The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-25 00:00:00

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Spain—the ballot going on where million sof people
voted at an election in one day, which wts conducted
with as much tranquillity as their Sunday duties in
England were performed whe❑ they walked to their
parish churches or to their chapels,—(Hear, beer.)
On the other band, they could not have an election in
a vile dirty little place like Harwich but it was A
scene of indescribable confusion during the whole of
the canvass, and ended very likely, as it did the last
time, in a mob storming the hustings, and nearly run-
ning away with both of the candidates.—(Great
laughter.) After a few more observations the Hon.
Gentleman resumed his seat amid loud cheers.
Mr. LOCKE KING, M.P., and several other gentle•
men addressed the meeting, which did not separate'.
till a late hour.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
LONDON AND BLACKWALL.
A special meeting of this company was held yes-
terday at the London Tavern for the purpose of con-
sidering the propriety of raising money for the en-
largement and improvement of the station at Fen-
church-street, and for the accommodation of traffio
from other railways ; and of uniting with the Eastern
Counties Railway Company in an application to Par-
liament for powers to make a railway from Ilford to
Tilbury (opposite Gravesend) and Southend, Mr. J.
N. Daniell in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN said that the advertisement conve-
ning the meeting would convey to the shareholders a
clear idea of the business they had to transact. The
great difficulty of the Blackwell Railway Company
had been to obtain such an addition to their ordinary
traffic as would ultimately compensate the proprietors
for the great loss they had sustained by waiting se-
veral years for a dividend proportionate to their out-
lay on the undertaking. The first step towards that
desirable object was to get rid of the rope traction, to
alter the gauge, and to work the traffic by means of
locomotive power, so as to admit of trains from other
lines running upon the Blackwell line to the Fen-
church-street station.
on the line by the DocTkhejpuansesteinognerßtraailffiwcayb.rought
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pany was considerable, and there
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square. They had come to an arrangement
with the
Eastern Counties Company, bywhich they
texpected
that a groat deal of the residential passenger
that line would be brought to Penchurchstsrr.eaeffit: ionf
consequence of its being more conveniently
than the Shoreditch station of the Eastern Coltulleattieed
Company. But in order to accommodate this traffic
it would be necessary to enlarge the terminus, as the
present traffic at the Fenchurch-street station, wiu.
quarter hour trains, was quite as much as they could
accommodate. Up to the present moment they had
carried 1,500,000 more pasengers than had ever been
carried over the line in any year. It was therefore
necessary for the safety of the public, and to accom-
modate the additional traffic, that they should increase
the terminal accommodation, and for this purpose they
proposed to raise money on debentures. The Eastern
Counties Company were to pay the Blackwell Com-
pany five per cent, per annum on the outlay, inde-
pendent of certain sums to be paid for each
Passenger brought to the station by the Eastern
Counties Company. The sum proposed to be
raised for improving the station was 60,000/.,
upon 50,0001. of which the Eastern Counties are to
pay a rent of five per cent, for the use of that station,
and the remaining 10,0001. was for the purpose of
providing additional accommodation for the present
traffic. The agreement with the Eastern Counties
Company was to the effect that the latter company
were to have the use of the Blackwall line between
Bow and the Fenchurch-street station on the pay-
ment of ld. per passenger in cases where the fares for
first-class passengers did not exceed ld. per mile on
the Eastern Counties Railway, and for passengers
with return tickets lid. each. This applied to first,
second, and third class passengers, without distinction.
For passengers by trains where the first-class are
charged at the rate of 2d. per mile the sum paid for
each passenger is to be 2d., and for express trains 2id.
per passenger. The Blackwell Company is to pro-
vide station accommodation for the Eastern Counties
trains at Fenchurch- street, for which the latter are to
pay 5 per cent. on the cost, which is not to exceed on
the whole 50,0001. It had been calculated that this
sum would be sufficient to provide the requisite sta-
tion room for the Eastern Counties traffic, which
would not interfere with the existing traffic on the
Blackwell Railway. This arrangement was not
to include any traffic from the intended
Tilbury line. He then adverted to the re-
jection by the House of Lords of the South-
end and Tilbury extension line in the last session
and for which the directors could not assign any rea-
son, as the Bill authorizing it had been approved by
the House of Commons. The object of the directors
in promoting a similar scheme in the ensuing session
in conjunction with the directors of the Eastern Coun-
ties Railway was to bring an additional traffic on the
Blackwell Railway, and, if possible, to get back the
Gravesend traffic they had lost, and which now passed
over other railways. If the extension line should be
carried out, it would be a most advantageous thing for
the Blackwell Company. If any of the proprietors
wished in their individual capacity to subscribe to the
undertaking, they would have the opportunity of doing
so. The proposition with regard to that scheme was
to form an independent company to construct the line
from Ilford to Tilbury and Southend, and also to es-
tablish a ferry between Gravesend and Tilbury, to
meet the trains to and from London. The whole cost
of the undertaking would not exceed 420,0001. The
length of the new line, from the Eastern Counties at
Ilford to Southend, would be 37 miles. The board of
directors for the new line would be constituted of an
equal number of Blackwell and of Eastern Counties
directors • the shares to be allotted to the pro-
prietors of both companies, one half of the whole
number to each ; but in case the Blackwell proprie-
tors should not take up their proportion of the new
shares, the residue to be offered to the Eastern Coun-
ties proprietors, and vice versa, after which the re-
mainder, if any, would be offered to the public. The
capital to be 450,0001., in shares of 101. each, the de-
posit to be 255. per share. He thought there would
be no difficulty in getting them taken up, as he be-
lieved the Eastern Counties proprietors would take
the whole if allotted to them. He concluded by
moving a resolution to the effect that the meeting ap-
proved of the arrangement with the Eastern Counties
Company, and authorized the directors to affix the
seal of the company thereto, and to carry the same
into effect.
Mr. J. Winsoti seconded the motion, and in doing
so stated that the arrangement with the Eastern Coun-
ties would prove very advantageous to the Blackwell
Company.
Mr. LEVY strongly objected to the proposed eaten•
sion line to Southend, on the ground that it would
never pay.
After some further observations from Mr. Smith,
Mr. Saintsby, Mr. J. Wilson, Alderman Thompson,
and the Chairman, in favour of the arrangement, the
resolution was carried, as was also one authorizing
the directors to raise 60,000/. for the enlargement of
the station at Fenchurch-street.
The CHAIRMAN then brought forward the motical
authorising an application to Parliament in the en-
suing session, in conjuaction with the Eastern Coun-
ties Company, for a line to Tilbury and Southend ;
the capital t. be 450,0001., in shares of 101. each, de-
posit 11. ss. per share.
Mr. LEVY recommended the proprietors to take
more time to consider the scheme, and to wait and
see what their other arrangements would produce
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Mr. LEVY said all the North Kent
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Company re-
ceived for the Gravesend tra
ffic last year amounted to
only 20,0001., and he did not suppose that they would
get more than one-fifth of that amount, because par-
ties would not come from the West-end over their
line.

