The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-15 00:00:00

RAILWAY COMMITTEE.

(YESTERDAY.)

Group V.
NOTTINGHAM AND LINCOLN EXTENSION LINE.
DThe Committee on this group, consisting of the O'Conor
on (Chairman), Mr. J. A. S. Davis, Sir Denham Norreys,
Sir John Rae Reid, and Mr. Ilope Johnston, sat this morn-
,ng to consider the clauses in the above line.
20inr.the 16th clause being proposed, which enacts that cer-
tain roads should he crossed on a level,
GREGORY objected to the crossing of two roads in the
ah of Gedlin r; but afterwards, after a few words from
tr. A! .
seaway for the promoters, withdrew his objections.
HILL then
'proceeded to object to the crossing. of the
to""u and Queen s roads upon a level. The inconvenience
rn the town of Nottingham would be incalculable, and a
ineletaoirt ailvioiding the e—vil could be introduced in a supple-
sta'rnidlepea°rtmorni
next session.
the Bill.
decided that the clause should
Th
to ,eriecooitth.,er clauses proposed by the promoters were agreed
kr.
HlLLpoe:fit.,4,ereatlhi,en, for the Corporation of Nottingham, pro-
whi "le insertion of certain clauses to protect their interests,
with some verbal alterations, also agreed to.
gatiorn. !JLL said that he had also, on the part of the Navi-
but firs '"VanY, to propose the insertion of several claus s,
:,rst he should call several witnesses to show the injury
'would be done to the interests of those persons who
ui,stile canal by the narrowing of the water-way. and
F ug path, and the lowering of the headway of the bridges.
vielvotuarp; five witnesses were then called to support this
Ur, HILLe_ then proposed a clause retaining the present
ly.Wid4u..y the canal and towing-path, and the height of head-
-I..i.Aßfae.eiltwfiayincchomesp,ainnsyt.ead of 10 feet 6 inches, as proposed
tztbieieLSTlN replied.
timumAx said that the Committee were of opinion
the feet should be the headway of the bridges, and that
ad(vtP4.l.l Proposed by the Railway Company should be
The
committee then adjourned till twelve to-morrow.

