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Station).
South Staffordshire (Cannock, Wyrley, and Norton

Branches).
South Wales
South York hire, Doncaster, and Goole Railway (Pur-
chase of Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield,
Huddersfield, and Goole Railway, and of Dun Naviga-
tion, and Dean and Dove Canal).
Strathtay and Breadalbane Extensions.
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Swansea Valley.
Swansea and Amman Junction.
Taw Vale Railway and Dock Deviations and Bideford
and South Molton BraLch.
Trongate Terminus and Glasgow Railways Junction.
Tunbridge Wells, East Grinstead, and Brighton Junc-
tion.

Vale of Neath Amendment and Branches.
Waterford and Limerick.
Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin.
West Cornwall (Branches to St. Ives, &c., and Construc-
tion and Enlargement of Quays at Hayle).
Wexford and Vaientia (Killarney to Valentia).
Wharfdale Deviations.
Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness Railway
(Branches to Benhar Coal Works).
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Amendment (No. 1).
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Amendment (No. 2).
Windsor, Staines, and South-Western Railway (Rich-
mond to Windsor, with loop-line through Brentford
and Hounslow).
Windsor (to join the Great Western Railway, near
Slough, and power to sell or lease to Great Western
Railway Company).
Wishaw and Coltness (Branches to Auchinbeath, &c.)
Yeovil and Bridport to Exeter with Branches.)
York and Newcastle (Main Line Improvement, Tean
Valley Extension, Bishop Auckland, and other
Branches, &c.)
York and Newcastle (Pelaw Tyne Dock and Branches,
and Extension).
York and Newcastle (Wearmouth Dock Enlargement).
York and North Midland (Harrogate Branch, Borough-
bridge,-and Knaresborough Extension).
York and North Midland (Harrogate Branch, Extension,
and Terminus.)
York and North Midland (Hull Station and Branches).
York and North Midland (Knottingly Branch).
HARBOURS, DOCKS, WATERWORKS, GAS
WORKS, SEWERAGE, IMPROVEMENTS, &c.
Aberdeen Harbour.
Ayr Harbour Improvement.
Ayrshire Roads.
Belfast Port and Harbour.
Belfast Improvement.
Birkenhead Improvement, Waterworks, and Purchase of
Birkenhead and Claughton Waterworks.
Birkenhead Commissioners Dock Act, Amendment,
Construction of New Docks and Alteration of Culvert.
Bognor Docks.
Brightelmatone Suspension Pier Company (Construction
of Breakwater).
Colchester Navigation and Improvement.
Crowland and Cowbit Washes, and other Landa

Drainage.
Darwen Waterworks and Reservoirs.
Dunfermline Waterworks.
East Swansea Dock.
Ennis Dock.
Edinburgh Waterworks (Additional Reservoirs and
Works).
Etherow Reservoirs.
Falmouth Waterworks.
Forth and C►yde Navigation (Branch to Carnbrae Lands
and Acts Amendment).
Grand Canal Company (Ireland) and Railway Amalga-
mation.
Grove Ferry Bridge.
Harwich Docks.
Hartlepool West Harbour and Dock (Dock Extension).
Holborn-bill, Snow-hill, and Farringdon-street Viaduct.
Holyhead Harbour.
Inverness Harbour and Navigation Improvement.
Inverness Gas and Water.
Lancashire Waterworks.
Leeds, Burnley, and Headingly Turnpike-road.
Leeds Waterworks (Construction of further Works).
Leicester Waterworks.
Liverpool Corporation Waterworks.
Limerick Docks and Harbour Improvement.
Lytham Improvement.
London Sewage Company.
London Sewage Chemical Manure Company.
Lough Neagh Drainage.
Manchester Corporation Waterworks.
Manchester and Salford Waterworks.
Mac Duff Harbour and Improvement.
Metropolitan Sewage Manure Act Amendment.
Pagham Harbour Improvement.
Pile Pier Extensions.
Plymouth and Tavistock Turnpike-road.
Portmadock Port and harbour.
Portland Breakwater and Harbour of Refuge.
Reading Improvement, Market, \\ aterworks, and Sewer-
age (No. 1).
Reading Improvement, Market, Waterworks, and
Sewerage (No. 2).
Rochdale Waterworks Act Amendment and Enlarge-
ment of Works.
Lutherglcn and Strathbringo Turnpike-road.
Hyde Esplanade and Pier-street Improvement.
Sandwich Haven and River improvement.
South Metropolitan Waterworks.
South London Sewage Company.
Sowerley-bridge Improvement and Waterworks.
Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks.
Stockport Manorial Tolls and Bridge=.
Sutton Harbour Improvement.
Swansea Docks.
Temple Bridge and South London Market.
Torbay and Brixham Deep Sea Harbour of Refuge and
Docks.
Tranmere Docks.
Tyne Docks.
Westminster New Bridge and Approaches.
Westminster and Lambeth Bridge.
Wexford Free Bridge.
Windsor Castle and Town Approaches, Improvement, and
Removal of Datchet Bridge.
York Improvement, Lendal Bridge and Approaches.
DEATH of SIR CHARLES MORGAN)
BART.

