The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-16 00:00:00

GROUP, No. 14,

The Committee nominated by the Committee of Selection to con-
sider and ascertain the merits of the Bills comprised in Group 14
assembled for the first time this morning in room No. 16, a small
apartment about the size of an attic or a back parlour. The Com-
mittee consisted of Mr. E. Protheroe (chairman), Lord Emlyn, Mr.
Grogan, General Lygon, and Mr. John O'Connell. The Bills com-
prised in the group were—
Kent Atmospheric Railway.

North Kent Railway.
South-Eastern (Canterbury to Dover).
_South-Eastern (Chislet to Margate).
South-Rastern (Greenwich to Chart, near Ashford, with branches to
Tonbridge and Riverhead).
South-Eastern (Greenwich to Chilham, near Canterbury, with
branches to Sheerness and Faversham-creek).
South-Eastern (Maidstone to Strood, near Rochester). •
Dover and Deal.
The CHAIRMAN intimated before the bUsiness of the day was
entered upon, that Mr. Gossett intended to apply for the use of one
of the Vice-Chancellor's Courts for this Committee, and the parties
would therefore only have to put up with the inconvenience of the
present room for a single day.
NORTH RENT RAILWAY.

The first line called on was the North Kent.
The counsel who appeared for the promoters were Mr. Talbot, Mr.
Wrangham, Mr. Sergeant 3lurphy, Sir Walter Riddle, and

Mr. COlestoe,.. - appeared for the South-Eastern Company, who
The counsel wis -meting line, wets Mr. Austin, Mr. Cock-
are promoters of a cob., , sing.
burn, Mr. Alexander, and Mr. —,ilway and Canal, the Mayer,
The Gravesend and Rochester I,—. ' T,onclon, the Commissioners
Corporation, and Citizens of the city
el ^rs lb r
roads,
thet h e
of the Medway Navigation, the Commission.. surrey
town of Maidstone, the Trustees for improving the... Feversham
Governors of St. Thomas's Hospital, the Trustees of the _ --Cross
roads,- the Surrey Canal Company, the Trustees of the Ne', ~,
roads; the Justices. &C., of East Kent, the Commissioner of t.._
Soutiii.::r4 Ccwt of Requests, and s.,veral other large and important
=yes against the Bill.
bodies put in appe.:!
SOUTN•MASTMAN;g:ZREENNVICII TO
TROT,
NEAR ASHFORD, WITH ,REANCHES TO-
BRIDGE AND RIVERHEAD.
The next line Was the Greenwich Railway to Chart.
CeTekhbeucoteu,n3sierl.w]shieoraewppeeathreerd,
efonrdt3hter.promoters were Dir. Austin, ifil. ,
t Murphy, W Walter Middle, The counsel who opposed it were Mr. Talbot,.dl%,ifire:
Wrangham, Mr. Sergeant
Colestone. and Mr.
Sergeant
C al Company, and
Croydon Railway Company, the Grand Surrey an Appearances were also entered against the Bill for t and
other large and important public bodies.
ICH TO
souTu.mAsirintie (GREENW
lliNalgAng).
last case. ggunsel appeared for and against this Bill as in the
The sail::
sotrrii...zwirrz-Aor
.(....C_ANTESL23I73Or TO
1120.9 ..436).

Counsel as before.?
(
SOUTUACII,STVIIIVLe.:.,DSTONZ Pr;
OTILOOD).
Counsel as before. It was also opposed by the Rout Atmospheric

CoupauY•

SOUTH-EASTERN (CHISLET TO

Counsel as before.

MARGATE).

RENT ATMOSPHERIC.

The next line called on was the Kent Atmospheric.
The counsel who appeaed for the promoters were Mr. Talbot, Or •
Willmore, and Mr. Mellor.

The counsel of the South-Eastern Company opposed it.
Appearances against the Bill were entered for several landoserea
and occupiers on the line, as well as for the Ecclesiastical ConniS.
Blotters of England..

