The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-12 00:00:00

GROUP XLII.

WATER,IIORD, WEXPORD, WICKLOW', AND

DUBLXN REPEAL.
The Commitee met at half-past three, and adjourned till
after the Whitsuntide holidays.

GROUP XLIII.
The Committee met at one o'clock, in Room 16; Mr.
Protheroe in the chair.

LIMERICK and WATERFORD.
~ ~7,„, -, Q(3 , opened the merits of the Bill, which
hel‘starld"w4a's-t-o-e-iltend the. time for making the railway. The
works were already. considerably advanced, and part finished,
but the difficulties in the money market, and the unfortunate
state of the country, had delayed them. The Great
Southern and Western proposed to run over the line, and it
was wished to open this line simultaneously with their own.
Another object of the Bill was to make some unimportant
deviations, which, so far from making an increased capital
necessary, would actually effect a saving. He trusted to be
able to satisfy the Committee that both these were necessary.
They were only opposed by Mr. Baker, a resident on one of
the deviations, which was really a case for compensation, and
nothing more.
The Committee then adjourned.

GROUP XLVIII.
This Committee met this morning at the usual hour; Lord
Courtenay in the chair.
CAI4EZtOPTIAN AND DUIVESAIITONSIUMEI
313 AT C TXOIV (DEVIATIONS EXT'W"AISN
DIMTOCICES. LUKE- vE) OAKS, Aran now-
LING, &c.)
Mr. Bateman, C.E., Mr. Miller, C.F., and Ur. Baukr,

isnugrvetratt,
tiojeGtlannszncn,err,pzeprezd:itatmo ibr.Ve2trvtiftl,id antn-icieFw of thow•-
;on! Clyde • ui ...ot b. ci.,:slinc,c s:::,••y to the
public, or with. lit danger to the extence. of the cana,.
Mr. Cubitt, C E., also gave evidence to the same effect.
He thought the works under the ctn:ti could he ccnitructed
without an accident, still there wc,old be s;.me danger.
Mr. Sergeant Mtn:pity then replied on behalf of the Forth
and Clyde Navgation.
This closed the case on behalf of the opposition.
Mr. Horn replied for the Bill, dwelling on the evidence
adduced in its behalf and for the opposition. The provi-
sions of the Bill were to effect a proper connexion with the
Garnkirk and Glasgow, and the Calec:oniAti Railway, and the
real opponent was the Edinburgh and Glasgow Com-
pany, though ostensibly the Canal Ct willow. The
Edinburgh and G asg,w Railway Compatv wa ted to
have the present lit e connected tiiTh their scilime alone, and
hence the oppositi,n had been got up in order to defeat the
Bill. For that purpose this care about the Barger to the
canal in the crossing under it was mooted, but he (Mr.
Hope) submitted that no case of real difficulty or danger had
been made out. Whatever danger, however, there might be,
the promoters of the Bill were willing to leave the direction
of the works to any neutral engineer that might be ap-
pointed, and in that shape he left the Bill for the decision of
the Committee.
The room was then cleared for the decision.
On the re-admission of the parties,
The CHAIRMAN intimated that it was the opinion of the
proved, with
a t
Helenburgh. They further intended that the works at the
the ex Commitc tetpetefotnh aof tshoe
mpureachmobfliet oafs rtehleateßdiltlo'Nt.ahse
crossing of the canal should be left to a neutral engineer.
The clauses were then agreed to, Mr. Walker failing
or,
him, Mr. Leslie, of Edinburgh, the engineers to be referred
to regarding the works.
The Committee then adjourned.