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SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

DIRECT LONDON AND -
CHESTER RAILWAY COMPANY (REMING-
TON'S LINE).—(THIS DAY.)
A special meeting of the shareholders in this company took
place this day at the London Tavern, for the purpose of de-
termining upon the propriety of winding up the affairs of the
Company, and deciding whether the dissolution should be
deemed an act of bankruptcy on the part of t.
The meeting was convened for twelve o'clock, but at a
quarter to one o'clock there was only one of the directors
present, Mr. Bass, and much impatience was manifested on the
part of the proprietary.
At last, Mr. D. W. HARVEY moved that Mr. M. Bass, as
a shareholder, and not in any other character, be elected to
the chair.
The resolution was unanimously carried.
A SHAREHOLDER said that he had not seen any advertise -
ment calling the meeting.
The SOLICITOR said that it had been properly advertised
in the Gazette and in three London daily papers.
Mr. D. W. Harvey, Mr. Boyd, and Mr. Pocock were then
atppointed scrutineers.
A SHAREHOLDER. desired to know how many shares had
been paid up?
T.beemaiiimais—About 5!,000, and we shall require about
17,4)00 shares to constitute a meeting.
A 'SHAREHOLDER desired to know if the Chairman was
prepared to lay a statement before the meeting?
The tiaiiimarr said that he was not so prepared ;he
bad beau left alone, and he wished to be allowed
to state his connexion with the line. He had always
avoided etny connexion with railways, and
.it was not
until a very late period, and after repeated solicitation,
that ihe consented to join the scheme. When he
was elected A member of the committee, it was
under the express understanding that he would not be re-
quired to attend the meetings in London, but that he would
facilitate the line in the country, where his own property lay.
But when many of the directors had retired from various causes,
and when he had learned the exact state of the affairs of the
Company, he then considered that he was bound, as far as
be was able, to set them right. He discovered that a
very large sues of money had been paid to the soli-
citor, a course against which he protested, and took
further proceedings. The shareholders were no doubt aware
that a bill had been filed against all the directors in the line
for an account and restitution of the sums of money in •
trusted to them. The bill was most comprehensive,
.and an action had been commenced against himself
by a shmeholder for the restitution of the deposits. He
considered that Rastrick's Company had done everything
which became honourable men, and he did not see
that they could require back the money which had
been paid to them. He considered that if legal proceedings
were taken, titin very small sum which remained would not
pay one shilling is the pound. With regard to the accounts,
be had been very desirous to have obtained them for the
shareholders, but he vas unable to effect that object.
A SHAREHOLDER—What may be about the balance which
remains?
CHAIRMAN—It is between 7,0001. and 10,000
much /.
ntlemen (H
as aissenys.)
I regret the smallness of the sun!, ge as
of you.
Mr. Pococx moved the dissolution of the Company. The
affairs of the Company had been conducted in a most dis-
guiceful and discreditable manner.—(Hear, hear.) When-
ever he applied for information by letter to the directors
be was unattended to, and when he applied person-
ally at the office, he was met by a little boy
who would say, " Really, sir, I know nothing about it." The
number of shares which had been allotted were 51,000, and
those which ought to have been were 100,000.
In answer to a question,
The CHAIRMAN said that 42,000/. had been paid to Ras-
trick's Company.
A Sir AItEHOLDER—FOT what ?
(Cries of " Nothing, nothing.")
Mr. RICILULDSON seconded the resolution, which was
unanimously ,carried.
It was aiso'ileclared that the dissolution should not be
taken as an act of bankruptcy.
The meeting then separated.

WORCESTER, HEREFORD, ROSS,
AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.)
A meeting of the shareholders in this project was held to-
day at one o'clock, at the offices 449, West Strand, in terms
of the Act 8 and 9 Vict., for the purpose of determining on a
dissolution of the Company.
Sir R. Price, having taken the chair, called on the Secre-
tall, to read the advertisement convening the meeting.
'the following gentlemen were then elected scrutineers—
Mr. Avery, of Gloucester; Mr. Stallard and Mr. Peterson,
Temple.
The CHAIRMAN read the committee's report, which stated
that though the Company had failed on the standing orders,
the committe were of opinion that the line would have fully
realised all that had been held out in the prospectus ; that
there was a disposable sum of 61,8891. Bs., and that there
would be a dividend of 1/. 43. per share immediately, and
a final dividend when the accounts were made up.
The CHAIR3IAN afterwards intimated a wish that all pre-
Nut who were interested in the line should wait after the
meeting to see whether They might not retain the ground,
with a view of forming a company to make the line.
Mr. OXENHAX asked whether the scheme had not failed
through a mistake of the engineer? If so, he thought his
accounts ought not to be paid.
Mr. BaxElt said that the Company had pressed Mr. Brunel
into their service at a time when there was a great push in
business, and the mistake was not his, or one for which he
was accountable. The mistake was made by a local sur-
veyor, )oho was willing to submit his accounts to the revision
of any respectable engineer.
A PROPZIETOR asked how many shares had been issued,
and how mal.:Y Paid upon?
The SECRET.W.RY said 50,0004 shares had been allotted, and
46,894 bad been paid upon, which shares had returned
98,479/. Bs.
Mr. atm, put several; questions on the accounts, which were
read to the meeting in fui2.• After hearing that Mr. Brunel
was the only engineer. whole name had ever appeared in
connexion with the scheme, he said it was his opinion that
Mr. Brunel was responsible for' the loss which the Com-
pany had sustained in consequence of the mistake, and
that lie was of opinion also that the Company, if the share-
holders would be secure, should be dissolved by bankruptcy.
.—(Hear, hear.) The shareholders would, he was sure, look
Itir..Brunel for a return of the money which had been lost
.;4 consequence of the gross mistake, a mistake nothing more
0-..= less than making the river Severn-run up hill—(Laughter.)
S Ir. AVERY hoped, as the shareholders could not appoint a
Coca,mittee of their own to examine into the; accounts, such
inswactjons would be given to the gentlemen who had the
winding up of the affairs as would impress them with the im-
peratii-e ne6Zesity of looking narrowly into the accounts.
Mr. :k9aKEn. ),,ltlassured that all'thoee on the committee were
as mucl: inclined ,as any in the room to cut down, as far as
reasonab,le, all the accounts. He confessed he was startled at
the amount of the law expenses, which were 15,200/.
Mr. Rosa wished to know if the committee would pledge
themselves to go before th.P taxing master?
Mr. BAKK said they were quite willing to go before the
master.
Mr. ELGIE, the solicitor, said he 'ma known to many in
the meeting, and as an honest man L'e was prepared, and
even desirous, to have the accounts inveAigated before the
taxing mater.
Mr. BODENNAM, (Hereford), adopted Mr. Elg&s language
in reference to his own accounts.
Mr. BAKER moved, and Mr. W. TAYLOR seconded, the
resolution that the Company should be dissolved.
The motion was put and carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN moved that this dissolution be without an
act of bankruptcy.
T,his was put to the meeting and carried also unanimously.
Mr. ROSE moved a vote of thanks to the chairman.
Mr,.;‘\MPBELL seconded the motion, which was passed
with acci3i, -"aim
Sir Rogrut.T PRICE returned his acknowledgment of the
honour and Lb.: kindness, and then adjourned the meeting,
which tbroughox:t was certainly not one of the quietest or
most orderly.

