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London, England, 1846-06-27 00:00:00

BILL.

On the order of the day being read for resuming the ad-
journed debate on the second reading of this Bill,
Mr. FOX MAULE said, that as he had no hopes of
being able to proceed with the Bill, he should, with the per-
mission of the House, withdraw the Bill. He was happy to
say that since he last addressed the House on this subject, two
Noble Lords, who had previously refused, had now consented
to grant sites for the erection of fre churches.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said the Hon. Gentleman had, in
his opinion, exercised a very wise discretion in not attempting
to press his Bill thrcugh the House.
The order for the second reading of the Bill was then by
consent discharged, and the Bill withdrawn.
The other orders of the day having been disposed of, the
House adjourned at Half-past Seven o'clock.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(YESTERDAY)

HOUSE 01? LORDS.

Room A.
CAMBRIDGE AND OXFORD.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)

Mr. Bidder, Mr. Henshawe, and Mr. Robert Stephenson gave en-
gineering evidence very strongly against the line, which they repre-
sented to be a bad one in every respect. They particularly objected
to it on account of its having but a single line of rails. If it should
be proposed to make a double line, it could not be done within the
estimates.

Mr. R. Stephenson said that in the time of the railway mania he
was called upon to lay down a line between Oxford and Cambridge,
and he gave his opinion that such a line would be useless and absurd.
It was now proposed to call Mr. Brunel, but as that gentleman was
not in the room, it was proposed that the Committee should adjourn.
It being only about half-past three o'clock, this was very strongly
objected to. The Committee cleared the room on the question
whether they should adjourn or not, and on our re-admission, in
about half an hour, they decided upon waiting for Mr. Brunel. After
waiting for some time, however, their Lordships grew impatient, and
Mr. Ilildyarcl agreed to dispense with Mr. Brunel's evidence.

This cOnclude'd the case for the Duke of Buckingham,

No evidence was called on the part of the other petitioners.
Mr. ITILDYARD observed that he, on the part of the Duke of
Buckingham, Mr. Calvert on the part of other petitioners, Mr. Tal-
bot on the part of others, and Mr. Wells on the part of others, had
each a right of addressing the Committee ; and Mr. Sergeant
Wrarigham had a similar right on the part of the promoters. Now,
if Mr. Sergeant Wrangham would wave his right to his single
speech, he and his Learned Friends would agree to wave their four
speeches. By this means much of the time of the Committee would
be saved, and, for his part, he was perfectly willing to leave it to
their Lordships to judge from the evidence, without hearing anything
from him.

Mr. Sergeant WaAwonsm, after much hesitation, and after con-
sulting with his clients, declined the offer of Mr. Ilildyard. Ile
feared that if he accepted it, he might be charged with neglecting
his duty to his clients.
The Committee then called upon Mr. 111.1dyard to speak on the part
of the Duke of Buckingham.
The Learned CcuNsEL addressed the Committee at some length,
after which

Mr. CALVERT, waiving his right of addressing the Committee,
Mr. Sergeant WRANWIAM, on the part of the promoters. spoke for
nearly two hours, after which the Committee ordered the room to be
cleared, and consulted for about a quarter of an hour, at the expira-
tion of which time
The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee had decided on adjourning

ill to-marrow at half-past eleven o'clock.
They then rose at 30 minutes past seven o'clock.

Room C.

MIDLAND RAILWAYS (LEICESTER AND
SWANNINGTON ALTERATION).

The Committee resumed this day (Friday) at eleven o'clock. The
Earl of Fortescue in the chair.
Mr. Hutton and Mr. Cubitt gave evidence in support of the alter-
native line, having been called. by Mr. WADDINGTON, who,appeared
on behalf of Messrs. Harris, Stretton, and Smith, as opponents to
the Bill. •

Mr. 31acatmar having addressed their Lordships and offered to
introduce a clause for compensating Messrs. Smith and Harris, by
avoiding their premises, which they could do whim' the limits of
deviation,
The Committee ordered the room to be cleared of strangers.
On our re-admission,
The Noble CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee considered
the preamble proved, but required that the clauses respecting the
avoiding of Messrs. Harris and Smith's property should be put in.
The Committee then adjourned for half an hour, to enable the re-
presentatives of those gentlemen and the promoters of the Bill to
make their arrangements on this point, which having been, in the
main, satisfaetorily brought to an issue, the Committee broke up at
three o'clock.

Room D.
SHENTIELD AND LINCOLNSHEIZE.

Tl.e Committee resumed this day (Friday) at eleven o'clock, Lord
Somers chairman.

Mr. Gooch, civil engineer, gave evidence in favour of the line, and
stated that 150,0001. would be sufficient to effect a junction with the
London and York Railway. On his cross-examination he said that a
larger sum would be requisite to effect a junction with Lincoln itself,
by means of the Sheffield and Lincoln Extension.
Mr. Rendall, C.E., offered evidence respecting certain docks, which
WAS not important, when
Mr. Gooch was recalled to supply evidence which was expected
to have been derived front Mr. Stephenson, in approval of the pro-
posed junctions with other lines. On cross-examination he stated that
these junctions were objectionable certainly as a principle, but at the
same time, such as must necessarily he encountered in a great sys-
tem of railways. An oblique crossing was not more objectionable
than a direct one. The tables of traffic having been put in, the case
of the promoters here closed.
Counsel then appeared for certain landowners, and contended that
Retford must be removed from the list, and the promoters would have
to prove that Worksop was of sufficient importance to merit a line
of railway to Sheffield. Not a sinae landowner from Retford to Shef-
field had been called to prove the necessity of such a line, whereas,
on the contrary, they were almost all of them opposed, and that
as much might sometimes be learned of what was not brought
in evidence as by what was adduced. The Learned Gentleman
then read part of a report of the Board of Trade, published in 1844,
before the London and York Railway was commenced, even giving
the Preference to the Swinton line. lie also thought the Committee
would attach great weight to the evidence of Mr Fowler, C.E.,
who had admitted that the extra expense of 30,0001. or
40,0001. for forming a tunnel would have stopped the line altogether.
The Leanied Gentleman contended further, that it was not a sufficient
ground for the formation of a railway simply because tins or that
town might possibly benellt by the abstraction of some Branch of
manufacture from another place, for that would give every town and
village In the kingdom an excuse for applying for railway communi-
cation, but that the general advantage of the community alone ought
to he the guiding principle in the grantin.; of new lines.

Mr. OVERDALE followed, also on behalf of the landowners and, in
a lengthened address, dwelt upon the positive disadvantage to the
people 01 Lincolnshire, who were mostly tanners, being compelled to
go to She;Yield instead of to Rotherarn, especially as the Midland was
already contiguous to the principal mineral district.
The Committee adjourned, till eleven o'clock on Monday, at a
quarter past four.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

LO N DON AND BIRMINGHAM, AND JUR-

.IKINGIIIIIVI CANAL ARRANGEMENT.

The Committee to whom this Bill was referred, and which was
passed by them, re-assembled this morning in Committee-room No. 17
(Mr. Baring in the chair), for the purpose of adding certain amend-
ments, it hav,iii,g been re-committed to them by the House for that
rurpose.
The Bill, with the amendments, having been agreed to, the Com-
mittee separated.