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man for executing the office of Chief Commissioner for the
relief of insolvent debtors did not exist.—(Hear,
hear.) So far as he was concerned it could not
be imputed to him that he hid taken any part in this job. The
office which be had vacated entitled him to a salary
of 1,8001. per annum, and the office to which he
succeeded entitled him only to a salary of 1,500!.
per year. Private reasons, and a feeling to which he would
r.ot advert—founded upon a domestic calamity which lie had met
with—had made it desirable tohim personally to leave Liverpool,
the place where he met with this calamity. If it should
he that Mr. Phillips was inch bted for his promotion to that
office, not to the fulfilment of the wishes of the ex-Lord Chan-
cellor, but to the patronage and friendship of another, who lie
(Lord George Bentinek) might say, supplied the office of
honorary Lord Chancellor during the existence of the late
Government.—performing the legislative duties in the other
House of Parliament which were abandoned by others
—taking the part of defending her Majesty's Ministers
against those attacks which were constantly made on
them in that Home, though not in this House, and upnn their
honour and consistency in a late prcceeeing—that was
no disparagement to Mr. Phillips, and he (Lord George
Bentinck) rejoiced that Mr. Philips, through the interference
of Lord Brougham, should have obtained the appointment, if
it were through his interference that be did obtain that
situation. He could not say that he had no charge
to make against Lord Brougham as to the reward
of his fidelity and zeal in the de!ence •f her Majesty's late
Prime Minister, or that which was intended to have soothed
and gratified his feelings. When he came to another part
of the case, and looked at the appointment of Mr. Perry
he was bound to say that he thought it was a very great job; Mr.
Perry, as he believed, had bad no practice for some years
in the courts of law, and, as he was informed, he was accom-
panied to Liverpool by Mr. Commissioner Conroy in
order to dry nurse him in the new duties he had to perform.
He
had treated of this matter as though it was an appointment
made by the Lord Chancellor. Lord Lyndhurst, but, as he was
well aware the appointment did not rest in the gilt of the
I ord Chancellor, but it rested in the gift of the President of
the Board of Control. He believed that the appointment was
actually enforced upon Mr. Perry, unsought and unasked
far by him; in feet, it was actually pressed mien him
by the late President of the Board of Control.
He eared not whether the appointment was to he attribu'ed to
Lord Lyndhurst or the Eari ot Ripon. it was a job, and one of
the most nefarious jobs ever perpetrated It would be for the
Gentlemen opposite to show some justification of it, and to
show some precedent of a similar kind. It came with peculiar
bad ,trace from the present Government, and from Lord
Lyndhurst, who had exhibited such feelings in lt,ll. with
reference to a Charitable Trusts Bill. A more profli-
gate avidity for patronage bad never been displayed
by any Government, and it contrasted very strikingly with the
indifference manifested with regard to the Lord-Lieutenancy
of Norfoleshire, lately vacant. There was a man, however,
..ho was entitled to the latter dignity. hot he was guilty of
what the late Prime Minister could not overlook—be
was guilty of the crime of consistency with his
former political opinions and fidelity to his •former
principles. The appointment was, therefore. left vacant for
30 days until the present Government came into power.
(LEFt SPEAKING.)

LIAILWAY COM MITTE ES.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE 01? LORDS.

Room A.

WIANCIEMSTER. AND SOUTrEATtIPTON,
The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock, Lord
Monteagle in the chair.
The first witness called was Mr. Harris, an extensive elass
manufacturer at Islington, in the vicinity of Birmingham,
who testified to the great difficulty he and others carrying
on a similar avocation experieeced from the detective com-
munication for sand, a fire description of which was obtained
from the Isle of Wight. He had 500 tons himself in
the course of a year, but he possessed the largest glass works
in that district. The present conveyance from the Isle of
Wight to Gloucester, by ship, and trom thence by canal, was
most uncertain. During the last year he had it sent by the
Southampton Railway, and then by the London and Bir-
mingham, in order to prevent the stoppage of his works, but
the expense was twice that by the ordinary route. The pro-
posed line would be used by him and others.
