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London, England, 1845-09-27 00:00:00

PROSPECTUS OF THE

RHONDDA and ELY VALLIES JUNCTION
RAILWAY, GLAMORGANSIIIRE.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Promoted with the sanction and support of the Right lion. the Earl

of Dunraven.
Capital, 200,0001, in 10,000 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
fiseount Mare, M.P., Dunraven Castle, Glamorgan

Crawshaw Bailey, Esq., Iron-works, Nant y Glo
S:r Robert Price, Bart., Foxley, llerefordshire
Riehard Price, Esq., M.P., Radnorshire
Sir William Wynn, Macs Eewyeld, Chairman of the North Wales
Railway
fames G. Barrett, Esq., Ross, Herefordshire

lenry A. Bruce, Esq., Duffryn Rouse, Cardiff
Villiam Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Shef-
field and Manchester Railway

:harles Richard Bigge, Esq., 19, Bryanstone-square
john Castendick, Esq., Lewisham, Kent

!horns., Chitty, Esq., Director of the Rugby and Worcester
Railway

The Rev. James Cozens, Ynys Plwm, Giamorganshire
Edward Cotton, Esq., St. James's-square and Kenilworth, Director
of the Commercial Bank

George Dennis, Esq., Director of the Great;Leeds and London Direct
Railway . .

Captain Dawson, R.N., Barnes, Surrey, Director of Cambridge and
Lincoln Extension Railway

Richard Dutton, Esq., Dire-ctor of the South and Midlands' Junction
Railway
William Edmondes, Esq., of Cowbridge, Glamorganshire
Thomas H. Evans, Mayor of Carnarvon, Director of the Rugby and
Worcester Railway

The Rev. IL R. Fovher, Felton, near Bristol, and No. 7, Manchester-
square
Captain Hewitt, Tyr Mab ELis, Glarmorganshire
Windsor IL Humphreys, Esq., Garth Hall, Glamorganshlre

John J. Harris, Esq., Treverig, Glamorganshire
John Hopkins, Esq., Killely, Glamorganshire
William Harrison, Esq., Hill House, Upper Tooting
John James, Esq., Secondary of the City of London, and Director of
the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
John Ingles Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby,
and Southampton Railway
Tero Clarke Kemhall, Esq., Hyde-park-gardens, Director of the
South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Richard Kelly, Esq., Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
Griffith Llewellyn, Esq., Baglan Hall, Glamorgansbire
William Llewellyn, Esq., Director of the Bridgend Branch of the
National Provincial Bank of England
James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean
Railway
Thomas Morris, Esq., of Newport, Monmouthshire
Leyshon Morgan, Esq., Lower Tremains, Bridgend, Glamorganshire
Samuel P. Pratt, Esq., 1.R.5., Bath, and No. 55, Lincoln's Inn-
fields, Director of the Kennet and Avon Canal
William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park

George B. Pie, Esq., Livenliatn, Suffolk
Evan Prichard, Esq., Collenna House, Giamorganshira

James Brown, isq., of Ton Dhu, near Bridgend
Richard Fowler Rickards, Esq., Lantrissent House, Glamorganshire
James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Direct,
and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Edward L. Richards, Esq., Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire

John Randall, Esq., Old Castle, Bridgend, Glamorginshlra
Richard Lewis Reece, Esq., County Coroner, Cardiff
Edward Scard, Esq., of Kew Green, Surrey, and Garth Hall, Glamor.

ganshire
Henry James, Esq., Finsbury-square, London
Joseph Underwood, Esq., The Hall. Director of the London and
Birmingham Extension Railway Company, and Director of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
(With power to add to their number.)
SOLICITORS.
W. E. James, Esq., 5, Basinghall-street, London
William Morgan, Esq., Bridgend, Glamorgan.
BANKERS.
Commercial Bank of London
National Provincial Bank, Bridgend and Cardiff.
ENGINEER.

