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London, England, 1845-07-01 00:00:00

IMPORTANT DECISION.

Mr. George Ress proved the number of assents, dissents, and
neuters on the line, the mileage traversed over whose land being
twelve miles seven furlongs, six miles three furlongs, and two fur-
longs respectively.
The case of the promoters having thus concluded,
Mr. GULDEN addressed the Committee at some length in opposi-
tion to the Bill, commenting on the insufficiency of the evidence
more especially as regarded the traffic and estimated returns, and
urging on the Committee the propriety of postponing the project
till another session.

Mr. RAWLINSON, on behalf of the Duke of Rutland, Mr. Alix,
M.P., and other landowners, followed on the same side, denying
that the wants of the country warranted such a project, and
therefore, inasmuch as property was recklessly invaded, and all the
landowners opposed to it, it ought to be negatived by the Committee.
Mr. CALVERT, on the part of Mr. Thorpe, whose estate was tra-
versed and allegedly injured by the line, also followed in opposition
to the Bill.

Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and after a pro-
'racted consultation, the Committee decided that they would ad-
journ till the 22d of July, to enable them to give this project the
same opportunities as that accorded the Bury and Thetford.
The substance of this adjournment is a suspended negative to the
Bill, but giving it the benefit of any sessional resolution which, in
the interim might be passed for the convenience of Bills not re-
ported on, and in case the project should be re-introduced.

GROUP L.
SOUTH-WESTERN BRANCHES
POR.TSMOUTH 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.
After some discussion the Junction at Fareham was agreed upon
without the station being fixed, and without any reciprocal right
being conceded for travelling on the lines between Chichester,
Fareham, and Portsmouth. The other clauses were passed through,
and the Committee adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'clock.
There are other clauses yet to pass, but there are no questions
of main interest to adjudicate, and thus has terminated a contest
of more than six weeks' duration, in which several Queen's
counsel, two or three sergeants-at-law, and a large portion of the
junior bar have been engaged—a contest in which the highest
forensic skill, experience, energy, and determination: have been
shown to carry the object of their retainers. And whether we look
at the pertinacity of the parties engaged, the importance of the
interests to the public—not the mere dwellers on the line, but
to all engaged in the freedom of intercourse between dif-
ferent parts of the empire—is of immense importance.
It may be transgressing our province, but we feel that we should be
inadequately doing justice to those who have been engaged in this
contest if we were not to bear testimony to the pains-taking and
public-spirited industry and disinterestedness which the Com-
mittee have evinced for the. public interests. Whether we look
at the forensic ability of the counsel engaged, at the acuteness of
Mr. Morikton Milnes, the mathematical attainments of Mr. Oswald,
the scientific acumen of Mr. Vivian, the perspicacity of Lord
Clive, or the honest Yorkshire independence, and practical, busi.
ness, and intelligent qualities of the Chairman, we are bound to
state that a more admirable concert of qualities, both mental and
moral, could rarely he brought to bear on the decision of any great
caveate queation feet assured that. in no instance were
public interests more efficiently preserved. They have provided
three different accesses to Portsmouth, have given the inhabitants
of that town three different routes for reaching the metropolis, be-
sides developing the facilities and resources of the country to the
east, west, and north, and giving, though indirectly, addition of
guarantee to a new motive power in the already gigantic railway
system. In every point of view, both national and provincially
commercial, the decision of this Committee must prove of immense
utility, and be certain to elevate the respect of the country for its
Legislature, and increase its confidence in the honesty and ability
elite public functionaries.

The other dames will be gone through to.xaorrow, and the two
other lines will then be taken.

GROUP X.
CA.IVIDRIDGE AND LINCOLN LINE.

The Committee met to-day at twelve °Mock, 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. Ile 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 h—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 and another six ; one from Don-
caster to Sheffield ; that went from Doncaster to Bawtery, and
then on by the Sheffield branch ; one from Doncastetto Wake-
fleld ; 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. Hl'D' ARD 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 bad 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 coach 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 Askcrton, 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. Those 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.

CLOSE OF THE CAMBRIDGE AND LIN-
COLN LINE.

When the cross-examination of this witness had concluded,
Mr. HILDYARD rose and said he was happy to 1?e able to state
that this long-protracted case had at length come to a c'ose, at
least very nearly so, for he trusted that much addition would not
be made to it by the observations he had to make. He then pro-
ceeded 0 state the case which he conceived he had made out, and
contrasted it with that of the London and York case.

Mr. Ausvx followed, and contended that there was a fatal ob.
jection to the London and Yotic Bill, inasmuch as the deed of set-
tlement was not a valid document, because it was originally pro.
posed that the capital of the Company was to be 5,000,0001.,
whereas they now asked for 6,500,0001., and, therefore, either the
decd was valid or it was not. If it was valid it was valid only to
the amount of 5,000,0001., and, therefore, those who signed it were
not liable for the payment of more than such a proportion of the
amount they subscribed for as would make 5,000,000/. ; either that
or they were not legally liable for one farthing.
Mr. Sergeant WitANGRAM contended that this was an objection
which should have been raised before the Committee on standing
orders ; and that not having been done, he contended the objection
came in too late now. The question was then argued at great
length, and occupied the Committee until ten minutes past six
o'clock, when—

The CHAIRMAN said the Committee would not decide the point
until tomorrow.

The Committee adjourned till tomorrow,

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PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE.
SATURDAY JUNE 28. _ _ _

Irish Great We3tern Railway (Dublin to Galway),—Re-
port to be considered, Tuesday, July 1.
Runcorn and Preston Brook Railway,—Third reading,
Tuesday, July 1.
Newport and Pontypool Railway,—Third reading, Tues-
day, July 1.
Manchester and Leeds Railway,—Third reading, Tuesday,
July 1.

I ork and North Midland (Harrogate Branch) Railway,—
Lords' amendments to be considered, Tuesday, July 1.
London and South Western Railway (Metropolitan Exten-
sion ),—Report to be considered, Tuesday, July 1.
Coventry, Bedworth, and .Nuneaton Railway,—Report,
Tuesday, July 1.

L kW INTELLIGENCE.
HOUSE OF LORDS, June 30.

The House sat today to hear appeals. The Peers present
were the Lord Chancellor, L.ord Brougham, and the Bishop of Ely,
The following judges were also in attendance—The Lord Chief
Justice of the Common Pleas, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Colt-
man, Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. Justice
Wightman, Mr. Justiee Cresswell, Mr. Justice Maule, Mr. Baron
Alderson, Mr. Baron Rolfe, and Mr. Baron Platt.