The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-09 00:00:00

RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PARLIA

MENT.

Whitehaven and Maryport Railway Bill,—" for making a
Railway from the town and port of Whitehaven to the town
and port of Maryport, in the county of Cumberland," pre-
sented, and read a first time.

Northern and Eastern Railway (Newport Deviations)
Bill,—" to enable the Northern and Eastern Railway Com-
pany to make certain Deviations in the Line of their Rail-
way, between Bishops Stortford and Newport, and to alter
and amend the Acts relating to the said Railway," presented,
and read a first time.

Brighton and Chichester Railway,—Petition for Bill re-
ported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. John Abel
Smith and Captain Pechell.
Colchester and Harwich Railway (No. 2),—Petition for
Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Sir Henry
Smyth and Major Beresford.
liarrogate and Knaresborough Railway,—Petition for Bill
reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Lawson
and Mr. Ferrand.

Newbury, Basingstoke, London and Southampton Railwa♦
Bill,—read a second time, and committed, and referred to the
Committee of Selection.

Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway
Bill,—read a second time, and committed, and referred to the
Committee of Selection.

Eastern Counties Railway (Brandon and Peterborough
Extension) Bill,—" to enable the Eastern Counties Railway
Company to make a Railway from the Northern and Eastern
Railway at Newport, by Cambridge to Ely, and from thenco
eastward to Brandon, and westward to Peterborough," pre-
sented, and read a first time.

Newbury and Great Western Railway Bill,—read a second
time, and committed, and referred to the Committee of
Selection.

Slamannan Junction Railway Bill,—read a second time,
and committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection.
North British Railway Bill,—read a second time, and com-
mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection.
Brighton, Lewes, and Ilastings Railway,—Petition for Bill
reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Darby and
Lord Alfred Hervey.

Fins AT EALING.—Yesterday evening, about a
quarter to five o'clock, an express arrived at the King-street
brigade station, announcing the outbreak of a large fire in the
village of Ealing, Middlesex. Immediately an engine, with
a party of firemen, under the charge of Mr. Fogo, the fore-
man, was started to the sceno ; and the news having been
forwarded to the other stations in the metropolis, in a short
time the County Fire-office engine, and another from the
Waterloo-road station, were likewise dispatched. Upon
their arrival the fire proved to have originated in the resi-
dence known as Sutherland House, belonging to Mrs. E. V.
Nunn, near Ealing House ; but, fortunately, the danger had
been overcome, though the damage the building sustained
was considerable. It commenced in an apartment adjoining
the drawing -room, on the first floor. The cause of the fire is
unknown.

METROPOLITAN BUlLDlNGS.—Yesterday the Bill
"for better regulating the buildings of the metropolitan dis-
tricts, and to provide for the drainage thereof," was issued.
It extends, with the several schedules annexed, to eighty-
four pages, and appears to have been framed with a good
deal of labour and care. There are one hundred and nine
clauses, and twelve schedules. The object of the measure
is to regulate the construction of buildings in the metropolis,
and to provide for the drainage of the districts. The mea-
sure, so far as relates to the officers to be appointed, shall
come into operation on the Ist of September next; and as to
buildings, streets, and other matters, on the Ist of January,
1845, on which day all the Acts mentioned in the schedule
A, except so far as in the schedule stated, are to be repealed.
The Bill is divided into several portions, embracing the fol-
lowing expressions :—General provisions, buildings, new and
old, builders, buildings generally, adjoining properties, party
walls, party fences, intermixed buildings, ruinous buildings,
expenses of works, building use thereof, district surveyors,
official referees, registration of metropolitan buildings, official
referees, official legal proceedings, and miscellaneous." Fixed
rules are to be relaxed where they needlessly affect the ob-
ject of the Bill, and surveyors are empowered to carry the
spirit of the Act into practical operation.
THE INFANT ORPHAN ASTLIT/11.—On Thursday the
friends and supporters of this establishment celebrated the
anniversary of its creation by dining together at the London
Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, and partaking of the hospitality
provided on the occasion by the proprietors of that well-
known gathering place of the benevolent and the festive.

It had seen announced that Lord Morpeth would take the
chair, but his Lordship not being able to attend, his place
was supplied by Lord Robert Grosvenor, who was supported
by Sir George Carroll, Mr. B. Bond Cabbell, and many other
gentlemen of rank and fortune. The company consisted of
upwards of 160 persons, and the gross amoullt of the contri-
butions was about 1,5001., including 101. from her Ma-
jesty, 25/. from the Noble Chairman, 25/. from Mr. B. B.
Cabbell, and 25/. from the Pacha of Egypt, through
Mr. Waghorn. Upon the removal of the cloth " Non nobis,"
was sung by Messrs. G. F. Taylor, G. Rennie, R. F. Smith,
and G. George ; after which the healths of the Queen, of
Prince Albert, of the Prince of Wales, the Queen Dowager,
and the other members of the Royal family were drunk
with the accustomed honours. " The health of the
Duke of Wellington and the Army" was also drunk with
every demonstration of respect and enthusiasm ; after which
the children nurtured and educated at the new building at
Wanstead were brought into the room, and after having sung
an appropriate hymn, marshalled in procession between the
tables. This was the most interesting part of the festival,
and certainly, if the merit of an establishment is to be
estimated by the appearance of those who are the
objects of its intentions, nothing could exceed the claims
of this asylum to public patronage. The children were
tine specimens of what good treatment, good air, and
kindness in their guardians and preceptors, could pro-
duce. As soon as they had retired, the Noble Chairman
made a short but forcible appeal in support of the institu-
tion by which they were protected to the company, and the
appeal, as the amount of the contributions showed, was not
in vain. Several other toasts, viz., the health of the chair-
man, for which Lord R. Grosvenor returned thanks, of the
vice-presidents, for which Sir G. Carroll returned thanks, and
of the clergy, were then drank ; after which the Noble Chair-
man retired, to be present, as he said, at a division in the
House of Commons, and Mr. B. B. Cabbell took the chair.
The company remained for some time after the retirement of
his Lordship, and having drunk several toasts more imme-
diately connected with the charitable purposes of the asylum,
and heard some good glees from the professionals present,
separated a little before 11 o'clock.
The General Steam Navigation Company's mail-
packet, Neptune, Captain H. W. Gibbs, arrived at Blackwall
this morning, at half-past nine o'clock, with the Hamburgh
mail. This is the first vessel that has arrived from Ham-
burgh since the ice set iu,