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PARLIAMEn'AItY BUSINESS.
(From the Votes and Pneeedings of the House of Commons.)
FRIIAY, MARCH 20.
The following Petitions fe Railways were reported, and the Bills
ordered to be brought in by he undernamed Hon. Members :
Inverness and Elgin—Mr. L Baitlie and Mr. C. Bruce.
Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin-Mr. Bannerman and Mr. Lockhart.
North Wales—Mr. Mostyntnd Mr. Hughes.

STANDING JEDERS' COMMITTEE.

The following iesolutions;ererePOited from this Committee :-
1. That, in the case of tin Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway
petition for leave to presenta petition for a Bill, the sessional order
ought not to be dispensed 'nth.,
2. That, in the case of thcChester and Manchester Direct Railway
petition for leave to presents petition for a Bill, the SI ssional order
ought not to be dispensed wilt.
3. That, In the case of th: Welsh Midland Railway petition, the
standing orders ought not ti be dispensed with.
4. That, in the case of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and
Kidderminster Railway pettion, the standing orders ought not to be
dispensed with.
5. That, in the case of the East and West India Docks and BIN
mingham Junction Railway petition, the standing orders ought to
be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with
their Bill, with the excepion of the clauses giving power to the
London and Birmingham Railway Company awl to the East and
West India Company to stbscribe to the undertaking ; and that the
Committee on the Bill do examine, in the first place, how far such
orders have been complied vith, and do report the same to the House
on the report of the Bill.
Fifth resolution agreed tc.—Report to lie on the table.

SECOND READINGS OF RAILWAY BILLS.
MOIDAY, MARCH 23.
Scottish Central (Denny Branch).
Scottish Central (Alloa Blanch).
Scottish Central (Cried' Drench).
Scottish Central (Perth Termini and Stations).
Stratlitay and Breadalbane.
Caledonian Northern Direct.
Caledonian (Langholme Drench).
Stirlingshire Midland Junction.
Caledonian (Clydesdale Junction Railway Deviation).
Caledonian (Glasgow Termini and Branches).
Caledonian (Carlisle Deviation). _
Polloc and Govan and Clydesdale Junction Amalgamation.
Caledonian (Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway Purchase).
Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmahegew Direct.
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Bridge of Weir Branch).
Caledonian, Polloc and Govan, & Clydesdale Junction Amalgamation,
Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct (Branches to Paisley).
South Wales (No. 2). "
Edinburgh, Leith, and Grantors Amendment.
Glasgow ,Garnkirk. an Quatleridge‘ga ensio*.,
uunaturdru/ 'tea:stay. zeut..,t'ortn. _

Select Committee on Group No. 12.
Mr. Hamilton selected and added to the Committee, Nice Lord
Brooke discharged.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

'From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)

