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SOl'TII WALES RAILWAY.

TAFF VALE RAILWAY.

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TAFF VALE RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, fflHAT application is intended to be made to Parlia- X ment, in the ensuing Session, for an Act or Acts to amenel and enlarge some of the powers and provisions of an Act passed in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fouith, intituled, "An Act for making a Railway from Merthyr-Tydfil to Cardiff, to be called the Taff Vale Railway, with Branches:" of another Act passed in the first and second years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled, An Act to enable the TafF Vale Railway Company to alter the Line of the said Railway, and the Act relating thereto, and to make addi- tional Branches of another Act passed in the third and fourth years of the same reign, intituled, An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Taff Vale Railway and of another Act passed in the seventh and eighth years of the same reign, intituled," An Act to amend the Acts relating to the TafF Vale Railway, to authorize the alteration of certain works thereby authorised, and the formation of additional works, and to enlarge the powers of the Company;" and to authorize the construc- tion and maintenance, by the TafF Vale Railway Com- pany, of the Branch Railways and Extensions hereinafter mentioned, or some of them, or some part or parts thereof respectively, with all proper works, approaches, and conve- niences connected therewith, viz.:—a railway in extension of the Rhondda Branch of the Taff Vale Railway com- mencing at or near the present termination thereof, in the parish of Llantrissant, and County of Glamorgan, passing through the parishes, townships, extra-parochial, and other places of Llantrissant,Castella,Llan wynno,other- wise Llanwono, and Ystradyfodwg, or some of them, in the county of Glamorgan, and terminating at or near to a farm- house, called Tynewydd," in the said parish of Ystrady- fodwg; a branch railway, diverging from and out of the said last-mentioned intended railway, at or near to a farrn-house called Porth," in the said parish of Llanwynno, otherwise Llanwono, passing through the parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places of Llanwynno, otherwise Llanwono and Hantrissant, or one of them, in the county of Glamorgan, and terminating at or near to the Cymmer Colliery, in the said parish of Llantrissant. And another branch rail way diverging from & out of the line of the said first mentioned branch railway at or near the present termination thereof, in the parish of Llan- trissant and county of Glamorgan, passing in or through the said parish of Llantrissant, and terminating at or near the Cymmer Colliery in the same parish. Also a railway diverging from and out of the said first-mentioned intended railway at or near a certain farm called Lledau-Dft," in the parish of Ystradyfodwg, passing through the parishes of Ystradyfodwg and Llan- trissant, or one of them, and terminating in the said last-mentioned parish, at or near a certain farm called "WainAtha;" another branch railway diverging from the line of the said first-mentioned intended railway, \180 at or near the farm-house called "Porth," in the said parish of Llanwynno, otherwise LIanwono, passing through the parishes, townships, and extra- parochial or other places of Llanwynno, otherwise Llanwono, Ystradyfodwg, and Aberdare, or some of diem, in the county of Glamorgan, and terminating in the said parish of Aberdare, near a certain farm-house called or known by the name of Ffaldau;" another branch railway from and out of the main line of the Taff Vale Railway, at or near to a farm-house called Glyncoch," in the said parish of Llanwynno, otherwise Llanwono, and passing through and terminating in the same parish, at or near a certain waterfall called or k nown by the name of Pistill-golaanother branch railway diverging from and out of the main line of the Taff Vale Railway, in tha said parish of Llanwynno, or Llanwono, it or near the point of junction of the Llancaiach branch, passing through the parishes, townships, extra-parochial", nid other places of Llanwynno, otherwise Llanwono, Llanvabon, otherwise Llanfabon, Merthyr Tydfil, and Gelligaer, or some of them, in the county of Glamorgan, lIlll terminating in the parish of Gsdligaer, near to a 'arm-house called Pwllgtas," in the said parish of Merthyr Tydvil. Another branch railway from and out of the line )f the said last-mentioned intended branch railway, n the parish of Llanfabon, otherwise Llanvabon, md of Merthyr Tydvil or one of them, at or near a :ertain place called or known by the name of