of the Lancaster Branch of their Railway, and a new Road to Settle Station, and to abandon the William Lands Branch; and for other Purposes.

xx. An Act for authorizing the Bradford Waterworks Company to raise a further Sum of Money. xxi. An Act for incorporating the Bury Saint Edmund's Gas Company, and for better supplying the Town and Borough of Bury Saint Edmund's in the County of Suffolk with Gas.

xxii. An Act to incorporate the Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society; to enable the said Society to sue and be sued, and to take and hold Property; and for other Purposes relating to the said Society.

xxiii. An Act to amend and equalize the

Rates and Duties leviable at the Port and Harbour of Perth, to authorize the borrowing of an additional Sum of Money, and for other Purposes in relation thereto.

xxiv. An Act to amend an Act of the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, for embanking, draining, and preserving certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds in the Parish of Ramsey in the County of Huntingdon, and in the Parishes of Doddington, March, Benwick, Wimblington, and Chatteris, within the Isle of Ely and County of Cambridge, so far as relates to the Lower or Fifth District, and to annex other Lands thereto. xxv. An Act for amending an Act passed in the Tenth Year of the reign of Her present Majesty, for lighting with Gas and supplying with Water the Town of Hartlepool and the Neighbourhood thereof in the County of Durham. xxvi. An Act for better supplying with Water the Borough of Macclesfield in the County of Chester, and for other Purposes connected with the said Borough.

xxvii. An Act for enabling the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money for the Completion of their Railways, to guarantee Interest on certain Shares, and for other Purposes.

xxviii. An Act for making a short Railway

to connect the Line of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway with the Line of the London and SouthWestern Railway; and for other Purposes. xxix. An Act to vest the Stainforth and Keadby Canal in the Company of Proprietors of the Navigation of the River Dun.

xxx. An Act for enlarging, improving, and maintaining the Harbour of Kirkcaldy in the County of Fife, for regulating the Petty Customs of the Burgh of Kirkcaldy, and for other Purposes relating to the said Harbour and Burgh.

xxxi. An Act to amend "The Sunderland Dock Act, 1846," and for other Purposes. xxxii. An Act for defining the Boundaries of the Parishes of Whittlesey Saint Mary and Whittlesey Saint Andrew in the Isle of Ely in the County of Cambridge for Ecclesiastical Purposes, for the Union of the said Parishes for other Purposes, and for better paving, lighting, watching, cleansing, and otherwise regulating and improving the Town of Whittlesey. xxxiii. An Act for extending the Powers of the London and South-Western Railway Company for purchasing Lands for, and completing the Works of, the Railways from Basingstoke to Salisbury and from Farnham to Alton; and for other Purposes.

xxxiv. An Act for enabling the Windsor, Staines, and South-Western (Richmond to Windsor) Railway Company to make an Extension of their Railway to the Town of New Windsor; and for other Purposes.

xxxv. An Act for the further Improvement of the Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne. xxxvi. An Act to extend the Provisions and enlarge the Powers of the Stafford

shire Potteries Waterworks Act, 1847. xxxvii. An Act for granting further Powers to the London Gaslight Company.

xxxviii. An Act to enable the Cockermouth and Workington Railway Company to make a Branch Railway to Bridgefoot; and for amending the Act relating to their Railway.

xxxix. An Act for vesting the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal in the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company. xl. An Act to confer certain Powers on the Railway Passengers Assurance Company.

xli. An Act to enable the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money; and for other Purposes.

xlii. An Act for making the Parish of Richmond in the County of Surrey a District Vicarage, by dividing the Vicarage of Kingston-upon-Thames and Sheen otherwise Richmond into Two separate Vicarages, and for providing a Stipend and Residence for the Vicar of Richmond aforesaid, and for extinguishing the

Vicarial Tithes in the Parish of Richmond; and for other Purposes relating to such Vicarages.

xliii. An Act to authorize the Newcastle

upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Company to alter the Alston Branch of their Railway, to make a Branch Railway therefrom; and for other Purposes. xliv. An Act for consolidating the Trusts of the Truro Turnpike Roads and the Penryn and Redruth Turnpike Roads in the County of Cornwall, and for making a new Turnpike Road from Bosvigo Bridge to the Turnpike Road from Truro to Redruth, and for making the Road or Highway from Ferris Town to Bosvigo Bridge a Turnpike Road, and for maintaining all such Roads; and for other Purposes.

