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No. 16,797.

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RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(YESTERDAY).

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Room A.
CORNWAI.X..

Mr. Brunel, whose cross-examination was resumed to day by Mr.
Rowe, stated that the bridge over the Tamer at Saltash was con-
structed at a cost of between 60,0001. and 60,0001. He had not, how-
ever, made an accurate estimate of the cost. There had been a pro-
position to form a public footway over the bridge; but it would be
three or four years before it could be completed. He was not aware
from personal knowledge that the conseat of the parties to raise the
level in the neighbourhood of the bridge had been obtained. The

level on tile Devonshire side could be altered Ave feet; but it could
be altered only two feet on the Cornwall side, as- had been the case
at the town of Sahash.

Re-examined by Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE —gad a communication
with the Admiralty with respect to the bridge over the Saltash, and
it would be necessary for him to raise it 95 feet above high water
mark: There were much severer and sharper curves and steeper
gradients on many lines in operation than on the present. A dif-
ference of 1 in 60 or 80, as regarded passenger traffic, was not worth
speaking of; it would only affect baggage trains. On the Birming-
ham and Glencester there was a gradient of 1 in 37.
By the CHAIRMAN—ft was always the practice to alter the gra-
dients in conformity with the undnlaticns of the country.
Mr. Ilawkshaw was examined by Mr. Sergeant linvemaxE —lt
would be morally impossible to construct a railway through a
country like Cornwall without being obligs to have recourse to stcbp..
.gradients and acute curves. The curves had heen improved since
last year, as well as the gradients. There were worse gradients on
the Manchester and Leeds line, namely, I in 43 and 44.
Cross-examined by Mr. Rows—llad never seen so undulating a
sectiot as that on the line before them for such a length. The curves
and gradients on the Manchester and Leeds were of course an ex-
ception, as was the case always in steep gradients. Was not aware
of the gradients on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway.
Re-examined by Mr. Ausrm—Would have a perfectly level rail-
way if he could ; but it was impossible, from his knowledge of the
cowitry to have anything of that nature on this line. Bad gradients
could not be avoided in this country without an enormous expense.
1 in 60 mi3lit be worked safely, and with ease, at the rate of 40 miles
an hour.

Mr. AUSTIN said he was ready to call Mr. Vignoles, Mr. Cubitt,
and other engineers on this point.
The CHAIRMAN said, that having produced two eminent engineers,
it was unnecessary to adduce any more evidence of that nature to
show that the line could be worked with perfect safety to
the public.

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The list of assents, &c., having been banded in,
Mr. AUSTIN stated that the case for the Bill had closed. A
discussion was raised as to whether evidence as to land value
should be given, which ended in Mr. Laidman being put in the
box, for the purpose of proving the value of the same on the Bod-
min branch.

After hearing some fbrtber evidence, the Committee adjourned.

Hoorn B,

The Committee met this day at eleven ; present the Earl of Lons-
dale (Chairman), Lord Ilawarden,.the Earl of Warwick, the Earl of
Ellenborough, and the Duke et Grafton.

LEICESTER AND BEDFORD.

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Mr. GURNEY (with whom was Mr. Wordsworth) addresdod •the
Committee as to the unnecessary injury which the proposed line
would inflict on Mr. Guiston, by cutting a good deal of ornamental
property.

- air. 1-VORDSWORTH called Mr. Quintus Vivian, Nuston Ball, who
spoke to the inbry which the property he leased from Mr. Gulston
would receive.

Mr. Woodsey, engineer, said he had beat sent down to examine
the course of the proposed line over the Gulston estates, and found it
intersecting the ornamental grounds close to the house, and proceed.
ing for a mile and three. quarters by very heavy works. He had at
the same time laid out a deviation line, about 700 yards further ttom
the hause than the one proposed, which would do less damage to the
property, would be less expensive to the company, and would be
equally favourable to the public.
Mr. Gulston's case having been concluded,
Mr. lIILDTARD then proceeded to lay evidence before the Com-
mittee on behalf of the South Midlands Railway.
Mr. Langlands and Mr. Watkins in their examination gave evidence
of the great want of a line of railway to Northampton, a desideratusa
supplied by the South M idiands line.

