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London, England, 1845-10-11 00:00:00

BANKERS.

Messrs. Mastermaa, Peters, and Co. ; the London and Westminster

Bank.
%IECRET ARIES IN ENGLAND—II. Esq., and Henry Cowper, E
gecarrAar IN IRELAND—Frederick Fraacis role, Esq., SI, North
Great George-street, Dublin.

PARLIAMENTARY AGENTII.
Hugh Inner Cameron and George Bain, EsqrS., 111, radiomen
street, London.
J. it. L. Wairnsley, Esq., North-street, Westminster.

PROSPECTUS.
The imperative necessity, alike iu a social, commercial, or political
point of view, for drawing as closely together as possible the capitals
of England and Ireland, has suggest.' the formation of the Grand
London and Dublin Approximation Railway,—a line, the value of
which it is difficult to over estimate, since it will be found to take a
nearly direct course from the English metropolis to Holyhead. It
will pass through or near the populous and no'slo county town of
Shropshire (as yet unprovided with railway communication), and
will traverse along its whole extent districts second in wealth, re-
sources, trade, and commerce, to none in the empire ; bringing them
more nearly and immediately in contact with London and Dublin,
than has hitherto been thought possible. This project is wholly in-
dependent of any other line already before theurpullic,an must,
he
d when
sint
posSeSSer'ilationat advantages which none can surpass, p
carried opt„ become, without exception, the moat important railway
afearßlitalt

PROSPECTUS OF THE

RHONDDA and ELY VALLEYS JUNCTION
RAILWAY, GLAIIIORGANSIIIRE.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Pronsited with the sanction and support of the Right Hsi. the Earl

of Dunrayen.
Capital, 200,0001., In 10,000 Shares of M. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
fiscount Adam, M.P., Dunraven Castle, Glamorgan
Crawshaw Bailey, Esq., Don-works, Nantyglo
Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Foxlay, lerefordshire
Sir John Osborn, Bart., Fulham, Director of the Great Leeds aid

London Direct Railway
Sir Wm. Bacon Johnston, Bart., Parthenon Club, London, Director
of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Railway
Sir Wm. TwysJen, 41, Dorset-street, Portman-square
Richard Price, Esq., M.P., Radnorshire
Sir William Wynn, Macs Newydd, Chairmait of the /forth Wales
Railway
Tames G. Barrett, Esq., Ross, Herefordshire
Henry ♦. Bruce, Esq., Duffryn Rouse, Cardiff
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, iiheflield, Direetor of the filhef-

geld and Manchester Railway
Charles Richard Rigge, Esq., 19, Bryansten-square
John Castendick, Esq., Lewisham, Kent
Thomas Chitty, Esq., Director •f the Rugby and Woreester

Railway
The Rev. James Cozens, 'furl Plwm, Cilarnorganshiro
E4ward Cotton, Esq., 20, Koppel-street, Russell-square, Director of

the Commercial Bank - - -
Nicol Came, Esq., D.C.L., Dimiand's-house, Cowbridge, Director of

the Vale of Neath Railway
Captain Dawson, R.N., Barnes, surrey, Direeter of the Cambridge

. .
and Lincoln Extension Railway
George Dennis, Esq., Director of the Great Leeds and London Direci

Railway _
•
Richard Duttin, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction

Railway
William Edmondes, Esq., of Cowbridge, Glamorganshire
Thomas H. Evans, Mayor of Camarvon, Director of the Rugby and

_
Worcester Railway
The Rev. H. R. Fowler, Felon, near Bristol, and No. 7, Manchester

