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41, NOVEMBER 26 1846.
No. 16,907. LONDON-5
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the lands proposed to be taken for the purposes thereof, will be depo-
sited, on or before the 30th day of November, in the present year,
with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Berks, at his Office, in
Abingdon; and with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Wilts,
at his office, in Wilton ; and that a copy of so much of the said plans,
sections, and books of reference, as relates to each of the parishes in
or through which the said intended railway, branch railway, and
works are intended to be made, will be deposited, on or before the
said 39th day of November, with the parish clerks of those parishes
respectively, at their respective residences.
W. 0. and W. HUNT, 10, Whi`ehall.
OSBORNE, WARD, and CO., Bristol.
Dated November, 1846.

the names of the owners or reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees,
and occupiers of the lands proposed to be taken for the purposes there-
of, will be deposited, on or before the 30th day of November instant,
with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Somerset, at his office,
at Taunton, in that county; with the Clerk of the Peace for the
county of Dorset, at his office, at Sherburne, in that county ; with
the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Wilts, a h
t is office at Wilton,
in that county. And that a copy of so much of the said plans and
sections and books of reference as relates to each of the parishes In
or through which the said Intended railways and works are respec-
tively intended to be made will be deposited, on or before the said
30th day of November. with the parish clerks of such parishes re-
spectively at their respective residences.
W. 0. and W. HUNT, 10, hitehall, London.
OSBORNE, WARD and Co., Bristol.
Dated this sth day of November, 1846.

said intended railways and works, and to confer other rights and
privileges.
And it is also intended by such Act to confer on the said Great
Western Railway Company powers for raising additional capital, and
also for the purchase of land, by compulsion or agreement, for the
purposes of the said intended works, and for levying tolls, rates, and
duties upon or in respect of the use thereof, and to confer such ex-
emptions from such tolls, rates, and duties, as to such Company may
seem meet.
And it is also intended by such Act to authorise the sale or
lease to the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, and to the
South Devon Railway Company, jointly or severally, of the whole
or any part of the said 'wended railway secondly hereinbefore
described, and of the whole or any part of so much of the said
intended railway firstly hereinbefore described, as will be situate
in the county of the city of Exeter, and in the parish of Saint
Thomas the Apostle, in the county of Devon, and to enable such last-
mentioned companies, or either of them ,to purchase or rent the same,
or to contribute funds towards the construction thereof, and
for those purposes, or either of them, to raise additional capital and
also to enable the said Great W estern Railway Company, and the said
Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, and the said South Devon
Railway Company, to enter into and carry into effect such arrange-
ments as may be agreed on for the use, in common, by such compa-
nies, of the aforesaid portions of the said intended railways, and of
the stations of the said companies respectively situate thereon or
adjoining thereto.
And for the purposes aforesaid, it is further intended by such Act
to alter, amend, and enlarge some of the powers and provisions of the
several Acts hereinafter mentioned, or some of them (that is to say),
the several Acts relating to the Great Western Railway, and the
railways and branch railways, forming part of that undertakin,g, and
belonging to the Great Western Railway Company, bearing date as
.
follows (that is to say) : au Act of the fifth and sixth Years of the
reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, cap. 107 ;
an Act
of the sixth year of the same reign, cap. 33; an Act of the first year
of the reign of her present Majesty Queen Victoria, cap. 91 ; an Act of
the first year of thesame reign, cap. 92 ; an Act of the second year of
the same reign, cap. 27; an Act of the sixth and seventh years of the
reign of his said late Majesty King William the Fourth, cap. 77 ; an
Act of the first and second years of the reign of her said present Ma-
jesty Queen Victoria, cap. 24 ; ail Act of the fifth year of the same
reign, cap. 28 ; an Act of tilnixth year of the same reign,
sap. 10 ; an Act of the seventh, year of the same reign, cap- 3 ;
an Act of the eighth and nififtif years of the same reign,
cap. 40 ; an Act of the eighth and:18111th years of the same reign,
cap. 181; an Act of the eighth and ninth years of the same reign, cap.
191 ; and an Act of the ninth year of the same reign, cap. 14 ; " The
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Act, 1845," "The Wilts,
Somerset, and Weymouth Railway (Amendment) Act, 1846 ;"an
-Act of the seventh and eighth years of the reign of her said present
Majesty, cap. 68 ; and an Act of the ninth and tenth years of the
same reign, cap. 402, relating to he SontliDevon Railway ; an Act
of the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King William the
Fourth, cap. 36 ; and an Act of the first year of the reign of her
present Majesty, cap. 26; an Act of the third year of the same reign,
cap. 17 ; an Act of the fourth and fifth years of the same reign, cap.
al ; an Act of the eighth and ninth years of the same reign, cap.
155 ; and an Act of the ninth and tenth years of the same reign, cap.
181 ; severally relating to the Bristol and Exeterßailway. And also
the Acts relating to the West London Railway, which bear date as
follows :—An Act of the third year of the reign of his late Majesty
King William the Fourth, chapter 36 ; an Act of the sixth year of
the same reign, cap. 79 ; an Act of the third and fourth year of the
reign of her present Majesty, cap. 105 ; an Act of the eighth and
ninth years of the same reign, cap. 156 ; and an Act of the ninth and
tenth years of tile same reign, cap. 369.
And notice is hereby further given, that maps, plans, and sections,
describing the direction, line, and levels of the said intended rail-
ways and works, together with books of reference to such plans,
containing the names of the owners or reputed owners, lessees or
reputed lessees, and occupiers of the land proposed to be taken for
the purposes thereof, will, on or before the 30th day of November
instant, be deposited for public inspection at the respective offices of
the Clerks of the Peace following, (that is to say,) at the office of the
Clerk of the Peace for the county of Devon, at the castle of Exeter,
in that county; at the office of the Clerk of the Peace of the city
and county of the city of Exeter, at Exeter; at the office of the
Clerk of the Peace for the county of Somerset, at Taunton, in that
county ; and at the office of the Clerk of the Peace for the county of
Dorset, at Sherborne, in that county; and that, on or before the said
30th day of November, a copy of so much of the said plans, sections,
and books of reference, as relates to each of the parishes in or through
which the said intended railways and works are intended to be made,
or maintained, or will pass, or be situate, will be deposited with the
parish clerks of such parishes respectively, at their respective rest-
dences.—Dated this sth day of November, 1846.
W. O. and W. HUNT, 10, Whitehall, London.
OSBORNE, WARD, and Co., Bristol.

