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

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URAN LONDON AND DUBLLN
APPROXIMATION
RAILWAY.
'tslo4l) • Rastrick's Line.
Y Regiatered pursuant to 7th and Sth Victoria, cap. Ile,
tee. 4.)
to avoid the present circuitous rants, and so effect a very
esZilee
cesoft„,.,_n e, both of time and distance, between the two
Ireloed, running in a direct line from Lon-
qelothu;;t tiolYhead, through Shrewsbury, and touching or
ezektew,4t:a_ltB route the following towns and places, namely,
04 tene,"eaham, Wendover, Aylesbury, Bicester,
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick, Alms-
Zi4.3 e --c°Zooer,Vioreester, Kidderminster, Bridgnorth, Wenlock,
dale, ehrewsbury, Llan-v-mynech, Welchpool,
*4l.reat, Liaellrerllert, Llanrahaladr, Mochnint, Corwete Pentre-
Capieu ,gt Bangor, and Holyhead.
Not .4000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 50/. each.
at
0 Deposit 51. ss. per Share.
an_es of the Company, 4. Great Winchester-street,
London.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
44bl:teat Jord Viscount Combermere, G.C.8., G.C.H.
Zpt,,,`7llllton,
n, en ton Evan Freke, Belgra.ve-square, Director ef the
L ..„411117 Railway
arowne
, Castle Margaret, County Mayo, Ireland
naird Pulteney, Parliament-street, Chairman of
neaster Railway
Y' Parte Ardley Bury, Herts, Director of the Oxford
L ter, te Railway
'44"41 Tellies
ta„:" John F ~°ll, Lsq., Bart., M.P., Belmont, Ireland
keieers • e azgerald, K.C.8., Montague-street, Bryan-
ban
;S„selusi,.ll`Dougat,
ire, .'ralltsbliry Davenport,
Eaton-square
, K.C.H., Cork
"
eedon-hall, Bucks K.C.11., Brennan-hall,
41 Sir archant
Loy
)1:11•'4'11 W ales le *Parry' lfairyn ?ark,
Cexnarvo n,
Director
Railway
Direptor of the Direct Loatlon and
liell
aY
i tera Dire
tok h eor of the Oxnard, Southampton, Gosport, and
i`tleJ .
"erai,
git Henry
lie eaeter Thin Pynn, Clifford-street, Director of the
',4',;,44,l‘ll4tleLYl'44eAno'ae•e°rrill:akY-etree4l •
C. 8., Mount Wise, Devouport
r‘t •
"1°441 Ere' Esq., Apley Park, Deputy-Lieutenant of the
•°=ehtb
ay
Basbora Part, Magistrate for the Counties of
ehert nowdler, Siehey-terrace, Cork
terr;e,lrdjcr• Dawson, Upper Grosvenor-street, and Castle-
-8 at, her
1,11. 11•473 ljasew
1,4'; E-°*„d, Ezq., M.. P., West Wycomb-park, Bucks
Yndham-ptlae, Bryauston-squaro
er Nee 4tle Russell-B%par*, Director of the Dublia and
44„ „_katail Railway
"ht,"trry 14,1,0 n Mahonberl, County of Clare, Ireland
4(?4,:t0r the ,-„w'w,ln, Esq., 11.1!,, Bovine, King's County, Ireland,
t\ert, el "ere slid Waters brd Railway
“it'lltut Castle, High Sheriff of the County of
lerkr Ros-
lfelitil'el 1
~
.
)t.S r,niu-lodgts, Worcester, Director of thesWotru-
ViSs Tenbury, end the Great North and ou
Llsaintfried-e hurt, Monmouthshire
!:ele'rjoSl'leer, Esq., Pw Irian-square, Director of the Ar-
4eer.e and Portnish Dublin and Armagh Inland,
1,0741, Leicest'', and Dirac: L'ondon and Exeter Railways
ee„ch„ er, Whitton-hall, Magistrate for the County of
)41,4„. es,a'rinan of the Sh ropshlre Mineral Railway
N 44).1; b•L, Rutland-square, Dublin, Director of the
' el) !elt Inland Rai :way
ea.;„%ezile, Esq., an le
a
Esq., Ill.ghwood, Director of the Dublin and
klrpi
etarlere. e
' rhitmore, Erg., Director of the Dublin and
-"• Gal-
.„,se., Director' of the Callao and Lima Railway
L 'ta Id,' 'Sill Montagne-place. ltussell-square
t,,,,,..eentre,
Ittempten Court, Director of the Wilts,
L 731ty Bristol Railway
`et, :Ede, d„•tht Henry, Commissioner of the National
I.llsl4:4,4„alattti,on and Char'tablo Bequests, Ireland
sitiispßcopllant, Es q., Trevanto, Cornwall, Director of
anal Com
eeti, 3-, Esq., CL Tremont-place, Grove End-road, St.
