The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-30 00:00:00

AND CARLISLE RAILWAYS.

The Committee assembled at half-past eleven this morning, but
owing to the absence of counsel, the business was delayed for some
time.

Sir PHILIP EGERTON recommended that the only way to make
counsel regular in their attendance would be to mulct them in half
their fees when they did not attend in time.

Sir Thomas Phillips during the interval put in two agree-
ments, one of which was an undertaking on the part of the Glas-
gow and Ayr Company to limit their tolls, and also to bind them-
selves to shorten their line if the Board of Trade should consider it
necessary, and the second document was an agreement for securing
the erection of the station at Glasgow.

The question of the Delvine pass was then urged, when it ap.
peared that both the parties interested in the matter had sent down
competent persons to inspect the district and report accordingly,
but they were not expected to return till Saturday.
Mr. HOPE said it appeared to him that the most convenient
course to be pursued, would be to keep the question of the Delvine
pass entirely out of sight for tne present, and for the promoters of
the Caledonian line to proceed with their rebutting evidence against
the Dumfries line. There was little chance of any satisfactory ar-
rangement being come to in the present stage of affairs. The
Dumfries Company had been asked to state the nature of the pro.
posals they intended to make, and had been led, from a misun.
derstanding of the intentions of the Committee, to make such un-
reasonable propositions that the promoters of the Cale-
donian line could not entertain them. The answer that
had been given to their proposals was, that as the whole
question was before the Committee, and as it was evident their
ideas on the subject had been entirely misinterpreted, the best way
would be to leave the matter entirely in their hands.
The CHAIRMAN said that the remarks of the Committee con.
cerning an arrangement had been entirely founded on the supposi-
tion that the Delvine pass was practicable, but there were other
matters connected with the general interests of either line about
which the Committee had not interfered.

Mr. AUSTIN suggested that perhaps it would be to the satisfac-
tion of the Committee if the correspondence that had taken place
on the subject were read.

The proposal was agreed to.
The first letter was addressed to Messrs. Bannatyne from Messrs.
Archibald Graham, Moncrieff, and Weems, dated the 27th of May,
and was as follows :

" Dear Sirs,—The Directors of the Caledonian Railway presuming
that, after what fell from the Committee to-day, all past feelings of
rivalry and hostility between them and your clients will cease, en-
tertain a most anxious desire to fall in with the views indicated,
though not fully explained by the Committee, and are most anxious
to ascertain from you what course your clients would suggest to
them under the circumstances. We are desired to assure
you that they are disposed and prepared to meet you in a
fpirit of reasonable concession, and therefore request to
be informed what your objects are. The Caledonian
Railway Directors propose to meet at ten o'clock to-night, and
again to.morrow morning, in the hope of receiving a communi-
cation from you, it being of the utmost consequence that they
should be put in, possession of your views at the earliest possible
moment.— We are, &c.,

(Signed) " ARCH. GRAHAM, MONCRIEFF, and
WEEMS."
The reply to this application was dated the 28th May, and was as
follows: