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pany shall forfeit to her Majesty a sum not exceeding
201. for every day during which Luch refusal, neglect, or
evasion, shall continue.

8. Board of Trade to have a discretionary power of
allowing alternathe arrangements. [This clause is the
same as the former clause 27.]
9. That no tax shall be levied upon the receipts of any
railway company from the conveyance of passengers at
fares not exceeding id. for each mile, by any such cheap
train as7aforesaid.

10. Certain companies to convey military and Tidily°
forces at certain charges, 5 and 6 Vict., C. 55. ['l his'is
the same as the former clause 29.)
11. Railway companies to afford additional faeilitks
for the transmission of the mails, 1 and 2 Viet.,fe. 933.
[This is the- same as former clause 30.] •
12. And whereas electrical telegraphs have been
established on certain aailways, and may be more ex-
tensively established hereafter, and it is expedient to
provide for their due regulation., be it enacted, - that
every railway company, on being- required so to do
by the Lords of the said Committee, shall be bound
to allow any person or persons authorised by
the Lords of the said Committee, with servants
and workmen, at all reasonable times to enter into or
upon their lands, and to establish and lay down upon
such lands adjoining the line of such railway, a line of
electrical telegraph for her Majesty's service, and to give
to him and them every reasonable facility for laying
down the same, and for using the same, for the purpose
of receiving and sending messages on her Majesty's ser-
vice, subject to such reasonable remuneration to the
company as may be agreed upon between the company
and the Lords of the said Committee, or in case of disa-
greement, as may be settled by arbitration ; provided
always, that. subject to a prior right of use thereof fiir
the purposes of her Majesty, such telegraph may be
used by the Company, for the purposes of the railway,
upon such terms as may be agreed upon between the par-
ties, or, in the event of difference, may be settled by
arbitration.

13. That where a line of electrical telegraph shall
have been established upon any railway by the company
to whom such railway belongs, or by any company,
partnership, person or persons, otherwise than exclu-
sively for her Majesty's service, or exclusively for the
purposes of the railway, the use of such electrical tele-
graph, for the purpose of receiving and sending mes-
sages, shall, subject to the prior right of use thereof for
the service of her Majesty and for the purposes of the
company, and subject also to such equal charges, and to
such reasonable regulations, as may be from time to
time made by the said railway company, be open for the
sending and receiving of messages by all persons alike,
without favour or preference.
14. And whereas by an Act passed in the 4th year of
the reign of her Majesty, intituled, "An Act to regulate
Railways." power is given to the Lords of the said Com-
mittee to appoint any proper person or persons to in-
spect any railway, and the stations, works, and buildings,
and the engines and carriages belonging thereto ; and
in order to carry the provisions of this Act into execu-
tion it is expedient that the said power be extenJed ;
be it enacted. that the said power given to the Lords
of the said Committee, of appointing proper persons
to inspect railways hall extend to authorise the
appointment by the Lords of the said Committee
of any proper person or persons, for such purposes of in-
spection, as are by the said Act authorised, and also for
the purpose, of enabling the Lords of the said Committee
to carry the provisions of this and of the said Act, and
of any general Act relating to railways, into execution
and that so much of the last-recited Acts as provides

that no person shall be eligible to the appointment as in-
specter, who shall within one year of his appointment, have
been a director, or have held any office of trust or profit
under any railway company, shall be repealed; provided
always, that no such person shall exercise any powers
of interference in the affairs of the company.
15. Repealing provision of 3 and 4 Vic., c. 97. (Sarno
as former clause 35.)
16. Board of Trade may direct prosecutions to pre-
vent railway companies from contravening or exceeding
the provisions of their Acts. [Same as former clause 36.]

li. Notice to be given to the company. Prosecutions
to be under the sanction of the Board of Trade, and
within one year after the offence. [Same as former
clause 37.]
18. And whereas many railway companies have bor-
rowed money in a manner unauthorised by their Acts of
incorporation or other Acts of Parliament relating to
the said companies, upon the security of loan notes
or other instruments purporting to give a se-
curity for the repayment of the principal sums bor-
rowed at certain dates, and for the payment of
interest thereon in the meantime : and whereas such loan

notes or other securities issued otherwise than under the
provision of some Act or Acts of Parliament have no
legal validity, and it is expedient that the issue of such
illegal securities should be stopped ; but such loan notes
or other securities havinc, been issued and received in
good faith as between the borrower and lender, and for
the most part for the lawful purposes of the undertaking
and in ignorance of their legal invalidity, it is expedient
t.) confirm such as have been already issued ; be
it enacted, that from and after the passing of this
Act, any railway company issuing any loan note or
other negotiable or assignable instrument, purporting
to bind the company as a legal security for money ad-
vanced to the said railwtty company otherwise than
under the provisions of some Act or Acts of Parliament
authorising the said railway company to raise such
tnoney and to issue such security, shall for every such
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ffeuje forfeit to her Majesty a sum equal to the sutra for

which such loan note or 'Other instrument purports to be
such security: provided always, that any company may
renew any such loan note or other instrument issued.by
them prior to the passing of this Act, for any period of
not exceeding five years from the passing of this
Act.

