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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOITRNAL. 



[May, 



PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. 



House ijf Commons. — List of Petitions for Privafe Bills, ami progress therein. 



Petition 

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Aberbrotliwick Harbonr 

 Aberdeen Harbnnr 

 Balloclmey Railway 

 Bnnisley Waterworlis . 

 Bath Cemetery .... 

 Belfn.'it AVaterworlcs 

 Birniini^liam Canal 

 Bimunpliam & Obaieester Railway 

 Bishop.^ueHand & WearJaleRlw^-. 

 Blaekbeath Cemetery . 

 Bradford (Vork) Waterworks 

 Brighton Gas .... 

 Brighton Cemetery 

 Bristol and GloueestershireRaiUvay 

 Brlti.sli Mnsenni Buildings 

 Brompton New Road . 

 Clieltenlmm \\'aterwork9 

 Connnereial {London and Black- 

 wall) Railway .... 

 Dean Forest Railway . 

 Deptford Pier .... 

 Deptford Pier .InncUsu Railway . 

 Deptford Sleam Ship Docks . 

 Ediubnrgh, Leith. and Newhaven 

 Railway ..... 

 Kyemonth Harbour 

 Fraserburgh Harbom- . 

 treneral Cemetery 

 tiravepend Gas .... 

 Great North of b;ngland Railway 

 Great Western Railway 

 txreat Central Irish Railway . 

 Hereford-shire and Gloucestershire 



Canal 



Heme Gas 



Liverpool Docks .... 

 Liverpool Buildings 

 Liverpool and Manchester Exten- 

 sion Railway .... 

 London and Birmingham Railway 

 London Bridge Approaches, Arc, , 

 London and Croydon Railway 

 London Cemetery 

 T^ondon and Greenwich Railway . 

 London and Southampton (Guild- 

 ford Branch) Railway 

 London and Southampton (Ports- 

 month Branch) Railway . 

 AlanchesterArBirminghamRailway 

 Manchester and Birmingham Kx- 

 tension (Stone fc Rugby) Railway 

 Manchester and Leeds Railway 

 Marylebone Gas & Coke Company 

 Monkland & Kirkintilloch Railway 

 Necropolis (St. Paucras) Cemetery 

 Newark Gas 



Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North 

 Shields (Extension) Railway 



NortheruA: Eastern(No l)Railway 



Northern .Sc Eastern (No. 2) Railway 



North Midland Railway 



North I'nion Railway 



Nottingham Inclosure and Canal 



Over Darwen (Jas 



Pertli Harbour and Navigation 



Port'.shead Pier , . . . 



Preston Gas : . . . 



Preston and Wyre Railway . 



Preston and M'yre Railway, Har- 

 bour, and Dock 



Redcar (No. ]) Harbour 



Redcar (No. 2) Harbour 



Rishworth Reservoirs . 



Rochdale Waterworks . 



Rochester Cemetery 



Sawmill Ford Bridge and Road . 



Slamannan Railway 



SouthEastern Railway 



South Eastern (Deviation) Railway 



Teignmouth Bridge 



Tyne Dock ..... 



Tyne Steam Ferry 



Walsall .function Canal 



West Durham Railway 



"N^'estminster Improvement . 



Wishaw and Coltness Railway 



Wyrley and Essington and Birmiiig. 

 bam Canal 



Bill read 

 lirst tinn'. 



Bill read Bill read 

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 time. lime. Assent. 



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STEAM NAVIGATION. 



S^-<"/' Coiiitiwnu-ation h> Aiiifriat hy Ilcr Mnjcsii/n MuiJa. — The ships, as finally 

 determined on, are to be upwards of 1,200 tons register, propelled by engines of 

 430-hor8e power, all of the most substantial and approved construction, com- 

 bining speed, safety, and easy sea-going qualities. Tlie work is already com- 

 menced, and there is now no doubt of their being ready to st.^rt for Boston and 

 Halifax on the 1st of -\pril, 1840. There will b3 splendid accommodations for 

 about seventy cabin passengers, with room for carrying a limited quantity of 

 goods. Passengers to Canada and New Brunswick, immediately on the arrival 

 of the steamship at Halifax, will be conveyed by coaches to Pictou and Wind- 

 sor ; from Pictou other steamvessels will be ready to start for Miramichi, 

 tjuebec, and from Windsor to St. John's, St. Andrew's, &c., thus affording 

 passengers to our American colonies an opportunity of arriving at their respec- 

 tive destinations in the shortest possible time, while those for the States, on their 

 arrival at Boston, will be able to reach any place In the Union by the various 

 railways, canals, kc. from that city f'nitvtl .ScrriiT ija:<ilf. 



