The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-01 00:00:00

SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY,

Group D D.
dial e blye
I Committee ressembled this morning at twelve, and imme.
a.ter pe roceeded-a
to business.
examination of witnesses was resumed by
Mr. Sergeant WHANOIIAM calling Mr. Smith, agriculturist and
eitil engineer, who stated that he had been employed in his capacity
Of engineer in various parts of the kingdom, and was well acquainted
With the country through which the railway is proposed to be
Carried. The route taken by the Central Railway was the best
Runk line that could be found, and in his opinion would realise a
tonsiderable income to its promoters, on account of the large pas-
singer and other traffic between the towns of Glasgow, Perth,
Stirling, and Dundee. The coal fields of Bannockburn supply
all
the country north of Perth with cal ; and the consumption of these
ir°llld be greatly increased by the making of arailway, as it would fa-
cilitate their conveyance. Peat is usually btant now in districts
there, if there was a railway communication this inferior fuel
/I'lld be superseded by coals. There were great quantities of
I.!'e in the neigbourhood of Stirling, which was extEnsively used
il_Tianure and building purpoies, and their consumption would
be Increased if the line were made. He had carefully examined Mr.
hell's tables of the traffic, and considered they were con-
itriteted
the on sound principles, and the results were quite within
14-ir °lltr limits There were a few items omitted to be named
1.„ • Mitchell's statement, viz slates and potatoes, in which
riieier there was a considerable trade from the northern districts to
a th,tiasgQw market, and in the former from Dunkeld. The want of
about drainage was greatly felt in the neighbourhood all.
41m Strathern and it would be an inestimable advantage if
Iriecling tiles could' be brought by railway into the locality. The
to f.,fle to be derived from the carriage of tiles alone would amount
.11044 700 f. or SOO/. He had calculated the value of the land and
With /,,, be taken for the purposes of the railway, in conjunction
amour, Thorns Thorns and Mr. M`Kinnon, and the result showed an
litlitiot,t," 73,244/ , which being added to the suns set apart for
B‘C., would give a total of SO,OOO/.
menet r Witness was subjected to cross-examination, but his cvi-
"ritined unaltered.
portantaaltiecel:otiron lcaled Mr. Errington, the engineer, to ask an im-
3.4terdwhich had been omitted in his examination of
Itork'n y He wished to know what was the calculation of the
textienses of the proposed line ?
rat-,ingtOn, in reply, stated that the working expenses would
Sr` Joss than 40 per cent.
SysT,

ON AND PETERBOROUGH RAILWAY.
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Group T.
lir G (Cl(3erntuiltee on this Railway Bill met to.day at twelve o'clock.
The . 4, Bait., in the chair.
Vit,tion"`st matter gone into was a petition from the Leicester
a Na.
Canal, C°TnPany against the proposed taking up of the Oakh am
Projees „_agreed to between the Oakham Canal Company and
d
The c""s of the line the latter end of last week.
' aton. °flnittee decided against receiving the petition, on the
`the i3ok,that, tht ugh an arrangement had been spoken of between
tespeeti ' tun Canal and the railway companies, yet that nothing
Thee conl! the tsking up of the canal was included in the Bill.
'atal6,-Pany would have to apply to Parliament next session
estritd---ehifiowerin them to take up the canal, provided they
At petition"t that arranggement, and then would be the proper time
The to be presented against such an incorporation.
4 that clauses in reference to tolls were then read. They provided
tla,e, °t 3d. per mile for first class; 2d. per mile for second
Jilh-nd lid. per mile for third class passengers.
tle,redett discussion ensued on these clauses, when the room was
ou
meehb,.4 r return the Citstivisw intimated that the Committee had
.01-`4 that the clauses should stand part of the Bill.
eeal a„e ',lt clause considered was that relating to the carriage of
vki
at-uolirne, providing a charge of lid. per ton per mile. This
The 7Q te•
. —rornittee likewise confirmed the clauses relative to the
°fearn, °f other kinds of goods without any alteration. The scale
°LtUre"Ras from 2ld. to sd. per ton per mile, according to the
ThQ°t the articles.
*lse clause respecting the carriage of horses and cattle was like.
ik)rsesteed„ tn. It provides a charge of sd. per mile for each
Nan a": ler each head of cattle, and %d. for each sheep or other
The...4l"tal*
ultimo:4,4es for the speed of the trains near Peterborough at the
street With the Eastern Company's Railway, the crossing of the
raven Stamford, the passing of the line through Lord Harbo-
broughstilrooods, &C., as given in our report of Monday, were
',tilt:, and severally agreed to.
The ORD AND LONDON RAILWAY COMPANY.
Do, Clauses resn lls on this line which had been post-
''ed at a f • e gto
• brou ht for..
Ward ah, former sitting of the Committee, were now
in fore"eue_Teed to. The rate of charges are similar to those now
.uuNis,r n he London and Birmingham line.
This imILE, LONDON, and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
°I Du -5 " unopposed line and is proposed to connect the town
sevnstable with the Londe,' n and Birmingham Railway.
lehetherat witnesses were called in support of the preamble. The
elloed seven miles, and the c ,pital is 50,0001. There is an in.
ceDtto
nPlane, proposed to be worked by weights, and, with this ex.
the,of the steepest gradient is lin 73. This is at the junction
ett,__ London and Birmingham, and rises to the latter line. The
iin-e'vs are favourable, and there is no tunnel. It is to be a single
after dedrailwaY. except where the inclined plane is. Tf•e profit,
Ilvzper
cueentting all expenses for working the line, is estimated at
The Committee decided the preamble of this Bill to be proved.
th_n reports on the three Bills, with the amendments made, were
villerought up and read.
to t °
Committee decided that these be repotted by the Chairman
House
floilmhecie
.uniaittee then adjourned, the business of this group being

letter Commissioners of the Customs have received a
Tr::fro
„,. Mr. Cardwell, oof the scretaries to the ords of th
hi "TY., to the effect that hene has been Lords
commanded by their Lord.e
ro,Pta to authorise the payment of a drawback on sugar candy ex.
ve" (gnat to that allowed on single refined sugar.notice of
lehia "ot'e- cfficers throughout the kingdom have had
rder, with directions to carry it into effeet from the pre—
sent time.
Ist;:t a meeting of the five district societies of St.
Rev
the ellone, held at the Court.house on Wednesday, April 30,
at, . G.
S. Penfold, D.D. in the chair, the reports of the
iaalteral districts were read; front which it appeared that during the
that Year 3,782 persons had been relieved their visitations, and
the sums distributed amount to 1,5001.b5 s.
111.
d lIIPORTANT, IF TRUE.--In the window of a hair-
jeZ's shop in the Strand is the following announcement:—
ct
!Ba Made so naturally as to escape detection." We under.
to that Lord John Russell has recommended the establishment
°‘ Robert Peel, who, if he can be made a Whig so naturally
eut......"cape detection, may Join the Liberals without being fousid
'l3llgitiOla that 13 alW4y3laGherac to a Atinistaroweginds•