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line was proposed to be taken by the Bill froth a large num-
ber of the inhabitants of Stamford, and Lord Harborough.
The London and York Company also petitioned against the
line, in the name of one of their solicitors, Mr. Parsons.
lir. AUSTIN objected to the reception of the latter petition,
as being irregular, as the parties ought to have appeared in
their own name.
Mr. Sergeant WRANCIIIAM replied at some length, on the
other side, in which he endeavoured to show that the two
Imes were competing lines, and that though the petition
might not be according to the usual rules, yet the neces.ity
of the case should warrant the Committee in going into it.
The Committee decided against receiving the petition in
the name of "John Parsons," and proceeded to the conside-
ration of the other petitions.
HUDDERSFIELD AND SHEFFIELD JUNCTION
WAY.
The further consideratißonAlL of this railway was taken before
Mr. Barneby and the Committee on Group C, this day, at
iwelve o'clock.
Mr. WHATELEY stated, Mr. Cope was anxious to correct a
mistake into which he had fallen yesterday, with respect to
the radius within which he had estimated the carriage of
teals.

Mr. COPE stated that the radius was one of three miles,
and not one mile, as he had said yesterday • that the whole
amount of the revenue from coals would be in his estima-
tion 19,2801. 17s. Bd., that the whole quantity of coal he
calculated would be 401,000 tons, but the net quantity was
219,572 tons.
Mr• Hall, engineer to the Huddersfield Canal Company,
Stated that one of the chief feeders was the Flockton coal-
field, the distance of which from the Manchester and Leeds
Railway was about a mile and a half, that the
Flockton field was the main source for which
Huddersfield was supplied, and that there was no means by
which the market at Huddersfield could be supplied without
considerable expense and loss of time.
On inquiries from Mr. TEMPLE, Mr. Hall explained that
the West Riding Junction Railway did cot afford sufficient
tcoanzen,ience •, that the quantity of coals carried on the
--esuY Canal from the Silkestone coal-field was 82,000
;tins; and that this was the only communication be-
',..ween the Silkestone coal-field and Huddersfield, which
t°° circuitous, and the places too distant from each
then; that the tolls were Is. Id. per ton, and that the haulage
Wit 3,. generally double that amount.
!rt reply to a question from the Chairman,
Mr. WIIATELEY said that the total cost of carriage by the
rt.a.!waY would be Is. sd. per ton, including every expense of
--idtraY ten and locomotive power, except putting the coal
a_the line d taking it off.
.I.t.t reply to Mr. Whateley,
(1,1.49-r• all stated that the distance by canal to Hud-
thins'ecle 'was about thirty miles ; that the Flockton coal was
incri':ueugh he could not say whether it was so little as 18
thief', Cud that the Silkestone coal was about 4 feet 6 inches
the chief
Locke stated, in reply to Mr. Temple, that one of
chief reaeon for carrying the line in its present course
aeisci t" effect a junction with the Manchester and Hudders-
Railway at Huddersfield.
gl TEMPLE then proceeded to state that it wa.s. a
;;t nil take to suppose that the promoters of the oppositton
d were induced by any desire of impeding the project, o.r
t,erted auY other motives than those arising from a desire to
th_vent thine going through their property at all. He
tri'arnciistedraiiw passage from the report of the Board of Trade
in which
.they stated their doubts of the
4,11 , Of the traffic proving sufficient to remunerate the
impnthoeldr,,,_,,rs nd he thought thatwas but
points
west ny should have proved all their points
trmeet satisfactorily before they took from his client thepro-
-44' which she desired to retain. This property consisted
10 gardens, a plantation, a road, a shrubbery, stackyards,
the 'anis- By the power of deviation given by Parliament
,LY would have the right to take not only a part but
ti.eiewhhtohlee of this property. He complained of the way in
Company had obtained the evidence on which
~,r grounded their allegations before the Committee.
fron,'Y had not obtained the account of the traffic
Ita-o,_the Directors of the Leeds and Manchester
tak.'"eY, but they had employed persons who had under-
to count the number of persons who got into the car-
le-X-3 of that railway at Manchester. This, to say the
4`s", was a very insufficient ground on which to base their
tis.sertions. With respect to the carriage of coals, the quail-
tiV of which was likely to be carried on the railway was es-
131ated. at 401,000 tons, and the revenue more than
wo_pot. , but this was, however, mere assumption.
