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London, England, 1846-06-26 00:00:00

LLYNVI VALLEY AND SOUTH WALES

JUNCTION.

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The Committee met this day at twelve o'clock ; Mr. Aldam
chairman.
The preamble of this Bill having been declared proved, the clauses
were gone through.
MONMOUTHSHIRE AND urnErortn.

This was the next case called on.
Mr. TALBOT opened for the promoters.
Mr. Brunel was called to prove the engineering merits of the line.
The Committee intimated at this Stage of the proceedings that the
case must be withdrawn.
w*--am was accordingly thrown out.
kne Committee then arranged to take the next Bill in the Group on
Monday, to which day they adjourned. -

isg-ditrartwelve o'clock in Room 26 (Grand
Corridor), new Houses of Parliament; present the lion. E. Las-
cello (in the chair), the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, mr.
Mr. R. Clayton, and Captain Dalrymple.
Before the Committee proceeded to hear further evidence in
favour of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley line.
Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE stated that ithad been agreed to withdraw
all opposition to the
SOUTH STAPP ORDSHIRE AND THE
TRENT VALLEY MIDLAND,
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and he applied to have the Bills referred to the Chairman of the
Committee of Ways and Means.
The Committee acceded to the application.

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UITtP/LINGHAIY/, WOLVERHAMPTON AND

DUDLEY.

tltZMr. henry Z;rfi, est witness called being
tt,rl.o`4,..,certteaunit KINGLAKE ThellcaTl,7lffirther evidence in favour of
that that districttnsucinerchant, Wolverhampton, who after stating
accommodation, said he tiiticii through the want of sufficient railts ay
avlelerved the lower level would be the best
for the station at Wolverhampton,
staaFeommodation to the town
Pr.veurtya of the matter)
undoubtedly giveThle thhieghgreaaemen- and that this Ihie would
mild darn up the
and district.
principalaftime iWis•oitryksaof Woiverhamnpatown •,, lit, would also be
Birmingham he believed (after a carer
considerationol' the Shrewsbury and
awcocesuldsesde.tostrtohye
most inconvenient as regarded the sending or goo,
At a meeting of the most influential inhabitants of Wolverhampton,
the railway.ao
the proposed station of this company was unanimously declaredlim- tm,
The Improvement committee were of
be the best that could have been fixed upon. The same coi
usir
was also come to at a Meeting of the street commissioners (of which
eting of the comm • • iasioners
thhee
swasam one), noep)
i, n
ihoenh!
T yesterdayhereaso
d Bi
was their having heard that the Shrewsbury an rmingham in. nof the Me
Saturday last.
tended to block up a great many of the streets of Wolverhampton.
They were not ware of that intention until . .
was the most nu-
meeting yesterday was a rather animated it
Commissioners
Cross-examined by Mr. RICKARDS—The Street Commissioners
merous held since 1842. There were about seventy
this company's line, and ten for the Sluewsbury and Birmingham.
altogether ; thirty were present, and fifteen vottd for the level of
He was a director of this line; he held a great number of shares in
the line. There many amongst the fifteen who voted for ibis com-
pany's station who were interested in the line, but mast of those
in the Shrws
who voted on the other side were also, he believed, e
if
bury and Birmingham, and he thought they would be very glad
they happened not to be so interested. Horsley-fields road was the
principal road that would be most damaged by the Shrewsbury and
Birmingham Company, whom he charged with having altered their
plans since their deposit at the Beard of Trade, in November ;last.
He had a great deal more shares in the Shrewsbury and Birmingham
line, but his only object being to get the bast railway acconunoda-
lion for his fellow-townsmen, he had determined to give his support
to this line.
Re-examined by Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE—The fact of his holding
shares in this line did not at all influence his judgment with respect
to these lines.
Mr. Joseph Walker, merchant and manufacturer, Wolverhampton,
then gave evidence as to the present inadequate andexpensive means
of intercommunication in that district. He also confirmed the evi-
dence of Mr. Crane as to the superiority of this Company's station at
Wolverhampton over that of its rival. The majority of the principal
manufacturers of the town preferred the low level station.
Cross-examined by Mr. RICKARDS—IS a shareholder in this line.
The meeting at Wolverhampton yesterday on the subject of the
stations was a stormy one, like most of the Wolverhamptonmeetings.
In some respects the station of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham line
would have advantages over that of its competitor. The larger por-
tion of the works at Wolverhampton were on the level of the present
canal, which was of the same level as the proposed Shrewsbury and
Blrusiuitam line.