The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-11 00:00:00

WHEAT.

Whenever the average price of Wheat, made up and published
ir. the manner required by law, shall be—
Mader 553. for every Quarter, the duty shall be, for
every Quarter
555. and under As
565. and under 57s
575. and under 58,
58s. and upwards...
BARLEY.

0 5 0
0 4 0
0 3 0
0 2 0
0 1 0

Whenever the average pries of Barley, made up and published
in the manner required by law, shall be—
Under 28s. for every Quarter, the duty shall be, for
every Quarter . ...... 0 2 6
28s. and under 295.
295. and under 30. ... .
30s. and under 31s 0 1 0
31s. and upwards
OATS.
Whenever tb• average price of Oats, made up and published in
the manner required by law, shall be—
Under 225. for every Quarter, the duty shall be, for
every Quarter
225. anti under 235. . .
235, and upwards
RYE, PEAS AND BEANS.
Whenever the average price of Rye, or of Peas, or of Beau,
made up and published in the manner required by law,
shall be—
Under 30s. for every Quarter, the duty shall he, for
every Quarter
30s. and under 31s.
31s. and under 325.
325. and under 335.
:335. and under 345.
345. and upwards
WHEAT, MEAL, AND FLOUR.
For every Barrel being one hundred and ninety• six pounds :
A Duty equal in amount to the Duty payable on Thirty-
eight and a half Gallons of Wheat.

OATMEAL.
Fur every quantity of One hundred and eighty•one pounds
and a half :--
A Duty equal in amount to the Duty payable on a Quarter
of Oats.
MAIZE OR INDIAN CORN, BUCK WHEAT, BEAR
' OR BIGG. •

For every Quarter :
A Duty equal in amount to the Duty payable on a Quarter
of barley.
2. That it is exredient to amend the Laws relating to the
mode of taking and determining the Average Prices of Cura.

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EVE N SUN

EASTERN COUNTIE6 RAILWAY.

RITORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

In their last Report the Directors itiformec ;: Proprietors, that

.e contracts for the whole of the work, had t,..-11 let (with the ex.

etption of some of the stations) for the cern:ee::on of the hue to
Colchester ; and that the opening of the Railway for traffic to that
important town was confidently anticipated by the Engineer in the
autumn of the present year. Notwithstaading the peculiarly un-
favourable weather fur every description of field operations, which
has been experienced for some months past, considerable progress
has been made with the works ; and the Engineer continues to re-
pert with great confidence that the completion of this part of the
Railway by the time stated may be frilly relied upon. TM's conchs.
sioa the Dii cetera, from their periodical inspection of the works,
see no reason to doubt ; provided only that ordinarily fine weather
should ensue, and that the requisite funds be promptly supplied.
The most strenuous exertions of the Directors and their Engineer
will be directed to push forward the remainder of the unexocuted
work during the approaching season ; and the Lectors trust that
the Proprietors are about to realise those advantages which have
emaya been aelicipated, on reaching so important a point as Col.
cheiter in the line of Railway communication betwecu the Metro-
kedia anti the Eastern Counties.
The excellent condition and the small cost for maintenance of
*ay el that portion of the line already finished and opened to the
public, afirnaV much satisfactton to the Directors. At a period
wi.eri, feller the unprecedented wetness of the season, so many other
lines,haveeleverely sufibred, tine works on this Railway have been
nmintaine'd in the must efficient state, without any extra cost what-
es?er, with the exception of a portion of the Gubbings Embankment
between Romford and Brentwood, which, froth the peculiar nature
of the sot.' and The circumstances that attended,its construction, has.
from the first, caused much trouble and inoonvenience. To those
unacquainted with She nature of railway works this portion of the
liai "; „feel, appeared in a rough and unsatisfactory state, arising
from the operations necessary to remedy the land slips which have
occurred. At no time, however, has the Engineer ever entertained
the slightest apprehensions of any impediment to the traffic, or ex-
perienced any difficulty in maintaining the rails at their proper
level, allowing the transit of the trains to be made with perfect se-
curity ; and had not the continued rains of the autumn and early
part of the jointer greatly retarded the engineering operations neces-
sary to remedy the land slips and overcome the defects arising from
the nature of the soil at this point, this part of the Railway would.
long since have been perfected. The Engineer has shown more
fully the present state of the vat ious works in his Report, to which
the Directors refer the Proprietors for further information.
From the traffie accounts for the last six months, which are an-
nexed, it will be observed that a steady and very considerable in-
creasein the receipts, above the corresponding periods for the last
year, has been maintained. The total receipts for the half year
ending the 4th of January, amount to 22,5511., while in the corre-
sponding period of last year they amounted to 15,5351. only, show-
ing an increase of 7,0161., or very nearly 50 per cent. The last
sixteen weeks of these respective periods being more exactly
similar in their circumstances than the entire half year, and affbrd-
ing an unexceptionable comparision, show an average increase of
2341. per week for the present year. In addition to an increase in the
the passenger traffic, there has been a considerable augmentation in
the carriage of parcels, cattle, and merchandise, and the latter in par-
ticular would have been very greatly increased, had not various
circumstances prevented the Directors availing themselves of this
branch of revenue, but which impediments will be shortly re.
moved, when this description of traffic may be expected to assume
considerable importance.

