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Pic 4D• STAMPED, -51ir.

211 E RAVI.

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The new screw steam frigate Forte, of 51. guns,
and 400 horse-flower, nominal, was commissioned at
Sheerness! on Saturday 414. by Capt. E. W. Ter-
nour, 10th Aug., 1857. 'COrninander Cecil W. Buck-
ley took up 'hi's commission yeiterilay and joined
the Forte. The Forte hl3 :already ler full complc-.
went, within about 40 petty officers and artificeifs,
Seamen being draughted from other ships at the
western ports. She takes a complement of 500 in
all. Her marines are ordered to join from the
Chatham depot. She will in a very short time be,
reedy to proceed to Portsmouth.

following appointments ere made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Williem Marks Bidan, pro-
rooted to chief engineer, and appointed to the
Asia, for the Stromboli ; William E. Campion,
promoted to the chief engineer, and to remain in
the Firebrand ; James G. G. Dunn, promoted to
chief engineer, and appointed to the Welling-
ton, for the Despot-ate; William M!Dowall, pro.
mot c d to first-elais assistant-engineer, amid appointed
to the Asia, for the Hornet ; Thomas E. Miller,
promoted to first-class assistant-engineer, and ap-
pointed to the Nimrod; Wm. H. Hooper, promoted
to first-class assistant-engineer, and appointed to
the Ariadne ; Willoughby D. Beaton, promoted to
first-clasS assistant-Engineer in the Pembroke, for
the Magnet; James Lethban, promoted to acting
first•elass assistant-engineer in the,-,Rapoon-; John
Fox,
.promoted to acting first-class assistant7engi-
neer: in the Renown; John. -WM. M‘li en zie, second--
class assistant-engineer, to the Fawn ; Richard H.
Alvin, acting second-class assistant-engineer, to the
Rhadathanthus ; John T—Kelly, acting third-class
assistant-engineer, to the'Fly trig Fish: Vim. H. S.
40itrirF/tssistfint-paymaster, to iheAleercr and t
COrebb, assistant-clerk, to the ,Conqueror.•

ROYAL INDIAN -MIL TTAR Y COLLEGE

T ADDISCOMBE.

The folloiing is the official list of successful candidate;
for admission to the Royal Indian Military College, Addis-
combe, at the examination held by the Council of Military
Education at -the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, in January,
1860 : •

Marks.
. .
Order 1. Index, No. 92—Name, Andrew A. Jepp ;
ate, 17; places of education, Edinburgh Aca-
. - demy, and Southland's, Battersea
• 2. Index 38—Henry H. Hardinge, 17, Trinity Col•
• • lege, Dublin, and Merchant Taylors' School 3,747
3. Index 49—Kellow C. Pye, 17, St. John's-wood
Proprietary School, and King's Col., London 3,561
4, Index 112—William J. R. Harrison, 1, Harrow 3,555
5. Index 64—Alfred E. Turner, 18, King's College,
,• London, and private tuition ... 3,534
6. Index 39—Bindon Blood, 17, Royal School, Bar-
raghow
7. Index 107—Ralph R. E. Brockman, 18, Rev
G. Wardlavr's Helensburgh ; Mr. Brown's,
Kensington Grammar School ; and Rev. W
Foy's, Hampstead 3,313
8. Index 111.1-ames F. Brongh, 17, Victoria Col
lege, Jersey 3,107
9. Index 114=Charles 11. Spragge, 18, Chelten-
ham Col., and Rev. W. Kieser's, Blackheath 2,966
10. Index 99—Robert J.ll‘Clure, 13, Queen's Col •
lege, Belfast . 2,758
11. Index 45--Edward Stedman, 17, City of London
School
12.'Index 46—William A. J. Wallace, 18, Kings- •
town School, Düblin
13. Index',ss —Windham H. Hallett, 17, Rev. G.
Ewbank's, Brighton
14. Index 41—Chas.W. Long, 17, WinxWedon. School 2,634

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RA IL IVAY INTELLIGENCE.

RAILWAY BILLS.

