The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-06 00:00:00

Sub-Committee No. 4

This Committee assembled at twelve precisely, Sir W. Ileathcote
in the chair, and proceeded with the adjourned case of the
LAUNCESTON AND SOUTH DEVON (No.
It will be remembered that the formal proofs in respect of this Bill
were commenced, but not perfected, on Friday last No evidence was
offered of the deposit of plans and sections at the offices of the clerks ofthe
peace for the counties of Cornwall and Devon, through which the line
passes; but it was explained by Mr. Burke that plans and sections
had been deposited, which, being found to be inaccurate and useless,
were abandoned by the promoters of the Bill, and other plans, &c.,
deposited in lieu of them. These latter were, however, not deposited
until the middle of December. It was the intention of the promoters
to leave it to the Pub-Committee to report that no evidence had been
given of the deposit of plans with the clerks of the peace, and then
the promoters could put forward the fact of the deposit of plans in
December, in their statement to the Standing Orders' Committee,
who weu:d, they hoped, admit them as sufficient.

The Committee now proceeded to hear the case in support of a
petition against the line, being that of two owners and occupiers
of land.

➢ir. BUBICE objected to the hearing of this case, as he said he was
prepared to show that the petitioners, one of whom was the attorney
to the promoters of a competing railway, were not " owners,
lessees, and occupiers" of land upon the line; but as he admitted that
he could not prove that the attorney to the other line was not
a lessee of land, the Committee were of opinion that the petition
must be entertained, but only as on the part of one petitioner.
Mr. ELLICOMBE, who appeared in support of the petitioner, called
the clerk of the peace for Devon to give evidence in support of a
number of all. gallons, to the effect that the plans deposited with him
were incorrect ; that they, contained no datum line, that tUre was
no scale, &c. The clerk produced the plans, and proved that they
were deposited on the 29th November.

BintKE said, that it was needless to enter into the allegations
of this petition, as it was admitted that the plans Rare generally
incorrect, and the promoters did not rely oil them.
The Committee were of the same opinion, but Mr. ELLicorthE in-
sisted on giving evidence in support of all the allaeguationsthastevweerrael
not admitted by Mr. Burke. Having gone through that part
of the petition that referred to the plans, a giving
violent " kicks" to the " dead horse," proceeded to allegations re-
ferring to the books of reference, &c.

Sub-Committee, No. 6.
This Committee met in room 12, at the usual hour. Captain
Jones in the chair. Present also Mr. Deedes, Mr. T. Egerton, and
Mr. Phillips.
NORTIIIIIVIPTON AND BAN3U22.Y.
This 13111 was originally placed on tho list of Sub-Committee No. 5,
but as that Committee did not meet this twining the Bill was re-
ferred to No. 6.
Mr. COATES, on the part of the promoters of the Bill, said he was
not prepar to understanding the allegations of the petitions against the
Bill, as, that all the Bills in the list of Sub-
Committee .N 0.5 were adjourned until the Thursday after Easter, he
had not considered it necessary to have his witnesses in attend•
ance.

Mr. T. EGERTON said that he was a member in No. 5 at the time,
and that although the Committee adjourned till after Latter, they
sitldnioitthtiiiiiegtafibnoeu.t adijuodteireidiintghaenyoßesiltlioei vi
x, cehpattnlgtat under consider-
ation
been put to Mr.
Frere, the clerk to the Committee, whether the other line, were
adjourned, he replied that the Committee Lad nothing to do with the
other lines until they were called on. -
Mr. CoAxEs said that he was totally unprepared to go on, and
hoped the Committee, woUrd adjourn the case.
As the petitioner refused to consent to the adjournment?
The CndaratAN said that the case must be proceeded with; but
after ninth discussion, the petitioner consented to the adjournment,
on condition that the promoters of the Bill should pay the costs In
curred by the attendance of the witnesses to-day. The case was
c-
eordlngly adjourned.

THE NEW PEERAGES.—We have good reason to be-
lieve that . Sir Henry Ilardinge will be created a viscount and Sir
Hugh Gough a baron; the titles, however, are not yet determined.
We need scarcely point out the gross improbability in the story circu-
lated in many of the newspapers that the Governor-General of India
N.-as to be made " Lord Penshurst, of Penshurst, in the county of
Kent," as that is the British title of Viscount Straugford and the ad-
ditional designation of Lord de L'lsle It is true that the Whigs
created an Earl of Leicester and a Lord Monteagle, when both were
already in existence, and a Lord Vaux while the title was under
claim ; but there is no reason for supposing that such flagrant piracy
will be drawn into a precedent.--rost.
The Bishop of Durham, at a recent meeting of the
committee of the Hospital for Consumption, at Brompton, offered to
contribute 50/., providing nine other subscriptions of a similar sum
could be procured. His Lordship's benevole:tt example has been mel-
lowed by six subscriptions of that amount, which is to be appro-
priated for the especial purpose of furnishing the new hospital.
It is now pretty generally known that Captain Sir
Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., will be appointed to command that beauti-
ful frigate the Constance.-- United Service Gazette.
THE ROYAL SOCIETY.—THE SIARQUIS OF NOR-
VIAMPTON'Er CONVERSAZIONE.—The Marquis of Northampton, as
Pt esideni of the Royal ~-ociety, gave the fourth and last of his Lord-
ship's conversaziones this season, on Saturday, at the family residence
on the Terrace, Piccadilly. At nine o'clock the saloons of the noble
President were resorted to by a very numerous assemblage of the
more distinguished literary and scientific members of the various in-
stitutions in the metropolis, and by half-past ten the several rooms
were crowded to excess. All the apartments were admirably iliu.
minated, and, as usual in the lower dining-room, refreshments 'were
provided in abundance. In the course of the evening mesh atten-
tion was excited by the introduction of Posnara, the New Zealand
Chief, who accompanied Mr. G. F. Angas to the soiree. The chief-
tain was attired in the full costume of his native country, and what
was more singular to the intellectual company around him, brought
a spear but a trifle less formidable than the halberts of our royal
wardens. Mohan Lal.was also, present in the characteristic habili-
ments peculiar to his country.

Last week there were about 2,000 bead of cattle con-
veyed from this city and Yarmouth by the train) for tha London
marketsm-Norwtiff Kfrfury.