The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-08 00:00:00

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)

Mr. AUSTIN, for the promoters, agreed to insert a clause in the
Bill protective of the existing rights of the Bridlington Harbour
Commissioners. The clause was agreed to, and the Bill went
through Committee.
HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY.

Mr. Baines appeared for the promoters.
The Bill was opposed by the Turnpike Road Trustees on the
grounds of the line crossing public reads on a level.
The Committee agreed that the crossings complained •f were to
be allowed.

There was also a petition from Thomas Denton, Esq., a land.
owner, asking compensation for the injury that would be done to
his property by the construction of the line of railway.
The parties agreed out of doors to the amount of compensation
that should be given.

The preamble was then adopted, and the clauses were gone
through.
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The CHAIRMAN said all the Bills comprised in the group would
be reported on Friday.
The Committee then dissolved,

Group 0.
TRENT VALLEY.

The Committee met at twelve o'clock, Mr. Hawes, chairman.
The greater portion of this day's proceedings before the Com-
mittee were occupied in discussions with respect to the introduction
of certain clauses in the Bill, the Trent Valley Company contend-
ing that. if their line were used by the Grand Junction Company,
it should be at the usual rate of 2d. per mile; and the Grand June-
tion Company contending that clauses should be introduced allow-
ing their carriages to run on the Trent Valley line without such
payment.
The Committee at length came to the resolution that in case of
any dispute arising between the Trent Valley and the Grand Junc-
tion, as to the use of the Trent Valley line, or any part of it, and
the amount of toll to be charged, the settlement of such amount
should be left to arbitrators appointed by the Board of Trade.
Mr. MEREWETIERR wished to know what construction the Com.
mittee intended to put upon the word " use V'
The CHAIRMAN said they intended to put the same construction
which Mr. Austin put on the 85th clause, which he quoted. They
had no power to tell the arbitrators to put the same construction
on it, but they used the word as they found it used in the 85th
clause.

It was understood that clauses based upon this resolution were
to be prepared.
The Committee then went on with the other clauses, after passing
several of which they adjourned.

Group V.
Committee : The O'Conor Don, Chairman, the Right Hon. T.
B. Macaulay, Mr. Pusey, Sir Denham Norreys, and Sir John Rae
Reid.
The engineering evidence was proceeded with this morning.
Mr. Robert Stephenson was called. He had gone over the Not.
tingham and Lincoln line, and thought the route the best that
could be adopted, as it combined the interests of the town on the
line, and presented no difficulty to the progress of the works. Any em.
bankments, or tunneling to avoid public roads, would be impracticable
in:so flat a country. The public roads could only, therefore,becrossed
upon a level. Every precaution would be taken to prevent accidents,
by fixing gates upon the railway under the care of a proper person.
There would be no inconvenience arise from this crossing, or if
any it would only affect the Railway Company.
Mr. Stephenson was cross-examined by Mr. Hitt as to the cost
of the line per mile (12,0001.), and the possibility of constructing
the line without passing the Flood-road. The witness said it
would be almost impossible to adopt any other line than the one be
had taken.

Mr. Stephenson's examination concluded the engineering evi.
dence, and witnesses were then called for the purpose of adding to
the traffic evidence. The details were corroborative of that
already given.

Mr. Fowler had examined the grounds of Gedllng, and he was
of opinion that Lord Chesterfield's property was not in the slightest
degree injured by the railway.
Mr. HILL, Q.C., then proceeded to address the Committee on
the part of the objectors. He contended that traffic had not been
proved, and he would show by evidence that the tables which had
been submitted had been grossly overstated. The Learned Coon.
eel then proceeded to analyse the evidence adduced by the promoters
of the Bill, in order to show the truth of the assertion that the
return of traffic was overcharged.
Mr. HILL then called one or two witnesses to speak to the de-
terioration of Lord Chesterfield's property of (edling by the pro-
posed line.
The evidence of the witnesses was proceeding at four o'clock,
when the Committee adjourned.