The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-04 00:00:00

Disputed.

SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY
AUCTION.--4 THIS DAY.)
The tone of the Railway Share Market was somewhat
firmer; but the quotations do not show much advance at the
sale of Railway shares to-day, by Messrs. Lamond and Co.
The following are a few of the principal sales :
Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire .... .£o'. 8 6
East Indian
Leicester & Bedford,Exchange Certificate 0 10 0
. Newport and Abergavenny 1 0 0
North British, Extension ..... . ..... ... lO 0
• Reading, Guildford, and Reigate
North Staffordshire 6 12 . 0
4 7 0
West Riding Union .•
.
South Wales ....... 7 0 0
Namur and Leige
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 4 17 6
London and Blackwell, No. 2 2 3 0
Eastern Counties, York Extension .....
Northern Counties Union . .... .. 1 5 0
south Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 1 8 6

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP V.
The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock, con.
Fisting of Lord Harry Vane, chairman; Mr. Price, Mr. Gore,
Hon. Mr. Sutton, and Sir E. Filmer.

VETZNDS on.
Mr. TALBOT, Q.C., opened the merits of this Bill, which
is for a line of railway from the Great Western station at
Slough down to George-street, in the town of Windsor;
and called
Captain Berkeley, of the Life Guards—He said he lived
on his estate in the neighbourhood of the town of Windsor, and
was a magistrate of the county of Berks. He had heard
frequsnt and very general complaints made ih Windsor of
the incovenience of transit to London. Frequent applica-
tions had been made to the Great Western for a branch, but
Mr. Russell and others invariably said they would not pro-
ject a branch without the consent of the Crown. He had
been connected with the scheme of last year, projected
by AU.. Chadwick, Mr. itedborough, and others. That scheme
was favourably considered by the Great Western; but it was
lost in Committee. It was almost the same with the scheme
of the present year, which he thought would be a great
accommodation to Windsor and the neighbourhood.
Other evidence of a similar character was called.
The Committee adjourned till to-morrow.

GROUP VI.

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In consequence of an intimation thrown out by the Com-
mittee yesterday, to the effect that it would be desirable that
the traffic evidence should be furnished on that day,
Mr. COCKBURN, the counsel for the South-Western Rail-
way, proceeded to call Mr. Locke, the engineer to the rail-
way, reserving to himself the liberty of calling other evi-
dence to show the necessity of the branches proposed by the
South-Western Company, between Bledford and Burton.
The Committee also decided that the Great Western
senemes should be the next upon which they would be pre-
pared
to receive evidence.
Mr. Locke, C.E., then proceeded to state the course of the
proposed lines. They would start from Salisbury, at the
termination of the line sanctioned by Parliament
last year at Fisherton. The terminus would be at
Queeii-street, in the city of Exeter. The total length of the
hoe from Salisbury to Exeter would be 87N, the distance of
Salisbury from Loudon would be 811% miles, making the
total distance from Exeter to London 169 miles. The pre-
tent distance by the Great Western Railway was 193 miles,
making a saving in favour of the South-Western lines.of
miles. There were no features presenting any engineering
difficulties, with the exception of a tunnel at Honiton of
about 1,800 yards in length. The total cost of the line, in-
cluding:the branches between Salisbury and Exeter, would
be 2,800,0. 001. Several alterations had been made in the
present line for the purpose of meeting the objections urged
against the measure by Lord Beaumont, the chairman of the
Uorninittee in the House of Lords last session. The South-
Western Company had undertaken to lease the Exeter,
Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway at 5 A per cent. The rail-
ways had received their origin in the strongly expressed de-
sire of the people of the district through which the line
passed, and he had every reason to believe that the con-
tinuation of the line would prove advantageous to the coun-
try. and remunerative to the shareholders.
The cross-examination of the witness was concluded by
Mr. Sergeant liieIGLAKI. on the part of the Bristol and Exeter
Railway, and Mr. Frampton, a landdwner, who was opposing
both the schemes of the South-Western and the Great
Western.
The Committee then rose, and adjourned till twelve to-
morrow.

GROUP XIII.