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TORQUAY and NORTH DEVON EXTEN-
SION RAlLWAY.—(lncorporation of Company for making
a R lilway from the Pier or Harbour at Torquay to the Torquay
Branch of the South Devon Railway, and a Branch to a Point near
Livermead House. Power to the South Devon Railway Company to
Subscribe, &c. Amendment of Acts of that Company.)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application is intended
to be made to Parliament in the Session of 1854 for an Act to
Incorporate a Comp, and to enable such Company to Make and
maintain a Railway and Branch Railway, with all proper stations,
works, approaches, and conveniences connected therewith respec-
tively, the Railway to commence at and from the Torquay Branch of
the eouth Devon Railway, near the north end of the Torqbay Sta-
tion, at or near Torr, in the partsh of Tormoham, otherwise Tor-
any
mohun, in the county of Devon—to pass thence through or info the
parishes or places of Tormoham otherwise Tormohun, Torre, other-
wise Torr, Tor-Abbey, Torquay and Cockington, in the county afore-
said, and to terminate at or near the Western Quay or Pier of the
Harbour of Torquay in the said parish of Tormoham otherwise Tor-
mohun; and the Branch Railway to commence by a junction with
the said intended railway at a point on the sea-shore about five fur-
longs in a westerly direction from the Western side of the Torquay
Harbour, to pass thence through or into the parishes or places of
Tormoham otherwise Tormohnn aforesaid, Ceckington and Tor-
Abbey, or some of them, and to terminate near - ivermead House in
the parish of Cockington, by a junction with a projected line of Rail-
way from the South Devon Railway to Brigham and Dartmouth.
And it is proposed by the said intended act to take power for the
purchase of lands and buildings, by compulsion or agreement, for the
therewith ; and to vary or ex inguish all existing rights and privi_
. _
purposes of the said intended railways and the works connected

And it is also intended by the said act to apply for
powers for the purchase, by compulsion or otherwise, of
intended
railway, and buildings, for the purposes of the said
railway, station, and other works ; and to alter, vary, or
extinguish all existing rights and privileges connected with
such lands and buildings, or which would in any manner
impede or interfere with the construction, maintenance, and
use of the said intended railway, station, and other works,
or any of them, and to confer, vary, or extinguish other
rights and privileges, and also to levy tolls, rates, and duties
for or in respect of the use of the said intended railway,
station, and other works, or any of them, and to alter
existing tolls, rates, and duties, and to confer, vary, or
extinguish exemptions from the payment of tolls, rates, and
duties :

leges in any manner connected with the lands and buildings proposed
to be taken as aforesaid; and also to leg tolls, rates, and duties,
upon or in respect of the said reways and works, and to alter ex-
isting tolls, rates, and duties, and to confer, vary, or extinguish
exemotions trom payments of tolls, rates, or duties, and other rights
and privileges.
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such turnpike and other roads, footways, street•, rivers, streams,
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piers, quays, sewe's, pipes, canals, navigations, bridges, railways,
or tram roads, within or adjoining the said parishes or places, or any
of them, as it may be necessary to cross, divert, alter, or stop up, for
the purposes of the said intended railways and works.
And notice is hereby further given that on or bef 're the 39th daY
of November inst., moos, plans, mid sections, shown the direction,
line, and levels f the sail int. tided railsra a s and t‘ orks, together with
a book of ref-rence to such plans, and a (Tiny of this notice as pub-
lished in the London Gazett:, will be deposited with the Clerk of the
veace for th., county or Devon, at his °filet, at tte Castle of Exeter
:n tie said county ; and that on or b ,to eth same day a copy of so
much of the said plans, sections, and book of reference as relates to
ach parish in or through which the railway and works are intenoed
to be made. t,g ether with a copy of this notice, as tiabPshed in the
ondon t4az-tte, Nill be deposited with the parish clerk of each
ouch perish, at his place of abode.

