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THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONi OF COLONIZATION,
. EMIGRATION, AND PENAL ARRANGEMENTS.
Just pnbli,hed (with a Map by Wyld, Charing-dross),
ALETTER from Major Robert Carmichael-
Smyth to his Friend, the Author of " The Clockmaker," con-
taining Thoughts on the Subject of a British Colonial Railway Com-
munication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, at the same
time assisting Emigration and Penal Arrangements; concluding with
a few Remarks on the Grand Canal and Railway Project of Lieut.
Henry Millington cynge, of the Royal Engineers.

rit;lislied by W. P. Metchim, 20, Parliament-street. Sold also by
Simpkin and Marshall ; Ridgway, Piccadilly ; Wilson, Royal Ex-
change ; Saunders, Charing-cross ; and R. Folthorp, Royal Library,
Brighton.

Concluding paragraphs frim the article in the HISTORIC TIMES
of the 23d of February, on the Missing Arctic Expedition.

"This brief sketch of Arctic discovery may serve to remind our
readers of its progress to the present time, and prepare them for
further discoveries, while it sufficiently illustrates our estimate of
the national character that in about fifteen years the ice-bound
widecoasts
as
o Asia,
sai
acontinentan and
twice
e extending
,ni
dase
110
Europe,degrees ha
so
been
el
eonn longitude, b
,
iYa eitaids
and sea, and its interior traversed in every direction. It cannot,
hoverer, be doubted that the same amount of energy and capital thus
the
foremplooyruedmommigtah have
purposes,joine uthuettAmtlatnhetic
westana P aifi
with
c
by
wealth of the latter into the cobrers of our merchants, and spread reli-
gioneast,pathavailablepoured and civilization to the most remote corners of the globe."
• Extracts from THE SUN, 16th Yebrnary.
"According to the scheme disclosed in this remarkable pamphlet,
malls, merchandise, and passengers might be perpetually conveyed
to and fro between England and her colonial territories, in. the two
hemispheres without having to traverse the roads of Continental
Europe (which roads might be rendered impassable at any moment
by the outbreak of a general war), and without the necessity of
having to double either the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn,
where the seas are as tempestuous as the voyages are circuitous;
and the intercourse between Great Britain and her most distant
and scattered possessions would not only be by this means less liable
to interruption, but it would be infinitely more rapid, and, in every
respect, more convenient. The proposed line of railway would link
together the two oceans, the Pacific and the Atlantic ; it would
stretch in a direct line across our colonies in North America; it
would commence at Halifax, in Nova Scotia, and would terminate
at Frazer's River, pouring into the Gulf of Georgia; it would com-
municate by steam-vessels with the ports of the United Kingdom in
one direction, and iu the other would promote a continual inter-
change of commodities and intelligence with Pekin, with Canton,
with Australia, with New Zealand, with the Spice Islands, with
Ceylon, with Madras, and with Calcutta.
" The North American Railway from the Gulf of Georgia to the
Gulf of St. Lawrence, running from Nova Scotia by St. John's
through New Brunswic'r, across the St. Lawrence and Otawa, tra-
versing Upper Canada along the shores of Lake Huron and Lake liu-
perior, through the dominions of the Hudson's Bay Company to the
south of Lake Winnipeg, over the chain of the Rocky Mountains to
the coast of the Pacific confronting the island pf Vancouver—this
enormous fine of railway would then be the first substantial em•
ployment of that felicitous fact which has been intimated in the ex-
pression that the shores of the Pacific constitute the eud of the West
and the beginning of the East.'
" It would form ' the great link required to unite in one powerful
chain the whole English race.' It would penetrate the enormous bar-
rier of the Rocky Mountains. It Would, in a particular manner,
bind together the interests of England, of the Hudson's Bay Com-
pany, and the Canadas. It would present a magnificent field for the
employment of gangs of convict labourers—criminals who by clear-
ing and encloshig lands, by constructing roads, and building bridges,
would be withdrawn from the diabolical contaminations of the
penal settlements, and would, unconsciously be instrumental to for-
warding the grand labours of civilization.
" It would pass through regions 'rich in mines ofsllver and copper,'
such as the vicinity of Lake Superior. It would draw into use the
abundant timber of the Oregon, the plentiful coal of Vancouver's Is-
land, the iron, lead, and tin, the granite, slate, and sandstone, the
oolites, the cattle, wool, hides, and tallow, the salted meat, the beef,
the pork, the wheat, the barley, the Indian corn, the apples, and
the rest of the nutritious vegetation which now flourishes uncon-
Bunted in the length and breadth of the North American Continent.
" Such is the noble project of a Colonial railway suggested by
this patriotic pamphleteer "

