The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-04 00:00:00

Sub-Committee Ne. 5

The Committee met at the usual hour (twelve o'clock) ; the Mem-
bers in attendance were Mr. Nome Drummond (Chairman)," Mr. F.
Mackenzie, the O'Conor Don, Mr. Talton Egerton, Mr. Phillips,
and Mr. Compton.
• FARNESS AND WINDEILMETLE.
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This ease, NTlncli was before the Conunittee on Friday last, was
again renewed this looming. 'the omission from the book of re-
ference of the name of Mr. James Michel; over whose property a
portion of the line Is proposed to pass, was then examined into, and.
the Committee decided, after hearing the witnesses on both sides, that
the Standing Orders were complied with.
The next allegation was, that there was no description of the surface
of the road in' the cross sections 7 and 8, the property proposed to
be altered in the parish of Windermere.
The Committee diecldetl the levels were marked but not described.
The next allegation was, that no estimate of the expense of the al-
ternative line had been made and signed by the parties competent to
do-so. • The evidence went to show that an estimate was lodged at
the Private Bill-office, but had been lost or mislaid, and the par-
ties could not produce a copy. Mr. Harris, the engineer to the Bill,
to meet this occurrence, drew up another estimate, which he handed
to the opposing agent.
Mr. Y ENABLES, on the part of the opposhig petitioners, here objected,
and said it was not in time, and that the estimate now handed in
gave no details of the description of the line which was proposed
to be constructed. The objection ttf the petitidhers was, that the
estimate lodged at the Private Bill-office was not a sufficient or correct
estimate according to what was required by the standing orders.
The Committee adjourned the farther consideration of this point
until Friday next, in order to give time to the agents for the Bill to
send to the country for a true copy of the original estimate.
re AIN cErasTEn AND POOLE (Luc-GEns-
n sazisztrznr, AND POOLE).

The object of the promoters of this li;te is to construct a: railway
from Cheltenham, by Luggershall, to Salisbury, and thence to Poold,
constructing by their plan a continuous lice from the manufacturing
districts to the town and port of Poole. The length was 44 miles,
and the estimated cost 700,0001. Engineers, Messrs. Stephenson,
Bidder, and Routh ; Parliamentary agents, Messrs. Dorington,
Eiliconabe, and Co. ; soleitors, Messrs. Wheeler, Manchester; James,
33asingball•street, Loudon ; awl Deacon and Long, Southampton.
A petition from Mr. Robert Scott Stoblo, complaining of non-
compliance with the standing orders, was then entered into.
The petitioner wit represented by Mr. Coates, who said that
Lis objection was of a preliminary nature, as to whether
the notices to Parliament of the Intended railway were sta'-,
fleiently explicit, inamnuch as that there was an amend-
ment on the Bill to empower the Midland Counties Itailwrsy
company to subscribe to the proposed work to be executed;
and his objection was that there had been published separate notices
of these amendments, whereas it had been ruled last year by the
Parliamentary Committees that cumulative notices could not be
given in evidence, but that the notices depended on should contain
all the matter in connexion with the Bill. On this point, he sub-
mitted that the original notices could not be received by the Com-
mittee, who stated ,hey would not give their decision for the present.
MACCLESFIELD AND

The p
railway from Macclesfield, by Leek Cheadle and Abbots Bromley,
to the Trent Valley Railway at Lichfield. The length of the line
proposed is forty-five miles two furlongs; estimated rust, 1,000,0001. ;
subscribed capital, 1,250,0001. Engineer, Mr. J. Locke ;
mentary agents, Messrs. Gregory and Co. ; solicitors, Messrs.
Gregory, Faulkner, and Co , and Mr. Wm.-•Challoner, of Leek.
Mr. John Crusoe and Mr. John Smith were petitioners against
the proposed line. There were various allegations contained in the
petitions, the first of which was, that certa n lands situate in the
parish of ['resbury, county of Chester, and vested in one of the peti-
tioners for the children of Mr. John Smith, of Daintery, were not
returned correctly in the book of reerenee, which was overruled. A
similar allegation contained in the petition of Mr. Horbury was next
'taken, when Mr. Oldacres, the occupying tenant, was examined, who
proved that the property belonged to Mr. Horbury. Objection con-
sidered invalid.
The next petition was from the owners of the Trent and Mersey
Navigation Company.
Their first allegation was, that by the 59th clause of the proposed
Act, the Manchester and Birmingham .Railway Company were to
Fart the power of purchasing' and leasing the intended railway, and
that they should have published accordingly in certain newspapers
in the adjoining counties.
'I he Committee postponed their decision until to-morrow, at twelve
o'clock, and then adjourned.

STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
This Committee resumed its labours at Twelve o'clock this day.
CLONMEL AND THURLES RAILWAY.
The two witnesses required to complete the evidence on this line
being produced, the Committee declared the standing orders hadheen
complied with. The length of the line is twenty-nine miles, with a
branch to the collieries of Sleivardogli of ten miles and a half, and 'will
form a junction between the Great Southern and Western and Water-
ford and Limerick Railways.
The estimated cost is 400,000/. ; engineer, Sir John 11Pls.Teil ; solici-
tors, Messrs. Labarte and Anderson, and Barrington and Co.
THE TEMPLEMORE AND NENAGII RAILWAY.
The Committee reported that the Cora?any had complied with the
standing orders in this case.
THE WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WICKLOW, AND DITRLIN
RAILWAY.
The Committee reported that in this case the Company had also
complied with the standing orders.
The Committee then adjourned at font* o'clock to Thursday next.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yeiterday.)

WEIR DOCK RAILWAY.

Allowed to proceed.
LYNN AND ELY, AND ELT AND HUNTINGDON RAILWAY.
Donnington, agent. In this case It was decided that the standing
orders should not be dispensed with.
REIMS AND HANTS RAILWAY (lIIINGERFORD
EXTENgION).
Burke and Co., agents. Not allowed to be proceeded with.

COVENTRY AND NUNEATON ItAILW AY.
Dyson and Co., agents. Standing orders dispensed with.
MANCHESTER AND LEEDS.
Dorrington, agent. Allowed to prceeed.
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
Venables, agent. Allowed to go on.
The Committee then adjourned till Fr:day next.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

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ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 3, 1846.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major-General Sir
Edward Bowater, K.C.H. to be one of the Grooms in Wait-
ing in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of Captain the
Han. Arthur Duncombe, of the Royal Navy, resigned.
WHITEIIALL, MARCH 2.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, appointing Charles John
Viscount Canning, Alexander Milne, Esq., and Charles
Alexander Gore, Esq., commonly called the Honourable
Charles Alexander Gore, to be Commissioners of her Majesty's
Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 2.
The Queen has been gr.aciously pleased to appoint Richard
Stephens, Esq., now British Consul at Samsoon, to be her
Majesty's Consul at Tabreez.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
Benjamin Barrie,. Esq., now British Consular Assistant at
Madrid, to be her Majesty's Consul at Alicante.
CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 2.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.
County of Gloucester, Eastern Division—The Hon. Henry
Charles Fitzroy Somerset, commonly called Marquis of Wor-
cester, in the room of the Hon. Francis Charterise who has
accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern
Hundreds.
County of Nottingham, Southern Division—Thomas
Blackhorne Thorston Itildyard, Esq., in the room of Henry
Pelham ' •
who has aeeePted the commonly called Earl Clint" of Lincoln,
Lieutenant of Ireland.
o ice of Chief Secretary to the Lord
Commissions by the Queen.
Bedfordshire Militia.—captain T. 3.
Feb. 7, 1846. Smith. to be Adjutant,
Jan West
24, Suffolk Militia—l.ll`Gregor, Gent., to be Adjutant,
.
Flintshire Militia—Lieut. F. R. 141`G7gr Dawson to be
Adjutant, vice Roberts, resigned, Feb.'
Middlesex.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of
putylomiDteeputy
The Right Hon. Col. G. S. Byng,
Lieutenant; L. T. Flood, Esq., to be De
F. P. Barlow, Esq.. to be Deputy Lieutenant; J. Whriisalitn;
An., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; C. Devon, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant, Feb. 25.
Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—The Hon.
W. J. P. Gore, to be Captain ; J. AI. Gambier, E,;q., to be
Ogilvie, Esq., to be Captain ; 11. Spicer, Esq
Captain; J. G.
to he Captain ; N. Cumber ege, Isq., to be Captain ; H.
Wood, Gent., to be Lieutenant; H. Rie Gent.,
to be L' u
Lieutenant; S
tenant.; C. P. Hyde, Gent.. to be
Gent., to be Lieutenant; F. Dalton, Gent., to ue
Lieutenant
F. A. Fox, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 23.
Royal West Middlesex Regiment of Militia—G. H. C.
Byng, Esq , to be Captain ; J. G. De Burgh, Esq., to be
Captain ; A. C. Tupper. Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 25.
Royal Westminster Regiment of Middlesex Militia—The
Hen. C. L. Butler to be Major; J. J. Glossop, Esq., to be
Captain ; H. Penton, Esq. to be Captain, Feb. 25.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Glamorganshire.
To be Deputy-Lieutenants—J. Hewett, Esq.; IL Basset,
Esq. ; H. Lewis, EN., Feb. 25.
Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Battalion of Militia—
To be Second. Lieutenants—G. Chapman, Gent., Feb. 17 ;
P. W. Austin, Gent., Feb. 20.
Commission by the Lorl Lieutenant of Lancashire.
Second Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia
—Major .1. 11. Ford to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Entwisle, re-
signed, Feb. 23.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire.
Warwickshire Itegireeet of Yeomanry Cavalry—C. IL
Okeover, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Lord Felling, romoted,
Feb. 20.

