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ONDON and YORK RAILWAY.
,
Several advertisements having of late appeared, headed
" DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY," and having attached
thereto the names of Sir John Rennie, Mr. Gravatt, Major Amsinc,
and others, in which it is asserted—that by the Direct Northern
Line the distance from London to York will be twenty miles less
than by the line proposed by this Company—that the scheme to
connect London with York originated with, and was first projected
by, Sir John Rennie and Company—and that upwards of seventy
miles of their scheme has been appropriated by the London and
York Company—the Committee of Direction feel called upon, In
justice to themselves and the shareholders, to give these assertions
the most direct and unqualified contradiction. _ .

To the first they reply—that the difference in distance between the
projected lines from London to York, instead of being twenty miles,
is not more than tuo miles and a half. Sir John Rennie's, by his
own account being 180 miles in length—that of the London and
York being in reality upon the line, as finally laid down, 1851
miles.

Whether this difference of five and a half miles can be realised
by Sir John Rennie's line is yet to be proved, and, if realised, whe-
ther such a difference would be compensated for by the London
and York line having its course through the towns of Hitchia,
Huntingdon, Peterborough, Grantham, Newark, Tuxford, Retford,
Bawtry, and Doncaster, not one of which is approached by Sir Joh■
Rennie's line, the public will be able to determine,
To the second and third allegations the Committee of Direction
o the London and York Company reply, that while Sir John Ren-
nie and Co. state that their surveys were commenced in October,
1843, and their prospectus published in April last, the project for
a new railway between London and York was formed by Mr. Gibbs
in 1836, and in that year carried into Parliament. That in 1540 afr,
Gibbs again brought his scheme before the Parliamentary Commis..
sinners, and it is detailed by them in their report of 1841. That
such scheme was never abandoned by hire, kit in February of the
present year the details of the London and York Railway? gs now,
with modifications adopted, were explained by him to Mr. Beckett
Denison, M.P , who suggested several alterations, and ➢lr. Francis
➢lowatt, the Vice-Chairman, and arrangements were made for per-
fecting the plan by levels and surveys, which were completed in the
month of March following, and on the 16th of April the project
was announced by advertisement in the Times, under the name of
the" Great Northern Railway,'' before any advertisement of Sir
John Rennie bad appeared : and the Committee of Direction dis_
tinctly affirm that the course over the first seventy iwiles from
London was adopted on actual surveys made by Mr. Gibbs, and not
suggested to them by any other pai•ttos ; and they beg further to
observe, it is only now within these few days, that after the Lon-
don and York Company has been before the public for a peripj of
five months, after its whole capital of five millions has been sub.
scribed, and its shares has attained a high premium in the market,
that Sir John Rennie and Company have come forward with what
is intended to be a counter.project, and with the inis.stoteate4ts
here disposed of.

All comment upon this course would, In the opinion of the Com,
mittee, be idle.

Subjoined. for the information of the Shareholders and the public,
is an accurate table of the actual distances, and also a list of the
Provisional Committee of the London and York Company, pub-
lished in May last, including names that will be taken by the pub-
lic as a guarantee against any such conduct as is implied by the as.
sertions of Sir John Rennie and Co.

By order of the Committee of Direction,
J. R. MO WATT, Secretary.
Offices, 7, Lothbury, London, October 3, 1844.

TABLE OF DISTANCES.

Present I Distance by
Distance London and
by existing Yorkßailway,
I Railways.
iby Doncaster

Miles. Miles.
London to York ................1 219 185}
London to Hull .. • .............1 243 203
London to Leeds
ByOakensliaw 205 185
By Waketeld I 205 187
109 174
212 187
215 . 190
210 , 185

London to
London to Brad'ord
London to Halifax .
London to Huddersfield

Distance
saved.

Miles,
33}

(lORNWALL RAILWAY.—As the SHARES
applied for in this Undertaking already exceed the Number
to be appropriated, no-Applications can be recelied after the 17th
instant.

By Order of the Provisional Committee,
P. P. SMITH, Secretary.

