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down in the map between Menin and Ypres has been
suggested by going round to Wervieq. The ltngth of
this line now defined is about twenty-five miles, and the
town population stanch thus :
Courtrai
Menin
Wervieq
Ypres
Poperinghe

19,829
8,161
5,711
17,322
10,457

It commences on the State Line from Brussels to
Tournay and Lille, at the station at Courtrai, and forms
a junction at the station of the state line from Brussels
to Obtend, at Bruges, passing through the following
towns :

Courtrai
Lindelede 4,187
Iseghem
Routers 10,320
Lichtervelde 6,194
Thourout
Bruges .... ....
The length of this line is about thirty miles, while the
distance of the State Railway from Courtrai to Ghent,
and from Ghent to Bruges, is about fifty-one miles,
showing a saving of twenty-one miles by this railway,
which must ensure the whole of the traffic between these
towns.

The working plans, sections, &c, of the district from
Bruges to Courtrai are in course of preparation ; and as
this part of the line is exceedingly favourable, the works
will be executed rapidly: it will connect Bruges, contain-
ing with its arrondissement, 111,000 inhabitants, with
Courtrai, containing with its arrondissement, 140,000
and a populous intermediate district. From the charactt r
of the country, &c , there can be no difficulty in com-
pleting this section within a year.
The line from Furnes to Deynze may also be coin
menced as soon as the plans and sections are prepared.
In closing the review of continental railways, we are
desirous of calling attention to the fact of two companies
having been recently formed for obtaining the concession
of and for constructing other lines on the continent. One
is called the Anglo-Belgian, and the other the Great
European. Of neither of these have our opinions been
sufficiently matured to warrant us entering at any length
upon their pretensions.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
GREAT KENT ATMOSPHERIC.

A meeting of the inhabitants of Faversham was called
on Saturday morning, at eleven o'clock, in the Town-
hall, by the Committee of the town council, appointed
"to confer with any railway company that may
project a line through or near Faversham, with
a view to a settlement of such points and sugges-
tions as may tend to the advantage and benefit of the
town and port," for the purpose of meeting a deputation
from this Company, consisting of Mr. W. A. Wilkinson
(chairman of the London and Croydon Railway), Mr.
Benjamin Baines, Mr. W. Burchall (solicitor to the
Company), and Mr. William Cott (one of the secre•
saries). Some of the influential inhabitants of the town
were present. Am9ngst them the Right Honourable
S. R Lushington (formerly member for Canterbury and
late governor of Madras), Sir Thomas Montresor, Gen.
Gosling, the Rev. Dr. Birt, the Vicar, Messrs. G. Hilton,
E. Hilton, and others.

The Mayor (Mr. James Walker) was in the chair.
Mr. WILKINSON entered into a lengthy statement de-
scriptive of the course of the line, and of the advantages
1 which it would confer on the districts through which it
would pass. The lines originally projected by the Lon-
don and Croydon had been greatly improved and ex-
tended so as to afford the greatest accommodation
to all the principal towns in the north and in the centre
of the county of Kent. As now remodelled they would
give the facilities and advantages of direct and inde-
pendent railway communicationfrom London to Graves-
end, Rochester, and Faversham, which would have a
branch to Seven Oaks, Tonbridge, Maidstone, Ashford,
Canterbury, Dover, and Deal, the distance to all of
which would scarcely exceed that by the present turn-
pike roads. the main trunk line would pass by Faver-
sham about half a mile from the Mall. It would run by
the back of the church, past the Abbey Tavern, to the
Standard Quay, from which branches would issue to the
right and left along the-various wharfs,;in order to afford
the utmost accommodation to those engaged in the
business of the town and port ; the Directors being most
desirous to meet in every way the wishes of the inhabi-
tants, feeling assured that that line which would afford
them the greatest convenience, whether for the convey-
ance of themselves or their goods, at a great saving of
time and expense, would be the one most likely to meet
with their support, and the approbation of Parliament.
Several questions were put to Mr. Wu.KixsoN, to
which be replied that the lines would intersect entirely
new ground in the north and in the centre of the county,
thus connecting important towns where trade was lan-
guishing from the present defective means of transit,
and many of which other lines, whether those con-
structed or projected, seemed specially to avoid. By
their line coals and timber would be conveyed from one
town to another speedily, and at a moderate rate.
The Right Hon. S. It. LUSHINGTON wished to know if
the estimated charges for the conveyance of passen-
gers specified in the prospectus issued by the company,
would be strictly adhered to, and inserted in the Act of
Parliament ?

Mr. WILKINSON said they would. The company
pledged themselves to their being the maximum rate of
charges ; but he had every reason to believe that they
would be greatly reduced when the line was opened.
The Right Hon. S. R. LUSHINGTON said, after read-
ing the report, and the whole of the evidence adduced
before the Committee appointed by the House of Com-
mons to inquire into the practicability of atmospheric
traction, and the statements pro and eon of the most
eminent engineers—Brunel, Samuda, Bidder, and others
—he had arrived at the conclusion that it would ulti-
mately supersede the locomotive traction, and that those
who had expended large sums of money in rendering
lines available for that power would find their only re-
medy in the Insolvent Court.—(Laughter.)
Mr. C. HILTON stated, on behalf of the South-Eastern
Company, that when the proper time arrived'he should
be able to make out as good a case in their behalf as he
did on a former occasion, when the town was unanimous
in its favour.