Mr Bat:well said he was Mayor of Northampton when the South
Midlands line was thrown out, and had every opportunity to ascertain
the feeling of the inhabitants of the town, who were unanimous in favour
of that line. lie said there were three iron foundries there, requiring
about 5,000 tons a year. The Derby iron was very preferable to the
Staffordshire, and would no doubt be used if access to it were made
easy. From 5,000 to 6,000 hands were employed in boot and shoe
making. One house, which employed 500 hands, made 20,000 boots
and 60,000 shoes annually, which, he calculated, would give about
150 tons weight.

Some other witnesses were called, who spoke to traffic on the
South Midlands branch, and the desirableness of having it.
The Committee adjourned till eleven to-morrow.

Room C.

Vhookugenhotrh'ev°Cualliedflonidnri
the N.thsdale line. He hadfid: •
y
their prospectus,,witlf this Ilse in existence, it might still. pay. He
ottl, Cald :sot ledonian edtlhooenpqi acunre
question.
tfei wasnt. a
sstated fo m e di
n.
was not aware that only per cent. was proved for the Caledonian
property
line last year. If so, he could not say that it would pay along with
• The Duke of Buceletich examiak—lle said he was well acquainted
wants of the district,
with the rouse of the present line, It ran for 22 miles through his
When the Nithsdale line was first proposed he was against it,
• Tie had a'so property on the Crawick branch.
as it eame very near ills residence at Drumlanrig. That
had been altered ; and now- from his knowledge of the
suPPerted. It would confer great benefit
on the valley of the Nith, and open the Cumnock and Sanquhar
coal-fields. The line would offer greater facilities for draining than
.it
now, and increase the value of property. He did not think the
Talley could be well served by lateral branches, as there were
high lands right and left, and therefore there ought to be
a lino running through the valley. The line would be
of great use in conveying stock ~to the Glasgow and Liverpool
market.. The Crawick branch welted he the means of connecting
Dumfries-amt.-the valley of the Nith with Edinburgh, by means of
the Caledonian line. All the coal for the Wanlock lead mines,
which were very extensive, had to be carted from Sanquhar. There
would be more traffic on the part of the line south of Dumfries than that
from Cumnock to' Dumfries, and therefore he thought the whole
should ho placed in the hands of the company, that the better part
might make np •for the working of the inferior portion. The
Canobie branch could be easily connected with the pits at Canobie;
and lie .had no doubt great benefit' would be conferred on Annan
and Iminfries by that means. With respect to draining, a
great want of tiles was experienced, on account of the
deficiency of clay. The tiles now used were brought from Cumnock.
Were facilities for obtaining them at a reasonable price given, they
would be largely used, as the soil was favourable for draining. The
farmers and inhabitants were strongly in favour of the line. He did
net think the Nithsdale line would compete with the Caledonian
line for the through traffic, though he thought it would lake the
Ayrshire traffic.
Cress-examined—Last year he believed the Glasgow and Dumfries
line on the one tide, and the Hav,dck and Carlisle line on the other
side, were brought forward as competing lines with the Caledonian.
They were brought forward again this year. ,He supported the
Irawick line as wen as the present line ; he did not know whether
the Remick line would . again be Drought forward, but
he hoped it would. Even though the Caledonian line
through traffic might be affected by this line, he thought the interest
of the public shculd be cot siderk before that of a company. He did

