The Brecon County Times Neath Gazette and General Advertiser for the Counties of Brecon Carmarthen Radnor Monmouth Glamorgan Cardigan Montgomery Hereford

BENJAMIN THE GROCER, JO HIGH STREET, BRECON A#° 4 J q, MONUMENTAL MARBLE AND STONE WORKS. GEORGE HAY, ARCHITECTURAL AND MONUMENTAL SCULPTOR, WATTON, BRECON, Respectfully informs the Nobility, Clergy, Gentry, and Inhabitants of Brecon and its Neighbourhood, that he has commenced in the above line of business, and hopes by strict and prompt attention to all Orders entrusted to him to merit a share of their patronage and support. Marble and Enamelled Chimney Pieces made to order on the shortest notice.—All hinds of Modelling executed.— Letter Cutting done in Town and Country. •* BRISTOL PACKET COMPANY. JD JOHN PROTHERO Respeetfully informs the inhabitants of the town of Brecon and neighbourhood that be has just taken to the old-established and well-conducted CARRYING BUSINESS .f the late Mr. W. THOMAS, and that all goods intended for conveyance by his Boats, which will arrive in Brecon from Newport every other day, will receive his prompt attention. ( w ( All goods to be conveyed by PBQTHEBQ'S BOATS—from London, per Great Western and South Wales Railway, Newport,"—from Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and the North of England, per London and North Western Railway to Newport,—thence per PROTHERO'S BOATS and all goods from Briatol, *per Burton's Bristol Packet." QOQD8 CARRIED and DELIVERED WITH CARE and at MODERATE CHARGES. No more complaints of delay in delivering goodS!-PBOTHEBO'S BOATS will await the arrival of the Packets at Newport, and be despatched with promptness to Brecon three times a week. Brecon, 1 *t Oct., 186S. [17 B R E 0 0 N LARKIN & JONES, (LATE PRIOE & EDWARDS.) WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRAPERS, y ▼ JV & V >2? <<& C v C() y Sole Agents for the "New Aletbeon Hats, and for the "Talethea" Waterproof Coat. Special—Ladies' Waterproof Cloaks, and Gentlemen's Overcoats in great variety. [1716 JOHN C. BA P, R Y, WATCHMAKER, JEWELLER, & SILVERSMITH, GREEN STREET, NEATH. WATCHES AND CLOCKS OF ALL KINDS. tT SPOONS, FORKS, &c., DISH COVERS, CRUETS, COFFEE & TEA SERVICES. CANDLESTICKS, &c. A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF FANCY GOODS ALWAYS ON HAND. WEDDING AND MOURNING RINGS. COMMUNION SERVICES. SPECTACLES. REPAIRS NEATLY EXECUTED. BERLIN WOOL REPOSITORY. [1318 THE BANKRUPTCY ACT, 1861. DANIEL JONES, of Llwynfynwent, in the Parish of Llangammarch, in the County of Brecon, Servant in Husbandry, in the employ of John Jones, of Llwynfynwent aforesaid, Farmer, having been adjudged Bankrupt in the County Court of Brecknockshire, holden at Builth, on the Twenty-third day of November, 1869, is hereby required to surrender himself to John G. Llewellin, Esquire, Registrar of the County Court of Brecknockshire, holden at Builth, at the First Meet- ing of Creditors, to be held on the EIGHTH day of DEOEMBEB, 1869, at half-past Twelve of the clock in the Afternoon precisely, at the County Court Office, Builth. Mr. Bonnell Bishop, of the Firm of Bishop & Son, Brecon, is the Solicitor acting in the Bankruptcy. At the Meeting the Registrar will receive the Proofs of the Debts of the Creditors, and the Crsditors may choose an Assignee or Assignees of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects. All Persons having in their possession any of the Effects of the said bankrupt must deliver them to the Registrar, and all Debts due to the Bankrupt must be paid to the Registrar. JOHN GEORGE LLEWELLIN, Registrar acting as High Bailiff of the County 1787] Court at Builth aforesaid. THE BANKRUPTCY ACT, 1861. In the matter of JOHN MORGAN, the Younger, of Dyffnant, Abercrave, in the parish of Ystrad- gunlais, in the county of Brecon, draper, grocer, flour and provision dealer, a Bankrupt. A MEETING for Dividend will be held at the Bankruptcy Court, Bristol, on THTOSDAY, the 9th day OXJJECEKBEE, 869, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon. Debts may be proved, and any Creditor who shall have proved his debt may examine the accounts of the Assignee which shall be presented at such meeting. Messrs. Press and Inskip, Bristol, and Messrs. Bishop and Son, Brecon, are the Solicitors, and Mr. A. J. Acraman is the Official Assignee. [1789 MID-WALES RAILWAY. NEW and IMPROVED SERVICE to all parts of the kingdom by BUILTH ROAD, in connection with the quick trains of the LONDON & NORTH WESTERN Railway Company. AsK. Tor THROUGH TICKETS. For Time Bills and other information apply to F. BROUGHTON, Brecon. [1687 17"ANTED to Purchase a Second-hand ▼ V OFFICE TABLE, with knee-hole and dipawers.