The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette

CAMBRIAN & GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY, CONNECTING ^*5- SOUTH WALES with BIRMINGHAM, LIVERPOOL MANCHESTER, & the NORTH. (REGISTERED PROVISIONALLY.) Capital, dE2,200,000, in 110,000 Shares of f20 each.-Deposit, £2 2s. per Share. OFFICES, 12, NICHOLAS LANE, KING WILLIAM STREET. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEES. LOCAL. I LONDON. Sir William Thomas S. Massey Stanley, Bart., Hooton Henry John Enthoven, Esq., Merchant, London, Direc- Hall, High Sheriff of the Connty of Cheshire tor of the Dutch Rhenish Railway St. John Chiverton Charlton, Esq., Apley Castle, Wei- Henry Lewis Smale, Esq., Doctor's Commons, London, lington, High Sheriff of the County of Salop Director of the South Eastern Railway Richard Corbet, Esq., Adderley Hall, Salop John Masterman, Jun., Esq., Banker London, Director Edmund Burnan Pateshall, Esq., Allensmore, Hereford- of the Blaenavon Iron Company shire Donald Maclean, Esq., Merchant, London, Deputy- George Croose, Esq., Burcott House, Herefordshire Chairman of the Trent Valley Continuation Railway John Kerr Hastings, Esq., Manager of the Herefordshire Frederick Ricketts, Esq., London, Deputy-Chairman of Banking Company the Bristol and Exeter Railway William Webb, Esq., Mayor of Hereford Charles Robert Colman, Esq., Iron Gate Wharf, London, William Pulling, Esq., Merchant, Hereford Director of the South Midland Railway Charles Bulmer, Esq., Merchant, Hereford Charles Downes, Esq., Muswell Hill, Hornsey, Provi- The Rev. W. Cooke, Magistrate, Bromyard sional Director of the South Midland Railway John Watson, Esq., Carpet Manufacturer, Kidderminster Robert Swinfen Peel, Esq., Bonehill House, near Tam- George Crump, Esq., Carpet Manufacturer, Kidderminster worth, Provisional Director of the Trent Valley, Mid- George Butcher Lea, Esq., Kidderminster land, and Grand Junction Railway Thomas Whitmore Wylde Browne, Esq., Woodlands, near John Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., 81, Cambridge Terrace, Bridgnorth, Magistrate of the County of Salop, and of Hyde Park, Provisional Director of the South Mid- the Borough of Bridgnorth land Railway John Baker, Esq., Dolforwyn Hall, Montgomeryshire, Sir Arthur De Capel Brooke, Bart., Oakley Park, Ket- and Bridgnorth tering, Northamptonshire W. M'Michael, Esq., Magistrate of the Borough of John Francis Woody, Esq., The Moat, Tamworth, Pro- Bridgnorth visional Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Rail way John Trevor, Esq., Clerk of the Peace for the Borough Edward Hall, Esq., West Bank, near Macclesfield, of Bridgnorth Provisional Director of the South Midland Railway John Jacob Smith, Esq., Town Clerk for the Borough of Anthony Dickson, Esq., M.D., Edrington House, Ber- Bridgnorth wickshire, late Physician General of Bengal The Rev. J. F. Willetts, Cams Hall, Bridgnorth William Watson Prole, Esq., Dunster Court, Mincing William Grierson, The Grove, Bridgnorth Lane, Director of the Isle of Jersey Railway J. M. Coley, Esq., M.D., Bridgnorth George Emery, Esq., London, Director of the Waterford Joseph Hall, Esq., Bridgnorth and Kilkenny Railway William Thursfield, Esq., Bridgnorth William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester Road, John Dallewy, Esq., Bridgnorth Hyde Park, Provisional Director of the South Midland John Phillips, Esq., Bridgnorth Railway John Green, Esq., Badger Heath, near Bridgnorth Thomas Bramall, Esq., Mayor of Tamworth, Deputy Joseph Southwell, Esq., Carpet Manufacturer, Bridgnorth Chairman of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway Thomas Grierson, Esq., Carpet Manufacturer, Bridgnorth James Oliver Mason, Esq., Old Broad Street, London John Onions, Esq., Broseley Director of the West Cornwall Railway Richard Boycott, Esq., Banker, Broseley Henry Ridout Downman, Esq., 47, Upper Bedford Place, John Stephens, Esq., Albyns, near Bridgnorth London, Provisional Director of the South Union William Wyley, Esq., The Vineyard, Wellington Railway Messrs. Webb, Wellington William Peel, Esq., Bonehill House, near Tamworth John Williams, Esq., Iron Master, Ketley, Wellington James Whiskin, Esq., 10, Upper Bedford Place, London, Mr. John Stanley, Wellington Director of the London and Croydon Railway Mr. John Beeston, Wellington Edward H. Barwell, Esq., Mayor of Northampton, Jonn Walthall Hammond, Esq., Wistaston Hall, near Deputy-Chairman of the Northampton, Banbury, and Nantwich Cheltenham Railway Joseph Loxdale Warren, Esq., The Lodge, Market Dray- Capt. J. P. M'Dougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton, Surrey, ton, and Consall Hall, Staffordshire late of the Bengal General Staff Charles Warren, Esq., Banker, Market Drayton William Morley, Esq., Blackheath, Director of the Union John Edwards Wilson, Esq.,The Grova, Market Drayton Bank of London Rev. S. H. Macauley, Hodnet Hall, Salop Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman, London, Director Thos. Nathaniel Webb, Esq., the Vineyard, near Hereford of the London and Westminster Bank James Beech, Esq., The Shaw, near Cheadle Joan Laurie, Esq., 2, Charles Street, St. James's, Lon- Samuel Ellis Bristowe, Esq., Twyford House, near Derby don, Director of the London and Croydon Railway Peter Broughton, Esq., Tunstall Hall, Market Drayton John Mott, Esq., The Close, Lichfield, Director of