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there would of course be so much arching required. A populous
neighbourhood ought not to be crossed by an embankment. Mr. I
Vignoles's line affects a rental of 16,0001. per annum. The purchase
of that at thirty years' purchase would be 480,000 L, and the legal
expenses attendant on the transfer of property in the metropolis
are very great, in fact they would be in this case about 70,0001.
When the Blackwall Railway was about to be constructed it passed
through some property of the most wretched description, in fact
mere shells of houses, of which the rents were collected every morn-
ing, and yet the cost of three miles of line which affeected that
part cost more than 700,0001. There is no possibility of making a
correct estimate where house property is concerned, as so many con-
t ngencies arise in the formation of the works. Believes that the three
miles of line from the Union-street station to the Croydon junction
would cost 1,150,0001. The junction at New-Cross would be a most
dangerous junction, as the embankment is constantly slipping, and
the New-Cross station is situated at the foot of a long incline.
There would also be the inconvenience of crossing the atmospheric
pipe, in order to get on the rails. The way in which it would be
necessary to join there would require a gap in the pipe of from twenty
to thirty yards, and the atmospheric train would have to be drawn
across that space by some other power. The gradient of the
North Kent, at the point of junction, is 1 in 569, and the
Croydon line, where it is joined, has a gradient of 1 in 100. The
South-Eastern is so continued as to avoid' the powder-mills at
Dartford, and the Company will purchase the Ospringe powder-mills
in order to avoid any danger from the proximity of their line. Mr.
Vignoles proposes, in the tram-way which he intends to throw out
to the town of Faversham, to cross the main street at a level with
gradient of one in seventeen—an incline rather steeper than the
present approach to Westminster-bridge. The length of it Is to be
half a mile, and the total declivity or fall is,
I,l,efth/taia Isntrceaeste
atof ens
of the waggons getting loose it would cross
rate of forty miles an hour, and from the curve at the bottom of
the tram-road would inevitably be projected into the creek. The
line from London to Chilham, as proposed by the South-Eastern
Company, has a decided advantage over the North Kent
Company, in point of direction, expense, gradients, and working.
a Ist
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Rbied
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varyse t bym ha
tteulnyniehl
The Balton Ridge, near
eCaltehr,beduryt-,
1,500 yards long. Had. x
1832. In that year it was his opinion that Chilham, lower down
the ridge, was preferable for a railway, as it avoided the capping of
clay at the top of the ridge, and was more availablefor general pur-
poses.wm, Vise cutting to the Balton Ridge will be forty or
fifty feet deep, and about thirty feet into the clay. The depth of his
cutting in one place will be Neal to the height of the Duke of
York's column, and the width will be 280 yards. The cost of the
work will be about 290,0001. Mr. Vignoles will, by his tunnel, save
about 2X miles in distance,: but it is not worth the
expenditure of 30,0001. The interest of 30,0001. would run
four or Viva long special trains per day from Canterbnry to
London. The expenditure of that 300,0001. would only save four
minutes of time to a special train and eight minutes of time to an
ordinary train. The distance from Greenwich to Canterbury by the
South-Eastern line is 58 miles, and by the North Kent it would be
54 miles. The South-Eastern would, from its arrangements, be able
to reach London in the same, if not in less, time than the North
Kent line.

of Colchester, and Ilalstead, and Sudbury. It was proved that
the carriage of coal at present cost from Is. to 10s. per ton,
while the carriage of other articles were equally expensive. Exports
of flour and wheat were large, and the imports of coal, timber, and
agricultural materials no less extensive. One witness stated that
there were large flour mills in the valley of the Stour, which would
be greatly accommodated by the proposed railway.
The Committee stopped the progress of this evidence, declaring that
they were convinced the district afforded sufficient traffic to justify
the construction of a railway.
The Committee adjourned t,ll to-morrow at twelve o'clock.

