The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-14 00:00:00

GROUP XLIV.

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The same members of the Committee were present at twelve
o'clock, as on former occasions. Lord Palmerston again took the
chair.
The unfinished case of the
CLITIZZILOE JUNCTION.

was proceeded with.
Mr. BAINES proceeded with the partly finished cross-examination
of Mr. Garnett ; who then stated that the Clitheroe Junction, and
the East Lancashire line, would shortly be amalgamated, an agree-
ment being already made to that effect. The solicitor to the East
Lancashire line was also the solicitor to the Clitheroe Junction. In
fact, the East Lancashire Company were promoting this 13111, (an
admission which the witness appeared very unwilling to make).
The rest of the cross-examination of this witness referred entirely
to general matters, and was entirely uninteresting to the public.
Mr. James Thompson, a cotton printer at Clitheroe, gave general
evidence in favour of the line, more particularly in respect of the
coal, the lime, and the cotton trade of Clitheroe. He was one of the
provisional directors, and is still a director.
Mr. R. Fort, one of the late Members for Clitheroe, gave goner a.
evidence in favour of the line, similar to that of the last witness
This witness is the owner of a seat near Morton Hall, the house of
the retitioner, Mr. Taylor. This seat is shown on the large model
put in by Mr. Taylor, and reprasenting Morton Hall, with the
park, farm,
and farm-land adjoining, andemalbsomwlttomhee
,nsatesny,deldraalhdeUadesjtu,aregicen.te,
seats, including Mr. Fort's. This model shows the property as it is,
and as it will be if this line be made,
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of
being e rgerporuensednbetedingbyrempreovseaenhtleed
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moveable xo pieces of wood
wherever there are to be cattings. It was made by Messrs. Flin-
toft of Keswick. The model, however, with all the care that ap-
pears to have been taken in its constrtrtion, does not truly repre-
sent the ground, the vertical scale being 100 feet to the inch,
while the horizontal scale is 198 feet to the inch ; the consequence
of which is, that (Neu mound, hillock, cutting, embankment, house,

shed, appears to be twice its actual height in proportion to ite
igth and breadth. Thus the embankments, &c., are very much
tggerated.
dr. Fort was eross-examined at length by Mr. BAINES and Mr.
lIIVALE, the former, on the part of the competing line—the
Lckburn, Clithero, and North Western Junctiot.—and the latter on
part of the petitioner,
dr. William Green, a coal owner in the vicinity of Accrington,
,e evidence as to the superiority of the Wigan over the Paddiham
coal. The seam was deeper at Wigan than at Paddiham. Although
Wigan was treble the distance from Blackburn that Paddiham was,
the Wigan colliers could compete with the Paddiham colliers, in the
Blackburn market. The proposed line would greatly improve the
trade of both places.

Mr. Shuttleworth, of Gorthorpe, near Paddiham, and Mr. Ashton,
of Downham-hall, near Clitheroe, gave general evidence, with some
statistical details of no public interest.
. . _ _

Mr. Christopher Las;son, corn-merchant, of Paddiham, and of
Whalley, gave general evidence in reference to the corn-trade. Ile
would save 6501. per annum by the improved communication which
would be afforded by this line, and a similar saving would be made
by other cora-dealers in the same county.
The Committee then ruse at four o'clock precisely.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)

TUESDAY MAY 12.
The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills
ordered to be brought in by the undernamed Hon. Members :
Midland (Birmingham and Gloucester Branches)—Mr. Hudson and
Mr. Phillpotts.
West Riding Union (No. 2)—Viscount Morpeth, Mr. B. Denison, Mr.
C. Wood, and Mr. Entwisle.