The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-25 00:00:00

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE

The Right Hon. Lord Dunboyne, Chairman of the Cheltenham, Ox-
ford, and Brighton Junction Railways.
The Right Hon. Lord A. Cunningham
Sir William Wynn, K.B. Chairman of the North Wales Railway
Sir James Eyre, M.D. Lower Biook-street, director of the Hull
Birmingham, and Swansea Junction Railway
Major Saint Aubyn
The Rev. Stephen Isaacson, A.M. Berner's-street, director of the
Hull and' Holykea4 Direct Railway
Thomas Steel, Esq., "Edgware-road, director of the Railway Club
Chambers
Captain Bellew, Kensington, director of the Hull, Birmingham, and
Swansea Railway
R. Sylvanus P. Bantleld, Esq. Percy-street, London
Thomas Charles Newton, Esq. Bruton-street, Berkeley square, and
Lugwardina, Heretord3hire, director of the Isle of Man, and the
Hull, Birmingham, and Swansea Railways
John Lloyd, Esq. Nicholas lane, and Stoke Newington, director of
the Thames, Southern, and Eastern Counties Junction Railways
J. S. Moore, Esq 5. Stone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn
' Rees Price, Esq. Tyne-hall, Ilford, Essex, director of the Hereford
and Merthyr Tydvil Junction, and North Western Trunk Railways
William Davison, Esq, Rothbury-house, Northumberland
Joseph 'Fernley, Esq. Belgrave-square, London
Major Hawkes, Baker-street, Portman-square, Chairman of the Ja•
maica, North Midland, North Midland Extension, director of the
St. Alban's and Ilertthrd, Bristol and Dovor, Boston and Bir-
mingham Direct, and the Lynn and Fakenham Railways
Captain L. H. Scott, R.N. Royal Nary Club, Bonot-s reet, director of
the Jamaica, North Midland Extension, St. Alban's and Ilert-
ford, Bristol and Dover, Boston and Birmingham, and the Lynn
and Fakenham Railways
W. B. Palmer, Esq. Piccadilly and Birmingham
J. Rowra, Esq. Shortie, Kent
Charles Maclean, Esq. Newlands, Edgware
Robert Phillips. Esq. Gloucester Vila, Gloucester-road, Regent's-
park, director of the lieretord and Merthyr Tydvil Junction Rail-
way Company
John Ramsdell' Esq. Kensington Go-e, and Doncaster, director of
the Deal and Dover, and Lyme Regis Railways
John White, Esq. 7, Park-place, Clarence-gate, Regent's-park
C. M. Brown, Esq. Montague-street, Portman-square, director of the
Cheltenham, Oxford and liriehton Junction, and Trinidad and
Great Eastern, and gouth Western Railways
John Strange Williams, Esq. Mitcham, Surrey, director of the Direct
London and Hastings Raitwa f
James cabins, Esq, deputy chairman of the British Annuity Com-
pany, Broad-street, City
Francis G. Moore, Esq Half-moon-.treet, Piccadilly
Charles Maple •den Noakes, Esq., Wrotham, Kent
Thomas Walker, Esq. Wrotham, Kent
Thomas Best, E q. Cuckfleld, Sussex
(With power to add to their number).
BANKERS—Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury, and No, 6, Hen-
rietta street, Covent-garden.
CONSULTING ENG MEER.
ACTING ENGINEER—R. Finlayson, Esq.
ASSISTANT ENGINEER —Mr. Charles Clark.
SURVEYORS AND VALUERS —Messrs. Booth and Son.

SOLICITORS—Messrs. Garratt and Co., Queen-street Chambers
Queen-street.
LOCAL AGENTS—Messrs. Tribe, Worthing.

A prospectus with the c,ompltte liet of local provisional committee
will be issued in a few days.
The object of this railway is not only to afford accommodation to
the counties proposed to be traversed, but will also unite with the
Brighton and Cheltenham Direct Railway, the Metropolitan Rail-
ways Junction, the Chatham, Rochester, Maidstone, and Tonbridge
Wells Railway, and the Coast Railway. The great importance of
this Union line of railway will be immediately seen upon reference to
the map. It is intended to commence at High-street, In the Borough,
passing through Camberwell, where it will divide and take the fol-
lowing course, viz. : The Kent branch will pass through the
thickly populated parishes of Peckham, Peckham Rye, Lewisham,
Bromley, Orpington, Chelsfieli, Shoreham, Otford, Kenfpsing Seal,
Wrotham, near Addington, Town Mailing, East Mailing, and Dit-
ton, from thence to Maidstone, where it will form a junction with
the Chatham, Rochester, Maidstone, and Tonbridge Wells Direct
Railway. The Surrey and Sussex branch will ran through Brixton,
Brixton-hill, Clapham, Balham-hill, Tooting, Mitcham, Mordcn,
Cheam, Ewell, Epsom, where It will form a junction with the pro-
posed branch to Leatherhead, Headley, Mickleham, from thence to
Dorking, where it will communicate with the Metropolitan Ra*lways
Junction, and proceed through Copal, Rusper, Wareham, Horsham,
Nuthurst, West Grinstead, Ashurst, Hentield, near Weston, and on
to Steyning, forming a junction with the proposed Brighton and
Cheltenham Railway, continuing through Bramber, Coombes, Lanc-
ing, Sompting, Broadwater, and to Worthing, where it will come in
immediate contact with the Coast Railway,
It is satisfactory to find, from strict calculations, that the pas-
senger traffic arising from the densely populated parishes contigu-
ous to the metropolis, hitherto unsupplied by railway, viz., Cam.
berwell, Peckham, Peckham Rye, Brixton, Clapham, Tooting,
Mitcham, &c. &c., will give this line a decided advantage over all
other projects, and will alone secure a profitable return.
The general passenger traffic of the Kent Branch, (notwithstand-
ing its unquestionable extent) may be considered of secondary im-
portance to the immense transit of agricultural produce which this
county, justly termed " The Garden sf England," daily sends to the
metropolitan markets, and particularly the locality of the Borough.
The importance of Maidstone as a terminus is obvious, it being
situated on the River Medway, and containing courts of justice,
connty gaol, cavalry depot, and many other public establishments,
the assises and sessions, and the business of the whole county being
conducted there. It is also, with the adjacent villages, the most
flourishing part of Kent. being surrounded by paper-mills, which are
more numerous and extensive in this neighbourhood than in any
other part of the kingdom, besides several other extensive factories.
breweries, &c.

