Monmouthshire Merlin

DEAN FOREST, MONMOUTH, USK, AND PONTYPOOL RAILWAY. Incorporation of Company. Power to co nstruct Railway from the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway, at Llanvihangd-Pontymoyle, to the South Wales Railway, at Aivre, with Branches to Monmouth Gas JVoi ks and Foxe's Bridge power to use Lines and Stations of the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway Company, the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company, the South Wales Railway Company, the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway Company, and the Great Western Railway Company.) jVJ OTICE IS HEREBY" GIVEN, that application is in- tended to be made to parliament in the ensuing session for an Act, for making and maintaining the following railways, with all suitable and proper bridges, stations, erections, ware, houses, sidings, landing places, approaches, and conveniences, attached thereto or connected therewith, (that is to say),— A railway, commencing by a junction with the Ne wport, Abergavenny, and HereJord Railway, now in course of con- struction, in the parish of Llanvihangel-Pontymoyle, in the county of Monmouth, in a certain field numbered 16, in the said parish, on the parliamentary plan of the said last men- tioned railway, deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Monmouth, and terminating by a junction with the South Wales Railway at or near the level crossing over the said last-mentioned railway at or near a place called Poulton Court, in the parish of Awre, in the county of Gloucester, and passing from, in, through, or into, the several puihe", townships, extra-paroehial, and other places of Llanvihanzel-Pontymoyle, Mamhilad, Goytre, Glascoed, Monkswood, Llanbaddock, Usk, Gwehelog, Langeview, Landenny, Ragland, Lanishen, Llan- goven, Penyclawdd, Dingestow, Cwmcarvan, Wonastow Mitcliel Troy, Monmouth, Dixton, Dixton Hadnock, and tt ye«hnm, or some of them, in the county of Monmouth and Nowlaiui, Siaunton, Coleford, East Dean, West Dean, the Forest of Dean, Etloe, Etioe Duchy, Nible-y, Biakeney, and Awre, or some of them, in the county of Gloucester. A branch railway diverging from the said intended railway at or near Wy; sham Farm Buildings, in the parishes of Dixton, and Dixton Hadnock, or one of them, in the county of Mon- mouth, and terminating at or near the Monmouth Gas Works, near Muyhil'i, in the said parishes of Dixton and Dixton Had- nock, or one of them, in the said county of Monmouth, and which said branch railway will pass through, or into, the parishes, townships, extra-parochial, or other places of Wyc- sham, Dixton, and Dixton Hadnock, or some or one of them, in the said county of Monmouth. A branch railway diverging from the said intended railway at or near the Moseley 1 urnpike Gate, at Mcseley Green, in the said Forest of Dean, and county of Gloucester, and termi. nating at or near a place called Foxe's Bridge, in the townships of East Dean and West Dean, or one of them, in the said Forest of Dean and county of Gloucester, and passing from, in, through, or into, the several parishes, townships, extra- parochial, and other places of Newiand, East Dean,West Dean, Etloe, Etioe Duchy, Nibley, and the Forest of Dean, or some or one of them, in the said county of Gloucester. And it is proposed by the said intend( d Act to take power to make lateral deviations from the line of the said railway, branches, and works, to the extent or within the limits defined upon the plans hereinafter mentioned, and also to cross, alter, divert, or stop up, whether temporarily or permanently, all such turnpike roads, parish roads, and other highways, streets, paths, passages, sewers, waters, and water courses, streams, canr.is, navigations, aqueducts, rivers, railways, and tram- roads, within the said parishes, townships, and extra-parochial, or other places, aforesaid, as it may be necessary tcr cross, alter, divert, or stop up, for the purpose of the said railway, branches, and works, or any of them, or any part thereof. And it is proposed by the said intended Act to enable Her Majesty, or Her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, to sell and convey or grant a lease or leases to the company to be incorporated by the said intended Act, of such part or parts of the said forest of Dean as may be required for making and maintaining the said railway, branches, and works, or any of them, or any part thereof, or to grant a license or licenses to such company to make and maintain the said intended railway, branches, and works, or any of them, or any part thereof; and to enable Her said Majesty, or the said Commissioners, to require the said intended company to denate the line of the said railway, branches, and works, within the said Forest of Dean and also to enable the Commissioners acting in the execution of the Act 5 and 6 V ict., chapter 9, to advance rmney on the secut ity of the said intended railway, branches, and works, or of the tolls, rates, and duties hereinafter mentioned. And it is intended by the said Act to incorporate a company, with all the necessary powers for carrying into effect the pro- posed works, or some part thereof, and to enable the said com- pany to create a capital stock, or fund, divisible into shares, with all usual and requisite provisions incident thereto, and to take powers for the purchase of lands, houses, tenements, and hereditaments, either by compulsion or agreement, and to vary or extinguish all rights and privileges in anymanner connected with the lands, houses, tenements, and hereditaments, pro- posed to be taken, or which would in any manner interfere with or impede