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etch,' with the above.named port. Length of line 18 miles ;
clammed cost 250,0001. Engineers, Gorge Leather and Son.
Mr. tLLICOMBE am eared for the promoters of the line.
Petitions were presorted from the following gentlemen sLaist
the promoters :
The Proprietors of the Navigation of the Rir cr Don—Agent,
Mr- Sheppard.
From Mr. Robert Baster, landed proprietor—Agent, Mr. Parkes.
From Messrs. Knight and Jones, landed proprietors—Agent, Mr.
Lang.

There seas also a petition from a Mr. John Fordon, but no agent
alVearing on his behalf, the petition falls to the grourd.
The formal notices having been proved,
Mr. SHEPPARD on behalf of the proprietors of the River Don,
submitted the first allegation in the petition.
The allegation was, that the notices which appeared in the
Gazette and newspapers were insufficient for the objects of the
Present Bill inasmuch as the original notices were for application
to Parliament for a line of railway of 39 miles in length, whereas
they had since abandoned nearly one half the works, and their
ill now asked but for power to make a I:ne of 18 miles.
•Air• ELLICOMDE maintained that the notices were good, inasmuch
14 they had not taken any new districts by the present Bill, and the
notices in the Gazette had provided for the owners and occupiers
of the pro; erty to be affected.
11.1 r. SHEPPARD contended that the notices were informal. He
would refer the Committee to the precedent in the case of the Direct
NotthErn Railway, which was thrown out of the Standing Orders'
t'°onittee, principally through their having abandoned the greater
Part of line. There was another case in point, that of the
Fells and Derehamoshich was also thrown out ; and the promot,rs
14 that line had only abandoned a very small portion of their works.
lhe room was then cleared, and, after some deliberation, the
Parti" were called in, and informed by the CHAIRMAN that the
IttOng orders in that instance had not been complied with.
11
next allegation was, that t!,e promoters proposed in their
'co, to let or, •
lease part of their works to the Midland fiailway
._cl raPanY, whereas the notices issued did not ention that fact ;
7n that this was asking for powers not only for m
themselves but for
re
Company to add to their existing works.
The room was cleared, and upon return,
Ole CHAIRMAN said, that
"Id not been complied with. in this instance the standing orders
of 'it few trifling allegations were then sustained, on the ground
Den of noti:e to certain owners and occupiers of pro.
2-0 n the proposed line
„_ is closed the petition. for the proprietors of the River Don

Group 0.
GRAND JUNCTION POTTERIES LINE.
The
Committee having met at the usual hour,
est‘h° CHAIRMAN, in reference to the point which had been urged
the "ddY by Mr. Macaulay, of being allowed to give evidence on
te-uPiart of certain landowners in the Pottery districts, with respect
sou: "ernes of railway for those districts, said that he had con.
ttote-Cl°elnbers of great experience upon the subject, and their
lillote"W4s, that Counsel on behalf of the landowners might be
Or 11:d.
~to give general evidence in reference to those schemes.
th 'oPeland, M.P. for Stoke.upon-Trent, examined—l was one
iiepr e Promoters of a railway scheme for the Potteries, with a
°I having a communication towards London and Liverpool.
sonwnded the meeting of the 18th of October. There were per.
ile...._4ttending on behalf of several railway companies. After
4:1'1 the various lines discussed, and the opinions of
km' constituents, I advocated the line from Rugby by
Ilar and Stone to Crewe. I think the line to
ten aord inconsistent with the line I have just mentioned. The
111,4:11 °Pinion was in favour of the Birkenhead. The line to
pase:r.,d would not be listened to for a moment. I always op.
tor_ the line from Bassford to Stoke. I presented a memorial
tt rl Dalhousie against the line proposed by the Grand June.
I "VanY• The preamble of the Bill for the line which
Precferred Was
passed by a Committee of the House
It . "n°oos, after being sixty.fonr days before them.
th-14 nut followed up on account of the lateness of the session and
be=et expense which it would occasion. The line which I
I,ot:d was a line from Manchester to London through the
oones The Cburnet Valley line were defeated on the Stand.
s.err. They still intend to come to Parliament for their line.
Part °f examined by Mr. COCKBURN—We intend to propose, as
and neChurnet Valley scheme, a line. from Macclesfield by Leek
The ii„"e,teri to join the Derby Junction line at Willington.
lilit p;"° `Letween Stoke and Leek is also to stand. There is also a
fc,°red from Leek to Congleton. There is to be a double
Pose 4°,l° Leek to Stoke and from Congleton to Stoke. We pro
!pent
Valley
the line from Stoke to Rugely, and to run on to the
.ora line. Ido not know if the line from Stoke to Staf.
Italie altogether abandoned. I was a director of the Trent
VithYne- I did not cease to be a director of that line
to be li
/lep to the promotion of the present :cheme. I ceased
with t, a director, because some arrangements were made
Palle),"eli?'lrtoingha'rn and London Company for leasing the Trent
tho•
ughtner of which I was kept in ignorance, and therefore
th,
my services were no longer necessary. It is part of
A tu__nel "'e to make a line from Stoke to Crewe by Harecastle.
the
ex
h
should be cut through Harecastle. I cannot say what
oraedPe,n'e might be. We were always led to believe that the
c Junction Company would make a line from Stoke
present e' Mr. Kinnersly is a petitioner against the
tp , scheme. I heard that he was offered 30,000/.
c'fr IDitte his opposition in 1837. That appeared before the Corn-
the `of which I was a member. Mr. Kinnersly was in favour of
ottersr?°sed scheme, but his opinion is changed. He thinks that
ofth:,!eroe will be of more benefit to the Potteries. The object
by a
,t.hurnet Valley line was to give the Potteries accommodation
ahaeanch from Leek to Stoke. I intend to be a considerable
The"°l4er in our present project. The shares are not yet allotted.
130
et 3:„,1 ntir
000 e capital is paid up. The Trent Valley are to takean interest :04
, The Churnet Valley are to have 1,300.000 f., and
ekpo°,,:- 0 are reserved for local interests. The direction was to be
.tten, ,d seven directors for the Churnet Valley, two for the
that t-hve.,ll,eY, and six to represent the Potteries. I am not aware
balingha "urnet Valley is in the hands of the London and Bir.
„--biler„t„,„.4l C°4lPany. It is perfectly unknown tome if it be so. I
‘1:41:--utteert-s'esVi iithat there were some arrangements made with the
sa-eY for leasing the line, in the way of an amalgamation
Ala•
tetard
ej'an
tewe
lobe Copeland was then examined at great length with
~-0 tat ents he made at meetings, wishing for a line to
smade by the Grand Junction Railway.

SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY.

The c Group D D.
diatov ••ornmittee re.assembled this morning at twelve

and innne-

,;13' after Proceeded to business.
Lne examination of witnesses was resumed by
pi 'qr. Sergeant WHANGIMM calling Mr. Smith, agriculturist and
ll engineer, who stated that he had been employed in his capacity
Wengineer in various parts of the kingdom, and was well acquainted
With the country through which the railway is proposed to be
tairr e,il. The route taken by the Central Railway was the best
trunk line that could be found, and in his opinion would realise a
tonsiderable income to its promoters, on account of the large pas-
sel:ler and other traffic between the towns of Glasgow, Perth,
th
atirlint and Dundee. The coal fields of Bannockburn supply all
e country north of Perth with c.ml ; and the consumption of these
*NW be increased the gof a ,as fa.
owHl itata theirgreatly conveyance.by Peat ismaki usnually biantrailway nowit would
in districts
h ere, if there was a railway communication, this inferior fuel
littube superseded by coals. There were great quantities of
_el in
the neigbourhbuilding purpo,es, ood of Stirling
nd which was extensively used
beTantlre and
a' their consumption would
Mitchell's
If the line were made. He had carefully examined Mr.
thic en's tables of the traffic, and considered they were con.
the t" °ll sound principles, and the results were quite within
4ill
_proper mite, There were a few items omitted to be named
:- Mitchell's statement, viz., slates and potatoes, in which
the talt,.he'e Was a considerable trade from the northern districts to
07gew Market, and in the former from Dunk.eld. Thehwadntall
"About B'lo drainage was greatly felt in the neighbour oo
if
4r, aini„.ta, there, and it would be an inestimable advantage
Aeo,„4"!es could be brought by railway. into the locality. The
tlaeuo It'll °ee derived from the carriage of tiles alone would amount
700/ „
to be - SOO/. He had calculated the value o. f the land and
,th bt taken for the purposes of the railway, in conjunction
44Waanra.,.:1„beals and Mr. M`Kinnon, and the result showed an
ItatioN"' ,3,244/., which being added to the sum set apart for
Thits!,, would give a total of 80,000/.
reb,
'ebee "fless was subjected to cross-examination, but his evi-
Mr•.fained Unaltered.
Int 4% called Mr. Errington, the engineer, to ask. an. im-
'est %'
etch Batton„ which had been omitted in his examination of
rk wished to know what was the calculation of the
b.alf ti:"Penses of the proposed line ?
rather ',l_4ten, in reply, stated that the working expenses would
•.-411 than 40 per cent.
SYs-r-

