The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-06 00:00:00

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and call forth a damnatory expression of their views
with regard to government railway monopolies,
through which the state compromised its dignity by
becoming public carriers, whfait that branch of in-
dustry ought to be thrown open to a healthy com-
petition on free trade principles as a right belonging
exclusively to the subjects of the crown. The con-
gress, however, thought proper—perhaps out of
consideration for the very hospitable reception the
members bad met with at Hanover both from the
government and the inhabitants generally—to ab-
stain from making special mention in their minutes
of the subject that had called forth their severe
animadversion, but contented themselves with
passing tient Cu,,. the following general resolutions :
1. That any assurance given to railroads, either
by way of legal enactment or convention preventing
the construction of parallel and completing lines, is
contrary to the spirit of true political economy, and
is alike disadvantageous to the subjects and the
state.

2. That it is an abuse of administrative power to
make any concession for the establishment of
increased means of transport dependent on the
condition that they shall offer no competition to
present existing similar lines. And it is equally
wrong and based on false principles to refuse to
grant a concession for a private railroad for the
sake of protecting the government lines against
fair competition.
3. That it is above all things the duty of the
state to favour and facilitate the establishment and
working of competing means of transport by all the
power and influence at their command ; a. by ab-
staining from throwing wilful impedimenta in the
way of enterprising individuals willing to construct
new lines of railroad ; b. by removing all existing
river duties, and conscientiously fulfilling their
engagements in deepening and keeping in good
navigable order the natural water-roads of the
country ; and c, by not favouring railroads exclu-
sively, as has hitherto been too much the case, but
doing more justice to canals, and granting them
those facilities for competition t,. which they are
so justly entitled.
It is with satisfaction on general grounds that I
am enabled to add that the genii-official press at
Hanover has just announced it to be the intention
of that government to construct the line of railroad
in question through their own territory for account
of the state, and that the Chambers are to be con-
voked in October to obtain their consent to the
measure. Though this will be a great disappoint-
ment to the French company that asked for the
concession, it cannot fail to be of the greatest
importance to the public and the commercial
interests in general, and for the benefit of Hamburg
and Bremen in particular ; and it is to be hoped
that the immediate consequence will be a fair
adjustment of the long-standing dispute between
the senate of Hamburg and the Hanoverian
government in a mutual understanding for the
joint construction of the much wished-for bridge
over the Elbe between Hamburg and Harburg, thus
supplying the missing link in the railway communi-
cation between the eastern and western parts of
North Germany.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
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TATTERSAL'S.-31oNDAY.

It was not until late in the afternoon that there wee the
semblance of betting, and even then the opening scene of
the first set was so dull and stupid that there was oe in-
clination for farther transactions "on that line." The first
bet booked was 300 to 100 about Blair Athol for the Leger,
which was repeated whets a batch of frvah arrivals stepped
oa to the lawn ; beyond that, however, nothing wee done
about the Spring Cottage favourite,al though at 100 to 30seme
Waimea would have been done. General Peel was not made
the medium of a *Mile ievestment, 5 to 2 being currently
offered. to 1 was taken about the Miner to a 'mall
amount, and Baragah was very " flaky," 103 to 6 being
offered is vain. Ely was at the same price during the
greater portion of the afternoon, but Wore the room broke
up 10 to 1 was offered without a espouse. Cambascan wee
supported to • little mosey at 25 to 1 daring the period de-
voted to settling, but at the barb 1006 to 45 was the highest
price obtainable, which, however, was not temptingenoughto
those who still stick tot...insole John White's Dolours. Breeze
wee somewhat ZOOM healthy, but Master Richard was de-
cidedly bolding downwards, while Claremeat was quiteout
of favour at ar to 1 (offered). Amidst some eroviejoking
mad" chaff" Ackworth foiled one trusty friend at a long-
shot-1,000 to 5 ; but Black Bock, on the strength of he
recent glories, wee in demand at she more respectable adds
of 1,000 so 15. The Derby was anything but lively, and
except that Archimedes was again supported at the same
pries as at the Victoria Club in the early pert of the day,
nothing was done on the great ram worth comment. Clow
ing prices :