-Apply by Letter, C, Ktt Brecon County Times Office. [1774 IMPORTANT. IF you want to BORROW MONEY at a cheap rate, go to Mr. W. WILLIAMS, 16,1 Dock-street, Newport, Mon., and Insure your Life, and he will guarantee that with approved personal security, you can have any'sum from £ 50 to £ 2,000, for 1, 2, 3, 4, or 6 years, repayable by fixed half-yettrly or quarterly instalments. Office hours: 10 to 5. [174 A FORTUNE FOR A TRIFLE, 225,000 FOR Al. nULL PARTICULARS of this most JL advantageous money speculation, guaranteed hy Government, will be sent Free on application, enclosing a stamped directed envelope, to JOHN FOSTER, Esq., 8, Craig's Court, Charing Cross, London, S.W. [1782 BRECONSHIRE CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE President: HENRY DE WIN TON, ESQ. THE Next MEETING of the above Chamber will be held at the WEIXINGTON HOTEL, Brecon, On SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4th, 1869. The chair will be taken at 2.30 p.m., and a dis- cussion will be epened by Mr. R. STBATTOK, of Duffryn, near Newport, upon "THE GENEBAL MANAGEMENT OF FABMS." Members who now join the Chamber will not be called upon for the present year's subscription. 1781] W. H. CLARK, Hon. Sec. BRECON NEW GAS COMPANY LIMITED. NOTICE is hereby given, that an A- 1% EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEET. ING of the Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the Company, at their Works, Brecon, on MONDAY NEXT, the 29th instant, at Noon, for the purpose of considering the propriety of obtaining an Act of Par. liament, and giving the Directors the necessary powers. By Order, „ „ EDWIN A. WRIGHT, 1785] Secretary. THE CASTLE OF BRECON AND THE WELLINGTON HOTELS. THE OMNIBUS. THE public is respectfully informed that in consequence of the Wellington Hotel hav- ing become incorporated with the Castle Hotel, and owing to the increase in the number of the Trains, the Omnibus route will henceforth, and until further notice, be as followsStart from Castle Hotel through Castle-street, High-street, calling at the Wellington, thence to the Railway Stations. BY ORDER. Castle of Brecon Hotel, 20th Nov., 1869. [1784 THE WELLINGTON HOTEL, BULWARK, BRECON. ORDINARY every Saturday at 1-80. 2s. each. C. HUMPHRIES, 1786] Manager. COUNTY OF BRECON. TO BUILDERS, CONTRACTORS, &o. T)ERSONS desirousof C ONTR A CTIN G JL for the Erection of certain Alterations and Additions about to be made to BRECON COUNTY GAOL, according to the Plans and Specification which may be seen at the County Gaol, Brecon, are requested to send in Sealed Tenders for the same to me (endorsed 51 Gaol Building Tender ") on or before the 8th day of JANUARY next. No Bill of quantities will be supplied, but the Clerk of the Works will be in attendance at the Gaol from the 6th to the 24th December both inclu. sive, to show the Plans and Specification' and afford any information which may be required. I The Contractor will be required to provide satis- factory Sureties for the due performance of the Contract. The Committee of Justices do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any Tender. EDWARD WILLIAMS, Clerk of the Peace. Brecon, 25th November, 1869. [1788 BRECON PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO, THE WATTON, BRECON. JR. GRIFFITHS, ARTIST PHOTOGRAPHER, Awarded Silver Medal, National Eisteddfod, 1868, For Excellence of Photographs." Cartes de Visite, Cabinet, Copying, Enlarging. [1258 MRS. MARGARET PRICE (Widow of the late Mr. REES PEICE, Builder), begs respectfully to inform the Inhabitants of Brecon, that she intends CARRYING ON THE BUSINESS of her late husband, in ORCHARD STREET, Llanfaes, and, while thanking the friends of her late husband for their kind support during many past years, begs to solicit a continuance of the same. [1638 A LADY jnst returned from Paris (where she has resided for the last eighteen months) being already engaged in Tuition during part of the day, wishes to GIVE LESSONS in FRENCH either separately or in Class.