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London, England, 1845-10-13 00:00:00

RAN L) LONDON AND DUBLIN
APPROXIMATION RAILWAY.
Provlß• nall Rastrick's Line. .
Registered pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, slap. 110,
f 4.
col)...esigned to avoid the presentee rcui) tous route, and so effect a very
resaierable saving' both of time and distance, between the two
2.lta.p_ of England and Ireland, running in a direct line from Lon-
flat
n 1 Bangor and Holyhead, through Shrewsbury, and touching or
• cklanlating in its route the following towns and places, namely,
worth, Chesham, Wendover, Aylesbury, Bicester, Dod
zciril Banbury, Kineton, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick, Alces-
4*o:ores:rove, Worcester, Kidderminster, Bridgnorth, Wenlock,
Cordbrookdale, threwsbury, Llan-y-mynech, Welchpool,
‘77,°strY, Llangollen, Llanrahaladr, Mochnant, Corwen, rentre-
Capel Corrig, Bangor, and Holyhead.
Capital 6,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 501. each.
Teta', Deposit 51. ss. per Share.
s-rary ofiltes
of the Company, 4, Great Winchester-street,
London.
The
erd
Right PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Hon. Lord Viscount Comlermere, G.C.8.,
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_ iseount M andeville
707 Claud Hamilton II.P.
Captain Fenton'Evan Freke, Belgrave-square, Director of the
n and Bantry Railway
O•
~,cofforey rowne, Castle Margaret, County Mayo, Ireland= e _
.120°1?slas Kinnaird Pulteney, Parliament-street, Chairman f
1:- -11. rit and Lancaster Railway
nobert Murray, Bart Ardlo
,anal
11r Y 17'
Bu Hems, Director of the Oxford
Henry
y IViustonßarroYn, Esq., Bart., M.P., Belmont, Ireland
'em""ner,a, sir John F. Fitzgerald, K.C.8., Montague-street, Bryan-
Col
'-square
11`Dougal, K.C.8., Eaten-square
ilal Sir Salisbury Davenport, C. 8., Bramall-hall,
,1741 re, and Weedon-hall, Bucks
14,0„,!miaard Le Merchant, K.C.11., Cork
otair evel,.iera Sir Love Parry, Madryn Park, Carnarvon, Direct's'
orth 'Wales Railway
PaCol• Sir
Hanker, G.C.M.G., Director of the Direct Loudon and
litre r Railway
rige Rich, Director of the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and
aniouth Railway
“gaaudierCeneral Sir Henry Pynn, Clifford-street, Director of the
n and Exeter Railway
;Te_aanies Piteeirn, Cork
~. nes Lower Brook-street
11101:Admiral Ross, C.B. Mount Wise, Devexport
jo:hasiallraLsteyr.lo,lllflitsihtam,ioEo;sqe,.,Esq., Apley Park, Deputy-Lieutenant of the
317,(,!ester and Salopllasbora Park, Magistrate for the Counties of
e4turaisTtered Henry Bowdler, Sidney-terrace, Cork
toe, “'bet reel Dawson, Upper G rosvenor-street, and Castle-
Ireland
111;fewlienry D
ashwood, Esq., M.P., West Wycomb-park, Bucks
aoretei.,_lll'als, Esq. Wyndham-place, Bryanston-square
,tft..." Pitcher, Esq., Russell-square, Director ef the Dublin and
fib lidand Railw
cii'ar'l,4lrinatt Mahon, Mahonberg, County of Clare, Ireland
bire„.arrY Baldwin, Esq., M.P., Bovine, King's County, Ireland,
The 0,.-ier of the Cork and Waterford Railway
Meore eh ,
egaan Castle, High Sheriff of the County ef Ros-
,Z Hart, E, D
pshill-lodge, Worcester, Directar of the Wor-
s,.lVaier nri
,' j"Tilove, and Tenbury, and the Great North and South
rEeign:
- %anat.', Llsaintfried-court, Monmouthshire
Spicer, Esq., Portman-square, Director of the _As-
, an Porth,and .A.rmagh
'hi:ll).4lllre Miner II and d Directrus London land Exeter Railway s
'Leiceste; Whitton-hall, Magistrate for the County of
titar•
i-4'..,vioe-Chairinan of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
baban' °l' Esel D.L.,
and Atanagh Iniattrataidlw-sqayuare, Dublin, Director of the
Julinson Neale Esq. Temple
...AN: °Yer Carsick Es Highwood, Director of the Dublin and
wita,,.:•Taltailavav 4"
tetty' rAelirner Whitmore, Esq., Director of the Dublin and Ga1,4,41w
,4,41w crown, Esq., Direetor of the Canso and Lima Railway
°eYtnotir, Esq,Montague-place. Russell-square
„,
Macguire, Esq., Hampton Court, Director ef the Wilts,
My. i;c7vis and Br:stol Railway
„.lioar,,°leY Shuldam Henry, D.D., Commissiemer of the National
4rysto'ior Education and Charitable Bequests, Ireland .
0_
s,4er Wallis Popham, Esq., Trevanio, Cornwall, Director r
. '
ktib,rt Jane Ship Canal Company.
'lollh, Latter, Esq., Claremont-place, Grove End-road, St.
ood.
.9scough Wilkinson, Esq., Woodbury Dews, Middlesex,
,
~Coieg?r or the Waveney Valley, Great Yarmouth, and Armagh,
ction,4.le, and Portrush Railways _