the William Eaton Mousley, Esq., Derby, Under Sheriff of South Staffordshire Railway Cheshire William Collins, Esq., M.P. for Warwick, 18, Pall Mall, William Shadbolt, Esq., Crome Hill, Surrey, of the and Warwick Llwynvi Iron Works, Glamorgan Robert Chapman, Esq., Distiller, Drury Lane, London Ambrose Moore, Esq., London, Director of the London William Morgan, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Joint Stock Bank Railway William Spedding, Esq., Thames Street, London, Mines William Watson, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Royal Copper Works, Neath Railway George Hewlett, Esq., Birmingham Christopher Shapland, Esq., Director of the Bristol and John Johnson Hamilton, Esq., Liverpool South Wales Junction James Upfill, Esq., The Green, Bromyard Francis Fry, Esq., Director of the Bristol and South Wales Junction W. Ashlin, Esq., Mark Lane Archibald F. Paull, London, Director of the South Wales Railway Thomas Short Wright, Esq., Northampton WITH POWER TO ADD TO THEIR NUMBER SOLICITORS—Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, Moorgate-street, and Delahay-street, Westminster T. B. B. Stevens, Esq., Tamworth. LOCAL SOLICITORS. Hereford Thomas Evans, Esq. ?™eley Messrs. Pritchard, Potts, and Nicholls Bromyard .William West, Esq. Wellington F. Buckle, Esq. Kidderminster ..Messrs. Bird, Saunders, and Bird Market Drayton..Geo. Burd', Esq. Bridgnorth M. Haywood Williams, Esq. Swansea R, White Beor Esq Nantwich E. D. Broughton, Esq. Cardiff '.John Bird, Esq. BANKERS. London Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, I Kidderminster Messrs. Farley and Turner and Co., Nicholas-Lane Bridgnorth >" Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, jand Co., Broseley ( Messrs. Pritchard and Boycott tt f TT43'rCiau-ng £ r0f- Market Dray ton' Messrs. Adams, A dams, Warren ,& Co. Hereford Herefordshire Banking Company Manchester The Manchester & Liverpool District LlverP°o1 Messrs. Moss and Sons Banking Company ENGINEER IN CHIEF-William Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S. PROSPECTUS. THIS important Line, the only one having for its object the direct communication between South Wales Birming- ham, the Midland Counties, Liverpool, Manchester, and the North, will commence at Hereford and na«in» Vale of the Severn, vi& Bewdley, Bridfnorth, Broseley, Iron Bridge, and Colebrooke Dale, take a direct route through or near Wellington, and Market Drayton to Crewe, or to Runcorn, whence the existing Lines will continue tL traffic to Liverpool, Manchester, and the North. At Bewdley there will be a branch Line through Kidderminster to Birmingham and the Midland Counties. tnrougn iVicUlerminster to Reference to the Map will show that three projected Railways converge at Hereford viz-—The South Wal«»o Line from the coast at Newport, vi4 Monmouth; the Bristol Lines from Bristol over the Severn • and the Great Eastern and Western from Swansea, by way of Merthyr and Abergavenny. This rrand trunk will therefore, connect with the North and Central portions of the kingdom, by the nearest practicable TWnl the West of England, and the whole of South Wales, containing a vast population, and exSt l^n C" Plate, and Coal Works, numerous and important Ports, including Milford Haven, and the Government Doric Yard and concentrate to itself the Great Passenger and Goods traffic now conveyed by various routes to and fro This Line, too, will unite the Iron Districts of South Wales with those of Staffordshire and Shropshire Apart from the ordinary incentives to travelling, the beautiful scenery of South Wales and the vario,,« Watering Places, will add considerably to the Passenger traffic on this line. A more than usual revenue may be calculated upon in Goods traffic, arising from the extensive connection existing between South Wales and the Important termini, conveying, as this communication will the varimi* nm ductions of Iron, Copper, Coal, Tin Plates, &c., to the North, and Woollens, Cottons, Salt Hardware Potterv Ware, Cattle, and Agricultural Produce, required for the several counties, districts, and towns accommodated b? this line, westward with the advantage of delivery in a few hours, free from the risks and delays of T sea vova^ and at one-third the distance. ueiajs oi a sea voyage, The conveyance of Coals to the counties through which these Lines run, will also be a mean-, of ponderable and increasing revenue; whilst the supplies to the barren districts of the Iron Works of Agricultural Pro^iee will add to the profit, as well as unite by ties of mutual interest the Agricultural and Commercial communitV By means of this projection, portions of the kingdom not so provided by any other scheme, will narticinate in the advantages of Railway communication and it will also form hereafter, with other railways about to be commenced the nearest route to London for a very extensive portion of the country. commenceu, Founded on the principle of direct and comprehensive communication with distant Darts r»f I.m. „iU be the ™o»t complete in the Empire, a„d, carried a. i, can and will be. in J* ,t,raLhC ™8t thus secure itself for the future against the competition of any rival projection. siraigni line, must At the same time every regard has been had to local accommodation, and the closest scrutiny will convince those Imply p^vldedTr re<1UiremeDtS °f the t0WD8 and di8tri«* traced