The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-24 00:00:00

GROUP XXV.

The Committee -appointed to consider the merits of the several
Bills comprised in this group assembled for the first time this morn-
ing, in the Westminster Sessions-house. 'the Committee consisted
of the Bon. Mr. "Ascents, chairman, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Moncktoa
Miles, Mr Maclean, and Sir John Walsh.
The Bills comprised in the group were as follows
Eastern Union (Ardleigh to Colchester).

Eastern Union and Ilarwlek

Ilarwich and Eastern Counties Junction.

Eastern Union and Bad Leigh ,function.
Malden, Witham, and Braintree Railway.

Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Railway.

THE DIALDON, 'WITH AM, AND DRAIN.
TREE RAILWAY.

This was the first line gone into
Mr. JAMES appeared for the promoters, and stated that the line
commenced at Maldon, a port of considerable importance in Essex,
and ran on in a direct line to Witham, where it joined the Eastern
Counties Railway. It then passed on to Braintree, the central agri-
cultural town of the county. The length of the line from Maldon to
Witham w.,f; 8 miles, while the extent of the whole line was 12
miles and some few chains. There was an extensive trade between
Maiden and Braintree in agricultural produce and materials. For
instance, the corn produced In the neighbourhood of Braintree
was exported from Malden, and, in return, chalk, slates, lime, and
coal were imported to a large degree. There were 50,000 tons of coal
imported annually into Malden, 25,000 tons of which were carried up
to the Malden quays, and the other 25,i 00 tons were conveyed into
the interior of the country by the Chel►ner navigation. New, there
was no competing line, but the Bill was opposed by the Chelmer navi-
gation, who contended that the River Blackwater was so
shallow that no more than 25,000 tons of coal could be
carried up to Malden, and this, it is evident, would not
suffice to support a railway, but they proposed to get rid of the ob-
jection by taking powers to deepen the , river if it should be found
necessary. The Cheimer navigation charged 4s. 4d. per ton
for the carriage of coal, but they proposed to carry coal at 2s. 4d.
per ton. At the same time it must be retaembered that the naviga-
tion was often obstructed by frosts and floods, which rendered a line
of railway indispensably necessary; and as it was a line promoted
and got up by local trailers and merchants, the Committee could hardly
throw it out upon the opposition of a canal company or &landholder.
The first witness called wits Mr. Ransome, an extensive iron-
monger of Ipswich, who stated that he was well acquainted with the
county of lases, and particularly with the route of the proposed
railway. It would be of great advantage to Malden in so far as it
would give an immediate communication with Colchester, Braintree,
and the metropolis. The present cost of conveying agricultural
produce was from Bd. to 9d. per mile, but he estimated that the rail-
way would have the effect of reducing it to three-kalfpence per mile.
There was a silk manufactory, and all along the line there were large
flour-mills.

Mr. FORSETII was about to cross-examine the witness ou behalf of
the Chelan; ueyisation, but MC Wall Interrupted by

Mr. Jeans who objected to his appearing against the preamble of the
Bill, on the ground that the line did not directly compete with the
navigation. The line would pass the river Chelmer by means of a
bridge, and his Learned Friend only had the right of appearing
against the clauses.

Fonsrru contended that he had a right to appear against the
preamble, because the line would prove injurious to ti-a navigation,
while the public wants did not require the railway at all.
The Committee decided that, as there was no specific Injury al-
leged in the petition, Mr. Forseth could not be heard at all.

Mr. John Pain, of Malden, spoke to the importance of the imports
of that town in an agricultural view. The exports consisted chiefly
of grain and corn, which were sent to Wakefield and other parts of
Yorkshire. The line was unanimously supported by the inhabitants
of the district.

BLOXWI(;II No. 4) RAILWAY.

A similar decision eras come to with respect to the former, and
there was an additional infringement of the standing orders found
with reference to the latter Bill.

Su'.,-Committee No. 5

Entranzaatp.rx BIND expo:lvo (23X7t1Y1INC-•

BIM EXTENSION )
This Sub-Committee met this morning at the usual hour ; Mr.
Hope Drummond in the chair.
The Committee proceeded to investigate the allegations con-
tained in the petition of the Earl of Warwick, some of whirls were
proved. There were three other petitions, but as the allegations
which they contained were similar to those in the above petition,
they were not proceeded with. The Committee consequently decided
that the standing orders had not been complied with.

oxpoun AND zurawarrGaz.ara 3-UNCTION.
The Committee also declared that in this case the standing
orders had not been complied with, on the ground that the plans
were defective, and did not sufficiently describe the levels and em-
bankments of the Hue.

MANCHESTER, min LAN D Alfa GREAT

EiRT:VIS:~I'.

