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N, APRIL 29, 1846.

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NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE and CARLISLE
. . RAILWAY.
..• . .

Notice la hereby given, that a Special general MEETING of the
Proprietors of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Company
will be held, at the Office of the Company, near the Forth, in the town
of Newcastle-upon'-Tyne, ori TUESDAY, the 19th day of May, 1846, at
TWelve o'clock at noon, for the purpose of submitting for the approval
of the Proprietors of the said Company the Draft of a Bill now before
Parliament, entituled, "A Bill to authorise the Newcastle-upon-Tyne
and. Carlisle .Rallway Company to extend their Railway in New-
castle-upon-Tyne, to make several Branch Railways, and for other
purposes connected with their undertaking."
• MATTHEW PLUMMER, Chairman of the Directors.

MLLE EXHIBITION of PLANTS,FLOWERS,
and .FRUIT,, in the Gardens of the ROYAL BOTANIC
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the New Conservatory, on WEDNESDAYS May 20, June 3, and July 1.

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PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
A. The Subscribers and the Public are respectfully informed that
the FOURTH CONCERT will take place on MONDAY EVENING
NEXT, when will be performed Mozart's Symphony in G minor;
Beethoven's Choral Fantasia, and Grand Mass in D. Solo per-
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BRITISH HOTEL, COCKSPUR-STREET,
CHARING-CROSS.
IL BRIANT respectfully informs Noblemen, Gentlemen, and
Families, that he has taken the above Hotel, every part of which
has been renovated and greatly improved. H. B. begs to assure
those who may honour him with their patronage that every at-
tention shall be paid to their comforts, and his charges strictly
moderate.

The British Hotel is pleasantly situated, being near the Houses of
Parliament and the Theatres, and is easy of access from all the
different Railway Stations. This Hotel contains Rooms suitable for
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THIS well-known freehold HOTEL, COM-
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Joseph Murch, subject to such conditions of sale as will be then
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8,551 feet.

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Plymouth, April 22, 1846.

OLD CROWN, LICtIFIELD.

GEORGE CALLA WAY, in returning most
sincere thanks to those Commercial Gentlemen, Agricul-
turists, and the public generally, who have hitherto so kindly sup-
ported him, begs respectfully to solicit a continuance of their
favours, and assures them that no effort shall be wanting to secure
their comfort and accommodation.
April 27, 1846.

WANTED, A MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN,
who has had experience in the business, to take the manage-
ment of a Commercial Inn. None need apply without the most
respectable references as to character and ability.
Address to G. Callaway, Old Crown, Lichfield.

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new and second-hand Silver Spoons and Forks; new and second-
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[ADVERTISEMENT.]-BOTANIC WATER AND BEAR'S
Gaismirc.—When the hair is becoming thin, and falling off,
the only effectual remedy, besides shaving the head, is the use
of the two above-named articles, applied alternately—the bo-
tanic water to cleanse the roots from scurf and as a stimulant,
and the bear's grease as a nourisher. If any further evidence
was required of the virtues of bear's grease for renovating and
preserving the hair, Mr. Catlin's account of the quantity used,
and the length of hair obtained by some of the North Ame-
rican Indians, would be a sufficient answer. Ross and Sons,

119, and 120, Bishopsgate-street, who first introduced the use
of bear's grease in this country, and who fat and kill the ani-
mals, recommend the public to purchase none other but with
their names and address printed on the pot, or the changes are
their obtaining a spurious article. All vegetable oils applied to
the hair are worse than useless.
CLERKENWELL SCHOOLS FOR RAGGED CHILDREN.—
The first annual meeting of the Clerkenwell Sundays Schools for Poor
Ragged Children, was held last evening in the parochial shoot-rooms
in Amwell-street. The chair was taken at six o'clock by the Right

Hon. Lord Ashley. There was also present on the platfoim the Rev.
Hugh llughes, rector of St. John's, Clerkenwell, the president of the
school, the Rev. Mr. Faulkner, rector of St. James's, Clerkenwell,
the Rev. Mr. Blacklron, a Dissenting minister, and Mr. Debenham,
and other gentlemen, who have taken an active part in the establish-
ment of the school. An appropriate prayer having been said, the
business of the evening was com►nenced by the reading of the report,
which having been adopted, a series of resolution., calculated to carry
out the views of the supporters of the school, were passed. Ths
meeting was addressed by the Noble Lord in the chair, who expressed
his readiness to co-operate in the objects of the meeting, and by the
clergymen and gentlemen above mentioned, all of whom urged most
forcibly on their auditors the necessity and importance of giving in-
struction to the children of those classes by which the district In
which they were assembled was crowded. In the course of the pro-
ceedings two appropriate hymns were sung by the children, and a
selection of sacred music performed by several professional ladies
and gentlemen present. The meeting, which consisted of a vast
number of very respectable persons, did not break up for several
hours.

THE LATE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION IN DRURY-
LANE. —From inquiries made yesterday afternoon of the house-sur-
geon of King's College Hospital, it was ascertained that that gentle-
man now entertains very sanguine hopes that Blewltt will recover
from the effects of the injuries he has received.

