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No. 16,897.

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 piens,
sections, and baiks of reference, as relates to each of the parishes in
or through which the said intended railway, branch railway, and
work 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.

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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 Clark of the Peace for the county of Somerset, at i
s of
the o
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at Taunton, in that comity: with the Clerk of the Peace
county of Dorset, at his office, at Sherborne, in that county; with
the Clerk of the-Peace for the county of Wilts, at his office at Wis
ltoand n,
in that county. And that a copy of so much of the said plan
sections and books of reference as relates to each of the parishes in
or through wtich 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 perishes re-
spectively at their respective residences.
W. 0. and W. HUNT, 10, Whitehall, London.
OSBOR N E, 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,
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. rates, and

of her said present Majesty, cap. 68 ; and an Act of the ninth and
tenth years of the same reign, tap. 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
relating to the Bristol and Exeter Railway. 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
Ktng William the Fourth, cap. 36 ; an Act of the sixth year of the
same reign, cal. 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 further given, that maps, plans, and sections,
describing the direction, line, and levels of the said intended rail-
ways and wo ks, tog titer 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 deposit 2d for public inspection at the respective offices of the
Clerks of the Peace following, that is to say, at tha office of the
Clerk of the Peace tor 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 ter the county of
Dorset, at Sherbe;no,lu 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, s re'ates to each of the parishes in or through
which the said intended railways and works are intended to be made,
or maintained, or win pass, or be situate, will be deposited with
the palish clerks of such parishes respectively, at their respective
residences.
Dated November, 1846.

And it is also intended by such Act to authorise the sale or
lease to the Iltistol and Exeter Railway Cormany, and to the
South Devon Railway Company, jointly or severaliy, of the whole
or any part of the said intended 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 towarts the construction thereof, and
for those purposes, or either of them, to raise additional capital and
also to enable the said Great Western Railway Cow panYi
and the said
Bristol and Exeter Railway Coinpany, and the said South Devon
Railway Company, to enter into and carry into aifect such arrange-
ments as may be agreed on fur the use; in commix t, by such compa-
nies, of the aftwesaid 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, foi ring part of that undertaking, and
belonging to the Great Western Railway Company, bearing date as
reign of his late Majesty King William the Pout th, Cal). .107 ;
follows (that is to say) : an Act of the fifth and sixth vears of the
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 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 ; an Act of the fifth year of the same
reign, cap. 28 ; an Act of the sixth 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.. ninth years of the same reign,
cap. 40 ; an Act of the eighth and ninth years of the same reign,
cap. 18d; 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 rinth 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 hit late .MajeaLy Kivu William the
Fourth, calf:-36 I—anti- an "ACtlitiliefirst 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.
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 relating to the Bristol and Exeter Railway. And also
the Acts relating to the West London Railway, which bear d.ite 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 the same reign, cap. 369.

WILTS, SOMERSET, and WEYMOU'rH,
RAILWAY.—(Amen iment) No. I.—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, 1845," 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 each alterations to
commence in the parish of Pitcombe, in the county of So-
merset, on the line of railway from Upton Scudarnore to
Melcombe 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 rate, Bruton, Wyke
Champflower, She. phouse 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 a field in that parish numbered I on the said last-mentioned
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 construetlertaWfor the iluiposes 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 of 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 th_t Company, which are
contained in the said " Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway
Act, 1845," wills reference to the undertaking thereby authorised.
And for the purposes aforesaid, it is .ui titer intended by the said
intended Act to alter, amend, and enlarge, so tar as may be neces-
sary, the powers and provisions of the said Wilts, Somerset, and
Weymouth Railway Act, 1815, and of the said Wilts, !•lomerset, 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, beaiing date as follows
—that is to say, an Act el the fifth and sixth years of the reign of
his late Majesty King W iliam 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 seine 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 ajesty Queen Victoria, cap. 24 ;an Act of the fifth year of the
same reign, cap. '2B ; 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 ot the seine reign, cap. 188 ; an
Act of the eighth and ninth years or 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 ot 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 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 ot the same reign, cap. 36).
And Abtice is hereby further given, that maps, plans, and sec-
tions, describing the direction, line, and levels of the said intended
works, together with books et 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 that county ; and wills the Clerk of the
Peace for the county of Wilts, at Ms 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.

