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NOVEMBER 14, 1846.
No. 16,897. LON DON, SAT URDAY In 0 1„; N N G S Er 7 PRICE SD.

the lands proposed to be taken for the purposes thereof, will be depo-
t ted, 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 ; rod wit's the Clerk of the Peace for she county of Wilts,
at his office In Wilton ; and thet a copy of so much of the said plerss,
sections, and bouks of reference, as relates to each of the parishes in
or through which the said inteudcd railway, branch railway, and
work, are intended to be made, will be deposited, on or before the
said :Atli day of November, with the parish clerks of those parishes
respectively, at their respective residences.
W. 0. and W. HUNT, 10, Whrehall.
OSBORNE, WARD, and CO., Bristol.
Dated November, 1846.

WILTS, SOMERSET, and WEYAIOUTH,
•RllLWAY.—(Amendment) No. I.—Bruton SPitcombe
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." Tae
Wilts, Somerset, and Wey-south 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 such alterations to
commence in the parish of Pitcombe, in the county of So-
merset, on the line of railway from Upton Scadamore 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 plays of the said rrilway referred to in she said Act,
and passing thence in, through, or into, the several parishes, town
ships, and extra-parochial or other pL,ces of Nice:lllm, Bruton, Wyke
Champaower, Sherphouse term, NorLh 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 palish numbered 1 ou the said last-mentioned
plans.
And the other of such alterations to commence in the parish of
Bradford, in the comity or Wilts, on the line of railway from Brae -
ford to Bathempton, described in t'.!e secondly above-mentioned
Act, at a road in the spid parish nam'iered 125 in the plans of the
said rrilway re erred to in the said las' -mentioned Act, and to pass
in or through p^d to 'erminate within Cle s..me parish at the Avon
Cliff Aqueduct of the Kenrei: and Avon Canal.
And it is oho intended by sects Ac;; to take powers to abandon such
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part or parts of he lines rr'l way, r...,ecLively authorised by the
said firstly and secondly above-men-:oned Ac:s, as Nvql be rendered
useless by reason of the a:oresaid intended alterations respectively.

And it is rlso intended by such Ac.; to take powers to stop up,
alter, and divert, whether temPoratay or permanently, all turnpike
and ether coeds and highways, streets, railways, tramways, aque-
ducts, canals, stre_ars, 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 furthee intended by such Act, to obtain powers for the
purchase of lands, by compulsion or agre2ment, 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
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 Rather 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,' 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 W.lliem 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 ; an Act of the sixth and seventh
years of the reign of hia 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. 28 ; an Act of the ..ixth year of the same reign,
cap. 10; an Act of the seventh year of the same reign, cap. 3; an
Act of the eighth and ninth years of the same reign, cap. 40; an
Act of the eighth and ninth years of the same reign, cap. 188 ; an
Act of the eighth and ninth years of the same reign, cap. 191 ; and
an Act of the ninth year of the same reign, cap. 14.
And also the Acts relating to the West London Railway, which
bear date as follows :—An Act of the third year of the reign of hie
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 of the same reign, .cap. 363.
And notice is hereby Ourther given, that maps, plans, and sec-
tions, describing the direc:ion, 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 be,bre the said 30th day of November, with
the parish clerks of such parishes respectiveiy, 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, SO ME RSET, and WEYMOUTH
RAILWAY. (Amendment) No. 2,—Proposed Railways
from Bleadon to Blandford, and from Compton, near Yeovil, to Wil-
ton, with Branches tr Glastonbury and Gillingham.
Notice is hereby given, that APPLICATION is intended to be
made to Parliament in the ensuing session for an ACT to alter, amend:
and enlarge some of the powers and provis ons of " The Wilts, So-
merset, and Weymouth Railway Act, 1845 ;" and " The Wilts, So-
merset, and Weymouth Railway (Amendment) Act, 1846 ;" and to

enable the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Company to
make the several new lines of railway, together with all proper
works and conveniences connected therewith, hereinafter mentioned,

that is to say—
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

thence in, through, or into the several parishes, townships, and extra-
parochial or other places of Bleadon, Uphill, Locking, Hutton, Chris-
ton, Barnwell, Loxton, Biddesham, Lympsham, Badgworth, Weare,
Compton Bishop, Cross, Winscombe, Axbridge, Cheddar, Wedmore,
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Draycott, Nyland and Batcombe, Rodney Stoke, Westbury, Easton,
Wcakey, the Out Parish of Slint Cuthbert in Wells, the In Parish
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of Saint Cuthbert in Wells, the Liberty of Saint Andrew to Wells,
North Wootton, Milder, Croscombe, Pilton, Shepton Mallet, Don't-
.

