The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-22 00:00:00

THI4; N, LONDON,_TUESDA y EVENING, APRIL 221 1845.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
MONDAY, APRIL 21.
The following Bills were read a second time, and committed,
and referred to the Committee of Selection
Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton Railway.
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway.
Direct London and Portsmouth Railway.
Chester and Holyhead Railway (Mold Branch and Purchase
of Chester and Birkenhead Railway) (No. 2).
Liverpool and Bury Railway (Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool
Railway and Bury Extension).
Southampton and Dorchester Railway.
Lynn and Dereham Railway.
Dunstable and London and Birmingham Railway.
Northumberland Raflway.
Edinburgh and Northern Railway (No. 2).
Saint Ives Junction Railway.

FOREIGN SPECULATION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—You are severe upon poor John Bull's "
certainly justly so. If it was not for the
sake of innocent children and poor wives (who are sure
to be the eventual sufferers when the crash comes), men
who persist in lending money to foreigners really do not
deserve the repeated cautions given by yourself and other
journalists. It is hardly credible that men who must re-
member some of the dreadful miseries to families that
arose from foreign speculation in 1825 and 1826 (though
Tally, perhaps, have gone to their last home), losing
sight of all previous example, seem bent upon giving
(for any eventual return is out of all question) enormous
sums to companies they know nothing of, and for pur-
poses for which they have no guarantee will be carried
out,
and moreover to the great injury of English specu-
lation. Sir, Ido not apprehend much, if any, serious
injury will arise from English railway speculation,
though, perhaps, some inconvenience, for a time ;—many of
the lines applied for to Parliament will not be carried
out at all many will be postponed until next
session; and the successful lines, suppose they require
100 millions, why, as fast as calls are made, the money
is spent—mind, in our own country—giving full employ-
ment to every man willing and able to work, full em-
ployment for manufacturers, full employment to agricul-
turists, improving the revenue cheerfully, by increased
consumption, creatin a strong probability of further
reduction of taxation, reduction of the national debt,
and, better still, little occasion for the cruel New Poor-
law. Yet all this interminable prospect of prosperity
must be lost, because men are not satisfied with spend-
ing their money at home. I can see plenty of employ-
ment for money at home for years to come, and safely.
There is plenty of room for investment of money in Ire-
land, Wales,
all this much better than I can, and pray do it; urge upon
and Scotland, in railways. You can explain
the foolish men, with money in hand, asking " who'll
have it?" that five per cent. at home, safe, is better than
twenty promised, but never meant to be paid. Remind
then? of the money lent to repudiating North America;
remind them of the sums spent in mines in South Ame-
rica, Spanish Bonds, Portuguese Bonds, and a host of
others; then, if that will not stop the madness at present
existing for foreign investments, the case is indeed hope-
less.—Yours,
A MECHANIC AND SUFFERER IN 1825.

The following Bills were referred to the Select Committee
on Standing Orders :
South Eastern Railway (Ashford to Hastings).
Kingstown and Bray Railway.
London and South Western Railway (Epsom Branch).

Erewash Valley Railway (No. 2),—Report from Select
Committee on Standing Orders read ; Bill ordered to be
brought in by Colonel Rolleston, Mr. Gaily Knight, and Mr.
Evans.
South Eastern Railway (Maidstone to Rochester),—Re
port from Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills
read ; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Plumptre and
Mr. William Henry Bodkin.
South Eastern Railway (Branch to Deal and Extension of
the South Eastern, Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate
Railway),—Report from Select Committee on Petitions for
Private Bills read; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr.
William Henry Bodkin and Mr. Elphinstone.
Harwich Railway,—Petition for Bill ; referred to the Select
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills.

NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE.
SATURDAY, APRIL 19.
Cambridge and Lincoln Railway,—Committee on petition,
for additional provision, Tuesday, April 22.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Railway (Tyne-
mouth Extension),—Committee on Bill, Tuesday, April 29,
at twelve.
Hull and Gainsborough Railway,—Committee on project,
Tuesday, April 29, at twelve.
Direct Northern Railway,—Committee on project, Monday,
April 28, at twelve.