t,ree ithvard Nichols, R.M., Shooter's-bill and Coleraine, Direc-
t, II(411• t.i.le 4rirlagh, Coleraine, and Pertrush, and Sligo,aiid
Adways
- Galt, Esq., Charles-street, Manchester-square, Diree-
-41,Na1: oiev aAyarinagh, oleraine, and Portrush, and Sligo and Silen-
Rail%
~ll• liaiJames Wood R.M., Woolwich
41chai,i'l Justin O'Dris'eoll, Esq., hanker, Dublin .
~ ~ Rdward Arden, Esq., Bedford-square, Director ef the Dub-
▪ Arnitigh Inland Railway
edon-house, Loughall, Ireland
kee",c`e:‘,.;rl; eP nortman-square, Director of the Marine In-
fo Ah
A„-,,ra`44, EN Queen-square, Bloomsbury
Director of the South Midland Junction Rail-
% 14711, Esq, Old House, Shrewsbury
4 Ittr;ra'‘g, Esq., West Carlton-hsdl, Leicestershire, Director of the
lid Huntingdon Railway, &c.
41"114N Esq., Director of the Worcester, Rugby, and Warwick
uNiel• l$
D. Cambridge-square, London
•Oereira. Bei-1,11 rtillery, Great Coram-street
kre'''`:er'claelltlt' Esq. Shrewsbury
Esq.,
Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, and
014_1 rk, Director of the Direct
.Western, Isle of Ely, and
"'Jest I,'''ornerset, and Southampton Railways.
▪ sc,;!nirnett, Esq. Victoria-square, Grosvenor-Place, Director of
Insura'nce Office, &c.
l dale „
_,n
slreshatn en' , Esq., Raheny l'ark, Dublin, DireCtor of the Dun-
)F, pole -
, W '`•
'leanu Enni k'lland Irish North Midland Railways
Esq., Armagh
'sql. St. John's Grove-house, County Cork
54741?3 e . vens,'
Esq., Oak Lodge, High Beach Essex
Nolen,,iatliew, Esq., Somerset-street, Portn% an-square
rea,;,."‘. °lrglasse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St. John's Wood, Di-
-liNer b,°!.,ilieDirect London and Exeter Railway
itzgerald, Valentia, Irelansdt
James's
4:llas Qu'illoyd, E. sq., Cleveland-17r',
h,' xorh:lYner, Esq , Dioxham, Itaiibury, Oxon, Director of
Banbury,ue andne Oxford and Wituey Railways
ar Banbury, Oxon.
.4144,;„a 'Lights' ISIwRa N United Service Club
;..,•,p,c;;;kisrEad.slteZelt..k., Ifa'therlev-place, Cheltenham
sq., :Magistrate, Wenlo-ck
II
e.H., Coleraine
re. it ,`,4.1Z, Esq. Blackthorne, Oxfordshire
~rie'.,,eldeer E q.' Portman-square
Esq.,
CroSvenor-street West, Grosvenor-place
4 4f
Brryanston-street, Portman-square, Director
, reat Leeds
and London Railway
Brandon Cottage, Bristol, Direc,to.r of the Oxford
s ,eester Extension, and Chester Junction ays
iiiiumphreys, Miltown-house, Strabane, Irelande
and L
tigwar-
r. :Newton, Bruton-Street, Berkeleyst 'ltera
h Um, !eford,hlre,', Director of the Isle of Alan, 'nd Irish West
44;,..ulways
j.,71i.14,1„in°r. Bridgnorth
N., s ',lase
Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Bridgnorth
Members of the Corporation of
R)n,al rd
chard Pratt, sq
Esq. north
Rridgnorth
idley,
h y sq., Bridor
Oust ,ano Lea E,
st. damgnes's-th
square, Director of the Sheileld,
tq 1ttjt,.:,,_,..,.:i1,r1175,qa„nd Manchter Rilway
Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square, Direc-
-K,isr4 I,7_l•ondon and Exeter Railway
4:ieks_iter, Esq., Alcester Lodge, Warwick, Director of the War-
'''et 177. and London Extension and Worcester. Junction Railway
feu linen
4 ouse, Esq., Iptley Court, Warwick
etrts 11'4411111Z, Redtch, Wo,rcestershire, manufacturer
401,'"Ieti,„„).,,°ake, Esq., Redditch. orcestershire
ao3•ston, Esq., Redditch, Worcestershire
.;1(41-snis' Broseley, ironmaster, &c., Director of the Stour-
' I,'"-adeley'' Iroabride.e and Broseley, and the Grand June-
-I,4liinokrin,
Whitehall,
• ilw;
Broseley, Director of the Stourbridgc,
Nti "
I onbrulge, and Broseley, id the Grand Junction and
u an Ilailw
Th der °.ll aYs
1),. Got don, Esq., Linley Hall near Broseley
)%71,1is `llllon, Esq., Bridguorth
~114, 4; :?atlie,-ell,l
Esq.
Bridgnorth, Manufacturers
liokard Esq.
b4le, Esq., Iticester
'ee seaking, Esq., Bicester
k.)rk 'oWnsend, Esq., Deputy-Lieutoetaut, Woodside, County
Prse,
I': "obi, 4 nab. Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant, Castle Cor, Cc:linty Cork
,li.•tre,, eirrey, Esq., j. r., Blarney Castle, County Cor
su,„rFel, Esq., Altemira, County Cork
4 ,a."., Barry Esq., Lota Lodge, Cork
; 'I. It :4411 Free:nen Esq.. Sandlield, county Cork
4ohll ridge, Esq., Bear Forest, Mallow
Mtge
INo3P,'''ioY,Mallo7
Cani'l. r.1..t0n Brazier
.C. eagle, Esq., J.P., Creagh-castle
• Bandon,
Esq., Iliverston'-house, Cork, Director of the
uandon, and Bandon and Bantry Railways
ait.,t,'eit Lucas, Esq., Manchester-street, Manchester-square,
11.Ai1e,1.,,Qr °I. the Ipswich and Southampton, and Sligo and Shannon
