The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-16 00:00:00

GROUP XVI.

This Committee met to-day for the first time, at half-past
twelve o'clock, in Room 23, New Houses of Parliament.
Members present, Mr. Kemble, chairman ; Viscount Newry,
Mr. Wall, and Mr. Pulsford. _ . _

The following Bills have been referred to this Committee :
London and North-Western (St. Albans, Luton, and
Dunstable).
Great Nerthern Railway (Hertford, Hatfield, and St. Albans).
Eastern Counties Railway (Hertford to Ilitchin, &c.)
Enfield and Edmonton Railway Extension.
The Committee having waited nearly two hours for the
attendance of Mr. Heneage, the: Chairman retired to con-
sult the Speaker. It then appeared that in the absence of
a Member, on the first day, the Committee was not pro-
perly constituted, and the proceedings were, therefore, ad-
journed until Monday, to give time for as application to the
Committee of Selection.

-
GROUP XVIII.
The Committee on this group, comprising the Earl of Lin•
coin, in the chair, Sir W. James, Mr. M. J. O'C .nnell, Cap
tain Jones, and the Hon. G. S. Smyth, assembled to-day ai
one o'clock, in Room No. 25.

The preliminary proceedings for ascertaining the Counsel
for the promoters and the opponents of the line having been
gone through,
The first Bill to be taken was, according to the rules of the
House,

THE LONDON, ox.roun, AND CHELTEN-
HAM RAILWAY (CHELTENHAM TO

TX G).
Before proceeding. however, the Earl of Lincoln inquired
whether arty arrangement had been made between the seve-
ral parties?
Mr. AUSTIN stated that he was retained for this Bill, and
had a right to begin, and:he should therefore decline io entvr
into any such arrangement.
The Earl of LINCOLN then intimated that, according to the
rules of the House, before any Bill could be entertained b
a Committee it w.is necessary that a report should be made
by the Railway Commissioners, that certain regulations haii
been complied with. Now, no such report had been made, and
therefore it was at present impossible to go on. He had
written to Mr. Strutt, the President of the Board, to ascer-
tain when that report was likely to be made, as it was bet-
ter to wait for the reply tkan to adjourn, as was their only
alternative, sine die.
After waiting some time,
Mr. KEATLNG applied to the Committee for leave to argue
the objeuti.,us of the company for which he appeared, before
taking the preamble.
At this moment the reply of Mr. Strutt was received, and
the Earl of Lincoln stated that the communication intimated
that the report could not be made until Monday, and sug-
gested the adjournment of the Committee till Tuesday next.
Mr. ICEATING still pressed his request, that the Committee
would hear the evidence and counsel, and deter the decision
on the preamble until the report was made. He thought
that application might be made for this to the House.
After some turther conversation as to the usage of Parlia-
mentary Committees, the Chairman sent to confer with Mr.
lienablj, the Chairman of the only other Committee that
was sitting to-day. The reply was that Group 16 was not
in the same difficulty, for they had received their report.
The Earl of LINCOLN then threw out the suggestion that
application, if made, would in all probability tail, as he ap-
prehended that if he were to make the motion, as a matter of
course, he would be stopped, and he thought, therefore, that
nothing would be gained,
It was ultimately arranged that, in the event of Mr. Strutt
not being able to assure the Chairman that they could pro-
ceed on Tuesday, that his Lordship should to-morrow even-
ing give notice for a motion, to be taken on Monday, for
leave to proceed on Tuesday.
The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock on Tues-
day next.