The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-04 00:00:00

C3ESTER AND HOLYHEAD EXTENSION.

The Committee assembled this morning at twelve o'clock ;
Lord Ftendlesham in the chair.

Mr. TALBOT opened on behalf of the promoters, anticipat-
ing the objections of the landowners who have petitioned
against the line, and called
Mr. Ross, the engineer of the Chester and Holyhead line
under Mr. Stephenson, and who is at present the acting en-
gineer of the line as far as Conway, and who stated that the
alterations had been planned by him. The deviations pro-
posed would principally affect a street in Flint called Evans'-
lane, but the gradient would not be more than 1 in 132, and
a much better summit would be attained. The next altera-
tion was between Dowlas and Abergelly, where the company
proposed to go about 200 yards more inland, where in order
to avoid the sea they would have to surmount a summit
requiring gradients of one in a hundred on each side, and
there would be an increase of the tunnelling to the extent of
250 yards, but the line would be greatly improved by the
alteration. There were no valid objections that he was aware
of, and the total expense would be 50.000/. and fear com-
panies, who are now acting iii concert, would have to be ac-
commodated by the new station at Chester.
Mr. WORDSWORTH appeared for Mr. Jones Bateman, a
gentleman who conceives that his property is likely to be
affected, and who complained that an agreement which had
been settled and engrossed had not been completed by the
directors, and he therefore proposed to introduce a clause,
which would in effect embody the agreement.
Mr. Hong contended in reply that Mr. Wordsworth had
no locus standi, as the agreement though not completed was
not destroyed, and therefore there was no right for the peti-
tioner to interfere.

GROUP XLV.
.A.ACD PERTH.
The Committee met this day in Room 28, at twelve o'clock ;
Sir Denis Le Marchant, chairman.
Mr. AYDREW it opened the case for the promoters of the
Bill. The line, he stated, was 3G miles long; the esti-
mated cost 650,0001. It would traverse one of the richest
mineral fields in Scotland, and would be of the greatest
national importance, as connecting Edinburgh with the
North. The line would be of great advantage to the die.
tricts traversed, as its effect would be to lower the price of
coal and lime, both indispensable articles for domestic and
agricultural purposes. He contended that in consequence of
an agreement entered into with the Edinburgh and Northern
Company in 1845, that company should be excluded from
appearing before the Committee.
Sir Charles Adams was examined to prove the agreement.
A long and desultory argument followed, Mr. Andrews
contending that the Edinburgh and Northern, and the Stir-
ling and Dunfermline bad no locus standi. Mr. Whately re-
plied for these companies, and
The Committee decided that the Edinburgh and Northern
ad a right to appear, and that the Stirling and Dunfermline
had no locus standi. _

Sir Charles Adams was then examined as to the minerals
n the district. He proved that this country abounded with
-oal, lime, and freestone, which could be worked if this line
were constructed. The manufacturing towns, of which there
were several, would also be greatly benefited.
The Earl of Minto and Sir John Hope gave similar evi-

The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow.

(.;0111MITTEE on PRIVATE BILi_,S

(YESTERDAY.)
LIVERPOOL WATERWORKS.

The Committee assembled this morning, Sir J. Johnstone,
in the chair, and proceeded to a further consideration of the
clauses, every one of which is battled fur from a variety ol
quarters.

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE
HOUSE OP LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.)
The Committee met this day, at the usual hour, for the
dispatch of public business.
GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLILSE RAILWAY,
AND GLASGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK, AND
AYR RAILWAY.
The Committee decided that the promoters of this Bill had
complied with the standing orders of the House.
Similar decisions were given in the following cases :
South Wales Railway.
Vale of Neath Railway.
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway (No. 1.)
Southampton and Dorchester Railway (New Forest Devia-
tion and Branches).
Southampton and Dorchester Railway (Weymouth"Branch).
Herne Bay and Canterbury Junction Railway.
Norfolk Railway.
Eastern Union and the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's
Railways Amalgamation.
Inverness Gas and Water Company.
Newry and Enniskillen Railway Act Amendment.
Duffryn Llynvi and Porth Cawl and Llynvi Valley Rail-
ways Amalgamation.
Kingston-upon-Thames Small Tenements.
Ewell Rates.
The following cases were adj-Jurned from want of proofs :
Belfast Port and Harbour.
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway (Peterborough
and Thorney Line ).
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
UNOPPOSED BILLS.
The following Bills received the sanction of the Chairman
(Mr. Greene) :
East of Fife Railway (Markinch Deviation).
York and Newcastle Railway (Pelaw Tyne Dock, &c.
Branches).
St. Ives (Iluntingdon) Improvement.
Bingley Improvement.
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway (Ossett Branch,
&c.)
York and Newcastle Railway (Wearmouth Dock Enlarge-
ment).
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Eaglescliffe and Stillington Ex.
tension).
Kilmarnock Police and Improvement.
Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway (Leith Extension).

PROMISE OF EARLY HARVEST. On Tuesday a
fine full shot ear of wheat of the current growth was exhi-
bited in the Leeds corn market by a corn and flour dealer,
who had gathered it on a previous day at a short distance
from Leeds.

EARLY HERRINGS.—The Sovereign steamer
brought a considerable quantity of early herrings from the
north, last week, which were re-shipped to London for Ham-
burgh, by steam. We understand the returns for the first
parcel of herrings sold in Hamburgh this season, netted
about ten pounds a barrel. Since then, prices eve declined
to a point which barely yield a profit.—Aberdeen Herald.
The plan for the adoption of a uniform penny re-
ceipt stamp, although hitherto neglected by the Government,
is still urged in the City, and a petition en the subject has
just been presented to the House of Commons. The existing
tax possesses the two great qualities which invariably tempt
to evasion, since, from its complications, it is no less incon-
venient than burdensome. In 1783 the estimated produce
of the receipt stamp tax, as then proposed to Parliament, at
the rate of 2d. between 2/. and 201., and 4d. for all higher
sums, was 250,000/. ayear, and notwithstanding the fact of
the tax having since been increased to rates varying from
6d. up to 10s., the produce in 1843 was no more than 174,755/.
Taking into account the extension of business between these
periods, the evidence is plain of some unfitness in the system,
at least on its present scale, with the prevailing habits of
business, and there can be little doubt that if suffered to con-
tinue without modification, it will rapidly fall into total dis-
regard.
PROGRESS Or FRYER IN GLASGOW.—It is indeed
raging at a fearful rate, and no sufficient accommodation is
vet provided. Up till Wednesday, the 26th ult., there were
417 cases un the lines of the district surgeons of the poor
alone. On that day there were 38 cases of fresh lines ! 'Phis
simple statement carries its own tale. Since the above was
in type we regret to learn that four of die Catholic clergy.
men in Great Clyde-street are now laid up with fever, and
amongst them is the Kev. Mr. Gordon, whom we had the
pleasure of seeing officiate as chaplain at the Sunday Sun:,
Kitchen a few weeks ago. Their unremitting attention to
the poor, the destitute, and the dying, is no doubt the cause
of so many of these truly Christian clergymen being laid up
with the dire malady now so prevalent in Glasgow.—

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LORD CASTLEREAGH'S ACCOUNT OF HIS JOURNEY
To DAMASCUS, is to appear, we understand, in a few days.
The attention which his lat,ly been directed towards the
East, it is expeeted, will be increased by the publication of
these travels, as the author's high position must have
enabled hi:n to command facilities for noting whatever was
most worthy of observation in the various countries through
which lie passed, seldom, if ever, accorded to travellers.
POSTPONEMENT OF THE TRIM ASSIZES —The
judges have it under consideration to postpone the assizes
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