ing, Chesterblatie, 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, Horsington,
Stowell, Temple Coombe, and Henstridge, or some of them, in the
county of Somerset ; Stalbridge, Kington Magna otherwise Keinton
Magna, West Stower, Fifehoad Magdalen, Todbere, Marnhull, Hinton
Saint Mary, Sterminster Newton. Manton, Hammoon otherwise
liammohun, Child Okeford, Shilling Okeford otherwise Shillingstone,
Belchallwell, Okeford Fitzcoaine, Hanford, Stowerpaine, Durweston,
Pimperne, Bryanston, and Blandford Forum, or some of them, in the
county of Dorset; to terminate in the said parish of Blandford Forum,
in or near to a field, called Picked Close, in the occupation of Isaac
William Tupper, situate near the Cricket ground, on the east side of
the road leading,
from Blandford to Sherborne.
A branch railway to diverge out of the intended line of railway
hereinbefore described, at Portway, in the In Parish of Saint Cuth-
bert in Wells, in the county of Somerset; and passing thence in,
through, or into the In Parish of Saint Cuthbert in Wells, the Out
Parish of Saint Cuthbert in Wells, the parishes of Wookey, Pilton,
Mearne, and Godney, and the united parishes of Saint John the
Baptist and Saint Benedict in Glastonbury, or some of them, in the
County of omerset ; to terminate in the town of Glastonbury, in
the last-mentioaed parishes, on the east side and near the south end

of Northload-street. •
A railway to commenee upon the line of railway from Melcombe
Regis to Upton Scudamore, secondly described in the " 'Wilts, So-
merset, and Weymouth Railway Act, 1845," in the parishes of
frent, 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 add in the said last-
mentioned parish, distingul-hed by the number 8, on the plans
in, of
the said railway refer, ed to in the said Act ; and passing h
through, or into the several parishes, townships. and extrea-pOv aro-
chial or other places of Trent, in the county of Somerst, er .
Compton, therwise Compton Haway, Nether Comoton, Sht.rbome,
Castleton, and Oborne, in the county of Dorset, Pointington, Mil-
borne Port, Charlton Horethorne Stowell, Horsington, Abbas Combe,
fen ,ple Coombe, and lienstridge, or some of them, in the county of
Somerset; Stalbridge, 13uckhorn Weston, Kington Magna, otherwise
Keinton Magna, Fifehead Magialen, West Stower, Marnhull, Tod-
bere, Stower Provost, East Stower, Saint Margaret's Marsh,
Gillingham, the Liberty of Alcester, Shaston Saint
Dorset James; ,
and Motcombe, or some of them, in the county of
Mere, Sedgehill, East Knoyle, Semley, Donhead Saint Mary,
Donhead Saint Axdrew W ardour, West Tisbury, East 'Cis-
bury, iinsty, Sutton Mandeville, Chilmark, Fovant otherwise
Foffant, Teffont Evias, Dlnton, 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 Wilts ; to terminate in the said parish of
Fugglestone Saint Peter, in or near to a field numbered fifteen on
the aforesaid plans of the said Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
Railway.
And a branch railway, to diverge out of the last-mentioned in-
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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 Dr leaze' situate near to and on
the south side of Gillin7ham-street, Ind in the occupation of John
Dunn.

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 Sherbome, 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
intendel railways and works which it may be necessary to interfere
with in the construction er 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 ether 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 Anther proposed by such intended Act to extend to the
said intended new lines of railways and works the several powers
and provisions of the said " Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Rail-
way Act, 1845," and of the said " Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
Railway (Amendment) Act, 1846."
And it is further intended by such Act to enable the said Wilts,
Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Company to sell or let the said
intended railways or works, or any of them, to the Great Western
Railway Company; and also to enable the Great Western Rail-
way Company to purchase ortakeemr
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raisethe andsa contribute
railways and works, or any of them,
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
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Act to alter, amend, and enlarge, so far as may be necessary,semerset
someand
of the powers and provisions of the said "
Weymouth Railway Act, 1845," and of the sat,' " Wilts, Somerset,
and Weymouth Railway (Amendment) Act, '1846," and of the
several Acts relating to the Great Western Railway, and the rail-
ways and branch railways forming part of that undertaking,anddabete-
longing to the Great Western Railway Company, bearing
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, cao 107 :
an Act of the sixth year of the same rein' 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 his said late Majesty King Wham 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 the eighth and ninth years of the same reign, cap.
188 ; an Act of the eighth and ninth years of the same reign, cap.
191 ; and an Act of the ninth year of the same reign, cap. 14.
And also the Acts relating to the West London Railway, which
bear date as follows—an Act of the third year of the reign of his late
Majesty King Willie em the Fourth, cap. 26 ; an Act of the sixt'i
year of the same reign, cap. 79; an Act of the third and fourth year
of vie reign of her present Majesty, cap. 105 ; an Act of the eighth
and ninth year of the same reign, cap. 1.5; and an Act of the ninth
and tenth year of the hatate reign, cap. 369.
And notke is hereby further given, that maps, plans, and sections,
describing the direction, line, and levels, of the said intended railways
and works, together with books Of reference to such plans,

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 Clerk of the Peace for the county of Somerset, at his office,
at Taunton, at that county; with the Clerk of the Peace for the
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 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 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.
OSBORNE, WARD and Co., Bristol.
Dated this sth day of November, 1846.

