The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-24 00:00:00

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OXFORD, WORCZSTRII., ATZD WOMVZ7I7.
HAMPTON, AND OXFORD AND RUGDY
RAZZ WAYS.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
The Committee met today at eleven o'clock, Lord Auckland in
the chair, and immediately afterwards retired to consider the

preamble of the Bill and the clauses.
After waiting for about three hours and a half, during which
time considerable anxiety was manifested by those present in.
terested in the two great Companies at issue,
The Committee returned at half.past three o'clock, when the
Chairman said that he had to intimate to the counsel on behalf of
the two Bills, that the Committee had decided the preambles of
both to be proved, and had directed him to report the Bills, with the
amendments, to the House.
The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at three o'clock
When they will meet to agree to their report.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP X.
LONDON AND YORK MINES.
The Committee on these railways resumed this morning at the
customary hour.

After the late excitement kept up with uninterrupted intensity
for so protracted a period, the temporary lull of this morning afforded
a striking contrast to the previous tempest of conflicting elements,
and it was really refreshing to see the altered air of both members,
counsel, and shareholders. The self-complacency of the former,
as if revelling in the delicious contemplation of the progress
hitherto effected, and the important result yesterday attained, and
the comparative composure of the two latter more interested parties,
Were conspicuous evidences of yesterday's decision.
After a brief interchange of mutual gratulations,
The CHAIRMAN, addressing the counsel present, said that as no
decision was come to in the House of Commons last evening, the
Committee thought it better to defer going into consideration of
the clauses of the London and York Bill till a future period, and
In the meanwhile to proceed with the case of the Cambridge and
Huntingdon line.
Mr. PAGET urged that the clauses common to both the accepted
and rejected Bills, when divided, and all that were unopposed,
might be discussed immediately.
Mr. AISTIN, Q.C., contended that the Committee could not
Proceed with clauses of a Bill which had rio existence; and
teconded the proposition of the Committee to posipone the London
and York case till a subsequent occasion.
The CHAIRMAN, after consulting with the Committee, said, that
While differing from Mr. Austin's opinion that the London and
York Bill had no existence, and therefore that it could
not be discussed, they had decided on proceeding with the case
of the Cambridge and Huntingdon scheme, and as it was unopposed,
,and would not occupy much time, immediately after its termina-
"nn the clauses of the London and York Bill would be taken into
consideration.

lAIRORTANT LECISION.
calvinnaDGE AND HUNTINGDON LENS.
Mr. AUSTIN, Q.C., then proceeded,` open the case of this line,
tt Stating that the
promoters sought authority to construct
Cline of railway from a point on the Eastern Counties line near
Oltbridge to the town of Huntingdon. The project was one of
nsiderable utility to the district, traversing the important market
t?‘", of St. Ives' would be about 16 miles long, and cost 150,0001. e
o
engineering difficulties existed, and as it was unopposed, he
it assured the Committee would pass the preamble of the Bill.
an Mr. Borthwick, examined by Mr. AUSTIN, Q.C.—ls an engineer,
in conjunction with Mr. Robert Stephenson, has been engaged
° lay out the Cambridge and Huntingdon Railway. The line
bWottld be 1 miles long, presenting no engineering difficulties, there
en'g no tunnelling whoever, and its course being a practical level.
„ Throughout- its entire length the worst gradient is in 270, and
the curves are unusually favourable. By the plans, as deposited,
1„ wais proposed to cross two highways on a level, but they now
I;'tended to cross it by a bridge of the ordinary Parliamentary
Be, 813. The cost of the undertaking will be 150,0001., including
',700/. for the land required.
kr. Duncan, solicitor to the company, under examination by
r• JAMES, deposed to the income anticipated on the line being
n 8441., and handed in a list of the assents and dis'ents, the share-
-4°lders of 2,000/. and upwards, and other formal evidence.
The preamble of the Bill was then announced to be proved, and
`O4l various clauses were, without opposition, agreed to, the Bill
uen't ordered to be reported to the House, with amendments, to-
Morrow.

