The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-06 00:00:00

RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN

PILALLIJIENT.

Yesterday the bill for the proposed lest London
Railway, together with that of the North Leaden Boil-
way from Kingslead to Tottenham, were rejested is Lord
Stanley's committee, and the bills of the Metropolises
Railway for their Trinity-poem miessione, and of the
Great Eastern Railway Company for their Central City
station sod connect* railways were pima. The owe-
mitten in defamers to the washes of the corporation ref
Landon, suggested that the Greet Eastern sod Metropolitan
Companies should not take more property than they
required at one time, and intimated that they should
require the insertion of protective clauses in favour of the
cattiohocherch and sohooU et Moorfislds. Thecommitlewthen
proceeded to eeneider the bill of the Greet Edema Railway to
empower them to make jeactioa railways between their ex-
isting lines at Stratford, Cambridge, Hy, March, Lynn,
East Dereham, Thorpe, and • siding railway at Mile-end
Oid Tow., to raise 116,0001. by sow ordinary or praterecoe
shares, and 36.000/. by loon. After heard, the evidence of
Mr. Sinclair, the 'sensor, the eommittee peered the bill.
Mr. Rodwell, UMW opened the ease of the Tottenham
and Hampateed Jannion Railway for eight extennon mil-
ways ; the find of two miles from St. John's Church,
Hollowaydroad, peening south-weetward under the Midland
Railway Extessios to London, sear the Eadish-town
rod, then southward, Mt Higlintrint, Camden -town,
Upper Seyinonr-street, and Charehotreet, St. Padres, to
the Euston-road, theses under the Easton-road and over
the Metropolitan Railway by the east of Tavistook-
equate and Russell-square, and Southampton-row, Gross-
ing tinier High Holborn by the west of Lincoln's.
inn-fields, nader the Strand and Welliegtonntreet,
and westward by the south of Adelphi-terrace, to the
south-western sod of Villiers-etreet, Strand, with a branch
to the Charing-mom Railway at the north sad of its Huger-
ford-bridge over the Thames, with connecting branches to
the Midland, Great Eastern, London sod North Western,
and Metropolitan Railways The examoy propose to be
empowered to raise for these purposes 2,000,000 f. by shares
and 666.0001. by loan, and to contract with the Greet
' Eastern to work the undertaking. The committee declined
1 to concede a locus sten& to the Great Northern sod Midlaad
Railway Companies against the bill. The oppositioo to the
Glint Western and Midland of Ireland Railway 000apied Mr.
Adams's committee all day. Is the Lords, the billfarthe Har-
wich Corporatiou was thrown out is Earl Romney's commit-
tee, and thecae, for the North Devoe and Somerset Railway
was opened by Mr. Somerset, and evidence adduced. The
evidence is favour of the Midland Railway Company's
extension between Chesterfield and Sheffield having been
ezhaused in Earl Devon's committee, Mr. Denims, Q.C.,
was heard for the opposition. The Gewestry and Newtown
Amalgamatioo Bill was passed is the Duke of Richmond's
committee, and the mood bill for divers arrangemson was
postponed, after which Mr. Locke, Q.C., deemed the com-
mittee for the bill on the Peolderhire roads. The hill for
the Bristol Port and Channel Docks was pried in Lord
Walairigham's room, and Mr. Forsyth, 44.0., and Mr.
Saunders were beard for end dated the proposed Bristol
Port Extension Railway. A committee cesaietteg of Lord
Portman, chairmen. Marquis of Westminster, Earl Powia,
l'isoocat de Vend, mid Lord Duddy, set aid considered
the main of the Greet Northern Railway Company's Don-
caster and Oaisabocough and Lincoln and Boors Extensions,
giving • locus 'Midi in opposition to the Great Resters.
Mr. Cubist, 0.E., was examined by Mr. Devine'. In Earl
Grey's committee the Belfast Improvement Bill was pained,
without heirieg Mr. Rae and the opposition.