The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-25 00:00:00

RRAILWAV COAI MITTE ES

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE of LORDS.
ABERDEEN RAILWAY.
The Committee on this Bill met to.day at eleven o'clock, the
Earl of Chichester in the chair.
Mr. JAMES opened the case for the promoters.
Mr. HOPE and Mr. FoHsvrit appeared on behalf of the Town
Council of Brichan, and the Hon. Stuart Wortley, Chairman of
the Scottish Midland Junction Railway.
Mr. Hors proposed that a clause should be introduced into the
Bill, binding the promoters not to orpose a line of railway which
might be projected by the Scottish Midland Junction Compaol
from Drileton to Brichan. The Learned Counsel also claimed to
be heard against the preamble of the Bill.
• Mr. JAMES argued against the claim to be heard against ale
preamble, ina,much as the opponents had on a former
occasion
withdrawn opposition to that srage of the Bill. He also could
net",
consent to the insertion of a clause relating to the construction oi
another line of railway, as the general Act on such Matters vins
sufficiently stringent
The room was then cleared.
After a snorthoard
reed
the parties were re admitted, and in-
formed by the CHAIRMAN that the opponents could not
be .
against the preamble of the Bill. The Committee had also ag (
that no clause should be introduced relative to the project o
alio' her line by the rival interest.
Mr. William Marphall, traffic accountant, WAS then called to
prove the traffic of the line, and in answer to the Noble CbaittllAt,
stated that the traffic w,u'd increase in goods and Paiae°gerg'
"Pet'lallY the latter, as the population had considerahly .111. •
creases;, during the 1,4 t. few years, in all the districts through whicn
the line wilt ruin
Tne room was then cleared, and. after a brief deliberation,that
the
agents were called in, and informed by the Chairman
ut amend'
preamble was agreed co. as were also the clauses, witho
ment, am that the Bill would be reported.
Their Lordships ti,en rose.

LDINEUILGH AV« I, HAWICX. lall*
On the reassembling of the Committee this morning,
Mr. TALBOT proceeded to make his general reply on
behalf of
promoters of the Bill. He stated if the Committee were 0(
the
opinion that it would be advisable to make a double line of rallwaY.
he was instructed, on behalf of the promoters, to agree to
such a
proposition, and it could be dune without raising anY extra mponnr
of capital. The line as at present laid out was intended for:
singleß line, but es it would be connected with the North Brt'.
alway, and the plant belonging to that line tieing sufficient for s
double line, no extra expense would be incurred on the Vinbuborgrh„
and Hawick. The power which the Company P°"e"ed Ofd
wp
rowing mot would be quite sufficient to enable them his ci° so
a double line of rails. The Learned Counsel concluded "f.''' , ;ill
by calling on the Committee to allow the preanible °- tb
to pass.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and
admission,
that
tIeCriAIIIMAN briefly said that the Committee were of oPin.:edn
the preamble of the Bill hadand inqu'„,
been proved, 'mew"-
whether the parties interested intended to introduce any
^-
clauses. Mend"'
Mr. Burke,
,the Parliamentary cgent, said that no X itau_
clausesw were intended to be proposed. When the generiatiwould
on their re-
beay Act for Scotland, now before Parliamen,, was Passed nil.
nece,sary to have an amended clause introduced int) the ~,'
The
mitten adjourned. and the Coin-

11
GLASGOW iinXDGSS /3XI" o'clock,
The Co mm'
"tee on this project met to.cl or AI twelve
Lord Redesdale in the chair.
Mr. AUSTIN, in opening the case said this
constructing bad
Bishops' Bridge, which was now renderedy impassable, 8a hid
a new bridge over the (2'l de in order to rePladc
been closed to the public for some time. Thieinprborv:degci,_a_i,.t;.
existed for 500 years, and had been widened And
as was practicable by the late Mr. Telford. Mr. 11",i'venr,' tlnd
• d prepared three different
vheerhnarnent engineer, had been sent down to Wye, the been gub•
. which
mitted to Sir
Robert Peel. He had select& one of SC..
WAS 3 SCilellee [130:
he .approved, as it appeared ptlhiens,b'e'siti ofativith;tcehd l'flodr was the°
modation of the Glasgow peoe and Wilicl3n 0,000 or
before the Committee. The scheme met with the aPPr
a Plat-
all the influential people in Scotland, and Wood profs
üblic benefit. 1
ed 0 to the
p Mr. Strang and other witnesses were the° el'lll,erict bride e
; ih
practicability and expense of constructing the pthr-- .6 04 -
As there was no opposition the Bill was ali°Wed° Pa''
Committee broke up.