THAMES LITTON.—At this
very beautiful and
a small, but ad-
sequestered part of the Thames we entered
Oirably appointed hotel, called the Swan; among the guests
n e
Were several noble lords and a noble ex-ambassader of celebrity.
ilfail of the wits and eminent writers
jerorftdh, DI
ray.
had
ea
gated there ( Mr. Dickens, Mr. D. Jerrold,
: Shr also
mac, Fie.)gr
:
to
p
-u.oy the fine air and seclusion
hof this delightful spot on the
g d with an attention, de.
margin of the river, and also t e . ood things of mine host.
he fare is varied and excellent, combine
We noticed too, the lady
~ef'nee, and comfort not to be surpassed.
mannered, "L Mr. Hanaper, who is a sweetly
.ed,,
the Flower of Ditton
Pretty young female, worthy to be call finely formed, and
Vale„,,
tronage he seems to
She would indeed shine in"the Book of Beauty." The
liberal and attentive host well deserves the pa
thful natives
the inn two you
be rewarded with. There were also at
of the island of Borneo, whose playful
manners
4 easY Tour on the Thames, in July, interested all.—
4friamoncelB43, from Oxford to
nin inhabitants
, PALL OF A ITOU3E.—TWO PERSONS KILLED.—
ioetvveen seven and eight o'clock yesterday mor
nding cries of dis-
:kbe villageof East Stanford were alarmed by a lougd crashing noise,
.""ich Was speedily followed by the most heart-re
ues
t 8. it Was quickly ascertained that the end
plot of groud
1-'4'l4'B fm the rear of the churchyard. to an open
fallen, and snit
house of a row ex_
ntended for the site of some new buildings,
thaid,ave
been within
'‘,,,'' almost certain that several persons must ~,'"e house at the time it fell, great con.
in the employ
The fallen house was rented by a man named Parker,. .
ternation prevailed.
Of Mr j .
Parker, with
q, • oycelin, a maltster.
the upper part of the
il- Wren, resided on the ground-floor, . his wife and two
~otise, which consisted of two stories, being occupied by a man
"ecr
ne of his sons,
~anted Pyhe a brush.rniker, with two boys. (his sons) and a
a, celery man (his father). The brush-maker, wiit.h o
o'clock on the
117—
by a neighbour to leave the f house at six
t the day to sell his brushes.
P,_(".',:ng of the accident, goingioomu_o
oforr the malt-house at fivtf
o,aerloacer
inalways lea.ves Inds I
the rest of the inmates, consistingo
Nrk k, the morning, an
Sr.W .
A number of per.
et 8 wife and children, together with Pyke's son and father,
- '4l,liosed to be in the house when it fell.
rubbish, and
portions of the .
a"' were soon at work clearing away
shortly ,
terwards the body of
short distance from the re-
'Y
Wishedcr and quite dead. At a
the old man was discovered dread
Itaii,
was dug out, and
-3 the old man, the body
of
Pyke's
son
entertained
d hopes are.
Of ~. r such injured theboy
portions
from the remaining po
th"l°'
En ' ' ' was alive, an of '',', ecovery. A faint cry
e ruins stimulated the issuingpeople to fresh exertions, and after a
painful
uninjured. The
the of twenty minutes the men succeeded in taking
orh°i4l, s the ruins Parker's two children perfectlyae
had sustained the
ho'.uren slept. in a kind of press-bedstead, am'
bed,p art of the rafters
having fallen in a sloping position across t
Weight of
bod„
..,. the materials above.
f the unfortunate woman pre-
seot'.. the mother. The remains. o
A further search discovered the
11; thy: a horrid spectacle, life being quite extinct. Several houses
g had been shored up
lately r°,', of which the fallen buil. i formed a part have been
Pulled down, and the house in question
Ategar
the a Dry to erecting some buildings, which are intended to cross
pace left by the demolished houses.
iit (1"1 CASE OF MR. AND MRS. CAUDLE.— At Bow-
_ree,,
_es
ha1t...7 terday, Mr. Francis Caudle,e whose loquacious better.
tigetio: teranaitted for a month on Tues ay, attended to beg a mi-
fro t't the fine in order that Mrs. Caudle
.might be released
theuZseir, present co, nfinesnent. Mr. Jardine declined to entertain
, &cation.
It is
(No), e
at Ports-
- report d that Captain Sir Thomas. Hastings
taouth
1 of the
er-Genera
4.'s, Captain of the Excellent, guknnery-ship
ord , Will succeed Mr. Bonham as Store eep. hi, ernes 10ePartment Sir Thomas is a distinguished war-officer ;
all 'matters
been at the
'lees have been much in requisition
.by the
hasdepartments
_'"' gunnery instr nt. n on board the Excellent.
-Iliration of the
„„-`II)SSELst j u. io2l.
The anniversary of the in-
40uszeedek, bot Kling was celebrated to-day with the grzesaeteostf
tl,ien'n'itY. M. Van de Weyer will arrive here in the cbocueo
au.
will not immediately go to the Spa, as has
tge
morning
the • Al'E or A LuNATic.—On Weduesday
trial, who,nhabitants of Westbourne-street, Pimlico, were alarmed by a
was declaiming in the most horrib:e and blasphemouosflaion--
a
giaute, and otherwise exhibiting the strongest symptoms.
e tY• After havin attacked a truck which stood in his way, he
?a4 towards draymagn, who was in the act of letting a butt doinwtn.
.. of the cellars of the Pine-apple, and nearly kb
dahbiomut
the
11
e.atiand then catching hold of a horse, began to beatt
auntil he was taken into custody by several
other wh policemen and
oecurred 0 providentially came up before any selrio.uusstaccident
out
0. • It appeared that the poor fellow had on y J broken
14'iltiron ost difficulty
the
!an asylum in the neighbourhood. He was conveyed with
to the station-house, and afterwards
whenceearried
escapes
cab, under the care of a keeper, to the asylum
belle ad
I,l_ aped.
t ab4EB (-YESTERDAY) —Two fires took place yes-
e'd-'" he
first broke out shortly after twelve o'clock, in the
aPartmeiss
S "'• first
broke
J. Huntley, a lodger in the house of Mr.
l'ity, baker, 44, Golden-lane,
gilt
ots etilty i, Barbican. The firemen had some
effecting an entrance into the room, but when they
P-s'tatned adtuission they found a pillow and an empty sack and
,:rett,r the flooring on fire. Mr. Braidwood reports the origin of
t 0 the a' " doubtful." The woman Huntley was given in charge
~,,hi`eghe police by the landlord. Shortly after two o'clock . a fire,
mousedtWas by awash- house flue taking fire and igniting the
so, in
Levii. the Parlour chimney, occurred in the bed-room of Mr.
Were burns billiPa, by which the bed, bedstead, matirass, and furniture
t:',,,,erd, and the room scorched all round very severely.,...an
,cie able damage was done to the other parts of the bui!ding.
wjetLe4
xexertions of the inmates, strangers, and police, the flames
1,! tlnguished without the aid of the engines.
took iht TiATIIING IN HYDE PARIC—An alteration
414i4ri_oerpentie Riv
in e Yesterday in the hours during which bathing is permitted
Hyde Park. The hours during the re.
14,1.Z7r of the Seasonerwill be from five to eight o'clock in the
don to tb 'la
,itne, and from eight to nine o'clock in the evening.
blot PATE l'iYrE MIL BOLTON CravE, M.P.—The re-
gentleman will be removed for interment from. Croy_
Ihr 0 family 'Elul at Worrnsbridge church, near Whitfield,
During
pa-e,r,.1,5e.rtl the
(11....41.11_ri°8' ihe sitting of the 17th the Helvetic Diet
question relative to the revision of the Federal corn-
realority of eight against the expediency of discussion
,reals Zed,
of
to be put off till next year. The principle of a total re-
0.417 1 the compact had, therefore, only gained the concurrence 1 .
-I?
9111----t9l‘-- - aente, Argovia, Basle (country), Glaris, and Vaud