t3IPERIAL PARLIAME..`i'L

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
DESTITUTE POOR (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. P. SCROPE would beg to impress upon the House the
importance of the present measure. On the 21st of July,
1834, on the order of the day being read, he moved a resolu-
tion to the effect that, in order to the security against agra-
rian outrages, the poorer classes should obtain a sufficiency
of the necessaries of life by honest industry. In 1835 he
hal ventured to divide the Mouse on the same principle. He
o
had co-operated with many Members of the House in obtain-
ing r t p
n o oe r-
hadw foerndlreealvaonudr,eadnd
tosvheen carry
thery Commission for in-
quiring into the state of Ireland had made theit re-
port, their recommen-
dations into effective operation. By that report it ap-
peared that the Commissioners were decidedly of the opinion
that if the poor population could not obtain a subsistence by
their industry, they ought to have an allowance out of the
Consolidated Fund, and in fact, that they were entitled to be
secured from destitution. But the Government thought this
recommendation went too far, and they sent only another
Commissioner, Dr. Nicholls, who had made a rep, re on which
the Ministry acted, and confined the relief to that which was
given at the several workhouses. What bad been the result
of that system was evident in the agrarian outrages which
originated in want, and had mast certainly led to crime. The
workhouses were only finished last year, and they
had proved totally ufficient for the purpose. He
conceived that the objects for which a poor-law ought
to be established were threefold. The first of these
was the relief of the poor destitute, as a matter
of charity, with a view to put down vagrancy, and all those
evils which flow from a condition of society which is at once
beyond the power of the law, and incapable of orderly or-
ganisation. The second ground was a matter of police, with
a view to reduce the amount of the crime and privation,
that temptation to break the laws which the impulses of
nature would always occasion. The third ground was the
protection of the poor man from those positions which
were opposed to all the foundations of law. By the
present state of things, land, which was the common
gift of the munificent Creator of all mankind, was confined
for the profit of the few, and therefore it was that some mea-
sure should be devised for the relief of that class who suffered
most from that perversion of the natural state of things.
These were the three grounds on which a poor-law ought to
be based, and the attempt to restrict relief therefore to the
workhouse rule must prove totally inoperative. The work-
houses in Ireland were incompetent to relieve one
per cent. of the pauperised population of that country.
In England it is well known that the pauper popu-
lation constituted ten per cent. of the whole com-
munity. Now here there are 534 workhouses, a
much greater number than there were in Ireland, and yet in
this country it was a matter notorious to all that in these
workhouses there was not more than one-sixth of the relief
given of the whole that was granted. It appeared that in
Limerick, according to the report of Lord Devon's Commis-
sion, that the poor were absolutely in a worse condition than
they were when the law was first passed. The schem,e, then,
had evidently failed, and he (Mr. Scrope) was of opinion
that until the poor were saved from the destitution
which pushed them on to crime these agrarian out-
rages would not cease. The poor man was evidently entitled
to be saved from starvation by an allowance from the land
on which their forefathers were born. (The Honourable
Gentleman then read a series of extracts from Dr.
Doyle's pamphlet, and from the work of Mr. Evans,
secretary to the Poor -law Inquiry for two years.)
There were three means by which the country was governed.
There was the law of the land, with their judges to administer
it and backed by the military and civil authorities, but which
had proved quite inoperative for its purpose. Then there
was the convention between the parties who were the objects
of the law's direction and who had succeeded in evading all
the carefulness of the law. The Right Hon. Baronet (Sir J.
Graham) had stated the other night that outrages were not
prevalent throughout Ireland and that the increase of
crime was confined to five counties. Bat what was the
reason of this, why because the law of the land was inoperative
to protect the lives and properties of the peasantry, whereas
the agrarian law was effective for that purpose. He would
ask whether the law of the land did protect the life of the
peasantry.—[ Sir J. Graham—"Yee."] Did it? He denied
it ; for it did not protect him from starvation, and he was
compelled to resort to agrarian disturbances, in order to
protect himself against the extremity of want. In reply to
a petition the other day, the Right Hon. Baronet had stated
that they could not expect a man to suffer the last
evils of starvation, but that he was to a certain extent
justified in resorting to violence, or at least illegality, to save
himself and his family from starvation. When a man was
evicted from his holding without any compensation for the
improvements he had made upon it, was he to lie down and
die in a ditch ? On the very principle which the Right
Hon. Baronet had propounded there was evidently a necessity
for an alteration in this mode of relieving the poor.
Throughout a great part of Ireland there was a peculiar
tenant right by which the tenant was entitled to cora-
pensation, but did their law protect that ? It was
notorious that it did not. In Ulster the tenant right was
recognised and allowed, but such was not the case
generally, and in some places the tenant was evicted
from his holding without any compensation whatever, after
having bestowed as much as would amount to a twenty or
thirty years' purchase. In the counties of Down and Armagh,
it was the fear of agrarian outrages which preserved this
right. In Ulster, therefore, it was upheld, because the legal
authorities gave way to the agrarian law. lie might refer to
the evidence of Mr. Senior, and to the late frightful case of
eviction in Galway, for a confirmation of what he had stated.
He thought that he had proved that the statute law did not
protect life in Ireland, and that was the reason why, in moving
the second reading, he had given the title to the Bill which
it now bore. There was not protection from destitution, and,
therefore, as wrong begets wrong, so long as that destitution
existed crime would exist. He would not palliate the enor-
mity of the crimes in the slightest degree, but he was de-
sirous of impressing the House with the belief that there was
a duty to perform in saving the poor from the destitution
which was the source of crime. As Lord Brougham had ex-
pounded the law, the landlord had at present the right of
sweeping off the whole of their tenantry from their
estates without the slightest recompense, and Blackstone
had stated that there was no man so indigent but that he
might demand relief in case of destitution. It was clear,
therefore, that the landlords of Ireland ought to concede to
the people the right to a maintenance from the land of their
birth. He thought it was now high time to alter the laws
relating to the destitute poor of Ireland The existing laws
had a tendency to produce crime, by not effectually relieving
the destitution of the pecple. The rights of the poor were
left to the discretion of the landlord, and the rights of the
landlords were enforced, and exposed to the mercy of the land-
lord. The poor of Ireland had a right to relief, and he proposed
that out-door relief should be afforded to them under the
discretion of the guardians. There was a great quantity of
waste land in that country, amounting to 4,000,000 of acres,
which might be made to produce crops, and give employ-
ment to the able-bodied poor; and he contended provision
should be made by the law for the employment of such persons
in such manner. It might be done under the superinten-
dence of the Board of Works. He believed that great gain
would result from such a mode of employment, both to the
landlords and to the country at large, which would be
cleared of the vagrancy, immorality, and crime which at
present existed there.
Sir J. GRAHAM said he was sorry that a subject of such
immense importance should be discussed in such a hurry.
But, after the speech which bad fallen from the
Honourable Gentleman, he found it necessary to make
some observations on a few points touched upon in
that speech, and, in the first place, he would acquit
him of any intention to create any evil excitement by a dis-
cussion on the subject, but on the contrary, he would give
him every credit for being actuated by the purest intentions to
promote the public good. However, the Hon. Gentleman would
excuse him if, considering the present state of Ireland and the
excitement which prevailed there, his humble judgment led
him to the conclusion that a discussion on this subject was,
to say the least of it, ill-timed. The Government had received
much information upon the subject, which differed in many es-
sential points from that urged by the Hon. Gentleman, and
he therefore considered that the Legislature would act
wisely in receiving any advice with great caution.
There had been reference made to the starvation which
was accustomed to exist in Ireland. Now, he did
believe that there was not one single instance
of death arising from starvation in Ireland, and that so far
from robbery and depredation having been committed in
consequence of starvation, the Irish people were extremely
honest amid the greatest want and privation. That was
their character, and with reference to what he

GROUP XXIX.
This Committee re-assembled this morning in Room 19 ; present,
the Right Hon. H. Labouchere (chairman), Sir William Molesworth,
Sir T. Duckworth, Mr. John A. Smith, and Colonel Rawdon.
SOUK'S (HUNTINGDON
"ULAN CH).

