| Description | Bundle of papers concerning the fees paid to Parliament for the passing of private Bills. Contains statements of the fees paid in the House of Commons and House of Lords for the Walpole Inclosure and Embankment Act, the Eau Brink Act, the Littleport Drainage Act, the Ramsey and Bury Drain Act, the Sutton St Edmunds Drainage Act, the Stilton Drainage Act, the Washes Drainage Act, the Littleport and Downham District Act, the Ramsey Drainage Act, and the Westwalton Inclosure Act and Walsoken Inclosure Act; the petition of the Bedford Level Corporation against the practice of charging different fees for different types of Bill, as they argue that this has more than quadrupled the cost of applying to Parliament; Messrs Benson and Roses' bill of expenses incurred in soliciting the 1823 River Nene Navigation Bill; Messrs G. and S. White's bill of expenses incurred whilst passing the Eau Brink Drainage Bill; proceedings and correspondence. |