within its scope, tha57his Until an Act of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of the Company shall be under the control of the Committee of Management, who are hereby empowered^ enter into such arra™ emfn^ as shall best serve the interests of this Company and the Public, with existing or projected ComPanies and ™ rlise addi- tional Capital, if required, to extend this Line and also to nominate the first Directors of the ComDanv Should the Commission now sitting not disturb the guage of the South Wales Railway Bill passed this Session it is intended to adopt the wide guage, to avoid the inconvenience of different guages. and ^°aHoV^our per cent^in^m1^ onthe calls^ re3pons^tJr of Shareholders to the amount of their subscription, The Line presents no engineering difficulties and as the Landholders (having been canvassed) are favorable to the Line a return, equal o any Railway m the Kingdom, may be relied on from the outlay. } favorable to Preference in the Allotment of Shares will be given to those locally interested, and to the Shareholders of Lines m connection with this, the Grand Junction, South Wales &c ^uarenoiaers ot Lines The Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement will be ready for signature on payment of the deposits. Company, and to Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, Solicitor, 8,"Margate Street; AND PHE FOLLOWING BROKERS StoVt" jS™ Pafke°rT?cra«™ gl^oS"Slreet • & Co., Old Broad Exchange button, 81s, Old Broad Street; and Messrs. Sutton, Gribble, & Sutton, Royal SSGL "t S !r SSS5T-If-&?• srdere »'■ SOD, and ( Messrs. Sohmes & Tripp CAMBRIAN AND GRAND JUNCTION BAIL W A. y. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Share List will So clo -sod upon the following Days, viz. :-For NLondon Applicants, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th; and for Local Applicants, on MONDAY, the 29th instant. 8, Moorgate-Stieet, Sept. 20th, 1845. EDWARDS, MASON, and EDWARDS, Solicitors. BRECONS HIRE. 1000 MountainSheep,30 Ztead of Cattle, I 3 Cart Horses, ZZ Bill Ponies with the whole of the Implements of Husbandry and Dairy Utensils. J. w4b WW ant s BY WM. JONES, J On WEDNESDAY, 8th of OCTOBER, 1845, AT CROFTAU, in the parish of Cantreff, 3 miles from ° Brecon, the property of Messrs. David and Philip Phillips, leaving Jthe said Farm consisting of 7 prime Milch Cows in Calf, 1 do. and Calf, 6 two-year old Steers, 2 Heifers, 4 Yearling Steers and 2 Heifers, I Yearling Bull, 6 Calves 3 Cart Horses, I strong five- year old Hack Mare, 14 hands high, fit for Saddle or Har^8,8; A excellent Pony Mare, four years old, 20 supe- r.or Hill Pomes of different ages> 8e/eral of which may J be paire or °&y arnages, being of various colours 200 j dttion, and immediately flt for the",fe^hofseX >> whole of which will be put »p in O the convenience of purchasers, and sold without re ° ve in 4 strong Bacon Pigs, 1 narrow-wheel s« new, 2 narrow-wheel Carts, 2 Gambos, 4 pi' ?ar? pairs of Harrows, Roller, Pikles, Rakes, &c. s» Six Months' Credit on approved Notes being given to the Auctioneer, to the satisfaction of the Vendors. The Sale will commence at 11 o'clock. The Auctioneer solicits an early attendance, and begs to assure his Friends that the Sale will commence at the •ppointed time precisely, as the whole must be Sold the same day. I Belle-vue, Br«con, lith Sept,, 11ii, TO BE LKT, N iTHE TOWN OF LANTWIT-MAJOR And in a locality most favourable for obtaining Barley, A COMMODIOUS MALTHOUSE, having a t LEADEN CISTERN, capable of WETTING EVENTY IMPERIAL BUSHELS, and having every ther Convenience for carrying on an extensive Malting lusiness. If required, a FOUR-STALL STABLE and YARD fay be had in connexion with it. For further particulars apply to LLEWELLYN EVANS, 'ost-Office, Lantwit-Major. CARDIFF GAOL. A LL PERSONS desiring to CONTRACT for the fol rl. lowing PROVISIONS for the next Three Months re requested to send Sealed Tenders to the Gaol ad- ressed to the Visiting Committee of Magistratesat welve o'clock, on SATURDAY, the 27th September 345. The Contract to commence on SUNDAY 12th ctober, and to continue in force until the Saturday omediately preceding the Epiphany General Quarter jssions for the County. Bread, per loaf of lllb., at each, best seconds. Oatmeal, at per cwt. Coals, at per ton. Soap, at Per cwt- Candles, at Per best dips. Rushlights, at per lb. Rice, at per cwt. Barley, at per do. Salt, at per do. T.r.. of IVILYneat ft &« end of tht QUU&tl, iloticto. m T r A At p—■ HEREFORD AND MERTHYR TIDYlI JMCTQM milWM, IN CONNECTION WITH THE Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales Railway, (PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.) CAPITAL, £ 400,000, in 20,000 SHARES of L20 each. DEPOSIT, E2 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE: The Hon. A. Capel, Epping The Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., 6, Spring Gardens The Hon. A. F. Berkeley, 6, Spring Gardens Sir John Osborne, Bart., Earl's Court, Brompton Colonel Hanmer, Bear Place, Maidenhead Major J. O. Lindam, K. H., 8, New Street, Dorset Square Thomas Fuller Maitland, Esq., Çfarth House, Builth and Park Place, Henley-on-Thames T. F. Maitland, Jun., Esq., 51, Upper Seymour Street W. A. Hill, Esq., 29, Lonsdale Square The Venerable Archdeacon Venables, Llvsdinam Hall, Builth Barber, John, Esq., 10, Gray's Inn Place Beamish