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_more Green, Haßoughton, Whitacre, and Nether Whitacre, or some
of themrin the °witty. of Warwick. , •
And it is intended to take powers in such Act to construct stations,
communications works, and nther conveniences, in the several
parishes,townships, and extrazpareieblal, arid• other places before-
mentioned, or some d;*thent; for the Workirr4 and using the said rail-
way, and also to authorise junctions with any railway or railways
or intended railway or railw'aysi-nt the. cotrimencement or termina-
tion or in-the line courii,!. of the said railway as before described,
in the -several .paii-slies, twitships, and extra-parochial, and other
places aforesaid or some of them.
And ft is proposed 1n ind Ly the said intended Act to enipower the
said Lotion add North•-Westein Railway Company, to purchase by
compulsion or agreement, all houses and lands required
,for the
completion ipf the• some.intended .railway and works, and also to
cross, divert, alter...or. .ston up either temporarily or permanently
all such.turnpike roads,, parislLroads, and other highways, streams,
canals,, navigable rivers, naylgationS, rail Ways, and tramroads,
within the said'inirlslies; itranship§, and extra-parochial and other
places -aforesaid, 'or some—of them, rts it 'may be necessary or ex-
pedient-to cross, -divert, .alter. or• stop up for the purposes of the
said railway and works, and to deviate in the construction of the
said railway from the line thereof, as shown on the plans hereinafter
mentioned; to the extent Whin shall be defined dn the same, and to
take powers to levy tolls, rates, and duties in respect of the use of
the safErailw"dy; Anti varfdr 'extinguish all existing rights and
privilege§ c infected- with the land. proposed to be taken for the pur•
poses of the said. railway,nr which would In .any manner impede or
interfere-with the ,objectstatoresald , and also to empower the said
coinpany to raise any sum orsums of money for the purposes afore-
said, and by the said Act to confetother rights and privileges.
And it is proPoied-liftilb said intended Act to. alter, amend, and
r enlarge—some •of the "powvrs-anti • provisions • contained in an Act
passfictin the rkssion• held. inthe Dth. and 10th years .9f the reign of
her present Majeaty,.intitutled,"Art Act to Consolidate the London
and Birmingham, Grand Junction and Manchuter and Birmingham
B hlway.Comßanies," and also the several Acts relating to the said
London and Btrininglinni: Grand jutiCtion and•Afatichester and Bir-
minghain Rairitvgya,-or the London and North Western Railway, or
some of them—that isle say, decal and prlrsonal Acts Bth and 9th
Victoria, chapter 156, and local and personal Acts 9th and 10th Vic-
' Vila, -chapters, 67., JEI3, 152, JB2, 184, 193, 231, 232, 233, 244,,
218, 261, 269,309,
.328, 331, 339, 368, 369, and 396.
Andatotice is hereby thither giieri; that oil or before the 30th day
of litheraber plans,' and sections describing the line,
:direction, and levels of the said intended railway, and the situation
of thelands pooposed.to be t,,..kuLdayibs,purvoses• of the same, to-
'ether with a book-ofTeterene7iMgriglibnitilifig tfilllttines of the
owners or reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees and occupiers of
the stall, lands, will be deposited- for public inspection with the clerk
of the peace fof tire County of Warwick, at his office in Stratford-
on-Avon, in the said county of Warwick.
And that, on or before the herd, thirtieth day of November instant,
copies of so much of the said plans, sections, and book of reference,
as relate to the several parishes in or throUgh which the said intended
railvvay and works are propoged to pass or be made, wilt tar deposited
With the parish clerks of such patishe§, at their respective residences.
Dated ibis sitth day of Noveinlmr, 1846,
PARSER; HAYES, BARN WE LI, aird TWISDEN,
',Lincoln's Inn-fields,.London,.. Solicitors.
SAIHJEL _CARTER,.Birmingliath, •

CVENTRY,—: NUNRA'rON, • • BIRMING-
,°HAM, and LEICESTER RAILWAY.
AIiTENDME.,44T • -of-ACT; wkir•POWEß.for,the LONDON and
NO IPPf WESTERN-RAILWAY COM PAN X.,and the MIDLAND.
JOAILWAY CQMP.A.NY. or-RI=P. of THEM, to PURCHASE
and CQNSTItUQX,tha RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that-APPLICATION" is intended to be
Tnade`to Parlffini-ent in"the ensiling-session lor•are Act to authori§e
the Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester Railway
Company, to •Aell • •and transfer the railway .and works an=
tliorised to be made-by an Act passed in the last ,session of Par-
liament, et,titleV." An Act tor making a Railway the Trent
ValloyEltailway, near Nuneaton, to the Midland Railway, in the
parish of Wigston Magna, in the Minty of 'Leicester, to be called
the, Coventry, Nuneat^n, „Birmingham, 'and Leicester Railway,';
together with•all-powers; rights, privileies„ lands, buildings, pro-
perty, and effects of the Coventry,llsltMeatm, BirMingham, and
Leicester Railway.Corapany,incorporated by the said recited Act,
to the. London and NortlL3Vestern airway CoMpany, and the
Midland RallWay -C-Olimany, or 'dither, df them, and to arnal-
• Inmate witirslialf • Ihst-Ineutioned *companies, or ether of then),
and to Bi-table the said London and North Western Railway Company,
4nd the Midland. Railway eompany, or either of them, to effect
luch purchase, and to hold, use, exercise, purchase, and amalgamate
Avith-the Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester
andethe undertaking b ytlle said Xet authorised, and other
die preinisesliifore "ifielitioned, anil to `construct the said railway,
and use and exercise the powers, privileges,' • and authorities by the
said lint conferred. •on the snid.4ooventry,,Nuneaton, Birmingham,
dad Leicester Railway Company, and to enable the said London and
North-West= ttaillyay. Company,
,and Midland Railway Company,
or either of them, to raise further 'capital fofeifectintr the purposes
itoresaid.
And is ftfrther propOtedlb take powers to -alter, amend, enlarge;
or reffal, so far as may be necessary, the pamets.and provisions of
tine said Act, •hereinbefore referred.to, inco,ruoratino•_the said Corn-
aanyrand to.euable_the, said London and North-Western Railway
Company, and the Midland Railway Compthiy;o? either' of them, to
levy and raiseloll§; rates, and ditties, iti reSpettot the said railway,
tie authorised in the said last session of Parliament as aforesaid, in
lieu of the toils, Yates, and duties at present authorised to be levied
thereon, and to vary-or extbiguidi all rights. gr _privileges which
would in any.manner impedo or interfere with the. objects aforesaid,
and to.contekether.rigw MuLprivileges.
