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London, England, 1845-07-14 00:00:00

PERIA ~.PAI LIAMESl'

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve 0 t'_4l
Leave was given to the Committees to sit notwitligtraw
the sitting of the House.
LUNATICS ASYLUM BILL.
The Lunatic Asylum and Pauper Lunatics pill Was relit
several clauses were brought up and added totilvio
among which was the following proposed by Mr • oper'
Patten :—" And be it further enacted, that in case anYcootl
intendent, matron, or other officer or servant of any
lunatic asylum, shall, from confirmed sickness, age
,or =0 is"
become incapable of executing the office in person, 1 os
tut for the justices assembled at the generalor quarter sessieen_deof
they are hereby empowered to grant to such superint;ei
matron, or other officer or servant, such annuity as tilDi
their discretion shall think proportionate to the merits sZ.".ei.
of services of such superintendent, matron, or other 0_‘(0111
servant, and may order the payment out of the rates l'lstir
applicable to the building or repairing such Count)?
aid hi
Asylum ; provided always, that the annual amount Po?
way of superannuation or allowance to any retired suPeaphost
dent, matron, or other officer or any servant of 201 ;3101
shall not exceed the amount of two-thirds of the
payable at the time of his or her retirement.
Several amendments were al6o made in come of tbe
a
atb
and the Bill was ordered to be engrossed, and to be read
time on Wednesday morning, at twelve o'clock.
LUNATICS ASYLUM (IRELAND) 13'11"
The House then went into Committee on this 13/11. 050
Lord CLEMENTS had many objections to the.rnedeoil,
believing that it was not only bad in principle but t , bs
If the Bill had been confined to criminal lunatics 'Ono!'
should have bad no objection to it. There were no leireland,
six Bills in existence for tke protection of lunatics in' It the
and this measure would make the seventh. He Wrlctisj'a
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland had already too much jt jori
over lunatics in Ireland already, without having ote
diction increased by the present Bill. He was au,llorr,
as long as Sir Edward Sugden remained Lord Chanici,ieotl
Ireland, lunatics there would be properly and most e
protected, but, after he had retired from the Cbancellorsol
had no guarantee that future Chancellors or futarehearj
Lieutenants would continue that protection.—( HearLo
He objected to the present Bill altogether, but beer"
anxious that there should be established
lated asylums for the reception of ths'aebv
lunatics, as had been already recommended ,
Chairman of the Commissioners. He protested tr",lo'
this additional attempt to carry out the principle of cent ipte
tion, and animadverted in strong terms on thecenstanireol,
ference of the Government with the local authorities
The machinery of this Bill was so bad that he felt WO!' 0.
test against the measure being passed during this seslo
Sir T. FREMANTLE felt obliged to the Nobles orlosl,,
not detaining the Speaker in the chair by pressing tP.,iovj
of which he had given notice. There was nothing ea",istr
principle of the Bill; it merely, in certain instance, eqe,sfort
the powers which the Lord Lieutenant already I)°' 1,,
He could at present do all that the NobJebisDl
bet poi
complained that he would have the power of doing bY;001,14
and having listened attentively to all that had Niel' 101
Noble Lord, he really was of opinion that the Noble„ ore,'
made out no case whatever against the s.
Then, with regard to the argument that this ',7„iir
was a carrying out of the principle of centsori
he thought that Hon. Gentlemen opposite were Oa eto
likely to attack and expose any mismanagement in tlnfels'
tutions if they were under the control of the Executive if:trate;
went than if they were left to the care of the local Inagi
pt
He hoped the House would permit them to prisee
the Bill. orosier
The Bill was then ordered to be read paragraph by =
Clauses up to 8 were agreed to without discussion.
Op
On clause 8 being proposed Os ?i
Colonel RAWDON urged upon the Government
ceasity of providing superannuation allowances for t"'
ringofficers of these asylums. rff
Sir T. FREMANTLE. could not object to the flopels
advocated by the Gallant'Officer. The proposition, bold
could not be conveniently discussed upon this alause.Lost
would be happy to enter into a discussion on the sub,—

proper time.
The clause was then agreed to.

