The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-04 00:00:00

TEWKESBURY AND MALVERN.

A special meeting of this company was held yes-
terday at the office, Parliament-street, Mr. Henry
in the chair, to consider a bill for enabling the Mid-
land Railway Company to construct new railways
and works, and to acquire additional lands, in the
West Riding of Yorkshire, and in the counties of
Derby, Stafford, Warwick, Leicester, Glocester
Worcester, Nottingham, and Northampton. The
solicitor having read the heads of the bill, the Chair-
man moved a formal resolution approving it, which
was agreed to, and the proceedings terminated.

RAILWAY BILLS.
Yesterday, in Earl Amherst's committee, the bill
of the Mid-Wales was passed. The committee then
proceeded with the consideration of the Great
Western and West Midland Amalgamation—Air.
Saunders, secretary of the Great Western, and Mr.
Fenton, chairman of the West Midland, being
examined at considerable length. In the Commons
the bill of the Norwich and Spalding
was thrown
out, and that of the Peterborough, Wisbeach, and
Sutton passed. The bill of the London and North-
Western for new branch lines in Warwickshire,
Leicestershire, and Cheshire was passed, and also
the company's second bill for additional powers, for
new railways in York and Lancaster, and arrange..
for which
the ments with other companies. Further evidence was
taken on the Oswestry and Newtown Amalgama-
tion Bill. After refusing a locus statzdi to the Ulster
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bill
Porta-
down and Dungannon Railway,
and that for the
Waterford and Passage. The case of the Scottish
Central was opened. The committee on the com-
peting lines of the Edinburgh and Dunfermline,
and Edinburgh and Glasgow (Edinburgh and Dun-
fermline branches), passed portions of both bills,
leaving the general settlement of questions on con-
sideration of clauses. The principlewitness exa-
mined
in opposition to the proposed new line
to
Brighton was
Mr. Hawkins, the traffic manager of
the Brighton Railway.

ACTRESSES ENNOBLED.—Miss Lavinia Fenton
has not been the only lady who has been led to
the peerage by her performance of " Polly Peachum."
Other representatives of the character have been similarly
honoured. Lord Thurlow, the son of the chancellor of that
name, who succeeded to his father's title on the 12th Sept.,
1806, was married to Miss Bolton, of Covent Garden
Theatre, on the 13th Nov,, 1813; and the famous Miss
Stephens, of the same theatre, is now the Dowager Coun-
tess of Essex. And to say nothing of other examples, the
12th Earl of Derby married Miss Farren, and the late Lord
Craven married Miss Louisa Brunton.—Once a Inek.

ENGLAND AND FRANCE CONTRASTED !—The
extent of France is about 130,000,000 of acres, or
204,000 square miles: that of England, 50,387 square
miles. The population of
to Franceeach square
swqausine 36,331,642,Theref0re
or about 150 inhabitants
England more inhabited than France in proportion to
the area. is 2
. The increase in population throughout France
in a proportion of 0.5, or per cent. That of
or 11 per cent. The birth rate in
FEwrnausgulla7en4d:ao:BB, 2'605,261 3a
2n7d, in England 3ui.
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number
rates were respectively 0.8 per cent. and 0.855 ; the deaths
were 21-1 per cent, in France, and 2'12 in England. The
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