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London, England, 1836-12-24 00:00:00

KENT RAILWAY.

Office, No. 76, Cornhill, Dec. 22, 1836.
Extract from the report of the Committee of the House
of Commons of the 10th of May, 1836 :
" That the engineering evidence on the northern line, or
Kent railway, did not establish a case in detail before your
Committee ; but it appears to be a line which, as connect-
ing the port of Ramsgate and other large towns in the
north of Kent with London, and showing public advan-
tages may for such purposes entitle it to consideration here-
after, provided it could be shown that such a line may be
accomplished without insuperable engineering difficulty."
The Directors of the Kent Railway, in referring to the
above extract from the report of the Committee of the
House of Commons last session, are happy to inform the
public that by the skill and perseverance of the engineer,
Mr. Walker, the engineering difficulties alluded to have
been completely surmounted.
The line both to Ramsgate and Dover has been laid
down with great care, and after the most mature delibera-
tion, and it comprises a communication between the metro-
polis and the most populous towns in the county of Kent.
It is demonstrated that it is only by the carriage of pas-
sengers that railroads can be profitable, and the estimated
number of passengers that will avail themselves of the Kent
railway to pass between Dover, Ramsgate, and the inter-
mediate towns to the metropolis, enables the Directors to
have the highest confidence in the undertaking as a profi-
table and secure investment.
The South Eastern Railway Company, who obtained an
Act last session, find it necessary to apply to Parliament
for liberty to amend their line. If that line is the only one
from the metropolis to the coast the inhabitants of Green-
wich, Blackheath, Woolwich, Dartford, and their vicinities
will be precluded from partaking of the advantage of a direct
communication with the metropolis and the coast, and the
other towns in the county, by a railway.
'The South Eastern Railway will have four tunnels, one
of them 2,706 yards long ; a second, 1,600 yards ; a third,
1,040 yards ; and a fourth, 528 yards, making a total of
5,874 yards of tunnelling; whereas the Kent line does not
require more than 2,200 of tunnelling altogether, and
those divided into four short tunnels. The South Eastern
line shows three inclined planes, to be worked by assis-
tant engines, upwards of seven miles in length in the whole,
whereas the Kent line has no inclined plane except a short
one at the commencement in Greenwich, 660 yards long.
The Directors of the Kent Railway, in comparing their line
with the South Eastern, feel confident that it shows a better
working line—a line more beneficial to the public at large,
and one that will be infinitely more profitable to the pro-
prietors.

COMMON COUNCIL ELECTIONS

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' DAY.
• are new candidates.)
N WlTHOUT—Returns 16.
Lmes Harmer.
Mr. Price 304
Savage 306
* Williams 196
Figgins 341
Galloway 290
Bedford 356
Taylor 332
Harms 325
Charles 302
the new candidates, lost their
,crs were returned. '
-Returns Twelve.
Thompson.
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(Those marked with a
WARD OF FARRINGDO
Alderman JE

Mr. Tickner 334
Obbard 226
Ramshaw 3ll
Blacken .............334
Wells 222
Marriott 267
Burn
Anderton 279
Beckwith 325
Messrs. Wells and Williams,
election: theC sixteen old memb
HEAP WARD-
Alderman W,

Mr. Garstrong B4 Mr. CUthbert
Fletcher
Watson
Hardwick .... 81 Fawcett 74
R. Brook B9 *Hickson
Fenning
Jones
The first twelve were elected.
PORTSOKEN WARD—Returns Five.
Alderman Thomas Johnson.
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Mr. Hoard 195 •~~Mr. Christie lB4
Ty ars ... 211 *Danford .............. l3O
Parker 165
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first five were elected.
Bread-street closed on Th14,!4(14y Arnold,
new candidate, having declined a further contest, the other
twelve were elected.
Candlewick Ward also closed on Thursday evening. Mr.
Brown, one of the new candidates, having declined the contest,
thp other eight werp rctgrned.
Mr. Lister, the new candidate for passishaw Ward, having
declined the contest, the other five (old members) were elected,
Mr. Cinde and Mr. Chapman having declined the contest
for Leeporne Ward the other tett were elected,