The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-22 00:00:00

SOUTH-EASTERN RA I LWAY.-
(STROUD to MAIDSTONE.)—POWER to SOUTH-EAST-
ERN RAILWAY COMPANY to EXTEND their NORTH KENT
LINE from STROUD to MAIDSTONE, and to RAISE CAPITAL
for TUE PURPOSE.—kMENDMENT OF ACTS.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That APPLICATION is intended
to be made to PARLIAMENT in the next Session for an ACT to
enable the South-Eastern Railway Company to make and maintain
a Railway, with all proper Works,and conveniences connected there-
with, commencing from and out of the North Kent Line of the
South-Eastern Railway, at or near the east end of the tunnel near
the Stroud Terminus of the said North Kent Line, in the parish of
Frindsbury, in the county of Kent, passing thence through or into
the parishes or other places following, or some of them (that is to
say) Frindsbury, Strood, Cuxton, Hailing, Holborough, Snodland,
East Mailing, Ditton, Aylesford, Allington, and Maidstone, all
in the said county of Kent, and terminating at the present Maid-
stone Station of the South Eastern Railway, in the parish of
Maidstone, by a Junction with the existing Maidstone Branch of the
South-Eastern Railway.
And it is also intended by such Act to stop up, alter, or divert,
whether temporarily or permanently, all such turnpike and other
roads, highways, railways, tramways, aqueducts, canals, streams,
and rivers within or adjoining the parishes, townships, and places
aforesaid, as it may be necessary to cross, divert, alter, or stop up
for the purpose of the said intended Railway and Works.
And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to take powers
for the purchase of lands and buildings, by compulsion or agreement,
for the purposes of the said intended Railway and Works, and to
vary, repeal, or extinguish all existing rights or privileges in any
manner connected with such lands or buildings, or which would in
any manner impede or interfere with the construction, maintenance,
or use of the said intended Railway and Works, and to confer other
rights and privileges.
And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to take power for
levying tolls, rates, and duties in respect of the use of the said in-
tended Railway and Works, and to grant exemptions from the pay-
ment of such tolls, rates, and duties, and to alter or vary existing
tells, rates, or duties.
And notice is hereby further given, that maps, plans, and sections
describing the direction, line, or situation and levels of the said in-
tended Railway and works, and the lands in or through which the
same are intended to be made, together with a book of reference to
such plans, and a copy of this notice, as published in the " London
Gazette," will, on or before the 30th day of November instant, be
deposited for public inspection with the Clerk of the Peace for the
county of Kent, at his office in Maidstone ; and that on or before the
same day a copy of so much of the said plans, sections, and book of
reference as relates to each of the parishes in or through which the
said Railway and works are proposed to be made and also a copy of
this notice, as published in the " London Gazette," will be deposited
with the parish clerk of each such parish, at his place of abode.
And notice is hereby also given, that on or before the 31st day of
December next printed copies of the Bill relating to the objects men-
tioned in this notice will be deposited at the Private Bill Office of the
House of Commons.
And it is aLso proposed by the said intended Act to enable the
South-Eastern Railway Company to apply any capital or funds now
or hereafter belonging to them, or under the control of their Directors,
to the purposes aforesaid, or to raise additional capital for such pur-
poses, by borrowing on mortgage or bond, or by the creation of new
shares in their undertaking, either with or without preference or pri-
ority in the payment of interest or dividend ; and to alter, extend,
vary, amend, enlarge, consolidate, or repeal all or any of the powers
and provisions of the several Acts following relating to the South-
Eastern Railway Company (that is to say), local and personal Acts,
6 Wm. IV., c. 76 ; 1 Viet., c. 93; 2 Viet., c. 42 ; 2 and 3 Vict., C. 79;
3 Vict., c. 46 ; 5 Vict., seas. 2, c. 3; 6 and 7 Viet., cc. 51, 52, and 62;
7 Viet., c. 25 7 and BVict., cc. 69 and 91; 8 and 9Vict., cc. 167, 186
and 200 ; 9 Vict., cc. 55, 56, and 64 , 9 and 10 Viet., cc. 305 and 339
10 and 11 Vict., cc. 104 and 230 ; 13 and 14 Viet., c 31; and 16 and
16 Vict., c. 103.
Dated the third day of November, 1852.