FRIDAY, MARCH 20.
CUSTOMS (TIMBER DUTIES).
Question put, " That the House do agree with the Committee in
the said Resolution." The House divided :
MAJORITY—AYES, 232:
Acheson. Viscount Ellice, E., jun. Napier, Sir C.
Arland, T. D. Ellis, Wynn Neville, Ralsj
A'Court, Captain Elphinstone, H. O'Brien, J.
Aglionby, 11. A. Escott, Bickham O'Connell, M. 3.
Ainsworth, Peter Etwail, Ralph O'Connell, John
Alelam, W. Evans, Sir De Lac Ord, William
Antrobus, E. Ewart, William Osborne, Ralph
Archbold, Robert Pendell, William Palmerston, Viscount
Baillie, Colonel Fitzroy, Henry Parker, John
Baillie, H. J Fitzroy, Lord C. Patten, J. W.
Baine, Walter Fitzwilliam, G. W. Pechell, Captain
Baird, William Flower, Sir J. Peel, Sir Robert
Baldwin, Barry Forster, Matthew Peel, Jonathan
Bannerman, A Fox, C. R. Plumridge, Captain
Barclay, David Gibson, T. M. Powell, Caleb
Barkly, Henry Gill, Thomas Price, Sir R.
Baring, F. T. Gore,'Montague Protheroe, Edward
Baring, W. B.
G°
Barnard, E. G. Rawdon, Colonel
Granger,aiburn '
T. C.
Beckett, William Graham, SirH eJary. Pulsford, Robert
Reid, Sir John
Berkeley, Craven Greene,Jhomas ; Reid, Colonel
Rumbold, C. E.
Grosvenor, Lord R. Russell, Lord John
Blake, H. J. Hall, Sir Benjamin Russell, Lord E.
Blewitt, Reginald Hamilton, W. J.
Bernal,Berkele Berkeley,
Ralph
hptain Grey, Sir G.
Russell, J. D.
Bodkin, W. H. Hamilton, Lord C. Ryder, Granville D.
Botileld, Beriah Hanmer, Sir J. Bandon, Viscount
Bouverie, E. P. Hatton, Captain Scott, R.
Boa es, John Hawes; Benjamin Scrope, G. P.
Bowles, Admiral Hayes, Sir E. Bart. Seymour, Lord
Bowling, Dr. Heatheoat, John Seymour, Sir H. B.
Bridgeman, Hewitt Hill, Lord Marcus Sheridan, R. B.
Bright, John Hindley, Charles Smith, Benjamin
Bretherton, J. Hobhouse, Sir J. Smith, J. A.
Browne, W. Hogg, J. W. Smith, Vernon
Brownrigge, J. S. Holland, Robert Smythe, George
Bruce, Lord E. Hope, G. W. Somers, J. P.
Buller, Charles Hernby, John Somerset, Lord It.
Busfeild, W. Howard, C. W. G. Somerville. Sir W.
Cardwell, Edward Howard, E. G. • Stansfield, W. R.
Carew, W. H. Pole Howard, P. H. , Stuart, Lord J.
Carnegie, Captain Hughes, W. B. Stuart, Henry
Cavendish, G. H. Hume, Joseph Strait, Edward
Chapman, B. Humphery, Ald. Tancred, H. W.
Chichester, Lord J. Hutt, William Thesiger, Fir F.
Clay, Sir W. James, William Thornely, T.
Clerk Sir George James, Sir W. Tomline, G.
Cobden, Richard Jermyn, Earl Townely, John
Cochrane, A. Jocelyn, Viscount Trelawny, J. S.
Cockburn, Sir G. Johnstone, Hope Trench, Sir F.
Colebrooke, Sir T. Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Tuthell, Henry
Collett, John Kelly, James Turner, Edmund
Copeland, Ald. Labouchere, Henry Vernon, G. H.
Corry, H. Langston, J. H. Villiers, Charles
Courtenay, Lord Lascelles, W. S. Vivian, J. H.
Cowper, W. F. Layer d, Captain Vivian, Captain
Craig, W. G. Legh, G. C. Wakien'Thomas
Crawford, W. S. Lockhart, A. E. Walker, Richard
Cripps, William Macaulay, T. B. wall, C. B.
Currie, R. M'Carthy, Alex. Warburton, Henry
Dalmeny, Lord M'Geachy, F. A. Ward, H. G.
Dalrymple, Captain M'Neill, Duncan Wawn, JT.
Dawson, T. V. M`Taggart, Sir J. Wellesley, Lord C.
Denison, E. B. Mahon, Lord White, Samuel
Dennistoun, John Mainwaring, T. Wilde, Sir Thomas
DiEyneenet, C. T. Marjorabanks, S. Williams, W.
Dickinson, F. F. Marshall, William Wilshere, W.
Dodd, George Martin, John Wood, Charles
Douglas, Sir C. E. Masterman, John Wood, Colonel T.
Douro, Marquis of Mamie, Fox Wersley, Lord
Duke, Sir J.: Meynell, Captain Wortley, J. S.
Duncan, George Mines, R. Monekton Wrightson, W. B.
Duncannon, Lord Mitcalfe, henry Wyse, Thomas
Duncombe, T. Moffatt, George Yorke, H. R.
Dundas, Admiral Molesworth, Sir W.
Easthope, Sir John Morpeth, Viscount TELLERS.
Ebrington, Lord Morris, David Young, John
Egerton, Sir P. Morison, General Baring, Henry
Ellice, Edward Muntz, G. F.

