The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-26 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, and 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, called " 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, 1546;" and
also of another Act, passed in the same session, called " The Bit-,
mingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Act, 1846 ;"
and to authorise the union and consolidation, into one un-
dertaking, 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
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And it is further proposed, by the said intended 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 file 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 be 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 relating to the Birmingham 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-
liament 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-
tern Railway Company, or whereby powers are conferred on the
Great Western Railway Company, and which Acts are distin-
guished in the Queen's printers' 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 2d Victoria, cap. 27, the sth Victoria, sess. 2, cap. 28,
the 6th Victoria, cap. 10, the 7th Victoria, sap. 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 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 and fourth year of the reign
of her present Majesty, chapter 105 ; an Aet of the eighth and ninth
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. O. and W. HUNT, 10, Whitehall.
J. W. and G. WIIATELEY, Birmingham.