DOVER AND DEAL.
This line was not called on, because the parties had not given /oe°
clear days' notice of the intention to go into Committee.
The CHAIRMAN then stated that, owing to the crowded and illeett.
venient state of the room, the Committee were not disposed to Pre.
ceed further in their labours to-day. eding
Mr. Sergeant MURPHY presumed, then, that the first pry
of the Committee to-morrow would be to hear his Learned Frit.
Mr. sergeant Wrangliant's opening, on behalf of the North Kent rnts-
The CHAIRMAN asked if the parties had made arranifeln`:„
amongst themselves upon this point, in accordance with the 0"

gestion of the Chairman of Committees.
This question was replied to in the negative ; but it was altinisteeir
agreed that the North Kent should be taken first to-morrow, tag%
with the competing schemes of the Soath-Eastern CompanT,
Greenwich to Chilham, from Chilham to Canterbury, and front
terbury to Dover.
Tke Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrotr•

GROUP, No. 15.
Mr. O'Connell, Chairman. Mr. Mackinnon, Captain Hatton, Sr.
Hindley, and Sir R. Price, came shortly after twelve o'clock. Ai
Appearances were first taken on all the Dills to conie before '—
Committee.
The unopposed Bills, the South-Eastern, Ashford Station, end.,..th.
South-Eastern, Rye to Rye Harbour, were then referred to the .74,
of Mr. Greene, the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and 3101:a
BAST
BRIGHTON AND LEWIS AND HABIT.--

DEVIATIONS AND BRANCHES.
The counsel for the Company (.111r. Hill and Mr. Austin) called.„,ill
Rastrick, the engineer of the line, who witnessed to tiles it
expense of the branches, and the advantages they would conic'
the.neighbouring towns.
Others wore called to speak to the cost of executing the worl4llsl
purchasing the land.
As none appeared to oppose, the CHAIRMAN said he would 00;6
on the Bill. 0
a
SOUTH•EASTER.N (TUNBRIDGE VIZI.IOP- •
HASTINGS AND RYE). 00
.
Mr. AUSTIN, for flu; Company, took an objection at once 16t
Mr. Hill being heard for the Brighton Rail say Company again' 034
Bill. He said the one line came from Tonbridge to Ilastingt.,Actl
the other, from Brighton, met-it at the same town, and he corlt.
they were not competing lines.
ha
Mr. HILL contended that the coast line of the Brighton lisle *—
been made the two lines were competing.
The Committee decided they were not. ttel*
The following is the group of Bills.to come before this Comma
South-Eastern (Ashford Station Enlargement).
London and Brighton (East Grinstead:Branch).:
South Eastern (Godstone Station to East Grinstead).
Brighton and Chichester (Bognor and Littlehanepton Brancheo)'
South-Eastern (Rye to Rye Harbour)..
South-Eastern (Tonbridge Wells to Hastings and Rye).
Chichester and Bognor.
. .

Brighton and Chichester (Steyning Branch).
Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Deviations, and EastbOUrne,llBllllll*
Seaford, and Newhaven Branches.

Sub-Committee No. 4.
The Committee mei at twelve o'clock ; present, Sir W. EreAtlicrrn
Chairman, Mr. H. Johnstone, and Mr. Acland.
nmee-Drortn, WAXEFIELD, AND DIXDUalib;
The object of this line is to corm a direct line of communicadloe
tween Bradtbrd and Wakefield, joining the Midland Counties.
latter place. Several petitions were presented against. the /311;digs*
The first petition proceeded with was that of the Earl of C
Lord Dartmouth, and others.
Mr. PRATT appeared in support of the petition. oti
Mr. GREGORY (for the promoters) objected to the petition, AO.
ground that there was no proof that either of the Noble Lora,'
names appeared in the signatures, had agreed to it. ys fr
The Committee decided on receiving the petition, except
garded the property of the two Noble Lords.
v•
Mr. Dixon, Clerk of the Peace of the West Riding, and ntb
_mad eL,
nessee, stated that on the let of December last the; exam ad Dr'
li"
plans deposited, and found that some material reference. "bert
omitted. They examined them again on the 4th of DCeena
found that the omission had been supplied.

