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FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SMARMS.

BARNET and NORTH METROPOLITAN
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that no further Applications for Shares in
this undertaking will be received after SATURDAY, the 4th October
next.

By order of the Committee of Management,
EDWARD ELKINS, }
Joint Solicitors.
G. P. HILL,
.59, Newman-strait, Sept. 25, 1845.

PROSPECTUS OF THE
RHONDDA and ELY VALUES JUNCTION
RAILWAY, GLAMORGANSHIRE.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Promoted with the sanction and support of the Right Hen. the Earl
of Dunraven.
Capital, 200,0001., in 10,000 Shares of 201. cads.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Viscount Mare, M.P., Dunraven Castle, Glamorgan
Crawshaw Bailey, Esq., Iron-works, Nant y Glo
S!r Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Foxley, Herefordshire
Richard Price, Esq., M.P., Radnorshire
Sir William Wynn, Macs Ecwyeld, Chairman of the North Wales
Railway
Fames G. Barrett, Esq., Ross, Herefordshire
aenry A. Bruce, Esq., Duffryn House, Cardiff
Valiant 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
Thomas Chitty, Esq., Director of the Rugby and Worcester
Railway
The Rev. James Cozens, Ynys Plwm, Glamorganshire
Edward Cotton, Esq., St. James's-square and Kenilworth, Director
of the Commercial Bank
George Dennis, Esq., Director of the GreatfLoeds and London Direct
Railway
Captain Dawson, R.N., Barnes, Surrey, Director of Cambridge and
Lincoln Extension Railway
Richard Dutton, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
Railway
William Edmondes, Esq., of Cowbridgc, Glamorganshlre
Thomas H. Evans, Mayor of Carnarvon, Director of the Rugby and
Worcester Railway
The Rev. H. IL Fowler, Felton, near Bristol, and Ne. 7, Manchester-
square
Captain Hewitt, Tyr Mab Ellis, Glarmorganshire
Windsor H. Humphreys, Esq., Garth Hall, Glamorganshlre
John J. Harris, Esq., Treverig, Glamorganshire
John Hopkins, Esq., Kiilely, 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
Pero Clarke Kemball, 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, Glamorganshire
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., F.R.S., Bath, and No. 85, Lincoln's Inn-
fields, Director of the Kennet and Avon Canal
William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park
(ledrge B. Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk
Evan-Prichard, Esq., Collenna House, Glamorganshire
Jamei Brown, Esq., 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, Glamorganshire
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.)
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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 Values, 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 fiat, 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.

...1.»::.. lha ino.rotkainct Denmlation of the rich 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 further distance of
Mx 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 favourable
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 fouid 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 Rinds
Of the Company in payment of all the expenses incurred in its forma-
tion,nii and in the preparation of the plans and sections to be sub ted
to Parliament.
Power will he applied for in the Act (and In the meantime Is
kereby riven 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
landowners on the line and other parties locally interested.
Prospectuses and Maps may be had of, and applications for
Shares, may be addressed in the form annexed to, W. B. James,
Esq., Solicitor, 5, Basinghall-street, London ; to W. Morgan, Esq
Solicitor, Bridgend, Glamorganshire ; and to the undermentioned
Brokers ; but no application for Shares will receive the attention of
the Committee, unless accompanied by a reference to one or
more
01 the Provisional Committee, Solicitors, or the Engieers
London—Messrs. John Shewell and Son, 25, Tokenhnotise-yard.
Messrs. J. Peppereorne and Co., 2, Old Broad-street.
Liverpool—Messrs. Beultt and Co.
Manciwster—Messrs. Houghland and Leea 0
Leeds—Messrs John Young and Co.
Bristol Luke. Arnold, Esq.; Messrs. Taite and Nash
Birmingham—Mr. Collis
Sheffield--Messrs. Bardwell and Sons:
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
T the Provisional Committee of the Rhondda and Ely VallieS
Junction Railway.
Gentletrien„—l request that you will allot m e shares of 201.
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 Subscribers' Agreement when required.

