The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-30 00:00:00

No. 17)520.] LONDON, THURSDAY fr ,r
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NORTII-WESTERN RAILWAY.-EXTEN-
SION -of LANCASTER BRANCH, ABANDONMENT of
WILLIAM LANDS BRANCH, NEW ROAD to SETTLE STA-
TION, EXTENSION' of' TIME for PURCiIASE of LANDS, and
' CONSTRUCTION of WORKS..
Notice is hereby given, that Application is intended to be made to
Pa-liament in the next Session for aft ACT to alter, amend, extend,
and enlarge,' or to repeal g of the powers and provisions of
"The North-Western RailveaNct, 1846," " The Morecambe Bar-
hoer and Railway Act, 1846," and "The North-Western Railway
(Diversions at Skipton, Casterton, Sedberg, and Bulk) Act, 1848,"
and to enable theNorth-Western Railway Company to make an ex-
tension of the Lancaster Branch of the North-Western Railway, to
commence at or near the Lancaster station of the said North-Wes-
tern Railway, in the township of Lancaster, in the parish of Lan-
caster, in the county of Lancaster, and to terminate at or near the
Castle station of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, in the town-
ship of Lancaster aforesaid, there to form a junction with the Lan-
caster and Carlisle Railway, which said extension line of railway
will pass from, in, through, or into, or be situate within, the town of
Lancaster, borough of Lancaster, borough and town of Lancaster,
parish of Lancaster, and township of Lancaster, all lathe said county
of Lancaster.
And it is also intended by the said Act to authorise the said North-
Western Railway Company to abandon the formation of and to re-
linquish so much of the branch railway, commencing from the main
'line of the Morecambe Harbour Railway at or near Peniton-le-Sands,
and terminating by a junction with the Lancaster and Carlisle Rail
way, at or near William Lands, in the township of Slyne-with-Hest
as authorised to be eonstruoted by the said Morecambe Harbour and
Railway Act, 1846, as will become useless and unnecessary in cense-
qnarree of the construction of the extension line of railway herein-
before mentioned.
And it is also intended by the said Act to authorise the said North
Western Railway Company to make a new road, to commence at or
near Beggarwalth-bridge, otherwise Beggarwife-bridge, in the parish
of Giggleswick, in the West Riding of the county of York, at or near
to the point of junction of a certain road or highway there, which
leads from or towards Paley-green, in the parish of Giggleswick
aforesaid, with a certain other road or highway, in the said parish of
-.6igzleswick, which leads from the village of Rathmel, in the said
last-mentioned parish, to or towards the village of Olggleswiek, in
the said parish of Giggleswick, and to terminate at or in the town
of Settle. in the parish of Giggleswick aforesaid, at or near to the
'point of junction of a certain yard there, called Clarkson's yard,
with the main street, otherwise called Duke-street, otherwise called
Duck-street, in the town of Settle aforesaid, which said road will
pass from, in, through, or into, or be situate within the parish of
Giggleswick, in the several townships of Giggleswick and Settle, all
in the said West Riding of the county of York.
And it is also proposed by the said Act to take power to stop up,,
alter, or divert, whether temporarily or permanently, all such turn-
pike and other roads and highways, railways, tramways, aqueducts.
canals, streams, and rivers, within -the aforesaid parishes, town-
esioa-. and warts-parochial or oLlifj,,placas, or any of. them, as it
may be necessary to stop up, alter, or divert, lay reason of the con-
struction of the said railway, road, and works, or any or either of
them.
And it is also Intended by the said Art to take powers for the pur-
chase, by compulsion or otherwise, of lands and houses for the pur-
poses of the said intended railway, road, and works, and to alter,
vary, or extinguish all existing rights and privileges conneceed with
such lands and houses, or which would in any manner impede or in-
terfere with the construction, maintenance, and use cf the said in-
tended railway, road, and works, and to confer other rights and pri-
vileges, and also to levy tells, rates, and duties for or in respect of
the use of the said intends d railway and works, and to confer such
exemptions upon the payment of such tolls, rates, and duties as may
