The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-23 00:00:00

DUDLEY.

The evidence in this case was resume.' by Mr. F. ROBINSON calling
Mr. John Askew, manufacturer, Birmingham, who stated that he
was some time ago High-bailiff of that town. Is at present Com-
missioner of the streets there, and governor of King Edward's school.
Ile was well acquainted with the proposed stations at Snow-hill and
New-street. The former station was decidedly preferable to the
latter, Inasmuch as the principal part of the traffic arriving at
Birmingham entered on the Snow-hill side, and the station there
would afford accommodation to passengers as well as goods, whereas
the New street station would accommodate passengers alone. He
believed that this railway would be of the greatest benefit to the
people of Birmingham, and the erection of the station
would not cause much •destruction of property. This
line would give the public the benefits of competition.
The public would thereby not only have the advantages of cow tolls
but an increase in the number of trains, better carriages, Sec.
Cross-examined by Mr. RICKAADS —I am a director of this line.
I was at the meeting of Street Commissioners on the subject of
the proposed station at Birmingham, and I voted in the minority,
inasmuch as their decision would affect the interests of this line. I
do not think that the New-street station will accommodate the
public sufficiently. Perhaps the land to be occupied by the Snow-
hill station is an acre less than that to be occupied by the New-street
station. lam an advocate of the latter station, because I think the
public ought to have both. The goods coming irons Wolverhampton
to Birmingham are distributed all over the town. The greater por-
tion of the carriers' warehouses are in the neighbourhood of the
crescent. I believe that a junction with the London and Birming-
ham would be desirable. I am aware that the House of Common:
own:
have declared that they will not sanction the extension
broad gus.ge northwards.

GROUP LIP.
This Committee re-assembled to-day at twelve o'clock. Present.
Mr. E. Buller (chairman), and the other members.
33L8C/C.I3I7RZT AND PIWCS3Tart, AND EAST
LANCELSIEXIELE A.M.II.2BCIAIVIALTXOIIT.
Some question) were put to Mr. Hawkshatn, engineer of the Man.
cheater and Leeds line, respecting the carriage of coal, for which he
stated that the line was not favourable.
This evidence was adduced merely to settle the point With refer'
ence to the rate of charges for coals which was not agreed to yestenia7k

GROUP LXVI.

NEWCASTLE AND manaarmTor 3-cr:re
AND TYATZ ocn.

The. committee on this group met to-day at twelve o'clock, in
Rc'°filel'(To. 13.1 tee were occupied during the whole day in hearing
wr'll'helics ,'pan the oppolitl9llQlftreci by Mr, WWl= Stepturna 4

member e the Jarrow Chemical Company, whose works would be
injured if the powers sought for in this Act were carried into effect.

THE INDIAN MAIL.

ALEXANZETA, JUNE 9.—The Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany's steamer Achilles, with the Calcutta mail of the 3d and
Bombay mail of the 12th of May, left port this day at noon,
with upwards of 80 passengers, for Malta and Southampton.
The mails reached Alexandria early yesterday morning,
but the great scarcity of water in the Nile and Mahmoudieh
Canal delayed the progress of the passengers coming
down from Cairo, who had to ride the greater part
of the way from Ade on donkeys, and they arrived
here only at 10 o'clock this morning. The Egyptian steamer
of war Nile is under orders to sail on the 11th for Con-
stantinople, with Soobhy Bey, Private Secretary to the
Viceroy, and son of Sami Pacha, who goes to announce
to the Sultan that his highness will accept an invitation to
visit him at the capital. The Nile will perform her quaran-
tine at the Dardanelles, and will bring back to Alexandria
an envoy from the Sultan, bearing the foi mal invitation to
the Viceroy, who will then proceed to the Bosphorus. The
same steamer conveys to Constantinople the Viceroy's daugh-
ter.in-law, widow of his late son, Ismael Pacha, who was
killed in Nubia by the natives in 1825, and she has also on
board forty-two Dongola horses, two giraffes, two large
ostriches, and various other things, which Mehemet Ali sends
as presents to the Sultan.
Colonel C. J. Bartlett, her Majesty's Consul-General in
Egypt, has been recalled, and the Hon. C. A. Murray, at
present Secretary of Legation at Naples, has been appointed,
it is said, in his stead.