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GROUP XXX.

This Committee re-assembled to-day at the usual hour; preseni
Lord Charles Wellesley (chairman) and the other ➢iembers.
AYLESBURY AND THAW= JUNCTION.

The Committee proceeded with the hearing of the direc evidence
in support of this Bill.

Mr. Shripton, examined by Mr. WlLLs—Considered the railway
before the Committee preferable to the Cambridge and Oxford line.
Did not consider the latter line of any great advantage to Thame.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant CLARK—These were several
chair manufactories at Thame, at which there were a great number
of men employed. Would certainly send some barley from Thame
to Oxford if there were a proper mode of conveyance.
➢lr. Howe, of Thame, examined by Mr. HILLS—Was a carrier at
Thame. It would be very important to have a communication be-
tween Thame and the London and Birmingham Railway, and it
would be very injurious to Thame to have a railway proceeding to
Oxford and Cambridge. There were from 3,000 to 4,000 tons of coal
annually consumed at Thame. There would be a gnat increase in
the consumption there if the Aylesbury and Thame Line were
established, though he could not say to what extent.

•
Cross-examined by Mr. WADDINGTON—CouId not say what advan
tage would result from a railway to Oxford to the people on the Ox.
ford-road.

GROUP XXXV.
The Committee met again this day at twelve o'clock, in Room 37
(grand corridor); Mr. George Banker, in the ehair, and all the
members present.

Mr. DENISON informed the Committee that the Northampton
Mansfield, and Midland Junction Railway Bill was withdrawn.
• They then proceeded with the

EAST COAST.
Mr. Con, with Mears. Austin, Cockburn, and Johnson, ap-
peared for the promoters, and addressed the Committee at great
length in support of the preamble, pointing out the ad-
vantages which the proposed line would confer upon
the districts of which Wisbeach, Lynn. Ely, Boston, Lin-
coln, &c., are the principal towns. There was but one
case of residentiary opposition; and in respect to that, as well as
to the opposition of Sir William Fowkes, and one or two other indi-
viduals who had only claims to just compensations for passing
through their lands, the company was willing to act with all due
liberality. The Lynn and Ely Company olaimed to be admitted as a
competing line ; but it had already been decided by the House of
Lords that they could not be admitted to be heard in that character.
There was also an opposition on the part of the Eastern Counties,
who claimed to be heard in the character of landowners, through
whose property this proposed line would pass. He
(Mr. Cook) believed the Committee would be convinced
that this claim of the Eastern Counties could not be sustained.
In conclusion, he called the attention of the Committee to the
fact that the trustees of Guy's Hospital, with Mr. Justice Patteson
at their head, holding considerable estates in the district, were highly
favourable to the line, and he trusted that the patronage of that im-
portant and disinterested body would outweigh the opposition which
he had mentioned.

The Learned Gentleman then put in the anal documentary evi
dence, and called

Mr. Skelton, steward to the trustees of Guy's Hospital, who
stated his belief that the line would be of very great advantage to
the district from Lynn to Boston, Wisbeach, Ambergate, &c., open-
ing the valuable markets of the north and west to the products of the
rich lands through which it would pass, including the property of the
trustees, which was under his care. There was a bonding yard at
Sutton-bridge, and the railway would be of great benefit both to the
trade of Sutton and to the west of England, by facilitating the tran-
sit of timber to the west, where it was much wanted.

Mr. SLADE, on the part of the Corporation of Wisbeacb, rose to
cross-examine the witness.

Mr. Coos required, to know on what ground the corporation could
have a locus standi?

Mr. SLADE said that the corporation were, by charter and statute,
the guardians of the port of Wisbeach. They were prepared to show
that the railway would greatly tend to obstruct the navigation of
the port.
Mr. Coox said that it had been ruled in the House of Commons,
and had been provided for in the general Bill, that in such cases the
consent of the Admiralty and of the Tidal Harbour Commissioners
was sufficient, and that no persons in the condition of the corpora-
tion in this case, could offer such general opposition as was now pro-
posed to the preamble. It would be competent to the corporation to
come in when the clause relating to the bridge at Wisbeach was
under consideration.
Mr. SLADE, in reply, referred to the case of the Corporation of Car-
narvon, who had succeeded in compelling an alteration in the site of
Mr. Stephenson's bridge across the Menai, although it did not come
within nine miles of their port. The Corporations of Liverpool, White-
haven, and other places had repeatedly been allowed to appear
against measures which they deemed injurious to their ports.
The COMMITTEE ultimately decided that the Learnedview
ter:sinel
should be heard on the part of the corporation against the preamble,
so far as it was his object to prove that no corresponding public '
ad-
vantage would be gained by the obstruction of the path at Wisbeach,
in consequence of • railway bridge being built across the river,
Mr. St.-ins then cross-examined Mr. Shelton, with a
that the traffic in the east coast district Is not sufficiently extensive
to require a railway.

