The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-13 00:00:00

I'HE SUN, LONDON Flii_Dia EVENING, APRIL 13, 1866.

T 0 WEST-END DINERS.-
" THE WELLINGTON,"
ST. JAMES'S-STREET, PICCADILLY.
LADIES' SAT/JON DINING ROOM on the First Floor
The SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS are now OPEN.
Terms—Twelve Months...Cl Its. 6d.
Six Months.-- I la. Od.
Apply, D. CAMERON, 49, Et. James-street.

TUR. W. S. WOODIN'S BADEN-BADEN
I VAL and UP Iv Tll 1,1 AIR, an entirely New Entertain-
ment. EVERY EVENING, at Eight (except Saturday);
Saturday Mornings at Three. POLYGRAPHIC HALL,
King William-street, Charing-cross
Luxurious' sofa stalls, is. ; balcony stalls, 3s. ; area, 2a.;
amphitheatre, Ss.—A plan of stalls may be seen and seats
secured at the Hall from Eleven to Five.

ARTHUR SKETCHLEY'S New
Entertainment, MRS. BROWN AT HOME AND
ABROAD, EVERY ILITNNING at Eight(except Saturday);
Saturday Afternoon at Three. En-yptiiin Hall, Piccadilly.
Tickets. at the Box-office; Mr. Mitchell's ; and all music-
sellers.

i,`,,,TODARE'S NEW WONDERS.—The 395th
tO Performance of STODARE'S celebrated MARVELS
of MAGIC and VENTRILuQUISSI, ,s performed by him,
by command, at Windsor Castle, before TIM the Queen, Nov.
21, 1t65, and twice before ,0.11.11. the Prince of Wales, June
6, 1865, and March 10, 1866 —The SPHINX, and the New
Sensation, the MARVEL of MECCA, EVERY EVENING
at 8. Wednesdays and Saturdays at 3.
• -

Stine may be secured in advance at Box-office, Egyptian
Hall, open daily from 10 till 6; and at Mitchell's, Ola Bmd-
street.—Admission, Is. and 25.; stalls,

"Almost miraculous."—Vide the Times.

CHRISTY MINSTRELS,
ST. JAMES'S HALL.

EVERT EVENING at Eight, WEDNESDAYS and
SATURDAYS, at Three and Eight,—The original and veri-
tably legimate CHRISTY MENsTRELS. First Season in
London these five years The only compariy in existence
which possesses a legal claim to the title, from the fact ()tits
being the only one whion retatns.alL the marked specialities
-rend distinguished favourites who originally gained the re-
putation of the company first in the United States, and sub-
sequently in this country, in 1837. No other company as-
suming the title of Christy Minstrels possesses a single in-
dividual member of the least distinction who belonged to the
original troupe. The Christys (after an absence of five years)
return to London with their band strengthened and im-
proved in every respect, their entertainment being unani-
mously pronounced la/ the metropolitan press to be the most
sparkling in London.
Prices of Admisslon—New and luxurious fauteuils, 5g.;
stalls, 3s. ; area. 2s. ; gallery, is. ; juveniles, under twelve.
half price to stalls and are•► only. Fauteuils and stalls may
be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-
street ; or at Mr. Austin's, 23, Piccadilly. - Manager, Mr.
Frederick Burgess.

VrADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
IYI BAKER-STREET, EASTER HOLIDAYS.
NEW ADDITIONS.—SeveraI life-size Portrait Models
of the most distinguished Personates of the day (including
those of the late LORD PALMERSTON and GUS-
TAVUS V. BROOKE) have been added since the last
Holidays ; and in the Chamber of Horrors are Effigies,
taken from life, of SOUTHEY alias FORWOOD, and the
notions CHARLOTTE WINSOR.

Open during the first three days in Easter week from 10
a.m. till 10 p.m. •
Admittance, ls. ; children, under ten, half price ; Extra
Rooms, 6d.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Selections from all the favourite Operas will be performed
by the celebrated ARGYLL BAND every Evening.
Chef d'Orchestra, Signor L. CURTI.
- - -

31. LEVY, the Great Cornet Player, at Nine, Ten, and
Eleven o'clock.

Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock.
Admission, is.

