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STOUR VALLEY (NO. XX.)

MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LIN-
COLNSHIRE JUNCTION (BARNSLEY
BRANCH).
The whole of the day was occupied with general evidence
in favour of the line.
The Committee adjourned at the usual hour.

GROUP XXXIII.
This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock; the lion. E.
Yorke in the chair.

LEEDS, DEWSBURY, AND MANCHESTER
(EXTENSION TO vrair.ErsELD, &c.)
On the assembling of the Committee this case was pro-
ceeded with.
Mr. Benjamin Gott, of Leeds, was examined at some
length as to the advantages the scheme would confer in con-
necting the important towns of Leeds, Wakefield, and Dews-
bury, and also to its superiority over the rival schemes.
This closed the case of the promoters.
The opposition of the landowners and other proprietors
were then proceeded with.
Mr. J. M. Gaskell, M.P., deposed as to the damage which
the line would inflict on the residence and ornamental
grounds of his uncle, near to Wakefield.
Dr. Wright was examined as to the damage the line
would do to the property of West Parade, Wakefield. He
represented it to be very considerable, and the proposition
had given great dissatisfaction.
Mr. Walker, agent of the Wakefield cattle-market, stated
that the scheme would do great injury to, and interfere ma-
terially with, the business transacted there.
The Committee then adjourned till to morrow at twelve
o'clock.

lintriTING7:IAM. WOLVEICHA.MPTON, AND
DUDLEY (sTounnium GE AND WEST

ER.OVEWICH BRANCHES).
ON.POR,D, WORCESTER, AND WOLPER-

HAMPTON (No. II.)

In these cases the Committee decided that the preambles
had not been proved.
The Committee then adjourned.

GROUP XXXIV.

passenger and the goods traffic would receive great benefits
by the amalgamation.
Mr. Errington, civil engineer, was examined in support of
the previous witnesses. He considered the shareholders
would never get back their capital or interest on it without
a union of this kind. At present the Caledonian had no
port for their 160 miles of railway, while the Ayrshire Com-
pany had access to six or seven ports. He corroborated the
evidence of the previous witnesses as to the cheaper working
of the line under a joint management. He thought 7,0001.
would be saved by the joint management.
The witness was cross-examined at some length, with the
object of showing that with the leases and amalgamations in
progress by the Caledonian, the latter would have port ac-
commodation not only at Glasgow and Greenock, but through-
out Ayrshire.
The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at twelve
o'clock.

GROUP LI.
This Committee met at twelve o'clock; Sir John Yards
Buller chairman.

CALEDONIAN AND BRANCHES.
Mr. Hope Johnston, M.P., was called and examined by
Mr. Sergeant MURPHY—Ho was chairman of the Caledonian,
and resided in a part of the eountry traversed by the line.
In the year 1836 Mr. Locke was employed by a committee,
formed of persons interested in the districts, to survey the
best route from Carlisle north, and he examined it as
_far as
Biggar. Royal Commissioners were appointed, and on their
recommendation the line laid out by Mr. Locke was mate-
rially altered. In 1845 the Dumfries came forward as an
opposition scheme for a through traffic to England. The
Caledonian Company were successful in the contest, but in
1846 the Dumfries again came forward, on the ground
that they were required for the local traffic, and on this
ground solely their scheme was sanctioned. Had he con-
ceived that the North British would be allowed to extend
their line from Hawick to Carlisle, and to strike at the Eng-
lish trade by Brampton, he should never have sanctioned
such a gigantic expenditure as that already incurred by the
Caledonian Railway, in giving accommodation to Scotland,
and he was convinced that if this rival interest were sanc-
tioned, the result would be, that the energies of both would
be crippled. The Caledonian had no desire to injure the trade
of the Dumfries line, and they were ready to be bound by
enactments to keep engines always ready at Carlisle for the
purpose of forwarding the passengers by that line, pari passu,
with their own. They would, therefore, whether at Carlisle
or at London, through the medium of the London and North-
Western, throw no obstacles in the way of passengers de-
sirous of proceeding by the west of Scotland.
Cross-examined by Sir Tflomas PHILLIPS--The pro-
spectus of the Caledonian Company was before the public in
May, 1844, and in the same year the North British had ob-
tained their Act for giving accommodation by the east of
Scotland, and connecting Newcastle to Edinburgh. The
first. prospectus issued by the Caledonian excluded Dumfries,
but he must be allowed to explain to the Committee that
that prospectus was necessarily imperfedt, and required to be
improved as the wants of the public became known. He
thought he was right in stating that the Dumfries Bill of
1846 was granted for the purpose of accommodating the
local traffic. He did not limit local traffic to the mere dis•