not think any of the Glasgow through traffic would be taken from,
the Caledonian has.
arr. demo slimier, fanner, orptirinn, in the county of Dumfries,
examined' Iris brother
s and ll' deft' alecC,,reritiel Inrms in rens anti
Itivernesssliire. Witness's evidence was generally in corroboration of
the evidence previously given by Mr. Kennedy.
Mr. Babe olealer in fat stock, who had assisted Mr. Kennedy and
Mr. Hunter in making up the table, was examined shortly la support
of the items therein contained.
Mr. Lennie, of Dalswinton, convener of the county of Dumfries,
examined— The district round Dumfries was a very rich one. There
was a great deficiency of lime in the district, on account of the
expense of carriage from the Closeburn lime-works. The
want of coals was also severely felt. lie had taken up forty shares
to promote the railway. The line, he was persuaded, w,nrid be of im-
mense benefit to the whole district. A toll-bar on the road towards
his estate let last year for 4801., exclusive of coach charges. The
traffic was regularly increasing. He knew of no clay in the district
foe making tiles. The traffic at present by the Edinburgh coaches
would be conveniently accommodated by the Crawick branch.
Cross-examined—He thought if the line was formed he could
get -supplied with lime at half the present price. It was now
10s. a load laid down on his farm. He could then get it for 55., he
thought, if the line was formed, and that supplies were had from
Cumnock. He could not give the populatiox for five miles on each
side of the line, but he could give the population of all the parishes
that would be intersected.

Mr. Mackee, land proprietor and convener of the county of Kirk-
cudbright, generally deposed that in his opinion the line would be of
great advantage to that county. All the proprietor* and inhabitants

on the eastern part were in its favour. -
Mr. Marmaduke C. Maxwell, landed proprietor, of Terregles, in
the minty of Dumfries, gave evidence to a similar effect. He
thought the line woad be of the greatest advantage to the whole
district. If it were formed, he believed that both lime and tiles
would be supplied by it at Dumfries.
Cross-examined - If a line were formed from Dumfries to Killhead,
near Annan, there could be an abundant supply got from there. It
would yield a larger supply than Closehurn.
Mr. Gordon, solicitor, of Dumfries, examined—Dumfries was the
principal town in the south of Scotland, and contained upwards of
13,000 inhabitants. He had prepared a total of the traffic and trade
of Dumfries and neighbourhood, which he would hand in.
The witness was here examined in support of the various details

supplied in the table, regarding the carriage of goods by land, and the
steam and sailing vessels connected with the ports of Dumfries, An-
nan, and Kirkcudbright. There was a large trade between these
ports and Liverpool, but the regularity of the steamers
was very uncertain. He believed if the line was formed,
the most of the cabin passengers and the valuable
merchandise and fat stock would go by it. Dumfries was a large
cattle and pork market, and the trade was on the increase. There
was also a large trade in hosiery in Dumfries, and he believed it was
increased. The feeling of the town of Dumfries wee all but universal
in its favour. He believed there was but oue person against it.
Cross-examined —There arc four manufacturers in the hosiery
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line in Dumfries. The principal exports of Dumfries were cattle and
sheep, to Liverpool principally. The imports were timber, guano,
flour, slates, and coals.

Mr. Nicholson, merchant, of Annan, deposed as to the trade and

!Is!sic' of that town,

Atinzin was the best rort on the upper part of

the Solway, and was highly eligible for the construction of docks.
The Ime, he was persuaded, would be of great benefit to the town and
harbour. The trade .of Annan, both with Glasgow and Liverpool,
was greatly on the increase. With such a line he considered a con-
siderable pertion of the trade of Port Carlisle would be diverted to
Annan. The inhabitants generally were in its favour.
Cross-examined—He had lived a long time in Annan. but no great
improvements had been made. There were two jetties put up in
1835, by the steam-boat companies, and nothing had been done.
Since then he did not think the Solway a dangerous navigation,
as but little loss had taken place the last twenty years. A line
north of Annan to the Caledonian would no doubt be a great con-
venience, but he would not prefer it to the Canobie branch.
Mr. Laurie, fanner, near Dumfries, examined; said he farmed
900 acres there, and paid 1,3001. rent annually. He had walked over
the whole route of the line. The country it intersected was much in
want of draining, and there was a great deficiency of clay for tiles.

