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London, England, 1845-10-07 00:00:00

THE DIRECT L0.1.---DON, PORTSMOUTH,
AND CHICHESTER, AND DIRECT PORTSMOUTH
AND CHATHAM RAILWAY, via REIGATE.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,700,000/a in 85,030 Shares of 201. each.
• Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Egmont, of Cowdray Park, Sussex
Colonel George Wyndham, of Petworth House, Sussex
The Hon. and Rev. L. Vernon Harcourt, of West Dean, Sussex
The Right lion. Lord de Lisle, of Penshurst, Kent
The Right Hon. Lord Pelham Clinton, of Carleton Villas, Maida-hill
The Right Hon. Leal Itessmore, of the Dell, Windsor
Sir Charles William Taylor, Bart., of Hollycombe House, Sussex
The Hon. Robert Gore, aI.P., of 21, Wilton-crescent
The Hon. William M. Dawson, Poole Loge, Dorset
The Hon. Stafford Jerningham, Brook-street
The lion. Percy Frekc, 3, Belgrave-square
Sir William Young, Bart., 7 Westbournea street, Hyde Park, Director
of the East ladle Company
Sir/James Eyre, of 11, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square
Sir, James Carmichael, Bart., of 40, Sussex-gardens
Sir Robert Schomburgh, of New Kingston, Surrey
Howard Elphiastone, Esq., M.P., of Eaton-place, Di rector of the
Direct Western Railway Company, the Thames Embankment
Company, &c.
William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Welsh Mid-
land
Robert
Railway
Wynne Williams, Esq., Director of the Nottingham and Gains-
borough Railway
Lee Steers, Esq., of Jey'a Park, Survey
Captain Charles Shirley, of Midhurst, Sussex
Lieut.-Colonel Eden, 1, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square
Andrew Spottiswoodt, Esq., of Broom Hell, Surrey
Admiral John Ayscough, of Prospect-place House, Southampton
Launcelot Archer Burton, Esq., of Woodlands, Emsworth, Hanel
Charles Dixon, Esq., of Stanstead Park, Sussex
Archibald Douglas Stewart, of Bruton-street
E. T. Dayrell, Esq., 15, Old Cavendish-street, High Sheriff of Buck-
inghemshire
Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, of North-end House, Portsmouth,
Deputy-Lieutenant for Hants
Major Snow, of 4, Old Cavendish-street
The Rev. Henry Garrett Newland, of Westbeurne Reetory, Sussex
Francis Lysons Price, Esq., of Sydenham, Kent, Director of the
Shropshire Mineral Railway
James Beech, Esq., of Brandon Hall, Warwickshire
'George Grantham, Esq., of Barcombe-place, Sussex
Charles Hurst, Esq., of Midhurst, Sussex
George HarrisonZEsq., F.S.A., Director of the Hull and Holyhead
Frederick Clarkson, Esq., of Tottenham, a Directors of
Robert Chapman, Esq., of 1, Park-place, Regent's the Great
Park, Manchester
William Watson Prole, Esq., of Thurlow-square, J I Railway
Brampton, Conspany
John Weston, Esq., 25, Woburn-square, Director of the Great Man-
chester Railway
Thomas Chitty, Esq., of 8, Upper Gower-street, Barrister-at-Law,
Director of the Birmineham and Leicester Railway Company
John Rawson, Esq., Stoney Royd. Halifax, Deputy-Lieutenant for the
West hidiug of Yorkshire
James Reeves, Esq., Leyton, Essex
John Sapper, Esq., of Ifold House, Surrey
Stephen Loudell, Esq., of Lindrield, Sussex
George Barker, Esq., of Stilland, Sussex.
