The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-10 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS. (THIS DAY.)

ARRIVALS.
Barlpy. Oats?
150 qrs. -- qrs.
20

Wheat.
I
English •• •• •• 3 -- qrs.
Irish —•—• ••
Foreign ......

Flour.
skF,

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JUNE Io,—Wind S.S.W., light breeze and cloudy.
DEAL, JUNE 9.—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Vernon, Yoss, Cal.
cutta ; Northumberland, Pollock, Madras ; Calmat ic, lieyne, Bombay.
Arrd. from the River, Joint King, westward. Sid. Maitland, Gray,
Van Dieman's Land ; Ganges, Walker, Bombay; Lord Collingwood,
Renardson, Quebec.
OFF PORTSMOUTH, JUNE O.—Dement, M`Pherson, Van Die
man's Laud; Wellington, Kenrick, Madras; Gladiator, Bunting,
New York.
PLYmouTn, JUNE 9.—Arrd. 8. Nunez, Flight, Rio Munez.
BRISTOL, JUNE 9.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Feliza, Pike, Trinidad;
Pomona, Smith, Trinidad ; Eleanor, Rees, Barbadoes ; Jessie, Muir,
Nevis ; Bowyer, Smith, St. John's, New Brunswick.
OFF TUSEAR, JUNE G.—lnglewood, --
PLYMOUTH, JUNE 9.—The Mastery, of Jersey, from Liverpool to
Rio Munez, was wrecked on Sand Island, on April 13; crew saved.
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 9.—The Holywood is aground in the River Parra

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
NORTH DRITISIE AND maNsricic PINCH.
The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the above
Bills met this morning at eleven o'clock, in room B (New Houses of
Parliament). .The members are—Lord Abinger (chairman), the
Dukes of Buckingham and Grafton, Earl Burlington, and Lord
Downes.
Mr. TALBOT appeared for the promoters of the Bill.
Their Lordships were occupied fur more than an hour with a dis-
cussion as to the right of the trustees of the Kelso Union Roads to
oppose the Bill, on the grounds that by the diversion of traffic their
revenues would be greatly diminished. It was ultimately decided
that the opposition could not be entertained.
Mr. TALBOT then proceeded to address the Committee on the part
of the promoters of the Bill, lie addressed the Committee very
shortly, stating that the proposed were two branches of
the existing North British Railway, to Selkirk and to Ha-
wick, and were proposed by the North British Railway
Company. The total length was 24 miles, and the esti-
mate was 350,0001. The lino would give great accommodation to
a highly important district, namely, the neighbourhood of Kelso,
Selkirk, Berwick, llawick, &c. &c. The only opposition was on
the part of the road trustees.

Mr. J. Miller, the engineer to the line, was then called,
and gave the usual engineering evidence at considerable
length. The length of the line and the estimate were as
stated by Mr. Talbot. The steepest gradient was 1 in 75, which
occurred on the llawick branch, and the steepest gradient on the
Selkirk line was lin 200. The sharpest curve had a radius of three
furlongs.
The question of the admissibility of the opposition on the part of
the Kelso Union Trust was then revived. The matter was dis-
cussed at great length.
Mr. PICKERING (on the part of the trustees) proposed the inser-
tion of a clause to the effect that the promoters should compensate
the trustees for any injury they should sustain, and that the amount
of compensation should be settled by private agreement, or in case
no such arrangement could be made, the matter should be referred to
the Sheriff of Berwick.

