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

MANCHESTER

Deposit, .2s
No Shareholder to be liable 2/ bey 4
PROVIONAL
The Right lion. Lord RossIS
more
The Right Hon. Col. Dawson'
Darner, M.P.
Tke Hon. C. Pelham Villiers, M.P
The Hon. Robert Gore, M.P.
The Hon. Col. 'Westeitra, M.P.
Sir Henry Hunleke, Bart.
Sir Henry Webb, Bart.
Sir William Twysden, Bart.
Sir William Bacon Johnson, Bart.
Sir Henry Seale, Bart
William Collins, Esq., M.P.
Edmund k'rancis Dayrell, Eq.,
High Sheri trot' Buckinghamshire
William Strahan, Esq

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LONDON BANKERS
Messrs. Glynn and Co.; and Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Co., Strand.
PROVINCIAL BANKERS.
Messrs. Rromage and Co„ Chepstow
Messrs. Bailey, Greatrex, and Co., Monmouth
Messrs. Williams and Sons, Newport
The West of England Banking Company and Branches
The Monmouth and Glamorgan Banking Company and Branches
The National Provincial Banking Company and Branches
The Gloucestershire Basking Company and Branches
The County of Gloucester Banking Company and Branches.
SOLICITOUS.
Mr. W. T. H. Phelps, Newport. Monmouthshire
Messrs. A'Beckett, Son, and Sympson, 7, Golden-square, London
LOCAL AGENTS.
Chepstow—Messrs. Baldwin and Morgan, Solicitors
Gloucester—Messrs. Ellis, Elliott, and Co., Solicitors
SECRETARY.
Mr. William Prothero, 10, Old Jewry Chambers, London.
This Line will join the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester
Junction Railway at Chepstow, and extend westward near to
Piercifield, the far-famed Windcliff, and Tiutern Abbey, to the towns
of Usk and Pontypool, and over the centre of the great iron and coal
field of South Wales, passing near to and through the midst of the
extensive iron works and collieries of Monmouthshire and Glamor-
ganshire, to join the Aberdare branch of the Taff Vale Railway,
wihich connects Merthyr Tydvil and Aberdare with Cardiff—thus
forming a much more direct and almost straight Line—by means of
the railways already made and projected between those immensely
populous districts, and the centre of the kingdom and London, by
means of which the journey by land will be shortened between the
metropolis and this great seat of industry to four and a half, and
between Newport and Cardiff to five hours, which at present, even by
the aid of existing railways, cannot be performed in less than frOtn
ten to twelve hours.
It will be found by reference to the official census of 1831 and
1841, that the average increase of population of the county of Mon-
mouth exceeded that of any other county in England or Wales ; this
fact is • referred to as illustrative of the rising importance of the
country through which this railway is intended to pass, and of
the very large passenger traffic which may reasonably be calculated
upon.