MINORITY—NOES, 109.
Alllx, J. P. Fitzmaurice, C. O'Brien, A. S.
Arkwright, G. Floyer, John Packe, C. W.
Astell, William Forbes, William Palmer, Robert
Bagge, William Fox, S. L. Pahner, G.
Bagot, William Fuller, A. E. Pigot, Sir Robert
Bailey, Joseph Gaskell, J. M. Rashleigh, W.
Baillie, William Gooch, E. S. Rendlesham, Lord
Bankes, George Grogan, E. Repton, G. W.
Bennett, Philip Halford, Sir Henry Richards, Richard
Bentinck, Lord G. Hall, Colonel Scott, F.
Bentinck, Lord H. Halsey, T. P. Seynaer, H. K.
Borthwick, Peter Harris, Hon. Capt. Shaw, F.
Bramston, T. W. Heat Mote, G. J. Shirley, E. J.
Brisco, M. Heathcote, Sir W. Shirley, E. P.
Broadley, Henry Henley, J. W. Sibthorp, Colonel
Broadwood, H. Hildyard, T. B. Smyth, Sir H.
Brooke, Lord Hinde, J. H. , Sotheron, T. H. S.
Bruce, C. L. C. Hope, Sir I. Spooner, Richard
Bruges, W. H. Hope, Alexander Stanley, E.
Buck, Lewis W. Hudson, G. Stuart, J.
Buller, Sir J. Y. Hurst, R. H. Taylor, J. A.
Campbell, Sir H. Inglis, Sir R. Thompson, Ald.
Cayley. E. S. Jolliffe, Sir W. H. Tollemache, J.
Chandos, Marq. of Knight, F. W. Trollope, Sir J.
Cholmondeley, H. Knightley, Sir C. Tumor, C.
Chu. chill, Lord A. S. Law, Hon. C. E. Tyrrell, Sir J.
Clifton, J. T. Lawson, Andrew Vyse, R. IL R. H.
Compton, 11. C. Lennox, Lord G. H. Waddington, H. S.
Disraeli, B. Mackenzie, T. Walpole, S. H.
Douglas, Sir 11. Mackenzie, W. F. Walsh, Sir J. H.
Douglas, J. D. S. Maclean, Donald Williams, T. P.
Duncombe, A. Manners, Lord John Worcester, Marquis
Duncembe, 0. March, Earl of Yorke, E. T.
Da I're, C G Maunsell, T. B.
Farnham, E. B. Maxwell, Hon. J. P. TYLLERN.
Fellowes, E. Allies, Philip W. S. Berestord, Major
Filmer, Sir E. Miles, William Newdegate, N.
Finch, George Neeld, John

TURNPIKE ROADS (SCOTLAND) BILL.
Order for Second Reading read • Motion made, and Question put,
That the Bill be now read a secondi time." The House divided
• -

MAJORITY—AYES, 45.
Agllonby, H. A. Denison, E. B. Masterrnan, John
Antrobus, Edmund Douglas, Sir C. Osborne, Ralph
Baring, Henry Duncan, George Peel, Sir Robert
Bentinek, Lord G. Ellice, Edward Peel, Jonathan
Borthwick, P. Escott, Bickham Powell, Caleb
Bouverle, Edward P. Greene, Thomas Sumer, Henry Ker
Brotherton, Joseph Hamilton, W. J. Somerville, Sir W.
Bruce, Lord E. Hamilton, Lord Claud Stuart, Henry
Buller, Charles Hawes, Itenjamin Tufnell, Remy
Cardwell, Edward Hindley Charles Vyse, IL
Carnegie, Captain Hope, G. NV. Wawn, J. T.
Clerk, Sir G. Howard, Sir R. Worsley, Lord
Cockburn, Sir G. Hudson, G. Young, John
Corry, Henry Hughes, W. B. TEILLBRI.
Craig, W. G. Jermyn, Earl March, Earl of
Dahneney, Lord Johnstone, Hope Manic, Foz

MINORITY—NOES, 13.
Bantle, William Mackenzie, T. Yorke, E. T.
Cripps, W. M`Neill, Duncan
Dennistoun, J. Bashleigh, W.
Follies, Wm. . Scott, Francis
Graham, Sir James Waddington, 11. S.
Lockhart, A. E. Wortley, J. S.