—For Terms, &c., address "M. G. Post-Office, Brecon. [1729 THE Organist and Choirmaster of St. John's, Brecon, receives PUPILS for the Pianoforte, Harmonium, &c. Terms on application. [1609 ESTABLISHED UPWARDS OF 30 YEARS. DENTAL SURGERY. MR. EDWARD KING attends Monthly— BUILTH: The last Monday, at LION HOTEL. LLANDOVERY: On Saturday after the second Wednesday, at KINo's HEAD HOTEL, from 11 to 2. Artificial Teeth fixed, from one to a complete set. Teeth stopped. Loose Teeth fastened, and Children's Teeth regulated. Residence—BULWARK, BRECON. [897 BRIDGE HOUSE, BRECON. W EVANS, GROCER AND BAKER. 0 Finest Teas and Coffees, and other articles, at the lowest Market Price. Ageut for Messrs. W. & A. GILBEY, WINE IMPORTERS and DISTILLERS. Every six bottles contain an imperial gallon. Single bottle may be supplied. See Book of Prices. Soyer & Co.'s Soda and Seltzer Waters and Lemonade. [1561 TRY JONES' 2s. 6D. TEA. BLACK TEA.—SPECIAL ATTENTION is particularly desired to this TEA for QUALITY and PRICE. It is strong, brisk, and lasting even in second and third water; and must secure a large demand when more fully known. CHEAP TEAS Is. 4d., Is. 6d., and Is. 8d. per lb. NOTE THE ADDRESS:— GLADSTONE TEA EXCHANGE, Corner of QueeR and Green Streets, opposite the Market Gate, Neath. [1327 MILL LANDS NEW BRICK AND TILE WORKS, NEATH. BEST Building Bricks, Tiles, Crests, Drainage Tiles, and Pipes of all kinds and sizes. Seakale and Rhubarb Pots, and Garden Ware of all descriptions. Prices forwarded on application to Mr. T. ANDREW. [1531 SC. GRAFF, FURRIER, CATTLE A STREET, NEATH. Furs cleaned, altered, and repaired. The only Furrier in Wales. [1661 LAW COSTS AND ACCOUNTS. THE ASSOCIATED LAW CLERKS continue to draw and Settle Costs of any de- scription, adjust Partnership and other Accounts. Post and Balance Books negotiate Partnership and Transfers, Registration free. Registry for Clerks re- quiring situations. Registration fee, Is. Abstracts, Bills of Costs, and other writings copied. Residuary Accounts prepared and passed. AGENCY matters will receive prompt attention. BEAUMONT CHAPMAN, Secretary, Gray's Inn Chambers, 20, High Holborn,London, W.C. [1738 NEATH UNION.—GLYNCORRWG DISTRICT. APPOINTMENT of MEDICAL OFFICER and PUBLIC VACCINATOR. NOTICE is hereby given, that the Guardians of the Poor of the Neath Union will at their meeting to be held at the BOARD ROOM of the Union Workhouse, Neath, on TUESDAY, the 30th day of NOVEMBER, 1869, at 12 o'clock at noon proceed to appoint a MEDICAL OFFICER and PUBLIC VACCINATOR for the Glyncorrwg Dis- trict of the said Union, in the room of Mr. John Jenkins, resigned. The salary of the Medical Officer is £ 10 per annum, in addition to vaccination and other medical fees. The gentleman appointed will be required to reside in the district, and to possess the necessary qualifi- cations as laid down by the orders of the Poor Law Board. Applications, in the candidates'own handwriting, together with recent testimonials, with diplomas and certificate of Registration under "The Medical Act of 1858," must be sent to me not later than MON- DAY, the 29th day of NOVEMBER instant. By Order of the Board, HOWEL CUTHBERTSON, Clerk to the Union. Union Offices, Water Street, Neath, 16th Nov. 1869. [1775 MAN and WIFE, by WILKIJFI COLLINS, in CASSELL'S MAGAZINE. MAN and WIFE, by WILKIE COLLINS, in CASSELL S MAGAZINE, New Series Part I. ready November 25, Sixpence. Published in Weekly Numbers also, price One Penny. In Monthly Parts, price 7d. Part I. November 25 QASSELL'S BOOK OF BIRDS. New and Exhaustive Work on Ornithology. CASSELL'S BOOK OF BIRDS C from the Text of Da. BREHM, by T. RYMER JONES, F.R.S., with 400 ENGRAVINGS and Original FULL PAGE COLOURED PLATES. Part I. November 25. price 7d. Prospectuses and Speci- men Pages to be had of all Booksellers. CASSELL, PETTEB, and GALPIN, Ludgate Hill, E.C. [1777 CHEAP and EXPEDITIOUS COM- X_j MUNICATION for MERCHANDISE TRAFFIC between BRISTOL and DEVYNOCK, SENNY-BRIDGE, TRECASTLE, BRECON, TAL. GARTH, BUILTH, LLANIDLOES, and HAY, by the "NEATH ABBEY" Steamer