r VA
HINT TO ALLorrEEs.—A well-known journeyman
tailor in Leicester (who, it is said, "mocks one" exceedingly well), .
having been served with a writ by a bubble company, whose ' di-
rectors" had forgotten to reply to his letter of application till their
shares were at discount, he quietly packed up his sole worldly pos-
sessions—his goose, needle, and thimble I—and forwarded them by
Pickford to the secretary I He also wrote a note begging that the
" goose" might serve as the centre-dish at the next " committee-
dinner," and that he might be invited to the feast to " see the last of
his old friend."—Leicestershire Mercury.
ROMAN CATHOLIC INSTlTUTE.—Yesterday the an-
nual meeting of the members of this institute was held at the Free-
masons' Tavern, the Right Rev. Dr. Briggs, Vicar Apostolic of the
northern district, in the chair. Lord Arundel, the Hon. Charles
Langdale, D. O'Connell, Esq., M.P. &c., were present. Mr. Smith,
the secretary, read the report, which stated that the objects of the
institute included the education of Roman Catholic children, of whom
25,000 were deprived of that blessing, and also the protection of the
Roman Catholic body from persecution. According to the report the
recslpts for the past year for educational purposes were 1,5341.25. 5d.,
and for the general objects of the institute, 1,232/. 9s. 3d., making a
total of 2,7661. I ls. Bd. Upon the motion of the Hon. Charles Lang-
dale, the report was adopted. Mr. O'Connell, Lord Arundel, and
several Roman Catholic clergymen having addressed the meeting, the
officers for the ensuing year were elected, after which, and a vote of
thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated.
NOVEL CHARGE AGAINST A MILITARY OFFICER.—
At the County Magistrates' Office, Rochester, on Monday, a charge
of wilful damage was brought against Captain Faunce, of the 4th
Queen's Own Regiment, for having broken open a door at the house
of John Leith, of Wood-street, Brompton. The Captain had occupied
apartments at the complainant's house, and in consequence of words
between his servants and Mrs. Leith, she gave him notice to quit,
notwithstanding she knew he was ordered out to India in the course
of ten days. The Captain and his lady quitted the lodgings ac-
cordingly, at considerable inconvenience to themselves. lle after-
wards went to the house for some bathing-tins which had been left
behind, and after ringing twice at the door-bell without obtaining ad-
mittance, he forced it open, and for this he was brought before the
magistrates ; the damage done to the lock sad staple being laid at
ls. Mrs. Leith, it appeared, had locked the door to prevent his en-
trance, on the plea that rent amounting to 3/. 15s. remained unpaid,
and tie therefore detained the tins. She afterwards admitted that
the rent had always been regularly paid, and that Captain Faunce
had tendered the arrears to her more than once, and which she had
refused to accept. The Captain admitted the charge, and was ad-
judged to pay a fine of ls., the estimated damage, and 12s. costs ;
and as she had refused to take the rent, he declared his intention of
giving it to some public charity.
DEATH ACCELERATED BY EXCITEMENT.—Tuesday
evening an inquest was held before Mr. W. Payne, City Coroner, at
the Hand and Shears, Cloth-fair, Smithfield, respecting the death of
Elinor Shore, aged fifty-one years, of Long-lane, Barbican. The
deceased generally enjoyed good health, but during the last three
months had laboured under great excitement in consequence of her
daughter, who had been decoyed away by a young man with whom
she had formed an attachment. On Sunday night last the deceased
retired to rest, and the following morning was discovered in adeyin
state, foaming at the mouth. A surgeon was sent for, hat th de-
ceased expired before his arrival. The jury returned averdict of
"Natural death.",
PARIS FASHIONS.—.
For a long time only feathers
and flowers had figured in the coiffure of women. Of late years some
heads with grapes ;
women have, like Erigone, ornlamseeeinited their
the Ccraltesse Duchatel. Some
thus, if I be not mistaken,
bieen seen on some fair head ; but,
cherries and currants havehls'oe
to grow up to them. A
hitherto, vegetables had not beeitiovei,neirt,ted
just been proclaimed for
new and ravissant fashion has, however,
ornamented with water-crosses.
this year, namely,
.I!"xt'ion will not be the only one, and that
hairs., with little rod
Let us hope that this innovation
some bold modists wililnsnooOnadec.koaurrr.il.a,dlivesas;
r4dlBlleS And french beaus.--4

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons,
TUESDAY, APRIL 28.

The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills
ordered to be brought in by the undernamed Hon. Meinbers :
Birkenhead and Llangollen—Mr. Brotkerton, Mr. Alderman Hum-
- phery, and Mr. Dodd.
Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth—Lord Rendlesham, Lord A.
Hervey, Mr. Gooch, and Mr. Gibson_- _ _

Manche;ter, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway Ex.
tensions—Mr. Ellice, jun., and Mr. Brotherton.

Morayshire—Mr. Ricardo and Mr. Duff.
Lancashire and Preston Junction—Mr. yatten, Mr. Greene, and Mr,
Clifton.

Birmingham and Oxford Junction—Viscount Villiers and Mr. Muntz.
Birmingham and Oxford Jiinction (Birmingham Extensions)—Vis-
count Villiers and Mr. Muntz.

Thetford, Bury St. Edmund's, and Newmarket—Earl Jermyn, Lord
C. Fitzroy, and Lord A. Hervey.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Edinburgh, and Direct Glasgow Junction—
Mr. Ilinde and Mr. Ord.
London and Birmingham (Coventry to Nuneaton)—Colonel Anson
and Mr. Mangles.

STANDING ' COMMITTEE. ,
The following reSTA solu Itions wereORDERS reported from this Committee :-
1. That, in the case of the St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford
Junction Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed
with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on
correcting the errors on the plan deposited In the Private Bill-office.
2, That, in the case of the Lancaster and Preston Junction Rail-
way petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That
the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on proving before
the Committee on the Bill the insertion of the notices In the county
newspaper and the " London Gazette" for three sueeessive weeks. ,
3. That, in the case of the Bristol and Birmingham Railway (Ash-
church, Tewkesbury, and Malvern lino) petition, the standing orders
ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to pro-
ceed with their Bin on correcting the section so as to exhibit thereon
ev
theer heieacghth of the rivers Av and span ef theon. arch or arches of the bridge or bridges
That the Committees on this, and the two preceding Bills, do
examine, in the first place, how far such orders have been complied
with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill.
4. That, in the case of the Warwick and London Railway (Hann).
ton and AShcliurch Line) petition, the standing orders ought to be
dispensed with :—That the patties be permitted to proceed with their
Bill.

5. That, in the case of the Northampton, Banbury, and Chelten-
ham Railway petition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed
wttk. - • • • •

6. That, in the case of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction
Railway (Birmingham Extension) petition, the standing orders ought
to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed
with their Bill.

7. That, in the case of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction
Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :
That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill.
8. That, in the case of the Thetford, Bury St. Edmund's, and
Newmarket Railway petition, the st nding orders ought to be dis-
pensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their
Bill.

First, second, third, fourth, sixth, seventh, and eighth resolutions
agreed to.—Report to Ile on the table.

RAILWAYS.
Select Committee on Group No. 40.
Mr. Sheridan discharged ; Captain the Hon. J. C. Vivian
selected, and added to the Committee.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

--,..------
From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons,
TUESDAY, APRIL 28.

RAILWAY BILLSGROUP 1.
Mr. Henley reported from the Select Committel)e on Group I 1 of
Railway Bills, That the Committee met this day at one o'clock, pur-
suant to the adjournment of yesterday, and that William Smith
O'Brien, Esq., one of the Members of the Committee, did not attend
that Committee this day within one hour of the time appointed for
the meeting of the Committee.
Order [27th April] for attendance of Mr. William Smith O'Brien
on the Committee this day, read :
And Mr. Smith O'Brien being in his place, and having been called
upon by Mr. Speaker, stated that he had no ibrther explanation to
offer to the House, and that he held to his determination as expressed
in his correspondence with the Chairman of the Committee of Selec-
tion, and then he withdrew.

