eviii. An Act for making a Railway from the Great North of Scotland Railway to Old Deer, and thence to Peterhead and Fraserburgh, with a Branch to Ellon, all in the County of Aberdeen, to be called The Formartine and Buchan Railway," cix. An Act for consolidating and amending the Acts of the North British Railway Company, and for authorising Alterations in the Leith and Fisherrow or Musselburgh Branches thereof; and for other Purposes. ex. An Act for extending the Powers of the Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway Company for purchasing Lands and completing their Railway; and for other Purposes. cxi. An Act for the Amalgamation of the Undertakings of the East Suffolk Railway Company, the Yarmouth and Haddiscoe Railway Company, and the Lowestoft and Beccles Railway Company; for leasing the same; and for other Purposes. exii. An Act for making a Railway from Athenry to Tuam in the county of Galway; and for other Purposes. exiii. An Act to authorise the Great Northern and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Companies to work in common, and for certain other Purposes relating to the Great Northern Railway. exiv. An Act for making a Railway from or near Guisbrough to or near to Skinningrove, all in Cleveland in the North Riding of the County of York; and for other Purposes. exv. An Act for enabling the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company to make a new Railway in the County of Durham in connection with the Wear Valley and Stockton and Darlington Railways; to acquire additional Lands; and for other Purposes. exvi. An Act for the Amalgamation of the Stockton and Darlington, the Weir Valley, the Middlesbrough and Redcar, the Middlesbrough and Guisbrough, and the Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway Companies; and for regulating the Capital and Borrowing Powers of the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company formed by the Amalgamation; and for other Purposes. exvii. An Act for enabling the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company to make new Railways in the North Riding of the County of York; and for other Purposes. cxviii. An Act to authorise the Construction of a Station near Victoria Street, Pimlico, in the County of Middlesex, and of a Railway to connect the same with the West London and Crystal Palace Railway at Battersea in the County of Surrey, in order to afford improved Communication between certain of the Railways South of the Thames and the Western Districts of the Metropolis; and for other Purposes. cxix. An Act for making a Railway Communication between Dublin and Meath. cxx. An Act for the Improvement of the Western Parts of the Parish of Hove in the County of Sussex, and for establishing more efficient Police Regulations within the whole of the said Parish Cxxi. An Act to make Provision for better supplying Birkenhead and Claughton with Gas and Water, and for transferring the Undertaking of the Birkenhead and Claughton Gas and Water Company to the Birkenhead Improvement Commissioners; and for other Purposes. cxxii. An Act for making a Railway from the Tillicoultry Station of the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway to the Fife and Kinross Railway at Hopefield, to be called "The Devon Valley Railway," and for other Purposes in relation thereto. cxxiii. An Act to confer further Powers upon the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Company with respect to the Completion, Alteration, or Abandonment of certain of their Branch Railways, and to authorise certain Arrangements with respect to their Share Capital and the purchase of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal; and to amend the Acts relating to the Company; and for other Purposes. cxxiv. An Act to authorise the making of a Turnpike Road from Thames Street in the Parish of Clewer in the Borough of New Windsor in the County of Berks to Oxford Road in the said Parish; and for other Purposes. CXXV. An Act for carrying into effect an agreement between the Ribble Navigation Company and Sir Thomas George Hesketh, Baronet. cxxvi. An Act to enable the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway Company to divert their Railway in the Parish of Aberdare in Glamorganshire and to confer upon them other Powers. cxxvii. An Act to enable the Whitehaven Junction Railway