The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-11 00:00:00

TO TIIE DIRECTORS OF TILE RICHMOND RAILWAY COMPANY

" Gentlemen,—For the information of the proprietors at
the approaching meeting, I beg to inform you that since the
contract was made with Mr. Knit!, for the execution of all
the works on this railway, considerable progress has been
made towards their completion. The viaduct across the
Wandle, and the cutting at Putney, being the only works of
magnitude on the line, attention was first directed to them,
and the progress has been very satisfactory. The viaduct is
more than half built, and more than one-half of the excava-
tion of the entire line has been removed. Several over-
bridges between Putney and Barnes'-common have been
built, and the lighter earthwork and bridges are proceeding
as rapidly as is needful.
" The only part not begun is at Richmond end, but here
the line will be formed, nearly on the surface of the ground,
and a few months will suffice for completing it after posses-
sion of the land is obtained.
" The line may be completed by June next; and if you
were disposed to push, there is no reason why it should not be
accomplished earlier. The works are not heavy, and delay
could only arise from our inability to obtain possession of
the land, or from a succession of bad weather; under any
circumstances you will not be wrong in calculating on the
opening in June.—l am, &c. " JOSEPH LOCKE."
" London, 11, Adam-street, Adelphi,
Feb. 5, 1846.
Resolutions conforming to the report were then agreed to,_
and the meeting broken!).

LONDON and BRIGHTON RAILWAY
MEETING OF PROPRIETORS.
The usual half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this
Company was held yesterday, at the London-bridgeterminus.
The meeting. was also a special one, for thepurpos
_einnesf sanc-
tioning or rejecting the formation of several branch I ,con-
oorfktilnieg Cbrratt,edioin, worth bbrraanncehh, the
the Reigate
Little
and Dorking thea P and Wandsworth
East a Grinsteadnd
hampton branch, the Bognor branch, the Steyning branch,
the Newhaven and Seaford branch, the Eastbourne branch,
the Ifailsham branch, the Lewes and Keymer branch devia-
tion; and also for other purposes, specified in the advertise-
ment. There was a large attendance of proprietors. Row.
land Hill, Esq. (the Chairman), took the chair at one o'clock
precisely. After the secretary had read the advertisement,
The CHAIRMAN said that it would not be necessary
for him to address them at any length in consequence
of the fulness of the report (which the meeting decided
need not be read by the secretary, in consequence of
its .-having been distributed amongst the shareholders
previously to the chair being taken.) The 6th of February
had arrived, and with it the downfal of the three proposed
schemes—dhe Dorking, Arundel, and Brighton Atmospheric,
the Tunbridge Wells and Lewes line, and the Epsom and
Dorking line, which was proposed by certain parties in oppo-
sition to a Bill which had been brought forward by the
friends of the Croydon Company. With respect to the
branches of this Company, the Wandsworth and East
Grinstead had passed the Standing Orders' Committee.
The Reigate and Dorking line had,
,however, been
thrown out in consequence of some technical error. The
remaining branches or lines had not yet come before the
Committee, but they would in all probability go before the
Standing Orders' Committee that day. With the view of
furthering the interests of the public and the Company, the
directors bad during the past half-year reduced the fares and
accelerated the speed of travelling on this Company's line.
—(Cheers.) The present depressed price of the shares
of this Comppny was equivalent to a twenty-five
years' purchase on the dividend. That fact arose
from an - anticipated increase in the dividend, which antici-
pation; he doubted not, would be fully realised.—(Hear,
heat.) The directors were determined to do everything
which would make the line more attractive to the public,
who were. in his opinion, not properly aware of the cheap-