Motion made and Question proposed,—" That William Smith
O'Brien, Esq., having disobeyed the Order of this House by refusing
to attend the Committee to which the Railway Group No. 11, had
been referred, has been guilty of a contempt of this House :"
Amendment proposed to leave out from the word Esq." to the end
of the Question, in order to add the words " and any other Members
of this House who, in the course of the present session, may think
proper to signify to the Committee of Selection that they claim, on
special grounds, to be exempted from serving on Select Committees
on Railway Bills, shall be exempted accordingly; and that it be an
instruction to the Committee of Selection to report to the House the
names of all such Members as may so claim to be specially exempted,
and the grounds assigned for such exemption :" Question put,
" That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question."
The House divided:—

MAJORITY—AYES, 139.
Acland, Sir T. Duncan, George Mangles, R. D.
Aglienby, H. A. Duncombe, A. Marshall, William
Aldam, William Duncombe, 0. Marsland, Henry
Antrobus, E. Dundas, David Molesworth, Sir W.
Arbuthaott, Hugh Easthope, Sir John Morpeth, Viscount
Armstrong, Sir R. Eastnor, Viscount Neville, Ralph
Arundel, Earl of Escott, Bickham Ord, William
Bailey, Joseph,jun. Estcourt, T. G. Packe, C. W.
Bathe, Col. Evans, William Pell,;Sir R.
Bathe, H. V. Ewart, William Philips, Mark
Baine, Walter Feilden, William Plumptre, J. P.
Baldwin, C. B. Ferguson, Colonel Plumridge, Captain
Bannerman, A Fitzroy, Henry Polhill, Frederick
Barclay, David Flower, Sir J. Powell, Colonel
Baring, F. T. Forman, T. S. Rawdon, Colonel
Baring, W. B. Forster, Mathew Round, John
Barnard, E. G. Gisbome, Thomas Sandon, Viscount
Beckett, William Godson, Richard Scott, Francis
Blackbume, J. I.', Gore, Montague Seymour, Sir H. B
Blake, M. J. Goulburn, Henry Sheridan, R. B.
Borthwick, P. Graham, Sir James Smythe, George
Bowles, Admiral Granger, T. C. Somerset, Lord 4.
Bowring, Dr. Greene, Thomas Sotheron, T. H. S.
Brooke, Lord Grey, Sir G. Spooner, Richard
Browne, W. Grimsditch, T. Staunton, Sir G.
, Bruce, Lord E. Hamilton, W. J. Stuart, Lord J.
Bruges, W. H. L. Hamilton, Lord C. Strutt, Edward
Buckley, Edmund Harcourt, G. G. Sutton, H. M.
Buller, Charles Hawes, Benj. Tancred, H.:W.
Buller, Edward Hay, Sir A. L. Thesiger, Sir F.
Cardwell, E. Henley, J. W. Thornely, Thomas
Carew, W. P. Herbert, Sidney Trelawny, J. S.
Carnegie, Captain Hervey, Lord A. Trench, Sir F.
Christie, W. D. Hodgson, Richard Trotter, John
Clerk Sir George Hope, Sir J. Troubridge, Sir E.
Colebrooke, Sir T. E. Hope, G. W. Vyse, R. IL B. H.
Collett, W. E. Hotham, Lord Walker, Richard
Compton, H. C. Howard, C. W. Ward, H. G.
Connolly, Col. Hudson, G. Wellesley, Lord C.
Corry, H. Hume, Joseph Wilde, Sir Thomas
Cowper, W. F. Inglis, Sir R. Williams, T. P.
Craig, W. G. Jones, Captain Winnington, Sir T.
Cripps, William Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Wood, Colonel T
Davies, D. A. S. Lockhart, W.
Denison, J. E. Mackenzie, T.
Douglas, Sir H. Maclean, D.
Douglas, Sir C. E. M`Neill, Duncan
Duckworth, Sir J. Mahon, Viscount

TELLERS.
Young, John
Baring, Henry

MINORITY-NOES, 15.

Bridgeman, Hewitt M'Carthy, Alex. Powell, Caleb
Browne, R. D. O'Brien, J. Roche, B. B.
Collett, John O'Brien, Timothy Somers, J. P.
Fitzgerald, R. A. O'Connell, Daniel TELLERS.
Grattan, Henry O'Connell, Maurice Warburton, Henry
Kelly, James O'Connell, John Brotherton, Joseph

Main Question put. The House divided :
MAJORITY—AYES, 133.

Acland, Sir T.
Aglionby, H. A.

Douglas, Sir C.
Duckworth, Sir J.

Mangles, R. D,
Marshall, W.

Aldam, William Duncan, Giorge Marshmd, Henry
Antrobus, Edmund Dundas, David Molesworth, Sir W.
Arbuthnott, H. Easthope, Sir J. Morpeth, Viscount
Armstrong, Sir A. Escott, Bickham Ord, William
Arundel, Earl of Estcourt, T. G. Paeke, C. W.
Bailey, J., jun. Evans, William Peel, Sir Robert
Baillie, Colonel Ewart, William Philips, Mark
.... . —. . __....

Baillle, H. J. Fielden, William Plunipire, J. P.
Baine, Walter Ferguson, Col. Plumridge, Captain
Baldwin, Barry Fitzroy, Henry PolhiP F.
Bannerman, A. Flower, Sir James Powell, Col.
Barclay, Darid Forman, T. S. itawdon, Colonel
Baring, F. T. Forster, Matthew Round, John
Baring, W. B. Gisbome, Thomas Sandon, Viscount
Barnard, Edward G. Godson, R. Scrope, G. P.
Beckett, W. Gore, Montague Smythe, George
Blackburne, J. I. Goulburn, Henry Seymour, Sir H.
Blake, M. J. Graham, Sir J. Somerset, Lord G.
Borthwick, Peter Granger, T. C. Sotheron, T. H. S.
Bowles, Admiral Greene, Thomas Spooner, Richard
Bowring, Dr. Grlmsditch, Thomas Staunton, Sir G.
Bretherton, J. Hamilton, W. J. Stuart, Lord J.
Browne, W. Hamilton, Lord C. Strutt, Edward
Bruce, Lord E. Harcourt, G. Sutton, Henry
Bruges, W. H. Hawes, B. Tancred, H. W.
Buckley, Edmund Hay, Sir. A. Thesiger, Sir F.
Buller, Charles Henley, J. W. Thornely,.T. _
..., .. ...... .

Buller, Edward Ilerheri, Sydney Trelawn.Y,—J. M.
Cardwell. Edward Hervey, Lord A. Trench, Sir F. W.
Carew, W. 11. Pole Hodgson, R. Trotter, John
Carnegie, Captain Hope, Sir J. Troubridge, Sir B.
Christie, W. D. Hope, G. W. Vyse, B.
Clerk Sir G. Hotham, Lord Warburton, H.
Colebrooko, Sir T Howard, C. W. . Ward. H. G.
Collett, Si?. It. Hudson, George Wellesley, Lord C.
Compton, H. C. Hume, Joseph Wilde, S. T.
Connolly, Colonel Inglis, Sir R. Williams, W.
Corry, Henry Jones, Captain Winnington, Sir T.
Cowper, W. F. Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Wood, Colonel T.
Craig, W. G. Lockhart,. W.