tricts, he understood by the term the trade between the
districts of Ayr, Dumfries, and England. He thought
that the effect of a competition in this case would be to lessen
public accommodation, but he was not sufficiently conver-
sant with railway enterprise to instance a case where rail-
way competition had proved injurious. He had a strong
opinion that competition would lead to irregular working of

these lines. -
By Captain PLUMRIDGE—The reason why the Caledonian
would suffer more from competition than its rivals was, that
for a portion of its course it traversed a very barren district.
By Mr. NEWDEGATE—They would never be free from a
through competition from Lotidon to Edinburgh while the
North Briti,h existed.
Examination continued by Sir T. Pau tars—He did not
think that they had much to fear from competition in their
northern traffic. He bad heard a different opinion expressed.
They had endeavoured to secure themselves by entering into
arrangements with the Scottish Central, the Dundee and
Perth, and the Dundee and Newcastle. It was not his own
opinion that the traffic from Kilmarnock--and more espe-
cially the passenger traffic—to England wonld go round by
Glasgow. He thought that the Caledonian had a prior
right to the district between Annan and Springfield, as they
had laid out their line in the first instance to suit that dis-
trict, and only had altered it at the suggestions of the Rail-

way Commissioners.
By Mr. PATON—The Caledonian had entered into arrange-
ments with the Dundee and Arbroath, for the purpose of
making that line a feeder to the Scottish Central line.
Mr. Locke, C.E., examined by Mr. COCKBURN—He bad
originally planned the Caledonian line. The witness pointed
out its course to the Committee. It was always contem-

plated that Dumfries should form a feature in this system of
railway communication, and he knew of no instance in the
history of railways where one series of lines had so injured
and encroached upon another as the Dumfries had
upon the Caledonian. The Caledonian had been eventu-
ally laid out on the recommendation of the Railway Com-
missioners, and on the absence of any opposition immediate
or contemplated ; and, therefore, a considerable portion
traversed a district, which could not, under any circum-
stances, pay a company. Such a district was that from
Moffat to Camwath. He considered that this country was
overlaid with railways.
By Mr. TOLLEMACITE—it did not follow that trade
would be increased in the same proportion with railway com-
petition and accommodation. It was necessary that a limit
should be placed, because a trade which might remunerate an
expenditure of 16,000!. per mile, would never repay the ex-
penditure of a million per mile. The Birmingham and Derby
was an instance of this, which, having vainly tried to exist,
was at last obliged to incorporate itself with the Midland.
By Mr. COCKBURN—If the North British scheme were
sanctioned, they would have a double means of competition,
by Berwick on the east coast, and again by Hawick to
Edinburgh. If the Caledonian were to live at all, it must
depend in a great measure upon its through traffic.
By Captain PLUMRIDGE—He had in his scheme of 1839,
never contemplated the branch from Springfield to
Brompton.
Lord Jonsr MANNERS—Did you ever propose this scheme
until the Dumfries Company had first determined to supply it?
Mr. Loske—That branch was never contemplated until
this year.
Sir TatomAs Pnit.mrs—l hope that answer may not be
considered conclusive as to your Lordship's question.
Lord Joirw Islasinzits—Oh, it satisfies me.
By Mr. COCKBURN—It would be important, as a matter of
protection against their competitors, that the Caledonian
Company should construct the Brampton branch to accom•
modate their southern traffic.
Cross-examined by Sir Tnomas Purturs—The Caledo-
nian, when before Parliament for their Act, calculated upon
an estimated traffic which would yield the proprietors 8 per
cent. That was before any of the north or west branches
were thrown out. lie did not know that in this estimate the
traffic from Dumfries and Ayr was taken at something leas
than 1,000/.
By Mr. TOLLEMACHE—SO long as the 24 miles of differ-
ence between the Dumfries and Caledonian existed, it might
be considered a sufficient protection to the latter company,
but they could not say that that difference might not be
lessened by the Dumfries Company in the next session of
Parliament.
By Mr. Burr—lf the lease of the Annan branch were
granted to the Caledonian, he thought It would benefit the
public, and end these disputes.
This closed the case for the Caledonian Railway, with the
exception of the Dalmakedder branch, which it was agreed
should be afterwards considered.
THE NORTH BRITISH COMPANY.