We regret to announce the demise of the above vener-
able baronet, who, after a brief illness, expired on Sa-
turday last, at two o'clock, A.M., at Tredegar House, the
family seat in Monmoutshire. We understand that
shortly after the deceased baronet returned to Tredegar
from participating in the nuptial festivities at Llanover
Court, the seat of Sir Benjamin and Lady Hall, he was
attacked by influenza, which, at the moment did not oc •
casion the least alarm, but more serious symptoms inter-
vened, and in a few days the condition of Sir Charles
became hopeless. 'He expired at the above hour, with-
out pain, surrounded by Lady Rodney and his sons. Sir
Charles M. R. Morgan, M.P., his eldest son, was unable
to attend the death-bed of his venerable father, owing
to severe indisposition. The deceased Baronet was
eldest son of Sir Charles Gould Morgan, Bart.,
formerly Mr. Charles Gould, D.C.L., an eminent
civilian, who married Jane, eldest daughter of
Mr. Thomas Morgan, of Ruppera, county of Glamorgan,
and brother of Sir Charles Morgan, K. 8., of Tredegar.
He was Judge-Advocate General, Judge Marshal of the
Forces, and a Privy Councillor; in 1779 he received the
honour of knighthood, and in 1782 was created a baronet.
In conformity with the testamentary injunction of his
brother-in-law, John Morgan, he assumed, and, by the
royal permission, took the surname of " Morgan,' and
the arms of that family. He died in 1806, shortly after
he had retired from the representation of the county of
Brecon in the House of Commons. On his demise, Sir
Charles Morgan succeeded to the baronetcy, which he
has enjoyed just forty years. The late baronet was
born the 4th of February, 1760, and had consequently
nearly attained the eighty-sixth year of his age. He
married Mary Margaret, daughter of Captain George
Storey, R.N., by whom, who died in 1807, he had a
family of four sons and three daughters, namely, Charles
M.
Morgan RobinsonßobmsonMorgan, M.P. (now Sir Charles), born
in 1792, married in 1827 to Miss Mundy, only daughter
of General G. B. and the Hon. Mrs. Mundy; Mr.
George Morgan, recently deceased; the Rev. Augustus
Morgan; Mr. Octavius Morgan, M.P.; Maria Margaret,
married to Colonel F. M. Millman; and Angelina Cecilia,
married to Mr. Hugh Owen, eldest son of Sir John Owen,
Bart.; and Charlotte, married to the late Lord Rodney.
The late Baronet was a most liberal landlord, and had
for a long series of years expended large capital in the
improvement of his extensive property in Wales. There
was not in the principality such a munificent promoter of
the welfare of the agricultural classes, and it may be
said, that no man living has done so much to introduce a
more improved sy
extended benefits to the occupiers of land, as the
stem of sericulture, and achieved such
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Tredegar (which was appointed for the present week),
has for the last quarter of a century maintained. a high
character in Wales, the respected deceased. giving prizes
annually to nearly 5001. in the shape. of silver cups end.
premiums. Last winter the nobility and gentry and
the yeomanry of the counties of Brecon and Monmouth
caused a subscription to be raised to present the worthy
Baronet with a testimonial, and we believe a sum little
short of 3,0001. was subscribed. The late Baronet is
succeeded in his estates and family honours by his eldest
son, M.P. for Brecon, above-mentioned. The present
Baronet has represented Brecon in the House of Com-
mons since 1818, excepting the sessions from 1832 to
1835.

ALARMING EXPLOEION.—On Monday evening an
explosion of gas occurred in Church-street, Blackfriar's-
road, which was nearly attended with the most disastrous
consequences. During the early part
of the k-.
day work
men had been employed repairing the pipes in the streets,
and considered everything perfectly safe. A little be-
fore five o'clock. however, the inhabitants were alarmed
at hearing a noise resembling the discharge of a piece
of cannon, at the same time it was found that the brick-
work and partition under the parlour window of Mr.
Pallevirsa, in Church-street, were shattered, a portion,
of the flooring lifted up, and several feet of the ceiling
destroyed. A number of workmen were sent by the gas
company, and were at a late hour at night engaged in
repairing the mains.