The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-13 00:00:00

One of the first objects of this Company will be to obtain a most f
central and accessible terminus in London, and Farringdo.i-street has
been fixed upon for that purpose.
It is proposed t• make a tunnel from that point to the Great Western
stat on, from whence the line will be continued in as direct a course as
poss,ble to I lolyhead
In its progress it will pass through or near to the following towns :
—Rickmansworth, Chesham, Wendover, and Aylesbury ; it will then
proceed to within a short distance of Bicester and Deddington, and
from thence to Banbury ; it will touch upon Kineton or Kingtown,
thence proceed onward to Stratford-on-Avon, approach within a
short distance of Warwick, Alcester, and Worcester, where it will
cross the Birmingham aid Gloucester Railroad near to Itromsgrove,
and proceeding thence to Kidderminster, Bridgnorth, and Wenlock,
near to Broseley and Coalbrookdale, will enter the Vale of the
Severn, which it will traverse to Shrewsbury ; it will thence con-
tinue its route up the course of the Severn, and passing into the Vale
of the River Vyrnwy, will proceed to Llan-y-mynech, Llanrhaladr,
and Mtchnant, accommodating Welchpool, Oswestry, and Llangollea.
At this point there are three passes, which have been inspected, and
it remains for the engineer to select one as an entrance or passage
into the Vale of the River Dee, when the line will proceed round by
Corwen into the Vale of the River Alwen, from whence it will run
nearly parallel with the great Holyhead Mail-coach-road, by Pentre-
voelas to Capel Cerrig, it will then descend the Vale of rant Fraucon
to Bangor and Holyhead.
This line will in its progress feed, and be also fed by the most consi-
siderable railroads of the kingdom, particularly those of the Great
Western ; the Birmingham, Gloucester, and Bristol; the Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton ; the London and Birmingham ; and
the South Staffordshire italway. As this last line will connect
Dudley, Bilston, Wednesbury, Walsall, and Lichfield with the
Derby Railway and the Grand Junction Railway, it would
be superfluous to expatiate on the advantages of bring-
ing all those important centres of the coal and iron trade and
other traffic, and the vast coal and iron fields of Shropshire
into close intercourse, and thus establishing the cheapest and
quickest means of transit between the minerals of Shropshire and the
furnaces of Staffordshire, and the markets of Dublin, London, and
Birmingham. The success of the undertaking is secured beyond a
doubt, by the elsvious fact that it will net only bring the richest
mineral and manufacturing portions of England much nearer to the
two capitals, but it will open for the carriage of the valuable pro-
duce of these districts the intermediate country not at present pos-
sessed of any direct line of railway communication. On the other
hand, the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Railway will
give to London and the neighbourhood of Birmingham a route to
Dublin shorter by nearly seventy miles than that of any other exist-
ing railroad ; and finally, enable travellers to complete the entire
distance in ten hours.