RAILWAY" COMMITTEES
(THIS LAY.)

HOUSE Oc LORDS.

Room A.
WEST CORNWALL MINE.
The Chairman (Viscount Torrington) and the other members of
this Committee re-assembled to-day at eleven o'clock.
The Committee, after hearing some observations from Mr. Rowe,
',et:Rinsel against the Bill, decided that the preamble was proved.
The clauses were then gone through seriatim and the Committee
suk parated.

Room C.
KENT ATMOSPHERIC LN.
The Committee re-assembled this morning; the I
arl E
of Devon in
:the cheat'.
Mr. ,sl.chititsion and several other witnesses testified generally to
the ntiitt y of ti.e line, and
Mr:. W ilkinson, acting chairmfat of this Company, and one of the
direct° is of the Croydon Cernpany, stated, that a portion of their line
had beeeused by the South-Eas!ern Company ever since 1842.
At this point the Earl of Devon Nz,as called out of the room to give
evidence the ore another Committee, an,:l the proceedings were neces-
eerily for k_ ,oinie time at a stand-still.
On the re-tern of the Chairman,
Mr. Wilkl uson's examination was then resumed, and after hearing
nonie further evidence, the Committee adjourned tiii to-morrow.

Room D.

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GLASGOW, Duminrazs, AND CARLISLE.
CA.LEDONLAN (DuzvxrizZES AND LANG-
HOLM BRANCHES)'
M. CoCEBUN in continuation from our Afternoon Edition)
saidr Besides,R that branch actually crossed the Caledonian,
:said in the history of railway speculation he had never known an
;instance in which one line crossed another in the manner proposed in
Ike prent case, ctually threatening to take away the local traffic
•pylitiches belongeda to the company that was thus trenched
iweri. It was stated that the Canobie branch would
ae,ommodate an important mineral traffic, and open up a
yavable coal-field to Dumfries and Carlisle. It had likewise been
provs d in evidence that a consi,:crable amount of the Canobie coal
would oto Carlisle; if so, then, surely, it would be better that the
mineral ;raffle to that city should pass over one company's line only,
as would while, the case with the Caledonian branch ; as it re-
garded DUThlfries'accoutmodation it could matter nothing whether the
break betwes,sn the Nithsdale Company and the Caledonian took
place at Annar; instead of at Gretna. In regard to the Annan break,
and why it should be favourably considered, he begged strongly to
impress the Committee with the fact, that Annan was originally
intended by Mr. Locke to be on the main line, and
that it had been given up at the time in deference to the Government
Commissioners. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to contrast
the Crawick branch of the ffitlisdalc scheme with the Dalmagadder
branch of t Caledonin, the latter of which he showed would in
reality, bring Dumfriesa nine miles nearer to Glasgow, and two miles
nearer to Edinburgh, than by the Nithsdale branch ; the
same applied to Annan -so that the two most important
places in the district would be best accommodated by the
Xaledonian branch. Sanuhr, a small ad unimportant town,
w, is the only place that had ana interest hi then making of the Crawiek
that was fur its connexion with Edinburgh only. The
Learl
nod gentleman having amplified on the several points adduced
Jo his address, concluded by calling on the Committee to consider, fa-
Pa
vottrabif the claims which the Cale 1
r at least a portion of theilan Company preferred to the
district
,of country south of
Durafr.i,eg• „lumen of the Leartled Gentleman'sya,d,,drheossaarpsehaorretddoisn.
be allowed to ad-
On oe con,
to whether Mr. Sergeant
cussion Mose as
the petition of M:. Thomas ColeebitrOloike, should
againet after Mr. Andrews had made
dress the Committee . e should speak before as to the alleged
the propertyfotfihtledsceollenintittee.
his reply, or whether
,wwihen
damage the line would do to.,
The room iv,-;s cleared for the
ore n,oteedw lling to hear Mr.
After a few minuns the parties W.. re
would do his client's
The CHAIRMA:( laid, the Committee w,"
Sergeant Murphy on the damage that the'n,
property, but they could not admit his makb,..:g a general address
after Mr. Andrews had concluded. 4on of that de-
Mr. Sergeant Mus Par intimated that, in considerai.. r state the
clsion, he would retire, as he did not think he could beti:
general case for the opposition than had been done byttir. Cockburn.
Mr. ANDREWS then proceeded to address the Committed in up lye
$e said he would be as brief as possible to the question befor° th
sCOnsmittee, in doing which he would not go into all the points raise-Li
'by Mr. Cockburn, many of which were extrinsic to the case. At tke
beginning they were threatened with great opposition to the case
submitted by the promoters—that the district required railway ac-
commodation ; accordingly they (the Nithsdale Company) brought
.tirrideitiCe of the most unexceptionable character:from the various points
itiOng the route of the llue, to show that railway socommodatioa was
•

