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London, England, 1845-07-19 00:00:00

THE SCOTTISH MIDLAND RAILWAY.

The Committee re-assemb!ed at eleven o'clock this morning,
and proceeded to hear the examination of witnesses in support of
the Bill.
Mr. Baird, M.P., was the first witness examined, and spoke gene.
rally as to the advantages which would accrue to the iron trade
from the construction of the proposed railway.
Mr. Smith, of Deanstown, said that the laying down of the rails
along the quay at Glasgow would greatly facilitate the traffic.
Ile spoke also as to the stone about Glasgow, which he described as
being very good and of fine quality. The trade of Glasgow had
been for several years on the increase, and was likely to increase
still further.

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Mr. Aikman, of Glasgow, was of opinion that the rails ought to
be laid down on a level with the quay, and the traffic to and from
the harbour would not be obstructed by them. One horse, with
two waggons on the rails, would do more work than six horses with
the ordinary carriages. He spoke also as to the coal trade and
exports.
Mr. Gibbs, who was connected with the shipping trade of Glas-
gow, corroborated the testimony of a previous witness.
Mr. M`Murray, provision merchant of Glasgow, gave a statis-
tic it account of the quantities of bacon, hams, eggs, and poultry,
imported from the north of Ireland into Glasgow, and considered
the proposed junction would greaLly facilitate their transmission
from the ships to their ultimate destination.
Mr. Muldgreen, bookseller and magistrate of Glasgow, spoke as
to the house property in Buchanan-street, the rents of which ave-
raged from I`.lo/. to 300/. pr annum. He considered that the
general feeling of the inhabitants was in favour of the measure.
Mr. Lindsay, a builder, and chairman of the board for keeping
the houses in repair, tendered general evidence as to the value of
property in Glasgow and the traffic through the streets.
Mr. Thorland, surveyor, described to the Committee the manner
in which the Junction Railways in Manchester were constructed,
and stated he saw no difficulty in making the Glasgow Junction in
the way proposed.
Their Lordships then adjourned till eleven to-morrow.

WAXICFEELD, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE

RAILWAY.

The Committee on this Bill, consisting of Lord Monteagle
(chairman), Lords Polwartli, Tenterden, Sudeley, and Fahnouth,
met this morning.
Mr. George Hudson was called and examined by Mr. ITILAYA n
u.
He was connected with the Tusk and North Midland, and the Leeds
and Selby lines, and he knew the station at Normanton well, which
was used by three companies without the slightest inconvenience
being felt. He thought central stations of great importance, as
giving all opportunity to passengers to diverge to any part of Eng-
land. The witness proceeded at great length to explai❑ the dif-
ference of rates charged by the North Midland Company and of
their rivals of the Manchester and Leeds line. He would cer-
tainly undertake to supply the districts between Wakefield as efli.
ciently as the present Company, and at lower rates, because his ex•
penditure in the first instance would be so much less.
The witness was cross.examined at great length by Mr. Witituss,
but lie adhered pertinaceously to the opinions expressed in his exa-
mination in chief.
Lord Wharncliffe spoke to the residential injury done to Mr.
Smith by the proposed railway.
Mr. Edmund Wand, merchant, Leeds, Mr. Atkinson, flax-

dresser, and Mr. Tarbolton, foreign agent, all gave evidence that
the trades of Leeds and Bradford were infinitely superior to Wake-
field and Pontefract, and therefore they preferred the rival branch
by Brayton, promoted by the York and North Midland Company,
to the Direct Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway.
Several other witnesses were examined on the same point, and
gave exactly similar evidence.
Their Lordships then adjourned till to-morrow.

OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER-

RAILWAY.