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R. Osborn, 54th Bengal Native Infantry; Major R.
Codrington, 49th Bengal Native Infantry ; Major
T. P-olwhele, 42d Bengal Native Infantry ; Major
L H. Handscorub, 26th Bengal Native Infantry ;
Major P. Grant, 59th Bengal Native Infantry; Major R.
J. 11. Birch, 17th Bengal Native Infantry; Major F. Brind,
Bengal Horse Artillery; Major G. Campbell, Bengal Horse
Artillery ; Ma sr P. Junes, 14th Bengal Native Infantry;
Major J. G. W. Curtis, 37th Bengal Native Infantry.
To be Majors in the Army in the East Indies—Captain P.
O'Hanlan, Ist Bengal Light Cavalry; Captain S. Nash, 4th
Bengal Light Cavalry; Captain R. Houghton, 63d Bengal
Native Infantry; Captain H. Garbert, Bengal Artillery ;
Captain John L. Taylor, 26th Bengal Light Infantry ;
Captain Edwarl Fitzgerald Day, Bengal Artillery ;
Captain W. B. Thomson, 67th Bengal Native Infantry;
Captain R. Horsford, Bengal. Artillery; Captain R. Napier,
Bengal Engineers; Captain F. W. Anson, 18th Bengal Na-
tive Infantry; Captain J. R. Pond, Ist Bengal European
Light Infantry ; Captain C. E. Mills, Bengal Artillery;
Captain George Johnston, 46th Bengal Native Infantry ;
Captain G. Carr, 21st Bengal Native Infantry ; Captain C. J.
F. Burnett, 2d Bengal European Regiment ; Captain P. Hay,
54th Bengal Native Infantry; Captain W. B. Holmes,
12th Bengal Native Infantry ' • Captain E. J. Mackay,
16th Bengal Native Infantry ; Captain R. T.
Sandeman, 33d Bengal Native Infantry ; Captain
G. Short, 45th Bengal Native Infantry; Captain IL
Palmer, 48th Bengal Native Infantry ; Captain D. Pott,
47th Bengal Native Infantry; Captain-G. IL'Swinley, Ben-
gal Artillery ; Captain A. Macdougall, 73d Bengal Native
Infantry ,• Captain A. M. Becher, 61st Bengal Native In-
fantry; Captain J. F. Egerton, Bengal Artillery; Captain J.
Christie, 3d Bengal Light Cavalry. Commissions to be dated
3d of April 1846.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, APRIL 2.
Royal Regiment of Artillery.
To be Colonel-Commandant—Major-Gen. Hon. W. H.
Gardiner.
To be Colonels—Lieut.-Col. G. Cobbe; Lieut.-Col. A. C.
Mercer.
To be Lieutenant-Colonels—Brevet Major P. Sandilands,
vice Cobbe; Brevet Major B. Willis, vice Mercer; Brevet
Major B. H. Arbuckle ' • Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel T. G.
Higgins ; Brevet Major T. F. Strangways.
To be Captains—Second Captain W. F. Williams, vice
Sandilands; Second Captain J. G. Walker, vice Willis;
Second Captain H. J. Morris, vice Arbuckle ; Second
Captain R. M. Poulden, vice Higgins; Second Captain J.
31‘Coy, vice Strangways; Second Captain E. F. Grant;
Second Captain J. W. Mitchell, Second Captain G. J.
Beresford, Second Captain R. F. Crawford, Second Captain
J. St. George, Second Captain W. R. Needham, Second
Captain A. H. Frazer, Second Captain E. C. Warde.
To be Second Captains—First Lieut. A. G. Burrows, vice
W. F. Williams; First Lieut. M. C. Marston. vice Walker;
First Lieut. E. Price, vice Morris ; First Lieut. C. C. Young,
vice Poulden ; First Lieut. J. W. Domville, vice M'Coy ;
First Lieut. E. Wodehouse, vice Grant ; First Lieut. G. A
Maude, vice Mitchell ; First Lieut. J. F. Cator, vice
Beresford ; First Lieut. J. Harvey, vice Crawford ;
First Lieut. E. Maberly, vice St. George; First Lieut. H. G.