WHITEHALL, FEB. 27.
. The Lord Chameellor has appointed William llandsley
Podmore, (lea., of Sparkbrook, near Birmingham, in the

county of Warwick, to be a Master Extraordinary in the
High Court of Chancery.
The Lord Chancellor has also appointed Edward Russell
Ingram, Gent., of Stourport, in the county of Worcester, to
be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.
James Wilson, cabinet-maker, Chelsea, to surrender March
11, at half-past twelve, and April 21, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Surr and Gribble, Lombard-street.
William John Haddan, brewer, Tottenham, Middlesex,
March 10, at two, and April 17, st twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Peachey, Salisbury-
square.
Abraham Stevens Syer, grocer, Sudbury, Suffolk, March
10, at half-put one, and April 22, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street-build-
ings ; Fry, I.,oxley, and Fry, Cheapside.
Stephen Henry Hemblen, grocer, Halesworth, Suffolk,
March 18, at eleven, and April 7, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lom-
bard-street ; Abbott and. Wheatly, Roll's yard, Chancery-
lane ; Miller and Son, Norwich.
Joseph Smart, watchmaker, King-street, Stepney, March
18, at twelve, and April 7, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-
street ; Goodman and Watts, Coleman-street, City.
James Nunn, haberdasher, Baker-street, Portman-square,
March 12, at eleven, and April 7, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ;
Pain and Hatherley, Basinghall-street.
Augustus John Halero, dealer in linen cloths, Leeds, March
17, and April 6, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Williamson and Co., Vs-
rulam-buildings, London; Cariss, Leeds.
George Gillard, grocer, Plymouth, March 18, and April 15,
at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official
assignee, Exeter ; Turner, Exeter ; Spyer, Broad-street-
buildings, London.
John Audley Horace Jee, insurance broker, Liverpool,
March 20, and April 17, at eleven, at the Liverpool District
Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Smith and Co.,
Bedford-row, London ; Greatley, Liverpool.
George Dardier, merchant, Liverpool, March 20, and
April 17, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Caze-
nove, official assignee, Liverpool; Hall, Mourilyan, and
Rowsell, Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn ; Neal, Liverpool.
(Dividends, &c., in our next.]

