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London, England, 1845-09-30 00:00:00

LEEDS, HUDDERSFIELD, SFIEFFIELD,
and SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, or LEEDS, WOLVER-
HAMPTON, and DUDLEY DIRECT RAILWAY.

Capital, 2,000,0901., in 100,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
Notice is hereby given, that no applications for shares in this line
will be received after SATURDAY, the 4th day of October.
WM. ARNOLD BAINIVIGGE, Joint
JOHN OWENS, j Solicitors.
Offices of the Company, 1, Moorgate, Sept. 26, Mi.

REMINGTON'S LINE.

THE LONDONAND MANCHESTER
DIRECT INDEPENDENT RAILWAY.

The COMMITTEE of MANAGEMENT hereby give notice that
one part of the PARLIAMENTARY CONTRACT and SUB
SCRIBERS' AGREEMENT will LIE for EXECUTION, and
Scrip Certificates will be issued to the Subscribers in exchange for
the Bankers' Receipts, at the places and times mentioned below :
Bath—At the York Hotel, on Tuesday, the 23d day of September
instant.
Bristol—At the Bush Hotel, on Wednesday, the 24th day of Sep-
tember instant.
Worcester—At the Star Hotel, on Friday, the 26th day of Septem-
ber instant.
Birmingham—At Dee's Royal Hotel, on Saturday, the 27th day of
September instant.
Lichfield—At the Swan Inn, on Monday, the 29th day of September
instant.
Leicester—At the Three Crowns Inn, on Tuesday, the 30th day of
September instant.
Bedford—At the Company's Office in the High-street, on Thursday,
the 2d day of October next.
littoxeter—At the Offices of William Arnold Bainbridge, Req., Soli-
citor, en Tuesday, the 23d day of September instant.
Burton-upon-Trent—At the Offices of Messrs. Bass and Sweting,
Solicitors, en Wednesday, the 24th day of September instant.
Ashby-de-la-Zouch—At the Offices of Edward M. Green, Esq., So-
licitor, on Thursday, the 25th day of September instant.
Cheadle—At the Offices of Richard Lowe, Esq., Solicitor, on Satur-
day, the 27th day of September instant.
Leek—At the Offices of Thomas Redfern, Esq., Solicitor, on Monday,
the 296 h day of September instant.
Macclesfield—At the Offices of Messrs. Parrett, Colville, and May,
Solicitors, on Tuesday, the 30th day of September instant, and
Wednesday, the Ist day of October next.
Manchester—At the Offices of the Company, St. Ann's-square, on
Thursday and Friday, the 2d and 3d days of October next.
Derby—At the Offices of Henry Mosley, Esq., Soliciter, on Tuesday,
the 23d day of September instant.
Leeds—At the Royal Hotel, on Wednesday, the 24th day of Septem-
ber instant.
Hull—At the Victoria Hotel, on Friday, the 26th day of September
instant.
Edinburgh—At the London Hotel, on Tuesday, the 30th day of Sep-
tember instant.
Glasgow—At the London Hotel, on Thursday, the 2d day of Oc-
tober next.
Liverpool—At the Adelphi Hotel, on Monday, the 6th day of October
text. By order,

H. W. MATTHEWS, Secretary.

WELSH SOUTH MIDLAND, or CHEP-
STOW, FOREST OF DEAN, AND GLOUCESTER
JUNCTION EXTENSION RAILWAY.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital 900,1001., in 45,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Eight Hon. Lord Rossmore William Hughes Hughes, Alder-
The Eight Hon. Col. Dawson man of London
Darner, M.P. Col. Hugh Caldwell
Tke Hon. C. Pelham Villiers, M.P. George Lawton, Esq.
The Hon. Robert Gore, M.P. W. P. Andrew, Esq.
The Non. Col. Westenra, M.P. C. R. Colman, Esq.
Sir Henry Hunleke, Bart. Joseph Davies, Esq.
Sir Henry Webb, Bart. John Wheelton, Esq.
Sir William Twysden, Bart. Edward Hall, Esq.
Sir William Bacon Johnson, Bart. Major White
Sir Henry Seale, Bart Captain J. p. Macdougall
William Collin% Esq., M.P. William Shelford Fitzwilliani, Esq.
Edmund Francis Dayrell, Esq., William Frederick Beadon, Esq.
High Sheriffof Buckingkamaluire Richard Hartley Kennedy, Esq.
William Strehan, Esq. James Beech, Esq.
James Morrison, Esq.
(With power I. add to their number.)
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Edward Francis Dayrell, Esq., Chairman
Edward Hall, Esq., Deputy-Chairman
Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart. W. P. Andrew, Esq.
Sir William Twysden, Bart. C. R. Colman, Esq.
Major White W. S. Fitzwillians, Esq.
Wm. Hughes Hughes, Esq. W. F. Beadon, Esq.
George Lawton, Esq. James Morrison, Esq.
ENGINEER.
William Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S.
LONDON BANKERS.

