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No. 16,901. LONDON, THURSDAY PIO.I%NIN
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NOVEMBER 19, 1846,

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 reaeie for the county of Wilts,
at his office, in Wilton ; and that a copy of so moth 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 30th day of November, with the parish clerks of those parishes
respectively, at their respective residences.
W. 0. and W. HUNT, 10, Whpeball.
OSBORNE, WARD, and CO., Bristol.
Dated November, 1846.

WILTS, SOMERSET, and WEYMOUTH,
RAlLWAY.—(Amendment) 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 cart aln of the lines of railway authorised to be
by the said Acts ; that is to say, one of such alterationsmade to
commence in the parish of Pitcombe, in the county of So-
merset, on the line of railway from Upton ScUdamore 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 Fite° inbe, Bruton, Wyke
Champflower, Sheephouse Farm, North Ilrewham, 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 1 on the said last-mentioned

piano.
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 I
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 ; au 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
Tara of the reign of his said late Majesty King William the Fourth,
cap' 77; Act, of the first and second years of the reign of her said
vresent \l4jesty Queen Victoria, cap. 24 ; an Act of the fifth year of the
shV reign,*eap. 28,;... 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 to Of eighth and ninth years of the same reign, cap. 40; an
Act of the? eiglitN and ninth years of the same reign, cap. 188 ; an
Act of ShetAghth 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 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:ls6 ; and an Act
of the ninth and tenth year of the same reign, cap. 363.
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 that county ; and with the Clerk of the
Peace for the county of 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

