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

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Oats —New . • • • •
Feed • • • •

Baltic

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During the past week the Giraffe, Ocean, and Batavier
steamers have arrived in the River from Rotterdam, having
on board 101 Oxen and Cows, together with eight Calves,
in, for the most part—though their quality has proved by
no means so prime as we have noticed on some
previous occasions—fair average condition. The num
ber of foreign Beasts here did not exceed
25, and which mostly found buyers at full rates of
currency—viz., from 161 to 181 per head. The Calves were
worth 31 lOs to 415 s each. At the outports, no stock has
been received from Holland, but several imports are shortly
expected at Hull. It Kill be observed, front our weekly
returns, that a very great increase has taken place in
the importations of Dutch Beasts this season, compared
with those of last ; yet we are quite of opinion, judging from
the accounts which have just come to hand, that a further
improvement will be noticed in them for some time hence.
Although a portion of the Beasts and Sheep here to-day was
suffering from the effects of the epidemic, the disease presented
itself in a mitigated form, as very few losses have been
experienced in transmitting the supplies to our markets.
On the whole, the nutriber of beasts here this morning, de-
rived from our own districts, were seasonably extensive,
while a slight improvement was apparent in those received
from Norfolk. The dead markets being well cleared of
their late arrivals, the weather somewhat favourable
to slaughtering, and the attendance of buyers rather
numerous, the Beef trade was active, at an
improvement in the currencies obtained on this day se'nnight
of quite 2d per bibs; the primest Scots and Homebreds rea-
dily producing 4s 2d per Blbs, at which a good clearance was
effected. Mr. Vorley had on sale ten of the most extra-
ordinary short horns, fed by Mr. G. Everett, of Caslow,
near Yarmouth, we almost ever recollect to have
witnessed here atthis season of the year. These
perfect animals, which weighed about, one hundred and forty
stone, were disposed of at a high price, and dispatched per
railway to Bristol. The supply. of store things was rather
limited; while the transactions in them from the more plea.
tiful supply of grass, were at somewhat improved quotations
From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, were
1,500 Scots, Home- breds, and Short-horns ; from the northern
counties, 200 Short-horns ; from the western and midland
districts, 300 Herefords, Runts, Devons, &c. ; from other
parts of England 250 of various kinds; and from Scot-
land 200 Scots. The
most important feature in to
day's market was the activity in the Mutton trade, and the
great improvement in the currencies. For instance, the best
old Downs produced 9s per 811 T without difficulty, other
kinds selling readily at a proportionate advance. It appears
to be the pretty general opinion that a further enhanced value
will be speedily realised. From the Isle of Wight we received
240 Lambs; but from other parts the arrivals were rather
limited. The Lamb trade was active, at fully Friday's im-
proved quotations. The Veal trade was steady, at 2d per
Sibs more money. Pigs, 100 of which were Irish, moved off
slowly, at late rates.

Per 81be. to 13111 t the offal,

s. d. s. 0. s. d. to s. d.
Inferior Beasts 2 8 3 0 Second quality ditto 4 0 4 4
Second quality ditto. 3 2 3 6 Coarse-woolledditto 4 6 4 8
Prime large Oxen 3 8 310 Southdown Wethers 410 5 0
Prime Scots •.
Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 2 Large Hogs . .
Prime small ditto .. 4 4 410 Small Pori,..crs
Suckling Calves, ..18 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs •• 16 0 20 0
Inferior Sheep 3 4 310 Lambs ..... ••• • • 5 0 6 4
SUPPLY AT -MARKET.
Beasts. I Sheep. 1 Calves,
2,915 I 20,650 103
DMINTGATZ AND LEADENHALL.
Although a decided falling off has been apparent in the
arrivals of slaughtered Meat up to these markets during the
past week, they have proved seasonably extensive, and of
fair average quality. With Meat killed in the metropolis we
we have been fairly supplied. Yet the demand, especially
for Mutton, has ruled active, at an advance in the
currencies obtained on Monday last, of from 2d to
4d per 81bs, and clearances have been effected by the
salesmen without difficulty. About 700 carcases of Lamb
have reached us, per railway, front distant parts, and which
have found buyers, at the above improvement in the quota-
lions. Of Dutch Beasts several carcases have !mu 9A 9ffer,

Pigs.
320

but as they have not ben' in first-rate condition th,ir "I'l
bets untltrbone no improven.ent.
At per stone, by the Carcase.
5, d. to s• d.
s. d. to 0 3 6
Beef, inferior.— 2 6 2 8 Mutton, Inferior •• 3 4 4
middling .... 210 3 0 rolddlIng•• 3 6 4 8
.prime large .. 3 2 3 4 -- prime ••• • 4 0 3 6
prime small .. 3 4 3 G Pcrk, large ••••• • -3, ; 4 2
Veal 4 0 5 0, small ••••• • '' -
Lamb, 5s 00 to Gs 4d.
ARRIVALS LURIING TILE rAST IVEI:I;• ,
Bee.sts sheep Calves F2t-
-0•
15 MO 310
12 400 sO
8 • 90 50
16 eo 40
20 200 100
30 2•30 110 90
29 300 100 20
GO
30 200 ICO
.00 100
50 260 +
__— -- _,,
210 2,050 440 1,00.
1110
233 3,040 340 -'

Scotland .. •• .. •
Yorkshire • • •
Norfolk .. • •
Suffolk
Cambridgeshire • •
Essex ........
Surrey .... .
Devonshire
Wiltshire
Other parts • •

Total .. .. • .....
Previous week's arrival..

