The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-26 00:00:00

The principal points into which the inquiry will be
made, in connexion with the above schemes, are as
follows:-
Ist. The ability and bona fide intention of the pro-
moters to prosecute their application to Parliament next
session for bills to authorise the several undertakings.
2d. The advantages to be obtained, in a national
point of view, in completing or extending important
lines of railway communication.
3d. The amount of local advantage afforded to the
towns and districts more immediately affected.
4th. The engineering circumstances of the line, so far
as may be necessary to form a general judgment of the
character of the 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 completed
and efficiently worked in the event of its being sanc-
tioned 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 con-
sideration of the Legislature.
(Signed) DALHOUSIE.
C. W. PASLEY. G. R. PORTER.
D. O'BRIEN. S. LAING.
BANKRUPTS.

JOSEPH SIMPSON, builder, Stockwell, Surrey, to
surrender Nov. 5, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 6, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official
assignee; Alexander, South-street, Finsbury.
WALTER WESTRUP and THOMAS MARTIN
COCKSEDGE, millers, Shadwell, Nov. 6, at two, and
Dec. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell,
official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Shearman
and Slater, Great Tower-street.
JAMES WATSON CARTER, coach plater, Long-
acre, Nov. 6, at one, and Dec. 4, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Beaumont and Thompson, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
ALFRED FOWLER, carpenter, Leamington Priors,
Warwick, Nov. 2 and 29, at eleven, at the Manchester
District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birming-
ham ; Russells, Leamington Priors.
JOHN GOULD, cattle-salesman, Cangresbury, So-
mersetshire, Nov. 11, at half-past twelve, and Dec. 6, at
eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official
assignee, Bristol. A'Beckett and Co., Golden-square,
London.
BENJAMIN JONES, victualler, Birmingham, Nov. 7
and Dec. 4, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Chilton and
Co., Chancery-lane, London ; Suckling, Birmingham.
WILLIAM WALKER, hatter, Birmingham, Nov. 7,
at half-past eleven, and Dec. 6, at one, at the Birming-
ham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birming-
ham ; Jackson, Field-court, Gray's Inn, London ; Har-
rison and Smith, Birmingham.
INSOLVENT PETITIONS.

R. Shepherd, shoemaker, Carnaby-street, Golden-
square, Nov. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Bell, official assignee.
D. Thornton, clerk, Trinity-terrace, Tower-hill,
Nov. 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell,
official assignee.
W. Clark, grocer, Aldenham, Hertfordshire, Nov. 12,
at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson,
official assignee.
R. Jones, grocer, Canterbury, Nov. 12, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee.
W. Brice, turf-vendor, Peterborough, Nov. 18, at half-
past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand,
official assignee.
W. Jackson, licensed victualler, Brick-street, Picca-
dilly, Nov. 18, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Graham, official assignee.
J. D. Earles, surgical-instrument-maker, Marshall-
street, Golden-square, Nov. 18, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee.
'l'. Packer, law-writer, Liverpool-street, Walworth-
common, Nov. 12, at half-past twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee.
J. J. Blundell, stonemason, Bury-street, Fulham-
road, Nov. 12, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee.
Daniel Gooddin, butcher, Dunkerton, Somersetshire,
Nov. 15, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton,
official assignee.
J. H. Randell, beer-retailer, Bristol, Nov. 12, at eleven,
at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official assignee.
H. Gratton, butcher, Ripley, Yorkshire, Nov. 15, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official
assignee.
J. Whitley, gardener, Wakefield, Nov. 14, at eleven,
at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee.
T. Webster, builder, Wakefield, Nov. 14, at eleven, at
the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee.
J. Seston, shoemaker, Norton, Derbyshire, Nov. 7, at
twelve, at the Blanchester District Court. Pott, official

assignee.
J. Taylor, surgeon, Manchester, Nov. 12, at twelve, at
the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee.
T. J. Stevens, Dolgelly, Merionethshire, Nov. 22, at
eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove,
official assignee.
J. Lord, Birmingham, Nov. 2, at one, at the Birming-
ham District Court. Valpy, official assignee.
T. Johnson, provision-dealer, Manchester, Nov. 8, al
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson
official assignee.