The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-02 00:00:00

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DEPOSITS WITH THE CLERK OF TILE PEACE FOR
THE WORCESTERSHIRE LINES.
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the day, the streets being continually traversed by horse-
Men and carriages-and-four, chaises, flys, &c., conveying
anxious agents and surveyors. So many carriages " four-
in-band" were perhaps never before seen in Worcester. Post-
boys and vehicles and cattle of all descriptions were at a pre-
mium, and the principal innkeepers came in for a goodly
share of custom.
There are some forty or fifky new lines proposed to come
into Worcestershire, and out of this number-thirty-five
have given notice of intention to apply for Acts in
,the next session of Parliament. There being no trains
running on Sundays on the Birmingham and Bristol
Railway, and few on the Great Western or London
and Birmingham Railways, several special trains have
been put in requisition between this city and the me-
tropolis and other places. and even with this help some of the
projects have been placed in imminent jeopardy. One party
started from this city last night, at five o'clock, to travel to
Cardiff, in South Wales, a distance of about 110 miles, to -be
accomplished by road (not au inch of railway:being available)
within seven hours. A very few of the plans and books of
reerence were deposited on Saturday evening, but the bulk
arrived yesterday, and chiefly in the evening. The clerks of
the peace here (city and county), have reaped a pretty
harvest, in consequence of the delay in the deposits of plans,
they having come to the determination of charging double
1 the tisuil fee ( I believe two guineas) far receiving plans on
Sunday, and a treble fee for all plans recei-. el after eight
o'clock in the evening, • Of course parties bearing these nu-
portant documents, were glad to get them deposited on any
terms, but it is very questionable whether these functionaries
are justified in adopting such a system of extortion. . I have
experienced the greatest difficulty in obtaining a list of the
plans, &c., deposited by the several companies, the clerk of
the peace for the county refusing the information, without
payment of an exorbitant fee.
LIST OP RAILWAY PLANS DEPOSITED.
Shrewsbury and Birmingham.
Birmingham and Bristol—Malvern line.
Worcester, Tenbury, and Ludlow.
Dudley, Madeley, I-iroseley, and Ironle •a,
, Cambrian and Gra d Jane Con. 40.,
lierbyshire, Staffordshire, and Wo
n'estershire Junction.
Worcester and Leominster,
Worcester, Warwick, and Er 0.b.„..
Rugby, Warwick, and yr -: J
- . orcester.
London and Birut ghain Extension, Northampton, Da-
ventry, Learnini.' on Warwick, Worcester, and Birmingham
•4.i.
112;!:way :''Wa9rwick and Birmingham Canal Railway,
2,,i.,711
a branch to Hampton-in-Arden; and Warwick and
Worcesterßailway, with a branch to Droitwich. These are
three projects issuing from one office, being an amalgamation
for securing the line of country indicated in the titles above.
London and Kidderminster.
Leamington, Warwick, and Cheltenham.
Warwickshire and London Railway—Hampton- and Atli.
church line. • , 2 • - -
Midland—for short branch lines from the old Birmingham
and Gloucester line in Worcestershire and Warwickshire.
Midland and Eastern Counties—a line from Cambridge to
Worcester,* viii Northampton, Weedou, Stratford-on-Avon,
and Alcester.
Oxford and Worcester Extension, and Chester Junction.
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton--;-branch lines
from this new line to Stratford-on-Avon, and Droitwich.
Shropshire Union Canal Railway.
South Staffordshire Junction.
Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester.
Worcester and South Wales Junction.
Birmingham and Oxford Junction.
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley—another broad
gauge line (a short one) between the above towns.
Birmingham and Leicester.
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley.
Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham.
Trent Valley,Midi.ands, and Grand Junction.
3, Worcester and Portdynlaen.
Welsh Midland.
Gloucester and Hereford Canal, and Worcester Railway.
Warwickshire and London—Worcester to Weedon.
Of the foregoing the following terminate at Worcester,
there forfeit'- junction with the Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverb:aapton line, or maintaining separate and indepen-
have been deposited with the clerk of the peace for the city
dp.,:it stations their own. The whole of these plans, &c.,
of Worcester:—
Warwickshire and London
Worcester, Tenbury, and Ludlow
Worcester and Leominster
Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby
Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester
Warwick and Worcester
Midland and Eastern Counties
Shropshire Union
Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester
Worcester and South Wales Junction
Worcester and Portdynlaen
Welsh 'Midland "and East and West Junction
Worcester and Weedon.
The following are the depositing companies for this dis-
trict, i. e., those which have given the parliamentary no-
tice of appellation, and which, for some cause or other,
have not been enabled to deposit their sections and plans in
time:—
Manchester and Southampton Extension—a proposed
line from Wolverhampton, to join the Bristol and Glouces-
ter at Himbleton, in this county, and thus diminishing the
present railway distance between Manchester and South-
ampton. _

Avon and Severn Valley—a line commencing at Evesham,
and passing along the Avon and Severn to Gloucester, with
branches to Pershore, &c.

Birmingham and Worcester Direct Canal Railway—a
line from Birmingham, along the site of the Worcester and
Birmingham Canal to Stoke Prior, there proposed to con-
nect itself with the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp-
ton Railway, and passing on to Worcester, where it unites
with the Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester Railway.