Company to construct new Branches, to widen their Line, to erect Shipping Places and other Works, to raise a further Sum of Money; and for other Purposes. cxxviii. An Act to empower the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company to abandon a Part of the Lancaster and Garlisle and Ingleton Railway, and to alter and divert certain Roads in connection with their Railway; to acquire additional Lands; and for other Hurposes. cxxix. An Act to incorporate the Crystal Palace District Gas Company; to enable the said Company to raise further Money; to authorise the Company to contract for and purchase the Undertaking, Land, and Premises of the Sydenham Gas and Coke Company; and for other Purposes connected therewith. cxxx. An Act to authorise Arrangements between the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company and London and Northwestern Railway Company, and to authorise the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money; and for other Purposes. cxxxi. An Act for enabling the London and North-western Railway Company to construct Works and to acquire additional Lands in the Counties of Salop, Middlesex, Hertford, Buckingham, Warwick, Chester, Stafford, Northampton, Leicester, and Lancaster; for authorising Arrangements in reference to "The Improved Postal and Passenger Communication between England and Ireland Act, 1855;" and for other Purposes. cxxxii. An Act for the Establishment of a Board of Guardians of the Poor in the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, in the County of Middlesex; and for other Purposes with respect to the Parish. cxxxiii. An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts relating to the Stockton, Middlesbrough, and Yarın Water Company; to change the Name of the Company, and authorise the Construction of additional Works and the raising of further Moneys; and for other Purposes. cxxxiv. An Act to enable the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway Company to construct a new Branch from their Railway; to make a Deviation in the Main Line and other Works; to alter and amend the Acts relating to the Company; and for other Purposes. cxxxv. An Act for making further Provision with respect to the Severn Valley Railway, in order to the Completion thereof; and for other Purposes. cxxxvi. An Act to improve the Management of the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway. oxxxvii. An Act to authorise the Construction of a Railway from Redditch to the Midland Railway. cxxxviii. An Act to incorporate and regulate the Great Southern of India Railway Company, and for other Purposes connected therewith. cxxxix. An Act for extending the Powers of the Plymouth Great Western Dock Company; and for other Purposes. cxl. An Act to alter and improve the Boundaries of the Municipal Borough and District of Middlesbrough; to enable the Local Board of Health of the District to enlarge the Market Place; to enable the Corporation to construct Landing Places on the North Side of the River Tees, and to establish a public Passage up and over the said River; to transfer the Powers of the Burial Board to the Local Board; and to confer other Powers on the Local Board and the Corporation; and for other Purposes. cxli. An Act to confer additional Powers on the Tees Conservancy Commissioners; to regulate the Fisheries in the River Tees; to vest the Anchorage and Plankage Dues in the said Commissioners; to alter and amend their existing Acts; and for other Purposes. cxlii. An Act to extend the Time for making the Worcester and Hereford Railway, and for granting further Powers with respect to that Undertaking. cxliii. An Act to make further Provisions for vesting the Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole Railway in the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company; and for other Purposes. cxliv. An Act for enabling the Limerick and Castle Connel Railway Company to extend their Railway from Castle Connell to Killaloe; to issue Preference Shares; and for other Purposes. cxlv. An Act for the Abandonment of the West End of London and Clapham and Norwood Junction Railway; and for other Purposes. cxlvi. An Act to enable the South Wales Railway Company to acquire additional Lands at Newport; and for other Purposes. cxlvii. An Act for authorising a Lease of the Vale of Towy Railway to the