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iricES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE.
Be SATURDAY, JUNN 7.
''Coeles, and Yarmouth Railway,—Committee on
Monday, June 16, at twelve.
Goole and Doncaster Railway,—Committee on Bill, Mon-
Ca-, June 16, at twelve.
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway —Consideration of report,
luesdav June 10. -
T Blackburn and Preston Railwav,—Consideration of report,
u„"daY. June 10.
ohetield and Rotherham Railway,—Consideration of re-
port, Tuesday, June 10.
York and North Midland (Harrogate Branch) Railway,—
Consideration of report, Tuesday, June 10.
T_i,
tseeds
June 10.nd Thirsk Railway,—Consideration of report,
da,
T nee
Dublin and Drogheda Railwav,—Consideration of report,
day, June 10.
North \Vales Mineral Railwav,—Consideration of report,
Tuesday, June 10.
rep
Preston and IN vre Railway Branches,—Consideration of
rt, Tuesday, J tine 10.
Londonderry and Coleraine Rail way,— Consideration of
report, Tuesday, June 10.
Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway,—Consideration of
rt, Tuesday, June 10.
aterford and Kilkenny Railway,—Consideration of re-
Port, Ticaesday, June 10.
Tu and Bandon Railway,—Consideratiox of report,
jsdaY. June 10.
eonilk and Bandon Railwav,—A clause to be proposed on
ideration of report, TuesZtay, June 10.
London and Greenwich Rail way,—Third reading, Tuesday,
June 10.
„,e,Veastle-upon-Tvne and North Shields Railway (Tyne-
•uouth Extension ),=-Third reading. Tuesday, June 10.

„HER INIAJEST Y'S T EATRE.
tel,,::entle:elanit of the Danseuses Viennoises closed on Saturday
th:".g,and a source of agreeable entertainment is thus cut off. To
Popularity of these children remained una'wated. The
_ber. of dances which these intelligent youngsters are practised
pr,;rtstonishing ; and that they should reme.nber the infinity of the
binat;"ll°Os, and achieve in conjunction such perfection of corn-
A ~;°n. without difficulty or disorder, is most extraordinary.
vieuti ertissement, called Pot Puurri, enabled the talent of the
cannen'ises to be individually displayed on Saturday night. They
tn,ien” in Pairs, and danced fancy hoimpipes, ttrantelles, Cra-
tetcounes, Polkas, mazurkas, and other matters, in amusing sue-
diversi~ finishing with a ccJa, executed by the whole party, the
shifted of the costume forming a very pretty tableau as they
Albe7 frorn side to side.
rt were present—her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince
prin_accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Nemours and
kOncolo`j
.be Leirningenke.eY , and attended by the Maiquis of Ormonde,
el
Drummond, Colonel Grey, Hon. Miss Pagt,
nliss .„--
,Qutrline
M. Borel de Britizel and the Baroness de in-
AN , he Royal r
Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady
trid„earia Dawson ; his Royal Highness Prince George of Cam_
littended by Mr. Edmund Mildmay ; Prince Edward of Saxe
1)4, ar; the Dukes of Devonshire, Leeds, and Beaufort : the
Apejb es of Somerset and Beaufort; the Marquises of Douro,
thion.,l4Y, Granby, Worcester, and Donegal ; the Mar-
true es of Ailesbury and Westmeath; the Earls of
Chttt-' 'helhurne, Wilton, Falmouth, Lonsdale, Kinnaird, and
Au.tre.rfield; the Countesses of Bruce and Cardigan ; the
440,1" Ambassador, Baron Rothschild, Count Noodles,
lArds ,Taleyrand, Baroness Brunnow, Baroness de Lagos ;
Teropi,itrbrd Clanwidiam Ernest Bruce, Sandy', W. Graham,
Ngtor;")", Southampton, Gardner, Cantalime, G. J aget, for_
elare
-4 ' 14Wther, Ranelagh, C. Wellesley, and Adolphus Fitz.
Ilen3 Ladies Fitzroy Somerset, Joddrell, Maberley, Easthope,
p diesha
eki Meux, Bryce, Smith, Voulis, Wm. Paulett,
ion cg, and Southampton; Hon. Mr. Vane, Hon. R. Curzon,
hon. ?,°ll' 0. Upton, Hon. Mr. Byng, Hon. James Macdonald;v
ikighb rsl. Fitzgibbon, Hon. Mrs Tollernache; Sirs H. Wl-
ktnt 1-1• Webb, W. Stanley, C. Kent ; General Upton, Major
-I, Ate.