IRELAND.
DRAINAGE AND INLAND NAVIGATION.

speculations of the day, and the general demand for
labour. Turnips and potatoes look well ; though there
is a fueling in some quarters that the latter have got on
rather to, fa,t.—Dtahum Chronicle.

DUBLIN, JULY 21.—A project of very considerable import-
ance was brought before Sir Robert Peel on Saturday last, by
an Irish deputation, who sought the aid of Government in car-
rying into effect the recommendations of the Drainage Com-
mission foe connecting the river Shannon with Louth Erne,
and thus uniting, by inland navigation, the provinces of Munster
and Ulster. It is stated that this arrangement would afford
facilities for the drainage of not le.-s than four millions of acres.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
The weekly meeting of the Association was held this day,
William Nagennis, Esq., in the chair.
Mr. O'CoNNELn acknowledged the receipt of 127. from
New York, and read a letter accompanying the remittance,
which animadverted on certain expressions uttered by Mr,
O'Connell on a late occasion, to the effect that if England
rendered justice to Ireland, she might calculate on the
assistance of Irishmen in enabling her "to humble the
proud eagle of America." What. he (Mr. O'Connell) said
on the occasion referred to was, that it England did render
justice, full and ample justice, to Ireland, she would be in such
a position, through the co-operation of Irishmen, as to defy all
the nations of civilized Europe, and would be even able to pull
down the flag of America itself. Such was the sentiment he
uttered, and he believed such was the sentiment of Ireland also.
It was in consequence of the blustering of Mr. Polk with regard
to the Oregon territory, a blustering which had since ceased,
that he had been drawn into the observations com-
plained of. Mr. Polk evidently calculated on a di-
version in his favour in Ireland, should a rupture take
place between England and America. Having expressed
the gratification he felt at the opportunity afforded him of ex-
plaining, he moved the insertion of the letter on the minutes, and
the thanks of the association to the writer.
Mr. O'Co NELL again rose, and said as that was the last op-
portunity he should have for some time of addressing the associa-
tion, he considered it advisable to lay the present state of Ireland
before the public. He wished it to be understood that he did not
intend to be idle; on the contrary, he had cut out a considerable
quantity of work for himself, which would occupy him during his
sojourn in the country. Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, her Majesty's
Solicitor-General, in his late address to the electors of Cam-
bridge, had stated that agitation and agrarian disturbances
had ceased in Ireland; but, as a proof of his accuracy in
the affairs of Ireland, he had to state, that he expected to
have the pleasure of addressing 150,000 men of the county
Wexford on the next Wednesday, and an equal number
in Galway during the ensuing week. That was no sign
that the agitation was subsiding ; and lest the Govern-
ment should forget that there were such people as
the Irish, it was determined upon to hold two monster
meetings during each month.—( Cheers.) The ministry had
certainly altered their tone with regard to Ireland, and Sir
James Graham had retracted his expression " that concession
to Ireland had reached its limits," but he would never rest
satisfied till Ireland was placed on a footing of perfect
equality with England. The country, Its regretted to say
it, was not in such a state of tranquillity as could' he
desired. Prandial disturbance was rife in many coun-
ties. In fact, the country was not in such a state for
twenty years past. Fermanagh was disturbed, but he could
not even guess at the reason, as it was blessed with a large
number of most excellent landlords, but nevertheless the "Molly
Maguires" were busy in circulating their notices. That the
country was disturbed there could be no question, and was it not
melancholy to have her Majesty's Solicitor-General coming
forward and stating deliberately that peace, order, and obedi-
ence to the law existed ? Yes, Mr. Fitzroy Kelly asserted that
agitation had ceased in Ireland, and that tranquillity reigned.
Whilst he gave the Government credit for their good wishes
towards this country, he would ask, how far had the pro-
mises held out in the Queen's speech, at the opening of the
session, with regard to Ireland been fulfilled? The Maynooth
Bill had certainly been passed, but that measure was more
valuable in its collateral nature than for the endowment which

