The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-09 00:00:00

RAILWAYS.

The following Members have been added to the List from
which Members will be selected to serve on those Railway
Committees which will commence their sittings in the week
beginning Monday, May 26:
Capt. the lion. E. A. Harris Mr. Marshall
Mr. Hombv Mr. McQeachv
The Hon. W. S. Lascelles Lord Harry Vane.
The Right Hon. Fox Maule
The Committee of Selection have appointed the Select
Committee on the group A. to meet in the week commencing
Monday, May 26, in addition to those named on Wednesday,
April 30.
Select Committee on Group N.
Great Western Cornwall Railway Bill or project,
referred to the Committee.
Select Committee on Group 11.
Kendal and Windermere Railway Bill or project,
referred to the Committee.
The Committee of Selection have nominated the follewing
Select Committees on Railway Bills:
A Committee of
1. The Right Hon. Fox Maule (Perth),—Chairman,
2. Lord Harry Vane (South Durham),
3. The lion. NV. S. Lascelles (Wakefield),
4. Mr. Marshall (Carlisle),
5. Mr. McGeachy
to whom they have referred the Bills and projects comprised
in group A., viz.
Central Kent Railway,
London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway,
London, Chatham, and Chilham Railway,
South Eastern North Kent Railway,
London and Ashford Railway,
South Eastern Railway (Hungerford-bridge to Tonbridge),
South Eastern Railway (Tonbridge to Hastings),
Rye and Tenterden Railway,
South Eastern Railway (Ashford to Hastings),
Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Keymer Branch),
Brighton, Lewek, and Hastings Railway (Ashford Branch), .
South Eastern Railway (Maidstone to Rochester),
South Eastern Railway (Minster to Deal, and Walmer and
Margate Deviation),
Kentish Coast Railway,
Gravesend and Rochester Railway (Thames and Medway),
London, Chatham, and Gravesend Railway,
London and Croydon Railway (Orpington Branch),
London and Croydon Railway (Enlargement and Branches),
London and Maidstone Railway,
South Eastern Railway (Headcorn and Rye),
London and Greenwich Railway (Widening),
South Eastern Railway (London and Greenwich Extension),
London and Greenwich Railway.
The Select Committee will meet on Monday, May 26, at
Twelve o'clock.
A Committee of
I . Mr. Colquhoun (Newcastle-under-Lyme)—Chairman
2. Sir B. Hall (Marylebone),
3. Mr. Cobden (Stockport),
4. Mr. Wykeham Martin (Newport, Isle of Wight),
5. Hon. James Howard (Malmesbury),
to whom they have referred the Bills and projects eom-
prised in group K., viz.:—
Eastern Union and Norwich Railway,
Diss and Colchester Railway (with Branches),
Norwich and Brandon Railway Deviation, and Dim and
Dereham Branches,
Lynn and Dereham Railway,
London and Ncrwich Railway,
Eastern Counties Railway (Colchester and Bury St. Ed-
mund's Extension),
Lowestoft Railway,
Diss, Beccles, and Yarmouth Railway,
Eastern Union and Bury St. Edmund's Railway, •
East Dereham and Norwich Railway,
Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge and Bury St. Ed-
mund's Extension).
Wells and Thetford Railway,
Yarmouth and Norwich Railway,
Norwich and Brandon Railway (Norwich Extension), now
called Yarmouth and Norwich Railway.
The Select Committee will meet on Monday, May 26, at
half after Twelve o'clock.
A Committee of
1. Sir Charles Lemon (West Cornwall)--Chairman,
2. The Hon. Charles Hope (Linlithgowshire),
3. Mr. Horsman (Cockermouth),
4. Sir E. Filmer (West Kent),
5. • Mr. F. Winn Knight (West Worcester),
to whom they have referred the Bills and projects comprised
in group KK., viz.:—
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway,
Liverpool and Bury Railway,
Liverpool and Manchester Extension Railway (North
Tunnel),
Liverpool and Manchester Extension Railway,
Liverpool and Manchester Railway (Parkside Branch),
Liverpool and Manchester Railway (St. Helen's and Ruf-
ford),
Liverpool and Manchester Railway (Patricroft and Clifton
Branch),
Liverpool and Manchester ( Rainford and Liverpool Branches),
Southport and Euxton Railway.
The Select Committee will meet on Monday, May 26, at
One o'clock.

A Committee of
1. Sir Charles Douglas (WTarwick)—Chairman,
2. Mr. Buck (North Devon),
3. Mr. Baskerville (Herefordshire),
4. Colonel Ferguson (Kirkaldy, &c.),
5. Mr. J. H. Hamilton (Dublin County),
to whom they have referred the Bills and projects comprised
in group HIT., viz :—.
Blackburn and Preston Railway,
North Union and Ribble Navigation Branch Railway,
Preston and Wyre Railway (Lytham Branch),
Preston and Wyre Railway (Blackpool Branch).
The Select Committee will meet on Tuesday, May 27, at
Twelve o'clock.
A Committee of
1. Viscount Sandon (Liverpool)—Chairman,
2. Mr. E. Ellice, jun., (St. Andrew's),
3. Mr. Spooner (Birmingham),
4. Mr. J. E. Vivian (Truro),
5. Mr. Ricardo (Stoke-upon-Trent),
to whom they have referred the Bills and projects comprised
in group 88., viz
NVaterford and Kilkenny Railway,
Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Railway,
Kilkenny Junction Railway,
Kingstown and Waterford Railway (Carlow and Wexford).
The Select Committee will meet on Tuesday, May 27, at
half after Twelve o'clock.
A Committee of
1. Mr. David Dundas (Sutherlandshire)—Chairman,
2. Mr. Hutt (Gateshead),
3. The Earl of Listowel (St. Albans),
4. The Earl of March (West Sussex),
5. Mr. Brisco (Hastings),
to whom they have referred the Bills and projects comprised
in group SS., viz.:—
Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton Railway,
Erewash Valley Railway.
The Select Committee will meet on Tuesday, May 27, at
One o'clock.
A Committee of
1. The Right Hon. Vernon Smith (Northampten)—
Chairman, •
2. Admiral Dundas (Greenwich),
3. Mr. Adderlev (North Stafford),
4. Mr. Milner Gibson (Manchester),
5. Mr. Wiggett Chute (West Norfolk),
to whom they have referred the Bill comprised in Group CC.
viz.:—
The Cork and Bandon Railway.
The Select Committee will meet on Wednesday, May 23, at
half after Twelve o'clock.
And a Committee of
1. The Right llon. W. E. Gladstone (Newark),
2. The Viscount Castlereagh (Downshire),
3. Captain the Hon. F. Berkeley (Gloucester),
4. Mr. Dennistoun (Glasgow),
5. The Viscount Acheson (Armagh),
to whom they have referred the Bills and projects com-
prised in group NN-, :7
The London and Epping Railway,
The North W oolwich Railway.
The Select Committee will meet on Wednesday, May 28,
at One o'clock.
Select Committee on Group G..
Bristol and Exeter Branches Railway Bill.
The Committee will consider the Bill on Monday, May
19, at Twelve o'clock.

Memorandum.—The Committee of Selection will meet on
Friday next, to consider applications for the appointment of
Committees on Bills after the Whitsuntide recess.

DARING FEAT.—An eccentric gentleman has un-
dertaken for a wager to stop till the termination of the last piece on
a Thuniday night's performance at the Italian Opera. The per-
formers have sent him a petition, pra}ing he Will not, for mercy's
"to, mil his threat' into eaecutiouom:•runch.