i. LOCAL AND PERSONAL ACTS, DECLARED PUBLIC, AND TO BE JUDICIALLY NOTICED. AN N Act to enable the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London to raise a Sum of Money at a reduced Rate of Interest, to pay off the Monies now charged on the Tolls and Duties payable by virtue of several Acts for improving the Navigation of the River Thames Westward of London Bridge, within the Liberties of the City of London; and to amend some of the said Acts. Page 1141 ii. An Act for uniting the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal Navigation Company with the Ellesmere and Chester Canal Company. Ibid. iii. An Act for altering and enlarging the Powers and Provisions of the Acts relating to the Forth and Clyde Navigation. Ibid. iv. An Act for the Construction of a Dock, Wharf, Walls, and other Works, by the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners at Birkenhead in the County of Chester. Ibid. v. An Act for amending the Acts relating to the Docks at Kingston-upon-Hull, and for enlarging one of the said Docks. 1142 vi. An Act for paving, lighting, watching, cleansing, and otherwise improving the Parish of Wallasey in the County of Chester; and for establishing a Police, and also a Market, within the said Parish; and for other Purposes. Ibid. vii. An Act to incorporate the Members of the Institution called "The London Orphan Asylum," and to enable them the better to carry on their charitable Designs. Ibid. viii. An Act to enable the Corporation of the Amicable Society for a perpetual Assurance Office to lend Money upon Mortgage for the Purpose of Investment, and also to confer other Powers upon the said Society. Ibid. ix. An Act for repairing the Road from the South End of Sparrows Herne on Bushey Heath, through Watford, Berkhampstead Saint Peter, and Tring, in the County of Hertford, into the Town of Aylesbury in the County of Buckingham. Ibid. x. An Act for making and maintaining a Turnpike Road from the Turnpike Road, leading from Bromyard to Stourport, at or near to Stanford Bridge in the Parish of Stanford, to the Turnpike Road leading from Clifton to Worcester at or near to Ham Bridge in the Parish of Clifton-on-Teme in the County of Worcester. Ibid. xi. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Docks and Harbour of Liverpool. Ibid. xii. An Act to alter the Provisions of an Act for lighting with Gas the Town of Bradford and the Neighbourhood thereof, within the Parish of Bradford in the West Riding of the County of York. 1143 xiii. An xiii. An Act for abolishing the Sunday Toll authorized by an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for paving the Streets and Lanes in the Town and Borough of Southwark, and certain Parts adjacent in the County of Surrey, and for cleansing, lighting, and watching the same, and also the Courts, Yards, Alleys, and Passages adjoining thereto, and for preventing Annoyances therein; and for altering and amending the same Act; and for other Purposes. Page 1143 xiv. An Act for completing the Line of the Glasgow, Parkhead, and Woodend Turnpike Roads, for incorporating the same with the Roads under the Charge of the Glasgow and Shotts Road Trustees, and for the further Improvement and Maintenance of the said several Roads. Ibid. xv. An Act for the better paving, lighting, and improving the Borough of Chester, and for establishing new Market Places therein. Ibid. xvi. An Act for establishing a Market in the Town and Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent in the County of Stafford. Ibid. xvii. An Act for amending the Acts relating to the Street leading to Clerkenwell Green; and for extending such Street, and making new Streets out of the same. Ibid. xviii. An Act for the better lighting the Town and Suburbs of Paisley with Gas. Ibid. xix. An Act for granting more effectual Powers for supplying with Water the Inhabitants of the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham, and certain Places adjacent thereto, in the County of Nottingham. Ibid. xx. An Act to authorize the Erection of Sea Walls and Works, and a Jetty, at the Town or Parish of Cromer in the County of Norfolk, and otherwise to provide for protecting the said Town and Parish from the further Encroachment of the Sea. Ibid. xxi. An Act for the better ascertaining and collecting the Poor and other Rates in the Parish of Battersea in the County of Surrey. 