There were 126,000 cultivated acres ; of this 50,000 limes wanted drain-
ing. It would require 2,075 acres to drain an acre, and Ike same quantity
is what were called " soles." 103,750,000 tiles, and as many soles
would thus be required. Supposing tllleen years were allowed to
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drain
. _ re-
quired• the v,uole cost ot _
incriVelunnock Cues, including carriage, would be 61. 138.
thought at least 14,000 ton of tiles would be brought front Cuninock.
He thought 6,000 or 7,000 tons of tiles would be brought on the line

south of Dumfries.
Cross-examined—They could also drain with stones, but they were
not plentiful. lie thought Cumnock tiles would come to all the in-
termediate points between that place and Dumfries. He was not
aware of any clay along that route. We never said lately, that now
the Dumfries line had passed the Commons the Caledonian might
stop their works, and they could make a good bargain for the

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materials.
The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at eleven o'clock.

Room 5,

slicErrzELD, ROTHERA , BARNSLEY,
WAKEFIELD, BUDDERSFIED, AND
GOOLE.
This Committee met to-day for the first time in No. 5, Abingdon-
street . the Earl of Radnor in the chair.
After the usual preliminary proceedings,
Mr. TALBOT opened the case at great length on behalf of the pro-
moters and pointed out the great advantages which the proposed
line would confer.
Mr. AUSTIN appeared on behalf of the Duke of Norfolk and other
opposing petitioners.
The remainder of the day was occupied in hearing evidence of a
general nature on the merits of the line, the particulars of which
were of the usual character, and possessed no feature of the slightest
public interest.
The Committee adjourned till to-morrow.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.:
GROUP LXVII.
METROPOLITAN RAILWAY TERM INIL

The Select Committee to whom these Bills were re:erred met this
morning in room 22, in the new houses.
The members of the Committee were, the Earl of Lincoln, chair-
man, Admiral Bowles, Mr. Cripps. Mr. Estcourt, and Lord Jocelyn.
The following are the Bills referred to this Committee :
London and South-Western (London-bridge Extension).
Eastern Counties (Tottenham to Farringdou-street).
North Kent (City Extension).
South-Eastern (from the Waterloo-road, near Hungerford-bridge, to
the Greenwich Railway).
The preliminary proceedings having been arranged, the Committee
r,;solved to proceed with the
NORTH RENT EXTENSION.

Mr. Sergeant WEANGIIAM declined, however, to offer any evidence,
in consequence of the main line having been thrown out before the
Committee of the House of Commons.
The Bill was accordingly negatived.
LONDON AND SOUTII-WESTERN (LONDON

