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London, England, 1857-04-30 00:00:00

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ledge of that company's proceedings from its very
I commencement—had been to carry out the unde -
taking in which they were engaged in the best po :-
sable manner for the public benefit. The East
Kent Company had been accused by th i friends of
:the Solid -Ea t. rn Company as pirates, who wished
to take away the legitimate traffic of the latter ;
but the fact was that the c impany was in a great
part camposad of Kentssh gentlemen w.o, having
had a Ins promise 1 to them over and over aga'n
by the Sotith-Eakt rn Compiny, and those pro-
mises 1 avin.;' been repeatedly broken, had come
, foaward, at great personal inconven'ence to them-
selves, to carry out th ,t which the South-Eastern
Company had neglected to perform ; and those
geirt'emen had advanced a considerable amount of
capital to constrUA works, chiefly for the ad-
vantage of the county of Kent. In that town-hall,
ten ye irs Rgo, Mr. Macgregor, on. the part of the
South-Eastern Company, proposed the present
exteusien of the EaSt Kent line, or one ve'ty kimilar
to it, and the noble lord, (Sondes) was requested,
lie believed, by the South-Eastern Cacupany to
'present a petition to the Lords in favour of it. He
(Mr. Holroyd) thought that after this the Ea't
Kent Company could not be looked upon as one
that wished to injure the veate 1 interests of others.
The EaSt Kent C anpany proposed a line • from
Strood. to Dover, ,because it was admitted on all
hands, aed even by the South-Eastern Company
themselves, that such a line was absolutely neces-
sary for the aocommodatiou of Ra.st Kent. And
what was the fact now admitted by the South-
Eastern Company? Why, that they could not
transmit the traffic of the East Kent line from
(,antes bury, Chatham and. S rood over
„th fit. litie:t and, therefore, the East
Ke'fir ;;*ll p an-Y flun l &Ms tivel'Vtiiiiefteirgb,t,*.
to Parliament to, promote a line from Strood 'to,
St..Maiy's Cray, in order that they might obtain;
that accaminodati, al. which they were, ent i , led to
for their throngo traffic. ThroughoUt their whole
'proceedings the East Kent Company 'had shown
their-'readiness to make anything like :fair and
honourab'e agreement with the- Sautlia.Eastern
Company, but, that company had never met them
in a similar spirit. (Cheers.) The tdiree'tors of
the• East Kent were as much averse as men possi-
bly could be to facdous opposition to other rail-
Way companies; they were fully alive ,to tie fa-:t
that the best way in which a ra;lway company
could !,•benefit itself was that of,' affordingliteralaccommodation and convenience to the pub-
-3,1m East Kent direr ors had alWaYs acted in
tbis spirit, and he was sure they would continue to
do so; he thought, therefore, that the hou. mem-
ber (Mr. Martin) 'might rest assured that when the
E ist Kent Ina was opened the directots would'
fully carry out the views he had expressed. It was
imperative that the proposed link between Strood
and St. Mary's Cray should be made ftr the accom-
modation of the Continental traffic. He thought
that the inhabitants of Canterbury, Chatham Ro-
chester, and Strood'Would esteem it not a small ad-
vantage to have the ContiLental traffic passing
through their imnaediate localities,l while at the
same time he was satisfied that those whom be was
addressing would anything but regret their 'being
placed iu direct communication with the Ccystal
Palace. (Cheers,) ,He thought the meeting were
tolerably well accluainted with the value of tee ter•
mini with which the proposed line would put them
in communication, (Fleur, hear.) They would
have the advantage of the Wat.erlOo station, and
of that at the new hanelagh Bridge, which vas the
nearest statioa.in Piaondon to Buckingham. Palace.
With such advantages he was not surprised that the
meeting tad passed unanindouslyt'the resolutions
thafhad been subtihitted to them. ,I(Cheers.).
Major'l3o3rs moped the foLow.iiit olutiou
" That, consid,tring the 'important naval: anat mili-
tary estAbliahme tits at Chattiam.'andlir•lipt
proposed line will be of greatnational importance
from the facilities:which it afford for- the direct
transmission by railTay of troops and store 3. to all
pattS of the united Kinglet"). without 'passing
through the metropolis."
Mr. AVDREWS seconded the resolution, and it was
carried nnanimously,.,
Mr.' CAMPBELL moved, and Mr, HAYMEN
seconded; the following resolution, which was 2,iso'
carried unanimously :—" That the , Meting ~is of
opinion that the proposed line from Strood t'. St.
tual relief to the overcrowded Noah Kent line, the
London bridge station, London Bridge, and its
approaches."
The next resolution was moved by Mr. BARNETT,
seconded by Mr. GEORGE, and carried nem. con.
It was as fo'lows :—" That, on these grounds of
local benefit-, public advantage, and national im-
porta, 'ce the members for Roeh,-star and Chatham,
and this division of the county, be requested to
support the East, Kent Company's bill for the pro-
p:ised 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 presertation to the House of Commons."
Mr. MARTIN, M.P., said that after the unani-
mous opinion expressed by the meeting, he should
give his best support in the house, to the proposed
1, line.
Mr. LIISHINGTON 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-
ing broke up.

