The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-20 00:00:00

THE LEEDS AND TORE

was called on, but the parties not appearing
THE LONDON AND OXFORD

was
The object dof this Bill was to construct a railway from tAbej
London and Birmingham Railway, near Harrow, to 00%;
passing through the county of Bucks, with branches to
Great Western. The length of the proposed line Was
miles, the capital 900,0001., and the estimate, 850,0001.
oye
There was one petition against the Bill, for which no
appeared.
The Committee found that the standing orders bad bee°
complied with
Engineer, Mr. J. Addison ; Parliamentary agents, moo
J. Parkee and Co. ; Solici'ors, Messrs. Bridges and
Loudon and Charsley and Parton, Beaconsfield.
DIRECT LONDON AND VIANCEEST2SI%.
The object of this Bill was to enable the promoters to
the
struct a line of Railway from London to Manchester,,,a,
length of which was 175 miles. The estimate was 5,500,'
and the capitl subscribed, 4,386,00/.
There werea ten petitions againsto this Bill. Two of till
were from the owners, lessees, and occupiers of land B.l?.fis
the line of the proposed railway, for which, as well as petTsv;e
from Mr. Egerton, the Marquis of Anglesea, and Mr*.tied
Brownwood, agents, appeared. The remaining
were from the Manchester and Birming petl
ham Compaq' sIId•
private individuals, but no one appeared in their bellaa"

Sub-Committee No. 3.
This Committee resumed its sittings at the usual hoot tb°
morning, Mr. Aglionby in the chair.
GREAT NORTH AND SOUTH NATAlOtigje4
This was the petition of the Great North and South rfrom
Railway, for leave to bring in a Bill to make a railwsYci; to
Carmarthen to Aberystwith and Newton, with a bran, o(O.
Cardigan, a distance of 50 miles. The estimated coat
1,
The C,OOO/. bell/
ommittee found that the standing orders 115'"
complied with.
THE KENT ATMOSPHERIC.
_lre 0
The object of the petitioners in this case was to 1117010
railway upon the atmospheric principle, from a point A to
beyond the New Cross station of the Croydon railifillot
Maidstone, Sevenoaks, and Tunbridge, a distance of! ,001
40 miles. The estimated cost was 1,070,000/., of vihicldr
822,750/. has already been subscribed for, and 82,000 P
posited. beeil
The Committee decided that the standing orders bad
complied with.

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HATFIELD TO HERTFORD.
The object of the petitioners in this case was to Tory)
branch railway from the Great Northern (London and„yelf.
Railway at Hatfield to Hertford, a distance of about b...,0001
miles. The estimated cost was 130,0001., and the a'
subscribed for was 97,5001.
The Committee decided that the standing order bad
complied with.
The Committee shortly afterwards adjourned.