W. O. and W. HUNT, 10, Whitehall, London.
OSI3ORNE, WARD, and Co., Bristol.
Dated this 2d day of November, 1846.

IVILTS, SOMERSET, and WEYMOUTH
RAILWAY,'. (Amendment) .No. 2,—Proposed Railways
from Bleadon to Blandfozi, and from Compton, near Yeovil, to Wil-
ton, with Branches tolllsistpnbury and Gillingham.
Notice is hereby gilled, that APPLICATION is intended to be
made to Parliament ill the ensiling 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,\lB4s ;" and " The Wilts, So-
merset, and Weymouth Railway (Amend's-tent) Act, 1846 I" and to
enable the Wilts, Somerset, and Weyinluth 'RaiiWay ConipartY 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
extra-
parochialnanwoern, otheri,ox Lorton,
013shieaar Chris-
ton,iyu-ifilpiislll,..,Lmo,ekßhalgd,giwfourttthoi?,wearethence in, through, or into the several parishes, townships, aad
Tidorlf
Compton Bishop, Cross, Winscombe, Axbridge, Cheddar, Wedmore,
Draycott, Nyland and Batcombe, Rodney Stoke, Westbury, Easton,
Wookey, the Out Parish of Saint Cuthbert in Wells, the In Parish
of Saint Cuthbert in Wells, the Liberty of Saint Andrew in Wells,
North Wootton, Dinder, Croscombe, Tilton, 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, liorsington,
Stowell, Temple Coombe, and Henstridge, or some of them, in the
county of Somerset; Stalbridge, Kington Magna otherwise Keinton
Magna, West Stower, Fifehcad Magdalen, Todbere, Marnhull. Hinton
Saint Mary, Sturminster Newton. Mauston, Hammeon otherwise
Hammohun, Child Okeford, Shilling Okeford otherwise Shillingstone,
Belchallwell, Okeford Fitzcoaine, Hanford, Stowerpaine, Durweston,
Pim tune, Bryanston, and Blandford Forum, or some of them, in the
comity of Dorset; to terthinate 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 l'ortway, in the In Parish of Saint Cu
in Wells, in the county of Somerget ; and passing thence in,
into the In Parish of Saint Cuthbert in Wells, the Out
through, or he parishes of , Pilton,
Parish of Saint Cuthbert in ls, t
of SaintWookey John the
Mearne, and Godliest, and the united parishes
e of them in the
Baptist and Saint Benedict in Glastonbury, or om
b,
terminate in the town of as on bury, tin
ebunty of Somerset ; to term'
the last-raentiotied parishes, on the east side and near the south end
of Northload-street.
on the line of railway from Holcombe
A railway to commence Up
dl described in the "
Regis to Upton Scudamore, secon
Act, 1845," in the pariWilts, s
So-
merset, and Weymouth Rsilway
and Over Compton, in the county
Trent, in the county of Somerset,
d in the firstentioned parish, distin-
of Dorset, in or near to a fiel
or near to a field in the said last-
guished by the number 4, awl in
number 8, on the plans of
by the nnm
mentioned parish, distinguished
d Act ; and passing thence in,
the said railway referred to in the sal
townships, and extra-paro-
through, or into the several parishes,
county of Somerset, Over
chial or other places of Trent, in thee
ether Cmpton, Sherborne,
Compton, otherwise, Counpton HawaY, t••o Pointington, Mll-
Castieton, and Oborne, in the county
ofs Dorse
sington, Abbas Combe,
borne Port, Charlton Horethorne Stowell, Hor
m in the county of
Temple Coombe, and Henstridge, or some of the ,
afaena, otherwise
Somerset; Stalbridge, Buckhorn Weston, Kington s
hull Tod-
Keinton Magna, Fifehoad Magialen, West Stotver, Marn
Margaret'S Marsh,
here, Stower Provost, East Slower, Saint . _
mes
Gillingham, the Liberty of Alcester, Shaston Saint Ja ,
of Dorset
and Motcombe, or some of them, in the county
Mere, Sedgehill, East Knoyle, Semley, Donhead Saint Mary,
' is-
Donhead Saint Andrew Wardour, West Tisbury, East
bury, Ansty, Sutton Mandeville, Chilmark, Foffant otherwise
Foffant, Teffont Evias, Dinton, Compton Chamberlain, Baverstock,
Barford Saint Martin, South Burcombe, North Burcombe, Wilton,
South Newton, Ditchampton and Fugglestone Saint Peter, or some
of them, in the county of %%Tilts ; 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 Stower, and Gillingham, or
some or one of them, hi 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 Gillinshatn-street, and in the occupation of John
Dann.
And it is intended by such Act to take powers to abandon such
Part or parts of the line of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
Railway, in the parishes of Bradford, Abbas and Sherborne, in the
county of Dorset, as will be rendered useless by reason of the in-
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 divert, whether temporarily or permanently, all turnpike and
other roads and highways, streets, railways, tramways, aqueducts,
canals, 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 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 other 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
saki 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 th said "
" Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
Railway (Amendment) Acte , 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 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, S
nd omerset,
and Weymouth Railway (Amendment) Act, 1846," a of tke
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, 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 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 ; au Act of the sixth and
seventh years of the reign of Ills 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. 28 ; 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 tile eighth and ninth years of the same reign, eap•
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 Willie n 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 sections,
describing the direction, line, and levels, of the said intended railways
and Maui, toiNgin with bwiui Qf roferenco