B"h-
-'S and HANTS RAILWAY.—Proposed
Extension of the Berks and Hants Railway from Ilungerford
to Westbury and to Devizes, with powers of sale and lease to and
contribution by the Great Western Rahway Compady.
Notice is hereby given, that APPLICATION is intended to be
made to Parliament in the ensuing session for an ACT to authorise
the construction and maintenance of a railway, with all proper
works, approaches, and conveniences connected therewith, com-
mencing .rom the line of the Berke and Rants Railway, at
the western end of a certain inclosure in the parish of
Hungerford, in the counties of Berks 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 Berks 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, acid Weymouth
Railway, referred to in the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway
Act, 1846, which said intended railway, and other works connected
therewith, will pass trom, in, througb. er into, or be situated within
the several parishes, townships, aid extra-Parochial pl ces fol-
lowing, or some of them, that is to say—Hungerford, Hungerford
Town Tything, Sanden Fee otherwise Sandham Fee, Eding-
ton and Newtown, and Chlrnham-street, in the counties of Berks
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 Lislebourne, Manningford Abbots, Manningibrd
Bruce, Huish, Wilcot otherwise Welcot, Oars and Draycott alias
Draycott, Follat, Overton, Rainscombe, East Stowell, West Stowell,
Alton Priors, Woodborough, Alton Barnes, North Newnton and Hil-
cot, Charlton, Rushall,Beechingstoke,Wivelsford otherwise Wilsford,
Manningford Bohun, Marden, Patney, Cherington otherwise Chir-
ton, Conock, Stanton, Saint Bernard, All Cannings, Etchilhampton,
Fulloway, Urchfont, Siert, Wedhampton, Eastcott, Bishop's Cun-
nings, Saint James, otherwise Southbroom, Pottenie, Norton, Marston,
West Lavington, Fiddington, Littleton rennet, Market Lavington,
East erton, Great Cheverel, Little Cheverel, Melksham, Erlestoke, East
Coulston, Edington, Whorwelesdown, West Coulston, West Cools-
ton-cum-Baynton, Tinhead, Baynton, Westbury, Bretton, Stoke
in' Bretton, Heywood, 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 Fuilaway, 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
~aptist, Devizes, and county of Wilts, numbered 52 in such parish,
on the plans of the Wilts, L3-nerset, 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, Ful •
laway, Pot terne, 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 osier 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 raLway, alai works, and to
confer other rights and privileges.
And it is further 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 ou 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, end enjoy such powers, and to raise
capital for the purpose; or for the purpose of contributing towards
the establishment of and becoming shareholders in the said under-
taking.
And it is further intended by such 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 railways now forming part of that
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.
27; an Act of the sixth year of the reign of King William the
Fourth, c. 77; an Act of the first year of the reign 0. 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.t3 ; 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, c 14 ; and the several
Ads 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. Z 69.
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 owners, lessees or reputed lessees, and occupiers of
the land proposed to be taken for the purposea 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 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
plans, sections, and books of reference as relates to each of the pa-
rishes in or through which the said intended railway, branch rail-
way, and work are intended to be made, will be deposited, on er
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
Ihninster, and to the Crewkerne Branch of the Bristol and Exeter
Railway, near Crewkerne.
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 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 Dor.
set, Yeovil, Berwick otherwise Barwick, Stoford, Closworth, Sutton
Bingham, Pendemer, Hardington Mandeville, West Coker, East
Coker, East Chinnock, Llaselbury, 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;
Thorncembe, 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,
Broadclist, Poltimore, Honiton, Clist, Pinhoe, and Heavitree, or some
of them, in the county of Devon ; Saint Stilwell and Saint David, in
the county of the city of Exeter ; Saint Paul, Allhallows on the Wal 5,
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 ; and terminating in the last-named parish at or
near Saint Thomas otherwise Cewick-street, by a junction with the
line of the South Devon Railway.
Also a railway diver„;ing 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 junction with the said Bristol and
Exeter Railway.
Also a railway diverging out of the said firstly mentioned its
tended railway at Taleford, in the parish of Ottery Saint Mary, in
rwplaisceesvconf
Ottery,ottery
am county of Devon, on the north side of the road leading from
pparFeonchoialtteroyr.ooththeer Taleford to Gosford, passing thence in, through, or into the several
Saint Mary, Tipton
otherwise Stoford, Sidbury, Sidford, Salco be
Bamford, Stop
ford,
h of Sidmouth, near the Gas Works, in
o t sidehtehtevreesotut
at oaf
pointh er o d t
distantto
terminating in the Sal Pm s
parishes, townships,
saanidnte
jxotrhan
teltergmisin,
aatnindgSidmfOrduili,dor some of them, in the county of Devon, mand
rth Of the aforesaid intended terminus,
about 25 chains to the
the said parishes of Sidmouth, Sidbury,
passing in, through, or into,
of them, and terminating in the said
tE'ixee fieldter with oii
au il n g
extensionSearle' sn bo linee w
diverginge r
and Salcombe Regis, or so
field known as the Marsh or
side of Sidmouth town.
the said firstly mentioned intended
parishes of Salcombe Regism eannadulSadid
adjoining the
othreobneeaolthonemiheinethaset
otherwise Lower
railway in or near d in the occupation of William
or lately belonging to an
ty of Somerset,
Mead, now
he parish of Cnard, m the coun
Notroy, situate in t
it, or into, the several parishes, townships,
Id °cull called Common dead,
one of them Chard, Cricket Saint lbw:Das,
of Devon and Dorset, or o
Chaffcombe, Knoll Saint Giles, Cricket
Winsham, Chard Borovgh,
herwi.e Dowlish Wake, West Owlish,
Malherbe, East Dowlish, ot
and extra-parochial or other places of Thorncombe, in the counties
paAissistotgathreiniclail,dit:thearrginourieg
Il-
in the county of Somerset, and t
arish, distinguished by the
minster, in or near to a field in that p to in
1
Chard Canal tailway, referred
number 4la in the plans of the
Kingston, Donyatt, Broadway. Bretirimnsinteart,inagndinflUthitsoar
opma parish sohf of them,
field the said intended railway is intended to
the said Chard Canal Railway. tioued intended
the Act authorising the construction thereof,andfoinunoraijtue,alic•ttioonwwhlicthh
railway, iu or near to an arable field situate p
Also a railway diverging out of the said &el
Crewkerne, in the county of Somerset, and partly in the parish of
Hallett, deceased, and occupied it ate on
by William Aplin, and s u
YaMrtleyn in the parish of
Misterton, in the same county, now or lately belonging to William
the east side of the road leading from Crewkerne to Bridport
kerne, No: ill Perrott, Haselbury Plucknett, and Merriott, the thence in, through, or into the several parishes of alisterto'n,PCreng-
county of Somerset, and South Parrott, in the county of Dorset, or
come 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 junctionWlth 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, hereinbetore referred to passing thence in, through,
or into, the several parishes, townships, and extra .parochial or
other places of Bradpole, Bridport, Walditch, Bottienhampton,
Burton Bradstock, Addington, 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 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, 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 Aet 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
works respectively, which it may be neeeosary to interfere with in
lie consirdetion or for the purpos,.s of tile said intended railways and

