The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-15 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (No. 2).
(ADDITIONAL POWERS to GREAT WESTERN RAIL- •
WAY4COMPANY for CONSTRUCTION of OXFORD, WOR-
CESTER, and WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY-EX CENSION •
of POWERS to PURCHASE LANDS and CONSTRUCT the
BIRMINGHAM and OXFORD JUNCTION, and BIRMING-
HAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, and DUDLEY RAILWAYS, and
ALTERATION of LEVELS of PART of the LAST-MEN-
TIONED RAILWAY-NEW LINES of RAILWAY-POWER
to LAY BROAD GAUGE RAILS on SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE
RAILWAY BETWEEN WEDNESBUItY and DUDLEY-and
AMENDMENT of ACTS.)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that APPLICATION is in-
tended to be made to PARLIAMENT in the aext session, for an:ACT
to enable the Great Western Railway Company forthwith to make
and complete so much of the line of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton Railway as lies between the junction thereof with the
line of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway near
Priest:field Furnaces, in the parish of Wolverhampton, and a certain
field numbered on the plans referred to in the Oxford, Worcester,
and Wolverhampton Railway (Deviation) Act, 1848, 13 in the parish
of Wolverhampton, in the county of Stafford; and which said por-
tion of railway is authorised to be made within the parishes and
townships of Wolverhampton and Bilston, in the county of Stafford ;
and provision will be made in the said Act for extending the time or
reviving the powers for the compulsory purchase of lands and houses
required for such portion of railway, and for vesting the said
portion of railway in the Great Western Railway Company,
subject to the power of repurchase hereinafter mentioned a
;
and for enabling the Great Western Railway Company to form
communication between the said portion of railway and the
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway, by means of a short junc-
tion line to commence in the said field numbered 13,
in the parish of Wolverhampton, and terminate by a junction
with the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway, at or near
a certain field numbered on the plans referred to in the
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Act, 1846, 7 in the parish of
Wolverhampton, and being situate within the parish and township
of Wolverhampton, in the county of Stafford
And with respect to the said portion of railway between Priestfield
Furnaces and the said field numbered 13, and also to such .other por-
tions of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway as may
not be completed at the time of the passing of the said intended Act,
it is proposed to alter, amend, extend, and enlarge so much
of " The Oxford, Worcester, . sad Wolverhampton Railway
any way empowers or requires the Great
Act, 1845," as in
Western Railway Company to construct the Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton Railway, and to vest in and transfer to the Great
Western Railway Company, at such respective times, and for such
periods as will be provided by the said intended Act (with fall
power to them to exercise and enjoy the same), all such rights, pri-
vileges, and authorities as now are or may hereafter be vested in the
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Company, under
the provisions of all or any of the Acts relating to such Company
hereinafter mentioned, or under the provisions of any Act to be
passed in the next Session of Parliament, or by any , other
moons, with reference to the construction of the said
railway or any part thereof, and the purchase of lands and
louses ; and for the purpose of constructing the said rail-
way or any part thereof to enable the Great Western Railway
Company to enter upon and use all lands and houses, and to take
and use all plant, materials, and other things purchased or acquired
by the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Company,
for the purposes of the said railway, or any part thereof; and
to enter upon and complete any works Partially executed
by such Company, • and to give to the Great Western
Railway Company, for the purposes of such construction, the bene-
fit of all contracts made and entered into by or on behalf of the
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Company for the
purchase of any lands, houses, plant, materials, and other things, or
for the completion and construction of the said Railway or any part
thereof; and to enable the Great Western Railway Company, either
separately or in conjunction with the :Shrewsbury and Birmingham
Railway Company, to construct the station which, by the
Oxford, w oreester, and Wolverhampton Railway (Devi-
ation) Act, 1848, is authorised to be constructed at Wol-
verhampton, for the use of the Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton Railway, the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and
Dudley Railway, and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway
Companies ; and also to enable the Groat Western Railway Company
to apply such portion, as may be necessary, of their corporate funds,
for or towards the making of the said railway or any part thereof, or
for the said station or other works, and generally to make
mu pr
ch
o-
vision for more fully and completely giving effect to so
of " The Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Act,
1845," as is hereinbefore mentioned and referred to ; and to extend
the time granted for the construction of the Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton Railway, or any part thereof ; and so far as may
be necessary for effecting all or any of the purposes aforesaid, to
suspend the exacts' e by the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp-
ton Hallway Company of the powers granted to them for the con-
striction of the railway, or any part thereof, or for the said station or
other works :
And prevision will be made in the said intended Act for
revesting in the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Rail.