Ross, vice Nedham ; First Lieut. J. R. Domville, vice
Frazer; First Lieut. W. M. H. Dixon, vice Warde; First
Lieut. Hon. F. Saville, First Lieut. H. W. Montressor, First
Lieut. W. M. D. Willan, First Lieut, C. Dickson, First
Lieut. Hon. R. C. H. Spencer, First Lieut. H.J. Thomas,
First Lieut. G. Graydon, First Lieut. A. Oldfield, First
Lieat. H. P. Christie.
To be First Lieutenants—Second Lieut. G. Colclough,
vice Burrows ; Second Lieut. T. W. Millward, vice Marston ;
Second Lieutenant H. L. Churnside, vice Price ; Second
Lieutenant A. T. Blakely, vice C. C. Young ; Second
Lieutenant R. E. F. Craufurd, vice J. W. Domville;
Second Lieut. F. W. C. Ord, vice Wodehou.se ; Second Lieut.
W. C L. Blosse, vice Maude; Second Lieut. W. S. Hughes,
rice Cator ; Second Lieut. M. B. Forde, vice Harvey ; Second
Lieut. W. T. Barnett, vice Maberly ; Second Lieut. A. E. H.
Anson, vice Ross; Second Loutenant S. E. Gordon, vice
J. R. Domvile ; Second Lieutenant W. G. Stubbs, vice
Dixon ; Second Lieutenant J. G. Boothby, vice Hon. F.
Savile ; Second Lieutenant C. N. Lovell, vice Mon-
treso ; Second Lieutenant 3. F. E. Travers, vice Willan.
Second Lieut. Hon. E. T. Gage, vice Dickson ; Second Lieut.
N. S. K. Bayly, vice Spencer ; Second Lieutenat G. Bar-
stow, vice Thomas ; Second Lieutenant G. Leslie, vice
Graydon ; Second Lieutenant A. M. Archdall, vice
Oldfield ; Second Lieutenant C. Wright, vice Christie ;
Second Lieut. J. E. Thring, Second Lieut. W. M. King, Second
Lieut. H. L. F. Greville, Second Lieut. S. R. B. Swinny,
Second Lieut. H. Bent, Second Lieut. F. R. Glanville, Second
Lieut. H. J. W. Jervis, Second Lieut. J. S. W. Atkinson,
Second Lieut. W. L. Dnmaresq, Second Lieut. Gaspard Le
Marchant Tupper, Second Lieut. 11. Heyman, Second
Lieut. A. Dew, Second Lieut. G. S. Robertson, Second
Lieut. E. H. East, Second Lieut. D. E. Mete, Second
Lieut. E. Taswell.
To be Quarter Master—Sergeant Major J. Freburn, April 1.
Second Captain H. S. Tireman to be Captain, vice Elgee,
retired on full pay; First Lieutenant J. B. Dennis, to be
Second Captain, vice Tireman ; Second Lieutenant E. B.
Winterbottom, to be First Lieutenant, vice Dennis, April 1.
Corps of the Ro3, al Engineers.
To be Colonel Commandant—Major-General Sir G. Whit-
more, K.C.H.
To be Colonels--Lieutenant Colonel G. Graydon, K.H. ;
Lieutenant Colonel R. Thomson.
To he Lieutenant-Colonels—Brevet Major P. Cole, vice
Graydon • Brevet Major E. Matson, vice Thomson; Brevet
Major J. C. Victor, Brevet Major C. Grierson, Brevet Major
T. H. Fenwick, Brevet Major L. A. Hall, Brevet Major F.
Yule.
To be Captains—Second Captain G. St. Vincent Whit-
more, vice Cole ; Second Captain 11. Servante, vice Matson ;
Second Captain H. 0. Crawley, vice Victor; Second Captain
J. Twiss, vice Grierson ; Second Captain J. Walpole, vice
Fenwick; Second Captain Thomas Aiskew Larcom, vice
Hail; Brevet Major E. Vicars, vice Yule: Second Captain
St. Aubin Molesworth, Second Captain E. Frome, Second
Captain R. Howorth, Second Captain C. E. - Wilkinson,
Second Captain W. T. T. Renwick, Second Captain T. H.
