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London, England, 1846-05-04 00:00:00

CIOLCHESTER, STOUR VALLEY, SUD-
BURY, and HALSTEAD RAILWAY.
• Notice is hereby given, that a MEETING of the HOLDERS of
SCRIP and of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP of the COLCHES-
TER, STOUR VALLEY, SUDBURY, and HALSTEAD RAILWAY
COMPANY, will be held at the Offices of the said Company, No. 1,
High-street, Colchester, Essex, on THURSDAY, the 7th day of May,
18441 at One o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of submitting
a copy of the Bill now betore Parliament, to incorporate the Data
pany and construct and maintain the said Railway for the considera-
tion of the said Scripholders and Holders of Bankers' Receipts for
Scrip. Dated this 27th day of April, 1846.
GEORGE BAWTREE, Secretary.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE and OXFORD and
BLETCHLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.
In pursuance of the Sessional Orders of both Houses of Parliament,
notice is hereby given that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of
the SCRIPHOLDERS of this Company, that is to say of the Holders
of Scrip, or of Bankers' Receipts for Scrip, of the Company, will be
held on SATURDAY, the 9th of May next, at twelve o'clock at 'mon,
at the London and Birmingham Rgilway Station, in Euston-square,
London, for the purpose of approving (or otherwise) the following
Bills now before Parliament, viz. :
A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham
Railway, at Aldbury, in the county of Hertford, to Banbury, in the
county of Oxford (Tring to Banbury).
A Bill for making a railway from Oxford to the London and Bir-
mingham Railway, at Btetchley, in the county of Buckingham (Ox-
ford to Bletchley). .

'l he Sessional' Orders, before referred to, require that one-third
of the capital proposed to be raised by the Bill shall be represented at
the meeting by persons producing thereat scrip or bankers' receipts
for the same, and the holders of such scrip or receipts are therefore
requested to attend accordingly.
The Directors take this opportunity of announeing that both the
above Bills have been read a second time ; the latter is now in Com-
mittee, and wholly unopposed ; the Committee on the former Bill is
not at present named,
The Secretary will afford such information and assistance to the
shareholders as they may desire with reference to their scrip or re-
ceipts, and the r rodnetion thereof, and the voting thereon at the
meeting. Communications may be addressed to him at the Com-
pany's office, No. 29, Great George-street, Westminster.
As no parties will be, entitled to vote at the meeting until his or
her name and address, and the denoting numbers of all the scrip or
receipts are first recorded, shareholders are particularly requested,
with a view to the convenience of the meeting, either to send their
scrip or receipts to the Secretary, or to any of the Committee of
Management.* at the offices of the Company, or to furnish a state-
ment of the denoting numbers of the scrip or receipts to the Secre-
tary forthwith, as otherwise the proceedings of the meeting will be
greatly delayed by the necessary preliminary investigations.
HARRY VERNET, Bart.,
Sbairinan of the Committee of Management.
WYNDHAM HARDING, Secretary.

Dated 29th April, 1840
Offices of the Company, 29, Great George-street, Westminster,
* The following gentlemen are the Committee of Management :
Sir Harry Verney, Bart., Claydon House, Bucks.
The Hon. Philip Sidney Pierrepont, Evenley Hall, Brackley, Nor-
thamptonshire.
Captain Edw. Dewes, Buckingham.
Humphrey Humphreys, Esq., Buckingham.
Jonathan Samuel Browning; Esq., Oxford.
Timothy Rhodes Cobb, Esq., Banbury, Oxon.
Zacharias Daniel Hunt, Esq., Aylesbury, Bucks.
George Carr Glyn, Esq., Lodon
Joseph Frederick Ledsam, Esq., Birmingham
Edward Cropper, Esq., Liverpool
Thomas Smith, Esq., Reigate Lodge, Surrey
Thomas Young, Esq., Albany. London
Ross Doneily Mangles, Esq., M.P., London
Captain Constantine Richard Moorsom, R.N., Bir-
mingham
Robert Benson, jun., Esq., Fairfield, Manchester

Directors
of the
London
and
Birmingham
Railway.