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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 his office,
at Taunton, in that county ; with the Clerk of the Peace for the
county of Dorset, tit his office, at Sherborne, in that county; with
the Clerk of the Peace for the county of 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 railways and works arerethe respec-
tively intended to be made will be deposited, on or befo 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.
OSBORNE, WARD and Co., Bristol.
•
Dated this sth day of November, 1846.
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BED and HANTS RAlWAY.—Proposed
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 Railway Company.
Notice is hereby given, that APPLICATION is intended to be
made to Parliament in the ensuing session for an ACT to authoriseproper
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 Beets and Wilts, or one of them,
numbered 37 in such parish on the plans of the said Berke and Hants
Railway referred to in the Berks and Hants Railway Act, 1845, and
terminating by a junction with the line of the Wilts, Somersetn
, fiel d and
Weymouth Railway, as now authorised to be made,certai
in the parish of Westbury, in the county of Wilts, numbered 44 in
such parish on the plans of the Wilts, Somerset, and 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 Sandhara Fee, Eding-
ton and Newtown, and Charnham-street, in the counties of Barks
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 Lislebocume, Manningford Abbots, Manningford
Bruce, Huish, Wilcot otherwise Welcot, Oars and Draycott alias
Draycott, Foliat, Overton, Rainscombe, East Stowell, West Stowell,
Alton Priors, Woodborough, Alton Barnes, North l'srewnton and Hit-
cot, Charlton, Rushall, Beechingstoke, Wivelsford otherwise Wilsford,
Manningford Bohm, Marden, Patney, Cherington otherwise Chir-
tou, Conock, Stanton, Saint Bernard, All Cannings, Etchilhamptol4,l
Fulloway, Urchfont, Stert, Wedhampton, Eastcott, Bishop's Can-
ninge, Saint James, otherwise Southbroom, Potterne, Wor ton, Marston,
West Lavington, Fiddington, Littleton Pannel, Mttrket Lavington,
Easterton, Great Chtverel, Little Cheverel, Melksham, Eriestoke, East
Coniston, Edington, "Whorwelesdown, West Coniston, West Cents-
ton-cura-Baynton,Baynton, Westbury, Bratton Stoke
Cowls-
inn-Brat Bretton, Heywood, head
Hawkeridge, Westbury Leigh, Westbury
Priory, Westbury Chantery, Brook-house, Storridge, 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-
' rings, and county of Wilts, known as Chapel Ground and ter-
minating by a junction with the line of the Wilts, Somerset, and
1 Weymouth Railway, in a certain field in the parish of St. John the
Baptist, Devizes, and county of Wilts, numbered 52 in such parishre,
on the plans of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway -
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,
Tel-
laway, Potterne, Urchfont, Stert, Etchillhampton, Bishop's Can
fangs, 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 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 flirther 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 shat eholders in the said under-
taking.
And it is further intended by stich 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 rail Ways now fdrming 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; an Act of the first year of the
same reign, c. 92 ; an Act of the second year of the same reign, 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 of her present
Majesty Queen Victoria, c. 24; an Act of the fifth year of the
same reign session 2, c. 28 ; an Act of tbe 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, t. 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 ntitice 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
year, with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Barks, 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 pa-
rishes,av, a
iniidorwtohrrkouagrhe winhtlecldthetosbaeid
minatdeen,dewdilrlabilewdaeyp,osbitredan,chonraoilr-
before the said 30th day of November, with the parish clerks of
those parishes respectively, at their respective residences.

