The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-31 00:00:00

MANGOTSPIELD AND BATH.

The Committee then resumed the consideration of this
Bill, which, it will be recollected, is a short line of eight
miles in length, to complete the narrow gauge communica-
tion between Bristol and Gloucester.
_Lord William Powlett, and several other witnesses, deposed
to the advantage of the completion of this route between
Bath and Gloucester, and thence towards the north.

GROUP XXXIV.
The Committee met at twelve this day; Mr. F. Baring,
chairman.
The Committee decided that the preambles of the following
Bills referred to them were proved :
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Ashton
Canal Purchase).
London and North-Western Railway (Lease and Purchase
of the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway, Canal, &c.)
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Station
Approach in Manchester).
The preamble of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln-
shire Railway (Purchase of the Branch from Ashton-
under-Lyme to Oldham) was not proved.

OLDHAM ALLIANCE.
The report of the Commissioners upon this Bill had not
yet been received.
The Committee was occupied the remainder of the day in
going through the clauses of the Bill.

GROUP XXXV.
The Committee met at eleven, and, after hearing Mr.
Wrangham on the

EAST LANCASRIRE EXTENSIONS, &c.,
decided (without calling witnesses), that as lines of railway
were already in existence in the district to be supplied, that
further accommodation was unnecessary.
The Committee then adjourned.

GROUP XXXVJ.
MANCHESTER AND STOURPORT
(BRANCHES, &C.)
This Committee was engaged all the day in hearing ev
deuce on behalf of this scheme.

GROUP XXXIX.
This Committee re-assembled this morning after the holi-
days in Room 23.
LEEDS AND TUIRSX (LEEDS, DURHAM.
AND NEWCASTLE EXTENSION).
The Committee were occupied the whole of the day with
local and general evidence in favour of this Bill.
The Committee adjourned at the usual hour.

GROUP XLV.
The Committee met at twelve o'clock.
EIIINHI.TRGH AND NORTHERN (TAY IM.

PROVEMENTS).
'Mr. Grainger, civil engineer, and Mr. Jardine, civil en.
gin,2er, were examined in favour of the improvements.
Mr. Kidd and Mr. Pryde, harbour master and tide-waiter,
proved that the navigation of the 'fay would not be injured.
The Committee then adjourned.

UNOPPOSED BILLS COMMITTEE.
(Before Mr. GREENE, Chairman of Committees.)
The following Bills, being unopposed, received the sanction
of the Committee ;
St. Ives (Huntingdon Improvement).
Bingley Iraprovement.
Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway (Deviation).
Buekingh am and Bracklev Junction Railway-, and Oxford
and Bl etchley Junction Railway Company's Amalgama-
tion ar ed Extension of Lines.
Birkenh( .ad, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway, and
Chest+:r and Birkenhead Railway (Purchase or Amalga-
mation).
Bir kenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway
(, Deviation of Main Line and Cheshire Branch, acc. )
Mid Hand Railway (Leicester and Swannington Railway
ridening, Deviation and Branches, Enlargement of Leices-
ter• Station, and extending powers as to Ibstock Branch).
Port &lowa and Dungannon Railway.
Mai uchester and Leeds Railway (Branch from the Hudders-
field. and Sheffield Junction Railway to Barnsley, and Ex-
te)3,sion to Holmfirth Branch).
Abeird een and Great North of Scotland Railways (Amalga-
ma Lion or Leasing).
East of Fife Railway (Markinch Deviation).

TA. TTERSALUS-THIS EVENING
SIX O'CLOCK.

ASCOT STAKES.
to 1 agst Humdrum
8 to 1 agst Clermont
8 to 1 agst Odessa
8 to i agst Vampyre
12 to 1 agst Plaudit
14 to 1 agst Annandale
EMPEROR'S VASE.
6 t• 5 agst Mendicant
5 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes
7 to 1 agst Jericho
7 to 1 agst Wolf-dog'

ST. LEGER.
7 to 2 agst Cossack—taken
30 to 1 agst Black Dwarf—taken
40 to 1 agst Limestone—taken

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ROLLS' COIJRT.—(THIS DAY.)
Tit* Court was occupied all the morning with a part-
hear3t cause, which was destitute of any general interest.

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PERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS:
Übe Low) CHANCELLOR took his seat on thy Wool-
sack at Five o'clock.
Messengers from the Commons brought up certain
Publite and private Bills.

- SCOTCH PEERAGE.
Era.' ROSEBERY moved that the returns which he
recei itly moved for with respect to the Scotch Peerage
shoul,d be printed and laid before the House.—Al Treed to.
DIOCESE OF KILDARE.
Thm Archbishop of DUBLIN presented ei 'ghteen
petiti one fromd
clergymen of various parts of L vlan ,
PraYizig for the re-establishment of the bishopi is of
kild awe.
His LORDSMP also
gave notice that it was his tot en-
tion tt , bring in a Bill on
tthe subject of the royal srero-
gative with respect to
diocesA .s in Ireland, he establishment
of seE
orate
PORTUGAL
OVVE said that he 11( )/1 ed
The Marquis of LANSD
to be able to lay upon the table of th I.louse a copy ,of
the protocol recently signed in LonsdpoeaninnY the Pleni pc
tentia ries of England, France, and
ingdo °ll he s
of th, ! arrangement with the k
FACTORIES BILmLof Port tugal.o bje c.t
Lorrl BROUGHAM presented a petition signed' 'by
5,000 of the traders and merchants of Nottingham aga ir.
the Factories Bill.
WCFORD AND BIRMINGHAM JUNCTIOI T

RAILWAY.

Lord LYNDHURST moved the appointment of

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Select 'Committee to consider the case 01. this comp
Lord REDESDALE felt it necessary to call the s st
tention of their Lordships to this Committee, a, is
the subject to be submitted for its consideratio n.
There -was no intention of working the line, but thc,re
was no. means of defeating. an Act of Parliament. In
March last the chairman of this Committee posses led
220 shares, but he had since sold 170 of those sha :es.
Mr. Russell, the chairman of the Great Western Rails vay
Compa.ny, held 220 shares, of which he had sold 199
shares, and now only held 21 shares, having en-
joyed the premium upon the shares which be
had paYted with. Then there was Mr. Stephens al 1,
who held 2,025 shares, of which he had part 0
with 1,48 shares, retaining only 177. It was repr s•
seated that the directors held 3,545 shares, but th cy
now he•ld only 957. On all these grounds, then, he