The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-20 00:00:00

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VIP OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

EPSOM RACES.

(THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.)
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
The COMAN STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 35 added ;
three yrs old, 6st 71b; four, Bst 71b; five, Bst 121 b ;
six and aged, 9st llb ; mares and geldings, and horses
which have run in either of the preceding races, al-
loy red 31b; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs. Heats,
on. mile.
Icicle
Maid of Saragossa

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REIG-ISTRY of BIRTHS and DEATHS
DURING THE WEEK ENDING MAY 15.
Deatl is registered in the week. Births registered in the week.
8131,38 _ ••• 512 Males ..• ... ... 668
Fe, pales _ ..• 466 Females ••• ... 659

Total

Total ... 1,327

NAMUR AND LIEGE RAILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)
Thes second annual meeting of the proprietors in this rail-
way took place this day, at twelve o'clock, in the London Ta-
vern, BishopagAte-street. The chair was taken by Andrew
Spott iswoode, Esq., President of the company. The Secretary
havin g read the advertisement convening the meeting, the
report was read, which was a very lengthy document, and
relatec 1 principally to descriptions of the works and cuttings
carriecl on on the main line and its branches. It was
stated , that between the bridge over the Meuse at Hemalle
and the Pont du Val Benoit, on the right
bank of the river, the greater part of the land
has • been acquired, and that the works were proceeding
rapic lly. A similar statement was also made respecting the
line 'la etween Namur and Hey, which comprises a distance of
eight, ?.en miles and a quarter. The construction of the bridge
over the Meuse at Hemalle is also actively progressing. This
bride ;e will consist of five segmental arches, 82 feet in span,
with a versed line of 10 feet. The directors had not been
able to hopen any part of the line as yet, but they hoped
soon to be enabled to do so.
A. discussion arose as to the forfeiture of the line,
in csnsequence of tbe works being incompleted; but the
dire :tors assured the compttuy no such advantage would be
taken of them, for, in the first place, the delay in the com •
pleti on of the works was occasioned by the Government them-
selve ; and, in the second, it was too much the interest of the
Belg ian Government that the line should be made. it
was also stated that the directors were willing to pay
five per cent. on the remainder of the capital
to 'be paid up. The resolutions adopting the reporr
were unanimously adopted, and a vote of thanks having
been passed to the Chairman the meeting separated.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
That Earl of Shaftesbury, Chairman of Committees, took his
seat at three o'clock this afternoon, and, after investigating
the objects of the under-mentioned unopposed Bills, declared
that the preamble of each had been proved :
Hartlepool West Harbour and Dock Extension.
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, and Glasgow,
Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (No. 2).
Caledonian Railway (Branches from the Clydesdale Junc-
tion Railway to the Douglas and Lesmahagow Mineral
Fields, and to Stratbaven).
Caledonian (Extension of the Motherwell Branch of the
Clydesdale Junctioo to Auchinheath Mineral Field, with
Branches to the Wishaw and Coltness, Canderside, and
Hamilton).
Caledonian (Branches to Wilsontown, Fauldhouse, Biggar,
and Broughton).
Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction (Sale to the Eastern
Union Railway Company).
The following preambles of private Bills were also de-
clared to be proved :
Wyndham's Estate.
Mylne's (or M'Nabb's) Estate.
Bolton Improvement.
Shipowners' Towing Company.
Bingley Gas.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP IV.

6N COUNTIES (STATION EXTIIN.
SION AT STIZA.TFORD).

The Compittee (Viscount Castlereagh, chairman), were
engaged all" the morning adjusting clauses in, this Bill.
The clauses having been agreed to, and the preamble
passed and ordered to be reported to the House, the Com-
mittee adjourned to the 7th of June.

GROUP VI.

WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WETMOUTII

AMENDMENT (No. XX).

Thu Commktco raGt this morning at twelve; Mr. Deedea in
the chair.

The first witness called was Mr. W. Dennison, carr)l.4;‘,..,
the business of a butcher at Portsmouth. He was purveyor
to her Majesty's dockyards at Portsmouth. He was in the
habit of killing about forty beasts and a large number of
sheep weekly. The market of Salisbury was the one which
he considered most preferable for the purchase of cattle. He
purchased nearly all his stock at that market.
Mr. Sergeant Mintrity appeared for the Earl of Pembroke
and other landowners against the Bill. His cross-examina-
tion of this witness was abruptly terminated by the Chairman
stating that his line of evidence was of the most singular and
extraordinary nature for a Railway Committee.
Mr. J. Knight was then called, who stated that if a railway
were made he would not use it. He would not send his forward
ewes or lambs upon any line of railway.
The CHAIRMAN said this was really the most anti-rail-
road evidence that the Committee had yet heard, and
hoped that the time of the Committee world not be wasted
by further evidence of that nature.
Mr. Jennings was called on to show that there was not
sufficient traffic between the west and soutk-eastern parts of
England to warrant the construction of a railway.
Mr. T. Chedder, clerk to the poor-law union at Tisbury,
stated that an unbroken connexion between Tisbury and
Shaftesbury and the clothing districts of the north would be
of great service to the districts.

Sir. W. Squire, actuary of the savings' bank at Shaftes-
bury, gave evidence to the effect of the people of Shaftesbury
being in favour of the line of the Great Western Railway, as
opposed to that of the South-Western Company.
Mr. Kymes, grocer, at Shaftesbury, was called, with a view
of showing- the traffic which existed between Bristol and
Shaftesbury, and the importance of an unbroken line between
those places.
Mr. Dewey, butter-dealer and malster, of Salisbury ; Mr.
White, butter-dealer, of Portsea, Mr. Mealing, dealer in
poultry, and also residing at Portsea ; gave evidence as to
the importance of the market at Salisbury.
Mr. Fisher, draper, of Blandford, thought it important to the
interests of that town that there should be a line on an un-
broken gauge between Bristol and Blandford.
Other evidence of a similar nature was adduced, and the
Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow.

GROUP XV.
The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock.

ROYSTON* AND WARE.

Mr_ JAMES opened on behalf of the Eastern Counties Corn- I
t any's project tor forming a line between Royston and Ware,
and stated that beside the necessity for a line between the
two places, it was peculiarly necessary as completing a chain
of communication through a large district. lie had no ob-
jection to a Bill for amalgomation, as, in the event of the
other preambles being passed, the company would of neces-
sity be compelled to transfer a great portion of their traffic
either to the Hitchin and Royston line, or to the Direct
Northern Company.
After some inquiries from the Chairman respecting the
several interests of the different parties the room was cleared,
and on the re-admission of the parties,
The Committee declared that the preamble of the Bill had
been proved, and thus, with the Bill passed the other day
for the line to Foxton, the Eastern Counties have obtained
their loop from Royston to Shelford.
The clauses were then gone through, and the Bill was
ordered to be reported.