The Express.
London, England, 1863-04-18 00:00:00

RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN

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RAILWAY

Yesterday the committee of the House of Lode
on this important subject, appointed to inquire whether any,
and if any which, of the schemes now before radioman
bar the scoetrastios of railways within the limits of the
metropolis can be proceeded with in the present sauna
without the risk of interfering with the future adoption of
a comprehensive plan of metropolitan railway communica-
tion, and also to condor what provision an be mode for
the securing each a oomprolanorve system with the greatest
advantage to the public and the least incoovenience to the
local arrangements of the metropolis, met. The com-
mittee consisted of Lords Granville (chairman), Bach-
%glans, Devon. Shaftesbury, Cowper, Carnarvos, Grey,
Lonadele, Straelbroke, Everaley, Wodabouse, Rada"
dale, Colchester, Somerbill, Stanley of harelsy,
Helper, Lyvedes, and Tomo too. The following are the
partieular bills referred for the oonsideratiou of the com-
mittee :—Midiaad Railway (extension to Laskin) fikilllll,
Hammersmith. and Kensington ; East London and Bother-
hid's; Grand Surrey and Commercial Docks Railways ; Ham-
mersmith and City Railway ; Metropolitan, Tottenham, end
Hampstead; Rotherbithe Railway ; Victoria-station and
Pimlico; Totteobam and Hampstead Junction; London,
Chatham, sad Dover ; London Railway (Victoria mottos) ;
Lu &Wide and )unction ; sad London, Brighten, and
South Coast (extensions sod alterations). The committee
having unsaimoosly choose Earl Granville chairman of the
inquiry sad truism:ad same formal Winos adjoursed.
A committee, consisting of Lord Taunt= in the chair,
Lords Vane, lamperdown, De Ras, aad Truro. sat to con-
sider the merits of the Reposed Bleekbare, Cborley, and
Wigan Railway, for • las of thirteen miles between those
pots* uniting the North Union with the lades and
North Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire, at on esti-
meted cost of 165,000/. Engineering and traffic evidence
laving bees taken in favour of the bill the committee ad-
journed.
Taa PROPOS= Raw NIUDONS our tee Tatum—
Yesterday a committee of the Hones of Lards, coasiating of
Lord Tanaka, in the chair, sad Lords Vane, anew:-
dont, De Us, sad Teem, met, ter the first time, to con-
sider the swam of this various new bridges proposed for
improving the lasaspoatioe eommuoication of Wes metro-
tilisThe bills for this purpose before them were the
Widget Bill, the Albert Bridge Bill, the Putney
and Fulham New Bridge mid Pier Bill, and the Fulham
Bridge Bill. The tint Len was the Thames Bridges Bill, for
a bridge at Ha_ triOas, te be WWI the Haraptoe Bridge,
at amidol2ooo4 ; at Walton, called the Walton Bridge,
at 11,000/. ; mad the Shapportaa Bridge, at 9,000/. Total
capital of She seduatakied 40,0001., sad power to borrow
13.40/. The Wise veopparad, wee referred ko Lord
teirerannsittes and the consideration of the other
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COTTON TROY CHINA.—The ship Creet of the
Wave arrived in the Mersey on Thursday from Shanghai,
Chien, with a full cargo of cotton. The Oren of the Wave
taW pwaa of s largeneet of vemela bound to Liverpool,
China, with full cargos' of cotton, and elI of which
msy to expected to arrive within the next three Cr four
woks. The fe/lowies are from Shanghai :—The Remus.
Pahningoa, Heroes of Alma. Lebanon, Gorilla, Empress of
Isdla, Zelandia, Gresham, Geelong, Blackburn, ottorsawity,
Soother. Gams, Junepore, and Wm. Pedrbaint.
The following are from Hoag Kam t—lroana and G.E.
OnlitraL Ban.Ltin
DAT, Aria 17.—Adnikenosa on payment, 1,3111; lino by
enema tislids, t 2,01,&
Importing ten without cola= ea ea led pro-
veal. the Odom.* posing me Werke brows line as to tie
mini kinds. IturnMeWe Tom 1. oacolosied thenisme always
mood elite. Mold tops by 240 mmpats,—(Adoorlimommol.l