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INSURANCE COMPANIES.

251).000A. 6i p. ct. Scottish Union --ioi. sh. 14 pd -25 s ,
",509 6i p. ct. Hercules 100/. sh. 10/. pd IN 15s.
111e,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland —.104 sh. all pd S#/.
50,000 op. ct. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd 1::/.
1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. :b. 10/. pd 16/15s
5,001 6p. et. Edinburgh Life 100/. sh. 104 p4l 14/ les
100,0110 np. ct. West of Scotland lO/. pd 7t Ps
MISCELLANEOUS
4,810 Edin. and (Vas. Un. Cana1...504 sh. all pd 921.
Ditto Allocated... ~, ...... —WV. sh. all pd 654
5,-100 5 per cent. Edinb;Joint Stock.Water....2s/. sh. all pd 31/
Carron'lren Company 250/. sh. all pd 431.
cWO 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Founuery... ...... 50/. sh 3SI. pd 4614
10,000 3 per cent. FAlinburgli & Leith Glass —.20/. Mi. 164 p 4 Si.
4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gm 251. sh. all pd stil
4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas .51. sh. all pd 61/
750 14' oer cent. Leith Coal Gas 201. sh. all pd 454
jaw ,11 • .. .. Edinburgh end Dalkeil h Railway...so4cl). 55/.
3,000 SA. p -eat. Eqtatable Loan Company 294 sh. al. pd 104.
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RAILROAD COMMITTEES.

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The object i f this railroad is to extend off,: nTready
ekis!g, +ieitic Of fiti 2ict passed in the year_ MO, con-
necting a very large eol;icri buOWp by the name of the
Govan Colliery, in the vienity of Gksgoit, the har-
bour, Another Act was pas:;ed in 13:3:J, for carrying tb,i
ttii!es end a half further, by whirl' other col-
lieries would be Ci;rineaeJ w!f.P die itorbour of Gllsgvw or
Bromiclaw ; and the present Bill seeks to ek,Ctll tb,!.
for completing that engagement, as well as to carry the roal
short distanee further, and to give power to the trustees
bf the harbotir td cdristftlet, in conjunction with it, other
Wbflp kintbe 114%
The Comm iice teet.i t:iisieiffcl for several days in
hearing witnesses and Counsel oa one side the other,
Mr. Sergeant Andrews and Mr. Austin appear:lig in
jiiiiu tjf POI! end Mr. Sergeant Heath against it,
on behalf of the I'ruste€ii or Vaisley turnpike-road and
others, whose property was represented as likely to be da-
maged by the railway.
In the first instance an objection was taken by Mr.
geant r NDltc*e aqrtifist his learned friend being heard at
all, contending that he had no lung standi for opposing
the measure.

Mr, Sergeant HEATH insisted that he• haa sufficient
parliamentary ground for appearing before the Coi
mittee, and instanced cases in which parties not dissimi-
larly circumstanced had been allowed to oppose Bills of
that Hat utti,

The argument ocetittkd a considerable time, at the close
of which the Committee held that the objection takca was
not sustainable,
Witneses were then called, with a view of 'lictieting the
kreat usefulness of the undertaking, as well as its practlea.
bility. The railroad, it appeared, was intended to go
over the surface of the Paisley turnpike-road, and the ob-
jection on that ground was the likelihood of accidents hap-
pening. It was urged by Mr. Sergeant Heath that the
railroad might either he carried over the Paisley tnrnpike-
road by means of arches, or underneath it by a tunnel.
The engineer, Mr. M'Neill, stated that it would be im-
practicable to adopt either of the modes pointed out ; and
Mr. Rankin, who has the mannement of the Dalheith
railroad, proved that the railroad passed over the surf:ace
of nearly a dozen roads, some of which were turnpike,
without any danger to the parties traversing them.
Another e itness corroborated this testimony.
It is proper, however, to state that it was not intended
to have any locomotive engines passing along the road,
there being now a standing order prohibiting the use of lo-
comotive engines along a turnpike road on the level.
On Tuesday last another ground of objection was laid
by Mr. Sergeant Heath, which will be best explained by
extracting the following brief particulars from a case pre-
sented by the petitioners against the Bill.
" The petition (for the Bill) was presented on the 17tb
of February last ; at that time, no doubt, it was intended
that the whole works to be done should be completed by
the Railway Company ; but on the 23d of that month, six
days afterwards, an agreement was entered into between
Mr. Dixon (the promoter of the Bill, and a proprietor of
coal works on the south of the Clyde) and the Glasgow
harbour trustees, by which the purposes of the Bill were
totally altered. They required Mr. Dixon to introduce in
his Bill a clause, enacting :-Ist, That the new works
should be completed by the harbour trustees, and at their
expense :-2dly, That they should levy rates for the use
thereof ; and 3dly, That they should, at their pleasure, have
power to remove the works."
Mr. Sergeant HEATH insisted that this constituted, in
point of fact, a totally new Bill for the harbour trustees ;
that it had been introduced without notice, without any re-
lative contract or subscription paper, and even without a
petition ; and consequently the Committee could not sanc-
tion it.

