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d The Committee having then withdrawn and restrained at -e
The an hour and a on their return well°
CHAIRMAN said quarter,
As it appears that the resolutions
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previously come to are not yet fully understood, the to re.
mit tee are desirous of withdrawing all misapprehension, and t.ed to
peat their former determination. I, therefore, am re11u,,,-.De Y
lion,
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~That the Committee, in the exercise of that discretion .4
in them by the House of Commons, have selected frotnrcutguti
communication
schemes submitted to them for affording tb
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efra to York, the London and York line and the filo
col
ilways made up by a combination of the Cambridge a% or
), the Direct Northern, and the Tottenham Extension, vn'
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existing railway to Cambridge, as the only two schemes whic kos
peetne inter se. As respects a direct promote communication ,
othe 0,
L don to York, it is not open to the rs of all
to bring forward rebutting evidence against either of such 'CI°
as tar as respects the through communication. .., „fide
deuce,
the Committee will take the Cambridge and Sun•tlth6'
lhianveenext in order ; the promoters of that and other lines W!._ ej,
an opportunity .if bringing forward positive and rebuttrgeito
as well inter se, as against such portions et 00
the two schemes referred to in their former ridged
as then remain undecided on, and as they may then he es-
to compete with." that ti's
This important decision was followed by an intimation _cate•
Committee would receive the subsequent evidence, not I"iieW
parative consideration of the merits of the lines, but Wit
h°b ° to
to give a positive recommendation of one or other sc
Parliament.

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMET'

(THIS DAY.)

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HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The House met at Twelve o'c!ock.
TURNPIKE ACTS BILL. , wit° be
The report was brought up, and the Bill was (tree
read a third time to-marrow. 111°
LOAN SOCIETIES BILL. the Di
The report of this Bill was also brought up, and
ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. Ord
THE HIGHWAY RATES BILL.
ad,
This Bill was also reported, and ordered to be re
time to-morrow. BILL' tliil4
MILITIA BALLOT SUSPENSION -
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This Bill was also reported, and ordered to be re'"
time to-morrow.
UNLAWFUL OATHS (IRELAND) Blind to be
The report was brought up, and the Bill was ore
rc"
read a third time to-morrow.
LAND REVENUE ACT AMENDMEN • te
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The report was brought up, and the Bill ordered
a third time on Friday. ..4n)
ECCLESIASTICAL PATRONAGE (IRELA--;0
This Bill went through Committee, and the repot'
dered to be brought up to-morrow.
LUNATIC ASYLUMS BILL. „:
On the motion for resuming the Committee on 01,14013'
Mr. DUNCOMBE again objected to the 0"
ceeding in the absence of the Cabinet Ministers. , 11094
Sir James Graham, however, having entered toe
rjrl
the Committee proceeded.
On the clause for granting retiring pensions tvbeobP
iretr;
under the Commission being read, Mr. DUNCO)II3' there 1
that there should be any allowance whatever where ,
no
Lord service
H performed. a Ow 0
ASHLEY believed that it was but just, whereto ire
dual had spent his life in the public service, to secure
penury afterwards. nrierr
Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD objected to the r to
of retiringpensions altoether. esOri
Mr. W Y peNN thought g
that this provision was . °c-
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secure the services of efficient persons. btci
On t nghe sth clause bei read,
Mr WARBURTON --noosed an talent to 6eo4

ro an aent. A 0'
thatall the retiring pensiopnsposeg anted unumer this o•ct 00)
subject to the provisions of the 4th and sth William ,0 rot(
regulated the allowance to all those official persons we of
the public service after the 4th of August, 1629.
Mr. DUNCOIII BE said that he thought the all:ilPls:1i
1,5001. a year to the Commissioners was enormouhbo
culated to disgust the country, and he should give t et
the opposition in his power. loa
Sir JAMES GRAHAM suggested that the /3'
ll
be suffered to pass, even though as a temporary.lneirthe-te
Sir C. NAPIER said that perhaps the objections,ebt be,
Member for Finsbnry to the retiring pensions ii"godoeir
moved, if the allowance to the Commissioners were r cAstal
Mr. CHRISTIE suggested that the age dale
As‘g.
sioners ought to be a consideration. of
Mr. VERNON SMITH said that any limitati:nor
was unnecessary, tor they might appoint an infirm Y
as well as an infirm old man. 000tberri
Mr. WAKLEY said, that in legislating for the to tec:oo
less portion of the community, it was their duty t poretto
efficient services, and he should therefore propose 11'8.% tposte,
should be appointed who exceeded the age of 45 by 11000
After a short di-cussion, the Committee divided 00
when there appeared— 45
For the clause
Against it
--40AftP
Majority for the clause d r
The clause was then agreed to, and ordered to s'^
cod,
the
Clauses from 6to 9 were agreed to with a few verbal 01
ment s. pftap
On clause 10 being proposed, which related to the r
the secretary,
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE objected to the clause. , gt tbel
Mr. WAKLEY begged to enter his protest aga'n"
position. te4

