The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-27 00:00:00

ItkIORTH STAFFORDSHIRE and MAN-
CHESTER, SHEFFIELD, and LINCOLNSHIRE RAIL-
WAYS JUNCTION (Railway from North Staffordshire Railway,
near Macclesfield, to the Whaley Bridge Branch of Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway; Abandonment for Purposes of
Navigation of Macclesfield Canal, or Part thereof; Powers for com-
pleting Whaley Bridge Branch of Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire Railway ; Extension of Time for Purchase of Land).
Notice is hereby given, that APPLICATION is intended to be
made to PARLIAMENT in the next Swaimn for an Act to autho;

rise Me North Staffordshire Railway Company, and the Manehestei
and Lincolnshire Railway Company, or one of
them, to make and maintain a railway, with all proper
works and conveniences connected therewith, commencing by a
junction with the Pottery line of the North Staffordshire Railway,
in the parish of Gawsworth, in the county of Chester, in a certain
close numbered 62 on the plans of the said Pottery line, depo-
sited with the Clerk of the Peace of the county of Chester
in 1845, passing thence from, in, through, or into the several
parishes, townships, and extra-parochial and other places following,
or some of them ; that is to say, Gawsworth, Prestbury, Sutton,
otherwise Higher Sutton, Macclesfield, Saint Peter, Saint Paul,
Hurdsfield, Upton, Saint James. Macclesfield Forest, Wildboar
Clough, Ty therington, otherwise Titherington, otherwise Tidrington,
Rainow, Bellington, Batley, otherwise Butley-eum-Newton, Ad-
lington, Pott Shrigley, Worth, Handley, otherwise Lyme Handley,
Poynton, otherwise Poynton, Stockport, Norbury, Disley, otherwise
Disley Stanley, Romiley, Chadklrk, Compstall, Torkington, Hazel
Grove, Maple, Offerton, Offerton Green, Hollins, Norbury Smithey,
Rombey, Hatherlow, Brodbury, Brodbury Green, Wilmington, But-
terhouse Green, and Hyde, all in the county of Chester, and termi-
nating by a junction with the Whaley Bridge branch of the Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, east present authorised
to be made, in the said township of Romney and parish of Stockport,
in the said county of Chester, at or near the point described as the
fourth mile of the said Whaley Bridge branch on the plan thereof
referred to in " The Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway
Act, 1849."
And it is also proposed by the said intended Aet to take power to
stop up and abandon as a canal the Maeciesfleld Canal, and certain
reservoirs, filtering beds, and other works, authorised to be made by
an Act passed in tile session of Parliament held in the 10th and 11th
years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act to en-
able the Manchester, Sheflield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company
to sell the water not required for their canals, called the Peak Forest
Canal and Aacclesfield Canal, and to make additional works in con-
nexion with such canals," or certain parts thereof respectively, and
to appropriate the site thereof, or of certain parts thereof, to the
purposes of the said intended railway, and to stop up, alter, or divert,
temporarily or permanently, all turnpike or other roads, and high-
ways, railways, tramways, aqueducts, canals, reservoirs, streams,
and rivers within the aforesaid parishes, townships, and places, tor
any of them, which it may be necessary so to stop up, alter, or
divert by reason of the construction of the said intended railway.
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And it is also proposed by the said intended Aet to•enable the said
Companies, or one of theta, to purchase lands and buildings, by com-
pulsion or agreement, for the purposes of the said intended railway,
and to levy tolls, rates, and duties in respect thereof, and to grant
exemptions from the payment of such tolls, rates, and duties, and to
raise further capital, and, if it should be deemed advisable, to attach
certain privileges of amount and priority in payment of dividend or
otherwise in respect of such capital.
And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to vary or satin -
guish all existing rights or privileges In any manner connected with
the lands and buildings proposed to be purchased or taken for the
purposes of the said intended railway, or which would in any man-
ner impede or interfere with the objects aforesaid, and to confer
other rights and privileges.
And notice is hereby further given, that a map, plans, and
sections, describing the line and levels of the said proposed railway,
and of the lands to be taken for the purposes thereof, together with
a book of reference to such plans, and a copy of this notice, as pub-
lished in the " London Gazette," will be deposited, en or before the
30th day of November, 1849, with the Clerk of the Peace of the
county of Chester, at his office in Chester, and that copies of so much
of the said plaas, sections, and book of reference as relate to the
several parishes and extra-parochial places in or through which the
said intended railway is proptesed to be made, together with a copy
of this notice, as published in the " London Gazette," will be depo-
sited, on or before the said 30th day of November, as follows ; that
is to say, in the case of parishes, with the parish clerks of such
parishes respectively, at their respective residences ; and in the case
of any extra-parochial place, with the parish clerk of some parish
adjoining thereto, at his residence.