--990
Difference since oar last .. .. 23 9.90 100
zionouGu AND SPXT.EasrIESMS
Equal
The supply of Pototoes being considerably more tbarl
to the wants of the dealers. the demand still continues heav)::
and prices have in some instances a downward tendern.s2
Upwards (4'400 tons have been received since our last ''ur.
Holland; but they are only fit for cattle, and WY Pte.
chased at 35s per ton.

zsmatoxreu 110 P ket
A very limited business has been transacted in this Mar
since our last report, yet we can notice no alteration inpraicbei:
The accounts fiom the plantations are not to say fa""
001. 1111.11.5LILET. ea of
The imports of W W
du 00l ring the week have consist h
° .
1,540 bales from New South Wales, 2,400 dittos ront S
Ameica, and 500 ditto fro m other quarters. the Puu,,
salesr will commence on the 13th instant the transactions
Foreign and Colonial Wool are limited, but English Pa
°
command full quotations.
This market is firm, and prices are fully
TALLOW
forward delivery there are larger buyers, at 38s ficl•
Tallow is selling readily at 38s to 393 net cash.
supported. Fwour

AMER.
We have received New Yor ICA
k papers of the 12th Wstaottae
day later than those brought by the Waterloo packet"
of
Thursday last. This arrival, however, contains non e,: bad
any particular interest. The Great Western, out 14 OP,
not arrived.
(From the New York Herald of April 12.)in sn
FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 6 P.M.—The stock market retaaing ye,
unsettled state, and quotations fluctuate from dal to di,,%.toet'
terday there was a general decline, and to-day prices for 03"; ;ent
improved, while others fell off. Stoninoon went up a kricnd,
Norwich and Worcester, ; Vicksburg, I ; Long on.
Canton, 1 ; Morris Canal, 1 ; Erie Railroad fell off, 4; rgot 1305"
; Ohio 6's, * ; Wilmington, ; Farmers' Loan, #;
ton,
They Reading Railroad, 1 d 39
money market 12 gradually tightening, and 0 t
113
b,"
proaches on which the banks of this city and state

quarterly returns, it must become more stringent..-
COMMON PLEAS.—(T Pi )
HIS %aro 01'
The Court was occupied the whole morning with 111°-

points of practice, possessing no general interest.
mot's
vio"
BURGESS Y. GRAY.
At a late hour their Lordships took this ease, which 's a '
for a new trial.the Ovotra-
The action was brought against the defendant,
for cleaning the roads in Whitechapel, to recover t: is
juries sustained by the upsetting of the plaintim s.rvants
through the improper conduct of the defendants
leaving a heap of rubbish on the road. The verdict
d rule
the plaintiff, damages 601
Mr. Sergeant Bytes, for the defendant, since ebteiri:heir Lcrj -
nisi to set aside the verdict and grant a new trial.
ru' ,e
ships now proceeded to hear the argument upon tbe and
Lord Chief Justice read over his notes of the evidence'
Sergeant Talfourd showed cause against the rule. ~, ureic
The argument had not concluded when we went •
EXCHEQUER.—(THIS mit A)w°'
%Sittings in Banco before the CHIEF BittoN, Barons
ROLFE, and narr.)
ov binl.
MOUNT F. BELL.
This was an action against the assignees of Westr°'"ii, rec9~d
,
rupt, formerly proprietor of the Jerusalem Coiree-hunse'.. tbe PR",
the value of certain fixtures detained by the defendanticie 040'
perty of the bankrupt, and claimed by the plain°
Court
was for the plaintiff, and this day, • the
Mr. Sergeant DOWLING moved for a new trial,
refused. There was nothing of public interest in the are
ET.
MARLBOROUG'II-STRB
(THIS DAY.) coed',
• gel° and de.
Charles John Sigel, a young gentleman residln
Black Lion.lane, Bayswater, was charged with daniegigttou Ps'
facing the walls of the conservatory belonging to, 51: yestete
lace. It appeared that between ten and eleven elen his
morning, the defeddant was seen in the act of cuttinognserototras
with a penknife on the external brickwork of the elf, the
sviironiedistie.cue
The constable of the gardens, acting in conformity
orders of the Commissioners of Woods and rereet%o the Plice
Wine
_a,ent.
took the defendant into custody and conveyed lurd iv du"-
station.house at Kensington where he remained tie
but
vile" until he procured bail. done,
The defendant said he was sorry for what he oitscbiel
." to
really did not at the time consider be was doing anY a warn
Mr. MALTBY said he should impose a fine of ds•si
persons so offending.
11 Oils
The fine was immediately paid. i about
James Williams, a fashionably-dressed ru„;rge:-"" „übllsbet
age, was placed at the bar on the following ivorica. r s tor.
Mr. John Olivier, of No. 41, New Boncl•sti`;‘," +clod, env-:000,
and bookseller, stated that between four inlioci-ev:
crUaraett:dsdniot.
day afternoon, he was at a concert at the Flan°. r.
f See" 0
and he noticed the prisoner lifting up the
ferent gentlemen. Witness gave information t° the
e—sot
§ rtsw 10b
and the prisoner was given into custody of Pou,--e, IL sr..-
Lho, on searching him, found two purses, one containlus
ethe other 21., and 40s_ in silver.

Mr. MALTBY inquired if the owners were present. fore
Sergeant Wall said they were not, but would be On a
He was remanded until this day week.

DUTCH MAIL. „ rsf!f,er:b
STETTIN, APRIL 27.—We fear that the English. u 7,41: ibs- -i,
have resolved not to insure ships that are laden with "; etter",
iron railways, or at all events only at very large preinio°,l, ii:4
ence having shown that of four rail-ships one is alwaY' lee sdol'the
said that most of the Hamburgh insurance coinpanies i!is r' d ,I.'l
the same resolution ; so that, if this statement is C3"--n'ijer3-'
il
iron to be obtained from England will become Co-o
, „, co);
dearer. merit 1'"- ,sse'
COPENHAGEN, APRIL 29.—The P 11116311 Govern , rocD
eluded with ours a bargain of some irOpOrtanCe, havin,c,.l, cl
our 14"73-rge salP,ve
all the braes cannon which have long been in
This agreement which, it is said,
money, has been concluded by the house of Gettsclia,l,
rb"; Po cb'
~
understand that part of the money will be employed i 5„ s, )1° .t'Ll
will produce 3,
s_, Co' lc
of iron cannon, to be cast in Swedeu......Harribu7g4 Par retilpc
PosE.N.—The States of this province hav ofdOpted 3
go.
~,
the King in favour of a further extension their P°wiisisbot,
proposition was carried by a majority of 49 votes to 5"
,00
Get cUe. „ip. „ 1313rni,,,' rt,
The official journal of the Grand- Duct/ of ", `',,cal Ge.„ ..,
contains the treaty concluded between the Grano Picriivins""
ment
sand that of Belgium, for the mutual deliveri 0

