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

SOUTII-EASTERN (CHISTArr TO

MARGATE).

Counsel as teore.

RENT ATMOSPHERIC.

The next line called on was the Kent Atmospheric. yr,
The counsel who appe,ted for the promOters were Mr. TalbNf
Willmore, and Mr. Mellor.

The counsel of the South-Eastern Company opposed it. wolf
Appearances against the Bill were entered for several undo
and occupiers on the line, as well as for the EA clesiastleal C013,1'"
stoners of iingland.

DOVER AND DEAL.
en PO
This line was not called on, because the parties had not OT--
clear days' notice of the intention to go ante Committee. cor
The Citatamax then stated that, owing to the crowded Oa lllpro.
venient state of the room, the Committee were not euto
ceed further in their labours to-day. r 00844
Mr. Sergeant MURPHY presumed, then, that the first I),
M Friend'
of the Committee to-morrow would be to hear his Leann '„t
r. Sergeant Wrangham's opening, on behalf of the North l'„,eatS
The CHAIRMAN asked if the parties had Is arrai e"ror
amongst themselves upon this point, in accordance with
gestion of the Chairman of Committees
to . altirloll
This question was replied in the negative ; but it was
agreed that the North Kent should be taken first to-morrow'inrats
with the competing schemes of the Soath-Eastern CoiriPaa' esa'
Greenwich to Chilham, from Chilham to Canterbury, and from
terbury to Dover.
The Committee.then adjourned till twelve o'clock to-Wog°.

GROUP, No. 15.
Mr. O'Connell, Chairman. Mr. Mackinnon, Captain BattC6
Hindley, and Sir R. Price, came shortly after twelve o'clock the
Appearances were first taken on all the Bills to coins OPP-
Committee. Sad,sti°
The unopposed Bills, the South-Eastern, Ashford' Station',"
South-Eastern, Rye to Rye Harbour, were then referred to;joatb
of Mr. Greene, the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and
BRIGHTON AND LEWIS AND ItAirr'w
DEVIATIONS AND BRANCIttEO'
• °ll/
The counsel for the Company tMr. Hill and Mr. Austin) to
Ntr. Rastrick, the engineer of the line, who witnessed W
cotor
expense of the branches, and the advantages they /Wad
.„1
the neighbouring towns. Wert'
Others were called to speak to the cost of executing the
purchasing the land. Wald fer
As none appeared to oppose, the CrtariimAie said he -
on the Bill.
SOUTH-EASTERN (TUNBRIDGE V
HASTINGS AND RYE).
u~eigol
Mr. AUSTIN, for the Company, took an objection at •:0111:1
Mr. Hill being heard for the Brighton Rail., ay ComPao/..7inga
Bill. He said the one line came from Tonbridge to ~.
the other, from Brighton, met it at the same town, and ha
tht.y were not competing lines. lia
Mr. HILL contended that the coast line of the Brighton
been made the two lines were competing. ..•
The Committee decided they were net. OOP*
The following is the group of Bills to come before this CO
South-Eastern (Ashford Station Enlargement).
London and Brighton (East Grhisteakßranch).:
§outh Eastern (Godstone Station to East Grinstead)• 40).
Brio ton and Chichester (Bognor and Little.hampton Brea'
South-I;;lstern (Rye to Rye Harbour).
Seuth-Easi.ern (Tonbridge Wella to Hastings and Rye).
Chichester anti Bognor.
Brighton and Chichester (Steyning Branch). 0011°.
Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Deviations, and Eastbourne,
Seaford, and Newhaven Branches.

Sub-Committee lie. 4. geli)ci
Sir W th
The Committee met at twelve o'clock; present, '
Chairman, Mr. H. Johnstone, and Mr. -Leland.
3311AIFORD, vrazzrzELD, AND rtrrnlcara
a
The object of this line is to form a direct line of cominunl Aei 1
tweeze Bradford and Wakefield, joining the Illdland Coup
latter place. Several petitions were presented against 01.1:
,
The first petition proceeded with was that of the Eli.' -
Lord Dartmouth, and others. di
Mr. PRATT appeared in support of the petition. ,titie9,;7oll

