The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-30 00:00:00

RAILWAYS (METROPOLIS).
A" Copy of the Commission, and Instructions to the Com-
missioners, on Railways having or proposing to snake
Stations in the Metropolis."
COPY OF THE COMMISSION.
Victoria, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, to
our right trusty and well-beloved cousin and councillor
Charles John Viscount Canning, our right trusty and right
well-beloved cousin and councillor James Andrew Earl of
Dalhousie, our right trusty and well-beloved John Johnson
Lord Mayor of our city of London, our right trusty and
well-beloved councillor John Charles Herries, and our trusty
and well-beloved Sir John Mark Frederic Smith, Knight,
Lieutenant-Colonel in our corps of engineers, greeting:
Whereas an humble address has been presented to us by the
knights, citizens, and burgesses, and commissioners of shires
and burghs in Parliament assembled, humbly praying that
we would be pleased to give directions for the appointment
of a commission to investigate and report upon the various
railway projects of which the termini are proposed to be
established within or in the immediate vicinity of the metro-
polis : Now know ye, that we, reposing great trust and con-
fidence in your zeal and ability, have authorised and al)-
pointed, and do by these presents authorise and appoint you'
the said Charles John Viscount Canning, James Andrew
Earl of Dalhousie, John Johnson, John Charles Herries, and
Sir John Mark Frederic Smith, or any three or more of you,
to be our commissioners for the purpose aforesaid: and for
the purpose of enabling you our commissioners to form
sound judgment on the premises, we do hereby authorise and
empower you, or any three or more of you, to call before you
all such persons as you may judge most competent, by reason
of their situation, knowledge, or experience, to afford you
correct information on the subjects of this inquiry: And also
to requife the production of all books, documents, papers, and
retwns which may appear to you, or any three or more of
you, calculated to assist your researches in the execution of
the trust hereby reposed in you : And we do also give and
grant unto you, or any three or more of you, full power awl
authority, when the same shall appear to be requisite, to
administer an oath or oaths to any person or persons what-
soever, to be examined before you, or any three or more of
you, touching or concerning the premises : And we do coins
mend and require you to report to us, in writing, under your
hands and seals, as soon as the same can reasonably be, your
several proceedings by virtue of this our commission, toge-
ther with your opinion on the matter which you are hereby
required to take into your consideration : And we will and
command that this our commission shall continue in full
orce and virtue, and that you our said commissioners, or any
three or more of you, may from time to time proceed in the
execution thereof, and of every matter and thing therein
contained, although the same be not continued from time to
time by adjournment: And we do hereby command all and
singular our justices of the peace, sheriffs, mayors, bailiffs,
constables, officers, ministers, and all our loving subjects
whatsoever, as well within liberties as without, that they be
assistant to you and each of you in execution of these pre-
sents. In witness whereof we have caused these our letters
to be made patent. Witness, ourself at Westminster, the
second day of April, in the ninth year of our reign.
L. EDMUNDS, Clerk of the Crown.
Crown-office, April 18, 1846.

COPY OF THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE
COMMISSIONERS.
To the Commissioners for Inquiring into the various RailTV'''.
Projects of which the Termini are proposed to be estalr
lished in or near the Metropolis.
Whitehall, April 8, 1846.
My Lords and Gentlemen,—Her Majesty having been
pleased to appoint you commissioners for the purpose of in"
vestigating and reporting upon the various railway project*
the proposed termini of which, according to the schemes Igor
before Parliament, would be situate within or in the itnnur
diate vicinity of the metropolis, I am commanded to signify
to you her Majesty's further pleasure, that you direct your
attention to such portions of the several projects or Bills not
before Parliament, for railways within the limits hereinafter
described.

It will be your especial duty to consider whether the e
tension of railways into the centre of the metropolis is car.
culated to afford such additional convenience or benefit to
the public as will compensate for the sacrifice of property, tihe
interruption of important thoroughfares, and the interfereat
with plans of improvement already suggested, which 1101
probably result from such extension.
The limits to which the attention of the commission shoala
be confined may be thus specified, viz. :—The Edgware-roadh°
from Oxford-street to the intersection of the New-road ;
New-road and City-road to Finsbury-square; Bishopsgate"
street; London-brulge • High-street, Borough; Blackman"
street ; Borough-road ; Lambeth-road ; Vauxhall-road ;
Vauxhall-bridge ; Vauxhall-bridge-road, Grosvenor-place'
and Park-lane.--I have, &c.,
(Signed) J. R. G. GRAHAM.