The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-12 00:00:00

GROUP XII.

This Committee met to-day for the first time, at twelve
o'clock, in Room 25, Mr. Lascelles in the chair.
The following are the Bills referred to this Group:—
Norfolk Railway (Branch to Thetford, to join the Ipswich
and Bury St. Edmund's).
Lynn and Ely (Extension to Bury St. Edmund's).
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (No. 2.—Newmarket and
Ely).
Newmarket and Chesterford (Extension to Thetford).
Newmarket and Chesterford (Extension to Bury St. Ed-

mund's).
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds (No. 3—Bury to Thetford).
Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Act, Amendments, &c.
NORFOLB (BRANCH TO THETFORD, dt.c.)
This was the first scheme called on, but on inquiry it being
found that certain returns required by the Railway Commis-
sioners were not ready, the Committee decided to adjourn
till Tuesday next, when the Lynn and Ely (Extension to
Bury St. Edmunds) will be proceeded with.
The Committee accordingly adjourned.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
COVENTRY RACES, Blmicit 10.
The City Stakes, of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added; for 3 yrs
old, Bst ; 4 yrs, Oat. 41b ; 5 yrs, Oat 121 b ; 6 yrs, lOst 21b ;
and aged, lOstAlb. One mile and a half. 5 subs.
Mr. T. Pare§ Tr4n, 6 yrs ... ... T. Parr 1
Sir C. Cockelkll's tongress, 3 yrs ... 2
The following also started, but were not placed J.
Stephenson's Rothersthorpe, Mr. Cowper's The Morsel, and
Mr. Hope's Bletsoe Lass. Run in 3 min. 20 sec.
The Craven Trial Stakes, of 10 soya each, and 10 added.
Once round and a distance. 8 subs.
Mr. J. Lillie's Spithead, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ... Marlow 1
Mr. T. Parr's Icicle, 4 yrs, Bst 41b ... 2
Mr. Treen's Buttress, 4 yrs, Bst 41b ... 3
Run in 2 min. 29 sec.
The Selling Stakes, of 5 says, each, and 25 added. 2 miles.
7 subs. _ _

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Mr. B. Austin's The Wizard
Mr. Barton's Reliance, 5 yrs ...
Mr. Johnstone's Betty Humphries, 4 yrs
Run in 4 min. 25 sec.
The Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft if declared, with 50 added.
One mile and a half. 29 subs, 16 of whom declared.
Mr. Goldsworthy's My Mary, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b A. Day 1
Mr. Dawson's Pleasure Trip, 4 yrs, 6t.t 121 b ... 2
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Meik
lam's Godfrey, Lord Brooke nd Roebuck, Mr. J. Knight's
The Jolly Beggar, Mr. Treen's Buttress, Mr. F. Robbins's
Duke of Richmond, Mr. Mutton nd Redstreak, Mr. Kitton's
Auricula, Mr. Mangles's Golden Bee, Col. Anson's Treacle,
and Sir C. Cockerell's Congress.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Duke of Richmond (taken)-4 to 1
Treacle-6 to 1 each agst Godfrey, My Mary, and Redstreak.
Won by half a length. Run in 3 min. 10 sec.
Free Handicap Hurdle Stakes of 5 soya each, and 30 added.
Two miles, over six hurdles 4 feet high. 11 subs.
Mr. B. Austin's Little Johnny, aged, list 61b King 1
Mr. OAkey's Valeria, list
The following also rau :—Cavendisb, Adrian, Antonio, and
Deodara.
The Licensed Victualler's Stakes (Handicap) of 5 soya each,
and 25 added, one mile, were won in three heats by Mr.
Itarton's Hector, 5 yrs, Bst 41b, beating Gaffer Green, Sst
121 b, Carissima, Bst 10Ib, Susannah, fist 61b, and Pleasure
Trip, Bst.
DERBY BETTING.-1,200 to 100 and 2,600 to 200 %aid agst
Epirote.

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NORTHAMPTON RACES.
We understand that in consequence of the general fast be-
ing fixed for Wednesday, the 24th inst., these Races will
take place on Monday and Tuesday,• the 22d and 23d inst.

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LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
Lorna, Mascst 11.—Wind S. by E., light breeze, and
fine frosty weather.
DEAL, /damn 10.—Wind N.W. to E.; P.M., E.,
squally.—Arrd. Irene, M'Dougal, Bahia. Sld. Plantagenet,
Bird, Madras and Calcutta ; Hong-Kong, Dodds, Elavannah ;
Franklin, New Orleans.
SHOREHAM, MARCH 10.—Wind E.—Sld. Charles, New
York.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 10.—Wind E. to E.N.E.—Acrd.
De Hoop, Prouk, Batavia. Sld. Hugh Walker, China.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 10.—Wind 24. W.-9. Off port, Mary
Gray, Henderson, Honduras, and proceeded for London ;
Amelia Fanny, Africa for London.
SCILLY, MARCH s.—Arrd. John King, Martin, Mauritius.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 10.—Wind N.N.E., moderate.—Arrd.
Tynwald, Harmer, Mauritius. Sld. Leonore, Calcutta;
Arabian, Hawkins, New Orleans; Shaw. Baltimore; John
Ravenal, New York; Gulnare, Newfoundland. Off port,
Alice,
WurranavEN, Mas.cn 9.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. Jane, Bal-
timore.

