The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-04 00:00:00

GROUP XXXIX.

This Committee met at the usual time this morning; Lord
Charles Wellesley in the chair.

WEAR VALLEY, EISHOP aucIELAND, AND
NVEARDAL E, WEARDA.LE EXTENSION,
AND WEAR AND D RWENT RAILWAY,
AND SHILD ON TUNNEL AMALGAMA-
TION.

The Committee having passed the preamble of this Bill,
were occupied the whole of the day in disposing of the clauses

GROUP XIX.
The Committee met this day iu Room 28; Sir Denis le
Marchant in the chair.

Evidence was taken for the promoters of the
EDINBURGH AND PERTH,
Mr. Graham Montgomerie, landed proprietor in Kinross
gave evidence as to the superior character of this line over
its rivals. It would be the only line, i❑ fact, that would ac-
commodate the county with wnich be was connected.
Mr. Williamson, mineral engineer, said that the line
would open up one of the richest mineral fields in Scotland,
covering an area of 36 square miles, which was at present
lost for want of a market. The district was also very rich
in limestone and black brick ironst ne, which would all be
greatly worked w►ien the Edinburgh and Perth Railway
should be completed.

COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE BILLS
(Pius DAY.)
LIVERPOOL WATERWORKS.

The Committee met this morning, at twelve o'clock—Sir
J. Johnstone in the chair—when the con,ideration of the
clauses was again proceeded with, the authorities for Wigan
contending that due notice had not been give❑ of the nature
of the clauses by which hey were afEcted ; and the opposition
proceeds as animatedly as heretofore.

PORTUGAL.
SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 4

The Tiger arrived from the Peninsula this morning.
We have received by her accounts from Lisbon to the
29th ult. The Bulldog arrived from England on the
27th, with important dispatches. The impression pre-
vailed that England was prepared to enforce the condi-
tions imposed by her by recourse to arms—if necessary;
halt ed, Sir J. Se) mour had notified to the Junta and to
Sada .Bandeira that the ships of war at his disposal
would be used to prevent the lauding or transportation
of their troops.
A good deal of firing was heard in the direction of
St. Übes on the 28,h. Cor,flic,ing reports were in cir-
culation. One was that the Junta would yield; another,
that it would fight to the la,t. The Gladiator cros,.eo
the bar of Oporto on the 29th, and came out crowded
with English residents.

Her dates of departure are as follow :—Gladiator,
25th May, 7.40 P.M. ; Cadiz, 26th ; Lisbjn, 29th ;
Oporto, 30th ; and Vigo, 31st.
Spi•cie, 6 packages ; dates, 31 boxes ; saffron, 2
ditto ; leeches, 16 ditto ; oranges, 21 chests ; ditto.
716 half chests ; lemons, 87 half chests ; potatoes, 25
barels, also 2 boxes; onions, 3 lia,ktts ; and 6 bullocks
on deck.

Ships of War lying at Gibraltar:-25th, noon, her
Majesty's steamer Virago, sailed to 'the eastward.—At
Cadiz: None.—At Lisbon: Trafalgar, Ilibernia, Cano•
pus, and ►teamrr Bulldog —At Oporto: Off the bar,
S. V. Sidon, brig Nautilus, S. V. Gladiator.—ln the
offiing at anchor: Frigate America, and Spanish frigate
Ville de Bilboa; also the Junta steamers, Mondello,
Royal Tar, and Oporto, all embarking troops as fast as
possible for St. Übe. At Vigo; Portugese frigate Donna
Mari r and brig Douro, Spanish schooner Minerva,
English schooner Oporto of Dublin.
On the 3d of June the Tiger saw a large steamer with
four masts, at 10 A.M., supposed the Great Western,
sailing to the south a e,tward.
The Tiger brings 87 passengers from the various
ports, many of whom have left in anticipation of the