The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-22 00:00:00

BIRKEN.HEAD DOCKS.

(FURTHER POWERS to BIRKENHEA.D DOCK COMPANY-
ALTERATION of CONSTITUTION' of BIRKENHEAD DOCK
TRUSTEES - ARRANGEMENTS between BIRKENHEAD
DOCK-: COMPANY the GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY
COMPANY, the SHREWSBURY and CHESTER RAILWAY
COMPANY, and the SHREWSBURY and BIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY • COMPANY. and the BIRKENHEAD, LANCA-
SHIRE, and CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY,
or any, of them, and BIRKENHEAD DOCK TRUSTEES, and
ADIENDMENT•Or ACTS.)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that APPLICATION is in-
tended to -be made to Parliament in the ensuing session, for an
ACT to alter and amend, extend and enlarge, and to repeal some of
the 'lowers and previsions of the several Acts of Parliament fol-
lowing, or some of them (that is to say) : local and personal Acts,
7 and 8 Vic., cap, 79 ;.'8 and 9 Vie., cap. 4; 10 and 11 Vic., cap. 264
and cap. 265 ; 11 and 12 Vic., cap. 144 ; and 13 and 14 Vic., cap.
100;; 'all 'relating td the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners and the
Trusteed of the Birkenhead Docks ; and also the local and personal
Acts 8 and 9 Vic., cap. 60, and 11 and 12 Vic., cap. 9, relating to the
Birkenhead Dock Company.
And it is proposed by the intended Act to provide for the effectual
completion, within a period to be prescribed by the said intended
Act, of all the works authorised to be constructed by the said Acts
relating to the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners and the Trustees of
the Birkenhead Docks, and to enable the said Company and the
Great Western Railway Company, the Shrewsbury and Chester
Railway. Company, the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway
Company, and the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction
Railway Company, or any of the said companies, to advance monies,
or to give security for monies to be raised for the execution and
completien of the said works or aome.of them, on the security of the
Melds,_ soil, or shore at Birkenhead, known as the South Reserve, and
other property now vested in the sold trustees under the said last-
mentioned Acts, or some of them, and on the rates and tolls to be levied
and raised under the same Acts, or some of them, and to make provi-
sion for such security ; and also to enable the said trustees to grant
to the said Companies, or any of them, and the said Companies, or
any of them,:to take bonds or other securities to be charged upon and
made paiyable out of the said lands, soil, and shore, anti other pro-
perty, rates, and tells, for securing any monies to be advanced or
guaranteed or secured by the said Companies, or any of them, for
the purposes aforesaid, for the purpose or in the construction of the
works authorised to be constructed by such trustees, or any of them,
and to enable the said Companies,, or any of them, to become the
purchasers of the said lauds, soil, and shore at Birkenhead, known
as alas South Reserve, slid to enable the trustees for the time being
of the 'Birkenhead Docks to sell the same to the said Companies or
any of them, or otherwise to provide for the same being vested in
the said Companies or any of them, in manner to be provided in the
said Act ; and also to enable the said Birkenhead Deck Company to
raise money for the purposes aforesaid by the creation of new shares
in their undertaking, and by borrowing on loan and upon the secu-
rity as well of their existing -property as of the aforesaid lands, pro-
perty, tolls, and dues of the said'trustees, and upon any property or
security they may receive or become entitled to under the authority
of the said intended Act from the said trustees.
And ft is also proposed by the said intended Act to alter the con-
stitution of the said trustees of the Birkenhead Docks and the mode
of appointment of such trustees, and to provide.for the appointment
of 'a beard of trustees to hold office until the completion of the au-
thorised works of the trust, or until such other period as shall be
fixed by the said intended Act, and to,constitute the Directors of the
said Companies, or any of them, members of such board ;. and also to
provide for a further alteration in theconatitution of such board of
trustees, from and after the completion of the authorised works of
the trust, or from and after such other period as shall be fixed by
the said intended Act, and to. enable the said Companies, or any of.
them, to nominate or appoint a certain number of trustees, who are
to constitute such last-mentioned or permanent Board of Trustees.
And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to take powers
enabling.the said Companies or any of them to enter into, and carry
into effect, such arrangements with the persons holding securities
upon the property of the said trust, for the conversion of their securi-
ties into axed or other interests, as may be mutually agreed upon,
or as shall be kovided by the said Bill. •
And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to take powers to
alter the application of the tolls, rates, and-duties authorised to be
taken and.received under the said several Acts hereinbefore referred
to, or any.or either of them, and to take powers to make any sums
to be advanced under the authority of the said intended Act by the
said Companies, for the purposes of the completion of the authorised
works of the said trust, or any of them, a charge upon the property
and future income of such trust prior to all sums already advanced
and expended under the authority of the six first recited Acts, or
any of them. ,
And it is alto proposed by the said intended Act to amend, so far
as may be requisite for the purposes aforesaid, the several Acts fol-
lowing, relating to the Birkenhead Improvement Commissioners
and the Wallaitey Improvement Comniissioners, that is to say, local
and personal Acts, 3 and 4 William IV., cap. 68 ; 1 and 2 Victoria,
cap. 33; 5 and 6 Victoria, Cap. 5; 6 and Victoria, cap. 13 and cap.
24 ; 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 32; 9 and 10 Victoria, cap. 28 ; 13 Victo-
ria, cap. 3 ; and 8 and 9 Victoria, cap. 6.
And also the several (local and personal) Acts of Parliament fol-
lowing, or some of them (that is to say), sth and 6th William IV.,
cap. IU7 ; 6th William IV., caps. 36, 38, 77, and 79 ; 7th William
IV. and Ist Victor*, caps. 91 and 92; Ist and 2d Victoria:, caps.
24 and 26 ; 2d and 3d Victories, cap. 27 ; 3d and 4th Victories, caps.
47 and 105; 4th and sth Vi3torim, cap: 41 ; bth Victories, session 2,
cap. 28 ; 6th Victories, cap. 10 ; 7th Victories, cap. 3 ; 7th and Bth
Victories, cap. 68 ; Bth and 9th Vietories, caps. 40, 53, 155, 156,
184, 188, 190, and 191; 9th Victories, cap. 14; 9th and 10th Vic-
tories, caps. 166, 181, 236, 239, 240, 278, 313, 315, 335, 337, 338,
359, and 402 ; 10th and 1 nth Victories, • caps. 60, 72, 76, 91,
101, 109, 149, 154, 226, and 243; 11th and 12th Victories, caps. 28, 59,
74, 77, 82, 95,131, 133, 135, 157, 158, and 159; 14th and 15th Victories,
caps. 48 and 81'; 7th and Bth Victories, cap. 99 ; Bth and 9th Victories,
caps. 42 and 115; 9th and 10th Victories, caps. 250, 251, 274, and 275;
10th and 11th Victories, cap. 144; 12th and 13th Victories, cap. 55;
and 14th and 15th Victories, cap. 131; Ist Victories, cap. 107 ; 3d
•Victorire, cap. 2; Bth and 9th Victor*" cap, 99 ; 9th and 10th Victo-
rite, cap. 91 ; 10th and 11th Victories, baps. 222 and 223 ; and 14th and
15th Victories, cap. 71; and 9th and 10th Victorife, caps. 307 and
308 ; 10th and 11th Victories, cap. 80 ; and 12th and 13th Victoria;,
cap. 85.
Dated the 13th day of November, 1851.
WM. STEPHENS, 35, Bedford-row, London,
• Solicitor for the ;Birkenhead Dock Company.