•
And it is further intended by such Act to vary, repeal, or extin-
guish all existing rights or privileges which would in any wanner
unp ede or interfere with, the caustruction, maintenance, or use of the

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, rates, and
duties upon or in respect of the use thereof, and to confer such ex-
emptions from such tolls, rates, and duties,
seem meet.
as to such Company may

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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 'wended railway secondly hereinbefore
described, and of the whole or any part of so much of the said
intended railway firstly hereinbe;ore 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 constriction thereof, and
for those purposes, or either of them, to rai'-e additional capital and
also to enable the said Great IV estern 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-
ments 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 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, forming part of that undertaking, and
belonging to the Great Western Railway Company, bearing date as
follows (that Is to say) : an Act o 7 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 reiga, cap. 92 ; an Act of the scOord year of
the same reign, cap. 27; an Act of the sixth and seventh )sears of the
reign of his said late Majesty King Wlitiarn 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. 185; 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. 1.!. ; " 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 coi the reign of her said Oesent
Majesty, cap. 68 ; and an Act of the c'nth ail tengliasitialig the
same reign, cap. 402, relating to the South Devon Rifilwsty ; • ati .I'ot--
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 :ourth and filth years of the same reign, cap.
4l ; an Act of the eighth and ninth yeas 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 d,,te as
follows :—An Act of the third year of the reign of his late Majesty
King William the Fourth, chapter L 6 ; 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 deposit x 1 for public inspeciion at the respective offices of
the Clerk:, 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
Y and that, on or before the said
;
county ; and at the office of the Clerk of the Peace for the county of
so much of the said plans, sections,
and books of reference,, as relates to each of the parishes in or through
3Ot h Dorset,
day a
which the said intended railways and works r re intended to be made,
tofShNeor,b,eomrnbee,i In
a that
copycooufn t
or maintained, or will pass, or be situate, wiP. 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
BRIDPOItT to EXETER, with Branches.—Proposed Rail
ways from the Wilts, Somerset, end Weymouth Railway, near Yeo-
vil, and near Brio port, 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 Brist, 1 and Exeter Railway, near
Crewkerne, with powers of sale and lease to and contributioa 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 authorise the construction of the several
railways hereinafter mentioned, with all proper works and con-
veniences, roads and approaches, connected therewith, that is to