WHAT DO THE WILD WAVES SAY
NOW?—That the FIERY CROSS has arrived.
bringing some rnagnificeizot KAISOW CONGOUS of delicious
flavour, and which may od'w be had, at a mere commission on
the import price, of the EAST INDIA TEA CO APAN Y
No. 5, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopsgate-street. ,

IAHILLTES ANT) CO NTPANY:Iq TM SAIZE.
3s. 4d.
Most Delicious Black Tea is now only 3s. 6d. re* pound.
Pure, Rich, Rare, Choice Coffee, Is. id.. Is. 6d, is. Bd.
PHILLIPS and CO., TEA MERCHANTS,
8, King William-street, City, London, E.C.
A price current free. Sugars at market prices.
paiLLies and CO. send all goods Carriage Free within
eight miles of no. 8, King William-street, 40s. worth Car-
riage Free to any Railway Station or Market Town in Eng-
land. Phillips and Co. have no Agents, nor any connection
with any house in Worcester or Swansea.

DE AFNESS.—The SOUND MAGNIFIER, and
Invisible Voice Conductor. It fits into the ear, not
perceptible ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in
the head is entirely removed. It affords immediate relief
to deaf persons, and enables them to hear distinctly at
church and public assemblies. Every other kind of hear-
ing instrument. Messrs. SOLOMON, 89, Albemarle-
street, Piccadilly.

THE GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY.
Cffice, llorsefer y-road, Westminster,
April If, 1861 -
NOTICE IS lIEREBY GIVEN, that a HALF-
YEARLY GENERAL COUNT of the Proprietors of
this Company will be hell at this office on FRIDAY, the4h
fay of May next.

The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely.
By order.

JOHN ORWELL PHILLIPS, Secretary,

PARIS.

TII E GRAND HOTEL,
Boulevard des Capueines, Place du Nouvel Opera,
opposite the Rue de la Pair, and near the Theatres.
Has been o ened s'ne3 J.ly, 11.6 t. It contains 70'i bed-
rooms, prices from 4fr. to 211 r. ; 70 drawing-rooms, horn sfr.
to 30fr. ; a magnificent salon, capable of dining more than
300 persons, and where there is a table d'hôte at six o'clock.
Dinners and b-eaktasts are served 'a la carte in the coffee-
rooms, as well as in the apartments. there is a reading-
, oom with the best English and foreign papers and publica-
tions, a music-room and a drawing-room for the use of tra •
Yellers without any additional charge. There are also baths,
billiard-rooms, smoking divans, post-ofEm ; cabs, carriages,
and emnibuses going to the railway station'. The servants
speAr all languages. This superb Hotel, possessing all tha%
modern luxury and comfort can combine, and situ ited in the
most fashionable part of Paris, is recommended to the atten-
tion of travellers.

Independently of their Two Hotels, the Compagr,nl6 Immo-
biliere has eitdblished an extensive l'riv tte Furnished House
on the Boulevard des Capueines, opposite the Rotunda of the
Wand lintel, where Families can reside as in their own
private residences, and where they may rely upon finding
the utmost comfort.

PURE WATER.—The LONDON and
GENERAL WATER PURIFYING COMPANY
(Limited) SUPPLY, on HIRE or SALE, in the metropo-
lis and its suburbs, and'on SALE in the country, their
PATENT CISTERN:FILTER, which filters and purifies
all the water used in the house, whether for culinary or
drinking purposes, ai the rate of half a gallon to four gal-
lons per minute, requiringmo filling or attention from ser-
vants. Water tested free of charge. Testing apparatus,
easily used, sold by the Company.—For prices and terms
apply to the Secretary, 157, Strand, W.C., where testi-
monials from Dr. Letheby and others, and the filters in
operation, may be seen.

