The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-09 00:00:00

VORTII-WESTERN RAILWAY.-EXTEN-
LN SION of LANCASTER BRANCH, ABANDONMENT of
WILLIAM LANDS BRANCH, NEW ROAD:to SETTLE STA-
TION, EXTENSION of TIME for PURCHASE of LANDS, and
CONSTRUCTION of ',WORKS.

Notice is hereby given, that Application is intended to be made to
Parliament in the next Session for an ACT, to alter, amend, extend,
find enlarge, or to repeal some of the wiwers'and provisions of
"The North-Western -Railway-Act; 1846," " The Morecambe Har-
bour and Railway Act, 1846," and " The North-Western Railway
,(Diversions at Skipten, Casterton, Sedberg, and Bulk) Act, 1848,"
and to enable the North-Western Railway Company to make an ex-
tension of the Lancaster Branch of the North-Western Railway, to
commence at or near the Lancaster station of the said North-Wes-
tern Railway, in the township of, Lancaster, in the parish of Lan-
caster, in the county of Lancaster, and to terminate at or near the
Castle station of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, in the town-
ship of Lancaster aforesaid, there to form a janct4on with the Lan-
caster and Carlisle Railway, which said extension line of railway
will pass from, in, through, or into, or be situate within, the town of
Lancaster, borough of Lancaster, borough and town of Lancaster,
parish of Lancaster, and township of Lancaster, all in the said county
of Lancaster.
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AO it is also intended by the said Act to authorise the said North-
Western Railway Company to abandon the formation of and to re-
linquish so much of the branch railway, commencing from the main
line of the Morecambe Harbour Railway at or near Poulton-le-Sands,
and terminating by a junction with the Lancaster and Carlisle Rail
way, at or near William Lands, in the township of Slyne-with-llest
as authorised to be constructed by the said Morecambe Harbour and
Railway Act, 1846, as will become useless and unnecessary in conse-
quence of the construction of the extension line of railway herein-
before mentioned,

And it is also intended by the said Act to authorise the said North
Western Railway Company to make a new road, to commence at or
near Beggarwaith-bridge, otherwise Beggarwife-bridge, in the parish
of Giggleswick, in the West Riding of the county of York, at or near
to the point of junction of a certain road or highway there, which
leads from or towards Paley-green, in the parish of Giggleswick
aforesaid, with a certain other road or highway, in the said parish of
Giggleswick, which leads from the village of Rathmel, in the said
last-mentioned parish, to or towards the village of Giggleswick, in
the said parish of Giggleswick, and to terminate at or in the town
of Settle, in the parish of Giggleswick aforesaid, at or mar to the
point of junction of a certain yard there, called Clarkson's yard,
with the main street, otherwise called Duke-street, otherwise called
Duck-street, in tho town of Settle aforesaid, which said road will
pass from, in, through, or into, or be situate within the parish of
Giggleswick, in the several townships of Giggleswick and Settle, all
in the said West Riding of the county of York.

And it is also proposed by the said Act to take power to stop np,
alter, or divert, whether temporarily or permanently, all such turn-
pike and other roads and highways, railways, tramways, aqueducts.
canals, streams, and rivers, within the aforesaid parishes, town-
ships, and extra-parochial or other Places, or any of them, as it
may be necessary to stop up, alter, or divert, by reason of the con-
struction of the said railway, road, and works, or any or either of
them.
And it is also intended by the said Act to take powers for the pur-
chase, by compulsion or otherwise, of lands and houses for the pur-
poses of the said intended railway, road, and works, and to alter,
vary, or extinguish all existing rights and privileges comieemi with
such lands and houses,. or which would in any manner impede or in-
terfere with the construction, maintenance, arid use cf the said. In-
tended railway, road, and works, and to confer other rights and pri-
vileges, and also to levy tolls, rates, and duties for or in respect of
the use of the said intended railway and works, and to confer such
exemptions upon the payment of such tolls, rates, and duties as may
be thought expedient.
And notice is hereby further given that maps, plans, and sections
of the said intended railway, road, and works, and of the lands
and houses proposed to be taken for the purposes thereof, together
with books of reference to such plans containing the names of the
owners or reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees and occupiers of
such lands and houses, and describing such lands and houses respec-
tively, and a copy of this notice as published in the " London
Gazette," will be deposited on or before the 30th day of November,
in the present year, with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of
Lancashire, at his office in Preston, and with the Clerk of the Peace
for the West Riding of the county of York, at his office in Wakefield,
and that a copy of so much of the said plans and sections, and books
of reference as relates to the several parishes in or through which
the intended railway, road, and works, are proposed to be made,
and also a dopy of this notice, as published in the "London Gazette,"
will on before the said 30th day of November, be deposited for public
inspection with the parish clerks of those parishes at their respec-
tive places
that it is intended by such
of abode
And notice is .
hereby also given,
Act, 1846," " worthorecambe Harbour
Act to extend the time, or to revive the powers granted by " The
North-Western Railway
1846,0 and " The -Western Railway
and Railway Act,
(Diversions at Skipton, Casterton, Sedbergh, and Bulk) Act,
1848," for the compulsory purchase of the lands arid houses
anthorised to be taken under the provisions of such Act or
Acts within the several parishes, townships, and extra-paro-
chial or other places following or some of them (that is to say), Long
Preston, Hellideld, Hellefield, Newton, Little Newton, Arnford,
Arnsford, Arndford, Arnford with [Attic
Newton, Gigglesvviek, Settle,
Clapham, Clapham-with-Newby, Newby-with-Clapham, Newby,
Newby Coats, Newby Cotes, Newby Cote, Bentham, Ingleton, Cold
Coates, Cold Cotes, Twistleton, Thornton, Thornton-In-Londale,TuN
ton, Burton-in Loastale, Black Burton, Dlasongill, Moorgath, West-
house, High Westhoeso, Lower Westhouse, Westhouses, Sedbergh,
Marthwaite, Howgill, Upper Bland, Nether Bland, Howgill-with-
Bland, Soobank, Frostrow, Frastrow, Cautley, and Dowbiggin, all in
the West Riding of the county of York, and Lancaster, Poulton,
Bare, and Torrishohne, Poulton, Heysham, Thornton, Thornton-in-
Lousdale, Ircby, Ireby-with-Tatham, Tatham-with-Ireby, Tuustall,
Cantsfleld, Lock, High Leck, Low Leek, Burrow, High Burrow, Low
Burrow, Over Burrow, Overtown, Overborough, and Burrow-with-
Burrow, all in the county palatine of Lancaster, and Kirby Lonsdale,
Casterton, High Casterton, Low Casterton, Barton, Beckfoot, Bar-
bon-beckloot, Mansergh, Middleton, Killington, Firbank, Firbank
High, Firbank Low, Kendal, Kirby Kendal, Kirby-in-Kendal, Min-
cer, Dillicar Smithy, Bretherdale, Borrowdale, Langdale, Whinfell,
Orton, and Tebay, all in the county of Westmoreland, and also to
extend the periods limited by the said Acts respectively, for the com-
pletion of the works thereby authorised.
Dated this 6th day-Of November, 1848. •
JOHN SHARP, Lancaster.