Cripps, W.
Davies, 1). A.
Denison, E. B.
Douglas, Sir H.

Mackenzie, T. TELLERS.
Maclean, Donald Young, John
M`Neill, Duncan Baring, Henry
Mahon, Lord

Bridgeman, 11.
Browne, R. D.
Collett, John

MINORITY NOES, 13.
31`Carthy, Alexander Somers, J.:P.
O'Brien, Joha
•
O'Brien, T.
TELLERS.
O'Connell, Maurice O'Connell, Dania
O'Connell, J. Roche, E. B.
Powell, Caleb

Fitzgerald, R. A.
Grattan, Henry
Kelly, James

THE BREVET.—We understand from very high autho-
rity, that a brevet in the army and navy will very shortly be an-
nounced, and at the period at which we are to look for it will be the
auspicious day of her Majesty's accouchement. It is stated in a
circle most likely to be well informed that a brevet won id have been
given last year, had not the expense of the Navy and Ordnance
Department been so great as to check the announcement of it at
that time.
POLICE OFFICER KILLED.—On Saturday evening last,
William Sommerville, one of the policemen on the Caledonian Rail-
way, was killed in the most barbarous manner, near Lockerbie, by
the railway labourers. It appears that the monthly payment of the
men working on that part of the line took place on Saturday evening
last, and a disturbance having occurred amongst the " navvys," de-
ceased and other officers were called upon to quell the uproar, who,
in attempting to do so, were kicked and beaten in the most violent
and brutal manner, by the mob, who were mostly Irishmen. The
treatment which Sommerville received from three of them was most
savage. He was stabbed on his body with some sharp-edged instru-
ment, his nose was split in two, and so was one of his cheeks, while
one of his eyes was burst, and robed out of its socket. He expired
soon afterwards. The three murderers effected their escape, but the
police are in pursuit of tnem in all directions.
POST-OFFICE NOTICE.-013 Tuesday a notice was
posted at the chief office, St. Martin's-le-Grand. announcing that the
next mails for India, China, Egypt, Gibraltar, Malta, Greece. and
the lonia,' Islands, via Southampton, will be dispatched on the
evening of the 2d of Nay ; and via Marseilles, on the evening of the

7th of May.
SUDDEN DEATHS.—Yosierday Mr. Baker held two
inquests, one at the Star and Garter, Arbour-square, Stepney, and
the other at the London Hospital, on the bodies of Henry Ephraini
Hubble, aged thirty-one, and George Marshall, aged fifty. It ap-
peared in the first case that Hubble was landlord of the Star and
Garter. Several years ago, while in Calcutta, lie had an attack i
insanity caused by excessive drinking. On Easter Monday the laoined
police
cleared his house and turned the gas off. The deceased co
he mp
of it, and appeared to be much excited. On Friday evening went to
bed as usual, and shortly afterwards got up and ran down staisrs into the
street with nothing on but his shirt and drawers. lie wa brought
oft., complained of Ihseuirddcoenindyuchte.
back, and he died a few hours afterwards. There had been a sum-
mons out against him for keeping his house open after twelve o'clock
on Sunday nights. This also excited the deceased, who thought him-
self ill-used by the police, and had
The jury returned a verdict of .` Died by the visitation of God du
the second case it appeared that the deceased, Marshall, was seen to
pass down North-street, Stepney, on Sunday evening.
staggered, and would have fallen to the ground had not amen caught
him in his arms as he was passing by. He was conveyed to the
tural death"was
London Hospital, but died before he reached there. Verdi,
HERR PI cum' —A letter has been received ;I'ol3l " this
recorded.
s .rded.
celebrated singer, announcing his immediate d
gard for London, and accepting an departure from Stutt-
Aunu'a concert au rile 15th of May.
engagement for Madame Caraderi

LATEST FROM POLAND.
CZELA. DECLARED KING.
The journal published in Paris, in the Polish language,
under the title of Trzeci Maj (or, Third of May) gives, in its
last number, dated Monday last, 25th instant, the following
as the latest intelligence from private sources in Galicia:—
" The details from the theatre of the movements are very
incomplete. Bands of armed peasants continue to hold out;
but their chief Czela (not Szelu) has proclaimed himself
King of the Peasants. He travels •in a carriage with six
horses, and surrounded by a suite of cavalry. Throtighout
all Galicia the peasants have discontinued to perform the
work of the corvee (panszczyrna). The movement extends
in every direction to the frontiers of Volhynia ani Podolia.
The murders of the superior classes still go on ; andlastly,-
M. Golejewski, a landed proprietor (not a noble) was` mur-
dered in this way. In the circles of Zlaczow and Taraowpol
It is reported that there is, in the circle of Sambar, a camp
of fifty'nOblemen in the forest, who are kept in a state of
siege by the peasants.
" There is current a report. in Galicia that the Russian Go-
vernment has addressed a note to the Austrian, deprOating
the conduct of the latter in Galicia, and_ taking the 'Polish
nobility under the protection of Russia."
Th

le Journal des Debats publishes the following communi-
cation from Lemberg, dated the 14th inst.:—
" We have just passed the three last days of Iloly Week
in the deepest anxiety. The report had spread throughout
the province that on the 10th, or Good Friday, a general
massacre of the Polish nobles and German functionaries
would take place. The troops were concentrated in the
towns, and large numbers of the inhabitants of the country
sought refuge in them. These terrible rumours have, fortu-
nately, not been realised. It is even said that order and
tranquillity are restored in the circles of Wadowite and
Bochnia. In the circle of Tarnow, the peasants not only re-
fuse to acquit themselves of the cornees, but required the
division of The " land between them. It is feared that
these symptoms of disorder will spread to the neighbouring
'provinces of Russia, where bondage prevails in all its
force. The reaction may thus become more terrible
still. In the circles of Jaslow and Czarstkof the peasants
are already rising against the nobles. I will mention a
fact which characterises the situation of affairs. Count
Lanckaronski, one of the greatest landowners of Galicia,
has considerable estates in the circle of Czarstkof. He
is married to the Prince de Metternich's niece, and
almost all his employes are Germans. A deputation of
sp:carsedanttshelalateuldyowun-aeirtedanodn_ him.tak We have learnt,' said
they, that in the other circleesntphoess
We are good-natured
complain of you,peasants
sof htahveeir land.
thereforeop we have not much reason,:to
mastersw:rn
do unto yon what the peasants a
go away and leave usyou that IT you will ntot-
r, we shall be obliged to
who employer
rd
troopsimmediately
Tarnow have done with
their lords.' M. Lanckaronski's
adi n that;t
warned the Austrian authorities,
direction; but, hitherto, the Government has
in vigour solely against the nobles. In all the principal townsw
of the circles the public prisons and private houses'/ are
crowded with the unfortunate vic'ims, who await,
loath-
some places where they are huddled together pell-mell, the
decision of their fate ; an imperial councillor is entrusted with
the proceeuings against five hundred and fifty arrested per-
sons. Each of them is examined three days together, so
that there are innocent persons who will perhaps have to
wait three or lour years before their case be disposed of. A
large number, unable to endure the treatment they are sub-
jected to, have already died. Every family is in despair. We
are reduced here to implore the imperial clemency, not to
obtain oblivion and forgiveness, but judges. The situation
of the province is most lamentable—all confidence has
vanished. The Government dreads the nobles and the pea-
sants; the nobles dread the local authorities, who are the
main causes of the calamities of the country, and the peasants
whose fury knows no bounds. The peasants confound in
their hatred the nobles and the Austrian authorities. They
will neither obey, nor work. Thus, order and tranquility will
not be restored for a long time to come, and our prospects are
most gloomy."

