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London, England, 1847-06-17 00:00:00

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HOUSE OF LORDS.--(YESURDAY.)

Room B.
Their Lordships met this morning at eleven o'clock;
the Earl of Lovelace in the chair.
THE CALEDONIAN (GLASGOW, GAMIC-
KIRK, and COATBRIDGE STATION, &ct

The Committee proceeded this morning to take the
clauses of this Bill into eonsideration.
A long and desultory discussion arose upon. one of
the clauses, that which arranged the mode in which the
promoting company should cross the line of the Edin-
burgh and Glasgow Railway near Glasgow, between Mr.
Hope, on the part of the Cala:lonian, and Mr. An•
drews, for the Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the room
having been cleared,
The Committee decided that the Caledonian Company
should, in the construction of their works, not inter-
fere with, or alter the tunnel of the. Edinburgh and
Glasgow, without the consent of the latter company,
and that the works should be constructed under the
supervision of Messrs. Walker and Leslie, C.E., or fail-
ing these, under the superintendence of the Railway
Commissioners.

The other clauses were unopposed.
The Committee having no other business before them
broke up.

Room C.

GREAT WESTERN, (BRANCH TO 3'OIN
LONDON ',LATD THE SOUTH-WESTERN AT
LAMBETH).

The Committee met this day, at the usual hour, for
the consideration of this line. Lord Colborne presided.
Yesterday the Committee decided that the preamble
of this Bill had been proved, and to day the matter for
discussion was a consideration of the clauses. It was
desired by the South Western Company to have certain
penal clauses, inflicting heavy penalties, in order to
protect their works from interruption where the line
passed under their Bridge, which is the junction
of the Richmond Railway with the South Western.
The penalty proposed was 50/. an hour.
Lord COLBoRNE suggested that severe punishments
were seldom inflicted, and considered that it would be
better to have a more moderate fine inflicted, which
would be enforced; and, therefore, be more feared by
the company:
After some further discussion, the fine was agreed
upon, it being only demanded as a preventive, and the
company did hope that there never would be a necessity
to levy it.
Mr. AUSTIN rose to propose that certain clauses
should be inserted in this Bill which had been agreed
upon by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. The
interest of the Great Western in such clauses was this:
—Even should the Bill pass the Houses of Parliament, it
would be in the power of the Crown to refuse to consent
to the Bill, as it affected its rights as regarded the River
Thames. They, therefore, were anxious to secure the
consent of the Crown; and the clauses which he proposed
had received the consent of the Commissioners of Woods
and Forests. The first of these was, that the design and
erection of the bridge over the river should be approved
of by the ,Commissioners of Woods and Forests and
the CeirioratiOn,- the .latter contesting the right
to the bed of the river with the Crown ;
and therefore this first clause saved the rights of both
parties equally. He had to inform their Lordships that
the Lord Mayor consented to this clause. He was
/anxious that this dispute between the Crown and the
Corporation shottkl be decided by some other tribunal
than a Committee- of either House. The nest clause
enacted that the works should be executed to the satis-
faction of -the Consritissioners of Wood and Forests and
the Corporation of London. A third was for the pur-
pose of saving the rights of the Crown ; and a fourth
enacted that compensation for damage done on the
shores of the river should be decided upon by arbitra-
tion, and that the money should be paid into Court to
abide the result of the decision.
Mr.- MERRYWEATIIER opposed the insertion of the
clauses. He did not wish that the Crown should place
upon record a disputed right to the bed of the river,
which no tribunal in the land had hitherto asserted, and
it was an attempt of the Crown to gain an advantage over
the Corporation, and he besought the Committee not to
tempt the Crown by showing the elasticity of Com-
mittees to seek for one advantage one year, and a second
in another : the Crown never had a right to interfere
with the erection of bridges, and they had no right to
seek it now.
The clauses were then agreed to with some modifica-
tion, which struck out the most objectionable matter
which affected the rights of the Corporation.

Room D.
SOUTH WALES.

Their Lordships met this morning ; the Duke of
Northumberland in the chair.
Their Lordships were occupied in arranging the
clauses of the Bill, and these having been agreed to, the
Committee broke up.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.)
GROUP VL
BRISTOL AND EXETER, TAUNTON AND
CASTLECARY BRANCH, AND BRISTOL AND
EXETER (BRANCH FROM BLEADON TO WELLS
AND GLASTONBURY).
The Committee met at the usual hour.
Mr. Sergeant WRANGRAH opened the case for the
Bristol and Exeter Company. He proposed to treat the
two lines, as above, as one scheme ; and contended that
on the ground of the larger amount of local and through
communication afforded by these lines over the pro-
posed lines of the Great Western Company, they were
entitled to receive the sanction of ;he Committee.
At the conclusion of the Learned Gentleman's address,
which occupied the whole time of its sitting, the Com-
mittee adjourned till 12 to-morrow.

GROUP VIII.
This Committee met at the usual hour, but adjourned
without going to business, to enable several of the
Members to attend the morning sitting of the House.