It will be satisfactory also to the Proprietors to find that,
with a considerably inesoased revenue and traffic, the ordinary
disbursements have scarcely exceeded their former amount : and
there appears good reason to believe, that, from the capabilike
of the working stock, and the nature of the upper works o/ is
line, an increased traffic will by no means require a correspond-
ing increase in the expenditure. In some departmentS, a consi-
derable reduction has been effected, more particularly in the con-
sumption 'and cost of coke, arising from various- improvements,
which the executive of this Company has adopted; and this de-
partment of expenditure
.(one of the stost important in the
working of railways) will, there is every reason to suppose, un-
dergo considerable further reduction, when some of the nume-
rous experiments now making on this and vgrious other rail.
ways, in the mechanical alterations of Locomotive engines, shall
be sufficiently tested to warrant their more general adoption. It
is right also to state that the regularity with which the trains
have performed their journeys, reflects much credit on the officers
of the Company. The average variation in the _ arrival of the
trains for the half-year amounts to four minutes and eight seconds
per train only, including the loss of time which necessarily occurs
in starting the trains from the stations.

The whole of the engine and carriage stock of this Company has
been carefully valued, in conformity with the plan proposed by the
Directors at the last half-yearly meeting, and now generally adopted
by well regulated railway companies ; and it is a satisfactory proof
of the continued efficient state of this stock, and of the moderate de.
gree of wear and tear it has yet sustained, that the depreciation,
calculated upon these grounds, amounts to 352/. only during the
last half year. This amount, as part of the expense by means of
which the net pfsatit of the half year has been obtained, is of course
charged against the receipts, and carried to the Depreciation Fund
Account, out of which heavy outlay for new stock will be met,
whenever it is required, without the risk, of interference with the
regularity of the dividends at any time ; and which fund at all
times ensures the original capital of the Company in all its va-
rious branches, continued untouched by unwarranted dividends,
and possessing, either in the shape of stock, or of this re-
served fund for future expenditure on stock, a full and ade-
quate representative of fts original value. This small amount
of depreciation, the whole of the current expenses for the repair
of the stock, the maintenance of the way, and every other item in-
cide rit to the working of the line, being charged in the traffic ac-
count, as shown in the annexed statements, there appears a balance
left of 81;297/. clear profit for the past half year ; arid this sum,
with the net profit of the 4th' of July last. gives exactly 9s. per
share elivignct on eaels registered share in the undertaking, nearly
dual to
.fije per cent on the present price of these shares ; and a
result the less to have been anticipated when it is recollected that
not 18 miles of the whole line are yet opened for traffic, and that
sae predt whatever has been realised by any of the other partial
openings of this kind. This dividend of 9s. per share, the Direc-
tors propose now to declare payable, to those Proprietors of shares
who have duly paid up all the calls on the sth of April next.
The accounts of the general receipts and disbursements on capi.
tal account for the last half-year, arc likewise annexed, and show
the eetailed expenditure of the Company to the present time.
The Directors have no reason whatever to suppose, that the
revised estimates of Mr. Braithwaite and Mr. Locke, in the hands
of the Proprietors, will be at all exceeded in the completion of the
line; or, es already stated, that the period of opening to Colches.
ter will be delayed beyond the time fixed, if the requisite funds
continue to be at all times at their disposal, as required for the
works. But they mist request the Proprietors to bear in mind
that whilst 56,000 orthe Company's shares, and 56,000 of their
debentures, yielding jointly (at 331. 6s. Bd. for each share and de-
benture) a capital of 1,8 66,666/. are at. length in the hands of