The town of Usk, with Ragland, and the rich agricultural district
for many miles around, aro supplied by carts from the vicinity of
Pontypool with coal and lime, which are there obtained at a cheap
rate, and In return cattle and provisions of all kinds, hay, corn, and
pit timber to an enormous extent, are sent to the iron works and
collieries, where the consumption is immense. This traffic alone
must necessarily ensure a considerable revenue to the Company, in-
dependent of the great traffic from the manufactured iron, fire
bricks, and paving stone, which is of superior quality, and in great
abundance. The present cost of conveying and delivering iron and
tin plates from the works to London, including transit to the port,
shipping charges, freight, and insurance, amounts to little less than
20s. per ton, whilst by this railway, and those it is intended to join,
the average cost at the rate usually charged for such goods on rail-
ways will effect a saving of at least 25 per cent., and be conveyed
within twenty-four hours, instead of the average voyage round the
Land's End of three, and not unfrequently six weeks, and with the
very important advantage of delivering the iron free from rust,
which is unavoidable on a sea voyage, in small bars more particu.
tarty, causing a deterioration of frem 15s. to 20s. per ton at least.
This railway, by means of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean., and
Gloucester Junction, and the Birmingham and Gloucester Railways,
will open Birmingham as a market for the manufactured iron of
South Wales, from which it has been in a measure excluded, ftom
the difficult and expensive transit by the River Severn and Canals.
Large quantities ofiron ore, known as " Hoematete ore," is imported
into Wales, from Lancashire, Cumberland, Devon, and Cornwall; whilst
ore of a similar quality, and equal productiveness for iron making,
exists in abundance in the Forest of Dean, and may be raised and
delivered from thence by means of this and the Chepstow, Forest of
Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway to the different iron works
in Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire at an average of from 95 to 30
per cent. less than it costs at present, and at the same time leave a
handsome remuneration to the Railway Companies.
The Committee of Management have gone very careflilly into
estimates of the goods traffic esi.ecially, and they feel justified in
expressing a decided opinion that the revenue from this source alone
will yield 5 per cent. on the proposed capital of tho Company, in
addition to the revenue to be derived from the other traffic.
This Railway will pass close to, and within a fe'w miles of, all the
iron and tin works of Monmouthshire, and the principal part of
those in Glsmorganshire ; and the following short statistic of the
extent of those stupendous undertakings will give an idea of the vat
importance of the pfosent project. The iron and tin works tem..
menco at Pontypool, and are-
1. The Pontymoile Tin and Iron Works
2. The Blaendare Iron and Coal Works
8. The extensive Tin Works of Messrs. Conway, Messrs. Fother-
gill, and Messrs. Jenkins
4. The Peutwyn, Golonos, and Varteg Iron Works and Rolling
Mills
S. The British Iron Company
6. The Blaenavon Iron Company
7. The Nantylylo
8. The Coalbrooke Vale
`9. The Cwn Celyn and Blaine Company
10. The Beaufort
11. The Ebbw Vale
12. The Victoria Company
13. The Abbercarne, Pontymister, and Tydee Tin Works, Messrs.
Lewis
14. The Ti edegar Iron Company
15. The Shirhowey
16. The Rhyniney and Bute Company
17. The Dowlais Iron Works
15. Carfartha.
Added to which, in the vicinity, are the extensive works and
collieries in the Aberdare Valley, and on either side :of the !Wendel
railway are collieries raising and vending about one million and a
half tons of coal per annum, which it is not unreasonable to ex-
pect will be greatly extended, by the facilities offered through the
intended railway.
In the districts of Merthyr, Aberdare, and westward, thee exts an inexhaustible abundance of a peculiar description of coal,r whicish,
though inflammable, is nearly smokeless, and is found to be superior
in quality for steam purposes to any yet known. In the London
market It meets with a ready sale at 30 per cent. higher than any of
the best north country Hartley's ; and notwithstanding the high
price, so highly is it esteemed, that the present importation amounts
to nearly 100,000 tons per annum. This coal for the most part Is
brought from a distance of 24 miles, and shipped at Cardiff, front
whence freights to London have averaged from 10s. to 1I s. per ton
during the past year; but so uncertain is the supply to the metropo-
lis, owing to the scarcity of ships on the Welsh coast, and the long
and precarious navigation round the Laud's End, that many who are
anxious to adopt their engine grates for its use, are deterred from
the toe great uncertainty which exists against obtaining a regular
and constant supply; these difficulties will be entirely superseded by
the proposed railway, and these it is intended to join, with the great
additional advantage and impetus to increased use and consumption,
that it may be delivered to the consumer at from 2s. to 3s. per ton
less price than at present. Under such circumstances, it will not
appear unreasonable to those unacquainted with the trade, to expect
that the consumption in the metropolis alone will be increased four-
fold, whilst a new-found trade will be opened out with ChopsteW,
Gloucester, Cheltenham, Witney, Oxford, and the numerous inter-
mediate towns to London, where steam coal is used.
It has been considered more judicious to form a separate Company
for the Extension line from Chepstow to the Tat' Vale, than to alter
the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway
Company at present, but powers are proposed to be taken for uniting
the two Companies hereafter, with the assent of their respective
Boards of Direction.
Preference will be given to those locally interested, and to -the
holders of Shares in the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester
Junction Railway.
A reference to the map will show the Importance of this line as
forming a direct line of railway communication between the great
mineral district of Monmouthshire and Glamorganshires with the
heart of the Kingdom and London.
It may confidently be stated that in connexion with the Chep-
stow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction itailway, there Is
not a line of railroad in the Kingdom which Wfers greater advan-
tages to the Shareholders than the presert. Provision will be made
in the Act of Parliament which will 'ifre applied for in the next ses-
sion to limit the liability of the Shareholder to the amount of his
shares, and to allow four per erent. on the calls.
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 Mnds of
the Company in payment of all the expenses incurred in its forma-
Hen, and in the preparation of the Plans and Sections submitted to
Parliament.
Power will be applied for in the Act (and in the meantime is
hereby given to the Mtelaging Directors as above), to raise any addi-
tional capital, to extend or abandon any branch 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.
Applications for Shares, in the form annexed, to be made to the
Solicitors, or to Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Threadneedle Street,
and Messrs. Backhouso and Co., No. 4, Angel Court, Throgniorten
Street, London ;—Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ;
Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol —Mr. Thomas Evans, Bath ;
Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker, Manchester ; —Messrs . H. Davies
and Co., Dale Street, Liverpool ;—Messrs. Chantrell and Boys, Leeds z.
—Messrs. Wilkinson and Earle, Hull ;—and Messrs. Labertoucite ands Stafford, Dublin. •
To the Provisional Committee of the Welsh South Midland or Cba. j.a.mr-v•lsa apinn non snares or 2ur. each, In
the Welsh South Midland or Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Glouces-
ter Junction Extension Railway ; and I do hereby undertake to ac-
cept the same, or any less number you may allot me, and to pay the
deposit of V. 2s. per share, and all future calls thereon, and to alga
the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when re-
quired.

