The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-05 00:00:00

GROUP XXXVIII.

The Committee appointed to consider the merits of the
Bills comprised in this group met for the first time this
morning in Room 21; Mr. Bouverie in the chair.

NORTH-WESTERN (SHIPTON, CASTERTON
AND SEDDERGH DIVERSIONS).
This Bill being unopposed, the Committee i eferred it to
➢lr. Greene.
WHARFDALE (SKIPTON AND CAYLEY
HALL DEVIATION).

This Bill was withdrawn.
.lITERPOOL. IVIANCIIESTER, AND NEW-
CASTLE-ON-TYNE JUNCTION (ALTERA-
TION OF MAIN LINE AND HAWES
BRANCH).

The case for the promoters of this Bill was then proceeded
with.

GROUP XXXIX.

This Committee met at the usual time this morning; Lord
Charles Wellesley in the chair.

WEAR VALLEY, BISHOP AITCRLAND, AND
WEARDA.LE, WEARDALE EXTENSION,
AND WEAR AND DzIeVIENT RAILWAY,
AND SXXLDON TUNNEL AMALGAMA-
TION.

The Committee having passed the preamble of this Bill,
were occupied the whole of the day in disposing of the clauses.

GROUP XLV.

The Committee met this day in Room 28; Sir Denie to
Marchant in the chair.

Evidence waa taken for the promoters of the
EDINBURGH AND PIIRTII.

Mr. Graham Montgomerie, landed proprietor in Kinross,
gave evidence as to the superior character of this line over
its rivals. It would be the only line, in fact, that would ac-
commodate the county with which he was connected.
Mr. Williamson, mineral engineer, said that the line
would open up one of the richest mineral fields in Scotland,
covering an area of 36 square miles, which was at present
lost for want of a market. The district was also very rich
in limestone and black brick ironstone, which would all be
greatly worked when the Edinburgh and Perth Railway
should be completed.
Mr. David Laudale corroborated the evidence of the pre-
vious witness.
The Earl of Zetland had a small estate in the neighbour-
hood of Knorris. He preferred the Edinburgh and Perth
to the Edinburgh and Northern line. He thought that the
passengers to the north would go by it in preference to the
latter. _

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Mr. Henry Caddell also gave evidence in favour of the
line, because it would afford great accommodation to the
mineral districts, which were at present unsupplied with the
means of reaching the markets.
Mr. Adam Begg, lessee of the Lannfinnan Coal-pits, gave
general mineral evidence corroborative of the first and se-
cond witnesses. The coals from his pits, which sold at 65.
per ton on " the hill," when carted to Perth, a distance of
24 miles, ►ere sold at 17s. In the course of last winter the
price had increased to 245.
The Committee then adjourned.

GROUP XLVI.
The Committee met thin morning at twelve o'clock ; Mr.
Sotheron in the chair.

NORTH BRITISH (No. I).
The CliAnntAN declared the preamble of this Bill proved
for the Haddington and the Kelso branches and the Kelso
and ilawick deviations only.
CALEDONIAN (EDINBURGH STATION and
]BRANCHES TO GEANTON AND TO THE
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW).
Evidence in favour of this Bill was continued, and ➢lr.
M'Dougal, Mr. Dundas, and others were called and ex-
amined.
The Committee then adjourned till Monday.

COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE BILLS.
(YESTERDAY.)
LIVERPOOL WATERWORKS.

The Committee met this morning, at twelve o'clock—Sir
J. Johnstone in the chair—when the conNideration of Vie
clauses was again proceeded with, the authorities for Wigan
contending that due notice had not been given of the nature
of the clauses by which they were aff,eted; and the opposition
proceeds as animatedly as heretofore.

UNOPPOSED BILLS COMMITTEE.
HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YES I'ERDAY.)
The followin2 unopposed Bills were examined before Mr.
Greene and passed :
Lytham Improvement.
Limerick Docks and Harbour.
Guildford Extension and Portsmouth and Fareham Railway.
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway (Osseit Branch,
&c.)
Kilmarnock Police and Improvement.