xlv. An Act for amending an Act passed

in the Thirty-fifth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, for dividing and leasing or letting certain Commons or Waste Grounds within the Borough and Township of Congleton in the County of Chester, and for applying the Profits of Part of the same in aid of the Poor's Rate or other Taxes or public Expenses within the said Township. xlvi. An Act to facilitate the Prosecution

of Criminal Offences before Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in the County of Renfrew, and to simplify the Proceedings therein and lessen the Costs thereof. xlvii. An Act to alter and amend an Act passed in the Ninth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for more effectually amending the Road leading from the Stones End in Blackman Street in the Borough of Southwark in the County of Surrey to Highgate in the County of Sussex and several other Roads therein mentioned; and for other Purposes relating thereto.

xlviii. An Act for the Improvement of the Haven, Bridge, and Navigation of Great Yarmouth in the County of Norfolk. xlix. An Act for rendering valid certain Letters Patent granted to Joshua Procter Westhead of Manchester, Manufacturer. 1. An Act to alter, amend, extend, and enlarge some of the Provisions of the several Acts relating to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, and for making Extensions of some of the Branches of the said Railway, and for making other Provisions in relation to the said Railway and to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company.

li. An Act for improving the Approaches

to the Charing Cross Bridge on the Surrey Side thereof, and for amending the Acts relating thereto; for authorizing the raising of a further Sum of Money; and for other Purposes.

lii. An Act for extending the Time and Powers for making the Ely and Huntingdon Railway, and for amending the Act relating to the East Anglian Railways. liii. An Act for the Dissolution of the East Lothian Central Railway Company, and for the Abandonment of the Railway. liv. An Act to consolidate the several Acts relating to the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company, to enable the Company to alter their Line of Railway in the Parishes of Egglescliffe and Stocktonon-Tees, and to increase their Capital, and to vest in them the Middlesbrough Dock. lv. An Act to authorize the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company to make certain Branches to the River Dee, with Wharfs and other Conveniences connected therewith, to enter into Agreements for a joint Station at Shrewsbury, and to subscribe towards the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway.

lvi. An Act regulating and maintaining Markets in the Town of Torquay in the County of Devon, and for constructing convenient Market Places therein. lvii. An Act for repairing the Road leading

from Chatteris Ferry to Wisbeach, and from thence to Tid Gote in the Isle of Ely and to Downham Bridge in the County of Norfolk, and to authorize the Conversion of the Wisbeach and March Low Road into Turnpike.

lviii. An Act for enabling the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company to make certain Branches in the Counties of Northumberland and Newcastle-uponTyne; and for other Purposes. lix. An Act to alter and amend the Provisions of the several Acts relating to the Black Sluice Drainage, to extend the Time by "The Black Sluice Drainage Act, 1846," limited for the Completion of the Works, to authorize the levying and raising of further Rates and Monies, to alter existing Rates and Tolls; and for other Purposes.

lx. An Act for enabling the York and North Midland Railway Company to divert their Railways between Market Weighton and Beverley and Copmanthorpe and Tadcaster, all in the County of York; and for other Purposes. lxi. An Act for making a Branch from the Taff Vale Railway to Dowlais; and for other Purposes.

and keeping in repair certain Roads in the County of Lanark to be called "The East and West Lanarkshire Turnpike Roads."

Ixiv. An Act to extend the present Tinsley

and Doncaster Turnpike Road from Tinsley to Sheffield; and for other Purposes.

lxv. An Act for more effectually managing and repairing the Road leading from Flimwell Vent in the County of Sussex to the Town and Port of Hastings in the said County. lxvi. An Act for continuing the Term of an Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of His Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for continuing certain Powers to the Trustees of the New North Road, leading from the South End of Highbury Place, Islington, to Haberdashers Walk in the Parish of Saint Leonard Shoreditch in the County of Middlesex, and for vesting the Management of the said Road in the Metropolis Roads Commissioners, for the Purpose of paying off the Debt due thereon.

Ixvii. An Act to effect the Sale of the

Wishaw and Coltness Railway to the
Caledonian Railway Company.

lxviii. An Act to continue and amend the
Powers of an Act for repairing and im-
proving the Roads from Dublin by Ash-
bourne, to Slane and Drogheda.
lxix. An Act for enabling the Dock Com-
pany at Kingston-upon-Hull to raise a
further Sum of Money; and for amending
some of the Provisions of the Acts rela-
ting to such Company.

lxx. An Act for better enabling the Rock

Life Assurance Company to sue and be sued, and to alter certain Provisions of their Deed of Settlement, and to give further Powers to the Company. lxxi. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the East Lancashire Railway Company, and to enable the same Company to make certain Branches at Preston. lxxii. An Act to authorize the Transfer of the Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness Railway to, and to vest the same in, the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company.