CAPT. MANBY'S ILLUMINATED
SHELL.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SER,--It gives me considerable pleasure to reply to the
letter in your paper of the 15th instant, from Mr. Wilson, of
Hull, whose championship of Lieutenant O'Reilly''; inven-
tion of an illuminated shell reflects much credit, and evi-
dences a philanthropic, not a spurious, motive. I beg to in-
form Mr. Wilson the effect of an illuminated shell is mine,
a claim supported by an extract from the British Retrial;
published by Murray, and Longman and Co., on the Ist of
June, 1812, which thus speaks of experiments made by me
at Woolwich :—" A shell (instead of a shot) is affixed to a
rope having four holes in it to receive fuzes, and the interior
of the shell is filled with the fiercest and most glaring com-
position, which, when inflamed, displays so splendid an illu-
mination of the rope, that its flight cannot be mistaken."
Lieutenant O'Reilly's invention is an ingenious mode of in-
serting a fuze into the shot to prevent its expulsion in the
concussion. I freely and thankfully admit this improvement,
though a very extravagant substitution for mine, my shell
being charged with " 11b. of mealed powder, 3 ditto of salt-
petre, and S oz. of flour of brimstone, made into a paste by
spirits of wine or turpentine." lam glad to hear the autho-
rities have supplied at least the eastern coast with them. I
am sure Mr. Wilson will admit inventions in addition to are
not to supersede or throw odium on my plans; my objects
were originally accomplished on the principles of effective-
ness, facility of transport, simplicity of method, and economy'
"
leaving the results to the untiring zeal of my county-14;
and a merciful Providence. I have lived 81 years.,
andjhave
'p. I
not seen my plan improved in either of these
have heard so much noise lately about e.reeriments,rinciples that I
fully expected all my inventions are to be exploded, and
myself pronounced a lunatic, and tLat the indefatigable
Captain your letter alludes to, beiiides many others in our
local papers--I suspect his own composition—would have dis-
tanced all his predecessors ; but alas! Sir, all is ending as it
commenced, an amusement for noble and decorative folk on
Woolwich-common on very fine days. I have lately received
a number of letters, all in praise of the simplicity of my
plans; by the bye, one from the Government of Denmark,
through the medium of their Consul, for the immediate sup-
ply
of the apparatus. and hoping I would not permit the
public to be gulled by such fine-weather projections. My
reply has been, when able to wield my pen, that my exer-
tions shall be unremitted while my faculties remain. In the
humble hope that posterity will honour my perseverance
more when dead, than my jealous contemporaries do while
living, I am, Sir, your humble servant,
GEO. W. MANBY, Captain,' F.R.S.
Pedestal House, Soethtown, Great Yarmouth, April 8.

THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
In consequence of the increasing number of seceders from
the Established Church of England, and the growing and
alarming tendency to Romanism amongst a considerable
portion of the pious, learned, and influential members of the
Universities, which still nominally remain in her communion,
it is confidently reported that a total revision of the "Thirty-
nine Articles" is shortly to take place, so as to exclude all
obsolete doctrines, ambiguous expressions, and doubtful pas-
sages which have hitherto given rise to misinterpretations
and misconceptions of the pure and fundamental principles
of the Protestant faith. Also, an entire reformation of the
Book of Common Prayer (so much needed), in which so
many of the Romish doctrines are still inculcated and clearly
set forth, which are totally at variance with our Protestant
belief, such as the pretended corporeal and real presence in
our merely commemorative Sacrament, Confession to Man,
Priestly Absolution, &c. ; as also, the Athanasian Creed, so ob-
noxious to many pious and good Christians, who cannot con-
scientiously subscribe to it.

CORRESPONDING SOCIETIES AND LECTURE-ROOMS.-
Mr. Thomas Duncombe's Bill to amend the laws relating to corre-
sponding societies and the licensing of lecture-rooms, which also bears
the names of Sir De Lacy Evans and Mr. Aglionby, was yesterday
printed. There are five clauses in the measure, and their object is to
repeal certain sections in various Acts of Parliament now in force-
-39 George 111., c. 2 ; 39 George 111., c. 79, s. 15 ; 57 George 111., C.
19, s. 25. By the Acts 39 George 111., c. 76, and 57 George 111., c.
19, certain offences are created, and certain penalties are attached to
the commission thereof. It is declared that the provisions of the re-
cited Acts have given occasion to vexatious proceedings by common
informers, and that after the passing of this Bill they shall only be
commenced by the law officers of the Crown. The repeal of the
several enactments is not to extend to other societies, which by the
Acts are declared to be unlawful combinations and confederacies.

IMINERS' STRIKE. BIRSIINGIIASI, TUESDAY EVE-
NING.—The coal and ironstone masters in South Staffordshire are
now beginning to feel the effects of the recent resolution of the iron-
masters to adhere to the ?resent exorbitant prices for iron. The de-
mand has already decreased to a considerable extent. Stocks are in
'i
Monday
re
ini
oiknsandane
atll
Saturday
r dstobaneycolliery,
s,minersowfae d
n reduction l 'Ve esbd
struck:unre sy;
consequence accumulating, and a fall in prices is now generally anti-
cipated by the trade. In prospect of this depression, Messrs. Lloyd,
bury; Messrs. Addcrbrook and Son, Messrs. Bills and Mills, Messrs.
-Forte, and Co . , the
i.
iiinpder ors: rle
insesttroisisji
rooehfm,
morning nearly 2,000 men met in an
awyenit was unanimously resolved ant
owl gjnpaojrnheke their notice
elarol ):idwdacnarelegtttwolfeed;
yesterdaythnr eescrebpuuryeze, a-day. old
pB looa g nynl
ntomsvubrmiecetitvointgheisp4rospos.
aed reduction. Th
-day ; before iron erorasetetoofiwtsapgresesetahteyraaretes
they had 3s. 9d., and from the feeling shown at the meeting it was
evident that nothing
will induce the miners to resume work at lower
wages than 4s. but a reduction in the price of iron and coal, which
woutiNderEenNtrAthme
smm.asters unable to give the highest rate.
APPREHENSION AND COMMITTAL OT
THE SUPPOSED INCENDIARY. ANDOVER, SATURDAY, APRIL 25.—This
Meriting a man named Joseph At diem, nearly 60 years of age, for more
tfharman:oreYsearidinsg aa.tfarm
Gratesieryra,anvillwasagtoeathlir. Jmoilhensßfraotint, an extensive
the county magistrates, for setting
and about six from Andover,
fire to aulparge hay rick, supposed
brought for examination before
to contain between twenty and thirty tons, belonging to his master,
on the morning of Friday the 24th instant. It appears this man was
discharged from Mr. Batt's service about Christmas last, since which
time he has been out of employ. Evidence having been received,
the prisoner, after being duly cautioned, was asked what he had to
say, stated he was as innocent as a child unborn of setting fire to the
rick—never was near the place till taken there by the policeman, and
can prove that if required. The magistrates, afters brief consultation,
decided that the evidence was sufficient to warrant them in sending
the prisoner for trial at the Winchester summer assizes. Mr. Batt
was bound over in a 2,.1. bond to prosecute, and the two policemen
in 10/. each to give evidence on the trial.
BREAK OF GAUGE.—The Bristol and Birmingham
Railway Company are showing a very laudable desire to reduce as
much as possible the inconvenience of the break of gauge; they have
altered some of their trains so as to fall in with those on the Great
Western Railway, and it is understood that they are about to put
on additional trains between Gloucester and Cheltenham for the like
purpose. Much inconvenience has been felt by passengers arriving
at Gloucester after the train for Cheltenham had started; and to
remedy the evil we learn that the directors of the Bristol and Bir-
mingham line intend to make the alteration alluded to, on the a.st of
the ensuing month, so that parties leaving London by the Great ores-
reach Cheltenham the same night; in addition to this, a train l
tern Railway at four o'clock in the afternoon will then be able
bt :
dispatched from Cheltenham to Gloucester, to meet the Great
Wes-
tern up Mail train, which leaves Gloucester at midnight.
ROYAL EXCHANGE. —The merchants were much
pleased yesterday to perceive symptoms of the removal of the
hour of 'Change. The Gresham
rain, to retain the wet until the
Dutchpebbles with whichthe an'
Committee is about to restore the old
aephalte, which has hitherto acted somewhat like a sponge, after
Exchange was paved, and which have, fortunately, been preserved.
gen-
oSl l iinsß,GCBalNdSen--t members
Raman were examined and admitted members on the 24th instant :
f:.ll:wistingceenliniamotit.n
Robert Cockburn, Reigate; William Davenport, Leek; J. Chitty
Clendon Conduit-street ; E. J. Barker, Lontrton, Staffordshire;
Henry gmith, Hadley; Samuel Chavas.se, Kingswinford ; B •
ROYAL CoLtElavt:
J.
CF
Miller, Walworth ;
Bristol; E. E. Hamilton, Islington; J. Mulhanne
Y, Mayo.
RETIREMENT FOR A DIPLOMATIST.
says the Boston Cow let', has taken — Mr. Everett, up his residence in Cambridge,
and entered upon the euti es of the Presidency on Monday morn-
ing. He attcnded the customary- religious services that morning,
and made an affectionate address
Everett's accession to this office—the highest literary distinction in
the country win be an auspicious era in the history of Harvard
University.

A GALLANT
at half-past twelve,AwChTen.
50, lying in the Pinop Reach, the sentinel in the fob
—On
on
nf the 16th inst.,
trebl e ntnbee nlfeallleiligitt
the water. The alarm, " A man overboard," was immediately
given, and reached the ears of the first lieutenant of the Raleigh, Mr.
Tatham, in bed at the time, who instantly sprang on deck in Ills
night-Shirt and precipitated himself off the gangway into the river.
Although an intense fog prevailed at the same time, and the weather
was very cold, at the peril of his own life he succeeded in saving
the marine, but was much exhausted when he got on board. The
sentinel was very nearly drowned when Mr. Tatham saved him.--
Ramphire Telegraph.

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RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(YESTERDAY.)

GROUP XIV.

SOVTZ-ZASTERN AND BRANCHES.

The examination of Mr. Fearon (continued from our After-
noon Edition of yesterday—All the directors and officers re-
mained, although the name was changed. The company was, in
affect, the same company under a different name. The first formal
advertisement of the South-Eastern Company came out in July,
1535. When they went before Parliament, the Brighton part of the
Scheme was abandoned, and in 1836 the Bill was obtained. When
the shares of the South-Eastern rose to a premium two other pro-
jects started tip and opposed it. One of these was a line from the
Greenwich Railway to Gravesend, but it was thrown out. The ori-
ginal object of the company was to accommodate North Kent, and,
tinder any reverses that they sustained the idea of that accommoda-
tion was never abandoned. Mr. Vignoles's plan first assumed a
distinct form in 1844. It was at first only to Chatham,
and then it was advanced to Ramsgate. It was only in the present
year that the extension to Dover was proposed. He did net con-
template say London terminus last year.
By Mr. Sergeant WILANGHAM—Captain Pringle, who was the en-
gineer to the company, in his examination before the committee
in 1836, stated that he objected to that part of the line running be-
tween Gravesend and Maidstene, as the chalk cuttings between
those points were very heavy. The principal landowning opposition
to the line was between Gravesend and Folkestone. There was also
a strong opposition between Gravesend and London. When they
made up their minds about the South-Eastern line, they considered
that the Gravesend line was out of the question.
The CHAIRMAN here intimated that the Committee were of opinion
that the question of priority ought not to be considered by them as a
matter of material importance. It was a point that should unques-
tionably meet with due consideration, but it appeared to him that
the question of the respective merits of the two projects wasof infi-
nitely more importance, and was the point on which the Committee
bad more particularly to decide.
Witness in continuation--Cannot say whether Mr. Vignoles had a
plan for a bridge over the Medway under the
b considerationteoferthoges
bridge wardens at the time that Mr. St p Ason proposed
the river by a ferry. Is sure that the idea of the bridge did not ori-
ginate with Mr. Vignoles, and Mr. Cubitt had spoken of it eight
years ago. The original capital of the company was 1,4013,0001.
The Committee adjourned until one o'clock to-morrow.

