Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-08-21
RAILWAY EVIDENCE.

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scription of some of the modes of obtaining rail
road charters in England:
/ Mr. Dean BoGLE In the words of the venerable Joe
Grmaldi, "Here again !" swearing away before the
committees allowance The trade quite so good
one as two years ago. when any intelligent and tho
rough-going calculator OF traffic commanded his price,
and therefore invariably stood at an exorbant premium Still
it would be very wrong in grumbe Though there is
woiu defacaton of lines there is still good deal
be done in the way of extension and amalgamans and
am happy to tell you that presently in the pay Of
less than three companies, who driving branch lines
through the pleasure grounds of different propeors
collect the day when in the exuberance of my
used to feel of idpcal compassion for the situation Of
the men OF land used to figure to myself the hardship Of
having your nice green policy cut into sheds by the forks Of
some conounded unctiono seeing your ancestral
down like ninepns before the of calous engineerof
having sleep banished from your eyes by the Of the
CINE, which sweeps past night and day, within fifty PAGES
your threshodand Of beholdng fine forenoon your
hrsbom son conveyed manged corpse from the rail- because
the company out of sheer pamony have neglected fence
In their line which goes slick through the centre Of your gar
den and the poor little innocent in the absence of Grzy,
then flirting among the gooseberes with the gardener has
been tempted to stray upon the irons in the pursuit of
caslonal butterfly But am thankful to say that havenow
got nd OF all such visionary scrupe Thanks to Sir Robert
Feel have learned lesson in political economy.
have become to the doctrine that land nothing
else than manufacturers and snap my fingers in desDn
protection In all its shapes Would you believe it, Boyle
was giving evidence yesterday behalf of the CachaIdean
the centre OF bog-aganst hickhead proprietor who
absolutely been insane enough to oppose for three
essive sessions, branch line which run through his
estate for the purpose of communicating with bathing
machines The property has been in his family for
or five hundred years. The manson-house is an ordinary
kind of tumbedown old affair." with like pepper boxes
on the corners, and the fragment of abbey behind it.
There timber worth speaking of in the policy except
half dozen great useless yew trees beneath which they
show you carved stone that the dust of stout old
Lord Alexander, whose body brought home from the
bloody field OF Fodden and yet this absurd agcuurt has
the GOODNESS to propose the company that they should make
deviation of nearly half me for the sake of avoiding this
remnant of the darker ages Three times Boyle, has that
man come up to London at expense, for
the purpose Of defending his property The first time he
successful IN his opposition before the committee of the House
Of Commons, because the chairman happened be person
mbued with the ridiculous prejudces the proprietor
and was what these foolish proeconists call of birth
and connexion. He had on his grounds mauoleum
with some rubbishy remains of his ancestors who had been
out with Harry Hospur and the moment he heard of the
Old tombstone and the yew trees he began about
secraon, and made such that the projectors an
to give 1t up That job cost the proteconst proprietor at
least cool thousand however, he pleased that
ne did not mind the expense he had succeeded
ing the mansion of his fathers But did not by any
intend to let him off so easily My friend Switches the
gineer laid out two banches possible annoying
than the first Tor they to nersect another at the
yew trees We tipped the parliamentary notices; and though
the venerable Cncnnatu with tears in his eyes
directors and offered them the land for nothing they would
oy consent 10 very slight and practicable devlaon we de-
termined to make him pay for his whistle Accordingly,
next year we had him up again, all right and tight before
fresh committee. Lord what fun to hear him
examined by Sergeant Squashers That's the counsel for
money No feeling, decacy, of that kind
about him. wish you had the rage of the proprietor
when he asked about his buried ancestor whether his
name Sawney Sandy, and whether he embalmed
with sulphur We all roared with laughter. Do not al
tempt to bully said the Sergeant-r the red spot
began to glow upon the old mans cheek and believe that
at that moment he had had weapon he could have driven
htdeep into the body Of the facetious barser DO not
attempt to bully me- sir! Thank Heaven in civiz-
ed country where people breeches and live under the
protection OF the law Answer me, sir and try do it in
something like ineligible English that fellow Lord
Saunders Sawney, whatever you call him, ped
birthstone pitch Squaretoes could stand this
he gathered himself up must rather grandy muttered
something about sco and Squashers being disgrace the
gown he wore, and marched out Of the committee room
amidst the outlaws of group of us who brought up to
testify that the house falling pieces and that Chris
tan, Of ordinary intellect would his beneath its
roof That time had capital chairman irregular of
Calico who proessed to have grandfather hated the
agrculturss like pesence and had made large fortune
by the railways He perfectly delighted the way in
which friend the Sergeant had put down Sir Perinax
McSycophan-a nickname suggested by solicitor and
employed in the learned counses reply with very consdern
bic effect and there other members Of the League
on the committee, we had il all way. The prennn
bic declared to be proven and clauses compensation
were allowed. But if obstinate in purpose, so
was Pertinax He fought in the House Of Lords, and
NC nc got ne termed JusuCej
bill thrown out and rather harsh expressions used
with respect to the companys behavior We ten days
before each committee for Squashes rather fond of spin
ming out case, and Of who paid for attendance
by the day. in the habit of oecng TO the same that
Pertnax must have been of pocket leat thousand
pounds by this second silly opposition and considering that
the fortunes Of the family not ourisng they
and that the old fellow barely afford to give his
university education you will admit that this must have
been oerable pull at his pursesrngs However,
determined to keep up. The wisdom Of the Legislature in
refusing, under any circumstances whatever to give costs
against the railways has put the power Of the company
TO drive any individual by unremng perseverance, to the
wall We set Switches to work again. and this time pro-
pose TO metamorphose the mansion into station house.
do not know bow the thing will CO. Old Pertihax rs fighting
like Trojan and rather fear that he made little impress
sion on the committee yesterday by telling them that he has
been obliged to borrow money upon his estate at runous
rate OF interest," and to endanger the portions Of his three pref
y and motheress daughters solely defend his patrimony
from the wanton aggresons Of the company but Sergeant
Squashers well observed when he saw stealing down
The urowed cheek Of the Protecton this not the age
the place for such mbece snveling We have been taught
lesson with regard the sacedness OF rights and of
property and the those anquated hereditary notions
kicked out OF the minds of the landowners the better.
When said, in the OF this letter. that was
swearing before the committees made OF wrong term.
We not examined soul, con-
science, honor and must say that the recollection Of
that circumstance is sometimes great comfort when lie in
bed awake Of nights What is technically termed West
minister engineering evidence would, am afraid, an