of her said present Majesty, cap. 68 ; and an Act of the ninth and
tenth years of the same reign, cap. 402, relating to the South Devon
Railway ; an Act of the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty
King William the Fourth, cap. 36 ; and an Act of the first year of
the reign of her present Majesty, cap. 26 ; an Act of the third year
of the same reign, cap. 47 ; an Act of the fourth and fifth years of
the same reign, cap. 41; an Act of the eighth and ninth
years of the same reign, cap. 155 ; and an Act of the
ninth and tenth years of the same reign, cap. 181 ; severally
...elating' to the Bristol and Exeter Railway. And also the
Acts relating to the West London Railway, which bear date
,ts follows —an Act of the third year of the reign of his late Majesty
King William the Fourth, cap. 36 ; an Act of the sixth year of the
same reign, cap. 79 ; an Act of the third and fourth years of the reign
of her present Majesty, cap. 105 ; an Act of the eighth and ninth year
of the same reign, cap. 156 ; and an Act of the ninth and tenth year
of the same reign, cap. 369.
And notice is hereby farther given, that maps, plans, and sections,
describing the direction, line, and levels of the said intended rail-
ways and wo:ks, togtther with books of reference to such plans,
containing the names of the owners or reputed owners, lessees or re-
puted lessees, and occupiers of the lands proposed to be taken for the
purposes thereof, will, on or before the 30th day of November in-
stant, be deposited for public inspection at the respective offices of the
Clerks of the Peace following, that is to say, at the office of the
Clerk of the Peace for the county of Devon, at the Castle of Exeter,
in that county; at the office of the Clerk of the Peace of the city
and county of the city of Exeter, at Exeter ; at the office of the
Clerk of the Peace for the county of Somerset, at Taunton, in that
county ; and at the office of the Clerk of the Peace for the county of
Dorset, at Sherborne, in that county; and that, on or before the said
30th day of November, a copy of so much of the said plans, sections,
and books of referencesas relates to each of the parishes in or through
which the said intended railways and works areiintended to be made,
or maintained, or will pass, or be situate, will be deposited with
the parish clerks of such parishes respectively, at their respective
residences.
Dated November, 1846.

WILTS, SOMERSET, and WEYMOUTH,
RAlLWAY.—(amendment) No. 1.--Bruton (Pitcombe
and Rodden) and Bradford Deviations.
Notice is hereby given, that APPLICATION is intended to be
made to Parliament in the ensuing session, for an ACT to alter,
amend, and enlarge some of the powers and provisions of " The
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Act, 1345," and The
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway (Amendment) Act, 1846,"
and to enable the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Com-
pany to make the two several alterations hereinafter particularly
mentioned in certain of the lines of 'railway authorised to be made
by the said Acts ; that is to say, one of such alterations to
commence in the parish of Pitcombe, in the county of So-
merset, on the line of rlway from Upton Scudamore to
Meicombe Regis, secondly, "described in the firstly above-
mentioned Act, in or near to a field in the said parish, num-
bered 2 on the plans of the said railway referred to in the said Act,
and passing thence in, through, or into, the several parishes, town.
ships, and extra-parochial or other places of Pitco lithe, Bruton, WyLe
Champflower, Sheephouse Farm, North Brewham, Witham Friary,
Marston Bigot, Frome Selwood, and Rodden, or some of them in the
county of Somerset, to terminate in the said parish of Rodden in or
near to it field in that parish numbered 1 on the said last-mentioned

Pro
BERKS and HANTS RAILWAY osed
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Extension of the Berks and Hants Railway from Hungerford
to Westbury and to Devizes, with powers of sale and lease to and
contribution by the Great Western Rahway Company.
Notice is hereby given, that APPLICATION is intended to be
made to Parliament in the ensuing session for an ACT to authorise
the construction and maintenance of a railway, with all proper
works, approaches, and conveniences connected therewith, com-
mencing from the line of the Berks and Hants Railway, at
the western end of a certain inclosure in the parish of
Hungerford, in the counties of Berks and Wilts, or one of them,
numbered 37 in such parish on the plans of the said Berks and is
Railway referred to in the Berks and Hants Railway Act, 1845 H, and
terminating by a junction with the line of the Wilts, Somerset, and
Weymouth Railway, as now authorised to be made, in a certain field
ld
in the parish of Westbury, in the county of Wilts, numbered 4such parish on the plans of the Wilts, s omerset, add Weymouth
Railway, referred to in the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway
Act, 1846, which said intended railway, and other works connected
therewith, will pass from, in, through, or into, or be situated within
the several parishes, townships, and extra-parochial places fol-
lowing, or some of them, that is to say—Hungerford, Hungerford
Town Tything, Sanden Fee otherwise Sandham Fee, Elling-
ton and Newtown, and Charnham-street, in the counties of Berks
and Wilts, or one of them ; Froxfield, Oakhill, Budge, Little Bed-
win, Chisbury, Great Bedwin, Wootton Rivers, South Savernake,
Brimslade, Grafton, Burbage, Easton Pewsey, Milton Lilbourne
otherwise Middleton Lislebourne, Manningford Abbots, Manningford
Bruce, Huish, Wilcot otherwise Welcot, Oars and Draycott alias
Draycott, Foliat, Overton, Rainscombe, East Stowell, West Stoivell,
Alton 'Priors, Woodborough, Alton Barnes, North Newnton and Hil-
cot, Charlton, Rushall,Beechingstoke,Wivelsford otherwise Wilsford,
Manningford Bohun, Marden, Patney, Cherington otherivise Chir-
ton, Conock, Stanton, Saint Bernard, All Cannings, Etchilhatnpton;
Fulloway, Urchfont, Stert, Wedhampton, Eastcott, Bishop's Can-
nings, Saint James, otherwise Southbroom, Potterne, Norton, Marston,
West Lavington, Fiddington, Littleton Pannel, Market LaVirigtoll,
Easterton, Great Cheverel, Little Cheverel, Melksham, Erlestoke, East
Coniston, Edington' Whorwelesdown, West Coniston West Couls-
ton=cum-Baynton, Tinhead, Baynton, Westbury, Bratton, Stoke
in: Bratton, Heywood, Hawkoridge, Westbury Leigh, Westbury
Priory, Westbury Chantery, Brook-house, S'orridge, Brook,
Penleigh, Bailiwick of Leigh and Eden Vale, in the county
of Wilts, together with a branch railway, diverging from the line
of such intended railway, in a certain field in the occupation of
Richard Giddings, situate in Fullaway, in the parish of All Can-
nings, and county of Wilts, known as Chapel Ground and ter-
minating by a junction with the line of the Wilts, Somerset, and
Weymouth Railway, in a certain field in the parish of St. John the
Baptist, Devizes, and county of Wilts, numbered 52 in such parish,
on the plans of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway re-
ferred to in the said Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Act,
1846, which said intended branch railway and other works connected
therewith will pass from, in, through, or into, or be situate within,
the several parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other
places following, or some of them, that is to say—All Cannins, Ful-
laway, Potterne, Urchfont, Stert, Etchillhampton, Bishop's Can-
Wogs, Saint James otherwise Sonthbroom, and Saint John the Bap-
tist, Devizes, in the county of Wilts.
And it is also intended by such Act to take power to alter, divert,
or stop up, whether temporarily or permanently, all turnpike and
other roads, railways, tramways, aqueducts, canals, streams, and
rivers within or adjoining to the aforesaid parishes, townships, and
extra-parochial or other places, or any of them, with which it may
be necessary to interfere in the construction of the said intended
railway, branch railway, and works.
And it is further intended by such Act to vary, repeal, or extin-
guish all existing rights or privileges in any manner connected with
the lands proposed to be purchased or taken, or which would in any
manner impede or interfere with the construction, maintenance, or
use of the said intended railway, branch railway, and works, and to
confer other rights and privileges.
And it is further intended by such Act to incorporate a company,
and to enable such company to purchase lands and houses by compul-
sion or agreement for the purpose of the said proposed railway, branch
railway, and works, and to levy tolls, rates, and duties, in respect
of the use thereof, and to grant certain exemptions from such tolls,
rates, and duties ; and to sell, or let on lease, the said undertaking,
with all or any of their powers in relation thereof, to the Great
Western Railway Company, and to enable the said last-mentioned
Company to purchase or rent, and if need be to execute, the said
railway, and to use, exercise, and •enjoy such powers, and to raise
capital for the purpose; or for the purpose of contributing towards
the establishment of and becoming shareholders in the said under-
taking.
And it is further intended by such Act to alter, amend, and enlarge,
so far as may be necessary for the objects aforesaid, the powers and
provisions of the several Acts relating to the said Great Western
Railway, and to the several railways now forming part of that
undertaking, and belonging to the Great Western Railway Com-
pany, which several Acts bear date as follows, that is to say—An
Act of the fifth and sixth years of the reign of his late Majesty King
William the Fourth, cap. 107 ; an Act of the sixth year of the
same reign, c. 38 ; an Act of the first year of the reign of her present
Majesty Queen Victoria, c. 91; an Act of the first year of the
same reign, c. 92 ; an Act of the second' year of the same relit), c.
27 ; an Act o the sixth ear of the rn f Ring William the
Fourth, c. 77;f an Act of the first year ofei tgheo reign ot her present
Majesty Queen Victoria, c. 24; an Act of the fifth year of the
same reign, session 2, c. 28 ; an Act of the sixth year of the
same reign, c. 10 ; an Act of the seventh year of the same reign,
c. 3; an Act' of the eight sand ninth years of the same reign, c. 40;
an Act of the eighth and ninth years of the same reign, c. 188 ;
an Act of the eighth and ninth years of the same reign, C. 191 ;
an Act of the ninth year of the same reign, c. 14 ; and the several
Acts relating to the West London Railway which bear date as follews,
viz. :—An act of the third year of the reign of his late Majesty King
William the Fourth, c. 36; an Act of the sixth year of the same
reign, c. 79 ; an Act of the third and fourth years of the reign of her
present Majesty, c. 105 ; an Act of the eighth and ninth years of the
same reign, c. 156 ; and an Act of the ninth and tenth years of the
same reign, c. 369.
And notice is hereby further given, that maps, plans, and sections
of the said intended railway, branch railway, and works. together
with books of reference to such plans, containing the names of the
owners or reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees, and occupiers of
the land proposed to be taken for the purposes thereof, will be depo-
sited, en or before the 30th day of November in the present
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those parishes respectively, rishes in or through which the said intended railway, branch rail-
way, and work are intended to be made, will be deposited, on or
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the said 30th day of November, with the parish clerks of