say :
A railway commencing by a junction 33ah 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 Clitten Maybank, in the county of
Dorset; Yeovil, Berwick otherwise Barwick, Stoford, Closworth,
Seaton Bingham, Pendomer, Hardington, Mandeville, West Coker,
East Coker, East Chinnock, Haselbury Plucknett, and North Per-
rott, or some of them, in the county of Somerset ; Mosterton, South
Perrott, and Broadwinsor, or some of them, in the county of Dorset;
Misterton, Crewkerne, Wayford, Winsham, Cricket Saint
Thomas, Seaborough, and Chard or some of them, in the
county of Somerset; Thorncombe,Chardstock,llawkechurch, 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, Broadcllst, Poltimore, Honiton, Clist, Pinhee,
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 Walls, and St. 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 ; and terminating
in the last named parish at or near Saint Thomas, otherwise
Cowick-street, by a junction with the Ilse 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 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 Gostori, passing thence in, through, er into the several par sties,
townships, and extra-parochial or other places of Ottery Saint Mary,
Tipton Saint John, Fen Ottery otherwise Ven 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 thereout 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 Part, hes 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 Ilion, or some of them, in
the county of Somerset, ant terminating in the said parish of 11-
minister 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 forma 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
Crewkerne, in the county of Somerset, and
partly in the parish of
Misterton, in the same county, now or lately belonging to William
Hallett, deceased, end occupied by William Aplin, and situate on the
east side of the road leading from Crewkerne to BridPort, passing
thence in, through, or into the several parishes of Misterton, Crew-
kerne, North Perrott, Haselbury, Plucknett, and Merriott, in the
county of Somerset, and South Perrott, in the county of Dorset, or
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
refered 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 p 'rich 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, hereinbefore referred to, passing thence in, through,
or into, the several parishes, townships, and extra•parochial or other
places of Bradpole, Bridport, Walditch, Bothenbampton, Burton
Bradstock, Alliugton, Loders, Synacindsbury, Whitechurch Canon'.
corum, Netherhury, Pillesdon otherwise Pilsdon, Broadwinsor, Bet-
tiscombe, and Marshwood, or some of them, in the county of Dorset,
Chard, in the county of Somevet, and Axminster, Thorncombe,
Hawkechurch, 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 line 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 Plisden, Bettiacombe,
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 Vaiiins,
and abut-
ting en the eastern side of the road leading from Chat.nouth to
aqueducts, cartels,
turnpike and
the sea.
roads, whethersire streets,
tst e, m
railways,p orary
tramways,oper m an
And it is intended by such Act to take power to alter, divert, or
ealetyed
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 b such Act to vary, repeal, or extinguish
sto
otheruP'
Yes which would in
all existing rights or privilegany 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,
company to purchase lands and h
and to enable such houses by com-
pulsion or agreement, for the
and to levy tolls, rates, proposed railway,
branch railway, and works,
and to grant ratea, and duties, in
respect of the use thereof,
and to sell or let on leasethe
certainexemptions from such
tolls, rates, and duties,said undertak-
ing, powers in relation thereto,
with all or any of theirsnide, to the Great
and to enable the last-mentioned
Western railway ComPailY,
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
or for the purpose of contributing towa d
capital for the p
- urpose. becoming shareholds n
g er 1r s
the establishment of, and , the --" said under-
taking. by such Act to authorise the sale or lease to
And it is also intended Com pany and
Y.
to the South Devon
the Bristol and Exeter RailvraY
jointly or severally, of the whole or any
Railway Company, o,.„adly hereinbefore described, and of
thesaid intended railway b v., of the
h of the said intended railway firstly
part of so much
whole or any ibed, as will be situate in the countof the cit of
hereinbefore descrylsh of Saint Thomas the Y
and in time par Apostle, in the county
Exeter,
of Devon, and
to enable such last-mentioned Companies,
or either of
them, to purchase or rent the same, or to contribute funds towards
thereof, and for those purposes, or either of them to
the construction
ital, and also toenable the said Great Western
raise additional cap
and the said Bristol and Exeter Railway
Railway
the Conimany,
said south Devon Railway Company, to enter into and
pany, and the
t such arrangements as may be
in common by such agreed on for the use
carry into effect
Companies of the aforesaid portions of the said
and of the stations of the said Companies re-
intended railways
spectively situate,
thereon or adjoining thereto.
purposes aforesaid it is further intended by such
And for the Pu d,
a and enlarge some of the powers and provi-
Act to alter,
amend,
eat Acts hereinafter mentioned, or some of them,
sions of the cove the
several Acts relating to the Great Western
that is to say—
Railway,
ailways and branch railways forming part of that
Railway, and belonging
to the Great Western Railway Corn-
undertaking, tang aS follows, that is to say—An Act of the fifth
pany, bearing dateof
the reign of his late Majesty King William
and sixth years
107 ;
an Act of the sixth year of the same reign,
the Fourt of the first h, call. year of the reign of her present Ma-
cap. 38 ;
jesty Queen Victoria,
Act of
ca p. ,
91 • an Act of the first year of the same
to
n Act of the second year of the same reign, cap. 27 ;
reign, cap. 92 ; a
an Act of the andsixth seventh years of the reign of his said late
ixthh.
a '
m the Fourth, cap. 77 • an Act of the first and
second years of the r
Majesty King
eign of her said present Majesty Queen Victoria,
cap. 24 ; an Act of the
fift
h
year of the same reign, cap. 28 : an Act
the same reign, cap. 10; an Act of the seventh
of the sixth year of
an, 3; an Act of the eighth and ninth y ears
year of the same reign, e
„nn ego ;sit Act of the eighth and ninth years of
of the same reign. ",' . a Act of theeighth and ninth years of the
reign, cap. 188 i It
the same , dan Act of the ninth year of the same reign,
1* an
same reign, cap, 19 ,
slernerset, and Weymouth Railway:Act, 1845,"
cap. 14 ; time " Wilts, -- ~.. and Weymouth Railway (Amendment)
and the " Wilts, Somerset"
Act, 1846;" an Act of theseventh and eighth years of the reign

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 ; au 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 wo:ks, togtther with books or reference to such plans,
containing the names of the owners or reputed ewners, lessees or re-
puted lessees, and occupiers of the lands proposed to be taken for the
purposes thereof, wil', on or belbre 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 far the county of
Dorset, at Sherbotne, 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 es 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 perish clerks of such parishes respectively, at their respective
residence.
Dated November, 1846.

