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London, England, 1845-06-05 00:00:00

(Mr. Pickering) had, like his Learned Friend, Mr. Deni-
scn, to complain of the want of accurate engineering evi-
dence as to the extent to which Sir W. Milner's estate
would be affected by the present project. None of
the engineers could state accurately the distance; but he could tell
the Committee it was no less than three miles, with an embankment
of 19 feet deep just apposite the house, and close to the carriage-
drives that were in daily use by the family. He would call wit-
nesses to prove, not only that he was correct in this statement, but
that also on public grounds this was not the most useful line to the
public that could be had, and that for 14 miles it would run parallel
with a line already existing, a thing almost unprecedented.
Mr. Robert Smith, surveyor, was then called, and corroborated
the Learned Counsel's statement in regard to Sir W. Milner's
estate, its locality, value, rent roll, and the manner in which it
would be effected by the proposed railway.

After the examination of another witness to the same effect, the
Committee adjourned at half-past five o'clock.

TATTERSALL'S.—THIS EVENING
Six o'CLocic

ASCOT CUP.
2 to 1 agst Foig-a-ballagh.
5 to 2 agst Alice Hawthorn
5 to 1 agst any other

ASCOT STAKES.
4 to 1 agst Annandale

ST. LEGER.
10 to 1 agst Annandale

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
The Oaks was a right down sporting race, won by a good
sportsman, whose good fortune every lover of honest racing
must be delighted to witness. I question if in any year so
many mistakes have been made by the proprietors of race
horses, The Lancashire Witch cut up most disgracefully, to
the astonishment of her backers. Her condition was first
rate, and yet she was beaten by animals which, were she to
meet on another day, I am convinced she would defeat with
little difficulty. Hope ran extremely well, as, indeed, have
all the nags in Wadlow's stable. Had there, however, been
the slightest idea in the minds of certain parties of
the form in which she had been in, the same measures
which were had recourse to, in order to prevent The Libel
winning, would have been employed against her.
The Maid of Orleans found the hill too severe for her to
accomplish in time to catch many others whom she would
have beaten on a different course.
Major Yarburgh's Lady Sarah must not be lost sight of
on future occasions.
Lord Chesterfield's beautiful little animal Lady Wildair
had neither length nor speed for an Oaks winner; as it was,
she struggled up very well, and showed that her backers had
some reason for supporting her in the way they did. Her
friends were very numerous.
The Napoleon of the turf this year made a great mistake,
but it was one which all men speculating on races in which
mares are engaged are liable to fall into. His Lordship
feeling assured that his Miss Elis was the best of tie Good-
wood division, laid against the winner, and backed his mare
unceasingly. She went amiss the night before, and let his
Lordship in for 2,220/.
Venus, the pet of the Irish division, was thought to be a
"good pot," but I understand " the Old England game" was
played with her.
The winner's chance, previous to the race for the Coffee-
room Stakes at Newmarket, was by no means a bad one. But
the disgraceful manner in which she was beaten by Prologue
and Lyons, completely put her out of the market,: and
when the: characterlof those horses is taken into considera-
tion, no one would have been justified in recommending her
to the attention of the public. It is somewhat singular that
the Duke of Richmond on this occasion, like Mr. Gratwicke
on the Derby day, changed his colour and his luck. Why
do not Exeter and Lord Glasgow take the hint, and follow
suit? Lord March and Lord Alexander Lennox having
backed her in the winter at long odds, and being unable to
get off, won a good stake. In conclusion, I must say that
this race is losing its attraction in the eyes of the fair sex,
who, I am afraid, will migrate to courtly Ascot.
The settling on Tuesday was the most amicable ever
known for years. For a wonder not a defaulter was to be
found, though Old England was very nearly causing some.
I believe if this horse had been treated fairly, and the atten-
tion of the stables not been so much distracted with the exa •
mination of the Stebbing's Plot, as to have enabled them
to have given him his regular gallops, it is just
upon the cards that he might have won, As usual
when the favourite is beaten, the bookmakers have
a handsome profit on their ledger. The chief winners', are
Captain Higgins, the Hon. Horace Pitt, Mr. Chichester,
and Mr. Sutherland.
Mr. Irwin, the owner of Foig-a-ballagh and a friend,
having backed the winner for a trifling amount, and being
unable to get out as he was desirous of doing, was actually
forced (does not the reader feel for his painful position) to
win from ten to twelve thousand pounds.
The Black Prince was only started to win a bet of 5001,
which Mr. Mytton had laid that he would start. Mr. M.
shortly after he had made the bet purchased the horse fur
500 sovereigns, started him, and so got him for nothing.
I tSinca the poisoning of Bessy Bedlam and Plenipotentiary,
at Doncaster, a more atrocious scheme to get money out of
the public has never been practised. Mr. Gully is deserving
of the highest credit for the spirited and able mariner in
which he brought the matter before the sporting world. It
is only deeply to be regretted that more severeimeasures can-
not be adopted against the scoundrels, whose conduct has
brought such disgrace on the turf. It is no doubt owing to
these worthies that John Day owes the loss of Lord George
Bentinck's horses. His Lordship suspected young John
to be the person who gave information respecting his horses,
and accordingly told his father he must get rid of him, but
the former, conscious of the integrity of his son, declined to
part with him, and his Lordship removed his horses. The
public now can have some idea of the reason Lord George
Bentinck's horses ran so badly during the last season they
were at Danebury.
The Ascot programme is now out, and is very rich in its
promise of sport. TELEGRAPH.
London, June 5, 1845.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships met at Five o'Clock.
Several Noble Lords and Right Rev. Prelates presented
petitions against the Maynooth grant.
RAILWAY BILLS.