til4h. • St 111 Wilkinson, 'Esq., Woodbury Down, Middlesex,
.14,7.:(1,A1,toLVItiftohYse,lleRY.11V.:,illey, Great Yarmouth, anti Armagh,
kittetht-tra rush Rail\ rays
Shooter's-bill and Coleraine, Diree-
Nok 447. s sb, Coleraine, • and Pertnah, and Sligo, and Shan-
a,Vt44 (hit p
Arra ' Char`tes-street, Manchester-square, Diree-
Nagh, Coleraims, and Fortrusb, and Sligo and Shan-
ktljteejil
t0.4-4111rV'"'", , lwich
ki.ktitam'Ybriscoll, Esq. , °ba° nker, Dublin
Esq., Medford-square, Director of the Dub-
_ „„_, Cl nland Rail. ray
4.lelltetelteo7- rtovenedon-h ruse, Loughall, Ireland
ilkStLtAtt 'la Portman -square, Director of the Marine In-
-41/414r elq', 0 '
4: kti E _ueen-squ etre, Bloomsbury
(IL" scla Director of the South Midland Junction
I L
; House, s- rewsbury
11;IWest Carle mehall, Leicestershire, Director of the
E2nZdo Raie, ay, &c.
r 434.7 "la Diren
ctor of" wthe Worcester, Rugby, and Warwick
k,„3.44.,
Cambeielge-square, London
171 i!') 4,7agal Arline vy, Great Coram-street
a.irrii,
t" ehrewsbur y
6(r'rk, Director Esq Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, and
Lane,, rector of I he Direct Western, Isle of Ely, and
11,744`elatt)'‘e.and South: tmpten Railways.
) 4rteeferein
t r-Sq.,a Victor' la-square, Grosvenor-place, Director of
R.
iti,,e,taillsernce Ott vee Sec.
Rahe ny'Park, Dublin, Director of the Dun-
. "411,still and I rish North Midland Railways
E Armagh
Mere •, St, John's G rove-house, County Cork
Oak Lc dee, 'Bah Beach, Essex
ctemestet,' 'en, Son, aset-street, Portman-square
biser' P.M., hi arlberough-place, St. John's Wood, Di-
London and Exeter Railway
004
4it
,s,, ptomseold, Vale Suia, Ireland
Clev eland-row, St. James's
'te* Blox' earn near Banbury, Oxon, Director of
Itttizariee. Illon and Be 1 d Oxford and Witney Railways
, lag s n Fury, an
.1, 1, es e- a wench Cf, near Banbury, Oxon
sh'„?l,ell,
„It "C., United Service Club
lie lace, Cheltenham
e agistrate, Wenloek
kik ;;,"e Coleraine
hlaekthr )rne, Oxfordshire
Ports en-square
I t/e 4ald ' tut., Gro incisor-street West, Grosvenor-place
t„,_
I,,t„Z'q.. 1,17 anston-street, Portman-square, Director
11)71>,7411, v.:us and Lo udon Railway
t.4Zte;teestrle Braude h Cottage, Bristol, Director of the Oxford
k 11,,:aDitreys xlte.nsion, and Chester Junction Railways
xe.,,-111towe :house, Strabane, Ireland
11.N.„!tr„r ton-street, Berkeley-square, andriLui
e est
k,:llllea;salr ~ Dirt ctor of the Isle ot Man, and I s
1)444,err fl
), leattmnd,ellorth
l~ yin Al& trman of the Borough of Bridgnorth
Itter 4 Glace, E Members of the Corporation of Britigi-
ie4a/
Pratt,Brtt : north
orth
Be'al
s,I•Y ' St. !;north
klierric
's
-square Director of the Sheffield,
and echester Railway
the L0„,50., Lower. Seymour-street, Portiaan-square, Direc-
-I.!kul44`till and 11:v ;ter-Railway
Alces ter Lodge, Warwick, Director of the War.