This Railway is projected for the purpose of uniting the Rhondda
and Ely Vallies, with the South Wales Railway, at a few miles dis-
tance from the Port of Cardiff; and to open a new mineral district,
one of the richest and most important In South Wales, which is at
present without the means of transit for its immense and valuable
products.
It will pass through the central portion of the great coal-field of
Glamorganshire, where iron-stone also abounds with the coal in im-
mense quantities, and laying, geologically speaking, nearly flat, and,
obtainable, for the most part, by proper levels. The coal in addition
to its being of excellent quality for iron making, as is proved at Mer-
thyr and Aberdeen, is also, like that of those districts, of the very
best description for steam purposes, being nearly smokeless, although
inflammable, indeed so pre-eminently is the superiority of this de-
scription of coal established for steam purposes over any other,
that the demand for it far exceeds the supply, and promises. accord-
ing to the opinion of the most eminent marine engineers, to super-
sede all others for purposes of steam navigation. This source of
traffic alone will afford a handsome return for the capital invested,
as has been demonstrated in every instance where even tram-roads or
canals have been constructed to open the mineral resources of other
less promising vallies in Wales than the Rhondda, which is cele-
brated for the abundance, quality, and facility of obtaining its pro.
ductions.

An inexhaustible supply of limestone (so necessary for the manu-
facture of iron and for agricultural purposes) may be obtained by
means of this Railway, much nearer and cheaper than by any other
line.

This line will afford to the Increasing population or tne nen vales
of Ely and Rhondda a much desired communication with the great
Market town and port of Cardiff, from whence, at present, they may
be said to be almost excluded.
It is intended that the line shall commence at Blaen Rhondda, the
head of the Rhondda Valley, and proceed down to a natural pass
between the hills at Ffrwd Amws, a distance of eight miles, where it
will enter the Ely Valley and proceed down (a Anther distant* of
six miles) to Lanelay-bridge, near Lantrissent, and there Join the
South Wales Railway, thus opening a communication under the most
advantageous circumstances as to distance, with all the ports in the
British channel.
A preliminary survey has already been made by competent par-
ties, and it is found that the country admits of highly invourable
gradients, so much so that it is confidently anticipated that the
works will be executed very considerably under the advertised ca-
pital.
The landowners along the line are favourable to this undertaking,
and the names of many influential proprietors will be found on the
Provisional Committee.
No Subscriber will be answerable beyond the amount of his de-
posit until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of
his subscription.
Until an Act of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of this
Company shall be under the control of the Managing Directors, to
whom power is given to allot the Shares, and to apply the fluids
of the Company in payment of all the expenses incurred in its forma-
tion, and in the preparation of the plans and sections to be submitted
to Parliament.
Power will be applied for in the Act (and in the meantime is
hereby given to the Managing Directors as above), to raise any addi-
tional capital, to extend or abandon any part of the line, to make
branch lines, or enter into any arrangements, by amalgamation or
otherwise, with any other company or companies, and also to nomi-
nate the first Directors of the Company.
In the allottment of Shares, a preference will be given to
interested.
landowners on the line and other Parties 1000 l p c a_t on_
as for
Shares, Prospectuses and Maps may be had of, I.llndton
ed in the form annexed 11 •B. J
Shares, may be address
I-street, London ; to W. Morgan, Esq.,
Esq., Solicitor, 5, Dasingilai
shire • and to the undermentioned
Solicitor, B
rid end' °lam°
-an Share's will receive the attention of
Brokers ; but no application for ,
unless accompanied by a reference to one or more
tor the Committee,
Provisional Committee, Solicitors, or the Engineers:—
London—Messrs. John She ell
and Son, 25, Tokenhouse-yard,
44 Messrs. J. Peppercorne and Co., 2, Old Broad-street.
Liverpool—Messrs. Beultt and Co.
Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Leese
Leeds—Messrs. John Young and Co,
Bristol Luke Arnold, Esq. ; menu. Tette aud Nash
Birmingham—W. Coma

6heftlefii—)fevers. liardwell and Sons.
EOlll4 Or APPLICATION POR SHARES.
T the Provisional Committee Of the Rhondda and Ely Vallies
Alhetion Railway.
C-entlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares of 20T.
each in this Company, and I Undertake to accept the same, and to
pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be allotted
to me ; and I also undertake to execute the Parliamentary Contract
and Sahicli.l)46' Agreement when required.