Mr. Etwall, M.P. for Andover, considered that the line
would be most advantageous to the whole of the
agricultural district which it was proposed to traverse. The
want of such a line had been felt for many years, and the
feeling in favour of it throughout the whole district exceeded
in unanimity the feeling with respect to any other undertak-
ing. Had used salt as a manure, and it wouLl be more
extensively used if the carriage were cheaper, as also would
other artificial manures. He became one of the provisional
committee, and a member of the local committee for allot-
ting shares, simply in consequence of the great advantage
which he considered the district would derive from the line.
By the CoaianTTEE_The shares in that district were al-
lotted to the owners of land, and persons of the highest re-
spectability and opulence. This remark applied to a circuit
of twenty-four miles round Andover.
By Mr. TwenoT—There are no considerable towns in the
district but will have railway communication to London by
existing or authorised lines. but not to the north or south.
He did not know of an extension from Reading to Hunger-
ford, in connexion with the Berks and Haute, nor tint a line
had been pi-ejected to Worthing. There were a number of
fairs held in the district, a great number of store sheep came
to them. Did not hear at the affirmation meeting that the
company would not call up more than 2/. per share, up to 1848.
Mr. Rawlinson, farming 2,000 acres of land at Hole, be-
tween Andover and Salisbury, and rearing from 3.000 to
4,000, sheep in the course of a year, detailed the quantity of
oats and barley raised in the course of a year in Hampshire,
Wilts, and Dereetsbire, the number of fairs, and the
numbers who attended them. Also the number of
cattle and sheep, and gave evidence generally in favour of
the line. He sent malt to Poole, in order to get it to Liver-
pool. The sheep and cattle of the district went to Warwick-
shire and Worcestershire, and to the other midland counties.
If the railway were made it would be extensively used.
Manures; which s ere much required, would no doubt be
brought in return. Guano was imported at Southampton.

OXFORD, WITNEY, CHELTEN.
lIAIII, AND GLOUCESTER INDEPENDENT
RAILWAY.—(i HIS DA Y.)
A general meeting of the shareholders and scripholders of
this Company was held at the London Tavern, Ilishopegate-
street this day, for the purpose (as stated in the advertise-
ment) of considering a proposal to be made to ueite this
Company with the pi uposed Cheltenham, Oxford and London
Railway, upon certain terms and conditions to be stated at
the meeting, and in case of such terms being ape
proved and accepted by the meeting, then to
authorise and empower the proper parties to unite
this company with the proposed London, Oxford,
and Cheltenham Railway Company, and to wind up the
affairs of the Oxford, Witney, Cheltenham, and Gloucester
Independent Railway Coin palsy.
Sir JAMES DUKE, the chairman of the board of directors,
took the chair a few minutes after twelve o'clock, and
opened the proceedings as follows :—Gentleinen, I am glad
some respects to see so small a meeting here, because
I believe that it will in some respect testify
that there is something like confidence in the
directors as regards anything which we may have
the honour of submi.ting to this meeting, and on their
part and on my own 1 confess that I feel a great obligation for
the confidence that has been manifested towards this Com-
pany, because, while I believe that it is generally understood
that the Company's finances are in a very low state, there
are no parties here who have come for the purpose of expres-
eieg a want of confidence in the directors, because they have
not thought proper to call the proprietors together. Gentle-
men, I have been anxious for some time past that we should
not abandon our line without some struggle, and an en-
dea, our to obtain some advantages for you; and after
negotiations with various parties, we have now come
to the happy result of making such an arrange-
ment as I trust will be satisfactory—very satisfaciorv—
to us all, under the circemstances. Gentlemen. before
I. allude further to that, I will state to you that
we are honoured to-day with the presence of the solici-
tor of what was formerly the London and Birmingham Com-
pany, but now the London and North-Western Company,
who attends here in order that he may confirm my statement,
or supply any deficiencies which I may inadvertently
make. Gentlemen, it has been my anxious wish on all oc-
casions to act straightforwardly, and, though our deed of settle-
ment gives the directors the power of making this arrange-
ment, I thought it would be very ungracious, in return for
the confidence which you have always evinced towards us, if
we did not call you together, and give you an opportunity of
expressing your opinion upon our conduct with respect to
