The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-21 00:00:00

REAT WESTERN RAILWAY, OXFORD,
Jir WORCE‘TER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY, &c.
(FURTHER POW S as to OXFORD, WORCESTER, and
WO f,Vil:Rfl AMPTON RAILWAY; A.')DITIONAL LAND at
WOLVERHAMPTON; INCMASE of CAPITAL ; ALTERA-
TION of TOLLS; and AMENDMENT of ACTS.)
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application is in-
tended to be made to Parliament in the next session, for an
act to make further and more eff ctual provision for requiring the Ox-
ford, W t•cester, and Wolverhampton Railway Company to construct,
complete, and m .intain their railway and branches with a double
line of broad gauge rails upon the whole extent thereof, so as to
admit of the same being worked continuously with the Great Western
Railway . and tor enahling the Great Western Railway Comp ny to
advance, it* need be, all or any part of the money which may be re-
quired for such purposes, and for providing for the reimbursement to
the Great Western Railway Company of any money so advanced by
them ; and for empowering the Great Western Railway Company,
and all other companies and persops, to use and pass over, with their
own engines and carriages, all or any part of he broad guage lines
of the Oxrord, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, and the
stations, sid ngs, booking and other offices, watering races, water
and other works and conveniences thereto belonging, upon payment
of such tots, rates, and charges, and on such other terms and condi-
tions as will be specified or provided for in the intended act, and to
levy rolls, rates, and charges upon the said Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton Revray, or any part thereof.
And it is also proposed by the said intended act to enable the
G-eat estern Railway Company to purchase compulsorily and use
for the purposes of then' undertaking certain property lying near to
or adjoinng the 'Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway and the
Great Western Railway, where the same are authorised to unite,
north of the town of Wolverhampton ; and also certain property ad-
jacent to the .4hrewsbury and Birmingham Railway, and lying near
to the Victoria Basin, at Wolverhampton, all in the township of
Wolverhampton. and parish of Wolverhampton, in the county of
Stafford, or one of them.

And it is intended by such act to vary, repeal, or extinguish all
existing rights or privileges in any manner connected with the lands
and buildings proposed to be purchased or # aken, or which would in
any manner impede or interfere with the construction, maintenance,
or use of the said railway and works, and to confer other rights and
privileges :
And it is intended by such act to alter, divert, or stop tip all turn-
pike and other roads, railways, tramways, aqueducts, cs n als, streams,
and rivers, within or adjoining to the aforesaid parishes, townships,
and extra-parochial or other places, or any of them, with which it
may be necessary to interfere in the construction of the said railway
and works:

And it is also intended by such act to enable the Great Western
Railway Company to anply to the purposes of the said intended act,
or some of thew. such portion of their corporate funds as they shall
think expedient, and to raise a further sum of money for all or any
of such purposes by the creation and issue of new shares in their
undertaking, either with or without preference or priority in the
paymeM of cbvidetals or other pecii)l privileges, or by mortgage or
bond, or by such other means as Parliament shall authorise or
direct :

And it is also proposed by the said intended act to alter the tails.
rates, and charges now leviable or demandable upon the Urea
Western Railway, or some part or prts there f, and to enthorise
the levying of other tolls, rates, and charges upon the said railway ;
and to alter amend, extend, and in part repeal certain of the provi-
sions of the acts affecting the Great Western Railway Company
hereinafter mentimed, relative to the levving of tolls, rates, and
charges u on or in respect c.), the use of the Great Western Railway
and the traffic thereon, and to the conduct and management of such
traffic :

And Notice is hereby Given, That m ips and plans, showing the
lands proposed to be purchased under the author ty of the said in-
tended act, together with books of reference to such pans, and also
a co -oy of this n Aim as published in the London Gazette, will be
de-
posited on or before the 30th day of November, in the present year
with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Stafford. at his office
in Stafford ; and that a copy of the sal plans and bo,,les of refer-
ence, and also a copy of the said Gazette notice, will be deposited on
or before the 30th day of November, in the present year, with the
Parish Clerk of the said parish of Wolverhampton, at his residence :
And it is also proposed by the said intended act, if need be, to
alter, amend, and extend all or some of the powers and nrovisions of
the several acts foil wing, or some of them, directly or indirectly re-
lating to or affecting the Great Western Railway Company: (that
is to say) local and personal acts, 5 and 6 William IV., cap. 107 ; 6
William IV., caps. 36, 38, 77, and 79 ; 1 Victoria, caps. 91 and 92
(1837), and 24 and 26 (1838); 2 Victoria, cap. 27; 3 Victoria, cap.
47 ; 3 and 4 Victoria, cap. 105; 4 and 5 Victoria, cap. 41 ' • 5 Victo-
ria, Sess. 2, cap •i 8 ; 6 Victoria, cap. 10 ; 7 Victoria. cap. 3 ; 7 and
8 Victoria, cap. 68 ; 8 and 9 Victoria, caps. 40, 53, 155, 156, 184, 181,
190, and 191 ' • 9 Victoria. cap. 14 ; 9 and 10 Victoria, caps. 166, 181,
236, 239, 240, 278, 313, 315, 335, 337, 338, 369. and 402 ; 10 and 11
Victoria, caps. 60, 72,76, 91, 101, 109, 149, 154, 226, and 242 ' • 11 and
12 Victoria, caps. 28, 59, 74, 77, 82, 95, 130, 131, 133, 135, 158, and
159; 13 Victoria, caps. 6 and 7: 13 and 11 V,ctoria, caps. 44, 98,
and 110 ; 14 and 15 Victoria, caps. 48 and 81 ; 15 and 16 Victoria,
caps. 125, 33, 140, 145, 147, and 168; and 16 and 17 Victoria,-caps.
121, 153, 175, 'ind 212 ;
And also the acts relating to the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
h mapton Railway Company : (that is to say) local and personal,
and 9 Victoria, cap. 184 ; 9 and 10 Victoria, cap. 278 ; 11 and 12
Victoria, 59 and 133; 13 and 14 Victoria, cap. 110; 15 and 16 Vic-
toria, cap. 145 ; and 16 and 17 Victoria, cap. 212.
And Notice is Hereby also Given, That on or before the 31st day
of December next, pri,ted copies of the intended bill will be depo-
sited in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons.
Dated this 10th day of November, 1853.
W. 0. and W. HUNT.
J. W. and G. WHATELEY.