Mr. Gitecoai (for the promoters) objected to the Pet:;.„.a,,
ground that there was no proof that either of the Noble
names appeared in the signatures, had agreed to it. ept
01-
The Committee decided on receiving the petition, el.g
garded the property of the two Noble Lords. doold
Mr. Dixon, Clerk of the Peaee of the West Riding,
nesses, stated that on the let of December last they eAsVoi
plans deposited, and found that some material referenne;oef,
omitted. They examined them again on the 4th of D
found that the omission had been supplied.
Sub-Committee No. 5. -'OlO
The Committee met at twelve o'clock ; present Yr.
mond, Chairman, Mr. Forbes M`Kenzie, and Mr. Egert44l.o),
MIDLAND (SWINTON TO LINGO „Oro
The promoters of this line had a Bill before Parliana
..00#0.04
with the same objects as the present Bill. On the capitroilliV,
the Bill of last year, a deposit of Si. par cent. had been Intb,,At
of a petition against the Bill, it was now contended no t? 01
standing order, requiring a deposit of 10/. per cent., 4P„Preelder
13ill. For the promoters, it was contended that as the siot di)/
before the Committee was really the same n$ _.,001
duced last year, which was introduced before the Pf
standing order requiring the increased deposit, that order 4001
in fairness be extended to it. ord.%
The Committee ultimately decided that the standing I
to th,s Bill, and was not complied with.
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IVIIDI.AN2 (NEW.B.RIC TO GAINS--01- to di
The usual formal evidence having been gone througshigaie,
mittee proceeded to the consideration of several petitke! Idler
Bill. The promoters, not being prepared to rebut the
withdrew the Bill.
0 1014.
SHREWSBURY AND BIRIVIIMI ottb
o
The Committee having heard the usual evidence as to
II
decided that the standing orders had been complied wiu''
TOO'
BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMP—
DUDLEY.' t to Or
In respect to this Bill also the Committee ruled 04
lie
orders had been complied with.
„,
SION). 00
7
301‘
MIDLAND (EREWASH VALLE..
this.°
After hearing the formal evidence in respect to - „„d Aid
mutes agreed that the standing orders had been conlPl'w-

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NAVAL IN TE.LLIGENCD' t, ri
va yicijoja.f,
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 15.—The Fairy Roi- -.,0 , r
ter-Commander R. W. Roberts, left vesterdaY '-ibos'
daylight for the river to refit, which Will occuPi
_mg #
weeks. , niolv"
The Snake, 16, Commander Brown, sailed Oil iscsaber4
half-past twelve, for the Cape of Good Hope, to
_,IP 0 0
1
under the orders of Rear-Admiral Dacres,,COS
l#
C,iief on that station, for whom she carries disPs
glen takes out a mail for the Cape. d tie"
The r_..courge, steam bomb-vessel, Coalman- 0
Spithead this morning and came into harbcor
defects. froto'
The Palmella, transport, arrived this Nwrning
ford to embark troops Or foreign service. f ttlY
The Constance, 50 gun frigate, on the design °0
veyor of the navy, was launched' at Pembroke on
The following are the principal dimensions:-- 100 410
et.
Ler gth
Breadth 52 0 A.
Depth
461'.,
Tonnage 1,288 tons. 0 sotleie
The Harlequin, 16, Commander Curry, the coils,
Commander Sommerville, and the Childers, 16,0 re
lls
g,isro
Pittman, are all progressing most rapidly net
for sea. The two former, we are informed, will I'oo
alterations made in their armaments which ~ cc' 1
on their commission. - - !- docijol4or

The Alfred and Java, 50-gun frigates, in
,/
being expedited for the pendant with all disl39- aor
be ready in a few days.f P
The Rifleman steam gun-boat, is nearly ready
out of dock. 0:1° The Retribution steam-frigate, Captain Lush
ther with the Cyclops, Captain Lapidge, and to let itso;
Commander Maitland, remain at Spithead, tbe
handed. When Captain Smith's paddle-bO,
taken off the Retribution on the plea of the",, i„dr,
the inability of the vessel to carry then,'
that the woodwork with whieh the paddle-wileligno
sequently enclosed would have been very eaa.ne-tioa, "Ad
the paddle- box boats of Captain Smith's inclisd tog*
find the wooden framework actually within
theref/s
being as heavy as the boats! Their retro:No.ll,4l fejd
been a manifest injustice to the inventor, as vi',„. frrard
gering the lives of all who go in the sin% tiZitis
having at hand the proper means of saving iiie;:boor
of accident. Added to which, the remove ,°' oglifots,
tion's boats (certainly the most abonlinabi pleo4
boats ever built in modern times) has given
removal of the Terrible's, which has been claimeu -boa-
notwithstanding the Terrible is of 200 tons more
the Retribution ! eel!