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 Lyme, and to the Chard Canal Railway, at
Ilminster, and to the Crewkerne Branch of the Bristol and Exeter
Railway, near Crewkerr.e.
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 proper works and
conveniences, 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 tha 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 Dor-
set, Yeovil, Berwick otherwise Barwick, Stoford, Closworth, Sutton
Bingham, Pendemer, Hardington Mandeville, West Coker, East
Coker, East Chinnock, Raselbury, Plucknett, and North Perrott, or
some of them, in the county of Somerset ; Mosterton, South Perrott,
and Broadwinsor, or some of them, in the county of Dorset ; Mister-
ton, Crewkerne, Wayford, Winsham, Cricket Saint Thomas, Sea-
borough, and Chard, or some of them, in the county of Somerset;
Thorncombe, Chardstock, Hawkechurch, Stockland, 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, Awliscombe, Bucke-
rell, Feniton, Gittisham, Ottery Saint Mary, Tallaton, Whimple,
Broadcliat, Fenimore, Honiton, Chat, Pinhoe, and Ileavitree, 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 Wal!s,
and Saint Edmund on the Bridge, or somd'Of them, in the city and
county of the city of Exeter ; sad Saint Thomas the Apostle, in the
county of Devon ; and terminating in the Bast-named parish at or
near Saint Thomas otherwise, Cewick-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 field 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 juhictaan with the said Bristol and
Exeter Railway.
Also a railway diverging out of the said firstly mentioned in
at Taleford, in the parish of Ottery Saint Mary, in
tendedthe
passing thence in, through, or into tile several
cournatirt oafyDevon, on the north side of the road leading from
townships' and extra parochial
orother
polishes,
t n Saint John, Fen Ottery, otherwise Yen Ottery,
trdoadistaiit
otherwise Stoford, Sidbury, Sidford, Salcombe
Harpford, S top ford,
some of them, in the county of Devon, and
d Sidmouth, or
Regis, an
Tsaailneftorsid
saidparish of Sidmouth, near the Gas Works, in
terminating in the
gexSteeanrslieo'snbtrtrineewery aforesaid intended terminus,
atoll oTsifporod ,
diverging o thtehue treesetusti da et oaf p tete
the said parishes of Sidmouth, Sidbury,
passing in, through, or into,
ef
them,
and terminating in the said
tßalbixeueuf:teerl2d,
swa Wei
an
ni na
and Salcombe Regis, or somei and
sidmnath,
_am
adjoining or one of them, in the
the beach on, the east
to the
of the said firstly mentioned intended
Also a railway diverging out d c
a Mead, otherwise Lower
to a field calle ommo
railway in or near
n to and in the occupation of W
aSsaltremMbaersßhegors H
illiaxi
Mead, now or lately belongi g
townships,
parishest's
ledled okfnoSwiocinfm oath town.
Chard,th
passing thence in, through, o
1 of Thorncombe, in the counties
p aces
and extra-parochil or other
f them, Chard, Cricket Saint Thomas,
of Devon and Dorset, or one o
ff
be Knoll Saint Giles, Cricket
Winsham, Chard Borough, Cha oont ,
Notlay, situate in the parish orliute,
Wake, West Dowlish,
einsevtheeralcopanaritsyheoaf, Somerset,
Dminster, and Ilton, or some of them,
Kingston, Dollyfttt, Broadway. in the said parish of
in the county of Somerset, andterminating
distinguished by the
minster, in or near to a field in that parish,atioßailway,
referred to in
Malherbe, East Dowlish, otherwise Dowhsh
number 4la in the plans of the Chard C
is intended to orm a junction
field the said intended railway
the said Chard Canal Railway.
the said firstly mentioned intende
Also a railway diverging out of
the Act authorising the construction thereof, andf in or towwhitcthh
partly in the parish of
Crewkerne, in the county of Somerset, and par y
belonging to William
Misterton, in the same county, now or lately
d situate on
railway, in or near to an arable field situate partly in the parish of
Hallett, deceased, sued occupied by William Aplin, an
t n otin the
the east side of the road leading from Crewkerne to Bridport
thence in, through, or into the several parishes of Mister, passing
Crew-
kerne, North Perrott, Haselbury Plucknett, and 31errio t,
county of Somerset, and South Parrott, in the county of Done
t or
some 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 Bradpole, 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-
mouth Railway, hereiabefore referred to passing thence in, through,
or into, the several parishes, townships, and extra•parochial or
other places of Bradpole, Bridport, Walditch, Bothenhampton,
Burton Bradstock, Allington, Loders, Symondsbury, Whitechurch,
Canonicorum, Netherbury, Pillesden. otherwise Pilsdon, Broad-
winsor, Bettiscombe, and Marshwood, or some of them, in the
county of Dorset, Chard, in the county of Somerset, and Axminster,
Thorncombe, Hawkechurch, and Chardstock, in the counties of De-
von and Dorset, or one of them, and terminating in a field called
Ridge, part of Axe Farm, in the last named parish, in the occupa-
tion of George Bradley and John Bradley, or one of them, where
the same is intended to join the line of the said fiat-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, passing thence in, through,
or into the several parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other
places of Marshwood, Pillesdon, otherwise Pilsdon, Bettiscombe,
Whitechurch, Canonicorum, Wooton Fitzpaine, Wooton Abbots,
Catherstone Lewiston, Charmouth, and Lyme Regis, or some of
them, in the county of Dorset, and terminating in the said parish of
Charmouth, in or near to a meadow field now or lately belonging to
the Rev. John Dixon Hales, and occupied by William Vallins, and
abutting on the eastern side of the road leading from Charmouth to
the sea.
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 purposes of the said intended railways and
works.
And it is further intended by such Act to vary, repeal, or extin-
guish all existing rights or privileges which would in any manlier
itoptlo or interfon with tho outltruction, maintenance, or two of UN)