the construction, maintenance, or use of the said intended rail ti ay, branches, and works, or any of them, or any part thereof; and to confer other rights and privileges and also powers to levy tolls, rates, and duties, upon or in respect of the said railway, branches, and works, or any of them, or any part thereof; and to confer, vary, or extinguish exemptions from the payment of tolls, rates, and duties, and other rights and privileges; and to authorise the said intended company to raise money on the credit of the said tolls, rates, and duties, and on the credit of the said railway, branches, and works, or any of them, or any part thereof for the purposes of the said undertaking. And Notice is hereby further given, that it is proposed by the said intended Act to enable the company to be thereby incorporated, to purchase, by compulsion or agreement, from the Monmouth Tramway Company, the tramway belong- ing to the said last-mentioned company, running from Mon- mouth to Coleford, and the stations, branches, buildings, and works belonging thereto and to enable the said last-men.- tioned company to sell and transfer the same to the said intended company and to enable the said intended company to alter and enlarge the said tramway within the limits of deviation shown on the plans hereinafter mentioned. And in the said intended Act powers will be contained for the disso- lution of the said Monmouth Tiamway Company, and all other powers necessary or incident thereto. And Notice is hereby further given, that it is proposed by the said intended Act, to give to the said intended company, or to any other company, person, or persons, lawfully using the said intended railway and branches, power to run and pass over with their own engines and carriages, or with the engines and carriages of other companies, or persons using or passing over their own line of railway, the following lines of railway (that is to say) That portion of the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway, now in course of construction, which extends, or will extend from the point of junction of the intended railway with the said Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway, at Llanvihangel Pontymoyle, to the intended station on the said last-mentioned railway at Pontypool, in the county of Monmouth. That portion of the Taff Vale Extension Railway of the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway Company, now in course of construction, or for which powers have been obtained, which will extend from Pontypool to its junction with the Taff Vale Railway, at or nenr Quaker's Yard, in the county of Glamorgan. That portion of the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway which extends from the point of junction with the intended railway at Llanvihangel Pontymoyle to the junc- tion ot the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway with the Newport and Pontypool Railway, at or near Coedy- gric, in the county of Monmouth. That portion of the Newport and Pontypool Railway of the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company, which extends from the last-mentioned junction to Dock street Station, Newport, in the county of Monmouth. That portion of the South Wales Railway which lies between the junction of the smid intended railway therewith, and the junction of the said South Wales Railway, with the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway at or near Ilagloe Farm, in the parish of Awre, in the county of Gloucester, or the Grange, otherwise Grange Court, in the parish of Westuury-on,Sci ein, in the same county. The whole of the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway. That portion of the Great Western Railway which lies between Gloucester and the Paddington Station of the said last-mentioned railway. And it is proposed by the said intended Act to take powers for the said intended company, or any other company or person lawfully using the said intended railway and branches, to use th2 stations of the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway Company, The Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company, The South Wales Railway Company, The Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway Company, and The Great Western Railway Company, together with the watering places, water and water tanks, sidings, platforms, booking aud other offices, warehouses, buildings, and other conveniences and accommo- dation, of or belonging to the said several companies, upon or adjoining to the said portions of railway, or railways, respec- tively, and to fix and determine the amount of rate, toll, or charge, which shall be paid by the said intended com- pany, for the use, by them, of the before-mentioned portions and lines of railway, stations, works, and conveniences, or any of them; and also, if need be, to a'tc-r and limit the tolls, rates, and charges authorised to be levied and demanded by the before-mentioned companies, or either of them, for the use of the said portions of railway, stations, works, and conveniences, or any of them, or any part thereof; and powers to enable the said intended company, and the said Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway Company, the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company, the iouth Wales Railway Company, the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway Company, and the Great Western Railway Company, or any of them, to enter into and effect such contracts and arrangements as the contracting companies may think fit, with reference to the working and using the said intended railway, branches, and works, the regulation and