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

BIRKENHEAD, L ANCASHIRE, AND CHE-
SHIRE JUNCTION; GREAT WESTERN, SHREWSBURY.
and nricatirrazzArd , ....4 011 n c w mrluß3t and CUESTER RAIL-
WAY COMPANIES.-(LEASE and AMALGAMATION; REVI-
SION of TOLLS; and AMENDMENT of 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 Junction
Railway Company (local and personal) 15 ar,,, ,
--- A Vict., cap. 167
, . and 6
Also the several Acts relating to the Great Western Railway Com-
pany : (that is to say local end personal) 5
Wm. IV., cap. 107 ;
6 Wm. IV., caps. 36, 38, 77, and 79 ; i Viet.' eaDa. 91 and 92 (1837),
and 24 and 26 (1838); 2 Vict., cap. 27 ; 3
Viet., cap. 47 ; 3 and 4
Vict., cap. 105 ; 4 and 5 Vict.,
cap.
nd 41; Vict., cap, Session 2, cap. 28; 6
Viet., cap. 10 ; 7 Vict., cap. 3
; 7and 191.
240, 27'; 9
, nap. 68 ; 8 and 9 Viet.,
caps, 40, 53, 155, 156, 184, 188, 190, Viet., cap. 14 ; 9 and
10 Vict., caps. 166, 181, 236, 239, 60 72 °,7'313, 315, 335, 337, 338,
369, aad 402 ; 10 and 11 Viet., caps.
228, and 242 ; 11 and 12 Vict., caps, 28,6'''' 91, 101, 109, 149, 154,
59, 74, 77, 82, 95, 130, 131,
133, 135, 158, and 159 ;13 Vict., caps. and 7 d
, . ~.
i and 14 Vict., caps.
44, 98, and 110 ; 14 and 15 Viet., caps 48 and 81 ; and 15 and 16
Viet., caps. 125, 133, 140, 145, 147, and 168 :
Also the several Acts relating to the Shrew
say) local SißtrY and Birmingham
Railway Company (that is toand personal, 9 and 10
Viet., caps. 307 and 308 ; 10 and 11 Viet
~". cap, 80 ; and 12 and 13
Viet., cap. 85; and 15 and 16 Vict., nap..oa :
And also the several Acts relating to the Shrewsbury
-revvsbury and Chester
Railway Company : (that is to say) locals and. personal, 7 and 8 Viet.,
cap. 99 ; 8 and 9 Vict., caps. 42 and 11 ,_ 9 and 10 Vict., caps. 250,
251, 274, and 275 ; 10 and 11 Vict., cap. 144 ; 12 and 13 Viet.. cap.
55 ; and 14 and 15 Viet., cap. 131; 15. .and 16 Viet., cap. 146 ; and
to enable the Birkenhead, Lancashire, an,,
, Cheshire Junction
Works, property, and
Railway Company to lease the railways,
may become vested
effects now belonging to them, or which
in them under any Act to be passed i
-fl the present Session
of Parliament, or any part thereof respectively,the Great Western Railway
and all their rights,
am Railway Company, and
powers, privileges, and authorities, untoh
Company, the Shrewsbnr3- and Birmingham
Company or any or either of
the Shrewsbury and Chester Bail vray
them, upon such terms and conditions as may h
have been or may be
agreed upon between the sold Companies, or any or either of them,
or as may be fixed, ascertained, aad determined in and by the said
three
intended Act, and to enable the said Coreanies, or any or
either of them, to take a lease of the said Railways, works, property,
and effects, or any part thereof, upon such terra 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 tells, gates, 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 of
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 Chute; 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
i
the Companies so amalgamating in one Company, with power to
have, hold, exercise, and enjoy all the rights, privileges, powers, and
authorities belonging to such Companies separately, whether with
respect to the levying of tells, 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 amalgama-
tion and consolidat on
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Aud the said Act will also, if thought fit, prov:de 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
above referred to, and for conferring such exemptions from the pay.