Truro, 9th Oct., 1844,

RICHMOND and WEST-END JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
The Holders of Scrip in the above Railway, and the Public gene,
rally, are hereby informed, that on and after Tnts Day, the I 1 th
instant, the OFFICES of th 3 COMPANY will be REMOVED to
No. 3, MOORGAT.E-STREET, BANK.
By order attic Committee,
RICHARD MEA,DE, Secretary.

Oct. 11, 1844,

ICHMOND and WEST-END JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
The PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE of the RICHMOND and
WEST-ENI) JUNCTION IFA.ILW4Y have to announce that the
PARLIAMENTARY DEEDS are now LYING 'far 4tqv.k.Tp4l3
et the Offices, 15, Old Broad-street, and that the Scrip is now ready
for delivery in exchange for the Banker, Receipts, the Holder* of
which are hereby infiirmed that the exchange must be effected, and
the deeds signed, on or 1.0.1rg the ;N Initant: or the deposit will be
absolutely forftite.l.
The receipts must he left at the Officiti. for registry, between the
hours of Eleven and Four and the cerrevondlng Scrip certificate will
i.e delivered in exchange on the following day.

Pup notice will be given when the deed will lie for signature at
lii yrincbester.
On a. d aftert 1,-71diy; the 11th ti4a CP44/80;
wl,l be removed to No. 3, Afoorate-stroet, Bank.
By order of the Committee,
RICHARD MEADE, Secretary.
15, Old Broad-street, Bth October, 1844.

EUROPEAN STEAM-PACT QQ-MpA.Nyz
Established for the purpose of effecting Daily Communications
with the Continent of Europe.
Capital 250,000/. in 25,000 Shares of 10/. each.
PerMtl 17. PPf !!4141'i2;
Calls not above 2/. at one time, and at intervals of not less than
three months. When half the Capital is paid up, the Shares to
bear Interest at Four per Cent. per annum.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
(With power ts. adf4 &q lheir number.)
JOHN BAGSHAW, Eq., London and Harwich, Chairman.
ABRAHAM BAUER, Esq., London, Deputy Chairman.
Captain rgenjy.! London R. W. Kennard, Esq., London
James Crofts, Esq.,l
London FuTtis Reid, Esq., RAT.,T.oudou
Robert Crosbie, Esq., Liverpool I Gewgethoiripson,Eig., London
Summers Harford, Esq., London
_ _

A List cif Corpmitteee on the Continent will very shortly be
ppblished.

CONSULTING NATAL A ;winner—Christopher Dunkin Hays, Esq,
4ci!sTARY (pro tem)—J. A. Frankl'n,7l, King William-street, City

London—Messrs. Denison, Heywood, Kennard, and Ca.
riamburgh—Messrs. Abraham Bauer and Co.
NAntilester—The Exchange Bank
Altori—
Liverpool—Arthur Heywood, Bons, and Company
SOLICITORS.

Messrs, Hardwick and Davidson, Hall, Basinghall.streel

London.

The objects of this Company, as fully explained in the Prospeptus
advertised in the Times of the sth Inst., are to construct power-
ful iron steam-boats, for the purpose of connecting Harwich and
Hamburgh and Harwich and the Hague by daily communications,
to be accomplished by means of the Company's beats, the Eastern
Counties and the Gluckstadt and Altona Railways, in about half
the time at present consumed, and at less than half the present
expense.

It is intended to apply for a Charter of Incorporation, or Act of
Parliament or Letter Patent, for the purpose of limiting the lia.
bilay of the Shareholders to the amount of their subscriptions.

Applications for the Shares are to be made on or before the 19th
October, addressed to the Secretary, or to the Solicitors, and trans.
matted by post.
London, 71, King William-street, City.