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BRIDGE EXTENSION.)
Mr. Bore then opened the case of this railway in a speech of con-
siderable ability; the principal point to which he directed the atten-
tion of the Committee was the report of the Metropolitan Rail-
ways Termini Commission, who had reported favourably of
the scheme. The Company proposed by the Bill before the
Committee to extend their railway to London-bridge from
a point in the York-road, Lambeth, where the South-
Western Railway would terminate, according to an Act of Parlia-
ment obtained last year. The Bill, which was granted last year
by the Legislature, to the South Western Company, did not, how-
ever, give them the power of effecting a communication with the
river ; that defect would be removed by the present Bill, which
proposed to construct commodious goods and passenger stations in
immediate contiguity with the river on the southern side. The pre-
sent amount of passenger traffic on the South Western Railway was
upwards of 1,500,000, and the tonnage ofgoods upwards of 100,000. A
considerable increase might be expected if a more convenient station
could be obtained near the eaabsrii portions of London, and thus remove
the delay and expenee of additional cartage. The mileage at pre-
sent belonging to the fiotith-Western Company, and sanctioned by
Parliament was 227 miles, and there were projects before Parlia-
ment for the construction of 150 miles more, thus together giving
accommodation to Southampton and Dorchester, in the south of
England, and westward as far as Exeter. The means of communi-
cation would be also given by this railway to the citizens of London,
between Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Richmond, Egham, Staines,
Guildford, and a number of other places adjacent to London. The
length of the line would be about one mile ; it was proposed
to construct it upon a viaduct the whole distance, by which
means all damage to property would be avoided, and the
recommendations of the Royal Commission would be fully
carried out. The estimate of the cost of the railway would
be about 500,030/. ; of this sum 338,0001. would be required
for the purchase of property, and the sum of about 160,0001. would
be required for the works. The line was proposed to be constructed
not so much for the Purpose of deriving any profit to the company,
as for the purpose of affording accommodation to the public. The
opposition to the Biil.was not large. The only public buildings they
interfered with were Rowland Hill's Chapel, in the Blackfriars-road,
which was not of a serions nature ; a Quaker's meeting-house,
which also was not of a very alarming nature ; and
there was also a , point of the triangle in the Borough
market, which they just touched ; this, however, they were
prepared to avoid by
an alternate line. There was also a petition
from the inhabitants of so
me almshouses • the
cause of their com-
plaint was the noise which would be created by the passing of the
trains. The inhabitants were
tit:A, however, at present in a
state of quietness or rest, beinginclmmediate vicinity of Messrs.
and lie believed i
that if the present railway were
Barclays brewery, would be considerably diminished. The constructed, the noise had also objected
war-
dens of St. Saviour's church
bathe , on the ground of the in-
terruption to Divine service, b 3 e passage of trains. This evil would
be remedied by the usual arrangement on metropolitan railways to run
no trains during Divine service. I
thonc usion, he begged to apologise
for having trespassed so long on eir attention ; and hoped that
the Ccmmittee would carrY out the recommendation of the:Royal
Commission, by granting the preamble of the Bill.
Mr. MERBEWSTIIER made an application to the Committee to be
allowed to bring under the consideration of the Committee some
clauses which he, as representative of the South-Eastern Company,
wished to introduce into the Bill before the Committee, those clauses
the Learned Counsel wished to be discussed before the Committee
granted the preamble of the Bill.
The Committee decided that tho course was quite irregular, and
refused therefore to grant the application. The Chairman, however,
stated that the Committee could not declare the preamble of the Bill
proved until they had all assurance from the parties that the interests
of the South-Eastern Company, in conformity with the recommen-
dations of the Royal Coremission, should be provided for.
The formal proofs required under the Duncombe resolutions were
then put in.
Mr. Ross Mangles M.P. far Guildford, was then called, and ex-
amined by Mr. Gueseey, who stated the inconvenience of the present
station to persons
travelling between Guildford and London, the pro-
posed station in the yore-road would not afford sufficient accom-
modation to the persons residing on leaving business in London. A
saving of three quarters of an hour would be effected by the proposed
sett ion at London-bridge over the present Nine-elms or the York-
road station.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant MURPHY —Did not think a station
on the Surrey side of the Southwark-bridge would afford so gcod an
' accommodation as a station at London-brdee, in consequence of the
narrow and crowded access to it through Queen-street.
At the conclusion of his examination the Committee adjourned.

GROUP LXIX.
This Committee met for the first time to
Room -day, at One o'clock, in
23, Grand Corridor.
The following is a list of the Bills referred to them ;
geaStern Counties Metall t 9

Stamford and Spalding.
Wisbech, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction.
The that Bill taken was the

• STAMPOnD AND S.PALDING.
The objects of which having been briefly opened by the Hon. Mr.
Talbot, Q. C., evidence was tendered in favour of it.
The preamble was declared to be proved, and the clauses agreed to.
WISEECH, ST. XVES, AND ()AMBRIDGE

C T 10 N.
This was the next Bill proceeded with.
The Committee adjourned at fouro'clock until twelve to-morrow,

GROUP LXX.
The Select Committee on this group met to-day for the first time, at
one o'clock, in Room 24 (Grand Corridor) ; present, Sir George Clerk
(In the chair), lion. Captain Carnegie, Culonel Peel, Mr. Smythe, and
Mr. Tower.
The foriowing is a list of the Bills referred to tAgm :
Dublin and Sandymount Atmospheric.
Sligo and Shannon.

