The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-27 00:00:00

RAILWAY COMIVII (TEES'

(THIS_ DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

GLASGOW, DTTIVIFR.IES,'AND CAR.-- C.
The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock, the Eon iDe
Germans in the chair, when the examination of witness
opposition to the Bill was resumed. a Tie „ice
Mr. Errington, civil engineer, was called and examined ode de
been the engineer of the competing Canobie branch of the fie.
Man line. He was now the engineer of the Lancaster and Ca'd Dteo'n,
was therefore well acquainted with the country. Ile 11,a oitn
surveyed the valley of the Nith. He was well acquainted
Jew eixo
works on the Caledonian line, and had, within the last :10,
been inquiring into tenders for the bridges on the Caledeli „ver tpe
was satisfied that Mr. Collister was correct. He had g One of Inist
estimates of Mr. Myth, and had carefully examined the
Cellister, and he felt quite satisfied the latter was the„set
possible price at which the works could be CO' o'ollo
id
Judging from every appearance of what price' ,o
ssuamnd
total). Gretna
be for the next few Yeats, he was sure the linecogisteli
cost considerably more than even the sum stated by °f
He had made the estimate for the Dumfries and Canobie bra°,,Dott
the Caledonian scheme that had been submitted to thevC,Oillisive
T 1 line
eh
wase s e t4l downoo
cubic
b3.31c8;55,:i 1; ioct,.-w-, :eonugt
The
eD.upmtfhrlies
stations. (The witness here went into the particulars tf•e'tonsto.ma4
rock cutting, Which he estimated at 3s. 510. a yard. This lie
,0 cut
little enough, as it was a very
cu d"ffi lt and expensive rock of
H g
on the Grenock line ten
gunpowder recollected a cutting oil which 320 tois„o
there was oiw
gunnowder was expended. T nof this was
he reaso
ithout producing any .t
considerable labour bestowed on a blast, matient wag
Jesuit or displacement of k estimates., tiie per— „R.:
5,0001. a mile. With regard tO tililee eight of rails, he did not.
any line that was laying down rails at lass than 731bs. a y 0
knew that the Ayrshire, Edinburgh, and Glasgow lines had O',,Ds Dot
light rails, and were now laying down rails of 751b8. TherCL coo
SO Muth difference in the quantity of the works t?Ditlit'r
strUeted as in the price of the Works, and th,e",fts 1,11:Ds
This estimate had been deposited in November last 1',„,/%0 ot
under 14,0001. a mile. This was much the easiest tio-L'ock; e"eiit„
Nithsdale scheme. The portion from Dumfries to Culln2o „poiing
cost a good deal more; there were so many gullies and rav°!,,,u cati`vite
Cross-examined—The average difference in price of C''ared
would depend on the proportion of sandstone as cornP.,„tting„o
whinstone. The lowest price he had known of whinstone '30",,
the Greenock hue was 2s. Gd. a yard, the highest was „3.0.:.0
average, as far as he could recollect, was 3s. This reie",,,, tai7ely
Bishoptown Hill cutting. He was quite sure there were 13,:ere'l.,,ed
of whinstone cutting on the Dumfries line. It might not °"4 ges-0,
of the same character as the Bishoptown work, but It vied
to him quite as difficult as the foriner- ,we re Coo
he believed, slaty grawaeke. Mr. Locke and hiniseo
much connected together, especially on railways in the 14'Dsion,e,i,
gave evidence on the Dundee and Perth. and on that
Bill VP:e4,
estimate
believedely more than Mr. Miller's. The -estile„ice•
and he tha works had been let for less than the ,D, P'
but he was sure they never would be completed for
‘!icrovlor
There would be extras before the line was completed, w'';:ti Olive
add materially to the total cost. Ile knew fr,°loe/
cases on other lines, that works could not be made at suel wet ",ot•
He was not aware that there was an embankment l7i'. lotdePo
with a culvert, on the Edinburgh and Hawick line 0' os
He was not aware that the estimate of the Dumfries 11ne or etee
sited some time before the Caledonian (Dumfries branc.')'Dveci tt+
the petition for it was presented sooner. lie had geoepst 1175 i%
items that morning, having only arrived in town late 00040
though he had generally gone over Mr. Blyth's cstliitateo filler
weeks ago. He could not undertake to say that 31r•
constructing turnpike and occupation bridges on the Niln.,'„fe. Due
at less than the prices named in the Dumfries e:
Miller had had great engineering experience, but he did 11'" yU
had had more than himself (the witness). 400 to
Ite-examined.— He was at present constructing fro—
,,ses
miles of railway in Scotland, so that he had had considerst
rience even of works in Scotland. It was much the Wisecto 'or
give liberal terms to a contractor for the proper constru,
works than screw down the prices, and have a number 0, Y
tractors.
EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DON,CaslaTOit x
.---- cll,-
,
This Committee re-assembled this morning, Lord 13-es..sa
led
Mau.
T.;er'l
Mr. TALBOT opened the case on behalf of the oppos t e !id
against this Bill by the promoters of the Exeter 6,F,a,,0
Company. The Learned Counsel dwelt at great length 0,00(
that (the city of Exeter was already supplied with raii,va,old„ of
motlation of the very best nature ; that the total-distance oat,
be performed within 42 hours ; that the proposed railway ins sett'
afford accommodation to those parts of the country which
ward of Exeter, and to the ports of Plymouth, Falmouth, ',Dlelloe
menth, because there would be no means, except by e°,1,1011 ess,io
.delay and danger, of effecting a junction with those lines 1P',.04 ,'"00
munication
,to those districts. There was also a point be y 0,01
great: force upon this case, which was, that on the last,„-,AlltisV
sitting of the Committee, the line from Plymouth to re,"";°r
Truro had been sanctioned by a Committee of t."`; 7,4 i
ships; the linefurther westward, from 'n/inouth to l'enzal'c,s3l,9
he had no doubt, receive the sanction of their
within a space of forty-eight hours, thus affording c,?filla°,!lo;
scheme of broad gauge communication from Penzance to -tele'',te*
from Falmouth to Plymouth, and from Plymouth to '✓ 70ffi1",14
means of the South Devon Hallway, which was already °l°,loo
between Exeter and Teignmouth; and from Exeter to l'01'100:',08;
would be the well known communication of which the, he ber for Exeter, Mr. Divett, had spoken he such tavoilmb'ehe frt,
There would thus be a through line direct from Londe° tot ,
of
End on the broad gauge, and he would take the statente;llo:;;eir
Learned Friend, that the country would not afford a scr),Dre in
0;1
railway, and upon these grounds he would contend
Lordships that there was no case whatever shown by til? ro0,00!
of this Bill, and lie should confidently rely on the juut uret, to
justice of the Committee in refusing their sanction to tll epi< ell'
line. The Learned Counsel then alluded at considerable the `,30
tile report of the Board of Trade last year in favour of
Western schemes.