GROUP XLIV.
Lord Palmerston took the chair iu this Committee at twelve
o'clock, when the same Members as on former occasions were pre-
sent. The Committee still occupied Room 25.
YOWL AND CARLISLE, AND YORRSIIIRE
AND GLASGOW UNION.
AMALGAMATION OF THE COMPETING LINES.
In opening the adjourned case of the York and Carlisle Rail-
way Bill, Mr. Anitrisox said that he had been instructed to make
a proposition, by which much of the time of the Committee would be
saved. He had to propose an amalgamation between • this and the
Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, by which, from being competing
they would have a common Interest.
Mr. PULLEN, on the part of the Glasgow Union, accepted the offer
of his ci-devant antagonist, and after a short discussion it was agreed
that the two Bills should proceed as one. There was, at first, some
doubt as to how the petition of one Mr. Pulling against the Glasgow
Union should be got rid of, but a satisfactory arrangement was made
with the counsel who represented the petitioner, and the Bills pro-
ceeded, unopposed.
The evidence on the part of the York and Carlisle being completed,
that on the part of the
YortzsEraz AND GLASGOW UNION
was now opened, but the decision of the former was not given, and
will be reserved till the Committee decide upon the latter, when both
will be passed or rejected as a whole.
Mr.
the usuall teonng,
n theee rengineer
etnocteh.e Glasgowgivethe

was I in 100. There were 79 bridges over roads and streams
The heaviest work in the way of viaducts, was one of 105 feet is
height. This would probably be made as an embankment, but with
an arch over a certain stream. The average number of cubic yards
of earth to be removed was ninety-nine per mile. The estimate was
1,500,0001., in making which, a very liberalallowance had been made
for each of the necessary contracts.
Mr. Peter Buck, a millowner, of Dauby-mills, near Midlam, was
examined as to the advantages to be derived from the making of the
line, and other general matters.

kr. Melburn gave evidence air to the traffic anticipated by the
promoters of the Bill. He put in the traffiz-tables, which he himself
had compiled.
The case being now concluded, the Committee declared the pre-
ambles of both Bills proved.
_ _

Mr. ATKINSON then proposed the three following resolutions for
the adoption of the Committee :

I. Resolved that the case made out on behalf of the company
formed for the purpose of constructing the York and Carlisle Railway
has established to the satisfaction of the Committee the expediency,
nn public grounds, of so much of that measure as forms a line from
Bishop Ackland to Tebay.
li. Resolved that the case made out, &c.—(as above but with re-
ference to the whole of the Glasgow Union Railway).
HI. That the Chairman do report these resolutions, and apply
to the House for powers to unite the two lines into one Bill.
The CHAIRMAN put the questien to the Committee, whether these
resolutions should be adopted, and they were adopted nem. cost.
The CHAIRMAN then said he would apply to the Home ibr leave to
amalgamate the lines to-night, and he had no doubt he would be able
to get the permission immediately, as he did last night in reference
to two other Bills, the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle, and the
North Yorkshire.

The Committee then proceeded to the next Bill in order.
FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND WEST

RIDING /UNCTION.

Mr. CALVERT addressed the Committee at great length on the part
of the promoters. He pointed out the advantages of a more direct
communication with Ireland than the present mode by Liverpool,
which was 140 miles from Belfast, whilst Fleetwood was
but 120 miles from the same place. (The Learned Counsel
then went through a series of comparisons between
Liverpool and Fleetwood, showing that the latter was
much nearer to the most important parts of Ireland.) This line
would afford a direct communication between the barracks
at Burnley and various other military depots throughout the
kingdom. Communications had been made with the authorities at
the Horse Guards, who expressed their t approbation of the scheme.
The capital required was 600,0001., to be obtained on shares of 201.
each, the amount required by the standing orders having been paid
up. In conclusion, he (Mr. Calvert) had to apply to the Committee to
adjourn till Monday, in order to give him time to recal his
witnesses, who, expecting the cases of the York and Carlisle and the
Glasgow Union to last the whole day, and not anticipating the piece
of railway diplomacy, in the tbrm of an amalgamation, which the
Committee had this day witnessed, left town yesterday.
The Committee agreed, but a discussion took place as to whether
the Blackburn and Clitheroe was a competing line, in the course of
which,

