The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-18 00:00:00

GROUP XXXI.

SOU'r. II WALES (rnora STANDISH TO
CZEPSTOW WITE DEVI/1110A S.)

The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock; Alr•
Round in the chair.

The usual formal process having been given with respect
to this line,

Mr. TALBOT, Q.C., proceeded to open the Case on the part,
of the promoters. He said the Bill proposed to accomplish
various objects, the principal one being the completion of a
most important line of railway sanctioned in the last session.
of Parliament, and thus restoring to its perfect integtitY
a scheme which, by the decision of Parliament, WO
left, in an important part, in a mutilated condition ;
namely, the South Wales Railway, which was proposed last
session to start from a place on the Cheltenham and Great
Western Union Railway at Standish, about eight miles from
Gloucester, and to run across the Severn through Chepstow,
Cardiff, Bridgend, Neath, and Swansea, to Pembroke, and'
even to Fishguard. They proposed to cross the Severn at
Hopp Crib by a bridge, but it was argued that it would inter-
fere with the navigation of the river, a view w.zich was so far
recognised by the Committee that they objected to that portion
of the project, and the promoters were constrained to say that
they would not cross the Severn in tho manner proposed. They
made out a case for the construction et a railway in that
district, not only for local purposes, but for the purpose of
completing railway communication between the south of
Ireland and London. The question which the promoters
had to decide last session was, whether they should take
pouers to construct any of that portion of the line com-
mencing at Chepstow, and leave the question of the
passage of the Severn to be settled in the present session:
The main object, therefore, of the Bill was, in a word, to fill
up this gap, and to amend tUir Act of last year.
With respect to the passage of the Severn, they had had
several interviews with the representatives of the Admiralty
since that period, in which they had urged that a bridge
would be more beneficial to the public than effecting the
crossing by any other mode, They hadnot, however, succeeded
in their views, and therefore they now came before the Com-
mittee with a plan for tunnelling the Severn, and so carrying
their railway to the Monmouth side, so that they nel
proposed either a bridge or a tunnel. The lines embrace
each other in the Forest of Dean, a mineral district second to
no other in the kingdom. The only communication which
that district had now washy tram-roads, one of which anti-
quated things was represented by his Learned Friend (gr.
Crowder). the Severn and Wye Railway Canal NavigAion ;
the other, the Forest of Dean Railway, so called from its
carrying coal from the coal-pits to the Severn.
A line from Hereford to Monmouth was passed
last year with the view of opening up a coal
communication northward, whereas the object of the
Bill before the Committee was to give similar communica-
tion to the south. They proposed to deal fairly with these
parties, in order that the objects of all parties might be
answered, and they bad made terms with the Forest of Dean
Railway, and would be happy to do so with the Wye Rail-
way Canal. They proposed to cross the Barkley ship cane'
by a swivel bridge; but on what grounds the proprietors of
that canal opposed them, he wus at a loss to know, as they
formerly adjusted the matter with them by the
insertion of clauses.

GROUP XXXVI.
This Committee re-assembled this ruorning at the usual
hour.

GoOzz ANXillOitCAStrzit.. •
The traffic evidence on behalf of the promoters of this
railway was continued.

.....
Mr. Vickers of Sheffield, and other witnesses were ex-
amined, and corroborated the evidence already given.
Mr. E. B. Denison, M.P. for Yorkshire examined—Was well
acquainted with the course of t,e proposed line. In his
opinion it would.be convenient for the conveyance of coals.
The Whitgift branch was an essential part of the plan, and
was projected for the conveyance of coals for vessels oflarg
tonnage lower down than the port of Goole. • The traiNG
would be remunerative.
Cross-examined—lf a large vessel could be loaded at
Goole as at Whitgift, he would not think the proposed branch
to Whitgift necessary.

GROUP XLW.

TOME AND GLASGOW UIVIQN-y0728-AATX)

CAILLXSI.4%
Our reporter is requested to state that in his report of
the proceedings in this Committee on Friday, which appeared
in The Sun, an error of some importance occurred. It was
elfi.tt. s were
r. prepared
said that Mr. Talbot appeared for the York and Carlisle
Railway, and complained that the Yorkshire and Glasgow
were only prepared to go to the House of Lords with 5 per
cent. on their requiren capital, wti!a eshtihs c
with 10 per cent. The reve
was for the York and Glasgow, and complainedeanc
of the want
of funds of the York And Carlisle. In other respects our
report was correct:
The Committee met this day at the usual hour, having
adjourned from Friday. Lord Palmerston took the chair,
and all the Members were present. They
the case of the
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CLITITZROE ZUNCTION. . ,
The cross-examination of Mr. Greenwood occupied the
Committee for about three-quarters of an hour. No inlP°l*
taut fact was elicited.

Mr.ll3lityrn stated, on the part of the Clitheroe Junctioor
that the arrangement between Mr. Taylor's engineer and the
engineerA to this line and the Blackburn and Clitheroe, l'a
been satisfactorily concluded, it being agreed that the /DPI"
to his property should be avoided by a deviation. •
Mr.Gooch wascalled to explain the nature of that devil'Owl- The matter stood over, on account of the absence of gr.
,
R. Stephenson, who was to be examined 'on the part a the
promoters of the Bill.
Mr. BRENTD 6aid that Mr. Stephenson would be the 1013 t)
the
witness, and that, with the exception of his evidence,
case was completed.
art of
Sir TIJOUAS PUMPS then opened the case on the gis
Mr. Peters, of Duncan Hall, a petition against the Bill."""
address occupied a considerable time.

ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY.—The 23d anniv ersar
i
meeting was held on Saturday, at the rooms of the societY%
era -
tiers i
(.rafton-street. The chair was taken by the Right Hon. the b:1.-
Auckland, the president. The report stated that the losses of r- r;
,
tiers by death and the additions were equal during the last . -
amongst the former being Major Broadfoet, well known for iv, the
tensive knowledge of the Eastern languages, who was killed °nee
banks of the Sutlej ; Sir Herb. rt Compton, who had been Cen2l,,e je-
with the bar and the bench for the three presidencies ; and
rerniah Bryant ; Sir James Carnac ; Dr. Augustus Schegcl;_
Lieutenant-Colonel Barney, a distinguished scholar, particularlifi
the languages and literature of the Malays, and who, when he Isir'eoPra
as envoy to the Court of Siam, liberated 1,400' 13"wese d the
slavery, whom be sent home from Tenasserim. It congratulate.n. _
members on the extraordinary discoveries made by
in eastern
partsin deciphering the cruciform incription
f
by him in Persia, cularly those relating to the successeca;
Darius to the throne of Cyrus, for the history of NI hich es°
which t
hitherto been indebted solely to the Greek authors, of d
Major 1100 h,
u-7
are a confirmation. Since thq last meeting a branch society:,,;ig
been established at Ceylon, and the Medical Society of Bong
had also placed themselves in communication with them. The meet
log having elected Sir Henry Pottinger, Sir Henry Willock,
Galloway, and Major-General Mariam, M.P., on the c
broke up. her
LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.—It is stated thab
it to
Majesty will accompany Prince Albert en his proi Old
_,Vlll,.,„ins
Liverpool, to grace with her Royal presence the cereu Ony
ovm
the foundation-stone of the Sailors' Home, The 111141 Of ?"
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