way Company, the said portion of railway hereinbefore de-
scrbed as lying between Priestfield Furnaees and the said field num-
bered 13 in the parish of Wolverhampton, upon repayment to the
Great Western Railway Company of the money expended by them in
the construction of the said railway, or any part thereof, and upon
the completien by the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampten Rail-
way Company of the remaining portions of their undertaking, and
powers will be taken to enable the Great Western Railway Company
in the meantime to work, use, and maintain the said portion of
railway between Priestfleld Furnaces and the said field
numbered 13, and to Levy tolls, rates, and charges in
respect thereof; and provision will also be made in the said intended
Act fer the repayment by the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp-
ton Railway Company to the Great Western Railway Company, of
any moneys which may have been expended by such latter Company
in or towards the construction of any other portion of the Oxford,
Worcester, and A' olverhampton Railway ; anti for restraining the Ox-
ford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Company from paying,
divid tads to the shareholders ii, such company, until such moneys shall
have been repaid ; and for requiring them to apply the proceeds of the
rates, tolls, and charges received upon or in respect of the said rail-
way, towards repayment of such moneys ; and for enabling the
Great Western Railway Company to use and pass over, with their
own engines ant carriages, or with engines and carriages using their
own railway the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway,
and to use all the stations, platforms, sidings, watering-placer,
water and other works and conveniences thereto belonging, upon
payment of such tolls, rates, and charges, and OIL such other terms
and conditions as will be specified or provided for in the said in-
tended Act ; and, if need be, to alter the tolls, rates, and charges
payable upon or in respect of the said railway :
And provision will also be made in the said intended Act for com-
pelling the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Com-
pany to repay to the Great Western Railway Company (in preference
to all or some of the charges upon the undertakieg of the Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Company) any sum or
sums of money which may have been or may be paid by the Great
Western Railway Company to the Commissioners for the improve-
ment of the River Severn navigation, under the provisions of the
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampten Railway Act, 1845 :
And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to extend
the time or to revive the powers granted for the purchase by
compulsion of certain lands and houses required for por-
tions of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley,
and Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railways, and
to extend the time limited for the construction of the
said Railways, or some parts thereof respectively, and to enable the
Great Western Railway Company to alter the levels of so much of
the line of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway
as lies between a certain point in a field numbered, oa the plans re-
ferred to in the Birmingham Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway
Act, 1846, 2 in the parish of Weduesbury, in the county of Stafford,
and a certain other point in a field numbered, on the said plans, 133
in the said parish of Wednesbury ; and to construct two short
lines of railway for connecting the Birmingha n Wolver-
hampton and Dudley Railway with the South Staffordshire Railevey,
the one commencing from and out of the Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley Railway, at a point north of the Birmingham
Canal, in a field numbered, on the plans referred to in the Birming-
ham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Act, 1846, 428 in the
parish of West Bromeeich, in the county of Stafford, and the other
commencing out of the last-mentioned railway at a point in the field
numbered, en the last-mentioned plans, 89 in the said parish of
Wednesbury, and both of the said two lines of railway terminating
by a junction with the South Staffordshire Railway, at or near the
bridge by which that railway is carried over Lea Brook, dividing the
said parishes of Wednesbury and West Bromwich :
And to take compulsorily or otherwise, and use for a station, and
other accommodation, certain lands in the parishes of Dudley, in
the county of Worcester, and Tipton in the county of Stafford,
lying near the South Staffordshire Railway Station at Dudley, and
on the east side of the turnpike-road from Tipton to Dudley, and to
form communications between the said lands and the South Staf-
fordshire Railway :
And also to take compulsorily or otherwise, and use for a station
or other accommodation, certain lands in the said parishes of Tip-
ton and West Bromwich, or one of them, near Great Bridge, where
the lines of the South Staffordshire Railway and Birmingham, Wol-
verhampton, and Dudley Railway as now authorised to be made
unite, and to form communications between the said lands and the
South Staffordshire Railway :
And notice is hereby further given, that maps and plans of the
said intended railways, stations, and works, and showing the lands
through t r upon which the same are to be made, and sections
showing the levels of such railways, and also such altered levels,
