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ESTERDAY.)

HOUSE 01` LORDS.
GROUP I.
LONDON AND TORN. (THE EASTERN

COUNTIES).
reply his
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fWoitf A
tshoe
Loudon Amay His
first remarks went to prove that it was a very grave obec-
tion to the Eastern Counties line that it was under the same
fiproceaenddedYc thisrk mßoarniliwng7ith
management as the lines which afforded accommodation to
the Midland Counties. He did not, of course, wish to cast
any personal reflections on the shoulders of those connected
with him in the management of that line. He considered
it absolutely necessary that there should be an independent
line to London and York. He would not enter into the ge-
neral question of competition ; their Lordships would be able
to form a much better opinion on that subject than he was.
The Eastern Counties line proposed to make use of certain
pieces of the Midland line, for the purpose of completing the
line to York. At present there was the greatest harmony
of feeling between the Eastern Counties and the
Midland Counties Companies. It might not, how-
ever, be always so; and when this harmony of feeling
was destroyed, he contended that the character which should
ever attend an independent line would be completely de-
stroyed, and the interests of the public most seriously de-
ranged. The London and York line would go as near as
possible in the direction of the old road, and accommodate
the towns and villages which had grown up on the sides of
the road; whereas by the opposing lines the inhabitants of
these towns and districts would have to migrate to those
Faeces through which the Eastern Counties line would pass.
tlis Learned Friend Mr. Austin stated that he had a right
and title to the country line between London and York.
The Learned Counsel contended that they had not the
slightest ground for making this claim ; as, by an Act which
they obtained in the year 1840, they proposed to abandon
that portion of their line between nishop's Stortford and
Cambridge. It had been stated by his Yearned Friend, with
a great deal of that which was sometimes
called effrontery, and even sometimes by a harsher
name, that if tie London and York Bill was passed the line
would never be made. He (Sergeant Wrangham) considered
that such an assertion came with a bad grace from those
who were obliged to plead to a writ of mandamus, which was
issued against them for not completing their line beyond Col-
chester, that they had not the means of doing so, and they
*could not, therefore, complete the work assigned to them in
their Act.

Mr. Sergeant WItANGHAM then proceeded at some length
into the question of the estimates of the line. The cost of
constructing the London and Birmingham and the Grand
Junction Railway was not more than the estimate for the
proposed London and York. Their Lordships would not,
he was sure, sanction a scheme which proposed
to lay the traffic of the north of England by a
circuitous route on a crowded line. With reference to
the residential injury to the palace of the Archbishop of
York, that would be avoided ley a deviation. In conclusion
he called upon their Lordships to sanction the London and
York in preference to any other scheme proposed, as it had
the confidence of the public, and
York,
the most direct and
continuous line from London to lork, and the north of Eng-
land and Scotland itself.

At the conclusion of the Learned Counsel's observation;
which occupied the whole of the period of the sittings of the
Committee,

The NOBLE LOAD intimated that the Committee would
reserve their decision till Monday next.

Room A.
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIC COMPANY.

- -
The Committee appointed by their Lordships to inquire
into the merits of this Bill assembled for the first time this
morning. _ _ _

Mr. HILL, Q. C., appeared for 'the promoters, and in a
speech of some length stated the interests likely to result to
the country from the establishment of this company.
The Bill was opposed. as it had been in the Commons'
Committee, by Mr. A. Bain, who claimed priority of inven-
tion, and who also stated that the last improvements which
had been patented by Messrs. Cooke and Wheatstone were
not of a nature to benefit the public.
The Committee intimated that Mr. Webster, who appeared
for Mr. Bain, must confine his evidence solely to the ques-
tion of the piracy by Messrs. Cooke and Wheatstone of Mr.
Bain's invention.
The Committee then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP XVII.

MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON, AND
SOUTH-WESTERN (ROMSET AND atED.
BRIDGE BRANCH).
The Committee met this morning at the usual hour, the
Hun. E. Yorke in the chair.
MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON.