Messrs. Glynn and Co. ; and Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Co., Strand,
PROVINCIAL DANCERS.
Messrs. Bromage and Co., Chepstow
Messrs. Bailey, Greatrex, and Co., Monmouth
Mesons. Williams and Sons, Newport
The West of England Banking Company and Branches
The Monmouth and Glamorgan Banking Company and Branches
The National Provincial Banking Company and Branches
The Gloucestershire Banking Company and Branches
The County of Gloucester Banking Company and Branches.
SOLICITORS.
Mr. W. T. H. Phelps, Newport. Monmouthshire
Messrs. A'Beckett and Sympson, 7, Golden-square, London
LOCAL AGENTS.
Chepstow—Messrs. Baldwin and Morgan, Solicitors
Gloucester—Messrs. Ellis, Elliott, and Co., Solicitors
SECRETARY.
Mr. William Prothero, 10, Old Jewry Chambers, London.

This Line will join the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester
Junction Railway at Chepstow, and extend westward near to
Piercifleld, the far-famed Windcliff, and Tistern Abbey, to the towns
•f Usk and Pontypool, and over the centre of the great iron and coal
field of South Wales, passing near to and through the midst of the
extensive iron works and collieries of Monmouthshire and Glamor-
ganshire, to join the Aberdare branch of the Tel! Vale Railway,
which connects Merthyr Tydvil and Aberdare with Cardiff—thus
forming a much more direct and almost straight Line—by means of
the railways already made and projected between those immensely
populous districts, and the centre of the kingdom and London, by
means of which the journey by land will be shortened between the
metropolis and this great seat of industry to four and a half, and
between Newport and Cardiff to the hours, which at present, even by
the aid of existing railways, cannot be performed in less than from
ten to twelve hours.
It will be found by reference to the official census of 1831 and
1841, that the average increase of population of the county of Mon-
mouth exceeded that of any other county in England or Wales ; this
fact is referred to as illustrative of the rising importance of the
country through which this railway Is intended to pass, and of
the very large passenger traffic which may reasonably be calculated
upon.

