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London, England, 1846-05-07 00:00:00

GROUP XLIV.

The Committee met at twelve o'clock, in Room No. 25, Lord Pal-
merston in the chair; present the same Hon. Members as yester-
day. They proceeded to hear evidence on the part of the promoters
of the

LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEW-
CASTLE—UPON—TYNE JUNCTION.
A question was raised to the right of Sir Charles Temple to oppose
the Bill, being a trustee and co-partner in this Bill, though not in
the Lancashire and North Yorkshire, with which it was now amal-
gamated. Several witnesses were called to prove that Sir Charles
Temple was formerly the chairman of the Company, and still held a
large number of shares in the Company. He was one of the original
promoters of the Bill.
The Committee decided that Sir Charles Temple being one of the
persons concerned in the establishment of the Company, and having,
it must be supposed, inducted many persons to take shares, ought not
to be allowed to oppose the Bill.
Even after this decision there was another discussion, Mr. Ser-
geant Murphy being anxious to obtain a locus standi on the part of
the York and Carlisle Railway; the Committee, however, confirmed
their former decisions, and the now unopposed case was about to
proceed, when
Mr. Sergeant MURPHY said that the time of the Committee would
not be saved as might be anticipated, for he had just discovered that
there was a petition against the preamble of the Bill, bearing the
signature of Sir William Lawson, which would give him the same
opportunity of opposing the Bill as he would have under the petition
of Sir Charles Temple.
Mr. Raines, an ell-merchant at Newcastle, was called to give evi-
dence on the necessity for, and general feeling amongst the mer-
chants of Newcastle in favour of, the proposed line. He had taken
some trouble to inform himself as to the merits of the many pro-
posed lines which had for their object the affording accommodation
to Newcastle, and he considered this line the best of them all.
Mr. Sergeant MURPHY cross-examined the witness with a view to
show the superiority of the York and Carlisle Railway.
Mr. LANG, in the absence of Mr. Talbot, objected to this course,
which he said was " lugging in by a side movement the 'question of
the York and Carlisle, being an opposing line, which the Committee
had already decided."
The CHAIRMAN, after consulting with his colleagues, said they
had come to the conclusion that Mr. Murphy, appearing for a peti-
tion against the line, and not for a rival company, could only cross-
examine the witness as to the merits of this line, and not as to the
comparative merits of other lines.
The evidence on the part of the promoters of the Bill was then pro-
ceeded with.
Colonel Wood, M.P. for Brecon, and Lord of the Manor of Middle-
ham, in Wensley Dale, gave evidence as to the necessity for a line
opening a communication between the vicinity of Middleham to
Manchester, Liverpool, &c. There was a great want of such com-
munication for agricultural purposes, such as contwance of cattle,
&c. Large numbers of lean cattle were driven or carried on trucks
from the north, to be fatted at Middleham, and theNtufbers would be
vastly increased if there was a sufficient raffei*Weinsmunication.
This line would afford that communication.
Captain Laws, Manager of the Manchester and Leeds Railway;
gave similar evidence, and added that so much need was there of
railway communication, that greengrocery was actually carried from
Covent-garden market to the manufacturing towns of the neighbour-
hood through which this line passed, for the use of the poor of those
towns, although these articles were grown in great abundance in the
agricultural districts immediately adjoining.
Mr. Thomas Bramley Moore, chairman of the Liverpool Dock
Committee, gave general evidence as to the necessity for a line of
communication between Liverpool, and the places through which this
line would pass. He could not say anything as to the merits of this
line, as he had not considered the subject.
Mr. Allan, steward to Lord Wharncliffe at his country residence
at Hawes, gave evidence as to the necessity for, and recommenda-
tions of, the Hawes branch of this line.
Mr. TALBOT then said, that as he believed the Committee were
satisfied of the importance of this district, he would not give any
further general evidence, but he hoped the Committee would give
him leave to call further evidence in case the opposite party should
give evidence to contradict.what had been proved.
After some discussion this was assented to.
As it was now near fora• o'clock,
Mr. TALBOT said that at this late hoar he would not enter into
the engineering evidence, as, if the Committee were willing he thought
it would be best to adjourn.
The Committee assented, and adjourned till to-morrow at twelve
o'clock.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
TUESDAY, MAY 5.
The following Railway Bills were withdrawn:—
Preston and Wyre Railway Harbour and Dock (New Dock and

Railway).
Cornwall and Devon Central (Hayle, Lelast, St. Austell, and Bodmin
Branches).
Cornwall and Devon Central.

The following Petitions for Railways here reported, and the Bills
ordered to be brought in by the undernamed Hon. Members:--
Bristol and Birmingham (Bath Line)—Mr. Hudson & Mr. Phillpotta,
Warwickshire and London (Worcester and Weedon Line)—Sir C.
Douglas and Mr. Dugdale.

Midlaiid (Nottingham and Mansfield Railway)—Sir J. TroHope, Mr.
Hudson, and Mr. Mundy.

