The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-20 00:00:00

(REAT WESTERN, SIMEWSBURY and
Nil BIRMINGHAM, and SHREWSITh
~RY and CHESTER RAIL-
WNOTIC E IS HEREBY GIVAY COMPANIES AMALG That
AMIO
kPPLICATION is intended
to be made to PARLIAMENT in the pr
s. Session, for an ACT to
authorise the Union and Amalgamation fro. and after such period, and
upon such terms and conditions as may h %been, or may hereafter be
agreed upon, of the Shrewsbury and TriMegham Railway Company,
and the Shrewsbury and Chester
and for Railwa? Company, with the Great
t Union and Consolidation
Western Railway Company, dt
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into one undertaking of the several uner,ings of such Companies
respectively, so that all the undertaki t
gS. property, estate and
effects, rights, powers, and privileges, eA, '
Nat nature and kind so-
ever, and whether with reference to the
.levying of tolls, rates, and
duties, or otherwise vested in and belongin„„--t to or exercised and en-
joyed by the said three Companies se"_"".ll3, or jointly at the time
of the said Amalgamation, may be vested to and belong to and be
exercised and enjoyed by such one United and Consolidated Com-
pany, either under the name of the Great
Western Railway Com-
pany, or under such other name as may be given to or adopted by
such one United and Consolidated Company;
And the said Act will provide for the disselntion of the said
Shrewsbury and Birmingham and Shrewsbn—
N-y and Chester Railway
Companies, and the incorporation of the Shareholders therein with
.r such one United and the Great Western Railway Company, e
Con-
solidated Company; aad for regulating, L .o.uut and determining the
capital stock and borrowing powers of the qeat western Railway
Company, or such United and Consolidattd Company; and the
rights, privileges, preferences, and priorities of the different classes
of Shareholders in the said three CeMPaalea. in the capital stock of
the Great Western Railway Company, or such United and Consoli-
dated Company, and fir the fulfilment by or for the Great Western
Railway Company, or such United and Collsolidated Company, of
all or some of the contracts, agreements, et arrangements entered
into by the said three Companies severally
and then in existence,
and capable of taking effect at the period of tuck Union and Amal-
gamation:
And the said Act will also provide for the mortgage or other debts
of the said three Companies severally, and for the security of the
holders of such mortgages or bonds, and of other creditors ; and also
for the future election of Directors of the Great Western Railway
Company, or such United and Consolidated Company ; and for al-
tering the number of the Directors of the Great Western Railway
Company ; and also for altering, varying, ant increasing the tolls,
rates, and duties leviable by the said three Companies, or any of
them, from and after the date of each union and consolidation ; and
for the division and apportionment, prior to such union and consoli-
dation (but subject thereto), amongst the said three Companies of
the proceeds of the traffic, or part thereof, over the railways of the
said three Companies, or part thereof; and for appropriating and
securing to the Shareholders in the Shrewsbury and Birmingham,
1 and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies, or either of them,
but subject to such union and consolidation taking-
effect, the pro,
ceeds of certain traffic upon the said three railways, or part thereof,
towards the dividends payable on their respective shares :
And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to authorize the
Great Western Railway Company to guarantee to the Shareholders,
or any of them, in the Sbrewsburi and Birmingham Railway Com-
pany, and the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company, or either
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