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London, England, 1846-02-26 00:00:00

Sub-Committee, No. 3.

This Committee resumed its sittings ,at the usual hour this
morning, Mr. Aglionby in the chair.

ELY AND BURY.

The object of the petitiones in this case was to make a
railway from Ely to the Ipsivich and Bury St. Edmund's
Railway, at Bury, a diAatica of 2314 miles. The estimated
cost of the line was 2313,001., and the sum deposited with
the Accountant-General amounted to 17,2801. Messrs. Dyson,
Wall, and Co., are. the Parliamentary agents, and Mr. 1. S.
Valentine the engineer.
The customary, formal proofs having been- 1:411-10; - the
Committee decided that the stant:ing orders had been com-
plied e'"'

WELSH tcs.4.,ao.eass.reJs.
The Committee then resumed the hearing of this case.
Mr. Ellicombe appeared for the promoters of the Bill, and
Mr. Burke for the petitioners against it.
The whole of the day was occupied in discussing dis-
crepancies of a minor character on the plans and
sections, and examining and cross-examining Mr. Sidney
Hall, the engineer of the line, and Mr. Samuel Hughes,
of Westminster, the engineer for the opposing
parties, in relation to each point. Several of the
discrepancies were admitted to exist on the plans and sections
deposited on the 30th of November, and the petitioners, with
the aid of their engineer, sustained a few allegations which
affected both the plans and sections deposited on the 31st of
December, as well as those deposited on the 30th of Nov.
In the course of the day a question arose, as to whether a
party who was not immediately interested, either by occu-
pancy, possession, or otherwise, in a piece of land omitted in
the book of reference, could appear before the Com-
mittee to complain of such an omission. It was
urged by Mr. Burke that discrepancies in the plans, sections,
or books of reference were open to the objection of the gene-
ral public, while on the other hand, it was contended by Mr.
Ellicombe that only the plans and sections were liable to be
objected to by the general public; and before a party could
complain of omissions in the booksof reference, he must show
that he was in some way connected with the piece or pieces
of land alleged to be omitted.
The Committee decided that they would reserve the point
until it had been discussed in the Committee of Chairmen of
Committees. _ _ _

Mr. BURKE suggested that as most of the allegations of the
petitioners had reference to the plans deposited on the 30th
of November, it would be better, as the promoters had aban-
doned those plans, for them to rely on the case of the Mon-
mouth and Hereford Bill, and go into the Committee on
standing orders on the corrected plans deposited upon the3lst
December. _ _

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Ultimately it was determined that the engineers on both
sides should have a meeting to determine what allegations
should be admitted, and what should not.
The Committee, however, remarked, that there was al-
ready sufficient evidence before them to justify their report-
LIT to the Committee up stairs that the plans and sections
deposited on the 30th of November were defective, and
contrary to the standing orders, in so far as they
did not show a datum line, or a fixed point, and that the
plans and seetionsr deposited on the 31st of December were
not duplicates of those deposited on the 30th of November,
nevertheless the Committee were ready to take evidence
to prove that the plans deposited on the 31st December were
correct.

The Committee then adjourned till Friday at 12 o'clock.

Sub-Committee, No, 4.
This Committee did not meet to-day until 2 o'clock, hav-
ing adjourned to that hour at their rising yesterday. The
members present were Sir W. Beathcote (chairman), Mr.
J.O'Connell, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Acland, Mr. Hope Johnstone,
and Mr. Shirley.
There have bean added to the list thirty-seven Bills, the
whole of which are for Irish railways.

DONCASTER, IVAICETIELD, AND LEEDS.

This Bill, which was adjourned from yesterday
in order that the original estimate of expense
might be produced by the engineer, was called to
day, but the parties not being prepared to go on, it stood
over.