lxxiii. An Act to extend the Time for

the Purchase of Lands required for the widening of the London and Blackwall Railway, and to amend the Acts relating to such Railway.

shire and Yorkshire Railway Company and the London and North-Western Railway Company the Preston and Wyre Railway, Harbour, and Dock, and all the Works, Property, and Effects belonging thereto.

lxxv. An Act to transfer the Sheffield Canal to the Company of Proprietors of the Navigation of the River Dun. lxxvi. An Act for more effectually repairing the Commercial Road, and other Roads connected therewith, in the Counties of Middlesex and Essex. 1xxvii. An Act for confirming and carrying into effect an Arrangement made by the Court of Chancery concerning the Proprietors of the Bowling Iron Company, and for granting certain Powers to the said Company.

lxxviii. An Act for regulating and improving the Markets and Fairs in the Borough of Louth in the County of Lincoln. lxxix. An Act to enable the Edinburgh and Northern Railway Company to construct a Low-water Pier and other Works at Granton; and for other Purposes.

lxxx. An Act to incorporate the Governors of the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, and to authorize the establishment of a Chapel in connection with the said Hospital, and to enable the said Governors the better to carry on their charitable Designs.

lxxxi. An Act to consolidate into One Act and to amend the Provisions of the several Railway and Dock Acts relating to the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company, and to amend their Canal Acts.

lxxxii. An Act to amend and extend the Provisions of certain Acts for inclosing Lands in the Parishes of Binbrooke Saint Mary and Binbrooke Saint Gabriel in the County of Lincoln, and to vary the Awards made thereunder, and to unite the said Parishes.

lxxxiii. An Act to incorporate the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company, and for other Purposes connected therewith.

lxxxiv. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Great Northern Railway, aud to

make a Diversion of such Railway at Bentley-with-Arksey in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and to enlarge the Boston, Lincoln, and London Stations of such Railway.

lxxxv. An Act to alter and amend some of the Powers and Provisions of the

Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Acts, and to authorize the Formation of certain Branch Railways, a navigable Canal, and other Works connected with the same respectively; and for other Purposes.

lxxxvi. An Act to authorize a Deviation of the Branch Line of the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway to Alloa Harbour, and the Diversion of certain Works; to extend the Time for the compulsory Purchase of certain Lands; and for other Purposes.

lxxxvii. An Act to amend the several Acts relating to the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway Company, and to transfer the Management of the Railway to the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company.

lxxxviii. An Act to amend and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of the Acts relating to the Ardrossan Harbour and to the Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan Railway.

lxxxix. An Act to amend and extend and partly repeal the Provisions of an Act of Parliament for erecting the Town of Airdrie into a Burgh; to provide for the Municipal and Police Government of said Burgh, and for the better paving, watching, lighting, and cleansing, and for regulating the Police, and managing the Statute Labour of the said Burgh; for consolidating the Provisions of other Acts; and for other Purposes relating thereto. xc. An Act to effectuate a Lease of the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway to the Caledonian Railway Company.

xci. An Act for the Incorporation of the General Land Drainage and Improvement Company, and for facilitating the Execution of Land Drainage and other Improvements.

xcii. An Act to amend the Acts relating to

the Eastern Union Railway Company. xciii. An Act for incorporating the East Indian Railway Company, and for other Purposes connected therewith. xciv. An Act to amend an Act passed in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of King George the First, for regulating Elections within the City of London, and for preserving the Peace, good Order, and Government of the said City. xcv. An Act to amend the "Norfolk Estuary Act, 1846," and to enable the Eau Brink Commissioners and the Corporation of King's Lynn to contribute towards the Undertaking; and for other Purposes connected therewith.

PRIVATE ACTS,

Printed by the Queen's Printer, and whereof the Printed Copies may be given in Evidence.

1.

AN Act to enable the Trustees of a

Society called or known by the name of "The Society for the Prosecution of Felons and Receivers of Stolen Goods" to distribute the Monies and Funds of the said Society amongst certain charitable Institutions.

2. An Act for authorizing the Sale and Exchange of certain Freehold and Copyhold Lands and Hereditaments forming Part of the Estate of the late Charles Hayes Esquire, and for authorizing certain Leases to be granted thereof; and for authorizing the Sale and Exchange of certain Freehold and Copy hold Lands and Hereditaments forming Part of the Estate of the late John Rutherforth Abdy Esquire, and for enabling the Trustees of this Act to shift the Charges affecting the Inheritance of the last-mentioned Lands and Hereditaments; and for other Purposes.