plans.
And the other of such alterations to commence in the parish of
Bradford, in the county of Wilts, on the line of railway from Brad-
ford to Bathampton, described in the secondly above-mentioned
Act, at a road in the said parish numbered 125 in the plans of the
said railway referred to in the said last-mentioned Act, and to pass
in or through and to terminate within the same parish at the Avon
Cliff Aqueduct of the Kennet and Avon Canal.
And it is also intended by such Act to take powers to abandon such
part or parts of the lines of railway, respectively authorised by the
said firstly and secondly above-mentioned Acts, as will be rendered
useless by reason of the aforesaid intended alterations respectively.
And it is also intended by such Act to take powers to stop up,
alter, and divert, whether temporarily or permanently, all turnpike
and ether roads and highways, streets, railways, tramways, aque-
ducts, canals, streams, and rivers, upon or adjoining the line of the
said intended works, which it may be necessary to interfere with in
the construction or for the purposes of the said intended works.
And it is further intended by such Act to obtain powers for the
purchase of lands, by compulsion or agreement, for the purposes of
the said intended works, and to vary, repeal, or extinguish all exist-
ing rights or privileges which would in any manner impede or in-
terfere with the construction, maintenance, or use of the said in-
tended works, and to confer other rights and privileges. And also to
levy tolls, rates, and duties, in respect of the use of the said intended
works, and to confer such exemptions from such tolls, rates, or
duties, as to the said Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Com-
pany may seem meet.
And it is further proposed by such intended Act to extend to the
said proposed alterations and works the powers of sale and lease to
the Great Western Railway Company, and powers of purchase and
renting, and of contributing capital by that Company, which are
contained in the said " Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway
Act, 1845," with reference to the undertaking thereby authorised.
And for the purposes aforesaid, it is further intended by the said
intended Act to alter, amend, and enlarge, so far as may be neces-
sary, the powers and provisions of the said Wilts, Somerset, and
Weymouth Railway Act, 1845, and of the said Wilts, Somerset, and
Weymouth Railway (Amendment) Act, 1846, and of the several
Acts relating to the Great Western Railway, and of the railways
and branch railways forming part of that undertaking, and belong-
ing to the Great Western Railway Company, bearing date as follows
—that is to say, an Act of the fifth and sixth years of the reign of
his late Majesty King William the Fourth, cap. 107 ; an Act of the
sixth year of the same reign, cap. 38 ; as Act of the first year of
the reign of her present Majesty Queen Victoria, cap. 91 ; an Act
of the first year of the same reign, cap. 92; an Act of the second
year of the same reign, cap. 27 ; an Act of the sixth and seventh
years of the reign of his said late Majesty King William the Fourth,
cap 77 ; an Act of the first and second years of the reign of her said
present M ajesty Queen Victoria, cap. 24 ; an Act of the fifth year of the
same reign, cap. 28 ; an Act of the sixth year of the same
3reign,
cap. 10 ; an Act of the seventh year of the same reign, cap. ; an
Act of the eighth and ninth years of the same reign, cap. 40 ; an
Act of the eighth and ninth years of the same reign, cap. 188 ; an
Act of the eighth and ninth years of the same reign, cap. 191 ; and
an Act of the ninth year of the same reign, cap. 14.
And also the Acts relating to the West London Railway, which
bear date as follows : —An Act of the third year of the reign of his
late Majesty King William Use Fourth, cap. 36 ; an Act of the
sixth year of the same reign, cap. 79 ; an Act of the third and
fourth year of the reign of her present Majesty, cap. 105 ; an Act of
the eighth and ninth year of the same reign, cap:ls6 ; and an Act
of the ninth and tenth year of the same reign, cap. 369.
And notice is hereby further given, that maps, plans, and sec-
tions, describing the direction, line, and levels of the said intended
works, together with books of reference to such plans, containing
the names of the owners or reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees,
and occupiers of the lands proposed to be taken for the purposes
thereof, will be deposited, on or before the 30th day of November
instant, with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Somerset, at
his office. at Taunton, in
ofthat county ; and with the Clerk of the
Peace for the county Wilts, at his office, at Wilton, in that
county ; and that a copy of so much of the said plans and sections
and books of reference as relates to each of the parishes in or
through which the said intended works are intended to be made,
will be deposited, on or before the said 30th day of November, with
the parish clerks of such parishes respectively, at their respective
residences.

