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ledge of that company's proceedings from its very
commencement—had been to carry out the under-
taking in which they were engaged in the best pos-
sible manner for the public benefit. The East
Kent Company had been accused by the friends of
the South-Eaet:rn Company as pirates, who wished
to take away the legitimate traffic of the latter ;
but the fact was that the o ompany was in a great
part composed of Kentish gentlemen who, having
had a line promised to theni over and over again
by the South-Eert .rn Company, and those pro- I
mises having been repeatedly broken, had come
forward, at great personal inconvenience to them-
selves,
to carry out th•it which the South-Eastern
Company had neglected to perform ; and those
gentlemen had advanced a considerable amount of
capital to• construct works, chiefly for the ad-
vantage of the county of Kent. In that town-hall,
ten yeera ago, Mr. Macgregor, on the part of the
South-Easton Company, proposed the present
extension of the East Kent line, or one very similar
to it, and the noble lord (Sondes) was requested,
he believed, by the South-Eastern Company to
present a petition to the Lords in favour of it. , He
(Mr. Holroyd) thought that after this the East
Kent Company -could not be 'looked upon as one
.that wished to injareethe vested interests of others.
The East Kent C.mapany propozed a line from
Strood to Dover, because it was a laiitted on all
'hinds, and even by the South-Eastcra Company
themselves, that such a line was absolutely neces-
sary for the accommodation of East Kent. And
what was the fact now admitted by the South-
Easlerni Company ? Why, that they could not
transmit the traffic •of the East Kent line from
Dever, Canterbury, Chatham. and S rood over
the North Kent line ' • and, therefore, the East
Kent Care parry found themselves compelled to go
O Pallarat r t to promote alines- from -Strood .to
St. Mary's Crap, in order tiliAt they might-obtain:
that accorn inodati,ea which they were enti,lecl to.
for their through traffic. Throughout their whole
proceedings the East Kent Company had shown
their readiness to make anything like a fair and
honourable agreement with- the South-Eastern
Company, but that company had never met them
in a similar spirit. (Cheers.) The 'directors of
the East Kent were as much averse as m n possi-
ls'y could be -to factious opposiion to other rail-
way companies; they were fully alive to the fat
that the best .way in which a railway company
could benefit itself was that of affording
liheral accommodation and convenience teethe pub-
lic. The East Kent directors had always actede in
this spirit, and he was sure they would continue to
do so; be thought, therefore, that .the hot). mem-
ber (Mr. Martin) might rest assured that wh,n the
E ist Kent l'ne was opened the directors would
fully carry out We views he had expressed. It was
imperatvr that the proposed link between Strood
and St. Mary's Cray should be made fur the accom-
modation of the Continental traffic. He thought
that the inhabitants of Canterbury, Chatham Ro-
chester, an 4 Strood would esteem it net a small ad-
vantaee to have -the Continental traffic passing
through their immediate loealities,t while at the
same time he was satisfied that those whom be was
addressing would anything but regret their being
'placed in direct communication with the Crystal
Palace. (Cheers.) He thought the meeting were
tolerably well acquainted with the value of the ter•
mini with which the proposed line would put them
in communication. (Rear, hear.) They would
have the advantage of the Wae:erloo eta ion, and
of that at the new .Ranelagh Bridge, which was the
nearest station in London to Buckingham Palace.,
With such advantages he was not surprised that the
meetng had passed unanimously the resolutions
that had been submitted to them. (Cheers.)
Major BOYS moved the following reeelntion
That, considering the important naval and mili-
tary estebli inherits at Chatham and Brompten, the
proposed line will be of great national importance
from the facilities which it will afford for tee direct
transmission by railway ief troops and stored to all
pacts of the United Kingdom without passing
through the metropolis."
Mr. ANDREWS seconded the resolution, and it was
carried unanimously.
Mr. CAMPBELL moved, and Mr. UAYMEN
seconded, the following resolution, which w.asalar) ,
carried unanifri,ciusly :—" That the meeting is of
,opinion that the proposed line from Streod to St.
Mary'e Cray is the only one which will afford effec-
tual &jet' to the overcrowded North Kent line, the
orii 'briake etal. ibpi, Ldlitto a Bridge,' anee.4tA,
&prow:hes."
The next resolution wos moved by Mr. BARNETT,
seconded by Mr. GEORGE, and carried nem con.
It was as follows :—" That, on these grounds of
local benefit, public advantage, and national. im-
portance' the members for Rochester and Chatham,
and this division of the county, be requested to
support the East Kent Company's bill for the pro-
posed line in Parliament ; and that a petition in
accordance with these resolutions be signed by this
meeting, and entrusted to the member for this city*
for preseeta'ion to the House of Commons."
Mr. MARTIN, M.P., said that after. the unani-
mous opinion expressed by the aneeting, he should
give his best support in the hawse to the propcsed.
line.
Mr. LUSEINGTON moved a vote of thanks to the
mayor for his able conduct in the chair.
The motion was carried by acclamation ; and
The Mayor having returned thanks, the meet-
ng broke up.

LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTEIS RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending April 25, 1857 217,656,18 7
Coiresponding week last year , 16,856 3 1

Increase in 1357
' LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.—
Traffic return, for the week ending April 25,
1857... 014,478 4 9
Corresponding wear last year 17,260 11 2
Total of the half-year to this date, 1857 194.751 19 8
Total of the half-year to this date, 1856. 189,651 9 1
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic
return for the week ending April 25, 1857-260,853 0 0
Corresponding woek last year
GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the
week ending April 19, 1857 £22,421 16 3
Corresponding week last year 21,743 10 3

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for
the week ending April 26, 1857 £5,419 0 0
Corresponding week last year 5,139 0 0

Increase in 1857.

E2BO 0 0

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—Traffio re-
turn for the week ending April 26, 1857 £22,811 10 9
Corresponding week last year 21,785 7 11
CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY.—Traffio return for week
en6ing April2s, 1857 £252 9 9
Corresponding week last year 261 18 3
GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAILWAY.—Traffio return for the
week ending April 26, 1857 £863 6 11
Corresponding week last year 544 0 6
LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.—Traffio re-
turns for the week ending April 25, 1857 —211,578 9 3