The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-25 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
THE TURNPIKE ROADS (SCOTLAND) BILL
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
After some discussion, in which Mr. STUART WORTLEY
and several other Hon. Members took part,
Clauses 1 and 2 were agreed to.
On clause 3 being read,
Mr. FOX MAULE moved to insert the words, " that no
toll-bar shall bs licensed fur the sale of wines or spirits, if the
said toll-bar shall be within five miles of any house situated
from the turnpike-road, which may be regularly licensed
by the magistrates or justices of the peace for the time being,
for the sale of wines or spirits."
On a division there appeared—
For the amendment
Against it
Majority against it
Another division then took place in consequence of there
not being forty Members present on the previous one, when
there appeared for—
The crignal clause l9
Against it
. . _ - ‘,ll cl —2

Majority in favour of the original clause -
Upon our re-admission into the gallery we found Mr.
FORBES MACKENZIE on his legs, moving an amend-
ment to reduce the distance to half a mile.
The Committee divided, when there appeared—
Against the amendment
In favour of the amendment lB
Majority against the amendment
The clause as originally proposed was then agreed-to.
Mr. FOX MAULE intimated that he did not wish to pro-
ceed further with the Bill after the opinions which had been
expressed.
The House then resumed.
LAW OF SETTLEMENT.'
Colonel WOOD moved that the Bill printed in 1823, in
reference to this subject be reprinted and laid before the
House.—Agreed to.
PUBLIC-HOUSES IN SCOTLAND.
Mr. F. MACKENZIE gave notice that on Friday next he
would move the appointment of a Select Committee to in-
quire into the mode of granting licenses to public-houses in
Scotland:
The. other orders of the day were then tlisposed of, and the
House adjourned at half-past Four o'clock.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)

WATERFORD, WEXPORD,WICIELOW, AND

Dun LIN.

Evidence In detail was gone into respecting the traffic on the main
line and branches, which occupied the remainder of the day.
DUDLIN AND GALWAY•

The Committee on this Bill met again to day, Lord Selkirk,
chairman.

The case for the 3fullingar Company was proceeded with. Seve-
ral witnesses were called in support of the scheme, amongst whom
were Lord Castlemain, Sir Percy Nugent, Sir John Burgoyne, &c.
The witnesses were -severally cross-examined, but their evidence
went to show that the line of the MulHagar Company was one which
would meet the wants of the country through which it passsed.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP IX.

GRAND JUNCTION HARBOUR. TERMINUS.
.(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
Mr. David Stevenson, civil engineer, was shortly examined in
corroboration of Mr. Gale and Mr. Miller, when
Mr. Cannot announced that his ease was closed. He had several
other witnesses to call respecting the value of the land ; but, in defe-
relies to the Committee, he would not call them then. Should any
thing arise out of the case on behalf of Sir John Maxwell, he hoped
the Committee would allow him to call some of them on that point.
Mr. TALBOT then replied to the case of the Grand Junction at
some length, contending that its promoters had failed altogether in
snaking out their case, land especially in showing the necessity of
bringing the mineral traffic on to the same quay with the general
traffic. Tice parties who hail been called on this point had admitted
that they were not much acqnainted with the management or har-
bour traffic, yet the little evidence they gave, instead of
praying the point . sought to be established, had actually
strengthened the scheme for which he had the honour of appearing.
The Learned Gentleman then glanced a the engineering evidence
adduced, showing its demerits in comparison with the Harbour
Mineral scheme, and concluded by maintaining the decided supe-
riority of the latter over the Grand Junction.
Mr. Sergeant MURPHY then proceeded to open the case on behalf of
Sir John Maxwell, who petitioned against the Grand Junction
scheme, on the ground that it had seriously damaged his property.
The-Learned Gentleman was about entering into particulars when
the Chairman directed the room to be cleared.
On our readmission the CHAIRMAN intimated that the Committee
had decided the preamble of the Grand Junction Bill was not proved,
and, therefore, there was no necessity for Mr. Sergeant Murphy to
proceed in his opposition to it.
Mr. TALROT then replied on the part of the General Terminus
scheme, going over the evidence as bearing on the respeciive merits
of the two schemes. All the evidence that had been adduced on be-
half of the Grand Junction and the General Terminus, he contended,
went to show that it would be highly advantageous for the mineral
traffic to be brought as near as possible to the general traffic
without incommoding the harbour. The General Terminus accom-
plished this in the most satisfactory manner. The Learned Gentleman
then reviewed the evidence on behelf of the two schemes now to be de-
cided on by the Committee, in opposition to Capt. Washington, who
had given evidence front a mere casual vistt to Glasgow, there was
the authority of the liver Trust, the Conservators- of the river, Mr.
'Walker, the eminent engineer, and the leading traders and commercial
gentlemen of Glasgow, all of whom were in favour of the general ter-
minus.
It was not only the best scheme for its mode of connexion with
the river, but in an engineering point of view, or in the m,.tter oe tolls,
it was to be preferred to its rival. The Learned Gentleman, after
dwelling in detail on these points, submitted the Bill fur which he
appeared to the favourable consideration of the committee—if one
Bill was to be thily allowed—as that which was most likely to meet
all the purposes f,r which a line of railway was propose'd.
The room was then cleared for the decision of the committee.
On our return the chairman intimated that the Committee had
decided that the preamble of the General Terminus Bill was proved,
but that the preamble of the Harbour Mineral was not proved.
Mr. Sergeant Andrews then opened the case briefly for the West of
Scotland Junction Hallway, at the close of which the Committee
adjourned at live o'ele.e. till twelve o'clock tc-morrow.