The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-02 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

From the Votes and Proceedings of die House of Commons.)
MONDAY, DiARCII I.

The following Railway Bills were presented, read a first
time, and ordered to be read a second time :

Great Indian Peninsula—" for incorporating a Company, to
be called The Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company,*
and for giving powers to the East Indian Company and the
Governor-General of India in Council, to enable the said
Railway Company to make a Railway from Bombay to Alleh,
with Extensions to Mhuse and the Pera River, and Branches
or Extensions to Sholapoor, Hyderabad, Randeish, , Indore
and Hoshungabad."_

Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead (Lease to
the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway Company)—
" to enable the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Hal-
stead Railway Company to grant a Lease of their undertaking
to the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway Company."
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester (Ossett Branch and
Dewsbury and Morley Stations)—" for enabling the Leeds,
Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway Company to make a
Branch Railway to Ossett, and to provide additional Station
Accommodation in the Town of Dewsbury, and at or near
Morley, all in the West Riding of the county of York."
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (No. 2—Exten-
sions and Amendment)—" to enable the Oxford, Worcester,
and Wolverhampton Railway Company to make a Railway
from Stourbridge to join their Railway near Dudley, and to
Halesowen, with certain Branches therefrom, and for other
purposes."
Mold (from Mold to join the Chester and Holyhead Rail-
way)—" for making a Railway from Mold, in the county of
Flint, to join the Chester and Holyhead Railway, in the
parish of Hawarden, in the same county; with Branches, to
be called,' The Mold Railway.' "
Birmingham and Oxford Junction, and Birmingham, Wol-
verhampton, and Dudley Railways Amalgamation—" for
uniting the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Com-
pany, and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley
Railway Company into one Company, and for authorising
the sale of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley
Railway, and other new works to the Great Western Railway
Company."

The following Railway Bills were read a second time, com-
mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection :
Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction (Sale to the Eastern
Union Railway Company).
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (Extension to East Dereham
and to Aylsham).
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (Branch from Ipswich to
Woodbridge).
Herne Bay and Canterbury Junction.
Royston and Hitchin (Extension from Royston to Cam-
bridge, &c.)
Royston and Hitchin (Sale or Lease).
Caledonian (Branches from the Clydesdale Junction to the
Douglas and Lesmahagow Mineral Fields, and to Strath-
avon).
Caledonian (Extension of Motherwell Branch of Clydesdale
Junction Railway to Auchinheatk Mineral Field, with
Branches to the Wishaw and Coltness Railway, Candor-
side, and Hamilton).
Caledonian (Purchase or Lease of Wishaw and Coltness
Railway).
Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction (Deviations be-
tween Duntocher Limeworks and Bowling, &c.)
Strathtay and Breadalbane Extension.
Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness (Branches to Benhar
Cealworks and Edinburgh and Glasgow Turnpike Road).
Newry and Enniskillen.. -
Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead (Extension
from Lavenham to Bury St. Edmund's).
Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead (Extension
to Melford, Lavenham, and Clare).
Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead (Stour
Navigation Purchase).
Taw Vale Railway and Dock (Deviations and Bideford and
South Molton branches).
Ay Isla 1 ro and North Walsham.
East Lothian Central.
Duffryn Llynvi, and Porth Cawl and Llynvi Valley Rail-
' ways Amalgamation.
Guildford Extension, and Portsmouth and Farnham.
London and South-Westem.

NOTICES GIVEN
RailwayHE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE.
The following Bills are appointed to be read a
second time:—

FRIDAY, MARCH 5.

Taw Vale Railway and Dock.
London and North-Western (Lime-street, Liverpool, Station
Extension, &c.)
London and North-Western (Portobello and Wolverhampton
Branch, &c.)
Cambridg, St. Neot's, and Bedford Junction.
Ipswich and Bury S. Edmund's (Branch from Stowmarket
to Sudbury).
Edinburgh and Northern (St. Andrew's and Newburgh
Barron,, Branches, and Road Cr,,ssings, Newport Railway
Extension).
Blandford and Bruton.