0,1)6
riscoll Esq., Clifton, near Bristol
~11-‘ • William% Wison, 8.D., Over Worton, near Deddington,
rIQ, ,
t,: aillkner, Es F.G.S., Dcddington, Oxfordshire
Cruq., ttendes. Balincollig
Wi,ilt,,rlatinger, Esq., Barry's-court
Esq., J.P., Tremors, Cork
the I I). Whitehouse, Esq., Studley, Warwickshire, Director of
ceiaw-rwickshire and London Extension, and Worcester Junction
lia:ll)\‘l"tinan, Esq.,
04, 4:es
Alcester, Warwickshire
kenttio,,TrY Rough, Esq., Temple, Director of the Metropolitan
444 b" '-ompany
Co`,4 Ipu,,7.wer, Esq., Eccleston-terrace, Eaton-square, Director of
tee,i ich and Southampton Railway
,bee„, henry Duudas Campbell, North-end-house, Portsmouth,
s• "tTieutenant of the' County of Hants, Director of the Direct
Ita, i tanway
Cry W'TUB, Esq., Bloxham
• Ita'll, Esq., High Sheriff of the City of Limerick
Blakemore, Esq., Shrewsbury, Director of the Shrews-
rat), olverhampton, and South Staffordshire Railway
1't4,,e1'43.1a.t°, Esq., Shrewsbury 1 Directors of the Birmingham and
Esq., ditto,' Brighton Railway
Ott..(!,"cral Turner, Commander of the Cork D strict
1.,!0r Westropp, J.P., Cork
Sork °rill Ludlow Beamisk, F.R.S., Balliktcurrig, near Duglas,
wpozeits,teEr,Crow'sp Kest, Deputy-Lieutenant of the
4111 Director of the Rugby, Derby, Man-
Ileor, rani Welsh itidlan.l Railways
Oereialands, Esq. Tallyllin, Merioneth, Director of the Great
~;1,11,1 South Wales Railway
Fail Cttlltan
I banker, 217, Strand
sq.D., Worthing, Susse:
,11:.1clieson, MSummer-lodge, Worthing, Sussex
argtra,,l3l°lnas Thompson, Lain, Z 5, Gloucester-road, Hyde Park-
Warer'ea, Esq Hales Owen, magistrate for the county of
%f'rfie uster
41" un
alla • Esq., 127, Sloane-street, Director of the Medical
• If. kusurance &Mee
an
'els', Esq., Gray's Inn, Director of the Derbyshire, Wor-
' ,teh ItTid Stafford and Direct Western Railway
Amera "
sq., Mayor of Bewdley
Su merchant, Beealley
.I,ll,l,4oleatk_u°, Esq., merchant, Cork
%id Ilati,„'"uriell,Eeq.,32, Upper Seymeur-street, Portman-square
'l4l 0.
.ratth , sq.. Gray's Inn-square, London
~.Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester,
Iv' W - 8, ,;°rk and Lancaster Railways
The Manor, Waterford
I.ll.te"or ortfs. Esq., late High Sheriff of the county of Cork, and Di-
%ree xati,s'e Cork and Passage Railway
4c,Zige Anakissy, Donerallo, London
1(11Philli
„, Bridgnorth
kt late " e-Slle tridgllolth
TQY Perrier, Esq., Bellaire Cork
Th 41 Sq.' Weisel, Staffordshire
Ne.,B
Stratsq. ford-on-Avon
glue' 'Mead Perry, E Stratford-on-Avon
'YWardAil
17 New
Towit Cottage, Stratford-on-Avon
"' Power to add to their number).
"riltaet COUNSEL IN ENGLAND.
,glen, Sergeant's Inn ; Walter M'Grlgor, Esq., Bin
Cur, coin's-Inn.
see IN IRELAND-Joseph Napier, Esq., Q.C.
ENGINEER IN Crite.e-J. U. Restrick, Esq.
I 4 mac, acTixo ENGINEERS.
nZie, Esq., CIEs; J. IV. Bezelgette, Esq., C.E.
1.14 "
48treetsliess SOLICITORS.
L°ndon• Olle and Yonngliusband, 4, Great Winchester
Laban. "`"' Cumming, Esq., LI North Great Gorge-street
u
aka'. Peters, aBnA:CKoE.R;s.the London a-id Westminster
IlleuttAktes
Iliahreat:'-'O.-rNgeisatEreeatN,DD-UFblried:i.
ta -Atte - ...NeLAND- H Newell, Esq., and Henry Cowper, E, q•
ND-Frederick FrAncis Pole, Esq., 51, North
stst tunes C PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.
4s, Lonerauteron and George 11.11 n, ENre.„ 18, Parliament-
'. Iv n.
aim*,
'Y' Esq., North-street, Westminster.
TUS.
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dce taatha yiCa commereial, or political
I•or4g f r dreesednitgYr,:sa°leitkaela:ii
together as possible the capitals
bu,Aclatia,
. a' ;gcsted the formation of the
value
-41r13. lliedch It irseditteuiliroapproximation Railway,-a line, thetev..taukee a
freinrtriatrat,e,. sincetit weillilsbtoofHoueilayditead.
it
course
It
'!:111 ri,gh or near the. pOlpitlllosiutslaaendropno'• le county town of
alone etrrszaa`i'o,3;ge
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wealth,commdueicatlon); arned.
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than 1
,early. elndancl eonnulegrece extent
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none districtsi
n tne se
empiresecond in
bringing them
Idthaeri I,l,llMedtately' ccntact with London and Dublin,
rit 'sea passible. This project is wholly in-
Er 'es any
c
tsrlM Liaational ther e already befaro the public, and as it
bee°, ‘dvaritagel wills% none can surpass, must, when
beit,414.41e, Witnoo texcecti;,n the most important railway

