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London, England, 1845-05-12 00:00:00

RAILWAY COMMITTEE.

Group V.
THE MIDLAND COUNTY EXTENSION.
The Committee, consisting of the O'Conor Don (Chairman), Mr.
J. A. Davies, Sir Denham Norreys, Sir John Rae Reid, and Mr.
Hope Johnston, met on Saturday, at twelve o'clock, in room No. 13,
and proceeded to call further evidence on the part of the opponents
of the

NOTTINGHAM AND LINCOLN LINE.
Hr. Henry Hawell, principal agent of the Canal Company at
Nottingham—The wharfs were exceedingly numerous on that por-
tion of the canal adjacent to the intended station, and he consi-
dered that the business of the canal could not be efficiently carried
out if the ground were absorbed by the construction of railway
buildings. There was great inconvenience felt from the circum-
stance of the water-way under the bridges being so circumscribed
that the boats could with difilculty pass, and it was intended to
widen both the waterway and the towing-path. The intended
mode of crossing the canal by the railway compaay would be a
most serious inconvenience to the persons using the canal,
Cross-examined by Mr. WOLLASTON—The first inconvenience
arising from the construction of the railway bridge, would be the
narrowing of the canal; the second inconvenience because
it would prevent boats from lying there after they had delivered
t►eir cargo. The intended bridge would be superior to the canal
bridges already in existence.
John Gough, a clerk in the office of the Nottingham Canal Com.
pany, proved that he had called upon the projectors of the railway,
with the view of arranging clauses which should protect the inte-
rests of the Canal Company.
This witness was ordered to retire, and to be called In when the
'louses should be under discussion.
Mr. Hardy, Town.councillor of Nottingham, was called to show
that the corporation only objected to the crossing of the Queen's.
road on a level. They had no other objection.
Mr. Bidder put in a number of tables to show the present traffic
of the town and county of Nottingham. The annual charge of
the railway would be 19,0001. per annum, which deducted from the
expected traffic would allow 9 per cent, interest to the promoters of
the line. He thought that even in the event of a railway being
made directly from Lincoln to London, which would obstruct the
passenger traffic that at present went through Nottingham, that
loess would be replaced by the better communication opened up by
the railway with Doncaster, Gainsborough, and ether places. Mr.
Bidder then went into minute calculations to show that no water
carriage could possibly exist in competition with the railway system,
when fairly developed.

Mr. S.rgeant CLAaaa then addressed the Committee. He
would remind them that they had to report to the House
whether a sufficient traffic had been shown to maintain
the railway and to perreit a profit to the promoters.
And with respect to the evidence of Mr. Bidder—
for upon his evidence the whole merits of the case rested—he
would ask the Committee if they could attach any weight
to his statements ? The conclusions to which he had arrived
bad not been warranted by the evidence of the other witnesses.
The Learned Sergeant then went over the traffic evidence already
given, and contended that the heavy goods which at present went
by the canal would Rot be transferred by the railway. A
traffic sufficient to warrant the Committee in passing the preamble
of the Bill had not been proved, and he, therefore, hoped and
trusted that the Bill would be thrown out.
Mr. MACAULAY shortly replied, and on the conclusiose of the
Learned Counsel's address the room was cleared. On the public
being again admitted it was anr.ounced that the preamble was
passed, and
The CHAIRMAN added, that it was hoped that plane and sections
of the bridges across the canals and navigable rivers on the line
would be produced before the Committee.
The Committee then adjourned till Wednesday.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
FRIDAY, MAY 9.
The following B►lls were presented and read a first time :
Great Western Railway ( Ireland) (Dublin to bluliingar

and Athlone).
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Worcester Deviation).
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Wolverhampton Line).
Whitehaven and Furness Junction `Railway.
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (tloucester Exten-
sions, Stoke Branch and Midland Railways Junction).

The following Bills were reported, and the report referred
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders :
North Wales Railway.
Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge and Bury St. Ed-
mund's Extension).

The following Bills were read a second time, and committed,
and referred to the Committee of Selection :
Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway.
London and Brighton Railway (Horsham Branch).
Guildford Junction Railway.
Gravesend and Rochester Railway.
Great North of England (Clarence and Hartlepool Junction)
Railway.

The following Bills were referred to the Select Committee
of Petitions for Private Bills:
Newport and Ponty Pool Railway.
Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Hastings, Rye, and
Ashford Extension).

The Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, and Colne Extension
Railway Bill was read a third time and passed.

NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE.

