The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-21 00:00:00

DIRECT LONDON AND MANCHESTER.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)

The usual formal proofs were gone through.
The first petition against the Bill taken was that of Mr.
W. Egerton, which alleged that in the township of Cheedle
Moseley the description in No. 89 in the book of reference
and in the plan was wrong, Elishia Warren being stated to bo
the owner, and Sarah Fyldes, the occupier, the true owner
being Mrs. Anna Maria White, and the occupier of the same,
William Bailey.
Mr. Pritt appeared for the petitioner.
Mrs. White proved the incorrectness alleged, and also that
she had not been served with a notice.

The petition next alleged that there was a similar inaccu-
racy with respect to the property numbered 91, Peter Pownall
being described as the owner, and Isaac Falconer as the oc-
cupier of the same.
The allegation was sustained.
Several other similar allegations were abandoned.
It was also alleged that in No. 43 in the plan the road de-
scribed as an occupation road and the property of the
petitioner was a public highway, and the property of the
surveyors, who had not been served with due notice. The
Committee considered the allegation sustained.
The next petition considered was from the owners and
lessees along the line, complaining of non-compliance with
the standing orders.
The petition contained several allegations analogous to
those of the preceding petition.
The Committee had proceeded to some extent with these
allegations when it was announced that the Speaker was at
prayers.
Engineers, Sir John Rennie, Mr. Rastrick, and Mr. G.
Remington ; Parliamentary agents, Messrs. Dyson and Co. :
solicitors, Messrs. Ashurst and Son, Sudlovr and Sons, and
J. Owens.

ThoV Committee adjourned shortly before four o'clock to
Monday, at twelve o'clock.

Sub-Committee, No. 5.

(Continued from oar Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
LONDON, SALISBURY, AND YEOVIL
JUNCTION.

This Bill has for its object the making of a line from the
to tit r of the South Western Railway at Basingstoke, to
eovil, the length of which will be 73 miles, and the cost,
as estimated, 1,900,0001. Mr. J. Locke is the engineer, and
Messrs. Webster and Co., the Parliamentary agents.
Against this line there were several petitions, mostly upon
the ground that the plans and sections were incorrect, and
calculated to mislead, and one contained an allegation that
the parish of Clifton Maybank was not named in the notice.
Mr. Venables appeared for the petitioners.
The petition of Mr. A. C. Bridge, in which it was stated
that there was already a line of railway passing through his
property, contained the allegation that there was in the
Gazette notice no mention of the parish of Clifton Maybank,
through which one of the branches would pass.
Mr. WEBSTER said that the parish was mentioned.
Mr. VENABLES contended that the parish ought to be
named in the notice of the Yetminster branch.
Mr. WEBSTER contended that this was not necessary, and
that if the parish was named in the notice at all it was
sufficient.

After a long discus ion on the point, the Committee de-
cided that the standing orders were not complied with.
The second allegation of this petition was that in the
plans deposited with the clerk of the peace for the county of
Dorset there was no mention of a branch leaving the alter-
native line.

Mr. VENABLRS explained that there were two branch
lines, which, in the plans deposited with the clerk of the
peace, were both represented as leaving the main line, while
in the Bill and notices one was represented as leaving the
alternative line. There were several other allegations de-
pending on this, one of which was that there was no section
of the branch from the main line in the parish of Yetminster.
The Clerk of the Peace for the county of Dorset handed
in the plans in question.
In the course of the discussion it appeared that the
mileage was incorrectly marked.
The Committee reserved the point as to the sections till
their next meeting.
At about quarter to four o'clock the Committee adjourned
to Tuesday next