The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-30 00:00:00

SOUTH-EASTERN LINE,

and said as he could not speak against the two lines, the
North Kent and the London and Croydon, at the
same time, he would first point out the superiority of the
South-Eastern to the former, which he considered the most
formidable antagonist, and then to the latter. Mr. Cockburn then
described the course of the two lines from London to Chatham, and
dwelt at some length on the distance of the Woolwich station from
the town, and the consequent want of accommodation to the in.
habitants. Mr. Cockburn also referred to the manner
in which the proposed line would pass Woolwich, the
evidence concerning which has been published from time to
time in the columns of The Sun. The Learned Counsel then
read over the whole of the correspondence on this subject, which
bad been put in in evidence by Mr. Sergeant Wrangham on the
part of the North Kent Company, and particularly the letters of
Mr. Hignet, which professed to contain the consent of the Board
of Ordnance to the proposed dev)Qtion beyond the ordinary limits.
These papers had been prepared Ili Mr. Hignet without the acqui.
escenco of the Master-General of the Board, and there-
fore were of no value. It was evident that the clauses had
been prepared by Mr. Hignet at the direction of some person con-
nected w th the North Kent line, but on Mr. Stevens (the solicitor
to the North Kent line) examining them, he saw that they were
not sufficient, as it was necessary to have the direct and written
consent of the Board, and not merely an implied consent in the
clauses.

(LIM BITTING.)

• GROUP K.
CAMBRIDGE AND BURY LINE.

The Committee resumed this day at noon, Viscount Sandon in
he chair.

Mr. Pare, the fraffic taker, corrected several items in his tables
as put in on Friday last, every particular in one, and almost
every particular in the other schedules were altered ; and in answer
to a searching examination by Mr. Ricardo, the witness admitted
his inaccuracy, and the conflicting statements of witnesses as prior
and subsequent to examination.

Mr. GIRDEN complained of the inconvenience to the opponents
of the Bill from the traffic tables being continually altered without
obtaining any previous intimation of the change.
Mr. Duncan, solicitor, the law clerk of the Eastern Counties
Railway, in examination by Mr. TALBOT, Q. C., deposed to the
prospective opening of the Cambridge and Ely line on the 9th inst.
The income of the Eastern Counties Company is 5,0001. a week,
or a produce of 260,0001. annually : deducting 104,0001.,
being 40 per cent., for working expenses, the sum of
156,000/. remained to pay engagements with other
lines. As lessees of the Northern and Eastern Rano ay
they paid 47,0001. a year for its use to Bishops Stortford, leaving
99,0001. as a guarantee of the rental of the present projected line
between Cambridge and Bury. The order of priority of claim, in
the event of the line being granted, and its lease effected, would be
Ely and Peterborough No. 1 Stock, and Cambridge and Bury No. 2
stock, and those claims must be all satisfied before the Share-
holders received any returns or dividend whatever. The construc-
tion of the line was estimated to cost 330,0001., which would be
raised by a subscription of 5/. per cent, on the subscribed capital of
669,0001. of the Eastern Counties Railway.
(anrT IIITTINO.)

GROUP L.
SOUTH-WESTERN BRANCHES.
PORTSMOUTH GROUP.

The Committee resumed this morning at twelve o'clock by ad-
journment from Friday last, when it will be remembered by our
readers that the Committee decided that so much of the pre-
amble of the South-Western Company's Bill should be allowed as
went to make a line from Guildford to Godalming and also from
Fareham to Portsea.

The Guildford and Godalming branch was first taken, and the
clauses were allowed up to the point where the junction at Godal-
ming with the Direct Portsmouth line was required, when a dis-
pute arose as to the way in which this was effected, when it was
ultimately decided, according to the wish of the Committee, to give
as much public accommodation as possible. A clause was then
drawn up for effecting this purpose,
(LEFT sirrnm.)

GROUP X.
CAMBRIDGE AND LINCOLN LINE.

The Committee met today at twelve o,clock, when

Mr. Winberry was called to prove certain returns which he had
obtained from the Stamp-office on the 7th of June, in reference to
the coach traffic. He read the numbers from a return of a list of
the coaches in the Stamp-office returns of the 31st of May, 1845,
not included in the London and York table. The coaches were
as follows :—One from London to Welwyn ; one from York to
Doncaster, two from Doncaster to Askeon, a distance of six miles
north ; one running two days hnd another six ; one from Don-
caster to Sheffield ; that went from Doncaster to Bawtery, and
then on by the Sheffield branch ; one from Doncaster to Wake-
field ; two from Lincoln to Gainsborough ; one from Newark to
Stamford; two from Boston to Spalding; this list was made since
the last table was given in ; those last two began in July 1844 ;
none of those were included in the tables already put in ; was quite
sure of that.

Mr. HILDYARD said he asked the latter question, as he
intended to produce evidence to contradict the answer. Wit-
ness then proceeded. The next was a coach from Boston
to Wisbeach ; the next from Boston to New Hol-
land. Is not aware that a Bill has passed both Houses
of Parliament for the formation of a line from New Holland to
Market.rasen. The next was a coach from Lincoln to New Hol-
land; this coach stopped in October last, and began again in July.
The next were two coaches from Boston to Leicester. The next, a
coach from Worksop to Eckington.,
Mr. Parks was then called on behalf of the Cambridge and Lin-
coln line to rebut this evidence. He deposed that none of those
coaches were running at the time stated. He found that three
only of them had commenced since April, 1844 ; one began in
June, 1844; one in August, 1844; and one in May, 1845. In the
next instance there were six coaches out of the 17, none of which
were running in May at all, and were not running now at all,
except one, which commenced in June, but was not
running now. Witness had taken all this from the
Stamp.office returns, to which the London and York had
the same access that he had. In the next instance none of
the coaches mentioned by Mr. Winberry were in his (Mr. P.'s)
list. In the next there were two coaches running in September
last, which had not been included in the London and York table;
and he also found two coaches had been put In those tables which
he could not find in the Stamp-office returns. In the
next case the London and Welwyn coaeh was run-
ning in May, but not in June 1844. Did run in
July, August, and September, but not in October, or any other
month of 1844, and performed only three journeys in May, 1845.
The next, that between York and Doncaster, stopped in February
and March, and began in April, and was running in May, 1845.
The next, that from Doncaster to Askerton, that was stopped in
September, 1844; was not running in May, 1845, but began again
in June of this year. The next, another coach on the same line,
was running in April, 1844, stopped in July, and was
running in May, 1845. 'The next, that from Doncaster
to Sheffield, had been omitted in the London and York
tables, as were also the coaches numbered 8,864, 8,873, and
8,891. The coach from Boston to Spalding stopped in Sep-
tember, 1844, and was not running in May, 1845. The next,
that from Boston to Wisbeach, stepped in January, 1845, and did
not run since. The next, that marked 8,811, commenced running
in April, 1845, and stopped in May; it had not been running
before. Thoe two marked 8,861 and 8,862 had been omitted
from the London and York tables. The last mentioned in the list
were not running in 1844, but were now.