The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-26 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM and OXFORD JUNCTION
RAILWAY AMENDMENT. Proposed Deviation of the
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line of the Birmingham and Oxford JUnction Railway, -from
Warwick to Whitnash, and from Nhitnash to Harbury, 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
:o 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 Juliet!. n Railway
Act, 1846," which plan is deposited at the office of the Clerk of/the
Peace for the county of Warwick, and to terminate in a field situated
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in the parish of Whitnash, In the same county, and numbered 24
on the said plan, and which new or substituted line of railway will
pass from, in, through, or into, or be situated within the several
parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places following, or
some of them, that is to say, St. Mary Warwick; St. Nicholas War-
wick; Milverton, Leamington-Priors, Whltuash, and Radford Se-
mele, in the county of Warwick.

And also a railn7ay to commence at 'the northern end of a field,
situated is the parish of Whitnash aforesaid, and numbered 376, on
the said plan ; and to terminate in a field situated in the parish of
Harbury, 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 he 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 alsoi utended by such Act to authorise the Birmingham
and Oxford Junction Railway Company to construct in, or by means
of, open cutting, such portion of their railway in the parish of ilar-
bury, in the county of Warwick, as is marked as a tunnel on the see-
Lions of the said railway referred to in " the Birmingham and Oxford
Junction Railway Act, 1846."

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And it is also intended, by such Act, to take power to stop up,
alter, or divert, all turnpike and other roads, railways, tramways,
aquedacts, canals, 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 con-
struction of the said intended works.

And it 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 rights and privileges.
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 duties, 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,
shewing 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, lessees, or reputed lessees, 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-tvon ; and that a copy of so much of the
said plans, sections, and books of reference as relates to each of the
parishes 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, and
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, he said Birmingham and Oxford Janction Railway Com-
pany, the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal Navigation, and ether 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 fiends 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 privileges of the shareholders, mortgagees, mortgagees
of tells, 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.
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And it is further proposed to authorise the Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction Railway Company to sell or lease their undertakin;,
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 thereto, 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 relatin; to the last-
mentioned railway, passed in the last session of Parliament, of the seve-
ral Acta relating to the said Stratford-upon-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 are 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
t2Vi ;
ect7otthrhiea; cap. 92, the Ist Victoria, cap. 24; the 2nd Victoria, cap.
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ietoria, session 2d, cap. 28 ; the 6th Victoria, cap. 10 ;
N;la, cap. 3; the Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 40: the Bth
and 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 dale 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. WIJATELEY, Birmingham.

REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
ur Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL
MEETING of this Company will be held at the Paddington
Station, in the county of Middlesex, on Flunky, the 4th day of
December next, at One o'clock in the afternoon, for the following
purposes, viz. :
To consider and determine whether It is expedient to ratify an
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Oxford Junction, .and Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley
Railway Companies, for the Purchase of the said two last mentioned
undertakings, and if ratified, to authorise the execution of all proper
Deeds, and the doing of all Acts, requisite for Completing such
Purchase, and for making Application to Parliament for powers to
carry the same into effect.
To consider and determine in like manner whether it is expedient
to ratify an agreement entered into between the Directors of the
Great Western Railway Company and the Directors of the Wycombe
Railway, and the Great Western and Uxbridge Railway Companies,
for the Purchase of the said two last mentioned undertakings, and it
ratified in like manner, to authorise the execution of all prover
Deeds, and the doing of all Acts, requisite for completing ouch