The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-01 00:00:00

GROUP VII.

The Committee having adjourned to this day, Nan Wednesdath
met at twelve precisely, in Room No. 24 (New Houses of Parlhi-
ment). Mr. Palmer in the chair. The ether Hon. Members were the
same as on the former day.
They proceeded immediately to a discussion on the merits of the*
7th clause of the

EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN (STRA
THEARNE DEVIATION).
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Mr. TALBOT, on the part of the Scottish Central line, ;spoke at
great length in favour of a clause which he proposed to nave intro—
duced into the Bill, and the object of which was to prevent the Edin,
burgh and Northern Companies from entering upon the North Inch-
of Perth. The Learned Counsel urged the fact that In Sir John
Hobhouse's Committee, it was decided, atter a long investigation or,
the merits of the case, that part of the plans of the Dundee and PeJth
line, which gave powers to enter upon the south Inch, was rejected.
The Learned Counsel's speech occupied the COmmittee for more than-
an hour.

GROUP XI.
This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, Mr. Henley in thdo
chair. Other Members present, Hon. W. 0, Stanley, Lord Alford.. •
and Viscount Eastnor. Absent, Mr. Smith O'Brien.
The clauses that were postponed yesterday were submitted thl,
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morning, and agreed to.

WXLSONTOWN, MORNINGSIDE, and COLT"
NESS (IMPROVEMENT and 33R.A.NCEES).
This Bill, which is unopposed, was then proceeded with.
GRAHAM briefly stated the objects of the Bill, which .was to
change the existing Wilsontown, Morniugside, and Coltness, IYora ~
single into a double line, and to make two small branches to iron
works for their accommodation.

Proofs having been given of conformity with Mr. T. Duncombe'N
resolutions,
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Mr. Collinson, civil engineer, was called, and shortly examins--;
to the necessity of the change proposed and the two branciteit;
in order to accommodate the mineral traffic. The gradieD
and curves were generall, favourable, and there were no othn
engineering difficulties. One branch was 4% miles long, and vioT,,
cost 40,000/.; and the other, to Shone ironworks, under a Milo "-
length, would cost 5,0001. The whole capital was 50,1801.
Air. Forman corroborated the evidence of the previous witness.
The Committee immediately declared the preamble proved.
The clauses were then gone into and agreed to.

GROUP XXXVI.
WAREFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND Gool#o,
(IVIETELEY, ASKERN, AND OAKENSHAW
JUNCTION), MALTON AND DRIFFIEZO"
JUNCTION.

The Committee to whom these Bills had been referred, met flitg
morning in Committee-room No. 25, Mr. Bernal in the chair.
The preamble of the Newcastle and Darlington, and York :1:.
North Midland branches, which were originally referred to
Committee, but subsequently- assigned by them to Mr. Greene, Is
declared proved yesterday.
The Committee first proceeded with the clauses in the first-1141,
tinned Bill, which was passed at their last meeting, and having i'd
sented to the whole of them, the Chairman intimated that he W'
report the favourable decision of the Committee to the House
evening.

MALTON AND DRIFFIELD.
The usual formal process having been given,
Mr. BAINES proceeded to explain the nature of the project.