Augsburg/4 Gazette.
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MURDER OF AN INFANT BY ITS NynsE• 00011-0.
day morning, about ten o'clock, a frightful murder Wit' (3recons
at the residence of Mr. John Drake Ffinch, of South:,4oh,
0 follna;ir. ffiOC;4
wEich, solicitor. The facts of the case are
ricksey, aged 18 years, the under-nurseryreaid 1..4, Oa °. fOr
family, went into the kitchen shOrtly before ten o'cir
tape ed 0
to o,oe her op
the cook for a knife, and said she wanted il,
co eet oee 'We
Mary, who was up stairs in the nursery.
ivory.handhel table knife, but remarked that a sunt;,- do, °for
do better for the purpose. She said no, that wew-in the %tee
could use it for cutting the bread and butter at tea ftw Oil'iot
noon, and immediately proceeded up stairs. the Psj oil
afterward, she came down stairs again, and, oPeoingd gill'''. t,
, " tolOr %%I'
door, told her master and mistress that she
baby. Mrs. Efich, in a state of indescribable I:ct 0. toe° d
asked what the wretched girl said, and Was 10 th: b-er 10 0110
lug up stairs to the nursery, but was staled „iitriste,,A the
and Mr. Traill, the Union-hall police 1,073tri sa"- er.'
was paying the family a morning visit. The girlrj, forgivei,lifsiii
she had killed the infant, and hoped that " God we;•,,, 130 t'" liil
on,
aged
Flinch and some of his family lining °Pail-, lbecl,,ll-IPsi4
shon, aged ten months, was discovered lying 0" ,-- , •••17, )ft'
head severed from his body in a pool of blood. 'n ..tisjtro" 08
made known, the whole of the family, became horre"copeletee
Ffinch immediately sent for a police.constable, 01, reads 11 PP
murderess to the station-house in the Blacktet".iaueS,,eilee
she will remain until the sitting of the eorener'' iiiii he id,
Caleb Taylor, of Deptford, and Mr. Edward D°W,P,.--.ii;Sieiliervj
surgeon, attended the prisoner in the police cell, ane'-oferpe", for.
Ith frequent fits of
~er nearly two hours yesterday, during which 5" Wa:o Gedit:+rd:
grief, and as often called
givensss, and declared that she had no dislike or ll''o, thrle-tes6
alonflipepeg td,
either the infant or its parents. It was done entirethe 14
degreeFenclerks to the county magistrates, and is himself thieetiro',.. 09
police magistrates of the Greenwich and WoelwiC",4C„v. Syt r,
Saturts-,4., .04 re'
Ali RYLE itON E V ESTRY. OA
meeting of the Marylebone vestry, the Rev. Dr• 9P,;:.e, lor or 0
in the chair, Mr. Nichol.l brought forward the sed:oeet, to
cent committal of Mr. Mayer, the furrier of Oxf°r re de,ll.„ert. Or,
assault on his br ther.in.law, Mr. M'Lean, PiOrl .-nic. el: tIIP
eStrand. The circumstances connected with tl'As d'''Ation for
xcited in the vestry a general feeling of torn at thaten A'
situation of Mr. Mayer, and of univerral disgest .-1,-e red :0"
Mayer had been in business in avorjells)treret
conduct of the seducer of his dr firte • IC IP- 4%
4°6
erf
well nght
for t- its- si'd
„ onlY od t,,,A
sixteen years ago he was tar, a widower, With 8'; .telif - oet.
years ago she came horne, from o rdin
three years of age' His daughter was now 'l,-,,ce tp„.l,.o"llleri'
_school. -. -01 Per
this M'Lean, Mether" 0 °De
lie
she had occasionally visited her -a '
fwather, was deemed a proper person 'to confide 0 borrer Quips
dotingmarried(her father, like Mr. Mayer had been, to 6", wss r:cot,'
ago that his only child swas dishonoured, aauthe ore; Ito
by her unnatural uncle; that his wife, who wa' .if the Of; I,t
beition, contrary to all decency, had been sent lawlos coll'-oestv
uisconfined, whilst Mr. Mayer's daughter was be ~ the .. thss
the Strand. After her accouebenlealoj, Pier(
brokenhouse in
father endeavoured to reclaim his daughter, 'l_,ioe ~00
her Por'et,, Pal' ter
purpose sent her to his house in the country, en
twohsee her seducer again. Let them judge of that[ his dal/:110
_aien, on Tuesday night last, he was infertile(' ,""turettll,r wont
l not only left her infant, but that her en" be had oo
enticed her again ,
the Monday night.
ni The poor father, almost ben,i,eilel coed,
o to his house in the Strand, where:of- rosobOotoe
hearing this distressing news, went immethatelY to :i•
tie e' door.
in 'Drier to see and reason with his wretched disk Dr f,C3ll''', the
asab usual, Isis stick with him. He knocked lavoose °' bon.,
Upon the.° eentreler wils
m d it was opened by himself.
moment, Mr. Mayer, not being able i gr. SaY tsoti'e'
self, knocked down the seducer of Isis child. etatio°- ford.
the saine night taken by the [taken et" gr. V! 144
before EfOr.
where lie was locked up all night, and -gr V' .he 1141..
the magi, trate at Bow-street, for the assault. , 'stied 00 to
refused to hear in defence the circumstances which cioitted In yr•
vocation, and also refused to accept bail, but cOi uric W te.
erl° evigl
Newgate. He had been informed by Sir l'et rto pad Oat
Twyford had acted illegally in comaiitting Mr. gliayer Ol
and that an action would lie against him. 141."..„ SesellS:ci the
morning been removed by a Judge's order fro""ce oroitlin 351.
brought before Mr. Justxe Coleridge, I," 3t °ld' $ sure"' raittee
unfortunate gentleman to bail, himself in 301.• and aof , tea fore,
Mr. Nicholay concluded by moving the apPointinen DR. Vlrotter
to wait upon Sir J. Graham, with a view to briti_ gr. the
conduct and the whole facts of the case before inn;trinted'pe„,
was theo
ie. Dip 0.
eve
seconded the resolution. The committee
gentlemen being the Rev. Dr. Spry, Sir Peter Lauf,yestr b
islet., Mr. Potter, and Mr. Nicholay, after which t+''
ellgy
rated. at W
idellee'
The Dean of Wells died at his rcs the
n Friday last.
lier Majesty and PritiCo Albert h°ll°lirerevegilePt.;
Colosseum h'
with a visit, onich Saturday, before it is again threw.
, w has undergone extensive Trope,' $O. th
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RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

