The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-04 00:00:00

COMMITTEE on PRIVATE WI"

(THIS DAY.)
SALE OF CHARING-CROSS BRIDGE.
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The Committee to whom the Bill for carrying
an agreement entered into by the proprietors of thilist°
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for its sale to Mr. Jackson, Sir Joshua Walmsley,
&C., was summoned to meat again this morning,n .
mittee-room, No. 17, at twelve o'clock ; but at the appoin"74
hour none of the members save Colonel Sibthorp and Idr.
Mostyn were in attendance. bridge,
Counsel and parties attended punctually at twelve o'clock-
At half-past twelve o'clock Mr. D'Eyncourt,
for Lam-
beth, entered the Committee-room;
on the Middlesex list, he said he could not conveniently
attend to-day. He, however, intimated that even if he were
to stay, there was little or no chance of a Committee being
formed ; he, therefore, went away.
Colonel SIBTHORP said he informed General Johnstone and
Lord Barrington, last night in the House of Commons, that
the Committee would meet to-day at twelve, and in that
Committee-room, and that they promised to attend. fie
feared it-would be necessary to adjourn the Committee again•
but as the business of the House was important to-morrow.-
Lord Morpeth's Health of Towns' Bill, and Mr. Spooner'l
Suppression of Prostitution Bill being set down in the paper
—he thought, if they did find it necessary to adjourn, it
would be necessary to extend it over to-morrow.
Mr. GURNEY, who appeared for the Bridge Company, slict
he had consulted his friend Mr. Hill (who appeared for the .
shareholders who oppose the sale of the bridge), and be
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agreed with him that it would be more convenient for a".
parties that an adjournment of the Committee for some days
should at once take place, as there seemed little chance of
making a quorum, and it some arrangement should not be
come to between the parties in the interim, that an applica-
tion should be made to have the Committee reappointed.
Colonel SIBTHORP—Then you wish us to adjourn sine die F
Mr. IltLi. said, as the Committee had not, in fact, been
formed, the two lion. Members present had no
power tO
adjourn it. The better course would be for the Committee
to separate, without naming any time when it should meet_
again, and for the parties to apply for the renewal or re-
appointment of the Committee on a future day, as recol2l- •
mended by his Learned Friend. It was right, perhaps,
that he should intimate that his opposition—or rather the
opposition of those fur whom be appeared—had not abated
in the least.
After some further consideration the Sommittee wan
arranged to stand adjourned sine die, it being, however, un-
derstood that it should be called together again in the course
of a week.

The Earl of Elgin is to have the Green Riband
vacant by the death of the Duke of Argyll.
EXTENSION OF THE ELECTRIC 'TELEGRAPH TO
PLYMOUTlL—Arrangements are now in progress for the ex-
tension of the electric telegraph on the Great Western Rail-
way. It is expected the work will be commenced early in
the ensuing summer; the wires will be first laid down as far
as Bristol. When this portion is in operation, it is in-
tended to extend it to Exeter, whence the communication
will be carried to Plymouth on the South Devon Railway,
and thence, by means of subterranean pipes, to the Dock-
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BALLOON ASCENT.—Last evening a balloon ascent
took place at the Royal Standard Gardens, Shepherdess-
walk, City-road, but on which occasion in consequence Ff
the unpropitious state of the weather, there was but a thin
attendance of visitors. The balloon was the property of Mr.
Gypson, and was its second ascent. About a quarter before
seven o'clock the aerial machine having been tilled with gas,
which was supplied from the Independent Gas Works, Hag"
gerstone, was declared ready tor its elevation. Mr. Gypson
Mr. Coxwell, and three other gentlemen, then entered the_
car, when, upon being disengaged from terra firma, its ascent
was slow, from the sudden condension of the gas, caused b 7
the dampness of the atmosphere. Several bags of ballast were
then thrown out, upon which it rose rapidly. Its course w.t
to the east of south. After being up about ten minutes
slowly descended, and was then lost sight of.
TnE ARMY AND NAVY CLUB-110USE.—Yesterday
the whole of the houses on the west side of George-street,
St. James's-square, as well as several in Pall-mall, were
being demolished, this spot having been selected by the
committe for the erection of the intended new Army and
Navy Club-house.