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London, England, 1845-06-13 00:00:00

GROUP RR.

PRESTON BROOK AND RUNCORN RAIL

VW AY.

The Select Committee on this group reassembled at one o'clock
this afternoon, and agreed to the remaining clauses in the Preston
Brook and Runcorn Railway Bill.

The Committee afterwards authorised the Chairman to report
the Bill favourably to the House, and then adjourned.

GROUP X.

CAMBRIDGE AND LINCOLN RAILWAY.
The Committee met to-day at the usual hour.
The Earl of Winchilsea was the first witness callei. He de.
posed that he was well acquainted with the district proposed to be
traversed by the Cambridge and Lincoln line, and considered it far
preferable to any other line, particularly the London and York
line, which only passes through a corner of Lincolnshire,
while the Cambridge and Lincoln passes through the centre
of the country ; is also of opinion that the terminus at Far-
ringdon-street would be much more useful than that proposed
to be made at King's Cross ; his objection to the Loup
was two-fold ; first, because it would supersede the water nevi
gation now existing; and second y, because it would affect preju
diciously the drainage of the country. The reason he entertained
this opinion was, because the London and York line it made, would
no longer take an interest in keeping up the navigation, the loss of
which to Lincolnshire would be very injurious.
Cross.exa,nined by Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM—Did at ore time
express an opinion favourable to the Lincoln and York scheme ;
but when the Cambridge and Lincoln line was projected, was de-
cidedly of opinion that it was the better line. His objection to the
London and York line would of course be in some measure re-
moved, if he heard that the Lon,lon and Yoik Company had of-
fered certain terms to the Drainage Commissioners for keeping up
the drains, with which those Commissioners had expressed them..
selves satisfied. Was in favour of competition generally. Had
heard of a proposed junction between the Cambridge and Lin •
coin, and the Midland Counties Companies, which he could nut
approve of so much as if :hey had remained independent Com-
panies.

Earl Fitzwilliam had directed his attention to the corsra_
ratite merits of the London and York, and the Cambridge and
Liverpool projects. Many years ago he had had his attention di.
rented to the expediency of a line of communication by railway
with the north, through Cambridge. (Here the Noble Earl's ans., er
was rendered somewhat inaudible by the noise created by the chip.
ping of blocks of stone, hammers, mallets, chisels, &c., in the hands
_ .

of the workmen employed at that portion of the new Houses of
Parliament close to the Committee-room. The noise was kept up
most perseveringly during the whole time the Nob:e Lord was
under examihation, with more or less pertinacity, the work-
men having just returned from dinner, and was varied
only by the transition from one description of labour to
another, such as the cessation of the mallet or the chisel,
and the resuming of the grating and very unpleasant noise of
stone-sawing. However, his Lordship continued to speak on.)
But one question had been put to him, and his answer to it was
one of most protracted duration. The substance of it was to the
effect that he was in favour of the Cambridge and Lincoln project,
because it would afford more facilities for the transit of every de-
scription of goods and merchandise through the centre of the '
county of Lincoln than the London and York line. He would have
a feeling of extreme jealousy in regard to the formation of the
Loup line, though he had very little property indeed in Lincoln-
shire. but lie did not think it would be useful ; and he assumed
the gap the absence of its formation would leave would be other.
wise and more usefully filled up. When his Lordship had con-
cluded his long answer, the Learned Counsel said he did not think
it necessary to put a second question to his Lordship.
In cross-examination he said he should expect that a branch
would be made to Boston from Cambridge. He did not mean to
say that in fifty, or forty, or thirty, or twenty, or even ten years
hence the requirements of the country may not be such as to
render the London and York line necessary, particularly when he
recollected that thy' population of this country was increasing at the
rate of 250,000 a-year. Was aware that the intermediate traffic
was ten times that of the through traffic.
Mr. Pryme—Has been forty years connected with the Cam.
bridge University. and represented the town in three Parliaments.
Is of opinion that if this line should be made, a greater number of
students would pass up and down than now, Cambridge was a
sort of emporium for the whole of the surrounding district. Both
lines traversed his property.
To Mr. Terre—Knows Chesterton and Coltsman's Common.
Doescmddnot know the exact locality of the crossing at Chesterton
not see how it would interfere to the inconvenience of the
people of that town more than any other
Mr. Charles Finch, ironmonger and founder, had resided at Cam-
bridge all his life. The feeling of the trade of that town was quite
in favour of this line. Manufactures between 400 and LOCI tone of
iron a year, which he gets from Birmingham, Staffordshire, York-
shire, and Sheffield ; the carriage
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Cross-Examined—Did not want any particular line of railway ;
but any line corning to Cambridge he would be in favour of.
Mr. RENDALL was then called to speak to the sections which he
had promised to prido
Mr. Sergeant WRAhNicsile4.4insaeiedr hheadhad only received the section
notw had time to exaroirre it,
a few minutes ago ;
for it was not promised until tomorrow,
produce the section
Mr. RENDALL said he had been able to
sooner than he had expected ; and he had received a note from
to morrow
Mr. Cubitt requesting him to meet him in
morning. This was the amended section, and he
was now pre_
pared to answer any questions upon it.
Mr. W. Ekin was then called. He was en extensive coach
proprietor, living at Cambridge. Had coaches plying between
Nottingham, Leicester, Peterborough, Starn'ord, St. Ives, and Wis-
beach. The passage traffic to the north from Cambridge was y.ty
great. If this were a trunk line he would expect to have trains
every hour in the day
Witnesses were next called to prove the value per annum of
Certain tolls which would be affected by the proposed line. The
evidence was not of any importance, and when it had concluelod
the Committee adjourned.

GROUP Z.
I I/PORTANT DECISION.

IRISH GREAT vzEsTzrar (DTTELIN TO
MIT C.LIATGEI.I2).
At the sitting of the Committee this morning,
IC% CAILLGRAN kroceeded to examine )Ir, IkrCann, whose rij.