The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-03-15 00:00:00

RAILWAYS,

Mr. CLAY presented, petitinns from the inhabitants of various
places in the eastern parts of the metropolis against the London
and Blackwall railway bill. In presenting these petitions he
was anxious to call the attention of the house to the very im-
portant principle involved in the subject to which they referred.
rhe principle set forth in the various petitions he had presented,
and thoir prayer, all tended to this—that these railroads should
nut be allowed to come into the heart of the metropelis, it be-
ing, in their opiniim, neither necessary nor useful that they
should be brought there. In the borough he represented (the
Tower Hamlets)- there had been in the eastern parts of the
city, Within three Miles or the Boyal Exchange, no less than

5,935 houses scheduled to be taken down, and thus, allowing five
persons to a house, :30.000 inhabitants would be turned out of
their dwellings. As far as the majority were concerned, it was
impossible that they could be compensated. It was a mockery
to tell the inhabitants residing in and near the great thorough-
fares,' the trade and traffic of which would be destroyed, that
they might oppoSe those bills before the private committees of
the house. Where were they to get the funds ? On the other
hand, there was no lack of funds on the part of the promoters of
such bills, owing to the deposits paid, on the shares which par-
ties purchased at present as they would do lottery tickets. The
fact was, that the public-mind was just now in a morbid state of
excitement on the subject of railway-. (Hear, hear.) It ap-
peared from the report of the select committee that there were
fifty-seven railways actually before the house, or in contempla-
tion, involving an outlay of upwards of £28,000,000;-and he
found that there were fifty-one private hills for roads, bridges,
waterworks, &c., before the house, which, added to the railways,
made the estimated outlay for these various undertakings amount
to no less than £33,500,000. (Hear.) This state of things re-
sembled rather too much the terriblo year 1825. He thought
that when the public mind was in such an unwholesome state,
it was the duty of every hon. member to call the attention of
the house to the fact. •

The petitions were inferred to the committee.
DUBLIN STEAM PACKET COMPANY'S BILL

Mr. O'CONNELL moved the second reading of the Dublin
Steam Packet Company's bill.
111 t. YOUNG objected to the second reading of a bill the pur-
pose of which was to give increased power to a company that
originally should not have been granted so much, and moved
that the bill be read a second time that day six months.
Mr. WuKs also opposed the secebd reading.
Mr. O'CortNELL contended that the bill was perfectly con-
sistent with precedent ; he hoped, therefore, it might be allowed
to go MO committee, and if a strong opinion prevailed against
the two clauses chiefly objected to, he Would not press them.
The hqn. and learned member added, that if the company ob-
tained the act for which they now sought, there was little doubt
that they would soon be able to carry the mails at less than hall
the laresent expense.
Mr. ROBINSON was opposed to the second reading.
Mr. P. Titompsom observed that some of the provisions of
the bill went to extend 'ate powers of the company to laud car-
riage and to the borrowing of money on mortgage--to those
he should object; but as to incorporating the company or in-
creasing their capital, he was not prepared to offer any objec-
tion.

Mr. WALL ACE would vote against the bill, fearing that its
effect would be to invest the company with what was little short
of a mon9poly.
Sir H. PA IINELL opposed the bill, as we understood, but
none of his observilions were audible.

Colonel PERCIVAL hoped the house wouldagree to the second
reading, as the right hon. gentleman, the President of the
Board of Trade, had acquiesced in going at least the length of
saying that there were some of the clauses to which he should
not object. _ _ _
_ _

After a few words from; Messrs. Potter, W. Roche, and P
M. Stewart,

Lord MoapETH said he saw no objection to proceeding with
the present stage, as they might in committee decide separately
upon each individual clause.
Colonel Conolly, Mr. French, and Lord Sandon supported
the bill; and Mr. Callaghan made a few remarks which were
not distinctly heard.
The house then divided, when there appeared—
For the second rending 163
Against it 59
Majority for the bill
CARLOW ELECTION INQUIRY.

Mr. R. COLBORNE appeared at the bar with the report of the
select committee appointed to inquire into the circumstances of
the traffic and agreement alleged to have taken place between
Daniel O'Connell and Alexander Raphael, Esqs.' touching the
nomination and return of the said Alexander liaphael as one of
the representatives in parliament for the county of Carlow at
the last election for that county, and the application of the
monies said to have been received, and the circumstances under
which the same were received and expended. The hon. member
having handed it in 0 the clerk, it was then read at the table.
It stated that the committee had inquired into the matters they
were appointed to investigate, and had agreed to the following
report :—" It appears to the committee that the subject divided
itself into two heads—first, the contract between Mr. O'Connell
and Mr. Raphael ; and secondly, the sum alleged to have been
paid from one party to the other; and they feel it to be their
duty to draw the attention of the house very briefly to these two
points. It appears that Mr. O'Connell addressed a letter dated
June 5, 1835, which contained an agreement for the payment of
£2OOO. The committee cannot help observing, that the whole
tone and tenour of that letter was calculated to excite much
suspicion and animadversion; but upon a very careful investi-
gation of what had previously taken place between Mr. Ra-
phael, Mr. Tyrrell, Mr. Vigors, and others of the county of
Carlow, they feel bound to add that it was proved to their satis-
faction that Mr. O'Connell had acted on this occasion at the
express desire of Mr. Raphael (hear, hear,) and was the only
medium of communication between Mr. Vigors and others in
the county of Carlow and Mr. Rsphael. It appears that the
money was paid Mr. O'Connell's general account at his banker's
in London, but was repaid the moment it was called for—some
part of it in bills, but the discount was allowed, and therefore the
committee are of opinion that no charge of a pecuniary character
could be attached to Mr. O'Connell. (Hear.) It appears also
that this money was expended under the direction of Mr. Vigors
and others in the county of Carlow; and the committee see no
reason to question.the legality of the manner in which the money
was expended," -
The report having been read,
Mr. R. COLBORNE rose in his place and said, that in moving
now that the report and the evidence be printed, he had one or
two observations to make to the house—namely, that the report
was founded on the unanimous opinion of the committee (hear,
hear,) and let him add, that that unanimity was not ettended
with any sacrifice of principle or compromise of opinion, but
was the result of a full and fair consideration of the subject.
(Cheers.) He was anxious to make this statement, because he
thought it could not fail to have its weight with the house and
with the country, and because he thought it would tend to prove
that eleven gentlemen of different.political opinions might meet
together in one room, and yet, when the subject of their inquiry
was of a judicial nature, have no difficulty in laying aside all
party feelings. (Rear, hear.) He could only state, that if the
house and the country at large would consider the evidence with
the same proper feeling, he was satisfied that they would come
to the same conclusion. (Cheers.) The hon. member con-
cluded by moving that the report of the committee, and the evi-
dence given before it, be printed.
Agreed to.

CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.

Lord J. RUSSELL, in reply to a►question from Sir William
Rae, said that he hied not yet received the report of the Church
of Scotland Endowment Commission, but from private infor-
mation, he was led to believe that it would soon be in the pos-
session of the government.