petitions from certain
have made inquiry into the matter of those
shareholders in the Company which were referred by them to the
beenimperatively req it
adduced,ed. suchAopponents Committee, and that they have to state to the House that the facts
head had
that a line of railway was requ treed, but also to i!`ring the
by
the • which have been divulged in the course of the inquiry have satisfied
of the line into a similar tt sin of . mind, as shown by had them that the allegations have been proved.
(),Vsde ohte onlylmll vceollighvtinoefeettdiernLeeordsn Lordships
recent ground they had taken. The pea itim of the ek:W -wen new Mr. MURPHY—Perhaps the Committee will allow me to state this
been altered, and now the prop \eters were assailed L. -lonian) that the books of the Company have been submitted to oue inspec-
grounds. The Committee was now • told that they (the Cale, but tion, and we haee satisfied ourselves that as far as the directors of
were willing to concede the line from Cumnock to Dumfries, -f Ow Company are concerned, there is no ground whatever for ins-
,ln order to rotect them thoeY ought to concede the portion outing any frauds to them.
that
Nit the hsdale scheme between, Dumfries and Gretna. At one time Tire CA4II/1411f—Of conrse we shall state in our report nothing
this Committee were told that the Dumfries and Canobie (Caledonian _ tilet4 What aPPeeSs on the evidence.
branches) were better than the southern portion of the southern furthe. *II AND SAATIIIVIMMATT ATMOS-
scheme ; at another time they were told that the portion of the Niths-
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dale scheme between Annan and Gretna, with the Canobie branch,
•Isas was then proceeded with by
was necessary to the Caledonian. In fact, his Learned Friend did not
seem to know what he wanted. He talked a great deal of these .nt engineer of the line being repommended
branches being necessary to protect the Caledonian traffic, but he
(Mr. Andrews) submitted that suet' was not the fact. The branches
would not afford more protection than the Caledonian now pos-
sessed, while granting this would materially affect the integrity
and utility of the Nithsdale scheme. The legitimate traffic
of the Caledonian line was with the north of Scotland, including
the Edinburgh and Glasgow traffic, and that he submitted
could not be affected by the Netherdale line. The
Caledonian line would be able to run mile for mile with any
other line in the kingdom, and that, considering the shortness of that
in comparison with the Nithsdale scheme, would be a sufficient pro-
tection of the Glasgow traffic. The Northern, or the Edinburgh traf-
fic, it was not asserted would be affected by the Nithsdale line. it was
said that giving the Caledonian the portion ofthis scheme from Gretna
to Annan would not materially affect the Nithsdale scheme. To
that he would reply, that such a course would cripple
the resources of the company, and taking away one of
the best portions of their scheme, by interfering with the
number of trains they would run, by throwing two manage-
ments into the management of the through traffic in-
stead of one, and by abstracting a considerable amonnt of traffic
which legitimately belonged to the Nithsdale scheme. They talked
of protection to their interests, but the real object they had bad from
the beginning aas to deprive the whole valley of the Nith of local
accommodation, and to force the Ayrshire traffic round by Glasgow,
so as to pass them along to the south by the Caledonian line. That cb-
ject they had been defeated in, and now they sought to interpose
and to take a portion of the line for which he appeared, so as to
possess the key of the country, and to throw difficulties in the way
of the Kilmarnock and Ayrshire traffic passing up the Nithsdale
line to the south. There was no doubt that if the Nithsdale was
stopped at Annan, that the Nithsdale line would not be able to run
so many trains through for Kilmarnock, and thus many parties who
would pass south along the Nithsdale, would, rather than wait five
or six hours, be induced to go round by Glasgow and the Caledonian
line. This was no doubt their real intention. With regard
to the Canobie branch, en which so much had been said, he would
only observe that the Caledonian line had the Wilsontown coal-field
on its route, and in order to benefit the public it was necessary, he
submitted, that the two fields should be placed in the hands of diffe-
rent companies. Were they both placed in the hands of the Caledo-
nian, the interest of that company would be to restrain the accom-
modation of the Canobie coal-field, and to force the other coals,
which would use four times the length of line compared
with the other. The Nithsdale Company had no such interest,
as the Canobie and Sanquhar coal-fields were equi-distant
from Durafries. Again, the landed proprietors, who were the .best
judges of the local accommodation required, were in favour of the
Nithsdale branch, and not for the other. The ground taken by the
Caledonian Company, in the letter of Mr. Hope Johnstone, was en-
tirely new, had never been submitted in any previous stageof the
• contest, and the object of it plainly was to throw obstructions in
the way of the efficient working of the Nithsdale scheme. The
Learned Gentleman next addressed himself to the branches of the
' Caledonian line, contending that no evidence or reasons whatever
had been given that they would give better accommodation to the
district south of Dumfries than the Nithsdale scheme. Respecting
the Crawick branch, it had been urged that it was not required for
the traffic that would pass along it, and that it would occasion a
greater distance to Edinburgh and Glasgow than by the Dalma-
gadder branch of the Caledonian line. To that he would answer,
that the Crawick branch would accommodate the lead mines in that
neighbourhood, and supply them with coals from Sanquhar, which
they so much required; and that as the Nithsdale Company
would, In order to accommodate the Edinburgh traffic,
be obliged to run trains along this branch, those pas-
sengers that wished to go to Glasgow would have the opportunity
of going along it to the Caledonian at the same time as the Edinburgh
traffic, instead of being obliged to go forward to Kilmarnock, as had
been asserted. The Learned Gentleman having reviewed the various
heads of his general argument, impressing on the minds of the Com-
st
mittee that all the landowners and inhabitants cat the route were
strongly hi favour of the Bill, and that the Ayrshire Company had
made an arrangement to work the line, on the faith of its passing en-
tire, concluded by calling on the Committee to pass the entire pre-
amble of the Bill.
Parties were then ordered to withdraw.
After the absence of about an hour and a quarter, when the par-
ties were called In,
The CHAIRMAN then said the Committee had come to the following
resolution :—" That the Committee were of opinion that the
snaking of a railway IYom the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock,
and Ayr Railway, near Cumnock, to the Caledonian
branches,
Railway,
near to the crossing of the river Sark, with
and that the Glasgow, Dum-
would be of great public advantage,
fries, and Carlisle Company should be enabled to make the same
with its branches, excepting tt which is described as a branch
from the said railway, near Sphriangfield, to a proposed railway be-
tween Hawick and Carlisle, near the Canobie branch. They are of
opinion that this branch, not being necessary to the establishment of
railway communication between the districts traversed by the main
line and the south, the future construction of it may more properly
be left open to the Caledonian Company, whose main line, according
to the present plan, is crossed by it."
The Committee then adjourned the consideration of the clauses till
to-morrow, at twelve o'clock.

