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DR. CIJLVERWELL UN- MARRIAGE,
its HINDRANCES and OBLIGATIONS.

" To be or not to be, that is the question."--Shakspere.

Contents : —On Matrimonial Eligibility and Fitnessi—Laws of
Paternity—Phenomena of Gestation —On Maternal Influence—On
Infelicitous and unproductive Unions—Curiosities of Medical Experi-
ence, Cases, &c., &c.
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CHASTITY; its ABUSES and DISEASES (72 Engravings.)
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RAILWA Y COMMITTEES.
(Y ESTERDAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

GROUP I.
The following are the Bills' composed in this group :
London and York Railway- —Virect Northern Railway (London to
York)—Sheffield and Lincoln.lbite Junction Railway—Doncaster,
Wakefield, and Leeds Railway—Eau ern Counties Railway (Lincoln
to Alilford)—Eastern Counties Itailwitt s (Cambridge to Lincoln)—
Eastern Counties Ra hvay (March and Lincoln Extension) - Cam-
bridge and Linco n Extension. &1., Raihvay—Midland Railways
(Swinton and Lincoln)-31auchester and Lincoln Union Rail-
way and Chesterfield and Gairsborough Canal—Manchester,
Midland, and Great Orimsby Jutictioit Railway—Axholme, Gains-
borough, Goole, and York and North _Midland Junction Railway—
Lynn and Ely Railway (Extension to Spald,ng)—Wisheacb, St. I' es,
and Cambridge Junction Railway—York and North Midland Rail-
way (Widening and Enlargement)---Eastern Counties Railway
(Hertford and Huntingdon)—Shettield and Lincolnshire Extension
Railway—Ely and Huntingdon Railway (Bedford Etension.)
The greatest interest was manifested Is.' the proceedings by the
crowds of persons surrounding the avenues to the Committee-room.
Soon after eleven o'clock, the Cominitte e. which was formed of the
following noblemen, took their se Its: - The Earl of Lovelace (chair-
man), Viscount Vivian, the Earl of Bandon, the Marquis of Camden,
and Lord Morley.
The folowing Counsel appeared for the

DIRECT NORTHERN

Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., 317'..ii;;1;siei:,iii:.licc;;;;;,..snd Mr. Lain: ; for the

EASTERN COUNTIES,
Mr. Austen, Q.C., Mr. Talbot, Q.C., Mr. Hiklyartl„ Q.C., Mr. Sergeant
Jones, and Mr. Hope; for the
LONDON AND YORK,
Mr. Sergeant Wrangha Mr. Paget, Mr. Sergeant Kinglake, Mr.
Adams, and Mr. D, nnison.
Upon our entering the room, we were most disagreeably surprised
to find that not the slightest accommodation was provided for the
press. This, however, was very so in remedied, for after
an application to the Noble Chairman, a communication
was made to James Pulman, Esq., Deputy Usher of the Black Rod,
who most promptly and courteously remedied the momentary in-
convenience we were subjected to, and for which we tender ham our
most grateful acknowledgement of the favour conferred upon us, ler
without such kindness we should not have been able. to hear one
word of the arguments in the most interesting of all the railway
inquiries of this or any other session of Parliament.
The several petitions for an l against the various SChelnes com-
prised in the group having becu put in,
Mr. Ilimursau, Q.C., rose to address the Committee on behalf of
the

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MIDLAND YORK, AND NORTH-MIDLAND ENLARGEMET.
The Learned Counsel said he appeared for this line of railway, the
it•cessity for which was so great that he might confidently state to
their Lordships it would be made whether or not the Landon ant
York Railway assed. It was to be a line of 14 miles in length, and
was clearly for the enlargement and convenience of an misting line,
and therefore perfectly indepeudont of any rival line.
Mr. Sergeant WRA.GIIAM would object to the course adopted by his
Learned Friend. It was clearly a competing line, and the LOinlon
and York line had precedence before their Lordships.
Th. Noble CHAIRMAN inVmaied the readiness of the Committee to
hear the case for the
LONDON AND YORK. 4

Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM, in opening the case for the London and I
York, begged their Lordships not t' weigh the importance ot this
matter by any speech which he would make on the present occasion.
But to judge of the facts which would he brought before them in
evidence. He need not remind their Lordships ot the great advance-
ment that had lately been made in the railway world. The present
circuitous route to York had forced the present lice upon the public,
and the great increase ot traffic had also rendered such a company
imperatively necessary. A short time since a project was set on foot
to obtain a direct communication between London and York, and the
result of this proposition was the trunk line from London to
York now under their Lordships' consideration. He would remind
their Lordships of the course of the proposed railway. It went as
near as possible to the whole line of the old north road, and goes
close by those towns which had risen on its side. It keeps to this
course as far as Peterborough, and there takes a turn through the
fertile districts of Lincoln. From thence the mighty line proceeds
through the manufacturing districts, and at York effects a junction
with the great lines of the North of England, and forming a direct
means of communication with Scotland itself. It was the object of
the promoters to give that access not only by a direct route, but by
a route entirely under one management. A. second great object of
the promoters was to '•.ive a railway communication through the rich
and fertile districts of Lincoln, which is at present altogether unpro-
vided for. It is, without comparison, the most fertile district of
England. Its markets are London, the South of England, and all the
manufacturing districts in the north. This project had been carried
out by means of that portion of the line called the "Loop." It was
not only their objeet io connect the markets for the disposal of their
produce, but also to receive supplies from thence. The Wes. Riding of
Yorkshire is not only a manufacturing country, out also a large mineral
Add, whence the inhabitants of England, south of that port, would
derive an unlimited supply of coals. The loop to which he referred,
by passing along the banks of the River Witham, placed them in

direct communication with all parts of North of England. The
arrangement for the purchase of the itiirer Witham Navigation had
received the sanction of the Standing Orders' Committee. With re-
ference to the district through which the line traversed, it was of the
most fertile nature, and would lie between the line traversed by the
.rastern Counties lise, and its branches, and the London and Birm-
i Wham and Midland branches. The district belonging to this rail-
w.ly, and totally unprovided for, co.‘tains a population of 729,000
son's. The area of the district is 4,436 square miles, or 2.839,000
acres. Thls county was a purely agricultural one. The total
annual imports into this district of coals, manufactured goods, and
grocerlds, amounted to 3,800,0001., and the exports of sari-
cultural produce amounts to 6,700,0001., making a total in round
numb.rs, 10,500,000/. ; the prevent cost or conveyance of these
articles amounts to the large sum of 1,190,000/. per annum. By the
construction of this railway V.e price of this carry would effect a
saving to this district of 60.,0001. per annum. The present charge
of passenger traffic was 400,0001., while the same number of pas-
omen are carried by this railway for 188,0001., effecting a saving al-
tosetlier in the items of goods and passengers of 820,0001. It would
no 113 111 logo to last, thy Uwe 9t tlx Committee by mune-