Mr. Hayle, a witness, was then called, and his deposition
was to the effect that the present roads between Heywood
and Bury were very hilly and inconvenient.
Mr. Sergeant BELLAsis opposed tho line, on behalf of the
Eyre and Caldon Canal Company, on the ground that the
line would injure their traffic.
The CHAIRMAN said it appeared to him that the object of
the Learned Counsel was to prove his locus standi here.
Mr. HILDYARD said;that the line did not cross the canal at
all, but ran parallel with it.
The CHAIRMAN said the opposition appeared to the Com-
mittee to be very far fetched, and was matter more for con-
sideration when the details came to be discussed, than at
present.
Captain Lawes, manager of the Manchester and Ls & line,
deposed that there was a very extensive traffic between
Heywood and Bury, and that there were very large ma-
chine and wool manufactories in each town. In cross-ex-
amination he said he had never seen an agreement by the
Manchester and Leeds Company to pay the Eyre Canal
Company 40,0001. a year.
The CHAIRMAN said that all this appeared to be irrelevant,
as the question before the Committee was the proof of the
preamble of the Bill.
It was then agreed upon to admit the preamble as proved.
The Burnley line was then taken up, and Counsel con-
tended that its necessity was so apparent that he need not
take the trouble of proving it, and, as the Bill was unopposed,
he would proceed to call his witnesses.
Mr. John Moore deposed that Burnley was divided into
two townships, one of which contained 19,000 inhabitants,
and worsted and cotton mills to the amount of from 500 to

MONDAY, APRIL 21.

Newry and Enniskillen Railway,—Second reading, Friday,
April 25.
Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway,—Second reading,
Friday, April 25.
Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction Railway,—Second
reading, Friday, April 25.
Midland Railways Company (Birmingham and Gloucester
and Bristol and Gloucester Bailway Purchase),—Committee
on petition, adjourned till Friday, April 25.
Bristol and Gloucester and Birmingham and Gloucester
Railways,—Committee on petition, postponed from Wednes-
day 23d till Monday, April 28.
Goole and Doncaster Railway,—Committee on petition,
postponed from Wednesday 23d till Thursday, April 24.
Cork and Bandon Railway,—Second reading, Friday,
April 25.
Manchester and Leeds Railway (Burnley Branch and Old-
ham and Heywood Branches Extension),—Report, Wednes-
day, April 23.
Guildford Junction Railway,—Committee on petition, ad-
journed till Monday, April 28.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAT.

