expense, or of getting rid of the diffi-
culties with reference to tunnels, or the formation of cuttings
or embankments, or of what is much more frequently the case,
namely, avoiding interference with the property of the person
who objects to that interference. You have a right by the
Bill, and an enactment in the Bill, to deviate from your line
one hundred yards, because that is left to the engineer, when
lie is executing the line ; therefore a deviation within one
hundred yards is never noticed by the Committee. The
Standing Order was made expressly to meet the case of a de-
viation from the Parliamentary line of above a hundred yards,
and it has been acted upon in numbers of instances ; and if
any doubt should arise upon it, I shall be able to show what
the meaning of it is—that it is for that only—and it is per-
fectly useless for any other purpose, because the line within
a hundred yards never was made the subject of discussion ;
inasmuch as the engineer has a right to go within a hundred
yards, and to deviate where it becomes necessary to suit his
convenience. It is a phrase constantly used by engineers,
that in adjusting their line, to speak technically, they must
have a little elhow-roorn—leave to go either to the right or to
the left—with the view of facilitating the construction of the
Railway, and that never was made the subject of discussion or
objection, and requires no case to be mentioned, because the
Act itself is an express authority, without anything being said
upon it. Before the Committee it is never used but for the
purpose I have described. Now the next point to which I
will call the attention of the Committe, is one of some impor-
tance—because it is one of those petitions that has been pre-
sented by the competing Company, and presented also by other.
persons, and the point made is—whether the alleged conve-
nience would arise from taking the inland line. The promoters
of it begin their plan of communication further north, making
what is called a grand trunk communication, from which a branch
communication may be made to different towns along the de-
scribed line. Some Hon. Members of the Committee no doubt
are aware that a Report has been made this Session of Parlia-
merit upon the Ulster Railway Bill, and it is therein stated that
the proposed Railway is a complete integral line from Belfast to
Armagh, &c. &c. &c.—( The Learned Counsel read the Re-
port of the Committee on the Ulster Railway Bill. )—Much has
been asserted in favour of an inland line, but I believe it will
turn out upon investigation that there are no such means of
traffic along this inland line as would by possibility lay the
foundation of that line being made with advantage to the sub-
scribers, and that it could not be made with advantage to the
public for the reasons I have stated. Now I have just
alluded to the Report of the Committee upon the Ulster
Railway Bill which I have described, and also there is another
line that Hon. Members are perfectly aware, proposed to be
made from Armagh down to Drogheda, that would in fact
communicate from Belfast to Dublin. Belfast is an important
point, from its position with respect to the coast of Great
Britain_
CIIAIRMAN.—It is very important for other reasons, for trade
all over the world.
Mr. HARRISON— And then there is the communication from
Belfast through the Ulster Canal to Lough Erne, and from
thence, by a branch to the line proposed to be brought from
Armagh down to Drogheda, and thence along the line now
proposed to Dublin ; and there is the communication I have
spoken of to the South Western part, there is another Report
made by the Engineer of the competing line, which is just
put into my hand; he says, with regard to the Drogheda ter-
minus, " the line may hereafter be carried at very nearly a
right angle across the Boyne, at the National School on the
west side of the town, and may be extended there on a favour-

able inclination through the plains of Ardee towards Armagh,
and which is sufficiently close to the town of Drogheda fur all
purposes of general intercourse ; but, in addition, we have de-
lineated on the map a terminus at Pitcher Line." Ny,v,
with reference to the situation in which these two com-
peting lines stand, I will state to the Committee a cir-
cumstance which really does appear to me to be of very
great importance with reforence to the conduct that has
been pursued by the two parties advocating either line, I am
not in the habit of dealing with private petition 3 until they
come under consideration, nor do I desire to do any thing
more with regard to any other line than may be rendered ab-
solutely necessary for the purpose of bringing the two fairly
into competition before the Committee. They will be good
enough to observe that all the resolutions which are now
before them have in view the public benefit, only they totally
pass by any private interests of individual speculators. They
call upon the Committee to enquire, first of :ill, as to the
