The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-24 00:00:00

The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned at Six o'clock.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(THIS DAY.)

HOiJSE OF LORDS,

Room A.
CAF6BRIDO2I AND OXFORD.
(Ccotinued from our Afternoon Edition.)
Mr. Willis, another farther and gra.ider. gave similar evidenoe.
He also spoke of the grtat advantage of botiveyartee by' railway over
conveyance by road to the cattle traffic.
Robert Glyndon, Esq.,
a magistrate in Bedfordshire and chairman
of the Bedford and Mulian.: Railway Company, gave evidence in
favour of this line.
A gentleman, whose name we did not hear, gave tables of th
f e
population within three miles, and also of the popultion
cal-
within five miles of the proposed line. He also ga
culations as to the probable reduction in the price of
coals, In consequence of the better communication the line
ve
would afford. In cross-examination, he admitted that, after the
making of lines already sanctioned by Parliament, it would
line. If not be
this
likely that any of the coal traffic would pass along
did, the reductions which he detailed would be made.
it
Mr. T. E. Wasnatraie said he had examined the tables of land
valuation, and was of opinion that the extracts were correct. He
spoke to a conversation which he had held with Mr. Beard, the Duke
of Buckingham's agent, before the Bill came before the House of
Commons, in which Mr. Beard offered to sell that part of the Duke's
estates which would bo affected by the line for 3,000/. He himself
offered 2,0001., which Mr. ile,ud declined to accept.
Mr. HILDTAUD, on the part of the Duke of Buckingham, cross-ex-
amined Mr. Beard, with a view to show that he was not capable of
judging what was the value of the land, not being sufficiently ac-
quainted with it.
In answer to an observation from the Chairman,
The Learned Cour:att. said that be admitted that his was not a
case of residential damage.
Mr. Denton, the engineer to the line conjointly with Mr. Locke,
was then called, and gave the usual en:ince:ll4
evidence, which was
corroborated by Mr. Locke hit/melt:

This part of the evidence sccupic:d the Committee np to font' o'clock,
at which hour they adjourned till eleven to-morrow, Mr. Locke being
then under crose-examination.

Room B.
GLASGOW, DAERIIMAD, AND NEXLSTON

(PAISLEY BRANCH;.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)

Several other witnesses were called on the part of the Glasgow
and Ayr Company.
The case occupied the Committee up to four o'clock, when they
adjourned until eleven to-morrow.

GROUP D.
SN33I"PIELD AND LINCOLN.

The Committee resumed this day (Wednesday) at eleven o'clock.
Several surveyors, maltaters, and corn factors were called to give
evidence as to the traffic in the surrounding districts. One indivi-
dual stated that he would save 12s. per ton on 300 or
100 tons of timber annually by the proposed railway communication.
Mr. Lee, surveyor of highways at Sheffield, described the quality
of the magnesian limestone about Harthill, rennistone, Greenmoor,
and other plates adjacent to the proposed line.
Numerous other wituesaes were examined and cross-examined by
the counsel for the opposing line, the Msfichester, Midland, and
Great Grimsby, on the subject of traffic, and the Committee adjourned,
at a quarter past four, till eleven o'clock on Thursday.