The Surrey and Sussex branch besides (unquestionably creating
an immense increase of passenger traffic between the metropolis and
the flourishing and now celebrated watering-place, Worthing) must
necessarily command the entire transit of fish, of which many tons
are conveyed weekly from Worthing to London, independent of other
commodities, and the agricultural produce of these two fertile and
productive counties.

The proposed line will fill up the railway chasm at present exist-
ing between London and Epsom, Dorking, Horsham, anti. Steyn ng,
and will afford direct intercourse with Worthing, one of the mo,t
romantic, fashionable, and delightful watering places on the coast of
Sussex, and an Inch-pendent Railway will of necessity occasion a
great influx of company to this already justly celebrated place. The
superiority of Worthing as a bathing place stands unrivalled. The
views of the surrounding country an• bath extensive and picturesque ;
its san•is are particularly worthy of note, being as smooth as carpet,
and offering a healthy and delightful drive of ten miles. It is shel-
tered by an uninterrupted chain of the South Down, which excludes
the wind even in the winter months. The salubrity of its climate is
too well known to require further comment.

But the greatest source of profit to the shareholders will arise from
the immense numb..r of passengers now proceeding by onanibm, and
odor conveyances to and from the metropolis, amt the extensive and
densely populated suburbs thrnueh whlc th's line is intended to pass,
and it may be fairly calculated that not less than 30,000 will daily
avail themselves of the accommodation afforded to them by this
Company.
The promoters feel considerable satisfaction In announcing asource
of revenue from this pr ;feet never yet contemplated by any other
Company, v:z., the construction under the line to Camberwell of
dwellings or tenements, forming one continued street, thereby im-
proving the locality through wllich it runs ; from this an immense
income will be derived.

The entire distance of these lines from Camberwell will be about
ninety miles, and is free from engineering difficulties. The charac-
ter of the country through which the railway will pass Is peculiarly
favourable ; and from the report of the engineer, made on his preli-
minary survey, they will be constructed within the sum proposed.
It is inte ded to construct this railway on the atmospheric prin-
ciple, both on account of the facility which that method affords for
stopping at short distances to accommodate the highly respectable
suburban population, to avoid the possibility of collision, and also
the bringing of locomotive engines into London.

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Powers for allowance of interest at 41. per cent. on the paid up
capital will be taken, and the liability of shareholders limited to the
amount of their subscriptions.

Power will also be applied for in the Act, and in the meantime
will be given to the directors, to alter or vary the proposed capital,
either before or after the allotment, in order to construct branch
lines, to Seven Oaks, to Dulwich and Norwood, and to the South•
Western Railway, thereby accomplishing the much-desired objeet
of giving that Company a City terminus.
Applications for prospectuses and shares may be made to the
Secretary, at the temporary offices of the Company, Queen-street
Chambers, Cheapslde, London; or to the Solicitors, or the follow-
ing Brokers—Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothhury ; Mr.
Matthew Coston. 5, Bank-buildings, London ; Mr. W. H. Collis,
Birmingham ; Mr. J. 0. Niel, Manchester ; Messrs. Townley and
Whitehead, Liverpool ; Messrs. Chantrell and Boyes, and Messrs.
Wellbeloved, Barwick, and Co., Leeds ; Mr. Thomas Boardman,
Blackburn ; Messrs. Horncastlo and Hibberd, Hull ; Mr. J. M.
Bahne, Gloucester ; Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons, Sheffield ;
Mr. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton; Mr. Francis Nayes, Not-
tingham ; Messrs. Wrexford, Nicholls, and Wrexford, Bristol ;
Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, Glasgow ; Messrs. Dowling and
Mowden, Edinburgh; Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York; Mr.
John Lowthln, Newcastle-on-Tyne ; Messrs. Smallpage and Co.,
Burnley, Lancashire ; and Mr. William Stimson, Bedford.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Committe of Management of the Direct Indep: ndent Kent,

• Surrey, and Sussex Union Railway.
I request that you will apportion me shares of 201.
each in this Company' and I undertake to accept the same, or any
less number you may allot to me, and to pay the deposit of 2/. 2s.
per share, and all future calls thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary
Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of
1845.
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