Captain, Maes Mawr, Montgomery, and Ken. sington Square Carne, J. Nicholl, Esq., L.L.D., Dimlands House, Cowbridge M'Cann, Nicholas, Esq., Parliament Street Glen, J. P. Esq., Presteign Green, C. E. Esq., Blandford Street, Portman Square Gwynne, Marmaduke, Esq., Llanelwyth Hall, Builth Hatpin, W. H. Esq., 23, Grafton Street, Fitzroy Square Montefiore J., Esq., 20, Chester Street, Grosvenor Place Phillips, R., Esq., Gloster Villa, Gloster Road, Re- gent's Park Prosser, William, Esq., 13, Windsor Terrace, Pimlico Rickets, T. B. Esq., Combe House, Presteign Savage, Henry, Esq., 34, Dorset Place, Dorset Square Thomas, Edward David, Esq., Welfield House, Rad- norshire Thomas Thomas, Esq., Penkerrig, Radnorshire Waite, Charles, Esq., Willesden, Middlesex Waite, G. Esq., 2, Old Burlington Street Walker, The Rev. G. A., Ahesthorpe Parsonage, Wakefield. 8 With Power to add to their Number. BANKERS. Abergavenny-Branch of Monmouthshire & Glamorgan- shire Banking Company. Aberystwith-North and South Wales Bank. Birmingham—Messrs. Moilliett & Co. Brecon-Messrs. Wilkins & Co. Bristol—West of England and South Wales District Bank. Cheltenham—The County of Gloucester Bank Gloucester-The County of Gloucester Bank Hay-The Herefordshire Banking Company Hereford-The Herefordshire Banking Company London-Messrs. Glynn, Halifax, Mills, and Co., Lom- bard Street Merthyr Tidvil-Messrs. Wilkins and Co. Neath—Glamorganshire Banking Company Newport-Branch of the West of England and South Wales District Bank Ross—J. W. Hall, Esq. Worcester-Messrs. Farley and Co. ENGINEER.—Samuel Hughes, Esq. SURVEYOR. George Taylor, Esq. SOLICITORS. Mr. George P. Hill, 21 A, Soho Square Mr. Thomas Lawrence, Brecon SECRETARY.—Mr. Thomas Hawker WHILST providing a grand Trunk Line for Central Vf Wales in the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales Railway Company, the Directors of that important Undertaking have not been unmindful of the various solicitations they have received for the extension of its public usefulness. Amongst the first and most necessary of the contem- plated Extensions is the Line of Railway now proposed the objects of which are to connect, by a direct Line, the teeming and fertile Districts of Herefordshire and the adjoining highly productive Agricultural Counties of Radnor and Cardigan with the great Mineral Districts of Merthyr Tidvil and the Neighbourhood; and by means of the Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction, proposed to run from Crewe, via Llangerrig, (where that Line meets that of the Glouces- ter, Aberystwith, and Central Wales) to Aberystwith, connecting North and South Wales, Shropshire, Cheshire' Sic., as also the West of England. It will be hardly necessary to dilate upon the enormous Traffic which must exist between the densely populated Districts of Merthyr Tidvil, the Agricultural Counties before mentioned, with the surrounding country, and the Mines of Cardiganshire. In the latter neighbourhood the want of Coal is much felt. Improvement in Trade, increased Profits to Mining Establishments and Manufac- turers, the more ready interchange of Food for the products of the Mines, and general addition to prosperity must follow from the construction of this Line, which has the merit of clashing with no other project, and of being strongly sought after and recommended by existing interests. This Line will leave the Main Line at Glasbury, from whence it will run in an almost direct course along the Banks of the Llunvy River through Talgarth by Llangose Lake, crossing the river Usk at a most favourable point; it will then intersect the populous neighbourhood of Talybont, and, after striking the Valleys of the Glyn and Taffechan, terminate at Merthyr Tidvil. The necessary connection of this Line with the Taff Vale and South Wales Railways will be obvious. It may be remarked that this Line has long been called for by the Local Wants of the Districts affected by its progress, and was surveyed many years since by an eminent Engineer (the late George Overton, Esq., who planned the first Railway for Locomotive Power in the Kingdom.) The length of the Line will be about Twenty Miles. In the Allotment of Shares (which will take place at the earliest possible moment, on account of the necessity of being prepared for the ensuing Session of Parliament,) preference will be given to parties locally interested in the Line, and to Scrip Holders in the Gloucester and Aberystwith Railway Company. Applications for Shares in the annexed Form, may be made to the respective Solicitors; to the Secretary, at the Offices of the Company, No. 1, New Broad Street; or to the following Local Solicitors :— Birmingham Messrs. Hill and Everill. Gloucester Henry Evans, Esq. Ross Messrs. Edwards. Hereford J. H. Ravenhill, Esq. Hay W. Pugh, Esq. Builth. Evan Vaughan, Esq. Rhayader Evan Williams, Esq. Aberystwith W. Miller, Esq. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Hereford and Merthyr Tidvil Junction Railway. Gentlemen,—I request that you will allot me Shares in the above Railway, and I agree to accept that or any less number that you may please to allot me; and I undertake to pay the Deposit of E2 2s. per Share on the same, and to sign the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract, when required. Name in full. Residence Trade or Profession. Place of Business (if any) Date Reference.