TILLEA.RD, SONS, and FREEMAN, 34, Old Jewry.

SOIJTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.-
(CANTERBURY and WHITSTABLE RAILWAY PUR-
CHASE ARRANGEMENTS, STEAM-BOATS, &c.)—CONFIRMA-
TION of AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SOUTH-EASTERN
and CANTERBURY and WHITSTABLE RAIL% AY COMPA-
NIES, for the PURCHASE of the CANTERBURY and WHITSTA-
BLE RAILWAY, and DISSOLUTION of CANTERBURY and
WHITSTABLE RAILWAY COUPANY.—POWER to PURCHASE
UNDERTAKING of, or GUARANTEE INTEREST on CAPITAL
of the SOUTH-EASTERN and CONTINENTAL STEAM-PACKET
COMPANY.—POWER to PURCHASE, HIRE, and USE STEAM-
VESSELS. POWER to APPLY: and RAISE . CAPITAL for
ALL the PURPOSES AFORESAID, and for GENERAL PUR-
POSES of SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.—AMEND-
KENT of ACTS.—NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that APPLI-
CATION is intended to be made to PARLIAMENT in the next
Session for an ACT to confirm and ratify an Agreement, bearing date
the fourteenth of October, 1844, and made between the South-Eastern
Railway Company and the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway
asing the Canterbury and
Company, whereby an option of purch
Whitstable Railway (at present under lease to the South-Eastern
Railway Company) is given to that Company upon a certain notice
within a certain period, and upon certain terms and conditions in
the said Agreement specified and set forth ; and also to confirm any
and every other Agreement which may have been entered into be-
tween the said Companies or their Directors reference to such
purchase; and also to authorise the EastSouthrn Railway Com-
pany to purchase the undertaking of the Canterbury and Whitstable
Railway Company, And it is proposed by the said intended Act to
provide for the dissolution and winding-up of the affapoirswoefnt3hgeranCatedn-
terbury and Whitstable Railway Company, and to alter, reneal,
amend, ratify, re-enact, and enlarge all or some of the
to the said Companies respectively for and with respect to the pur-
chase and sale of the said Canterbury and Whitstable Railway
Company, and other the provisions of an Act of the Bth and 9th
years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled, "An
Act to enable the Kouth-Eastern Railway Company to alter and ex-
tend the Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate Branch of the said
South-Eastern Railway, and to make a Branch therefrom to Deal,
and to purchase the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway, and for
other purpcses ;" and also to enable the South-Eastern Railway
Company, after the said purchase, to levy tolls, rates, and duties
upon the said Canterbury and Whitstable Railway ; and also to
alter existing tolls, rates, and duties, and to confer, vary, and ex-
tinguish exemptions from the payment of tolls, rates, and duties, and
to confer, vary, and extinguish other rights and privileges.
And it is also proposed by the said intended Act, either to enable the
South-Eastern Railway Company to purchase the undertaking, and the
whole of the steam and other vessels and boats, and all the proPertY
and effects of every description, of the Joint-Stock Company calwd
the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-Packet Company, and tc
enable that Company to sell the same for a sum in gross, or to accept
in lien of the shares in their capital, Preference or other Shares of
of-fEe ra Preferencetheantßahway
purpose,
endC t hoo Sips
soauanteyhSharesvpa n ,
necessary,a nofdt hte S oauu tt hh
solution and winding-up of the affairs of the said Steam. packet Corn-
fEriassetetAne,
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Com-
pany, or to authorize and empower the South-Eastern _Railway
pany to guarantee a certain fixed rate of interest on the capital
top rovide for the dis-
which has been or may have been paid up on the shares in the capi-
tal of the said Steam-packet Company-
And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to authorize and
Onpower the SouthiCeetern, Railway C91:014117 tO COntract with any