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

VITIIICHWOOD FOREST-
DISAFFORESTATION AND INCLOSURE.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That Application is intended to
he made to Parliament in the next Session, for an Act to Disafforest
the Forest of Whichwood, in the County of Oxford, and to enclose
the same, and the purlieus thereof, or some portions thereof respec-
tively; to abolish all forestal offices, and extinguish all forestal
rights and privileges, and all rights of common, and other rights in
asd over the said forest and purlieus, or certain portions thsreof,
whether claimed in right of lands, manors, tenements, or heredita-
merits, situate in the said county of Oxford, or in the county of
Gloucester, or elsewhere, or otherwise howsoever ; to allot to her
Majesty, and to the parties respectively ent tied to any rights o-
privileges in or over the said forest and purlieus, such portions
thereof in severalty, as in the judgment of Commissioners, to be ap-
pointed for that purpose, shall be a just and fair compensation or
equivalent for the extinguishment of all such rights and privileges ;
and otherwise to provide compensation for the forestal officers, or
some of them. To empower persons to be named in the said Act,
or to be appointed under the authority thereof, to adjust and deter-
mine claims in, to, or over the said forest and purlieus, or any part
or parts thereof.
To set out and allot the residue of the said forest as and for a
common field or common fields, or sheep walk, or sheep walks, for
the exclusive pasturage of the commonable cattle and sheep of per-
sons having rights of common, of pasture, and sheep walk respec-
tively, over the said forest.
To set out roads and ways upon, through, and over the said forest
and purlieus, and (with the consent of the owners) through and over
ancient enclosures adjoining or near to the said forest.
To stop up all or some of the existing roads, ways, paths, or pas-
sages leading into, through, or over the said forest and purlieus.
To set out, and allot, a certain portion, or certain portions of the
said forest, as a church or chapel, with a burial ground to bo an-
nexed thereto, and also a site for a parsonage house and garden for
the incumbent, for the time being, of the sail church or chapel.
And it is also proposed to introduce provisions in the said Bill—
To enable incapacitated bodies or persons to sell or exchange al-
lotments, and to give or receive ancient enclosures in the forest
and purlieus, and parishes adjoining the same, in exchange for al-
lotments, and also to pay or receive money for equalizing ex-
changes.
To provide for the construction and future maintenance and repair
of roads or ways, to be set out as before mentioned.
To provide for the parochialization of the extra-Parochial portion
or portions of the said forest, either for all purposes. or for all eccle-
siastical purposes only, and with the consent of the bishop of the
diocese, the patron or patrons, and the incumbent or incumbents fbr
the time being, to annex, for ecclesiastical purposes, portions of the
said forest to existing parishes, or portions of existing parishes to
other existing parishes, or to the proposed new parish, or ecclesias-
tical district, and for all purposes, with the further consent of the
owners of two-thirds of the property in the said parishes.

Dated this First day of NOveinbei, 1852.
By order of the Right Honourable Thomas Francis Kennedy, the
Commissioner in charge of her Majesty's Forests,
JOHN GARDINER, Solicitor, Royal Forests, Bcc.
1, Whitehall-place, Westminster.

BIRKENHEAD, L ANCASHIRE, AND CHE
SHIRE JUNCTION; GREAT WESTERN, SHREWSBURY.
and BIRMINGHAM; and SHREWSBURY and CHESTER RAIL-
WAY COMPANIES.- (LEASE and AMALGAMATION; REVI-
SION of TOLLS ; and AMENDMENT tf 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 Junetton
Railway Company (local and personal) 15 and 16 Vict., cap. 167 :
Also the several Acts relating to the Great Western Railway Com-
pany : (that is to say local and personal) 5 and i 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 Vict., cap. 27 ; 3 Vict., cap. 47 ; 3 and 4
Viet., cap. 105 • 4 and 5 Vict., cap. 41; b Viet., Session 2, cap. 28; 6
Viet., cap. 10 ; 7 Vict., cap. 3 ; 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 68 ; 8 and 9 Viet ,
caps, 40, 53, 155, 156, 184, 188, 190, and 191; 9 Vict., cap. 14 ; 9 and
10 Vict., caps. 166, 181, 236, 239, 240, 278, 313, 315, 335, 337, 338,
369, and 402 ; 10 and 11 Vict., caps. 60, 72, 76, 91, 101, 109, 149, 154,
228, and 242 ; 11 and 12 Vict., caps, 28, 59, 74, 77, 82, 95, 130, 131,
133, 135, 158, and 159 ; 13 Viet., caps. 6 and 7 ; 13 and 14 Viet., caps.
44, 98, and 110 ; 14 and li Vict., caps. 48 and 81 ; and 15 and 16
Yid., 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
Viet., caps. 307 and 308 ; 10 and 11 Vict., cap. 80 ; and 12 and 18
Viet., cap. 85; and 15 and 16 Viet., cap. 165:
And also the several Acts relating to the Shrewsbury and Chester
Railway Company : (that's to say) local and personal, 7 and 8 Tict.,
cap. 99 ; 8 and 9 Vict., caps. 42 and 115 ; 9 and 10 Viet., caps. 250,
251, 274, and 275 ; 10 and 11 Vict., cap. 144 ; 12 and 13 Viet.. cap.
55 ; and 14 and I i Vict., cap. 131 ; 15 and 16 Vict., cap. 146 ; and
to enable the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction
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, unto the Great Western Railway
Company, the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Company, and
the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway 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, awl 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 of
Bach 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 Cheater Railway Company, or any or either of
them, or of any Compary formed by the amalgamation of the three
last-mentioned Companies, and the,vesting of the undertakings 01
the Comptnies so amalgamating in ens 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 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 consolidation : _ _

And the said Act will also, if thought fit, provide for the alteration
Companies to be formed by the amalgamation
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
above referred to, and for conferring such exemptions from the pay-
ment of such tolls, rates, and duties, or any of them, as may be ne-
cessary or expedient:

And notice-is hereby also given, that on or before the thirty-first
day of December next, printed copies of the intended Bill will be de.
posited in the Private-Bill-office of the House of Commons.
Dated the 10th of November, 1852.
W. 0. and W. HUNT.
R. and W. G. ROT.
H. N.ELOALL.