The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-26 00:00:00

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PROGRAMME OF PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS

FOR THIS WEEK.

The following are the lines most interesting to this dis-
trict, which are to come before parliament this week:—

GROUP N. 39.
Manchester District, cone cling of
1. OLDHAM. LIVERP CI, MANCHESTER, AND 13IRREN-.
BEAD JUNCTION (from Saddleworth to Manchester.
Oldham, &c.) Capital £480,000. Bill read second
time.
Engineer : G. P. Bidder. Parliamentary agents : Dor-
rington & Co.
2. OLDHAM DISTRICT (Manchester and Leeds project.
from their Oldham Branch to Ashton, Stockport.
Rochdale, &c.) Capital £700,000. Bill read decond
time. _ _ _

Parliamentary agents':

Engineer : J. Hawkshaw.
Bower & Son.
3. MANCHESTIM AND LUEDS (Extensions, &c..) ;Capi-
tal £400,000. Length, 161 miles. Bill read second
time. _ _ _

Engineer : J. Bawkshaw.
Dorrington & Co.
4. HUDDERSFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY
AND CANAL (Olilbam Branch). Capital X 1510,000.
Bill read second time.
5. -- (Cooper Thihe Branch). Capital X3D,000.
Bill read second _ • '

Parliamentary agents :

Parliamentary agents : Burke and Co.
The members of this committee are : Mr. Divett
(Exeter). chairman; Mr. Granville Harcourt (Oxford-
shire).; Sir A. Armstrong (King's County); Mr. Du Pre
(Buckinghamshire) ; Mr. Antrobus (East Surrey). To
meet en Thursday, the 28th of May, at 1 p.m.
GROUP, No 50.
1. SHROPSHIRE UNION AND ...ANAL (Newton to Orewe,
with Branches). Capital £1,500,000. Length, 70
miles. Bill read second time.
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Engineers: teptittison and Cuhitt. Parliamentary
agents : Burke and Co.
Committee (who are not named) to meet on Thuisdv,
the 28th of May, at 12 at noon.
Guour, No. 53.
South Stofford,hire District, consisting of-4
1. BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON AND DuDLIN.
Capital J.:700,000. Length 20 nines. Bill read second
time.
Engineer: J. R. Maclean. Parliamentary agent : Dor-
Hop.), and Co.
2. BIRMINGHAM, d 'WOLVERHAMPTON AND zToyil
VALLEY. No. 1, tiirminghani, Wolverhamproq, and
Dudley line. Capital £1.200,000. Length' 30
3. - (No. 2, Stuur Valluy I,ne, from HarborbQ 'to
Siourport). Capital £BOO.OOO. Length 20 kilos.
Both bills read si ntd time.
Engineer: Robert Stephenson. Parliamentary agents:
Burke and Co.
4. GRAND JUNCTION (Showhill to Portobello). " 13111
read second time.

Engineer : Joseph Locke. Parliamentary agents: Burke
and Co. •
5. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE JUNCTION (Showhill Ito
Portobello.) Capital £lOO,OOO.
6. - (Bilaton and Priestfield Branch).
£103,000.
7. - (Willenhall and Bloch Branch). CApikal
£20,000. 't
S. (Branches). Capital £527,000. Total length
of the four lines, 42 miles. Alt the bills read second
time.
Engineer, : J. R. Maclean. Parliamentary agints
Burke and Co.
9. TRENT VALLEY, MIDLAND, AND GRAND.] UNcTIor.
Capital 1:800,000. Length 27 milt?, Bill read second
time.
Engineers : S'ephenson, Bid!, r, and Gooch. 'Par-
liamentary agents : Dorrington and Co. ;
10. BIRMINGHAM. LICHFIELD, AND MANCREATER
(from Birmingham to Lichfield, to be leased to the
Grand Junction Railway Company: C.,pitalX26oooo.,

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Length 14 miles.

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