Room E

EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DORCHESTER.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
Mr. TALBOT then proposed to call the Earl of Devon.
The Cualamati, however, gave it as his opinion that there was no
necessity whatever for calling the Noble Earl, as he supposed it
would be only a matter of opinion upon which he would speak. The
Committee also stated by the Chairman, that there was no necessity
for going into the engineering evidence ; they were perfectly ac-
quainted with the whole line, the various gradients and curves, and
tunnels, and there was nothing new to be spoken to by Mr. Brunel.
Mr. Saunders, the secretary to the Great Western Company, was
then called, who stated that the Great Western Company would be
prepared next year to come again before Parliament with their
schemes, and they would also be willing to allow the narrow gauge
lines to be laid down on their broad gauge lines between Yeovil and
Exeter, which could be done with considerable less difficulty and
expense than laying down the broad gauge upon a narrow gauge
line.
Cross-examined by Mr. Hoes—There would be no difficulty at.
tending the laying down of the broad gauge on the narrow line, pro-
vided the works were of sufficient width.
Cross-examined by Mr. Hum...an—The trains performed the dis-
tance as follows
Express trains. from London to Exeter, in 4h. 30m.
First class - 5 30
Third class - - 14 15
The express trains did not accommodate the third class passengers,
only the first and second classes. The express trains upon the
South-Western Railway carried third-class passengers by every train.
The examination of this witness concluded the case on behalf of
the opposition.
Mr. CoCasuaa, Q.C., then replied on behalf of the promoters, with
his usual ability and perspicuity. He contended that there was no
question at all of the necessity for the construction of this line, from
the very fact that a considerable portion of the scheme was con-
tended for by the opponents to the Bill, the Great Western Company.
Abundant evidence had been adduced before the Committee, and which
could have been increased to an enormous amount of the wisheillf the
inhabitants from all portions of the lino in favour of this scheme.
The only difficulty upon any portion of the line was the property of
Lord Digby. The clause inserted for the protection of that Noble,
man would place them under the necessity of applying to Parlia-
ment, in another session, for power to make the line in a direction
not affecting ;the property of Lord Digby, should it not be possible
to obtain the consent of the Noble Lord to the passing of the line in
its present direction. But neither that clause nor the loss of the
branch to Bridport would be considered as a sufficient reason to pre-
vent the passing of the Bill, because all the parties who had been
ealled on behalf of Lord Digby had admitted that it was
practicable to construct that portion of the line so as not to affect the
property of the Noble Lord. Mr. Locke had conceded the fact, and
his only reason for not taking that line was the increase of expense
they had hoped to have avoided, and thought that they might have
made some arrangements respecting the passing through the pro-
perty of that nobleman. They had hitherto been unsuccessful, but
he was not without hope that an arrangement would be yet entered
into between the parties. There was no ground whatever for re-
jecting the Bill, or for postponing the consideration of it till the next
session. He would take the liberty of introducing a clause
in the Bill far the full and ample protection of the
property of Lord Digby, similar to that introduced in the case of
, the Midland Railway with reference to Lord Harberough's property.
I The question then to be considered was, who NN as to have the line
between Exeter and Yeovil. At Exeter the station of the promoters
of the Bill gave general satisfaction to the inhabitants of Exeter.
The present line proposed Ito give accommodation to Topsham and
Sidmouth, places thought very highly of by the people of Exeter,
and advantages would be afforded by the construction of this line
for the means of central communication with the districts westward
of Exeter. The Learned Counsel concluded a speech of nearly two
hours in length by calling upon the Committee to sanction the lines
brought before them.
The room was then ordered to be cleared.

Upon the parties being re-admitted,
The Cirsikman—The Committee have come to the resolution to
report that the preamble of the Basingstoke and Salisbury Extension
hallway is proved with reference to the other two Bills, the London,
Salisbury, and Yeovil Junction, and the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dor-
chester Railways. The Committee intend ,to• report that they
are of opinion that a direct line:to Exeter, to London by Salis-
bury, is desiral*, but they do not consider it expedient to pass those
Bills in their pieseat shape.
Tbis decision was totally unexpected by all parties, for from the
intimations which had been thrown oat from time to time by the
Committee on the subject of. Lord Digby's property at Sherborde,
led the promoters most reasonably to conclude that a clause giving
ample protection to the property of that nobleinan would be per-
mitted to be inserted in the Bill, and that the lines would be
showed to be made, except as between two points to be
determined on by the Committee in the neighbourhood of
Sherborne Park. And the opponents to the Bill were equally sur-
prised by the rejection of the Bill after the intimations which had
been thrown out by the Committee, that the most cursory glance at
the map would be sufficient to convince any person of common sense
of the necessity of those lines as proposed by the promoters of the
Bills. The question of a competing line between London and Exeter
will be, therefore, by this decision thrown over to the next session ;
when there is no doubt that the scheme will be again brought under
the consideration of the Legislature.
The Committee adjourned at four o'clock.

Ream H.

EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW AND SCOT-
TISH CENTRAL JUNCTION.

The Committee met at Eleven o'clock. Present, the 3farquis of
Westminster (chairman), the Marquis of Hereford, Earl Spencer,
Lord Manners, and Lord Seagrave.
The whole of the day was occupied in hearing evidence with re-
gard to the traffic likely to accrue upon the formation of these
junctions. The particulars were entirely devoid of interest.
The Committee adjourned at Half-past Four o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP LXVII.