Name in fall ........................
Residence . ..
Trade or Profession ..................
Reference with Address— •• .....
Date of Application •• •• • ••••

To the Provisional Committee of the Barnet and North Metropolitan
Junction Railway, 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street, London.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me Shares of
201. each in this Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the
same, and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that
may be allotted to me ; and I undertake also to execute the Parlia-
mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Name in full ........ ...... • • ...
Trade or Profession • • • •
Name, Residence, and Profession or Trade of Referee..

-BARNET and NORTH METROPOLITAN
jificCTION RAILWAY.
At a public meeting of the inhabitants of Barnet and its vicinity,
convened by a requisition, numerously signed and dul► published,
held at the Victoria Hall, Union-street, Barnet, the 17th day of Sep-
tember instant,
JOHN HEY PUGET, Esq., of Totteridge, in the Chair;
It was proposed by J. SPENCER, ESQ. ; seconded by the Rev. J. D.
THOMPSON, and carried unanimously-
1. That it is the opinion of this meeting that a direct railway
communication between the Northern districts of the metropolis and
the town of Barnet is of vital importance to its prosperity, and is now
mperatively called for.
It was proposed by BENJAMIN SMITE, Esq. ; seconded by Mr. JOHN
HOPEWELL, and resolved unanimously-
2. That this meeting having duly considered the prospectus and
amp of the line of the proposed Barnet and forth Metropolitan
Junction Railway, and on comparing the same with the other pro-
jected lines, does most unhesitatingly declare that the proposed
Barnet and North tletropolitan Junction Railway will afford to the
town greater advantages than any line of railway hitherto proposed
to come in the vicinity of Barnet, it being the only one which will
afford to the residents of the town the advantage of a station, and
that it deserves the support of the inhabitants and all others having
an interest in Barnet and its vicinity ; and that a petition be pre-
sented in favour of the line immediately upon the assembling of the
Houses of Parliament. And thi smeeting pledges itself to further the
views .of the Company, and resolves that a Committee be appointed
o promote the object and secure the interest of the town of Barnet.
That the Committee consist of
Benjamin Smith, Esq. Mr. Brant
Mr. John Hopewell I Mr. Spencer
Mr. George Bower The Rev. Mr. Stewart
Mr. James Hill I The Rev. John Dawson
Mr. James Cooper Thompson
With power to add to their number.
It was proposed by the Rev. ALEXANDER. STUART, and seconded by
J. SPENCER, Esq., and carried unanimously-
3. That the thanks of the meeting be tendered to the Hon. T. H.
F. Berkeley, the Chairmat, and to .the Deputy-Chairman, and the
other members of the deputation from the Barnet and North Metro-
politan Junction Railway Company, for the able manner In which
they have laid before the meeting the project of the Company.
It was proposed by W. HILL, Esq., and seconded by W. H.
HALPIN, ESQ., and.carried unanimously-
4. That a vote of thanks be tendered to John Hey Puget, Esq., fur
impartia 1 and able conduct in the chair.

GREAT NORTHEAND SOUTH WALESAND `WORC,
movisioNAL MANAGERS.
John Francis Bacon, Esq. 1 Thomas Raikes, Esq.
Robert Blaney, Esq,
Alfred Bush, Esq.
Henry Cornfoot, Esq.
Robert Hart, Esq.
Ryan W. Morris, Esq.
JohnTlll ot ebßrßet 4.1w.1 iDls
ai anad,EEßs Esq.
b.i nso n.
John Russell, Esq.
The Provisional Man
is age
now rs here
finally by
com give noletede that the allotment of
shares in this railway p
The Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers'Agreementwill lie for
signature of the London Subscribers, at the offices of the Company,
on MONDAY next, the 29th Inst., and four following days, from Eleven
to Five o'clock. By order,
7, St. Mildred's-court, London, S CAPEL FIANBI7Ry, Secretary.
ept. 25, 1845.

r riHE MIDLAND, BARNSLEY, SHEFFIELD,
DEWSBURY, LEEDS, AND BRADFORD RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 700,0001., in 35,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
(The names will be Inserted next week.)

