The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-18 00:00:00

DARTMOUTH, TORQUAY, and SOUTH
DEVON EXTENSION RAlLWAY.—lncorporation
of Company; construction of Railways from the Torquay
Station of the South Devon Railway to or near to Dart-
mouth, and also to. the Pier or Harbour at
Torquay, with an
Approach Road to the Dartmouth Floating Bridge u ; Power
to make Working Arrangementsl with the South Devon
c
Railway Company, and to ena. be that Company to subscribe,
doe., of Acts tO,
, die., to the Undertaking
the South Devon Railway
Company, and of the Dart-
mouth Floating Bridge Company.)—Notice is Hereby I
Given, that aPP
liea.tion is intended to be made to Parliament
.
in the ensuing Session for an Act or Acts to incorporate a
Company
for the purpose of making and maintaining the rail-
ways hereinafter mentioned, or some or one of them, with all
proper approaches, stations and other works and conveniences
connected therewith (that is to say) :
A railway Commencing by a junction with the Torquay
branch of the South Devon Railway at or near the north end of the Torquay station, at or near Torn otherwise Torr, in
the parish of Tormoham otherwise Tormohun, in the county
of Devon, and terminating at or near Hoodown Ferry Pas-
sage House, in the occupation of Mary Burgoine, in the
parish of Brixham, in the same county : which said intended
railway will be made or pass from, in, through, or into, to be
situate within, the several parishes, townships, extra-pa-
rochial or other places following, or some of them (that is to
say), Tomoham otherwise Tormohun, Torre otherwise Torr,
Torquay, Tor Abbey, Chilston, Cockington, Paignton, Good-
ring,ton, Galmpton, Chunitou Ferrers, Kingswear, and
Brixham, all in the said countyi:
Also a railway commencing by a junction with such in-
tended railway at a point in a field or enclosure adjoining to
and on the north-west side of the lane leading from the Brix-
ham and Kingswear turnpike-road to Hoedown Ferry Passage
House aforesaid, and which point is three hundred yards, or
thereabouts, in a direct line from the proposed terminus of
the first mentioned intended railway at or near Hoodown
Ferry Passage House aforesaid, and terminating in the parish
of Brixham aforesaid at or near a certain public-house called
or known by the name of " Dartmouth Floating Bridge Inn,'
occupied by George Griffis, and situate at the eastern end of
the Dartmouth Floating Bridge, and on the east side of the
harbour of Dartmouth ; and which said railway will pass
from, in, through, into, or be situate within the said parish
of Brixhamr.
Also a railway commencing at or near the western quay or
pier of the harbour of Torquay, in the said parish of Tormoham
otherwise Tormohun, and terminating by two junctions with
the first-mentioned intended railway, the one at or near
Livermead House, in the parish of Cockington, in the said
county of Devon, and the other at a point in a field belonging
to Charles Herbert Mallock, Esq., adjoining to and on the
west side of the road leading from Livermead House aforesaid
to Torre otherwise Torr, and which said last-named point is•
twenty chains or thereabouts in a direct line from the sea.-
shore; and which said railway and junctions will pass from,
in, through, or into, or be situate within, the several parishes,
townships, extra-parochial or other places of Tormobam
otherwise Tormohun, Torquay, Cocking-ton, and Tor Abbey,
or some or one of them, all in the county of Devon :
And it is also intended by the said act or acts to authorise
and empower the said company so to be incorporated as afore-
said to make a road or approach, commencing from or near the
proposed terminus of the firstly-described intended railway
near Hoodown Ferry Passage House aforesaid, and terminate
ing in the said parish of Brixham at or near a certain publi o-
house called or known by the name of " Dartmouth Floating
Bridge Inn," occupied by George Griffis, and situate at the
eastern end of the Dartmouth Floating Bridge, and on the
east side of the harbour of Dartmouth ; and which said). road
or approach will pass from, in, through, into, or be situate
within the said parish of Brixham
And it is also intended by the said act or acts to confer
upon the company to be thereby incorporated all necessary
powers for effecting the purposes following (that is to say):—
To stop up, alter, divert, cross, or break up, either tempo-
rarily or permanently, any turnpike or other roads, high-
ways, footpaths, streets, railways, tramways, canals,
aqueducts, streams, rivers, navigatious, sewers, drains,
pipes, and watercourses within the beforenamed parishes,
townships, extra-parochial or other places, or any of:
them, which it may be necessary or desirable to stop up.,
alter, divert, cross, or break up for any of the purpos es
of the intended railways, road, and works;
¶l make lateral deviations from the lines of the said in-
tended railways, road, and works, to the extent and
within the limits defined upon the plans hereinafter men-
tioned, and to purchase, by compulsion or otherwise,
lands, houses, and hereditaments for the purposes of the
intended railways, road, and works, and to vary or ex-
tinguish any rights or privileges connected with such
lands, houses, and hereditaments ;
To levy tolls, rates, and duties upon or in respect of the in-
tended Railways, road, and works, and to alter existing
tolls, rates, and duties, and to confer, vary, or extinguish