up F.
This Committee he'd its firstGro sitting to-day. Members present,
the Right Hon. F. Shaw (Recorder of Dublin), Chairman ; Mr.
1 rarnston, Mr. Ord, Mr. Villiers Stuart, and Mr. Lockhart. There
a e thirteen projected railways to be considered in this group, all in
tl e Midland Counties, and diverging in various directions round
Birmingham. Of this number four have received the favourable
decision of the Board of Trade, six have been reported against, two
were withdrawn from the consideration of the Board, and one has
not complied with the standing orders. None of the Bills are unop.
l'Ostd• The following is the list of lines :-
1. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway.
2. Oxford and Rugby Railway.
3. Oxford and Didcott Railway.
, 4. London and Worcester, and Rugby and Oxford Railway
(Dudley to Wolverhampton).
5. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Worcester branch and
deviation).
6' Birmingham. and Gloucester Railway (Wolverhampton Ex.
tension),
7. Bristol and Gloucester, and Birmingham and Gloucester
.ttai I way.
wLondon and Worcester, and Rugby and Oxford Railway
gdley sedgoey).
.14ndon, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Railway.
10
Grand Junction (Dudley Blanch) Railway.
L! Grand Junction (Shrewsbury and Stafford) Railway.
iiaii;tayG.rand Junct.on (Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton Branch)
3. Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway.
h .he list of railways, with the names of the opposing petitioners,
utlog been read by the clerk.
intjtr. TALBOT said a question should first be settled before going
the business of the Committee. It was clear that he stood
beforeohis Learned Friend Mr. Austin, as appearing for the
it
vamrd and Rugby line, and it was also equally clear that
and
Austin had precedence as counsel for the London
lin Worcester line. As his (Mr. Talbot's) however was a branch
504 as the line of his Learned Friend involved the leading
-.."'"°tt to be settled by the Committee, namely, the comparative
Merit
t, of the broad or narrow guage, his Learned Friend ought
open his case first. But then, there came a third party, the
LtinShant and Gloucester Railway Company, who having no Bill
aen e the House yet claimed to follow after him with their eel-
Lave! altainst his scheme. So that not only would Mr. Austin
alai",2he tight of reply, but he (Mr. Talhot) would also have
• "`"• him the evidence to which he referred. This he con.
"tied unfai
ualv ter, who appeared for the Birmingham and Gloucester,
replied, when
over e CH&IRNIAN said there was no use in spending much time
for that which was merely a matter of form. The great question
tindie r
—ornrnittee to settle was that between the London and Bi r.
bairgot:to and the Great Western lines, involving the broad and
ter tin gauges. The third scheme, the Birmingham and Gloucas.
might be brought forward as an independent scheme.
shame
arrangement being agreed to by the opposing parties,
,_the CHAIRMAN intimated that it must be now distinctly under.
t v"k111. hat there should be no further time spent in preliminary die.
but that to—morrow, at twelve o'clock, they should at once
a,..77.5.(1 to the consideration of the case on behalf of the London
low in reply.ngham Railway, and then the Great Western would fol.
The
Consraittee then adjourned.