TELLZRS.
Mackenzie, W. F.
Campbell, Hugh

THE CASE OF POISONING AT
BRO Al LI4:Y.

The inquiry into this mysteriou; affair, adjourned from
Eriday, for the 13th time, at
y. The proceedings extended
over several hours, but partly owing to its having been
thought .advisable to examine certain witnesses privately,
and partly to the fact that much of the evidence was
Tavern, rn r,eBßumroemdle on
thethe ssthwask inst.,
light beyond those with which the public are already fa-
imainvestigations.
At l
jury, while the Court was
merelyii
clearedronog of
of from a
of
srtetrhpaoenrgltasofeg
s corroborative
sittings
piatrtei‘n,u t l e,
personito as osuf nature, few facts were brought to
the
na
named Barrett, who holds a
responsible situation in the Bromley post-office, produced an
anonymous letter, which he stated he had received a day
or two previous. The letter charged him with having
been accessory to the death of the deceased, and called on
him to confess his guilt. The handwriting was not known,
nor was any suspicion entertained as to who was the author
of the communication. Subsequently to this letter being re-
ceived by Barrett, the coroner received two anonymous let-
ters in a similar handwriting, each describing Barrett as the
guilty party. The authorship of the two latter letters was
owned on Friday by a person who stands in a near degree of
relationship to one on whom some suspicion has fallen. His
object in writing the same was not satisfactorily explained,
and the effect certainly does not tend to weaken that
suspicion.
A letter, which had been received from Miss Williams, in
which she stated that Thomas Churcher had brought some
biscuits to her house on the Monday night on which deceased
was first missed, was produced.
Several witnesses were examined, and questions having
been addressed to Mr. Verret], the minister of Rromley
Chapel, and one or two other persons as to the authenticity
of a letter received by the coroner, signed " Chymicus" (in
which it was attempted to be shown that the deceased had
attempted suicide), without any satisfactory result, the pro-
ceedings were, at 4 o'clock, adjourned.

MANOR BROADFOOT.—The Wigtonshire Free Press
states that Major Broadfoot, who was killed in the recent
hithorn, and minister of the Se-
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IRISH GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAY.
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS
SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL, IN PARLIA-

MENT ASSEMBLED.
The Petition of the undersigned Subscribers to the Irish
Great Western Railway.
Humbly showeth,
That a Bill has been brought into your Right Honour-
able House, called the " Midland Great Western Rail-
way of Ireland (Mullingar and Galway) Bill, for making
a railway from Mullingar to Galway.
That a certain other Bill has been brought into your
Right Honourable House, called the " Irish Great
Western Railway," fur making a railway from Port-
ar:ington to Galway.
That an attempt was made during the last session of
Parliament, by the Midland Great Western Railway
Company, to obtain the consent of Parliament to the
project for the construction of a railway to Athlone and
Galway, when the said Company presented a Bill in the
House of Commons to enable them to carry into effect
that portion of the scheme between Dublin and Athlone.
That the said last mentioned Bill, together with a Bill
to enable the Irish Great Western Railway Company
to construct a railway from a point on the Great
Southern and Western Railway to Galway, were brought
at the commencement of the last session of Parliament,
under the consideration of the Board of Trade, which
tribunal reported strongly in favour of the Irish Great
Western Railway, and against the said competing
project.
That an agreement was subsequently entered into be-
tween the two Companies, to the effect, that the Irish
Great Western Railway Company should construct their
line to Galway, and that the Midland Great Western
should abandon that portion of their scheme between
Mullingar and Athlone, and confine their operations to
the north western parts of Ireland, by extending their
line to Longford and Sligo.
That the said report of the Board of Trade was
brought under the consideration of the Select Com-
mittee of the House of Commons, to which the said Bills
were referred in the last session of Parliament, whose