GLOBE.—Whenever Lord John Russell shall bring on for
discussion his Resolutions touching the condition of the
Labouring Classes (which stand at present for the Ict of
May), we hope the House of Commons will be induced to
give to the whole subject a fair and earnest discussion. In the
entire range of English politics there is no question more
vitally connected not only with the general welfare of the
State, but with the well-being of every particular interest of
w hieh it is composed—than what shall be done during the next
ten years towards elevating and improving the condition of
the great mass of our population? It may not be easy to
answer it—but it is obvious enough that it must be
answered, and that without much further delay. Taking
only the commercial aspect of the subject—con-
sidering the labouring classes only as they are sub-
servient to the support and advancement of English
commerce, their condition urgently demands, and
affords scope for, very extensive improvement. The minute
and extensive Parliamentary inquiries instituted during the last
few years into the sanatory state of the populous districts in
which our chief manufactures are carried on have made gene-
rally accessible a large amount of new and valuable informa-
tion concerning the merely physical causes in operation affect-
ing the health, morals, and general intelligence of the
working classes ; and we believe that among those
whose attention has been directed to the results of these
inquiries, no doubt is now entertained, that, indepen-
dently f all other measures, the condition of by far
the greater portion of the inhabitants of these districts
admits of very material improvement by the adoption
only of arrangements for the better construction, cleansing,
arm lighting of their dwellings, and supplying them more
efficiently with air and water, Serious difficulties, it will be
said, present themselves in the application of these new ar-
rangements. This, of course, must be anticipated. There
are difficulties in the way of every great im-
provement. The first and greatest will, in this case,
probably be found even in the habits and prejudices
of the labouring classes themselves ; and others may
arise from an occasionally necessary interference with rights
of property found to be identified with the continuance of old
arrangements. But there is nothing in these, or in any other
obstacles which can be fairly anticipated in doing what is
most clearly expedient for the improvement of our large towns
and populous districts, which ought to stand in the way of
an immediate commencement of practical measures. Free
trade--emigration—education—have each their special op-
ponents upon grounds more or less tangible, and, for one
reason or other, perhaps, not easily dealt with; but it is not
very likely that any influential class or party will be found
to offer any serious opposition to the better lighting,
cleansing, and ventilating of the working man's dwell-
ing. It is, we believe, only necessary for the middle and
upper classes to earnestly devote some little time and
attention to the subject in the exercise of the Legislative au-
thority, imperial and municipal, which has been placed in
their hands for the benefit of all, in order to carry into effect,
within a few years, every
.one of the recommendations hi-
therto offered to the Legislature by the Health of Towns
Committee. It is the more important to direct public atten-
tion to this portion of the physical aspect of the condition of
the labouring poor, as it has evidently not yet received
nearly the consideration it merits. Not only is defective
sewerage, ventilation, and cleanliness constantly marked by
the prevalence of fever among these subjected to its in-
fluence, but it is productive of indirect effects upon the
social economy of the population, which, though
less obvious, are still more important and extensive in
their operation. It is now established beyond doubt, that,
chiefly from this class of causes, the lives of labourers and
artisans are commonly shorter by one-fourth, er even
one-third, than those of the classes comparatively
exempted from them. And during life, besides the
suffering endured by the individuals, a large additional
burden is thrown upon charitable institutions, hospi-
tals, and dispensaries—whilst the early death of
parents leaves a great number of children without a
natural guide or protector, diminishes their chance of
receiving a proper training, facilitates their falling into
crime, and in some shape or other almost inevitably makes
them a burden on the public. A diminution of bodily health
and vigour tends everywhere strongly to the destruction of
habits of industry, and interferes, with overwhelming in-
fluence, to prevent the development of that intelligence,
independence, and spirit, which the friends of the working
classes of society so much lament their want of. Physical
produces mental depression, and the mind shares the dulness
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to it, and often by an entire absence of desire to escape fromy
the consequent degradation.

DREADFUL ATTEMPT AT MURDER AND ROBBERY
AT BIRDIINCHAM.—EarIy on Saturday morning a dreadful
attempt at murder was made on an elderly woman, at
her own residence, in Cleveland-street, in the above
town. It appears that the old lady, whose name is
Askew, is a widow, who lived by herself on a small
income derivable from mill power, which she let off to a
number of tenants. On Friday evening she left home to
visit her son, Mr. Askew, the landlord of the Leopard,
in Brierly-street. She remained there until near eleven
o'clock, when she returned home to her house and went
to bed by herself. About one o'clock some thieves
removed the shutter from the window of the back
kitchen, and having cut out a pane of glass, they broke
off the inside fastening, and effected an entrance into the
place. They then proceeded up stairs, taking with them
a large poker, and entered the bed-room of Mrs. Askew,
and struck her a violent blow on the head, and two other
severe blows on the hands. Fortunately, however, this
violence did not take the desired effect, and the poor
woman violently screamed out, upon which the robbers
made their escape out of the house, having broken open
some boxes, and ransacked the place below in search of
money, which the well known habits of Mrs. Askew
had led them to expect. A woman who lived in the
house adjoining Mrs. Askew's, heard the screams, and
went to the old lady's assistance, and found her literally
covered with blood, in a very exhausted state. A number
of police officers were speedily on the spot, and tracked
the thieves out of the house by the marks of blood,
which they left with their hands, but they could not,
however, get any clue to their retreat. Mrs. Askew
was then removed to the General Hospital, which is close
to her residence, and there she received every necessary
attention, and afterwards gave such information as
enabled the officers to find concealed in her house con-
siderable sums of money. Fifty sovereigns were found
secreted in her bedstead, and a few sovereigns and silver
in other parts of the house. It was no doubt the
knowledge that the old woman had the money con-
ealed, which led to the dreadful attack upon her life,
although it would appear the parties had no knowledge
of where it was concealed, or they could have obtained
it without difficulty. Mrs. Askew is still in the hospital,
and the officers are actively engaged in search of the
offenders.

