The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-17 00:00:00

Rotherkam

OPENING OF THE SHREWSBURY AND
CHESTER RAILWAY.

rrms RAILWAY was OPENED • Eitiveen RUA-
I BON and CHESTER, to the , 011 WEDNESDAY, the
4th November instant.
Trains leave RUABON fo ESTER at :7h- 30m. ; 9h. 35m.
a.m. ; and at 12h. 30m- - . bm. ; and fili-pon.
Trains leave CHESTiIt for RUABON at 911-30111., and llh.
30nt. am.; and at 211.35 m. ;
.5h,10m. ;‘ and Sh. 15m. p.m.

FARES

First Class, 3s. ; Second Class, 2s. Ge,

Third Class, Is. 54

-First Class; 4s. 6d. ; Second Class, 3s. 9d.
Time Tables may be had at the principal Stations.
ROBERT. ROY, Secretary

Che.stel

7th November

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVMMAIfict. a-SPECIAL
GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of the
CH ESTER.and BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY-COMPANY will
be held, at the Clarendon Rooms, in South John-street, Liver-
pool, on THURSDAY, the 3d day of December next, at Twelve
o'clock at Noon, for the purpose of assenting,- to or dissenting
from certain proposals for the sale of the said Railway, and the
other Property of the said Company,. fikenhead, Lan-
cashire, and Cheshire Junction I. Company, or for the
amalgamation of the said two ponies, upon certain terms
and conditions to be then there stated, and to come to such
resolutions thereupon, n any way relative. thereto, as shall
by such Meeting be med advisable. Dated •the thirteenth
day of November, 1846.
By order of the -Board of Directors,
JOSEPH MALLABY, Clerk to the Company.

THE -BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND
CUESHIRE:JUNCTION
.RAILWAY,

NOTICE ,IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
11EXTRA-
ORDINARY MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of
the BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE
JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY will be veld at the
TowN-HALL, Birkenhead,' in the county of Chester, on
THURSDAY, the Third day of December next, at Two o'clock
in the Afternoon, for, the purpose of considering and peter-

mining upon certain proposals for the Purchasexof the Chester
and Birkenhead Railway, and the Works co therewith,
and other the Effects and Property of t ►ester and Birken-
head Railway Company, or for th algamaiion.of the said
two Companies, upon the term d conditions which will be
submitted to 4he said ordinary Meeting; and also to
come to such Resoluti thereupon, or in anyway relating
thereto, as shall to s. Meeting seem advisable.
Dated this Thirt nth day.ot November, 1846.
By order,of.the Directors,
E. P. CHARLEWOOD, Secretary.

BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE

JUNCTION RAILWAY,

CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY
PURCHASE OR AMALGAMATION.
IVOTICE IS HEREBYt GIVEN, that Applicatior
J. intended to be made to Parliament, in the next Sessi

for an Act or Acts of Parliament,. alter, amend, explain,-en:

pol7/e—rs and provisions of "The Birkenhead,' Lancashire,.and
Cheshire Junction Railway Act, 1846," and of the several Acts
relating to the Chester and Birkenhead Railway,. passed re-
spectively in the seventh year of His late Majesty ISing William
the Fourth and the first of the reign ,of Her p ent Majesty,
and in the third and fourth, and the,eighth nin_h years-of
the reign of Her present Majesty.
And further Aotice is hereby giv bat it is intended by
the said Act'or Acts, or some or e .of them, to enable the
Chester and Birkenhead Rails ompany to demise and lease
for a term of years, or in tuity,, or otherwise, to sell, dis-
pose of, and absolutely e over to. the• said Birkenhead, Law-
cashire, and Cheshire nction Railway Company, the Chester
and Birkenhead It way and Works, or any of them, or any
part thereof, an or any of the Property and Effects of the
said Company nd all or any of the powers, rights, and privi-
leges belonging to the said Chester and Birkenhead Railway
Company in connection therewith, .or ,in ayhition thereunto,

and to enable the sant BirKenheaa, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Junction Railway Company to accept and take such lease, and
to purchase, ,accept, and enjoy the same Railway and Works,
and. other Property and Effects or any nart_thereof,_ and to
exereisesucapoWers, rights, and privileges,, or any or every-or
them; and,to amalgamate and consolidate the said Chester and
Birkenhead Railway with and into the said Birkenhead, Lan-
cashire., and Cheshire Junction Railway, and to,disincorporate
and dissolve the said Chester and Birkenhead Railway Com-
pany, and to alter and vary the rates, tolls, andduties at pre-
sent demandable, or recoverable, for the use of the said rail-
ways respectively., and to enable the said Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Company, or the said con-
solidated Company, to levy and receive the same or other rates,
tolls, and duties in or upon, and in respect of, the said Chester
and Birkenhead Railway and their Works, and to contrm and
legalize all contracts and agreements adopted or approved of,
or acted upon by or between the said Birkenhead, J.ancasbire,
and Cheshire Junction Railway Company and the Chester and
Birkenhead Railway Company, or the Directors of either.ef the
said companies, and any other contracts or agreements which
may be made and executed; or be adopted or approved of, or
acted upon, by or between the said Birkenhead, Lancashire, and.
Cheshire Junction Railway Company and the Chester and Bir-
kenhead Railway Company, or the Directors of either of the
said Companies ,• and to extend and make applicable to the
said Consolidated Company, and all the property, works, mat-
ters, and things belonging thereto, or connected therewith, all
or any of the powers and provisions of the said " Birkenhead,
Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Act, 1846."
And it is also intended by the said Act or Acts to enable the
London and North-Western Railway Company to raise funds,
and out of their Corporate or other funds to become interested
in the said lease or purchase, and to contribute to the purchase
of the said Chester and Birkenhead Railway and undertaking,
or to contribute or hold shares in the Company or undertaking
to be formed by the amalgamation of the Chester and Birken-
head, and Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction
Railway Companies ; and to enter. into such contracts, ar-
rangements, and agreements with the said Birkenhead, Lan-
cashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Company, and Chester
and Birkenhead Railway Company, or either of them, in refe-
rence to such purchase or amalgamation, as they shall deem
expedient, and as may be mutually agreed upon between the
said London and North-Western Railway Company, and Bir-
kenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Com-
pany, and Chester and Birkenhead Railway Company, respec-
tively; and for such purposes to alter, amend, extend, and
enlarge some of the powers and provisions of the several Acts
following relating to the London and North-Western Railway,
persolB4nallt3ct2o4s9th2a3nldl23ot2b
or some of them, (that is to say,)--Local and personal Act fith
anvirdtOotrihaV,
arptcrsh
Gp7t,e rt105,6;8L2,0ca1512a,nd182,
233, 244, 248, 261, 269, 309, 328, 331, 359, 365, 369 and 39t).
Datad this Seventh day of November, One Thousand Eight
Tim:l4o4 and Forty-Six.
LLOYD and WALN, 1 Solicit Ors for the Bill.
JOSEPH MALLABY,