One of the first objects of this Company will be to obtain a most
central and accessible terminus iu London, and Farringdon-street hai
been fixed upon for that purpose.
It is proposed to make a tunnel from that point to the Great Western
station, from whence the line will be continued in as direct a 'course as
possible to Holyhead
In its progress it will pass through or near to the following towns :
—Rickmansworth, Chesham, Werulover, 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 and Gloucester Railroad near to liremsgrove,
and proceeding thence to Kidderminster, Bridg,north, 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 Vyruwy, will proceed to Llau-y-mynech, Lieurhaladr,
and Mschnant, accommodating Welchpool, Oswestry, and Blangolles.
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 Nant Francon
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 Stafibrdshire Railway. As this last line will connect
Dudley, Bilston, Wednesbury, Walsall, and Lichfield wills the
Derby Railway .and the Grand Junction Railway, it would
be superfluous to expatiate on the advantages of brink-
lug 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 obvious fact that it will net only bring the richest
mineral and manufacturing portions of England much nearer t• 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 ant 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 stra!ght
line may be requisite to avoid tunnelling, after which a straight line
will be resumed to Bangor, where that already is construction will
be rdopted fur the rest of the route to Holyhead ; or, if found de-
al. able, power will be taken in the Bill to continue an independent
line by Peaumaris to Holyhead.
After a c:reful investigation if the traffic arising fl em passengers,
the conveyance of mineral and agricultural produce, and the direct
transmission of the mails, the Directors fe.l 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 arrival of the trains, so that passengers and merchandise may
be booked throughout from London to Dublin, including all the inter-
mediate stations, and be thus enabled to complete the entire distance
in ten hours, without the inconvenience so painfully felt of changing
from the conveyance of one proprieta, yto that of another. The
railways now 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 comnsunication 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 et
the Directors, and every advancement in science wilt be made
available to gain the utmost possible amount of speed, com-
patible with safety, the lines being formed expressly for this end
while, filially, the very lowest rate of fares will he adopted for both
passengers and traffic, and the public will find in the improvement c f
the inferior carriages, and some additional comforts far those of the ,
first ',lass, that the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Rad-
way will be placed in advance if any other now existing, and in all
its details will be rendered worthy an enterprise se 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 4/. per cent. per a' num on the amount of the
subscriptions paid up; and no subscriber will be answerable for more
than the amount of his deposit until the Act be obtained, and then not
beyond the amount of his subscription.
Applications for Shares may be made, in the subjoined form, to
the following Solicitors, Brokers, and Agents : —Messrs. Cameron
and Bodes, 18, Parliament-street, London ; Mr. 'Roger Mortimer,
Throgmorton-street, London ; B. R. Pemberton, Esq., Atherton-
buildings, Mr. Wm. Keil, and Messrs. Schultz and Carr, Liverpool ;
Mr. J. R. Lane, Birmingham ; James Jamieson, Esq., Leeds ; Messrs.
Cardwell and Sons, Manchester; Mr. James Batched, Huddersfield ;
Messrs. J. and J. Kimpster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Mr. Hervey,
Halifax ; Wm. Lee, Esq., Cheltenham ; R. P. Clark, Esq., Bristol ;
Messrs. Graystone and Earl,York ; Henry Beaumont, Esq., Exeter;
Messrs. ➢lunro and Co., 44, George-street, Edinburgh; Charles
Coupe'', Esq., 1, I'arkside-street, Edin-burgh ; James Jardine, Esq.,
Glasgow; Wm. Oliphant, Esq., Perth; amid Messrs. Labertouche
and Staftrd, Dublin.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Previsional Directors of the Grand London and Dublin
Approximation Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of SOL 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
Ilesidei-re—
Profession or Business

