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Furness Railway—Petition presented, Feb. 4—Bill
read a first time, March 15—Bill read a second time,
March 24—8i1l read a third time, March 26—Received
the royal assent, August 14.
Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction Railway
(Central Junction Branch)—Petitition presented, Feb.
3—Bill read a first time, March 16—Bill read a second

time, March 27.
Glasgow, Barrbead, and Neilston Direct Railway
(Amendment and Branches, &c.)-Petition presented,
Feb. 8-Bill read a first time, March 16-Second read-
ing put off for six months.
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway Amendment
and Branches, sc-Petition presented, Feb. 3-Bill read
a first time, March 16-Bill read a second time March 21
-Bill read a tl,ird time, June 9-Received the royal
assent, July 22.
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (Re-
vision of Maximum Tolls and Charges on the Glasgow,
Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railways)-Petition pre-
sented, Feb. 7-Bill read a first time, March 15-Bill
read a second time, March 24-Bill read a third time,
June 15-Received the royal assent, July 22.
Great Northern Railway (Deviations in Lincolnshire,
Nottinghamshire, and Yorkshire, and Enlargement of
Boston and Lincoln Stations)-Petition presented,
Feb. 4-Bill read a first time, March 15-Second read-
ing put off for six months.
Great Northern Railway (Isle of Axholme Extension)
-Petition presented, Feb. 3-Bill read a first time,
March 15-Bill read a second time, March 21-Bill
read a third time, June 7-Received the royal assent,
August 14.
Great Western of Bengal Railway Company Dissolu-
tion and Transfer of Capital to East India Railway
Company-Petition presented, Feb. 7-Bill read a first
time, (March 15-Bill read a second time, March 20-
Withdrawn.
Great Western Railway (to confer Additional Powers
on the Company with reference to the Purchase of the
Birmingham and Oxford Junction, &c., Railways)-Pe-
tition presented, Feb. 4-Bill read a first time, March
15-Bill read a second time, March 24-Bill read a
third time, June 22-Received the royal assent, Aug. 31.
Great Western Railway (Branch from Slough to
Windsor)-Petition presented, Feb. 4-Bill read a first
time, March 15-Bill read a second time, March 24-
Bill read a third time, June 22-Received the royal as-
sent, August 14.
Great Western Railway (Extension of the Berks and
Hants Railway from Bunger/ord to Westbury, with a
Branch to Devizes)-Petition presented, Feb. 4-Bill
read a first time, March 15-Bill read a second time,
March 21-Bill read a third time, June 1-Received the
royal assent, July 22. .
Great Western Railway (Loop Line from the Bir-
mingham and Oxford Junction Railway through Leam-
ington)-Petition presented, Feb. 4-Bill read a first
time, March 15-Bill reed a second time, March 24-
Consolidated with the Birmingham and Oxford Junction
Railway (Deviation from Leamington to Warwick).
Great Western Railway (Loop Line and Deviation of
the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway through
Leamington)-Bill read a third time June 22-Received
the royal ascent, Aug. 31.
Kendal and Windermere Railway Act Amendment-
Petition presented, Feb. 3-Bill read a first time,
March 15-Bill read a second time, March 24-Bill
read a third time, May 29-Received the royal assent,
June 30.
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Amendment of
Acts and Regulation of Capital)-Petition presented,
June 20-Bill read a first • time, June 26-Bill read a
second time, June 30-Bill read a third time, July 22
-Received the royal assent, August 14.
Leeds Central Railway Station-Petition presented,
Feb. 7-Bill read a first time, March 15-Bill read a
second time, March 21-Bill read a third time, June 2
-Received the royal assent, July 22,
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway '(Osset
Branch and Dewsbury and Morley Stations)-Petitions
presented, Feb. 7-Bill read a first time, March 17-
Withdrawn.
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Alteration of Level of
Leeds and Hartlepool Railway in Eaglescliffe, Preston,
and Stockton, &c.)-Petition presented, Feb. 4-Bill read
a first time, March 15-Bill read a second time, March
24-Bill read a third time, May 22-Received the royal
assent, July 22.
Leafs and Thirsk Railway (Branch from Melmerby to
Northallerton, and Junction with York and Newcastle
Railway)-Petition presented, Feb. 7-Bill read a first
time, March 15-Bill read a second time, March 21-
Bill read a third time, June 8-Received the royal
assent, July 22.
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Harrogate and Pateley
Brunch)-Petition presented, Feb. 7-Bill read a first
time, March 15-Bill read a second time, March 21-
Bill read a third time, June 8-Received the royal assent,
July 22.
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Junction. Railway (Abandonment of the Railway and
Dissolution of the Company)-Petition presented, Feb.
7-Read a first time, March 15-Read a second time,
March 27-Read a third time, June 22.
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Exten-
sion of Time in Respect of Littlehampton and Steyning
Branches, &c.)-Petition presented, Feb. 3.
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (London-
bridge and New Cross Stations, &c.)-Petition pre-
sented Feb. 3-Read a first time, March 15-Read a
second time, March 24-Read a third time, May 29-