• The Committee nest proceeded with this Bill.
Th; s line was 31 miles iniength, and was proposed to be constructed
by a capital of of 756 COO/.
Mr Laing was the agent for the Bill, and Messrs. Moyle and Coward,
of Rotherham, were the solicitors.
Mr. COATES opposed the Bill on behalf of Mr. Parsons, who bad
petitioned against it on the ground that the sections deposited with
the clerks of the peace were incorrect in their description of the levels.
Be then called

Mr. 11. Hughes, an engineer and surveyor, who stated that he had
surveyed the line in order to test the accuracy of the plans depo. ited
at the Board of Trade and with the clerks of the peace, and that he
bound the height of the 'line at the 6th mile 41 chains to be 394
feet 7 inches, and that it was stated in the section to be 402 net 1
inch in height. The extreme error which he discovered showed a
difference of 8 feet 6 inches from the plans so deposited, and the most
minute 2 feet 9 inches ; the former was at the:point at which the
line crossed the south Midland Railway, and the other in the parish
of Klmberworth.

Mr. Buckingham, a surveyor, corroborated this evidence.
It appeared, however, that the opponents of the line had not sur-
veyed it from its commencement to its terminus, that they assumed
the promoters were correct in their sections of some portion, whilst
they simply confined their investigation to these points which they
had reason to believe were defective.
The Committee considered that this was not sufficient; and they,
therefore, declared tl.at the standing orders had been complied with.
LONDON AND SOUTH—WESTERN (S.A.LIS-

BURY JUNCTION).
This line was postponed until Thursday.

1.037..4D QM' AND SOUTZ-Vi ESTEILN (33ASIZNG-
STOZ2.1 AND siksasnuny EXTENSXON).
Is Bill runs withdrawn altogether.
IDE :El I 3 TRY ST. )e T. mumps ATM
MAIEEET.

This Bill was postponed until Thursday.
LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM EXTMNSION,

This Bill was next called on ; but
Mr. ELLICOMBE, who appeared for the promoters, sought its post-
pommeut, on account of the absence of the engineer. He had forty-
seven witnesses in attendance to prove the deposit of the plans, and
the serving of notices ; but he was afraid, if the case were com-
menced, that he should be unable to complete it, on account of the
absence of that gentleman.

The Committee acceded to the request, and Intimated that they
would not for the future allow the postponement of eases which
ought to be ready.—They then adjourned to Thursday. •

Sub-Comrnittee No. 6.

Captain Jones took the chair at twelve o'clock. There were also
present Mr. Deedes, Mr. Childers, and other Members of the Com-
mittee.

The following additional Bills have been referred to the Com-
mittee :
Bridgewater Taunton Canal Railway and Harbour.
Bideford anti Tavistock.
Lanarkshire and Lothians.
Caledonian Extension.
Caledonian (t.lasgow, Garnkirk, and COatbridge Branch).
Caledonian (Midlothian Branches).
Caledonian (Leith Junction).
Caledonian (Dumfries Branches).
Caledonian (Dumdyvan Branch).
Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Extension and Branches.
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester (Waley-bridge and
Hayfield Branches).
Scottish Central a .d Caledonian Junction.
St. Alban's, Hatfield, and ertiordJunction.
The first case called on was the
LESIVIANAGOW, DAL SERF, AND COAT..
BIZIDSE JUNCTION',

which was partly heard yesterday. ,
In the course of the proceedings It appeared that there was a
clause in the Bill empowering the promoters to lease their line to the
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company, of which no notice had
been given in the Gazelle. To this the Chairman took objection. The
room was cleared lbr consultation, and on our re-admission,
The CHAIIMAN said that the Counnittee would be obliged to report
non-compliance with the standing orders on the above ground. but
that in every other respect they would report compliance.
BEIDGEWATSR, TAUNTON, CANAL itAXL-

col
WBEFORD, Manes 22.----The schooner Mary, of Swantes,
laden, was boarded near Carne Point yesterday, abandoned.
with foremast and bowsprit carried away.