The evidence on behalf of the promoters of this scheme was re-
.
Mr. Robert Stephenson, the engineer, was the first witness
examined—His attention generally had been called to the district
south of Leicester, with a view to railway accommodation. He was
asked to become engineer to the Rugby and Huntingdon (competing)
line, but he refused on the ground that the scheme was uncalled for,
and would prove ruinous to the shareholders. His reason was,
first, the exceedingly difficult nature of the country which
lie had surveyed before that for the Londm and Birmingham line.
He also thought it would not be so good a line as others that might
be selected for the accommodation of the district. The proposed
branch had been laid out in connexion with the scheme of the South
Midland Railway Company, and would in his opinion be much pre-
ferable to the competing scheme. Witness then went into
a comparative statement of the relative merits of both
projects, from which he concluded that the South Midland
was preferable, on the the ground of the greater accommodation it
would afford, the less distance which would require to be con.
structed, and the consequent less expense which the branch
would cost. The promoters of the present line would start
with a balance in their favour of 7001. per mile over their
competitors. The one scheme would :take only an outlay of new
capital of 300,0001., while the other line would take an outlay of
700,000/. It must thereore be evident that the former would be able
to charge leas fares, and at the same time be a more remunerative
undertaking. The gradients of the projected line were much more
favourable, and though the other scheme was six miles shorter,
the distance between Huntingdon and Rugby would be accomplished
sooner by the proposed scheme in consequence of the easier gradients.
Cross•examined—There could not be much difference in the rela-
tive merits of the two schemes as regarded the communication with
the south-west. The Rugby and Huntingdon line, of which he spoke,
may not have been the present Company. What he meant was that
no direct line from Huntingdon to Rugby would ever pay a penny.
Considerable time was here spent in discussing the propriety of
confining the questions to witness to the relative merits of the two
competing lines per se, or to view them in connexion with other more
extended lines, of which they in reality form a portion.
The Committee was of opinion that it would be better for counsel
on both sides to confine themselves as much as possible to the
branches immediately under the consideration of the Committee.
The CHAMMAN again intimated that it was the wish of the Com-
mittee that the counsel for promoters should confine the question as
to gradients to that part of the scheme between Huntingdon and
Stanwick as compared with the competing scheme. By this means
the investigation would be considerably narrowed.
Mr. Liddel, civil engineer, was then examined, and corroborated
the evidence of the last witness. The steepest gradient on the whole
of the proposed branch was lin 100. It was on the west side of the
Blisworth and Peterborough Railway. The length of it was one mile
and three-quarters. From Huntingdon to Stanwick the steepest
gradient was 1 in 144. There was no gradient so severe as that
on the existing line. On the competing line between Kettering
and Stanwich the steepest gradient was one in a hundred. The
length of that gradient was one mile. Witness then gave the formal
proofs as to the curves, estimates, &c.
Cross-examined—The worst gradient on the competing line was
e:ie in a hundred, and its lengtk was one mile. There was a gradient
in the proposed line of one in a hundred, the length of which was
one mile and three-quarters.
Mr. Morrison, superintendent of the goods' department of the

The Committee then adjourned until four o'clock to-morrow.

GROUP XIX.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
BRIDGEWATER AND MINEHEAD.

Sergeant Murphy and Mr. Cockburn appeared on behalf of the
promoters of this line.
Mr. Talbot, Mr. Merivale, and Mr. Carrow appeared in support of
certain petitions from landowners against the projected scheme.
Mr. Sergeant Wrangham and Mr. Hoskins appeared on the part
of the Bridgewater and Taunton Railway and Canal, the opposing
scheme.
Mr. Sergeant MURPHY then addressed the Committee in sup-
por of the pproposed line. He said that the primary and lead-
ing objects of the promoters of this line of railway was,
that it afforded a safe and convenient harbour in the port of
Minehead for vessels frequenting the Bristol Channel. Another was
connecting the port of Minehead by a railway with Bristol and
London, which railway will proceed immediately from the proposed
ports through a well-populated and rich agricultural district, and
join the Bristol and Exeter Railway at Bridgewater. The dangers
attending the navigation of the Bristol Channel was, be believed,
considerable, but these dangers existed priecipally above Minehead.
There was not a spot on the coast from the Avon to the Hartland
Point offering such advantages and conveniences as the port of Mine-
head. It was accessible at all times of the tide, and he
was sure no site could be discovered on that coast uniting
the advantages of a position for a trading harbour and a
place of refuge for shipping in distress of weather. By this scheme
passengers from the South of Ireland and Wales, and all
other parts of the world, would be afforded the most rapid and con-
venient means of reaching Bristol and London, and that there was
no such means of transit for goods and cattle from the South of
Ireland and from the South of Wales, offering the same faci-
lities, having regard to the economy of time or expellee.
This line of railway would pass through, or near to,
thirteen considerable villages with a population: afford-
ing a prospect of eminent utility and profit independent of the
advantages arising from the pier. Ile was quite sure he need not
mention that Minehead was situated in the midst of some of the
most snperb scenery in the kingdom, and was in the summer season
the resort of large numbersl of persons in search of health and
recreation The Learned Sergeant concluded his address by calling
the Committee's attention to the numerous petitions from Cork,
Bridgewater, Taunton, Poole, Minehead, and other places.
Captains Parrett and Evans, both of the Royal Navy, were then
examined as to the depth of water and soundings in the Bristol Chan-
nel, and also the advantages that Minehead offered as a harbour of
refuge.
It being past four o'clock, the Committee adjourned until twelve
o'clock to-morrow (Thursday).

London and Birmingham Railway, was examined, With the view of
proving that that Company charged by the line from Northampton
to Peterborough, as well as to London, by the geographical distance,
or " as the crow flies," for all goods.
Mr. Charles P. Berkeley, a laud valuer, deposed to having valued
the land over which the proposed line passes. 72,6531. was the
amount of the total valuation. That was a high average for the land.
This closed the case for the promoters, subject to putting in a list
of g• adtmts.
Mr. DE.mx, en the part of Lord! Sandwich, addressed the Com-
mittee against the proposed line. He complained that it ran for a
considerable distance along his park, and unless public necessity
mado it imperative, he did not wish either the proposed or the com-
peting line to be made, but of the two he would prefer the competing
one. If the London and York line were carried Lord Sandwich
would be completely hemmed in. The Learned Counsel concluded
by entreating the Committee to take his Lordship's petition into their
consideration, as they did that of Lord Harborough in the case of
the Syston and Peterborough line, and give him that protection which
his case required.
There being no other opposition this case closed.
Some discussion then took place as to what line should be taken
next in order, and the Committee, on referring to the minutes of
the first day's proceedings, found that they had decided
on taking the projects in the order they were read the second time,
irrespective of any other consideration, and whether they were com-
peting lines or not. In conformity with this decision, the next Bill
was the

Group XX.

.
had observed, namely, that the discussion was inopportune,
he would say that an imprudent expression would be now
calculated to produce effects 'Which he trembled to contem-
plate, effects which might be written in letters of blood in Ire-
land, and he therefore approached the discussion of the snbject
with a degree of awe and hesitation. In the first place, he
considered that the doctrine laid down by the lion. Gentle-
man was the most dangerous that was ever pro-
pounded, for if the doctrine was worth anything it
amounted to this—that occupation for any length of time
should be converted into a perpetual right, subsequent to
the payment of a quit rent. —(Hear .) Why, it would be
the subversion of all rights of property.—(Hear.)
Mr. POULETT SCROPE said he distinctly declared that
' he had no such intention, and that he only sought by his
Bill to obtain compensation for improvement.
Sir J. GRAHAM said he appealed to the House what was
their recollection of the words of the lion. Gentleman /
(Hear.) But rejecting mere words, and attaching themselves
to the principle of the Bill, he did still allege that, in his opinion,
the Bill reached to the extent whch he had just stated.
The Hon. Gentleman bad stated that there were 2,300,000
paupers in Ireland; now it_must be apparent to the House
that land iu that country could not be adequately taxed
for the support of such a vast number. He admitted
essseiffonecstedh,eit
wwasouldeobmretaleklleddowtno
distinctly that property with its rights existed for the be-
nefit of the community.—(Hear, hear.) But, whilst there
as this
He respected law prescrip-
twhaos suchrights
a charge p r
tions and possessions, and must join issue on this point ;
areltr thweitshecontdherseea:diog of this Bill. Respecting the feelings
and the motives of the Honourable Gentleman, he was
impressed with the belief that the speech of the Hon. Gen-
dolman was likely to lead to more dangerous consequences
than the motion itself; yet, entertaining that belief, he
should resist the measure which was now submitted to the