square
Rev. Thomas Granow, 29, Brompton•square and Court Herbert, near

Neath, Director of the Vale of Neath Railway
Captain Hewitt, Tyr Mato Ellis, Glamorganshire
Windsor H. Humphreys, Esq., Garth Hall, Glamorganshiro
Jelin J. liarris, Esq., Treverlg, Glaraorganshire
John Hopkins, Esq., illlely, Glamorganshlre
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 ethe Great Manchester, Rugby,
and Southampton Railway
'Vero Clarke Kemball, Esq., Hyde-park-gardens, Director et 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 Diacklrdy, Esq., City of London Club
James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean
Railway
Thomas ',fortis, Esq., of Newport, Monmouthshire
Leyshon Morgan, Esq., Lower Tremains, Bridgend, Glaraorganshire
Samuel P. Pratt, Esq., F.R.S., Bath, and No. 55, Liacela's Inu-
fields, Director of the Kennet and Avon Canal
William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park
Cenrge B. Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk
A-van Prichard, Esq., Collenna House, Glamorganshire
James Brown, Esq., of Ten Ddu, 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
John Randall, Esq., Old Castle, Bridgend, Glamorganshire
Richard Lewis Reece, Esq., County Coroner, Cardiff
Edward Scard, Esq., of Kew Green, Surrey, and Garth Nall, Glamor-
gaushire
Nenry James, Esq., Finsbury-square, London
Robert Wright, Esq., Lonsdale-square, Middlesex, and Bread-street-
hill, London, Director of the Great Trinidad Railway
John Williams, Esq., Furnival's Inn, London, and Llanflhangel,
Denbighshire
Joseph Underwood, Esq., the Hall, Blackheath, Director of the
London and Birmingham Extension Railway Company, and Di-
rector of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
(With power to add to their number).
MANAGING COMMITTEE.
VISCOUNT ADARE, Chairman.
Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P. Captain W. J. Dawson, R.N.
William Bradley, Esq. Crawshay Bailey, Esq.
John Randall, Esq. Griffith Llewellyn, Esq.
The Rev. Thomas Gronow Richard Kelly, Esq.
James Morrison, Esq. The Rev. 11. R. Fowler
William Simpson Potter, Esq. Samuel It. Pratt, Esq.
Nichol Came, D.C.L. Henry James, Esq.
Richard Lewis Reece, Esq.

(With power to add to their number.)
STRADING CorrNsEL—Edward Lewis Richards, Esq., Middle Temple.
SOLICITOR—W. E. James, Esq., 6, Basinghall-street, Londe*.
BANICEBB.
Comletrcial Bank of Loudon
National Provincial Bank, Bridgend and Cardiff.
Messrs. Towgood and Co., Cardiff.
ENGINEER—CharIes Edward Bernard, Esq.
SECBETany—John Petherick, Esq., pro tern.

This Railway Is projected for the purpose of
a unitingt a fen the Rhondda
which
and Eiy Vallies, with the South Wales Railway,
dis-
tance film the Port of Cardiff; and to open a new
rt mineral district,
is at
mil"
ono of the richest and most important in South Wales,
present without the means of transit for its immense and valuable
products.
It will pawthrough the central portion of the great coal-Reid of
Glarnorganshire, 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 Dler-
thyr and Aberdare, 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 Vas been demonstrated in every instance where even tram-roads or
canals have been constructed to open the mineral resources of other
legtpromising Tallies in Wales than the Rhondda, which is cele-
b ed 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 of the rich Tales
of Ely and Rhondda a mach desired communication with the great
market town aid port of Cardiff, front whence, at present, they nay
be said to be almost excluded.

It is intended that the line shall commence at Bitten Rhondda, the
head of the Rhondda Valley, and proceed down by a natural pass
between the hills at Ifrwd 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 communication under the most
advantageous circumstances as to distance, with all the ports in the
Bristol channel.

A preliminary survey has already been reads 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 coaslierably under the advertised ca-
pita].
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 et
his subscription.
Until an At of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of this
Company shall be under th• control of the Managing Directors, to
whom power is given to allot the Shares, and to apply the funds
of the Company In payment of all the expenses incurred in its forma-
tion, and in the preparation of the plans aid sections to be su►mitted
to Parliament.

Powerwillbe 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
landowners on the line and other Parties locally interested.
had et and. applicationa for
Proopectuses and Mar may be

Shares may be addressed In the form annexed to, 7'. B. James, Esq.,
Solicitor, 19, Northumberland-street, Strand; 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
of the Provisional Committee, Solicitors, or the Engineers:—
London—Messrs. John Shewell and Son, 25, Tokenhouse-yard.
" 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. ; Messrs. Tette and Nash
Birmingham—Mr. Collis
Sheffield—Messrs. Bardwell and Sons.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Rhondda and Ely Valleys

Junction Railway,

Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot tome 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 in. ; and I also undertake to execute the Parliamentary Contract
and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Name in Nll • • • • • • • • • •
Residence • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ....
Trade or Profession ••••• • • • •• •, • ,
Reference with / ddrees
Date of Applicaton •• . ......

VALLEYS

RHONDDA AND ELY
JUNCTION RAILWAY
No fltrther applications for shares in this Company can be received
after Fntrwr, the 10th instant. By order,
JOHN PETHERICK, Secretary.
19. Northumberland-street, Strand, October 3, 1845.

