The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-10 00:00:00

RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS ON STANDING

ORDERS.

Yesterday, the following bills were declared to
l Complied with the standing orders:
WORCESTER AND HEREFORD RAILWAY.—For power for
Union and North Western, Midland, Oxford, Worcester,
nod Wolverhampton, and Newport and Abergavenny, to
nbecribe and hold shares for working arrangements with
these companies, and for extension of time for completion
of Worcester and Hereford. The opposition to the bill was
withdrawn.
WATERFORD AND LIMEHICE. RAILWAT.—For power to
rain 80,0001.
SALISBURY AND Yaostr. RstLerstr.—For deviations in
the line.
CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—To raise 60,0001.
STOCILFORT, DISLEX, AND WIIALZYBRIDOZ RAILWAY.
—To construct a junction to the Cromford and High Peak
Railway, and for contributions by that line and London
and North Western.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—For an erten•
lion to the new harbour at Holyhead, with power to the
London and North Western to contribute 1,400,0001. towards
the capital of the Chester and Holyhead. Standing orders
not complied with.
Limaatcx AND POYNES RAILWAY..—TO increase borrow-
ing_powers by 55,0001.
MARYPORT AND CARLISLE RAILWAT.—TO improve
existing line, new branches and stations, and power to raise
420,0001.
BRITISH AND AMERICAN OEEAT RAILWAY LAND
COMPANY.—To acquire, improve, and dispose of lands in
North America and its dependencies, and to mine and make
railways. Capital, 1,000,0001.
INVERNESS AND ELGIN RAILWAY (2).—Withdrawn.
EXECUTOR AND TRUSTEE Socurrr.—To incorporate
for the security and management of testamentary and trust
property ; proposed capital, 1,000,0001.
GIUND SURELY CANAL.—For construed ol of new en-
trance from the Thames, and of new docks ; arrangement
with Commercial Docks ; proposed capital, 199,3001.
The other bills pawed were :—Fergus Estuary Reclama-
tion, Congleton Enclosure Exchange, Hyde Gas Company ;
standing erden not complied with.

A NOVEL ELECTION ADDRESS.—The Ayr Ad-
vertiser of Tbunday con,aise an address to the electors of
the county of Ayr by the new member, Sir James Fewn-
ess, Bart., and dated " Camp before Sebastopol, Jan. 16."
After thanking them fur electing him during his absence,
and overlooking his " youth and inexperience in public af-
fairs," Sir James adds :—" Io my address to
_you, desiring
to offer myself as a candidate for election, I expressed •
hope that I should be able, before the meeting of parliament,
to present myself to you, and promised that when the ope-
rations against Sebastopol were concluded, I should then
feel that, if elected, my duty would be return to England,
and devote myself entirely to your interests. That hope,
for obvious reasons, has not been realised ; for you must be
aware that the object of this ezpeditfon is as yet unattained ;
and I frankly declare that I think it inconsistent with my
duty to leave the army while it is actually engaged in such
an operation against the enemy, as this, in which the whole
heart of Great Britain Is centred. I state this in full confi-
dence that you will appreciate the motives which lead me
to remain still at the poet here, which I must consider to be
that of duty. But, let me again assure you, that when I can
henrurably de so, I shell hasten to the performance of those
duties, most important and imperative cs they are, with the
charge of which you have so lately honoured me.'
I SNOW REMOVING CART.—Our attention has been
drawn to a model of a cart (invented by a Mr. W. West)
which might be employed with great effect in clearing
the streets from snow just now. The cart is of east iron,
end from its bolnom rise two or more iron cylinders of 2
feet diameter, and intended to be filled with ignited coke.
The snow is shovelled from the streets into the cart and
soon becomes melted by the coke stoves. The clear water
is then allowed to run off through • trap in the side of
the cart down the nearest golly-hole. Through another
trap in the bottom the muddy sediment may be removed.