ED" Group DD.
-",eIiRGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY (BRANCHES
TO STIRLING AND ALLOA).
Oa re
usual
hour re-assembling of the Committee this morning at the
ut lit Wit.'DMAN resumed his examination of witnesses on behalf
Al,4_ td Dunmore, in the opposition to the proposed branch to
Za, of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.
az. T..._lll%.ickham, land agent at Stirling, was the first witress
1815 He tie said he had known the estate of Lord Dunmore since
through
.great deal ot moss grew on the surface of the lan
tooduth which the contemplated branch to Alloa would pass. The.
esta-e,, usually adopted for clearing the land from moss on this
anu.., was by collecting water in dams on the surface, and then
making 44174 it to be precipitated with clay into the River. Tay.
rll of the Alloa and Stirling branches wculd interfere mate-
}aher O the reclaiming of these waste lands, as it would
tbe— the proper erection of dams, and interrupt the free flow of
moss water thiough the channels for carrying off the me ss. The
moss is Ittnds before they are cleared are never leased, but when the
.
khuw uoated the ground will let from 50/. to 701. per acre. He
igaiDunmore-house perfectly well. It is a beautiful place,
ed on an eminence and commanding an extensive view of the
h; and an uninterrupted view of the Grampian-hill in the distance..
and
_ProPosed line approaches within 1,300 yards of the mansion,
~,,...."1, a screen of wood would prevent the railway from being
, He ha of Dun
s examin the dosited plans and book of reference,
nel , Knows the portion of Lordmore's estate which will be re-
:ired for the Alloa branch ; 2,130 yards within the line of devia-
rut. and 1,300 yards on the line itself, will be wanted. Lord Dun.
Throe and the Carnac family own the greater part of the property
..,.,u,gll which the Alloa branch will be carried.
p`iinits witness was cross-examined at some length by Sir
•Tn..
attereeP: but the main features of his evidence remained u
itlr, t '
m,,
with b teristeat then said he had no more witnesses to call, but
few e Permission ofe Commitee, woul proeed o adress
Int °ob""ations to them on thet evidenced c they had beend listen.a and oi The Learned Gentleman contended that the Edinburgh
ten *Ksgow Company had not kept good faith with the inhaahnid-
wei.ssf_ Stirling. In 1832 a meeting of the land proprietorsreso
larkuss°ll,.ekmannan and Stirling had been convened, and
Make uhad been passed to request the Edinburgh Company
iti_o
eked,bratch from Alloa to Stirling. In reply tokirtheitrheapppro.
the Company stated that they declined
should
Preeen, ranch, but in case they alter'g their
hue resolution, they woald, before constructing the
rot
don:el:Muth with the proprietors of the land. This
re
whose in.
ter TheY had not consulted with Lord Dunhmeo
They also contem-
laaes„ts he
ve d destroying his was now endeavouring to protect.
property, by erecting a line which would pre.
Tit
the Carr tres The Learned Counsel then meritedcom-
at considgereabl l the
mtheson the evidence tendered by the last
:Itness, and concludede by expressing a desire that the Committee
"thir notit allow the preamble of the Bill to pass.
z 4,7 • users then rose to address the Committee on behalf of the
ir, had
and Glasgow branches. He commenced by saying that
tie nad so little faith in the effect of the address delivered in opposi.
tt, by Mr. Wildman, that he would at once waive his right to
reply. and leave his interests entirely in the hands of the Committee.
An important point for the Committee to consider would be the
immense advantage which had been derived to the public from the
construction of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway The consi.
deration which this Company had always entertained for the ac-
commodation of the public would be evidenced by thefact, that up-
wards of 1,500,0004 capital had been expended in constructing the
Works, and the only remuneration that had resulted
to the proraoters of the line was the trifling
tividend of three per cent on the whole. Ire contended that, on
ttlese grounds alone, the Edinburgh
and
entitled to have the election of making the pGlasgow Company were
ropo branches to
°f Alloa and Stirling. He would instance the decisionsed of the House
Commons itself as an exponent of this opinion. The Committee
I'. 1/41 bow maturely considered the nature of the Bill, and,
ato. enable them to come to an unbiassed decision, the con-
„o.ll:raion of. the Caledonian line had been postponed.
141 L believed it to be his duty to impress distinctly on the minds of
7.._".
..Committee that the proposed branches for which he appeared,
,70 the line contended for by the Scottish Central Company, could
ryegarded in no other light than as two competing lines with refe.
,see to local traffic.

The coni - Group B.
weeded nuttee re.assembled at the usual hour this morning, and
'''', With the case for the promoters of the
~, lir. eh WEST YORKSHIRE LINES.
isradford 41e3 Wood, M.P., was examined, to prove that the
line - Valle,' line were pledged 'to make the Wett Yorkshire
lir ild that the people of Halifaxwere in favour of that line. ~,,,_. %art Wortley gave corroborative testimony.
lal'o Carter
„ Proved that the pledge was given with the perfect
..1.11.,11s the Bradford Valley Line Provisional Committee.
..
-'llevia;?,krqd, of Halifax gave evidence in favour of. the line,
- '` to be the best for, the district through which it passed.

Group 0.
710 Cnalt4lll) JUNCTION POTTERIES LINE.
~1r.,.-4,ltnittee met at the usual hour. Mr. Hawes, Chairman.
The ;: 'llll. addressed the Committee against the proposed line.
the G'Te Or argument adopted by the Learned Gentleman was, that
etivriarndd. tietion Railway, in first proposing the " T line" and
n
rattled '-ue Crescent"
line," looked to their own interests
leties 0,,,' "king the convenience of the inhabitants of the Pot.
kat:item-1 a teCOMlltry consideration. It was evident that they
%bile t: of the Potteries were not in favour of the proposed ine,
the could be no doubt whatever they were in favour of a
Ptotieeohne. and the Grand Junction Company perilsurve. he line
' *NI came before the Committee at their own er

Group I.
,__The c.„ ELY AND HUNTINGDON.
Wyse, rialittee, consisting of Lord Palmerston, Chairman ; Mr.
filed thijj,r. It Palmer, Mr. F. Berkeley, and Mr. Leslie, re.assem.
kr. eit7rning at twelve o'clock, in room No l5.
theeNimes illvDelt said that he appeared on be. li.a f of t 1 e Eastern
petiti,.allwaY, which had presented a petition against the Bill.
tin, "ri Was presented three days before the second reading Linf
cohre,rnii.anal he believed that such a mode of proceeding was
The c'Y with the standing orders of the House.
li°ng sh """laN said, that under the new regulations the
assembling
the ~,chld have been presented three days before the
~h
key -crarnit tee, and as that regulation was not complied v.it ,
Thw
Comte
riot entertain the peon, or hear counsel upon rt.
Qesuti rultnittee then passed the preamble of the Bill and pro.
° Pass several clauses.

Group E.
This EWCASTLE AND BERWICK LINE.
prot,ed crattaittee re..assembled at twelve, o'clock this mo.edrn:nthgemto
Ilear:,,,'4lth the consideration of this case, which occupi
t.me whole of last week.
he I,44—Nicolson
Was re.examined by Mr. TENIPLE. He stated that
e
to the ",e an estimate of the advantages which would arccru
oaths .4.l'l.°'th Shields Company from the extension to f)net-
4he i` the Newcastle and Berwick line should be carriedT cruel
kouth
iTber
persons passing ans.ually from Sheds to a .s.
k 'ound to be 290,231 • the revenue would be 27,0,.0/.
4d. i'mearriage of fish, coal's, Sec., would amount to 174/. 15s.
°too; ht ° Working expenses would be 9941., leaving a net re-f
lbakio 411.1 other small matters into account. The expenses of
11,,,10ng the extension would be 35,350/. There were a number o
it they%74h°Pow RO by steam who would make use of the ranway
e_ tne opportunity.
labbe—'°"-exaroination, the witness added that conditional or-
lloq;:ents had already been made with the landholders fur three-
Dasi " the land requisit fo te works. They wold hav
"rough North Shields byr h a tunnel of 761 yards inu e to
length.

