The practice of private bills, with the standing orders of the House of Lords and House of Commons, and rules as to provisional orders

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Preface

I COLLECTED the materials for this Book some years ago, and have now brought the Practice up to the end of the Private Bill Session of 1899. I also give the Rules of the different Government Offices in respect to obtaining Provisional Orders; these have caused me some trouble to obtain and condense, and I therefore hope they will be appreciated. The Standing Orders of both Houses of Parliament in respect of Private Bill Procedure will be found in an Appendix, and the few verbal alterations made at the end of the Session 1900, 1 have added in an Addenda, p. xvii.. Amongst these alterations are the New Standing Orders with reference to Scottish Private Legislation Procedure. It will be remembered that the Scottish Act of 1899, giving power to pass Private Legislation or Provisional Orders in Scotland, comes into force after the Session of 1900.

Further, I would call attention to the Time Table on pp. 424, 425 as most important.

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IV PREFACE.

In conclusion, I trust the book may be found accurate and generally useful to those who wish to promote or oppose Private or Personal Bills in Parliament.

GERALD JOHN WHEELER.

13, Old Squabe, Lincoln's Inn.

Augusty 1900.

Contents

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Abbreviations . . vii

Addbnda oiyinq Alterations made in Standing Orders in

Index

ABBREVIATIONS.

A. G Law Beports Appeal Gases, of the year given, from 1891..

App. Gas „ „ „ „ before 1891.

C Commons.

C. & R Clifford and Rickards, Referees Reports, 187S— 1884.

C. & St Clifford and Stephens, Referees Reports, 1867—1872.

L Lords.

H. C. S. O House of Commons Standing Orders.

H. L. S. O House of Lords Standing Orders.

M. & S Michael and Saunders, Referees Reports, 1890 — 1894.

P. O Provisional Order.

Q. B. D Law Reports, Queen's Bench Division.

R. & M Rickards and Michael, Referees Reports, 1885—1889.

S.&A Saunders and Austin , Referees Reports, 1895 — 1890.

TABLE OF NAMES

OP

BILLS AND CASES REFERRED TO.

A.

PAGE and Aberaman Gas (1869) ... 132

Abergavenny and Monmouth Kailway (1868) 70, 101, 115

Improvement Commission,

Petition of 58

Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway (1865) 120, 121,190

Aire, Calderand River Dun Navigation Canal (1891) 189

Alcester and Stratford-upon-Avon

Alexandra Docks and Railway (1890)

Newport, and South Wales

Docks and Railway (1897)... 100 Aldrington, Hove, and Brighton

Alliance and Dublin Consumers'

Alloa Roilway (1879) 85, 112

Dunfermline, and Kirkcaldy

Antrim and Belfast Borough Railway Bill (1865) 55

Artizons and Labourers Dwellings

fLeith) Provisional Order 1880) 77, 167, 193

etc.. Dwellings Improvement

Ashton - under - Lyne Corporation

(1893) 156, 170

Att.-Gen.«. Mayor of Brecon (1878) 349 Avonmouth and South Wales J unction (1884) 51

B.

Belfast Central Railway (1885) ... 49 Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway (1879) 177, 200

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Barnes, Ford I? 6

Bamet, Hendon, Hampstead, and

London Railway (1865) 43

Bamsley Corporation Water (1896) 133

Barnstaple Water (1888) .. 140

Barrow-Clough, Petition of 58

162 Barry Dock and Railway (1884) 125,

(Steam Vessels) (1898) 99,

100, 122

and Docks Petition (1891) 46

Urban District (1896) 168

Basingstoke Gas (1887) 127, 131,

194, 199 Beaconsfield,Uxbridge, and Harrow

Bermondsey and Marylebone Electric Lighting (1898) 129, 131

Beverley and East Riding Railway

(1890) 96, 106

Bewley's Petition 44

Bilston Commissioners Water

(1890) 44

Bingley Sewerage (1889) 156

Birkenhead and Liverpool Railway

(1865) 48

Corporation (Ferries Bill)

