The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-29 00:00:00

RAILWAY CO MITTE
(THIS DAY)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Room A.
WAN ClEaiVr MT, au:a:row, 11/lIITLOCIC, AND
VIED .E.11.1V1) STINCA X 07.7.
A Select Committee on the merits of this Bill met this
morning, at eleven o'clock, in the above room.
The Bill was opposed, but the opposition was withdrawn ;
and after hearing some general and engineering evidence
pro forma ,the Committee declared the preamble proved, and
rose about half- past eleven o'clock, having completed their
business in the short spzlce of half an hour.

STIRLICIVG .A. 171) DUZirre'ERVILINE.
A Select Committee, consisting of the Duke of Leinster
(chairman), and Lords Beaufort, Calthorpe, Gage, and
Dunaßey, held their first sitting, at 11 o'dock this morning,
in Room 'B
(New Houses of Parliament).
Their Lordships were occupied for some time with a die-
cussion as to the admissibility of the opposition on the pert
of Mr. Chlik,'a petitioner against the Bill. It being decided
that the opposition was admissible, it was agreed that Mr.
Clark's case should be heard beore the opening of the case
on the part of the promoters.
Mr. Rushworth, auctioneer, of the firm of Rushwerth and
Jarvis, gave evidence as to the manner in which the property
would be affected.
He was cross-examined by Mr. AUSTIN (on the part of the
promoters), who endeavoured to show that the railway would
Increase the value of pits, &c., in the estate of ur. Clark, and
that the furnaces and chimneys belonging to the pits in tile
neighbourhood were a greater nuisance than a railway could
be. The witness could not speak to these matters, having
confined himself to the question pf what amount of damage
would be done to the house as a residence.
This was the only witness fur the petitioner.
Mr. AUSTIN then called several witnesses to show that 043
estate of Mr. Clark would be rather benefited than injured
by the railway, as the accommodation to his iron pits (which
Were very numerous) would fully compensate fur the slight
injury to the hoe; and also, that the furnaces and chimneys
of' the pits us
were really a greater nuisance than the railway
Would be.

HOUSE
OUP OF COMMONS.
GR XLII.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
The Committee on this group ra-assembled to-day at
twelve o'clock.

WEST IsELEC./LSE'S=
The necessary proofs of compliance with the resolutions of
Mr. Duncombe were given.
Mr. HOPE (who opened the case) said that he trusted he
would be able to show to the Committee that the present
line was one that would prove highly advantageous to the
public, and extremely remunerative to the promoters. It
would be unnecessary for him to dwell on the vast
importance of a town like Liverpool. There
was a large population in that town, a great number of which
Were very wealthy,- and there was also a large number of
moderate means. For this latter class there was at pr
ed by
esent
very inefficient access to the sea, which was pr
theopos great
the present project to remedy. This was one of
advantages of the lice as far as Formby, and should it be
extended to Southport it would be so much the better ; but
even if it did not, he trusted the Committee would :consider
it had sufficient merits to entitle it to their favourable consi-
deration. The length of the line was 16 miles, and the cost
of construction, which was. estimated at 12,000/. per mile,
The
would, he understood, not exceed 10,
000/. per mile.
gradients too were extremely favourable, the steepest, which
was upon leaving Liverpool, and extended for about
a mile and a half, was 1 in 800, while the
other gradients were but 1 in 1,300, the ground
being extremely level. Nineteen-twentieths of the
landowners were in favour of the line, and he would show by
evidence that the line would be most desirable for the people
of Lancashire, who were extremely fond of pleasure excur-
aions, and with whom time must necessarily be an object of
great importance. He would not occupy the time of the
Committee by further observations, but proceed with the
evidence he proposed to adduce.
Mr. Thomas Lands, a merchant, residing at Liverpool,
stated that there was a great desire among the inhabit itantshe
of Liverpool to reside some distance out of the town,
t
sanatory condition of that place was very low. This WAS
owing, in his opinion, to the denseness of the populawould
tion.
The formation of the project before the Committee,
have the effect of leading to the erection of commodious villas
in the direction of Southport.
Dr. W. Duncan, a physician, residing at Liverpool, stated
thin he had made hte medical statistics of Liverpool his
atudy for several years, and considered that as the railway
wouki lead he erection of villas about Crosby, the air of
which was mto
o the erection of villas about Crosby, the air of
which was most salubrious, it would beextremely desirable
for the ptlople of Liverpool.
Mr. Edward Bates, traffic-taker, was called, but the
CFLAMAX ordered the room to be cleared, and on our re-
admlßission announced that the Committee had decided that
the preamble of the Bill was not proved.

