The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-23 00:00:00

RAILWAY COMMITTEES

(THISDA Y)

Sub-Committee No. 2, Cloisters G.
This Committee met to-day shortly after twelve o'clock. There
were present Sir J. Y. Buller (Chairman), Messrs. Bell, G. Craig,
Kemble, Bram stone, and Walker.

DIRECT LONDON AND MANCHESTER.

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The hearing of the petition from the owners, lessees, and occupiers
of land along the line, against this Bill, which was commenced ou
Friday last, was resumed.

Mr. PRITT (Parliamentary agent for the petitioners) stated that
the petition alleged that, in the plane, the radius of the curve of the
Gthlong was not marked.

Mr. Hunter, engineer, examined—Had inspected the plans de-
posited both at the Private Bill-office and with the elorks of the
peace for the respective counties through which the line proposed to
pass. The radius of the curve in question (which was an inch under
a mile) was not marked in those places.
The Committee found that the standing orders had been complied
with.

The next allegation was, that the piece of ground adjoining No.
319, and coming through the parish of St. Mary, Islington, was not
marked on the plan deposited with the clerk of the peace for the
county of Middlesex.

Mr. W. E. Crew (Clerk of the Peace for the county of Middlesex),
and Mr. Harris, were examined in support of the allegation.
Mr. Ainslie proved that notice was served on Mr. Merrifield, the
owner of the ground in question, which was partly a gravel walk and
garden.

The Committee found that this allegation was sustained, though
the ground alluded to was marked correctly in the book of reference,
and the plan deposited in the Private Bill-office.
In No. 9, an allegation to the same effect was sustained.

Several similar allegations were abandoned.
The petition alleged that in 31 A, in the plan deposited in the Pri-
vate' Bill-office, there was an error,- the ground being improperly
marked. a

Mr. Hunter was examined for, and Mr. Rhea against, the alle
cation._

The Committee fount that in this case the standing orders had
not been complied with.
The next allegation was, that a similar error had been committed
in 74 A in the parish of Chipping-Barnet, which was not sustained.
The next allegation was, that In the plan deposited at the Private
Bill-office no radius of curve on the 2Gth mile and third fttrlong was
marked. This and a similar allegation were not sustained.
The next allegation was, that in No. 18, in the parish of Lucan, in
the county of Bedford, there was an inaccuracy in the plan deposited
in the Private Bill-office.

The Committee found that in this case the standing orders had not
been complied with, -

There ;was a•similar allegation with respect to No. 931* the plan,
the property not being marked with a dotted line. This allegation
was not sustained. -

It was also alleged that No. 3 A in the plan deposited in the Pri-
vate Bill-office was not inserted in the book of reference, which the
Committee found to be sustained.

Sub-Committee No. 4.

This Committee met to-day, at twelve o'clock, in tne Room No.
11, when there were present Sir W. Heathcote, Chairman; Mr.
Hope Johnston, Mr. Atland, and Mr. Cornwall Leigh.

MANCHESTER, HUDDERSFIELD, AND

GREAT GRIMSBY.

By this Bill it is proposed to form a railway from Penniston, in
the West Riding of Yorkshire, at the Sheffield and Manchester line,
to Brigg, in the county of Lincoln, where it is to join the Great
Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway.
The length of the line will be about 47 miles, and the cost is
estimated at 702,0001. Mr. H. Billington is the engineer ; and Messrs.
Sudlow and Kingston are the Parliamentary agents.
Two petitions were presented againt:the Bill, but the solicitors for
the respective petitioners did not appear to press the hostile alle-
gations.

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The Committee were satisfied that the standing orders were com-
plied with, but postponed the final decision of the case till to-morrow,
for the attendance of a witness not forthcoming this day.
LANCASHIRE AND NORTH YORKSHIRE.

The Committee resumed, to-day, the consideration of this Bill,
which had occupied a long time at the last sitting of the Committee
on Thursday, and was fully reported in The Sun of that day.
After hearing the remainder of the proofs in support of the measure,
The Committee decried upon reporting that the standing orders
had not been -complied with, on the grounds alleged in the peti-
tions respecting the imperfection of plans, sections, and descriptions.