BOARD and RESIDENCE.—CIiff House, near
Warrior-square, St. Leonards-on-Sea, two minutes'
walk from the Parade. Address, Mrs. Richardson, as above.

CHOCOLATE.-MENIER'S FRENCH.

CHOC OLAT-MENIER, for Breakfast.

C ROCOLAT-111ENIER is pure, wholesome, and
delicious.

3 -TENTER'S FRENCH CHOCOLATE.
Warehouse, 23, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden.
Sold everywhere.

DISDERI, PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST to
H. I. MAJESTY the MN! PEROR NAPOLEON 111.
and the IMPEKIAL FAMILY ; -also to H. I. MAJESTY
the EMPEROR of ALL the RUSSEAS ; to H. MAJESTY
the QUEEN of SPAIN and the ROYAL FAMILY; to H.
MAJESTY the KING of ITALY; to fl. !viAJESTY the
KING of ROLLA D; to H. MAJESTY the KING of
PORTUGAL; to the IMPERIAL ACADEMY of MUSIC;
PHOTOGRAPHER of the PALACE of the UNIVERSAL
EXHIBITION of 1855, &e.

DISDERI, PHOTO PAINTING.—In oil on
canvas.

DISDERI, PHOTOGRAPHIE on SILK.—His
own ne a process.

DISDERI, PHOTOGRAPHIE EMAIL—New
process.

DISDERI, NATURAL PHOTOGRAPHY,
without retouching. Reproductions and Enlarge-
ments of every kind.

DISDERI has on SALE 65,000 CARTES de
VISITE of all the CELEBRITIES of the Day, and
PANORAMIC VIEWS.

IRISDEhI.—The Excellent Situation of Mr.
DISDERI'S studios enables him to OPERATE It E.
UARDLESS of the WEATHER.

NOTICE.—By a new process of Mr. DIS-
DERPS the '` PO !MIMI'S CAR ''ES D 1 VISITE"
are PHO lOG RA HIED on an enlarged eANVAS. The
PUBLIC can thus obtain a PHOTOGRAPHIC SKETCH.
Mr. DISDERI'S new process it valuable in this respect,
that it avoids the tediousness of long sitrings, and also be-
cause It adds to the charms of oil painting the great advant-
ages of the truthfulness and accuracy of Photography.
SALOONS and Workrooms, 70, 7i, 72, Brook-street, Han-
over-square; and for Equestrian Portraits at Hereford Lodge,
Gloucester-road, Old Brompton-road.

COUGHS, ASTHMA, and incipient CON-
SUMPTION are effectually cured by KEATING'S
COUGH LOZENGES, which are daily recommended by the
Paculty - testimonials from the most eminent of whom may
be inspected—as the most effectual, safe, speedy, and conve-
nient remedy for Cough and all Disorders of the Lungs,
Chest, and Throat
Sold in boxes, P. 14d. ; and tins, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lls.
each, by T. KEATING. Chemist, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard,
London. Sold by all Druggists, &c.

PHEASANT REARING for 1866.— JAMES
CHAMBERLIN'S (opposite Corn Exchange, Nor-
wich) is the only depot in the world for proper FOOD for
PH EA SA Nl' FEEDING. Between 200 and 300 testimonials
of last year's success. Treatise on Hatching and Rearing:,
with other valuable hints, posted free on application. Land-
owners, pheasant rearers, and gamekeepers can raise any
number of birds by using his food. The aristocracy of the
kingdom constantly use it. Gentlemen requiring game-
keepers, or gamekeepers requiring situations, are requested
to apply to Mr. James Chamberlin,whie merchant and phea-
sant food dealer, opposite Corn Exchange, Norwich.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, King's-cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.

This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab-
lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor without
the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de-
pendent for support on voluntary contributions andlec,,acies
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between
8,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds, had the Committee
the requisite muds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas
terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.;
Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Harries and Co. ; Ransom
and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ;
Barclay and Co. ; Williams,Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur-
ney, and Co.: Nisbet and Co., Berners-street • I. Barned and
Co.. Liverpool; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5.

