The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-26 00:00:00

WILTS, SOMERSET, and WEYMOUTH
RAILWAY. (Amendment) No. 2,—Proposed Railways
from Bleadon to Blandford, and from Compton, near Yeovil, to Wil-
ton, with Branches tc 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 ons 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—
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A railway to commence by a junction with the line of the Bristol
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ferred to in tile Act authorising the construction thereof; and
passing
thence in, through, or into the several parishes, townships, aaciextra-
parochial or other places of Illeadon, Uphill, Locking, Hutton, Chris-
ton, Banwell, 1.1,t0n, Biddesham, Lympshatn, B are'
adgworth, We
Compton Bishop, Cross, Winscombe, Axbridge, Cheddar, IVedm
Draycott, Nyland and liatcombe, Rodney Stoke, Westbury, Easton,re'
Wookey, the Out Parish of Saint Cuthbert in Wells, the In Parish
of Saint Cuthbert in Wells, the Liberty of Saint Andrew is Wells,
North Wootton, Dinder, Croscombe, Pilton, Shepton Mallet, Doult-
ing, Chesterblade, Evercreech, Milton Clevedon, Lamyatt, Ditcheat,
Almsford, Pitcombe, Wyke Champfiower, Bruton, Shepton Montague
otherwise Shepton Montacute, Bretton Seymour otherwise Bretton
Saint Maur, Charlton Musgrave, Wincanton, Maperton, Holton,
North Cheriton, South Chariton, Charlton Horethorne, Horsington,
Stowell; Temple Coombe, and Henstridge, or some of them, in the
county of Somerset; Stalbridge, Kington Magna otherwise Keinton
Magna, West Stewer, Fifehead Magdalen, Todbere, Marnhull. Hinton
Saint Mary, Starminster Newton. Manatee), Hammoon otherwise
Hammohun, Child Okeford, Shilling Okeford otherwise Shillingstone,
Belehallwell, Okeford Fitzcoaine, Hanford, Stowerpaine, Durwestoit,
Pimperne, Bryanston, and Biandford 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 Wookey, Pilton,
Mearne, and Godney, and the united parishes of Saint John the
Baptist and Saint Benedict in Glastonbury, or some of them, in the
county of -omerset ; to terminate in the town of Glastonbury, in
the last-mentioned parishes, on the east side and near the south end
of Northload-street.
A railway to commence upon the line of railway from Helcombe
Regis to Upton Scudamore, secondly described in the " Wilts, So.
merset, and Weymouth Railway Act, 1845," in the parishes of
Trent, in the county of Somerset, and Over Compton, in the county
of Dorset, in or near to a field in the first-mentioned parish, distin-
guished by the number 4, and in or near to a field ionn the said last-
mentioned parish, distinguished by the nnmber 8. the plans of
the said railway refer, ed to In the said Act ; and passing thence in,
through, or into the several parishes, townships, and es tra-paro-
chial or other places of Trent, in the county of Somerset, Over
Compton, therwise Compt,,n Ilaway, Nether Compton, Sherburne,
Castleton, and Oborne,
in the county of Dorset, Pointington, Mil-
borne Port, Charlton Horethorne Stowell, Horsington, Abbas Combe,
Ten pie Coombe, and Henstridge or some of them, in the coon y of
Somerset; Stalbridge, Buckhorn Weston, Kington Magna, otherwise
Keinton Magna, Fifehead Magdalen, West Stower, Marnhull, Tod-
bere, Stower Provost, East Stower, Saint Margaret's Marsh,
Gillingham, the Liberty of Alcester. Shaston Saint James,
and Motcombe, or some of them, in the county of Dorset ;
Mere, Sedgehill, East Knoyle, Semley. Donhead Saint Mary,
Donhead Saint Aadrew W ardour, West Tisbury, East 'fis-
hury, AnstY. Sutton Mandeville, Chilmark, Fovant otherwise
Foffant, Teffont Evias, Dimon, Compton Chamberlain, Baverstock,
Barford Saint Martin, South Burcombe, North Burcombe, Wilton,
South Newton, Ditehampton, 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-causeway, and in the occupation
of John Stacey ; passing thence in, through, or into the parishes of
Motcombe, Shaston Saint James, East Slower, 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 Gain_ ham and in the occupation of John
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And it is intended by such Act to take powers to abandon such
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tended line of railway from Compton to Fugglestane Saint Peter,
herelnbefore described.
And It is also intended by such Act to take powers to stopsaid
turnpike or divert, whether temporarily or permanently,
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aqueducts,
intends i railways and works which it may be necessary to interferee
with in the construction or for the purposes of the said intended
rail-
ways and works, or any of them.
And it is further intended by such Act to vary, repeal, or extin-'itish
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-
-I,ges, 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 new 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, '1846."
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
exercise all or any powers which inay 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 undertaking, and be-
' longing 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, C 5
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an Act of the sixth year of the same reign, cap. 38 ; an 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 carne 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 Majesty Queen Victoria, cap. 24 ; an Act of the fifth
year of the same reign, cap. 25; 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—a n Aof the third year of the reign of his late
Msjesty King Willis n the ct
Fourth, cap. 26 ; an Act of the slit
year of the same reign, cap. 79; an Act of the third and fourth year
of the reign of her present Majesty, cap. 105 ; en Act of the eighth
and ninth year of the same reign, cap. 156; and an Act of the ninth
and tenth year of the seine reign, cap. 36'J.
And notice is hereby further given, that maps, plans, and sections,
describing the direction, line, and levels, of the said Intended railways
• and works, together With hooka of reference to such plans, containing