Mr. CALVERT expressed his intention of following the good ex-
ample which had been set by the parties to other Bills this day, and
forming an amicable arrangement if possible.
The Committee reminded Mr. Calvert that on Monday the two
sets of amalgamated lines would occupy them for some time, and he
must take his chance of " coming on" after them, as they must have
priority.

- Mr. CALVERT said he was prepared to run the risk, and the Corn-
mittee rose at twenty minutes past two.

ROYAL YACHT CLUB.
(THIS DAY.)

A general meeting of the; members of the 'Royal Yacht
Club was held this day, at the Thatched-house Tavern,
St. James's-street. The following members were present :
the Marquis of Donegal, J. Quintock, Esq., the
Earl of Ilchester, 11. Thorold, Esq., the Marquis of Blandford,
The Duke of Marlborough, the Hon. W. B. Ponsonby, the
Earl of Dysart, R. Mitchell, Esq., Sir John Bayley, Bart.,
R. W. Cooper, Esq., G. H. Ackers, Esq ,G. Bentinck, Esq.,
T. Moss, Esq., Captain Herningham, R.N., T. W. Fleming'
Esq., H. Hope, Esq., W. Delafield, Esq., Sir Joseph Copley,
Sir A. Murray, the Marquis of Conyngham, J. W. P.
Radcliffe, Esq., J. Lyon, Esq., J. Sanderson, Esq., M. J.
Higgins, Esq., W. Potts, Esq., N. N. Alexander, Esq., M.P.,
J. Reynolds, Esq., J. Hibbert, Esq., Colonel Bowers,
Algernon Greville, Esq., Reverend Denis George, the
Duke of • Rutland, W. Peareth, Esq., S. De Hersy, Esq.,
E. Heneage, Esq., M.P., Almer Hill,!Esq., Marquis of Or-
monde, E. N. Harvey, Esq., J. C. Ewart, Esq., Earl of
Wilton, Sir W. P. Gallway, Bart., Sir B. R. Graham, Bart.,
F. Halifax, jun., Esq., Duke of Beaufort, Sir R. G. Booth,
J. Maxse,Esq., Earl of Orkney, J. P.Williams, Esq., M.P., R.
Meiklam, Esq., Marquis of Anglesey, Earl of Tyrconnel, and
J. Halifax, Esq.

The following new members were elected :—George
Esq., Viscount Seaham, the Earl•ef Hardwicke, William
Mure, Esq.; and Commander T. W. Horton, R.N., and Com-
mander C. J. Postle, R.N., were elected honorary members.
The sum of 2001. was voted for cups, the particulars to be
arranged by a committee specially appointed for that pur-
pose, and also to reconsider the rules of the Club, such
Committee to make its report to the Club on the Gth Juno
next, to which day the meeting was adjourned.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.
MAT 7.—The R.Y.S. schooner Kestrel, the Earl of Tar-
borough, is ready for sea, and it is expected will join the Experi-
mental Squadron next week.
The Ganymede arrived at Lisbon on the 29th ult., on her way to
England. Her owner, Mr. Pigott, returned from Italy overland, and
has since reached Southampton.
The Reindeer, belonging to the Earl of Cardigan, arrived en
Tuesday from Dublin.
The schooner Magic, Lord Chetwynd, arrived on Wednesday froln
Lymington, and sails shortly for Plymouth.
The following yachts are fitting out :—Sultana, R. C. Naylor, ESQ.;
Whim, C. Brett, Esq. ; Medina. Sir B. Graham, Bart. ; Taliamerh
R. Meiklam, Esq., (has received a new mast, and is preparing for.
Scotland) ; the schooner Gem, Mr. Fleming ; also the Apsara and
the Corsair.
The Gondola, building for Mr. Wodehouse in Ratsey's yard, will
be launched next spring-tides.
The Royal Thames Yacht Club schooner Kate, Robert Bell, EA,
of Norris Castle, arrived from the Mediterranean on Tuesday evening.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Ormonde arrived at Egypt House
this week. Lord Feversham, Sir Bellingham Graham, Sir Edward
Paget, Dlr. Bateman, and several other gentlemen, have Baca
houses at Cowes.