management of the traffic thereon, or any part thereof, the supply of locomotive and other stock, and J the division, apportionment, distribution, and appropriation of the tolls, rates, and duties arising from such traffic between the contracting companies; and to enable the said intended i company to enter into arrangements with any other companies < or persons touching all or any of the matters aforesaid and also powers to vary or en(^guish all such rights or privileges as could or might interfere with the objects aforesaid. And it is proposed by the said intended act to alter, amend, or enlarge the several acts relating to the Newport, Aberga- venny, and Hereford Railway Company, the Monmouthshire Railway and Canai Company, the Monmouth Tramway Com- par.y, the South Wales Railway Company, the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway Company, and the Great Western: Railway Company (that is to say) Acts relating to the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway Company, viz., < "The Newport, AbrgaHllny, and Hereford l,,ailwa'y Act, 1846 "The Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway (Deviations) Act, 1847;" and "The Newport, Abergavenny, ami Hereford Railway (Extension to 1 an Vale RailwavJ Act, IS-t i." i Acts relating to the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company, viz. —Locul and personal Acts, 32 Geo. 3, cap. 102; 37 Geo. 3, cap. 100; 42 Geo. 3, cap. 115 The Newport arid Pontypool Railway Act, 1845;" "The Newport and Ponty- pool Railway Act Amendment .let, 1848;" and "The Monmouthshire Hailway and Canal Act, 18-52." The Act relating to the Monmouth Tramway Company, viz.—Local end personal Ac', 50 Geo. 3, cap. 1-3. Acts i elating to the South Wales Railway Company, viz.— The South Wales railway Act. 184-3;" The South Wales Railway Amendment Act, 1016 ''The tuA Wales railway Amendment Act, IdH;" "The -cuth "a es Bs'-cnsion of Time Act, 1850;" "The South Wales Railway C tpital Act, 1850;" 1 he South Wales Railway New V\ o: ks Act, 1801; "The "oth Wales Railway Capital Act, 155]," and The South Wales Railway Act, 1S52." Acts relating to the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway Company, viz., lie Gloucester and Dean Fo.est Railway Act, 1816,11 and The Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway Dock Act, 1847." Ac's relating to the Great Western Mail-way Company,viz.— 56 4. cap- 1117 ti Wm. 4, cap. 36, 33, 77, 79 I let cap. [n. 92 (1837). 2i. 26 (ISF); 2 Viet. cap. 27 3 Vict. cap. 47 3 & 1 Vict. cap. 105 4 & 5 Vict, cap. 41; 5 Vict. cap. 6 Vict. cap. 10; 7 Vict. cap. 3; 7 & 8 Vict. cap. 63 8 & 9 j Vict. cap. 40, 53. 155, 156, F-i, D8, 190, 191 9 Vic. cap. 14 9 & M Vict. cap. 166, IS!, 236,239 210. -7S, 313, 315, 335,337, j 338, 369, 102, lo & 11 Vict, cap. GO, 72. 76. 91, 101, 109, 149. 154,226, 2-13; 11 x 12 Vict. cap. 28. 59, 74, 77, 82, 9o, 130, 131, 133, 135, 158, 159; J3 Vict. cap. 6 & 7 13 14 Vict. cap. 44, 98, liO; 14 & 15 Vict. cap. 4b, 81. The Great Western, &e. Railway Companies (Traffic arrangements) Act. Wj2;" The Great Western Railway Act, lSzi2 (No. I j; "The Great Western Railway Act. 1852 (No. 2.)" And it is also proposed by the said act to incorporate there- with, with respect to the several matters hereinbefore men- tioned, but subject to alterations and amendments, all or some oi the provisions of the public general acts following, that is to say,—The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, HH5 j" I he I'ai'wavs Clauses Consolidation Act, ]845," and" The Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845. And Notice is Hereby farther Given, that duplicate plans and sections describing the li .e and levels of the said intended railway, branches, and works, and the lands and houses to be taken for the purposes thereof, together with Rooks of Refer- ence to such plans,containing the names of the owners or reputed owners, lessees oi reputed lessees, and occupiers of such land's and houses; and also a copy of this notice, as published in the London Gazelle, together with a published map, with the line of the intended railway and branches delineated thereon, will, on or before the 30th day of November instant, be depo- sited wi;h the Cierk of the Peace for the county of Gloucester, at his office at Gloucester, and with the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Monmouth, at his office at Newport, in the said county of Monmouth and that on or before the said 3'Hli day of November, a copy of so much of the said phns, sections, maps, and books of reference, as relates to each of the several parishes in or through which the said railway, branches, and works, are intended: o) e ma .e, together with a copy of this notice, as published the London Gazette, will be deposited with the Parish Clerk of each parish, at his residence; and in the case of an extra-parochial place, with the clerk of some parish adjoining thereto, and that on or before the said 30th day of November instant, a copy of so much of the said plans and sections as may relate to the lands of Her Majesty, or of any other person in the townships of East Dean and West Dean, in the said Fo¡e,t If Dean through which the said works are proposed to be made, together with a book of reference thereto and a copy his notice, as published in the London Gazette, wi'l be deposited in the Speech House, in the said Forest of Dean. And Notice is Hereby further Given, that copies of the said intended act will, on or before the 31st day of December next, be deposited in the private Bill Office of the House of Com- mons. Dated this 1st dav of November, 1852. o A. WADDINGTON, Solicitor for the Bill.