A vote of thanks was passed to the Mayor, and the
meeting broke up.

WELSH LINES.

GREAT EASTERN AND WESTERN.—Last week, a nu-
merous meeting of the gentry and tra lespeople of Aber-
gavenny was held in the Town Hall; the Rev. Mr. Powell,
the vicar, presiding. Mr. John Daniel delivered a long
address explanatory of the advantages the Great Eastern
and Western would confer on Abergavenny—a town that
would be comparatively shut out by the other lines pro-
posing to run through the district from the trade of the
hills. The Welsh Midland Company would take that
trade by means of the Junction Line to Merthyr Tydvil,
and the whole of the immense traffic of Plymouth, Dow-
lais, Cyfartha, and Pcnydarren beyond the Black Moun-
tains into the vale of the Wye, and would pass Aber-
gavenny without taking it into consideration. He con
eluded by proposing a ravolution, to the effect that the
direct line of the Great Eastern and Western passing
Abergavenny, and through the great iron districts of
Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire, was most deFerv-
ing of approval. Messrs. Steele, Secretan, Hill, Mor-
gan, and others addressed the meeting, and the resolu-
tion was unanimously carried.
GLAMORGAN CENTRAL MINERAL.—This line is pro-
posed to be constructed as an extension of the present
Suffryn Llynvi and Porth Cawl Railway, so as to em-
brace the mineral fields in the Principality, lying in the
hundreds of Newcastle and Ogmore, comprising a dis-
trict of about ten square miles of coal, argillaceous and
black band iron ore. At a meeting of the proprietors in
the Porth Cawl line, held at Bridgend last week, it was
resolved to carry out this amplification of the existing
line, to enable them to run locomotive engines, and to
become carriers. A report was read from Mr. John
Scott Russell, the Company's engineer, on the improve-
ments rendered necessary at the port in consequence of
the great increase of trade. It stated that the harbour
might be so improved as to be rendered the easiest of
access by the channel, and commodious enough to ac-
commodate a large run of traffic, for 20,0001.; and that
if a breakwater was thrown off in addition, the Company
would have a claim upon the Government. It is pro-
posed to carry a branch line up each of the mineral val-
leys to connect them into one trunk near Bridgend;
and to enlarge the harbour of Porth Cavil (which is
about midway between Cardiff and Swansea) into a com-
modious port. It is intended, for the convenience of
passengers, to connect the main line with the South
Wales at two different points towards Cardiff and Neath;
which will also afford facilities of shipment at the various
ports, accessible by the South Wales line. After some
observations from Colonel Sir D. Mackworth, Sir R.
Price, and others, the report was unanimously adopted,
and resolutions for further proceedings passed.
GREAT WELSH CENTRAL.—The allotment of shares
in this line, which proposes to form the shortest route
to Liverpool and Manchester and the northern counties
from the Principality, has been completed.
WELSH SOUTH MlDLAND.—Upwards of 180,000 ap-
plications for shares were, it is said, made in eight days.
The North Wales Railway Company have obtained
an injunction from the Vice•Chaucellor to restrain
Henry Archer from blasting, breaking, or removing any
of the rocks, and from digging, excavating, embanking,
or otherwise in any manner dealing or interfering with
any of the ground or soil forming part of the Portdinllaen
harbour, and also from continuing in the possession.
The Worcester, Hereford, and Gloucester line is to
be continued to Lcdbury and Ross, and for this purpose
the capital isto be increased from 750,00J1 to 1,000,000/.
WELSH MIDLAND.—We understand that an arrange-
ment, mutually satisfactory, has been entered into be-
tween this company and the Brecon and Aber-
gavenny Canal Company, by which all that line of
canal and its branches, about thirty-three miles,
will become vested in the railway company in
the passing of their Bill. We need not make any
remark as to how much the arrangements for the ac-
quisition of the Swansea Canal, the Brecon and Hay
Tram-road, and the Brecon and Abergavenny Canal,
will tend to the stability and future benefit of the Welsh
Midland Railway, as well as secure the cordial support
of the landowners and capitalists through the districts
where these canals are situated. Joseph Bailey, Esq.,
M.P. for the city of Worcester, presided at the meeting
of the Canal Company, when the arrangement was en-
tered into, and when he and the other gentlemen present
gave their unqualified approval of the excellence of the
scheme of the Welsh Midland Railway. It was stated
at the meeting that four other railway companies were
competitors for the purchase of the canal. During the
past week ffaverfordwest and Milford have been visited
by several gentlemen from Manchester preparatory
to the announcement of an intended new line of
railway, to be called the Manchester and Milford
Haven Railway, having its terminus at the town of Mil-
ford. The line will commence at Crewe, in Cheshire,
passing through Nantwich, Whitchurch, Ellesmere, Os-
westry, Welshpool, Montgomery, Newtown, Llanidloes,
Tregaron, Lampeter, Newcastle Emlyn, -Newport, Ha-
verfordwest, and Milford. In the course of it few years

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