| Description | Bundle of papers concerning railway legislation passing through Parliament in 1846. Contains Sir Robert Peel's resolutions about Railway Bills; "Statement of Grounds of Opposition of the Corporation of Wisbech"; "General Clauses relative to the several Lines of Railway crossing or affecting the Drainage and Navigation of the Bedford Level",1846; five reports from a [House of Commons] Select Committee about the classification of Railway Bills; draft clauses and provisos to protect the drainage and navigation of the Bedford Level, and the powers of the Corporation; a petition of the Corporation, about expenses; a petition of the Corporation and the inhabitants of Wisbech; orders of the business in Parliament between 30 April 1847 and 03 May 1847; instructions for Messrs Burke, Venables and Co; an order of the Board as to expenses incurred; and correspondence. |