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

GREAT WESTERN, SHREWSBURY and
BIRMINGHAM, and SHREWSBURY and CHESTER
RAILWAY COMPANIES AMALGAMATION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application is in-
tended to be made to Parliament in the next session, for
an act 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 specified in or
provided by the said intended act, of the Shrewsbury and Binning-
ham Railway Company and the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway
Company, or either of them. with the Great Western Railway Com-
pany, and for the union and consolidation into one undertaking of
the several undertakings of the companies so united and amalga-
mated, so that all the undertakings, property, estate and effects,
rights, powers, and privileges, of what nature and kind soever, and
whether with reference to the levying of tolls, rates, and duties, or
otherwise, vested in and belonging to or exercised and enjoyed by the
companies so united and amalgamated, severally or jointly, at the
time of the said amalgamation, may be vested in 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 dissolution of the said Shrew-
bury and Birmingham and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway
Companies, or either of them, and the incorporation of the
Shareholders therein with the Great Western Railway
Company, or such one united and consolidated company ;
and for regulating, fixing, and determining the capital
stock and borrowing powers of the Great Western Railway Com-
pany, or such united and consolidated company ; and the rights,
privileges, preferences, and priorities of the diffefent classes of
shareholders in the companies so united and amalgamated in
the capital stock of the Great Western Railway, or sach united
and consolidated company; and for the fulfilment by or for the
Great Western Railway Company, or such united and consolidated
company, of all or some of the contracts, agreements, or arrange-
ments entered into by the companies severally so united and
amalgamated, and capable of taking effect at the period of such
union and amalgamation :
And the said act will also provide for the mortgage or other debts
of the companies so united and amaleamated, and for the security
of the holders of such m ingages 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 altering the number of the directors of the Great Western Rail-
way Company; and also for altering, varying, and increasing the
tolls, rates, and duties leviable by the companies so united and amal-
gamated, or any or either of them, from and after the date of such
union and consolidation:
And it is also proposed by the said intended act to authorise the
Great Western Railway Company to guarantee to the shareholders,
or any of them, in the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Com-
pany, and the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company, or either
of them, the payment of interest on their shares, at a rate to be
agreed on, or to make such other arrangements with such share-
ho'dere as may be thotight fit:
And it is also proposed, if need be, for the several purposes afore-
said, to alter, amend, and extend all or some of the powers and pro-
visions of the several acts following, or some of them, directly or
indirectly relating to or affecting the Great Western Railway Com-
p ; (that is to say) local and personal acts, 5 and 6 WllllanilY.,