THE DIRECT WEST-END AND CROYDON
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 800,0001., is 40,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Sham.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Sir James Anderson, M. R. I. A., New Burlington-street ; Director

of the Hereford and Merthr Tydvil Railway
John Byng Banks, Esq., Lansdown-road, Stockwell, Director of the
Great Leeds and London Direct Railway
James Bailey, Esq., Highbury-park, Director of the Sligo, Donegal,
Tyrone, Londonderry, and Belfast Junction, and of the Scar-
borough, Whitby, Stockton-on-Tees, and Newcastle and York
_ _

Junction Railways
William Banks, Esq., 4, Honey lane, Director of the Manchester and
Rugby, and great Leeds and London Railways
Lieut.-General Sir R. Barton, K.C.8., 2 Montagu-place, Montage-
square, Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
Major Beresford, M.P., 77, Pall-mall ; Chairman of the Leeds and
Carlisle, and Director of the Tean and Dove Valley. and West
Midland, Manchester, and Southampton Railways
Charles R. Bigge, Esq., 10, Bryanston-square; Director of the Great
Grimsby, Lcuth, Itorncastle, Lincoln, and Midland Junction Railway
William Bland, Esq., Brixton ; Director of the North Wales, and
Richmond and West-end Junction Railways
William Blanchard, Esq., York; Chairman of the Liberty of Ripon
Quarter Sessions, and Director of the York. Hull, and East and
West Yorkshire Junction Railway
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield ; Chairman of the Isle
of Ely Railway, and Director of the Manchester and Sheffield

Railway
William Broackes, Esq., M.D., Cork-street, Burlington-gardens,
Director of the Direct London and Liverpool, and Bristol and
Dover Railways
Alfred Brodie, Esq , Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square Direc-
tor of the Grand Trnnk Railway
Isaac Baker Brown, Esq , Oxford-square, Hyde-park, Director of the
Bristol and Dover Direc' Junction Railway
Thomas Byrom, Esq., Wigan ; Director of the Leeds and Liverpool
Direct, and Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railways
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Weatbourne House, Sheffield, Director of the
Direct Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railway
William Caldwell, Esq., Ince Hall, near Wigan, Lancashire ; Direc-
tor of the Manchester, Derby, and Rugby, and Leeds and Liver-
pool Direct Railways
William Carr, Esq., Blackheath-park
John Carter, Esq., F.It.A.S., Park Lodge, Stockwell, Director of the
Grand Trunk Railway
E. Turst Carver, Esq., Forest Lodge. Tulse-hill, Director of the
Direct Birmingham, Oxford, and Brighton Railway

John Castendieck, Esq., Lewisham, Kant
John Chauntler, Esq., Friday-steet, London ; Director of the
Chelmsford and Bury, and York and Lancaster Railways
Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London ; Director of the Direct
Western Railway
Richard Clark, Esq., Farnham, Hants
. _

George Clive, isq.:ganderstead, near Croydon, Director of the Chel-
tenham, Oxford, and London Junction Railway
Benjamin Collett, Esq., Manor House, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire;
Director of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kiddermin-
ster; and Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railways
Nathaniel Cooke, Esq., Bayswater; Director of the Ambergate,
Nottingham, Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway
Millis Coventry, Esq., White Hart-court, Lombard-street ; Director
of the Birmingham Extension and Great Leeds and London
Direct Railways
Lieutenant-Colonel Lothian Dickson, Curzon-street, Mayfair; Direc-
tor of the Reading and Reigate Junction Railway
Charles R. Dodd, Esq., North Brix.ton, Director of the Great Welsh
Central Railway, of the Bath, Bristol, and Dover Railway, of the
Hull and Holyhead Railway, &c.
Miles Dormer, Esq., Hans-place, Sloane-street ; Director of the
Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway
Colonel Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, United Service Club;
Director of the London and Birmingham Extension Railway

.
Daniel Ebbetta, Esq., Mincing-lane ; Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham-place, Bryan-
ston-square, Director of the London and Manchester, and Liverpool
and Leeds Direct Railways
Francis Ewart, Esq., Brick-court, Temple; Director of the Great
Leeds and London Direct, and of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Wey-
mouth Railways
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of the City of London ; Director
of the London and Westminster Bank, and Director of the London
Warwick, Leamington, and Kidderminster Railway
Edmund Aldam Fawcett, Esq., London, Derby, and Nottingham
Robert Fisher, Esq., Highbury Park, Director of the Trent Valley

Continuation Railway
The Rev. H. it. Fowler, Manchester-square ; Director of the Direct
Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railway
George Gamble, Req., Gainsborough, Director of the Nottingham and