St. Swi thin's fhly pissed vtithoat a drop of rain falling
but the hope for flue weather indulged in by those who
have faith in saws and proverb, does not at present seem
likely to be realised, for shin ers fell early on Thursday
morning, and the clouds threaten more rain. The crops,
however, have as vet been uninjured ; Lithough, fur their
safety, an early change in the weather is devoutly to be
wished. The fsw sunny days which have of late glad-
dened the farmers have enabled the hay harvest to be
proceeded with, and though much remains to be cut and
homed, fears for its eventual safety would now be prema-
ture. The grain crops are all in car, and wheat especially
Iromises weft—Cu/lisle Journal.
APPLEBY.--The crops throughout this neighbourhood,
both hay and corn, are heavier than they have been
known for several years. The hay harvest has com-
menced in most place, but the unsettled state of the
weather has prevented much progress being made ;
meadow grass, as well as seed, turns off extremely
heavy, and a few fine R eeks are all that is now wanted
to enable the farmers to house their abundant crops. The
corn crops would also be greatly benefited thereby, as in
some moist lands they are taking a little hurt from the
continued wet. ?lisle Journal.

A most glorious week of harvest weather—thousands
of tons of hay have been ricked in the neighbourhood
of Hereford in the primest condition. The sunshine
must also have hnd a most beneficial effect on all kinds
of corn and pulse, and the ripening procen must be
gcing on so favourably and rapidly, that the corn har-
vest will be here in Vas days or a fortnight, sinless there
be an unpropitious change in the weather. We have
also improved reports from the hop districts.—Hereford
Tunes.

The wheat and potato crops are looking most promi-
sing, and there is at present every prospect of an abundant
harvest. We have seen a specimen of Pilley's Green-top
Swede, grown in the parish of Hemingbrough, two acres
of which will average 2 feet 6 inches across, and the
bulbs 4 inches in circumference. Turnip crops are,
gem-rally speaking, looking very blooming and healthy.
—Yorhshireman.

STIRLINGSHIRE.—St. SWithill'S day has come and
passed away in drought, and therefore the farmer may
now rub his hands, or fold them upon his breast, or thrust
them into his breeches pocket, or, in short, do anything
with theta he likes but work, for the next six weeks ; for
as we say in Scotland, "his bread is baleen" till that time.
The sun will do all that now remains till the ..),7th Aug.
We had showers till Sabbath evening, after which the
weather cleared up, and the other three days of the
week have been most delightful, promoting alike vege-
tation, the blooming of the wheat, and the carting home
of the hay crop, much of which is now safely housed,
and a better crop there has not been in this quarter in
general for many years, with an excellent promise for
the aftermath.—Stirling Observer.
KiLmAnxecK.—Th ere has been a moderate fall of
rain during the week, and the dry days which have
been, being warm, have contributed much to the
growth and ripening of grain. We have seen
hay in several fields under " thack and rape." So
far as we have seen or heard, bulbous pro-
ductions are in capital growth. Nothing like want in
the potato crop appears to be anywhere felt. In the
neighbourhood of Paisley we saw, on Wednesday, one of
the finest fields of potatoes the eye could rest on. The
blade is generally fresh and strong.

it conferred. The discussions which it gave rise to plainly
showed the innate hatred of the English people to the re-
ligion of the people of this country. The Colleges Bill he
might look upon as passed, and were they to consider
that measure as a boon which the Catholic prelates had
pronounced to be dangerous to faith and morals ? It
had been asserted that the opposition to this Bill would
be moderated, but he was in a position to be able to state
that the opinions of the Bishops with regard to it were un-
changed, and would continue so. It was reasonably ex-
pected that some alteration could have been made in the
Charitable Bequests Act during the present session, but
the answer of Sir James Graham to the question proposed
by Lord Arundel, in the House of Commons on Friday
night, has completely dissipated all hopes of amelioration.
The Catholic Bishops, who had supported that measure
solely on the ground that the amendments they suggested
would be introduced, had remonstrated with the Govern-
ment on the treachery that had been practised upon them,
but the answer to their remonstrances was, that the best con-
sideration of the Government would be directed to the points
suggested ; but their best consideration just meant no con-
sideration at all. After referring to a variety of topics
having reference to the future mode of carrying on the
agitation, Mr. O'Connell concluded by giving notice of his
intention to prepare and put in form, during his sojourn in
the country, the following Bills, with a view to their adop-
tion by the British Legislature, and that each member of
Parliament should be furnished with copies of them fully
six weeks before the commencement of the next session :

I. An Act to enable her most gracious Majesty to exercise
without delay her undoubted prerogative to summon her Par-
liament of Ireland, to contain clauses declaratory-
1. Of her Majesty's power and authority to issue writs of
summons to all the Peers of Ireland, and writs for the election
of Members of the House of Commons of Ireland, not to ex-
ceed the ancient number of 300.

