The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-18 00:00:00

GROUP XVIII.

Thett Committee met this morning, the Earl of Lincoln it
the el Lnir; and it being stated that the opponents were un•
able cane to any arrangement,

Mr.. Stephenson was called to show the engineering quell.
ties o the line, and stated that the line was intended to
prose xl by the present broad gauge line, but to avoid any
jutted an at the stations, as is the case at the present. time.
on the line of joint gauges between Gloucester and Chelten-
ham. lie intended to have the station at Bristol some feet
above The Great western station at Bristol, \;:,use the com-
pany I mad already land in poSsession fir the station.
Mn Sanders, inspector of the Birmingham and GlouCester,
said a ent between 80,000 and 90,000 passengers had passed over
the lira. to Bristol last year, and that there had been 47,798
tons oi.t." goods carried, of which only about 4,000 would have
bean tcaz !shipped, if the Midland Company had possessed a
stJiiot:: of their own. The trains had bean running over the •
mixed gauges for the last two years, but no actual collision
had con irred, although there had been several alarms, in con-1
sequenc e of which complaints had been made to the Great,
IVe,,itorr Company, and some of their servants had been re-
tnorec!..

Mr. :ilolps was examined, on the part of landowners, re-
specti,g the relative convenience or inconvenience to pa2sen-
gers w ho go either from Wales or from Cheltenham, and
stetted that passengers going to the north after their arrival
from Wales would have to tranship themselves and their
baggage sot to distance from the station of one gauge to that'
of ,the other. The traffic, however, on the line is chiefly a '
Bristol and Birmingham traffic and no inconveniece practi-
cally would be experiniced from that circumstance.
Mr. 3 'ayne, the trailic-manager of the line, confirmed this:
evidencr, and stated further that a quantity of the goods
which cow went by water would go by railway, and be
Carried ;in a much better condition than that in which it
now reached the hands of the owners. The quantity of
goods no•x taken up or put down between Gloucester and
Briol was very large, and at the present time great incon-
venience is experienced, in consequence of the great tragic
which is brought from two thousand miles of narrow-gauge
rail-.way into the joint station at Bristol.
Air. Payne further gave evidence upon the dangerous cha-
Tact, u• of the line, which he represented as being perilous
from its :Ascents and descents.
Mr. AUSTIN, Q.O , replied en behalf of the Midland Com-
pany, chiefly upon the terms of the agreement which
had lA. entered into for working the line between Gloucester
and Brie.ll on the broad gauge, and contending that so long
as tha% agyeement subsisted, the Committee, according to the
comm, cn Itc.,,v of the land, had no right to violate its provi •
Mons.
The committee then adjournel till Thursday next.

GROUP XIX.
This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock; Mr. Den-
nistoun in the chair.

OZPoi% D, BANBURY, AND COVENTRY
;I'UNCI !lON (snisavics rsions SOUTHADI
TO co VENTRY).

,On the asi ;embling of the Committee the clause= of this
Bill were non sidered and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to
be reported t > the House.

GROUP XX.
This Comm :tee re-assembled at the usual hour this mom-.
ing ; Mr. Gould urn in the chair.
• •
OXPORD, WORCESTER, AITD VATOWV333I—
(CRELTZNECAPit AND EVE—
SHAM ACNE).

Mr. Vigno Les gave evidence at considerable length as to
the practical and facility of working railways on the
mixed gaup t.
Mr. Miller, Mr. Cubist, and several other witnesses, gave
corroborativ a testimony.
The rt.3t r )f the day was occupied with the landholders' op-
position.
The Coin ntittee then adjoulzed.

GROUP XXIV.
MOLD.
The Co rnmittee met at three o'clock, but did not proceed
with the evidence upon this Bill.
The Co comittee adjourned at half-past three.

UP XXVII.
This C taruniite.e tneGtß tOhis more at twelve o'clock ; Mr.
Cardwell iin the chair.
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.13r 03EzzzaainIT.V7 Air (LYNN AND
NILITIGA.TIO N). Mr. St rant WitAagaHAuTeried the case on behalf of the
promotert, ..of the Lynn and Railway (Lynn and Worme-
gay Navig talon), and Contenced great length that the
it of the proposed line vinatard tend, in a great de-
sent ruetifl
navigation which at pre-
gree, to :in prove the Wormegay
in need of considerable
sent st.:d :
cos.:men ts. At the
conclu,i'6n et the address of the Learned
M. Ronda 11, C.E., was called, and gave ejsel'
ulenee upon the
iflitlri,,U3 natt re of the proposed line.
0:1;er micie ace of a general nature was adduced on behalf
of the 7., n:ote I.S.
Th,:c,,r,-,,nil tee then adjourned till Thursday at twelve
o'cluc...:.