The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-23 00:00:00

GROUP L.

This Committee met to• day fur the first time, in room 84
of the new Houses of Parliament. The following is a list of
the Members to whom the Bills in this group have been re-
ferred :---Mr. Bankes, Chairman ; Ur. Henley, Mr. Carew,
Sir B. Hall, and Mr. Hindley.
The following is a list of the Bills:
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, and Glasgow and
Belfast Union (No 1).
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (No. 2).
Glasgow, Paisley,Kilmarnock, and Ayr, and Ayrshire, and

Bridge of Weir (No. 3).
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan (Deviations and

Aniendmeuts ).
Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct.
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Amendments and Branches).
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock ( Branches at Port Glasgow).
Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet (Branches).
Paisley and Renfrew (Sale and Improvement).
Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct.
The business opened by the reading of the list of Bills, and
the petitions, with the appearances which had been put in.
The first Bill taken was the

GLASGOW, PAISLEY, ICILIVIAR,NOCIZ, AND
AYR, AND GLASGOW AND nzairasr
UNION (No. I.)

Mr. Talbot, Mr. Hope, and Mr. Burke, were for the promo-
ters; Mr. Hildyard and Mr. M'Neill, of the Scotch Bar, on
behalf of the Corporation of Newton-upon-Ayr; and Messrs.
Sloan and Gemmel!, ship-builders, in Newton-upon-Ayr; Mr.
Sergeant Murphy for Mr. John Taylor ,Gordon, a coal pro-
prietor...,. .
Mr. BURICE opened the case for the promoters of the Bill
which he said was put forth by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kil-
marnock, and Ayr Railway. The Bill consisted of several
branches and extensions, tl:e principal of which was to con-
nect the main line of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and
Ayr Railway, and the Belfast Union Railway, now amalga-
mated with i%luirkirk and Glenbuck, import-ant mineral dis-
tricts in the upper district of Ayrshire. This branch
was 26 miles in length. The others were small branches
to connect the north and south quays of Ayr to the manufac-
turing village of Catriue. The opposition was from one or
two private interests, as the authorities of Ayr, and the
principal landed proprietors, were in the favour of the
branches. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to call
his witnesses.

Mr. John Wilson, of Dandyvan, examined by Mr. B URIiE-
Deposed that be had an interest in extensive iron works at
Muirkirk and Auchinleck. The whole district was full of
iron, coal, and limestone. Both the blackband aad the
clayband iron-atom extensively existed along the route of
the main extension. The railway would be of great advan-
tage in connecting the worts with the port of Ayr.
Mr. Alexander, of Ballochmyle, gave evidence to a similar
effect. _ _ _ . _

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Mr. Blythe, the engineer, briefly explained the nature of
the proposed connexion with the harbour of Ayr. He had
no objection that it should stop short at Messrs. Sloan and
Gemmell's slip, so as not to interfere with their building-yard.
He had no objection also that the branch should be worked
by horse-power.
Mr. Miller, civil engineer, corroborated the evidence of the
previous witness.
Mr. Miller. provost of Ayr, and Mr. Knight, traffic
manager of the Glasgow and Ayr line, were also examined
on behalf of the line.

This was the promoters' case.
Mr. ITILDYARD then called Mr. Wood, chief magistrate of
Newton-upon-Ayr, and Mr. Smith, foreman of Messrs. Sloan
and Gernmell, with the object at' showing that the branch
would prove of great inconvenience at the crossing Newton-
terrace on the level, and would interfere seriously with the
building-yard and work-shops.
Mr. lIILDYARD then addressed the Committee on behalf of
these petitioners.
➢lr. MURPHY, on behalf of Mr. Gordon, addressed the Com-
miStee against the toll clauses, especially the application of
the six-mile clause to him.

The CHAIRMAN suggested that the point bad better be left
for consideration after the preamble was disposed of.
The preamble was then declared proved.
After disposing of several clauses, their further considera-
tion was adjourned till to-morrow (this day).