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MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON ANS)
ROMSEY AND REDBRIDGE BRANCO
(SOUTH-WESTERN).

The Committee met at one o'clock this afternoon, the 11011.
E. Yorke in the chair.
R.OBISEY AND REDBRIDGE BRANCH.
Before the transaction of any business, the Chairman ordered the
room to be cleared. On the admission of strangers,
The CIIAIRMAN (addressing Mr. Hill, who appears for this branch)
said, owing to the course of examination pursued yesterday, sews-
thing like an imputation was cast upon the Great Western en sle-,
count of some .:iscrcpancy with respect to the charges for goods and
passengers. It was the wish of the Committee to hesr some e.,
deuce on the part of the South Weston to explain thi.
discrepancy, and a witness was to be examined this moill
ing on the subject. That was the first point; and the
"Committee having considered the two Bills, as far as they were able,.
had conic to the conclusion that the promoters of the Manchester
and Southampton should open their case, and that a general reps
should be. given to the promoters of the Romsey and Redbridge
branch.

➢ir. Hat said the promoters had complied with the wishei of the
Committee, and witnesses were in attendance to give evidence.

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GROUP XXII.
This Committee met to-day at the usual hour ; Sir G. Grey in
chair.
IPSWXCH AND stray ST. EDMUND'S (TAO*.

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WICK EXTENSION).
The preamble of this Bill having been passed yesterday, the claw
were considered to-day.
As there was no opposition to them, they were passed prof
and the Bill was ordered to be reported.
The Committee adjourned till Wednesday, the 10th of June.

GROUP XXIX.
E.
The Committee metLY
this moALINTD
rning aBURYt
12 o'clock, the Hon.
GsA
VILLE VERNON in the chair, with Mr. Knight, Mr. Ackers, piL
Bortitwick, all Mr. Trail].
,„ After some delay, In consequence of the desire of the Committee to
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obtain another room, the one now occupied being remarks'
phthisical, when
Mr. J. P. Si-h was called to speak to the
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communication between the two towns. There are, it appear`,
malting establishments. There is in the neighbourhood of the o°l,
nation of the line a species of earth which contains carbon and chill;
but more of the former than the latter, and the " clunch," a: this
called, is therefore nearly equal to cement. The district where " clunch" is found is between Ely and Fordham. To the CHAIRMAN- The witness replied that this stone is of, coma
..fe in derable hardness, and that it resisted the action of the atrUeslx;rtes
such a way as to render it a desirable stone for building. Ells gin-bout
are situated at Fordliam, but he resided at Ely. Ho bough.„,c,‘
half th„ corn brought to Newmarket, as well as largely at J3..:-',10113.
Ipswich, and expos ted to other places in every par A-t of the Ain. ti.
Pei
Liens inhabitants are certainly in favour of this line, although
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tiens might have been presented against it. The majority oftrafflp..B
from the district to Lynn, whence it is transferred by water ca
to different parts of the country. Lynn supplied at least seven soots
ties, so that the inhabitants were enabled to send goods had‘u7,7.ltlsh
return at very low freights. Corn is froquently sent to the -eif.
and Bristol Channels, of which a great portion is shipped by hu'fil "of,
To the CHAIRMAN the witness replied,
line were formed the inhabitants would go by way of Ipswich
that he thought that if the
coast, because it saved time, although it cost money.

GROUP LIII.
This Committee met to-day at hall-past one o'clock, in room 26 d
ll:the New Houses of Parliament; present, the Hon. E. Lasce
(chairman), the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Captain Dair7n3P
Mr. Bildyard, and Mr. Z. Clayton.
SUlLOPsimaz UNION AND CANAL (CMl'r-
TER To urox.VERNAMIITON).
The traffic evidence in this case was resumed. Mr. chance. 0.. f thee
firm of Chance, Brothers, wholesale chemists and glass
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turers near Birmingham, being the first witness.
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