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London, England, 1847-05-21 00:00:00

GROUP XXVII.

The Committee in this group (Mr7Cardwel," chairman),
were engaged all the morning arranging the clauses in
The Eastern Counties Railway (Wisbeach to Spalding).
The Great Northern Railway (Branches to King's Lynn).
The Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham (Wisbeach to Sut •
ton-bridge).
The clauses having been agreed to, and all the business of
the group disposed of, the Committee broke up.

GROUP XXIX.
MIDLANDS (BRANCH TO BRATFORD
MERE).

The Committee met at twelve o'clock.

There being no opposition to the branch, evidence was
gone into ;no forma, and the preamble wa.s declared to be
proved.
The Committee then proceeded with the clauses.

GROUP XXXIIL
The Committee met this morning at twelve.

GREAT NORTHERN (EXTENSIONS TO
LEEDS AND WAXEFIELD, DEVIA-
TIONS, d‘c.)

The proceedings commenced by Mr. TALBOT, who claimed
(and argued his claim at considerable length) to be heard on
behalf of the London and North-Western Company, against
the proposed extensions of the Great Northern Railway to
Leeds and to Wakefield.
Mr. M. CHAMBERS appeared as the counsel for Lord Mex•
borough, and consented, on the part of his Lordship, to with-
draw the opposition to the Bill, provided in case of the passing
of the Great Northern Railway Bill, that that company
should consent to the terms of the agreement entered into
between the Leeds and Dewsbury Railway Company and his
Lordship.
Mr. Sergeant WR&XGHAM contended that Mr. Talbot had
no right to appear on the part of the North-Western Com-
pany, there being no petition of that company referred to
the Committee. With respect to the arrangement between
the Leeds and Dewsbury Railway with Lord Mexborough,
he could only say that he was at present perfectly ignorant
of the nature of those arrangements, but he could venture to
say, on the part of his clients, that they were perfectly ready
to make arrangements that might be considered fair and rea-
sonable to the parties immediately concerned.
Mr. TALBOT, in reply, said that, although by the general
rule he admitted that he could not appear without a petition,
yet, under the peculiar circumstances of the case he was in-
titled to appear, there not having been sufficient time to pre-
pare a petition to the House since the decision of the Com-
mittee on Saturday last, as to the course they proposed to
take with respect to the Bills before them.
The room was then ordered to be cleared. The Committee
deliberated, and upon the parties being called in,
The CHAIRMAN said, the Committee are of opinion that
the objection taken by Mr. Talbot is a good one, and must
prevail. The Leeds and Dewsbury Railway having sold
themselves to the London and North-Western Company, and
the Committee having proceeded, ever since they were made
aware of that fact, upon the assumption that the London and
North-Western parties were really before them, the Com-
mittee do not think that they can allow the Leeds and Dews-
bury Railway to turn round and repudiate the London and
North-Western Company, and stand in an independent posi-
tion ; they think the objection, therefore, a valid one.
Mr. Sergeant WILKINS then claimed to be heard on behalf
of the Manchester and Leeds Railwaynas against the Mid-
land Counties scheme.

Mr. TEMPLE objected to such a course.
Mr. Sergeant WILKDrs replied, and the Committee again
ordered the room to be cleared.

Upon the parties being recalled, the Committee decided
that they were of opinion that the preamble of the