authorizing the Bishop of London or his lessee to make docks, basins, wharfs, cranes, warehouses, &c. on the land belonging the Diocese of London; as also another, empowering the company to supply the Grand Junction Canal Company with water from the Thames.
In 1819 a fourth act was obtained under the title of 'An Act for altering and amending the several Acts passed for making a Canal from the Grand Junction Canal, in the parish of Paddington, to the River Thames, in the parish of Limehouse, in the county of Middlesex;' whereby the proprietors are empowered to make a collateral cut or canal from that part of the main line which runs through the land of Samuel Pullin, Esq. in St. Mary's, Islington, to pass through and form a dock or basin in the lands of the Prebendary of Wenlock's Barn, and to cross the road from Islington to Finsbury Square, called the city, with all necessary wharfs, warehouses, &c. and to make all requisite cuts and feeders for supplying the same with water from the Thames, and to deepen the basin and channel from the Thames in Limehouse and Stepney, so that the same may admit ships and other vessels. They are also by this act authorized to raise an additional sum of £200,000, in the usual way. The following are granted as additional
TONNAGE RATES.
| For all Goods. Wares and Merchandize navigated on the intended new Cut | 0s 6d per Ton. |
| For all Ships entering the Ship Channel or Basin | 6s 0d ditto. |
| For all Boats and Barges ditto | 4s 0d ditto. |
Fractions of a Ton to be paid for according to the Quarters therein.
Water is not to be taken from the Thames, except under certain restrictions mentioned in the act, and the company are to pay to the city of London five guineas per annum, as an acknowledgment for cutting the shore and bed of the Thames below low-water-mark, for the purpose of laying pipes therein; they may also put down two dolphin piles at Limehouse for the haling of vessels into and out of the basin. Several other clauses are inserted for preserving the rights of various parties.
Some doubts having occurred relative to the power of the Commissioners of Exchequer Bills to advance a further sum to this