(Group
This Committee re-assembled atF.) twelve o'clock to-day in
toota N-0
Los, . li ; the Right Hon. F. Shal,v EsR., in the chr.
DU, WORCESTER, AND SOW. II STAFFORD-
TheRL
this case.
Committee proceeded with the adjourned inquiry in
case.
eiltre• }larding, late traffic manager on the Bristol and
Tatxnester line, was called and cross-examined by Mr.
itzens---,niTp,tnaesllttoofthgeaogdresaatnitnhceonvenience experienced. in the
,The narrow gauge and the want warehouse room.
b • him to Mr.
Gloucesterof line, occasioned by
The witness produced a letter written )
teen
I7TA, orf the Railway Department of the Boa dl sZ.;!:c oss-exarnination, he stated that a
ai7tot n there was formerly a small shed, capable of holding
Company the
rucks, but at present there was accommodation for four-
means o fifteen, and he had pointed out to the
he
wofi.rnena.edying the deficiency.
tlls
P•art4teMwsasevibdteinecfferaedxdaumceirodnbr'rlidianyilia°sPtE. as
to
cer-
-4411r. 11`CoNNELL examined by Mr. Sergeant WeAN9-
elete; 'he inconvenience on the Gloucester line greatly,
n,
iii:
thsemetarbelehaioilitifaryo.na sending goods by the line' At- 3n
coltiTeeetnebt of that inconvenience would oce.ausitoe _
fe:: the many
of
passengers,
A great inconvenience
breakres I
ofc
Irtlogi; D—"Y Persons being separated from their friepsdn. . a.rePenalleAto,.get int.the.carrliage from the..
,
°lllection. 31ng of this diffieu ty as open
Cros. vetorygprelat
with the by Mr. CoGanurtN.
Porters•-e t'irnlingharn station, There is a large
fsttrans •
—Was acquainted
rpfri at that station, but not for the purpose or
o at that
that it required
traffi g the goods from one carriage to anothe .. The
great roa station was so great,
of gauge
at Gio,_ 13Y Porters. If there were no change
rit;ueester, where two engines were now required,
e7°llld be sufficient. Was of opinion that no new
for
difbetlirieal contrivance would answer practically the
re,„__, ty on that line. had made drawings of plans.
h that
toTLY.I4g, tlae difficulty, but so satisfied was e
of making
defei7", oowever well carried out, would answer the
any
evneY, that he did not go to the expense
thht )q)erkeent. Was of opinion, about a month ago,_ed
et abroad gauge would remedy the defect. II
%zed that opinion.
of
opiti.'ekanained hy Mr. S. WRANGHAM.—Was once
reat
41, b4n that the broad gauge engine would be o
subBantage. He had altered That opinion, inasmyc,gh
aas.
meneuqaueent experiments on other lines prove it, i
lir, ir:
to the Bass examined by Mr. HILDIYARD—Is agent
lir * Messrs. Pickford, the carriers ; they are the
trX•t eariiers in the kingdom.
are
c, from Colnbrook Dale to Plymouth. Is quite
Is agent for all their
at the of the great inconvenience arising from the gauge
,0,1.3: the
ju of the Gloucester Railway. Tti
.
FiEtther _) t, from CIS 0
r ' broucYht Btl to Gloucester are, 0i15,,.
The gates or
the GI , iron, wood, and proceries.
before the
trist 'neest,,r line are closed two
treat °l, and London gates.
Vett, 'day for regulating the alteration
of the g
Directors of
ed bea•at;;bee.
the f.,e(Plainted with Mr. Jones, lithe t
This was.hooccuaortsion
doption of the
broartreester line. I-Ie oppase a
his brother
D gattge, but he was outvoted by
regrettedtrectors
Gloucester exceedingly.of
• The inhabitants at
the junction
the the alteration of the gauges at .
weight
tritish
lines. The maximum
allowed and Gloucester
six tons ;
but they to be carried on the narrow gauge was
nr___e was no limit on the broad gauge. A
KE—The
h ours-examined by Mr. Sergeant KINGL a
~c. ihe gauge was a very good one for passenger tr tit.
re was fish eenfng-fr , Torh ) to Bristol, which is
oenveyed from thatt I fro:
-a:
gates of the
Bristol a d p ace to Devon. The , -
fore ° Gloucester station nre closed two hours De
_ .tin the gates of the Bristol and London line. The
brai.. of the former certai 1
trains of the latter li t. before the
fin
'•
y start two hourss.
sary in Coov, u “-• ibis two hours start was necc
This wit q eneo of lho differe of wage'
ness was briefly nee •g b mr MI.-
DIYARD. re-exammed y •
Alr. j, D io
•4- ayne ex •
WRANG-
gAm_ia _
_a attuned by Mr. Sergeant . .
in
lin , Tan ger of the goods traffic on the Birmingham
e• alaa. been ttristol and Gln Manager of the goods traffic on te
with the t
ffi oucester liee, and was well acquainted..
ti°4 in th ra
c of
that line. There had been an altera
sioned e gauge of that line. The alteration had occa-
kodatiornaeh delay and great inconvenience. The accom-
liarger hTsle gained by the alteration had been to make
J'a ver sr
dding. The trade from Bristol to Gloucester
_soy little compared to the traffic from Birmingham
toki
°butter. The latter traffic is very great. If the
*0.,4, f the gauge took place at Birmingham, thered
frvalU. _ 700 tons of merchandise per week conveye
trris,..9eclatter place to Gloucester. If it took place at
oveul,
.here would be no more than 40 tons per week
ettied.el from that place enloucester. Made thts
betwea„"nn from the pret amount of traffic
bee, 71 Bristol and Gloucester. Various claims had
to 'aid against the Gloucester Company for damage
goods arid
Was ocean . large sums had been paid. The damage
rrierehicrslosuad by the great delay in transferring the
tried to ' knew of an instance where the Company
as to b.. carry 40 or 50 tons of oysters to Manchester so
That :Yrie them in the market by a Whitsun Monday,
....ceur $ a great day in Manchester for such a luxury.
tons woglitet) A special train was put on, but only 10
cros re ccmveyed in time. tlie,4.-earoined by Mr. TALBOT—That caused a great
beeos_Mtment to the lovers of oysters in Manchester,
hke teente they were not such as he (Mr. Talbot) would
---bet tOt, they were not the primest—(Great laughter)
the„ "eY were not a badquality. Could not say that
hsej Weald h •
had
4 in have arrived in time if the broad gauge
tauge e_ use ; the delay occasioned by adopting that
cape? the line would be very considerable.
--Is 47'4 Law examined by Mr. Sergeant WRANGRAm
eotepaanager of
nthe Manchester and Leeds Railway
ivool 43.' '1
he nri • Itraffic that railway was
a aad „„. ,- ncipa on
great
"°Pot 'ianufactured goods. Bristol was the
,11,1 _ or leather •
fit. Bristol and tl' it was brought from .
parts surround-
!le dealers we ere warehoused. The.retai
ta . I and whole-
-174
_D4I4 tivs, Vent from the various provinces. o that place
was
is, coNicr Purchases. The trade there in iron .
Gooch
waserahle The traffic through the town
~of
vales
comparative]trifling for so large a del ot.
were o.e y
to
b,b nerally conveyed from that seaport t
;211?petit,' water. Steamboat traffic would be a grt.,a.
Phis wo it...with a railway from Bristol into
IV:, °a
riecse
frota "14 be ea .1
ea., s,ea b,
_, used by the cheap mode of conve3atter
the 4_3;esamers and other vessels, for if thel
~; Prefertie:'lyt at Is. Gd. per ton cheaper than a railwaythe
iit *ay ~,,..7 Would be given, and vice versa if
~,
fil'afeh,ste're as cheap it would take up the trati •
see% Bristr,,,.was not supplied with groceries generally,
a gar hay."' to not
an instance of seine 1,t.; ilte-
t'el having been, brought there from that port. 11,
LO 3' el er •
n Mon. There °cris for Manchester came direct froia
jltvrefit or was a clause in existence limiting the
tige optlway companies to ten FT cent. on the
fitte bilk g°l3da• The clause was introduced by the
r'lla th e°t Sutherland b t •t as wholly inoperative
Nds e faet that ,
iu and to„ten per cent. was nek ever realised on
and
e gillzp, there es for carriage. On passenger traffic
„:,InpriaeS pins no limit to profit, as such was not
Polder of thlle.ger the Act. It was, however, in the
eait th e Legislature to make such' an Act as would
Ivise i e gross
be a
It law, and
one rofits to ten per cent. It would
anise.
Qou;oold he..
e.from which no hardship could .
b 'd be made 4IIY carried, inasmuch as the companies
? that s. . to show th • books,and the result would
bitett .a.ilwa . their
, y travelling would be generally less exor-
thq 48 the
Profit charges would have to be reduced when
The 8 were hi h
TAT WitneSs g el..
;Ili .40T, but as briefly cross-examined by Mr.
eited. nothing of the slightest importance was
xkr. Elis, f
4:1:414ati0, ° Leicester, was then called, but just as his
e o'ci,,,_ commenced the Committee adjourned at
''''..k to twelve o'clock to-morrow.