Rimington, Second Captain IV. E. D. Broughton, Second
Captain R. J. Nelson, Second Captain G. Burgmand, Brevet
Major E. Aldrich.
To be Second Captains—First Lieutenant M. Dill, vice
Whitmore; First Lieutenant J. Fellowes, vice Servante;
First Lieutenant G. B. G. Downes, vice Crawley; First
Lieutenant P. J. Bainbrigge, vice Twiss ; First Lieutenant
A. P. G. Ross, vice Walpole; First Lieutenant J. C.
Burmester, vice Larcom; First Lieut. E. Ogle, vice Vicars;
First Lieutenant C. M'Causland, vice Molesworth ; First
Lieutenant J. Cameron, vice Wilkinson; First Lieutenant
J. S. Hawkins, vice Wilkinson ; First Lieutenant J. H.
Freeth, vice. Renwick ; First Lieutenant C. D. Robertson,
vice Rimington ; First Lieutenant C. Fanshawe, vice
Broughton; First Lieutenant F. E. Chapman, vice Nelson;
First Lieut. T. Fenwick, vice Aldrich ; First Lieut. T. Webb
First Lieut J. H. Pipon, First Lieut. IV. H. Roberts, First
Lieut. G. P. Mann, First Lieut. S. Westmacott, First Lieut.
C. A. Broke, First Lieut. C. E. Stanley, First Lieut. W. C.
Menzies.
To be First Lieutenants—Second Lieutenant F. Fowke,
vice Dill; second Lieutenant C. R. Binuey, vice Fellowes;
Second Lieutenant F. H. Rich, vice Downes ; Second Lieu-
tenant F. R. Chesney, vice Bainbrigge ; Second Lieutenant
T. A. L. Murray, vice Ross ; Second Lieut. H. N. Penrice,
vice Burmester; Second Lieut. W. L. Morrison, vice Ogle;
Second Lieutenant A. C. Cooke, vice M'Causland ; Second
Lieutenant T. Inglis, vice Cameron; Second Lieutenant B,
H. Martindale, vice Hawkins; Second Lieutenant C. S. Hut-
chinson, vice Freeth ; Second Lieutenant H. Wray, vice Ro-
bertson; Second Lieutenant C. Pasley, vice Fanshawe ; Se-
cond Lieutenant J. Stokes, vice Chapman ' • Second Lieutenant
W. R. G. Hickey, vice Fen wick; Second Lieutenant A. Clarke,
vice Webb; Second Lieutenant F. Du Cane, vice Pipon;
Second Lieutenant R. D. Kerr, vice Roberts; Second Lieut-
Moggridge, vice Mann; Second Lieut. F. Roe, vice West-
macott; Second Lieut. J. G. Jervis, vice Broke; Second
Lieut. H. IV. Tyler, vice Stanley; Second Lieut. J. C. B. de
Butts, vice Menzies; Second Lieut: W. S. Stace, Second
Lieutenant G. S. Tilly, Second Lieutenant E. Stanton ;
Second Lieutenant C. O. Chesney, Second Lieutenant E. C.
De Moleyns, Second Lieutenant L. J. A. Armit, Second Lieu-
tenant C. B. Ewart, Second Lieutenant C. B. P. N. H. Nu-
gent, Second Lieutenant E. Belfield, Second Lieutenant Hen.
G. Wrottesley, Second Lieutenant St. Andrew St. John, Se-
cond Lieutenant E. C. A. Gordon, Second Lieutenant W. Por-
ter, Second Lieutenant J. J. Wilson, Second Lieutenant G.
F. Dawson ; Second Lieutenant G. St. John Crofton, April 1.
WAR-OFFICE, Aron 3.
Further List of Non-Commissioned Officers, Drummers, and
Privates killed in Action at Ferozeshels, on the 21st of De-
cember, 1845, or who subsequently died of wounds.
621 Regiment—Sergeants—J. Cahill, D. Dougherty,
Samuel Fox, J. Gordon, J. llicls, T. Boulder, J. Slim.
Corporals—J. Cobbe, J. Cole, J._ Fawcett, D. Phipps,
J. Swift.
Drummer—T. Millis.