And notice is hereby further given, that on or before the
thirtieth day of November instant, maps, plans, and sections,
showing the direction, line, and levels of the said intended
railway and other works, and the lands which may be taken
for the purposes of the same, together with a book of refer-
ence to such plans, containing the names of the owners or
reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees, and of the occu-
piers of such lands, and also a copy of this not ce, as pub-
lished in the London Gazette, will be deposited for public
inspectionhiwsiothffictehaet Crsbl erekwsobfurtyhe;
aPtiedactebaftoio•
nt•oier
bceofuonrteythoef
Salop, at
s Lid thirtieth day of November a copy of so much of the
said plans, sections, and book of reference as relates to each
parish or extra-parochial place in or through which the said
railway and other works are intended to be made, together
with a copy of this notice, published as aforesaid, will be de-
posited as follows (that is to say) : in the case of parishes,
with the parish clerk of each such parish, at his residence ;
and in case of any extra-parochial place with the parish clerk
of some parish immediately adjoining thereto, at his resi-
dence :
And Notice is hereby further Given, that it is also pro-
posed by the said intended act to empower the Sev.:ra Valley
Railway Company to apply Co the purposes of the said in-
tended act, or some of them, any funds or capital alv ady au-
thorised to be raised by them under their existing act, or
which now or hereafter may belong to them; or may be under
the control of their directors, and, if necessary, to raise a
further sum of money for the purposes of such act, or some
or them, by the creation and issue of new shares in their
undertaking, or by mortgage or bond, and to enable the
company to assign and attach, if they shall see fit, to any
shares to be created under the authority of the said intended
act, such guaranteed or preferential dividend, terms, condi-
tions, rights, or privileges, as the company shall see fit :
And it is also proposed by the said intended act to enable
the said Severn Valley Railway Company, or any other com-
pany, or persons lawfully using the lines authorised by " The
Severn Valley Railway Act, 1853," or by the intended act, to
run, pass over, and use with their engines, carriages, and wag-
gons, or with the engines, carriages, and waggons, of such
other company or persons using and passing over the lines au-
CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.— thorised by the said act, or by the intended act, the several
LESMAHAGOW BR INCHES ; REVIVAL of POWERS; railways and stations, watering-places, sidings, offices, and
RELINQUISHMENT of WORKS; ARRANGEMENT of SHARE other works and 'conveniences, or some of them, or some part
and LOAN CAPITAL; and AMENDMENT of ACTS. or parts thereof, now or hereafter belonging jointly or seve-
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application is intended to rally to or under the joint or several management or regula-
be m-sde to Parliament, in next session, for leave to bring in a bill tion of the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Company, the
to empower the Caledonian Railway Company, or the Holders of Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company, the Chester and
the Lesmahagow Branches Shares in that Company, to make, com- Holyhead Railway Company, the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
plete, and maintain the following lines of Railway, now partly in
Cheshire Junction Railway Company, the London and North-
course of construction, or one or more of them, and all proper
works and conveniences connected therewith viz.:—
Western Railway Company, the Shropshire Union Railways
,
First, A railway commencing by a junction with the Motherwell and Canal Company, and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham
Branch of the Clydesdale Junction Railway at a point in the pa- Railway Company, or any or either of them, upon payment •
rish of Hamilton near the village of motile/we!, and terminating of such tolls, rates, and charges, or such sum or sums of mo-
at a point in the patish of Lesmahagow, on the lauds of Bankend, ney, either annually or in gross, and in such manner and
upon such terms and conditions as shall be agreed upon be-
near Coal Burn Head; which railway, and works connected there-
tween the said Severn Valley Railway Company or the said
with, will be situate in the parishes of Hamilton, Dalziel, Hebert',
and Lesmahagow, all in the county of Lanark.
Secondly, A branch railway commencing by a junction with the other company or persons, and the said several railway com-
said intended railway at a point earthhningl or Commonhin,
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and terminating at a point near No Southfield, all in the said
parish of Lesmahagow : and
duties authorised to be levied under the s the
tolls,
1 trates, and.