Mr. TALBOT opened the case for the Caledonian Company,
and contended that as the East Coast Railway was first in the
field they should be allowed to extend their scheme from
Hawick to Carlisle, thus giving accommodation to a district
which, by the system of the Caledonian Company, would be
altogether deprived of it.
Mr. Rutherford, Crayling, Roxburghshire, said that the
county was an important agricultural one. The acreage at
present devoted to agricultural purpose (the greater quan-
tity being for the rearing and breeding of sheep) was 437,421,
and the capital employed was upwards of a million and a
half. There was grown of different descriptions of grain
270,999 quarters, and of this quantity there might be ex-
ported 71,000 quarters. This would be sent to Hawick,
and westward to Dumfriesshire and Cumberland. Seed
was also exported from Roxburgh to these counties
because it was considered of a superior quality. Great num-
bers of cattle were imported for the purposes of feeding from
different parts of Scotland, from the Highlands, and from
Ireland. There were many markets in the district for the
sale of these cattle, which would be on the line of railway.
The cattle at present imported were driven, but they could
be fattened at a less cost if the railway were constructed, as
it would do away with the fatigue from which the
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tity of the grain raised in the district. For agricultural pur-
poses they could have oil-cake from Berwick and other places,
which might be brought to the various districts by the
proposed railway. Lime was exceedingly expensive (not
less than 183. per ton in the centre of the county); but
by the projected line, it might be laid down in the districts
within six or seven miles of the line, at a moderate cost.
The land would require about five tons per acre in every
fourteen years, or six tons in every nineteen years.
The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Burr, and re-
examined by Mr. PATON, but nothing particular was elicited
in addition.
The Committee adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow.

GROUP XXII.

This C.,mmittee met to-day at twelve o'clock; Lord Harry
Vane in the chair.

GLOUCESTER, AND HEREFORD it.a.xxivirair

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,
(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF . COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve
o'clock.

TAE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY 'EV'E NIN G, MAY 5, 1847.

On the motion also of the same HoN. MEMBER, the
order made on the 26th day of February last, for refer-
ring the Sheffield, Rotherham, and Doncaster Junction
Railway (Masbrough to Doncaster) Bill was discharged,

