The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-08 00:00:00

RAILWAY.

An HoN. MEMIER. moved the consideration of the report
of the Committee on this Bill.

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Mr. HUME doubted the propriety of any further proceed-
mtedittetee hthade
hleacida uponh the table of
proceed-
ings being taken with reference to this Bill, until the evidence
Bill,
the Clyde Navigation would incapacitate themel
ing out the deepening of the Navigation uo sfsettvheese tcfreul
rys
Clyde,
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having to borrow a large sum of money, amounting to
80,0004, and being at reesent indebted to the amount of 300,000/.
deteriorate the public hat
it. lie should effect of the present Bill would be to
evidence taken before the our, that House ought not to sanc-
tionHe contended that if present
therefore move as an amendment, that the
much of it as related to the Committee be printed, or at least so
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Chairman
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before
whom the group of Bills, of which that was one, was referred,
wtietere considered Evidenceto-
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saidgeth
e thatr . the Bills
three or four weeks, and among the witnesses Committee. for
Captain Washington, on the part of the Tidal harbours'
mission, who expressed a strong opinion against interference
with the harbour of Glasgow, and considered that the General
Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway would greatly ob-
struct the traffic, and be highly injurious to the navigation.
He fully coincided in that opinion; and he had the misfortune
to differ from the other gentlemen on the Committee, and he
accordingly voted against the three Bills.
Mr. SPOONER said, that being a Member of that Com-
mittee, he would take occasion to state what the facts were.
He had differed from the opinion taken by their Noble Chair-
mn, and he had done so with great reluctance. The Com-
mittee had the evidence of Mr. Walter, an engineer, who was
always opposed to anything like an obstruction on the line,
• and had resisted the bringing down mineral traffic to the in-
convenience of other trains. He gave his opinion that the
mineral traffic of Glasgow was so much increased, and was
likely to increase so much more, that he waived his former
objection on the point, and thought that the mineral traffic
should be brought down to a place appointed for it. He said
that the mixing up of the mineral traffic with the general
traffic was very inconvenient, and the bringing it. down to a
distant place would occasion no inconvenience to the harbour.
He actually wont so far as to say that some alteration was
necessary. The trustees of the Clyde—a regularly elected
body—concurred in the measure, and not a single petition was
presented against the Bill by the merchants of Glasgow ; in
fact, there was no opposition to the Bill, except two rival
companies, who afterwards did not make out their cases.
It was of great importance to the merchants and coal owners
in the neighbourhood, that this scheme had been carried by
the Committee. He thought this was a case in which the
House ought to support the Committee.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House
divided, when there appeared—
en

For the amendmCia B2
Against it
Majority in favour of the amendment .. —8