Privates—James Barrett, William Bass, Charles Biles,
Richard Bradley, Peter Brennen, James Brereton, Thomas
Buckley Alexander Bush, Michael Byrne, Josiah Canning-
ton, William Caushy, Thomas Christian, Henry Coltman,
John Connolly, Daniel Connors, Nicholas Corcoran,
Patrick Corcoran, James Cotterill, Alexander Crosby,
E. Cyples, J. Dakers, J. Davev, P. Delany, J. Develin,
C.Devitt, J.Dodrl, J. Donnelly,W.Eagles,S. Essecks,
W. Free:nan, J. Gibson, A. Graham, H. Herbert, E. Hobin,
H. Hog, M. J. Jackson, P. Really, D. Kelly, J. Kelly, John
Kelly, 'l. Kelly, B Lawn, J. Little, S. Locliead, R. Lowe, J.
11.1'A-lister, M. 73PAlister, J. Norris, M. O'Brien, R. Palmer,
W. Parbridge, J. Parker, G. Powell, J. Pye, E. Reilly, J.
Rumble, J. Shanley, M. Smyth, W. N. Stapleton,
J. Stewart, W. Taylor. C. Thom (December 22),
G. Thorn, J. Tomlinson, A. Turner, J. Twigg,
H. Wall, R. Ward, J. Webster, W. White, J. Wilkins, J.
Willow, J. Witt, G. Young.
Died of Wounds.
Corporal T. Runyard, Jan. 3, 1846.
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Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Salop.
T. C. Whitmore, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; R. F.
West, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, March 30.
Shropshire Militia—R. F. Hill, Esq., to be Lieutenant-
Colonel ; H. C. Taylor, Esq., to be Captain ; J. Whitmore,
Esq., to be Captain; J. V. Lovett the younger, Gent., to
be Lieutenant ; W. Boyce, Gent., to be Ensign ; P. A. Beck,
Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 30, 1846.
Erratum in the Gazette of the 24th ult.
Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Battalion of Militia—For
Morgan Williams Harris, Gent., to be First Lieutenant;
read, Morgan Watkin Harris. Gent., to be First Lieutenant.
WHITEHALL, Menet' 27.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Steward, of
Ipswich, in the county of Suffolk, Gent , to be a Master Ex-
traordinary in the
WHIT High Court of Chancery.
EHALL, Mallen 31.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Thomas Tweed,
of the city of Lincoln, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in
the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.
James Haye and Henry Ayres, woollen drapers, Newgate-
street, to surrender on Aprill6, at half-past two, and May 21,
at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official as-
signee, Basingtiall-street ; Everest, White, and Co., Hatton-
gardcs.
r-street, Islington, April 17 and
John Dutt, carpenter, Uppe
May 21, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official
assignee, Coleman-street-building; Wright, Gracechurch-
street.
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HenryWatkinson, carpenter, President-street East, St.
Luke's, 'April 17, at one, and May 21, at eleven, at the Court
Bell, official assignee, o eman-stree -
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Bradford, tailor, Bucklersbury, April 18,
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William GeorgenlkCrilinPet,c•TY.orth-bilildings, Finsbury-circus.
d anbur
Green, official assignee, erm y ; Tatham and Son,
at eleven, and May 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Staple Inn.
3twelve, atthe
April May 2 , at
April 11, at half-past two,
ffi ial assignee, Alderman-
Thomas Forshall, surgeon, Doddington -grove, Kennington,
Court of Bankruptcy, Green, o
half Thames-street,
William Pile, licensed victualler. Lo
bury ; Bisgood, Carer street, Lincoln's Inn.
the Court of Bankruptcy. let, official assignee, Sans-
April 11. at half-past one, ands ay 16, at-pzst eleve_n, at
brook-court, Basinghall- street ; Dupleix,Lincoln's Inn-fields.
John Withers, cattle dealer, Bushey-heatb, Rertford,

RAILIVAY COMMITTEES.

(YESTERDAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
CORE ILIUM WATERPOILD.