responsible solvent Proprietors, there are 8,000 shares and 8,000
debenturesfinfeited and unissued, and in the hands of the Com-
pany, mostly with but small sums paid upon them ; arid that
the capital required for the catire completion of the Railway,
the stations, Niel the whole of the working stock, is, as already
stated, 9.,300,0001. Owing to the unexampled pressure on the
money market, the Directors continue unwilling to dispo,e of the
forfeited shares on terms which they could with any due r.egard to
the interests of their Proprietors think of entertaining ; and they
have not succeeded in raising money on loan so freely and promptly
as they had hoped.; and hence, looking to the earliest possible com-
pletion of the line to Colchester, and the strict fulfilment of their
engagements to the engineer and his contractore, as their first and
paramount duty to their Proprietors, they have most attentively
considered what plan to adopt, for raising pro:eptly and with cer-
tainty, such portion of the remaining capital for _which powers
arc granted to them by the Company's Acts, as is absolutely re-
quired by the works and other expenditure for the final completion
of the undertaking.

To adm t new Shareholders, by disposing in the market of any
of the forfeited and unissued shares. on such terms as could be
obtained at preent, would, your Directors conceive, be to sacrifice
must unwarrantably the interests of the present Proprietors; and,
as the remait ing call of V. per share would be quite insufficient for
the object of providing funds for the completion of the under_
taking, they consider that the simplest an.t most expedient course
will be to raise these funds, in shares, by means of the 300,000/.
authori-ed to be raised by the Ist Act. The pan which the
Directors propose to pursue in this issue of new shares, and which,
if approved by this Meeting, will be immediately submitted to a
Spec-esl General Meeting of the Proprietors for legal sanction, is to
issue them rats-ably to all the Shari holders and Debenture holders,
at the price of Si. 6s. Sd. each for a similar share to those al
ready existing ; such sum to be paid by instalments of 21. 6s. Sd.
on the sth of April, 21. on the 4th of June, on the sth of
August, anti .21. on the sth of o,tober. This issue rateably distri-
butes! wi:l yield in the proportion of about one new share to
every Iso'.der cf three shares or three debentures, or jointly three
shares and debentures ; and the Directors propose to receive ten-
ders from this present proprietors of shares anti registered holders
of debentures, for their rateable proportions, and for such further
stew shares as may not be accepted on the day
proportions of any
appointed. Tnese farouratee terms wilt decide all the Shareholders
who can, to accept the new shares, and enable those who utifor_
tennis:ly cannot, to realize whatever premium the state of the
market and .prospects of the underaking may command. Tnese
arraneements the Directors believe will fully provide for all the
wants of the undertakng, and they therefore pledge themselves
not to issue avy portion of th.e 16,000 shares and debentures in
the Company's hands without the sanction of a General Meeting of
the Proprietors. They will at all times constitute mp arailab,e
cavral agreat importance in case of need, without the necessity of
further application to Parliament.
Owieg to the unfavourable state of the mow?), market fir seve••
rat months past, the areclors are unable at present to report any
decisive projress respecting the formation cf the Branch Lint's
which they anticipated ; I ut as all the preparatory steps for secur.
Me the !Merest% of this Company have been taken, the Directors
hope the Trattie of this Railway will ultimately receive a consi-
derable :mei ease front these sources. The Thames Haven Rail.
way is the only line at present reported by its Managers to be in a
po,ition to hold elk any immediate prospect of completion ; and
the Directors hope that this Reilway may, at no distant period, be-
come a useful tributary to the Hastert, Counties Line.
At the prseseut meeting four Nacaneies occur in the Direction,
by the retiretrient of Samuel Anderson, F.sq , Robert Cresbie, Esq ,
'Robot t 'Mather, Esq ,and Tliociore W. Ratlibone, Esq., who are
-however all re-eligible under the Act of Parliament.