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 RailwayGornpany 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 intended railway secondly hereinbefore
described, affd 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 Western 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-
, meuts 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 sitttate 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 undertaking, and
belonging 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. 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 the same reign, cap. 92 ; an Act of the second year of
the same reign, cap. 27; an Act of the sixth andseventh 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 ;
as 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; " The
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Act, 1845,"
"The Wilts,
Somerset, and Weymouth Railway (Amendment) Act, 1846 ;" an
Act of the sev d, eighth years of the reign of her said present
fsidikiesty, cap. 68 , an Act of tne ninth ana tense 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. 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 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 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 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 resi-
dences.—Dated this sth day of November, 1846.
W. 0. and W. HUNT, 10, Whitehall, London.
OSBORNE, WARD, and Co., Bristol.

PROPOSED RAILWAY from YEOVIL and
.111_ BRIDPORT to EXETER, with Branches.—Proposed Rail
ways from the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, near Yeo-
vil, and near Brldport, to the South Devon and Bristol and Exeter
Railways, at Exeter, with branches to Sidmouth and to Charmouth,
Railway, at Ilminster, and to
d Exeter Railway, near
Crewkerne, with powers of sale and lease to and contribution by the
at
he ea r
CrewkerneLyme,
e Bt or
otoheeo Chao f r Chad Canal an
Bristola
an
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
sayA
:
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,
Mitten Bingham, I'endomer, Hardington, Mandeville, West Coker,
East Coker, East Chinnock, Haselbury Plucknett, and North Per-
rott, or some of them, in the county of Somerset ; Masterton, South
Perrott, and Broadwinsor, or some of them, in the county of Dorset;
Mlsterton, Crewkerne, Wayford, Winsham, Cricket Saint
Thomas, Seaborough, and Chard or some of them, in the
county of Somerset ; Thorneombe,Charditock,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,
Awliscombe, Buckerell, Feniton, Gittisham,• Ottery Saint Mary,
Tallaton, Whimple, Broadelist, Fenimore, Honiton, Cliat, Pinhee,
and Heavitree, or some of them, in the county of Devon; Saint
Bidwell 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 county of the eityolof Exeter ; and
Saint Thomas the Apostle, in the county of Devoir; and terminating
in the last named parish at or near Saint Thomas, ,Otherwise
Cowlek-street, by a junction with the line of the Stith 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 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 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 Gosfora, passing thence in, through, er into the several par'shes,
townships, and extra-parochial or other places of Ottery Saint Mary,
Tipton Saint John, Fen Ottery otherwise yen Ottery, Harpford,
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 therennt 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
Notley, 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, Cricket Saint Thomas,
Winsham, Chard Borough, Chaffcombe, Knoll St. Giles, Cricket Mal-
herbe, East Dowlish otherwise Dowlish Wake, West Dowlish, King-
ston, Donyatt, Broadway, Ilminster, and Ilton, or some of them, in
the county of Somerset, awl terminating in the said parish of 11-
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
In the parish of
Crewkerne, in the county of Somerset, and Partly
Misterton, in the same county, now or lately belonging to William
Hallett, deceased, and ocettpied by William Aplin, and situate on the
east side of the road leading from Crewkerne to Bridport, parising
thence in, through, or into the several parishes of Misterton, Crew-
kerne, North Perrott, Haselbury, Plucknett, and Ment
Dorset , on, in the
e
county of Somerset, and South Perrott, in the county of
some of them, and terminating in the said parish of Crewkerne in or
near to a field to that parish distinguished by the number 53 on the
plans of the Crewkerne branch of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
reiered 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,
Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, in the parish of Bradpole, in the
comity 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-
mouth Railway, hereinbefore referred to, passing thence In, through,