to Neath, and thence by the Neath and Brecon and Mid-Wales Railways. Considerable reductions have been made in the rates, particulars of which may be ascertained on application to Mr. J. L. MATTHEWS, Packet Office, Neath Mr. MORLEY, Neath, or at the Stations on the Neath and Brecon and Mid-Wales Railways. [1419 NOTICE is hereby given, that on the I FOURTH day of JANUARY next application will be made to Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace assembled at Quarter Sessions in and for the County of Brecon, at Brecon, for an ORDER for stopping up a certain Highway in the hamlet of Cray in the parish of Defynock, in the Defynock Highway Dis- trict, in the said county, leading from the main highway leading from Defynock to Ystradgun- lais at or near Tycoch to the highway leading from Clwydcaenewydd to the Forest Fach mountain, a distance of 220 yards or there- abouts, which has become useless; and that the certificate of the two justices having viewed the same, with the plan of the said highway proposed to be stopped up, will be lodged with the Clerk of the Peace for the said county on the 6th day of December next. Dated this Fifth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine. EBENEZER JONES, Surveyor of Highways for the said 1762] District of Defynock. NOTIOE is hereby given, that on the i 'I FOURTH day of JANUARY next application will be made to Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace assembled at Quarter Sessions in and for the county of Brecon, at Brecon, for an ORDER for stopping Up a certain Highway in the hamlet of Cray, in the parish of Defynock, in the Defynock Highway Dis- trict, in the said county, leading from a point on the highway leading from Senny Bridge to the Forest mountain, at or near Pencroesffyrdd Fach, to the junction of the highway leading from Clwydcae- newydd aforesaid to Senny Bridge with Heol Ty- gwyn road, a distance of 330 yards or thereabouts, which has become useless; and that the certificate of two Justices having viewed the same, with the plan of the said highway so proposed to be stopped up,will be lodged with the Clerk of the Peace for the said County on the 6th day of DECEMBER next. Dated this Fifth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine. EBENEZER JONES, Surveyor of Highways for the said 1763] District of Defynock. IN PARLIAMENT-SESSION 1870. ABERDARE LOCAL BOARD WATER. Powers for the Local Board of Health for the District of Aberdare to Supply Water, Limits of Supply, Construction of Waterworks, Purchase of Lands, Rates, Rents and Charges, Power to Borrow, Pur- chase of Ezisting Waterworks of the Aberdare Water- works Company, Confirmation of Agreement, Repeal and Amendment of Acts, and other purposes. NOTICE is hereby given, that applica- tion is intended to be made to Parliament in the ensuing Session for an Act to authorize the Local Board of Health for the district of Aberdare, in the county of Glamorgan, (hereinafter referred to as "the Local Board") to supply water for domes- tic, trade, sanitary, and other purposes, within the limits to be defined in the intended Act, and which will comprise all or some part or parts of the follow- ing districts or places, that is to say The District of the Local Board and such part of the town or village known as Hirwain as is situate in the parish of Penderin,in the county of Brecknock, and to confer upon the Local Board all rights, powers, authorities, and privileges of breaking up roads, streets, rail- ways, bridges and public places, laying pipes, con- structing works, and otherwise, usually conferred on Local Boards or other public bodies for supply- ing water within their respective limits, and also such other rights, powers, authorities and privileges as may be necessary, proper, or convenient, for en- abling the Local Board fully and effectually to carry into effect the objects and purposes of the intended Act. And it is proposed by the intended Act to authorize the Local Board to make and maintain all or some of the following works, or some part or parts thereof respectively, that is to say: (1) A Reservoir with all necessary approaches, embankments, waste weirs, diversions of streams and roads, conduits, discharge tunnels, pipes, sluices, outlets, and