The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-28 00:00:00

No. 17,840.3 LONDON, WEDNESDAY
E E G ity 7 NOVEMBER 28, 1849.

QOUTLI WALES . RAILWAY. No. 1.
(AMENDMENT of ACTS—EXTENSION of TIME for
COMPULSORY PURCHASE of LANDS).
Notice is hereby given, that APPLICATION is intended to be
made to PARLIAMENT, in the ensuing Session, for a BILL to alter
amend, and repeal certain of the provisions of the several Acts of
Parliament, harelaafter _mentioned, relating to the South Wales
Railway.
And notice is hereby further given, that it is intended by such Bill
to extend, or to revive the time granted by the South Wales It ilway
Act, 1845, tor the compulsory purchase of certain lands, houses, and
hereditaments required for the purposes of the railway or railways
by that Act authorised to be made from Fishguard Bay and Pem-
broke Dock to Chepstow, ant from Newport to Monmouth, situate
in the several parishes, townships,- and extra-parochial or other
places following, or some of them : that is to say, Pembroke Dock,
otherwise Pater, St. Mary's Pembroke, rembrey,' Nash, Coshes-
ton, 'Carew, Lawrenny, Jeffreyston, Yerbeston, Loveston, Rey-
nalton, Begelly Monntain, South Narberth, North Narbei th,'
Crinow otherwise Croynwydd, Lartspeter-Velfr,y, Langan, Llandowi-
Velfry, Fishguard, Lianwnda, Manorowen, Jordanston, , a certain
piece of laud stated to be extra-parochial, lying within or adjoin
ing the parish of Llanstinan, Llansti. an, Letterston, Saint Dog-
wells, Saint Lawrenc?, Ilaysca.stle, Amblestone, Tretgarn, Spitta',
Rudbaxton, Wilton, Clarbeston, filetherstone, Lawhaden, and
Llatifalteg, in the county of Pembroke ; Llangan, in the coun-
ties of Pembroke and Carmarthen, or one of them ; Egremont,
Castiedwyran, Llandisilio, Llanfaiteg, Llandewi-
Velfry, Langan.. Eglwysfair, Cyfltg, Llamboidy, Saint Clair, Llan-
ginning, Mydrim, Llanflhangel-Abercwyn, Merthyr, Liangunnog„
Liangunnor, Jidplwydd, Liandyfaelag, Saint Ishmael. Kid., city,
Saint Mary's Kidwelly, Pembrey, and Llanelly, in the county of
Carmarthen ; Saint Peters, in the county of the borough of Car-
marthen ; Loughor, Saint John's, Swansea, Llangefelach, Llansam-
let, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, Neath, Lantwit-juxta-Neath, Briton-
Ferry, Baglan, Abcrafon, Margam, Kentlg, Coycharch, Lanharran,
Pei erstone-super-M,ntem, Llantrissant,Pendoylon,Peterstone-su per-
Ely, Michaelstone-super-Ely, Saint George, Saint Nicholas, Saint
Brides super-Ely, Saint Fagans, Llaudaff, Saint Mary's Cardiff,
and Roath, in the county of Glamorgan Ramey, Saint el-
lons, Llanbad otherwise Peterson, Saint Brides* Liannaintfraed,
Bassalleg, Saint Woolks, Newport,Christchurch, Lan, ern, Bishten,
Wilcrick, Landevenny, Saint Brides' Netherwent, Magor, -"Lindy,
Llanvihangei, Itogiet, Ifton, Caldicott, Portskewit, Mathern, and'
Chepstow; and also, Llangattock-juxta-Caerleon, Christchurch,
Llanhennock, Kemeys-Inferior, Tredunnock, Llantrissant, Usk,
Gwerhelog, Llangeview, Llandenny, Raglan, Llanishen, Pen-y-
-clawdd, Dingestow, Wonastow, Micheltroy, and Monmouth, in -the
county of Monmouth ; and also to extend the time granted by the
South-Wales Railway Amendment Act, 1846, for the compulsory
purchase cf certain lands, houses, and heridita -ents, re-
quired for the purposes of the lines of railway and
branch railways by that Act authorised to be made from
the termination of the line of the South Wales Railway,
as authorised by the r rst-mentioned Act, to Hagloe Farm, in the
parish of Awre, in the county of Gloucester, and from the said line of
the South Wales Railway to Swansea and the 03, stermouth Railway
,or Tramway,' and from the said line of the South Wales Railway to
Haverfordwest, situate in the several parishes, townships, and
extra-parochial or other places fo.lowing, or some of them , (that is
to say), Tiddenham, Woolaston, Alvington, Lydney, Awre, and
Newcham, in the county of Gloucester ; Swansea, St. John's, Swan-
sea, and Llangefelach, in the county of Glamorgan ; Prendergast,
Uzmaston, Wiston, and Rudbaxton, in the county of Pem-
broke ; and also to extend the time granted by the last-men-
tioned Act for the compulsory purchase of certain lands,
houses, and hereditaments require d for the purposes of the
new or altered lines of railway by the last-mentioned Act
authorised to be constructed, in lieu of certain portions of the line
of the South Wales Railway, and of the Monmouth branch thereof
as than authorised to be made, situate in the several parishes, town-
ships, and extra-parochial or other places following, or some of
them ; (that is to say), Loughor, Swansea, St. John's, Swansea,
Llangefelach, and Ltansamlet, in the county of Glamorgan : Llan-
gynnor, Llaniefaelog, St. Ishmael, and Kidwelly, in the county of
Carmarthen ; Mydrim, Llanflhangel Abercwyn, and Llangynog, in
the county of Carmarthen ; Llantrissant, Liangibby, Llaullowel,
Llangeview, Usk, and Gwerhelog, in the county of Monmouth ; and
also to extend the time granted by the Gloucester and Dean Forest
Railway Act, 1b46, for the compulsory purchase of certain lauds,
houses, and hereditaments required for the purposes of
so much of the last-mentlored railway as lies between
the junction thereof with the South Wales Railway,
in the parish of Awre, in the county of Glou-
cester, and a point at or near the Bth mile of the Gloucester and
Dean Forest Railway, as marked upon the plans thereof referred to
in the last-mentioned Act, situate in the several parishes, townships,
and extra-parochial or other places following, or some of them ;
(that is to say), Awre, Newnham, and Westbury-upon-Severn, in the
county of Gloucester.
And that it is intended by such Bill to alter, amend, enlarge, and
in part repeal the several Acts following relating to or affecting the
South Wales Railway Company; (that is to say), the South Wales
Railway Act, 1815, the South Wales Railway ( Amendment) Act,
1846, the South Wales Railway (Amendment) Act, 1847, and the
Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway Act, 1846.
Dated this 10th day of November, 1849.
• W. 0. and W. HUNT, 10, Whitehall, London.