SitMulthillpeopi°uritlsßahrEir
liCretti.ind.
For three years the Govern'
as an Irish landlord, and deriving
tlr
,‘land, was grateful to his Hon.
Rouse.
torward tbis motion, and he per-
fectly agreed with him t•lut the cessation from outrage was
owing to the agrarian association. With the fact before him
that the Government bad. brought in a Bill for coercion, he
a sufficient protection ; but still it was
people had a right to protection from
He admitted that the Bill now before
the Ministry.
hie;
ensudbfsoirsth,enavceingfrborraough
an advantage, and the more so as the Bill of the Govern
went was accompanied with conditions which were likely to
ucting an ex
Thoughta li
kre.
pens' • • ive inquirv, and
tmheentH ohuasde was not
nn oet 0
lid
although the Noble Lord near him (Lord J. Russell) had
expressed his opinion against it, yet he still must persist in
the• belief that some system of out-door relief should be
adapted. In England the matter was different, for
thew the labourer
with
9a. or 10s. a week, but
in -Ireland a man, all his exertions, could not ob-
tain more than 4s, or, at the most, ss. a week,
so that there was no. possibility of making a provision for
the future. In his opinion, the rule for separating the hus-
band and wife, and the parents and children, was altogether
bad;, and he thought that where such an effect was likely to
occur, out-door relief. ought to be granted. That relief
ought also to be given. in the cases of sick poor, and
of orphans entitled t;?..relief, and especially in the cases of
persons growing up, " bad habits were easily formed, and the
workhouse was the grave of economy. With respect to the
granting of relief out of the Consolidated Fund, he was
ag.einst any
but direct application of the public funds ;
the Government might take another course. There were
farms which required improvement, thousands of acres
whitch were at present waste lands, on which capital
mi;,,Jit be very profitably embarked ; there were
public works on which labour might be very profitably
employed, while there were thousands of persons who were in
want pf employment" and in this Way their labour might be

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advantageously employed: He did not mean to sar that I
every able bodied person was 'to rush to the public funds
for assistance; but taking the workhouse test they might
apply it to the out-door relief: He was no friend to the
compulsory emigration, which was not popular in Ireland;
but yet voluntary emigration might be encouraged in a very
serviceable way. Now, to all these points the Government
might direct their attention, and they ought to do so. They
might frame the machinery as they liked, but still the princi-
ple ought to be adopted and used. There were several clauses
in this Bill that ought to be withdrawn without injuring it,
but the principle itself was good, and, if carried out, would
tend to improve many estates in Ireland ; and believing
so, he gave the Bill his most cordial support.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM explained that he opposed the
Bill on the grounds that it gave relief to the able-bodied
poor, that interfered with the exercise of their duties by the
Poor-law Guardians, disposed of the great question of the
out-door relief, and proposed an impossibility in attempting
to do away with mendicancy in Ireland.
Lord J. RUSSELL, though favourable to any improve-
ment in the condition of Ireland, could not give his assent to
this Bill, for though the Commissioners might be very
good judges of the state of Ireland, but he
had very great doubt of their recommendation to
give relief to the poer at their own hands. It had
consulted Mr. Senior and Mr. Cornwall Lewis on this point,
and they had both given great attention to this subject, and
their impressions were that the alteration would have
the effect of adding new evils to those which
already existed in the old poor-law of Elizabeth.
He would call upon those who impugned the reasons of those
persons if they could, and he was the more impressed with
their conclusions, by the reasons which they
had assigned for them.—(Hear.) They stated, for
instance, with regard to emigration, that a
difficulty would arise in the event of those who professed to be
ready, declaring when the ship was about to sail that they were
unable to go with it. If they yielded to such a declaration
they lost all the benefit of the outlay, while if they persisted in
forcing the parties to emigrate who had obtained the assis-
tance of Government would lay themselves open to the re-
proach of having absolutely transported these indi-
viduals, instead cf having encouraged voluntary emi-
gration. It did not follow that because there were
2,300,900 poor people in Ireland, there were
so many paupers, but that there were 2,300,000 persons not
in the possession of the comforts Of others of similar condi-
tion in this country. He would not enter into the great ques-
tdieoenlsareof
htiesnurbeelioeff ltehnadt antdherteenamnut
strigbhet,
abuwt
ohrekhinouusset
or some other similar test, and he conceived that if the poor
were to be relieved, it must be through the agency of other
and indirect means. For these reasons he should oppose
the Bill, conceiving that it was not calculated to accomplish
the ends which the mover intended.
The O'CONNOR DON thought that the feeling in Ire-
land was decidedly against any increase of the poor-rates,
and that, therefore, if there was difficulty now, it would be
increased if this measure were passed, and he should, there-
fore, oppose it.
Mr. P. BUTLER said that there was evidently not any
necessity for the charge. The Charitable Society and the
Benevolent Society, the two great charitable institutions of
Ireland, relieved every week .168 individuals. His belief
is that the guardians in Ireland ought to be compelled to
provide relief for the destitute poor.
Mr. WAKLEY—(Question, question)—had heard only a
part of the discussion, and ho regretted to have heard that.
The Right Honourable Baronet the influential member of
the Government that is, and the Noble Lord who expected
shortly to be at the head of the Government that is
to be, bad both positively declared themselves decidedly
opposed to the principle of the Bill, but he had yet to
learn why there should be a difference between the manage-
ment of the poor in Ireland and in this country. What was
the fact ? Why that the Irish poor prefered to be sent to
a gaol to returning to their own country. This was a fact which
ought to secure the most serious attention:of the Irish Members.
He believed that this subject would grow intrength from year
to year, until the same system of legislation was adopted
with regard to Ireland as was adopted with respect to this
country. His conviction was, that outrages would increase
until they gave a right to relief in cases of destitution, and
as soon as that was granted, a great moral change
would be wrought in the:condition of the poor of that
couutry. He shculd give the Bill his cordial support in all
its stages, and he hoped the Right Hon. Baronet would
allow it to go into Committee and there be modified if he
desired it, for he thought this was a duty which he owed to
the poor of Ireland, and if he did not do so his (Mr. Wakley's)
impression was that his refusal would be a source of very
painful reflection.
Lord CLAUDE HAMILTON opposed the Bill.
Mr. SCROPE said he would not trouble the House by
dividing, and the second reading of the Bill was negatived
without a division.
COUNTY ELECTIONS.