ON AND PETERBOROUGH RAILWAY.
4ne e Group T.
44 G. °4
clerk nirree on this Railway Bill met today at twelve o'clock
The,i Batt. in the air.
1,111at•C." Matter into was a petition from the Leicester Na.
t'a,.a', La- '44r3Pany against the proposed taking up of the Oakham
"It Projee- tatreed to between the Oakham Canal Company and
The c:441 of the line the latter end of last week.
groiletts-Intlnittee decided against receiving the petition, on the
th( ugh an arrangement had been spoken of between
.."sPecti..lll4 Canal and the railway companies, yet that nothing
.1 he P,-,-"tt the taking up of the canal was included in the Bill.
sat etipan„
to Parliament next session
L 4 tin would have to apply .
'ltricd elnPliwering them to take tilr the canal, provided they.
"Isa °.et that arrangement and then would be the proper time
.4Peettiien to
be presented 'against such an incorporation.
nharaelanres in reference to tolls were then read. They provided
d
tlals;',7 Of 3d. pe mile for first class per mile for second
A. th-nd I id. Perrin e for third class passengers.
elekettort discussion ensued on these clauses, when the room was
4,, Ono
Med that
the CHAIRMAN intimated that the Committee had
dal The- e clauses should stand part of the Bill.
4,1:17t clause considered was that relating to the carriage of
"as a 'Me, providing a charge of lid. per ton per mile. This
TIPLed ro.
earriaeg,„—rnMittee likewise confirmed the clauses relative to the
Pric." other kinds of goods without any alteration. The scale
.14114- wah
of the a
bogse .__laUlle restiec;i the carriage of horses and cattle was like-
rte, to. It providesn a charge of sd. per mile for each
mall for each head of cattle, and 31d. for each sheep or other
The4nirnai.
Intictionclanses for the speed of the trains near Peterborough at the
street at *WI the Eastern Company's Railway, the crossing of the
kilo% Stainford, the passing of the line through Lord Harbo•
Itireu.hgroUnds, &c., as given in our report of Monday, were
ittill:, and severally agreed to.
el oni) AND LONDON RAILWAY COMPANY.
coned
a. aUses
especting tolls on this line, which had been post.
*aril ands Harmer sitting of the Committee, were now brought for.
In fore, agreed to. The rate of charges are similar to those now
buNsl,lll the London and Birmingham line.
toftn LONDON, and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
°I. Dun an unopposed line, and is proposed to connect the town
Rey_ ble with the London and Birmingham Railway.
length:l witnesses were called in support of the preamble. The
dined :even miles, and the c Tital is 50,000/. There is an in.
eAttne, Pro Posed to be worked by weights, and, with this ex.
ar th the steepest gradient is lin 73 This is at the junction
rtire:a4ndon and Birmingham, and rises to the latter line. The
line oare favourable, and there is no tunnel. It is to be a single
41k, d' railway, except where the inclined plane is. The profit,
Sre as,.dcting all expenses for working the line, is estimated at
,r,"` Cent
c •
nrouaittee decided the preamble of this Bill to be proved.
thea rePorts on the three Bills, with the amendments made, were
o•o• up and read.
to the rnmittee decided that these be reported by the Chairman
The?_euae.
flnime4."eernittce then adjourned, the business of this group being
TES-

hit; ere Commissioners of the Customs have received a
phi Mr- Cardwell one of the secretaries to the Lords of the
isory
to the effect that he has been commanded by their Lord-
oiled authorise the payment of a drawback on sugar candyTehfre-
ev,,,,! (qua! to that allowed on single refined sugar..
order Ricers throughout the kingdom have had notice of
%It-it:der, with directions to carry it into el from the pre-
trcl6.
)44,11 a meeting of the five district societies of.
the Reboil; held at the Court-house on Wednesday, April "t
tevt, Re
0- S. Tenfold, D.D., in the chair, the reports of the
out districts were read; from which it appeared that during the
that Itieiar 3,78= persons hzd been relieved by their visitations, and
Ike sums distributed amount to 1,500/. ss. 11 g.
dre.sPOIITANT, IP TRUE.—IR the window of a hair-
'wi shop in the Strand is the following ant,ouncement i—
itabdatahtuade so naturally as to escape detection " We under-
sirto „at Lord John Russell has recomint.nded the establishment
it, to_ retobert Peel, who, if he can be made a Whig so naturally
414,7 ape detection, may join the Liberals without being finned
4 torn._
that is always/oast/Jo to s Dilaistsx....rtinck.