_ .
MONEY and• COMMERCIAL Nlo9'
• CITY, QUARTER TO TlitßEL,*
The salsa of Cotton at Liverrool, yesterday, were 17,
3,500 beteg, including 400 for export and speculation. 112:,:a
were much the same. In shares rather more was done,

pricts were steady. •
As
~-13 t there has not been any cdditional accounts rece
from the banks of the Sutlej, beyond those announced in °,
paper of yesterday. Lengthened details are most anxiol:9',
looked for by all parties here, and more especially by
'
having relatives iu the army. Since writing what precio,
a delivery of letters and papers has been made ili .1,0
favoured c;rcles, and they confirm, to the fullest extent :4'c
victorious progress of the British and native forces AO°
the Seikbs.
trolli
It is satisfactory to find by the account last received
~c.
Canada, that the position of the Company for the cons" ore
Lion of the Great Western Railway (in Canada) is of 4,1210
staple character than has been represented by some of
London journals. Sir Allan M`Nab, in a communication ae,
dressed to the editor of the Hamilton (U. C.) Gaza*
malls thus upon the important topic : ndell
" You may. perhaps, have seen paragraphs, in the uo-ste.
Times and Morning Chronicle, in which various ruis-b,
ments are made, and false assumptions as to our intentto.:,
you may contraoict, all these statements as distinctly :them
like. No resolution-has ever been come to to break ul3l`oo
ooncern, nor has such a result ever been contemplated, U 5
as contingent upon a war with the United States, arising
The formal proofs having been taken, the Committee found that the of the Oregon question. We feel as strong a contident3e In
standing orders had been complied with, except with reference to the the goodness of the concern as ever, and
are detertnifsd
a
t
points mentioned in tha preceding Bill,*
spare no exertion to carry it out. We shall ,unite
effillec
There were two other Bills promoted by the same Company,
namely, vigorous effort to complete the operation as soon as the :Ed
THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE JUNCTION (SHOWHILL and of the late panic and the danger of a rupture with the U 13'. of
PORTOBELLO BRANCH —No. 3) RAILWAY, and the States have blown over, and we see no reason to cloy,'
SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE JUNCTION (WILLENHALL and
SUCCCEIS.

The Morning Chronicle of the 2d of January, bee 'lt,
been transmitted to me, in which it is stated, that the
torney and Solicitor-General of Canada had given it as tb.eote
opinion, that the proceedings of the agents in London ss.A.
illegal. Immediately on the receipt of that paper, I
dressed a letter to the Attorney-General atMontreal,
the Solicitor-General at Toronto. I have not
received a reply from the Attorney-General, but 11
Solicitor-General, Mr. Sherwood, states I saw the 10,7 it
graph to which you allude, and se far as I am concerned,
is into sect. I have not been oiled on for an opinion of Pitt,
proceeding, and I have no reason to suppose that gr.
torney-General Draper has been.'"
The English Securities have to-day been a little firs
but the transactions, whether for money or time, hall' nit
very limited in extent. Consols are 95% to 96 for pr7l3,
transfer, and 96% for account. On Exchequer-bills c,
premium has been 275. and is now 245. Bank Stock for to
count has declined to 211% and 211. East India Stock
improved a little, being 259 to 261.
The Foreign Bonds are not very lively, but they have beef'
/
steady in value. Spanish Five per Cents. realise 25714,
and the Three per Cents. 363( to 37. Mexican Deferrer.a;
NIA. Brazil Stock is worth 84; and Buenos Ayres
Dutch Four per Cents. have realised 944.
Shares are on the whole, much the same as yesterd
there being no symptoms of improvement. The French
are much better supported than the others.

BIUTISII FUNDS.

ONE
O'CLOCK.
S 6 96% 96

0
c 1.014.1.•'.4,
1111ili
10
10% 7-16
..,
30

Three per Cent. Consols Annuities ..
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1866
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860
India Bonds, 1,000/. ..
Ditto, under 1,0001.
South Sea Stock ..
Ditto, New Annuities
Bank Stock for Account ..
Consols for Account • .
India Stock for Account ..
Exchequer Bills. 134 d.
1,0401. •
500/. • • •
Ditto. Small

;4k
95%
.. 2114
261
.. 259 261
27 2d. 0
4 q 4
27 24 pry 0
27 --- pw.
CL°5ll
ONE .
O'CLOCK. 01°0
. 84
38%
89

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent ..
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent
Cuba, 6 pel Cent ..
Danish, 3 per Cent -• • • ..
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account ..
Ditto, Deferred .. 16%
Portuguese Three per Cents ..
Ditto, for the Account -
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, for the Account
Ditto, Passive Bonds ..
Ditto, Three per Cent --
Ditto, for the Account .. 37 36%
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent ..
Dividends on the above payable in Londoll.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent - ;14
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates . 94,
BUSINESS CL(34 .4.
PAID. DONE AT Pitjcs
ONE O'CLOCK.

PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.
Amber., Notting., Boston, and

110
25Toi yi
57
s6',l
43,

•.
.. 94,i

Eastern Junction 2%.... 1%.... ••• ' • •
Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush 1% ..... ' !Yd,
Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100 —.121 .... ••• • • • fidi
Buckinghamshire .. 423. .... dig... • • '7.

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