The County Elections Bill was read a second time, and
ordered to be committed on Tuesday next.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS (INDIA BILL).
Lord MAHON moved that the Insolvent Debtors India
Bill should be read a first time ; agreed to, and ordered to
be lead a second time on Monday.
FACTORIES BILL.
Sir R. INGLIS presented several petitions numerously
signed by. clergymen, praying the House would prevent
young persons from being employed more than seven hours.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of and the
House adjourned at six o'clock.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN EDINBURGH.—On Saturday
night a fire took place in Edinburgh which for rapid de-
struction and frightful appearance we have seen nothing to
equal since the memorable fire in Greenside-street, about
nine years ago. It appears to have begun shortly after 9
o'clock, in the premises belonging to and occupied by
Messrs. Stevenson and Co., printers to the University,
Thistle-street, and which before 11 o'clock were entirely
destroyed. The fire commenced in the drying-house in the
upper story, west side; but the alarm did not reach the po-
lice-office till about half-past 9. The Rose-street engine was
on the spot about a quarter of an hour after, followed shortly
by the whole fire brigade;. but, unfortunately, it was nearly
half an hour before the first engine could be supplied with
water, and that very inadequately, while in the meantime
the flames were running riot nearly over the whole
building, the flame shooting upwards to the skies, which
were illuminated to a great height, ar.d the glare must have
been seen for many miles around. An engine was sent
round to the back lane, but for this there was no fire-
plug nearer than the centre of George-street, where it crosses
Hanover-street, and the quantity of hose was found insuffi-
cient to reach the distance. The consequence was another
delay of about half an hour, until an additional supply of
hose could to brought from the principal engine-house at
Melbourne-place. To save the premises was now altogether
hopeless, and the fire-master directed the energies of the
brigade to the preservation of the adjoining buildings, east
and west, in which they happily succeeded, though many of
the inhabitants in their Mann were removing their furniture,
of course to their serious hurt. By twelve o'clock the fire
was subdued, or rather had exhausted itself, and the print-
ing office showed nothing but the front and back walls, with
the steam chimney standing. We understand, however, that
on the lower or street floor, the steam-engine and printing
presses, especially towards the west end, sustained no injury
but what may be repaired. We are glad to hear that the
premises were insured ; and, as will be seen by an advertise-
ment from the firm, the stereotype department, which was
in a separate building behind, remains untouched. How the
fire originated we have not heard, nor will that point, perhaps,
be easily ascertained.—Caledonian Mercury.
TAMBURINI.—This distinguished artiste will be in
town next month for a short time, to sing at private parties and
concerts only. The Emperor of Russia has appointed him " Singer
to the Imperial Chamber." His duties in that honourable capacity
commence in July, consequently his visit to this country will be but
of short duration.—Musical World.

IMPERIAL PARL [AMEN T.

HOUSE OF LORDS, March 31.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took' his seat upon the Woo
sack at Five o'clock. -
THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE rose to move the
address, of which he had given notice, relative to the
new Houses of Parliament. If they were about in any
way to advise the Crown upon auy matter that would
touch the buildings erected for the service of the House
of Commons, thereby interfering, if not with the pri-
vilege, at least with the business of that House,
then indeed it would be necessary for them to con-
fer with the House of Commons before they could
take any step in the matter. They, however, did no
such thing. The address referred only to the buildings
for the sole use and service of the House of Lords. It
was a matter of fact, that the Board of Works had been
incorporated with the office of the Woods and Forests.
There could be no doubt that all palaces and buildings of
the Crown or great works of a public nature erected
in the metropolis came under the superintendence
of that department. There was, therefore, nothing
said in the address which he was about to read.
Within the last nine months the work, as regarded
their Lordships' Rouse, had been at a stand-still.
The delay originated out of the differences that arose
between the gentlemen employed in the execution of the
work. The architect entrusted with the work, and a
scientific gentleman who had been called in to superin-
tend the ventilation and heating of the House
differed and the consequence was a total sus-
pension of the work as regarded the comple-
tion of the House. What, then, did the Committee
do? They did not presume to undertake to settle the
difference, and he held that it would not be competent
for their Lordships or the Commoni, or for both, to in-
terfere, as it was the Queen's privilege, and therefore
the Executive Government alone could interfere. The
Committee therefore referred to the Executive
Government for the interposition of their an-
thority, with a view that they would direct both
gentlemen to do their duty, and speedily and imme-
diately complete the work with which they had been
entrusted. The superintendence of the work having
fallen on the Woods and Forests' department, no other
commission or board was established for that purpose.
Now he considered that that was unfortunate, as the
department of Woods and Forests had already so much
business thrown on them that they could not give the
works that serious attention which they deserved. It
would appear, notwithstanding, that the calculations
made by the architect, both as to time and expense, were
erroneous; and with that view he moved for the Committee.
The Committee felt bound to make some suggestions,
which he was happy to say had been adopted by the
Commissioners of Woods and Forests. But, notwith-
standing this report, the Committee were powerless
upon one point, and that a point for which they had
been appointed, namely, to accelerate the build-
ing of the House. They bad not the power
to make the building go on as they wished, for they had
not the authority, and they were therefore obliged to call
upon supreme authority to make them go on. They
had called upon the Commissioners of Woods and
Forests. He did not think that any public building
erected by public money had
.ever been erected ex-
cept under the superintendence of the Board of
Public Works, and he thought it was a great
pity that in the present case they had not acted on
the same principle. He maintained that the agreement
which had been entered into had not been carried
out. He did not wish to impute blame to any one ;
it was no doubt a work of a difficult nature.
The Noble Lord concluded by moving that an address
be presented to her Majesty, praying that her M-tjesty
may be pleased to direct Mr. Barry to proceed with the
New Houses without delay, and that Dr. Reid be
directed not to interfere with the works by his plans of
ventilation, and that directions be given for the com-
pletion of the House of Lords by the commencement of
the next session.
The LORD CHANCELLOR having put the motion,
Lord CANNING opposed the motion, because the
report on which the address was first grounded had