BERMS and HANTS RAILWAY.—Proposed
Extension of the Barks and Hants Railway from Hungerford
to Westbury end to Devizes, with powers of sale and lease to and
contribution by the Great Western Ral,way Company.
Notice is hereby given, that APPLICATION is intended to be
made to Par!lament in the ensuing session for au ACT to authorise
the construction and maintenance of a railway, with ell proper
works, approaches, and conveniences connected therewith, com-
mencing from the line of the Barks and Hants Railway, at
the western end of a certain inclosure in the parish of
Hungerford, in the counties of Berke and Wilts, or one of them,
numbered 37 in such parish on the plans of the said Berks and Hants
Railway referred to in the Barks and Hants Railway Act, 1845, 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
in the parish of Westbury; in the county of Wilts, numbered 44 in
such parish on the plans of the Wilts, omerset, sod Weymouth
Railway, referred to in the Wilts, Siomerset, 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 pl ces fol-
- or some of them, that is to say—Hungerford, Hungerford
Town Tything, Sanden Fee otherwise Sandham Fee, Eding-
ton and Newtown, and Charnham-street, in the counties of Berks
and Wilts, or one of them; Froxfield, Oakhili, Ridge, Little Bed-
win, Chisbury, Great Bedwin, Wootton Rivers, South Saverrake,
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 Stowell,
Alton Pliers, Woodborough, Alton Berner, North Newnton and Ba-
cot, Charlton, Bushell, Beechingstoke, Wivelsford otherwise Wilsford,
Manningford Bohun, Marden, Patney, Cherington otherwise Chir-
ton, Conoek, Stanton, Saint Bernard, All Cannings, Etchilhampton,
Fulloway, Urchfont, Start, Wedhampton, Eastcott, Bishop's Can-
flings, Saint James, otherwise Southbromn, Potterne, Norton, Marston,
West Lavington, Ftddington, Littleton Panne, Market Lavington,
Easterton, Great Cheverel, Little Cheverel, Melksham, Erlestoke, East
Coniston, Edington, Whorwelesdown, West Coniston, West Conic-
ton-cum-Baynton, Tinhead, Baynton, Westbury, Bretton. Stoke
in Bratton, Heywood, Hawkeridge, Westbury Leigh, Westbu-y
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 Cannings, Fut.
laway, Potterne, Urchfont, Stert, Etchillhampton, Bishop's Can-
nings, Saint James otherwise Southbroom, 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 subh Act to vary, repeal, or extin-
guish ail 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 raimay, and works, and to
confer other rights and privileges.
Anil it is further intended by such Act to incorporate a company,
and to enable such company to purchase lands and houses by compul-
sion oragroement for the purpoi.eof 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; end 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 slim eholders in the salt' under-

BIRMINGHAM. and OXFORD JUNCTION,
and BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, and DUDLEY
RAILWAYS AMALGAMATION.—Proposed amaigathation 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 consolldate
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 iu
the same session of Parliament, called " The Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction (Birmingham Extension) Railway Act, 1846 ;" and
also of another Act, passi.d in the same session, c' lied " 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
session of Parliament, and to authorise the union and consolidation of
the respective capitals, stocks, shares, property, and effects, of the
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 arorks respectively, and
all the capital stock, shares, property, and effects, and ail the powers
and privileges now vested in the Birmingham and Oxford Junction
Railway Company, and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and
Dudley Railway Company respectively, ur either of them, or which
may be vested in them, or either of them, by any Act or Acts to be
passed in the next session of Parliament, and to authorise the incor-
poration of a new company, to be formed of the last-mentioned two
companies.
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 the same, or the tolls
thereof, to the treat 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 relating to the Birmioesham 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 so to
be incorporated ; and to raise additional capital for the purposes store-
said, or to become holders of shares or capital stock, in such under-
taking, or to aathorise the amalgamation of the said united Com-
pany, 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
sai., the sth and 6th William the Fourth, cap. 107, the 6th
William the Fourth, cap. 38, the 6th William the Fourth, cap. 77,
the Ist Victoria, cap. 91, the Ist Victoria, cap. 92, the let Victoria,
cap. 24, the '2d Victoria, cap. 27, the sth Victoria, sess. 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, end 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 Wil-
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.