I RAND SPORTING PARTIES at HOM-
kg lr BURG, near FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE.
The Casino of Homburg is the only Establishment on the Banks of
the Rhine which is open all the year. The great number of fashion-
able visitors who have engaged apartments, and the gorgeous prepa-
rations of the administration, announce a more than ever brilliant
season this winter. Foreigners receive permissions for the great
sporting parties which take place twice a week. In consequence, the
Managers, shrinking from no sacrifice to render this water•ng-place
as agreeable as possible, have hired 50,000 English Acres of Forest
and Meadow Land, where game of every description is found in
abundance, as well as a resort for the grdat sporting parties. The
superb Casino, which, by the beauty of its decorations, surpasses
everything that has been seen to this day on this side of the Rhine,
contains a magnificent Ball-room, Concert-room, Saloons for the
games of Trente, Quarante, Roulette, and Commerce, from eleven
o'clock in the m)rning till eleven at night ; a Beading-room, where
are found most of the German, French, English, Rnss!an, Belgian,
and Dutch Newspapers ; a Coffee-room and Divan, opening on a
beautiful asphalte Terrace ; and a splendid Dining-room, with a
French Table d'Hote at one and five o'clock.

The Casino of Homburg has hitherto had the sole privilege of re-
maining open during the whole year ; and the continuance of Games
of Chance, Balls, Concerts, and all kinds of festivities, will procure to
the residents at Homburg a most extraordinary attraction.
Numerous furnished hotels, with all the comforts of London and
Pais, and pr vate lodging-houses, offer accommodation to foreigners
at exceedingly moderate prices.
The distance from London to Homburg msy be accomplished in 43
hours, on taking the General Steam Navigation Company's s' earner
for Ostend, arriring in 12 hours ; from Ostend to Cologne, by railroad,
in 13 hours ; from Cologne to Mayence, by steamer, in 15 hours ; f om
Mayence to Frankfort, by railroad in 1 hour; and from Frankfort-on-
the-Maine to Homburg in Li hours, by omnibuses and mail coaches,
which start at all hours.

PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH
COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause CORBYN against
HER MAJESTY'S ATTORNEY-GENERAL, the NEXT OF KIN
of MARY PHILIPPS, spinster, formerly of Halifax, Nova Scotia, in
North America, afterwards in River-street, in the city of Bath, then
of Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, in the county of Middlesex, but
late of Boulogne-sur-Mer, in the kingdom of France (who died at a
very advanced age at Boulogne, in the month of December, 1842),
living at her death, or the personal representatives of any of them
who have since died, are by their solicitors, on or before the 12th
day of January, 1845, to come in and prove their kindred, and make
out their claims before Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the
said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-
lane, London; or In default thereof, they will peremptorily be ex-
cluded the benefit of the said decree.
The father of the said .Mary Philipps was John Philipps, who
carried on the business of a chemist and druggist at Halifax afore-
said, from the years 1765 to 1800, and who died and was buried at
Kensington, in the county of Middlesex, in the year 1801. The
mother of the said Mary Philipps is said to have been " Judith,"
otherwise " Jude," one of the daughters of Dr. Wood, Rector of
Annapolis, in the same province, whose other daughters are said to
have been Mary, the wife of Mr. Day, of Halifax aforesaid, mer-
chant, and Jane, wife of Captain Shaw, of a Highland regiment, in
the service of his then Majesty.
PRICE and BOLTON, Plaintiff's Solicitors.

FIFTY POUNDS REWARD.
THE hard substance obtained by pressure from the
Crnde Cocoa-Nut Oil, is an essential ingredient In the PA-
TENT COMPOSITE CANDLES ; and, as EDWARD PRICE and
CO., hold the Patents for this process, and grant no licenses under

them, it follows, either, that the imitation Composite Candles are
entirely different front the Patent once, or, that the imitators are
infringing the Patents : the first is generally the case, but to protect
themselves against the possibility of the other, EDWARD PRICE
and CO. hereby engages to pay a reward of Fifty Pounds to ally
workman or other person, who may give such information respecting
parties pressing Cocoa-Nut 011, as shall lead to their conviction. The
name of the informant will be kept strictly secret, and he need not
take a prominent part in the proceedings, as all that E. P. and Co.
require is the first clue to the discovery of the infringers, widen they
will then follow up for themselves. This advertisement is being pub-
lished in every newspaper of any circulation in the United Kingdom.
The Candles are cow so wellknown to the I'uMlic, that it Is hardly
necessary to state here that they burn more brilliantly than the best
wax, and give so large an amount of light, as to be cheaper, taking
this into account, than the commonest Tallow Candles. They may
be had of most of the respectable Tallow Chandlers throughout the
kingdom ; but purchasers must insist on being supplied with
" PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES," otherwise they are liable to be
deceived with some of the imitations, all called, like the real ones,
" Composite." Those parties, really in the trade, who do not yet
keep them for sale, are informed that they can purchase„.pf the Pa-
tentees, or of Palmer and Co., Sutton-street, Clerkenwell, any quan-
tity, large or small, at the wholesede price ; and that allowances are
made in an increasing ratio, Mc parties taking to the amount of 501.,
1001., 150/., or 2001., at a time; end a very large allowance indeed to
parties taking so large a quantity as to enable them to become whole-
sale agents for an entire district.
Belmont, Vauxhall, 24th July, 1844.

ALDGATE.
AN ACROSTIC.
E. MOSES and SON have achievement display'd,
I n a manner unequall'd by all in the trade.
o, wander abroad, wheresoever you may
H owever you w ,nder. they still bear the sway.
T heir beauttflil clothing examine—then none
Y ou'il acknowledge are equal to MOSES and SON.
S uch clothing as this, to which ALL must give place, I
I s perfect—yet though not a fau t we can trace,
'X traysg:nt prices are out of the case.
A list of the charges we give you him—
L ook ! look ! an • y tell see what reductions they show.
D ear articles, now (though they once had the run),
0 ire way to the charges of MOSES and SON.
A nd now, we entreat, don't remain in the lurch,
T o this Warehouse repair, which you'll find when you seauh,l
.g E IGH FY.SIX, ALOGATE," right facing the Church.
N. B. For th, convenience of parties residing from town, on appli.
aatiou, directions for self-measurement will be forwarded post free.
RDADY MADE. £ s_ d.
Shooting Coats in every variety from 0 10 0
Velveteen ditto, seven pockets
Fweed Paglionts .......... „
Ditto, ditto, with silk facings, collars, and cuffs
Cashmarette coats in every shape, handsomely trimmed 1 10 0
An immense stock of Blouses 0 S 6
-ummer vests
Caehmere and Persian ditto, in every variety 3s. to 8 6
Black satin vests
Ditto, cloth ditto
Cloth trousers
Single milled doe
A great variety of summer ditto .
Dress Coat, edged- 1 11 0
Frock ditto,

MADE TO MEASURE.
Sporting Coats in the most approved style .......... . ..... 0 11 6
Velveteen ditto, ditto, seven pockets
Tweed coat& trimmed with WY I 16 0
'ashreere, fine Saxony 1 3 0
Cashmarette, New and improved article, warranted water-
proof, trimmed with silk, collar, culls, &c...... 1 18 0
quilting vests, 7s. eoch, or three for
Cashmere vests, in choice patterns
Trousers, adapted for the season
Milled Victoria, and plain doe 0 17 0
Best quality West of England .......... ...... .......
super Black 0 16 0
Best Dress
Dress Coat ...
Ditto, ditto, best manufactured •• ii 15 0
Frock Coat .••,i••••,.. . f•••,,”—•,...••~ .
Best manufactured 3 3 0
Nlourniug to any extent can be had at five minutes' notice, at the
following prices ....-
Men's Suits, dress coat, vest, and trousers from 1 16 0
Boys' ditto, jacket, vest, and trousers from 0 18 0
IMPORTANT.—Any article purchased or ordered, if not approved
.-,f ,exchanged, or the money returned.
Observe—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail
Woolen Drapers, Outfitters, and General Wareh ousemen, 154. Lii-
aories, and 86, Aldgate,City, opposite the Church. •
Carrie:v.—E. • Moses and Son .are obliged tip guard th public
igainst iMpositioni •-having learned that the untradesmanlike
alsehood of being connected with them, cr it's the same concern,
has oeen resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons.
They have no connexion whatever with any other establishment,
and thctsP whp dosiro gannine Cheap Clothing should (to prevent
disappointment, &c.) call or send to, 154, Minories, or 86, Aldgate,
spp.site the Church.
N.B. No business transacted at this Establishment from sunset on
Friaay till sunset on Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve
o'clock.

EASE IN WALKING.
WILLIAM BADDELEY, of 130, STRAND,
is induced to give publicity to his much-admire.l PRE-
PARED LEATHER (so noted for extreme SOITNESS and
DOHA 3ILITY), in consequence of the patronage he has received,
and tt e general satisfaction given by him in manufacturing the above
into BOOTS, &c., on his peculiar fat,ng principle of combining
ele.zance with ease. An exten-ive assortment of best made articles
always ready on sale. F.otablished 50 years.
No 1 0, Strand, corner of Wati.rloo.bridge, London.

H WALKER'S NEEDLES (by authority the
• Queen's Own) hare large eyes, easily threaded (oven
by blind persona), and improved points, temper, and finish. Each
papa is Libelled with a likeness of her Majesty or his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, in relief, on coloured grounds. Every quality of
needles, fish-hooks, hooks and eyes, steel pens, &c., for shipping.
These needles or pens for the home trade are sent free, by gust, Ly
any respectable dealer, on receipt of 13 penny sitAmp,s t ovvy shil-
ling value.
11. WAIXEN niatluracturer to the Queen, No.l (late 20), Maidelis
Jane, Vt‘eod-street, London.

-
RE_
LONDON MARBLE AND STONE
WORIcI N C 03E1'4 Ny; irc,et, Holywell-stnet, Milbank,
Westminster (cAtqtai.dieti 'fell), are enabled, with their PATENT
141-Aallialtle, to execute Chimney Pieces, Monuments, Tablets,
Slabs for Furniture, and every description of such Work, with an
accuracy, rapidity of execution, beauty and durability of Vniietti, and
reduction of cost, which cannot be obtained elsewhna„,
The Public are invited to inspect thcit qttw.-Ayc. EalOW-ROOMS,
containing the largest tioy
‘4,11,1i04 6.firy description of Rough Slab Blocks,
or , eantlings; or Blocks sent to the Works cut to order.
Please to be accurate in copying the Address, to prevent Imposi-
tion, the Company having no connexion with any other Establish,,
ment but that In Esher-Street.

el OAi M Qt A CIERTi RAL LIFE
) Ak!StritANOL ANNUITY FAMILY ENDOWMENT raid
LOAN ASSOCIATION.

OFFICES, 112 and 113, C REAPSIDE, LONDON,
11. G. WARD Esq.. Chairinan,
IJYES ASSI.7IiNII nn eycity linown system.
4,0A1 4S tifsAN'ilai repayable by Instalments, -
ANNUITIES immediate and deferred.
ENDOWMENTS for children payable at 14. ort2l,
40, The rema ning Shares will coin nue on Fgle until the 25th
December next.

Inter a!, al'owed on llie p414-up capital. 5 per cent. per annum;
pa 3 able h 4..:1-arly,
Applicat ons for Shares and rrospee'w es to be made to
FRF.DERIC LAWRANC E. Resident Secretary.
Offices, 112 and 113, Pleapsid6.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR -
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital £EIO,OOO.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The steady saeeeSe and increasing prosperity of the Soc!ety has
enabled the Diteetors, at the last annual investigation declare a
second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts hive ed on each
Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

Premium 74, Bonus Banns In g a
p, 4 added. Cash. F?' o g
's
; g
• -
s. d. s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. ds
1837 170 9 3 77 5 1 12 3 5 346 9 3
GOlOOO 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2 64 5 6 9 16 4 256 13 4
1839 116 16 0 51 5 11 J 7 11. 91 247 4 5

The division of proiltfi is annual, and the next will be made in De-
cember of the present year.
This Institution offers many important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to burr Av, without ex-
pense or fbrfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec.

LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY
SOCIETY.
AUSTRALASIAN, COLONIAL, AND GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE hnd ANNUITY SOCIETY.
Capital 200,0001., in 2,000 Shares.
DIRECTORS,
Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. Gideon Colquhoun, Esq.
Robert Brooks, Esq. I Charles E. Mangles, Esq.
Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq.
John Henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq.
SECRETARY—Edward RyleY, Esq.
The following are specimens of the premiums charged by this Com-
pany for the assurance of 100/.
Age. I 20 I 30 I 40 I 50 I 60

An. Prem. £1 10 31£2071£21531 £1 1 8 I £6 3 9

This Company offers the advantages of the guarantee of an ample
subscribed capital—of permission to retain one-third of the premium
In their own hands (the portion so retained, with interest upon it,
being deducted from the policy when it become a claim),--of ascend-
ing, descending, and other scales of premiums,--amd of participation
in the profits at the end of every five years.
TO EMIGRANTS, TO THE AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES,
assured for the whole of life, this Company offer the permission to
proceed to, and reside in, any of those colonies without extra pre-
mium, and to pay their premiums there. For residence in New
Zealand, a moderate extra premium is charged.
In Sydney, a Board of Directors, and Agents in all the principal
settlements—Bankers in the colony. The Bank of Australasia (in.
corperated by Royal Charter, 1835), No. 2, Moorgate-strect, London.

MAGNAY, MAYOR.
A
COMMON COUNCIL, holden in the Cham-
ber of the Guildhall of the City of London on Thursday, the
101 h day of October, 1844,
Resolved unanimously—That a s'Atable Address of Congratulation
be presented to his Majesty the N.lng of the French upon his auspi-
cious Visit to her Majesty. ,- MEREIVETII ER.

OPAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The PROTEO,SCOPE, an original Optieal Instrument, unli-
mited in its applial,ces to Nature and Art, a highly valuable addition
to LONGBOTT(EWS OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. The Pictorial Il-
lustration of tA4e, Passions, from Collins's Ode, with Vocal and Instru-
mental Mwito, is the first subject exhibited by the PHYSIOSCOPE,
at a Quarter to Five o'clock in the Afternoon, and at a Quarter to
Tea in the -Evening. Dr. RYAN'S present daily Lecture is on
POISONS and their ANTIDOTES, at half-past Three, and on the
Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at a Quarter to
Nino. Professor BACHHOFFNER Lectures on the alternate Eve-
nings. The Lectures abound in Interesting Experiments, The
HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, DIVING-BELL and DIVER,
&c.—The Music is Composed and Conducted by T. WALLIS, Mus.
Doc. Admission, ls.; Schools, Half-price.

LE [WI DES FRANCAIS.—Les Seigneurs de
la suite de sa MaJeste sont respectieusement invites a dormer
leur attention a l'clegant et nombreux assortiment de necessaires,
puptr, s, boites a depeches, boites a ouvrage, et autres charmantes
fantaisles de toute espece, pour cadeaux du meilleur gout, du magasin
de necessaires de toilette, papeterie et articles de luxe, do DALTON,
No. 85, Quadran-, Regent-street.

1111 E SOCIETY of PRACTICAL SCIENCE
A. and NOBLE SCIENCE of WARFARE, Mulgrave
House, Fulham, take this opportunity of informing the Nobility,
Naval and Military Officers, and Gentlemen of Science, that,the
FIRST of a SERIES of EXPERIMENTS in WARFARE, will
take place upon: thett Grounds, on TUESDAY NEXT, the 15th inst.,
The arrangements as follow:

RAILWAY EXTENSION IN NORTH
KENT.
FAVERSHAM, THURSDAY NIGHT.—To-day a large
and respectable meeting of the landowners and residents
of Faversham; Sittingbourne, and the adjacent districts,
was held at the Town-hall, Faversham, to take into con-
sideration the various projected lines for supplying Fa-
versham, Canterbury, Deal, Margate, Ramsgate, and
the coast with railway communication.
Mr. James Walker, the Mayor, presided, supported
by the Right Hon. G. F. N. Harris, of Belmont ; Ge-
neral Sir T. G. Montresor, of Ospringe ; Sir
John Maxwell Tylden, of Milstead ; General Gosselin,
Mr. Bradley Dyne, Gore Court ; Dr. Poore, Mr. B.
Wildman, Chilham Castle ; Mr. J. C. Hilton, Mr.
Munn, Mr. J. B. Sharpe, Capt. Moore, and other landed
proprietors.
The following deputations were in attendance :—Capt.
Tyndale. R.N., Mr. Davis, Mr. Harding, directors ; Mr.
Bidder, C.E., Mr. Whitehead, the secretary ; and Mr.
Fearon, solicitor, in behalf of the London and Dover
(South-Eastern) Company ; Mr. Lake, of Bapchild, in
behalf of Col. Landman and Mr. Rastrick, engineers of
the proposed Kentish line from London to the Downs ;
and Mr. Vignolles, C.E., and others, iii behalf of the
projected North Kent Company.
The meeting commenced at twelve and did not termi-
nate until five P.M.
Mr. LAKE, on the part of the Kentish Railway, which
is proposed to run from London through Woolwich,
Gravesend, Rochester, Chatham, and Canterbury, to the
Downs, opened the proceedings with a long and lucid
ex sition of the intentions of that company, and of the
ad*, wages it would confer upon the Weald of Kent. It
wciiald run along the northern side of the county of Kent,
passing through ono of the richest districts in England,
communicating with several watering-places of great
resort, besides embracing the chief Government depots
and barracks, at Woolwich, Chatham, Sheerness, Can-
terbury, and Deal, accommodating a population of up-
wards of 200,000. A large traffic was anticipated in
hops, fruit, coals, sheep, fish, and articles of- general
merchandise. The South-Eastern being formed as a
communication between London, Dover, and the Con-
tinent, did not for the first thirty miles enter the county
of Kent, to which extent the proposed line could not be
considered a competing one, and leaving it to be fairly
asserted that it did not accommodate the traffic between
Canterbury and London, or the other populous districts
of Kent, with the exception of Dover, Folkstone, Sand-
gate, and Hythe. A large revenue would be secured to
the proposed line from the river traffic, in addition to
which it was proposed to extend the line so as to obtain a
west-end terminus, so as to unite with the South-Western
at Hungerford-bridge, proceeding by Greenwich, New
Cross, Peckham, Camberwell, Kennington, and Lam
beth, and furnishing an uninterrupted route of 150 miles
from east to west. Mr. Lake then urged at considerable
length the policy of supporting an independent company,
whose object would be the construction of the best line
at the least sacrifice of property. It was the interest of
an independent company to bring as many passengers to
their line as they could, whereas it would be the object
of the South-Eastern to bring but few, lest it should de-
tract from their Surrey and Folkstone line, seeing that
in the matter of coals and timber they were interested in
the double character of carriers and harbour-owners.
By the Act they were compelled to charge equal tolls,
but the charge for carriage and locomotive power was
discretionary, and would tend to give them a monopoly.
Mr. Lake concluded, amidst applause, by showing that
the interests of the Kentish line were identical with those
of Faversham, not only with reference to the tolls osi
goods, but the general accommodation of the town.
After a few observations from Mr. B. Dias with re-
ference to what he termed the :unequal charges for the
carriage on coal, as compared with the distance travelled
on the South-Eastern line, subsequently accounted for
by Mr. Whitehead and Mr. Bidder, to the effect that it
was owing to the company being obliged, for the conve-
nience of the Medway navigation and other parties, to
bring their engines extra distances, and without reaping
adequate remuneration in return.
Mr. VIGNOLLES, engineer of the North Bent line, ad-
dressed the meeting. He stated that the great object of
the company he represented was to furnish a direct
railway communication between London, Faversham,
Ramsgate, Margate, and the Downs, commencing either
at London-bridge or the Bricklayers' Arms, and by the
means of the Blackwall line, with whom they were in
communication, and so onward through Dartford, Grave-
send, Stroud, and Rochester, and uniting from thence
the arsenals of Chatham and Portsmouth. There would
be a first-class station at :Faversham, from whence, pass-
ing by Chatham, the line, after skirting Canterbury,
would sweep oil to Ramsgate and Margate. The line