only been laid before their Lordships the previous day. Tyne; Harle, Newcastle-utonsTyne ; Chis o 113,
He confessed thist he was unwilling to take the step re- Gibson, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London.
commended by his Noble relative, inasmuch as the report DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
which he had alluded to had only been laid on the table W. Blink horn, manufacturing chemist, Little Bolton—first
last night. He particularly objected to that passage indi Itrf a s2se.r3Aitaninatthesettri!ound, any Tuesday, at the office of
the report which had a reference to the impediment put J. Gainer, dyer, Bridgend, Gloucestershire--a dlr. of 2s.
to the completion of the works by the proceedings of
the Board of Works. Now he thought that it was im- 3d in the pond, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Hut-
ton, Bristol.
possible to entertain a recommendation of this sort, until W. I. Newman, horse dealer, Norton, Gloucestershire—a
the evidence was laid before the House in which this div. of 3s. Id. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of
impediment was witted. That Board, as now constituted, Mr. Hutton, Bristol.
was so divided into its departments that it was not W. R. Watts, chemists, Bath—a clic, of 90. in the pound,
likely that the impediments were as bad been represented any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Hutton, Bristol.
to their Lordships ; and he protested against any charges J. Young, shipbuilder, Newport—a div. of Id. inis the
being made by implication, until the evidence on which pound, any Wednesday,r at the office et:i.fvMro.fH2ustto3nlßFin totlhe
they were based were laid on the table of the House. ound3,l,
anre,Fdrizer,
a`tf m
y hthewoffice—of Mr.' Follett, Sambrook-
There was another passage in the address moved !Court, BasTrighall-etreet.
for by his noble relative, which he conceived it was in- J. S. Herring, builder, Cecilia-place, Spa-road, Bermond-
competent for their Lordships to entertain, for the fact sey—a div. of Is. 3d. in the pound, any Friday, at the office
was, that the recommendation was founded upon that of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall streef.
report which bad been submitted to their Lordships, D. Baseley, cheesemonger, High-street, Southwark—a div.
but which had never been yet made known to the House of 20. in the pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr. Fol-
of Commons. No report ss yet'had been made to the lett, Sambrook-court, Basingball- street.
House of Commons upon the ventilation of the new B. Baldwin, warehouseman, Liverpool—a div. of ss. 4d.
houses of Parliament or respecting the plans for veutila- in the pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sam-
tion proposed by Dr. Reid, and which were alluded to brookicourt,Ba.singbali-street.
in C.
mates, banker, Stafford—fourth and final div. of_ 35.. 3d..
in the report before their Lordships. There had been
Birmingham.
pears, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Christie
a resolution come to by the House of Commons it ap-
pears, but they could Lot recommend any specific pro-
ceedings until tge report of the Committee had been
made. Then the Committees of their Lordships' House
reported that the w hole of the system of ventilation
proposed to be adopted under the management of Dr.
Reid would require several years to be carried out, and
that they could not recommend the expenditure of more
money on the ventilation of the houses of Parliament.
Then this was not so much a question of convenience to
the House of Lords or to the House of Commons, but rather
as of ventilation. But the House of Commons, vvlOch
was not so impatient as their Lordships, took a different
view of the matter. If both Houses addreesed the Crown,
each in accordance with its own views, let them consider
the position in which the Crown would be placid by such
a course of procedure. Their views were entirely in-
consistent with the views of the other House of Parlia-
ment ; and, therefore, be sought them to pause before
they adopted the motion of his noble relative (the Mar-
quis of Clanricarde). It gave him great satisfaction to
hear that the Noble Lord spoke in terms of praise of the
department to which he (Lord Canning) had the honour
to belong. He thought the course which their Lord-
ships pursued, in granting Committees on the motion of
his noble relative from time to time, had not answered
the object for which they were appointed, as the delay
and disputes which had taken place had increased since
they were appointed, and had led those engaged in the
works to look for instruction to others than their real mas-
ters. He w ould not presume to decide what the course should
be that their Lordships ought to pursue, but he might
express his earnest hope that the members of the Com-
mittee should be careful to confine themselves to an in-
vestigation of facts ; and if they should wish to offer
any recommendation or suggestion, that they would do
so—not in the shape of a report—but by a representa-
tion to the department, to which allusion had been made
more than once that evening by his Noble relative.
That Board had been ever anxious to meet the wishes
of their Lordships, and he thought this course the one
most likely to expedite business, and, in his opinion, to
give the greatest degree of satisfaction to that Board of
which he had the honour to be a member. These were
the grounds on which he trusted their Lordships would
not assent to the proposition of his Noble relative.
Lord REDESDALE, having had something to do
with the preparation of the report, would wish to make
an observation or two on the subject matter contained in
it. The facts expressed in the report were very few,
and they were published to the world long ago. It was
perfectly notorious that since the year 1843, when the
Committee was first formed, the whole of the evidence
taken before them was known from time to time. The
report referred to the state of the building
now and the state in which it should be.
H. seesad"rensind their Lordships that it was impossible
to get the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to move
without an address to the Crown. In the last session of
Parliament the Commissioners refused to take any step
upon a report of that House upon the subject, and the
reason they expressed for such refusal was, that no
address has been made to the Crown. This, therefore,
.was a good reason for the adoption of the address which
the Noble Marquis had proposed. He thought it would
be best to leave it to the discretion of the Woods and
Forests, without recommending them the adoption of any
particular course.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the pro-
gress, or rather the absence of progress, in building the
Houses was perfectly notorious. He should submit that
the consideration of the question had better be ad-
journed till the report of the Committee was printed.
He considered that it was necessary that their Lord-
ships should have the House ready for their reception,
and that they should not be subject to delay occasioned
by the disputes of parties who might attempt utopian
systems of ventilation. There was but one other de-
partment which could take cognisance of this subject, and
that was the Treasury ; but that department was
already so overloaded with business that he knew of
no other department that ought to have it in charge