Received the royal assent, August 14.
London and Blackwell Railway Connecting Branch,
&c.-Petition presented, Feb. 3-Read a first time,
March 15-Read a second time, March 24-Read a
third time, July 3-Received the royal assent, July 25.
London arrt Blackwall _Railway Improvement, and
Branches to the St. Katherine's and London Decks-Pe-
tition presented, Feb. 3-Read a first tim-, March 15-
R,ad a second time, March 21-Read a third time, June
8-Received the royal assent, July 22.
London and North-Western Railway (Branches and
F,etensions from Leamington, &c.)-Petition presented,
Feb. 3-Read a first time, March 16-Read a second
time, March 27-Read a third time, June 21-Received
the royal assent, August 14.
London and South-Western Railway Company and
Southampton and Dorchester Railway Company Amal-
gamation.-Petition presented, Feb. 3-Read a first
time, March 15-Read a second time, March 24-
rie„,l a third time, June 22-Received the royal assent,
"Iliyon2d2o.n and South.'„ :!tern Railway Companies'
Acts Amendments, Extension, .....neviation, and New
Works-Petition presented, Feb. 3-Bait read a first
time, March 15-Bill read a second time, March 2-!--
Bill read a third time, June 15-Received the royal as-
sent, August 14.
London tied Month-Western Railway, Exeter and Cre-
diton, Taw Vale Raiivea, and Dock, and Bodmin and
Wadebridge Railway Companies' Arrangements-Peti-
tion presented, Feb. 3-Bill read a first time, March 15
-Bill read a second time, March 24.
Lotidoederry and Coleraine Railway (Deviation of
Line and Amendment Of Act)..-Petition presented, Feb.
3-Bill read a first time, March 15-Bill read a second
time, March 21-Bill read a third time, June 16-Re-
ceived the royal assent, August 14.
Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway (Relinquish-
ment of Line between Omagh and Enniskillen, &c.)-
Petition presented, l"eb. read a first time, March
15-Bill read a second time, March 24-Bill read a
third time, June 16-Received the royal assent, July 22.
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction
Railway Deviation and Branches-Petition presented,
Feb. a-Bill read a first time, March 15-Bill read a
second time, March 21-Bill read a third time, July 6-
Received the royal assent, Aug. 31.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Ashton
Canal Purchase)-Petition presented, Feb. 7-Bill read
a first time, March 15-Bill read a second time, March
21-Bill read a third time, May 22-Received the royal
assent, July 22.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway
(Crossing of Sheffield-street, in Manchester, Sce.)-Pett-
lion presented, Feb. 7-Bill read a first time, March 15
-Bill read a second time, March 21-Bill read a third
time, May 26-Received the royal assent, July 22.Manch
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Bill read a third time, June 8-Received the royal as-
sent, July 22.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Junc-
tion with the Midland Railway via Barnsley, and Branches
therefrom)-Petition presented, Feb. 7-Bill read a first
time, March 15-Bill read a second time, March 21-
Bill read a third time, May 26-Received the royal as-
sent, July 22.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Sta-
tion Approach in Manchester)-Petition presented, Feb.
7-Bill read a first time, March 15-Bill read a second
time, March 21-Bill read a third time, May 26-Re-
ceived the royal assent, July 22.
Manchester and Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway
(Sheffied Canal Purchase)-Petition presented, Feb. 7-
Bill read a first time, March 15-Bill read a second time,
March 21-Bill read a third time, May 22-Received
the royal assent, July 22.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railways (Sta-
tion at Sheffield and Branch to the Sheffield Canal)-
Petition presented, Feb. 3-Bill read a first time, March
15-Bill read a second time, March 21-Bill read a
third time, May 26-Received the royal assent, July 22.
Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Rail-
way-Petition presented, Feb. 7-Bill read a first time,
March 15-Bill read a second time, March 20-Bill
read a third time, May 26-Received the royal assent,
July 22.
Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (Devia-
tion Line from Mullingar to Athlone)-Petition
pre-
sented, Feb. 3-Bill read a first time, March 15-Bill
read a second time, March 24-Bill read a third time,
June 8-Received the royal assent, July 22.
the Wellingbo-
near Wellingborough, and ApproachFtob
4-Bill read a
Midland Railway (Alteration of the Lie and Branches
rough Station)-Petition presented,
3-Received the royal
, 24-Bill read a third time, May 2
first time, March 15-Bill read a seceond March
assent, June 30.
first time' March 15-Bill
presented,Feb. 3-Bill read a
Bill rea'd a third time,
Midland Railway (Branch to Ripley &c.)-Petition
read a second time, March 24 -
Midland Railway (Gloucester and Stonehouse
Feb Neall read a first time,
tion)-Petition presented,
June 9-Received the royal assent, July 22.
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March 15—Bill read a second time, March 21—Bill
read a third time, Juno 9—Received the royal assent,
Aug. 14.
Monkland and Kirkintilloch, Ballochney and Slaman-
nan Railways (Amalgamation or Sale or Lease and
Amendment or Repeal of Acts).—Petition presented,
March 2—Bill read a first time, March 16—
Bill read a second time, Mrirch 2i—Bill read
a third time, July 6—Received, the royal assent, Au-