The cross-examination of Mr. Edwards, collector of the
port of Southampton, was resumed by Sir T. PHILLIPS, on
behalf of the Great Western Railway and landowners on the
route of the proposed line. The witness detailed the
various items and quantities which made up the aggregate
quantities and sums adduced in his evidence yestei day. It
will be recollected that he estimated that the traffic of this
line to the north would be 88.000 tons, 30,000 of which were
estimated as the probable increase, owing to the facilities
which it would afford. The imports at Southampton would
be materially increased on account of direct and moderate
communication with the north; corn, for instance, would
come in greater quantities from Russia, Sweden, Denmark,
Prussia, and, in fact, from the whole north of Europe. The
aggregate quantities were made up of the following:—
raw silk, 300 tons ; mohair yarn, 12 tons ; worsted,
20 tons; saffron and gums, 150 tons; goat's hair,
187 tons; manufactured silks and stuffs, from France,
300 tons ; merinos, green and dried fruit, wines, spirits,
and other articles from France, 2,000 tons; corn from
France, 2,400 tons; goods of various kinds from the Channel
Islands, 1,000 tons ; from the Mediterranean, 1,000 tons ; East
Indies, 400 tons. 12,000 tons of corn now sent by water and
other modes'of communication to the north, would be diverted
to this line, 200 tons of coffee, 150 tons of manufactured and
unmanufactured tobacco, and 6,000 tons of the present coast
traffic. When he estimated the cost of transmitting a ton
of goods from Southampton to Manchester at 11., he did so
at the rate of a penny per mile, which he considered would
before long be the general rate of charge for goods on all the
railways in the country ; and the Great Western, he ex-
pected, would be the first to set the example. When he said
the cost of transit at present was 31. Is. 6d., he did so at the
rates now charged by the existing lines, and included the
charge of transit between the termini of the South-Western
and London and Birmingham.
Re-examined by Mr. ALExaatnxit—He found that the
charge would be the same for all the proposed lines which
ran in any way towards the north, and that the Manchester
and Southampton, owing to its direct and short route, pos-
sessed an advantage to that extent over all. By the proposed
line, the saving in transit to the public in the 85,000 tons
would be 6,600 tons. If the line were now made there
could be no doubt that 58,000 tons of goods would go by it,
and instead of the increase being 30,000, it could not fail to
be much greater. The necessity of such a line had long ex-
isted in his mind, and he had even suggested its construction
to individuals connected with the Great Western, but they
had not thought proper to take it up.
H. dm a3ampton, examined by Mr. JAMES—Had received frequent
communications ' from his constituents and from the public
Esq., ALP, one of the Members for South-
bodies of the town with respect to obtaining more direct and
cheaper communication with the manufacturing districts of
the north. He considered that such a communication as
that afforded by the proposed line would be of great advan-
tage to the inhabitants of the town. Another independent
station would also be an advantage.
Cross-examined by Mr. Smarr—Bullion was landed at
Southampton, and not at Falmouth.
Mr. Joseph Lobb, deputy-lieutenant of the county and
mayor for the third time of Southampton, and a director of
the South of England Steam-packet Company, stated that
a resolution was passed at a meeting of the town council, in
July last year, in favour of the Manchester and Southampton,
and calling on the Members for the borough, for the county,
and for the Isle of Wight to support it in Parliament. Ameet-
ing of the inhabitants of the town was held on the 12th August,
at which resolutions in favour of the line were passed, and a
petition signed by parties paying more than half of the
assessment of the borough. That feeling continued up to the
present time. At a meeting held in London, in compliance
with the sessional orders, he held 5,000 shares belonging to
persons in the town of Southampton who assented to the
line ; others, who were present also, held large numbers of
shares, and, in fact, the meeting was unanimous for pro-
ceeding with the line. The inhabitants of the town
generally were in favour of the line. The opening up
of a direct communication with the north would
be of the utmost advantage to the line. A station on the
pier would also be of advantage; besides an independent sta-
tion, and an independent line would lead to competition, by
which the public would be benefited.
By Mr. Auanx—Had fifty shares allotted to him, which
he sold at 51. ss. premium. He had since bought five shares ;
he could not say at what price, as he had not paid for them. He
could not say whether the other Town Councillors held shares
but if they did not they ought to be ashamed of themselves
He did not simply look at the saving of the distance to the
north by the Manchester and Southampton, but to the ad-
vantage possessed which
• it over any other proposed line on
account of avoiding break of gauge, which was a serious
drawback. About 7,000 shares were allotted to persons in
Southampton.
Re-examined by Mr. JamEs—The shares were not at a
premium when he applied for them. He did not think
of a premium. He applied in August, and received his allot.
ment in October-7,000 bore but a slight proportion to the
number of shares applied for. Only one shareholder, hold-
ing twenty shares, was dissentient at the meeting referred
to, notwithstanding the depreciation of the shares of the last
lines since the autumn of last year. The town was quite
as unanimous in favour of the line. A company was in
course of formation whose boats would no doubt effect the
passage between Southampton and Havre in from eight to
ten hours.
Mr. W. A. Somers, partner in a steam boiler foundry and
iron ship-building establishment at Southampton, examined
by Mr. Camps—He received from 950 to 1,000 tons of pig
and bar iron in the course of the year from Stafford-
shire and Shropshire, and from 1,200 to 1,300 tons of
coal and coke from Newcastle. The iron generally
came by canal to London, and from thence to South-
ampton along the coast. The coke and coal came from
Newcastle by coasters. The delay occasioned great inconvenience, and compelled them to use a greater amount
of capital in their business in keeping stock than would be
necessary if they had direct communication with the north.
So great had been this inconvenience and loss of time, that
they had recently had some of it by railway—by the Birm-
i
b ngham and South-wised brn Railway. The breaks of gauge
y y
the se author Parliament would be of reat
disadvantage, in addition to being eighteen
miles g
longer.
Could come all the way from Southampton the
same
back.

as elicited by the Chairman that the line would run
in favour of it,
as onistt
couldruct ed,
oatndbe
from Manchester to Southampton on lines made or to be
P., than an important feeder.
The Committee then adjourned until eleven o'clock to-
morrow.
cnthotahter the
wis who,',e of them were

PRESENTS :0 HER MAJESTY.--Her Majesty has been
graciously -pleased to present a portion of the foreign animals
which 'Arrived on Wednesday last by the Oriental steamer to
the itoyal Surrey Zoological Gardens. Four fine antelopes
atrived at the gardens yesterday.