BIRMINGHAM and OXFORD JUNCTION,
and BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, and DUDLEY
RAILWAYS AMALGAMATION.—Proposed amalgamation of the
Birmingham and Oxford Junction, and Birmingham, Wolverhamp-
ton, and Dudley Railway Companies, with power of transfer to, or
amalgamation with, the Great Western Railway Company.
Notice is hereby given, that APPLICATION is intended to be
made to Parliament in the ensuing session, for an ACT to consolidate
and to amend, and enlarge the powers and provisions of an Act,
passed in the last session of Parliament, called " The Birmingham
and Oxford Junction Railway Act, 1846;" also of an Act, passed in
the same session of Parliament, called " The Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction (Birmingham Extensios) Railway Act, 1846 ;" and
also of another Act, passed in the, same session, called " The Bir-
mingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Act, 1846 ;"
and to authorise the union and consolidation, into one un-
dertaking, of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway,
the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway, and any
railways or other works which may be authorised to be carried into
effect by the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company,
and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Com-
pany, or either of them, by any Act or Acts to be passed in the next
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Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company, and the Bir-
mingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Company, and to
vest in one company the said railways and works respectively, and
all the capitol stock, shares, property, and effects, and all the powers
and privileges now vested in the Birmingham and Oxford Junction
Railway Company, and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and
Dudley Railway Company respectively, or either of them, or which
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And it is further proposed, by the said intended Act, to enable the
Company so intended to be incorporated to levy tolls, rates, and
duties upon, or in respect of, the said railways and works; and it is
also proposed, by the said intended Act, to alter the tolls, rates, or
duties now authorised to be demanded and taken upon the Birming-
ham and Oxford Junction Railway, and the Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley Railway, and to confer, vary, or extinguish
exemptions from the payment of such tolls, rates, or duties, and other
rights and privileges.
And it is also proposed, by the said intended Act, to empower the
Company so intended to be thereby incorporated, to lease, sell, or
transfer the before mentioned railways and works authorised, or
to be authorised, as aforesaid, or any part of tile same, or the tolls
thereof, to the Great Western Railway Company; and also to
enable the Great Western Railway Company to purchase or rent
the same, and to carry into execution all or any of such powers
of the several Acts relfeing to the Birmingham and Oxford Junction
Railway, and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Rail-
way, and of any Act or Acts to be passed in the next session of Par-
liament relative thereto, as may become vested in the Company soto
be incorpoiated ; and to raise additional capital for the purposes afore-
said, or to become holders of shares or capital stock, in such under-
taking, or to authorise the amalgamation of the said united. Co-
mpany, and the capital stock thereof, with the Great Western Railway
Company, and the capital stock thereof.
And, for carrying into effect all or any of the above objects, it is
intended to alter, amend, and enlarge the powers and provisions of
the several Acts hereinafter-mentioned, relating to the Great Wes-
tern Railway Company, or whereby powers are conferred on the
Great Western Railway Company, and which Acts are distin-
guished in the Queen's printers' copies thereof, as follows, that is to
say, the sth and Gth William the Fourth, cap. 107, the 6th
William the Fourth, cap. 38, the Gth William the Fourth, cap. 77,
the Ist Victoria, cap. 91, the Ist Victoria, cap. 92, the Ist Victoria,
cap. 24, Use 2d Victoria, cap. 27, the sth Victoria, seas. 2, cap. 28,
the 6th Victoria, cap. 10, the 7th Victoria, eap. 3, the Bth and 9th
Victoria, cap. 40, the Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 188, the Bth and 9th
Victoria, cap. 191, and the 9th Victoria, cap. 14; and also the Acts
relating-to the West London Railway, which bear date as follows;
an Act of the third year of the reign of his late Majesty King Wit-
ham the Fourth, chapter 36 ; an Act of the sixth year of the same
reign, chapter 79 ; an Act of the third and fourth year of the reign
of her present Majesty, chapter 105 ' • an Aet of the eighth and ninth
year of the same reign, chapter 156; and an Act of the ninth and
tenth year of the same reign, chapter 369.
Dated this 7th day of November, 1846.
W. 0. and W. HUNT, 10, Whitehall.
J. W. and G. WHATELEY, Birmingham.