GROUP XVI.
.11.1.T0N BRANCH.
The etitarildaransideration of thisa p branch was resumed to-day by the Com-
mittee of Group XVI ; Sir Charles Douglas in the chair, with Lord
Pollington, Mr. Lockhart, and Mr. Blewitt present, when Mr.
Annul called
Mr. Drone, who testified to the advantage of having a station at
Alton, stating that it would bring the inhabitants seventeen miles
nearer than by the way of Winchester. He believed that the carrying
the line «-,,., Alresford would be difficult, and was not likely to be effected.
The bulk of the people were decidedly in favour of the Alton Branch.
To Mr. LneKtlanT, the witness said, that the turnpike-road was
as good as any in England. but it was bad for engineering difficul-
ties, there being a considerable rise to the summit of Windmill Hill,
six miles one way, and four the other.
Mr. Horne stated that the traffic was much greater at Wiglield
than at Farnborough, and the formation of this branch would bring
a great trade from Alton, which is the busiest place the witness
knows for its size, and certainly the population was very con-
siderable.
Mr. Crowley, called by Mr. AnsTIN, confirmed his previous evi-
dence with respect to the advantages this line was likely
to produce. It would reduce the carriage of coals from 12s. 9a. to
ss. 9d. per ton, and would increase the number of private inhabi•
tants, 94 Alton was situated in the most beautiful part of Hants, but
parties were prevented from settling there by the dearness of fuel
and the heavy cost of building materials. Sand cost, forrintsotsa.ncrei 20s.
There
a waggon load ;it ght, with this line, be brought fo
would be a saving ten per cent. in lime, seven per
and cent. in paving-
stone, five per ent. in timber from London. id
In the journeys
to London, too, each passenger wouldb badly save
off for conveyance that
nearly one half the ex-
pense ; .and the population were so
many people were obliged to keep their own gigs and other carriages.
The advantage was shown also in the circumstance of there being
upwards of 3,000 waggons loaded w
with agricultural produce, wl.ich en-
tered Alton yearly, and if this line were made, the Alton breweries
refight be enlarged Indefinitely, and would be able to compete with
those in London.
The proposed Direct Portsmouth branch to Go-
claiming would carry the inhabitants several miles round to the me-
tropolis, and then there would be great delay in the formation of that
ill , even if the Bill for it were obtained, while by this line they
trould obtain the accommodation in two years.
To Lord POLLINGTON-31r. AUSTIN replied, that there were se-
',ferret places of no more importance than Alton which had terminal
branches, and instanced the Steyning, Horsham, and Bognor branches
of the Brighton line as examples. The traffic on the line had
been increased fivefold since the opening of the Guildford branch.
Railway accommodation would be afforded to Godalming, but it
would be at great cost, that of malting a line 19 miles long through
what appears to be quite an impracticable country.
Mr. Locke, the engineer, stated that the primary olject of this
line was to accommodate Alton, and was projected at the request of
the inhabitants of that town. The line to Farnham was It subsequent
thought, and occasioned by the difficulties of the country not being
at all con' emplated in the first instance. He had tried the country to the
south of the Hogsback, but found it impracticable. There was no coin parison between the country from Farnham to Alton, and that from the latter race to aodalming, the latter district being exceedingly
hilly and difficult. Reports ha t been male iu August of last yea-,
and In January of t is, in which the directors of the South Western
Company had stated their intention of pursing the prject. He
took a survey of the ground through Alresfo:d to Winchester. and
had t iken sections of a line, he having originally designed a line
to Salisbury, but that had afterwards been ' hued. This Al on lino
would be of great advantage to A lrosford, but it would be difficult
for railway purposes, as there would be II long gradient, of one
In sixty, and a tunnel would he required. The pro'ongation to Win-
chester would be of no advantage whatever, and if made must ba
for local purposes solely. tie was acquainted with the Dire t
Portsmouth line, and certainly conceived that it would not be an
alternative line, and that it would not give the same accommodation
to the country, the gradients being altogether different. Ile
believed that a railway could not be made at all between Alton and
Liphook, the country being so hilly that within three or four miler
oat of Petersfleld there was a difference of not less than four hun-
dred feet in the level. This branch took the natural valley of the
country, and was a natural branch of the South-Western line, and.
was likely to contribute to its prosperity.
The CHAIRMAN wished to be certain as to the continuation to Win-
chester, and he referred to the evidence previously given of the indis-
position of the inhabitants, to which Mr. Locke replied that he could not
say anything about the opposition 'iut eertainly from the engineering
character of the country, he never should recommend the directors
to make it the branch. He felt that lie hail in some way implicated
the directors, by having surve} ed the whole of the country, on a
much wider basis than was absolutely necessary. He had done this
from a desire to thoroughly know the country, and feared that t e
had thereby created a prejudice against than ; but there was no in-
tention whatever to go to Winchester.
Sir C. DOUGLAS wished to be satisfied on this point.
Mr. Alarm; wished to get Mr. Horne, the Chairman of the Com-
pany, but being unable to '-et him, so stated that he was authorised
to assure the Committee that the,'e was no such intention, and sug-
gutted that that assurance should be placed on the record of the
report of the Committee.
To Mr. LOCKHART —There was no separate estimate of the
coot of the line to Farnham, but he believed the land there
was, if anything, cheaper than that further south
Mr. Anwrist here put in a statement of the traffic respectively of
Farnham and Alton, by which it appeared that the iliqnb:A* .1
passengers for the former place was 87,000 annually, and the produce
in money 6,000/. ; of goods there were 21,000 tons, producing nearly I,Bo^/. From the latter the passengers were 94,000, the more:
paid by them 8,7001.; goods, 39,000 tons, and the produce in money
5,0801.
The room was cleared at this point, and on the re-admission of
Strang -s,
Sir CHARLES DOUGLAS intimated that the Committee had as yet
come to no decision ; bat that they were prepared to pass the pream•
ble on leaving out the words, "and Alton, in the county of South-
ampton."'
Mr. Hitt, Q.C., said that they were prepared to submit evidence
as to the traffic between Alton and Farnham.
Mr. Horne was then called, who stated that he had been engaged
with the South-Western Company eight years, had been in the
traffic department five years, and daring the last two or three
years had been specially engaged in supplying the directors
with information on that subject. lie produced the estimates of
traffic, in which it appeared that the coach passenger. paid 5,5321.,
and the money obtained from private vehicles was 9,2631. Os. 90.
There were 4,363 passengers between Winchester and the Farn-
borough station, the coach making one journey each day, and carry-
ing, on an average, six passengers, which, at INA. per mile each,
would give 605 t. 3s. between Farnham and Guildford, half-yearly.
There was a coach between London and Alresford, going up one day
and down another, the produce of which was 3021. I ls. 6d. half-
yearly. In addition there was a coach between Alresford and the
Farnborough station, which produced 6051. 3s. half-yearly. This
doubled gave the Income of the branch en the usual rate of
estimate. and made 3,0251. 15s. between Alton and Farnham for
coach passengers alone. This, he coneeived, a very low estimate.
To Mr. LOCKHART the witness replied that the ti affic by private
vehicles was taken by actual observations, made from October 20th
to liovember 2d, and in one or two stations begun on October 27th
and continued till November 9th. The observations were made close
to the toll bar.