A young actress of the Thatre des VariUs, at Bor.
deaux, who was a great favourite In the characters of soubrettes,
poisoned herself on Friday last, when alone in her chamber. She
was only twenty years of age, and the cause of her suicide is said to
have been disappointed love.---Galignani.
SALE OF AUTOGRAPHS, MANUSCRIPT POEMS, SGC.—'
Yesterday a sale by auction, of autograph letters, and miscellaneous
manuscripts of royal, noble, and illustrious personages, statesmen.
&c., together with a collection of published and unpublished manu-
scripts of George Crabbe, the poet, took place at Mr. Fletcher's
auction-rooms, in Piccadilly. There were upwards of 200 lots for
disposal, consisting of autographs and letters of George 1., George 11..
George 111., William IV., the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel.
Dr. Johnson, General Wolfe, Pope, Addison, Fielding, Lord
Byron, Sir W. Scott, General Washington, &c. The snin wn. '''t.
well attended, and the lots realised but small sums, The #3110W:
ing, however, are deserving of notice :—Lot 67. Dilates Or Ow
House of Commons from 1768 to 1774 (the unreported Paioaioeii.),
taken in short-band by the Right Hon. Sir Henry Cavendish, i°
manuscript and proof sheets, sold for 21. 11 s. 6d. The next lot, s
Letter from Dr. S. Johnson to his mother, dated January 26, 1759'
in which he calls her " the best mother and the best woman
in the world," sold for 10s. Lot 72. A characteristic Letter of
the Duke of Wellington, dated June 8, 1837, in which he says that
" he is in the habit of appointing to be warders of the Tower those
non-commissioned officers and soldiers who have served his Majesty.
and not young gentlemen who have been disappointed in their ex-
pectations of obtaining a commission," sold for 16s. A letter of
General Wolfe, dated Bath, Dec. 24, 1758, sold for 19s. ; and a letter
of T. Moore, addressed to Mr. Murray, and relating to George
Crabbe, sold for 1/. 7s. Gd. Various unpublished works, in prose and
poetry, by Crabbe, many of the pieces being equal to any of his
works that have as yet appeared, sold for 151. Four memorandum-
books belonging to Crabbe. containing cur:ous entries, religious
opinions, he., sold for W. The original manuscript of " Tales of the
Hall," considered his best work, sold for 1/. 65., whilst the next lot,
a volume of newspaper cuttings, consisting of reviews of Crabbe'S
works, extracted from the London and provincial press, sold foe
11. 7s. The other lots relating to Crabbe sold at equally low prices.
In addition to the above there were large numbers of autograph
letters of eminent artists, actors, singers, musicians, painters, &c.
disposed of.
LEITH.—CANINE GALLANTRY REWARDED.—It will
be in the recollection of our readers that some time ago we noticed
an instance of the sagacity of a dog belonging to Mr. Lawrence,
which saved a female from drowning at Granton Pier. It is with
pleasure we observe that the Edinburgh and Leith Humane Society
have presented the dog with a handsome collar, bearing the follow-
ing inscription engraved on silver :—" Presented by the Edinburgh
and Leith Humane Society to the dog ' Bess,' the property of Mr.
D. Lawrence, Granton, for having saved a female from drowning at
Granton Pier, on the night of the 17th November, 1545."--Scotsman.
The University of Konigsberg has sustained a severe
loss by the death of the celebrated astronomer Besse!, who died, after
long suffering, on the 17th of March, in the 62d year of his age.
A SIMPLE MODE OF PROTECTING FROM LIGHTNING
BUILDINGS WITH METALLIC ROOFS.— Houses covered with metallic
roofs are more liable to be struck with lightning than those covered
either with shingle or tile. Fortunately they can be perfectly pro-
tected by very simple means. To accomplish this. the roof must be
put in metallic connexion with the ground, by means of the tin or
copper gutters which conduct the water from the roof to the earth.
For this purpose it is sufficient to solder to the lower end of the
gutter a riband of sheet-copper, two or three inches wide, surround-
ing it with charcoal, and continuing it out from the house till it ter-
minates in moist ground. The upper ends of these gutters should be
joined to the' roof by a slip of sheet-copper. The only part of the
house retraining unprotected by this arrangement will be the WM-
neys ; and, to secure these, it is only necessary to erect a short rod
against the chimney, soldered at its lower end to the metal of
the roof, and extending fifteen or twenty inches above the top •
the flue.
The Minister of the Interior has presented to the
Opera-house a statue of Rossini. It is to be placed in the vestibule- •
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, CIRENCESTER.—A
olbits
which may lead to important results, has been recently paid to the
Royal Agricultural College at Cirencester, by Mons. Ouvrard, the
celebrated Fi ench financier. He has brought to notice a process for
reducing farm and stable manure to asubstance resembling guano for
portability, but said to exceed It in durability and fertillsing qualities.
a aWatt
ot efr,
which
College has been selected for giving
Society, and the farm of the
submitted The subject has been laid before the Council of the Royal Agricul-
turalthe process a fair trial previous to its being to the public-
weighing upwards of tops. Its construction enables
direction
A sub-marine boat, of new invention, was moored on
Saturday in front of the Quin d'Orsay. It is made of sheet iron, in
the form of nearly a regular cylindesr, about 33 feet In length, and 13
guided by a rudder.
fleet eitherttodflioaamteter
al e
On each side of the propeller are two paddles 1; it
i
is made to sink or float at will. The
bagoaenrdt'arletaibiles taosmcraekwe pitrompouveerin any atbhotuhteanyeresnearig
y means of w
about 40 tens of ballast, which may b Weight necessary to sink it ie
Tbe
water is taken in or forced out be of lead, sand, or water.
quires eight men to Work it and
Y means of pumps. The boat re'der
water. A quantity of air ma, be It can remain four hours trader
atmospheric degree, proportj • to an
Y compressed in a reservoir
to be sunk. It has also an °fled to the depth to which the boat
board to leave her throe h apparatus which enables the men 0,:
side the boat with a s an aperture at the bottom, and work out
similar to those used fuel))
PY of air. It is lighted by bull's-eye glasse •
trials in the Seine she r cabins in large ships. After making
vouring to raise the he to go to Brest, and be employed in endeoll.
than 50 years a publican, a ship which sunk in that port in tu
PROLIFIC
has a C
ovr.—Mr. Benham, of Wickham, Kent,
cow which dropped the 2cl
three full-grown and live calves on
instant; two of them are still alive, and perfectly healthy.