High-street Stofeditch, 91.11 February, 184'2.
AVSFRAcT OF THE DAL INCE-SHEET.
RECEIPTS.

The -flepni its and Calls matte amounted to..

The arrears 018 the same

Making the amount paid up

Advances on future calls on 491 Shares
Instalments on Debenture'
Hera and Sale of Surplus Property and Old

Alaterial4..
Loans, 8,e....

X 1,436,219 0 0
150,998 13 10

],285,220 6

982 0 0
464,239 13 4

21,143 12 6
116,656 12 11

X 1,888,242 4 II

DI3BURs'ENIENTS.
Tl,O total amount of the expeuseslncurred up
to July 4, 1141, amounted to X1,651,431 13 9
Aoid from July 4,1841, to Jan. 4, 1840 156,498 5 5
40012 5 9
Leaving a Balauee of ..........

•
,C 1,888,242 4 11
In the Traffic Department the Receipts for
,the 11,t1f-Yeareoramencing July 5,1841, w:re £22,551 19 6
11,344 10 7
The Expenses during the same period were _

Leaving a Balance of ----;;
---._______,______ x.. 11,207 & I I
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TO THE CHAIRMAN AN
THEE. STER N COUNTIES
Engineer's
oftl
e, Hare Hall, Feb. 7, 1842.
flentlemen,—lt is a source of great gratification to me to re.
port to you, that notwithstanding the unfortunate weather to
which our w.,rks, in common with all other railways have been
subject, I am left with a perfect conviction thatitti) I shall realise what
I have before had the honour of stating, completion of the
line to Colchester in the Autumn of the present year will not be
deferred.
The condition of seventeen of the eighteen miles of the line
pr
incessantof
con_
opened have left 5 nu reason to be satisfied with
_d theeyon stability
your
works, not having cost you one shilling in repairs h
tract maintenance. The complete saturation, by the
wet weather, of the Oubbing's Embankment, left much to be ap
hended ; and I had hoped a fair average 0; weather would have
enabled me. to control the difficulties to which we were subject In
August last. I have, however, in this been somewhat disappointed.
But notwithstanding those difficulties, I am happy to say, that your
trattic has never been impeded, neither has there been the least cause
foralarm_
The means I have adopted to secure the permanent stabilitrof
this
embankment, will I
particularly when ' am
certain, meet with your concurrence,
,vatatilig ,t,v,tl.s;:iii consider the paramount importance of con-
Counties, about, to Ltry. to receiving the traffic of the Eastern
' 1n°1414 upon the line. With the aid of

