1883, C.248, pp. xlvi and 695. Majority Report, Minority Report, Proceedings, List of Witnesses, Minutes of Evidence, 7 Appendices and Index. Committee appointed April 1883 "to inquire whether it is expedient that Parliamentary Sanction should be given to a Submarine Communication between England and France; and to consider whether any or what conditions should be imposed by Parliament …". The majority of the Committee concluded "it is not expedient that Parliamentary Sanction be given to Submarine Communication between England and France." An opposite conclusion was reached in the Minority Report. Members incl. Sir Henry Hussey Vivian [1821-1894, M.P. for Glamorganshire, see D.N.B.], Sir Massey Lopes [1818-1908, M.P. for South Devon, see D.N.B.]. Evidence given by 43 witnesses including Sir Edward W[illiam] Watkin, Chairman of South Eastern Railway Company [1819-1901, see D.N.B.], Sir Frederick Bramwell [1818-1903, civil engineer, see D.N.B.], Rt Hon. Lord Richard [De Aquila] Grosvenor, Chairman of the Channel Tunnel Company [1837-1912, M.P. for Flintshire and railway administrator, see D.N.B.], Sir John Hawkshaw, Engineer of Channel Tunnel Company [1811-1891, see D.N.B.], Bernhard Samuelson [1820-1905, M.P. for Banbury and iron magnate, see D.N.B.], Henry Lee, M.P. for Southampton, George Shipton, Secretary of London Trades Council, Godfrey Wedgwood, Senior Partner in firm of Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, Colonel William Yolland, Board of Trade Inspector [1810-1885, see D.N.B.], James Staats Forbes, Chairman of London, Chatham and Dover Railway Company [1823-1904, see D.N.B.], Charles Mark Palmer, M.P. and Chairman of North of England Steamship Owners’ Association [1822-1907, see D.N.B.], Robert Giffen, Assistant Secretary at Commercial Section of Board of Trade [1837-1910, see D.N.B.], Sir John Lintorn Simmons, lately Inspector General of Fortifications [1828-1903, see D.N.B.], Vice-Admiral Edward B. Rice, Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness, Admiral Sir Astley Cooper Key, Senior Naval Lord at Board of Admiralty [1821-1888, see D.N.B.], Major-General Sir Andrew Clarke, Inspector General of Fortifications [1824-1902, see D.N.B.], Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Alison, President of the Channel Tunnel Defence Committee [1826-1907, see D.N.B.], Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, Member of Military Committee which reported to the Government on the proposed Tunnel [1827-1902, see D.N.B.], John Fowler [1817-1898, railway engineer, see D.N.B.], H.R.H. [George William Frederick Charles] the Duke of Cambridge [1819-1904, see D.N.B.], Sir George Elliot, M.P. and President of Association of Mining Engineers, Colonel Vivian Dering Majendie, H.M. Chief Inspector of Explosives, General Lord [Garnet Joseph] Wolseley, Adjutant-General of Forces [1833-1913, see D.N.B.] and General Sir Patrick McDougal [1819-1894, see D.N.B.]. Appendix E comprises large folding plan, section and elevation of "Mr. Fowler’s [train] Ferry Boats as described in his evidence".

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