AnOjt is proposed hi and hy the said intended Act, to alter, amend,
and enlarge some of the-powers and'provisiOnPeentained' in an Act
passed in the 'last session of 'Parliament, intituled " An 'Act to con-
Elalidalr; the London and Btrininghain, Grand, Junction; and Man-
dhester.and Birmingham Railway Companies."
And also Cat several Acts relating to the said London and Bit*.
itifnaluan Jrand Junction, and Manchester and Birniinglittm Rail-
ways, or the teldOiCand.North.WeStern'RattWay, or some of them—
that, is to say, ' ' • •
LOcal and perstnrsl Acts Bth and 9th Victoria, chapter 156,'and
Lnerrl and personal Acts Stir and 10th VictprjA,chapters 67;80, 82,
152, 162, 184...193,.231..232,-23,3, 244, ?48„ 261,29, '309, 328, 331,
359, 368, 369, and 396. s, ,
Ankit is also prop sed in and by the saki !blended:Act to alter,
amend, and ehltirge smite ot" the*powers anct -provisions contained in
in Atrpassett•in the 7th year of the reign• of her present Majesty,"
Queen Victoria,- -intituled " An Act to consolidate. the, North Mid-'
land,•Midlanil Counties, and Birmingham and Derby Junetionitail-
.
Ways,-.and spo.
•the seyerAl Acts relating to the Midland Railway,"
that is to say, local and personal Acts 8 and 9th Victoria, chapters
49, 56, -and' 90. Local and personal Acts 9th and 10th Victoria,
.t..larfeitre*,M; /56;157, 163, 203, 243, 354,'255.311, 326, and 340.
Dated this sixth day of November, 1846.
PARKER, lIATES, BARNWELL, and TWISDEN,
1, Lincoln's Inn-Melds, London.
SAMUEL CARTER, Birmingham. Solicitors.
BERRIDUE and mAcAuLAY, Leicester.

LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL-
WAY.—PROPOSED BRAN ctiES from the COVEN an-
and NUNEATON LINE to the MOUNT PLEASANT and VIC-
TORI I COLLIERIES, with POWER to the LONDON and NORTH-
WESTERN RAILWAY* COMPANY, to ADMIT CERTAIN PAR
TIES as SHAREHOLDERS in their UNDERTAKING.
Notice is hereby given, that APPLICATION is intended
to be. made .to PARLIAMENT in the ensuing session for
an ACT to authorise the London and North-Western
Railway Company to make and maintain the Branch Railways
hereinafter mentioned from and out of the Coventry and
Nuneaton Line of • the London and North-Western Railway,
together with all pioper works, stations, and other conveniences con-
nected with such branch railways respectively, that is to say, a
branch railway diverging from the main line of the London and
North-Western Railway between Coventry and Nuneaton, in the
parish of Exhall, in the county of Warwick, near to the point where
the said main line crosses the turnpike road. from Coventry to Nun-
eaton, and terminating in the parish of Foleshill. In the same county,
at or near a certain colliery called the Victoria Colliery, and passing
from, in, through, or into the several parishes, townships, and extra-
parochial or other placei of Foleshill and Exhall, in the said coolly
of Warwick." • '
Arid also another branch railway, also diverging from the main
line of the London and North-Western Railway, between Coventry
and Nuneaton, in the oarish•of Bedworth, in the said county of War-
wick, near to the town of Bedworth, and at or near a part marked as
six miles and seven furlongs on the plan of the said main line deposited
with the clerk of the peace for the county of Warwick, and referred
to in the Act passed in the last session of Parliament, authorising
the construction of the said main line, and terminating in the said
parish of Bedworth, at or near a certain colliery called Mount
Pleasant Colliery, and passing from, in, and through the said parish
of Bedworth.
suchlwy st, urn ik e and
tramways,
And it is intended by such Act to take powers to stop up, alter, or
divert, either temporarily or permanenntlaJcs%
arlial
other roads,, highways, aqueducts, ea
streams, and rivers, 'within the parishes, townships, and extra-
parochial or other places, aforesaid, or any of them, as it may be
necessary to stop up, alter, or divert, by reason of the construction
of the said branch railways, or either of them.
And it is also intended by such Act to take powers for the purchase
of lands and hereditaments, by compulsion or agreement. for the
purposes aforesaid, and to levy tolls, rates, and duties for the use ot
the said branch railways respectively, and to grant certain exemp-
tions from such tolls, rates, or duties.
And it is further intended by such Act or Acts to vary or extinguish
all existing rights 'or privileges in any manner connected with the
lands proposed to be purchased or taken as aforepid, or which would
in any manner impede or interfere with the construction, mainther
-
tenance, or use of the said branch railways, and to confer o
rights and privileges, and to authorise the London and North
Western Railway Company to raise such further sums of money as
may be necessary, for the purposes of the said branches and works.
And it is proposed, in and by the-said intended Act, to empower
the said London and North-Western Railway Company to admit
certain parties consisting wholly or in part of the shareholders
or parties interested in a certain company, called the Osfoi d,
Coventry, an 1 Burton.-upon-Trent Railway. Company, to be-
come shareholders in the undertaking of the London and North-
Western Railway Company, and the capital thereof, to the extent Of
the capital which may be required, or estimated to be required, for
the,construction of the said main line from Coventry to Nuneaton,
and of the branch railway s to be applied fbr as aforesaid, and the
works thereof respectively, and to empower such parties to subscribe
and pay such capital accordingly, in such manner as may be deter-
mined or agreed upon, and to guarantee to such parties in respect of
such capital such fixed or other rate of dividend, and to make such
terms and conditions in respect thereof, as may be agreed upon
between the said Company and such parties, and 'or the purposes
aforesaid, to diminish the existing amount ,of capital which the
Loll on and North-Western Railway Company are authorised to
raise.
And it is proposed bland by the said intended Act to alter, amend,
and enlarge some of the powers and provisions contained in an act
passed in th•• last session of Parliament, intituled " An Act to em-
power the London and Birmingham Railway Company to make
a Branch Railway from the London and Birmingham Railway
near Coventry to the Trent Valley Railway in tne parish of lsiu.-
eaton ;" and also an Act passed in the session held in the 9th and
10th years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled An Act
to consolidate the London and Birmingham, Grand Junction, and
Manchester and Birmingham Railway Companies," and also the
several Acts relating to the said London and Birmingham, Grand
Junction, and Manchester and Birmingham Railways, or the
London and North-Western Railway, or some of them, that is to
say, local and personal Acts Bth and 9th Victoria, chapter 156, and
local and personal Acts 9th and 10th Victoria, chapters 67, 80, 82,
152, 182, 184, 193, 231, 232, 233, 244, 248, 261, 269, 309, 328, 331,
359, 368, 369, and 396.
