The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-25 00:00:00

RAILWAY COMMITTEES,
(% ESTERDAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
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(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)

3fr. Willis, another farmer and grazier, gave similar evidence.
He also spoke of the great advantage of conveyance by railway over
conveyance by road to the cattle traffic.
Robert Glyndon, Esq., a magistrate In Bedfordshire and chairmaa
of the Bedford and Midland Railway Company, gave evidence In
favour of this line.
Mr. William Hadley Gear gave a number of tables of the
population within three miles, and also of the population
within five miles of the proposed line. He also gave cal-
culations as to the probable reduction in the price of
coals, in consequence of the better communicatioft the line
would afford. In cross-examination, he admitted that, after the
making of lines already sanctioned by Parliament. it would not be
likely that any of the coal traffic would pass along this line. If it
did, the reductions which he detailed would be made.
Mr. T. E. Ws.snauals said he had examined the tables of land
valuation, and was of opinion that the" extracts were correct. He
spoke to a conversation which he had held with Mr. Beard, the Duke
of Buckingham's agent, before the Bill came before the House of ,
Commons, in which Mr. Beard offered to sell that part of the Duke's
estates which would be affected by titritne for 3,0001. He himself
offered 2,0001., which Mr. Beard declined to accept.
Mr. ELDTARD, on the part of the Duke of Buckingham, cross-ex-
amined Mr. Beard, with a view to show that he was not capable of
Judging what was the value of the land, not being sufficiently ac-
quainted with it.
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Mr. Denton, the engineer to the line conjointly with Mr. Locke,
was then called, and gave the usual en ,ineerin, evidence, which was
corroborated by Mr. Locke himself.
This part of the evidence occupied the Committee up to four o'clock,
at which hour they adjourned till eleven to-morrow, Mr. Locke being
then under cross-examination.

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(PAISLEY ISRANCII).
(Continued from our Afternoon Ettitien of yesterday.)

Several other witnesses were called on the part of the Glasgow
and Ayr Company.
The case occupied the Committee up to four o'clock, when they
adjourned uutil eleven to-morrow.

GROUP D.
SNEFFI ZZD AND LINCOLN.

The Committee resumed this day (Wednesday) at eleven o'clock.
Several surveyors, rnaltsters, and corn factors were called to give
evidence as to the traffic in the surrounding districts. One indivi-
dual stated that he would save 12s. per ton on 300 or
400 tons of timber annually by the proposed railway commtptication
Mr. Lee, surveyor of highways at Sheffield, described the quality
of the rna,„lnesian limestone about Harthill, Peni.istone, Greetunoor,
and other p 1 t ea adj cent to the proposed line.
Numerous other witn.•sscs were examined and cross-examined by
the connsel for the opposing• line, the 3fAnehester, Midland, and
Great Grimsby, on the subject of traffic, and the Committee adjourned,
at a quarter past tour, till eleven o' lock on Thursday.