The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-04 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Cloch.

AT a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of
the PROPRIETORS of the GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY,
COMPANY, held at the Paddington Station this 4th day of JUNE, 1845,
The Drafts of the several undermentioned Railway Bills now before
Parliament were separately read to the Meeting and considered.
It was Resolved,—" That the draft of a Bill intituled A Bill for
making a Railway from the Cheltenham and Great Western Union
Railway to Fishguard and Pembroke Dock, with branches therefrom
to be called the South Wales Railway,' be, and it is hereby approved."
Resolved also,—" That the draft of a Bill, intitulekl, A Bill for
making a Railway from the Cheltenham and Great Western Union
Railway to Monmouth and Hereford, with a branch to join the
Forest of Dean Railway,' be, and it is hereby approved."
Resolved also,—" That the draft of a Bill intituled, A Bill for
making a Railway from the Great Western Railway, at or near
Reading, to the towns of Newbury and Ilungerford, and also to join
the South-Western Railway, at or near Basingstoke,' be, and it is
hereby approved."
Resolved also,—" That the draft of a Bill intittiled A Bill for
making a Railway from the city of Oxford to the town of Rugby' be,
and it is hereby approved."
Resolved also,—" That the dral of a Bill intituled A Bill for
maling, a Railway from Oxford to Worcester and Wolverhampton,
to be called the Oxford, Worcester, and Wofterhampton Railway,
with branches,' be, and it is hereby, approved.
Resolved also,—" That the draft of a Bill intituled A Bill for
making a Railway from the Great Western Railway to the City of
Salisbury and town of Weymouth, with other Railways in connexion
therewith, to be called the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway,'
be, and it is hereby approved.
Resolved also,—" That the draft of a Bill intituled A Bill for
malting a Railway to connect the towns of Plymouth and Falmouth,
with a branch to the town of Bodniin, to be called the Cornwall Rail-
way,' be, and it is hereby approved."
Resolved also,—" That the draft of a Bill intuited, a Bill for
enabling the London and Birmingham Railway Company to take a
lease of the West London Railway, and to extend the same to the
River Thames,' be, and it is hereby approved."

C. RUSSELL, Chairman.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(THIS DAY.)

GROUP AA.

The Committee met at twelve o'clocktiMr. Henley in the chair.
1 he postponed clause of
THE GREAT SOUTHEIng' AND WESTERN
(IRELAND),

from yesterday, after a long discussion, was again postponed until
Friday.
The unopposed clauses of the
WATZ7R,POR,Z ELM) XIIi2E7R,IC IL 17...a.IXAVAY
were then agreed to, and the Committee adjourned until Friday.

GROUP A.

LONDON, CIiATHISZI, AND xonalic 'CENT

RAZI.W.ar.

The Committee met a.;ain at twelve o'clock this morning, and
proceeded with the et gineering evidence.
The first witness called was Mr. Crowther, land-surveyor, who
confirmed the evidence in favour of the superiority of the line, the
facilities of the cuttings, tunnel, bridges, and level crossings, as
well as the correctness of Mr. Vignolles's estimate.
The cross-examination, which was extended, elicited no varia-
tion in the testimony.
Mr. AUSTIN then requested the Committee to decide in what
order they would take the case of the landowners, and the case
as to the relative merits of the South-Eastern and the Croydon, as
competing lines.

The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee had determined to go
into the case of the landowners first, but they had not yet decided
as to the order in which they would take the question as between
the Croydon and South-Eastern lines.
After some further conversation the Committee deliberated for
a time, and announced their intention to hear out whatever evi-
dence was to be offered for the North Kent—to go then into the
case of the South. Eastern—and lastly into that of the Croydon
Company.

Another conversation then took place as to the time when
counsel adverse to any line should be heard against that line, upon
which the Committee (after some deliberation) resolved to hear all
the evidence to the end before counsel should Le heard.
Mr. Sergeant Suss then put in letters from the Boards of Ad-
miralty and Ordnance, acquiescing (as had been already stated in
the evidence) with the arrangements of the North Kent line, in
passing the fortifications, Woolwich.commen, and the Medway.
The case for the promoters of the Bill being concluded,

Mr. COCKBURN called the serious attention of the Committee to
the fact that Mr. Vignolles had not complied satisfactorily with
the order of the House, that the estimate of expenses should be laid
before the Committee of Standing Orders. He did not think the
departure was so large as to require the Committee to stop the
progress of the 13111. But he submitted that the matter should
be again referred to the Committee of Standing Orders.
Mr. AUSTIN followed at great length upon the same side.
Mr. Sergeant WitA MAW' replied, and pointed out to the Com-
mittee that the alleged alterations in the estimates were merely con-
tingent, and did not substantially or formally depart from the
standing enters.
The CIIAIRMAN interrupted the Learned Gentleman, and said
that the Committee was of opinion that hitherto there appeared no
objection to the Bill.

This announcement was followed by a very loud expression •f
delight, which gave great umbrage to the Committee, and was
immediately checked.
Mr. AUSTIN then addressed the Committee on the part of
Messrs, Hale, the powder manufacturers of Feversham, and argued
that the railroad would come within dangerous proximity of the
works.

The Committee then adjourned to twelve o'clock to-morrow.