other works and con- veniences connected therewith to be situated at or near lblaen. Nant-Hir, on a certain stream there known as Nant-Hir, the embankment of which reservoir where it crosses the said stream will be placed 713 yards or thereabouts, measured in a straight line in a northerly direction from the north- west corner of the farm house called Hendre Bailey, at which embankment the reservoir will commence, and thence extend up such stream in a northerly direction for a distance of 466 yards or thereabouts and there terminate, which reservoir will be situated partly in the Hamlet of Llwydcoed, in the parish of Aberdare, in the county of Glamorgan, and partly in the parish of Penderin, in the county of Breck- nock. (2.) An Aqueduct, conduit or line of pipes with all necessary sluices, outlets, embankments, filter beds, residuum lodges, and other works, and con- veniences connected therewith, to commence in the intended reservoir herein lastly described, near the intended embankment of such reservoir, in the bed of the said stream at a point 80 yards or thereabouts measured in a direct line north of the point where the said embankment crosses the said stream, and to terminate in a junction with the existing pipes of the Aberdare Waterworks Company, at a point in the public road leading from Aberdare to Hirwain 45 yards or thereabouts east of the porch of the south eastern lodge of the Aberdare Public Park, which aqueduct, conduit, or line of pipes will pass through or into the parish of Penderin, in the county of Brecknock, and the hamlets of Llwydcoed and Cwmdare, in the parish of Aberdare in the county of Glamorgan. (3.) A Road to commence in the Hamlet of Llwyd- coed in the parish of Aberdare, and county of Gla- morgan, at or in the turnpike road from Neath to Merthyr Tydvil, at a point in the said road where an existing road joins the said turnpike road 622 yards or thereabouts measured in a northerly direc tion along the course of the said tumnikV ma/ from a point where the road from the farm vni,qi called Hendre Bailey joins the said turnpike road, and to terminate in an existing farm road at a point six yards or thereabouts, west of the south west corner of the farm house known as Blaen Nant-Hir, in the parish of Penderin, in the county of Brecknock. All which works and the lands to be taken for the purpose thereof, will be situated in the parish of Penderin, in the county of Brecknock, and in the parish of Aberdare, and county of Glamorgan, or one of them. And it is proposed by the intended Act to empower the Local Board, in the construction of the said several works, to deviate from the lines and levels delineated on the plans and sections to be deposited as hereinafter mentioned, to the extent to be defined in the said plans and sections, or to be specified in the intended Act; and to stop up, alter, and divert, whether temporarily or permanently, within the several parishes, hamlets, or other places, as aforesaid, all such turnpike or other roads, streets, highways, canals, streams, sewers, gas and water pipes, aqueducts, railways, telegraphs, or other works, as may be necessary for constructing or using the said intended works, and to purchase, by com- pulsion, lands, buildings, and other hereditaments in the hamlets and parishes aforesaid, and easements, rights, and privileges in, through, over, or upon lands, buildings, and hereditaments or streams and springs of water, and to purchase lands and build- ings, easements, rights, and privileges, as aforesaid, by agreement. And it is proposed by the intended Act to autho- rize the Local Board to intercept, collect, divert, impound, and use the water of the stream or brook called Nant-Hir, and of all streams, brooks, and springs, and surface or other water flowing directly or derivatively into the said brook, and which water now flows directly or derivatively into the river Cynon, the Aberdare Canal Navigation, the Glamor- ganshire Canal Navigation, and the river Taff, or some or one of them, or some or one of the branches thereof. And it is proposed by the intended Act to autho- rise the Local Board to apply for all or any of the purposes thereof the general district rates, water rates, rents, duties, and