It appears from a report by the Board of Trade
that the number of bills relating to railways in
Great Britain deposited this session amounts to 202,
of which.l49 are for authorising new works. Of
the 149 bills 90 are promoted by new railway com
.panies, for the construction of 1,048 miles of rail-
way, and 59 by existing companies for the construc-
tion of 358 miles of railway, making together 1,406
miles of new line, and in addition to which there
are 106 miles of deviation lines.. Of the 90 bills
promoted by nn* companies 71 are for the
construction of 714 miles of railway in Eng-
land, 6 fur the. construction of 97 miles in -Scotland,
and 13 for the construction of 237 miles in
Ireland, Of 'the 59 hills promoted by existing
companies, 43 are for the construction of 257 *miles
'of rail Way in England, 6 for the construction of 35,
miles in Scotland, and 10 for the construction of 66
ALUM n Irela art •-.;"-t•"N
For railways in the metropolis and' suburbs there
are 24 bills—namely, the Central London and Dock,
10 miles and 64 chains in length; the Great North-
ern and Metropolitan Junction, 31 chains ; the Ham-
mersmith, 1 mile 65 chains ; the Ilungerford-mar-
ket and Charing-cross-bridge ; the London and
Blackwell, 26 chains ; the London and North-
Western (No. 2), 4 miles 1 chain ; the London-
bridge Terminus H.)tel ; the London, Brighton and
South Coast (Croydon to Balham-hill), 5 miles 77
chains ; London, Brighton, and South Coast and
Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway; the London,
Chatham; and Dover (Metropolitan extension), 15
miles 27 chains; the London Railway Denot and
storehouses, 10 chains; the Metropolitan • the Mid-
land (station in St. Pancras) 17 chains ; the Midland
(use of railways in and near London) ; the North
London ; the Pimlico and West London Junction,
2 mites 3 chains ; the South Kensington, 74 chains;
the South London (No. 1), 11 miles 51 chains ' • the
South London (No. 2), 6 miles 62 chains; the Thames
Embankment and Railways, 2 miles 48 chains; the
Thames Tunnel Railway, 5 miles 74 chains ; Vic-
toria Station and Pimlico Railway ; and the West-
end of London and Crystal Palace. The district
occupied by the South-Eastern Railway is favoured
with the Farnborough and Bromley, 3 miles 71
chains ; the Margate (Ramsgate Extension) 5 miles
31 chains ; and the Sevenoaks, 12 miles 44 chains.
The District occupied by the London, Brighton,
and South Coast and the London and South-Western
Railways have the Egham and Woking, 5 miles 24
chains ; the Hayling and Harbour, 5 miles 54 chains ;,
the Horsham and Guildford direct, 15 miles 46 chains;
the London and South-Western (Kingston Exten-
sion), 72 chains ; the Mid-Kent, 40 chains ; the
Petersfield, 10 milos 47 chains; the Portsmouth
(new lines), 3 Miles 65 chains ; the Southampton
and Farnham, 10 miles 47 chains ; the South-
ampton and Isle of Wight, 12 miles 10 chains ;
also, the London, Brighton, and South Coast
(deviation), 16 miles ; and the Mid-Sussex
and Midhurst (deviation), 1 mile 39 chains. There
are two bills for railways in the Isle of Wight—
viz., the Cowes and Newport Extension, 25 miles
8 chains; and the Isle of Wight (Eastern Section),
21 miles 59 chains. The Great Western, London
and South-Western, and Bristol and Exeter Rail-
way systems are affected by the following bills :
Andover and Redbridge, 20 miles 58 chains; Burn-
ham Tidal Harbour, 57 chains; Caine, 5 miles 18
chains; Chard, 3 miles 31 chains; Dorset Central,
10 miles 41. chains ; East Somerset, 4 miles 61
chains of deviation ; Faringdon, 3 miles 48 chains ;
Great Western, 1 mile 4 chains; London and South-
Western new line at Exeter, 60 chains ; ditto to
Exeter and Crediton, 3 miles 10 chains ; Marl-
borough Branch. 5 miles 18 chains ; Shepton Mal-
let, 3 miles 8 Chains; West Dorset,7 miles 78 chains;
Liskeard and Caradon, 9 miles 43 chains deiiation.
For the eastern counties districts are promoted the
East Norfolk, 33 miles 23 chains ; the Epping
(Dunmow Extension), 12 miles 48 chains; ditto (11-
ford
lines), 17 miles 54 chains ; the Somersham,
Romsey, and Holme, 13 miles 39 chains; the Sud-
bury, Melford, and Clare, 27 miles 63 chains; the
Thetford and Bury St. Edmund's, 13 miles 25 chains;
and the Waveney Valley, 5 miles 46 chains. In the
central districts are proposed the Aylesbury and
Buckinghain, 12 miles 58 chains; the Bedford and
Cambridge, 29 miles 78 chains ; the Bourton-on-
Water, 6 miles 56 chains; the Cheltenham and
Northeach, 16 miles 20 chains; the Northleach and
Witney,l6 miles 35 chains; the Watford, Rickmans-
worth, and Uxbridge, 12 miles 5 chains; the Elles-
mere, 5 miles 20 chains; Shropshire Union and
London and North-Western, 16 miles 77 chains ;
Stourbridge, 4 miles 34 chains ; Tenbury and Bewd-
ley, 141milei 20 chains; Tewkesbury and Malvern
Junction, 14 miles 38 chains. For Wales,- the Bre-
con and Merthyr Tydvil Junction, 9 miles 51 chains;
the Buckley and Connah's Quay (Flintshire),
miles 4 chains; the Central Wales, 26 miles 72
chains; the Conway, Llanrwst, and Bettors-y-coed,
18
10 miles 45 chains; Denbigh, Ruthin, andn
Corwen,s.
miles 26 chains; Ely Valley,l2 miles 52 chains;
Llan-
gollen and Corwen, 10 miles 6 chains;i.Lyafni Vale, 4
miles 74 chains ; Manchester and .1!isl ord Haven,
51 miles 70 chains ; Mid Wales, 59 miles 49 chains;
Milford Haven Docks, 1 mile 50 chains; Rhymney,
2 miles 73 chains ; Vale of Clwyd Extension, 1 mile
31 chains. In the Midland districts are promoted
the Apedale and Audlcy Mineral, 6 miles 6 chains;
the Cannock Chase, 2 miles 64 chains ; the Cheshire
Midland, 12 miles 75 chains; Disley and Hayfield,
3 miles 34 chains ; Hinckley and Leicester, 10 miles
42 chains; Marple and Hayfield Junction, 6 miles
35 chains; Midland (Hinckley Extension), 11 miles
31 chains ; ditto (Rowsley and Buxton lines), 16
miles 27 chains ; Rugely and Abbot's Bromley, 3
miles 55 chains; and Stockport and Woodley Junc-
tion, 2 miles 61 chains ; London and North-Wes-
tern, in the Liverpool and Manchester district (No.
3), 10 miles 32 chains ; and (No. 4), 11 miles 1 chain.

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