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PROSPECTUS OF THE

RHONDDA and ELY VALLIES JUNCTION
RAILWAY, GLAMORGANSHIRE.

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

of Dunraven.
Capital, 200,0001., in 10100 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Viscount Mare, 3f.P., Dunraven Castle, Glamorgan
Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Foxley, Herefordshire
Richard Price, Esq., M.P., Radnorshire
Ross,James G. Barrett, Esq., Herefordshire.
Henry A. Bruce, Esq., Duffryn House, Cardiff
James Brown, Esq., of Ton Dhu, near Bridgend
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Shef-

field and Manchester Railway
Charles Richard Bigge, Esq., 19, Bryanstone-square
John Castendick, Esq., Lewisham, Kent
Thomas Chitty, Esq., Director of the Rugby and Worcester

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Railway
The Rev. James Cozens, Ynys Plwm, Glamorganshire
Edward Cotton, Esq., St. James's•square and Kenilworth, Director

of the Commercial Bank
John Dennis, Esq., Director of the Eyrewash Valley Extension
Richard Dutton, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction

Railway
William Edmonds, Esq., of Cowbridge, Glamorganshire
Thomas H. Evans, Mayor of Carnarvon, Director of the Rugby and
Worcester Railway
The Rev. H. R. Fowler, Felton, near Bristol, and No. 7, Manchester-

square
Captain Hewitt, Tyr Man Ellis, Glarmorganshire
Windsor H. Humphreys, Esq., Garth Hall, Glamorganshire
John J. Harris, Esq., Treverig, Glamorganshire
John Hopkins, Esq.. Kilieley, Glamorganshire
William Harrison, Esq., Hill House, Upper Tooting
John James, Esq., Secondary of the City of London, and Director o

the South and-Midlands' Junction Railway
John Ingles Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby,

and Southamptonßailway
Vero Clarke Remball, 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 Llewellin, Esq., Director of the Bridgend Branch of the
National Provincial Bank of England
James Morrison, Esq.
Thomas Morris, Esq., of Newport, Monmouthshire
Leyshon Morgan, Esq., Lower Tremains, Bridgend, Glamorganshire
Samuel P. Pratt, Esq., F.R.S., 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. Pye, Esq.. Lavenham, Suffolk
Evan Prichard, Esq., Collenna House, Glamorganshire
Richard Fowler Ricards, 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
Sir William Wynn, Maee Eewyeld, Chairman of the North Wale&

Railway _
Joseph Underwood, Esq., the Hall, Blackheath, Director of the Com.
mercial sank, London, and of the Leeds and Liverpool and Direct
Manchester Railways
(With power to add to their number.)
SOLICITORS.
W. B. James, Esq., 5, Basinghall-street, London
William Morgan, Esq., Bridgend, Glamorgan.
RANKERS.
Commercial Bank of London
National Provincial Bank, Bridgend and Cardiff.
ENGINEER.

This Railway is projected for the parpose of uniting the Rhondda
and Ely Dallies. 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, the 'geological formation of which is decidedly
proved to afford most excellent coal and iron-stone in greater abun.
dance than any other in the kingdom, with facilities of alining ac-
cess seldom equalled, and the quality of the coal is admirably
adapted for steam purposes and the manufacture of iron.
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.
It is intended that the line shall commence at Blacn 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
six miles) to Lanelay-bridge, near Lantrissent, and there join the
South Wales Railway, thus opening a eommunication under the most
advantageous circumstances as to distance, with all the ports in the
British channel.
No engineering difficulties present themselves in the formation of
this line ; and it is confidently anticipated that the works will be
executed very considerably under the advertised capital.
The landowners along the line are favourable to this undertaking.
and the names bf 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.
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, Olamorganshire ; and to the undermentioned
Brokers ; but no application for Shares will receive the attention of
the Committee, unless accompanied by a reference to one er more
of the Provisional Committee, Solicitors, or the Engineers:—
London—Messrs. John Lovell and Son, sb, Tokenhouse-yard.
Messrs. J. Peppercorns and Co., 2, Old Broad-street.

Liverpool—Messrs. Benlit and Co.
Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Leese
Leeds—Messrs. John Young and Co.
Bristol—Luke Arnold, Esq. ; Messrs. Tait. and Nash
Birmingham—Mr. Collis
Sheffield—Messrs. Bardwell and Sons. •
FORM OF APPLICATION.

To the Provisional Committee of the Rhondda and Ely Vallies

Junction Railway.

Gen tlemen,—l request that you will allot me 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 full
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Trade or Profession . .....
Reference with Address • • . • • . • • • • • • • • • •
Date of Application •• .. .

THE HUDDERSFIELD AND EAST AND
WEST COASTS DIRECT RAILWAY,
onnecting Liverpool, Manchester, Huddersfield, Barnsley, Goole,
Great Grimsby, and Hull; with a communication to the Metropolis,
from or near the Cudworth Station of the North Midland Railway.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital, 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.