••••••
moderately fine weather, we shall be able to render this part of the
line quite equal to the rest.
Your tont:actors, with few exception•, have done all Cie could
have been expected ; in some cases more so, consider ng the
weather. Our most important works have progressed tht.s much,
that I entertain not the slightest doubt, with sufficient funds at
your disposal, of completing the contracts within the time . specified.
The Brentwood hill cutting, apprehended by some ely to be
greatly protracted, I am happy to say has been so diligently t ursued by
the contractors, Messrs. Hills, that 5-9ths of the quanti t y contained in
their contract has been already executed, leaving only 180,000
cubic yards to complete it.
The remaining contracts have so far progressed, that the ex-
treale -quanlity of earthwork to be carried in any one direction,
either into embankment or to spoil, does not exceed 220,000 cubic
yards, the whole of the excavations being of a favourable character. li
The only doubt I ever entertained (anticipating the ill effects of
the late unfortunate weather upon brick-making), was the pr,,ba-
ble scarcity of bricks, 60,000,000 being required for the works be-
tween Brentwood and Colchester. This apprehension has been re-
moved in the precaution you have been pleased to take, by the
contracts into which you have entered, securing the making of
several millions of bricks. This will enable us to prosecute the
necessary and early operations of such work's, which would other.
wise have seriously reta-ded our earthwork.
Your Engine- House, so far as the weather would permit, has
progressed, though slowly; but I am confident, by the Ist of
May next, it will be ready to receive the Engines. Nearly all the
requisite tools and machinery have been effelered, the greater part
of which are completed, and ready for erection, which will be done
when the building is roofed in.
The vexatious impediment to the completion of a portion of the
London Terminus, created by the parish authorities of Spitalfields,
I am happy to say is entirely removed by the decision of the Courts
to whom the questions were referred. I have given instructions
that no time shall be lost in completing so important a part of the
undertaking to render it in a fit state to receive the daily increasing
traffic, as well as Ihr the accommodation of the public.
For the detail of the works, I beg to refer you to the subjoined
appendix.—And I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your
obedient Servant, JOHN BRAITHWAITE.
Contract 22—Brentwood Hill-262,833 cubic yards of earth
have been run to spoil, leaving only 180,000 cubic yards to com-
plete the same. The Worley Bridge Pit will be commenced the
latter end of the present month.
Contract 12—From the Hill at Shenfield Common 120,000
cubic yards have been run to spoil, leaving only 160,000 yards to
carry to Embankment. Also 30,000 yards from the Mountriess.
ing Hill, leaving only 95,000 to complete. The Chain River
Bridge is carried up springing high, and the materials are on the
ground for the Hutton-road Bridge.
Contract 12 A—From the East End of Slienfield 190,000
cubic yards have been excavated, leaving only 107,000 yards to
carry to Embankment. The arch of the Hutton Turnpike-road
Bridge which was removed, has been re-bnilt, the centres struck,
and the Railway completed and opened to the public. The Hutton
Parish Road and Scholey's Occupation Bridges, with Offin's cul-
vert, are all complete, except the parapets.
Contract 13—At Mountnessing 59,000 cubic yards have been
run into Embankment. Burnt House Lane Bridge as also Culverts
B and I are complete. _ _

Contract 13 A—At Margasetting 40,000 cubic yards have been
run into Embankment. Culvert Eis complete. The Slough
House Double Culvert and Justice's Bridge with its approaches
nearly so.
Contract 14—The excavation from the Widford Hill remains
the same, the River Bridge, with the exception of the parapets.
being now complete. The Contractors will immediately now re-
sume active operations; but little progress has been made at the
East of Margaretting Hill. About a quarter of a mile of the
road is ready for ballasting. Kilbgrew's Bridge will be completed
by the time the embankment reaches it.

Contract 11—The piers and abutments of the Widford Turn-
pike Road Bridge are up to the springing line. All the stonework
for the imposts and voussoirs are on the ground, and the greater
part dressed ready for fixing. The line is ballasted, and the Con-
tractors are preparing to lay the permanent way. This will enable
them to carry on the remaining earthwork early to completion.

Contract 15—The foundations of the Cann Viaduct have been
sadly impeded by the floods ; but active operations are now reaum.
ing. The 'foundations of the Duke-street Bridge, with thirteen
piers of the Viaduct, are carried up to the Plynth. The Chelmer
embankment has been carried over Bishop's Hall Bridge, and the
road nearly ballasted to receive the permanent rail. The Broom.
field-road Bridge being also built, locomotive engines will now be
employed to complete the embankment. The arches of the Chel-
mer River Bridge will be turned and completed in about a lort-
night. At Pinsint's.lane Bridge the centres are fixed and the arch
will be immediately turned.
Contract 23—At Borelom the Mill Head Bridge is carried up
to the springing ; the centres are being fixed preparatory to turning
the arches. The earthwork is sufficiently forward to insure an early
completion of this contract.