Jamas Hitching, Esq., of Lincoln,-Director bf the Manchester and
Southampton Railway Company
Lewis Pocock, Esq., of Montague-street, Russell-square
Thomas Neale, Esq., of Reigate, Surrey
Samuel Relf, Esq., of Reigate, Surrey
Thomas Neale, Esq., jun., of Reigate, Surrey
John Lucas, Esq., of Varndall-hill, Hasleinere
Thernae Bowles, Esq., of Midhurst, Sussex
Edward Doubleday, Esq., F.L.S., of Great Surrey-street, Director of
the-Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway
William Hardy, Esq., F.S.A., of Croydon, Surrey. Director of the
Metropolitan Junction Company
John Davidson. Esq., of Trotton-house.near Midhurst
Edmund Sadler, Esq., of Bepton, Sussex
Anthony Dickson, Esq., of Edrington-house, near Berwick-on. Tweed
Joseph Eade, Esq., of Clapham-common
William Watson, Esq., of Burn-grove, Roxburgh:hire, Direetor of
Bristol and Exeter Railway Company
Samuel Brown, Esq., of Clapham
Joseph Scales, Esq., of 3, Dunster-court, Mincing-hure, and Upper
Clapton
John Parkinson, .Esq., F.R.S.. of 30, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park,
Direetor of the Reading and Reigate Railway
John Heibert llelbert, Esq., of Gloucester-place, Director of the Lei-
cester and Birmingham Railway Company
Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., of Clopton House, Stratford-on-Avon.
Director of the Warwick and London Railway Company
Captain William Cousins, of Compton-street, Brunswick-square, Di-
rector of the Dencaster and Goole Railway Company
Captain Frederick Chamfer, of Halkin-street, Beigrave-square, Di-
rector of the Fampoux and Hazebrouck Railway
John Barnett, Esq., of Cheltenham, Coroner of the county of Glou-
cester
John
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and
daßliorremtionn ttlghCaomieta, Eilswqa.,yocf
oLmeapmaninygton, Director
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Ceon.cyp-asquilyare,
William Spooner, Esq., of Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, Director of
the Newcastle and Liverpool Railway Company
Alexander Greig, Esq., of Lowndes-street, Itelgraye-square, Director
of the Rugby, Warwick, area Worcester Railway
Captain Trophimas Hodges, of 65, Connaught-terrace, Hyde Park,
Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway Company
George Parbury, Esq., of 37, Russell-square, Director of the Manches-
ter and Rugby Railway Company
George R. reppercome, Esq., of Bexhill, Sussex, Director of the
Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway Company
Thomas Henry Evans, Eea.. of Lothbury, Director of the Rugby,
Warwick, and Worcester Railway Company
Benjamin Franklin, Esq., of 5, Marley-street
Rev. D.D., Rector of Fulbourne, Combs-1,104We
Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrethel, Herefordshire
W. Woode, Esq., afehligrove, Sussex
Henry Morley, Esq., of Midhurst, Sussex
William Gambier, Esq., Sacombe Park, Berta
C. A. Tulk, Esq., of Totteridge Park, Herts
James Peard Ley, Esq., Seyton Ironworks, Whitehaven
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq., of 150, Piccadilly
H. R. Downman, Esq., of 47, Upper Bedford-place, Mader of the
Cambrian and Grand Junction Railway
Devil Mountague, Esq., of Regent's-park
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Ludgate-hill, Director of the Waveueg
Valley Railway Company
James Gernon, Esq., Director of the London and Nottingham Rail-
way Company
James Macmillon, Esq., Southampton
Rev. Cecil Greene, A.M., of Midhurst
Rev. Charles Edward Twyford, of Trotton Rectory, Sussex
Major James Adair, Director of the Church of England Insurance
Company
Captain Charles Frederick Parkinson, of Manchester, Director of
the Manchester and Southampton Vailway, Managini, Director of
the West Lancashire Railway, and of the Manchester, Wigan, and
Southport Railway
Robert Sykes, Esq., of Manchester, Director of the Clitheroe Junc-
tion Railway
John Clark Prescott, ;Esq., of Manchester, Director of the Oxford,
Southampton, and Gosport Railway, and of the Macclesfield and
Ru by Railway
Henry Farrington, Esq., of Manchester, Director of the Wigan and
Southport Railway, and of the York and Lancaster Railway
Josephus Hu rney I ligson. Esq., of Manchester, Director of the Chester
and Manchester Direct Railway, and of the Manchester and Rugby
Railway
Daniel Grant, Esq., of Springslde, Bury, Lancaster, Director of Rem-
ington's Direct London and Manchester Railway, and of the
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction
Railway
Thomas Townend, Esq., of the Polygon, Manchester, Director of
the London and Manchester Direct Railway
Jokn Burgess, Esq., of Manchester, Beroughreeve of Manchester,
Director of the Lotion and Manchester Direct Railway Company,
and of the Manchester, Burnley, Settle, and Carlisle Direct
of the Sutton& Romtbrd
Railway
James skew, Esq., of Salford, Lancashire, Director of the Manchester
Edward and
qiEw.sa:Y.