And notice is hereby further given, that on or before the thirtieth
day of November instant, maps, plans, and sections, describing the
line, direction and levels of the said intended branch railways, and
the situation of the lands proposed to be taken for the purposes of the
same, together with a book of reference thereto, containing the
names of the owners or reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees,
tion with the clerk of the peace for the county of Warwick, at his
and occupiers of the sal lands, will be deposited for public 'naive.
office in Stratford-on-Avon.
And that on or before the said thirtieth day of November instant,
copies of so much of the said plans, sections, and books of reference
tended branch railways are prop t pass;or be mad will be
as relates to the several parishes osed in oro
through which the,
e said in-
deposited with the parish clerks of such parishejs, at their respective
residences.
Dated this sixth day of November, 1846. •
PARKER, HAYES, BARNWSLL, and TWISDEN,
1, Lincoln's inn-fields, London, Solicitors.
SAMUEL CAR lER, Birmingham,

SHROPS !ERE UNION RAILWAYS and
kJ CANAL—LEASE to the LONDON and NOR2U-WESTERN
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, that APPLICATION is intended to be
made to pABLIAMENTin the next session for an ACT to authorise
the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company to lease in per-
petuity, or for a term of years, or to .sell and transfer to the
London and North-Western Railway Company, the canals, rail-
ways, and works, now vested in or belonging to. such first-mentioned
company, or which they are autbu.L.ed to construct or pur-
chase under the Shropshire Union Railways -and Canal, Newtown
to Crewe with Branches, Act 1846 t the Shropshire Union Railways
and Canal, Chester and It olverhampton Line, Act 1846 ; and the
Shropshire Union Railways and Canal, Shrewsbury and Stafford
Railway, Act 1846 ; and together with all the powers, rights, pri-
vileges, lands, buildings, property, and effects of such company ;
and also all such railways and canals, powers, rights, privileges,
lands, buildings, and effects, as may be transferred to or vested in
such company, ov as they may be authorised to make or purchase,
by any Act or Acts to be passed 'in the next session of Parliament,
and to enable the said London and North Western Railway Com pany
to take and hold on lease, and.to have, use, exercise, and enjoy, all
and every such railways, canals, and works, and all such powers,
rights, privileges, lands, buildings, property, and effects aforesaid,
subject to such rent and other conditions as may be or may have
been agreed on between the said two compani,s, and to authorise
the said companies respectively to enter into and carry into effect all
such agreements as they may deem requisite or expedient in refer-
ence to the objects aforesaid. And for the purposes of the said Act,
it ie intended to alter, amend, enlar_fo, or repeat, so far as may ha
the i,os, PL3 .1.,b; of Parlia-
- .. 1,1.1 i Iv. "t!,' Tu the rdi,l

Chester Canal Navigation, pissed respectively in the Bth year of the.
reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, in the 11th year
of the reign of his said late Majesty King George the Fourth, iu the

Ist year of the reign of her present Majesty, in the sth year of the
reign of her said present Majesty, and in the Bth year of tha reign of
her said present Majesty, and In -the session held, in the 9th
and IQth years of the reign of her said present Majesty.; the
Act relating, to the Shrewsbury Canal Navigation, pqs,sed in
the 28th year of the reign of his said late Majesty., King
George the Third ; and' the several Acts relating to the MOnt-
gomeryshire Canal, or eastern branch of the saia 'Montgomery-
shire Canal, passed respectively in the 3lth and' 55th years of
the reign of his late Majesty King George the Thi.rd, an the 2nd
year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Potirth,"hnd
the several Acts relating to the western branch of th*,Montgomery-
shire Canal, passed respectively in .the„ssth year ofthe reign of his
late Majesty King George the Third,,,and in the 4tlr year of the reign
of his late Majesty King William the rotirth ; the ShrOP,Shirit Union
Railways and Canal,. Chester and WolverhamPfon Line; Act-d 846 ;.
the Shropshire Uition Railstays and Canal, Newton to Crewe with
branches, Act 1846 ; and the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal,
Shrewsbury and Stafford Ra lway, Act 1846 ;,and the Act passed in
the last session of Parliament intituled, " An Act to consolidate the
London and Birmingham, Grand Junction, and Manchester.
and Bir-
mbagham Railway Companies;" and also. the several following 'Act,'
relating to the said London and Birmingham, Grand Junction, and
Manchester v.nd Birmingham Rai:ways, or the London and NeFth-,
Western Railway, or some of them, that is to say; local and per-
personal Act, Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 156 ; and local and personal
Acts, 9th and 10th Victoria, cap 67, 80, 82, 152, 182, 184, 193, 231,
232, 233, 244, 248, 261, 269, 309, 328, 331, 359, 368, 369, and 396.—
Dated this seventh day. of November, one thousand eight hundred
and forty. six.
• PARK aR, HAYES, BARNWELL, and TWISDEN, Solicitors to
1, Lincohes Inn-fields, the Bill:
SAMUEL CARTER, Birmingham,

LONDON, OXFORD, and CHELTENRAU
RAILWAY and BRANCHES—(CIIELTENHAM to TRING,
with TWO BRANCHES to the BIRMINGHAM and GLOUCESTER
RAILWAY, and BRANCHES to the"OXFORD and RUGBY, and
OXFORD, WORCESTER, and WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAYS,
and to the AYLESBURY RAILWAY, and to enable the LONDON
and NORTH-WESTERN COMPANY to subscribe Os to lease or pur-
chase the same).
• Notice is herehysiven, that 'APPLICATION is intended to be
made to PARLIAMENT in the next Session for leave to bring in a
BILL making and mainfaining a Railstrhy or-Railways, with all proper
and ecarvenlent stations, erections=," bridges, wharfs, warehonsw.
works;teothintinications.,aparoaclies and conveniences connected
therewith, to commence at a point on the railway belonging to the
Great Western Railway Company, indite tithing or hamlet of Alstone
otherwise Arlestone, in the--pariah of Cheltenham, in the county of.