1144 xxii. An Act to carry into effect an Arrangement between the Corporation of the Royal Naval School and the Committee for managing the Patriotic Fund for the Admission of Pupils into the said School. Ibid. xxiii. An Act to alter and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of the Acts for making a Dock or Docks at Southampton. Ibid. xxiv. An Act to amend the Acts for building a Bridge over the River Avon, from Clifton to the opposite Side of the River in the County of Somerset. Ibid. xxv. An Act for improving and maintaining the Harbour or Port of Boddam in the County of Aberdeen. Ibid. xxvi. An Act for enabling William Jackson Esquire to build and maintain a new Church in the Township of Claughton-cumGrange in the County of Chester. Ibid. xxvii. An Act for enabling William Potter Esquire to build and maintain a new Church in the Township of Claughton-cumGrange in the County of Chester. Ibid. xxviii. An Act to enable the North British Insurance Company to purchase Annuities, to take and hold Property, and to invest Money 1145 Money and Stock upon Mortgage; and for other Purposes relating to the said Company. Page 1144 xxix. An Act for the better Regulation and Management and for the Extension of the Slaughter Houses and Market Accommodation in the City of Glasgow; and for other Purposes in relation thereto. Ibid. XXX. An Act for repairing certain Roads between Stokenchurch and the Borough of New Woodstock in the County of Oxford, and several other Roads communicating therewith. xxxi. An Act to enable the Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway Company to improve the Gauge of their Rails. Ibid. xxxii. An Act for making a Railway from the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway to Birthwaite in the Parish of Windermere, to be called "The Kendal and Windermere Railway." Ibid. xxxiii. An Act for completing the Line of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, and for amending the Act relating to the said Railway. Ibid. xxxiv. An Act for enabling the York and North Midland Railway Company to alter the Line of the York and Scarborough Railway near the City of York. Ibid. xxxv. An Act for extending the Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale Railway to the Towns of Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, and Colne. Ibid. xxxvi. An Act for making a Railway from Leeds by Dewsbury to Huddersfield, all in the West Riding of the County of York, and for improving the Communication by Railway between the Towns of Leeds and Huddersfield and the Town of Manchester. Ibid. xxxvii. An Act for making a Railway from the Town of Dunstable to join the London and Birmingham Railway near Leighton Buzzard in the County of Bedford. Ibid. xxxviii. An Act for enabling the Leeds and Bradford Railway Company to make a Railway from Shipley to Colne, with a Branch to Haworth. Ibid. xxxix. An Act for making a Railway from Huddersfield in the West Riding of the County of York to or near Penistone in the same Riding, there to form a Junction with the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway, to be called "The Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway." 1146 xl. An Act for making a Railway from the Great Western Railway at or near Reading to the Towns of Newbury and Hungerford, and also to join the South-western Railway at or near Basingstoke. Ibid. xli. An Act for the Consolidation of the Yarmouth and Norwich and Norwich and Brandon Railway Companies, and for authorizing the Construction of certain Works at Norwich in connexion with the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway. Ibid. xlii. An Act for making a Railway from Shrewsbury in the County of Salop to Ruabon in the County of Denbigh, to be called "The Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway." Ibid. xliii. An Act for making a Railway from the Town of Bedford to join the London and Birmingham Railway near Bletchley in the County of Buckingham. Ibid. xliv. An xliv. An Act for making a Railway from Blackburn to Bolton in the County of Lancaster, to be called "The Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway." Page 1146 xlv. An Act for making a Railway from Lowestoft in the County of Suffolk to the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway at Reedham in the County of Norfolk, and for improving the Harbour of Lowestoft. Ibid. xlvi. An Act to enable the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway Company to improve the Gauge of their Rails. Ibid. xlvii. An Act to authorize the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Railway Company to make a Railway from North Shields to the Village of Tynemouth, and also a Branch from the present Line to the public Quay adjoining the River Tyne at Newcastle. Ibid. Ibid. xlviii. An Act for making a Railway from Ely to Huntingdon. xlix. An Act to empower the Midland Railway Company to extend the said Railway from Nottingham to Newark and Lincoln. 