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the rate of a number of -years' purchase, to be firmed, of
such divisible profits; or, secondly, to' revise the fares:
and charges on the line, in such manner as shall, in the
judgment of the Government, be calculated to xeduce
the said divisible profits, assuming always the same
quantity and kinds of annual traffic to continue, to the
said per centage: but with a guarantee, on the part of
the Government, to subsist while such scale of fares and
charges shall be in force, to make up the divisible profits
to the said per centage.
111. And also, that at or after the said term of years.
it shall be in the option of the Government to purchase
the line at the said number of years' purchase of the
annual divisible profits, whatever be the amount of such
profits. _ _

IV. That the term of years be fifteen, to be dated from
the next following Ist of January after the passing of the
Act for the construction of the railway.
V. That the rate of divisible profits at which the right
of revision shall accrue, shall be'ten per cent.
VI. That the number of years' purchase at which the
railway may be bought for the public, shall be twenty-
five years.
VII. That the said annual divisible profit shall be cal-
culated upon ,the average of the three last preceding
years. •
VIII. That the accounts of such line, if a branch or
junction line; shall be kept separate from those of the
main lines with which they are connected, and shall be
liable to inspection by the Government, and to be pro-
duced-upon the demand of the Government.
IX. That if any dispute shall arise as to what the
actual amount of such divisible profits in any given case
may have been, the matter in question shall be referred
to arbitration.
X. That power be taken by the Government, in the
event of its exercising the right of revision, to provide
for such regulations upon the line as it shall deem neces-
sary, in order to secure to the public the full advantages
of the reduced rate of fares and charges fixed by the
revising authority.
XI. That the companies may be required to provide
upon such new lines of railway, as a minimum of third-
class accommodation, one train at least each way on
every week-day, by which there shall be the ordinary
obligation to convey such passengers as may present
themselves at any.of the ordinary stations, in carriages
provided with seats and protected from the weather, at
speed not less than 12 miles an hour including stoppages,
and at fares not exceeding a penny per mile •, each pas- ,
senger by such train being allowed not exceeding 56 lbs.
of luggage without extra. charge, and extra luggage
being charged by weight at a rate not exeeeding the
lowest charge by other trains : children under three
years being conveyed without extra charge ; and
children from three to twelve years at half-price.
XII That the tax upon the receipts from such con-
veyance of third-class passengers should not exceed one-
half of any duty that may be laid upon the general
traffic of railways. •
XIII. That the Board of Trade have a discretionary
power of dispensing with any of the above require-
ments, and of allowing alternative arrangements which
shall appear to it to be better calculated to promote the
public convenience upon any particular railway ; and
that the Board of Trade have a discretionary control
over the train which satisfies the above minimum re-
quirement, as, regards times of starting, nature of ac-
commodation, arrangements with connecting lines, and
other points of Aletail, subject to the above general
principles, and to the understanding that such control
is to be limited to the train in question.
XIV. That the companies shall be bound to convey
upon such new lines military and police forces, and pub-.
lie stores, baggage, and ammunition, on the requisition
of the proper authorities, at fares not exceeding ld. per
mile for each private, and 2d. per mile for each officer,
with the usual accommodation, and at charges not ex-
ceeding 2d. per ton per mile for stores and baggage ;
the same quantity of personal luggage being allowed free
of charge to each officer and private, as to each ordinary
first and second-class passenger respectively ; and the
carriages in which such forces are conveyed being, when-
ever so required by the proper authorities, provided with
seats and protected against the weather:
XV.. That upon such new lines theTost-office be em-
powered to require the transmission of the mails (sub-
ject to the usual conditions as, to payment for services
performed by railway companies) at any rate of speed
certified by the Inspector-General to he consistent with
safety ; and also to send a mail-guard with bags not ex-
ceeding the weight allowed for an ordinary passenger's
luggage (or subject to the rules of the company for any
excess of that weight) by any of the ordinary trains,
upon the same terms and conditions as an ordinary pas-
senger : it being understood that this power shall not
authorise. the Post-office to require the confersion of a
regular hail-train into an ordinary train, nor to exercise
any control over the company in respect of any ordi-
nary train.
XVI. That it shall be open to the Government to des
termine what extension of lines of railway are to. be cons
sidered as new lines, for the- purposes• of these reso-
lutions.
30th March, 1844. •

