The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-10 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE SHREWS-
BURY, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND SOUTH
STAFFORDSHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY.
GENTLEMEN,
IBEG to annex you a copy of the Report of the
Directors to the late General Meeting, and of the proceed.
ings thereat. In explanation lam directed to inform you, that
the Act of Parliament authorizes the construction of a Railway
from Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton,. with a Branch to Coal-
brookdale, the Capital being One Million, to be equally divided
between the Shareholders in the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton,
and South Staffordshire Junction Company and the Shrewsbury
and Birmingham Company. As, however, the original Share-
holdeipiin the latter Company had, previously to the amalga-
matioir with this Company, agreed to subscribe the sum of
4300,000, being one-fourth of the Capital required towards the
formation of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour
Valley Bailwav (with which the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton,
and South Staffordshire Company haying-nothing to do,) it is
provided in the act as one of thterms of the amalgamation,
that two classes of shares slialLbe" created, to be termed respec-
tively Class A shares and Glass B shares. The latter class
represents half the abov entioned capital of 41,000,000 (viz.
4500,000) required for nstructine,.* the line from Shrewsbury
to Wolverhampton, d the Class A shares represent the other
half of that capital, together with the additional sum of .e 300,010
to be subscribed on account of that class exclusively towards
the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley line. The
position of the two classes of the Shareholders will therefore be
as follows :—Assuming that (as it is presumed will be the case)
the holders of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South
Staffordshire Junction scrip claim the shares to which they are
entitled, then Class A will have 52,000 shares of £l5 75. 9d.
each, and Class B the same number of shares of 49 128. 3d.
each, which share will be credited with 12s. as a deposit. The
original number of Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South
Staffordshire shares having been only 26,000, two of the new
shares of 49 12s. 3d. making together 419 4s. 6d. will be is-
sued in respect of each one of those original shares of 425, but
not unless you forthwith send to me, at this Office, your origi-
nal Scrip with a request (in the annexed form) to be registered
for the above Shares in the amalgamated Company. In ex-
change for your Scrip you will forthwith receive Certificates for
your new Shares in the amalgamated Company. It is my duty
particularly to point out to you the necessity of your immediate
attention to this matter, and I have the honour to be,
Your very obedient Servant,
J. WHITNEY, Secretary.
Wolverhampton, November 3, 1846.

FORM OF REQUEST

MR. JAMES WHITNEY, Secretary of Shrewsbury, Wolver-
hampton, and South Staffordshire Junction Railway
Company;
MR. GEORGE KNox, Secretary of Shrewsbury and Birmingham
Railway Company;
Gentlemen,—l send you Scrip for so many intended
shares of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Stafford-

shire Junction Railwa
now entitled to .
Shares in the amalgamated Shrewsbury,
Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire J unction Railway Com-
pany, and Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Company,
and I request you will have me registered accordingly for the
last mentioned S,Lares in the terms of the circular signed by
Mr. Whitney, dated the 3d instant.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
Name

lescription

At the FIRST GENERAL MEETING of the SHREWS-
BURY, WOLVERHAMPTON, and SOUTH STAFFORD-
SHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY, convened and
held at the Swan Hotel, in Wolverhampton, on the 3d day of
September, 1846, at Two o'clock in the Afternoon, S

present representing capital in the Company of upwards of
£200,000, the following Report was read and adopted:—

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE'S REPORT TO THE PROPRIETORS,

CTION

for amalgamating the said two Companies on certain terms,
having been read,• and it further appearing that powers are
given for the said two Companies respectively, by their resnec-
tive Acts of Incorporation, to amalgamate and unite for the
purpose of making the Railway authorized by the Act Incorpo-
rating the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company, to be made
between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton, and also so much of
the Railway authorized by the Act Incorporating this Company
as lies between a certain road in the parish of Tettenhall and
the town of Wolverhampton,