PROSPECTUS OF THE RHONDDA AND ELY VALLEYS 3?»SKSIPa<t>» a&&8&<5J,< £ s,»8 GLAMORGANSHIRE. (PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.) Promoted with the sanction and support of the Right Hon. the Earl of Dunraven. Capital, jE200,000, in 10,000 Shares of JE30 each. Deposit E2 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Viscount Adare, M.P., Dunraven Castle, Glamorgan Crawshay Bailey, Esq., Nantlygo Iron Works, Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Foxley, Herefordshire Richard Price, Esq;, M.P., Radnorshire James G. Barrett, Esq., Ross, Herefordshire Henry A. Bruce, Esq., Duffryn House, Cardiff James Brown, Esq., of Ton Ddu, near Bridgend William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway Charles Richard Bigge, Esq.. 19, Bryanston-square John Castendick, Esq., Lewisham, Kent Thomas Chitty, Esq., Director of the Rugby and Wor- cester Railway The Rev. James Cozens, Ynys Plwm, Glamorganshire Edward Cotton, Esq., St. James's-square and Kenil- worth, Director of the Commercial Bank John Dennis, Esq., Director of the Erewash Valley Extension Richard Dutton, Esq., Director of the South and Mid- lands 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-square Captain Hewitt, Tyr Mab Ellis, Glamorganshire Windsor H. Humphreys, Esq., Garth Hall, Glamorgan- shire 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 Inglis Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great Man- chester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway Vero Clarke Kemball, Esq., Hyde Park-gardens, Direc- tor of the South and Midlands Junction Railway Richard Keily, Esq., Director of the York aad Lancaster Railway Griffith Llewellyn, Esq., Baglan Hall, Glamorganshire William Lewellin, Esq., Director of the Bridgend Branch of the NApnal Provincial Bank of England James Morrison, Hiq., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean Railway, 1, Raymond's Buildings Leyshon Morgan, Esq., Lower Tremains, Bridgeud, Glamorganshire Samuel P. Pratt, Esq., F.R.S., Bath, and No. 55, Lin- coln's Inn-fields, Director of the Kennet and Avon Canal William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park George B. Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk Evan Prichard, Esq., Coltenna House, Glamorganshire Richard Fowler Rickards, Esq., Lantrissent House, Glamorganshire James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Man- chester Direct, and South and Midlands Junction Railways Edward L. Richards, Esq., Merthyr-Tydvil, Glamorgan- shire John Randall, Esq, Old Castle, Bridgend, Glamorgan- shire Richard Lewis Reece, Esq., county coroner, Cardiff Edward Scard, Esq., of Kew Green, Surrey, and Garth Hall, Glamorganshire Henry James, Esq., Finsbury-square, London Sir William Wynn, Maes Eewyeld, Chairman of the North Wales Railway Joseph Underwood, Esq., The Hall, Blackheath, Director of the Commercial Bank, London; and of the Leeds and Liverpool and Direct Manchester Railways (With power to add to their number.) Secretary-Mr, John Petherick. Solicitors- We. B. James, Esq., 5, Basinghall-street, Lon- don; William Morgan, Esq., Bridgend, Glamorgan. Bankers-COminercial Bank of London National Pro- vincial Bank, Bridgend and Cardiff. THIS Railway is projected for the purpose of uniting the Rhondda and Ely Valleys with the South Wales Railway, at a fewmiles distance 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, the geological formation of which is decidedly proved to afford most excellent eoal and iron-stone' in greater abundance than any other in the kingdom, with facilities of mining access seldom equalled, and the quality of the coal is admirably adapted for steam purposes and the manufacture of iron. An inexhaustible supply of limestone (so necessary for the manufacture of iron and for agricultural purposes) may be obtained by means of this Railway, much nearer and cheaper than by any other line. It is intended that the line shall commence at Blaen Rhondda, the head of the Rhondda Valley, and proceed down to a natural pass between the hills of Ffrwd Amws, a distance of eight miles, where it will enter the Ely cl 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 dis- tance, with all the ports in the Bristol Channel. No Engineering difficulties present themselves in the formation of this line; and it is confidently anticipated that the works will be executed very considerably under the advertised capital. The Landowners along the line are favourable to this undertaking, and the names of many influential proprie- tors will be found on the Provisional Committee. No Subscriber will be answerable beyond the amount of his deposit until the Act is obtained, and then not be- yond the amount of his subscription. In the allotment of Shares, a preference will be given to Landowners on the line and other parties locally in- terested. 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, Basinghall-street, Lon. don; to W. Morgan, Esq., Solicitor, Bridgend, Glamor- ganshire; and to the under-mentioned Brokers: but no applications 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 Lovell and Son, 25, Token- house Yard Messrs. J. Peppercorne and Co., 2, Old Broad Street Liverpool. Messrs. Boultt and Co. Manchester ..Messrs. Houghland and Leese Leeds Alessrs. John Young and Co. Bristol Luke Arnold, Esq. Messrs. Taite & Nash Birmingham. Mr. Collis Sheffield Messrs. Bardwell and Sons. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Rhondda and Ely Valleys Junction Railway.. GENTLEMEN,—I request that you will allot me —— Shares of JE20 each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the same, and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be allotted to me and I also undertake to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers'^Agreement when required. Name (in full) Residence; Trade or Profession Reference with Address Date of Application

