The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-12 00:00:00

LONDON, FR IDA. Y EVENING, JrNE wl2, 1846.

The Benedictine friar whom the conclave of 1831 elected
Pope is dead. The encyclical letter in which he condemned
the liberty of the press—the cruel acts of repression which
have desolated the Roman provinces, and which were so easy
to calm by the introduction of reforms—the welcome given
to the Emperor Nicholas—and, lastly, the odious letter cen-
suring the efforts which the unfortunate Poles made against
their oppressors—such are the acts which attach themselves
to this reign, and which, in our judgment, do not suffice to
recommend his memory. In our opinion, the late Pope was
one of those men who, notwithstanding some eminent quali-
ties, was adapted rather to diminish the influence of religion,
than to raise it in the eyes of the people. He might have
been an excellent monk, but he possessed not the soul of a
Sovereign capable of protecting the weak against the
powerful. The election of a new Pope is not a question of
small importance; and the means of influencing this election
will not fail France, who can count upon the co-operation of
Spain, and would possess, we are convinced, the good
wishes of the Courts of Turin and Naples. But all will de-
pend on the instructions that are forwarded from Paris to
M. Bresson, to the Duke of Montebello, and to Count Rossi.
Would the French Government dare to advance an opinion,
to support a candidate opposed to Austria and the Jesuits?
We can hardly think so. M. Guizot would not wish to run
the risk of displeasing Prince Metternich in an affair which
concerns, it is true, the greatest interests of France and
Europe, but which, however, dues not compromise his Minis-
terial existence.

(From Galignani's Messenger.)
The Church of Rome is now rendering to the deceased
Pope its last offices, which are called the Noven Diali,
because they last nine days. The Cardinals, formally as-
sembled, exercise the sovereign authority and are making
preparations for the great act of the election of a successor to
the late Pontiff, who must be one of their body. The
diplomatists are admitted to short audiences. Each Minister
after the usual compliments ventures to give his private
recommendations, but always in general terms, waiting till
his letters of credence are to be enounced, and which must
be addressed to the Sacred College, which receives them at
the grated wicket of the Conclave. In the evening of the
flay on which the Cardinals enter into the Conclave they
proceed there in procession, chanting the Veni, Creator,
During this evening the members of the diplomatic body
may enter the Conclave, and even the cells or apartments of
the Cardinals. At the closing in of the night an official
walks through the corridors ringing a bell, as the signal of
departure, and the Conclave is closed in, not to be re-opened
until after the election is consummated. All this will pass
on the 11th inst., between seven and ten o'clock. The
Conclave is guarded by a Prince, called the Marshal of the
Conclave, posted at the outer gates. The first steps in the
election will be taken on the 12th. All business is sus-
pended during the sitting of the Conclave; even the
tribunals suspend their proceedings, and the only authorities
that retain their functions are the Camerlingua, the Grand
Penitentiary, and the Vicar of Rome. No order can be issued
from any other authority without being specially confirmed
by the assembled Cardinals, which confirmation is transmit-
ted immediately to the Governor of Rome and the Trea-
surer-General. According to the custom which has always
been observed, the arrival of the Cardinal Legates, and the
foreign Cardinals will be waited for before the election is se-
riously entered upon. The first may arrive at Rome in time
for the second or third day of the Noven Diali, and the others
by the twentieth day after the death of the Pope; conse-
quently there can be no election before the 20th inst., unless
some unforeseen event shall occur. To constitute a valid
election, the candidate must obtain at least two-thirds of the
votes minus his own. If 45 Cardinals are assembled he must
have 30 votes, and if there be 46 the majority must be 31.
If the Conclave he composed of 57 members the election will
be completely canonical if one of the candidates has 88 votes
without reckoning his own.