19. That where any railway company, before the 12th
lay of July, 1844, shall have issued or contracted to issue
Any such loan notes, or other unauthorised instruments,
the company may and shall pay off such loan notes or
other instruments, as the same ma 7 fall due, subject

as herein before provided ; and, until the same shall be
so paid off, the said- loan notes or other instruments
shall entitle the holders thereof to the payment, by the
company, of the principal sum and interest thereby
agreed to be paid:

-20. That aregister of all such loan notes or other in -
struments shall be kept by the secretary, and such re-
gister shall be open, without fee or reward, at all rea-
sonable times, to the inspection of any shareholder or
auditor 'of the undertaking, and of every person inter-
ested in any such loan note or other instrument desirous
of inspecting the same.
21. Remedy for recovery of tithe-rent charged on rail-
way land. [Same as former clause 43.]
22. Communications to and from Board of Trade, ser-
vice of notices, &c. [Same as former clause 44.]
23. Penalties. [Same as former clause 45.]
24. That where the word " railway" is used in this
Act, it shall be construed to extend to all railways con-
structed under the powers of any Act of Parliament ;
and when the words "passenger railway" are used in.
this Act, they shall be construed to extend to all rail-
ways constructed under the powers of any Act of
Parliament upon which one-third or more of the gross
annual revenue is derived from the conveyance of
passengers by steam or other mechanical power ; and
whenever the word "company" is used in this Act, it
shall be construed .to extend to include the proprietors
For the time being of any such railway ; and that where
a different sense is not expressly declared, or does not
appear by the context, every word importing the sin-
gular number or the masculine gender shall be taken to
include females as well as males, and several persons and
things as well as one person or thing.
25. That this Act may be amended or repealed by
any Act to be passed in this session of Pailiament.

Thornhill Park is diiected to be sold by Mr.
George Robins, by private treaty. It should seem there
is nothing in Southampton's beauteous vicinity, that can
approach this splendid mansion and estate. Sir William
Curtis has in vain essayed to rent it furnished for the
season of yachting, but the executors of Sir Barlow Hoy,
think they are prohibited from disposing of it, except as
a most eligible purchase. A reverend and highly ta-
lented correspondent of curs, makes the following com-
mentary upon the property :—" I hope the place is
marked in Thornhill Park where the bones of the famous
racer Etuilins are interred." He was the founder of a
race of " giants" in their way.
Mr. Westley Richards, gun-manufacturer, Bir-
mingham, has succeeded in combining various qualities
of steel, suitable for the manufacture of sword blades ;
it has all the toughness of the Indian Wootz, with a
beautiful Damask surface, but has much greater elasti-
city, which gives it a decided advantage over the Eastern
material. Specimens may be seen at Wm. Bishop's,
No. 170, New Bond-street, and at the manufactory, Bir-
mingham.
REVELATIONS OF RUSSIA.—The recent visit of the
Emperor of Russia to this country has excited an unsuual
interest about the vast empire which he governs, with a
will and a hand to the power of which there is no limit;
and this interest is likely, as we understand, to be imme-
diately gratified, in a most unexpected manner by the
publication of such extraordinary " revelations," touch-
ing all Russian institutions, social as well as political, as
no press but that of England would dare to put forth.
Hitherto the accounts we have received of Russia and
the Russians have been prepared and put forth by
travellers only individuals, however worthy of credit
and attention, who could not from the brief time they
passed in the country, by possibility have penetrated be-
yond the surface, which alone presents itself to a travel-
ler's eye. But these " Revelations of Russia" are said
to be the result of many years' residence and observa-
tion, and under such circumstances of official and social
position as render them more trustworthy than anything
else of the kind that has hitherto been given to the world.
This work is al,o said to contain the " Secret History,"
never before made public, of that extraordinary revolu-
tion which placed the present Emperor on the throne.
HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF
THE CHEST, BROMPTON.—Considerable anxiety has
been expressed, and several inquiries made, as to the
probable completion of the new hospital at Pelhsm-
crescent, Brompton, and of which it may be remembered
his Royal Highness l'rince Albert laid the first stone, on
the 11th ult. It seems that, although the ground plans
and elevation are fully completed, yet the specifications
of the builders are not thoroughly decided upon, and
hence the apparent delay. The works, as far as they
have proceeded, form a beautiful specimen of workman-
ship, although evidently copipd • from the new building
now in progress, in Lincoln's Inn-fields. It is most
earnestly hoped by all well•vvishers to this excellent
foundation, that no further delay a ill be permitted by
the Building Committee, more particulasiy as the claims
daily made upon the present establishment, at Chelsea,
are increasing to such an extent, that, in some instances,
it has become painfully necessary to refuse admission,
through the absolute want of accommodation. It is in
contemplation to hold another bazaar and fancy fair, on
behalf of this highly patronised institution, and of which
as a matter of course, due notice will be given.