ST ANFn RD SUITE". Secretary.

TEETH AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY.—
The fear of pain and dread of operation inherent to all
deter very many to whom ARTIFICIAL TEETH are of
vita importance from availing themselves of the services of
a dentist. In a practice founded in 1830, and now exi ending
over greater part of the kingdom, an experience unequalled
has been obtained, enabling us to offer even the most sensi-
tive sufferer a bystem of dentistry perfect in its absolute
freedom from pain, a specialite pertaining only to our prac-
tice, and for which her Majesty has granted her royal letters
patent. This system embraces the non-interference with all
stumps, however decayed, the supporting instead of extrac-
tion of loose teeth until they become firm and useful in mas-
tication, and the utter absence of all and every operation, so
that the most nervous person can be supplied without fear of
pain or inconvenience. These teeth are cheaper, more dur-
able, natural, and comfortable than any yet produced.
Consultation free. Teeth from ss. Sets from 5 to 25 gs.,
warranted.
For the efficacy, utility, and success of this system, vide
" Lancet."
Messrs. LEWIN and SIMEON MOSEL!' and SONS,
30, Berners-street, Oxford-street. and 448, Strand,
Opposite Charing-cross Railway Station.
Daily attendance at 15. Whitefriargate, Hull; 10, Norfolk-
street Sheffield; 4, East-parade, Leeds; 14, St. Nicholas-
street, Searbro ; and 33, Coney-street, York.
Established 1830. No connection with any one of the same
name.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—Du Barry's delicious and health-
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45 61; 51b, his; 121 b, 228; 211 b.
Regent-street, London;
also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, Kin_
g William-street ; likewise
at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 19, Bishopsgate-
street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, Strand ;
54, Upper Baker-street; 103, Tottenham-court-road; 96,
laus.t_inßsa,rryllbp,
Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Notting-hill; Close
u2Bßa9rdry;
Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St.
John's-wood. London ; and all respectable grocers and che-
• mists.--13eviare of Opt/riotts imitations.

Great English and French Railways.

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LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER.