and the Bill withdrawn.
SMITHFIELD MARKET.
Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN presented several peti-
tions from different parts of the country against the re-
moval of Smithfield market.
FEES IN CHANCERY.
Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from the Law
Society of Manchester, for the reduction of the fees in
the Court of Chancery. The petition, on the motion of
the Right Hon. Gentleman was ordered to be referred to
the Committee appointed to consider the subject.
DUBLIN PAVING.
On the motion of Mr. T. O'BRIEN, the papers rela-
tive to the Dublin Paving, &c. (printed Ist March) were
ordered to be referred to the Committee on the Dublin
Consumers Gas Bill.
CORPORATION OF DUBLIN.
On the motion of the Hox. MEMBER, the following
return was also ordered :—Return of all expenses incurred
by the Corporation of Dnblin in deputations, stating ex-
penses of each deputation, its object, and the names of
the persons comprising that deputation, from the Ist day
of November, 1830, to 30th day of August, 1841.
SUPPLY.
The report from the Committee of Supply was brought
up, received, and adopted.
POLICE CLAUSE BILL.
On the motion of Sir WILLIAM SOMERVILLE,
this Bill was referred to a Select Committee, to consist
of the following Members:—Viscount Morpeth, Mr.
Greene, Mr. Attorney-General, Viscount Sandon,
Viscount Ebrington, Sir William Heathcote, the Lord-
Advocate, Sir William Somerville, Mr. Brotherton, Mr.
Escott, Mr. Loch, Mr. Beckett, Dr. Bowring, Mr. Wil-
son Patten, and Mr. Morgan John O'Connell.
The LORD-ADVOCATE stated, in reply to a ques-
tion from an lion. Member, that he would ascertain
whether the Bill could be applied to Scotland in its
present shape; if it could not, a Bill having especial
reference to that country would be introduced.
MEDICAL REGISTRATION AND MEDICAL
LAW AMENDMENT BILL.
Sir W. JOLLIFFE wished to ask the Right Hon.
Gentleman the Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment whether he had received any communications
from the presidents of the three medical colleges with
respeet to this Bill, and whether it was the intention of
the Government to oppose or support it?
Sir G. GREY said he had received communications
from these bodies, requesting pate allowed to wait upon
him as a deputation ; and if die Hon. Gentleman the
Member for Finsbury (Mr. Wakley) had been in his
place, it was his intention to have asked him to postpone
the second reading of this Bill, as it had only been
printed that morning, and as the President of the Col-
lege of Physicians, and others, had not had an opportu-
nity of stating their objections to it. He had also re-
ceived communications from persons connected with the
medical profession, and as he was as yet ignorant of
their objections, the postponement of the second reading
of the Bill was indispensable. No doubt the Hon.
Gentleman would be in his place in the course of the
day, and he should endeavour to induce him to consen"
to its postponement.
DRAINAGE OF LANDS BILL.