Sub-Committee, No. 5. So.
At twelve o'clock this Committee met in Roomo
Members—Mr. Home Drummond, chairman; Mr. Co°1:14
and Mr. T. Egerton. dOt
CAVIBIZIDGE AND LINCOLN EXTD...•-%04,
ra
This Bill stood over from yesterday, on account of 7 000,
as to whether the datum line was referred to a fi%eciAlf
in writing. The matter being brought forward this "„,lite°
Mr. E. Walmisley, the Parliamentary agent, the CO0""
decided that the standing orders were complied with•opfe'
GREAT GRIMSBY AND SIIEFFIELP
TION (No. 2.)
This is a line to extend the Great Grimsby Baineari.
Sheffield Junction from Market Ewen ‘9
to Lincoln. Ord
will be sixteen miles, and the cost is estimated at " •34P
Mr. John Fowler is the engineer, and Messrs. DYS()
and Co., the arliamentary agents. one hi(
There were P
two petitions against this Bill, but n°
peared in support of one of them. The other in sePri•ooi:
which the parties did appear, was that of a Mr. W• C4ifibti
There were but two allegations in this petition, one °„40,,s
was that the datum line was not referred in writing to a...d0 nr
point; the other was that all the heights and WO
cases
Mr.of two roads were not given. the
DOWNFORD, who appeared on the part 01 4, 011
tioner, said that the latter was the agent of the
Lincoln Railway Company. ed "tY
It appeared that the datum line was referr ,
certain stake, but not to any fixed point, l'-or,
top of the stake or the ground at the foot of Wood !,
Evidence was given on both sides, it being renret jet
the promoters of the Bill that the course pursued P•00P1
down the line and preparing the plans was dist 01
adopted by engineers. ea' oto
The Committee thought the reference insuffic,l ars if
were of opinion that in this respect the standing o'" ty
not complied with. • tea, tfolo
In respect of the second allegation, it was ,adnut.
part of the promoters of the, Bill, that the standing
were not complied with.
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Sub-Committee No. 6. tSor
This Committee resumed its sittings this 1, 6rltioo
o'clock; present Captain Jones (in the chair), ,t.viF
and Mr. Dudes; and after having disposed of a •'„""est•
Bill, they adjourned till twelve o'clock on Monday
.The Ob,
THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.-- Pr
ter"'' it 1
port of the Commissioners on the Fine Arts was Ye- 0,.,00,8
from the (Alice of the printers of the Parliamentary Partfiels.!o?
pears from the report that six arched compartments la, oe v
Lords are to be decorated with fresco paintings; tba,olo,olll
esco paintings should be completed before others are "A"dog,..or,
by which means an opportunity would be afforded of ita;potir
finished work. The competition In oil painting has
till June, 1847. In the appendix is a report from tb!..., jsfe
(consisting of Lord Mahon, Mr. Hallam, Mr. Hawes, sit;io,47tlo
caulay, Sir R. H. Inglis, Mr. Rogers, and Mr. lirYtecds.
Subjects for stained glass windows in the House of •b 7 govv; AY"
presentation in painted glass is to be made in the ease of
whose faces, figures, or attributes, are familiar to the 170
their coins, seals, or other records of their personaixe vceoroltio
The second report in the appendix is from Mr. Eastitii: Ais
tary, on the styles and methods of painting suited '
of public buildings. There are some letters in Os 09)
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general matters relating to the fine arts. 1.00611 j;
WEST INDIA MAIL.—SOUTHAMPTON• due
NIGHT.—The Royal West India mail packet the Ta9A,1107.4111.2
has not yet arrived ; she may be hourly expected. That ty.4o
very thick, which may prevent her coming up the
even should she be off the Wight. n, abt ;0111c4
4. co
OPENING THE THAMES JUNCTION ..---/l'hsve 106
Directors of the Eastern Counties Railway CoialPai„'Loneatne" rye
to the Board of Trade their intention of opening the ."niss, ';,01140
Railway—the branch from Stratford to the river 11111 ijee S';‘,
traffic, on the 2d of next month (March), provided titoef&sis vie
approved of by the Government Inspector-General of 17., risesto
line is near completion,—the engineers, labourers, 7i-ite P; pl4l
busily engaged in forming a junction with the mai,nins e 156,4
the branch or junction of the Cambridge line. It ..esteaMei<dia,
river Lea, on the eastern side of the Thames heseti,-e ,'"-seetlV
have been erected for the prompt unloading °,',i,osilf,,"-Aor
traffic, it is understood—being intended to be 03.41
coals. It passes under the Stratford and Plaistolvdso, in
the different bridges being lower than the usual eta° tree P° .„01
tion will have to be made in the height *l' the locoin°
in
SseCALDEDrvice of the
TO ComDEATHpan WITH WATER y. 01 001,
'
evening an inquest was held before Mr. Payne,goo
eight Ye 0,0„
respecting the death of John Coates, aged seventr%. Dacr;elfea
man, lately living in Little Lant-street, Mint-stretsig-liT yd,
taken into the hospital on Monday last, from a2r,ii° he tied is )0;
Mint, by two strange men, for a severe scald lvto:'.„0
by a quantity of gruel falling on his stomach W'r,,.ololloB"sei
Ho gradually became worse, and died on Wedhene eSni. itlb
Hills said that he had no doubt the deceased was, wet° 111,i41
when he was taken in, and he iwas also in a state u..cilld".bat
covered with vermin. Death was the result of the scale,
returned a verdict, " That the deceased died trout .•
TO"- gi
received there was no evidence." ON Del"
pt
DEATH OF THE REV. DR. DUNCAN+ %Dent tfooic r
THE FOUNDER OF SAVINGS' BANKS —We deePl);_: whlene
the death of this excellent and respected Mild!! ,As e,as_.:icsi
at Ruthwell, on Thursday last. Dr. DtiecT!,i, is- " eefs'
several popular works, the last and best of mrll;,:oni pis g.hsg %OP'
His name is also familiar to men of science, ",,s, bolt! 0"-tnef
discoveries. But it is as the founder of savTaiDis asil"
putation of Dr. Duncan will be perpetuated
—Glasgow Constitutional,

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BIRTHS. 1.-ell 0°614 4
On the 23d tilt., at the Stuart,tileY, - 00 IS4/
wile of the Itev. Alexander Voules O":°orni.gbire' 101
On the 12th inst., at Welton, East Riding, --'
,site, ale
the Rev. Charles Newby Wawn, of a son. .noctfordso--
On the 16th inst., at the Vicarage, Luton, .. of°
of the Rev. T. Sikes, of a daughter. ...,, of of OP' p"
On the 16th inst., in Hill-street, Mrs. A. Ned, Pr'
On the 17th inst., in Southwick-street, 111
daughter.

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MARBLED. w..a.1.0 40
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Oa the 14th inst., at St. Olave's Southvfark,3l.• of,JosaP 0,
Es;.,
Barking, Essex, to Miss Eliza Mills, second daughter 0
to Dieen"Coe,,°
On the 17th inst., at St. Mary Abbot's, Xattel-calhat t„,"feettei`
Colonel Francis Farrant, K.L.S., Secretary' of Leila, late -
of Persia, to Maria Eliza, daughter of G. liattyo,
den-bill, Kensington.

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On the 25th ult., in Prince Edward's Isatn, .-.riglide. o. --'
t On the 25th ult., at Halifax,
lish, the only child of Captain Mellish, the Rifle 1,,_.„ Brigaded
fordsllift
alit Arthur Lawrence, of the Rifle Brigade.. dston, liere ..,,,
On the 13th inst., at Ovals St. Croix, 10.6 ~eDoenf• _JOY"
Lieutenant-Colonel Crosse, K.F., late of the 36tItii,i,e
Nova Scotia. Goorg""
ors.
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On the 15th inst ,in Paradise-street, Rotherhi
.61:1 vg .
On the 15th inst., in Albany-street, Richard Go d 31r.
= ~..,001404 ' Ad&
On the 15th inst., in Albion Villas, 1,,y",- cnsisrno
Brews, Jun., aged 36. f roster-imiel„.. oia
On the 15th inst., Miss Mary Ann Biles, o
On the 17th inst., Alice Frances Jane.
11011.311"3. Newton Lane. 1194
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