Dublin, Belfast and Coleraine Junction.

Galway and Kilkenny

Dublin and Enniskillen

Londonderry aud Enniskillen Extension.

The Sligo and Shannon Bill being unopposed, was referred to Mr.
Greene, the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means.
LONDONDERRY AND ENNISILTIMEN.

The lion. Mr. TALBOT, Q.C., appeared on behalf of the promoters
of this Bill, the object of which, he said, was to improve the line of
the Londonderry acid Enniskillen, which was sanctioned last session.
Mr. Ross, the engineer, having briefly given evidence as to the
character of the line,
The Bill was postponed until to-morrow, and the preamble ordered
to be proved on the production of some formal documents.

PRICE SD.

THE NEW and the OLD MINISTRY.
When a complete change in the Cirovernment takes
place, the number of great public functionaries who re-
ceive new appointments is between fifty and sixty. The
larger portion, if not the whole, of the recent changes
have already been made known to our readers; but they
were necessarily announced as they occurred, from day
to day, and sometimes at intervals of two or three days.
Now, the particulars of a great event are very liable to
be forgotten when communicated by instalments; and, as
all these matters have at length been filially oomplt,ted,
it may perhaps be as well to take a detailed review of all
the new arrangements, which are as follows:
First Lord of the Treasury—Lord John Russell, vice
Sir Robert Peel.
Lord Chancellor—Lord Cottenharn, vice Lord Lynd-
hurst.

President of the Council—The:Marquis of Lansdowne,
vice the Duke of Bucchatch.
Secretary of State for the Colonies—The Earl Grey,
vice Right Hon. William Ewsrt Gladstone.
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs—Viscount
Palmerston, rice the Earl of Aberdeen.
Secretary of State for the Home Department—Sir
George Grey, Bart., vice Sir James Robert Graham,
Bart.

Chancellor of the Exchequer—Right Hon. Charles
Wood, vice Right lion. Henry Goulburn.
First Lord of the Admiralty—The Earl of Auckland,
vice the Earl of Ellenborough.
President of the Board of Control—Sir John Cam
Hobhouse, Bart., vice the Earl of Ripon.
President of the Board of Trade—The Earl of Cla-
rendon, vice the Earl of Dalhousie.
Lord Priry Seal—The Earl of Minto, vice the Earl of
Haddington.
Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests—Lord
Morpeth, vice Viscount'Canning.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster—Lord Crmp-
belt, vice Lord Granville Somerset.
Postmaster-Geneial—Tho- Marquis of Clanrica rde
vice the Earl St. Germans:''
Master-General of the Ordnance—The Marquis of
Anglesey, vice Sir George Murray, G.C.B.
Secretary at War—Light Hon. Fox Maule, vice the
Right Hon. Sidney Herbert.
Paymaster-General of the Forces and Treasurer of
the Navy—Right lion. Thomas Babington Macaulay,
vice Right Hon. William Bingham Baring.
Vice-President of the Board of Trade—Right lion.
Thomas Milner Gibson, vice Sir George Clerk, Bart.
Master of the Mint—Right Hon. Richard Lalor Shell,
vice Sir George Clerk, Bart,, who, in the last Ministry,
held this office jointly with the Vice-Presidency of the
Board of Trade.
Attorney-General—John Jervis, Esq., vice Sir
Thomas Wilde, who had temporarily succeeded Sir
Frederick Thesiger, the Attorney-General of the last
Ministry.

Solicitor-General—David Pandas. Esq., vice John
Jervis, Eq., who had temporarily succeeded Sir
Fitzroy Kelly, the Solicitor-General of the last
Minstry.
Judge Advocate-General—Charles Buller, Esq., (who,
it is understood, will also perform the duties of an Un-
der-Secretary of the Colonies), vice the Right Hon.
Janie Archibald Stuart Wortley.
Surveyor General of the Ordnance—Colonel Charles
Richard Fox, vice Colonel Jonathan Peel.
Clerk of the Ordnance—Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. G.
Anson, vice Lord Arthur Lennex.
Secretary to the Master-General of the Ordnance—
Lord Clarence Paget, vice Sir Frederick Trench.
Under Secretary for the Colonies—Benjamin Hawes,
Esq., vice Lord Lyttelton.
Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs—Right Hon.
Edward John Stanley, vice lion. George Augustus Fre-
derick Percy Sidney Smythe.
Under Secretary for the Home Department—Sir Wm.
Somerville, Bart., vice Hon. John Henry Thos. Manners.
Sutton.

Joint Secretaries to the Board of Control—Right lion.
Geo. Stevens Byng and Thos. Wyse, Esq., vice Lord
Jocelyn and Lord Mahon.
Joint Secretaries to the Treasury—John Parker, Esq.,
and Henry Turnell, Esq., vice Edward Cardwell, Esq.,
and John Young, Esq.
Secretary to the Admiralty—Henry Geo. Ward, Esq.,
vice Right Hon. Henry Thos. Lowry Corry.
Junior Lords of the Treasury—Lord Ebrington, the
O'Conor Don, Henry Rich, Esq., and Wm. Gibson Craig,
Esq., vice Henry Bingham Baring, Esq., Wm. Cripps,
Esq., the Hon. Swynfen Thos. Carnegie, and Ralph
Neville, Esq. _ _ _

_ .
Junior Lords of the Admiralty—Admiral James
Whitley Deans Dundas, Captain Maurice Frederick
Fitzhardinge Berkeley, the Hon. William Francis Cow-
per, Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart., and Captain
Lord John Hay, vice Sir George Cockburn, Sir William
Hall Gage, Admiral William Bowles, the Hon. Henry
Fitzroy, and the Hon. Henry John bons.
-Levi uv-Aamberlttin of the Household—The Eatl
Spencer, vice the Earl Delawarr.
Iftwa liouaghald—The _EarlFortescue.
Earl of Jersey.
master of the' Buckhounds—The.Earl Granville, vice
the Earl of Rosslyn.
Controller of the Household—Lord Arthur Marcus
Cecil Hill, vice Colonel the Hon. George Lionel Dawson
Darner. - - - - -

Vice-Chamberlain of the Household—Lord Edward
George Elizalan Howard, vice Lord Ernest Augustus
Charles Brudenell Bruce.
Clerk Marshal and Chief Equerry—Lord Alfred
Paget, vice Lord Charles Wellesley.
Mistress of the Robes—The Duchess of Sutherland,
vice the Duchess of Buccleueh.
Lord Advocate of Scotland—The Right Hon. An-
drew Rutherford, vice the Right Hon. Duncan M'Neill.
Solicitor-General for Scotland—Thomas Maitland,
Esq., vice Adam Anderson, Esq.
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland—The Earl of Bes-
borough, vice Lord Heytesbury.
Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland—
Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, vice the Earl of Lincoln.
Lord Chancellor of Ireland—Right Hon. Maziere
Brady, vice Sir Edward Burtenshaw Sagden.
Attorney-General for Ireland—Right Hon. Richard
Moore, vice Right Hon. Richard Wilson Greene.
Solicitor-General for Ireland—James Henry Mona-
ghan, E,q , rice Abraham Brewster, Esq.
Urder Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant—Thomas
Nicholas Redington, Esq., vice Richard Pennefather,
Esq.
Amongst the novel features which the new arrange-
ments present it may he mentioned that the Colonial
Department is to be represented in the Lower House by
two Under Secretaries, Messrs. Hawes and Buller. The
(Aces of Vice-President of the Board of Trade and
Master of the Mint have ceased to be held by one
Minister, and are divided between Messrs. Sheil and
Milner Gibson. _ _