Group G.
The it., )3, ERRS AND HANTS RAILWAY.
reorni„. aestigation of the clauses of this Bill was resumed this
then ...F, befol e the Committee; the Hen. T. H. Liddell, chairman,
throu_toe clauses postponed at the previous sittings
and
of 3d
pierrbmaliatem;endments were proposed aecrcelg,ted.
4 allow -3d clans
than
e it was enacted that no first-class passenger shall
after .. ad fiore than 1001bs. of luggage, or be charged more
shall
b
601 s. ofluggage and bethcahter
attrl th g second-classnm oreptabsasnen2gder sp
10Ihr." third-class passengers shall not be allowed more titan
e'rhrrarileie,,•
thou °,l: lugage, or be charged more than I I/4d. a mile.
411:vIett:hbneei at' ):
tde
Pater . for cattle and merchandise shall be after the following
,
4141 0---tbnes, sd, per mile per head; Cattle,
kii_. er see' ‘2d. ditto ; Sao*,
animals, 3id. ditto; Manure, lid. per ton per
riiii,")). Coals and culm, 2d. ditto; Sugar, 3d, ditto; Cotton, 4.d.
11,t,
with power of
e.,...) Wheat, 7cl. ditto, with entering into a special
--gent
The , for Peculiar caves.
sehgers'afintittee proposed an increase on these charges—pas.
hot ”,..a,3teepted-.-to the extent of 10 per cent on all goods c.at
..
:10 I,"'Llier than three-quarters of the whole length of the rariway ,
and :or cnt. for those carried not further than half the len.lgtthbe;
whole
dpier cent. for these carried not more than one.-quartteor
whoset.•
4efire t 'tali" ;but the Chairman and the Committee, fit, ° do justice to all parties, and while they were
evidently
to
thee, the •
ktikio interests of the Company, while they were 11140111":1:zlP.reserve the rights of the public, this appeared
.aentro4ll...
etw,,, t. trtsion and somewhat unneee.sary ; and, after a I gL
ert74eaonveesation, as the line was a short one, it was . ultimately
prin-
vlDle wd that further information should be given before the
14,.. 48 admitted.
kit, Saunders, the Secretary of the Company, was then exa-
h Lkl on th•
t it.. Is Point, and in reply to the inquiries of Mr. Entwisle,
tlirt4nletsi, that in consequence of the expenses incurred by short
444 pelf Partly by locomotive power, partly by the use cf trucks,
bY s:he use of stations, that rate of charge which would

remunerate on the whole distance would not only not re-
munerate but would be an absolute loss to the Company. As, for in.
stance, the same truck work and station expense would be required
for goods carried to a station 10 miles on the way as those carried
the whole length ; for that which was can ied 11l miles the receipt
would be is., while for that carried the whole length the receipt
would be 4'. The expense of fuel, of engineers' wages, and all the
other incidental charges, were proportionally increased. if two
stations were to be stopped at, two trucks, instead of one, would be
required. This principle had been heretofore adopted in the
charges on the Great Western Railway.
To an inquiry from Mr. R. H. Yorke, Mr. Law stated that the
principle was rut applicable to passengers, because they occupied
less room, and there being a necessity for the stoppage of pas.
sengers at the different stations, a carriage was alone appropriated
to them, and could be thrown off at any station.
To an inquiry from Mr. ENTWISLE, Mr. Saunders stated, that
he based his principle for a differential charge on the necessity to
divide the line into certain portions ; and the use of the locomotive
engines and of the trucks, was required by the stations, and not by
the absolute number of miles over which the engines and the trucks
travelled.

Group X.

The Committee to whom the Bills comprised In this group were
referred, reassembled this morning—present, Lord Cour Eel:ay,
Chairman; Mr. Darby, Mr. B. Wall, and Mr. P. &rope.

LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY.

The Committee proceeded with the evidence in this case.
Mr. PAGET, on behalf of the promoters of tha Bill, handed in a
scale of charges which the Company, if they should be allowed to
make the railway, would be prepared to make. These charges
would not exceed the tolls spoken to by the witnesses who had
been examined.

Mr. Samuel Love] was then called and examined by Mr. PAGET
—He stated that he had been for 23 years a coal.merchant and
tanner in Bedford. He obtained his coal from Lynn. The price
to the consumer in the towns was from 28s. to 30s. per ton ; the
charge for carriage to Bcdl;rd being Ss. 6d. per ton. If this rail-
way were made he expected that the town would be supplied with
coal at 14s. 6d. per ton. He believed th .t the corn trade would
be very much improved by this railway. He had originally
established his tan-yard for the purpose of supplying the London
market; but the high price of carriage had prevented him doing
so. In consequence of this high price by carriage he had only ma.
nufactured for home consumption.

Cross.examined by Mr. V. LEE—Knew the proposed line from
Fenny Stratford to Bedford. Knew the coal districts of Derby-
shire. The coal of that district was suited to the manufactures of
Bedford. The malt he sent to London would go to his factor. It
would be convenient to have the malt delivered near to the breweries.
He would purchase his hides in London at Leadenhall-market.
It would be convenient, therefore, to have the terminus of the
railway at Finsbury.
(LEFT SITTING.)

Group V.

The Committee appointed to consider of the following railway
plans, viz., the Midland Railways Extension (Nottingham and Lin.
coln), Newark and Sheffield Railway, Manchester, Sheffield, and
Midland Junction Railway, met in room No. 18, at twelve o'clock.

The Members were the O'Conor Don (Roscommon county),
Chairman ; the Right Hon. I'. B. Macaulay (Edinburgh), Mr.
Pusey (Berkshire), Mr. Thomas Esmonde (Wexford county), Sir
John Rae Reid (Dover).