_ .
Extract from THE SUN, 13th March.
"On the 16th of February we directed public attention to a
pamphlet, in the form of a letter, addressed to Judge Hallihurton,
the immortal " Clockmaker"—a pamphlet in which a magnificent
scheme is proposed for the connexion of the Pacific and the Atlantic
by a railroad running through our North American possessions,
through the Canadas, and through the territories of the
Hudson's Bay Company, beginning at the harbour of Ha-
litax, near Newfoundland. and terminating on Frazer's River,
oppo,ite Vancouver's Island. Since then, it will have been
ohserved by our readers that the author of that remarkable pamphlet, Major Robert Carmichael Smyth, has addressed a
letter to ourselves, in which he disclaims any of that dogmatic
egotism which is generally supposed to actuate the projectors of such
colossal enterprises. The pamphlet of Major ,myth, previously
printed for private circulation, and written without any siguature
upon the title page, has, subsequently to the appearance of our re-
marks on the 16th ult., bem published in a complete and well-
digested form, accompanied by an Illustrative map from the hand of
Mr. Wyl 1, the geographer. Now, that the plan may be regarded as
fairly before the public, we cannot but take this, the earliest oppor-
tunity, of reiterating our previous argument, that the noble scheme
suggested by Major Carmichael Smyth is one intimately associated
with the present condition and the future destinies, with the glory,
the greatness, and the prosperity of the British empire."
Extract from the 13RITISII and ARMY DISPATCH, 16th February,
before the Pamphlet was Published for General Circulation.
" This pamphlet is from the pen of an officer of rank, whose long
residence on service-In North America has enabled him to offer to
the public some valuable suggestions on the subject of the extension
of railway communication on that vast continent, in the furtber ex-
tremity of which new ground has lately been broken in the progress
of civilization. The pamphlet purports to point out means for the
employment of the people and capital of Great Britain in her own
colonies, by undertaking a great national work, and thus opening
the shortest road to the most extensive regions of wealth ever
before at the command of any nation in the world (not regions of
gold, but for commerce and industry), and opening to Great Britain
a new outlet for the superabundant population of her soil, and new
markets for her labour. With great minuteness and considerable
local knowledge the author traces the means by which the far apart
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans shall be made easily communicable, and
urges that on that part of the line where the district labour and ca-
pital is sufficient, it shall be undertaken by the residents, and where
population is too thin, the remedy can be supplied by English capital
and convict labour.

" The pamphlet is altogether well worthy of perusal by all who
are interested in the progress a the great tide which is now so
strongly setting ' westward.'"

Extract from the BRIGHTON GAZETTE, Bth March.
" One consequen^e of the recent discoveries in California has been
the renewed and zealous discussion of various plan heretofore sug-
gested for opening a direct communication between the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans, instead of the present circuitous and hazardous route
by Cape Horn. A general feeling seems to have hitherto prevailed
in preference of a water line by the river and Lake of San Juan de
Nicaragua ; and certainly, as compared with the Isthmus of Darien
or that of Tehuantepec, there can be little doubt of ith superior eli-
gibility. But we think that the views developed in the able pamphlet of
Major Carmichael Smyth will go far towards effecting a revolution in
public opinion. For the United States the route above•mentioned
may be a sufficiently desirable one ; but the author of this pamphlet
contends—and therein he will have at least every Englishman on his
side—that such a communication ought, if possible, to be made
within the limits of our own territory.
" In a question like this the advocates of Colonization must feel a
strong interest ; for ' let England her Northern American, colonies,
and the Hudson's Bay Company, oin heart and hand, and with the
great power of steam which it has pleased the Almighty to place at
the command of man, there will soon arise a work that will be the
wonder and admiration of the age —and such a mercantile and ce-
ionizing road will be open to Great Britain, that at no ffiture period
(at least within the imagination of man), will she ever again have to
complain of too great a reputation on her soil, and too small a market
for her labour." This Letter is addressed to the Clockmaker,' and
who will not echo the exclamation of that distinguished writer—
`Oh, squire, if John Bull only knew the value of these colonies, he
would be a great man, I tell you—but he don't.' "
Extract from the RAILWAY TIMES, March le.
" There is work to be done—wealth to be opened up—men's bodies
and souls to be saved—the press teens with suggestions, plain,
practical, and operative—yet not a ray of intelligence, of apprehen-
sion, not a sign, not an expression indicative of activity, escapes
from the chief of the Colonial-office, or his fussy, yet do-nothing,
subordinates.

" We shall revert to this topic in our next, and lay before our
readers the able, invigorating arguments of Major Robert Carmichael
Smyth, in reference to the subject of a British colonial railway cora.•
munication between the Atlantic and Pacific.

