The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-03 00:00:00

THE NNW LONDON RAILWAYS.

Eleven new bridges across the river were pro-
jected, but only one has Mee approved, and it is quite out
of the town, beteg situated in the neighbourhood of Kew.
The only new Miamians authorised IS that of the Great
Eastern, at Finsbury circus; but the Midland and Great
Northern pt amass by new branches to the Metropolitan and
then to the heart of London, while the North Waiters and
Charing-mom line cm needs the North Western with the large
depot at the latter spot. The Great Western is, se our
readers are aware already in diced communication with the
Metropolitan. Thom we have in the central part of the me-
tropolis four great termini, to mem other, or in some eases
more than one. of white all the railways have scow—
Chart:44ms., Cannon-street, Liverpooletrest, and Fine-
bury-eirous. The mat thing required is to connect the vari-
ous systems; and this is accomplished by the following
lines—Metropolitan (Exiermion to Truaityquare), Metropo-
litan District sod Grand Uoioo, Metropolitan (Notting-
hill and Brosepton Ettemioo), and a short line sem-
tioacal by the Additional Power Bill of the same com-
pany. These lines form a continuous railway, which, start-
ing from Moorfields (Fore-street), runs eastward towards
the Mamma, where, curving resod, it proceeds by Trinity.
equate, Eaatcheep, C.amoo.street, to the Thames embank-
ment, which it tranvia* as far as Westminster-Midge.
Theooe its course lies by the north side of the Abbey,
Victoria-street, close to Victorieesatioo, Sloaneequare,
sod South Kensington to Nottiog-bill, where it turns once
more to the mat, in order to join at Limon -etreet, Edgware-
road, the present lies of the Metropolitan, which com-
pletes the circuit back again to Moorfields. This inner circle
is connected by a breach with an outer circle, of which
the West London Junction forms an import rat part. The
importance of this series of communications ma hardly be
over-rated. The Great Western and Great Eastern are directly
united, and so are the North Western and South Eastern,
the Great Northern, and the Leaden Chatham, and Dover.
The Midland, also, hat aroma to the last-named comprehensive
system, sod by meanie( the Metropolitan both the Midland
and the Great Northern can get to the South Eastern at
C.aneonetrest. The Metropolitan and St. John's Wood
line runs between the Finchleproad station of the Hamp-
stead and City junction and the Baker-street station of the
Metropolitan; while the Plitehley, Willesden. and Acton
connect, the new Midland with the Great Waiters and
,South Western. The Great Eastern, herbs' got adinie.
aim to the interior of the metropolis, is laying itself
out largely for surberban traffic, to accommodate which
it has obtained powers for a lies running from
LiverpotiLetreet parallel with the present main line as far as
Cambridgeroad, then, turning due north, to Hackney, where
it branches into two parte, one passing by Stamford-hill to
Tottenham and Epping, and the other going through Clspton
to Waltharostow, where it meets mother branch from a
little above Stratford, and the two run north in one line to
Woodford. A short link places Alemodni-park in memo-
tioo with the Edgware Highgate, sad London Railway.
Coining to the Surrey lido of London, we dad the South
Western, which will obtain access to the City side of the
river by the aid of the South Eastern Extension to Cannon.
street, is placing iti Richmond end Wieder line in con.
Desires with the North Wasters and West London Junc-
tion by a Kensington, Hammersmith, and Richmond
branch • and, by a little deviation, with the new Battersea
radio( ;he Lmdon and Brighton, and' the London, Chatham,
and Dover. The London and Brighton have received mac-
tion for acentionatioo of their Peckham Etteosioo wrote
Grove-park—and that interesting road, which one 'ma call
either Cut-threat-alley or Love-lane, according to one's
taste or feelings, for it rejoins in both names—to the Dul-
wich and the Norwood part of its system. The London,
Chatham, and Dover ere also toing to have a little offshoot
in the same direction. By this memo these two railways
will communicate with ea odd-looloog line, Me a noose,
called the Tooting, Wimbledon, mid Martial Extension,
which, on the west, has also a commeim with the South
Western, Several short bronchi* serve to form a union
between the North Kent and the Crystal Palace sod South
London Railway.—Beilivey Nem.