1147 1. An Act for making a Railway from a Place in the Parish of Bole in the County of Nottingham, near to the Town and Port of Gainsborough, to the Town and Port of Great Grimsby in the Parts of Lindsey in the County of Lincoln, with Branches to the District or Place called New Holland, and to the Town of Market Rasen, to be called "The Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway." Ibid. li. An Act for making a Branch Railway from the Hull and Selby Railway to Bridlington, and for other Purposes relating to the Hull and Selby Railway. Ibid. lii. An Act to enable the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway Company to make a Branch Railway from Southover, Lewes, to join the London and Brighton Railway at Keymer. Ibid. liii. An Act for making a Railway from the Great Western Railway to the City of Salisbury and Town of Weymouth, with other Railways in connexion therewith, to be called "The Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway." Ibid. liv. An Act for amending the Acts relating to the Manchester and Leeds Railway, and for making a Branch therefrom to Burnley, and for extending the Oldham and Heywood Branches. Ibid. Iv. An Act for making a Railway from Lynn to Ely, with Branches therefrom. Ibid. Ivi. An Act to empower the Midland Railway Company to make a Branch from the said Railway near Syston in the County of Leicester to the City of Peterborough. Ibid. lvii. An Act for authorizing the Sale of the Whitby and Pickering Railway to the York and North Midland Railway Company, and for enabling the said Company to make certain Deviations or Alterations in the Line of the Whitby and Pickering Railway. Ibid. lviii. An Act for enabling the York and North Midland Railway Company to make a Branch Railway from the Line of the York and Scarborough Railway, in the Township of Seamer, to Bridlington. Ibid. lix. An ། lix. An Act for amending an Act of the Forty-first Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third relating to the Port of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; and for granting further Powers and for establishing and maintaining an efficient River Police, and for regulating the said Port. Page 1148 l. An Act for constructing Docks, Walls, Warehouses, and other Works in Birkenhead. Ibid. ixi. An Act for constructing Docks at Wexford, to be called "The Castle Hill Docks," and for the Regulation and Management thereof. Ibid. lxii. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Hungerford and Lambeth Suspension Foot Bridge Company, hereafter to be called "The Charing Cross Bridge Company," and for granting further Powers to the said Company. Ibid. Ixiii. An Act for better supplying with Gas the Township of Pudsey and the Village of Farsley, and the Neighbourhood thereof, all in the Parish of Calverley in the West Riding of the County of York. Ibid. Ixiv. An Act for better supplying with Gas the Borough of Devonport. Ibid. Ixv. An Act for better supplying with Gas the Town and Neighbourhood of Plymouth. Ibid. Ixvi. An Act to enlarge the Powers of the Birmingham and Staffordshire Gas Light Company. Ibid. Lxvii. An Act for better supplying with Gas the Town and Neighbourhood of Taunton in the County of Somerset. Ibid. lxviii. An Act for better supplying with Water the Towns of Scarborough and Falsgrave in the Parish of Scarborough in the County of York. 1149 Ixix. An Act for uniting the Vauxhall and Southwark Water Companies into One Company, to be called The Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company, and for extending the Works of the said Company. Ibid. Ixx. An Act to alter, enlarge, and amend an Act for supplying with Water the Town and Neighbourhood of Huddersfield in the West Riding of the County of York. Ibid. lxxi. An Act for supplying the Borough and County of Newcastleupon-Tyne and the Borough of Gateshead in the County of Durham, and the Neighbourhoods thereof, with Water, from Whittle Dean in the Parish of Ovingham, and other Places in Northumberland. Ibid. lxxii. An Act to enable the Shaws Water Joint Stock Company to increase the Supply of Water for driving Mills and Machinery near the Town of Greenock, and for the Use of the Inhabitants of the said Town and Harbours thereof. Ibid. lxxiii. An Act to regulate the loading of Ships with Coals in the Port of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Ibid. lxxiv. An Act for better assessing and collecting the Poor Rates, Highway Rates, and Church Rates in the Parish of Hemel Hempsted in the County of Hertford. Ibid, lxxv. An Act to alter and extend some of the Provisions contained in the Act of Parliament constituting "The Standard Life Assurance Company." Ibid. lxxvi. An |