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London, England, 1845-09-09 00:00:00

T" LONDON, BRISTOL, and SOUTH
WALES DIRECT RAILWAY.
Pro visionally Registered under the 7th and Bth Vic., cap. 110.
Capital 1,200,0001., in 60,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Sir Arthur Do Capel Broke, Bart., Director of the South Union
Railway

Sir Henry.' Webb, Bart., Pall-mall
The Rev. Sir Erasmus Henry Griffies Williams, Bart., Marlborough
C. D. Archibald, Esq., Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Railway
Joseph Bailey, Esq., Cloth Manufacturer, Caine
W. G. Beare, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Bandon and Bantry
Railway
The Mayor of Caine

Robert Walter Carden, Esq., Director of tlie South' Midland and
South Union Railways
William Collins, Esq., M.P., Director of the South Union Railway
Henry Dann, Esq., Director of the Warwickshire and London Ex-
tension Railway
Thomas Fothergill, Esq., Bedford-square
James Grignon, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway
Henry Greville, Esq., Hobart-place, Belgrave-square
William Henry Halcomb, Esq., Chilton, near Hungerford, Marlborough
Thomas Macomb. Esq , Marlborough
William Halcomb, Esq., Marlborough
Abraham Henlcy, Esq., Caine
Joseph Jackson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Rock Life Assurance
Company
John Milli, Esq., Director of the Worcester and South Wales Junc-
tion Railway
Hugh Monteith, Esq., Glasgow
Major-General Parlby, C. 8., Director of the Worcester, Shrewsbury,
and Crewe Union Railway
Thomas Pemberton, Esq., Director of the South Staffordshire Rail-

way
George Henry Piekney, Esq., Marlborough
William Potter, Esq., (Director of the Oxford, Walley, and Chelten-
ham Railway
Nehemiah John Reed, Esq., Marlborough
William Tanner, Esq., Blackland's House, Caine.
ENGINEER—Francis Giles, Esq.
STANDING COUNSEL—WiIIiam Monteith, Esq., Paper-buildings.
SomeiTou—Netiam Giles, Esq., 4, Verulain-buildings, Londom.

LOCAL AGENTS.
John Macomb, Esq., Hungerford and Marlborough. -
John Edwards Hayward, Esq., Dovlzna
E. T. Clarkson, Esq., Caine
John Trenfield, Esq., Chipping Sodbury
BANKERS.
Messrs. Tanner and Pinckney, Hungerford and Caine
The Wilts and Dorset Ranking Co., Marlborough
The North Wilts Banking Co., Chippenham
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Sonth Wales, abounding in natural harbours and mineral pro-
ductions, and celebrated for the magn!tude and excellence of its
manufictures, is justly esteemed, both in a naval and commercial
point of view, as one of the most Important districts of Great
Britain. . _ _ . _ . .

Its connexion with London has become of such paramount im-
portance as to demand the most direct and perfect communication
that can possibly be established. This is the main object of the pro-
posed undertaking.
This Railway will proceed from London to Hungerford by the
Great Western Railway, there leaving that railway and running
almost in a straight line by Marlborough, Caine, and Chippenham,
where it will again join the Great Western. Railway : thus giving to

the towns of Marlborough and Caine (which at present-have- no
railway) a direct communication with Loudon ; and also with Bath,
Bristol, the South Western Counties of England and South Wales.
From Chippenham the line will pass near Chipping Sodbury,
and proceed to the Bristol and Gloucester Railway at Westerleigh
(about eight miles from Bristol), and by a junction with that rail-
way the direct line from London to Bristol will be completed.
From Westerleigh the line will be continued to the river Severn at
Aust, and be carried across that river by means of the fixed bridge of
the Bristol and Liverpool Junction Railway. On the Monmouth-
shire side of the river it will proceed for another half mile over the
river Wye, direct to, and terminate at, the South Wales Railway,
near to Hunger Pill. This last half mile will of itself effect a saving
in distance between London and South Wales of about four miles.

By taking advantage, as far as possible, of existing railways, this
project will complete at once the most direct and best trunk-lirie
from London to Bath, Bristol, and the South-Western Counties of
England ; but m•re especially to Chepstow, Newport, Cardiff, Swan-
sea, Milford Haven, the whole of South Wales, and Ireland.

