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London, England, 1846-03-19 00:00:00

Sub-Committee No. 6.

This Committee re-assembled at t‘Tert.ty minutes past [web,. o'clock
thO day- Present, kCaptain Jones (chairman); Air.' Deede:, „nit
Lord Einington.

TITS suaznxmr.N. samtrwr, AND Eliaarrir

was the first case called on.
It appeared that a petition had Fosc:n presented against the Bill by
certain parties, but, as it was' not lodged in due' time, the Corn-
mittee, of course,..refused to entertain it.
The object of the promoters of the Bill is the construction of a rail-
way from Aberdeen by Band' to Elgin.
The length is 74 miles, and the estimated cost is 69.1,0i00/.
Engineer, Thomas Grainger: Esq. ; local engineer, Alexander
Smith, Esq.; Parliamentary agents, Messrs. Richardson. Connell,
and Loch ; solicitors, George Mom°, Esq., Edinburgh, and Messrs.
Stronech and Grainger, Aberdeen. •
The preliminary proofs having been put in, the Committee decided
that the standing orders had been complied with.
EAST DEREHA3I AND NORWICH.

The promoters seek to construct a railway from East De! eh= to
Norwich. The length of the line is fillet n utiles ; tint estimate,
160,0001. ; and the amount lodged in the Accountant-Geerl's hands,
122,0001.
Engineers, William A. Rorthwick, Esq., s"d Tot ett, Esq.;
Parliamentary Agent, James Coppock, Esq. ; solicitor, Mr. Drake.
The CHAIRMAN discoverer that there Was a clause in the Bill
which would empoWer the Company to lease their line to th, North
of Norfolk Railway Company, or to any other company "now, or
hereafter to be, termed ;" an! he doubted whether the promoters
could intreduce a clause irto their 801 to give towers to another
company not yet formed.
The room' was cleared of ,trangers, and after the absimce of about
halt all hour we were retdittitted, when it appean,d that the Com-
mittee bad overruled the objection of the Chairman.
The case was theft further proceeded with, and, at the conclusiort,
the Committee decided that the promoters had complied with the
standing orders. •

STANDING OIIDERS' COMMITTEES.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Room No. 3.
This Committee met at twelve o'clock

Mr. Aglionby- (the Chairman), I►tr. Thornely. Mr. Aidam, and Mr.
Broaoley, were present.
EASTELN COUNTIES (HERTFORD TO HUNTINGDON).
Mr. Vella; ales app, ared for the promoters, and Mr. Coates on the
part of the opposition.

Mr. VENA-E'LES matte an application that the consideration of this
Bill should be postponed for a mouth as it was at present before the
House of Lords, in competition with the London and York line, and
it ‘‘ curd be inconvenient to go into the question before the decision
of that committee was known.
Mr. COATEs contended that the grounds alleged by his Learned
Friend a ere quite Insufficient to warrant the postponement required.
A. Mr. Venttbles (!eclineti to proceed, the Committee decided that
the standing order., had not been complied with.

Room No 9.
The members of this Cliimmittee met this morning, and decided in
the cases of the Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield, and Pewsliury Rail-
way, the North Wales Railway, the Buckinghamshire Rallway, and
the West London Railway. that the standing orders ought to be dis-
pensed with, and that the proututers should be allowed to proceed
with their Bills.

In the case of the Macclesfield and Lichfield Railway, the Com-
mittee decided that the standing orders ought not to be dispensed
with.

The decision in the ease of the Welsh Midland 12ailway was poet-
polled until Friday next.
The Worcester and Portdynllaen was allowed to bo proceeded with

BEDFORD AND CAMBRIDGE EXTENSTONT RAILWAY

The object of this line !s to extend the Bedford, London, and Bir-
mingham Railway to Cain bridgo, and to enable the promoters to sell
or lease the proposed line to the Easterk Counties Company. The
length of the line Is 2034 miles, and the estimated cost 360,0001.
Messrs. Burke and Co. are the Porltamentary agents ; Messrs. M.
A. Bortwick and R. Stephenson the engineers; and Messrs. Parker,
Hayes, and Co., the solicitors.
• The usual et idence of the preliminary steps was then given, front
which it appeared that the required notice of the construction of the
line had not been given in all the counties through which the Eastern
Counties line passed, and this omission was reported by the Committee
to be a non-compliance with the standing orders.
The petitions against the line were then gone into.
Mr. PARKE, on the part of Mr. Pim, presented the first peti-
tion, one of the allegations of which was that the plans and sections
deposited in the Private Bill.office, and those depositett with the
Clerk of the Peace for the county of Cambridge, were not in con-
formity with the standing orders. Among other points it was al.
legcd that the proposed line was marked at a certain point 4 feet
6 inches shove the road, when it should have been 4 feet 6 inches
below. Another allegation was that there was an error inthe pro-
moters' sections of 8 feet 9 at the crossing of a certain road.
Atter a lengthened examination of witnesses on these points,
Mr. Hui= said that he would not contest the allegation of the
cr.ntinuous error, as he had no explanation to offer, but he would
prepare himself when the Bill went before another tribunal to rebut
the evidence now given, it that could be done. _ .

The Committee then decided that the standing orders had not been
complied with in the points alleged in the petition fll% to the errors in
levels. With regard to the alleged different-4 the sections de-
posited in the Private Bill-office, and those wtsl4 the clerk of the
peace for the county o Cambridge, there was /to difference in the
sections, but there were certain words emitted in the sections de-
posited at Cambridge, the omission of which the Committee did not
think (Tatty importance.
Another petition, where the objections were nearly similar, was
then gone into. In some of the particulars tie Committee were of
espinion that the standing orders were complied with, but in others
that there was a non-compliance with them.
The Committee at four o'clock ejourued till twelve o'clock on
Friday next.
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Room No. 9.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
The Reading, Reigate, and Guildford Railway ; the Northumber-
land and Lancashire ; and the Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, allowed
to proceed.
The Glasgow, Paisley, and Ayr (No. 6), not allowed to proceed.