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GROUP L.

This Committee met at twelve o'clock ; Mr. Bankes in the
chair.

GLASGOW, DARRBEAD AND NEILSTON

DIRECT.

GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND GREENOCK
(AMENDMENTS AND BRANCHES).
Mr. Robson's examination was continued this morning. He
admitted that, in the present state of the money-market, the
Lesmahagow branch might be postponed ; but with regard to
the other branches and station accommodation, they were
much required. The cost altogether would be about 140.0001.
Mr. Errington followed in corroboration of the previous
witness. He believed the scheme would be of the greatest
benefit in supplying Greenock with coal from the Ayrshire
and Lanarkshire districts. The witness explained the na-
ture of the works, and the estimated cost in detail. The
whole, with contingencies, would be about 150,0001.
This closed the case.
The opposition of the Renfrewshire Road Trustees was
reserved till the clauses were considered, should the Bill
pass.

THE GLASGOW, BARRHEAD, AND BUR-
LET (BRANCHES).

Mr. WIIATELEY opened the case for this Bill. He ex-
plained that it was intended to connect the important mi-
neral district of Hurlet and the manufacturing town of
Barrhead with the port of Renfrew, and Glasgow and Pais-
ley. The Learned Gentlemen having explained the scheme
in detail, proceeded to call his witnesses.
Mr. Craig and Mr. M'Lintock spoke to the importance of
the lines for the mineral traffic, which was the main traffic
of the district. The connexion of the scheme with Renfrew
was a point of great importance.
The Committee adjourned till Monday.

GROUP LI.
This Committee met at twelve o'clock ; Sir John Buller in
he chair.

NORTH BRITISH (No.M.)

The Earl of Minto thought the district which the line was
projected to accommodate was one of the most important
agricultural districts in Scotland. He must support the line.
It offered a wholesome competition with the Caledonian line
to Carlisle.
The Duke of Buccleuch said he was proprietor of thirty
miles of the route of the proposed line. He concurred in
the evidence of the Earl of Minto •, the district was unim-
portant for agricultural produce, and for the woollen manu-
facturers in the Teviot and other streams. The line offered
an important outlet to the south-west. The Caledonian
line through the valley of the Esk was objectionable,
from the way in which they proposed to cut up the
picturesque character of that valley, and it would seriously
interfere with the Glenlochie Tower, which he_could not
suffer to be affected.
Mr. Jopp, the engineer of the line, said the whole length
of line, including the Canobie, Gretna, and Longtown
branches, was 40 miles, 5 furlongs, and the total estimate,
including the cost of stations, was 960,0001. The
expense of making the line, exclusive of
stations, would be about 18,140/. per mile.
The distance by this route from Hawick to Manchester
showed a difference of 82 miles in favour of this line over
the other sanctioned lines ; and to Liverpool, a difference of
97 miles. The distance from Hawick to Newcastle, by
Berwick, was 110 miles ; l Carlisle, on the Canobie
branch, 102 miles; by the Longtown branch, 94 miles.
The proposed line would effect a saving of 74 miles
from Newcastle to Stirling, a central point to all the Scotch
lines. From London to Perth the North British saved 19
Mr. Miller, engineer-in-chief, said he on laid out
the North British in 1843, a line to Hawick in 1844, and
branches to Jedburgh, Selkirk, &c., in 1845, which were all
sanctioned. A scheme identical with the present was laid
. down to Carlisle in 1845, except that there was a common

terminus there with the Caledonian. The course of the iine was
from Hawick, through the valley of the Esk to Langholm
down to Carlisle, whence the line joined the Caledonian.
The gradients were generally good. The country between
the line and the Caledonian was of an impassable character.
There was rather a steep gradient to the west of Netherby,
but that route was pursued in consequence of
the request of Sir James Graham. His property
was traversed for about eleven miles, and he supported
the line. The independent station at Carlisle, near the
cattle-market, was likely to be a very important accommo-
dation to the town—the general terminus was already small
enough. The character of the country between Hawick and
Carlisle, in his opinion, justified the construction of a line.
The portion from Langholm to Carlisle would principally
depend on local traffic ; but without that link he did not think
any company would make a line down to Langholm. The
line from Hawick to Carlisle would be best worked by the same
company that possessed the line to the north of that up to
Edinburgh, as there the main source of traffic arose by the
connexion of the line with Selkirk, Galashiels, &c.
Mr. COCKBURN cross-examined the witnesses for the Ca-
ledonian.
The Committee adjourned till Tuesday.

COMMITTEES on PRIVATE BILLS

S w✓ANSEA DOCKS.
This Committee up to its rising was engaged with hearing
evidence on behalf of this scheme. No decision was given.

BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS DOCK ACTS
AMENDMENT.

This Committee met again yesterday at 12 o'clock ;
Mr. Hayter in the chair.
The object of the Bill is to construct a sea-wall along
Wallasey Pool. The preamble has been passed; but several
days have been occupied with the clauses of the Bill, and
with various amendments, which were not completed when
the Committee rose, at four o'clock, until Monday.

