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LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1845.

We understand that the following is a substantially
correct account of the report of the Select Committee of
the House of Commons on the London and York sub-
scription contract, which is not yet printed.
In the following 35 cases, in which Mr. HENRY BRUCE,
the petitioner, alleged that the names, descriptions, or
places of abode were fictitious and false, the Committee
have come to the resolutions appended to each name:—
Ince, W. H., gentleman, Crooms-hill, Greenwich—[Neither

fictitious nor false.]
Clarke, H. M., gentleman, 84, Jermyn-street—[Neither ficti-

tious nor false.]
Dart, P. F., gentleman, Saville-place—[Neither fictitious

nor false.]
Griffith, G. Darby, Major, 35, Lower Groavenor-street—{ Nei-

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ther fictitious nor false.
Elliott, R. L., gentleman, 17, Upper Gloucester-street—
[Should have been place instead of street; but the error

accidental. ]
Gurnsey, C., gentleman, 39, Threadneedle-street—[Fictitious

and false. ]
Theobald, T., gentleman, Finsbury-square—[Fictitious and
false.]
Taylor, F. E., gentleman, Bath; Garrett, M., gentleman,
Ware, Herts—[ These two cases withdrawn by the peti-

tioner without any evidence being called.]
Shackell, W., gentleman, Maidenhead, Berks—[The address

not his own, but his brother's, and given to obtain a ficti-
tious and false credit.]
Jones, W. C., Esq., 22, Norfolk-street, Strand—[Neither fic-

titious nor false.]
Brown, C., gentleman, 30, New Bridge-street—[Neither fic-

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tthous nor false.]
Durham, E. J., gentleman, 90, Watling-street—[Neither

fictitious nor false.]
Chadwick, T. C., warehouseman, 91, Watling-street—[Nei-
ther fictitious nor false.]
Downes, T., merchant, 3, Tooley-street—[Neither fictitious
nor false; but Mr. Downes signed •the deed on behalf of
Mr. Reid, a responsible person, who, being abroad from ill
health, could Hot sign for himself.]
Dawes, H., gentleman, Darlington-place, Southwark—[Fic-

titious and false.]
Hitchcock, G. C., merchant, 52, Broad-street—[Neither ficti-
tious nor false; but Mr. Hitchcock signed the deed on be-
half of Mr. Enthoven, a solvent and responsible person.]

Sherman, T., Major, 51, St. Mary Axe—[Neither fictitious
nor false.]
Bryant, J., gentleman, 108, LeadenhalLstreet— [Neither

fictitious nor false.]
Strange, J., gentleman, 108, Leadenhall-street--[Neither

fictitious nor false.]
Jarvis, R. A., tailor, Commercial-road ; Harris, May, widow,
Tredegar-square, Bow—[No resolution in these two eases.]
Hamilton, C. T., M.D., 106, Cranford street—[Neither ficti•
tious nor false.'
Paiue, J. D., architect, Lincoln's Inn-fields—[Neither ficti-

tious nor false.'
Dance, T. C., Esq., East-street, Red Lion-square—[Neither

fictitious nor false.]
Badcock, 8., dairyman, Storey's-gate—[Neither fictitious

nor false.]
Porter, J., captain. R N., United Service Club ; Mere-
dith, R., captain, R.N., United Service Club—[These two

cases withdrawn by the petitioner without any evidence

called.
Haines, W., clerk in Customs Treasury Chambers—[Neither

fictitious nor false.]
Haines, John, gentleman, Treasury Chambers—[Neither fic-

titious nor false.]
Crawford, T. K, chronometer maker, Charing-cross—[Fic-

titioui and false.]
Roberts, Isabella, widow, Steuk:y,Bucks—[Neither fictitious

nor false.]
Vickers, Judith, widow, Nuneaton, Warwickshire; Turner,
E. M., widow, Bristol—[These two cases withdrawn by

the petitioner without evidence called.]
Cox, 8., accountant, 7, Dyer's-buildings, liolborn—{Neither
fictitious nor false; but Mr. Cox signed fur some other

party, whose name he declined to give.]
In the following thirty cases, in which the petitioner
alleged that the parties were " from their circumstances and
station in life," utterly irresponsible, and unable to pay the
several sums subscribed by them, the Committee have re-
ported as follows in each case :
Monday, A., warehouseman, Elcom-terrace, Islington—[Al-
legation unfounded.]
Huston, J., gentleman, Tibberton-square—[Case withdrawn
by the petitioner without any evidence called. I
Harryson, G., Eden-grove, Holloway—[Allegation un-
founded. ]
Nottage, G. S., gentleman, York-road, City-road ; Baily, S.,
gentleman, 35, Brudenell place, Hoxtua ; Law, E., gen-
tleman, Monkwell-street, City ; Hurley G , News-
agent, St. Martin's-le-Grand—[Cases withdrawn by the