Mr. GISBORNE presented a petition from Leicester
against the Bill.
Sir H. lIALFORD felt bound to move the second
reading of this Bill. In 1844 a Commission was ap-
pointed to inquire into the distress that prevailed,
which produced a most able report, and from
which he would beg to read to the House some
extracts. (The Hon. Member read from this document
several passages, which stated that there was a graiaal
reduction in the wages of those employed in the
hosiery trade, from 1814 down to the .ime at
which the inquiry was instituted, and that the
general appearance of the frame-workers was extremely
wretched, while demoralization kept pace with the misery
of this class of the community. The report also
stated that the increase in the demand for
labour led to no increase in the wages, and that
the parents were totally incapable of affording
their children, not only education, but the actual means
of existence. Such having been the result of this Com-
mission, he would ask the House whether they should
refuse to redress these evils. He believed the provisions
of this Bill would meet the circumstances of this case,
but in order that it might be rendered as effective
as possible, if the House would grant him the second
reading he would move that the Bill be referred
to a Select Committee. What was the case with re-
spect to the artisans of other countries? In Saxony,
in 1843, the same trade, that of hosiery, was
carried on, and it was three times as great as that
of any other part of the world.—(The Hon. Member
here read the evidence of Mr. Widscombe in support of
this assertion, in which it was stated that the condition
of the people of Saxony engaged in the stocking trade
was far superior to the people of this country.) He
had received a letter from a gentleman opposed to
the Bill, himself a frame-owner, conscientious of great evils
in the system, who acknowledged that it was a scandal
and shame that it should exist.—(The Hon. Member
then read a number of extracts from the evidence before
the House, contained in the blue book, that the frame-
work system was most pernicious.)—(Hear, hear.) The
objects of the Bill were to do away with the sub-contrac•
tors, to prevent any contract being made with any one
who was not himself a manufacturer; also to do away
with the frame rent. He was well aware how incompe-
tent he was to bring such a subject as the present under
the consideration of that House, but he sincerely hoped
the House would not refuse the inquiry he demanded,
and that it would give a second reading to this Bill.
Mr. WYNN ELLIS said that it was so seldom that
be troubled the House with any observations that he
hoped that it would listen to the few remarks
he had to offer to their notice. The accounts
given by the Honourable Baronet of the distress and
misery which existed were by no means exaggerated,
and in his opinion it arose from the want of knowledge
on the part of those weavers, and their want of sufficient
energy to try to avoid bringing up their children in the
same misery as themselves. There had been a gradual,
but certain diminution in the export trade for many
years, and during that time the supply of labour greatly
exceeded the demand. The consequence was a fall in the
value of that labour, and the present existing distress.
The existence of this distress and the causes and con-
sequences of it had been amply set forth in the report of
a Commission upon this subject, but no remedy had
been applied. The Hon. Gentleman had, about two
years ago, brought in a Bill upon this subject, but owing
to the incorrect construction of the principal clause it
became inoperative. That Bill in the first instance con-
templated the removal of what was called " middle men"
and such an Act would be most injurious. The evils arising
from that system were much less than was really stated,
and considerable good was effected by it. (The Hon.
Member then proceeded to quote at some length the evi-
dence of Mr. Biggs, as given before the Commission.)
This branch of trade furnished another instance of the
evils of protection, for had the corn-laws not existed,
they would not have found the destitution that existed
amongst this class of artizans. From the authorities on
this question it ' appeared that in foreign countries
there was a better state of things. For instance,
in Saxony the stocking-workers were much better
off than they were at present in England.—(Hear.)
He felt convinced that great evils would result from
sending the Bill to a Committee up stairs. In the pre-
sent state of trade it would produce an ill-feel-
ing, which would be most ;pernicious, if it
would not produce a stagnation of trade. Upon
these grounds, therefore, he would vote against the Bill,
but he also objected to it on principle, for he would like
to know on what grounds the Hon. Gentleman desired
to interfere with the frame rent.
Mr. GISBORNE said this Bill was a corollary on the
Factories Bill ; it was founded on the principle
of a fair day's wages for a fair day's work.
He would have been glad to see the First Lord
of the Treasury in his seat, and the Home
Secretary. They had entered into a course which
they could not carry out. He believed that no
exaggeration of the distresses of these manufac•
turers had been made, but be contended such
measures as these would not remedy the evil.
They alone in this country carried on a struggle which