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- th 6 land proposed to be taken for
the purposes thereof, wig, on or before the 30th day of November
instant, be deposited for pu;,lic 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 rtue Clerk of the Peace for the county of
Dorset, at Sherbome, in that county ; and that, on or before the sad
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 vi !1 pass, or be situate, wall be deposited with the
parish clerks of such parishes respectively, at their respective resi-
dences.—Dated this sth day of November, 1846.
W. 0. and W. HUNT, 10, Whitehall, London.
OSBORNE, WARD, and Co., Bristol.

taking.
And it is further intended by such Act to alter, amend, and erlarge,
so far as may be necessary for the objects eoresaid, the powers and
provisions of the several Acts relating to the said Great Western
Railway, and to the several railways now forming part of
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; en Act of the fist year of the
same reign, c. 92 ; an Act of the second year of the same reisn, c.
Act of the sixth year of the reign of King William the
Fourth, c. 77 ; an Act of the first year of the 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 land 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, a 14 ; and the several
Acts relating to the West London Railway which bear date as follows,
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 on nets, lessees or reputed lessees, and occupiers of
the land 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 Ns ith the Clerk of the Peace for the county of
Wilts, at his office iv Wilton ; and that a copy of so -Much of the said
plans, sections, and books of reference. as relates to each of the pa-
fishes in or through which the said intended railway, branch rail-
way, aad work are intended to be made, will be deposited, on or
before the said 30th day of November, with the parish clerks of
those parishes respectively, at their respective residences.