LIMERICK, MARCH 9.—Wind E.—Sid. Clyde, Boston.
STOCKTON, MARCH 10.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Teesdale, Pam•
bceuf and Quebec.

CLYDE, MARCH 9.—Arrd. Orbit, Larkins, St. John's,
New Brunswick. Sld. James Campbell, Graham, Batavia;
James Hunt, Antigua ; Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia ;
Madonna, Newfoundland; Eurydice, ditto; Miramichi, New
York.

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HULL, MARCH 10. —Wind N.—Sld. Anne, Greenland ;
St. George, ditto.
BRISTOL, MARCH 10.—Wind E.—Arrd. Amelia, Africa.
BELFAST, MARCH 9.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. William Ken-
nedy, Martin, Philadelphia. Sld. Trinidad, Philadelphia.
CoRK, MARCH 7.—The Jane Lowden, Dodd, from Mar-
seilles to this port, foundered in a gale on the 27th ult., in lat.
48, lon. 10; crew saved, and brought here by the Feliz
Union.
OFF PENZANCE.—John King, Martin Mauritius.
The Charlotte Harrison, Queen Pomare, New York
Packet, Henry, Gardner, and Independence, all received
more or less damage in a heavy squall at New Orleans,
27th January.

~ 42.
NEW- COURTS FOR HE RECO-
VERY OF SMALL DEBTS AND DEMANDS.
A supplement to the London Gazette, of Tuesday, last
(published yesterday), sets forth the names of the towns in
which the newly-appointed courts for the recovery of debts
under the amount of 201. are to be held. The names are
specified under two orders of Council, dated Osborne House,
March 9, 1847, made for the purpcse of carrying into effect
the Act of last session of Parliament, intituled "An Act for
the more easy Recovery of Small Debts and Demands in
England," which will come into operation on Monday next,
and by which the powers formerly exercised under the Acts
regulating the Courts of Request, &c., are abolished. The
districts over which the jurisdiction of the new courts is to
be extended are also set forth.
The following are those for the Metropolitan counties and
districts:—

MIDDLESEX.
BRENTFORD.—Brentford.
Eparatcrote.—The sub .districts of Edmonton, Enfield, and
Tottenham in Edmonton, consisting of the parishes of Ed-
monton, Enfield, and Tottenham.
UxuntsGE.—Uxbridge; the sub-district of Irer, in Eton,
consisting of the parishes of lver, Fulmer, Langley, Marish,
Denham, Hedgerley, and the hamlet of Edgerley Dean, in.
the parish of Farnham Royal; the parishes of Cranford, Har-
lington, and Hartnondsworth, in Staines.
MIDDLESEX METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS.
1. WESTMINSTER.—The district of the Westminster
County Court of Middlesex shall include all within a line
drawn from the point where the cities of London and West-
minster meet on the river Thames, along the boundary of
the city of London to Holborn-bars, thence along the middle
of Holborn, Oxford-street, and the Uxbridge-road, until the
Uxbridge-road crosses the Serpentine river, thence along the
Serpentine river to Rotton-row, thence along the middle of
the road through Albert Gate to the Knightsbridge-road,
thence along the middle of the Knightsbridge-road to Sloane-
street, thence along the middle of Sloane-street, across
Sloane-square, along the middle of Lower Sloane-street,
Turk's-row, and Franklin's-row, to the gate leading into the
road which divides the Kitchen Gardens of Chelsea Hospital
from the Governor's Garden and Garden Meadow, thence
along the said road and the boundary of the said Hospital
Kitclsen Garden to the river Thames, thence along the
Thames to the point first described.
2. Buoarrros.—The district of the Brompton County
Court of M ddlesex shall include all within a line drawn from
the point on the river Thames where the parishes of Acton
and Hammersmith meet, along the common boundary of the
parishes of Acton and Hammersmith till it crosses the Ux-
bridge-road, thence along the middle of the Uxbridge-read
till it crosses the Serpentine river, thence along the western
boundary of the Westminster County Court of Middlesex
hereinbefore described, to the river Thames, and along the
Thames to the point first described.
3. MARYLEBONE.—The district of the Marylebone County
Court of Middlesex shall include all within a line drawn
fro,, t' noi-It where the common boundary of the parishes
of ...an...v.—all and Acton crosses the labrifkga-zoadt 4
along the middle of the Uxbridge-road Oa Oxford-street to
Portman -street, thence along the middle of Portman-street,
the street on the west side of Portman-square, Gloucester-
street, Gloucester-place, across the New-road, Upper4Glou-
cester-place, the street on the east side of Dorset-square,
Dorset-place, Upper Gloucester-place, Taunton-place, Park-
road, and Primrose-hill-road, till it meets the Avenue-road,
Thence along the middle of the Avenue-road and the New-
road, to Finchley, to the northern boundary of the parish of
St. John, Hampstead, thence westward along the boundary
of the parish of St. John, Hampstead, to the Edgeware-road,
near Crickleeoods, thence along the Edgeware-road to the
boundary of the parish of Willesden, at Brent-bridge, thence
along the northern and western boundary of the parish of
Willesden, including the whole parish of Willesden and pre-
cinct of Twyford Abbey, till it meets the common boundary
of the parishes of Acton and Hammersmith in the print first
described. . _ _