was no longer attempted in the United States or in
France. In these repeated attempts to destroy the self-
reliance of the working classes, though they had struggled
manfully, he saw much to apprehend. It was a dan-
gerous experiment that was being made in this inter-
ference with the working classes. The Honourable
Baronet wanted to persuade the House that it
was a most profitable thing to be a pos-
sessor of these frames ; but the fact ,was
that the contrary was quite the case.—(Hear.)
The whole principle that had been acted upon, was
founded upon the assumption that the hosiers were the
most destructive and worst class in the country. He had
often told that class of persons that from this House they
could not expect that redress which they required. He
contended that those who supported the Factory Bill
were bound to look to this matter.
Mr. MILNER GIBSON suggested that the Bill
should not be proceeded further with that day, as it
would interfere with the other business of the House.
After some conversation as to what day the debate
should be resumed, to-morrow was fixed for that purpose.
MEDICAL REGISTRATION AND MEDICAL
LAW (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. WAKLEY moved the postponement of the
second reading of this Bill till Monday, and he would,
after its second reading, propose that it should be re-
ferred to a Select Committee, when any alterations that
might be required might be introduced.
After a few words from Sir GEORGE GREY and
Mr. HUME,
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that, before voting
for a Committee, as was proposed by the Honour-
able Member for Montrose for a Select Committee,
would depend upon whether the Honourable Member
for Finsbury would take the chair, and the Hon. Mem-
ber for Montrose would attend.—(Laughter.)
Mr. HUME said he would do his best in the matter.
Mr. WAKLEY said he could not engage to attend
at the Committee in question till the differences of the
profession were settled, for he would have to sit there
till one day after the day of judgment; but if the Com-
mittee were granted he would do what was in his power
to carry out the Bill he had introduced.
The second reading of the Bill was then postponed
till Monday next.
TENANTS (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD postponed the
Tenants (Ireland) Bill till to-morrow (Thursday).
COUNTY BUILDINGS ACT.
This Bill went through Committee and was ordered
to be reported to-morrow.'
The House then resumed.
NAVAL SERVICE OF BOY'S BILL.
This Bill went through Committee, and was ordered to
be reported on Friday.
The House then resumed.
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On the motion for going into Committee on this Bill,
Colonel SIBTHORP rose and inquired if the Noble
Lord ( Lincoln) would have any objection to intro-
duce a clause into the Bill for the protection of copy-
holders, who, without the insertion of such a clause,
would be materially injured ? He disapproved of the
machinery by which the Bill was proposed to be carried
out, as it would lead to the appointment of commis-
sioners and others who would have nothing better to do
than going about the country, without conferring any
real good upon property.
Lord LINCOLN certainly should object to the in-
sertion of such an amendment in this Bill, which
referred simply to property, and not to the mode in
which it was held. It was an amendment which would
more properly find a place in a Bill having direct refer-
ence to copyholders. He, however, at the same time,
fully admitted that the laws relating to copyholders re-
quired amendment, and he should be happy to
lend his assistance to the Gallant Colonel, or
to any other Honourable Member who might
bring forward a Bill for the purpose of amending those
laws. It was a mistake to say that new commis-
sioners would be appointed to carry out the Bill, as the
Enclosure Commissioners would be entrusted with the
carrying of it out: it certainly would not add to their
emolument, but it would add materially to the labour
which they were now called upon to perform.
After a few words from Sir G. STRICKLAND, the
House went into Committee on the Bill.
The clauses up to 17 were agreed to.
Sir G. STRICKLAND moved an amendment in the
17th clause.
After a few words from the Earl of Lincoln, Colonel
Sibthorp, and Mr. Hume, the original clause was
agreed to.
The remaining clauses were then agreed to.
The House then resumed, and the report was ordered
to be brought up on Friday next.
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.
On the order of the day for the second reading of the
Registration of Voters Bill being read,
Mr. WALPOLE called the attention of the House to
the reckless manner in which objections were taken to
voters, not in the hope that the votes will be struck off the
roll, but that the voters may be deterred from coming up to
the hustings. A number of persons were paid to make
these objections, and he would ask the House, ought
there not to be some guaranteee for the bona fide
character of the objector? He thought that it was abso-
lutely necessary that the objector to a vote should be
resident in the same district as the person to whose vote
the objection was made. It would also be of great
benefit to the country, and the means of saving much
trouble, if the objector and the voter had an opportunity
of com:nunicating with each other before they came