'NZ It;neheos"."den E= de• 'Mon and Worcester Junction Railway
%jell-1414, ey Court, Warwick
8(1, Red iltue, Worcestershire, manufacturer
!ditch. Worcestershire
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.s.l SG or
tr4it !Redditch, Worcestershire
Itroselt cr ironmaster, Ice., Director of the Stour-
,alZd t,,`,;,!-•!?aroultr. Idge, and Broseley, and the Grand Jtmc-
Kra, 1:4171 i!an, rays
4,,1,r,„. and hitch; (1, Broseley, Director of the Stotarbridge,
.4e;'n awe Broseley, and the Grand Junction and
John
J,„A"
Nhton don, Et sq., Linley Hall near Broseley
>r4 ' p:11" P ::idgnorth
1444(!c4itilwell, !Bridgnorth, Manufacturers
Ilre4ll Esq 1:(1, •
eakin ter
Vet levre„t'l4cla II Wester
•
ire
Esq Deputy-Lieuteemst, 'Woodside, County
lLtee, ;Mae L
\_-‘lair-"fre' Del Ittty-Lieutenant, Castle Cor, County Cork
kiZa J. V., Blarney Castle, County Cork
1,144h-41Ra 4„lle mint, County Cork
V. -eatt p Lota Lodge, Cork
r 4,011111,1„,,ree,,a1au, Esq.. Santlfield, county Cork
N,a sear Forest, Mallow
"4•D., -Mallow
),t4n ar4.1)04,,t toll Era eler Creagh, Esq., J.P., Creagh-eastle
I,.!lettn" Band'„ Pee, ltiverston-house, Director of the
k.,-erki•ett and. Bandon and Bantry Railways
et the Ls; I. , Manchester-street, Manchester-square,
e -"nne $c and Southampton, and Sligo and Shannon
%lea •
ften near ristol
" en-1,1 8.L., Overß Worton, near Deddington,
Litte4Z,toTrole%)'•c. itenden, Balineoillg
a11.r., F. 0.5., Deddingtou, Oxfordshire
%.IT*Ns PliZer
; e„, Barry's-court
‘.."' u l'ramore, Cork
, • , laelto
wielodil te, Esq., Studley, Warwickshire, Director of
al's re an, e London Extension, and Worcester Junction
4'3411
;, 41/. an, ts,„.
it o. 1;•, Alneatel, Warwickshire
Cotem„"en, Esq., Temple, Director of the Metropolitan
PsWtlw F'Y
1)"::1 jitlenit y
Dutlue, Zcleston-terrace, Eaton-square, Director of
as t
Clut;Railell, %ZiaoYrth-end-house, Portsmouth,
r`the Comsty of Hants, Director of the Direct
!pp`4n )j ats°Q Las
: I:1 3 u
ftigh Sheriff of the City, of Limerick
pre, Esq., Shrewsbury, Director of the Shrews-
'44c),ven en, and South Staffordshire Railway
Esq', 41, reaysbury'l Directors of the Birmingham and
C4l4t-e,"ltetallq" dn Brighton Railway
?lrett, ....urner, 'Commander of the Cork District
t-stk ere,' r,.tro,J.P., Cork
441er, aieamiali, F.A.S., Ballincurrig, near Duglas,
Yeester, Esc; a Cork
01) of"riloint Crow's -ISest Deputy-Lieutenant of the
W0r,,„.,, sq., ,m
V, tier,
anc~tdsl,`",'te r, and Director of the Rugby, Derby. - an-
eith Midlanl Railways
Z:tequl , Tallyllin, Merionetle Director of the Great
41444 ‘s(l•tlett Iles
Railway
tsq
,r,D2l'4°Srtirbatilist
Cussex
IN Theoluf.ea, Es
, SUm"mer-lodgeg,l'Torthing, Sussex
4'a - Lan *son, Esq., 25, 'Gloucester-road, Hyde Park-
''ert:'eter Na I tales Owen, magistrate for the eounty
I C.;
4•k,aver nu lIu„
s 127,
*flee Sloane-street,Director of the Medical
eren e "
,hel: ;tad eta* Gray's Inn, Director of the Derbyshire, Wor-
i I,anner l° I, and Direct Western Railway
01,3-alp (), Ls'zi,,l2, Mayor of Bewdley
Vta ~101;, See ru'e'• ' Tehant, Bewdley
