The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-26 00:00:00

GROUP XVII.

LONDON AND SOUTH WESTER! (11,011TSZY
AND AZDERIDGETUNCTION), MANCHES-
TER AND SOUTHAMPTON, MANCHES-
TER AND POOLE.
The Committee to whom these Bills had been referred met this
afternoon at one o'clock, in If°. 8 Committee-room. The lion. E.
Torke in the chair.
Appearances against the first Bill were entered from the
Commissioners for improving the port of Southampton, landowners
&c., of Redbridge, the Corporation of Southampton, Mr. Perkins,
Sir d. B. Mill, Bart., Corporation and inhabitants of Romsey and
Andover; Andover and Redbridge Canal; ratepayers and inhabitants
of Southampton ; Trustees of Knowles' Charity ; and against the
Manchester and Southampton (for which Sergeant Wrangham, Mr.
Alexander, Mr, James, Mr. Cripps, and Mr. R. Gurney appeared as
counsel), trustees of Cheltenham Turnpike-roads (for clauses) ;
Great Western Railway, London and South-Western, Southampton
and Dorchester (for clauses), landowners on the line, farmers and
flock masters in Dorset and Somerset ; scholars of King's College,
Cambridge ; Southampton Dock Company ; Commissioners of Beck-
hampton Roads ; anti the Commissioners for Paving and Improving
the Port of Southampton; the Corporation of Southampton (simply
by the insertion of clauses) ; Manchester and Salisbury and Yeovil
Junction Railway.

waisafteicatirrEit axis POOLE.
Mr" ElLe"hr" the agent pint 19u1, gad its promoters hail
agreed to withdraw it felt the
ROMSEY AND EZDItTe.3I)O32 airsacTXON.
Thfirst.e Committee intimated their intention of proceeding with
line
The usual formal proofs having been handed in,
Mr. lIILL, Q. C., proceeded to open the case—He said the Una
would be 5 miles and 4 furlongs in length, and the estimated cost
60,000/., or about 11,0001, per mile, and was intended to form a junction
between two lines belonging to the South Western, namely, the Bishor - stoke and Salisbury, and Southampton, and Dorchester Railways, and
would run from Romney on the first, to Redbridge on the second
ammepntotionntoed
Barnsley thwase piewreboseisiulgainetdt:btl;yoer:
oen..:oudaiadrdesochtyutniamshet;oke in order
to reach that point which the nill proposed to avoid, by
Person going from South-
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and would a distance of four miles, accommodate a
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would save
g from circuitous railway communication. There
been purchased
waa - - thapt Railway, and which ran along
Redbridge, which he understood lied b -
by the Manchester a
sod line, but he need hardly tell the Committee
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a portion of the prop
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mode of communication was required,
that a more expeditious
Mr. Alexander Fletcher, a
Southampton,
merchant and estate agent, at
31ilibrook, close to for
•
the last thirty years, testified to
' ich the line would confer on the districts it would
the advantages V"
ug timber would be reduced two-thirds,
traverse. The cost of conveying
mild also be reduced in proportion. Vessels
be
and other articles W
greatly in dues, which would
going to Redbridge would save
charged at Southampton. started about two
months after the projection of the Southampton.
Cross-examined by Mr. James—This line was
Manchester a:id
Was in favour of a railway communicating with the north. The
Manchester and Southampton ran along the river frontage, where
several wharfs were situated, and where a greater number might be
constructed. A river frontage would be of equal advantage to i
.
either of these lines
the The Kennet ard Avon Canal crossed

Manchester and Southampton, and would perhaps, if connected with
a railway, convey timber from Devizes and its neighbourhood to
that railway, and which would carry it on to Southampton ; but it
was more probable that timber cut at Devizes, and south of that
town, would go to Salisbury by land carriage, and so on by railway,
to Southampton.

By Mr. llAwurisoN, who appeared for Sir- J. B. Mill and other
landowners—A vessel going to Redbridge paid twopenee a ton for
dues at Southampton, but paid nothing at Redbridge, except six-
pence per ton for wharfage. Was not aware that the dues at South-
ampton wera threepence per ton, and consequently less than at Red-
bridge. Could not say whether the dues for corn at Redbridge were
one penny per ton, and only a halfpenny at Southampton.
Mr. HILL objected to his Learned Friend examining the witness
with reference to parts of the line which would not affect the pro-
perty of those for whom he appeared, Sir J. B. Mill, the chairman of
the Manchester and Southampton Company, for instance.
Mr. RAWLINSON maintained, that as those for whom he appeared
urged in their petitions that the line was a bad one and that a better
line could be made, he was entitled to examine witnesses with re-
spect to any portion of it.
The CRALAMAN intimated that the Committee did not consider the

ition irrelevant and approved of the come of cross-

lexamination.
Mr. HELL, however, contended that it was necessary, at the com-
mencement
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landowner
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whose property was affected had only a right to examine witnesses
with respect to that portion.
The CITA-men (after referring to the petition of Sir John Parker
Mill) said Mr. Rawlinson might proceed, as the petition alleged that
a better line could be made, and that counsel were entitled to support
such allegations by evidence.
Mr. Rewialisozi continued—The Manchester and Southampton
Railway, from Redbridge to Ramsey, except for a very short dis-
tance would run along the Andover Canal. The Manchester and
Southampton would not offer the same facilities between Romsey and
Southampton as the other. The Romsey line ran through a tunnel—
that certainly was an objection. Did not think wharfs could be con-
structed on the banks of the water along the course of the Man-
chester and Southampton, because the water was deep and muddy.
By the Cnanticui—The further railways are extended to the
latter. If the Manchester and Southampton had a station at Red-
bridge it would afford the same facilities as the other line; but if it
carried timber and other articles on to Southampton without stopping
at Redbridge, it would not.
By Mr. Davis, a solicitor who appeared for the corporation of
Southampton—Never knew a tunnel with a curve in which a piece
of timber 80 feet long could not pass. Large quantities of timber
were grown in the neighbourhood of Chalburgh which principally
found an outlet by the Severn.
Mr. M. G. Gregory, a miller at Fisherton, joining Salisbury, shipped
goods at Redbridge for Cornwall. If 'the proposed line from Salis-
bury were made, he should send those goods by it. Imported gyp-
sum and bones at Ealing, and not at Wolverhampton. Shipped
2,600 bags of flour, and imported 100 tons of bones and 100 tens of
gypsum at Ealing last year. Sends flour to Southampton to be
shipped to London.
The Committee then adjourned until 12 o'clock to-morrow. The
Committee will not meet on Wednesday.