Room D.

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HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS P 1' P
,V • „
The House sat to-day at ten o'clock to hear app-- bew tli
Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Loll OOP
Earl of Scarborough, and the Bishop of Norwich. k 'ea
BOWEN . EVANS.
The further arguments inV
this part-heard c 45 oa
e
their Lordships the whole day, -

Her Majesty visited her Ille11113;11:trbel
Sophia at Kensington, on Fridly-a,l_inii.ai-plirni.4._teareen:f'i-be
powriinneges,
swweashienadr,uct:d
tthoebeurgent desire of t4,:oniciselpsyrteetir:,
baptism of the infant Princess
phraeHls,ecenledtoeaatirthreedcersx-
the'ff the ``d to
for Drayton Manor, Staffordshire, until the end ();jv inteliveh
as Sir Robert Peel and a large circle of the fan' lisp
-
be present at the nuptials of Lord Henley 513- ..el°
daughter of the Rev. John Peel. .oraivn 00
The King and Queen of the BelgianS•• teeralAlrot
the telegraphic message received at Buckinghtlo-chtfiliaLe;
Saturday last, may be expected to land at Des,-.,e'. pe`r,ioP
Ostend, and thence repair direct to town. .1"-e've
M. Van de Weyer goes to Dover, in order to rec-1
~a. 5
vereign on his disembarkation.l teP-049 ft
SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 26.—The Oriesa;,6,
Captain Soy, . from Alexandria,_ arrived in AO6 bioa
9 A.M. this day, and landed the East India and -lirsl'
which were forwarded to London by the four 0
..r.d j
Her dates are Alexandria 11th July, 16t, 'ero, slitof
tar 20th. The Oriental brings home 113 Pes,s,enicore,,,f
full cargo of miscellaneous goods, such as In Docksfrog
and silks. The Oriental was followed into the ;13,bseb to i°
same. Company's steam-ship Madrid, Captain 13' theistlfr
Gibraltar, which landed her mails and disPatePliio3llotl),
London by the same train as the East India ancTi,tiont
Her dates are Gibraltar July 15th, Cadiz 16°3' The
Liver Tar ,
pCoaopit)a,
Oporto 21st, Vigo 22d, and Corunna 23d. vie
.for
brings a full fruit cargo and fifty passengers,:
the ill
mails, to-morrow, a full cargo of bale gel'oraot EbiP
tie
in
will
average of passengers. The Ady Bruce ein-'" 110- .
leaveil tot
e (D lateock se if'oiref Gibraltarffi cer°,llo4 rgee7ewrilll
sai► for Adelaide on or about the 28th inst.
CLEANSING OF THE STREETS IN THE C 143 of the_. rov
has been issued by order of the Conunissionset,' dirt, oa"
Sewers, stating that any person tiorowpuinbgitltreeettr, icc°tiy
bish on the public pavement of any
alley is liable to heavy perkuittes, Which Wal .
forced after this uotice.