The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-12 00:00:00

RAILWAY BILLS.

Yesterday several committees of the House of
Commons sat to consider Railway Bills. In Court
A of the referees, Mr. Thomas Hankey in the chair,
the Bill of the North Metropolitan was unopposed.
In Court B, Colonel Stuart presiding, the follow-
ing bills were ordered to be reported :—Great Nor-
them (additional powers) ; Great Northern (Pot.
ter's Bar, Barnet, and Hendon) ; and Edgware,
Highgate, and London.

In the court for the consideration of locus standi,
Sir E. Colebrook presiding, the following were on
the list :—City, Kingston, and Richmond (objection
to the locus standi of promoters of Metropolitan,
Wimbledon, and Richmond) ; and East London
Extension (objection to the locus standi of trustees,
and vestry of St. Mary, Whitechapel). In the first
cause nothing was done, and in the second the
locus standi was disallowed.
In the committee presided over by Mr. O'Reilly,
the Tamar, Kit-hill, and Callington was unopposed.
The Bromyard and Hereford, for which Mr.sep _iy
son and Mr. James appeared ; and wasßa opposed d b
Com-
pany. Burke, for the Great Western.
en Railway
junctilon ; 'and WincheOnab
the
ejcoasurne was
3:
clun, and
padanjoyu.rnAfedt.eTr
hmeufcotoewividnegnbeeilrisw.cawssteegirie,vanr,
—East Gloucestershire;
presided over by Admiral Dun..
Bishop's Castle;
and.. Severn
Wrexham, Mold, and Con
combe, the bill of
lake was proceededwith. -
, lt
In the
nah's Quay
opposedrbd ItilleYLondon and liorth Western
was -1
Westernßailway Companies, for whom
Mmerewether,
com.rnitteethe
Mr. Burke, and Mr. Saunders
appeared. Mr. Denison, Mr. Johnson, and Mr.
Salisbury appeared in support, and, after evidence
had been heard, the case was adjourned to this day.
In a committee presided over by Sir John Han-
anrd. Great
Han-
mer appearances were taken in the following bills :
Bridgwater; Bristol and Exter (additional powers) ;
Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway; and
Bristol Harboui Junction Railway and Wharf De-
pot, and their further consideration was adjourned.

NEW RACQUET-COURTS FOR ETON SCHOOLS.--
At a meeting of Old Etonian held yesterday at the
Charing-cross Hotel, under the presidency of Lord Skel-
mersdale, it was agreed to make an applica
e
Provost and Fellows of Eton for the grant of some
asworat is
s
Col-
lege land on the Etonwick-road, between the
courts
gasworks k
which s tion tos ic:
Eton-common, as the site of the meg
co
liberalpropo esethteeeribputiilednefewm
rethperobemniseefidt,
and it was decided that of the school.
the committee should meet for the first time at Visoount
Kirkaldie's house in Windsor, on the 28th inst., at 3 o'clock.
Among the members of the committee present were Vis-
count Kirloldie, tho Earl of Jersey (Balliol College, Ox-
ford) Colonel Fitzroy Clayton (Grenadier Guards), Colonel
theth e Hlioenn..Gielo.rgLee
Leslie-Melville,
_nmd seoirvi?ilei,v et,
his Sir Edward Hulse
the
v. G. B. Dupuis (of
Eton College,) Mr. Albert Van de Weyer (Grenadier
Guards), Mr. E. W. Tritton (Christ Church, Oxford) he
The project has the personal support of the Provost and.
Head Master.

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