The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the
Rini comprised in this group, re-assembled this afternoon at two
o'clock, Lord Lincoln in the chair.
EASTERN COUNTIES (TOTTENNADI .a

Crlnt.4ll.o.S.D rarman SION).
The Committee after hearing the opposition of the surrey Grand
Junction Canal Company to this project, cleared the room to con-
skier their decision.
Having remained a short while in consultation. Strangers were
re-admitted, when
The CHAIRMAN announced that the preamble to the Bill had not
been proved
This closed the labours of the Committee.

I
GROUP LXX.
This Committee resumed this morning at twelve o'clock, Sir G.
Clerk in the chair.
DUBLIN AND ENNIS MILLEN..
The his Learned Friend's (Mr. Alex-
saying that he believed it was now
~ proceedings of this morning were opened by Mr. AusTuf, Q.C.
peralonl
Itostietnrses:fetshelnnillsupport of the
aalnldegerabtounrns
oftohims
acklieentas againstspeech theo r
the hfurther considerationy of this case was adjourned yesterday ?
Te euentmeN—Are ou aware of the circumstances under which,
Mr. Ausrin Quite so, sir.
The Custssisiv—lt was in consequence of the request of Mr. Ser-
geant 751urh, in order to afford him time either to rebut or to ex-
opponents
ntapin of
theevidence that had been laid before the Committee by the
Me. AUS.TIN—Just so, Sir ; and of course thet prorogation took
place in order that he might go and consult about the matter. I am
afraid, Sir, that, although there seems to be nothing whatever that is
attachable to the directors in this case, —I am afraid, nevertheless, in
censequence of the evidunce that was brought forward with respect
to Mr. Hemming, that If we were to go on with this Bill we
should be wasting a great deal of your time and our money.
and that the best thing we can do is to submit to a verdict at your
bun Is that the preamble is not proved, because I am afraid that
there are Parliamentary objections that we cannot get over; and
that being so, whatever may be the merits of the Bill, I think that,
for the purpose of saving your time and our money, you should de-
clare that the preamble is not proved. We communicated with the
other side. l will call no further evidence, and will submit to your
deel4ion that the preamble of the Bill is not proved.
The CHAIRVAN—Very good.
Mr. AusTihr—l should tell you that we permitted the other parties
to inzpect our books and paper, nd they are of opinion t hat the
directors have not been guilty sofa any fraud, with respect to the sale
of shares.
Mr.:AtExeNnza. Q.C., said that the only step now to be taken,
therefore, was to declare that the preamble of the Bill had not been
proved.an_ The works of the company had certainly been inspected,
proveda
butd itae was evident that no blame was attachable to the directors,
set;satatthetheehargsamese
wtimhiechbtohune dLetaorsntaedtesethrgise,anthta(txtirt.
made against him, and those who appeared with him, viz. that
their opposition was pr
pass-
ing of the Bill were entirely was
Murphy)no
pted purply by a desire to delay the ,
Mr. AusTsx—lh has so ugr ed dpiall'
Mr. bluanty—lthis so turnedturned
u-pi
The room was then-cleared. 0;11- 1
of i feW minutes, our re-admission after the lapse
The CHAIRMAN said, the Committee
the part* that they hriecorme to the have
have directed me to inform
of this Bill has not been proved to their resolution that the preamble
desired me further to State, that the Committeelon ;and they have
duty to moo A 'pee* Fsa9rt to the House, tot f.e%l it ,to be their
VISUI WA theT

This partly heard .
Mr. LE FANCE, assist..
by Mr. Malley,
Mr. BLACKERTON, the other ass..
by Mr. Cusack, and cross-examined
peared for the Grand Canal Company, afte.
Mr. Sergeant MURPHY said that this closeu
moters.
Mr. Muunit-then said that it was impossible for th,
teed consistently with the orders of Parliament. By oL.
sessional orders it was requisite that the consent of the Boa.
Admiralty should be obtained to the improvement of all harbours,
docks, &c., but the promoters had not obtained any such consent.
Mr. Sergeant MURPHY said that that could be done without delay,
and insisted that that objection should be fatal to the Bill. Ile
knew of a similar objection being raised against the passing of a
railway Bill.
The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee would allow the pro-
moters an opportunity to obtain the necessary consent.
Mr. MURPHY said that he had another objection, and that was,
copies of the plans, &c., had not been laid before the Board of Ad-
miralty.
After a brief discussion, time was also granted to the promoters of
the Bill to do this.
Mr. MURPHY then said that he had still another objection, which
he felt confident must be taken to be fatal to the Bill. The objection
was, that part of the land which the promoters sought for had ac-
tually been granted to the proprietors of the Dublin and Kingstown
Railway this very session, as would be proved by Mr. Brunel, the
igineer.
Mr. Sergeant MURPHY said that that objection could not be taken,
because the Dublin and Kingston Railway Company had not peti-
tioned against the Bill. That Company, he asserted, had inserted a
clause into their Bill (which was passed on the 17th instant) with
power to take part of the line proposed to be taken by this
Company behind their backs, and without giving them the slightest
intimation of their intention. He propo.ed that the Committee should
insert a clause to remove the objection, and report specially
to the House the conduct of the Dublin and Kingstown Company,
prior to which he hoped the Committee would enter into a full inves-
tigation of their proceeding, which was certainly most disgraceful.
Mr. MURPHY submitted that the Committee should permit him to
establish his assertion at once. If they did not, he must proceed
with the other part of his case, and enter upon the establishment of
his assertion afterwards. But if they allowed him to do so at once,
they would save the time of themselves and the public.
Mr. Sergeant MURPHY called upon the Committee to abrogate the
clause referred to in the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Bill, a most
disgraceful fraud had been committed upon their clients behind their
backs.