A number of Railway Bills were brought up from the
House of Commons.
On the motion of Earl FORTESCUE, the Small Debts Bill
was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Mon-
day next.
The Marquis of NORMANBY presented a petition from
the mayor and corporation of Newcastle-upon-Tyne praying
the House to adopt some sanatory regulations for large towns.
THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.

Lord BROUGHAM called attention to the crowded state
of the House on the preceding evening, and complained of their
Lordships being obliged to meet in a place by no means
sufficiently large to contain the whole of their number. He
wished to ask the Noble Marquis who took an interest in this
matter whether he intended to renew his motion on the subject
of the new Houses of Parliament ?

The Marquis of CLANRICARDE thought it highly unjust
and improper that their Lordships should be compelled to
continue longer in the present building. It was absolutely
necessary that something should be done to urge on the com-
pletion of the new House, and this was not merely a matter of
public convenience, but a matter appertaining really to the
health of their Lordships.—(Hear, hear.) They ought, cer-
tainly, to have been in the new House before this time, and
they most undoubtedly would have been, had proper attention
been paid to the subject. They would long ago hare been in
the other House, had it not been that some hesitation had been
felt about the best decorations and ornaments to be used in
the House, which were properly introduced as subsidiary to the
dignity of the place in which they assembled, but which ought
to be entirely a matter of secondary consideration. In answer
to the Noble and Learned Lord, he begged to state that it was
his intention, whenever a favourable opportunity presented
itself, to move the re-appointment of the Committee up stairs.
—( Hear. )
The Marquis of NORAIANBY wished to say a word or two
on this subject. It was impossible to endure the sufferings
to which they had been subjected for the last three nights, as
well from the vitiated air produced by the imperfect way in
which the House was ventilated, as from the sudden drafts on
that side of the House. He had himself caught a cold a short
time ago, which confined him to the house for nearly a week,
and he could attribute it to no other cause than the drafts
of that House. He hoped, therefore, that some means would
be resorted to for the purpose of obtaining an assurance that
these evils would be remedied before the next session of Par-
liament.
Lord CAMPBELL thought that it was not creditable that
these complaints which had been reiterated so often should be
still unattended to.
Lord BROUGHAM said it appeared to him that Mr. Barry
did all but set this House at defiance. Mr. Barry conceived
he had high protection in this House, but let him take care
that he would not find himself mistaken.
The LORD CHANCELLOR presented petitions against the
imprisonment for small debts.
Lord BROUGHAM said the wishes of the petitioners
amounted, to nothing more or less than this, that they
should contract small debts, but never be asked to
pay them, or forfeit their goods for them, or be put in gaol
for them. —(Laughter. ) He now begged to present a petition
from a Noble Lord a Member of that House, in which the
petitioner complained that a branch of the Nottingham railroad
in the midland counties proposed to pass through a part of his
estate, by which it would not only destroy his game preserves,
but also render it impossible that any one could live comfortably
in his house, on which he had recently expended 10,000/. He
the efore appealed to their Lordships, having in vain
sought justice elsewhere. He (Lord Brougham) begged to
move that the petition be referred to the Committee.
(LEFT SITTING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock.
Leave was given to several Committees on Railway Bills to
sit until Five o'Clock.
ELY AND HUNTINGDON RAILWAY BILL.
The Ely and Huntingdon Railway Bill was read a third time
and passed.
CORNWALL RAILWAY.
Sir J. Y. BULLER presented certain petitions against the
Cornwall Railway, which were ordered to be referred to the
Select Committee.

STANDING ORDERS.
Mr. GREENE brought up the report of the Standing
Orders Committee.
ABERDEEN RAILWAY.
Mr. F. BARING brought up the report of the Aberdeen
Railway Committee.
KENDAL AND WINDERMERE RAILWAY.
The Kendal and Windermere Railway Bill was read a third
time and passed.
AGRICULTURAL BANK OF IRELAND.
Mr. MORRISON brought up the report on the Agricultural
rank of Ireland Bill.
NEWCASTLE AND DARLINGTON RAILWAY BILL.
On the order of the day for the further consideration of the
report on the Newcastle and Darlington Railway Bill,