Dated this
Panne in full.. .
Emblem or Profession .......• • • •
]Tame. Residence, and Profession of Reitree • •
Venal Signature of Applicant •• • • • • • •

day of

184 S.

WELSH SOUTH MIDLAND, or c.iirtp.
STOW, FOREST of DEAN, and GLOUCEST2I{ ;tare.
TION EXTENSION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given that no Application fbr Sh.res in this Com-
pany can be received after the let of October next.
WILLIAM PROTHEROE, Secretary.

FAMPOUX (ARRAS) and HAZEBROUCK
RAILWAY (O'NEILL'S COMPANY).
ESOVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
IN FRANCE.
Le Vicomte d'Abancourt, Peer of France, Director of the Lyons and
St. Etienne Railway
Le Marquis de Flers, Conseiller a la Cour des Comptes
M. Gabriel helm, Entrepreneur de Transports, Paris
M. Proprietaire de Forges et Fonderies, Arras
M.lial
Alphonseiet Laurent, Banker, Director of the Orleans and Bordeanc
Railway, President of the Tribunal of Commerce of Blois
M. Felix O'Neill, Banker, Paris
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LeM.BLoaruisunldileanTte.,
du Cher, Paris.

IN ENGLAND.
Frederic Chamier, Esq., R.N., Senior United Service Club, Itireetor
of the Great Paris and Lyons Railway
James Watts Peppercorne, Esq., No. 2, Old Broad-street
of London
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Deputy -Governor of the Union Bank
William Strahan, Esq., Banker, Strand
George Whitmore, Esq., Deputy-ChairMan of the North Kent
Railway.
BANKERS—Messrs. Strahan, Pauls, and Bates, 217, Strand.
SOLICITOR—E. Benham, Esq., 20, Austin-friars.
SECRETA/IY—W. Freeling Jerdan, Esq.
At a meeting of the English Shareholders in this Company, held
this day, at the offices of the solicitors of the Company,
ANDREW SPOTTISWOODE, Esq., in the chair;
the first report of the English Provisional Directors having been
read ;
It was moved by S. D. SCOTT, Esq. ; seconded by G. K. Pou.osi,
Esq.unanimously resolved—
That the Directors' report then read be adopted, printed, and cir-
culated among the Shareholders.
It was moved by GEORGE PAUL, Esq.; seconded by W. MOUNTFORD
NURSE, Esq. ' • and unanimously resolved—
That the thanks of the Shareholders were eminently due and were,
thereby presented to the Directors generally, and to Captain Chamfer
in particular, for their strenuous and successful efforts to obtaiti the
concession of this important line.
It was moved by E. BENnAm, Esq. • seconded by S. D. SET, Esq. ;
and unanimously resolved—
V.
That the resolutions be published in the usual newspv.pers.
ANDREW SPOTTISWOODE, Chairman.
The Chairman baying vacated the chair, it was proposed, seconded,
and carried by acelamation—That the thanks of this meeting were
due to the Chairman for his able conduct la the chair.
By order,
W. FIiEELLNG JERDAN, Secretary.

itary Contract and Bub-
mtion at the Company's
idon, between the hours
In signature of the deed,
irip.
A. BARRETT, Secretary.

AIDLAND, or CHEP-
F DEAN, AND GLOUCESTER
.WAY.
Provisionally.)
~000 Shares of 201. each.
Is. per Share.
end the amount of his Share.
, COMMITTEE.
William Hughes Hughes, Alder-
I man of London
Col. Hugh Caldwell
George Lawton, Esq.
W. I'. Andrew, Esq.
C. R. Colman, Esq.
Joseph Davies, Esq.
John Wheelton, Esq.
Edward Hall, Esq.
Major White
Captain J. P. Macdougall
William Shelf/ad Fitzwilliam, Esq.
William Frederick Peadon, Esq.
Hartley Kennedy, Esq.
James Beech, Esq.
James Morrison, Esq.
(With power to add to their number.)
COMMITTEE 01, MANAGEMENT.
Edward Francis Dayrell, Esq., Chairman
Edward Hall, Esq., Deputy-Chairman
Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart. I George Lawton, Esq.
Sir Williain 'fwysden, Bart. Major WhiteC. E. Colman, Esq.
Berman W. P. Andrew, Esq.
Win. Hughes Hughes, Esq., Al- W. S. Fitzwillian4, Esq.
W. F. Hendon, Esq.
James Morrison, Esq.
ENGINEER.
William Cravat t, Esq., F.R.S.