2. Directory of the numbers to be elected by each county at
large, county of a city, and county of a town.
3. Also by each present or newly to be constituted borough
on the scale of population.
4. Defining the elective franchise to be extended to all resi-
dent householders.

5. To provide that the mode of voting shall be by secret
ballot.

6. To provide that all statutes pmsed by the alleged United
Parliament shall have force of law until altered or repealed by
the Parliament of Ireland.

7. To vest in her Majesty, her heirs and successors, the
Parliament-house in College-green, in trust for the Lords and
Commons of Ireland, provision being made to give full compen-
sat ion to the Bank of Ireland.
11. An Act to establish in perpetuity the perfect equality in
the eye of the law of persons of all Christian persuasions, awl to
prevent for ever the existence in Ireland of any legal or temporal
ascendancy, to contain clauses declaratory—
]. Of this Act being the basis of the repeal of the Union,
and expressive of the solemn compact made with and between
all the people of Ireland, in the awful presence of God, that
persons of all Christian persuasions shall be and for ever con-
tinue on an entire and complete equality, legal and political.
'2. Prohibitory of the Irish Parliament making or having
authority or power to make any law, penal or restrictive, cat
the score of religion.
3. Prohibitory of the Irish Parliament to endow, as a State
church, any particular church, sect, or persuasion.
4. Declaratory that the ecclesiastical revenues belong to the
State, and ought to be appropriated to purposes of education
and charity.
5. Providing, however, that the vested interest of each in-
cumbent, episcopal or clerical, shall be fully protected during
the respective lies of each, to become public property only as
each life shall drop.
111. An Act to charge the estates of all absentees with an
income-tax of 20 per. cent. Clause to define absenteeism:
viz., non-residence in Ireland for six months in each year.
IV. An Act to confirm the custom of " tenant right " where
it at present exists, and to make provision for its gradual and
well-considered extension all over Ireland.

V. An Act to entitle all tenants upon conviction to full com-
pensation for all improvements heretofore made, or hereafter
to be made, on the premises held by such tenants.
VI. An Act to facilitate the partition and sale of lands sub-
ject to incumbrances, and to deposit in the public funds the
purchae money, subject to the same trust to which the lands
were liable.

VII. An Act to take away from the landlords all powers of
distraint or ejectment for non-payment of rent, unless the land
be held under lease for a term of at least 21 years.
VIII. An Act to repeal the poor-laws, and to convert the
present poor-houses into ho'pitals for the sick, infirm, and aged
paupers, and to provide for their support for six years, by
charging the necessary expenses on the Consolidated Fund.

IX. An Act to enable lessees for lives renewable for ever, to
convert their tenure into perpetuities, making compensation for
fines when payable.
_

X. An At to empower tenants for life and corporations
sole or aggregate, including the corporation of Trinity College,
to grant leases in perpetuity.
XI. An Act to direct that in all sales of lands sold under the
authority of any court of equity, the estate should be sold in
small lots, with a right of pre-emption to the occupiers.
XII. That the principle of the Church Temporalities Act,
enabling tenants occupying under lease for a term of years,
with a custom of renewal to acquire perpetuity at a fixed rent,
be extended to all leases held under any corporation, sole or
aggregate, including the lands held under the College of Phy-
sicians and under Trinity College, Dublin.
XIII. An Act to direct that such of the Crown estates in
Ireland as are not required for the convenience of the public
should be sold in small divisions, a right of pre• emption being
given to the tenants in possession, the purchase-money to be
payable by instalments.
XIV. An Act directing that in all future conveyances the
original deed should, as in the case of wills, be deposited in the
Registry-office, Dublin, and that certified copies be admissible
in evidence, except when the validity of the original deed
itself shall be questioned.
At the termination of the proceedings, Mr. O'Connell an-
nounced the rent for the week to be 3191. 18s. Id.

DUBLIN STOCK EXCHANGE—JULY 21.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.—Three-and.a.Quarter per Cent. Stock,
101 i —Bank Stock, 208.
MISCELLANEOI7S.—Grand Canal Debentures Six per Cent. Re-
duced, 68i 4—Ruyal Bank, 13i—City of Dublin Steam-packet
Shares, 104—Ditto, 1836, al—Mining Company of Ireland, 14—
Wick low Copper Mines, 18.

RAILWAYS.—BeIfast and Ballymena, 6f (—Belfast and County
Down, 3l—Cork and Waterford, 14—Dublin and Belfast Junc-
tion, 881 B—Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Junction, 24—
Dublin and Drogheda, 104—Dublin and Kingstown, 23b--s.,.kr
dalk and Enniskillen, 21 3—Great Southern and Western, 23—
Great Southern and Western Extension, 121—Midland Great
Western Railway and Royal Canal Company, 3g f —Great Wes-
tern Extension to Sligo, 21—Irish Great Western Dublin to
Galway, 34 A—Kingston and Bray, 6k—Limerick, Ennis, and
Killaloe Junctions, 41—Londonderry and Enniskillen, 3/
Newry and Enniskillen, 34—Waterford and Limerick, 6i 4
Waterford and Kilkenny, 21—Waterford, Wexford, and Dublin, 1