Ig
LYCEUM THEATRE.
new and original comedy, in two acts," we quote from
I?aythis bills, entitled Friends at Court, was produced at
was atre last evening, with complete success, which success
;Le
tebntirely ow in; to the admirable acting of Mrs. Keeley:, in
Play. 4,,,,',eter of Charles de Marillac, the youthful hero of the
durjo The scene is laid during the first act in Paris. and
I\r6 t,heh second at Versailles, during the reign of Louis
143 * e young de Marillac, a Gascon of noble family,
'l4'nea—e to Paris to push his fortune. He is fr.rtnnate
fallfrta:l t 1 to save Louise de Chernerant ( Miss Farebrother)
1d Pursuit of the Marquis deLauzan (Mr. A. Wigan ), arid
o:sPerately in love vri,h her himself Louis XIV. 14 also
,with the young- lady and employs the Marquis de
Diritfearfto d'eyise means to get her to t2.our.t.
wifetrd."s introduces himself to the young (rascal), offers him
liurcr•d`',lth an immense fortune and a place a, Court, and,
YY his poverty, De Marillac consents to the union.
irloss4l% also forced into, a marriage by her aunt with an
,un-
ttili2l gentleman. The marriage is to take place at N. er-
be .1;1 and the two lover: fi,.d themselves unexpectedly united.
tqs larillac is instantli, dispatched on a mission to Brittany,
ki;^ him from his wife, anti leave the coast clear for the
blots but De Lauzan is determined to elope with the bride
trigtt f, and has laid his plans accordingly. Both the in-
I'lasi,:'',however are defeated by the shrewd woman's wit of
tits „u'Ossuna.*( Miss Villars), the Maid of Honour to
4!)(I wh r puts De Marillac on his guard,
htY in a moment awakens a spark of genero-
qiii," the breast of the sensualist King, who
t'ffi,- '4! Lauxan from his Court, and gives De Marillac the
°'‘ superintendent of Gascony, ermitting him to take
Ltiticf: with him.
good, The dialogue is very mediocre, but the
cl, and follow each other with rapidity, and
igsdabl sustained to the end. The piece,
"ati:Z, would ao
wm-iltrh mire spirit if the long dialogue at the
between'date ionr the King and Maria; were considerably
j4rtaiti4d:_ Mrs. Keeley was called for at the tall of the
tof'ridrapturously. applauded. The admirable bur-
-14, at Ctuderella followed, and attracted
a bumper
btict half- ' price Les Danseuses Anglaises have improved
ibte,l"blY ; they have acquired more aplombe than they ex-
" 114shan their first appearance, and now the announcement
1454 pi. it' the Bill, "warranted equal to foreign," is not a
LY-bill puffing at wa,ertion.