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GROUP XXXVII.
The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, in No. 21 or the nef
Committee Rooms. Present, Lord Seymour (chairman), Lord B/Ow
ton, Mr. F. French, Lord Edwin Hill, and Sir J. Lopez.
They immediately resumed the consideration of the
ssErriELD, ROTHERHAM, EARNSIA
WAKEFIELD, HUDDERSFIELD, .A
GOOLE.
Mr. James Walker, of Wakefield, engineer and mine surveyor, AO tro
examined at much length by Mr. ROBERT HALL in support Of
Bill. Witness was well acquainted with the mineral district throl,
which the proposed line would pass, as far south as Wersborelto
He had agencies for and other professional business with most oloir
coal mines and other works along the line, and he c„,°,ols
borated, with some additional particulars, the evidence 5' 0
by the previous witnesses, as to the advantages to 0
expected to the West Biding generally, and especially
.wil
Sheffield, Barnsley, Wakefield, and the adjacent counties conec'oi
with the Silkstone and Barnsley coal beds. That field cents
_old
two seams of coal, of which the productiveness amounted, in roue
numbers, to 300,000,000 tons of coal, of good quality. Witliet7,lo
not think that any other line—any of those that he had knovila npo
projected—would afford Such convenient and beneficial aCCOII4 i° '
large body of coal.
In cross-examination by Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, Mr. rfcir—ertab of
and Mr. Lee, for the different opponents, the answers of the wig'
were merely explanations in detail of his chief evidence.

Sub-Committee, No. 1. fr
The Committee met to-day at Twelve o'clock, In roomrjo
Mr. Strutt in the chair, and resumed the consideration of the
WEST RIDING

on which the standing orders were declared not complied with.
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STIRLINGSHIRE MIDLAND ZITNCTIOIv
(PETITION FOR ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS)•
Ordirl The Bill was sent up to the Standing Orders Committee.
not complied with in Committee to purchase.