PROPOSED RAILWAY from YEOVIL and
BRIDPORT to EXETER, with Branches.—Proposed Rail•
ways from the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, near Yeo-
vil, and near Bridport, to the South Devon and Bristol and Exeter
Railways, at Exeter, with branches to Sidmouth and to Charmouth,
near Lyme, and to the Chard Canal Railway, at Ilminster, and to
the Crewkerne Branch of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, near
Crewkerne, with powers of sale and lease to and contribution by the
Great Western Railway Company.—Notice is hereby given, that
APPLICATION is intended to be made to Parliament in the ensuing
session for an Act to authorise the construction of the several
railways hereinafter mentioned, with all proper works and con-
veniences, roads and approaches, connected therewith, that is to
say :
A railway commencing by a junction with the Wilts, Somerset,
and Weymouth Railway, in the parish of Bradford Abbas, in the
county of Dorset, in or near to a field in that parish, distinguished
by the number 24 on the plans of the said railway referred to in the
Act authorising the construction thereof, passing thence in, through,
or into the several parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other
places of Bradford Abbas and Clifton Maybank, in the county of
Dorset ; Yeovil, Berwick otherwise Barwick, Stoford, Closworth,
Sutton Bingham, Pendomer, Hardington, Mandeville, West Coker,
ou
frys Poileurcskent e; t t and,3l oself,
eNr
toorot,hs
South
rEorttst,t
or some
oEortsf
tthCemid,ninootchke,
liu
county
Perrott, and Broadwinsor, or some of then, in the county of Dorset;
Misterton, Crewkerne, `Y so
Winsham, Cricket Saint
Thomas, Seaborough, and Chard or some of them, in the
county of Somerset; Thorucombe, Chardstock, Hawkechurch, Stock-
land, and Dalwood, or some of them, in the counties of Devon and
Dorset, or one of them ; Axminster, Kilmington, Shute, Wilmington
Widworthy, Cotleigh, Offwell, Monkton, Honiton, Honiton Borough,
Asvliscombe, Buckerell, Feniton, Gittisham, Ottery Saint Mary,
Tallaton, Whimple, Broadclist, Poltimore, Honiton, Clist, Pinhee,
and Heavitree, or some of them, in the county of Devon; Saint
Sidwell and Saint David, in the county of the city of Exeter ; Saint
Paul, Allhallows on the Walls, and St. Edmund on the Bridge, or
some of them, in the city and ()Minty of the city of Exeter ; and
Saint Thomas the Apostle, in the county of Devon ; and terminating
in the last named parish at or near Saint Thomas, otherwise
Cowick-street, by a junction with the line of the South Devon
Railway.
Also a railway diverging out of the firstly mentioned intended
railway at or near to Queen-street-road, in the parish of St. David,
in the said county of the city of Exeter, and passing in or through
and terminating within the same parish, in a field in that parish dis-
tinguished by the number 24 on the plans of the Bristol and
Exeter Railway referred to n the Act authorising the con-
struction thereof, and in or near to which field the said intended
railway is intended to form a junction with the said Bristol and
Exeter Railway.
Also a railway diverging out of the said firstly mentioned intended
railway at Taleford, in the parish, of Ottery Saint Mary, in the
county of Devon, on the north side of the road leading from Taleford
to Gosford, passing thence in, through, or into the several pafshes,
townships, and extra-parochial or other places of Ottery Saint Mary,
Tipton Saint John, Fen Ottery otherwise Ven Ottery, llarpford,
Stopford otherwise Stoford, Sidbury, Sidford, Salcombe Regis, and
Sidmouth, or some of them, in the county of Devon, and terminating
in the said parish of Sidmouth near the gas works, in a field adjoin-
ing Searle's brewery, on the west side of the road to Exeter, with an
extension diverging thereout at a point distant about 25 chains to the
north of the aforesaid intended terminus, passing in, through, or into
the said parishes of Sidmouth, Sidbury, and Salcombe Regis, or some
of them, and terminating in the said parishes of Salcombe Regis and
Sidmouth, or one of them, in the field known as the Marsh or Ham,
adjoining the beach, on the east side of Sidmouth town.
Also a railway diverging out of the said first-mentioned intended
railway in or near to a field called Common Mead otherwise Lower
Mead, now or lately belonging to and in the occupation of William
Notiey, situate in the parish of Chard, in the county of Somerset,
passing thence in, through, or into the several parishes, townships,
and extra-parochial or other places of Thorncombe, in the counties
of Devon and Dorset, or one of them, Chard, (ticket Saint Thomas,
Winsham, Chard Borough, Chaffcombe, Knoll St. Giles, CricketMal-
herbe, East Dowlish otherwise Dowlish Wake, West Dowlish, King-
ston, Donyatt, Broadway, Bruhn:ter, and Ilion, or some of them, in
the county of Somerset, and terminating in the said parish of ll-
minster in or near to a field in that parish distinguished by the num-
ber 41a in the plans of the Chard Canal Railway referred to in the
Act authorising the construction thereof, and in or near to which
field the said intended railway is intended to form a junction with
the said Chard Canal Railway.
Also a railway diverging out of the said firstly mentioned intended
railway, in or near to an arable field situate partly in the parish of
Crewkerne, in the county of Somerset, and partly in the parish of
Misterton, in the same county, now or lately belonging to William
Hallett, deceased, and occupied by William Aplin, and situate on the
east side of the road leading from Crewkerne to Bridport, passing
ot
00 frnna: Axeineet ddo
thence in, through, or into the several parishes of Misterton,
near to a meld to that parish distinguished by
Crew-
kerne, North Perrott, Haselbury, Plucknett, and Merriott, in the
county of Somerset, and South Perrott, in the county of Dorset, or
some of them, and terminating ha the said parish of Crewkerne in or
plans of the Crewkerne branch of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
refered to in the Act authorising the construction thereof; and in
which field the said intended railway is intended to form a junction
with the said Crewkerne branch. the number 53 on the
Also a railway commencing by a junction with the said Wilts,
Wey-
mouth Railway, hereinbefore referred to, Passing
Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, in the p •rish of Bradpolc, in the
county of Dorset, in or near to a field in that parish distinguished by
the number 15 on the plans of the said Wilts, Somerset, and
or into, the several parishes townships, and extra•parochial or other
thence in, through,
places of Bradpole, Bridport, Walditch, Bothenhainpton, Burton
Bradstock, Allington, Loders; Symondsbury, Whitechurch Canoni-
corum, Netherhury, Pillesdon otherwise Pfisdon, Broadwinsor, Bet-
the
tiscombe, and Marshwood, or some of them, in the county of Dorset,
Chard, in the county of Somerset, and Axminster, Thorncombe,
the said
townships, seoadri d
r la r sr
Hawkechurch, and Chardstock, in the counties of Devon and
Dorset, or one of them, and terminating in a field called Ridge, part
parish,sth on:nondtdth:
first-'mentioned
nnxeete etdrhaulenpeta parochial
intended
of
orf
fa
io
weocir
sat rhyege.
ter,
Bradley and John Bradley, or one of them, where the same is in-
r
And also a railway diverging out of the said lastly mentioned in-
at or near to a place called Shaves Cross, passing thence in, through,
places of Marshwood, Pillesdon otherwise Pilsdon, Bettiscombe,
Whitechurch Canonicorum, Wootton Fitzpaine, Wootton Abbotta,
Catherstone Lewiston, Charmouth, and Lyme Regis, or some of them,
in the county of Dorset, and terminating in the said parish of Cha •
mouth, in or near to a meadow field now or lately belonging to th
Rev. John Dixon Hales, and occupied by William Vallins, and abut
ing en the eastern side of the road leading from Charmouth
e sea.