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PROMOTIONS. k of sib
Lieutenant W. E. Triscott (1837) to the •td
der. This officer entered the service in Jatiniisill,toSa
has served from that time, twenty-one years
for which and other services, including being m.;‘,411_,
to Admiral Sir C. Ogle, Bart., during the firstratinloroso
officer's command-in-chief at Portsmouth, an
-0 PP
same capacity to the late Sir Charles Rowley, 00
less received at the hands of Lord Ellenbor°ugh _,01;
tion he has so justly merited. to the v. 40
Lieutenant S. Hunt (1835), of the Basilisk,
commander. ~ig
Mates—E. Wasey (1832), who has been se1r1"00111,W
of the Alert sloop, on the coast of Africa; J..."•010:001,
the Collingwood, who has served nearly fiveY7,-04113
A. H. Douglas (1840), of the Superb, who has a SV
of several prizes when on the coast of Africa; s'" y..l;itieo
(1840), of the Pluto, on the coast of Irelaodho
(1840), of the Vindictive; W. Perrier (1842),;(2 the Voil
G. H. Wale (1842), of the Cyclops, who vieVrigooo 100
at Alexandria, subsequently in China; ar1d1.4.• csie",
Tt-jio served in the operations on the coast Si.t, loop'
end ,of the war, as midshipman of the Plis"—
rank o...lieutenants. (11/
Acting ,t;ssistant-Surgeon—W. W. WildeY
of
of Plymouth ,Hospital, confirmed to the rank
Surgeon.
Mr. C. Nowell, to the rank of boatswain. 1111.
Aim OINTMENTS. ere'
Lieutenants—J. H. Bridges; to the Brilliatits;oo4„.
iot
burn, to the Harlequin ; W. Waiters, to diem fry!
H. D'Aeth, to the Brilliant ; G. IL N;rale, te. t %Ve°
Masters—J. Saunders, to the Electra, vice t,
while on duty • F. 'Edington, to the 1-511
Surgeon—T. R. Thompson, to the Brillloll
Midshipman—H. Hawkes, to the Rodne9,.; ~sfot
Masters' Assistant—W. H. Shat, to the klfoes;
Naval Cadets—G. E. L. Bissett, to the Clv_„tator•
field, to the Scout ; H. C. Wigan, to the Glee'
COAST GUARD.
oe"' to
00100
Appointments—Lieutenant C. F. Camp a
station, vice J. Campbell, resigned. T rr
Removals—J. Stirling, chief officer of row
to Larne station, vice Slade, R.N., previeue'Y stesdatrir
WoorAvicn, MAncii 15.—The blonkerwich .7,;( r
Master-Cowman:ler W. Bryant, left We°
afternoon for Cork, to be placed under the y
Admiral Pigot, in command at that station; taps 01
Her Majesty's Royal steam-yacht Fairy o
00$
to-day, to Messrs. Penn's establishment, too'. t tbe
tions made in her works. betVji d
A trial of speed was recently made e 011
steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Muag 40: 101,10
cess Alice steam-vessel, Master (anderP). tOO AO
the former with iron floats beat the latter ablilog
htheraeve3-,,quoarratebrsoutpefrourbotuorn..9
mTloireeirtohnanfiwoaoots_A(Qhooo,7topfdlt?o
miles be Y
tburtoeUdg,hwthircohunindateoasNeVdoohlewri:eetdo
tohatsw•eoweo":lls,l::ers.to44o
the speed of the Princess Alice, and lise u,',yest,,,;4/01
less, and rendered her more effective in baaopo 1107jU
-
Onyx performed the voyage to Calais in A tbre,
half, and tbe Princess Alice in one hour atifout. on;t0,
and the former the voyage to Ostend .41' 144 1°
average of the Onyx has been found to be
the Princess Alice 12 knots per hour.
"ME3IORANDUM• 0;0
AdrairsltPd te 1, es
‘, Her Majesty has been graciously pleas lass 00111110,
the sea pay and harbour pay of third-cii so
Go
board her Majesty's ship shall be increaset,,o3ol2
month and 41. 10s. per month respectively, c" oca
the 25th inst. ..„...;esty 5
1 el
" The pay of engineers on board her .0.1%:„.
►
therefore, be according to the following rii7.3obo°llttr riO
,rol'
Ist class, 12/. (sea pay) and 7/• 175 kwheli silk/141j
month ; and 1/. Bs. (sea pay) per month!
as compensation for the instruction of Druipootbooolooo
(sea pay) and 41. 18s. (harbour pay) Pe,„, pet Id, ss
10,110.
Ci. los. (sea pay) and 4/. 10s. (harbouTlM
when within the tropics, engineers will
half the sea pay when the steam is up B.rerdshiVZOV
"By command of their, ji.

" To all Captains and Commanders of
her Diajosty'm ahips and Yeenle