HEREFORD, ROSS, AND GLOUCESTER j RAILWAY. MONMOUTH AND FOREST OF DEAN LINES. (Power to malce Railways to Monmouth and to the Forest of Dean; Power to raise and apply Capital; Power to adapt or use Severn and Wye Railway and to make arrangements 'Ida. the Great Western and Severn and Wye Railway and Canal Companies Power to make a Joiiit Station at Hereford for the use of the Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester, and Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Companies, and any Company which ))z(iy be authorised to make a broad guage communication from Wor- ceste), to Hereford; Amendment of Acts). fV] OTICE is hereby given, that application is intended tcbe made to Parliament in the present Session, for an Act to enable the Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester Railway Company to make and maintain the railways hereinafter mentioned, with all suitable stations, works, and conveniences connected with the same respectively (that is to say): a railway commencing from and out of the Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester Railway, in the parish of Ross, in the county of Hereford, in or near certain land numbered 12 on the plans referred to in 'The Hereford, lloss, and Gloucester Railway Act, 1851," at or near a certain place called The Marsh, in the said parish of Ross, passing thence from, in, through, or into the several parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places fol- lowing, or some of them (that is to say): Ross, Weston under Penrard, Walford, Goodrich, Huntisham, Welch Uicknor Newcourt, Langarren Marstow, Whitchurch, Gannerew other- wise Gaiiarew, and Welsh Newton, all in the county of Hereford; English Bicknor, Newland, Staunton, Fast Dean, West Dean, and Her Majesty's Forest of Dean, all in the county of Glou- cester and Welsh Hicknor, Dixon otherwise Dixton, Dixton Hadnock, Dixton Newton, Wyesham, and Mon'mouth, all in the county of Monmouth, and terminating at or near the town of Monmouth, on the le:t bank of the river Wye at the point on the south side of the Monmouth and Coleford turnpike-road at which the Monmouth Branch of the South Wales Railway is intended to terminate, in a certain field or enclosure num- bered 33, in the parish of Monmouth, on the deposited plan referred to in the Act which authorised the construction of such Railway. Also a short curve or J unction Line of Railway commencing from and out of the Hereford. Ross, and Gloucester Railway, in the parish of Weston under Penyard, in the said county of Hereford, in or near a certain inclosure numbered 104i n the same parish, on the plans referred to in The Hereford, Ross. and Gloucester Railway Act, 1851," passing thence through or into the said parish of Weston under Penyard and the said parish of Ross, and terminating within the said parish of Ross by a junction with the said last-mentioned intended Railway to Monmouth, at or near a place called Hildersley, in or near certain land numbered 61 on the map made for the purposes of the commutation of the tithes of the said parish of Ross. And a railway diverging from the said intended railway firstly hereinbefore described, in the parish of Goodrich, in the county of Hereford, at or near the archway or bridge by means of which the Goodrich and Courtfield Road is carried over the road from the Kern Bridge to Oldforge, passing thencethrough or into the several parishes, townships, and extra-paiochial or 1\ other places following, or some of them (that is to say) Good- rich, Walford, and Welsh Bicknor, all in the county of Here- ford; Welsh Bicknor, in the county of Monmouth; and English Bicknor, Ruardean, Newland, East Dean, West Dean, and Her Majesty's Forest of Dean, all in the county of Gloucester and terminating by a junction with the Fore>t of Dean or Bullo Pill Branch of the South Wales Railway, at or near the commencement of the authorised line of that railway at the summit of the hill above Churchway Engine, in the township of East Dean, in the said Forest of Dean, in the county of Gloucester aforesaid. And it is proposed by the said intended Act to enable the Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester Railway Company to raise additional capital for the purposes of the said intended railways and works, by the creation of new shares in their undertaking, either with or without preference or priority in payment of interest or dividend, or by borrowing on mortgage or bond, or to apply to those purposes or any of them any capital or funds now or hereafter belonging to them, or under the control of their directors And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to enable the said Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester Rail-nay Company to make or provide a station at Hereford, in the several parishes townships, nnd places following or some or one V them (that is to say): Holmer and Tupsley in the,eounty of Hereford, and All Saints, Saint John the Baptist, St- Peter Si. Owen, Holmer and Tupsley, in the city of Hereford, or