GROUP LIII.
This; Committe?, consisting of the Hon. E. Lascelles (in
the chair), the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Mr. R. Clay
ton, and Captain Dalrymple, met this morning.
SHROPSHIRE 'UNION RAILWAY AND
CANAL.
Mr. LANG said, that before the regular business f the
o day
cemmenced he wished to make an applicat the Com-
mittee, which he hoped would have the effect of relieving
which theyem from their labours as regarded one of the Bills on
had to decide Bill about which they had herd
a greet deal, viz., the Shropshire Union line from Shrewsbury
to Staffordshire, which Bill was entirely unopposed as far as
regarded the district of Wellington,romoters with the exception of a
competition on the part of the p the other
Shrewsbury line. Looking at the period- of the session,
and the great evil which resulted from any delay, they
had made up their minds,
rti rat
of her than
the urge thbeeir
on line
claims relative to that po
tween Shrewsbury and Birmingham, to enter
pioniteerasnwtrh-
rangetnt‘llt to the effect that this company's
respect to the line between Wellington and Sh'rewsbury
should never come into operation, so as to re,luce
the line simply to a line between Wellington and Stafford-
shire. This arrangement would remove all opposition.
This company had been on amicable terms with the rival
company, and had come to this arrangement under the advice
of their engineer. Then, as regarded the South Stafford-
shire Company, who were the only parties who might be sup-
posed to be prejudiced, and that portion of this Bill which re-
garded the line in question, an arrangement had been come
to, and he hoped that the Committee would allow the Bill
to be referred to Mr. Greene, the Chairman of the Committee
of Ways .and Means.
Tke Hon. CHAIRMAN intimated that the Committee would
have no objection to that course, provided a clause setting
forth the arrangement were inserted in the Bill.
Mr. LANG said that such a clause should be inserted as a
matter of course.
Mr. RicaAßDs said, that before such an application was
acceded to, he wished to say, on the part of the Shrewsbury
and Birmingham line, he should like to see the clause pro-
posed to be inserted in the Bill.
The lion. Clair:MAN—You ought decidedly to see it.
Mr. Ronissorr—As far as regards the Shrewsbury, Bir
min ham, and Dudley line, this is quite new to me, and
shall of course wish te see it also.
The Hon. CHAIRMAN—Of course.

