The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-29 00:00:00

PBTLTIONS FOR RAILWAY AND PRIVATE

BILLS.

Yesterday the following railway and other private
bills were declared to have complied with the stands'
orders by the sundae/I appointed for that purpose by the
House of Common'.
TAW TALC RAILWAY AND DOCL COMPANY.— Tbs
standing orders were found to have been complied with by
Ithis company in respect of their bill whisk proposes to alter
teesame of the company to that of the Devon
I Railway and Dock Compaoy," to make deviations at Pres-
bury, Eggeeford, and other place., to redoes the aphid foe
sonstructing the extension railway from 533,0001. to 416,4001.
Rah of the 26,650 shares of 20L each to be reduced to 161,
the latter on 111. being laid up to be divided into half
Zmens&lined and guaranteed. The bill contains several
as to pr posed alteration in sharie. The borrow•
pewees not to exceed 147,1001. Powers to be taken foe
**Load** and South Western Railway to subecribe for
shares to the extent of 113,2501. Powers to lean the line
are proposed.
LONDON AND BIACIVRALL RAILWAY.—The standing
orders were declared to be complied with in respect of this
company's bill, which proposes to empower them to cons! rue,
a branch railway, cAnsienciog at the welt end of Chamber-
strut, Whitechapel, and terminating near certain were
houses on the north side of Haydonsquare in the Minorite.
Question of disputed compensation are to be beard in the
Lord Mayor's Court; and the London and North Wasters
Railway may contract for the use of the branch.
Cons AND WATIRPORD NAILWAY.—The standing orders
were declared not to be complied with, on the ground of the
intended applications to parliament not having been duly
published in respect of the bill, which proposes to enable the
company to make gements with respect to their proposed
capital of 1,500,0001., and to provide for the immediate
completion of the Trenton branch.
POCLNAIIIIIIIRY EMBAN xxxxx .—The standing orders
were not complied with in respect tortilla undertakii g, owing
to some informality in the subscription contract. The
undertaking, projicted by Mr. Redmond, a landed proprietor
of We:ford, has for its object the embankment and mamma.
lion tf about 800 acres of slob land in the union of Ursa,
at a cost of 5,0001. The work is intended to give employ-
ment to the people of the district, and to render the pier
law union rates less heavy than they have been hitherto.
New Breen COMPANT.—The standing orders were com-
plied with in the use of this bill, to enable the governor
and company to improve the course of the New River, and
to construct additional reservoirs, and other works, for the
better supply of the metropolis with water. The works
proposed to be authorised are new cats between Hertford,
Chesbunt, and Stoke Newington, and terminating at the
aqueduct of the New River over the Eut and West India
Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway, at Islington ; a
reservoir, sear Clay Hill Fuca-house, Tottesham, and
another commencing at Newington, to terminate at High-
hury Vale, Hornsry, with waterworks, to pass through
Hertford, Little and Great Amwell, Hoddesdes, Brox-
bourne, Worinley, Cheshont, Eodeld, Edmonton, liornsey,
Stoke Newington, and Islington. The oppoeitimi wea
withdrawn. The bill contains nothing about the estimated
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net of the proposed works, nor any ;utmost of the com-
pany's capital.
The standing orden were declared to be complied with
also in the following ossn :—Lireat Melvern improvement,
police, sewer, waterworks, gas, and markets; Choral 7
Waterworks (amendment of act); Newark upon Trent
Improvement and market (contribution of money by coin
missioners of the Newark Branch of Trent Navigation);
Mildeuhall, Burnt Fen Read, 8 e,, roads (conticuation and
amendment Jf act).