Gloucester, at a distaneee• of 154 yards or therabouts south of the
point where the •said last-meritioned . railway crosses the River
Chelt, near to. Upper Alstone Mill, end to terminate i n the parish,
of Tring, ins the •eounty of • Hertford, -by. a junction with
the London and North-Western Atitilwass, at or near a bridge
across the said railway Park near to .partiley Hill or Hill Finan
there, in the occupation of, Joseph Clarke, and which said intended
railway. and works will
_pass front, in; through, or into the
several . parishes, townships, ' and extrasparochial, and other
places following or some of Them (thst is to say): Cheltenham; Chel-
tenham, Arle, AlitOrie, Arlestone, Westall,Nattnton, and Sandford,
Hatherley, Uphatherleys Swindon,. B;shops,Cleeyei Bishops Clecve;
Southern, Brockliaitpton, Woodmancote, Gotherington, Stoke Or-
chard, Prestbury, Overton, Noverton, Charlton Kings, Charlton
KingS, Ham, Cgdpall,.Coscjiorn, 134tford, Battledown, Leckhampton,
Dowdeswell, Sandywell, Sandiwill,' AndoVerAferd,' • 71.11doverford,
Andiford, Pegglesworth, Whittington,, Sireford, SysefOrd, Seiren-
hempton, Broektiatnttroh; Peckham, - • Salperton, 'Cold Salperton,
Upper Salperton, Lower Salperton, Shipton:Sollers, Shiptort" Sol-
lars, Progrnills-Kilkenny;- Shipton.Olive Shipton . °Attie, Hempen,
Upper Hempen, Lowes.Hanspelt,s.Witl;ington, Withington, Comp-
ton, Cassey Cogiptom yoxcote, _Foscote, Broadwell End, 0 wdeswell,
Rossley,. Compton Al idle, Hasletthi; "Haselton, Hazleton, Pews-
deem, Yanwoi•th, "TurktThan;Turksdean, Upper 'Turkdean; Lower
Turkdan, Clredworth;- Stowell, Hampnett, Northleaeh, Nortlileacli,
Eastington, Easington, Farmitagton, Sherborne, Aldsworth,
Windrash, Pinelspool, Lan-Maris, Barrington,
Great Barrington, Little Barrington, and Widford; in - the county
of Gloucesteri Barrington, Great Barsingtclin, and Little Barring-
ton, in the county of 'Baits (Burfottl, Signett, 'Upton and Signett,
Westv7ell, Breadtvell;*and Helwell, in the county of Oxford ; Shil-
ton and' Stonelands, in -the •county of Berke:. Shilton, Stonelauds,
Alvescot, Blask..Bourton, Svvinbrook, Astpul, Asthalley, sksthall
i.eigh,-Minster Level, Norton Brize, IS,rize Norton, *Riley, Witncy,
Crawley, Halley, ............... DucKlington, COggs, Langdale, Langle,
Southleigh, .Stadion 1-lareottit, Ensharn, Cassington, `'Morton,
Handysiroush; • dit' YasntonTlits the county• of—Oxfords; Cumner,
Seacohrt, Wytham;'and•Whytharn, in the county of Berks ; Binscy,
Godstow, Port-Meadow, King's Mill, St. Clement's,Walton-Gorlstow,-
WaltonOsnest, St. Giles, . and-Hislywell, in or near the city of Ox
ford, In the cpunty of Oxford; Woolvercott, Woolvercott, Kings-
weir, Marston, Elsflefd;'Headingtiin, Barron, Stanton sit. John,
Forest 'Wheatley; Shotover; • Ctiddesden, Holton, Waterperry,
Thornrejr, Waserstoct, Theme; -New Theme; Old Thatne, Priestend,
Moreton, North•Weston,•and-Thame Park, in the county of Oxford ;
Worintegliall,slekford,.Shabloingtort,.Long Crendon, Kingsey, Had-
denham, Aston-Sandford, Towersey, Dinton, Hinton with-Ford and
UptonsAstim 'Mullins, Westlington, :Moreton,' Weldridge Marsh,
Great Kimble; LEW" Kiinble;Xltpule Wicir,•• Stone; • Stone with
`llishoßtone, Hartwell; WaraVell with S'edrup; -Hartwell with South-
, warp,-Stoke Mandeville,. Aylesbury, Aylesbury.with Walton, Walton,
Hierfotit Broughton, Burcot, WestonsTurvilles.Wendover, Aston Clin-
ton, .Aistei (llinton, Sairst Leonard's, ituleot, Iltickland, "Drayton
Heauejsamp, Draitone, Elstrop, Marsworth,—lvinglios, •Nettteden,
Pitstone, ancrPhshilesthorne, in tee county of Buckingham ; Aldbury,
Puttenham, Astrop, Tang, Long Marston, arrd Wilston, in the eounty
of Hertford. ••• • •• • - • • •
AlsO:to make .and• maintain the following branch railways from
snd- out of the same. liervinsbeforusdescribed intended railway, to-
genes. _with _tit proper and convenient stations, bridges, approaches,
and other works; that Is to saY7a -branch to commence in the
tithing or hamlet of Alstone otherwise Arles-tone, Sn the parish of
Chelte-ilhain, in 'the county Of Oloueesth, 4n. a close occupied by.
TnOufalr Giliy Perryssietsr to and NI the south. side of Upper Alstone.-
Mill aforesaid, and-to terminate Mille said last-mentioned tithing or
hamlet bf Alstonc„otherwiae Arlestnne, in- the parish of Cheltenham,
by a junetioa with a'
part Of the Midland Railways' heretofore called
the Bfrminghhin -and Ulotteeseer RMlWay at' or tear the post-denoting
the forty-six and a half mile of the said last-mentioned railway, near
to anirnn thesouth•side et thOsChe#enham station of the said rail
way, which said branch railway ant works will be In dg in, or., pass
from, through, or, luSis,the* several parishes„ townships, extra-paro-
chial and other. paces "folliminir,,, or some of them, that is to 'say;
Cheltenham, *helteniiitin; Arle, XlStene; Artestone, Westall, Naun-
ton, and Sandford, lit the ebunty'of Gloucester.