W. 0. and W. HUNT, 10, Whitehall, London.
OSBORNE, WARD, and Co., Bristol.
Dated this 2d day of November, 184 G.

WILTS, SOMERSET, and WEYMOUTH
RAILWAY. (Amendment) No. 2,—Proposed Railways
from Bleadon to Blandford, and from Compton, near Yeovil, to Wil-
ton, with Branches to Glastonbury and Gillingham.
Notice is hereby given, that APPLICATION is intended to be
made to Parliament in the ensuing session for an ACT to alter, amend,
and enlarge some of the powers and provis oils of " The Wilts, So-
merset, and Weymouth Railway Act, 1845 ;" and " The Wilts, So-
merset, and Weymouth Railway (Amendment) Act, 1846 ;" and to
enable the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Company to
make the several new lines of railway, together with all proper
works and conveniences connected therewith, hereinafter mentioned,
that is to say—
A railway to commence by a junction with the line of the Bristol
and Exeter Railway in the parish of Bleadon, in the county of
Somerset, in or near to a field in that parish distinguished by the
number 10 on the plans of the said Bristol and Exeter Railway re-
ferred to in the Act authorising the construction thereof ; and passing
thence in, through, or into the several parishes, townships, and extra-
parochial or other places of Bleadon, Uphill, Locking, Hutton, Chris-
ton, Banwell, Loxton, Biddesham, Lympsham, Ilatigworth. Weare,
Compton Bishop, Cross, Winscotnbe, Axbridge, Cheddar, Wedmore'
Draycott, Nyland and Batcombe, Rodney Stoke, Westbury, Easton,
Wookey, the Out Parish of Saint Cuthbert in Wells, the In Parbh
of Saint Cuthbert in Wells, the Liberty of Saint Andrew in Wells, 1
North Wootton, Dinder, Croscombe, Pilton, Shepton Mallet, Doult-
ing, Chesterblade, Evercreech, Milton Clevedon, Lamyatt, Ditcheat,
Almsford, Pitcombe, Wyke Champflower, Bruton, Shepton Montague
otherwise Shepton Montacute, Bratton Seymour otherwise Bratton
Saint Maur, Charlton Musgrave, Wincanton, Maperton, Holton,
North Cheriton, South Cheriton, Charlton Horethorne, Horsington,
Stowell, Temple Coombe, and Henstridge, or some of them, in the
county of Somerset ; Stalbridge, Kington Magna otherwise Keinton
Magna, West Stower, Fifehead Magdalen, Todbere, MarnhulL Hinton
Saint Mary, Sturminster Newton. Mansion, Hammoon otherwise
Hammohun, Child Okeford, Shilling Okeford otherwise Shillingstone,
Belchallwell, Okeford Fitzcoaine, Hanford, Stowerpaille, Durweston,
Pimperne, Bryanston, and Blandford Forum, or some of them, In the
county of Dorset; to terminate in the said parish of Blandford Forum,
in or near to a field, called Picked Close, in the occupation of Isaac
William Tupper, situate near the Cricket ground, on the east side of
the road leading from Blandford to Sherborne.
A branch railway to diverge out of the intended line of railway
hereinbefore described, at Portway, in the In Parish of Saint Cuth-
bert in Wells, in the county of Somerset; and passing thence in,
through, or into the In Parish of Saint Cuthbert in Wells, the Out
Parish of Saint Cuthbert in Wells, the parishes of Wbokey, Pilton,
Hearne, and Godney, and the united parishes of Saint John the
Baptist and Saint Benedict in Glastonbury, or some of them, in the
county of Somerset ; to terminate in the town of Glastonbury,. In
the last-mentioned parishes, on the east side and near the south end
Of N.Orthload-street.
A railway to commence upon the line of railway from Melcombe
aUptonhd
wSce
yumd aomu
tohr eR,
as
telcwo
anyd 1 yA
edte, stcBritbse?l,
in
tthhee "pleVrii laths
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sf
mitofeegDrsisoe Trent,trt
sient
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ne c o
or unnetsyr ofto Sao
fielder set,ti i
tahned
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gaished by the number 4, and in or near to a fi in
8, oeld n
the
the said last-
mentioned parish, distinguished by the number plans of
the said railway referred to in the said Act ; and passing thence in,
through,ehutior the
ooritrito the several
f Trent, parishes,thh
t e
eou o townships,o f asnodm ee
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ta: poa
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Compton, otherwise Comhpittohnelereoewhatyy,
of
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n,„Sohtoenrb,rn
Castleton, and Oborne, _
Temple Coombe, and lienstridge, or some of them, in the countyis
borne Port, Charlton Horethorne Stovrell,Horsington, AbbasCom boef,
Keinton Magna, Fifehead Magdalen, West Stover, Mar , h
Somerset ; Stalbridge, Buckhorn Weston, Kington Magnah,houtlirrTwode.
Tod-
here, Stower Provost, East Stower, Saint Margaret's Mars ,
aGoildlinmgboatemombteh,e
or
rLibsoermtye .01
tAlhecmesteirn,
tShheasetoounntySaionft
DJoarmseets,;
Mere, Sedgehill, East Knoyle, Semley, Douhead Saint Mary,,
Donhead Saint Axdrew Wardour, West Tisbury, East 'Lis-
bury, Ansty, Sutton Mandeville, Chilmark, FOVallt otherwise
FpßhtcoeaoeaffnAurAriltadennwnnieotdnddytarb,ieTt etfont Evias, Dinton, Compton Chamberlain, Baveretoeki
Barford Saint Martin, South Burcombe, North Burcombe, Wilton,
South Newton, Ditchamptoii, and Fugglestone Saint Peter, or some
of them, in the county of Wilts ; to terminate in the said parish of
Fugglestone Saint Peter, in or near to a field numbered fifteen on
the aforesaid plans of the said Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
Railway.
And a branch railway, to diverge out of the last-mentioned in-
tended railway in or near a field in the parish of Motcombe, in the
county of Dorset, called Long Mead or Great Mead, situate near to,
and on the north side of Sherborne-canseway, and in the occupation
of John Stacey ; passing thence in, through, or into the parishes of
Motcombe, Shaston Saint James, East Stower, and Gillingham, or
some or one of them, in the county of Dorset, and terminating in the
last-named parish, in a field called Dryleaze, situate near to and on
the south side of Gilling,ham-street, and in the occupation of John
DOM
r it ieDnst
soot intendedfhrosrefltpu,thearal
parishes
frwomol suchoibconff
Bradford,heo enAmdcp Wilts,
Compton
rendered
itadot s ttxoa Abbas
uselessa
slupegeeawgrbni
seeyders
tstenei toa
reason
one ardobbsnaoawnroi
indfl
eetoyinhahri suchneeo
tettnirhe:
of
such Act to take powers to stop up, alter,
riot:* ealds
also
intendedbed.
by
or divert, whether temporarily or permanently, all turnpike and
other roads and highways, streets, railways, tramways, aued
canals, streams, and rivers upon or adjoining the line ofgtheaseta,
intended railways and works which it may be necessary to interfereaid
with in the construction or for the purposes of the said intended rall
rail-
ways and works, or any of them.
And it is further intended by such Act to vary, repeal, or extinguish
all existing rights or privileges which would in any manner impede
or interfere with the construction, maintenance, or use of the said
intended railways and works, and to confer ether rights and privi-
leges, and also to confer on the said Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
Railway Company powers for raising additional capital, and alsO for
the purchase of lands, by compulsion or agreement, for the purposes
of the said intended works, and for levying tolls, rates, and duties, in
respect of the use thereof, and to confer such exceptions from such
tolls, rates, or duties as to such company may seem meet.
And it is further proposed by such intended Act to extend to the
said intended now lines of railways and works the several powers
and provisions of the said " Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Rail-
way Act, 1845," and of the said " Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
Railway (Amendment) Act, 1848."
And it is further intended by such Act to enable the said Wilts,
Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Company to sell or let the said
intended railways or works, or any of them, to the Great Western
Railway Company ;and also to enable the Great Western Rail-
way Company to purchase or take on lease the said intended
railways and works, or any of them, and to raise and contribute
funds for or towards the construction or maintenance thereof, and to
exefeise all or any powers which may be conferred by the said Act
in connexion therewith or in relation thereto.
And for the purposes aforesaid it is further intended by the said
Act to alter, amend, and enlarge, so far as may be necessary, some
of the powers and provisions of the said " Wilts, Somerset, and
Weymouth Railway Act, 1845," and of the said " Wilts, Somerset,
and Weymouth Railway (Amendment) Act, 1846," and of the
several Acts relating to the Great Western Railway, and the rail-
ways_and branch railways forming part of that undertak
bearining, and
date be-
longing to the Great Western Railway Company, g
as follows, that is to say—an Act of the fifth and sixth years
of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, cap 107 :
an Act of the sixth. year of the same reign, cap. 38 ; an Act of the
first year of the reign of leer present Majesty Queen Victoria, cap. 91;
au Act-of the first year of the same reign, cap. 92 ; an Act of the
second year of the same reign, cap. 27 ; an Act of the sixth and
seventh yearYtirthe reign of his said late Majesty King William the
Fourth, cap. ; an Act of the first and second years of the reign of
her said present Majesty Queen Victoria, cap. 24 ; an Act of the fifth
year of the same. reign, cap. 23 ; an Act of the sixth year of the
same reign, cap. 10 ; an Act of the seventh year of the same reign,
cap. 3 ; an Act of the eighth and ninth years of the same reign, cap.
40 ; an Act of the eighth and ninth years of the same reign, cap.
188 ; an Act of the eighth and ninth years of the same reign, cap.
191 ; and an Act of the ninth year of the same reign, cap. 14.
And also the Acts relating to the West London Railway, which
bear date as follows—an Act of the third year of the reign of his late
Majesty Ring William the Fourth, cap. 26 ; an Act of the sixth
year of the same reign, cap. 79; an Act of the third and fourth year
of the reign of her present Majesty, cap. 105 ; an Act of the eighth
and ninth year of the same reign, cap. 156; and an Act of the ninth
and tenth year of the same reign, cap. 369.
And notice is hereby further given, that maps, plans, and seetions,
describing the direction, line, and levels, of the said intended railways
awl Works, together With books of reference to 511C11 plans, containing

