The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-16 00:00:00

RAILWAY BILLS

In the house of Lords Committee yesterday the
Buckley (additional powers) Bill, to raise £30,000,
by shares, and £lO,OOO by loan, was passed. The
Mersey Docks and Harbour Bill was passed, with
one amendment. The Lancashire and Yorkshire
(West Riding branches) Bill was passed, with one
amendment. The Lancashire and Yorkshire (exten-
sion of time, &c.) Bill, the Lancashire and York-
shire (Blackburn and Padiham), and the Avon
Valley Bills were passed, without amendments. The
New Milford Docks Bill, to raise £50,000 by shares
and £16,000 by loan, was adjourned.
In the Ways and Means Committee the following
bills were passed :-The Berks and Hants extension,
to raise £200,000 by shares and £66,600 by loan ;
the Severn Junction Bill, to make two branch rail-
ways and to lay down narrow gauge rails upon the
South Wales line, between Awre and the Forest of
Dean Central ; the Buckley Docks, &c. ; the Bray
and Enniskerry, to raise £36,000 by shares and
£12,000 by loan, to make three miles of railway
from Bray to Enniskerry ; the Barry (alteration),
to raise £21,000 by shares, and £7,000 by loan ;
the Harborne Bill, to raise £90,000 by shares, and
£30,000 by loan ; the Great Eastern (additional
powers) Bill, to raise £86,000 by shares, and
£28,600 by loan ; the Shrewsbury and North Wales
and Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction Bill ; the
East London ('astern Extension) to raise £600,000
by shares, and £200,000 by loan to make Gi
miles of railway ; the Letterkenny and London-
derry and Lough Swilly Bill, to raise £50,000 by
shares, and £16,500 by loan ; the Esk Valley ; the
Metropolitan and St. John's-wood (capital) Bill, to
raise £200,000 by £66,000 by loan ; the Cheshire
Lines Bill, to authorise the Great Northern, the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, and the
Midland Companies to raise each sums of £40,000
by shares, and £13,300 by loan ; the Somerset and
Dorset Bill, to enable the company to subscribe
£20,000 to the Bristol and North Somerset Railway,
and £50,000 to the Bridgewater Railway, also to
raise £300,000 by shares and £lOO,OOO by loan ;
and the Newport Pagnell Bill. In Group 1 the
preambles of the Great Eastern (Alexandra-park
branches) and the Musweb.• hill Estate and Rail-
ways were proved. The preamble was also proved
in the case of the Tottenham and Hampstead Junc-
tion Bill. The North-Western and Charing-cross
Bill, being unopposed, was referred to the Chairman
of Committees. The Great Northern (Potter's-bar
and Hendon) Bill was passed. In Group 3 the
South-Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover
(London, Lewes, and Brighton) Bill was again ad-
journed. In Group 10 the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire (central station and lines) Bill was
again adjourned. In Group 12 the East and West
Junction (Hitchin Extension Bill, was withdrawn.
The Bedford and Northampton Bill, to make 3:34
miles of railway, was referred to the Chairman of
Committees. The East and West Junction
(Southam Extension) was adjourned. The
Southam Bill, to raise £25,000 by shares and
£B,OOO by loan, was also adjourned. In Group
16, the Great Western Bill, to raise a
further sum of £1,220,353 by shares, making the
total share capital £33,000,000, and the borrowing
powers £ll,ooo,ooo,was part heard and adjourned.
The preamble of the Bute Docks Bill (Cardiff) was
proved. The Cambrian (New Works) Bill was
referred to the Chairman of Committees. The
Bristol and North Somerset (Southern Extension)
Bill, to enable the Bristol and North Somerset, and
the Somerset and Dorset Railway Companies to
raise each £200,000 by shares and £65,000 by loan,
to make three railways-together, about 24:1 miles
of railway-was adjourned. In Group 19, the pre-
amble of the Caledonian (Greenock and Gourock
Extension) Bill, to raise £410,000 by shares and
£136,000 by loan, was proved. The North British
(Coatbridge, &c., Branches), to raise £140,000 by
shares and £46,600 by loan, was part heard and
adjourned.

Mr. Henry F. Beaumont has given notice that
he intends, in committee on the Redistribution of Seats
Bill, to move that a member be allotted severally to Barns-
ley, Doncaster, and Rotherham, in the southern division of
the West Riding of Yorkshire.
RUSSIA.—The Goloss of St. Petersburg states
that the Municipal Council of that city recently
expressed to the Emperor its. desire that the author of the
murderous attempt on his Msjesty's life should be tried in
public, but the Imperial reply was to the effect that his
Majesty did not see reason to accede to the request
made by the Municipal Council. The inquiry, therefore,
will still be conducted by General Mouravieff, and without
publicity.