the liberties thereof, at or near a placecalled Barrs Court,in the said parishes of Saint John the Baptist,and All Saints, or one ofihem,with all necessary works and conveniences connected therewith, to be used jointly by the said Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester Railway Company, the said Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Company, and any Company which may here- after be authoiised to make a Railway on the broad guage for the purpose of connecting Worcester with Hereford, for which purpose application iauitended to be made to Parliament in the present Session or "one or more of such Companies and also to enable the said Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Company to contribute either alone or jointly with any snch Company as aforesaid, towards the expenses of making, constructing, and maintaining the said station, and the works connected therewith, or to use the said station upon payment of such tolls, rates, and charges, and upon such other terms and conditions, as may be agreed upon, or as shall be prescribed or provided by the said intended Act. And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to take power to cross, stop up, alter, or divert, whether temporarily or permanently, all such turnpike and other roads, Railways, tramways, aqueducts, canals, streams, and rivers, within or adjoining the aforesaid parishes, townships, or other places as t may be necpssary to cross, stop up, alter, or divert, by reascii 1 )1' the construction of the aforesaid Railways and works And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to take poivers or iiie purchase of litids a d buildings, by compulsion or agiee- nent, for the purposes of the said intended Railways and works, ind to vary, repeal, and extinguish alleviating rights or privileges in any manner connected with such lands cr buildings, or winch tvould in any manner impede or intetfeie with the construction, maintenance, or use of he "aid intended Railways and works, lud to cnlÍÙ other rights and privileges •And u is proposed to take power to levy tolls, ratcg, and iu ies in respect of the said Railways and works, and to grant exemptions tfom the payment of ^ch tolls, rates, and duties, and to Vdry or a'ter existing tolls, rates, aud duties And Nutlee is Hereby also Given, Tnat, on or before the day of Novemb' r instant, maps, plans, and sections, shewing the direction, line, situation, and levels of the said intended Railways, station, and wot ks, nd the lands in or through which the same are intended to pass or be made, together with book, of reference to such plans, containing the names of the owners or reputed owneis, and lessees or reputed lessees, and of ilie occupiers of «uch lands, and a copy of this Notice, as pub- lished in the Louden Gazette, will be deposited with the clerk of ihe peace for the county o! Hereford, at his office in the city ot Hereford; with the clerk of the peace for the city of Herefi rd, at his office in the citv of Hereford with the clerk of the peace for the county of Gloucester, at his ofhee in the city of Gloucester; and with the clerk of the peace lor the county if Monmouth, at his office in the town of Newport and that on cr belore the same day a copy of so much of the said plans, sections, and books of leference as relates to each of the several parishes in or through which the said Railways, siatiun, and ivorks are intended to be ir.ade, with a copy of this Notice, will be deposited for public inspection with the parish clerk of such parish at his iesideiice and that or, or before the same day a copy of so much of the said plans, sections, and huoks of reference as relates to the extra-paiochial place of Ntwcour;, with a copy of this Notice, will be deposited v, ith the parish cleik of the adioinin^ parish of Whitchuich, athis-resi •ience; and that on or before the same day a copy of so much ot the said plans, sections, aid books of reference as lelates to the extra-parochial pUce of East Dean, with a copy of this Notice, wiii be deposited with the paush clerk of the adjoining pansh of Newnhain, at his residence, and at the Speech House in the lorestof Dean and that on or before the same day a copy of so much of the said plans, sections, and books of reference as rdates to the entra-parochial pLce ot West Dean, with a copy of ihis Notice, will be deposited with the parish cierk of the adjoining parish of Nev.