before the court. He thought also that a certain
sum of money should be paid into the court by
the objector, and, in case of his succeeding in his
objection, it should be returned to him, but if he failed
it should be handed over to the party to whese vote the
objection was made. In conclusion, he ought to men-
tion that there was one of the suggestions made by the
Committee that was not inserted in this Bill. That was
with reference to what was called the system of splitting,
namely, the plan of dividing a house into so many
compartments, giving a vote for each. He should
venture hereafter to call the attention of the House
to the subject, but as it was likely to cause much
party discussion, he bad for the present omitted it.
The subject was one of immense importance, and de-
serving the most serious attention of the Legislature.
The other suggestion of the Committee was that there
should be paid public officers to investigate these ob-
jections. He thought that under the present system the
business was hurried over much too quick. That was,
however, a question for the -Executive Government. He
hoped that the Government would discontinue the practice
of placing persons in the anomalous position of judges
for one part of the year, and in their places advocates
for the remainder. The one office was not compatible
with the other, and he hoped that the system would be
altogether changed. These were the observations he
had to make to the House upon this measure. It would
remedy the reckless and indiscriminate manner in which
these objections were taken to the best and most un-
doubted voters, and save much serious and unnecessary
expense in defence of their votes, which were
attaked year after year on the same grounds, and with
the same chances of success.--(Cheers.)
Sir G. GREY said that he did not rise for the pur-
pose of following the Hon. Gentleman through all the
clauses of the Bill, but merely to express a hope that
the House would permit the second reading to take pleat)
without any objection. The Bill was one which em-
bodied many valuable suggestions made by the Com-
mittee, and was very likely to prove most beneficial in
its effects.
Mr. BRIGHT said he rose for the purpose of calling
tke attention of the House for one moment to the
statements which were made on moving for this Com-
mittee by the Hon. Member for Warwickshire. It was
stated that choice was made in serving these objections
to persons whose votes were been known to be legal, and
who resided at the greatest distance from the courts. The
report of the Committee did not bear out this statement.
There were 400 different definitions of copyhold tenants,
250 of leasehold, 50 of occupying, and 576 of free-
holders, making a total of 1,276 different definitions of
these voters; and, therefore, when such a state of:things
existed, it was absolutely necessary to have great freedom
allowed for the making of objections.—(Hear, hear.)
He had the same objection, however, as the Hon. Gentle-
man—namely, to increase the number of voters, and
although he did not approve of the whole of the
measure, he should be happy to aid the Honourable
Gentleman or any one else in placing properly qualified
persons upon the register. He considered that the
Anti-Corn-law League had acted fairly and openly in
Warwickshire.
Mr. NEWDEGATE said the Committee appointed
to consider the existing state of registration, in accord-
ance with whose recommendations this Bill had been
framed, consisted of members of all shades of political
opinions. He contended that the charges were true.
which he had on a former occasion brought against
Mr. Wilson, the Chairman of the Anti-Corn-law League,
with respect to his proceedings relating to the regis-
tration in Warwickshire, Staffordshire, and other coun-
ties, and quoted 'registration returns to show that the
League had improperly interfered with the registration,
In proof of this, be stated that fifty persons claimed to
be registered in Barnsley for a few houses, called
" Bright's Buildings," the whole value of which was not
more than 1,5901.
Mr. V. SMITH should vote in favour of the Bill, but
he considered that the Bill did not make sufficient pro-
vision for preventing persons who had had their names
properly placed on the register from being harassed by
frivolous objections to their votes year after year. He
trusted, therefore, that the Bill would be considered in
Committee.
After a few words from Mr. ADDERLY in favour of
the Bill,
Mr. G. HEATHCOTE said he considered that
parties sustaining objections, and persons objected to,
who sustained their votes, should be entitled to costs for
the trouble to which they were put.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER dwelt
upon the fact that the Committee from whom the Bill
emanated represented all shades of political opinion, and
that they were unanimous in all their recommendations.
Mr. GISBORNE thought that by one of the pro-
visions of the Bill there was a lireitation of the franchise;
in other points he thought the measure unobjectionable.
The Bill was then read a second time.
HOSIERY MANUFACTURE BILL.
On the order of the day for the second reading of this
Bill being read,
Sir H. HALFORD presented a petition from his con-
stituency in favour of the Bill, and praying that it might
be passed into law as soon as possible. Two other peti-
tiOna were presented in feavux of the Dill