SHR.VWSZT.IILY AND DITLIVIINGIZATYX, AND
xtirzavrxiar &mailer, V.TOLVE.R,HAIYIPTON, AND
D'UDI..:SY.
Mr. Hove said, that whilst the parties were considering
the clause as to the Shrewsbury and Wellington
per-
haps might be allowed to call the attention of the
Committee
to to auother matter, which was this :—The Company whom he
represented had discovered (and it really was an important
discovery) that to-inorrow, or the next day, would be nearly
the last -day on which, a report haring been laid before the
House of Commons of any Bill, there would be any possibi-
lity of carrying that Bill, through the House of Lords
this session. Th. matter had, therefore, become
very urgent indeed to the parties interested in this Stafford-
shire district, who were of course proportionately anxious to
effect a; settlement as soon as possible as to the
line of railway to be sanctioned for that district.
With that view, the Shrewsbury and Birmingham
party were fully disposed to enter into negotiations
with the promoters of the other measu
there, in order
theto
ascertain whether, with due regard to wants o
public and the interests of the district, and also with due re-
gard to what might he fair towards existing railways in that
quarter, any arrangement could be made between the com-
petingr, schemes. He had been informed that
the other party were not indisposed to look
at the point with a view of negotiating.
But, all the members of the committee of that Company not
being in town (although he believed the majority were, and
the others were hourly expected), no such negotiation could
be entered into at that moment. Under those cireum
stances, what he should propose to the Committee wir, that
in order to save their tip p° perhaps also to expedite the
other business which was before them, arising out of conflicts
such as thee—money, and feeling, they should h
rder that the
ave an ad-
journment of the Committee that day,
in o
parties might in the course of the day meet together, and see
whether they could effect any settlement of the line. He be-
lieved that the proposal would not meet with a direct opposi-
tion on the part of his Learned Friend, for no doubt the
other Dirty were desirous of communicating with that which
be (Mr Hope) represented.
Air. WIIATELY, Q.C., said he had had no information of
this Ourse, and he was therefore quite in the dark as
his Learned Friend. Of
to the proposition made by
course it would not be becoming in hint (Mr.
Whateley) to say that his clients refused to entertain an:v
proposition
tof the rival company. But if any proposition
were be entertained, it must be on the understanding
that the line between Birmingham and Wolverhampton
should be quite independent of the London and Birm-
ingham, so as to leave to the people of that
district all the benefits of competition. Subject
to such an arrangement as that, he should be most anxious,
with those whom he represented, that there should be a die
tribution of the lines proposed for this district. To any pro-
position which the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company
aright make he and his clients were prepared to give the
)moat candid, full, and fair interpretation and consideration.
hie Learned Friend spoke should' be
eed arrangement to which
discussed when they de-
termined to enter into the proposed
present time all that he repro Hope) negotiation. At the
to do was to say
that the party whom he sented
thatwerepre
view lie had to
pared to nego-
tiate with the rival company, and with
meant in what
renew his proposition.
enter Birmingham
Mr. WHATELEY explained that be merely
into no
be had said to remind the Shrewsbury indtrict
ts of
Company that his clients were determined to
agreement which would deprive the people of thheone
through which the line weuld pass of any of the
competition. Further than that, they would throw
impediment in the way of a negotiation with their rivals. no
The Hon. CLIAIR.3iAN said that he hoped that such an
arrangement might be come to as would satisfy all parties,
and with the view of affording time fo enter into that ne-
gotiation, the Committee would stand adjourned until twelve
af'clock to
-morrow, because it was evident that it would be
useless to adjourn for an hour or so to discuss the important
proposition that had been made.
SEEREVZSBURT AND sTarrormsraitE.
Mr. LANG--Then, as regards this other matter, I have
the satisfaction to sta
res that we have made an arrangement
with the other parties epecting the Wellington and Shrews-
bury line, which will leave the matter
open for discussion
during the next session. We givem the
of coming next session for that portion of the line. The
other parties are satisfied with the clause that we propose to
insert in our Bill and therefore, as this is arranged, and
there is no opposition to the Shrewsbury and Staffordshire,
I hope that instead of that Bill going before Mr. Greene, the
Committee would favour us with taking the evidence at once,
as in less than half an hour the Bill may be settled.
The Hon. CILLIEWArtI would rather Mr. Greene set-
tled it.
0 The Bill was accordiugly referred to Mr. Greene.