The town of Usk, with Ragland, and the rich agricultural district
fbr mazy miles around, are supplied by carts from the vicinity of
Pontypool with coal and lime, which are there obtained at a cheap
rate, and in return cattle and provisions of all kinds, hay, corn, and
pit timber to an enormous extent, are sent to the iron works and
collieries, where the consumption is immense. This traffic alone
must necessarily ensure a considerable revenue to the Company, in-
dependent of the great traffic from the manufactured iron, fire
bricks, and paving stone, which is of superior quality, and in great
abundance. The present cost of conveying and delivering iron and
tin plates from the works to London, including transit to the port,
shipping charges, freight, and insurance, amounts to little lees than
20s. per ton, whilst by this railway, and those it is intended to join,
the average cost at the rate usually charged for such goods on rail-
ways will effect a saving of at least 25 per cent., and be conveyed
within twenty-four hours, instead of the average voyage round the
Land's End of three, and not unfrequently six weeks, and with the
very important advantage of delivering the iron free from rust,
which is unavoidable on a sea voyage, in small bars more particu-
larly, causing a deterioration of from 15s. to 20s. per ton at least.
This railway, by mean, of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and
Gloucester Junction, and the Birmingham and Gloucester Railways,
will open Birmingham as a market for the manufactured iron of
South Wales, from which it has been in a measure excluded, from
the difficult and expensive transit by the River Severn and Canals.
Large quantities ofiron ore, known as " Hxmatete ore,"ls imported
into Wales, from Lancashire, Cumberland, Devon, and Cornwall; whilst
ore of a similar quality, and equal productiveness for iron making,
exists in abundance in the Forest of Dean, and may be raised and
delivered from thence by means of this and the Chepstow, Forest of
Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway to the different iron works
in Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire at an average of from 25 to 30
per cent. less than it costs at present, and at the same time leave a
handsome remuneration to the Railway Companies.
The Committee of Management have gone very carefull• into
estimates of the goods traffic especially, and they feel justified in
expressing a decided opinion that the revenue front this source alone
will, yield 5 per cent. on the proposed capital of the Company, in
addition to the revenue to be derived from the other traffic.
This Railway will pass close to, and within a few miles of, all the
iron and tin works of Monmouthshire, and the principal part of
those In Glsmorganshire ; and the following short statistic of the
extent of those stupendous undertakings will give an idea of the vast
importance of the present project. The iron and tin works com-
mence at Pontypool, and are-
1. The Pontymoile Tin and Iron Works
2. The Blaendare Iron and Coal Works
3. The extensive Tin Works at Ponthir and Caerleon
4. The Pentwyn, Golonos, and Varteg Iron Works and Rolling
Mills
5. The British Iron Company
6. The Blaenavon Iron Company
7. The Nantylylo
8. The Coalbrooke Vale
9. The Cwn Celyn and Blaine Company
0. Tho Beaufort
1. The Ebbw Yale
2. The Victoria Company
3. The Abbercarne, Pontymister, and Tydee Tin Works,
4. The Tredegar Iron Company
5. The Shirhowey
6. The Rhymney and Bute Company
17. The Dowlais Iron Works
18. Carfartha.
Added to which, in the vicinity, are the extensive works and
collieries in the Aberdare Valley, and on either side of the intended
railway are collieries raising and vending about one million and a
half tons of coal per annum, which it is not unreasonable to ex-
pect will be greatly extended, by the facilities offered through the
intended railway.
In the districts of Merthyr, Aberdare, and westward, there exists
an inexhaustible abundance of a peculiar description of coal, which,
though inflammable, is nearly smokeless, and is found to be superior
in quality for steam purposes to any yet known. In the London
market it meets with a ready sale at 30 per cent. higher than any of
the best north country Hartley's ; and notwithstanding the high
price, so highly is it esteemed, that the present importation amounts
to nearly 100,000 tons per annum. This coal for the most part is
brought from a distance of 24 miles, and shipped at Cardiff, from
whence freights to London have averaged from 10s. to 11 s. per ton
during the past year; but so uncertain Is the supply to the metropo-
lis, owing to the scarcity of ships on the Welsh coast, and the long
and precarious navigation round the Land's End, that many who are
anxious to adopt their engine grates for its use, are deterred from
the too great uncertainty which exists against obtaining a regular
and constant supply; these difficulties will be entirely superseded by
the proposed railway, and these It is intended to Join, with the great
additional advantage and impetus to increased use and consumption,
that it may be delivered to the consumer at from 2s. to 3s. per ton
less price than at present. Under such circumstances, it will not
appear unreasonable to those unacquainted with the trade, to expect
that the consumption in the metropolis alone will be increased four-
fold, whilst a new-found trade will be opened out with Chepstow,
Gloucester, Cheltenham, Witney, Oxford, and the numerous inter-
metbate towns to London, where steam coal is used.
It has been considered more judicious to form a separate Company
for the Extension line from Chepstolv to the Taff Vale, than to alter
the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway
Company at present, but powers are proposed to be taken for smiting,
the two Companies hereafter, with the assent of their respective
Boards of Direction.
Prefisrence will he given to those locally interested, and to the
holders of Shares in the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester
Junction Railway.
A reference to the map will show the importance of this line as
forming a direct line of railway communication between the great
mineral district of Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire, with the
heart of the Kingdom and Landon.
It may confidently be stated that in connexion with the Chep-
stow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway, there is
not a line of railroad in the Kingdom which offers greater advan-
tages to the Shareholders than the present. Provision will be made
in the Act of Parliament which will be applied for in the next ses-
►ion to limit the liability of the Shareholder to the amount of his
shares, and to allow four per cent. on the calls.
Until an Act 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 Shares, and to apply the fends of
the Company in payment of all the expenses incurred in its forma-
tion, and In the preparation of the Plans and Sections submitted to
Parliament.
Power will be applied for in the Aet (and in the meantime is
hereby given to the Managing Directors as above), to raise any addi-
tional capital, to extend or abandon any branch 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.
Applications for Shares, in the form annexed, to be made to the
Solicitors, or to Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Threadneedle Street,
and Messrs. Backhottse and Co., No. 4, Angel Court, Throgmorton
Street, London ;—Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co.. Cheltenham ;
Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol ; —Mr. Thomas Evans, Bath ;
Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker, Manchester ;—Messrs. H. David
and Ce., Dale Street, Liverpool ;—Messrs. Chantrell and Boys, Leeds ;
—Messrs. Wilkinson and LArle, Hull ;—and Messrs. Labertonche and
Stafford, Dublin,
To the Provisional Committee of the Welsh South Midland or Chep
stow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Extension Railway
I request that you will apportion me shares of 201. each, In
the Welsh South Midland or Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Glouces-
ter Junction Extension Railway ; and I do hereby undertake to ac-
cept the same, or any less number you may allot me, and to pay the
deposit of 21, 2s. per share, and all future calls thereon, and to sign
the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when re-
quired,

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WELSH SOUTH MIDLAND, or CHEP-
STOW, FOREST of DEAN, and GLOUCESTER JUNC-
TION EXTENSION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given that Igo Application for Shares in this Com-
paq can be received aftqc the let of October next.
WILLIAM PROTIIEROE, Seeretary,