The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-20 00:00:00

THE ESTIMATES.

The estimated cost of the hue from London to Bromley
was 70,0001., and from Lewi.ham to Croydon, 142,0001.
The estimated cost of the line tram Strood to Chillintn, in—
cluding the branch to Sheerness and Faversham, was 965,000/..
The estimated cost of the line from Maidstone to Chart was.
414,0001. The estimated cost of the Maiqstone and Strood,
as an integral line was 275,0001.; the estimated cost of the
Dartford branch was 64,0004, and the estimated cost of the
Ali Kent, from the junction with the Dartford Branch to
Maid, tone, Paddock-wood, and To:•bridge, was 1.016,0001.,
making a grand total of 1,966,04101. The total estimate of
the Brighton Company for tite.e lines W 143 1,900,000/.
This clos,d Mr. Bidder's examination in chief Ha was,
cross-examined at some length by Mr. Talbot, but his former
evidence remained unhhaktu.

The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till Monday.

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTER
The Committee met 3'esterday at twelve o'clock.
The following were the decisions come to during the course
of the day :
MIDLAS.D RAILWAY (WORCESTER, HEREFORD,
MALVERN, AND CHELTENHAM LINES, WITH
BRANCHES TO SUDhURY).
Standing ordkrs not io be liiSHEDiled with.
IMPORTANT ANN OUNCEMENT.
MANCHE,,TER AND SOUTHAMPTON (No. 2).
Allowed to pr awed on coliditiod of depositing new plans
and sections of the datum Nue
The Committee were occupied nearly the entire day with
this case, and the greatest excitement was evinced respect—
ing the decision, which was not announced until half-past
four o'clock. The lobloies were crowded to excess.

AMERICAN RELIEF OF IRISH FAMINE.—The Irish

Relief Fund is swelling up. New York has contributed
nearly 40,000 dollars in all, and the same energetic mows.
tnent is going forward in Boston, Albany, Utica, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, Washington, Cincinnati, New Orleans, &c.
It is impossible tor us to give every instance of individual
charity in the various cities. We shall endeavour to keep
the run of contrioutions in this city, and eventually we hope
to receive fr..m the relief committee full lists of all the dona-
tions made in the city and neighbourhood for Ireland and
Scotland. At the city of Newark, New Jersey, a meeting
has been held, 1,500 dollars subscribed, and measures
adopted to send out a ship laden with grain for the Irish
poor. Mr. M. 11. Grinnell, the shipping merchant, has
wade arrangements to deliver in Ireland, at his own " eX"
pense, 1,000 bushels of corn presented by Mr. James
Wadsworth, 9i Genessee, Livingston county, New York.
-
A lady in this city has sent 1,000 dollars to the relief
committee, but she modestly withholds her name.
The New York relief ship *Victor, now loading at
same
time
a dago, C
twerehi a ccithyea,
p,wabsy chartered
messrs.when freights
cheerfully transferred their favourable bargain
on eri wh
o
cheerfully
I, e• , ho
erelief
committee. At Cincinnati, Ohio, 3,000 dollars were sub-.
, scribed in one evening, and committees appointed to increase,
gathevesucmo.
dAoltlaNrse,wanitexir
Bedford, Massachusetts,
r Mr. Rotch, jun.
-lowland 300 dollars; and Mr.
E. Harris, of \Voonsocket, Rhode Island, 500 dollars.
Rochester has contributed 1,000 dollars. . The Catholic
Church at Boston has contributed 5,387 dollars.—New York
Sun, Feb. 24.

An acre of beet will vield as much true food as
five acres of oats, or three antra half of wheat. Sugar beet
makes excellent bread; nearly as good, that is to say as
nutritive, as wheaten bread ; and therefore it is clear, that a
man who has an acre of that kind of root, is in the position
of the man who has three and a half acres of wheat ready
for the sickle. It aft acre of wheat will produce one thou—,
:land loaves, an acre of sugar beet Will produce three thou-
sand five hundred. ~,
A cmoroissi.in Tif three members is about to pro-
ceed to the Island of Java to study the mocle,ot culture prae•
tised in that country, with a view to its introduction, if suit-
ble, Into Algeria.--Gaignani.