The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-01 00:00:00

RAILWAYS.

The Committee of Selection have nominated the following
Select Committees on Railway Groups :
A Committee consisting of—Viscount Sandon (Chairman),
Sir P. Egerton, Mr. M. J. O'Connell, Mr. Warburton, and
Mr. Brownrigg, to whom they have referred the Bills com-
prised in Group No. 6, viz.:—
Bristol and Exeter (Branch from Bleadon to Wells, Glas-
tonbury, &c.),
Bristol and Exeter (Taunton and Castle Cary Branch),
Great Western (Extension of the Berks and Hants, &c.),
Yeovil and Bridport to Exeter, with Branches,
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Amendment (No. 1),
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Amendment (No. 2),
Chard Canal and Railway Company,
Southampton and Dorchester (Blandford Branch),
Salisbury and Yeovil,
Exeter, 'Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway and Branches,
Exeter and Exmouth Railway Act Amendment,
•Blandford and Bruton,
- 'Great Western (Amendment and Extension).
The Select Committee to meet on Wednesday, March 10,
at one o'clock.
A Committee consisting of—Mr. Kemble (Chairman),
Mr. Evans, lion. C. W. Howard, Sir W. Jolliffe, and Mr.
Dodd, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in
Group No. 9, 'viz. :
Liskeard and Caradon Railway Act Amendment,
West Cornwall Railway Branches and Improvement,
Cornwall Railway Act Amendment and Deviation,
Plymouth and Dartmoor Branch (dropped),
Falmouth and Helstone.
The SeleelibComtnittee to meet on Tlreltsday, March 11,
at twelve.
A Committee consisting of—Right Hon. E. Ellice (Chair-
man), Mr. Disraeli, Viscount Acheson, Mr. Lefroy, and Mr.
Entwisle, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in
Group No. 5, viz.:—
Great Western ( Branches to West London Railway, &c.),
Great Western (Branches to Egham, Staines, &c.),
Windsor,
London and South-Western, widening thereof, &c.,
Windsor, Staines, and South-Western ( Richmond to Windsor),
Windsor, Staines, and South-Western (Staines to Ascot, &c. )
The Select Committee to meet on Friday, March 12, at 12.
Those Bills marked thus * have not been real a second

time; but as toon as the second rea 'ing takes place, they
will be referred by the Committee of Selection to the Select
Committee on the Group.

The Committee of Selection have appointed the Select
Committees on Groups Nos. 13, 16, and 18, to meet in the
week commencing Monday, March 15.
The foil awing is the List from which Members will be
selected to serve on the Select Committees on Railway
Groups appointed to meet in the week commencing !gondol,
March 15:—
Earl of Arundel Viscount Mahon
Mr. Baine Mr. Mangles
Captain Boldero Earl of March
Mr. E. Buller Mr. M. Milnes
Alderman Copeland Captain o,borne
Hon. 11. Fitzroy Mr. A. Oswald
Captain W. Gordon Mr. E. J. Shirley
Mr. Hindley Lord J. Stuart
Hon. H. Liddell Mr. Tancred
Earl of Lincoln Hon. E. Yorke.
Mr. Mackinnon

PETITIONS IPN PRIVATE BILLS.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
(Room 22, before Mr. Examiner Shim.)
UNOPPOSED LIST.
Wexford and Valencia.—Complied with.
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr.—Further adjourned.
Edinburgh and Perth..—Complied with.
(Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY.)
°prosy) LIST.
NORTH 13R1TISII.
This case was partly heard, and the further hearing ad.
journed until Thursday next.

RAILWAY RETURNS.
RAILWAY TILAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail-
ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the
respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same
week in the previous year:—