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London, England, 1846-03-21 00:00:00

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LONDON AND WINDSOR.
The object of this Bill is to form a direct railway commtiniCa•
tion between London and Windsor. The length of the line is 21%
miles, the estimated cost is 600,0001. The engineer is Sir J.
; the agent, Mr. Dornford; and the solicitor, Mr. G. Smith.
The formal evidence having been gone through.
Mr. Wmrr appeared in support of ,e. petition against the Bill,
the chief allegation of which was, that the datum line was not cor-
rectly marked in the plans and sections deposited.
Engineering evidence was given in support of the allegation.
Mr. Dosalvia called Mr. Thompson, one of the engineers of the
line, to prove the correctness of the plans and sections impugned.

The evidence of Mr. Thompson was confirmed by two other
engineers from the ottices of that gentleman and Sir John
The allegations were not sustained, and the standing orders were
declared to have been complied with.

NULL AND Lnycoximr.
The ob;ect of this Bill is to construct a railroad from
Humber to Lincoln. The length of the line is 36 miles ; the esti-
mated cost, 3.50,0001. The engineer is Mr. S. Birtensharr • agents
Messrs. Balmer and Durnford ; the solicitor, Mr. Ayre,of 11:d1.
Mr. Pallas appeared In support of a petition frem Mr. Cialasford,
a proprietor, within the limits of deviation.
The first allegation, that the plans and sections deposited at the
various offices required were not copies of each other, was sustained.
Other allegations of the same nature were also sustained.
Mr. Menem:), on the part of the promoters, applied to the Com•
mittee to adjourn the case, in order that he might be able to produce
Mr. Birkenshaw, the engineer, who could explain the discrepancies.
The CIIAIBMAN said that there was no question raised by those alle-
gations which an engineer could explain. The Committee could
judge by their own eyes of the discrepancy between the plans and
sections deposited with the Board of Trade and those deposited with
the Clerks of the Peace of the City of Lincoln and of Lincolnshire.
Other similar allegations were then gone into and sustained.
Standing orders not complied with.
The Committee then adjourned at a quarter to five o'clock.

Sub-Committee No. I.
This Committee met at twelve precisely, In room No. 19 ; present.
Mr. Home Drummond (chairman), Mr. recite, and Mr. Walker.
nizMINGICAM AND OXFORD (BIRMING-
HAM EXTENSION), AND BIRMINGHAM
AND OXFORD JUNCTION.
In respect of the several points reserved as to these lines, the Cerxi-
roittee gave their decision that the allegations were not proved, and
the standing orders were complied with.
BIRMINGHAM AND OXYORD JUNCTION.
The point which was under consideration when the Committee
rose yesterday, which was a question as to whether a certain road,
described as a private read, was or was not a public carriage-way,
was discussed at some length. A witness was called to prove that it
was a public way, and that he himself had used it as such, by
going over it in a gig ; and Mr. Carter, for the petitioner (Lord
Warwick), said that be had several other witnesses to call it was
thought necessary.
Mr. BTJELI said he would not sell any witnesses. It mieitt be
that there was a mistake, but the promoters considered this
private road ; and he thought there was ,not sufficient evidence

