The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-19 00:00:00

The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till to-morrow.

GROUP XXVIL
This Committee met this morning at the usual hour, Sir
C. Lemon, chairman.
LEICESTER. AND ZEDro =D.
The
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traffic evidence on behalf the promoters of this line
was
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inhabitants
South Leicestershire,
district,estershir e withcorro corroborated
farmersr. Parke, iSi
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the evidence already given, and were of opinion that this
line was superior to the South Midland competing scheme.
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Mr. W. Shepherd, chemist, Market Harborough, Mr.
W. Payne, corn and coal-merchant, of Brampton, Mr. Thos.
Newham, of Bothwell, Allen Young, Esq., hig-sheriff of
White, tanner,
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proposed line was one called for by the
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Midland
oßaimmlwitateye. adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow.

GROUP XXXI.
SOUTH WALES (PROM STANDISH TO
CHEPSTOW 'VITITLI DEViaTiOwS.)

The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock ; Mr.
Round in the chair.

The usual formal process having been given with respect
to this line,

Mr. TALBOT, Q.C., proceeded to open the case on the part
of the promoters. He said the Bill proposed to accomplish
various objects, the principal one being the completion of a
most important line of railway sanctioned in the last session
of Parliament, and thus restoring to its perfect integrity
a scheme which, by the decision of Parliament, was
left, in an important part, in a mutilated condition:;
namely, the South Wales Railway, which was proposed last
session to start from a place on the Cheltenham and Great
Western Union Railway at Standish, about eight miles from
Gloucester, and to run across the Severn through Chepstow,
Cardiff, Bridgend, Neath, and Swansea, to Pembroke, and
even to Fishguard. They proposed to cross the Severn at
Hopp Crib by a bridge, but it was argued that it would inter-
fere with the navigation of the river, a view which was so far
recognised by the Committee that they objected to that portion
of theproject, and the promoters were constrained to say that
they would not cross the Severn in the manner proposed. They
made out a case for the construction of a railway in that
district, net only for local purposes, but for the purpose of
completing railway communication between the south of
Ireland and London. The question which the promoters
had to decide last session was, whether they should take
powers to construct any of that portion of the line com-
mencing at Chepstow, and leave the question of the
passage of the Severn to be settled in th
in e present session.
The main object, therefore, of the Bill was, a word, tofill
up this gap, and to amend their Act of last year.
With respect to the passage of the Severn, they had had
several interviews with the representatives of the Admiralty
since that period, in which they had urged that a bridge
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each other in the Forest of Dean, a mineral district second to
no other in the kingdom. The only communication which
that district had now was by tram-roads, one of which anti-
quated things was represented by his Learned Friend (Mr.
Crowder), the Severn and Wye Railway Canal Navigation;
the other, the Forest of Dean Railway, so called from its
carrying coal from the coal-pits to the Severn.
A line from Hereford to Monmouth was passed
last year with the view of opening up a coal
communication northward, whereas the object of the
Bill before the Committee was to give similar communica-
tion to the south. They proposed to deal fairly with these
that the objedts of all parties might be
parties, in order ~ h
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answered, and they had made terms vat t e orest of Dean
and would be happy to do so with the Wye D
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Railway,
way Canal. They proposed to cross the Barkley ship canal