RESIGNATION OF LORD STUART

DE ROTHESAY.
We are enabled to state on competent authority, that

Lord Stuart de Rothesay, her Majesty's Amba.ssador at
St. Petersburgh, sent in the resignation of his post. to
the Earl of Aberdeen several weeks since, which being
laid before her Majesty. she was graciously pleased to
accept. A steamer will be placed at his disposal early
in the month of May, so that his Lordship may he ex-
pected home at the latter end of that month or in the
beginning of June. Although, only about sixty-five
years of age, his Lordship has been some forty-eight
years in the diplomatic service of his country, during
the whole of which he was actively employed in various
parts of the world, excepting under the late Govern-
ment. If not the oldest member 'of the diplomatic
corps, by standing and seniority in the service—the
dean of the faculty it may he said—there cannot be more
than one or two of his seniors now living.. He retires
from his long public career in that service from the
continued existence of ill health, with which 'he was for
the first time afflicted some few months after his arrival
in St. Petersburgh. Although of a robust and naturally
vigorous frame or body, the first rigorous winter (1841-2)
proved too rude a shock for a constitution accustomed
only, during the last thirty-five years, to the heats of
tropical regions, the little less oppressive sun of southern
Europe, and the more temperate climes of central and
western Europe. It is a remarkable fact that, except in
early youth, he was never known to suffer from scarcely
even a day's sickness and confinement previously to his
departure for St. Petersburgh, and first winter there.
And, as a proof of the then still unimpaired vigour of
his health and strength, he followed 'the practice, adopted
from early life, of a cold bath winter and summer, im-
mediately on rising from bed, every morning, and before
breakfast. It was with difficulty he could be brought to
take medical advice and medicine, even on occasion of his
attack of illness at St. Petersbugh ; it is needless to add
that he had known scarely anything, from experience, of
either during his whole life, such was the simplicity and
regularity of his habits. In the commencement of his
diplomatic career, St. Petersburgh, it is believed, was
his first station as a junior member of the embassy then
there.

Although infirm in health, it is proper to add that
there has been, and is, nothing of a grave character in
his indisposition, which consists' in the natural remains
of debility consequent on protracted illness. With the
enjoyment of his native air on his solicited return, he
will, doubtless, as advised, not he long in regaining con-
valescence, being still so little advanced in years.
The Hon. Mr. Bloomfield, in consequence of Lord
Stuart's retirement, is nominated Minister Plenipoten-
tiary at the Court of St. Petersburgh, where he haa ac
long resided in the capacity of Charge d'Affaires, kid
First Secretary of Embassy, the functions of which ffice,
as lalterly of the embassy, he has fulfilled with aistin •
guished ability. It is not intended to replace Lord
Stuart by any diplomatist of the rank of ambassador, as
the accomplished representative of Russia at this Court,
Baron Brunnow, holds only the same diplomatic rank as
the Hon. Mr. Bloomfield is now invested with.—Mrt-
ing Post.

THE FACTORIES BILL.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sta,—l see, by your paper of Saturday last, that Sir
James Graham presented a petition, or memorial, from
seventy-two firms in Manchester, against the ten hours'
clause of the Factories Bill. These parties state that
they employ thirty thousand hands, and pay in wages
per annum forty thousand pounds. If this be true, each
of the work-people receive the very liberal and extra-
ordinary sum of 6 2-13 d. per week ; but, suppose:these
firms mean they pay 40,0001. per week, then each per-
son would receive 11 6s. Bd. per week. I defy them to
prove that they pay half that sum, or anything approxi-
mating to it, on the average. This shows how persons
sometimes overreach themselves, and prove too much.
" Save us from our friends." And is it from statements
such as these that a British House of Commons must
legislate, at the beck of a renegade Minister, whose stu-
pidity (I beg his pardon, I mean his firmness) is only
equalled by his want of practical knowledge on such
subjects ? Must the industrious people of these king-
doms be continued in their present state of over-exer-
tion, ignorance, and their concomitant vices, against the
thrice-expressed will of the English Senate, so that the
country may not lose the services of Sir James and Co.?
Forbid it justice, consistency, and British honour. But
if our wives and daughters must labour on in this almost
incessant toil, complain not of empty sanctuaries, of our
discontented people ready to re-enact the scene of August,
1842, nor of our full prisons, or the well-attended vaults,
where the worn-out labourer seeks to 'drown his cares,
and finds a momentary relief from exhaustion. Thank-
ing you for your able advocacy of the people's cause, I
am, Sir, yours very respectfully,
A TEN HOURS' MAN.
P.S.—The silk trade of Macclesfield have petitioned
for a Ten Hours' Bill, and the two
.Members for our
borough supported Lord Ashley. Now, if any trade re-
quires protection it is the silk trade, and they d'on't fear
a Ten Hours' Bill.
Macclesfield, April 5, 1844.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
•
SIR —ln reference to a case which appears in your
Marlborough-street: police report of the 2d of April, I
have respectfully to request that you will insert my de-
nial of the statement made by the complainant.. He did
not change a sovereign in my house, as I, seeing the
state he was in when he entered, refused to serve hitit
with liquors of any kind. He was put out with no more
violence than was necessary for his ejectment. I hare
since made strict inquiries relative to his character. 1
find that, although be has given his address as Evillest
17, Ilenrietta-street, Cavendish-squarek he is not known
there. find also that he has deceived the Magistrate as
to his occupation, which is very differ* to that which
he represented. Trusting to. your itotitlity to insert
this, I respectfully subscribe myself, • , -
SIN
.ts MEM
• •