LONDON AND SOUTH•EASTEItit RATLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending April 25,1857 £17,656 18 7
Corresponding week last year

Increase in 1857
LONDON, BRIGFITON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.—
Traffic return_ for the week ending April 25
'214,478 4 9
1857
Corresponding weak last year 17,260 11 2
Total of the half-year to this date, 1857 194 754 19 8
Total of the half-year to this date, 1356 189,651 9 1
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic
return for the week ending April 25, 1857 20,853 0 0
Corresponding week last year
GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the
week ending April 19, 1857 v 22,421 16 .4
Corresponding week last year 21,743 10 3

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CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—Traffio return for
tha week ending April 26, 1857 £5,419 0 0
Corresponding week last year 5,139 0 0

Increase in 1857

£233 0 0

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for tho week ending April 26, 1857 £22,811 10 9
Corresponding week last year 21,785 7 11

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CORK AND 'BANDON RAlLWAT.—Traffic return for week
en(iing April2s, 1857 £2',2 9 9
Corresponding week last year 261 18 3

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GMT LUXEMBOURG RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the
week ending April 26, 1857 2863 6 11
Corresponding week last year EI4 0 6

LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.—Traffic re-
turns for the week ending April 25, 1857 —£11,578 9 3

THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT LUND

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LUNDHILL, WEDNESDAY.

At an early hour on Tuesday morning the
while at work close to the bottom of the cupola, or
upcast shaft, where the fire had raged so fearfully,
found a body, aud, as might be expected„ from
the exposed situation in which it was placed, it
was in a dreadfully burnt and mutilated state, and
there being not the most remote chance of its being
identified, it was buried on Tuesday aft rnoon
in
Darfeld Churchyard. Two other bodies were found
during Tw Belay, one of them that of a boy, who it
was thought might possibly be recognised, as it
was not so dec unposed and burnt as the others. At
eight o'clt.ck this morning the party at work in the
south level having penetrated nearly to its ex-
tremity, about 500 yards, met with the body of a
stout man, which was more perfect and in a better
state of preservation than those hitherto brought
out. It was thought that be was one of the family
l of Kellett, of which seven members were in the
'pit at the time it was closed. Up to three o'clock
this afti.rnoon, however, none of the bodies had
been identified, and two of them are to be interred
this evening, and, not having been identified, of
course without being viewed by the coroner and
jury. The coroner has given directions to Mr.
Superintendent Green, of Barnsley, that whenever
one, two, cr more bodies shag.' be recovered which
can be clearly and distinctly identified notice shall
at once be given to him (the coroner) to that effect,
that the jury may be summoned to view them ;
but, with regard to the remainder of the bodies,
the coroner has given directions that they shall be
interred 'without needless delay. The jury will
therefore only once more be summoned to view a
few of the bodies, and all the rest will be interred
as they are recovered with all convenient despatch,
whether they can be identified or not.
In the noith levels, where the roof has given
way so much, and in the workings leading from
which a considerable number of men were em-
ployed, great exertions are being made to clear
away the vast accumulation of fallen materials ,
When this has been accomplished, as it shortly will
be, an exploration of the workings will be made,
arid the recovery of the bodies will proceed with
greater rapidity.
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