THE DROLOHT AND THE FLAX CROP—Until the
change which took place within the lest few days, the
weather of the past six or sight weeks has bees remarkable
for the abeam of those heat? August rains whkb, is other
seam; were wont to visit this part of Ulster. Many of the
older farmers state that shice 1822 there has not been an
August so dry and farthing as the month now about to
close. Not only have they totally mired the " Larnalla
floods" of former yearn, but the quantity of moisture that fell
was not sufficient to give vegetaticie to Magyar lands, and
hones the pasturage is every part of the wintry appears so
brown that the term "Green Isle" cannot for the time being
be fairly applied to this part of the United Kingdom. We
have heard of teaml cues where storlowoers have bees
obliged to cart water for their cattle from • long distance,
and in other instances the animals have been driven two
mike each day to be watered. The rains which have fallen
within the last few days have done immense good. not only
to grazing farms, but to the late turnip crop, and at the
same time they bane not, in say degree worth patios, later-
fared with the harvest. To • great number of fiaxgrowers the
brisk showers will have been highly valuable. Some fears of
bad effects have been expressed in instances when the mop
had bees pulled, and suffered to lie spread out is the /ells
under the parching sun for several days ; the rains will do
much to bring such flax into a better condition, and toconnter-
act the influence which the over-drying must have had on it
in the first insteeee. Scarcity of water in the tanks intended
foe steeping purposes is felt to an extent never before
remembered. We have beard of so much as two guineas
beteg paid for the use of • tank, sod of farmers draw-
ing tbeir fax five miles to it. This. of course, will bee son.
siderable item in the cost of preparing the crop for market ;
but in • mason so remarkable as the present no amount
of forethought could in all cases have aved that extra
expense. One result, however, will be produced by the
autumn drought, and that is, it will show more than ever
the oecesaity of fiaxgrowars making arrangements early
in the season for the preservation of water on their farms.
There is no patios of the art of fiax.growing more
homiest than the steeping proem. It is not nansual
for the Freed and Belgian farmers to sit up at night for
the purpose of welching the progress of the operation,
and to guard stalest the error of permitting the flax to
remain eves • few hours too long in the water. As •
proof of the importance of skilful management in this
portion of the preparatory process. we may state the follow.
ing fact :—Some yearn ago • farmer bad • six-acre field is
flax, one-half of which " came in" about • week earlier
than the other. The produce was duly steeped, dried,
scotched, and sold off. Dunaj the tiroe the last portion of
the crop was in steep acme portion of • mountain stream
was permitted, by the carelessness of • servant, to ran into
the tank, the result of which was to give the /bra, when
scotched, • hard, bristly appearance, and to deteriorate Its
value 51. a stone. We trust that is course of next season
extra attention will be paid to this subject. It is gratifying,
however, to kern that, on the whole, no *aka lose has yet
occurred in coosequeeee of the unusually dry weather of the
poet six weeka—Belfaer NortAern Whig.
[Adirertinenitot. J— HOLLOWAY'S Onmizirt AND
TILL& —RNII7II A TIC Peas.—Many thoWlabdi at martyrs horn
rbeamstims have found human life but one long disease; and
after ceastaking ell the is eminent melbas' as la vain, sad
trying all sorts of supposed remedies without relief, have grows
weary of existence, and have ceased to hope for comfort on this
side of the grave, until mans lathy accident ha called their
attention to iletioway's Pills sad Ointment. These am genuine
remedies Indeed. Persons bedridden for soothe with
rheumatic pains sad sweillagt, after the ointment has been well
rubbed Into the effected park, sod the blood pmilkd by ths
muse of these nUb, have Sound tberseelme seamed in ea la-
credibly short Saito perfect health sedans.