Mr. TALaor would not agree to the introduction of this clause.
•In the course of the desultory discussions to which this
question gave rise, Mr. PICKERING urged that, although road
trustees in England could not oppose railway Bills on account of the
diminution of their revenues, yet trustees in Scotland ought
to be admitted to oppose on that ground, as they were
individually and personally hound, by bonds, to produce the
requisite funds for the construction of the roads, and
were liable even to personal arrest if they failed to prance
them—the English trustees not being bound by any such bond, and
not being personally liable.
Mr. TALBOT made an offer that the Railway Company should be-
come liable for one half of the bond due on the west branch of the
Kelso Union Roads, which he said was alone influenced by this line.
Mr. PICKERING refused to accede to this offer.
Mr. TALBOT having refereed to the case of the Berwick and Sel-
kirk Bill, which passed the House of Commons last session, and in
which a clause similar to the present was proposed by the Kelso
Union Road Trustees, and was rejected,
Mr. PICKERING called a witness, Mr. Corry, to prove that in
the case of the Berwick and Selkirk line the roads were actually
benefited, and the traffic increased ; and that that was the reason
why the opposition was no admitted ; but in this case a diminution
of revenue would be sustained by the road trustees.
The Committee ordered the room to be cleared, and on our re-ad-
mission, in about a quarter of an hour,
The CHAIRMAN said, the sole question which the Committee have
considered—and the sole question which they thought themselves
hound to consider--was whether the Kelso Union Road Trustees
were entitled to compensation from the North British Railway
Company, and they have come to the determination that they are
not so entitled.

The Bills being now unopposed,
The Committee passed both preambles, and having disposed of the
clauses, rose and dissolved at about a quarter past two o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP XIII.
The Committee met to-clay at t welve o'clock ; Sir William Clay in
the chair.

AYRSHIRE AND GALLOWAY.
The case on behalf of this line was resumed.
Mr. William Sommerville, cattle dealer, and lessee of a coal work
at Dalmellington, gave evidence as to supplying considerable quan-
tities of coal to the south of that town by carts, and that the railway
would be of great benefit in taking the minerals along it. He also
deposed that the line would be largely used for the conveyance of
cattle.
Mr. Hall, a landowner, was exarnined to the effect that the line
would confer great benefit to the agriculture of Kirkcudbrightshire.
It would bring coal and lime in abundance into the county ; whereas
at present there was a very deficient supply.
Mr. Maxwell, of Monchies, corroborated the evidence of the pre-
vious witness.

Mr. Holdworth, of Glasgow,. was called and briefly examined in
support of Mr. Hunter's evidence of yesterday, and said that he was
preparing to erect furnaces for the manufacturing of iron in the
neighbourhood of Dalmellington. The efficient working of it Would
much depend on the construction of the railway.
Mr. Spalding, of Balmaclellan deposed that the licemitile of iron
pervaded his estate to a great extent. From an investi-
gation of the field, the ore was supposed to extend through
1,000 acres of land. in portions of the ore, the proportion of iron
was as much as GO per cent., and was nearly as good as the produce
of Cumberland. He had expectations if the ore turned out well, of
disposing of any quantity of it in Staffordshire. Copper ore had also
been found on his estate. The line would afford great facility for
ittipping the produce at Balcary Bay.
Mr. M`linight spoke as to the advantages the line would confer
by bringing coal and lime from Ayrshire into Galloway. He valued
the land to be taken for the railway, and he furnished the estimate to
the engineer.
Cross-examined—This was the first line he had ever estimated for.

GROUP XX.
The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock in room No. 31 (Grand
Corridor) ; present Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Tancred, Mr. Ross, Lord W.
Bentlnck, and Sir A. Pigot.
They proceeded with the consideration of the
LONDON, HOUNSLOW, AND WESTERN.
Evidence at oonsiderable length was taken in support of the Duke
of Northumberland's apposition.

GROUP XXXIII.
The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, In room No. 24,
(Grand Corridor), present, Sir Robert Ferguson, chairman, the Mar-
quis of Worcester, ➢lr. Snsonett, ➢lr. Fellowes,and Viscount Norreys.
They resumed the inquiry respecting the
RUGBY, LEAMINGTON, AND 'WAIT:WIC=
The whole of the morning was occupied In the examination of
Witnesses as to the traffic.

GROUP XXXIX.
OLDHAM DISTRICT.

The Committee re-assembled this momibg at twelve o'clock;
Divett in the chair.

The proceedings commenced by the evidence of Mr. Joshua Milne,
a cotton spinner and coal-owner, at Schawe, the object of which was
to show the difference of distance by the two lines of railway, and
to prove that the line of the promoters was better than those of their
opponents, whether by the Manchester or Huddersfield, or the Man-
chester and Leeds Railways.