gust 14.
Newport and Pontypool Railway Act Amendment—
Petition presented, Feb. 3—Bill read a first time March
15—Bill read a second time, March 24—8i1l read a
third time, July 3—Received the royal assent, Au-

gust 14.
Newry and Enniskillen Railway (Amendment or Acts
and to authorise Arrangements with other Companies)—
Petition presented, Feb. 7—Bill read a first time, March
I7—Bill read a second time, March 27—8i1l read a
third time, June 15—Received the royal assent,

August 14.
Norfolk Railway (Amendment of Acts and Extension
of Time for commencing Reedham and Diss Branches)
—Petition presented, Feb. 4—Bill read a first time,
March 15—Bill read a second time, March 24—8i1l

read a third time, June I—Received the royal assent,

June 30.
North and South-Western Railway (Harrow to Brent-
ford)—Petition presented, Feb. 3—Bill read a first time,
March 15—Bill read a second
.time, March 20—Bill

read a third time, June 7.
North British .Railway (No. I—lncrease and Divi-
sion of Capital)—Petition presented, Feb. 4—Bill read
a first time, March 15—Bill read a second time, March
24—8i1l read a third time, May 22—Received the royal

assent, June 30.
North British Railway (No. 2—Junction with Leith
Branch of the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway, B,:c.)—
Petition presented, Feb. 4—Bill read a first time, March
15—Second reading put off for six months.
Northern Counties Union Railway Amendment and
Deviation—Petition presented, Feb. 4—Bill read a first
tigue,Aiarcia read,st second time, March 21.
North Staffordshire Railway (Ashbonrne Branch and
Approach to Congleton Station)—Petition presented,
Feb. 4—Bill read a first time, March 15—Bill read a
second time March 27—8i1l read a third time, June 15
—Received the royal assent, July 22.
North Staffordshire Railway (Deviation at Willing-
ton)—Petition presented, Feb. 4—Bill read a first time,
March 16—Bill read a second time, March 27—8i1l
read a third time, June 15—Received the royal assent,

