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EASTERN COUNTIES (TRAMES JUNCTION

BR. Ncizzs).

The object of this Bill was to connect the Eastern Counties Rail
way with the East India Docks. Length of line half a mile ; esti
mated cost 40,0001. Parliamentary agents, Messrs. Burke and Co.
engineer, Mr. B. Philipps.

The tormal proofs having been taken, the Committee tound that
the standing orders had been complied with.
The Committee then adjourned till the 21st instant.

Sub-Committee No. 6.
(Continued iron.' our Afternoon Edition.)

WARWICKSHIRE AND LONDON (WIMP'
TON AND BANBURY LINE).

The Bill takes powers to make a line from the Derby River at
Hampton, through Warwick and Leamington, to join the Buckink;-
harnshire Railway at Banbury. Its length will be thirty-one miles,
and the cost is estimate] at 800,6001., the contract deed having been
signed for upwards of 2,000,0001. Mr. R. Stephenson is the engineer.
Mr. Carter appeared as agent for the Bill.
Mr. Venables appeared as agent tor Lord Hatherton and other -pe-
titioners against the line, who complained of various imperfections
and inaccuracies in the plans and sections. It was stated that all the
witnesses to be examined in support of the petition were net in at-
tendance, and an application was made to have the case postponed.
Both parties were willing to allow the case to stand over, but as a
previous application, opposed by the prrmeters, was dismissed,
the chairman refused to allow the case to be adjourned, treating it as
a settled point.

The first allegation was that the boundaries of certain parishes
were not marked on the plans. Two witnesses were cal!ed in sup-
port of this allegation, but as it appeared that the boundaries were in
fact marked, and that the only omissions were in those parts which
were beyond the limits of deviation,
The Committee declared the allegation not proved.
. .

The next allegation was to the itlect that the books of reference
and plans did not agree, inasmuch as certain property was repre-
sented on the plans as being in the parish of Mornington, and in the
books of reference It was described as in the parish of Cropredy.
It was stated by Mr. Carter that the place called in the plans the
" Parish of 31orniugton" was, in fact, the hamlet of Mornington,
formirg part of the parish of Cropredy, and also forming part of the
township of Mornington.

This admission being made, the Committee declared the allegation
proved. _

The next al:egation was, that la the parish of Marburg certain
lime-kilns, the properly of John Heath, Were not mentioned in the
books of reference.

A witness was called to prove the existence of those lime-kilns,
and to point out the field in which they were situated.
Mr. CARTER said that the promoters of the were aware of
the exlatew e of these but as they were entirely below
the surface of the ground, and had fallen into disuse, they considered
it unnecessary to take any notice of them, thinking it sufficient to de-
scribe the place as a field.
The Committee called upon Mr. Venables to prove that the kilns
were in use. _ _ _

A witness was caned to prove this, but he said that he had not
seen the kilns since this time elve months. He was quite certain,
however, that they were in full operation, for two cottages had been
built on the spot expressly for the accommodation of labourers, who
were to attend to them, bug whether these cottages had since been
pulled down or not, he really could not say.

The Committee considered the allegation not proved.

The next allegation was, that certain property marked No. 13 on
the plan, and described as a private carriage-road, " included, in ad-
dition thereto, certain premises, viz., a house, stable, cow-shed,
hovel, pigsty, rickyard, paddock, and grass shed," and that no notice
had been served on the occupier of this property.
Mr. CARTER objected that this allegation pointed out no breach of
the standing orders. It did not state that these sheds, &c., were
within the limits of deviation, or that the parties were in any way
bound to insert them in the plans or to give notice to the occupier,
Notwithstanding this weighty objection, the Chairman, without
consulting his colleagues or explaining hie reasons, desired the agent
for the petitioners to proceed with the allegation.
The question was entirely one of tact—it being disputed
whether the premises were really within the limits of de-
viation. The engineer to the promoters said that the limits as drawn
in the plan did not include them, and that they had been purposely
drawn so as to avoid them, there being no intention of taking them.
It was usual for engineers to avoid premises of this description,
unless it was absolutely necessary to take them. In proof of this
he pointed out a difference in the width of the limits at this and
other points, saying that they were rut more than 55 feet wide,
while Mr. Hughes, civil engineer, who was called on the other side,
said, upon measuring them, that they is ere upwards of 100 feet wide.
. _ _

The Committee decided that the allegation was partly proved,
same parts of the premises being within and others beyond the limits
of deviation, and that to that extent the standing orders were not
complied with.

It being nox four o'clock, the further hearing of the case stood
over.