Chirdly, A branch railway commencing by a junction with the said
after mentioned, or some of them, so far as the same acs
shallhere 1 beil-
- railway at a point near Auchenheath colliery, anudtuteeromiii-1
leviable in respect of such engines, carriages, and waggons,
rutting at a point on the lands of Nether Hall-hill, near
running, passing over, or using such several railways; eta-
Coal Pit. all in the said parish of Lcsnreliagove.
And Notice is further Given, that duplicate plans and sections,
tions, and other works and conveniences, or any or eitlier of
describing the lines, situation, and levels of the said intended works,
and the lands, houses, and other pre ty through which the same
them, or any part or parts thereof :
are intended to be made, and within the limits of deviation as defined
on the said plans, or which may be required to be taken for the And it is also proposed by the said intended act to authe-
Severn Valley' Railway Company, and the said
purpose oi such works, together with a book of reference to such rise the said 911,.
uted owners lessees
plan% containing the names of the owners or rep , several Railway Companies before mentioned, or any or either
or reputed lessees and occupiers of such lands, houses and property, of them, to make and enter into and carry into effect such
and a published map to a scale of not less than half an inch to a
Ile, with the lines of the proposed railways delineated thereon contracts and arrangements, on such terms and conditions,
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so as to show their general course and direction, and a copy of this and subject to such restrictions, as may or may have been
notice as published in the London and Edinburgh Gazettes, mutually agreed upon by or on behalf of the Severn Valley
will, on or )public the
thirtieth day of November current, be Railway Company and those Companies, or any or either of
deposited f,,r public inspection in the offices at Glasgow,
working and use and Lanark, respectively, of the principal Sheriff-Clerk
Hamilton them, with reference to the of the Railway
of
the county of Lanark; and that a copy of so much of the said or Railways, or any part or parts thereof, authorised by
plans, sections, and book of reference as relates to each of the parishes " The Severn Valley Railway Act, 1853," or by the said in-
betore specified, with a copy of this notice as published in the said tended Act, and of the Railway or Railways, or any part or
Gazettes, will, also on or before the thirtieth day te November cur- parts thereof, now or hereafter belonging to the several Rail-
rent, be d,-posited for public inspection with the schoolmaster, or, if way Companies before mentioned, or ally or either of them,
there be 110 £llloollria ter, with the session clerk of each such
Parish, and the conduct, at the usual place of abode of each such schoolmaster or session manag -of the traffic, or any porement, direction, and transmissiontion of tetraffic, h upon such Rail-
clerk-
And it is farther Intended by the said bill, to apply for powers to ways, or any of them, or any part thereof, and the division
de late in the construction of the said several works from the lines and apportionment of such traffic, and the tolls, rates, and
and levels define ted on the plans and sections intended to be depo- charges arising therefrom, between the said Severn Valley
sited as aforesaid to .uch an extent as will be defined on the said Railway Company and the said Companies before mentioned,
places, and provided by the said bill ; and also to cross, alter, divert
and stop up highway', turnpike and other roads, railways, bridges, or any or. either of them ; and to enable such Companies, or
streets, paths, passages, rivers, canals, streams, sewers and water- any or either of them, to appoint a joint committee for carry-
courses. so far as may be necessary or expedient for the purpose of ing into effect any such contracts or arrangements, and to
making, maintaining, and using the said several works or any of the exercise, by means of such joint committee, or otherwise,
cone fences connected therewith. such of the rights, powers, and privileges, whether with se
-
And it is fu, thor tended by the said bill to e neer powers for ference to the levying of tolls, rates, and duties, or otherwise
-
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the purchase, compulsorily or by agreement, of the lands. houses. ..„. 0,, h., ,r,.. ,„„,„1 ;a. u. imlougiug to such Companies or
and other property required for the purposes sforesata , and also
an or either of them, or such of them as may be parties to
ent, and all such other rights,
for the acquisition of such lands, houses, and other property by way
be necessary or expedient for
of lease or feu, and to empower all parties possessed then of, or
' 'Reding interests therein, to convey, feu or let the same to the powers,
hancdonptni.svci
ltaergot.:;ianiFinnnigetoamyeffect any such contracts or Caledonian Railway Company, or the holders of the sad Lesmie more effectually
ar-
hagow Branches shares, for the purposes of the said works, in con- and eit is also proposed by the said intended act
sideration of such price, feu. duty, ground annual, or rent, as mayor any agreements now or hereafter to be
tr ao negoenmfi er
confirm
t s
all;
be agreed upon.