-14tatIt opgipeer, was next aagmlnpa
Murphy, Q.C. (who ap-
'

' the caso of the pro-

Bill to pro-
-a of tiro
of

The Committee said that they would enter into the inquiry as to
whether the land in question had been assigned to the Dublin and
Kingstown Railway Company, and if it turned out that it had been,
of course it would be impossible to assign it to this company also.
Mr. Muaptiv said that he would be able by evidence to prove that
the land had been granted to the Dublin and Kingstown Railwry
Company, and to disprove the charge of fraud which had been so
elaborately thrown out by his Learned Friend.
Mr. Smith, the Parliamentary agent of the Grand Canal Company,
was accordingly called to prove the assignment of the land to the
Dublin and Kingstown Railway Company.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Muuria—The Grand Canal Com-
pany had not given shim a direct intimation to the effect that they
would not be responsible for the charges of the opposition which he
was persevering In against this Bill. He meant to look to them
for the payment of his charges. He had not written to them to
know whether they would defray his charges. Mr. Ryan, the
Director of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Company, had cer-
tainly advised with him with respect to his opposition to this Bill,
and he had desired him to retain counsel.

To the Chairman—He had received direct instructions from Mr.
M'Mullen, the Secretary of the Grand Canal Company, to oppose this
Bill on their behalf, and be had not received any communication,
written or oral, direct or indirect, from the Company, recalling those
instructions.

Mr. Pym, banker, Dublin, one of the largest shareholders in the
Grand Canal Company, and projector and treasurer of the Dublin and
Kingstown Railway Company, proved that this Company proposed to
run their railway through the point where Mr. Brunel, the engineer
of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Company, proposed to erect
their goods station,
To Colonel Peel—He was quite sure that the Dublin and Kings
town Railway Company had not given notice to the promoters of this
Bill, of their intention to take that plot of ground, because they did
not conceive that their taking it would form the least barrier to this
company constructing their lino.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Muzonv—He was never con-
sulted as to the insertion of the clause referred to. He believed that
Mr. Smith had no direct promise from the Grand Canal Company
to reimburse him the costs to which he naigot be put in opposing
this Bill.

The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till to-morrow.

STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
Lord Shaftesbury took the chair as usual in Room 1 (House of
Lords), at three o'clock.
CAMERONS, COALI3ROOK, STEAM COAL, AND SWANSEA
AND LONGHOR RAILWAY.
The promoters of this Bill had complied with the standing orders.
TIP 3 committee came to a final decision as to the
MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON,
in which case, it will be remembered, the standing orders were com-
plied with, except in a reserved point as to the accuracy of the levels.
The point in dispute was referred to an independent engineer. This
gentlemen having given his report to the Committee, their Lordships
decided that the standing orders were not complied with ; but they
were of opinion that the Pill ought to be allowed to proceed. They
would, therefore, report that the standing orders ought to be dis-
pensed with. The expenses of the new survey to be paid by the
opponents of the Bill.
SELECT COMMITTEE ON MERITS.
Their Lordships had before them, in this capacity, a list of seven
Bills ; they disposed of the following :
GLASGOW, GARNKIRK, AND COATBRIDGE EXTENSION,
The preamble of this Bill was proved.
SURREY IRON RAILWAY COMPANY DISSOLVING.
The preamble of this Bill was declared to have been proved.
Their Lordships adjourned till to-morrow.

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THE LONDON GAZETTE.
(THIS EVENING.)

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, JULY 27.

Her Royal Highness Princess Helena Augusta Victoria,
third daughter of her Most Excellent Majesty and his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, was baptised on Saturday last the
25th instant, in the Chapel, within Buckingham Palace; and
a detailed account account of the ceremonial observed at this
solemnity will appear in a Supplementary Gazette.
MASTER OF THE HORSE'S-OFFICE, JULY 9.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the
Right Honourable Granville George Earl Granville to be
Master of her Majesty's Buck Hounds, in the room of the
Right Honourable James Alexander Earl of Rosslyn, re
signed.