The following are the sayings in distance effected by the proposed
line :
Between London and t ath, via Hungerford, the pro-
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posed line as far as Chippeuham, and the Great
Western Railway .. ••••••• • • • • • • • ••• • • • about 7 miles.
Between London and Bristol, via Hungerford, the
proposed line as far as Westerleigh, and the Bristol
and Gloucester Railway. •• • ..... ••• • • ...... •• • • about 8 miles.
Between London and the whole of South Wales, via
the Great Western Railway, the proposed tunnel
under the Severn at Hock Crib, and the South
Wales Railway to Hunger Pill about 16 miles.
Between London and the whole of South Wales, via
the Great Western, and the Bristol and Liverpool
Junction Railways

• • ... • .. - about 23 miles.

These great savings in distance are by no means the principal
features of the undertaking. By this direct communication between
London and Bristol the Box tunnel will be entirely avoided, an im-
portant fact which will no doubt have a most powerful effect with
passengers.

Moreover passengers to and from South Wales will be enabled to
travel at all times by means of the fixed bridge over the Severn at
the Aust or Old Passage; thus avoiding on the one hand the well-
known dangers, inconveniences, delays, and difficulties of the open
ferry of two miles and a half, at the New Passage, proposed by the
Bristol and South Wales Junction Railway Company; and, on the
other hand, the tunnel of about a mile under the Severn, proposed by
the Louth Wales Railway Company, which (even if capable of con-
struction) must ever leave the public apprehensive of accident.
Reference to a Map will clearly demonstrate that the great stream
of passengers and traffic between London, Bristol, the South-Western
Counties and Ireland will flow through the proposed line and South
Wales to Milford Haven and Fishguard Harbour. The establishment
of Valentia, as the chief out-port to the Canadas and the United
States, will moreover create a traffic, via South Wales, never lilthlarto
contemplated. But supposing Valentia should not become that out-
port, there can be no doubt that Milford Haven, from its extreme
western position and natural advantages, must.
Independently of the passenger traffic above referred to, the faci-
lities which the line will afford to the unequalled iron works of
South Wales, and the extensive copper and tin works of Swansea and
Neath must induce the manufacturer to transmit his goods with
safety, economy, and rapidity by rail, rather than with hazard and
delay by sea.
A new and most important market will be opened to the owners
of collieries in South Wales. Newport will be brought within 129
miles of London ; and it may be confidently asserted that the Metro-
polis will draw an immense supply of coal from that neighbourhood,
inasmuch as coal of most excellent quality can be delivered in Lon-
don from the Welsh collieries at about 15s. per ton.
The principal advantages of direct railway communication between
important termini are now too universally admitted both by Parlia-
ment and the public to need argument. Many important direct lines
have been already favourably received; but when the savings in distance
—the avoidance of a ferry and tunnels—the new channels for traffic—
the giving of railway accommodation to a large distriet--and the
establishment of the most direct and complete communication be-
tween London and Bath, Bristol, and South Wales are recollected—
and especially that these important benefits can be obtained by the
formation of a line fifty-two miles only in length—it is confidently as-
serted that the proposed railway holds out advantages superior to
any hitherto projected, and will at the same time prove, if not the
most, one of the most profitable investments ever offered to the
public.
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The subscribers will be held liable only to the extent of their first
deposits, until an Act of Parliament is obtained, and afterwards only
to the amount of their subscriptions.

Until an Act of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of this
Company shall be under the management and control of the Com-
mittee of Management, as appointed.

Power will be applied for In the Act—and in the meantime is
hereby given to the Committee of Management—to increase the
capital, If necessary ; to alter or abandon any part, of the line, to
make branch lines, or enter into arrangements with any other com-
pany or companies ; and also to nominate the first Directors of the
Company.
The Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement will be
ready for signature on payment of the deposits.
Applications for prospectuses and shares may bo made to the soli-
citor ; or to Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Threadneedle-street ;
Mr. James Pearson, Birmingham: Messrs. Cardwell and Co., Man-
chester ; Messrs. H. Davies and Co., and Messrs. Haselden and Son,
Liverpool; Messrs. Watson and Co., Leeds; Messrs. Wilkinson and
Earle, Hull ; Mr. Butchard, Huddersfield ; Messrs. Buchanan,
will
Aitken Co., and Co Glasgow; Mr. Luke Arnold, Bristol; and Mr.
William Gordon, Aberdeen.
No application for Shares can be received after the 17th Inst., nor
any be attended to, unless reference be made to one of the Pro-
visional Committee, the solicitor, bankers, or brokers of the Company.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Directors Oita- London, Bristol, and South Wales Direct

Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me Shares of
201. each in the above Railway Company ; and I undertake to pay
the deposit, and sign the necessary deeds when called on.

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