Quakers, STard, passing through the several parishes, townships, ind extra-parochial or other places of Llanfabon, other- wise Llanvabon, Merthyr Tydfil, and Gelligaer, or some if them in the county of Glamorgan, and terminating it or near a certain public-house called or known as the Nelson in the said parish of Llanfabon. Another branch railway from and out of the Llancaiach branch of the TafF Vale Railway, at or near the present termination thereof, in the said parish of Llanfabon, otherwise Llanvabon, and county of Glamorgan, and passing through the said parishes of Llanfabon and Gelli- gaer, and terminating in the said last-mentioned parish, at or near to a certain colliery belonging to Mr. David Lewis another branch railway from and out of the main line of the Taff Vale Railway, at or near the bridge pas- sing over the turnpike road between Cardiff and Newport, in the parish of St. John the Baptist, Cardiff, and County of Glamorgan, and terminating at or near the Bute Ship Canal, on the East side thereof, in the parish of St. Mary, Cardiff, and county of Glamorgan, and also certain branch railways, or sidings, with staiths and other conveniences, in the said parish of St. Mary, Cardiff, for the purpose of shipping and unshipping goods at the Bute Ship Canal. And it is also intended by such Act or Acts, to autho- rize an alteration of the TafF Vale Railway, within the parish of Llantwit Fardre,in the said county of Glamor- gan, by converting the present tunnel in such parish into an open cutting. And it is also intended by such Act or Acts, to take power to alter or divert, or stop up, whether temporarily or permanently, all turnpike and other roads, railways, tramways, aqueducts, canals, streams, and rivers, within or adjoining to the aforesaid parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places, or any of them, with which it may be necessary to interfere in the construction of the said intended railway or railways, branch railways and works. And it is further intended by such Act or Acts, to vary, repeal, or extinguish all existing rights or privileges in any manner connected with the lands proposed to be pur- chased or taken, or which would in any manner impede or interfere with the construction, maintenance, or use of the said intended railway or railways, branch railways, alterations, and works, and to confer other rights and privileges. And it is also- intended, by such Act or Acts, to enable the Taff Vale Railway Company to raise a further sum of money, and to take powers for the purchase of lands and houses, by compulsion or agreement, for the purposes aforesaid, and for levying tolls, rates, and duties in respect of the use of the said intended works. And it is further intended, by such Act or Acts, to enable the Taff Yale Railway Company to make ar- rangements, with the Most Noble the Marquis of Bute for the use of the ship-canal, dock, basins, and other works connected therewith, belonging to the said Mar- quis, at the port of Cardiff, commonly called or known as the Bute Ship-canal, or any part or parts thereof, or to confirm and carry out such agreement or agreements as may be or may have been entered into between the said Company and the said Maiquis, in relation to the said ship- canat,docks,basins,and other works, and to levy tolls, rates, and duties in respect 01 the use thereof; and for the pur- poses aioresaid, to amend, alter, or repeal the powers and provisions of the several acts relating to the said Bute Ship- canal, passed, respectively, in the first year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, and the fourth year of the same reign and to alter and vary the rates and tolls authorized to be taken by the said last- recited Acts, or either of them. And notice is hereby further given, that maps or plans and sections of the said intended railways, branch railways, alterations, and works, and ot the lands proposed to be taken for the purposes thereof, together with books of reference to such plans, containing the names of the owners or repuied owners, lessees or reputed lessees, and occupiers of such lands, will be deposited, on or before the thirtieth day of November in the present year, with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Glamorgan, at his office in Cardiff i and that a copy of so much of the said maps or plans, sections and books of reference, as relates to each of the parishes in or through which the said intended branch railways and works are intended to be made, will be deposited, on or before the thirty-first day of Decem- ber next, with the parish clerks of those parishes, re- spectively, at their respective residences. W, Qt a»<| oW, Hwit, 11)/ WbitelwUi j

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