§ "To authorise the Great Northern Railway Company to construct new railways and works and to acquire lands, and to confer further powers upon that Company; to authorise the construction of works at Peterborough by the Great Northern Railway Company and the Midland Railway Company; to authorise the construction of widenings and other works and the acquisition of lands by the Great Northern Railway Company and the Great Central Railway Company; to confirm the purchase of certain lands by the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Committee; to authorise the acquisition by the Great Northern Railway Company of the undertaking of the Muswell Hill and Palace Railway Company; and for other purposes," presented and read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.