The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-07 00:00:00

CALEDONIAN (GLASGOW TERMINI AND

BRANCHES).

Mr. HOPE opened the case for the promoters of the Bill at
great length.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

GROUP XVII.
MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON, AND
SOUTH-WESTERN (ROMSET AND RED..
BRIDGE BRANCH).

The Committee assembled this morning at twelve o'clock,
the Hon. E. Yorke in the chair.

Mr. ALEXANDER said the promoters of the Manchester
and Southampton Bill had given the suggestions thrown out
yesterday by', the Hon. Member for Macclesfield (Mr.
Brocklehurst), with respect to the line from Romsey to
Southampton being made jointly by both companies. and
used in common by them, the most serious attention, and he
begged to state that they were willing to carry out that
suggestion with the sanction of the Committee. A similar
practice to the one suggested prevailed on various railways—
on the Glasgow and Ayr, and the Glasgow and Greenock,
both of which in entering Glasgow used one line ; the
Brighton and South-Eastern, from Croydon to Reigate, and
the Shropshire and; Birmingham and Shropshire Union,
also had agreed to execute one line to be used in common
on entering Wellington. There were a number of other
instances of lines being under a joint sovereignty. It was
for the Committee to say whether this plan should be adopted
on the lines before them.

Mr. HILL regretted that this offer had not been communi-
cated to the South-Western Company in time for them to,
give it their consideration, and to either accept or decline
the offer this morning. He could give no reply on the sub—
ject, and must, therefore, leave it in the hands of the:
Committee.

Mr. BROCKLEHURST said he was only anxious to protect
the interests of the South-Western Company, because he
thought they were entitled to consideration, and that was
his only object in throwing out the suggestions referred to.
Mr. HILL, having referred to various objections which he
said could not fail to result from such an amalgamation, pro-
ceeded to address the Committee on behalf of the South-
Western against the Manchester and Southampton. He
complained of misrepresentations in the prospectus of the
company with respect to the distance between Manchester
and Southampton by London, which they stated was the
only communication, whereas lines had been sanctioned by
Parliament, from Reading by Oxford to Rugby, which would
form a better mode of communication, and would, in addition,
be completed before the Manchester and Southampton. They
set forth that the existing railway was 64 miles longer than
by their line, but by the lines authorised would give a better
and shorter communication, as their length was 2311 miles,
as contrasted with the length of the proposed line, 2164 miles
by way of Birmingham, and by way of Wolverhampton,
214 miles, which he held did not justify the construction of a
new line of railway. Then the Board of Trade, the House
of Commons, and the Gauge Commissioners reported against
the construction of a new line from the south to the north,
through Bristol or Swindon, and recommended, if such le
line were required, that it should be made by way of Oxford'

POPULATION, TAXATION,
,2568 In 18&45C
In :845 the population of Great Britain IVO
19,572,574 ; in 1815, it was 1332
National Debt amounted to 768,789,2411., and the ":
terest thereon, 27,827,2651 ; in 1815 the debt 'lt
816,311,9401„ and the interest 31,576,074/. The expel."'
in 1845 amounted to 150,645,0181. ; and in 1815 they
were 57,420,4371. The imports in 1845 Were
83,330,6091., and in 1815 they were 31,822,053
In 1845, 1,133,561 qrs. of wheat and flour were
imported from all. parts but -Ireland ; and in 1815
there were imported 194,931 qrs. In 1845, 308,493.
qrs. were retained for home consumption ; and in. 1815
the quantity was 116,382 qrs. The average price per
quarter in 1845 was 565. 10d., and 635. Bd. in 1815. The
fluctuation per cent between 1842 and 1845 was 14.31;
and between 1815 and 1821 it was 72'59. In 1845 the
duty on the average price was 205.; and in 1815 ire'
portation was prohibited. The number of acres in°
closed (as far as returned) from 1800 to 1842 was
1,933,049. The proportion per cent. of the population
living on foreign corn in 1841 was 5.73; in 1821 it was
3•39. In 1841 the number of days' consurnption
im-
ported was 34'35; in 1821 it was 20•22. In 1845, the
quantity pf wheat, sold in country markets in. Eng"
land and Wales was 6,666,240 quarters, and in 1822 it
was 2,191,807. The price of wheat varied from 1808 to
1815 in the principal- ports of Europe after the following
rates per cent.*:—ln England 92.67, Sweden 170 41, Itot"
terdam 84.40, Dordt 5000, Louvain 89'42, Konigsberg
160.35, ljantzic 47•10, Mecklenberg 27'08, Olden bur(
72.15, St. Petersburg 7000, Riga 73•01, Archangen
74'91, France 131•36, Bordeaux 136.62, Holstein 57'059
Christiania 260'41, Bremen 65'22, Hamburg 7143,
Lubeck 78.47, Trieste 19.23, Roman States 95/5, Bilkvoo
85'85, Alicante 130.00, and Lisbon 93.65. In 1844 the
declared value of British and Irish exports was
27,253,9181., in 1828 they amounted to 17,824,309/.