-land, at his resdence, and at the Speech House aforesaid and that a copy cf the Bill lor effecting the objects specified in ihis Notice, cr soma of iliem, will, on or before the ttiirtj-fnst day of December next, be deposited in the l'rivaie Bill Ofiice of the House ot Commons And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to take power to cioss, s op up, alter, adapt, use, or run over socb portions of the Railway, ei tramway, o! the Severn s»ud Wye Railway and Canal Company, as may be necessary or propei for the pur- poses 01 the said intended Railway to tbe Foie-t of Dean, and to enable the Hereford, Moss, and Gloucester ay Com- pany and the Severn am! Wye Railway and Canal Company or the directors of those respective Companies, to make, enter into, and cal ry into effect contracts and agreetr.eirs (or the inter- change of tra/hc and accommodation of passengtrs passing over the Railways now or hereafter belonging to the aid Companies; and with respect to the apportionment and division of I he exptn dituie to be incurred, and the tolls, rates, ar;d charges to be levied, in respeect of such traffic and passengers, and to vary or alter the existing tolls, rates, and duties upon the Railway or ttamway ot the Severn and Wye Railway and Canal Com- pany, and to enable the Hc-ieford, lloss, and Gloucester Rail- way Company, orttr.y Company for the time being in possession of or wi.rktng the tiadic upon that Railway or ou the said intended Railways, lolevy and make tolls and charges upon the Severn ai d Wye Railway And i: is also proposed bv the said intended Act to extend to the *aid intended Railways all the powers for making and carry- ing into effect arrangements and agreements as to^afhc and division of profits conferred on the Great Western and the Hereford Ross, and Gloucester Railway Companies by The Great Western, &c. Railway Companies (Tiafhc Anangtments) Act, 1852," and to enable those companies to make and carry into effect all such arrangements ar.d agreements with reference to the said intended Railways as they have now power to make with reference to the existing undertaking of the Hereford, Ross, anJ Gloucester Railway Company, and lo confirm any existing agreements for such purposes, and to enable the Great Western Railway Company to levy tolls, rates, and duties on the said intended Railways, or on the Severn and W ye Railway; And it is proposed by the said intended Act to alter, amend, vary, consolidate, or repeal all or any of the provisions containtd in The Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester Railway Act, 1851," or in the several Acts following relating to the Great Western Railway Company (that is to say ) local and personal Acts 5 and 6 "William IV. cap. 107 6 William IV. caps. 36, 38, 77, and 79; 1 Victoria, caps. 91 and 92 (1837), and 24 and 26 (1838) 2 Victoria, cap. 27; 3 Victoria, cap. 47; 3 and 4 Victoria, cap. 105 4 and 5 Victoria cup. 41 5 Victoria, (Sess. 2) cap, 28; 6 Victoria, cap. 10; 7 Victoria, cap. 3 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 68 8 and 9 Victoria, caps. 40, 53, lo5, 156, 184, 188, 19), and 191 0 Victoria, cap. 11:9 and 10 Victoria, caps. 106, 181, 2-36. 239, 240. 278. 313, 315, 335, 337, 338, 369, and 402 10 and 11 Victoria, caps. 60, 72, 76, 91, 101. 109, 149. 151, 226, and 243; 11 and 12 Victoria. caps. 28, 59, 74, 77. 82, 95, 130, 131, 133, 135, 158, and 159; 13 Victoria, caps.6 and 7; 13 and 14 Victoria caps. 44, 98, and 110, 14 and 15 Victoria, caps. 48 and 81 and 15 and 16 Victoria, caps. 125, 133, 140, 147, and 168; or in the several Acts following relating to the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Company (that is to say). local and personal Acts 9 and 10 Victoria, cap. 325 and 13 and 14 Victoria, cap. 26; or in the several Acts following relating to the Severn and Wye Railway and Canal Company (that is to say): local and personal Acts 49 George III, cap. 159; 50 George III. cap. 215 51 George III. cap. 193; 59 George III. cap. 42 3 George IV. cip. 75. Dated the 10th day of November, 1852, PRITT, SHERWOOD, VENABLES, AND GRUBBE, 7, Great Geoige Street, Westminster, Parliamentary Agents.

PROSPECTUS. DEAN FOREST, MONMOUTH, USK, AND PONTYPOOL RAILWAY COMPANY. (PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.) Capital, E300,000 in 15,000 Shares of £ 20 each.—Deposit, jC2 per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE". Crawshay Bailey, Ksq,, Aberaman, M.P., Chairman. I Thomas llrovvn, Esq Ebbw Vale. Timothy Bennett, Esq., Milche] Den. George Cave, Esq., Hilitone House, Monmouth. Charles Conway, Esq., lJontnewydd. Abraham Darby, Esq., Stoke Court, Slough. Edward Bagnall Dimmack, Esq., Pontypool. Thomas Dyke, Esq., Monmouth. Henry Hooper Fiyer, Esq., Coleford. Thomas Gratrex, Esq., Newport. James Greenfield, Esq., Brynderwen. The Hev. Samuel Wright Gardner, Trostrey. Aaron Gould, E-q., Bilston. Francis Philip Hooper, Esq, Sackville Street, London. Evan Jones, Esq., Portreve 01 Usk. John Lawrence, Esq., Cbristchurch, Newport. Frederick Lcvick, Esq., Blaina. John Masterman, Jun., Esq., M.P., London. Francis M'DoDnell, Esq., Usk. John Mayou, Esq., Nlay,,r of Monmoutf. Thomas Nicholson, Esq., Lydney. William Henry Nicholl, Esq., Usk. John Powell, Esq., Clydach. Thomas Powell, Esq., the Gaer. 