Director of the Blackwell Railway
John George Hammond, Eve, Essex-house, Bow, Director a the
Direct Western Railway
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Josephl
lu Samuel
BBEialslki:se
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ssttw, Euston-square
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John Webster, Esq., 35, Meeklenburgheiquare, Director of the Great
Grimsby, and Lincoln Railway
The names of other noblemen and gentlemen will appear in a
further advertisement, whose support has been promised to the un-
dertaking,

COMMTTTBE OP MANAGEMENT.
Samuel Brown, Esq. Edward Parrott, Esq.
Frederick Clarkson, Esq. Womber Bt. 11,'yurgin Williams,Esq.
hel Esq., M.P.
Robert Chapman, Esq.
Joseph Scales, Esq. H. R. DOWIIIIIRR, Esq.
John Parkinson, Esq. David Montague, Esq.
ENGINEERS—Messrs. Drayson, of
.No. 2, Palace-yard, WeAminster.
SOLICITORS TO THE COMPANY—Messrs. Pontifel and Moginie, 5. St.
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wa a. • a.
Andrew's-court, Holborn-hill, London.
Barricaus —The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. Rhoades and Greene, solicitors, Chichester
Thomas Hart, Esq., solicitor, Reigate
William Minchin, Esq., solicitor, POrtSta and Portsmouth
Thomas Hill, Esq., solicitor, Chatham
Daniel Stuart, Esq., solicitor, Emsworth
Edwin Albery, Esq., solicitor, Midhurst
Thomas Holmes Bosworth, Esq., solicitor, Westerhara.
SscierrAßT—Mr. John C. Sommers.

In submitting this undertaking to the public, the promoters are
influenced no less by a conviction of its importance as a direct con-
necting line between the important towns of Chichester +aid Ports-
mouth and the metropolis, than by its grand national importance in
affording, a direct communication between the two great military and
naval arsenals of Great B itain —Portsmouth and Chatham.
The projected undertaking, by proceeding to the two termini at
Chichester and Portsmouth. will extend the facilities of communica•
thin with the coast branches of railways along the south of England,
connecting itself with Brighton to the eastward, and Southampton
towards the west. By the main line falling Into the Brighton Rail-
way the advantage of two termini in Loudon will be secured—the
one at the Bricklayers' Arms, and the other at London-bridge—the
latter of which, from its proximity to the Custom House, ant the
several docks on the Thames, is acknowledged to be the best position
ibr a London terminus for merchandise of all descriptions.
The line of railway intended to be constructed by this Company win
commence at or near the Redhill station near Reigate, on the Lon.
den and Brighton Railway, a distance of 21 miles from London
bridge.