The preliminary arrangements having been completed, the several
petitions against the projects were read, and the Committee then
decided to take the first of the proposed lines into consideration.
Mr. HILDYARD then opened the case on behalf of the promoters
of the Bill. He contended that the proposed line would be of in.
calculable advantage to Lincoln and Nottingham, as connecting
these towns with a rich and fertile country, and by a proposed
line at present under the consideration of the House with Hull,
the principal town on the East Coast for the Baltic trade.
There were no objections of any importance urged against the
projected line, although these were several petitions, one from Lord
Chesterfield, complaining of damage that would be done to a
shooting-box of his near Nottingham. He (Mr. Hildyard) was in.
structed that the line would not come within half a mile
of that box, and considering the advantages to be de-
rived from the line, tie thought the petition of
minor consideration. There were a few more petitions, but they
were even of a less potent character. He should at once theta pro-
ceed to call witnesses in support of the line.
Mr. Bell, the Secretary to the Midland Railway Company, was
called to prove the capital required. They proposed to raise a
capital of 408,0001., 136,0001. of which would require to be
borrowed.
• •

VV
William Henry Johnson, general ironmonger at Lincoln, was
of opinion that the trade of that city would be greatly increased
by the proposed line, as it was shorter than the turnpike road, and
greatly shorter than the Trent Navigation Canal. The saving in
time would be material, and the necessity for a large capital on the
part of small traders would be obviated.
John We!bourne, coal and corn merchant at Lincoln, was called
to prove the unsatisfactory water communication, and the increase
in price which, in consequence of canal stoppages, took place in every
article imported.
John Hartley gave similar evidence.

Joseph Adams, mahter, Newark, made from 60,000 to 70,000
quarters of malt, which were sent to the westward. Great quan.
tities of coal were imported from Nottingham by the Trent Navi-
gation Canal, and they were raised sometimes in consequence of
the stoppage on the canal, from 10s. a.ton to nearly 20s. He
a
thought the proposed railway would be blessing to the country
there.
Richard Bell gave similar evidence.

Charles Simpkins, a butcher at Nottingham, said that 4,000
beasts were driven annually from Lincolnshire to the first.named
place. The cattle were greatly injured by the driving, and this
evil would be obviated by this railway.
Riehard Strelly was of a similar opinion.

THE MAGAZINES-CONTINUED.

COLBURN'S UNITED SERTTICE,

The present Number opens with a brief history
of "Kotapoor and Sawunt Warree," the disturbed dis-
tricts in Southern Mahratta, which are at present the
scene of a " little war" in India. The article con-
veys information which cannot but be useful at the
present time, and is drawn up in a plain and under-
standable style. The "Spirit of Military Institutions,"
by Marshal Marmont, is continued, as are Captain
Hippesly's " Reminiscences of the War of Succes
sion in Portugal." Felix Grummel concludes his
" Reminiscences of a French Prison." The history
of his escape is well told, and is full of interest. Capt.
Smyth O'Conner gives us the first chapter of
" Twelve Months' Service in Western Africa." This
chapter is devoted to an account of the colony of
Sierra Leone, and of its capital, Freetown. The
following account of the causes of its insalubriousness
is well deserving the attention of the Colonial-office :
" From the position of Freetown it is and ever will
be suited only for African constitutions. Placed at the
base of a circle of hills, after heavy rains the surplus st.il
is washed down, forming a compost of red mud and ve-
getab!e rubbish, intersected by pools of stagnant water,
which latter, were it not for the admirable drains run
ning in every direction to the sea, would inundate the
houses in the lower part of the town. The action of
vertical sun on a mass of decomposed matter superin-
duces dense heavy and deleterious exhalations, and pro
duces those fearful fevers that occasionally devastate the
capital and almost depopulate the colony of its European
inhabitants. In traversing the town, the effluvia from
stinking fish, rancid palm oil, rotten vegetables, garbage
of the most filthy description, and fcetid smell of naked
negroes, concocts a villainous odour requiring a brazen
nose to encounter.

" The supply of fish caught in the lagoons and bays
near Freetown being considerably greater than is re-
quired for daily consumption a vast surplus remains un-
sold ; this is stewed, baked, or boiled with palm oil, and
hawked about for sale in baskets or trays, or piled up in
heaps in every direction, poisoning the atmosphere, and
renderirg a drive or walk through the capital of Sierra
Leone by no means a recreation, or an appetizer for a
seven o'clock dinner.
" Freetown and its vicinity is insalubrious, not only
from local circumstances, but also from effects produced
by the neighbouring country and coast, effects which are
beyond our control, over which we have no power, and
for which there is no probable remedy. I refer to the
vast forests, uncultivated plains, deep jungles, and ex-
tensive swamps, covering the Bulom shores on the oppo-
site side, and running parallel to the promontory of Sierra
Leone, V hen the wind blows from this direction dis-
ease and mortality are snre to follow, and the scourges
which have periodically visited the colony may be easily
and trnly traced to this source. Nor do I see in what
way, or by what means the evil can be removed ; e
hold no claim, authority or command over the Mandingo
country ; the natural indolence of its inhabitants foroids
the idea that they would clear away these primreval
woods, to benefit or please the European ; their interests
jar with our desire to enter their land, and consequently
they are Instile to our making settlements in it. No-
minally they deal not in slaves, and the trade is by
treaty abolished, but actually the hateful commerce
flourishes rife as ever, and forms a vast source of revenue.
Cunning, selfish, and bigoted, the Mandingos tolerate
the English, only as long as they can give presents, or
afford by cajolery or cheating, the means of acquiring
money."
The author considers that Sierra Leone never can
become an emporium where steady capitalists will
risk their lives and constitutions even with the pros-
pect of acquiring rapid fortunes. It is, has been, and
will be, the " white man's grave." Lieut.-Colonel
Wilkie, in an article on the " Defensive Force of the
British Islands," suggests that more attention should
be paid to the enrolling and disciplining the militia,
so as to make it an efficient means of internal defence
against an invaier, and, as it was during the time of
the last war, a nursery for the army. The publication
of this paper is exceedingly well- timed, and the sug-
gestions of Colonel Wilkie merit the attentive
consideration of the Government. This is an excel-
lent Number, and most of the articles are of permanent
national interest.