1,000 horse-power. The proposed line would considerably
diminish the present cost of the transit of goods.
Mr. Hopwood, cotton spinner, corroborated the last witness.
Counsel said that this was all the evidence they intended
to offer on this line, and would, therefore, proceed to the
next—namely,

LYNN AND ELY, !AND ELY AND HUNTINGDON
LINES. _

(Continued from our Aiternixnl Edition of yesterday.)
Mr. TALBOT said the time for that was not come, but he
would tell his Learned Friend that he had a very substantial
objection.
Several persons were called who proved that the navigation
between Ely and Lynn was liable to be stopped in }venter
and summer, and caused great injury to persons engaged in
trade. Others were called who proved that the proposed line
would be of the greatest advantage to the agriculturists along
the line, who on an average sent up 122,000 head of sheep in
the year to London at a cost of 3d. per head, and an average
of from 170 to 200 beasts at a cost of 2s. 3d. per head.
Mr. Rastrick, engineer (examined by Mr. Sergeant
WRANuitAm), said he surveyed the line in question, and con-
sidered it the best that could ltie selected for a railway line.
There were no engineering difficulties. They did not inter •
fere in the least with the banks or the navigation. They
had bridges, but they did not interfere in the least
with drainages. He went over the line with Mr.
Brunel, who was employed on behalf of the Bedford Level
Commissioners, and they agreed that not the least injury
would be done to the banks, or drainages, or navigation. He
had calculations of the expenses of making the line. The
engineering cost was about 248,8261. The cost of land was
about 51,1741. The line was made with a view to a double
set of rails, but only one set of rails would be laid down.
Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM said that the Company would
consent to the usual clause of laying down the double set of
rails when the Board of Trade required it.