Contract 24—At Hatfield Peverell 68,000 cubic yards have been
excavated from the Toppinghoe-hall Cutting, and 58,000 from the
Job's wood Cutting have been carried into embankment. Topping-
hoe HalT' Bridge is complete. Lovibond's Occupation Arch and
Culvert nearly so, and the Mill Head Bridge is carried up ready for
the centering. The excavations for the Terling Road Bridge have
been commenced.

Contract 25-40,000 cubic yards have been carried into the
Withan Embankment, leaving 180,000 yards to complete. The
piers and abutments of the Mill Streank Bridge are up springing
high, also at the Bridge at Blunt's Hall. The Diversion Road at
Chipping Hill is complete, and a temporary bridge erected to enable
the earthwork to be continued during the building of the perma.
neat bridge.
Contract 26—In consequence of the refusal of Messrs. Ritsons
to execute this contract, it has been re.let to Mr. George Withes,
who is in possession of several parts of the properties, and who is
preparing for active operations.
Contract 27—At Kelvedon the Blackwater River-bridge has
been a source of much trouble ; the whole of the foundations re-
quiring sheet piling, the operations for which having been con-
stantly impeded by the floods. The arch which the contractor
persisted in turning contrary to repeated instructions without a
proper abutment, which fell down, has been removed, and the cen-
tres reinstated ; when the weather permits the arches will be turned
to enable the earthwork to proceed. Roller-lane-bridge, with
the exception of the parapet, is complete. The West Cutting has
not been forwarded, it being nearly all ballast.
Contract 28—The Contractor is leading on materials prepara-
tory to commencing operations, which will be carried on vigorously.
Contract 29—At Stanway 64,000 cubic yards have been carried
into embankment over Stanway Bridge, which is complete, and ma-
terials are on the ground waiting only the weather.
Contract 30—At Lexden 53,000 cubic yards have been exca-
vated from East Hill and carried westward into Colne embankment,
leaving about 121,000 yards to complete.
Contract 30 A—At Lexden 65,000 cubic yards have been car-
ried eastward from the West Hill to he Colne Embankment,
leaving 200,000 yards to complete. 7ne abutment with Five
Piers of the Culne Viaduct have been carried up to the springing,
the remaing pier and abutment have been commenced. The earth-
work at the eastern extremity of the [lilt near Colchester is also
carrying into embankment.

The necessary fencing throughout the whole of these works has
been erected. Several miles of the Line are now being ballasted,
(abundance of the best ballast having been obtained) preparatory
to receiving the permanent rails, which are now being delivered
upon the several Contracts.