than the Board of Woods and Forests ; and, therefore,
he trusted the House would not take it off their hands.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said there could be no
doubt that the recommendation of the Noble Marquis
who had just sat down ought to be adopted, namely,
that the question should be adjourned for the present,
in order to ascertain what proceeding had been taken by
the other House of Parliament. The Government were
responsible in some measure for this delay, but they
were not wholly responsible, inasmuch as that respon-
sibility had been to some degree limited ; but if the
Board of Woods and Forests were to undertake the su-
perintendence of those who were employed to complete
this building, it would be better to leave it in their
hands. Government was most anxious to carry out the
intention of the House, and also to carry out such de-
tails as might seem consistent with the wishes of both
Houses of Parliament. He was in favour of the motion
of the Noble Marquis, but he wished it to be adjourned.
Lord CAMPBELL thought there was no reason to
say that the motion of the Noble Marquis interfered
with the other House of Parliament. At the time the
plans of the Houses of Parliament were accepted, it was
said that their Lordships would be able to take their
seats in four years, and it was not till long after that
period that Parliament interfered. It had bien said
that the other House bad shown no intention of co
operating with their Lordships. They had got a cham-
ber which, for hearing, temperature, and ventilation,
was perfect, and they might think themselves lot tunate
if they should be as well off in any exchange they might
make. The chamber their Lordships occupied was in
every respect inconvenient, and especially so in the
morning, and Lord Brougham had, in consequence of
the temperature, frequently been obliged to leave whilst
hearing an important cause. He thought that if a loyal
and dutiful address were presented to her Majesty, it
would have the effect of calling the attention of the
Government to the subject.
After a few words from Viscount CANNING and Lord
REDESDALE,
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE consented to the
course recommended by the Noble Duke, and moved
that the debate be adjourned till a future period. He
did not expect that it would be resumed till after the
evidence was printed, and he dd not think that would
be till after the holidays. The subject might be
dropped altogether if the Government would interfere
and settle the differences referred to themselves.
The motion for adjournment was then agreed to.
RAILWAY COMMITTEE.
On the motion of Lord KINNAIRD the members of
the Committee which he moved for yesterday were
agreed to.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
J. Jenkins, currier, Crown-place, Old Ker,t-road, April 22,
at one—T. Pulvertoft, iron-master, Pembrey, Carmarthen-
shire, April 22, at one—T. Pulvertoft, T. Gaunt, C. Benner,
and J. Calthor, iron-masters, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire,
April 22, at one—J. Calthorp, iron-master, Pembrey, Car-
marthenshire, Al,ril 22, at one—J. Hill, licensed victualler,
Queen-street, Hammersmith, April 21, at one—J. Waddell,
shipbroker, Lime-street, April 21, at half-past eleven—C.
Bonner, scrivener, Spalding, April 22, at one—G. Stephen,
scrivener, Skinner's-place, Sise-lane, April 17, at two
A. L. Newton, merchant, Bury-street, St. Mary-axe, April
21, at two—R. Musgrove, woollen draper, Birmingham, April
21, at one—W. H. Alexander and C. B. Richards, hard-
waremen, Upper Clifton-stree, Finsbury, April 24, at twelve
--J. Durnall, ironmonger, Dover, April 22, at one.
In the Country.
E. and T. Oldham, builders, Chaltord, Gloucestershire,
April 27, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—J. Lowthin
and R. J. Brinley, printers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April 23,
at half-past one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court
—J. Henderson, horse dealer, High Crosby, Cumberland, April
23, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—
P. Hansen, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April 23, at
one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
J. Coe, money scrivener, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury, April 22
—I. Denning, watchmaker, Titchbourne-street, St. James's,
April' 22—T. P. Hawley, cheesemonger, Brunswick. parade,
Barnsburst-road, Islington, April 22—R. Gunn, corn dealer,
Clare, Suffolk, April 22—E. Eedle, bookseller, Chancery-lane.
April 22—T. Bowel!, tavern keeper, Queen's Head-passage,
Newgate-street, April 22—T. F. -aunders, brewer, Burton-
upon-Trent, April 22—C. Blackmore, tailor, Cork-street,
April22—J. Clu.talen,brewer, Odiam, Southampton, April 22
—G. W. LongriclK e,ironmonger, Sunderland, April 23—G.
P. Payne, dealer in cptical instruments, Liverpool, April 21—
,1. W. Frost, coffee dealer, Back-lane, Kingsland-green,
April 22—A. Oakley', seedsman, Southampton, April 23
H. Frisker, innkeeper' Southampton, April 23—W. Fisher,
commission agent, York-place, St. John's-wood, April 21—
T. Wren, sharebroker, Preston, Lancashire, April 22—R.
Kilpatrick and J. Smith,• rope manufacturers, Liverpool,
April 24—J. Miller, cordavaaner, Southampton, April 21—
W. Wilks, builder, Leeds, Aoril 21—W. Ibbotson, merchant,
Sheffield, April 21—A. Palm sr, druggist, Feltwell, Norfolk,
April 21—B. Wood, jun., wine ‘merchant, Leeds, April 21—
T. Hodgson, bookseller, LiveMool, April 21—G. Osborn,
whip maker, Exeter, April 21L--B. Agars, woollendraper,
Kingston-upon-Hull, April 21-11. Sturley, organ builder,
Southam, Warwickshire, April 21-1 F. Gee, linendraper,
Leeds, April 21—V. S. U. Lenormand, milliner, Regent-street,
April 21—T. Ratnett, tailor, Cambridge, April 21.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
H. D. Norman and W. Rawlings, woollendrapers, Liver-
pool—S. R. and S.H. Jutsum, butchers, Aldgate High-street
—J. Hawkins, jun., and A. Smith, surgeon's, Bristol—W. H.
Smith, J. Knowles, and J. Cooke, sharebrokers, Leeds—A.
Butterfield, H. Butterfield, and W. P. Butterfield, brick •
layers, Hitchin, Hertfordshire—J. Bingley and R. P. Petti-
grew, tailors, Duke-street, Grosvenor-square—J. White and
R. Rouse, painters, Exeter—E. Allatt and J. Manuel, cabinet
makers, Sheffield—F. D. Lewis and G. R. Lowe, printers,
Laurence Pountney-lane, City—J. B. Pillin and T. Warren,
sword cutlers, Cursiter-street, Chancery-lane—G. Peel and
R Carr, manufacturing chemists, Ossett, Yorkshire—J. H.
Coates and J. Loveday, jewellers, Wakefield, Yorkshire—
W. and W. S. Young, hatters, Oxford-street—W. Cooper, J.
Cooper, and B. Best, preserved provision merchants, Cornhill
—'l'. and B. Butterworth, woollen manufacturers, Green-
booth, Lancashire—J. Royle, F. P. Walker, jun., and E.
Butterworth, sharebrokers, Manchester— J. Dean and H.
Williams, sack dealers, Liverpool—J. Capstick and T. Bass,
general furnishing warehousemen, Portman-place, Edgware-
road—J. H. Bamford and J. Stell, cotton manufacturers,
Todmorden, Lancashire—T. Joyce and R. Church, carpenters,
Thatcham, Berkshire—P. A. Burrell and E. Paterson, attor-
neys, White Hart-court, Lombard-street—T. Helliwell and
W. Davis, sharebrokers, Halifax, Yorkshire—J. Pool and R.
Cooper, slopsellers, Commercial-road, East—S. and T. Cane,
weelwrights,Elmbon, Essex—H. Patteson, jun., and P. Ilud-
dleston, sharebrokers, Threadneedle-street—C. M. and T.
Westmacott, seedsmen, Cheapside—J. R. Cowell and R.