DUTCH
JUNE
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e have MAIL,t
b e
THE HAGUE,following ac-
ccount from Weimar, of the 31st of May :—" His Ma-
jesty, the King of the Netherlands, yesterday visited
the theatre, accompanied by .the Grand Ducal ,
and were received with the most lively enthusiasm
by
the audience, who were delighted •at seeing. the Prince
once more among them. His Majesty accompanied
by
the members a the Grand D I family '
uca, attended Divine
worship in the cathedral. The Kim,
afterwards re-
viewed the troo
isps, comprising the garrison of this town.
JUNE
9_1:l
arrived this Royal Highness the Prince of Orange,
Utrecht, 0
.morning, by the ordinary train, from
from n his way to the H several places of the Hague. We have accounts
very favourable. state of the crops, which .
Maestrieh't, Cleres, TieWa:ceounts from Bois le Due I,
phin, Dorkum, &c., agree rodenibur, wholeerangen, Zat-
tho appearances of the wheat, and ja
representing
cular, as very good. The and potatoes in parti-
cular,
and want of rain b • rye was in some places
begins tobe felt
HANOVER, JUNE 4.—The town of .
A
visited by a dreadful fire, which broke Ansel has been
oeut on the even-
ing before yesterday, and could not b
yesterday morning, after burning above twelve hours under till
more than two hundred houses are reduced to ashes
LUXEMBURG, JUNE 4.---The estates of the Gr.a
Duchy met yesterday. Their first proceeding 111
was
marked by a circumstance which excited much attention.
By article eight of the.constitution, a son or son-in law
'of a Member cannot have a seat in the Chamber. Mr.
Newman, who has been a INlember ever since the first
election, in 1841, has lately married the daughter of
another Member, and it was supposed that he had lost
his seat. He appeared, however, at the assembly which
immediately proceeded to examine his title to a seat, and
decided that he could take his seat. Many persons
think that this is a violation of the constitution, and,
that the estates are not covered as they alleged by an

and address. He did so, and I perceived that the writing
wasof the same character as the writing in the bill. I
showed him the bill, and asked him whether that was it,
and he replied that it was. I the n said, you know Mr.
Wheeler well, of course, and his handwriting ? and he
replied in the affirmative ; and I showed him the letter
just produced, the handwriting of which he at once pro-
nounced to be Mr. Wheeler's. He then said he hoped
to be able to pay it. I asked him what means he had,
and he replied that he had been a tradesman in New-
bury, and had some book debts which he believed were
good; and I told him if he satisfied me of that fact, I
should not have so bad an opinion of him. I did not
think at the time that he was the guilty party. He said
that he should call upon me, and he did so, and then he
told ma that he had sent the bill by a porter to be posted
for Newbury. I subsequently applied for a warrant and
had him apprehended."
The de'endant's counsel asked whether the witness
could swear that the acceptance was not in Mr. Wheeler's
handwriting ? The witness replied that he knew no-
thing of Mr. Wheeler's handwriting, but it appeared
that Mr. Wheeler refused to come to town upon the
occasion.
Alderman MuscuovE—Do you suppose he will refuse
to attend, upon hearing what has been stated ? The
witness said he wished to have a summons to serve upon
Mr. Wheeler.

Alderman MUSGROVE—Certainly you shall have one;
and let him know that if he refuse to come, a warrant
shall be sent for him.
_ _

Mr. Knight, the clerk to Mr. Ricket, having sworn
that he had reason to believe the acceptance was a
forgery, and that, if the defendant were remanded, he
believed he should be able to prove it to be a forgery,
the Alderman remanded him accordingly.

