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London, England, 1846-05-30 00:00:00

This class of eVidonee occupied the whole of the remaining part of
the day, and at about twenty minutes past four o'clock the Com-
mittee adjourned till Thursdri"• the 11th of June, when they will meet
at twelve o'clock. The engineerfi,,t evidence and some formal busi-
ness will then be proceeded with.

GROUP XXIX.
ELY AND BURY.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of ye,,terdaY-)
Mr. IL C. Lacey,: chairman of the Ely and Bury Comp any atd
chairman of the Iltintingdon Company, as well as a director' of
South Western Company, stated that the project was first cone Ved
in 1844, and would have been brought sooner before Parliament, but
for the illness of Mr. Buck, the engineer. The object of his evidence
was to show that this being a branch line, the establishment of
staff for, management would answer for other lines as well as this,
and the expense, therefore, be economised. The Learned Counsel
then went through a detail of the population on the line, the villages
showing an aggregate of upwards of:01,0000, exclusive of the
country between Sowham and Ely. The difference between the
length of the two lines is two miles.; on one line the ruling gra
client is 234, but on the other line it is 1 in 132. Ships of 400 tons can
come up to Lynn, and he, the witness, though not a shipowntr,
believed that such is the fact.

On cross-examination, it appeared that the objects of the line is to
place Ipswich in competition with Lynn.
To the;CrisramArr, the withess replied, that there is a line, a pro-
ject of the Eastern Counties Company, for connecting Cambridge
and Ely.
Mr. Ellington stated in reply to Mr. DANIELL, that about 6,000
quarters are malted in Bury, for which there is at present not suffi-
cient carriage. This line would afford accommodation for which
there is no present facility, especially as regards Mildenhall• Con-
nexion with London is now so precluded that the inhabitants of that
district cannot enter into time bargains.
To Mr. BORTHWIGIC the witness replied that the line now pro.
jetted would require no extra expense to get to London.
Mr. S. Webb, ef Mildenhall, a limeburner and brickmaker
for thirty years there, stated that the lime they made was obtained
from the limestone in the neighbourhood. The railway would
make a difference ef ss. 6d. a ton at Bury, and of 9s. 6d. at Stow-
market. There would be no accommodation by the other line, and the
saving would be only 10d. at Tilford. The difference would be only
Id. or 2d. a bushel between tho two lines.
Mr. Kerling, the steward of Sir H. Bunbury, who has more than
8,000 acres at Mildenh all, where the sessions are held, said in the neigh-
bourhood there are extensive gravel pits, the extracts ef which are
largely used in the repair of the few roads, and If
es-
tablished, the cost of carriage would be reduced by 2s. a ton. '
ssanwmger.effpc.ct.iemmiarinkgests, this line were
Mr. Gwilt, an extensive landowner on the line, testified •io the
quantity of gravel which is obtained for the improvement of the
roads of the neighbourhood.
Mr. Robinson, vestry clerk of Mildenhall, gave evidence to the
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were 162,000 quarters of 9th April, 1845, to hat April, 1846,
3,000 and 4,000 tons sold every year. The line is of vital import-
ance,Mr. O'MALLEY appeared for thein merchants
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chants at Lynn and Ipswich.
would become the servants of
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Mr. Croft, an auctioneer and surveyor, stated that the line would
the distance tot he
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cattle market and Brook-street.

A conversation ensued with respect to the commtudcation with
Newmarket, but it led to nothing, and the Committee adjourned till
Monday week, at one o'clock.

GROUP XXXII.

The Committee met this day at two o'clock, Dir. J. E. Deni Len
in the chair.

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HAMPTON BRANCHES).
Mr. SEtrE, for the ironmasters of the district near Dudley, stated
that what they principally objected to in the matters of tolls was the
six miles clause, which gave the company power to charge for one
mile as for six miles, and the per ceutage clause, which allowed the
Company to charge 25 per cent. more when the carriage
was ander 23 miles. They wished in the one case a two mile clause.
Witnesses were called to give evidence on the subject of tolls.
After considerable discussion,
Mr. COCKBURN offered for the Company a four mile clause, but this
was rejected.
The room was then cleared.
On re-admission parties were told that the determination of the
Committee on the six:mile clause was that that clause should be left
undisturbed OR the main line, but in reference to the side line the
Committee were prepared to recommend, after what had passed, that
not a four mile but a three mile clause should be adopted.

Some afterwardsdeiTate aTose concerning saving clauses as to the
interests of the Warwick and Birmingham Canal.
But the Committee seeing they could not go through all the clauses
to-night, adjourned at half-past five o'clock
Jill eleven o'clock to-
morrow.

GROUP LIII.
This Committee met to-day at half-past one o'clock, in room 26 of
the New Houses of Parliament ; present, the Hon. E. Lascelles
(chairman), the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Captain Dalrymple,
Mr. Hildyard, and Mr. It. Clayton.

SIIFLOPSHIEE UNION AND CARTA". (CUES-
TEE TO WOLVERILEIBIP'X'ON).

The traffic evidence in this case was resumed. Idr. Chance, of the
firm of Chance, Brothers, wholesale chemists and glass manufac-
turers near Birmingham, being the first witness.
Mr. Stee, the manager of the canal propesed to be converted int*
a railway, was called to prove its failure since the construction of rail-
ways in the district. The witness having undergone a lengthy
cross-examination,

The Committee adjourned until twelve o'clock on Mondar, the
Bth of June.

GROUP LIB ,

COVENTRY, NUNEATON. BIRMINGHAM,

AND LEICESTER.

The farther investigation of this scheme was proceeded with this
morning by the Committee, who did not assemble till one hour after
their usual time of meeting.
Mr. Ellison, a civil engineer, was the first witness called, and
corroborated the engineering evidence that was given before the
Committee yesterday.
Mr. Harris, of Leicester, deposed as to the value of the land that
would be required for the purposes of the railway, and stated that the
cost of the land would not exceed the ameunt set down in the
estimate.

With the last witness the case for the promoters was finished.
Mr. CALVERT, on behalf of the promoters, said that he had to state
to the Committee that he proposed to amend the preamble by with-
drawing that portion of the line which was net included in the com-
munication between Nuneaton and Wigston.
The formal proofs of assents and dissents were then put in.
Mr. M. D. Hux, on the part of several landowners on the line,
wished to propose some alterations in the clauses, and to introduce
new clauses ; and a discussion ensued, which occupied the attention
of the Committee till the hour of rising.

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