Xtid it is also proposed by the said intended Act to make provision
for ensuring the speedy completion of the said Whaley Bridge
Branch of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, or
of so much thereof as may be necessary to effect a junction between
the said Pottery line and the main line of the said Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, and to revive and extend the
time limited by "The Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manches-
ter Railway (Whaley Bridge and Hayfield Branches) Act, 1846,"
for the compulsory purchase of lands and buildings, and for the
completion of the said branch ; and to authorise the said companies
or either of them to complete the said branch, and to have and
exercise all the powers, rights, and privileges of the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company for making and main-
taining the same, and for taking tolls, rates, and charges in respect
thereof.

And it is also prososed by the said intended Act to confer powers
upon the North Staffordshire Railway Company, and the Manchester
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company, to use with their
engines and carriages, and to carry passengers and goods upon the said
intended railway, and the stations and other works and convenience
upon or connected therewith ; and also to confer powers upon each of
the said companies to use with their engines and carriages, and to carry
passengers and goods upon the railways of the other of the said com-
panies, or some of them, or part or parts thereof, and the stations,
works, and conveniences upon or connected with such railways re-
spectively.
And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to authorise the
said Companies to enter into agreements as well for making and
maintaining the said intended railway and Whaley Bridge branch, as
also for carrying into full effect all or any of the purposes aforesaid,
and to apply and contribute funds in or towards the construction or
maintenanceof the said intended railway and Whaley Bridge branch,
or either of them, or for carrying out all or any of the objects afore-
said, and also to enter into agreements for the payment or division
or apportionment of tolls, rates, and duties in respect of their said
railways, or any of them, and to grant exemptions from the payment
of tolls, rates, or duties upon or in respect of the said railways, or
any of there, and to alter or vary any such tolls, rates, or duties, and
to confer, vary, and extinguish other rights and privileges in respect
of such tolls and duties, and also in respect of the use of the said
railways, or any of them, and of the several stations, works, and
conveniences connected therewith respectively.
And it is further proposed by such intended Act to alter, repeal,
amend, and enlarge the provisions of the several Acts of Parliament
following— that is to say, the Acts relating to the North Staffordshire
Railway—namely, " The North Staffordshire Railway (Pottery
Line) Act, 1846," " The North Staffordshire Railway Act, 1847,"
" The North Staffordshire Railway (Ashbourrie Branch) Act, 1848,"
and "The North Staffordshire Railway Millington Deviation) Act.
1848 ;" also of an Act passed in the first year of the reign of King
William the Fourth, intituled " An Act to consolidate and extend the
Powers and Provisions of the several Acts relating to the Navigation
from the Trent to the Mersey ;" also "The Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire Railway Act, 1845 ;" also the Acts relating to the
Macclesfield Canal—namely, Local and Personal Acts, 7th George
Fourth, chapter 30 ; 9th and 10th Victoria, chapter 267; 10th aid
11th Victoria, chapter 279; and 12th and 13th Victoria, chapter 81.
Dated this 12th day of November. 1849.
BURCHELL and PARSON,
47, Parliament-street, London.