The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-26 00:00:00

GROUP K.

nualr ST. EDIVLUNIDs AND CAMBRIDGE
22.11.XX.WAY.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)

Mr. May, examined by 1•lr. 1-111.n1catto, QC. (who appeared in
conjunction with Mr. AUSTIN) —ls a toll-collector and coal-mer.
chant at Ipswich, and considers the line from Cambridge to Bury
would materially benefit the 'trade from Ipswich to the eastern
coutrties.

Cross-examined by Mr. GIRDEN—The freight between New.
castle and Ipswich is 6s. 9d. a ton, besides Is. 6d. for dock dues,
and lid. for corporation dues. The best coals could be put upon a
line at Ipswich at 17s 6d. a ton.

Charles May, examined by Mr. Hunraan, Q C.—ls a cheese-
mand director of the line now projected between
Bury°n ratg'andClairblreidhge. From Derby and Holland the great propor-
tion of the cheese is procured, but the water navigation from the
former town is a very objectionable means cf conveyance, and if a
railway communication were established with the Eastern or Mid-
land Counties, it would be far better than the present mode.
Mr. Bryant, a farmer and drover, resident near Newmarket,
deposed to the value of the proposed line through that town, and
to the produce and consuming population of the district. The
former witness alone would pay 1871. 10s. to the railway for the
carriage of barley, at the proportion he at present consumes, but
this mould would be considerably increased.

Mr. Bottom, postmaster of Newmarket, confirmed the evidence
of the last witnesses as to the importance of the line to that district ;
and, the Speaker being announced at prayers, the Committee ad.
journed, at four o'clock, until twelve o'clock to-morrow.

GROUP L.
this morning took the Chichester
CHICHES'IMIL AND EILIG ETON LINE.
The Committee on Group L, having arrived at the termination
of the cases of the Atmospheric Direct line and the Guildford,
other Members eArsilgteelm)rt'boaen"r, sldi lo)Pfe.° thet.tl Committee mu Etihn B.
e lines,
Denison
was in the chair, with the
present.

Mr. WHATELEY appeared for the promoters, and after stating
that ha would reserve his observations until the close of the case,
called _

Mr. Rose, a member of the Town Council of Portsmouth, and
an owner of considerable property in the borough, who stated that
he believed that this line was quite in accordance with the feelings
of the people'of Portsmouth, and was adopted, after the expression
of much feeling, by the greater portion of the inhabitants of the
town.
Mr. Ilitimatta stated that this line had been adopted after a
public meeting of the inhabitants, convened in consequence of a
large acquisition. In addition to this fact, also, there was the circum.
slangs that a petition had been presented to Parliament, signed by
more than 3,000 of the most respectable inhabitants in the town
and neighbourhood. The construction of this line would open up
by the custom now adopted of bringing them
a great convenience to the inhabitants of the whole of that line of
coast.. Coals, for instance, would be brought more readily and
toelf.the Engineers, stated that this would, in his
esisi,nportant line fortothethceonen,c, connexion between bvertawneceen,
Troops could be conveyed by this line, and con-
densed
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never to to be left out of sight. The
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several
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mithal titan by
on any particular spot, in the course of e few hems, and
was A feature of as great importance, almost of
as much importance as the line itself. For the general objects of
this
the Government no better line could be laid out, and as a military
vow: is:
atriinsp coast,otewl:ctr
ith opposedch
aught as
Men he would say, that this line was of incalculable importance,
and likely to be of groat benefit to the country.
Mr. Rastrick, the engineer of the Brighton Railway, elated that
the railway advantages of this line were pre-eminently great. it
was in fact a merely surface line, and offered no engineering diffr•
cultic' whatever. The main Bee would be 17 miles 7 X chains in