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London, England, 1846-02-18 00:00:00

VALLEY JUNCTION.

. The object sf the petitioners in this ease was to make a railway
from East Linton to Dalkeith, a distance of 18 miles, the estimated
cost of which was 300,0001.

Tte Commlttee postponed their decision until the engineer of the
litie had had an opportunity of explaining some apparent discrepan-
cies in the plans and sections.

HARWICH AND EASTERN COUNTIES
JUNCTION RAILWAY AND PIER.

This was a petition for leave to bring In a Bill to make a railway
from Harwich to Colchester, a distance of eighteen miles, and a pier
at Harwich. The estimated cost of the works was 180,0001.
The Committee decided that the standing orders had been com-
plied with.
The Committee adjourned at four o'clock.

Sub-Committee No. 4.

The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, when there were
present, Sir W. Heathcote, Chairman; Mr. Evans, Mr. Arland, Mr.
Cornwall Leigh, and Mr. M. J. O'Connell.

GLOUCESTER AND DEAN roxEsT.

The consideration of this Bill, adjourned from yesterday, was re-
sumed at the meeting of the Committee. The object of the line Is
to conne,:t Gloucester with the mineral districts of the Forest of
Bean, and also to extend the Monmouth and Hereford Railway (for
which an Act was obtained last session) to the Great Western Rail.
,ray at. Gloucester.

The cause of the postponement of the case yesterday was not (as
was stated through mistake) the absence of the solicitor, but the
absence of two wituesses,who had been served the usual Parliamentary
notices. Those witnesses attended this morning, and the Committee
agreed that the standing orders were complied with.

SZTLOPSRIRIC 'UNION RAILWAYS AND
CANAL (NEWTON TO CREWE, WITH

BRANCHES).

The object proposed is the conversion of the canal into a railway,
as part of a system for the completion of which there are two other
Bills before the Committees, one the Shropshire Union Railway and
Canal (Chester and Wolverhampton Line), which is before this Com-
mittee, and the other a Bill with the more comprehensive title of
"Shropshire Union Railways and Canal" Bill, which is before
another Committee. The length of the Newton and Crewe line is about
70 miles, and the estimated cost 1,125,0001. The engineers are
Messrs. Cubitt, Stephenson, and Provitt, and the Parliamentary
agents Messrs. Burke, Pritt, and Co. This line (with branches) will
commence at Newton, and at Crewe it will meet the several rail-
ways by which a communication is intended to be opened with the
interior of Wales, and will form a link between Milford and Liver-
Pool and the great towns in the north of England.
Standing orders complied with.
SIITLOPSYLIRE UNION RAILWAYS AND
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Ton LINE).
line,This _ which is part of the system mentioned above, will cern-
a.en e at calvetley, and
by
proceeding to Wolverhamppton, will Com-
o!' this portion will
„,,,,,,WZZ.beetrwtehe present Chester and Crewe line, a direct
been. chester and Wolverhampton. The length
agent,,
mcssrssts.ritt. C. übitt.
1,000,0001. Ensiii.em
mebout 45 miles, and the cost is estimatedt,
Pitmen' aryStephenson, and Provitt; Pai-
-1 Standing orders complied with.
c and
Co.
LONDON AND /MACS:v:4,4MM. (WIDENING'.
This application to Parliament on th
and Blackwell Company arises out or e part of the London
creased traffic will be created by the Rirkwal
expectation that an in-
the projected London and t4outh Essex Railway. ;..c.tt,eension line and
of time works is 240,0001. Mr. Locke is the engineerestai,m,red cost
Dyson and Hill the Parliamentary agents. The standing o )(I Me""'
r ere were
declared to be complied with.

GREAT GRIMSBY AND SILEPPZILT.3)
(EXTENSION No. 3).

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and
The object of this Bill is to extend the (:rent Orimsbytue,, ltl.
Railway from .oainshorough; to join the Nottingham, N
Lincoln Raillia'y, It'Newark. The length of the proposed line is 24
miles, and the cost Is estimated at 300,000/. The engineer is Mr.
Fowler, and the Parliamentary agents are Messrs. Dyson and Co.
The Committee pronounced that the standing orders were complied
with.
GREAT GRIDISUY AND SHEFFIELD .TUNC-.
TION (EXTENSION, No. 1).
The object of this Bill is to effect a saving of distance b
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Hull and London by several branches, and also to construct .. ,tarp''
to the town of Caistor. The aggregate length of the prjpo. :ed'llats
will be about, six miles. The. cost is: adulated at rjo-.0001.
ige ' . j 31.
'
.1.-nwler is the engineer, i. antl„ Mp -rm. DvEm azi,CO.; ,
tnry agents. Par/Ix:102-
. .
Standing order complied with. ..

EAST LANCASHIRE (DEVIATION AND
BRANCH).

The object of this measure is to authorise a deviation from the
main line, and the construction of branches to Bacup and Crawshaw
Booth. The length of the deviation is a mile and a half, that of the
branches about six miles, and the cost Is estimated at 200,0001. The
engineers are Messrs. Gooch and Crawley ; the Parliamentary agents,
Messrs. Dyson and Company.
Standing orders complied with.
The Committee then adjourned.

Sul-Committee No. 6.

This Sub-Committee re-assembled this day at twelve o'clock.
'resent, Captain Jones (in the chair), Mr. Childers, raid Mr. Deelee.
The first tn.:Mess called on was the petition fur

THE ENFIELD, EDMONTON, AND
EASTERN COUNTIES JUNCTION.

This was a postponed case from yesterday. The object oft ne line
is the continuation of a branch line from the Northern and Eastern
Railwny et Edmonton to the town of Enfield. The estimated cost
is 36,0001., and the contract entered into 27,0001. The Committee
decided that the standing orders had been complied with.

WILSONTO*VIM, mortNrNasxnz,

COLTNESS (CALEDONIAN JUNCTION).

This ;r•as also a postponed case from yesterday. The Committee
lecided that the standing orders had also been complied with in
this case.

MALDON, WITHAM, AND BRAINTREE.
The length of this line is 12 miles, and is for the passage of goods
and traffic. The estimated cost is 180,000/., end the amount sub-
scribed 150,000/,
The engineer is Joseph Locke, Esq., and the Parliamentary agents
Messrs. Dyson and Co. ; solicitors, Messrs. Blood and Douglas.
The customary proof having been tendered, the Committee de-
cided that the standing orders had been complied with.
THE BRISTOL AND EXETER (CREW—
HERNE 1LRA441.1).
The length of this proposed line is S.?l sirs. and the object of the
Bill is to construct a railway, commenclYtig at the junction of the
proposed Great Eastern Railway at Crewkerne, and terminating at
the Junction of the Yeovil and Durston Railway at Martock. The
estimated cost is 120,0001.; the estimate has been given under a de-
claration.

.. . ....
The engineeer is I. K. Brunel, Esq., ; the Parliamentary agents.
Messrs.: Dyson and Co. ; and the sol:eitors, Messrs. Silvery and
Clarke.
The standing orders were reported t• 4 have been complied with.

DUNDEE AND ARBROATH EXTENSION.
The object of this line is an extension of the Arbroath line to
Broughty. The length is two miles, and the estimated cost 20,0001.,
the funds hiving been supplied out of the capital of the company.
Ile name of the engineer is John Miller, Esq. ; those of the Parlia-
mentary agents, Messrs. Webster and Co., and of the solicitors,
Messrs. Sheilt and Seville, Dundee.
The standing orders were reported not to have been complied with,
in consequence of a copy of the estimate, and not the original itself;
having been handed in. I n every other respect the standing orders had
been complied with, and the Chairman said that the Committee
would report accordingly. The matter was therefore postponed till
another day, to enable the agents to produce the original.
DUNDEE AND PERTH RAILWAY AMEND.