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London, England, 1846-03-24 00:00:00

SOUTH STAFFOR.DSHIRDTCTION AND

BRANCHES (No. 1.)

This was the first Bill considered. The object of the promoters
was to construct a railway from the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
hampton Railway, near Sudley, to the Midland Railway at Alrewas,
with various branches included in the present Bill and three other
Bills with much the same object. Capital 750,0001.. Engineer, Mr.
J. R. M`Lean. Length of the line, including branches, 42 miles. Parlia-
mentary agent, Mr. Pritt.

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There were come petitions against the Bill, but they were un.
supported.

The formal proofs having been taken, the CHAIRMAN announced
that the Committee were of opinion that the standing orders had not
been complied with en two points—with respect to the datum line at
point 2, and the subscription contract.

SOUTH sTArrormskurtE JUNCTION (BILS.
TON xa NI) P.H.XESTPXMLIO HILANCH,— No. 2.)

This Bill was next considered,

The formal proofla having been taken, the Committee found that the
standing orders had been complied with, except with reference to the
points mentioned in the preceding Bill.

There were two ether Bills promoted by the same Company,
namely,

THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE JUNCTION (SHOWHILL and
PORTOBELLO BRANCH—No. 3) RAILWAY, and the
SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE JUNCTION (WILLENHALL and

BLOXWICII— No. 4) RAILWAY.
A similar decision was come to with respect to the former, and
there was an additional infringement of the standing orders found
with reference to the latter Bill.

Sub-Committee No. 6,

11111VCINGTIABIE AND ox3ro2D maßraricia-

HAM EXTENSION )

This Sub-Committee met this morning at the usual hour ; Mr.
Hope Drummond in the chair.
The Committee proceeded to investigate the allegations con-
tained in the petition of the Earl of Warwick, some of which were
proved. There were three other petitions, but as the allegations
which they contained were similar to those in the above petition,
they were not proceeded with. The Committee consequently decided
that the standing orders had not been complied with.
OXFORD AND 33XICKINGHAIVI JUNCTION.
The Committee also declared that in this case the standing
orders had not been complied with, on the ground that the plans
were detective, and did not sufficiently describe the levels and em-
bankments of the line.

VIANCRESTER, WITDLANX), AND GREAT

GRXIVICSBY.

The Committee next proceeded with this Bill.
This line was 31 miles in length, and was proposed to be constructed
by a capital of of 756 0001.

Mr. Laing was the agent for the Bill, and Messrs. Hoyle arid Coward,
of Rotherham, were the solicitors.

Mr. Cocric opposed the Bill oil behalf of Mr. Parsons, who had
petitioned against it on the ground that the sections deposited with
the clerks of the peace were incorrect in their description of the levels.
He then called

Mr. H. Hughes, an engineer and surveyor, who stated that he had
surveyed the line in order to test the accuracy of the plans deposited
at the Board of Trade and with the clerks of the peace, and that he
found the height of the line at the 6th mile 41 chains to be 394
feet 7 inches, and that it was stated in the section to be 402 Let 1
inch in height. The extreme error which he discovered showed a
difference of 8 feet 6 inches from the plans so deposited, and the most
minute 2 feet 9 inches ; the former was at the soint at which the
line crossed the South Midland Railway, and the other in the parish
of Kimberworth.

Mr. Buckingham, a surveyor, corroborated this evidence,

It appeared, however, that the opponents of the line had not sur-
veyed it from its commencement to its terminus, that they assumed
the promoters were correct in their sections of some portion, whilst
they simply confined their investigation to these points which they
had reason to believe were defective.

The Committee considered that this was not sufficient; and they,
therefore, declared that the standing orders had been complied with.
LONDON AVID SOUTH—WESTERN (SAWS-

BUILY ZUNCTION).

This line was postponed until Thursday.
LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN (EASING..
STONE AND sztaasnuny EXTENSION).
This Bill was withdrawn altogether.
THE BUTT ST. I.DIVIUNDS AND IC ENV..