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HOUSE' of LORDS.
Room A.

MANCHESTER AND SOVTBAMPTON,

The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock, Lord
Monteagle in the chair:
The first witness called-was tir.llarris, an extensive class
manufacturer at Islington, in the vicinity of Birmingham,
who testified to the great difficulty he and others carrying
on a similar avocation experiethetcl from the defective com-
munication for sand, a fine description of which was obtained
from the Isle of Wight. He had 500 tops himself in
the course of a year, but he possessed the largest glass works
in that district. The present conveyance from the Isle of
Wight to Gloucester, by chip, and from thence by canal, was`
most uncertain. During the last year he had it sent by the
Southampton Railway, and then by the London and Bir-
mingham, in order to prevent the stoppage of his works, but
the expense was twice that by the ordinary route. The pro-
posed line would be used by him and others.
Mr. Etwall, M.P. for Andover, considered that the line
would be most advantageous to the whole of the
agricultural district which it was proposed to traverse. The
want of such a line had been felt' for many years, and the
feeling in favour of it throughout the whole district exceeded
in unanimity the feeling with respect to any other undertak-
ing. Had used salt as a manure, and it would be more
extensively used if the carriage were cheaper, as also would
other artificial manures. He became one of the provisional
committee, and a member of the local ,rimmittee for allot-
ting shares, simply in consequence of the great advantage
which he considered the district would derive from the line.
By the ComurrrEE—The shares in that district were al-
lotted to the owners of land, and persons of the highest re-
spectability and opulence. This remark applied to a circuit
of twenty-four miles round Andover.
By Mr. Taenol—There are no considerable towns in the
district but will have railway communication to London by
existing or authorised lines, but not to the north or south.
He did not know of an extension from Reading to Hunger-
f ad, in connexion with the Berks and Hants, nor that a line
had been projected to Worthing. There were a number of
fairs held in the district, a great number of store sheep came
to them. Did not hear at the affirmation meeting that the
company would not call up more than 21. per share, up to 1848,
Mr. Rawlinson, farming 2,000 acres of land at Hole, be-
tween Andover and Salisbury, and rearing from 3,000 to
4,000, sheep in the course of a year, detailed the quantity of
oats and barley raised in the course of a year in Hampshire,
Wilts, and Dorsetshire, the number of fairs, and the
numbers who attended them. Also the number of
cattle and sheep. and gave evidence generally in favour of
the line. He sent malt to Poole, in order to get it to Liver-
pool. The sheep and cattle of the district went to Warwick-
shire and Worcestershire, and to the other midland counties.
If the railway were made it would be extensively used.
Manures, which were much required, would no doubt be
brought in return. Guano was imported at Southampton.
Sir W. Gordon considered that a break of gauge was objec-
tionable, as delay would be occasioned in the transmission of
troops, who were almost invariably attended with heavy
baggage and women and children. A saving of 14 miles in
distance would act two ways—viz., the saving of time and
expense. If the conveyance of men was at the rate of Id.
per mile per man, ls. 2d. would be saved on each man.
There were a number of troops stationed in the manufactur-
ing districts, which this line would be useful in conveying
backwards and forwards. He wished it to be distinctly un-
derstood that he did not come there to give evidence in
favour or against any line, but simply to answer the questions
their Lordships might think proper to put to him. In his
opinion the best railways were those which were direct.
Mr. Matthews, a farmer, between Cheltenham and Ciren-
cester, considered that the line would save to the owners of
land within a'radius of 7 miles of Cirencester,in the carrying
of their prodpce to Gloucester and Cheltenham, 10,000/. a
year. _ _

Mr. Mildmay, M.P., for Southampton, bad had frequent
communications with his constituents on the subject of the
proposed line, whose feeling appeared unanimously in favour
of it. He had presented petitions from the corporations and
other bodies of the town in favokr of it. He advocated the
line on public grounds.
By. Mr. TALBOT—Considered that the proposed and exist-
ing lines must be looked at as to the saving of money to the
poor man, and the great importance to the man of business
in point of time. It would of course be a great advantage to
shorten the distance.

By Sergeant WRANGRAm—,ThOught a line very desirable
which would obviate a break of gauge.
Evidence was also given by Mr. Abingdon, carrying on an
extensive business in the Potteries, and by Dr. Ghipney, of
Cheltenham, in favour of the line, and the Committee ad-
journed until to-morrow.

LONDON AND BLACKWALL
RAILWAY. COMPANY.
The twentieth half-yearly general meeting of the proprie-
tors of the London and Blackwell Railway was held yesterday
nwrn ; (114,../L lab., ir.sexelks. glievaaeg r is Xt4shopmegmte-street ; Mr-
I. N. Daniel, Chairman of the Board of Directors, in the
chair.
The Secretary (Mr. Cannel) having read the advertise-
ment convening the meeting, the common seal of the Com-
pany was affixed to the register of shareholders.
The following report was then submitted to the meeting :
"The directors have to report, for the information of the
shareholders, that the available balance on the revenue
account for the half-year ended 30th June last, is 5,0801.
10s. 2d., which enables them to recommend the declaration
of a dividend of 2s. per share, clear of income-tax.
"The following is a comparative statement of the pas-
senger traffic during the corresponding months of this and
last year : _ _