In an article which appeared about two months since in
The Sun we called attention to the tangled capital account
of this company. It remains now for us to show the pro-
gress made in the development of traffic upon the under-
taking, as the tshareholders must begin to think it high
' time that some return upon their investment should ap-
pear. The profits realised and the working expenses in-
curred would seem to have been as follows in the years
1863, 1864, and 1865 :
Year. Receipts. Expenses. Profits.
1863 £243,551 £170,638 ... £72,913
1864 378,952 ... 224,341 ... 154,611
1865 469,256 275,298 ... 193,958
The traffic throughout 1865 was carried on, it should be
observed, under certain disadvantages. The extent of the
line in operation December 31, 1863, was returned at 125
miles; December 31, 1864, at 127 miles; and December
31, 1865, at 1271 miles. In the current month—Marcb,
1866,—this mileage appears to have been further increased
to 1341 miles. The traffic receipts for the current year
promise to range between £550,000 and £600,000 ; and if
working expenses can be reduced t 9, say, 55 percent., the
profits realised in 1866 will be carried to from £310,000 to
£320,000. These figures are, of course, to some extent
conjectural, and perhaps the increased facilities recently
obtained, for the development of traffic through the city
may lead to a still larger augmentation in the receipts than
we suppose. On the other hand, the competition of the
South-Eastern will also become more effective by means of
that company's extensions to Charing-cross and Cannon-
street; and as rivalry between the South-Eastern and the
London, Chatham, and DOver is not altogether at an end—
although the present South-Eastern Board has drifted into
something like an alliance with its quondam foe upon many
points—the working expenses may not • improbably
exceed 55 per cent. In 1863 the ratio of. these expenses
to the receipts was 70 per cent. ; in 1864 59 per cent.; and
and in 1865, 581 per cent. It will be something, then, if
the ratio is reduced to 55 per cent this year. If we take.
the profits of the London, Chatham, and Dover and its
allies for 1866 at £320,000, we shall find that, after allow-
ing £220,000 for debenture interest (without taking ac-
count of temporary loans), there is only £lOO,OOO at the
best available for distribution on a share capital—at any
rate, a nominal share capital—of some £10,000,000, or about
1 per cent. all round. It is almost impossible to analyse
over again the position of all the stocks in this extraor-
dinary concern. The reader curious in such matters must
be referred to an article which detailed the company's fi-
nancial powers and position up to June 30, 1865, which
was published in the Times of February 12, 1866. The data
given on February 12 may be accepted as substantially ap-
plicable to the present date, although the amount of
capital raised at the close of 1865 was set down at
£13,626,620, while six months previously it was returned
at £12,688,830. Of the £13.626,620 stated to have been
raised December 31, 1865, £4,907,644 belonged to the ge-
neral undertaking £6,183,556 to the Metropolitan Exten-
sions, £470,718 to the Victoria-station improvements,
£1,125,148 to the city lines, and £939,554 to the Eastern
section (Peckham to Greenwich, &c.) Of the £13,626,620
raised, it should also be stated that about £4,060,000 was
obtained by debentures, the average charge of which has
been calculated in the speculatiens indulged in above at 5i
per cont. per annum for 1866, although this amount should
be, perhaps, increased, having reference to the present
dearness of capital, and the fact that a furtherissue of these
securities will probably be attempted in the course of the year.
It has also been assumed that tie rough revenue of 1866 will
be £s7s,ooo—that is, nearly £2,000 per week more than in
1865. The calculation has been made to show that the
general result of the operations of the company thus far
has been to secure upon the entire share capital an average
return of about 1 :per cent. per annum,—a return which
would probably be materially reduced so far as regards
1866 by rent charges, interest on temporaryloans, payment
to affiliated companies, &c. We admit, however, that the
figures are of no great value, as for revenue purposes the
accounts of the metropolitan and other extensions are kept
distinct from those of the general undertaking. Of the
whole profit of £193,958 realised in 1865, £125,680 accrued
upon the general undertaking, while the charge for deben-
ture interest last year on the general undertaking account
was about £90,000, so that here again we arrive at a return
of 1 per cent. being subject to deduction in respect to rent-
charges, interest on temporary loans, payments to affiliated
companies, &c. As regards the Metropolitan Extensions
account, the contractors—in accordance with a dubious
policy which renders them the virtual masters of the whole
foram mzils, w2t.tintereef tinnn fhn 11 and C. nrpfarunnaa