vu,udersffeld was at present supplied fom the Calder
thitileY coal-field, which embraced the Flockton and
iaeipilkestone coal field, and if the West Riding Junction
e 1
; aY, which was now before Parliament were carried intod
there would be a better communication between these
,afields and Huddersfield by that railway, than by the
fof luldersfield and Sheffield Junction, so that the supposition e
revenue from coal was, at present, mere assumption,
and nothing else. The estimates for the execution of the
',"_°C it were also erroneous. The Company stated that
r tunnelling would cost 351. per yard ; and they could es-
timate what their expenses will be, because they have had
field estimates from the contractors for the Manchester and Shut.-
line,on which line the labour had been obtained at the
ra.:y lowest rate, and where the cost had been 801. a yard.
i
I:.nt,e CHAIRMAN interrupted the Learned Counsel by inti-
pZeg that this was not evidence, and that if he wished to
his point, he should have called individuals who could
Prove what he asserted.
Mr. TEMPLE said that this was proved by the statements
from the engineers of the line, who had stated that it was a
obe four very rocky soil. There w 600 yards long, and yet foerrtehte viaducts, one of them
b. cis that
was only guess work for the theca very considerable works there
foinreffithceienle,
two ...nun
for the tunn'welt and .that for of the
•
estimate of the expense. On these
that the
estimates,reand-thiA a viaducts,
etsrugahtet
suspicion on the whole of the
to f --••• Ws sufficient to induce the Committee
re rain from giving their sanction Une of the objects Was to bring railway %ion withunit huentußi
this intotec.
the Huddersfield and Manchester Railwa, and,
ior this purpose, they were forming two tunnels ofd.a very
.t4,_ Pensive nature, which line had been reported against by
h" Board of Trade, and he thought that this line ought to
illP°stPoned until that line was sanctioned by Parliament.
caween these two lines there was also a considerable
inuerence of level. On these grounds, insufficiency of proof,
hic°rreetness of estimates, and, lastly, that this line was
l‘trg ei3r dependent for success on its connexion with the
bnchester and Leeds Railway, he submitted that the
r.Par'Y had not made out a sufficient case for the favour-
fhrePort of the Committee.
he me Committee after stating that they did not wish to
vr:vrelkill.r. Whatley' in reply, declared the preamble to be
la •
Nver - Q going through the clauses of the Bill, the expenses
s3,calculated at 531,2581., and the capital proposed was
opprunwl• The remaining clauseswere gone through without
cl and the Bill passed through Committee, who de-
refer u that the Chairman should report it to the House.
suggestion having been made by Sir W. CLAY that a
theeanee should be made to the report of the Board of Trade,in
whit Om was cleared for the consideration. of the form in
the c the report should be made. On being. re-admitted,
C6_AIIII4AN stated that he should communicate with the
'urinan of the Board of Trade before making his report.
The Committee (No. 3.)
o' --,olnmittee assembled this day shortly after twelve
c pelt,
MANCHESTER
andiproceeded to inquire into the merits of the
AbICCHESTER AND HUDDERSFIELD LINE.
Of it'•„"-)AINEs said that the Bill proposed the construction
line Limo of railway from the Sheffield and Manchester
I:411a! Ashton to Cooper-bridge. It was proposed to coin-
t hencat Staley -bridge, near Ashton, to go on to Cooper-brid.ge,
The to form a junction with the Manchester and Leeds line.
2ii 'whole length of the proposed line would be
tielf, 1111,e.5, with a short branch of 1 miles to
ro .91e Learned Counsel then proceeded to detail the
the the proposed line very minutely, and the nature of
Whitenhan ufa c tures and trades carried on in each town through
tiff°, ;Ile line would pass, and the great convenience it would
or the rapid transit of goods.
/2ln ltnesses were then called to sustain the statement of the
Counsel.
latior' Se, uteliff, wool merchant, deposed that the popu-
overlll.,°_i Huddersfield was over 10,000, that of Halifax
to the 'r" the proposed line would be a great advantage
Propo'anufactures of all the towns ; he conceiveu that the
thestju floe would be very superior to the Leeds and Man-
r, and Leeds proposed line.
RPan'ARDv, counsel on behalf of the Caldon Canal, Corn-s
elicires
te-examined the witness, but nothing material was
evl'ict/te: other witnesses, also extensive manufacturers, gave
tieneeZ to the effect of the great inconvenience they expe-
eoale from the want of a more facile mode of conveying
0 their mills than they had at present.
