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posed to embody the sailors, and he hopird tht4 state-
ment would remove the objection of the Noblo and
Gallant Member.

Sir C. NAPIER said that after the explanation of the
Right Hon. Gentleman, be had no objection to the Bill
passing through Committee. At the same time, how-
ever, it must be distinctly understood th.a the power of
the Admiralty, in respect of the sail,:.r pensioners, was
not to be transferred to the Secretary at War.
The Speaker then left the chair, and the House went
into Committee on the Bill.

On the first clause being proposed,
Captain PECHELL expressed himself dissatisfied
with the explanation of the lion. Gentleman the Secre-
tary at War. If it was not proposed to embody the pen-
sioners who were sailors, why not amend the Bill ac-
cordingly? It was but natural for sailors to prefer being
under the command of a naval rather than a military
officer.

After a few words from Ur. S. HERBERT and Captain
PECHELL.

The Bill passed through Committee pro forma, and the
House having resumed, the report was ordered to be
brought up on Monday.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of,
and the House adjourned at Half-past One.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES
(YESTERDAY.)

Sub-Committer) No. 1.
The Committee met at twelve o'clock this day. Mr.
Beckett, in the absence of Mr. Strutt, took the chair.

THE HORBURY-BRIDGE AND CALDER.

This Bill was unopposed, and the standing orders were
declared to have been complied with.

THE MANCHESTER AND LINCOLN UNION
RAILWAY AND CHESTERFIELD AND
GA.INSBOROUGH CANAL.
This was also an unopposed Bill, and the standing orders
were declared to have,Veen complied with.
THE A.RI3HOA.TH AND FORFAR.
This Bill was dechtired to have complied with the standing
orders.

THE LEEDS AND THIN= (ST. HELEN'S

BRANCH DZVIATION).

This Bill was unopposed, and the standing orders declared
complied with.

THE GLASGOW, GARNIURZ, AND COAT.

BRIDGE EXTENSION.

This Bill was unopposed, and the standing orders were de-
dared to be complied with, and the Committee proceeded
with a few Waterworks and Irish Harbour Improvement
Bills.

This Committee, aftar having called on several unopposed
railway Bills, adjourned in consequence of the absence of
parties.

Sub-Committee No. 3.
This Committee resumed its sittings at the usual hour this
morning, in Room, No. 8. There were present, Mr. Ag-
lionby, in the chair, Mr. Aldam, and Mr. Thornely.

oxroula, liirrrNE.Y, CHELTENHAM, AND

GLOUCESTER.

The hearing of the• opposition to this case was resumed.
The nest petitioner against the Bill was Colonel Sibthorp,
who con,plaiced that there were defects and imperfections in
the plans end sections, while the books of reference deposited
with the clerks of the peace did not correspond with these
depo•ited at the Private Bill-office.
Several of the allegations were admitted, others abandoned,
and a few proved. Most of them, however, were of a trivial
and unimportant character. _

The nett petition was signed by a number of landlords in
the parish of Hapnett, in the county of Gloucester, who al-
leged that a field in that parish was set down in the book of
reference as the property of Mr. Hope, a large landed pro-
prietor of the district, whereas itbelonged to the Rev: Mr.
Daubeney, the clergyman of the parish.
The witness who was called to prove this allegation ad-
mitted that he had unintentionally been the cause of the
error. He was waited upon by the party who had made out
the book of reference, and to that party, in the hurry of the
moment, he said that the whole of the property through
which the railway passed belonged to Mr. Hope.
The allegation was therefore abandoned.
Another allegation wa§, that two roads described on the
plans and sections Were stated to be private occupation
roads, whereas they Were public roads. Mr. Thomas Wells,
the surveyor of the high roads of ,the parish, proved this
allegation.
The allegation respecting the first road was admitted, but
the party who prepared•the book of reference declared that
Mr. Wells told him that the second was a private occupa•
tion road.

Standing orders in resPeet of the last instance not corn
plied with.

A number of other allegations were made out, and the
Committee resolved, after a four days' hearing of the case, to
report that the standing orders had not been complied with
in the several instances already published.

DARTMOUTH, BRIXHAM, TORBAY, AND

EXETER.

The preliminary proofs connected with this line were
heard on Tuesday last, and the Committee now proceeded
with the allegations raised by the petitioners against the
Bill.

'I he first objection made by Mr. `'ENABLES,
who appeared for Lord Devon and others, through
whose land the proposed railway is to pass, was, that
the title of the Bill was incorrect, being entered on the sth
of February as the " Dartmouth, Brixham, and Exeter
Railway," and on the 6th of February it was changed to the
" Dartmouth, Bixham, Torbay, and Exeter Railway." The
replication was that the title of the petition was also incor-
rect, as the petitioners did not denominate the line in their
petition by either of the above titles, and that therefore they
could not be heard.

The CHAIRMAAL said that this point was never raised be-
fore, and he would see the Speaker respecting it. On his re-
turn he informed the petitioners that it was the opinion of
the Speaker that the Committee might proceed with the con-
sideration of the allegations against the line, and they pro-
ceeded accordingly.
A number of allegations were then gone into of little
moment, and the further consideration of the case was post-
poned till twelve o'clock on Tuesday, to which time the
Committee adjourned, it being a quarter past five.

Sub• Committee No. 6.

Captain Jones took the chair at twelve o'clock ; there were
also present Lord Ebrington, Mr. Deedes, and Mr. Pakington.
ST. ALDAN'S, LUTON, AND DuarsTaxam.
The object of this Bill is the construction of a line of
railways that shall commence from the London and York
Railway at Hatfield, and join the London and Birmingham
Railway at Dunstable.
The length is nearly twenty miles, and the estimated cost
350,000/.

The engineer is W. Cubitt, Esq. ; the Parliament try agents,
Messrs. Hall, Dyson, and Co. ; and the solicitors, Messrs.
Baxter, Rose, and Norton.
Standing orders complied with.

GUILDFORD, CHICHESTER. AND
PORTSMOUTH.

This is a re-introduced: Bill ; it passed the standing orders
last session, but was stopped in the Lords.
The promoters seek to cons'auct:lines of railway from
Guildford to Godslining, and from Farnham t* Portsmouth.
The total length is twelve miles, the estimated cost 500,0001.,
and the amount subscribed 375,0001.
The engineer is J. Locke, Esq. ; Parliamentary agents,
Messrs. J. Dorrington and Co. ; and the solicitors, Messrs.
Buchan and Co. •

The standing orders were declared to have been complied
with.