BIRMINGHAM and OXFORD JUNCTION,
and BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, and DUDLEY
RAILWAYS AMALGAMATION.—Proposed amalgamation of the
13!cmingham 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 Junction Railway Act, 1846 ;" also of an Act, passed in
saglef.etaislon of Parliament, called " The Birminer m and Ox-
fdicilti66llsh 1-Biiiningtfahl'Exterisfolq "Railway Act,' 1846 ;" and
also of another Act, passed in the i.ame 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, *hocks, 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-
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 ; end it is
also proposed, by the said intended Act, to alter the tolls, rates, or
duties now authorised to be demanded and taken unon 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 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 ef 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 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, seas. 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, Birmingh m.

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 Harbury, 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
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the formation of a portion of their railway as now authorised
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 Junctit n Railway
Act, 1846," which plan is deposited at the office of the Clerk of the
Peace for the eotuity 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; aliiverton, 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 Har-
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 alto intended, by such Act, to take power to stop up,
alter, er 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 necessery 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 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,
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 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 er 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 forts -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, he 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 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 of Proprietors, and to vary or extinguish
all rights or privileges of the shareholders, mortgagees, mortgagees
of toils, 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-
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, 55th, and 57th years
of his late Majesty King George the Third, and the 2nd year of his
late Majesty King George the Fourth, and of the several Acts herein-
after 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
copies thereof, as follows, that is to say, 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 Ist Victoria, cap. 24; the 2nd Victoria, cap.
27 ; the sth Victoria, session 2d, cap. 28 ; the 6th Victoria, cap. 10 ;
the 7th Victoria, cap. 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 3d year
of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, cap. 36 ;
an Act of the 6th year of the same reign, cap. 79 ; an Act of the 3rd
and 4th year of her present Majesty, clip. 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. 0. and W . HUNT, 10, Whitehall.
J. W. and G. WHATELEY, Birmingham.

-ON DON AND NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.
_

OPENING OF THE BRANCH LINE TO BEDFORD.
NOTICE.—The Public are informed that the repairs of this Railway
having been completed, it will be opened throughout to Bedford on
Wednesday nest, the 18th in and that trains will be dispatched
-
FROM EIMTON STATION AT
% past 7 a.m., arriving at Bedford at about I 4 past 10
% re befo 11 a.m., ••—•• . .
4 p.m., •• ••••••• • • • • •
past 5 P.m., •.•••—•••••••• •• • • " • • • • 8 p.m.
AND nom BEDFORD AT
riving at the Euston 20
% past 7 a.m., I a
Station about .•. • • m.p. 10 a.m.
% past 12
10 M. past 2 p.m., •• •••••• .. ..
50 in. past 5 p.m., .• •• .............• .• •• % Past 8 Pan.
By order, R. CREED, Secretary.
Office, Bust= Station, NOY. 11, 1846.

HARWICH and EASTERN COUNTIES
JUNCTION RAILWAY AND PIER,
FROM HARWICH TO THE EASTERN UNION RAILWAY AT

ARD LE IGH.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN.

