The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-14 00:00:00

London : The Union Bank of London.

Hereford and Brecon : The National Provincial Bank of England.
This undertaking will, in connection with existing and projected
lines of railway, bring into immediate communication with Birming-
ham, and the whole midland and Northern Districts of England, the
great mineral fields of Monmouthshire, as well as those adjoining Car-
diff and Merthyr Tydvil ; at the same time it will furnish to the im-
portant agricultural counties of Hereford, Worcester, Brecon, and
M onmouth, a ready channel for the transmission of their produce to
the dense population inhabiting the mineral districts of South Wales.
The object of this company will be very materially aided, first, by
the existing line from Cardiff to Merthyr: and, secondly, by the
lines intended to be formed by the Welsh Midland Railway Company.
The line will commence at Newport, and will thence proceed
northward by Pontypool and Abergavenny to Hereford, where (in
that direction) it will terminate. From Abergavenny a branch will
extend eastward to Monmouth, and another westward to Brecon.
From Brecon an extension will be made to Merthyr, to join the
Taaff Yale Railway, ending at Cardiff. Thus will be established, in
addition to a free intercourse with more distant localities, a complete
chain Of railway communication amongst the important towns and
districts just enumerated, and which are now wholly unprovided in
that respect. The portion of the line extending westward from
Monmouth will also promote the most direct passenger route that
can be adopted from Monmouth to Carmarthen, and the South of
Ireland.
In addition to the main line and extensions above indicated, the
Directors propose to place themselves in immediate communication
with the proprietors of the most important works in the several dis-
tricts traversed, in order to fix the situation and the course of the
minor branches, which will be necessary to complete the comprehen-
sive scheme of communication intended ; and to this object regard
has been had in fixing the capital of the Company.
The investigations which have been made on the subject of the
traffic fully justify the conclusion that the undertaking is eminently
calculated for the advantage and convenience of the public, and that
it will prove a most profitable investment of capital.
In eonclusion, it may suffice to observe that it is well known that
the scheme of a comprehensive system of inland communication in
the districts in question has already engaged the serious attention of
the tribunal appointed by the Legislature for the initiatory examina-
tion of railway projects ; and the Board of Trade has, in its report
on the Tring and Oxford schemes, fully recognised the great im-
portance and necessity of the chain of communication of which the
present undertaking will form a material link in the following man-
ner :—" The accommodation of Herefordshire, Worcestershire. South
Wales, and the important districts lying to the west of the present
lines of railway will evidently, at no distant period, require not only
a wide gauge railway along the southern coast, to place them in com-
munication with London, but also a narrow guage railway, to place
them in direct and unbroken communication, through Birmingham,
with the manufacturing districts and the great railway system of the
rest of the kingdom."
The engineering capabilities of the course of the line and exten-
sions have been ascertained to be excellent, and the capital proposed
will be ample for the construction of the 125 miles of railway Intended
to be formed.
Application to be made for Shares addressed to the Directors, at
the Company's Offices, 65, Moorgate-street, London, or to the
undermentioned Brokers :—Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Thread-
needle-street, London ; Mr. Anthony Laurie, Liverpool ; Mr. Isaac
Miller, Liverpool ; Mr. May, Liverpool; Mr. Parsons, Liverpool ;
Messrs. Brady and Stainforth, 11, Manor-street, Hull ; Mr. S. Grin-.
drod, Manchester ; Messrs. Cardwell and Co., Manchester ; Messrs.
Watson and Co., Leeds ; Messrs. E. King and Co., Leeds ; Messrs
Samuel Hutchinson and Co., Bradford ; Luke Arnold, Bristol ; George
Edwards, Bristol ; Thomas Sanford, Exeter ; G. R. Gliddon, Exeter ;
Robert Allan, Edinburgh ; M'Ewen and Auld, Glasgow ; William
Gordon, Aberdeen ; Boyle, Low, Pim, and Co., Dublin ; Bruce and
Symes, Dublin; Beaumont and Langworthy. Exeter ; of whomplans
and prospectuses may be had.