The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-14 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM and OXFORD JUNCTION,
and BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, and DUDLEY
RAILWAYS AMALGAMATION.—Proposed amalgamation of the
Birmingham and Oxford Junction. and Birmingham, Wolverhamp-
ton, end Dudley Railway Companies, with power of transfer to, or
amalgamation with, the Great Western Railway Company.
Notice is hereby given, that APPLICATION is intended to be
made to Parliament in the ensuing session, for an ACT to consolidate
and to amend, and enlarge the powers and provisions of an Act,
passed in the last session of Parliament, " The Birmingham
and Oxford Junction Railway Act, 1846 ;" also of an Act, passed in
the same session of Parliament, called " The Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction (Birmingham Extension) Railway Act, 1846 ;" and
iris° of another Act, pass^d in the same session, c^lled " The Bir-
mingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Act, 1846 ;"
and to authorise the union and consolidation, into one un-
der:Akins', of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway,
the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway, and any
railways or other works which may be authorised to be carried into
effect by the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company,
and the Birmingham, 'Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Com-
pany, or either of them, by any Act or Acts to be passed in the next
session of Parliament, and to authorise the union and consolidation of
the respective capitals, stocks, shares, property, and effects, of the
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company, and the Bir-
mingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Company, and to
vest in one company the said railways and works respectively, and
all the capital stock, shares, property, and effects, and all the powers
and privileges now vested in the Birmingham and Oxford Junction
Railway Company, and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and
Dudley Railway Company respectively, or either of them, or which
may be vested in them, or either of them, by any Act or Acts to be
passed in the next session of Parliament, and to authorise the incor-
poration of a new company. to be formed of the last-mentioned two
companies.
And it is further proposed, by the said intruded Act, to enable the
Company so intended to be Incorporated to levy tolls, rates, and
duties upon, or in respect of, the said railways and works; and it is
also proposed, by the said intended Act, to alter the tolls, rates, or
duties now authorised to be demanded and taken upon the Birming-
ham and Oxford Junction Railway, and the Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley Railway, and to confer, vary, or extinguish
exemptions from the payment of such tolls, rates, or duties, and other
rights and privileges.
And it is also proposed, by the said intended Act, to empower the
Company so intended to be thereby incorporated, to lease, sell, or
transfer the before mentioned railways and works authorised, or
to he authorised, as aforesaid, or any part of the same, or the tolls
thereof, to the Great Western Railway Company; and also to
enable the Great Western Railway Company to purchase or rent
the same, and to carry into execution all or any of such powers
of the several Acts rela' Mg to the Birmirgham and Oxford Junction

Railway, and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Rail-
way, and of any Act or Acts to be passed in the next session of Par-
-11-Iment relative thereto, as may become vested in the Company so to
be incorporated ; and to raise additional capital for the purposes afore-
said, or to become holders of shares or capital stock, In such under-
taking, or to authorise the amalgamation of the said united Com-
pany, and the capital stock thereof, with the Great Western Railway
Company, and the capital stock thereof.
And, for carrying into effect all or any of the above objects, it is
intended to alter, amend, and enlarge the powers and provisions of
the several Acts hereinafter-mentioned, relating to the Great Wes-
iern Railway Company, or whereby powers are conferred on the
Great Western Railway Company, and which Acts are distin-
r,dished in the Queen's printers' copies thereof, as follows, that is to
say, the sth and Gth William the Fourth, cap. 107, the 6th
William the Fourth, cap. 38, the 6th William the Fourth, cap. 77,
the Ist Victoria, cap. 91, the Ist Victoria, cap. 92, the Ist Victoria,
cap. 24, tke 2d Victoria, cap. 27, the sth Victoria, seas. 2, cap. 28,
the 6th Victoria, cap. 10, the 7111 Victoria, sap. 3, the Bth and 9th
Victoria, cap. 40, the Bth end 9th Victoria, cap. 188, the Bth and 9th
Victoria, cap. 191, and the 9th Victoria, cap. 14; and also the Acts
relating to the West London Railway, which bear date as follows ;
an Act of the third year of the reign of his late Majesty King Wil-
liam the Fourth, chapter 36 ; an Act of the sixth year of the same
reign, chapter 79 ; an Act of the third end fourth year of the reign
of her present Majesty, chapter 105 ' • an Ast of the eighth and ',Will
year of the same reign, chapter 156; and an Act of the ninth and
tenth year of the same reign, chapter 369.