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-ONDON and BRIGHTON RAILWAY
-.ILA FUR-THER-REDUCTION-OP—FARES. -
The Company having made the requisite increase in titi-roa 0 -
carriages, propose to- carry. out a FI_TRTIIER RED Tki:1y414.,„7.....--
FARES, as notified by the Chairman at the. General MLttilfg --. AA
the Company on the 7th August last; consequently, on and4aitijtauti t's
Ist of October next, the Fares between London and Brighton will be,

Single Fare. Day Ticket.
For Third Class, Parliamentary Trains...... 4s. 3d. • •
Third Class, Open Carriages. ..... ss. Od. .. 7s. Gd.
Second Class, Enclosed Carriages 7s. 6d. .. Ils. Gd.
First Class, by 2 and 21:; hour Trains ..10s. Od. .. 15s. Od.
First Class, by Express trains ..
Second Class, by Express Trains . ...10s lid. .. 158. Od.
A proportionate reduction will be made in the intermediate Fares
and Excursion Tickets.
The following Trains will be discontinued at the end of September :
The Train leaving Bri.hten at 7 40 P.M.
The Express Train leaving Brighton at 9 30 A.M. on Mondays.
The Express Train leaving London at 4 0 P.M. on Saturdays.
By order, . T. J. BUCKTON, Secretary.
Lon lon-bridge, Sept. 19, 1845.

GREAT NORTH AND SOUTH WALES,
AND WORCESTER RAILWAY.
PROVISIONAL MANAGERS.
John Francis Bacon, Esq. Thomas Raikes, Esq.
Robert Blaney, Esq. I Robert Rising, Esq.
Alfred Bush, Esq. The Ites. David Robinson. •
Henry Cornfoot, Esq. John Rowlands, Esq.
Robert Hart, Esq. John Russell, Esq.
Evan W. Morris, Esq.
The Provisional Managers hereby give notice that the allotment of
shares in this railway is now finally completed.
The Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers'Agreement will lie fur
signature of the London Subscribers, at the offices of the Company,
on MONDAY next, filo 29th Inst., and four following days, from Eleven
to Five o'clock. By order,
(71PEL HANBURY, Secretary.
7, St. Mildred's-court, London, Sept. 25, 1845.

THE MIDLAND, BARNSLEY, SHEFFIELD,
DEW BURY, LEEDS, AND BRADFORD RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 700,000/.. in 35,000 Shares of i'ol. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
(The names will be inserted next week.)
BANKERS.
The Hudderstlekl Banking Company, Dewsbury and Huddersfield.
The West-Riding 'Union Banking Company, Dewsbury, Iludders-
field, and Wakefield.
The Leeds and West-Riding Banking Company, Leeds and Bradford.
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, London.
Messrs. 3lasterman, and Co. London.
ENGINEER—Henry Emanual Scott, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Charles Robert Scholes, Dewsbury
• Henry Brodribbi 6, Chid'a-place, Temple, London.

The object of this line is to make a short and direct communication
between the populous manufacturing and iron and coal districts of
Bradford, Cleckheaton, Heckmondwike, Batley, Dewsbury, Barns-
ley, and Sheffield, with the wool and agricultural districts of Lei-
cestershire, Derbyshire, Doncaster, Gaiusborough, Lincoln, &c., and
the port of Boston.

The line will form a junction with the West Yorkshire, the Leeds
and Dewsbury, and the Manchester and Leeds Railways, at or
near Dewsbury; and thence proceed by Darton to Barnsley, and
Wombwell, to or near to Watli-upon-Dean*, near Swinton ; where
it will join the North Midland Railway, and also meet the proposed
line to Doncaster, Bawtry, Gainsborough, and Lincoln ; and form a
communication by the existing lines with the port of Boston and the
south ; and by the projected Hull and Barnsley Junction Railway;
it will also form a direct line to Hull, and by the Leeds and Thirsk
Railway, a direct line to the Donk.

The lint will also be continued from Barnsley by Tankersley and
Chapeltown toSbeflield.
_

A branch will run to the various Ironworks and Colliery Rail-
ways, near Wentworth ; and another branch will run to the Silk-
stone Colliery Railways.