W. 0. and W. HUNT, 10, Whitehall, London.
OSBORNE, WARD, and Co., Bristol.
Dated this 2d day of November, 1846.

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 ors 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 pariah of Bleadon, in the county of
Somerset, in or near to u 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, hoxton, Biddesham, Lympsham, Badgworth. Weare,
Compton Bishop, Cross, Winseombe. Axbridge, Cheddar, Wedmore,
Draycott, Nyland and Batcombe, Rodney Stoke, Westbury, Easton,
Wookey, the Out Parish of Saint Cuthbert in Wells, the In Perim h
of Saint Cuthbert in Wens, the Liberty of Saint Andrew in Wells,
North Wootton, Dinder, Croscombe, Pilton, Shepton Mallet, Doult-
leg, Evercreech, Milton Clevedon, Lamyatt, Ditcheat,
Mmsford, Pitcombe, Wyke Champflower, Bruton, Shepton Montague
otherwise Shepton Montacute, Bretton Seymour otherwise Bratton
Saint Maur, Charlton Musgrave, Wincanton, Maperton, Holton,
Nord) Cheriton, South Cheriton, Charlton Horethorne, Horsington,
Stowell., Temple Coombe, and Henitridge, or some of them, in the
county of Somerset; Stalbridge, Kington Magna otherwise Keinton
Magna, West Stower, Fifehcad Magdalen, Todbere, Marnhull. Hinton
Saint Mary, Starminster Newton. Memnon, Hammoon otherwise
Hammohun, Child Okeford. Shilling Okeford otherwise Shillingatone,
Belchallwell, Okeford Fitzcoaine, itanford. Stowerpaine, Durweston,
Pimperne, Bryariston, and Blandford Forum, or some of them, in the
county of Dorset; to terminate in the said parish of Biandford 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
tile road leading ha= 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 Gainey, and the united parishes of Saint John the
~aptist and Saint Benedict in Glastonbury-, or some of them, in the
county of omerset ; to terminate in the town of Glastonbury, in
:he last-mentio..ed parishes, on the east side and near the south end
of Northload-street.
A railway to coinmenee upon the line of railway front Me:combe
Regis to Upton Scudamore, secondly described in the " Wilts, So-
merset, and Weymouth It diway Act, 1845," in the parishes of
'Tent, 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 In the said last-
mentioned parish, distinguished by the number 8. on 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 extra-paro-
chial or other places of Trent, in the •-ounty of Somerset, Over
Compton, t.therwi e Compten Haway, Nether Compton, Sherborne.
Castletom and Oborne, in the county of Dorset, Pointlngton, Mil-
borne Port, Charlton Horethorne t-tawell,Horsington, Abbas Combe,
Magna, otherwisethecounSomerset;
bK.;,en,tonstil3lvra eMr'arMgaarrenthsu I
vf eohs et d
.eWr.estsaltnotw
gerna'PrFoi
Gillingham, the Liberty of A ',ester. Shaston Saint
Dorset
Cast slower.
'3-
Donhead Saint Andrew W ardour, West Tisbury, East 'ft
Mere, Sedgehill, East Knoyle. Semley, Donhead Saint Mary,
bury, Ansty, Sutton MandevUe, Chi mark,
Fovant otherwise
Foffant, Teffont Evias, DIWOn, Compton Chamberlain, Baverstock,
Barford Saint Martin. Soutn Burcombe, North Burcombe, Wilton,
South Newton, Ditzhampton, and Fugglestone Saint Peter,
parish of
Fugglestone Saint Peter, in or near to a field numbered flimeen 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 Mee or Great Mead, situate near to,
and on the north side of Sherbonr,eauseway, 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 Gillin:ham-street, and in the occupation of John
Dana.
ot
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tended line of railway from Compton to Fugglestone Saint Peter,
hereinbefore described.
And it is also intended by such Act to take powers to stop up, alter,
or
a er,
or divert, whether temporarily or permanently, all turnpikeßailway, and
other toads and highways, streets, railways, tramways, aqueducts,
eanals, streams, and rivers upon or adjoining the line of the said
intended railways and works which it may be necessary to Interfere
with in the construction or for the purposes of the said intended ra
• q.
ways and works, or any of them.
And It is nuttier 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 other rights and privi-
leges, and also to confer on the said W !Its, Somerset, and Weymouth
Railway Company powers for raising additional capital. and also for
the purchase of lands, by compulsion or a,:eenient, for the purposes
of the said intended works, and fur levying tons, 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 Wey mouth Rail-
way Act, 1845," and of the said " Wills, Somerset, and Wey mouth
Railway (Amendment) Act, 1846."
And it is further intended by such Act to enab:e 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 'hereof, and to
exercise 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 Reliway (Amendment) Act, 1846," and of the
several Acts relating to the Great Western Railway, end thiel
railwaysebe-
Whining pat t of that undertaking, a a
ways and branch bearing date
longing to the Great Western Railway Company,
Act of the fifth and sixth years
its lolcows, that is to say —an
of the reign of his late Majesty King Williams the Fourt p
0
, h ca 17 :
• an Act of the
an Act of the sixth year of the same reign, cap. 3' ,
en Victoria, cap. 91;
first year of the Felan of her present Majesty Que
t of the
an Act of the first yeas of the game reign, cap. 92 ; an A F
second year of the same reign. cap, ;aw Act of the sixth and
seventh years of the reign 0: his said late Majesty King William the
Fotarth, pap. 77 ; au Act of the first and second years of the reign of
her said present Majesty Qucen Victoria, cap. 24; an Act of the fifth
year of the genie Niln, cap. 28; an Act of the sixth year of the
same reign, cap. 101 ati Aet of the seventh year of the same reign,
cap. 3 ; an Act of the eighth and ninth years of the same reign, cap.
414 ; an Act of the eighth and ninth years of the sums reign, cap.
; mod 4_o of the eighth and ninth years of the same reign, cal).
191 ; and aid AiF,gf the ninth year of the same reign, cap. 14.
And also the Aeti rejfitiqg to the West London Railway, which
bear date as follows—an Miro( Up third year of the reign of his late
Afei'iresty King Willie n the FourtlY,-osp. ?.6 ; an Act of the sixt
Ye .9f tile same reign, cap. 79; an Act of NC USW and fourth year
131 the
of 'lithe reign of her present Majesty, cap. 105 ; tin AA
and ninth •
yes.,r o*e same reign, cap. I,i; and an Act of the rildth
444 :enth year of fife fine relit), cap. 369.
ci -6 is heieby gurAker jOvcn,ert maps, plans, and sections,
Am 4 •
daselitiing the ellreetipii, a.ild 14 ;of tivald intended railways
• •
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• •

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, from
YEOVIL and BRIDPORT to EXETER, with BRANCHES.
Proposed Railways, from the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
Railway, near Yeovil and near Bridport, to the South Devon, and
Bristol and Exeter Railways, at Exeter; with Branches to Sidmouth
and to Charmouth, near Ly inc, and to the Chard Canal Railway, at
Ilminster, and to the Crewkerne Branch of the Bristol and Exeter