In compliance with the Standing Order of the House of Lords.
The objects of this undertaking are—first, to establish one con-
'Maims, and a more direct and shorter line of railway communica-
'ion between Liverpool, Manchester, Huddersfield, Barnsley, Goole,
%eat Grimsby. and Hull, than at present exists, or is proposed by
any other scheme now before the public ; secondly, to give the be-
nefit of railways to several populous and important intermediate
places now unprovided therewith ; thirdly, to afford increased fa-
cilities to transit to the whole intervening district ; and fourthly, to
apen a communication from Huddersfield, southward, with the me-
tropolis.
The Legislature having, during the recent session, sanctioned the
naking of a railway from Manchester to Huddersfield, by the Sad-
tleworth and Marsden Valleys, a communication is thereby secured
aetwixt the port of Liverpool and Huddersfield; a similar communi-
sation is now called for with the Eastern Coast, and in order to ac-
mnplish the same, it is therefore proposed to make a line, corn-
fencing at, or near, the station in Huddersfield, of the Huddersfield
and Manchester Railway, passing through the Kirkheaton and Kirk-
burton Valleys, by way of, or near Barnsley, to or near the Cud-
worth station of the North Midland Railway, there forming a junc-
tion with that railway (by which a communication with the metro-
polis will be obtained), and thence proceeding to Goole, Great
Grimsby, and Hull, by the nearest practicable routes. In order to
effect the required objects, at as little expense, and lessen the dis-
tance as much as possible, liberty is reserved to form junctions with
any other existing or projected railways.
On reference to a map, it will be seen that the construction of
the proposed line, with the existing and projected railways, will
attain not on'y the several objects before stated, but also that it will
pass through, or near, several of the most extensive and celebrated
coal-fields, beds of stone, and limestone, and other mineral districts,
in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
It is impossible, in the limits of a prospectus, to enumerate or
estimate the benefits to be derived from this undertaking ; making
Huddersfield the centre of communication between the two seas,
uniting it by means of the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway to
Liverpool on the west ; and by the proposed line, to the three ports
of Goole, Great Grimsby, and Hull, on the east; and the line passing
through a densely-populated commercial and manufacturing part of
the kingdom, as well as a highly-cultivated agricultural district, will
afford a ready transport to the natural productions of each locality ;
added to which, it is well known that considerable portions of such
manufacturing districts have hitherto been very inadequately sup-
plied with coal, and also that there is a daily increasing demand by
the outports of that article for exportation ; whilst on the other hand
the superabundant produce of the rich agricultural districts of York-
shire and Lincolnshire, bordering upon the line, are in equal demand
for the manufacturing population.
The immense traffic, both through and lees', which must pass upon
the line, will afford ample remuneration to the capitalist.
A great part of the line will pass through a country favourable for
the construction of a railway, and the remainder presents no difficul-
ties of a serious character. In the construction of the line, every en-
deavour will be made to cause the least possible infringement on the
rights or claims of existing railways, or injury to private property.
A portion of the shares will be reserved, at the discretion of the
Committee, for such railway companies at this line may form junc-
tions, or be connected with.

The liability of each Shareholder will be restricted by Act of Par-
liament to the amount of ,his suoscription ; and power will be taken
by the Act to; allow interest, at the rate of 4t. per centum per an-
num upon the paid-up capital, from the date of each payment until
the completion of the railway.

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Applicationtaor shares may be addressed, in the annexed form, to
either of the undermentioned sharebrokers, viz.:—Messrs. Baily
and Hammond, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, and Mr. John
Dobson, Commercial Hall, London ; Messrs. Cameron, Cazenove, and
Taunton, Liverpool ; Messrs. Johnston, Bradley, and Walker, Man-
cheater; Mr. William Moore, Mr. John Gatliffe, Mr. Frederick Tur-
ner, and Messrs. John Wilson and Co., Huddersfield; Mr. James
Hervey, Halifax ; Mr. Walter Smith, Halifax and Elland ; Messrs.
Smith and Perfect, Leeds; Mr. William Hodgetts, Barnsley; Mr.
John Dalls, and Mr, David Foster, Goole ; Messrs. Flint and Tootal,
Mr. Samuel Phillips, and Messrs. William, Caley, jun., and Co.,
Hull ; Mr. J. P. Loft, Great Grimsby ; Mr. Thomas Firth, Ponte-
fract ; Mr. Joseph Nelson, Settle ; Mr. J. W. Haythorn, Notting-
ham ; Messrs. Williams and Sunderland, Leicester ; Mr. J. N. Balnie,
Gloucester ; Messrs. Thomas F. Dickinson and Co., Newcastle-
upon-Tyne ; Mr. Peter Watt, Glasgow ; and Messrs. Stuart and
Murray, and Mr. David Kinnear, Edinburgh ; or to
WILLIAM JACOMII, Esq., Huddersfield,
Secretary to the Company.
*a* Tbe names of the Provisional Committee and of the several
officers of the Company will be published in a few days.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Huddersfield and East and West
Coasts Direct Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares of 201.
each in this undertaking, and I engage to accept the same, or any
less number that you may allot to me, and to pay the deposit of
2/. 2s. per share, and to siga the Parliamentary Contract and Sub-
scribers' Agreement when required.
Name in full
Re5idence........................
Profession or Trade (if any) ..
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Data of Applieation
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