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London, England, 1846-06-11 00:00:00

GROUP LIII.

This Committee met this morning at the usual hour; the Hon. E
Laseelles In the chair.

SHROPSHIRE UNION AND CANAL (cnEa
TER, TO WOLVERHAMPTON).

Evidence against the Bill was received on behalf of the Stafford-
shire and Worcestershire Canal Company.
Two witnesses were examined to show the injury which would re-
sult to the local traffic from the conversion of the canal.
Mr. Mums, on behalf of Lord Hatherton, then addressed the
Committee in opposition to the line.
Mr. Maim:B, on behalf of Lord Hatherton, then addressed the
Committee in opposition to the line. He contended that it was a
project totally uncalled for, and would never give remuneration.
There was no evidence brought forward to prove its necessity, and
ashen it was proposed to lay out a capital of 800,0001., he thought it
was incumbent on its promoters to bring forward strong and over-
whelming evidence in its favour. If they wished to prove that the
Grand Junction Company had too much traffic at present on their
line, witnesses ought to have deposed to that fact. They ought to
have called some gentleman connected with that company in proof
of this, if it were the case. But not a single witness stated any-
thing of the sort. He, therefore, contended, taking all the circum-
stances into account, that the Committee could not inflation the
proposed undertaking, inasmuch as it was not required by the wants
of the district.

Mr, LAING, on the part cf the promoters, replied on the general
case.

The room was then cleared, and on the re-admission of parties,
The CHAIRMAN said the Committee would not give any decision at
present.
The Committee then adjourned.

GROUP LIT.

LEICESTER AND XITAIKINGNAX, WITH A

IBRANCH.

The Committee met at the usual hour this morning, and were so
copied the whole day in hearing the case of the opponents to this
Bill.

As the opposition was principally confined to the objections of
the landed proprietors on the part of the competing lines and private
individuals, no point of any peculiar public interest was elicited.

Several Witnesses were examined, but their evidence was merely
a recapitulation of the statements already made known in connexion
with the fine.

The Committee then adjourned,

GROUP LXIV.

This Committee re-assembled to-day at twelve o'clock, in Room
11'; prevent, Mr. T. S. Duncombe (chairman) and the other Mem-
bers.

XRISH GREAT WESTERN (PORT.A.R.•
LINGTON TO GALWAY).

The Cnaisatax said that the other evening when they se-
parated the question which arose, namely, whether Mr. Cock-
burn, of the South Western Railway, had a locus
etandi, was not decided. The Committee had since determined that
Mr. Cockburn had not a locus standi against the preamble of the Bill,
but should be heard against any clause relating to purchase that
might be proposed.

Mr. Sergeint WILANQRAP4 said that he appeared on the part of
the 3fullingar Company, who opposed the Bill.
Mr. TAyLoa, en the part of the promoters of the Bill, contended
that as the clients of his Learned Friend had not petitioned against
the preamble of the Bill they could not be heard, and It was the uni-
versal practice of Committees not to entertain objections under these
circumstances.
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of Lor
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Sergeant
refuted the assertion of his Learned Friend, and there was no neces-
sity for petitioning against the preamble of the Bill when they were
Bills W
havingßA c lite':n c c'lt 't
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before that
competing lines, and grouped together.
The CHAIRMAN said it was unnecessary to argue the point.
The Committee, after hearing counsel pro and con., decided that
the Grand Canal Company , under their seal, might be heard against
the preamble of the Bill, and that the other petitioners might be
Mr. Richard Lynch, ofgo(o43,..lwinayaa7z.as
beard against particular clauses.
The case for the Bill was then resumed.
it,tantrltDofutbillien,waenydwfraecuthytheoaloaeltte,repnladeeththeYaetformaomined by Mr. TAYLOR,
ntnal.orndoofn,thLeivreorapdool,
and stated that they got
the mode of transit for
carts. lie further stated that the railway proposed weuld be of by
greatest advantage not only in bringing goods to Galway, but alsothe
in conveying, thence corn, 50,000 tons of which came annually into
the town, and a greater portion of which was sent to Dublin.
The Marquis of Clanrlcarde was examined, and bore testimony to
the general advantages of the line. His Lordship considered that
the railway which would afford to the inhabitants of Galway an op-
portunity of sending their corn to Cork and other parts of the south
of Ireland where distilling was extensively carried on, must de-
cidedly be of great national importance, and
remunerative. Promised to be highly
Mr. Denis Kirwan, of Galway, was examined, and stated that there
was a considerable Assistant Atijutant-General of the Forces In Ire-
Colonel Foster,
traffic from Galway to the south.
military point of view, as it would afford
~ „aminel, and expressed his opinion as to the benefits of
~ troops to Cork, Fermoy, and other parts of the
facility in sending Athlone, which was a matter of the greatest
south of Ireland from
importance.
f Clare, stated that the population of that town
Mr. Robinson, 0
there was a great quantity of corn sent from
was 18,000 ; that would afford a communication with the
that a railway
Athlone, and
red ,w
proposeda- - line in a
markets
alstatements as to traffic, the Com.
additional
After hearing some addi
mittee adjourned.
of the south of Ireland.

Sunnzy ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—These gardens were
on Tuesday brilliantly illuminated in honour of her Majesty's natal
day, a resplendent star, festoons of lamps, &c., being placed over the
principal entrance ; there was, moreover, an extra display of fire-
works, and an additional band, which, in conjunction with the ordi-
nary baud, played the national anthem, accompanied by Salutes of
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