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The Committee on this Bill met to-day at eleven o'clock. Lord
Kenyon, Chairman.
Mr. 9variv opened the case for the promoters.

The Bill was opposed by certain landowners on the proposed line
of railway.
The Committee came to the decision of not allowing the opposi.
tion Counsel to examine witnesses as to the merits of any other in-
tended line for the next session, and of confining the evidence to
the question between the promoters and the opponents as to the
interference with property.
Mr. COCKBURN then opened the case for the landowners, and
called evidence to support his arguments.
The Committee adjourned at five o'clock till eleven to-morrow.

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The Committee on this Bill assembled today at eleven o'clock
Lord Hatherton in the chair.

Mr. TALBOT opentd the case for the promoters of the Bill, and
cal:ed witnesses to prove the case.
Mr. Hut appeared for the opponents, certain landowners on the
proposed line, and cross-examined the witnesses as to the injury
likely to accrue to the opponents.
Their Lordships adjourned at five o'clock till eleven o'clock to-
morrow.

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mein with the promoters that w:ts not compatible with the pto-
posed line. If that arrangement lvere ea: ried on, he was Clearly of
opinion that the pre,ent railway eauld not be made within the
limits of devintion.

The CLIAII2.3IAN—Then, if we sanction the line, it is quite impos-
sible that it eau be made.

Witness— Nut if the arrangements made with the London and
Birmingham Company are carried. These arrangements involve
the objcets hr, hod always sought to obtain.

Mr. DANIEL here urged upon the Committee the necessity for
having these arrangements disclosed.

The CIIAIRNAN thought they had better bring Mr. Newdegate's
evidence to an end before they discussed that point.
Witness was quite satisfied the line, if it were sanctioned as laid
down by the plans, would not accommodate Bedworth and Schil.
vers Coton. Ile knew of his own knowledge that a better
line had been marked out, and one, too, which presented
little or no engineering difficulties. It would be more
advantageous to the district that the line should run to
the westward, and not to the east, because a line running in the
latter direction would afford no accommodation to a number of very
important interests. If, then, two lines were to be made, the one
to the east, in his opinion, would become entirely useless.

On cross-examination, the Honourable Member said the
promoters had undertaken not to constnict their line, unless
It accomplished the objects which he had always been striving
to obtain. A branch running from Balkington to Schilvers Coton
and Bedworth he did not think would attain those objects. From
the mixed nature of the population of the districts it might become
necessary to have branches, but not more than one main line. The
object he had had in view he was inclined to think might be ac-
complished by a line running to the east of Bedworth, but the
advantages were decidedly in favour of a line running to the west-
ward.

The CHAIRMAN said it was become indispensable that the Com,
mittee should sec the agreement.

Mr. TALBOT reclied that he knew nothing about it, nor had he
ver seen it.

The CHAIRMAN said they could nct pass the preamble withotr
seeing the agreement.

Mr. TALBOT said Mr. Parker was ready to state verbally the
nature of the agreement.

The Cum am Ali ruled that a copy of the agreement itself ought
to be put in, and eventually it was arranged that the agreement
should be forthcoming to-morrow,

The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'cicek to-morrow.

GROUP X.

CAM:MIDGE AND LX iCOVIIT RAILWAY.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)

Mr. hemp and Mr. Hobson, both of Spalding, were next called,
and deposed to facts similar to those elicited in the examination ol
Mr. Hawkes.

Mr. Parker, ironmonger, of Spalding, also corroborated the evi.
deuce of ➢ir. Ilawkes, and that of the icon-dealers who had been
examined before him.

Cross-examined—Goods coming from Sheffield to Spalding, by
Stamford, would cross the Cambridge and Lincoln line.
Mr. John Beale, of Croal, dealer in wool and seeds, and all sorts
of agricultural produce, believes that the London and York line
would not be so advantageous to that district as the Cambridge and
Lincoln line.

When this witness's cross-examination concluded, the Committee
adjourned.