et )4 O'c,rn; ‘-s• I, merchant, Cork
t°jtthews:ll,
„,
q 32, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square
Gray's Inn-square, London
lY for sector of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester,
t.kb, TI lel
,raw:aster Railways
Ill'ettoaers, F. it 15-anor, Waterford
ert, Of the 41,r, tele High Sheriff of the county:of Cork, and Di-
4!rt,,,aele, K ' id Passage Railway
epea knakissy, Daneralle, London •
1111,,,Int,lips, F.5761n.. tridgnorth
1t,;111.1:1iera,,,l Bridgnorth
I.l)t:erad", 17.3%, e ' tier, Esq., Bellaire, Cork
4244% 11, St ratfo Walsal,rd-on-ff Staord
Avonshire
nel aYWard,Ee, 'my. Esq., Stratford-an-Avon
14, (l
ien al, New Town Cottage, Stratford-on-Avon
%trant Inower to add to their number).
1„ A COUNSEL IN ENGLAND.
tiergumes Inn; Walter WGrigor, Esq., Lin
co„szt coin's-Inn.
ENGI?' liaziAND-Joseph Napier, Esq., Q.C.t` lista IN CHIEF-J. U. ltastrick, Esq.
aekeriv,, ACTING ENGINEERS.
C.E. ; J. W. Bazalgette, Esq., C.E.
*4,
1n 1 `et, L Less, SOLICITORS.
- ‘,2le and Younghusband, 4, Great Winchester.
atael"--J
'een
Inmaniag, Esq., tl, North Great alorge-street
/44sr
•teQaTr -.Orlttah - KANKERS.
I ?eters, and Co. ; the London and Westminster
eaella '`•3
erem.fNewell, Esq. and Henry Cowper,
qeor„..;:txr I,peAtl:Dp-uFburend.erick Frauei's Pole, Esq., 51, North
In
n
Nt ea Ca, PARLIAMENTARY AGENTO.
It. Li. I.ollace'"e ton and George Bain, Esqrs., IS, Parliament-
TT..autuaey.
I Esq.. North-Areet, Westminster.
tat -Der
et ), Of atip, PROSPECTUS.
tetiPgiar,,,eW, foe', heessltY, alike in a social, commercial, or political
we) r„ !towing as closely together as possible the capitals
4474.11
.1)1411 eland, ham seggested the formation of the Grand
111„Y tt Approx•mation Railway,-a line, the value of
eour to over estimate, since it will be found to tate a
‘•le eslere )a from the English metropolis to Holyhead. It
kttrtroers (e-, ye Ir.,
,uear the populous and no7de county town of
reaprovide I with railway communication), and
leeree. tr e along
th4le new It'
;.its whole extent districts secOnd in wealth, re-
,514
tea
btiortajl
114 awl commerce, te none in the empire ; brin,ging them
alnedlately In contact with London and Dublin,
p,,,,,'eaßt,` Of itn, "'Oen tb.',r.glit possible. This project is wholly in-
e_tb.er. line already before the public, and as it
tee uri
,eavantaga whteh none can surpass, must, when
tale. IP-, WithoU texeectlea the most important railway

One of the first objects of this Company will be to obtain a most
central and accessible terminus in London, and Farringdon-street 11:,s

bon fixed upon for that purpose.
It is proposed to make a tunnel from that point to the Crest Western
station, from whence the line will he 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, IVendover, 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 Itromsgrove,
and proceeding thence to Kidderminster, Bride 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 Vymwys will proceed to Llan-y-myneelt, Llaurhaladr,
and Mechnant, accommodating Welehpool, Oswestry, and Llaugollea.