WILL OF THE LATE EARL OF EFFINGHAM.—Pro-
hate of the will and codicil of the Right Hon. Kenneth
Alexander Earl of Effingham, late of the Grange, in the
county of York, but at Brighton, was granted on the
16th instant, to the executors:—The Right Hon. Henry
Earl of Effingham (late Lord Howard) the son of the
testator, the Right Hon. the Earl of Rosebery, the Right
Hon. Lord Dalmeny, and William Hervey, Esq. The
personal estate within the province of Canterbury, sworn
under 120,0601.. His Lordship died on the 13th of Feb-
ruary last. Bequeaths to his wife, Lady Effingham,
1,000/. for her immediate use; also leaves her 1,2001. a
year, 4001. a year by power of appointment under the
will of the late Duke a Norfolk, and 8001. a year by a
like power under the will of the former Earl of Effing-
ham. Directs that the sum of 4,0001., which his Lord-
ship received with her on marriage, should be distributed
by the trustees among his younger children equally. By
the will he bequeaths to his three younger children
12,0001. each, and a legacy of 1001. each to be paid with-
in one month. By the codicil he bequeaths to his
daughter, Lady Baring, a sum of 4,0001., and to his
daughter, Lady Charlotte, an annuity of 1501., and to his
younger children a further legacy of 2,0001. to each.
Directs that his plate, jew‘ls, and books shall descend as
heir looms. The residue of his estates, real and personal,
he leaves to his son, the present Earl, and to his heirs
and assigns. The will is dated July 28, 1837, and the
codicil July 31, 1844, signed "Effingham."
THE MURRAIN IN SCOTLAND.—A good deal of
excitement has been caused throughout the north generally,
and also in the southern cattle markets, by various conflict-
ing statements at present in circulation with respect to the
appearance of the murrain in Ross and Caithness. The Aber-
deen Herald of the sth instant contained the following para-
graph :—" The murrain has broken out with great violence
in Ross-shire and Caithness, both in cattle and
sheep, from which it has been conveyed to Edin-
burgh by stock from the north—many of which have been
obliged to be carted from the ship to be slaughtered, and has
made the trade very dull there. Every precaution should
be used by dealers and farmers to keep the infection from
this county." The John 0' GI oat Journal states, " that there
is net the slightest ground for believing the report
thus circulated, and that the cattle exported from
the north were shipped in excellent order, and
were only seized with the distemper wheat infected
in the stalls of the Edinburgh cattle agents." A
correspondent in Ross-shire informs us that the first appear-
ance of the disease occurred about five weeks ago,
amongst the stock of a gentleman who had brought a
bull from London. This animal was admitted into the
byres in a diseased state, and ere it was discovered that
such was the case, the infection had seized all the cattle,
young and old. The pestilence next spread among the
sheep, to such an extent, that, from the time of its
appearance up till the 4th instant, no fewer than thirty-four
lambs alone had died. Dire as are the effects of the pesti-
lence amongst bestial, the woolly people suffer much more.
We trust the desolating progress of this devouring evill will
speedily be arrested, and that prompt and judicious measures
will be adopted to prevent the spread of the malady.—
Inverness Courier.
DARING ROBBERY.—Thursday afternoon, between
twelve and one o'clock, the following daring robbery took
place at Mr. Anthony Blanchett's, the Royal Oak, Pitt-
street, Tottenham-court-road. It appeared that two men
entered the parlour of the above house, which is situated
upon the first floor, and requested to be accommodated with
a steak, previous to which they had a pint of ale and a bis-
cuit. No suspicion arose for some time after their departure,
when the landlady having occasion to go into her bed-roam,
which is on the first floor back, discovered it had been
broken open, and a tin cash-box, containing 251. in gold
and silver, stolen ; also a silver watch that was hanging
over the mantelpiece. One of the men was dressed in a
black frock coat and trousers, and was about forty years of
age ; the other, considerably younger, was dressed in a
brown taglioni.
EXPERIMENTS WITH LARGE GUNS AT LONG
RANGES.—Lieutenant”Colonel Chalmer, Assistant-Director-Gene.
sal of Artillery, and Lieutenant-Colonel Hardinge, K.H., Roya
Artillery, left Woolwich on Tuesday for Harwich, to inspect th
grounds or sands on the sea coast in that quarter to ascertain if
an eligible long range can be obtained for carrying on practice
during the summer with large guns, on Lieutenant-Colonel Dun-

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, April2l.
(Sittings in Banco.)
THE GREAT REVENUE CASE THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V.

