The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-06 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY )
(Sittkigs at Nisi Prins.)
Special jury causes were tried this morning, none of which
possessed any feature of public interest.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(THIS_DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Room B.

A Select Committee, consisting of the Duke of Leinster, and
Lords Powie, Stratford, and Colchester, &c., met at eleven
this morning. Their list included two Bills, viz., the Glas-
gow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction, and the Caledonian
(Glasgow Termini and Branches). They proceeded with the
case of the

GLASGOW. AIRDRIE. AND IMONILLANDS

31T2gCTION.

Mr. Austin and Mr. Hildyard appeared for the promoters
of the Bill. Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Talbot, and Mr. Whitmore
appeared for the Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Rail-
way Company, who petition against the Bill, on account of
the line passing under their line, and taking a small
" private line," which they represented to be their pro-
perty ; and for the Caledonian Railway Company, who
petition, on account of their having purchased the Garnkirk
and Coatbridge Railway, and being about to amalgamate
with them by the powers of an Act now before this House.
The same counsel appeared for seven professors of the Glas-
gow University, who petitioned on the ground that the line
would take the University.
Mr. AUSTIN objected to the opposition on the part of the
University professors, on the ground that they did not pro-
perly represent the University.
After some discussion, the Committee decided that the
opposition was inadmissible.
Mr. Auszur then opened the case for the promoters of
the Bill, after which he proceeded to call
Mr. Delmore, the owner of several cotton factories in and
near Glasgow, who gave evidence very strongly in favour of
the line, especially with reference to the position of its ter-
minus (at Mile-end, Glasgow), which he said was in the
immediate neighbourhood of the Exchange—the centre of
business in Glasgow—and of the largest factories. There
would be a coal depot at Mile-end, which was also a great
advantage. There would be a considerable reduction in the
price of coal in consequence of the communication with the
coal districts which the line would open.
Mr. COCKBUIiN was here about to cross-examine the
witness. when

Mr. HILDYARD objected to his Learned Friend's appear-
ance, saying that as the proposed line, in passing under the
railway, did not touch the property of the company, the
latter had no locus standi.
Mr. COCKBURN said that the private line of railway pass-
ing under the Garnkirk and Coatbridge line, which would
be taken and lowered three feet by the company in making
their line, was in part the property of the Garnkirk and
Coatbridge Company ; and, moreover, the latter
company, haying been the promoters of a com-
peting scheme in the House of Commons, had a right
to appear as such to oppose the Bill, even though their line
bad been thrown out by the Committee of the House of
Commons. He instanced the case of the Harwich and
Eastern Counties, in which case the Committee decided that
the opposition on the part of a competing scheme could be
admitted, though the line was thrown out iu the Lower
House.

Mr. HILDYARD said that he believed, in the ease of the
Harwich and Eastern Counties, there was a distinct allega-
tion in the petition that the petitioners were the promoters
of a rival scheme, but there was no such allegation in this
case. The private line was not the property of the Garnkirk
Company, and, if it was, the very fact would put them out of
Co urt, as the Btll contained no powers to take any line from
them.
The Committee, after clearing the room and discussing the
question for a few minutes, announced their decision, that
the case for the petitioners should be entertained, but that no
evidence could be admitted as to the competing scheme.
Mr. COCKBURN then proceeded with the cross-examination
of the witness, and
Mr. HILDYA RD called several other witnesses, who gave
similar evidence to that of Mr. Delmore.
Tke engineer to the lire, Mr. Adie, gave the usual
engineering evidence. The particulars have already appeared
in The 494111 at great length in the reports of the Committee
of the House of Committee on Group X.
On the conclusion of the case for the promoters,
Mr. COCKBURN addressed the Committee on the part of the
opponents of the Bill.
The Committee then cleared the room, and, on our re-
admission,

The CHAIRMAN' said that the Committee had come to the
conclusion that the preamble of the Bill was proved.
After disposing of the clauses of the Bill, the Committee
ruse at four o'clock, and adjourned till to-morrow at eleven
o'clock, when they will proceed with the case of the Caledo-
nian (Glasgow Termini and Branches).