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Clauses 9 and 10 were agreed to after a few 0;oro
stsl
Sir W. Somerville, Lord Clements, and Lord Clatla'ijois°'
Clauies 11, 12, and 13 were agreed to without dls
(LEFT BITTING.)

RAILWAY COMMITT-
(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS•

THE CORNWALL RAIZ:W.6Ire
The Committee met at eleven o'clock. •
?dr. Kenneth and Mr. Whitby were the first witnes6e6( t? 0)
this morning. Their evidence regarded the value: we
through which the line passes, and was not of s
character. 004
i
Mr. Whitby was cross-examined by Mr. Rolex, no, ' idd 0,
garded the value of the land, Lut respecting the geologt of ta'
of the country, and the disadvantages of the line in point
j 0
He thought the curves on the central line were better th
Cornwall line.
500
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Mr. MaßitivALß objected to Mr. Rowe's eliciting I,
support of a line which was not before the Committee. of t?g,o
Mr. ROWE said he only wished to show the demerit's
before the Committee, but the object on the other side
out the truth.
tod 113:0'
An altercation then occurred between the Counsel, -
question of the locus standi of the opponents to t"
dr
renewed. 100 Kt

The Committee decided upon allowing the cross-es—..4
go on. It was proceeded with accordingly, but nothl"'
13,
was elicited.
Mr. Brown deposed that he valued the land on the
branch at 3,550/.
(LEFT BITTING.)
WAKEFIELD,LD, PONTEFRACT,N9 0°
RAILW
TeAY. hsISI
The Committee on this line (and nterden and the C"
at eleven o'clock, in the Court of Common Pleas. dsi#
A great number of opponents entered their "mules tt,
Bill; and ge
Mr. TALBOT opened the case for the promoters. dyso
the construction of this line would confer the greatest
on the eastern counties of England, and particularly e, IC/
of Goole, which at present was almost destroledfo9
contiguity with its powerful rival Hull, and the dii.scoaSi
under which it laboured in railway communication a' jetyli
with it. The Learned Counsel entered into rninute, 10)10
1,
traffic, showing that at Goole the northern coal-deid—ad
Yorkshire and Lancashire manufactures would find sllalleS.di?'
outlet, and that from the connexion with the Idin-100
Leeds Railway, no scheme in England had greater cialo
public. The Learnedtounsel referred also to the PeSiti:a 0:14
Earl of Beverley, a Mr. Smith, of the York and 14°l'epir
Company, and others. The length of the line was 5".,,
miles, and the cost 365,0001.

(LEFT strrtrio.),
Ply
OXX'ORD, WORCESTER, AND °
HAMPTON. pc
The Committee met to-day at eleven o'clock, 1,°r_,,,001',0"
in the chair, when the examination of witnesses was r,
`"..,„.-
Mr. Brunel's (civil engineer) examination continti7eo;
ford aid Rugby line was much more favourable than t",, eSeef,
the London and Birmingham. The country was ver'„ndiele,
severest gradient being only one in 130. The gradient, "gio,
peting lines were very severe, the steepest being one in
respect to the break of guages, he considered Ruflbl o'lli
Oxford, as the point for that purpose. At Rugby se/6,011e,
now converged, as, under any circumstances, there vi° trio r
be an unmaking and remaking of the goods trains, the or?,
ment from the broad to the narrow gauges, or vice vets
-accomplished with very little additional labour or exPeept
witness then explained the mode by which the transhiP°oolo
be effected, which has already been fully given in his pte
ruination before the House of Commons' Committee. ~,,
The witness was cross.examined at some length by goo pi;
WRANGIIAM, with the purpose of showing that the epiffocii°,lltiv,
be accomplished by the present scheme was the con." 0011 7,
continuous line of railway to Birmingham, so as to esttfo. (jiff
competition with the London and Birmingham Rail-dist j
present lines before the Committee would not effeet ;;;"
communication with Birmingham, but in the yeti:
P
Birmingham and Warwick line being formed, an.
;01
one, of which a prospectus had been published, from I...,tielCji ld
ton to Warwick, then there would be a direct c 007000,1
These, however, were proposed by companies indePlopt
Great Western Company, and the distance from
mingham would then be twelve miles further than hi 01001,
and Birmingham. Still with the superior gauge and e] f
Great Western Company he admitted that they cotil",,jr
and passengers at a cheaper and quicker rate than the