exemption from the payment of tolls, rates, and duties,
and to confer, vary, or extinguish other rights and privi-
leges :
And it is also proposed by the said act or acts to authorise
the South Devon Railway Company to subscribe and contri-
bute funds towards the said undertaking, and to guarantee
to the intended company such interest, dividend, annual or
other payments, as may be agreed upon between such com-
panies respectively, and to take and hold shares in the said
undertaking, and to apply any capital or funds now or here-
after belonging to them, or under the control of thei;direc-
tors, or to raise additional capital by the creation of new
shares, either with or without preference or. priority in pay-
ment of interest or dividend, or b borrowing, on mortgage
ore bond, for the purposes asososai(
Railwayany Company to vote at
meetings a the company to be incorporated as aforesaid and
to appoint directors of that company.
intemLedidasoetuor acts to
And it is also proposed by the said
enable the said intended company and the
andtecia.mrisTaindoceffr
into
Devon
Railway Company to make, enter into,
as may be or Wray condi-
tions, contracts and arrangements, on such
tions, and subject to such restrictions,
been mutually agreed upon by or bn behalf of those eonaisie
Dies, with reference to the working and use of the saia‘ in-
tended Railways, road, and works, the conduct, management,
and direction of the traffic, or any portion of the traffic, upon
the same, and the division and apportionment of such traffic,
and the tolls, rates, and charges arising therefrom, between
and amongst the said two companies ; and for enabling the
said intended company and the said South Devon Railway
Company to appoint a joint committee for carrying into effect
any such contracts or arrangements, and to exercise by
means of such joint committee or otherwise, such of the
rights, powers, or privileges, whether with reference to the
levying of tolls, rates, and duties, or otherwise, now or here-
after vested in or belonging to the said companies, and all
such other rights, powers, and privileges as may be necessary
or expedient for more effectually carrying into effect any such
contracts or arrangements.
And it is also proposed by the said intended act or acts to
confirm all or any amusements, now or hereafter to be en-
tered into, between the said intended comoany and the South
Devon Railway Company, or on their behalf, with reference
to all or any of the purposes before mentioned :
And Notice is hereby further Given that on or before the
30th day of November instant, reaps, plans, and sections,
showing the direction, lino, and levels of the said intended
railways and works, and plans and sections of the said road,
together with a book of reference to such plans, and a
copy of this notice, as published in the London Gazette,
will be deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for the
county of Devon, at his office at the Castle of Exeter in
the said counts-; 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 parish or extra-parochial place iu or through
which the said railways, road, and works, or any part
thereof, will be made or pass, together with a copy of this
notice, as published in the London Gazette,
will be deposited
f
or public inspection, in the case of each suchparish *th the
parish clerk thereof at his residence, and in the caseNnof
cache
such extraaoehisl place.. with the parish clerk of sonic
Parish immediat • And Notice ised adjoining
thereto at his residence.
,reby further Given, that on or before the
31st day of December in the present year, printed copies of
the intended bill or bills will be deposited in the Private Bill
Office of the Howie
of Commons.
far And it is also proposeodzirons.
the said intended act or acts, so
far as may be necessary soy.
amend, extend, vary, and 1-etter,purposes thereof, to alter,
or repeal the powers and
provisions or smne of the powei.'e
provisions of tho seve-
ral acts of Parliament following soia.nsodme or one of them (that
is to say)': —" The South D
ev" -Railway Act, 1844" " The
South Devon Railway Act (Amendme
" The South Devon Railway Act (ERaxiswtsaionodstTAclnimesn)anlB,4o6lll)
1847," and " The South Devon
of
busshajesty
trt‘s.ol
unr o establishingn a
also an act passed in the 11th year of tha:rA'et' 1851." And
King George the Third, intituled, " An Acat:
ht, from or
Floating Bridge over the Harbour of D
plhaececsounts
near to Lower Sand Quay Point to Old Ranckdingin of Devon, and for building Quays and
for making Roads and Approaches thereto, with Bra'nealnied
therefrom." 8
Dated this 3(1 clay of November, 1853.
TOZER, IVHIDBORNE, MACKENZIE, and TOZER
Teignmouth.
H. and W. TOOGOOD, 22, Parliament-street, Wes+
minster,

Solicitors for the Bill.

FATAL ACCIDENT BY FlRE.—Yesterday morning an
accident terminated fatally to Elizabeth Rc,A, Hunter-
street, New Kent-road. The deceased was in the act of
reaching something off the mantleshelf when the wind
from the door wafted her dress against the bars of the
grate, and it became ignited. Her screams attracted the
attention of the other lodgers, who rushed in, and hav-
ing extinguished the fire, conveyed her to Esther Ward,
Guy's Hospital, where she died. shortly %fter her admis•
'ion, being burnt nearly to a cinder.

BAROMETER, 30'.
WIND, W.S.W.—Li t breeze, and 08
fine, frosty weather,

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