In reply to a question, the witness said lie was not aware that a
Bill had passed the Commons for a line to Barnsley which would
give a direct communication with Manchester to Oldham.

GROUP XLVI.

This Committee assetrbled to-day at one o'clock ; present, Mr.
Bramstone (Chairman), and the other Members.
NEWCASTLE AND DARLINGTON JUNC-
TION, AND TYNE DOCK.
Mr. ANDREWS addressed the Committee at great length, on the
part of the petitioners, against the Dill.

GROUPS XLIX AND LI. --"
This Committee re-assembled this morning at the usual hour; Mr.
Charles Wood In the chair.l
NORTH %VALES MINERAL (DEVIATION
AI\TD 2RJLNCH).

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Evidence was resumed against the Bill.
➢lr. Henry Jones, a clerk in the office of Messrs. Burke and Co.,
Parliamentary agents, was examined with the view of showing that
the residence of Miss Thomas, a landowner on the line, would be
materially injured by the construction of the line.
Mr. Edward Roberts, a tenant of Miss Thomas's, gave evidence
to the same effect. He had been a tenant of hers for 30 years, and he
believed the line would be injurious to Miss Thomas' residence, as
well as to the cultivation of the land which he occupied. The
severance would be very destructive to :the property. He could not
say how many centuries the residence was in the family, but it was
a very old family mansion. The crossing of the turnpike road would
also be very dangerous at the Sun public• house. The line would
have the effect of entirely destroying the beauty of the valley, and
there would be no traffic to warrant it. All the landowners were
against it.

Mr. John Jones, a farmer, was examined as to the traffic along
the road. He did not think that the railway, if constructed, would
take more slates than the canal at present; it would not in his
opinion be generally used. The feeling of the farmers and others
was entirely against it.
This closed the case of the opposition.

Mr. WELSBY, on the part oe the promoters, replied, and after ad-
verting to the principal points of the evidenceadduced by the opponents
of the line, contended that no grounds of opposition had been shown,
and hoped the Committee would give their sanction to the project, as
every objection which had been made might be applied with equal
justice to every railway that was ever constructed in the British isles,
and were merely matters for compensation.
The room was then cleared for the decision of the Committee, and
on our re-admission,

The CHAIRMAN made the following announcement:—" We are of
opinion that so much of the preamble as relates to the Llangollen
branch is not proved."
The clauses cf the Bill were then gone through, and it was ordered
to be reported.

WORCESTER AND PORTHDYNX.LAEN.
At the request of Mr. TALBOT, counsel far the promoters of this
line, the consideration of the Bill was postponed until Monday next,
to enable the promoters to consider their future course of proceeding
in regard to it, in consequence of the intentions of the Government
just announced relative to the gauge question.
The other Bill in this group being unopposed was referred to Mr.
Greene, and the Committee adjourned till Monday.

GROUP LIII.
This Committee met this morning at the usual hour ; the Iron. E.
Lascelles in the chair.
SHROPSHIRE UNION AND CANAL (CHES.

CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY.
The arrival of English Wheat for our market has been on a very
limited scale this week, consequently the samples of that article was
small. Still, however, the demand for all descriptions was in a very
inactive state, at about Monday's quotations. Foreign Wheat was
a dull inquiry, yet previous rates were steadily supported. A few
parcels of banded found buyers, on certificates, at from 10s. to 11s.
per quarter. Itarley and Malt moved off slowly at barely, but at
nothing, quotable beneath, late rates. The supply of Oats being un-
usually short, the oat trade was steady, at very full prices. Beans,
Peas, and Flour as last advised.

Halt, -- qrs.
WHITECILEXPEZ.
We had a fair average supply of Meat on sale, while the demand
ruled tolerably steady at our quotations. Beef from 29 Gd to 3s Gd ;
Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s ; Lamb, 5s to Gs 2d ; Veal, 46 to 4s 10d ; and
Perk, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per 81bs by the carcase.