Iql\t„, SADLER'S WELLS.
info b -,,w1 tragedy, in five acts, entitled / lie Florentines,
ea f415„i1,1",.,4;,Yed nightly at this theatre. is witnessed with intense.
With''';i"," Promises to be eminently, sucee,sful. The plot is
ti;,"Lorenzo, Duke of Florence (Mr. H. Marston),
phel‘::plcrilrriion in an excursion, are overtaken at night by
*-I';',land have lost their way. They are hospitably
`"e s,house of a gentleman named Ferrando (Mr.
i4t —o,St F.y.b"U h only chili Ilrancha (Miss Cooper), and,
etlild4ltiCelTti'lt,thesDaunke,, vt'ho.conec.eals his rank, assuming to be
40. Ile Duke s service, is smitten
.with her chat,,,,
d e`,"elisciPg on her part is reciprocal. It is not long ere the
thtle-ithse—t,rs• Warner) ebserves a great change in the con-
std Its ,11( e towards her, and in a scene where she laments
b,,,l'hallie,()Zs affection her ' well-known powers are called forth,
ppiries revenge on the, at present, unknown cause of her
tit ~°;,.rabh, 3. Meanwhile Ferrando, who is disposed to think
°I the stranger as his son-in-law, and
h•"'s hesitat:on on the subject to his poverty,
/.oa, ratrin-„4° On certain points, and observes in his look
causes for suspicion, and expels him the
beve ',ln a beautiful scene, he makes known to. his clang
li-
ki! *4ll it.trelass, unconscious of his rank, she appoints a !nee.
(if hetrftlt. Where he makes himself known to her, anti in
lli"%tue payers and entreaties forcibly carries her off to an
rt eagues from his palace. The father, on the loss of
`yen
re r, flies to the Duke's palace, where, loading him
1-I,:4e'tae,hes, he draws upon him with the intention to
14:11'4 "s ; but is borne off by the Duke's guards..
410,411(1s in the Landlord of the Inn, a man of humanity,
her by her touching appeals to him, consents to assist
k'ches, 'ealle, and when on the point of effecting it, the
it:4'l447h° h•-.,s compelled her page to watch the Duke's
htg h , Presents herself before Braneha, and notw it hstand-
he"he alternativeurnbi''entreaties for pardon, is inexorable, and offers
bey guard of taking poison or suffering by the hands of
14 life
ss In attendance. After fruitless supplications to have
egejearad she swallows the fatal draught, and in her
de,,e scene her father enters followed by the Duke.
Criplion here between the father and daughter bafff-s
144,,711555k
ov',.,t must be seen to be duly appreciated: The
t,,lrt stern dignity, as an injured wife, turning her
pcis"gei,li h. eart-rending spectacle, and the Duke stands
Vlduct Csinitten at the lamentable catastrophe his own mis-
jernee ,RS Produeed. The acting of 111 r. Phelps and Mrs.
41:1;1/0.03t_ae.tvetorything we have a right to expect from them.
played with much ability, and, clever as
I, e,rr 131. she has in this character exceeded our most fa.r!-
ptiNiek
bretations. The play is written by Mr. Reynolds, it is
De°. A gr"at merit, and we have no doubt will have a long
Airfost,"_o:vr farce, called The Card Case, f Bowed; and the
•liarsieri " concluded with Mr. and Mrs. Pringle. Mrs. H.
Played Mrs Pringle very clev,rly, and Mr. A.
ilir,itLe e, as Mr. Pringle, the calculating old bachelor, who,
btias.if °tier, hates a family, will marry a woroan of fifty, finds
reAec ldrer) ,exPectedly the husband ot a female who has five
uut, teethe curtain falls, he consoles him,,elf with the
"I thatmust make the' best he can of a bad bargain.
A AT

-AGNIFICEN'I' i oNIET.
TO TITS EDITOR 01? THE TIMES.
bere je 3' evening, at a few minutes after eleven o'clock, Mr.
to •,.:31tlr 'of Green-street, Marlborough-road, Chelsea, called
Me that he had discovered a comet.
wtlo4c" five-feet equatorial I observed, at 31 minutes after
Tlita ,its approximate right ascension about 5 hours 18 mm ,
'in declination about 45 degrees 21 mm.
:r'e of the brightest comets which we have had since that
4.„1t is spree
in th a t mn of 1825.
50eci: near the bright star Capella, but no one looking within
t 10 e,g,ree. of it can help seeing it.
"4e /lormelock it is a few degress west of north, and at midnight
oh_ --'
having an altitude of about eight degrees.
-"giervat„ J. SOUTH.
`4Y) Kensington, 2 o'clock, a.m.,
Monday, June 9.

"A UPTON, JUNE B.—Tht. Duke of Cornwall
11,140ck1),1'?,1.°r0 Alexandria, arrived this day at the Motherbank,f
,oe Eut India ;rid China mails, which will be
hoar..
relieOd cargo
London by the mail train tomorrow morning. She
be
r"
and 80 passengers. The Duke of Cornwall will
Tlleg ed f,:u!' slttarantine on Tuesday or early on Wednesday mor
0 en Captain
uriental Company's steam-packet the siue- .
2t the out of the docksyesterday for Gibraltar, AC., taking
-gittr; out of
Mediterranean,y and other mails, also 00 pas"
good cargo.
dati,„LlC PAR Ks W &;c.—Last week, in ae-
vay,:-‘r with a '
resolution of the public parks Committee, the
ti;ttit4e,,ia cheater wrote to Sir Robert Peel, stating that the
eta te, ae nad come to the conclusion, that it would be proper for
I,)krontth ceht the sum of 3,0001., which the Right Honourable
c'Ot for 44 Promised togive ut.of the amount voted by Padua
such
Purposes. Sir ROobert reel has stated that he will
11-taid
ori-joral for the issue of the sum of three thousand pounds,.
1,1184,,,urr voluntary contributions raised in Manchester and its
kiikft of re°°ol. for the purpose of providing public parks. and
4t: 4'tlt for
but he does not feel himself justified in giving
chesterrie* on the subject of a future additional grant.—
rn k-;cutrsvALT, —A tremendous fire broke
tot,:'",ect7,e,..,°'elnek this morning in the Wesleyan Chapel,
tit, oder, atter burning with great fury for two hours,
was
e
tietrie,u, 2osiut two o'clock the appearance was awful in th
rt 'e rikkeeuaroes bursting out from all the windows, and rushing
• Two. rafters, shedding a strong lurid glare over the whole
Were 74toes, assisted by the zeal arid energy of the Intl:.
It exceedinglY well worked, and confined the fire to t e
7 but ^as a handsome building, and only erected four years
41siatearcvi the apacious pile is a heap of ruins. How the fire
4•A%1i,1:38,n0t known at present.
'ltslt.‘ther. il'T°N.—A public rreetrig• of the inhabbints
4t
41,14
at
llnterestpd in a railway from this town to the intended
a 9:4'..t0n, is announced to take place on Thursday next,
trleiec" The line about seven miles, through
lt4 Jal,,,ta
\country, and from the linterest r f our respected Mem-
41%4oubt.italit.litesn, Esq., towards this borough, there is not the
Ttie the undertakii,g will commence at no distanth
T. cri,iure :rni ount of traffic from this town and Buckfastleig
Nlttt'" ar_ge interest for the capital laid out.
NetiOn ;4.1' Wi of tl.e P,. >e of Rome ngainst the
a,ticcfck tOrr,,Oviays in the Papal States has been followed by
gki teroti, vutOing the introduction into his dominions of tke
'ltttlll4, "4 heretical process of gilding metals by means of