show that it was a public carriage way.
The Comitirrnx decided that the allegation was preyed.
The next allegation was that the height and span of an arch eve
a canal were not marked.
♦ witness was •aced to point out the arch in question.
Mr. Busse admitted that the height and span were not marked
and the Committee deelared the allegation proved.
There was an allegation that the height and span of the arch over
a turnpike-road, No. 11, leading to Birmingham, were not marked ;
but as it was found that they were marked, the allegation was with-
drawn.
Several allecatiOsis, reitu'ring to the pants arrutd yesterday, and
decided on the meeting of the Committee, were withdrawn.
It was alleged that " the sections and noes-seetions deposited
whit the Clerks of the Peace, and numbered respectively, were not
in attordance with the standing orders, inasmuch as they did not
state the Inclination of the existing roads, and of the proposed roads,
and did not describe the alterations proposed to be made."
Mr. Brain objected to this allegation, as it did not state what
sections were meant; instead of saying that the sections were
" numbered respectively," they ought to have stated 'Mat they were
numbered respectively,
Mr. Caterii said, that the allegation did not refer to any particular
sections, but to all the sections ; and that it he could show that none
contained the necessary description of the alteration, the allegation
would be proved.
Mr. Erma—Then, if you fail in one, your allegation falls to the
ground ; and we ought to point out one for you to begin upon. Mr.
Burke then called Mr. Brunel, the engineer to the line, to point out
ens of the sections, but a witness called by Mr. Carter was before-
hand with him, and proceeded to point out one of the sections, in
which, he said, there was no description of the proposed alteration.
It was found that the level of the present road and that of the in-
tended road were both marked on the section in question, and the
allegation fell to the ground.
Mr. CARTES wished to call a clerk of the peace, and have his
sealed plans opened, but
Mr Brain objected. He referred to the plans which were opt,
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by the clerk of the peace for Worcester yesterday, in which no dig
crepancy was found, and said that his friend was Ashing for !Snits.
Mr. CASTES thought he could show that the inclines were no
marked on the sections.

Mr. It VALE said he thought the Committee had already decided
the point, and
The CHAIRMAN said that the allegation had been disproved, and could
not be further entertained. The Committee would not sanction the
opening of the plans.
Two or throe minute discrepancies in the plans were explained by
Mr. Brunel as being occasioned by shrinking of the paper.
An allegation as to an inaccuracy in the mileage—a distance de-
scribed as cue mile being, according to the scale, much more than a

declared. to be proved.
It was next alleged that a field belonging to a Mr. Wyse, and ad-
ioining one marked No. I, also his property, was not numbered in
the plan.
It was represented by the promoters of the Bill that this field and
that marked No. 1 were in fact the same, and that a brook, said by
the petitioner to he the boundary, was in fact no boundary at alt.
The figure " 1" was intended to appiy to the whole '.
A witness was called to prove that the brook served as a boundary,
and prevented the cattle from passing into one field from the other.
He knew the owner to be the same, but had " alt impression" that
there were two occupiers.
Mr. BUREN said it was clear that the field in question was num-
bered, but might be numbered improperly, being numbered as one.
The Committee, however, confirmed the allegation, and declared
the standing orders not complied with.
The next point raised was one as to the omission of a certain house
ri n the book of reference. A. witness was called to prove the exist-
ence of a house which he saw In January last, but it was then un-
finished, ant he admitted on cr,ss•examination that it might have
been begun after the 30th of November. The allegation fell to the
ground.
Several ether allegations were then read and disposed of, the
standing orders being declared not complied with in more than one
instance.
At four o'clock the Speaker being announced at prayers, the Com-
mittee adjourned to Tueeday next.

STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
The Committee met this day at 12 o'clock. Present, the Earl of
Shaftesbury (in the chair), Lords Redesdale and Hawarden.
WISBECH, ST. IVES,
RAILWAY. WAY. BRIDGE JUNCTION
The Committee, after hearing the usual formal evidence, decided
that the objections urged against the Bill had not been sustained, aria
that the promoters had complied with the 'tending orders.
SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE EXTENSION RAILWAY.
This line, which was unopposed, occupied but a short time.
Their Lordships decided that the Company had fulfilled the stand-
ing orders. The line is about fifteen miles long, and its estlmatel
cost is 259,000/.
Parliamentary agents, Burke and Company.
AXIIOLME, GAINE33OROUGH, GOOLE, AND YORE, AXI)
NORTH MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.
The length of the main line is thirty-two miles, with a branch frcto
Gainsborough to the Sheffield and Lincolnshire of one tulle and a
quarter, and another branch to the river Treat, at the Trent-port-is,
of three-quarters of a mile. There was an error confessed in the
levels, but the landowners and occupiers having, without a shagle
exception, given their accent to the line, the Committee derided that
they would report favourably of it.
The estimated cod is 310,0001.
MIDLAND (SWINSTON AND LINCOLN).
The Committee decided that the Company had complied with the
standing orders as soon as they had inserted a clause fixing the
datum line.
SELECT COMMITTEE ON MERITS.
Their Lordsaips then formed themselves into a committee on merits,
and after hearing evidence setting forth their advantages, declare
the two following Bills to have passed on the merits—via.. The Sligo
and Shannon Railway, and the Galway, and Kilkenny Railway.
The Bills will, therefore, be reported to the House and set don n fer
third reading.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Boom No. E.