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London ffew Pries Current of March 3.)
&MAR.—To- day there was more activity in the market for
West India Muscovado Sugar, considering the small and
indifferent show; a fair business was transacted in brown,
grey, and yellow sorts, at prices equal to those of Friday.
REFINED.—To-day several purchases were made in Refined
Goods by the home trade, but no improvement in the value
took place. Prices further advanced for Bonded Crushed
Sugar.
MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was more desire mani-
fested to purchase Mauritius, and two parcels at public sale
amounting to 8,825 bags, 91 casks, and 148 barrels were
sold at prices that averaged those of the last auctions.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was purchased
with more freedom, and 1,205 bags at auction were sold at
steady rates.
Fonmer.—To- day there was no public sale of Foreign
Sugar, and privately there was little business transacted in
any kind. The Dutch Company's public sale of 40,000
baskets has gone off heavily at a fall in prices of 2s to 5s
per cwt.
COFFEE.—To-day there was no public sale of any kind of
Coffee, and the demand privately was limited for alt sorts.
Ceylon of good ordinary Native is not to be obtained under
46s per cwt.
Tza.—To-day there was less business transacted in Tea, but
holders were firm, and common sound Congou for cash was not
to be obtained under 9d, low Twankay Is. Id. and common
Hyson ls. I Id. per lb.
Senttrrs.—The principal feature in the Rum market since
this day week has been that of the Government contract for
100,000 gallons, half East and half West India, and the whole
has been taken by Messrs. Rucic, ' Son, and Fenwick, a frac-
tion under Is. 9d. per gallon proof strength, but the exact
price is kept a secret; the contract has decidedly been taken
low, and will scarcely pay the contractor. East India is held
for the previous currency, but there has been only a limited
business transacted. Leeward Islands is not otf:reci upon
lower terms, but the demand has been only for small parcels.
Jamaica is not offered upon lower terms, but there has been
little business transacted. Brandy has been purchased with
caution, and several parcels having arrived merchants have
been more inclined to realise,. and submitted to lower rates
for all descriptions. Geneva is held with firmness, and is
wanted. For British Corn Spirits the price is still lOs Gd per
gallon net cash, but the demand is still limited. Gin is held
for 8s 10d for 22 per cent under proof, and 17 under 9s 4d per
gallon ; but the demand has been limited.
Hors.—There are few purchasers of the low and middling
de ,cr:ptione, but prices do not give way, the supply at market
continuing to be moderate.
SPICES.—The demand has fallen off for Nutmegs, and the
market having been much better supplied a slight decline in
the value has taken place. Holders of Mace are not inclined
to further reduce their prices. Prices keep firm for Pimento,
but the demand privately has been only for small parcels.
TALoow.—Prices at present cannot he quoted lower for
1I an mathe spot, as the stock is small, b t the town and
country demand has been limited for all descriptions. Home
made is in better supply. For other sorts of Tallow the de-
mand has fallen off.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
This Court was specially summoned on Monday, to consider
a report of the Sub-Committee, to a hom was referred the con-
sideration of the proposition by the North Kent Railway
Company, to continue that railway from its general terminus
in Union-street in the Borough, across the Southwark-bridge,
to a passenger station in Queen-street-place.
From the statemolts of the report and in a petition from the
Railway Company, it appeared that the North Kent Railway
is a scheme for supplying all the towi:s and important public
establishments in the northern parts of that county with rail-
way communication. The general terminus is proposed to be
in the Borough, at the font of Southwark-bridge. to proceed
thence, by Peckham, to New-cross, and on to Woolwich, by
Charlton, the main line continuing by Gravesend. Chatham,
Rochester, Faversham, Canterbury, Deal, and Dover, with
branches to Maidstone and Sheerness. _ _

In addition to the general Bill for these purposes, the Pro-
visional Committee, it appears, had purchased conditionally the
Southwark-bridge for 300,0001., and had brought in a sup-
plementary Bill for continuing the railway across the bridge
to Queen-street, for the further accommodation of passengers.
The Parliamentary Committee of the Corporation, it ap-
peared from the discwsion, had at first agreed to claws
with the Railway Company, by which the bridgee' was to be
kept open for passengers ; that the toll was not to be increased ;
and that sufficient accommodation should be provided for the
standing of coaches and carts.
The Company, by their petition, again offered similar
clauses. The Sub-Committee, to which this matter was fur-
ther referred at the last Court of Common Council, reported
that it ought to be opposed, on the ground that it would be
inconvenient to the traffic of the streets so to increase the
traffic.

The discussion that followed was very warm. The prin-
cipal speakers in support of the general principles of the mea-
sure, were—Mr. R. L. Jones, Mr. Laurence, Mr. Wire, Sir
Chapman Marshall, Mr. Richard Taylor, and Mr. Anderton ;
and they were
-principally opposed by Mr. Corney, Mr. Wall,
Mr. Harrison, and Mr. Lott. _ _ _

In the course of the discussion it was admitted that th?reso-
lution of the Committee was only affirmed by a majority of
one vote, and it was shown that the principle of the measure
was the same as that the Court had formerly distinctly sup-
ported, almost unanimously, not many weeks before with refe-
rence to the .13irmingliam Railway and the General Central
Terminus proposed by the Direct Manchester. The discus-
sion lasted nearly four hours, and the opponents of the measure
argued that the inconvenience to be experienced in Thames-
street and Queen- street would be greater than the convenience
of passengers being brought to so central a situation.
Upon the show of hands the Right Hon. the Lord MAYea
declared the amendment lost, and the recommendation of the
sub-Committee was then carried to oppose the Bill, and a
petition was read accordingly.
The decision appeared to excite great surprise from its ap-
parent inconsistency with the previous resolutions of the Court.