GROUP Z.
TUE DunLne AND GALWAY.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)

Mr. Pim, banker in Dublin, Treasurer of the Dublin and
Kingstown Railway, and the largest holder of Grand Canal Stock,
and interested in the atmospheric railway. The traffic on a line
of railway from Galway to Dublin would be greatly increased if
judiciously selected. The best line, in his opinion, would
be along the line of the Grand Canal. The interests of the public
would be far better promoted by a concentration of interests. The
Grand Canal cost upwards of two millions. There are annuities
to widows and public institutions to the amount of 28,000/. per
annum.

Mr. ROWE contended that the proprietors of the Grand Canal
were landowners, and had a right to set up another line of railway
which would equally benefit the public, and protect the interests of
the landholders or canal proprietors.
Mr. MURPHY denied that the canal proprietors were only techni-
cally landowners, and were not entitled to be heard against the
present line.
The room was then cleared.

The Committee, after a quarter of an hour's deliberation, came
to the following important resolution :—" That the Committee were
of opinion that, as canal proprietors, they could pursue the pro-
posed course by bearing evidence in support of another line."
Mr. Pim's examination was then resumed by Mr. E. JAMES, as
to the advantageous locality of the line proposed, and a line
along the canal. It was a very vicious principle for one company
to invest money in another company in their corporate character.
It was not so in their individual capacity.

By Sir JAMES Duke—Are you not aware of one railway pur.
chasing and leasing another? Mr. Pim—l am; but Ido not think
the principle a good one.
Cross.examined by Mr. TALBOT—There were very few divi.
del.ds paid out to the Canal stock. Would not deny that the in-
terests of the Grand Canal t‘ould be greatly improved by
railway. He suggested that the Cashel line should have gone
along the banks of the canal as far as Satins, about forty miles,
and then proceed across the country to Cashel.
Mr. TALBOT—Did not the Government forgive you a large lump
of money last year ?

Mr. Pim—No ; we paid the Government ten thousand pounds
last year for that which was not worth more than tenpence.

Mr. TALBOT—Did not the Government advance to the Grand
Canal 120,0004, to make branch lines ?

Mr. Pim—They did.

Mr. TALBOT—And you only repaid them 10,0001.
Mr. Pint—Just so; but the branch lines did not pay, and the
Government put the screw upon us.—(Laughter.)
This witness was re-examined at considerable length by Mr.
E. JAMES.

Mr. 'Mulvaney, engineer and commissioner of drainage, was
examined by Mr. MuarnY, of the Irish bar, in corroboration of
Mr. Pim's evidence, and stated that the proposed line would cross
the traffic districts of the country, instead of passing through it,
and from his knowledge of the country, a more preferable line
could be adopted. There is no engineering difficulty in the con.
structioa of a railway along the banks of the canal.

This witness was examined at great length as to which would be
the best trunk branch, at Portarlington or Mu'Ungar.

The Learned Cotrnsar. asked the witness was not Tipperary a
finishing county Y—(Laughter.) The Learned Counsel Intended
to have said "flourishing."

The CHAIRMAN—A very proper description of Tipperary.—
(Continued laughter.)

The Speaker being announced to be at prayers, the Committee ad.
,uorned until twelve o'clock to-morrow.

TUESD

AY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
DUCHY OF CORNWALL, SOMERSET-HOUSE,

JUNE 10, 1t.(45.
Commissions by his Roya! Highness the Lord Warden of

.
the Stannaries.
Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners' Regiment—F. Howell,
Gent., to be Second Lieutenant ; H. H. Vivian, Gent., to be
ditto.

Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets.
The King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—F.
F. Courtenay, Bag., to be Captain, vice Burrowes, deceased,
June 11.

Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
2d Somerset Regiment of S. Farquharson,
Esq., to be Captain, June 10.
WHITEHALL, JUNE 3.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Kentish Pro-
bert, of Saffron Walden, in the county of Essex, Gent., to be
a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.
Thomas James Hill, builder, Retreat-place, Hackney, to
surrender June 27, at eleven, and July 29, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane;
Smith, Wilmington-square.
. .

John Pesten, corn !actor, Beeston, Bedfordshire, June 24,
at one, and July 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Belcher' official assignee ; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall,
King's Bench-walk, Temple ; Chapman, Biddleswade, Bed-
fordshire.

