The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-20 00:00:00

LANCASHIRE AND NORTH YORHSHIRE.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
A Mr. Hewick was called, on the part of the petitioner, to
prove that between two sheets of the plan which he had
measured there was a discrepancy of twelve feet. In cross-
examination he admitted that the shrinking or expansion of
one sheet of paper would produce a discrepancy between the
two parts of a plan, but on re-examination. he said
that the same discrepancy existed in the plans sent to the
House of Lords, and that it could not occur that the
sheets would shrink or contract so as to produce the same
discrepancy in both sets of plans.
Mr. llawkshaw, the engineer, was then called on the
part of the promoters of the line. He said that
in the course of preparing the plans, an impres-
sion was transferred from a paper called the " trans-
fer paper" to a lithographic block, and that it commonly
occurred that this paper being wet, either shrunk or got
wrinkled, so as to cause an apparent discrepancy in the plans,
which discrepancy would appear in every copy of the plans.
The discrepancy in this case was, on the paper, about 1-20th
of an inch.
The objection fell to the ground.
Two of the allegationi of the petition were abandoned.
The allegation that " the cross section of the highway
marked No. 13 does not show the present road, nor the_gra-
dient of the new or altered road," fell to the ground, Tas it
appeared that the present road was shown in the cross section.
Another allegation was that there was no cross section of
a public road in the pai ish of Haysden. In support of this
allegation, a witness was called who said that this road was
a public road, a bridle road, and a carriage road, but a wit
ness was called on the other side, who said that it was only
an " occupation road," being for the use only of
the persons to whose houses it led to. It was not
a carriage-road, but carts sometimes passed through it. It
ran parallel to the turnpike-road. If he were on that road,
and were told to go back, he would do so, unless he were
going to one of the houses to which it led.
Objection overruled.
Witnesses having been called, in support of, and in opposi-
tion to, several other allegations of the petition, the further
consideration of the Bill was adjourned till to-morrow.
WHITEHAVEN AND ruimEss 31TNCTION
(WHITEHAVEIN EXTENSION AND NISH-
SAN TON DEVIATION).

This Bill included two projects, one to connet the White-
haven and Furness Junction and the Whitehaven and Mary-
port Junction Railways, and the 'other to deviate and im-
prove a portion of the original line at Kirksanton. Length
of extension, three quarters-of- a mile; estimated cost,
25,000/. Length of deviation, two miles ; estimated cost,
11,0001. Engineer, Mr. George Stephenson ; Parliamentary
agents, Messrs. Jones and Walmsley.
Standing orders complied with.
In the case of the Mitcham and South-Western Railway,
the witnesses not being in attendance, the matter will stand
over till the next meeting of the Committee.
At about half-past three o'clock the Committee adjourned
over to Monday next.

Sill, Committee No. 5.

MIDLAND AND EASTERN COUNTIMIS
(caranninGE TO 7.7EEDON).

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
The Committee decided, after hearing many other similar
objections, that the standing orders had been complied with.
CADIEE.IDOE AND LINCOLN EXTENSION.

The object of the petitioners is to form a railway from Lim
coin to York, with a Branch to Churchfenton.
The estimated cost was 869,0001., and the length 59 miles.
The, line was opposed, on the ground that the fixed point from
which the level was taken was marlsgi
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twelve, after which they i-djonirned until th-t hour.