Sub-Committee No. 5. Por
The Committee met at twelve o'clock ; present Mr. Mille
mond, Chairman, Mr. Forbes 31`Kenzie, and Mr. Egerton.
MIDLAND (SWINTON TO LINCOLN:It.
The promoters of this line had a Bill before Parliament 101
with the same objects as the present Bill. On the capital estitn.se e,
the Bill of last year, a deposit of 51. per cent. had been paid. OoL
of a petition against the Bill, it was now contended that '; 80
standing order, requiring a deposit of 101. per cent., aPP,3t
Bill. For the promoters, it was contended that as the P_, rc•— OP .
before the Committee was really the same as thn 01%
duce last year, which was introduced before the paoll.•
standin3 order requiring the increased deposit, that order co
poi
in fairness be extended to it.
The Committee ultimately decided that the standing order ti
to th.s Bill, and was not complied with.
n 110)
MIDLAND (NEWARK TO GAINSBOS— co"
The usual formal ev dence having been gone throngh t
mittee proceeded to the consideration of several petitions 1.67...tir '
Bill. The promoters, not being prepared to rebut the Al"'
withdrew the Bill.
SHREWSBURY AND BIRDIINGIta"S‘ Xe 4
c°C
The Committee having heard the usual evidence as to noti
decided that the standing orders had been-complied with, 000
BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHADIPTOPIP
DUDLEY. a t 01414
In respect to this Bill also the Committee ruled that 'l,' -
orders had been complied with. Si°
MIDLAND (EREWASH VALLEY r'S
SION). the CSir
After hearing the formal evidence In respect to this Blll!..ritii,
mittee agreed that the standing orders had been comply