THURSDAY, MAY 8.
Bristol and Exeter Railway Branches,—Committee on Bill,
adjourned till Monday, May 19, at twelve.
FRIDAY, MAY 9.
Whitehaven and Furness Railway,—Select Committee on
project, Tuesday, May 20, at one.
Whitehaven and Furness Railway,—Second reading,
Thursday, May 15.
Yarmouth and Norwich Railway,—Committee on Bill,
Monday, May 26, at twelve.
Eastern Union and Bury St. Edmund's Railway (No. 2),
—Committee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at half after twelve.
Lowestoft Harbour and Railway,—Committee on Bill,
Monday, May 26, at half after twelve.
Dim and Colchester Railway,—Committee on Bill, Mon-
day, May 26, at half after twelve.
Norwich and Brandon Railway (Diss and Dereham
Branches),—Committee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at half
after twelve.
North Woolwich Railway,—Committee on Bill, Wednes-
dav, May 27, at one.
South Eastern (Maidstone to Rochester) Railway,—Com-
mittee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve.
South Eastern (Branch to Deal and Extension of the
South Eastern Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate) Rail-
way,—Committee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve.
South Eastern (Ashford to Hastings) Railway,—Commit-
tee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve.
South Eastern ( (Widening and Extension of the London
and Greenwich Railway),—Committee on Bill, Monday, May
26, at twelve. •
South Eastern (Tunbridge to Tunbridge Wells) Railway,
—Committee on Bill, Monday, May 26, at twelve.
South Eastern (Hungerford-bridge to Chilham, with
Branches) Railway,—Select Committee on project, Monday,
May 26, at twelve.
South Eastern (Lewisham to Tunbridge and Paddock
Wood) Railway,—Select Committee on project, Monday,
May 26, at twelve.
Liverpool and Manchester Railway,—Committee on Bill,
Monday, May 26, at twelve.
Blackburn and Preston Railway,—Committee on Bill,
Tuesday, May 27, at twelve.
Aberdare Railway,—Report, Thursday, May 15.
Grand Junction Railway (Dudley Branch),-11eport, Thurs-
day, May 15.
illancliester and Leeds (Burnley Branch and Oldham and
Heywood Extension),—Report on re committed Bill, Thurs-
day, May 15.
Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway,—
Report, Thursday, May 15.
Trent Valley Railway,—Report, Thursday, May 15.
Diss, Beccles, and 'Yarmouth Railway,—Select Committee
on 'project, Monday, May 26, at half after twelve.
Cork and Bandon Railway,—Committee on Bill, Wednes-
day, May 28, at half after twelve.
Waterford and Kilkenny Railway,—Committee on Bill,
Tuesday, May 27, at half after twelve.
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway,—Select Com-
mittee on project, Monday, May 26, at one.
Preston and Wyre Railway (Lytham and Blackpool
Branches),—Committee on Bill, Tuesday, May 27, at twelve,
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Worcester Devia-
tion),—Second reading, Thursday, May 15.
Birmingham and Gloucester -Railway (Wolverhampton
Line),—Second reading, Thursday, May 15.
Great Western (Ireland) Railway (Dublin to Mullingar
and Athlone).—Second reading, Thursday, May 15.
Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Hastings and
Ashford Branch),—Committee on petition, 'Tuesday, May 20.
Liverpool and Bury Railway (13olton, Wigan, and Liver-
pool Railway, Sand Bury Extensien),—Committee on Bill,
Monday, May 26, at one.
Londonderry and Coleraine Railway,—Second reading,
Thursday, May 15.
North Wales Railway,—Committee on Bill, Monday, May
19, at twelve.
London and Croydon Railway (Exlargement),—Second
reading, Thursday, May 15.
London and Croydon Railway (Chatham and Gravesend,
—Second reading, Thursday, May 15.
London and Croydon Railway (Maidstone, Ashford, and
Tunbridge),—Second reading, Thursday, May 15.
London and Croydon Railway (Orpington Branch),—Se-
cond reading, Thursday, May 15.
London and Croydon Railway (Chatham to Chilham),—
Second reading, Thursday, May 15.
Epping Railway,—Committee on petition, Wednesday,
May 21.
Select Committee on Railway Bills or projects comprised
in Group DD., adjourned till Friday, May 16, at twelve.
. Select Committee on Railway Bills or projects comprised
in Group 8., adjourned till Monday, May 19, at twelve.
Select Committee on Railway gills or projects comprised
in Group N., adjourned till Tuesday, Slay 20, at twelve.
Select Committee on Railway Bills or projects comprised in
Group Q., adjourned till Monday. May 26, at twelve.
Select Committee on Railway Bills or projects comprised
in Group X., adjourned till Friday, May 16, at twelve.

RAILWAYS.
Select Committee on Group CC. postponed from Wednes-
day 28th till 'Thursday, May 29, at half after twelve o'clock.
Select Committee on Group NN. postponed from Wednes-
day 28th till Thursday, May 29. at one o'clock.
Select Committee on Group A.
Lord Harry Vane discharged from attendance on the Com-
mittee.
The Hon. W. S. Lascelles appointed Chairman.
Sir Arthur Brooke (Fermanagh County),
Mr. Roche (Cork County),
selected, and added to the i.;ommittee.
Select Committee on Group SS.
Mr. David Dundas discharged from attendance on the
Committee.
Lord Harry Vane (South Durham),
selected, and appointed chairman of the Committee.
Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale Railway Bill,—Order
referring the Bill to Group B. discharged.
North Wales Mineral Railway Bill,—Committed for Mon-
day, May 26, at twelve o'clock.
'The Committee of Selection have appointed the Select
Committees on the Groups I'., Z., GO., and LL. to meet in
the week commencing Monday, June 2.

Memorandum.—The Committee of Selection will meet on
Friday, May 16, at twelve o'clock.

JEWS' ORPHAN ASYLUM.—The patrons and sub-
scribers to this asylum, which is situate in Leman-street, and is
amongst the best of the benevolent institutions of the Hebrew
community, having for its object the support and education of
children utterly parentless and destitute, had a ball on Thursday
in aid of the fiinds, by which their charitable intentions are car-
ried into effect, at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's. It
was well attended, nearly seven hundred persons being present,
amongst whom were the Barons Rothschild, Lord D. C. Stuart,
General Caulfield, Sheriff Sidney, Alderman Farebrother, dec., aud
nearly all the higher class of the Hebrew nation in London. The
great room, and in which Almack's balls are held, was splendidly
illuminated for the occasion, Jullien's band was in attendance.
Refreshments on an elegant and liberal scale were placed in other
apartments, and the best arrangements made fur tire company.
Dancing vcas commenced at balf.past nine o'clock and carried on
with great spirit for many hours. The list of donations and sub-
scriptions to the Nadi wa stated to be 800 h