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
Comet' into the Vale of the River Atwell, from *hence it will run
nearly parallel with the great Holyhead Mail-coach-road, by Pentre-
voelas to Capel Cents, it will then descend the Vale of Nant Franco*
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 llailway. An this last line will connect
Dudley, Bilston, Wedttesbury, 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 Stallbrdshire, 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 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 aid the neighbourhood of Birmingham a route to
Dublin shorter by nearly seventy miles than that of any other exht-
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 be resumed to Bangor, where that already in 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.
After a careful investigation of the traffic arising from passengers,
the conveyance of mineral and agricultural produce, and the direct
transmission of the mails, the Directors feel 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 Ines-
he 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 ono proprietary to that of another. The
railways new in active progress iu Ireland, running front 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 wave time and distance, every attention of
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, finally, the very lowest,rate of fares will be adopted for both
passengers and traffic, and the public will find in the improvement of
the inferior carriages, and some additional comforts for those of the
first (less, that the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Rad-
way will be placed in advance of any other now existing, and in all
its details will be rendered worthy an enterprise so 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 Hp; 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 ntay be made, in the subjoined form, to
the following Solicitors, Brokers, and Agents:—Messrs. Cameron
and Rains, 18, Parliament-street, London ; Mr. Roger Morthner,
Throgmorton-street, London ; B. R. Pemberton, Esq., Atherton-
buildings, Mr. Wm. Kerl, and Messrs. Schultz and Carr, Liverpool;
Mr. J. R. Lane, Birmingham ; James Jamieson, Esq., Leeds ; Messrs.
Cardwell and Sons, Manchester ; Mr. James Butchart, Hudderelleld ;
Messrs. J. and J. Kimpster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Mr. Hervey,
Haliftsx ; Wm. Lee, Esq., Cheltenham ; R. P. Clark, Esq., Bristol ;
Messrs. Graystone and Earl,York ; Henry Beaumont, Esq., Exeter;
Messrs. Munro and Co., 44, George-street, Edinburgh ; Charles
Coupe; Esq., 1, Parkside-street, Edin-burgh; James Jardine, Esq.,
Glasgow; Wirt. Oliphant, Esq., Perth; and Messrs. Labertouche
and Stafford, Dublin.

FOAM OF APPLICATION. •
To the Previsional Directors of the Grand London and Dublin
Approximation Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 50/. 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

Profession or Business

Reference (tyro or niore)

Witness
♦nd his Address

PROSPECTUS OF THE
RHONDDA and ELY VALLEYS JUNCTION
RAILWAY, GLAMORGINSHIRB.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Proraeted with the sanction and support of the Right Um the Earl
of Dunraven.
Capital, 200,000/., in 10,000 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTER
fisconnt Adana, M.P., Dunraven Castle, Glamorgan
Crawshaw Bailey, Esq., Iron-works, Nantyglo
S r Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Foxley, 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 Win. Twysden, 41, Dorset-street, Portmau-square
Richard Price, Esq., M.P., Radnorshire
Sir William Wynn, Macs Newydd, Chairman of the North Wales
Railway
fames G. Barrett, Esq., Ross, Herefordshire
Henry A. Bruce, Esq., Duifryn House, Cardiff'
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Mier-
lied and Manchester Railway
Charles Richard Bigge, Esq., 19, Bryanston-square
John Castendick, Esq., Lewisham, Kent
Thomas Chitty, Esq , Director of the Rugby and Worcester
Railway
The Rev. James Cozens, Ynys Plwm, Glionerganshire
Edward Co'ton, Esq., 20, Keppel-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 if the Cambridge
and Lincoln Extension Railway
George Dennis, Esq., Director of the Great Leeds and London Direct
Railway
Richard Dutton, Esq., Director if the South and Midlands' Junction
Railway
William Edmondes, Esq., of Cowbridge, Glamorganshire
Thomas 11. Evans, Mayor ef Carnarvon, Director if the Rugby and
Worcester Railway
The Rev. H. R. Fowler, Felton, near Bristol, and Ns. 7, Manchester-
square
Rev. Thomas Granow, 29, Brompton-square and Court Herbert, near
Neath, Director of the Vale of Neath Railway
Captain Hewitt, Tyr Mab Glamorganshiro
Windsor 11. Humphreys, Esq., Garth Hall, Glamorganshire
John J. Barris, Esq., Treverig, Glaraorganshire
John Hopkins, Esq , Killely, Glamorganshire
William Harrison, Esq., Hill House, Upper Tooting
Jelin 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
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 Mackirtly, Esq., City of London Club
James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean
Railway
Thomas Morris, Esq., of ffevrpert, Monmouthshire
Leyshon Morgan, Esq., Lower T remalos, Bridgend, Glamorganshire
Samuel I. Pratt, Esq., F.R.S., Bath, and No. 55, Lincoln's Inn-
flelda, Director of the Kennet and Avert Canal
William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sssex-gardens, Hyde Park
George B. Pyc, Esq., Lavenhamu, Suffolk
Evan Prichard, Esq., Collenna Glamorganshire
James Brown, Esq., of Ton Ddu, near Bridgend
Richard Fowler Rickards, Esq., Lantrissent House, Glamorganshiro
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 Recce, Esq., County Coroner, Cardiff
Edward Scard, Esq., of Kew Green, Surrey, and Garthßall, Glamor.