That application is intended to be made to Parliament In the en-
suing session for an Act to authorise the construction of a railway,
with all proper wharfs, stations, and conveniences connected there-
with, commencing within the port or harbour of the borough of Har-
wich, In the county of Essex, at or near Bath Side, and at or near a
certain street or road called or known as Out-pat t of town westward,
both in the parish of Saint Nicholas, Harwich, In the sa:d borough,
.and terminating by two several junctions with the Eastern Union
Railway, one at or near a farm called Home Farm, in the occupation
of Edward Abbott, and the other at or near the Ardleigh Station of
the said Eastern Union Railway, both in the parish of Ardleigh, in
the said county of Essex ; and also to authorise the erection, con-
struction, and maintenance of a pier or jetty within the said port or
' harbour of the said borough of Harwich, in the said county of Essex,
in connection with such railway ; and which intended railway, pier,
or jetty, and the wharfs, works, stations, and conveniences connec-
ted therewith, will pass from, in, through, or into the several pa-
rishes. townships, and extra-parochial places hereinafter mentioned,
some or all of them, that is to say—Saint Nicholas Harwich, Lower
Dovercourt, Upper Dovercourt, Little Oakley, Great Oakley,
Ramsey, Wrabness, Wicks Green, Wicks, otherwise Wickes, other-
wise Wix, Bradfield, Mistley, danningtree, Little Bromley, Great
Bromley, Lawford, and Ardleigh, all in the sad county of Essex.
AND NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN,
That duplicate plans and sections, describing the line or situa-
tion and levels of the said intended railway and pier or jetty and
works, and describing also the lands proposed to be taken for
the purposes aforesaid, together with books of reference tp such
plans containing the names of the owners or reputed owners,
lessees or reputed lessees, and occupiers of the said lands, will be
deposited, on or before the Thirtieth day of November instant, with
the Clerk of the Peace for the said county of Essex, at his office
at Chelmsford, in the said county ; and that a copy of so much of
the said plans, sections, and books of reference as relatea to each of
the parishes in or through which the said railway and pier or jetty
and works are intended to pass or to be made, will be deposited on or
before the said Thirtieth day of November instant, with the Parish
Clerks of such parishes respectively.
And it is also intended to take powers in the said Act to make
latere deviations from the line or lines of the arid proposed railway
and pier, or jetty, wharfs, works, and stations, to such extent as will
be defined in the said plans, and to cross, alter, divert, or stop up
such turnpike roads, parish roads, and other highways, streams,
rivers, water-courses, nay .gations, canals, and railways, within the
several parishes, townships, and extra-parochial places before men-
tioned, or such of them as it may be necessary to cross, alter, divert,
or stop up for the purposes of the saki railway, pier, and works.
And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to incorporate a
company for constructing and carrying into effect the said railway
and pier, or jetty, wharfs, works, stations, and conveniences, with
powers to purchase lands and houses by compulsion or agreement for
the purposes thereof, and with powers to levy tolls, rates, and duties, in
respect of the said railway and pier, or jetty, wharfs, works, stations,
and conveniences, and to grant such exemptions from such tolls,
rates, and duties, as to such company shall seem meet.
And it is also intended to vary or extinguish all existing rights
and privileges connected with the lands, houses, and other property,
so to be purchased, or which would in any manner impede or in-
terfere with the cons'auction, maintenance, or use, of the said in-
tended railway and pier, or jetty, wharfs, works, stations, and
conveniences, and to confer other rights and privileges in respect
thereof. _ _ . . . .. ..

Audit is further proposed by the said intended Act to enable the
Company thereby to be incorporated to sell, transfer, let, or lease,
the said intended railway and pier, or jetty, wharfs, works, and
stations, or any part thereof, to any other Company, and to autho-
rise such other Company to purchase or rent the same, and generally
to inter into and carry into effect such arrangements in reference
thereto as may be mutually agreed upon between the said two Com-
panies.
. .

Dated this Fourth day of November, 1846.
BOURDILLON and SONS,
Great Winchester-street, London.

HARWICH DOCKS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,

That application is intended to be made to Parliament in the en-
suing session for leave to bring in a Bill or Bills to obtain an Act or
Acts for making and maintaining a dock or docks, with all proper
piers, quays, bridges, basins, yards, wharfs, warehouses, buildings,
and other works and conveniences connected therewith, and all

necessary and convenient entrances thereto, from the rivers Orwell,
otherwise Orrell, and Stour, into the said dock or docks, and which
said dock or docks and works will be situated in the several parishes
or places hereinafter mentioned, some or all of them, that is to say,
Saint Nicholas Harwich, in the borough or town of Harwich, Dover-
court cum Harwich, Dovercourt, and Ramsey, all In the county of
Essex, and within or near to the port or harbour of Harwich afore-
said.
And it is also intended to apply, by the said Bill or Bills, for power
to alter or divert any turnpike road or roads, highway or highways,
in the said parishes or places ; or some or one of them, to the extent
shown or intended to be shown on the maps or plans and sections to
be deposited as hereinafter mentioned ; and also to divert such rivers,
streams, drains, canals, navigations, or running waters, and to alter
and divert such roads, ways, and paths within the said parishes and
places aforesaid, as may be required to be diverted or altered for the
proper construction of such docks and works as aforesaid. And
notice is hereby given, that it is intended to apply for powers to in-
corporate a company or companies for the purpose of carrying the
same undertaking into effect, and to authorise the levying, taking,
receiving, and collecting of toils, dues, rates, duties, and sums of
money, in respect of the use of the said docks and works, and to take
powers for the compulsory purchase of messuages, lands, houses,
tenements, and hereditaments for the purposes aforesaid.
And it is further intended to v: y, repeal or extinguish all existing
rights, privileges, or easements, in any manner connected with the
messuages, lands, houses, tenements, and hereditaments, to be taken
for the purposes aforesaid, and to confer other rights and privileges
in respect thereof.
And it is further proposed by the said intended Act to enable the
Company thereby to be incorporated to sell, transfer, let, or lease
the said intended docks and works, or any part thereof, to any other
company, and to authorise such other company so to purchase or rest
the same, and generally to enter into and carry into effect such
arrangements in reference thereto as may be mutually alreed upon
between the said two companies.
AND NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN,

That on or before the thirtieth day of November, in the present
year, plans and sections of the proposed works, with duplicates of
the same, and books of reference thereto, containing the names of
the owners, or reputed owners, lessees, or reputed lessees, and occu-
piers of the lands proposed to be taken for the purposes thereof, will
be deposited for public inspection with the Clerk of the Peace for the
said county of Essex, at his office at Chelmsford, in the same county ;
and that on or before the said thirtieth day of Novem er, a copy of
so much of the said plans and sections, together with a book of refer-
ence thereto, so far as relates to each of the several parishes in or
through which the said works, or any part thereof, are intended to be
made, will be deposited for public inspection with the Parish Clerk of
each such parish at his place or abode,
Dated this 9th day of November, 1846.
G. K. POLLOCK, 19, Essex-street, Strand.