this arrangement. And, at the same time, I may state that
if your views are in unison with ours it will strengthen our
hands in completing that arrangement. I will now, there-
fore, ask the Secretary to read the advertisement calling
you together for this special object, and then I will endea-
vour to explain to you the terms of the arrangement,
Mr. J. Menzies, the Secretary of the Cumpany, having
accordingly read the advertisement,
The CHAIRMAN continued as follows:—Now, gentlemen,
some time ago we were in negotiation with the London and
Birmingham Company, but their directors not being able to
. prevail upon theta to take the same views of the advantage
of taking us up, the negotiation (as, in fact, I apprehended)
went off. However, upon further consideration, they
requested me to see them again, and on Saturday
last I received from them offielkay such a communication
as I shall now read to you, wier your permission. Having
read the communication, the Chairman thus continued
Now, gentlemen, there is another rival compau in the
field, the Great Western Company, and I felt that to talk
to you about advancing more money, uith the view oft pro-
secuting this scheme in the next session of P
endeagvour to
o ly alternative that we hau to resort t not likely to be a palatable project, and loth:Elotaorrelitahmouen-Awtlties
• I will read to you a letter which I re-
ceived Companies. Now,
make the best arrangement that we coua between those two
from our solicitor at Witney, who supports our inte-
rests there, to show how much better the directors of the
have viewed aed treated us than they
read an extract, which is,
,11. iv iterhrnei ill:
inkng.
ell i
ilanl me
that d thCa Company mdi
spo an.
I neycesNsvailrly°:ll)•: Although 1 could make no
conditions relative to the independent line, yet I think
that 500/. a • thousand would be taken for them." Now,
gentlemen, I need not tell you that, after such a proposi-
lion was made, I had nothing more to do than to secure that
(in my opinion) very liberal offer, which has been made to
us by the London and Birmingham Company.—(Bear.)
Gentlemen, they in fact give us 6s. 8:l. per share' fur our
plans and our interests. That is the real state of the
eightpences, making
usaltlethwere -27 e;
case. They give us three six-and-eightpences, atel give
them three six-and-
, so that we give 11, and they give
, You will see, gentlemen, that their ;hdl. being 2-0/..v.fioi hi. 101//..
they three
gsihvaer :hares,
3,
per cent. paid upon them, equal 21., and that we give them
equal to tltlirleey
gsiixve-anuds,-(iiingtatricet,nc4eos:.
'ovilllei c(i)lf aretheir e
for 20s. But, gentlemen, in addition to this pecuniary ad-
vantage, I think that there is another great advantage, inas-
much as our line from Oxford to Wenev could only com-
mand traffic, between the two towns, but the project
which th,.: London and Birmingham contemilate is to make
it, in fact, the Clielteneam and Loudon line to Oxford,
because it is to join their line et 'Prins:, and by that means
it will bring the two towns of Litrelon and Cheltenham
nearer than by any other route. Tilerellire, I am quite
satisfied, gentlemen, that if Parii.anent act up to the principle s
which they have hitherto adopted, namely, in preferring the
most direct course, there can be scarcely any oppsition
in the ensuing Parliament to this project. Besides, Ikntle-
men, if you look at the map you wilt see that the line trom
Oxford to Cheltenham is a north branch of of the Great
Western Railway ; and after both Houses of Parliament came
to a solemn resolution, and subsequently enacted it by
a Bill, that there shall be no broad gauge north
of the Great Western .Railway, it is quite clear
' to me that this Company will have nothing to do but
to go to Parliament and present their plans athere nd
also obtain
nother their
]sill.—(Applause.) Now, gentlemee!, is a
view to be taken of the subject. 'Sou get shares in this
Company. I have shown to you by the letter which I have
directors-1 epted; et them sT i,i as
real that the Birminghan: gentlemen, because as their
Ithe birwinglnun directors',
will better understand what
ltot title is act new you

parties I mean, I call them to the name of the Birmingham
directors—they will be guaranteed a subscription of three.--
fourths of the capital required by that Company, and their
remaining forth will be given to us, and such friends a
Oxford, at Witnev, at Cheltenham, and other places on the
line,
gentlemen,evhola v 1 en
treed ma,tn iti:tliere;Lintthhaet titnbdereertiaskinnog.Lo tchea4
those shares being at a discount-, but that there is a very greats
prospect of there behig at a considerablepremium as soon a
this arrangement is completed.—(Cheers.) Now, gentleineTt
with respect to the prospects that these gentlemen en:extl ante
of their line, this is a skeleton of their peospectus.
