The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-31 00:00:00

SCIENCE

ROYAL INDIAN MILITARY COLLEGR

AT ADRISCOMBB.

The following is the official list of successful candidates
for admission to the Royal Indian Military College, Addis-
sombe, at the examination held by the Council of Military
Education at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, in January,
1860 :

Order 1. Index, No. 92—Name, Andrew A. Je Marks.
pp ;
age, 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. Pyo, 17, St. John's-wood
Proprietary School, and King's Col. London ;561
4. Index 112—William J. R. Harrison, 18, Harrow 3,555
5. Index 64—Alfred E. Turner, 18, King's College,
London, and private tuiti0n........ 3,534
6. Index 39—Bindon Blood, 17, Royal School, Bar-
raghow
7. Index 107—Ralph R. E. Brockman, 18, Rev
G. Wardlaw's, Helensburgh ; Mr. Brown's,
Kensington rammar School ; and Rev. W
Foy's, Hampstead 3,313
8. Index 111—James F. Brengh, 17, Victoria Col-
lege, Jersey 3,107
9. Index 114—Charles H. Spragge, 18, Chelten-
ham Col., and Rev. W. Kieser's, Blackheath 2,966
[O. Index 99—Robert J. M'Clure, 18, Queen's Col • ,
lege, Belfast
11. Index 45—Edward Stedman, 17, City of London
School 2,757
12. Index 46—William A. J. Wallace, 18, Kings-
town School, Düblin
[3. Index 55—Windham H. Hallett, 17, Rev. G
Ewbank's, Brighton
.4. Index 44—Chas.W. Long, 17, Wimbledon School 2,636
_RAIL WA y IN2'ELLIGENC.E.

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 149 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 construe-1
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 new companies 71 are for the
construction of 714 miles of railway in Eng-
land, 6 for the construction of 97 miles in Scotland,
and 13 for the construction of 237 miles in

Ireland. Of the 59 bills promoted by existing
companies, 43 are for the construction of 257 miles
of railway in England, 6 for the construction of 3.5
miles in Scotland, and 10 for the construction of 66
miles in Ireland.

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-
met smith, 1 mile 68 chains ; the trunr,'serford-mar-
krt and Charing cross-bridge ; the London and
lflackwall, 26 chains ; the London and North-
Western (No. 2), 4 miles 1 chain ; the London-
bridge Terminus H ; 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 Depot 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 miles 3 chains ; the South Kensington, 74 chains;
the South London (No. 1), 11 miles 51 chains ; the
South London (N 0.2), 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 miles 47- chains ; the Portsmouth
(new lines), 3 miles 65 chains ; the Southampton
and Fareham, 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 ('astern 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; Calne, 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 deviation.
For the eastern counties districts are promoted the
East Norfolk, 33 miles 23 chains ; the Epping
(Dunmow Extension), 12 miles 48 chains ; ditto (Il-
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, Smiles 46 chains. In the
central districts are proposed the Aylesbury, and
Buckingham, 12 miles 58 chains; the Bedford and
Cambridge, 29 miles 78 chains; the Bourton-on-
Water, 6 miles 56 chains ; the Cheltenham and
Northleach, 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 miler 77 chains;
Stourbridge, 4 miles 34 chains ; Tenbury and Bewd-
ley, 141rniles 20 chains; Tewkesbury and Malvern
.e),
Junction, 14 miles 38 chains. For Wales, the Bre-
con and Merthyr Tydvil Junction, 9 miles 51 chains;
the Buckley and Conflates Quay (Flintsl 5
miles 4 chains ; the Central Wales, 26 miles 7,,
chains; the Conway, Llanrwst, and 13ettws-y-coec ,
10 miles 45 chains; Denbigh, nuthin, and Corwen,lB
miles 26 chains; Ely Valley,l2 miles 52 chains; Llan-
gollen and Corwen, 10 miles 6 chains ;Llyfni Vale, 4
miles 74 chains; 'Manchester and. Milford Haven,
51 miles 70 chains ;
Mid Wiles, a 9 miles 49 chains;
Milford Haven Docks, 1 mile 50 chains; Rhy, mney,
2 miles 73 chains; Vale of Clwyd Extension, 1 mile
31 chains. In the Midland districts are promoted
the A pedale and Audley 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 (llinckley 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.
4 10 milt; 52 ch%int i and (No, 4), 11 milt; 1 chain,

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