A direct line of communication will thus be formed between the
important manufacturing places of Bradford, Bierley, Cleckheaton,
Gomersall, lieekmondwike, Liversedge, Batley, Dewsbury, Ossett,
Thornhill, Darton, Barnsley, Ardsley, and Wombwell, to Wath-
upon-Dearne, Doncaster, Lincolnshire, the port of Boston, and the
south, and also to Sheffield ; affording the best possible accommoda-
tion to the rich iron and coal districts of Silkstone, Worsborough,
Tankersley, Chapeltown, and Sheffield; whilst the wools and raw
materials used'in the manufactures at Bradford, Pudsey, Earlsheaton,
Cleckheaton, Batley, Heekmondwike, Dewsbury, and Barnsley, as
welt as corn and cattle, will he received by the shortest and mast di-
rect line of transit from Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire,
and the southern parts which supply these commodities, in exchange
for the manufactures, coals, and minerals of those districts,
It must be evident to every one, on looking at the snap, that this
line is imperatively called for, as up to this period the °lily rail-
way communication for the supply of wool and other gews, and the
conveyance of passengers to Dewsbury, Heeknuradwike, Batley,
Cleckheaton, Bradford, and the intermediate places (each containing
a numerous manufacturing population), 1144 been the North 3lidland
line by Normanton—a very circuitoSts route, as appears by the fol-
lowing statement of distances of those places :
Relative distances from Bradford and Dewsbury to Barnsley and
Sheffield, by the present rot*, and the proposed line :

• From Bradford to Barnsley by Brighouse, and thence by Iles.
the Leeds and Manchester line, about .. iq
By the proposed line from Bradford, via Cleekheaton and
Dewsbury, to Barnsley ..

• • 20

Being a saving of ..
From Dewsbury, Batley, &c., by the present route to Barnsley
about
By the proposed Ilne

Being a saving on 23 miles of no less than .. .. 12
The present distance to Sheffield from Bradford is about M miles ;
by the proposed line it will be 31,—0r a saving of 20 miles.
From Dewsbury by the present route Sheffield is distant 40 miles ;
by the proposed line it will be 21,—0r a saving of 19 miles.
The same observations, as to saving of distance, apply to London
and all intermediate places ; and it is important to observe that either
by the present North Midland 11110, or by the projected London and
York Railway, this proposed line will be the shortest and most direct
route from Bradford, Dewsbury, &c., to London.
It may also be noticed, that from Swinton to Leeds by this project
and the Leeds and Dewsbury line, the distance Is much less than by
way of lionnanton.
The following table, taken from the Parliamentary Census of 1534/,
will give some idea of the populous Districts through which the line
passes :

POPULATION OP PLACES (IN 1841), ON THE LINE OF ROAD,
Bradford parish 105,257Earlsheaton Soothill 4,453
Bradford .• • ..... 34,560 Oasett .• • . ••• • • • ...• 6,078
Bierley .... • • .... ~512 ,Thornhill parish .....• 7,301
Pudsey • •••••••.• ••.. • • 10,002 Barton parish .. •• • • 3,583
Cleckheaton ............ 4,299 Silkstone parish 18.559
Gomersall • . 8,030 Barnsley •• • 12,310
Heckmondwike • • • • 3,537 Ardsley ..... ........ ••
.. 2,220
Liversedgo ............ 5,988 Womt..well ...• •• .• .. • • 1,1G9
Batley ...... • • .... • • 7,o7G,Wath-upon-Deanne pa-
Dewsbury parish .. •• .. 93,806: rich
Dewsbury ..... .. 10,600, Sheffield ••••• • • • • • 68,186
The traffic through this district is immense.

A careful survey of the line and branches has been made by the
engineer, a. d the scheme will be submitted to Parliament at the ap-
proaching session.

- Power is reserved to continue the line northward to Bradford, if
the Company should think tit.

Provisions will be inserted in the Act of Parliament to allow Inte-
rest at 4 per cent. on the deposits and calls, from the passing of the
Act, until the opening of the railway; and for limiting the share-
holders' liability te the amount of their subscriptions.
Power will also be applied for in the Act (aid in the meantime is
reserved to the Managing Committee), to abandon or alter any part of
the line, and to snake branches; and also to enter into any arrange-
ments with any other company or companies.
A liberal portion of the shares will be reserved for the landowners
and others having local interests ; and such companies as this line
may form junctions with, or with which this Company may be con-
nected.

Applications for shares (in the form given below), and for pro-
spectuses, may be made to the Solicitors, and also to Mr. Charles
Dyson, Sharebroker, Boar-lane, Leeds ; Messrs. Wilson and Della-
well, Sharebrokers, Huddersfield; and Mr. John Brooke, Broker,.
Dewsbury.

- FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Midland, Barnsley, Kies:ad,
Dewsbury, Leeds, and Bradford Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201. each
in the above Company; and I hereby agree to accept the same, or
any less number, and to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share thereon,
and to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agree-
ment when required.
Dated this day of

1845.

