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districts. The Leeds and Think line does not, like the Har-
rogate and Ripon Junction, pass through a coal-field.
In going south from Knaresborough the advantages of the Har-
rogate and Ripon' Junction were greater than those of the Leeds
and Think line, and the advantages for going north were about
equal. The country: gone through by the Harrogate: and Ripon
(Leeds Junction) was better adapted for the construction of a rail-
way than that traversed by the Leeds and Thirsk. The Leeds and
Thirsk line passed through a hilly country.
To the CHAIRMAN—We went over these hills yesterday.
Examination continued—The town of Ottley would not be
much benffited by the Leeds and Thirsk line. Ottloy market was
not to be icompared to the markets at Weatherby and Knares-
borough. There are great lime works at Knaresborough, and
the Great North of England line passes through there.
The present feeling of the inhabitants of Knaresborough
is in favour of the Harrogate and Ripon line and the Leeds
Extension. There was a feeling in favour of the Leeds and Think,
but that was before it was proposed to carry the other line on to
Leeds.

Cross.examined—Very little coal comes from Leeds to Knares_
borough. The Manson coal is as good as the Leeds. the
Leeds and Thirsk line is a good line to the north ;of Ripen.
There are manufactures at Ottley, and it is situated in a fine
grazing district.

Mr. John Edeson lives at Knaresborough, and was a manufac-
turer there for many years, and is a director of one of the
banks there. The trade of Knaresborough has decreased
for the want of cheap and good coal. The north eoal was better
than the Leeds coal, and cheaper, and if it could be supplied to
Knaresborough it would be preferred. To all appearance the Ripon
Junction line would through a much more populous district
than the Leeds and Thirsk. It would be advantageous to have
a railway communication between Knaresborough and SVetherby.
Cross.examined by ➢lr. OYEREND—RipIey would not be so well
accommcdated by the Harrogate as it would be by the Leeds and
Thirsk. Ripon would be better accommodated by a branch from
the Great North of England, than by the Leeds and Thirsk. There
is a much greater general traffic south from Knaresborough than
there is north.

Mr. W. Pick—Lives near Boroughbridge, and knows the lines of
the two propdsed railways. The Leeds and Thirsk skirts the
agricultural county, while the Great North of England proposed
line runs through the very finest agricultural county. The Leeds
and Thirsk line is not to be compared to it.

Mr. George Crowe, who lives near Boroughbridge, corroborated
in every respect the evidence of the last witness.

Mr. Joseph Sayner resides at Wetherby, and is of opinion that
the Great North of England line will afford more accommodation
to that district than the Leeds and Thirsk. There is considerable
traffic between Wetherby and Leeds.

Mr. Z. Attlier, a farmer, attends Ottley market, and has attended
Wetherby market. Wetherby market is the largest by a great
deal. Skipton Is a greater market than Ottley.
Mr. WHITUHURST was about to cross-examine the witness, who
lives at Bradford, on the subject of the wells proposed to be made
there.

This was opposed by Mr. OVEREND, on the ground that the
question was not before the Committee.
_ _

The CIIAIRMAN—I believe, Mr. Whitehurst, you must not go
on. You must let well alone.—(A laugh.)
Mr. Joseph Dawson, woolstapler of Leeds, described the various
stations proposed to be made on the Leeds and Bradford line, and
compared the distances between those stations and the various
villages, and those between the same villages and the various sta-
tions on the Leeds and Thirsk line, proving that the Leeds and
Bradford line was in each place nearer these villages than the Leeds
and Thirsk. He spoke from actual admeasurement. The witness
also spoke to the traffic which would take place on the proposed line.
The traffic tables were then put in in evidence. The estimated
gross revenue was 23,543/. ; the net revenue was estimated at
14,1264—The Committee then adjourned until Monday.,

SELECT COMMITTEE ON STANDING ORDERS.
This Committee met at twelve o'clock to-day to inquire into the
various cases of nen-compliance With the standing orders referred
to them from the Sub. Committees, and came to the following de-
cisions with respect to the Bills hereafter named, mhich will be
reported to the House accordingly.

