The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-15 00:00:00

RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN

PARLIAMENT.

The traffic cage having been concluded, the
engineering features of the proposed East London Railway
ire now under consideration io Lord Stanley's committee
for new railways is the metropolis, and yesterd Mr.
Baulgette, engineer to the Metropolitan Board of Works;
Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Abernethy, Mr, Bligh, and Mr.
Bosch were examined at considerable length by Mr. Phials.
Mr. Burke. sod Mr. Round. Mr. Hollins, of the firm of
Minton and Co., porcelato and pottery manufacturers, gave
evidence in favour of the proposed Shrewsbury sod Potts, les
Junction Railway. The promoters of the Worcester and
Dean Forest having finished their case, the bill of the Glou-
cester and Ledbory Railway was taken. It proposes with a
capital of 200,0001. in shares, and 66,000/. loan, to construct an
aggregate length of railways of 19 miles from about two
nines-east of the Gloucester dation of the Midland Railway
to Mareemore, and thence to a junction with the Great
Western and Worcester end Hereford at !Abney, with
brandies to the Forest of Dean and Monmouth Railways,
to lay down additional hoes for the narrow gauge on the
Gloucester sad Dean Forest, and to make working and
traffic arrangements with neighbouring railways. The pro-
posed new Lae will crone the eastern branch of the Severn
about a mile above Gloucester by • bridge of two arches,
and the western brawl by a bridge of three arches. Wit-
nesses were examined by Mr. Cripps in favour of the pro-
ject. The promoters of the Lancashire Railways are still
engaged in a contest upon clauses The bills for the pro-
jected North Durham Railways are withdrawn. The fol-
lowing bills being unopposed were pared through commit-
tee :—Peterborough, Wisbsch, sod Sutton Railway.
for extensions to connect these places with the
Great Eastern Railway to rare additional sums
of 105,0001. by shares, of which 80,0101. to in respect of •
deficiency in the estimate of expense under the act of 1863,
and 2.1,000/. in respect of the estimate for the new works,
and 35,0001. by loan, as well as to attach a 6 per cent. pre-
tenses dividend to shares in the authorised and
capital' to an amount not exceeding 130,0001. 'frd
pa
line
will eras the river Nene by a bridge at Wisbech, with
tramways alecg its western shore. The Sly th and Tyne
Railway Bills, which empower the company to take addi-
tional powers to purchase lands on which various parts of
their railways have been constructed, end to raise 1(0,0001.;
to make branches from liorpedi to the mouth of the river
Birth, and to subscribe 100,0004 towards the 400,0001. Pro-
posed to be raised for constructing docks, piers, sod break-
waters at the mouth of the river Etlyth ; also to mime for
other purposes 200,0004 The bill to empower the
Great Western Railway Company to take lands at
Westbouroe Park, Paddingtoe, adjoining the south side
of their railway, and east of Queen's-road, also at Aberdare.
Kidderminster and Clair*, to make • line at Worcester in
connexion with the coal depot of the West Midland Rail-
way, to take • lease of the Hammersmith and City Rail-
! way, and the Teobury and Bewdley Railway ; to add the
narrow or substitute it for the broad gauge ou the Here-
ford, Roos, Lod Gloucester, and to raise 1400,0001. for the
general pogroms of the undertaking. The bill also provides
for the establialimeot and management of • superannuation
fund for the officers and servants of the company, to which
the company are to contribute half-yearly out of their
revenue a sum equal to the amount of the half-year's con-
tributions of the officers and servants, and for the establish-
ment by subscriptions of the company's officers and servants
of • food for guaranteeing their good conduct. In the
Lords, • committee, ocasisting of Earl Devoe, chairman,
and Lords Cowper, Southampton, Hitherto° and Leigh
eat and considered the as. of the Gerstein, and Knot-end
, Railway, and Miring approved it, proceeded with the con-
sideration of the Wrexham. Mold, and Coenah's Quay.
Another committee, Lord helper in the chair, end Lords
Bolton, Duprey, Weslock, end Egerton were engaged all
day in conaideriag the Solway Junction Railway.

A GREAT GOLD RossaßT.-2,000/. of gold
bare were stolen from the Royal Mail Meamer Solent.
between Colon and Jamaica, on the 22nd, 23rd, or 24th of
March last. The gold was among the luggage of a puma-
ger. A reward of 3001. has been offered in the Panama
payers for the recovery of the treasure.
fee New POLICE CAT.—Yesterday, on the occa-
sion of ber Majesty's drawing-mom, a number of the Min on
duty belonging to the A division wore the sew esp. it is to
be introduced to the first three divisions, and neat year to
be adopted generally by the force.

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