THE LATE POPE GREGORY XVI.
(From the Constitutionnel of June 9.)
The death of Gregory XVI. is an important event, as well
for Italy as for all Europe. Religious questions of grave im-
port are pending at this moment, and the change of Pontiff,
and consequently of the Cardinal Secretary of State, may be
the source of new difficulties between the Court of Rome and
the European Governments. With respect to Italy, this so
ill-timed a death may give rise to new insurrections, for dis-
content is general from Papal misgovernment, and the agita-
tion of the public mind increases from day to day. It will be
remembered that in 1831, when Gregory XVI. ascended the
Pontifical throne, a revolution broke out in central Italy,
and that the movement extended in a few days over all the
Roman states. Austria soon interfered, and the occupation
of the country by foreign troops prevented a revolution,
but the causes of complaint continued to exist. These
were so evident, that even the representatives of the
great Powers deemed them well-founded, and on the
21st of May, 1831, they delivered to Cardinal Bernetti, the
new Secretary of State, the celebrated " memorandum "
containing the political and administrative reforms which
Gregory X VI. was advised to adopt. Th'e Court of Rome
promised those reforms, and it is well known how she kept
her promise. Fresh disturbances arose, and as a conse-
quence Austria again interfered, and decided France on the
occupation of Ancona. The French Ministry had then for
President Casimir Perier, who planned the expedition to
Ancona, not only with a view to counterbalancing the power
of Austria in Italy, and of securing the independence of
the Roman States, but of also forcing the Pope to introduce
into his government " real and positive ameliorations," and
of a nature to place the safety of the Holy See upon a more
stable foundation than that of a periodical repression, and to
secure the satisfaction of the people by complying with their
legitimate wants and adopting enlightened views. The
Papal Government was, however, re-established in the dis-
turbed provinces without any ameliorations. Despite the
promises of the Pontiff, the words of Casimir Perier—not-
withstanding the solemn act of the Ancona people in 1832
when asking for institutions and reforms—notwithstanding
petitions and protests from those same communal and pro-
vincial councils, consisting of persons appointed by the
Court of Rome itself—from that period, and especially since
Cardinal Lambruschini has been in power, the Papal Go-
vernment has followed a retrograde movement. Thus, in-
surrections have pretty rapidly followed one another in the
legations. The disturbances in the province of Bologna in
1840 are still fresh, as also those at Rimini and other parts
of Romagna last year. The patriots of Romagna published
at that time a manifesto, in which they set forth the cause of
the revolt, as also the reforms wished for by the people:
The moderation and the justice of these demands were ad-
mitted by every one; still the Court of Rome has obstinately
persisted in refraining from applying any remedy to that
state of things. The disorder of the administration has con-
tinued. The financial deficit has increased. Military com-
missions, political tribunals, ecclesiastical jurisdictions, the
Inquisition, have been upheld; consequently discontent is
universal, persecutions are unceasing, the prisons always
full, and the number of emigrants increasing. The evil
is so great in the Roman states, that resignation is no
longer possible. And if the powers of Europe, who
value so much the maintenance of peace, do not compel
the Court of Rome to adopt the institutions pointed
out by the memorandum of the 21st of May, 1831, as
also the manifesto of September, 1845, another and more
serious insurrection may be expected. Such a movement
would, no doubt, be favourable to the views of Austria,
which power would be glad to have a pretext for a fresh
occupation of the legations. But will France suffer such
an occupation? Will she not rather seek to prevent it, by
forcing, as Casimir Perier said, the Pope to introduce in
to his government " real and positive improvements, of a
nature to place the safety of the Holy See upon a more stable
foundation than that of a periodical repression ?" We shall
see whether Ministers will this time lose sight of the dignity
and interests of the country, and if it will forget what the
most influential members of the Cabinet said in the debate
which took place in the Chamber of Deputies respecting the
evacuation of Ancona.
Meanwhile the part which M. Rossi, the French Ambas-
sador at Rome, has to play is most important under existing
circumstances. It is well known that it is in the conclave
that will open on the 11th inst. that the Ambassadors of the
Catholic Powers bring into action all their means in sup-
port of their influence, either seeking to raise to the Pope-
dom a cardinal of their choice, or obtaining the exclusion of
one who might be displeasing to their Governments. It is
said that the Cardinal who has the most chance of being
elected Pope is Cardinal Fransoni, a Genevese, born in 1775,
and the present Prefect of the Propaganda. He is said to be
a partisan of the Jesuits.
(From the Siecle.)_

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP XIII.
The Committee met to-day at one o'clock, Sir William Clay in
he chair.

AYRSHIRE AND GALLOWAY.
The evidence on behalf of this scheme was resumed.
Mr. M`Knight was recalled, and explained that he made a mistak
in giving the quantity of land for the line yesterday. It should have
been 540 imperial acres. The cost of the whole, however, would
remain as he had given it then.
Captain Moorsom, civil engineer, was examined at considerable
length on the various points of a report he had furnished to the
Admiralty relating to the construction of a harbour at Balcary Bay.
His evidence, which in substance was the same as the report, was
to the effect that the bay afforded a good position for a harbour, and
that the works necessary to make it efficient in this respect would
not be very great. It was a good point for a railway terminus, and
it would be the interest of the company to construct such works as
he recommended.
Mr. M`Callum, the engineer, who was examined yesterday, was
re-called and cross-examined at great length, with the object of
showing that his estimates were much lower than the chara;',,er
of the works and the management of the line warranted.
At this stage of the proceedings, Lord Selkirk, who is a witness
for the opposition, was called and examined, it being intimated that
he could not attend to-morrow. His evidence was to the effect that
he thought the manner the line intersected Colonel Maxwell's pro-
perty decidedly objectionable, and that from his knowledge of the
country, he did not think the scheme would be very profitable to the
shareholders.
The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at 12 o'clock.