would be a good engineering locomotive one, and be pro-
vided with a double set of rails.
J. HILTON, in an able speech, advocated an
alliance with the South-Eastern as the most advan-
tageous for Faversham and the important cEstricts,
North Kent. He canvassed at considerable leng4 the
statement put forth by Mr. Lake and Mr, Vigmolles,
contending that the South- Eastern undertaking would
best adapt itself to the exigencies of the district; that
the circumstance of its reputo as an olsl established line
was the best guarantee that they could have of the line
being carried out of ctively and well—a pledge which at
present they could not secure from,new and independent
companies.
A disciltsion of local interest ensued, in which Mr.
Wit'lman, Mr. Holmes, and Mr. Dyne, and the Hon. G.
Harris, and others took part, after which,
Mr. FEARON, solicitor to the South-Eastern Company,
entered into a lengthy and able statement respecting the
claims of that company to the consideration of the inha-
bitants of North Kent. He commented on the anony-
mous communications which had appeared in the public
prints respecting the South-Eastern Company, and de-
scribed them as false and incorrect. If it could be
proved that the company he represented charged for
tolls (and he denied that they did) unfairly, an immedi-
ate remedy was at hand, by either an application to the
Queen's Bench or the Board of Trade. The Directors
of the South-Eastern had not the most distant idea of
fostering the trade of Folkstone tO the sacrifice of that
of Faversham. On the contrary, they wished to place
both upon an equal footing. After explaining the sys-
tem of charging adopted on the line, Mr. Fearon'said
that the assertion that the connection of Faversham with
the South-Eastern project would be only favouring a
great monopoly, was absurd. If it were a monopoly,
bow came it that the South-Eastern was the first line in
the kingdom that had come to the resolution of adopting
the low fare system ? and that the question with the
board even now was not whether they should raise, but
reduce them still lower ? What guarantee from the other
companies would the people of North Kent have equal to
that of the South-Eastern, supposing another panic should
arise in the money market consequent upon the scarcity of
money ? The South-Eastern were in a position to com-
mand the capital for constructing the cheaper line, ' and
also to work it most economically, seeing that they al-
ready had in play a large locomotive establishment and
staff, which in the other cases would have to be called
into existence, and, instead of charging 3id. per passen-
ger per mile, which they were empowered to do by their
Act of Incorporation, they were now only charging lid.
per mile for first and second-class passengers, and seven-
eighths of a Id. for third-class passengers, exclusive of a
considerable distance, which, owing to the circumstances
of the line at some points, they left altogether out of the
fares, carrying passengers over it gratis—a system of
policy intended to be adopted by the company in any of
their subsequent extensions. After quoting the opinions
of Mr. Gladstone, the President of the Board of Trade,
on the subject of competing lines, and enforcing his own
argument by a citation from the evidence of Mr. Laing
before a Committee of the House, to the effect that mo-
nopoly would be worse in the hands of two companies
than if wielded by one, Mr. Fearon stated, that although
the advocates of the Kentish line proposed to go from
Croydon to Hungerford-bridge for 500,0001., including
stations, and through a most expensive part of the me-
tropolis, it could not be accomplished for double that
sum, seeing that the London-bridge station alone had
cost the joint companies 450,000/. After some further
general remarks, Mr. Fearon concluded amid loud ap-
plause.

Mr BIDDER then explained that the route proposed by
the South-Eastern would commence at the junction with
the Croydon at the Bricklayers' Arms, running through
Greenwich, Lewisham, Eltham, Dartford, Gravesend,
along the quays to Rochester, crossing the Medway to
Milton, Sittingbourne, on to Faversham, where there
would be a depot and a first-class station, and then on to
the junction with the Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Mar-
gate. He urged in forcible terms upon the meeting not
to throw away the certainty of having a good and ser-
viceable line constructed for them within twelve months
from the passing of the Act, for that which at present
they must view as an uncertainty, so far as the other
lineq Were concerned, who would in the event of a change
in the money market be placed in an awkward dilemma,
who had to establish their share register, and to contend
with the ditlieult:y of what were technically termed calls,
which would probably never be responded to.
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The result of the day's proceedings leaves the town
unpledged to any particular line.