Reference (two or more)

Witness
And his Address

PROSPECTUS OF TIIE
RHONDDA and ELY VALLEYS JUNCTION
RAILWAY, GLAMORGANSHIRE.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Promoted with the sanction and support of the Right Hon. the Earl

•
of Dunrayen.
Capital, 200,0001., in 10,000 Shares of 201. each,
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
fisconnt Adars, M.P., Dunraven Castle, Glamorgan
Crawshaw Bailey, Esq., Iron-sparks, Nantyglo
S;r Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Foxley, Herefordshire
Sir John Osborn, Bart., Fulham, Director of the Great Leeds aad
London Direct Railway
Sir Wm. Bacon Johnston, Bart., Parthenon Club, London, Director
of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Railway
Sir Win. Twysden, 41, Dorset-street, Portman-square
Richard Price, Esq., M.P., Radnorshire
Sir William Wynn, Macs Newydd, Chairman of the North Wales
Railway
fames G. Barrett, Esq., Ross, Herefordshire
Hpury A. Bruce, Esq., Duffryn House, Cardiff
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, iiheffiekl, Director of the Shef-
Skid and Manchester Railway
Charles Richard Bigge, Esq., Pi, Bryanston-square
Joint Castendick, Esq., Lewisham, Kent
Thomas Chitty, Esq., Director of the Rugby and Worsester