A liMnelt to'comtnenee in the parish of Prestbury, in the said
county-of Gloucester; 4n at field-occupied by William Hicks, adjoin-
ing to and on the east side of the turnpike-road from Cheltenham to
Evesham, near tithe turnpike-gate across such road., and to tetitt!..
nate in the tithing or namlet of Brockhampton, in the Parish of
Bishops Cleeve, in the county of Glducester. by a junction with the
part of the Midland Railways heretofore called the Birmingham and
Gloucester Railway, at or near the post denoting the 43 and M mile
of the said last-mentioned-railway, which said branch railway and
works will be made in, or pass from, through, or into the several
parishes, townships, extra parochial, and other places following, or
some of them, that is to say, Pre itbury, Overton, Noverton, Swin-
don, Bishops- • Cleave, Bishops Cleeve Southern, Brockhampton,
Woodinancote;—Oetherington, and Stoke Orchard, in the county of
Gloucester. • •

Also, a branch to commence in the parish of Saint Giles, in or
near the city of Oxford, in a field occupied by William Wheeler, on
the western side of, and adjoining the towing path of the Oxford
Canal, near to the Hutt public-house there, and to terminate by a
junction with the Oxford and Rugby, and Oxford, Worcester, cosd
Wolverhampton Railways, in the said parish of Saint Giles, in a field
belonging to the president and scholars of Saint John's College, Ox-
ford, on lease to Joseph Parker, Esq., and occupied by Thomas Cripps,
caller Burgess Mead, which said branch railway and works will be
made in the said parish of Saint Giles. - -
And also another branch to commence in the hamlet or township
of Walton, in the parish of Aylesbury, in the county of Buckingham,
in Chorley Meadows, situate on the eastern side of the new turnpike
road, leading from Aylesbury to Tring, near to the bridge carrying
the said road over a mill-stream there, and to terminate by a junction
with the Aylesbury Railway, or Aylesbury Branch of the London
and No-rth-Westtnt Railway, in the said parish of Aylesbury, in the
county of Buckingham, at 700 yards, or thereabouts, from the ter-
minus of the said Aylesbury Branch at Aylesbury ; which said
branch railway and works will be made in and pass from, through,
or into the said parish of Aylesbury, and the hamlet or township of
WAton, in the same county.
And that it is intended to apply for powers to make lateral devia-
tions from the line of the proposed railways and works to the extent
or within the limits defined upon the plans hereinafter mentioned,
and also to cross, divert, ,alter, or stop up, whether temporarily or
permaeontly, all such turnpike roads, parish roads, streets and other
highways, streams, sewers, pipes, canals, navigatious, bridges rail-
ways, or traniroacs, within the said parishes, townships, and extra-
parochial or other places aforesaid, or some of theta, as it may be
' necessary to cross, divert, alter, or -stop up, for the purposes of the
said railways,and works.

And notice is hereby further given, that duplicate plans and sec-
tionst d
and
alsorailways and
publishedworks,
mapstogether
with . withthe. booksl.nes of o
railway
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Gloucester, at Gloucester ; for the countyk 0°1..0- txtberdse,Vaetraol
Oxford, in
roaanenda, viz., for the county of
the said county ; for the county of r 8, at Abingdon, in the said
county; tir the county of Buckingham, at' Aylesbury, in the said
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of al!" St. Alban's, in the said
county, county;
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before the said 30th day of November, 184aGvember, 1846, and on or
the plans and sections as relates to each parish acopy of so much of
in or through which
the said railways and works are intended to be made, together with a
b:,ok of reference thereto, will be deposited with the parish clerk of
each such pay lab, at his place of abode.
And notice is hereby further given, that it s ntended by the said
Bill to incorporate a company for the purpose of carryingiuto effect
the proposed works ur some part thereof, and to apply for powers for
the compulsory purchase of lands and houses, amid to vary or extin-
guish all rights and privileges in any manner connected with
lands and houses proposed to be taken for the purposes aforesaid, and
the
als) to levy tolls, rates, or duties, upon or in respect of the said rail-
ways and works,•and to liter existing tolls, rates, or duties, and to
confer or extinguish exemptions from the payment oft oll' s, rates,
and duties, and other rights and privileges.
And it Is also proposed in and by the said Bill to empower the said
company to be thereby Incorporated to lease, sell, or transfer the said
intended railways and works, or any part of the same, or the toys
thereof, to the London and North-Western Railway Company, and to
delegate to the said London and- North-Western Railway Company
the execution of all or any of the powers of the said intended Bill, and
to authorise the said London and North-Western Railway Company,
out of their cOrpOrate or ether funds, to take shares in and subscribe and
advance money for or towards the making, maintaining, working, and
to
using the saidintended railways and works, or any part thereof, or
purchase, take or lease, rent, work, or construct the said intended
railways and works, or any part of the same, and to take tolls and
duties noon or in respect thereof, or to guarantee to the Company to
be incorporated 43, the said intended Bill such Interest or profit up on
their outlay as may be agreed upon, and to raise money by shares,
mortgages, or otherwise, for the purposes aforesaid, or some of then;
and for carrying into effect all or any of the above objects, it is in-
tended to apply for powers to alter, amend, extend, and enlarge the
provisions of an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, Intl-
tuled "Au Act to consolidate the London and Birmingham Grand
Junction and Manchester and •Birmingham Railway Companies,"
and also the several Acts relating to the said London and Birming-
ham, Grand Junction, and Manchester and Birmingham Railways,
or the Lordon and North-Western Railway, or some of them, that
is to say, local and personal Act Bth and 9th Victoria, chapter 156,
and focal and ersonal Acts 9th and 10th Victoria, chapters 67, 80, 82,
152, 182, 184,1193, 231, 232, 233, 244, 248,261, 269, 309, 328,331, 359,
368, 3G9, and 396.

Dated this 7th day of November, 1846.
Messrs. PARKER, HAYES, BARNWELL,
_ and TWISDEN, 1, Lincoln's-inn-fields,
London,
Messri. 11. and W. TOGOOD, 22, Parlia- Solicitors
went-street, London, to the Bill,
Messrs. NEWMAN. GWINNETT, and
TICEBURST, and -
JAMES BOODLE, Esq., Cheltenham,
SAMUEL CARTER, Esq., Birmingham,

BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, and
STOUR. VALLEY RAILWAY (No. 2) BRANCHES:—
Proposed Branch from the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour
Valley Railway, near Oldbury, to Stourbridge, with branches there-
from to Halesowen, and junction:with the Midland Railway there,
to Dudley, to Dudley Wood, to the Stourbridge Canal, and to join the
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway at Stourbridge,
and also at or near Dudley, with branch to Tipton, and connecting
lines • with power to the London and North Western, and the Shrews •
bury and Birmingham Railway Companies, and the Birmingham
Canal Company, to subscribe thereto and to purchase, use, or rent
the same.

