The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-23 00:00:00

BANK OF ENGLAND.

rom this nig
gtu Account, pur (Fsuant to the Act
the Week ending ou Saturday,
MUTE DIP.
X.
4043
.• •• 22,801,100 I

;ht's Gazette.)
7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for
the 17th day of April, 1847.
'ARTMENT. •

X.
Government debt .. 11,015,100
Other securities •• • • 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 7,365,424
Silver bulliox •• •• • • 1,4 :5,676

422,801,100

22,801,100
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
bated the 22d day of April, 1847.
BANKING DEPAZTIONT.
.Z.
0 553
rietors' capital.. 14,,000
Pudic t„ ••• . • . ....... 3,397,077
deposits (in-
_elh4lllB Exchequer,
Commissioners of National Debt, Say-
-10-blinks, and Di-
„ :ridend accounts) • 3,011,032
LiLther deposits . ..... 10 004,699
Dlus .v" dal, and other
.......

Government snarl-

ties (including Dead

Weight Annuity).. 11,677,819
Other securities •. • • 17,111,001
Notes .. ...... ••• • • • 2,558,315
Gold and silver coin.. 528,741

910,068

X 31,875,87 G
Did the. 22d day of April. 1847,

£31,876,876
MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

LWAY COMMITTEES.
(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP I.
The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of
the schemes comprised in this group re-assembled, at the usual
boor this morning in Room 30; Mr. W. 0. Stanley in the
Chair.

TIM BRIGHTON MID KENT SCHEME.
Mr. Hawkshaw, the engineer of the Manchester and Leeds
Railway Company, was called to confirm the evidence of Mr.
Sherrard. He preferred the Brighton line, notwithstanding
the gradients were not so good as on the South-Eastern line,
because the Brighton line was more direct than the South-
Eastern.
Mr. Cubitt, the engineer in chief of the Brighton Mid-
Kent line, confirmed the testimony of Mr. Hawkshaw and
Sherrad. The gradients on the Brighton line were not
82 good as that of the South-Eastern, but the Brighton line
was shorter than the South- Eastern, and that saving would
rac:re than counterbalance the bad gradients.
This closed the case for the Brighton Company.
The, landholders' opposition was then gone into.
A he Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock on Mon-
uay.

GROUP V.
chile Committee met at twelve; present, Lord Harry Vane,
Ch le
; Hon. M. Gore, Hon. M. Sutton, Mr. Rice, and
-ir E. Filmer.
NVIATIOSOR, STAINES, AND SOUTH-WES-
TERN%tip (RICHMOND TO WINDSOR).
—l.-NDSOR, ST.3.INES, AND SOUTH-WES-
TERN (STAINES TO ASCOT. &c.)
I.le case for the promoters having been closed,
61,!c• lit,:torxrir proceeded to address the Committee on be-
Arr.iofproprietors opposing the Richmond and Windsor line.
e°4 W(3unNEy, Q.C., then proceeded with the case of the
surveyors of Isleworth, against the propose 6 lines, and
1,,,,„1(14 witnesses to show that the roads at certain points
be disadvan
tageously affected by alterations on ac-
count of the railway.
number of witnesses were called and examined by Mr.
owrneY, Q.C., and Mr. Burke, on the part of opposing land-
ponentsuers along the line, and these closed the case tor the op-
.
t"the Committee, as the Great Western were not prepared
tWel ve. on with their Bills to-day, adjourned till Monday, at

GOUP VI.
aALISEITILT AND R
Tmovzzi, AND EXETER.
YEOVIL, AND DOECRESTER.
in The CHAIRMAN, at the commencement of the proceedings
this Committee, stated that it was the opinion of the Com-
Mittee that they had heard sufficient evidence as to the
existing traffic between Salisbury and Yeovil, and would
decline hearing any further evidence upon that portion of the
line before the Committee.
Mr. R. Hayworth, a manufacturer of sail-cloth at Chin-
bock, was then called, and gave evidence in favour of the
line between Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester.
Mr. Richard Greenhorn, glover, of Yeovil, was then exa-
mined, and gave evidence of the advantage which he would
derive by the transmission of his goods to the metropolis, and
the Exeter as well as the western districts of Englaad, by
means of the proposed railway.
The Committee then adjourned.

GROUP XI.
The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of
the Bills comprised in this group re assembled at the usual
hour this morning, Mr. Forbes Mackenzie in the chair.
COLCHESTER AND STOUR VALLEY (LA-
VENHADI AND BURY EXTENSION).
The case for the promoters of this line having been closed.
The landholders' opposition was gone into, which occupied
nearly the whole of the day.
The Committee adjourned at the usual hour
_till Monday
at twelve o'clock.