GROUP XVII.
IVIANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Mr. J. A. Gardener, Lord of the Manor of Cheltenham, examined
by Mr. JAMES—A meeting was held In that town.in August last, at
which resolutions were passed in favour of the Manchester and
Southampton Railway, and petitions were agreed to in
accordance with those resolutions which were signed by
668 electors and upwards of 1,000 of other respctable
inhabitants, Considered that the feelings of the inhabitants had not
altered since that meeting, and that if the line were made, the traffic
between Southampto* and the Isle of Wight would be greatly in-
creased. The present mode of communication was very defective.
By Mr. BROCKLEHURST, a member of the Committee—Had 100
shares, 50 of which he now held. A great number of shares were
allotted to Cheltenham, a great portion of which, he believed, were-
now held by those to whom they were allotted, thus evincing their
interest in the line.

Mr. GURNEY said he should call one of the Directors of the Com-
pany as soon as he came into the room, who was engaged in the
allotments, and who would state the numbers allotted to each of the
towns which the line would intersect.
Mr. BROCKLEIMRST said he did not ask the question with any view
to show that there was any unfairness in the allotments of the shares,
but simply in order to ascertain, with as much accuracy as possible,
if many of the shares allotted were held by the parties
Mr. GURNEY said the promoters would adduce evidence Ao-ohow
the numbers allotted to each of the towns and the numbers now
held.

Mr. CHURCHILL, proprietor of the Plough Inn, Cheltenham, said,
great numbers of persons went from Cheltenham to Southampton.
If the line were made, the journey to the Isle of Wight and back
again might be made in a day.
Mr. Dixon, one of the magistrates of Southampton, and formerly
Mayor, spoke to the desire in the town for direct communication
with the works, and the eligibility of the terminus of the Manchester
and Southampton.

By Sir T. Anuars—Had not had opportunities of judging whether
the line to the north, viii Basingstoke, would be advantageous or not;
but that communication which was direct with the manufacturing
districts of the north would be preferred.
By Mr. GURNEY—Understood that the Pier Commissioners had
petitioned in favour of the line, and that five out of the six parishes of
Southampton had also done so, no opinion having been given by the
sixth.
Mr. Reeves, curate of a parish near 3farlberough, and who, with his
father, farmed a quantity of land, said the soil in that vicinty required
a quantity of salt, that a great deal more would be used if the pro-
posed railway were made. The salt came from Droitwich.
Mr. Lee, a salt manufacturer at Droitwich, sent a large quantity,
of salt to the south. In 1845, he sent 2,764 tons to the south, and
6,200 to Liverpool, also for the south. The 2,764 tons were sent to
Gloucester, and thence by boats to Southampton, Portsmouth, and
other parts.
Mr. Bin, manager of the Clay-cross Colleries, Chesterfield, said,
that if the line were made he anticipated that the coals raised in
that colliery would be in great demand In the south. By the line
they could supply coals to Cirencester at 14s. 2d. per ton ; Crick-
lade, 14s. 6d. ; Swindon, 15s. ; Marlborough, 15s. 10d. ; Andover, _
17s, ; Romsey, 18s. 6d. ; and Southampton, 19s. ; In fact, the line
would reduce the price of coals all along the line. He calculated
the cost of transit at three farthings per ton per mile.
Mr. Hoskings, the mayor of Portsmouth, considered that the line
would be of considerable advantage to that town. A meeting of the
council was held in May last, at which a resolution was passed una-
nimously in favour of the line, and a petition, to which the seal of
the corporation was affixed, presented to Parliament in accordance
with the views of the council. The town was generally in favour of it.
The Committee then adjourned until twelve to-morrow.

GROUP XVIII.
EXETER (GREAT WESTERN).
The Committee met at the usual hour, Mr. B.- Denison, chairman.
The Earl of Ilchester was examined this morning on the subject
of the injury occasioned to the property of Earl Digby and Sir W.
Oglander, by the construction of the Exeter and Yeovil line.
Lord Portman gave similar evidence ; ho also considered that the
line between Salisbury and Basingstoke was not called for, and if
constructed would be injurious to the interests of the public. Ile did
not think that more of the land of the country should be taken for
railroad purposes than was absolutely necessary.
Mr. Brunel, C.E., was then examined. The line had been laid
out with a view of affording the greatest local accommodation.
There would be four tunnels upon the line. The quantity of road
proposed to be constructed, and the expense of the same, would be—
Length
Miles Chains Estimate
The main line ••••..•• • • • • • • 46 45
.. ..£873,425
Sidmouth Branch ............6 45 .• ..
........... 25,536
Bridport ditto ..............13 68
Chard ditto •.•••••• • • • • • • • • 3 17
...
.....• ••• • • . 269,704
--
Total.. •• •• 70 15 £1,265,896
_________
The curves and gradients were about equal to those of the competing
Inc. The line proposed by the Great Western Company from Yeovil
to London, via Reading, would accommodate 220,000 inhabitants ; the
line from Yeovil to London, via Salisbury, would accommodate
120,000 only.
Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE then examined Mr. Brunel with reference
Perty, at the conclusion of
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to-morrow.

CROUP XXIV.
THETPORD.

-- -
The Committee met at twelve o'clock, Mr. Granville Vernon in
the chair, when the formal proofs of the Thetford Branch were
put In.

Mr. Isaacs, a land valuer, stated that the estimate for the
land from Bury to Ely was 5,5321., and to the Ely station
18,809/. ; the total being 24,3411. ; the value of the building property
was not snore than 2,0001.
The engineering evidence of the Thetford branch having been
given, and which was to the' effect, that passing through a flat
country, the earthworks will be light, and the gradients nearly equi-
valent to a level.
Mr. GUERDON opposed all the Bills on behalf of Mr. Lee, whose
property is likely to be affected by them all.
A long dispute then ensued, as to the course of proceeding, espe-
cially as to the point whether the Ipswich and Bury line, and the
nury and Ely line having, to a certain extent become identical,
tier that circumstance put Mr. Guerdon out of court as to the objee-
lion to passing through Mr. Lee's property, that gentleman having
petitioned against the line which by consent was absorbed in the
other, and not having petitioned against that which was retained as
a subject before the Committee.
The decision arrived at was, that, according to the standing orders
the case could not be entertained, but the Chairman proferred to ask
any question which the counsel might propose.
Mr. ltorthwick; the engineer, was then examined as to the short•
ening of the trunk line to Norwich, and the objectionableness of the
gradients of I in 100, on that line on which the trains for carrying
cattle are very heavy. ,
To Mr. Caavreoao, the witness replied that the line had been laid
out on the low grounds, with a view to get as near to Bury as pos-
sible, and to put the station where it would be most convenient for
the inhabitants. The distance by this line, and by the new line
from Norwich to Stowmarket to London would be much the same—
about 113 miles.
To the CHAIRMAN, the witness replied that a gradient of 1 in 132
could easily be worked ; that the profession had hardly acquiesced
in Mr. Locke's statement of last year that a gradient of 1 in 90 could
be worked with facility, and he believed that it was an universal
opinion among engineers and curveyors that it was always advisable
to 0 to additional cost to get a good gradient.
Some discussion then ensued with regard to the plans, part of
which were not before the Committee. It was ultimately stated,
that though beyond their line of deviation, the injury to Mr. Lee's
land might be avoided by a curve of ten chains.
Mr. GuEnnoN then addressed the Committee on behalf of his
client, dwelling chiefly on the comparative routes to London
from Norwich, through the line just granted, from Norwich
to Stowmarket, and by the Ipswich and the Bury line.
fie accused the Ipswich and Bury Company of a species of artfulness
in having contested with the other company without giving any op-
portunity to the country to oppose theconceived that the Committee might treat this Thetford and n). On this ground chiefly he
New-
market branch as an independent line, either opposing the other
lines, and therefore consider it as unnecessary, or they might reject
it altogether, on its demerits alone.
an3yrfra.roth,merAoLbLeyetsioanid.
Mr. O'MALLEY stated, that having answered the objections against
his appearance three times, he wished to know whether there was
that he appeared for the Corporation and in-
Mr. DANIEL objected as he had done before.
habitants of Bury, as Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. Alexander
did last year in the Portsmouth Committee. There were numerous
other instances, and he had therefore named Sir John Walsham
of the school at
and Mr. Bridgman.
17
Mr. DANIEL said that Sir John WalshaM only appeared as trustee
Bu) and Mr. Bridgman was absolutely a petitioner
in favour of the line.
accordinglyl
h Mr. O'MALLEY had appeared before a Committee where Sir G. Grey
had been chairman, and there it was explicitly allowed that he had
that Mr.
not only a ground, but the best ground, for it was universally al-
lowed that an Interference with private rights was only justified on
some e great public exigency, and on that ground alone, therefore, he
habitants of Bury.
After considerable further discussion it was decided
gulag
at
O'Malley should be heard, ' and he proceeded
allHientsotatthe case of the in_
stated that the control
between the opposing
utility, but,
n as, however, not of public
as Mr. Bruit the englneeer, had allowed for private interest.
But the authorities and ' alloweßuryone appeared as entirely
inhabitants of
disinterested Parties. After
touching on the several points _ ral points of
the relative value of thecoals, of the facility with
which they could be brought PbrWeL of
t Ely, to which port there
Way the
for Vessels of eighty by
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application of Mr. Newman to his Majesty the King
,
and the Grand Duke.—Dutch Paper, 10 June.
COPENHAGEN, JUNE 4. —lt can hardly be denied that
the late modifications in the Sound and Canal tolls are
chiefly to/ the advantage of Russian commerce,. The
reductions were considerable, in comparison with the
late tariff—for instance, on cotton from 18 to 10 stivers,
on brandy from 4 to 3, and on raw sugars from 5 to 4.
The Russian steamer Snacloi anchored in our road
yesterday, and afterwards proceeded to Elsinore, where
we understand it is to wait for the return of the Grand
Duke Constantine from the Mediterranean, &c.—Ham-
burgh Borsenhall, June 6.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES
(YESTERDAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH.
(Continued front our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Mr. Carter, secretary to the Portsmouth and Rye Steam-Packet
Company, gave evidence in favour of the line. There was a great
communication between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, which
would be much increased by the accommodation to be given by this
line to the former place. The best mode of communication between
London, &c., and the Isle of Wight would be vta Portsmouth, if there
were a railway such as the one proposed front London to Portsmouth.
Several other witnesses were called to show the advantages to
Portsmouth, &c., derivable from the proposed line, and to prove that
for the proposed Petersfleld branch of the Guildford line.
The Earl of Lovelace gave evidence as to the want of communica-
tion in the districts through which the line would pass. He thought
the deficiency was sufficient to justify the making of a railway. The
Direct London and Portsmouth line would supply the deficiency.
His Lordship was cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Waerreasst on
the part of the Guildford and Chichester Railway.
On the conclusion of this witness's evidence, it being now four
o'clock, the Committee rose and adjourned till to-morrow at eleven.