July 22.
North Wales Railway (Dissolution of Company)—
Petition presented, Feb. 7—Bill read a first time, March
17—Bill read a second time, March 27—8i1l read a third
time, July 24.
North- Western Railway (Diversions at Skipton, Cas-
tellon, and Sedbergh)—Petition presented, Feb. 7—Bill
read a first time, March 15—Bill read a second time,
March 21—Bill read a third time, June I—Received the
royal assent, June 30.
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway
(No. I—lncrease of Capital)—retition presented, Feb.
4—Bill read a first time, March 15—Bill read a second
time, March 21—Bill read a third time, May 26—Re-
ceived the royal assent, July 22.
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway
(No. 2—Deviation of Line, and Power to Shrewsbury
and Birmingham, and Birmingham, Wolverhampton,
and Dudley Railway Companies to contribute and make
Arrangements)—Petition presented, Feb. 4—Bill read
a first time, Dlarch 15—Bill read a second time, March
21—Bill read a third time, June 7—Received the royal
assent, August 14.
Paisley, Barr head, and Hurlet Railway—Petition pre-
sented, Feb. 3—Bill read a first time, March 16—Bill
read a second time, March 21—Bill read a third time,
June 21—Received the royal assent, August 31.
Royston and Hitchin Railway (Extension to Cam-
bridge and Branches)—Petition presented, Feb. 3—Bill
read a first time, March 15—Bill reed a second time,
March 20—Bill read a third,time, July 6—Received the
royal assent, August 14.
Salisbury and Yeovil Railway—Petition presented, Feb.
3—Bill read a first time, March 15—Bill read a second
time, March 21—Bill read a third time, June 2—Re-
ceived the royal assent, July 22.
Scottish Midland Junction Railway (Amendment and
Branch to Laurencekirk)—Petition presented, Feb. 3
Bill read a first time, March 16—Bill read a second time,
March 21—Bill read a third time, June 9.
Scottish Midland Junction Railway (Amendment and
Branches to Birnam, &c.)—Petition presented, Feb. 3
Bill read a first time, March 16—Bill read a second time,
March 27—8i1l read a third time, June 6—Received the
royal assent, July 22.
Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Extension of
Time, &c.)—Petition presented, Feb. 4—Bill read a first
time, March 15—Bill read a second time, March 24.
South Wales Railway Amendment of Acts—Petition
presented, Feb. 4—Bill read a first time, March 15—
Bill read a second time, March 24.
South Yorkshire and Doncaster and Goole Railway
Amendment (Extension to Penistone and Alteration to
Dodworth Branch)—Petition pr,sented, Feb. 7—Bill
read a first time, March 15—Bill read a second time,
March 21—Bill read a third time, May 29—Received the
royal assent, July 22.
Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (Amendment and
Deviations)—Petition presented, Feb. 3—Bill read a
first time, March 16—Bill read a second time, March 27
—Bill read a third time, June s—Received the royal as-

sent, August 14.
Stirling end Dunfermline Railway (Repeal of Leasing
Powers to Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company)
—Petition presented, Feb. 8 —Bill read a first time,
March 16—Bill read a second time, March 30.