be thought expedient.
And notice is hereby further given that maps, plans, and sections
of the said intended railway, road, and works, and of the lands
and houses proposed to be taken for the purpops thereof, together
with books of- reference to such plans containing the names of the
owners or reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees and occupiers of
such lands and houses, and describing such lands and houses respee-
thiely, and a copy of this notice as published in the " London
Gazette," will be deposited on or before the 30th day of November,
in the present year, with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of
Lancashire, at his office in Preston, and with the Clerk of the Peace
for the West Riding of the county of York, at his office in Wakefield,
and that a copy of so much of the said plans and sections, and books
of reference as relates to the several parishes in or through which
the intended railway, road, and works, are proposed to be made,
and also a copy of this notice, as published in the "London Gazette,"
will on before the said 30th day of November, be deposited for public
inspection with the parish clerks of those parishes at their respec-
tive places of abode.
And notice is hereby also given, that it is intended by such
Act to extend the time, or to revive the powers granted by o The
North-Western Railway Act, 1846,"Mecambe Harbour
and Railway Act, 1846," and " The North-or Western Railway
(Diversions at Skipton, Casterton, Sedbergh, and Bulk) Act,
1848," for the compulsory purchase of the, lands and houses
inthorised to be taken under the provisions of such Act or
Acts within the several parishes, townships, and extra-paro-
chial or other places following or some of them (that is to say), Long
Preston, Hellifield, Benefield, Newton, Little Newton, Arnford,
Arnsford, Arndford, Arnford with Little Ne- wton, Giggleswick, Settle,
Clapham, Clapham-with-Newby, Newby-with-Clapham, Newby,
Newby Coats, Newby Cotes, Newby Cote, Bentham, Ingleton, Cold
Coates, Cold Cotes, Twistletort, Thornton, Thornton-in-Londale,'Bur-
ton, Burton in Lonsdale, Black Burton, Masongill, Moorgath, West-
house, High Westhouse, Lower Westhouse, Westhouses, Sedbergh,
Marthwaite, Howgill, Upper Bland, Nether Bland,
Bland, Soobank, Frostrow, Frastrow, Cautley, and Dowbiggin, all in
the West Ridin: of the county of York, and Lancaster, Poulton,
Bare, and Torrisholme, Poulton, Heysham, Thornton, Thornton-in-
Loitsdale, Ireby, Ireby-with-Tatham, Tatham-with-Ireby, Tunstall,
Cantsfield, Leek, High Leek, Low Leck, Burrow, High Burrow, Low
Burrow, Over Burrow, Overtown, Overborougb, and Burrow-with-
Burrow, all in the county palatine of Lancaster, and Kirby Lonsdale,
Casterton, High Casterton, Low Casterton, Barbon, Beckfoot, Bar-
bon-beckfoot, Mansergh, Middleton, Killington, Firbank, Firbank
High, Firbank Low, Kendal, Kirby Kendal, Kirby-in-Kendal, Dili-
car, Dancer Smithy, Bretherdale. Borrowdale, Langdale, Whinfell,
Orton, and Tebay, all in the county of Westmoreland, and also to
extend the periods limited by the said Acts respectively, for the com-
pletion of the works thereby authorised.
Dated this 6th day of November, 1848.
JOHN SHARP, Lftneaster.

SCYTTISH HOSPITAL
ST. ANDREW'S DAY, the 30th of November, 1848.
The 183 d ANNIVERSARY DINNER, at the London Tavern.
The Right Hon. Sir JAMES DUKE; M P., the Lord Mayor,
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The carsnorar, of Chishol,m, Troasurer, Vice-Chairman.
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GUILDHALL, NOVEMBER 27. 1848.

T'llE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S
LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL on WEDNESDAY, the
13th day of December next, at One o'clock precisely, to receive
TENDERS for LETTING on LEASE, for twenty-one years from
Christmas next, a House, No. 14, on the north side of Broad-street-
buildings ; a House, No. 28, on the south side of Broad-street-build-
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Upper Thames-street.
Also, to receive TENDERS for LETTING on LEASE,
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No. 82, on the south side of Chiswell-street.

Further particulars may be obtained, and plans seen, by applying
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THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller.

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