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PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.

SALISBURY and SWINDON EXTENSION
of the WILTS, SOMERSET, and SOUTHAMPTON JUNC-
TION RAILWAY, on the Broad Gauge, from Salisbury, by Ames-
bury, the Yale of. Avon, and Marlborough, to Swindon, forming a
direct line of railway through Cheltenham and Gloucester, to Bir-
mingham, Manchester, and Liverpool.
Capital 700,000/., in 28,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. Gd. per share.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.

John Bagshaw, Esq., Chairman of the Wilts, Somerset, and South-
tunpton Junction Railway, and Director of the Northern and
Eastern and Eastern Counties Railway Companies, London.
William Bradley, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton Junction Railway, and Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway Companies.
Manor Oaks, Sheffield

William Bardgett, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and South-
ampton Junction Railway, and the Italian and Austrian Railway
Companies, London.

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George Hunt, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and South-
ampton Junction Railway Company, banker, Southampton
W. J. Le Feuvre, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and South-
ampton Junction Railway Company, alderman and magistrate,
Southampton
_ _

Edward ',Caller, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and South-
amplon Junction Railway Company, merchant, Southampton
W, J, MlGwire, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and South-
ampton Junction Railway Company, Hampton Court, London
Richard Harris Purcell, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton Junction Railway Company, London
George Rougemont, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton Junction Railway, and of the Paris and Caen Rail-
way Companies, London
J. Stewart, Esq., M.P., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and South-
ampton Junction Railway, and of the Paris and Caen and Northern
of France Railway Companies, London
Jahn Ridgway, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and South-
ampton Junction Railway, and of the Trent Valley Railway Com-
pany, Staftbrdshire Potteries
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and South-
ampton Junction Railway Company, Westbourue House, Sheffield
Augustus Bosanquet, Esq., Lombard-street, London.

Messrs. Roberta, Curtis, and6,7,-I.Ondon ; the Hampshire Bank.
Southampton.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
same.: Coppeck, Esq., 3, Cleveland-row, St. James's ; John Bell.
Esq., Craven-street, London; W. H. Moberley, Esq., Southampton.
ACTING ENGINEERS—Messrs. Birch, Cannon-row, London.
COUNTRY AGENTS.

C. W. Squarey, Esq., Salisbury ; John Pyke, Esq., Marlborough ;

Messrs. Crowdy, Swindon

The Directors of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Junction
Railway Company having completed the whole of their ,arirrif f,f
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melds, and having been compelled to refuse at least three-fourths
the applications for shares in the line, have had their attention
forcibly and repeatedly called to the necessity of
taodnireeicit
cation between Salisbury and Swindon, the sta.,
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Resides forming a direct communication with the great manfactnr-
ing towns in the north, the Salisbury and Swindon Extension will
make a complete line of railway between Southampton, Salisbury.
and all parts of North and South Wales. e•
In the allotment of shares, preference will be given to the holders
of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Junction Railway shares,
and parties locally interested, with due regard to public interest ,
and every original shareholder in that line may, on production of hi a
Scrip Certificate, receive an allotment of a similar number of Salis-
bury and Swindon Extension shares. The holders of Great Wester Ff,
and of Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth shares will also have * pre-
ference.

Applications may be made in the following form to the Proviskaa
Committee, at the Offices of the Company, 26, Gresham-street; th
Solicitors, the Local Agents, or to the principal Brokers in town an d
country.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Salisbury and Swindon Extra-
sion of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me

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shares in the above railway, and I agree to accept that or any lee $
number that you may please to allot me, and I undertake to pay the
deposit of 2/. 128.6 d. per share on the same, and to sign the subscrib-
ers' agreement, and the Parliamentary contract when required.
Dated this day of 1845.

Name in fall •••••• • • • • •
Residence. ..... ........... ...
Place of Business (if any) ..............
Trade or Profession. • • • • • •• • • ..
Usual Signature ; • • • •• • • •• • • • • ....•
Scrip (if any) held by mo
Nos... Fives
—the Wilts, Somerset.
Nos... Tens and Southampton June-
Nos . • Twenties lion Railway.
IL B. SHERIDAN, Secretary.
Louden, 30th August, 1845. 26, Gresham-street, City.