THE GOOLE AND DONCASTER RAILWAY.
That the standing orders ought to be dispensed with, and the
parties allowed to proceed with their Bill.
THE DISS, BECCLES, AND YARMOUTH RAILWAY.
A similar report will be made in favour of this project.
THE SHREWSBURY AND GRAND JUNCTION.
The Committee will report, that in this ease " the standing
orders ought not to be dispensed with."
The same report will be made with respect to both

THE HARWICH RAILROADS.
The Committee adjourned shortly before four o'clock.

rim LONDON GAZETTE
(THIS EVENING.)

WAR-OFFICE, MAY 23, 1845.
ict Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant R. 0. Travers to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Pipon, who retires; Cornet T. M.
Riddell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Travers; J. R.
S, Sayer, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Riddell,
May 23.
15th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant J. Brett, to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Chambers, deceased ; Cornet J. L.
S. Lumsdaine to be Lieutenant, vice Brett, Feb. 9.

Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign W. E.
H. Vere, from the 49th Foot, to be Ensign and Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Lord Paget, who retires, May 23.
7th Regiment of Foot—Captain V. H. Mairis, from half-
pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Brevet Major W. Hope,
who exchanges; Lieutenant W. L. Grant to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Mairis, who retires; Ensign the Honourable
F. C. G. Fitz Clarence, from 73d Foot, to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Grant, May 23, 1845.
12th Foot—T. G. Vereker, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Walpole, promoted in the 77th Foot, May 23.
13th Foot—Lieutenant the Honourable E. J. W. Forecter
to be Captain, without purchase, vice Sinclair, deceased,
May 23.

20th Foot—Captain J. Powell, from half-pay Unattached,
to be Captain, vice Murray, appointed to the 38th Foot,
May 23.
28th Foot—Ensign J. W. Shelton to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Staveley, who retires; F. B. Drew, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Shelton, May 23.
29th Foot—Lieut. L. Farrington, from 39th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Johnston, who exchanges, Feb. 22.
32d Foot—Lieut. E. W. D. Lowe to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Campbell, who retires ; Ensign T. Maunsell to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lowe ; Gentleman Cadet
R. E. L. H. Williams, from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, purchase, by vice Maunsell, May 23.
38th Foot—Major J. Campbell, from half-pay Unattached,
to be Major, vice H. K. Storks, who exchanges; Captain R.
S. Murray, from the 20th Foot, to be Captain, vice D. O'Con-
nell, who retires on half-pay Unattached, May 23.
39th Foot—Lieut.. J. Johnston, from 29th Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Farrington, who exchanges, Feb. 22.
40th Foot—Captain H. R. Seymour, from 63d Foot, to be
Captain, vice Oliver, who exchanges, May 23.
41st Foot—B. J. Lennox, Gent. to be Ensign, withoutpur-
chase, vice Jackson, deceased, May 23, 1845.
44th Foot—Major the Hon. A. A. Spencer to be Leute-
nant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Shelton deceased; Capt.
A. W. Gray to be Major, vice Spencer ; Lieut. IV. MacMahon
to be Captain, vice Gray ; Ensign A. Greene to be Lieute-
nant, vice MacMahon, May 17, 1845; G. L. Ottley, Gent.
to be Ensign, v. Greene, May 23, 1845.
49th Foot—lf. Rocke, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase,
vice H. Vere, appointed to the Ist or Grenadier Regiment of
Foot Guards, May 23.
63d FA—Brevet Major J. B. Oliver, from 40th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Seymour, who exchanges, May 23.
69th Foot—Ensign C. W. Parker to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase; Sergeant Major D. Dunne to be Ensign, vice
Parker; Lieutenant W. J. B. M'Leod Moore to be Adjutant,
vice Sutton, appointed to the 4th Dragoon Guards, May 23.
73d Foot—J. W. Ramsay, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Fitz Clarence, promoted in 7th Foot, May 23.
77th Foot—Capt. E. Wolfe, from half. pay 28th Foot, to be
Captain, vice Algeo, promoted ; Lieut. E. H. L. Crofton to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Wolfe, who retires ; Ensign
R. S. Walpole, from 12th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Baillie, who retires ; Ensign F. Kennedy to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Crofton ; G. J. Burne, Gent.
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kennedy, May 23.
78th Foot—T. Anderson, Gent, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Maclain, Map 23.
80th Foot—Ensign W. F. A. Colman to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, March 10; Sergeant-Major G. Bodle to be
Ensign, vice Coleman, May 23; Lieut. H. A. Welman to be
Adjutant, vice Lightbody, promoted, March 10.
83d Foot—J. S. Molony, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Portal, promoted in the 3d Foot, May 23.
87th Foot—Second Lieutenant J. Doherty to be First
Lieutenont, by purchase, vice Holmes, who retires; Arthur
Magan, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Doherty, May 23.
Ist West India Regiment—R. B. Wigstrom, Gent., to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Machardy, deceased, May 23.
BREVET.—Captain E. Wolfe, of 77th Foot, to be Major in
the Army, Jan. l 0; Captain V. 11. Mairis, of 7th Foot, to be
Major in the Army, Nov. 23.

