The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-30 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DA

Y•)

LONDON, APRIL 30.—Wind Southerly breeze, and cloudy.
DEAL, Apllz29.—Wind W.S.W., moderate.—Acrd. Royal
Albert, Balderston, China; Charlotte, Bombay. A
FALMOUTH, APRIL 29.—Wind W.S.W. to
Caroline, Lisbon, in five days. Off, 'Volga, Brown, Ichaboe,
and sailed for Hull; Naiad, Davies, Paraiba, and sailed for
Antwerp, experienced a whirlwind, and lost several sails, So.,

11 th ult., lat. 6 S., lon. 34 W.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 29.—Wind S.W., moderate.—A•
Alice, Abbots, Reading, Atkinson, and Othello, Thomson,
Calcutta ; Nautilus, Ward, and Lola, Valparaiso ;
Partridge, Africa; Diana, and Swordfish, Green, Pernambuco
Resolution, Evans, Maranham.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(THIS DAY.)

Group B.
The Committee re-assembled this morning at the usual
hour, and proceeded with the affirmative evidence in the case
of the
LEEDS AND WEST RIDING JUNCTION LINE.
Mr. Samuel Holland, of the firm of Samuel and Joseph
Holland, of Brighouse, said there was a considerable cow:
munication carried on between Brighouse and Bradford, and
Brighouse and Leeds and Manchester. He thought the
West Riding Junction afforded mere accommodation to tho
district than the West Yorkshire line.

ENGINEERING EVIDENCE.
Mr. Hawkshaw, a civil engineer, and the engineer of the
Manchester and Leeds and the Manchester and BoTm
Railway, was employed last year to lay out the West Biding
system of railway. The country through which
it
passed was greatly undulating, and was thickly 01"
habited over the whole district The country wea
an
extremely difficult one to carry a railway across, and under.
any circumstances, or whatever route was taken, there EcTs'
be tunnels. He thought he had marked out the WI
which would most benefit the public. He had stri..P`
it out in branches. The first was the main lias
from Leeds to Copley Mills ; the second from
Loumore to Bradford; the third from Loumore to Dews-
bury; and the fourth from Pickle-bridge to Brighouse. Th!
first branch would be 17 miles and 6 furlongs in length ; Sn
the greatest gradient would be lin 100. Upon that branch
they had five tunnels altogether, the total number of yards
in which was 4,207: and the length of arching on the
whole branch was 117 yards.

Group 0.
GRAND JUNCTION POTTERIES LINE.
The Committee met at twelve o'clock. Mr. ilavic"
Chairman.
Mr. M'Veagh, engineer, called and examined—He stated
that there were no engineering difficulties.
Joseph Locke, engineer examined—He stated that the line
from Bassford to Stoke was the best line that could be mat
He did not think that a better line could be made.
knew the country well. He believed they had got the lowest
and best summit on their line, and the shortest Waugh
He did not think any other line could be made cheaPex,ri
The gradients on the line were not at all dangerous ; he did
not think it would be possible to make a line more conce;
nient for the inhabitants of the Potteries. If the Gran'
Junction Company were not allowed to make a line from
Bassford to Stoke the inhabitants of the Potteries would loss
the great advantage of a line to the north-west. The Gran;
Junction Company could convey the products of the Potteri_.
cheaper than any other line. The inhabitants of the Fel
teries were in favour of the line.
Cross-examined by Mr. MACAULAY—DON not to
that the inhabitants of the Potteries wished for a line
Bassford. They wished for a line to Crewe. Witness consit-0
dered thet a line to Bassford was the same thing as a line,
Crewe. The line by Bassford to Crewe was, in fact, aho
line than a line to Crewe direct, which would have to circ.
Crewe Park. A shorter line than the line to Bassford
iniß
be made, provided that expense was not an element taken:
into consideration. The line to Bassford was the best line
with reference to convenience and expense.
Re-examined—Thinks that the Grand Junction Comedic
would be able to afford cheaper conveyance than anY '-
company. The potteries would be likely to lose the 8(11111;
tages which the Grand Junction Company would be able
The
aford them,
if any other than their line were made. he
gr4ients on the proposed line arose out of the nature of
recollect
grOid. It would be better if the gradient of lin 100 were
1 in 200, but it would not present any serious obsta
Thinks that the line ought to be continued to Stafford. The
Trent Valley, he believed, covenanted to make this ceil-
tinuation.
Captain Huish, Secretary to the Grand Junction Line,
amined—He stated that in consequence of communicatt?. _
with several influential inhabitants of the Potteries, tf_':
Company sent engineers to survey the Potteries district,
the purpose of constructing a line. The engineers selec tr;
the line known as the T line, but the inhabitants of 11.2_
Potteries, especially Mr. Ridgeway, objected te
Ridgeway's name was attached to the deed between
c:110!
Trent Valley and the Grand Junction respecting
struction of the line.

Group V.

WEDNESDAY, SECOND DAY.
GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD JUNCTION —ll.lf.ortly
The Committee proceeded to business this day
after twelve o'clock. ed.lle
Mr. Henry Grantham was the first witness that
deposed that he resided near Brigg. Does not, mow that
un
Barton is an important town for fairs. Lincoln s arket. I
portant and so is Castor. Barton is a fortnight un A fairs et
never sent a head of cattle there. There are tvl" • tor,
Castor certainly in the year. Would prefer the PrOec
Castor,
line to the Hull and Selby line for sending cattle to ;„0.
because there is great inconvenience attending the shiPP::l'6o'
of cattle at the ferry and unshipping them. Has sent Ca id
to Wakefield. Is of opinion that the Gainsborough line WOti,L,
be a more convenient one than the Selby line to Wakefie,'"
Feeds about twenty beasts, and sells about 400 sheep Per
annum.

Mr. James Torry—ls manager of the ferry at Hull. Fr°,2.,
1
50,000 to 70,000 passengers cross the ferry every year,
sheep'"
sides about 350 hoeses, 450 carriage conveyances, 4,000 "
and 600 tons of merchandise. The present mode of convel.
ance through the county of Lincoln from one town to
other, such as Market-Risin, Newholland, Castor, &c.,
either by mail or private conveyance. The proposed 11°'
would greatly facilitate intercourse between those towns-

Group E.
NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK RAILWAY.. .„
The case of this line, which was opened yesterday, W""'
proceeded with to-day. aerobic
Mr. Wood, of Killingworth, was examined at cons'
length as to the position of the Newcastle and Berwick lin
with respect to certain coal pits at present at work and
jetted, and the probability of the coals coming over that BP
°I.
in preference to the Northumberland line, in the course...n.
which he entered into several statistical details quite
teresting to the public.

Group X.
The Committee, to whom the Bills contained in this t Tenrci
have been referred, assembled in room No. 8 ; presee-7 r.
Courtenay, Chairman ; Mr. B. Wall, Mr. M‘GeachYt
Darby, and Mr. P. Scrope.
As soon as the Committee assembled,
Mr. Sergeant WRANOHAM directed the attention of toil°
Committee to the inconvenience which the counsel;ere
agents were subjected to by the arrangements which The
in force respecting the admission of parties to the room• be.,
counsel were greatly incommoded by the pressure from bro
hind, and were, in consequence, unable properly to Pei.'„ce
their duties. In Mr. Stewart's Committee this inconveaw-
had been felt, and a remedy had been applied. bed
The CHAIRMAN said the attention of the Committee ...id
been already drawn to this subject, and arrangements Per
been made by Captain Gossett to remedy the evil c°
plained of.
LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. Mr. Sergeant WRANGRAM then proceeded with his add Se
in opening the case for the promoters of this railway the
took a review of the report of the Board of Trade upon t.
London and York scheme, and more particularly alluded.he•—
tnat part of it which stated that the construction of
proposed line would in its cost far exceed the
_ted
mates of the engineer. He contended that the Pr°l'aet
line would be constructed at as small a cr,:nuld.
the opposing scheme, the Direct Northern.
not this opposing line be constructed, it would ut t 7 The
the public that accommodation which the line for wog:
of
appeared would give. The estimate for the constructita,
the London and York line was about six millions and '—
Taci°
Tr
and that sum would not be exceeded. The Board of
in their report had contrasted the estimate for the cons%
tion of the first 112 miles of the London and York line I"
the actual cost of the London and Birmingham line.