RAILAVAY COMMITTEES.
(YESTERDAY.)

GROUP A.

LONDON', CHATHAM, AND NORTH KENT

LINE.

Mr. ALEX►NDER stated that he appeared there on the part of a
Mr. John Hose Baker and other landowners, whose land would be
interfered with by the proposed line, for ten successive miles. The
house of Mr. Baker was but fifty yards front the proposed line.
Mr Sergeant Sere♦ objected to Mr. Alexander's stating the case
without first reading the petition. The complaint now msde by
his Learned Friend was not stated in the petition, and no such
complaint ought to be made.
Mr. ALEXANDER said that Mr. Sergeant Shea's conduct was
irregular.

Mr Sergeant Sues persisted in his objection, which, however,
was overruled by the Committee.
Mr. ALEXANDER then stated that the proposed line passed
within fifty yards of Mr. Baker's house, and cut off his garden and
several out. buildings, doing also great damage to the property of se..
veral persons in the neighbourhood. The South Eastern Railway
would pass through some part of Mr. Baker's land, but instead of
passing near his house it would go across the marshes, while the
Chatham and North Kent line would pass through arable land.
Mr. ♦lexander then called

Mr. Rose Baker, who stated that be was the owner of 9.28 acres
of land at the village of Chalk, and proved the facts stated by Mr.
Alexander.

On being cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant SHIA, he stated that
Messrs. Solomon and Legg, two of the petitioners, were not owners
of any part of the land thtough which tke line would pass, being
tenants of Lord Darnley. The petition had been drawn up by Mr.
Lewis, the attorney to the South-Eastern line. This line (the North
Kent) would cross six parish roads, and the South. Eastern eight.
Mr. Brown, a landowner from the same neighbourhood, gave
similar evidence as to the injury the North Kent line would do his
property.
Mr. Sergeant Silas said that this was clearly a case for compen-
sation. But in answer to

Mr. ALEXANDER. the witness said that no compensation would
be sufficient to reconcile him to the injury to his estate.
Other landowners and petitioners were examinent to the same
effect.

All of those witnesses expressed strong opinions in preference of
the South-Eastern to the North- Kent line.

Mr. MERREWETHER then called

James Russell, foreman to Mr. E. Smith, a paper-maker, at
Sittingbourne, who stated that the pr,posed line passed within fifty
yards of the factory of his employer. The witness then entered
into the details of injury likely to be done to Mr. Smith's business
by the passing of steam-engines near the mills.

Mr. ALEXANDER then stated the case of Sir John Fagg, who is a
landowner at Chilham, and called several witnesses to prove that
his land would be crossed by the proposed line, being already crossed
by the Ashford and Canterbury.
Mr. MERAEWETIIER then went through the case of several
other petitioners, and called several witnesses on their behalf.