The Committee met at eleven o'clock, when
Mr. HATCUELL opened the case of the petitioners (the Earl of
Shannon, D. Callaghan, MX., Archdeacon Ryder, and oth,rs), who
complained of private injuries to their demesnes and lands by the
route of the lino.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP VIII.
This Committee, consisting of Mr. Benjamin Hawes (chairman),
Mr. W. Entwisle, Major Beresford, Colonel Paget, and Captain Vyse,
reassembled at twelve o'clock this morning in the Court of Queen's
Bench.
The drat business before the Committee was the discussion of the
clauses in the Bill to construct the

zraNzußGEt an D P ZEZILES,
all of which were agreed to and passed, with slight amendments,
save that which would have enabled the promoters to lease to the
North British, which was struck out.
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Mr. Sergeant Brausts, on behalf of the promoters of this project,
appliec to have the Bill referred to the Committee up stairs, on the
ground that all the opposition with which they had been threatened
had been withdrawn.
The Committee acceded to the application, and adjourned until
three o'clock on Monday.

GROUP IX.
WEST OF SCOTLAND 3-UNCTION.
The Committee met to day at the usual hour, Lord Worsley in the
chair, when the Greenock Company's opposition was resumed.
In answer to a question thrown out by the Chairinan at the close
of yesterday's sitting, Mr. ANDREWS said that a junction could
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effected u ith the Greenock line without at all touching the goods'
station of that Company. They would also bind themselves down
by a clause that no portion of the passenger station should be touched
but that which was exclusively used by, and the property of, the
Ayr Company. Respecting the engine and cote sheds, the pro-
moters of the West of Scotland Junction would pledge themselves
to give as good accommodation as that which they took away, and
that the matter might be settled by arbitration.
Mr. Miller, engineer, was called, and deposed as to the locality
with which a junction could be effected nearer Glasgow than at the
goods' station of the Greenock Company. This junction would take
place on that portion of the main line which was the joint property
ofthe two companies. The witness also deposed, on the othei points
respecting the passenger station and the engine and coke shed, to the
effect laid down by the Learned Gentleman.
Mr. Ballantine gave evidence that the few rights of property at the
Bridge-street station belonged to the Ayr Company. The half of
the station was only given under an agreement between the two
companies ; otherwise the Greenock Company would not have any
right to the use of the station whatever.
61r. Knight deposed that the greater part of the passengers' station
was rated to the Ayr Company, and the back part to the Greenock
Company.
A conversation here sprung up as to the true definition of the
dotted line en the map, showing the limit of deviation, Mr. Andrews,
backed by Mr. Miller, engineer, contending that the dotted line
meant the extreme deviation of the middle of the line to be con-
structed; and Mr. Aildyard, supported by Mr. Errington, engineer,
that it meant the extreme verge. According to the latter definition,
it was contended that the second junction, proposed to avoid the goods
station, could not be formed, in agreement with the standing orders.
Mr. SPOONER thought thelatter definition was the correct one.
The Cuanatais said that Committees had in some instances decided
otherwise, ant that it was a matter for consultation.
The room was then cleared. On oar return,
The CHAIRMAN intimated that the Committee had decided that,
with respect to the limit of deviation, they were of opinion that the
utmost extreme of deviation was that marked on the map by the
dotted line.
The CHAIRMAN. after a few • minutes pause, said that it might
be as well to state, that yesterday evening the Committee were
unanimously of opinion that the interference with the Greenock line
contemplated by the original line should not be allowed. With that
opinion and the other decision just given, It would be for the counsel
on behalf of the Bill to decide what course they intended to pursue.
Mr. ANDREWS hoped they would reserve any final decision till the
whole case was gone into.
The CHAIRMAN said they had thus early expressed their opinion—
' the whole case for the promoters being closed—in order to save ex-
penses, which must be very great if the whole case for the opposition
was gone through.
Mr. HILDTARD, on the part of the opposition, was willing to
leave his case where it was, in order to save the time of the Com-

mittee.
Mr. ANDREWS said he was prepared to prove, by the Parliamentary
practice of the present session, through Mr. Burke, a Parliamentary
agent, that the principle of deviation was such as he had stated it

to be.
After some conversation on the point the room was again cleared.
