The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-21 00:00:00

RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN
PARLIAMENT.

Yesterday, after bearing counsel on the whole
are, the committee of which Lord Stanley is chairman
paned the Great Northern Railway Company's Bill I
their extension to Barnet, sad further station accomrood,
train at King'sates, sad settled the various clauses and ad.
journed, intimating that they would proceed with the CODlsi-
&ration of the OAT 8008 undertaking of the London,
Chatham, and Dover Company this day. A new oommittee,
with Mr. Woodd for chairman, assembled to consider an
important group of new railways for Somerestehire, Dorset.
shins, and Devoeshire. They an the Bristol central
stations and railways. Bristol Port and Channel liwts,
Bristol Port Estonia' Railways, Bristol and South Welts
Unice Midlead Railway (Bath sod Thoreau), Buckle-
'sigh, Tame, sod South Devoe, Kinpge Railway.
London sad South Western (North Demo Extension), So-
merset sod Dorset (extension to Mouton Mallet), Western
Super Mare, Astride, Cheddar, and Wells Railway,
Launceston, Bodoni), and Wadebridge, North Deria
end Somme 80/04(141M and Dorset (Cheddar Valley
and Yattoo), Teign Valley Railway, Ere Valley
sod Ilfracombe. The first undertaking considered
was that of the Bristol Port and Channel Docks, the
object' of which were stated by Mr. Merewether, Q.C., to
be the establishment of exthosive does is the neighbour.
hood of Bristol and the improvement of the Channel, and
witnesses were examined by Mr. Jolene to show that the
trade and navigation requirements of Bristol demanded, in
connexion with its railways, the proposed dock accommoda.
tion, and that if constructed there was every probability of
Bristol being made • government mail pocket station. The
bill for the Sunsiogdale nod Cambridge Tows Railway, with
• espial of 70,00 W. sod 23.000 f. loan for mix mile Use from
• junction with the Simms sad Wokhiesniiitailway, near
its Suoningdale station, to High-street, Cambridge Town.
, near IBaphot, was coosidered sod pored in Mr. Scholetirld's
, committee. The bill for the proposed West Drayton Had.
way me withdrawn. The proposal of the North British
Railway to make • branch from the Port Carlisle Railway
into the Citadel statioo at Carlisle, and to connect the
former with the Newcastle and Carlisle line of the North
Eastern, to raise 60,0001. by new, ordinary or preference
shares, and 20,0004 by loan, occupied Mr. Huard's
committee. The committee on the proposed new railways
for Lioooloshire met, bat owing to the absence of Sir J.
Hammer, the chairman, from indisposition, adjourned to
this day. General traffic evidence io favour of the Midlan 1
Company's proposed Sheffield and Chesterfield Railway
occupied Mr. Semibold's oommittee, Mr. Barker and other
large iron merchants giving Goidelic*. Admiral Duncombe
presided over a committee appointed to consider the bill for
the proposed Mersey docks and harbour. The bill for the ins.
prevenient of Bohm was mead, together with that forin.
proving the sewerageof Edinburgh and Leith. In the
other house • committee, coosietiog of Lord Llamas,
(chairman), Marquis of Norinanby, Earl Nelms, Marquis of
Bristol, sod Lord de Lisle. sat to coeaider the bills of the
Great Northern and Western of Ireland, two in number—
' the first, for authorising the company to raise 30,0004
' by preference shares, and 10,0001. by loss, and to create
• 5 per cent. debsoture stock, and to issue shares
antler the second bill to the amount of 51.00 W.
The Earl of Liman and Captain Huth were examined at
great length by Mr. V. Harcourt on the merits of the mea-
sure. After he ring Mr. Burke, Q.C., and Mr. Round
as the amalgamation of the Loudon Docks, St. Katharine
and Victoria Docks, fixing the united capital at 5,750,5441.,
and debenture debt 1,800,2166/., the companies to be autlio-
, riled to borrow 1,930,2811.. aid to purchase the Victoria
Docks in coosideratioo of 1,062,5001., to be distributed moos
the shareholders of that company, the committee of which
Earl Cathcart is chairman, passed the bill. Another cow-
mitt's—Lord Wodehouse (chairmen). Lords Granted,
Ravensworth, De Table,. and Strathspey, were engaged
day in considering the Lhuidilo Torah Railway, and
the Vale of Crickbowell Railway. which they eventually
passed, and they then took the Railway Passengers
mama Bill, which stands adjourned to this day. In the
' Duke of Devooshire's committee the bill for the Herne Bay
and Receiver Fishery was passed conditionally tos the pro-
moters emanating to the insertion of clauses required by the
committee that the works should be proceeded with with-
out delay, prosecuted with es much vigour as possible,
completed to the public advantage and to the satisfaction
of the Fishery Coommirmers within five years, and is any
other event that the ground should revert to the public.
The committee then adjourned to Friday to give the pro-
motors time for eassidention of the clauses.