sorry to say that it is not quite so
could wish; but the reason of that is obce°-
the arrangements were completed with the cOmp•
inacapu Ise. t ea.
uarsn,tvii
ng
' and until they had an opportunity of consult '•
their principal engineer, Mr. R. Stephenson, and ascer!az nt
ing in every way that they possibly could the exact amona.
that they might consider necessary to carry on their
they could not make the arrangement complete. Gentlemen'',
they have shown the great sincerity with which they intend:
to carry out this project—they have given no less than
eight members of their board to the provisional alai
managing committee. Now, gentlemen, I am quit°
satisfied that. yeu will understand the position of the London
and Birmingham Company, and it will not be necessary for
me. to xplain to you the importance of such an accession to
any company that may new be formed —(Applanee.) The
names of those eight gentlemen include those of Mr. Robert
Benson, Captain Mm•gles, M.P., Patrick Maxwell Stewart,
Esq., M.P. Now, gentlemen, I was very anxious' OA"
I should be permitted, if I had the good fortune of clae,ill.;
this affair, to retire altogether; but. the solicitors of Ow
mingliem beard said h we must have from you such a go.'"
rantee as will satisfy Parliament that we are, in fact, rid
legal and proper heirs of your state.—(Hear, hear.) Ando.
under these circumstances, it was agreed that four
of the members of this board should continue upon
he provisional committee.—(clear, bear.) I stated
to these gentlemen from the first to the last that I was a
perfect blank sheet of paper, and that as long as they should
wish me to continue on the committee of the company, and
any good was to be gained by the shareholders therobY,
would very gladly continue in any position which ttleY
might wish me to occupy.—( beers.) Now, gents':
nu le these are the names which the Birmingham board"
have furnished to carry out their proposed line, and in ad
die'
tion to those, there ere of her gentlemen connected with thef
towns through which this line world pass—they are names
of great respectability. Having read the names, the Chair- .-
man continued to say—ln addition to those gentlemen!
there is the respectable name, the well-known name,of Robert
Stephenson as the engineer. Now, gentlemen,' thinta these arta°
names which will satisfy you that unless the Birmengbde
Company had seen that they were to carry it out wit:l
vantage, and with a view to the advantage of those par.l%
who became subscribers with themselves, they would nve
have come here to have made that offer which they haveooi(
made. Cientlemen, the merits of our line have in sone
respect been tested by this fact, because you will bear in
mind that tile Great We'aern Company endeavoured to Pt
a lire from Cheltenham from their Wolverhampton branc'
in the last session. That was thrown out. There was °LI:
another competing line running pretty nearly cleat,v
us, which did not succeed. It is, therwore,
that the Great Western have fallen upon, as nearly on 10i'
sible, our line of road, and that the same line of road ieell
taken up by the Birmingham Company, does show, at •
events, some testimony of the merits of our original prejecie
Gentlemen, you must bear in mind that, in taking up those,
shares, we shall hand over to the new company the whole
or
our plans, end the whole of everything that has been done,
so that we shall have to pay a very small sum of money in'
deed for the necessary preliminaries and preparations to
enable us to go to Parliameut. That, gentlemen, is also lia
object in addition to the direct pecuniary advant4!
which you get fer those plans. You get another advaetage
fact, by saving the expense which would be required for nal
plans.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, the next point, and them ors
important point, which I have to state to you, „
with respect to the proposition which has 107,
made by that Company, that we should PSI
them 6s. Bd. per share, they also giving us 6s. DI
a share, so that for 20a. we receive 2/. ; so that Walt,
leave in fact, one share fob' three without being called on t,
subscribe an additional penny.—(llear, hear.) Now, gelv;
tlemen, these are as nearly as possible all the points °
information that 1 can give you, and with the view of ea;
ablieg you to come to some resolution on the subject, I title
sketched out, with my brother -directors, a resolution, avilwe
if it meets your approbation, perhaps sotne gentleman wi;3.l""
kind enough to take up and bring before the meeting.
" Resolved—That the proposal now made by the Londol
Oxford, and Cheltenham Railway Company, of giving 011,
share in that undertaking in exchange for three siesta
with a payment of 6s. Bd. per share, of the Oxfal;
Witney, Cheltenham, and Gloucester Independent Rail";
Company, be accepted by this meeting under
guarantee from the directors of the London and No;"0
Wtstern Railway Company to subscribe three-fourths of es
capital required for the first-mentioned line, and to taPita
lease thereof in perpetuity at a rent of 41% per cents by
one-half of the surplus profits ; and this meeting lia",a,
authorises the managing committee of the Oxford, Wit,
Cheltenham, and Gloucester Independent Railway ComPatvies
to carry the proposed arrangement into effect, and to pf!,Y,
sum of 6s. Bd. accordingly ; the shareholders, in consehig
tion of such arrangement, releasing all claims, and g'fvfaiee
full powers to the managing committee to wind up the $ east
and settle all outstanding °emends in such manner aaatirt;
such terms as they may deem most advisable."—(CTldt
Now, gentlemen, having stated thus much to you,
known that I have anything further to state.—(Cheero•LaLti
Mr. KEDDLE said, lw did not anticipate meeting iae
a dissentient voice in rising to propose that
resolution just read should be adopted by the moll
co
It appeared to him that if the affairs of the Company' *o•
wound up, the shareholders would receive
ra°_,e,
thing like 6s. Bd. a share, whereas the Present ar
mein would secure to them the sum of II- Jou
share, clear of any additional expense or Preime
which might be attached to the shares.—(Cheers.) eo
dition to that, as the chairman had very properly str'.:, et
new expense would have to be laid out in the ni fale:snsrf
plans. He did not think that one word more was leaflet:li.
to ensure to the resolution which'he had to propose -
mous reception. (Cheers
Tathee. ireeasoelpußtieton—lwashs .)
then
ne
uatptpryo
into stheceona chatihre, resolution. _
unanimously, with loud cheering.
The CHAIRMAN then said—Gentlemen, I ma:lisilt c:Ornrflea;
that I am grateful to you for this mark of your ecto
deuce, and I am sure that my brother ctireethe
must be equally grateful to you for this kind vote anueor
assistance which you have always rendered to us in name
ing out this preject ; and I beg to assure you, genternelYao.
we shall be most anxious, in our position as provisionat.c"oo
mitteemen in the new company, to do everything lace
power to maintain our character and the coutidenee yott
been pleased to bestow upon us.
Mr. Maatsuara, moved a vote of thanks eo the Chaireree
and his Mother directors for the interest which' they natl.,. to
nifeated in time concerns of the Company, and p articular
the former, for his conduct in the chair that day:- d
The resolution having been seconded and cam Iheieneeatil
acclamations, the Chairman responded, and the' 517-aso'
which was most unanimous througaout, separates fi'"
past twelve.

A NOTORIOUS BEGGING LETTER IBIPOSTER.—'- ',—
Campbell, with many aliases, was on Friday last taken • let
D. Barclay, Esq., and other magistrates, at the Red Li°%lie,
Dorking, charged by the Mendicity Society with obtaflol
money under false pretences. Sir East Clayton East! ea .0
having been sworn, produced a long letter he had receo' ,
his residence, Hall• place, near Maidenhead, on,.0:0/)
morning of the 19th of June last, bearing the 134/htreet%
post mark, and dated from Mr. I'eters's, Soutirp Tba
Dorking, June 18, and signed " Henry Campbell. lid;
letter stated that tha writer had been a captain in the oe'
Light Dragoons, bad sold his troop, and entered into
culation that totally ruined him. Tbat a concern vos,tllo
offered him at Dorking that would enable him to sePP°", SS;
family, but he required a few pounds to pay for fixter.o
He appealed to Sir C. East as a benevolent character,,Vor, 0
his mite to assist in placing the family of an old eto':: testi.