together with a book of reference to such plans, and a copy of this
notice as published in the London Gazette, will on or before the
thirtieth day of this present month of November be deposited with
the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Stafford at his office in Staf-
ford, and with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Worcester at
his office in Worcester; and a copy of so much of such plans, sec-
tions, and book of reference as relates to the several parishes within
which the said works will be situate will, together with a copy of
this notice, be deposited on or before the said thirtieth day of No-
vember with the parish clerk of each such parish at his place of
abode :
And Notice is hereby also given, that it is proposed by such in-
tended Act to authorise the purchase of lands and houses by com-
pulsion or agreement, for the purposes of the railways, stations, and
works so intended to be authorised as aforesaid, and to vary, repeal,
or extinguish all existing rights or privileges in any manner con-
nected with the lands and ,houses proposed to be purchased or
taken, or which would in any manlier impede or interfere with
the construction, maintenance, or use of the said in-
tended railways, stations, and works, and to confer I other
rights and privileges; and to authorise the alteration, diversion, or
stopping up of all turnpike and other roads, railways, tramways,
aqueducts, canals, steams, and rivers within or adjoining to the
aforesaid parishes, townships, and extra-parochial places, or any of
them, with which it may be necessary to interfere In the construe-
lion of the said intended railways, stations, ant works ; and also to
authorise the levying of tolls, rates, and charges for and In respect
of the use of the said intended railways, stations, and works, and to
grant exemptions from such tolls, rates, and charges
And it is proposed by the said intended Act to authorise and em-
power the Great Western Railway Company and the South Stafford-
shire Railway Company, or either of them, and either jointly or
severally, and at their joint or several expense, to lay down the
broad gauge in addition to the narrow gauge on the South Stafford-
shire Railway from er near the before-mentioi ed bridge over Lea
Brook to the junction of the South Staffordshire Railway at or near
the town of Dudley with the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp-
ton Railway, and to make such alterations in the statons and plat-
forms, sidings, and other accommodations on the South Staffords lire
Railway between the points aforesaid as may be necessary for the
convenient wsrking of the s axe on the broad gauze :
And to make further provision with reference to the use, by the
Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway Company, and
the Grcat Western Railway Company, of the said portion of the
I.lutn. Staffordshire Railway, and the stations, platforms, watering-
Piace,a water and other conveniences connected therewith; and by
the South Stafford-hire it- ail way Company of the poi tion of the Bir-
mingham,
rWolverhampton and Dudley Railway, lying between
WwaTe"rem 'ae r
s ti
g_p_y .e.nd Priesifield Furnaces, and the stations, platforms,
with
with ; and.water, and other sconVenienees connected there-
respectively,,r
" f;re ne to the payments to be made by such com-
paniesand other works and co the use of such respective portions of railway
conveniences
veniences as aforesaid ; and, if need be, to
leviable alter the tolls now by tie said companies respectively :
And it is also proposedme
ohs;
thethe said intended Aet to alter, amend,
extend, or enlarge
direectloym or
Company
indirectly
powers and provisions of the several
Acts following
relating to or affecting the Great
Western Bellwiy
to say), Local and Personal
_Acts 5 and 6 Wm. IV., cap. 107 ; (7
'.79 ; 1 Viet., caps. 91 and 92 (1817, mind. IVA caps. 36, 3S, 77, and
27 • 3 Viet cap 47 • 3 and 4 Viet 24
and
26 ("8)1 2 Vict:'
(dap. , • , 4 and 5 Vict.,
.cap. 41 ; 5 Vict., Session 2 cap. 28 ; 6 Vict., l' 5;
10 ; 7 Viet., cap.
14 ; 9 and 10 Via
; 7 and 8 Viet., cap 68 ; 8 and 9 Viet., ca. ose.aap.
0, 53, 155, 156, 184,
1138, 190, 191 ; 9 Vict., cap.
and 11 Viet.
239, 240, 278,
1101 and 12 Viet
313, 315, 335, 337, 338, 369, and 462 166, 181, 236,,
caps. 63, 72, 76, 91, 101, 109, 149, 154, 226, and 243.;
98, and 1
caps. 28, 59, 74, 77, 82, 95, 130, 131, 133, 135, 15S, ana 159
, Vict.,
caps. 6 and 7 ; 13 and 14 Viet., caps. 44, 10 ; 14 and 15
Viet., c aps. 48 and 81 :
Also to le Acts relating to the Birmingham Wolverhampem and
•Dudley Ra ilway Company (that is to say), local and personal Acts
9 and 10 Vi et., cap. 315 ; 10 and 11 Vict,, caps. 149 and 226 ; and
and 12 Vict. cap. 133 :
And also the Acts relating to the Birmingham and Oxford Jun&
lion Railway 'Company (that is to say), local and personal Acts 9
and 10 Vict., caps. 337 and 334 ; and 1 I and I 2 Vict , cap. 158 :
Also the Acts relating to the Oxford,Worcester, and Wolverhamp-
ton Railway Company (that is to say), local and personal Acts 8
and 9 Viet., cap. 184 ; 9 end 10 Vict., cap. 278 ; 11 and 12 Yid.,
caps. 59 and 133 ; and 13 and 14 Vict., cap. 110.
And the Aens relating to the South Staffordshire Railway Com-
..?,a,„,ny (that is to say), local and personal Acts 9 and 10 Vict.,"caPe.
A4O and 316;' JO and 11 Vict. cap. 189; 13 and 14 Vict., cap. 53
ansi 14 and 15 Viet., cap. 14. /
Dated 10th November, 1851.

J. W. and G. WHATELEY.
W. 0. and W. HUNT.

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