It may be well to observe here that the determination of the
Chairman to enter into the case, although both parties wished it to
be adjourned, and the petitioners were not prepared to go on, gave
very great inconvenience to the latter, and the parties to other Bills
were in Court and waiting for their cases to be called on.
CALEDONIAN EXTENSION.

It was stated, with reference to this line, that if the case of the
Warwickshire and Loudon could be completed to-morrow, it would
be the next called on.

The Committee rose shortly after four o'clock, and adjourned till
to-morrow at twelve.

STANDING Ottl)Elts' COMMITTEES.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships met this day at the appointed hour.
IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
This case came under the consideration of the Committee on second
reference in order to give the promoters an opportunity of proving
Lord IVharncliffe's standing order, which having beeu done the com-
mittee decided that the promoters had complied with the standing
orders.
WEXFORD, CARLOW, AND DUBLIN JUNCTION RAILWAY.
This cas,-, came also under the consideration of their Lordships, on
second reference, upon the same ponts, and was also decided to have
passed the Committee.
THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY,
In this case a Bill, ordinarily termed a Money Bill, also conferring
on the Committee of Management powers for carrying out certain
beneficial arrangement, was brought before the Committee.
Their Lordships decided that the Bill had !passed through Com-
mittee, and that it would be reported to the House this evening.
The Committee then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Room No. 9,
(Continued from our Alterman Edition.)
In the ease of
THE DARTMOUTH, ERIXIIAM, AND EXETER,
the standing orders were declared not to havk been complied with.
The Committee was notified to adjouru till after Easter.

GREAT LEIN6TER AND MUNSTER
RAILWAY.-(THIS DAY.)

A special general meeting of the proprietors of this railway
was held to-day, at the London Tavern, having been called
by the following advertisement :
. _

Notice is hereby given, that a special general meeting of
the proprietors of shares in the Great Leinster and Munster
Railway Company, will be holden on Tuesday, the 7th day
tt* April, 1846, at one o'clock in the afternoon precisely, at the
Londen Tavern, liishopsgate-street, when the drafts of the
several Bills, hereinafter mentioned, will be submitted to the
meeting of proprietors, then present, for their approval, that is
ty say :
A Bill for extending and altering some of the provisions
of the Acts relating to the Great Leinster and Munster
Railway.
A Bill to enable the Great Leinster and Munster Railway
Company to extend their railway to Clonmel ; and
A Bill for makhz a railway from Wexford to Carlow, so
far as relates t) the powers therein contained, for an amal-
gamation with the Great Leinster aad Munster Railway
Company.
Henry Bainbridge, Esq., took the Chair.
The SECRETARY read a short report, from which it ap-
peared that the revenue or profit expected on the Carlow
and Kilkenny line was about ten per cent. on the capital.
The estimate of the traffic between Kilke -ny and Clonmel
exhibited a return of seven per cent. on the capital of
300,0001. It was proposed to lay down a single line only be-
tween Kilkenny and Clonmel, whereby a saving of 100,0001.
would be effected. The capital of the Wexford and Carlow
Company was 450,0001., and the estimated income 35,6711.
per annum.

The Bill, mentioned in the advest6ement were adopted,
and the meeting separated.

REPRESENTATION OF NALTON.—A new writ was moved
to-night for the borough of blalton, in the room of Mr.
Childers, who has accepted the Chiltern liundrtd•. It is
understood that Lord Milton will succeed him. The borough
is under the influence of his father. L rd Fit zwilliam.

COURSE OF EXCH.,
Amsterdam ..C.F •12 91
Ditto, at sight • 12
Rotterdam .. 2U. 12 10
Antwerp .........• 25 15
MatrabUgh •••• • • M.B l3 15
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight .. 25 25
Ditto, 3 months.— 26 10
Nraz.seilles .. ••..•• .. • • 26 15
Bousdeaux • • • •
Frankfort on Mains.— 122)6
Petersburgh, 3 US. ••• • •
Berlin • • • • • • • • • • • • " ••
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Trieste. ditto. 10 1134
Madrid .• .. .. 36

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Palermo, per oz 119yy
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Rio Janeiro • • ..
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New York, 21 days' sight
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PRIM; OF ac.l.Lroy. pzz Ot.
Foreign Gold is bars..X3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin •• 3 17 S
New D0ub100n5...... 0 0 0
New Dollars ••—• • •• 0 4 rt
Walla Ow ......!: 0 4 liNi

Cadia .. ~... 3o!yj

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PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.)

The Judicial Committee sat to-day in the Council Cham-
ber, Whitehall. The Lords present were the Lord Presi-
dent, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Cottenham, the Master 01
the Rolls, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and the Chan-
cellor of the Duchy of Cornwall.