It will also ensure two mail deliveries in the day.
Up to the point where the line approaches Corwen, no engineering
difficulties are presented. At Corwen a deviation from the straight
line may be requisite to avoid tunnelling, after which a straight line
will he resumed to Bangor, where that already is construction will
be adopted for the rest of the route to Holyhead ; or, if found de-
sirable, power will be taken in the Bill to continue an independent
line by Beaumaris to Holyhead.
Atter a oerefnl investigation of the traffic arising from passengers,
the conveyance of mineral and agricultural produce, and the direct
transmission of the mails, the Directors fe, I warranted in anticipating
a return of at least ten per cent. on the capital invested.
A treaty is in progress with a Steam Navigation Company to run
powerful steamers between the harbours of Holyhead and Kingston
on the arri, al of the trains, so that passengers and merchandise may
be booked throughout from London to Dublin, includiag all the inter-
mediate stations, and be thus enabled to complete the entire distance
in ten hours, without the incon7enience so painfully felt of changing
from the conveyance of one proprietary to that of another. The
railways new in active pr press in Ireland, running from Dublin
north and south throughout the heart of the island, render it self-
evident that the chain of communication between the sister countries
is, by this present undertaking, rendered at once complete
and intimate to the last degree. As the leading aim of
this Company is to save time and distance, every attention of
the Direoturs, and every advancement in science wil: be made
available to gain the utmost possible amount of speed, com-
patible with safety, the lines being formed expressly for this end ;
while, finally, the very lowest rate of fares will be adopted for both
passengers and traffic, and the pnblic will find in the improvement
cf
the inferior carriages, and some additi .nal comforts for those of the
first k lass, that the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Hall-
way will be placed in advance of any other now existing, and in all
its details will be rendered worthy an enterprise MO national in its
character.
Application will be made for a Bill to incorporate the Company
early in the next session. The usual power will be taken by the Act
to allow interest at 41. per cent. per a num on the amount of the
subscriptions paid up ; and no subscriber will be answerable for more
than the amount aids deposit until the Act be obtained, and then not
beyond the amount of his subscription.
Applications tor Shares may be made, in the subjoined form, to
the following Solicitors, Brokers, and Agents :—Messrs. Cameron
and Baths, IS, Parliament-street, London ; Mr. Roger Mortimer,
Throgmorton-street, London; •B. R. Pemberton, Esq., Atherton-
buildings, Mr. Wm. Berl, and Messrs. Schultz and Carr, Liverpool;
Mr. J. R. Lane, Birmingham ; James Jamieson, Esq., Leeds ; Messrs.
Cardwell and Sens, Manchester; Mr. James Butchart, Huddersfield;
Messrs. J. and J. Kimpster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Mr. Hervey,
Halifax ; Wm. Lee, Esq., Cheltenham ; R. P. Clark, Esq., Bristol ;
Messrs. Graystone and arl,York ; Henry Beaumont, Esq., Exeter;
Messrs. Munro and Co., 44, George-street, Edinburgh; Charles
Couper, Esq., 1, Parkside-street, Edin-burgh ; James Jardine, Esq.,
Glasgow; Wn. Oliphant, Esq., Perth; and Messrs. Labertouche
and Stafford, Dublin.

FOAM OF APPLICATION.

To the Provisional -Directors of the Grand London and Dublin

_
Approximation Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will a'lot me shares of 40/. each
the above undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the same, or
any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit
thereon, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and subscribers'
.Agreement when required.

Name in full ----
Residen, e —
Profession or Business

Reference (two or more)

Witness
And his Address

PROSPECTUS OF THE
ItIIONDD A and ELY VALLEYS JUNCTION
RAILWAY, GLAMORGANSHIRE.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Promoted with the sanction and support of the Right Hoc the Earl