The CHAIRMAN asked Mr. Hildyard, or Mr. Hope, who appeared in
his place, whether he admitted that it was the invariable practice to
decide differently to what the Committee had done ?
Mr. IIoPE said he could not do so, whatever might have been the
practice under the former Act of Parliament. The present Act he
did not think had ever been construed in agreement with the position
of his Learned Friend. Indeed, he could not see in reading the Act
how such a construction could be put upon it. (Mr. Hope then read
the clause that bore upon the point at issue.)
Mr. ANDREWS replied, and contended that the present Act of Par-
liament was in effect exactly the same as the previous Act in operation,
under which Mr. Baron Parke had decided in favour of the inter-
pretation he Mr. Sergeant Andrews had given.
After some further argument, the Committee intimated that they
stood by their decision that the promoters should not exeeed the ex-
treme verge of the land represented by the dotted line. They did
this in their capacity as a Parliamentary Committee, and should carry
out their decision by clauses, were the preamble of the Bill agreed to.
Mr. ANDREWS said, if they were not to be allowed to construct
works beyon3 the dotted line, they could not form the junction pro •
posed south of the Bridge-street station. They would therefore give up
that junction at present, which would cut them off from connexion
with the lines running south into Lanarkshire, and the promoters would
confine themselves at present to the junction with the Ayr line at the
Bridge-street station, after crossing the river, which would not at all
affect the Greenock line, as the new line would run into that portion
of the station which be'onged exclusively to the Aynahire Company.
After the examination of Mr. Miller for, and Mr. Erringtan against
this point of junction,
The Committee expressed themselves satisfied, and the considera-
tion of the case for the opposition of the Clyde River Trust was next
gone into.
Mr. Joseph Hume, M.P., and one of the Tidal Commissioners, was
generally examined as to the injury that would arise from constiuct-
ing a viaduct over the Clyde. lie was opposed to all weirs dr bridges
that interfered with the flow of the tidal waters. Instead of allowing
any new stone bridges, he would advise that those already built be
pulled down, and bridges of iron be erected, and of such a construc-
tion as would nut interfere with the currents of the river.
The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow, at twelve o'clock.

GROUP XII.
GLASGOW AND WEST Or SCOTLAND
Tha Committee re-assemided this morning at twelve o'clock.
Present, Mr. V. smith (chairman), Mr. Langston, Ron. W. Fitz-
maurice, Mr. T. D'llyncourt, and Mr. W. lianilltos.
AYRSHIRE, BRIDGE or WEIR, AND HIM-
EUR.CTIAN TUNCTION.
The whole morning was passed in reading and agreeing to the
classes of this Bill, which were unopposed.
GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND GRZENOC=
(lIABBOUR BRANCH).
This was an unopposed Bill, promoted by the Glasgow, Paisley,
and Greenock Company, for the purpose of getting powers to con-
struct a branch line to a point on the river Clyde called Cartsdyke,
and also for the formation of a harbour there. The length of the
line was a quarter of a mile. The capital 25,0001. There being only
one line of rails to the harbour of Greenock at present, any consider-
able traffic in minerals would be apt to disarrange the general goods'
trade, and therefore it was that they sought to get powers by this
Bill for the construction of the branch aid harbour. The preamble
was declared proved, the clauses were agreed to, and the Bill was
ordered to be reported.
The Committee, in consequence of the other Bills in the group not
being sufficiently forward, adjourned till Wednesday, the 29th April.

GROUP XIV. .
SOUTH EASTERN.

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The Committee to which this line is referred met to day, at twelve
o'clock.
Some discussion arose as to whether the request of Mr. Merre-
weather, that the evidence should be printed day by day, should be
granted. Mr. Sergeant Wrangham opposed the printing of the evi-
dence in that manner.
The CHAIRMAN decided that the evidence should not be so printed.
Mr. J. O'CoNNELL said that he had received a letter from the
party to whom he had alluded on a former occasion as having
written a letter to him complaining of the injury his land would sus-
tain by the formation of the North Kent line. The letter contained
an apology for the first, and stated that the writer was ignorant of
the impropriety of his proceeding. The author of the letter was a
petitioner against the line, bet did not appear by counsel.
