The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-04 00:00:00

GROUP FF.

The Committee on this group re-assembled at the usual hour
this morning, and proceeded with the negative evidence against the
EDINBURGH AN NORTHERN MINE.

The Rev. Mr. Muir, one of the officiating ministers of Dysart
Kirk, was called to prove that the line would pass so near that es-
tablishment as to interrupt the performance of Divine service, as
well as pass through the burial ground attached to the kirk. The
witness added that the railway would prove an eyesore and a nui-
sance to the inhabitants of Dysart House, at present in the pos-
session of the Earl of Rosslyn.
On cross-examination the witness admitted that the mansion of
Lord Rosslyn was at all points surrounded by steam-engines, docks,
quarries, and other objectionable works ; but, nevertheless, he
thought it was a romantic and retired retreat.

Mr. Baine, who had been factor to Lord Rosslyn for upwards of
twenty years, and who had been in the service of the Rosslyn fa-
mily forty-eight years, corroborated the testimony of the last wit-
ness, so far as it related to Dysart House.
On cross-examination the witness would not allow that the
steam-engine, waterworks, quarries, or docks alluded to by the
last witness could be seen by the inmates, or were half so objec-
tionable as the railway would be.
The affirmative evidence in favour of the line was then resumed,
the two last witnesses having been examined at this point of the
proceedings for their own accommodation and at their own request.
The Earl of Lilvax considered the line would prove of great
public utility, 4nd confer extraordinary advantages on the north of
Scotland.

Other evidence of a similar nature was adduced, and the Corn.
mittce afterwards determined upon adjourning till Fridy next,

GROUP GG.
GLASGOW DISTRICT.

The Committee, consisting of the Chairman (Mr. Evans), Lord
Grimston, Mr. Monts, Mr. Miles, and Mr. Newdegate, sat at
twelve o'clock in the Sessions House of Westminster, when the
consideration of the

GLASGOW JITZICTION RAILWAY
was proceeded with.

Mr. Phillips, merchant, Leith, who had been before the Corn.
mittee at the hour of adjournment yesterday, was recalled, and
cross-examined by Mr. HOPE—The witness was asked if the trade
between Leith and the ports on the west coast of Scotland would
be likely to be increased or diminished by the proposed line ? He
gave it as his opinion that it would be greatly increased, as the
railways gave such increased facilities to traffic by diminishing the
time required in transit, and lowering the rate of freight.
Mr. Stoddart, member of the Town Council of Edinburgh, gave
similar evidence. He thought that the travelling under the streets
of Glasgow would do no injury, for they had an example of the
same kind in the proposed extension of the Edinburgh Railway to
Leith, where the line went under the houses for a distance of nearly
a mile.

Robert Marshall, Dundee, spoke to the trade carried on between
Dundee and Liverpool and Ireland, via Glasgow, and the price
charged for cartage from the place of debarkation at Port Dundas
in Glasgow, to the Broomielaw (the pert of Glasgow), which
amounted to one tenth of the whole cost of carriage to Liverpool.
This would be lessened by the proposed junction line, and another
advantage would be gained to the trader by the better condition in
which his goods would arrive at the market. He did not think
that there would be any inconvenience sustained at the Broomielaw
by the proje:ted railway, and, at all events, it would be greatly less
than that now sustained by the cartage e,f goods.
Mr. Andrew Symon, engineer, Dundee, was called to speak to
the trade of that town, and that proportion of it which would go
on the proposed line in order to avoid transhipment, and the fac,',;ity
which its construction would give to the speedy transit of goods to
England and Ireland.

Mr, Birret, from Dunfermline, gave similar evidence with
regard to the trade of that town. The witness said that the
manufacturers on the Forth were greatly in favour of the project.
Mr. Graham Menzies, partner in the firm of James Stewart and
Co., distillers of Paisley, proved that they imported grain in consi-
derable quantities from the east country, and that they exported
spirits. The proposed line would be of great advantage, as it would
reduce the charges of transit.

Mr. Aikman, shipowner, Glasgow, gaid that the proposed junc.
two had met with the approbation of the shipping interest in that
city, because as ♦essels were loaded at the south side of the Clyde,
and as vile goods ai:d minerals came from the north, a railway across
the river would prevent the necessity of transhipment, and lessen
the expenses of transit.
Mr. 'Wilson, iron-master, Dundyvan, exported from 70,000 to
80,000 tons of pig iron annually from the Broomielaw ; and at
least half a million tons of coal entered Glasgow from the district
he belonged to, and 123,000 tons out of that number were shipped
at the Bruomielaw. The present project would lessen the expense
of transit to an enormoas amount, and he was, therefore, heartily
in favour of it.
Mr. Wilson was under examination when the Cemtnittee ad.
journed.

GROUP K.
D
The ComTitEteeCToil t72l7ls43lianeWmtCfs re.sumed its
business by the examination ofand
Mr. Isaacson, who, iii answer to blr. LEE, deposed to being land valuator, and having surveyed had estimated the cost of
land
a
necessary for the construction of the line ; it would require 150
acres, being at the rate of 12 acres per mile, and including seven
acres for stations. Some of the land he computed at the lowest
rate of 10/., and some at 121. the highest price per acre.
Cross.examined by Mr. RODWELL--The land at 121. per acre is
that immediately contiguous to the town. The estimate does not in.
chide any allowance for spoiled land.
Mr. C:iarles Stooks, examined by Mr. Lee—ls assistant to Sir
John Rennie. Heard the evidence of that gentleman yesterday and