G-

terday
ap
00T-RACE FOR TWENTY POUNDS.—YeE-
§eilt -- martens. assemblage of the sporting fraternity wereitpnrees;
at the
‘he out Three Cats, public.house, at Acton Bottom, to witness
eelebr ,ch between East (of Westminster) and Moun joy, two
kounar`ed Pedestrians. The distance was to walk twenty miles,
the , receive six minutes at the start. In betting East was
Pace7:°Urite at 6to 5. At the start they went away ataegoomod.
Pleteird Performed the first mile in 9 min. and 7 sec., and.
b 7 ruin fu Performed
miles in 37 min.,
tied at aand ten miles were accomplished in
conti ' and 15 sec. Mountjoy retaining a lead of 300 yards. They
Initeaevertakin. goodi rate, and at the fourteenth mile East succeeded
his opponent, and they walked together till
.the
mile,h'mself When Mountjoy relaxed his speed, and East avail
, tanif" Of this advantage and went a.head, and it became. quite.
WA, "t East was winning ; and at the seventeenth mile
.Mountjoy
vint:aPelled to relinquish the contest, and East went in an easyan
"Mier, and covered the twenty miles of road in three hours and
*ph arie,,rdsinutes, fair toe and heel walking. Much money was
roils HARMONIC SOClETY.—Handel's Solomon
Ulisse Performed at Exeter-hall to.morrow (Wednesday) evening.
BnBirch appears for the first time since her return from. Italy...
favej,"ErAMPTOlll, APRIL 21.—This port, from its
Itiat,;able Position, is now acknowledged by all conversant with the
Brant' to be the best in the kingdom for the embarkation of mu.
with 1; In the course of last season vessels sidled mAithly, and
arid orierY great success. They have re-commenced their voyages,
300 emia turday last the St. Ann's, a fine ship of 650 tons, le" with
by railgrants and numerous cabin passengers. They came dawn
1,01,21',43' on Thursday in three hours, the greaten portion ofthem
reor4, 'eft their homes, in various counties, only the same
hoers .nt
Sailing from hence they are clear of the Channel in 24
Other vessels will follow.
last ,11, Et, AIAYNOC.TH rreeting was held
gov„,g.it at Lyon-strcet Chapel, New Kent.road, to consider the
Ment proposal with respect to Maynooth, D. W. Wire,
sett;:rin the chair. The meeting was composed chiefly of Dis.
tueetins. and the following resolution was adopted :—" That this
to Irejg''x °PPosing the endowment of the Roman Catholic Church
th,an .5 not actuated by any wish to deprive fellow-subjects
en;en"` Persuasion of any equitable privilege, civil and religious:
tending for the dependence of the Roman Catholic teachers
tine ,ItntarY support, it is desirous of placing them in the posi.
"iehs in its judgment, ought to be occupied by every reli.
COununity." Mr. Greene,' Mr. Hiams, and John Bo ooke,
t0ei0%.42,0 addressed the meeting. Resolutions that petitions in
seet —"ay with the above resolution should be forthwith pre.
Passed to Pass both Mouses of Parliament, praying that the Bill may not
ifere also carried.
an t„e'srs. Chalon, Stanfield, Leslie, Christall, Stump,
it 47,_arrd, have left in the packet-ship Victoria, for New York, it
here
the e stood, to paint the hall of Congress of the United States.
eWerea large number of people to see them off. They left
wakiey 3,lEAriourts OF SOIDISANT REPORTERS.—Mr.
11:1).. at an inquest yesterday, having been shown a
%it t•er
n Which appeared a report of proceedings on Saturday
editor the Guildhall Police-court, stating a charge made by the
re the the Morning Advertiser against a person calling hiss-self a
reporst'r, for having imposed upon that paper by sending to it a
ot
"
sine. ,an uest that had n been , said some time
6tellbnee hadinq read in the papers "8 reportsheld of inqueststhat said to have
held„ici himin Paddington, not one of which he had ever
r het to-t 4b'leat;dne was headed " Seduction and Suicide," and contained
-rote
etters from the supposed seducer to his victim, and
he
hi
an written in a very affecting strain. The name
held :"`"te-house and street in which the alleged inquea was
the kr-iskgiven, but no such public-house or street ever existed in
tllendB.'• The editor of the Morniny Advertiser was to be
examcom-
ror thr. steps he had taken, and if other editors followed
.
ahlipam. Mei the character of the press would be raised in public
,VrOtaki L", as the fabricators of false and injurious intelligence
Nib Auc detected. Punished, and their infamous calling be even-
' vestroyed.