DIVIDEND-DAY AT THE BANK —The July dividends
at the Bank of England will be in course of pa' ment in the
Rotunda of the Bank of England, to-morrow, the annuities
going into new ledgers, the transfer-books of which have
been closed, will be opened as follows :—'Donsolidated Three
per Cents:, tu-14-mEtyrtirre'Vethrin'si-:3-qtree-per Cent. An-
nuities, 1726, on Tuesday, the 14th ; New Five per Cent.
Annuities, on Tuesday, the 14th ; annuities for terms of
years, on Friday, the 17th. East India House : The transfer
books of the East India Company's stock will be opened on
Tuesday, the 14th inst., and yesterday they commenced
paying the July dividends, under the 11th section of the: •
Act 3 and 4 William IV., cap. 85. South Sea House : The:
transfer books of New outh Sea Annuities and Three per
Cent. Annuities, 1757, will be opened on Friday, the 10th
inst. The July dividends will be in course of payment to-
morrow.

siDDEINELA.—NCyIIeOsLteYrdOayeC37IRr.RTE.NIcvEa
kAi
eTy
,AmG.pE:ThLelEdMaAnN'inflcillu:
at the London University College Hospital, on view of the
body of Sarah Whitehead, aged 60. Robert Lovell Evans,
Esq., 7, Mornington-crescent, stated that the deceased had
been in his employ as housekeeper, and, notwithstanding
her age, she enjoyed excellent health. On the morning of
the 27th ult., about nine o'clock, witness was sitting in the
front parlour with a gentleman on a visit at his establish-
ment, when they were suddenly alarmed by the screams of
deceased, who having got near .the. kitchen fire, a lighted
cinder fell from the grate and ignited her dress. Before wit.. '
ness or any other person could get to her assistance, she was
so frightfully burned as to render her removal to the hospital
necessary. The house surgeon said that death was the re-
sult of the injuries; she expired on the 3d inst., and the,
body presented a most appalling spectacle. Other evidence
having been adduced, the jury returned a verdict of “Acci-
dental Death."
Last night Mr. J. Payne, the Deputy Coroner, held
an inquest at the Stump and Magpie, Fetter-lane, touching"
the death of John Stafford, aged 44, coachman, in the era--
ploy of Mr. Chancellor. the large omnibus proprietor. John;
Hubbard, 3, Wells-street, Falconer-square, said that about
nine o'clock on Saturday night, he was passing along Hol-
born, and saw a Chelsea omnibus, numbered 2,298, travelling
down the hill towards Newgate-street, and when about mid-
way the deceased fell from the box into the road, with his:
feet towards the horses', heads. He was driving at the timer
and there were several other p' ersqns 'on the outside of the'
vehicle. He was removed to Mr. Gibsen's, the surgeon,•
where life was pronounced to be extinct. The deceased had-
complained of the hot weather, which induced a supposition.
that he had been attacked by some pain in the head, which•
resulted in an apoplectic fit, and thus the accident. Verdict'
" Natural death."
RELEASE OF BONDED CORN.—The deliveries of Cho
various descriptions of corn lying in bond at the warehouses
and granaries on the banks of the river and other parts of the
port of London, were of a very extensive natare on the first
day of the new Corn Act coming into operation. As the
average price in the market on that day was at the ntaximure
number of shillings, it necessarily admitted the article at the
lowest rate of duty named in the scale, viz., that of 45., and
consequently great anxiety was expressed to obtain delive-
ries of the corn in bond and required to be delivered on that
day. Several hundreds of duty entries were passed for the
article, and in order to expedite matters, and afford everf,
possible facility to the parties interested, the clerks, &c., 'lll
the particular department in question were detained until 21
late hour issuing delivery orders for the release of the el
on which duty had been paid during the day. On the field
day, the price having fallen, the duty rose to 55., 91341
although the pressure had in a great measure been dispoo
of on the first day. the deliveries which took place were of an
extensive character,
nt
RAILWAY AMhtiti
AMUSEMENT.—The youngsters who -
use
about the railway crossings in and near Canterbury, stn
themselves, when the policeman's back is turned, with 1.4
ing small articles on the iron to be crushed by the tr_!;„
passing over. Pins placed lengthways are thus curlau:‘„
flattened to an extreme degree of thinness, and bear Pi;
mium in the charity-school exchange far'above the origl.,„
value. A juvenile speculator having submitted a fourper„";
piece to the process, found that he could pass it for sixpod
elated with the discovery, he placed another, which he hog
received in change for the first, on the newly-discovf:,
mint, but to his astonishment the wheels of the catriagena
ried it entirely away, and be`thus'reftuCop,d- mint' two
by this luckless exercise of his ingenuity...:Prei

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