The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-24 00:00:00

GROUP XII.

GLASGOW AND WEST OW SCOTLAND

DISTRICT.

Members present, Mr. V. Smith (chairman), Mr. T. D'Eyncourt,
Mr. Langston, Mr. W. Hamilton, and the Hon. W. Fitzmaurice.

THE GLASGOW, PAISLZY, ZILIVIARNOCX,

AND AYR EXTENSXON.

Mr. WHEATLEY, Q.O , called John Hamilton, the tenant on a farm
belonging to Mr. Guthrie, the opponent to the scheme, to show the
injury which would be done to the farm of Capering Stone. The line
laid down was the very worst that could be adopted for the purpose
of ruining the farm. Ile had formerly paid 3001. per annum, but by
his late lease he agreed to pay 3701. He had lately expended a con-
siderable sum upon the f rm-house, which would be so much lost, as
the proposd line would come so close as to destroy, iu a great mea-
sure, the hon=e itself.

Mr. Meffat, engineer and manager of the Ardrossan Railway, was
acquainted with the line proposed to be carried to Mr. Macready's
collieries. Me did not see that there existed any difficulty in carry-
ing out the lines of deviation, which would certainly be much less
injurious to Mr. Guthrie's property. Mr. Macready had .entered into
an agreement to send two-th•rds of his produce by the Ardrossan
Railway ; the remainiug third was reserved for home consumption.
ills output was from 16,000 to 20,1100 tons. When the amount
reached 25,000 he could send the surplus where he chose. This
agreem sit was to last during the period of his lease, which he be-
lieved was twenty-five years.
Mr. WNEAILEY contended, that the contract referred to rendered
the construction of this branch unnecessary, because, even though
made, Mr. Macready could not send coals otherwise than by the
Ardrossan Company.
Mr. Christie, mineral surveyor, was examined by Sir Thomas
Putuars, to show that with increased facilities to the market of
Irvine, the "output" instead of being as at present 36,000 toms,
.would be at least 72,000 from Mr. Macready's pits.
The CM MALAN would wish to hear another witness as to the pro•
duce of the collieries, as such a discrepancy existed between those
already examined.
William Anderson w.,11 called. The quantities of coals that had
passed in the mouth of October, between Preston collieries and the
port of Irvine, was above 2,000 tons, or above 36,000 tons per

Cross-examined by Mr. WnEenEv—He had given the usual
directions to the person he had stationed there.

Mr. WHEATLEY then addressed the Committee against the branch.
He contended that there was not a tittle of evidence to show that any
public advantage could be derived from the construction of this branch.

GROUP XIV.
NORTH RENT.

The Committee to which this inc is referred met to-day at t weirs
o'clock, Mr. Protheroe in the chair.

Mr. TALBOT proceeded to re exandle

Mr. Tits, who stet. d that he had been in the habit of examining
all kinds of property for railway companies. Iles examined the pro-
perty of Mr. Stevens. It is at Peckham, and consists of several
small pieces of land and some small houses. The land is very badly
drained. Has offered Mr. Stephens to take the valuation of any
respectable person, and double it on the part of the Company. 'I he
land altogether is about 10 acres, and the demand made for it was so
preposterous that witness could not for a moment comply with it.
The case for Mr. Stevens is only a case for compensation. With re-
gard to property of Sir T. Wilson, near Woolwich, it is not materially
injured by the line. The property of Sir Wm. Gossett is more injured
by the line than that of Sir T. Wilson, and he has at once accepted
the compensation offered by the Company. Mr. Itoupell has also
accepted the sure offered.
Mr. Ausrtte, on the part of the promoters, said that he saw by the
minutes that his friend Mr. Sergeant Wrangham had asked yester-
day afternoon for leave to re-examine Mr. Vignoles. He was sorry
to say that the request bad been made in the absence of all the
leading counsel. He conceived that the Committee would not de-
cide on so material a point without allowing it to be dis,ussed. The
usual course in these Committees was that where there were two
competing lines evidence should be at first taken in favour of the
first line and against the second line, and when that case was con-
cluded the second line should bring tinevard evidence in their own
favour and against the first line. When their evidence had con-
cluded they were not to be allowed to recal the witness and go
through their own case again.
Mr. TALBOT, on the part of the South-Eastern line, said that he
hoped that the Committee would not depart from the decision they
had given the previous day. The permission to recal the witness
had been already given.
After some further discussion,
The Committee retired to consider the point. After an absence of
twenty-five minutes, the Committee retnrned.