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An earlier arrival of six hours at Manchester or any great commercial town would be of great advantage where the present arrival is after seven in the morning.
12. Are you aware that the communication with Ireland would be facilitated by these means?
If it was continued to Liverpool, certainly.
14. The mail arrives in Manchester now about four in the afternoon?
About four o'clock.
15. Six hours' saving would bring it in at ten in the morning?
Yes; that would be a great convenience.
16. It arrives at Liverpool at six in the evening?
Yes.
17. This would bring it in at noon?
It would.
18. At Glasgow, what time does it now arrive?
Four in the afternoon.
19. And at Edinburgh the same time?
It now arrives there at half-past one.
Lieutenant General Sir James Willoughby Gordon. Baronet. K.C.B.—p. 110.
1. Are you the Quarter-master General?
I am.
2. Have you been informed of a proposed line of Railway to be taken from London to Birmingham?
A plan of the Railroad has been laid before me, and I have looked at it.
3. Would it pass near Weedon?
Yes.
4. Is there not a considerable depót for troops, as well as military stores, at Weedon?
There is.
5. Particularly for military stores?
Both for troops and stores.
