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London, England, 1846-07-17 00:00:00

RAILWAY COMNUTTEES.

(YESTERDAY).

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Room D.
The members of this Committee re-assembled to-day at
eleven o'clock.
trsvnazt AND =nor ST. EDMUND'S
(NOENVION EXTENSION).
Mr. George B. Bidder was re-called for the purpose of
answering some questions respecting the shares in the dif-
ferent lines of railway which he had projected in this district,
which terminated the case against the Bill.
Mr. Sergeant WRANEHIAM said that it then became his
duty to address to their Lordships such observations as might
appear to him necessary. to put the case before them with
regard to the evidence in that light in which it should be
viewed. Their Lordships laboured under a misfortune with
respect to this line, which the other tribunal before whom
this Bill was tried were free from, namely, that they had
not had all the rival schemes before them. Had this been
otherwise, they would have had an opportunity of weighing
in the balance with the present line some of the
schemes for the same purpose which had been
referred to 17 Mr. Bidder and the company, he
represented. Now it was in evidence before the Com-
mittee that the scheme then before them was calcu-
lated to give accommodation to the same district, and to
afford ample remuneration to the promoters. It had been
stated by Mr. Bidder yesterday that such was not the case,
but that it was true of the schemes with which he (Mr.
Bidder) was associated,
Mr. AUSTIN said that he was just informed that his friend,
Mr. Bidder, had received by telegraph an account that an
express had arrived at Yarmouth in
-three hours and a half,
including stoppages.
Mr. Sergeant WILANCHIAM said he was about to state to
their Lordships what was the amount of expense that would
be incurred by these rival schemes. Why, the cost of the
first line was 440,000/. • of the second line, from Thetford to
Redham, 480,0001. Then there was the coast line, the
Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth, the capital of which was
11,950,000/. There was another line from Thetford to New-
market,the cost of which would be 350,0001., making a total of
2,465,000/. of shares for the accommodation of that district,
which, with the 40,000/. required for the establishment of a
station at Norwich, and the money they would be entitled to
borrow, give altogether a sum of 3,333,000/. Such
was the sum this rival Company required to
gave the advantage of railway facility of transit to Norwich,
Ipswich, Yarmouth, and Stowmarket. The present project
would effect this object by a direct line, except with a slight
kfrAttlirfieElWlll4ll,olltimrtant town of Stowmarket,
the attention of their Lordships to a mistake which 'had been
committed by the only witness against the Bill, Mr. Bidder.
That gentleman, in dealing with the question, as regarded
Yarmouth, said that he was desirous in his schemes to
connect the centre of Suffolk with Norfolk, whereas
the point to which he alluded was not in the
centre, or even the county of Suffolk. Mr. Bidder
bad also stated to their Lordships in his evidence that,
though he did not think Yarmouth entitled to a per-
fectly direct line, yet that he it might justly re-
quire the second best line at the Mint he had mentioned,
namely, Diss. Now, the present scheme did give that second
best line. After some further observations as to the evi-
dence in support of the Bill, the Learned Counsel concluded
by calling on the Committee to declare the preamble proved.
The room was then cleared, and on our re-admission,
The CHAIRMAN announced that the preamble of the Bill
was proved.

STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE.
MOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships met at the usual hour; Lord Shaftesbury
in the chair.
Their Lordships immediately assumed the form of a Select
Committee on Merits, and proceeded to the consideration of a
list of thirty-two Bills which came before them in that ca-
pacity. Fourteen of these were railway Bills.
OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON.
The proofs on the part of the promoters of this often ad-
journed Bill were completed this morning, and the preamble
was declared proved.
SHREWSBURY, OSWESTRY AND CHESTER JUNC-
TION (CRICKHEATH AND WENN LINES.)
SHREWSBURY, OSWESTRY, AND CHESTER JUNC-
"TION (EXTENSION AND BRANCHES).
These Bills were again called on, and after hearing some
further proofs their Lordships declared the preambles proved.
A number of other Bills were part heard and adjourned.
On resuming the form of a Committee on Standing Orders,
their Lordships proceeded with the case of the
WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH,
The promoters of which Bill had complied with the stand-
ing orders.
After partially hearing one or two Bills, which they ad-
3ourned till to-morrow, the Committee rose.

DIRECT WESTERN RAILWAY..