A R R I A G E.
311 One half the woriti are desolately single, and the other
mpposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a
,enso of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em-
s:tter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea
3f caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un-
remprosing hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness
end social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage,set-
,loment. Honour and justice demand that health ahouldform an item
in the compact ; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er
neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if
these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CIILVERWELL'S little
3fEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is.
each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginativelg
refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered
oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining
Them. They arc not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but
`.r the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom&
they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on
the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or
iogether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other
Attie publications claim your attention (same price ls. each,
by post le. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and
kveid," and " How to be Nappy." They are not merely
pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the
mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's
life who owes his present existence, health, and positionst;:ortrshir:nth,ally
ob-
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greatly increased by additions deposited by the Royal Agricultural
Society and other ,cierititic parties. The use of these Models, as well
as all others in the Institution, is explained from day to day.—Lec-
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Steam, daily at two o'clock, and on a'ternate Evenings.—Leclure
by 1)r. Rachhoffnor on the various modes of producing Artificial
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Microscope.—The New Dissolving Views include scenes in Van Die-
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COMMITTEE FOR PRIVILEGES.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
REPRESENTATIVE PEERS OP IRELAND.
The Committee for Privileges, amongst other mat-
ters which came before them, heard counsel and wit-
nesses in support of the claims of the following noble-
men for the privilege of voting for representative peers
of Ireland :

THE CLAIM OF VISCOUNT MELBOURNE.
The Hon. F. PONSONBY appeared in support of this
claim, and called
Mr. J. Thomas, the solicitor for Lord Melbourne,
who produced the patent conferring the Irish title,
from which he read the date of the creation and the
limitations. The witness then proceed to read the
patent of the English peerage, when
Lord BROUGHAM asked what the Learned Counsel
was now about ?
' Mr. Pomo/sin- was giving proof of the, patent
creating the English peerage of Lord Melbourne.
Lord BROUGHAM—What did the Committee want
with such a proof as that ? It was nonsense.
What possible necessity was there to prove the Eng-
lish title?
Mr. Portsomm—Only to show the limitations.
Lord BROUGHAM—Nonsense. Why, any of their
Lordships could prove the English title. Any of
them could do that. His Noble and Learned Friend
(the Lord Chancellor), who had summoned Lord
Melbourne to that House, could prove that; or he
could himself prove it. What occasion was there for
the production of proofs of the title to the English
Peerage at the bar of that House, when all of their
Lordships could give the evidence ? But, what was
the occasion for it in a matter where the English
title had nothing to do with the claim which consti-
tuted the subject of their Lordship? presentinquiry ?
That subject was one which -arose out of • the Irish
Peerage, and not out of the English Peerage, of
which the Learned Counsel was now seeking to give
evidence.
Lord REDESDALE—Yes, the,claim here was in right
of the Irish title, and not of the English title.
Mr. PONSONBY said that it had been his object to
offer evidence td the Committee of the English
title, and also of the fact that the present Lord
Melbourne had been summoned to Parliament
in the usual manner under that title. This latter
fact he proposed to establish by putting in the
writ of summons under the great seal. His object
therefore in offering the patent of the English title
was to show that the limitations in both patents were
similar. Having done that he should then proceed to
submit that he had tendered sufficient evidence to
establish the claim of Lord Melbourne to vote for
representative Peers of Ireland. He might probably
be permitted by their Lordships to mention that a
similar course to that which he now proposed to adopt
had been acted upon last year in the case of the
Drogheda claim.
Lord REDESDALE remarked that there was a dif-
ference in the two cases, because, in the Drogheda
claim his Lordship had taken his seat, whereas in the
present instance Lord Melbourne had not done so.
Lord BROUGHAM said—Yes, that was so. Well,
what had they 'now to do with hearing evidence as to
the English title ?—it was altogether "unnecessary.
But where was the evidence that really was necessary ?
Where was the proof of the death, where was the
proof that the late Lord had died without issue, where
was the proof that there was no son left, and where
was the formal proof that the present claimant was
the next heir ? All these proofs were necessary, and
all these proofs he, in his own person, was in a con-
dition to give.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY was understood to re-
mind the Noble and Learned Lord that he had not
been sworn.
Lord BROUGHAM.—No; that was very true, so be
could not give 'the proofs, and there was no house,
and he could not then be sworn. The matter must
stand over for the present, then.
After the house had been made, the parties were
again called to the bar, when
Lord BROUGHAM asked if the Learned Counsel was
prepared with the necessary evidence.
Mr. PONSONBY was not in a position at the present
moment to offer the proofs which his Lordship had
required at an earlier part of the day, but if—
Lord BROUGHAM—Yes, you have, Sir. You have
myself. lam here prepared to give evidence.
Mr. PONSONBY had understood that his Lordship
had not been sworn, and therefore was not in a con-
dition to give evidence.
Lord BROUGHAM—Yes, I have been sworn ; now
I can give-the proofs you want. His Lordship then
went on to give the necessary evidence, after which
The claim to vote was declared to have been esta-
blished.