Birmingham.
(LEFT arrma.)
WEST LONDON RAILWAY MISAfi"
rii/
EXTENSION. f Vitt
The Select Committee appointed by the House °Aictif;
ascertain the merits of this Bill re-assembled, after the t 1 01,
this morning, and, at the request of the parties, ;On
till Friday.

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LIVERPOOL AND BUT ZA'
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On the meeting of the Committee this morning It, ;001
Marq6is of Clanricarde in the chair), the evidence in a$
41
above line was continued.
gale
tejld
rn
Mr. Samuel Cotta, accountant, at Manchester, joi
as to the trafficand capital of the proposed line. Thee;bl/04,
Company was 912,0001, and the amount of iloan iredicetf,i
sought to raise 304,0004 The amount of shares aoideliA V
scribed for was 698,9001. The rest of this witness'sighly
ferred principally to the traffic tables of the Compel' /
been made out by himself.
ri (tile 4,
This concluded the case on the part of the promote' °
hill'
The preamble was then declared to be proved. Aor
The clauses of the Bill having been examined, on-
tered, the Committee rose.
WEST LONDON RAIL A4' „
The Committee on this line, of which Lord WOO
Chairman, met at 11 o'clock. cede
The arrangements between counsel not having bee p
in consequence of the absence of an engineer, it Wl' I
that the Committee adjourn until Wednesday.wed
After some conversation it ;was lat length deternl.
Committee should adjourn until Friday.—Adjourned

. HOUSE OF COMMONS' of
GROUP X. P
DIRECT NORTHERN LINE—rARS''"

STREET EXTx.INSION• 'pi
IMPORTANT DEClSlO'h,:er:lii,
The Committee on the London and York lines Met tut,-00°,-,Sil
at the accustomed hour, and having withdrawn to del ir d
question argued on Saturday last, after an hour
Jae oir
minutes absence returned, and
ssao 'l4 rit
The CHAIRMAN, addressing the counsel, said lie . .o°old
having detained courirel so long, but they had bee., 1115'ipti
matter suggested on Saturday last, and be had nos' tAup sPe-,
parties that, in reference to the application then in''''',;ore
most mature consideration, the Committee had
following resolution :—That when the cases " tDe/ or)
Northern and Farringdon.street Extension had clescdLg °c,.ee'd
proceed to discuss the merits of the two cc/o)P°
at present before the Committee for effecting
trunk line between London and York, vix• ttg opn j ' pre
London and York Company, the Cambridge and On- •11
Northern and Farringifon-street Extension Junction'
tb
y tgoC4
lion with the Eastern C unties Railway, to go is
Mr. AUSTIN inquired when the Committee mealit
case of ihe York and North Midland Company, and tnro; 0101
.part from trait which impugned the engineering aec'irisio°
c,,inpetnors, which be was prepared to urge in oltl'° 1'
o 0
,„,I§l „40,
Landed) and 'York line
~,teo•
The CHAIRMAN re plied that the effect of their , far" re ri
to a, I ai:gr mnie..iattly after the question of /3-
stre_t nan titcri closed, which' C4:401,6,41::;
va ce • tri the Direct Nonlicrii Lompany would be
to any other consioeration ; all engilieering evideoCeLojOr
which could be adduced as a rebutting case to the •
York scheme, would be included in that hearing'