Gainsborough Railway
Francis Gamble, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Nottingham
and Gainsborough Railway
Henry Glynn, Esq , Garden-court, Temple
F. W. Hamilton, Esq., 59, Gloucester-place, Portman-square; Di-
rector of the York and Lancaster Railway
C. H. Rogers Harrison, Esq., Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square;
Director of the Grand Trunk Railway
George R. Harrison, Esq., Harlingford-place, Kennington ; Director
of the Grand Trunk Railway
William Hay, Esq., 19, Clifford-street, Bocd-street.
Josiah Heale, Esq., Gray's Inn-square; Director of the Chelmsford
and Bury Railway
Lawrence Hayworth, Esq., Yew Tree, Liverpool.
A. W. Hillary, Esq., 66, Cadogan-place ; Director of the Direct Exe-
ter Railway
John Holford, Esq., Rusholm-hall, Manchester ; Director of the York
and Lancaster Railway
John Holmes, Esq., 88, St. James's-street ; Director of the York and
Lancaster, and Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railways
William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Welsh Mid-
land, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
W. Hughes Hughes, F.sq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman of London,
Chairman of the Manchester and, Birkenhead Continuation, and
London and Greenwich Railways
Stephen Hutchinson. Esq.. London Gas-works, Vauxhall, Director of
the Grand Trunk Railway
John Kynnersley Hooper, Esq., Alderman of London ; Director of
the London and Manchester Direct Railway
Herbert Ingram, Esq., 198, Strand, and Swineshead Abbey, Lincoln-
shire ; Director of the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, and
Eastern Junction Railway
John Jameson, Esq., St. George's-place, Brixton, Director of the
Great Leeds and London Direct, and of the Cumberland Union
Railways
Slegerich C. Kreeft, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and
Weymouth Junction Coast Railway
Richard Kelly, Esq., 6, Cleveland-row; Chairman of the New Ross,
Carlow, and Kilkenny, and Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln
Extension Railways
Sir J. Key, Bart., Alderman of London ; Director of the London and
Manchester Direct Railway
Valentine Knight, Esq., 3, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
of the Direct Western. Dendre Valley, and Grand Trunk Railway
William Lawrence, Esq., Brixton; Director of the London and Man-

. .
chester and Direct Western Railways
William Alexander Long, jun., Esq., Kingswood House, Wootton-
under-Edge ; Director of the Erewash Valley Extension Railway
Sir WillianrMagnay, Bart., Alderman of Loneon, Chairman of the
Great Grimsby, Louth, Horncestle, Lincoln and Midland Junction,
and Director of the Leicester aid Tamworth Railways
William Margetson, Esq., Streatham-hill, Brixton
J. Mee Mathew, Esq., 4, Gray's Inn-square; Director of the Direct
Western Railway
James M'Miiler, Esq., Southampton
James Meaburn, Esq. Grove-hill, Camberwell
Thomas Morris, Esq.;Fairhurst Hall, near Wigan ; Director of the
Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool, and Leeds and Liverpool
Esq., Director of the Chepstow aid Forest of Dean
Direct Railways
James Morrison,
and Rhondda and Ely Valleys Junction Railway
Horatio Nelson, Esq Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Wey-
mouth Railway
G. Parbury, Esq., Russell-square; Director of the Manchester and
Birmingham Railway
W. Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens ; Director of the Grand
Trunk, the Oxford and Witney, and Reading and Reigate Junction
Railways
Samuel P. Pratt, Esq., F.R.S., Bath, and 55, Lincoln's-inn-fields ;
Director of the Kennet and Avon Canal Company, and York and
Lancaster Railway
George Richard Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk

Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S.A., Montagu-square, Director of the South-
ampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction and Brighton and Chel-
tenham Direct Railways
Sir George Rich, Lowndes-streot, BelgraTe-square ; Director of the
Metropolitan Railways Junction Company, and of the London,
Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway
John Reginald Riddell, Esq., Bycullah House, Enfield, Middlesex ;
Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
R. A. Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanston-street, Portman-square ; Director
of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, and Oxford and Worcester
Extension Railways
James Reid, Esq. Director of the Metropolitan Railways Junction

Cempacy
A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq. Middle Temple, London; Director of
the Great Western Extension Atmospheric Railway
Richard Rowe, Esq., Beanfoy-terrace, Maida Vale
H. Savage, Esq., Dorset-place, Dorset-square ; Director of the West
Midland, Manchester, and Southampton Railway
William Stud'ey, Esq., Alfred-place, Brixton ; Director of the Great
Grimsby, Louth, Horncastie, Lincoln, and Midland Junction