or into, the several parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other
places of Bradpole, Bridport, Walditch, Bothenhampton, Burton
Bradstock, Allington, Loders, Symondsbury, Whitechurch Canoni-
eorum, Netherbury, Pillesdon otherwise Pilsdon, Broadwlnsor, Bet-
tiscombe, and Marshwood, or some of them, in the county of Dorset,
Chard, in the county of Somerset, and Axminster, Thorneombe,
Hawkeehureh, and Chardstock, in the counties of Devon and
Dorset, or one of them, and terminating in a field called Ridge, part
of Axe Farm, in the last named parish, in the occupation of George
Bradley and John Bradley, or one of them, where the same is in-
tended to join the Bee of the said first-Mentioned intended 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, passing thence In, through,
or into the several parishes, townships, and extra parochial or other
places of Marshwood, Pillesdon otherwise Pilsdon, Bettiscombe,
Whitechurch Canonicorum, Wootton Fitzpaine' Wootton Abbotts,
Catherstone Lewiston, Charmouth, and Lyme Regis, or some of them,
in the county of Dorset, and terminating in the said parish of Char-
mouth, in or near to a meadow field now or Lately belonging to the
Rev. John Dixon Hales, and occupied by William Vallins, and abut-
ting on the eastern side of the road leading from Charmouth to
the sea.
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 purposes 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
or interfere with the construction, maintenance, or use of the said
intended railways and works, and to confer other rights and privileges.
And it is ' further intended by such Act to incorporate a company,
chase I
and to enable such company to pure ands and houses by com-
pulsion or agreement, for the purposes of the said proposed railway,
branch railway, and works, and to levy tolls, rates, and duties, in
respect of the use thereof, and o g ant certain exemptions from Bitch
tons, rates, and dutie, and to sell ori let on lease the said undertak-
ing, with all or any of their powers in n relation thereto, to the Great
Western Railway ComPany,and to
rent, and enablef' the said last-mentioned
Company to purchase orneed be to execute the said
and enjoy
railway, and to use,
exercise,
for the such powers, and to raise
capital for the purpose, or purpose of contributing towards
and becoming shareholders ' the said under-
taking. such Act to
And it is also intended by authorise the sale or lease to
the Bristol and Exeter Railway Comlpany, and to the South Devon
Railway Company, jointlyorvera„ of the whole or any part of
the said intended railway secondlyly,hereinbefore described, and of the
whole or any part of hof
so mue the said intended railway firstly
described, as will be situate in
hereinbefore the county of the city of
of Saint
Exeter, and in the parish Thomas the Apostle, in the county
of Devon, and to enable suchlast-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
saide Bristol
oriesnable the said Great Western
Railway Company, _a theSoaudth Devon Rail:: l and Exeter Railway Com-
pany,, and the said y Company, to enter into an
carry into effect such arrangements as may be agreed on for the use
in common by such Companies of the aforesaid portions of the said
and of the stations of
intended tailvvays, the said Companies re-
spectively situate
thereon oradjoining thereto.
And for the purposes aforesaid it is further intended h
amend, and enlarge some of the powers and provi-
sions Act to alter, Acts hereinafte •
r mentioned, or some of them,
of the several
the several Acts relating to the Great Western
that is to say— nd branch • '1
and the railways a im Westernin part of that
Railway,
belonging to the Great Railway Corn-
undertaking, and
as follows, that is to say—An Act of the fifty,
pany, bearing
data
of the reign of his late Majesty King Winiam'
and sixth years
„ 07 an Act of the sixth year of the same, reign,
the Fourth, ear- ' tyear of
Act of the firs the reign of her present Ma-
jestycap 38 ; an
Victoria, cap.
91 • an Act of the first year of the same
Queen ct of the second year of the same reig :
reign, cap.
92 ; an
A d seventh years of th ca.
e re gn Ql•
his said late
an Act of the sixth an
William the Fourth, cap. 77 ; an Aot of the first and
Majesty King id
role of her said present Majesty Queen Viet,nia
second years of the re
fifth year of the '
same re gn, cap. 28 : an. Act
cap. 24 ; an Act of the
of the sixth year of the same ren, cap. n
au Act of the waventh
year of the same
-.el 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,
';
et, Weymouth hallway,A. "
mou et, 11345,
cap. 14 ; the "Wilts, Somerset,
and Wey
and the" Wilts, Somerset, andWeymouth Railway (Ameradinent)a
Act, 1846," an Aet of tuo seventh slid eighth years el 411 a reo