HOSPITAL STAFF.—ASSiStaIIt-SUrgeoll R. J. O'Flaherty,
from 83d Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice
A. Smith, M.D., deceased, May 23.
MEMORANDUM.—The date of the appointment of Lieut.
H. T. Walker, to be Adjutant of 25th Foot, is 15th December,
1843, and not 23d February, 1844. Lieutenant E. U. Coxen,
of 60th Foot, has been superseded, being absent without leave.
The Christian names of Ensign Dallas, of 46th Foot, are
George Frederick.
Erratum in the Gazette of the 16th instant.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Durham.—For
"Frederick Milbank, Esq.," to be Deputy-Lieutenant, May 3.
Read, " Frederick Acklom Milbank, Esq.," &c.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire.
The Right Hon. Charles Lord Blantyre, A. Campbell, Esq.,
to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Colonel D. H. Macdowall, to be
ditto; Captain R. J. M. Napier, jun., to be ditto; T. Spier,
Esq., to be ditto; A. Gilmour, Esq., to be ditto, May 19.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet
W. A. Sanford to be Lieutenant, vice Blake, promoted,
May 20.

WHITEHALL, MAY 17.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Brooking, of
Dartmouth, in the county of Devon, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
Richard Evans, tallow chandler, Broseley, Shropshire.
BANKRUPTS.
Robert Kimble, boot maker, Great Marylebone-street.
Alexander Macdonald, merchant, Leadenhall-street.
John White, currier, Warminster, Wiltshire.
John Feaviour, hotel keeper, Liverpool.
Thomas Sims, licensed victualler, Whitechapel-road.
John Cann, bricklayer, Woolwich.
Thomas Wood, wine merchant, Little Queen-st., Holborn.
Thomas Harris, currier, Newton, Montgomeryshire.
Dyer Berry Smith, merchant, Liverpool.
William rowe, ivory turner, Bristol.
Richard Holloway, innkeeper, Evesham, Worcestershire.
Henry Priddey, upholsterer, Droitwich, Worcestershire.
John Barker, maltster, Gayles, Yorkshire.
John Thackrey, dyer, Leeds.

PRI OF .
The Average Price of BCE
rown orSUGAR Muscovado Sugar, for the
weekending, May 20, 1845, is 30s. lOid. per cwt., exclusive
of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current of May 23.)
SUGAR.--To-day West India was in excellent request for
grocery and refining purposes, 500 hhds, &c., finding pur-
chasers at a further improvement in prices, making the ad-
vance for the week is to is 6d per cwt, and the total sales
3,370 hhds and tierces, which is a very large quantity.
REFINED.—To-day Refined Sugar brought further ad-
vanced rates, and there are many orders unexecuted for
Home Trade goods; baown lumps are 695, and standard
lumps 70s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar sells freely at
37s 6d to 383.
MAURITIUS.—The demand has been extensive for every
description from grocers and refiners, and some parcels have
been taken for the outports ; indeed the quantity brought
forward has not been sufficient to supply the wants of the
trade. At public sale yesterday 13,695 bags 19 cases and :5
casks were disposed of at prices showing an advance on
these of the previous sale of la to Is 6d per cwt.
EAST INDIA.--Holders of Foreign East India evince much
firmness, the stock in first hands is much reduced, and pricts