THE CROPS AND THE WEATHER
We have had glorious weather in this part of the
country since St. Switbiu's day, and there is at present
more of the appearance of settled fine weather than there
has been at any former time this season. Wherever the
wheat crop had been beaten down it has recovered
itself, and during the last two days it has begun to
change its colour. The present year's harvest cannot be
an early one, but if we have a continuance of such
sunshine as we had yesterday, it will not be nearly so
late as was feared. The rust that showed itself on the
flag leaf of the wheat phint is quite gone, and the colour
is clear and bright. Altogether the prospect, with re-
gard to this great crop, is wonderfully improved. All
the other crops continue to be as beautiful and promising
as ever they were known to be in the best of years, and
the present fine weather will give them quality as well
as bulk. The hay is all got in on the uplands, and by
the end of the present week very little will he out, even
in the water meadows. The hay crops are excellent,
both in quantity and quality.—Liverpool Tinies.
The crops are everywhere most abundant, and if the
weather should improve, the yield will considerably
surpass that of any former year within our recol-
lection. From the same cause, the wheat crops
have improved little or nothing ; and the continual
recurrence of the heavy rains, by which we
have lately been visited, excites painful apprehen-
sions for the result, as any failure c f the crop, added to the
comparatively barren condition of the foreign granaries,
which are understood to contain little more than a week's
consumption, would lead to most disastrous conse-
quences by its effect on the Money Market, the railway

THE SUN, LON DON, THIT RS D A EVENIN(i, JULY 24, ifizts.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(YESTERDAY.)

IHOUSE OF LORDS.
THE EREWASH VALI.= RAILWAY.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Mr. Woodhouse, the engineer of the line, conjointly with Mr.
Jesse", and Mr. Bidders, was then called, and gave the usual engi-
neering evidence. The length of the maim line would be 13 miles
16 chains. There were eleven branches. The steepest gradient on
the main line would be 1 in 215. One of the branches would
have a gradient of lin 50. The heavy tt affic would be down the
nclines. There wzs no enginecringdifficulty on the main lane, and
this was, in his opinion, the best that mid be laid down through the
Erewash Valley, and afforded the greatest accommodation to the
coal district. The total expense of the line was estimated at
187,000!. This included the cost of the branches.
Mr. MACAULAY cross-examined the witness as to a proposed line,
of u hich a map was handed in. The witness thought the line in
question far inferior to the Erewash Valley line.
Mr. Woodhouse was re-examined by Mr. CALVERT.
The CHAIRMAN here observed that the Ambergate line was
before the Committee in a very indefinite manner. As a com-
peting line it could not appear before them as it would before a
Committee of the House of Commons, but it was only as a com-
peting line that it could be evidence against the proposed line.
Mr. CALVERT said that he was unwilling to make an objection to
Mr. Macaulay's course, but thought it wa.s not regular to give evi-
dence in favour of what was, as fares the Committee were concerned,
an imaginary line.

Mr. Robinson, postmaster at Maidenhead, &posed that he knew
no such person as Mr. Shackell residing at Maidenhead.
Mr. Shackell came forward to be examined. He stated that I.e
held a commission in her Majesty's service. Was a cornet. The
date of his commission was 1815.

The Committee, after hearing Mr. AUSTIN and Mr. ROWE at
considerable length, decided upon not entering into the merits of
the Bill without further notice from the House, if the allegations
contained In the petition of Mr. Pym were considered proved.
The evidence of Mr. Shackell was resumed—Lived for some
time with his brother in Maidenhead. Received a pension of 261.
a year from the Charter-house. Was paid it quarterly. Did not
alwaysstop with his brother. Signed this contract deed, but did
not know for what amount, nor the number of shares he had in it.
Was at his brother's last Christmas. Might have been in London
on Christmas.day, and had signed deeds within the last year to the
amount of 50,0001., but could not then recollect the exact time at
which he signed those deeds. Did not think it a prudent thing to
keep any railway shares. He gave them to his broker, who disposed
of them to the beat advantage,— (Laughter.) Paid deposits on the
shares. Gave a reference to Cox and Greenwood's, from whom he
received his half-pay.
_ _

Mr. Edward Smith, stone merchant, 5, Regent's wharf, City
basin, 7501., was the next name on the list.
Mr. Smith deposed that his name and address was accurately de.
scribed on the deed, but he had not signed it, nor authorised an)
one to sign it.

Cross-examined—His clerk might have written for some railway
shares—he spoke to witness on the subject.

The next name was George Stanley, &q., Hill house, Scull
ampton-7,5001.

Mr. MACAULAY said that, as landowners, his clients had a right
to oppose this Bill, on the ground that there was a better line,
which would not injure them. He would wish, however, to post
pone the arguments on this point till to-morrow, as Mr. Alexander
was nut present.

It appeared from the evidence that Mr. Stanley had no fixed re.
sidence ; that numerous executions and writs have been issued
against him ; that Hill-house is on the very boundary of the
county and borough near Southampton; and the sheriff's officer
swore that by stepping out at one door he avoided the sheriff's
officer of the borough and got into the county, and vice versa when
the county officer came, so that neither could catch him.

