The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-08 00:00:00

NITHSDALE LINE.

An argument of come length took place between the Learned
Counsel as to a clause affixing the conditions on which the Dumfrie3
Company should be allowed to run over the Caledonian line from the
point of junction of the two lines to Carlisle. It resulted in the clause
being withdrawn, as it was intimated that no doubt hereafter a satis-
factory arrangement on the matter would be come to between the
two companies, and that in the meantime the Railway Companies
Clauses Consolidation Act (Scotland) would provide for the Caledo-
nian line being used by the Dumfries Company on the payment of
the regular tolls.

The other clauses were then disposed of with some unimportant
amendments, and the Chairman was instructed to report the gm to
the House.

GROUP XIV.
The Select Committee appoiated to consider the merits of the
Bills comprised in this group re-assembled this morning for the itri
time after the Whitsuntide recess; Mr. Protheroe in the chair.
THE RENT ATMOSPHERIC LINE.
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The engineering• evidence in favour of this line was resumed.
The parties proposed to call Mr. Hawkshaw ; but the Committee
refused to hear him, until Mr. Cubitt, the engineer .in• chief of L"'
line had given his evidence.
Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD reminded the Committee, that in a cotirt of
law the counsel in a case was allowed to conduct their case acc°_.read
ing to the best of their judgment and ability, but where it aPPea,r it
that the court were averse to the course' adopted by the counse4
was for the counsel to grapple with that aversion in the best waY they
could.
The CHAIRMAN remarked, that the Committee were not guided bf
the rules which regulated courts of law ; but, by the suggestion of
the Chairman of Committees. Mr. Cubitt, they had bee' told, was the
engineer-in-chief of the line, and, of course, the testimony of other
engineers could only be taken as a corroborative or secondary
character.

Ultimately, after nearly an hour or so had been wasted in dis-
cussing the point, the Committee decided that they would Neel"
Mr. Hawkshaw's evidence under protest.
Mr. Hawkshaw, engineer, of the Manchester and Leeds line, Wls
then called. He gave a decided opinion in favour of the Keat
~4e
mospheric line, because it would form a direct line to Dover, NO%
at the same time that object was accomplished by making use e'
considerable distance of existing rails. As far as gradients were eT•
cerned, both lines were good ; but certainly the atmospheric had the
greatest extent of level.
It was then proposed to adduce evidence in favour of the af—
ino.
spheric propulsion principle; but
CUbdt'
The Cliatastax again pressed the parties to produce Mr. „,„•
and the room was cleared for a second time to consider the gees
It turned out, however, that Mr. Cubitt was closeted with the
Commitee in the Lords on the London and York Bill, and there vas
no chance of his being disengaged for some time.
Under these circumstances, the Committee consented to take the
evidence of Mr. Wm. Vallee and Mr. Manning, who gave gam.'
testimony in favour of the Kent Atmospheric line.
„A the
It still appearing that Mr. Cubitt was likely to be Meg— %tit-
London and York Committee for the whole of the day, the Con 2
tee determined upon adjourning till to-morrow.

GROUP XVIII.
EXETER (GREAT WESTERN).
The Committee met at the usual hour ; Mr. B. Denison, chairltr!:
At the commencement of the sittings of this Committee,1
Ausurt stated that the Great Western Company, for when' il. 3
1y
ap-
peared, had taken the subject into their consideration, as desired
altering the plans of the Exeter and Yeovil line so as to ac
the Committee previous to the holidays, namely, with referceonnicenitoo.
date both gauges, and the result of that deliberation was'
that the
Great Western Nl:many were prepared to adopt the in"
sertion of a clause in their Bill, should their line
receive the sanction of the Committee, empowering them
to lay down a double rail on their line, so as to accommodate both
gauges.
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The CHAIRMAN intimated that the Committee would not, at the
present time, go into the matter further, until the merits of the whole
ewe had been disposed of. They had merely thrown out the suggee
Hon in order that the subject might receive the consideration of the
parties during the recess.

Lord Falmouth was then called, on behalf of the Exeter Great
Western Company, whose evidence was almost exclusively confined
to the benefits which the construction of this line would afford to
the county of Cornwall by its junction with the Cornwall Railway,
in preference to the line of the Exeter, Yeovil, Dorchester, and
Salisbury junction in continuity with the Cornwall and Devon
Central.

Sir Charles Lemon, Bart, gave evidence of a similar nature,

GROUP LIII

The Select Committee to whom this group has been referred re-
assembled to-day, in Room 26 in the new Houses of Parliament, atthe customary hour. Present, the Hon. E. Lascelles (in the ehalr)+
the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Mr. R. Clayton, Captain DalrYmPle'
and Mr. Hildyard.