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Proposed by JOHN' SWIFT, Esq., seconded by EDWARD
BULLER, Esq.,
Rewired,
That the said agreement be and the same is now accordingly
adopted, ratified, and confirmed.
That for giving effect to the said agreement and, in pursuance
of the powers so given by the said acts respectively, this Com-
pany cloth hereby agree to amalgamate and form one Company
with the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Company, for
the purposes in the sa►d Acts or any of them mentioned.
That notice be forthwith given to the Shrewsbury and Bir-
mingham Railway Company of the above resolution, and that
this Company agrees to amalgamate and unite with the said
first mentioned Company, according to the powers and provi-
sions in that behalf of the several Acts of Incorporation.
That the Directors have and they are now invested with the
fullest powers for effecting the objects and purposes aforesaid,
and that with that view they be and are now authorized for and
on behalf of this Company, and in their name or otherwise, to
concur in or become party to, and execute and affix the Com-
pany's Seal to, all necessary and proper acts whatsoever in
their discretion.
That the Report be circulated amongst the Proprietors forth-
with, and advertised in the local papers and In the railway
papers.
G. B. THORN EYCROFT, Chairman.
JAMES WHITNEY, Secretary.

MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND MIDLAND

JUNCTION RAILWAY.
A T a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the
11_ shareholders of the MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, and
MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY, held at the Cutlers' Hall,
in Sheffield, on THURSDAY, the 28th day of October, 1846,
WILSON OVEREND, Esq.- in the Chair.

The Notice convening the ntbetTnoi the Report of the Provi-
sional Directors, and the Aleract of Accounts, having l.een
read by Mr. Pierson, onirof the Solicitors of the Company,
It was unanimou je'Resolred,
I.—That the Rep9ft of the Provisional Directors now read,
with the Statei nt of Accounts annexed, be received and
adopted, and that their proceedings be approved and confirmed.
It was also Resolved,
2.—That this Meeting hereby authorises and empowers the
Provisional Directors to take such steps as they consider neces-
sary for obtaining an Act of Parliament, authorising the con-
struction of the proposed Lines of Railway, during the ensuing

. .
expedient, with a view of protecting aad promoting the inter-
ests of the Shareholders of the undertaking.

3.—That the Provisional Directors are hereby fully empowered
to pay to any Shareholder who may decline to join in the re-
newal of_the Application to Parliament. in conformity with the
recommendation conratrren in the Directors' Report, previously
read, the Sum of Two Pounds and Ten t'hillings per Share on
I all Shares held by such Shareholder in the Manchester, Sher-
; field, and Midland Junction Railway; and any further sum
which, after the final settlement of all Accounts,may hereafter

being sent-in on or before the I4th day of November instant.
4.—That the Directors are hereby authorised to dispose of the
Shares which may be renounced by parties withdrawing from
the further prosecution of the undertaking, in such manner as
they may consider most conducive to the interests of the Corn-
s ,PanY. 17 tof the Provisions -^tor,

..—That the neport u. _ ilirec,. s, the State-
ment of Accounts, and the Resolutions of this Meeting, be
printed and addressed to the Shareholders.
6.—That the best than..s of this Meeting are due, and are

iuuy
WILSON ()EItEND, Chairman
The Chairman having vacated the Chair,
r. _ MASI VIII 72r_erthfad

That the thanks of the Meeting hi

given to the Chairman for

3. Norfolk-street. Shield,

MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND MIDLAND

JUNCTION RAILWAY.
THE PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS of the above
Railway are desirous of transmitting a Copy of the Pro •
ceedings of the Special Meeting of Shareho!ders, held Tit is DAY,
(Thursday,) at the Cutlers' Hall, in Shsaeld;tp all parties who

may num snares n. Ult. L4I,A,
sarily many parties with whos dresses they are unacquaint-
ed, they request all Shard) ers who may not receive a Copy
of the Proceedings of 11101 eeting above alluded to, to apply at
the Com PANY'S OFFIOSS, 103, NORFOLK-STREET, SHEFFIELD,
when the same will be immediately transmitted to them, with
forms whereby they may signify their intention of prosecuting
the Undertaking, or otherwise.
By order, RICHARD :AI I RFI N, Secretary.
103, Norfolk-street, Sheffield, October 29, 1846.

BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE
JUNCTION RAILWAY,

CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY
PURCHASE OR AMALGAMATION.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Application is
intended to be made to Parliament, in the next Session,
A th..l;antont t, nrnontl ovnlnini Pn-

for an Act or Acts of rarnament, to alter, amenu, explain, en-
large, and render more effectual, or to repealjome of the
powers and provisions of "The Birkenhqdr-iiicashire' and
Cheshire Junction Railway Act, 184-6,".atid of the several Acts
• e.

speetively in the :.eventn year_vz Elul law AzatjebLy .111 F, rr nuatu
the Fourth and the first of AllE reign of Her present Majesty,
and in the third andfoiptii, and the eighth and nin_h years of
the reign of her present Majesty.
And further Notiee is hereby given, that it is intended by
the said Act or Acts, or some or one of them, to enable the

Chester and Birkenhead Railway Company to ue
for a term of years, or in perpetuity, or othervyi

to sell, dis-

id Asoluiely make over

cashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway
and Birkenhead Railway and Works, or
.1 ..I th. Premn

ny of them, or any
and Effects of the

said Company, and all or any of the po-weri, rights, and privi-
leges belonging to the said Chester and Birkenhead Railway
Company in connection therewith, or in relation thereunto,
and to enable the said Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Junction Railway Company to accept and take such lease, and

to purchase, accept, and enjoy the same Railway and
and other Property and Effects, or any part thereo

. .
exercise such powers, rights, acidprivileges, or any or every of
them, and-to amalgamate and consolidate the said Chester and
Birkenhead Rail Way with and into the said Birkenhead, Lan -
cashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway, and to d!sincorporate
and dissolve the said Chester and Birkenhead Railway Com-
pany, and to alter and vary the rates, tolls, and duties at pre-
sent demandable, or recoverahle, for Bre use of the said rail-

ways respectiveiy , Butt tu cuurrrc tn. sttut 1311 nctialua,
shire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Company, or the said con-
sondatcd 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 confirm and
legalize all contracts and agreements adopted or approved of,
Or acted upon by or between the said Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Junction Railway Company and the Chester and
Birkenhead Railway Company, or the. Directors of either of 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.
,
rangements, and agreements with the said Birkenb-
cashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Company,
and Birkenhead Railway Company, or either of them, in r
rence to such purchase or amalgamation, as they shall d
expedient, and as may be mutually agreed upon betw,-
said London and North-Western Railway Compa,
kenhead, Lancashire, and Chesl&re Junction R,aitw.
pany, and Chester and Birkenhead Railway Company, r.
tively ; and for such purposes to alter, amend, extend, i.
enlarge some of the powers and provisions of the several Act
following relating to the London and North-Westent Rail
or some of them, (that is to say,)—Local and personal
and 9th Victoria, chapter 156, Local and personal Acts 9th a'
Victoria, chapters 67, 80, 82, 152, 112, 184, 193, 204, 23
233. 244, 248, 234, 26), 309, 328, 331, 359, 368, 369. 'and 396,
.'Dateri this Seventh day of November, One 'Mousy- "
Hundred and Forty-Six.
LLOYD and WALK, ISolidto,,
JOSEPH MALLABY, I

L Lan
and Claeste

the
nv. and Bir-

PER MILE

THE LIVERPOOL AND BIRKENHE
ECONOMIC CONVEYANCE COM

MANY

(REGISTERED PROVISIONALLY,)
Upon the :principles of. the Company already formed in Lt
don, as originally projetted by W. H. James, Eq., Civil

gineer, the Pateitue of a Vehicle, constructed on
new principle, eminently suited to the conveni
"lie in general, and particularly the working clai
CAPITAL, .-e 200,000, divided into 40,000 Shares t
DEPOSIT, Gd. per Share.
(being the largest amount allowed by Act of Parlia
taken,) with power of considering the Company f(
10,000 shares are subscribed for; u PUBLIG-M LEI

calleit, wlietytfie Directors

chosen from the Shareholders.
Call, on complete Registration
•holder liable beyond t4,‘"

ft per share.—.
tount of his 'Slat..

artiTERS.
Sir THOMAS BRAN-t
. . WILLIAM POTE

ROYMAANK OF LIVI

Mr. HENRY/REMNER, 3, Temple-court, Liver'
SECRETARY PRO TEMI
. PETER LOWE, at the Office of the Company,

_
walks, Liverpool.
Offices of the Company—Chapel-walks, Lit
22, King..strea, Guildhall, Londoi

PROSPECTUS,

DUBUC. attention has been so long engrossed by
1 one absorbing subject, that of the construction of Rail-
ways in almost all parts of the globe, that little or no notice has
been taken of domestic inconvenience; nor has it occurred but
to few persons that the means of locomotion in cities andtowns
can be afforded to the humbler classes at ane.xpliise

The Cot

the exetus

use of ti

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