The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-27 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
TUESDAY, JAN. 26.

The following petitions for Railways were presented; and
he Bills ordered to be brought in :
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Chard Canal and Railway (Extension and Amalgamation.

Preston and Wyre.
Wilarfdale (Skipton and Cayley Hall Deviations).

Liskeard and Ciradon.

General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway Branches.
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction,
Norfolk (Yarmouth Extension, &c.). •
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Louth and Horn-
castle and East Lincolnshire Junction Branches).
Manchester and Lincoln Union (Deviation).
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (No. 1—
Smethwick Deviation).
Lynn and Ely (Extension to Bury St. Edmund's).
Lynn and Ely (Ely and Huntingdon and Lynn and Dere-
ham Amalgamation).
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Lynn and El; (Extea;ion to Spalding and Holbeach).
Bristol and South Wales Junction and Aust Ferry.
London and North-Western (Purchase of the Earl of Elles-
mere's interest in the South Manchester Junction and
Altrincham Railway).
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, and Glasgow, Paisley,
Kilmarnock, and Ayr (No. 2).
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, and Ayrshire and
Bridge of Weir (No. 3).
The following Railway Bills were presented, read a first
time, and ordered to be read a second time :

Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (Newcastle,
Anniskinnan, and Baltrasna Deviations)—" to enable the
Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland Company to
make certain Deviations in the authorised Line of the said
Railway, and to amend the Acts relating thereto."
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Sheffield Canal.
Purchase)—" for vesting in the Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire Railway Company the Sheffield Canal."
Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway—" to
enable the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway
Company to make certain Branch Railways, and to alter a
portion of their Line, and for other purposes relating thereto."
Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct, and Glasgow
Southern Terminal Railways Amalgamation—' to authorise
the purchase of the Glasgow Southern Terminal Railway by
the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway Com-
pany, and to amend the Acts relating to the said Company."
Scottish Midland Junction (Amendment and Branch to
Laurencekirk)—" to enable the Scottish Midland Junction
Company to make a Branch Railway from near the royal
burgh of Forfar to or near to the town of Laurencekirk, in
the county of Kincardine, and to amend the Acts relating to
the said Railway."
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth (No. I—Bruton, Pit-
combe, and Rodden and Bradford Deviations)—" to autho-
rise certain alterations of the Line of the Wilts, Somerset,
and Weymouth Railway."
Windsor Railway—" for making a Railway from Windsor
to join the Great Western Railway near Slough, to be called
The Windsor Railway.' "

London, Brighton,.ind South Coast (London-bridge Sta-
tion Enlargement and Arrangement)—" to enable the Lon-
don, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company to en-
large their Terminal Station at London. bridge. and to divide
such Station permanently from that of the South-Eastern
Railway Company."
London, Brighton, and South Coast (Extension to London-
bridge)—to enable the London, Brighton, and South Coast
Railway Company to make a new Line of Railway from the
junction of their Railway with the London and Greenwich
Railway to or nearly to their station'near London-bridge."
London-bridge Termini General Enlargement—" for en-
larging the present Station of the London, Brighton, and
South Coast, and of the South-Eastern, and of the London
and Greenwich Railway Companies, at or near London-
bridge; and for the division of such present and such en-
larged Station between the London, Brighton, and South
Coast and the South-Eastern Railway Companies, for the
separate accommodation of the traffic of such two Railway
Coin pan ies. "
London, Oxford, and Cheltenham Railway and Branches—
" for making a Railway from Cheltenham to join the Lon-
%ion and North-Western Railway at Tring, with Branches
therefrom, to be called The London, Oxford, and Chelten-
ham Railway.' "
East Lincolnshire (Deviation at Boston and Branch to
Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway at Grimsby)
—" to amend the East Lincolnshire Railway Act, 1846, and
to authorise a deviation in the Line of such Railway at and
near Boston; and the construction of a Branch Railway to
join the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway near
Grimsby."
East Lincolnshire (Branch from Louth to Lincoln)—" to
enable the East Lincolnshire Railway Company to make a
Branch Railway to connect the town of Louth and the city
of Lincoln, and far enlarging the powers os the Act relating
to such Railway."

Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, and Manchester
and Lincoln Union Railway and Chesterfield and Gains-
borough Canal Amalgamation—" to incorporate the Man-
chester and Lincoln Union Railway and Chesterfield and
Gainsborough Canal Company with the Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire Railway Company."
Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction (Burnley
and Colliery Branches)—" for enabling the Fleetwood, Pro-
ton, and West Riding Junction Railway Company to make
the Burnley and Colliery Branches from the Fleetwood,
Preston, and West Riding Junction Railway."