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London, England, 1846-06-08 00:00:00

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RAILWAY COMMITTEES•

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
GROUP I.
IMPORTAN T DECISION.
LONDON AND TORE (THE nasTsitAr
COUNTIES).
This being the day appointed by the Committee for
giving theft
decision upon the preambles of the above all-Important competing
lines of railway, the parties interested crowded the gallery leading
to the Committee-room long before eleven o'clock, the hour atwhich
their Lordships usually take their seats. The greatest interest was
manifested by all parties, many of whom were new faces, evidently
importations from the provinces who came to judge for themselveS
and according to the result, do their own business at
Capel-coart. The professional gentlemen whe make th.t
place, not only their locale, but their "be all and their end at:
here," on this uncertain earth, were first of the first on the spot, and
the anxiety which, notwithstanding their assumed indifference, Wu'
not only plainly, but too painfully, depicted on their phYeleglinniieH;
Had Mrs. Gore been present, she would would have learned that 11.1%,
new work was not, nar could not possibly have been comPle,n
without an embodiment from her graphic pen. Care, anxiety, 1."
and gain—in tact, all the passions of the speculator and the runner
grub, were concentrated in each of those who clung round the roonlP
upon the opening of which hung the destiny of their fates.
At ten minutes past eleven o'clock the Noble Lords took their
Metiers
seats, consisting of the Earl of Lovelace (chairman), Lord
Lord Vivian, the Marquis of Camden, and Lord Bandon. instead
Their Lordships, much to the disappointment of all pallier
heir
of throwing open the doors, as was expected immediately on iten
assembling, continued in close consultation for about an hour,
they then called for counsel. The next summons was for lllesf,7l
Brunel!, Locke, and Cubitt, civil engineers ; the doors Were f":
closed to the public and the press, and we could only haaara
opinion, that they were then discussing some change of the stationsinfo'
on tile line which interfered with the property of many of the
ential landowners. After about half-an-hour's close and most rar •se-
rious conference with the engineers, the parties were called in aboat.9n,_
o'clock, when a general rush, which filled the room to suffecan!r;
took place. As soon as order was restored—no sudden matter, wily.
a whole legion outside the door struggled for admittance innai
from the fact of the impossibility of the place holding one addlun'
--amidst the most breathless silence, duty
The Noble CHAIRMAN, addressing the parties, said—lt is my
to announce to you, on the part of the Committee, that their de,ctostrd
is unanimous in favour of the London and York Railway—%
cheers burst simultaneously from the crowd in the room, which was'
taken up in the gallery and passages.) Upon which the Chair_oa
oßf
said, we must have the room cleared if there is any
that kind, interrupti

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP XIII.
This Committee met to-day at one o'clock, Sir William Clay 12
the chair.

GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND cARLIBT'T•
Mr. MARTIN having intimated that the small branch of the North
British (Carlisle Extension seheme to Canobie) would, no doubt, he
made so as to connect with the Dumfries scheme, with the collSellt
of the proprietors, and without the interference of Parliament,
The Committee proceeded to consider the postponed clauses of the
NXTESDALE LINE.
•

An argument of some length took place beive..... eh. Learned
Counsel as to a clause affixing the conditions on which the Dumfries
Company should be'allowed to run o%er the Caledonian line from th*
point of junction of the two lines to cr.. nate. It resulted in the clause
°ems withdrawn, as it was intimated that no doubt hereafter a satis-
factory arrangement on the matter would be come to between the
two companies, and that in the meantime the Railway ComPatilee
Clauses Consolidation Act (Scotland) would provide for the
dan line being used by the Dumfries Company on the paymentthe regular tolls.
The other clauses were then disposed of with some unimPerant
amendments, and the Chairman was instructed to report the Bill
the House. Caledoi

GROUP XIV.
of the
The Select Committee appointed to consider the merit."
Bills comprised in this group re-assembled this morning for the
time after the Whitsuntide recess; Mr. Protheroe in the chair-
TUC, SENT ATMOSPHERIC LINE.
The engineering evidence in favour of this line was resumed. ittee
The parties proposed to call Mr. Hawkshaw ; but the ego, 8} the
refused to hear him, until Mr. Cubitt, the engineer .in-chiel of
line had given his evidence.
Mr. Sergeant TALFOHRD reminded the Committee, that in a eeurt ord.
law the counsel in a case was allowed to conduct their case c
ed
ing to the best of their judgment and ability, but where it 9.P it
that the court were averse to the course adopted by the counseltheY
was for the counsel to grapple with that aversion in the best WAY
could.
The CH ...Med hi
AIRMAN remarked, that the Committee were not 0/
the rules which regulated courts of law ; but, by the suitlies"" th.
the Chairman of Committees. Mr. Cubitt, they had been told, if,.s
engineer-in-chief of the line, and, of course, the testimony ef
ecendl"
engineers could only be taken as a corroborative or I
character.

Ultimately, after nearly an hour or so had been wasted in
cussing the point, the Committee decided that they would reoal"
Mr. Hawkshaw's evidence under protest. WO Mr. Ilawkshaw, engineer, of the Manchester and Leeds line+At.
then called. He gave a decided opinion in favour of the Sea_thile
mospheric line, because it would form a direct line to Hover, "07,
at the same time that object was accomplished by making use
considirable distance of existing rails. As far as gradients were cone
tue
cerned, both lines were good ; but certainly the atmospheric bini
greatest extent of level.
It was then proposed to adduce evidence in favour of the ann'
spheric propulsion princi le ; but Cabins
CHAIRMAN a iain pressed the parties to produce Mr. cudon.
and the room was cleared for a second time to consider the 4nl tithe
It turned out, however, that Air. Cubitt was closeted with —so
Commitee in the Lords on the London and Tork Bill, and there n
no chance of his being disengaged for some time. take the
Under these circumstances, the Committee consented to
evidence of Mr. Wm. Vallee and Mr. Manning, whO Haveg-
aneral
testimony in favour of the Kent Atmospheric line. la the
It still appearing that Mr. Cubitt was likely to be engaged laa.
London and I ork Committee for the whole of the day, the Ca
tee determined upon adjourning till to-morrow.

GROUP XVIII.
EXETER (GREAT WESTERN).
haal•
The Committee met at the usual hour ; Mr. B. Denison,
At the commencement of the sittings of this Coearr ha ap•
AUSTIN stated that the Great Western Company, for whom
peered, had taken the subject Into their consideration, as
desired by
the Committee previous to the holidays, namely, with reference is
altering the plans of the Exeter and Yeovil line so as to accommo-
date both gauges, and the result of that deliberation was, that
4„.
Great Western Company were prepared to adopt the
sertion of a clause in their Bill, should their
receive the sanction of the Committee, empowering the
mto lay down a double rail on their line, so as to accommodate bow
gauges.
The CHAIRMAN intimated that the Committee would not, at the
present time, go into the matter further, until the merits of the win"
ca• e had been disposed of. They had merely thrown out the sugges'
tion in order that the subject might receive the consideration of the
parties during the recess.
Lord Fahnouth was then called, on behalf of the Exeter Great
Western Company, whose evidence was almost exclusively confined
to the benefits which the construction of this line would afford to
the county of Cornwall by its junction with the Cornwall Railway.
in preference to the line of the Exeter, Yeovil, Dorchester, and
Salisbury junction iu continuity with the Cornwall and Devon
Central.
Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., gave evidence of a similar nature.

LIII.
The Select Committee to whomGROUP thiS group has been referred re.
assembled to-day, in Room 26 in the new Houses of Parliament, at
the customary hour. Present, the Hon. E. Lascelles (in the chair),
the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Mr. It. Clayton, Captain DalrytuPle,
and Mr. Hildyard.
SHROPSHIRE UNION AND CANAL (Cugs"
TER TO WOLVERHAMPTON).
This part-heard case was proceeded with.
stated
Mr. Provis, civil engineer, was the first witness called. Se
that he was the acting engineer of this line, under the directroft_ f
Messrs. Stephenson and Cubitt, and minutely described its route. Thea
total length of the line is forty-five miles and seven chains, a
the whole of the line, with the exception of four miles, consist!!
present of a canal, there will be little or no interference with private
property in the construction of it. The gradients are exceedingly good,
the steepest gradient being one in 100. The general nature
oulurweofd be
the
curves is such as would not incur any danger. There
only one tunnel of eighty yards, and no engineering difficul-
ties. The line would cress one turnpike road. None
of the secondary stations were yet definitely fixed. There would,
however, most probably be one at Market Drayton. The estimated
cost of the works was as follows :—Earthwork, 143,513/. 17s. Bd.;
purchase of level crossings, diversion of roads, &c., 137,6481. Is. ld.;
tunnel, 2,0051. 17s. ; viaduct, culverts, arches over canals, &C.,
57,1031. 3s. 3d. • fence-, 11,6721. 25.; permaneut way, 270,5251. ;
stations, 51,0091: ; contingencies, at 107. -per cent., 67,3391. 17s 6d. •
purchase of lands and buildings, 77,448/. 18s. 4d.—makiag a total
of 817,7871.
Cross-examined—Could not say precisely from what quarter the
traffic on this line was to come, but he supposed it would prin-
cipally come from Wolverhampton. He saw no reason why, If WS
I line were constructed, the proprietors could not compete with the
Grand Junction Company, as far as regarded the district through
which it would pass. This line would be a mile and a half shorter
tl'an the scheme of the Grand Junction Company, and its gradients
were better. The sun; mentioned for the purchase of land and build-
ings did not include the purchase of the canal, which ran for 14
miles along the route, but he did not think that the total expense Of
construction would be extraordinarily great.

GROUP LVI.
The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills_
comprised in this group re-assembled this morning for the first tint'
after the recess, Mr. Ewart in the chair.
LONDON AND BL.A.C3LIATILLL EXTENOZoIir•
This case was resumed, Mr. Whately appearing to oppose it on be'
hall of the East and West India Dock Company.
Several witnesses were called to prove that the proposed Ivorkn
would billet serious injury on the Company's property in Fenchurca
street, while the anticipated advantages of the proposed exteneir
were not sufficient to compensate the public or the Company
injury. for CU

GROUP LVII.
The Committee on this .roup met to-day at half-past one e'cl"i4
in room No. 27 (Grand Corridor) ; present, the Right Hon* „
Baring (chairman), Mr. Staunton, Mr..Baskerville, Mr. BouT erle
and Mr. Charles East.
The Bills ineli'ded in the group are six, viZ., the
Dudley Cabal and Birmingham Canal Amalgamation
London and Birmingham Grand Junction, and Manchester and
Birmingham Railway Amalgamation, the London and Birmiedl44".
(Aylesbury Purchase), the Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Jane-
!
tion, and North Wales Mineral Railway Amalgamation, the North
Union, the London and Birmingham (Birmingham Canal Arrange'
went).

These Bills were severally called on in their order, the names of
counsel and agents given, and petitions against the measureS re'
ceived.

The business of the Committee was then delayed for some time
consequence of the absence of some of the leading counsel. At length
The CHAIRMAN said, li the parties have agreed to take one of these
Bills first, the Committee will go on. We will wait iive minutes
longer, and no more.
Mr. WADDINGTON, who appeared for the London and Birmingham
and Dudley Amalgamation Bill, said that it was agreed that the first
Bill taken should be

had been
hbeaednbefeonr sentsom some time
THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM GRAND
JUNCTION, AND Beit.NCIIESTER 41.11 D
nor Mr. Tralarb:ta
IV/INGHAM RILIVIATAir
But the parties could not at once proceed, as neither Mr. Austin
➢ir. TALBOT, having arrived, g.ettnetylemhae
stated that it would not be necee-
sary to occupy the Committee at affelegth as there was no opposi-
. had subsided, and the parties themselves, as well as
tion to the preamble of the Bill, of which was to place
unity of
g and a degree of
thesp uase several knee set forth in the title of object
the Bill under one manage-
ment;butbad feeling bt.etNregethheadmabientengemmell'iult idoeflhttisiedindifrerent lines
mweanstapryresseanitic.tio::,°s'a:.
There would be a greater accounnotdeadtiboyn management.
tile public, would be greatly bawl
the •
of the rates. , and a considerable reduc-
tion

TRINITY MONDAY.—This being Trinity Monday, the
annual procession of the Masters of the Trinity House to
Deptford took place. Shortly after eleven o'clock the pro-
cession issued from the Trinity-house, Tower-hill. His
Grace the Duke of Wellington being present as the Prin-
cipal, and, not meeting them at Deptford, as had been an-
nounced, on arriving at the main gate of the Tower, of
which his Grace is warden he was received by a guard of
honour of the Coldstream Guards, who formed a double line
from the outer gate to the stairs on the wharf, where they
embarked on board the Trinity barge, and proceeded to
Deptford, where they will attend Divine service at the Old
Church, according to custom. A great concourse of persona
assembled on the occasion. A grand banquet will take
place in the evening, at the Trinity-house, Tower-hill.
DEATH OF THE HON. MRS. HENRY TUFNELL.--Tbls
lady died at Twickenham, on Thursday last, in her 36th
year. She was, before her marriage, the Hon. Frances BYI.
second daughter of General Lord Strafford, by his second
marriage with his late lady, Marianne, daughter of Sir W
James James. and married September 24, 1844, Henri
Tufuell, Esq., M.P.
The Recruit, 12-gun brig, built of iron, by Messrs.
Ditchburne and Mare, is to be launched on the 9th lust.
It has been stated that Commander Bowker is likely. to com-
mand her. He is considered a very experienced brig sailor,
and will no doubt do her ample justice.—United Service
Ga-
zette.
EXTENSIVE FIRE AT BIRMINGHAM.—On Saturday
morning a tire broke out on the extensive premises of
mr.
Elliot, Regent-parade, Regent-place, Birmingham, wniuh
t:
was not got under till most of the valuable property and
machinery was destroyed. 87. the timely and well-directed
efforts of the District Fire-ofhco engine, a goldsmith's shop,
immediately adjoining Mr. Elliot's, was saved. The pro'
miss§ Tiers fully Wound, The fve was purely accidental.iaccidental.