The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-17 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS IN
PARLIAMENT.
Yesterday the standing orders of the house were
declared complied with in the following cases :—Banff,
IN.daeduff, and Turriff Extension Railway, ConiSton
Railway, Bourne and Essendine Railway, and East
Suffolk Railway.
There was no appearance in the case of the Towy
Vale Railway, and the Hull and Hornsea Railway
was struck of the list.
The case of the Eastern Bengal Railway stands ad-
journed.
The following other bills have also passed :—Euro-
pean and Indian Junction Telegraph, Newtown and
Machynleth Railway, Hamilton and Strathaven Rail-
way, Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, Metropoli-
tan Railway, Cork and Youghal Railway, Wimbledon
and Dorking Railway, Mid Kent and South Kent
Railway, Banff, Portsoy, and Strathisla Railway,
Ringwood, Christchurch, and Bournemouth Railway.
Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee and Scottish Central
Railway, East Somerset Railway, Stamford and Es-
sendine Railway, and Wycombe Railway.
The standing orders have been declared not com-
plied with in the case of the South Yorkshire and
North Lincolnshire Junction, Rhymney Railway, Mid
S* sex Railway, Keith and Dovetown Railway, and
Mid Kent improvement Railway.
The bills not proceeded with are Birkenhead, Lan-
cashire and Cheshire and Great Western Railways,
and North Derbyshire Railway.

We (Bristol Mercury) understand that Mr. Nicholson,
who was the means of getting the ballot adopted in
Australia, intends shortly paying a visit to this city, for
the purpose of explaining how it has worked in the
colony. He will be accompanied by our member, Mr.
Berkeley, and other gentlemen who take an interest in
the matter.
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on the Ist inst. Among the passengers was a man
named Winter (with his wife), a clerk of a mercantile
firm in that city, having in his possession $2,000 belong-
ing to his employers, and which he had obtained by
breaking open the safe. On his absence being ascer-
tained, together with the amount of money with which
he bad absconded, the principal of the firm obtained a
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that she would overtake a full-powered steamer,
which sailed three days before her. No sign of the
pursued steamer was seen until off the port, when
the Persia came up with and passed her, arriving
in the river two hours before her. On Mr. Hood,
the gentleman who boards the Cunard steamers to take
charge of the mails, going aboard, he was introduced to
the pursuing merchant, who asked, with some anxiety, if
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any one had lauded from the Atlantic. On being an-
swered in the negative, he stated the case, and asked for
boarded
astounded Winter, whose dreams of security were thus
dissipated. Subsequently,
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