The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-01 00:00:00

COMMITTEES on PRIVATE BILLS.'
SALE OF THE CHARING-CROSS-BRIDGE.
The Committee to whom the Bill has been referred, for,
carrying into effect the contract entered into by the Chaing-
cress-bridge Company on the sth of November, 1845, for the
sale of their bridge to Mr. William Jackson, Sir Icelua
Walmsley, Bart., Mr. William Reed, and Mr. Francis Fuller,
for the sunr of 226,000/., 10,000/. of which has been deposited
with the company, were summoned to meet yesterday at half-
past twelve o'clock, in No. 1? Committee-room, but the only
members present at the appointed time were Lord Barring.
ton and Colonel Sibtherp, who took his seat immediately
after twelve o'clock. The members summoned were the
Noble Lord, the Gallant Colonel, Mr. Lloyd Mostyn, Mr.
Wynn Kaight, and General Johnstone It is but right, how-
ever, to state, that the ci•culars requesting their attendance
gave them but a short notice, owing, as was stated, to the
uncertainty as to whether a committee-room could be ob-
tained, and to this no doubt, their absence may be at-
tributed.
At oue o'clock the two .Hon. Members who were at their
post began to exhibit signs of impatience, and Mr. Creed, the
committee-cleric, was dispatched in all directions to endea-
vour to find a Member or Members whose names are on the
Middlesex list (a certain number of Members are allotted to
discharge the business arising, by Bills, out of each county);
but the result was vain.
Colonel SisTnonr—Can't you get a stray Member any-
where? Mr. Creed said during the last hour 3,000 persons
had passed up the stairs into the committee-rooms of the
House of Commons, but he was sorry to say that there was
not a stray Member amongst them. He could not see a
single Middlesex Member.
Mr. GURNEY (who appears for the Market Company)
attributed this to the great number of committees at pi esent
sitting.
Colonel Snirnonr trusted Mr. Creed would let it be
known that he and his Noble Colleague had not neglected
their duty. He was sorry for the delay which the absence of
the other lion. Members must cause to the parties ; but he,
for one, would sit there all day, if there was any chance of
obtaining the requisite number of members; but, he thought,
under the circumstances, that they had better adjourn until
'Tuesday, in order that, the
_summonses might be renewed,
and the business then proceeded with without delay.
The Committee, therefore, stands adjourned until that day.
With respect to the Bill, it may be stated that its object is to
sell the bridge to the p arties named tor the abovementioned sum. i
On the completion of the sale the company will be dissolved,
and the bridge vested entirely in the purchasers. All con-
tracts heretofore made will remain valid ; actions or other
legal proceedings commenced at the time of the passing of
the Act by or against the company, not to be abated by the
sale, but to be continued quite irrespective of the Act. The
Act, which will be a public one, will not affect any rights,
property, or privilege of, or belonging to the Hungerfurd
Market Company. The sale Is opposed by four shareholders.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 28, 1817.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon William Snow Harris, Esq., F.R.S.
S C. JAMES'S PALACE, Arum 28.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-Colonel
Fitz Maurice, K.H., Clerk of the Cheque of her Majesty's
Body Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, vice Jonathan Eller-
thorp, Esq., deceased.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Chard, Esq.,
Exon of her Majesty's Body Guard of Yeomen of the Guard,
vice Sir Samuel Hancock, dint., resigned.
WHITEHALL, APRIL 24.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Thomas Bur-
nett, Bart., to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the
shire of Kincardine, in the room of John Viscount Arbuth
uott, resigned.

WHITEHALL, Arnn. 28.
The Queen has been pleased to grant to Henry James
Sumner Maine. Esq., 8.A., the office of Reader of the Civil
Law in the University of Cambridge, in the room of Dr. James
William Geldart, resigned.
MAR-OFFICE, APRIL 30.
2d Regiment of Life Guards—Surgeon Abraham James
Nisbet Gonne!, M.D. from half-pay 88th Foot, to be Surgeon,
vice Calder, deceased, April 30.
7th Light Dragoons—Lorenzo Ely Hutchinson Bond,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bushe, promoted,
April 30.
15th Light Dragoons—Major George William Key to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Sir Walter Scott,
Bart., deceased; Captain Michael William Smith to be Ma-
jor, vice Key; Lieutenant Octavius George Perrott to be
Captain, vice Smith ; Cornet James Boyd to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Perrott, Feb. 9.
17ili Light Dragoons.—Lieutenant John Stephenson, from
halt-pay i6th Light Dragoons, to be Paymaster, vice Chand-
ler, deceased, April 30.
2d Regiment of Foot—George Gollop, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Sadleir, who retires, April 30.
Bth Foot—Lieutenant Charles Covell Neame, from 7th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Capudese, promoted, April 30.
26th Foot—Major William Davenport Davenport, trom
94th Foot, to be Major, Vice Paterson, who exchanges,
April 30.
69th Foot—Lieutenant Denis Dunn to be Adjutant, vice
Carmichael, who resigns the Adjucantcy only, April 00.
70thFoot—Charles Crawley, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Foster, appointed to 84th Foot, April 30.
73d Foot—Hugh Alackenzie, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase,
vice Waddington, appointed to the Rifle Brigade,
April 30.
84th Foot—Ensign John Faircloth to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Chapman, deceased, Jan. 17 ; Ensign
Edwin Fletcher Foster, from 70th Foot, to be Ensign, vice
Fairciotb, April 30.
91st Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase: Robert
Wbitle, Gent., vice Miil, promoted in the Cape Mounteti
Riflemen, April 28; Edward James Somers Rae. Gent., vice
Lavers, promoted in the Cape Mounted Riflemen, April 29 ;
John Alexander Saunders, Gent., vice Fitz Gerald, promoted
in the Cape Mounted Riflemen, April 30.
To be Surgeon—Staff Surge, ,n of the Second Class John
Forrest, M.D., vice Hadawav, who exchanges, April 30.
94th Foot—Major James Paterson, from 261 h Foot, to be
Major, vice Davenport, who exchanges, April 30.
Rifle Brigade—Second Lieutenant Richard Heaviside to
be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Glyn, appointed
Adjutant; Arthur Nixon, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant,
vice Heaviside; Lieutenant Julius Richard Glyn to be Adju-
tant, vice Woodford, promoted, April 30.
llosmAt. STAFF.—Sur,:,eon Samuel Mainland Hadaway,
from 91st Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of Second Class, vice
Forrest, who exchanges, April 30.
AIYNIORANDRSL—The Christian names of Ensign Somerset,
of the 13th F.ot, are Alfred Plantagenet Frederick Charles.
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