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Notice is hereby given that APPLICATION is intended to be made
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and branch railways. hereinafter mentioned, together with proper
works and conveniences connected therewith, and approaches
thereto (that is to say), a railway commencing by a junetrorruith
the Birmingham; Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Railway, at or
near the point where the Old Birmingham Canal crosses a lanecalled
Spon-lane, and near the plate glass works of Messrs. Chance and
Company, in the pasish of Harborne, in the county of Stafford, and
terminating at or near a newly laid out street called Foster•street,
in the township of Steurbridge, in the parish of Oldswinford, in the
county of Worcester, near to the point where the same street joins
High•street, in Stourbrldge aforesaid, and passing from, in, through,
or into the several parishes, townships, hmilets. extra-parochial
and other places of Harborne, North Harborne, Holy Tel ity,
North _Harborne, . Smethwick, Trinity Smethwick, Saint Peter
Harborne, Wcstbromwich, Christ Church Westbromwieh, and
Trinity Westbromwich, Saint James Westbromwlein All Saints
Westbromwielf, Rowley, Rowley Regis, Slant Giles Rowley Regis,
Rowley Regis Overside, Rowley Regis Lower Side, Rowley Somery,
Cleat, Saint Leonard's Cleat, Saint. Luke's. Reddall Hill, Reddall
Corngrayss, Crialley Heath, Kiugswinford, or some of them,
in the said county of Stafford; Halesowen, Saint John the Baptist
Halesowen, Saint Kenelmlkaalesowen, borough of Halesowen,
The Lapal, Itoirtey, Lutle.N Illey, IlitaNiry,- !fun-
ningt,,r7 NVorliry:' Walley Sa!op. leranhlily, -Warlkty
-acre, Christ Church itidgacre, Christ Church, The Quinton, Cake-
more, Titford, Langley, Langley Green, 01.ibury Saint Nicholas
Oldbury, Christ Church Coli.b.try, Langley Lang Walloxhal

Oldbury, Oldbury Wallexhill, Dudley, Saint James Dudley,
Saint John Dudley, Saints„Edmund Dudley, Saint Thomas Dudley,
Saint Andrew's ,Netlie,rtote-Netherton, Cradley, Saint Mary CradlcY,
Netherend, Overetel, Cradley- Town, or seine or one of them, in the
~coutity of- Worcester; 'Rroinford, Titford, White Heath, Black
.Heath, Cradley Ileath,'Fivet Ways', Netherend, Cradley, Saint Mary
Cracile3"; Oldsetinford, Kiogswinford, Wordesley, The Holy Trinity
Wordesley, saint Mary Rings,
inford, Brierley, Brierley Hill, Saint
Michael's Brierley Hill, Brockmore, Saint John Brockmore, Hart's
11111, Pensnett, Pensnett Chase, Saint Mark fensnett, Quarry Bank,
Christ Church Quarry Bahlee
Barrow Hill Amblecote, The Holy
Trinity Amblecote, Bedeotet-orsome or one of them, in'the county of
Stafford; Oldsvvieford; Saba 3Niary's Oldswinford, Stonrbridge, Saint
, ,
Thomas Stourbridge, Bed6ote. Wollaston, Upper Swinford, ,Lowgt
Swinford, The Lye, The Lye• Waste, Christ Church in the Lye, Wol-
lescote, and Foxcote, some or one of them, -in ale said county of
Worcester,
Also, a branch railway, diverging from the said first-mentioned
intended line of railway, in the township of Oldbury, in the parish of
Halesowen, in tke said county of Worcester, near to the point
where the said intended, main; line crosses the turnpike road from
Birmingham to Oldbury and Dudley, and in or near a certain field
tbeie called the Meadow near to the turnpike-road leading from
Birmingham to Dudley, belonging to the Reverend Thomas Green,
airdlin the occupation of Joseph, Henry Crockett, and terminating
?y p junCtion with the said Birmingham, Wolverhanipton, and
Stour Valley Railway, in or near to a certain field adjoining
the Iron Works there called Bromfield Iron Works, in the parish of,
Westbromwich, in 'the confab,: of Stafford, and passing from, in,
through, or, into the several, parishes, townships, hamlets, extra-
parochial, and other places of -11Vestbromwich, Christ Church West-
Saints. Westhreanwich, Brpnifortto,foiir
bremwieh, Trinity Westbromwiele, Saint James Westbromwich, All
•coulity,of Stafford; Oldbury, Sain.tt Nicholas Oldbury, Christ Church
Oldbury, Ldfigley; Langley Walloxliall, and Halesowen, or sane or
one of theta, in the said county
And also; another-branch railway, diverging from the said first-
them, in the said
mentioned intended main line of railway, in the parish of Rowley
Regis aforesaid, at or near a cent aln field- at Old 11111 there
called or known by the name of the Hill Meadow, Am/ terminat-_
ing in the said parish of Dudley, n r to certain land there now
`being endow]. for the purposes of
turn-
pike gate calleciWthing's-lane Gate,;on the turnpike road leading
from Dudley t 6 i'edmorbe and 'passing from, in, through; or into the
a cimetery, and near to the
several parishes, 'townships, hamlets, extra-parochial and other
places, of Rowley, Rowley Regis,-sA4Giles, Rowley Regis, Rowley
eetegi! pegeogettiekedeio„%-:.:,,,,wirAide,-,Rowley. Somery,
etene, bient, Saint LtB artlClent, Cid Hill, Iliteddalle
Luke's Redden Hill; C dley Heath, Cradley Pal, Saint Mary Crad-
ley, the Level, Level Woods,. Five Ways, Quarry, Bank, Christ
elftych Quarry Bank, Wells, Lady Wood, DuilleYWirdod, Saint
Mary Kingswinforti, Brierley 11111, Saint Michetellie Brierley Hill;
Pcnisnett, Pensnett Chace, Saint Mark Pensnett, Are-Amite, BUsh:.'
WO Hole, and Kingsvrinford, some hr one of 'them Munty of
StAffOrd ; Cradley, St.- Mary Cradley, bl*herend, Gyerend, tradleY
Tqwn, Musham, Dudley Wood, Lady Woof, Stfiltsrellie Level; Le'vel
Woods, Nktherton,.Saint Andrew's Netherton, Haleecoten, St. Jhhai-
the Baptist Halesowen, Borough of Dudleeeeptulley, ;4111it James
Hadley, Saint John-Dudley, Saint Edmfind . Saint Thomas:
Diadley, Dudley Castle and grounds and:Precincts, Bumble Hole,
some or one of them, in the county of WoreeSter.