more comfortable circumstances. He enclosed a forge' obi
monial as from the Colonel of the 12th, with
scriution of 21. against bis name. Believing the et'a.oooo
to be true, Sir Clayton East returned the te*„",
with a Post-office order for U. The postmast.,r4offil
proved paying the prisoner the amount of the P05„:43,
'order from Sir East Clayton East. An officer from tPot
Light Dragoons (now stationed at Brighton) proved tiO4
had served thirty years in that regiment; during tlif!_ 115,
no officer named Campbell belonged to it. That eea, 00;
searched the records of the regiment that mornillP,,
Il
'back as 1797, but could find no officer named Campbel, pa,
served in it, and that he did not believe the prisOlier,gir,
ever served as a private in the regiment. The 11:11300
trates sentenced the pris-ner to three months/ pir;
labour in the Guildford House of Correction.
Knevitt, from the Mendicity Society, stated he and
known the prisoner as an impostor since August, lbn'oilof
that he had been convicted and imprisoned for 51060
offence. Mr. Knevitt then drew the magistrate's at at
to the 17th clause of the Vagrant Act, and requested r,O tbß
copy of the present conviction might be returnedhln
Quarter Sessions, the prisoner being an old offender, s';',,-eveo
txpen for a long time writing in various names to thetown
lent, from Dorking, Reigate, Leatharhead, and otue"„rovii
and villages in Surrey. The postmaster of Dorkiqiciptie'S
he had given the prisoner letters in the name of tisme, e°,
and paid him another Post-office order in that Of PP
that he first applied to him for letters in the name °
Bonomey.
alO4. Sildr°°l:4
POST-OFFICE NOTICE.--BE LONDON DIST Ao— iffy)*
—There are now ten denverles of letters hi London tiogie'or 106,
the following places in the environs of London, withlo: Jeo,.%aje
three miles of the Gen Tal Post-offlces there are mew 1101''' nth
viz.:—Camberwell, Camden Town, Dalsion, hackney+
IsRlri end
Islington, Kent-road Old), Kennington, Kentish Town
Newington-butts, Pentonville, ShackleWeil, South LainiiciL",eivni
Town, Vauxhall, and Walworth. Letter* posted at tiror,e"
houses in London before six o'clock, are delivered at all ;ellic"' even-
the
circle of three miles from the General Post-office tilt; of,T of
ing. There is also an additional delivery within six e„:
Gc nerd], Post-oftlee, so that all letters posted at the receilno..,,,re
In London before four o'clock, or at the principal oftlee Pew
o'clock, are delivered within this limit the same evening. A 010,
ABSENCE OF MIND.—A genletn,n in Thi r•-'10,14.11
intended to take a dose of Omans's Boneset Pills on going W., Ditsol„
stead of which he laid the pills on the bed, and swalloweueLoa t"
He did not discover his mistake till he tried to dress hir:o3
morning.-- Yankee paper.

. 15.1.107.65. 'll ePri
On the 11th inst., in Harewood-square, the wife a
William Schneider, Et of a daug. ,i,° Is6l
On the 11th inst., atq., Abbey-road hter,
St. John's-wood, L.--
I'i•
of R. Dawes, Esq., surgeon, of 4 son. fs'
On the 13th inst., at Kensington-square, the wife °
I
Harper, Esq., of a daughter. P
On the 14th inst., at Talacre, Flintshire, the #
11013'
Mostyn, of a son. f Oeti
On the 14th inst., at Eastbourne-terrace, the lady 0
tenant Colonel Norman Maclean, C. 8., of .; daughter. ' 1; I,
Ou the 14th inst., at Gibson-square, Islington, 1110
Robins, of a daughter., Troft
On. the 14th inst., at Broadstairs, the lady of Henrila.ave4
E:q., of the Bengal Establishment, of a son, which our'
only an hour. ____________/
MARRIED. fp V5C1,1
On the 4th of June, at Mirzapore, Jlrand 5.11).--',,„1‘.-
Bengal Civil" Service, to Caroline Maria, daughter of t'''""
Cilia ain Pemberton, B.N. ...-----".—