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W. L. MABERLY.

DIRECT LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.

A T a numerous and highly respectable Meeting o,
-CIL the libabitants of the Borough of Brighton, held at the
Town Hall on Wednesday, 25th January, 1837, for the purpose of
taking into consideration the best means of ensuring the success
of that Line of Railway which would be most beneficial to the
said Town,

The HIGH CONSTABLE in the Chair,
Resolved—That this meeting is confirmed in the ()pinion expressed
by the inhabitants of the town of Brighton, and conveyed to both
Houses of Parliament in petitions (luring the last Session, that a
communication between London and Brighton, by means of a flail-
road, will be of the utmost importance to the town, and at the same
time productive of great national benefit ; and that this meeting is
also of opinion that the Direct Line, as now improved by Sir John
Rennie and Mr. Rastrick, is best calculated tolpromote the interests
of the inhabitants of Brighton, and at the same time to afford the
greatest benefit to the counties of Surrey and Sussex.—Resolved,
therefore, that a petition be presented to the House of Commons in
support of that line.
Resolved—That the following Petition to the House of Commons
be adopted:—
To -the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled.
The Humble Petition of the Undersigned Inhabitants of the Town
of Brighton, in the County of Sussex, agreed to at a Public
Meeting held at the Town Hall, of Brighton aforesaid, on the
25th day of January, 1837.
Showeth,—That your petitioners are confirmed in the opinion
expressed in their petition to your Honourable House in the last
Session of Parliament, that a communication between London and
Brighton by means of a Railroad, will be of the utmost im-
portance to the town, and at the same time productive of great
national benefit.

That of all the five projected Lines of Railroad between the
Metropolis and Brighton, that proposed by Sir John Rennie and
Mr. Rastrick, called the Direct Line, is by far the best, not only as
affecting the interest of Brighton, but in a general point of view.
Commencing at London Bridge, it takes its course through the
heart of the Counties of Surrey and Sussex, and terminates at
Church-street, in Brighton, with branches to the port of Shoreham
on the west, and to Lewes and the port of Newhaven on the east,
whilst it affords an opportunity of laying down other branches
through Dorking and Horsham to the western parts of Surrey and
Sussex, and of forming a communication with the South-Eastern
Dover Railway ; but avoiding the long tunnel and enormous earth-
works which present themselves both at Ozted and Godstone, and
must ever prove an insuperable objection to that Line.
That the Direct Line has, since it was presented to your Ho-
nourable House in the last Session of Parliament, been very much
improved, the objectionable Curves having been avoided, and the
Tunnelling, which amounted to three miles and a half, having
been reduced to less than three quarters of a mile upon the whole
Line, and that divided into two Tunnels, and that this has been
accomplished by adding only one quarter of a mile to the length of
the Line, whilst it has enabled the projectors to diminish the works
very considerably ; that the Terminus at Brighton is infinitely bet-
ter than that proposed last year, and, in fact, as good as could pos-
sibly have been selected ; in short, it is the opinion of your Peti-
tioners that the Direct Line is not only superior to either of those
contemplated,
but is obviously the best that could be found for a
Railway from London to Brighton, for, whilst it insures the most
direct communication between those places, with the best termini,
it is capable of conveying to the Counties of Surrey and Sussex a
greater share of advantage than either of the other Lines.
Your Petitioners, therefore, humbly, but most earnestly, pray
your Honourable ouse to pass an Act for making the Direct Line
of Railroad from London to Brighton.

Resolved,—That a Committee consisting of seven, be appointed
for the purpose of obtaining signatures to the said Petition, and
of arranging as to the presentation thereof, with power to Lid to
their numbers ; and that such Committee be empowered to wait
upon noblemen and gentlemen having parliamentary influence, and
request them to support the Direct Line ; and that the Committee
consist of the following persons :—Messrs. Goodall, Creasy, Good,
Hallett, Thomas Cooper, John Patching, and Alger.
Resolved—That the Members for the Borough be requested to
present the petition to the House of Commons, and strenuously to
support its prayer ; and that the Members for the County, and also
the Members for the Boroughs in the County, be also most earnestly
requested to support the said Petition.
Resolved—That a memorial be presented to Lord Abergavenny,
the Lord of the Leet, embodying the substance of the petition, and
begging him to use his Parliamentary influence in promoting the
object of the meeting; and that such memorial be signed by the
Chairman on behalf of the meetin..
Resolved—That the cordial thanks. of this Meeting be given to
those Peers and Members of the House of Commons who supported
the Direct Line in Parliament in the last Session.
JOHN ADE, Chairman.

Resolved—That the cordial thanks of this Meeting be given to
the Chairman, for his very able and impartial conduct in the Chair.

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