ganshire
Henry James, Esq., Finsbury-square, London
Robert Wright, Esq., Lonsdale-square, Middlesex, and Bread-street.
bill, London, Director of the Great Trinidad Railway
John Williams, Esq., Furnival'a 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 add to their number).
atAxauttio
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VISCOUNT AD
Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P.
William Bradley, Esq.
John Randall, Esq.
The Rev', Thomas Gronow
James Morrison, Esq.
William Simpson Potter, Esq.
Nichol Came, I).C.L.
Richard Lewis Reece, Esq.
(With power to add to their number.)
STANDING COUNSEL—Edward Lewis Richards Esq., Middle
London. Temple
SOLICITOU—W. B. James, Esq., 6, Basingilall-street,
BANKERS. •
Commercial Bank of London
National Provincial Bank, Bridgend and Cardiff
Messrs. Towgood and Co., Cardiff.
ENGINEER—CIIarICS Edward Bernard, ESQ.
SECRETARY—John l'etherick, Esq., pro tem.

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

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This Railway is projected for the purpose of uniting the Rhondda
and Ely Vales, with the South Wales Railway, at a few miles dis-
tmica from the Port of Cardiff; and to open a new mineral district,
one ot the richest and most important in South Wales, is at
present without the means of transit fir its Immense andwhic vah luable
products.
It will pass through the central portion of the great coal-field of
Glarsorganshire, where iron-stone also abounds with the col at al in
and im-
mense quantities, and laying, geologically speaking, nearly f, ,
obtainable, for the most part, by proper levels. The coal in addition
I. its being of excellent quality for iron making, as is proved at Mer-
thyr and Aberdare, is also, like that of those districts, ef the very
hest 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 tar exceeds the supply, and promises. accord-
ing to the opinion of the most eminent marine engineers, to super=
cede all others for purposes of steal" 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 allies in Wales than the hodda, which Is cele-
brated for thev abundance, quality, and facilßityn of obtaining its pro-
ductions.
An inexhaustible supply of limestone (so necessary for the manu-
facture ef iron and for agricultural purposes) may be obtained by
means of this Railway, much nearer and cheaper than by any other
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line.
This line will afford to the increasing populatina of the rich vales
Ely and Rhondda a mach desired communication with the great
market town and port of Cardiff, front whence, at present, they may
be said to be almost 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 Ffrwd Amws, a distance of eight miles, where it
will enter the Ely Valley and proceed down (a further distance of
Fix 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 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 coneßerably under the advertised ca-
pital.
Tho landowners along the line are favourable to this undertaking,
and the names of many influential proprietors will be found on tie
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 A:t of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of this
Covtpany shall be under the control of the Managing Directers, to
whom power is given to allot the Shari s, 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 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
meek-adi-
tional capital, to extend or abandon any part of the line, to
o
branch lines, or enter into any arrangements, by
amalgamation
• 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.
!ions for
Prospectuses and Maps may be had of and applica