The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-13 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

RAIL WAY BILLS.

Yesterday the last two projects on the list for metropoli-
tan railway communication came on for consideration before
Lord Stanley's committee. They are the hills for the Me-
tropolitan District and Metropolitan Grand Union Rail-
ways. The committee have been empowered by the house
to consolidate the two bills into one, and to take evidence
bearing upon each. The Metropolitan District has aban-
doned its "main outer circle" system of railways, and con-
fines its application to the "main inner circle," which con-
sists of a railway from a junction with the Metropolitan
Extension at Brompton to Westminster-bridge of 2 miles,
passing, eta Sloane and Chester-squares, north of the Vic-
toria station and under Victoria-street to Bridge-eourt,
Westminster-bridge. The line will then pursue its way
from 'Westminster-bridge, north of the Thames Embank-
ment, to Blackfriare-bridge, 'thence under the London,
Chatham, and Dover, and the proposed new street between
Blackfriars and the Mansion-house, to the Cannon-street
station of the Charing-cross Railway, then under King Wil.
liara - street and south of Eastcheap to the Blackwell Railway
and Trinity-square, Tower-hill, in junction with the Metro-
politan Extension Railway. The proposed capital of the
Metropolitan Districts Railway was originally £6,000,000
in shares and £2,000,000 loan, but only a part of it will be
required. The Metropolitan Grand Union originally proposed
to be incorporated with a capital of £4,000,000 in shares and
£1,333,000 by loan for an aggregate length of 15 miles, part
of the distance running from the West London Railway, vta
Earl's-court,Old Brompton, and Pelham-creseent,under the
Fulham-road, and Sloane-square, north of Victoria-station
and Victoria-street, under the Broad Sanctuary and Bridge -
street, to the Thames Embankment, passing under the road-
way to the embankment to near 131ackfriars, under a
portion of the intended new street, then north of Upper and
Lower Thames-streets, under Cannon and King William-
streets, north of the Monument, and north-west side of
Trinity-square, passing under the London and Blackwell
Railway near America-square, and terminating atChris tian-
street, St. George's in the East. The projects are opposed
by the Corporation of London, Society of the Middle Temple,
Lord Kensington, Marquis of Salisbury, Benchers of the
Inner Temple, Metropolitan Board of Works, and Metro-
politan Road Commissioners, Commissioners of Sewers of
London, Commissioners of Works and Public Buildings,
Dukes of Norfolk and Buceleuch, on the ground of inter-
ference with property. The witnesses examined in favour
of the bill were S,r C. Fox, Mr Fowler, and Mr Haddon
and Mr Bouch, engineers, Captain Huish, Mr C. Steward,
secretary of the London and North Western, and others.
The case for the promoters of the bill having closed the
Recorder and Common Sergeant opened the opposition for
the Corporation of the City of London, and the committee
adjourned to this day. The bills for the Irish North
Western, Belfast Central, Kilkenny Junction, and Rubber.
ston Docks passed in:Mr Massey's committee. A committee,
emsisting of the Earl of Chichester,ehairman, the Make of
Wellington, and Lords Manvors, Abercrombie, and Ebury,
met to consider certain bills for railway extension inWales.
Those for the Rhymney Railway Company's extensions be-
tween Cardiff and Caerphilly and other places were passed,
and Mr Conybeare, the engineer of the Brecon and Merthyr
Tydvil Junction Railway Company's now lines,was examined
at considerable length by Mr Denison and Mr Burke. The
ease for the Oswestry and Newton and London and North
Western Company's hills closed in the Duke of R•chmond's
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LONDON AND GREENWICH.
The half-yearly reeling o► this company was held yester-