(1897) 101

Birmingham and Lichfield Junction Railway (1872) ... 100, 106

Corporation (1883) 185

Proof House (1868) 162

Waterworks (1866) 198

Blackpool Improvement (1892) 144, 148

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PAGE

Blackrock and Kingston Drainage

(1896) : 69,164

Bolton Improvement (1866) 57

(1882) 46,163, 216

Kural Sanitary Authority's

Bradford Canal Bill (1871) 83

Corporation Water (1892) 126,

136, 162

(1868) 186

(1869) 136

Brand v. Hammersmith and City

Brecon and Merthyr Railway (1867)

100, 105

Tydfil Railway (1866) 103,

110 Brentford and District Tramways

Isleworth, and Twickenham

Tramways Bill (1879) ... 78, 148 Bridgewater Railway (1886) 45, 63, 72, 101, 114, 115 Brjdport, Lyme, and South Sea

Coast Railway (1866) 66, 67

Brighton and Hove General Gas

Corporation Water (1896) ... 132,

134, 136

Bristol Corporation Docks (1884) ... 168

194, 196

Association (1890) 178

Britten and Gibson's Petition 44, 46,

76 Brunner, Mond, &, Co., Petition of

Burnham Tidal Harbour (1876) 63,114 Burnley Corporation Tramways

(1898) 146

Burntisland Direct Mineral Railway Bill vl876) 74,78

Harbour (189C) 92

Bury Improvements (1885) 142

(1894) 73, 99, 124, 188

Buxton Local Board (Pump Room) (1892) 138

C.

Caldcr Mill Owners, Petition of ... 63

Caledonian Railway (1865) 46,70

Caledonian and Glasgow Railway and Scottish Central Railway

(1865) 184

North Eastern Railway

Cahie VaUey Railway (1866) 89

Cambrian and Welsh Coast Railway (1866) Ill

(1889) 191

Cambridge University and Town

(1886) 135

Cardiff Corporation (1884) 134

137, 140, 155, 197

Castleford and Whitwood Gas

(1878) 127, 130,193

Caterham Spring Water (1885) ... 39, 69, 131, 132, 152, 193, 199 Charing Cross Railway (1864)... 91, 150 Euston, and Hampstead Electric Railway (18i)9) 130, 171

Chatham, Rochester ana District

Electric Lighting (1890) ... 177, 179 Cheltenham Corporation Water

(1878) 138

Chester Corporation (1896) 45, 124,

City and Brixton Act (1898) 172

and South London Railway

(1896) 97,163

Clay Cross Urban District Council

(1899) 319

Clyde and Cumbrac Lighthouses

(1871) 106, 111

Steam.>hip Owners, Petition

of 54

Cobham Railway (1870) 162

Colliery Proprietors, Petition of ... 85

Cohiey Hatch Gas (1876) 127

Coltness Iron Company Petition

(1866) 7»

Connah's Quay and Railway (1865) 155 Cork and Fermoy and Waterford and Wexford Railway (1890) 61,62,63, 69. 84, 102, 125, 166, 186, 197 Croydon and Crystal Palace Railway (1890) 95

Corporation (1884) 135

Crystal Palace and South London

junction Railway (1869) 66,177,

D.

Dawlish Urban District (1878) 132

Dee and Mersey Junction Railway

(1865) 167

Dore and Chinley Railway Bill ... 77

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PAGE

Dravton Junction Railway (1867)

101, 138 Dublin Corporation, Petition of ... 53

Extension (1899) 167

Southern District Tramwava

(1893) "... 144

(1898) 95, 100, 180

Wicklow, and Wexford Railway (1878) 102,186

Dukin field and Denton Local

Dundalk and Newry Steam Packet

Company, Petition of 62

Dundee Extension Police Improvement and Tramways (1892) 51 Fleshers and Butchers, Petition of 51

Suburban Railway (1894)... 62, 81

E.