SMITH.
At the sitting of their Lordships this morning,
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he had to show cause
against a peremptory rule obtained by his Learned Friend,
Mr. Kelly, for
a writ of distringas, commanding the
Sheriff of Middlesex, on or before the 22d day of April,
to take five or more of the gentlemen who were
to form the special jury on Wednesday in the important case
of the Attorney-General r. Smith, over the defendants' ex-
tensive distillery in Whitechapel, for the purpose of examin-
ing the works and machinery. Now he had the greatest
objection to such a course, and, if it was granted in this in-
stance, it could not be refused in others.
The LORD CHIEF BARON—The first question is, whether
the Court have power to grant the application, if the Crown
refuses its assent.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL was of opinion that the Court had
not the power.
The LORD CHIEF BARON—There have been cases of a jury
going to look at a horse, or a house, but that was by consent
of parties.,
Mr. Baron ALDERSON—Does the Crown object to the jury
viewing the premises?
The SoLicrron-GENBRAL--Yes, certainly, my Lord.
The LORD CHIEF BARON—Then, under these circum-
stances, I am convinced the Court has no authority, by
jury will have the model
statute or common law, to make the order. When a rule nisi
was granted, it was only granted on the supposition that the
Crown would not object.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—The
explained to them on the trial, and it will only confuse their
minds if they see the premises, and he believed there was no
necessity for such an application.
Mr. F. KELLY exceedingly regretted that there should be
any opposition to this motion, as he considered it only fair
and reasonable. He certainly was not prepared with any
authority bearing on the case, but in a celebrated horse cause,
not long since, the Learned Judge suggested that " Running
Rein," the winner of the Derby, should be produced for the
inspection of the jury.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL--Yes, but the horse was not
produced.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON—AwI the principal object in the
case referred to was, for the witnesses to have an opportunity
of identifying the horse.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL strongly condemned the appli-
cation to the Court, the evident object of which was to create
a prejudice against the Crown proceedings and in favour of
the defendant.
Mr. F. KELLY urged, at considerable length, that it was a
case in which the Court ought to grant the order prayed for.
The LORD CHIEF BARON—We are decidedly of opinion
that the Court has not the power to grant the application ;
but, if we had, just on the eve of the trial, it would most
likely be impracticable, and certainly unjust towards the
Sheriff, his officers, and the jury, to call upon them to as-
semble, without reasonable notice. The trial takes place on
Wednesday, and when the jury are in the box, the applica-
tion (if it is thought advisable) can be renewed, and, if
acceded to, they may be accompanied by an officer of the
Court. After considerable discussion the Court refused to
make any order for the jury to view the premises.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said there were two other Ex-
cise informations against James George Smith, and he wished
to mention to their Lordships that it was the wish of the
LORD CHIEF BARoN—You had better name the subjec
law officers of the Crown that they should be decided by trial
at
Theb ar.
again on Wednesday.