"TteWon Was In 2lt-(2,,,r.L.m., with gie recommendation of
the Beard cf Trade, and the said committee sanctioned
the said agreement entered into between the said com-
panies, having added to the Dublin and Mullingar Bill
the title of " Midland," and struck out of the said Bill
all the clauses enabling the said Midland Great Western
Company to construct the branch from Mullingar to
Athlone. _ _

That the said agreement was faithfully observed by
the Irish Great Western Railway Company, who with-
drew ell opposition against the Mullingar Bill, which
consequently obtained the sanction of Parliament, hav-
ing passed into a law under the title of "An Act for
making a railway from Dublin to Mullingar and Long-
ford," to be called " The Midland Great Western Rail-
way of Ireland."

That the following is a copy of the said agreement:—
(No. I.)

MEMORANDUM OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
DUBLIN AND GALWAY COMPANY AND THE DUBLIN

AND MIILLINGAR AND LONGFORD COMPANY.

" That both parties waive all opposition on the
standing orders, in consideration of the several matters
hereinafter mentioned, viz.:—
_ _

" Ist. The Mullingar Company giving up their line

from Mullingar to Athlone. - - -
"2d. Mr. French undertakes for himself and the other
petitioners against the Mullingar line, to withdraw all
opposition to the said Mullingar and Longford line, and
to give this latter undertaking, and the branches to the
north connected with it, all the support in their power.
" 3d. Mr. Perry undertakes for himself and the others
concerned, to withdraw all opposition to the Galway
line, and to give it and its branches, to the southward, all
the support in their power."
Dated this 4th April, 1815, and signed,
FITZN. FRENCH.
JAMES PERRY.

"If Mr. Perry shall be unable to prevail on the Grand
Canal Company to withdraw their opposition, and tha
they shall not succeed in throwing out the Galway Com,
pally, this agreement shall exist the same as if the op
position had been withdrawn."
(Signed)

F. FRENCH.
J. PERRY.

(No. II.)
At a meeting of the deputation held in London, the
9th of April, 1845, it was unanimously agreed :
That in the fullest confidence that the arrangement
entered into between Mr. French and Mr. Perry, will be
carried out by both gentlemen and the Companies they
represent, as well as all those by whom they are sup-
ported, or with whom they are connected, to the utmost
of their ability for securing the Acts of Incorporation
for both lines, we acquiesce in, and confirm the said
agreement.
Signed by FITZN. FRENCH.
John Ennis, Deputy Chairman to the Mullingar
line, and Hugh M. Tuite.
(No. III.)
MEMORANDUM, STH MAY, 1845, LONDON.

The heads of an agreement for carrying into effect
the proposed measures for a railway from Dublin to
Mullingar and Longford, to be ultimately continued to
Sligo, and another railway from Portarl.ngton to Gal-
way, through Athlone. It is agreed that the petitions
now pending in Parliament for the above purpose be
withdrawn, and that each party assist the other to carry
the pending Bills (but confined to the above objects) into
effect.
If any difference shall arise as to the mode of carry-
ing the above arrangement into effect, it is hereby dis-
tinctly agreed by all parties signing this paper that the
mode of doing so shall be submitted to the decision of
the Committee to whom the Bills be referred.
For the Dublin and Mullingar Company,
JAMES PERRY.

For the Galway Company and other petitioners,
FITZN. FRENCH.