And it is further intended by the said bill to confer powers for entered into between such Companies, or any or either of
levying tolls, rates, and charges on and for the use of the said intended them, or
beonfothreeimr
mentioned
w: ith reference to all or any of the
is, also intendedbyatuhdetsaheid
saecvtetraolenacobmlepat
companies
sS ever
oyrs aalludegeedanalto
works and the c ,nveyance of traffic thereon, and to confer certain purposes before
exemptions from the payment of such tolls, rates and charges. And
And it ii further intended by the said bill to revive the powers and 'Valley Railway Company,
rested in the station at Shrewsburyubneilooinl
Raginng,wa
lute-
extend the time granted by the Caledonian Railway (Motherwell
Branch Extension) Act. 1847, the Caledonian Railway ( Lesmaha- ~,,long, jointly to the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, shrews-
I;ry and Chester, and Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway
Pshitoremake agreements for the ad-
Frow Branches) Act, 1847, and the Caledonian Railway (Lesmaha-
gow Branches) Act, 1851, for the construction of such portions of and the Shropshire the railway from the Motherwell Branch of the Clydesdale junction Companies,.
mCoissmPany, or some of them,
Railway near Motherwell, to the Auchenheath:Mineral Field
concerning the use by the
Connellholm, described in the first above-mentioned act, anncle_are
of • ion of the Severn Valley Railway Company
as
copartners
the branch railway from a dint near Forkins, to a point sit,tn. in the said station,_.. and for and
jointly with such other
land of Bankend, descr,bed e second above-mentioned
.ne or Severn Valley Railway Company,
compartias, or some of them of such station, together with the
do not differ (beyond the st autory limits of deviation) in
ann ~
as
sidings, platforms,
levels from the said works as now proposed to be constructe 10,
r. 4 c
iI : watering-places,
booking offices, ware-
delineated on the plans and sections, to be deposited al
undings and conveniences connected granted houses, houses, and other b.
and also to revive the powers and extend the time
a caw, of the
by the said acts for the compulsory purchase with, or such portions thereof be dalso
lands, may necessary ;an
to to enable the Sev
ern
for houses, and other property thereby authorisedbranch railway;
for the aforesaid portions of the said railway and be acquired
id railway and ral and respective companies aforesaid, to enter into agree-
and to relinquish the remaining portions of thesa thereof. meats for and concerning the of
engines, carriages, g use and passage over, with
branch railway, or etherwise to relinquish the
waiter the amount of
and waggons of the Severn Valley Railway
And it is further intended by the said
the'share capital prescribed by the said lest tin°
certain preferences and theCompany,
said Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Shrewsbury and Ches-
priorities over the remainder thereof, a_. of such share capital ter, and Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Companies, and
rowing of a sum of money, and the appiigteion
execution of the works the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company respec-
and borrowed money, or part thereof, t
the Caledo- tively, or any or either of them, as may be necessary for the
before described.
said bill to empower
And it is further intended byUse by the Severn Valley Railway Company of such station or
; to enter into agreements with
Wan Railway Company, and the holders of the said Lesmahagow
any part thereof, and for and concerning the sums in gross,
Branches Shares, or their committee,
each ether in relation to the construction,im,ork,, maintenance,managenaent, or by annual payments, or the rates, tolls, or other charges
and the tolls, rates, and charges , which shall be paid by the Severn Valley Railway Company
and working of the said several
on the sail company's lines of ra, to be levied thereon,
" h • as also to empower the holders il- I to all or any of such other companies for or in respect' of all
1 way eo Westing therewith , of ! mma into agreements with each other in relation or any of the matters aforesaid
1 the said shar...s to enter ,
And it is also proposed by the said intended act to alter,
to their respective privileges and priorities; Bed to confirm any
may have been entered into in relation to agreements a hell any of extend, vary, amend, enlarge, or consolidate all or some of the
the purposes aforesaid.