validity of the speculation with reference to the extent and
amount, and the persons by whom it is supported. They call
upon the Committee to investigate most accurately, and to
state in their report most minutely, all the circumstances con-
nected with the traffic, for the reasons I have stated to the
Committee, is order that Parliament may not at this period,
when so many bubble schemes, bad as well as good ones, are
brought before the public, and are made the subject of specu-
lation in the market and in the Stock Exchange, in order that
Parliament may take into consideration what the public inte-
rest requires, and investigate most narrowly and minutely to
select the best line, without taking into consideration the inte-
rest of any person either on the one line or the other. To
that object it is that all your resolutions are directed ; and all
your enquiries under those resolutions have no other view, and
can have no other view, than that which I am now humbly
submitting to the Committee. It was i❑ that view those for
whom I have the honour to appear proposed that both lines
should be made the subject of investigation before the Board
of Public Works of Ireland, in order that that public body
might quietly and dispassionately consider which of the two
lines were most likely to tend to the public advantage ; that
was positively refused by the other side. We shall call a
gentleman, in consequence of his being one of the persons
making that proposition, and who wrote to a Noble Lord who
was one of the Committee on the Inland Line, expressly
stating the evidence he should be called upon to give, and
asking that Noble Lord whether the statement contained in
his letter was a perfectly correct statement :
"MY LORD—I have arrived here, and as it is proba-
ble I will be examined before the Committee on our Rail-
way, I may have occasion to allude to the repeated offers
made by our Committee to the Nob!emen and Gentlemen
of the projected inland line, for a settlement of our differ-
ences of opinion by an arbitration before the Board of
Works. Upon this subject I waited upon your Lordship
early in January last, and on the part of our Committee
made such proposal in the expedience of which your Lordship
appeared to agree, when you were so good as to say you would
attend the Committee and submit it at the next meeting.
Having in the week before last met your Lordship in Dublin
and referred to this offer of arbitration, you were pleased to say
you attended the Committee, and with Sir Henry Meredith
proposed such course of proceeding, but it was overruled or re-
jected. As I may have to allude to these circumstances, I
would feel pain that any difference of recollection should exist
between your Lordship and me upon these points of our conver-
sation, and before I may have to mention your Lordship's name
I would be glad to be informed it' we agree in this statement.
" I remain, my Lord,
" Very faithfully,
(Signed) " THOS. BRODIGAN.
" Union Hotel, Cockspur-street,
" April 23d, 1836.
" To the Right Hon. Lord Killeen, &c. &e."
The Answer to that letter is—

" MY DEAR SIR,-Haring been at the Curragh Races all last
week your letter did not reach me 'till yesterday ; this has occa-
sioned some delay in sending my reply, which I hope may still
arrive before your examination on the Committee. Your re-
collection of the circumstances is substantially correct. At the
meeting which I attended last winter both Sir H. Meredith
and I mentioned what had passed when you called on us. Sir
Henry proposed no specific resolution, but he suggested your
proposal of reference, which certainly then did not appear to
be in accordance with the feeling of the majority present, and
was, therefore, not pressed; as to myself, although I feel
strongly convinced that the Inland line would pro-
bably form the best trunk to the north, northwest,
and west of Ireland, I should feel disposed to con-
cur, leaving the question to be decided by a competent
tribunal here, which would have avoided the great and now
unavoidable expense of trying the merits of each line before a
Parliamentary Committee, as I quite agree in the observation
you made the other day, that it would have been desirable not
to spend so much money. I have to thank you for your kind-
ness in communicating with me, and remain very faithfully
yours, (Signed) " KILLEEN.
" Dublin, May 2 —To Thomas Brodigan, Esq., &c."
Now I have a right to use this document for the purpose of
showing the parties for whom 1 appear were looking for a pub-
lic benefit; they were willing to submit the two propositions
which line was the best for the public, and the other proposi.
tion to what they considered the most proper tribunal, namely,
the Public Board of Works in Ireland, and to abide by their de-
cision, and I think it impossible for any parties who present them-
selves to a Committee of the House of Commons in a difficult mat-
ter of this description, to place themselves upon higher ground.
