The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-17 00:00:00

Bristol Railway -
William Lawrence, Esq., Brixton ; Director of the London and Man-
chester and Direct Western Railways
William Alexander Long, jun., Esq., Kingswood House,' Wootton-
under•Edge ; Director of the Erewash Valley Extension Railway
Captain J, P. Macdougall, Fir-grove, Brixton ; Chairman of the Isle

I of Man Railway, ani director of the Leeds and Fleetwood Railway
Margetson, Esq., Streatham-hill, Brixton
J. Mee Mathew, Esq., 4, Gray's Inn-square; Director of the Direct
'Western Railway
James Macmillan, Esq. London and Southampton ; director of the
'Worcester, Warwick, and Ritzby Railway, &c. &c.
Jame: Meaburn, Esq., Grove-hill, Camberwell
Thomas Morris, Esq., Fairhurst Ilall, near 'Wigan ; Director of the
Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool, and Leads and Liverpool
Direct Railways
James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean
and Rliondaa and Ely Valleys Junction Railway
Horatio Nelson, Esq.. Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Wey-
mouth Railway
William Nevill, Esq. West-green, Stamford-hill
G. Parhury, Esq., Russell-square; Director of the Manchester and
Birmingham Railway
W. Simpson Potter, Esq , Suszex-gardens ; Director of the Grand
Trunl;., the Oxford and Witney, and Reading and Reigate Junction
Railways
Samuel I'. Tratt, Esq., F.R.S., Bath, and 55, Lincoln's-inn-fields ;
Director of the Kennet and Aron Canal Company, and York and
Lancaster Railway
George Richard Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk
Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S.A., Montagu-square, Director of the South-

ampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction and Brighton and Chet-
tenhain Direct Railways
Sir George Rich, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-squars ; Director of the
Metropolitan Railways Junction Company, and of the London,
Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway
John Reginald Riddell, Esi., Itycullah House, Enfield, Middlesex ;
Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
R. A. Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanston-street, Portman-square • Director
of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, and Oxford and Worcester
Extension Railways
James Reid, Eeq ,Werrlah Wood, Croydon, Director of the Metropo-
litan Railways Junction Compafty
A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq., Middle Temple, London; Director of
the I treat Western Extension Atmospheric Railway
Richard Rowe, Esq., Beanfoy-terrace, Maida Yale
Savage, Esq., Dorset-place, Dorset-square ; Director of the West
Midland, Manchester, and Southampton Railway
Edward 11. 0. Scott, Esq., Hoe Garden House, Plymouth; Director
of the Exeter, Do-chester, and. Weymouth Railway
A. Scott, Esq., Hadley Priory, Middlesex
Julius le &vie, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the St. Albans and Hert-
ford, and Director of the Bristol and Dover Direct Janet on
RA lways
'William Stud'ey, Esq., Alfred-place, Brixton ; Director of the Great
Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln, and Midland Junction
Railways
Martin Stutely, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of
the Leeds and Carlisle, Direct Western, and Grand Trunk Railways
Timothy Steward, Esq., Heigham Lodge, near Norwich
Henry Taylor, Esq , Wigan ; Director of the Leeds and Liverpool
Direct, Manchester and Wigan, and Liverpool, Preston, and North
Union Railways
- Derby,
James Templer, Esq., Brixton-rise, Director of the Great Leeds and
and
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Joseph Underwood,
; Director of
the Direct London and Manchester, and Leeds and Liverpool Direct
Railways
jtobert Watkins, Esq., Augusta-house, Worthing, Director of the
Oxford, Southampton, and Gosport, and Liverpool and Derl y
Railways
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., 105, Pall-mall, London ; Director of the
York and Lancaster, and Direct 'Western Railways
David Wheatcroft, ESq. director of the Rugby, Derby, and Man-
chester, and Nottingham and Gloucester Railways
John Lowe, Esq. Norfolk-crescent, Hyde-park, Director of the Leeds,
Fleetwood, and Liverpool Railway
Major While, Pall-mall, Director of the South Midland, and Leeds,
Fleetwood, and Liverpool Railways -1
Sir Thomas WoollastonsWhite, Bart., Walling WelN Nottingham
Thomas Williams, Esq., M.D., Belgrave-street, South Belgrave-

square
N. S. Wilson, Esq., Norwich, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle, and

