The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-09-06 00:00:00

SOUTH-EASTERN BRIGH.
HAVEN U
Joining the South-lr,aste
DIST A
London to 0xted....21 miles. I
Oxted to Brighton ..30

TON, LEWES, AND NEW-

!rn Railway near Orteci.

Branch from Wivels-

held to Lels:e;:::. 81 miles.
Lewes to Newhave 6
Total distan
£5O each—Deposi per Share.
COMMITTEE.
EdinundHalsw 11,Esq.,London
'Col. Hodgson, Tunbridge Wells
Horatio L?ggatt, Esq., Oak
Hill, Worth.
The lion. CaPtainMande,R.N.
Captain Pringle, It. E.
The Hon. Gen. St.John,Challey
John Villiers Shelley, Esq ,
Maresfield
John Shewell, Esq., London
Hen.Shirley,Esq., Peppingford

Total distance..sl

Capita! ;£1,W;0,009, in Shares of

PROViSIoNAL
LanOat Archer Burton, Esq.,
Lon on
John 13gshaw, Esq.,lll.P.

Georgeßeaucle re, Esq., London
Thomas Blake, Esq., Loudon
Robert Willis Blencowe, Esq.,
The Hooke, Chaney.
Sir Charles Blunt, Bart.,
Francis Scawen Blunt, Esq.,
Crabbett, Worth.
Geo. Borradaile, Esq., London.
James Burton, Esq., St. Leo-
n ards-on-S ea.
C,iptain Cole, Newhaven
Henry Charles Dakeyne, ysq.,
London
Colonel _ Davies, Dane

Park, East G;insteia
Sir Francis Shuckburgh, Bart.
Lieut.-Colonel Spink, London.
Ed.Su art, Esq. Tunbridge Wells
iltees Goring Thomas, Esq.,

East Grinstead
Henry Charles Moreton Dyer,
Esq., London
Howard Elphinstone,Esq.,M.P.
Lieut.-Colonel Fanshaw._ , e R.E.
Burwood Godlee, Esq., Lewes
EdwardGraharn,Esq.,The Hall,
Worth

London
GeorgeTreherneThounas, Esq.,
London
The Hon. Gen. Trevor, Gly,lc-
bourne, Lewes
__

Robert irotter, Esq., Borde

With power to add to their number.
ENGINEER—W. A. Provis, Esq.
CONSULTING ENGINEER—W. Cubitt, Esq., PALS.
BAN KERS—MeSSES. Esdaile and Co.

SoLietroas—Messrs. Clutton and Fearon ; and Messrs. Currie
and Woodgate.
SECRETARY—J. S. Yeats.

THE Plan of the South-Eastern Railway Company, as ori-
ginally projected, combined in one undertaking two great
lines, to Brighton and Dover; but in consequence of the rivalry
of other competing lines of road to Brighton, and the necessarily
heavy expense attending a severe Pat liamentary contest, it was
considered unadvisable to involve the Dover line in an opposi-
tion which was anticipated to that of Brighton, and, therefore,
that part of their project was suspended.
An Act for the South• Eastern Dover Line having been ob-
tained, the present Company is formed for the purpose of
bringing forward the Brighton, Lewes,and Newhaven line, with
the advantage of having 21 miles out of 51 to Brighton already
sanctioned by Parliament—one of the principal objects of the
Legislature being to encourage, as much as possible, a junction
of railways where practicable, and thereby prevent the country
from being unnecessarily intersected.
From the point of divergence, near Oxted, the distance to
Brighton will be under 3U miles. The line will be direct and
nearly straight, and will nut prejudicially affect any ornamental
noperty, and the gradients will in no case exceed one in 330,
or 16 feet per mile.
The advantages of uniting two such important places as
Brighton and Dover with the Metropolis by one line common
to both for so considerable a portion of the whole distance, and
by the adoption of existing outlets from Loudon, are too obvious
to require further comment.
The terminus at Brighton is at the Great Northern Entrance,
the point most central and generally approved of by the inha-
bitants. From this terminus a branch may be carried to Shore-
ham (distant five miles,) thereby securing all the commercial
advantages of that port to Brighton, without increasing the
distance between the Metropolis and that town, or subjecting
passengers to Brighton to the inconvenience and annoyance of
travelling round by Shoreham.
From a poiut near Wirelsfield a favourable line is found to
Lewes and to Newhaven, to which latter place the attention of
Government and the Public, as the only good natural harbour
for large vessels between Portsmouth and the Downs, has long
been directed. It is therefore considered that Newhaven is a
point of the utmost importance in determining the direction of
a line of railway to Brighton; and without comparing its su-
perior capabilities with those of Shoreham, kt will be observed
that by this line a direct railway communication with both these
Sea port Towns may with great facility be attained, which could
not he effected by any line taking a westerly course.
A natural level, for a considerable distance, admits of an easy
extension of the line from Lewes to Eastbourne, St. Leonard's,
and Hastings; and power is reserved to the Provisional Com-
mittee to make such an extension of the present line, if, on ma-
ture consideration, it should be deemed desirable to do so.
The present Company being formed for the purpose of carry-
ing out the original project of the South-Eastern Railway Com-
pany, by the execution of the Brighton portion of their line, a
preference for Shares will therefore be given to holders of Shares
in that Company; and power is reserved to unite with the present
South-Eastern Railway Company, if such union should be con-
sidered desirable by a General Meeting of Shareholders of the
two Companies. A limited amount only of Shares can, there-
fore, be allotted to the Public.

The Directors of this undertaking have not considered it ne-
cessary to.lay before the Public a detailed account of the traffic
to Brighton. Its magnitude was so fully proved and admitted
before the Committees of both Houses of Parliament last ses-
sion, that a renewal of the subject would be totally uncalled fur.
Prospectusses and further information may be obtained on
application to the Secretary, South-Eastern Railway Of 98,
Gracechurch-street. .1. S. YEATS, Secretary.

August 30.