The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-08 00:00:00

RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN
PARLIAMENT.

Yesterday the ease fee the tendon, Brighton,
and South Cowl Campagy's bill. for the enlargement of
their London-kg*, terminus and ➢ricklayers' Anna station,
closed, end the committee intimated that they would give
their decision upon it oa Monday.
The case of the Great Western Railway, for additional
powers, was opened in that committee, and further evidence
was taken in the committee on the Eastern Counties
Amalgamation Bill and.on that for the East Gloucestershire
Railways : Mr. Fowler, C.E., being examined in favour of
the latter.

The oommittee on the bill of the Tranmere Local Hoard
pared the preamble of that measure.
TRAM ER EMBANKMENT COMMIKIIION.-05 Friday, on the
masserobliog of the commissioner, the Right Hon. the
Lord Mayor in the chair, further plans for embenkieg the
southern side of the Thames were considered—submitted
and designed by Mr. W. HAWN architect, Mr. J. F. Smith,
Mr. R. W. Sick Mr. J. Fairfax, cad Mr. Tenser.

Fin= Is rim Mmutorous.—The committee ap-
pointed to inquire into the existing state of legislation, and
of any existing arrangements for the protection of life and
property against fire in the metropolis, resumed its sittings
yesterday, Mr. Hockey in the chair. The witnesses exa-
mined ware Mr. Drummond, the managing director of the
Law Fire Moe, and chairman of the committee for
managing the Fire Brigade; Mr. Humphrey, coroner for
Middlesex ; oad Mr. T. L. Collett, manager of St. Kathe-
rine's Docks. Mr. Humphrey, in the cowrie of his evidence,
mad the existing law end arrangements genially in respect
to the protection of life and property in the metropolis. no
far as it goes, is efficient, but not sufficient. The parochial
arrangements are so insignificant that with two or three ex-
ceptions they are valueless. Loss of life has frequently
occurred from the want of stations for extinguishiog fires.
A great many fires ore canoed by persons beneficially in-
treated in the ineurancee,and he believed that an examination
into the causes of fires would tend very greatly to diminish
the Dumber. Be might state for the information of the cow
mittee that great danger arises from depositing large quan-
tities of paraffin oil and petrolium, and that on the Surrey
side of the water, within the metropolis, there were at the
prompt time not lees then 110,000 gallons of petrolinen de. '
posited in a place surrounded by buildings. It has a tempe-
rature of 60 degrees. Petrolium was frequently sold as
paraffin oil.
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The report of the committee of supply wu brought up
and agreed to.
TRADE MARKS BELL.
Mr. ROEBt CK. moved that the following members be
nominated the *slut oomasittai oa tlie Trade Marks Bill :
Mr. Roebuck. Mr. Maar Mica, Mr. Crum-Ewing, Sir
Francis Goldsmid, Mr. Attorasy-Osamal, Mr. Crossley, Sir
Hugh Cairns, Mr. &Alwyn, Mr. Alderman Copeland, Mr.
Hasaaril, and Mr. Warner.
Mr. CRAWFORD isomplabsed that the large class of ven-
dors was not roproasated ups this committee, and mid it
was his late:Aloe to move that the lame of the hoe. mem-
ber for Hookas be added.
Mr. AT RTON observed that another large class—the
shoplesepers of London—ware unrepresented on the com-
mittee.