szrnmwsnumr, Irt :A cal Ara , ETC.
Mr. SELFE—I appear on behalf of certain parties against
the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley, and I have
only to express a hope that whatever arrangement may be
come to by these companies, the Committee will not prevent
my clients from opposing the preamble or any of it, that is to
say provided we come to no arrangement with the promoters.
The lion. CITAIRKAN said that he did not know what
parties the prop osed arranement would include, but, of
course, if Mr. Selfe's clients were not parties to it they would
have a full opportunity of opposing the Bill in question.
Mr. SELFE—We are no parties to any arrangement.
Ours is a landowner's case.
The Hon. CHAIRMAN—Why you should not join in these
compromises that are to be made I cannot see.
Mr. SELFE—We have tendered a clause to them, but com-
paajes have been indifferent to it. I only mean by my
application to obtain a promise from the Committee that no
arrangements which these companies may come to shall de-
prive independent landowners of their right of opposing
the Bills.
The Hon. CITAIMIAN—CIearIy not.
Mr. LANG then said, that as the Shre .vsbury and Staf-
fordshire Bill had been disposed of, he had the satisfaction
of staticg that his clients had resolved to abandon their
Maims to a small portion of their line between Chester and
Wolverhampton.
Mr. hone, in reply to the Hon. Chairman, said that be
had been informed (and he believed correctly) by the Par.
liamentary agents, that. no railway Bill could pass the House
of Loris this session unless it was introduced into that House
on the 19th July.
The CIIAII:3IAN—If they put 16 Bills before us, it is not
likely that we should be able to decide upon all of them
by that time.
The Committee then adjourned until twelve o'clock to-
morrow.

GRAND REVIEW IN HYDE PARK

(THIS DAY.)
This day, according to announcement from the Horse
Guard:, a grand inspection or review of the following troops
took place in Hyde Park, viz. :—The Ist regiment of Life
Gaards, the Ist and 2d battalion of Grenadier Guards, the
Ist battalion of Coldstream Guards. and the Ist battalion of
Fusilier Guards, and some of the infantry of flank companies.
His Grace the Duke of Wellington, attended by a numer-
ous staff of distinguished officers, arrived upon the ground
shortly after eleven o'clock.
A few seconds had scarcely elapsed ere his Highness
Ibrahim Pacha made his appearance, accompanied by Sami
Pacha, Col. Beaufort, M. Nubar, and other distinguished fo-
reigners. They were received with the usual honours.
The Pacha on this occasion rode his Arabian charger, re-
cently brought from Paris, and which was erroneously stated
to have been sent by Mehemet Ali as a present to her

Majesty.
The line was commanded by Major-General the Hon. E.
Lygon, C. 8., Colonel of the 13th Light Dragoons; and the
Foot by Colonel Berkeley Drummond. The Household Bri-
gade of Cavalry was under the command of the Hon. Colonel
Cavendish, of the Ist Life Guards.
The ground was kept by a portion of the 7th Regiment of
Hussars from Hounslow.

RAMSGATE.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
JUNE 27.—Shortly after ten o'clock this morning the in-
habitants of Ramsgate and its vicinity were much surprised
by the report of cannon, and in a few minutes crowds were
pouring down to the pier to ascertain the cause, which was
soon explained and quickly communicated to the town in
general. The salute was in honour of anothei royal visitor,
the Prince of Letningen, who had selected this port for his
disembarkation from Ostend. The Prince was accompanied
only by his valet and courier, and on landing walked, un-
attended, to the Royal Albion Hotel, where he remained up-
wards of two hours, and then proceeded to the railway ter-
minus. On alighting from his carriage he was received by
Mr. Ilberry, the superintendent of the line, and Mr. Coxhead,
the superintendent of the Ramsgate station, with whom he
remained in conversation nearly half an hour, and to whom
be was pleased to express his entire satisfaction of the ar-
rangements that were made for the convenience of travellers.
One inquiry he was particularly anxious about, which was
this—" Are you sure steam-vessels can enter Ramsgate Har-
bour at all titnesof the tide ?" Theanswer, '' Yes, at all times,"
pleased him so much that, in reply, he said he should per-
suade his mother, the Duchess of Kent, to make Ramsgate
her port for embarking when going abroad. His Highness
left by the half-past twelve o'clock train, for London, where
he was expected to arrive by five o'clock, preferring the
slow train to a special one.
JUNE 28 —The Princess Mary, steamer, belonging to the
South-Eastern and Continental Steam Packet Company,
which was honoured yesterday by being the bearer of the
Prince of Leiningen, returned this morning to Ostend with
Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, forty passengers, and one car-

