The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-20 00:00:00

(No. If.)

At a meeting or the Deputation held in London, the
.9th April.
1845, it was unanimously agreed—

That in the fulh,st cor.Licknt-it that the arranrement entered into
between Mr. French and Mr. Perry will be carried out t:y both
gentlemen and the cempa,nos they represent, &swell as all those by
whom they are supported, or with whom they are connected to the
utmost of their ability for securing the Acts of Incorporation for
both lines, we acquiesce in, and confirm the said agreement.
Signed by FITZN. FRENCH.
JOHN ENNIS,
Deputy Ch..irnian to the liallinger Line.
and MUGII M. 'MITE.
(No. III.) •
Memorandum, sth May, 1845, London.

The heads of an agreement for carrying into effect the proposed
measures for a railway from Dublin to If ulliiigar and Longford, to
be ultimately continued to Sligo, and anothsr railway from Porter-
Wigton to Galway, through Athlone. It is agreed that the petitions
now pending in Parliament for the above purpose be withdrawn, and
that e ch party assist the other to carry the pending fills (but con-
fined to the above abject.) into ',Erect.

If any difference shall arise as to the mode of carrying the above
arrangement into effect, it is hereby distinctly agreed by all parties
signing this paper. that the mode of doing so shall be submitted to the
decision of the Committee to whom the Bills be referred. _

For the Dublin an 4 Mußinger Company, JAMES PERRY.
For the Galway Company and other petitioners,
FITZN. FRENCII.

Mr. Sergeant WRANcansat addressed the Committee I;;Tehalf of
the Mu:Ungar Co,a,.any. Tho Learned C ainsel complained of the
constru: Om which had been ptu. upon the contract mentioned by
his i. arned Ftiend. tin trusted the Comm' tee would not sanction
a breach o c: ntract ; bat what his Learned Friend had statad was
entirely a mistaken view of the whole case Sae between his clients
and the Dublin an Galway Company, and this ho would shuw to
their Lertiships betbre he concluded his address.

The Learited Cotuteel then proceeded at considerable
lei!gth to prove that the agreement in question was binding
only during the last session of Parliament, and did not
at all apply to the- present session ; and concluded by
stating that if he were to argue the point for a
period equal to that tor which it was contended by his Learned
Friend that the agreement referred to—namely, for eternity—he
could not make the question more plain to their Lordships than he
litti done, and should, therefore, leave the case in their bands.
Mr. TATLOIL then proceeded to reply, and contended that the
agreement in question was a permanent enjoyment to etli,ct a tem-
porary purpose.
At the conclusion of- the Learned Counsel's speech, evidence was
called on tehalf of the Dublin and Galway Railway, which was
I,clig proceeded with when the Committee re -e, at fouf o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
• 011011 P IX.

Thf. committee met this morning at helfpast eleven o'elook. Lord
Worsley Itt the chair. All the other uitoubers of the C,otiniittoe
were present.
AND GLASGOW ANZZIND..
WENT AND siumciins.

The CITAIRKAN gave —this decision on this 111.17‘711al was, that the
preamr le of the Bill was proved, with the exception it that portion
relating to the Port Dundee branch, wilier, was ordered to be
struck a .t,
The clan,es of the Bill, with the exception of those relating to the
rejuted portion, were then read ; and, atter several unisai•.or 1111 t t
amendments, passed.
Tte report was ten agreed to, ant the cns-eimtn instructed to
protein it to the House that evening.
Mr. Itebeen, civil engineer, called and examined by Mr. Floris—
tic surveyed, In last autumn, for a lint to connect the Pollee
and Govan, the Glasgow and Ayr, and Glasgow and Greenock
joint line, and the liarrhead and Neeston Railways. It was
to be connected with these lines by three branches. The hoariest
gradients were one anending one of one in 104, and a descending one
of eoe in seventy. The shortes cur a was twelve chains radius. The
other misterallnee around Glasgow had worse engineering difficulties
than these. It was superior in this respect, to the two competing
tines; both of which had severer curves and gradients. The Grand
Junction scheme was too high tip the harbour, mid interfered with
house property and feued land ; and the Minemi Harbour was too
low, being two miles from Glasgow-bridge. Both these lines were
also longdr, white the letter would give very imperfect accominfsda,
Ron to the Lanark Coal geide in the east of the ety. rite estimate of
the other schemes weret(hoe,3sgZeiroasl.;tecronintliunuggenWeit,--four,owi7rksl3,obuill,2llll. 13s. Bd.; for land,
much inferiorly situated to this. It possessed a medium to accommo-
date the harbour well, and also to avoid the genergl traffic of the
river. The opposing lineswere not only longer, init Gennected with
the southern lines in an Weiler Planner.
gross-examined by Air. 1119Nrsvm on behalf of the Harbour
Mineral —No house property would be interfered with by the
General Terminus. The locomotives were to he brought within
fifty yards of the harbour, and there unyoked and used to push the
waggons gently behind along the quay. His eetimates included
land for a depot.
Mr. Sergeant BELLAIIII cross-examined this witness, with the
object of showing that the Grand Junction would not interfere so
much with house property as had been represented, but no point
different from the examination in chief was elicited.' He admitted
that the Grand Junction would join the Polio° and Govan some-
what nearer Glasgow than the General Mineral.. This would also be
the case in reference to the joint line of the Ayr and Greenock
Railways.
Mr. Walker, consulting engineer of the Clyde River Trust, was
next called by Mr. Hildyard, and deposed, without reference to the
engineering features of the line, and taking the map before the
committee as his guide, that the general terminus scheme was pre-
ferable to the other two. It was the best scheme for all the pur-
poses required, Tne mode of laying down the rails was better than
to the other two. •
The cross-examination pf the witness did not elicit any point of
material importance. The substance of it was, that all eireutn-
stances considered, the general terminus was decidedly the best
scheme.
Mr. Cubitt, ei 711 engineer, examined—Had heard Mr. Walker's
evidence, and generally agreed with it. The gradients and curves
were much heavier on the other two lines time on the general ter-
miims. He had seen Mr, Robson's estimate, and thought them
ample enough. The connexion of the Mineral line with the Polio°
and Govan, and with the Ayr and Greenock Joint Railways, was
decidedly objectionable. The general terminus possessed the great-
eat engineering practicability, and offered the greatest amount of
prospective advantages.
Mr. Smith, surveyor, deposed that he had valued it at the sum of
50,3581.
This closed the case for the genera termini scheme.

THE GL.SGOW HARZiotra MINERAL.
Air. TALBOT opened the case on behalf of this lino of railway. He
commenced by showing the crowded state of the rivet' Clyde at
Glasgow, and the necessity of separating, its far as possible,
the mineral from the general traffic. The traffic of the
harbour was fast extending down the river, and in a short
time the point of the harbour mineral would be by far
the best for the accommodation of interested parties. Having
argued this point at some tength. the Le toed Gentleman
went Into the features of the case he intended to prove by evidence,
and concluded by a,s,rtitig that he would show 1w commercial and
engineering evidence, that the Harbour Mineral scheme wo.s of rill
those submitted to the Committee the one best suited to the present
and prospective state of the Glasgow harbour.
The Conunittee then adjourned till to.morrow at twelve o'clock.

GROUP XLV

The Select Committee on this group re-assembled at the ueual hour
this morning in the Vic.-Chancellor's Court, Mr. Prutheroe in the
chair.
srowng Z WT ToiNZ.

'I he cr. ss-esrmiliation of Mr. IFignolee: tito engineer of ill's lino,
woo revaDtd by Mr. UAW) ou beiligi of Q. kiougi-Lestiau Ova-