W0BCESTE8and~JIERTHYB TYDVIL Junction Railway. Provisionally Registered pursuant to 7 & 8 Victoria, cap. 110. CAPITAL, £ 800,000, in 40,000 Shares of £20 each. Deposit, £2 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE Sir William Wynn, Maesynewydd, Chairman of the North Wales Railway. William Chadtvick, Esq,, Montagu Square, Di^fctor of the North Wales Railway, and Chairman of the Wor- cester and South Wales Junction. Gideon Colquhoun, Esq., Walmer Lodge, Avenue Road, Regent's Park, Director of the Manchester and South- ampton Railway- Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London. John KlliJ1, Esq., Thames Street, Director of the Worces- ter, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union Railway. William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., 19, James Street, Buckingham Gate, Henry Plumptre Gipps, Esq., Montagu Place, Bryan- stone Square, Director of the Trent Valley and Holy- head Junction Railways. Major-General £ C.B., Rutland Gate. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London. Thomas B. Simpson, Esq., Rutland Lodge, Brixton, Director of the North Wales Railway, and Deputy- Chairman of the Worcester and South Wales Junction. John Purchas, Esq., Upton Bishop, near Ross. The Rev. Edward Higgins, Rosbury House, Hereford- shire. John Tanner, Esq., M.D., Ledbury. William Barnes, Esq., Foregate Street, Worcester. George Alfred Ellis Wall, Cross House, near Worcester, and Worthy rtrk, Hampshire. John Hemming, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Park. (Directors of the Worcester and South Wales Junction Railway.) Philip Matthews, Esq., Burton Court, near Ross. Samuel Higgins, Esq., Berrow Court, Worcestershire. William Nicholeon, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Rugby Railway. William Bland, Esq., 11, Park Terrace, Brixton Road, Director of the North Wales, Railway. Stephen Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven and Furness Railway. t James Brand, Esq., New Broad Street. Thomas Baylis, Esq., F.S.A., Pryors Bank, Fulham. Henry Garrett Key,,Esq., Tulse Hill, Brixton, Surrey- Joseph Gillman BaWatt, Esq., Ross. James Upfill, Esq., Bromyard, Herefordshire. William Candler, Esgj, Newtand Court, near Worcester. James ChamberlEtiii>,Es<j., Green Hill, Worcester. (With power to add to their number.) ENGINEERS. Messrs. B. & T. Hopkins, M.I.C.E. "BANKERS The London and Weitroitt«ter .B»tik, Lothbury. Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, Biddulph, & Co., Charing Cross. Messrs. Webb, &-CJo.r Eedbury. Messrs. Morgan, Hoskins, & Co., Ross. Messrs. Berwick, Lechmefe, & Co., Worcester. The National Prov Bank, Gloucester. Messrs. Baileys, & Williams, Abergavenny. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Gilbert, Hooke, Street, & Gutteres, Philpot Lane, London. Charles G. Jones, Esq., Grays Inn Square. Messrs. J. & F. Higgins & Chamberlain, Ledbury. LOCAL AGENTS. Messrs. Hydes & Tymbs, Worcester. Messrs. Edwards, Ross. Messrs, Gabb & Secretan, Abergavenny. SECRETARY pro tem, SF William Borrow, Esq. Offices of the Company, 7, Walbrook. THIS Railway will commence at the Station of the Monmouth and Hereford and Worcester and South Wales Junction at Ross, proceeding through a rich agri. cultural district, now devoid of Railway accomodation, to Abergavenny, and from thence by Llanelly, Nant-y- Glo, Tredegar, Ebbw Vale, Rumney, and Dowlais to Merthyr Tydvil, at which place it will join the Taff Vale Railway. The distance will not exceed 40 miles. On reference to the map it will be seen that this Line, in conjunction with the proposed Worcester and South Wales Junction Railway, via Ledbury, Malvern, and Ross, will perfect a continuous and direct communication from Merthyr Tydvit to London, Gloucester, Birmingham, South Staffordshire and the North. The population of Merthyr and the surrounding Mine- ral districts exceeds 120,000, and this Line will place it in direct connexion with the agricultural counties of Monmouth, Hereford, and Worcester. The Line will be laid down so as to render the greatest accommodation to the principal Iron Works in the district through which it will pass, and a saving of JO miles over any other Line will be effected between Merthyr and Worcester, and other places north and east of that city. Arrangements are in progress with the Worcester and South Wales Junction Railway Company for the mutual fidTant6iffe of Qejppaoieii Applicants for Shares who are personally known to Members of the Provisional Committee are requested to refer to one of such Committee; all other ap- plicants will be required to give a reference to some banker or other person of known respectability in Lon- don or the town from which the application is nmde. Holders of Scrip in the Worcester and South Wales Junction Railway will be entitled to an equal number of Shares in this Company, upon making application in the usual form and within a time to be hereafter specified; subject, however, in the cases of holders to whom the shares were not originally allotted, to the approbation of the Provisional Committee, and all such persons must therefore give a reference according to the form below. The usual power will be taken by the Act to allo^y interest at 4 per cent. per annum on the amount of sub- scription paid up, and no subscriber will be answerable for more than the amount of his deposit until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond his subscription. Detailed Prospectuses, with the names of a powerful local Provisional Committee, will shortly be published, and may be obtained of the Solicitors and Local Agents, and of the following Share-brokers :—Messrs. Aston and Scott, Throgmorton Street, London; John Sanford, Esq., Exeter; Messrs. Ruis-lale, Myers, and Bailey, Leeds; Messrs. Cameron, Cazenove, and Taunton, Liverpool; Messrs. Green and Oldham, Manchester; Messrs. Sohmes, and Tripp, Bristol Nathaniel Lea, Esq., Bir- mingham Mr. William Miles, Worcester and Mr. Andrew Brand, Glasgow. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Worcester and Mer- thyr Tydvil Junction Railway. GF.NTLEMEN,—I request that you will allot me Shares of JE20 each in the proposed Worcester and Mcr- thyr Tydvil Junction Railway, and I undertake to accept the same, and pay the Deposit thereon, or upon any lesser number that may be allotted to me, such payment to be made within the time limited and prescribed by you, and I undertake to execute the Agreement and Parliamentary Contract when required. "1.L! ,C" Dated this day of 1845. Name Residence. Description Reference Usual Signature