BIRMINGHAM and OXFORD JUNCTION
RAILWAY

line of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway, from
Warwick to Whitnash, and from Whitnash to Harbury, and pur-
chase of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal Navigation.
Notice is hereby given, that APPLICATION is intended to be
made to Parliament in the ensuing session for an ACT to authorise
the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company to abandon
the formation of a portion of their railway as now authorised
to be made, and to mako the following new lines of
railway in lieu thereof, that is to say, a railway to commenee
in a field situated in the parish of Saint Mary, Warwick, and num-
bered 5 on the plan of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Rail-
way, referred to in " the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway
Act, 1846," which plan is deposited at the office of the Clerk of the
Peace for the county of Warwick, and to terminate in a field situated
in the parish of Whituash, in the same county, and numbered 24
on the said plan, and which new or substituted line of railway will
pass from, in, through, or into, or be situated within the several
parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places following, or
some of them, that is to say, St. Mary Warwick ; St. Nicholas War-
wick; biilverton, Leamington-Priors, Whitnash, and Radford Se-
mele, in the county of Warwick.
. . _

And also a railway to commence at ;the northern end of a field,
situated in the parish of Whitnash aforesaid, and numbered 376, on
the said plan ; and to terminate in a field situated in the parish o
liarbury, in the county of Warwick, and numbered 74 on the said
plan ; and which last-mentioned new or substituted line of railway
will pass from, in, through, or into, or be situate within the several
parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places following, or
some of them, that is to say, Whitnash, Radford Semele, and Her-
bury, in the said county of Warwick.
And it is also: ntended by such Act to authorise the Birmingham
and Oxford Junction Railway Company to construct in, or by means
et; open cutting, such portion of their railway in the parish of Her-
bury, in the county of Warwick, as is marked as a tunnel on the sec-
tions of the said railway referred to.iu " the Birmingham and Oxford
J"such Act, to take power to stop up,
alutAtei
divert,
rai
ti.leinturnpike
y.
and other roads, railways, tramways,
aquedacts, canals, streams, and rivers, within or adjoining to the
aforesaid parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places, or
any of them with which it may be necessary to interfere, in the con-
struction of the said intended works.
And it is further intended, by such Act, to vary, repeal, or extin-
guish, all existing righta or privileges, in any manner connected with
the lands proposed to be purchased or taken, or which would impede
or interfere with the construction, maintenance, or use of the said
intended works, and to confer other rights and privileges.
And it is also Intended, by such Act, to take powers for the pur-
chase of lands and houses, by compulsion, for the purposes thereof;
and for levying tolls, rates, and duties, in respect of the use of the
said intended works, and to grant such exemptions from such tolls,
rates, and duties, as may be deemed expedient.
And notice is hereby further given, that a map, plan, and section,
shewing the direction, line, and levels of the said intended new or
altered lines, and a plan and section of the said portion of railway
proposed to be made by open cutting as aforesaid, together withbooks
of reference to such plans containing the names of the owners or
reputed owners, lessees, or reputed lesseei, and occupiers of the lands,
proposed to be taken for the purposes of the said intended works,
wiU be deposited, for public inspection, on or before the
thirtieth day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty-
six, with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Warwick, at his
office, in Stratford-upon-Avon ; and that a copy of so much of the
said plans, sections, and books of reference as relates to each of the
parishes in or through which the said intended works are proposed to
be made will be deposited on or before the thirtieth day of November
one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, with the parish clerk of
each such parish, at his place of abode.
And it is further intended, by such Act, to enable the Birmingham
and Oxford Junction Railway Company to purchase and acquire, and
also to enable the Company of Proprietors of the Stratford-upon-
Avon Canal Navigation, and the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
hampton Railway Company, or one of them, to sell and transfer to,
and vest in, the said Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Com-
pany, the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal Navigation, and ether the
works, lands, property, and effects connected or held or enjoyed
therewith, and all or any of the powers, rights, and privileges re-
lating thereto ; and to enable the said Birmingham and Oxford

Junction Railway Company, to exercise such powers or any of them ;
and also to raise Rinds for or towards the purchase, maintenance,
and use of the said canal, navigation, and works, and if need be, to
dissolve the said Company of Proprietors, and to vary or extinguish
all rights or privileges of the shareholders, mortgagees, mortgagees
of tolls, or others interested in the said canal navigation, which would
or aught interfere with or impede the objects aforesaid.
And by the said intended Act, it is further proposed to empower
the Great Western Railway Company to subscribe or contribute to-
wards the formation of the works and completion of the purchase
which may be thereby authorised as well as towards the construc-
tion of the said Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway, and to
raise capital for the purpose.
- • --•- _

And it is intended by such Act to take power to alter, divert, or
stop up, whether temporarily or permanently, all such turnpike and
other roads, streets, railways, tramways, aqueducts, canals, streams,
and rivers, upon or adjoining the lines of the said intended railways
or works respectively, which it may be necessary to interfere with in
the construction, or for the pm poses of the said intended railways
and works.
And it is further intended by such Act to vary, repeal, or extinguish
all existing rights or privileges which would in any manner impede
thrtallisn exemptions from such
or interfere with the construction, maintenance, or use of the said
, rates, and duties, in'
intended railways and works, and to confer other rights and privileges.
And it is further Intended by such Act to incorporate a company,
and to enable such company to purchase lands and houses by com-
pulsion or agreement, for the purposes of the said proposed railway,
tolls, rates, and duties, and to sell or let on lease the said respect of o railway,
ing, with all or any of their powers in relation thereto, to the Great'
Western Railway Company, and to enable the said last-mentioned
theu s
e andthereof, works,
and andto
grantt o lev
eye
Company to purchase er rent, and if need be to execute the said
railway, aad to use, exercise, and enjoy such powers, and to raise
capital for the purpose, or for the purpose of contributing towards
the establishment of, and becoming shareholders in, the said under-
taking.
And it is also intended by such Act to authorise the sale or lease to
the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, and to the South Devon
Railway Company, jointly or severally, of the whole or any part of
thesaid intended railway secondly hereinbefore described, and et the
whole or any part of so much oftl said intended railway firstly
hereinbefore described, as will be
situate in the county of the city of
Exeter, and in the parish of Saint Thomas the Apostle, in the county
of Devon, and to enable such last-mentioned Companies, or either of
them, to purchase or rent the same, or to contribute funds towards
the construction thereof, and for those purposes, or either of them, to
raise additional capital, and also to enable the Said Great Western
Railway Company, and the said Bristol and Exeter Railway Com-
pany, and the said South Devon Railway Company, to enter into and
carry into effect
.•such arrangements as may be agreed on for the use
aforesaidthe portions of the said
intended failways, and of the stations of the said Companies re-
spectively situate thereon or adjoining thereto.
And for thd purposes aforesaid it is .further intended by such
Act to alter, amend, and enlarge some of the powers and provi-
sions of the several Acts hereinafter mentioned, or some of them,
that is to say—the several Acts relating to the Great Western
Railway, and the railways and branch railways forming part of that
undertaking,
and belonging to the Great Western Railway Com-
pany,
bearing date as follows, that is to say— An Act of the fifth
and sixth years of the reign of his late Majesty King William
the Fourth, cap. 107 ; an Act of the sixth year of the same reign,
cap. 38 ; an Act of the first year of the reign of her present Ma-
jesty Queen Victoria, cap. 91; an Act of the first year of the same
reign, cap. 92 ; an Act of the second year of the same reign, cap. 27 ;
an Act of the sixth and seventh years of the reign of his 'said late
Majesty King William the Fourth, cap. 77 ; an Act of the first and
second her said present Majesty
years of the reign of
cap. 24 ; an Act of the fifth year of the same reign, cap. 23 : an Act
of the sixth year of the same reign, cap. 10; an Act of the seventh
year of the same reign, cap. 3; an Act of the eighth and ninth 3 ears
of the saute reign, cap. 40 ; an Act of the eighth and ninth years of
the same reign, cap. 188 ; an Act of the eighth and ninth years of the
same reign, cap. 191% and an Act of the ninth year of the same reign,
cap. 14 ; the .4 wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway:Act, 1841.,,
and the" Wilts, Somerset, and Weymeuth Railway (Amendnieut)u
Act, 1846;" an Act of this seventh and eighth years 01 the re .g