also any rates which they can or may raise, or be authorised to raise under the powers of any existing Acts relating to public health or local government, or to water supply, or of any supplemental Acts, and to levy other rates, rents, and charges within the whole or any part or parts of their limits for water supply without any restriction as to the amount or otherwise imposed by any public Act applicable to the Local Board or otherwise, and to alter existing rates, rents, charges, and exemptions, and to confer, vary, or extinguish exemptions from payment of rates, rents, and charges, and to borrow or raise moneys upon mortgage debentures, or annuity, and to charge the same on all or any of the waterworks, undertakings, property, rents, rates, charges,and revenues,from whatever source derived, of the Local Board, and to make provisions for the liquidation or repayment of the moneys so borrowed or raised. And it is proposed by the intended Act to autho- rize the Local Board to purchase by agreement or otherwise, under the terms of the intended Act, all or any of the Waterworks, pipes, plant, apparatus, property, and undertaking of the existing Company supplying water within the parish of Aberdare, called "The Aberdare Waterworks Company," or of any company or private person or persoBS sup plying water within any part of the limits of the intended Act, and to empower the Local Board and all or any such persons or company or companies, as last aforesaid, to enter into agreements with respect to the sale or transfer to the Local Board of any such Waterworks, pipes, plant, apparatus, pro- perty, and undertakings as aforesaid, or with respect to the supply by the Local Board of any district or place within the limits of the intended Act with water in bulk or otherwise, or with respect to any other purposes, and to authorize and provide for the carrying of such agreements into effect, and to confirm all or any such agreements as may have been entered into prior to the passing of the intended Act, and to make provision for dissolving and winding-up the business ef the Aberdare Water- works Company. And it is proposed by the intended Act to vary or extinguish all existing rights and privileges connected with any lands, buildings, streams, or waters, to be purchased, taken, used, or interfered with, under any of the powers or for any of the purposes of the intended Act, or which might in any way prevent or interfere with the carrying into effect of any pur- poses of such intended Act, and to confer other rights and privileges. To incorporate all or some of the provisions of the Lands' Clauses' Consolidation Acts 1845, 1860, and 1869, the Waterworks' Clauses'Acts 1847 and 1863, the Commissioners' Clauses' Act 1847, and also such parts of the Railways' Clauses' Consolidation Act 1845, relating to roads and the temporary occupation of lands, and to other matters, as may be deemed expedient, and any other General or Consolidation or Clauses Act. To alter, amend, extend, enlarge, repeal, or re- enact, all or some of the powers and provisions of the Aberdare Waterworks' Act 1858, the Public Health Act 1848, the Local Government Act 1858, and any other Acts amending the same, or any of them, or any other Acts which would interfere with the pur- poses of the intended Act. And Notice is hereby also given, that on or before the thirtieth day of November, 1869, a plan and section in duplicate, describing the situation, line, and levels of the intended reservoir, aqueducts, and works, and the lands in, through, or upon which the same respectively will be situated or made, and a book of reference to the plan, containing the names of the owners or reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees, and of the occupiers of the lands and buildings which will be liable to be taken under the compulsory powers of purchase to be conferred by the intended Act, together with a copy of this Notice, as pub- lished in the London Gazette, will be deposited for public inspection at the office of the Clerk of the Peace of the county of Glamorgan, at his office at Cardiff, in the said county, and also with the Clerk of the Peace of the county of Brecknock, at his office in the town of Brecon, in the said