3. An Act to authorize the granting of Building Leases of the Estates devised by the will of Richard Morris Griffith Gentleman, deceased, called Caemaeslodig, situate in the Parish of Bangor in the County of Carnarvon.

4. An Act for confirming Two several Indentures of Lease, dated respectively the Twenty-sixth Day of June One thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, respectively granted by the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ Canterbury and Henry Penton to Thomas Clutton, of Hereditaments situate at Walworth in the Parish of Saint Mary Newington in the County of Surrey, and for settling the Boundaries of the Hereditaments thereby intended to be demised.

men, and Burgesses thereof; and for other Purposes.

6. An Act to authorize the Sale of Part of the Estates devised by William Lee Antonie Esquire, deceased, and for applying the Proceeds in Payment of certain Incumbrances, and in Purchase of Hereditaments to be limited to the Uses declared of certain Estates substituted and settled by an Act of the Second and Third Years of the Reign of King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for vesting the Fee Simple of Part of the Freehold Estates devised by the Will of William Lee Antonie Esquire, deceased, in strict Settlement, in his Nephew John Lee Esquire, Doctor of Laws, (subject to a Term of Five hundred Years, as an Indemnification against a Sum of Ten thousand Pounds and Interest,) and for substituting Part of the Fee Simple Estates of the said John Lee in lieu thereof, and also for appointing new Trustees of the said settled Estates; and to amend the said Act.

7. An Act to enable Leases for Mining Purposes to be granted to Anthony Hill Esquire of Parts of the Estate situate in the Parish of Merthyr Tydvil in the County of Glamorgan, devised by the Will of the Right Honourable Other Archer Earl of Plymouth, deceased; and for other Purposes.

8. An Act to incorporate, by the Name of "The Trustees of the Hospital in Aberdeen for Orphan and Destitute Female Children," "The Trustees of the Aberdeen Destitute Female Orphan Asylum” acting under a Deed of Constitution granted by the Trustees of John Gordon of Murtle, Esquire, deceased, and to alter and extend the Powers and Provisions of the said Deed, and to vest the Residue of the Estate and Effects of John Carnegie Esquire, deceased, in the Trustees so incorporated.

9. An Act to enable the Trustees of the Settlement made in pursuance of the Will of George Granville late Duke of Sutherland to grant or demise for a long Term of Years to the Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Company certain Springs and Reservoirs of Water in Lands in the Parish of Caverswall and Stone in the County of Stafford comprised in the said Settlement, and certain Waterworks, Rights, and Privileges for supplying with Water the Towns of Longton and Lane End in the said County, and several Townships or Places near thereto; and to enable the said

Trustees to take Shares in the said Company, and to advance Money to the said Company on Mortgage; and for other Purposes.

10. An Act to enable Marianne Sarah Robertson of Ladykirk to disentail certain detached Portions of the entailed Estate of Ladykirk, to be conveyed to David Robertson her Husband in lieu of the Lands of Simprim, to be added by him to the said entailed Estate; to grant Security upon the said Estate for a certain Sum of Money expended in Improvements; and for other Purposes relating thereto.

11. An Act for enabling the Trustees of the Settlement made under Orders of the High Court of Chancery, after the Marriage of Chaloner Ogle Esquire and Eliza Sophia Frances Ogle his Wife, tó grant Building, Improving, and other Leases of certain Estates and Hereditaments situate at Patcham in the County of Sussex, comprised in the said Settle

ment.

12. An Act for vesting the Cole and Reywolds Estates, situate at Doddington, Leverington, Gayhurn, Broughton, and Buckden, in the Isle of Ely and Counties of Cambridge and Huntingdon, in Trustees for Sale.

18. An Act to authorize the Trustees of the Will of the late Anthony Harman Esquire to grant Building, Improving, and other Leases of certain Freehold Estates devised by the said Will. 14. An Act for authorizing the Trustees of the late Thomas Gordon to sell his Estates of Cairness and others in the County of Aberdeen, and to apply the Price thereof in Payment of the Debts and Burdens affecting the same; and for laying out the Residue of the Price in the Purchase of other Lands, to be entailed in Terms of the Trust Deed of Settlement by the said Thomas Gordon; and for other Purposes.

15. An Act to confirm the Title of the Trustees of the Will of Philip Hurd Esquire, deceased, to a Copyhold Estate at Kentish Town in the County of Middlesex; and to extend the Power to grant Building Leases contained in the said Will; and to empower the Trustees of the said Will to raise Money for the Improvement of the said Estate; and for other Purposes.

16. An Act to enable the Trustees of the Will of the late Duke of Cleveland to raise certain Monies on the Trust Estates in the County of Durham by the said