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ERUPTIONS OF MOUNT IiEcLA.—A letter from w fioo'
__,--s,etei
hagen of the 16th of April, says :—" The packet which arrive" "tr
terday from Reikavik, in Iceland, has brought us letters from
town of the Bth of March (four days later), which give curile"lol
tails respecting the malady under which the cattle were so, if
from having eaten grass, &c., covered with the ashes vomit'n,
Mount Hecla. These ashes (say the letters) act more Particu'4#
on the bones of the animals which have swallowed them. Thy „
the bones of the feet there are formed, in less than twenty- or
hours, osseous excrescences, of an oblong form, which graduaLl
dd
surne .so formidable a development, that they prevent the
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from walking ; the same phenomenon is then manifested
lower jaw, which is at the same time enlarged, and extenclo,',','o
directions so considerably that it eventually splits in several PL,I, of,
whilst on the teeth of the upper jaw there is formed a spec
osseous needles, very long and pointed, which take root in the t'e tor
jaw, and even traverse it—a phase of the malady which always fit
mines a fatal issue. As high winds had prevailed for some time,
pet
canic ashes were scattered throughout the island, and a great nyt $ll
of cattle, especially oxen, cows, and sheep, had perished.
eruption of Hecla (says the letters from Reikavik) is prolong
two months more, all the rural proprietors who have not enougtie
to feed their herds—and the majority are in this situation-1"
obliged either to slaughter their cattle, or to abandon them to c it
death on the pastures thus poisoned by the volcanic ashes.
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eruption of Mount Hecla was extremely violent. The flames_,,"oo
issued from the three great craters attained a height of 14,00 v,"
and their breadth exceeded the greatest breadth of the river 1"1,.c'" ,
the most considerable river in Iceland. The lava had alreadY !,°,,ADY
lofty hiountains, and amongst the masses of pumicestone voin!!10
the volcano, and which have been found at a distance of three-to_oloi
of a mile (a French league and a half), there were some :0 t.
weighed half a ton (480 kilogrammes French). By the erulowstalr
Hecla, the enormous quantities of snow and ice which had acc, pallo
lated for several years on the sides of that mountain Ilan over;
melted, and partly fallen into the river Rangen, which 113.00
flowed its banks several times. The waters of that river, wbiCe per
almost at the foot of Mount Hecla, and which receives a largZoos:
tion of the burning lava, were so hot that every day they gas_ 01,
the banks numbers of dead trout, almost half baked! Every
vivid streaks of the aurora borealis illumined the sky."
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AN UNEXPECTED BLESSING.--The fog was so inof
one day last month, that the whole of Trafalgar-square Iva S d
pletely concealed from view from 10 A.M. to 3 r.34.—Atntana4
Month.
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EDUCATION BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPR.—It bag., -doll
announced that a Submarine Electric Telegraph is to be A A
from Dover to Calais. If this great feat is accomplished, ,:ees.
she
have, in addition to electrical eels, a quantity of galvanic S ' •
perhaps, an immense assortment of shocking herrings. livoir
have salmon amusing themselves by going through a series ober, =
derful evolutions on the slack wire, and other facetious mew cOOrt
the finny tribe, hurrying to and fro upon the great medium
munication between France and England. It would be aWi'
some mischievous old shark should snap the wire in two, itt.lstoiteli
might be in the act of conveying some very important piece o
genes. He might cut short a royal speech with a slight._ tDo ,
S
of his jaw ; or, with a wag of his tail, abbreviate
most interesting announcement. Our object, however' tri
alluding to the Submarine Electric Telegraph, is for tjsTe%
purpose of recommending that it should be devoted to educe
purposes. We are aware that professors already advertint
readiness to teach "French, comparatively in no time;" 1-1:1105
language may be acquired In that wonderfully brief space a, sr:
distinguished as - the twinkling of a bed-post" by the vvonderw,
of the Electric Telegraph. Supposing branch wires to be connoc
rlwahinieting:tdhh,ch,
ttemiTphri lisressmtitiisrr
ueacaianiueicmciddrii
taryoeioo: line,fsnlyttthtsa. hhtebeetatelhh,tivuleneittyrhrveesetoatchuertooelii, uodnru dndt:oe: bsdinh:ei
ethrcmielesooa.:
schools
ttlrslsi
itisioeesF,
coast t
,o all
allmlobreueesilngsdeohcf
iusoballmmmeamycosantuwpgenareitblchislaeetaat
communicate
0,4-tore;
other studies.—Punch. 'Ol
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Two curious sales have lately taken place
eo
the first was of four shrubs, being of as many different vari r
Cyad
camellias, sold for the suns of 10,000 f. (4001.) at the mere InTissei
of the drawing representing them ; the other was by M. 01 syrss
tine, who has sold to the Presse the copyright of a volusise °,, of .
thirty pages, being the Youthful Memoirs and Confidences"
illustrious poet.
A small granite pyramid is about to be erected °,onoti4
spot where Lecomte fired at the King of the French, as a ososilo;
of his Majesty's providential escape from the hands of the sis
We understand the Government has signifieddo.,(so
proval of the plans which have been submitted for laying...4s, ,e 0
electric communication between the British arid French co.'„,twol
of the inventors of the plan has lately inspected the coast VI,
Portland and this vicinity, with a view of ascertaining its uoi
for the trial of the experiment.—Poole Herald.
, a pc.
EMIGRATION FROM IRELAND.—It is calculate her
30,500 persons will have emigrated from Ireland In the prey;„",
Many of them are known to have considerable sums of 111',A 0,00
at only 201. a head, they will withdraw from the small Rs'
impoverished country DO less an amount than 600,0001
Weekly Register.

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BIRTHS,
On the 29th ult., the wife of Samuel Naylor, Esq., of 08 1414,9
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Temple, barrister-at-law, of a son. Ole
On the 29th ult., at Cornwall-place, New Camden-toWO, ls•
of the Rev. John Hobart Caunter, of a daughter.
On the 29th ult., at Gleugall-place, Old Kent-road,
Morris, of a son.
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MARRIED. of
Ou the 29th ult., at St. George's Church, George Egert.oonf
.0111,
Lady Mary Louisa Campbell, fourth daughter of the Earl 10000'
On the 30th ult., at St. Alphage, Greenwich, the 1"uclli tlO
Frederic Douglas, Chaplain to her Royal Highness the.do
Gloucester, to Christiana Fanshawe, eldest daughter of ."
Hon. Sir H. Stopford, Governor of Greenwich Hospital

DIED.