of Dunraven.
Capital, 200,0001., in 10,,00 Shares of 211, each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.
Discount Adare, M.P., Dunravcn Castle, Glamorgan
.;rawshaw Bailey, Esq., Iron-works, Nantyglo
Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Foaley, Herefordshire
Sir John Osborn, Bart., Fulham, Director of the Great Leeds and
London Direct Railway
Sir Wm. Bacon Johnston, Bart., Parthenon Club, London, Director
of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Railway
Sir Wm. Twysden, 41, Dorset-street, Portman-square
Richard Price, Esq., M.P., Radnorshire
Sir William Wynn, Maas Newydd, Chairman of the North Wales
Railway
Fames G. Barrett, Esq., Ross, Herefordshire
Henry A. Bruce, Esq., Duffryrt Mouse, Cardiff
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, ihefilekl, Director of the Shef-
field and Manchester Railway
Charles Richard Bigge, Esq., I°, Bryanston-square
John Castendick, Esq., Lewisham, Kent
Thomas Chitty, Esq., Director of the Rugby and Wareeater
Railway
The Rev. James Cozens, Toys Plwm, Glamorganshire
Edward Co'ton, Esq., 20, Reppel-street, Russell-square, Director of
the Commercial Bank
Nicol Came, Esq., D.C.L., Dimland'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 Direct
Railway
Richard Dutton, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
Railway
William Edmonds;, Esq., if Cawbridge, Glamorganshire
Thomas H. Evans, Mayor of Carnarvon, Director of the Rugby and
Worcester Railway
The Rev. H. R. Fowler, Felton, nearßristol, and Ne. 7, Manshester-
square
Rev. Thomas Granow, 29, Brompton-square and Court Herbert, near
Neath, Director of the Vale of Neath Railway
Captain Hewitt, Tyr Mab Ells, Glamorganshire
Windsor H. Humphreys, Esq., Garth Hall, Glamorganshire
John J. Barris, 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
♦ero 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 Mackirdy, Esq., City of London Club
James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Chepstow ani 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. 55, Lincoln's Inn-
fields, Director of tile Kennet and Avon Canal
William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park
Geirge B. Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk
Evan Prichard, Esq., Collenna House, Glamorganshire
James Brown, Esq., of Ton 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, liridgend, Glamorganshire
Richard Lewis Reece, Esq., County Coroner, Cardiff
Edward Scard, Esq., of Kew Green, Surrey, and Garth Ball, Glamor-
ganshire
Newry James, Esq., Finsbury-square, London
Robert Wright, Esq., Lons•'.ale-square, Middlesex, aid 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).

:OMMITTEE.
kRE, Chairman.
Captain W. J. Dawson, It.lf,
Crawshay Bailey, Esq.
Grlifil li Llewellyn, Esq.
Richard Kelly, Esq.
The Rev. H. R. Fowler
Samuel R. Pratt,' Esq.
Henry James, Esq.

MANAGING
VISCOUNT AD
Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P.
William Bradley, Est,.
John Randall, Esq.
The Rev. Thomas Gronow
James Morrison, Esq.
William Simpson Potter, Esq.
Nichol Carne, D.C.L.
Richard Lewis Reece, Esq.
(With power to add to their number.)
STANDING COUNSEL—Edward Lewis Richards, Esq., Middle Temple
Soucyroa—W. B. James, Esq., i, Basinghall-street, Londe'.
BANKERS.
Commercial Bank of London
National Provincial Bank, Bridgend and Cardiff.
Messrs. Towgood and Co., Cardiff.
ENGINEER—CharIes Edward Bernard, ESQ.
SECRETARY-401111 Vethcrick, Esq., pro tem.

This Railway is projected fer 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 t. open a new mineral district,
one of the richest and most important In South Wales, which is at
present without the means of transit fir its immense and valuable
products.
It will pass througb 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
te Its being of excellent quality for iron making, as is proved at Mer-
thyr and Aberdare, is also, like that of those districts, of the very
best descripti.m for steam purposes, being nearly smokeless, although
inflamntable, indeed so pre-eminently is the superiority of this de-
scription .f coal established for steam purposes over any other,
that the demand for it far exceeds the supply, and promises, accord-
ing to the *pinion of the most eminent marine engineers, to super-
sede all others fbr purposes of steam navigation. This source of
traffic alone will afford a handsome return for the capital invested,
as kas been demonstrated in every instance where even tram-roads or
canals have been constructed to open the mineral resources of other
less promising Tallies 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 ether
line.
This line will aford to the increasing population 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 Rlaen Rhondda, the
head of the Rhondda Valley, and proceed down by 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 communication under the most
advantageous circumstances as to distaice, with all the ports in the
Bristol 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 coasiderably under the advertised ca-
pital.
The landowners along the lino are favourable to tills widertaking,
and the names of many influential proprietors will be found on time
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 Aot 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 Sham s, and to apply the funds
of the Company in payment of all the expenses incurred in its forma-
tter', 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
landowners on the line and other parties locally interested.
Frospectuses and Maps play be had Of and appliAtiona for