das's and Mr. Monk's principles, Lord Guildford, the lord of the
manor on which the practices were formerly carried on at Deal,
having objected to any further experiments being carried on there.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have ordered that a
number of guns be made on Mr. Monk's principle for the use of
the navy. One of Monk's long 56-pounder guns, of 97 cwt., has
been required for the use of the Excellent gunnery ship, at Ports-
mouth, Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, Knt., and it will shortly be
put on board. The present Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
have invariably shown a desire to render the Royal Navy efficient,
by introducing new inventions of a meritorious nature, on their
utility being proved, without reference to the station or influence
of the inventors, and deserve the approbati)n of the country for
their strictly impartial conduct.
SALE OF THE 1 LEFT PRlSON.—Yesterday the
second portion of the sale of the building materials of this " town
in minature" was resumed by Messrs. Pullen and Son, the City
auctioneers; the portions sold were the materials composing the
chapel, the coffee and wine-rooms, and the northern wing of the
prison. The produec of the day's sale was upwards of 1,000/.
OPENING OF THE NEW "'OWN HALL AT COLCHES-
TER.—The public opening of the new Town Hall is now
the Recorder, and Mr. John Round,
fixed for Thursday, the Ist of May. The worshipful the
Mayor has received letters from Mr. Sanderson, M.P.
iMges"teward, intimating their intention of
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Surroszn CHILD MITRDE • n adjourned inquest
was held on Saturday at the vestry-room, St. Magnus Church,
ondon.bridge, before Mr. Payne, on the body of a new-born
female child, supposed to be the illegitimate offspring of Elizabeth
. and the body of the
Robinson, of Norwich. The deceased was brought in a common
inquiries to be made at
hamper to the London-bridge.wharf on Good Friday, by the
the parcel was booked,
Ramona steamer, from Yarmouth, with direction that it was to be
was apprehended, and taken before the
left till called for. On Thursday week, in consequence of the
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.octly agreed with one booked at Norwich for London by
but the proof not being sufficiently clear, the accused was dia.
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juryy returned a verdict in accordance with the
medical viz., " That the decased died from the navel
string n 0
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or design there was not sufficient evidence to show.,.
THE SWEEPINGS OF THE PARIS STREETS.—A
journal states that the sweepings of the streets of Paris, sold in the
mass, produces 500,500 f. (20,020/.) per annum, and when re.
tailed u
than 3,600,000 f. (144,000!.), being disposed of at
the rate of 3f. to sf. the cubic metre or yard. Twenty.two years
ago the mud of Paris was contracted for at 75,000 f. (3,0001); in
1831 for 160,000 f. (6,540 L) ; and flow, for wore theft hay a
o n out again
in
portions, after having been kept in pits to rot,
returns
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RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
Committee (No. 2.)
WEST YORKS 11 IR E.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
A Learned COUNSEL having stated that he appeared for
the Harrogate and Ripon line, by which all the traffic on
that line would be conveyed from Harrogate and Knares-
borough,
The CHAIRMAN said that what had fallen from the
learned Counsel convinced the Committee that the course they
had resolved upon to adopt would be the most convenient
one, as it would have the effect of relieving the town and
the city of a great number of people. He now would beg to
express a hope that none of the Learned Counsel would
introduce any topic that was not distinctly relevant to
the subject, because, do what they (the Committee)
would they would be obliged to sit there for a length of time,
and at much greater inconvenience than those at the other
end of the room. He hoped also that the counsel would
give the Committee credit for being in possession of
such local knowledge of the different lines, the population,
traffic, &c., as would render it unnecessary for counsel to
enter upon what he might call the A B C matter, and thus
not substitute tongue for time.
Mr. HILL said, that as he was placed in the unenviable
position of senior counsel here, he begged to assure
the Committee that he, and those who acted with
him, would be far from doing anything from sordid
motives, and would therefore do all they could to facilitate
the business before the Committee; but he hoped the
Committee would ask the House of Commons for the docu •
ments on which the Board of Trade had founded their report
upon this line.
The CHAIRMAN said there was an order to that effect al-
ready before the House for all proposed lines approved of
by the Board of Trade.
Mr. HILDYARD then proceeded with the case for
which he appeared as counsel. He had laid before
the Committee the plan of the Manchester and Leeds
line, except the Bury and Heywood, which, if ex-
tended about four miles further than it now did, would give
a great facility of access from a number of towns to the main
line. The town of Heywood had 15,000 inhabitants and
Bury 24,000, and both towns had extensive cotton manufac-
tures, and the line had been approved of by the Board of
Trade. _ _ _ . .

The sass for the promoters of the Bill having closed,
Mr. TALBOT said that the time was now come for him to
state his opposition to the Bill, which he would do in a very
short time. His Learned Friend might have sent him away
from the Committee, if those whom he represented made
compensation to those whom he (Mr. Talbot) represented.
He did not mean to deny that a railroad com-
munication would not be greatly beneficial to the town of
Lynn. He did not rest his case as a competing case, for he
admitted that in that view he would not have any locus
standi before the Committee, but on the peculiar circum-
stances of the case. The objection then was that the loss
which would accrue from the means now possessed
by the parties for whom he appeared being taken
from them, they would cot be able to keep up and
maintain the cuts made for the drainage of the country,
which was so necessary even for the railway itself, for that
was the point. The Commissioners of the Eaubrink
works possessed an income of 11,800/., their labilities were
9,0001., leaving them a balance of 2,800/. They would
lose ore-half their navigation tolls by the railway,
and the residue would be totally inadequate to the mainte-
nance of the drain. The South Level Commissioners had a
total income of 5,050/., and their liabilities and expenditure
was 2,350/. They would lose 2s. 3d. of their navigation tolls,
which would be equal to 1,900/., leaving them a balance
of 4501. The consequence would be that a large
acreage tax of probably 9s. or 10s. would be
imposed to keep the drains in a fit state. This was a pe-
culiar case, distinct from the case of a turnpike-road or a
canal, and he hoped he had laid a sufficient case before
the Committee to establish a claim for compensation to be
derived from the unestimated profit of the Railway on an
average of three years.
Adjourned to Twelve o'clock this day.