Maryi,ort and Carlisle Railways
Sir William Wynn. Maesynewadd, and Suffolk-place, Pall-mall ;
Chairman of the North Wales, and South and Midlands' Junction
Railways _ .

(With power to add to their number).
COMMITTEE OF .MANAGEMENT.
Major Beresford, M.P. I E. W. Hamilton, Eel.
IVilliam Btfikeley Hughes, M.P.. I Captain J. I'. Macdougall
Anderson, M.R.I.A. ; William Bradley, Esq.
Sir T. Key, Bart. ! Joseph Underwood, Esq.
Sir 11. Webb, Bart. ! Nathaniel Cooke, Esq.
A. W. Hillary, Esq. Charles R. Begg, Esq.
( With power to add to their number.)
BANKEZS.—The Commercial Bank of London.
• CONSULTING ENGINEER.
Sir John Macneil, L L.D., F.R.S., M.1.C.E.,
ACTING ENGINEERS.
Messrs. R. and T. Hopkitis,M.l.C.E.; Messrs.Gough and Roumieu, C.E.
SURTETORS.—Messrs. Shuttleworth and Sons.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Chauntler and Westwood, 8, Gray's Inn-square.
AECRETARY—J. L.. Cotton, Esq.
The principal objects of the scheme are-Ist. To remedy the evils
Of delay and inconveLience to which parties are, at the present time,
necessarily subjected in proceeding from the west end of the metro-
polis to Croydon, or the most distant places on the South-Eastern
and London and Brighton Railways, as well as the several sea ports
and packet-stations on the coasts of Kent and Sussex; and 2d. To
supply to the numerous and wealthy inhabitants of the district
through which the intended line will pass (at present wholly with-
out railway accommodation), a greatly improved means for the in-
terchange of communication with the metropolis, and with each other.
Commencing at the intended terminus of the South-Western Rail-
way, at Hungerford or Waterloo-bridge, the line will take the most
practicable route to Kennington, from thence it will follow as near as
possible the old turnpike road, passing through or near to the
wealthy and populous districts of Stockwell, Clapham, Brixton,
Tulse-hill, Streatham, Norwood, Beulah, and Thornton-heath, effect-
ing a junction at Croydon with the several existing or projected
lines from that place.
It is also proposed to form a branch or branches from the neigh-
bourhood of Streatham to Mitcham and Tooting, and thus to extend
to those places, and their respective neighbourhoods, the advantages
of a directrailway communication with the metropolis.
A great portion of the traffic in passengers and goods upon the
Brighton and Dover lines is supplied from the west-end of London
and the Birmingham and Great Western Railways. The necessity
of proceeding to the station at London-bridge, and by the present
circuitous route to Croydon, is a serious and unnecessary inconveni-
ence, entailing additional expense and delay. The removal of this
long-felt grievance is a leading object with the promoters of the pre-
sent wndertaking. They deem it right, however, to observe, in lay-
ing this scheme before the public, that they have no desire to inter-
fere with existing railway interests, further than is absolutely indis-
pensable, but that on the other hand it will be their object to yield
assistance to, and in return endeavour to secure it, from each com-
pany with which this line may ultimately be connected.
A glance at the map will show that as a branch or arm of the
London and Brighton Railway, this undertaking completes a straight
line of communication from the west end of London to Croydon ,
Reigate, and Brighton, and renders the ports of Dover and Folke-
stone, as well as the several places on the South-Eastern line, more
easily accessible from that part of the metropolis.
The UN mount of trade at the pregent time tiPoll the real Del