East and West Junction Railway

(1871) 89

and Yorkshire Railway

Grinstead Gas and Water Bill

London Water (1899) 139

Stonehouse Water (1893)... 96, 96,

Extension Railway (1896)... 56,

Municipal Police Bill (1879) 75,

131, 152, 182, 193

Parochial Board Petition 50

Street Tramways (1891) 147

(1892) '. 145,168

(1896) 145

Edmonton, Enfield, South Homsey, and Tottenham Infectious and Ogmore Vallevs Junction

Epsom and Ewell (1877) 127, 103

Eyre's Petition 45

Evesham, Redditch, &c., Railwav (1873) 74,79,84

Falkirk Water (1896) 57, 176

Farehnm and Netley Railway

186, 195, 196, 199 Famsworth and Kearsley Gas

(1868) 128

Felixstowe Railway and Dock (1886) 120 Festiniog Railway Co. , Petition of 55

Fishguard Bay Railway 51

Fleetwood Improvements (1893) ... 124

Fleshers' Society, Petition of 85

Folkestone Pier and Lift (1890) ... 177 Sandgate, and Hythe Railway (1891) 47, 60, 68, 90,

136, 144, 162

Ford r. Barnes 5

Forest Row, East Grinstead

Owners, Petition of 81

Forfar and Brechin Railway (1891) 63, 75, 88, 92, 101, 107, 114, 115, 159, 187 Forth Bridge Railway, Petition of

(1873) 78

Forth Bridge Railway (1873)i...l06, 111 Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway (1883) 106, 111. 154

G.

Garve and Ullapool Railway (1891)

85, 112 Gas Light and Coke r. St. Mary

Abbotts, Kensington (1885) 350

Glasgow City Street Improvement

(1875) 82

Corporation Gas and Electricity (1890) 129

and Ibrox Tramways (1877) ... 143

and South Western Railway (1866) 114

(1868) 138

(1891) 54, 83, 191

(1892) 94, 137

(1897) 86

Petition of (1897) 84

and South Western (Steam

City Street Improvement

(1875) 196

Corporation Sewage (1896)

187, 188 Yoker, and Clydebank Railway (1892)...53, 92, 93, 155, 157, 15R, 165 Gloucester and Berkeley Railway

Grand Junction Canal (1879) 162

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TABLE OP NAMES OF BILLS AND CASKS HEFERRED TO.

Great Eastern Railway (1874) 116, 118

(1896) 52

Northern Railway (1866) 118

(1885) 89

North of Scotland Railway

(1890) 169

Southern and Western Railway (1872) 80, 167

(1896) 116

Western Railway (1866) 88

(1873) 78, 81, 196

(1878) 89

(1880) 108

(1898) 186

Western, Bristol, and Exeter

(1876) 110, 113

and Cornwall Railway

(1889) 103, 118

and ^lidland Railway

(1894) 86,110,113

and Monmouthshire

Railway and Canal

(1880) 113

Railway .Petition of 79, 88, 84

Greenwich and l^rillwall Subway

(1877) 102, 186

(1885) 63, 114

Greenock Corporation (1893) 199

Grey stones Water Bill 63

Griffin's Divorce (1896) 210

Guildford Corporation (1886) 129

H.

Halifax Local Government Provisional Order (1892) 66,67

Handsworth (Stafford) Rectory

(1891) 197, 200

Hammersmith Railway, Brand u. 44, 46

Hannan, Petition of 67

ford llailway (1865) 44, 104

Haynes' Divorce (1829) 210

Herefordshire and Gloucestershire

Railway Bill 83

Hewafs Divorce (1887) 210

Highland, Inverness, and Fort

Augustus Railway 87

Hodgkinson and Lindley, Petition of 88

Hornsey Local Board (1893) ... 72, 75, 78, 167, 170, 173 Hoylake and Birkenhead Railway (1881) 44,95

Huddersfield Water (1876) 63, 75,

152, 198

PAGB

Hull and Barnslev and West

Riding Junction (1880) ...67, 77

Hull and Banisley Railway and and N. W. Junction Railway (1887) 61

Hundred of Hoo Railway (1880) 69

Huntingdon and Isle of Ely Drainage (1896) 203