The followin STAN
so lutionDlNG ORDERS' COMMITTEE.
resolutions were reported from this Committee : I. That, in the case of the Midland Railway (Nottingham and
Mansfield Railway) petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed
with : —That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill.
2. That, hi the case of the "IN hitehaven and Furness Junction
Railway petition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with.
3. That, in the case of t 1 .East and West of England Junction
Railway petitiokthe standing orders ought not to be dispensed with.
4. That, in the' cases of the Launceston and South Devon Railway
petition, the standing thlErts ought not to be dispensed with.
5. That, in dlie,,ests%ef the Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction
Railway petition,lhe sfantling orders ought not to be dispensed with.
6. That, in the case of the Bristol and Birmingham Railway
(Bath Line) petition, the sanding orders ought to be dispensed with:
—That the parttellAlie 'permitted to proceed with their Bill, on
abandoning that pettion of their lint the plans and sections of which
have not been deposited with the clerk of the parish of Swainswick.
7. That, in the case of the London, Salisbury and Yeovil Junc-
tion Railway (Salisbury to Yeovil) petition, the sanding orders ought
to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with
their Bill, on the insertion of a clause restraining them from taking
any land from a field (Ne. 2) in the parish of Sutton Bingham, to the
termination of the line as shown on the plan.
8. That, in the case of the Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway
petition for additional provision, the standing orders ought to be
dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to introduce such
additional provision, on proving to the Committee on the Bill the
consent of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company.
9. That, in the case of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Rail-
way petition for additional provision, the standing orders ought to be
dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to introduce each
additional provision, on proving to the Committee on the Bill the con-
sent of the Glasgow, Paisley,Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Company.
10. That, is the case of the Kent Atmospheric Railway petition for
additional provision, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :
—That the parties be permitted to introduce such additional provi-
sion, on proving before the Committee on the Bill the assent of all
the owners, lesseefferideccupiers on the line of the proposed deviation.
That the Committees on this and the four preceding Bills do exa-
mine in thp tlrst place how far such orders have been complied with,
and do report theWirne to the House on the report of the Bill.
11. That, in the case of the Warwickshire and London Railway
(Worcester and Weedon Line) petition, the standing orders ought to
be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with
their Bill.
First, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh resolutions agreed to.—Report to lie on the table.

SUPPOSED DEATH FROM PATENT MEDICINE: On
Tuesday afternoon Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Horse Shoes,
Buckle•street, Whitechapel, on the body of Caroline Julia Hurst,
aged three years. The deceased was the daughter of a watchmaker
residing in Buckle-street, and for several weeks past she had been IS
with hooping-cough. About a week since, the mother hearing of the
efficacy of a patent medicine prepared by a chemist in Whitechapel,
called "Brodie's Hooping-cough Drops," she procured a bottle, which
she administered according to the directions around the bottle, but
the deceased got gradually worse, and on Saturday afternoon last,
Mr. Liddell, a surgeon, was sent far, who found the child in a dying
state, and she expired in a few hours afterwards, from effusion on the
brain, which may have resulted from disease, or from the effects of
the drops. The jury returned a verdict of " Natural death."
NEW BRIDGE OVER THE THAMEIL—The votes of the
House of Commons for Friday evening contain the following :
" Chelsea Bridge and Embankment—Bill to enable the Commis-
sioners of her Majesty's Woods to construct an embankment and
roadway on the north shore of the river Thames, from Battersea-
bridge to Vauxhall-bridge, and to build a suspension bridge over the
said rivet', at or near Chelsea Hospital, with suitable approaches
the/TO, jneauding a street kora Lower Sloane-street to the northern
extremity Of the bridge (Queen's recommendation signified) ; ordered
to be '-broukht in by Mr. Young and Mr. Chancellor of the Exche-
quer. Battersea Park—Bill to empower the Commissioners of her
Majesty's Woods to form a royal park ;in Battersea-flelds, in the
county of Sprrey (Queen's recommendation signified) ; ordered to be
• brotiggliln by Mr. Young and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Wgs TstrNsTER HOSPITAL.—On Sunday morning the
LozdAlLshop of Oxford preached the 127ta anniversary sermon in
aidOrthe funds of this institution, at St. Margaret's Church, West-
minster. His Lordship, in the course of his sermon, stated that
duriog the past year 1.580 in-patients and 8,438 out-patients had
been received, including 5,689 accidents and urgent cases, admitted
at all hours of the day and night, without letter of recom-
mendation.'
DEATH OF ADMIRAL THE HON. HENRY CURZON.—
We have to record the death of this venerable flag-officer, who ex-
pired on the 2d inst., at his seat, near Derby, and close to that of his
noble kinsman, Lord Scarsdale, in the 81st year of his age, and after
an honourable and distinguished career in the naval depart-
ment of the united service of nearly 70 years. He was born in 1765,
%Ing the son of the first Baron Scarsdale, a title created in 1761.
He entered the navy at a tender age, and quickly passed through the
various gradatis of rank.
PRINTING IN COLOURS.—Mr. Adams, of Philadelphia,
has invented a machine by which any variety of colours are printed
at one impression. The plan is somewhat like that of the ruling
machine. The ink fountain is divided into sections, capable of
enlargement or diminution, or variety of arrangement at pleasure.
This is a very valuable discovery; for until new it hea been neon.
Oary W hake An IMPIVISkiII for eich colour.