The CHAIRMAN differed in opinion from Mr. Levy,
and explained that the 'Eastern Counties Company
would take the wholeof the Gravesend trait at that
side of the water, if the Blackwall propndetatreii
jected it; and in reply to a question,
the subscribers
ss. per
the Bill should be lost in Parnamento,rtehstateubscribers
to the new scheme would not. lose
shouldni be carried into
share; but if the undertaking
per cent. on their shares.
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effect, they would have the opportunity of receiving 6
, having simplified the
the resolution approving
Mr. Levy dissenting.
the scheme wrys carried,quAesltdioenrmbaenforTeKtre
luded with a vote of thanks to
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The proceedings concluded
the Chairman.

POLICE STBATAGEM..—Strange statagems 828
often resorted to by creditors in pursuit of dishonest debtors.
At a meeting at Leeds last week, of a Society for the Pro-
tection of Trade, one of the speakers related an instance in
point. A poor fellow arrived in Liverpool from the West
Riding in pursuit of a fugitive, who had carried away 3001.
of his money. Ile applied to an attorney, to the magistrate,
and to the chief of ,police in vain. Turning sorrowfully away,
a police officer offered him a bit of advice :—" Go you to the
ship's side to-morrow at ten o'clock—the ship sails at twelve,
and ask your debtor ashore, civilly. Will he come, do you
think ?" " Oh, yes, he'll come, for he says I cannot touch
him." " Well, that's all right. Ask him to come to you on
the quay. As soon as he comes, knock him down. I'll be
close at hand, and take you both into custody for a breach
of the peace. You will get to the police-office just as the
magistrates are gone. The next day is Sunday, and he'll
have to stop till Monday. You'll have time then to force
him to give up your money." The man took the policeman's
advice—knocked the runaway rogue down—both were taken
to the station-house, and the fellow in the end was glad to
disgorge the whole 300/.
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