TwESUNS _LONDON, TUEDAY EVENING, JULY 28, 1846,

t Mr . FOX MAULE sail that he found a proposition made
by hi! s predecessors with reference to this subject, but consi-
d.erie g the late period of the session and the great importance
of th e question, the Government were of opinion that the
prefer able system would be to renew the Bill (as had been done
for tilt • last thirtet n or fourteen years) for another year.
FLOGGING IN THE ARMY.
Mr.. R. ESCOTT gave notice, that, on Tuesday next, he
would move for a return to be laid before the House of till the
j floggit igs which had been inflicted in the army from the year
1840 b the present time ; the place where the regiment in
which such punishment took place was stationed ; the number
of lashes inflicted ; and the consequences that followed ;
whether inflicted by farriers, drummers, or so forth; and also
copies of the surgeons minutes; and whether the trials had
taken place with closed doors.
Mr. HUME moved for an account of the number of indivi-
dual depositors and of charitable institutions and friendly so-
cieties depositing their funds in savings banks, and of the sums
deposited, divided into the usual classes, on the 20th day of
November, 1845. Account of the amount of principal money
received from, and of interest credited to, and of principal and
• interest money paid to the trustees of savings banks, clistin-
gui.shing Great Britain and Ireland, by the National Debt
Comn.issioners, from the 6th day of August, 1817, to the
20th day of May, 1846 ; of the amount of money: prin-
cipal and interest, due to the trustees by tie Commis-
sionerson the 20Lh day of May, 1846 ; of the securities held
by the Commissioners on the 20th day of May, 1846, and of
the value of thsse securities at•the prices of that day (stating
such prices), to provide the amount due by the Commissioners
to the trustees on that day, for principal and interest. Account
of the aggregate amount of interest paid and credited to the
trustees :of savings' banks (distinguishing Great Britain and
Ireland) by the Commissioners, and of the aggregase amount
of interests or dividends received by and due to the Commis-
sioners on the stocks, funds, and exchequer bills held
by them on account of the trustees, from the 6th day
of Augusf, 1817, to the 20th day of May,
1846 inclusive ; and stating also the difference in amount be-
tween the amounts so paid and credited and and received up to
May 20, 1846. Account, stating in detail, the changes which
have been made in the Bank Annuities and Exchequer-bills
held by the National Debt Commissioners, on account of the
trustees of savings banks, and the authority of the Acts 9 Geo.
IV. c. 92, and 3 Wm. IV. c. 14; showing, in separate co-
lumns, the dates, description, and extent of each of such
changes, and the rates at which the changes were t ffecsed, from
May 20, 1844, to July 5, 1846 (all in continuation of Parliao
mentary Paper, No. 453, of Session 1844).
Mr. HORSEMAN wished to give notice that on Friday
next he would ask the Right Hon. Bar';net the Secretary of
State for the Home Department, if I_4 was his intention to call
the attention of the Government *:o the report of a Lords Com-
mittee on railways, and whether it was their intention to
adopt the suggestion COP' ained in that report?
THE ;ADJOURNED DEBATE.
On the motion that the order of the day for resuming the
adjourned debate be read,
Mr. PHILIP MILES said that he could assure the House
that when he moved the adjournment of the debate last night,
it was not with a view of protracting the discussion of the
question at this late period of the session. It was because he
thought that under the circumstances a fair division could not
be taken upon it, that he wished to adjourn it, and he knew
that it was for the interest of all the parties that the adjourn-
, ment should take place. He assurred the Noble Lord that it
was not his intention to offer any useless opposition to this Bill,
because he did not think it right unnecessarily to protract the
business of the House. He could not admit that this measure was
to confer a great benefit upon the country, as the Noble Lord
had stated, and it was because he considered that this measure
would do precisely the reverse, because he considered that the
measure would give great encouragement and stimulus to the
slave trade, notwithstanding all thatb bad been said against it,
that he was prepared to give his support to the resolutions
moved by his Noble Friend the Member for King's Lynn. He
confessed that he was astonished last night to hear the Noble
Lord the Member for Liverpool—that Noble Lord who moved
the celebrated resolution in 1841—now consenting to the pro-
posals of her Majesty's Government. He must say that he
was not prepared to hear him give the reasons for the vote
which he was induced to give, after he had said that
he protested strongly against the admission of foreign sugar.
He certainly was not prepared to hear that Noble Lord come
forward in support of the proposition of the Noble Lord the
Member for London.—(Hear, hear.) Neither was he pre-
pared to hear the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, certainly in a speech of great ability, tell the
House that he was rejoiced to be able from the source of the
slave-grown sager, to receive a large increase to the revenue of
the country. The discussion last night turned upon the state
of the West India colonies, and it was because he was
particularly interested in them, and because he wished to
express his opinions as to their condition, that he
was unwilling that the House should go to a division
on the question last night before he laid before them what he
knew concerning their condition, and what effect this measure
would have upon them. From all that he could learn from
practical people on this subject, from all that he knew himself
on the question, he must say that he thought the effect of this
measure would be to throw a vast number of estates out of
cultivation.—( Hear, hear.) All those estates which were of a
barren soil, and which had not all the advantages_ of shipping,
would he thrown out of cultivation. He :would take
for an instance the Island of Jamaica. In that island there were,
he believed, about 400 estates now in cultivation, and he was
assured by a gentleman conversant with the subject, that of
those 150 or 200 would be thrown out of cultivation by this
measure. Many of the estates-in --thatzigand-had been lateiy
thrown ontsof cultivation, and it was a lamentable fact, but it
was nevertheless true, that in consequence of the want of pro-
tectionwhich-onght to have'been showed to the proprietors of
estatesioili:at island, the people were in a mostovretched con-
dition:7'4lle- Ncible Lord, the Member for London, in the
opening speech which he made on this question, said that the
system ,of protection was a vicious one, but his (Mr. Miles)
answer to that question was that the condition of the West
Indies was in a wretched state at this moment, and
the reason that they were so was, because of the
of_the conduct of the Executive Government. Ho wished to
lay before the House some particulars with respect to some
estates in Jamaica. The amount of sugar produced in the
estates on that island had greatly decreased during the last few
years in consequence of the extreme drought and One want of
protection which had been denied to them by the Goaernment.
The estimate for the present year was not less than 800 tons of
sugar. Let them take another case, in which an estate that
before the emancipation of the negroes did not produce 100
hogsheads of sugar, that now from the number of
estates 'which that measure had thrown out of
cultivation,- -.and. the consequent great .'supply of laboiir
that 'now, notwithstanding the abolition of slavery, produced
150-hogsheadsper annum: Though the soil was of an inferior
character if they had an- ample supply of labour it
would be made three times as valuable as it was
before the passing of the Act of Emancipation. Again,
if they took the island of Barbadcos. According
to returns which had been placed before the House, it
was stated that it had increased its crops since the abolition of
slavery, and that wages had risen. The wages were the same
as in Jamaica, with this differenee—that instead of "paying
a fair day's work for a fair day's wages," the la-
bourers received for four hours labour daily, the
same as was paid in Jamaica for seven or eight. There
were sufficient reasons to show that if a sufficient supply of
labour was given, these estates would do sufficiently well.
He thought that this would justify him in stating
that, which had been said by a gentleman well ac-
quainted with the West Indian colonies, and had
been quoted by the Noble Lord the Member for the
city of London, that the West India planters were in the
hands of the, * negroes, instead of the negroes -being in the
hinds of "tfie planters.— (Hear, heir.) Such was the opinion
of a disinterested man, and one who bad the most extensive
experience:of the colonies; and that opinion was corroborated
by the Governots of the different Islands. He thought he
did not say too much, in affirming that the fault of the
colonies not being in so prosperous a condition as they
might have been, lay not with the planters but with the
Government. Give them a supply of labour, and there
would be no danger of their estates being cultivated. He was
sorry to hear the Noble Lord say that he would not allow any
importation of labourers from Africa, unless they came from
paces at which the British flag was flying. .He thought there
ought to be full liberty for labourers to come from
any part, under such guarantee as to personal liberty which
the Government should think necessary. In Jamaica there
was an estate on which there were thirty-two negroes
who filled the most important situations, and had risen to
their, present position by their energy and industry. They
were declared to be an intelligent and active body of men, and
they filled the most important situations for carrying
on the various prcesses on the estate. It was only
recently that they had obtained any labour, and
what they desired was time to allow it to come into ope-
ration. Had not the West Indies suffered from a
very severe drought, the crop would have increased
in a greater proportion than in any former year,
by reason of that labour. It was really a verp hard case, be-
cause they had bein unfortunate this year, slave labour should
be allowed to come into competitioa with them. But
the benefits which the Noble Lord promised to them
did not come " up to their expectation, he has
told us that molasses and sugar cannot be used in breweries,
because the excise have an objection to it. If reforms are to
be carried out on the principle of free trade, they
ought to adapt the reforms to that principle, and
not their reforms to the excise. He could see no
reason why they should impose this tax upon the colonies—
it was not consistent with a spirit of justice or equity.
He thought that he could apply to the present state of the
country the opinion of Lord Metcalfe, who said that the Go-
vernment were in the hands of the Excise, and not the Ex-
cise in the hands of the Government. He did not think
that the Excise duties should be suffered to remain
in thei present condition. He thought the duties
should be equalized and levied after the spirits
were made the distillers would then have a protection of Bd.
per gallon. He hoped that at a future time the Noble Lord
at the head of the Government would tnrn his attention to
the subject and place the duties upon an equality. It was his
opinion that emancipation had fully borne out the expectations
of the parties. He had visited Louisana and Cuba, and it
was his deliberate opinion that free-labour could compete with
slave-labour. His firm belief was that the present measure
if passed, would have the effect of throwing estates out of cul-
tivation, and that it would also give a stimulus to the slave
trade; and if this country encouraged the growth of slave-
grown sugar, with what face could they request foreign nations
to join with them in putting a stop to the odious traffic in slaves?
If the cultivation of sugar were to be increased by 50,000 tons,
according to the estimate of the Noble Lord at the head of
the Government, there must, of necessity, be an absolute