or stop up all turnpike and other roads, railways, tramways, ague-
. ducts, canals, streams, and rivers, within or adjoining to the afore-
said parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places, or any
of them, with which it may be necessary to interfere in the construc-
tions of the said intended railways and works.
And that It is also Intended, by such Bill to enable the South Wales
Railway Company and the Vale of Neath Railway Company to
enter into such arrangements and agreements with respect to the
use of the station or stations of the said railways at Neath and the
works connected therewith, and with respect to apportioning and
defraying the cost of such station or stations by the payment of an
annual or other sum for or in. respect of such station or stations or
part thereof, or fol the use thereof by the said two companies or either
of them, as may be mutually agree ! on between them ; and for that pur-
pose to enable the South Wales Railway Company to convey or assign
to the Vale of Neath Railway Company such portion or portion of the
said station or stations, and the land and works connected therewith,
as may be agree 4 upon, and to enable the Vale of Neath Railway
Company to accept and take a conveyance or assignment thereof,
and alsa to enab:e the said two companies to nuke such other
arrangements for the use and working of their respective lines or
portions thereof, and on such terms and conditions as may be mutually
agreed on between them.
And that it is also intended by such Bill to authorise the directors
of the South Wales Railway Company in cer [tin events to merge in
the capital of the said company shares which shall have been or 'hall
be declared foreited, and to create and Issue new shares in lieu there-
of, of such nominal value as they may determine ; and also to create
and issue new shares of such nominal value as they shall determine,
in lieu of any shares, in the capital of the comp. ny which may
be already authirised to be created, but which shall not have been
issued by the company; and, If it shall hereafter be necessary, to
assign to any new shares so to be created and issued as aforesaid
such guaranteed or preferential dividends or other rights or privi-
leges as the said company shall think fit.
. .

And that it is Intended by such Bill to alter, amend, enlarge,
and in part repeal the South Wales Railway Act, 1845 ; the
South Wales Railway • (Amendment) Act, 1846 ; the South
Wales Railway • (Amendment) Act, • 1847 ; the Vale of
Neath Railway Act, 1846; the Vale of Neath Railway (Amendment)
Act, 1847; the Vale of Neath Railway (Ameu4ment) Act, 1848; and
also same of the powers and provisions of the several Acts following,
-relating•tn the Forest of Dean Railway, otherwise called the Bullo
riu Railway, or some of them; (twat is to say) the 49 George
cap. 158, and 7 George IV., cap. 47.

Dated this 10th day of November, 1849.
W. 0. and W. HUNT, 10, Whitehall, London.

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C ONTR ACTS for IRON CABLES and
MOORING CHAINS.
Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy,
Somerset-place, November 2G, 1849.
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of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give
notice that on TuzsDAY, the 15th January next, at One o'clock,
they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to
Contract for supplying her Majesty's Dockyards at Woolwich, Ports-
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IRON CHAIN-CABLES and MOORING CHAINS.
The Conditions of the Contract and A Form of the Tender may be
obtained at the said Office.

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fir the due performance of each of the three Contracts.

LEASEHOLD RENTS AND PREMISES IN THE CITY OF

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Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; of Mr. Henry
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ries on the coast of Africa lying between Cape St. Patil
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DO SWING STREET, Nov. 27.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Benjamin
Chilley Campbell Pine, Esq., to be Lieutenant-Governor
of the district of Natal, in Sou:h Africa. . .
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Robert
William Leyte, Eaq , to be Civil CouttnisAoner and
Collector of Taxes for the Seyehelles Islands, depen-
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Will ITIIALL, Nov. 26.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent
to be passed under the Great Seal, appointing John
Elijah Blunt, &q. to be one of the Masters in Ordi-
nary of the High Court of Chancery, in the room of Wil-
liam Wingfield, Esq.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 26.

The Quecn has been pleased to nominate the Reverend
Brownlow Maitland to the Ministry of Brunswick
Chup:l, in the parish of Saint Mary•le-bone in the
county of Middlesex, and diocese of London, void by the
resignation of the Reverend Thomas Scott Smyth; .M.A.

WHITEHALL, Nov. 19.

The Lord ChanceHor has appointed Robert Douglas,
of Tweedmetitli, in the county of the borough and town
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Gent., to be a Master Extra.
ordinary in the High Court of Chancery.