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London, England, 1845-10-28 00:00:00

RAILWAY BILLS IN WHICH THE

CITY IS INTERESTED.

The following report of the Parliamentary Committee
of the Corporation has been ordered to be printed :

" TO THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD MAYOR, ALDERMEN

AND COMMONS OF THE CITY OF LONDON.

" We whose names are hereunto subscribed of your
Parliamentary Committee, to whom were referred the
following Bills and other proceedings in the last session
of Parliament, to watch the progress thereof, and report
the progress thereon:—

"1845.
" Feb. 18. Railway Clauses Consolidation Bill.
" Feb. 27. Parochial Si tth.ment Bill.
" Deodands Aboliton Bill.
" March 6. London and York Railway Bill.
-- London and South-Western Railway
(No. 1) Bill.
" April 24. Load a and Croydon Railway Bill.
South-Eastern Railway Bill.
Staines and Richmond Railway Bill.
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" May 29. Tottenham and Farringdon-street Rail-
way Extension Bill.
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way Bill.
Direct London and Portsmouth Railw y
Bill.

6, - Gravesend and Rochester Railway Bill.
" Do certify that with respect to Bills relating to
railways, the Railway Clauses Consolidation Bill was
for consolidating in one Act certain provisions usually
inserted in Acts authorising the making of railways.
An alteration was made in the Bill, at the instance of
the Thames Navigation Committee, and the Bill after-
wards passed into a law. The London and York Rail-
way was for making a railway from Battle-bridge,
Somers-town, to the city of York; a clause was inserted
in this Bill by the direction of the Coal and Corn and
Finance Committee for payment to the C rporation of
their dues on coals brought by the railway within a
certain distance of London. This Bill passed the House
of Commons at the close of the session, but was dropped
in the House of Lords. The L'.ndon and South-
Western Railway (No. 1) Bill was to extend the metro-
politan terminus of that railway to Hungerford-bridge
and to the Thames at Vauxhall. A clause saving the
rights of conservancy of the Corporation was inserted in
the Bill by the direction of the Navigation Committee,
and the Bill afterwards passed into a law. Five Bills
were presented to Parliament for the extension and
enlargement of the London and Croydon Railway, in
three of which, viz, the Chatham and Gravesend, the
Maidstone. Ashford, &c., and the London and Croydon
Railway Enlargement Bills, clauses were proposed to be
inserted for payment of the City dues on coals, The
London and Croydon Railway Enlargement Bill, in
which the said clause was inserted, passed into a law,
the four other Bills having been postponed for the
session. Five Bills were also presented to Parliament
for the extension of the South-Eastern Railway, in
one of which, viz., for the widening and extension
of the London and Greenwich Railway, a clause was
introduced by the direction of your Committee that all
disputed claims for compensation in cases arising in the
borough of Southwark should be tried before the ses-
sions of the peace in Sonthwarle by juries summoned by
the High Bailiff. This Bill, as amended, afterwards
passed into a law. The four other Bills relating to the
South-Eastern Railway did not affect the interests of
this City. Two of these Bills passed into a law, the
others having been postponed for the session. The ap-
plication for the Staines and Richmond Railway Bill was
rejected by the Standing Order Committee of Ole House
of Commons, and no further proceedings were had
therein. The North Woolwich Railway Bill was for
making a railway from the Eastern Counties and Thames
Junction Railway, near the mouth of the river Lea, to
North Woolwich, near the Barge.house ferry. Clauses
were introduced, at the instance of the Thames Naviga-
tion Committee, saving the rights of conservancy of the
Corporation; but, in consequence of opposition in the
House of Lords, the propose d extension of the railway
to the Thames was abandoned, and the Bill afterwards
passed into law. The Tottenham and Farringdon Ex-
tension Railway Bill was to make a railway from Hatton-
garden, near the City boundaries, to join the Northern
and Eastern Counties Railway at Tottenham. The Com-
missioners of Sewers gave directions for the insertion of
clauses in the Bill for protecting the sewers of the
City; but the Committee of the House of Commons to
whom the Bill was referred reported to the house that
the preamble of the Bill had not been proved. The
London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway Bill was
for making a railway from London to Canterbury.
Clauses for protecting the City's rights of conservancy,
and for securing the City's dues on coals, were proposed
for insertion in this Bill, but the Committee of the
House of Commons on the Bill resolved that the pre-
amble thereof had not been proved. The Direct Lon-
don and Portsmouth Railway Bill was fur making a
railway from the Croydon and Epsom Railway at
Epsom to the town of Portsmou! in with a branch to
Chichester. The duties on coals, payable to the Corpo•
ration, were secured on all coals to be conveyed on this
line of railway by the clause introduced into the Lon-
don and Croydon Railway Enlargement Bill. 'The Bill
passed the House of Commons, but was dropped in the
House of Lords. The Gravesend and Rochester Rail-
way Bill was to enable the Thames and Medway Canal
Company to widen, extend. and maintain a railway from
Gravesend to Rochester. This Bill was amended in the
Committee of the House of Commons so as not to affect
the interests of this City, and afterwards passed into
a law."

CHRISTCHURCH, OCT. 25.—TEE PoAcEING CASE
AGAlN.—James Purchase and Henry Burry, who, about a
fortnight ago, were charged by the Hon. Grantley Berkeley
with poaching, and fined 20s. each, were again brought be-
fore the magistrates on Monday last, for a similar offence, but
to be tried under another Act. The investigation of the
case occupied the bench a considerable time. The magis-
trates considered that the case did not come within the mean-
ing of the Act, and it was at length dismissed. The trial,
throughout, caused considerable excitement, and placed Mr.
Berkeley in anything but an enviable cosition, for upon the
Hon. Gentleman leaving the Hall he was accosted by the
crowd with all kinds of opprobrious terms, the shaking of
ribbons in his face, and other marks of disapprobation.—
Hampshire Advertiser.