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London, England, 1846-05-14 00:00:00

STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE.

The following resolutions were reported from this Committee :
I. That, in the case of the Poole Harbour petition, for leave to
present the Bill, the sessional order ought not to be dispensed with.
2. That, in the case of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton
Railway petition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with.
3. That, in the case of the Warwick and Worcester Railway
petition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with.
4. That, in the case of the London and Birmingham Railway
(Newport Pagnel Branch) petition, for additional provision, the
standing orders ought not to be dispensed with.
5. That, in the case of the Portsmouth Harbour Pier "petition
for additional provision, the standing orders ought to be dispensed
with :—That the parties be permitted to introduce such additional
provision, on proving before the Committee on the Bill the assents
of all the owners, lessees, and occupiers of the property affected by
the proposed alteration. And that the Committee on the Bill do exa-
mine in the first place how far such order has been complied with,
and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill.
6. That, in the case of the Bideford and Tavistock Railway peti-
tion, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with.
7. That, in the case of the West Riding Union Railway petition
.(No. 2), the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the
Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill.
8. That, in the case of the Bain's Patents Assignment petition for
leave to present a pen: ion for a Bill, the standing order ought to be
dispensed with: —That the parties be permitted to present a petitioa
accordingly.
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9. That, in the !case of the •
Branches)
petition,
tZfeidsltananddißngailowrdayers(Boiurrht (Birmingham and
-
pensed with :—That the partis be permitted to proceed with their
Bill.

10. That, in the case of the Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Glou-
cester Railway petition, the standing orders ought not to be dis-
pensed with.
11. That, in the case of the Berks and Hants Railway (Hunger-
ford Extension and Radatock Colliery) petition, the standing orders
ought not to be dispensed with.
12. That, in the case of the North Devon Railway petition, the
standing orders ought not to be dispensed with.
Fifth, seventh, eighth, and ninth resolutions agreed to.—Report to
lie on the table.

SECOND READINGS OF RAILWAY BILLS.
MONDAY, MAY 18.

Caledonian Extension.
Norfolk Railway Extensions (Yarmouth Extension).
Midland (Leicester and Swannington Alteration and Branches).

RAILWAYS.
Select Committee on Group No. 54.
Hon. E. P. Bouverie discharged; Marquis of Douro selected, and
added to the Committee.

EMIGRATION TO OHIO—A SET
TLER FROM BRIGHTON.
(From the Brighton Herald.)
A person has recently returned to this town, of which
he is a native, from the State of Ohio, in America, to see
his friends who are residents in Brighten and other parts
of this country.
He left Brighton with his wife and several children
about 14 years ago in straitened circumstances, landed at
New York, and proceeded at once to the "far west." Ar-
rived in the State of Ohio he pulled off his coat, to use his
own words, and went to work on about 100 acres of land,
which he found means, slender as were his resources, to
purchase, and has succeeded well, considering that be
had little or no capital to commence with in the New
World. He has now 90 acres of well-cleared land—all
his own; a house, gardens, outhouses, stables, cow-
houses, piggeries, &c.; abundance of everything, and
only wants a better market for his produce, of which,
he says, he can raise twice as much, if required; but
as all his time is not required on the land, he and his
sons work during the season in his own brick-yard. He
returned this week to the States; but whilst in Brighton
we had a long conversation with him, and found him a
plain, but well informed man. He thought, he said,
that the time was not distant when there would Ise a
separation between the northern and southern States of
the Union, as the feud between them runs very high on
the slave question. It was the Democrats (Tories,
as we should call them) of the slave-hold-
ing States who returned Mr. Polk, in spite
of the Whigs (Liberals) of the northern
States. It was the Democrats who insisted
upon having Texas, and now insist on having Oregon,
and who make all the clamour about war. The people
of the northern States, with Mr 2 Webster at their head,
are for peace; friendly t)wards Great Britain; moderate
in their politics; and, speaking confidently of the State
of Ohio, quite as moral as the people of England; but
very shrewd in their dealings, very industrious and per-
geveving. Justice. heasays, is as well administered as in
England—the spirit of the laws, and often the letter,
being the same; but there is not that decorum in Courts
of Justice which is observed in England. The sale
and transfer of land are very simple. Printed forms
may be obtained, and the seller and buyer have nothing
to do but fill up the blanks with au account of the
boundaries of the land to be sold. It is then taken to
the sheriff or mayor, who sees the parties sign the deed,
and signs it himself. For this he charges one shilling.
To render the deed quite sure, it is then taken to the
register office and registered, for which the charge is 25.,
and the deed is as good and binding as if drawn up by a
score of lawyers, at a cost, as it would be in England, of
many pounds.
He has no rent to pay, no tithes, and the taxes alto-
gether are only a few dollars a-year. The soil of the
valley of the Ohio is, he says, excellent, and the climate
beautiful ; but a little warmer in summer, and a little
colder in winter, than in England; but in the depth of
winter the sun usually shines brightly, so that a man
may, with pleasure, throw off his coat at work. He
never suffered so much from wet and cold as he did in
England in winter.
Ila knew of no labourer who was paid in Ohio less
than 13s. with his board and lodging. No man ever
goes out of the farmer's house for his food, which is so
plentiful that it is thought little of. The single men
usually work for a farmer and live in the house with the
above wages, till they have saved enough to take some
land of their own. They then marry, and most of them
do as well as he has done. In his own township—five
miles square, and all the valley is set out in similar
townships—there were but two poor persons—one a
lunatic, the other an infirm old man. There was rarely
a criminal; but if a robbery happened or other crime, all
the people in every township were on the alert to ap-
prehend the criminal. In his township the population
was about 1,000 souls. There was plenty of game and
wild turkeys for anybody to shoot, and abundance of fish
in the fivers. Wheat was 3s. a bushel ; Indian corn
(maize) and barley, ls. 6d. per bushel; pork—the best—
three halfpence per lb. ; beef, 2d. per lb.; mutton, 2d.
per lb. He had abundance of honey in his hives.
Spirits were about Is. per gallon. Fruit in abundance ;
and excellent molasses made by his own family.
He said it was of no use for people to go to America
that can't work ; that can't do something useful. Shop-
men, clerks, artificialwsoourtl4of s
sec
people,rhlsu
tonna htetoaathuhdnetems bettert:ho
farmers
taket stop pot
sold
home, as there were plenty of Amen
all
the lighter
peoplecalli ngws
eorfealleducated. kinds. Toh y
allh tatdhl
ogenongoadvi
nisgetahhboel schools,
steam-
boats t
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avaemnr and
there were corn stores; and in going
,e,sceasshtorfoers
boards, st,hwe ipthassthednegiwetroswrdass wfrnomttetnhei
psthorekeepers that the
tehoeerinr.
wily:Pea: Newstre kYeoerpke obtained their corn, 0 r
"c
forrlontm,
rather flour, flour, as it was ground at these stores, and bar-
relled. He thought that free trade with England would
increase the demand for corn in Ohio, and that a great
deal more would be raised in consequence.