Lord ASHLEY defended the dance.
Strangers were ordered to withdraw, but no ul toe r
place, and the clause was agreed to, and ordered to I—
toi
of the Bill. t,'
On our admission to the gallery, we found the „id blOOl
discussing various amendments that had been prer' cli
Honourable Member for Finsbury on differee ted,
in the Bill, which having in a greater measure adgrupeolor
Committee went regularly through the Bill, Mr, T. 11...„,01. A
consenting to postpone any further oosition tin the Ijrstfir
Clauses from 11 to 56 were agreed to, with °-
amendments.

(LEFT SITTING.)

Theatre lOl
There were present at her Majesty's tlfei
evening, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glonee';oo%l
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, 01105
by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Mr. Edmund Mildmay, /3001°‘o,
Highness Prince George; the Dukes of Somerset and of
the Duchesses of Somerset and Beaufort ; the MarquiseSthe
bury, Abercorn, Huntly, Granby, and Clanricarde ; ats;
chionesses of Ailesbury, Douro, Aberdeen, and West°,
Earls of Shelburne, Lonsdale, Jersey, Wilton, Hatr'n; °V;ll'
Falmouth ; the Countesses of Shelburne, Westmorelans4oo,;
Dalhousie, and Harrington ; Baron and Baroness Bruni,:vellr'elii,
ron Talleyrand ; Lords Macdonald, Cranstoun, Cherie,
F. Fitzclarence, John Hay, Alvaoley, Somerton, LefZoiste.
Hans Lennox, and George Paget ; Ladies Easthope, %vo";
William Paget, Goldschmidt, Fitzroy Somerset, Alford, `-coil°
Hope, Meux, Goddrell, and Maynard ; Count NoaillbOrtii,
Kielmansegge, Count and Countess dc Jarnac; Hon. 0°,7.044°_,
Hon. Mr. Mildmay, Hon. General Upton, Hon. Mrs. Nlotielmivr
Hon. Mrs. Carew, and Hon. Mrs. Fitzgibbon ; Sir a
__;Wfihi Dl"r-
Sir H. Meux, and Sir R. Wilmot ; Mrs. Bowyer S'w
Baring, &c. t
Wee;
Our gallant townsman, Captain Thurtell, 165 1/10.,,‘
forwarded to the Queen six of his incomparable geranioni,i6cse.P;
her Majesty was most graciously pleased to accept; an,'„ srlP..
meatTh
jurAtoevfliAthheaisdiaßnithieze7hoDni‘oeivuoor:opEfoyrr.tecTeeilveignrgapahn. appropriate 110-"°
1111 r
va r nt,
—A return of Jll.-, 01%c
money invested in promissory notes of the Bengal Go As
and placed in possession of the East India Company, tinfet,-s
the total amount of the said promissory notes, with t1"-Edsoe"
thereon, to be 46,64,376 12 10 sicca rupees. The Prntclllo4,
notes were issued to the prize agents in lieu of bills of e-tish;
drawn by the Lieutenant-Governor of Java, in payment inr,aot
stores, and various articles made over to the Java Govcre•-to 0
the prize agents, and on account of cash paid by then, in
Java Treasuries between the years 1811 and 1814.
OLJG
CONSECRATION OF A NEW ROMAN ‘-'4"
CEMETERY.—Yesterday the Right Rev. Dr. GrilDtbil, „,eterl'
Bishop of London, consecrated a new Roman Catholic ceil''e ,poroi
adjoining the new schools, Cadogan.street, Chelsea. hoer
tuary chapel attached to it was consecrated at an earlier sore,'
the morning. The Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord Arundel ande set
Lord Cameys, the Rev. T. Sisk, the Rev. T. Reardon, thy'
Mr. Moore, and a large number of persons, clerical ansl
present at the ceremony. 00000
ACCIDENT ON THE RlVER.—Yesterday aft,en, 0/444
about two o'clock, Mr. Edward Whaling, son of J.
of the Vauxhall-road, was rowing on the river in
boat, when, in endeavouring to adjust the stretcher the l'°""oer,',
turned, immersing him in the water. The accident was op to In
by a gentleman named Sampson, who immediately pulled betd
spot, and succeeded in catching hold of young Wisling 00r"
sinking for the last time. He immediately conveyed On nndisie be
and, after the application of the usual remedies, in a eher',
was sufficiently restored to be conveyed home.
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MELANCHOLY CASE.—Yesterday Mr. • hod' of
held an inquest in the Compter, Giltspur-street, on the - re'
James Crathern, aged 39, a compositor, lately employed stn °ll,
way newspaper office. It appeared that he had lately ix-, Dr,
unsettled state of mind, owing in some degree to his hayterilt
for some time previously out of work. In the night of 1-00:
week he made many attempts to set some copy, and, finding once'
unable, gave it up, and at six o'clock in the morning left tbfbrldif,
Shortly afterwards a workman on the pier at Blackfriar'd. fig"
saw him in the water struggling and calling for help, sinmtrate,
great difficulty rescued him. He was taken before the Int, is,"
at Guildhall for attempting to commit suicide, and remand? died'
was too unwell to be brought up again, and on Monday !Sit; go':
Mr. 111`Murdo, the surgeon of the prison, said that det
_lo°'
from inflammation of the membranes of the brain, a c°,igtlig"
which might have been produced by intense anxiety.--
" Natural death." tiolts
THE QUEBEC FIRE.—The Liverpool subserlp
for the thousands rendered houseless by the late fire tat
amounted on Saturday evening to 9661 The largest un-eriean
during the past week was given by the British and North An 140,1
Mail Steam-packet Company, who contributed 1001.--lAn
Albion. 1300
LABOUR.—Not less than 150 able-bodied wen .to

