The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-04 00:00:00

PETITIONS FOR RAILWAY BILLS.

NORTH AND SOUTH-WESTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Yesterday the standing orders were declared to be
complied with for making a railway from the Windsor,
Staines, and South-Western Railway at Ealing to the
London and North-Western, near Willesden; proposed
6661.
capital, 50,0001; to borrow, 16,

lIALESWORTH, BECCLEs
' AND HADDISCOE RAILWAY.
The standing orders were complied with for making
a railway between these points in connexion with the
Lowestoft Railway; proposed capital, 150,0001; power
to borrow, 50.0001.
STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON, WEAR VALLEY, AND MID-
DLESBOROUGH RAILWAYS.
The standing orders were declared to be complied
with in respect of the Bill for amalgamating these three
railways.
ULVERSTONE AND LANCASTER RAILWAY.

The standing orders were declared not—complied with
in the case of this Bill.

SHEFFIELD, ROTHERHAM. AND GCOLB RAILWAY.

FOR DEVIATION BETWEEN SHEFFIELD ♦ND BARNSLEY).
The standing orders were complied with.

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consist of two pieces of wood of great
several scientific gentlemen connected with the shipping in-
tholifeiaghilogliloybular shape, concave, and of a convex ob-
tabeffiuroexyseta,dnactnyod,
long, which is easily attached to the waist. There are also
a shield and guard-cap, also a sail and hand paddle, with
concave clogs, providing considerable power of propulsion to
enable persons to reach the shore. Attached to the appa-
ratus are ropes of great durability and extraordinary con-
struction, to which fifty or sixty persons can adhere with
safety in the most violent storms. This invention, if in ge-
neral use, will no doubt be the means of saving the lives of
thousands, and prove its utility when disasters occur in sight
of land, as it will save the crews the necessity of relying on
the assistance of life-boats from the shore, which are so fre-
quently upset. and shattered to pieces before they can reach
rope he might have
the ill-fated vessel. It is rather curious that at a recent
shipwreck off Land's End a mulatto saved his life by acci-
dentally adopting the principle of Mr. Keyse's invention,
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persons would not take up more room than an ordinary boat.
'fhe inventor intimated his intention to forward gratuitously
a set to each nation having naval and mercantile marines.
The invention was registerd under the Patent Designs Act,
6 and 7 Vic., on the 28th of December last, and in a short
time will be publicly tested before the Lords of the Admiralty
and gentlemen connected with the shipping interest.
We have reason to believe that it has been decided
that the duties of the Quarter-Master-General's department
at the Horse Guards, shall be carried on under the Superin-
tendence of Colonel Freeth, an officer of great experience,
who has served as Assistant Quarter-Blaster-General for
several years, and is in every way calculated for the ser-
vice. It was at one time supposed that a general officer
would have been appointed to this situation, but we under-
stand that economical principles have had their weight, and
that her Majesty's Government have been influenced by
thew upon the occasion.—Chronicle.