WORLEDOR then addressed the Committee on behalf of Mr.
Hamilton, a landowner and a petitioner, against the Bill, and
called several witnesses to prove the value of two fields, the
property of Mr. Hamilton, through which the proposed line
would pass, and also to prove the injury which would be done to
surrounding building ground by the embankment of the railway,
which would be thirty feet high.
Mr. Bow, referred to the case of the inhabitants of Fey ersham,
and requested that their opposition might be permitted to proceed,
on the ground that the inhabitants of every place through which
a line was intended to pass had a right to oppose the line, though
they were not landowners.
Mr. Sergeant SHEA objected on the ground that the inhabitants
had no more right to oppose the line than the public in general,
and that the opposition was gut up by the South-Eastern Company,
for the purpose of delaying the proceedings.
The Committee decided against hearing the case.
Mr MERRZWEIIIER then opened the case on the part of the
South. Eastern line, and, on the ground that he was not sufficiently
acquainted with the intentions of the Croydon Railway Company
to carry on a part of his case, which would be directed against
them, requested that several charges respecting the atmospheric
railway should be answered by the Croydon Company.
Mr. MELLOR, on the part of the Croydon Railway Company,
objected to giving the answers required, but after a short discussion
agreed to take time to consider.
Mr MERREWETHER then proceeded with the case on the part of
the South-Eastern Railway Company, and called witnesses to prove
a feeling against the Chatham and North Kent line, and in favour
of the South-Eastern line, at \V iedwich, and to prove the supe-
riority of the North Eastern. The principal objection to the North
K. nt line was the distance of the intended terminus from the town
f Woolwich, which it was said would render it perfectly useless.
The consideration of this part of the case occupied the Corn
mittee up to the hour of adjournment.

GROUP FF.

EnINETTRGH AND NORTHERN LINE.

The Select Committee on this Group re-assembled at one o'clock
this afternoon, and resumed the evidence in support of the land-
holders' opposition, against the Edinburgh and Northern line.
Mr. Errington, a civil engineer of considerable experience, had
examined Burntisland Ferry, where the proposed line would cross
the river Forth, aud was decidedly of opinion that there were
natural impediments at this point which would render the working
of the line a matter of no small difficulty. The ferry was five
miles across, and the possibility of crossing at some periods of the
years extremely uncertain. It was quite out of the question, with
this uncertain element to contend against, and with only a single
line of way, to think of working the Edinburgh and Northern
Railway in conjunction with the Caledonian and the other northern
lines with any reasonable degree of punctuality. On many parts
of the proposed line the gradients were extremely severe, and the
oost of working must necessarily be very great. The traffic
was on the whole large and heavy, and it was, in his opinion,
quite impossible that a railway with only a single line of way
could sufficiently accommodate it.
On cross-examination, he said he was engineer to the Scotch
Central Railway, which he laid out as a single line, and he be.
lieved, to a certain extent, that line would be a competition with
the present railway. The Scotch Central could have been worked
for local purposes without any danger had Parliament sanctioned it
only as a single line, but having regard to the through traffic it
would have been extremely dangerous and inconvenient.
Mr. Bateman, another civil engineer, corroborated the testimony
of the last witness. He considered the ferry as a great impediment
to the safe and easy working of the line. The branch to Lochgelly
was certainty not calculated to accommodate all the coal.fields of
that district.
On cross-examination, he said he had been sent over by the
Queensferry Company, of which he had the entire management.
Mr. George Rennie, the civil engineer, was well acquainted with
the route of the line, and believed the evidence of the preceding
witnesses was perfectly correct.
Mr. George Gunn, a civil engineer and a marine surveyor, and
other witnesses, gave corroborative testimony.
Mr. Mitchell, a civil engineer, thought a railway with only a
single line of way could not accommodate the through traffic be.
tween Edinburgh and Perth. The majority of the through traffic
went by way of Queensferry, and by way of Burntisland.
Mr. Wiiliams, mining engineer to the Earl of Zetland, said the
line would not accommodate the most important coalfields of the
district through which it passed. It would certainly pass through
the coat.ftelds of Fife, but they were of an interior quality.
Mr. Goodall, a coal proprietor of Cluny, confirmed the testimony
of the last witness, and the Committee adjourned till to.morrow.

GROUP GG.
GLASGOW 3UNCTIOI%T RAILWAY.
The Committee, consisting of Mr. Evans (Chairman), Mr. Ncwde-
gate, Mr. Muntz, Mr. Miles, and Viscount Grimston, sat this day,
at twelve o'clock, in the Sessions house, Westminster, and pro-
ceeded with the cross-examination of Mr. Miller, the civil en-
gineer on the above hne.

The witness was severely cross-examined as to the minute de-
tails of the line, the cost of each item, the quantity of tunnels,
the length of viaduct, the particular gradients on the whole dis-
tance, and what particular property would be altogether de.troyed
or partially injured. The whole was a mete repetition of the evi-
dence given by Mr. Miller in his examination in chief during
last Thursday and Friday's proceedings. The cost of construe.