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RAILWAY. CONUMITIT ES the iron districts of South Wales, stated the advantage which
- the railway would be to them, and the Committee adjourned
at f-srr We'cclr,

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GROUP

_ This Committee resumed its sitting at twelve o'clock; Mr

Dennistoun in the chair.
COVENTRY. BANBITILY, AND OXFORD.
On the assembling of the parties
Mr. FLOOD opened the case for the promoters of the Bill,
in which he detailed at some length the advantages of the
line to the district through which it passed, and its engineer-
ing features. It is opposed by several landed proprietors.
Several witnesses were examined on behalf of the pro-
moters, and the necessity of the line through the district it
was proposed to accommodate.

GOUP X
This Committee met at the usualX.
hour this morning ;
Mr. Goulburn in the chair.
MXDX.A.ND, CHELTENHAM, AND OXFORD.

S HIRE.
The Committee were occupied the whole of the day with
the usual general evidence in favour of this line.

XXV.
The Committee on tGROUP
his group resumed its sittings in Room
14; Sir Charles Lemon in the chair.
itIANC/izSTEXA, BURTON, MATLOCK, AND
MIDLANDS JUNCTION (DEVIATION AND
BRANCHES).
The case of the Duke of Rutland and the inhabitants of
Bakewell, in opposition to the above line, was continued this
morning.

Mr. Darlington, a miner of Cornwall, was examined to
show the nature of the borings, which he stated were good.
Two other miners confirmed this evidence.
Mr. Baker was then examined, and deposed to the great
advantage which would be conferred by the Parliamentary
line over the proposed one on the inhabitants of Bakewell.
Mr. TALBOT having addressed the Committee, and closed
the case, the room was cleared, and on our re admission
The CHAIRMAN said, that as they had not received the
report of the Board of Commissioners they would not give
their decision till they had received it.
The Committee adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow.

GROUP XXVI.
The Committee on this group met to• day, for the first time,
in Room 12; Mr. Beckett in the chair.

The lines comprised in this group are the'
North Staffordshire (alterations and branches).
North Staffordshire (Churnet Valley line and Trent Valley
Railway Junction).
South Staffordshire (Cannock, Wyrley, and Norton
branches).

London and North-Western (Birmingham and Lichfield
line).
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railway and branches.
The first line taken was the
NORTH STAPPORDSHIRE (ALTEILA.TIONS

AND BRANCHES).
Mr. TALnirr opened the case for the promoters, and pointed
bout the great advantages which would be:conferred by these
ranches.
Mr. NEALE, on behalf of Sir H. Overy, opposed the Wel-
lington branch on the ground that a clause in the Bill passed
last session precluded any further interference with his pro-
perty.
After some discussion,
The CHAIRMAN announced that this clause woulsl not pre-
vent the Committee from considering the merits oithe Bill.
Evidence was then adduced for the line.
Mr. Forsyth, C.E., was examined, and said that the
gradients and engineering works on the branches were of the
usual character, and the estimates were quite sufficient for
the construction. The lines would open up access to mines,
fire-works, and iron-works, and afford great accommodation
to the country generally.
Mr. NEALE then stated that it was net his intention
to cross-examine witnesses, or to oppose the fur; her
projects of the branches before the Committee, but to reserve
his opposition till the Bill went up to the Lords, as Sir H. '
Overy felt satisfied that the Committee would not sanction
the Bill for a moment after they had been made aware of the
clause in the Act passed last session.

The case of the promoters hare cleised, and the Committee
were prevented from passing the preamble in consequence
of not having yet received the report of the Railway Com-
missioners.

The next line was the
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE (CEURNET VAL-
LEY AND TRENT VALLEY JUNCTION).

Mr. TALBOT then opened the case for this line, and expa-
tiated at considerable length on the merits of the line and the
great advantages it would confer on the districts where the
two lines passed.

Several witnesses then deposed to the great traffic which
would be accommodated, when

The CHAIRMAN interposed and said that the Committee
wished to be informed of the advantages of the line for the
accommodation of the through traffic.
The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock to-
morrow.

GROUP XXVII.

GREAT NORTHERN (BRANCH TO KING'S

LYNN.)
On the assembling of the Committee, Mr. Cardwell in the
chair, the case on behalf of this line was resumed.
Mr. Cubitt, C.E., was examined at some length in favour
of the engineering features of the line, which he represented
to be very favourable.
Evidence was given on the part of the corporation of Wis-
beach against the mode in which the Great Northern Rail-
way proposed to contract the swing bridge in that town.
The Court adjourned till twelve to-morrow.

GROUP XXXI.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE.

The Committee assembled this morning at twelve o'clock;
Mr. Shaw in the chair.

The Committee adjourned yesterday in order to give the
promoters of the South Yorkshire and the Barnsley lines
time to come to terms, and agree upon a line to serve both
companies, but it was stated this morning that they had
been unable to come to an understanding.
The room was cleared for a considerable time in order to
give the Committee an opportunity of considering the pro-
positions which bad been made respectively on both sides.
Lord Effingham gave evideace as to the probable utility
of the line to the coal-fields in the neighbourhood of Rother-
ham, and to the inconvenience of the present station of the
Midland line in that town.

On cross-examination, his Lordship allowed that there was
already a direct communication between Sheffield and Gains-
borough, by means of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
shire junction line, but he was not aware that the Midland
Counties proposed to form a loop line from Masborough,
which would serve the district.
Lord Wharncliffe, and several other witnesses, testified to
the advantage to be obtained for the mineral districts around
Rotherham, as well as for the timber forests of Wharncliffe
and Penistone, and spoke also as to the respective accommo-
dation that would be given by the different projects.
The Committee adjourned at four o'clock.