To Mr. HILL—The 'Witness stated the mode in which the traffic
was taken, which was in the usual manner. The passengers between
.Alton and Farnham In private vehicles were on the average 84,472
In the year, one-half of which only he took for the railway. These
would produce, at I%d. per mile, with a distance of nine and a half
miles, 2,85'1. 9s. Between the Alton and Wachfleld station
there were 13,910 passengers, the half of whom would pay
for travelling nineteen miles 9651. lie. Id:, making a total, including
the coach traffic, of 8,7551. 15s, Id. For parcels and mails there
would be about 4001. He assumed the number of parcels would be
40,000, and giving half to Alton, the revenue would be about 8001.
The mercantile traffic was taken in the same way as that of private
vehicles, viz., observation, and without any Of the increase usually
allowed for railway, giving to each horse only 15 cwt., though the
common weight was a ton, there was a tonnage of 12,688 of mer-
chandise. Alton and its neighbourhood takes 10,000 tons, the revenue
from carrying which would be 1,1871. 10s. Of lime, slate, and
other similar articles, there were between 5,000 and 6,000 tons, reve.
nue about 6001. Live stock, &c., 40.51. 16s. Bd. For carriages and
horses, 1601., making a total 14,9151. 15s. 10d., that for the
whole of the branch being 24,0231. 11s. 11d., leaving for the portion
between Farnham and Guildford 9,3071. 16s. lid. The observations
had been carefully made, and the estimates were low; the traffic on
the Guildford station had become fivefold of what had been antici-
pated by Its promoters.

- To the CHAIaMAN—The witness replied that the Alton portion
would give considerably more than 41. 166. per cent. dividend on the
outlay, the difbrence being occasioned by the inhabitants of the
Alton district being traders, while those of the Farnham were agri-
culturists. If the line were made only to Farnham the per centage
would be less than now stated.
Sire. DOUGLAS here intimated that the Counsel need not pursue the
matter further, and the room was cleared. On the re-admission of
strangers. the Chairman declared the preamble to be proved, and the
Committee then adjourned.

GROUP XIX.
The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills
Prised within this
morning, in con-m4ftitt.ezi-1r01d'4117:.4.-14; Lord Barry Vane in the Chair.
embled at the usual ho.ur this
D TAT:qvrow .4.1\731 11
came,
The CHAIRMAN said, none of th 1132.31°13-14.wp,,
_ uponvfer
e theiin
Standing Orders' Committee, before,' gwenhtiortehni
town, and he could not therefore ascertain f they had considered the question relatingt:eth aTIY or them whether
mittee, therefore, wished the Learned Counsel' "Pita'.
The om-
the particular points they raised, and then on both side to state
they would take the
Opinion of the Speaker upon them.
Mr. OSBURN, on behalf of the opponents of the BM, said that the
Canal Company had power by their first Act to raise 420,0001. by
shares, and 150,0001. by way of mortgage, or by shares ; but by a sub-
sequent Act, the power to raise the latter sum was limited to
100,000/. Now, only part of the works authorised by the first Act
had been constructed, and for that purpose the parties had raised the
100,0001. by mortgage, and 71,0001. by shares. They had only power
now, then, to raise 349,0001., if they had power to do that, and there-
fore the parties were not in a position to show that they had funds
in haul sufficient to construct the proposed works.
Mr. WELLS, on the other side, admitted all the facts stated by his
Learned Friend, but directed the attention of the Committee to the
aircurustsuice that the second Act did not repeal the power in
the first, to raise the 150,0001. by shares, but only limited their
power to raise by mortgage 100,0001. That power, he admitte
had already been exercised, but under the first Act they had still
power to raise amongst themselves, in addition to the 349,000/., the
sum of 50,000/., and these two amounts would mere than cover the
estimate for the proposed works.
Mr. OsßvxN contended that the power to raise the 150,0001. In the
first Act was optional with the canal proprietors ; they
were either to raise the money amongst themselves, or
to raise it by mortgage, but they could not raise it in
both ways ; they had already elected, under the second Act,
zhich limited the sum to 100,0001., to raise it by mortgage, and
they could not now raise a penny more.

The Committee consulted the Speaker on the point, but neither the
Committee nor the Speaker being able to decide upon. it, the Com-
mittee determined upon submitting the case for the decision of the
Attorney and Solicitor-General. The Committee, Xherefore, ad-
journed till to-morrow, and in the meantime the points were to be
Put into the shape of a special case for the opinion of these Learned
Gentlemen.

This Com GROUP XXVII.
Lemon in the chanaitteeir re-assembled to-day at the usual ho u, Sir Charles
2103ILTTI SIT.ILVFORDS.II7.IZE (THREZ LINES).
The
nation
nidenee on these linos was procee Mr. G. P. Matlaetr Nerocrr , i
of showing the results sta't:illine4 by
Mr. Wordsworth, 'tied with, and
with the view
also the Injury which the lttoh. close of our report yesterday, as
sustain by the construction oftiz lit gentiern.ut named. "Woods would During the croes-examination, fines.
Mr. Sergeant MURPHY Intimated to the co
had been made to counsel for Mr. Wood, th
tnmnatittee t 23 at a proposal
quite willing to leave to any member of the the
Pre rooters wsrc
party appointed by them, the amount of cornpensalOntte:, or to any
they shou/d pay for the injury, if any, that gentiem ' t. anY'wh'ell
att.wonitt sustain
by the lims passing along his factory.
Mr. Townsend said that such a proposal was an i unit, R 3 it inn_
piled or raised a question whether there would be a.' inquiry or not
and the fact was so apparent as to place the matter 'coe yond doubt. ' The cross-examination of this witness occupied thet -greater part of
the day.

Mr. 'M. Sstrrn, on the part of the inhabitants of ?Leek, who pre-
sented a petition against the Chnrnet Valley line, cross -examined this
witness at considerable length, with the view of wing that the
Lichfield and 3facclezfield (projected) line would air( ,rd better ac-
commodation to the district than the proposed line.
The allegations of several other petitioners were Ms -;ri gone into,
and the Committee adjourned till twelve o'clock to-n ;row;