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
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
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 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 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 ef.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 arelintended 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.

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 Junntinn 154 c b" also of an Act onnana in
the came session of Parliament, called. " The Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction (Birmingham Extensioa) 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
,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 works respectively, and
all the capital 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
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-
maptieonnieog.f a new company, to be formed of the last-mentioned two
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 lilt, 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 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 relating 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 so to
be incorporated ; 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 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
say, the sth and Gth William the Fourth, cap. 107, the Gth
William the Fourth, cap. 38, the 6th William the Fourth, cap. 77,
the Ist Victoria, cap. 91, the Ist Victoria, cap. 92, the Ist Victoria,
cap. 24, the 2d Victoria, cap. 27, the sth Victoria, secs. 2, cap. 28,
the 6th Victoria, cap. 10, the 7th Victoria, sap. 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 Wil-
liam 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. O. and W. HUNT, 10, Whitehall.
J. W. and G. WHATELEY, Birmingham.

BIRMINGHAM and OXFORD JUNCTION
RAILWAY AMENDMENT. Proposed Deviation of the
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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 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 Whitnash, 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 ; Milverton, 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 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, and extra-parochial or other places following, or
some of them, that is to say, Whitnash, Radford Semele, and liar-
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 liar-
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 stop 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 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,
spewing 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 lessees, and occupiers of the lands,
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
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 tq 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 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 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 undertaking,
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-
mentioned 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, 39th, 49th, 58th, and 57th years
of his late Majesty King George the Third, and the 2nd year of his
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Victoria, cap. 92, the Ist Victoria, cap. 24 ; the 2nd Victoricaap,
27 ; the sth Victoria, session 2d, cap. 28 ; the 6th Victoria, .calop;
the 7th Victoria, cap. 3; the Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 40: the Bth
and 9th Victoria, cap. 188 ; the stti and 9th Victoria, cap. 191 ; and
the 9th Victoria, cap. 14 ; and also the Acts relating to the West
presentrec
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Dated the 7th day of November,
W. O. W, IWNT, 10, Whitehall,
J, and G. WHATELEY, Birmingham.

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'years ha-vt,used this celebrated lfcmid, pronounce it to bo the only
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grey. whiekersoriour.taches, &c.,, to. a dark brown or black,
,tth eout trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro-
sby one APPACation a, pl,easing and permanent change and it
tin be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy
t,lie hair:by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap-
plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing
the roots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and les
per bottle.
To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate'
street, Whitechapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn-
hill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-
street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond-
street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London-bridge; Finnigin,
Milsem-street, Bath; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham; and of most
Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to
any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, pest-paid.
Please to ask for " Spencer and Ca.'s Chinese Liquid Ilair Dye."
Observe, the proprietor's address is on the Wrapper.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY
COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, that upon payment, by the Proprietors of
Consolidated Stock of this Company, on the 12th of January next, or
on any previous day subsequent to the 23th instant, to any of the
Company's Bankers, of the sum of IL 45., in respect of each sum of
14/. 16s. of the Consolidated Stock of the Company, to which the pro-
prietors may be respectively entitled, and upon transmission of
the banker's receipts for such payments to this office, Certificates fbr
Twenty Pound Shares of Consolidated Stock will be forwarded in ex
change for the same, and for the existing certificates, which will be
cancelled, in terms of the following resolution, passed at the Special
General Meeting of the Proprietors, held on the 12th instant :

" That upon payment, on the 10th of January next, of 11. 4s, per
share on each of the la. 16s. shares of thekCompany's capital, the
same shall be converted into 201. shares, taking dividends from the
4th ofJanuary next, and that equivalent advantages be granted to the
holdersof the Northern and Eastern Capital."
Circular letters will be sent to the Proprietors, on or before the
28th instant, with instructions as to making the above payment.
By order,
C. P. RONEY, Secretary.
Bishopsgate Station.