riage.
We are now nearly full of visitors, thanks to the continued
fine weather, and the railway and houses are in much greater
demand than has ever been known before at this earlyperiod
of the season.
In addition to other buildings and improvements a new
church has been proposed by several independent and in-
fluential, and non-Puseyite, gentlemen, who have spared no
time or trouble in making this great and good work known
to the public. Subscriptions pour in fast, no day passes
without bringing its contributions ; and these not so much
from the inhabitants as from almost positive strangers—
strangers, many of them who are compelled to remain
strangers, not from any dislike to Ramsgate, but from the
knowledge that they have no church to go to here, where
they can hear the Gospel preached unaccompanied with any
of the mummeries of the Romish Church. It is expected
that the first stone of the new building will be laid early in
August, and that divine service will be performed within its
walls in the spring of next year. Her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent heads the subscription list with a donation
of 201.

ELI ti U BURRITT.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sift,—l was proud to read in your evening paper a day or
two since an article on the life and character of the learned
American blacksmith, Elihu Burritt. Many of your readers
perused it with pleasure : teetotallers, likewise (for they now
form a large portion of your readers), read it with joy. But,
Sir, you only gave a short extract of his life, without allud-
ing to his being a teetotaler, and the object of his coming to
London in a few weeks' time. I will, however' inform you
that the learned blacksmith is coming over with Archdeacon
Jeffery, Dr. Beecher, and other gentlemen, as delegates (who
will form part of the expected 500) to the " Grand Tempe-
rance Convention," August 7. The daily sittings will be at
the City of London' Literary Institution, and the last (the
great) meeting will take place in Covent-garden Theatre
Ills sole object in coming over is, I believe, to attend the
convention, which, if hinted at in your article, would per-
haps have caused England and other places to think upon
the matter. lam exceedingly thankful to you, Sir, for the
kindness you have shown in inserting an extract from the
London Teetotaler (for it appears to have been taken there-
from), but, Sir, the metropolitan teetotallers will, I am sure,
be thankful to you if you would in a future number just ad-
vert to his being connected with the temperance movement.
It is intended, I believe, by the National Temperance
Society, should the editors of newspapers object to report the
meeting which is to be held at the theatre, to pay them for
it, or at least those of you who will do it when paid for. It
is, however, a great pity that the metropolitan journals are
so much opposed to the cause of teetotalism, while, at the
same time, many of the country editors frequently notice the
cause in their journals.
If, Sir, England alone could be teetotalised, would you not
sell ten times the number of copies you now sell? would not
the people become men and women of reflecting minds?
would they not advance in the scale of intellectual know-
ledge? and, their condition every way bettered, commercial
affairs would be entirely altered, and our country would as-
sume another aspect for the better.
C.'luld you not write your views in a leading article upon
the (location of " Drunkenness v. Sobriety," and the ad-
vantages resulting, physically, morally, socially, politically,
and religiously, from temperance? You are well able to
handle the sub;ect in Its political bearings. Apologising for
the liberty I have taken, I remain, Sir, yours respectfully,
' 91, Harrow road, June 28. E. ROWSE.

It is stated that after Sir Robert Peel had declined a
peerage for himself, her Majesty repeatedly offered a peerage
for La,ly Peel.
There were present, on Saturday evening, at her
Majesty's Theatre, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge, attended by the Baroness Ahlefeldt,
the Baron Knesebeck, and Mr. Edmund St. John Mildmay ;
his Roy al Highness Prince George of Cambridge, the Duke
of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Leiuster and the
Lady Jane Fitzgerald, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort,
the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, the Marquis of
Clanricarde, the Marquis of Huntley, the Marquis of Ailes •
bury, the Marquis of Donegal; his Excellency the Russian
Ambassador, the Baroness Brunnow, and Mdlle. Olga
d'Luchner ; the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl and
Countess of Westmoreland, the Earl of Liverpool, the
Countess of Jersey, the Countess of Blessington, Lady
Clementina Villiers, the Earl of Munster, the Earl of
Loudsdale, the Count de Noailles, the Baron and Baroness
de Rothschild; Lord and Lady Macdonald, Lady Gardiner,
Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Lady Georgiana Codrington, and
the Ladies R. B. Somerset, Lord and Lsdy Charles
Wellesley, Lady Orford, Lord Arthur Lennox, Lord Roch-
fort, Lady Charlotte and Mr. Lister, Lady Wetherall, Lord
and Lady Pollington, Lord William Beresford, Lady
Wombwell; Sir Loftus and Lady Otway, Lady Joddrell,
Lady Dillon, Lady Berkeley Williams, Sir William and Lady
Molesworth, Sir Charles Shackerley, Sir William Fremantle,
Lady Charles Chetwynd, Sir Charles Kent, Lady Easthope,
Sir F. Trench, Sir H. Webb, Sir H. Meux, Sir A. Barnard,
Sir H. Willoughby; the Hon. R. Curzon, the Hon. Mr. Ar-
buthnot, the Hon. Eynest
_Fane, the Hon. Miss Foley, and