They are not asking a private contract, but they are asking a
public benefit, though they expect to derive a private interest
themselves, and this is natural and necessary, because without
the advancement of private ends public benefits never have
been insured—but it appears they were perfectly willing to
sacrifice any private interest of their own in reference to that
particular description of line to which I have alluded, if it had
been decided that it was not a better line than the other. I
cannot state, I think, in stronger terms, the foundation upon
which I have a right to present myself on behalf of the Com-
pany who direct this great public measure, than by stating what
has occurred in that respect for the purpose of the Committees,
the situation in which the parties have placed themselves before
they came here ; the original instructions also prove that the
engineer was to examine both lines without prejudice in fa-
vour of one line or the other, and to adopt that line which, ac-
cording to his judgment as an engineer, with reference to all
the circumstances that an engineer is to take into consi-
deration, was, in his judgment, de beat line, referring not
merely to the practical difficulties of the line, or the
practical facilities of the line, but referring to the ex-
pense—referring to the facility with which it could be con-
structed—referring also to the places through which the
line professed to pass—referring to the communica-
tions that will be made from the line with facility to the dif-
ferent places most available for the intercourse of society—re-
ferring to the profits that will arise from the line, and from the
traffic proposed to go along the line, and those circumstances
which it is so necessary for the engineer to take into consider-
ation when he is selecting any one line in preference to an-
other; because, first, an engineer is to look to the points of the
two termini ; next is the intermediate country ; and to see with
reference to the line which has been chalked out, which line
through the intermediate country is likely to be most benefi-
cial, taking it altogether with a view to traffic upon it, which
line is most likely to tend to the future benefit with reference
to the facility of the lines to be executed, and the circumstances
under which it may be kept up for the benefit of the public,
and those dependent upon the extent of line to be made, and
if there has been a communication of a more extended de-
scription with a view of creating valuable intercourse where
public intercourse is so important. Now, with respect to the
termini, I should also state, that, as you approach the city of
Dublin, there can be no comparison between the two. I have
got before me a small plan, from which it appears our Dublin
terminus comes near the General Post-office. The Committee
will find upon the plan the terminus of 'the Railroad of which
I am the advocate, marked with red, and that terminus comes
close to the docks. It can, without difficulty, be extended to
the immediate precincts of the Post. office. The terminus of
the other line is in the outskirts of the town, and at a very
considerable distance. I need hardly do more than simply
show to the Committee two lines, one terminating at a distance
from the city of Dublin, and the other getting into the very
heart of it ; the other at an elevation of l I J feet, with no pos-
siblity of getting into the heart of the city of Dublin without
passing through a line of houses which makes it impossible, with
reference to communication, that it ever could be contem-
plated. Then, with reference to a line of this short
description is it not an important feature that
people must go to a considerable distance before
they arrive at the place where they would embark.
The more central the terminus of a railroad of this description
is, with reference to public communication, the better. It
must unquestionably be the better the nearer it approaches the
dense population of the city ; an inspection of the terminus is
quite sufficient to show the Committee there can be no pos-
sible comparison between the two lines in this respect. I need
only advert to the evidence that will be given by our engineer,
who will prove the line, and will prove the investigation into
which he went before he selected the line, and reported to the
Committee his approbation of a line between Dublin arid
Drogheda ; and he will prove the facility of communication of
that first stage with a vast variety of planes with reference to a
northward extension from Drogheda, uniting with the line to
Armagh with the Ulster Canal, and all the tributary branches
that the wants of the population may require. Now, with these
observations we shall proceed, as has been the practice of Com-
mittees since these resolutions have been in the House of Com-
mons, to put, in the first instance, the list of subscribers, and
the names of those who belong to the Provisional Committee,
and also all those by whom 2,0001. has been subscribed ; we
shall then prove the traffic by showing the difirent places
along the line to be within communication of the actual traffic,
because we shall prove that this is an existing line of commu-
nication on which all land conveyance is carried into Dublin
and the northern parts of Ireland.

FINE WRITING ; OR, POT VERSUS KETTLE.—
The Morning Post of this day quotes, as an exquisite sample
of bombast, the following passage from an Ultra-Radical Even-
ing Contemporary of yesterday :—" The living maggot of
Aristocracy, which is sustained merely by the rancid garbage
of Toryism, upon which it is fed, and which ever takes wing
when the foetid atmosphere is impregnated with the tainted
airs of factious corruption, fluttered about last night in the full=
ness of victory, and displayed all the garish colours of those
immingled hues which reflect the extent and depth of political
prostitution." This is unquestionably a rich morceau,' yet it
is fully equalled by a passage which appears this day in our
Morning Contemporary, in a review of Boz 's " Pickwick
Club." In justice to both journals, we must give this airy and
eloquent tit-bit :—" Boz is a shrewd observer of all the phases
of citizenship, stationary or wandering, waxing or waning,
effulgent or eclipsed, and has the happiest knack in the world
of delineating the glowing outlines of personal sublimity with
that recipient risibility of conception which makes them un-
consciously waver into profiles of the ridiculous,"