Llanelly Railway and Dock Company. cxlviii. An Act for enabling the Atlantic Telegraph Company to create and issue Preference Capital, for the Extension of Borrowing Powers, and Amendment of Act. cxlix. An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts relating to the River Clyde and Harbour of Glasgow. cl. An Act for limiting, defining, and regulating the Capital and Debt of the Warrington and Stockport Railway Company; for amending the Acts relating to the Company, and conferring on them further Powers; and for other Purposes relating to the Company. PRIVATE ACTS, PRINTED BY THE QUEEN'S PRINTER, AND WHEREOF THE PRINTED COPIES MAY BE GIVEN IN EVIDENCE. 1. An Act for enabling Mining Leases to be granted of an Estate in the North Riding of Yorkshire, late of Henry Darley, Esquire, deceased and for other Purposes, and of which the Short Title is "Darley's Estate Act, 1858." 2. An Act to confirm certain Arrangements with regard to the Trust Estate of the late George Viscount Keith, and to enable his Trustees to carry the same into effect. 3. An Act for confirming and giving effect to an Agreement for a Lease by the Westminster Improvement Commissioners of Land in Victoria Street and Tothill Street in the City of Westminster to the Westminster Palace Hotel Company, Limited, and of which the Short Title is "Westminster Palace Hotel Company's Act, 1858." 4. An Act to authorise the raising of Money to be expended in permanent Improvements on the Entailed Estates of Braco, Marr, Carraldstoun, and others, and the granting of Feus and Long Leases of Parts of the said Estates. 5. Act for vesting Estates of the late Mr. Henry Holroyd, deceased, in Trustees for Sale, and for authorising Grants in Fee and Building Leases for long Terms of Years of the same Estates; and for other Purposes. 6. An Act to grant further Powers and to make further Pro 7. visions in respect to the Estates subject to the Trusts of the Will of Benjamin Hall Esquire, deceased. An Act for authorising the Trustees of the late James Davidson of Ruchill, to sell Part of his Lands of Ruchill, Garrioch, and Balgray in the County of Lanark, and to reinvest the Prices of such Lands; and for other Purposes. 8. An Act for regulating the Dundonald Bursaries in the University and College of Glasgow; and for other Purposes. 9. An Act for authorising Mining, Building, and other Leases, the obtaining of the Enfranchisement of Copyholds and the Renewal of Leases, and the making of Partitions, Sales, and Exchanges of the Estates devised and bequeathed by the Will of Henry Belward Ray, Esquire, deceased; and for other Purposes. 10. An Act to amend an Act of the Parliament of Ireland passed in the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for vesting the Estate of the Right Reverend Father in God Doctor John Stearne, late Lord Bishop of Clogher, deceased, in Trustees, in trust for carrying the charitable and other Bequests of his Will into execution. NOT PRINTED. 11. An Act to repeal so much of an Act passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth and in the First Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for naturalising Dame Marie Louise Pelline De Dalberg Acton and her infant Son Sir John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baronet, as enacts that the said Sir John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baronet, shall not thereby be enabled to be of the Privy Council, or a Member of either House of Parliament, or to take any Office or Place of Trust, either Civil or Military, or to have any Grant of Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments from the Crown, to himself or any other Person or Persons i trust for him. INDEX TO THE PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS, SHOWING WHETHER THEY RELATE TO THE WHOLE OR TO ANY PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. ** E. signifies that the Act relates to England (and Wales, if the subject extends so far).-S. to Scotland.-I. to Ireland.