'Edward Harris Phillips, Esq., Pontypool. Wiliiain Wiiiiams Phillil s, Esq., Vontypool. j George Kelph Greenhow Relph, Esq-, Pentwyn, Usk. T. Bitt Trotter, Esq., Coleford. James reague. Eq, Blllkeney. James Williams, E'q., Usk. Philip Williams, Esq., Monmouth. Osmond Arthur Wyatt, Eq., Troy House, Monmouth, (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS. Messrs. C. Bailey, Gratrex, and Williams, Monmouth. Messrs. Masterman and Co., Nicholas Laoe, London. ENCINEEP. James Abernethy, Esq., C.E. SOLICITOR. Alexander Waddington, Esq., Usk. sicretauy, pro tem. Alexander Waddington. AUDITOR. ,n "Tn Thomas Rennie Hutton, Esq., Bristol. ft"HIIS Railway is intended to be constructed from a point on A the South Waies Railway, near Blakeney, in the County of Gloucester, and iopassfiom thence through the Forest of DeaD, and by way of Colefoid, Monmouth, Ragland, and Usk, to Mamhilad, in the County of Monmouth, and there to form a Junction with the Newport, Abergavenny,and Hereford Railway. rhe line (including a proposed branch from Moseley Green to Fox's Bridge) will be about 36 miles in length. The primary object is the uniting by a direct line the extensive a, d important Iron Works of South Wales, with the valuable Iron Ores of the Forest of Dean. It will also offer the most direct Railway Communication between the populous Mining Districts ofAbeidare, Merthyr Tydvil, Dowlais, Rhymney, Tredegar, Sirhowy, Beaufort, Ebbw Vale, Victoria, Brynmawr, Nantyglo, Blaina, Clydach, Blaenafon, and Pontypool (containing a popu- lation of nearly half- a-millioti) and the Metropolis, saving a distance of about 14 miles over the present circuitous route. At the same time it will notonly devetope the mineral resources of the Forest of Dean, but will complete the Railway system required for the County of Monmoath, and in doing so will unite rtie corporate boroughs of Monmouth, Usk, and Newport, (the first being the County and Assize Town, and Usk the Quarter Sessions Towu), thus conmcting the only renrnminij towns of Monmouthshire which have not been provided m-h lailway accommodation. The number of blast foinaces in the Welsh districts which would be served by this line is Eighty-four, and t a moderate calculation they produce on an average One Hundred Tons each, per week, of Pig Iron, to supply which, it has been estimated that 250,000 tons of Forest Ore annually will lie required as fluxes, and which will unquestionably pass over 26 miles of this line. This quantity, at one penny per ton per mile, will produce a revenue of £ 27,000. By adding the very low estimates of £ 5,tOO for Passenger Traffic, E5,000 for Agricultural Produce Coal, Lime, Limestone, Timber, Bark, Pitwood, Charcoal, &c and £5,00Q for general merchandize, there will be, alter allowing ? i a liberalper-centige for working expenses, a very a ITI p e gua T1 D lee r for a dividend to the shareholders 01 at least £ S per ctnium 110 annum. It may be added that the projected line has rot only vast immediate resou/cestrom Mineral Passenger, and General Traffic* but prospectirely a considerable accession of Traffic of all kindst from branches « hich.must from time to time fall into it, as the Railway system advp nets ;-ttit, present undertaking is (prefer, held out to the puMic as one o a perftctly legitimate character and likely to be attended with the most solid advantages. Applicaticns for Shares to be addressed, in the form subjoined) to the Secretary at Usk, or to the fcllowm^ Brokers, viz. Allied Baines, Warn ford Couit, Thrngmorton Street, London; Messrs. P-imer and Kemp, 14, Throgmorton Street London; Messrs. W. R. Moore and Carr, 61, Threadneedlfl Street, London J. K. Thomas, Esq., Bristol William Cham. brep, Esq., Liverpool; Messis. Pavneand Pretty, Birmingham and *orras.D. Parson, Esq., Stock Exchange, London. PORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Dean Forest, Monmouth* Usk, and Pontypool Railway Company. Gentlemen,—I request that you will allot to me E20 shares in the aiove Company (or such smaller rumber35 you miy think proper), and I agree to accept such Shares, and to pay down the Deposit ol Y,2 per Shaie, and likewise the calls when required so to do. Dated the day (,f 1852. Name Professicn or business Address Reference

GOLD FINDING A LOTTERY. GOld-fiDd-,ng ry'list b, a lottery, science and tact may di- minish the chances c-f disappointmi lit, but a risk remains; the most skillul may be deceived, the stupid may be lucky-an important consideration which should always enter into the estimaie ol the advenlurer. J)o what he will, he runs a risk* Explorers have opened a digging within a yard of a fortunate finder, and have not realised an ounce otheis, again, have, by the merest accident, pitched upon a rich store. Take authenti* cated instances—one man teali:«d £ 6000 in a week, another £ J0,00J v.'i!iiin a month, but paity u!t>r party have returned pursue the ordinary :-low winnings of life in abandonment Of a fruitless search. Even gold may be bought too dear; on: part/ consisting of three gentlemen and two hired labourers, came hack,afterhavirg expended a large amount of tIme and labour; and on making up accounts, th?y found that eveiy ounce of du{* iiad cost them £ 45. 