The point was accordingly reserved, and the evidence continued.
Mr. Bidders corroborated the evidence of Mr. Woodhouse. The
working expenses of the line would be 3001. per mile. That was
about 30 per cent, on the estimated traffic. The estimates
had been made for works for a double line, the rails only
being estimated for a single line. The estimated expense of the
main line was 140,000/., which he thought was a very liberal esti..
mate. A single line would be sufficient for the traffic,
as the whole of the coal expected to be carried on the line in one
day could be taken by one train.
It was proposed to call Mr. Vignolles to corroborate the above
evidence, but an ohj,ction having beets raised to the admission of
his evidence, a discussion ensued, the result of which was, that
the Committee postponed the matter till to-morrow.
The Committee then adjourned at half-past five o'clock.

Mr. Taylor, in answer to a question from Mr. Rowe, said they
would 13. a prepared fully to justify the Company, and to show that
they had acted in an honourable and straightforward manner, but
would not attempt to controvert a great number of the cases brought
under the notice of the Committee.

The Committee adjourned till to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP X.
MOST IMPORTANT.

THE DECISION ON THE LONDON AND
Y0R.35 LINES.
(Continued from our Afternoon :Edition of yesterday.)
Quarter past Four.
The Committee hare this moment entered, and, amid the mos'
profound silence,

GLASGOW AND MARRS:CAM RAILWAY.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Lord Blantyre and Colonel Moire pros ed that the landholders
and inhabitants of the district were in favour of the short and direct
line from Glasgow to Barrhead.
Mr. Malcolm Hunter, a calico.printez of Crefthead, was well
acquainted with the trade carried on betwoen Glasgow and Barr-
head, and considered the direct line well adapted to accommodate
the wants of the district.
Mr. Dunlop, an extensive cotton printer at Crayton, confirmed
the testimony of the last witness.
Mr. James Ramsay Vertman, manager of Messrs. Wilson's iron-
works at Glasgow, intimated that Messrs. Wilson had traffic
passing along the route of the direct line to the extent of 62,479
tons per annum, which would undoubtedly come upon, and be In-
creased by the proposed railway.
Mr. M`Lintock, a coal.owner confirmed the testimony of the
last witness, and
The Committee then adjournd till eleven o'clock to-morrow
morning.

The CumaataN said—l am instructed to say that the Committee
have come to the resolution that the PREA MBLE of the LON-
DON and YORK COMPANY'S BILL IS PROVED, omitting
the branches to Wakefield and Sheffield, which they consider it
advisable t• postpone for subsequent legislation.
This announcement was received with loud cheers.
Mr. Sergeant Witallotism then made application for the Com-
mittee, or same member of it, to move in the House of Commons,
that the preamble be received without the Sheffielda nd 'Wakefield
branches.

Lord COMITENAY stated that the Committc, c: t d not be re-
sponsible for any future proceedings, but they hits n. ti s t the next
proceeding should be for the genus( benefit, and the Committee
thought that this end would be best served by the Committee
taking the Cambridge and Huntingdon line. That was the course
they intended to take.

After a few words from Mr. HILDTARD, this course was agreed
upon. The Committee will, therefore, take the clauses of the
London and York line to-morrow, and after those proceed with
the Cambridge and Huntingdon. This was the arrangement at last
agreed upon.
The Committee then adjourned.

IMPROVEMENT OF HALIFAX
HARBOUR.

(From TVillmer and Smith's European Times.)
We intimated our intention, in our last publication, of
throwing out a few suggestions fur the improvement of
Halifax harbour. In fulfilling this promise, we do so
with a becoming sense of our inability to treat the
subject in a manner becoming its importance, as our
acquaintance with the locale is necessarily imperfect,
and was picked up during our passage to and from the
port in question in the spring and autumn of last year.
But, however unworthily we execute the task, we only
claim for our crude conceptions the attention to which,
upon investigation, they may be found entitled. If they
are worthy the consideration of the practical and expe-
rienced our object is answered, and being so, their
adoption cannot be too speedily enforced ; if other-
wise, nothing less humiliating can overtake them,
than a speedy transit to that place with which, it is
said, " good intentions" are paved. In either case the
labour, such as it is, NA ill not have been fruitless, for we
shall have eased our mind of a duty which we owe to our
friends in Nova Scotia, in whose welfare we shall ever
take a lively interest—to the splendid steamers, and to
the lives and property which they are constantly carry-
ing to and from their destination. The present age
prides itself upon being, par excellence, the age of me-
chanical progression, and the triumphs of art over ob-
stacles which in other times have defied human in-
genuity, show that the Creator has not FmEed man's
faculties in working out his own redemption. The
chief, merit., however, of the suggestions which follow is,
that they are readily executed ; they involve, in pro•
portion to the magnitude of the interests at stake, but a
trifling pecuniary outlay, and cannot possibly duter by
their va,tness or complexity. The present position of
the port of Liverpool—with one exception the greatest
maritime part in the world—demonstrates sufficiently
how science and capital can triumph over great, and all
but insuperable difficulties, and vessels of the larger
tonnage can now at any hour enter a harbour where,
formerly, such en advantage was unknown—unlocked
for—undreamt of.