natiszas.
The Huddersfield Banking Company, Dewsbury and Huddersfield.
The West-Riding Union Banking Company, Dewsbury, Hudders-
. field, and Wakefield.
The Leeds and West-Riding Banking Company, Leeds and Bradfbrd.
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, London.
Messrs. Masterman, and Co. London.
ENGINEEE—Henry .Emtumal Scott, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Charles Robert Scholes, Dew bury
Henry Brodribb, 6, Child's-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, Gainaborough, 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 `Path-upon-Dearne, near Swinton ; where
it will join the North 3fidland 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 north.
The line will also be continued from Barnsley by Tankersley and
Chapeltown to Sheffield.
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, Heckmondwike,- Liversedge, Batley, Dewsbury, Ossett,
Thornhill, Darton, Barnsley, Ardsley, and Wombwell, to Watli-
upon-Dearne, Doncaster, Lincolnshire, the port of Boston, and the
south, and also to Sheffield ; affording the best possible accomnmda-
Hon 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, Hecklnondwike, Dewsbury, and Barnsley, as
well as corn and cattle, will be received by the shortest and most 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 map, that this
line is imperatively called for, as up to this period the only rail-
way communication for the supply of wool and other goods, and the
conveyance of passengers to Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Batley,
Cleckheaton, Bradford, and the intermediate places (each containing
a numerous manufacttuing population), has been the North Midland
line by Normanton—a very circuitous 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 route, and the proposed line :

From Bradford to Barnsley by Brighouse, and thence by
the Leeds and Manchester line, about • • • • 35
By the proposed line from Bradford, via Cieckheaton and
Dewsbury, to Barnsley .. .•

• • 20

Being a sariug of
From Dewsbury, Batley, &c., by the present route to Barnsley
about
•• •• ••
•
23 •• ••
By the proposed line .• •• •• •• •• • . II

Being a saving on 23 miles of no less than • • • • .. 12
The present distance to Sheffield from Bradfor,lis about 51 miles ;
by the proposed line lt 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 line, or by the projected London and
York Hallway, 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 Normanton.

The following table, taken from the Parliamentary Census of 1841,
will give some idea of the populous Districts through which the line
passes :

POPULATION OP PLACES (IN 1841), ON THE LINE OF GOAD.
Bradford parish 105,2571Earlsheaton Soothill ...• 4,453
Bradford .. .••• • . .. 34,560, Ossett ••••• • • • • • 6,078
Bierley .... • ....• •• •. • • 9,512 Thornhill parish ••• • • • 7,301
l'udsey .••• • • • • 10,002 'Darton parish ..... •• . 3,583
Cleckheaton .......• • 4,299 Silkstone parish • •
Gomersall •• • • 8,030 Barnsley •••• • • 12,310
Ileckmondwike .. 8,537 Ardsloy •• • • •• • •
Liversedgo •• •• • • 5,988 Wombwell ...... .• •• • • 1,169
Batley .. .. •• • • 7,076 Wath-lipon-Deame pa-
Dewsbury parish
Dewsbury ...... •.• • .. 10,600 Sheffield ..... •• • • 68,186
The traffic through this district Is immense.

A careflil survey of the line and branches has been made by the
engineer, and 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 lit.
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 aharo-
holders' liability te the amount of their subscriptions.
Power will also be applied for in the Act (and in t_i/e meantime is
reserved to the ManagingCommittes), to abandon or after any part of
the line, and to make branches ; and also to enter into any arrange-
ments with any other company Cr 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 clay be con-
nected.

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

LONDON , and BRIGHTON RAILWAY
FURTHER REDUCTION OF FARES.
The Company having made the requisite increase in their stock o
carriages, propose to carry out a FURTHER REDUCTION of
FARES, as notified by the Chairman at the General Meeting of
the Company on the 7th August last ; consequently, on and after the
Ist of October next, the Fares between London and Brighton will be.
Single
For Third Class, Parliamentary Trains.... • • 4s. 3dFare. Day Ticket.
Third Class, Open Carriages.
ss. Od. • • 7s. 6d.
Second Class, Enclosed Carriages ••• • • • 7s. Gd. •• I Is. 6d.
First Class,.by 2 and 21;. hour Trains ..10s. Od. • 15s. Od.
First Class, by Express Trains . . 12s. Gd. • • I9s.
04.
Second Class, by Express Train 5........ lOs Od. • . 15s. 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;.hton 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
Sept
T. J. BUCKTON, Secretary.
Lou lon-bridge; Sept. 19, 1845.