Railway, near Crewkerre.
Notice is hereby given, that APPLICATION is intended to be
made to Parliament in the ensuing session for an ACT to authorise
the construction, by the Great Western Railway Company, of the
several railways hereinafter mentioned, with all properorks and
conveniences, roads, and approaches connected therewith, that is to

say—
the
and Weymouth Railway, in the parish of Bradford .Abbas, in A railway commencing by a junction with the Wilts, Somerset,
the number 24 on the plans of the said railway referred to in the Act
county of Dorset, in or near to a field in that parish, distinguished by
authorising ths construction thereof, passing thence in, throtigh, or
into the several parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other
places of Bradford Abbas and Clifton Maybank, in the county of Dor-
set,
Yeovil, Berwick otherwise Barwick, Stoford, Ciosworoth, Sutton
Bingham, Pendeiner, Hardington Mandeville, West Mker, East
Coker, East Ckinuock, Haselbury, Plucknett, and North Perrott, or
some of them, in the county of Somerset ; 3losterton, South Perrott,
and Brot Sea-
ton, Crewkerne, Wayford, Winsham, Cricket Saint Thomas,
borough, and Chard, or some of them, in the county of Somerset ;
Thorncombe, Chardstock, Hawkechurch, Stockland. and Dalwoad, or
some of them, in the counties of Devon and Dorset, or one of them ;
Axminster, Kilinington. Shute, Wilmington, Widworthy, Cotteigh,
ORwell, 31onkton, Honiton, Honiton Borough, Awliscombe, Bucke -
red, Feniton, Gittisham, Ottery Saint Mary, Taliaton, Whimple,
ttroadclist, Palthnore, Honiton, Clist, Plithoe, 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 Will s,
and Saint Edmund on the Bridge, or some of them, in the city and
county of the city of Exeter ; and Saint Thomas the Apostle, in the
county of Devon; anti terminating in the last-named parish at or
1 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 Saint
David, in the said county of the city of Exeter, and passing in or
through and terminating within the same parish in a Relit in that
parish, distinguished by the number 24 on the plans of the Bristol
and Exeter Railway, referred to in 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 in•
thence in, through, or into the several
tended railway at Ta'eford, in the parish of Ottery Saint Mary, in
the c unty of Devon, on the north side of the ro id leading from
irds' passingend extra parochial or other places of Ottery
Saint Mary, Tipton Saint . ,_
John Fen Ottery, otherwise
Yen Ottery,
Pd
' otherwise Stoford, Sidbury, Sideard, Salcombe
liatt parishes,l
repff,
or dr d t
t, oo:vt
oonps.sf:oot r ,
“egis, and Sidmouth, or some of.county of
them in the Devon, and
mouth. near the Gas Works in
terminating in the said parish of Sid
brewery, on the west side of the road to
the field adjoining Searie's e
line divrgereout at a d stant
Exeter, vkith an extensionnorth
of theing aforethsaid intendedpoint terminus,
ab.mt 25 chains to the
of theist, and termbiating in the said
and Salcombe Regis, or same
the said parishes of Sidmouth, Sidbury,
parishes a Salcombe Regis and • te
h on thene
passing in, through, or into,
field known as the Marsh or Ham adjoining
Sidmouth, or onobeech of them,
iast
the
side of Sidmouth town.
Mead, otherwise Lower
to belongeld called Common
railway in or near.
to and in the occupation of William
Head, now or lately ing county of Somerset,
the parish of Cnard, in the .
Also a railway diverging out of the said firstly mentioned intended
Notley, situate in
and extra-Parochial or other
of Devon and Dorset, or one of
ffie ,
Winsham, Chard BOreargh, laces of combo, in the counties
p'
Li m Chard, Cricket Saint I homes,
Cha coim be Knoll Saint Giles, Cricket
passing thence in, through, or into, the several parishes, townships,
Malherbe, East *Dowlish,
Kingston, Don) a ,• tt Broadway. liminste., and i n,
minster, in or near to a field in that pin the county of Somerset, D'owlish Wake, West Dowlish,
lto or some of them,
d terminatiug in tits said parish of 11-
oatih, er w e _ .
Chard Canal Railway, referred to in
and in or near to which
the Act authorising the construction thereof, number 41a in the plans of parish, distinguished by the
field the said intended railway
the said Chard Canal Railway.
111511' mentioned intended
Also a railway divegring out of the said
tl in the parish of
the
is intended to form a junction with
railway, in or near to an arable field situate par y .
i to William
31 Isterton in the same county, now or lately beloie, rt,g
by William A plin, and situa • te on
Crewkerne, in the county of Somerset, and partly
,in .he parish of
Ilaliett, deceased, mad occupied
thence in, through, or into the several parishes of Misterton, Crew-
the east side of the road leading froth Crewkerne to Bridport, passing
kerne, North Perrott, II iteelbury Plucknett, and riot[,lier i
et, or
n the
county of Somerset, and South Parrott, in the county ors
sonic of them, and terminating in the said parish of Crewkerne, in or
near to a field in that parish, distinguished by the number 53 on the
plans of the Crewkerne branch of the Bristol and Exeter Railway,
referred 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.
Also a railway commencing by a junction with the said Wilts, So-
merset, and Weymouth Railway, in the parish of Bracipole, 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 Wey-
mond' Railway, hereinbe'ore referred to passing thence in, through,
or into, the several parishes, townships, and extra .parochial or
rinY•tiriell
Ceettennottydeoefrournere,
Dorset, Chard,
other places of Bratlpole, Bildport, Walditch, Boteenhempton,
Burton Bradstock, Alliiigton, Loders, Symondabury; Whitechurch,
el :es dleah.
se,attnyr iniesaoft:
ets
Somerset,
otherwise
esreeti
t:
;her
andicil
counties
du oitAi titii
Axminster,
ms
occupa-
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il In, atnhde
witisor, Bettiscombe, and Marshwood, or some of them, in the