'And also, another branch railway or short connecting line, di-i
vdrging from the said last-mentioned . branch Mile, at or neap tte
Baptist Chapel, at -a place called Cinder Bank, In-the 'said parish ne
Dinile,y, in the said county of Worcester, and at or near the public •
road leading from Cinder Bank aforesaid to 'Dudley- aforesaid,- to -
connect the said last-mentioned intended brtin4li 'railway whit" the
line of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Reilw_ay, and
terminating by a junction with the OxfordreVorocedter, and,Wolver; '
hampton Railway, in the said parish of Dudley. in ,file said county.
of Worcester, in or near a field belonging
.to 'Tlfoinas Shaw Heiner;
adjoining the public highway leading from Cindet Bank aforesaid to
Dudley aforesaid, andlying between the said highway and a house
called or known by the name of the Halfway-house, situate at a place'
called Cabbage Han, ire the said parish of Hadley, in the said county
of Worcester, and passing from. in, through, or into the several
parishes, townships, or hamlets, or extra-parochial. and other places
of Netherton, Saint Andrew's Netherton, humble Hole, Musham,
Dudley Wood, Dudley, , Borough of Dudley, D alley Castle and
grounds and precincts, Saint James Dudley, Saint John Dudley.
Saint Edmund Dudley, Saint Thomas Dudley, • and Oldbury, in the
county. of. Worcester, or some or one of them ; ltowle,v. Saint Giles
Rowley, Rowley Regis 04erside, Rowley-R*ls LowerSide,Rowley,
Stlnnery, Quarry Bank. Christ Church Quary Bank,
,Brierley
Saint Mithitel's Brier* Hill, Pensnctt, Pensn€tt Chace, Saint
Lhke's ['ensiled, and Kingswinford, some or one of them, in the
county of Stafford.
someccs t°err.
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(sf
!Also, another branch railway, diverging from the said first men-
tibned intended line of railway, in the parish of Rowley Regis afore-
s4id, at or in a certain pasture field called or known'by the name of
the Maise otherwise the West Matte Leasow, at or near Reddall
Hill, in the said parish of Rowley Regis, and terminating in the
township of the borough of Halesowen, in the parish of Halesowen
aforesaid, ewer the turnpike-road leading from Stourbridge to Bir-
mingham, and nearly opposite to the public house called the NeiV
Inn there, where the same is intended to form a junction with the
Kingsnorton -and Halesowen branch of the Midland Railway, and
passing from, in, through, or into the several parishes, townships,
hamlets, extra-parochial and other places of Redden Hill, Saint
Reddall Hill, Robley, Rowley Regis, Saint. Giles Rowley
Regis, Rowley Regis Overside, Rowley Regis Lower Side, Rowley
Somery, Clent, Saint Leonard Clent, Saint Mary Cradley, and Cradley
Heath, or some. or 'one' of-them, in the said,ceunty.of Stafford,;
Cradley, Saint Mary Cradley, Hawn, The hill, Cakenore, Lutley,
Illey, Hasbury, Halesowen, Saint John the Baptist Halesowen, and
the boroueh of Halesowen, some or one of them, •in the said county
of Worcester.
mentioned. intended line.of railway, at ornear the Foxoak , Colliery,
;Also, another branch railway, diverging out of. the -said first
the parish of Rowley _aegis aforesaid, and terminating in the
parish of Dudley aforesaid, at or near a place called Lady Wood,
ill the said parish', adjoining or near adjoining the publlC road there
loading front Reivtey Regis aforesaid towards Dudley Wood' and the
Salt Wells, at or mans field there, called Pool Piece, belonging to
the Right Honourable Lord Ward, and in the.beetipation of Messrs.
Webb, Harper, and Company, and of John Jeavons, and passing
from, in, through, or into-the several parishes, toWnshipse hamlets,
extra-parochial and other,: places of Rowley, Rimley Regis, St. Giles
Rowley Itegii, Rowley Regis Overside, Rowley Regis Loseir Side,
lowley Somery, Clent, 'Saint Leonard Cleat, .Reddall IfillySaint
IJuke's REddall•Hill, Foxoak, Cradley Heath, Saint Mary- Cradby,"
Cradley Pool, Quarry' Unit, Christ Church Quarry ilauk; and
liingswinferd,:soMe or one of them in the 'said county of Stafford ;
Oradl6y, Saint Mary Cradley; Musham, Dudley Wood, Lady Wood.
Salt Wells, Cradley Pool, Dudley, Saint Jaenes Dudley, Saint John's.
saintgamund Dudley, Saint Thomas Dudley, Netherton,
Saint Andrews 'Netherton; Quail", Bank, Christ Church Quarry
Bank, and Halesowen, some or one of them is the said county of
Worcester.
Also, smeller branch railway, or connecting line;:io connect thse'
'lca d"fitcfi.~nentidr.erl intended Wlth-The Pahl pit opusvl •
branch therefrom to Halesowen, and diverging iron, the said first-
mentioned intended branch railway, in the parish of Rowley Regis
aforesaid, at or near a place called the Five Ways, in the parish of
Rowley Regis atbresaid, and adjoining the public highway leading
from the Five Ways aforesaid towards Dudley, and terminating by a
junction with the said intended railway leading from the said its-
tended line of railway at Reddall Hill aforesaid to Halesowen afore-
' said, at Cradley Heath, in the parish of Rowley Regis aforesaid, in
or near a certain field called or knows by the name of Over Field,
otherwise Over Leasow, belonging to the said Lord Ward, and in the
occupation of James Henry Edmonds, and passing from, in, through,
or into the several parishes, townships, hamlets, extra-parochial and
other places, of Cradley Heath, Saint Mary Cradley, Five ways,
Rowley, Rowley Regis, Saint Giles Rowley Regis, Rowley Regis
Overside, Rowley Regis Lower Side, Chen, Saint Leonard Cleat,
Rowley Somery, Reddall Hill, and St. Luke's Reddall Hill, some or
one of thew, in the said county et"! Stafford ; Cradley, Saint Mary
Cradley, Hawn, Hasbury, Lutley, The Hill, Cakemore, the borough
of Halesowen, and Halesowen, some or one of them, in the said county
of Worcester,

Also, another branch railway, diverging from the said first-men-
tioned intended line of railway at or nerr a Certain field called
Green's Meadow, and near to certain Brick Works in the township
of Upper SwinforC, in the parish of Oldswinford aforesaid, both be-
longing or reputed to belong to the Reverend Edward Unwin, and
in the occupation of Francis Tongue Raiford' and terminating at or
near a place called Chawn Hill, in the township of Upper Swinton'
aforesaid, by a junction with the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
hampton Railway, at or near a certain field of land there, called the
Brick Kiln Piece, belonging to William Cooke, and in the occupation
of William Cooke and Joseph Yardley,. or one of them, and passing
from, in, through, or into the several parishes, townships, hamlets,
extra-parochial and other places of The Lye, Upper Swinford, Lower
Swinford, Oldswinford, St. Mary's Oldswinford, Chawn Hill, Stour-
ledge, and Saint Thomas Stourbridge, Bedcote, some or one of them,
in the said county of Worcester.