GROUP XVI
klhe Committee met this morning. at the usual hour; Mr.
"*-eutble in the chair.
4114. T NORTHERN (BRANCHES mon
314 r• HERTFORD TO ST. ALBAN'S).
B. WALL, M.P. (a member of the Committee) inti-
...ated to the promoters of the line that he wished to be fur-
i!ished with the estimate, in detail, of that portion of the
'lne Which is proposed to run from Hertford to Ware, parallel
With the line of the Eastern Counties.
bnljr• Saunders said Mr. Cubitt, jun., stated in his.exami-
f,"°,4 that the gross cost of that portion of the line, in-
tng stations, would be 40,0001..
d r: WALL repeated that be wished to have the estimate
11:1. and counsel promised to furnish the llon. Member
-11!,31 it to-morrow.
Alr. Austin taking his seat,
re4ue
le; thatAttissAis said the Committee had heard with
his house had been destroyed by fire,
r.
AtaTIN thanked the Committee for their sympathy.
laiset.edded, that the house was destroyed the night before
othere
...--.tAtamAN hoped he would be able to rebuild an.
Me."; go"-
osms feared that he should be unable to do so.
conversation then dropped.
the Piepsosition of Mr. Smith, of Hertford, was withdrawn,.
liPar°t having agreed to refer the matter to arbitration.
would Avems said, by the permission of the Committee he
ttKt proceed to call witnesses in support of the
tltTrOltil AND HITCH= BRANCH
vs_ e Eastern Counties, and reserve his speech in support of
4,7sproject until the clo's'e of the cases of both the lines. sive r, G!iPper, a general merchant, carrying on an exten-
and _ousiness at Ilertford—He had resided there forty years,
and w___es well acquainted with the trade of the whole county,
atd Its_ constantly ill the habit of attending the Hertford
ir=slllll markets. 'Within a circumference of five miles
-,v4umrd there was suilioisut avatar- power to manufacture

300,000 sacks of flour annually. There were also a number
of windmills and oil mills, which produced 4,000 tons of oil
cake in the course of a year. There was a considerable malt
trade at Hertford, the duty paid being 40,000/. a year and
the trade was on the increase, several new mills having been
recently erected. Ware was the largest malting place in the
kingdom, the duty paid being from 250,000/. to 260,0001. a
year. Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire were the greatest
consumers of artificial food for cattle in England. There was
a large sale for barley at Hitchin ; in fact, nine Ware and
Hertford dealers, of whom he was one, bought 38,000 quar-
ters last year. They comprised about half the number of
dealers, the total amount bought by the whole for use at
Hertford and Ware in the course of the 3-ear being about
60,000 quarters. The witness then detailed at length the
great advantages which would be derived by the opening up
of railway communication between Hertford and the north
by the aid of the Direct Northern. The branch from Hat-
field to Hertford would ffot give anything like the accom-
modation the other line would between Hitchin and Hert-
ford, as there would be considerable delay in getting corn
by that route. It was important that the Eastern Counties
should be allowed to carry on their line from Hertford to
Hitchin, in order to make it a through line between Leices-
ter and Bedford, in connexion with the lines in the course of
construction. It would create competition between the
three lines, which he considered tended towards the ad•
vantage of the public. A great proportion of the
merchants of Bedford, Hitchin, Ware, Hertford, &c.,
would prefer the Shoreditch terminus, because it.
was nearer the Malik, Mark-lane, the docks, &c.,
than the Direct Northern and Birmingham stations. The
breweries consuming the greatest quantity of malt were
nearer the Eastern Counties than the 'other lines. When
the proposed line was made the malt from Hertford, Bed-
ford, Norfolk, Essex, &c., would find its way by the Eteitern
Counties.

The CHAIRMAN said the proposed line could not affect the
passage of malt from Hertford to London by the Eastern
Counties.

Examination continued. The extension of the
Eastern Counties to the river woild be far su-
peiii )r to that of the Great Northern to the docks ; for
instance, coals were not taken into the docks owing to the
expense of the dues; and besides, it was always a disadvan-
tage to take goods from the docks, owing to the delay and to
their closing at four o'clock, after which time a great quan-
tity of business could be done. It did not pay him to trade
at St. Alban's; but as he had attended it a number of years
he did not wish to break up "old connexions." Most of the
corn merchants had left it, because the St. Alban's wheat
was of an inferior quality.
Mr. Murnford, clerk to a maltitt3r, at Ware, gave corrobo-
rative evidence.
Adjourned until to-morrow.

GROUP XVIII.
The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock, the
Earl of Lincoln in the chair, with Mr. W. J. O'Connell, Sir
Walter James, Mr. Smythe, and Captain Jones.

CHELTENHAM AND OXFORD LINE.
Mr. Warton, and several other gentlemen, gave evidence
as to the reduction of the price of coals, which would ensue
in the Forest of Dean when the railway is formed, as the
cost of carriage would be reduced between three and four
shillings a ton. The trade in corn would also be much in-
creased. There is at present a broad gauge line, which runs
to the mouth of some of the pits in the Forest of Dean.
One side of the forest is at present accessible, but not the
other.

Mr. Baker said that the Monmouth and Hereford railway
gave this accommodation, and there are several tramways
which have been purchased by that company. This witness
gave evidence as to the arrangements which are to be entered
into by the Great Western company, for the purpose of
giving a communication both to Hereford and Gloucester.
Further evidence was then offered, and the Committee
adjourned.