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the same is intended to join the line of
the said first-mentioned in-
tended railway.
And also a railway diverging out of the said lastly mentioned in-
tended railway, in the parish of Marshwood
, in the county of Dorset,
at or near to a place called Shaves Cross, •
or into the several parishes, townships, pdassing thence in, through,
places of Marshwood, Pillesdon, otherwise extra-parochialr or other
IVldtechureh, Canonicorum, Wooton ' ilsdon, Bettiscombe,
Fitzpaine, Wooton Abbots,
Catherstono Lewiston, Charmouth, and Lyme Regis, or some of
in
them, in the county of Dorset, and terminating
Charmouth, in or near to a meadow field now
or lately belonging to
the Rev. John Dixon Hales, and
occupied by William Valllns and
abutting on the eastern side of the road ' leading from Charmouth to
the loft.
Alia it is Mended by such Act to take power to alter, divert, or
turnpike and
,
stop up, whether temporarily or permanently, all such
other roads, fereets, 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 ietertere with in
the eqilstruction or for the purposes of the said intended al r lways and
works.
And it is further ietptided by such Act to vary, repeal,
extin-
guish all existing rights OF pFeypes
IR., Which would In ayormannrnnedc or pmogiv yi4l4 she c9Rinicii.oul ti4hatellaßce or use f the
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NOVEMBER 14- 184
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LONDON, -SATURDAY t 4 At' 0 •
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BIRMINGHAM and OXFORD JUNCTION
RAILWAY AMENDMENT. Proposed Deviation of the
line of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway, from
Warwick to Whitnash, and from Whitnash to Ilarbury, 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 make the following new lines of
railway in lieu thereof, that is to say, a railway to commence
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 Juncti n 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 Whitnash, in the same county, and numbered 24
on the said plan, and whleh new or substituted line of ralway 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; aiilverton, Leamington-Priors, Whitnash, and Radford Se-
mete, 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 of
Harbury, 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, anti extra-parochial or other places following, or
some of them, that is to say, Whitnash, Radford Scinele, and Her-
bury, in the said county of Warwick.
And it is also intended by such Act to authorise the Birmingham
and Oxford Junction Railway Company to construct in, or by means
of, 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 in " the Birmingham and Oxford
Junction Railway Act, 1846."
And it is also intended, by such Act, to take power to atop up,
alter, or divert, all turnpike 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 rights 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 anti houses, by compulsion, for the purposes thereof;
and for levying tolls, rates, and duties, in respect of tile use of the
said intended works, anti 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 with books
of reference to such plans containing the names of the owners or
reputed owners, lessees, or reputed lessee-, and occupiers of thelands,
proposed to be taken for the purposes of the said intended works,
will 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
Mice, 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
wishes 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 fort) -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, lie said Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Com-
pany, the Stratford-upon• Avon Canal Navigation, and ether the
works, land., 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 funds for or towards the purchase, maintenance,
and use of the said canal, navigation, and works, and If need be, to
dissolve the said Company or 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 might 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 further proposed to authorise the Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction Railway Company to sell or lease their undertakin.,
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 Oxford 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 relating to the last-
meat toned railway, passed in the last session of Parliament, of the seve-
ral Acts relating to the said Stratford-upon-Avon Canal Navigation,
Passed respectively in the 33d, 35th, 39111, 49th, 55th, and 57th years
of his late Majesty King George the Third, and the 2nd year of his
late Majesty King George the Fourth, said of the several Acts herein-
afterpthe Ist
mentioned relating to the Great Western Railway Company, or
whereby powers are conferred on the
.said Great Western Railway
Company, and which Acts are distinguished in the Queen's printer's
Fourth,
e terie
copies thereof, as follows, that is to say, the sth an i 6th William the
Williamh
1 thet
cap. 38 ; the 6th
rtthh,e
Victoria, cap. 92, the let Victoria, cap. 24; the 2nd Victoria, cap.
27 ; the sth Victoria, session 2,1, cap. 28 , the 6th Victoria, cap. 10 ;
Fourth,iv ctahpe. 110..7e: 6th
p
the 7th Victoria, cap. 3; the Bth and 9th 1.1. torts, cap. 40: the Bth
and 9th Victoria, cap. 188 ; the Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 191 ; and
the 9th Victoria, cap. 14 ; amid also the Acts relating to the NVest
London Railway, which bear date as follows, an Act of the 3d year
of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, cap. 36 ;
MI Act of the 6th year of the same reign, cap. 79 ; an Act of the 3rd
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 the 9th and 10th
year of the same reign, cap. 369.
Dated the 7th day of November, 1846.
W. O. and W. AUNT, 10, Whitehall.
J. W. and G. WHATELEY, Birmingham.