The Committee met at half-put twelve o'clock ; prceent. Mr.
Aldan and Mr.Thornely. Mr. Aglionby entered abort half•put one
o'clock.

EXETER GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

The projected line is proposed to proceed front the Bristol and
Exeter Railway near Exeter, to the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
Railway at Yeovil and at Bridport, branching to Char. and Sid-
mouth. Extent of the line 69 miles ; estimated cost, 1,300,0001. ; de-
posit, 82,0001. Parliamentary agents, Burke and Co. Kngineer,
I. K. Brunel, Esq.
Seven petitions were presented against the line from proprietors is
the district, exclusive of those on which so appearances were made.
No. 9, Room.
This Committee met, as usual, this morning, at one o'clock. The
Members present were :—J. B. Eatcourt, Chairman ; Messrs. Pen-
darvee, Aglionby, Miles, C. Bruce, and Strutt.
The Committee decided in the cases of the Chester and Manches-
ter, Direct Baton, Newark, and Sheffield Railway, and the Welsh
Midland Railway, that the standing orders ought not to be dispensed
with. That the parties should not be allowed to proceed with their
The formal proofs were given. In the case of one notice, it was
tbund that it had not been served till one hour and a half after the
time ; the circumstances appeared to justify the non-compliance, but
the Committee felt themselves bound to notify it to the Standing
Orders' Committee.

Petitions in opposition were put in by Mr. Thomas, Parliamentary
agent ; the first from owners of houses In the parish of lioniton, who
complained that no application in writing had been made to them.
This objection was not sustained; but on reference to the sections
and plans the numbers of the houses were not found, although they
appeared in the bcok of reference, and the Committee
3iiitotnedeadye,ciadtetdwtehlevree.
Thad berm a non-compliancenon-compliance with the standing orders.
The Committee adjourned,n at fouroo;c.lock, till
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
LONDON AND WARWICK RAILWAY.
Not allowed to be proceeded with.
EAST AND WEST IDI
DOCKS AND LONDON AND
BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.

Allowed to be proceeded with.
The Committee rose at four o'clock and adjourned till Tuesday neat

PRIVATE COMMITTEES.-(YESTERDAT

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HOLME RESERVOIRS.
This was a Bill to provide water for certain parishes in the West
Riding of Yorkshire.
Unopposed. Standing orders not complied with, inasmuch as the
flied point for the datum line was declared insufncient, being only a
stake driven Into a field, and quite unprotected.
METROPOLITAN SEWAGE BILL.
The consideration of this 1111 was taken this day, by the Sub-
Committee of Standing Orders, No. 4.
Mr. MIT, the agent for the Bill, stated the object to be to
provide manure for agricultural purposes, by draining off the
sewage of London, and carrying it by pipes into the agri-
cultural districts. He did not think that the 13111 earns
properly within the standing orders requiring the deposit
of plans and sections with the Board of Trade, or of money
with the Receiver-General ; but for the sake of security, on thon
orders had been complied with, as If they applied to the Bill. He
submitted, however, that lie need not go into the proofs, and that
the orders did not extend to the ease. Be submitted this point
merely to avoid the setting up of a precedent against parties who
might be in the same position as the promoters of the present
measure.
The CRAIRMAN said that he thought the Bill came ander the stand-
ing orders referred to, as It proposed to give power to lay down
pipes and to construct a water-way across the country. The depo-
sits and the services of notices to proprietors must be proved.
Mr. Pritt put in accordingly the usual formal evidence.
The aensideration of the Bill was then adjourned to a future day.