county, with the parish Clerk of the parish of Aberdare. in Aberdare, in the county of Glamorgan, at his residence, and also with the parish Clerk of the parish of Penderin, in Penderin. in the county of Brecknock, at his residence. Printed copies of the intended Act will on or before the 23rd day of December next be deposited in the Private Bill Office of the House of Com- mons. Dated this 10th day of November, 1869. H. J. HOLLIER, Aberdare, Clerk to the Local Board. S. H. LEWIN, 1 Upper Charles-street, Westminster, L1768 Parliamentary Agent. IN PARLIAMENT—SESSION, 1870. BRECON AND MERTHYR TYDFIL JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. (Additional A Debenture Stock; Apportionment of Income; Amendment of Arrangement Act, 1868, and of other Acts of Company.) APPLICATION is intended to be made A to Parliament, in the next Session thereof by the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway Company (hereinafter called the Company ,) or by tbp Board of Directors thereof, for leave to blring in a Bill for the following, or some of the following, among other purposes:— ■ (1) To raise an additional sum of money for pur- poses to be specified in the Bill, by the issue of A Debenture Stock, ranking equally with and having the same rights, hens, and privileges as the A De-ben- ture Stock issued or authorized to be issued under k ioocf»0n a Merthyr Railway Arrangement Act) 1868. (2) To enable and require the Board to pay and distribute the net revenue of the Company among -cn-<iI!rCI the holders of B and C Debenture Stock according to a scale and in an order to be prescribed by the Bill; such scale being lower than that to which the holders of certain of the B and C Debenture Stocks might under the powers of the said Act be entitled and to provide for the future payment by means of deferred Dividend Warrants, or otherwise, of any sums which may from time to time under the powers of the Bill be deducted from the amounts which the holders of the said Stock might otherwise be entitled to receive. (3) To vary certain other of the provisions of the said Act of 1868 (31 and 32 Vict., cap. 142), and to enlarge those provisions, and to vary, amend, and enlarge the provisions of other Acts relating to the Company and bearing its name passed in the years 1859, 1860,1861 (two Acts), 1862, 1863 (two Acts), 1864 (two Acts), 1865 (two Acts), and 1867, and to vary or extinguish any existing rights or privileges which may interfere with the objects of the Bill, and especially. the rights of the holders of B and C Debenture Stock, and to confer other rights and privileges. (4) Printed copies of the proposed Bill will be deposited in the Private Bill Office ef the House of Commons on or before the 23rd day of December next. Dated this Eleventh day of November, 1869. J. R. COBB, Brecon, Solicitor to the Company. DYSON CO., 24, Parliament-street, 17fl.-i Westminster, Parliamentary Agents. IN PARLIAMENT.-SESSION 1870. HEREFORD, HAY, AND BRECON RAILWAY COMPANY. (Proposed Railway and Junction at Hereford; Additional Lands at Hereford; Working and Traffic Agreement with the Midland Railway Company Amendment of Acts.) APPLICATION is intended to be made to Parliament in the ensuing Session by the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon Railway Company (in this notice called the Company"), for leave to bring in a Bill for all or any of the following among other purposes (that is to say) (1) To continue and, if need be, to revive the powers granted to the Company by the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon Railway (Deviation) Act, 1860; to make and maintain a Railway, with all necessary works and conveniences connected therewith, com- mencing in the parish of All Saints, in the city and county of Hereford, by a Junction with the Railway of the Company near the north end of the passenger platform at Moorfields Station, and terminating by a junction with the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford line of the Great Western Railway, at a point 700 feet, or thereabouts, measuring along that line in a northerly direction, from the bridge carrying the turnpike road from Hereford to Hay over the said Great Western Rail- way, and which intended Railway will