LONDON AND
AILWAYNORTH-WESTERN
R.
OPENING OF THE BRANCH LINE TO BEDFORD.
Norics.—The Public are informed that the repairs of this Railway
having been completed, it will be opened throughout to Bedford on
Wednesday neat, the 18th instant, and that trains will be dispatched
E:3snßt.' tions
ay Nov.ll, 1846, . % past 8 p.m.
FROM EUSTON STATION AT
% past 7 a.m., arriving at Bedford at about past 10
54 before 11 a.m., .• •••• • • • • • •
.. • • t past 1
past 6
811.111.
.............. .... •
AND FROM BEDFORD AT
arivlng at the Euston
14 past 7 a.m.,
Station about ...... 20 m.p. 10 a.m.
•• • • )i past 12
10 In. past 2 p.m., •• • • • •,• •
so m. pastust 5 0
order, .R. CREED, Secretary.
ORce,

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HARWICH and EASTERN COUNTIES
JUNCTION RAILWAY AND PIER,.
FlLu.u. HARWICH TO TUE EASTERN UNION ItAILWA Y AT
„-- A RDLEIGH.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN.
That application is intend I to he made to Parliami tnt in the en-
suing session tor an Act to authorise the can,truction of a ra"way, with all proper wharia, stations, and conveniences con nected there-
with,
commencing within the port or harbour of the bol rough of Dar-
with, in the county of Essex, at or near Bath Side, and; at or near a
certain street or road called or known as Out-part of toi in westward,
both in the parish of Sahit Nicholas, Harwich, in the F a d borougly,
and terminating by two several junctions with the Et istern Union
Railway, one at or near a farm called Home Farm, in I tie occupation
or Edward Abbott, and the other at or near the Anil& gh Station of
the said Eastern Union Railway, both in the pa-ish o Ard eigh, in
pier or jetty within the said port or
the said comity of Essex ; and also to authorise the, erection, con-
arwich, in the said xnuity of Essex,
shtarruboctuiorno,
fatnhtel
smaiadinboternoligncie,
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In connection witlisuch railway ; and which intend.ed railway, pier,
or jetty, and the wharfs, works, stations, and conveniences connec-
ted therewith, will pass from, in, through, or ir,to the several pa-
rishes, townships. and extra-narochial places het-,eirtafter mentioned,
Some or all of them, that is to say--Saint Nichrdlas. Harwich, Lower
Dovercourt, Upper Dovercourt, Little o,ak.tr,y, Great Oakley,
Ramsey, Wrabness, Wicks Green, Wicks, otheswise Wickes, other-
wiseMistley, Manningtree, 1 Bromley,
ittle Bmley, Great
inatle,id' and Ardleigh, all in the Sti.d county of Essex,
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