Strat and Breada7(Ja:v ExtcksioA Railway—Peti
lion presented, Feb. 4—Bill read e first time, March 16
—Bill read a second time, Match 21—Bill read a third
time, June 7.
Taw Vale Railway and Dock—Petition presented
Feb. B—Bill read a first time, March 15—Bill read a
second time, March 21.
Vale of Neath Railway (Power to the South Wales
Railway Company to subscribe, and Amendment of
Acts)—Petition presented, Feb. 4—Bill read a first
time, March 15—Bill read a second time, March 24
Bill read a third time, May 26—Received the royal as-
sent, June 30.
Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway
—Petition presented, February 9 —Bill read a first time,
March 15—Bill read a second time, March 20—Bill
read a third time, May 22—Received the royal assent,
Juno 30.
Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Act Amendment-
-I'e Lion presented, February IS—Bill read a first time,
March 15—Bill read a second time, March 27—8i1l
read a third time, June 9—Received the royal assent,
July 22.
Whitehaven Junction Railway—Petition presented,
Feb. 3—Bill read a first time, March 16—Bill read a
second time, March 27—8i1l read a third time, May 31
—Received the royal assent, July 22.
Whitehaven Junction Railway (Extension, Alteration,
and Branches, &c.)—Petition presented, Feb. 3—Bill
read a first time, March 16—Bill read a second time,
March 27—8i1l read a third time, June 19—Received
the royal assent July 22.
Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway (Exten-
sion or Deviation Line from Silecroft to Foxfield, &c.)—
Petition presented, Feb. 3—Bill read a first time, March
15—Bill read a second time, March 24—8i1l read a
third time, June 29—Received the royal assent, Aug. 14.
Windsor, Staines, and South-Western Railway Act
(No. 1) 1847 (slough Extension and Deviations) (No.
2)—Petition presented, Feb. 3—Bill read a first time,
March 15—Bill read a second time, March 21—Bill read
a third time, June 19 Received the royal assent,
July 22.
Wishaw and Coltness Railway (Deviation connecting
Branch and Improvement).—Petition presented, Feb. 3
Bill read a first time, March 16—Bill read a second
time, March 27—8i1l read a third time, June 20—Re-
ceived the royal asseat, August 14.
York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (Deviation,
and Abandonment of Part of the Thirsk and Melton
Branch) —Petition presented, Feb. 3—Bill read a first
time, March 15—Bill read a second time, March 24
Bill read a third time, June s—Received the royal as-
sent, July 22.
York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (Great North
of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway,
and Hartlepool Dock and Railway Leasing)—Petition
presented, Feb. 7—Bill read a first time, March 15—
Bill read a second time, March 24—8i1l read a third
third time, June 19—Received the royal assent, July 22.
York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (late York and
Newcastle Railway Main Line Improvement, &c.)—Peti-
tion presented, Feb. 7—Bill read a first time, March 15
—Bill read a second time, March 21—Bill read a third
time, May 22—Received the royal assent, Juno 30.

RAILWAY DEPARTMENT OF THE GOVERN-
MENT.
The following is a return of thep
resent powers and dutiesd,
in-
cident to the railway department, as at p e
tinted, Aug.
ordered by the House of Commons to be p
29, 1848 :
UNDER GENERAL ACTS.
OPENING OF RAILWAYS.
5 and 6 Viet., c. 55, 5, and 6.
No railway to be opened without notice to Commis-
sioners of Railways.
Commi:sioners to appoint officers to inspect, and em-
powered, upon report of officers, to postpone opening.
INSPECTION OF RAILWAYS.
3 and 4 Vict., c. 97, s. 5-7 and 8 Viet., c. 85, s. 15.
Commissioners of Railways may appoint inspectors of
railways, and persons so appointed may examine rail-
ways, stations, works, buildings, and carriages, for the
purpose of enabling the commissioners
execution to carry the pro,
visions of any general Act into .
CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS AND BRIDGES.

8 Vict., c. 20, s. 66.
The Commissioners, after hearing the parties inte-
rested, may, in certain cases, modify and alter the con-
struction of roads, bridges, and other works, and decide
upon the arrangements and mode of construction that may
bo desirable, and authorise the same by certificate in
writing.
DEVIATIONS FROM GRADIENTS, CURVES, &C.
8 Vict., c. 20, s. 14.

Commissioners of Railways may, after examination
and inquiry, empower railway companies in the construc-
tion of their works to alter the works described in the
Parliamentary plans and !Actions, by increasing the in-