The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-30 00:00:00

SUPPLY.

The report of the Committee of Supply was then brought up
and agreed to; after which the House adjourned.

RAIL WAY COMMITTEES.

(YESTERDAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
STANDING OILDEILS COMMITTEE.
The Committee met at Twelve o'clock, the Earl of Shaftesbury
in the chair.
After disposing of some private Bills,
The South-Eastern Railway (Deal Extension) Bill passed
through Committee.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP X.
snErrzELD AND LINCOLN LINE.

Jephcock's evidence (continued from our Afternoon Edition
of yesterday —He had made a table for the information of the Corn.
rnittee, by which it appeared, that for a distance of seven miles
from Sheffield, on a space of one mile on each side of the line,
there were 11,000,000 acres of coal field, which, if worked to a
depth of 150 yards, would yield 41,000,000 tons of coal, while on the
same distance on the Bawtry branch of the London and York line
there were only 1,807 acres of coal fields, yielding, at the same
eatio, 6,000,000 tons.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM—BeIieves the coal
extends to a greater distance under the Sheffield and Lincoln line
than under the Bawtrey branch of the London and York, and there-
fore, if accessible, a larger proportion would travel by the latter
railway.
Mr. Andrews, a coal-viewer, corroborated the evidence of the
preceding witness.
Mr. T. Dunn, examined by Mr. BLINKS—Is managing partner
of the Sheffield Coal Company, lessees of the minerals under the
Duke of Norfolk. Is perfectly conversant with both the projects
betore the Committee for accommodating these districts, and consi-
ders that the Linconi line indisputably affords the greatest advan-
tag:•s for the working and carriage of coal.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM—IS Mayor of
Sheffield, and in March last presided at a meeting of
the inhabitants of that town, on which occasion a resolution
was passed in favour of the Bawtry branch. A proposition was
moved in favour of its competitor, but negatived by the adoption of
the amendment, which approved of the London and York project.
This course was pursued, however, under a conviction that the
Bawtry branch was a portion of the Chesterfield line. Since then
the inhabitants have become more favourable to the Sheffield and
Lincolnshire !inc.

Mr. Charles Atkinson, examined by Mr. BAINES—Is a manufac-
turer of steel in Sheffield, and the owner of two furnaces for con-
verting iron into steel. A ready supply of coal for these purpo,e.s
is indispensable, more especially as within the last few years tha
demand for steel has been inordinately increasing.
The Earl of Lincoln, examined by Mr. HOPE—IS Member for
Nottinghamshire, and fully acqLainted with the country traversed
by the competing lines now under consideration. The towns
through ie
the Sheffield and Lincoln line passes are of far
greater
imwphorthance than those in the route of the Bawtry branch ;
And the character of tte country—for the most part agricultural—
shows a similar superiority for the former. The Duke of New.
castle is a large landowner in the vicinity of the Sheffield
and Lincoln line, and assents to it.
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