And it is further.priiposed to authorise the Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction Railway Company to sell or lease their undertakin s,
and their powers, rights, and privileges, in relation thereto, to the
Great Western Railway Company ; and also to empower the Great
Western Railway Company to purchase or rent such undertaking,
and to exercise the powers of the said Birmingham and Oxford
Junction Railway Company, in relation thereto, and to raise capital
for the purpose, or to authorise the amalgamation of the undertak-
ings and capital stocks of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction
Railway, and of the Great Western Railway Companies.
And it is also intended for the purposes of the said intended ACT,
to increase the capital of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction
Railway Company, and to alter, amend, and enlarge the powers and
provisions of the "Birmingham and Oxfbrd Junction Railway Act,
1846 :" of the." Birmingham and Oxford Junction (Birmingham Ex-
tension) Railway Act, 1846 ;" of " the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
hampton Railway Act, 1845 ;" of another Act relatin; to the last-
mentioned railway, passed in the last session of Parliament, of the seve-
ralway
WesternComßailway
aalliite Queen's printer's
Acts relating to the said Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, navigation,
passed respectively in the 33d, 35th, 39th, 49th, 55th, and 57th years
and 6th William the
of his late Majesty King George the Third, and the 2nd year of his
late Majesty King George the Fourth, and of the several Acts herein-
after or
I;ethtlrlica'2nd Victoria, dap.
wherebycac torei repsmatnei
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which
follows,
Acts the,teotrharret
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Fourth, cap. 107: the 6th William the Fourth, cap. 38 ; the 6th
Cap. II ; the Ist
thecap Fourth, rttih,
0,
icsitv7i
Victoria,
r itah,e
cap.lst 2V4
27 ; the sth Victoria, session 2d, cap. 28 ; the 6th Victoria, cap. 10 ;
the 7th Victoria, cap. 3 ; the Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 50: the Bth
find 9th Victoria, cap. 1M ; the Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 191 ; and
the 9th Victoria, cap. 14 ; and also the Acts relating to the 'West
London Railway, wWch bear date as follows, an Act of the 3d year
of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, cap. 36 ;
an Act of tile 6th year of the same reign, cap. 79 ; an Act of the 3rd
IYlam
Victoria,
and 4th year of her present Majesty, cap. 105 ; an Act of the Bth and
9th year of the same reign, cap. 156 ; and an Act of tire 9th and 10th
year of t►re same reign, cap. 369.
Dated the 7th day of November, 1846. •
W. 0. and W. HUNT. 10, Whitcluall.
J. W. and G. WiLITELEY, Birmingham.

6--1 REA'', WESTERN RAILWAY.
ik-A Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL
MEETING of this Company will be held at the Paddington
Station, in the county of Middlesex, on FRIDAY, the 4th day of
December next, at One o'clock in the afternoon, for the following
purposes, viz.:—
.To consider and determine wheth it is ex to ratif an
agreement entered Into between the Directors ofedient the Great Wesy tern
Railway Company and the Directors of the Birmingham and
Oxford Junction, and Birmingham, Wolverhamptlp, and Dudley
Ra lway Cornpanes, for the Purchase of the said two last mentioned
undertakings, and if ratified, to authorise the execution of all proper
Deeds, and the doing of all Acts, requisite for Completing such
Purchase, and for making Application to Parliament for powers to
carry the same into effect.
To consider and determine in like manner whether it is expedient
to ratify au agreement entered into between the Directors of the
Great Western Railway Company and the Directors of the Wycombe
Railway, and the Great Western and Uxbridge Railway Companies,
for the Purchase of the said two last mentloneft undertakings, and it
ratified in like manner, to authorise the execution of all protter
. Deeds, and the doing of all Acts, requisite for convicting such

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PRICE SD.

Purchase, and for making Application to Parliament for powers
to carry the same into effect.

To consider and determine the expediency of Applying to Parlia-
ment, in the ensuing session, either separately or conjohttly, with
other Companies, or Persons, for Powers to construct, or to lease,
work, or subscribe to the following Railways, viz. :--
Ist. A Pranch railway from the Great Western Railway at Acton
to the West London Railway, with Branches from the last mentioned
railway to the South Western Raiiway, near Lambeth, and to Ham-
mersmith.

2d. A Branch Railway from the Great Western Ralway at Acton
to Staines and Egham, with Branches to Brentford, Isleworth, and
Twic%enham.

3d. A Railway from the Oxford and Rugby line of the Great
Western Railway at or near Oxford, to the Great Western Railway
in Cheltenham.

4th. A Railway from the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Rail-
way at Wilton, to the line of the said Company, in the parish of
Compton, near Yeovil, with a Branch to Gillingham, and also from
Bleadon in the county of Somerset, to Blandlord in the county of
Dorset, with a Branch to Glastonbury.
sth. A Railway from the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Rail-
way near Yeovil, and near Bridport, to Exeter, with Branches to
Sidmouth, to Charmouth near L 3 me, to Ilminster, and to Crewkernc.
6th. An Extension Railway from the Berks and Hants Railway
at Ilungerford, to Devizes and to Westbury. Also, Branches from
the Great Western Railway at Twyford to Healey, and from Newton
St. Loe to Radstock.

Dated this 19th day of November, 1846.
The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely.
CHARLES RUSSELL, Chairman.
CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary

CORNWALL and DEVON CENTRAL
RAILWAY.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. _ _

The Committee of Management have been for a considerable time
past in negotiation with the London and South-Western Railway
Company, and have been occupied in getting in all the outstanding
claims and accounts against the Company, in order to meet the gene-
rally expressed wishes of the Shareholders not to proceed further
with the undertaking, but to receive back their deposits, less the
expenses incurred ; and they have to announce, as the result of
their negociations, that they are now enabled to fix the sum to be
retuned to the Scripholders at 38s. per Share. No public meeting for
the dissolution of the Company under the recent Act of Parliament
_can be called earlier than the month of February next. The Com-
mittee, however, being unwilling to delay the distribution of the
funds in their hands, acquaint the Scripholders that, on sending in

their Scrip to the oftice of the Company, 64, Moorgate-street, accom-
panied by a letter In the tbim subjoined, they will receive orders on
the Bankers of the Company for the respective amounts returnable
to them, as soon as possible after the examination of the Scrip has
been coutpletadoCe:_, .
By order of the Committee,
L. CROMBIE, Secretary.

d 4, Moorgate-street, London, Nov. 19, 1846.
To Lewis Crombie, Esq., Secretary of the Cornwall and Devc
Central Railway Company. .
- -

Sir,—Herewith I enclose scrip certificates, numbered as at foot,
for shares in the above Company, which I request the Com-
mittee of :Management to cancel, and to remit me by post, addressed
as below, an order on the Bankers of the Company for a sum equal to
388. per share ; which amount I agree to accept, in settlement of the
balance of deposit, and all other claims by me as the holder of the
above scrip certificates.

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