Railway
The Rev. James Cozens, Tnys Phvm, Glautorganshire
Edward Co ton, Esq., 20, Koppel-street, Russell-square, Director of
the Commercial Bank
Nicol Came, Esq., D.0.T.., Dimland's-house, Cowbridge, Director of

the Vgje Of Reath 'Railway
Captain ►awson, R.N., Barnes, Surrey, Director of the Cambridge
and Lincoln Estenslon Railway
George Dennis, Esq., Director of the Great Leeds and London Direct
Railway
Richard Dutton, Esq., Director of the South and Midland? Junction
Railway
William Edmoudes, Esq., of Cambridge, 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, Mamhester-

square
Rev. Thomas Granow, 29, Brompton-square and Court Herbert, near
Neath, Director of the Vale of Neath Railway
Captain Hewitt, Tyr flab Glamorganshire
Windsor H. Humphreys, Esq., Garth hall, Glamorganshire
John J. Barris, Esq., Treverig, Glamorganshire
John Hopkins, Esq Glamorganshire
William Harrison, Esq., Hill House, Upper Tooting
John James, Esq., Secondary of the City of London, and Director of
the South amt Midlands' Junction Railway
John Ingles Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby,
and Southampton Railway
Vero Clarke Ketnball, Esq., Hyde-park-gardens, Director of the
South and Midlands Jillietioll 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 and Forest of Dean
Railway
Thomas Morris, Esq., of Newport, Monmouthshire
Leyghon 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
Gawp B. Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk
Evan Pricharil, Esq., Collenna Honss, Glamorganshire
James Brown, Esq., of Ton Win, 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 Mall, Glamor-
ganshire
Henry James, Esq., Finsbury-square, London
Robert Wright, Esq., Lons.lale-square, Middlesex, and Bread-street-
hill, London, Director of the Great Trinidad Railway
John Williams, Esq., Furnival's Inn, London, and Llanfihangel,
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 acid to their number).

COMMITTEE.
ARE, Chairman.
Captain W. J. Dawson, R.N.
Crawshay Bailey, Esq.
Griffith Llewellyn, Esq.
Richard Kelly, Esq.
The Rey. H. It. Fowler
Samuel R. Pratt, Esq.
Henry James, Esq.

MANAGING
VISCOUNT AD
Sir Robert Price,Dart., M.P.
William Bradley, Esq.
John Randall, Esq.
The Rey. 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 CorNsEL—Edward Lewis Richards, Esq., Middle Temple
.SOLICITOB-W. B. James, Esq., 5, Basinghall-street, London.
BANKERS.
Commercial Bank of London
National Provincial Bank, Bridgend and Cardiff.
Messrs. Towgood and Co., Cardiff.
ENGINEER—CharIes Edward Bernard, Esq.
SEMETART—JOIIII retherick, Esq., pro tern.

This Bail/ray is projected for the purpose of uniting the Rhondda
and Ely Values, with the South Wales Railway, at a few miles dis•
Lance from the Port of Cardiff; and to open a new mineral district,
ene 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
Glamorgansbire, where iron-stone also abounds with the coal in im-
mense quantities, and laying, geologically speaking, nearly flat, and, .
olasi table, 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 Aberdare, is also, like that of those districts, of the very
host descripttm 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 tar 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 handso•.me return for the capital invested,
as has been demonstrated in every instance where even train-roads or
catiala 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 Dearer and cheaper than by any other
line.
This line will afford to the increasing population of the rich vales
of Ely and Rhondda a much desired communication with the great
Matket town and port of Cardiff, from whence, at present, they may
be said to lerahnost excluded.
It is intended that the line shall commence at Blaen Rhondda, the
head of the Rhondda Valley, and proceed down by a natural pass
between the hills at Irma 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 th:re 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 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 comislerably under the advertised ca-
pital.
The landowners along the line are favourable to this undertaking,
and the names of many influential proprietors will be funnd on tke
Provisional Committee.
No Subscriber will be answerable beyond the amount of his de-
posit until oho Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of
Ills subscription.
Until an A:t. of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of this
Company Shall be tinder the control of the Managing Directors, to
whom power is given to allot the. Thar, s, and to apply the funds
of .he Company in payment of all the expenses incurred in its forma-
tion. and in the preparation of the plans and sections to be submitted
to Parliament.
rower will be applied for in the Act (and in the menntimo 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 nomt-
sate the first Directors of the Company.
In the allottmcnt 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