Dated this 7th day of November, 1846.
W. 0. and W. HUNT, 10, Whitehall.
J. W. and G. WIIATELEY, Birmingham.

BIRMINGHAM and OXFORD JUNCTION
RAILWAY AMENDMENT. Proposed Deviation of the

line of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway, from
Warwick to Whitnash, and from Nhitnash to Ilarbury, and pur-
chase of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal Navigation.
Notice is hereby given, that APPLICATION is intended to be
made to Parliament in the ensuing session for an ACT to authorise
the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company to abandon

the formation of a portion of their railway as now authorised
to be made, and to make the following new lines of
railway in lieu thereof, that is to say, a railway to commence
in a field situated in the parish of Saint Mary. Warwick, and num-
bered 5 on the plan of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Rail-
way, referred to in " the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway
Act, 1846," which plan is deposited at the office of the Clerk of the
Peace for the eounty of Warwick, and to terminate in a field situated
in else parish of Whitnash, in the same county, and numbered 24
on the said plan, and which new or substituted line of raaway will
nnsisrsMZes!:lll2irigirilAts°&stlik2paio tillietfiii Vag idlis,mardl
some of them, that is to say, St. Mary Warwick; St. Nicholas War-
wick ; Milverton, Leamington-Priors, Whitnash, and Radford Se-
mele, in the county of Was wick.
And also a railway to commence at ;the northern end of a field,
situated he the parish of Wbttnash aforesaid, and numbered 376, on
the said plan ; and to terminate in a field situated in the pariah of
Ilarbury, in the county of Warwick, and numbered 74 on the said
plan ; and which last-mentioned new or substituted line of railway
will pass from, in, through, or into, or be situate within the several
parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places following, or
some of them, that is to say, Whitnash, Radford Semele, and liar-
bury, in the said county of Warwick.
And it is also intended by such Act to authorise the Birmingham
and Oxford Junction Railway Company to construct in, or by means
of, open cutting, such pc rtion of their railway in the parish of Mar-
bury, in tile county of Was wick, as is marked as a tunnel on the sec-
tions of tho said railway referred to in " the Birmingham and Oxford
Junction Railway Act, 1846."
And it is also intended, by such Act, to take power to stop up,
alter, or divert, all turnpike and other roads, railways, tramways,
amtedacts, canals, streams, and rivers, within or adjoining to the
aforesaid parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places, or
any of them sv:th which it may be necessary to interfere, in the con-
struction of the said intended works.
An lit is further intended, by such Act, to vary, repeal, or extin-
guish, all existing rights or privileges, in any manner connected with
the lands proposed to be purchased or taken, or which would Impede
or interfere with the construction, maintenance, or use of the said
intended works, and to confer other riglfes and pris ;leges.
And It is also intended, by such Act, to take powers for the pur-
chase of lands and houses, by compulsion, for the purposes thereof;
and for levying tolls, rates, and dut'es, in respect of the use of the
said intended works, and to grant such exemptions from such tolls,
rates, and duties, as may be deemed expedient.
And notice is hereby further given, that a map, plan, and section,
shewlise the direction, line, and levels of the said intended new or
altered lines, and a plan and section of the said portion of railway
proposed to be made by open cutting as aforesaid, together with books
of reference to such plans containing the names of the owners or
reputed owners, lessee', or reputed lessee,, and occupiers of the lands,
proposed to be taken for the purposes of the said intended works,
will be deposited, for public inspection, on or before the
thirtieth day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty-
six, with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Warwick, at his
office, in Stratford-upon-Avon ; and that a copy of so much of the
said plans, sections, and books of reference as relates to each of the
'swishes in or through which the said intended works are proposed to
be made will be deposited on or before the thirtieth day of November
one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, with the parish clerk of
each such parish, at his place of abode.
