The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-28 00:00:00

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAIL.
WAY COMPANY AND MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY.
(POWERS FOR AMALGAMATION, AND FOR TRAFFIC OR

WORKING ARRANGEMENTS).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application is intended to be
made to Parliament in the ensuing session for an act to unite and
amalgamate or to authorise the union and amalgamation, from and
after such period, and upon such terms and conditions as may have
been or may hereafter be agreed upon, or as may be prescribed or pro-
vided for by the said intended act, of the London and North-Western
and the Midland Railway Companies, and for the union aad consoli-
dation, or to authorise agreements for the union and consolidation,
into one undertaking of the several undertakings of such companies,
so that all the lands, tenements, and heredltaments, property, estate,
effects; rights, powers, privileges, and authorities ofwhat nature or kind
soever, and whether with reference to the levying of tolls, rates, and
ditties, the purchasing lands and buildings by compulsion or agree-
ment, the construction of works, or renting or purchasing the under-
takings of other companies, or otherwise, vested in and belonging
to, or exercised and enjoyed, or exerciseable by the said companies,
severally or jointly, at the time of the said amalgamation, may be
vested in and belong to, and be exercised and enjoyed, and be exer-
ciseable by such one united and amalgamated company, under each
corporate name or style as may be provided by the said intended act,
or as may be agreed upon between the said companies :
And it is proposed by the said intended act to make all necessary
and proper provisions for, or to authorise the entering into agree-
ments for regulating, fixing, and determining the capital stock and
borrowing powers of such united and amalgamated company, and
the rights, privileges, preferences, and priorities of the different
classes of shareholders in the said companies in the capital stock of
the united and amalgamated company, and for the fulfilment by such
united and amalgamated company of all contracts, agreements,
arrangements, or liabilities entered into by the said companies, and
in existence and capable of taking effect at the period of such union
and amalgamation:

And it is also proposed by the said intended act to provide for
the renewal or liquidation of the mortgage or bond debts of the said
companies, and for the security of the holders of such mortgages or
bonds, and also for the future election of directors and regulation of
meetings of shareholders of and in such united and amalgamated
company, and also for altering and varying the tolls, rates, and duties
leviable by the said companies, or either of them, from and after the
date of such union and consolidation :

And it is proposed by the said intended act to empower the said
companies, or their respective boards of directors, to enter into, exe-
cute, and carry into effect any contracts, agreements, or arrange-
ments for or with reference to the maintenance, repairs, supervision,
working and use by each or either of those companies of the rail-
ways, canals, works, or undertaking belonging to, authorised to be
constructed by, or in the possession of the other of them, or any part
thereof, either solely or jointly with the other of such companies, or
with any other company or companies, party or parties, and for or
with reference to the accommodation, collection, transmission, de-
livery, management, regulation, and interchange of the traffic thereon,
and for or with reference to the tolls, rates, and duties to be taken
thereon and in respect thereof, and the collection, appropriation, ap-
portionment and distribution of such tolls, rates, duties, and other
income and profits arising from the railways, canals, works, or un-
dertaking comprised in such contract agreement, or arrangement,
and also for or with reference to the supply, provision, repairs, and
use of rolling stook, the employment, remuneration, and dismissal
of officers and servants, and for or with reference to the exercise and
enjoyment by each or either of the said companies of all or any of the
rights, privileges, and powers of the other of them, either solely or
jointly with the other of such companies ; and to enable either of the
said companies to levy tolls or rates upon the railways or canals ha-
longing to, in possession of, or authorised to be constructed by the
other of them, and if necessary or expedient, to alter the tolls or rates
now leviable upon those railways or canals, or any of them :
And it is also proposed by the said intended act to take powers
for the appointment by either of the said companies of directors of
the other of such companies, and to enable the said companies,
jointly or either of them several!), to appoint committees for the pur-
poses of such contracts, agreements, and arrangements as afore-
' said :

And it is also proposed by the said intended act to alter, amend,
extend, enlarge, or to repeal all or some of the power' and provisions
of the several acts of Parliament, or -•ome of them following, relating
to the London and North-Western Railway company (that is to say):
An act passed in the SeSiston of Parliament held in toe ninth and
tenth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled " en act
to consolidate the London and R►rmingham Grand Junction and
Manchester and Birmingham Railway Companies ;" and the several
other acts distinguished in the Qaeen's printers' copies f the 10-al
rnd personal acts as Bth and 9th Vic., chapters 36. 37, 43, 105, 111,
112, 123, 156, and 198 ; 9th Vic., chapter 67 ; 9th and 10th Vic.,
chapters 80. 82, 152, 182, 192, 193, 231, 232, 233, 244, 248, 259, 261,
262, 269, 300, 309, 322, 323, 324, 3281331, 359, 368, 369, 380, and
396 ; 10:11 and 11th Vic.. chapters 73, 107, 114, 118, 120, 121, 132,
139, 159, 161, 178, 188, 228, 236. 270, 278, awl 294: I lth and 12th
Vic., chapters. 58, 60, and 130; 12th and 13th Vic., chapter 74; 13th
and 14th Vic.. chapter 36; 14th Vic., chapter 28 ; 14th and 15th Vic.,
chapter 94 ; 15th Vic., chapters 98 and 105 ; and 16th and 17th V c.,
chapters 97, 110, 157, 160, 161, 205, 216, and 222 ; and also of the
following Acts of Parliament relating to the Midland Railway Corn.
pany (that Is to say): local and person?' acts, 7th and Bth Vic.,
chapters 18 and 59 ; Bth and 9th Vic , chapters 38, 49, 56, 90, and
181 ; 9th and 10th Vic., chapters 51, 102, 156, 157 , 163,203, 243, 254,
255, 272, 301, 311, 326, and 340 ; 10th and 11th Tic., chapters 122,
135, 150,191, 214, 215, and 270 ; 11th and 12th Vic., chapters 21.88,
and 131; 14th and 15th Vic., chapters 57, SB, and 113 ; 15th Vic.,
chapter 98 ; 16th Vic., chapter 33 ; and 16th and 17th Vic., chapter

108.
And Notice is hereby further given, that on or before the thirty-
first day of December next, printed copies of the bin for effecting
the objects specified In this notice, will be deposited In the Private
Bill-office of the House of Commons.
Dated this 11th day of November, 1853.

BERRIDGE, MACAULAY. and MORRIS,
Leicester.
S. CARTER,
SWIFT and WAGSTAFF, Solicitors.
32, Great George-street,
Westminster.