But, without endeavouring to peer too much into the
future-without remarking upon the strange fact that the
Great Eastern. which can still meet all its preference obli-
gations, comes in for a large measure of public ridicule,
while the London, Chatham, and Dover escapes nearly',
scot-free-let us examine a little more closely the progress
of the traffic upon the general undertaking, and also upon
the Metropolitan Extension. The gross receipts of the
general undertaking in the half-year ending June 30, 1863,
were £82,318 ;in the half-year ending December 31, 1863,
£136,551; in the half-year ending June 30, 1864, £125,207 ;
in the half-year ending December 31, 1864, £182,249 ;in
the half-year ending June 30, 1865, £146,619 ; and in the
half-year ending December 31, 1865, £206,116. 11 we
compare 1865 with 1863 we thus see progress to the extent
of £133,866. This at first sight appears highly encourag-
ing, but from the heaviness of the working charges, a
large proportion of the additional receipts was absorbed in
augmented current expenditure. The receipts of the Me-
tropolitan Extensions for the half-year ending June 30,
1863, were £10,105 ; for the half-year ending Dec. 31, 1863,
£30,928 ; for the half year ending June 30, 1864, £31,355 ;
for the half year ending Dec. 31, 1864, £47,924; for the
half year ending June 30, 1865, £51,503 ; and for the half
year ending Dec. 31, 1865, £62,876. On comparing 1865
with 1863, we thus see progress to the extent of £73,346;
this result was not, however, attained without additions to
mileage and largely increased working expenses. *Still
the profits realised upon the Metropolitan Extensions dur-
ing 1865 were returned at £57,190, which would rather
more than half meet the charge of the debenture service,
which must have been close upon £lOO,OOO for the year.
It seems almost useless in the present transition stage of
the undertaking to go into any elaborate details as to the
traffic results of 1865. It may be remarked, however,
that the number of passengers carried in that year was
9,241,421 (721,257 first-class, 1,242,651 second-class, and
7,277,513 third-class), against 7,264,774 in 1864. Of
2,901,110 passengers carried in the half year ending June
30, 1864, 2,202,005 passed over the Metropolitan Exten-
sions ; of 4,363,664 carried in the half year en.ding Dec.3l,
1864, 3,349,556 passed over the Metropolitan Extensions;
of 4,118,383 carried in the half year ending June 30, 1865,
3,322,009 passed over the Metropolitan Extensions, and of
5,123,038 carried in the half year ending Dec. 31, 1865,
3,976,168 passed over the Metropolitan Extensions. Thus
of a total of 16,506,195 passengers conveyed during 1864
and 1865, the Metropolitan Extensions supplied 12,849,688.
This vast movement of human life was made up thus :-
Half-year ending First-class. Second-class. Third-class.
June 30, 1864 208,381 ... 373,468 ... 4620,136
Dec. 31, 1864 240,736 ... 585,931 ... 2,522,869
June 30, 1865 287,855 469,187 ... 2,564,937
Dec. 31, 1865 317,705 515,236 ... 3,143,227
The number of first-class passengers carried on the Metro-
politan Extensions in the two years was thus 1,054,677 ; of
second-class, 1,943,822 ; and of third-class, 9,851,189. The
enormous third-class traffic already developed is attribut-
able to the adoption of an excellent system of workmen's
trains, which will doubtless be followed by all great railway
companies having termini in the metropolis. Of the whole
fA69,256 earned by the company's general undertaking and
Metropolitan Extensions in 1865, £372,827 was derived
from passengers, the movement of goods, eic., upon the
system being at present only feeble. The rolling stock on
the system, Dec. 31, 1865, comprised 91 locomotives (74
passenger and 17 goods), ono Royal saloon carriage, 104
first-class carriages, 123 second-class carriages, 209 third-
class carriages, 28 composite carriages, 36 break-vans, 3
smoking saloons, 20 horseboxes, 22 carriage trucks, one
lamp carriage, 12 road van trucks, 34 goods break-vans,
200 high-sided trucks, 401 low-sided trucks, 24 timber
trucks, 200 coal trucks, 12 coke trucks, 31 box trucks, 46
cattle trucks, and 40 ballast waggons. Considerable as this
stock of plant may appear, it must bo considerably in-
creased if the company is ever to accommodate a traffic
calculated to pay a remunerative interest on the very large
amount of capital already raised.
As regards the progress of works on hand, it may be stated
that the additional lines between Loughborough Junction
and the Elephant and Castle, a distance of 1 mile 65 chains,
have been passed by the Board of Trade. There are already
four lines between Charlotte-street and Blackfriars, a dis-
tance of 25 chains. The intermediate portion between the
Elephant Castle and Charlotte-street, a distance of 60
chains, is expected to be completed by May 1. The pos-
session of four lines between Loughborough and Ludgate
will enable increased traffic facilities to and from the city
to be extended to Clapham, Brixton, Camberwell, and
Walworth. On the west-end section the construction of
additional lines is being actively pushed forward. Two
a
out of four lines over the Thames bridge and into Victoria
are are expected to be ready for traffic in June, and
nt and
result being attained it is believed that
im-
mediate relief will be secured to the tmiinffiPc:rotai,
Chatham,
system. The " linkline" connecting the London, the whole
Groat Northern
and Dover with the Metropolitan and Nth
was opened in January 1; the Great Northern,
te,orathnedrno,nlays anwtearnit-s
porory measure, runs trains to dg
con-
the completion of the widening south of the river to
tinuo these trains to Victoria and the Crystal Palace.