The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-17 00:00:00

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(YESTERDAY.)

GROUP, No. 9.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Mr. William Anderson was briefly examined as to the traffic. This
he set down at 25,009 tons, all of which he calculated would come
Aom the canal, the harbour, and the railways on the south side of
the harbour.
This closed tho case for the promoters.
Mr. Hors, on the part of the petitioners, said he would postpone
his observations till the close, and would now proceed to call the
Witnesses on behalf of his case.
Mr. B. Kyle, land surveyor, was briefly examined as to the in-
convenience of the branch to the distilleries, glass works, and other
public works n the banks of the canal. The trac along it would
be very great and it would be difficult for carts and other traffic
to go over it.
Mr. Warren, glass worker, gave evidence to the same effect.
These witnesses were shortly cross-examined, but nothing very
material was elicited beyond tile admission, that if the traffic on the
branch was properly regulated, the inconvenience would be very
Much reduced.
The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'clock.

GROUP, No. 16.
SOUTH-EASTER= (TUNBRIDGE WELLS TO

HASTINGS AND RYE).

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Mr. AUSTIN then proceeded to open the merits of the line from
London to •Tonbridge and Hastings, being in all 65 miles. It is in-
tended to proceed by Rochester, Maidstone, Tunbridge, Canterbury,
Sheerness, and Queenborough. Mr. Austin thought this communica.
Lion with the towns of Mid Kent would at once commend the line
to the Committee. Any opposition to be expected was from certain
bondholders on turnpikes and from Sir Godfrey Webster, but he
thought it unnecessary to take up the time by speaking to it.
Mr. Knoaks, corn-deafer in Tycehurst, was examined in reference
to the traffic in that neighbourhood. His son was in the habit ef
selling as many as 70 quarters of corn a week in Tycehurst, and he
was sure that the means of sending their pre _uct to London would
be a very great advantage.
The Rev. Mr. Wetherall, vicar of Lamberhurst, cerroborated the
last witness.
Mr. John Smith, Hitchenham, gave evidence showing that it
would be a very great advantage to those engaged in fattening
cattle to have the proposed line constructed through that country,
connecting it with the London market.
Mr. Barlow, the engineer, was examined as to the length of the
branches. He said the geological nature of the country along the
line was Hastings' sandstone,svhich was well adapted to cuttings and
embankments, the next best to chalk. There would be 1% miles of
tunnelling on the whole line, occurring where it approached Tun-
bridge, the Wadhurst ridge, and Mountfleld. The ruling gradient
would be one in 132. Mr. Barlow estimated the total cost of the line
at 640,0001.
Mr. HILL, on the part of Lord Liverpool, proceeded to cross-
examine the witness as to the details of the cost, and the distances of
places on the line.
Mr. Barlow said the present projected line between Hastings and
Tunbridge did not differ half a mile at any part from a line thrown
out by the Board of Trade last year. The present line was intended
to cross Lord Liverpool's Lidham estates, in the form of the two legs
of a triangle, meeting the Hastings and Ashford Line, which cuts off
the triangular space entirely.
Mr. HILL finished his examination for Lord Liverpool, and the
Committee postponed hearing any further till to morrow.
Mr. Rew for the landholders, and Mr. Hill for Sir Godfrey Webster,
will proceed with the examination of witnesses to-morrow.

Sub-Committee No. 4.

ZRA.DPOILD,NVASrIELD, AND MIDLAND

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)

Mr. GitEcoitT called Mr. Murphy, the engineer, to explain how
the omission had occurred. From this gentleman's statement, and
that of a Mr. Greene, it appeared that the bookbinder, through mis-
take, sent in the wrong copy at first, but took means for substituting
the correct book between the Ist and 4th of December.
After hearing the statements on both sides, the Committee decided
that the allegation was proved.
The next allegation was, that in the plan and book of reference
deposited with the clerk of the peace the lands proposed to be taken
in the parish of Tarnley, being 84 in number, were not mentioned
at all, aid that, therefore, the standing orders had not been -am'
plied with.
Mr. Parrr, for the petitioners, called
Mr. Dickson, who proved that he had examined the book of re-
ference, and discovered that the numbers from 1 to 85, in the town-
ship of Famley, had been omitted. it appeared that two pages had
been tore otd, of the book after it had been lodged, and that the
lands alluded to were correctly marked on the leaves which had been
so tors.

Sub-Committee No. 5.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)

MIDLAND (EREWASH VALLEY
BRANCHES).

A petition against this Bill having been withdrawn, the standing
orders were ultimately declared to have been complied with.
BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD (lIIRMING-

NAM EXTENSION).

After hearing the usual formal evidence in support of this Bill, the
Committee decided that the standing orders had been complied with.

Sub-C•mmittee No. 6.

THE ABERDEEN, BANFF, AND ELGIN.

The object of the Bill was to construct a line ftom Elgin, by Banff,
Foehaben, Keith, &c., to Aberdeen. The estimated cost is 150,000/.,
and the engineer, Mr. granger, who is also engineer to the Edinburgh
and Northern and other lines.
After hearing the usual formal evidence, the Committee decided
that the standing orders had been complied with.

STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
The Committee met this day at three o'clock ; present, the Earl of
Shaftesbury (in the chair), and Lords Itedesdale and Hawarden.
CAMBRIDGE AND LINCOLN, AND LINCOLN AND YORK,
AND LEEDS JUNCTION RAILWAY.
This line commences at the terminus of the Cambridge and Lin-
coln line at Lincoln, and proceeds through Gainsborough, Thorne,
Snaith, and Selby, direct to York. The whole length is fifty-seven
and a half miles. The estimated cost is 868,0001., and the sum de-
posited in the Court of Chancery is 62,2501. Parliamentary agents,
Messrs. Parrett and Walmisley ; solicitors, Mr. Blackburne, Leeds,
and Mr. James, 5, Basinghall-street, London ; engineers, Messrs.
Leather and Sons.
The line could hardly be said to have been opposed, only one peti-
titlon having been presented against it by the London and York Com-
pany, which was subsequently abandoned.
The Committee decided, after bearing the usual evidence, that the
Company had complied with the standing orders.
EPSOM AND DORKING.
The Committee decided that the promoters of this line had also
complied with the standing orders
EASTERN COUNTIES (HERTFORD AND HUNTINGDON).
The hearing of this case, which had been adjourned on Friday
last, was again resumed by their Lordships.
The main objection urged against the Company was a deviation of
ten feet in the datum line, an) error which had been occasioned by
the hostility of a landed proprietor, who would not permit a survey
to be made on his estates.
Tn. Committee decided, in consequence of that fact, and the
candour of the Company in not endeavouring to conceal the truth,
that they would recommend the line to be proceeded with.
STAMFORD AND SI'ALDING.
In this case the witnesses were net prepared, and the consideration
of the case was adjourned.
YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND (WIDENING AND ENLARG-
MENT).
In consequence of Lord Wharncliffe's standing order not having
been complied with; the hearing of the case was adjourned for one
month, to give the parties time to prepare.
Their Lordships adjourned at live o'clock..