On the Ist inst., at Ilfracombe,BIRTHS.
North Devon, the lady of .4-
hil
Ayers, jun., Esq., of a daughter.
On the 4th inst., at Wardle Lodge, Edinburgh, the lady of the 1.--
and Rev. John Sandllands, of a son.
On the sth inst., at Clifton, the lady of Edmund Elton, Esc'''. °f
a son.
On the Gth inst., la Bishopsgate street, Mrs. Addinell of a daufter•
.b
On the 7th Inst., at the Grove, Highgate, the wife of NM'.
Bowyer Morgan, Esq., of a son.

MARRIED.
On the 22d ult., at Oporto, the Rev. Edward Whiteley, to rilz*
eldest daughter of the late John Atkinson, Esq.
On the sth inst., at St. Paul's Church, Southsea, Captain
74th Highlanders, to Harriett Anne Collier, eldest daughter ofLieu-
tenant-Colonel Fenwick, Royal Engineers.
On the 6th inst., at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, t"
Right Hon. James Stuart Wortley, Judge-Advocate-General.
M.P. to the Hon. Jane Lawley, only daughter of Lord and 1,,"
Wenfock.

DIED.
On the 2d inst., at Derby, the Hon. Henry Curzon, Admiral °I. the
Red, aged 81.
4.,
On the 29th ult., at Cavan, Ireland, Thomas Heslop, M.D.,
On the 3d inst., Thomas Townshend, Esq., of Heath, near Rini'"'
ham, aged 74.
On the 3d inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Hill, wife of Mr. Robert liill, of
Stanford Rivers, Essex.
Onahe 4th inst., Robert, second son of Mr. R. Roscoe, Torringtoll-
- aged 15.
On the sth inst., at Portland-place North, Clapham, Mr. r • J
Maack, aged 38.

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