The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-17 00:00:00

GROUP XLIX.

The Committee on this group, Mr. Cripps (chairman),
met this morning, at twelve o'clock. and proceeded to take
the

EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW (LEASES).

Mr. BIGGS ANDREWS, Q. C., explained the object of the
promoters. The promoters sought to obtain powers to lease
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(the central of the three lines, and the only one at present in
their own hands) formed a continuous and almost direct line
from Glasgow to Edinburgh, a little south of the present
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. They sought the
powers as a matter of safety to themselves, as a benefit to
the general public, and also because it met with the appro-
bation of the parties interested in these local lines, and the
proprietors and influential residents upon them.

GROP LI.
The Chairman (Sir J. Y. BuU
ller), and the other members
of the Committee met at twelve o'clock, for the purpose of
considering and arranging the clauses of

TIM C.A.I.MIOIMELAT (CA.PCONXIXE, 0.0..
BEILIVC/I).

Mr. COCKBURN, for the Caledonian Railway Company,
brought forward a clause making it binding on the pro-
moters to allow the Glasgow and Dumfries Railway to run
their traffic free over that part of their opponents line, from
Springfield to Carlisle, and in the event of any unnecessary
obstruction being offered, it should be in the power of the
Railway Commissioners to make such regulations as should
remove such unnecessary obstruction.
Mr. AUSTIN objected that the carriages should not go
free, and also that this clause, as at present framed, would
give the promoters power to throw every sort of impediment
in the way of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway
traffic.

The room was ordered to be cleared, and on parties being
re-admitted,
The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee had agreed
to accept Mr. Cockburn's clause, with certain amendments.
The clause, as passed, furnished the Railway Commissioners
with power to interfere between the Caledonian and Glasgow
and Dumfries Companies in a representation from one or
botifof them, provided always that no limit, or alteration, or
restriction, should be placed on the rates or tolls of the
Caledonian Company, as granted by their Act of 1845; and
further, that the engines of the Dumfries Company should
not be permitted to pass over or along the Caledonian line.
The other clauses were passed, and the Chairman was
ordered to report the Bill (as we understood) on Tuesday.

COMMITTEE on PRIVATE BILLS
(THIS DAY.)
LIVERPOOL WATERWORKS.
The Committee assembled this morning at twelve o'clock
Sir J. Johnstone in the chair, when the Committee declared
the preamble of the Bill to be proved; and they then went
through the clauses, which were agreed to with a few
amendments.

AYR ROADS BILL.
This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, in Room
38 ; Sir John Hamner it the chair.
Immediately on the assembling of the Committee, the pre-
amble of the Bill was declared proved, there being no ap-
pearances on the petitions, and the clauses were agreed to.
METROPOLITAN SEWAGE BILL.
The clauses of this Bill were this morning arranged, and
the Chairman instructed to report the Bill to the Ilouse.

GREENOCK. Yesterday (Thursday) there was
launched from the building-yard of Messrs. Robert Steele
ship-buildersl._.s town, one of the
and Co., the eminent of this
four new steamers that were to be built in the Clyde for the
British and North American Steam Packet Company (Cu-
nard's line). This noble vessel is 1,826 tons, new measure-
ment, and is about two or three hundred tons larger than
any other in the splendid fleet belonging to the same com-
pany. The length of keel and fore rake is 251 feet, and
breadth of Dowal 38 (M.—North Britidli •