M'Laurin, sharebokers, Leeds—J. (lowland and J. Harbottle,
drapers, ,Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. F. Hayward and W.
Macdonald, Liverpool—J. Birkett and R. Foster, attorneys,
Liverpool—A. Park and J. Armstrong, surgeons, Gravesend
—R. and B. Urwick, Foster-lane, City—A. Ball and E.
Morris, surgeons, Spalding, Yorkshire—W. Lock, jun., R.
Lano, and A. H. Lano, stone merchants, Portland, Lancashire.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
John Orr, spirit merchant, I,lasgow, April 6 and April 27,
at twelve, at the office of Mr. Miller, Glasgow.
Edward Khull and Alexander Poison, printers, Glasgow,
April 3 and April 24, at two, at the chambers of Mr. Smith,
Glasgow.
Macgregor, Poison, and Co., publishers, Glasgow, April 3
and April 24, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Kerr,
Glasgow.
James Law, innkeeper, Kilmarnock, April 4 and April 25,
at two, at the chambers of Mr. Fulton, Kilmarnock.
David Smith, writer, Dundee, April 8 and April 29, at one,
at the Royal Hotel, Dundee.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
EPSOM SPRING RACES.
Hitherto the interest of the Spring Races at Epsom has
been confined to the Trial Plate, for three-year-olds, given
by Sir Gilbert Heathcote, and a stake or two in heats for the
especial amusement of those to whom quantity is everything.
Matters, however, are no longer to proceed at the old "jog-
trot" pace. The grand stand, and with it the active arrange-
ment of the races, has passed into the hands of Mr. Henry
Dorling, and under the immediate patronage of the Stewards
of the Jockey Club, (now associated in the Stewardship
with Sir Gilbert Heathcote), and, with the best wishes of
every man who would maintain the turf on a sound and
respecable footing, he has in the short time that has elapsed
since he 'reigned, sealed, and delivered," accomplished suf-
ficient in the shape of improvement to convince the world
that Epsom is no longer to be dependent solely on its Derby
and Oaks. All the modern improvements have been already
or will be adopted, and, malgre the selfish opposition of a dis-
appointed clique, will henceforth rank with the best in the
country. The first meeting under the new regime will take
place on Friday next, and in a few words we will endeavour
to show that the anticiaations we have occasionally indulged
of its success are not likely to be disappointed.
The course has been thoroughly dressed and levelled, and
we hear that more money and labour have been expended
on it during the last winter than in twenty years previously.
A great number of posts and chains have been set up towards
Tattenham Corner, where the pressure from the crowd is
usually greatest ; and it is with much pleasure we notice that
the officials have reserved a space for the people who may not
be rich enough to obtain admission to the stands.
The judge's chair has been removed to the upper or north
side of the course, an alteration we have often suggested, and
entirely approve of.
A new telegraph has been completed, showing the names
of the jockies as they weigh, a decided improvement to
any that we have yet seen in this quarter. But the im-
provements in and about the grand stand throw all others,
excellent as they are, into the shade. We were surprised
to see the vast quantity of earth that had been removed
' since last year, and the solidity and excellence of the new
works. The lawn, or enclosure in front, is now earned
up in a rather sharp slope from the edge of the course to
a level with the principal floor of the building, and will furnish
accommodation for many thousands of spectators, and
afford them an uninterrupted view of the races. The hail
opens immediately upon the lawn, and will be a convenieht
refugeforthe "
shouldinniig," say half as large again
as As
wet or cold weather. The enckaionorg
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front.toos Theacious roomswith on
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basement are appropriated to the officials of the course. They
include the clerk of the courses office, the weighing roma,
jockey's retiring-room, prieting-offiee, and many other con-
veniences. This Fart of the building is warmed by a
powerful stove, and is laid down with matting and properly
ventilated. Two rooms on the principal floor are reserved,
one for the Jockey Club, the other for the Bench of Magia,
trates, and the remainder being open to the public. The
Grand Saloon is now in progress of decoration, and we can
see enough to warrant us in stating that, when finished, it
will be one of the handsomest rooms of its kind in the
country. On this floor there are two elegant ladies' rooms.
fitted with toilets, and handsomely furnished. A grand en-
trance has been made at the back of the building, and is
most conveniently arranged. A large yard has been en,
closed with gates, so as to allow of carriages setting don;
without being molested by the rabble, and the entrabee is
wide enough for three carriages to draw up together,
As far as our judgment goes, the arrangements are unex-
ceptionable, and we trust the liberal proprietor and lessee
will reap the reward of his labours; at all events, from the
interest attached to the great race to come off on Friday, the
number of horses already en route, and the favourable state
of the weather, we do not hesitate to predicate that the
Spring Meeting willl be a bumper. We shall give the
entries and arrivals to-morrow.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TrEsDAY.
CuasrEa Cur.-13 to 1 agst Sweetmeat-20 to 1 agst Best Bower
(taken)-20 to 1 agst Clumsy (taken and afterwards offered)-2' to 1
agst Hope (taken)-25 to 1 agst Mica Burns-25 to 1 agst Fitzallen-
-40 to 1 agst Crim. Con. (taken freoly)-40 to 1 agst Weatherbit-40
to 1 agst Inheritress (taken)-50 to 1 apt Lothario (taken)-50 to I
agst Polish (taken).
DERBY.-9 to 2 agst Sting-12 to 1 agst Brecardo-20 to 1 agst
lago-30 to 1 agst Tibthorpo-35 to 1 agst Fancy Roy (takon)—
35 to 1 agst Humdrum (taken)-1,000 to 15 agst Lucotta colt (taken).
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-5 to I agst Peasant (teken freely)-
12 to 1 agst AUriCUla-13 to 1 agst Lord Saitoun (taken)-14 to 1 agst
Carissima (taken)-16 to 1 agst My Mary (taken).
OAKS.-16 to 1 agst Queen Anne (taken)-16 to 1 agst Osprey
(taken).

HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 31.
There being only thirty-one Members present at Four
o'clock, the House adjourned till to-morrow.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE

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of Westmeath, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of
,7,l,avreensay, the Earl of Shelburne, the Earl of Liverpool, the
E-firl of Claret the Earl of Sheffield, the Dowager Countess of
Essex, the Viscount Duncannon, the Marquis of Huntley, the
Marquis of Titchfield, the Earl of Falmouth, Viscount Beres-
ford, Lord William Beresford, Lord Sandy', Lord G. Paget,
Lord W. Lennox, Lord Gardner, Lord Dufferin, Hon. Spence
Cowper, Sir John and Lady Lawlor, Sir John Miles, Sir Job
and Lady Burgoyne, Sir H. Webb, Sir Thomas Hare, S'
Henry Willoughbyuthe Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgibbon, tl-
Hon. Mrs. Tolmaehet the Hon. R. Curzon, the Hon. Sophi
i' Wheatley, the Hon. Mrs. Thelluson, the Hon. Colon,
Wrottesley, Colonel Cavendish. Mrs. Stoddart Douglas, Mrs.
Crawshay, Colonel and Mrs. Cornwall, Major Buckley, Mrs.
Pack Bedding, kc. &c. .. . .