The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-03 00:00:00

FOREIGN LOTTERIES BILL.

This Bill passed through Committee. Report on
Friday.
The House then adjourned, at Two o'clock.

LICENSED VICTUALTARS' ASYLUM, OLD KENT-
ROAM—Tuesday the half-yearly meeting of the governors of this
institution, which was established for the reception of decayed
members of the trade, who are aged and infirm, and their widows,
was held in the Bridge.house Hotel, London bridge; Mr. Wallis
in the chair. The report stated that the institution was progress-
ing most successfully. At the late dinner 2,400/. was subscribed,
including 147/. from .7. Goding, F.aq , who presided, and his esta-
blishment. The several brewers of the metropolis subscribed 20
guineas each. The funded property amounted to 6,5651. 10s. Bd.
Three per Cent. Consols-, and 6171. 6s. Three per Cent. Reduced
Annuities, which realised 2091. 4s. a year. At the last election
five inmates were elected from forty.five candidates, and a fancy
fair was getting up on a large scale in aid of the funds. The re-
port spoke most gratefully of the exertions of the board of manage-
ment and out-door committee. On the motion of Mr. Gaines,
seconded by Mr. Proctor, the report was adopted. After which A
long discussion ensued on the propriety of building twelve houses
in addition to the 103 dwellings at present erected on the grounds
of the asy lure. It was the unanimous opinion of the governors
that they should increase those dwellings as soon as their funds,
and the increased comforts of the present recipients of the charity's
bounty, enabled them so to do. Thanks were then voted to the
chairman, and the meeting separated.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES

(YESTERDAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
CALEDONIAN' RAILWAY.
The Committee met to-day at eleven o'cloeic, Lord Radnor in
the chair, when the case of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle
Railway, which is now brought forward in opposition to the Cale.
donian Railway as a competing project, was gone into.
Mr. ATIDERWa addressed the Committee at considerable length,
n reply to the case in favour of the Caledonian, closed yesterday,
and in favour of the competing scheme. After stating the routes
which the two lines of railway took, he entered into a comparison
of their engineering difficulties, which he maintained were much
greater in the Caledonian line than in the Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle. In the former the gradients were much more severe, and
the tunnels, cuttings, and embankments, much greater, and more
difficult of construction than in the latter. The expenses also in
proportion to distance was much higher. The engineering pecu.
liarities of the Caledonian were such, that he was persuaded that it
could not be travelled without: considerable danger, beside. offer-
ing many impedimenta to speed and regularity. The difference of
length between this line of railway and the Glasgow, Dumfries,
and Carlisle, he was certain would be more than compensated by
the superior speed and safety of the latter. If there was difference
in distance, it ought also to be recollected there was a great difference
in the amount of population along the respective lines. The Cale-
' donian to a very great extent traversed a country destitute of culti-
vation, and with scarcely any inhabitants ; the other
passed on all points through a comparatively thickly populated and
well cultivated country. With respect to Glasgow and Lanark.
shire the two lines were about equal. It was, therefore, said as a
reason why the Caledonian should be preferred to the Glasgow,
Dumfries, and Carlisle, that it accommodated the north of Scotland,
which the other did not. True, it was proposed to connect this line
with the Scottish Central, but it was altogether erroneous to suppose
that thereby the whole north of Scotland would be benefited. All
Scotland north of the river Forth contained 1,200,000 inhabitants.
At present the only lines that traversed any portion of this tract of
country were those to Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen. Now, of the
1,200,000, a vast proportion would receive no benefit from this
line of railwry. Argyleshire, with 100,000 inhabitants ; Fifeshire,
with 150,000; and Forfarsliire, with nearly as many more; be-
sides all the west parts of Ross-shire. Caithness.shire, and Sce her.
landahire, Dundee, and the surrounding country and Fifeshire,
would be supplied with a line of railway from Burntisland, in con-
nexion with Edinburgh, by which the southern traffic to those
places would proceed, the great mass of which would come by the
North British Railway and the Hawick line. Deducting, there-
fore these important items of population from the north of
Scotland, there only remained Perth and trade. Aberdeen and
trade, with the intermediate places on the lines of railway to be
accommodated ; all of which places would still con-
tinue to use to a considerable extent their former
means of conveyance. Against these were to be placed the
mineral, manufacturing, and agricultural counties of Renfrew and
Ayr, as also the important towns of Dumfries, Kirkudbrightshire,
Wigtonshire ; and there the balance should be struck—a balance
that would tell greatly in favour of the line of railway for which
he had the honour to appear. As a proof of the decided feeling in
the latter named places in favour of this project he need only inform
the Committee that eighty-six petitions had been presented in its
favour, from the towns of Dumfries, Wigton, Ayr, Kilmar-
marnoch; Port Glasgow, and other places ; as also from Belfast,
Londonderry, and ether towns in the north of Ireland. The
Learned Gentleman having intimated that he was fully prepared
to prove all his allegations by the amplest evidence, concluded his
address, and the examination of witnesses was proceeded with.
Mr. Nicholson, of Carlisle, deposed as to the amount of the
traffic of that port, and the amount of traffic that might be expected
to go along the line of railway through Dumfries.
Mr. A. Oswald, M.P., gave evidence respecting the mineral and
agricultural produce of Ayrshire, and as to the great advantage
that would be conferred on the district by the proposed line of

railway.
Mr. Thomas Crichton, Provost of Dumfries, was examined re.
apecting the town and trade of Dumfries, and also as to the feeling
of the inhabitithts;which be represented to be generally in favour
of the line.
Mr. Gordon and Mr. Reeves, late of the Post-office, were ex-
amined generally respecting the traffic.
Mr. Marmaduke Constable Maxwell, of Terregles, near Dumfries,
deposed as to the importance of Nithsdale as an agricultural dis.
trict, and of the great benefit the farmers would derive from the
railway, in bringing supplies of coal and lime from a distance at a
reduced rate of price.
Mr. Lenny, a landed proprietor, gave evidence to a similar effect.
The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow, at eleven o'clock,

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP A.

LONDON, CROYDON, CHATHAM, AND OR-

PrNGTON (ATMOSPHERIC) LINE, AND

LONDON, CHATHAM, AND NORTH KENT
MINE. _ _

The CHAIRMAN on taking his seat this morning, at the usual
hour, read the dec.:Sion of the Committee as to the three principal
Bills now before them, an intimation of the nature of which was
gives yesterday, and was accordingly published in the last edition
of The Sun of last evening, and was to the effect that the preambles
of the above Bills were not proved.
A discussion of great length as to what Bills should next be
taken then ensued, and the room was cleared in order to give the
Committee an opportunity of consulting.
On the re-admission of strangers,
The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee had determined to take
first the Bills which were unopposed, and to postpone those which
were opposed by landowners.
Several counsel urged the importance of their Bills, and the
shortness of their evidence, and after a long discussion as to which
Bill should next be taken.
The Committee decided on taking first the

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