21 MAY 1870, Page 2

Sir W. Gallwey on Tuesday moved that it was the

duty of Her Majesty's Government, in co-operation with the French Govern- ment, to improve the transit across the Channel ; and proceeded in a long speech to show, first, that the present arrangements are very bad, and secondly, that the South-Eastern Railway Com- pany ought to have one transit station at Dover, and not two, one at Dover and one at Folkestone. Mr. Lefevre in reply admitted that the transit was bad, but seemed to think the remedy lay with the French Government, which must either lengthen the pier at Boulogne or construct a new port at Audrucelles. It seems probable that the first alternative will be adopted, as the new harbour will cost too much.