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ci ent to instil), the construction of this portion of the Direct Wes-
tern : that It will shorten the distance from London to Tiverton
about 32 miles that it will traverse rich and populous agricultural
and manufacturing districts, and receive a large amount of traffic as
well ftom railways now in course of construction as from ethers pro-
jected, with every chance of success.
As to the traffic on the lower portion of the line, it is evident that
the vast number of merchant vessels continually detained in the
Channel by adverse winds, would effect an immense saving both in
insurance and time, by discharging their cargoes at Falmouth, and at
once transmitting them to their destination by means of this railway;
and therefore—without speculating on the extent to which the ports
on either side of the great promontory of the Land's End may, by
means of this railroad, attract the commerce respectively of Bristol
and Southampton ; to what extent the inexhaustible mineral wealth
of Cornwall, and the unrivalled agricultural resources of Devonshire
may be further developed, or the genial climate of Penzance and
Mount's Bay, " the Montpellier of England," attract adarger propor-
tion of winter visitants—it is obvious that this line will command a
traffic both in goods and passengers, from its western terminus, the
amount of which may be said to be without limit. A glance at the
map will make it manifest that no competing trunk line can ever be
established between Tiverton and the Land's End. As between
Taunton and Reading, an inspection of the map will show a vast ex-
tent of midland district, comprising rich and populous parts of So-
mersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Wiltshire, now altogether destitute of
railroad accommodation.
Recurring to the features of this project as a national work, one of
the greatest in point of magnitude, of vital importance in the event of
war, and of almost incalculable advantage to the general and packet
commerce of the kingdom ; It may not be out of place to quote here
the following expressions of Sir Robert Peel. Speaking of the project
of a direct line from London to Liverpool through the Trent Valley,
which bore much the same relation to the Birmingham and Grand
Junction that this bears to the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter
Railways, he is reported to have said :—" I consider that the com-
munication between the metropolis and the great outperts to be not
a question of hours, but a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this
particular line, Parliament has already expressed an opinion ; for in the
report of the Committee on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
line, which was promoted by the Great Western Railway Company,
it was stated that that Company had been required to pledge itself
net hereafter to oppose a direct line to Falmouth ; and it may be
further observed, that a proposed line from Plymouth to Falmouth
was last session rejected, on the ground that it might be supposed
to interfere with that great national object.
The survey of the line has been to a great extent completed, and
correct estimates of the expenditure and returns are in a state of for-
wardness, and the whole will be ready for the next session of Par-
It is sufficient, as to these points, here to state that there aro no
engineering difficulties in any part of the line which have not been
repeatedly surmounted in other cases ; that the first portion will be
constructed at an unusually small expense ; that the undertaking
will meet with the cordial support, concurrence, and co-operation of
the landowners, and that the Directors are justified in asserting that
this will prove to be one of the most remunerative railways in the
kingdom.
Powers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at
four pounds per centum per annum on the deposits, aid preference
in the allotment of shares will be given to the proprietors of the land
through which the line will pass, and to the shareholders in the
Great Western, the Bristol and Exeter, and other railways connected
with the Direct Western district.
Applications for shares, in the form subjoined, to be addressed to
the solicitors to the Company, or to the Secretary, or to any respect-
able broker In town or country
London, September 11, 1845.
FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Direct Wester* Railway
Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 251. each la
the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21.125. 6d.
per share thereon, or on any less number you may appropriate to me,
and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Con-
tract when required.
Dated

1844.
Name in full • • •••• •• • • .• •• • • •• • • ••
Residence• • • • • .
Trade or Profession
Place of Business (if any) .•• • • • •• • •
Reference ......... .
Signature......

LONDON AND WINDSOR RAILWAY,
through Knightsbridge, Kensington, Hammersmith, Turn-
ham-green, Brentford, Hounslow, Bedfont, Staines, and Old Wind-
sor, to Windsor, with an alternative Line from Staines to pass by
Datchet to Windsor.

Capital, 500,0001.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to :7th and ath Victoria, cap. 110.)
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. •
Major CHARLES L. BOILEAU, Castelnau, Barnes, Chairman
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Charles Goodwin, Esq.' Battersea
Sir John Hare, F.A., Lanicham-place

Thomas R. Kemp, Esq Abehureh-lane
William Kuper, Esq., Camtoenvell

S. H. Powell, Esq., Brixton

Captain M. H. SiVeny, R.Y., Brompton
Captain F. Bayly Wardroper, H.C.S., Brompton

Walter White, Esq., Fitzroy-square
(With limited power to add to their number).
ENGINEERS—Sir John Macneill and James Thomson, Esq.
SOLICITOR—George Smith, Esq., 24, Golden-square.
This line of railway has met with general approbation, and its im-
portance cannot be questioned, traversing, as it will, a locality totally
excluded from the benefit of railway communication, though, it may
be said, one continuous town, for a distance of ten miles, and a
densely-populated neighbourhood, the property around which is open,
fiat, and of a highly favourable character for the construction of a
line of railway.
In addition to the advantage of a direct communication between
the two royal residences at London and Windsor, avoiding the de-
lay and inconvenience of three different conveyances, and reducing
the time requisite for the entire journey to thirty minutes, the pro-
posed line will afford to Barnes, Kew, Isleworth, Bagshot, Ascot,
Sunning-hill, and Egham, all abounding with elegant villas and a
wealthrpopttlation, an easy access to London, and form the main
trunk for a direct communication to Exeter and the whole of the
south-west of England. It will also afford a facility to reach Hun-
gerford•bridge on the south side of the river by the Richmond Rail-
way, by means of a branch from Hounslow to Richmond.
The Committee have much pleasure in adding that the surveys are
made, the deposits have been duly paid, the parliamentary contract
signed and completed.
By order,
Office, 30, Regent street. E. W. 11. BELL, Secretary.