GROUP I.
LONDON AND TORE.
The Committee met again this day at a quarter past cr o'clock,
the Earl of Lovelace in the chair.
Mr. Sergeant WRANGUASt applied to their Lordships or leave to
proceed with the Wakefield and Leeds Extension. He hoped the
Committee would not decide against his application, for the effect
would be to have the Bill referred to a Committee, which would re-
quire all the evidence of the London and York line to be gone over
again. The Inquiry before the present Committee would not occupy
more than a third of the time it would before any other tribunal.
Mr. Alexander and Mr. Hope, on the part of the landowners, could
not promise their Lordships that the case would only take up so
small a portion of time as was promised by their Learned Friend.
They would feel themselves bound to oppose the line, and, according
to the evidence brought forward by the promoters would depend the
length of their cross-examination.
The Noble CHAIRMAN—He should make an application to the House
of Lords this evening, which he hoped would relieve them from further
sitting.
Lord VIVIAN—We are in the hands of the House, and cannot
entertain anything in this group without the sanction of their Lord-
ships.
The Committee then inquired the length of the various lines yet
to be heard, for the purpose of making a report to the Heuse of the
facts of the various cases.
Their Lordships then adjourned at a quarter past five.

Gentleman concluded a long and effective address, and the Com-
mittee
adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow.

GROUP XXVIII.
LITTON AND ST. ALZIAN'S

The Committee assembled at the usual hour this morning.
Mr. Cubitt was examined with reference to this line.
Mr. Sergeant Wrangliam summed up, and Mr. Denson replied.
The room was then ordered to be cleared, and the Committee de.
clared the preamble of the Bill promoted by the London and York
Company between St. Alban's and 'TentOrd to be proved.
The Bill promoted by the London and Birmingham Company for
the same district, was declared not to be proved.
The Committee adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow.