The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-06 00:00:00

GROUP XLIV.

This Committee also held its first meeting to-day in Room No. 27
(New Houses of Parliament), at one o'clock. The Members (who
were all present at the meeting of the Committee) are—Lord Palmer-
ston (chairman), Lord Villiers, Colonel Reid, Mr. Payne, and Mr.
Bodkin.
The group which has been submitted to this Committee consists of
five lines, which propose to give accommodation to the western parts
of Yorkshire ; they are-1. Lancashire and North Yorkshire ; 2.
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction ; 3 York
and Carlisle ; 4. Yorkshire and Glasgow Union ; 5. Blackburn,
Clitheroe, and North-Western Junction ; 6. Clitheroe Junction ;
7. Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction.
The appearance of the agents and counsel for the several lines, and
their opponents having been made,

The bitatax.AN asked whether 'the parties concerned had made
any agreement as to which of the Bills should have precedence.
Mr. TALBOT said that the duty of replying to that question de-
volved upon himself, as counsel for the Liverpool and Manchester
(No. 2on the list). It had been usual for the Bills which had first
been read a second time, to take precedence of those read at a later
period. The Liverpool and Manchester Bill had been read a second
time on the 18th of February, but his Learned Friend, Mr. Sergeant
Murphy, who appeared for the York and Carlisle line (read on the
25th of February), had, upon pretences which he would not charac-
terise, attempted to set up a claim to precedence.

Mr. Sergeant MURPHYsaid that he understood that the Liverpool
and Manchester Bill, which certainly was read on the 18th Feb., had
virtually ceased to exist, having been abandoned by the promoters,
but that it was intended, upen the pretext that this Bill had
been read on the 18th of February, to give precedence to a project,
which was contained in another Bill, the Lancashire and North
Yorkshire (No. 1 on the list).
Mr. TALBOT could assure his Learned Friend that he was misin-
formed. It certainly was the case that the Lancashire and North
Junction, and the Liverpool and Manchester Bills had been fused, by
the amalgamation of the companies promoting them, and also that
some part of the latter had been abandoned. It was, however, in-
tended to "go for" a great part, and a very important part, of the
Liverpool and Manchester Bill.

The Committee ordered the room to be cleared in order to consult
upon the question as to the order in which the Bills should be taken ;
but in consequence of the crowded state of the room, and of the
difficulty of access to this exceedingly ill-arranged room, the process
of clearing was so slow that before we had reached the door the
committeeconsulted and had decided on the course:to be taken. The
parties were therefore called upon to return to the room, and
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examination of the Bills. They therefore would take the Bills in the
order in which they had been read in the House, without taking into
consideration the question, as to whether any part of a Bill would
be abandoned. They, therefore, would take the Liverpool and Man-
chester line first, but they must here depart somewhat from the
rule laid down—in order to take the York and Carlisle line at the
same time, as it was a competing line, and in all cases of competing
lines a similar exception would be made. Be understood that the
Yorkshire and Glasgow Union Railway (No. 4 on the list) was also
a competing line with the Liverpool and Manchester sad
the York and Carlisle ; it would therefore be taken with
them. The Committee would next take the Fleetwood, Preston,
and West Rldinglline (the 7th on the list) that having been read en
the 27th of February, next the Blackburn and Clithero (No. son
the list) which had been read on the 2d of April, and next the
Clitheroe Junction, read on the 4th of May.
The Committee at this moment removed from their incommodious
apartmen, to the larger and more comfortablet room, No. 25, which
had just become vaoant by the adjournment of the Committee on
Croup 26. They then proceeded with the case of the

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to west.
Mr. Sergeant MURPHY endeavoured to show that when taken
together with certain other lines, the York and Carlisle would have
conflicting interests with the Liverpool and Manchester line, but
The Committee decided that the Leeds and Carlisle Railway Com-
panies were not entitled to be heard as competing with the Liverpool
and Manchester line.
M. who appeared as counsel for several petitioners
against
said that his Learned Friend 31r. Talbot, having
stated in his
address that he abandoned the whole of the lino except
the portion marked scarlet
on a map hanging on the wall of the
Committee-room, he (Mr. Brendt)
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withdraw his opposition to the Bill.
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clients would be in no way influenced by the line, and he would now
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