The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-09 00:00:00

Weymouth Junction Coast Railway
Richard Kelly, Esq., 6, Cleveland-row; Chairman of the New Ross,
Carlow, and Kilkenny, and Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln

Extension Railways
Sir J. Key, Bart., Alderman of London ; Director of the London and

Manchester Direct Railway
Valentine Knight, Esq., 3, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
of the Direct Western, Dendre Valley, and Grand Trunk 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
Sir William Magnay, Bart., Alderman of London, Chairman of the
Great Grimsby, Louth, Ilorncastle, Lincoln and Midland Junction,
and Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railways
William Margetson, Esq., Streatham-hill, Brixtcin
J. Mee Mathew, Esq., 4, Gray's Inn-square; Director of the Direct

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Western Railway
James M'Miller, Esq., Southampton
James Meaburn, Esq., Grove-hill, Camberwell
Thomas Morris, Esq., Fairhurst Hall, near Wigan ; Directoi of the
Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool, and Leads and Liverpool

Direct Railways
James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean
and Rhondda and Ely Valleys Junction Railway
Horatio Nelson, gag.. Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Wey-

mouth Railway
G. Parbury, Esq., Russell-square ; Director of the Manchester and

Birmingham Railway
.W. Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex•gardens ; Director of the Grand
Trunk, the Oxford and Witney, and Reading and Reigate Junction

Railways
Samuel I'. Pratt, Esq., F.R.S., Bath, and 55, Lincoln's-inn-fields ;,
Director of the Kennet and Avon 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 andChel-
tenham Direct Railways
Sir George Rich, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square ; Director of the
Metropolitan Railways Junction Company. and of the London,
Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway
John Reginald Riddell, Esq., Bycullah House, Enfield, Middlesex ;

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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
Jambs Reid, Esq. Director of the Metropolitan Railways Junction

Compat:y
A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq., Middle Temple, London ; Director of

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the .3reat Western Extension Atmospheric Railway
Richard Rowe, Esq., Beanfoy-terrace, Maida Vale
li. Savage, Esq., Dorset-place, Dorset-square ; Director of the West

Midland, Manchester, and Southampton Railway
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
Edward 11. 0. Scott, Esq., Hoe Garden House, Plymmth ; Director
of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway
llcnry Taylor, Esq , Wigan ; Director of the Leeds and Liverpool
Direct, Manchester and Wigan, and Liverpool, Preston, and North

Union Railways
James Templer, Esq., Brixton-rise, Director of the Great Leeds and
London, and Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford Railways
Joseph Underwood. Esq., The Hall, Blackheath Park ; Director of
the Direct London and Manchester, and Leeds and Liverpool Direct

Railways
Robert Watkins, Esq., Augusta-house, Worthing, Director of the
Oxford, Southampton, and Gosport, and Liverpool and Derby

Railways
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., 105, Pall-mall, London ; Director of the
York and Lancaster, and Direct Western Railways
Sir Thomas Woollaston White, Bart., Walling Well<, Nottingham
Thomas Williams, Esq., Belgrave-street, Belgrave-square
W. S. Wilson, Esq., Norwich; Director of the Leeds and Carlisle, and

Marynort 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.)
BANKERS.—The Commercial Bank of London.
CONSULTING ENGINEER.
Sir John Macueil, L.L.D., F.R.S., M.LC.E.,
• ACTING ENGINEERS.
Messrs. R. and T. Hopkins,M.l.C.E.; Messrs.Gough and Rotimieu, C.E.

SURVEYORS.—Messrs. Shuttleworth and Sons.
SOLICITORS.
3fessrs. Channtler and Westwood, 8, Gray's Inn-square.
SECRETARY—J. L. Cotton, Esq.

The principal objects of the scheme are—lst. To remedy the evils
of delay and inconvenience to which parties arc, 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 communicatiox with the metropolis, and with each other.
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Commencing at the intended terminus of the South-Western Rail-
way, at llungerford 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-
lug 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 direct railway 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 undertaking. 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 tile metropolis.
The great amount of traffic at the present time upon the roads be-
tween Croydon, Mitcham, Tooting, &c., and London. proves at once
that the existing railway facilities do not at all meet the exigencies
of the mass of population to whom this line will be available,
The population who reside upon or in the immediate neighbour-
hood of the proposed line, independent of the metropolis, and between
the intended termini, exceeds 100,000, whose wants are almost
wholly supplied from the London markets, &e., and who have, at
the present time, no mode of conveyance but upon the turnpike
road. In the transit of building materials, corn, coal, lime, and
other heavy goods, from the warehouses and wharfs on the banks of
the Thames, and for marketable produce in each direction, this line
must become to them particularly useful and convenient.
Some idea may be fonned of the local necessity of this railway
wren it is known that the number ofpassengers who avail themselves
of the accommodation afforded by the several omnibuses and other
pub lie "'chides, running upon the turnpike-road, have been ascer-
tained to exceed 2,600 daily. An equal number (at least) proceed'
by ptivate and other conveyances. Of foot passengers, although
no accurate estimate sea be formed of them, it is considered that