Gilbert Slater, grocer, London terrace, Hackney-road, June
24, at half-past one, and July '29, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Easinghall-street; Shear-
man and Slater, Great Tower-street.
Afred Tallent, sen., provision dealer, Ipswich, June 24, at
eleven, and July 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury , Elmslie and Preston,
Moorgate-si reet.

John Peters, fancy trimming manufacturer, Kent-street,
Haggerstone, June 30, at twelve, and July 26, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alderman-
bury, City; Llewellin, Noble-street, Cheapside.
Charles Dames Wilson, builder, Globe-wharf, Mile-end,
June 28, at half-past twelve, and July 30, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings ; Overton and Hughes. Old Jewry.
Joseph Bond, grocer, Reading, June 27, at half-past eleven,
and July 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
.Groom,
official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard•street ; Hill and
Matthews, Bury-court, St. Mary-axe.
Samuel Thomas, bullion merchant, Cornhill, June 27, at
half-past twelve, and July 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-
street; Crowder and Maynard, Coleman-street.
John Simons, sen., coal-merchant, Camden-wharf, Camden-
town, June 27, at two, and July 28, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Turquand, officialassignee ; Cooper, Ileathcote-
street, Mecklenburgh-square.
William Lax Brown, merchant, Liverpool, June 27, and
July 22, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird,
official assignee, South Castle.street, Liverpool ; Oliver, Old
Jewry, London; Evans, Liverpool.
Mary Spence and William Whitaker Spence, woollen
drapers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, July 8, at half-pa3t one, and
August 5, at two, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court.
Wakiey, official assignee, Newcastle-upnn-
rYne ; Henderson,
Mansell-street, Goodman's-fields, London ; Cram, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

G. Chapmantiroc7r,A}lesbury—first div. of 3s. sd. in the
pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-
street, City.
S. Clyde, grocer, Southampton-row, Russell-square—second
div. of 6d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr.
Graham, Coleman-street, City.
3, Andres, stockbroker, Threadneedle-street—third div. of
Is. 9id. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr.
Graham, Coleman-street, City.
C. Carter, miller, Saddington, Leicestershire.-firstdivd.ivo.f
Is. sd. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Whit-
more, Birmingham.
J. Ashbarry, farmer, Holm Lacy, Herefordshire—first
of Is. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Whit-
more, Birmingham.
J. Storey, and J. Gibb, ship chandlers, Liverpool—first div.
of 4s. in the pound, June 16, and any following Wednesday,
at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool.
J. Storey, ship chandler, Liverpool—first div. of 9d. in the
pound, June 18, and any following Wednesday, at the office of
Mr. Morgan, Liverpool.
G. Charles, ship chandler, Liverpool—div. of 14s. 6d. in
the pound, June 18 and any following Wednesday, at the
office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool.
DIVIDENDS.

At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basmghall- street.
F. Jenkyns and J. H. Hardyman, merchants, Love-lane,
City, June 16, at twelve—C. Dotesio, hotel keeper, Slough,
July 9, at twelve—J, Reay and J. R. Reay, wine merchants,
Mark-lane, City, July 8, at eleven—R. Kipling and W. Atkin-
son, warthousemen, Wood-street, Cheapside, July 11, at eleven
—J. Emmett and A. Emmett, market gardeners, Old Kent-
road, July !I, at one—J. F. Buisson, merchant, Brabant-court,
Philpot-lane, City, July 11, at one—A. Crossfield, scrivener,
Whitechapel .road, July 11, at twelve—C. Webb, apothecary,
Oxford, July 11, at twelve.
In the Country.
_

A. Mills and W. G. Seed, cotton manufacturers, Ashton.
under-Lyne, July 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court—.D. Hilton, cotton spinner, Oldham, July 16, at twelve,
at the Manchester District Court—T. L. Parker, coal mer-
chant, Edgbaston, Warwickshire, July 10, at twelve, at the
Birmingham District Court—J. A. Forrest, glass merchant,
Liverpool, July 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court
—S. John, money scrivener, Penzance, July 11, at one, at the
Exeter District Court—G. F. L. Isherwood, engraver to