And it is further intended, by such Act, to enable the Birmingham
and Oxford Junction Railway Company to purchase and acquire, wad
also to enable the Company of Proprietors of the Stratford-upon-
Avon Canal Navigation, and the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
hampton Railway Company, or one of them, to sell and transfer to.
and vest in, die said Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Com-
pany, the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal Navigation, and other the
works, lands, property, and effects connected or held or enjoyed
therewith, and all or any of the powers, rights, and privileges re-
lating thereto; and to enable the said Birmingham and Oxford
Junction Railway Company, to exercise such powers or any of them ;
and also to raise funds for or towards the purchase, maintenance,
and use of the said canal, navigation, and works, and If need be, to
dissolve the said Company of Proprietors, and to vary or extinguish
all rights or privilege: of the shareholders, mortgagees, mortgagees
of tels, or others interested in the said canal navigation, which would
or might interfere with or impede the objects aforesaid.
And by the said intended Act, it is further proposed to empower
the Great Western Railway Company to subscribe or contribute to-
wards the formation of the works and completion of the purchase
which may be thereby authorised as well as towards the construc-
tion of the said Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway, and to
raise capital for the purpose.
And it is further proposed to authorise the Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction Railway Company to sell or lease their undertaking,
and their powers, rights, and privileges, in relation thereto, to the
Great Western Railway Company ; and also to empower the Great
Western Railway Company to purchase or rent such undertaking,
and to exercise the powers of the said Birmingham and Oxford
Junction Railway Company, in relation thereoo, and to raise capital
for the purpose, or to authorise the amalgamation of the undertak-
ings and capital stocks of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction
Railway, and of the Great Western Railway Companies.
And it is also intended for the purposes of the said intended ACT,
to increase the capital of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction
Railway Company, and to alter, amend, and enlarge the powers and
provisions of the "Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Act,
1846 :" of the " Birmingham and Oxford Junction (Birmingham Ex-
tension) Railway Act, 1846 ;" of" the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
hampton Railway Act, 1845 ;" of another Act relating to the last-
mentioned railway, passed in the last session of Parliament, of the seve-
ral Acts relating to the said Stratford-upen-Avon Canal:Navigation,
passed respectively in the 33d, 35th, 39th, 49th, 55th, and 57th years
of his late Majesty King George the Third, and the 2nd year of his
late Majesty King George the Fourth, and of the several Acts herein-
after mentioned relating to the Great Western Railway Company, or
whereby powers are conferred on the said Great Western Railway
Company, and which Acts aro distinguished in the Queen's printer's
copies thereof, as follows, that is to say, the sth and 6th William the
Fourth, cap. 107: the 6th William the Fourth, cap. 38 ; the 6th
William the Fourth, cap. 77 ; the Ist Victoria, cap. 91 ; the Ist
Victoria, cap. 92, the Ist Victoria, cap. 24; the 2nd Victoria, cap.
27 ; the sth Victoria, session 2d, cap. 28 ; the 6th Victoria, cap. 10 ;
the 7th Victoria, cap. 3; the Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 40: the Bth
and 9th Victoria, cap. 185; the Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 191 ; and
the 9th Victoria, cap. 14 ; and also the Acts relating to the West
London Railway, which bear date as follows, an Act of the 3d year
of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, cap. 36 ;
an Act of the 6th year of the same reign, cap. 79 ; an Act of the 3rd
and 4th year of her present Majesty, cap. 105 ; an Act of the Bth and
9th year of the same reign, cap. 156 ; and an Act of the 9th and 10th
year of the same reign, cap. 369.
Dated the 7th day of November, 1846.
W. 0. and W. HUNT, 10, Whitehall.
J. W. and G. WHATELEY, liirmitjham.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.
OPENING OF TIIE BRANCH LINE TO BEDFORD.
NOTICE.—The Public are informed that the repairs of this Railway
having been completed, it will be opened throughout to Bedford on
Wednesday next, the 18th instant, and that trains will be dispatched
FROM EUSTON STATION AT
14 past 7 a.m., arriving at Bedford at about Ii past 10
i% before 11 a.m., •• •
•• •• • •
4 p.m.,
8 p.m.
AND FROM BEDFORD AT
c ariving at the Eustonl 20 m.p. 10 a.m.
IA past 7 "n" L Station about .......5
10 a.m., •• •• • •••.• •• % past 12
10 in. past 2 p.m.,
50 m. past 6 p.m., •••••• • • •• •• .... •. ••• •• past 8 p.m.
•
By order, 1.1. CREED, Secretary.
°Ake, EttlitOn StBtlo, Noy. 11, 1846,