In its course to Portsmouth it will pass throughoryen,easrtoßuegihgtaoten:
.N ewdigate, Cupel, Ockley, Ewhurst, Rudgwick, Cranley, Alfold,
Blllinghurst, Wisborough-green, Plaistow, Haslemere, Chiddingfold,
North Chapel, Rirdford, Petworth, Ch gro
itacton, Westbourne, and Emsworth. at or near which last•mentioned
place this projected li e will join the chichester and Portsmouth Rail-
way to Portsmouth.
A branch is proposed to be made ti-em Dorking to join the main
line at or near Capel.
By this course the entire distance to travel betvr, en London and
Portsmouth will be abridged to 73 miles,
paelsistand aleesoconsiderablypun
rsui
:
shorter than that by which any line hitherto projectedbee:ewneteed
London and Portsmouth has proposed to
as , an
sl Mute more populous and productive than any hitherto pr
to public notice. It will involve the construction of only 45 miles of
railway to complete the course between the Redhill Station (near
Reigate) and Emsworth. •
From London to Reigate by the London and Brighton
Railroad is •••• • • • ********* ••••••• • • • • • • ••••• • • • • • 21 Miles.
The junction to be made by •this Company is ******
45
From the point near Emsworth to Portsmouth by the
Chichester and Portsmouth Railway is 7

Total distance from London to Portsmouth.. miles.
Chilgrove a line of seven miles will he constructed, and
which will place Chichester in direct communication with London.
The distance between Chichester and London bythis route will be
62 miles, and trains will run direct between London and Chichester.
Brighton Railroad at Reigate, this projected
Inasmuch as the existing line of railway to Dover branches off
from the London and
line will open up a communication by railroad between Portsmouth
it be sees that the Redhill
station, near Reigate,
lies
nearly in a direct line between Porta-
mouth and:Chatham, and in
and Dover.
From an inspection of the map,
pursuing the line of communication be-
tween the last-mentioned naval and military depot,
this line will pan
through or near to the towns of Bletchingley, Godston, Limpsfield,
Westerham, Seven Oaks, Ightham, Town Mailing, wxothate,
off.
ham, Snodland, Lower Hailing, and Wouldham.
The distance between Chatham and Reigate will involve
the
making of 31 miles of railroad, and the line of railroad between
Portsmouth and Chatham will exteni over 82 mu".
To the naval and military establishments of this kingdom the
construction of this projected line will afford the most important fa-
cilities in the transit of troops, stores, baggaget &c., diminishing
the tardy course of communication which at present necessarily
exists between Portsmouth and Chatham, at present usually extend •
ing over the space of two days, and placing them in that direct com-
munication with each other which, la two hours, or thereabouts,
will enable the journey between them to be made.
The formation of a direct line of rail way between Portsmouth
andj Chatham will afford the opportunity of establishing, by an
electric telegraphic, that celerity of communication so important to be
obtained between places of national importance.
The warm support of the principal landowners on the greater part
of the line is pledged to this undertaking.
The Provisional Committee abstain from making any special re-
ference to the contemplated profit to result from carrying into effect
this undertaking, feeling convinced that the extent of traffic through
the populous and rich districts over which this line and its branches
are projected to pass Is sufficiently known, and is decisive of the
inutility of all comment in that respect.
Applications for shares, in the form given below, to- be mad
to the Solicitors and Local Agents, or to any of the following
Brokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, Royal Exchange,
Leialou ; Messrs. Peppereorne and Co., No. 2, Old Broad-street,
London ; Mr. IL 'Pritchett, of- No-. 74, Old Broad-street ; Messrs.
Neilson, sharebrokers, Liverpool ; John Duncuft, Esq., sharebroker,
Manchester ; Mr. R. M'Ewen, 18, St. Ann's-street, Afanchesfer ;
John Watson, Esq., sharebroker, Leeds ; Messrs. Ridsdale, Myers,
and Bailey, brokers, Leeds ; Messrs. Schultz and Carr, brokers, Li-
vezpqol ; Messrs. Hope aat Ratitrlok, brokers, Manchester ; Messrs.