- The Figures between parentheses denote the Pages in the SOLICITORS' JOURNAL where the Statutes are observed upon in the The Figures at the ends of the lines denote the Pages where the Acts are set out at length, in the PUBLIC STATUTES of the 21 & 22 VICTORIÆ. .16 ....14 ABERDEEN, UNIVERSITIES, &c., OF; to make Provision for the better Govern- - of Property Qualification of Members of Parliament, for-G.B. & I. c. ..5 of Foot Passenger Tolls on Chelsea Bridge, after Payment of the Sum of Toll on the Bridge over the Shannon at Portumna, for-I. c. 23. ALREEDA; to remove Doubts as to the Operation of a Convention between ALLEGIANCE, &c., OATHS OF; to substitute One Oath for the Oaths of Alle- ANIMALS, DISEASES AMONG; to continue 11 & 12 Vict. c. 107, 16 & 17 Vict. U.K. c. 2. APPLICATION OF AIDS. See CONSOLIDATED FUND. APPOINTMENTS; to continue Appointments under the Act 14 & 15 Vict. c. 53. -to appoint a Clerk of Nisi Prius, and to make Provision for the Ap- e. 107. ARMY; for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of to revive, and continue the Act 18 & 19 Vict. c. 4, amending the Act See also MILITIA. ARRANGEMENTS FOR RELIEF OF TURNPIKE TRUSTS; to confirm certain Pro- ART UNIONS; to indemnify certain Persons who have formed a voluntary ASSISTANT BARRISTERS; to amend the Act 14 & 15 Vict. c. 57, and to ASYLUMS FOR LUNATICS; to amend the Act 20 & 21 Vict. c. 71, for the BALLOTS FOR THE MILITIA; to suspend the making of Lists and the BANKERS DRAFTS OR CHEQUES; for granting a Stamp Duty on certain 25 BOMBAY, CHIEF JUSTICE OF; to make valid certain Acts of the late Chief BRIDGES. See CHELSEA BRIDGE. PORTUMNA BRIDGE. BRISTOL, for confirming a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for certain for confirming a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for certain BRITISH COLUMBIA, to provide for the Government of-U.K. c. 99. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY; to give to the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, .... ..2 .5 CHANCERY; to amend the Course of Procedure in the High Court of Chan- ....17 ...25 for confirming a Scheme of the, for certain Municipal Charities in the for confirming a Scheme of the, for certain Charities in the Parishes for confirming a Scheme of the, for Cowley's Charity in the Parish of CHEAP TRAINS, to amend the Law relating to; and to restrain the Exer- .39 CHELSEA BRIDGE; to amend the Act 9 & 10 Vict. c. 39, and to abolish Foot CHELSEA HOSPITAL, &c.; to confirm a Contract for the Sale by the Com- -to effect an Exchange between the Commissioners of the Hospital CHIEF JUSTICE OF BOMBAY; to make valid certain Acts of the late Chief .4 COLUMBIA, BRITISH; to provide for the Government of British Columbia .......69 COMMISSIONEBS OF CHELSEA HOSPITAL. See CHELSEA HOSPITAL. COMMISSIONERS OF WORKS. See CHELSEA BRIDGE. DUBLIN. EDINBURGH. ...39 COMMITTEES OF HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT enabled to administer Oaths to to authorise the Inclosure of certain Lands in pursuance of a Special to provide for the Allotment of the Commonable Lands within the .......17 CONSOLIDATED FUND, to apply the Sum of £10,000,000 out of, to the Service to apply the Sum of £500,000 out of, to the Service of the Year ending to apply the Sum of £11,000,000 out of, to the Service of the Year to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways to repeal certain Provisions [of 18 & 19 Vict. c. 18, and 19 & 20 Vict. CONSOLIDATED NISI PRIUS COURT; to appoint a Clerk of Nisi Prius for the CONVENTION With the Emperor of the French relative to Portendic and ....46 .47 COPYHOLD ACTs; to amend the Copyhold Acts [4 & 5 Vict. c. 35; 6 & 7 COPYRIGHT OF DESIGNS; to amend the Act 5 & 6 Vict. c. 100, to con- .40 .23 ...... COURT OF PROBATE; to amend the Act 20 & 21 Vict. c. 77-E. c. 95- CUSTOMS, for the Alteration of certain Duties of-U. K. c. 12. →→→→→→ for further Amendment of the Duties of [Spirits, &c.]-U. K. c. 16, DEATHS, REGISTRATION OF; to amend the Act 3 & 4 Vict. c. 92, concerning DECLARATION OF LEGITIMACY; to enable Persons to establish Legitimacy .46 DEGREES, UNIVERSITY, to repeal the Stamp Duties paid on, in Cambridge DESERTION. See MUTINY. DESIGNS, COPYRIGHT OF; to amend the Act 5 & 6 Vict. c. 100, to consolidate DETACHED PARTS OF COUNTIES, to amend the Law concerning-E. c. 68..23 .... .39 DUBLIN; for enabling the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to DURHAM, COUNTY PALATINE JURISDICTION, to amend the Provisions of the County Palatine of Durham from the Bishopric of Durham-E. c. 45- .......14 DURHAM UNIVERSITY; to give Power to the University of Durham to sell, EAST INDIES; for the better Government of India-U.K. c. 106.........74 