Mr. George P. Bidder cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Waste°.
nate—First surveyed North Kent with a view to the formation of a
railway in 1825. He again surveyed it in 1832. Sir J. Goldsmid
was a party to the last scheme. The carrying out of the South
Eastern scheme would cause a great accession to the traffic at
London-bridge, but the formation of a second station at South-
wark-bridge would render the working of the line less
convenient. Should be surprised to hear that the
station of the South-Western is only two and a half acres. The
traffic on that line is considerable. The metropolitan property tra-
versed by the South-Eastern line is equally valuable with that tra-
versed by the North Kent.
Mr. Sergeant Wassionam wished to know the value or the amount
estimated for the metropolitan property traversed by the North
Kent.
Mr. MEREWETHER objected to the question.
Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM submitted that he had a perfect right to
ask the question in order to teat Mr. Bidder's judgment in showing
the high estimate he placed upon the property required by the North
Kent, and the low estimate for the same sort of property required by
the South Eastern.
The Conimittee retired to consider the question.
On their return the CHAIRMAN said that the Committee had decided
that the examination wills reference to that point might proceed in a
general manner.
Examination continued —The Parliamentary estimate for the four
miles of viaduct over the South-Eastern line is 680,0001. The works
would cost about 250.0001. Had last year estimated the cost of two
and a half miles of viaduct at 138,0001. The London-bridge station
might be as easily enlarged as the one at Union-street. The Mint
is behind Union-street. The property there is had, but of
an expensive description. Mr. Vignoles' worst gradient
between London and Canterbury is I in 132. There
are between Canterbury and Dover by the South-Eastern line 17
miles, as steep or steeper than 1 in 107. The junction of the South
Eastern line with the existing Folkstone line would be on a gradient
of 1 in 106 ; but a doubleeet of rails would be formed, so that both
trains might run separately until they joined on a level platform, where
all the trains stop. The northern loop of the South-Eastern line has
been at present abandoned, losensequence of the refusal of the Ad.
miralty to cilow of the prop extension of the Greenwich line to
pass through Greenwich park. The refusal of the Admiralty has been
decided, but witness believes that permission will eventually be
given. Believes that the only objection to allowing the park t
traversed is the apprehension of the effect of the vibration of the tro be
upon the astronomical experiments at the Observatory. From the most
careful experiments that have been instituted, it is proved that
there will be nothing to affect the astronomical instruments. lies
not seen any letter from the Commissioners of Woods and Forests
refusing to allow the railway to pass through the Park. Was not
aware that any such letter had been received. Does not think that
" sidings," or side lines, to draw upon while landing passengers, in
order to allow other trains to pass in the meantime, are safe. The
most serious accidents and collisions might result from their use.
The South-Eastern train will not stop at Canterbury when proceed-
ing from Dover to London, but the carriage containing the
Canterbury passengers will be detached and left behind. On
its way from London to Dover the train will stop at Canterbury.
With regard to the main road at Faversham, with a gradient of 1 in
17, It would require nine horses to draw a laden waggon up that
incline. The length of the incline is 57 yards. The weight of the
waggon would be four tons, and its load five tons. The dead pull
which each horse would have to exercise would be one hundred
and forty lbs., and the ordinary. work got out of a horse
for a day, at a rate of two miles and a half per hour, does not
exceed a dead pull of more than 801bs. The Company will have to
avail themselves of the Gravesend and Rochester Railway, at a cost of
350,000/. The price to be given is 310,0001., and the rest would
have to be expended in maklug it
a double line. At pie-sent it is single.
The length of the railway is 5% miles. The Company will have for
the 350,0001. the docks, wharfs, and quays. Those docks and wharfs
will be of great use, even though the canal should he filled up—in
fact, of snore use than with the canal. Does not think that the sum
of 40,0001. will quite cover the expense of enlarging and bricking the
tunnel. Cannot say whether the line of the South-Eastern, as at
present proposed, is identical with the one proposed by Mr. Vignoles
last year. The line will pass through Woolwich, in a cutting. Dees
not think that it will interfere with the sewerage of the town.
The Committee here adjourned until twelve o'clock on Monday.