The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-25 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

LOWESTOFT RAILWAY AND HARBOUR.
The htdr-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this
undertaking was held on Saturday, at the Harbour-
office, LOvrestoft. Mr. S. M. Peto, M.P., the chair-
man of the company presided.

Mr. HUTT, the secretary, read the half-yearly state-
ment of accounts, an abstract of which has already
appeared in this journal.
The CHAIRMAN, iu moving the adoption of the ac-
counts, observed that the harbour was now practically
completed, and since last meeting it had been taken
possession of, under the Act ot Parliament, by the
Norfolk Railway Company. It continued to answer
most efficiently all the purposes for which it had been
originally designed. The steamers which bad been
established between that port and Denmark were ot
the first quality, and with efficient horse power.
They were able to perform the journey between
Lowestoft and Denmark at an avenge rate of some-
thing like 28 hours—the new steamer, the City of
Norwich, having made her first trip last week to
Denmark in 24, re-urning in 26 hours.—(Hear,
hear.) He had himself during the last month visited
Norway, and had had the pleasure of s.elog
the great trunk railway of that kingdom com-
menced during his visit, and arrangements made
for its execution which would ensure its completion
within the period of two years. That railway, in con-
nexion with Lake Moysen, on which there were already
four steamers plying, and for the purposes of which
six more were building, would open up the interior
of Norway to the extant of 140 miles; and when he
told them that on his journey from Christiana to
Lake Moysen he had counted 378 waggons laden
with colonial produce, and that there were now up-
wards of 2,000 horses constantly employed in draw-
ing merchandise from Christiana to Eidsvaid and
Lake Maysen, for the supply of the interior of the
country, they would readily believe that in
that country there was a large consumption,
sufficient to show that mercantile relations might
with advantage be established with them.—(Cheers.)
Upon his return he had had an opportunity of seeing the
Prime Minister of Denmark, in conjunction with Mr.
R. Stephenson, and of making preliminary arrange-
ments for all the railways about to_be constructed in
that kingdom, so that he hoped that within two
years there would be t sere constructed an efficient
railway communication of such a character as, with
the arrangements at Lowest Oft, would enable them
very largely to develop the resources of both coun-
tries.—(Hear, hear.) There was another point to
which he wished to direct their attention, viz., with
reference to the construction of the branch
railway through Haddiscoe to Beccles, and thence
through the centre of Suffolk to lialeswortb, which
would enable them to send large quantities of coal
into the interior. This, together with the corn and
malt which they should be enabled to bring back for
exportation, and to take to London, would be a source
of great benefit to their own railway and the Eastern
Counties Company. Tneir prospects were so far
good that, during the present year, their traffic had
very considerably increased, and he believed it was
likely to continue to augment. But they must not
look upon the trade of this railway and harbour as
merely worth so much to their own line, but they
must remember the large amount which it contributed
—something like 2.5,0001.—t0 the parent line, pro-
viding it also with an admirable sea station and com-
munication with the northern ports of Europe. He
could not but feel that the object in,this respect had
been very satisfactorily attained. Again, looking at
the great capacity of the harbour as a harbour of
refuge, remembering the great extent to which it had
been made use of in that respect, having at one time
upwards of 250 vessels in their harbour, many of them
derelict, and in actual distress, which but for it would
have been in imminent danger of being lost—consi-
dering that they had a uniform depth of 20 feet at
lowest low water, without any bar, and that vessels
could make it in safety at any time of the tide, they
must feel, in addition to the success of their railway,
sincere gratification that their harbour had been the
means of rencLiring a great service to the cause of
humanity, and a benefit to the whole traffic of.the

kiwduni—(Cheers.)
Mr. 6upTzu wised to know, the whole amounts