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,Isine,t,'°).---luesday afternoon a gentleman name
l, v-.."t•TX ...3iIICIDP ON SOUTHWARK-BRIDGE
3(ouhYn
ogrl
Nal th - -eY, aged 51 ears,
flicted upon
hhtse,„ effects of a Wound which he had
In
the night of
Thti,,,l °Y firing a loaded pistol into his body on
l
expired in G.uy's Hospital,
'clock on
hr,t Ti114,3' last. It appears that between 12 and
ilittuilitirileNtti
wasia4rer,e_ibtYrittpgoeli,cheiscrttsetnabtiloenNwoa.s4d7iBrect
Wtht tt.,af fire-artnB which proceeded from about theticee;ilere.
4a "age. Oa hastening to the spot he found a a
ed (t)oontdhaett4--yaoshn
used by
Weed '41411 lYing on the ground, bleeding profusely from
tt 153:4,0a the left side, which had evidently been ca
!144.,"1, the stock of which he held tightly grasped in leis
logl the barrel having been blown to pieces. A neighbou.ars-
lilt' tirgeoll Was immediately sent for, and deceased
house
aiatel atub,o ' conveyed to the hospital. 111 r. Mar.sh,
and de-
eetude,p, administered to him Proper restoratives,
consciousness.
'4E4 first aome time afterwards re:tored to consciotasubse-
Nett, rat refused to give any account of himself, bu
A, 1,13:, stated his name and Where his relatives . resided.
ed
is iirr 'lavin been apprised of the occurrence visited him
11 Diatol
tPital, and it was ascertained that he had b,
_an in
,-qe „,, Vora a person named Pearce, a night-watchman
then
'aad --:Play of I%lessrs. Boy, warehousemen. He t
shoo
4 b,ed alt with four bullets, stating that he wanted it toto
dZ`msg at his sister's. He subsequently proceededl s
••,, am
I were
4fteri„,__, there committed the act Two of the balls
*ll% i'lrua. extracted, but deceased lingered until yesterday,.am.
atztace e the& He had formerly been in comfortable circ,.
• tor
the
ill )48,1 and tilled the office of clerk to his brother, a se.ba_r-
etkitt,t-lane, hut lately nevig become reduced in his ci
444% he it% been a very desponding way.