The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-05 00:00:00

PRWECTED RAILWAYS.
(From the Gazette of Last Night.)"
RAILWAY DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF TRADE,
WHITEHALL, FEB. 4, 1845.
Notice is hereby given, that the Board constituted by
the Minute of the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Ceincil for Trade, of the 24th of August, 1844, for the
,transaction of railway business, having had under con-
eideration the following schemes, for extending railway
communication in the Worcester and Wolverhampton
district, and'in the district intermediate between the
London and Birmingham and Great Western Railways,

The Birmingham and Gloucester—Wolverhampton
Line
The Birmingham and Gloucester—Deviation Line,
The London, Worcester, Rugby, and Oxford Railway,
with an extension from Worcester to :Dudley (nar-
row gauge),
The Oxford and Rugby (wide gauge),
The Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (wide
gauge),
have decided on reporting to Parliament in favour of
the
Birmingham and Gloucester—Deviation Line,
The London, Worcester, Rugby, and Oxford Railway,
with an extension from Worcester to Dudley (nar-
row gauge) ;
and against
The Birmingham and Gloucester—Wolverhampton
Line,
Oxford and Rugby (wide gauge),
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (n ide gauge).
DALIIOUSIE.
C. W. PASLEY. G. R. PORTER.
D. O'BRIEN. S. LAING.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 3d day of
February, 1845, present, the Queen's Most Excellent
Majesty in Council. This day the Right Hon. Sidney
Herbert was, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her
Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his
plan 3 at the Board accordingly.
DUCHY OF LA.ISCASTBR, FEB. 3, 1843.
The Queen has been this day pleased to appoint
Pudsey Dawson, of Hornby castle, Esq., to be Sheriff of
the county palatine of Lancaster for the year ensuing.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 4.
The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint
the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert to be her Majesty's
Secretary at War.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 1.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend
Robert Chapman Savage, Clerk, Master of Arts, to the
vicarage of Nuneaton, in the county of Warwick and
diocese of Worcester, the same being void by the death
of the Honourable and Reverend Richard Bruce Stop-
ford, the last incumbent.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
The Queen's Own Royal Yeomanry.—Cornet B. D.
Dickinson Webster to be Lieutenant, vice llartopp, re-
signed ; R. Garnett, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Webster,
promoted, Jan. 30.
WHITEHALL, JAN. 18.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry King, of
Mayfield, in the county of Sussex, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the lligh Court of Chancery.

WHITEHALL, JAN. 23.
'The Lord Chancellor has appointed David Archibald
Dixon Rawlins, of Market Harborough, in the county of
Leicester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the
High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.
James Burton Rayner and Thomas Scarlett Carter,
lamp manufacturers, Coleman-street, City, to surrender
Feb. 13, at two, and March 14, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane;
Stevens, Wilkinson, and Satchell, Queen-street, Cheap-
side.
• Charles Stephen Halyard, grocer, Colchester, Feb. 14,
at eleven, and March 14, at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Reed and Shaw, Friday-street, Cheapside ; Philbrick
and 'Co., Colchester. •
Samuel H umm, hat manufacturer, Brick-lane,Bethnal-
green, Feb. 11, at twelve, and March 18, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Fre-
derick's-place, Old Jewry ; Horwood and Griffin, Aus-
antriars.
James Miller, shoemaker, Southampton, Feb. 18, at
two, and March 13. at twelve. at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchureh-lane, Lom-
bard-street; Smith and Atkins, Sergeants' Inn, Fleet-
street; Mackey and Girdlestone, Southampton.
Thomas Weston, painter, Southampton, Feb. 12, at
half-past ono, and March 19, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings; Jones and Co., Bedford-row.
Joseph Ashbarry, farmer, Holm Lacy, Herefordshire,
Feb. 10, at twelve, and March 10, at eleven, at the Bir-
mingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee,
Birmingham ; Lanwarne, Hereford ; Suckling, Bir-
mingham.
- William Aston, senior, victualler, Birmingham, Feb.
13, an-1 March 13, at eleven, at the Birmingham Ms-
- trict Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham;
Chaplin, Gray's Inn, London; Harrison and Smith, Bir-
mingham.
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John Whitlow, lacernan, Manchester, Feb. 10, and
March .13, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
rott, official assignee. Manchester; Iteed and Shaw, Fri-
day street, London • Sale and Worthington, Manchester.
TJoseph..l-teggint:othtun and George Peelc, machine
(Dividends, &c., in our next.)