The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-27 00:00:00

BIRKENHEAD, L ANCA.SHIRE, AND CHE
SHIRE JUNCTION; GREAT WESTERN, SHREWSBURY
and BIRMINGHAM ; and SHREWSBURY and CHESTER RAIL.
WAY COMPANIES.- (LEASE and AIIALGAMATION ; REVI-
SION of TOLLS ; and AMENDuEN„,
K bf ACTS.)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that APPLICATION is intended
to be made to PARLIAMENT in the Present Session for an ACT to
alter, amend, extend, and enlarge the Powers and provisions of the
Act relating to the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junct'on
Railway Company (local and personal) 15 and 16 Viet., cap. 167 :
Also the several Acts relating to the Great Western Railway Com-
pany : (that is to say local and personal) 5 and 6 Wm. IV., cap. 107 ;
6 Wm. IV., caps. 36, 38, 77, and 79; 1 Vict., caps. 91 and 92 (1837),
and 24 and 26 (1838); 2 Viet., cap. 9,7
-. ; 3 Viet., cap. 47; 3 and 4
Vict., cap. 105 ; 4 and 5 Viet., cap. ii
-• ; 5 Viet., Session 2, cap. 28 ; 6
Viet., cap. 10 ; 7 Vict., cap. 3 ; 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 68 ; 8 and 9 Viet.,
188 190, and
155, 156, 184, , 191 • 9 Vict., cap. 14 ; 9 and
caps, 40, 53,
181, 236, 239, 240, 278, 313, 315, 335, 337, 338,
10 Vict., caps. 166,
369, and 402 ; 10 and 11 Vict., caps. GO, 72, 76, 91, 101, 109, 149, 154,
226, and 242 ; 11 and 12 Vict , caps, 28, A -9, 74, 77, „82, 95, 130, 131,
133, 135, 158, and 159 ; 13 Viet.; caps. 6 and 7 ; 13 and 14 Vict.,caps.
44, 98, and 110 ; 14 and 15 V c ~ cans. 48 and 81 ; and 15 and 16
Viet., caps. 125, 133, 140, 145, 147, and 168 :
Also the several Acts relating to the Shrewsbury and Birmingham
Railway Company: (that. is to say) local and personal, 9 and 10
Vict., caps. 307 and 308 , 10 and 11 Vict., cap. 80 ; and 12 and 13
Viet., cap. 85; and 15 and 16 Vict., cap. 165:
And also the several Acts relating ~
1 - t-o • i.-as Shrewsbury and Chester
Railway Company : (that is to.ta sTai..,_ .
and „ . and
persona, 7 and 8 Viet.,
cap. 99 ; 8 and 9 Viet., caPs• 4.4. , ". ; 9 and 10 Vict., caps. 250,
251, 274, and 275 ; 10 and 11 Vict.,
,ala. 144 ; 12 and 13 Viet., cap.
55 ; and 14 and IS Vict., cap. 131 9 and 16 Vict., cap. 146 ; and
re, and Cheshire Junction
to enable the Birkenhead, Lancets
Railway Company to lease the railways,
works, property, and
effects now belonging to them, or which may become vested
in them under any Act to be passed in the present Session
of Parliament, or any part thereof respectively, and all their rights,
powers, privileges, and authorities, u
to the Great Western Railway
Company, the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Company, and
the Shrewsbury and Chester Rail way Company, or any or either of
them, upon such terms and conditions as may have been or may be
agreed upon between the said Companies, or any or either of them,
or as may be fixed, ascertained, and determined in and by the said
intended Act, and to enable the said three Companies, or any or
either of them, to take a lease of the said Railways, works, property,
and effects, or any part thereof, upon such terms and conditions as
aforesaid, and to have, exercise, and enjoy all such rights, powers,
privileges, and authorities, whether with reference to the construc-
tion and completion of works,the levying of tolls, rates, and charges,
in respect of the said Railways and works, or otherwise, or to enable
the said Companies to enter into such agreements as they may think
fit for effecting the purposes aforesaid; and the said intended Act
will confirm all existing agreements between the said several Com-
panies, or any of them, in reference to the granting and accepting 0 f
such lease :
And the said intended Act will authorize and provide for the
amalgamation and consolidation into one undertaking, upon such
terms and conditions as may have been or may be agreed upon be-
tween the said several Companies, or as may be fixed, ascertained,
and determined in and by the said intended Act, of the undertaking
of the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Com-
pany, and the undertaking of the Great Western Railway Company,
the Shrewsbury and Birmingham :Railway Company, and the
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company, or any or either of
them, or of any Company formed by the amalgamation of the three
last-mentioned Companies, and the vesting of the undertakings of
the Companies so amalgamating in one Company, with power to
have, hold, exercise, and enjoy all the rights, privileges, powers, arid
authorities belonging to such Companies separately, whether with
respect to the levying of tolls, rates, and charges, or otherwise ; and
the said intended Act will confirm all existing agreements between
the said Companies, or any of them, in reference to such malforma-
tion and consolidaton :
And the said Act will also, if thought fit, provide for the alteration
or revision of the tolls, rates, and duties at present leviable upon the
Railways of the said four Companies, any or either of them, or upon
the Railways of the Companies to be formed by the amalgamation
abrie referred to, and for conferring ouch exemptions tram tilt pay.