be wholly situate in the said parish of All Saints. (2) To authorise the Company to purchase, by compulsion or agreement, in the parish aforesaid, lands and houses, for the purpose of such intended Railway and Works, and for the improvement of their station accommodation at Hereford, and to levy tolls, rates, and duties in respect of such Railway and Works, and to apply the funds of the Company or money now authorised to be raised for the pur- poses of any such Railway, Works, and objects. (3) To enable the Company and the Midland Rail- way Company to enter into agreements with respect to the running over, maintenance, working, and use, and management by the Midland Railway Company of the undertaking of the Company, and the stations works, and conveniences connected therewith; the supply and employment by the Midland Company of rolling or working stock, machinery, officers, and servants, for any of the purposes of any such contract or agreement; the interchange, accommodation, conveyance, and delivery of the traffic coming from or destined for the respective undertakings of the contracting companies the levying, fixing, collection, division, and apportionment of the tolls, rates, c arges, receipts, and revenues levied, taken, or arising from such traffic the sums or consideration to be paid by either of the contracting companies to the other of them, on account of the matters to which the contract or agreement relates, and for determination of any questions or differences between such contracting companies by arbitration and to provide for the appointment of a joint committee, and to confer upon such committee all necessary powers to regulate their proceedings; to sanction and confirm any contract or agreement already made or which prior to the passing of the Act may be made between the Company and the Midland Railway Company with reference to the matters aforesaid, or any of them. (4) The Bill will vary or extinguish all rights and privileges which will interfere with its objects, and will confer other rights and privileges. And it will incorporate with itself the necessary provisions of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845," the Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts Amendment Act, 1860, "the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, "the Railways Clauses Act, 1863" and the Bill will alter, repeal, amend, and enlarge some of the powers and provisions of the following Acts (local and personal), viz The Hereford, Hay, and Brecon Railway Acts, viz., 1859-1860 (two Acts), 1862 and 1863 the Brecon and Merthyr Railway Arrangement Act, 1868 • the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon Railway Act, 1869 • and the 7th and 8th Vict., caps. 18 and 59; and' aav other Acts relating to the Midland Railway Com. pany, and will alter tolls, rates, and duties, and duties eXtlDgm8h €XemPtions from tolls, rates, and Duplicate plans and sections, describing th« situation, and levels of the intended RaiL." Works and the lands, houses, and other prlpertr in or through which the same will be m<wL intended to be taken for the enlargement of the nl^°DV3 -r WlLh a b00k of reference to suoh plans, containing the names of the owners and lessees, or reputed owners and lessees, and of the occupiers of such lands houses, and other property maP) with the line of railway deli- neated thereon, so as to show its general course and *re^on, and a copy of this notice will, on or before vi • day November instant, be deposited for public inspection with the Clerk of the Peace for the city of Hereford, at his office at Here- ford, and with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Hereford, at his office at Hereford and on or before the same day a copy of the said plan and section, and book of reference, and a copy of this notice, will be deposited with the Parish Clerk of All Saints, at his residence 6 Printed copies of the intended Bill will, on or before the the 23rd day of December next, be deposited in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons. Dated this 10th day of November, 1869. TILLEARD, SON, GODDEN & HOLME, 34, Old Jewry, London, DYSON* CO., S0Ucit0t!fertheBi"- 24, Parliament-street, Westminster 1765] Parliamentary Agents.