HOOD'S MAGAZINE.
This magazine improves as it advances. The pre-
sent Number is one of the most interesting we have
seen, yet amidst the numerous amusing contributions
we miss the animated productions of the Editor. We
cannot regard this work without a feeling of sorrow,
when we reflect that he, to whom we owe so many
I,appy hours and pleasing thoughts, should now lie
powerless on the bed of sickness, unable to exert
those brilliant talents with which he was wont, not
only to charm the fancy, but to touch the heart. The
magazine for April announced the mournful tidings
that the life of Thomas Hood was in the utmost
danger ; the present Number adds nothing to confirm
our fears, and from its silence we venture to hope that
our sad anticipations will not be realized, and that
at some future day, however distant, we shall again •
he cheered by the inspirations of his genius. The
other contributors have done their utmost to make us
forget his absence. The first subject is a continuation
of " the Tales of the Colonies," by Charles Rowcroft ;
it commences with a very interesting account of the
daring escape of some convicts from Van Diemen's
Land. "On the Picturesque" contains an instruc-
tive description of Etrusean Vases, and the Fine
Arts among the ancients. The " Sword of Zunige
is a legend- of Hungary, founded on that romantic
theme, the wars of the Moors and Christians.
unil-a-ticics of the Fleet is the introduction to a
series of tales to the unhappy inmates of that
relt.in
once crowded prison.ta
• woaks
from experience that " "
ollowing remarks prove
'me ma„„
wonders :

"' How vast and extraordinary have been the political
events even in our own time I Two great revolutions
in France ; the capital of Austria twice occupied by the
victorious troops of a soldier of fortune, and saved from
dismemberment only by the propitiatory sacrifice of the
daughter of a line of kings ; Prussia twice conquered ;
Russia invaded, and her capital burnt to save it from
the occupation of the enemy ; Paris, the city of war-
riors, twice taken ; Portugal, Belgium, Greece, and the
whole of South America, revolutionised ; Spain re-
volutionised half a dozen times. To come nearer home :
our own country,' he continued, may be said to have
undergone two revolutions within the last sixteen years :
The admission of the Roman Catholics to parliamentary
and other rights,—a concession undisguisedly declared
by its Conservative proposers to be unavoidable to sae
the nation from civil war and dismemberment ; and the
Reform of Parliament in 1832, than which no more re-
markable revolution has taken place in history—the
triumph of the national will over the hereditary pos-
sessors of parliamentary power. We are too near to
the events,' he said, to understand fully their extent
or their results.'
"' Do not forget,' said I, ' the social changes and im-
provements of the last few years—steam navigation and
railaays; and take into account also the wonderful dif-
fusion of information which has taken place during the
last half century, in the multiplication of books, and
newspapers, and all sorts of cheap publications.'
" It is impossible,' said my friend, with much
earnestness, in considering all these political and social
advancements and developments, to come to any other
conclusion than this—that society is on the eve of some
greater change than has ever occurred on earili. The
spreading of information among the labouring classes,
an the wonderful facilities which exist for the diffusion
of knowledge, cannot fail, in a short time, to have a
prodigious effect on the masses. With the moral power
of intelligence adied to the physical power of numbers,
it would be idiotic fatuity to suppose that they would
consent to exist in the state of wretchedness in which
they now are;—then the change will come, but whether
by some means of social re-organisation which we
cannot yet clearly see, or by some terrible social and
political revolution, wilder and more devastating than
the world has ever witnessed, is beyond the reach of
human wisdom to divine.' "
"The Fat Ox" is an amusing fable, illustrating the
state of the currency ; the ox, while it was fed on
paper rags, increased daily in strength and beauty,
but when, through a fatal mistake, its food w,is
altered to gold and silver turnips, of which the whole
world did nut contain enough for its support, the
change in Sits condition was sudden and awful, the
once-fat ox suffering from want of food, had hardly
sufficient strength to support its undiminished burdens.
" The Press" is on the subject of the Duke of Wel-
lington's supposed illness, and his angry letter to the
Morning Post. Speaking on the subject of the re-
spect due to the Press, the writer observes :
"In these times it would be absurd to attempt to deny
the prodigious influence of the press on all classes of so-
ciety, from the highest to the lowest; that it has be-
come the daily mental sustenance of hundreds of thou-
sands; that it has power to set up or to pull down the
strongest Ministry. These are truths not to be denied ;
and those few who deny it with their tongues confess it
by their fears.
"It becomes a matter of the highest importance, there-
fore, that the controllers of this mighty engine of good
or ill should bcr of a class and of a character commensu-
rate with the high duties which they have to perform;
and it is clearly the daty and the interest of society to
assign to them that social position which is due to the
talents which are necessary for their vocation, and to
the influence which they exercise upon the minds of the
people. Anything that tends to degrade the cenductors
of the press pollutes the source from which only truth
and virtuous thoughts should follow; and the mistaken
neglect of society re-acts on society itself with meat per •
nicious effect."
" The Philosephy of Plagiarism " is an interesting
discussion in extenuation of this species of theft. After
alluding to the various authors from Virgil down-
wards, who have thought it no degradation to borrow
from the works of others, the writer comes to the con-
clusion that they only are to blame who blindly copy
others, without thinking for themselves. He admits
that it is lawful to seek materials from foreign
sources, but then it must only be for the purpose of
fashioning them anew.
" For it must never be forgotten that no man can be
original in the vulgar sense of originality ; no man can
draw solely from his own resources. ' Sir,' said Dr.
Johnson, man can coin guineas only as he has gold.'
This is the point. Give the poet materials, he will
fashion them : give him rough gold, and he will
return you guineas. The greatest genius,' said
Goethe, will never be worth much if he pretends to
draw exclusively from his own resources.' What is
genius but the faculty of seizing and turning to account
every thing that strikes ui ; of co-ordinating and
breathing life into all the materials that present them-
selves ; of taking here marble, there brass, and building
a lasting monument with them."