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CHELTENHAM COLLEGE.—Sir James L. e
one of the vice-presidents of this institutionhasexpssea
inten-
tion of presenting the College with a cadetship, to be given to the
btoestepxucepilssin. thelt mwoadsernvidseitpr
on every fine Sunday crowded
one the lowestestimate,
spel'acednnighrtounbyd upwardsth 25,000s
anpearspolnahs.tatiNonseat on Sunday
Victoria Park is now
differente of
l lawns
advanced. Nearly 30,000 trees and shrubs have been whichiron hurdles are
planted
veryii
thetar
grounds, which are all in a thriving condition.
ABOLITION OF PRIMROSE-nri.L !PAIR.—On Monday,
Sir Peter Laurie called at the Mansion-House
for the purpose of
stating that he rode on Sunday to the ini • vie ty of Primrose-hill, to
ascertain whether the public communication which he considered it
his duty to make from the chair of the justice-room, with respect to
the fair held every Sunday on Primrose-bill, had produced any effect
I upon those by whose authority such desecration of the Sabbath
could be prevented. He had the greatest satisfaction in mentioning
that there was the clearest evidence of the efficacy of the complaint
he had made, even during the whole of the day in the neighbourhood.
for not one of the roundabouts or swings, or other paraphernalia of a
fair, was to be seen, and policemen were stationed on the spot, with
peremptory directions to interpose their authority should any such
attempt to introdnce the " Bartholomew business" be made. He
was indebted to the press for the alaerity and promptitude with
which it had afforded its powerful aid on the occasion.
WILD SWANS NEAR SHREWSBURIT.—Ten wild swans
visited a piece of water near the house of J'. Morris, Esq., of Oxon,
near this town, settled there three weeks, and thence fled to Bomere
Pool, the property of E. 0. S. Owen, Esq., of Condover ; they re-
turned to Oxon, and then betook themselves to the water at Onslow,
the residence of Colonel Wingfield, near this town. Two weeks ago
some thousands of brent geese passed Brighton, about a mile at sea.
There was a continuous stream of them for at least two hours, and
their course was from east to west. And about the same time,
GalignanPs Paris newspaper announced that "four wild swans were
seen flying over the large piece of water in the Tuileries at the end
towards the Place de la Concorde, and at length drop down upon it
with a sudden dash, which at first frightened the two tame swans
which have hitherto had the exclusive occupation of the basin.
These, however, soon recovered their confidence, and seemed to wel-
come their unexpected guests with true French courtesy, The Vi-
sitors were sornewhat,less in size than their hosts, but their plumage
was much more brilliantly white. They did not appear to be at all
disturbed by the presence of several persons who stood on the brink
of the water, but enjoyed themselves until the hour when the foun-
tain
surprised and alarmed alarmed them so that they
—Shrewsbury Chronicle. again took flight."

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A YOUTH.—On Tuesday
forenoon Mr. T. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Perseverance
Tavern, William-street, Hampstead-road, on the body of George
Brown, aged eighteen years, a labouring boy. The deceased was
lodging at No. 11, Williams-mews, in the above neighbourhood, and
had always enjoyed excellent health up to the period of his death.
It was stated that, on Friday last, he took a dose of Epsom salts,
retiring to rest at ten o'clock, his usual hour, when he seemed un-
usually cheerful. At five next morning (Saturday) he was discovered
lying on the bed quite dead—his face exceedingly discoloured.Asur-
geon was soon called in, and the body being quite warm,
attemptslife
were Made to restore animation, but proved useless, aswas
1 mortem
the Coroner, said she could not
ne'r—Why had you not said
examination was made. The
totally extinct. The mother of thbeede.acevassneedd youuntlhe,sssteapppiosng towards
any one, and the body
before, my good woman
to perform to. now,.,b
.thatno Thei
stuissphardly
againstfair
to
expect a medical man
examination, discharged the jury,
Coroner then
h one should lie empanelled—thus adjourning
d that a fresh
and desire
the inquiry sine die. is
TheresuchC° ar
:ssi ' 'Fe:: Ba t
SURREY.—On Tuesday, this fair was
;WELL FAIR,
the usual: fair-f eld. The supply of fat cattle was limited,
gave an order for epos! mortem exa
held in
was •
well attended with buyers, and stock sold o at good prices.
but lean stock and milch cows made up the deficiency. The fair