Railways
Martin Stately, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of
the Leeds and Carlisle, Direct Western, and Grand Trunk Railways
Timothy Steward, Esq., Heigham Lodge, near Norwich
Edward H. 0. Scott, Esq., Hoe Garden House, Plymouth; Director

of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway
Henry Taylor, Esq , Wigan ; Director of the Leeds and Liverpool
Direct, Manchester and Wigan, and Liverpool, Preston, and North

Union Railway , .
James Templer, Esq., Brixton-rise, Director of the Great Leeds and
London, and Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford Railways
Joseph Underwood, Esq., The Hall, Blackheath Park ; Director of
the Direct London and Manchester, and Leeds and Liverpool Direct

Railways
Robert Watkins, Esq., Augusta-house, Worthing, Director of the
Oxford, Southampton, and Gosport, and Liverpool and Derby

Railways
-
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., 105, Pall-mall, London ; Director of the
York and Lancaster, and Direct Western Railways
Sir Thomas Woollasten White, Bart., Walling Well., Nottingham
Thomas Williams, Esq., Beigrave-street, Belgrave-square
W. S. Wilson, Esq., Norwich, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle, and
Marynort and Carlisle Railways
Sir William Wynn. Maesynewadd, and Suffolk-place, Pall-mall ;
Chairman of the North Wales, and South and Midlands' Junction
Railways

BANmitsh_pzhesomretooTTaNmdGdezrt c oNialGtihNeillarEnank.umofbE.n)ion.
Sir John Macneil, L.L.D., F.R.S., MIX .E.,
ACTING ENGINEERS.
Messrs. R. and T. RoSllaopkina,M.l.C.E.; Ifessrs.Gough and Romnieu,
Messrs
Messrs. Chauntler and
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i StTwhouoodutitl7B7Gthraayn:
Inn-square.
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SxourrAsy—J. L. Cotton, Esq.

The principal objects of the schema are—let. To remedy the evils 1,
of delay and inconvenience to which parties are, at the present time,
proceeding from the west end of the metro-
polisnec esstaro iclyrosyudbojene,toerdn
thei most distant places on the South-Eastern
as well as the several sea ports
ylt cinnthand
bt Sussex;mtof the
ed
district2d . To
and London and Brighton Railways,
tertmhemmuestorofp
throughgain,pdpl packet-stations
wo
ht the numerous
the ont
intendede ande°lna, wealthy ewail:itthnss
(at
metropolis, and with each other.
the South-Western Rail-
way,present wholly with-
out railway accommodation), a greatly improved means for the
at Hungerford or Waterloo-bridge, the line will take the most
in-
terchange
practicable route to Kennington, from thence it will follow as near as
possible the old turnpike
Commencing °r
° °m
atm theuni ci
ttienßd withe
road, passing through or near to the
wealthy and populous districts of Stockwell, Clapham, Brixton,
Tulse-hill, Streatham, Norwood, Beulah, and Thornton-heath, effect-
ing a junction at Croydon with the several existing or projected
lines from that place.
It is also proposed to form a branch or branches from the neigh-
bourhood of Streatham to Mitcham and Tooting, and thus to extend
to those places, and their respective neighbourhoods, the advantages
of a direct railway communication with the metropolis.
A great portion of the traffic in passengers and goods upon the
Brighton and Dover lines is supplied from the west-end of London
and the Birmingham and Great western Railways. The necessity
of proceeding to the station at London-bridge, and by the present
circuitous route to Croydon, is a serious and unnecessary inconveni-
ence, entailing additional expense and delay. The removal of this
long-felt grievance is a leading object with the promoters of the pre-
sent undertaking. They deem it right, however, to observe, in lay-
ing this scheme before the public, that they have no desire to inter-
fere with existing railway interests, further than is absolutely indis-
pensable, but that on the other hand it will be their object to yield
assistance to, and in return endeavour to secure it, from each com-
pany with which this line 'may ultimately be connected.
A glance at the map show that as a branch or arm of the
London and Brighton R allway, this undertaking cc,mp.letes a straight
line of communication, from the west end of Londa, to Croydon,
Reigate, and Brightcm, and renders the ports of Don 'r and Folke-
stone, as well as tbr.l several places on the South-Eastg, na line, more
easily accessible from that part of the metropolis.
• at amtont of traffic nt the present time upon ti 'lO roads be-
-