And also, another branch railway, diverging from the said first-
mentioned Intended line of railway, in the township of Stourbridge,
in the parish of Oldswinford, in the county of Worcester, at or near
a certain field called or known by the name of the Brick Kiln Mea-
dow, and near a place called Porto Bello, in the same township, and
parish, and terminating in the hamlet of Amblecote, in that part of
the parish of 011swintord aforesaid, Which lies in the ciunty of Staf-
ford, at or near certain wharf land adjoining the Stourbridge Canal,
in the occupation of James • otter and the Stourbridge Canal Com-
verat parishes; townshins, hamlets, extra-parochial; anct other placcS
Pally* or one of them, and _passing from, in, through, or into tho se-.
of Upper Swinford, Oldswinford, Lower Swinford, Saint Mary's Old-
swinford, Stourbridge, Saint Thomas Stourbridge, Bedeote and Nol
laston, some or one of them, in the said county of Worcester, Am-
blecote, Holy Trinity, Amblecote, Bedcote, and Kingswinford, some
or one of them, in the said county of Stafford.
Also, another branch railway, with proper works and conve-
niences connected therewith, diverging from the line- of the Bir
mingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Railway,
as now au•
thorised to be ma le in the parish of RoWley Regis, in the county of
Stafford, in or near to a piece of land there, belonging to and in the
occupation of the Birmi gharn Canal Company, and near the point
marked on the deposited plans of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton,
and Stour Valley Railway, referred to in the Act authorising the
construction thereot as seven miles six flulongs and a half, and ter-
minating in the parish of Tipton, in the county of Stafford, near the
turnpike road there leading from Great Bridge to Wolverhampton,
and near the spot where the turnpike road from Dudley to Great
Bridge falls into the same, where it is proposed to make a junction
with the line of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway, and pass-
ing from, in, or through the several parishes, townships, or places
of RoWley, Rowley Regis, Rowley Somery, 'Nest Bromwich, All
Saints West Bromwich, Saint James West Bromwich, Chris. Church
West Bromwich, Trinity West Bromwich, Horsley Heath, Tipton,
Great Bridge, Saint Paul Tipton, and Saint Martin Tiptoe, or some
of them, in the county of Stafford.
And it is intended to cake powers in such Act to construct sta-
tions, communications, works, and other conveniences, In tha se-
veral parishes, townships, and extra-parochial arid other places
before mentioned, or some of them, for the working and using the
said railway and branch railways ; and also toVuthorise junctions
with any railway or railways, or intended railway or railways, at
the commencement or termination, or in the line or course of the
said railway and branches as before described, in the several pa-
rishes, townships, and extra-parochial and other places aforesaid, or
some of them.

And it i proposed in and by the said intended Act to empower the
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Railway Company
to make and maintain the said railway and branch railways and
works,' and to work and use the same, or to incorporate a company
or companies with powers to make and maintain the said railway
and branch railways and works, and to purchase by compulsion or
agreement all houses and lands required for the completion of the
same respectively, and also to cross, divert, alter or stop up, either
temporarily or permanently, all such turnpike-roads, parish-roads,
and other highways, streams, canals, navigable rivers, navigations,
railways, and tram-roads, within the said parishes, townships, and
extra-parochial and other places aforesaid, or some of them, as it
may be necessary or expedient to cross, divert, alter, cr stop up for
the purposes of the said railway and works, and to deviate in the con-
struction of the said railway and branch railways from the line
thereof, as shown on the plans hereinafter mentioned, to the ex:tent
which shall be defined on the same; and to take powers to levy tolls,
rates, and duties in respect of the use of the laid railway and bra nch
railways, and to vary or extinguisfa all existig rights and privileges
connected with the lands proposed to be taken for the purposes of the
said railway and branches, or which would in any manner impede or
interfere with the objects aforesaid, and by Its
said Act to confer
other rights and privileges.
And it is further intended, for the purposes aforesaid, to alter,
amend, extend, and enlarge, so far as may be necessary, the powers
and provisions of the several Acts hereinafter mentioned or raferred
to, or some or one of them, that is to say—
Ist.—The several Acts relating to the Birmingham canal—, tat is
to say, sth William the Fourth, chapter 34 ; 2d and 3d Viet oria,
chapter GI ; 3d and 4th Victoria, chapters 24 and 56; 7th an cl Bth
iytnot PL4croenrpntarnieinntors of the Birmii4 'ham
Victoria, chapter 11 ; 9th and 10th Victoria, chapter 269 ;; and
an Act passed in the 9th and 10th years of the reign of her pt 'went
Majesty Queen Victoria, entitled
e" no Act for carrying into effect
paonwdeßrsirmtointghheamsahlltarieli
and 10th years of the reign of her
einc betweentohlilep 9th
granting
ith a branch, to be called Vie
said present Majesty, entitled "An Act for making a railway om
certainwa2yd. AI arrangements
Company aAn
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Wolverhampton,
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Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway."
3d,—That several Acts relating to the London and North-Western
Railway—that is to say, an Act passed in the session held in the
9th and 10th years of the, reign of her said present Majesty, .entitled
" An Act to consolidate the London and Birmingham Grand' Junc-
tion. and Manchester and Birmingham Railway Companies." • And
also the several Acts relating to the said London and Birming ham,
Grand Junction, and Manchester and Birmingham Railways, o r the
London and North:Westem Railway, or either .of them, that is to
say local and personal Aets Bth and 9th Victoria, chapter 156 ;
andj local and personal acts 9th and 10th Victoria, chapters 6' 7, 80,
82, 152, 182, 184, 193, 231, 232, 233, 244, 248, 261, 269, 309, 328 , 331,
359, 368, 369, and 395.
And it is proposed in and by the said intended Act to erfq ',ewer
the said Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Rat lwaY
Company, or such company or companies to be incorporated as a fore-
said, to 16; on lease, sell, or transfer to the London and North-Wee
tern
Railway -Company the said intended railway and branch Lally( aYe,
or any part or parts thereof, and to delegate to any such cri 'IIPPY
the execution of all or any of the powers of the said intender 1 1',4"
and to enable the said London and North-Westernßailway Com 'pang
to purchase, rent, or construct the said intended railway and brt me"
railwity, and also to enable the said London and North-West enl
Railway Company, and the ghrewsbury and Birmingham Rath.,
Company,
Company, and the Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham Can, 11
-Nnvi•gatiol, or easy- of theni, to phi in snbset towarits the con
structiou of the intended railway and branch railways, or anY,
part or parts thereof, arid to raise any sum or stuns of Monef.or
sit-mentioned purposes.