PROSPECTUS OF THE
RHONDDA and ELY VALUES JUNCTION
RAILWAY, GLAMOROANSHIRE.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Promoted with the sanction and support of the Right Hen. the Earl

of Dunraven.
Capital, 200,0001., In 10,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Viscount Mare, Dunraven Castle, Glamorgan
Crawshaw Bailey, Esq., Iron-works, Nant-y-Glo
Sir Robert Price, Foxley, Herefordshire
Riehard Price, Esq., M.P., Radnorshire
Sir William Wynn, }Lacs Eewyeld, Chairman of the North Wales

Railway
James G. Barrett, Esq., Ross, Herefordshire
Henry A. Bruce, Esq., Duffryn House, Cardiff
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Shef

_ .
field and Manchester Railway
Charles Richard Bigge, Esq., 19, Bryanstone-square
John Castendick, Esq., Lewisham, Kent
Thomas Chitty, Esq., Director of the Rugby and Worcester

Railway
The Rey. James Cozens, Ynys P/wm, Glamorganshira
Edward Cotton, Esq., St. James's-square and Kenilworth, Director

of the Commercial Bank
John Dennis, Esq., Director of the Eyrewash Valley Extension
Rlchanl Dutton, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction

Railway
William Edmondes, Esq., of Cowbridge, 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, Manchester,

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square
Captain Hewitt, Tyr Mabb Ellis, Glarmorganshlre
Windsor H. Humphreys, Esq., Garth Hall, Glamorganshlre

John J. Harris, Esq., Treverig, Glamorganshire
John Hopkins, Esq , Killely, Glamorganshire
William Harrison, Esq., Hill House, Upper Tooting
John James, Esq., Secondary of the City of London, and Director of

the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
John Inglds Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby,

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and Southampton Railway
hero Clarke Kemball, Esq., Hyde-park-gardens, Director of the

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South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Richard Kelly, Esq., Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
Griffith Llewellyn, Esq., Raglan Hall, Glamorganshire
William Llewellyn, Esq., Director of the Bridgend Branch of the

National Provincial Bank of England
James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean

Railway
Thomas Morris, Esq., of Newport, Monmouthshire
Leyshon Morgan, Esq., Lower Tremains, Bridgend, Glamorganshire
Samuel P. Pratt, Esq., F.R.S., Bath, and No. 65, Lincoln's Inn-
fields, Ditector of the Rennet and Avon Canal
William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park
George B. Pye, Esq., Lavenharn, Suffolk
Evan Prichard, Esq., Collenna House, Glamorganshirs
James Brown, Esq., of Ton Dhu, 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
Edward L. Richards, Esq., Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire
John Randall, Esq., Old Castle, Bridgend, Glamorganshire
Richard Lewis Reece, Esq., County Coroner, Cardiff'
Edward Scard, Esq., of Kew Green, Surrey, and Garth Hall, Glamor-

ganshire
Henry James, Esq., Finsbury-square, London
Captain Dawson, R.N., Barnes, Surrey, Director of Cambridge and
Lincoln Extension
(With power to add to their number.)
SOLICITORS.
W. B. James, Esq., 5, Basinghall-street, London
William Morgan, Esq., Bridgend, Glamorgan.
BANKERS.
Commercial Bank of London
National Provincial Bank, Bridgend and Cardiff.
ENGINEER.`
This Railway is projected for the purpose of uniting the Rhondda
and Ely Venues, with the South Wales Railway, at a few miles dis-
tance from the Port of Cardiff; and to open a new mineral district,
one 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
Glamorganshire, where iron-stone also abounds with the coal in im-
mense quantities, and laying, geologically speaking, nearly flat, and,
obtainable, 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 Aberdeen, is also, like that of those districts, of the very
best 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 far 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 handsome return for the capital Invested,
as has been demonstrated in every instance where even tram-roads or
canals 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 nearer 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
market town and port of Cadriff, from whence, at present, they may
be said to be almost excluded.
It is intended that the line shall commence at Rlaen Rhondda, the
head of the Rhondda Talley, and proceed down to 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
six 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
British 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
vrorks will be executed very considerably under the advertised ca-
pital.
The landowners along the line are favourable to this undertaking,
and the names of many influential proprietors will be found on the
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 of
his subscription.
Until an Act of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of this
Company shall be under the control of the Managing Directors, to
to whom power is given to allot the Shares, 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 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 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.
Prospectuses and Maps may be had of, and applications for
Shares, may be addressed in the form annexed to, W. B. James,
Esq., Solicitor, 5, Basil:Oa-street, London ; to W. Morgan, Esq.,
Solicitor, Bridgend, Glamorganshire ; and to the undermentioned
Brokers ; but no application for Shares will receive the attention of
the Committee, unless accompanied by a reference to one or more
of the Provisional Committee, Solicitors, or the Engineers:—
London—Messrs. John Shewell and Son, 25, Tokenhouse-yard.
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Messrs. J. Peppercorne and CO., 2, Old Broad-street.

Liverpool—Messrs. Betilit and Co.
Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Leese
Leeds—Messrs John Young and Co.
Bristol—Luke Arnold, Esq.; Messrs. Tait. and 'Cask

Birmingham—Mr. Collis
Sheffield—Messrs. Bardwell and Sons.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHAV.ES.I
To the Provisional Committee of the Rhondda and Ely Vat