The first approach to the shores of Nova Scotia is
marked by the inconvenience and the dangers of the
fop so prevalent at seasons of the year, in other respects
the most favourable. The system of bell buoys intro-
duced at the entrance into the Mersey, at Liverpool,
would obviate much of the difficulty and danger arising
from the state of the atmosphere on the shores of Nova
Scotia.

The establishment on Sables Island, so honourable to
the people of Nova Scotia, and so beneficial to the track,
of the world, proves that they require but a hint to for-
ward any design in the cause of humanity ; and we take
the liberty of suggesting that bell buoys should be laid
down in such places as may be found, after careful atten-
tion to the subject, to be tne most suitable.
The loss of the noble steamer (he Columbia would, in
all probability, not have occurred, if a bell buoy had been
near the place where she struck ; and when we consider
the extraordinary difficulties which the uncertainty of
the tides at the entrance of the bay of Sandy presents,
we should say that the extreme point of the western
coast would be a suitable place for one. .

As the eastern coast is much lower than the western,
and less bold, and very dangerous ledges of rock run
out on different parts of that coast, it would seem to be
absolutely necessary to have bell buoys there, and a
selection of the points would be easily made. For in-
stance, a bell buoy on the Reck Head would be a great
advantage, There is at present, we believe, a buoy,
lut it is dumb, and the bell snail be found of incal-
culable utility in giving warning to the mariner of his
position. Another bell buoy on the Polluck Rip, moored
in thirty-five fathoms, is cL sirable. In addition to these
there ought to be another bell buoy in forty-five fathoms
gravel, which are good soundings, off the lighthousc,
N.W. by W., distance about five miles from the light-
house. The dumb buoy at Thrumpcap shoals ought to
be converted into a bell buoy. A light on Jedore Head,
one of the most dangerous parts of the coast, and another
on the White Islands, about twenty-seven miles from the
harbour, would complete the necessary safety guides ;
at present 150 miles of the eastern coast is without a
solitary light.

The detention of the mail for a few hours (and hours
may be said to be days with the steamers when com-
pared with sailing vessels), in which all America, we
may say the whole world is interested, is a subject of so
much importance, that should it be deemed necessary
we doubt not that all nations would readily contribute
to carry out so useful a design, even upon the most ex-
tensive scale.

But besides this, there have been times, and those
times may come again, when hundreds of men-of-war
have been employed on the North American station ;

and we respectfully solicit the attention of the Admit
ralty to a subject in which the highest interests of the
empire are involved.
The coasting trade of Nova Scotia, as well as the
fisheries, the great business of large portions of the
people of that province, are deeply interested in what-
ever would facilitate the approach to the harbours all
along the coast ; and the general trade with all parts of
the world which is carried on from Halifax would like-
wise feel the benefit of these well-intended suggestions,
should they be carried out, as we hope will be the case,
with the spirit and judgment that the undertaking de-
mands.

The just prideTof science, which has produced almost
a magical precision in the passage of our celebrated
steamers, is indeed humbled, when, at the moment the
voyage may be said to be completed, a barrier is sud-
denly presented to her entrance. Hew cheering at such
a moment would be the welcome sound of the mariners'
bell, giving confidence to the commander, and happiness
to the passengers ; and the splendid steamer, bursting
boldly through the fog, would afford another proof of
the power of art to overcome the obstacles to human
enterprise, and give delight and satisfaction to thousands
whose deepest interests are concerned.

It is rumoured that Sir Robert Price, who formerly
represented Herefordshire, will offer himself for Hereford on
the Liberal interest.

COPYHOLDS.—The fourth report of the Copyhold
Commission has just been presented to Parliament. !It states
there has been a considerable, and it is a gradually extending, in.
crease both in the number of enfranchisements and the value of
the land enfranchised. The principal enfranchisements have taken
place in the ecclesiastical manors. Since the last report of the
Commission was presented 36 enfranchisements have taken place.
TIIE SUPPOSED AIURDER AT NEWCASTLE—.The
adjourned inquest on the body of Jane Kelley, who died at the in.
firmary at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, under circumstances already
stated, was held on Monday evening, when a great number of wit-
nesses was examined, whose evidence was very conflicting. The
surgeon who made the post ',orlon examination, stated that she
had died from inflammation of the outer membrane of the bowels,
accompanied by a perforation into one of the intestines, but how
these effects were caused, he could not say. There were no exter-
nal marks of violence. The jury, under these circumstances, re-
tui ned a verdict " that the deceased bad died of inflammation, but
whether caused by violence or not there was no evidence to satisfy
them." The prisoner, Michael Kelley, who tsas remanded on being
brought before the magistrates soon after he was apprehended, and
is still in custody, will in all probability be discharged.
BATTERSEA FAIR.—GICat preparations are being
made for a splendid fair, which will be held in Battersea-fields, on
Monday next and the four following days, on a plot of ground,
situated between the Red-house Tavern and the Old House-at-
Home Tap. All the principal shows connected with the Metropo-
litan fairs will be present OH the occasion, and several equestrian
companies have already taken up their quarters, to assist in the
amusement of the fair-going folks, who are expected from Londor.
The various steam-boats will start every quarter of an hour, from
the several piers, for the purpose of conveying passengers to and fro
during the fair.