The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-19 00:00:00

SHREWSBURY AND BIEWErNGHANI.

Mr. CORBETT opposed the line on behalf of certain landowners
through whose property this project would pass. Mr. Thorneycroft
was one of the principal of the petitioners. He intended. if the
preamble were passed, to object to the clauses, but he hoped that the
preamble would not be declared by the Committee to be
proved. The works of Messrs. Hatherton, Henderson, Hyde,
and Clarke, and Joseph Mellor, of Wolverhampton, would
be destroyed if the Bill were passed. There was another
line, which would come before the consideration of the
Committee, which would afford his clients much better accommoda-
tion than the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and which would not at
all injure their works. Ile therefore hoped that the Committee
would pause well before they passed the preamble of this Bill. In
endeavouring to accommodate some parties, the promoters of this
Bill proposed to injure.the interests of others in a manner that Par-
liament could net sanction. lie did not oppose the scheme merely
on the old narrow ground that it was a railway. The peti-
tioners on the contrary, believed that a railway would be
of infinite benefit to them, but they begged to repre-
sent that there was another scheme which would afford
equal and even better accommodation, without inflicting the same
injury on private property. The Learned Counsel then explained by
the aid of a wooden model which lay on the table before the Com-
mittee, the manner in which this line would injure the property of
his clients. If this line were formed, it would divide his extensive
works, which would render them less valuable. It would also cause
the Horsley-fields-road to be raised on a high embankment, which
would have the effect of forming a complete barrier to the access to
Mr. Thorneycroft's works on the most extensive side. Further than
this, the promoters of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham had not yet
obtained the consent of the trustees of that road to interfere with it In
the manner proposed. The trustees of the road were against the er
teraplated alteration of the road, which would be raised to such gigrount
at that part where the line would pass underneath it, at to cause serious
inconvenience to the public. An immense amount of moneyand n
if the
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been ir_vested in the erection of his client's
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slightest barrier were put to the access to them, rherkarSest
most serious, not only to them but the community at _
as totally
district. The proposed interference with private n
uncalled for. ----- 'ulaitr: would be

GROUP LVIII.
MIDLAND RAILWAY (PITSCSASZ or
OAILHAIVE CAIWAX.).
This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, in room No. 8
The greater part of the day was occupied in the consideration Of the
clauses of the above Bill, the preamble of which was declared proved
a few days since.
The Committee adjourned until twelve o'clock toluorrow.

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LETTERS TO INDIA. -The next mails to Gibraltar,
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ton, and by tise overland mall via Marseilles, on the morning of the
24th instant.
FOREIGN POULTRY.--Yesterday Leadenhall-market
presented a very interesting appearance from the quantity of foreign
poultry offered for sale ; a speculation which, from the prices they
realised, is likely to turn out very successful.
MR. BONN.—We regret to learn that the director of
Drury-lane Theatre is seriously indisposed, and that` yesterday
afternoon he was considered to be in great danger.
The Oddfellows are, perhaps, the most numerous and
important body enrolled together for mutual assurance in Great
Britain. On the Ist of January, 1846, they had 3,884 lodges in 386
districts, and their members numbered 259,374.
1t1.7:tt01311T.:.D CHANGE OF MINISTRT.—A gencrei opi-
nion prevails among the supporters of the present Administration
that no change of Ministry will take place for some time.
WINDSOR, THURSDAY EVENING.—The Duchess Of
Kent will remain at Frogwore during the visit of the Court to the
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