petitioner without any evidence called.]
Barnes, G. S., gentleman, 48, Moorgate-street—[Allegation
not sustained ; but Mr. Barnes, by his own admission,
signed for some one else, and is unable from his own means
to pay the whole sum which he has subscribed. I
Guernsey, S., gentleman, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street
—[Allegation founded.]
Pitman, R. , 8., gentleman, 5, Powis-place, Great Ormond-

street—[Allegation unfounded.]
Wynne, T. W., gentleman, Devonshire-place—[Allegation
withdrawn without any evidence called.]
Tweddale, T., gentleman, St. Mary-square, Kennington—
[Allegation founded.]
Eagle, E., accountant, Surrey-grove Kent-road; Bryan,
H. S. Esq., 22, Clarence-place, Camberwell—[Allegations
withdrawn without any evidence called.]
Green, Thomas, share agent, 16, Old Broad-street—[Allega-

tion unfounded.]
Auber, James, gentleman, Union-street, Whitechapel-road ;
Alarillier, Frederick John, gentleman, Walbrook-buildings
—[Allegations withdrawn without any evidence called.]
William Prosser, the younger, gentleman, 13, Windsor-
terrace, Pimlico ; Hadley, George, gentleman, Sloane-
terrace, Sloane-street—[Allegations without foundation.]
Haslewood, Rev. F. F., Itainham, Sittingbourne—[Allega-
I 'don withdrawn without any evidence called.]
Mortimer, Roger, stockbroker, 7, Shorter's-court—[No reso-
lution.]
Felder, Edward, Esq., Ladbrooke-place, Notting-hill; Turner,
B. 8., gentleman, 3, Stepney-green—[Allegations with-
drawn without any evidence called.]
Hawkins, Thomas, 26, Thaw a-street---EAllegations not sus-
stained; but Mr. Hawkins, by his own admission, has
. .

signed for another party, and is unable out of his own
means to pay the whole sum for which he has subscribed.]
Shotter, John, 13, Thames-street—[Allegation without

foundation.]
French, William, 12, Thames-street—[Allegation not sus-
tained ; but Mr. French has signed for another party, and
is unable, out of his own means, to pay the whole sum fur

which he has subscribed.]
Smith, John, merchant, 2, Adam-court, Old Broad-street—
[Allegation without foundation. ]
Baxter, M. R., solicitor, 48, Lincoln's Inn-fields—[Allega-
tion withdrawn without any evidence called. ]
Fenn, George, 1, Staple's Inn ; West, James, 5, Bedford-street,
Bedford-row—[Allegations withdrawn without any evi-
dence called.]

It will thus be seen that only six out of the sixty-five
specific charges made by Mr. BRUCE have been sus-
tained before the Committee ; that in some others the
Committee have come to special resolutions, pointing out
some irregularity of proceeding ; that three cases have
not been decided by there ; but that in forty-nine cases
out of the sixty-five the petitioner's allegations have
either been withdrawn w ithout the production of ani
evidence, or have been quashed.
The Committee then go on to say that they have not
had time to go into the inquiry opened out by the fol-
lowing sentence of Mr. BRUCE'S petition :—" That your
his agents, is still further pursuing his
petinquiryitio petitioner, by
into the bon4 fidts and responsibility of the said
subscription-hst ; and that your petitioner does not
doubt that he shah discover numerous other instances of
similarfraud besides those herein specifically alleged—"
but they are of opinion, from the character of the evi-
deuce which they have heard, that th.,re is no ground
for recommending any further investigation.
They add, that in the few cases which the petitioner
substantiated, or partly supported, much ofi the evioence
was collected after the presentation of the petition ; and,
on the whole case, they are of opinion that Mr. BRUCE
did not, in one instance, adopt the most ordinary means
of inquiry before he made his serious charges against so
many individuals, and that the petition was presented
with the view of defeating the London and York Bid,
and promoting the private interest of the Cambridge and
Lincoln Company, and that Mr. BRUCE has been guilty
of a great abuse of the right of petitioning,
The Committee consisted of the following nine Mem-
bars :—Mr. HAwES (Chairman), Mr. BECKET DENISON,

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