The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-30 00:00:00

WHITEHALL; Noy. 28.

Whereas various notices of intended applications to
Parliament for Bills to authorise the construction of new
railways have appeared in the Gazette, in compliance
with the standing orders of Parliament, some of which
may not be comprised in the terms of the Gazette no-
tices of the 20th August, 9th September, 19th Sep-
tember, and 24th October, stating the intention of the
Board for the transaction of railway business, to exmnine
into *and report upon the schemes therein enumerated ;
notice is hereby given, that it is the intention of the
Board to examine into and to report upon all railway
schemes, respecting which notices have been inserted by
the promoters in the Gazette, with a view to the pre-
sentation to Parliament of minutes or reports thereon,
in the event of their becoming the subjects of application
to Parliament in the ensuing session.
The principal points into which inquiry A ill be made,
in connexion with the said schemes, are as follows :-
Ist. The ability and bona fide intention of the pro-
moters to prosecute their application to Parliament next
session fur Bills to authorise the several undertakings.
2d. The ad ~/tages to be obtained, in a national pent
of view, in co eting or extending important lines of
railway communication.
3d. The amount of local advantage afforded th.
towns on„, oistriers inure immediately oriented.
4th. The engineering circumstaes of the line, so *tr
as may be necessary to form a general judgment ofthe
undertaking.
sth. The estimates of cost of construction, and of traffic
and working expenses, so far as may be necessary to
judge of the probability of the line being completVd and
efficiently worked, in the event of its being sanctioned
by Parliament, and with a view to drawing a comparison
between the merit of competing lines of railway.
The inquiry, in conformity with the recommendation
of the fifth report of the Select Committee on Railways,
will not embrace questions of private property or inte-
rest, which will be reserved altogether for the conside-
ration of the Legislature.
(Signed) DALHOUSIE.
C. W. PASLEY. G. R. PORTER.
D. O'BRIEN. S. LAING.
DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.

WILLIAM COOK, licensed victualler, Rotherhithe.
WILLIAM JOBLIN, builder, Whitwell, Isle of Wight.
BANKRUPTS.
CECIL SOBER TAYLOR WALKER, artificial
fl rist, Oxford-street, to surrender Dec. 6, at half-pat
twelve, and Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
rdptcy. Belcher, official assignee, King's Arms-yard ;
Ward, Essex-street, Strand.

JOIIN NORTH, licensed victualler, Map's-row,
Stepney-green, Dec. 6, at two, and Jan. 10, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Ba-
singhall-street ' • Yonge and Hancock, Tokenhouse-yard.
RICHARD TUCKER, farrier, Dean-street, West-
minster, Dec. 10, and Jan. 4, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Follett, official assisnee, Baainghall street ;
Black more, St. Martin's-place, 'I rafalgar-square.
LUCY WILLIAMS, woollen draper, Oxford, Dec. 13,
at two, and Jan. 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
q,room, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-
street ; Dickson and Overbury, Frederick's-place, Old
Jewry.
JOSEPH HARWAR, pianoforte manufacturer,
Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury, Dec 10, and Jan. 7, at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official
assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Bower,
and Willis, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury.
ROBERT MARSHALL, stonemason, Deptford,
Dec. 17, at two, and Jan. 8, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane,
Lombard-street ; Tyler and Lane, South-square, Gray's
Inn.

WILLIAM HENDERSON, draper, Sunderland,
Dec. 9, and Jan. 20, at two, at the Newcastle •upon-
Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, New-
castle-upon-Tyne ; Brown, Sunderland ; Moss, Cloak-
lane, London.

WILLIAM OLIVER, printer, Darlington, Durham,
Dec. 9, and Jan. 20, at half-past two, at the Nevcastle-
upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Allison, Darlington ; Tilson
and Squance, Coleman-street, London.
EDWARD POTTER WORTH, victualler, Henley
in Arden, Warwickshire, Dec. 10, at twelve, and Jan.
10, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie,
official assignee, Birmingham; Noble, Henley in Arden;
Harrison and Smith, Birmingham.
WILLIAM CROSS, lead merchant, Chester, Dec. 13,
and Jan. 3, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court.
Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Sharpe and Co.,
Bedford-row, London; Carter, Liverpool.
WILLIAM REES and GEORGE EDWARDS,
gardeners, Wells, Somersotshire, Dec. 17, at one, and
Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court,.
Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Whitaker, Lincoln's
Inn-fields, London ; Fry and Pain, Axbridge ; Robins
and Hobbs, Wells.

JAMES STOREY and JOHN GIBBS, oorn-chand-
lers, Liverpool, Dec. 10, and Jan. 8, at eleven, at the
Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee,
Liverpool ; Willis, Bower, and Willis, Tokenhouse-yard,
London ; Mason, Liverpool.
MATTHEW IBBOTSON and JOHN IBBOTSON,
paper-manufacturers, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, :Dec. 10,
and Jan. 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ; Tattershall, Great
James-street, London ; Marshal], Sheffield ; Blackburn,
Leeds.