LIST OF COMPANIES' RANKERS.
London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, or any of its Branches.
Liverpool Borough Bank, Liverpool.
Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Manchester.
Wilts and Dorset Banking Cnmpany, Salisbury.
Messrs. Lemon and Co., Brentwood.
Messrs. Mills, Bawtree and Co. Colchester.
Messrs. Sparrow and Co., Chelmsford.
National Provincial Bank, Bath.
National Provincial Bank, Birmingham.
National Provincial Bank, Boston.
Messrs. Fisher and Sons, Cambridge.
Messrs. Beckett and Co., Leeds.
Western Bank of Scotland, RilinbUrgh.
Western Bank of Scotland, Glasgow.
Royal Bank of Ireland, Dublin.
East of England Bank, Great Yarmoith.
West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol.
Messrs. Harvey and Hudson, Norwich.
Messrs. Bacon, Cobbold and Co., and Messrs. Alexander and CO.,
Ipswich.
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Bank, Cheltenham.
Union Bank, York.
National Provincial Bank, Exeter.

EA.STEAIT COUNTIES RAILWAY
COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, that, in pursuance of the Resolution
of the SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS,
held on the 12th instant, all holders of Scrip New Shares of 141. 16s ,
may, after the 28th instant, and on or before the 12th of January
next, pay up to any of the Company's Bankers the remaining Call of
21. per share, which will be due upon the said shares on the 30th
January next, under rebate of interest, at the rate of 4 per cent. per
annum, and they at the same time pay up the sum of 1/. 4s. per
share in respect of each of the said New Shales held by them. Upon
transmission to this Office of the Scrip Shares so paid up, together
with the Bankers' receipt for the payment of the said 11. 4s. Certifi-
cates for an equal number of 201. Shares of Consolidated Stock of this
Company, carrying dividends from 4th January next, will be for-
warded in exchange for the same.
Parties not paying the said Call and Depesit until after the 10th of
January will not be allowed any rebate of interest on the 21. Call, and
will be charged interest at the rate of 51. per cent. per annum on the
11. 4s. until it be paid. By order,
C. P. RONEY, Secretary.
Bishopsgate Station.

LIST OP COMPANIES' BANKERS.
London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury or any of its Branches.
Liverpool Borough Bank, Liverpool.
Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Manchester.
Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury.
Messrs. Lemon and Co., Brentwood.
Messrs. Mills, Bawtree, and Co., Colchester.
Messrs. Sparrow sad Co., Chelmsford.
National Provincial Bank, Bath.
National Provincial Bank, Birmingham.
National Provincial Bank, Boston.
Messrs. Fisher and Sons, Cambi idge.
Messrs. Beckett and Co., Leeds.
Western Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Western Bank of Scotland, Glasgow.
Royal Bank of Ireland, Dublin.
East of England Bank, Great Yarmouth.
West of England and South Wales District Bank, Bristol.
Messrs. Harvey and Hudson, Norwich.
Messrs. Bacon, Cobbold and Co., and Messrs. Alexander and Co.
Ipswich.
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Bank, Cheltenham.
Union Bank, York.
National Provincial Bank, Exeter.

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SFUIENTD, LIFE ASSUR...
26, CORNNILL, LONDON.
Capital .£500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured
has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
feiture of the Policy, two-thirds •f the premiums paid (see Table) :
also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
.erests to meet other ceoveniences or necessity.
Assurances for terms •f years are granted oa the lowest possible
rates;

PITTSTON OF PROFITS.
The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society
as enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare
a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid
on each Policy effected on the Profit scale.