The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-26 00:00:00

NEW PROJECTED RAILWAYS

(From the Gazette of last Evening.)
RAILWAY DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF TRADE,
WHITEHALL, Dawn 25,1845.

Notice is hereby give➢, that the Board constituted by the
Minute of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for
Trade, for the transaction of railway business, having had
under consideration the under-mentioned railway schemes,
have determined on reporting to Parliament in favour of
The Eastern Counties—Brandon and Peterborough De-
viation,

West London—Thames Extension,
Newcastle and Darlington—and Brandling Junction Ex-
tensions,

Ashton, Stalybridge, and Liverpool Junction—Ardwick
Extension,
Manchester South Junction and Altrincham,
Manchester and Birmingham—Macclesfield Extension and
Junction Line with the Sheffield and Manchester,
Midland Railway—Darfield to Warsborough,
Midland Railway—Darfield to Elscar,
Midland Railway—Cherit to Horbury,
Midland Railway—Oakenshaw to Wakefield,
Midland Railway—Ambergate to Crich,
London and Brighton—Horsham Branch,
Harwich Railway and Pier,
Richmond (Yorkshire) Railway,
Hull and Bridlington Branch,
Middlesborough and Redcar ;
and against the
Dartford and Rumford,

Eastern Counties—Cambridge and Bury Saint Edmunds

_ .
Extension,
West London—Knightsbridge Extension,
Ashton, Stalybridge, and Liverpool Junction—Guide•
bridge Extension.
Kentish Coast Railway,
Huddersfield and Manchester.
Harwich Railway,
Harwich and Colchester,
Ipswich and Harwich ;

and recommending the postponement until a future period
of the
Colchester Junction,

Harrogate and Ripon Junction,
Leeds and Thirsk,
York and North Midland and Harrogate.
DAI,HOUSIE.
C. W. PASLEY. G. R. PORTER.
D. O'BRIEN.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME ClRCUlT.—Kingston, March 25.
The Commission for the county of Surrey was opened
on Monday, and this morning both Courts sat for the
dispatch of business, Lord Chief 'Justice Penman pre-
siding on the civil side, and Mr. Baron Alderson in the
Crown court. Although there was a good delivery at
the sessions last week, there are thirty-five prisoners for
trial at these assizes. On the civil side fifty-nine
causes are entered, and six of them are to be tried by
special juries.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.)
Davy Tanner, alias William Stenip, 26, James Haines,
23, Thomas Longley, 22, Matthew Bill, 43, and Thomas
Adams, 28, were indicted for a misdemeanor, in being
unlawfully upon certain lands in the occupation of John
Sparkes, at Wonersh, in the night time, armed with guns,
and other offensive weapons, in pursuit of game.
Mr. Clarkson prosecuted, and Mr. Robinson with Mr.
Charnock, defended all the prisoners, except Tanner,
who had no counsel.

It appeared from the evidence of a man named Hoar,
who is in the service of Mr. Sparkes, the prosecutor,
that on the night of the 17th December he heard the
sound of fire-arms in a wood at Wonersh, called Jay's
Copse, and while he was going in the direction from
whence the firing appeared to proceed, he heard the re-
ports of two guns, and at the same moment there was a
rush made in the wood, and he saw five men come out
into a field, two of them being armed with guns. He
followed them for some distance, and at length went
close to the men, and he then discovered that they were
the prisoners, all of whom were inhabitants of the
neighbourhood, and with whose persons he was well ac-
quainted. Upon the Copse being examined on the fol-
lowing morning, a quantity of pheasant's feathers and
some fresh blood were foiled upon the ground.
The jury found the prisoners guilty, but recommended
them to mercy on the ground that they had not used
any violence towards the keeper.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON said that this was always a
circumstance favourable to the accused in cases of this
description ; but such offences were of so dangerous a
character, and so frequently led to the shedding of
blood, that it was impossible to pass them over without
such punishment being inflicted as would be likely to
deter others from their commission. He then sentenced
Langley, Tanner, Haines, and Hill, who have already
been in gaol for three months, to be kept to hard labour
for a further period of six months; and Adams, who had
been out on bail, was sentenced to nine months' hard
labour.