In the present Ministry, as well as in the last, the
Chancellorship of the Exchequer is not united with the
office of First Lord of the Treasury. This course, how-
ever, is at variance with the established practice. The
rule until within the last five years was that the Pre-
mier, being in the Lower House, must not only be the
First Lord of the Treasury, but also Chancellor of the
Exchequer. 'I he instances in the present century, to go
no further back, are Sir Robert Peel himself in 1834-5,
Mr. Perceval, Mr. Pitt, and Mr.Addington. The other
Premiers within the same period were Members of the
Upper House, and therefore could not discharge the
duties of Chancellor of the Exchequer. The new prac-
tice not only diminishes the labour of the Premier, but
increases his patronage, by enabling him to bestow the
Chancellorship of the Exchequer upon one of his ad-
herents.
The following Members of the former Whig Govern-
ment have not taken office under Lord John Russell:—
Viscount Melbourne, the Right Hon. Francis Thornhill
Baring, the Earl of Uxbridge, the Earl of Albemarle,
Lord Kinnaird, Richard More O'Ferrall, Esq., the Right
Ron. Robert Vernon Smith, Lord Seymour, Sir William
Clay, Bart., &c.—Tidies.

ALARMING FIRES ON SUNDAY NlGHT.—Shortly before
ten o'clock on Sunday an alarming fire was discovered burning
upon the premises belonging to Mr. B. L. Bouchier, a hop
corn, and malt dealer, carrying on business at No. 19,
Crescent, hackney-road, adjoining the Rising Sun wine
vaults, and immediately facing the Refuge for the Female
Destitute. The flames originated, from some cause which
could not be ascertained, in the basement floor, at the rear of
the premises. Owing to the inflammable nature of the stock
the flames travelled with amazing swiftness, and in the
course of a few minutes the whole of the back portion of the
building was blazing away with such fury as to threaten with
destruction the adjoining buildings. The engines t,f the
London brigade from Jeffrey-square, Watling-street, and
Whitecross-street stations promptly attended, as did also that
of the West of England Insurance Company. An abundance
of water being obtained, the engines were set to work, but
although the firemen exerted themselves to the utmost they
were unable to get the flames subdued before half-past eleven
o'clock, and not until a very considerable deal of damage bad
been done. Unfortunately Mr. Bouchier was uninsured.
Whilst the firemen were busily engaged at the above fire in-
formation was received that another outbreak had taken
place in the neighbourhood of Saffron-hill. The engines of
the brigade and an escape of the Royal Society for the Pro-
tection of Life from Fire quickly attended. It was then found
that from some accident a bed, the bedding, and furniture of
Mr. P. Conrey, of 10, Saffron-street, were on fire, but the
flames were soon extinguished.
THE ROBBERY AT MESSRS. ROGERS AND CO's.—
Notwithstanding the efforts that have been made to prevent
the circulation of the larger amount of notes stolen from the
banking-house of Messrs. Rogers and Co., it has lately been
discovered that some of them have been paid in to the Bank
of England. It has also been discovered that the numbers of
these notes have been altered in so ingenious a manner as
even to deceive the Bank clerks themselves, and it was only
by the fact of there being other genuine notes of the same
number that the stolen notes were discovered. The corre-
spondence received by the members of the firm on the sub-
ject of the robbery is of a very curious description, and would
form a whole volume. Repeated offers have been made to
restore the property stolen for 5,0001., but these have been
indignantly refused.
ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COITNTIES
RatewAy.---On Sunday morning, about six o'clock, as Robert
Holland, in the employ of the company, was engaged in
clearing one of the engines at the Stratford station, he loosened
one of the screws. which caused one of the gauge taps to be
turned, and a shower of boiling water was instantly dis-
charged on the middle and lower
_part of his body, which
scalded him in a dreadful manner. He was instantly removed
to the hospital, where be lies.