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON.
This Bill was thrown out by the Standing Orders Com-
mittee yesterday, several material mistakes having been
proved in the sections.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WHITEHALL, MAY 4, 1847.
The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the
Right Hon. Robert Montgomery Lord Belhaven to be her
Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of
the Church of Scotland.
WHITEHALL, MAY 5.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting unto Admiral the Hon.
Sir Robert Stopford, G.C.8., the office or place of Vice Ad-
miral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
and Lieutenant of the Admiralty thereof, in the room of
Admiral Sir Davidge Gould, deceased.
The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, granting unto Admiral Sir
Thomas Byam Martin, G.C.8., the office or place of Rear-
Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land, and of the Admiralty thereof, in the room of Admiral
the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, appointed Vice-Admiral of the
said United Kingdom.
WAR-OFFICE, MAV 7.
10th Light Dragoons—Captain Richard Pattinson, from
the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Townley, who
exchanges, May 7.
11th Light Dragoons--Paymaster William Houghton,
from 87th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Bedford, who ex-
changes, May 7.
15th Light Dragroons—Regimental Sergeant Major George
Ellis, from 4th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, without pur-
chase, vice Miller, promoted, May 7.
16th Light Dragoons—Captain Richard Greaves Townley,
from 10th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Pattinson,
who exchanges; Lieutenant Thomas Pattie to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Reynolds, who retires ; Cornet Walter
Scott Lockhart, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pattie;
Thomas Woolaston White, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase,
vice Lockhart, May 7.
17th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Charles William Miles
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Scobell, who retires; Cornet
John Charles Watts Russell to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Miles; Alexander Campbell, Gent., to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice Russell, May 7.
2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Richard Hill Rocke
from 78th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Reed, who ex-
changes.
10th Foot—Major Sheaffe Montizambert, from 62d Foot,
to be Major, vice Goode, who exchanges ; Lieutenant John
Mapes Webt Ensor, from 39th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice
Emerson, who exchanges, Feb. 16.
39th Foot—Lieutenant William Henry Emerson, from
10th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Ensor, who exchanges,
Feb. 16.
40th Foot—Captain James Davis, from half-pay unat-
tached, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major John Gray, who
exchanges; Lieutenant William Augustus Fyers, to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Davis, who retires; Ensign Richard
Sowden Payne, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fyers;
Robert Hare, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Payne, May 7.
43d Foot—Lieutenant Granville Levison Proby (who was
superseded on the 19th February, 1847) has been reinstated
in his rank.
62d Foot—Major William Henry Goode, from the 10th
Foot, to be Major, vice Montizambert, who exchanges,
Feb. 16.
65th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Philip O'Connell, from 51st
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Blake, appointed to the Royal
Canadian Rifle Regiment, May 7.
68th Foot—Lieutenant Alfred Tipping to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Cross, who retires; Ensign Henry Gosset
Carmichael, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, Vice Tipping ;
William Henry Seymour, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice: Carmichael, May 7.
78th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas James Drummond Reed,
from the 2d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Rocke, who ex-
changes, May 7.
80th Foot —Brevet Major Charles Lewis to be Major,
without purchase, vice Nunn, deceased, Feb. 3; Lieutenant
Hercules Atkin Welman to be Captain, vice Lewis, Feb. 3.
87th Foot.—Paymaster William Devaynes Bedford, from
11th Light Dragoons, to be Paymaster, vice Houghton, who
exchanges, Mav 7.
88th Foot—William James Harrison, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, May 7.
91st Foot—Quartermaster John Forbes, from half-pay 92d
Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Gordon, appointed Adjutant,
Mav 7.
95th Foot—Ensign Lionel Fraser to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Taylor, who retires; Anthony Morgan, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fraser, May 7.
Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Henry Hardinge to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Hale, who retires; Second Lieutenant John
Cole Nichol! to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Hardinge; Robert Willie, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Nicholl, May 7.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Ensign Frederick George Syms,
from 3d Foot, to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Bagenall, appointed Adjutant, May 7; Lieutenant William
Bagenall to be Adjutant, May 13.
Blume-T.—Captain James Davis, of the 40th Foot, to be
Major in the Army; Captain Richard Wolfe, on half-pay, as
Sub-Inspector of Militia, in the lonian Islands, Commandant
of Robben Island, Cape of Good Hope, to be Major in the
Army, Nov. 9, 1846.
UwArrAcuEn.—Lieutenant William Graham, from Adju-
tant of a Recruiting District, to be Captain, without pur-
chase, May 7.
STAFF.—Lieutenant Benjamin, Hutchins Edwards, from
half-pay Unattached, to be Adjutant of a Recruiting Dis-
trict, vice Graham, promoted, May 7.
MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Cornet Grogan,
of the 7th Light Dragoon, are Charles Edward.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Dorsetshire.
Queen's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—George
Churchill, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Ffooks, promoted, May 3.
Commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—William
Henry Powell Gore Langton, Esq., to be Captain, vice
Blathwayt, resigned, May 1.
ADMIRALTY, APRIL 29.
Corps of Royal Marines—Quartermaster-Sergeant Richard
Samson to be Second Lieutenant ; Colour-Sergeant Walter
Gillies to be Second Lieutenant.
WHITEHALL, MAY 1.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Higginbottom
Chorlton, of Runcorn, in the county palatine of Chester,
Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of
Chancery.