Worcester & Leominster Railway, Via BROM YARD. [REGISTERED PROVISIONALLY.] Capital £600,000, in 30,000 Shares of £ 20 each. Deposit f2 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Henry George Ward, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company John Barneby, Esq., M.P. Brockampton, Bromyard George Allies, Esq., Worcester, Alderman of Worcester, Director of the Great Eastern and Western, and Wor- cester, Warwick, and Ruby Railway Companies William Barneby, Esq., Clayton Park, Bromyard, Magis- trate of Herefordshire James Best, Esq., Worcester Mr. Edward Bannister, Wool.merchant and Wool-manu- facturer, Leominster William Bastow, Esq., Surrey-place, London W. G. Beare, Esq., 6, Porchester Place, Connaught Square Walker Chamberlain, Esq., Worcester Royal Porcelain Manufactory George Beauchamp Cole, Esq., Chester-street, Grosvenor- place, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company Mr. James Coucher, Wool Merchant, Worcester Henry Cornfoot, Esq Copthall-court, and Old Palace, Richmond, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Mr. George Cox, Glove Manufacturer, Worcester Captain Charles Dutton, Bredenbury House, Bromyard Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St. John's Wood, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company Henry Clarke Duppa, Esq., Quarry House, Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company Francis Davies, Esq., Pcrshore Thomas Davis, Esq., Powick, Worcester James Eckley, Esq., Bromyard John Freeman, Esq., Gains, Bromyard, Magistrate of Herefordshire and Worcestershire John Matthe\y Gutch, Esq .Banker, Worcester, Director of Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway, and a Magistrate of Worcester. I Mr. Edwin Gardner, Corn, Hop, and Seed Merchant, Worcester Richard Hickman, Esq., Oldswinford, Magistrate of Worcester E. W. Howes, Esq., Bromyard Richard Hemming, Esq., Livington, near Bromyard, and Kingsland, Leominster James Hemming, Esq., Church House, Bromyard Mr. John Hughes, Wool Merchant, Worcester. Mr. John Hood, Merchant and Carrier, Worcester Mr. George Hill, of the firm of Messrs. Hill and Turley, Worcester John Hall, Esq, Merchant, Worcester Joseph Hall, Esq., Alderman & Magistrate of Worcester Edmund Herbert, Esq., Powick, Worcester Henry James, Esq., Leominster, Mayor of Leominster Mr. William James, Leominster John Kempson, Esq., sen., Birchy-fields House, Brom- yard John Kempson, jun., Esq., Birchy-fields House, Brom- yard John Wheeley Lea, Esq., Vice Chairman of the Severn Navigation Company, Managing Director of the Droit- wich Patent Salt Company, and a Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway John Lilly, Esq., Alderman of Worcester, Worcester Royal Porcelain Manufactoiy Edward Lloyd, Esq., Sheriff of Worcester James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Southampton, Manchester, an 1 Oxford Junction Railway William John Macguire, Esq., Hampton Court, directorof the Wilts, Somerset, & Southampton Junction Railway Arthur Mann, Esq., Woburn s.juan', Director of the Great Eastern and Western liulway Lieutenant Col. Meredith, St. Joh s < Suckley, Worcester William Moore, Esq., Elm Bank, Powick, Worcester Mr. F. H. Needham, Merchant, Worcester Henry Newcome, Esq., Hardingstone, Northamptonshire George Parbury, Esq., Russel-square, director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Mr. Powell, Wine Merchant, of the Firm of Messrr, Powell and Sons, Worcester John Purr.phrey, Esq., Droitwich, Magistrate of Droit- wich, and directer of the Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway Company Robert Biddulph Phillips, Esq., Longworth, Ledbury, and Buckenhill, Bromyard, Magistrate, and Deputy- Lieutenant of Herefordshire John Peart, Esq., Cheltenham, Director of the Worces- ter, Warwick, and Rugby, the Brighton and Chelten- ham, and the Cheltenham, Oxford, and London Junction Railways Mr. James Rea, of the firm of Messrs. Rea and Sons, Maltsters, Worcester Mr. J. P. Rea, of the firm of Messrs. Rea and Sons, Maltsters, Worcester James Reeves, Esq., Cheapside, and Leyton, Director of the Direct London and Manchester, and Great Man- chester & Rugby, & Southampton Railway Companies James Robertson, Esq.. Worcester Sir William Smith, Bart., Eardiston House, Worcester Joseph Stinton, Esq., Munderfield House, Bromyard, and Lincoln's-inn, London, Magistrate of Herefordshire Mr. John Stone, Worcester John Tolley, Esq., Westford, Droitwich, Magistrate of Droitwich, Director of the Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway James Upfill, Esq., The Green, Bromyard, a Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire and Dover and Bristol Railways T. P. P. Wight, Esq., Tedstone Court, Bromyard < Philip Warburton, Gent., Bromyard John Walker, Esq., Lulsley Court, Bromyard Mr. Wells, Hop Merchant, Worcester Mr. Woodward, Hop Merchant, Worcester John Henry Walsh, Esq., Worcester Mr. James Wall, Merchant and Carrier, Worcester (With power to add to their number.) CHIEF ENGINEER.—William Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S. ASSISTANT ENGINEER.—S. F. Griffin, Esq., C.E. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Elmslie & Preston, 47, Moorgate-street, London Henry Foley, Esq., Worcester Messrs. W. & T. Deveroux, Bromyard BANKERS. London. The London and Westminster Bank, Loth- bury. The Commercial Bank of London. Worcester.. Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and Co. LOCAL AGENTS. Messrs. W. and T. Devereaux, Bromyard John Bedford, Esq., Leominster THIS line will diverge from the line of the Great Eastern and Western Railway near Worcester, and proceeding by Bromyard will end at Leominster, at which point it will unite with the proposed lines connecting Hereford and Shrewsbury with North Wales. The communication by railway between these impor- tant towns and the contiguous hop and cider districts has been entirely left unprovided for by existing arrange- ments, and this line is brought forward under the auspices of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company, on the strong representations and request of a large and most influential body of the landed gentry of the neigh. bourhood. The object proposed is to make a direct communication between Leominster, Bromyard, and Worcester, which latter town has always been the natural market for the produce of these districts, and to afford the inhabitants the most direct communication with London, as compared with other lines, by upwards of 30 miles. No person will be liable for more than his deposit till the act is obtained, and power will be applied for to allow interest at E4 per cent. on all calls from the time of their respective payments, as well as to limit the liability of the shareholders to the amount of their subscriptions. Applications