The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-16 00:00:00

GROUP .IX.

This Committee met this morning at the usual hour, Mr. Sotheron
in the chair.

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having been examined against the line,
Mr. SIMPSON, civil engineer to the Commissioners of Woods and
Forests, and Mr. Bachelor, registrar of Eton College, were examined
this morning at great length. The principal point which occupied
the consideration of the Committee was, whether a piece of land over
which the railway was proposed to pass Ass the property of the
Crown or not.
Mr. PEMBERTON, solicitor to the Woods and Forests, said, that no
application had been made by the promoters to the Commissioners of
the Woods and Forests respecting their assent. From a communi-
cation he had yesterday with.the chief Commissioner, he was autho-
rised to say that they were opposed to the line.
After some discussion as to the order in which the examination
should be continued, whether there should be an adjournment of
the case till Monday, to hear further evidence on this point, or that
the rest of the case should be proceeded with, it was eventually de-
cided that further proceedings should be postponed till twelve
o'clock on Monday.
The Committee then adjourned.

GROUP XXII.
This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock—Sir George Grey in
the chair.

IPSWICH AND BURY ST. EDMUNDS
(NORWICH EXTENSION).

The further consideration of this case was resumed.
Mr. John Harding, grocer, of Norwich, deposed that the present
railway connexion between London and Norwich was not approved
of by the inhabitants of the latter city. The Norfolk Railway was
very circuitous, whereas the present line would be a direct one, and
would afford an excellent connexion with the south for the agricul-
tural produce and fat cattle of Norfolk.
Mr. Timothy Stewart, brewer of Norwich, and Chairman of the
Eastern Counties Bank, gave evidence to a similar effect. The feel.
ing of the inhabitants of Norwich was decidedly in favour of the pre-
sent scheme, as one that would give great accommodation to the
district.
Mr. John Barber, of Norwich, gave similar evidence.
Mr. Bignold, of Norwich, deposed that the feeling of Norwich was
unanimously in favour of the present line.
Mr. Henry Chamberlain, Manchester warehouseman, of Norwich,
testified to the same effect.
Mr. Taylor, of Diss, was examined to the effect that the proposed
line would give ample accommodation to the district, and was one
that was much required by the inhabitants. The traffic that was
likely to pass along it be represented to He very considerable.
Other evidence of a similar character WAS taken up till four o'clock,
when the Committee adjourned.

GROUP XXVII.
This Committee met to-day at the usual hour, Sir C. Lemon in the
chair.

LEICESTER. AND xszpronn.
The case of the South Midland (competing) line having closed yes-
terday, and Mr. Sergeant Wrangham having opened the case of the
Leicester and Bedford Railway, the Committee proceeded this morn-
ing to hear evidence as to the traffic to be anticipated on the latter
line.
Mr. Edward Weston, the mayor of Leicester ; Mr. Whetstone, a
coal-owner and woolstapler, residing in the same town ; Mr. Man-
nerly, a general dealer; and Mr. Fielding, an alderman of Leices-
ter and a worsted spinner, were examined at great length. The
main tendency of their evidence was to show the advantages which
a direct and through communication to London would confer upon
the towns of Leicester and Bedford in particular, and the inhabitants
of that district generally.
`Mr. W. Stephenson, butcher and grazier ; Mr. Kidman, grazier, of
Market Borough ; Mr. Billings, grazier and Smithfield salesman ;
Mr. John Pelkington, grazier, at.Kullerton.; and T. P. Maunsell, Esq.,
M.P. for Northamptonshire, corroborkted the testimony of the last wit-
nesses, itnd deposed to the inconvenience and delay sustained by the
practice of the London and Birmingham Railway Company in the
earriage of beasts, and hence the necessity for an independent line.
The Committee adjourned till twelve o'clock on Monday.