The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-18 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

EXAMINERS OF BILLS FOR NEW RAILWAYS
AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
Yesterday the examiners disposed of the following
bills :

(Before Mr. Frere.)
Aberdeen Junction Railway.—A bill fora railway, com-
mencing by a junction with the Aberdeen Railway, at
Aberdeen, and terminating by a junction with the Great
North of Scotland Railway at Killybewster, and to enter
into arrangements with the Great North of Scotland
North-Eastern, Dundee and Arbroath, Dundee and Perth,
Scottish Central, and. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Companies.—The standing orders complied with.
Rio/amend and KeNV ExtenBion Railway.—A bill to make
a railway commencing by a junction with the line of the
North and South-West Junction Railway, in the parish of
Ealing, terminating in the
parish of Richmond, in the
Kew-road, adjoining the Windsor line of the London and
South-Western Railway.—The standing orders not com-
plied with.
Shropshire Union Railways and Canal, London and
North- Western Railway, and Shropshire Canal Company.
—The objects of this bill have already been given.—The
standing orders were complied with.
The following bills were also declared to have complied
with the standing orders ;—Victoria Gas, Dartmouth and

Torbay Railway, Otley and Skipton Roads, and Birken-
head District Gas and Water.

The following bills were postponed :-121'n Conway Rail-
way Bill (to the 26th of February) ; Torquay and St.
Mary Church Gas to the 23d of February).
(Before Mr. Smith.)
Doncaster and Wakefield Railway. —A bill to make and
maintain a railway commencing by a junction with the
main line of the Great Northern Railway, crossing the
River Don, in the parish of Doncaster, terminating by a
junction with the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole branch
of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, in the parish of
Crofton, in the county of York ; and to enable the com-
pany to be incorporated with and enter into arrangements
with the Great Northern Railway Company.—The stand-
ing orders complied with.
Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway.—A
bill to make a branch communicating by a junction with
the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Extension, to
tho Taff Yale Railway, in the parish of Merthyr Tydvil,
terminating in the parish of Aberdare ; a branch
commencing at Llanwonno, and terminating with the
Aberdare branch of the Taff Vale Railway, near the Moun-
tain Ash station ; and a branch railway, commencing by a
junction with the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford
Railway, in the hamlet of Cefn, terminating in the parish
of Gellygaer.—The standing orders complied with.
Liverpool Docks Committee and 13irkenhead Docks.—A,
bill to empower the Birkenhead Improvement Commis-
sioners and Local Board of Health for Wallasey, in respect
to the appointment of members of their body upon the
committee ; for the provision for the sub-committee to
manage the dock works in Cheshire, and for other pur-
poses.—The standing orders complied with.
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Deeside Extension Railway.—The standing orders not
complied . with
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In. respect of the following bills, they were postponed to
a future day :—New Ross Free Bridge Act Amendment,
the Thames Embankments aid Railways, and the St.
George's Harbour Act Amendment.

The Ipswich Water Bill was discussed at great length,
but the arguments went not concluded when the examiner
rose for the day.
The Clifton :Railway, and Tottenham, Hornsey, and
Willesden Junction Railway Bills were struck out of the
list, there being no appearance of parties to support them.