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE*
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 15.—The Fairy Royal YechsintleLs!‘
ter-Commander R. W. Roberts, left yesterday I° of
daylight for the river to refit, which will occult,' aba
weeks.
The Snake, 16, Commander Brown, sailed this m°rnb
half-past twelve, for the Cape of Good Hope, to plectderssate
under the orders of Rear-Admiral Dacres, Comm,
Chief on that station, for whom she carries dispatches'
1,0
also takes out a mail for the Cape. Cetsn
,oris
The Scourge, steam bomb-vessel, Command
Spithead this morning and came into harbour
defects. Dee
The Palmella, transport, arrived this morning from
ford to embark troops for foreign service. iete
The Constance, 50 gun frigate, on the design °c the _rill
op--
veyor of the navy, was launched at Pembroke no
The following are the principal dimensions :
Lergth
Breadth
Depth
Tonnage 1,288 tons ssrs„aelrj
The Harlequin, 16, Commander Curry, the ss„sts"oee-oi
Flerle62t. 101
Commander Sommerville, and the Childers, 16,
Pittman, are all progressing most rapidly towards
for sea. The two former, we are informed, will neteo,
alterations made in their armaments which was cont ot,
on their commission.
The Alfred and Java, 50-gun frigates, in doelt
being expedited for the pendant with all dispatc'" dsj
be ready in a few days. for
The Rifleman steam gun-boat, is nearly read)?
out of dock. e,
The Retribution steam-frigate, Captain Lusbinffeersrsi
ther with the Cyclops, Captain Lapidge, and ale later IV,
Commander Maitland, remain at Spithead, the 7,00 uee
handed. When Captain Smith's paddle-bo% lits„sd
taken off the Retribution on the plea of their leloicir
the inability of the vessel to carry them, sseteleos
that the woodwork with which the paddle-wheels' btue o',
sequently enclosed would have been very much '.1611 100 it
the paddle. box boats of Captain Smith's invenilf 101
find the wooden framework actually within llesofellaste,
being as heavy as the boats! Their removal, tue sol,
oen a manifest injustice to the inventor, as well freeaste:
gersSig the lives of all who go in the 8110.0 010"
having' at hand the proper means of saving life, 1, 41,
of aecid ot. Added to which, the removal life, Se
tion's boat:, (certainly the most abominably ntus foridi
twat: ever Insilt in modern times) has given a andsi' 11°0°1
removal of the Terrible's, which has been Claiffled -AO
e bin"
notwithstanding the Terrible is of 200 tons 111°r
the Retribution !
PROMOTIONS. Of C°l
Lieutenant W. E. Triscott (1837) to the rank 02 r
rv, it .0
der. This otlicer entered the service in lan",:iaiv 00.74
has served from that time, twenty-one yeas's tt aslieltssr,
for which and other services, including being '1'4;00 `juir
to Admiral Sir C. Ogle, Bart., during the first tnortingdostr
officer's command-in-chief at Portsmouth, and-,, b
meeprse
sae capacity to the late Sir Charles Rowley, the
less received at the hands of Lord Ellenboroligl'
tion he has tie justly merited.
Lieutenant S. Hunt (1835), of the Basilisk,
commander.
of 3'tlitaetAererEt .9110Vopas,e(y)n(t1h8e3220,awith,o)f hAasfrbiceali
je.etc.iii:Stoibe4ol4
the Collingwood, who has served nearly five.Yelli„dstee,o
A. H. Douglas (1840), of the Superb, who has
of several prizeg *hen on the coast of Africa; .". F,
(1840), of the Pluto, on the coast of Ireland;
eor.
(1810), of the Vindictive; W. Perrier (1842)s
_Too
G. H Wale (1842), of the Cyclops, who was Ingooke
at Alexandria, subsequently in China; and F_; Cain, so r
who served in the operations on the coast of
end of the war, as midshipman of the Pylaelee
rank of lieutenants. 5ig45%;410
Acting Assistant-Surgeon—W. W. Wildey,
of Plymouth Hospital, confirmed to the rang
Surgeon. 1
Mr. C. Nowell, to the rank of beat/Wain.
APPOINTMENTS. 4, ,1.
Lieutenants—J. H. Bridges, to the Bsilliann's'esseeesse
burn, to the Harlequin ; W. ,Walters, to thebe ret,'"us,
H. D'Aeth, to the Brilliant ; G. H. Wale, to t Isrooae-
Masters.—J. Saunders, to the Electra, vli,ut,
jured while on duty • F. Edington, to the $t ill
Surgeon—T. B. H. Thompson, to the Briniest
Midshipman—H. Hawkes, to the RodneY• eerie, Cb"
Masters' Assistant—W. H. Short, to the Ca. 1120;
Naval Cadets—G. E. L. Bissett, to the ChiPs7„,,,
400
field, to the Scout; H. C. Wigan, to the Gianni"-
pen'
COAST GUARD• iv tO
Appointments—Lieutenant C. F. Campbell,
station, vice J. Campbell, resigned.
Removals—J. Stirling, chief officer of
to Larne station, vice Slade, R.N., previousii stone
WOOLWICH, MARCH 15.—The Monkey y
Master-Commander W. Bryant, left Woolsvil'oro or
the °"'" rie%
afternoon for Cork, to be placed under n thi;joie
•
Admiral Pigot, in command at that static)
w_nt op •
Her Majesty's Royal steam-yacbt Fair iota
oie
to-day, to Messrs. Penn's establishment, we"'
the pi
tions made in her works. betivDttd 110
A trial of speed was recently made _
T,orrreloneneti.:lo". t,
steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Dinnen„.,ithettsae Afa
cess Alice steam-vessel, Master Comma
ffEo.3lno
the former with iron floats beat the lattara 011.;„a01_,1!",
three-quarters per hour. The iron flo being 70;:00%
heavy, or about four tons more than woolen fsesio:r
brought round to Woolwich to have ic°.`,'es un h or softis
tuted, which increased her speed to two mu al
ltehses,spaeneddreonf
dtehreedPhrienremesosrAle
effective
taivned
inhtspar2l.,,euubsoboxe_liat'orial
--vx performed the voyage to Calais in ribree-gr 7,5
-4 the Princess Alice in one hour entusr boars'
0°
ha", 4"- slier the voyage to Ostend in fun=
and the to._
.pnyx has been found to be e
tabveerpriencoefoothNews 12 knots per hour. 106" ar
21, • -
.' ff.IWORANDITM. yob. „et
Adrairiati, to di _ars ,
" Het Majesty has been cpraciouosfluisrleds.celLlneortrrEc-:
the sea pay and harbour
pet
bthoear2dsthhe rini‘sit.ajesty'e ship sh:crbe ib.nee_rr_filecidoest`y--senlopiciPe
rates :"" Pelitt
mo,,nTthhaenpday. 41.0 flOein.gpinereehes:osnis
brae:lea:7
therefore be according to the fol (hang o¢
1)y) P:trio'un of b°7l4ontb• fisu. tut
mo"nithet;
as compensation for the instruction
pay)
Tier )
r 000
ed 0
(sea pay) and 41. 18s. e
ppad)s y' when die Aeavii:;- ligarao il• C
calnasds,lll.2lB.s(.sea pay) and_
....rolnste.6, ceiclopt
our p e silo
•
wil i .hi it e taruodpitis.,hle°nrs`s.ri(nileae.rrabs
" commend t
6 .11 ::17:1 e(s:eaki

" To all Captains and Commanders of
hor biajosty'o ehipo aid vessels."