THE TOTTENHAM AND FARRINGDON-Sii,-5
„Dv, 3:
EXTENSION RAILWAY. be
This Bill was said in our Third Edition last night
rfto ;4
'
thrown out by the Standing Orders Committee. We
however, is not the case, the Bill is allowed to go 00....cas
error originated through a false rumour raised in the Pe*-10-
to the Committee-room, by some of the gentlemen whose far.
terests are compromised by the success of the promoters s°
Sub-Committee No. 1. ,clerk
The Committee re-assembled this day at twelve ojoy
in room No. 7 ; present Mr. Strutt, Chairman ; Mr. Vii!
'Stuart, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Cavendish, and Mr. Beckeot7,o,
The respective agents of the Bills set down for this 'd to
mittee having conferred with the Chairman, it US agre'
adjourn the following petitions for Bills:
Af.d111134
The Goole and Doncaster till to
Railways Company (Birmingham)—(l
tol, and Gloucester Railway purchas,„ to Tuesday ne— to
Birmingham and Gloucester Railviay Acts Amendinenir
Tuesday next—the Great WeSt's,rn Railway (Ireland)---P
lin to Mullin gar, till to-morrow,
-morrow
—the
7118:it,5-
IOW
The Committee proceeded with the adjourned inquill
the allegations in the 'petition against the
STAINES AND RICHMOND RAILWAY. were
Several allegations of misdescription of proper*,
allowed.
treet'
Mr. Samuel Hughes, the civil engineer, of Duke's Westminster, was was called by Mr. Venables, to prove the t°
ings on the plans and sections. Standing orders not cu
plied with in those instances.
4 were
A large number of allegations of a clerical nature -
sustained.
The next, allegation possessing anything like interest rsof
that the promoters had not served notices on the eviliver
a MO. at Staines, through which flows a portion of the
Thamese
Mr. ELLICOMBE, for the promoters, objected to the au c
tion, on the ground that it was not sufficiently specifie'w-oeri
considered the allegation should state who were the oat ne.
of the River Thames. It was impossible to prove "h the par"
notices had been served without naming who were t
ties that should be
submitted that the River Thames hisidiryt poi
theThC
servators, and it was plain that they were in the
eomCmTlAitltßeMe
owners.
cADT orderedr theh llroom
parties
a tt°io he n
snd-
After a short delibcreation the parties were called
informed by the CUAIRMAN that the standing orders ill
case had not beer, complied with. cleared, to enable

SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY.
G DD.
On the re-assembling ofro theup Committee this matting
min eon
Sh T. Prurms then went on with his cross-exe— %la-
d Mr. Mitchell, and endeavoured to show that his old not
tions of the traffic were greatly exaggerated, and di.
t
furnish the Committee with a fair average of the quantrgrs;d
goneral goods which might be expected along the Pr°Ph on
line. The witness was questioned at considerable 10," and
the articles of passengers, coals, lime, pig iron, cattle,
goods generally ; but the main features of his previous
dence
Mr were not altered.
. HOVE then called Mr. Daniel Kennedy,
an extene
ii/1
cattle dealer. Ile stated that he purchased the princps:
part of his cattle in Ross-shire, Perthshire, and Invern the
shire, and usually disposed of them at Falkirk and .has
•
Southern markets. The average number of cattle ,"