LONDON and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given. that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET-
ING of the PItOPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held at the
Euston Station, London, on THURSDAY, the 7th day of May now
next ensuing, at 12 o'clock, when copies 01 the undermentioned Bills
now pending in Parliament, will be submitted to the proprietors for
their approval, by which Bt.is it is proposed to authorise the London
and Birmingham Railway Company, either to construct, or to become
the lessees or proprietors of, or to contribute towards the formation
of the railways therein mentioned, that is to say—
A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham
Railway at Aldbury, in the county of Hertford, to Baniiury, in the
county of Oxford.
- - - - -

A Bill for making a railway from Oxford, to the London and Bir-
mingham Railway at Bletchley, in the county of Buckingham.
A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham
Railway, in the parish of Hampton-in-Arden, in the county of War-
wick, to the town of Banbury, in the county of Oxford.
A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham
Railway, in the parish of Ilampton-in•Arden, in the county of
Warwick, to the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, in the parish
of Ashchurch, in the county of Gloucester. •
A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company
to make a branch railway from the London and Birmingham
Bail-
war, near Coventry, to the Trent Valley Railway, in the parish of
Nuneaton'.

A Bill for making a railway from or near the city of Worcester, to
the London and Birmingham Railway, in the parish of Weedon, in
the county of Northampton, with a branch to Alcester, in the county
of Warwick.

A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company
to make a branch from the said railway, to the Bilsworth and Peter-
borough branch thereof.

A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company
to extend their line aatandr
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wLeamington,oatyhefroin
r and to enlarge their stations at
parptioieses
London and Birmingham
Railway,
Bill
y
to or near to Navigation-street, in the borough of Bir-
fanordmßaakigbnyg
Coventry
mingham.
A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham
Railway, in the parish of Rugby, in the county of Warwick, to Leam-
ington and Warwick, in the county of Warwick.
A Bill for carrying into effect certain arrangements between the
London and Birmingham Railway Company, and the Company of
Proprietors of the Birmingham Canal Navigation, and for granting
certain powers to the said respective Companies.
A Bill for making a railway from Birmingham to Wolverhampton
and to the Grand Junction Railway in the parish of Bushbury, with
a line diverging therefrom to Wolverhampton, and a branch to
Dudley.
A Bill for making a railway from Sinethwick, is the parish of Ear-
borne, in the county of Stafford, to Stourport, in the county of Wor-
cester, with branches therefrom.
A Bill to consolidate the London and Birmingham Grand Junction
and Manchester and Birmingham Railway Companies.
A Bill for making a railway from Ellsworth, in the county of
Northampton, to Ashchurch, in the county of Gloucester, to be called
" The Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway."
A Bill for making a railway from Blisworth, in the county of
Northampton, to Banbury, in the county of Oxford, to be called
" The Northampton and Banbury Railway."
A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham am Railway Com
Peter-
pany
to make a branch railway from Rugby Syston and
borough Railway at Stamford.
A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company
to make a railway from Wolverton to Newport Pagnell and Bedford.
A Bill for vesting the Aylesbury Railway hi the London and Bir-
mingham Railway Company.
A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Com-
pany to make a railway from the London and Birmingham Railway,
near Watford, to St. Albans and Dunstable, with a branch to Luton.
A Bill to authorise an improvement of the line of the West London
Railway and the Extension thereof to the river Thames.
A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Com-
pany to enlarge their stations in London, and for other purposes.
The chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely.
Dated this 22d day of April, 1846.
JOSH. FREDERICK LEDSAM, Deputy Chairman, I o
Off the Board
GEORGE CARR GLYN, Chairman,
Directors.
Xty order, RICHARD CREED; Secretary.