HC Deb 22 July 1859 vol 155 cc343-4

Order for Committee read.

House in Committee.

MR. COLLINS

said, he wished to point out that the whole cost of the bridge, with the approaches, would be about £500,000. The value of the bridge estates was about £150,000, so that £350,000 would have to be found from some other source, either county-rates or, more probably, the Consolidated Fund. No wonder the Miscellaneous Estimates increased at such a rate if charges of this description were imposed on the country at large for the improvement of the Metropolis.

Bill passed through Committee.

House resumed; Bill reported without Amendment.