gone from the neighbourhood of St. Helen's, in this counno 111
work on the French Railways, and from the scarcity of !It
the farming districts of Lancashire, wages are rising. Frt-eit,
to 141. a week, with additional pay in hay and corn lou'ere°'
now generally given to farm labourers in this county.--Lir
Paper. verll:
LOAN SOCIETIES.—The present Act for the 01:
ment of loan societies expires on the lit of October, and s`
has just passed the House of Commons to renew the fad

another year.
EXPLOSION OF GUNPOWDER.—On Tuesday Wocr
ing, between nine and ten o'clock, Ann Markland, whilste.telt
for Mrs. Chudley, laundress, residing at Kensington Grev;pper
purchased two ounces of gunpowder, and placed it in the c 010
fire, for the purpose of clearing the chimney from soot. S°Tadetilli
elapsed, and the powder not having exploded, she lsoPr:Dett
opened the door of the grate, and stirred the lighted coals, "oor'
tremendous explosion took place, which blew down the brick do'
of the copper, and knocked the poor woman to a considerab;ill#
Lance, setting her dress on tire. She was found lying PI We'
amongst the bricks, much burnt about the body, neck, 3°—
and was removed to the hosptal, enduring great sufferings. 0
FALL OUT OF A CART —On Tuesday afterrnio.
little boy, five years of age, was riding in a chaise cart al014_::101/
street, Bloomsbury, accompanied by his parents, when he su
fell over the side of the chaise into the road, and fractures old
skull. He was carried to a surgeon, who dressed the wound,
was afterwards removed to the hospital.
an {tic:
TRADE OF KILMARNOCK.—The different 111. lion
Wring establishments in town have undergone little elteuripl•
since last week ; whatever change there has been is to the lave
side, and operatives are more numerously employed.
;ivotOrt!°,
TILL LINEN TRADE IN bCOTLAND. —The •r. g
tion of flax from Russia this season has as yet not been so Ilerior
in the previous year, arising partly from its comparative 'n pose'
quality, together with the enhanced price—evils which have, Jig°
ever been in some measure redressed by the additional sueclter
which have arrived occasionally from Ireland and the M for'
ranean. The ii.ust of our Kirkaldy spinners were, Isei'de",loo'
tunate in having retained a goodly residuum of their old .001
white they at the same time have been I ept full by the ariV
of new flax &tom the markets of Holland, Belgtam, and Pro'
,Scotch paper.