1 lie f^nguine, then-lore, must abate their expectation^ and prepare for disappoiuirnent, and put up with a second bes', or a third-rate, lot, or even worse—a salutal"? hint to :he young gentlemen «ho abandon good situations and comfortable homes, fur golden watets, whose lively undulatioDS and fascinating glir: tner may prove to be a mocking mirago Nor can it be said, w;ihotit hnpeibcle, that the gold is ineJ" haustihle it u very exiensive, very abundant but it can be a* surely cleared as a tu-nip field. It rnay last in iaiticular patche for a short season, and in extf-uded diitricts for a lorger period; but the days of all the diggings are numbered, some of the fir*' Hte already closed. The alluvial deposit having been gleane"' the workings ot the matrix may prolong the age of gold, bj1' even this must give way at last to iron and dull lead. It woui-* be absuid to speak of absolute exhaustion there are still sands in the Pac ulus hut profr.abie working has its the lewards ol labour in this flattering fi. Id must grow "sffl». by degrees, and beautifully less." Gold companies, w::h the** machinery and mercury, may cume into p!a, but even these»a last, must direct their capital and skill to some other product. The drawing of the lottery is a great excitement but the day closes, not upon the announcement of prizes, but a CODstaD iepetition of blarks. This must eventually be the case eve0 with the discovery of gold; for it is an established fact mineralogy, (hat tins metal is superficial.— Ecleclic Pcvzezv

MY NATIVE LAND. i Translation of Gwlad ry Ngexedigaeth," (see MerU2* of 29th October,) by Miss Lydia Jones, St. Faaran's, Cardiff. ° My soul is sad, my spirit fails, And sickness in my heart prevails, Whilst chill'd with grief, it mourns and wails For my old Native Land. Gold and wine have power to please, And Summer's pure and gentle breeze,— But ye are dearer far than these, Hills of my Native Land. Lovely to see the sun arise, Breaking forth from eastern skies; But oh: far lovelier in my eves Would he my Native Land. As pants the hait for valley dew, As bleats the lambkin for the ewe, Thus I lament and long to view My ancient Native Land. o What, what are delicacies ? say. And large possessions, what arc they ? What the wide world and all its sway Out of my Native Land ? 0 should I king of India be, Might Europe to me bend the knee, Such honours should be nought to me Far from my Native Land. In what delightful country strays Each gentle friend of youthful days ? Where dwelleth all I love or praise ? O in my Native Land. Where are the fields and gardens fair Where once I sported free as air, Without despondency or care ? 0 in my Native Land. Where is each path and still retreat Where I with song held converse sweet, With true poetic tire replete ? 0 in my Native Land. Where do the merry maidens move, Who purely live and truly love- Whose words do not deceitful prove ? O 1 in my Native Land. And where on earth that friendly place, Where each presents a brother's face, Where frowns or anger ne'er debase ? O 'tis my Native Land. And O! where dwells that dearest one My first affections fixed upon, Dying with grief that I am gone ? 0 in my Native Land. Where do they food to strangers giye ? Where kindly, liberally relieve ? Where unsophisticated live ? 0: in my Native Land. Where are the guileless rites retain'd, And customs of our sires maintain'd ? Where has the ancient Welsh remain'd? O in my Native Land. Where is the harp of sweetest string ? Where arc songs read in Bardic ring ? Genius and inspiration sing Within my Native Land, Once Zion's sons their harps unstrung, On Babylonian willows hung, And mute their songs, with sorrows wrung, They mourn'd their Native Land, Captives, the Babylonians cry, Awake Judiean iiielody,- There is no music, they reply, Out of our Native Land. And thus when I in misery Beseech my muse to visit me, She echoes—there's no hope for thee Out of thy Native Land. A Bard how dull in Indian groves, Distant from the Land he loves! The muse to melody ne'er moves Far from her Native Land. Day and night I ceaseless groan Among these foreigners, alone; 11 1 Yet not for fame or gold I moan, But for my Native Land. Oft to the rocky heights I haste, And gaze intent, while tears flow fast, Over old ocean's troubled waste, Towards my Native Land. Then breaks my heart with grief to see The mountain waves o'erspread the sea, Which widely separates from me My charming Native Land; To see the boiliijg ocean near, .Whose waves as if they joy'd, appear, Rolling betwixt me and my dear Enchanting Native Land. 0 had I wings! to cure my pairs I I'd flee across the widening main, To view the extensive vales again. Of my dear N atiyc Land. There I would lay me down secure, And cheerfully my wants endure The wealth of worlds could not allure- Me from my Native Land. Newport, Friday, November 26, 1852. J) Printed and Published for the Proprietor, E D ff A i, DOWLING, of Mount Pleasant, Hill-s'r -n, i": the of St. Woollos, in the MERLIN General Trusting O' situate in Corn-street, at the Borough of Newport, WILLIAM CHRSTOPHERS, No. 7, CommerciaHWeeN ia the said Borough. WILLIAM CHRSTOPHERS, No. 7, CommerciaHWeeN ia the said Borough.