JOHN BRAITHWAITE.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb: 10.
The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at
Five o'Clock.
Lord MELBOURNE presented a petition from the Pro-
testant Dissenters of Worcester, praying for the repeal of the
Corn-laws; also a petition from Brentford, to the same effect.
BUILDINGS REGULATION BILL.
The Marquis of NORMA NBY, who, on his rising, con-
versed across the table with the Marquis of Salisbury,
moved the Order of the Day for the second reading of
the Building's Regulation Bill. It was his intention
not to have offered any observations to the :louse upon
submitting his motion to their Lordships. He did not
think it was necessary for him to trouble their Lordships with
any explanation of the details of the Bill, or with any advo-
cacy of its principles, because that Bill hart twice been under
the serious consideration of their Lordships, and had undergone
a most searching investigation before a Corninittee of their
Lordships' Howe. On that Committee the Noble Marquis
(Salisbury), who hail but that moment intimated to him (the
Marquis of Norminby ) his intention of opposing the motion,
was a member anti a constant, attendant at its sittings; and upon
that Committee he (the Marquis of Salisbury) had stated
that, however much he might question the details,
of that UM he was not opposed to its principles. As he ( the
Marquis of Normatiby ) had stated, that Bill had received the
most patient attention of a Committee of their Lord-
ships' House, and now, for the first titLe, he heard it was to
re.:eive opposition. lie regretted that opposition the more,
as a Nonle Lord from whom he had derived the grewest as-•
si,tance, was then absent from this country. Ile also had to
'egret the absence of a Right Reverend Prelate from
whom he had received the most a•sidtL.:us assistance.
He was anxious not only for the success of the motion
with which he intended to conclude, bat he also wished
to impress upon the colleagues of the No'lle Duke
who was good enough to promise him (the Marquis of. Nor-
manby ) his support in passim, that ma, how important it was
that this Bill should lass thellouse. Since he had last ad-
dressed their Lordships on that subject, he hail had
opportutiities of making inquiries into the subject, not
wily in the manufacturing country towns, but :also
the various branches of the metropolis. He had
witnessed scenes which would harrow up the feelings of their
Lordships in the recital. Their Lordships, if they wished it,
might view those scenes themselves, and he thought the Noble
Marquis (Salisbury)-in particular should witness those scenes
before he came forward to oppose a measure, the object of which
was to remedy the wretchedness to which he had alluded.
He might direct their attention to many parts of this metro-
polis, but he would only mention one. In the neighbourhood
of Whitechapel, there were hundreds anal thousands
of human beings congregated in dens only fit fur
animals. lie was informed that a great number of buildings
were in the course of erection in consequence of this Bill,
and were being hurried on for the purpose of escaping
the operations of this Bill, and this was one of the reasons why
he hail thus early in the Session brought: the subject before
;he Ilouse.—(l-lear, hear.) As he was on this subject,
he would allude to another district of the Metropolis,
but whit would not come under the operations of this Bill.
lie allude.! to Bethnal•green. In that parish there were
75,000 inhabitants, 50,000 of whom were altogether excluded
from the benefit of drainage. He had himself examined that
district, and in one street, where the houses looked
respectable down the middle of that street, there
was a stream of pestilential filth, thus leaving the
inhabitants open to disease arid wretchedness. lie
called on their Lordships to give their sanction to such a
measure as that which be introduced for the purpose of alle-
viating the unhappy condition of a large portion of the labour-
ing classes of this country.
The Marquis of SALISBURY fully agreed in the necessity
of some Bill of the kind; but he had not been acquainted
with the proposed measure until he had lately read ' its
details. In his opinion the Bill would tend, in a great
degree, to perpetuate the evils which it proposed to remove.
Every provision of the measure would contribute to increase
the expense of building, and would consequently render it more
difficult for the poorer classes to obtain a home at the rent
which they could afford to pay. It should be remembered that
if the inhabitants of Liverpool and other large towns lived in
et liars, that Was owing to the fact that they could not obtain
more comfortable accommodation at a lower rate. He would
propose that the Bill should be referred to a Committe up stairs.
The Duke of WELLINGTON expressed his readiness to
suppor
t the Bill; he thmght it would tend to improve the con-
dition of the labouring classes.
'The Marquis of NORMANBY observed that the principle
of the Bill had alrt ady been discussed at length during the
course of last year ; and, in a Committee of the House he
should be ready to adopt any improvements which might be
RY expressed his
surTheestAediabrgyuaisnyofMseab Member the House.
willingness to
withdraw his opposition to the Bill for the present, on condi-
tion that the Noble Marquis would engage that it should in a
future stage be referred to a Committee up stairs.
The Marquis of NORMANBY could give no pledge upon
the subject.
The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be
committed to-morrow.
DISTRESS IN THE COUNTRY.
r devisedvil ing in the
country, andits
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from West
Bromwie
he°prarang
*yiininthgatostotmhe remedye
relief ; also petitions from places in Scotland, praying for a
repeal of the present Corn-laws.
distress
m nigoitivt, prevailing
e s
Lord KINNAIRD pn-sented several petitions frcm Paisley,
and other parts of Scotland, complaining of the distress pm

vailing in the country, and praying that some means might be
devised for its remedy, and especially that the present Corn-
laws might be repealed.•—( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord
took that opportunity of asking the Noble Duke opposite
whether the Government had received any petition from the
Committee of Relief of Paisley?
The Duke of WELLINGTON said that no such petition had
been received.