for shares, in the annexed form. to be made to the Provisional Committee, at the office, 5, Greshara-street, London, or Messrs. John Shewell and Son, Sharebrokers, Tokenhouse-yard Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, 4, Bank-buildings, and Mr. John Smith, 3, Shorter's-court, London Mr. J )hn Duncuft, Share- broker, Manchester; Mr. John O'Neil, Sharebroker, Manchester Messrs. Schultz aud Carr, Sharebrokers, and Messrs. Reynolds and Son, Liverpool; Messrs. H. and C, Beardsbaw, Sharebrokers, Leeds, Messrs. Tate nd Nash, Sharebrokers, Bristol; Mr. James Pearson, Sharebroker, Birmingham Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co., Sharebrokers, Bradford; Mr. William Miles, Sharebroker, Worcester; Mr. Robert Allan, Share- broker, Edinburgh Mr. William Gordon, Sharebroker, Aberdeen; Messrs. Black and Co., Sharebrokers, Buchan-street. Glasgow; and Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, Sharebrokers, Glasgow; and Messrs. Bruce and Symes, Sharebrokers, Dublin; of whom prospectuses may be had. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Worcester, and Leominster Railway. Gentlemen,-I request that you will4dlot to me shares of 1:20 each in the above Railway, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or any less number you may aliot me, and to pay the deposit of E2 2s. per share thereon, and to sign the parliamentary contract and sub- scribers' agreement when required. Dated this day of Sept., 1845. Name in full Place of business or profession :Residence. Business or Profession Signature. Name, Residence, & Profes- £ sion of Referee Witness. # Residence

WELSH SOUTH MIDLAND, OR Chepstow, Forest of Dean & Gloucester) JUNCTION EXTENSION RAILWAY. [Registered Provisionally.] CAPITAL E900,000, in 45,000 SHARES ofjE20 each. DEPOSIT E2 2s. per SHARE. No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTBE. The Right lion. Lord Rossmore William Hughes Iluglies, Esq., The Right Hon. Col. Dawson Alderman of London Damer, M P. Col. Hugh Caldwell The Hon. C. Pelham Villiers, George Lawton, Esq. M-P- W. P. Andrew, Esq. The Hon. Robert Gore, M.P. C. R. Coleman, Esq. The Hon. Col. Westenra, M.P. Joseph Davies, Esq. Sir Henry Hunloke, Bart. John Wheelton, Esq. Sir Henry Webb, Bart. George Hall, Esq. Sir Wm. Twysden, Bart. Major White Sir Wm. Bacon Johnston, Bart. Captain J. P. M'Dougall Sir Henry Seale, Bart, Wm. Shelford Fitzwilliam, Esq. Wm. Collins, Esq., M.P. Wm. Frederick Beadon, Esq. Thomas Gill, Esq., M.P. Hartley Kennedy, Esq. Edmund Dayrell, Esq., High- James Beech, Esq. Sheriff of Buckinghamshire James Morrison, Esq, William Strahan, Esq. (With power to add to their number.) COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Edward Francis Dayrell, Esq., Wm. Hughes Hughes, Esq.. Chairman Alderman Edward Hall, Esq., Deputy George Lauton, Esq. Chairman W. P. Andrew, Esq. Sir Wm. Bacon Johnston, Bart. C. R. Coleman, Esq. Sir William Twysden, Bart. W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq. Major White W. F. Beadon, Esq. James Morrison, Esq. ENGINEER—William Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S. LONDON BANKERS. Messrs. Glynn & Co., and Messrs. Strahan, Paul, & Co., Strand. PROVINCIAL BANKERS. Messrs. Bromage and Co., Chepstow Messrs. Bailey, Greatrex, and Co., Monmouth Messrs. 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, Son, and Sympson, 7, Golden-square, London LOCAL AGENTS. Chepstow.Messrs, Baldwin and Morgan, Solicitors Gloucester ..Messrs. Ellis, Elliott, and Co., Solicitors SECRETARY—Mr. William Protheroe, 10, Old Jewry Chambers, London. rpHIS line will join the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and L Gloucester Junction Railway at Chepstow, and ex- tend westward to Piercefield, the far-famed Windcliff, and Tintern Abbey, to the towns of 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 Glamorganshire to join the Aberdare branch of the Taff 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 five 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 Monmouth 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 agricul- tural district for many 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 enormuus 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, independent of the great traffic from the manufactured iron, fire-bricks, and paving stone, which is of superior quality, and in great abund. ance. 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 in- surances, amounts to little less 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 railways 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 par- ticularly, causing a deterioration of from 15s. to 20s. per ton at least. This Railway, by means of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction, and the Birmingham and Gloucester Railways, will open Birmigham as a mar- ket for the manufactured iron of South Wales, from which it has been in a measure excltlded, from the diffi- cult and expensive transit by the River Severn and canals. Large quantities of iron ore, known as Haem atate ore," is imported into Wales from Lancashire, Cumberland, Devon, and Cornwall; whilst ore of a similar quality, and equal productiveness for iron making, 'exists in abun- dance in the Forest of Dean, and may be raised and deli- vered 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 2.5 to 30 per cent, less than it costs at present, and at the same time leave a handsome remune- ration to the railway companies. The Committee of Management have gone very care- fully into estimates of the goods traffic especially, and they feel justified in expressing a decided opinion that the re- venue from 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 Monmonthshire, and the' principal part of those in Glamorganshire and the fol- lowing 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 commence at Pontypool, and are- 1. The Pantymoile Tin and Iron Works of Capel Han. bury Leigh, Esq. 2. The Blaendare Iron and Coal Works of R. J. Blewitt, Msq., M.P. 3. The extensive Tin Works of Messrs. Conway. Messrs. Fothergill, and Messrs. Jenkins. 4. The Pentwyn, Golonos, and V urteg Iron-works, and Rolling Mills of Messrs. Williams. 5. The British Iron Company. 6. The Blaenavon Iron Company. 7. The Nantyglo, Messrs. Bailey, Brothers. 8. The Coalbrook Vale, Messrs. Brewer. 9. The Cwm Celyn and Blaina Company. 10. The Beaufort, Messrs. Bailey, Brothers. 11. The Ebbw Vale, Messrs, Darby,