NEWPORT, ABERGAVENNY, and HERE-
FORD RAILWAY COMPANY.

Registration of Shares.
Notice is hereby given, that all persons holding Scrip Certificates
for shares in this undertaking, are required to transmit the same to
the Secretary for registration, at the offices of the Company, No. 2,
Moorgate-street, in the City of London, on or before TUESDAY, the
Ist day of December next, with their names, residences, and descrip-
tions legibly written across each certificate, in order that the same
may be correctly entered in the register of the Company.
By order,
THOMAS PRITCHARD, Secretary.
Company's Offices, 2, Moorgate-street, Nov. 14.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
NOTICE TO BUILDERS, &c.
The Directors are prepared to receive Tenders for the erection of
Houses and Cottages, at Brick Lane, Stratford, and Cambridge.
Parties proposing to Tender are requested to attend at this Office,
on FRIDAY, the 20th instant, at Ten o'clock, to appoint proper per-
sons to take out the quantities.
Tenders to be delivered not later than Friday, the 27th Instant, at
Twelve o'clock.
The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest tender.
By order,
C. P. RONEY, Secretary.
Bishopsgate Station, November 13, 1846.

IN THE DULLEST WEATHER, IF NOT
DENSELY FOGGY, MR. BEARD'S PHOTOGRAPHIC
PORTRAITS can now, from the increased sensitiveness of his
plates, he taken in all respects as good as if in the sunsbine."—
The Times.
Mr. Beard, Sole Patentee of the Daguerreotype,
Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street,
34, Parliament-street, Westminster, and
85, King' illiam-street, City.

LIGHT.—CAMPHINE, CAN DLES. —Patent
CAMPHINE in sealed half-gallon cans, 4s. 9d. per gallon .
Palmer's Patent Candles, 714 d. per lb., at WILLIAM S. BURTON'S
(late Rippon and Burton's), 39, Oxford-street, corner of Newman-
street, whose assortment of Camphine, Argand, and Solar Lamps,
and Palmer's Magnum and other Candlesticks, with all the latest
improvements and of the newest and most recherche patterns, is the
largest in existence. All the seasonable novelties are now ready, and
selling from 20 to 30 per cent. under any house with whom quality
and style are considerations. The money returned for every article
not approved of. Detailed catalogues, with engravings, sent (per
post) free.

HEATHER'S TRUST, under the Manage-
ment of the Clothworkers' Companyrfor POOR WIDOWS of
DECAYED HOUSEKEEPERS.
At the Court, to be holden on the 2nd day of December next,
this Company will Distribute to SIX POOR WIDOWS-of DECAYED
HOUSEKEEPERS the amount divisible under the above Trost,
being about Si. each.
Applicants are required to produce r Certificate of Marriage, and
a Certificate or other proper proof by the death of the husband ;
their application (which must be made in writing) must further state
such particulars relative to each applicant as may be proper to be
considered in deciding on her claim, and also name, neferences from
whom information may be obtained respecting the party, and for
verifying the statement made concerning her condition and circum-
stances.
All applications are to be addressed as early as possible to the Com-
pany's Hall,
in Mincing-lane, and none can be received and con-
sidered after the 23d of November instant. Printed forms of applica-
tion may be obtained at the Hall.
ROBERT BECKWITH TOWSE, Clerk.

November, 1846.

THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—The prin-
ciple of this valuable invention is clearly demonstrated by
Professor Bachhoffner in his Morning and Evening LECTURES at
the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Dr. Ryan's CHEMI-
CAL LECTURES, daily, and on the Evenings of Mondays, Wed-
nesdays, and Fridays. The principles and uses of the WORKING
MODELS, and other specimens of the Useful Arts, are explained to
the visitors. The OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. The OXY-HYDROGEN
MICROSCOPE, by CARY. re-produced with the most interesting
objects. The latest DIL,SOLVLNG VIEWS, by Charles Smith, arc
of great interest and beauty.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
J. 31. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed an original romantic Opera, in three part,,,
entitled THE NIGHT DANCE:RS ; founded on the Story of
.. Giselle." The principal characters personified by Miss deorgiana
Smithson, Madame Albertazzi, Miss Flcwer, Miss Somers, Misses
Marshall ; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Bodda, Walton, T. Hill, Homier,
Peren, &c.
To conclude with the Opera of ROB ROY. Rob Roy, Mr. J. R.
Scott ; Rashleigh, Mr. Hughes ; Francis Osbaldiston, Mr. Barker ;
Bailie Nicol Jarvie, Mr. Compton; Dougal, Mr. Ryder; Diana
Vernon, Miss Smithson ; Helen Macgregor, Mrs. Fosbroke.