to settle Annuities on Lady Havelock and Sir Henry Marshman Have .....19 ECCLESIASTICAL CORPORATIONS; to amend the Act 5 & 6 Vict. c. 108, for ESTATES, INCUMBERED; to amend "The West Indian Incumbered Estates ESTATES, SETTLED; to amend and extend the Settled Estates Act, 1856 [19 ETON COLLEGE, to give Power to, to sell, enfranchise, and exchange Lands for raising the Sum of £2,000,000 by Exchequer Bonds—U.K. c. 14. FOOT PASSENGERS TOLLS ON CHELSEA BRIDGE, to abolish, after payment of the Sum of £80,000--E. c. 66. FOREST OF HAINAULT, to provide for the Allotment of the Commonable FOUR COURTS, DUBLIN; for enabling the Commissioners of Public Works FRANCE; to remove Doubts as to the Operation of a Convention between FRANCHISE, MUNICIPAL; to amend the Municipal Franchise in certain .....3 FRANCHISE PRISONS, for the Abolition of E. c. 22-(861).... FUNDED DEBT, REDUCTION OF; to repeal certain Provisions [18 & 19 Vict. c. 38. GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, to provide for the-U.K. c. 99. for the better Government of India--U.K. c. 106..... GRANTS OF PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION, to extend over the United HOUSE OF COMMONS; to extend the Act 24 Geo. 3, c. 26, for issuing Writs -to indemnify the Governor and Company of the Bank of England in ...1 See EAST INDIES. WEST INDIES. SUE OF BANK NOTES; to indemnify the Governor, &c., of Bank of England Jws; to substitute One Oath for the Oaths of Allegiance, Supremacy, and to provide for the Relief of Her Majesty's Subjects professing the Jew- 21 -to enable Joint Stock Banking Companies to be formed on the Prin- JURA REGALIA OF COUNTY PALATINE OF DURHAM, to make further Pro- -to repeal certain Enactments requiring Returns relating to, to be ..23 LANCASTER, COUNTY PALATINE OF; to amend the Course of Procedure in -to provide for the Allotment of the Commonable Lands within the to confirm a Contract for the Sale by the Commissioners of Ier to effect an Exchange between the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital to give to the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Durham, &c., to facilitate the Sale and Transfer of Land in Ireland-I. c. 72. ....25 .51 to extend over all Parts of the United Kingdom the Effect of Confir 17 LIMITED LIABILITY, to enable Joint Stock Banking Companies to be formed 45 MITED SERVICE ACT; to revive and continue the Act 18 & 19 Viet. c. 4, LT AND BALLOTS FOR THE MILITIA; to suspend the making of Lists and ..3 ANS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE, See EXCHEQUER BILLS AND BONDS. .........71 LETICS; to amend the Act 20 & 21 Vict. c. 71, for the Regulation of the MANUFACTURE, ARTICLES OF; to amend the Act 5 & 6 Vict. c. 100, to con- MARINE MUTINY; for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces MARRIAGES; to enable Persons to establish Legitimacy and the Validity of ..46 to remove Doubts as to the Validity of certain Marriages of British MATRICULATION AND DEGREES, to repeal the Stamp Duties payable on, in MATRIMONIAL CAUSES, COURT FOR; to amend the Act 20 & 21 Vict. c. 85- METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT; to alter and amend the Metropolis Local to continue the Act 18 & 19 Vict. c. 1, to enable Her Majesty to accept to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, &c., of the Disembodied MINES IN CORNWALL; to define the Rights of Her Majesty and of the MUTINY; for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on NAVIGATION ADVANCES; to extend the Time for making Advances towards NEW GENERAL POST OFFICE, EDINBURGH; to confer Powers on the Commis- ..8 NINGPO, TAHITI, AND Moscow; to remove Doubts as to the Validity of cer- 15 NON-PAROCHIAL REGISTERS; to amend the Act 3 & 4 Vict. c. 92, concern- NOTES OF BANK OF ENGLAND; to indemnify the Governor and Company OATHS; to enable the Committees of both Houses of Parliament to ad- to substitute One Oath for the Oaths of Allegiance, Supremacy, and OFFICERS IN THE MILITIA. See MILITIA. OFFICES AND EMPLOYMENTS, to indemnify such Persons as have omitted to OXFORD UNIVERSITY; to give to the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and PALATINE JURISDICTION (Durham); to amend the Provisions of 6 & 7 Will. PASSPORTS, to reduce the Stamp Duty on-G.B. & I. c. 24-(877). PEACE PRESERVATION; to continue the Peace Preservation (Ireland) Act, |