These propositions were combated by the Counsel on
the other side, but no decision was come to by the Com-
mittee at the hour of adjournment.
On meeting, on Friday, Mr. MAXWELL (the Chair-
man), and the members of the Committee, proceeded to
consult with the Speaker on these novel points thus raised.
On their return, the CHAIRMAN said that the Speaker
stated his impression to be, as regarded the notices, that the
clauses of the Bill, as they now stood, respecting the trus-
tees of Glasgow harbour, could not be passed. It might,
however, be a matter for the consideration of the Com-
mittee, whether any modification of those clauses could be
made, so as to bring them under the original notices. The
Spcaker,however, thought that it was impossible to accom-
plish this.
Sir A. AGNEW said it was perfectly obvious that the no-
tices were given for extending the powers of the Act already
existing : but, in point of fact, the Bill gave powers to the
harbour trustees. Now, in order to give fair play to the
Bill, he wished to know whether some modification could
not be made ? _ _

Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS said that he would only now
propose to keep the original Act alive, and that he wanted
merely to confine the Bill to that purpose, viz., by extend-
ing the period of time for completing it—viz., the second
Act. No doubt the railway could be completed by
August, 1885, the time prescribed under the second Act ;
but it would be too hastily accomplished, and he was desi-
rous, for the safety of the public, that the period should be
extended as sought by the present Bill.
An HON. MtiunEa wished to know whether that part
of the Bill now proceeded upon could be considered, seeing
the objections which had been taken, as regarded the no-
tices, had turned out valid ?
Mr. Sergeant ANDnEws—No doubt.
The HON. MEMBER—Have you any precedents I
Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS believed it would not be dis-
puted by any Counsel that the Committee might enter-
tain the Bill in the way he proposed.
The HoN. MEMBER thought this matter ought not to be
taken in the absence of Mr. Sergeant Heath.
Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS said that he should assuredly,
were his learned brother present, object to his being heard.
After a few further remarks, the Committee proceeded
to consider the clause, when
Mr. Robertson, the agent for the petitioners, said that,
on behalf of his clients, he should persist in opposing the
Bill, on the ground of its being inconvenient and dangerous
for the public ; but he did not object (as we understood)
to the proposition now made, for the preamble of the Bill
being considered.
It was then stated by Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS thit
bar or chain would be constructed across the road, which
would only be opened on a train approaching.
An HON. MEMBER thought this was rendered unneces-
sary ; but Mr. Maxwell having stated that, on behalf of the
public, he thought it highly desirable to have such a protec-
tion—in which opinion other Members coincided—a clause
to that effect was subsequently agreed upon, to be retained
in the Bill. .

The CHAIRMAN—What proposition is made as regards
the prohibition of Sunday travelling on this railr'oad ? This
question is now so much before the public that I think it
proper to advert to it. I have no doubt that a clause will
be introduced into every railroad Bill to prohibit Sunday
traffic along railroads, or else that some general measure will
be introduced into Parliament.

Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS—We have no intention of using
the road on a Sunday, and consequently I do not intend to
propose any such clause. I leave that matter entirely in
the hands of the Committee.

The CHAIRMAN—No doubt it is the wish of the people
of Scotland to have no Sunday travelling.
Sir ANDREW AGNEW—I have a clause to propose to
this effect :—" Provided always that it is distinctly under-
stood that the Company are not to depart from the accus-
tomed usage in Scotland of not travelling on the Lord's day."
An Hon. MEMBER—I understood that Sir Andrew
Agnew had withdrawn his motion on that subject.
Sir A. AGNEW—I shall simply, on the present occasion,
content myself with proposing the clause, leaving it to the
Committee to decide thereupon.
Lord W. BENTINCK—If that clause were agreed to there
would be again a discussion in the Douse of Commons on
the subject.
An Hon. MEMBER—No doubt, and that would be a
very inconvenient course, indeed.
Sir A. AGNEW—The whole of the Members of the
House of Commons are not aware of the feelings of the
people of Scotland upon this subject. Such being so—
It was here intimated that if any discussion were to take
place upon the subject of the clause now proposed by the
Hon. Member, it ought to be carried on with closed doors.
Counsel and strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and
after about 20 minutes' absence, on re-appearing before the
Committee, they were informed that the Committee had de-
cided in favour of the preamble of' the Bill. Nothing was
said of the clause moved by Sir A. Agnew, it being either
negatived or withdrawn.
The remaining portion of the Bill, after some further con-
sideration, as regards that part of the Bill not falling within
the .decision of the Speaker, was then agreed to, and the
Bill in its present shape was agreed to be so reported to the
House.

BOLTON AND PRESTON RAILWAY.

The engineering evidence in support of the above-named
Railroad Bill was yesterday commenced before the Com-
mittee.

Mr. Charles Vignolles underwent a lengthy examination
on all engineering points, such as gradients, levels, on the
power of the engines to be employed, and inclined planes,&c.
In the course of his cross-examination by Mr. Sergeant
Mereweather, a plan was put into his hands, and this ques-
tion was asked— •
Does not that plan show the alteration which has been
made in your line since it was originally presented to Par-
liament ?

Witness, on looking at the plan, said, with surprise,
\4 here did you obt4in this plait?

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Mr. Sergeant INIEnEWETHIEIt—I ea11:10t tell, but I liav
to be an an&f.,vr.r ;1 my
:tifurn,:tion from witivb the plAnbas bee
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made 11.1 s ' een =torn ilom my ollice.—(ti laugh.)
Ei;:r.r;:e;mt arn ry such 0,5
9sraintion—(Law,hter)—btit,'l to to as,'

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c.-; it contain what I bavest:lte(l?
Witnriss,, on further examining the plan, said he could not
cottityrchend what was meant by the red lines on it.
In answct to, some questions put by Lord Stanley, t,e
Cili&ttrtn, as to the red lines,
Mr. Vignolles was not aware what they could be intendea
to cc.9iTy but the black line, he said, denoted the present
line of road.
To a further question nut by the Learned Sergeant,
'roe witness said it was nr.:t quite decided upon scliar
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pewer of engine would be used cn the rail wa ,
consideration•
'Die witness was under ocaroilvdion throws'
y that matte
Adjourned, ibut the dal.