THE CLAIM OF LORD BANGOR.
This claim to vote for representative peers of Ire-
and was also established.

THE CLAIM OF LORD BLOOMFIELD.

The claim in this case was adjourned, because the
parties failed to produce the patent or to assign any
sufficient reason for its non•production.

SUICIDE of an UNDERGRADUATE
AT CAMBRIDGE.
Yesterday morning a jury was empannelled in the
Conabinatiou-room of Clare Hall College, Cambridge,
to inquire into the circumstances attending the death
of Edward Hayman, a sizar at that college.
Elizabeth Barton, bedmaker to the deceased, de-
posed to finding him, at half•past four on Tuesday
afternoon, lying upon the floor, bleeding from a wound
in his throat. He was a very steady, exemplary young
man.

Mr. Hough, surgeon, stated that the deceased was
in his bedroom, quite dead, when he was called in.
On a high reading-desk in the sitting-room a sheet of
writing paper, with blood on it, was found, bearing
the words hastily scrawled, " Good bye, father. Thank
you, dear Henry, for—." There was a pool of blood
near this desk, and a pen stained with blood upon the
table. A large pool of blood was observed near where
the body was found, as well as on the dressing table,
drawers, and looking glass in the bedroom. The de-
ceased had manifestly made a first attempt at the high
desk, then wrote the paper, and, going to the bed
room, accomplished his purpose before the looking-
glass. The incision was, probably, made from left to
right, and a portion of it was jagged on the left side,
when, in all probability, the first attempt was made.
John Marshall Hayman, undergraduate of St.
John's College, stated that he was brother of the
deceased. He produced some correspondence between
deceased and another brother in London, which went
to favour the idea that the unfortunate young man
had gone wrong in his mind on religious topics.
Witness then said, I saw the deceased on the Thurs-
day or Friday before he passed his " Little go." He
came to my rooms on the Sunday evening before the
examination, his object being to satisfy me that it
was impossible for him to pass, and that he ought to
have a medical certificate to excuse him. It is clear
that he was then labouring under a delusion, because
he went in, and, as I am informed, passed a most
satisfactory examination, being well prepared in all
the subjects. My brother's spirits had been very low
during the last fortnight, and I frequently noticed an
appearance about his eyes as though he had been
crying.
Thomas Mayer Nixson said, I was a friend
of the deceased. In the middle of last week
he sent his bedmaker to say he wanted to see me.
I went to his rooms. He was undressed in his
bedroom. He said he was very unhappy, that he had
committed a great crime, and wanted some one to
comfort him. He then said he had been guilty of
gluttony the day before, and that he had smoked a
cigar overnight in his rooms, for the first time in his
life. I tried to laugh the matter off, and deceased
said he wanted to be comforted and not laughed at.
I could not persuade him that he had not committed
a serious offence, and by his desire we went into the
sitting-room, and there read the church prayers to-
gether, and some passages of Scripture. He seemed
better.
There was more evidence, but the jury here ex-
pressed themselves satisfied, and the coroner said he
thought there could only be one opinion on the matter.
The jury then returned an unanimous verdict of
Temporary insanity," and the remains of the de-
ceased were confided to his brother for interment.
The late Mr. Hayman was a young man of great
promise. 'He entered Clare Hall in 1847 as Grecian
from Christ's Hospital. He was the son of a clergy-
man in Somersetahire, and was about twenty-one years
of ace,

SALE OF TETE LONDON AND BLACLWALL RAILWAY
ENOINEB.—At the Auction Mart, yesterday, Messrs.
Pullen and Son submitted to auction the engines which
have been employed on the Blackwell Railway to work
the rope, and disposed of in consequence of the altera-
tion in the motive power on that line. The first lot
consisted of a pair of engines at the Minories station,
of 110-horse power each, but stated to be capable of
greater power; they sold for 3,350/. Another pair of
similar make, and at the same station, fetched 3,8001.,
and five boilers, 2991. The engines at Blackwell, of
75-horse power each, and stated to have cost 7,0001.
per pair in construction, fetched for one pair 2,250/,
end the second pair 2.2001., and the boilers 3111. All
the lots were understood to bu sold, and produced in the
whole 11,7101.
HINT TO HOUSEWIVES.—In preparing rhubarb for
tarts, puddings, &c., do not skin the stalks. It is more
tender, more juicy, and of better flavour, with the skin
on, than when prepared in the ordinary way.