That notwithstanding the said agreement, the said
Mullingar Company covertly assisted other parties in
opposing the Bill of the Irish Great Western Railway
Company in Parliament in the last session, and when an
arrangement was entered into between the secretary of
the Grand Canal Company and the Irish Great Western
Company, that no opposition should be proceeded with
on the part of the former, and that certain clauses should
be introduced for the protection of the interests of the
Canal Company, Mr. Perry, who had signed the under-
taking on the part of the Mullingar Company, entered
an opposition against the Irish Great Western Railway
on standing orders, in direct violation of his solemn
pledge, which he kept up until the arrival in London of
Sir John Kingston James, one of the Canal Directors,
who refused to ratify the ageement of the authorised
secretary of the Canal Company.
That Mr. John Ennis, also, who had signed the
declaration hereinbefore mentioned as deputy-chairman
of the Mullingar Line, setting forth, " That in the fullest
confidence that the arrangement entered into between
Mr. French and Mr. Perry would be carried out by both
gentlemen and the companies they represented, as well
us those by whom they were supported, or w.th whom
they were connected, to the utmost of their ability, for
securing the Acts of Incorporation for both lines," and
who thereby further declared, " That be acquiesced in
anp confirmed the said agreement," had a petition signed
by himself, and presented to your Lordships' House, as
soon as the Act for incorporating his own company
had been secured, setting forth amongst other things
that the said petitioner, John Ennis, was prepared to
show another and a better line of railway for connecting
together Dublin and Galway than that which had been
adopted by the Irish Great Western Railway Company,
and praying that the Irish Great Western Railway Bill
might not be allowed to pass.
That following up this open and flagrant violation
of good faith and honour, the Midland Great Western
Company have brought into your Lordships' House, in
the present session, a Bill to enable them to construct a
Railway from Mullingar to Athlone and Galway, in
opposition to the said Irish Great Western Railway
Company, and in violation of the said agreement.
That your petitioners submit that this breach of a
written engagement and total disregard of the former
decision of the Committee of the House of Commons, on
the part of the Midland Great Western Company, have
been productive of great expense and inccnvenience to
your said petitioners, and also of serious injury to the
country, by reason of the delay thereby occasioned in
the construction of a Railway to the West of Ireland.
Your petitioners therefore humbly pray your Right
Honourable House that they may be heard by their
Counsel, Agents and Witnesses, in support of the Alle-
gations hereinbefore contained, and against the pream-
ble of the said Midland Great Western Railway of Ire-
and (Mullingar and Galway) Bill.

SUMMER SESSION AT THE ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY
Arrangements are now in progress, we understand, for in
stituting a Summer Session. It is not intended in any way
to interfere with, or supersede the studies of the winter, but
to afford the students an opportunity of prosecuting these
with greatly increased efficiency. Thedesirableness,nay, neces-
sity of this educational improvement has long been felt and
acknowledged. The matter has been zealously taken up by
several most influential and public-spirited gentlemen, with
whom Provost Blaikie, with his usual zeal in the public
service, has heartily co-operated. Others of our civic func-
tionaries are, we understand, very friendly to the object in
view. Several professors, with whom the individuals above
referred to have been in communication, have signified their
entire willingness to engage in the work. We are informed
that, as the result of a meeting, held on Thursday, of
the parties who have chiefly interested themselves in this
movement, including some of the professors, with the provost,
in the Council Chamber, it was agreed to try the experiment
cf a Summer Session, for certain classes. As the details must
almost immediately be laid before the public, it is unne-
cessary to say more at present; but we must express a
strong hope that the experiment will receive from the public
such support as to afford ample encouragement for carrying
out the scheme on a scale of greater extension in future
seasons.—Aberdeen Herald.
LITERARY MEN.—We believe the truth to be, that
Potent ministers, great commanders, and rulers of every ge-
nius, do not like independent literary men. They fear them
in their energy, and applaud their own cunning generosity
when they can stop their late and dying accents with some
paltry pension, or bury them with cathedral honours, or
redeem their widows or orphans from starvation and the
union workhouse.
Gregory XVI. has formed a new gallery for statues
in the Garden Della Pigna, at the Vatican, so called after the apple
of Pisa, containing the ashes of Adrian, and which was previously
the sole ornament of the garden. The new collection is to bear the
name of " Aftiaufn Campestre."