TEA.—At the public sales held to-day there was little desire
evinced to operate in any description of Tea, although merchants
generally were inclined to make some concession in prices.
RicE.—ln Bengal of every description an extensive business has
been contracted by private contract since this day week, and at
prices showing an advance ou those previously current of Pd to is
per cwt.
CINNAMON.—There has been a much better demand for Ceylon of
first quality, and the parcels offered at the quarterly sales were pur-
chased with eagerness ; the quantity brought forward not being
large, merchants were enabled to obtain an advance on the rates of
the last April sale.
INDIGO.—The quarterly sale of East India was brought to a *con_
elusion th!s afternoon. The quantity for sale was 15,622 che'As, of
which 4,675 chests were withdrawn, and 3,223 brought in,
about 9,000 actually sold. I..eaving
TALLow.—Rus,slan is dull of sale on the spot, and not 7.nere than
41s 6d per cwt can b 6 obtained for line Petersburg YelPiw Candle.
fear delivery In the last three months of the year there are sellers at
41s to 41s 3d per cwt. Home made on the spot, however, has been
In excellent request at 40s to 40s 64 nett cash, and the ',supply if not
so large as it was. Other descriptions have been purchased with

COURSE OF EXCHA'
Amsterdam C.F. 12 8%
Ditto, at sight 12 5%
-ntterdain .... • • 2U. 12 9
mity:ry • • • • • • 26 15
Ilamburgn ••• • • • 31.13. 13 1534
Altena •• .. • •••• • • •
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 85
Ditto, 3 months.. • • 26 15
Marseilles •••• . • • • • 26 20
Bourdeaux • • • 26 20
Frankfort on Blaine.... 122
Petersburgll, 3 Us .•
Berinl ... • • • • • • •• • •
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Vienna, effec.llo ••• • • • 10 14
Trieste, ditto,... ••• • .. 10 14
Madrid •• • ..... •.. . • 3534 •
Cadiz • • : ..... 36%
Barcelona ............
Seville..

.NGE.-(THIS DAY).
Gibraltar., _
• • ••
Leghorn ........ 30 GO
Genoa • • 21; 20
Milan • • •

...... --
Naples .. . • ...... 39X,
Palermo, per 0z....—. 119 Y,,,
Lisbon.... ..... ....... 53
0p0rt0........ ••.. • • 534
Rio Janeiro • • 24
Bahia .• •••• • • • • • •
Buenos Ayres ..... .• •

New York, 21 days' sight
Philadelphia ........

PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold In bars X 3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5
New Doubloons . .
New Dollars ...... •
Silver in bars •. • • 0 4 11 LA,

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS EVENING.)

increase in the amount of slavery, He remembered having
heard, some short time ago, the Right Hon. Gentleman, the
Member for Edinburgh, describing the misery which resulted
from the existence of slavery in America, but he could assure
the Right Hon. Gentleman that the horrors he had de-
picted fell far short of the misery attendant upon the
African slave trade. He had once seen a cargo of slaves the day
after they were landed, and certainly no considerations of policy
should ever induce him to encourage such an abominable system.
They were told that the people of this country required cheap
sugar, and he considered that their desire would be supplied if
there was a considerable reduction this year in the price of free_
labour sugar—such a reduction he was ready to agree to by
supporting a reduction of the existing dnties, and
although he did not speak for the whole West Indian

interest, he was sure
they. would also consent to a re-

duction; and he believed the plantations of West India
and of the colonies would yield this country an ample supply
of free-labour sugar. The Chancellor of the Exche-
quer said, in his speech last night, that the Government
wished to let in a quantity of sugor, and to derive a large re-
venue from the large supply. Now, he was surprised
to hear the minister of a free country like
this, boast of the revenue which would be derived

by encouraging the slave trade, for if the measure propounded
by the Government was passed, slavery would be increased
two-fold; but of this he was certain, that if they
wished to put a stop to the slave trade—if they
wished to obtain a character for honour and ht inanity, they
must show the world that free was cheaper than slave labour.
If they did not do this they would believe th 3 free trade prin-
ciples which they had enunciated, and show That whilst they
boasted of free trade with all he world, they
----J were pro at
Pfg-
ing the slave trade.
Upwards of 20 Membm Tele when the Hon. Gentleman re-
sgthed'his seat, but die), gave way tg
BORTHWICK rose, and was
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