REGISTRY of BIRTHS and DEATHS
DURING THE WEEK. ENDING MAY 1.
Deaths registered in the week. Births registered in the week.
i
Males ... ..• ... 503 Males ... ... ... i 622
Females ... ... 480 Females ... ... 654

_
Total . . 983

Total ... 1,276

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING,
TUESDkT.

501., for 3 yrs old, 6st 21b ; 4 yrs, Bst ; 5 yrs; Bst 71b ; 6 yrs
and aged, Bst 121 b. T. M. M. The winner to be sold for
2001.
Mr. Shelley's Tarella, 3 yrs (Pearl) 1
Lord Exeter's Veronetz, 3 yrs
Mr. Batson's fby The Doctor, out of Revelry, 3 yrs
5 to 4 each agst Tarella and Veronetz. Tarella jumped
off with the lead, but after going about fifty yards, went out
to the right, and the running was taken up by the Revelry
filly, Veronetz waiting on her. At the T.Y.C_ starting-post
this pair changed places, Veronetz going on to the T.Y.C.
winning-post, where Tarella recovered her lead, and ran
home an easy winner by three lengths. The winner is
objected to, on the ground of having run on the wrong side
of a post, but as the starter is prepared to prove that such
was not the case, there is no chance of the judges' fiat being
disturbed. Ran in 3 min. 53 sec.
Fifty Pounds, for three yearsß old, colts Subs Bst 71b, and fillies,
Bst 41b .M. (7 .)
Lord Orford's gr cby Clearwell out of Angelina ... (Nat) 1
Mr. Wigram's Deriades .... ...~
Lord Exeter's Circassian Maid
Mr. Hargreave's Spem Gregis 4
The following also ran :—Mr. Stephenson's b c by the Doc-
tor, Dam by Buzzard, Mr. J. Daley's Dromedary, and Mr.
Roger's Jolly Dick.
Betting 7 to 4 agst Joly Dick, 7 to 2 agst Circassian Maid,
and 4 to 1 agst Angelina colt.
Spem Gregis made first running, but was passed in a few
strides by the Angelina colt, which was never afterwards
caught, and won cleverly by a length. Deriades beat Cir-
cassian Maid by half a length. Spem Gregis and Jolly Dick
well up. Run in 1 min 59 secs.
Match; 50, last half of New, T.Y.C.
Duke of Bedford's Fistiana, 7st (Pettit) 1
Sir R. Pipit's Birthday, 7st 101 b .......................... ...it,..21
Betting-2 to lon Fistiana, who won by a length.
in 54 secs.
Sweeps of 100 sovs. each, h ft. Criterion Course. (3 Subs.)
Sir J. Hawley's Piccinnino, Bst, walkeodulodvere.
su
b per-
Comment upon so meagre a day's racing, w
fluous ; even with the R. M. Plate, once
lightest de-
pso_rtant, with
reference to the Derby—it failed to exci
mina!, and the
tion was almost no
teeethinte
of the
gree of interest ; specula
favourable state
attendance, notwithstanding
the
edent.
weather there, almost beyond prec
The list for to-morrow promises well for sport.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.
) 10 o'cr.octr.
NEWMARKET, TvESDAY NIGHT,
E SUFFOLK STAKES.
LATEST BETTING ON '
fli
6 to 1 agst Hydrangea
4 to 1 agst Doctrine
1 10 to 1 agst Watchdog
9 to 2 agst Paultons
6 to I agst Cosachia
PLATE (WEDICESDAY).
E/"1" "it A.F. Cocoa Nut, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b
Prussic Acid, 4 yrs, 9stlb Libation, 4 yrs, 7st 71b1
Secundus, 6 yrs, ost 5
rs, Sat 41b Bella Donna, 3 yrs,.sst 121 b
Campanile, 5 YBst 21b Tuift Hunter, 3 yrs, sst
Collingwood, 4 yrs,
Caroline, 4 yrs, Sat 21b
jinx= WAS rTAATE, D.C.-

Hydrangea walks over,