. powers and provisions of " The Severn Valley Railway Act,
And it is further intended by the said bill to vary or extinguish 1853 ;" and, if it should be deemed expedient so to do, to
all existing rights and privileges which may in any manlier im-
pede or with the objects
leges.aforesaid, or any of them, and .
tioned act, and to re-enact, with such alterations and amend-
And for these and other purposes it is intended by the said lin meats a
to amend the said several acts, and to extend certain of the powers I s may be requisite, so many of such provisions respec-
tively as may be desirable for the purpose or purposes afore-
and provisions thereof to the said bill, and also so far as necessary , said, or any of them, and for carryir g out and completing the
to amen I the Caledonian Railway Act 1846, and the several acts undertaking or undertakings of the said company :
relating to the Caledonian Rai.way Company, passed respectively And for carrying into effect all or any of the above objects,
in the ninth and tonth, the tenth, the tenth and
e leventh, the eleventh
and twelfth, the twelfth and thirteenth, the feurteenth and fif-
teenth, and the sixteenth and Sevenof the lof seventeenth years
further or otherwise, it is
present Majesty., vary, extend, amend, and enlarge,rov iasniodnsif
onfeelebseevtoerarelpealacts,
And notice is further given, that copies of the said bill, as proposed all or some of the powers and P
to be introduced into Parliament, will be deposited in the Private following, iu7 and Birmingham
Rill-office of the House 1 Csome of them (that is to say) local and
o ommons, on or before the thirty-first day way Company, or per-
of igcember Mt. and 308 ; 10 andi Vic.,
JOHN MARE, Lanark.
cap. 80 ; 11 and 12 Vic., eap. 133 ; 12 and 13 Vic., cap. 85 ;
GRAHAME, WEEMS & GRA.II43IE, I
sonar acts 9realantdinlgotVoitch.ecaSPhsr.ews3o;
Westminster• i and 15 an
several acts following, )•elating to the
cap. 165 : , •
• •
1 4.7,ci
alsod 16ofVitch.e,

And it is also proposed b the said act to authorise the South Devon
Railway Company to subscribe and contribute t wards the said un-
dertaking, and to apply any capital or funds, now or hereafter be•
longing to them, or under the control of their directors, to that pur-
pose, or to raise add tional capital by the creation of new bhares in
their undertaking, either with or without preference or priority in
payment if interest or dividend, or by borrowing on mortgage, or
pond; and to enable the said South Devon Railway Company to
vote at meetings of, the said company to be incorporated of re-
said, and to appoint oireators of that company ; and to enable the
-aid South Devon Railway Company and the company to be in-
corporated as aforesaid to enter into mutual arrangements with
respect to the several matters aroresaid or any of them, or for
the working of the said intended railways by the South Devon
Railway Co.npany, and otherwise with respect to the said railways,
and to confirm all or any such arrangements as may have been entered
into prior to the passing of the said intended act: and it is al.n proposed
by the said act to authorise the company thi-reby incorporated-to use
with their engines and carriages the South Devon Railway, and the
stations, approaches, sidings, a' atering places, and works connected
therewith, upon such terms as may be agreed upon or be provided
for by the said act.

And Notice is hereby further Given. That on or before the 31st
day of December in the present year printed copies of the Bill for
effecting the objects specified in this notice will be deposited in the
Private Bi l-office of the Home of Commons.

And it is proposed by the said intended act to alter, amend, ex-
tend, vary, or repeal the following Acts of Parllama t. relating to
the South Devon Railway Company (that is to say) local and per-
sonal acts--7 and 8 Vic., cao 68 : 9 and 10 Vic., caps. 238 and 402 :
10 and II Vic. cap 242 • Lod 14 and 15 Vic., cap: 53.
Dated this eleventh day of November, 1853.
KENNAWAY and BUCKINGHAM, Exeter;
W. and C. KITSON, Torquay;
Solicitors for the Bill.

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