Iron Sleanur I'nion — This splendid steam vessel has left the EroomieUw on 

 her voyage to Santa Martha, in New Grenada, commanded by an experienced 

 captain, with a full complement of engineers, and other mech-inics. She iva.s 

 built by Messrs. James and William Napier, engineers of known celebrity in 

 this city, expressly for the navigation of the river Magdalina ; under the direc- 

 tions of Messrs. Plock and Logan, of London, who are the agents ©f the Anglo- 

 Grenadian Steam Navigation Company; and her construction is so peculiar, 

 that the proprietors are sanguine she will reach at least 800 miles up that mag- 

 niticent river : where it raay not be improper to inform the public, the trade has 

 been hitherto carried on in a most laborious manner, by heavy fl it boats, con- 

 structed in the country, whose average passages In a^cen<iing the river was 

 from three to four months; but is now calculated that the Union, with her 

 powerful machinery, will perform the voyage in less than seven days. We, 

 therefore, wish this interesting expedition the success it merits, for we under- 

 stand that nopains nor expense has been spared in fitting out this Teasel.— 

 Glasgow ChionicJf. 



PROGRESS OP RAILWAYS. 



Hill! mid Sellni Ralhcaij Of this important undertaking we are enabled to 



give some particulars from a correspondent who lately went over the whole of 

 the line. Considerable activity pervades every department, and as the whole of 

 the land required is now in the company's possession, there is nothing to prevent 

 the contractors proceeding with their respective contracts as rapidly as the 

 weather will admit. With regard to the principal station at Hull, the buildings 

 connected witth it are commenced, as are also the workshops and other erections 

 requireu for the future accommodation of the traffic. On the embankment of the 

 Foreshore, next the river Humber, near Hull, a great number of men are em- 

 ployed, a large portion of the stone facing is carried up to its full height, and 

 the embankment is nearly ready for the rails. For the next three miles to Hessle, 

 the earth-work lias been ready for ballasting for some time, and is now to be im- 

 mediately finished. The cuttings through Hessle-cliff and Ferriby-hill are also 

 well advanced, and the stone from the former is used in the works of the Foreshore, 

 and for ballasting the line, and the excavation from the latter for making up the 

 low ground. Two bridges in this district are completed, and a third in a very 

 advanced state. The railway for the next six miles is in course of being formed, 

 and a part is ballasted, ready to receive the rails; a small portion however, of the 

 embankment near the Market Weighton Canal remains to be finished. The 

 bridge over llie canal is completed — it consists of brick abutments with an arch 

 of cast iron, 70 feet span, and has a very light and pleasing efi'ect. After passing 

 this embankment, the line is nearly level for seven miles, which is now being 

 ballasted, while the bridges for passing the several roads over the railway are 

 either finished or nearly so. This firings us to the river Derwent, which the 

 raihvay is to be carried over by a cast iron bridge of 70 feet span, raised suffi- 

 ciently high to allow the navigation to pass under. Of thU tirldge one abut- 

 ment is built, and a coffer-dam is being constructed on the eastern side for the 

 other. The foundations of the piers for the flood arches are also commenced : 

 and the forward state of this work ensures the entire completion of this briilge 

 in the course of the summer. The railway between the Derwent and the river 

 Ouse (a distance of about five miles) is in course of being formed, and an ex- 

 tensive deviation of the York turnpike ruad is commenced. Over the river 

 Ouse a bridge of considerable magnitude is being constructed of four arches ; one 

 45 feet span, is to open, for the passing of vessels going up to York. The 

 abutments and piers have been ready for the iron work of the superstructure 

 some time, but^owing to the land waters in the river, a beginning was only 

 made during the last month in fixing the iron work. This portion of the work 

 will speedily be completed, as the whole of the castings for the piers are upon 

 the ground, and the iron work of the arches is in a very advanced state at the 

 Butterly Iron Works, where the whole will be put together before being brought 

 to the spot. This work is also expected to be finished during the summer. 

 The company have made contracts for the greater part of the iron work of 

 the rails, a large proportion of which are now on the ground. The timber for 

 the longitudinal sills and sleepers is also contracted for, and deliveries will be 

 made in the course of a month, so that there is every probability of the railway 

 being opened for passengers in the early part of next spring. The locomotive 

 engines and carriages are all in a very forward state; tlie former are from the 

 factory of Messrs. Fenton & Co. of Leeds, where several of them .-ire to be seen 

 complete. 



Croijilon lioHway. — It is stated that this railway will be opened on the 14th 

 instant. 



Orcai Wcsd'i-n Hailwaij. — That part of the railway between Maidenhead and 

 Reading is expected to be finished in the course of the month, and ready to be 

 opened to the public. 



Morecambe Bay Embanfiment. — We are enabled to state, on nndoubtetl autho- 

 rity, that Sir John Rennie has expressed a very decided opinion with respect to 

 the practicability of crossing Morecambe Bay, on the plan and principles laid 

 down by Mr. Hague Tfliilehaven HeraM. 