)e Hon. Captain Foley, the_HOn. 0. Toler, the Hori.-Mrs.

Warneford, Captain Buff, Mrs. Denistoun, Mr. and Mrs.
Ewing, Mr. Leader, M.P.; Captain Greville, Major Baring,
Colonel Merrick, Colonel and Mrs. Biley, Mr. and Mrs. Sand-
ford, Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson, Mrs. Dodd, Sir W. Massey
Stanley, Colonel Wildman, General Upton' the Hon. Captain
James Macdonald, Mr. Hubert De Burgh, &c. &c.
ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY. REGENT'S PARK.—At a
meeting of Fellows held on Saturday, at the Gardens of the
Society, the Duke of Norfolk, E.M., in the chair, a ballot
took place, and the following ladies and gentlemen were
added to the Society :—Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart., Samuel
Dr. Gairdner, Robert Stephenson, Esq., David
J. Gibbons, Esq., Captain Culpepper, Mrs.
GS
Foster White, Mrs. J. Irving GlencoeGlencoeParoalidtllT:nlo°EaNnngs'il.El‘l.sCi COLLEGE,rs.: 6ATORDAY. —A white marble bust of
the poet Gray, sculptured by Be uhe,haslust been presented to the
placed in the Upper
IV., Wellington, Fox, Canning, Wel-
Schaal with then of William
and Granville, all of which, with the
College by Lord llorpeth, and was this morning
lesley, Parson, North, Pearson,
exception of Willunn IV., have been presented to the College within
the last twelve inon be.
the celebrated English actor,
are still remembered with plea sure in Paris, and who
whose talents
Mr. Charles limbic.,
has retired front the stage for some years, Is at present ht town on a
short visit from Loadon.—Gaifitatii.
TIM ELECTRIC TELEGRAM—The Electric Telegraph
from Rugby to Leeds was completed on Wednesday week.
of any important
e v e net telegraph may
be
From Leeds to Rugby a distance of 122 miles, intelligence
being made by
instrumentality of th
minutes. Our read
lion Compaeiy for completing will, no doubt, be gratified to learn
that nrrangements areera communicatedi
11th the short
sraee throughof otrhe the
aLi.ine of telegraph from
Liver-
pool to Mane ester, ani,i from the Grand Jane-
far ready that contracts
aterremale)doivattetostbaeti
eonn
ts,.
rTe,hi einptloanfosriveseorpool to London, and in-
termediate
to receive
This will be
y Works. When
the line is completed we shall thennecie:issar
intelligence frnrn London in a fewesmpeicnieuatleelns.in
and on Other occasions of
gprleratatnctopnvaernliiacinneeenttaorythdeivpinsibolniz 3' cases of im-
We understand that on
greAatNiTnlt-ecrsost.R—N-tileNevrpoloiLMGeurezu.l,
Thursday next the final general meeting of the members of
the League council will take place at Manchester, when the
termination of their existence as a political body will be
formally priwiounced.
The League newspappr will terminate its career, we
believe, on Saturday next, as tba 0bk..4 for which it was
started is now fulfilled.