4. BLOuMSI3UAY.—The district of the Bloomsbury County
Court of ➢iiddlesex shall include all within a line drawn from
the point where the boundary of the parish of St. John,
Hampstead, crosses the New-road to Finchley, along the
eastern boundary line of the Marylebone County Court of
Middlesex hereinbefore described to Oxford-street, thence
along the middle of Oxford-street and Holborn to King-
street, thence along the middle of King-street, Upper King-
street, Soutbampton-row, the street on the east side of
Russell.square, Woburn-place, the street on the east side of
Tavistock-square, Upper Woburn-place, to the New-road,
thence along the middle of the New-road to the boundary
of the parish of St. Pancras, at King's-cross, thence along
the eastern and northern boundary of the parish of St.
Pancras,-till it meets the boundary of the parish of St.
John, Hampstead, thence westward along the northern
boundary of the parish of St. John, Hampstead, to the point
first described.

5. CLERKENWELL.—The district of the Clerkenwell
County Court of Middlesex shall include all within a line
drawn from the point where the boundary of the city of
London crosses Finsbury-place, along the middle of Fins-
bury-place, the street on the west side of Finsbury-square,
the City-road, Winkworth-buildings, East-road, Brudenell-
place, and the New North-road to the Regent's Canal.
thence along the middle of the Regent's Canal until it is
cross( d by the Kingsland-road, thence along the middle of
the Kingsland-road to the southern boundary of the parish
of Tottenham, thence westward along the boundary of the
parish of Tottenham to the boundary of the parish of
Hornsey, thence along the boundary of the parish of
Hornsey, and Chapelry of Highgate, including the whole of
the said parish and chapelry to the boundary of the district
of the Bloomsbury County Court of Middlesex, thence along
the eastern boundary of the last-mentioned district to the
point where King-street meets Holborn, thence along the
middle of Holborn to Holborn-bars, thence along the
northern boundary of the city of London to the point first
described.

6. SHOREDITCH.—The district of the Shoreditch County
Court of Middlesex shall include all within a line drawn
from the point where the boundary of the city of London
crosses Finsbury-place, along the eastern boundary of the
district of the Clerkenwell County Court of Middlesex to the
southern boundary of the parish of Tottenham, thence east-
ward along the said boundary to the boundary of the county
of Middlesex, thence southward along the boundary of the
said county to the northern boundary of the parish of Strat-
ford-le- Bow, thence westward along the boundary of the
said parish until it is crossed by the southernuside of the
Eastern Counties Railway, thence westward 'along the
southern side of the Eastern Counties Railway till it crosses
Brick-lane, thence along the middle of Brick-lane, Phoenix-
street, Wheeler-street, and White Lion-street to Norton-
folgate, thence along the middle of Norton-folgate to
the boundary of the city of London, thence westward
along the boundary of the city of London to the point first
described.
7. Bow—The district of the Bow County Court of Mid-
dlesex shall include the parishes of Bromley and Stratford-
, le-Bow, and the Superintendent-Registrar's district of West
Ham.

8. WHITECHAPEL.—The district of the Whitechapel County
Court of Middlesex shall include all wit Lin a line drawn
from the point where the eastern boundary of the city of
London leaves the river Thames, along the said boundary
until it is crossed by Norton-folgate, thence along the middle
of Norton-folgate,W bite Lion-street, Wheeler-street, Pholnix-
street, and Brick-lane, until it is crossed by the southern
side of the Eastern Counties Railway, thence eastward along
the southern side of the said railway until it crosses the
boundary of the parish of Stratford-le-Bow, thence south-
ward along the western boundary of the parishes of Strat-
ford-le-Bow and Brumley to the boundary of the parish of
Poplar, thence along the common boundary of the parishes
of Bromley and Poplar to the boundary of the county of
Middlesex, thence southward along the boundary of the said
county to the river Thames, thence along the river Thames
to the point first described.